Chapter Summaries

Wang Xiu showed off his guzheng playing to Wen Qianmeng, who quickly realized how badly he played, then returned to the table and kept embarrassing Yu Huiyin with his clueless remarks. Yu Huiyin dragged Ye Xiaxuan to the restroom, where they discussed Wang Xiu and his similarities to Su Yi.

• Wang Xiu borrowed Wen Qianmeng's zither and played a dreadful version of Eight Scenes of Chang'an, then tried to get her WeChat contact.
• Wen Qianmeng left with her zither, while Su Yi privately compared Wang Xiu's playing to that of a five-year-old child he once taught.
• Wang Xiu asked Ye Xiaxuan and Yu Huiyin for their opinions, then offered to teach Su Yi to play the guzheng.
• Wang Xiu called after Yu Huiyin and Ye Xiaxuan as they headed to the restroom, prompting Ye Xiaxuan to laugh uncontrollably at his remark about sanitary pads.
• Yu Huiyin complained that Wang Xiu and Su Yi seemed alike, and Ye Xiaxuan privately rejected the comparison between Wang Xiu and her master.

Wang Xiu recruited Su Yi as his underling and took him to the Sober Bar to show off his supposed influence. Fan Jia tried to keep the peace by offering Su Yi a bottle of wine, leaving Wang Xiu’s attempt to stir up trouble unresolved.

• Wang Xiu proposed that Su Yi follow him as he united Qingzhou City's underground forces, and Su Yi agreed to hear him out.
• Lin Yiyun joined Su Yi, Wang Xiu, Ye Xiaxuan, and Yu Huiyin for dinner, where Wang Xiu talked about his mountain experiences.
• After dinner, Wang Xiu took Su Yi across the river to the Sober Bar, where Su Yi had previously worked and been fired.
• Wang Xiu ordered ten bottles of '96 Lafite but refused to pay in advance, prompting the server to fetch Fan Jia.
• Fan Jia brought Su Yi a bottle of Lafite and asked him to let their past conflict go.

Su Yi watched Wang Xiu demand protection money from Fan Jia’s bar and attack its staff and the police. Su Yi secretly sealed Wang Xiu’s energy, allowing the officers to arrest him after Fan Jia showed them the surveillance footage.

• Su Yi told Fan Jia that Wang Xiu had threatened to make him a lackey and unite Qingzhou’s underground forces.
• Wang Xiu demanded that Fan Jia pay him two hundred thousand a month for protection, but Fan Jia refused.
• Wang Xiu attacked Fan Jia and beat the bar’s hoodlums, while Fan Jia ordered them not to fight back and called the police.
• Wang Xiu resisted the officers and knocked two of them down, so Su Yi sealed the energy in Wang Xiu’s body.
• The officers subdued Wang Xiu, and Fan Jia explained what had happened and showed the surveillance footage.

After Wang Xiu was arrested for collecting protection money and injuring people, Su Yi and Ye Xiaxuan helped settle the matter with the bar owner and police. Wang Xiu was detained for fifteen days, while Fan Jia discovered Ye Xiaxuan was the Ye Family’s eldest young lady and realized Su Yi was connected to Qingzhou City’s three great wealthy families.

• Su Yi gave the police an honest statement and learned that Wang Xiu might face prison for injuring people at Sober Bar.
• Ye Xiaxuan called Su Yi, then headed to West City Police Station with a family lawyer to handle Wang Xiu’s case.
• Fan Jia offered to settle the matter privately after Su Yi explained that Ye Xiaxuan was his boss.
• Ye Xiaxuan apologized to Fan Jia and arranged for her lawyer to pay compensation and seek leniency for Wang Xiu.
• The lawyer persuaded the police to treat Wang Xiu’s behavior as the result of mental abnormalities, but Wang Xiu was still detained for fifteen days.
• Fan Jia learned Ye Xiaxuan was the Ye Family’s eldest young lady and realized Su Yi was connected to the Yu, Bai, and Ye families.

Su Yi accompanied Yu Huiyin to Lanyue Media so her friend Ren Lanyue could assess him for a job. Ren Lanyue was immediately convinced that signing Su Yi would bring the company a guaranteed profit.

• Yu Huiyin rejected Qin Lin's dinner invitation and drove Su Yi to Lanyue Media.
• Su Yi thanked Yu Huiyin and looked around the modern office district on the way to the company.
• Yu Huiyin introduced Su Yi to Ren Lanyue, the chairwoman of Lanyue Media.
• Ren Lanyue saw Su Yi's appearance and learned of his calligraphy and guzheng skills, then recognized his earning potential.

