Chapter Summaries

Lin Li spent the school day joking with Bai Bufan and helping Wang Ze study, then returned home to an unexpected birthday celebration. The chapter ended with Lin Li mistaking Chen Yuying, Ding Sihan, and Qu Wanqiu for burglars and calling his uncle for help.

• Lin Li decided to practice his handwriting so he could improve his exam scores without drawing attention to himself.
• Bai Bufan explained that Binbin had made him spend lunch writing an essay after he submitted a joke response, and he later fell asleep in history class.
• Lin Li joked that 1895 had ended in 1896, making the history class laugh, and the teacher sent him to stand at the back with Bai Bufan.
• Lin Li celebrated his birthday at school, received a handmade bookmark from Yao Qiaoqiao, and watched Bai Bufan rush out after holding in a bowel movement all evening.
• Wang Ze asked Lin Li for help studying, and Lin Li marked up his textbook with examples and exercises for him to try.
• Lin Li arrived home to a surprise birthday party from Chen Yuying, Ding Sihan, and Qu Wanqiu, then backed out and called his uncle to report a burglary.

Lin Li’s friends surprised him at home with a birthday celebration, and he discovered how they had secretly arranged it. After Bai Bufan accidentally fired a party popper into his crotch, he brought out a second cake and hinted that it was meant for something other than eating.

• Lin Li found Bai Bufan hiding in his bedroom, where Bai Bufan accidentally fired his party popper backward and injured his crotch, prompting the others to laugh at him as “Bai Buji.”
• Bai Bufan teased Lin Li by claiming to have seen embarrassing items in his room, but Lin Li realized Bai Bufan had also noticed the enormous piece of gold on his desk.
• Chen Yuying, Ding Sihan, Qu Wanqiu, and Bai Bufan explained that they had planned the surprise since National Day, used a key Lin Li’s mother had mailed them, and received help from Teacher Xue.
• The group began Lin Li’s birthday celebration, and Chen Yuying placed a paper crown on him before he prepared to blow out the candles and make a wish.
• Bai Bufan took a second, cream-only cake from the refrigerator and revealed that it was not intended for eating, leaving Lin Li alarmed.

Lin Li celebrated his eighteenth birthday with Chen Yuying, Ding Sihan, Qu Wanqiu, and Bai Bufan, who pelted him with cake and gave him presents. After the friends shared cake and checked their health reports, Bai Bufan misread his results and concluded he had uterine cancer.

• Ding Sihan, Chen Yuying, Qu Wanqiu, and Bai Bufan threw cream cake at Lin Li after he made his birthday wish, then gave him birthday presents.
• Chen Yuying gave Lin Li a large blue teddy bear, and Lin Li teased her about it being her first gift to a boy.
• Lin Li served everyone boiled water and told Bai Bufan that his health report showed abnormal indicators.
• Bai Bufan searched his health report online and announced that he thought he had uterine cancer and was going to die.

Lin Li celebrated his birthday with his friends, received a handmade scarf and bracelet from Chen Yuying, and discovered Ding Sihan’s notebook of private information about her. The chapter ended with Lin Li memorizing the notebook instead of choosing any of his urgent chores.

• Lin Li explained that Bai Bufan’s medical checkup showed minor abnormalities, and Bai Bufan promised to drink more water while putting off exercising.
• Lin Li and his friends agreed to stay at school for the weekend, and Xue Jian drove Qu Wanqiu, Chen Yuying, Ding Sihan, and Bai Bufan back.
• Chen Yuying told Lin Li that she had made his scarf and bracelet for him, then hurried into the car after Bai Bufan interrupted them.
• Lin Li found his initials embroidered on the scarf and bracelet, discovered that Qu Wanqiu had given him black stockings, and opened Ding Sihan’s notebook about Chen Yuying.
• Lin Li memorized Ding Sihan’s notes with Enhanced Memory and complained that she had not written enough.

