Recaps

As the group prepared lunch, Qin Yue and Xue Ranran showed Wang Kaiqi clips of Xia Zhiyi’s extraordinary martial arts, leaving her stunned. Xu Zixu revealed she had witnessed Xia Zhiyi fly unaided and became eager to cast him in her music video.

• Xia Zhiyi and the others prepared bamboo-tube rice while the women shelled corn and discussed how young and capable he seemed.
• Qin Yue borrowed a tablet so Wang Kaiqi could watch Xia Zhiyi’s highlight clips, and Wang Kaiqi was astonished by his feats.
• Xu Zixu said she planned to invite Xia Zhiyi to star as a young swordsman in her traditional-style music video.
• Xu Zixu revealed that she had seen Xia Zhiyi fly unaided, and the sight left her wildly tempted to cast him.

Xu Zixu offered Xia Zhiyi a role in her comeback album’s MV, and he passed her Xu Chen’s contact after revealing he had signed with her as his agent. Xia Zhiyi invited Fu Chi to pick peaches with him, and Fu Chi agreed.

• Xu Zixu asked Xue Ranran to pass Xia Zhiyi a message about appearing in her MV, and Xue Ranran agreed to help.
• Xue Ranran told Xia Zhiyi about Xu Zixu’s offer, and Xia Zhiyi thanked her and agreed to discuss it with Xu Zixu.
• Xia Zhiyi told Xu Zixu that he had signed an artist contract with Xu Chen and gave her Xu Chen’s number for collaboration discussions.
• Xia Zhiyi noticed Fu Chi approaching and invited him to pick peaches together after rain disrupted the planned group outing.
• Fu Chi agreed to go with Xia Zhiyi, pleased that Xia Zhiyi continued to call him by his name.

Xia Zhiyi rescued Fu Yunyi and Gu Zhiyuan from falling down a slippery slope, then helped ease Fu Chi’s anger at his nephew. Fu Yunyi realized that Fu Chi had been angry because he was worried about him.

• Xia Zhiyi and Fu Chi set out for a walk and found Fu Yunyi and Gu Zhiyuan beside a slippery path.
• Gu Zhiyuan lost his footing near a steep drop, and Fu Yunyi slipped while trying to catch him.
• Xia Zhiyi grabbed both men and pulled them to safety before they fell.
• Fu Chi angrily scolded Fu Yunyi, while Xia Zhiyi reminded him to be more careful and softened Fu Chi’s anger.
• Xia Zhiyi told Fu Yunyi that Fu Chi had been worried about him, leaving Fu Yunyi to reconsider why his uncle had been angry.

Xia Zhiyi persuaded Fu Chi to make Fu Yunyi treat him as an elder, leaving Fu Yunyi bewildered by the sudden change in their relationship. During the final days of Incredible Life, Fu Chi and Fu Yunyi’s contrasting personalities drew viewers’ attention and stirred online arguments.

• Xia Zhiyi joked that he would rather change how he addressed Fu Yunyi than treat Fu Chi as an elder, and Fu Chi agreed.
• Fu Chi told Fu Yunyi to treat Xia Zhiyi as an elder at formal occasions, even suggesting Fu Yunyi could call him Martial Uncle.
• Fu Yunyi reluctantly accepted that Xia Zhiyi had become his elder, though the idea left him feeling awkward.
• The final three days of Incredible Life passed peacefully for Xia Zhiyi while viewers focused on Fu Chi and Fu Yunyi’s uncle-nephew dynamic.
• Fu Chi’s brief appearance on the show gained him many fans and anti-fans, sparking online arguments.

On the guests’ final morning together, the village chief brought them dozens of fresh eggs as a parting gift. Fu Chi suggested they accept the eggs and send local specialties in return after they got home.

• Xia Zhiyi and Wang Chengran woke early on the last day, despite having no scheduled tasks.
• Fu Yunyi, Fu Chi, and Gu Zhiyuan joined them as they washed up and talked outside.
• Xia Zhiyi spotted the village chief approaching with a bag of free-range eggs for the guests.
• Wang Chengran tried to return the eggs, but the village chief urged them to keep the gift and hurried away.
• Fu Chi suggested they accept the eggs and mail the village some local specialties later, and Xia Zhiyi agreed.

