Chapter Summaries

Gu Tongtong confronted Zhang Luolin over the missing relics from Sword-Washing Mountain, but he blamed his senior brother, the old Celestial Master. Su Yi left with Gu Tongtong and Zhang Luolin for a meal, while Lin Yiyun asked permission to visit Grandfather Ye’s funeral.

• Gu Tongtong recognized Zhang Luolin as a Nascent Soul cultivator and demanded that he hand over the missing relics from Sword-Washing Mountain.
• Zhang Luolin insisted he had found the ruins empty and claimed his senior brother, the old Celestial Master, had taken everything.
• Wu Wenze believed Zhang Luolin and suggested letting Director Yang discuss the matter with the old Celestial Master, and Gu Tongtong agreed to leave it to him.
• Gu Tongtong invited Su Yi to eat, and Su Yi closed the bookstore and went with her and Zhang Luolin.
• Su Yi told Lin Yiyun that Ye Xiaxuan had lied about being his cousin, and Lin Yiyun asked to visit Grandfather Ye’s funeral; Su Yi said she could go.

Su Yi, Gu Tongtong, Wu Wenze, and the immortal cultivators gathered at Old Pei Self-Service Hot Pot, where the group’s appetite shocked the owner and Wu Wenze announced that Gu Tongtong would lead the Thirteenth Bureau. Wang Degui tried to test Su Yi, but Zhang Luolin intervened before he could touch him.

• Su Yi and Gu Tongtong joined the immortal cultivators at the hot pot restaurant, where Gu Tongtong piled up plates of meat and Wu Wenze ordered beer.
• The owner watched in disbelief as Gu Tongtong ate nearly forty plates of meat, a middle-aged man finished thirty bowls of rice, and Wu Wenze ordered ten cases of beer.
• Wu Wenze told the immortal cultivators that Gu Tongtong was their new subdistrict office director and that Director Yang had retired.
• The immortal cultivators lined up to toast Gu Tongtong, who accepted their promises to behave and warned that she did not want to beat them up.
• Wang Degui whispered to Su Yi about being sent after by Wu Wenze, then reached to slap Su Yi’s thigh as a test.
• Zhang Luolin caught Wang Degui’s hand in a handshake and introduced himself as someone from Qingyun Mountain.

Su Yi settled the restaurant bill at a steep discount while Zhang Luolin and Wang Degui remained locked in a contest of strength. After they finally let go, Zhang Luolin revealed his Nascent Soul Realm aura in response to Wang Degui’s boast.

• Wang Degui mistook Zhang Luolin for a lay disciple and challenged him to a contest of grip strength.
• Su Yi negotiated a two-thousand-yuan bill with the restaurant owner and paid, then told Yu Huiyin he would repay the remaining 180,000 yuan in a few days.
• Gu Tongtong offered to collect everyone else’s share, but Su Yi said the owner had charged fifty yuan per person.
• Wu Wenze misread Wang Degui and Zhang Luolin’s clasped hands as a sign they had hit it off and left them alone.
• After the meal, Wang Degui boasted that using Qi would have crippled Zhang Luolin’s hand, so Zhang Luolin released his Nascent Soul Realm aura.

After Wang Degui recognized Zhang Luolin as a Nascent Soul expert, Zhang Luolin protected Su Yi's identity and told Wang Degui not to test him. Gu Tongtong forced Su Yi to join the Thirteenth Bureau, and the next day Su Yi headed to the Green Mountain Bookstore after she sent him money for a meal.

• Wang Degui realized Zhang Luolin was a Celestial Master of the Way of Orthodox Unity and apologized for challenging him.
• Zhang Luolin told Wang Degui that Su Yi was not an immortal cultivator and discouraged further testing.
• Gu Tongtong declared Su Yi a member of the Thirteenth Bureau and threatened to fight when he tried to refuse her cultivation lessons.
• Wu Wenze joked that Gu Tongtong was the bureau's rules, and Su Yi exchanged contact details with the group before going home.
• Gu Tongtong transferred 3,900 to Su Yi the next day, and he left for the Green Mountain Bookstore after speaking with Xu Diandian and Old Man Zhang.

Wang Degui and Wu Wenze suspected a treasure lay beneath the bookstore, but Zhang Luolin refused to let them dig without permission. Su Yi arrived and agreed to join the Thirteenth Bureau, accepting its modest pay because he expected to do little more than watch when trouble arose.

