Chapter Summaries

Su Yue waited at school, arranged to meet Wang Ling, and unknowingly wore a jade bracelet that gave off a flash of Spiritual Light. In the treasure ground, Lin Li rode toward an Ancient City, investigated a series of explosions, and found a tall woman defeated by three burly men as a young man watched.

• Su Yue messaged Lin Li about the weekend, then agreed to meet Wang Ling after work and asked whether Wang Ling's sister could join them.
• Su Yue's jade bracelet emitted a faint golden Spiritual Light while she rested, but she did not notice it.
• Lin Li crossed a mountain path alone, summoned his off-road motorcycle, and rode across a grassland toward the Ancient City.
• After hearing explosions and seeing black smoke, Lin Li hid his motorcycle and stealthily approached the source.
• A tall woman fought three burly men with explosive beads but was wounded and overwhelmed, while a young man in ornate clothing ordered them not to scar her face.

Lin Li watched Zhang Mingqiu attempt to assault the immobilized Wu Qingfang before a Colored Giant Python drove Zhang and his guards away. Wu Qingfang could not escape because of the anesthetic in her wound, and Lin Li emerged from hiding and approached her.

• Zhang Mingqiu defeated Wu Qingfang with his guards and tried to force himself on her.
• A Colored Giant Python emerged from the pond and attacked Zhang Mingqiu, forcing him and his three guards to fight it.
• Lin Li watched the battle from a thicket and realized other people had entered the treasure ground.
• The guards retreated when they could not defeat the python, and Zhang Mingqiu fled with them, leaving Wu Qingfang behind.
• Wu Qingfang tried to escape but remained immobilized by the anesthetic in her shoulder wound.
• Lin Li stepped out of the thicket and approached Wu Qingfang as she waited for the python to return.

Lin Li encountered Wu Qingfang in the Ruins Space, cured her paralysis, and learned about the realm and its ancient city. They agreed to travel together toward the core, and Lin Li set off with her on his dirt bike.

• Lin Li injected Wu Qingfang with an antidote, freeing her from the paralysis caused by poison.
• Wu Qingfang caught up with Lin Li, thanked him, and answered his questions about the Ruins Space and its unmapped ancient city.
• Wu Qingfang asked to travel with Lin Li toward the core region, and he agreed.
• Lin Li produced a dirt bike from the Mysterious Small Island, and Wu Qingfang climbed on behind him as they sped toward the ancient city.

Lin Li and Wu Qingfang traveled toward the Ancient City before a violent storm forced them to take shelter in a cave. As they warmed themselves by a fire, strange sounds began coming from deeper inside the cave.

• Wu Qingfang warned Lin Li not to reveal that he was from outside Chu Kingdom because the Ruins Space was closed to outsiders and people could attack him.
• Lin Li and Wu Qingfang headed toward the core region, but lightning and heavy rain made them stop and seek shelter in a cave.
• Wu Qingfang discovered Lin Li could store objects in a storage space when he made the motorcycle disappear.
• Rain soaked Wu Qingfang's clothes, so Lin Li gave her a bath towel; he then brought out fruitwood, and Wu Qingfang lit it with a fire starter.
• After their clothes had nearly dried by the fire, Lin Li and Wu Qingfang heard strange sounds coming from the depths of the cave.

Lin Li and Wu Qingfang explored a cave in the ancient ruins after hearing a faint noise, using Wu Qingfang’s spiritual weapon to light their way. After traveling deep underground past stalactites and a stream, they discovered an enormous hidden cavern.

• Lin Li agreed to explore the cave with Wu Qingfang, and she used a spiritual weapon to create a floating ball of light.
• Wu Qingfang led the way as Lin Li and she introduced themselves and spoke about their time in the Chu Kingdom.
• Lin Li and Wu Qingfang traveled deeper into the widening cave, where they found stalactites dripping water that gathered into a stream.
• After more than half an hour of walking, Lin Li suggested they continue briefly before turning back if they found nothing.
• Lin Li and Wu Qingfang reached a vast underground space spanning dozens of soccer fields and reacted with astonishment.

Lin Li and Wu Qingfang explored a fluorescent underground space and found a ruined Ancient Building, but a horde of Rock Ogres emerged and attacked. Wu Qingfang fought the powerful leader while Lin Li rushed back from searching the building, and her icy attack enveloped the monster.