After the show wrapped, the villagers sent the guests local specialties, and Qin Yue reflected on how much they liked Xia Zhiyi. As the cast prepared to leave, Fu Chi waited for Xia Zhiyi, whose easy conversation held his attention, prompting Gu Zhiyuan to wonder about their unusually friendly relationship.

• The villagers gave the guests homemade foods and local produce, and Qin Yue thought Xia Zhiyi was especially loved because he had helped them throughout their stay.
• The guests and villagers shared a final meal, took group photos, and Director Gong declared the show officially wrapped.
• Xue Ranran checked that the crew would not secretly keep filming, while Xia Zhiyi and Fu Yunyi went to pack their belongings.
• Director Gong told Fu Chi that the auction funds were being processed and that supplies had already been sent to mountain schools.
• Fu Chi waited for Xia Zhiyi, then listened attentively as Xia Zhiyi chatted about the mountains and sky.
• Gu Zhiyuan remarked that Fu Chi seemed unusually friendly toward Xia Zhiyi, and Fu Yunyi joked that Xia Zhiyi might be another long-lost uncle.

After filming ended, Xia Zhiyi headed back with Fu Chi, who arranged a private jet and dinner for them. Their trip was interrupted by a staged car accident, and Xia Zhiyi recognized the girl pretending to be injured as Song Zhen, the novel’s villainous supporting female character.

• Fu Yunyi and Gu Zhiyuan left separately after Fu Yunyi joked that Xia Zhiyi might be related to Fu Chi.
• Xia Zhiyi spoke with his sister, Xia Wanyi, and told her he would be home that night.
• Fu Chi arranged for them to fly home on a private jet and invited Xia Zhiyi to dinner.
• Someone staged an accident in front of Fu Chi’s car as they were leaving town.
• Xia Zhiyi got out to investigate and recognized the girl on the ground as Song Zhen.

Xia Zhiyi recognized a battered little girl as possibly Song Zhen and intervened when she appeared to be hiding from the woman claiming to be her mother. After the police confirmed she had been abducted, Xia Zhiyi stayed in town to help, and the chapter ended with Chunxiang eagerly watching for him the next morning.

• Xia Zhiyi noticed that the little girl did not respond to the name Song Zhen and watched her hide from the woman claiming to be her mother.
• Fu Yunyi suggested the girl might be a trafficking victim, and Xia Zhiyi called the police after she nodded.
• The police confirmed the girl, who had been given the name Chunxiang, had been abducted and found bruises beneath her clothes.
• Xia Zhiyi stayed in town with Fu Yunyi and Gu Zhiyuan, while a female police officer accompanied Chunxiang at the inn.
• The next morning, Chunxiang looked up at Xia Zhiyi with dazzling light in her eyes when he returned to the inn.

Xia Zhiyi brought Xia Zhen, a sixteen-year-old girl who had been hurt in her hometown, back to Yue City under his older sister Xia Wanyi’s temporary guardianship. Xia Zhen was welcomed into their home, though she remained quiet and closely attached to Xia Zhiyi.

• Xia Zhiyi, Fu Yunyi, Gu Zhiyuan, and a policewoman prepared to help Xia Zhen with follow-up matters, and Xia Zhen tugged at Xia Zhiyi’s clothes as they left.
• Xia Zhiyi stayed for four days while the authorities handled the case, then arranged through Xu Chen and Fu Chi for Xia Wanyi to become Xia Zhen’s temporary guardian.
• Xia Zhen chose the name Xia Zhen and wanted to share Xia Zhiyi’s surname; Fu Yunyi left earlier for work, while Xia Zhiyi and Gu Zhiyuan traveled with her to Yue City.
• Xia Zhiyi said goodbye to Gu Zhiyuan and took Xia Zhen home, where Xia Wanyi had prepared a room for her.
• Xia Wanyi gently welcomed Xia Zhen into the family, and Xia Zhiyi also told her she was home.

As Xia Zhiyi prepared to move near campus, he told Xia Wanyi that he had landed a supporting role in a movie, delighting her and surprising Xia Zhen. He then learned that the Song family’s first madam had hired an online smear campaign against him.

• Xia Zhiyi and Xia Wanyi discussed where Xia Zhen would live once school started, and Xia Wanyi offered to take her in.
• Xia Zhiyi told Xia Wanyi that he had secured a supporting role as a young wandering swordsman in Cheng Shishan’s movie, and Xia Wanyi celebrated the news with Xia Zhen.
• Xia Zhiyi photographed Xia Wanyi hugging Xia Zhen and posted the picture to Moments.
• M messaged Xia Zhiyi that the Song family’s first madam had hired a water army to smear him, and Xia Zhiyi acknowledged the warning.

