Chapter Summaries

Lin Li returned home while Zhu Daqi continued watching him, and two stray cats became concerned about the suspicious surveillance. In Dongwu City, a masked man quietly crossed the rooftops toward the Chixue Gang’s wharf as guard patrols intensified.

• Zhu Daqi reported to Chen Xiaoyan that Lin Li had returned home without noticing he was being followed.
• Lin Li passed Little White Cat and Little Black Cat eating a rat, while a resident filmed the cats standing and gesturing at each other; the video quickly became popular online.
• Lin Li watched news about the Flame Rat cleanup, contraband smuggling, and an arsonist before going to sleep.
• Little Black Cat and Little White Cat watched Zhu Daqi leave and decided to warn Zhou Tongtong about the human who had been watching the area.
• In Dongwu City, a man in night clothes avoided the increased patrols by moving across rooftops toward the Chixue Gang’s wharf.

At the ruined Chixue Gang wharf, the Blood Kill Sect's master learned that the masked criminal was stronger than expected and decided to meet Wu Xingao to plan their next move. Meanwhile, Su Yue prepared for work and suffered a sudden pain in her heart as Spiritual Energy stirred around her.

• A Blood Kill Sect subordinate investigated the battle-damaged wharf and reported that the masked criminal had overwhelmed the Second-Order Peak Cultivators.
• The Blood Kill Sect's master refused to abandon his agreement with Wu Xingao and planned to meet him to discuss dealing with the masked criminal.
• The subordinate hoped he would be chosen to help and imagined he could assassinate the masked criminal more effectively than 'Purple Claw'.
• Su Yue woke after staying up late studying mooncake recipes and planned to buy ingredients after work.
• Su Yue dressed for a visiting school leader and left for work, while young men in her residential area admired her and hesitated to confess to her.
• While waiting for a taxi, Su Yue felt a sharp pain in her heart, and an invisible force from her stirred the surrounding Spiritual Energy and bent nearby flowers and grass.

Su Yue recovered from a sudden bout of heart discomfort and went to work, while Zhou Tongtong’s cats warned her about a suspicious man watching their residential area. Lin Li headed back into the perilous wilderness to hunt, and Zhu Daqi again lost the signal from the tracker on his van.

• Su Yue’s heart suddenly felt uncomfortable, but the feeling passed, and she took a taxi to Rongxi Primary School.
• The Little White Cat and Little Black Cat warned Zhou Tongtong about a black sedan that had been parked outside their residential area for days.
• Zhou Tongtong saw Zhu Daqi get out of the sedan and thought he looked like a bad guy.
• Lin Li fed two sausages to the stray cats, then drove toward the wilderness, followed by Zhu Daqi.
• Zhu Daqi lost the tracker signal again as Lin Li reached the Northern District outskirts.
• Lin Li stored his van in the Mysterious Small Island and rode his off-road motorcycle into the perilous wilderness.

Chen Xiaoyan and Wang Hao changed their plan to capture Lin Li by targeting his girlfriend, Su Yue, and sent Zhu Daqi to follow her. That evening, Su Yue went to a private hospital for a full-body examination, unaware that the Black Scale Society was preparing to move against her.

• Zhu Daqi reported that Lin Li had disappeared from his tracking app again, but Chen Xiaoyan told him to keep watching until she and Wang Hao changed the plan.
• Chen Xiaoyan proposed kidnapping Lin Li's girlfriend, Su Yue, to force him to come to them, and showed Wang Hao the profile she had obtained.
• Wang Hao agreed to the plan and ordered Zhu Daqi to follow Su Yue, promising that he could stop once they met that evening.
• Zhu Daqi accepted the new assignment and hurried toward Rongxi Primary School after Chen Xiaoyan promised him dinner and a movie later.
• After work, Su Yue took a taxi to a private hospital and requested a full-body examination using her VIP card.
• A doctor and two nurses arrived to escort Su Yue to the examination room.

Lin Li hunted exotic beasts in the wilderness while Wang Hao and Chen Xiaoyan abducted Su Yue after she collapsed in an alley. After learning that Su Yue was in their hands, Lin Li rushed toward their location in the eastern suburbs.

• Lin Li hunted exotic beasts and raised the mysterious little fruit's maturation progress to 15%.
• Wang Hao and Chen Xiaoyan followed Su Yue and planned to abduct her, but she collapsed from a sudden episode of heart discomfort before Chen Xiaoyan attacked.
• Chen Xiaoyan confirmed Su Yue was alive, put her in a sack, and drove with Wang Hao toward No. 45 Limin Road.
• Wang Hao texted and called Lin Li to demand that he come to the eastern suburbs, but Lin Li initially dismissed the messages as a mistake.
• Wang Hao identified Su Yue as the captive, and Lin Li tried calling her before turning his van around and speeding toward No. 45 Limin Road.

