Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yu investigated Lin Yuxi’s missing 150,000 yuan and discovered that the harassment of her debtor, Yu Xin, came from a misunderstanding. He called Yu Xin to prove his fortune-telling ability by revealing an embarrassing childhood incident, leaving her stunned and Hu Feifei laughing.

• Xiao Yu found Lin Yuxi’s request for help on Weibo and learned that Yu Xin had borrowed 150,000 yuan from her, then denied owing it.
• Xiao Yu discovered that thugs had mistakenly harassed Yu Xin, who believed Lin Yuxi had sent them to collect the debt.
• Hu Feifei found a photo of Yu Xin, allowing Xiao Yu to investigate what had really happened.
• Xiao Yu called Yu Xin and offered to prove his fortune-telling by revealing a true detail from her past.
• Xiao Yu revealed that eleven-year-old Yu Xin had planned with another girl to break in and steal summer homework, making Hu Feifei and the taxi driver laugh.

Xiao Yu helped Yu Xin and Teacher Lin reconcile after revealing Yu Xin’s embarrassing childhood secrets, then returned to his shop and heard how Chai Xiang was extorted after rescuing a child from the water. Xiao Yu went with Chai Xiang to confront the child’s parents.

• Hu Feifei teased Yu Xin about her childhood debt and crush, and Yu Xin admitted her mistake and agreed to repay Teacher Lin when she could.
• Yu Xin joked with Hu Feifei, and Xiao Yu replied to Teacher Lin on Weibo before closing the remaining minor requests.
• Chai Xiang told Xiao Yu that he had rescued a child, lost his wallet and phone in the river, and paid the child’s hospital expenses.
• Chai Xiang said the child’s parents had beaten him and demanded compensation, making him afraid to help anyone again.
• Xiao Yu reassured Chai Xiang and accompanied him to the hospital to confront the parents.

Xiao Yu arrived at the hospital as Chai Xiang’s parents were being accused of causing a child’s injuries, and he recognized that the couple had knowingly twisted the truth to escape the medical bills. He promised to prove Chai Xiang’s innocence and pointed to the GPS watch they had given their son, leaving the couple alarmed about what he knew.

• Chai Xiang’s parents argued with Ke Zhenghui and Ji Pingyi, who claimed Chai Xiang had pushed their son into the river and demanded compensation.
• Chai Xiang’s father nearly slapped him, but Xiao Yu stopped him and said Chai Xiang had acted bravely to save someone.
• Xiao Yu realized Ke Zhenghui and Ji Pingyi had blamed Chai Xiang despite knowing he had probably rescued their son, because they feared the medical bills.
• Xiao Yu confronted Ke Zhenghui and Ji Pingyi and declared that he could prove they had framed Chai Xiang.
• Xiao Yu asked whether they remembered the GPS watch they had given their son, Ji Zhongpeng, for his sixth birthday, and Ji Pingyi lost his composure.

Xiao Yu exposed Ke Zhenghui and his wife’s false accusations with the recording on their son’s watch, then reflected on how gratitude might affect the merit he gained. Back home, he learned that a major variety show had invited him and Xia Mo, though the opportunity felt strangely off to him.

• Xiao Yu revealed that the child’s watch had preserved footage, prompting the crowd to restrain Ke Zhenghui and his wife while a nurse called the police.
• The police reviewed the recording, which showed the child falling into the river by accident and Chai Xiang rescuing him, and the couple apologized and agreed to compensate Chai Xiang.
• The child woke up after Xiao Yu visited the ward, and Xiao Yu quietly left the hospital after the matter was resolved.
• On his way home, Xiao Yu wondered whether the merit he earned depended more on the gratitude of those involved than on the seriousness of the matter.
• Xiao Yu started his livestream, learned that a popular variety show had invited him and Xia Mo, and felt that something about the opportunity was strange.

