Recaps

Lin Li reviewed for the Midterm Exam, joked with Bai Bufan, and teased Chen Yuying while applying what Shān Qīng Daoist had taught him. Chen Yuying gave Lin Li a playful note about the gum he had wanted to steal, and the chapter ended with Lin Li returning to pinch Bai Bufan.

• Lin Li absorbed the spiritual energy from his book, noticed the time ratio had changed to 1:150, and settled a delivery mix-up by tipping the rider.
• At school, Lin Li teased Bai Bufan, recited On the Six States backward, and distracted him from studying with jokes.
• Lin Li found Chen Yuying in his seat, bantered with her about gum, and learned she would stop talking to him for two and a half hours.
• Lin Li studied the Basic Swordplay Tactic while Chen Yuying gave him a note warning him not to retrieve her discarded gum.
• Lin Li realized Chen Yuying had thrown the gum into another class's trash can as an invitation, then kept her note and went to find Bai Bufan.

Lin Li finished his midterm exams, teased Wang Ze about his budding relationship with Qian Ying, and tried to resume hunting criminals on Laoyou Road. He found the area transformed by new lights, cameras, and police patrols, leaving him convinced he had made his own vigilante work impossible.

• Lin Li joked with Wang Ziyan before the exam, and Chen Yuying overheard their exchange about the supposed love letter.
• After the exam, Lin Li explained Bai Bufan's wrong biology answer, then joined Bai Bufan and Zhou Baowei in teasing Wang Ze about walking with Qian Ying and worrying about their future.
• Lin Li urged Wang Ze to seize the present and admit that he wanted to pursue Qian Ying.
• Lin Li went to Laoyou Road to hunt criminals, but found new streetlights, surveillance cameras, warning displays, and fewer punks after a public-safety crackdown began.
• Yan Aosong told Lin Li that his recent incidents had helped spur the crackdown and warned him not to act so extremely, then proudly revealed that he had helped accelerate the work.
• Yan Aosong told Lin Li that Xiling no longer needed the Black Silk Hero, while Lin Li lamented that he wanted to return to Gotham.

After abandoning Laoyou Road for the night, Lin Li finished the physics exam early and teased Chen Yuying and Wang Ze while waiting in the corridor. He and Ding Sihan discussed weekend plans, but the chapter ended with Lin Li joking around rather than settling on an outing.

• Lin Li gave up on raising his mission progress on Laoyou Road and planned to explore Bar Street another day while continuing his studies.
• Lin Li finished the physics exam early, watched Chen Yuying through a gap in the classroom window, and then moved away so she could focus.
• Wang Ze submitted his physics paper early, and Lin Li teased him after pointing out that he had answered the second question incorrectly.
• Ding Sihan asked Lin Li about weekend plans, and they discussed going to a night market the following weekend and possibly singing karaoke or visiting a café this weekend.
• Lin Li and Ding Sihan traded jokes about dating and Lin Li's appearance as more students finished their exams.

After the physics exam, Lin Li and Chen Yuying compared answers, then planned a trip to a pet-friendly park with Ding Sihan and Bai Bufan. Lin Li later visited a nightclub looking for trouble but left unsettled by what he saw, and Chen Yuying’s late-night messages restored his belief in pure love.

• Lin Li joked with Ding Sihan and Bai Bufan after the exam, then compared physics answers with Chen Yuying and confirmed they were correct.
• Lin Li wrote embarrassing declarations in Chen Yuying’s textbooks before handing them back, and Xue Jian dismissed the class after assigning test papers as homework.
• Ding Sihan proposed that Lin Li and Chen Yuying visit a pet-friendly park, and they agreed to meet at Ding Sihan’s apartment building before going.
• Lin Li searched Xiling’s nightlife district and entered a nightclub, but he found no criminal activity and left after seeing people flirt and kiss.
• Lin Li messaged Chen Yuying late at night, and their playful exchange eased his discomfort and renewed his belief in pure love.

Lin Li let Zhou Youwei learn his exercise, passed the driving theory test, and began practicing sword control before meeting Chen Yuying and Ding Sihan. He teased Chen Yuying at the residential complex entrance, where Ding Sihan arrived as Lin Li sang about being the Inverse Butterfly.

