Chapter Summaries

Su Qiao left the inner tomb to restore its mechanisms while Xiaosi watched over the sleeping Han. Elsewhere, Gao Cheng found Professor Jiang and the unconscious Liu Yue, and the group worried about their separated companions and the many Mutated Humans.

• Su Qiao explained that she was reinstalling the mechanisms to keep the Mutated Humans and future intruders out of the tomb.
• Gao Cheng found Professor Jiang and Liu Yue in a dark cave after the group had been separated by the Mutated Humans.
• Professor Jiang said Xiao Wu and Liuzi had split off to lure the Mutated Humans away, while Liu Yue had been injured saving him.
• Gao Cheng carried Liu Yue and said he believed Su Qiao and Han had likely escaped because they could handle the strange insects and Mutated Humans.

Gao Cheng rescued Professor Jiang and Liu Yue from the Stone Cave and hid them in a small cave, then returned to search for the others. He searched through the night but found no one before escaping the maze shortly before daybreak.

• Gao Cheng carried Liu Yue and helped Professor Jiang escape the Stone Cave, using his Mental Ability to find the way out.
• Gao Cheng hid Professor Jiang and Liu Yue in a small cave and left to search for the others, after Professor Jiang urged him to find Su Qiao and Han.
• Gao Cheng searched the Stone Cave through the night but failed to find the others and made his way out before daybreak.

Su Qiao prepared the Underground Palace as a Spirit Gathering Array and began establishing her foundation while the unconscious man remained beside her. Captain Gao returned to Professor Jiang and Liu Yue with evidence that three of their companions were likely dead, but he had found no sign of Liu Yue’s brother.

• Su Qiao repaired and reinforced the tomb’s mechanisms, then transformed the Underground Palace into a large Spirit Gathering Array.
• Su Qiao felt her Dantian reach its limit and prepared to establish her foundation in the courtyard after setting up defenses and asking 444 to watch the man.
• Captain Gao returned to the Small Cave and showed Professor Jiang and Liu Yue the bloodstained clothes and backpacks of Xiao Wu, Liuzi, and Uncle Qi.
• Liu Yue asked whether Captain Gao had found her brother, and he said he had not.
• Professor Jiang reassured Liu Yue that her brother might still be alive because he was an Earth Ability User who could use soil to hide.

Liu Yue, Professor Jiang, and Gao Cheng regrouped at the cave entrance and decided to search for their missing companions instead of the Ancient Tomb. They noticed the sky and air had become unexpectedly clearer, but could not explain why.

• Liu Yue was reassured when Professor Jiang said Liu Muyu was likely still alive.
• Professor Jiang learned that Gao Cheng had not found Su Qiao or Han and assumed they might have escaped through another cave entrance.
• Professor Jiang told Gao Cheng to stop searching for the Ancient Tomb and look for Liu Muyu, Su Suya, and Jiang Keyun, while capturing Ding Hongguang if they found him.
• Gao Cheng spotted brilliant red clouds, and Professor Jiang and Liu Yue noticed the unusual sky.
• Gao Cheng and Professor Jiang agreed that the sky and air were clearer than before, though they could not explain the change.
• Gao Cheng planned to eat, sleep for two hours, and then resume searching nearby.

Su Qiao finally escaped the Underground Palace’s Bluestone Slab and reunited with Han, who had recovered his memories. Han apologized for drinking her blood, and they went to wash off the grime together.

• Su Qiao emerged onto the roof of the Siheyuan, covered in grime, and Han rushed out to embrace her.
• Han told Su Qiao that he had recovered his memories and remembered their past together.
• Han offered his arm for Su Qiao to bite as an apology for having drunk her blood.
• Su Qiao teased Han for expecting her to bite him and pointed out that he needed to wash first.
• Han went to fetch water from his space so he and Su Qiao could wash.

Han prepared a bath and clothes for Su Qiao, who remembered that the White Jade Bathtub had once held Spiritual Liquid. When she refused his help bathing, Han feared she would not forgive him and asked what he could do to make things right.