Xiao Yu uncovered that Yang Ruiwen had falsely posed as the person in charge of Entertainment Battle Royale to lure him into a staged appearance that would expose him as a fraud. After Yang Ruiwen admitted the deception and offered money, Xiao Yu confronted him on the livestream.

• Xiao Yu read Xia Mo's fortune and realized the supposed invitation from Entertainment Battle Royale was a trap.
• Xiao Yu greeted Yang Ruiwen by asking whether he had paid for his steamed soup dumplings, revealing that he knew details about him.
• Xiao Yu exposed Yang Ruiwen as an assistant earning eight thousand yuan a month, rather than the production team's person in charge.
• Xiao Yu accused Yang Ruiwen of planning to make him and Xia Mo perform as fortune-telling Taoists so celebrities could discredit them on national television.
• Yang Ruiwen dropped his pretense, called Xiao Yu a fraud, and offered him a substantial appearance fee to join the show.

Xiao Yu exposed Yang Ruiwen’s scheme to lure him onto a show without paying him, then revealed that Yang’s girlfriend was sleeping with his boss. After Yang confirmed the affair but chose to keep his job, Xiao Yu kicked him from the livestream and began the fortune-telling session.

• Xiao Yu accused Yang Ruiwen of pretending to offer an appearance fee while planning to have him arrested after the show.
• Xiao Yu told Yang Ruiwen that his girlfriend was sleeping with his boss, and the livestream viewers mocked Yang.
• Yang Ruiwen called his boss and sent his girlfriend a video call request, then heard her ringtone through his boss’s phone.
• Yang Ruiwen apologized to his boss despite realizing his girlfriend was with him, and his boss ordered him to keep trying to recruit Xiao Yu.
• Xiao Yu ended Yang Ruiwen’s call, kicked him from the livestream, and blocked him permanently.
• Xiao Yu started the fortune-telling livestream and decided that avoiding the reality show’s editing trap was wiser than seeking publicity.

Xiao Yu investigated Zhang Yu’s family supermarkets and exposed how Zhang Xiao and managers at the other stores were taking bribes and allowing counterfeit, substandard goods onto the shelves. He revealed that the corruption also explained the discrepancies in the accounts, leaving Zhang Yu to confront the scale of the problem.

• Zhang Yu asked Xiao Yu to find out whether employee fraud and product complaints threatened his family’s supermarkets as they prepared to expand.
• Xiao Yu called Zhang Xiao, posing as a supplier of counterfeit cigarettes, and heard him demand half the profits to stock the fakes.
• Zhang Yu recognized his uncle’s corruption but questioned how Zhang Xiao could control the store’s inspectors and employees.
• Xiao Yu explained that Zhang Xiao had filled the third supermarket with loyal accomplices and that managers at the other stores were also colluding with suppliers.
• Xiao Yu revealed that bribes led suppliers to cut corners or sell counterfeits, while Zhang Xiao’s extra expenses caused the accounting discrepancies.

Zhang Yu and his father uncovered Zhang Xiao’s counterfeit scheme, called the police, and faced costly repairs and legal trouble. After Zhang Xiao threatened Xiao Yu, Xiao Yu revealed that their conversation had been broadcast to over a million viewers; the chapter ended with Lu Yuan begging Xiao Yu to persuade Xiaohong to date him.

• Zhang Yu told his father about Zhang Xiao’s counterfeit goods, and they investigated the supermarkets and exposed the scheme.
• Zhang Yu and his father confronted Zhang Xiao, called the police, and faced replacing the counterfeits, lawsuits, staffing problems, and a halt to their expansion plans.
• Zhang Xiao called Xiao Yu and accused him of setting him up, but Xiao Yu revealed that Zhang Yu and his livestream audience had heard their conversation.
• Zhang Xiao threatened to stab Xiao Yu, who warned him that his threat was illegal and then hung up and blocked him.
• Zhang Yu thanked Xiao Yu before leaving the livestream, and Xiao Yu continued fortune-telling sessions.
• Lu Yuan asked again whether he could be with Xiaohong, then knelt and begged Xiao Yu to call her and convince her to date him.

