Chapter Summaries

Su Yi assigned Ye Xiaxuan to cure Elder Lin’s late-stage liver cancer within a month, then read while spending the afternoon playing mahjong with the elders. Later, he asked Lin Yiyun to take him to his cousin’s bookshop, hiding that he could easily learn to ride her electric scooter.

• Su Yi ordered Ye Xiaxuan to cure Elder Lin within a month or copy his writing from memory a hundred times, and she accepted the assignment.
• Su Yi asked Ye Xiaxuan to bring him A Madman's Diary, then spent the afternoon reading and playing mahjong with Old Lin and the others.
• Ye Xiaxuan told Su Yi that his cousin’s shop, South Mountain Book House, was ready to visit.
• Su Yi asked Lin Yiyun to drive him to the bookshop, and she agreed while offering to teach him to ride an electric scooter.
• As Lin Yiyun drove, Su Yi pretended not to know how to ride and privately wondered whether someone who had reincarnated thousands of times remained the same person.

Su Yi and Lin Yiyun visited South Mountain Bookstore, where Ye Xiaxuan offered Lin Yiyun a part-time job. Lin Yiyun accepted evening shifts for two thousand, while Su Yi stayed silent as the arrangement was made.

• Su Yi and the others arrived at the bookstore and found Ye Xiaxuan copying Bian Que's medical classics.
• Ye Xiaxuan greeted Lin Yiyun and offered her work at the bookstore, learning that she was free only in the evenings.
• Ye Xiaxuan told Lin Yiyun that the former owner was Yang Zhengcheng, the former principal of Qingzhou University.
• Ye Xiaxuan offered Lin Yiyun a salary of five thousand, but Lin Yiyun insisted on two thousand and said she did not want extra pay for Su Yi's sake.
• Ye Xiaxuan explained that Lin Yiyun would clean the shop, help customers, and close up on evenings when the store was quiet.

Su Yi dismissed the need to prove his translation of the ancient stele, then argued with Yang Zhengcheng about the Song dynasty’s reputation. He left Yang Zhengcheng unconvinced that the Song was a golden age, emphasizing how its scholars prospered while ordinary people suffered.

• Su Yi studied modern subjects in the library, and Yang Zhengcheng came to ask where he had learned the ancient writing.
• Su Yi told Yang Zhengcheng he had not fabricated the translation but had no evidence to prove it, and refused to help convince others.
• Yang Zhengcheng changed the subject and asked Su Yi what period of history interested him most.
• Su Yi called the Song dynasty one of the weakest eras for the Central Plains and criticized its tribute payments and privileges for scholar-officials.
• Su Yi argued that ordinary people bore the costs of the Song dynasty’s prosperity and recounted the suffering they endured.

Yang Zhengcheng brought Su Yi to South Mountain Bookstore to look at his private collection of historical texts, where Su Yi encountered Ye Xiaxuan and was introduced to historian He Jun. The chapter left He Jun doubting Yang Zhengcheng’s claim that Su Yi was worthy of becoming his teacher.

• Yang Zhengcheng invited Su Yi to South Mountain Bookstore to collect books from his former private collection, and Su Yi agreed.
• Ye Xiaxuan continued copying Bian Que’s bamboo slips as punishment, having completed 860 copies and begun to understand Su Yi’s purpose.
• Yang Zhengcheng found Ye Xiaxuan writing and learned that Su Yi was her younger cousin and the teacher who had assigned the work.
• Yang Zhengcheng showed Su Yi his collection of unofficial histories, but Su Yi only briefly leafed through the books.
• He Jun arrived and questioned Yang Zhengcheng’s claim that Su Yi was his teacher; Yang Zhengcheng insisted he had even considered becoming Su Yi’s disciple.

Su Yi told He Jun that the Ming dynasty’s fall stemmed most fundamentally from its financial problems, prompting the historians to reconsider their assumptions. After learning that the man who sold the Hidden Dragon Pearl had died, Ye Xiaxuan left to investigate the Longevity Workshop, leaving Su Yi to help look after the shop.

• Yang Zhengcheng offered Su Yi ancient books, but Su Yi declined them and briefly explained to He Jun that the Ming dynasty fell because of financial troubles.
• Su Yi went downstairs and found Ye Xiaxuan distracted by news that the Hidden Dragon Pearl’s seller had suddenly died at a hotel.
• Ye Xiaxuan decided to visit the Longevity Workshop, and Su Yi let her go while reminding her about Old Lin’s illness and the shop.
• Ye Xiaxuan said Wang Xiu would come to work at the shop, then left after telling Yang Zhengcheng that Su Yi would be looking after it.

Wang Xiu arrived at Su Yi’s shop to work as Ye Xiaxuan’s bodyguard, though she had assigned him to help at the bookshop instead. Eager to impress her and prove himself, he agreed to examine Yang Zhengcheng’s cultural relics that night.

