Recaps

After selling ginseng fluid and reaching level 3, Yu Xunge entered an instance to steal attributes from Su Yitong and Yu Xunhuan. She infiltrated their group as a disguised Draenei and began lowering their Luck while avoiding their attacks.

• Yu Xunge stopped selling ginseng fluid after making Premium Ginseng Fluid and watched the Special Affairs Bureau’s mass-produced supply drive prices down.
• Yu Xunge reached level 3 with 57% experience, then decided to steal attributes from Su Yitong and Yu Xunhuan.
• Yu Xunge disguised herself as a sparrow and slipped into the instance after Su Yitong, Yu Xunhuan, Lin Chengze, and Su Wu entered.
• Yu Xunge changed Su Yitong and Yu Xunhuan’s Luck to 1, then disguised herself as a Draenei Warrior and blended into the monsters.
• Yu Xunge repeatedly stole from Su Yitong and Yu Xunhuan while dodging their attacks, and dragged Draenei away whenever the group was nearly defeated.

Yu Xunge secretly stole attributes, gear, skills, blueprints, and two wonders from Yu Xunhuan and his party while they ran dungeons. The group discovered their losses but could not identify the cause, while Yu Xunge continued stealing before leaving for school with her Intelligence at 36.

• Yu Xunge followed Yu Xunhuan and his party through dungeons, stealing 16 attribute points, blueprints, skill books, gear, and gold before selling the gear and learning the skills and blueprints.
• The next day, Yu Xunge altered Yu Xunhuan's Luck and stole more Intelligence and a sewing blueprint while the group continued running dungeons.
• Su Yitong noticed Su Wu's low HP, and the group discovered that their attributes, equipment, and blueprints had vanished; Yu Xunhuan suspected their bad Luck, but none of them identified Yu Xunge as the thief.
• Yu Xunge continued stealing as Thief God's passive Talent made the group forget about their losses, and she stopped at 2 p.m. to go to school on Zelan Star.
• Yu Xunge stole the Fate Coin from Yu Xunhuan and the Rice Cross from Su Yitong, bringing her Intelligence to 36 and her Phantom Shift range to 36 kilometers.

Yu Xunge sold Yu Xunhuan Skill Stones that could steal attribute points, and he and Su Yitong used them successfully on Su Family members. After they sought more, Zhao Shuying sold them through her Special Affairs Bureau connections, leaving Yu Xunhuan and Su Yitong convinced Yu Xunge was honest and generous.

• Yu Xunge bought five This Thing Looks a Bit Familiar Skill Stones through Zhao Shuying and mailed them to Yu Xunhuan with a warning to keep them secret.
• Yu Xunhuan gave three Skill Stones to Su Yitong, and the pair secretly stole an attribute point each from Su Family members while clearing dungeons.
• Yu Xunhuan sent Yu Xunge 110 gold coins and asked for a hundred more Skill Stones, but she returned only 100 coins and directed him to Zhao Shuying for additional purchases.
• Su Yitong and Yu Xunhuan bought more Skill Stones from Zhao Shuying despite the higher price, and Su Yitong praised Yu Xunge as a fair and helpful sister.
• Zhao Shuying sold Skill Stones to Lin Chengze but refused Su Wu, explaining that the Special Affairs Bureau reserved them for its partners and favored families.

Yu Xunge continued stealing Intelligence from Yu Xunhuan and Su Yitong, then expanded her rooftop vending-machine business while keeping her distance from her parents. She planned to let Yu Qingshan and Yi Qiuguo become Yu Xunhuan’s problem, hoping they would eventually suffer the same luck-draining consequences she had endured.

• Yu Xunhuan and Su Yitong filled dungeon slots with Su Family members to keep Yu Xunge out, but she stole from them while they waited outside and took nine Intelligence points from Yu Xunhuan and seven from Su Yitong over three days.
• Yu Xunge stocked rooftop vending machines with potions, engineering gadgets, dishes, and information, earning about seven gold coins a day on average.
• Yu Xunge reviewed information about professional skills but decided to focus on alchemy and cooking, leaving engineering as a hobby.
• Yu Qingshan and Yi Qiuguo visited the villa dungeon and showed interest in the vending machines, while Yi Qiuguo offered to help Yu Xunge around the house.
• Yu Xunge refused Yi Qiuguo’s offers and decided to push her parents toward Yu Xunhuan, anticipating that they would eventually discover the effects of his dishes.

