Chapter Summaries

Zhao Tianfu traced the strange sounds in his laboratory to the jade tablet and began testing it, while Lin Li set out to have a gray stone identified and hunt in the Spirit Realm. After learning that several Third-Order exotic beasts had appeared in the wilderness, Lin Li felt a greater urgency to reach the Third Order.

• Zhao Tianfu confirmed that the jade tablet had made the sounds heard by security guards and took it for further testing.
• Lin Li stored the cakes Xia Qing gave him in the Mysterious Small Island and went to the Ability Management Bureau.
• Lin Li obtained a qualification certificate for accepting outsourced cases after verifying his identity and fingerprint.
• Liu Jialin spoke with Lin Li about the previous night's rise in Spiritual Energy and warned him about the Third-Order exotic beasts in the wilderness.
• Lin Li left for the Psionic Energy Research Institute to have his gray stone identified before heading to the Spirit Realm to hunt.

Lin Li had a rare spatial crystal appraised and learned that making a storage spirit artifact would cost at least fifty million yuan in labor. Meanwhile, Elder Chen examined Zhao Tianfu’s jade tablet, which activated by itself, but its unusual behavior remained unexplained.

• Lin Li brought a gray stone to the Psionic Energy Research Institute, where Elder Chen crushed it and found a spatial crystal inside.
• Elder Chen confirmed that the crystal could be used to make a storage spirit artifact, and Lin Li paid the appraisal fee and kept it.
• Elder Chen told Lin Li that the institute could make a storage spirit artifact for him, but the labor fee alone was fifty million yuan.
• Zhao Tianfu summoned Elder Chen to examine a jade tablet that activated automatically, although the institute’s instruments had revealed nothing unusual.
• Elder Chen used his awakened ability to inspect the jade tablet.

Lin Li learned that the spatial crystal might be worth a fortune and planned to hunt in the Spirit Realm, but torrential rain forced him to postpone the trip. Meanwhile, the Red-horned Purple-scaled Lizard mourned the vanished Spatial Rift and decided to find a way to fly, while Zhao Tianfu remained baffled by the jade tablet’s analysis.

• Elder Chen used his ability on the jade tablet and found that it appeared to be made of ordinary jade, puzzling Zhao Tianfu.
• Lin Li searched for the spatial crystal’s market price, guessed it could be worth seventy or eighty million, stored it on the Mysterious Small Island, and planned to hunt in the Spirit Realm.
• The Red-horned Purple-scaled Lizard grieved over the vanished Spatial Rift, ate a Boar Beast, and resolved to learn how to fly before the road home appeared again.
• Lin Li entered the Spirit Realm but found it dark and stormy, so he returned to the Mysterious Small Island and postponed his hunt.
• After showering, Lin Li took out his qualification certificate and turned on the television to learn about taking outsourced cases from the Ability Management Bureau.

Lin Li installed the Ability Management Bureau’s Temporary Worker software, reviewed its missions, and accepted one to try after lunch. Meanwhile, Little White Cat and Little Black Cat swam in a park lake, while Zhou Tongtong dreamed of them and unexpectedly spoke into their minds.

• Lin Li completed the software’s identity checks, reviewed its missions and rewards, and accepted one before lunch.
• Little White Cat and Little Black Cat crossed the road to a park, slipped through the lakeside railings, and warmed up before swimming.
• The two cats enjoyed swimming in the lake, and Little Black Cat decided to try catching a fish.
• Zhou Tongtong dreamed of the cats swimming and called out to warn them not to go too far.
• Little White Cat and Little Black Cat heard Zhou Tongtong’s voice in their minds but could not see her on the shore.

Police officers Old Wang and a rookie were ambushed while surveilling criminals in an urban village, before the Ability Management Bureau investigator arrived. The criminals captured and interrogated them, and their leader broke Old Wang’s ribs while threatening the rookie.

• At Rongxi Primary School, Zhou Tongtong woke Wang Duoduo and urged her to sleep earlier so she could focus in class.
• Old Wang and a rookie police officer discussed waiting for an Ability Management Bureau investigator to help arrest the criminals hiding in the urban village.
• After learning an investigator would arrive before two-thirty, Old Wang and the rookie were knocked unconscious by the golden-haired criminal called Second Brother and carried to a warehouse.
• The criminals tied the officers to chairs and woke them with cold water while their burly leader approached.
• Old Wang urged the criminals to surrender, but their leader kicked him hard enough to break several ribs, then threatened the enraged rookie.