Lin Li kept the gifts from Ding Sihan and Qu Wanqiu, then brought breakfast to class and showed Chen Yuying the bracelet she had given him. After worrying about Zhou Baowei’s stomach and joking with his classmates, Lin Li tried to get Chen Yuying to help with a question, but she admitted she liked his bracelet and agreed to teach him.

• Lin Li locked Ding Sihan’s notebook away with the black stockings, then went to bed and angrily messaged Bai Bufan about interrupting a near-kiss.
• Lin Li delivered breakfast to Qu Wanqiu, Ding Sihan, and Chen Yuying, revealing the bracelet Chen Yuying had given him and cheering her up.
• Chen Yuying accidentally wrote “pig head” on her exercise, while Lin Li joked with Bai Bufan about his nighttime bathroom trips and Zhou Baowei about overeating.
• Lin Li urged Zhou Baowei to visit the infirmary for his stomachache, but Zhou Baowei refused and left for lunch.
• Lin Li showed Chen Yuying his bracelet and asked her to teach him during lunch; after he joked about touching her pants, Chen Yuying said she liked the bracelet and agreed to help.

Lin Li pranked Zhou Baowei by buying him Viagra instead of stomach medicine, then gave Wang Ze advice about his budding relationship with Senior Qian. The chapter ended with Lin Li admitting that his conversations with the class monitor included asking to touch her leg, leaving Wang Ze with no usable dating advice.

• Lin Li told Zhou Baowei he had bought him medicine, then revealed the first pill was Viagra and gave him the real stomach medicine afterward.
• Wang Ze arrived and took the Viagra, explaining that he wanted its side effect, then asked Lin Li whether he should pursue Senior Qian after their lunch date.
• Lin Li advised Wang Ze to wait and see whether Senior Qian wanted another meal, while warning that she might not be as interested in him as he hoped.
• Bai Bufan suggested that Wang Ze use a domineering tone to help Senior Qian with unfamiliar words, and Lin Li demonstrated why a domineering beggar would not be appealing.
• Wang Ze pressed Lin Li for advice on keeping conversations going, but Lin Li admitted he had little dating experience and revealed that he had recently asked the class monitor to let him touch her leg.

Lin Li enrolled in driving school and used his monthly return to visit a strange Cultivation World, where he gathered spiritual energy before returning home. He then tricked Bai Bufan with a fake 18+ app, and the chapter ended with Wang Ze sending Lin Li the same prank.

• Lin Li submitted his documents to Yu Jian'an, paid for driving school, and learned that weekend exam slots might delay his license.
• Lin Li returned to the Apocalypse World, but arrived in a strange place of inverted mountains, purple lightning, and abundant spiritual energy.
• Lin Li tested the hexagonal flowers with his Invisible Sword, found them dangerous, and stayed near the center of his mountain.
• Lin Li manifested his Spirit Gathering Sky Array, collected spiritual liquid in a Duck Blood Bottle, and absorbed spiritual energy until his six-hour visit ended.
• Lin Li returned home, then sent Bai Bufan a fake 18+ app that turned out to be Driving School Yidian Tong.
• Bai Bufan retaliated by sending the same fake-app message to Wang Ze, who then sent it to Lin Li.

Lin Li finished his training, attended driving-school coursework, and met Chen Yuying at the library, where they exchanged teasing compliments and arranged to study early together the next day. He joined Bai Bufan in the study room and joked about not bringing him a drink, leaving them trading insults.

• Lin Li completed his morning training and told Zhou Youwei that he was just throwing punches.
• Lin Li went to Xi Ren Driving School, completed his offline coursework, and teased Yu Jian'an about the driving school's cars.
• Lin Li met Chen Yuying outside the library, complimented her, and asked her to come early the next day so he would not be bored studying alone.
• Lin Li arrived at the study room and revealed to Bai Bufan that he had already arrived after joking that he would not bring him Coca-Cola.