Yu Xunge urged Yu Qingshan and Yi Qiuguo to join the Su Family’s leveling group, while Yu Xunhuan used his growing status to bring them in and left his former studio behind. Ye Dong and the other abandoned members grew angry over losing their dungeon access, and Ye Dong vowed not to let the matter go.

• Yu Xunge told Yu Qingshan and Yi Qiuguo to ask Yu Xunhuan to get them into the Su Family’s Sunset Leveling Group and promised to help them obtain equipment.
• Yu Xunhuan used his improved standing in the Su Family to place his parents in its leveling group, while his dungeon gains also raised Lin Chengze’s status in the Lin Family.
• Yu Xunhuan dissolved his studio, took Lin Chengze with him, and left Ye Dong and the other members money and their apartment.
• Ye Dong and the two remaining studio members realized they had been abandoned and had lost access to their private dungeon, which Su Yitong’s people had claimed.
• Ye Dong said they could not let Yu Xunhuan’s actions go unanswered.

Yu Xunge learned that Ye Dong and his former studio companions planned to profit from Lin Chengze’s S-rank talent by exploiting gossip about his relationship with Lan Cheng. After using a mystic talent to uncover a shocking family secret, they discovered Lan Cheng’s hidden parentage and that Lin Chengze knew about it.

• Yu Xunge reflected on Yu Xunhuan’s apartment and the Instance Barrier that had appeared inside it, which Ye Dong and the others still wanted to monopolize.
• Ye Dong proposed selling information about Lin Chengze’s God-Bestowed Talent, and he seized on Lin Chengze’s past relationship with Lan Cheng as a way to gather attention and information.
• Ye Dong, Chen Wu, and Li Xiangcheng used their information-gathering skills and allies’ God-Bestowed Talents to investigate Lan Cheng and Lin Chengze over three days.
• The trio learned that Lan Cheng was secretly born from an affair between Lin Chengze’s eldest brother and second sister-in-law, and that Lin Chengze already knew the secret.
• The trio uncovered the secret using Let Me Guess, a mystic-type God-Bestowed Talent that required a target’s blood and could reveal the secret they most desperately wanted hidden.

Yu Xunge learned that Lan Cheng had been obsessed with making her sick because his hatred for Yu Xunhuan had been redirected onto her, and she realized how much blame she had borne in her previous life. After furiously slaughtering monsters, she searched the Zelan Star Auction House for a way to uncover other people's secrets, but found nothing.

• Ye Dong and the others paid to learn Lin Chengze's secret and discovered that Lan Cheng was the illegitimate son of Lin Chengze's eldest brother and second sister-in-law.
• Yu Xunge overheard the discussion and learned that blood could be used to investigate secrets, so she burned her used sanitary pad and resolved to keep her blood away from others.
• Yu Xunge recalled how Lan Cheng had repeatedly targeted her and reasoned that his hatred for Yu Xunhuan had been redirected onto her by Food God's Hey? Friend, Look, There's a Pot Here skill.
• Yu Xunge activated Divine Archer's I'm So Strong Right Now It's Terrifying burst form and slaughtered indiscriminately.
• Yu Xunge planned to send a letter to the Lin Family, then searched the Zelan Star Auction House for secrets and found no relevant items.

Yu Xunge bought tools to uncover her enemies’ secrets, then learned that Yu Qingshan and Yi Qiuguo had both considered her future with Liang Jing while failing to protect her from Yu Xunhuan. She remained unable to reconcile with her parents, but accepted that settling accounts with them was necessary, and continued eating magical Stardust rice to strengthen her talent.

• Yu Xunge bought a Malice Detector and asked Zhao Shuying for three secret-revealing Skill Stones, two Anonymous Letters, and two blood-relation testing Skill Stones.
• Yu Xunge sent the Anonymous Letters and testing Skill Stones to Lin Chengze’s eldest sister-in-law and second brother, revealing details about Lan Cheng and Lin Chengze’s knowledge of his identity.
• Yu Xunge secretly took hair from Yu Qingshan and Yi Qiuguo, then used a Skill Stone to hear Yu Qingshan privately consider Liang Jing as a potential son-in-law.
• Yu Xunge heard Yi Qiuguo worry about Liang Jing’s talent and whether she should warn her daughter, then reflected on her inability to forgive or kill her parents and concluded that confronting them was necessary.
• Yu Xunge ate Stardust rice from the Rice Cross, which could strengthen her most outstanding talent through long-term consumption.

