Chapter Summaries

Lin Li entered the Spirit Realm to hunt exotic beasts and make progress toward harvesting the mature magical little fruit, while Su Yue planned to persuade him to exercise with her. After killing a Second-Order Mid Stage purple-haired jackal, Lin Li set off to hunt more prey.

• Lin Li left for the Spirit Realm, determined to spend the week hunting and finish the remaining progress on the magical little fruit.
• Su Yue rode her electric scooter to work and thought about asking Lin Li to play badminton or jog with her.
• Lin Li sensed that Su Yue might cause trouble, but turned his attention to a beast’s roar and headed toward it.
• A purple-haired jackal charged at Lin Li, who dodged its pounce and kicked it into a tree, gravely wounding it.
• The jackal tried to counterattack, but Lin Li killed it with an Azure Wind Blade and stored its corpse in the Mysterious Small Island.
• Lin Li called the jackal his first kill of the day, then sprinted off to search for more prey.

Su Yue returned to school after the Mid-Autumn Festival and chatted with Wang Jiao about family and blind dates. In the Spirit Realm, Lin Li killed a second Boar Beast while the Black Giant Ape and Green-Eyed Lion continued searching for him, unaware that a Black Bat had spotted his trail.

• Su Yue arrived at school, gave her colleagues pastries from the Capital City, and showed Wang Jiao the jade bracelet her father had given her.
• Su Yue told Wang Jiao that her parents had not arranged a blind date, while Wang Jiao complained that her parents had pressured her to go on one.
• Lin Li killed a Second-Order Early Stage Boar Beast, stored it on the Mysterious Small Island, and continued along a trail through the mountains.
• Two Black Bats watched Lin Li; one flew away and the other followed him, while a Green-feathered Parrot watched and anticipated a show.
• The Black Giant Ape and Green-Eyed Lion discussed their failed search for Lin Li, and a Black Bat flew toward them.

Lin Li followed a beast trail until he found a large group of Gray Rabbits and launched a surprise attack, killing many with Azure Wind Blades. A Black Bat secretly tracked him, while the surviving rabbits fled from Lin Li’s pursuit.

• The Black Bat told the Black Giant Ape and Green-Eyed Lion that he had found Lin Li, and they hurried after him.
• Lin Li explored a beast trail for nearly an hour before detecting several First-Order Spiritual Energy fluctuations nearby.
• Lin Li found a large group of Gray Rabbits and quietly repositioned himself to prevent them from escaping into the forest.
• Lin Li fired a barrage of Azure Wind Blades from the forest, killing nearly one-third of the Gray Rabbits.
• The surviving Gray Rabbits scattered as Lin Li pursued them and continued attacking with Wind Blades.

Lin Li slaughtered a large Gray Rabbit group, then continued hunting and made lunch from a rabbit juvenile. Back in Dongwu City, Qin Muqing spent her last coins on pickled vegetables and wondered where Lin Li had gone, while the smell of his cooking drew hungry exotic beasts toward him.

• Lin Li ambushed a Gray Rabbit group, killed more than half of them, and stored the dead rabbits in the Mysterious Small Island.
• Lin Li returned to the beast-trampled path to continue exploring as a terrified Black Bat watched him from a distance.
• Qin Muqing bought several kinds of pickled vegetables with her remaining money and wondered when Lin Li would return.
• Lin Li hunted through the morning, then camped in the woods and roasted a Gray Rabbit juvenile for lunch.
• The aroma of Lin Li's roasted rabbit spread through the mountain region, drawing hungry exotic beasts toward his camp.

Lin Li fought off beasts drawn by his cooking while the Black Giant Ape and Green-Eyed Lion searched for him from a distance. On Blue Star, Wang Cui approved Lin Li for outsourced cases through Liu Jialin, who could not reach him; back in the Spirit Realm, approaching storm clouds threatened to end Lin Li’s hunt.

• Lin Li drew several First-Order Peak beasts to his camp with the smell of roasted rabbit and attacked them with his Spirit Artifact Longsword.
• A Black Bat tracked Lin Li’s location and reported it to the Black Giant Ape and Green-Eyed Lion, who set off to observe him from afar.
• Wang Cui reviewed Lin Li’s record and approved his eligibility for outsourced cases after Liu Jialin vouched for him.
• Liu Jialin received the stamped approval document, asked a colleague to process Lin Li’s qualification certificate, and failed to reach him by phone.
• After killing the beasts, Lin Li saw dark clouds and lightning approaching and worried that the rain would cut his hunting short.

A sudden storm cut short Lin Li’s hunting, and the Black Giant Ape and Green-Eyed Lion learned that he could vanish before ordering two Black Bats to watch the spot where he disappeared. Back on the Mysterious Small Island, Lin Li expanded his farmland, while Qin Muqing hurried to bring in quilts as rain approached Dongwu City.

