Chapter Summaries

Su Yi learned that Ding Miaomiao had deleted him after he rejected her before she confessed, and Lin Yiyun’s impression of him worsened after hearing her friend’s complaints. Ye Xiaxuan invited Su Yi and Lin Yiyun to the Mountains and Rivers Art Exhibition the next day, where Su Yi planned to see contemporary painter Liu Hongyun’s work.

• Su Yi asked Ye Xiaxuan what a WeChat friend verification notice meant, and she realized someone had deleted him.
• Su Yi told Ye Xiaxuan that Ding Miaomiao deleted him after he said he liked someone else, and she teased him for rejecting Ding Miaomiao before she confessed.
• Lin Yiyun took a call from Ding Miaomiao, heard her criticize Su Yi, and returned with a worse impression of him.
• Ye Xiaxuan urged Su Yi to stop dragging his feet with Lin Yiyun, and he replied that taking things slowly was a kind of sincerity.
• Ye Xiaxuan invited Su Yi and Lin Yiyun to the Mountains and Rivers Art Exhibition, and Su Yi said he wanted to see Liu Hongyun’s paintings.

Su Yi and Lin Yiyun discussed his blunt rejection of Ding Miaomiao and his feelings for Yu Huiyin, Ren Lanyue, and Lin Yiyun as they rode home. After spending the night exploring his new appliances, Su Yi met Xu Diandian in the courtyard at dawn and asked her for noodles.

• Lin Yiyun questioned Su Yi about eating so much, and he cited Lian Po as an example of an ancient person with a huge appetite.
• Lin Yiyun challenged Su Yi for rejecting Ding Miaomiao bluntly, but he argued that rejecting her early was better than giving her false hope.
• Lin Yiyun asked whether Su Yi liked Yu Huiyin or Ren Lanyue, and he admitted he liked both, leaving Lin Yiyun relieved but calling him a scumbag.
• Su Yi returned home after seeing Lin Yiyun safely inside, then spent the night learning how to use his new appliances, though he could not figure out the computer.
• At dawn, Xu Diandian found Su Yi resting in the courtyard and refused to share her nearly finished noodles, telling him to cook some himself.

Su Yi made yangchun noodles while Xu Diandian told him her mother was coming back that day. Bai Miaomiao visited and ate half the noodles, unaware of their extraordinary effects, leaving Su Yi worried she would return to mooch meals.

• Xu Diandian told Su Yi that her mother was coming back that day, then left when Old Zhang called for her.
• Su Yi made yangchun noodles from scratch in his kitchen.
• Bai Miaomiao arrived, said she did not eat breakfast, and accepted half of Su Yi's noodles after tasting their aroma.
• Bai Miaomiao devoured the noodles and broth, while Su Yi recognized their hidden power and worried she would keep visiting for meals.

Bai Miaomiao hired Su Yi to help sabotage her blind date with Liu Hongyun’s son, and they agreed to compete over drinks rather than painting. As Su Yi prepared to visit the Green Mountain Bookstore, Ye Xiaxuan arrived with groceries and came face to face with Bai Miaomiao.

• Bai Miaomiao asked Su Yi to accompany her to dinner and help make her blind date want to crawl into a hole with shame.
• Su Yi agreed to help for two thousand yuan after Bai Miaomiao explained that her date was Liu Hongyun’s son and suggested a painting or drinking contest.
• Bai Miaomiao offered to buy Su Yi new clothes, but he declined, and she decided his outfit would not matter.
• Su Yi sensed that the Spiritual Qi in Qingzhou City was unusual and thought of checking the Green Mountain Bookstore.
• Ye Xiaxuan arrived with groceries, and the air froze when she saw Bai Miaomiao following Su Yi out of the kitchen.

Ye Xiaxuan arrived at Su Yi’s home with groceries and confronted Bai Miaomiao, who had come to ask him for help with her blind date and invited him to dinner. Su Yi told Bai Miaomiao not to bully his disciple, leaving her bewildered as Ye Xiaxuan went inside.

• Ye Xiaxuan realized Bai Miaomiao was visiting Su Yi and demanded to know why she was there.
• Su Yi said Bai Miaomiao had paid him and invited him to dinner, while Ye Xiaxuan tried to dissuade him and offered to pay instead.
• Bai Miaomiao revealed Su Yi had agreed to help her deal with her blind date, and Ye Xiaxuan warned him that Lin Yiyun might misunderstand.
• Ye Xiaxuan and Bai Miaomiao traded barbs until Su Yi told Ye Xiaxuan to put the groceries away and get ready to go to the shop.
• Bai Miaomiao asked Su Yi what he had taught Ye Xiaxuan, and he warned her not to bully or humiliate his disciple.

