Chapter Summaries

Lin Baici saved Song Tian and the hospital patients by finding evidence against the Dean, then left the hospital to confront the god behind the God Ruins. He reached Wanda Plaza through the sewer and prepared to hunt it down.

• Lin Baici identified the Dean’s perfume as the nurse in stockings’ and bluffed that he had proof of their affair.
• Lin Baici found a recorder hidden in the nurse’s high heel and used it to force the Dean to discharge Song Tian and the other patients.
• Lin Baici discovered that Su Manni and Xiao Fo had died, then left the hospital with Song Tian.
• Li Luyou watched Lin Baici’s escape and worried that Tang Keke’s death might turn Lin Baici against him.
• After fireworks pointed him toward Gu Qingqiu, Lin Baici left Song Tian behind and entered the sewer through the third manhole.
• Lin Baici emerged inside Wanda Plaza and asked where the god was, declaring that he would eat it.

Lin Baici pursued Li Luyou through the god’s gaming-maze domain, repeatedly tracking him down and battering him despite his regeneration and ability to escape. The chapter left Lin Baici devouring Li Luyou’s flesh while the God of Gluttony urged him to eat it hot.

• Lin Baici followed the God of Gluttony’s directions through the deserted Wanda Plaza and recovered his clothes and God’s Taboo Objects.
• Li Luyou trapped Lin Baici in his gaming-maze domain, where animated reliefs attacked him and Li Luyou repeatedly fled or vanished.
• Lin Baici used the White Antler Bone Flute to find Li Luyou again and again, striking him with his weapons and Divine Graces.
• Li Luyou regenerated, escaped, and summoned a golden game controller, but Lin Baici seized it and continued his assault.
• Lin Baici bit and ate Li Luyou’s flesh while the God of Gluttony encouraged him to consume it while it was hot.

Lin Baici defeated Li Luyou inside the God Ruins at Wanda Plaza, where the game god’s pollution had trapped survivors in a warped arcade world. Xia Hongmian contained the god and the Ruins began to collapse, leaving Lin Baici to reunite with the survivors and leave the plaza as the Safety Bureau moved in.

• Lin Baici fought Li Luyou in the distorted God Ruins, killed his true form, and ate most of the god before Xia Hongmian arrived.
• Xia Hongmian contained Li Luyou’s remains, stabilized the warped surroundings, and ended the God Ruins.
• Xia Hongyao, Gu Qingqiu, Hua Yueyu, and Song Tian returned safely, and Lin Baici explained that a god had caused the outbreak.
• Xia Hongmian questioned Lin Baici about the god and teased him by asking why his mouth tasted like one.
• Zhao Zongshao led the Safety Bureau into Wanda Plaza to handle the aftermath, while Lin Baici left with Xia Hongyao.

After returning from the Super Arcade, Lin Baici visited Song Tian and then stayed at Hua Yueyu’s home, where he helped injured neighbor Liu Lu with a healing black mud from the Longevity Pot. He caught up with worried friends and Jin Yingzhen, while Song Tian began paying unusual attention to Hua Yueyu and added Lin Baici on WeChat.

• Lin Baici drove Hua Yueyu to Song Tian’s home, refused her invitation to stay, and reminded her to report to the Haijing Safety Bureau.
• Lin Baici returned to Haijing, answered Li Wei’s call, and promised to meet him that weekend after reassuring him about his absence.
• Lin Baici and Hua Yueyu found Liu Lu with a swollen ankle, and Lin Baici carried her home before using black mud from the Longevity Pot to reduce the swelling and pain.
• Lin Baici stayed at Hua Yueyu’s home, where she streamed in cosplay and received gifts from Song Tian, who then sent Lin Baici a friend request.
• Lin Baici spoke with Gu Qingxiang and Jin Yingzhen, explained his absence, and declined to discuss the girl-group auditions Jin Yingzhen had sent him.

Ji Xinyan’s dormmates watched Li Muxia stage an extravagant confession, while Ji Xinyan wondered where Lin Baici had gone and shared her blunt views on love and marriage. She rejected Li Muxia and left him to pursue Bai Jiao instead.