A gang leader interrogated the captive Police officers Xiao Wu and Old Wang, then ordered a frightened underling to shoot Xiao Wu. As the underling’s shot missed, a mysterious figure appeared at the warehouse’s rear entrance, leaving the gang’s fate unresolved.

• The burly gang leader tortured Old Wang until Xiao Wu revealed that the Police had watched the gang for half a month and that Ability Management Bureau investigators would arrive at eight-thirty.
• The burly gang leader decided to kill the officers and forced a thin underling to point a gun at Xiao Wu.
• The thin underling fired, but his shot grazed Xiao Wu’s ear and struck the wall.
• A loud crash sounded at the warehouse’s rear entrance, and everyone turned to see a figure standing in the doorway.

Lin Li entered a thieves’ hideout alone and rescued two officers who had been captured while investigating the gang. After defeating the criminals and learning that the officers were the people he had been scheduled to meet, he handed the case over to them and gave injured Old Wang Healing Ointment.

• After the scheduled officer failed to appear, Lin Li went to the hideout on his own and heard cries of pain coming from a warehouse.
• Lin Li forced open the warehouse doors and found Officer Xiao Wu and Old Wang tied up among the criminals.
• When the blond man’s awakened ability failed to affect him, Lin Li struck the burly leader down with one blow and made the gang surrender.
• Lin Li freed the officers and discovered they were the police officers he had been waiting to meet.
• Xiao Wu called the station to request backup, and Lin Li gave Old Wang Healing Ointment for his injuries.

Lin Li completed a Bureau task and set out to take on another, while the two spiritually awakened cats returned home and waited for Zhou Tongtong. At an intersection, Su Yue and Wang Jiao faced a speeding sports car, and Su Yue's Spiritual Energy erupted just before it struck them.

• Lin Li treated Old Wang with Healing Ointment, confirmed his task's completion, and left as the authorities arrived to arrest the criminals and aid the injured.
• Lin Li ate an Ice Heart Fruit, decided to accept more Bureau tasks, and rode his shared bicycle toward the next one.
• Little White Cat and Little Black Cat left the park, returned to Ping'an Garden, and waited for Zhou Tongtong to bring them a treat.
• Xia Qing rode out to pick up Zhou Tongtong, while Su Yue and Wang Jiao left Rongxi Primary School together after work.
• A traffic security officer pursued a wildly speeding sports car toward Su Yue and Wang Jiao, who were stopped at an intersection.
• Su Yue's Spiritual Energy erupted and an invisible force field swept toward the oncoming sports car.

Su Yue and Wang Jiao narrowly escaped a sports car that suddenly flew over them and crashed, while Lin Li finished a mission clearing out a criminal hideout. After Su Yue called him, Lin Li heard the emergency sirens and set out to check on her.

• A sports car flipped over Su Yue and Wang Jiao before crashing into a roadside tree, leaving them shaken but unhurt.
• Su Yue and Wang Jiao stayed at the scene to cooperate with traffic officers, and Su Yue called Lin Li.
• Lin Li emerged from a warehouse after defeating more than thirty criminals at an ice cream processing plant and left the officers to handle them.
• Lin Li completed four theft-ring missions and headed toward his bicycle as evening fell.
• Su Yue told Lin Li she had nearly been hit by a car, and he asked for her location so he could come to her.

After a near-fatal traffic accident, Lin Li checked that Su Yue was unharmed and took her to dinner. Meanwhile, two hungry stray kittens waited for Zhou Tongtong and Xia Qing to return, then ate the fish Zhou Tongtong brought them.

• Su Yue waited for Lin Li after the accident, and he arrived to make sure she was safe.
• Lin Li drove Su Yue on her electric scooter, and they went to a bullfrog hot-pot restaurant for dinner.
• The Little Black Cat and the Little White Cat waited hungrily for Zhou Tongtong and Xia Qing to return to Ping'an Garden Residential Area.
• Zhou Tongtong returned with Xia Qing and apologized to the kittens for making them wait.
• Zhou Tongtong gave the kittens small fish, and they ate while she promised to bring them more next time.

