Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yu comforted Old Yang by pointing out how much he had sacrificed without caring for himself, then returned to his livestream and decided to end his partnership with Xia Mo. He began a fortune-reading session with Yu An, who asked for help because his first love had been trying to kill him.

• Xiao Yu's words made Old Yang break down in tears, and He Ya left him two hundred yuan before returning to the car with Xiao Yu.
• He Ya thanked Xiao Yu for helping her obtain material for her episode, and Xiao Yu returned home to livestream.
• Seeing Xia Mo's lingering feelings and distress, Xiao Yu decided to end their partnership and arranged to meet her at the Fortune-Telling Shop after the livestream.
• Xiao Yu drew Yu An as the first lucky viewer, and Yu An explained that his first love had recently been trying to kill him.

Xiao Yu learned how Yu An had ruined He Li’s life and proposed helping her find a partner, with Yu An paying for a home and car as compensation. After arranging to meet He Li, Xiao Yu decided to shift more of his fortune-telling work to the Netherworld, delegate livestreaming duties to Liu Shan, and visit Xia Mo.

• Xiao Yu reflected on how Yu An had damaged He Li’s education, work prospects, and ability to trust in love, while Yu An now enjoyed a happy family.
• Yu An asked Xiao Yu how to make He Li forgive him, and Xiao Yu proposed finding her a partner and having Yu An provide a generous dowry.
• Yu An agreed to buy He Li a home and car, and Xiao Yu persuaded her to meet face-to-face by offering to help her find a partner.
• After ending the livestream, Xiao Yu decided to focus more on fortune-telling in the Netherworld and leave livestreaming and other public work to Liu Shan.
• Xiao Yu resolved to establish the Heavenly Mechanism Gate and then went to see Xia Mo.

Xiao Yu ended his partnership with Xia Mo and returned home with Liu Shan, then prepared to take control of Fog City. In the Heavenly Secrets Tower, the city’s existing leaders confronted Feng Xue over her plan to make Xiao Yu the city lord.

• Xia Mo left Xiao Yu’s Fortune-Telling Shop in tears after he changed her past and ended their partnership.
• Xiao Yu told Liu Shan he would hand his livestream work to her and Zhao Yan, then flew home with Liu Shan.
• Feng Xue proposed making Xiao Yu the lord of Fog City so they could replace the existing leadership and speed up reform.
• More than twenty powerful ghost leaders arrived at the Heavenly Secrets Tower to oppose the plan.
• Luo Zhong challenged Feng Xue, arguing that she could not replace him and give his position to Xiao Yu.

Feng Xue tried to make Luo Zhong yield his position in Fog City to Xiao Yu, but Luo Zhong refused and threatened independence. Xiao Yu stopped Feng Xue and Su Xiao Luo from escalating the standoff, while deciding he could not openly kill those protected by Heavenly Mandate.

• Feng Xue told Luo Zhong that his authority came from her and ordered him to follow Xiao Yu’s orders.
• Luo Zhong and his supporters rejected the demand, insulted Xiao Yu, and threatened to leave Feng Xue’s rule.
• Su Xiao Luo and Feng Xue defended Xiao Yu and warned Luo Zhong not to insult him again.
• Luo Zhong declared that he would not surrender Fog City and threatened independence if Feng Xue persisted.
• Xiao Yu took Feng Xue’s and Su Xiao Luo’s hands and calmed them before a fight broke out.
• Xiao Yu considered how to deal with Luo Zhong later because killing him openly would bring serious consequences.

Xiao Yu tried to persuade Luo Zhong to lend him Fog City, but Luo Zhong refused, so Xiao Yu used a fortune-telling bluff to drive a wedge between him and his allies. Jiang Wei began to believe Xiao Yu’s claim that Luo Zhong had drained and disposed of former lovers, leaving Luo Zhong’s group divided by suspicion.

• Luo Zhong rejected Xiao Yu’s request to lend Fog City and left, insisting he would never surrender the city.
• Xiao Yu stopped Luo Zhong and questioned his wife, Jiang Wei, about his past relationships.
• Xiao Yu claimed Luo Zhong drained former lovers of their power and threw them into the Sanzu River, making Jiang Wei fearful and wary of her husband.
• Luo Zhong denied the accusation and suspected that one of his followers had revealed his secret.
• Xiao Yu named Han Xufeng, Yun Zhuo, Xue Zhen, Kong Feng, and Wu Wei as people who knew the secret, causing the group to isolate them.
• Jiang Wei asked how Xiao Yu knew, and he said he was a fortune-teller; Luo Zhong called him a fraud and urged Jiang Wei to return with him.

