Chapter Summaries

Liu Shi tried to kick Su Yi but collapsed in terror, while Liu Hongyun recognized Su Yi’s painting skill and apologized before leaving. Ye Xiaxuan basked in the effects of her cultivation breakthrough as Bai Miaomiao misread her glow, and Su Yi returned to his book.

• Liu Shi attempted to kick Su Yi, froze in fear, fell, and hurried away after staff helped him up.
• Ye Xiaxuan left her Painting of Kunpeng Soaring with Liu Hongyun, who realized her cultivation surpassed his.
• Liu Hongyun apologized to Su Yi for doubting his ability, but Su Yi dismissed him and the other painters.
• Bai Miaomiao praised Su Yi’s talent, while Ye Xiaxuan and Lin Yiyun sat across from him and Lin Yiyun noticed Ye Xiaxuan looked prettier.
• Bai Miaomiao privately imagined that Su Yi and Ye Xiaxuan had been intimate, while Ye Xiaxuan admired Su Yi as he read.
• Su Yi noticed the women watching him and told them to go look around, then resumed reading.

At the art exhibition, Su Yi paid Qin Lin back by borrowing money from Yu Huiyin, exposing how differently she treated the two men. When Qin Lin tried to prove Yu Huiyin would lend to him as well, she rejected him, then sent Su Yi even more money on request.

• Qin Lin left the infirmary and challenged Su Yi about whether he had painted something for the auction.
• Su Yi asked Yu Huiyin to lend him 180,000, and she transferred 200,000 without asking why.
• Su Yi paid Qin Lin back and told him that whether he painted was none of Qin Lin's business.
• Qin Lin asked Yu Huiyin to lend him 200,000, but she refused and said she did not want financial dealings with him.
• Su Yi asked Yu Huiyin for another 200,000, and she sent eighteen transfers before saying that was all she had.

At the club, Xia Shanhe targeted Ye Xiaxuan after noticing her painting and sensing her cultivation, while Su Yi recognized the owner as a cultivator who harvested yin to replenish yang. The chapter ended with Su Yi dismissing Xia Shanhe’s offer of friendship.

• Su Yi amused himself by teasing Qin Lin, who had been left embarrassed after the young man he greeted ignored him.
• Xia Shanhe arrived after seeing Ye Xiaxuan’s signature on an auction painting and became interested in her and Lin Yiyun as potential targets for dual cultivation.
• Xia Shanhe introduced himself to Ye Xiaxuan, Lin Yiyun, and Bai Miaomiao, but Ye Xiaxuan bluntly declined his offer of friendship and sat beside Su Yi.
• Xia Shanhe followed the women to Su Yi and introduced himself, mentioning Su Yi’s victory over Liu Hongyun.
• Su Yi recognized Xia Shanhe’s cultivation technique and decided the man was unworthy of his disciple, then told him he did not usually make friends with men.

Su Yi rejected Xia Shanhe's attempt at friendship and sensed the killing intent behind his anger, while Bai Miaomiao worried that Xia would attack him. After she called her grandfather for help, Bai Qishan ordered the family to withdraw from Xia Shanhe's businesses and prepare to seize them, convinced that offending Su Yi was fatal.

• Su Yi rejected Xia Shanhe, who left angrily after Bai Miaomiao tried to smooth things over.
• Qin Lin left mocking Su Yi, but his thigh wound began bleeding again, and staff took him back to the infirmary.
• Bai Miaomiao called Bai Qishan to warn him that Xia Shanhe might attack Su Yi.
• Bai Qishan questioned Bai Miaomiao about her relationship with Su Yi and Ye Xiaxuan, then advised her to befriend Su Yi without pursuing him.
• Bai Qishan ordered the Bai family to pull out of Xia Shanhe's businesses and prepare to seize them.

