Recaps

Su Li learned that a deleted Feibo post described ghosts in Huai Village and accepted an invitation to film a variety show there. He met Director Wang to discuss the trip, while the chapter ended with Wang explaining that the guests would stay in the village.

• Tian Zhang and the crew celebrated the ratings and view counts for "Scheming for the Realm."
• Zheng Xing showed Su Li a saved post and video of Ghost Soldiers Borrowing the Road in Huai Village, and Yuan confirmed the footage was real.
• Su Li accepted Zhou Jing's invitation to join Wang Xiang's new variety show, which would be filmed in Huai Village, and told Zheng Xing to bring Tan Qian.
• Wang Xiang visited Su Li's studio and described the show, saying his employee had checked the village and its accommodations.
• Su Li asked whether Wang Xiang's employee had stayed overnight, and Wang Xiang said the production team would arrange empty houses for the guests.

Su Li joined Wang Xiang’s new livestream variety show, “Life in the Peach Blossom Spring,” in Huai Village and reunited with Chen Zhuo. After greeting the other guests, Su Li singled out the little-known actor Lin Chuan with an unexpectedly knowing smile.

• Wang Xiang asked Su Li what guests he wanted for the variety show, and Su Li left the choices to him before having Tan Qian escort him out.
• Wang Xiang announced “Life in the Peach Blossom Spring” as a livestream show without revealing its guest list in advance.
• Su Li arrived in Huai Village as the final guest and was greeted excitedly by Chen Zhuo, who said the director had invited him because Su Li was joining.
• Su Li met the other guests, including Han Xuan'er, Xin Lin, Pang Yifan, and Lin Chuan.
• Su Li told Lin Chuan he looked forward to learning from him, making the other guests wonder why he treated the newly debuted actor differently.

Lin Chuan joined Wang Xiang’s variety show as a Demon-Exorcism Bureau operative tasked with investigating Huai Village and observing Su Li. After the livestream began, the guests drew houses, and Su Li settled into a spacious courtyard house with help from Zheng Xing and Tan Qian.

• Lin Chuan recalled that the Demon-Exorcism Bureau had sent him to investigate Huai Village and learn more about Su Li, whose past encounters with ghosts had alarmed the Bureau.
• Wang Xiang started the livestream, introduced the guests, and announced that they would spend three days in Huai Village.
• Wang Xiang had each guest draw a slip to determine their house, and Su Li noticed that his slip had a different texture from the others.
• Su Li took Zheng Xing and Tan Qian to a spacious house with a large courtyard and inspected its locust tree, well, and rooms.
• Zheng Xing and Tan Qian began arranging the house while Su Li drank chilled sour plum drink and offered some to the cameraman.

Su Li and Chen Zhuo reunited at Su Li’s courtyard before the artists were assigned to cook their own dinner without assistant help. Chen Zhuo stopped Han Xuan’er from using the task as an excuse to get close to Su Li, and he left warning Su Li to be careful of her.

• Chen Zhuo found Su Li’s courtyard, chatted with him, and learned that Zheng Xing and Tan Qian were ghosts working as his assistants.
• At the village square, Wang Xiang announced that the artists had to cook dinner themselves, though assistants could teach them and wash vegetables.
• Han Xuan’er asked to eat at Su Li’s place, but Chen Zhuo pointed out that she was older than Su Li and told her to seek help from the crew instead.
• Chen Zhuo shielded Su Li from Han Xuan’er and left with him, prompting a flood of viewer comments and online clips of their exchange.
• Before returning to his courtyard, Chen Zhuo warned Su Li that Han Xuan’er was up to no good; Su Li reassured him, and Chen Zhuo ran off blushing.

Su Li cooked for the crew and invited Chen Zhuo to eat with him, while Han Xuan'er plotted to make Su Li fall for her. After dark, Su Li and his ghosts confronted the haunting in his courtyard and suspected Huai Village's residents knew more than they admitted.

• Su Li cooked a meal, shared it with Zheng Xing and Tan Qian, and welcomed Chen Zhuo and Xiao Qian when they arrived with their own dishes.
• After the livestream ended, Han Xuan'er became angry over Chen Zhuo and Su Li and decided to make Su Li fall for her, then reject him.
• Lin Chuan and his assistant discussed the ghostly energy in the village and decided to keep observing Su Li before acting.
• Su Li went outside with Zheng Xing and Tan Qian and saw human heads and ghosts in the locust tree, a presence rising from the well, and a corpse-like figure over the swing.
• Su Li concluded the courtyard was a useful place to refine more things and wondered whether the villagers knew about the deaths and hauntings in Huai Village.

