Recaps

Su Yi quit his bar job and joined his coworkers for a late-night meal, where he offered He Liao the chance to make a wish by beating him at dice. He Liao won, and Su Yi decided to grant his wish of winning a few hundred thousand in the lottery.

• Lin Yiyun heard gossip about Su Yi and formed a poor impression of him.
• At the barbecue stall, Su Yi confirmed he was quitting, and He Liao lamented that Su Yi had not finished teaching him dice.
• Su Yi revealed that he lived near Lin Yiyun and had played mahjong with her grandfather, then asked her to give him a ride back to campus.
• Su Yi challenged He Liao to dice and promised to count a tie as a win, giving He Liao a chance to make a wish.
• He Liao rolled five sixes, while Su Yi deliberately rolled four sixes and a five, then decided to grant He Liao's wish to win a few hundred thousand in the lottery.

After sharing a ride back to school, Su Yi treated Lin Yiyun to breakfast and secretly used his blood to restore her energy. Their conversation eased the awkwardness between them, and they agreed to travel home together the next morning.

• Su Yi asked Lin Yiyun about her wishes and why she worked so much, then explained that he had quit the bar and would pay his own tuition.
• Lin Yiyun and Su Yi discussed their families and Su Yi claimed his grandfather had once been a landlord.
• At the school gates, Su Yi invited Lin Yiyun to breakfast, knowing she would refuse direct help.
• Su Yi secretly put a trace of his golden blood into a fried dough stick, and Lin Yiyun felt her exhaustion disappear after eating it.
• Lin Yiyun said she would park separately to avoid rumors, and she agreed to travel home with Su Yi the next morning.

Su Yi agreed to tell Yang Zhengcheng what the ancient stele said, presenting its inscriptions as memories from his long life. Yang Zhengcheng recorded the account and realized it described ages of gods, Buddhas, and demons.

• Su Yi skipped a boring lecture and read A Madman's Diary in the library, where Yang Zhengcheng came to speak with him.
• Yang Zhengcheng asked Su Yi to teach him the ancient characters and declared he would even die for the knowledge.
• Su Yi told Yang Zhengcheng to follow him outside and explained that the stele contained someone's account of his life, like a diary.
• Su Yi recited inscriptions about meeting Hongjun, raising a golden eagle that became a Demon Clan titan, and Hongjun's eventual death.
• Yang Zhengcheng carefully recorded Su Yi's words and concluded that the stele's author had lived for at least a hundred thousand years.

Su Yi bought a random Double Color Ball ticket after learning the lottery rules from Yang Zhengcheng, then agreed to have dinner with Bai Miaomiao. He arrived with her at her father Bai Yangyan’s birthday celebration, where Tang Shuhua questioned who he was.

• Yang Zhengcheng translated the stone tablet’s revelations with Su Yi and offered him half his assets, but Su Yi asked about lottery rules instead and told him to keep the translation secret.
• Su Yi bought one randomly generated Double Color Ball entry and parted ways with Yang Zhengcheng.
• Bai Miaomiao paid Su Yi to join her for dinner, then asked him to pretend to be her boyfriend at her father’s birthday; Su Yi refused and agreed only to follow her lead at the meal.
• Bai Miaomiao brought Su Yi to the Hefu Crowne Plaza Hotel for Bai Yangyan’s forty-sixth birthday, where Tang Shuhua asked who he was.

Su Yi accompanied Bai Miaomiao to her father Bai Yangyan’s birthday banquet and gave him a bodhi seed bracelet of extraordinary origin. The chapter ended with Bai Yangyan displeased by Su Yi’s curt greeting and wondering whether he came from the Capital Su Family.

• Tang Shuhua welcomed Su Yi and sent Bai Miaomiao to bring him inside to meet her father.
• Bai Miaomiao told Su Yi it was Bai Yangyan’s birthday, so Su Yi produced a bodhi seed bracelet as a gift.
• Bai Miaomiao introduced Su Yi to Bai Yangyan and said her grandfather had introduced him.
• Bai Yangyan asked whether Su Yi was related to Su Changqiu of Jinmen, and Su Yi denied it before wishing him a happy birthday and offering the bracelet.
• Bai Yangyan disliked Su Yi’s lack of respectful address and suspected he might be from the Capital Su Family.

At Bai Yangyan's birthday banquet, Su Yi's bodhi beads gave Bai Yangyan a trace of Buddhist light that drew Master Pudu to offer his services as a bodyguard. Bai Yangyan then asked Pudu to divine Bai Miaomiao's marriage prospects, but Pudu's attempt left him badly injured.

