Chapter Summaries

Li Ningyue became Xiao Yu’s disciple and accepted his request to deal with the foreign couple who had threatened Liu Shan. As Lanny sought help from General Alec, Beryl’s fears went unheeded, and the chapter left the couple unaware of the danger closing in on them.

• Li Ningyue kowtowed to Xiao Yu, became a disciple of the Heavenly Mechanism Gate, and agreed to handle the threats against Liu Shan.
• Lanny and Beryl argued over Lanny’s decision to threaten Master Xiao and hire assassins to kill his wife.
• Beryl urged Lanny to investigate Master Xiao’s fortune-telling and flee if the danger proved real, but Lanny remained dismissive.
• Lanny went to his study and called General Alec, but Alec’s deputy Gabi told him the general was unavailable and to call back in an hour.

Lanny paid General Alec to investigate whether Xiao Yu could tell fortunes, and Alec learned that Xiao Yu was respected by the Li Family as Master Xiao. After Master Li ordered Alec to arrest Lanny and Beryl for threatening Xiao Yu’s wife, Alec eagerly mobilized his men to seize them and escort them to Huaxia.

• Lanny paid General Alec fifty million to investigate Xiao Yu’s fortune-telling abilities.
• Alec asked Housekeeper Li about Xiao Yu and learned that Li Ningyue had become Master Xiao’s disciple.
• Alec told Lanny that Master Xiao could tell fortunes, then received Master Li’s order to arrest Lanny and Beryl for threatening Master Xiao’s wife.
• Alec agreed to escort Lanny and Beryl to Huaxia, then ordered Gabi to gather everyone for the arrests.

Lanny and Beryl tried to flee after learning that Xiao could tell fortunes, but their delay packing cosmetics let Alec’s forces complete an armored blockade and arrest them. Back at the Xiao Family villa, Li Ningyue told Xiao that the pair would soon be brought before them.

• Lanny told Beryl to pack so they could escape, but she took time to gather her cosmetics and clothes.
• Lanny and Beryl argued over the delay as he drove them away from the villa.
• Lanny found the road blocked by armored vehicles and troops, with another force closing in behind them.
• Alec and Gabi confronted the couple, and Alec ordered his men to bind and take them to Huaxia for threatening Xiao.
• Li Ningyue told Xiao that Lanny and Beryl were on their way to the Xiao Family villa.

Xiao Yu confronted Lanny and Beryl over their attempt to have his wife killed, then decided to send the human traffickers to the Netherworld Small World as forced labor. After thanking the Li Family and acknowledging General Alec’s help, Xiao Yu left Alec waiting expectantly for a reward.

• Xiao Yu told Lanny and Beryl that the assassins they hired had been arrested and that the assassin organization planned to kill them.
• Lanny and Beryl blamed each other for hiring the assassins until Xiao Yu ordered them to be quiet and asked Li Hengyu how they should be dealt with.
• Li Hengyu advised Xiao Yu not to rely on the police, warning that Lanny and Beryl might evade punishment through their wealth and influence.
• Xiao Yu signaled Liu Shan, but Zhao Yan grabbed Lanny and Beryl and carried them away to be locked up.
• Xiao Yu thanked Li Hengyu for the Li Family’s help, and Li Hengyu pointed out that General Alec had also helped capture the couple.
• General Alec eagerly waited for Xiao Yu’s thanks or reward.

Xiao Yu foretold General Alec’s downfall and reassured Li Hengyu about the Li Family’s future. He then warned Cen Yao that she had less than a month to live, prompting Li Tingzhou and Li Hengyu to beg him to save her.

• Xiao Yu warned General Alec that he would be defeated and executed in two years, but could extend his rule by correcting his behavior.
• Xiao Yu told Li Hengyu that the Li Family would face business setbacks but no threat to its foundations.
• Xiao Yu told Cen Yao that she had less than a month to live.
• Li Tingzhou knelt and kowtowed, pleading with Xiao Yu to save Cen Yao.
• Li Hengyu asked Xiao Yu to help Cen Yao and offered to pay any price, while Cen Yao wept at their devotion.

Xiao Yu gave Cen Yao a Lifespan Pill to buy time to treat her hereditary terminal illness, then welcomed her and Li Tingzhou into the Xiao household. Li Hengyu and General Alec departed pleased with their strengthened ties to Xiao Yu, while the new couple settled into their roles at his villa.