Su Li and Zheng Xing cleared the ghosts from the courtyard, then Su Li visited Chen Zhuo and removed a resentful spirit from his room. As the livestream drew attention to Su Li’s friendship with Chen Zhuo, Lin Chuan prepared to scout the forest where he suspected most of Huai Village’s ghosts had gathered.

• Zheng Xing and Tan Qian revealed their ghost forms and helped Su Li capture the courtyard’s ghosts in the Ghost Ring.
• Su Li brought breakfast to Chen Zhuo, found a resentful spirit in his room, and drew it into the Ghost Ring.
• Xiao Qian arrived as the livestream began, and Chen Zhuo proudly told viewers that Su Li had brought him breakfast.
• Xin Lin, Pang Yifan, and Han Xuan'er reacted to Su Li’s growing popularity and his closeness with Chen Zhuo.
• Lin Chuan and a Demon-Suppression Bureau assistant planned to scout the forest beyond Huai Village, and Lin Chuan realized Su Li had likely cleared the courtyard alone.

Su Li drew the task of looking after a villager’s cats and won their trust while caring for them. The elderly woman then warned him to avoid the village’s largest courtyard, stay inside after dark, and not remain in the village for long.

• Han Xuan'er tried to trade her pig-feeding task for Su Li’s cat-care task, but Su Li refused and Chen Zhuo criticized her.
• Su Li went to an elderly villager’s home, where three wary cats gradually warmed to him.
• The elderly woman fed the cats and told Su Li she considered them family.
• The elderly woman quietly warned Su Li to avoid the largest courtyard with a pagoda tree, never go outside after dark, and leave the village soon.

Su Li and Chen Zhuo finished their tasks and went to buy groceries, while Su Li continued to suspect that Huai Village was hiding something. The chapter left them at the market, where Han Xuan'er approached Su Li again.

• Yuan told Su Li that ghosts had killed the old lady’s son and grandson and would kill anyone who traveled more than five li beyond the village.
• Su Li finished his task, then helped Chen Zhuo calm the unruly geese so Chen Zhuo could complete his task.
• Su Li and Chen Zhuo were the first guests to finish, and the director gave each guest a hundred yuan to spend on groceries.
• At the market, Su Li warned Chen Zhuo not to ask about Huai Village or its chief after hearing how prosperous the village was.
• Su Li and Chen Zhuo continued shopping, and Han Xuan'er appeared at a meat stall and greeted Su Li.

Su Li drew attention to Lin Chuan, then received a visit from him and revealed that he knew Lin Chuan belonged to the Demon-Suppression Bureau. The Bureau’s team leader decided they should try to recruit Su Li, while Chen Zhuo vowed to protect Su Li from Han Xuan’er.

• Su Li asked Lin Chuan to add him on WeChat, leaving the other guests wondering why he had singled Lin Chuan out.
• Lin Chuan visited Su Li with homemade dumplings to gauge his attitude, and Su Li treated him warmly while acknowledging the courtyard’s pagoda tree.
• Su Li told Zheng Xing that Lin Chuan was from the Demon-Suppression Bureau and had come to investigate Huai Village and assess him.
• Lin Chuan’s team leader heard their conversation through a listening device and urged Lin Chuan to try winning Su Li over as an ally.
• Chen Zhuo told An Hui and Your Sister Cheng that Su Li had destroyed a ghost in his room and complained that Han Xuan’er kept clinging to Su Li.

Su Li’s popularity surged after viewers saw his villainous role in “Scheming for the Realm,” and Yuan became tangible, allowing the two to confess their affection and kiss. At the livestream’s afternoon fishing task, Su Li revealed he was no longer single, while Han Xuan’er plotted to get close to him and exploit the chance to pair up.

• Viewers praised Su Li’s performance as Prince Qi, and his popularity and trending topics rose.
• Yuan became tangible, and Su Li joyfully embraced and kissed him; they promised to stay together.
• At the resumed livestream, Su Li told Chen Zhuo he was no longer single, startling him.
• Wang Xiang announced a fishing task whose winner would choose a teammate for the next day.
• Han Xuan’er resolved to team up with Su Li or spread dating rumors to tie him to her.

At the fishpond, Lin Chuan publicly tore into Han Xuan'er after she tried to take his shaded seat beside Su Li, quickly earning online fame as Trash-Talk Chuan. Han Xuan'er ran off in tears, and Su Li rewarded Lin Chuan and the others with chilled sour plum drink as they continued fishing.