• Wang Degui and Wu Wenze sensed dense spiritual qi in the bookstore and proposed digging beneath the desk, but Zhang Luolin stopped them.
• Gu Tongtong remained convinced that Su Yi was more than an ordinary person and wanted him to join the Thirteenth Bureau.
• Su Yi arrived at the bookstore, and Zhang Luolin greeted him with unusual deference.
• Wu Wenze explained the Thirteenth Bureau's pay, benefits, and twenty-four-hour on-call requirements to Su Yi.
• Su Yi agreed to sign up, figuring he could collect the salary while leaving dangerous work to Gu Tongtong.

After joining the Thirteenth Bureau, Su Yi accompanied Gu Tongtong to investigate a newly descended Human Realm Immortal. They headed for a music shop in the north of the city to find Wen Qianmeng, though neither of them could drive.

• Su Yi signed the Thirteenth Bureau's contract and learned its rules for handling immortal and demonic cultivators.
• Gu Tongtong took Su Yi on a mission to investigate a Human Realm Immortal, despite Wu Wenze's concern that the target might be dangerous.
• Wu Wenze explained that Human Realm Immortals descended from the Immortal Realm and that the bureau had found two demonic cultivators in the past three days.
• Su Yi failed to drive Gu Tongtong's manual van, and Gu Tongtong admitted she could not drive either, so they decided to take the bus.
• Gu Tongtong told Su Yi that their destination was a northern music shop where Wen Qianmeng reportedly taught people to play instruments.

Su Yi and Gu Tongtong set out to find Wen Qianmeng at the Heavenly Music Shop, suspecting that a Human Realm Immortal had possessed her. After missing their stop, they raced toward the shop with Gu Tongtong carrying Su Yi, who brought a weapon despite her objections.

• Su Yi recognized Wen Qianmeng as the zither player he had met before and suspected that a Human Realm Immortal had possessed her.
• Gu Tongtong took Su Yi by bus toward the Heavenly Music Shop, then fell asleep and missed their stop.
• Gu Tongtong checked Wu Wenze's messages and discovered they were twelve kilometers from the shop, so she proposed running there.
• After Su Yi pretended to tire, Gu Tongtong carried him on her back and sprinted toward the shop.
• Gu Tongtong noticed Su Yi's weapon poking her, but continued running as they neared their destination.

Su Yi, Gu Tongtong, Wu Wenze, and Wang Degui confronted Wen Qianmeng at the Heavenly Music Shop, where her music revealed her as a Human Realm Immortal. Gu Tongtong fought her for hours, and the chapter ended with Gu Tongtong badly injured but still determined to continue.

• Su Yi and the others found Wen Qianmeng playing the guzheng, and her music had bewitched Wu Wenze and Wang Degui.
• Wen Qianmeng recognized Gu Tongtong as an Innate Dao Body, and Gu Tongtong challenged her to a fight.
• Wen Qianmeng used the power of her soul and the surrounding Spiritual Qi to repeatedly repel Gu Tongtong, while Su Yi pretended to be unconscious and watched.
• Gu Tongtong threw Su Yi, Wu Wenze, and Wang Degui out of the shop, then continued fighting Wen Qianmeng for hours.
• Wen Qianmeng struck Gu Tongtong hard enough to make her spit blood, but Gu Tongtong slowly rose and kept her gaze fixed on Wen Qianmeng.

Su Yi suppressed the Human Realm Immortal inside Wen Qianmeng, ending her fight with Gu Tongtong. At the Thirteenth Bureau’s base, Wen Qianmeng awoke with both her own soul and the immortal’s apparently sharing her body, leaving Wu Wenze unsure how to handle the situation.

• Su Yi used his divine sense to suppress Wen Qianmeng’s soul, and she and Gu Tongtong both collapsed.
• Wu Wenze and Wang Degui brought the unconscious women under control, while Su Yi confirmed Gu Tongtong had only fainted from exhaustion.
• Gu Tongtong recovered quickly thanks to her Innate Dao Body, and she dragged Wen Qianmeng to the Thirteenth Bureau’s rented base.
• Wen Qianmeng awoke and questioned Gu Tongtong, while Su Yi realized the Human Realm Immortal’s soul was hiding inside her rather than fully possessing her.
• Wu Wenze worried that the immortal might use Wen Qianmeng’s body to commit evil again, and Su Yi heard that the bureau hoped to persuade her to stop.

Su Yi and Wu Wenze tried to explain to Wen Qianmeng that an immortal had been possessing her, while Su Yi privately confronted the Lady of the Nine Netherworlds. The immortal agreed to coexist peacefully with Wen Qianmeng and speak with her, leaving Su Yi to oversee their conversation.