• Wang Xiu came to the shop looking for Ye Xiaxuan, and Su Yi confirmed his identity and explained his work and salary.
• Wang Xiu decided Ye Xiaxuan was his future wife and tried to treat Su Yi as a younger cousin, but Su Yi rejected the familiarity.
• Yang Zhengcheng asked Su Yi to examine more relics from Sword-Washing Mountain, but Su Yi declined because he had plans that evening.
• Wang Xiu offered to authenticate the relics, and Yang Zhengcheng agreed to bring them that night.
• Su Yi left to have lunch with Yang Zhengcheng and He Jun, while Wang Xiu stayed behind to mind the shop and anticipated impressing everyone later.

Ye Xiaxuan tried to warn Zhang Qibei and Tang Yue that the Hidden Dragon Pearl was deadly, but both men remained determined to profit from or obtain it. Tang Yue arrived with three hundred million in cash to complete the purchase, leaving Ye Xiaxuan unable to stop him.

• Ye Xiaxuan found Zhang Qibei severely weakened after two days beside the Hidden Dragon Pearl and urged him to sell it to Su Yi.
• Zhang Qibei dismissed her warning and insisted he felt great, despite his alarming condition.
• Tang Yue arrived with three hundred million in cash to buy the pearl, and Ye Xiaxuan warned him that Ni Laojiu had dropped dead after contact with it.
• Tang Yue saw Zhang Qibei's condition but took it as proof that the pearl was extraordinary and demanded the item.
• Ye Xiaxuan pleaded with Tang Yue to believe her, but he remained intent on taking the pearl.

Tang Yue bought the Hidden Dragon Pearl despite Ye Xiaxuan’s warning, while Su Yi left the fate of the Longevity Workshop’s owner to her. Later, Yang Zhengcheng brought photographs of mysterious relics from Sword-Washing Mountain, and Wang Xiu mistook one of Su Yi’s old chamber pots for an ancient water vessel.

• Tang Yue paid Zhang Qibei three hundred million for the Hidden Dragon Pearl and left, while Zhang Qibei became absorbed in counting the cash.
• Ye Xiaxuan returned to the South Mountain Bookstore, resumed copying Bian Que’s medical classics, and asked Wang Xiu to tell her when Su Yi returned.
• Ye Xiaxuan told Su Yi that Tang Yue had bought the pearl and asked about Zhang Qibei; Su Yi said she could try to save him but would not get involved.
• Su Yi began writing the basics of the Secret Art of Immortality for Ye Xiaxuan to learn the next day.
• Yang Zhengcheng arrived with photographs of relics from Sword-Washing Mountain, and Wang Xiu guessed that one was a water-collecting vessel.
• Yang Zhengcheng and Wang Xiu failed to recognize the relic’s writing, unaware that the object was an old chamber pot Su Yi had used.

Su Yi wrote the Secret Art of Immortality for Ye Xiaxuan, whose understanding of the text immediately let her sense qi and begin cultivating. He then identified Yang Zhengcheng’s exquisite jade vessel as a chamber pot belonging to Demon Master Kunpeng, leaving Yang and the others astonished.

• Yang Zhengcheng came to ask Su Yi about ancient artifacts, while Wang Xiu’s attempt to impress him revealed his shallow knowledge.
• Su Yi finished writing the Secret Art of Immortality for Ye Xiaxuan, and she sensed qi in her body as she read it.
• Su Yi went downstairs and examined Yang Zhengcheng’s photograph of an inscribed jade pot, calling it a chamber pot.
• Su Yi read the inscription as a reference to the Heaven-Swallowing Pot and the Demon Master Palace, and confirmed it had belonged to Demon Master Kunpeng.
• Su Yi recalled that Kunpeng had given him the pot and that he had used it as a chamber pot for years.

Su Yi examined photographs of mysterious objects from a cave on Sword-Washing Mountain and joked about their origins, leaving Yang Zhengcheng devastated when he admitted the claims were made up. Su Yi resolved to retrieve the dangerous artifacts, while Wang Xiu decided the cave might hold an immortal opportunity for him.

• Yang Zhengcheng showed Su Yi a photograph of a purple-rune hammer from the cave, but Su Yi said he did not know its origins.
• Yang Zhengcheng revealed that four swords in the cave had turned a nearby staff member into a cloud of blood mist, and Su Yi jokingly called them Daoist Tongtian's Four Immortal-Slaying Swords.
• Su Yi admitted that his claims about the jade flask and swords had been jokes, and Yang Zhengcheng left the bookshop in despair.
• He Jun accused Su Yi of toying with Yang Zhengcheng, while Lin Yiyun rebuked Su Yi for going too far.
• Su Yi decided to retrieve the cave's artifacts the next day, and Wang Xiu concluded that the objects might be an immortal opportunity bestowed on him by heaven.