Lin Chengze and Lan Cheng hunted Ye Dong while weighing whether to reveal their relationship to the Lin Family. After discovering the full extent of their partners’ betrayals, Feng Shengsheng and Lin Chengjiu secretly seized the Lin Family’s resources and leased their Instance Barriers to the Special Affairs Bureau.

• Lin Chengze and Lan Cheng joined forces to hunt down Ye Dong and his companions while trying to avoid giving them time to send private messages before death.
• Feng Shengsheng and Lin Chengjiu investigated Yu Xunge’s letter and confirmed Lan Cheng’s origins, his relationship with Lin Chengze, and Lin Chengze’s knowledge of the truth.
• Feng Shengsheng and Lin Chengjiu secretly stripped the Lin Family’s vaults of gold, equipment, potions, gemstones, and valuable collections.
• Feng Shengsheng and Lin Chengjiu consolidated the Instance Barriers under their own names and leased them to the Special Affairs Bureau.

Feng Shengsheng and Lin Chengjiu reclaimed their Instance Barriers and exposed Lan Cheng’s relationship with Lin Chengze and his disease, leaving both men abandoned by the Lin family. Lan Cheng joined Yu Xunhuan’s leveling team, where Yu Xunge’s ability stole his strength and equipment, revealing that the team’s curse was even more frightening than his disease.

• Feng Shengsheng and Lin Chengjiu reclaimed their Instance Barriers, signed contracts with the Special Affairs Bureau, and exposed Lan Cheng’s identity, medical report, and relationship with Lin Chengze.
• Lan Cheng and Lin Chengze faced public abuse and were abandoned by the Lin family, while Yu Xunhuan and Su Yitong revealed that they also had the disease.
• Lan Cheng explained that he had broken up with Lin Chengze to avoid infecting him, but Lin Chengze realized Lan Cheng must have cheated and then allowed him to join Yu Xunhuan’s team after learning he had an S-rank talent.
• Su Yitong disbanded the team after its melee fighters refused to risk fighting alongside Lan Cheng, and Yu Xunge entered an instance with the group.
• Yu Xunge stole four points of Lan Cheng’s strength and two pieces of equipment, prompting the team to explain its curse and leaving Lan Cheng terrified.

Yu Xunge investigated the Liang Family, protected Yu Xunhuan from being married off to Liang Jing, and publicly mocked the Liang Family by listing its stolen statue and exposing Liang Jing’s talent. The chapter ended with Yu Qingshan realizing Yu Xunhuan had AIDS and deciding his son was beyond saving.

• Yu Xunge learned that Liang Jing’s partners lost attribute points after sleeping with him, and that Liang Yuchuan had planned to use Yu Xunge to profit and hurt Yu Xunhuan.
• Yu Xunge used a skill on Yu Xunhuan and discovered his Trust Value toward her was 89, then arranged for Yu Qingshan and Yi Qiuguo to learn about Yu Xunhuan’s illness.
• Yu Xunge anonymously listed the Liang Family’s stolen statue on the Auction House and posted Liang Jing’s God-Bestowed Talent on the forums.
• Liang Yuchuan angrily reacted to the forum ridicule while Liang Jing investigated the statue’s disappearance and issued a statement defending his consensual relationships.
• Yu Qingshan reconsidered his plan to marry Yu Xunge into the Liang Family after receiving a message that Yu Xunhuan had AIDS and recalling clues that confirmed it.

Yu Xunge planned to bring the Liang Family trouble by stealing a Minotaur Sacred Relic and revealing the Little Prince in their Instance. She infiltrated the Instance disguised as a calf and reached the young Minotaur at its center.

