Chapter Summaries

Shang Shujue spent all his Merit Points to reverse and freeze time, then confronted the World Consciousness as it tried to link Su Youchuan's emotions to the world's weather. He destroyed its fragment, but a pink crystal core merged into him and knocked him unconscious.

• Nuomi explained that Su Youchuan had broken down and that the World Consciousness had linked his emotions to the world's weather, using his dream to create a new world.
• Shang Shujue called Su Youchuan and Song Yanqing, then used all his Merit Points and remaining points to turn back and freeze time before the hailstorm.
• Shang Shujue reached Su Youchuan's home and followed Nuomi's directions to the room where the World Consciousness was performing the linking ritual.
• The World Consciousness threatened Shang Shujue with harm to Song Yanqing, but Shang Shujue struck it with the Divine Movement Whip and destroyed it, breaking the ritual.
• A pink crystal core flew into Shang Shujue and merged with him, causing him to faint.

Shang Shujue witnessed the Maple Moon Divine Lord and Song Yanqing send linked Breath of Luck into the Human Realm, then relived his own previous life before waking chained in Su Youchuan’s room. He escaped with a Substitute Doll, while another Su Youchuan arrived and recognized him as a being born from the Maple Moon Divine Lord’s Breath of Luck.

• The Maple Moon Divine Lord reunited with Song Yanqing, who reported that the Divine Realm and Demon Abyss had agreed to a million-year peace.
• The Maple Moon Divine Lord and Song Yanqing sent spirit pearls containing their linked Breath of Luck into the Human Realm, and Shang Shujue followed the red breath through his previous life.
• After his previous life ended, Shang Shujue entered a boundless white space, saw mysterious bubbles, and was suddenly dragged away.
• Shang Shujue woke chained in Su Youchuan’s room, struggled until his wrist bled, and accused Su Youchuan of imprisoning him.
• Shang Shujue used Hallucinatory Incense and a Substitute Doll to escape, while a faint light merged with the doll and vanished with Su Youchuan.
• Another Su Youchuan entered the room, extinguished the incense, and realized that Shang Shujue had been born from the Maple Moon Divine Lord’s Breath of Luck.

After absorbing the World Crystal, Shang Shujue learned that his Merit Points and system points had become limitless and that he was free from missions. The world returned to its proper course, while the fate of Su Youchuan and the Demon Realm visitor remained uncertain.

• In the Divine Realm, the Maple Moon Divine Lord learned that A-Heng had gone on vacation to the world where Shang Shujue and the others were, then shared an affectionate moment with the Blazing Sun God of War.
• Nuomi reconnected with Shang Shujue and explained that absorbing the World Crystal had changed the world's fate, maxed out his points, and made him effectively its master.
• Nuomi told Shang Shujue that a Demon Realm visitor had taken Su Youchuan's identity for a vacation and planned to erase memories of Su Youchuan before giving the identity a reasonable death.
• Shang Shujue learned that Nuomi's main mission was complete and that he had been unconscious for only an hour, during which Su Youchuan had not harmed him.
• After the incident, people who had encountered Shang Shujue lost their malice toward him, and most forgot his inner voice; the world then settled into its proper course.

Su Youchuan was trapped in the Land of Obsession by Nian Chen, an obsession demon formed from Shang Shujue’s former fixation, while Mo Heng returned to the real world and found Shang Shujue thriving. Mo Heng ignored the fallout around Su Youchuan and continued traveling as Shang Shujue prepared for his group debut night.

• Nian Chen revealed that he was an obsession demon and claimed Su Youchuan as his own, trapping him in the Land of Obsession.
• Nian Chen kept Su Youchuan confined and fed him his blood, gradually changing his body and memories.
• Mo Heng told Nian Chen to prevent Su Youchuan from returning and promised him a grand curtain call.
• Mo Heng returned to the villa after more than a month, by which time Su Youchuan’s luck had passed to Shang Shujue and the people once protected by it faced ruin.
• Mo Heng learned that Ren Daiqi had awakened as a remnant of goodwill and could help Shang Shujue manage the world, but chose to focus on traveling instead.
• Shang Shujue prepared to attend the training camp’s livestreamed group debut night while Mr. Song remained in closed training.