• Bai Miaomiao pulled Su Yi away after he greeted Bai Yangyan bluntly and asked him to play along for her sake.
• Su Yi noticed cultivators at the banquet and explained that the bodhi beads he gave Bai Yangyan could protect him and carry Buddhist power.
• Master Pudu sensed Buddhist light around Bai Yangyan and offered to serve as his bodyguard for little or no payment.
• Bai Yangyan asked Master Pudu to divine Bai Miaomiao's marriage prospects and gave him her birth details.
• Master Pudu tried to use Buddhist arts to glimpse Bai Miaomiao's future, but a strange power blocked him and he coughed up blood.

At Bai Yangyan’s birthday banquet, Master Pudu failed to divine Bai Miaomiao and joined her table, while Bai Yangyan questioned Su Yi about his connection to her. The truth that Bai Miaomiao had hired Su Yi came out, leaving her mortified.

• Master Pudu coughed up blood after failing to see through Bai Miaomiao and asked to sit at her table.
• Bai Yangyan moved the younger guests aside and sat down to question Su Yi about his family and work.
• Bai Miaomiao messaged Bai Qishan for help while Bai Yangyan asked how long she and Su Yi had known each other.
• Su Yi said they had known each other for only three days and revealed that Bai Miaomiao paid him one thousand yuan per meal.

At Bai Yangyan’s birthday gathering, Su Yi openly denied being Bai Miaomiao’s boyfriend, while Bai Qishan privately revealed his deference to Su Yi as his former master. The chapter ended with Bai Yangyan and Master Pudu suspecting that Su Yi was unusual, though Su Yi concealed his strength.

• Su Yi told Bai Yangyan he had never agreed to pretend to be Bai Miaomiao’s boyfriend, and Bai Miaomiao backed him up by insisting they were only friends.
• Bai Qishan emerged from his private room and secretly thanked Su Yi for a belated birthday gift and asked whether Miaomiao could serve him.
• Su Yi told Bai Qishan not to arrange for anyone to approach him and said he would look after Bai Qishan’s descendants.
• Bai Qishan pretended he had never met Su Yi, gave Bai Yangyan a cold look, and returned inside without explaining his behavior.
• Bai Yangyan and Master Pudu grew curious about Su Yi, who let Master Pudu perceive him only as being at early Qi Refining.

At dinner, Bai Yangyan and Master Pudu mistook Su Yi for a cultivator with a powerful master, while Bai Qishan recognized the extraordinary treasure Su Yi had given Bai Yangyan. After eating, Su Yi considered finding something else to do so his ties with Bai Miaomiao would not grow too deep.

• Bai Yangyan changed his attitude toward Su Yi, and Bai Miaomiao and Master Pudu concluded that Su Yi had a mysterious cultivation background.
• Su Yi told Master Pudu that his master forbade him from revealing his identity, leading Pudu to guess that Su Yi was connected to Jiang Changfeng of Sword-Washing Mountain.
• Bai Qishan asked Bai Yangyan about Su Yi's gift and recognized the bodhi seeds as a priceless treasure he had seen Su Yi handle tens of thousands of years earlier.
• Bai Qishan warned Bai Yangyan to revere Su Yi, avoid imposing on him, and show him respect when they were alone.
• Su Yi ate his fill and considered finding something to do so his relationship with Bai Miaomiao would remain as light as water.

At Bai Yangyan's birthday banquet, Su Yi ignored the guests' chatter and left once he had finished eating. Outside, he rejected Gao Yun's offer to help him find work and clarified that their earlier arrangement had only been for show.

• Yu Huiyin, Zhao Yin, Gao Yun, and Ye Xiaxuan noticed Su Yi sitting with Bai Miaomiao and speculated about their relationship.
• Su Yi ate quietly while the guests discussed divination, medicine, and the five elements, then told Bai Miaomiao he was leaving.
• Bai Miaomiao let Su Yi go without making much of an effort to keep him at the banquet.
• Gao Yun followed Su Yi outside and asked about his plans after he left Clearheaded.
• Su Yi told Gao Yun he would try different trades and refused her offer to find him tutoring work.
• Su Yi reminded Gao Yun that their relationship had only been pretend and said he did not want to owe her a favor.

After declining Gao Yun, Su Yi left the banquet with his disciple Ye Xiaxuan, answered her questions about Bian Que’s medical canons, and decided he wanted an easy life rather than a medical career. Ye Xiaxuan suggested he open his own business, but doubted that his thirty thousand yuan would be enough to start one in Qingzhou City.

