Chapter Summaries

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.

Ji Nanshu led the group to Ange Village to rescue Tao Ai and confront the Brain-Devouring Gu infestation. He destroyed the infected man and removed the Gu from Tao Ai’s mother, leaving Shu Cheng stunned and humiliated after she slapped him.

• Ji Nanshu and the others reached the Tao family home, forced their way inside, and searched for Tao Ai.
• Ji Nanshu slapped the infected middle-aged man twice and learned that the people of Ange Village belonged to him now.
• Pei Qi and Chunlu rescued Tao Ai and her mother, while the infected man’s head exploded and released a swarm of Gu worms.
• Ji Nanshu used a spiritual-power talisman to burn the headless man and the Gu worms without damaging the body.
• Ji Nanshu ordered Pei Qi to remove Tao Ai’s Gu and began treating her mother, whose struggles left Shu Cheng holding her down and taking a slap.
• Ji Nanshu expelled the Gu from Tao Ai’s mother with talismans, and Shu Cheng burned the worms she vomited.

After Pei Qi removed Tao Ai’s gu, Ji Nanshu confronted the Brain-Devouring Gu King outside the courtyard while Shu Cheng and the others fought its swarm. Ji captured the Gu King, but an angry woman appeared and accused him of hurting her Nana.

• Pei Qi finished removing Tao Ai’s gu, and he and Chunlu moved Tao Ai and her daughter to safety.
• Ji Nanshu spotted Brain-Devouring Gu covering the courtyard walls, warned that the Gu King was beyond the gate, and went to face it while Ji Xingyu and the others cleared the swarm.
• Ji Nanshu used a talisman on a rake to injure the Gu King, then set fire to the gu-controlled villagers with another talisman.
• Ji Nanshu captured the Gu King, and an alluring woman cried out, demanding to know how he dared hurt her Nana.

Ji Nanshu and Shu Cheng’s team stopped the short-haired woman from escaping with the Brain-Devouring Gu King, though she fled after Ji Nanshu wounded her. After saving Tao Ai and her mother, they learned that a couple had brought the gu to Ange Village and that the pair had often visited the mountain behind it.

• The short-haired woman tried to free the Brain-Devouring Gu King, but Ji Nanshu’s Bind held it, and she fled after his talisman wounded her.
• Shu Cheng ordered his team to check on the villagers and arrange for help with the aftermath.
• Pei Qi told Shu Cheng and Ji Nanshu that Tao Ai and her mother had awakened, and Ji Nanshu went to meet them.
• Tao Ai recognized Ji Nanshu, and he told her that her father had died because the gu had taken too deep a hold.
• Tao Ai’s mother told Shu Cheng that a short-haired woman and a bearded man had stayed in Ange Village before residents began acting strangely.
• Tao Ai’s mother recalled that the two visitors had often gone to the mountain behind the village.

Ji Nanshu identified a tattoo as the Blood God Cult's totem and learned that Tao Ai's mother had only about ten years left to live. He then investigated a neglected temple on the mountain behind Ange Village and suspected someone was extracting yin energy from ghosts.

• Tao Ai's mother recognized part of the red flaming skull tattoo as matching a design on two people, and Ji Nanshu identified it as the Blood God Cult's totem.
• Ji Nanshu told Tao Ai that her mother had at most around ten years left to live, and suggested that doing good deeds might extend her life.
• Ji Nanshu set out for the mountain behind Ange Village with Ji Xingyu and Shu Cheng, while the village's Gu outbreak had killed 2,789 people.
• The three found a dilapidated temple that had not appeared in the village investigation, then discovered a dry well in its courtyard.
• Ji Nanshu and Shu Cheng noticed that the temple had no yin energy and Ji Nanshu suspected someone was extracting it from ghosts.

After returning from the ruined temple, Ji Nanshu teased Chu Mo and spent the night with him before waking in the afternoon. He drew protection talismans for fans, leaving Chu Mo playfully jealous.

• Ji Nanshu, Shu Cheng, and Ji Xingyu searched the ruined temple but found nothing, then Ji Nanshu returned to Hai City.
• Ji Nanshu came home and provoked Chu Mo, who carried him to the bathroom; after their night together, Ji Nanshu fell asleep before his hair dried.
• Ji Nanshu woke in the afternoon, asked Chu Mo for beef noodles, and played with Chiyu before joining Chu Mo downstairs.
• Ji Nanshu posted a giveaway for five protection talismans on Weibo and chose five fans from his messages.
• Ji Nanshu drew a talisman for Chu Mo and five for his fans, teased Chu Mo for being jealous, and agreed to have him mail them.

Ji Xingyu suspected that Ji Nanshu might be the Ji Family’s long-lost youngest son after seeing how closely he resembled their grandmother, and he told Ji Xingchi. As filming for the third episode began at a seaside villa, Ji Nanshu clashed with Bai Nanyu and Bai Nanchen.