Lin Li, Ding Sihan, Qu Wanqiu, Chen Yuying, and Bai Bufan studied together, joked about lunch, and then went to a restaurant. The chapter left them eating together after Lin Li and Bai Bufan turned ordering food and using chopsticks into another round of teasing.

• Lin Li let Ding Sihan choose a reasonably priced restaurant for the group’s lunch, then studied while completing his driving-school lessons online.
• Bai Bufan announced that he had disproved the Pythagorean theorem and calculated pi as one, and Lin Li and Ding Sihan played along while Chen Yuying and Qu Wanqiu looked on in disbelief.
• Lin Li and Bai Bufan reached the restaurant first, and Lin Li accidentally took a chair from a woman who mistook his corny greeting for a pickup attempt.
• After the others arrived, Lin Li scolded Bai Bufan for eating before the phone, then demanded that he thank Lin Li’s payment code.
• Chen Yuying told Bai Bufan he could have the first bite as a reward, and he joked that she was training him like a dog.

Lin Li caught a masked pickpocket using a razor blade, and the police took the thief away, completing his sword-cultivator task and earning a new limited-time challenge. After returning to lunch, Lin Li and Bai Bufan joked about ways to find more criminals while Lin Li considered how to meet the challenge’s requirements.

• Lin Li spotted a masked man cutting an elderly woman's pocket with a razor blade and tackled him after the thief stole her belongings.
• Lin Li recovered the elderly woman's phone and wallet, restrained the thief, and called Yang Liang while Bai Bufan and the others arrived.
• Lin Li and Bai Bufan posed for photos with the thief until Yang Liang arrived, handcuffed him, and took him away.
• The system completed Lin Li's task and gave him a new challenge to stop and punish at least eight evil cultivators in Nansang City within two months.
• Lin Li suggested questionable ways for Bai Bufan to make money, then returned to the restaurant with the others and discussed searching for more criminals.
• Bai Bufan joked that Lin Li could find criminals in prison, then lamented that his friend Feifei had been sent there and wondered whether washing her feet 100,320 times could have changed their ending.

Lin Li considered how to complete Task Three and decided he might have to seek out criminals himself. After escorting Qu Wanqiu back toward school and setting Bai Bufan up for an all-nighter at a gaming café, Lin Li left with a new idea while Bai Bufan began playing Sekiro.

• Lin Li considered asking Song Luping for help with another autumn outing but postponed the idea while he looked for other ways to complete Task Three.
• Lin Li walked Qu Wanqiu toward school with Bai Bufan and realized he could search for criminals instead of waiting for them to appear.
• Lin Li paid for internet credit and a high-spec computer so Bai Bufan could play through the night at a gaming café.
• Bai Bufan and Lin Li called Zhou Baowei, who said he was celebrating the birthday of the fleshlight he had bought on Taobao.
• Bai Bufan began playing Sekiro, and Lin Li watched him die repeatedly before leaving.

Lin Li tried to find criminals in Xiling so he could advance his mission, then deliberately baited four robbers into stealing his cash, phone, and gold necklace. After using the Invisible Sword to turn the gang against itself, he was mistaken for the robber when Demon Suppression Envoys arrived.

• Lin Li asked Yang Liang which parts of Xiling had poor public security and went to Bright Road to look for criminals.
• After finding no crimes, Lin Li planted cash in an open bag, then pretended to display his winnings while passing street punks until four men decided to rob him.
• Huang Mao and his companions stole Lin Li's cash, phone, and gold necklace, then fled down the main road.
• Lin Li chased them with a telescopic baton and used the Invisible Sword to make the gang attack one another and cause a chaotic scene.
• Demon Suppression Envoys arrived and ordered Lin Li to surrender, mistaking him for the robber.

Lin Li exposed Huang Mao and his gang’s attempted robbery with an action camera, then learned that punishing an evil cultivator advanced his mission. After Yan Aosong took him back to Laoyou Road, Lin Li resumed fishing for criminals, and the two unexpectedly met again.

