Chapter Summaries

Lin Li fought Wu Xiong and Zhang Di while trying to reach Fang Jingtang, but their abilities forced him to turn and battle them. Their clash spread fear through Dongwu City, and Commander Liu Yuancheng set out to deal with the forbidden fighting.

• Zhang Di bound Lin Li with growing black chains, but Wu Xiong’s punch only shattered Lin Li’s Elementalized head before Lin Li restored himself.
• Lin Li charged toward Fang Jingtang, but Zhang Di blocked his route with a massive Chain Wall while Wu Xiong pursued him.
• Lin Li decided to fight Wu Xiong and Zhang Di first, and their battle sent flames and noise across the surrounding streets.
• Residents spotted the blaze at the Chixue Gang’s stronghold, fled in panic, and called the authorities and fire brigade.
• An armored guard told Liu Yuancheng that three Second-Order Peak Cultivators were fighting at the stronghold, and Liu Yuancheng took his saber and left to respond.

Lin Li overwhelmed Wu Xiong and Zhang Di at the docks, setting fires and destroying the Chixue Gang’s cargo ships as the fight drew the attention of Dongwu City’s commanders. After Zhang Di was incapacitated and Lin Li attacked Wu Xiong, a hidden figure revealed himself behind Lin Li.

• Lin Li fought Wu Xiong and Zhang Di across the docks, wrecking buildings and setting the area ablaze while dockworkers and gang members fled.
• Lin Li destroyed all ten cargo ships moored at the docks, causing enormous losses for the Chixue Gang.
• Liu Yuancheng and Zhang Zhichun flew toward the battle after learning that three Second-Order Peak Cultivators were fighting openly in the city.
• Lin Li broke several of Zhang Di’s ribs and then pressed his attack against Wu Xiong after Zhang Di could no longer fight.
• Wu Xiong shouted for his unseen ally to act, and the hidden figure appeared behind Lin Li.

Lin Li fought off an ambush by Purple Claw but was poisoned and forced to unleash a massive fireball to drive away Wu Xiong and Purple Claw. After the blast, Wu Xiong and Purple Claw tried to flee, but they suddenly became unable to move.

• Purple Claw ambushed Lin Li from the shadows, injuring him with his poisoned nails, while Wu Xiong revealed that the assassin had waited because the information about Lin Li's strength was wrong.
• Lin Li grew dizzy from Purple Claw's poison, but his remaining Spiritual Energy shocked Wu Xiong and Purple Claw, who waited for the poison to bring him down.
• Lin Li resisted the poison long enough to conjure a seven-meter fireball and send it toward Wu Xiong and Purple Claw as they fled in different directions.
• The fireball exploded across the dock, leaving a scorched crater; Wu Xiong found Lin Li gone, and he and Purple Claw prepared to escape with the unconscious Zhang Di.
• Wu Xiong and Purple Claw suddenly stiffened and became unable to move as they were about to leave.

Liu Yuancheng and Zhang Zhichun detained Wu Xiong and Purple Claw after the masked murderer escaped, while a fire brigade reinforcements member used a Spiritual Artifact to extinguish the dock fire. Lin Li woke on the mysterious island, treated his injuries, and resolved to buy antidotes before hunting Beast Hunters once he recovered.

• Liu Yuancheng and Zhang Zhichun questioned Wu Xiong and Purple Claw, then took them to the bureau for investigation as they searched for the escaped masked murderer.
• A fire tornado threatened the dock, but a man used a Spiritual Artifact to summon rain and extinguish the blaze.
• Lin Li woke on the mysterious island with five scratches on his chest and applied Healing Ointment to them.
• Lin Li reflected on being ambushed, vowed to stay alert in future battles, and planned to buy antidotes and raise his cultivation after recovering.
• Lin Li found his wounds had begun to scab, touched the Miracle Small Tree, picked strawberries, and returned to Blue Star.

After returning home, Lin Li evaded notice from the people monitoring him while Chen Xiaoyan and Wang Hao planned to investigate Liu Menglong’s death through him. Meanwhile, Zhou Tongtong’s Spiritual Energy neared a breakthrough as she dreamed through the Little White Cat and Little Black Cat’s nighttime adventure, then returned to a deep sleep without breaking through.

• Lin Li returned from the Mysterious Small Island, and Zhu Daqi spotted the lights in his home and reported it to Chen Xiaoyan.
• Chen Xiaoyan told Zhu Daqi to keep monitoring Lin Li while Wang Hao recovered, and promised him a meal and movie to persuade him to continue.
• Wang Hao came out of his room and told Chen Xiaoyan they had to use Lin Li as the entry point in their investigation of Liu Menglong’s death.
• Lin Li accepted carrot-and-mutton stew from Xia Qing, then returned her basin and gave her strawberries for Zhou Tongtong.
• As Zhou Tongtong slept, Spiritual Energy gathered in her room and a pale golden light appeared between her brows while she dreamed through the Little White Cat and Little Black Cat’s excursion.
• The kittens retreated from a group of stray cats and went home; the light faded, Zhou Tongtong’s dream ended, and the room’s Spiritual Energy returned to normal.

