Recaps

Lin Li accepted publicity photos and rewards after Principal Wang tried to cancel a school speech, while Sun Ying kept his identity concealed. The system then gave Lin Li a new task to find and help eliminate three more Joyous Union Demon dens within a month.

• Lin Li pretended to insist on giving a school speech until Sun Ying said publicizing his case could expose him to retaliation, and Principal Wang eagerly dropped the idea.
• Sun Ying asked Lin Li to pose for photos under the alias Xiao Li, and Lin Li chose to hold the Anti-Vice Vanguard Merit Banner.
• Lin Li received 3,300 in reward money, his original 399 payment, and a supermarket card that Yang Liang had secured for him.
• The system increased Lin Li’s Charm Technique resistance and Yang Energy, awarded him spirit stones and currency, and granted him the title Demon Extermination Vanguard.
• The system assigned Lin Li a limited-time task to find three more Joyous Union Demon dens and cooperate with the Demon Suppression Division to eradicate them within a month.

After completing the case, Lin Li worried about finding more Chicken Farms and discovered that the newly unlocked shop still offered no products. Yang Liang then asked to become Lin Li’s father, leaving Lin Li to suspect that Yang Liang was involved with his mother.

• Lin Li saw that the shop’s product slots required more System Currency and gave up on the idea that it would help him find Chicken Farms.
• Sun Ying thanked Lin Li for helping with the case, and Yang Liang praised him for planning to use his reward to help with household expenses.
• Yang Liang asked Xue Jian to let him speak with Lin Li alone and asked Lin Li if he could be his father.
• Lin Li decided Yang Liang seemed honorable, then asked him when things had started between him and Lin Li’s mother.

Yang Liang offered to treat Lin Li like a son, but Lin Li politely refused while misunderstanding his motives. After returning to school with the Anti-Vice Vanguard merit banner, Lin Li was sent to recite English with Bai Bufan.

• Lin Li angrily objected to Yang Liang pursuing his mother, then relaxed when Yang Liang clarified that he wanted to adopt him as a godson instead.
• Yang Liang offered Lin Li support and invited him to visit, but Lin Li declined the adoption while thanking him.
• Yang Liang accepted Lin Li’s refusal and promised to help if he ever faced trouble.
• Xue Jian took the merit banner from Lin Li and told him to retrieve it from his office later, then urged him to focus on his studies.
• Lin Li returned to Class 4 and greeted Bai Bufan, whose mistaken English joke prompted the English teacher to make both students recite yesterday’s passage.

Lin Li told Bai Bufan that he had helped the Police Station solve a case and received a commendation, cash, and supermarket cards, while keeping the details secret. Bai Bufan grew suspicious that the case involved the massage parlor Zhou Baowei had mentioned and pressed Lin Li to swear again.

• Lin Li returned from meeting the principal with a commendation letter, cash, and supermarket cards, and Bai Bufan teased him about the gifts.
• Lin Li said he had helped the Police Station solve a case over the weekend and described how he had stalled a suspect until the police arrived.
• Bai Bufan believed Lin Li’s account after he swore on his chicken wrap, then asked what kind of case it had been.
• Lin Li refused to share the case details, saying the school and Police Station had agreed to keep them confidential.
• Bai Bufan suspected Lin Li had helped shut down the massage parlor Zhou Baowei had mentioned and asked him to swear on his chicken wrap again.

Lin Li’s attempt to deny visiting a massage parlor failed when Bai Bufan made him swear an oath, and the two friends ended up revealing the story to their classmates. The Ascendancy System then gave Lin Li a task to bring a fellow disciple to help wipe out a Joyous Union Demon Den, and Bai Bufan eagerly agreed to join him.

• Bai Bufan demanded that Lin Li swear he had not taken part in the weekend massage parlor case, but Lin Li could not bring himself to swear against Moo Moo.
• Lin Li’s silence made Bai Bufan laugh, and Lin Li admitted he had gone alone to gather intel; their English teacher sent them to stand at the back of the classroom.
• Lin Li told the boys who were close to him about his visit, and they eagerly asked him to share more while Zhou Baowei joined them after being made to get involved with Menliang.
• The Ascendancy System assigned Lin Li a task to bring at least one fellow disciple to help the Demon Suppression Division wipe out a Joyous Union Demon Den.
• Lin Li asked Bai Bufan to join him on another crackdown, and Bai Bufan instantly agreed, jokingly renaming himself Lin Bufan and calling Lin Li his father.