Su Yi explained to Lin Yiyun why he had told Yang Zhengcheng that his account of the tomb was a fabrication, then spent the evening reading while she handled the bookstore. After closing, Su Yi went to Sword-Washing Mountain to retrieve items from his cave and found the site under heavy guard, with Zhang Luolin having been warned not to touch anything inside.

• Lin Yiyun questioned Su Yi for joking with Yang Zhengcheng, and Su Yi said he had wanted Yang to trust his own judgment rather than believe in ghosts and gods.
• Su Yi and Lin Yiyun spent the rest of the evening quietly reading and working at the bookstore.
• Su Yi noticed it was already eleven thirty, closed the bookstore with Lin Yiyun, and told her to go home without him.
• After Lin Yiyun rode away, Su Yi vanished into an alley and appeared on Sword-Washing Mountain.
• Su Yi saw Wang Xiu among the people guarding the area around his cave and spotted Zhang Luolin of the Way of Orthodox Unity.
• Jiang Changfeng told Zhang Luolin that the things inside the cave were not for him to touch and ordered everyone to withdraw.

Jiang Changfeng warned Zhang Luolin that the cave’s owner was not someone to anger, but Wang Xiu still broke in to steal a treasure. Su Yi reclaimed the cave’s contents and told Zhang Luolin to keep their existence secret, leaving Zhang asking how Su Yi could prove they were his.

• Jiang Changfeng told Zhang Luolin not to interfere with the cave or provoke its owner.
• Wang Xiu infiltrated the cave in disguise and tried to take the Purple Lightning Hammer.
• Zhang Luolin caught Wang Xiu and knocked him unconscious, then recognized the cave’s powerful treasures.
• Su Yi arrived and used Universe in the Sleeve to take all the treasures away.
• Su Yi told Zhang Luolin the treasures had always been his and asked him to keep the discovery secret.
• Zhang Luolin asked Su Yi how he could prove the treasures were his.

Su Yi removed the treasures from the cave and left Zhang Luolin to face the archaeologists’ accusations. Zhang Luolin fled with Wang Xiu, then decided to stay in Qingzhou and wait for another chance to meet Su Yi.

• Su Yi took the Purple Lightning Hammer, the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords, and the Three-Treasure Jade Ruyi, then told Zhang Luolin to take Wang Xiu and keep quiet about him.
• The archaeological team found Zhang Luolin in the emptied cave and accused him of stealing the treasures, so he fled with the unconscious Wang Xiu.
• Zhang Luolin woke Wang Xiu and asked to stay with him in Qingzhou rather than return to Qingyun Mountain.
• Wang Xiu brought Zhang Luolin to the South Mountain Bookstore, where Zhang Luolin meditated and wondered about Su Yi’s cultivation and Zhang Daoling’s appearance.

Zhang Luolin stayed in Wang Xiu’s bookshop after the cave incident, while Ye Xiaxuan arrived to retrieve the medical texts she had copied. After finding Zhang reading her papers, Ye Xiaxuan rebuked him for going through her belongings and ordered him to leave.

• Wang Xiu learned that Zhang Luolin was a Nascent Soul expert and congratulated him for supposedly obtaining the cave’s treasures, irritating Zhang because he had taken nothing.
• Zhang Luolin secluded himself upstairs, and Wang Xiu promised not to let anyone disturb him.
• Ye Xiaxuan came to collect her copied passages from the Bian Que Medical Classic, but Wang Xiu stopped her and went upstairs to ask Zhang’s permission.
• Zhang Luolin allowed Ye Xiaxuan upstairs and asked about her elder after recognizing her medical texts.
• Ye Xiaxuan confronted Zhang Luolin for reading her papers without permission, refused to reveal her master’s name, and ordered Zhang to leave the bookshop.

Ye Xiaxuan refused to let Zhang Luolin stay in the bookstore without Su Yi’s approval, and Su Yi ultimately told him to find somewhere else. Zhang Luolin complied after recognizing Su Yi’s overwhelming status, while Wang Xiu remained unaware of the danger he had nearly caused.

• Ye Xiaxuan told Zhang Luolin that he could stay only if Su Yi agreed, then carried her medical texts downstairs.
• Ye Xiaxuan greeted Su Yi, said she had practiced the Secret Art of Immortality, and confirmed she believed she could cure Old Lin.
• Su Yi learned that Wang Xiu had brought Zhang Luolin to stay at the bookstore and went inside to speak with him.
• Wang Xiu introduced Zhang Luolin as a senior and asked Su Yi to let him stay, but Su Yi objected and told Wang Xiu to stop calling him Cousin.
• When Su Yi asked whether he wanted to stay, Zhang Luolin nervously withdrew his request and agreed to find another place.
• Su Yi returned to reading, while Wang Xiu worried that Zhang Luolin might retaliate against him for the refusal.

