Chapter Summaries

Su Qiao and Han prepared a comfortable new cave as the Wolf Tribe entered Snow Season, while the Tiger Tribe accepted Roland as a Divine Emissary after her staged sign at the altar. Roland had shelter and food with Hu, but his constant demands for intimacy made her miserable.

• Roland secretly drew a dragon on the Beast God's altar with honey and spices, attracting bees and convincing the Tiger Tribe that the Beast God had given them instructions.
• Xize doubted that Roland was a Divine Emissary but chose not to expose her.
• Su Qiao directed Han as he arranged their new cave after they had bonded.
• The Wolf Tribe entered its warmest Snow Season yet, with plentiful food, Heated Kang Beds, and cotton clothing.
• Roland lived in Hu's cave with food and warmth, but Hu's repeated demands for intimacy caused her distress.

As the Snow Season ended, Su Qiao and the wolf tribe prepared to defend themselves from the Beast Tide and hoped to claim food from it. The tide arrived, and Han and the other beastmen began fighting it from behind their traps and stone wall.

• Xize grew resentful of Roland because the tiger tribe gave him half rations and he blamed her for his situation.
• After the final snowfall, Han led the wolf tribe in guarding its territory while Su Qiao prepared anesthetic-coated arrows.
• Su Qiao sent the elderly and Female Beasts into the main cave, blocked the entrance, and carried arrows to the front.
• The Beast Tide surged across the meadow, and Han shot down an eagle as the beastmen attacked from behind the wall and guarded against threats from the sky.

Su Qiao helped the wolf tribe repel the Beast Tide by driving off the circling birds, and the exhausted beastmen won without losing anyone. Afterward, Han carried her to bathe while the tribe prepared for the rainy season with food, salt, and new building skills.

• Su Qiao rushed back to the cave for medicinal powder and burning branches, then used the pungent smoke to keep birds away from the beastmen.
• The beastmen fought through a day and night of the Beast Tide and won without casualties, gaining a large amount of prey.
• Shi and the other beastmen prepared to finish off the wounded beasts while Han carried tired Su Qiao toward the river to bathe.
• Su Qiao remembered the shaman and tribespeople were still confined, so Han promised to release them after taking her back.
• Su Qiao had taught the tribe to preserve meat, extract salt from a Salt Mine, and make bricks and build houses.

Su Qiao learned that Roland was leading the Tiger Tribe to attack the Wolf Tribe and urged Xize to stay rather than return to danger. Xize warned her that Roland might have other tricks and still wanted to follow her secretly.

• 444 told Su Qiao that Roland was leading people from the Tiger Tribe toward the Wolf Tribe.
• Xize appeared in the tribe after climbing down a cliff and warned Su Qiao that the Tiger Tribe would soon attack.
• Su Qiao stopped Xize from leaving and told him to stay in the Wolf Tribe.
• Su Qiao said she would speak to Han and the shaman and treat Xize's warning as atonement for his past mistakes.
• Xize said he still wanted to secretly follow Roland in case she had other strange tricks.

Su Qiao let Xize leave to guard against the Tiger Clan, then alerted Han and Wizard Yi. Meanwhile, Hu saw the Wolf Clan Tribe’s formidable defenses and planned a night attack, but Shi spotted the Tiger Clan’s approach and prepared to warn Han and Qiao.

• Su Qiao gave Xize a dagger, but he told her to keep it and left with his bone knife.
• Su Qiao told Han and Wizard Yi what had happened, leaving Han wary and Wizard Yi hopeful that Xize would return.
• Hu and Roland saw the tall wall and watchtowers around the Wolf Clan Tribe, and Hu accused Roland of lying about how vulnerable it was.
• Roland persuaded Hu to hide in the forest and launch a sneak attack after nightfall.
• Shi reported that the Tiger Clan had retreated into hiding and was likely planning an attack, then hurried to alert Han and Qiao.

