Recaps

Jin Yunmei researched Chen Zheng and recalled how easily he had defeated her. At a coffee shop, Chen Zheng caught a sniper bullet aimed at Chen Zhi and went after the hidden attacker.

• Jin Yunmei searched online for information about Chen Zheng and resolved to learn more despite recognizing the danger he posed.
• Jiang Rou asked Chen Zheng how far things had progressed between him and Su Cheng, and Chen Zhi teased Jiang Rou about being jealous.
• Chen Zhi sensed danger as a sniper bullet pierced the coffee shop window and flew toward her.
• Chen Zheng caught the bullet barehanded, stunning Chen Zhi, Jiang Rou, Su Cheng, and the bystanders.
• Chen Zheng told Chen Zhi to leave the matter to him, then walked outside to confront the sniper.

After Chen Zheng saved the Xining Chen Family's young heiress, Gun King fled Nan City, but Chen Zheng appeared in his car and confronted him. Gun King attacked and tried to escape, but Chen Zheng killed him with his own bullet.

• Gun King called to report that his mission had failed because a young man had caught his bullet, then fled the building in a Land Rover.
• Gun King drove onto the highway and relaxed after leaving Nan City's urban area.
• Chen Zheng revealed himself in the back seat, and Gun King threatened to crash the car and warned that someone planned to attack the Xining Chen Family.
• Gun King stopped the Land Rover and fired at Chen Zheng, but the bullet halted before reaching him.
• Chen Zheng vanished, and the bullet turned around and struck Gun King in the forehead, killing him.

Chen Zheng considered Qin Yi’s offer to star in her television adaptation before An Jing recruited him as her boyfriend for a confrontation at her father Lu Weiguo’s home. There, An Jing kissed Chen Zheng in front of her family and rejected the proposed match with Chengzhi, while Lu Weiguo agreed not to force her.

• Chen Zhi told Chen Zheng that she and Jiang Rou were returning to Xining, and Jiang Rou confessed that she liked him before leaving.
• Novelist and screenwriter Qin Yi offered Chen Zheng the male lead in her xianxia romance adaptation, and he agreed to consider the role and exchanged contact details with her.
• An Jing called Chen Zheng, asked him to be her boyfriend for the night, and brought him and Su Cheng to Lu Weiguo’s home to settle a dispute.
• At the house, An Jing kissed Chen Zheng in front of Lu Weiguo, Second Uncle Qi, and the refined-looking Chengzhi, declaring that she liked younger men.
• Lu Weiguo told Second Uncle Qi not to force the proposed match because An Jing already had a boyfriend, leaving Second Uncle Qi furious.

Qi Chengzhi tried to pay Chen Zheng to leave An Jing, then used a mind trick against him and suffered a terrifying backlash. Chen Zheng stayed with An Jing as Qi Chengzhi fled in panic.

• Qi Chengzhi offered Chen Zheng five million, then ten million, to leave Nan City, while An Jing angrily rejected the offer.
• Chen Zheng kissed An Jing, and she responded willingly, angering Qi Chengzhi and leaving Su Cheng feeling like a third wheel.
• Qi Chengzhi threatened Chen Zheng and tried to drive him insane with his gaze, but Chen Zheng remained unaffected.
• Chen Zheng said Qi Chengzhi’s trick had backfired, and Qi Chengzhi saw him as a monstrous creature before fleeing and falling in the hallway.

After Qi Chengzhi’s attack backfired, Chen Zheng returned to Su Cheng’s home with An Jing and Su Cheng, who both kissed him. Chen Zhi then sent him information revealing that Misty Rain Tower was an assassin organization, while its leaders discussed sending Catherine to investigate Chen Zheng.

• Qi Chengzhi left with the old man from the Qi family, who threatened Chen Zheng, but Chen Zheng dismissed the threat as harmless.
• An Jing kissed Chen Zheng as a reward, and Su Cheng kissed his other cheek before retreating to her bedroom, where she wondered whether he could read her thoughts.
• Chen Zhi sent Chen Zheng a file identifying Misty Rain Tower as an assassin organization and naming Gun King as the assassin who had attacked her.
• Chen Zheng read the file and judged Misty Rain Tower’s members weak compared with himself.
• At Misty Rain Tower’s headquarters, a white-robed man and William discussed Chen Zheng’s unusual abilities, and William proposed sending Catherine to investigate or make him a blood thrall.

