Chapter Summaries

Su Qiao refused Han’s warning and decided to keep living in her cave, despite the risk of wild beasts. Han left in frustration, while Su Qiao settled in and cultivated through the night with 444 keeping watch.

• Su Qiao told Han she would hunt for herself and would no longer eat food from the tribe.
• Han warned Su Qiao that living alone near the forest was dangerous and urged her to move back to the tribe’s center.
• Su Qiao refused to leave her cave, and Han returned to his own cave in a bad mood.
• Su Qiao ate a Sweet Fruit and joked with 444 about her looks and the beastmen’s attraction to her.
• 444 kept watch as Su Qiao cultivated through the night on her stone bed.

Su Qiao reassured Wizard Yi that Roland was dangerous and had already caused severe harm to the Wolf Clan Tribe. Wizard Yi was left confronting the consequences of having supported Xize's choice of Roland over Su Qiao.

• Han quietly stood guard outside Su Qiao's cave overnight, then left at dawn.
• Su Qiao learned that Han had guarded her and went to his empty Stone Cave to look for him.
• A messenger summoned Su Qiao to Wizard Yi's cave, where he asked whether her warnings about Roland were true.
• Su Qiao cited Roland's plot against her father and the deaths and injuries of clansmen as proof that Roland was dangerous.
• Wizard Yi recalled that he had supported Xize's choice of Roland over Su Qiao for the tribe's development and regretted how events had unfolded.

Su Qiao warned Wizard Yi that Roland planned to seize control of the Wolf Clan Tribe, then turned to preparing medicine while searching for Xize. When she emerged from her cave, she found a messy pile of fruit and flowers left by beastmen seeking her favor.

• Su Qiao told Wizard Yi that Roland intended to take Xize, eliminate him, and rule the Wolf Clan Tribe, but he remained uncertain about her warning.
• Su Qiao asked whether the Beast God had given guidance, and Wizard Yi realized the next clan chief might be among the newly baptized beastmen.
• Su Qiao searched near the tribe for Xize, then hunted and gathered ingredients before returning to her cave to prepare medicine.
• Su Qiao carved stone bowls and made bamboo tubes while working until the afternoon.
• Su Qiao found a pile of fruit and flowers left at her cave entrance by beastmen who were wary of approaching her.

Su Qiao confronted the beastmen leaving gifts at her cave, while Han returned with fruit and a Lulu Pig but left after seeing the other offerings. 444 explained Han was jealous and suggested Su Qiao follow him on his next hunt; she decided to get up early and go with him.

• Su Qiao threatened to beat anyone who brought her more random gifts.
• Han arrived at Su Qiao's cave with a Lulu Pig and fruit, saw the pile of gifts, and turned away.
• Han dropped off the Lulu Pig but ran off with the fruit after Su Qiao asked whether it was for her.
• 444 told Su Qiao that Han likely felt jealous and would be upset if she supported him instead of letting him hunt.
• Su Qiao agreed to wake early and follow Han so she could protect him while preserving his pride.

Su Qiao watched Roland win the tribe’s admiration by hunting a wild boar and suspected she was revealing her abilities to take the witch’s place. Su Qiao refused to return Roland’s hidden belongings, while 444 proposed modifying Roland’s dead phone to learn more about her.

• Su Qiao carried a wild boar to a cave, then went looking for Roland when she did not return.
• Su Qiao saw Roland arrive with a large beast she had hunted, admired by the female beastmen and watched eagerly by the wolf beastmen.
• Xize returned from hunting and approached Roland, while the other beastmen backed away after losing their chance to compete for her.
• 444 warned Su Qiao that Roland might sneak into her cave to search for her bag, but Su Qiao refused to give her belongings back.
• 444 suggested modifying Roland’s dead phone to run on solar power and using it to learn more about her, and Su Qiao considered the idea.

Su Qiao found Han spying on Roland and warned him that Roland might target him before he could transform. Han dismissed her warning and returned to his cave, leaving their argument unresolved.

• After 444 pointed out Han hiding in the grass, Su Qiao found him watching Roland and the others.
• When Su Qiao asked whether Han liked women like Roland, he said he would never like someone like her.
• Su Qiao warned Han to be careful of Roland and explained that, as the Wolf Clan Tribe’s only white wolf, he could become its leader if he transformed successfully.
• Han rejected Su Qiao’s warning, grew irritated with her, and went back to his cave.

Su Qiao confronted Roland and Xize when they demanded that she return Roland’s bag and belongings. She refused to give them up, and left Xize with a reminder that he had already lost to her.

• Su Qiao turned from following the Little White Wolf when Roland and Xize called out to her.
• Roland demanded that Su Qiao return her bag, claiming the clothes Su Qiao wore and the bone knife she carried belonged to her.
• Su Qiao said she had found the items in the forest and mocked Roland for claiming ownership without proof.
• Xize accused Su Qiao of stealing, but she challenged his authority and told him to defeat her before ordering her around.

