Chapter Summaries

After emerging from half a year of seclusion at the Nascent Soul First Layer, Xiao Yu discovered new powers and reunited with his wives, Liu Shan and Zhao Yan. The three flew to Africa for a wilderness adventure, where a woman recognized Xiao Yu at their hotel.

• Xiao Yu reached the Nascent Soul First Layer, gained the ability to leave his body as a primordial spirit, and acquired the Heavenly Mechanism Canon ability True Illusion.
• Liu Shan and Zhao Yan joined Xiao Yu, and the three decided to travel to Africa for a wilderness survival adventure.
• Xiao Yu flew with his wives to Africa in just over ten minutes, then booked a luxury hotel suite for the night.
• A woman approached Xiao Yu at the hotel and asked whether he was Master Xiao.

Xiao Yu reunited with his devoted fan Shui Rong at a hotel in Africa, where her student Zhu Zhen insulted him and was slapped by her. In Xiao Yu’s suite, Shui Rong asked why he and his wives had disappeared for half a year, and he began explaining that someone had taken people important to him hostage.

• Shui Rong recognized Xiao Yu in the hotel and excitedly told him she had supported his livestreams since he first started streaming.
• Zhu Zhen interrupted them, accused Xiao Yu of exploiting female fans, and was slapped by Shui Rong for insulting him.
• Shui Rong apologized to Xiao Yu and followed him, Liu Shan, and Zhao Yan to the suite while Zhu Zhen secretly photographed them.
• Xiao Yu poured Shui Rong tea and explained that the person who framed him had taken people important to him hostage.
• Shui Rong asked whether Xiao Yu and his wives had been imprisoned as revenge.

Xiao Yu let Shui Rong experience a vivid dream of her future, in which Zhu Zhen ruined her life and eventually killed her. After waking, Shui Rong asked Xiao Yu for protection, and he gave her a protective talisman before leaving her to consider how to deal with Zhu Zhen.

• Xiao Yu offered Shui Rong a dream of her future and had her sleep in his room while he monitored her.
• Shui Rong dreamed that Zhu Zhen slandered her, assaulted her, and ultimately tortured her to death after she sent him to prison.
• Shui Rong woke in terror, and Xiao Yu comforted her while explaining that the dream showed Zhu Zhen's true nature.
• Shui Rong asked Xiao Yu to keep protecting her, but he refused to take her along and gave her a protective talisman instead.
• After Xiao Yu left, Shui Rong stayed awake and regretted forgetting to check the lottery numbers in her dream.

Shui Rong wrestled with whether to trust Zhu Zhen after her terrifying dream, then decided to test him while protecting herself with a recording and a talisman. When she met him outside the hotel, Zhu Zhen accused her of misconduct and threatened the school's reputation, confirming her suspicions as their argument continued.

• Shui Rong found Xiao Yu's note saying he had paid for her room for three days and left a phone number in case she needed help.
• After Zhu Zhen repeatedly called and texted, Shui Rong told him she was Master Xiao's woman and warned him to stop pursuing her.
• Shui Rong agreed to meet Zhu Zhen in person, started a recording, and took comfort in her protective talisman.
• Zhu Zhen confronted Shui Rong outside the hotel, tried to grab her hand, and accused Master Xiao of being a fraud.
• Zhu Zhen claimed Shui Rong had used her position to meet a lover and said he had photographed her, while Shui Rong challenged his accusations and accused him of causing trouble at the hotel.

After Zhu Zhen attacked and threatened Shui Rong, she escaped to the hotel and exposed his behavior with a recording, leaving him facing university discipline. During the rest of the academic exchange, he kept his distance and tried to win her forgiveness, while Shui Rong preserved her reputation and realized whom she could trust.

• Zhu Zhen slapped Shui Rong and threatened to assault her, but an unseen force stopped him from grabbing her as she fled into the hotel.
• Zhu Zhen posted slanderous claims about Shui Rong on the university forum, and the university president called to confront him after Shui Rong shared a recording of his threats.
• Zhu Zhen realized his impulsive actions had jeopardized his future, while Shui Rong avoided the public abuse she had faced in the original events.
• Zhu Zhen behaved politely in public and kept away from Shui Rong in private, hoping to salvage his future and secure the university's forgiveness.
• Shui Rong felt grateful for Xiao Yu's help and gained a clearer sense of which people she could trust.