• Lin Li agreed to let Zhou Youwei follow along with his exercise, while warning him that the training would be physically demanding.
• Lin Li passed the Subject One driving test with a perfect score and arranged with Yu Jian'an to practice for Subject Two later.
• Lin Li finished translating the Basic Swordplay Tactic and began practicing sword control with his Invisible Sword.
• Lin Li waited for Chen Yuying and Ding Sihan, joking provocatively with them in their group chat.
• Chen Yuying arrived, and Lin Li teased her about her skirt and tried to grab her thigh with disposable chopsticks.
• Ding Sihan arrived as Lin Li sang that he was the Inverse Butterfly.

Lin Li, Chen Yuying, and Ding Sihan traveled to Jinshui for a picnic and stopped at a supermarket to buy food and drinks. After teasing each other through the shopping trip, they left with their supplies and Lin Li joked about how much prices had changed.

• Lin Li argued with Ding Sihan over the safest car seats, accidentally buckled the driver's seat belt, and rode with Chen Yuying and Ding Sihan to Jinshui.
• On the way, Chen Yuying told Lin Li and Ding Sihan that her mother had once gotten her drunk to teach her her alcohol limits, and Lin Li bought low-alcohol drinks for the picnic.
• Ding Sihan insisted on buying a RIO drink, then fought with Lin Li over his lewd jokes while Chen Yuying chose to protect her.
• The three bought snacks, roast chicken, roast duck, braised meats, and sashimi, while Lin Li played with rice and ignored their calls to pay.
• After they paid and left the supermarket, Lin Li joked that two hundred yuan bought less than two yuan used to because security cameras had not been widespread back then.

Lin Li, Ding Sihan, and Chen Yuying visited a pet-friendly park for a picnic, where Lin Li joked around with the girls and teased the dogs. The chapter ended with Ding Sihan feeding the dogs while Lin Li kept provoking her over the food.

• Lin Li told Ding Sihan and Chen Yuying that he had stolen things as a child, then joined them in entering a pet-friendly park.
• Ding Sihan and Chen Yuying played with two friendly dogs, Money and Lucky, while Lin Li joked about airport detection dogs.
• The three spread out their picnic supplies, moved outside the off-leash area to eat, and Lin Li got chased and beaten by Ding Sihan after teasing her.
• Lin Li taunted the dogs by pretending to offer them a drumstick before eating it himself, and Ding Sihan asked their owner which foods the dogs could have.
• Ding Sihan fed Money and Lucky while Lin Li teased her about feeding them raw food and compared her to a monkey.

Lin Li spent a playful afternoon at the pet park with Chen Yuying and Ding Sihan, teasing them and getting kicked for his antics. The outing ended with him battered but still joking as he searched online about kidney injuries and grilled kidneys.

• Lin Li checked that Wang Cai and Lai Fu were female, then watched Chen Yuying and Ding Sihan feed and play with the dogs.
• Chen Yuying gave Lin Li her drink, and he drank from the can despite the lipstick mark on its rim.
• The group returned to the off-leash area, where Lin Li rested on the picnic mat while Chen Yuying and Ding Sihan played with the dogs.
• Ding Sihan kicked Lin Li after he teased her about having a double chin, and Chen Yuying kicked him after he stared at her legs.
• Ding Sihan learned what Lin Li had said to Chen Yuying and kicked him repeatedly while he protested.
• Lin Li recovered enough to search online about kidney injuries, grilled kidneys, and whether girls could still develop after sixteen or seventeen.

Lin Li napped during the park outing, then woke to find his hand resting on Chen Yuying’s leg and teased her while she let him get away with it. After sharing snacks and watching Ding Sihan lose a game, he mocked her excuses for losing.

• Ding Sihan and Chen Yuying returned from taking photos and woke Lin Li, who agreed to take more pictures before going back to sleep.
• Lin Li woke with his hand on Chen Yuying’s thigh and pretended to be asleep as he shifted it; Chen Yuying noticed and eventually told him to move it.
• Lin Li washed his face and fed chips to Chen Yuying and Ding Sihan while Ding Sihan played Identity V.
• Ding Sihan lost her match, blamed her phone and internet, and Lin Li mocked her by listing the terrible conditions under which he had once played well.