• Wu Qingfang and Lin Li crossed the uneven underground terrain and discovered a large ruined Ancient Building in a depression.
• Wu Qingfang studied the faded murals while Lin Li searched the building’s rooms for treasure and found nothing.
• Rock Ogres crawled out of cracks in the ground and advanced toward the Ancient Building in a huge horde.
• Wu Qingfang recognized the creatures, left the building to confront them, and dodged the leading Rock Ogre’s Wolf-tooth Club attack.
• Wu Qingfang used a red glass bead to create a wall of fire, but the Rock Ogre smashed through it.
• Wu Qingfang threw a pure-white glass bead that released freezing cold air around the Rock Ogre as Lin Li hurried toward the entrance.

Wu Qingfang fought the Rock Ogre Chieftain and its pack until her injuries left her on the verge of death. Lin Li finally reached her through the maze-like ruins, but she warned him to flee before the powerful chieftain attacked.

• Wu Qingfang froze the Rock Ogre Chieftain, but it broke free and sent her flying after blowing her second freezing attack back at her.
• Wu Qingfang killed five Rock Ogre underlings, then used her remaining offensive artifacts against the chieftain and suffered worsening injuries.
• Surrounded and nearly out of Spiritual Energy, Wu Qingfang prepared to fight to the death as the Rock Ogre Chieftain approached.
• Lin Li arrived just before the chieftain could strike, apologizing that the ruined building's maze-like paths had delayed him.
• Wu Qingfang warned Lin Li that the Second-Order High Stage Rock Ogre Chieftain was too powerful and urged him to escape.

Lin Li overwhelmed the Rock Ogre Chieftain, revealing that his cultivation had reached the Second-Order Peak and that he possessed a Flame Ability. After he knocked the chieftain unconscious, its underlings charged to rescue it, and Lin Li attacked them with fireballs.

• The Rock Ogre Chieftain hurled its Wolf-tooth Club at Lin Li, but Lin Li dodged it and then kicked the chieftain more than thirty meters away.
• The chieftain attacked Lin Li with stone balls, but Lin Li evaded them and revealed a Second-Order Peak Spiritual Energy fluctuation.
• Lin Li moved behind the chieftain, smashed its head into the ground repeatedly, and knocked it unconscious.
• More than one hundred of the chieftain’s underlings charged at Lin Li to rescue their leader.
• Lin Li summoned dozens of fireballs and sent them into the charging beasts, killing some and burning others.

Lin Li defeated the Rock Ogre Chieftain, drove off the surviving Rock Ogres, and helped the badly injured Wu Qingfang recover. After she replenished her Spiritual Energy, they prepared to investigate the Ruined Ancient Building, where Lin Li had sensed a Second-Order Peak fluctuation.

• Lin Li killed the Rock Ogre Chieftain with his Spirit Artifact Longsword, and the remaining Rock Ogres fled.
• Lin Li supported the injured Wu Qingfang and gave her Healing Ointment after she said she had used up her medicine.
• Lin Li collected the dead Rock Ogres for fertilizer, surprising Wu Qingfang, who accepted his explanation and kept the leftover ointment.
• Lin Li sensed a Second-Order Peak Spiritual Energy fluctuation inside the Ruined Ancient Building, and he and Wu Qingfang decided to investigate after she recovered.
• Wu Qingfang absorbed free Spiritual Energy for more than an hour while Lin Li kept watch.

Lin Li and Wu Qingfang found a fruit-bearing glowing plant in the Ruins Space, fought off its defensive vines, and gathered its fruit before heading toward a nearby Ruined Ancient Building. The story then shifted to Rong City, where Su Yue left school after dismissal with no reply yet from Lin Li.

• Lin Li spotted a moving glowing plant, and Wu Qingfang identified it as a fruit-bearing variety.
• The plant attacked Wu Qingfang and Lin Li with its slime-covered vines, but Lin Li cut them all off with his Spirit Artifact Longsword.
• Lin Li gathered a basket of fruit, and he and Wu Qingfang ate some before setting off toward the Ruined Ancient Building.
• At Rongxi Primary School, the dismissal bell rang and Su Yue left her classroom while checking that Lin Li still had not replied to her message.

