Chapter Summaries

Wen Xiancheng made a profitable day selling books and secured a large custom textbook order from a kindergarten. After signing the agreement, he brought snacks and books to Cui Qianqian, who remained uneasy about trusting him.

• Wen Xiancheng sold one hundred workbooks to an elementary school and earned 5,290 low-grade spirit stones in profit that day.
• Sun Xinlei called Wen Xiancheng with an order for three hundred custom textbooks at thirty-five low-grade spirit stones each, and he agreed to the price.
• Wen Xiancheng met the kindergarten principal, signed the order agreement, and received ten thousand low-grade spirit stones up front along with referrals to four other kindergartens.
• Wen Xiancheng visited Cui Qianqian with snacks and one hundred textbooks, and she thanked him while worrying that he might have been hired to exploit or harm her.
• Wen Xiancheng promised Cui Qianqian that people would recognize her potential to become a second Professor Liu Lanzhi.

Wen Xiancheng refined Spirit-Gathering Powder, used it to boost his cultivation, and spent over a month selling illusion-enhanced books and workbooks across the Imperial City. After earning enough spirit stones to buy Marrow-Cleansing Liquid, he gave Cui Qianqian a reward, but a woman interrupted them with an insult.

• Wen Xiancheng demonstrated illusion-enhanced children's books to kindergarten principals, secured orders, and failed to persuade one kindergarten.
• Wen Xiancheng refined Spirit-Gathering Powder and found that coating his body with it greatly increased his spiritual energy absorption.
• Wen Xiancheng spent a month visiting schools and kindergartens, eventually earning eighty-three thousand three hundred low-grade spirit stones.
• Wen Xiancheng gave Cui Qianqian twenty thousand low-grade spirit stones as a reward for her work.
• A woman mocked Cui Qianqian and warned that Wen Xiancheng might be playing her.

Wen Xiancheng defended Cui Qianqian from Fang Sisi and learned how she used illusion arts to fight back. He then found Xue Ruigao working at a weapon shop and tried to take her home, where she protected him from an angry young man.

• Wen Xiancheng rebuked Fang Sisi for insulting Cui Qianqian, and Cui Qianqian threw Fang Sisi down and trapped her in an illusion.
• Cui Qianqian explained her illusion arts to Wen Xiancheng, who encouraged her to stand up to people who bullied her.
• Wen Xiancheng gave Cui Qianqian spirit stones and left to buy Marrow-Cleansing Liquid for the Mouse Clone.
• Wen Xiancheng found Xue Ruigao working part-time at a weapon shop and insisted that she leave and focus on cultivating.
• A young man attacked Wen Xiancheng, but Xue Ruigao scattered his fist afterimages and warned him not to attack again.

Wen Xiancheng convinced Xue Ruigao to quit her part-time job after revealing that he had earned over eighty thousand low-grade spirit stones in a month, and the two spent the day shopping and eating together. On a walk at the Royal Academy, Xue Ruigao took his hand, while the consciousness inside Wen Xiancheng reacted with despair.

• Wen Xiancheng showed Xue Ruigao his spirit stones, persuading her that he could support himself, and she quit her part-time job despite Wen Jie's anger.
• Wen Xiancheng bought Marrow-Cleansing Liquid at Huang's Elixir Shop, and Xue Ruigao happily agreed with the clerk that they were a perfect match.
• Wen Xiancheng and Xue Ruigao ate together, and he began calling her Ice Cream while resolving not to let her go.
• Wen Xiancheng tried to take Xue Ruigao's hand during their walk but pulled back when the consciousness inside him resisted.
• Xue Ruigao interlaced her fingers with Wen Xiancheng's, causing the resistance to fade and the inner consciousness to fall into despair.

Wen Xiancheng began cleansing the Mouse Clone’s marrow and searched for a healer who might resolve the other consciousness in his body. After creating a rabbit with Illusion Arts, he learned that advancing required mastering Establishing Logic through extensive study, and faced the prospect of watching millions of videos for years.

• Wen Xiancheng brought Xue Ruigao back to her dormitory and agreed to discuss her helping him earn money once summer vacation began.
• Wen Xiancheng placed the Mouse Clone in water mixed with Marrow-Cleansing Liquid, and the clone experienced a searing sensation.
• Wen Xiancheng found information about Fan Jin and healer Zhang Lu, learned that Zhang Lu was in the Imperial City, and noted the address of her Iceheart Hall.
• Wen Xiancheng practiced Illusion Arts and created a snow-white rabbit, but his hand passed through it.
• Wen Xiancheng reviewed the challenges of Establishing Logic and logged into Liu Lanzhi’s video website, where he saw the vast number of videos students were expected to study.

