Chapter Summaries

Lin Li fought the Giant Savage Lizard while protecting the injured Liu Xianhe, who escaped down the mountain as the battle intensified. Zhang Xiuqin and Guan Su hid from the Corpse Eater Worms, then continued downhill after the worms headed toward the battle, worried about Lin Li and their master.

• Lin Li dodged the Giant Savage Lizard’s shock wave and countered with a huge fireball, then told the injured Liu Xianhe to leave rather than join the fight.
• When the Giant Savage Lizard pounced, Lin Li shoved Liu Xianhe out of danger and used his Elemental Body to survive the impact unharmed.
• Lin Li and the Giant Savage Lizard resumed their fierce battle while Liu Xianhe headed down the mountain and used a jade bead to determine his route.
• Zhang Xiuqin and Guan Su hid beneath a tree when they encountered Corpse Eater Worms on the mountainside.
• The Corpse Eater Worms crawled toward the battle, and Zhang Xiuqin and Guan Su resumed their descent, worried about their master and Lin Li.

Guan Su and Zhang Xiuqin reunited with their injured master, Liu Xianhe, who told them that Lin Li was a Third-Order cultivator and had fought the Giant Savage Lizard. As they descended the mountain, Lin Li killed the Corpse Eater Worms and used Spirit Fruits to replenish his Spiritual Energy, leaving the exhausted beast stunned.

• Guan Su suspected the locator bead might have been activated by the exotic beast, but he and Zhang Xiuqin waited for their master instead of splitting up.
• Liu Xianhe arrived injured, told Guan Su and Zhang Xiuqin that Lin Li had reached the Third-Order Initial Stage, and led them down the mountain rather than trying to support him.
• Liu Xianhe realized during the descent that Lin Li had awakened Lightning, storage-space, and Flame abilities, startling him and his disciples.
• Lin Li killed the dozens of Corpse Eater Worms that rushed to aid the wounded Giant Savage Lizard.
• The Giant Savage Lizard claimed Lin Li would run out of Spiritual Energy first, but Lin Li ate Spirit Fruits and rapidly regained the advantage.

Lin Li recovered his Spiritual Energy with Spirit Fruits and overwhelmed the Giant Savage Lizard, which escaped by leaping from a cliff and survived using a hidden spiritual artifact. Lin Li abandoned his attempt to reach the summit before sunset when deep snow blocked the way, deciding to return with proper climbing clothes.

• Lin Li ate Spirit Fruits to restore most of his Spiritual Energy, refused the Giant Savage Lizard's truce offer, and attacked it with fire and lightning.
• The Giant Savage Lizard endured Lin Li's bombardment, unleashed a desperate shock-wave barrage, then fled toward a cliff and jumped off after threatening him.
• The Giant Savage Lizard used a cylindrical Metal Artifact to slow its fall, landed in the forest, and resolved to recover and seek revenge on Lin Li.
• Lin Li left the Giant Savage Lizard behind and cleared away the dead Corpse Eater Worms, but stopped about a thousand meters below the summit when heavy snow blocked his route.
• Lin Li decided to order snow-mountain climbing clothes and return to finish the ascent.

Lin Li returned home after training, bought a replacement fire extinguisher from Auntie Wang, and prepared dinner before meeting Su Yue for a concert. Elsewhere, Little Black Cat hunted and ate a rat in the park, while Zhang Xiaohao arrived at a bar to meet the Bearded Man.

• Lin Li returned to the Mysterious Small Island, noted that his Ability Fruit progress had reached 3.1 percent, and watered his crops and Spirit Plants.
• Auntie Wang sold Lin Li a fire extinguisher, and he bought it after checking that his old one would expire in a month; he later prepared dinner before his planned concert outing with Su Yue.
• Zhou Tongtong and the Little White Cat watched Little Black Cat catch a large rat, and Little Black Cat ate it in the bamboo forest.
• A young couple discovered Little Black Cat eating the rat and fled in disgust after shining a phone flashlight on it.
• Zhang Xiaohao arrived at the bar, where the Bearded Man dismissed two women so they could discuss business privately.

Lin Li headed to meet Su Yue at her concert while Zhang Xiaohao and Chen Sangui prepared to stage an attack on him. As Su Yue waited outside the crowded stadium, Zhang Xiaohao ordered Chen Sangui to beat Lin Li and promised to pay all his medical expenses.