• Xiao Yu explained how the Lifespan Pill would keep Cen Yao healthy for a year and gave it to her while promising to seek a cure.
• Li Hengyu arranged for Cen Yao to bring maids from the Li household to live and work at Xiao Yu’s villa, and Xiao Yu agreed.
• Li Hengyu suggested that Li Tingzhou become Xiao Yu’s housekeeper, and Xiao Yu welcomed him; Cen Yao and Li Tingzhou celebrated their new positions together.
• Li Hengyu teased Li Ningyue about possibly becoming Xiao Yu’s wife, then left with General Alec after advising her to serve Xiao Yu well.
• Xiao Yu assigned Li Tingzhou and Cen Yao the same room, and the couple expressed their gratitude and declared their loyalty to the Xiao household.

After Zhao Yan and Li Tingzhou left to help Tang Xiaoxiao, Wei Zhuo told Xiao Yu that a refund to a foreign streamer had sparked a massive online controversy. Xiao Yu learned that Kim Jeong-tae was using the refund to accuse him of fraud, while hiding evidence that he had sent gifts through a minor’s account.

• Xiao Yu sent Zhao Yan and Li Tingzhou to help Tang Xiaoxiao and encouraged them to go on a date afterward.
• Wei Zhuo told Xiao Yu that the platform had refunded over ten million yuan in gifts after learning the sender was a minor, and that the dispute had become an online uproar.
• Kim Jeong-tae told his Korean livestream audience that the refund proved Xiao Yu was a fraud and urged them to condemn him.
• When a viewer explained the refund rules for minors, Kim Jeong-tae muted and kicked the viewer out, then removed others who questioned him.
• Kim Jeong-tae claimed that Huaxia trolls and paid haters had entered his stream and said he was blacklisting them.

Kim Jeong-tae recast the refund dispute as an attack by paid Huaxian trolls, silenced dissenters, and profited from the resulting attention. Furious Xiao Yu fan Song Qingrong decided to expose him and began telling her Bilibili audience what had happened.

• Kim Jeong-tae blocked and kicked out viewers who questioned his account, then called them paid trolls from Huaxia.
• Kim Jeong-tae celebrated his trending status and new followers, expecting to earn substantial income from the controversy.
• Song Qingrong watched Kim Jeong-tae’s livestream, was repeatedly blocked, and grew furious at his version of events.
• Song Qingrong decided to use her work as a reporter to expose Kim Jeong-tae and summoned viewers to her Bilibili livestream.
• Song Qingrong told her audience that Kim Jeong-tae had used a minor’s account to send gifts, requested a refund, and then smeared Xiao Yu over it.

Song Qingrong’s video exposing Kim Jeong-tae sparked a fierce online dispute, with trolls redirecting blame toward Xiao Yu and Liu Shan while others rallied against Kim. Song Qingrong prepared to strike back as Xiao Yu’s supporters waited for him to make his stance clear.

• Song Qingrong’s fans tried to confront Kim Jeong-tae’s livestream, but viewers were muted and kicked out, and new accounts were blocked.
• Song Qingrong found that reactions to her video were divided, as Wind Rises, Clouds Surge accused Xiao Yu and Liu Shan of fraud and others joined the attacks.
• Song Qingrong suspected Kim Jeong-tae’s paid trolls were stirring up trouble and decided to make another video and expose Wind Rises, Clouds Surge.
• More supporters from across society condemned Kim Jeong-tae, while Xiao Yu’s powerful fans held back until he responded.
• Song Qingrong’s viewers told her that Master Xiao had been alerted.

Song Qingrong joined Xiao Yu’s livestream to explain how Korean streamer Kim Jeong-tae had mistreated her, as the audience surged to eighty million and the platform promoted Xiao Yu exclusively. The chapter ended with viewers focusing on Kim Jeong-tae while a critic who had accused Xiao Yu of scamming people went silent.

• Song Qingrong’s friends alerted her that Xiao Yu had started a livestream, and she opened Yanjing Platform to watch.
• Xiao Yu’s livestream drew eighty million viewers, and Song Qingrong realized he had disabled tipping.
• Xiao Yu said he was livestreaming to stand up for his fans and invited Song Qingrong to join the video call.
• Song Qingrong recounted what had happened, prompting viewers to watch and share her video until its views passed one hundred million.
• Viewers attacked Wind Rises, Clouds Surge for accusing Xiao Yu of scamming people, but he stayed silent as attention returned to Kim Jeong-tae.

Xiao Yu addressed the online backlash stirred up by Kim Jeong-tae and defended Liu Shan’s fortune-telling, while Wei Zhuo’s platform crackdown silenced abusive commenters. Xiao Yu then announced he would reveal the truth live using his phone.