Xiao Yu confronted Lu Yuan about his laziness, selfishness, and empty promises after Lu Yuan begged him to help win over his goddess. He began questioning Lu Yuan about basic responsibilities, leaving Lu Yuan angry and unable to answer how much water to use for two bowls of rice.

• Xiao Yu told Lu Yuan that his love was one-sided and that his goddess would never be attracted to him, but Lu Yuan continued begging for help.
• Xiao Yu recalled that Lu Yuan would remain lazy and unsuccessful, then become an abusive and unfaithful husband before his wife divorced him.
• Xiao Yu offered to call the woman for Lu Yuan if he answered several questions first.
• Lu Yuan blamed bad luck and sabotage for a hypothetical worker's lack of raises, and Xiao Yu described the worker as lazy and disliked by everyone.
• Lu Yuan said he would spend a hypothetical hundred million on a house and cars, prompting Xiao Yu to criticize him for not thinking of his parents.
• Xiao Yu challenged Lu Yuan to explain how to cook two bowls of rice, and Lu Yuan protested that cooking had nothing to do with winning his goddess.

After Xia Mo and the livestream viewers berated Lu Yuan, he recognized his faults and resolved to improve himself, leaving Xiao Yu pleased that he had changed someone’s future. The next morning, Xiao Yu realized he was close to the fourth layer of Foundation Establishment, where he could begin attempting alchemy to help Xu Rou’s elderly father.

• Xia Mo scolded Lu Yuan for demanding help from Xiao Yu, and livestream viewers piled on with criticism of his selfishness and lack of ambition.
• Lu Yuan understood Xiao Yu’s advice, resolved to improve himself, work as a driver, and prove his devotion through actions, then ended the video connection.
• The viewers wondered whether Lu Yuan’s resolve would last, while Xiao Yu welcomed the next livestream viewer and considered the encounter a gain in cultivation.
• The next morning, Xiao Yu expected to reach the fourth layer of Foundation Establishment within a day or two and noted that he could then attempt alchemy.
• Xiao Yu hoped alchemy would let him extend Xu Rou’s elderly father’s life without relying on monthly ginseng juice.

Xiao Yu continued seeking ways to advance his cultivation and went with Hu Feifei to investigate a supposedly accurate Tarot Card Divination shop. After secretly telling the veiled fortune-teller’s fortune, he found the result boring.

• Xiao Yu went to his shop eager to reach the fourth level of Foundation Establishment and gain the Herb-Finding Technique to locate Hundred-Grass Dew.
• Li Hao thanked Xiao Yu for warning him about an accident, then asked for a reading about his feelings for Hu Feifei.
• Xiao Yu told Li Hao that he and Hu Feifei were not suited, but encouraged him to focus on studying and said he would meet a girl he liked in college.
• Li Hao paid for the reading and went home to study, while Hu Feifei was relieved that they could remain friends.
• Hu Feifei told Xiao Yu about the supposedly accurate Mysterious Tarot shop, and Xiao Yu went there with her and Zhong Qi.
• Xiao Yu secretly told the veiled tarot reader’s fortune and found the result boring.

Xiao Yu accompanied Hu Feifei to Sun Qi’s tarot shop and exposed how she used vague readings and psychology to deceive customers. He let Sun Qi continue offering inexpensive counseling as long as she stopped selling spiritual items at inflated prices.

• Hu Feifei dragged Xiao Yu into Sun Qi’s shop to compare Sun Qi’s fortune-telling with his abilities.
• Sun Qi gave Xiao Yu a vague tarot reading about love, but he pressed her for specific predictions she could not provide.
• Xiao Yu exposed Sun Qi’s use of broad interpretations and microexpression-reading to make her readings seem accurate.
• Hu Feifei realized Sun Qi’s tarot readings were a con and criticized her for relying on psychology and tailored patter.
• Xiao Yu told Sun Qi to stop selling prayer beads and other spiritual items at high prices, and said her low-cost readings could continue as counseling.
• Sun Qi agreed and thanked Master Xiao for letting her off.