Lin Li teased Ding Sihan during a picnic, played games with her and Chen Yuying, and then used his cultivation abilities—or a lucky guess—to summon gusts of wind so they could take photos beneath a tree. The group went home with their photos, while a dog owner tried and failed to recreate Lin Li’s trick.

• Ding Sihan challenged Lin Li to play Identity V, and he lost badly before the group switched to Honor of Kings, where Lin Li, Ding Sihan, and Chen Yuying won beginner matches together.
• Lin Li offered to help Chen Yuying and Ding Sihan take photos among swirling leaves, then performed a sword dance and called for the east wind.
• Two gusts of wind arrived, giving Chen Yuying and Ding Sihan time to take photos and get a group picture beneath the tree.
• As they left the park, Lin Li joked that he had used a cheat code, then told Ding Sihan that falling leaves were caused by abscisic acid.
• After Lin Li and his friends left, the dog owner and her companions copied his ritual to summon wind, but it did not work; Bai Bufan sneezed at home and decided to postpone gaming.

On the ride back to Xiling, Lin Li, Chen Yuying, and Ding Sihan watched a movie, ate together, and joked around before Chen Yuying gave Lin Li a flustering farewell. The chapter ended with Lin Li and Ding Sihan stunned by Chen Yuying’s sudden affection and wondering whether she had stopped hiding her feelings.

• Lin Li complained about Zhong Deng driving too steadily, while Ding Sihan and Chen Yuying praised his smooth ride.
• Ding Sihan suggested that the three watch a movie together, and Lin Li agreed after mistakenly proposing that they watch separate films.
• At the cinema, Lin Li took notes during the murder mystery, frightening Ding Sihan until Chen Yuying confiscated his paper and pen.
• After the movie, the three ate together, and Lin Li said he would escort Ding Sihan home because his bicycle was parked near her house.
• At the shopping center entrance, Chen Yuying hurried into Lin Li’s arms and told him he had to be 100% happy before leaving in her family’s car.
• Ding Sihan jabbed Lin Li and asked if he and Chen Yuying had stopped pretending, while Lin Li admitted he did not know.

After Chen Yuying hugged him, Lin Li regretted failing to hug her back, while Ding Sihan teased him about their growing closeness. Lin Li returned to the Cultivation World with supplies for Shān Qīng Daoist and found him still stuck on Angry Birds Level 16.

• Lin Li lamented that he had failed to return Chen Yuying's hug, and Ding Sihan teased him about the embrace and his flirting with Chen Yuying during a car ride.
• Ding Sihan imagined sending Chen Yuying fake messages claiming that she and Lin Li were together, then laughed at the thought of Chen Yuying's reaction.
• In the car, Chen Yuying replayed the hug in her mind, received Lin Li's message saying "99%," and wished she could hug him again.
• Lin Li and Ding Sihan agreed that she would pretend she had not seen the hug, then parted ways after Lin Li called out "mom—" to her.
• Lin Li went home, checked the lively group chat, collected takeout and supplies, and spent 20 System Currency to return to the Cultivation World.
• Lin Li brought Shān Qīng Daoist food and gaming accessories, then noticed that he was still playing Angry Birds Level 16.

Lin Li returned to the Cultivation World, where Shān Qīng Daoist asked him to bring legal materials and taught him about cultivation while Lin Li absorbed spiritual qi. Back in reality, Lin Li went to driving practice and left Yu Jian'an speechless after revealing he had forty million RMB.

• Lin Li asked Shān Qīng Daoist why he wanted to study modern laws, then promised to bring legal materials and ways to find loopholes.
• Shān Qīng Daoist answered Lin Li's cultivation questions, explained the cultivation stages, and estimated that Lin Li was near the third layer of Qi Condensation.
• Lin Li spent nearly six hours absorbing spiritual qi while Shān Qīng Daoist wrote a cultivation manual and learned to use a computer.
• Lin Li returned home, ordered items for Shān Qīng Daoist, and arranged driving practice with Yu Jian'an.
• Yu Jian'an revealed that he had invited older women to watch Lin Li practice, then gave Lin Li suggestive advice about choosing a car.
• Lin Li drove smoothly during practice and told Yu Jian'an he had forty million RMB, prompting Yu Jian'an to jump out of the car.