Jiang Wei returned to Xiao Yu after losing her struggle for power against Luo Zhong and swore a binding oath to become his servant. Xiao Yu went to confront Luo Zhong outside Xiao Fu and declared Jiang Wei belonged to him, provoking Luo Zhong's fury.

• Jiang Wei secretly maneuvered to seize power from Luo Zhong, but he saw through her schemes and defeated her.
• Jiang Wei fled to the Heavenly Secrets Tower and begged Xiao Yu and Feng Xue to help her drive Luo Zhong away.
• Jiang Wei swore a binding oath to become Xiao Yu's ghost servant and acknowledged him as her master.
• Xiao Yu, Feng Xue, Su Xiao Luo, and Jiang Wei went out to face Luo Zhong, whose ghost cultivators surrounded Xiao Fu.
• Xiao Yu told Luo Zhong he could not take Jiang Wei because she belonged to him, and Luo Zhong flew into a rage.

Jiang Wei declared herself Xiao Yu’s maid and accused Luo Zhong of abusing and discarding his former women, prompting Feng Xue to declare war on him. Feng Xue and Su Xiao Luo were overwhelmed by Luo Zhong’s forces, and Feng Xue ended by asking Xiao Yu to intervene.

• Jiang Wei told Luo Zhong that she had sworn an oath to serve Xiao Yu and accused him of draining his women’s cultivation before abandoning them.
• Feng Xue declared war after Luo Zhong insulted Xiao Yu, and she ordered Su Xiao Luo to seize him with Xiao Fu’s Ghost Token.
• Luo Zhong rallied his followers with threats and rewards, and three of his subordinates fought Su Xiao Luo until she was outmatched.
• Feng Xue joined the battle, but Luo Zhong’s ghost cultivators wore her down with their numbers and rotating attacks.
• Feng Xue retreated to the steps of Xiao Mansion and apologized to Xiao Yu, asking him to take action.

Xiao Yu summoned the Flowing Cloud Sword and used it to trap Luo Zhong and his followers inside a lethal boundary of sword energy. After a ghost cultivator was nearly destroyed by touching it, Luo Zhong realized they had been subdued and could not escape.

• Feng Xue apologized to Xiao Yu, who decided to act after learning she could not defeat Luo Zhong.
• Xiao Yu summoned the Flowing Cloud Sword and explained that its sword spirit was a human soul bound to the weapon.
• Xiao Yu ordered the sword to subdue Luo Zhong and his followers, and it carved a square of trenches around them.
• The sword energy rose from the trenches to form a prison, and a ghost cultivator was nearly annihilated after touching it.
• Luo Zhong realized that anyone who crossed the sword marks would face death and that his group was trapped.

Xiao Yu used the Flowing Cloud Sword to defeat Luo Zhong and take control of Fog City, then began rebuilding the city and its administration. As the Heavenly Secrets Tower attracted visitors, Zhong Hong arrived to propose developing Spirit Stone mines and offered Xiao Yu Yin-Nether Flower seeds.

• The Flowing Cloud Sword subdued Luo Zhong and his followers, and Luo Zhong admitted defeat and left Fog City with them.
• Xiao Yu planned Fog City's reconstruction, chose potential administrators through fortune-telling, and left Su Xiao Luo to recruit them while Jiang Wei became the puppet city lord.
• Feng Xue set out to find allies to strengthen Fog City's defenses, while ghosts joined the administration and began working for wages as trade and fortune-telling grew.
• Zhong Hong visited Xiao Yu and asked to develop Spirit Stone mines, arguing that his mining efforts could benefit Fog City.
• Xiao Yu questioned why he should grant Zhong Hong the mining rights, and Zhong Hong offered him seeds of the Yin-Nether Flower, which could create a powerful barrier of laws.

Xiao Yu agreed to suppress the Fierce Demons in exchange for Zhong Hong’s Yin-Nether Flower seeds, which he planned to use to pursue the Netherworld Law. Feng Xue then brought him a couple who accused City Lord Cao De of persecuting them, but Xiao Yu exposed a mystery about the woman, Yu Xin, and her supposed husband.

• Xiao Yu accepted Zhong Hong’s request to suppress the Fierce Demons in exchange for a ten-to-ninety share and took the Yin-Nether Flower seeds.
• Xiao Yu recognized that the seeds could be used to refine pills that might grant him the Netherworld Law and improve his chances of reaching the Nascent Soul Stage.
• Feng Xue gave Xiao Yu two Lifespan Pills and brought him a couple she had rescued from City Lord Cao De’s custody.
• Yu Xin claimed Cao De had tried to force her to become his concubine and imprisoned her and her husband after she refused.
• Xiao Yu questioned Yu Xin about calling Jiang Wen her husband, pointing out that she had never married him and already had a husband named Han Yiguang.