Song Yanqing cut himself and threatened his great-grandfather to force the Song Family to let him leave its underground training ground and return to Shang Shujue. After Song Hengzhe called out that Shang Shujue was on the phone, Song Yanqing stopped just short of killing the patriarch, but the family restrained him.

• Song Yanqing demanded to leave the training ground after forty-seven days of punishing assessments and refused his great-grandfather’s demand that he enter an arranged marriage.
• Song Lin pleaded with the patriarch to let Song Yanqing go, but the patriarch rebuked him for daring to defy his orders.
• Song Yanqing cut his wrist and held the dagger to his neck, while the patriarch threatened the Shang Family.
• Song Hengzhe arrived and heard the patriarch threaten to destroy the Shang Family, prompting Song Yanqing to charge at him with the dagger.
• Song Hengzhe shouted that Shang Shujue was calling Song Yanqing, and Song Yanqing stopped the dagger just before it reached the patriarch.
• The Song Family took the dagger from Song Yanqing, bound him to a chair, and let the call connect.

Song Yanqing called Shang Shujue and revealed that the Song Family had confined him and planned to force him into marriage. Shang Shujue teleported to rescue him, while people who heard Nuomi’s announcement rushed toward the Shang Family villa.

• Song Yanqing calmed down when Shang Shujue answered his call, then took the phone and turned off speakerphone after the Song Family untied him.
• Shang Shujue turned on his camera, and Song Yanqing told him that the Song Family would not let him leave and was making him marry a woman he did not know.
• Shang Shujue sprang up and asked Song Yanqing for his location, but Old Bastard Song ordered the others to take the phone and restrain Song Yanqing, cutting off the call.
• Shang Shujue ordered Nuomi to lock onto Song Yanqing’s coordinates and teleport him, then vanished as Nuomi announced the successful teleportation.
• Ren Daiqi, Yun Qishan, Yu Yang, Yu Zeqi, and others reacted to the announcement and headed toward the Shang Family villa to await Shang Shujue.

Song Hengzhe confronted Song Zhi over the Song Family’s forced marriage rules and tried to help Song Yanqing escape. Song Yanqing was caught and returned to the ancestral hall, where he found Song Hengzhe being punished.

• Song Hengzhe blocked the people sent to seize Song Yanqing and accused Song Zhi of sacrificing the family’s happiness for its reputation.
• Song Hengzhe revealed how Song Zhi’s marriage decisions had hurt generations of the family, then condemned him for punishing Song Yanqing for loving a man.
• Song Yanqing escaped while Song Hengzhe held the family’s attention, but Song Lin waited at the exit and persuaded him to return.
• Song Lin destroyed Song Yanqing’s phone and reported that the order had been carried out.
• Song Yanqing was brought to the ancestral hall, where he saw Song Hengzhe kneeling with his back torn by whipping as he copied the family rules.

Shang Shujue broke into the Song family ancestral hall and rescued the badly injured Song Yanqing, who fainted in his arms. Shang Shujue also took Song Hengzhe with them, while Song Zhi and the others arrived too late to stop their escape.

• Song Yanqing explained to Song Hengzhe that he had returned to protect Song Lin and accepted that Song Lin would lash him.
• Shang Shujue forced his way into the ancestral hall and knocked aside the guards with his Divine Movement Whip.
• Song Yanqing stumbled into Shang Shujue's arms, confessed that he had missed him, and fainted from exhaustion and blood loss.
• Song Hengzhe pointed Shang Shujue toward a tunnel, but Shang Shujue refused to leave him behind and took him along with Song Yanqing.
• Song Zhi and the others arrived as Shang Shujue vanished with the two men, leaving a supernatural warning for Song Zhi.
• Grandpa Song knocked Song Zhi unconscious with knockout incense after Song Zhi mistook Shang Shujue's message for demonic sorcery.