Lin Li confronted Wang Hao at an abandoned timber-processing factory after Wang Hao kidnapped Su Yue to lure him there. Lin Li revealed he was a Second-Order Peak Cultivator and overpowered Wang Hao, then attacked him with a fireball as Wang Hao tried to escape.

• Wang Hao learned that Chen Xiaoyan had not used her ability on Su Yue because Su Yue had fainted on her own.
• Lin Li arrived at the factory, and Wang Hao demanded to know what had happened to Liu Menglong.
• Wang Hao revealed that someone had hired Liu Menglong to attack Lin Li, but he did not know the employer's identity.
• Lin Li struck Wang Hao and revealed his Second-Order Peak cultivation, shocking Wang Hao and breaking several of his ribs.
• Lin Li sent a fireball at Wang Hao; Wang Hao dodged it, and Lin Li appeared beside him and threatened to bury him there.

Lin Li killed Wang Hao, rescued the unconscious Su Yue, and left the factory, while Chen Xiaoyan was murdered by Li Ying before she could report what she had witnessed. Li Ying then told the Azure Society intelligence minister that Lin Li was a Second-Order Peak Cultivator, ending his mission and leaving his superiors to decide what to do next.

• Lin Li defeated and killed Wang Hao with a flaming attack, then burned his corpse to ashes.
• Lin Li found Su Yue unconscious in a burlap sack, confirmed she was not seriously injured, and carried her away.
• Chen Xiaoyan discovered Wang Hao's ashes and was stabbed by Li Ying before she could report to her superiors.
• Chen Xiaoyan died after failing to reach her ringing phone, while Li Ying left the factory.
• Li Ying reported Lin Li's Second-Order Peak cultivation to the Azure Society intelligence minister, who ended the mission and ordered Li Ying to leave Rong City.

Su Yue woke at home after her unexplained collapse, and Lin Li concealed that he had rescued her from Wang Hao. When Su Yue told her mother about her symptoms, Zheng Qiuyi revealed to Su Chen that the seal on Xiao Yue had loosened years earlier than expected.

• Su Yue woke in her bedroom and asked Lin Li what had happened after she collapsed.
• Lin Li claimed a passerby had called him and that he had brought Su Yue home, hiding that he had rescued her from Wang Hao.
• Su Yue said hospital tests had found nothing wrong and planned to call her mother about her sudden symptoms.
• Su Yue called Zheng Qiuyi, who told her to take leave and return home the next day with Li Ke.
• Zheng Qiuyi hurried to Su Chen and told him that the seal on Xiao Yue had loosened.
• Su Chen said they could reinforce the seal, while Zheng Qiuyi questioned why it had begun loosening so early.

Su Chen and Zheng Qiuyi learned that Su Yue’s seal had loosened early and arranged for Wu Xiaoxuan to examine her in the Capital City. Meanwhile, Lin Li worried about the unknown mastermind targeting Su Yue and found a newly grown silver-white fruit on the Miracle Small Tree.

• Su Chen called Wu Xiaoxuan, who said she needed to examine Su Yue before determining why her seal had loosened, and arranged to see her in the Capital City.
• Wu Xiaoxuan was summoned to inspect an unusual plant brought back from the Spirit Realm.
• Su Chen told Zheng Qiuyi they would take Su Yue to the Capital City, and she insisted on going with him.
• Lin Li returned home preoccupied with Su Yue’s safety and resolved to accelerate his cultivation to protect her from the hidden enemy.
• Lin Li traveled to the Mysterious Small Island and discovered a tiny silver-white fruit growing on the Miracle Small Tree.

Lin Li left early to hunt in the Eastern District wilderness, feeding the stray kittens on his way out, while Su Yue experienced another painful surge of cultivation in her sleep. The chapter left Zhu Daqi puzzled by Chen Xiaoyan’s unreachable phone and Su Yue answering a call after resolving to investigate her illness.

• Lin Li woke early, gave ham sausages to Little White Cat and Little Black Cat, and drove toward the Eastern District wilderness.
• Zhou Tongtong fed the kittens lean meat, scolded them for forgetting to thank Lin Li, and shared Spiritual Energy with them.
• Zhu Daqi repeatedly called Chen Xiaoyan, found her phone switched off, and decided to visit her after breakfast.
• Su Yue absorbed Spiritual Energy rapidly while asleep until chest discomfort woke her and stopped her cultivation.
• Su Yue decided to find out what was causing her illness, opened her curtains, and heard her phone ring.