After dinner, Lin Li and Su Yue went to buy ice cream, where Zhang Xiaohao overheard their familiar banter and realized how close they were. His mother Wu Guilan told him the Zhang family business needed Su Chen's help, so Zhang Xiaohao decided to put his earlier plan into action to win Su Yue over.

• Lin Li received a bank message confirming payment for completing four Ability Management Bureau missions while he and Su Yue waited for ice cream.
• Su Yue rejected Zhang Xiaohao's dinner invitation, and he overheard her teasing Lin Li over the phone.
• Zhang Xiaohao recognized Lin Li's voice and grew envious of his closeness with Su Yue.
• Wu Guilan told Zhang Xiaohao that the family business could go bankrupt unless he developed a real relationship with Su Yue within three months.
• Zhang Xiaohao punched a stone table, injured his hand, and decided to carry out his earlier plan soon.

Lin Li returned home after escorting Su Yue, whose unconscious cultivation gathered Spiritual Energy as she slept. He fed Little White Cat and Little Black Cat sausages and sensed their Spiritual Energy, while Zhou Tongtong watched their friendly interaction in a dream.

• Zhang Xiaohao hired the fierce-looking Bearded Man and his Bald Man younger brother, who agreed to wait for instructions before acting.
• Lin Li took the sleepy Su Yue home, and she declined to invite him upstairs before they parted.
• Su Yue fell asleep and unconsciously absorbed Spiritual Energy until a strange sensation made her Dantian slow its cultivation.
• Lin Li fed Little Black Cat and wary Little White Cat sausages, then sensed Spiritual Energy fluctuations as he left.
• Little White Cat and Little Black Cat played beneath the banyan tree while Zhou Tongtong dreamed of their polite interaction with Lin Li.

Su Yue received her mother’s tea shipment instructions while Su Chen planned to expand the family’s tea plantations. Meanwhile, Li Ying and the Man in White Mask learned that the Ability Management Bureau lacked the manpower to pursue them, leaving the hidden group more confident about staying in the mountains.

• Zhou Tongtong greeted the Little White Cat and the Little Black Cat, promised to bring them little fish, and left for school with Xia Qing.
• Su Yue spoke with Zheng Qiuyi, who told her to take newly harvested tea leaves to Uncle Zhao after they arrived at her school.
• Su Chen told Zheng Qiuyi he planned to turn several family-owned mountains into tea plantations, unaware that three Black Scale Society members were hiding there.
• Li Ying and the Man in White Mask discussed moving their camp, but the Man in White Mask said their remote location was safe.
• The Man in White Mask told Li Ying that the Ability Management Bureau had issued a wanted notice but had no staff available to pursue them, easing both men’s fears.

Li Ying traveled to town to buy nutrient solution while Lin Li returned to the Spirit Realm and resumed hunting. Lin Li killed a Four-Eyed Black Crocodile Beast, while the Black Bats split up to track him and alert the Green-Eyed Lion.

• Li Ying left the mountain hideout for a pharmacy, and a group of workers discussed turning the nearby mountains into tea plantations.
• Lin Li appeared in the Spirit Realm and set out along an animal trail to hunt exotic beasts.
• The smaller Black Bat spotted Lin Li, and the brothers split up so one could follow him while the other hurried to report to the Green-Eyed Lion.
• Lin Li encountered a Four-Eyed Black Crocodile Beast and struck it with a guided fireball.
• Lin Li overwhelmed the injured beast with more than twenty fireballs and confirmed that his first hunt of the day had succeeded.

Lin Li confirmed that the Four-Eyed Black Crocodile Beast was dead and continued hunting as the Black Bat followed him and summoned its leaders. Meanwhile, Su Chen visited his coastal mountain survey site, where surveyors were attacked by wild boars, and he rushed to rescue them.

• Lin Li tested the Four-Eyed Black Crocodile Beast with a Small Fireball, confirmed it was dead, stored it, and continued along the path to hunt more prey.
• The Black Bat watched Lin Li, then flew to the Black Ape and Green-Eyed Lion and reported that the vanished human had appeared again.
• The Man in White Mask noticed surveyors nearing his hidden camp and left into the woods.
• Su Chen arrived at his mountain survey site and told the manager to pause work for lunch and hire more surveyors rather than make the current crew work overtime.
• A surveyor called to report that five huge wild boars had attacked the team, and the call cut off.
• Su Chen went to rescue the surveyors, while Li Ke ran up the mountain and told the manager to stay behind.

