Chapter Summaries

Lin Baici and his companions split into two groups after Han Suying hired them, then spent the night at a nearby hotel. The next morning, Lin Baici and three others went to collect the urgently needed Vegetable Head Person, only to learn it had escaped.

• Han Suying gave Lin Baici money to divide among the group, and Gu Qingqiu left with Xia Hongyao, Hua Yueyu, Yi Jisheng, and Che Zhengshuo to work independently.
• Lin Baici stayed with Golden Xiang and the others, and Han Suying provided him with money for a nearby hotel.
• At the hotel, Jin Yingzhen visited Lin Baici, while Li Yintong rang his doorbell and Taimai grumbled outside.
• Lin Baici and five companions ate breakfast before heading to the New World, where Han Suying sent Lin Baici and three others to collect Vegetable Head Person from Fish Seller Kang.
• At Fish Seller Kang's stall, they found it in chaos, and Fish Seller Kang said the Vegetable Head Person had run away.

Lin Zhaojun hunted the vegetable thieves with Qiang the Fish Seller and captured Song Chengyuan, who revealed where the thieves had been found and named Boss Huang Hai as the person behind their early awakenings. Lin Zhaojun then went to one of the marked locations and found evidence that its occupants had fled.

• Han Suying learned that Lin Zhaojun had taken Qiang the Fish Seller to catch vegetable thieves, then worried that her restaurant had run out of stock for its wine party.
• Lin Zhaojun and his group forced Song Chengyuan inside and subdued him after he tried to escape with a spring-loaded knife.
• Song Chengyuan marked thirteen locations on Lin Zhaojun's map and explained that temperatures above six degrees Celsius could make the vegetable thieves wake early.
• Song Chengyuan admitted that Boss Huang Hai had told him to cause the early awakenings, and Lin Zhaojun left Qiang the Fish Seller to watch him.
• Lin Zhaojun went to the nearest marked location and found Room 205 abandoned, with signs that its occupants had hurriedly fled.

Lin Zhaojun used his enhanced sense of smell to track down and capture three cabbage-headed men. He followed a captured man to the Beautiful Mermaid Club, unaware that his guide believed he was leading the team into a trap.

• Lin Zhaojun traced a cabbage-headed man's scent to Room 205, broke in, and exposed the landlord's disguise.
• Lin Zhaojun and his team knocked the cabbage-headed man unconscious, tied him up, and put him in a crate.
• Lin Zhaojun tracked another scent to a barbecue shop, attacked two men, and discovered that the young man with squinting eyes was also a cabbage-headed man.
• Lin Zhaojun persuaded the young man with squinting eyes to lead him to three more cabbage-headed men, and the team captured him and the earring-wearing man.
• The young man with squinting eyes led Lin Zhaojun and his team to the Beautiful Mermaid Club, secretly believing its cabbage-headed occupants would capture them.

Lin Zhaojun and his companions entered a club where Song Dazheng and the cabbage-heads planned to capture them, but Lin had prepared an ambush and quickly defeated them. He forced the terrified little-eyed man to summon the rest of the cabbage-heads and bring back the women.

• The little-eyed man led Lin Zhaojun and his companions to Song Dazheng's VIP room, where five cabbage-heads revealed their plan to take Lin's skin and claim the woman.
• Lin Zhaojun sat down and challenged Song Dazheng to call all the cabbage-heads, then struck him in the mouth with a stone before he could spray spores.
• The little mudmen and a giant Buddha attacked the cabbage-heads, while Liang Xiangren, Jin Zhenxi, and Jin Yingzhen joined the fight.
• Lin Zhaojun's team defeated the cabbage-heads in two minutes, leaving the little-eyed man terrified.
• Lin Zhaojun ordered the little-eyed man to summon all the cabbage-heads and call the women back.

The author apologized for not updating the story and reflected on Divine Mystery reaching ten thousand subscriptions, its development, and possible adaptations. He thanked readers and said he would focus on finishing the book and try to update earlier.

• The author said he could not write the story that day and felt discouraged by his personal life.
• The author thanked readers for helping Divine Mystery pass ten thousand subscriptions and recounted how its story and major arcs developed.
• The author discussed his struggles with slow updates, family interruptions, and his plans for the upcoming Mount Shu arc.
• The author revealed that the comic rights had been sold and mentioned a possible animation adaptation.
• The author apologized for posting only a note, thanked readers again, and promised to focus on writing and update earlier.

Lin Baici left the VIP lounge to use the restroom and was confronted by Cai Wen, a thug who challenged him to a fight. Lin Baici overwhelmed Cai Wen with one punch, leaving him smashed against the restroom wall.