Shang Shujue rescued Song Yanqing and Song Hengzhe, then called Shang Shunan for help because both men were badly injured and he was about to be punished for breaking the world’s laws. Nuomi warned that Shang Shujue would lose consciousness and suffer severe pain, leaving his family rushing to the hospital as he tried to arrange treatment for the injured men.

• Shang Shunan waited at the family home while relatives and guests gathered anxiously for news of Shang Shujue.
• The family considered how Su Youchuan and his former allies had been forgotten, and suspected the world had made Shang Shujue its protagonist.
• Shang Shujue called Shang Shunan and said Song Yanqing and Song Hengzhe were badly injured after their ancestor forced them to train in an underground city.
• Nuomi announced that Shang Shujue had violated the world’s laws and would be unconscious for 72 hours, followed by 48 hours of severe pain.
• Shang Shunan rushed to the hospital, while Shang Shujue asked Nuomi to exchange crystal cores for Healing Pills and give them to the two injured men.

Shang Shunan found Song Hengzhe and reunited with him while Shang Shujue remained unconscious and Song Yanqing recovered. As the three-day deadline passed, Song Yanqing stayed beside Shang Shujue, preparing to help him endure the punishment that was due that night.

• Shang Shunan found Song Hengzhe in the hospital, arranged a VIP room for him, and checked on Shang Shujue and Song Yanqing.
• Song Hengzhe woke, and he and Shang Shunan exchanged a long-awaited greeting as they began to reconnect.
• Song Yanqing woke and learned that Shang Shujue remained unconscious, then waited for the punishment scheduled three days later.
• Song Yanqing's wounds healed, while Shang Shunan took Song Hengzhe home and the two became a couple.
• The Song Family told Song Hengzhe that Grandpa Song had taken over as family head, reformed the family, and would not hold Shang Shujue responsible or interfere in the couple's lives.
• Song Yanqing stayed beside the unconscious Shang Shujue, held him as he slept, and waited for him to wake and face the punishment.

Song Yanqing eased Shang Shujue’s supernatural backlash by kissing him while their family waited outside the hospital room. After the others left, Shang Shuyu stayed to care for her brother and accepted chicken soup from Jian Yichen.

• Song Yanqing woke to Shang Shujue trembling in pain and kissed him repeatedly, easing the punishment’s worst effects.
• Xu Jiaqiao and Zhang Zhichen realized that kissing was helping Shang Shujue, and Shang Yuanzhen sent the family home to give the couple privacy.
• Shang Yuanzhen accepted that his sons would choose their own relationships, while Shang Shuyu called Song Hengzhe “Sister-in-law” and asked the family to rest.
• Shang Shuying and Shang Shuchen left together, and Shang Shuyu activated privacy mode outside Shang Shujue’s room before heading to rest.
• Jian Yichen offered Shang Shuyu chicken soup, and she smiled and agreed to have some.

After Song Yanqing’s punishment ended, Shang Shujue confessed that he loved him, and they reunited as a couple. Song Yanqing responded with tears and kisses, while Shang Shujue urged them to wait until they had recovered.

• Song Yanqing comforted Shang Shujue after his pain faded and told him his wounds had healed.
• Shang Shujue examined Song Yanqing’s wrist wounds and asked him not to hurt himself to threaten others again.
• Shang Shujue told Song Yanqing he liked him, and Song Yanqing answered with fervent embraces and kisses.
• Shang Shujue remembered that he had loved Song Yanqing since they were boys and accepted that they should be together.
• Song Yanqing kept kissing Shang Shujue until he struggled to breathe, so Shang Shujue soothed him and suggested they wait until they had both recovered.
• Song Yanqing cried harder at Shang Shujue’s suggestion, and Shang Shujue resigned himself to comforting his tearful new boyfriend.