Xia Zhiyi checked on the Song family’s situation and chose not to get involved for now, then spent the evening with Xia Wanyi and Xia Zhen before preparing to leave for university. He accepted Xia Zhen as family regardless of whether she belonged to the Song family.

• Xia Zhiyi called Mo Huayan, who reported that the Song family was in turmoil and asked whether Xia Zhiyi planned to act.
• Xia Zhiyi said he had no plans to do anything to the Song family for now and returned inside to speak with Xia Wanyi.
• Xia Wanyi reassured Xia Zhiyi about university and told him she had prepared food for him to share with his roommates.
• Xia Wanyi helped Xia Zhen dry her hair and reminded her to sleep early before they all took Xia Zhiyi to the airport the next day.
• Xia Zhiyi decided that Xia Zhen was family regardless of her possible connection to the Song family.

Xia Zhiyi prepared to fly back while arranging a meeting with bodyguard candidates and chatting with Xu Chen and Fu Chi. Fu Chi offered to let Xia Zhiyi focus on his studies, and Xia Zhiyi agreed to meet him after landing.

• Xia Wanyi and Xia Zhen took Xia Zhiyi to the airport, where Xia Zhen stayed close to Xia Wanyi in the crowds.
• Xia Zhiyi messaged Xu Chen, who arranged for him to meet three female bodyguard candidates and said she would manage him at the company.
• Xia Zhiyi changed his screen name to “College Student Who Wants a Scholarship” and learned that an assistant would pick him up at the airport.
• Fu Chi told Xia Zhiyi that someone had also been arranged to pick him up, then asked him to share a meal after he settled in.
• Fu Chi said Xia Zhiyi could prioritize his studies without worrying about his base salary, and Xia Zhiyi suggested they video call after he landed.

Xia Zhiyi arrived in the Imperial Capital, met his new assistant Ming Taotao, and settled into the apartment arranged for him. He prepared to attend University A, where his information security major could provide cover for his hacking abilities and help him find a reliable backer.

• Xia Zhiyi met several fans at the airport, exchanged autographs with them, and then met Ming Taotao, the assistant sent to pick him up.
• Xia Zhiyi and Ming Taotao got along well, and they agreed she would likely become his personal assistant.
• Xia Zhiyi dropped off his luggage at his apartment and returned quickly so he and Ming Taotao could explore the Imperial Capital.
• Xia Zhiyi planned to attend University A as an information security major, a subject he knew well and could use to conceal his hacking abilities.

Xia Zhiyi called Fu Chi while heading to a nearby square and discussed visiting Fu Chi’s father, Old Master Fu, during his stay in the Imperial Capital. Their teasing about becoming brothers left Fu Chi imagining Xia Zhiyi as a younger brother, and Xia Zhiyi said he had sent Fu Chi local specialties from Yue City.

• Xia Zhiyi video-called Fu Chi and asked whether Fu Chi could see the colorful surroundings through the phone.
• Fu Chi said Xia Zhiyi could visit Old Master Fu, who would be happy to see him, and Xia Zhiyi decided to prepare a gift first.
• Xia Zhiyi joked that Old Master Fu might want to become his brother, and Fu Chi denied it after a long silence.
• Xia Zhiyi called Fu Chi a good big brother, prompting Fu Chi to consider how nice it would be to have Xia Zhiyi as a younger brother.
• Xia Zhiyi told Fu Chi he had sent him spicy local specialties from Yue City but had sent nothing to Fu Yunyi because Fu Yunyi could not eat spicy food.
• Fu Chi asked Xia Zhiyi to contact him again that night, and Xia Zhiyi agreed.

Xia Zhiyi explored the Imperial Capital with Ming Taotao, then settled into his apartment and spoke with Fu Chi about his day. The chapter ended with Xia Zhiyi messaging someone from another account.

• Xia Zhiyi and Ming Taotao tried a claypot rice restaurant, found the rice was merely steamed, and spent the afternoon exploring nearby shops and snack streets.
• Xia Zhiyi took Ming Taotao to a roast duck restaurant and walked her back to her dorm before returning to his apartment.
• Xia Zhiyi unpacked a few clothes and told Fu Chi to have the snacks he had prepared delivered to the university the next afternoon.
• Xia Zhiyi gave Fu Chi a brief color lesson, correcting him when he called his apple red instead of orange, and told him about his afternoon with Ming Taotao.
• After ending their video call, Xia Zhiyi switched accounts and messaged someone to ask if they were awake.