• The guests arrived at the fishpond, where Zheng Xing set up a sun umbrella for Su Li and Lin Chuan took the seat beside him before Han Xuan'er could claim it.
• Han Xuan'er asked Lin Chuan to switch seats, but he refused and accused her of seeking publicity by clinging to Su Li.
• Lin Chuan continued insulting Han Xuan'er when she protested, stunning the guests and earning praise and criticism in the livestream comments.
• Han Xuan'er burst into tears and ran off, while clips of Lin Chuan's insults spread online and earned him the nickname Trash-Talk Chuan.
• Su Li praised Lin Chuan and had Zheng Xing serve chilled sour plum drink to the guests and production crew.

During a fishing competition in Huai Village, Han Xuan'er saw ghostly heads rise from the pond while Su Li revealed that five ghosts lurked in the water. Han Xuan'er mistook Su Li’s suggestion that she rest for concern and kept fishing, unaware that he sent strange energy toward her.

• Su Li asked Lin Chuan whether he sensed ghosts nearby, then told him they would find out soon.
• Han Xuan'er returned to filming after her manager said the incident had boosted her popularity, and she resumed fishing.
• Han Xuan'er saw two pale heads surface in the pond and screamed, but the others saw nothing.
• Su Li told Han Xuan'er to rest, but she interpreted his words as concern and insisted on continuing to fish.
• Su Li told Lin Chuan there were five ghosts in the pond, frightening him away from fishing.
• As Han Xuan'er imagined winning Su Li over, he sent a wisp of strange energy toward her, and it attached itself to her.

Han Xuan'er was pulled into the pond by ghosts, but Su Li secretly drew them into the Ghost Ring and the crew rescued her. After Han Xuan'er left the show, Lin Chuan was told to keep in contact with Su Li and investigate the woods outside the village, while Su Li told Chen Zhuo that his good-looking partner was not in the industry.

• Ghosts grabbed Han Xuan'er by the ankles and tried to drag her underwater as the crew struggled to pull her out.
• Su Li drew the ghosts from the pond and locust tree into the Ghost Ring, allowing the crew to rescue Han Xuan'er.
• Wang Xiang stopped the livestream and arranged for Han Xuan'er to go to the hospital before announcing her withdrawal from the show.
• Lin Chuan told his team leader that Su Li had identified five ghosts in the pond, and the team leader ordered him to stay away from the pond and investigate the woods outside the village.
• Su Li confirmed to Chen Zhuo that ghosts had dragged Han Xuan'er into the water and said his good-looking partner was not in the industry.

Su Li visited the chief of Huai Village to question him about his deal with the ghost outside the village. After threatening the chief’s family, Su Li got him to agree to tell the story, but the chapter ended before he revealed anything.

• Yuan cooked dinner for Su Li, and Su Li shared a photo of the meal on Moments.
• Su Li told Yuan he planned to visit the village chief that night and collect materials from the woods the next night.
• Xie Zhirou brought the village chief to Su Li, who asked how long the chief had been dealing with the ghost outside the village.
• Zheng Xing restrained the chief when he tried to escape, and Su Li threatened his family until the chief agreed to talk.

The village chief confessed that he had sacrificed villagers and outsiders to a ghost in exchange for wealth and that the ghost had cursed villagers who tried to leave Huai Village. Su Li spared him and went to the woods, where Lin Chuan and his assistant were overwhelmed by glowing ghost heads as the Demon-Suppression Bureau watched helplessly.

• The village chief told Su Li that he had sacrificed people to a ghost for years, enriching Huai Village while the ghost cursed its residents and forbade them from leaving.
• Su Li said the ghost would disappear the following night and let the village chief live, warning him to keep his promise to stop the sacrifices.
• Su Li, Yuan, and Zheng Xing walked through the village, and Yuan told Su Li that Lin Chuan had gone to the woods outside Huai Village.
• Lin Chuan and his assistant entered the woods to investigate, where glowing heads appeared on pagoda trees and surrounded them.
• Lin Chuan and his assistant used several specialized bullets to destroy two heads, but more attacked until Lin Chuan ran out of ammunition and faced imminent death.

Su Li rescued Lin Chuan and another Demon-Suppression Bureau agent, then entered the woods alone to confront the ghosts. After capturing several spirits and defeating the guards around a coffin, he faced the strongest ghost as it rose to attack him.

