Chapter Summaries

Lin Li practiced the Body Tempering Eight Section Exercise in the community park while Zhou Youwei watched, convinced he was protecting the elderly from a scammer. Lin Li completed the first of seven required mornings and went home exhausted, while Zhou Youwei considered his surveillance a success.

• Lin Li greeted Zhou Youwei as Grandpa and, after Zhou demanded to be called Grandpa, began calling him Xiao Zhou instead.
• Lin Li helped the breathless Zhou Youwei to a bench, gave him water, and said he forgave him for their earlier scammer-and-victim encounter.
• Zhou Youwei decided Lin Li was beyond saving and resolved to watch him closely so he could not scam anyone in the park.
• Lin Li practiced the Body Tempering Eight Section Exercise for more than an hour and completed the first day of his seven-day system task.
• Lin Li went home to sleep, and Zhou Youwei congratulated himself on guarding the community from the Uchiha scammer brat.

Lin Li finished translating the Body Tempering Eight Section Exercise and continued training, while Zhou Youwei secretly watched him practice. At school, Lin Li’s classmates joked about the weekend before he helped them catch Bai Bufan and carry out a promised punishment.

• Lin Li discovered that reference answers appeared after he translated the technique and learned how its body-tempering and Spiritual Qi chapters worked.
• Lin Li trained beyond his assigned routine, felt worse afterward, and realized Zhou Youwei was openly watching to learn his technique.
• Lin Li returned to Nansang Middle School and joked with Bai Bufan and Zhou Baowei about their weekends and a massage parlor that had been shut down.
• Lin Li recognized himself as the person who had reported the massage parlor but kept his involvement secret as Bai Bufan and Zhou Baowei criticized the informant.
• Bai Bufan tried to escape classmates who wanted to punish him for playing badly, but Lin Li locked the back door and helped them catch him.

Lin Li completed another morning of body-tempering practice while Zhou Youwei’s attempt to secretly observe him ended in an embarrassing misunderstanding. At school, Lin Li fell asleep during morning reading and woke to find his classmates staring, leaving him afraid he had spoken his dream aloud.

• Lin Li noticed the system had updated but found no visible changes, then trained alone after Zhou Youwei failed to appear.
• Zhou Youwei hid in the bushes to watch Lin Li, but Zhang Fang mistook him for someone relieving himself; he discovered dog shit beneath him and argued with her.
• Lin Li brought breakfast to his classmates and joked with Zhou Baowei and Bai Bufan before dozing off at his desk.
• Lin Li dreamed he was demanding gifts from grateful villagers while holding two women, then woke when they elbowed him.
• Lin Li sat up with his English textbook as his classmates and the English class representative stared at him, and he anxiously asked Bai Bufan whether he had spoken in his sleep.

Lin Li was summoned to Principal Wang’s office and feared he was in trouble, only to learn that Yang Liang and Sun Ying had come to honor him for helping dismantle a criminal den. Principal Wang planned to publicize Lin Li’s achievement, while Lin Li grew concerned that the school had not been told how he had helped.

• Bai Bufan told Lin Li that the principal wanted to see him, and Xue Jian escorted him from class to the Principal’s Office.
• Lin Li found Yang Liang and Sun Ying waiting with Principal Wang, who warmly praised him as an outstanding student.
• Lin Li worried that Yang Liang had reported his jokes to the school, but Yang Liang explained that the officers had come to deliver a commendation, a Merit Banner, gifts, and a cash reward.
• Principal Wang praised Lin Li for helping the police and planned to promote the achievement through the school and online.
• Lin Li asked Yang Liang whether he had explained how Lin Li helped solve the case, and Yang Liang fell silent and looked away.

Principal Wang and Xue Jian asked how Lin Li had helped the police, and Lin Li revealed that he had been arrested during a prostitution-ring investigation. Sun Ying explained how Lin Li had provided crucial clues and helped the officers shut down the operation, leaving the school staff impressed but dismayed by the case’s setting.

• Principal Wang eagerly asked Yang Liang and Sun Ying what case Lin Li had helped solve, while Xue Jian asked Lin Li directly.
• After Yang Liang and Sun Ying avoided answering, Lin Li announced that he had helped shut down a large-scale prostitution ring, and Principal Wang mistakenly praised him for helping the police “engage in prostitution.”
• Lin Li clarified that he had destroyed a “Chicken Farm” and had been one of Yang Liang’s performance achievements, revealing that he had been arrested.
• Yang Liang confirmed that Lin Li really had been arrested, leaving Principal Wang stunned until Sun Ying stepped in to explain the investigation.
• Sun Ying described how Lin Li had gathered vital evidence and helped lower the suspects’ guard, impressing Principal Wang and Xue Jian despite the embarrassing circumstances of the bust.

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.