• Zhang Xiaohao increased the payment for Bearded Man and his accomplices, who then headed toward the stadium to carry out their plan.
• Bearded Man, Scarred Man, and Third Brother prepared weapons and ammunition, confirmed their meeting with a contact, and drove away in a gray minivan.
• Lin Li gave Zhou Tongtong candy and sausages before driving to meet Su Yue; Xia Qing confiscated the extra candy from her daughter.
• Lin Li stored his Silver White minivan in the Mysterious Small Island after failing to find parking, startling several concertgoers.
• Su Yue waited for Lin Li outside the sold-out concert and called him to hurry; Zhang Xiaohao and Chen Sangui watched her from across the street.
• Zhang Xiaohao told Chen Sangui to beat Lin Li and said he would cover all of Lin Li's medical expenses.

Lin Li and Su Yue were caught between Chen Sangui’s staged confrontation and an armed robbery at the plaza. Three criminals took them and Chen Sangui’s group hostage as police reinforcements were called.

• Zhang Xiaohao and Chen Sangui prepared to stage a confrontation so Zhang could rescue Su Yue, while ensuring she would not be hurt.
• Lin Li met Su Yue at the plaza, but Chen Sangui’s group provoked him and threatened to attack as Su Yue called the police.
• Three armed criminals arrived in a broken-down van and fired at a police vehicle, sending the plaza into panic.
• Su Yue pulled Lin Li away from the gunmen, and Chen Sangui’s group fled alongside them.
• The bearded criminal ordered his companions to take hostages, and they captured Lin Li, Su Yue, and Chen Sangui’s group among the crowd.

At a concert taken over by armed thugs, Lin Li revealed his Cultivator abilities when he rescued a woman and defeated all three attackers. Police and Ability Management Bureau investigators arrived, and Lin Li declined a public commendation before leaving with Su Yue, who still wanted an explanation.

• Su Yue apologized to Lin Li for bringing him to the concert as a hunchbacked thug beat Chen Sangui's purple-haired companion, who was suffering from stomach spasms.
• When the hunchbacked thug aimed his gun at the woman, Lin Li sprang up, kicked him away, and dodged the gunfire from the bearded man and the scarred man.
• Lin Li knocked the scarred man down, then disarmed and defeated the bearded man after he took a hostage.
• Lin Li told Su Yue that he would explain his Cultivator abilities, but police and Ability Management Bureau investigators arrived before he could speak.
• Lin Li accepted the leader's thanks but declined a public commendation ceremony, and he and Su Yue left after giving their statements.

After Lin Li stopped three armed criminals from harming Su Yue, Zhang Xiaohao learned that Lin Li was a powerful Cultivator and abandoned his plan to target him. In a park, Lin Li convinced Su Yue that a Spirit Fruit had made him a Cultivator, then stunned her by revealing multiple abilities.

• Zhang Xiaohao answered Chen Sangui's call and learned that Lin Li had subdued the three armed criminals and was a powerful Cultivator.
• Chen Sangui refused to work for Zhang Xiaohao again, while Zhang Xiaohao sat stunned by Lin Li's strength.
• Lin Li told Su Yue that eating a Spirit Fruit had made him a Cultivator, and she accepted his explanation and teased him for hiding it.
• Su Yue showed Lin Li that she had awakened an ability by forming a Small Fireball.
• Lin Li revealed his Small Fireball, Azure Wind Blade, and ability to make a bottle of mineral water appear, astonishing Su Yue.

Lin Li told Su Yue about his abilities and Beast Hunter license before the two went to see a movie. Meanwhile, an investigator captured a fleeing accomplice involved in a failed job, leaving the man exhausted and in custody.

• Su Yue learned that Lin Li had three abilities and had passed the Beast Hunter Qualification Exam two months earlier.
• Lin Li and Su Yue decided to watch Tomb Diary, and he used his storage-space ability to retrieve his minivan and snacks.
• Su Yue took a worried call from the colleague who had given her the movie tickets, then hurried with Lin Li toward the cinema.
• A middle-aged man in camouflage learned that three accomplices had been arrested and tried to escape by boat.
• An investigator used his ability to whip the river into towering waves, overturn the man's boat, and force him to surrender.

After Lin Li’s arrest of the bank robbers drew attention from investigators, he spent the late night with Su Yue, who worried about his solo beast hunts and offered to lend him defensive spirit artifacts. The chapter left Lin Li speechless as Su Yue insisted that borrowing them from her father and lending them herself was different.

• Old Qi told Ou Haoyang that Lin Li was Liu Jialin’s friend, had just graduated from college, and had reached Second-Order High Stage cultivation before age twenty-three.
• Ou Haoyang was shocked by Lin Li’s cultivation and joked that Liu Jialin had found herself a formidable little boyfriend.
• At the cinema, Su Yue pressed Lin Li to call her a sincere friend, and he gave in after she threatened to pinch him.
• Lin Li drove Su Yue home and told her he had spent the day wandering in the wilderness; she grew concerned when she learned he hunted beasts alone.
• Lin Li promised Su Yue he would team up with other hunters when possible, and she offered to borrow defensive spirit artifacts from her father and lend them to him.
• Lin Li remembered the flying spirit tool he had borrowed from Su Yue and materialized a rosewood box to return it.