Xiao Yu used the Heavenly Mechanism Canon to investigate fourteen-year-old Han Rui’s misery at home and saw how his parents’ constant fighting was turning him into a violent, unhappy adult. He traced Han Bin and Tang Hua’s past to the time they first met, but found no clear cause for their change in personality and continued searching day by day.

• Hu Feifei asked Xiao Yu to teach her fortune-telling, and he said he might be able to teach her after she graduated from college.
• Xiao Yu chose Han Rui’s plea for help from Weibo and learned that Han Rui feared his parents’ daily arguments and fighting.
• Xiao Yu promised to help Han Rui and used the Heavenly Mechanism Canon to watch his future, where he grew sullen and violent.
• Xiao Yu divined Han Rui’s parents’ past and saw that Han Bin and Tang Hua had once been kind, cheerful, and in love.
• Xiao Yu found no event that explained Han Bin and Tang Hua’s change, so he slowed the timeline and examined their lives from when they first met.

Xiao Yu recognized that Han Rui’s parents’ incompatible personalities and years of petty arguments had shaped the grim future awaiting their son. He used fortune-telling to persuade Tang Hua to confront the damage their marriage was causing, leaving her in tears as he explained how their relationship had deteriorated.

• Xiao Yu concluded that Han Bin and Tang Hua had hidden their flaws while dating, then gradually turned their everyday differences into years of increasingly frequent arguments and fights.
• Xiao Yu called Tang Hua and proved his supposed fortune-telling ability by naming the gum in her pocket, her planned dinner, and expired peanut butter in her refrigerator.
• Xiao Yu warned Tang Hua that Han Rui could grow up to mistreat his family and abandon his parents, while she herself could end up alone in a nursing home.
• Xiao Yu recalled the couple’s arguments from their early years of marriage, explaining how their disputes grew from forgotten anniversaries into constant complaints about daily life.
• Tang Hua began crying and defended herself by saying Han Bin had also been at fault for forgetting their anniversaries.
• Xiao Yu told Tang Hua that both spouses focused on each other’s faults and refused to admit fault or yield, which had gradually ruined their relationship.

Xiao Yu guided a woman toward repairing her family relationships, then helped her reunite with her husband and son over dinner. During his livestream, he told Wei Zhuo that his daughter would start a business with a decent boy, but revealed that his wife’s serious gynecological condition would leave him in a long period of celibacy.

• Xiao Yu urged the woman to apologize to her son and husband, remember what her son liked, and take them out for barbecue.
• The woman went to pick up her son and planned a family dinner with her husband, Han Bin.
• Xiao Yu finished the call and later divined for a newly registered viewer, while Han Rui enjoyed a happy reunion dinner with his parents.
• Wei Zhuo asked Xiao Yu about his daughter Wei Lingdang, and Xiao Yu said she would start a business with a good-hearted boy but later return to ask her father for investment.
• Xiao Yu warned Wei Zhuo about his wife’s serious gynecological condition and offered him a Heart-Clearing Talisman, prompting Wei Zhuo to tip ten Big Rockets.

Xiao Yu welcomed longtime fans Qi Zihong and Pang Juan as they planned to move to Magic City and open a barbecue shop near him. During the livestream’s prize draw, swordsmanship instructor Yin Yu asked about an important competition, and Xiao Yu warned him of a serious hand injury before revealing another troubling problem.

• Qi Zihong and Pang Juan told Xiao Yu they were moving to Magic City to open a barbecue shop nearby, and Xiao Yu agreed to speak with the neighboring shop owners.
• Other wealthy fans began discussing opening shops near Xiao Yu, while he imagined having more people around to keep him company.
• Dou Mei and Dou Fei updated viewers on the donations and promised to report regularly during the livestream.
• Yin Yu asked Xiao Yu whether he would survive an upcoming swordsmanship competition despite an old right-hand injury.
• Xiao Yu warned Yin Yu that his hand would be badly injured again, then recommended a Protective Jade and said Yin Yu would win the competition either way.
• Xiao Yu told Yin Yu he had divined another problem with serious consequences, leaving Yin Yu alarmed.