Su Chen saved three surveyors from five wild boars and pursued the masked man who had caused the attack. He defeated the wanted criminal at his camp and left him gravely injured, while Li Ke urged the surveyors to keep Su Chen’s powers secret.

• Su Chen killed five wild boars with golden beams and told the three surveyors to wait while he pursued the masked man.
• The masked man fled to his camp, where Su Chen identified him as a wanted criminal and confronted him about the attack.
• The masked man tried to escape and struck at Su Chen, but Su Chen stopped his punch with one finger, broke his barrier, and severely injured him.
• Li Ke met the surveyors and asked them not to reveal that Su Chen had killed the wild boars.
• A figure appeared in the forest carrying two people by the hands.

Su Chen captured two wanted criminals and returned home, while Li Ying realized investigators had laid a trap for him at the mountain campsite. Li Ying escaped to town and headed for a café to report his companions’ capture to his superior.

• Su Chen asked Li Ke to report the two captured wanted criminals to the Ability Management Bureau, then went home and ate lunch with Zheng Qiuyi.
• Su Chen and Zheng Qiuyi discussed sending seafood to Xiao Yue and Lin Li and preparing spiritual artifacts to protect their fishing fleet from sea beasts.
• Li Ying returned to the mountain campsite and spotted investigators hiding in the bushes around it.
• Li Ying fled the mountain before investigators noticed him and ran through the wilderness to the busy town.
• Li Ying entered a crowded café to report his companions’ capture to his superior.

Lin Li hunted five strange beasts, then stopped by a mountain stream to cook lunch and bathe. Several kilometers away, the Black Giant Ape and Green-Eyed Lion watched him through the small pangolin’s surveillance ability and were stunned by his boldness.

• Lin Li killed a fifth strange beast, stored it in the Mysterious Small Island, and headed to a stream for lunch.
• The Black Giant Ape and Green-Eyed Lion had the small pangolin use its ability to locate Lin Li on a golden screen.
• The small pangolin showed Lin Li cooking beside the stream, and the Black Giant Ape ordered it to stay quiet while they decided when to attack.
• Lin Li cooked and ate seafood noodles, washed his utensils, then stripped and bathed in the stream.
• The Black Giant Ape and Green-Eyed Lion watched Lin Li bathe and marveled that he dared to do so in their territory.

Lin Li hunted ten exotic beasts, while the Green-Eyed Lion and Black Giant Ape planned how to capture him. In Rong City, Su Yue helped Zhou Tongtong wait for her mother, but after Su Yue left, Lin Li arrived at the school gate.

• Lin Li killed his tenth exotic beast of the day, bringing the miraculous little fruit's maturation progress to sixty-seven percent.
• The Green-Eyed Lion and Black Giant Ape discussed Lin Li's ability to vanish and ordered their underlings to watch him closely while they prepared to capture him.
• Su Yue delivered tea to the principal, then found Zhou Tongtong waiting at school because Xia Qing could not pick her up yet.
• Su Yue gave Zhou Tongtong chocolate, answered Wang Ling's call, and left on her electric scooter to meet her old classmate.
• After the other children had been collected, Lin Li arrived at the school gate in a silver-white van, and Zhou Tongtong hurried over to greet him.

Lin Li picked Zhou Tongtong up from school and discovered that she and her two stray cats had awakened their spiritual nature. He also learned that she could understand the cats, an ability she had awakened before becoming a Cultivator, and was left astonished by how unusual she was.

• Lin Li collected Zhou Tongtong from school after Xia Qing asked him to take her home, and the school security guard verified their relationship before letting them leave.
• Lin Li and Zhou Tongtong drove home, where she greeted Xiaobai and Xiaohei and played with the cats while Lin Li went to take her schoolbag upstairs.
• Lin Li sensed spiritual energy from Zhou Tongtong and the two cats, realizing all three had awakened their spiritual nature and were close to reaching the First-Order Initial Stage.
• Lin Li showed Zhou Tongtong how a Cultivator could make his hand glow and told her she had awakened her spiritual nature, but she lost interest when the cats said glowing hands were not exciting.
• Lin Li discovered Zhou Tongtong had always understood the cats and realized she had awakened an ability before becoming a Cultivator.