• Hua Yueyu ended her stream early so she could spend time with Xiao Bai.
• Ji Xinyan returned to the dorm in a BMW X5 and told her dormmates that a man had given it to her, while worrying that Lin Baici had been missing for days.
• The dormmates watched Li Muxia arrange a public confession with flowers, candles, fireworks, and a Cartier necklace.
• Ji Xinyan lectured the girls about relationships and explained that she wanted a man who loved both her body and her soul.
• Ji Xinyan rejected Li Muxia, saying he lacked both money and heart, then told him to pursue Bai Jiao.

Li Muxia confessed to Ji Xinyan, who rejected him while bluntly revealing her priorities and encouraging him to pursue Bai Jiao. As Ji Xinyan joked with her roommates about her BMW and building a social media following, Li Muxia realized he admired her personality even more, while Ji Xinyan headed into the dormitory still devoted to her mysterious special someone.

• Ji Xinyan told Li Muxia she was not wealthy enough for him and suggested he pursue Bai Jiao, leaving him stunned by her unusual response.
• Li Muxia shouted that Ji Xinyan's soul was more interesting than her body and that he liked her even more, but she said he was not her type.
• Ji Xinyan offered Liu Zilu and Tao Nai chances to take photos with her BMW and urged Liu Zilu to build her own Xiaohongshu following for financial independence.
• Ji Xinyan teased Tao Nai about being her personal maid and joked about Li Muxia, while Tao Nai asked about Ji Xinyan's special someone.
• Ji Xinyan told Li Muxia that only her special someone could lick her feet, then went into the dormitory building.

Ji Xinyan faced gossip on the Campus Forum about her luxury car and used the car’s registration to show it was in her name, turning the argument in her favor. The dorm settled down after her friends praised her generosity, while Lin Baici and Hua Yueyu finally went downstairs to eat.

• Ji Xinyan’s dormmates discussed her rejection of Li Muxia and teased her about the expensive car and her male friend.
• A Campus Forum post linked Ji Xinyan’s Mercedes to a crash outside a bar, and commenters accused her of lying about receiving the car from a wealthy admirer.
• Ji Xinyan posted the BMW X5’s registration with private details covered, proving that the car was registered in her name.
• Ji Xinyan’s friends defended her, and she joked that they could borrow her car as long as they did not have sex in it.
• After staying up late, Ji Xinyan went to bed, while Lin Baici and Hua Yueyu got up and went downstairs to eat.

Lin Baici arranged for Feng Ting to find Hua Yueyu a private upscale home near Haijing University, while Liu Lu’s interest in the seaweed mud drew her into a conversation about Hua Yueyu’s boyfriend. Feng Ting accepted Lin Baici’s 2,000-yuan payment and canceled her birthday plans with Zhou Zhen to search for properties that night.

• Liu Lu asked Lin Baici to help her obtain more seaweed mud, but he only agreed to ask his friend and could not promise anything.
• Liu Cheng visited Liu Lu and refused to believe Hua Yueyu had a boyfriend, while Liu Lu warned him that Hua Yueyu’s boyfriend was far beyond his reach.
• Lin Baici drove Hua Yueyu near Haijing University, and she kissed him goodbye before walking to campus.
• Feng Ting received birthday messages and a red packet from Zhou Zhen, then canceled dinner with him after Lin Baici called to request a private residence near Haijing University with a budget of at least ten million yuan.
• Lin Baici sent Feng Ting 2,000 yuan to encourage her search, and Feng Ting told Zhou Zhen she would inspect properties that night before returning his 200-yuan birthday gift.

Lin Baici visited his newly purchased villa and caught Jiang Yitong bathing there, then made her explain why she had entered. He left her to get dressed and spoke with Ji Xinyan, who was angry about his long absence and discussed the house’s remaining arrangements.