After Wang Xiu and Zhang Luolin left, Su Yi struggled to figure out how to pursue Lin Yiyun in the modern era and asked Ye Xiaxuan for advice. Ye Xiaxuan offered to find out what Lin Yiyun liked, while Su Yi questioned how shameless she had become.

• Wang Xiu and Zhang Luolin left after Zhang Luolin hinted that he wanted to visit Su Yi again.
• Ye Xiaxuan asked Su Yi whether he and Lin Yiyun had held hands, and he returned to reading.
• Su Yi reflected on how courting women had worked in the past and admitted he had never been in a relationship.
• Su Yi asked Ye Xiaxuan how he should pursue Lin Yiyun, and she asked whether he knew what Lin Yiyun liked.
• Ye Xiaxuan volunteered to scout out Lin Yiyun's interests, and Su Yi teased her for praising herself.

Ye Xiaxuan tried to help Su Yi get closer to Lin Yiyun, who visited the bookstore and chatted with her while Su Yi listened and memorized her preferences. The evening ended with Su Yi planning to bring Lin Yiyun spicy, numbing grilled fish without cilantro the next day.

• Ye Xiaxuan offered to help Su Yi gather intelligence and coach him on talking to Lin Yiyun, and he agreed.
• Ye Xiaxuan ordered milk tea and messaged Lin Yiyun while Su Yi read without speaking.
• Lin Yiyun arrived, and she and Ye Xiaxuan ordered grilled fish and vegetables for dinner.
• Su Yi offered to bring Lin Yiyun grilled fish the next evening and said they would eat dinner at the bookstore from then on.
• As Ye Xiaxuan and Lin Yiyun chatted, Su Yi listened and memorized Lin Yiyun's preferences, including how she liked her grilled fish.

Su Yi agreed to accompany Jiang Biao and their roommates to meet Ye Hu’s group after they threatened the students over their earlier fight. As they left the bookstore, Su Yi noticed Yang Hui had brought a weapon hidden inside his jacket.

• Jiang Biao told Su Yi that Ye Hu had demanded a meeting and threatened to beat them if they refused.
• Wang Junlin explained that Ye Hu followed Fan Xin and urged Su Yi to bring Yu Huiyin for protection, but Su Yi refused to involve her.
• Su Yi promised to go with Jiang Biao and said he would keep his roommates safe.
• Jiang Biao, Wang Junlin, and Yang Hui agreed to go with Su Yi, and Yang Hui briefly left before returning.
• Su Yi noticed a weapon inside Yang Hui’s jacket as the group prepared to leave.

Su Yi went to the Sober Bar with Wang Junlin, Jiang Biao, and Yang Hui, despite Zhang Dan warning him that He Liao and Ye Hu were there. The chapter ended with Su Yi refusing He Liao’s demand to drink and mocking him in front of Ye Hu’s group.

• Yang Hui, Wang Junlin, Jiang Biao, and Su Yi took a taxi to the Sober Bar, where Su Yi reassured Wang Junlin that they did not need to call Yu Huiyin.
• Zhang Dan warned Su Yi that He Liao was inside and explained that Zhang Ting had sold her shares to He Liao after separating from Brother Chuan.
• Su Yi led Wang Junlin, Jiang Biao, and Yang Hui to T13, where He Liao was sitting with Ye Hu and a group of men.
• He Liao offered Su Yi cigarettes and drinks, but Su Yi refused and said he would not give He Liao face.
• He Liao threw cigarettes at Su Yi, who casually deflected them back at him, then He Liao insulted Su Yi for keeping wealthy women company.
• Su Yi mocked He Liao about an older woman he had been with, while Ye Hu’s group watched.

Su Yi stopped He Liao and the bar thugs from attacking him, then backed Jiang Biao and his roommates when Fan Xin tried to force them to apologize. The group agreed to settle the dispute in the alley behind the bar, with Su Yi warning Fan Xin not to call the police either.

• He Liao attacked Su Yi with a bottle, but Su Yi disarmed him and knocked him down.
• He Liao offered ten thousand yuan to anyone who would fight Su Yi, but Su Yi quickly injured three punks and frightened the rest away.
• Fan Xin introduced himself and tried to recruit Su Yi, then said he would stay out of Su Yi and He Liao's dispute while demanding that Jiang Biao apologize to Ye Hu.
• Jiang Biao refused to apologize, and Fan Xin challenged him to settle things in the alley behind the bar.
• Yang Hui said they should go with Fan Xin, and Su Yi agreed to back his roommates and fight outside.
• Fan Xin warned them not to call the police, and Su Yi replied that Fan Xin should not call the police either.