• Lin Li escaped the storm by returning to the Mysterious Small Island, and the Black Bats told the Black Giant Ape and Green-Eyed Lion that he had vanished.
• The Black Giant Ape and Green-Eyed Lion confirmed Lin Li had been at the campsite and ordered the Black Bats to report if he appeared there again.
• A parrot watched the Black Bats as the Black Giant Ape and Green-Eyed Lion discussed Lin Li’s disappearance, then heavy rain swept across the mountain range.
• Lin Li saw the miraculous little fruit’s maturation progress had risen from forty-eight to fifty-six percent and began expanding his farmland.
• Qin Muqing ate rice porridge and pickles for dinner, then rushed outside to bring in the quilts as thunder and strong winds arrived.

Lin Li finished reclaiming farmland on the Mysterious Small Island, then learned from Liu Jialin that his review had passed and his outsourced-case qualification certificate would be ready the next day. He met Liu Jialin for hotpot, bringing her a bag of giant strawberries, while Wang Jing prepared to lead a team on a confidential mission.

• A storm frightened Qin Muqing at home, and she worried about when Mr. Lin would return.
• Lin Li finished reclaiming nearly one thousand square meters of farmland on the Mysterious Small Island and returned home with fresh giant strawberries.
• Lin Li called Liu Jialin, learned that his review had passed, and arranged to treat her to dinner; he packed her a bag of strawberries.
• Wang Jing told Liu Jialin she would lead a team on a mission that night but kept its details confidential.
• Lin Li met Liu Jialin outside a hotpot restaurant, and they went inside to eat.

Su Yue invited Lin Li over to eat oysters, but he arranged to come later after dinner with Liu Jialin, who explained how he could take outsourced cases through the Ability Management Bureau. Meanwhile, Wang Jing’s team prepared to ambush an illegal gathering and requested reinforcements after discovering more outlaws than expected.

• Su Yue received the oysters her mother had shipped and invited Lin Li to come over, so they agreed to make them a late-night snack.
• Lin Li and Liu Jialin ordered hot pot, and she explained that he could select outsourced cases on the Ability Management Bureau’s website after collecting his qualification certificate.
• Lin Li learned that outsourced cases paid varying compensation and planned to collect his certificate the next morning.
• Wang Jing and her investigators took positions near a pond to watch for the outlaws expected to gather there.
• Wang Jing discovered that the first group of outlaws was larger than anticipated and ordered an investigator to request reinforcements from headquarters.

Lin Li brought Liu Jialin strawberries before she rushed off to an urgent Ability Management Bureau assignment, then visited Su Yue with another bag of strawberries. They ate together, discussed an approaching typhoon and autumn shopping, and Su Yue denied repeating her familiar excuse for buying new clothes.

• Liu Jialin received an urgent call from the Ability Management Bureau, and Lin Li asked her to wait while he fetched strawberries for her before she drove away.
• Lin Li visited Su Yue and gave her strawberries, then offered to bring her more whenever he went to the fruit market.
• Su Yue ate strawberries with Lin Li while they watched a typhoon report, and she began coughing after speaking with her mouth full.
• Lin Li and Su Yue discussed shopping for autumn clothes, and Lin Li pointed out that Su Yue had used the same sales-promotion excuse the previous year.
• Su Yue denied having repeated herself, and Lin Li could not prove otherwise.

Wang Jing led investigators to raid an illicit trade between two groups of outlaws, but the bearded middle-aged man used his Muddy Swamp ability to trap them and help the criminals flee. Wang Jing escaped with her colleagues’ help and caught up to the bearded man, ordering him to stop.

• A fierce-looking robust man argued with the late middle-aged man with a stubbly beard before both sides inspected the artifacts and spiritual stones for their trade.
• Investigators led by Wang Jing surrounded the traders, and Wang Jing ordered them to surrender while her Second-Order Peak spiritual energy frightened the outlaws.
• The middle-aged man with a stubbly beard urged the criminals to scatter and used his Muddy Swamp ability to trap Wang Jing and the investigators.
• An investigator used giant golden hands to hurl Wang Jing out of the swamp, and the other investigators followed as she began pursuing the fleeing outlaws.
• Wang Jing caught up to the middle-aged man with a stubbly beard and told him to stop, frightening him as he turned to look at her.

Wang Jing defeated and captured the bearded middle-aged man after he resisted arrest and tried to escape with his swamp ability. Liu Jialin intercepted another fleeing criminal and fought him to a standstill, while his spirit artifact gauntlet weakened her awakened ability.

• Wang Jing dodged the bearded middle-aged man's swamp ability, struck him down, and kicked him when he continued screaming.
• Wang Jing told the bespectacled investigator to handcuff the injured criminal and ran after another target.
• Liu Jialin waited in hiding near the encirclement and ambushed a fleeing, muscular criminal.
• Liu Jialin revealed she was an investigator and attacked the Second-Order Mid Stage criminal, who narrowly avoided her shockwave-wrapped punch.
• The criminal put on a spirit artifact gauntlet that weakened Liu Jialin's ability, and they fought for more than two hundred exchanges before taking a break.