• Yu Xunge learned through her spiders that Yu Qingshan and Yi Qiuguo feared Yu Xunhuan’s illness and considered using him to help the Su Family.
• Yu Xunge decided to accelerate the Liang Family’s future conflict with the Minotaurs by stealing their Sacred Relic and exposing the Little Prince.
• Yu Xunge added a calf to her Animagus forms, flew to the Liang Family’s seaside villa, and entered its level 4 Instance disguised as a bird.
• Yu Xunge transformed into a calf and walked through the Minotaur settlement, reaching the tent where the unusual young Minotaur stood.

Yu Xunge stole the Minotaur Little Prince’s Fire Spirit Ring, a powerful Sacred Relic, and bound it to herself. She left the Minotaur dungeon while her anonymous post led major factions, including the Liang Family, to search for the prince’s dungeon.

• Yu Xunge spent three days stealing attributes and loot from the Little Prince while maintaining her daily alchemy class on Zelan Star.
• On the fourth day, Yu Xunge stole the Little Prince’s Fire Spirit Ring and recognized its powerful passive skills and team buff.
• Yu Xunge anonymously posted misleading details about a quest and the Little Prince’s arrival, prompting major factions to investigate dungeons below Level 6.
• Yu Xunge bought high-level equipment, noticed the Liang Family had found the dungeon, and went to a hospital to pierce her navel.
• Yu Xunge bound the Fire Spirit Ring and wore it through her navel, then spent the night sorting and selling durian flesh from the ominous Durian Shell.

Yu Xunge sold her durian flesh and continued leveling by soloing dungeons, drawing interest from Zhao Shuying and Yu Xunhuan. She took Yu Xunhuan and Su Yitong through a level-four dungeon, where her disguised attributes and combat style led them to rule her out as a suspect again.

• Yu Xunge sold ninety pounds of durian flesh for nineteen silver per pound and sorted through curiosities from the cat bed.
• After leveling rapidly in a level-ten dungeon, Yu Xunge declined Zhao Shuying's offer to buy from her and told Yu Xunhuan how to prepare for soloing dungeons.
• At Su Yitong's request, Yu Xunge agreed to take the Su Family group through a dungeon, charging fifty gold and requiring them to provide the materials.
• Yu Xunge led Yu Xunhuan and Su Yitong through a level-four dungeon using mines, explosives, and rocket launchers while concealing her true attributes.
• Yu Xunhuan and Su Yitong appraised Yu Xunge and concluded that she was not a suspect.

Yu Xunge kept her cover while helping Su Yitong and Yu Xunhuan through a costly dungeon, then returned to her plans on Zelan Star and weighed when to expose the Liang Family. After noticing that Yu Xunhuan had discovered missing equipment, she subtly asked where Su Yitong had used the skill crystal, leaving him to suspect that she had also been targeted.

• Yu Xunge cleared a level 4 dungeon with Su Yitong and Yu Xunhuan, spent fifty gold on supplies, and gave Su Yitong the equipment drops.
• Yu Xunge continued her lessons with Hechipa on Zelan Star, then visited another main city to exchange gold with goblins.
• Yu Xunge saw reports that the Minotaurs had issued a bounty on the Liang Family and decided to wait before revealing the Sacred Relic's role.
• Yu Xunge gained experience the next morning, learned a sewing blueprint, and later asked Yu Xunhuan where Su Yitong had used the attribute-stealing skill crystal.
• Yu Xunhuan realized Yu Xunge might have lost attributes or equipment too, and felt relieved that she suspected Su Yitong rather than him.

Yu Xunge planned to seize a Young Dragon before Yu Xunhuan could claim her and considered using a powerful flood dragon to create another opportunity to undermine him. She intended to join Yu Xunhuan as an outside helper when the flood dragon was discovered, leaving her next move dependent on how events unfolded.

• Yu Xunhuan and Su Yitong invited Yu Xunge to run more instances with them to catch the thief, but she refused and returned to her studies and crafting.
• Yu Xunge recalled that the Su Family would find a level 14 Young Dragon near adulthood later that year, and she decided to tame the dragon herself before Yu Xunhuan could.
• Yu Xunge remembered that the Young Dragon had despised Yu Xunhuan, resisted his orders, and secretly helped her escape the Su Family in her previous life.
• Yu Xunge planned to become Yu Xunhuan's outside helper when another faction discovered a violent flood dragon capable of reversing a pet contract.
• Yu Xunge noticed that Su Yitong had become the dominant partner in her relationship with Yu Xunhuan and decided to help him find another master.