• Han filled the White Jade Bathtub with hot water and laid out towels and toiletries for Su Qiao.
• Su Qiao remembered the bathtub from the Ancient Plane and learned that Han had added dried flowers and essential oils she liked.
• Su Qiao asked Han to choose practical clothes so she could go out and settle accounts with someone.
• Han began helping Su Qiao undress, saying he wanted to scrub her back as he used to.
• Su Qiao refused his help, and Han grew uneasy, asking what he could do to earn her forgiveness.

Su Qiao explained that she had been reincarnated, but Han accepted that she was still herself. Han revealed that after she died, he had begged for another chance for them to meet again, and his longing had kept him alive in the tomb for centuries.

• Su Qiao reassured Han that she had let him drink her blood willingly and hoped he would recover his memories.
• Su Qiao told Han that her former self had died and that she had been reincarnated, but Han said she was still herself.
• Su Qiao asked whether Han found her reincarnation strange, and he explained that he had begged the heavens for another chance to meet her.
• Han recalled that his powerful longing kept his consciousness alive in the tomb until he awoke centuries later with his memories lost.

Su Qiao learned that after her death, Han had spent years finding and rebuilding an Ancient Tomb to protect her body. She discovered that he had awakened centuries later and left her buried, while her old corpse and Mental Ability had long since vanished.

• Han reassured Su Qiao that she would get used to being with him again, and she asked what he had done after she died.
• Han explained that he had found an Ancient Tomb and spent five years rebuilding it, collecting jade to preserve her corpse.
• Han told Su Qiao that he woke when the tomb collapsed, crawled out without his memories, and forgot to dig her out of the Stone Coffin.
• Su Qiao learned that her former corpse had become bones and her Ability Core was gone, while her Mental Ability had likely dissipated and helped sustain Han's feigned-death state.

Su Qiao learned how Han had found the tomb and borrowed its owner’s clothes after emerging from his Stone Coffin. Han recalled moving the coffin to a comfortable cave and keeping Maomao, then offered Su Qiao another plush toy.

• Su Qiao recognized the tomb as an excellent Yin Gathering Place suited to the ghost clan.
• Han explained that his clothes had been ruined when he crawled out, so he had taken the tomb owner’s robes.
• Han said he later found a comfortable cave and carried a Stone Coffin there so he could sleep in it.
• Su Qiao teased Han about Maomao, the plush toy he had given her, and Han pointed out that she had thrown it away.
• Han offered Su Qiao another plush toy from his storage space, but she refused.

Su Qiao learned that Han could absorb energy from many sources and did not need to eat, then confronted him about his early attacks on her. Han admitted that tasting her blood while he was waking had triggered his urge to drink it, and he changed the subject by offering to show her the jade and jewelry he had stored.

• Han replaced the water in the White Jade Bathtub and prepared a hot bath for Su Qiao.
• After bathing, Su Qiao and Han relaxed together on the sofa, where Han fed her fruit.
• Su Qiao asked whether Han would need to drink blood, and he explained that he could absorb energy from Mutated Humans, humans, Mutated Animals, and the air.
• Su Qiao asked why Han had repeatedly bitten her, and he confessed that her blood had awakened his urge to drink it.
• Su Qiao accused Han of treating her like a blood bank, and Han offered to show her the jade and jewelry he had collected.

Su Qiao told Han she could now cultivate without eating and taught him a sword-cultivation technique suited to his unusual ability to absorb both spiritual and yin energy. Meanwhile, Liu Muyu, Gao Cheng, Professor Jiang, and Liu Yue became trapped in the Mutated Humans’ valley, where they discovered Su Suya and Jiang Keyun were alive and with the enemy.

• Su Qiao stopped Han from changing the subject, then explained that she no longer needed to eat because she had reached Foundation Establishment.
• Su Qiao told Han that she cultivated techniques rather than supernatural abilities and wrote down a cultivation method for him.
• Su Qiao taught Han to use Qi Induction and chose a sword-cultivation technique that suited his ability to absorb spiritual and yin energy.
• Liu Muyu found the Mutated Humans’ lair in a hidden valley behind Stone Mountain, where they attacked him as he sought Su Suya’s help.
• Gao Cheng rescued Liu Muyu after sensing the fight, but Gao Cheng, Liu Muyu, Professor Jiang, and Liu Yue were trapped in the valley by the Mutated Humans.
• The Mutated Humans’ King appeared, and Gao Cheng’s group saw that Su Suya was alive beside him while Jiang Keyun stood with Ding Hongguang and the Mutated Humans.

