Chapter Summaries

Wang Jing, Lu Qian, and Liu Yun fought the Man in Black Mask after he used a Spirit Burst Pill to reach Second-Order Peak, while Lin Li spent the Mid-Autumn Festival eating and watching a puppet show. Su Yue unknowingly awakened a power that suspended water around a fountain, and the Man in Black Mask escaped Wang Jing’s pursuit with help from his partner.

• The Man in Black Mask appeared at Second-Order Peak after taking a Spirit Burst Pill, and Wang Jing warned Lu Qian and Liu Yun that his power would not last.
• Wang Jing attacked the Man in Black Mask, who unleashed vines across the area, forcing Lu Qian and Liu Yun to clear them while the battle raged.
• Lin Li watched Miss Zhao animate her puppets, then bought a roasted Giant Deep-Sea Squid and exchanged messages with Su Yue.
• Su Yue’s Spiritual Energy awakened while she rested by a fountain, lifting its water into the air before a phone call startled her and she left to rejoin her parents.
• Wang Jing injured the Man in Black Mask, but he ran toward his partner and used his vines to keep Wang Jing from catching him.

The Ability Management Bureau drove off two Azure Society members, but the Man in White Mask escaped with his wounded partner and called for help. The next morning, Lin Li returned to the Spirit Realm to hunt, unaware that a parrot had spotted him and flown off.

• Deputy Director Zhang destroyed the vine jungle and struck the escaping Azure Society members, but they recombined into blood mist and fled east using Blood Mist Escape.
• The Man in White Mask landed near Yuwan Town with severe injuries, found the Man in Black Mask alive but unconscious, and called an Azure Society companion for support.
• Li Ying received orders to rescue the wounded members and traveled overnight to Yuwan Town; his superior said Deacon Zhang had stopped pursuing Lin Li after learning Lin Li had Second-Order Peak cultivation.
• Lin Li accepted buns from Zhou Tongtong, then entered the Spirit Realm and searched the mountains for prey while recalling the Iron Beak Crimson Eye Eagle.
• A parrot watched Lin Li appear in the mountains, then flew away in a certain direction.

Lin Li used Su Yue’s Flying Spirit Tool and Spirit Fruits to defeat the Iron Beak Crimson Eye Eagle exotic beast and resumed hunting, while Li Ying found and began caring for two injured organization members hiding near Yuwan Town. The eagle fled, and Li Ying planned to keep the men hidden until the Ability Management Bureau’s search died down.

• Lin Li used the Flying Spirit Tool to pursue the Iron Beak Crimson Eye Eagle exotic beast and wounded it with a barrage of Azure Wind Blades.
• Lin Li ate Spirit Fruits to replenish his Spiritual Energy, then frightened the wounded eagle into fleeing before his borrowed Flying Spirit Tool ran out.
• Lin Li put away the Flying Spirit Tool and continued deeper into the mountains, while a Green-feathered Parrot followed him.
• Li Ying found the Man in White Mask and the unconscious Man in Black Mask, then gave the injured man medicine, food, and water.
• Li Ying told the Man in White Mask they would remain hidden in the woods until the Ability Management Bureau’s search subsided, and he left to buy tents.

Lin Li hunted a heavily armored black bear, then caught a giant grass carp for lunch while an unseen parrot watched him. On Blue Star, Su Yue bought local specialties, sent Lin Li a message about them, and learned she had to attend another banquet with her parents that evening.

• Lin Li defeated a huge black bear by exploiting its fear of fire and stored the carcass, bringing his morning hunt to five second-order exotic beasts and the fruit's ripening progress to forty-two percent.
• A giant grass carp leaped from the river at Lin Li, but he subdued it and prepared the fish for lunch as a green-feathered parrot watched from a tree.
• Su Yue met Liu Sanjin while shopping for local specialties, followed him to his family's shop, and accepted a fifty-percent discount after refusing to take the goods for free.
• Su Yue returned home, photographed the local specialties, and messaged someone to ask whether she should mail them or wait for him to collect them.
• Zheng Qiuyi told Su Yue that she had to attend a banquet with her parents that evening, and Su Yue reluctantly accepted.

Su Yue’s sealed Dantian briefly stirred while she slept, but the golden threads contained its power. In the Spirit Realm, Lin Li ambushed a newly advanced Green-Eyed Lion, pursued it until a Black Giant Ape joined the fight, then retreated while the two beasts remained behind.