The Tiger Tribe's force was caught in the Wolf Tribe's traps before reaching its wall, where Su Qiao confronted Hu and Roland. After Hu struck Roland for leading them into danger, Roland blamed him for agreeing to attack, and Hu demanded an explanation about the Bow and Arrow.

• Shi reported to Qiao that a large number of attackers were approaching the Wolf Tribe.
• Hu led 150 Tiger Tribe beastmen toward the Wolf Tribe, but their force fell into traps and suffered casualties before reaching the wall.
• Su Qiao illuminated the attackers and warned them that the area held traps and mechanisms, while Wolf Tribe archers shot those who moved.
• Roland accused Xize of betraying her, and Su Qiao taunted her for using the Tiger Tribe as scapegoats.
• Hu slapped Roland and accused her of deceiving him, but Roland blamed him for wanting to possess Su Qiao and agreeing to the attack.
• Hu threw the Bow and Arrow before Roland and demanded to know what she had to say about it.

The wolf clan confronted Hu and Roland, but Su Qiao stopped them from killing the fleeing tiger clan because of the Beast God's command. Hu escaped with Roland and the surviving tiger clan members, leaving the wolf clan to let them go.

• Han demanded Hu and Roland's heads and offered the other tiger clan members a chance to leave.
• One tiger clan member chose to flee, and Hu killed him for betraying the chief.
• Hu used Roland as a shield and forced other tiger clan members into traps as he escaped with them.
• The wolf clan asked Han why they were not pursuing the fleeing tiger clan, and Su Qiao said the Beast God had ordered her to spare as many beastmen as possible.

Su Qiao proposed that Han unite the beast tribes and build a kingdom where people could live safely and prosper. Meanwhile, Roland was imprisoned and mistreated by the tiger tribe after losing their trust.

• Su Qiao explained to Han that a kingdom centered on the wolf tribe could unite the beast tribes and improve their lives.
• Han agreed to establish a kingdom and called Su Qiao his future Queen Consort.
• Su Qiao reflected that she wanted to help the beastmen and protect any descendants she might leave behind.
• Han carried Su Qiao toward the cave, while she suspected his phone habits had changed him.
• The tiger tribe imprisoned Roland, restricted her food, and guarded the cave after Hu took away her knife.

Roland escaped the tiger tribe with Xize’s help, then tried to explain why she had left him and joined the tigers. Xize remained distrustful as he recalled that he had once wanted to build a life with her.

• The tiger tribe decided to find Roland ten male beastman mates, so she knocked out the guards and fled into the forest.
• Xize appeared as the tiger tribe’s patrol pursued Roland, transformed into his beast form, and carried her to safety.
• At a lake, Roland thanked Xize and apologized, while he silently washed and drank.
• Roland told Xize she had left the wolf tribe and sought refuge with the tigers to save his life, but Xize accused her of abandoning him because he could no longer help her rise to power.
• Roland denied wanting power and admitted she had seduced Hu partly because she wanted to surpass and defeat Qiao.
• Xize questioned Roland’s promise to live a good life together, remembering that he had once wanted the same thing.

Roland asked Xize to find them a safer, quieter place, but he stabbed her with a bone knife and carried her to a cave after she died. Su Qiao learned from 444 that Xize had buried Roland in a narrow stone cave and blocked its entrance with rocks.

• Roland reflected on how her ambitions had led to conflict with the wolf and tiger tribes, then told Xize she wanted to live somewhere safe with only the two of them.
• Xize stabbed Roland in the chest with a bone knife and told her that only the Beast God's embrace was truly safe and quiet.
• Roland died, and Xize carried her body to a cave where he had been staying.
• Xize buried Roland in a narrow stone cave and blocked its entrance with rocks.
• Su Qiao learned from 444 what Xize had done and was not surprised.

After Xize returned to the Wolf Clan Tribe, he quietly worked to help it grow while Su Qiao and Han established a city that welcomed refugees from other tribes. As Pool City expanded and became powerful, Han became King and Su Qiao became Queen Consort.