Su Yi applied to become a livestreamer and impressed Ren Lanyue by playing an ancient Spanish guitar piece that eased everyone who heard it. Ren Lanyue agreed to guide him herself, while her suspicions about Su Yi and Yu Huiyin grew as Yu Huiyin patiently set up his new work phone.

• Ren Lanyue asked Su Yi about his age and talents, then brought him a guitar after learning he could play.
• Su Yi performed a cheerful piece he had heard in thirteenth-century Spain, relaxing Ren Lanyue, Yu Huiyin, and the employees outside.
• Ren Lanyue praised Su Yi's musical ability and suggested he enter entertainment, but Su Yi insisted he had come to livestream.
• Ren Lanyue offered to guide Su Yi herself and gave him a new Huawei Mate 40 as a work phone.
• Yu Huiyin helped Su Yi transfer his SIM card and log back into WeChat, prompting Ren Lanyue to suspect they had something going on.

Su Yi learned the basics of livestreaming but refused to sign a long-term contract or show his face. After being dropped at Green Mountain Bookstore, he answered Ye Xiaxuan’s questions about cultivation and discovered she had already reached Qi Refining Great Perfection.

• Yu Huiyin taught Su Yi how to use his phone and register a livestreaming account, while Ren Lanyue explained how streaming worked.
• Su Yi said he would try livestreaming without showing his face, but declined Ren Lanyue’s contract because he did not plan to stream for long.
• Su Yi told Yu Huiyin and Ren Lanyue he was going to a dance department mixer at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, and Ren Lanyue decided to join them to meet potential recruits.
• Yu Huiyin and Ren Lanyue dropped Su Yi at the university’s east gate before going shopping, and Su Yi went to Green Mountain Bookstore to wait.
• Ye Xiaxuan asked Su Yi what to do after drawing qi into her body, and he advised her to practice grain avoidance.
• Su Yi noticed Ye Xiaxuan had reached Qi Refining Great Perfection just days after beginning cultivation.

Su Yi casually drew a Spirit Gathering Array in his bookstore to make Ye Xiaxuan's cultivation easier, but the array caused astonishing changes across the world. After seeing its effects, he offered to teach Ye Xiaxuan breathing exercises that would let her cultivate at all times.

• Ye Xiaxuan shared two cups of milk tea with Su Yi, then heard that he planned to attend a social mixer with Lin Yiyun and asked him about grain avoidance.
• Su Yi told Ye Xiaxuan she could keep eating normally and only needed to meditate in a Spirit Gathering Array for three hours a day.
• Su Yi drew the array with ordinary ink, triggering rosy clouds over Qingzhou, dragon cries at Kunlun Mountain and Changbai Mountain, and stars that shone across Earth.
• Cultivators sensed spiritual qi gathering toward Qingzhou and wondered whether dragon veins had awakened or a powerful treasure had appeared.
• Su Yi remarked that the array was too effective, then offered to teach Ye Xiaxuan breathing exercises so she could cultivate continuously.

Su Yi taught Ye Xiaxuan a relaxed breathing method before heading to a dance department mixer with his roommates and Ding Miaomiao. When Qin Lin arrived with Wang Qing and tried to show off, Su Yi stayed calm, and the group continued toward the hotel.

• Su Yi taught Ye Xiaxuan to nourish her organs with primordial Qi as she breathed, and she felt refreshed after practicing.
• Su Yi left the bookstore and met Wang Junlin and his roommates at the east main gate for the mixer.
• Ding Miaomiao arrived and told Su Yi that Lin Yiyun could not come, while Su Yi showed no disappointment.
• Ding Miaomiao arranged a DiDi ride, and Su Yi agreed to go with her while his roommates took another car.
• Qin Lin stopped in a BMW and invited Ding Miaomiao to ride with him, but she declined and stayed with Su Yi.
• Ding Miaomiao warned Su Yi that Qin Lin might mock him, and Su Yi said he had a very good temper.

Ding Miaomiao attended a dinner with Su Yi and her friends, where Wang Qing insulted the absent Lin Yiyun and Ding Miaomiao challenged Qin Lin about his plans to marry Wang Qing. Qin Lin admitted he was pursuing Yu Huiyin, publicly rejected Wang Qing, and left her crying beside him as the dinner turned hostile.