Lin Li returned Su Yue’s Flying Spirit Tool and agreed to attend a football match with her, while hiding how much money he had earned as a Beast Hunter. After Su Yue went home and fell asleep, her mutated Dantian secretly absorbed Spiritual Energy before her jade bracelet and seal suppressed it again.

• Lin Li returned the Flying Spirit Tool to Su Yue, and they reminisced about her college days and agreed to watch a football match together in mid-October.
• Lin Li told Su Yue he had saved a little over two million yuan, and she urged him to stay safe while hunting exotic beasts.
• Lin Li drove Su Yue home, and she watched his van disappear before entering the compound.
• Su Yue went home, washed up, and fell asleep, unaware that her mutated Dantian was cultivating.
• Su Yue’s Dantian gathered and absorbed Spiritual Energy until her jade bracelet and seal suppressed it, ending the cultivation before it could progress further.

Lin Li agreed to pick Zhou Tongtong up from school because Xia Qing had to travel to her hometown, then planned his return to the Spirit Realm to climb the snow-covered mountain summit. Meanwhile, Little White Cat and Little Black Cat defeated a neighboring territory’s cat boss, and Lin Li messaged Su Yue about arriving late to work.

• Little White Cat and Little Black Cat left Ping'an Garden Residential Area, defeated the neighboring territory’s cat boss, and made it their underling.
• Xia Qing asked Lin Li to pick Zhou Tongtong up from school, then left for the long-distance bus station to handle something in her hometown.
• Lin Li checked the delivery of his cold-weather mountaineering gear and planned to climb the Spirit Realm mountain before picking up Zhou Tongtong.
• Little White Cat noticed Xia Qing hurrying away and discussed her urgency with Little Black Cat.
• At Rongxi Primary School, Lin Li messaged Su Yue to ask whether she had arrived late for work.

Lin Li climbed a remote mountain in the Spirit Realm, collected Snow Lotuses, and reached the summit, where his shout triggered an avalanche. After reflecting on the danger, he began searching the summit for the treasure he suspected was hidden there.

• Su Yue reassured herself that Lin Li would stay safe while hunting and went to meet Principal Zhao.
• Lin Li received and inspected the cold-weather mountaineering clothes he had ordered before heading into the Spirit Realm.
• Lin Li found Snow Lotuses near the mountain summit, confirmed their identity in a plant compendium, and collected a basketful while a white parrot watched him.
• Lin Li noticed the howling wind abruptly stop as he neared the summit, then cautiously continued climbing.
• Lin Li reached the summit and triggered an avalanche by shouting, then reflected on the danger and began exploring for a possible treasure.

Lin Li discovered that a treasure site lay beneath the Heavenly Pond and agreed to return at noon the next day with the White Parrot. He left the Spirit Realm to keep his promise to pick up Zhou Tongtong, bringing the two stray cats along.

• The White Parrot revealed that a treasure site in the Heavenly Pond could only be opened by a human and asked Lin Li to let it enter with him.
• Lin Li agreed to help the White Parrot but postponed exploring the treasure site until noon the next day because he had promised to handle something else.
• The White Parrot flew down the mountain and changed its feathers from white to green among the trees.
• Lin Li returned to Blue Star, cooled himself with iced soda, and set out to pick up Zhou Tongtong after school.
• The Little White Cat and Little Black Cat joined Lin Li and climbed into his car.

Lin Li picked Zhou Tongtong up from school, took her home, and ordered diving gear for his planned trip to Heavenly Pond’s underwater treasure trove. Little White Cat and Little Black Cat left Ping'an Garden with Big Orange Cat to confront the Tabby Cat that had bullied it, and Lin Li and Zhou Tongtong later found the two cats missing when they went out to dinner.

• Auntie Wang gave Lin Li coupons for a noodle shop as he prepared to leave.
• Lin Li picked Zhou Tongtong up from school, gave her a chocolate bar, and learned from Xia Qing that she would return to Rong City after eight that night.
• Lin Li took Zhou Tongtong home, where Big Orange Cat asked Little White Cat and Little Black Cat to help it get revenge on a Tabby Cat, and they left with it.
• Lin Li ordered diving gear online so he could safely explore Heavenly Pond’s underwater treasure trove the next day.
• After Zhou Tongtong finished her homework, Lin Li invited her to dinner, but they could not find Little White Cat or Little Black Cat.