Chen Zheng agreed to audition for Qin Yi’s cultivation-transmigration drama and impressed the crew by effortlessly portraying an unfathomable expert in his first scene. Director Xu and the crew were left stunned, while Chen Zheng said that playing an expert was easy for him.

• Chen Zheng accepted Qin Yi’s invitation to audition and asked An Jing and Su Cheng to drive him to the set.
• At the set, Lu Yun and Director Xu doubted that Chen Zheng could lead the drama, but Qin Yi insisted on casting him and Yanran supported her decision.
• Director Xu explained the opening scene, in which the male lead appeared in Yanran’s home and subdued her with the bearing of a peerless expert.
• Chen Zheng performed the scene with a glance and a line that stunned Yanran, Director Xu, Lu Yun, and the crew.
• Chen Zheng asked whether he had passed and told Director Xu that, although emotional scenes might be difficult, playing an expert was easy.

Chen Zheng impressed Director Xu during his audition and then kissed Yanran during a wall-pin scene, leaving her flustered and Lu Yun furious. Yanran said she enjoyed acting with Chen Zheng, while Qin Yi praised her choice of lead, unaware that the script matched Chen Zheng’s real past.

• Chen Zheng’s first audition scene impressed Yanran and Director Xu, while Lu Yun resented the newcomer’s success.
• Director Xu began the wall-pin scene, and Chen Zheng’s performance drew Yanran into the role.
• Chen Zheng kissed Yanran for real, surprising her and prompting An Jing and Lu Yun to accuse him of taking advantage.
• Director Xu rebuked Lu Yun for causing trouble, and Lu Yun silently stewed over his humiliation.
• Yanran admitted she liked acting with Chen Zheng, and Qin Yi said he seemed to have returned from a xianxia world.

Chen Zheng impressed Director Xu and Qin Yi with his acting, while rumors about his connection to Yuwei Group’s heiress spread through the crew. Lu Yun withdrew from the drama, and Qin Yi decided Chen Zheng would be its sole principal male character.

• Director Xu praised Chen Zheng’s acting, and Yanran exchanged contact details with him, making Lu Yun jealous.
• A crew member reported that Chen Zheng had left with a woman in a custom pink Rolls-Royce, leading the crew to suspect she was Su Ziming’s daughter and Chen Zheng’s girlfriend.
• Qin Yi said she would ask Chen Zheng about his connection to Yuwei Group, then decided he suited her male lead perfectly.
• Director Xu warned Lu Yun that some people were beyond his ability to cross, and Lu Yun withdrew from the drama.
• Qin Yi approved Lu Yun’s departure and decided to revise the script so Chen Zheng would be the only principal male character.

Lu Yun learned that Chen Zheng was a trained martial artist and decided to leave Nan City, while Yan Susu’s reunion with her sinister senior brother Yin Zhao turned Jasmine Bar into a threat. As Yan Susu prepared to face Yin Zhao, Chen Zheng caught her hand.

• Lu Yun watched a video of Chen Zheng kicking a taekwondo expert away and decided to leave Nan City the next morning.
• At Jasmine Bar, Yan Susu asked Chen Zheng whether he had any more Drunken Life, Dreaming Death, and offered to help him brew it.
• An Jing teased Yan Susu about wanting Chen Zheng, then drank with him as the proprietress flirted back.
• Yin Zhao arrived and ordered the customers to leave, then revealed that he was Yan Susu’s senior brother and threatened her, An Jing, Su Cheng, and Chen Zheng.
• Yan Susu told Chen Zheng to take An Jing and the others away while she handled Yin Zhao, but Chen Zheng caught her hand as she stood.

At Jasmine Bar, Yin Zhao threatened Yan Susu and her companions, believing his breakthrough had made him an unbeatable Ancient Martial Arts Grandmaster. Chen Zheng calmly endured Yin Zhao’s palm strike, crippled him with the backlash, and left Yin Zhao’s lackeys terrified.

• Yin Zhao mocked Chen Zheng and demanded that he kowtow, while threatening Yan Susu and the other women.
• Chen Zheng dismissed Yin Zhao and his three lackeys as morons, then walked toward Yin Zhao as Yan Susu tried to stop him.
• Yin Zhao struck Chen Zheng in the chest, but Chen Zheng remained unharmed.
• Yin Zhao’s meridians ruptured from the backlash, and he dropped to his knees before Chen Zheng.
• Yin Zhao’s three lackeys realized Chen Zheng was a genuine expert and backed away in fear.

