Chapter Summaries

Lin Baici celebrated moving into his villa with Ji Xinyan, who turned the evening into an elaborate housewarming dinner and flirted with him. As Ji Xinyan made the villa feel festive, Li Mengge spotted lights in its showpiece villa and reported that its owner had moved in.

• Lin Baici received a class-group message about Xu Daguan's birthday party and accepted a food delivery after getting lost in his unfamiliar villa neighborhood.
• Lin Baici met the delivery rider outside, thanked him, and offered him a can of beer before taking the food inside.
• Ji Xinyan came downstairs in pajamas, took playful photos with Lin Baici, and posted one to her Moments while teasing him about romance.
• Ji Xinyan collected a large cake and other decorations, then began heating food and setting up the villa as Lin Baici struggled with its appliances.
• Li Mengge saw the lights on in the showpiece villa in Section One and told her group chat that its handsome owner had moved in.

Li Mengge and the twins visited Lin Baici’s mansion, where Ji Xinyan turned them away and Lin Baici politely declined their advances. Back home, they discovered the wine Li Mengge had brought was worth a fortune, while Lin Baici and Ji Xinyan spent the evening drinking and teasing each other.

• Li Mengge recruited A Zuo and A You to visit Lin Baici’s mansion, while He Qing and Chuxin stayed behind.
• Ji Xinyan answered the door and rebuffed the three women before calling Lin Baici to meet them.
• Lin Baici accepted Li Mengge’s housewarming wine, gave her half a bottle of his own, and sent the visitors away.
• A You identified their wine as a Romanee-Conti that had sold at auction for 1.1 million yuan, and the women were stunned by its value.
• Nangong Shu’s wine collection was revealed to be the source of Lin Baici’s bottle, and she refused to tell him its price.
• Lin Baici and Ji Xinyan drank and played rock-paper-scissors; when Ji Xinyan got tipsy and teased him, he offered to help her to bed and flicked her forehead.

Ji Xinyan spent the night at Lin Baici’s villa, but he respected her and let her sleep alone before making her breakfast. Lin Baici then left to visit his childhood friend Li Wei at Haijing Normal University, while Ji Xinyan stayed behind.

• Ji Xinyan clung to Lin Baici and kissed him, but he carried her to the bedroom without crossing her boundaries.
• Ji Xinyan’s friend Tang Nan called, admired Lin Baici’s photos, and teased Ji Xinyan about spending the night with him.
• Ji Xinyan fell asleep alone and woke to find that Lin Baici had left her untouched and prepared breakfast.
• Lin Baici told Ji Xinyan he planned to visit his childhood friend, and she stayed behind to tidy the villa.
• Lin Baici drove to Haijing Normal University, called Li Wei, and waited until Li Wei arrived by bicycle.

Lin Baici reunited with Li Wei at Haijing Normal University, concealed his God Hunter identity while arranging for Cai Wenqi to help his friend at school, and joined them at a charity dance. The chapter ended as Lin Baici worried about choosing a computer monitor.

• Li Wei greeted Lin Baici and discussed his loneliness, finances, and hopes for romance at university.
• Lin Baici told Li Wei a fabricated story about earning ten thousand a month from a wealthy female classmate and showed him Zhu Qiunan's WeChat.
• Cai Wenqi hurried to meet Lin Baici, and he asked her to help Li Wei gain opportunities at school while giving her a Meteor Coin.
• Lin Baici, Li Wei, and Cai Wenqi ate together, then went to a Student Union charity dance where personal belongings and antiques would be auctioned for charity.
• Lin Baici's stomach growled as he struggled to decide which computer monitor to buy.

Lin Baici attended Haijing Normal University’s charity ball with Cai Wenqi and Li Wei, where he recognized campus belle Jiang Yitong as the woman he had seen at his villa. Jiang Yitong noticed him and feared he would expose her, while Li Wei mistakenly thought she was watching him.