During a jungle outing, Xiao Yu and his wives heard gunshots and went to investigate, where they found the wounded assassin Jiang Meng fleeing her pursuers. Xiao Yu gave her something that restored her strength, leaving her able to move again as the danger remained unexplained.

• After three days of comfortable sightseeing and swimming, Xiao Yu, Liu Shan, and Zhao Yan heard gunfire in the jungle.
• Xiao Yu agreed to investigate the shooting with the two women.
• Wounded and nearly out of ammunition, Jiang Meng tried to escape through the jungle while wondering why her pursuers were so determined to kill her.
• Zhao Yan called out to Jiang Meng, and Xiao Yu and the women caught up with her.
• Xiao Yu forced Jiang Meng to swallow something, and her strength returned enough for her to break free.

Jiang Meng followed Xiao Yu and his companions after they rescued her, then treated her gunshot wounds at their bizarre jungle camp. She learned Xiao Yu’s name and heard about the powerful medicine that saved her, but she remained fixated on how he had brought a bathtub into the wilderness.

• Jiang Meng returned to the scene and confirmed that Xiao Yu and his companions had taken down her pursuers, then collected their weapons and ammunition.
• Jiang Meng followed the group to their camp and was astonished by its plentiful supplies, large tent, bed, and bathtub.
• Jiang Meng removed the bullets from her wounds herself, then washed, disinfected, and bandaged the injuries before changing into new clothes.
• Jiang Meng introduced herself and learned that her rescuers were Xiao Yu and his two wives; Xiao Yu told her his medicine could extend a person's life by a year.
• Jiang Meng pressed Xiao Yu to explain the bathtub, and he claimed he had made it there like an item in a game.

Xiao Yu revealed that he had recognized Jiang Meng as the assassin Eleven, whose real name was known only to her, and admitted that he had saved her because he sensed she still had humanity. Jiang Meng asked him to help find her family, and Xiao Yu asked what price she would pay.

• Xiao Yu teased Jiang Meng about the bathtub and explained that he had come to the jungle for a vacation.
• Jiang Meng questioned how Xiao Yu knew her name and favorite drink, then realized he was Master Xiao, the fortune-telling streamer.
• Xiao Yu told Jiang Meng he had saved her because she was a Huaxia woman in distress and still had a good nature.
• Jiang Meng asked Xiao Yu to help her discover her origins and find her family.
• Xiao Yu asked Jiang Meng what price she would pay for his help finding her parents and family.

Xiao Yu asked Jiang Meng to help him control her assassin organization and use its members to protect him online, in exchange for helping her find her family. After she agreed, he resolved to use overwhelming power against anyone who attacked or slandered him online.

• Xiao Yu rejected Jiang Meng’s offer of money and asked her to work for him by taking control of her organization and turning its members into online defenders.
• Jiang Meng questioned why he wanted assassins as keyboard warriors, then agreed to the deal because she wanted to find her family and leave her life as an assassin.
• Xiao Yu told Jiang Meng that he could use his fortune-telling to locate and defeat anyone who opposed her rise to leadership.
• Xiao Yu reflected that online fans were not enough without hackers and keyboard warriors to protect him, and decided he would no longer tolerate attacks against him.

Xiao Yu brought Jiang Meng back to Huaxia in minutes, and she gathered her courage to visit her family after eighteen years apart. At apartment 502, Jiang Meng identified herself to her parents, leaving them facing the reunion they had long hoped for.

• Jiang Meng swore to keep Xiao Yu's secrets, then rode his flying sword from Africa to Huaxia and realized how powerful he was.
• Jiang Meng calmed herself at a milk tea shop before asking Xiao Yu to accompany her to her family's home.
• Xiao Yu told Jiang Meng that her family was alive and that she had gained a younger brother.
• At apartment 502, Jiang Meng's mother recognized her resemblance, and her father joined them at the door.
• Jiang Meng told her parents that she was their missing daughter and described how she had been abducted and eventually returned to Huaxia.

Jiang Meng reunited with Jiang Fu and Jiang Mu, but Jiang Zheng convinced them she was a fraud. When she tried to prove herself by invoking Xiao Yu’s reputation, the family rejected him as a scammer and shut the door on her.