Lin Li and Bai Bufan agreed that Bai Bufan could join him if Lin Li found a lead on Xiling’s chicken farms, though Lin Li insisted they would report what they found. Lin Li then completed a system task that improved his memory and received a new study task, leaving him to balance schoolwork with his search.

• Bai Bufan urged Lin Li to take him exploring, but Lin Li said he would only bring him along after finding a lead and would report the place to the authorities.
• Lin Li refused to take Bai Bufan if he intended to break the law, and Bai Bufan swore he was only joking about stopping the police.
• Lin Li and Bai Bufan parted after lunch, with Bai Bufan returning to the dormitory and Lin Li heading back to class.
• Lin Li saw that Task Three had increased his memory by 100% and awarded him fifty system currency.
• The system gave Lin Li a new task to listen attentively to teachings for twenty-four hours, rewarding him with increased comprehension, more memory, and a random cultivation technique.

Lin Li received a bizarre new mission while Chen Yuying asked why the principal had summoned him. He decided to answer by explaining that he was a man and she was a woman, but the chapter ended before he could continue.

• Lin Li worked on his homework and waited until he got home to inspect the spirit stones in his inventory.
• Chen Yuying approached Lin Li and asked why he had been called to the Principal's Office that morning.
• The system issued Task Five, requiring Lin Li to tell Chen Yuying he was a man different from her and explain the physiological differences between men and women.
• Lin Li questioned the system's strange mission and considered how to complete it without leaving an unfinished task in his mission list.
• Lin Li stood farther from Chen Yuying, pointed between them, and began by saying that he was a man and she was a woman.

Lin Li tried to explain his role in helping the police by first giving Chen Yuying a crude, misleading lesson about men and women. Chen Yuying partly believed his cover story but still suspected his motives, and the chapter ended with Lin Li beginning an absurd explanation about Nuwa.

• Lin Li gave Chen Yuying a suggestive explanation of the differences between men and women, completing the system's fifth task and making her scream that he was a pervert.
• Wang Yuezhi asked whether Lin Li had bothered Chen Yuying, but she told him it was nothing.
• Lin Li claimed that he had investigated and helped the police shut down an operation connected to the cards scattered on the ground.
• Chen Yuying believed Lin Li's account after he said the school commendation notice would confirm it, but questioned why he had started with a crude explanation of men and women.
• When Chen Yuying asked why he had not begun with Nuwa creating humanity, Lin Li started reciting a legend about Nuwa molding people from clay.

Lin Li admitted to Chen Yuying that he was a pervert, then whispered fabricated details about the Chicken Farm to her during lunch. Their private conversation drove Wang Yuezhi out of the classroom, and after class resumed, Bai Bufan tried to eat the chair Chen Yuying had sat in.

• Lin Li accepted Chen Yuying's description of him as a pervert and asked her to keep his secret.
• Chen Yuying asked about Lin Li's key evidence, and Lin Li leaned close to tell her about the Chicken Farm's supposed services.
• Wang Yuezhi eavesdropped, grew jealous at their closeness, and left the classroom after Lin Li and another student called him noisy.
• Bai Bufan returned to the classroom, learned Chen Yuying had sat in his chair, and crouched down to pretend to eat it.

Lin Li received an ordinary ballet talent from the system and went to retrieve his Merit Banner from Xue Jian. While waiting in the teachers’ office, he was unexpectedly praised by several teachers, leaving Kou Kou confused and resentful.

• Lin Li told Bai Bufan that Chen Yuying had asked about the principal’s summons, then checked his reward and received an ordinary ballet talent.
• Lin Li saw that his Mecha Synchronization Index had increased and reviewed his updated status panel.
• After evening self-study, Lin Li went to the teachers’ office to retrieve his Merit Banner from Xue Jian, who was away.
• Lin Li admired Kou Kou’s appearance until she warned him to study his English text for the next day.
• Li Binbin and several other teachers praised Lin Li’s recent attention and homework, surprising Kou Kou.
• Lin Li turned toward Kou Kou and saw her looking like a vengeful spirit.