Wang Jing and Liu Jialin captured the last fugitive, completing their operation. Elsewhere, a stranded Red-horned Purple-scaled Lizard Exotic Beast avoided a territorial battle, while the Golden Monkey Exotic Beast tried to recruit the wary Gray Rhinoceros Exotic Beast for another plan against humans.

• Wang Jing crippled the vicious-looking burly man's right hand, and he surrendered after Liu Jialin warned her to hold back.
• Wang Jing learned that her colleagues had captured the other fugitives, and she and Liu Jialin took the burly man back to meet them.
• The Red-horned Purple-scaled Lizard Exotic Beast caught and ate sika deer, buried the leftovers in its swamp, and ignored a distant battle between exotic beasts.
• After the Gray Rhinoceros Exotic Beast's latest territorial fight ended in a draw, the Golden Monkey Exotic Beast approached it to propose cooperation.
• The Gray Rhinoceros Exotic Beast objected to targeting humans again, but the Golden Monkey Exotic Beast claimed it had a detailed plan to teach them a lesson.

A jade tablet in Zhao Tianfu’s laboratory awakened and opened a Spatial Rift in the wilderness near Rong City, flooding the surrounding area with Spiritual Energy. The Golden Monkey Exotic Beast and Gray Rhinoceros Exotic Beast sensed the surge, while the rift continued to expand.

• The Golden Monkey Exotic Beast urged the Gray Rhinoceros Exotic Beast to join a revenge plan against humans, but the Gray Rhinoceros Exotic Beast refused and advised it to focus on cultivation.
• The Golden Monkey Exotic Beast and Gray Rhinoceros Exotic Beast sensed Spiritual Energy rapidly increasing and searched for its cause.
• The jade tablet in Zhao Tianfu’s unattended laboratory began glowing, vibrating, and revealing clear patterns as the two security guards investigated its noise but decided not to report it.
• The jade tablet emitted Spiritual Energy fluctuations that distorted space and formed a Spatial Rift in the sky dozens of kilometers from the Spiritual Energy Research Institute.
• The Spatial Rift rapidly grew to more than one hundred meters and released vast amounts of Spiritual Energy, raising its concentration across the surrounding wilderness.

A massive Spatial Rift opened over the wilderness near Rong City, pouring out Spiritual Energy and drawing the attention of Exotic Beasts, Cultivators, Beast Hunters, and the Ability Management Bureau. As reports spread and investigators mobilized, the city prepared to investigate the extraordinary phenomenon.

• Investigators on Rong City's outskirts noticed the free Spiritual Energy concentration rising and reported the anomaly to their superiors.
• The Spatial Rift stopped expanding after reaching more than ten kilometers in length and over twenty meters in width, while Spiritual Energy spread toward the city.
• The Gray Rhinoceros Exotic Beast and Golden Monkey Exotic Beast saw the rift, speculated that it might bring treasure, and hurried toward its core area as other powerful Exotic Beasts converged there.
• Lin Li sensed the rising Spiritual Energy while eating with Su Yue, and Beast Hunters began discussing sightings of the rift on the Beast Hunter app.
• The Ability Management Bureau ordered its investigators to proceed to the rift and wait for instructions, and Liu Jialin and Wang Jing drove toward the site.

Lin Li and many Cultivators headed into the wilds after a gigantic Spatial Rift appeared above Rong City, while Su Yue’s sealed Dantian began cultivating in her sleep. The chapter leaves humans and Exotic Beasts converging on the rift’s core area as they search for treasures and prepare for possible conflict.

• Lin Li left Su Yue’s home, learned from the Beast Hunter app about the rift, and drove toward the wilds.
• Lin Li saw the enormous rift from the safe zone and suspected it connected Blue Star to the Spirit Realm before running into the wilds.
• Su Yue fell asleep as her Dantian absorbed the rising Spiritual Energy without triggering the seal, quietly building strength.
• Cultivators across Rong City began cultivating or traveled toward the rift, while the Ability Management Bureau sent investigators into the wilds.
• The Gray Rhinoceros Exotic Beast and the Golden Monkey Exotic Beast split up to search the rift’s core area for treasures as powerful Exotic Beasts approached.
• Rong City Ability Management Bureau investigators reached the area closest to the rift and watched it solemnly.

Lin Li headed toward the enormous Spatial Rift while humans and exotic beasts agreed to avoid fighting until they understood the danger. As investigators gathered beneath the rift, Wang Jing began explaining why the retired old director had once challenged Third-Order exotic beasts, leaving the reason tied to a wager.