Su Yi attended Xia Shanhe’s charity gala with Bai Miaomiao, Ye Xiaxuan, and Lin Yiyun, attracting attention with his feast and refined table manners. As the auction began, he saw that his painting, listed under Ye Xiaxuan’s name as “Young Eagle Painting,” had a starting bid of 180,000.

• Su Yi and the others arrived at the clubhouse’s second-floor gala and chose an empty table.
• Su Yi went to the buffet with Ye Xiaxuan and Lin Yiyun, loading his plate with food while guests watched.
• Su Yi ate the king crab elegantly and served crabmeat to Bai Miaomiao, Ye Xiaxuan, and Lin Yiyun.
• Su Yi let go of his plans to pursue Lin Yiyun and decided to let their relationship develop naturally.
• The charity auction began, and Su Yi read the catalog, finding his painting listed under Ye Xiaxuan’s name with a starting bid of 180,000.

At a charity auction, Ye Xiaxuan bought Su Yi’s Young Eagle Painting for nine million after Xia Shanhe and Wang Degui drove up the bidding. As Su Yi and Bai Miaomiao prepared to leave the Shanhe Club, Su Yi called Wu Wenze for help because Wang Degui was following him, and Wu Wenze told them to wait.

• Su Yi’s Young Eagle Painting attracted bids from Xia Shanhe and Wang Degui, who raised its price to eight million.
• With Su Yi’s permission, Ye Xiaxuan bid nine million, and Xia Shanhe and Wang Degui both stopped bidding.
• Su Yi asked Bai Miaomiao to leave with him after the auction, and she warned him to watch out for Xia Shanhe.
• Su Yi called Wu Wenze and reported that the man from earlier was still following him at the Shanhe Club.
• Wu Wenze told Su Yi to wait inside while he came over, and Su Yi told Bai Miaomiao he had called the deputy director of the subdistrict office.

Su Yi waited at the clubhouse for Director Wu while Xia Shanhe and Wang Degui argued over Ye Xiaxuan and the painting. The girl accompanying Wu Wenze effortlessly subdued Wang Degui, and Su Yi recognized her cultivation technique as one he had practiced tens of thousands of years earlier.

• Su Yi refused Bai Miaomiao’s offer to leave and waited for Director Wu, while Ye Xiaxuan retrieved her painting.
• Wang Degui and Xia Shanhe clashed over the painting and Ye Xiaxuan, and Wang Degui declared that he would protect her.
• Wang Degui asked Ye Xiaxuan whether she was Ye Lin’s granddaughter and introduced himself as Wang Xiu’s master.
• Wang Degui led Su Yi and the others out, while Xia Shanhe made clear he still intended to pursue Ye Xiaxuan.
• Wu Wenze arrived and ordered Wang Degui to come with him, but his young companion knocked Wang Degui unconscious and dragged him away.
• Su Yi recognized that the girl practiced a cultivation technique he had used tens of thousands of years earlier.

Su Yi recognized that Lin Yiyun had used a cultivation art he had taught only to the Mysterious Lady of the Nine Heavens, leaving him puzzled about how she knew it. He led Ye Xiaxuan into an alley to confront the lurking Xia Shanhe, and the chapter ended with Su Yi immobilizing Xia Shanhe as he reached for Ye Xiaxuan.

• Su Yi asked Bai Miaomiao to take Lin Yiyun home, then left with Ye Xiaxuan to deal with Xia Shanhe.
• Ye Xiaxuan mistook Su Yi's talk of a secluded alley and a first time for a sexual advance, but Su Yi revealed he had sensed Xia Shanhe following them.
• Xia Shanhe emerged and challenged Ye Xiaxuan to dual cultivate with him, then boasted of his nickname, Xia Luanliu.
• Ye Xiaxuan attacked Xia Shanhe after he made a lewd remark, but he dodged her punch and reached for her chest.
• Su Yi stopped Xia Shanhe with an unseen force, freezing him before he could touch Ye Xiaxuan.

