Chapter Summaries

Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji were caught in an awkward encounter with Gu Ruoyan, who had come looking for Moon Shadow. Gu Ruoyan identified herself as a government official with mind-reading abilities and met Moon Shadow, while Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji were left to reckon with their own strange exchange.

• Qiu Wuji found and berated Chu Ge over an old story of his, then Gu Ruoyan arrived at their apartment.
• Gu Ruoyan explained she was looking for Moon Shadow, and Chu Ge realized she had been directed to the apartment building by someone who knew Moon Shadow.
• Chu Ge called Qiu Wuji his girlfriend, and Qiu Wuji played along before Gu Ruoyan went to Moon Shadow's door.
• Qiu Wuji told Chu Ge that Gu Ruoyan had probed their minds but could not uncover their identities.
• Gu Ruoyan showed Moon Shadow her identification, reassured her that she had not come to arrest her, and revealed her own mind-reading ability and official position.

After Moon Shadow left with Gu Ruoyan, Qiu Wuji and Chu Ge realized he could write a manual for Shadow Mystic Arts into existence, then settled back into their domestic routine. Chu Ge agreed to attend his college reunion, while Qiu Wuji’s warm praise of his books left him feeling that their relationship had grown closer.

• Moon Shadow left with Gu Ruoyan, and Qiu Wuji asked Chu Ge to write a cultivation manual for Shadow Mystic Arts.
• Chu Ge teased Qiu Wuji about being his heroine and girlfriend, and she kicked him onto the sofa before refusing to make breakfast.
• Chu Ge agreed in the College Classmates Group to attend the upcoming fifth-anniversary reunion, hoping to reconnect with Lin Wuyang.
• Chu Ge returned with soy milk and steamed buns and saw Qiu Wuji using the washing machine to learn about life in this world.
• Qiu Wuji told Chu Ge that his books were wonderfully written, and he was deeply moved by her praise.

Chu Ge’s novel gained a surprising surge in subscriptions, but he grew concerned that Qiu Wuji was neglecting her cultivation while visiting his world. Qiu Wuji reassured him that experiencing the mortal world was itself cultivation, leaving Chu Ge to reconsider whether his worry had clouded his judgment.

• Chu Ge finished and uploaded a chapter, then discovered that his average subscriptions had surged past 4,600 and his novel was nearing the bestseller rankings’ top ten.
• While writing Qiu Wuji’s cultivation into the story, Chu Ge worried that her time away from her world might weaken her before her battle with Yan Qianlie.
• Qiu Wuji noticed her divine soul growing more solid and suspected Chu Ge had granted her another benefit through his writing.
• Chu Ge asked Qiu Wuji to return from the market because he feared she was cultivating too little, and she teased him about his concern.
• Qiu Wuji explained that perceiving and savoring the world around her was also cultivation, then suggested Chu Ge was too worried about her to understand.

Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji bantered over his handling of her laundry, then discussed her possible return and his rapid cultivation progress. When Qiu Wuji offered to teach him a mystic art, Chu Ge chose invisibility and X-ray vision, and she stormed away after dumping rice on his head.

• Chu Ge found Qiu Wuji's lampshade in the laundry and was caught holding it, prompting her to tease him and threaten him over her belongings.
• Qiu Wuji told Chu Ge she could stay until his class reunion in three days, but might return to handle affairs of her own.
• Qiu Wuji realized Chu Ge had reached a stable first level of Qi Refining after only three days of practice, much faster than she expected.
• Qiu Wuji offered to teach Chu Ge a simple mystic art, and he asked to learn invisibility and X-ray vision.
• Qiu Wuji dumped a bowl of rice on Chu Ge's head and stormed off.

Qiu Wuji rejected Chu Ge’s attempt to become her disciple but taught him techniques to help him survive the dangers surrounding his new life. She left him with the promise of learning the Golden Bell Shield through her hands-on instruction.

• Chu Ge brought Qiu Wuji tea and jokingly asked her to accept him as her disciple, but she refused despite accepting the tea.
• Qiu Wuji explained that Chu Ge should focus on survival rather than advanced techniques such as invisibility or seeing through objects.
• Qiu Wuji taught Chu Ge the basics of Cloudwater Without a Trace, the Cloudreach Sect’s movement technique.
• Qiu Wuji examined Chu Ge’s unusual mental sea and taught him the Soul Tempering Art to resist abilities that affected his mind or soul.
• Qiu Wuji said Chu Ge also needed combat skills and decided to teach him the Golden Bell Shield by beating him until he could take a blow.