• Xize returned to the Wolf Clan Tribe, chose construction work, and moved into the Small Cave beside the bamboo grove.
• Xize kept to himself and helped the tribe until the tribespeople gradually accepted him.
• Su Qiao and Han established a small town, and the Wolf Clan Tribe later took in refugees who helped build it.
• After floods and territorial upheavals sent more people seeking refuge, the Wolf Clan Tribe's city grew into Pool City and developed new trades and weapons.
• The Tiger Clan migrated away, and the frightened Leopard Clan and other smaller clans sought refuge in Pool City.
• Han became King, and Su Qiao became Queen Consort.

Su Qiao lived comfortably with Han and their three children, but died in her sixties. After carrying out the plans she left in her diary, Han joined her at her grave, and their children buried them together.

• Su Qiao left her boisterous daughter in Wizard Yi’s care and entrusted the two Little White Wolves to Han.
• Su Qiao died in her sixties, and Han buried her in the forest on the way to Heavenly Lake.
• Han followed the plans in Su Qiao’s diary, passed the throne to his son, and built a bamboo house beside her grave.
• Han died beside Su Qiao, and their two sons and daughter buried him next to her.
• The children wondered whether their parents could reunite after death and believed they would.

Su Qiao woke in a remote mountain forest after being slapped by Song Yaqin, who accused her of becoming Jun Ting’s mistress. As Su Qiao learned she had been caught in an ambiguous pursuit by Song Yaqin’s fiancé, the group remained stranded in the forest and tensions rose.

• Su Qiao asked 444 to explain why Song Yaqin had slapped her and surveyed the unfamiliar mountain forest.
• 444 told Su Qiao she had unknowingly become a third party while Jun Ting was pursuing her, and that Song Yaqin was his fiancée.
• Su Qiao sat beside a large rock to recover from the slap and dizziness.
• Jun Ting criticized Song Yaqin for hitting Su Qiao and urged the group to focus on finding a way out.
• Song Yaqin threatened Jun Ting and insisted she would beat Su Qiao, while Jun Ting asked her to stop making a scene.

Song Yaqin and the others berated Su Qiao for allegedly seducing Jun Ting, while He Kai and Han Feng tried to intervene. The confrontation continued as Wang Yanqiu and another young man turned on them.

• Song Yaqin threatened to beat Su Qiao and accused her of trying to marry into the Jun Family.
• Wang Yanqiu comforted Song Yaqin and joined the accusations against Su Qiao.
• A man in a black suit and the others condemned Su Qiao for becoming a mistress.
• He Kai told the group to stop blindly piling on and questioned Su Qiao about choosing a married man.
• Han Feng stammered that Su Qiao should keep her feet on the ground, while the others moved away from him.
• Wang Yanqiu snapped at He Kai and insulted Han Feng, and a young man in a white jacket also criticized Su Qiao.

Su Qiao watched Wang Yanqiu mock Han Feng for being the son of a pig butcher, then confronted Jun Ting and Song Yaqin after Jun Ting tried to smooth over Song Yaqin’s insults. The chapter ended with Jun Ting furious and Su Qiao warning that she could have killed them all if she were truly insane.

• Wang Yanqiu mocked Han Feng’s smell and learned that his father was a pig butcher.
• Su Qiao assessed the group’s hostility and noticed Jun Ting watching her with guilt but not defending her.
• Jun Ting asked Song Yaqin to stop causing trouble and apologized to Su Qiao, promising to make it up to her later.
• Su Qiao kicked Jun Ting and slapped Song Yaqin, then declared that she never let people who bullied her get away with it.
• Jun Ting called Su Qiao insane, and she warned him that she would have killed them all if she really were.

Su Qiao confronted Jun Ting and Song Yaqin after their affair was exposed, then beat Jun Ting when he demanded an apology. She declared that she was firing him and vowed Jun Corporation would go bankrupt.