• Lin Baici signed in with Cai Wenqi and Li Wei, and a senior student flirted with him before they entered the charity ball.
• Cai Wenqi explained that streamer Ma Ming had been invited to donate, while Li Wei noticed Student Union president Zheng Yunfeng defer to him.
• Jiang Yitong arrived, and Lin Baici recognized her from selfies taken inside his villa and remembered seeing her there before.
• Ma Ming filmed Jiang Yitong despite her objections, so she tried to leave until she spotted Lin Baici and froze in fear.
• Zheng Yunfeng opened the charity ball, while Li Wei repeatedly mistook Jiang Yitong’s glances toward Lin Baici for attention directed at him.

At a charity auction, Ma Ming bought several items to show off while Jiang Yitong approached Lin Baici, hoping to speak with him privately. Their conversation left Jiang Yitong increasingly anxious that Lin Baici would expose her past, just as Ma Ming arrived and asked to see her social media posts.

• Zheng Yunfeng started the charity auction, and Ma Ming bought the first three items for a thousand yuan each while boasting about his generosity.
• Li Wei noticed Jiang Yitong repeatedly looking toward Lin Baici and told him the campus beauty seemed interested in him.
• Jiang Yitong approached Lin Baici and offered to show him around campus, but he answered casually and refused.
• Cai Wenqi introduced Jiang Yitong to Lin Baici and claimed she had shown him Jiang Yitong's social media posts, making Jiang Yitong fear he would recognize the photos from his house.
• Ma Ming came over wearing a Buddhist prayer-bead bracelet and asked to see Jiang Yitong's social media posts.

At a university charity auction, Ma Ming used his prayer beads to wish that Jiang Yitong would fall for him, while Lin Baici sensed the beads’ supernatural effects and the presence of another God’s Taboo Object. Professor Tan Zengshan arrived with five items for auction, and Lin Baici learned that one was a silver dollar from the God Ruins with a money-miscalculation effect.

• Ma Ming flaunted his popularity and prayer beads, then wished that Jiang Yitong would fall for his charm; the wish brought a chill over the room and made Lin Baici hungry.
• Ma Ming bid one thousand yuan for an auction item, while the qipao-clad student showed interest in Lin Baici and Jiang Yitong quietly asked him to step outside.
• Professor Tan Zengshan arrived, and Zheng Yunfeng introduced his long history of donating to children in poor mountain villages before He Tao presented the auction items.
• Lin Baici’s hunger intensified as he watched the items and suspected Professor Tan’s silver dollar was a God’s Taboo Object.
• The God of Gluttony identified the One Yuan Datou Silver Dollar as an object that made the other party miscalculate money during transactions, while gradually making its holder unwilling to spend.

At the charity auction, Lin Baici used God of Gluttony's assessments to identify a contaminated family letter and bought it despite Li Wei’s protests and Ma Ming’s ridicule. He waited for the fifth item, a Yuan Datou Silver Dollar, while Jiang Yitong warned that Ma Ming might retaliate.

• Zheng Yunfeng auctioned Professor Tan’s Chengni Inkstone, which a sophomore bought for 29,900 yuan after Lin Baici explained its appeal and resale limits.
• Lin Baici bid 10,000 yuan for the Ancient Family Letter after God of Gluttony revealed its effects, and he paid for it as a gift for his boss.
• Ma Ming called the letter a forgery during his livestream, but Lin Baici dismissed his criticism and mocked him for worrying about the money.
• A third-year student bought the gold lock for 90,000 yuan, and Zheng Yunfeng promoted a Yuan Datou Silver Dollar as the fifth item.
• Jiang Yitong warned Lin Baici that Ma Ming might try to humiliate him, but Lin Baici said he was not afraid.

Lin Baici outbid streamer Ma Ming at a university auction, then transferred one million yuan to the Student Union account as a donation for poor mountain communities. As Lin Baici prepared to leave, someone rushed in to report that a student had jumped off a building.