• Lin Baici told the young man he could leave, then announced he was going to the restroom while Li Xiangren and Jin Jing stayed with the beaten thugs.
• Cai Wen and eight underlings watched Lin Baici enter the restroom, and Cai Wen insisted on fighting him alone.
• Cai Wen tried to intimidate Lin Baici, then attacked him with punches and a spinning back kick.
• Lin Baici charged forward and punched Cai Wen in the chest, sending him flying into the wall and cracking its tiles.

Lin Zhaojun overwhelmed a mushroom man in a restroom fight, countering its attacks with Divine Favor, a wrench, and evasive footwork. After subduing it, he peeled away its skin and found a green leaf on its bald head.

• Lin Zhaojun knocked the mushroom man down with the Muscular Buddha and struck it with a wrench empowered by the Colossus.
• Lin Zhaojun used the Drunken Immortal Fist and a lightning-fast stone-cutting strike to batter the mushroom man, who ended the fist technique by bleeding.
• The mushroom man unleashed its Winter-Long Staff, coating Lin Zhaojun with frost, but Lin Zhaojun dodged its attacks with Dog King Sliding Steps—Dancing Stance.
• Lin Zhaojun threw the mushroom man to the floor, broke its nose and ribs, and forced it to stop resisting.
• Lin Zhaojun peeled away the mushroom man's skin and noticed a green leaf growing from its bald head.

Lin Zhaojun captured Cai Wen and the other mushroom people, then traded Cai Wen’s family coin for his freedom. The coin granted Lin Zhaojun a new Divine Grace, which he shared with Jin Zhenxi.

• Lin Zhaojun and the Muscle Buddha defeated the mushroom people, and Lin Zhaojun had them dragged into the private room.
• Lin Zhaojun promised to release any mushroom person who could provide the pictured divine coin, and he let a little mushroom person go.
• Cai Wen offered his ancestral coin in exchange for his freedom, and Lin Xiuren went with him to retrieve it.
• Quan Renren returned with Cai Wen and the coin, which Lin Zhaojun recognized as a Divine Relic containing the Divine Grace 'The Winter Plum Blooms.'
• Lin Zhaojun absorbed the Divine Grace and then gave it to Jin Zhenxi, who swallowed it.

Lin Zhaojun used the divine coin’s favor to gain Winter Fist and captured the vegetable-head people, planning to draw their reinforcements to him. When Shizong Sect hunters Han Yuwen and Yongjun arrived, Yongjun attacked Lin Zhaojun and was quickly overwhelmed by the freezing technique.

• Lin Zhaojun learned that the divine coin granted Winter Fist, a technique that froze enemies and weakened their resistance.
• Lin Zhaojun released Cai Wen but tied up the other vegetable-head people and put them in a truck, explaining that he intended to lure their rescuers to him.
• Han Yuwen and Yongjun arrived to investigate the Happy Fish Club, and Yongjun challenged Lin Zhaojun after dismissing him.
• Yongjun attacked with his Thousand Electric Flax divine favor, but Lin Zhaojun dodged and countered with Winter Fist.
• Lin Zhaojun repeatedly struck Yongjun, freezing his body until his movements slowed and he could no longer land a punch.

Lin Zhaojun killed Cui Yongjun, and Jin Yingzhen killed Han Yuwei before claiming a kiss as her reward. After collecting a trunk full of cabbage and splitting it with Maiyuqiang, Lin left Han Suying facing a cabbage shortage and taunts from Huang Hai.

• Lin Zhaojun killed Cui Yongjun with a frost-covered punch after Cui challenged him.
• Han Yuwei fled from Lin Zhaojun, but Jin Yingzhen used her high-heeled divine artifact to pursue and kill him.
• Jin Yingzhen refused the battlefield spoils and kissed Lin Zhaojun as her reward, while Li Xiangren watched jealously.
• Lin Zhaojun picked up Maiyuqiang and gave him half of the cabbage packed into the car trunk.
• Han Suying failed to find cabbage for her restaurant, and Huang Hai arrived to mock her over the shortage.

Lin Zhaojun helped Han Suying recover a group of vegetable thieves and refused Huang Hai’s lucrative offer to join his restaurant. After the New World’s banquet collapsed when its head chef was arrested, Han Suying drove off with Lin Zhaojun and stopped at a barbecue stall to drink.