• Xiao Yu explained how Kim Jeong-tae’s accusations had turned the dispute into a controversy about whether Liu Shan scammed people, and Qi Zihong urged viewers to watch the fortune-reading recordings.
• Xiao Yu’s supporters backed him as moderators muted trolls who kept posting abuse.
• Wei Zhuo announced that abusive users would be treated as paid trolls and banned their accounts, then published a list of banned commenters and their personal information.
• The exposed trolls’ phones went offline, and the insulting comments about Xiao Yu disappeared.
• Xiao Yu said he would settle the matter fairly in front of the internet and took out his phone.

Kim Jeong-tae staged a public confrontation with Xiao Yu, using fabricated messages to rile up his fans and attract gifts. When he called President Park on stream, he learned the company had abandoned their plan and ordered him to apologize to Master Xiao or risk being blacklisted.

• Kim Jeong-tae dismissed warnings about Xiao Yu’s stream and accused Xiao Yu of trying to bully and bribe him.
• Kim Jeong-tae displayed fake private messages that he had sent to himself, prompting his fans to send gifts and urge him to fight Xiao Yu.
• Kim Jeong-tae called President Park on speakerphone, expecting the company to publicly support him.
• President Park told Kim Jeong-tae that the chairman had canceled their plan and ordered him to disavow Kim Jeong-tae’s actions.
• President Park warned Kim Jeong-tae to apologize to Master Xiao and stop bringing the company bad publicity, or the company would blacklist him.

Kim Jeong-tae’s live phone call exposed his scheme to deceive fans and maliciously claim a refund, prompting his viewers to revolt and the company to permanently ban him and offer gift refunds. As Kim Jeong-tae feared the financial and reputational fallout, Xiao Yu’s fans celebrated and sent gifts to increase his losses.

• Kim Jeong-tae realized his call with the company president had been broadcast live and fainted as fans confronted him over the revealed plan.
• Kim Jeong-tae’s viewers accused him of deceiving them, called for unfollows and refunds, and flooded the stream with “RNM Refund.”
• The company permanently banned Kim Jeong-tae and announced that deceived fans could request refunds for gifts sent that day.
• Kim Jeong-tae learned that refunds could cost him far more than his share of the gifts, especially after people sent more expensive gifts following the announcement.
• Xiao Yu’s fans celebrated Kim Jeong-tae’s ban and sent large gifts, believing he would have to cover much of their value.

After Kim Jeong-tae’s defeat, Xiao Yu resumed his livestream by offering free fortune-telling and a charitable gift drive. The donations overwhelmed Yanjing Live Network Company’s servers, but Wei Zhuo got the stream running again and celebrated the platform’s sudden international fame.

• Song Qingrong urged Xiao Yu to tell fortunes live, and Xiao Yu offered three one-yuan cash packets for viewers who won the slots.
• Song Qingrong joked that Xiao Yu had broken the internet’s livestream record but lost three yuan, and viewers joined in laughing.
• Wei Zhuo opened a gift channel that sent all proceeds to the Red Cross Society and awarded donors double Fan Badge Experience Points.
• Viewers, celebrities, and wealthy donors sent so many gifts that Yanjing Live Network Company’s servers crashed.
• Wei Zhuo spent more than a million yuan on extra servers, and the livestream returned after being down for over ten minutes.
• The data department reported that donations had topped a billion yuan, and Wei Zhuo celebrated the company’s newfound fame while praising Xiao Yu.

Song Qingrong and Tan Ling urged Master Xiao to expose the online troll Wind Rises, Clouds Surge during a record-breaking livestream. As Master Xiao began his divination, the story revealed that the troll was Li Qifeng, a resentful former university classmate of Xiao Yu watching from a factory dormitory.

• Song Qingrong failed to win a fortune-telling slot but hoped Master Xiao could identify Wind Rises, Clouds Surge.
• Tan Ling used her chance to ask Master Xiao to reveal the troll’s true circumstances and make him answer for his online abuse.
• Livestream viewers, including Song Qingrong, tagged Wind Rises, Clouds Surge and challenged him to appear.
• Master Xiao warned Tan Ling that she was using a rare opportunity, but she insisted that exposing the troll was worth it.
• Master Xiao closed his eyes and began his divination as Song Qingrong anticipated the troll’s public exposure.
• Li Qifeng watched from a factory dormitory and sneered at the idea that Master Xiao could find him, resenting Xiao Yu’s success as their former classmate.