Wen Xiancheng struggled to master a difficult illusion technique and went to Iceheart Hall to seek treatment from Zhang Lu. Meanwhile, the Mouse Clone completed its marrow cleansing and began cultivating, and Wen Xiancheng finally met Zhang Lu.

• Wen Xiancheng practiced linking illusory roses through their stages of growth but failed despite working through the night.
• Wen Xiancheng refreshed the Mouse Clone’s marrow-cleansing water and went to Iceheart Hall to consult Zhang Lu.
• The Mouse Clone sensed spiritual energy, endured the pain of absorbing it, and began cultivating in a solution of Spirit-Gathering Powder.
• After waiting in line, Wen Xiancheng told an Iceheart Hall attendant that he heard another voice inside him and asked to see Zhang Lu.
• Wen Xiancheng reached Zhang Lu’s office and found the elderly leader waiting at her desk.

Wen Xiancheng sought treatment for the second consciousness in his body, but Zhang Lu put him to sleep and used Soul-Severing Liquid to eliminate it. The consciousness’s final request left Wen Xiancheng with a message to treat someone well and keep its death secret.

• Wen Xiancheng told Zhang Lu that a second consciousness had appeared in his body about a month and a half earlier.
• Zhang Lu used a Machine Puppet and Tranquility Incense to put Wen Xiancheng to sleep before beginning treatment.
• Zhang Lu used Soul-Severing Liquid to destroy the second consciousness, which claimed to be the real Wen Xiancheng.
• Before disappearing, the consciousness asked Zhang Lu to tell Wen Xiancheng to treat someone well and never reveal that it was dead.
• The Machine Puppet shocked Wen Xiancheng awake, and Zhang Lu repeated the consciousness’s final request as he prepared to leave.

After Zhang Lu cured Wen Xiancheng for free, he offered to repay her by trying to become her successor. Zhang Lu gave him a notebook to study before the New Year and sent her Machine Puppet to assist him, while Cui Qianqian called to arrange moving near him for the summer.

• Wen Xiancheng realized Zhang Lu had spoken with the consciousness of the original owner but had not discovered that he was a transmigrator, and he vowed to investigate the original owner's death and build him a gravestone.
• A young man at Iceheart Hall told Wen Xiancheng that Zhang Lu had no successor and that no one had yet met her requirements.
• Wen Xiancheng returned to Zhang Lu's room to offer repayment, and she gave him a notebook to practice before the New Year as a test for succession.
• Zhang Lu ordered the Machine Puppet to follow Wen Xiancheng, help him with the notebook, and report his daily habits.
• Cui Qianqian called Wen Xiancheng and said she would move near him for summer vacation, asking him to help move her belongings.

Wen Xiancheng brought Xiao Xiao to the Royal Academy, where she attacked Gao Shiqi and her companions after they insulted him. Xiao Xiao reassured him that her master could handle any consequences, while Cui Qianqian texted that she had packed her belongings.

• Xiao Xiao followed Wen Xiancheng and revealed that she wanted him to call her Baby Xiao Xiao.
• Wen Xiancheng and Xiao Xiao encountered Gao Shiqi, Brother Qing, Xu Junfeng, and another girl outside the Royal Academy.
• After Brother Qing blocked Wen Xiancheng and insulted him, Xiao Xiao punched him and broke his nose.
• When Gao Shiqi threatened to report Wen Xiancheng, Xiao Xiao punched her and pulled Wen Xiancheng into the academy.
• Xiao Xiao told Wen Xiancheng that her master could handle the fallout and threatened to break the others' legs if they returned.
• Cui Qianqian texted Wen Xiancheng that she had packed everything.

Wen Xiancheng brought Cui Qianqian and her roommate Xue Ning into his textbook business and arranged a nearby apartment for them. After deciding to start a small studio, he met with an elite elementary school principal to discuss customized textbooks for the autumn term.

• Wen Xiancheng met Cui Qianqian and Xue Ning at the dorm, where Xue Ning asked to join his textbook work and he agreed.
• Xiao Xiao carried the girls’ bags, and Xue Ning learned she was a Machine Puppet belonging to Zhang Lu, leader of Iceheart Hall.
• Cui Qianqian asked Wen Xiancheng to find a place for her and Xue Ning to live, and he rented a nearby Three-Bedroom Apartment.
• Wen Xiancheng decided that he, Ice Cream, Cui Qianqian, Xue Ning, and the Mouse Clone could form a small studio processing textbooks with Illusion Arts.
• Wen Xiancheng contacted schools about autumn textbook orders, and Situ Lei invited him to discuss customized textbooks in person.

Wen Xiancheng proved his Illusion Arts ability to Noble Primary School after Chen Yixin dismissed him for having too low a cultivation level. He agreed to create a virtual classroom for Chen Yixin’s biology lesson for fifty high-grade spirit stones, with a bonus if the Royal Family approved.