Su Yi suppressed Xia Shanhe and had Ye Xiaxuan beat him, then forced him to become her sparring partner. Ye Xiaxuan learned that Xia Shanhe was stronger than her in cultivation, while Su Yi claimed to have no realm.

• Xia Shanhe froze when Su Yi restrained him, and Ye Xiaxuan beat him while he was unable to move.
• Su Yi released Xia Shanhe’s cultivation and ordered him to spar with Ye Xiaxuan, then stopped him when he attacked.
• Terrified by Su Yi’s power, Xia Shanhe agreed to obey and gave Ye Xiaxuan his phone number.
• Ye Xiaxuan questioned whether Xia Shanhe was useful, and Su Yi explained that she needed combat practice against a Golden Core Realm cultivator.
• Ye Xiaxuan asked Su Yi what realm he had reached, and he answered that he had no realm.

Ye Xiaxuan and Su Yi dealt with Xia Shanhe, whom Su Yi revealed had been targeting her, then went their separate ways for the night. At the Ye Family estate, Ye Xiaxuan found her family discussing Zhang Qibei, who was gravely ill and begging them to save his life.

• Ye Xiaxuan arranged for Xia Shanhe to watch the bookstore the next morning, while Su Yi warned her that Xia Shanhe had been targeting her to harvest yin and replenish yang.
• Su Yi left alone to go home, and Ye Xiaxuan returned to the Ye Family estate carrying his painting.
• Ye Xiaxuan noticed Zhang Qibei kneeling outside the estate gate, looking so emaciated that he seemed close to death.
• Ye Jingtian told Ye Xiaxuan that Zhang Qibei had offered to sell all his assets in exchange for treatment, but he feared the man might die in their home and damage the Ye Family's reputation.
• Ye Jingguo urged Ye Jingtian to let Zhang Qibei in and examine him, while Ye Jingtian said their father was unlikely to treat him.

Ye Jingguo challenged Ye Jingtian’s leadership by proposing that the younger generation compete to cure Zhang Qibei and inherit control of the Ye Family. Ye Xiaxuan went to fetch Ye Lin, but he chose to hear about her day and admire Su Yi’s painting before getting involved in the dispute.

• Ye Jingguo argued that the Ye Family head should be whoever could cure Zhang Qibei, and Ye Jingtian agreed to make the winner the next family head after informing Ye Lin.
• Ye Jingtian sent Ye Xiaxuan to fetch Ye Lin, while she privately thought the family could simply let Ye Jingguo take charge.
• Mo Ze noticed that Ye Xiaxuan had advanced from Qi Refining to a false core in just two days.
• Ye Xiaxuan told Ye Lin that Xia Shanhe was alive and would watch her bookshop and serve as her sparring partner.
• Ye Lin declined to leave for the family dispute and took Ye Xiaxuan and the painting from Su Yi to his study to hear about her day.

Ye Lin admired Su Yi’s painting and then settled a dispute over the Ye Family leadership by challenging Ye Hongqiu to treat Zhang Qibei. The chapter ended with Ye Hongqiu beginning treatment while Ye Lin watched with growing concern.

• Ye Lin saw Su Yi’s painting, accepted that Su Yi had acknowledged Ye Xiaxuan, and asked for his ashes to be kept near the painting after his death.
• Ye Lin confronted Ye Jingguo, who proposed that a younger family member become head of the Ye Family by curing Zhang Qibei.
• Ye Lin told Ye Hongqiu that he would lead the family if he cured Zhang Qibei, but would have to reflect and study if he failed.
• Zhang Qibei entered the hall, begged Ye Xiaxuan to save him, and kowtowed until his fragile skin bled.
• Ye Hongqiu began treating Zhang Qibei with silver needles, and Ye Lin grew concerned because he did not recognize the technique.

Ye Hongqiu’s apparent cure of Zhang Qibei exposed his use of a dangerous technique and a medicine taught to him by Xia Shanhe, while Ye Jingguo and Mo Ze staged a takeover of the Ye Family. Ye Lin refused Ye Xiaxuan’s offer to call Su Yi for help and resigned himself to the family’s betrayal.