• Su Yi offered to talk to the Human Realm Immortal, and Wu Wenze agreed to wait for her to emerge.
• Wu Wenze showed Wen Qianmeng a video from the Heavenly Music Shop, revealing her strange behavior and unfamiliar qipao.
• Wu Wenze explained that Wen Qianmeng had been possessed by an immortal and warned that she might otherwise cease to exist.
• Su Yi contacted the Lady of the Nine Netherworlds and ordered her not to harm Wen Qianmeng or break the law.
• The Lady of the Nine Netherworlds accepted Su Yi's conditions and agreed to greet Wen Qianmeng before speaking with him.

Wen Qianmeng learned that Li Youyou, a Human Realm Immortal, had entered her body and could not leave without vanishing. After Li Youyou swore she would not harm Wen Qianmeng, the Thirteenth Bureau accepted a peaceful arrangement, and Wen Qianmeng asked for Su Yi’s phone number.

• Li Youyou spoke to Wen Qianmeng through her mind and asked to remain in her body, offering to teach her the zither and protect her.
• Wen Qianmeng relayed Li Youyou’s request to Wu Wenze, who let Li Youyou speak with him and Gu Tongtong.
• Li Youyou introduced herself and promised she would not harm Wen Qianmeng, then swore an oath upon her ancestor’s divine soul.
• Wu Wenze accepted Li Youyou’s promise, and Li Youyou withdrew into Wen Qianmeng’s body.
• Wu Wenze asked Wen Qianmeng for her phone number, but she timidly asked for Su Yi’s instead.

Su Yi sent Wen Qianmeng away after Li Youyou used her body to bring her to his courtyard and then disappeared. On the ride home, Li Youyou urged Wen Qianmeng to get close to Su Yi and joked about dual cultivation, while Wen Qianmeng resolved not to let her take over her body without necessity.

• Su Yi told Li Youyou to leave his courtyard, but she vanished and left Wen Qianmeng there instead.
• Wen Qianmeng, confused and wary of Su Yi's cold manner, left and booked a DiDi home without him escorting her.
• Li Youyou told Wen Qianmeng that Su Yi was extraordinarily powerful and encouraged her to spend more time with him.
• Li Youyou suggested dual cultivation with Su Yi and joked about sharing Wen Qianmeng's body for the experience.
• Wen Qianmeng refused and warned Li Youyou not to use her body without permission.

Su Yi discovered that Old Lin’s health was improving, then went to Zhang Ting’s stall and found Huang Yu’s thugs threatening her over Xu Chuan’s debt. The chapter ended with Su Yi confronting Huang Yu about Xu Diandian’s bruised face.

• Su Yi practiced boxing with Old Lin and explained that Ye Xiaxuan’s medicine and the routine were restoring some of Old Lin’s Qi.
• Xu Diandian brought soy milk to Su Yi and Old Lin, then asked Su Yi to show her how he could fly.
• Su Yi left for school and found Huang Yu and four other thugs threatening Zhang Ting over Xu Chuan’s 2.38 million yuan debt.
• Huang Yu threatened to target Zhang Ting’s father and daughter, and Xu Diandian cried with a handprint on her face.
• Su Yi approached the stall, saw Xu Diandian’s injury, and asked Huang Yu whether he had hit her.

Su Yi went after the men who had beaten Xu Diandian and tracked them to an illegal casino while promising to settle Xu Chuan’s gambling debt. He entered the game with only ten thousand yuan, leaving the casino’s operators dismissive of him.

• Su Yi healed Xu Diandian’s cheek, then crushed Huang Yu’s hand and slapped him unconscious after confirming Huang Yu had hit her.
• Su Yi forced Huang Yu’s men to take him to their remote casino and learned they had no direct contact details for Boss Wang.
• Su Yi followed the men to a guarded village casino, intending to win enough to repay Xu Chuan’s debt and prevent further trouble for Zhang Ting and Xu Diandian.
• A scar-faced casino employee listed Three Face, baccarat, and niuniu, and Su Yi agreed to start with ten thousand yuan.
• The scar-faced man told Su Yi to scan the yellow-haired man’s payment code and said he would provide the cash.

Su Yi settled Xu Chuan’s debt by winning millions at Scarface’s casino, then defeated the guards when they tried to stop him. He returned to Zhang Ting’s courtyard, where he showed the police his strength and identified himself as a Qingzhou University student.

• Su Yi turned his ten-thousand-yuan stake into more than three million at the casino and decided to stop playing.
• Su Yi told Scarface that the money would settle Xu Chuan’s debt, then defeated Scarface and the guards when they attacked him.
• Scarface accepted the payment and promised not to trouble Xu Chuan’s wife again, and Su Yi left with his original stake.
• Su Yi returned to Zhang Ting’s courtyard and reassured her that he was fine while police officers took statements.
• Su Yi demonstrated his strength by breaking a brick with a knife-hand, then showed an officer his ID and said he had trained under an old master.
• The officers left after warning Su Yi not to get into fights and promising to investigate and patrol the area.