Lin Li practiced driving, passed the Subject Two exam on his third attempt, and spent the evening joking with his classmates before using a copied skill to kill a moth during self-study. The moth’s death triggered a new task, and Lin Li’s thrown pen appeared to have left Bai Bufan without his own.

• Lin Li practiced Subject Two with Yu Jian'an and passed on his third attempt, then continued logging his required driving hours.
• Lin Li joked with Qu Wanqiu, Chen Yuying, and Ding Sihan at school, while Bai Bufan told him about arguing with his parents and agreed to stay at school for the week.
• During evening self-study, Luo Meng screamed when a moth flew into the classroom, and Wang Ze prepared to swat it with a rolled textbook.
• Lin Li triggered a task to eliminate the moth, imitated a dart-throwing skill, and pinned it to the wall with his gel pen.
• Lin Li celebrated his throw as his classmates reacted, then Bai Bufan looked for his pen and realized it was missing.

Lin Li completed a system task by giving Bai Bufan a pen, then struggled to repeat an impressive pen throw after his ability went into cooldown. The chapter ended with Lin Li learning that Xue Jian had praised his perfect math score, which gave him only limited privileges among his classmates.

• Bai Bufan asked Lin Li for a pen, and Lin Li gave him one, completing Task Five and earning a physique improvement and system currency.
• The boys admired Lin Li's earlier pen throw and challenged him to hit a bottle cap, but Lin Li missed repeatedly after his imitation ability went into cooldown.
• Xue Jian found Lin Li sitting despondently on the floor, traded jokes with him, and scolded the boys for throwing pens in the corridor.
• Xue Jian revealed that Lin Li had scored 150 in math, but Lin Li's attempt to use the score to demand an apology from the boys failed.
• Lin Li returned to class with the answer sheets, searched for Chen Yuying's, and pretended he had forgotten his perfect math score.

On Monday, Lin Li discussed the system’s uncertain travel options, joked around with Wang Ze, and joined Bai Bufan’s classroom antics. After the class’s test papers became the focus of a string of absurd jokes, Lin Li asked Bai Bufan where he had bought his cabinet lock.

• Lin Li reviewed the system’s current items and decided to ask Shān Qīng Daoist about the Seven Treasures Robe before choosing whether to refresh it.
• Lin Li and Wang Ze talked about Wang Ze’s planned date with Qian Ying, then traded jokes and entered class together.
• Bai Bufan improvised an outrageous explanation of the phrase “between Bo Fu and Zhongmou” after Lin Li asked about it.
• Lin Li challenged Bai Bufan for locking his storage cabinet, while Bai Bufan accused him of wanting to steal test answers.
• Lin Li and Zhou Baowei joked about altered marking on their test papers, and Bai Bufan and Qin Zeyu joined in with more wordplay.
• Wang Ze tossed Lin Li’s answer sheet onto the lawn as a joke, prompting Lin Li to retaliate; Lin Li then asked Bai Bufan where he had bought his lock.

During evening self-study, Lin Li and his classmates joked around before Xue Jian invited them to join the Xue Zhi Cup math competition. Lin Li decided to enter to fulfill a system task, and his coaxing persuaded Chen Yuying and Wang Yuezhi to join as well.

• Lin Li and Bu Fan joked about the three suns and different house-building materials, then Hou Yuyong summoned Lin Li and other students to meet Xue Jian.
• Xue Jian explained the Xue Zhi Cup competition and invited Lin Li, Chen Yuying, Wang Yuezhi, Zhuo Yongfei, and Zhang Haoyang to participate.
• Zhang Haoyang declined, while Lin Li chose to enter after the system assigned him a task to qualify for the Pingjiang Prodigy Tournament.
• Lin Li persuaded Chen Yuying to reconsider by inviting her to join him, and she agreed to participate.
• After Zhuo Yongfei said he would enter, Wang Yuezhi changed his mind and agreed to join him.