Chen Zheng crippled Yin Zhao’s three lackeys and left the Jasmine Bar with An Jing and Su Cheng. Later, he used a high-end channel-clearing technique to resolve An Jing’s True Qi disturbance, opening her conception and governing vessels and likely advancing her to the Grandmaster Realm.

• Chen Zheng crippled Yin Zhao’s three lackeys, then left the Jasmine Bar with An Jing and Su Cheng.
• Yan Susu watched Chen Zheng leave, realized she was captivated by him, and turned her attention coldly to the kneeling men.
• At Su Cheng’s home, An Jing’s True Qi surged after she drank alcohol, and Chen Zheng explained that her constitution had not absorbed the banquets’ effects.
• Chen Zheng brought An Jing to her bedroom and used a high-end channel-clearing technique while Su Cheng watched.
• Chen Zheng opened An Jing’s conception and governing vessels, and Su Cheng wondered whether she should ask him to do the same for her.

An Jing discovered that she had become a Grandmaster, while Chen Zheng was confronted at Nan University by Qi Xiejia, who sought revenge for Qi Chengzhi. Chen Zheng defeated Qi Xiejia and stripped him of his abilities.

• An Jing woke up and sensed that her True Qi had more than doubled and her Ren and Du meridians had opened, making her a Grandmaster.
• Chen Zheng walked beside Mirror Lake at Nan University, where Qi Xiejia blocked his way and demanded that he restore Qi Chengzhi.
• Qi Xiejia attacked Chen Zheng with hallucinations created by mental power, but Chen Zheng saw through them and dispelled them.
• Qi Xiejia launched a Soul-Chasing Divine Needle at Chen Zheng's forehead, but it bounced off without leaving a mark.
• Chen Zheng kicked Qi Xiejia into a tree, leaving him spitting blood and unable to use his True Qi or mental power.

Chen Zheng crippled Qi Xiejia and later met Catherine, a new foreign teacher who lured him to her apartment. When Catherine revealed she was a vampire and tried to bite him, her fangs shattered against his skin and Chen Zheng knocked her down.

• Chen Zheng left Qi Xiejia alive but crippled, and Qi realized he would be forced to live with the torment of losing his former power.
• Jin Yunmei watched Chen Zheng defeat Qi Xiejia and was overwhelmed by his strength.
• At Nan University’s cafeteria, Catherine approached Chen Zheng, praised his three-pointer, and invited him to her apartment.
• Chen Zheng agreed to meet Catherine that evening, despite Su Cheng’s suspicions.
• At her apartment, Catherine revealed her fangs and tried to bite Chen Zheng’s neck, but her fangs shattered against his skin.
• Chen Zheng slapped Catherine to the floor, leaving her staring at him in terror.

Chen Zheng defeated Catherine, a Vampire sent to test him, and branded her with the character for “slave,” leaving her convinced she belonged to him. After learning Catherine was a Vampire connected to the Emperor Organization, An Jing resolved to train harder so she could surpass Chen Zheng’s new maid.

• Catherine tried to bite Chen Zheng, but her fangs shattered against his skin.
• Chen Zheng branded the character for “slave” on Catherine’s back and left before she realized he was gone.
• Catherine photographed the mark and feared she could never escape Chen Zheng’s control.
• Chen Zheng returned to Su Cheng’s home, where An Jing teased him about visiting Catherine.
• Chen Zheng told An Jing and Su Cheng that Catherine was a Vampire he had marked as his maid, and they recognized her connection to the Emperor Organization.
• An Jing asked Chen Zheng to clear her channels with his advanced techniques whenever he was free so she could defeat Catherine.

At Nan University, An Jing rejected Professor Li Wen’s attempt to pair her with Qi Chengzhi and publicly kissed Chen Zheng. Chen Zheng then challenged Li Wen’s contempt for him by painting a mountain so lifelike that the lecture hall was captivated.

• An Jing argued with Li Wen after he criticized Chen Zheng and urged her to choose Qi Chengzhi instead.
• An Jing declared that she loved everything about Chen Zheng and kissed him in front of the students.
• Li Wen disowned An Jing as his student and insulted Chen Zheng, who calmly said that he knew how to paint.
• Chen Zheng painted a mountain while the students watched, and Li Wen recognized that he had genuine skill.
• Chen Zheng finished the painting and asked Li Wen whether it counted as art, but Li Wen stared at it in a daze as the students felt the mountain had come alive.
• An Jing called Chen Zheng a god of painting and watched him with admiration.