• Feng Ting set out to find a suitable house for Lin Baici near Haijing University, hoping to impress him and become his friend.
• Lin Baici drove to Vanke Emerald Heaven, inspected his new villa, and heard someone bathing in the upstairs master bathroom.
• Lin Baici broke the bathroom lock and found Jiang Yitong naked; she said she had entered because her mother, who worked for a cleaning service, was cleaning the villa for Ji Xinyan.
• Lin Baici kept recording while Jiang Yitong explained herself, then left the bathroom so she could get dressed.
• Ji Xinyan called Lin Baici, complained that his phone had been off, and discussed the house arrangements and her trust in him.

Lin Baici argued with Jiang Yitong after finding her in his villa, then reflected on his relationships while messaging Zhang Ye and following his classmates’ plans for a birthday gathering. He told Jiang Yitong he would neither make her pay nor delete the video, but insisted he had no reason to misuse it because his female friends were prettier than her.

• Lin Baici ordered Jiang Yitong to dry her hair, and she imagined turning him into a captive for a story she planned to write.
• Jiang Yitong offered to pay Lin Baici and asked him to delete the video, but he refused to settle the matter on those terms.
• Lin Baici sent Zhang Ye two transfers of three thousand yuan, then worried that he was keeping her interested and asked himself whether he was becoming a Sea King.
• Xu Daguan proposed a class gathering for Bai Jiao, Pei Fei, and Liu Zilu’s birthdays, and the classmates began discussing plans while Bai Jiao said she was in class.
• Jiang Yitong asked whether Lin Baici had finished deciding what to do, and he said he would not make her pay or delete the video because he had no reason to misuse it.

Jiang Yitong left Lin Baici’s villa after he refused to return her video, and Lin Baici caught up on God Hunter news while browsing the Origin Forum. The chapter ended with Gu Qingxiang telling Lin Baici that her friend Li Luyou had died and quietly deciding to avenge him.

• Lin Baici refused to negotiate with Jiang Yitong over the video, and she left the villa after he told her to clean the bathroom.
• Lin Baici read forum posts about God Ruins, the captured angel in Italy, and disasters unfolding around the world, while the God of Gluttony decoded five symbols from Praise the Sun’s request.
• Lin Baici noticed a post about a Luck-Turning Bracelet like one he had seen before, but deleted his reply rather than draw attention to himself.
• Lin Baici bought groceries, returned to the villa, and cooked dinner for Gu Qingxiang.
• Gu Qingxiang shared wine with Lin Baici and told him that her friend Li Luyou had died.
• Gu Qingxiang remembered Li Luyou and resolved to kill everyone responsible for his death.

Gu Qingxiang reconsidered taking revenge on the Haijing Safety Bureau after Lin Baici comforted her about Li Luyou, and she accepted a million yuan from him. Lin Baici went with Xia Hongyao to headquarters, where Xia Hongmian confirmed his promotion to Dragon Wing, making him the youngest in Nine Provinces.

• Lin Baici comforted Gu Qingxiang over Li Luyou's death, and Gu Qingxiang decided to abandon her plan to attack the Haijing Safety Bureau and instead give it a taste of a god's power.
• Lin Baici persuaded Gu Qingxiang to accept a transfer of one million yuan, and the two spent a quiet evening together.
• Jin Yingzhen spoke with Lin Baici by video call while managing the Daesun Conglomerate, and Xia Hongyao told him to meet her at headquarters the next morning.
• Xia Hongyao picked Lin Baici up and drove him to the Haijing Safety Bureau headquarters, where he learned he was already famous for purifying Luoyang Seven Towns.
• Xia Hongmian handed Lin Baici his promotion document and congratulated him on becoming the youngest Dragon Wing in Nine Provinces.

Xia Hongmian brought Lin Baici and Xia Hongyao to the Black Coffin Vault, where Lin Baici was promoted to Nine Provinces Dragon Wing and learned about his new benefits and responsibilities. After the vault’s guardian tested them, Xia Hongyao opened the storage room, and the pair began choosing Divine Graces.