Lin Li tried to smooth over Teacher Kou Kou’s complaint about his English class, then saw that Xue Jian had arranged to have his own Merit Banner made. After Lin Li accidentally discovered the secret, he pretended to go blind to escape Xue Jian’s deadly stare.

• Kou Kou asked Lin Li why others said he had been diligent in class, and Lin Li admitted he rarely listened before promising to pay more attention.
• After Kou Kou left, Xue Jian showed Lin Li a picture of a Merit Banner and searched for Lin Li’s banner.
• Lin Li glimpsed Xue Jian’s WeChat messages and learned that Xue Jian’s wife had made him a Merit Banner for himself.
• When Xue Jian caught Lin Li looking at his phone, Lin Li pretended to suddenly become blind.

Lin Li escaped Xue Jian’s office after learning that Xue Jian had genuinely earned his Merit Banners, then returned home to experiment with the spirit stones. The chapter left him practicing the Body Tempering Eight Section Exercise with a spirit stone in his mouth after discovering that it seemed to work.

• Lin Li tried to flee with Xue Jian’s Merit Banner, but Xue Jian stopped him and asked him to read more of his chat history.
• Lin Li read Xue Jian’s messages with his wife and learned that Xue Jian had lost his original Merit Banners and copied one from memory.
• Xue Jian returned the Merit Banner to Lin Li and told him to go home.
• Lin Li deposited most of his money, searched central Xi Ling Town for a Chicken Farm, and found no system notification.
• Lin Li manifested five spirit stones at home and tried to figure out how to absorb their spiritual energy.
• Lin Li held a spirit stone in his mouth while practicing the Body Tempering Eight Section Exercise, and the technique began guiding his body.

Lin Li discovered that he could absorb spiritual energy from a spirit stone through his skin, but the next morning his increased Yang Energy left him struggling to use the bathroom. He prepared to practice outside with a spirit stone hidden in his underwear, determined not to break his week-long mission streak.

• Lin Li found that skin contact let him absorb spiritual energy from a spirit stone and saw a tiny bubble form inside it as the stone was depleted.
• The next morning, Lin Li struggled with the effects of his fifty-percent increase in Yang Energy and eventually relieved the problem by staring at an unattractive live-action heroine.
• Lin Li decided to keep practicing in the neighborhood park because he feared that exercising at home might not count toward his mission streak.
• Lin Li hid a spirit stone in his new underwear beneath loose basketball shorts so he could practice without holding it or attracting attention.

Lin Li enjoyed unusually effective morning training after his Yang Energy increased, while Zhou Youwei acted gloomy, chased away a stray dog, and then followed Lin Li to the restroom. The two misread each other’s intentions, and Zhou Youwei left convinced he had successfully protected the complex’s residents from Lin Li.

• Lin Li greeted Zhou Youwei in the park and noticed that the old man seemed gloomy and unusually hostile toward a stray dog.
• Lin Li began training and felt energized, but stopped and sat down to hide his reaction to the heightened sensations caused by his increased Yang Energy.
• After his spirit stone ran out of energy, Lin Li headed to the restroom and noticed Zhou Youwei repeatedly trailing him while pretending to inspect things along the way.
• Lin Li guessed Zhou Youwei was afraid to use the secluded restroom alone and waited outside while Zhou Youwei went in.
• Zhou Youwei decided Lin Li had mocked him but then reframed the encounter as a success because he believed he had prevented Lin Li from harming other residents, and Lin Li smiled back.

Lin Li continued practicing the Body Tempering Eight Section Exercise and delivered breakfast to Chen Yuying at school. Their cash exchange triggered a new task for him to interact with her and learn more about the world.

• Lin Li noticed his spiritual-energy practice had improved his health and left after taunting Zhou Youwei with his exercise routine.
• Zhou Youwei complained about Lin Li to himself, then exchanged jokes with Zhang Fang, who was cleaning up animal droppings.
• Lin Li arrived at school and listened as Bai Bufan told increasingly bizarre unofficial stories about the Three Kingdoms.
• Lin Li delivered Chen Yuying's breakfast, accepted payment, and prepared to give her change as classmates watched.
• The system triggered a task for Lin Li to interact more with Chen Yuying and learn about the world, offering physique and currency rewards.

