Recaps

Ji Nanshu learned that the original owner of his body had missing memories, then woke to find himself trending after helping the Spring City police catch a criminal. Lin Kai'an tied Lin Kailuo inside his home to stop him from leaving, while Ji Nanshu responded to the police’s public thanks before returning to breakfast with Chu Mo.

• Ji Nanshu considered the original owner’s incomplete memories after returning to Qingyan Garden and finding Chu Mo away with a note explaining he would be late.
• Lin Kai'an made Lin Kailuo promise not to leave, then tied his bedroom and front doors shut after making sure he was asleep.
• Lin Kailuo found himself locked in the next morning and told Secretary Yang to travel ahead while he postponed his own departure.
• Liang You called Ji Nanshu to tell him that the Spring City police had tagged him in a post thanking him for helping arrest a criminal.
• Ji Nanshu replied to the police’s post on Weibo, then ate breakfast with Chu Mo.

Liu Yanshuang failed to reach Ji Nanshu and flew into a rage, while Yang Guodong told Lin Kailuo that delaying his trip to Country W had saved him from a deadly gang shootout. Lin Kailuo planned to meet Ji Nanshu, who stayed with Chu Mo and agreed to wait until Lin Kailuo returned before meeting him.

• Bai Nanyu cried to Liu Yanshuang about Ji Nanshu, and Liu Yanshuang called Ji Nanshu only to hear a mocking ringback tone that drove her into a fury.
• Yang Guodong told Lin Kailuo that a gang shootout had crushed the back seat of his car, and Lin Kailuo realized An'an's advice to delay his flight had saved him.
• Lin Kailuo doubled Yang Guodong's salary and bonus and told him to stay at a safe hotel until Lin Kailuo arrived the next day.
• Lin Kailuo asked Lin Kai'an to contact the fortune-telling master, and Lin Kai'an tried to bargain for a sports car in return.
• Lin Kai'an messaged Ji Nanshu about Lin Kailuo's close call and dinner plans, and Ji Nanshu said they should wait until Lin Kailuo returned.
• Ji Nanshu asked Chu Mo about keeping a long-tailed tit, then settled for a cat, prompting Chu Mo to have Yun Sheng find a kitten.

Li Lan grew suspicious of Xiao Lin’s sudden attention and asked Wen Feng to investigate him. After Si Xun was punished for his misleading face reading, Si Dai told Si Yuanhua about Ji Nanshu and the Celestial Masters Association considered inviting him after a thorough investigation.

• Li Lan questioned Xiao Lin’s sudden decision to clear his schedule, then arranged for Wen Feng to investigate him after Xiao Lin left for work.
• Wen Feng agreed to look into Xiao Lin and reminded Li Lan that she owed him a favor.
• Si Dai scolded Si Xun for claiming Li Lan had a loving marriage and ordered him to copy Face Reading ten times.
• Si Dai told Si Yuanhua that Ji Nanshu’s mystical skills and face readings seemed accurate and asked whether the Celestial Masters Association should invite him.
• Si Yuanhua told Si Dai to investigate Ji Nanshu’s character and background thoroughly before considering him.

After buying a home, Ji Nanshu was pressured into auditioning for a film and spent the wait shopping on Hai City's feng shui street. He drew a powerful talisman for Si Dai, who realized he had somehow foreseen her upcoming mission and decided to report him.

• Ji Nanshu signed the home purchase contract with Lin Kai'an and received the property deed.
• Liang You told Ji Nanshu to audition for a flower vase role in Liang Ziqian's film, and Lin Kai'an urged him to go.
• Ji Nanshu took Lin Kai'an to Hai City's feng shui street and insisted Elder Zhang sell him top-grade cinnabar and high-grade talisman paper.
• Si Dai arrived, recognized Ji Nanshu, and ordered Elder Zhang to give him the supplies he wanted.
• Ji Nanshu quickly drew a talisman he named Rebound and gave it to Si Dai, saying she would need it in five days.
• Si Dai realized Ji Nanshu's words matched the timing of her upcoming mission and decided to report him.