Zhu Daqi spotted Lin Li buying breakfast and struggled to believe that the ordinary-looking young man had killed Big Brother. Meanwhile, Zhou Tongtong shared strawberries with Little White Cat and Little Black Cat, who received a strong dose of Spiritual Energy from her; the cats then hid when Lin Li sensed their presence, leaving their suspicions of him unresolved.

• Zhu Daqi saw Lin Li at a breakfast stall and wondered how someone so ordinary could have caused Big Brother's death.
• Xia Qing told Zhou Tongtong that Lin Li had given her the strawberries she was eating.
• Zhou Tongtong gave strawberries to Little White Cat and Little Black Cat and unintentionally sent an unusually large amount of Spiritual Energy into them.
• Zhou Tongtong asked the cats for ideas for a return gift for Wang Duoduo, then left for school with Xia Qing.
• Lin Li greeted Xia Qing and Zhou Tongtong, sensed faint Spiritual Energy near the greenbelt, and walked away as the cats hid from him.
• Little White Cat and Little Black Cat decided to keep watching Lin Li and went to retrieve the rat they had hung in a tree.

After his wound healed overnight, Lin Li bought detoxifiers and planned to hunt exotic beasts in the Northern District wilderness. He delivered Zhu Xinru’s pastries to Su Yue, who invited him for milk tea after work, leaving his hunting plans unresolved when his phone rang.

• Lin Li watched news about Flame Rats multiplying near the Northern District and decided to hunt in the wilderness after noticing his scratch had healed.
• Lin Li bought ten of each of two detoxifiers at a pharmacy, paying two hundred thousand yuan.
• Lin Li headed toward the outskirts of the Northern District and decided to deliver Zhu Xinru’s pastries to Su Yue on the way.
• Lin Li gave Su Yue the pastries and claimed they had come from a neighborhood Residents' Committee aunt.
• Su Yue invited Lin Li to have milk tea after work, and his phone rang before he could answer.

Su Yue’s plans with Lin Li were interrupted by a colleague’s emergency, while Zhu Daqi followed her and the Spirit Realm’s residents discussed the attack on the Chixue Gang’s dock. At the hospital, Liu Qizhi and Fang Jingtang remained terrified of the masked assailant, and Lu Tao delivered Wu Xiong’s order for Fang Jingtang to stay away from the dock.

• Su Yue canceled her plans to have milk tea with Lin Li so she could cover her colleague Wang Jiao’s afternoon classes, and Zhu Daqi followed her after she returned to school.
• Su Yue shared Lin Li’s pastries with Wang Jiao and her other colleagues, who had worried that a man was pursuing her.
• Qin Muqing overheard residents discussing the destruction at the Chixue Gang’s dock, then returned home with Sister Zhang to begin a cooking lesson.
• Liu Qizhi woke in the hospital and recalled how the masked assailant had nearly killed him, while Fang Jingtang remained shaken by having been attacked twice.
• Lu Tao delivered Wu Xiong’s message that Fang Jingtang should stay away from the dock until Wu received instructions from the Master, and Liu Qizhi warned that the masked assailant might attack again.

Fang Jingtang and Liu Qizhi weighed whether to flee the Chixue Gang as they feared the masked murderer and the Wu Family. On Blue Star, Lin Li stopped attacking the gang until he grew stronger and headed alone into the North District wilderness to hunt Flame Rats, unaware that Zhu Daqi’s tracking had failed because Lin Li had stored his van on the Mysterious Small Island.

• Liu Qizhi decided to leave Dongwu City once his injuries healed, while Fang Jingtang remained torn between obeying the Wu Family and fleeing.
• Fang Jingtang went to a brothel to relieve the pressure of the masked murderer's attacks and the dangerous choice before him.
• Lin Li resolved to delay further attacks on the Chixue Gang until his cultivation improved and drove toward the wilderness outside the North District.
• Zhu Daqi followed Lin Li using a tracker but lost the signal when Lin Li stored his van on the Mysterious Small Island, then returned to the city.
• Lin Li entered the wilderness alone, passed hunters gathered around a hill where Flame Rats appeared, and continued toward a more distant hunting area.

Wu Xingao ordered Wu Xiong to recruit more help from the Blood Kill Sect after their failed attempt to capture the masked thug. In another world, Lin Li hunted beasts to raise the maturity of his miraculous fruits and headed toward the Flame Rats, where he watched a litter emerge from its burrow.