• Su Yue fell asleep after drinking her orange juice, and her Spiritual Energy triggered an Invisible Force Field before a golden-thread seal restrained her Dantian and stopped the disturbance.
• Lin Li finished lunch and went into the mountains to hunt after hearing roars nearby.
• The aging Green-Eyed Lion broke through to the Second-Order Peak, but Lin Li struck it with an Azure Wind Blade while it was recovering.
• Lin Li attacked the Green-Eyed Lion with wind blades and a fireball, while it summoned stone monsters and fled.
• The Green-Eyed Lion led Lin Li into the territory of the Black Giant Ape, which attacked and offered the lion help against him.
• Lin Li chose to retreat rather than fight two Second-Order Peak beasts, and the Black Giant Ape pursued him while the Green-Eyed Lion stayed behind.

Lin Li fought off a pursuing black giant ape, which later joined the Green-Eyed Lion in seeking a powerful lord’s help against him. In Rong City, Zhou Tongtong visited a renovated park with Xiaobai and Xiaohei, but a park administrator approached after she fed the goldfish.

• Lin Li used fireballs and a remotely controlled giant wind blade to injure the black giant ape and force it to flee.
• The black giant ape met the Green-Eyed Lion, and they agreed to seek a powerful lord’s help in taking revenge on Lin Li.
• Zhou Tongtong left Ping'an Garden Residential Area with Xiaobai and Xiaohei to visit the nearby park and see its goldfish.
• Zhou Tongtong fed corn kernels to the goldfish, and Xiaobai warned her that an elderly park administrator was coming to reprimand her.

Zhou Tongtong protected Little White Cat and Little Black Cat from a swarm of bees, then recovered her strength by absorbing Spiritual Energy. Meanwhile, a sudden storm forced Lin Li to stop hunting in the mountains, leaving him to return the next day.

• Zhou Tongtong chased butterflies in the park while Little White Cat and Little Black Cat caught them for her.
• After the kittens disturbed the bees, a swarm attacked them, but Zhou Tongtong’s Spiritual Energy stopped the bees and made them leave.
• Zhou Tongtong grew exhausted and rested with the kittens, then regained her energy as she absorbed Spiritual Energy from the air.
• Qin Muqing gathered the courtyard clothes as a violent storm swept across Dongwu City and worried about Lin Li.
• Lin Li stored the eleven exotic beasts he had hunted, took shelter in a cave, and decided to resume hunting the next day.

Lin Li checked the growing miraculous fruit, prepared food, and arranged to pick up Su Yue when she returned to Rong City. Meanwhile, Zhou Tongtong brought Little White and Little Black home to wait out the rain, and the kittens gradually relaxed in her family’s care.

• Lin Li saw that the miraculous fruit had reached forty-eight percent ripeness, harvested fresh vegetables, and later steamed corn while waiting for takeout.
• Zhou Tongtong brought Little White and Little Black to her home to shelter from the rain, and Xia Qing welcomed them inside and gave them milk.
• Lin Li agreed to pick Su Yue up at Rong City Airport, prompting Su Yue to change her travel plans and tell Zheng Qiuyi she would fly there directly.
• Xia Qing served Zhou Tongtong tomato and egg noodles and prepared diced meat for the kittens.
• Little Black began eating the meat eagerly, and Little White scolded it to leave some; both kittens became more comfortable in Zhou Tongtong’s home.

Zhou Tongtong escorted Little White and Little Black home after they visited her, while Lin Li went out after the rain stopped. In Yuwan Town, Li Ying sheltered two injured Azure Society members from a downpour and resolved to keep their hiding place secret from the Ability Management Bureau.

• Zhou Tongtong told Xia Qing that Little White and Little Black had helped her catch butterflies, then released them before the rain.
• Zhou Tongtong escorted the two kittens downstairs, where they encountered Lin Li and hid warily behind her.
• After the rain stopped, Lin Li returned home while Little White and Little Black played outside.
• Li Ying returned to the remote mountainside with camping supplies, fed Man in White Mask, and injected nutritional fluid into the unconscious Man in Black Mask.
• As the rain intensified, Li Ying helped Man in White Mask into a tent and decided the three Azure Society members had to avoid leaving any trace for local investigators.

The Crimson Poison Scorpion agreed to organize an ambush against Lin Li, hoping to win favor with its sleeping leader. In Capital City, Su Yue booked a flight back to Rong City and arranged for Lin Li to pick her up the next day.