• Gao Yun accepted Su Yi’s refusal and said they could have a drink again if fate allowed.
• Ye Xiaxuan joined Su Yi and asked him about Bian Que’s Inner Canon and Outer Canon, and Su Yi answered her questions with ease.
• Su Yi told Ye Xiaxuan that the two canons were simple introductory texts and promised to teach her more after she mastered them.
• Su Yi said he wanted a relaxed life of reading, painting, and playing the zither, and Ye Xiaxuan told him he lacked the wage slave spirit.
• Ye Xiaxuan suggested Su Yi become his own boss, then questioned whether his thirty thousand yuan could fund a business in Qingzhou City.

Su Yi took Ye Xiaxuan to the antiques street, intending to turn his thirty thousand yuan into enough money to buy a storefront. After exposing a vendor’s fake porcelain and refusing to be intimidated, he faced a gang of thugs demanding compensation.

• Su Yi declined Ye Xiaxuan’s offer to ask her grandfather for money and took her to the antiques street.
• Ye Xiaxuan drove Su Yi to the market and questioned whether he knew enough about antiques to find a valuable one.
• A vendor tried to sell Ye Xiaxuan a bowl as Ming dynasty blue-and-white porcelain for 128,000 yuan, but Su Yi identified it as a Republican-era imitation worth at most 2,000 yuan.
• The vendor deliberately dropped the bowl, then accused Su Yi of breaking it and demanded compensation.
• A tattooed thug confronted Su Yi, and Ye Xiaxuan stepped in front of her master to challenge the gang.

Su Yi and Ye Xiaxuan dealt with Qian Ranhu’s extortion attempt on Antique Street, then continued browsing the stalls. Su Yi spotted a bead among Ni Laojiu’s wares and offered to buy it, interrupting Zhang Qibei’s negotiation.

• Qian Ranhu demanded compensation from Ye Xiaxuan and Su Yi for the broken porcelain, but Su Yi tried to call the police.
• Ye Xiaxuan knocked down Qian Ranhu’s men and made him back off, then declined to give them compensation.
• Su Yi and Ye Xiaxuan continued down Antique Street, where Ye Xiaxuan asked whether Su Yi knew martial arts.
• At Ni Laojiu’s stall, Zhang Qibei agreed to pay seven hundred thousand for the displayed antiques and asked to see the better goods.
• Ni Laojiu brought out a bead, and Su Yi offered him thirty thousand for it.

Su Yi warned tomb robber Ni Laojiu that a Hidden Dragon Pearl would kill him, but Ni Laojiu sold it to Zhang Qibei for ten million yuan instead of accepting Su Yi’s offer. Afterward, Su Yi took Ye Xiaxuan to the Longevity Workshop and told her to sell one of his teacups for ten million.

• Su Yi identified Ni Laojiu’s pearl as Li Chunfeng’s Hidden Dragon Pearl, said it had belonged to Li Shimin, and warned that it was bringing Ni Laojiu close to death.
• Ni Laojiu ignored Su Yi’s warning and sold the pearl to Zhang Qibei for ten million yuan.
• Su Yi left with Ye Xiaxuan, who questioned whether his claims about the pearl were true.
• After finding no suitable bargains, Su Yi entered the Longevity Workshop with Ye Xiaxuan and handed her a teacup to sell for ten million yuan.

Ye Xiaxuan brought Su Yi’s Song dynasty Jun porcelain cup to Zhang Qibei’s Longevity Workshop, where he valued it at a hundred million. Su Yi agreed to sell it but gave up the remaining eighty million, leaving Zhang Qibei with the cup for only twenty million.

• Su Yi told Ye Xiaxuan to ask ten million for the cup he had given her.
• Zhang Qibei examined the cup and offered a hundred million, with twenty million paid immediately and the remaining eighty million within ten days.
• Ye Xiaxuan agreed to sell the cup for Zhang Qibei’s offer.
• Su Yi told Zhang Qibei to keep the cup and said he would take only twenty million, giving up the remaining eighty million.
• Ye Xiaxuan accepted Su Yi’s decision, and Zhang Qibei celebrated the unexpected bargain.

Su Yi sold Zhang Qibei a teacup for twenty million and let Ye Xiaxuan handle the transfer, while Zhang secured the Hidden Dragon Pearl. When a rude cultivator damaged Su Yi’s book and threatened him, Su Yi destroyed the young man’s consciousness, leaving Lin Feng an idiot.