• Lin Zhaojun poured tea over Huang Hai after Huang Hai provoked Han Suying in the restaurant.
• Lin Zhaojun brought nearly twenty vegetable thieves back, and Han Suying offered him payment and thirty-three game coins.
• Huang Hai tried to poach Lin Zhaojun with a large salary and his female assistant, but Lin Zhaojun rejected him.
• Golden Phoenix called Lin Zhaojun after the head chef was arrested and two chefs were injured, leaving the New World unable to hold its banquet.
• Han Suying drove to the White Gate Inn to deal with the fallout, then stopped at a barbecue stall and asked Lin Zhaojun to drink with her.

Lin Zhaojun faced Li Shenghuo and three other Divine Hunters who demanded his Divine Relic and tried to ambush him, while Golden Phoenix and Lin Xiangren argued over whether to intervene. The chapter left Lin Zhaojun holding Zheng Shuen at swordpoint as the attackers learned he had killed Jason and began to fear him.

• Golden Phoenix stopped Lin Xiangren from rushing to help Lin Zhaojun, while Li Mianmian and Zhuo Yuying warned them not to interfere recklessly.
• Li Shenghuo and his companions confronted Lin Zhaojun over the deaths of Han Yuwei and another teammate, then demanded his Divine Relic and submission.
• Lin Zhaojun asked the barbecue shop owner and Han Suying to leave, but Zheng Shuen crushed Han Suying’s phone and threatened the shop owner.
• Zheng Shuen sensed Lin Zhaojun’s attack and dodged a flying stone, but Lin Zhaojun flipped the table, broke Golden Phoenix’s lower-leg bone, and pressed a bronze sword to Zheng Shuen’s throat.
• Lin Xiangren rushed in to stop the fight and revealed that Zhuo Yuying had killed Jason, causing Li Shenghuo’s group to doubt themselves and fear Lin Zhaojun.

Lin Zhaojun and the others encountered rule contamination when a girl group began forcing them to drink roasted liquor. The five sisters gathered everyone around a table and prepared nearly a hundred cups, leaving the group facing their first round of drinks.

• Golden Phoenix and Li Shenghuo's groups argued until the five girl group members arrived with flyers and interrupted Lin Zhaojun as he prepared to kill Zheng Shuen.
• Jin Er Mi offered Zhuo Yuying roasted liquor, then smashed a bottle against her arm when she refused, revealing the rule contamination.
• Lin Zhaojun told Zhuo Yuying to take a sip, and Jin Er Mi gathered everyone at tables while the sisters brought out more roasted liquor.
• Li Shenghuo suggested forcing their way out, but the sisters required everyone who had taken a flyer to drink, and Golden Phoenix prevented Zheng Shuen from leaving.
• The five sisters filled nearly a hundred cups, and Jin Yixiu raised one and invited everyone to drink on behalf of their fifth sister.

Lin Zhaojun and his companions endured the Five Phoenixes’ drinking games and performances, learning the rules for avoiding bottle-smashing penalties. The drinking continued, and as the sisters prepared another dance, Li Shengxia and the others grabbed the glow sticks from Golden Phoenix.

• Lin Zhaojun drank first, but the Five Phoenixes smashed bottles over several companions’ heads and made them take penalty drinks.
• Li Shengxia and Lin Zhaojun worked out that drinking last or spilling liquor triggered penalties, while Lu Yuming repeatedly got singled out.
• Ye Yixiu announced that the Five Phoenixes would dance, and Lin Zhaojun handed out glow sticks so everyone could cheer them on.
• The Five Phoenixes penalized those who cheered weakly or lacked glow sticks, so the group drank more liquor bottles.
• After another five bottles, the Five Phoenixes prepared to perform again, and Li Shengxia and the others snatched glow sticks from Golden Phoenix.

Lin Baici’s group faced the Five Sisters’ deadly dance-and-cheering challenge while another group fled to the main street. The Five Sisters judged Lu Yuming’s performance inadequate, and his body exploded.

• Golden Xiang tried to start a fight with Jin Jiwen, but Kwon Sang-in pleaded for everyone to calm down.
• Li Shengzhu and his companions ran toward the main street, leaving Kwon Sang-in behind.
• As the Five Sisters began their dance challenge, Jin Yinai singled out Lu Yuming to cheer for them.
• Lu Yuming waved his glow stick and shouted encouragement, but the Five Sisters declared him unworthy of being their fan.
• Lu Yuming’s limbs swelled and burst, and he crashed to the ground as Zheng Shuen and Li Shengzhu cried out.

Lin Baici used Jin Yingzhen’s chaebol-miss attitude to make the Five Sisters drink with them, while quietly weakening Li Shengzhu and Zheng Shuen before the next dance. The drinking continued as the group prepared for another song.