Lin Li turned down Chen Yuying’s money and asked her to tutor him in geography in exchange for breakfast, hoping to learn more about the world and advance his mission. Wang Yuezhi tried to intervene, but Lin Li and his friends mocked him until the class laughed, while Chen Yuying still agreed to help.

• Lin Li realized he could use geography tutoring as a way to learn more about the world and make progress on his mission.
• Lin Li returned Chen Yuying’s money and offered to bring her breakfast in thanks for tutoring him; she agreed to help at noon.
• Wang Yuezhi offered to tutor Lin Li instead, but Lin Li bluntly asked who he was, prompting Wang Ze to laugh loudly.
• Wang Yuezhi accused Lin Li of having designs on Chen Yuying, and Lin Li joked that he was gay, with Wang Ze and Bai Bufan backing him up.
• Lin Li teased Wang Yuezhi about tutoring him and made the class laugh, while Wang Yuezhi remained angry and did not join in.

Lin Li teased Wang Yuezhi at school, then agreed to pick up an important package for Zhou Baowei. He and Bai Bufan embarrassed Zhou Baowei in front of Chen Yuying, leaving him furious but still dependent on Lin Li to collect the package.

• Lin Li joked with Chen Yuying about becoming her best girlfriend, and she agreed to let him sit in Ding Sihan's seat; Ding Sihan quickly took back the offer.
• Lin Li provoked Wang Yuezhi on his way back to his seat, and Wang Yuezhi swallowed a curse rather than contradict what he had said earlier.
• Zhou Baowei asked Lin Li to pick up a confidential package from a stationery store at noon, and Lin Li agreed.
• Lin Li, Zhou Baowei, and Bai Bufan sang suggestive lyrics until Chen Yuying approached to ask for chopsticks.
• Lin Li loudly asked Chen Yuying whether she had heard Zhou Baowei's song, and she denied hearing it before leaving.
• Zhou Baowei threatened Lin Li, but he backed down when Lin Li said he would not collect the package.

Lin Li and Bai Bufan discussed investigating the Joyful Union Demon's stronghold while Zhou Baowei fretted over his reputation. After class, Kou Kou praised Lin Li's energy but scolded him for using it to keep her talking instead of focusing on English.

• Zhou Baowei returned to his seat after Lin Li and Bai Bufan joked about his threatened jump, then vowed to stop acting weird until Lin Li brought up Genshin.
• Lin Li told Bai Bufan that his progress on destroying the Joyful Union Demon's stronghold was zero, and Bai Bufan offered leads from suspicious local short-video accounts.
• Lin Li agreed to inspect Bai Bufan's messages at the dorm during the lunch break, despite planning to meet Chen Yuying during the official nap period.
• Kou Kou dismissed class after leaving lesson material unfinished, and she praised Lin Li for being energetic and attentive.
• Kou Kou scolded Lin Li for using his attentiveness to draw out her stories rather than focus on the English lesson, then asked whether he acted this way in other classes.

Lin Li visited Zhou Baowei and Bai Bufan’s dormitory to deliver Baowei’s computer parts, then snooped through Bai Bufan’s phone and exposed his embarrassing messages. The chapter left Bai Bufan’s secrets laid bare as Lin Li read through his chats.

• Lin Li picked up Zhou Baowei’s package and brought it to the Senior High, Class 1-4 dormitory.
• Lin Li and Bai Bufan joked with Zhou Baowei about a tissue on his bed being an ancient cultural relic.
• Lin Li grabbed Bai Bufan’s phone, checked his videos, and discovered that Bai Bufan had saved Lin Li as “Good Grandson.”
• Lin Li sat on Bai Bufan and opened his chat histories, finding messages in which Bai Bufan haggled with women offering paid companionship and was repeatedly blocked.

Lin Li and his roommates read Bai Bufan’s failed attempts to chat with women and laughed at his messages. After the jokes lifted Lin Li’s mood, he asked Bai Bufan to send him the bloggers’ details and WeChats so he could investigate further.