Gao Cheng, Professor Jiang, Liu Yue, and Liu Muyu refused Long Mouren’s demand to join him and chose to fight instead. Long Mouren easily defeated Gao Cheng and Liu Muyu, then offered them one last chance to submit.

• Ding Hongguang urged Gao Cheng and Professor Jiang to join Long Mouren, while Liu Yue and Professor Jiang denounced him for betraying them.
• Long Mouren offered to let the group leave if they defeated him in a fair fight.
• Gao Cheng told Liu Muyu to protect Professor Jiang and Liu Yue, but Professor Jiang insisted they fight together.
• Gao Cheng and Liu Muyu charged Long Mouren and were swiftly beaten, suffering severe injuries.
• Long Mouren offered the group another chance to work for him, but Liu Muyu rejected him and charged again.

Su Qiao and Li Hanzheng arrived in time to rescue Liu Muyu and confront the level-fifteen White-Clothed Man. The White-Clothed Man revealed his face and claimed Su Qiao should recognize him, leaving his identity unresolved.

• Liu Muyu charged the White-Clothed Man, but an unseen force stopped him and returned him to Professor Jiang and the others.
• Su Qiao and Li Hanzheng appeared above the group, and Su Qiao greeted Professor Jiang and the others.
• Su Qiao assessed the White-Clothed Man's strength, then let Li Hanzheng take the lead in fighting him.
• The White-Clothed Man taunted Su Qiao, and she insulted his appearance and the Mutated Humans.
• The White-Clothed Man removed his Golden Mask, revealed his handsome face and eyepatch, and asked Su Qiao if she remembered him.

Su Qiao recognized Long Xiaoyuan as the man who had once been her fiancé, while 444 discovered that his and Su Suya’s blood had turned blue-black. Long Xiaoyuan taunted Su Qiao about Li Hanzheng and their former engagement, and Su Qiao stopped Li Hanzheng from attacking so she could question Long Xiaoyuan.

• 444 scanned Long Xiaoyuan and Su Suya and found their blood had turned blue-black, like that of Mutated Zombies.
• Su Qiao recognized Long Xiaoyuan as the Male Lead and realized he was the person she had mistaken for an enemy’s descendant.
• Long Xiaoyuan greeted Su Qiao, questioned who Li Hanzheng was, and threw Su Suya aside.
• Long Xiaoyuan reminded Su Qiao that they had been engaged and mocked her choice of Li Hanzheng.
• Li Hanzheng prepared to attack Long Xiaoyuan, but Su Qiao held him back and called Long Xiaoyuan’s claims bullshit.

Su Qiao confronted Long Xiaoyuan over his past betrayal and mocked his survival, while he blamed her for the suffering he endured after she shattered his Ability Core. Long Xiaoyuan recounted surviving as a zombie and freezing himself in Antarctica, then vowed to make Su Qiao and Li Hanzheng suffer.

• Su Qiao accused Long Xiaoyuan of betraying her and rejected his claim to their arranged marriage.
• Su Qiao mocked Long Xiaoyuan for surviving for twelve hundred years and asked why he had not ended his painful life.
• Long Xiaoyuan blamed Su Qiao for shattering his Ability Core and described his failed efforts to recover and seek revenge.
• Long Xiaoyuan said he had ingested the Zombie Virus, survived in the jungle, and eventually frozen himself in an Antarctic ice cave.
• Long Xiaoyuan vowed to make Su Qiao and Li Hanzheng suffer after encountering them again.

Li Hanzheng learned that Su Qiao remembered her past life and prepared to kill Long Xiaoyuan. Long Xiaoyuan seized Su Suya, whom Su Qiao identified as Su Yunyan’s reincarnation, and threatened to kill her.