• Lin Baici raised the Yuan Datou Silver Dollar bid far beyond Ma Ming’s offers, and Ma Ming challenged him to prove he could pay.
• Lin Baici asked the accountant for the Student Union account number and transferred one million yuan, which the accountant confirmed had arrived.
• Lin Baici told Zheng Yunfeng he expected the donation to go toward building schools and buying supplies, and Professor Tan approached him afterward.
• Ma Ming was left embarrassed as the students praised Lin Baici and criticized the streamer.
• Someone rushed into the auditorium and told Zheng Yunfeng that a student had jumped off a building.

Lin Baici saved a girl who fell from the Teaching Building after Ma Ming tried to intervene, while Ma Ming died in the fall under the corrupting influence of his prayer beads. The chapter left Lin Baici in his sports car with the beads, just as someone knocked on his window.

• The qipao-clad senior added Lin Baici on WeChat, and Zheng Yunfeng left the charity ball after hearing that a girl was threatening to jump.
• Ma Ming went onto the roof to livestream his attempt to persuade the girl, but she charged at him and sent them both falling.
• Lin Baici caught the girl, while Ma Ming struck an air-conditioning unit and the ground, dying from his injuries.
• Professor Tan recognized Ma Ming's prayer beads as a God's Taboo Object and suspected Lin Baici was the Haijing Lin God.
• Principal Zhang offered Lin Baici an award for bravery, and Lin Baici asked him to look after his childhood friend Li Wei.
• Lin Baici drove away with Ma Ming's prayer beads in his car, and someone knocked on the window.

Jiang Yitong agreed to pretend to be Lin Baici’s ideal college girlfriend in exchange for getting closer to him and recovering her bathing video. Meanwhile, Lin Baici searched for a missing Buddhist-bead bracelet as rumors of suspicious influencer deaths surfaced, then spent the evening with Ji Xinyan at his villa.

• Jiang Yitong asked Lin Baici to keep her fake-rich identity secret, and they agreed to act like a couple on campus while she played his imagined white moonlight.
• Jiang Yitong rejected Zheng Yunfeng’s dinner invitation, then told her roommates she knew Lin Baici and used his million-yuan donation to deflect suspicion about her background.
• Xia Hongyao told Lin Baici she had found no Buddhist-bead bracelet on the body and raised the possibility that recently popular online influencers had been dying suspiciously.
• Ji Xinyan cooked reheated takeout for Lin Baici, and the two joked over dinner before she suggested truth or dare and he proposed working out.

Lin Baici went with Nangong Shu and Xia Hongyao to treat Wu Shitong’s Rule Pollution at Dragon Lake Manor, where they learned a Nine Dragon Pavilion expert had already been called in. The expert, Lin Qingrong, admitted he needed a partner and several days to begin cleansing the pollution, leaving Xia Hongyao doubtful of his ability.

• Ji Xinyan filmed Lin Baici running at extraordinary speed, then teased him and tried to persuade him to run in his underwear, but he refused and carried her to bed.
• Nangong Shu called Lin Baici to treat Wu Shitong, and he left school to meet her and Xia Hongyao at Dragon Lake Manor.
• Liu Guifeng initially doubted Lin Baici, but Nangong Shu revealed that he was the Nine Provinces Dragon Wing, and Liu Guifeng welcomed the group inside.
• Liu Guifeng explained that Wu Shitong had been sleeping eighteen hours a day for two months and had become violent and withdrawn, while Xia Hongyao suspected the bedroom was the source of the pollution.
• Wu Guofu came downstairs with Lin Qingrong, who said the pollution was severe and he needed a strong partner before he could begin cleansing it, prompting Xia Hongyao to question his qualifications.

Lin Baici and Xia Hongyao investigated Wu Shitong’s mysterious illness but left after Lin Qingrong insisted Nine Dragon Pavilion would handle the dangerous painting. The next day, Wu Guofu asked Nangong Shu to bring Lin Baici back when Wu Shitong failed to wake as expected.