Ye Xiaxuan and Bai Miaomiao discussed Bai’s past marriage proposal to Su Yi and prepared to make lunch, while Su Yi rode to school with Lin Yiyun. He then found many low-level cultivators drawn to his Spirit Gathering Array and went to check on the bookstore, where uninvited guests were already inside.

• Ye Xiaxuan agreed to visit Old Lin while Su Yi went to the shop, and Lin Yiyun gave Su Yi a ride to school.
• Bai Miaomiao told Ye Xiaxuan she had once asked Su Yi to enter a fake marriage because her family was pressuring her to marry.
• Ye Xiaxuan let Bai Miaomiao stay for lunch, and Bai taught her how to use the rice cooker.
• Su Yi noticed numerous low-level immortal cultivators at school, apparently attracted by his Spirit Gathering Array.
• Su Yi skipped class and went to the bookstore, where he found uninvited guests already inside.

Su Yi encountered Wu Wenze, a Thirteenth Bureau official, confronting Wang Degui in Green Mountain Bookstore. After Wang Degui learned his disciple Wang Xiu had been arrested, he asked Su Yi about the shop owner Ye Xiaxuan and what she looked like.

• Wu Wenze confronted Wang Degui for entering the bookstore and warned him to follow the rules governing immortal cultivators.
• Su Yi entered the shop and claimed he only worked there, while Wu Wenze gave him a business card and offered help if he ran into trouble.
• Wang Degui learned that his disciple Wang Xiu had been arrested by the police and asked Wu Wenze to get him released, but Wu Wenze refused special treatment.
• Wu Wenze left after Wang Degui promised not to act recklessly, and Wang Degui introduced himself to Su Yi.
• Wang Degui confirmed that Ye Xiaxuan was his old friend's granddaughter and asked Su Yi what she looked like.

Su Yi repeatedly redrew a Spirit Gathering Array, causing Spiritual Qi across the world to vanish and surge back with increasing force. The final array awakened mountains, rivers, cultivation sites, and spirit treasures, prompting the old Celestial Master to send his disciples down the mountain as a new era—and possible chaos—began.

• Su Yi told Wang Degui that Ye Xiaxuan looked hideous without makeup, and Wang Degui decided to buy the bookstore and keep Su Yi working there.
• After Wang Degui left, Su Yi erased his first array, causing Spiritual Qi to disperse and dragon veins to fall dormant.
• Su Yi drew a replacement array, restoring Spiritual Qi across Qingzhou, then erased it when he found its effect too strong.
• Su Yi used a drop of his blood in the ink and drew a stronger array that caused Spiritual Qi to surge worldwide, reviving plants, spirit herbs, spiritual veins, and spirit treasures.
• The old Celestial Master on Qingyun Mountain sent his disciples down the mountain to help if troubled times came.
• Su Yi opened the bookstore door, saw the array's effects, and remarked that one little array had caused an exaggerated result.

Su Yi realized that his array had triggered a worldwide Spiritual Qi revival, though ordinary people were unlikely to gain abilities soon. He decided to erase the array within a month and returned home, where Zhang Ting and Xu Diandian arrived.

• Su Yi saw the array's effects spreading through Qingzhou University and reasoned that ordinary people would not gain special abilities in the short term.
• Wang Junlin and Yang Hui discussed Spiritual Qi revival novels and expected supernatural changes, while Su Yi decided to erase the array within a month.
• Su Yi left campus and returned to Wutong Street, where Ye Xiaxuan and Bai Miaomiao described the strange growth and worldwide changes.
• Zhang Ting arrived with Xu Diandian, who asked Su Yi whether he was going to kill the little bunny that day.

While Su Yi cooked, Ye Xiaxuan watched him and unexpectedly broke through to the False Core Realm. Over dinner, Zhang Ting decided to open a breakfast shop on Wutong Street, and Su Yi offered to teach her.

• Ye Xiaxuan followed Su Yi into the kitchen and watched him cook, sensing the Great Dao laws emanating from his movements.
• Ye Xiaxuan condensed a false core and reached the False Core Realm while Su Yi prepared the meal.
• Su Yi invited Old Zhang and Old Lin to join the dinner, and the guests gathered with Bai Miaomiao, Zhang Ting, and Xu Diandian.
• Zhang Ting thanked Su Yi for helping her through her crisis and explained that she wanted to spend more time with her family.
• Zhang Ting said she planned to open a breakfast shop on Wutong Street, and Su Yi offered to teach her when he had time.