Chen Zheng stunned Professor Li Wen with a painting and left with An Jing and Su Cheng, then explained his painting practice to An Jing. Their conversation ended when Catherine appeared, kissed Chen Zheng, and accepted An Jing’s challenge.

• Chen Zheng gave Professor Li Wen his painting and left the lecture hall with An Jing and Su Cheng, while the students praised his skill and Li Wen regretted how he had treated An Jing.
• An Jing asked Chen Zheng about his painting ability, and he said he had practiced for a very long time using unusual materials.
• Catherine appeared on the garden path, clung to Chen Zheng, and kissed him in front of An Jing and Su Cheng.
• An Jing challenged Catherine by naming herself an Ancient Martial Arts Grandmaster of China, and Catherine answered with her identity as a Pureblood Vampire and future Countess.

Yu Canghai emerged from seclusion at the Su Family villa to face a Heavenly Tribulation, while Chen Zheng and the others watched. After lightning repeatedly struck Yu Canghai, he spat blood, leaving his survival uncertain.

• An Jing and Catherine fought to a stalemate, and Chen Zheng explained that an Ancient Martial Arts Grandmaster could not overwhelm a supernatural creature.
• Thunder revealed that Yu Canghai had drawn a Heavenly Tribulation while secluded at the Su Family villa, so Chen Zheng and Su Cheng hurried back.
• Yu Canghai emerged from seclusion and went into the courtyard to face the tribulation, with Chen Zheng standing guard.
• Lightning struck Yu Canghai repeatedly as the onlookers watched in fear.
• Yu Canghai spat blood amid the lightning, and Wen Tailai cried out while Catherine said he was finished.

Yu Canghai’s Heavenly Tribulation nearly overwhelmed him, but Chen Zheng intervened and effortlessly dispelled the lightning. Yu Canghai survived with his body beginning to transform, while everyone at the Su Family villa stood dumbstruck.

• Yu Canghai was struck down by repeated lightning, and Wen Tailai, An Jing, and Su Cheng begged Chen Zheng to help him.
• Chen Zheng entered the garden as another bolt descended and erased it with a casual swing of his palm.
• When three bolts targeted Chen Zheng, he blew toward them and made them vanish, then watched the thunderclouds disperse.
• Yu Canghai thanked Chen Zheng, who explained that he had only half-crossed the tribulation but had begun transforming toward the Terrestrial Immortal Realm.
• Yu Canghai swore loyalty to Chen Zheng, while the witnesses remained stunned by what they had seen.

Chen Zheng returned home after breaking Yu Canghai’s Heavenly Tribulation, then went to Qin Yi’s film set, where Zhang Fang interrupted filming and tried to have him attacked. Chen Zheng kicked Xu San into Zhang Fang and the wall, then asked Director Xu to resume filming.

• Chen Zheng and the three women left the Su Family villa, while Su Ziming and Wen Tailai marveled at his power.
• Chen Zheng unblocked An Jing at home, and Su Cheng decided she wanted him to do the same for her.
• Zhang Fang barged onto Qin Yi’s film set, insulted Chen Zheng for holding Yanran, and ordered Xu San to cripple him.
• Xu San lunged at Chen Zheng’s throat, but Chen Zheng kicked him into Zhang Fang and drove Zhang Fang into the wall.
• Chen Zheng told Director Xu that he had only kicked them because they interrupted filming, then asked to continue the shoot.

Chen Zheng drove off Young Master Zhang and Xu San, then filmed an intimate scene with Yanran while An Jing watched jealously. The filming ended with Director Xu hoping to cast Chen Zheng in an action film, while Yanran became more intrigued by him.

• Chen Zheng kicked Young Master Zhang into a wall and defeated Xu San, then told Director Xu to continue filming.
• Young Master Zhang’s companion fled with the unconscious Xu San after Chen Zheng warned him to leave.
• An Jing and Su Cheng arrived and watched Chen Zheng and Yanran film a kissing and bed scene; An Jing interrupted the first take before agreeing to stay calm.
• Chen Zheng and Yanran completed the scene, and An Jing left with Chen Zheng and Su Cheng.
• Director Xu decided to seek an action-film script for Chen Zheng, while Yanran watched Chen Zheng dreamily.

Zhang Nanguo learned that Zhang Fang had been crippled and ordered Qian Er to return to the Eagle Claw Sect and demand revenge against Chen Zheng. In Nan City, Jiang Rou used Chen Zheng as her boyfriend to reject Bai Ye, then shocked the crowd by kissing him in public.