Ji Nanshu won an audition, invested forty million in Liang Ziqian’s film, and posted an offer to help people with mystical troubles. Mei Liang, facing bankruptcy and his family’s illnesses, messaged him for help.

• Si Dai kept Ji Nanshu’s talisman after realizing he had predicted her upcoming assignment, and asked Elder Zhang to set aside top-grade cinnabar.
• Chen Yuan approached Ji Nanshu at the audition venue, asked for his autograph and a photo, and urged him to post more on Weibo.
• Liang Ziqian and the other judges cast Ji Nanshu immediately, and Ji Nanshu offered to invest forty million in the film.
• Song Yan prepared an investment contract, and Ji Nanshu signed it without reading it.
• Mei Liang, desperate to fund his failing company and his wife’s and daughter’s treatment, saw Ji Nanshu’s Weibo post and sent him a message describing his misfortunes.

Ji Nanshu investigated the supernatural cause of Mei Liang’s family’s sudden illnesses and discovered that someone was borrowing their luck through a set of wind chimes. He gave Mei Liang’s wife and daughter talisman water and arranged to investigate the wind chimes the next day, while Mei Liang chose to seek revenge.

• Ji Nanshu asked Mei Liang for a photo, saw that his life and his family’s lives were in danger, and went with Chu Mo to meet him at South Star Park.
• Mei Liang took Ji Nanshu and Chu Mo to the hospital, where Qian Xinya described how she and her daughter had suddenly developed leukemia.
• Ji Nanshu identified Luck Borrowing as the cause and asked whether Mei Liang’s family had received or bought anything unusual.
• Qian Xinya recalled signing for a set of wind chimes that had been hung up at home, and Ji Nanshu warned that destroying them immediately could alert whoever was responsible.
• Mei Liang chose to repay the culprit in kind, and Ji Nanshu gave talisman water to Qian Xinya and her daughter to improve their conditions.
• Ji Nanshu arranged to meet Mei Liang outside his home at two the next afternoon and assured him that his family was not fated to die.

Ji Nanshu broke the luck-borrowing curse threatening Mei Liang’s family and punished the people responsible, while Si Dai discovered Ji Nanshu’s extraordinary cultivation. The chapter ended with Mei Liang receiving an urgent call from the hospital.

• Ji Nanshu finished a photoshoot for Liang Ziqian’s fantasy wuxia production and arranged to film his scenes after his variety-show shoot.
• Ji Nanshu visited Elder Zhang to gather supplies for a luck-borrowing case, and Elder Zhang called Si Dai to help.
• Si Dai joined Ji Nanshu at Mei Liang’s home, where Ji Nanshu found a cursed wind chime above Mei Liang’s parents’ bed and revealed a bloodstained paper listing the family’s birth dates.
• Ji Nanshu used Mei Liang’s blood and a talisman to burn the cursed objects, breaking the luck borrowing and afflicting the borrower and the Celestial Master who helped him.
• Si Dai realized Ji Nanshu could draw talismans with spiritual power, and Mei Liang received an urgent call from the hospital.

Ji Nanshu explained what he knew about the Blood God Cult while Mei Liang learned that his wife and daughter had recovered. He returned to the Bai Family after Liu Yanshuang summoned him, and their confrontation was interrupted by a delighted voice calling out to him.

• Si Dai told Ji Nanshu that the Blood God Cult was behind a growing number of luck-borrowing cases, and Ji Nanshu said its members had red flaming skull tattoos.
• Mei Liang learned that Xinya and Nannan were healthy and would remain under observation before possibly being discharged.
• Liu Yanshuang called Ji Nanshu and ordered him back to the Bai Family, and he agreed before hanging up.
• At the Bai Family home, Ji Nanshu argued with Liu Yanshuang, caught her arm when she tried to slap him, and prepared to leave.
• Someone called out to Ji Nanshu as he turned to go.

Ji Nanshu confronted Bai Nanyu and Liu Yanshuang at the Bai family home, then left after putting Bai Nanyu on the floor and warning them. In a better mood, he called Chu Mo and asked him to pick him up from Autumn Water Terrace.

