Chapter Summaries

Captain Liu and four temporary workers entered an underground black market, where criminals revealed they had captured the informant and set a trap. As the investigators fought the gang, a hooked-nosed man called Mr. Chi unveiled overwhelming Spiritual Energy, leaving the battle’s outcome uncertain.

• Captain Liu left Lin Li to guard the entrance while he and four temporary workers entered the underground parking lot to raid the black market.
• Captain Liu’s team found the meeting place empty, then faced more than thirty criminals who revealed their informant, battered and unconscious.
• The purple-haired burly man used his ability to intensify Captain Liu’s anger, but the man with the thick eyebrows noticed and Captain Liu dispelled the effect with Spiritual Energy.
• Captain Liu ordered the four temporary workers to fight the criminals while he restrained the bald leader, and the purple-haired man boosted his allies’ morale.
• As the temporary workers gained the upper hand, the bald leader called on Mr. Chi to act, and Mr. Chi released an immensely powerful Spiritual Energy fluctuation.

Liu Sheng and four temporary workers confronted Chi Jingmu and the Black Scale Society criminals, but Chi Jingmu defeated them and discovered that one temporary worker was missing. As the criminals prepared to search for Lin Li, he appeared from the darkness and calmly asked if they had been looking for him.

• Chi Jingmu revealed that he had come to Rong City to investigate missing and dead Black Scale Society members, and Liu Sheng recognized him as a wanted Second-Order High Stage Cultivator.
• Liu Sheng tried to keep Chi Jingmu occupied while the four temporary workers escaped, but the criminals blocked their way and Chi Jingmu quickly defeated them.
• The man wearing golden bracelets used his binding ability to help the temporary workers break through, but Chi Jingmu shattered the golden threads and knocked them all down.
• Chi Jingmu struck Liu Sheng down when he tried to attack from behind, while the criminals mocked the defeated investigators and temporary workers.
• The burly man with purple hair realized that one of the expected five temporary workers was missing, and Chi Jingmu sent the tattooed Bald Strong Man to search outside.
• Lin Li walked out of the darkness and asked the criminals if they had been looking for him.

Lin Li entered the underground parking lot and rescued Liu Sheng and the other temp workers by defeating the Bald Strong Man with one punch. After learning that Chi Jingmu belonged to the Black Scale Society, Lin Li attacked him over the group’s earlier attempt to kidnap Su Yue, and the chapter ended with Chi Jingmu laughing at Lin Li’s claim that their fight was nearly over.

• Lin Li ignored Liu Sheng’s warning to leave and knocked the Bald Strong Man away with one punch.
• Chi Jingmu revealed that he was a member of the Black Scale Society, and Lin Li insulted the organization because its members had targeted Su Yue.
• Chi Jingmu attacked Lin Li with a flurry of punches, but Lin Li dodged every strike.
• Lin Li countered with a punch that made Chi Jingmu stagger back and bruised his left arm.
• Lin Li said he had toyed with Chi Jingmu long enough, but Chi Jingmu laughed and claimed he had not yet shown his full combat power.

Lin Li revealed his Second-Order High Stage cultivation and Flame Ability, then overwhelmed Chi Jingmu and subdued the criminals in the underground parking lot. With Chi Jingmu badly injured and Liu Sheng needing medical attention, Lin Li arranged for an ambulance and stayed to guard the prisoners.

• Chi Jingmu transformed into a Minotaur and threatened Lin Li, while Liu Sheng warned Lin Li that Chi's strength would increase severalfold.
• Lin Li revealed his Second-Order High Stage cultivation and Flame Ability, and Chi Jingmu began looking for a way to escape.
• Lin Li used controlled fireballs to drive Chi Jingmu from cover, block his escape, and defeat him in a one-sided fight.
• Lin Li's final barrage left Chi Jingmu charred and near death, while its shock waves injured several underlings; a purple-haired criminal surrendered, and the others gathered under Lin Li's orders.
• Lin Li learned that Liu Sheng and the four temporary workers were injured, sent one worker to call an ambulance because the parking lot had no signal, and told Liu Sheng to stop talking.