• Jiang Mu embraced Jiang Meng and recognized her as the daughter who had gone missing eighteen years earlier, while Jiang Fu shared her joy.
• Jiang Zheng accused Jiang Meng of impersonation and warned his parents that she planned to swindle them.
• Jiang Fu and Jiang Mu began doubting Jiang Meng, and Jiang Mu asked whether she was really their daughter or a scammer.
• Jiang Meng explained that Xiao Yu had helped free her and find her family, then appealed to his fortune-telling reputation as proof.
• Jiang Zheng called Xiao Yu a disgraced scammer, slammed the door, and left Jiang Meng devastated outside.

Jiang Meng gave up on reuniting with her family after they refused to verify her identity, and Xiao Yu learned that the Jiang family rejected her because they saw her as a burden. She returned to the milk tea shop in tears, while her family unknowingly forfeited the chance to benefit from her wealth.

• Xiao Yu and Jiang Meng waited outside apartment 502, but the Jiang family never opened the door.
• Jiang Meng decided to stop pursuing the reunion, and Xiao Yu left with her.
• Inside the apartment, Fang Tong argued with Jiang Yue and Jiang Zheng about refusing to meet Jiang Meng.
• Jiang Yue explained that acknowledging Jiang Meng would bring financial strain and shame, so the family chose to prioritize Jiang Zheng.
• Xiao Yu brought Jiang Meng back to the milk tea shop, where she cried as Liu Shan and Zhao Yan learned that her family had rejected her.

After Jiang Meng’s family rejected her, Xiao Yu helped her seize control of the Assassin Organization, which she repurposed to protect him online. With his livestream room unbanned, Xiao Yu agreed to make his comeback that evening and face streamers competing for his audience.

• Jiang Meng cut ties with her family and offered Xiao Yu her savings as a show of loyalty.
• Xiao Yu subdued the Assassin Organization, and Jiang Meng became its leader.
• Jiang Meng recruited hackers who removed online attacks against Xiao Yu and helped shift public opinion in his favor.
• Wei Zhuo told Xiao Yu his livestream room had been unbanned and proposed a comeback stream with PK matches against major streamers.
• Xiao Yu agreed to stream at six, while Wei Zhuo warned him to treat streamers who stayed online as opponents and crush them in PK.

Xiao Yu’s comeback stirred excitement among his supporters and anxiety among streamers who feared losing viewers or facing retaliation. Male God Sigma, pressured by his fans and confident he could profit from attacking Xiao Yu, prepared to confront him by riling up his fan group.

• Xiao Yu’s supporters celebrated his return and anticipated PK battles, while streamers learned of the comeback and worried about its consequences.
• Male God Sigma saw Xiao Yu’s return as a chance to gain attention, having built his career by attacking Xiao Yu and other public figures.
• Sigma felt uneasy about facing Xiao Yu but decided he had to challenge him because his girlfriend and fans expected it.
• Sigma opened his fan group, where members urged him to keep attacking Xiao Yu over events from six months earlier and spread abuse about him.
• Sigma read the group’s insults and encouraged the hostility through an alternate account, intending to profit from his fans’ appetite for online drama.

Male God Sigma rallied more than a dozen streamers and built up his confidence before facing Xiao Yu in a livestream PK. Xiao Yu calmly accepted Sigma’s challenge to a fortune-telling contest and a penalty of one hundred push-ups, leaving the match poised to begin.

• Male God Sigma contacted other streamers, secured support from more than a dozen of them, and scheduled his stream an hour before Xiao Yu’s.
• At 18:00, the platform’s homepage promoted only Master Xiao’s fortune-telling stream, while Sigma’s stream drew over a million viewers and Xiao Yu’s drew over two million.
• Male God Sigma watched Xiao Yu’s stream, grew jealous of its gifts and popularity, and became nervous when the PK began.
• Xiao Yu viewed Sigma as a tool being used by the company and platform, and planned to use the broadcast to recover fans and clear his name.
• Xiao Yu introduced the PK as his comeback and proposed starting with fortune-telling, while Yuan Jialong mocked him and challenged the loser to do one hundred push-ups.
• Xiao Yu smiled and accepted Yuan Jialong’s challenge.

Xiao Yu recounted Yuan Jialong’s difficult childhood, years of drifting between jobs, and eventual rise as a streamer, while Yuan tried to conceal how accurately he had described his past. After Xiao Yu asked whether his account was correct, Yuan laughed mockingly.