Lin Li went to Laoyou Road to find informants who could point him toward illegal activity for his task. After a student mistook him for the Black Silk Hero from an exaggerated rumor, Lin Li recruited him as a paid source and left with a new contact.

• Lin Li joked with Bai Bufan at school and explained that Xue Jian had offered them a chance to join a Math Competition.
• Lin Li rode to Laoyou Road to look for students who could provide information about crime and wrongdoing.
• A student fled when Lin Li approached, and Lin Li caught him; the student recognized him as the Black Silk Hero from school gossip.
• Lin Li read the student's exaggerated chat logs and admitted that the story about whipping people with a fake weapon was based on a real incident.
• Lin Li offered the student money to report reliable information about crimes at his school, and the student agreed to cooperate.
• Lin Li added the student, who went by Deng Zi, on QQ, gave him three hundred yuan, and asked him to introduce other potential informants.

Lin Li discovered that he had placed first in his grade, joked with his classmates and mother about his results, and refined the Heavenly Secret Mirror before returning to the Cultivation World. There, he found Shān Qīng Daoist raging at Dark Souls and offered to share his new food.

• Lin Li learned that he had ranked first in the grade, while Chen Yuying placed fifth overall and second in the class.
• Lin Li and Xue Jian joked about changing the Honor Roll mottos, and Lin Li gave Chen Yuying the breakfast money he had collected.
• Lin Li messaged Wu Min about his results, then refined the Heavenly Secret Mirror and learned how it revealed heavenly secrets.
• Lin Li arrived in the Cultivation World amid purple lightning and watched Shān Qīng Daoist destroy game creatures while venting about Dark Souls.
• Shān Qīng Daoist asked Lin Li whether Dark Souls was really relaxing, and Lin Li offered him the food he had brought.

Lin Li consulted Shān Qīng Daoist about cultivation items and received advice to avoid trading a steep price for the Seven Treasures Robe, while his growing bond with the old man advanced their task. Back home, Lin Li tested the Heavenly Secret Mirror, whose grand revelation turned out to be a weather forecast before he angrily hurled it at Little Bear.

• Lin Li gave Shān Qīng Daoist a hard drive of games and books, and Shān Qīng Daoist eagerly continued playing Dark Souls while Lin Li encouraged him.
• Shān Qīng Daoist explained Longevity Pills and talisman grades, offered to make magical treasures for Lin Li later, and praised the Heavenly Secret Mirror.
• Lin Li replaced his weekly System refresh with a Remote Cockpit, then cultivated as Shān Qīng Daoist played; Lin Li's praise helped the task progress pass 75%.
• Lin Li returned home and manifested the Remote Cockpit, but it could not bind to a mech because no suitable target was nearby.
• Lin Li manifested the Heavenly Secret Mirror in reality, where it revealed the words “Bright, day, no, rain” before shattering.
• Lin Li cursed the Heavenly Secret Mirror for offering a weather forecast and knocked it into Little Bear's head.

Lin Li spent Friday at school joking with his classmates, conducting a chemistry lesson, and beginning a new five-elements cultivation task. As Wang Ze and Chen Tianming prepared to confess to the girls they liked at the Pinglu Market, Lin Li wished for everyone to succeed.

• Lin Li grumbled that the Heavenly Secret Mirror had revealed the weather, then decided its limited insight might be due to his incomplete refinement.
• Wang Ze asked Lin Li and Bai Bufan for advice about buying flowers for his confession to Senior Sister Qian, and Bai Bufan agreed to help after Wang Ze threatened him over his crude suggestion.
• During chemistry class, Lin Li and Bai Bufan traded jokes while Zou Weilun prepared an experiment on producing hydrogen from iron and water vapor.
• A new task appeared, asking Lin Li to temper himself with the power of the five elements; he absorbed the Thunder Accumulation Seed and filled part of the wood progress bar.
• After school, Lin Li learned that Wang Ze planned to buy flowers and that Chen Tianming intended to confess to Yao Qiaoqiao at the Pinglu Market the next day, and he wished that everyone would succeed.