• Ye Hongqiu used nine needles and a pill to revive Zhang Qibei, but Ye Lin warned that the treatment had only stimulated Zhang’s body and left him with at most five days to live.
• Ye Lin ordered Ye Hongqiu to kneel and explain who taught him the acupuncture and supplied the medicine; Ye Hongqiu blamed Ye Lin for withholding his skills and demanded the family leadership.
• Ye Hongqiu declared Ye Lin too old to lead, while Ye Jingguo revealed that he and Mo Ze had already rebelled and brought armed men into the room.
• Ye Jingguo forced Ye Jingtian to sign prepared contracts and revealed that Xia Shanhe had taught Ye Hongqiu the technique and was backing the takeover.
• Ye Xiaxuan treated Ye Lin and offered to call Su Yi, but Ye Lin stopped her and said the conflict was an internal Ye Family matter.
• Ye Lin closed his eyes and told them to do as they wished, appearing close to death.

Xia Shanhe interrupted Ye Jingguo and Mo Ze’s attempt to seize control of the Ye Family and switched sides after realizing Ye Xiaxuan was tied to Su Yi. He crippled Mo Ze and helped Ye Lin regain command, leaving Ye Jingguo and Ye Hongqiu to be taken into custody.

• Xia Shanhe rushed in, ordered Ye Jingguo to put down his knife, and hurried to check on Ye Xiaxuan.
• Xia Shanhe apologized to Ye Jingtian and rebuked Ye Jingguo when he suggested Xia Shanhe take Ye Xiaxuan as a match.
• Xia Shanhe slapped Ye Jingguo, condemned the family’s coercion, and accused Mo Ze of being shameless.
• Xia Shanhe punched Mo Ze and crippled his cultivation, then asked Ye Lin how he wanted Mo Ze handled.
• Ye Lin asked his black-clad subordinates to choose whom they would follow, and they pledged their loyalty to him.
• Ye Lin ordered his men to take Ye Jingguo and Ye Hongqiu away and lock them up.

After the Ye Family’s rebellion was put down, Ye Lin refused to let Ye Xiaxuan summon Su Yi and went alone to his study to face his regrets. Ye Xiaxuan cured Zhang Qibei, then learned that her grandfather had died.

• Ye Xiaxuan accepted Xia Shanhe’s handling of the rebellion and left him to guard the hall while she helped Ye Lin away.
• Ye Lin refused Ye Xiaxuan’s offer to call Su Yi and ordered her to return and treat Zhang Qibei.
• Ye Xiaxuan examined Zhang Qibei and used silver needles, cinnabar, and peach wood to drive the yin energy from his body.
• Ye Lin sat before Su Yi’s painting in his study, reflected on his betrayal, and died.
• Ye Xiaxuan told Ye Jingtian that Zhang Qibei was cured, then cried out that Ye Lin was gone.

After Ye Lin died, Su Yi went to the Ye residence to comfort Ye Xiaxuan and learn that Xia Shanhe had helped cause the old man's death. Su Yi killed Xia Shanhe and returned to Ye Lin's study, asking Ye Jingtian for brush, ink, paper, and an inkstone.

• Ye Xiaxuan called Su Yi to tell him Ye Lin had died, and Su Yi went to the Ye residence.
• Ye Xiaxuan wept in Su Yi's arms, while Ye Jingtian questioned him about his relationship with Ye Lin.
• Su Yi learned from Ye Jingtian that Xia Shanhe had been involved in the events before Ye Lin's death.
• Su Yi confronted Xia Shanhe, who blamed Ye Jingguo and begged for mercy.
• Su Yi destroyed Xia Shanhe's hands, then his body and soul, before returning to Ye Lin's study and asking Ye Jingtian for writing supplies.