Xiao Yu exposed Yu Xin and Jiang Wen as thieves who had deceived Feng Xue, and Feng Xue had them sentenced to twenty years in the Netherworld. After earning merit for the judgment, Xiao Yu agreed to inspect the helpers Feng Xue had brought back and planned to assign Jiang Wei a task.

• Yu Xin denied Xiao Yu's claims and accused him of framing her, so Feng Xue slapped her and asked Xiao Yu to explain the pair's identities and crimes.
• Xiao Yu revealed that Yu Xin and Jiang Wen had stolen resources from Cao De's residence and tried to blackmail him, and Feng Xue ordered her attendants to take them into custody.
• Feng Xue threatened to imprison the pair for 120 years, but Xiao Yu reduced their sentence to twenty years and judged them for their past misdeeds.
• Yu Xin and Jiang Wen accepted the sentence, and Xiao Yu earned merit for delivering a fair judgment in the Heavenly Secrets Tower.
• Feng Xue offered to show Xiao Yu the helpers she had recruited, and he agreed to inspect them and said he had a task for Jiang Wei.

Xiao Yu proposed developing Fog City through design competitions and commerce, then Feng Xue intervened in a dispute between two miners over an unusual stone. The chapter ended with Xiao Yu examining the stone after Feng Xue could not identify its value.

• Xiao Yu suggested holding a design competition and building shops and businesses to help Fog City develop.
• Xiao Yu divined that conflicts would become more common as trade grew and interests clashed.
• Feng Xue stopped two men fighting in a courtyard and asked what had caused their dispute.
• The shorter man explained that he and his partner disagreed over how to divide the value of a strange stone they had found while mining.
• Feng Xue examined the stone, found it unfamiliar, and handed it to Xiao Yu to inspect.

Xiao Yu agreed to refine weapons and Magic Treasures for Fog City in exchange for materials and Lifespan Pills, while Feng Xue arranged to mine Hundred Refined Stone and other rare metals. He celebrated the deal as a windfall that would strengthen his subordinates and let him practice artifact refining.

• Xiao Yu bought the Hundred Refined Stone for ten Spirit Stones and explained its value and use to Feng Xue.
• Feng Xue revealed that she knew where Hundred Refined Stone could be mined and asked Xiao Yu to refine weapons and Magic Treasures for Fog City.
• Xiao Yu showed Feng Xue rare metals recovered from damaged divine weapons, and she said she could obtain nearly all of them.
• Xiao Yu negotiated payment of five Lifespan Pills for each Magic Artifact he made after Feng Xue rejected his demand for Resurrection Pills and ten Lifespan Pills.
• Feng Xue left to prepare the materials, and Xiao Yu celebrated the deal as a major haul.

Xiao Yu returned to Huaxia and joined Liu Shan, Zhao Yan, and Tang Xiaoxiao at a masquerade ball hosted by the Li Family. The group entered the estate and donned masks, while the Li Family’s staff welcomed Xiao Yu as Master Xiao.

• Xiao Yu left to visit Liu Shan before Feng Xue finished preparing the artifact-refining materials.
• Liu Shan and Zhao Yan prepared to attend a masquerade ball, where Zhao Yan hoped to help Tang Xiaoxiao find a suitable husband.
• Xiao Yu joined the women, and Zhao Yan drove them to the Li Family’s estate with Tang Xiaoxiao.
• The estate’s maids and butler recognized Xiao Yu, greeted him excitedly, and offered him a mask.
• Xiao Yu, Liu Shan, Zhao Yan, and Tang Xiaoxiao chose masks and put them on.

Xiao Yu attended a masquerade with Liu Shan, Tang Xiaoxiao, and another woman, using the false identity of an out-of-town company owner. After two rich young men insulted him and the women, the group waited for the event’s main attraction, who finally appeared as the hall lights dimmed.

• The head maid warned Xiao Yu that the masquerade games could lead to unwanted touching or mistaken kisses, and Xiao Yu thanked her before entering the Reception Hall.
• Zhang Xiao and Yuan Hao approached Xiao Yu, who introduced himself under the false name Zheng Xiang and claimed to own a small company.
• After Xiao Yu walked away, Zhang Xiao and Yuan Hao mocked his supposed wealth and plotted to take advantage of the women accompanying him.
• Tang Xiaoxiao protested the rich young men’s insults, while Xiao Yu reassured her and the group ate as other guests approached them.
• More than half an hour later, the lights dimmed and a middle-aged butler descended from the second floor with a stunning woman in a white gown, drawing the guests’ attention.