• Zhang Nanguo slapped Qian Er for leaving Zhang Fang behind and learned that Zhang Fang could never practice martial arts again.
• Zhang Nanguo sent Qian Er back to the Eagle Claw Sect to tell Xu Hongfei that Chen Zheng had to suffer as badly as Zhang Fang.
• Chen Zhi warned Chen Zheng that Yanran belonged to the Red Dust Pavilion, while An Jing and Su Cheng discussed the hidden sect's reputation.
• Jiang Rou recognized that Bai Ye had followed her to Nan City with roses and asked Chen Zheng to pretend to be her boyfriend.
• Jiang Rou kissed Chen Zheng on the cheek, then French-kissed him in front of Bai Ye and the onlookers, declaring Chen Zheng the only man she would ever love.

At the South Wind Coffee House, Bai Ye threatened Chen Zheng after Jiang Rou rejected him, then attacked with the Bai family’s Divine Finger Flick. Chen Zheng turned the roses into deadly petals that wounded Bai Ye and left the onlookers facing a frightening display of his power.

• Jiang Rou dismissed Bai Ye and clung to Chen Zheng, while the onlookers laughed at Bai Ye’s threats.
• Bai Ye threatened Chen Zheng with money and violence, then launched rose petals at him with the Bai family’s Divine Finger Flick.
• Chen Zheng stopped the petals in midair and sent the 999 roses on the ground bursting into a shower of petals.
• Bai Ye demanded his sword, but the falling petals sliced him until he collapsed, bloodied.
• A gust swept bloodstained petals above the crowd, making the onlookers fear they could become lethal weapons.

Chen Zheng used a fake-filming story to send Bai Ye and Uncle Lin away, then went to Jasmine Bar with four women. There, An Jing and Jiang Rou competed for his attention while Yan Susu began to suspect his powerful family connections and wonder about his true identity.

• Chen Zheng convinced the bystanders that Bai Ye's beating was part of a production, and Uncle Lin took Bai Ye away in a Rolls-Royce.
• Chen Zheng told the curious crowd he was starring in an upcoming urban immortal cultivator story before entering a café with Jiang Rou.
• Chen Zheng arrived at Jasmine Bar with four women, and Yan Susu recognized Chen Zhi's likely connection to the Xining Chen Family.
• An Jing planned to get drunk so Chen Zheng would carry her home, while Jiang Rou said Chen Zheng would visit her and Chen Zhi that night.
• Chen Zheng suggested that An Jing and Jiang Rou be together with him, shocking Chen Zhi and intensifying Yan Susu's curiosity about his identity.

At Jasmine Bar, Yan Susu reflected on her feelings for Chen Zheng as the women discussed the sudden rise of China’s fourth Great Grandmaster. The sword-wielding girl arrived and fixed her attention on Chen Zheng, who recognized her Inner Charm Sword Technique, leaving Chen Zhi to ask how he knew the newcomer.

• Yan Susu considered her growing feelings for Chen Zheng and decided she would warn Xuefei to stay away from him.
• Chen Zhi and Jiang Rou told An Jing and Su Cheng that a young woman had become China’s fourth Great Grandmaster in less than half a month.
• A sword-wielding girl entered Jasmine Bar, and Yan Susu closed the bar and sent the customers and employees away.
• The women realized the newcomer was staring at Chen Zheng, who identified her Inner Charm Sword Technique as having reached great accomplishment.
• Chen Zhi asked Chen Zheng whether he knew the fourth Great Grandmaster.

Chen Zheng effortlessly defeated Hu Fei, an under-twenty Ancient Martial Grandmaster, and she recognized him as Ancestor Chen. Hu Fei revealed that her sect’s founder, Demon Consort Daji, had faked her death and gone to the Spirit Realm to search for Chen Zheng.

• Hu Fei attacked Chen Zheng with a sword strike at the pinnacle of ancient martial arts, and he sent her flying with a flick of his finger.
• Hu Fei rose, sheathed her sword, and bowed to Chen Zheng as the successor of the Inner Charm Sword, paying respects to Ancestor Chen.
• Su Cheng and Jiang Rou realized that Hu Fei’s sect descended from Demon Consort Daji, while Chen Zhi and Yan Susu were bewildered by the title.
• Chen Zheng asked whether Daji had left Earth, and Hu Fei said the sect records described how Daji faked her death after reaching the immortal dao realm and went to the Spirit Realm to search for him.