• The Black Giant Ape and Green-Eyed Lion reached the Crimson Poison Scorpion's cave and reported that Lin Li had attacked them while hunting in their territory.
• The Crimson Poison Scorpion learned that Lin Li had awakened two abilities and proposed gathering other beasts to surround and kill him without waking the leader.
• The Crimson Poison Scorpion sent a subordinate to contact the beasts it wanted for the ambush, hoping the leader would reward it when it awoke.
• Su Yue returned from a banquet, booked a flight to Rong City for the next day, and sent her arrival time to Lin Li.
• Lin Li promised Su Yue that he would pick her up at the airport on time.

Su Yue’s Dantian briefly released Spiritual Energy while she slept, prompting Su Chen and Zheng Qiuyi to worry about the seal and give her a spirit-artifact jade bangle for protection. Su Yue arrived safely in Rong City, where Lin Li picked her up and drove her to find lunch.

• Su Yue fell asleep, and a pale golden Spiritual Light emerged from her Dantian, lifting objects around her room.
• Su Chen and Zheng Qiuyi checked on Su Yue but found no Spiritual Energy fluctuation, then decided to add protection to her seal.
• Su Chen gave Su Yue a jade bangle that he said could complement her seal, and she left for the airport wearing it.
• Su Yue arrived in Rong City and called Zheng Qiuyi to say she had landed safely.
• Lin Li picked up Su Yue, complimented her jade bangle, and drove with her toward the city center to find lunch.

Lin Li and Su Yue shared a meal and discussed her health, holiday plans, and Lin Li’s work, while Lin Li concealed how wealthy he had become and his real goal of hunting exotic beasts. They left the restaurant after agreeing that Su Yue would teach Lin Li to make white-cut chicken.

• Lin Li checked that Su Yue had experienced no more abnormal symptoms since her medical examination in Capital City.
• Su Yue told Lin Li that construction delays had postponed the reopening of Wang Ling’s flower shop until near the National Day holiday.
• Lin Li and Su Yue discussed their holiday plans, and Su Yue urged Lin Li to take his delivery work more seriously and offered to find him another job.
• Lin Li reassured Su Yue that he would work harder, while privately resolving to focus on hunting exotic beasts and becoming stronger.
• Lin Li served Su Yue soup and other dishes, and they agreed he would bring a Sanhuang chicken to her home so she could teach him to cook it.
• Lin Li and Su Yue finished their meal and left the restaurant more than an hour later.

Lin Li and Su Yue shared ice cream after the shop employee gave Su Yue a larger serving, while Zhou Tongtong went to the park with Little White Cat and Little Black Cat to gather material for her essay. At the fish pond, Zhou Tongtong used her ability to draw the goldfish to her hand and play with them.

• Lin Li borrowed Su Yue’s Flying Spirit Tool for a few more days, and she agreed without realizing he wanted it for protection from flying beasts.
• Lin Li and Su Yue bought ice cream, and he complained that the employee had given her a much larger serving; Su Yue offered to share hers.
• Zhou Tongtong told Xia Qing she was going to the park to gather material for her unfinished essay, and Xia Qing retied her hair before she left.
• Zhou Tongtong went to the park with Little White Cat and Little Black Cat, promising to include them in her essay and deciding to look at the goldfish first.
• Zhou Tongtong dipped her hand into the pond and used her ability to gather the goldfish around her as they touched her fingers.

Zhou Tongtong escaped the park administrator and negotiated with a swarm of bees so she and the two cats could catch butterflies among the flower beds. Meanwhile, Lin Li brought Su Yue home; after she fell asleep, an Invisible Force Field spread through her house, making clocks and furniture behave strangely.

• Little White Cat sensed the park administrator approaching, so Zhou Tongtong and the two cats fled the fish pond before he arrived.
• Zhou Tongtong approached the bees and used her Spiritual Energy to negotiate permission to catch butterflies; the bees agreed, and both sides carried on peacefully.
• Lin Li drove Su Yue to Happiness Garden and handed her a gift bag of local specialties from Capital City.
• Su Yue returned home, changed into a nightgown, and quickly fell asleep without unpacking her suitcase.
• An Invisible Force Field spread from sleeping Su Yue and enveloped the house, causing the clock to go out of sync and objects to float.

Su Yue’s Spiritual Energy threatened to spread her Invisible Force Field beyond her home until Wu Xiaoxuan’s seal and her jade bracelet subdued it, though the clash was expected to recur. Elsewhere, Lin Li drove Zhou Tongtong home and gave her pastries, while Spiritual Energy gathered around her as she slept.