• Bai Nanyu bragged about his expensive outfit and tried to provoke Ji Nanshu, who mocked how it looked.
• Liu Yanshuang defended Bai Nanyu and reminded Ji Nanshu that she was still legally his mother, prompting him to consider how to end the adoption relationship.
• Bai Nanyu pretended he would leave the family, but Ji Nanshu agreed that he should, sparking another argument with Liu Yanshuang.
• Bai Nanyu grabbed Ji Nanshu's wrist, so Ji Nanshu twisted his arm behind his back and kicked him to the floor.
• Ji Nanshu warned Bai Nanyu and Liu Yanshuang before leaving the Bai family home, making them and the butler fear him.
• Ji Nanshu called Chu Mo and asked him to pick him up from Autumn Water Terrace.

After Ji Nanshu left the Bai Family, Liu Yanshuang and Bai Lin blamed him for Bai Nanyu’s bruised knees, while Bai Nanzheng resolved to deal with him. Ji Nanshu ignored Bai Nanzheng’s call, then spent the night with Chu Mo, leaving the Bai Family conflict unresolved.

• Ji Nanshu told Chu Mo that Liu Yanshuang had asked him to return to the Bai Family and that he had beaten Bai Nanyu, then went with Chu Mo to dinner.
• Bai Nanzheng returned home and learned from Liu Yanshuang and Bai Lin that Ji Nanshu had injured Bai Nanyu; the doctor said Bai Nanyu’s knees were bruised and swollen but would recover with ointment.
• Bai Nanyu told Bai Nanzheng that Ji Nanshu seemed like a different person, while Liu Yanshuang insisted Ji Nanshu had shown his true colors.
• Bai Nanzheng said he would handle Ji Nanshu, but his call to Ji Nanshu went unanswered.
• Chu Mo cornered Ji Nanshu in the bathroom, and the two kissed and became intimate.

Ji Nanshu arrived at the traditional residence for the second episode of "Ideal Life" and learned that something inhuman lived there. The guests met the special guest, He Jingyi, whose interest in Ji Nanshu drew a chilling response.

• Chu Mo woke Ji Nanshu before dawn and took him to the airport, where Ji Nanshu blocked Bai Nanzheng after noticing his missed call.
• At the residence, Ji Nanshu warned Director Yang that something inhuman was there and told him to keep the guests away from the backyard storeroom.
• Ji Nanshu charged Director Yang two thousand for a divination and predicted that the episode would go smoothly.
• Jian Yuanjia rushed to hug Ji Nanshu, but Cen Yan pulled him back while Chu Mo watched nearby.
• He Jingyi arrived as the special guest and introduced himself as Bai Nanyu's fiancé.
• He Jingyi looked at Ji Nanshu with a lustful gaze, and Ji Nanshu recognized what it meant.

Ji Nanshu denied knowing He Jingyi, and Director Yang announced that the teams would promote Incense Valley Town's traditional incense for a sales competition. He Jingyi joined Bai Nanyu's team, while Ji Nanshu's team set out to explore the town.

• He Jingyi greeted Ji Nanshu as an old acquaintance, but Ji Nanshu asked if they had met, and Jian Yuanjia mocked He Jingyi.
• Director Yang announced that the teams would sell incense and promote Incense Valley Town, with the winning team earning a privilege in the next episode.
• Bai Nanyu apologized to his teammates for his injured leg, while Jiang Yue and Yu Lu reassured him and Li Lan noted that the task could involve promoting the town.
• He Jingyi stayed behind to comfort Bai Nanyu before joining his team as they were the first to leave.
• He Jingyi praised Incense Valley Town's scenery, and Cen Yan said the ancient town inspired her new album.

Ji Nanshu met the incense maker Fu Yu in Incense Valley Town and asked her about the lost God-Inviting Incense. After Fu Yu explained the town’s origins and incense traditions, Ji Nanshu suspected that no one in the current era knew how to make it.