• Wu Xiong reported that he and two other Second-Order Peak cultivators had failed to defeat the masked thug, who escaped after creating a fireball.
• Wu Xingao comforted Wu Xiong, then ordered him to tell the master of the Blood Kill Sect that the favor owed would remain unpaid until the masked thug was dead.
• Lin Li killed a Jackal Beast with an Azure Wind Blade and stored its body in the Mysterious Small Island.
• Lin Li calculated that he needed much more beast essence to mature another miraculous fruit and ran toward the Flame Rat territory.
• An adult Flame Rat led ten pups out of their burrow, and an unseen voice remarked on their litter as orange-red light flared.

Lin Li ambushed and killed Flame Rats around a lake, using fire and ice to wipe out nests as he searched. By noon he had cleared fifty-eight nests and decided to stop for lunch before continuing the hunt.

• Lin Li killed an adult Flame Rat and its ten pups, then stored the adult in the Mysterious Small Island.
• Lin Li found another burrow and sent fireballs into it, killing the Flame Rats hidden inside.
• Old Wang and Old Zhao showed a rookie how they used chili-laced smoke and a controlled gale to drive Flame Rats from a burrow, then their team killed the rats that emerged.
• Lin Li continued clearing nests alone and reached fifty-eight by nearly noon.
• Lin Li decided to cook lunch beneath a large tree before resuming the hunt.

At Rongxi Primary School, Zhou Tongtong and Wang Duoduo petted the Little White Cat and Little Black Cat until Teacher Su Yue sent the girls back to class and warned the kittens not to return. The cats headed for the park to look for rats, while Su Yue messaged Lin Li, who was eating lunch in the wilderness.

• The Little Black Cat suggested catching a goldfish, but the Little White Cat reminded her that Zhou Tongtong would be upset, so they left the fish alone.
• Wang Duoduo gave Zhou Tongtong chocolate, and the girls found the kittens by the fishpond and petted them together.
• Su Yue warned Zhou Tongtong and Wang Duoduo about petting strays, sent them back to class, and told the kittens to stop coming to school.
• The Little White Cat and Little Black Cat left for the park to look for rats before going home.
• Su Yue messaged Lin Li, who replied briefly while preparing mutton skewers and clam-and-tofu soup in the wilderness.
• Lin Li made icicles around his table to cool the hot air and ate his lunch.

After eliminating more than a thousand Flame Rats, Lin Li left the lakeshore and headed deeper into the wilderness, where he heard a commotion. Five Beast Hunters were struggling against a Bamboo Leaf Green Snake whose awakened defensive ability turned aside their attacks, and the chapter ended with the snake coiling around Old Zhao.

• Lin Li finished clearing his share of the Flame Rats and went deeper into the wilderness after wondering why he had not encountered any second-order magical beasts.
• Old Zhao and four other Beast Hunters faced a second-order mid-stage Bamboo Leaf Green Snake, and Old Zhao injected an antidote after being poisoned.
• The Bamboo Leaf Green Snake awakened a defensive ability that made its scales dark green and deflected the Beast Hunters’ swords and crossbow bolts.
• Old Wang and the others tried to stall the snake while Old Zhao recovered, but it tricked Old Zhao into rushing to save the Beast Hunter with the earring.
• The Bamboo Leaf Green Snake struck Old Wang with its tail, severely injuring him, then seized Old Zhao’s distraction to coil around him as the others charged to help.

Lin Li intervened when the Bamboo Leaf Green Snake was about to kill Old Zhao, then faced the beast alone despite the Beast Hunters’ offer to help. The snake resisted Lin Li’s first direct attack by strengthening its head, but the impact left it dazed as Lin Li dodged its lunge.

• The Bamboo Leaf Green Snake knocked back the Beast Hunters and tightened its coils around Old Zhao while his companions struggled to decide whether to retreat or save him.
• Lin Li fired an Azure Wind Blade from the grass, wounding the snake and making it loosen its grip on Old Zhao.
• Lin Li approached the Bamboo Leaf Green Snake, and Old Zhao escaped before Lin Li refused his offer to help fight.
• The Bamboo Leaf Green Snake attacked Lin Li, who launched a half-meter Azure Wind Blade at it.
• The Bamboo Leaf Green Snake strengthened its head with its ability and blocked the Azure Wind Blade, but the impact dazed it as Lin Li dodged its lunge.

Lin Li killed a Bamboo Leaf Green Snake and then faced a much stronger Second-Order High Stage Silver Ring Snake. He sent the Beast Hunters running toward safety and prepared to hold the new beast back alone.