• Li Hanzheng laughed with relief after learning Su Qiao possessed her past memories, while the Mutated Humans and Ability Team stared in shock.
• Long Xiaoyuan asked whether Su Qiao had betrayed Li Hanzheng, and Su Qiao rebuked him for meddling in their affairs.
• Long Xiaoyuan grabbed Su Suya and threatened to crush her to force Su Qiao to comply.
• Su Qiao revealed that Long Xiaoyuan had brought Su Suya because he knew she was Su Yunyan’s reincarnation, but Long Xiaoyuan tightened his grip and called women selfish and filthy.

Su Qiao and Li Hanzheng confronted Long Xiaoyuan, who realized that the man beside her was the legendary Base Leader he had once known. Fearing Li Hanzheng, Long Xiaoyuan tried to bargain with the others to get them to kill Su Qiao.

• Su Qiao introduced Li Hanzheng to Long Xiaoyuan, and Li Hanzheng dismissed him as someone clinging to life.
• Long Xiaoyuan recognized Li Hanzheng from his past, but could not understand how he had survived or why he looked different.
• Su Qiao explained that Li Hanzheng had been sleeping on Planet D and said he had waited for her to find him.
• The people present realized that Su Qiao and Li Hanzheng had lived for over a thousand years and speculated that they were advanced zombies.
• Long Xiaoyuan offered Gao Cheng, Professor Jiang, and the others two books, an awakening formula, a Cultivation Method, and a way to extend human lifespans if they killed Su Qiao, but no one accepted.

Ding Hongguang tried to persuade Professor Jiang and the others to help the Mutated Humans kill Su Qiao and Li Hanzheng, claiming it was necessary for humanity. Su Qiao shattered Ding Hongguang’s Ability Core and mocked Long Xiaoyuan for keeping such a foolish subordinate.

• Ding Hongguang realized Su Qiao and Li Hanzheng’s true identities and decided to help The King kill them rather than face punishment from humanity.
• Ding Hongguang urged Professor Jiang and Gao Fei to accept the Mutated Humans’ conditions and sacrifice Su Qiao and Li Hanzheng for the mission.
• Professor Jiang and the others denounced Ding Hongguang as a traitor.
• Su Qiao used her Mental Power to shatter Ding Hongguang’s Ability Core, leaving him writhing in pain.
• Su Qiao criticized Long Xiaoyuan for keeping Ding Hongguang around and ridiculed the pair’s intelligence.

Su Qiao revealed her overwhelming Mental Ability and crippled Ding Hongguang, while Jiang Keyun attacked him and Gao Cheng gave her a pill to kill the bug in her brain. Long Xiaoyuan confronted Su Qiao, but Li Hanzheng intercepted his attempt to escape, leaving the two men ready to settle their old grievances.

• Su Qiao shattered Ding Hongguang’s Ability Core with her Mental Ability, and Jiang Keyun rushed to attack him before Gao Cheng restrained her.
• Professor Jiang comforted Jiang Keyun, and Gao Cheng gave her the pill Su Qiao had supplied to kill the bug in her brain.
• Long Xiaoyuan questioned Su Qiao’s power and kicked Ding Hongguang, who struck his own heart and died while cursing them.
• Su Qiao taunted Long Xiaoyuan and stepped back as Li Hanzheng teleported behind him.
• Long Xiaoyuan tried to flee into the sky, but Li Hanzheng blocked him, and the two prepared to settle their old grievances.

Su Qiao fought off waves of Mutated Humans and Mutated Insects while Li Hanzheng battled Long Xiaoyuan in the air. As her allies realized they had underestimated her, Su Qiao began playing a strange tune to stop the seemingly endless attackers.

• Li Hanzheng and Long Xiaoyuan traded insults before charging into an aerial battle.
• Su Qiao spread medicinal powder around Gao Cheng and the others, then attacked the Mutated Humans and Mutated Insects with ice, fire, and thunder.
• Gao Cheng and the others watched as Su Qiao's attacks destroyed wave after wave of enemies.
• Jiang Keyun and the others regretted having looked down on Su Qiao and realized she could have taught them directly.
• Su Qiao grew tired of fighting and began playing a strange tune on a leaf while seated on her sword.