• Su Yi, Ding Miaomiao, Wang Junlin, Jiang Biao, and Yang Hui arrived at the Crowne Plaza Hotel and joined Qin Lin, Wang Qing, Ye Hu, and the other guests.
• Wang Qing insinuated that Lin Yiyun worked at a bar, and Ding Miaomiao defended her by saying she now worked at a bookstore.
• Ding Miaomiao asked Qin Lin whether he planned to marry Wang Qing, and Qin Lin said that was the plan.
• Ding Miaomiao asked Qin Lin whether he had recently pursued Yu Huiyin, and Qin Lin admitted that he was pursuing her.
• Qin Lin told Wang Qing their supposed engagement had only been talk and ordered her to leave if she wanted, then told her to stop crying or go outside.
• Wang Qing stayed beside Qin Lin and silently cried, then wiped her tears and sat obediently when he scolded her.

At dinner, Qin Lin tried to humiliate Su Yi and his roommates while arranging a confrontation between Su Yi and Yu Xinghe. Su Yi stayed calm and refused to leave, and the chapter ended with Ding Miaomiao ready to defend him if Yu Xinghe forced them to move.

• Qin Lin demanded that everyone keep quiet about what had happened, and Su Yi pretended he had heard nothing.
• Qin Lin said Yu Xinghe was coming and ordered Su Yi's roommates to make room for him.
• Su Yi told Qin Lin that Yu Xinghe could sit wherever there was space, while Ding Miaomiao tried to leave with the group.
• Qin Lin ordered a small table and plastic stools, then paid the waiter to find stools within five minutes.
• Ding Miaomiao decided she would splash soup on Qin Lin if Yu Xinghe made Su Yi and his roommates move.

Su Yi intimidated Qin Lin’s companions after one of them provoked him, then ate and drank with his dormmates despite Qin Lin’s plan to saddle them with a huge bill. When the waiter demanded payment for another bottle of 1982 Lafite, Su Yi admitted he did not have enough money either.

• A curly-haired boy taunted Su Yi, but Su Yi drove a chopstick into the wooden table and frightened him into silence.
• Su Yi told Wang Junlin and the others to eat, and they dug into the food and drank the expensive wine while Qin Lin waited for Yu Xinghe.
• Qin Lin announced that Wang Junlin and the others would have to pay for the 188,000-yuan bottle they had drunk.
• Su Yi reassured his dormmates, and Yang Hui ordered another bottle.
• The waiter asked Yang Hui to pay, so Yang Hui looked to Su Yi, who said he did not have that much money either.

Su Yi waited for someone else to pay for the meal, and Yu Xinghe arrived instead of Yu Huiyin. Yu Xinghe treated Su Yi with deference, paid for the food and drinks, and left Yang Hui to order whatever he wanted.

• Qin Lin challenged Su Yi over his lack of money and accused him of relying on Yu Huiyin, while the others watched to see what he would do.
• Yu Xinghe arrived with three senior brothers from the Green Mountain Martial Arts School, and Qin Lin tried to turn him against Su Yi by complaining that Su Yi had taken his seats.
• Yu Xinghe recognized Su Yi, greeted him as Mr. Su, and apologized for offending him before.
• Su Yi told Yu Xinghe to find a seat, so Yu Xinghe made Qin Lin move Ye Hu, Curly, and the others to another table.
• Yu Xinghe ordered more food and drinks and offered to pay, then told Yang Hui to order whatever he wanted.

At dinner, Yu Xinghe indulged Yang Hui’s expensive orders and borrowed a million yuan from his father to pay the bill. He apologized to Su Yi and began courting his favor, leaving Qin Lin ignored as the gathering continued.

• Yang Hui ordered a lavish meal and asked Yu Xinghe to open more bottles of wine, while Yu Xinghe agreed and went outside to pay.
• Yu Xinghe demanded a million yuan from his father, received the transfer, and paid a bill of over 410,000 yuan.
• Yu Xinghe decided to keep inviting Su Yi out so he could build a relationship and ask his family for money.
• Back at the table, Yu Xinghe offered to order more for Yang Hui, then apologized to Su Yi and promised to help him in the future.
• Yu Xinghe toasted Wang Junlin and the others, introduced his martial arts school seniors to Su Yi, and conspicuously ignored Qin Lin.

At dinner, the drunken Yu Xinghe apologized to Su Yi and tried to match him with Yu Huiyin, but Su Yi firmly said there was no chance between them. The gathering resumed after Yu Xinghe left, with Ren Lanyue recruiting dancers for her company and Ding Miaomiao pretending to be drunk to get Su Yi to take her home.

• Yu Xinghe got drunk, apologized to Su Yi, and declared himself Su Yi's little brother.
• When Yu Xinghe asked whether Su Yi and Yu Huiyin could get together, Su Yi said there was no chance between them.
• Yu Huiyin arrived and ordered Yu Xinghe to go to bed, and he left while still urging Su Yi to give his sister a chance.
• Ding Miaomiao drank wine and pretended to be drunk so Su Yi might take her home.
• Ren Lanyue introduced herself as Su Yi's friend and handed out Lanyue Media Group business cards to the dancers.