Lin Li and Wu Qingfang searched a ruined ancient building in the Ruins Space and found a Treasure Box in its deepest chamber. As they approached it, they sensed a Second-Order Peak Spiritual Energy fluctuation guarding the box.

• Su Yue worried about Lin Li while leaving school to meet Wang Ling.
• Lin Li and Wu Qingfang explored the ruined ancient building but found no valuables in its rooms.
• Two groups of people approached the building after hearing a loud disturbance inside, including guard Chen Zhiyuan and Zhao Xiaoya searching for Miss.
• Lin Li and Wu Qingfang discovered a small stone box in a vast chamber and recognized it as a Treasure Box.
• Lin Li and Wu Qingfang sensed a Second-Order Peak Spiritual Energy fluctuation near the box, and Lin Li remarked that a guardian must be protecting it.

Lin Li and Wu Qingfang encountered a stone guardian that repaired itself, grew stronger, and reached the Third-Order Initial Stage after Lin Li took the treasure box it guarded. Wu Qingfang fled while Lin Li stayed behind to fight the guardian, ending the chapter as he launched an Azure Wind Blade at it.

• Lin Li's Small Fireball failed to stop the damaged stone man, which restored its body with loose stones and grew to two and a half meters tall.
• Lin Li dodged the stone man's attack and secretly stored the treasure box inside the Mysterious Small Island.
• The stone man became enraged, surged to the Third-Order Initial Stage, and struck at Lin Li, who dodged and cracked its abdomen with a kick.
• The stone man healed its damaged abdomen, and Lin Li told Wu Qingfang to retreat while he held it off.
• After Wu Qingfang left, Lin Li formed an Azure Wind Blade and sent it toward the stone man.

Lin Li fought the stone guardian inside the Ruined Ancient Building, discovering that it could regenerate and transform into a five-meter-tall opponent. As their battle shook the building, Wu Qingfang escaped and joined a group outside, where she worried about Lin Li and sensed two Third-Order Initial Stage Spiritual Energy fluctuations.

• Lin Li shattered the stone man with wind blades, but it reassembled and struck him back when he approached.
• The stone man absorbed scattered stones, transformed into a five-meter giant, and rapidly regenerated as Lin Li fought it with Third-Order Initial Stage power.
• People gathered at the entrance heard the building shaking and prepared to flee, but Wu Qingfang ran out.
• Wu Qingfang worried that Lin Li might be hurt and sensed two Third-Order Initial Stage Spiritual Energy fluctuations inside.
• A young man who recognized Wu Qingfang asked what had happened inside the Ruined Ancient Building.

Lin Li fought a stone man inside the Ruined Ancient Building, discovering that it could repeatedly rebuild itself and adapt its attacks. After immobilizing it by breaking its head, he found a gray sphere among the scattered fragments and grabbed it, leaving the stone man’s weakness unresolved.

• Wu Qingfang told the people outside that Lin Li was fighting the stone man, and they stayed near the entrance hoping to search the building afterward.
• Lin Li battered the stone man into fragments and attacked it with Azure Wind Blades, but it repeatedly reassembled itself.
• The stone man sealed the entrance, attacked with spikes and a stone sword, and adapted by turning the sword into a shield against Lin Li’s wind blades.
• Lin Li used Elementalization to survive a sword strike, then kicked apart the stone man’s head and found that it stopped moving.
• Lin Li searched the battlefield, spotted a gray sphere the size of a pigeon's egg, and grabbed it.

Lin Li trapped the stone man's core, confirmed that the stone man could no longer resurrect, and fled when the core began to self-destruct. Outside the Ruined Ancient Building, Chen Zhiyuan sensed the danger and carried Wu Qingfang away, leaving Lin Li's fate uncertain.

• Lin Li destroyed the stone man’s shattered body and confirmed that it remained unable to resurrect while he held its core.
• The core began heating up and releasing violent Spiritual Energy pulses, so Lin Li threw it away and vanished before it exploded.
• Zhao Xiaoya and Chen Zhiyuan reunited with Wu Qingfang outside the Ruined Ancient Building, and Wu Qingfang asked Chen Zhiyuan to help Lin Li.
• Chen Zhiyuan sensed that a powerful attack was imminent, immobilized Wu Qingfang, and carried her away as the others fled.