At the Li Family’s masquerade ball, Xiao Yu recognized the disguised Li Ningyue when she approached him, but told her he had come to find a husband for Tang Xiaoxiao. Li Ningyue rejected two wealthy heirs who tried to court her and said she wanted to marry someone on her own level.

• Housekeeper Li announced that the Li Family Young Miss would mingle in ordinary clothes and masks so the young men could try to win her favor.
• Liu Shan and Zhao Yan teased Xiao Yu about the beauty’s interest in him, while Xiao Yu focused on finding a suitable husband for Tang Xiaoxiao.
• Li Ningyue approached Xiao Yu in disguise and asked to get to know him, but he said he was married and had come to find his younger sister a husband.
• Zhang Xiao and Yuan Hao interrupted Li Ningyue and boasted about their wealthy families.
• Li Ningyue dismissed the two heirs, saying she wanted a poor man on her own level, and they complained that she was blind to their wealth.

At the Li Family ball, Li Ningyue brought Xiao Yu and his companions to a restroom to discuss matchmaking for Tang Xiaoxiao. Xiao Yu screened Li Ningyue’s candidates down to two, and Li Ningyue then asked to speak with him alone.

• Li Ningyue suggested moving their conversation to the restroom, and Xiao Yu and the others followed her there.
• Li Ningyue asked Tang Xiaoxiao what kind of man she wanted, and Tang Xiaoxiao said she would trust Xiao Yu to choose someone who could make her happy.
• Li Ningyue showed Tang Xiaoxiao photos of more than twenty potential matches, and Xiao Yu judged them one by one, leaving two candidates.
• Xiao Yu told Tang Xiaoxiao to meet the two men and choose whichever she liked, promising to help if the man was not interested.
• Li Ningyue offered to arrange the meetings and asked Xiao Yu to talk with her alone; Xiao Yu decided to grant her wish as repayment.

Li Ningyue confessed to Xiao Yu, then asked to become his disciple, and he agreed to test her. As they prepared to leave, Li Ningyue found two men assaulting Tang Xiaoxiao and rushed to intervene.

• Li Ningyue confessed to Xiao Yu, but he rejected her because he already had wives and they barely knew each other.
• Li Ningyue revealed that she knew Xiao Yu was a cultivator and begged to become his disciple, even offering to be his slave.
• Xiao Yu agreed to test Li Ningyue for discipleship and said he would contact her in a few days.
• Li Ningyue opened the restroom door and found two men cornering Tang Xiaoxiao, forcing white powder into her mouth.
• Li Ningyue shouted at the men to release Tang Xiaoxiao.

At the Li family’s ball, Zhang Xiao and Yuan Hao tried to force Tang Xiaoxiao to take a drug, but Li Ningyue confronted them. The two rich kids ignored her warnings and continued threatening everyone, until Li Ningyue called for help.

• Xiao Yu held back and let Li Ningyue handle Zhang Xiao and Yuan Hao after they tried to force a drug on Tang Xiaoxiao.
• Zhang Xiao and Yuan Hao realized they had been caught, but decided to continue after assuming Xiao Yu and the others had no power to stop them.
• Li Ningyue told the pair that they were at the Li family’s estate and ordered them to release Tang Xiaoxiao and leave the ball.
• Zhang Xiao threatened Xiao Yu and the women, while Yuan Hao joined in; Xiao Yu stayed silent as they mistook his restraint for fear.
• Li Ningyue gave Zhang Xiao and Yuan Hao one final warning, but they mocked her and threatened to assault her too.
• Li Ningyue took out her phone and made a call, which soon connected.

Li Ningyue called Zhang Xiao’s and Yuan Hao’s fathers to report their harassment, then waited for them to discipline their sons. Yuan Hao recognized her after his father’s furious phone call and immediately knelt to apologize.

• Li Ningyue called Zhang’s Father and Yuan’s Father, reported that their sons had harassed her, and asked her butler to bring a doctor for Tang Xiaoxiao.
• Zhang Xiao and Yuan Hao mocked Li Ningyue, unaware that she had contacted their fathers.
• Yuan Hao’s father called and threatened to kill him unless he knelt and apologized to Miss Li.
• Yuan Hao realized Li Ningyue was the woman he had been teasing when she removed her mask.
• Yuan Hao dropped to his knees, kowtowed, and begged Li Ningyue to forgive him.