• Xia Hongmian told Lin Baici that his work at Super Arcade earned him Dragon Rank, a hundred million in bonuses, and ten thousand Meteor Coins, then explained his salary, privileges, and duties.
• Xia Hongmian led Lin Baici and Xia Hongyao to the eighteenth floor and explained the Black Coffin Vault’s importance.
• The vault guardian questioned Xia Hongyao and Lin Baici, then released them after they answered correctly.
• Xia Hongyao opened the iron door with a key from a floating bubble, revealing a room filled with more than fifty bubbles containing Divine Graces.
• Xia Hongyao asked Lin Baici to help her choose the strongest Divine Graces.

Lin Baici chose three Divine Graces from the Black Coffin vault, then collected a huge bonus and began sending money to women in his life. The chapter ended with Ji Xinyan accepting his 50,000-yuan gift and deciding to introduce him to Bai Jiao.

• Lin Baici selected Master Performer, Coward Child, and Hundred Horse Power, while Xia Hongyao chose Western Regions Dancer and regretted it.
• Xia Hongmian told Lin Baici his credentials and Nine Provinces Dragon Wing badge would be ready in a week, then warned Xia Hongyao to stay away from the Qin Palace.
• Lin Baici collected his bonus and discovered his bank balance had risen above 218 million yuan.
• Lin Baici sent Song Tian a million yuan, and she worried he was ending their relationship before calling him during her livestream.
• Lin Baici sent Ji Xinyan 50,000 yuan, and she joked about being his maid before accepting the transfer in class.
• Ji Xinyan teased Liu Zilu about becoming a maid and considered introducing Bai Jiao to Lin Baici.

Ji Xinyan celebrated Lin Baici’s generosity by sharing money with Liu Zilu and posting about her romance, while Lin Baici sent gifts to several acquaintances and arranged a search for a luxury home. He then accompanied Xia Hongyao to collect Meteor Coins, where she used his space-type God's Taboo Objects to transport them.

• Ji Xinyan gave Liu Zilu 1,000 yuan from her allowance and posted on Xiaohongshu about her boyfriend giving her spending money.
• Lin Baici sent money to Li Shangui, Zhang Ye, and Feng Ting, but Zhang Ye mistook his gift for an invitation while Feng Ting continued searching for a home and learned his budget was 20 to 100 million yuan.
• Feng Ting rejected her boyfriend Zhou Zhen’s invitation to go shopping because she wanted to focus on finding a suitable property for Lin Baici.
• Xia Hongyao signed for 16,000 Meteor Coins and also signed Lin Baici’s name to collect Gu Qingqiu’s 3,000 coins.
• Xia Hongyao and Lin Baici loaded the coins into a Soviet tank and a reindeer sleigh, revealing to the finance staff that Lin Baici owned three space-type God's Taboo Objects.

After Lin Baici was promoted to Nine Provinces Dragon Wing, Xia Hongyao took him to Dragon and Beauty Bar to celebrate, where he confronted a rogue hunter trying to pry information from her. The bar’s proprietress, Nangong Shu, revealed Lin Baici’s identity as the Lin God of Haijing, leaving the rogue hunter afraid to take revenge.

• Xia Hongyao celebrated Lin Baici’s promotion in the Dragon Soul group chat, where other hunters congratulated them and discussed his reputation and the Luoyang Seven Towns incident.
• At Dragon and Beauty Bar, a man in a trench coat asked about gods and offered to buy information, while a man in a suit tried to draw Xia Hongyao aside and called Lin Baici her lackey.
• Lin Baici snapped the suited man’s wrist, then used Feast of Wine and a cigarette to calm him and make him answer questions about the information he was seeking.
• The suited man admitted he was a freelance hunter from Nine Dragon Pavilion who knew little, so Lin Baici told him to leave and get his wrist treated.
• Nangong Shu greeted Lin Baici and Xia Hongyao, kissed Lin Baici’s cheek, and called him the Lin God of Haijing, startling the suited man and ending his thoughts of revenge.

Lin Baici visited the Dragon and Beauty bar with Xia Hongyao and learned that he had been appointed a Nine Provinces Dragon Wing. After he suspected the blonde newcomer Cecilia was seeking Xia Hongmian, the chapter ended with Jing Wubing losing track of Cecilia and discussing Lin Baici and Xia Hongyao with Red Moon Thunderclap.