Su Qiao accused Roland of possibly belonging to the Water Clan and refused to return the belongings Roland said were hers. The Wolf Clan’s tribespeople sided with Su Qiao, leaving Roland facing growing hostility.

• Su Qiao suggested Roland might be from the Water Clan and urged her to prove it by staying in a river, stirring the tribespeople’s interest in the Water Clan’s salt.
• Roland denied Su Qiao’s accusations, asked for her remaining belongings back, and explained that she needed the phone and might reclaim the gun.
• Su Qiao claimed that anything found in the forest belonged to whoever picked it up.
• Xize told Su Qiao to be reasonable, but she challenged the tribespeople to say whether they would return prey found on their territory.
• Several female beastmen backed Su Qiao and accused Xize of betraying her and helping an outsider bully a tribeswoman.

Su Qiao challenged Xize and Roland over the stolen dagger, then turned the confrontation into an attack on Xize’s character and standing in the tribe. She left after declaring that the tribe had made her this way, while Roland remained the target of her final glance.

• A wounded young beastman and several older clansmen confronted Xize and Roland, accusing Xize of bullying Qiao.
• Roland insisted the dagger was her personal possession, but Su Qiao mocked her and refused to return it.
• Xize told Qiao to give Roland the dagger, and Qiao stepped away before accusing Xize of trusting Roland despite her suspicious origins.
• Su Qiao questioned whether Xize deserved to lead the tribe, citing his disloyalty, irresponsibility, and ingratitude.
• Xize angrily asked how Qiao had become this way, and she said the tribe had forced her to change before leaving with a glance at Roland.

Su Qiao warned Han that Roland had killed members of her tribe and would endanger their tribe, but Han remained doubtful. When several beastmen approached Su Qiao with questions, she told them to examine their own actions regarding the last Beast Tide.

• After Su Qiao left the square, Xize hurried Roland away while the tribesmen speculated that Roland was an outsider sent by a rival clan.
• Su Qiao found Han waiting beneath a bamboo tree and asked if he thought she had been cool in the square.
• Su Qiao told Han she hated Roland for killing her father and tribesmen and warned that Roland would hurt someone again, but Han questioned whether she had drugged anyone.
• Several couples and the young beastman who had lost an arm approached Su Qiao, and she told them to ask themselves about the last Beast Tide.
• When the young beastman looked confused, Su Qiao realized she needed to speak more directly so the beastmen would understand.

Su Qiao convinced the Wolf Clan Tribe members that Roland had used a strange scent to cause the Beast Tide and kill the Old Chieftain and their kin, then framed the plot as an attempt to put Xize in power. The group considered taking revenge, but Su Qiao warned them not to act rashly and said Roland was the greater danger.

• Su Qiao explained that a scent on the Beastmen had attracted the Beast Tide and that Roland was likely responsible for the powder.
• The Wolf Clan Tribe members grew furious and questioned why Roland would harm her own tribe.
• Su Qiao claimed Roland intended to make Xize chieftain and control the Wolf Clan Tribe.
• Shi and two older Male Beastmen volunteered to kill Roland and Xize.
• Su Qiao stopped them from acting recklessly, saying she could handle Xize but Roland's strange methods were dangerous.
• Su Qiao worried that the unseen Beast God posed a greater concern than Roland.

Su Qiao persuaded Shi and the other male beastmen to wait before confronting Roland, warning them that Xize and his followers would defend her. She remained determined to avenge her father and the other deaths, while the female beastmen offered her their support.

• Shi and the other male beastmen demanded that Su Qiao help them punish Roland for harming the tribe.
• Su Qiao told them to first uncover why Roland had come to the Wolf Tribe and warned that Xize's group might fight on Roland's side.
• Shi grieved over his severed arm and feared becoming a burden to his parents during the coming Snow Season.
• Su Qiao vowed that she would never let Roland go unpunished for the deaths she had caused.
• Several female beastmen comforted Su Qiao and promised to support her.

Su Qiao treated Shi’s dislocated wrist and showed the gathered beastmen that she could heal injuries. Shi’s parents realized the woman who had injured them had deliberately left them untreated.

• Su Qiao told Shi and the others she had found instructions for treating injuries in the bag she had picked up.
• After examining Shi, Su Qiao identified his injury as a dislocated wrist and set it back in place.
• Shi moved his hand without pain, and the others watched in astonishment as he clenched and swung his fist.
• Shi’s parents grew emotional as they reflected on how much their son had sacrificed to save food for them.
• Shi’s father accused the woman of deliberately refusing to treat them, and Shi’s mother replied that the woman had wanted to kill their son.