Su Yi accompanied Ye Xiaxuan and Lin Yiyun to Liu Hongyun’s art exhibition, where he agreed to pose as Bai Miaomiao’s boyfriend. He greeted Bai Miaomiao with convincing affection in front of her blind date, while Lin Yiyun showed only surprise and the man seethed.

• Authorities attributed the worldwide plant growth to magnetic fluctuations caused by a passing celestial body, and Liu Hongyun’s art exhibition went ahead as planned.
• After lunch, Ye Xiaxuan took Su Yi to pick up Lin Yiyun, and he told her he had agreed to pretend to be Bai Miaomiao’s boyfriend for two thousand yuan.
• Ye Xiaxuan brought Su Yi and Lin Yiyun to the Mountains and Rivers Private Club, where Bai Miaomiao was waiting with her blind date.
• Su Yi took Bai Miaomiao’s hand and acted like her loving boyfriend, watching Lin Yiyun for signs of jealousy.
• Lin Yiyun showed only shock, while Bai Miaomiao’s blind date became livid at the sight of them holding hands.

At a clubhouse entrance, Su Yi pretended to be Bai Miaomiao’s boyfriend and humiliated Liu Shi by exposing his poor health and mocking him. Bai Miaomiao dragged Su Yi inside, where she scolded him for embarrassing her too, and he asked her to settle the bill for his performance.

• Bai Miaomiao introduced Su Yi as her boyfriend to Liu Shi, who was stunned to learn Su Yi was a freshman at Qingzhou University.
• Liu Shi questioned whether Bai Miaomiao’s father knew about their relationship and disparaged Su Yi for being young.
• Su Yi told Liu Shi that his lower left abdomen ached and mocked his poor health, leaving Liu Shi furious and embarrassed.
• Su Yi said he could give Bai Miaomiao his body, making her blush and leaving Ye Xiaxuan and Lin Yiyun surprised by his bluntness.
• Ye Xiaxuan urged them inside, and Bai Miaomiao pulled Su Yi into the clubhouse while Liu Shi stayed silent.
• Bai Miaomiao pinched Su Yi and complained that he had cost her dignity; Su Yi said he had followed her instructions and asked her to pay him when they were done.

Su Yi accompanied Bai Miaomiao through the art club, where she showed him Liu Shi’s painting and teased him about his painting skills. After hearing Lin Yiyun say she had no romantic feelings for him, Su Yi let go of his fixation on her and resolved not to dwell on love.

• Liu Shi waited outside until Su Yi and the others entered the club, then followed them inside intending to teach Su Yi a lesson.
• Bai Miaomiao showed Su Yi Liu Shi’s painting Ten Thousand Galloping Horses and challenged him to compare his ability with Liu Shi’s.
• Ye Xiaxuan and Lin Yiyun discussed whether Su Yi and Bai Miaomiao might become a real couple, and Lin Yiyun said she had no feelings for Su Yi.
• Su Yi heard Lin Yiyun’s answer, accepted that she was an independent person rather than his destined reincarnation, and let go of his fixation on her.
• Bai Miaomiao asked Su Yi whether he liked Lin Yiyun, and he teased her while Ye Xiaxuan overheard their exchange.

At an art exhibition, Bai Miaomiao introduced Su Yi as her boyfriend to fend off Liu Shi and learned her father would stop arranging blind dates for her. Qin Lin photographed the pair and confronted them, but Su Yi exposed that Qin Lin had lent him 180,000 and said he could not repay it yet.

• Bai Miaomiao held Su Yi's hand and introduced him to the art exhibition guests as her boyfriend.
• Bai Yangyan called Bai Miaomiao, learned she had presented Su Yi as her boyfriend, and told her he would stop arranging blind dates.
• Bai Miaomiao told Su Yi they could stop pretending, but he asked her to pay him; she insisted they keep up the act until the exhibition ended.
• Qin Lin photographed Bai Miaomiao and Su Yi, sent the pictures to Yu Huiyin, and started recording before approaching them.
• Su Yi told Qin Lin he owed him 180,000 and admitted he had no money to repay it yet.

Su Yi refused Bai Miaomiao’s offer to repay his debt and said he would earn 180,000 himself, while Qin Lin’s phone suddenly caught fire. At the exhibition, Su Yi met the painter Liu Hongyun, who challenged him to judge a painting.

• Bai Miaomiao offered to pay Su Yi’s 180,000 debt, but Su Yi refused and told Qin Lin he would earn the money himself.
• Qin Lin’s phone exploded in his pocket and burned his thigh, and staff took him away for bandaging.
• Bai Miaomiao confirmed that Su Yi could paint at the exhibition, and he began considering what to paint for the evening auction.
• Su Yi met Liu Hongyun, an early Qi Refining immortal cultivator, and examined his paintings.
• Liu Hongyun asked Su Yi what he thought of his Peony Spring Revival Painting.