At the gathering, Su Yi’s presence drew the girls’ interest toward his friends, while Yu Huiyin rebuffed Qin Lin. Yu Xinghe’s father, Yu Zhiyao, arrived to confront him over the extravagant meal and then asked to meet Su Yi.

• The girls noticed Yu Xinghe and Ren Lanyue’s respect for Su Yi and began approaching Wang Junlin and the others instead.
• Yu Huiyin refused Qin Lin’s invitation to see Liu Hongyun’s art exhibition and remained distant from him.
• Yu Xinghe waited at the hotel for his father to bring a bank card after arranging inflated invoices for the meal.
• Yu Zhiyao confronted Yu Xinghe about the bill, demanded to inspect his phone, and told him to report his expenses.
• Yu Xinghe led the drunken Yu Zhiyao toward the private room so his father could meet Su Yi.

Yu Zhiyao confronted Su Yi over his manner and challenged him to prove himself before he could associate with Yu Huiyin. The chapter ended with Su Yi facing a three-move test from Yu Zhiyao’s bodyguard, with the alternative of leaving Qingzhou City.

• Yu Zhiyao arrived at Fanghua Hall to meet Su Yi, whose composure and unusual bearing caught his attention.
• Su Yi spoke to Yu Zhiyao without deference, and Yu Zhiyao disliked his attitude and summoned him to an adjoining room.
• Yu Huiyin warned Su Yi that her father would not hurt him and asked him to be more polite.
• Yu Zhiyao asked whether Su Yi was a cultivator, then warned him that arrogance could bring trouble.
• Yu Zhiyao said Su Yi had to withstand three moves from his bodyguard to keep associating with Yu Huiyin, or leave Qingzhou City.

Su Yi defeated Yu Zhiyao’s bodyguard, Old Chang, with three punches, then spoke with Yu Anguo and told him to keep Yu Zhiyao from bothering him. He left the private room and told the anxious group outside that he and Yu Zhiyao had only had a quick chat.

• Yu Zhiyao’s bodyguard offered Su Yi three free moves, but Su Yi’s first punch sent him crashing into a wall.
• Old Chang demanded another round, and Su Yi knocked him down twice more, leaving him unconscious.
• Yu Anguo called Yu Zhiyao and angrily scolded him for making Old Chang spar with Su Yi.
• Su Yi took the phone, reassured Yu Anguo that he would not harm Yu Zhiyao, and told him to keep his son from bothering him.
• Su Yi revived Old Chang and left the room, telling Ding Miaomiao and the others that he and Yu Zhiyao had only chatted.

Yu Zhiyao quietly covered up the damage from Su Yi’s fight with his bodyguard and warned his family to treat Su Yi with deference. Su Yi returned to campus with Ding Miaomiao, whose thoughts wandered as she wondered whether he might like her.

• Yu Zhiyao summoned the hotel owner, Li Qiang, and told him to conceal the damage and say nothing had happened in the room.
• Qin Lin offered to teach Su Yi a lesson, but Yu Zhiyao left him to his own devices after recognizing Su Yi’s strength.
• Yu Zhiyao teased Yu Huiyin about marriage, then told her to listen to her grandfather regarding Su Yi.
• Su Yi rode back to campus with Ding Miaomiao and said he had only met Ren Lanyue that day.
• Su Yi walked Ding Miaomiao to her dormitory and asked how much the mixer had cost; she said she would message him later.

Su Yi went for a late-night barbecue with Ye Xiaxuan and Lin Yiyun, then bluntly rejected Ding Miaomiao’s apparent interest in him. Ding Miaomiao deleted him from WeChat, leaving Su Yi unable to send his final reply without a friend request.

• Su Yi met Ye Xiaxuan and Lin Yiyun at the Green Mountain Bookshop and agreed to take them for barbecue.
• At the restaurant, Lin Yiyun urged Su Yi to check his messages, where he found messages from Ding Miaomiao, Ren Lanyue, and Yu Huiyin.
• Su Yi transferred Ding Miaomiao fifteen hundred yuan and told her there was already a girl he liked.
• Ding Miaomiao mistook Su Yi’s message for an impending confession and asked Lin Yiyun for advice.
• Su Yi told Ding Miaomiao that the girl he liked was not her, so she accepted the money and deleted him from WeChat.
• Su Yi tried to reply that it was all the better, but WeChat required him to send Ding Miaomiao a friend request first.