Su Qiao arranged to treat the injured beastmen in secret and warned the bereaved parents not to confront Xize yet. The others regretted that Han had not transformed, believing he could have prevented Xize from becoming chieftain.

• Su Qiao examined Shi and explained that his dislocated hand could be treated easily, while his broken bones needed setting and medicine.
• Su Qiao told Shi to bring the other injured beastmen to her cave for treatment and to keep it secret from Roland.
• Su Qiao warned the parents of the dead beastmen not to confront Xize and his followers until the right opportunity came.
• Su Qiao declined the others’ offer to move into their cave, saying she felt safe beside Han and needed quiet to prepare medicine.
• Shi’s father and the others lamented that Han could not transform, saying he would have been the rightful leader and Xize would not have become chieftain.

Su Qiao kept watch over Han after warning him that Roland might target him, and he asked whether she could truly heal broken bones. She had him roast the meat she brought while she prepared medicine, leaving them bickering over his rough handling of the pig leg.

• Su Qiao went to check on Han, who refused to let her touch his fur and asked whether Roland would target him and Wizard Yi.
• Su Qiao assured Han that she had warned Wizard Yi and said she would keep watch over him.
• Han followed Su Qiao to her cave, where she told him to roast the wild boar leg while she prepared medicine.
• Han said he ate meat raw, but he still tried to peel the pig leg for Su Qiao.
• Su Qiao told Han to stop mauling the meat before he ruined her lunch.

Su Qiao helped Han start a fire and roast meat, then examined the injured beastmen brought to her cave. After checking Ya’s injuries, she said he could be treated and asked the uninjured visitors to wait outside.

• Han tried to start a fire by blowing into the stove, but covered himself in ash.
• Su Qiao showed Han how to start the fire and roasted meat while he watched it.
• Su Qiao called the beastmen waiting outside into the cave and learned that several had serious injuries.
• Ya’s parents asked Su Qiao to examine him, and she confirmed his injuries were treatable.
• Su Qiao told the injured beastmen to stay and sent everyone else outside.

Su Qiao treated Ya’s broken ribs and sent him home with medicine and instructions to rest. She then continued caring for the other injured beastmen.

• Su Qiao used Anesthetic Powder so Ya could no longer feel pain, then set his ribs and secured them with wooden splints.
• Ya fell asleep after the treatment, and Han called Ya’s parents to take him home.
• Su Qiao gave Ya’s mother medicine and told her to keep Ya resting in bed for half a month.
• Ya’s parents and uncles thanked Su Qiao, who urged them to leave so the other beastmen could be treated.

After setting the injured beastmen’s bones, Su Qiao accepted Han’s burnt roast meat and reassured him about her medical skills. She told him to prepare to leave for the Poison Mist Forest the next morning, though she did not explain why.

• Su Qiao treated the broken bones of six more beastmen, finishing at nightfall.
• She found baskets of food sent by Shi, then chose to eat the burnt roast meat Han had made for her.
• Han’s mood lifted when Su Qiao said his grilling would improve with practice, and he promised to try again next time.
• Su Qiao said she had learned some medical skills from the shaman and some from the phone in Roland’s bag, which she would show Han once it worked.
• Han urged Su Qiao to keep the phone hidden, and she assured him the woman would not find it.
• Su Qiao told Han to get up early because they were going to the Poison Mist Forest, making him solemn.

Su Qiao searched remote forests and gathered herbs while Han worried about the danger and tried to refuse her gifts. After finding rare medicinal herbs on a cliff, she planned to concoct a medicine to strengthen the body and stimulate potential.

• Su Qiao told Han she was looking for medicine in Poison Mist Forest, but he warned her about the danger and offered to search for it himself.
• Su Qiao teased Han for sleeping outside her cave, and he ran off in embarrassment.
• Su Qiao gathered herbs and treated injured beastmen while 444 urged her to act against Roland, whose standing in the tribe was rising.
• Su Qiao brought prey to Han, who complained that her gifts made others look at him strangely.
• Su Qiao explained that she had climbed a cliff and found rare herbs, and planned to make medicine that could strengthen the body and activate potential.

Su Qiao teased Han until she blushed and ran off, then encountered Roland, who demanded the return of her belongings. Su Qiao pretended not to know what Roland meant.

• Han refused to eat the prey after learning Su Qiao had climbed down a dangerous height to bring it to her.
• Su Qiao joked with Han, then ruffled her hair and grabbed her ear until Han ran away in embarrassment.
• Su Qiao predicted Han would come back and turned toward her cave to sort medicinal herbs.
• Roland confronted Su Qiao and demanded that she return her gun and Swiss Army Knife.
• Su Qiao asked Roland what things she meant while sizing her up.