After helping the Ability Management Bureau capture a wanted Black Scale Society member, Lin Li avoided the onlookers, declined a matchmaking invitation, and went to Su Yue's home to unclog her bathroom drain. The chapter ended with Su Yue preparing him sliced-fish soup and meat buns while Liu Jialin learned of Lin Li's role in the operation.

• Lin Li helped the Bureau capture a Second-Order High Stage Black Scale Society member, then left the industrial park by flying over a wall and rode a shared bicycle home.
• Auntie Wang invited Lin Li to a neighborhood matchmaking event, but he declined and said he was too young to date.
• Su Yue called Lin Li about her clogged bathroom drain and persuaded him to come over with an offer of sliced-fish soup.
• Zhang Xiao told Liu Jialin that Lin Li had helped capture the wanted criminal, and Liu Jialin called him but found him busy helping Su Yue.
• Lin Li removed hair from Su Yue's drain, and Su Yue went to prepare sliced-fish soup and about twenty meat buns for him.

Lin Li discovered that Su Yue’s fish soup contained unusually potent Spiritual Energy, while Su Yue’s Dantian absorbed it in her sleep and resumed cultivating on its own. Meanwhile, a Black Scale Society agent confirmed that Chi Jingmu had been captured and was ordered to gather intelligence before a replacement envoy arrived; Lin Li later fed the two stray kittens on his way home.

• Lin Li ate Su Yue’s lanternfish soup and realized the fish contained more Spiritual Energy than a Second-Order exotic beast, then learned it was Exotic Beast Meat sent by Su Yue’s mother.
• A Black Scale Society agent investigated the underground parking lot and concluded that Chi Jingmu had been captured by the Ability Management Bureau.
• The agent reported Chi Jingmu’s capture to his hoarse-voiced superior, who ordered him to gather intelligence before a new special envoy arrived in Rong City.
• The agent told his gaming friends he would join them after his assignment, then used his ability to speed up a shared bicycle and headed for an Internet café.
• After Su Yue fell asleep, her Dantian absorbed the Spiritual Energy from the fish soup and began cultivating on its own, drawing more Spiritual Energy into her bedroom.
• Lin Li returned home late, greeted the Little White Cat and Little Black Cat, and fed them chicken sausages.

After breaking through to the Third-Order Initial Stage, Lin Li planned to explore deeper into a dangerous mountain range in the Spirit Realm, while arranging a spar with Liu Jialin. Liu Jialin was called back to the Ability Management Bureau for an urgent operation, and Lin Li spent the next morning preparing to restock his food.

• Lin Li fed Little White Cat and Little Black Cat, and the cats discussed what gift they could give him.
• Lin Li and Liu Jialin discussed the flawed intelligence behind the underground black market mission and arranged to spar on the weekend.
• Liu Jialin told Lin Li that only about thirty-five temporary workers were qualified to take outsourced cases, and praised his easy victory over Chi Jingmu.
• Zhang Xiao informed Liu Jialin that the watched group would act at two in the morning, so Liu Jialin turned her car around and returned to the bureau.
• Lin Li planned to relax for a day before heading to the Spirit Realm to explore toward the snowy mountain, then woke up and went to a supermarket to replenish his food.

Lin Li restocked his emergency supplies and received 30,000 yuan for his mission, while Qin Muqing, nearly out of food, used her superpower to make flower essence and took it to a pawnshop. The pawnbroker offered only ten silver coins, leaving her unhappy with the amount.