• Kwon Sang-in slapped himself and regretted provoking Lin Baici, while Kim Jin-soo flattered Lin Baici and asked him for advice on avoiding Rule Pollution.
• Lin Baici told Jin Yingzhen to act like a chaebol heiress when he gave her the signal.
• After Fifth Sister finished dancing, Lin Baici offered the sisters a bottle of soju, and Jin Yingzhen scolded them into drinking.
• The Five Sisters apologized and drank, while Lin Baici encouraged everyone to drink together so Li Shengzhu and Zheng Shuen would struggle to imitate the dance.
• Li Yintong taunted Li Shengzhu and Zheng Shuen for refusing to drink, and Li Shengzhu drank another bottle as the next song was announced.

Lin Baici freed Cai Wen’s Vegetable Head People in exchange for coins, then set Cai Wen against the Huanghai Grand Hotel. The next morning, Lin Baici saw Gu Qingqiu’s protest against a dairy company on television and learned that Huanghai Hotel had burned down; the chapter ended with a variety-show challenge offering ancient coins that could complete the mission.

• Lin Baici released Cai Wen’s captured companions after Cai Wen paid him seventy-eight coins, and Cai Wen stayed behind to talk with him.
• Han Suying tried to kiss Lin Baici while drunk, but he stopped her, cleaned her up after she vomited, and later asked Cai Wen to deal with the Huanghai Hotel.
• Lin Baici spent the night with Jin Yingzhen, then joined the New World staff for work the next morning.
• Lin Baici saw Xia Hongyao and Yi Jisheng protesting outside a dairy company and inferred that Gu Qingqiu was using the scandal to pressure businesses into giving her coins.
• A television report showed Huanghai Hotel burned down, and Lin Baici realized Cai Wen had acted on his request.
• The staff watched an advertisement for a variety-show challenge whose prize pool included a thousand ancient coins, prompting Jin Yingzhen to point out that it could complete their mission.

Lin Baici and Han Suying entered the popular variety show challenge with their group, hoping to win ancient coins and save New World. At the opening event, paint-filled balls rained down on the contestants, and Lin Baici used other contestants as shields before spotting a huge Black man throwing people.

• Han Suying decided to enter the challenge to try to save her restaurant, and Lin Baici agreed to join her team in exchange for ancient coins.
• Lin Baici and the others registered with Han Suying, then waited a week for the challenge to begin while Xia Hongyao and Yi Jisheng appeared in the news protesting.
• Lin Baici's group arrived at the Guangzhou Sports Arena, where reporters interviewed Jin Yingzhen and Lin Baici before the contestants entered the stadium.
• A nursery rhyme and cold wind accompanied a barrage of paint-filled balls that sent the contestants into chaos.
• Lin Baici grabbed Han Suying and used a large contestant as a shield, while his teammates copied him and Li Yintong considered throwing her own shield.
• A huge Black man threw a contestant toward Lin Baici's group, and Lin Baici hurled his human shield to intercept him.

Lin Baici provoked the Great Shaman of Yellowstone during the first round of the Great Challenge, but she stopped Okocha from retaliating and later asked to speak with Lin. After the round ended, Xia Hongyao arrived and Okocha reached for her.

• Okocha and his companions attacked contestants with human projectiles, and Lin Baici threw a contestant toward the Great Shaman, Alexandra Shakira.
• Shakira ordered Okocha to stop attacking Lin Baici, then resumed watching the contest as Okocha targeted other competitors.
• The paintball round ended, and the announcer declared contestants hit by paintballs eliminated before reporters crowded around Lin Baici and Jin Yingzhen.
• Okocha told Lin Baici that Shakira wanted to speak with him, but Lin refused until Xia Hongyao arrived.
• Okocha, displeased at being ignored, reached out to grab Xia Hongyao by the head.

Lin Baici and his companions reunited at the stadium, where Xia Hongyao fought off Okocha and the Great Shaman offered Lin Baici three divinations in exchange for borrowing his ancient sacrificial object. Lin Baici postponed his decision, and the group was called to the first event of the challenge.

• Xia Hongyao twisted Okocha’s arm, struck him twice, and nearly stabbed him before the Great Shaman ordered them to stop.
• Xia Hongyao recognized Alexandra Shakira, and Shakira apologized for sending Okocha to invite the group to speak with her.
• Shakira offered Lin Baici three free divinations if she could borrow his ancient sacrificial object, but Lin Baici asked for time to think.
• Shakira sensed a dangerous voice connected to Lin Baici’s object and decided to wait until they had left the God Ruins before investigating.
• Lin Baici reunited with Hua Yueyu and introduced Gu Qingqiu to the group before the stadium announced the start of the eating contest.