After Shang Shujue agreed to be with him, Song Yanqing celebrated by crying, clinging to him, and insisting they focus on time together before considering children. Shang Shujue recovered from his unconsciousness, heard about the training camp’s debut group, and started a game with Song Yanqing, who wanted them to link their accounts as a couple.

• Song Yanqing cried with happiness that Shang Shujue had agreed to be with him, then ordered food and said they could adopt a daughter someday but should first enjoy time together as a couple.
• Shang Shujue teased Song Yanqing for being clingy and a lovebrain, while Song Yanqing refused to let him get sick of him.
• Shang Shuyu arranged examinations for Shang Shujue, found no problems with his bodily functions, and shared the good news with everyone.
• Song Yanqing told Shang Shujue that twelve trainees, including Jian Yichen, had debuted as the group Silent Stars, then warned Shang Shujue not to let Jian Yichen date Shang Shuyu while he was an idol.
• Shang Shujue suggested playing a game, and Song Yanqing proposed linking their accounts as a couple, which made Shang Shujue feel self-conscious.

Shang Shujue and Song Yanqing linked their game accounts as a couple and spent the next morning being affectionate before Zhang Zhichen and his teammates visited. As Nuomi offered three pieces of gossip, Shang Shujue eagerly asked to hear them one at a time.

• Song Yanqing tickled Shang Shujue until he agreed to link their game accounts, then they kissed and went to sleep.
• Shang Shujue woke in Song Yanqing's arms, and the two exchanged affectionate declarations and teased each other about Song Yanqing's former desire to lock him up.
• Zhang Zhichen and his teammates arrived to congratulate the couple, explaining that they had a day off before a commercial performance.
• Nuomi offered three pieces of gossip, and Shang Shujue finished washing up before eagerly asking to hear them one at a time.

Shang Shujue’s thoughts revealed Qiao Ze’s troubled family history and how his aunt raised him after his parents rejected him. The chapter ended with Qiao Ze grateful that Su Youchuan had been defeated, sparing him and his aunt from the future they might otherwise have faced.

• Nuomi drew everyone’s attention to Shang Shujue’s thoughts, which briefly imagined Qiao Ze’s scandalous love life before revealing a family feud.
• Shang Shujue revealed that Qiao Ze’s father had an affair with his mother’s younger sister, leading to a tangled series of marriages and a divorce.
• Qiao Ze explained that his parents had rejected and mistreated him, while his aunt adopted him and raised him with love.
• Shang Shujue revealed that Qiao Ze’s family kept pressuring his aunt and that Su Youchuan’s defeat helped her break free of their control.
• Qiao Ze reflected that Su Youchuan’s defeat spared him from a bleak future away from the stage and under his family’s control.

Shang Shujue and Song Yanqing spent breakfast with their friends, whose gossip about Mu Nanyu and Ji Yunqing prompted Shang Shujue to reveal a tragic future for the pair. Ji Yunqing heard Shang Shujue’s inner thoughts on set and hurried to find Mu Nanyu, but Mu Nanyu was away at the hotel.

• Shang Shujue told his friends to leave, but Xu Jiaqiao and the others stayed to have lunch with him.
• The group recalled Mu Nanyu arguing with Ji Yunqing and nearly striking him backstage on debut night.
• Shang Shujue suggested Mu Nanyu might secretly like Ji Yunqing, and Song Yanqing teased him over his description of their own early relationship.
• Shang Shujue’s inner thoughts revealed that Mu Nanyu’s silence and sharp tongue would drive Ji Yunqing away, after which Ji Yunqing would die in a sabotaged car crash and Mu Nanyu would take his own life.
• Ji Yunqing heard Shang Shujue’s thoughts while filming on a mountain set and rushed to look for Mu Nanyu, only to learn that Mu Nanyu had gone back to the hotel.

