While healing from a cold poison affliction, Shen Che is accidentally intruded upon and entangled by Ling Shuangyue, which unexpectedly temporarily relieves his cold poison. Shen Che leaves money behind and departs, leaving Ling Shuangyue deeply humiliated, prompting her to send assassins after him. Seeking the Chi Lin Blood Ganoderma to completely cure his cold poison, Shen Che goes to an auction and easily counter-kills the pursuers. He publicly tears up his engagement with the Wen family, successfully bids a high price for the blood ganoderma, and faces skepticism. Ling Shuangyue proactively pays for it, exchanging a one-year fake marriage for the spiritual medicine, while Shen Che sets a condition of intimacy to seal the agreement. At a birthday banquet, Shen Che powerfully slaps his clansmen in the face, uses the Rakshasa Token to overawe powerful nobles, cures Elder Ling's gu poison, and gradually develops mutual affection with Ling Shuangyue, leaving the Wen family mother and daughter who once mocked him full of regret.