• Su Li approached Lin Chuan and the Demon-Suppression Bureau team, and the terrifying heads vanished before him.
• Lin Chuan thanked Su Li for saving his life, while Su Li told the team to leave the area.
• Lei Shizhong spoke with Su Li through the assistant’s device, but Su Li refused the Bureau’s help and went deeper into the woods alone.
• Su Li captured resentful spirits and had Xie Zhirou defeat the ghosts carrying a bridal sedan chair; the female ghost revealed that the strongest ghost was in a nearby coffin.
• Xie Zhirou and Zheng Xing subdued the six ghosts guarding the coffin, and its occupant emerged in a rage and attacked Su Li.

Su Li captured a Ghost Zombie and later refused Lei Shizhong’s invitation to join the Demon-Suppression Bureau. When Li Xin insulted Su Li and Lin Chuan, Zheng Xing seized him, and Su Li warned that he would kill anyone who provoked him.

• Su Li restrained the Ghost Zombie, forced it to submit, healed it with a Soul Crystal, and stored it in his ring.
• Su Li sent Zheng Xing and Xie Zhirou to search for more ghosts, then left the woods satisfied with the day's haul.
• After Han Xuan'er withdrew from the show, the remaining guests finished filming and celebrated with a barbecue.
• Lei Shizhong invited Su Li to become a Special Operations Consultant for the Demon-Suppression Bureau, but Su Li declined.
• Li Xin insulted Su Li and Lin Chuan, so Zheng Xing appeared beside him and lifted him by the neck with black energy.
• Lei Shizhong asked Su Li to spare Li Xin, and Su Li warned the group that he was willing to kill.

Su Li crippled Li Xin’s spiritual power after Li Xin provoked him, and Lei Shizhong decided the Demon-Suppression Bureau should avoid confronting Su Li. After Su Li returned to City A, he introduced his boyfriend Qi Yuan to his friends, who discovered Qi Yuan was the mysterious chairman of Liyuan Technology.

• Su Li ordered Zheng Xing to spare Li Xin’s life but strip him of his spiritual power, leaving him an ordinary person.
• Lei Shizhong took Li Xin to the Demon-Suppression Bureau, where physicians confirmed his powers were gone, and the group leaders decided not to provoke Su Li.
• Su Li told the Four-Person Group that he had a boyfriend, startling An Hui, Cheng Sirong, and Chen Zhuo.
• Fans crowded around Su Li at the airport, where Yuan and Su Li’s assistants protected him.
• Su Li brought Qi Yuan to meet An Hui, Cheng Sirong, and Chen Zhuo, who learned that Qi Yuan chaired Liyuan Technology.

Su Li and Yuan shopped together before encountering Demon-Suppression Bureau captain Xu Wenyue and her squad struggling with a ghost possessing a child. Su Li offered to help exorcise the ghost, and Xu Wenyue led them to the mission while warning her team to behave.

• Yuan doted on Su Li during their meal, and they went to the mall to buy matching outfits.
• A saleswoman recognized Su Li, took a photo with him, and realized Yuan was the man seen beside him in an airport photo.
• Su Li spotted Xu Wenyue and her squad on the road, stopped the car, and asked why they were there.
• Xu Wenyue explained that the squad did not know how to handle a ghost possessing a child, and Su Li offered to help.
• Xu Wenyue led Su Li and Yuan to the mission and warned her squad that Su Li had crippled Li Xin.

Xu Wenyue brought Su Li to the Wu family villa to treat Mr. Wu’s possessed son, and Su Li pulled a ghost from the boy and destroyed it. The boy recovered, and the Wu family suspected Mr. Wu’s younger brother had arranged the attack; Xu Wenyue’s team left to report that the person who wielded the ghost was still at large.

• Xu Wenyue and Su Li visited the Wu family villa after promising they could treat Mr. Wu’s son, whose strange symptoms had baffled doctors.
• Su Li pulled a blue-black ghost from the bound boy and crushed it, restoring the child to normal.
• Xu Wenyue showed Mr. Wu a toy containing ghostly energy, and Mr. Wu concluded that his younger brother had arranged the attack to secure the family inheritance for his own child.
• Su Li left without accepting payment, and Xu Wenyue suggested that Mr. Wu could repay him by offering him an endorsement.
• Xu Wenyue told her team that the younger brother’s ghost-wielding accomplice was the true mastermind and led them back to report to Team Leader Lei.

Su Li killed the ghost keeper who had possessed the Wu Family heir’s child with a ghost, and the Demon-Suppression Bureau later found the man dead. Meanwhile, Su Li’s Heard Illusion perfume ad went viral, selling out its first 150,000 bottles in seconds and turning the niche brand into a national sensation.