• Lin Li bought supplies at the supermarket, stored them away, and received 30,000 yuan for destroying the underground black market.
• Qin Muqing, facing a food shortage and unwilling to sell Lin Li's belongings, used her power to produce half a bottle of flower essence from the courtyard flowers.
• Qin Muqing went to a pawnshop with the flower essence after a passerby directed her to one on a neighboring street.
• The pawnbroker recognized the flower essence's fragrance and offered ten silver coins for the half-bottle.
• Qin Muqing objected that ten silver coins was far too little.

Qin Muqing sold her mixed-scent flower essence for ten silver coins, unaware that the pawnshop owner considered it exceptionally valuable. In Rong City, Lin Li accepted a cicada as a gift from the Little White Cat and Little Black Cat, rewarded them with Spirit Fruits, and took the cicada home.

• Qin Muqing sold her flower essence to the middle-aged man with a small mustache for ten silver coins, while he and Xiao Li celebrated the quality of their bargain.
• Qin Muqing counted her money, planned to buy fresh vegetables and meat, and hurried home after remembering her earlier robbery.
• Lin Li returned to Ping'an Garden Residential Area, where the Little Black Cat led him to the Little White Cat and a cicada they had caught for him.
• Lin Li accepted the cicada and gave the two wildcats Spirit Fruits, which they ate and absorbed to strengthen their cultivation.
• Lin Li took the cicada home in a glass bottle and watched television while the frightened insect tried and failed to escape.

Lin Li briefly explored the white fog around Mysterious Small Island but turned back after it sharply reduced his mental-power perception. In the real world, Little Black Cat used her awakened ability to catch and eat a rat before she and Little White Cat headed home.

• Lin Li watered the crops and fruit trees on Mysterious Small Island, then flew into the surrounding white fog to explore.
• Lin Li discovered that the white fog reduced his mental-power perception from one thousand meters to about twenty meters, so he returned to the island and left the exploration for later.
• At Rongxi Primary School, Zhou Tongtong's Spiritual Energy manifested when she became excited, and Xia Qing calmed her before taking her home.
• Su Yue accepted two concert tickets from Sister Zhao after Zhao had to cancel their plans.
• Little Black Cat enlarged herself to catch a rat in the park, then shrank back and ate it while Little White Cat kept watch.
• Little White Cat and Little Black Cat left the park and headed back toward Ping'an Garden Residential Area.

Zhou Tongtong and the two stray cats accidentally cultivated together, a phenomenon Lin Li observed with curiosity. Later, Su Yue invited Lin Li to Jay Chou’s concert, and he agreed to go with her the next night.

• Zhou Tongtong learned that Little White Cat and Little Black Cat had given Lin Li a cicada, and the cats promised to catch her one in the park.
• Zhou Tongtong’s excitement made her eyes glow with Spiritual Energy, so the cats warned her to cover them until the glow faded.
• Zhou Tongtong and the two cats unconsciously cultivated together, and Lin Li noticed the unusual phenomenon before their cultivation resumed after he left.
• Su Yue called Lin Li and invited him to Jay Chou’s concert, and Lin Li accepted after initially declining.

Lin Li prepared for the day before entering the Spirit Realm, where nine Second-Order Peak strange beasts surrounded him. He recognized two as beasts that had escaped him before, while Zhang Xiaohao’s plan to target Su Yue moved toward execution.

• Su Yue declined Wang Ling’s invitation to shop on Friday and arranged to meet her on Saturday; Wang Jing said she might join if she was free.
• Lin Li heated and ate a pot of radish-braised ribs with his ability, then used Spiritual Energy to enter the Spirit Realm.
• A watcher followed Su Yue to school and reported to Zhang Xiaohao, who ordered him to keep tracking her after work and arranged a meeting to coordinate that evening’s plan.
• A golden sphere burst above Lin Li in the Spirit Realm, scattering rays across the surrounding grass.
• Nine Second-Order Peak strange beasts charged in and surrounded Lin Li, who recognized two of them as beasts that had escaped him before.