• Song Yaqin realized what had happened and attacked Su Qiao, while Jun Ting restrained her and demanded Su Qiao apologize.
• Su Qiao mocked Jun Ting for calling his behavior a misunderstanding and said she had no need for his forgiveness.
• Su Qiao shoved Song Yaqin aside and beat Jun Ting in front of the stunned onlookers.
• Su Qiao accused Jun Ting of deceiving her and said he could never compensate her for the damage he had caused.
• Jun Ting threatened to fire and blacklist Su Qiao, but she declared that she was firing him and predicted Jun Corporation would go bankrupt.

Su Qiao rejected Jun Ting’s threats and dismissed Song Yaqin’s accusations, while He Kai admired her and asked her to teach him how to fight. The chapter left Su Qiao agreeing to teach him a few moves when she had time.

• Jun Ting threatened Su Qiao after she spat at him, but she told him she was not afraid.
• The others saw Jun Ting bruised and muddy, and He Kai said Jun Ting had brought the beating on himself.
• Song Yaqin accused Su Qiao of knowing about the Song and Jun families’ marriage and called her a mistress.
• Su Qiao insulted Jun Ting and told Song Yaqin to take him away, while Jun Ting conceded that she had won.
• He Kai praised Su Qiao and asked her to teach him; she agreed to show him a few moves because he was cute.

Su Qiao and He Kai stood up to Song Yaqin after she insulted them, but Mo Jin stopped the argument and urged everyone to focus on their surroundings. The group realized they were in a remote primeval forest and began speculating about where they had ended up.

• Song Yaqin mocked Su Qiao, and He Kai defended her before Han Feng tried to intervene.
• Su Qiao and He Kai confronted Song Yaqin, while the rest of the group stayed quiet and avoided provoking Su Qiao.
• Mo Jin told everyone to put aside their grudges and warned that wolves or bears might be nearby as darkness approached.
• He Kai and the others reacted with alarm to the possibility of dangerous animals in the forest.
• Mo Jin observed the dense vegetation and thick fallen leaves and concluded that they were in some kind of primeval forest.
• He Kai and the others guessed that they might be in Shennongjia, the Xiate Ancient Road, Qiangtang, Yunnan, or Lushuihe Primeval Forest.

The group tried to determine where they had been taken and began introducing themselves, revealing that they had all been knocked unconscious or drugged before waking in the unfamiliar place. Mo Jin wondered whether He Xiaolan’s shy demeanor was genuine after recalling how she had joined in criticizing Su Qiao.

• Mo Jin stopped the group’s speculation and introduced himself as an outdoor adventure enthusiast who had been knocked unconscious.
• He Kai said he was unemployed and had also been knocked unconscious before waking there.
• Guan Xudong introduced himself and Wang Yanqiu as travelers, but Wang Yanqiu denied being his girlfriend and flirted with Jun Ting.
• He Kai mocked Wang Yanqiu for trying to attract a rich man, and Mo Jin intervened before their argument escalated.
• He Xiaolan said someone had drugged her on her way home from work, and Mo Jin questioned whether her timid manner was an act.

The group introduced themselves after being abducted, while Su Qiao suspected Song Yaqin was connected to what had happened. Mo Jin identified Jun Ting as the Jun Corporation heir and Song Yaqin as a wealthy heiress, leaving the others to reconsider who they were dealing with.

• Li Xingqiang introduced himself as a clerk who had been knocked unconscious, and Su Qiao said she had been drugged and brought there.
• Su Qiao suspected Cui Hu had drugged her, while Cui Hu admitted he was her cameraman and glanced suspiciously at Song Yaqin.
• Han Feng began explaining his family background, but Wang Yanqiu insulted him, prompting Su Qiao to threaten her.
• Mo Jin stopped the argument and identified the silent young man as Jun Ting, heir of Jun Corporation.
• Mo Jin recognized Song Yaqin as a famous actress and the young lady of the Song family, surprising the group.