Yu Xunge trained with the Special Affairs Bureau, strengthening her combat skills and building useful connections while maintaining her independent image. Meanwhile, Yu Xunhuan noticed his parents had stopped inviting him home and decided to return to see what had changed.

• Yu Xunge joined the Special Affairs Bureau’s group combat training and enrolled in close-combat and shooting classes.
• Yu Xunge improved her fighting ability, made connections with nine classmates and three instructors, and deliberately let the Bureau glimpse her strong attributes.
• Yu Xunhuan and Su Yitong searched for skill crystals that could steal attributes while the Su Family and Liang Family clashed, benefiting Yu Xunge whichever side lost.
• By mid-July, Yu Xunhuan realized Yu Qingshan and Yi Qiuguo had stopped inviting him home and felt anger and unease.
• Yu Xunhuan asked Su Yitong for leave to go home, while Su Yitong returned to the Su Family to demand progress in obtaining Liang Yuchuan’s ears.

Yu Xunhuan tested Yu Qingshan and Yi Qiuguo’s reactions to his illness and realized they feared him, while Elder Liang sent word to the Liang Family. At dinner, Yu Xunge noticed the family’s strained behavior and showed Yu Xunhuan that she still accepted him, leaving him to stay at home with his wary parents.

• Yu Xunhuan invited Yu Xunge, Yu Qingshan, and Yi Qiuguo to lunch, then watched his parents recoil when he approached them after an instance.
• Elder Liang noticed the parents’ reaction and secretly messaged Liang Jing, who said he would obtain evidence and make the rumor real if necessary.
• Yu Qingshan and Yi Qiuguo pretended to be affectionate toward Yu Xunhuan as they left with him, while Yu Xunhuan concealed his growing resentment.
• At the restaurant, Yu Xunge read the family’s expressions and realized Yu Xunhuan had learned his parents knew about his illness.
• Yu Xunge ate food Yu Xunhuan served her without hesitation, raising his trust rating toward her from 89 to 89.5, then left after packing dishes and affectionately rubbing his head.
• Yu Xunhuan drove Yu Qingshan and Yi Qiuguo home and announced he would stay there that night, leaving his parents uneasy.

Yu Xunge learned that Yu Xunhuan was considering using a blood-based curse to steal her or Su Yitong’s fortune, so she resolved to guard her blood from him and her parents. At the training grounds, she reunited with Yu Bi and recalled the strange talent that had once let Yu Bi and her best friend gain attributes through betrayal and danger.

• Yu Xunge used Yu Xunhuan’s hairs and a skill crystal to discover that he was considering a curse requiring blood to devour someone’s fortune.
• Yu Xunge decided to protect her blood from Yu Xunhuan, Yu Qingshan, and Yi Qiuguo, then drove to the training grounds.
• Yu Xunge met Yu Bi, a fellow fugitive from her previous life, and remembered how Yu Bi had once assassinated a member of the Su Family to avenge her best friend.
• Yu Xunge recalled that Yu Bi and her best friend had never truly betrayed each other, and that their God-Bestowed Talents rewarded them with attribute points when they betrayed or were betrayed by trusted friends.

Yu Xunhuan chose to use a cursed feather to siphon Su Yitong’s fortune and cut Yu Qingshan and Yi Qiuguo off from the Su Family’s leveling group, deepening the Yu Family’s rift. Meanwhile, Su Yitong grew dissatisfied with the Su Family and began gathering resources for her own team, while Yu Xunge reached Level 7 and entered the top three of the rankings.

• Yu Xunhuan decided to dye his cursed feather with Su Yitong’s blood, while revoking Yu Qingshan and Yi Qiuguo’s eligibility for the Su Family’s leveling group.
• Yu Qingshan and Yi Qiuguo learned they had been removed from the group, then hid their resentment as the rift between them and Yu Xunhuan widened.
• Su Yitong recognized that the Su Family’s favor gave her resources but no real authority, began slacking off when using Hymn of Hope, and planned to build her own team.
• Yu Xunge’s solo dungeon runs drew widespread attention, but she ignored the forum discussions while keeping busy with leveling, training, and dealing with her enemies.
• On August 3, Yu Xunge reached Level 7, rose into the top three on the level rankings, and put all thirty-eight of her attribute points into Agility.