Xia Zhiyi recruited Li Jing to turn himself over to the authorities and join the government payroll, then went to register at University A. His appearance drew attention from students who recognized him from a recent livestreamed variety show, and a post about him quickly became popular on the university forum.

• Xia Zhiyi told Li Jing that the paid trolls would be occupied the next day and asked him to join the government payroll.
• Li Jing agreed to contact the authorities, but Xia Zhiyi forbade him from mentioning Xia Zhiyi.
• Li Jing began working out how to surrender to the state and explore the official channels for Xia Zhiyi.
• Xia Zhiyi followed his morning routine, took a bus to University A, and entered the campus with his suitcase.
• Students recognized Xia Zhiyi from the livestreamed variety show, and a forum post about him rapidly became a hot thread.

While registering at University A, Xia Zhiyi attracted attention from students who admired him and Fu Yunyi. When senior Wang Su challenged him to demonstrate his flying ability, Xia Zhiyi sensed malice, then vanished from the crowd and reappeared beside him.

• Mi Kexing and Chen Yu recognized Xia Zhiyi, praised him for looking after Fu Yunyi, and exchanged contact details with him.
• Other students gathered around Xia Zhiyi, eager to meet him and ask about his ability to fly.
• A student asked Xia Zhiyi to demonstrate flying, and Xia Zhiyi sensed concealed malice from the speaker.
• Mi Kexing identified the speaker as Wang Su and told him to stop provoking Xia Zhiyi.
• Xia Zhiyi said the matter was easy, vanished from the crowd, and reappeared two steps from Wang Su.

Xia Zhiyi startled the campus crowd with a sudden display of flight, then avoided the attention and settled into his new dorm. After Li Jing investigated the trending topic, he was left baffled by what he found.

• Xia Zhiyi confronted Wang Su after his performance, then vanished from the crowd before people could swarm him.
• Wang Su hurried away in fear, while Chen Yu criticized him to Mi Kexing for his jealous and spiteful behavior.
• Xia Zhiyi chose a bed in the four-person dorm, cleaned the room, and arranged to meet a delivery at the campus gate.
• Xia Zhiyi disguised his appearance and ate quietly in the cafeteria while students discussed his morning performance.
• Xia Zhiyi exchanged messages with Li Jing about the trending topic and told him to investigate it.
• Li Jing looked into the matter and was baffled by what he discovered.

Xia Zhiyi watched the Song family’s crimes become public and reflected on the lives he had been unable to save, then spoke with Xia Wanyi and Fu Yunyi about family matters and Xia Zhen’s clothes. The chapter left him discovering that Fu Yunyi had bought Xia Zhen 120 outfits.

• Xia Zhiyi saw the Song family’s murders and the deaths of two students exposed online, while efforts to suppress the news failed.
• Xia Zhiyi regretted that he had returned too late to save his parents and the two young people, but was grateful that Xia Zhen was still alive.
• Xia Wanyi called Xia Zhiyi, discussed his life at University A, and said she would take Xia Zhen to school and visit him during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
• Xia Wanyi asked Xia Zhiyi to check whether Fu Yunyi had sent Xia Zhen’s clothes to the wrong address.
• Xia Zhiyi called Fu Yunyi and learned that he had bought Xia Zhen 120 outfits.

Xia Zhiyi talked Fu Yunyi out of buying Xia Zhen over a hundred outfits, though Fu Yunyi still planned to send her food. During military training at University A, Xia Zhiyi drew a crowd and defeated a series of instructors, leaving news of his skill spreading across nearby colleges.

• Xia Zhiyi persuaded Fu Yunyi to cancel most of the clothes he had chosen for Xia Zhen and to send food instead.
• Fu Yunyi was called away to film before he could ask Xia Zhiyi about his relationship with Fu Chi.
• Xia Zhiyi arranged protection for Xia Wanyi and Xia Zhen and began military training at University A.
• After hearing Xia Zhiyi knew kung fu, his instructor challenged him, and Xia Zhiyi defeated him despite holding back.
• Two more instructors challenged Xia Zhiyi and were also brought down.
• News that Xia Zhiyi had defeated every instructor spread through University A and neighboring colleges.