• Lin Li used guided Azure Wind Blades to badly wound the Bamboo Leaf Green Snake, then pursued it and killed it with his Spirit Artifact Longsword.
• A Second-Order High Stage Silver Ring Snake emerged from the grass as Lin Li and the Beast Hunters gathered around the dead snake.
• Lin Li told the frightened Beast Hunters to leave while he fought the Silver Ring Snake, but they hesitated because they feared they could not escape.
• After Lin Li insisted, the Beast Hunters fled toward the safe zone, and the Beast Hunter with the astonishingly receding hairline called back that they would find help.

Lin Li saved a group of Beast Hunters from the Silver Ring Snake, then defeated and killed the beast in a destructive battle. The Hunters returned to the battlefield, where a veteran concluded that Lin Li had concealed his true cultivation and could kill a Second-Order High Stage beast alone.

• Lin Li repeatedly used Azure Wind Blades to stop the Silver Ring Snake from pursuing the fleeing Beast Hunters, then faced the beast himself.
• Lin Li killed the Silver Ring Snake and stored its body in the Mysterious Small Island before continuing deeper into the wilderness to hunt.
• A Second-Order Early Stage mole beast emerged near the ruined battlefield, used its enhanced scent to detect more than ten humans, and fled before the Beast Hunters arrived.
• The rescued Beast Hunters returned with a powerful team and found the battlefield and the Silver Ring Snake's shattered head.
• The Second-Order High Stage Beast Hunter deduced that Lin Li had concealed his cultivation and could defeat the Silver Ring Snake alone, leaving the rescued Hunters astonished.

Chen Xiaoyan received a special healing pill from the Black Scale Society, and Wang Hao endured an agonizing reaction before recovering from his severe injuries. They learned that Zhu Daqi had lost track of Lin Li, but planned to resume their investigation into Liu Menglong’s death after Wang Hao recovered fully in two days.

• A courier delivered the Black Scale Society’s special healing pill to Chen Xiaoyan, and Wang Hao swallowed it despite its foul smell.
• Wang Hao screamed in pain for more than ten minutes, then found that his injuries had healed, though his Dantian remained empty.
• Chen Xiaoyan called Zhu Daqi, who admitted that the tracker on Lin Li’s car had lost its signal and that he had stopped following him.
• Wang Hao defended Zhu Daqi and told Chen Xiaoyan to keep monitoring Lin Li while he recovered over the next two days.
• Wang Hao went to shower, and Chen Xiaoyan ordered him a large amount of takeout while anticipating their renewed investigation into Liu Menglong’s death.

Su Yue met her friend Wang Ling for a flower-shop owners’ gathering at the Fated Encounter bar, while Lin Li hunted in the wilderness and discovered that his Spirit Fruits had gained a new effect. Zhang Xiaohao spotted Su Yue at the bar and secretly memorized where she was.

• Su Yue agreed to accompany Wang Ling to a quiet bar gathering and sent Wooden Head a message, but he did not reply.
• Lin Li killed a swift Porcupine Beast, cleaned his Spirit Artifact Longsword, and stored the beast on the Mysterious Small Island.
• Lin Li ate a Spirit Fruit and found that it now eased muscle soreness as well as restoring Spiritual Energy.
• Su Yue and Wang Ling arrived at the Fated Encounter bar for the gathering.
• Zhang Xiaohao recognized Su Yue, noted which bar she entered, and went into the hotel with his friend.

Lin Li returned from the wilderness, tracked down a restaurant meal, and agreed to pick Su Yue up after her party. In Spirit Realm, Qin Muqing relaxed at home and read a Curious Tales Handbook, where something in its contents caught her attention.

• Lin Li reached the safe zone before sunset, stored his motorcycle, and drove toward the city while Zhu Daqi noticed the tracker signal had returned.
• Lin Li stopped at a restaurant, ordered a large meal, and arranged with Su Yue to pick her up after her party.
• Su Yue attended the party with Wang Ling and planned to message Lin Li before she was ready to leave.
• Lin Li recalled that his afternoon hunt had raised the magical little fruit's maturation progress to 8.7 percent, then began eating his meal.
• Qin Muqing bathed, changed into her nightclothes, and read a Curious Tales Handbook before her brows suddenly furrowed.

Qin Muqing learned that the Lava Volcano would soon erupt and trigger a dangerous beast tide, while Lin Li picked up Su Yue after her gathering and returned to his evening errands. The chapter ended with Zhu Daqi tracking a target as it approached him.

• Qin Muqing read that the Lava Volcano would erupt soon and send exotic beasts fleeing toward human cities.
• Lin Li finished dinner, drove to collect Su Yue, and watched Zhang Xiaohao grow furious when she left with him.
• Lin Li drove Su Yue home, and she considered making mooncakes for him for the Mid-Autumn Festival.
• Lin Li bought several cases of mineral water and drove away as Zhu Daqi tracked the target drawing closer.