Yu Xunge prepared to challenge the level 15 Young Dragon by buying gear, gathering supplies, and entering the instance near the Su Family villa. After locking the instance and learning the dragon-slaying party might be a trap, she joined it to scout the dragon, then received her first task from the undead lord’s butler.

• Yu Xunge bought a rare shoulder guard that raised her Agility and Strength enough to equip Ember and Meteor Star.
• She spent three days preparing food, healing items, and a Blood Bodhi before entering the instance near the Su Family villa.
• Yu Xunge entered the instance, killed a villager to lock it against other players, and questioned locals about the evil dragon.
• She learned the undead lord was recruiting warriors to subjugate the Young Dragon and joined the party to study its skills and map the area.
• The undead butler sent Yu Xunge to find a library book on the dragon’s habits and weaknesses, revealing that her first quest was not simple.

Yu Xunge explored the undead library and discovered a biography of the alchemist Hechipa, whose rise from maid to prodigy was recounted in a wildly dramatic history. The butler let Yu Xunge take the book, and she found and packed Lucia’s autobiography as well.

• Yu Xunge used Probe to inspect the library’s books and pulled out Hechipa, the Alchemy Maniac.
• Yu Xunge read about Hechipa’s childhood as a maid, her secret study of alchemy, and how Lucia bought her freedom.
• Yu Xunge read how Hechipa excelled at Prinsen Alchemy School before withdrawing after finishing its library.
• Yu Xunge asked the butler if she could take Hechipa, the Alchemy Maniac, and he gave her the newest edition.
• Yu Xunge returned to the library, found Lucia's Autobiography, and packed it too.

Yu Xunge prepared an Equal Contract Scroll and completed fifty-eight quests before joining the dragon-slaying party at the volcano. There, she finally saw the Young Dragon she intended to claim for herself.

• Yu Xunge read about dragons and bought a Special Pet Contract Scroll from Zhao Shuying so she could form an Equal Contract.
• Yu Xunge completed the town’s supply quest and more than thirty other quests over the next two days, then finished all fifty-eight prerequisites by the morning of the fourth day.
• Yu Xunge sold a Minor Healing Potion blueprint at the Auction House for 499 gold.
• Yu Xunge joined the dragon-slaying party and climbed the volcano with nearly a hundred Undead.
• Yu Xunge reached the summit and saw the level 14 Young Dragon, deciding it was hers.

Yu Xunge returned to the dungeon after secretly killing its residents and spent the night preparing for a duel with the Young Dragon, Tulan. She challenged Tulan for an equal pet contract and began fighting her with her strongest buffs, but the battle was still underway.

• Yu Xunge studied Tulan's attacks while pretending not to fight, then left the dungeon and returned after it refreshed.
• Yu Xunge killed the dungeon's aliens to silence witnesses and stole from lone targets, gaining attributes before resting overnight.
• Yu Xunge met Tulan the next afternoon, challenged her to a duel, and offered an Equal Contract if she won.
• Tulan accepted, and Yu Xunge used attack-boosting food, a Constitution Potion, and Shadow Control before attacking.
• Yu Xunge dodged Tulan's elemental attacks and landed critical hits, but Tulan's high health, tough scales, and recovery made the fight difficult.

Yu Xunge fought the Young Dragon for eight hours, then persuaded her to sign an Equal Contract by promising companionship, food, and lodging. The dragon introduced herself as Tulan, and their contract unlocked the Pet Rankings, where Yu Xunge and Tulan became the first entry.

• Yu Xunge dodged the dragon’s powerful attacks and kept herself alive with healing skills, potions, and food.
• The dragon repeatedly paused the fight to eat with Yu Xunge, bargaining to raise the HP threshold at which she would concede.
• When Tulan’s HP fell to 25%, Yu Xunge offered to sign an Equal Contract and promised to treat her like a friend.
• Tulan inspected the contract, signed it with Dragon Blood, and told Yu Xunge her name was Tulan.
• The system announced the Pet Rankings, and Yu Xunge chose not to conceal her partnership with Tulan.
• Yu Xunge saw that Tulan was the sole pet listed in the rankings and received a flood of messages from her contacts.