After the stone man's self-destruction obliterated the Ruined Ancient Building, Lin Li escaped to the Mysterious Small Island and found an ordinary-looking Bronze Key in the Treasure Box. He returned safely to Blue Star, told Su Yue he planned to hunt again tomorrow, and left home as his hunger intensified.

• Chen Zhiyuan led the group away from the Ruined Ancient Building, which was destroyed in a massive explosion after the stone man's core self-destructed.
• Wu Qingfang rushed to the crater and mourned Lin Li, believing he had died in the blast.
• Lin Li escaped to the Mysterious Small Island, where he opened the Treasure Box and found an ordinary Bronze Key covered in intricate patterns.
• Lin Li picked cucumbers and returned to Blue Star, then messaged Su Yue that he was home and told her he planned to hunt exotic beasts the next day.
• Su Yue spoke with Lin Li by video call and learned he was safe, while Lin Li's hunger grew until he left his apartment to find food.
• A little girl played with two stray kittens on the grass outside Building Three as Lin Li hurried toward the building's exit.

Lin Li’s hunger intensified, so he hurried to a seafood buffet and ordered every dish on the menu. Meanwhile, Zhou Tongtong and the two stray kittens enjoyed the mysterious fruits Lin Li had given them and went with Xia Qing to the supermarket.

• Lin Li gave Zhou Tongtong three bright-red fruits before rushing out to find food and suppressing his hunger with chocolate bars.
• Zhou Tongtong and the two kittens washed and ate the fruits, and Xia Qing tried one after learning Lin Li had given them to her daughter.
• Xia Qing took Zhou Tongtong and the two kittens to a nearby supermarket, where the kittens eagerly anticipated their first visit.
• Lin Li paid for two buffet meals despite dining alone and ordered one serving of every dish on the menu.
• Lin Li rapidly devoured the dishes as they arrived, leaving nearby customers astonished by his appetite.

Lin Li finished a huge buffet meal, wandered through the park, and turned down Zhang Yuxi’s invitation because he planned to explore the Ruins Space. After Su Yue asked him to collect a discounted T-shirt she had bought for him, Lin Li let himself into her home and found several bags of women’s intimate clothing while searching for it.

• Lin Li ate enough food at the buffet to astonish the restaurant’s staff and customers.
• Xia Qing took Zhou Tongtong and the two stray cats shopping, then received a phone call that briefly soured her mood.
• Lin Li strolled through a crowded park before Zhang Yuxi called to invite him to dinner, and he declined because he was busy over the weekend.
• Su Yue told Lin Li she had bought him a T-shirt, so Lin Li went to her home to pick it up instead of heading straight home.
• While Su Yue showered, Lin Li searched the red shopping bags and was shocked to find women’s intimate clothing in the third one.

Lin Li searched the Ruins Space after the stone man’s core explosion destroyed the Ruined Ancient Building, but found no trace of Wu Qingfang and wondered whether she had survived. The chapter ended as he left the blast area and noticed a huge fissure that might lead to the surface.

• Su Yue realized Lin Li had accidentally opened the shopping bag containing her intimate clothing, while Lin Li left with the T-shirt he had come to collect.
• Lin Li found Little White Cat and Little Black Cat eating fish from Zhou Tongtong and continued home, while the kittens later slipped out with Big Orange Cat.
• Zhou Tongtong dreamed the kittens had confronted other strays, then fed them diced meat the next morning and heard their denials.
• Lin Li arrived at the Ruins Space and found the Ruined Ancient Building obliterated by the stone man’s core explosion.
• Lin Li searched the blast site for Wu Qingfang but found neither her nor any remains, then spotted a huge fissure that might lead to the surface.

Lin Li explored a fluorescent-lit crack, discovered it was a nest of enormous centipedes, and found a valuable Spirit Stone Mine in their lair. After using fireballs and wind blades to fend off the centipedes, he stored the mine and began making his way out.

• Lin Li followed the crack and heard a faint squeaking sound as he advanced deeper inside.
• Lin Li found hundreds of enormous centipedes in a nest and noticed a translucent section on a millstone-sized mass near the wall.
• Lin Li used a fireball and a ring of giant flames to hold back the centipedes, then confirmed the mass was a Spirit Stone Mine and stored it in the Mysterious Small Island.
• Lin Li cut down centipedes that leaped at him with Azure Wind Blades, then started back through the nest protected by his fireballs.