Lin Li and Zhou Tongtong reunited with Little White Cat and Little Black Cat after the cats fought another cat and crossed the road to meet them. Later, Xia Qing returned home, and Lin Li ended the evening eating her pastries and starting a game with Su Yue.

• Little Black Cat defeated the Tabby Cat for bullying Big Orange Cat, then Little White Cat spotted Lin Li and Zhou Tongtong outside and led the two cats over the wall to meet them.
• Zhou Tongtong reunited with Little White Cat and Little Black Cat, calmed her rising Spiritual Energy, and went to dinner with Lin Li after agreeing to bring the cats food.
• Lin Li and Zhou Tongtong brought the cats a white-cut chicken, which left Little White Cat and Little Black Cat stuffed as Xia Qing returned to the compound.
• Xia Qing reunited with Zhou Tongtong, thanked Lin Li for looking after her daughter, and gave him pastries from her hometown.
• Su Yue called Lin Li by video, chatted with him about the pastries and Xia Qing, then invited him to play a few rounds of a game.

Liu Zhimin was recalled from vacation and ordered by Wang Tianhe to travel to Rong City to rescue Chi Jingmu from the Ability Management Bureau. Though Wang Tianhe told him to abandon the attempt if it proved too dangerous, Liu Zhimin prepared to go, and his friend warned him that the mission was perilous.

• Wang Tianhe told Liu Zhimin that Chi Jingmu had been captured in Rong City after acting recklessly and assigned him to attempt a rescue.
• Liu Zhimin warned Wang Tianhe that a previous Azure Society rescue from Rong City's prison had ended with the rescuers recaptured, but agreed to leave for Rong City the next day.
• Wang Tianhe privately reflected on his friendship with Chi Jingmu's deceased father and told Liu Zhimin to give up if the rescue seemed impossible.
• Wang Tianhe was summoned to inspect new progress on Project Number Nine in the Research Department's laboratory.
• Liu Zhimin returned to his room, borrowed a charger from a friend, and told him he had been ordered to rescue Chi Jingmu.
• Liu Zhimin's friend reacted with alarm and warned that rescuing Chi Jingmu in Rong City would be dangerous.

Liu Zhimin returned to the Black Scale Society base and learned that a Third-Order exotic beast had attacked again only days after its previous assault. The stewards drove it off and decided to summon reinforcements, while Lin Li and Su Yue ended their gaming session and Lin Li checked the shipping status of his Diving Gear.

• Liu Zhimin declined his friend's suggestion to abandon the mission to rescue Chi Jingmu and heard that a Third-Order exotic beast had recently attacked the base.
• The alarm sounded, and the Black Scale Society members took defensive positions as the stewards fought the beast in the night sky.
• The beast retreated after threatening to return, and Steward Wang and the other stewards decided to summon the stewards stationed elsewhere so they could try to kill it.
• Liu Zhimin and his friend returned to the base after seeing the stewards come back from battle.
• Lin Li and Su Yue won another game, ended their session because it was late, and Lin Li checked that the Diving Gear he had ordered had shipped.

Lin Li prepared for another trip to the Spirit Realm while Zhou Tongtong used her emerging abilities to observe and calm animals. Lin Li appeared at Heavenly Pond in diving gear to meet the White Parrot.

• Zhou Tongtong saw that Little White Cat and Little Black Cat were being fed fish, then sent a thought that made them slow down while eating.
• Zhou Tongtong told two fighting dogs to stop, and her power silenced them as Xia Qing rode her away.
• Lin Li bought breakfast, waited for his Diving Gear delivery, and then teleported to the Spirit Realm.
• The White Parrot flew through freezing winds to Heavenly Pond and turned white as it approached the summit.
• Lin Li appeared beside the White Parrot in Diving Gear, startling it before greeting it and explaining that he thought his outfit was fine.

Lin Li and White Parrot activated a hidden mechanism at the bottom of Heavenly Pond, which opened a golden vortex leading to an ancient treasure trove. Lin Li arrived alone near a vast Ancient City and began making his way toward it, unable to fly.

• Lin Li and White Parrot descended into Heavenly Pond and found a semicircular black stone sphere embedded in its excavated floor.
• Lin Li infused the sphere with Spiritual Energy, activating it and triggering violent tremors throughout the mountain.
• A vortex of golden motes appeared, and White Parrot entered it; Lin Li followed before it vanished.
• Lin Li emerged in a storm-darkened world overlooking an immense Ancient City and discovered that he could return to Mysterious Small Island with a thought.
• After White Parrot failed to answer his calls, Lin Li changed clothes and set off alone, cutting through thorny vines with his Spirit Artifact Longsword.