• Jian Yuanjia spotted Fu Yu making incense outside her home, and the group approached her.
• Ji Nanshu identified Fu Yu’s incense as Xuanhe Inner Court Jiangzhen Incense and asked whether she knew how to make God-Inviting Incense.
• Fu Yu invited the group to tea and told them how a woman named Xianggu taught the village to make incense, giving the town its name.
• Fu Yu explained incense’s history, uses, and famous aromatics while Jian Yuanjia and Cen Yan listened and asked questions.
• Fu Yu admitted she did not know how to make God-Inviting Incense, and Ji Nanshu concluded that the recipe had likely been lost.

Fu Yu explained God-Inviting Incense and asked Ji Nanshu if he could make it, but he denied knowing how. The group promoted Incense Valley Town before returning to their lodging, where Ji Nanshu locked Chu Mo out of his room.

• Fu Yu said God-Inviting Incense could invite gods, dispel evil, and suppress ghosts, but she could not make it herself.
• He Jingyi praised Fu Yu’s supposed skill, then was embarrassed when she denied being able to make the incense, while Jian Yuanjia mocked him.
• Fu Yu asked Ji Nanshu whether he knew how to make God-Inviting Incense, and he said he did not.
• Jian Yuanjia learned that the team had sold 1,036 orders of incense and decided to buy one himself.
• The group returned to their lodging, where Bai Nanyu greeted them and Ji Nanshu ignored him before locking Chu Mo out of his room.

Ji Nanshu and Chu Mo visited Fu Yu, who asked Ji to help make God-Inviting Incense in exchange for half her merit. Ji revealed that the incense Fu Yu had learned to make was likely the Blood God Cult’s God-Descending Incense, and a voice outside confirmed his suspicion.

• Ji Nanshu went to Fu Yu’s house at night, and Chu Mo insisted on accompanying him.
• Ji Nanshu identified Fu Yu as a spirit and asked why she had lured the production crew to Incense Ancient Town.
• Fu Yu asked Ji Nanshu to help make God-Inviting Incense, offering him half her merit in return.
• Fu Yu told Ji Nanshu and Chu Mo how an outsider had threatened the villagers and demanded that Xianggu make incense for him.
• Ji Nanshu explained that the incense was likely God-Descending Incense, created by the Blood God Cult to suppress righteous celestial masters.
• An unseen voice outside the door agreed with Ji Nanshu.

Xianggu revealed her past in the Blood God Cult and explained how Fu Yu used God-Inviting Incense to preserve her as a conscious flesh corpse. Ji Nanshu arranged a way for Xianggu to remain in her body and warned them about the still-active cult before he and Chu Mo returned to the courtyard closer than before.

• Xianggu confessed that she had learned to make God-Descending Incense for the Blood God Cult, fled when she discovered the truth, and was killed after the cult forced her to make incense.
• Xianggu explained that Fu Yu had used genuine God-Inviting Incense while refining her into a flesh corpse, which let her retain her consciousness and memories.
• Ji Nanshu offered Fu Yu and Xianggu three sticks of God-Inviting Incense and a path to the corpse-driving clan’s cultivation method, while warning them to conceal their identities from the active Blood God Cult.
• Fu Yu asked Ji Nanshu to place restrictions on them, but he told them to stall any cult members and contact him instead.
• On the walk home, Ji Nanshu told Chu Mo that Fu Yu was a wolf and warned him to avoid anyone marked with the Blood God Cult’s flaming-skull tattoo.
• Chu Mo asked Ji Nanshu to call him A-Mo, and Ji Nanshu happily repeated the name as they grew closer.

Director Yang scolded the guests for sleeping late, while Chu Mo defended Ji Nanshu and Ji joked that sleeping in suited their show, Ideal Life. After the guests joked about going on strike, Director Yang changed the rules so the losing team would be punished, leaving everyone determined to work hard during the livestream.