• Nangong Shu welcomed Lin Baici and Xia Hongyao upstairs, but Cecilia arrived at the bar seeking a meeting with its boss.
• A man in a leather jacket revealed that the Nine Provinces Security Agency was about to appoint Lin Baici a Nine Provinces Dragon Wing, and Nangong Shu rewarded him with Meteor Coins.
• The man in a trench coat learned Lin Baici's identity and paid the leather-jacketed man for more information.
• Cecilia refused to speak in front of Lin Baici and Xia Hongyao, then left; Lin Baici guessed she was looking for Xia Hongmian and warned Nangong Shu to be careful.
• Nangong Shu toasted Lin Baici's promotion and flirted with him, while the trench-coated man followed Cecilia but lost her.
• The trench-coated man, Jing Wubing, told Red Moon Thunderclap that he had seen Lin Baici and Xia Hongyao and praised them, while Red Moon warned him not to target Xia Hongyao.

Jing Wubing and Red Moon Thunderclap planned to draw Xia Hongmian away from Haijing so they could rescue Canyue, while Lin Baici learned about a major God's Taboo Object auction and received a job offer involving Haijing's richest man. After returning to campus, Lin Baici was greeted by classmates who had seen his viral fight video, and Xu Daguan asked him to approve a class birthday celebration.

• Jing Wubing and Red Moon Thunderclap discussed rescuing Canyue from the Haijing Safety Bureau and considered using a crisis to lure Xia Hongmian away.
• Nangong Shu told Lin Baici and Xia Hongyao about the upcoming Golden Dawn auction and invited Lin Baici to attend as her date, but he declined.
• Nangong Shu offered Lin Baici a job investigating what had happened to Wu Shitong, Haijing's richest man, for a hundred million in reward money.
• Nangong Shu kissed Lin Baici goodbye, and he took the drunk Xia Hongyao home before returning to his own apartment.
• Lin Baici talked with Gu Qingxiang about buying a house and traveling together, then returned to campus the next day.
• Lin Baici's classmates teased him about his absences and praised his widely shared fight video, while Xu Daguan asked him to approve a class birthday celebration.

Lin Baici joined the class’s plans for Bai Jiao and Liu Zilu’s birthday party, then faced Zhu Qiunan’s determined pursuit over lunch. Zhu Qiunan accepted his every attempt to discourage her and ended the meal by offering him a box of condoms, leaving Lin Baici stunned.

• Xu Daguan rallied the class to arrange a birthday party for Bai Jiao and Liu Zilu, and the students agreed to limit gifts to one hundred yuan each.
• Lin Baici chatted with Ji Xinyan, who invited him to visit the newly renovated house that night.
• Zhu Qiunan arrived in Lin Baici’s class, invited him to lunch, and made clear she was pursuing him.
• At lunch, Lin Baici tried to warn Zhu Qiunan away by listing his flaws, but she said she would accept them and support him.
• Lin Baici asked Zhu Qiunan to get a room with him, and she accepted before producing a box of Durex.

Lin Baici tried to discourage Zhu Qiunan from pursuing him, but she remained determined, while Ji Xinyan also made a bold move to spend the night with him. After Nangong Shu visited Lin Baici at school and kissed him, his classmates speculated about their relationship; the chapter ended with Ji Xinyan arriving at Lin Baici’s villa for the evening.

• Zhu Qiunan offered Lin Baici a box of condoms and told him she was willing to be with him, but he tried to push her away by grabbing her breast and warning that she deserved someone better.
• Zhu Qiunan paid for their meal, left for an appointment with the Dean, and privately began building a personality profile of Lin Baici.
• Ji Xinyan booked a hotel room and invited Lin Baici to a psychology counseling session, but he told her to cancel it and arranged to celebrate at the Villa instead.
• Nangong Shu brought Lin Baici two cases of wine at school, kissed him in front of his classmates, and left after they arranged to visit Wu Shitong’s mansion.
• Ji Xinyan packed clothes, drove to Lin Baici’s villa, and settled in before going upstairs to shower.