• Bai Bufan’s chat logs showed women repeatedly blocking him, including after he used Lin Li’s name to request leg pictures.
• Lin Li, Zhou Baowei, and Chen Tianming read the messages while sitting on Bai Bufan and laughed at his failed flirting.
• Lin Li stopped laughing when he saw Bai Bufan had claimed he was suffering from terminal hemorrhoid cancer to get pictures.
• Chen Tianming discovered the tissue he used to wipe his tears was clumped together and went to wash his face.
• Lin Li said the chat logs had improved his mood and asked Bai Bufan to send him the bloggers’ information and non-tea-seller WeChats for further inquiries.

Lin Li left Bai Bufan and went to class, where he began a tutoring session with Chen Yuying to test what counted toward his world-understanding task. The chapter ended with him asking her the name of their planet, while she wondered what was wrong with him.

• Lin Li found Wang Ze studying Pet Charm and learned that Bai Bufan had recommended the novel to him.
• Lin Li left with Chen Yuying for a study session, while he rejected Ding Sihan’s request to join and suggested she study with Wang Yuezhi instead.
• Lin Li and Chen Yuying began reviewing geography, but he found that their progress on his task was slow.
• Lin Li decided to test whether basic facts about their world counted toward the task and asked Chen Yuying what their planet was called.

Lin Li pretended his geography question was part of building a Memory Palace, and persuaded Chen Yuying to teach him the basics. Chen Yuying began explaining Earth’s geography as Lin Li’s progress bar started rising.

• Chen Yuying worried that Lin Li was ill and tried to take him to the infirmary, but he pulled her back and insisted he was fine.
• Lin Li told Chen Yuying that he needed to ask about the planet they lived on, and she suspected he was messing with her.
• Lin Li claimed he had erased part of his Memory Palace after memorizing geography incorrectly and asked Chen Yuying to help rebuild it through role-play.
• Chen Yuying agreed to teach Lin Li, on the condition that he answer some questions of her own later.
• Chen Yuying began explaining that their planet was called Earth and describing the proportions of land and water, while Lin Li watched his progress bar rise.

Lin Li completed a system task by having Chen Yuying teach him basic knowledge for his Memory Palace, then tested his improved memory against her and lost. He returned to studying with Chen Yuying and explained the slang term “light hum” in a way that left her confused.

• Lin Li’s progress bar jumped as Chen Yuying taught him about Earth and its continents and oceans, completing Task Five.
• Lin Li claimed his memory had doubled and answered Chen Yuying’s questions correctly, but she realized the answers were basic knowledge he already knew.
• Lin Li and Chen Yuying memorized unfamiliar textbook passages for a minute, and Lin Li lost to her.
• Chen Yuying asked Lin Li what “light hum” meant, and he gave her a cryptic explanation involving David Tao’s name.

Lin Li and Chen Yuying joked about his crude explanations before returning to their study session, and he agreed to bring her breakfast again. Afterward, Lin Li received a system reward and chose to add Protruding Organ to the random enhancement pool.

• Lin Li apologized to David Tao and Wang Leehom after Chen Yuying corrected his jokes, then explained the slang term light hum.
• Chen Yuying revealed that Bai Bufan had hemorrhoids and asked whether Lin Li had bought the item she had heard about; Lin Li denied it and defended his friend.
• Lin Li and Chen Yuying resumed studying, and she offered to help him with difficult questions again the next day.
• Lin Li agreed to bring Chen Yuying breakfast again and went to the restroom to collect his system rewards.
• Lin Li confirmed adding Protruding Organ to the random pool for his Random Limb and Organ Enhancement Opportunity.

Lin Li gained a powerful right-hand ability and tested it by punching Bai Bufan, then investigated suspicious gaming-companion shops but suspected they were running a honey trap. He left school still unable to get a clear answer from the shops, with one blocking him outright.

• Lin Li used a Random Limb, Organ Enhancement Opportunity and gained a stronger right hand along with the Power Charge ability.
• Lin Li tested his boosted strength by punching Bai Bufan, who was surprised that Lin Li could overpower him.
• Lin Li joked with Bai Bufan about his new strength and threatened his hypothetical family.
• Lin Li reviewed his messages to gaming-companion shops and suspected their suggestive prices concealed wholesome services.
• One gaming-companion shop blocked Lin Li after he asked whether he could visit a physical store.