• Director Yang repeatedly played a wake-up recording until the guests finally emerged from their rooms, exhausted after exploring town, playing poker, and visiting Fu Yu the night before.
• Bai Nanyu and He Jingyi apologized to Director Yang for keeping their friends up late, while Ji Nanshu leaned on Chu Mo and greeted him cheerfully.
• When Director Yang scolded Ji Nanshu for calling it morning, Chu Mo defended him by saying everyone in his family got up at that hour.
• Ji Nanshu agreed with Chu Mo and joked that earning money while sleeping suited their show, prompting Jian Yuanjia, Jiang Yue, Li Lan, and Yu Lu to consider striking.
• Director Yang announced that the losing team would be punished, and the guests threw themselves into the day's livestreaming, with Jian Yuanjia especially worried about losing food.

Ji Nanshu and Chu Mo tried to leave the courtyard for a private walk, but Bai Nanyu and He Jingyi confronted them and were roasted into silence. After Ji Nanshu and Chu Mo left, Bai Nanyu persuaded He Jingyi and several others to follow them, leaving the pair with seven conspicuous pursuers.

• Ji Nanshu and Chu Mo tried to sneak out, but Bai Nanyu stopped them and claimed he was worried about them.
• Ji Nanshu warned Bai Nanyu to stop addressing him familiarly, then mocked Bai Nanyu and He Jingyi until they fell silent.
• Jian Yuanjia asked where Ji Nanshu and Chu Mo were going, and Chu Mo rebuffed him.
• Ji Nanshu told Director Yang they would return within two hours, then he and Chu Mo left the courtyard.
• Bai Nanyu persuaded He Jingyi to follow Ji Nanshu and Chu Mo, and Jian Yuanjia, Cen Yan, Jiang Yue, Yu Lu, and Director Yang joined them.

Ji Nanshu made nine sticks of top-grade God-Inviting Incense for Fu Yu and Xianggu, then used a talisman to restore Xianggu’s complexion for a year. He returned to the courtyard with Chu Mo, unaware that someone had recorded them holding hands and kissing.

• Ji Nanshu and Chu Mo lost Jian Yuanjia, Cen Yan, Yu Lu, Bai Nanyu, and He Jingyi when they turned into an alley and disappeared.
• Ji Nanshu made nine sticks of God-Inviting Incense from Fu Yu’s ingredients after she transferred her merit to him, and explained that making true incense required the correct proportions, human nature, celestial mastery, and Innate cultivation.
• Ji Nanshu sent a talisman into Xianggu that restored her complexion for a year and urged her to cultivate diligently before leaving with Chu Mo.
• Ji Nanshu and Chu Mo returned to their empty courtyard holding hands, and Chu Mo kissed Ji Nanshu on the cheek.
• An unseen person recorded Ji Nanshu and Chu Mo together, while Chu Mo remained unconcerned about the possibility of his public image collapsing.

After the livestream, Ji Nanshu clashed with He Jingyi over Bai Nanyu, then took another fortune-telling fee from Director Yang and assured him the show would succeed. In Chu Mo’s car, Yun Sheng called Ji Nanshu Chu Mo’s boyfriend and “Madam,” leaving Ji Nanshu wondering whether their relationship was really a sugar daddy arrangement.

• Jian Yuanjia worried about the punishment for his team’s loss, but Director Yang refused to let Bai Nanyu switch places with him.
• He Jingyi defended Bai Nanyu and threatened Ji Nanshu, while Ji Nanshu laughed at He Jingyi’s posturing.
• After the episode, Director Yang paid Ji Nanshu two thousand to tell his fortune, and Ji Nanshu said the show would succeed if Director Yang ignored outsiders’ influence.
• In Chu Mo’s car, Yun Sheng mistook Ji Nanshu for Chu Mo’s boyfriend and called him “Madam,” prompting Ji Nanshu to ask whether they were in a sugar daddy arrangement.

Chu Mo asked Ji Nanshu to date him with marriage in mind, but Ji Nanshu remained wary of his feelings even as their intimacy deepened. The next day, Ji Nanshu ignored Bai Nanzheng’s summons and blocked him, leaving Bai Nanzheng furious.