• A buzz-cut man told Uncle Xia that Yu Yao had failed because the authorities intervened and an unfamiliar Innate Realm expert appeared; Uncle Xia ordered him to watch the situation and proceed more cautiously.
• Ji Xingyu visited Old Master Ji, heard stories about his grandmother, and realized that Ji Nanshu resembled her.
• Ji Xingyu told Ji Xingchi that Ji Nanshu might be their missing youngest brother, and Ji Xingchi agreed to investigate quietly.
• Bai Nanyu admired the seaside villa and declined Bai Nanchen’s offer to buy it, then glanced provocatively at Ji Nanshu.
• Ji Nanshu mocked Bai Nanyu for relying on his family and sponsorship to appear on the show, prompting Bai Nanchen to accuse Ji Nanshu of taking Bai Nanyu’s place and causing him to suffer.

Ji Xingyu arrived on the show and defended Ji Nanshu against Bai Nanchen, while the guests explored an eerie old villa. Director Yang announced the episode’s overnight rules and introduced Shu Cheng, who revealed that the villa was famously haunted.

• Ji Xingyu confronted Bai Nanchen for blaming Ji Nanshu and explained that his family had sent him on the show to make friends.
• Ji Xingyu reunited with Jian Yuanjia, while Chu Mo and Ji Xingyu both sensed something watching them inside the villa.
• Director Yang told the guests they had two hours to shop, then had to remain in the living room until midnight and complete tasks or face individual punishments.
• Director Yang introduced Shu Cheng as a celestial master, and Shu Cheng greeted Ji Nanshu and Ji Xingyu as acquaintances.
• Shu Cheng began explaining why he had joined the episode and revealed that the villa was famously haunted.

At the murder house, Ji Nanshu sold protection talismans to the guests, then Bai Nanchen accused him of mistreating Bai Nanyu. Ji Xingyu fiercely rebutted Bai Nanchen, and the guests moved on to find their rooms and prepare to shop for groceries.

• Director Yang chose a house where its previous owner had died by suicide as the filming location, and Ji Nanshu offered the guests protection talismans for a hundred thousand each.
• Jian Yuanjia and the other guests bought talismans, while Bai Nanchen and Bai Nanyu refused; Shu Cheng vouched for Ji Nanshu's talismans.
• Bai Nanchen accused Ji Nanshu of being jealous of Bai Nanyu and reminded him of the Bai Family and He Jingyi; Ji Xingyu answered with a fierce defense of Ji Nanshu.
• Ji Nanshu saw dark signs between Bai Nanyu's and Bai Nanchen's brows and wished them luck, while Shu Cheng noticed but did not warn them.
• Jiang Yue and Li Lan steered the guests toward their rooms before the group went shopping, and Bai Nanchen insisted that Bai Nanyu share a room with him.

The guests split up to buy groceries and supplies before Director Yang assigned the previous losing team two hours of daily beach cleanup. Jian Yuanjia’s live-streamed rant about hiring people for eight hundred a day went viral as the cleanup party returned to the villa.

• Jiang Yue divided the guests into supermarket and food-market teams, and Bai Nanchen chose to go shopping with Bai Nanyu.
• Both teams returned with food and supplies, and Director Yang ordered the previous losing team to pick up beach trash for two hours each day.
• Ji Xingyu and Shu Cheng joined Ji Nanshu, Chu Mo, Jian Yuanjia, and Cen Yan for the cleanup, prompting Chu Mo to plan to send Ji Xingyu away on a difficult assignment.
• Jian Yuanjia complained about the tourists littering the beach and announced he would hire people to pick up trash for eight hundred a day.
• The hashtag about Jian Yuanjia’s offer trended, and the cleanup party returned to the villa after two hours, with Jian Yuanjia alone suffering from an aching back.

The guests began a haunted-house key search, with Ji Nanshu driven by his hatred of bitter melon juice to find a key quickly. After Bai Nanyu and Bai Nanchen screamed from the cellar, the other guests gathered at its entrance and Ji Nanshu went inside.

• Jian Yuanjia won a Monopoly game and teased the other guests with their exercise penalties.
• Director Yang announced a mission to find ten hidden keys in the house, with bitter melon juice as punishment for each missing key.
• Ji Nanshu rushed to search with Chu Mo and Ji Xingyu because he dreaded drinking bitter melon juice, and he found a key beneath a dining chair cushion.
• Chu Mo found a key under the kitchen sink, and Ji Xingyu found one beneath the front-entryway cabinet.
• Bai Nanyu and Bai Nanchen screamed from the cellar, prompting the other guests to gather at its entrance.
• Ji Nanshu stepped into the cellar to investigate while the others wondered whether ghosts were inside.