• Su Yue’s Invisible Force Field began spreading toward neighboring homes, but Wu Xiaoxuan’s seal appeared and forced it to retreat as Su Yue’s Dantian fought back.
• Su Yue’s jade bracelet activated and strengthened the seal, calming her Dantian and ending the clash, though the conflict was expected to happen again.
• Lin Li gave Zhou Tongtong a ride home from the park and offered her pastries from the Capital City.
• Zhou Tongtong shared the pastries with Xia Qing, then went to sleep after eating and drinking.
• Spiritual Energy gathered around Zhou Tongtong as she replenished the energy in her Dantian while sleeping.
• Lin Li made ice with his ability and added it to his Happy Soda for Otaku.

Lin Li noticed that exotic beasts were becoming more active and moving closer to the cities' safe zones. The Ability Management Bureau decided to outsource simple cases to Beast Hunters because it lacked staff, and Liu Jialin called Lin Li to ask him about taking some cases.

• Lin Li browsed the Beast Hunter app and noticed that exotic beasts were appearing closer to the cities' safe zones.
• Liu Jialin told Zhang Xiao that the bureau would increase patrols and outsource simple cases to Beast Hunters because of the staff shortage.
• Liu Jialin decided to recommend Lin Li, whom she trusted for his strength and character, to handle outsourced cases.
• Liu Jialin called Lin Li, who answered at home and asked what she needed.

Lin Li accepted Liu Jialin’s offer to qualify for outsourced cases from the Ability Management Bureau, despite worrying that closer ties to the bureau might expose his secret. Liu Jialin submitted his information for review, then set out with Zhang Xiao on a new mission, while Lin Li spent the evening watching birds and children in his neighborhood.

• Liu Jialin asked Lin Li to take outsourced cases because the Ability Management Bureau was short-handed, and Lin Li agreed after weighing the risks and benefits.
• Liu Jialin confirmed Lin Li’s stated Second-Order High Stage cultivation and began preparing his information for the bureau’s review.
• Liu Jialin emailed Lin Li’s information to a colleague, then received a mission report and left with Zhang Xiao to deal with a group at the scene.
• Lin Li realized he had forgotten to ask about the fees, but decided to bring it up the next time Liu Jialin called.
• Lin Li watched children play under a tree full of birds in Ping'an Garden Residential Area, then laughed when falling bird droppings sent them scattering.

After waking from a nap, Su Yue found objects in her home displaced but nothing missing, then invited Lin Li to dinner when he called about the bee pupae he had saved for her. As they sat together, Lin Li noticed that Su Yue’s expensive wall clock was more than ten minutes behind the television.

• Su Yue woke at 6:05, noticed household items had been moved, and confirmed nothing was missing.
• While making dinner, Su Yue remembered Lin Li’s bee pupae, and Lin Li called to say he would bring them over.
• Su Yue invited Lin Li to eat at her home, and he brought frozen Tiger Head Bee pupae and half a roast duck.
• Su Yue was surprised by the unusually large bee pupae, while Lin Li privately recalled obtaining them in the wilderness.
• Lin Li pointed out that Su Yue’s wall clock differed from the television by more than ten minutes, and Su Yue confirmed the discrepancy.

Lin Li replaced the batteries in Su Yue’s clock, which kept accurate time and spared her from his teasing. During dinner, Su Yue told him that her mother would send oysters for both of them, and Lin Li accepted his share.

• Lin Li replaced the clock’s batteries and set it to match the time on television while Su Yue watched anxiously.
• After fifteen minutes without any discrepancy, Su Yue celebrated that her clock still worked, and Lin Li gave up on teasing her about it.
• Su Yue cooked dinner, and Lin Li praised her fried honeybee larvae.
• Zheng Qiuyi called Su Yue to check that she was still wearing her jade bracelet and said she would send her oysters.
• Su Yue told Lin Li that her mother was sending enough oysters for two people, including a portion for him, and he asked her to thank Zheng Qiuyi.

Li Ying discussed the Azure Society’s failed efforts to improve the Spirit Burst Pill and reported that Lin Li had reached the Second-Order Peak. After a visit with Su Yue ended in an awkward moment over his gaze, Lin Li left wondering why his thoughts had wandered.

• The Man in White Mask told Li Ying that the Azure Society’s research department had spent a year trying and failing to reduce the Spirit Burst Pill’s side effects.
• Li Ying told the Man in White Mask that Lin Li had reached the Second-Order Peak, astonishing him with the young man’s cultivation.
• Su Yue worried that Lin Li was getting sick and suggested they play badminton because he did not exercise enough.
• Su Yue boasted that her natural beauty kept her from getting pimples, and Lin Li accidentally stared below her neck while lost in thought.
• Lin Li left Su Yue’s home, while Su Yue wondered whether the blockhead had finally gotten a clue.