Su Yue’s family rushed her to the airport to fly to the Capital City for treatment after Su Chen confirmed that the seal on her body had loosened. Meanwhile, Liu Jialin’s team investigated a murder at an abandoned timber-processing plant and discovered that two Cultivators had fought there, leaving one reduced to ashes.

• Li Ke called Su Yue and arranged to take her from Rong City to Yuwan Town for treatment.
• Zhu Daqi found Chen Xiaoyan’s home empty and her phone switched off, feared that she and Wang Hao had been caught, and fled the urban village.
• Police at an abandoned timber-processing plant determined that a Cultivator was involved in a woman’s murder and transferred the case to the Ability Management Bureau.
• Su Yue’s parents met her at the airport, and Su Chen confirmed that the seal on her body had loosened before the family boarded a private plane to the Capital City.
• Liu Jialin’s team found that two Cultivators of at least the Second-Order Mid Stage had fought at the factory and that the defeated Cultivator had turned into ashes.

Lin Li hunted a giant hedgehog exotic beast, then prepared an elaborate lunch in the wilderness while a Beast Hunter team rested nearby. As he packed up after eating, a Rooster Feather Exotic Beast let out a terrible scream, leaving him wondering what had happened.

• Lin Li killed a Second-Order Mid Stage giant hedgehog with an Azure Wind Blade and his Spirit Artifact Longsword, then stored its body in the Mysterious Small Island.
• Lin Li set up camp beneath a tree and cooked rice, stir-fried dishes, and tomato-and-egg soup.
• A Beast Hunter team arrived, marveled at Lin Li's outdoor cooking and plentiful supplies, and decided to return to the city early after resting.
• Lin Li tried a sour wild fruit, finished lunch, and washed his cooking utensils while the Beast Hunters ate self-heating food and rested.
• A Rooster Feather Exotic Beast screamed in the distance, and Lin Li turned toward the sound in confusion.

Lin Li used his storage-space and Flame abilities to drive off and nearly destroy a huge swarm of Tiger Head Bees, stunning the Beast Hunters who had fled from it. He pursued the survivors to their hive, where the Beast Hunters caught up and offered to help him collect the bee larvae.

• A huge Tiger Head Bee swarm devoured a group of Rooster Feather Exotic Beasts and forced the Beast Hunters to flee.
• Lin Li revealed his storage-space ability and elementalized his body with his Flame ability, causing the swarm to turn away from him.
• Lin Li attacked the swarm with fireballs, killing most of the bees and sending the survivors fleeing.
• Lin Li pursued the surviving Tiger Head Bees, and the Beast Hunters followed him to their hive.
• The Beast Hunter captain guessed that Lin Li planned to dig out the hive for its bee larvae, and Lin Li confirmed it.

Lin Li and the Beast Hunters dug up the underground hive of the Tiger Head Bees so he could collect larvae to nourish Su Yue. After finding the enormous hive, Lin Li shared the larvae with the Beast Hunters who had helped him.

• Lin Li destroyed the remaining Tiger Head Bees while the Beast Hunters cleared the shrubbery and found the hive entrance.
• Lin Li supplied hoes and shovels from the Mysterious Small Island, and the group began digging the hive out together.
• Lin Li brought bottled water and watermelons for the exhausted Beast Hunters to enjoy during a break.
• The Beast Hunters uncovered a hive more than four meters long, filled with hundreds of pounds of larvae.
• Lin Li gave the Beast Hunters bags and invited them to take larvae home, and they began collecting them.

Lin Li helped the Beast Hunters collect Tiger Head Bee pupae and killed the awakened queen before leaving to hunt more Beasts. In Capital City, Su Yue arrived with her parents, but her sudden drowsiness worried them that the loosening seal was causing new problems.

• The Beast Hunters finished collecting the Tiger Head Bee pupae, and their captain found the queen while searching the hive.
• The Tiger Head Bee queen fled, but Lin Li killed it with a fireball and then left with his bag of pupae.
• Lin Li entered a nearby forest to hunt another Beast before sunset.
• Su Yue arrived in Capital City with Su Chen and Zheng Qiuyi, and they planned to visit Wu Xiaoxuan the next morning.
• Su Yue fell asleep suddenly in the car, and Zheng Qiuyi feared her drowsiness was related to the loosening seal.

Lin Li discovered cracks in his Spirit Artifact Longsword and returned to the safe zone, while investigators took Zhu Daqi to the Ability Management Bureau over a murder case. Lin Li learned that Su Yue had gone to the Capital City for medical treatment and agreed to save the bee pupae he bought for her until she returned.