• Su Yi sold Zhang Qibei a teacup for twenty million and told Ye Xiaxuan to manage the transfer and his finances.
• Zhang Qibei locked the Hidden Dragon Pearl and the teacup in his safe before going to the bank with Ye Xiaxuan.
• A young man in black arrived at the Longevity Workshop seeking the pearl and waited for Zhang Qibei to return.
• The young man snatched Su Yi’s book, soaked it with tea, and threatened him, so Su Yi silently destroyed his consciousness with a stare.
• Elder Lin found his grandson unresponsive, and another cultivator determined that Lin Feng had become an idiot.

Lin Hongtu confronted Su Yi over Lin Feng’s sudden mental impairment, but Su Yi stopped his attack and left with Ye Xiaxuan. On their way out, Su Yi confirmed that cultivators had come seeking the Hidden Dragon Pearl and told Ye Xiaxuan he could teach her more after she mastered Bian Que’s medical scrolls.

• Lin Hongtu questioned Su Yi about Lin Feng, then threatened him when Su Yi refused to answer deferentially.
• Lin Hongtu lunged at Su Yi, but an invisible barrier stopped his hand, and Su Yi warned him that he might lose it.
• Ye Xiaxuan and Zhang Qibei returned, and Ye Xiaxuan greeted Lin Hongtu and Tang Yue as acquaintances.
• Su Yi left the Longevity Workshop with Ye Xiaxuan, who asked whether the cultivators had come for the Hidden Dragon Pearl.
• Su Yi said the cultivators were likely drawn by the pearl’s aura and told Ye Xiaxuan he could teach her further lessons after she understood Bian Que’s two medical scrolls.

After Su Yi left the Longevity Workshop, Lin Hongtu feared he was a Nascent Soul cultivator and abandoned the treasure hunt. Tang Yue examined Zhang Qibei’s two treasures, and Zhang demanded three hundred million for the Hidden Dragon Pearl.

• Lin Hongtu warned Tang Yue not to ask about Su Yi, then concluded that Su Yi was likely a Nascent Soul cultivator and had crippled Lin Feng.
• Lin Hongtu ordered his people to take Lin Feng away and gave up pursuing the treasure, while Tang Yue decided to investigate Su Yi later.
• Tang Yue asked Zhang Qibei about the treasures, and Zhang brought out the Hidden Dragon Pearl and a Jun porcelain teacup.
• Zhang claimed the Hidden Dragon Pearl had been given to Li Shimin by Li Chunfeng and that it contained a sealed true dragon.
• Tang Yue asked Zhang to name his price, and Zhang demanded three hundred million for the pearl.

Tang Yue agreed to buy the Hidden Dragon Pearl for three hundred million, while Su Yi planned to open a bookstore and told Ye Xiaxuan not to visit the next day. Ye Xiaxuan worried Su Yi might be meeting Bai Miaomiao, then arranged to come over for a meal and asked what she should call him.

• Tang Yue agreed to buy Zhang Qibei's Hidden Dragon Pearl for three hundred million, but Zhang Qibei would wait for the transfer to clear before handing it over.
• Tang Yue ordered his subordinate to complete the paperwork and threatened Zhang Qibei if the pearl went missing before he returned in three days.
• Su Yi told Ye Xiaxuan to find an existing bookstore in an out-of-the-way location for him to take over.
• Su Yi told Ye Xiaxuan not to visit the next day because he was having a friend over, and Ye Xiaxuan wondered if he meant Bai Miaomiao.
• After Su Yi denied inviting Bai Miaomiao, Ye Xiaxuan asked to come over for a meal and asked what she should call him.

Su Yi went to the Tang Family estate to confront Tang Wenyao after learning that the old patriarch was still alive and had been involved in the pressure placed on Jiang Changfeng. He left Zhang Luolin kneeling in submission after Zhang Daoling recognized Su Yi as a senior.

• Su Yi told Ye Xiaxuan to arrange for Lin Yiyun to ask about working at the bookstore, then sent Ye Xiaxuan home.
• Su Yi appeared at the Tang Family estate and killed Tang Wenyao’s bodyguard with a single step.
• Su Yi confronted Tang Wenyao, who admitted that fifty years had passed and claimed they no longer had anything to do with each other.
• Zhang Luolin arrived to protect Tang Wenyao and attacked Su Yi with a lightning talisman, but the lightning struck Zhang Luolin instead.
• Zhang Daoling appeared to Zhang Luolin and ordered him to kneel before Su Yi, whom he called a senior.
• Zhang Luolin apologized and asked Su Yi to punish him, while Su Yi told him to take the others away.