• Yun Sheng accused Chu Mo of being a scumbag after learning Chu Mo and Ji Nanshu were not officially dating.
• Chu Mo and Ji Nanshu clarified that neither had been with anyone else before, and Chu Mo asked Ji Nanshu to date him with marriage in mind.
• Ji Nanshu doubted Chu Mo’s affection, but they became intimate, and Chu Mo carried the sleeping Ji Nanshu to bed afterward.
• Ji Nanshu woke at noon, saw Chu Mo’s note about his meal, and received a call ordering him to Bai Nanzheng’s office.
• Ji Nanshu blocked Bai Nanzheng and continued eating, while Bai Nanzheng waited until evening before realizing he had been blocked and smashing his phone.

Ji Nanshu finished filming his cameo, caught a ride with Mu Hui, and met Chu Mo at a cattery to choose a kitten. They brought home a white Linqing lion cat, and Ji Nanshu received a phone call just after they returned.

• Ji Nanshu arrived on set, filmed his scenes in half a day, and declined Liang Ziqian’s offer to become a full-time actor while leaving open the possibility of future cameos.
• Ji Nanshu asked Mu Hui for a ride, guessed that her fortune would be good, and got dropped off at a cattery.
• Ji Nanshu found Chu Mo surrounded by kittens and took a photo before the cattery owner recognized Chu Mo and asked for his autograph.
• Ji Nanshu chose a white Linqing lion cat, and he and Chu Mo bought supplies and brought the kitten home.
• Ji Nanshu received a phone call shortly after they returned home with the cat.

After Mei Liang’s family recovered and he signed over fifteen percent of his company to Ji Nanshu, Ji Nanshu found a fan’s urgent message about a village infected with Brain-Devouring Gu. He prepared to leave for Ange Village, but someone rang his doorbell before he could set off.

• Mei Liang confirmed that Qian Xinya and Meizi were healthy, then gave Ji Nanshu fifteen percent of his company in exchange for six million.
• Ji Nanshu named the kitten Chiyu and later reassured Mei Liang that he could avoid future calamities by running his company well and doing good deeds.
• Ji Nanshu posted about his café and read Tao Ai’s messages describing strange villagers and bugs inside their bodies.
• Ji Nanshu identified the creatures as Brain-Devouring Gu and learned that Tao Ai and her family might still be saved if he reached Ange Village in time.
• Ji Nanshu told Chu Mo about the danger and packed his equipment to leave, but the doorbell rang before he could go.

Ji Nanshu traveled to Ange Village after learning that villagers were being used to raise gu and create Human Gu. He joined the local team as they debated how to confront a likely level-seven gu master, but the discussion remained unresolved.

• Elder Zhang asked Ji Nanshu to help with the dangerous mission in Ange Village, and Ji agreed to go.
• On the helicopter, Elder Zhang explained that investigators had discovered villagers were being used as vessels to cultivate Human Gu, after a fan had alerted Ji to strange behavior in the village.
• After arriving, Ji Nanshu messaged Chu Mo and went to meet Si Dai, Chen Anbang, and the others.
• Chunlu mocked Ji Nanshu and questioned his ability to make talismans, but Si Dai introduced him as the creator of the Rebound talisman.
• Ji Nanshu challenged the team for failing to arrest the gu raisers, and Chen Anbang began explaining that the suspected leader was a level-seven gu master.

Ji Nanshu joined Shu Cheng’s team to investigate the Gu in Ange Village and warned them that they were being watched by the Gu themselves. After he treated Pei Huai’s poison and Brain-Devouring Gu, Ji Nanshu headed for Ange Village, with Pei Qi following him.

• Shu Cheng explained that a powerful Gu master and Gu king threatened Ange Village, while Ji Nanshu mistook Pei Qi’s name for that of a spirit pig.
• Ji Nanshu pointed out that Gu were watching the team, then agreed to help eliminate them and save any surviving villagers.
• You Shiyan reported that Pei Huai was in danger, and Pei Qi discovered Brain-Devouring Gu and poison in his uncle.
• Ji Nanshu stopped Pei Qi from removing the Gu before neutralizing the poison and demanded payment to treat Pei Huai.
• After treating Pei Huai, Ji Nanshu left for Ange Village, and Pei Qi followed him; Shu Cheng told Si Dai to stay behind and watch over Pei Huai.