• Lin Li found several cracks in his Spirit Artifact Longsword and planned to have it repaired and maintained at the Spiritual Energy Weapon Shop.
• Zhu Daqi failed to reach Chen Xiaoyan and grew worried before Liu Jialin and another investigator brought him to the Ability Management Bureau to assist with a murder investigation.
• Lin Li returned to the safe zone before sunset and called Su Yue.
• Su Yue told Lin Li she was in the Capital City with her parents to seek treatment from a friend of theirs.
• Lin Li promised to blanch and freeze the bee pupae for Su Yue, who expected to return after the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Su Yue’s sealed power awakened in her sleep, creating an invisible force field that Su Chen suppressed before she could learn what had happened. Lin Li returned to Ping'an Garden and brought Tiger Head Bee larvae to Zhou Tongtong, who was startled by them.

• After chatting with Su Yue, Lin Li drove back toward the city as Su Yue fell asleep at home.
• Su Yue’s Spiritual Energy surged and formed an invisible force field that crushed a mosquito and made objects in her room tremble.
• Su Chen entered the force field and calmed Su Yue’s uncontrolled Spiritual Energy, while Zheng Qiuyi watched with concern.
• Su Yue woke and suspected her parents were hiding something, but Zheng Qiuyi told her they had come to call her to dinner.
• Lin Li fed two Tiger Head Bee larvae to Little White Cat and Little Black Cat, then went to Xia Qing’s home.
• Lin Li offered Zhou Tongtong some bee larvae, and she recoiled in fright at the wriggling bugs.

Lin Li gave Zhou Tongtong bee pupae and fried some for himself while waiting for a delayed food delivery. At the Ability Management Bureau, Zhu Daqi confessed his connection to Chen Xiaoyan and revealed that he had tracked Lin Li on Liu Menglong’s orders.

• Lin Li gave Zhou Tongtong a bag of bee pupae, and Xia Qing promised to fry some for her after dinner.
• Lin Li fried bee pupae and ate them while waiting for his takeout, which arrived late after someone stole the delivery guy’s first order.
• Liu Jialin questioned Zhu Daqi about Chen Xiaoyan, and he admitted that he knew her after learning she had died.
• Zhu Daqi told Liu Jialin everything he knew about Chen Xiaoyan and confessed that he had installed a tracker beneath Lin Li’s van and followed him on Liu Menglong’s orders.
• Liu Jialin was stunned when Zhu Daqi revealed that he had been tracking Lin Li.

After Liu Jialin questioned Zhu Daqi, she decided to investigate Chen Xiaoyan, Wang Hao, and Liu Menglong before contacting Lin Li. Lin Li fed two stray cats, learned Zhang Yuxi needed the remaining pearls, and chose to travel to Dongwu City to collect them before hunting exotic beasts in the Spirit Realm.

• Liu Jialin finished questioning Zhu Daqi, ordered Zhang Xiao to arrange his detention, and decided to investigate the victims and Liu Menglong before calling Lin Li.
• Lin Li fed Little Black Cat and Little White Cat sausages and fried bee pupae as he left his residential complex.
• Zhang Yuxi told Lin Li that her friend had received and approved the first batch of pearls, then asked about the remaining two hundred thousand.
• Lin Li promised Zhang Yuxi he would bring the remaining pearls to her shop the next morning and decided to collect them from Liu Yun in Dongwu City.
• Lin Li concluded that rain would make hunting in the wilderness difficult, so he chose to hunt exotic beasts in the Spirit Realm and vanished with his van.

Su Chen brought Su Yue to the Capital City Psionic Energy Research Institute, where Wu Xiaoxuan examined her but could not identify why her seal was loosening. When Wu Xiaoxuan tried to reinforce it, Su Yue’s Dantian triggered an unexpected surge that accelerated the seal’s collapse, and Wu Xiaoxuan insisted she could handle it.

• Su Chen, Zheng Qiuyi, and Su Yue traveled to the Capital City Psionic Energy Research Institute to have Wu Xiaoxuan examine Su Yue.
• Wu Xiaoxuan put Su Yue to sleep and used diagnostic instruments, but found no serious abnormality or cause for the seal loosening.
• Su Chen and Zheng Qiuyi asked Wu Xiaoxuan to reinforce the seal despite the unexplained problem.
• Wu Xiaoxuan formed a golden sphere of Spiritual Energy and sent it toward Su Yue’s Dantian.
• An invisible force field blocked the sphere as Su Yue’s Dantian glowed, absorbed Spiritual Energy, and caused the seal to collapse faster; Wu Xiaoxuan refused Su Chen’s offer to help.