• Xiao Yu’s fans overwhelmed Yuan Jialong’s coalition in the gift PK, triggering an instant finish.
• Xiao Yu described Yuan Jialong’s parents’ divorce, his father’s injuries and food stalls, and Yuan’s poor behavior at school.
• Xiao Yu recounted Yuan Jialong’s return to the countryside, failed attempts at work, and meager online earnings.
• Xiao Yu explained how Yuan Jialong began livestreaming at twenty-five and found a way to attract traffic six months earlier.
• Xiao Yu asked whether his account was correct, and Yuan Jialong wavered before laughing mockingly.

Xiao Yu confronted Yuan Jialong after Yuan denied the details of his fortune reading, then presented records verifying his family background, education, work history, and income. Yuan continued calling Xiao Yu a fraud and accused him of bribing officials and bank staff.

• Yuan Jialong laughed at Xiao Yu's reading, denied its claims, and called him a fraud.
• Xiao Yu waited until Yuan had finished mocking him, then said he had expected Yuan to deny the reading and would provide evidence.
• Xiao Yu displayed records verifying Yuan Jialong's birth, schooling, family circumstances, and other details from the reading.
• Yuan Jialong accused Xiao Yu of hacking his account, but Xiao Yu said he had divined the information.
• Xiao Yu introduced documents and bank statements verifying Yuan Jialong's employment and income after age twenty-two.
• Yuan Jialong accused Xiao Yu of bribing government and bank personnel to investigate him.

Xiao Yu countered Yuan Jialong’s accusations by claiming that the culprit behind the incident six months ago had confessed and been arrested, backing his story with a police website altered by Jiang Meng’s hacker team. Yuan’s viewers questioned the site and abandoned his livestream in large numbers, while Xiao Yu threatened to sue Yuan for defamation.

• Xiao Yu challenged Yuan Jialong to support his accusations with evidence, while Yuan insisted Xiao had investigated his past rather than divined it.
• Yuan attacked Xiao Yu over the unresolved incident from six months ago and demanded that he name the real culprit.
• Xiao Yu said someone had confessed to the incident and been arrested, then shared a foreign police website altered by Jiang Meng’s hacker team to implicate an executed serial killer.
• Xiao Yu mocked Yuan and threatened to sue him for defamation, citing the livestream viewers as witnesses.
• Yuan’s viewers debated the police website, and his livestream lost more than two hundred thousand viewers.

Xiao Yu’s comeback livestream succeeded after Yuan Jialong’s stream abruptly ended, and Xiao Yu celebrated with Zhao Yan and Liu Shan. Yuan Jialong discovered that his computer and social media accounts had stopped working, then answered a call that might explain the bans.

• Yuan Jialong’s livestream ended during the PK, and Xiao Yu’s fans mocked him for fleeing the punishment.
• Xiao Yu was matched with smaller streamers, who flattered him and asked for fortune readings, drawing viewers to their streams.
• Xiao Yu ended his successful livestream with his followers nearly back to their previous peak, then joked and played with Zhao Yan and Liu Shan at the villa.
• Yuan Jialong found that his computer had frozen and could not reach its desktop, so he began reinstalling the operating system.
• Yuan Jialong discovered that his QQ, Yanjing Live-Streaming Platform, Weibo, WeChat, and other accounts had received one-year bans.
• Yuan Jialong answered a phone call after the bans, which the chapter implied might be important.

Yuan Jialong was frightened into abandoning his campaign against Xiao Yu after receiving a warning from one of Xiao Yu’s people. At the Assassins Headquarters, Jiang Meng and Bai Lian proposed creating a screened fan website to help Xiao Yu’s supporters and further his fame.

• A woman warned Yuan Jialong that his slander of Master Xiao could lead to legal action, and he gave up on seeking revenge.
• Jiang Meng dealt with bored assassins and hackers who were causing trouble at the Assassins Headquarters.
• Bai Lian suggested keeping the group busy by helping Xiao Yu become known as the God of the Whole World.
• Bai Lian proposed building a fan website that would screen members and offer fans help in emergencies.
• Jiang Meng agreed to present the website idea to Xiao Yu and imagined becoming his foremost divine servant.