Lin Li endured Bai Bufan’s obscene messages, then returned to the Cultivation World and revealed his Soul Wall ability to Shān Qīng Daoist. After Lin Li upgraded it to block and reflect all soul attacks, Shān Qīng Daoist formed a Spiked Club, leaving Lin Li alarmed.

• Lin Li helped Zhang Fang catch Xiao Bo, who had disrupted the square dancers by pretending to lead them as the Monkey King.
• Bai Bufan described Wang Ze’s painful encounter and recounted an enoki mushroom story, while Lin Li reacted with disgust and told Wang Ze to beat Bai Bufan again.
• Lin Li traveled to the Cultivation World and overheard Shān Qīng Daoist arguing with Bu Fan about playing pornographic videos on his phone.
• Shān Qīng Daoist tried to make Lin Li faint with a Divine Sense attack, but Lin Li’s Soul Wall blocked it.
• Lin Li used an Ability Amplifier to upgrade Soul Wall so it blocked all soul attacks and reflected half their power, then let Shān Qīng Daoist test it.
• Shān Qīng Daoist formed a Spiked Club after realizing he could no longer affect Lin Li’s soul, and Lin Li asked what it was.

Lin Li visited Shān Qīng Daoist, asked for help completing his Five-Element tempering task, and discovered that the task only progressed in reality. After returning home, he tested different ways to temper himself and made progress with metal, water, and earth, but still had no solution for fire.

• Lin Li gave Shān Qīng Daoist his phone so the old man could satisfy his curiosity about modern adult films, then asked him to help with Five-Element tempering.
• Shān Qīng Daoist tried several elemental methods on Lin Li, but Lin Li’s task progress did not move; Lin Li concluded that the tempering had to happen in his own world and received a cultivation method from Shān Qīng Daoist.
• Lin Li completed Task Four, received rewards, and triggered a new task to keep Shān Qīng Daoist warm; burning the old man’s wrist with a flamethrower advanced its progress.
• Back in reality, Lin Li’s attempts to temper himself with condensed elemental energy failed, so he tested practical methods and made progress by exercising with gold, swimming in cold water, and carrying bricks at a construction site.
• Lin Li failed to find a funeral home willing to cremate him alive and asked a stranger to burn his ass with a cigarette butt to help him temper the fire element.

Lin Li discovered that returning valuable lost property advanced the task's Metal element, then completed his Body Tempering Eight Section Exercise and received a title and physical improvements. After practicing driving and getting his hair styled, he prepared for the day's outing with his companions.

• Lin Li tested ways to increase Fire, found that burning himself barely helped, and ordered supplies for further experiments.
• At Pinglu Street's Lost and Found, Lin Li discovered that returning valuables rapidly advanced Metal, while small coins contributed little.
• Lin Li tried to advance Fire through Naruto and by resisting temptation, but the task did not respond.
• Lin Li completed the Body Tempering Eight Section Exercise, received the Fruit of Perseverance title, and increased his Qi and Blood and physical strength.
• Lin Li practiced driving, then visited a barbershop to prepare for the day's plans.

Lin Li got his hair styled, then returned to the dorms, where he and his friends traded jokes while preparing to go to Pinglu Street for the Lantern Festival. Wang Ze’s outfit met with ridicule from Lin Li and Bai Bufan, leaving Wang Ze uncertain whether to change.

• Lin Li accepted his blow-dried hairstyle at the barbershop, while the manager discovered Xiao Guang had advertised a membership deal as “eighty will arrive” after a one-hundred-yuan recharge.
• Lin Li returned to school, where Chen Tianming admired his hairstyle and left to get his own hair styled.
• Lin Li found Bai Bufan miming in his sleep, and the two joked about Japanese people favoring Chao in adult films.
• Lin Li visited Wang Ze, who showed off his outfit and claimed he had raised his deadlift record to one hundred and ninety jin.
• Lin Li mocked Wang Ze’s outfit with an elaborate story, then asked Bai Bufan for his opinion; Bai Bufan shut the balcony door and retched, while Wang Ze was left speechless.