• Su Li arrived at the abandoned factory with Yuan, where a red-clad woman killed the ghost keeper before Su Li collected the weak ghosts and left.
• Xu Wenyue and her Demon-Suppression Bureau team found the ghost keeper’s body and took it away for examination.
• Heard Illusion released Su Li’s perfume ad, and viewers flooded the comments with reactions to his striking transformation from elegant prince to seductive figure.
• Su Li watched the ad with Yuan, who held him tightly, and Su Li soothed him with a kiss.
• Heard Illusion’s first 150,000 bottles sold out within three seconds, prompting the founder to offer Su Li a permanent ambassadorship and raise his fee.
• Heard Illusion added another 50,000 bottles the next day, and they also sold out instantly.

Zhou Jing brought Su Li endorsement offers and auditions, and learned that he was dating his personal bodyguard, Yuan. Su Li accepted several opportunities and announced his new company, Fated Beginning Entertainment, before he and Yuan shared an intimate moment.

• Zhou Jing visited Su Li and found him cuddling with Yuan, whom Su Li introduced as his personal bodyguard and boyfriend.
• Zhou Jing showed Su Li offers, including a lucrative YK Cosmetics endorsement connected to the Wu Group, whose family he had recently helped.
• Su Li accepted an audition for a criminal investigation drama and an interview and magazine shoot.
• Su Li told Zhou Jing that he had founded Fated Beginning Entertainment, and the news sparked discussion on Feibo.
• An Hui, Your Sister Cheng, and Zhuo Zhuo Zhuo congratulated Su Li and expressed interest in joining his company.
• Su Li explained the meaning behind the company name to Yuan, kissed him, and Yuan carried him into the next room.

Su Li auditioned for and won the role of Ye Cheng, while his acting and songwriting brought him even greater fame. He ended the chapter at home with Yuan, amused that fans were guessing they were dating.

• Zhou Jing took Su Li to audition for a drama backed by Wu Corporation, where he met Lin Chuan, who had also come to audition.
• Su Li used gold-rimmed glasses to transform his appearance and successfully auditioned for Ye Cheng.
• Lin Chuan later told Su Li that he had passed his audition too, so they would appear in the same production.
• Scheming for the Realm set a viewership record, and viewers praised Su Li's portrayal of Xiao Mo after the character's death.
• Chen Zhuo released Su Li's song “Blue and White Porcelain,” prompting widespread acclaim and requests from singers for Su Li to write songs for them.
• At home, Su Li and Yuan cuddled as fans speculated that Su Li was dating someone, and Yuan said they could wait to see when the fans figured it out.

Su Li began filming Zhao He's drama, Chasing Crime, where Fan Xiaolei tried to smear him after Lin Chuan rebuffed his insults. Evidence exposed Fan Xiaolei's lies, and Su Li decided to keep him on the production so he could use him as bait at their next, supposedly haunted filming location.

• Su Li arrived on set, where Lin Chuan welcomed him with sweets and milk tea before Fan Xiaolei insulted them and Lin Chuan sharply retorted.
• After filming, paid trolls spread a rumor that Su Li and Lin Chuan had bullied Fan Xiaolei, who posed online as a frightened victim.
• A promotional account released footage of the encounter and records of Fan Xiaolei hiring trolls, prompting netizens to mock him.
• Director Zhao He offered to remove Fan Xiaolei, but Su Li told him to let the actor finish filming.
• Su Li told Yuan he planned to use Fan Xiaolei as bait at D City Medical University, where Yuan had found rumors of ghosts; they kissed that night.

Su Li filmed at D City Medical University, where he learned about a supposedly haunted bridge and handled Fan Xiaolei’s attempts to provoke him. After Fan Xiaolei mysteriously began choking when he tried to trip Su Li, Su Li defended him and the crew praised his kindness.

• Su Li and the crew arrived at D City Medical University, where Lin Chuan worried about the university’s rumored supernatural history.
• Zheng Xing told Su Li that students called a bridge near the lake Ghost Bridge and that strange incidents had also been reported in the laboratory building.
• During a scene, Fan Xiaolei added unscripted lines to challenge Su Li, who answered calmly and outperformed him.
• Fan Xiaolei tried to trip Su Li, but an unseen force choked him until the scene ended.
• Fan Xiaolei claimed a ghost had choked him, and Su Li persuaded Zhao He to give him another chance.
• The crew criticized Fan Xiaolei and praised Su Li for defending him despite his repeated provocations.