Su Yi spared Tang Wenyao after confronting him about his betrayal, then waited near the bar for Lin Yiyun. When Zhao Yin arrived with a group of young men, Su Yi injured one with a barbecue skewer and drove them away.

• Su Yi questioned Tang Wenyao about how he had treated him, then left without harming him and cut ties with the Tang Family.
• Su Yi went to a barbecue stall near the bar to wait for Lin Yiyun, after secretly placing a lottery ticket in He Liao's wallet.
• Zhao Yin arrived with a group of young men and ordered them to attack Su Yi.
• Su Yi pierced a white-haired young man's thigh with a bamboo skewer and warned Zhao Yin not to bother Lin Yiyun.
• Su Yi ordered Zhao Yin and the others to leave, and the barbecue stall's owner washed the blood from the ground.

Yu Guoan tried to keep Yu Xinghe from provoking Su Yi again by ordering him to withdraw from school and remain at home. Yu Huiyin went out to ask Su Yi to spare her brother, while Su Yi continued waiting for Lin Yiyun, unaware of the Yu family's turmoil.

• Yu Guoan ordered Yu Huiyin to arrange Yu Xinghe's withdrawal from school and said he would supervise Yu Xinghe's studies at home.
• Yu Guoan explained that he feared what Su Yi might do after hearing from Tang Wenyao that Zhang Luolin had knelt before him.
• Yu Huiyin offered to ask Su Yi to forgive Yu Xinghe, and Yu Guoan told her not to reveal that he had sent her.
• Yu Huiyin left the house near midnight to find Su Yi, who had spent two hours eating and drinking at a barbecue stall while waiting for Lin Yiyun.
• The barbecue stall owner grew frightened by Su Yi's quiet, refined manner and suspected he might be an assassin.

After police questioned Su Yi at a barbecue stall, he met Yu Huiyin at a bar and agreed not to pursue her brother Yu Xinghe’s offense. The chapter ended as Su Yi noticed Xu Chuan pressuring Lin Yiyun to drink with customers and went toward their booth.

• The police arrived at the barbecue stall, where the owner fainted after Su Yi used a trick to make him sleep.
• Yu Huiyin arrived in her Maserati and took Su Yi to a quiet booth at the bar.
• Yu Huiyin apologized for Yu Xinghe, and Su Yi told her he would not make things difficult for him if she explained their relationship and told him to stop bothering Su Yi.
• Yu Huiyin asked why Yu Guoan looked after Su Yi, and Su Yi claimed he was a cultivator and nodded when she guessed Jiang Changfeng was his master.
• Su Yi left Yu Huiyin and saw Xu Chuan making Lin Yiyun drink with a group of customers.

Su Yi intervened when Fan Jia and Xu Chuan pressured Lin Yiyun to drink, but Fan Jia turned the confrontation into a fight after Su Yi shoved him. The bar’s security gathered as Su Yi lifted an attacker by the throat, and Fan Jia threatened him while Yu Huiyin arrived.

• Xu Chuan introduced Lin Yiyun to shareholder Fan Jia, who pressured her to drink and tried to put his arm around her.
• Su Yi came to take Lin Yiyun away, but Xu Chuan and Fan Jia mocked him and warned him to leave.
• Su Yi refused to drink for Fan Jia, shoved him aside, and took Lin Yiyun by the wrist.
• Fan Jia ordered his men to attack Su Yi and threatened Lin Yiyun, who tried to stop the fight.
• Su Yi lifted the first attacker by the throat, and Yu Huiyin arrived as Fan Jia called for the bar’s security and threatened Su Yi.

Yu Huiyin confronted Fan Jia at the bar and used her strength and family status to secure Su Yi and Lin Yiyun's release. Su Yi returned instead of leaving her alone, and after Fan Jia learned who she was, Su Yi suggested a punishment for him.

• Yu Huiyin demanded that Xu Chuan let Su Yi and Lin Yiyun go, but Fan Jia refused and insulted her.
• Yu Huiyin seized Fan Jia and escorted him toward the entrance while Xu Chuan ordered the security guards not to interfere.
• Su Yi sent Lin Yiyun away in a taxi, then stayed behind as she called the police and got out nearby.
• Xu Chuan revealed that Yu Huiyin was Yu Xinghe's older sister, and Fan Jia realized she was Yu Guoan's daughter and apologized.
• Yu Huiyin released Fan Jia, and Su Yi told him to strip naked and run to the other end of the street.