Su Yi honored Ye Lin’s final wish with calligraphy that gathered his soul and arranged for him to be buried with the writing. After attending to the Ye Family, Su Yi returned to his daily routine and met Wu Wenze and a girl who insisted he was a cultivator and seemed to recognize him.

• Su Yi wrote an elegy for Ye Lin, gathered his soul, and told Ye Jingguo to bury his father with the calligraphy.
• Ye Xiaxuan heard Ye Lin’s farewell, while Ye Jingguo learned that Su Yi had known his father for sixty-eight years.
• Su Yi told Ye Xiaxuan that he had dealt with Xia Shanhe, then left the Ye Family residence.
• News of Ye Lin’s death spread, and many people came to pay their respects as Su Yi continued with his routine.
• Wu Wenze and a girl waited outside Su Yi’s bookstore, where she declared that Su Yi was a cultivator and said he seemed familiar.

Gu Tongtong confronted Su Yi at his bookstore, insisting he was a cultivator and trying to recruit him into the Thirteenth Bureau. She left after arranging a hot pot dinner with him, while Wu Wenze wondered whether Su Yi had used the bureau to deal with Wang Degui.

• Wu Wenze tried to stop Gu Tongtong from provoking Su Yi, but she insisted Su Yi was a cultivator and asked him to join the Thirteenth Bureau.
• Su Yi denied being a cultivator and returned to reading in his bookstore while Gu Tongtong questioned him about his name and the Thirteenth Bureau.
• Gu Tongtong punched toward Su Yi, but stopped her fist just short of his face; Wu Wenze restrained her and reminded her that the bureau forbade attacks on ordinary people.
• Gu Tongtong asked about the girl who had been with Su Yi, and Wu Wenze explained that Ye Lin had died and that the Ye Family girl would be registered after the funeral.
• Gu Tongtong invited Su Yi to hot pot that night and left with Wu Wenze, who questioned whether Su Yi was really a cultivator.
• Wu Wenze suggested visiting Ye Lin's funeral and asking whether Wang Degui had threatened Su Yi, suspecting Su Yi might have manipulated the bureau.

Wang Degui was released after Gu Tongtong and Wu Wenze admitted the Thirteenth Bureau had arrested and beaten him before confirming the facts. On the way to pay respects to Divine Doctor Ye, Gu Tongtong asked Wang Degui to test whether Su Yi was a cultivator, while Su Yi posted a hiring notice that caught Zhang Luolin’s eye.

• Wang Degui begged Gu Tongtong for mercy, and Wu Wenze explained that she had become director of the Thirteenth Bureau.
• Wu Wenze told Wang Degui that Su Yi had reported him for following him with ill intentions, but the bureau had concluded Wang Degui was likely telling the truth about trying to protect Su Yi and the others from Xia Shanhe.
• Wang Degui demanded an apology, and Gu Tongtong apologized for arresting him before confirming the facts; when he asked about his beating, she dared him to hit her back.
• Wu Wenze told Wang Degui that Divine Doctor Ye had died, and Wang Degui agreed to go with them to pay his respects.
• Gu Tongtong asked Wang Degui to test whether Su Yi was a cultivator and said she would allow him to beat Su Yi as long as he did not kill or cripple him.
• Su Yi put up a hiring notice at the bookstore, and Zhang Luolin arrived and eagerly noticed it.

Su Yi hired Zhang Luolin to watch the bookshop and taught him how to use a smartphone. As evening came, Gu Tongtong arrived to remind Su Yi about the meal he had promised her.

• Su Yi rejected Zhang Luolin's first attempt to apply because of his appearance, then agreed to hire him if he cut his hair and changed clothes.
• Zhang Luolin returned in a white Tang suit and learned that his duties were to watch the shop and collect payment, for a monthly salary of two thousand.
• Su Yi gave Zhang Luolin a Redmi phone and spent half the day teaching him how to use it.
• Gu Tongtong came to the bookshop and asked Su Yi about the meal he had promised, so Su Yi invited Zhang Luolin to join them for dinner.