Lin Li used his new Third-Order cultivation and Lightning Ability to defeat a group of Second-Order Peak mutated beasts, then killed Human-Faced Python after learning of a planned attack on a mine near Dongwu City. He resumed exploring the dangerous mountainous region, while Green-feathered Parrot followed him and Lin Li struggled to approach a distant mountain.

• Lin Li revealed his Third-Order strength and Lightning Ability by gravely wounding the charging Three-Headed Wolf and a fleeing tortoiseshell-backed beast, sending the remaining mutated beasts running.
• Lin Li pursued and defeated the fleeing mutated beasts, then learned from Human-Faced Python that several lords planned to attack a mine northeast of Dongwu City next month.
• Lin Li let Human-Faced Python leave, then caught up and killed it when it planned to warn the lords and reschedule the attack.
• Lin Li stored Human-Faced Python's corpse, noted that Lightning Ability consumed a great deal of energy, and flew toward a distant mountain to continue exploring.
• Green-feathered Parrot emerged after Lin Li left and followed him, while Lin Li flew faster after realizing the mountain seemed barely to approach.

Zhou Tongtong hid her unusual condition from Wang Duoduo while Su Yue worried that storm clouds might spoil her concert plans. In the Spirit Realm, Lin Li entered a region of increasing gravity and, after spotting beasts that seemed unaffected by it, wondered what was happening.

• Zhou Tongtong told Wang Duoduo she needed to avoid getting too emotional, then rested and thought about Little White Cat and Little Black Cat.
• Su Yue told Wang Jiao she planned to attend Jay Chou's concert with Lin Li and worried when she saw dark clouds gathering over Rong City.
• Qin Muqing enjoyed a home-cooked meal, watered the flowers whose essence she had extracted, and aired Lin Li's quilts.
• Lin Li flew toward a towering mountain and recognized that the surrounding region had unusually strong gravity.
• Lin Li slowed down after the gravity surged, then noticed First-Order exotic beasts chasing prey in the forest without seeming affected.

Lin Li reached the foot of a towering mountain, ate lunch, and began climbing despite the area’s gravity and dense vegetation. As he neared the summit late in the afternoon, he heard a loud commotion in the distance.

• Lin Li discovered that gravity weakened near the ground, then carved a path through the forest with his Spirit Artifact Longsword and Azure Wind Blade.
• Lin Li reached the mountain’s foot and cooked lunch, while the smell attracted nearby beasts and caught the attention of three people preparing to climb.
• The middle-aged man and his two companions hurried up the mountain, saying they needed to find something before sunset.
• Lin Li began climbing, found that flight brought down crushing gravity, and slowly hacked his way upward through the vegetation.
• Lin Li applied sunscreen and put on a straw hat and sunglasses before continuing his climb; a little after four, he heard a loud commotion nearby.

Liu Xianhe and his disciples Guan Su and Zhang Xiuqin climbed toward a mountain summit, where a Second-Order Peak Giant Savage Lizard attacked them. Liu Xianhe bought time for his disciples to escape, but the lizard countered his traps and struck him with golden beams, leaving his fate unclear.

• During a rest, Guan Su asked Liu Xianhe to help him make a Storage Spirit Artifact if he bought a Space Crystal, but Liu Xianhe and Zhang Xiuqin warned him about the cost and danger of owning one.
• As the trio neared the summit, Liu Xianhe sensed a beast in the forest and identified it as a Second-Order Peak Giant Savage Lizard, then ordered Guan Su and Zhang Xiuqin to flee downhill.
• Liu Xianhe used a Spirit Artifact Crossbow to trap the Giant Savage Lizard with rapidly growing brambles and vines, giving his disciples time to escape.
• The Giant Savage Lizard learned to crush the crossbow arrows before the vines could restrain it, then charged Liu Xianhe after Guan Su and Zhang Xiuqin disappeared.
• Liu Xianhe dodged the lizard's pounce while protected by a cyan jade pendant, but its golden beams struck him and triggered a violent explosion that obscured him in dust.