After Su Yi displayed his strength, Wu Wenze delivered his Thirteenth Bureau work ID and equipment, while Gu Tongtong tested whether he was an immortal cultivator. She found little Qi in his body but agreed to teach him, and Su Yi quickly completed a cultivation circulation on his own.

• Su Yi split a brick with his palm, leaving Zhang Ting and Xu Diandian amazed, while Xu Diandian begged him to fly.
• Wu Wenze arrived with Gu Tongtong and gave Su Yi his work ID and specialized equipment for duty.
• Gu Tongtong probed Su Yi and found that his Qi did not meet the threshold for an immortal cultivator, but she decided to train him anyway.
• Gu Tongtong guided Su Yi through his first Grand Circulation and instructed him to keep cultivating.
• Su Yi quickly completed another circulation and absorbed more Qi, stunning Wu Wenze with how fast he learned.

Su Yi impressed Gu Tongtong with his cultivation practice and arranged to receive a salary from the Thirteenth Bureau. After hearing that the bureau had been called to Fengjing Town, he went to Macau to warn Xu Chuan, where he used his strange influence over chance to make Xu Chuan and He Liao lose at gambling.

• Gu Tongtong told Su Yi that he could officially start work after another month of practice, and Wu Wenze arranged for the Thirteenth Bureau to issue him a bank card.
• Wu Wenze received a report of trouble in Fengjing Town, and he and Gu Tongtong left to investigate.
• Su Yi visited Xu Chuan's old home, learned it had been sold, and sensed that Xu Chuan was in Macau with He Liao.
• Su Yi found Xu Chuan and He Liao gambling in Macau and won when he bet on Player against their Banker bets.
• Xu Chuan and He Liao lost another round after Su Yi placed a small bet on Player, and Xu Chuan immediately demanded a two-million loan to keep gambling.

Su Yi gave Xu Chuan a chance to recover his gambling debts by lending him chips on the condition that he stop after ten hands. Xu Chuan won repeatedly and had amassed over six million chips by the eighth hand, after repaying the bearded lender and He Liao.

• Xu Chuan borrowed forty-five thousand in chips from the bearded lender and bet it all on Banker, while He Liao also wagered his saved travel money.
• Su Yi kept betting on Player, and Player won again, wiping out Xu Chuan and He Liao's bets.
• Qin Lin confronted Su Yi about gambling and threatened to show Yu Huiyin the casino footage, after which all the casino's surveillance cameras broke at once.
• Su Yi offered Xu Chuan chips if he promised to quit gambling after ten hands, and Xu Chuan solemnly agreed.
• Xu Chuan bet Su Yi's twenty-five thousand chips on Banker and won several hands, building his stack to over six million by the eighth hand and repaying the bearded lender and He Liao.

Xu Chuan kept winning at the casino, attracting the manager’s attention and an invitation to play in the VIP room. Meanwhile, Su Yi rejected Qin Lin’s insistence that he leave Yu Huiyin and called him a “licking dog.”

• Xu Chuan won his ninth and tenth rounds, while the casino manager suspected him of cheating and directed staff to make him lose.
• The manager invited Xu Chuan to the VIP room, and Su Yi reminded him that he had sworn to stop after ten rounds and had already won enough to pay his debt.
• Xu Chuan repaid Su Yi fifty thousand in chips, then followed the manager into the VIP room with He Liao.
• Qin Lin asked Su Yi to leave Yu Huiyin, but Su Yi showed him her message saying they were not very close.
• Su Yi told Qin Lin that he had learned a term for people like him: “licking dogs.”

Su Yi repaid Yu Huiyin the money he owed, while Qin Lin tried and failed to make him look like a reckless gambler. After Yu Huiyin warned Su Yi that Qin Lin might have bad intentions, Su Yi pretended to reassure her while saying he would go with Qin Lin to meet some women.

• Su Yi asked Qin Lin to cash out 180,000 yuan in chips so he could repay Yu Huiyin, and Qin Lin reluctantly transferred the money.
• Su Yi sent the money to Yu Huiyin, who asked whether he still needed money; he told her he did not.
• Yu Huiyin warned Su Yi to be careful around Qin Lin, avoid borrowing from him, and stop gambling.
• Qin Lin paid Su Yi 180,000 yuan to play Yu Huiyin's voice message, then grew furious when he heard her offer to lend Su Yi more money.
• Su Yi told Qin Lin he would explain things to Yu Huiyin, then said he and Qin Lin got along and would go see the Malaysian women together.