After Xia Zhiyi impressed the military instructors with his Qinggong, the head instructor proposed organizing lessons and resolved to keep him at the university. The head instructor also reflected on Xia Zhiyi’s background and the higher-ups’ interest in him, which he connected to trouble involving the Song family.

• The head instructor asked Xia Zhiyi to outline the requirements for learning Qinggong and promised that the instructors would pay tuition.
• Xia Zhiyi said he would teach Qinggong but cautioned that students would need the right aptitude, and the head instructor asked him to continue military training for now.
• After Xia Zhiyi left, the head instructor considered his personal file, including his family background and his sister Xia Wanyi’s support of him.
• The head instructor concluded that the higher-ups had sent him to observe Xia Zhiyi because of the Song family and hoped his unit would gain more personnel.
• The student counselor arrived after hearing the news and reacted with confusion.

Xia Zhiyi settled into military training, grew popular among the students, and told the head instructor he had signed with Tianhuan to pursue acting while continuing his studies. After the final performance, the head instructor pulled him aside and told him not to go home yet because someone would pick him up in a few days.

• Xia Zhiyi returned to his group after speaking with the head instructor, reassured his classmates that the instructors had only asked about his martial arts training, and entertained them with stories.
• The instructor ended the students’ break and resumed training after finding them gathered around Xia Zhiyi.
• Xu Chen brought a photographer to take pictures of Xia Zhiyi, who later told the head instructor he had signed with the entertainment agency Tianhuan and wanted to become an actor.
• Xia Zhiyi completed the month of military training and became popular across University A for his friendly manner and willingness to help others.
• After the final performance, the head instructor secretly told Xia Zhiyi that someone would pick him up in a few days and that he should not go home yet.

Xia Zhiyi spent the start of the holiday with his roommates, who noticed he had grown taller and joked about how popular he was. Xu Chen and Ming Taotao picked him up to take care of something, leaving Xia Zhiyi wondering why Xu Chen had joined them.

• Xia Zhiyi agreed to tell Xia Wanyi that the head instructor had invited his family to visit during the holiday.
• Lin Li measured Xia Zhiyi and found that he was 176 centimeters tall, five centimeters taller than before.
• Xia Zhiyi's roommates discussed his morning exercise habit and complained that others treated his helpfulness as an excuse to ask him for favors.
• Xu Chen and Ming Taotao picked Xia Zhiyi up, and Xu Chen asked what he had done to get her called over.

Xia Zhiyi learned that Xu Chen had been asked to help persuade him about his acting plans, but he remained confused about what he had done. He sent Xu Chen his class schedule for Xu Zixu's music video and messaged Fu Chi, whose hopes of meeting him during the National Day holiday were left uncertain.

• People who worried about Xia Zhiyi's acting ambitions chose Xu Chen to approach him because his family could not suitably intervene.
• Xia Zhiyi assured Xu Chen that he had done nothing illegal, and she offered to help while Fu Yunyi remained on set.
• Xu Chen told Xia Zhiyi that Xu Zixu's music video was confirmed and asked for his class schedule so the shoot could fit around his classes.
• Xia Zhiyi messaged Fu Chi about being picked up and wondered why Xu Chen had been called in.
• Fu Chi asked whether Xia Zhiyi was free during the National Day holiday, but Xia Zhiyi could not confirm his plans, leaving Fu Chi disappointed.
• Xu Chen asked whether Xia Zhiyi had been chatting with a classmate, and he said he had been talking to Fu Chi.

Xia Zhiyi joined Xu Chen's bodyguards on their way to assess trainees for Qinggong, agreeing to spar with them. Ming Taotao worried that he would face thirty people, and Xia Zhiyi reassured her as the group reconsidered how intimidating the challenge sounded.

• Xia Zhiyi briefly explained his communication with Fu Chi to Xu Chen, who then told Ming Taotao to stay with him.
• Xia Zhiyi met the bodyguards waiting for him and agreed to visit their training grounds to assess the trainees by feeling their bones.
• The fox-eyed young man suggested using Xia Zhiyi to humble the young trainees, and their leader invited Xia Zhiyi to spar with them.
• Xia Zhiyi brought Ming Taotao along, and she grew alarmed when he explained that thirty trainees would challenge him one at a time.
• The bodyguards overheard Ming Taotao's concerns and hesitated, so Xia Zhiyi reassured them and joked that he could fly away if necessary.