Su Yi criticized Liu Hongyun’s Peony Spring Revival Painting and explained its flaws, prompting Liu Hongyun to destroy it. The crowd fell silent until Liu Shi challenged Su Yi to paint one himself.

• Su Yi called Liu Hongyun’s Peony Spring Revival Painting terrible after the surrounding masters mocked his opinion.
• Liu Hongyun demanded that Su Yi explain his criticism or be thrown out.
• Su Yi identified flaws in the painting’s shading, composition, brushwork, and lack of character.
• Liu Hongyun tore down the painting and trampled it in front of the stunned crowd.
• Su Yi questioned whether the gathered painters represented the era, and Liu Shi challenged him to paint something himself.

After refusing to paint for Liu Hongyun’s jeering supporters, Su Yi decided to paint at the exhibition to repay Qin Lin the 180,000 he owed. He asked Ye Xiaxuan to help grind the ink, hoping to keep the crowd from watching him work.

• Liu Shi and the painters mocked Su Yi and demanded that he prove his skill, but Su Yi walked away with Bai Miaomiao instead.
• Bai Miaomiao asked whether Su Yi could paint better than Liu Hongyun, and Su Yi said Liu only knew a little less than he did.
• Qin Lin approached Su Yi to remind him of the debt, and Su Yi said he would paint something to earn the money.
• As Su Yi turned away from Qin Lin, Qin Lin’s bandaged wound began bleeding heavily, and staff took him back to the infirmary.
• Su Yi found Ye Xiaxuan and Lin Yiyun, then asked Ye Xiaxuan to come help him grind the ink.

Su Yi began teaching Ye Xiaxuan to paint and created a simple ink painting that triggered a powerful cultivation insight in her. After she expelled impurities and feared she had a terminal illness, Su Yi recognized what had happened, leaving Ye Xiaxuan wondering whether he had somehow seen her in the bathroom.

• Bai Miaomiao arranged a studio, where Liu Hongyun and several painters gathered to watch Su Yi paint.
• Su Yi took Ye Xiaxuan into the studio, told her to grind ink, and said she should put her name on the painting afterward.
• Su Yi painted a few strokes that formed a little eagle, and Ye Xiaxuan experienced an insight that rapidly improved her physical constitution.
• Ye Xiaxuan rushed to the bathroom as her body expelled impurities, then emerged frightened by the filthy-looking result and asked Su Yi to check her pulse.
• Su Yi asked whether what she had passed was filthy, and Ye Xiaxuan blushed as she wondered whether he had peeked.

Su Yi painted a great roc for Ye Xiaxuan, briefly exposing her to a terrifying vision before suppressing the painting’s Dao resonance and giving it to her. He then had her sign another painting for sale, and Liu Hongyun and Liu Shi saw Su Yi’s little-eagle painting, leaving Liu Hongyun speechless while Liu Shi mocked it.

• Su Yi reassured Ye Xiaxuan that her bodily changes were normal, then painted a great roc whose artistic conception overwhelmed her with a vision of destruction.
• Su Yi crossed out a line that had triggered the vision, suppressed the painting’s Dao resonance, and inscribed it for Ye Xiaxuan as a gift.
• Su Yi told Ye Xiaxuan to sign the other painting and sell it for a hundred and eighty thousand to repay Qin; he then ordered her to practice writing her name a thousand times each day.
• Su Yi left the studio to read while Ye Xiaxuan prepared the paintings for mounting, and Liu Hongyun’s group entered.
• Liu Hongyun froze when he saw Su Yi’s little-eagle painting, while Liu Shi laughed and mocked it as an ordinary little bird.

At an auction, Liu Hongyun recognized the mastery and Dao resonance in Ye Xiaxuan’s little eagle painting, then was stunned by Su Yi’s even more extraordinary Painting of Kunpeng Soaring. The paintings were mounted, and Ye Xiaxuan made clear that Su Yi’s gift to her was not for sale.

• Liu Hongyun recognized Ye Xiaxuan as the painter of the little eagle and learned that she was Ye Lin’s granddaughter.
• Liu Shi mocked Ye Xiaxuan’s simple painting, so Liu Hongyun slapped him and ordered him to leave.
• Liu Hongyun saw Su Yi’s Painting of Kunpeng Soaring beneath the little eagle painting and was overwhelmed by its artistry and inscription.
• Ye Xiaxuan refused to sell Su Yi’s painting, and Liu Hongyun called for both paintings to be mounted.
• The other painters examined Su Yi’s work and were deeply impressed by its vivid depiction of Kunpeng.