• Lin Li explained to Yan Aosong that he had called the police because Huang Mao and three accomplices had tried to rob him, but the group claimed Lin Li had attacked them instead.
• Lin Li revealed an action camera that recorded the encounter, and the footage led the Demon Suppression Envoys to confirm the gang’s attempted robbery.
• Lin Li’s mission updated to count one of eight evil cultivators punished, reinforcing his plan to keep personally intervening in crimes.
• Yan Aosong warned Lin Li to use restraint when defending himself, and Lin Li suggested carrying a fake penis as a weapon before agreeing to return to Laoyou Road for his bike.
• Yan Aosong dropped Lin Li back at Laoyou Road and drove away, but returned thirty-seven minutes later and unexpectedly encountered Lin Li again.

After Lin Li was caught staging a second robbery to expose criminals, he revealed to Yan Aosong that he planned to protect Xiling as the Black Silk Hero. He left the Demon Suppression Division in disguise, but another officer immediately brought him back as a suspicious masked man.

• Lin Li was caught with two robbers after luring them into trying to rob him, and Yan Aosong's subordinates took them away.
• Yan Aosong confronted Lin Li about deliberately baiting criminals, and Lin Li denied having violent motives while explaining his plan to expose evildoers.
• Lin Li put on a black stocking and declared himself the Black Silk Hero, inviting Yan Aosong to act as his Commissioner Gordon.
• Yan Aosong warned Lin Li about the danger, but Lin Li said he intended to protect Xiling and then departed into the night.
• Changzi brought Lin Li back to the bureau after mistaking the masked hero for a suspicious figure, and Lin Li asked Yan Aosong to clear his name.

After the Demon Suppression Division released Lin Li, he resumed his nighttime hunt for criminals, but Yang Liang learned what he was doing and urged him to stop. Lin Li assured Yang Liang he could handle the danger, then heard a woman pleading for help in an alley near his bicycle.

• The Demon Suppression Division released Lin Li after confiscating his black silk stockings, and he returned to Laoyou Road to search for targets before deciding to head home.
• Yang Liang learned from Yan Aosong that Lin Li had posed as bait to catch four robbers while pursuing his Black Silk Hero plan.
• Yang Liang called Lin Li and warned him that his vigilante scheme was dangerous, but Lin Li insisted he was prepared and would not get hurt.
• Lin Li reached the alley where he had hidden his bicycle and heard a woman pleading with a man who threatened her and demanded that she take off her pants.

Lin Li mistook a drunken roleplay scene for an assault, beat the man involved, and left after discovering the woman was his willing partner. At school, he joined his classmates’ irreverent jokes about Dragon Raja before Xue Jian settled them for evening study ahead of the Midterm Exam.

• Lin Li attacked a man he believed was assaulting a blindfolded woman, but the woman explained they were friends engaged in roleplay and tried to seduce him.
• Lin Li refused the woman’s advances, retrieved his bicycle, and left while she and the bruised man continued their encounter.
• Lin Li returned to school with Chen Yuying and Ding Sihan, then joined Bai Bufan and the other boys in joking about their games and driving dreams.
• Lin Li and his classmates imagined Chu Tianjiao fighting Odin in a Hundred-Ton King truck, then turned on Bai Bufan after he made a joke about Eriyi.
• Xue Jian broke up the boys’ banter and urged them to study for the approaching Midterm Exam, prompting Lin Li to joke with Bai Bufan about the teacher’s score-raising claim.

Lin Li returned to the Cultivation World, where purple lightning destroyed his drone and kept him confined to Inverted Mountain. He met the remnant-soul Shān Qīng Daoist, promised to bring him entertainment, and learned that the Wish Power surrounding him came from people thanking an “OP” and wishing good people peaceful lives.