Liu Xianhe fought the Giant Savage Lizard while Guan Su and Zhang Xiuqin encountered a pack of Black Wolf mutated beasts on their way down the mountain. Lin Li arrived in time to strike the pack leader with lightning, freeing Guan Su from its jaws.

• Liu Xianhe repaired his defensive artifact and used Earth Spikes to interrupt the Giant Savage Lizard’s attack, but their battle continued fiercely.
• Guan Su told Zhang Xiuqin to flee while he held off more than a dozen Black Wolf mutated beasts, and she reluctantly ran down the mountain.
• After Zhang Xiuqin fell and heard Guan Su scream, Lin Li found her and hurried toward the battle to rescue him.
• Guan Su fought back against three wolves but was bitten and pinned by the pack’s Second-Order Mid Stage leader as the others closed in.
• Lin Li struck the leader with a powerful lightning bolt, forcing it to release Guan Su, though the current also numbed him.

Lin Li rescued Zhang Xiuqin and Guan Su by killing the Black Wolf beasts surrounding them, then learned that their master was fighting a Second-Order Peak beast. Eager to face the new opponent, Lin Li ran toward the distant battle, leaving Zhang Xiuqin and Guan Su behind.

• Lin Li killed the attacking Black Wolf beasts with his Lightning Ability and stored their bodies in the Mysterious Small Island.
• Lin Li finished off the wounded Second-Order Mid Stage Black Wolf beast, and Zhang Xiuqin treated the awakened Guan Su with hemostatic medicine.
• Zhang Xiuqin introduced herself and Guan Su to Lin Li, and Guan Su thanked him for saving them.
• A pillar of fire rose in the distance, and Zhang Xiuqin and Guan Su explained that their master was fighting a Second-Order Peak beast.
• Lin Li decided to check the fight and ran toward it before Zhang Xiuqin and Guan Su could respond.

Liu Xianhe fought the Giant Savage Lizard until the beast broke through to the Third-Order Initial Stage, leaving him badly injured and outmatched. He escaped its first strike with an illusion and a hidden retreat underground, but the furious lizard crossed the sea of flames and closed in on him.

• Lin Li ignored Zhang Xiuqin and Guan Su’s warning and ran toward the Giant Savage Lizard, while they chose to descend the mountain.
• Liu Xianhe’s Flame Bead engulfed the Giant Savage Lizard in fire, but the flames helped the beast break through to the Third-Order Initial Stage.
• The Giant Savage Lizard rejected Liu Xianhe’s refusal to surrender and struck him, badly injuring him before he took healing medicine.
• Liu Xianhe threw five Flame Beads, used an illusion to fool the Giant Savage Lizard, and emerged from underground more than a hundred meters away.
• The Giant Savage Lizard charged through the sea of fire after Liu Xianhe, who realized it would catch him within about a minute and a half.

Liu Xianhe was defeated by the Giant Savage Lizard, which tried to force him to make spirit artifacts by threatening his disciples. Lin Li arrived and revealed Third-Order Initial Stage cultivation, injuring the beast with a single punch as their fight began.

• Liu Xianhe used a silver shield to escape the Giant Savage Lizard, but the beast destroyed it and blocked his path with a sound-wave attack.
• Liu Xianhe fought the Giant Savage Lizard with his spirit artifacts but was badly injured, and the beast offered to spare him if he served as its Artifact Refiner for three years.
• Liu Xianhe refused, so the Giant Savage Lizard threatened to capture Guan Su and Zhang Xiuqin and eat them unless he agreed.
• Lin Li arrived, learned that Guan Su and Zhang Xiuqin were Liu Xianhe's disciples, and walked toward the injured man despite warnings to flee.
• The Giant Savage Lizard attacked Lin Li, who dodged its bite and struck its abdomen with a flame-covered fist, injuring it.
• The Giant Savage Lizard recognized Lin Li's strength and regained its composure as Lin Li extinguished the flames on his hand.