Ji Yunqing left the set after feeling unwell and reconciled with Mu Nanyu, who apologized for mistaking someone else for him and taking out his jealousy on him. Shang Shujue’s inner voice exposed Mu Nanyu’s long-hidden feelings and clumsy attempts to drive away Ji Yunqing’s admirers, then embarrassed both men with speculation about their relationship.

• Ji Yunqing left filming early, and Mu Nanyu called to apologize for losing his temper after mistakenly thinking Ji Yunqing had gone to a couples’ restaurant with a Gu Family young master.
• Ji Yunqing realized Mu Nanyu had mistaken someone else for him, accepted his apology only reluctantly, and promised to settle the score when they met.
• Shang Shujue’s inner voice revealed that Mu Nanyu had distanced himself from Ji Yunqing after developing feelings for him and had secretly paid off girls who pursued Ji Yunqing.
• Ji Yunqing learned Mu Nanyu had spent a fortune on those schemes and decided the idiot deserved a beating, while Mu Nanyu blushed with embarrassment.
• Shang Shujue’s inner voice speculated about Ji Yunqing and Mu Nanyu’s intimate relationship, making both men turn crimson before Song Yanqing interrupted him with a tangerine.

Ji Yunqing confronted Mu Nanyu about distancing himself after developing feelings for him, and Mu Nanyu apologized and confessed his love. Ji Yunqing did not accept his confession yet, but allowed him to begin courting him depending on his behavior.

• Ji Yunqing visited Mu Nanyu and explained that he had been hurt when Mu Nanyu became distant after turning seventeen.
• Mu Nanyu tearfully apologized and begged Ji Yunqing not to hate him.
• Ji Yunqing scolded Mu Nanyu for keeping his feelings secret and acting foolishly, then wiped his tears.
• Mu Nanyu offered Ji Yunqing a whip so he could punish him, but Ji Yunqing took it away and called him a little pervert.
• Mu Nanyu asked Ji Yunqing to be with him, and Ji Yunqing said he would not accept the half-hearted confession.
• Mu Nanyu asked to officially court Ji Yunqing, who told him it depended on how he behaved.

Shang Shujue’s inner gossip revealed that Qin Shuzhou would be disfigured by an extremist fan while protecting his future wife and child, but would later rebuild his career through cosplay and recover his looks with surgery. Qin Shuzhou accepted the future loss of his face in exchange for a happy family, while the group wondered who his wife would be.

• Shang Shujue kept looking at Qin Shuzhou and revealed that an extremist fan would throw sulfuric acid at his face in the future.
• Shang Shujue’s inner voice explained that Qin Shuzhou would be injured while rushing to protect his wife and child from the attack.
• Qin Shuzhou and the others learned that he would become known as a devoted husband and find a second career through cosplay and online product promotions.
• Shang Shujue revealed that Qin Shuzhou would later undergo surgery and regain a good-looking appearance.
• Qin Shuzhou accepted that he would lose his current looks to protect his future family and wondered who his wife would be.

Shang Shujue learned that Qin Shuzhou’s future wife was his fourth sister, Shang Shuying, and reacted angrily when he heard she had pursued Qin for three years. He dragged Qin out of the hospital room to spar, while Qin feared for his safety.

• Qin Shuzhou eagerly waited to learn who his future wife would be as Shang Shujue discussed his good fortune.
• Shang Shujue realized Qin’s future wife was his fourth sister, Shang Shuying, and Qin and the others were shocked by the revelation.
• Qin worried that he was unworthy of Shang Shuying, while the others envied his connection to Shang Shujue’s family.
• Shang Shujue heard that Shang Shuying had pursued Qin for three years without success and jumped up in anger.
• Shang Shujue grabbed Qin by the collar and led him out to spar, despite Qin’s protests that he was only a beginner.