• Lin Li reset and returned to the Cultivation World, but purple lightning struck and destroyed his drone when it flew away from Inverted Mountain.
• Lin Li cultivated on the mountaintop until Shān Qīng Daoist appeared and questioned him about his origins and strange supplies.
• Lin Li explained that he came from another world and could return there, while Shān Qīng Daoist revealed he was a remnant soul guarding demon remnants in a century-old battlefield.
• Lin Li offered to bring Shān Qīng Daoist documentaries and other mechanical creations, triggering a task to give the solitary elder unforgettable happiness.
• Shān Qīng Daoist promised to guide Lin Li in cultivation and examined the Wish Power around him, identifying its prayer as thanks to an “OP” and a wish that good people have peaceful lives.

Lin Li prepared supplies for Shān Qīng Daoist and went out to speed up Task Three by confronting street robbers. He defeated Huang Shan and his four accomplices with his rainbow-lit Holy Sword Excalibur and left them begging for mercy.

• Lin Li learned that his recent acts of helping people had earned him Wish Power, then returned home and posted free assistance offers on Tieba.
• Lin Li used the weekly free refresh on the mech slot and saw an Ability Amplifier (+2), but decided not to buy it yet.
• Lin Li received the devices and discreetly shipped weapon he had ordered, set up a laptop and phone for Shān Qīng Daoist, and headed to Old Friend Street to advance Task Three.
• Huang Shan and four accomplices robbed Lin Li, then found the hidden camera and touched the ghost head concealed inside his clothes.
• Lin Li summoned his rainbow-lit Holy Sword Excalibur, activated Soul of Melee, and beat the five robbers while playing βios from his phone.
• Lin Li threw expired yogurt at the robbers, struck them until they begged him to stop, and continued punishing them with the Holy Sword.

Lin Li tested his new Dazzling Holy Sword on five robbers, forcing Yan Aosong to make him throw it away and take a statement. After returning to school, Lin Li teased Chen Yuying during exam-room preparations, then ran to the dorms to pinch Bai Bufan and Wang Ze before going home.

• Yan Aosong arrived at the alley and found five shaken robbers waiting to surrender after Lin Li had robbed them of their nerve with the Dazzling Holy Sword.
• Huang Shan gave Yan Aosong a package of black stockings as proof of the Black Silk Hero's identity, and Lin Li emerged from nearby bushes to make his statement.
• Yan Aosong threatened Lin Li with punishment for using an adult toy in public until Lin Li threw the Dazzling Holy Sword into a roadside trash can.
• Lin Li returned home, completed his latest criminal-punishment mission, and answered comments on his post before going to bed.
• Xue Jian posted the Midterm Exam seating charts, and Lin Li helped Chen Yuying and the others prepare the classroom before playfully pinching Chen Yuying's cheek in the hallway.
• Lin Li visited Bai Bufan and pinched his butt, then did the same to Wang Ze before leaving the dorms and heading home.

Lin Li studied formations and cultivation with Shān Qīng Daoist, who judged his manuals to be excellent and corrected his Body Tempering Eight Section Exercise technique. After Lin Li left, Shān Qīng Daoist tried to use Bu Fan to find adult videos but was refused, so he returned to Angry Birds.

• Lin Li expanded the Spirit Gathering Sky Array, learned about Azure Sky Flowers, and photographed Shān Qīng Daoist’s formation books.
• Shān Qīng Daoist examined Lin Li’s Sacred Dragon Essence Blood and Thunder Accumulation Seed, warning him to store the dangerous blood and teaching him how to use the seed.
• Shān Qīng Daoist praised the Pure Upright Thunder Control Method, Body Tempering Eight Section Exercise, and Basic Swordplay Tactic, and offered to expand the manuals.
• Shān Qīng Daoist identified flaws in Lin Li’s breathing and spiritual-energy circulation, then taught him a more effective method for the Body Tempering Eight Section Exercise.
• Lin Li studied formations and cultivated until his control of the Spirit Gathering Sky Array improved, then showed Shān Qīng Daoist how to score higher in Angry Birds before leaving.
• Shān Qīng Daoist asked Bu Fan to find porn videos, but Bu Fan refused, so he went back to playing Angry Birds.