Xiao Yu revealed to Yin Yu that his wife had cheated and that the child might not be his, warning him that his anger could ruin his life. Yin Yu chose to try to save the marriage, but when Xiao Yu confronted Shi Zhen, she denied understanding what he meant.

• Xiao Yu asked Yin Yu whether he had been checked for infertility, leading Yin Yu to realize his wife might have cheated and the child might not be his.
• Xiao Yu warned Yin Yu that a year later he would attack someone with a sword and permanently disable them, damaging his family, career, and life.
• Yin Yu told Xiao Yu he wanted to stay with his wife for the child's sake, provided she ended the affair and promised not to cheat again.
• Yin Yu brought Shi Zhen to speak with Xiao Yu, and she panicked when she recognized him.
• Shi Zhen composed herself, decided to deny the affair, and claimed she did not understand why Xiao Yu wanted to speak with her.

Xiao Yu exposed Shi Zhen’s affair, and Yin Yu decided to divorce her after she refused to admit fault. Xiao Yu told Shi Zhen she would receive none of the property, prompting her to angrily demand half.

• Xiao Yu named Shi Zhen’s lover, Ma Siguang, and offered Yin Yu his phone number.
• Shi Zhen tried to stop Yin Yu from calling Ma Siguang and denied cheating, but her response revealed the affair to him.
• Yin Yu slapped Shi Zhen and declared that he wanted a divorce, then resolved to end the marriage regardless of her response.
• Shi Zhen asked whether admitting her mistake would make Yin Yu forgive her, and Yin Yu reaffirmed that he would divorce her.
• Xiao Yu told Shi Zhen she would leave the marriage with no property because she had cheated, and Shi Zhen demanded half anyway.

Xiao Yu exposed Shi Zhen’s affair and explained that her lover would not marry her, leaving Yin Yu devastated. When Yin Yu wavered about forgiving her, Xiao Yu offered Shi Zhen one chance: she had to admit her wrongdoing in writing and sign away her claim to their assets if she cheated again.

• Xiao Yu told Shi Zhen that Ma Siguang was married and was only using her, and that Yin Yu would receive no money from her after the divorce.
• Shi Zhen panicked, pleaded with Yin Yu to stay married, and insisted she would change after her attempts to argue and threaten suicide failed.
• Yin Yu softened when Shi Zhen cried, prompting Xiao Yu to offer her another chance under strict written conditions.
• Xiao Yu told Shi Zhen to write an admission of wrongdoing and sign a divorce agreement voluntarily relinquishing all assets if she cheated again.
• Shi Zhen hesitated over the agreement, but Yin Yu insisted she sign it or they would divorce, and she agreed to find a pen and paper.

After three viewers in a row dealt with cheating partners, Xiao Yu divined that Fan Jia’s parents were about to win over seventeen million in the lottery. He foresaw the money would eventually ruin their marriage, so he called them over to speak privately, leaving his solution unrevealed.

• Yin Yu accepted his wife’s written pledge and divorce agreement, then ended his livestream call with Xiao Yu.
• Xiao Yu’s second selected viewer kicked out her cheating, freeloading boyfriend, while the third viewer also had a case involving infidelity.
• Xia Mo introduced Fan Jia, a nervous fifteen-year-old who asked Xiao Yu to divine the future of his family’s hot pot restaurant.
• Xiao Yu discovered that Fan Jia’s parents would win over seventeen million in the lottery that night.
• Xiao Yu foresaw that the winnings would lead Fan Jia’s parents to argue, become extravagant, cheat, and eventually seek a divorce.
• Worried that warning them publicly could attract danger, Xiao Yu told Fan Jia to call his parents over.