Chu Ge learned the basics of the Golden Bell Shield from Qiu Wuji, then edited his story’s settings to make the technique protect a sensitive weak point after minor mastery. Qiu Wuji returned to her world to study the technique further, only to have her divided soul crash into her seclusion door.

• Qiu Wuji knocked Chu Ge around while teaching him the Golden Bell Shield, leaving him with faintly golden skin and increased toughness.
• Chu Ge asked whether the technique would protect his groin, and Qiu Wuji said she needed to study it further.
• Chu Ge added to his technique settings that minor mastery protected the groin, causing monks in his world to feel the change.
• Qiu Wuji said she would return to consult texts and left Chu Ge a stocking to keep safe while she was gone.
• Qiu Wuji returned to her body and, distracted, struck the stone door of her seclusion formation and slid down it.

Chu Ge learned that his novel was gaining strong readership and support, while Zhang Qiren pursued a mysterious woman and explored ties with the “Black Room.” The chapter left Chu Ge reconnecting with his readers and Zhang Qiren waiting for the Black Room to make progress.

• Qiu Wuji stormed off to consult the ancient texts and plan her revenge on Chu Ge.
• Chu Ge joined a chat group of bestselling authors, received praise for his ensemble cast, and realized his novel’s subscriptions had risen to 5,500.
• Chu Ge returned to the Friendly Fire group, learned its members had thanked tip-givers and managed the community in his absence, and appointed new admins.
• Chu Ge tried messaging Zhang Qiren but received no reply.
• At the Divine Miracle Nightclub, Zhang Qiren dismissed a lineup of women because none were the person he wanted and asked about the Black Room.
• Zhang Qiren learned the Black Room was interested but staying hidden because the police were searching for them, and he noted that Gu Ruoyan had returned to the capital.

Chu Ge continued cultivating while writing and went to his class reunion, where he unexpectedly saw his old friend Zhang Qiren arrive in expensive clothes after meeting Lin Wuyang. The chapter left Chu Ge messaging Zhang Qiren in disbelief over his apparent wealth.

• Chu Ge trained in the Golden Bell Shield, soul cultivation, and movement techniques while keeping up his writing.
• Chu Ge went to his class reunion, where his classmates teased him about being a loner and a writer, but he no longer took their remarks to heart.
• Chu Ge learned that Lin Wuyang was a municipal bureau section chief and considered asking civil servant Zhang Manli for help with Qiu Wuji’s identity.
• Lin Wuyang met Zhang Qiren at the hotel entrance and warned him about knowing when he had made enough money.
• Zhang Qiren saw Chu Ge at the reunion, felt embarrassed by his own appearance, and told an underling to discreetly listen to the table’s conversation.
• Chu Ge messaged Zhang Qiren in shock, asking if his claim of being a failure had meant returning home to inherit a billion-dollar fortune.

At a class reunion, Chu Ge fielded questions about his writing while his classmates underestimated his success. Qiu Wuji appeared as his fan, and Zhang Qiren arranged to pay for the tables in Chu Ge’s honor.

• Chu Ge questioned whether to approach Zhang Qiren, while Lin Wuyang told him Zhang had once rented a place with Chu Ge’s name listed as his roommate.
• Chu Ge’s classmates asked about his writing and assumed he made money from suggestive stories, prompting him to joke that Lin Wuyang might arrest him.
• The classmates discussed Chu Ge’s prospects for finding a girlfriend and teased him about writers marrying fans.
• Qiu Wuji arrived at the reunion and asked Chu Ge for his autograph, stunning him and his classmates.
• Zhang Qiren told a subordinate to pay for Lin Wuyang’s two tables and say he admired Chu Ge’s work.

After a class reunion, Chu Ge learned that Lin Wuyang was still investigating Zhang Qiren despite the case being called off, while Qiu Wuji revealed she had disguised herself as a fan to support him. The evening ended with Qiu Wuji threatening Chu Ge over the wall he had made her walk into.

• A fake female fan asked Chu Ge for an autograph, and Old Hong reported that another fan had paid the reunion bill; Chu Ge suspected the first was Qiu Wuji and the second was Zhang Qiren.
• Lin Wuyang told Chu Ge that Zhang Qiren was listed as the legal representative of the Divine Miracle Nightclub and asked him to share anything he learned about his roommate.
• After Lin Wuyang left, Qiu Wuji appeared and said she had acted like a fan because she knew Chu Ge cared about impressing his classmates and wanted to support him.
• Chu Ge thanked Qiu Wuji, saying he had not felt embarrassed because she liked his writing.
• Qiu Wuji changed the subject and threatened Chu Ge over making her walk into a wall, leaving him terrified.