• The Ability Management Bureau's deputy director and the leading Third-Order exotic beast agreed that neither side would attack while the Spatial Rift's effects remained unknown.
• Lin Li used a helmet lamp to travel through the dark wilderness and considered hunting the exotic beasts gathering near the rift.
• A powerful Third-Order Initial Stage beast roared an order that sent its underlings retreating, so Lin Li chose to observe rather than hunt.
• Liu Jialin asked Wang Jing about the Spirit Realm's moon, and Wang Jing said its special nature was known through higher-level records.
• Wang Jing confirmed that the retired old director had once beaten a Third-Order exotic beast and said he had done so after making a bet with someone.

During the Spatial Rift’s appearance, the Red-horned Purple-scaled Lizard Exotic Beast tried to reach the sky and return to the Spirit Realm, while the Golden Monkey Exotic Beast found a spatially charged stone. Lin Li headed toward a roar in search of a hunt, bringing him toward the two beasts as they confronted each other.

• Wang Jing told Liu Jialin that Su Chen was likely the person who had bet with the retired old director, while investigators kept watch over the calm Spatial Rift.
• The Red-horned Purple-scaled Lizard Exotic Beast woke in the swamp, saw the Spatial Rift, and rushed toward its core area despite being unable to fly.
• Lin Li spotted Third-Order Exotic Beasts confronting Ability Management Bureau investigators, avoided getting closer, and later turned back toward the safe zone when he found no beasts to hunt.
• The Golden Monkey Exotic Beast ignored the order to withdraw, found a gray stone that emitted spatial fluctuations, and left the core area with it.
• The Golden Monkey Exotic Beast ran into the Red-horned Purple-scaled Lizard Exotic Beast, and the two stopped to size each other up as Lin Li approached after hearing a roar.

The Golden Monkey Exotic Beast and the Red-horned Purple-scaled Lizard Exotic Beast fought over a mistaken suspicion about a gray stone, then realized neither had meant to steal it. Lin Li killed the wounded Golden Monkey Exotic Beast and took the stone, but he did not know what it was.

• The Golden Monkey Exotic Beast attacked the Red-horned Purple-scaled Lizard Exotic Beast after mistaking its curiosity about the gray stone for an attempt to steal it.
• The two Exotic Beasts fought across the wilderness, while Lin Li and other onlookers followed or avoided the battle.
• The Red-horned Purple-scaled Lizard Exotic Beast and the Golden Monkey Exotic Beast realized their fight had been caused by a misunderstanding and stopped fighting.
• The Red-horned Purple-scaled Lizard Exotic Beast left for the core region, and Lin Li ambushed and killed the injured Golden Monkey Exotic Beast.
• Lin Li took the gray stone from the Golden Monkey Exotic Beast and wondered what it was.

After Lin Li left the battlefield with the gray stone and Golden Monkey Exotic Beast's body, the Spatial Rift disappeared, easing tensions between humans and Exotic Beasts. The Gray Rhinoceros Exotic Beast found traces of its missing friend but no sign of him, so it set off to seek help despite the danger of crossing other beasts’ territories.

• Lin Li stored the gray stone and Golden Monkey Exotic Beast's corpse on the Mysterious Small Island and headed back toward the safe zone.
• Cultivators gathered at the battlefield, then watched as the Spatial Rift rapidly shrank and vanished.
• Liu Jialin and Wang Jing discussed the city's vulnerability, while the Ability Management Bureau's deputy director ordered the events reported and more monitoring spirit devices deployed.
• The Gray Rhinoceros Exotic Beast used Olfactory Tracking to find the Golden Monkey Exotic Beast's bloodstained trail, but could not locate its friend.
• The Gray Rhinoceros Exotic Beast decided to seek help in the depths of the wilderness, risking battles as it crossed other Exotic Beasts' territories.

Lin Li returned home after visiting the wilderness during the Spatial Rift, while Su Yue woke from a dream of cultivation and unknowingly gained Spiritual Energy. The next morning, Zhao Tianfu learned about the rift and discovered that his laboratory’s jade tablet might have made noise during the night.

• Lin Li drove back to his residential complex after the Spatial Rift vanished and found Little White Cat and Little Black Cat playing outside.
• Su Yue woke after her Dantian absorbed Spiritual Energy, briefly wondered about her dream of being a powerful Cultivator, and went back to sleep.
• A security officer told Zhao Tianfu that someone had heard noise in his laboratory during the night, and Zhao found everything unchanged except for the jade tablet that he suspected had made the sound.
• A colleague told Zhao Tianfu that a massive Spatial Rift had appeared and raised Spiritual Energy levels across the city, which Zhao had missed because he was testing a sleep-promoting spiritual artifact.
• Zhao Tianfu learned that the rift connected to the Spirit Realm and felt relieved when his colleague confirmed that no powerful exotic beasts had emerged.