• Principal Zhang introduced Wen Xiancheng to Chen Yixin, who rejected him as unqualified because his cultivation was only that of an advanced martial apprentice.
• Wen Xiancheng recalled the stages of a rose’s life and used Illusion Arts to show a seed sprouting, blooming, and withering above his palms.
• Principal Zhang praised Wen Xiancheng’s illusion, and Chen Yixin reluctantly agreed to discuss the work with him.
• Chen Yixin explained that he wanted a virtual classroom where the plants and animals in his biology lesson appeared when he pointed to them.
• Wen Xiancheng agreed to take the job for fifty high-grade spirit stones, with an additional bonus if the Royal Family responded favorably.

After securing a large payment from Noble Primary School, Wen Xiancheng returned home and discussed his Mouse Clone with Xiao Xiao, who proposed building a mouse organization. The Mouse Clone went to fetch wild mice for Xiao Xiao to observe, and Wen Xiancheng planned a schedule to balance his many tasks.

• Wen Xiancheng signed agreements with Principal Zhang for a biology classroom and customized textbooks, receiving seventy-five high-grade spirit stones in deposits.
• Wen Xiancheng deposited most of the spirit stones at a bank and returned with supplies and snacks.
• Xiao Xiao noticed that Wen Xiancheng's pet mouse, the Mouse Clone, had become a demon beast and suggested using him to organize other mice.
• Wen Xiancheng sent the Mouse Clone to fetch three wild mouse friends so Xiao Xiao could study how mice communicated.
• Wen Xiancheng wrote a daily schedule for cultivating, processing school orders, studying pill refining, stealing herbs, and establishing a mouse organization.

Wen Xiancheng prepared his schedule while his Mouse Clone found the ten mice living beneath his old room and tried to befriend them. Unable to communicate with them, the Mouse Clone fed them biscuits and relied on Xiao Xiao to help overcome the language barrier.

• Wen Xiancheng copied his daily schedule and went out for dinner.
• The Mouse Clone found a hole beneath his old room’s bed, where ten little mice emerged and gathered around him.
• When the mice headed toward the Royal Academy, the Mouse Clone led them to his new house instead.
• The Mouse Clone coaxed the wary mice into eating biscuits by placing some in the doorway and then bringing more outside.
• Xiao Xiao watched the mice from near the entrance as the Mouse Clone lamented that he could not understand their squeaks.

Wen Xiancheng confronted Xu Junfeng, who tried to persuade him to give up Xue Ruigao, and left after their argument turned hostile. Back at his rental, Wen Xiancheng calmed down while the ten little mice hid from him, and Xiao Xiao stared at them as the silver snakes in her eyes flickered faster.

• Xu Junfeng stopped Wen Xiancheng outside the restaurant and invited him to a meal, insisting he intended to win Xue Ruigao fairly.
• Wen Xiancheng rejected Xu Junfeng's claims about Xue Ruigao and Ice Cream, then ignored his attempts to argue while eating.
• Xu Junfeng lost his temper, and Wen Xiancheng smashed his bowl with a chopstick, asserted that Ice Cream was his wife, paid with five low-grade spirit stones, and left.
• Xu Junfeng threatened Wen Xiancheng and kicked his car door after he left.
• Wen Xiancheng returned to his rental and used cold water to calm himself, while the ten little mice fled into dark corners when they saw him.
• Xiao Xiao entered the dark room and watched the ten little mice as the silver snakes in her eyes flickered more frequently.

Wen Xiancheng secured textbook preorders, received a used Storage Ring from Sun Xinlei, and studied Zhang Lu’s Healing Arts notes. At the Royal Academy gates, he introduced his fiancée Xue Ruigao to his business partners Cui Qianqian and Xue Ning.

• Wen Xiancheng called kindergartens and secured textbook preorders from two of them.
• Sun Xinlei gave Wen Xiancheng a used Storage Ring and reminded him not to neglect cultivation.
• Wen Xiancheng arranged to buy two thousand customized textbooks from Xinhua Bookstore.
• Wen Xiancheng studied Zhang Lu’s notes on anatomy and the basics of Healing Arts.
• Wen Xiancheng met Xue Ruigao, Cui Qianqian, and Xue Ning at the Royal Academy gates and introduced Xue Ruigao as his fiancée.

Wen Xiancheng introduced Cui Qianqian and Xue Ning to his fiancée, Xue Ruigao, and brought them to his larger rental after they agreed to work with him. He organized their new studio, Cui Qianqian Studio, and reaffirmed his promise to make Cui Qianqian’s name famous.