Li Qifeng refused Xiao Yu’s call and denied being the online critic “Wind Rises, Clouds Surge,” even after Xiao Yu identified him and exposed his workplace on livestream. When his employer brought him another call from Xiao Yu and threatened to fire him, Li Qifeng still refused to answer.

• Li Qifeng rejected an unknown call, blocked the number, and convinced himself Xiao Yu had called by coincidence.
• A roommate suspected Li Qifeng was “Wind Rises, Clouds Surge,” and Xiao Yu identified Li Qifeng, his university, and his job at Perfect Canned Fruit during the livestream.
• Li Qifeng changed his Bilibili username to “ds5567,” but Xiao Yu immediately announced the new name, prompting his roommate to seize his phone and the two to fight.
• The factory owner, manager, and supervisor arrived with Li Qifeng’s coworkers and told him Xiao Yu wanted to speak to him.
• The owner threatened to fire Li Qifeng if he refused to take the call, but Li Qifeng denied being the online critic and refused again.

Xiao Yu’s livestream exposed Li Qifeng as the online abuser Wind Rises, Clouds Surge, and Li apologized to protect his year-end bonus. After viewers celebrated and sent gifts, Xiao Yu began a new fortune-telling session with Red Sleeve Adds Fragrance, who challenged him to prove his abilities again.

• Li Qifeng’s roommate revealed his Bilibili username, and the boss seized his phone and confirmed his abusive comments to Master Xiao.
• The boss pressured Li Qifeng to call Xiao Yu and apologize under his comments or lose his year-end bonus, and Li reluctantly agreed.
• Li Qifeng apologized, then deleted his account as livestream viewers mocked him and sent gifts to support Xiao Yu.
• Xiao Yu thanked Tan Ling, ended her fortune-telling session, and welcomed the next lucky winner, Red Sleeve Adds Fragrance.
• Red Sleeve Adds Fragrance praised Xiao Yu but said the incident did not prove fortune-telling was real and asked him to demonstrate his ability again.

Xiao Yu used the Heavenly Mechanism Canon to test a forbidden art that could alter present reality and affect the future, choosing Ishikawa Nanami as his test subject. The chapter ended with the consequences of his experiment still unknown.

• Ishikawa Nanami challenged Xiao Yu to reveal one of her secrets and offered to become a major fan if he succeeded.
• Xiao Yu entered his fortune-telling moment, where his thoughts accelerated while time seemed to stop outside.
• Xiao Yu decided to test the forbidden art of reversing reality on Ishikawa Nanami, reasoning that she was Japanese.
• Xiao Yu discovered that Ishikawa Nanami was about to be forced into a marriage alliance her family had not yet announced.
• Xiao Yu considered how altering established facts could change future outcomes, potentially creating false evidence, wrongful convictions, or unsolved crimes.

Xiao Yu used the forbidden art Reversal of Reality to change Ishikawa Nanami’s settled marriage alliance into a cancellation, then predicted she would receive confirmation within minutes. As Ishikawa waited for the call, Xiao Yu remained silent about whether he had intervened to help her, and her phone suddenly rang.

• Xiao Yu cast Reversal of Reality to force the marriage alliance to be canceled, spending nearly one percent of his accumulated merit.
• Xiao Yu told Ishikawa Nanami that the marriage alliance would be canceled and that she would receive notice in about five minutes.
• Ishikawa Nanami doubted the prediction but grew excited as she waited for the promised notice.
• When Ishikawa asked whether Xiao Yu had intervened to save her happiness, he shook his head without explaining.
• Ishikawa Nanami’s phone suddenly rang.

Ishikawa Nanami learned that the Maeda Family had engineered her family’s downfall, and she begged Xiao Yu to save the Ishikawa Family. Xiao Yu agreed to visit Japan the next day, then ended the call to welcome the livestream’s final guest.

• Ishikawa Nanami’s father called off her marriage and told her that the Maeda Family was trying to take over the Ishikawa Family’s assets.
• Ishikawa Nanami told her father that Xiao Yu had predicted the call and promised to ask him for help; her father made the family’s future her responsibility and offered her the position of family head if she succeeded.
• Ishikawa Nanami knelt before Xiao Yu on the livestream and offered to serve him or marry him in exchange for his help.
• Xiao Yu rejected her offer to repay him that way, then considered how his forbidden technique had brought the Ishikawa Family’s crisis forward and decided he had to help clean up the consequences.
• Xiao Yu told Ishikawa Nanami that he would visit her in Japan the next day, then ended the call and welcomed the livestream’s final guest.