• Xue Ruigao learned that Cui Qianqian was Cui Shang’s illegitimate daughter, while Wen Xiancheng apologized for having tried to take advantage of her.
• Cui Qianqian told Xue Ning she would not pursue Wen Xiancheng now that he had a fiancée, and Xue Ning gave up trying to change her mind.
• Wen Xiancheng brought Cui Qianqian, Xue Ning, and Xue Ruigao to his new rental and showed them 74 high-grade spirit stones in client advances.
• Wen Xiancheng assigned Cui Qianqian and Xue Ning the biology classroom order at Noble Primary School, while he and Xue Ruigao would handle the other textbooks.
• Wen Xiancheng proposed a profit split and named their group Cui Qianqian Studio, promising to print Cui Qianqian’s name prominently on every completed order.

Wen Xiancheng and the three girls completed a biology lesson setting that impressed Principal Zhang and Chen Yixin, while Wen Xiancheng and the Mouse Clone advanced in cultivation. As they prepared to return from a tour of the Imperial City, Cui Qianqian was summoned home so her father, Cui Shang, could meet her friends.

• Wen Xiancheng practiced Illusion Arts while the Mouse Clone stole herbs and cultivated with Spirit-Gathering Powder.
• Wen Xiancheng taught Xue Ruigao basic Illusion Arts as Cui Qianqian and Xue Ning designed their biology lesson.
• Over the next month, Wen Xiancheng became a junior Martial Warrior, and the Mouse Clone reached first-tier, third-stage.
• Wen Xiancheng, Xue Ruigao, Cui Qianqian, and Xue Ning completed the biology lesson setting, which Chen Yixin approved for the autumn classroom demonstration.
• After touring the Imperial City, the group was approached by Cui Qianqian's family's attendant, who said Cui Shang wanted to meet her and her friends.

Cui Qianqian reluctantly visited her father, Cui Shang, with Xue Ning, Wen Xiancheng, and Xue Ruigao, and learned he had summoned them while his wife and eldest daughter were away. The visit ended abruptly when Cui Shang received a phone alert and ordered everyone to hide.

• Cui Qianqian refused to visit Cui Shang at first, but Xue Ning accepted a pouch of spirit stones as compensation and persuaded her to go.
• The group arrived at Cui Shang's luxurious villa, where he greeted them warmly and explained that he had wanted to meet his daughter's friends.
• Huang Li revealed that Cui Shang had invited them while his wife and eldest daughter were away, and Cui Qianqian said she wanted no involvement in his family.
• Cui Qianqian told Cui Shang that she and her friends had founded Cui Qianqian Studio and were earning money through illusion-art projects.
• Cui Qianqian warned Cui Shang not to interfere in their business, and he promised he would not.
• After his phone chimed three times, Cui Shang abruptly told Cui Qianqian and her friends to hide.

Cui Qianqian and her companions hid beneath an illusion as Cui Shang’s family berated and mistreated him. Wen Xiancheng restored the wilted Beauty’s Face with Healing Arts and invoked Zhang Lu’s name, leaving the family stunned.

• Cui Qianqian concealed herself, Xue Ning, Wen Xiancheng, and Xue Ruigao behind an illusory wall beneath the staircase.
• Cui Shang’s mother, Chen Jingshu, and Chen Meiyan arrived and scolded him for letting the flowers wilt and for bringing Cui Qianqian home.
• Cui Qianqian dispelled the illusion and told Chen Jingshu to stop bullying Cui Shang, but Chen Jingshu kicked him and ordered him to restore the flowers.
• Wen Xiancheng healed the Beauty’s Face, making its blossoms rise and bloom more beautifully than before.
• Wen Xiancheng said he studied under Zhang Lu, the head of the Iceheart Hall, and rebuked the family for calling him a person of ill repute.

Wen Xiancheng pretended to be Zhang Lu’s disciple to rebuke the Cui family and refused to arrange a medical appointment for Cui Shang’s mother. After they left, Cui Qianqian explained how her parents’ breakup led her father to marry into the family, and how he had found her mentor, Auntie, after attempting suicide.

• Cui Shang’s mother urged Wen Xiancheng to arrange an appointment with Zhang Lu, but he refused and led Cui Qianqian, Xue Ruigao, and Xue Ning away.
• Cui Shang and Chen Jingshu chased after Wen Xiancheng, who rejected their request and criticized them for insulting him.
• Chen Jingshu berated Cui Shang, who swallowed his anger rather than responding.
• Outside the villa complex, Wen Xiancheng admitted that he was not Zhang Lu’s disciple and had only been bluffing.
• Cui Qianqian explained that her parents separated after her mother lost faith in her penniless father, then learned she was pregnant after he had already married Auntie.
• Cui Qianqian said her father had met Auntie while standing on a pedestrian bridge intending to kill himself, and that Auntie had once treated him kindly.