• Nangong Shu introduced Lin Baici as a Nine Provinces Dragon Wing to Wu Guofu and Lin Qingrong, who had underestimated him.
• Lin Baici and Xia Hongyao identified Wu Shitong’s quilt and oil paintings as possible sources of contamination, while Lin Qingrong found a painting sewn into the quilt.
• Lin Baici warned Wu Guofu that removing the painting without cleansing the contamination could endanger Wu Shitong and that he might become a vegetable within three days.
• Lin Qingrong insisted Hua Yingxiong would arrive within four days, so Lin Baici, Xia Hongyao, and Nangong Shu left without handling the object.
• Lin Baici returned to school, where Zhu Qiunan brought him milk tea, before Nangong Shu called to say Wu Guofu had asked him to help contain the object.

Lin Baici refused Wu Guofu’s offer of money to help with Wu Shitong’s condition, but agreed to go after Wu Guofu and Liu Guifeng pleaded with him and Nangong Shu consulted Xia Hongyao. He headed to Wu Shitong’s villa with Nangong Shu, leaving the nature and severity of the pollution unknown until he could experience it.

• Lin Baici told Nangong Shu he would not be swayed by Wu Guofu’s offer, while Zhu Qiunan invited him to lunch.
• Wu Guofu and Liu Guifeng visited Lin Baici at Haijing Institute of Technology and asked him to help Wu Shitong.
• Lin Baici left campus with Nangong Shu, but refused Liu Guifeng’s offer of two hundred million and tried to leave for lunch.
• Liu Guifeng slapped Wu Guofu and made him apologize, then Nangong Shu called Xia Hongyao to discuss whether Lin Baici should help.
• Lin Baici agreed to go to Wu Shitong’s villa with Nangong Shu and Xia Hongyao after learning Xia Hongyao was willing to go.

Lin Baici chose Zhu Qiunan over Ji Xinyan, built a prosperous life with his family, and later reunited with Ji Xinyan, who had remained devoted to him. As he cared for his sunflower and reflected on his happy life, he wondered whether he wanted to wake from the Dream.

• Lin Baici agreed to help contain the God's Taboo Object, then realized the sunflower—not the paintings—was connected to Wu Shitong's contamination.
• Lin Baici faced a choice between Ji Xinyan's Christmas invitation and Zhu Qiunan's hotel invitation, and he ran to Zhu Qiunan.
• Lin Baici chose a career, married Zhu Qiunan, raised a son, and became a wealthy business leader while the sunflower flourished.
• Ji Xinyan reunited with Lin Baici at forty, confessed she had waited for him, and asked to have a child who would take his surname.
• Lin Baici and Ji Xinyan had a daughter, and he raised both children while traveling with them and bringing the sunflower along.
• Lin Baici called his life a winner's life, then wondered whether he had forgotten something and whether he wanted to wake from the Dream.

Lin Baici escaped the Dream Flower Sea pollution by finding and burning its sunflower field, freeing Wu Shitong and the others from an idealized life that had trapped them. After purifying the pollution, he left the villa with Xia Hongyao and Nangong Shu, while Lin Qingrong called Hua Yingxiong to report that Lin Baici had handled the crisis.

• Lin Baici learned from the God of Gluttony that the painting's Dream Flower Sea gave people perfect lives and could trap them, then followed a potted sunflower toward its source.
• Lin Baici reached the sunflower field, where Wu Shitong threatened him with a shotgun and Wu Guofu, his secretary, and Liu Guifeng attacked to protect the flowers.
• Xia Hongyao, Nangong Shu, and Lin Qingrong appeared as Lin Baici lit the field; Wu Shitong tried to stop the fire, but the flames spread and purified the pollution.
• Lin Baici returned to the villa, where Wu Guofu and the others woke from the illusion, and he confirmed to Liu Guifeng that her husband would recover.
• Wu Guofu apologized and promised to transfer Lin Baici's payment, but Lin Baici declined dinner and left with Xia Hongyao and Nangong Shu.
• Lin Qingrong called Hua Yingxiong and reported that Lin Baici had dealt with the Rule Pollution.

Lin Baici and Xia Hongyao uncovered the sunflower painting hidden beneath a false image and planned to investigate its history, while Lin Qingrong reported Lin Baici’s strength to Hua Yingxiong. Back at university, Lin Baici faced dormmates’ gossip about his living arrangements and upcoming birthday gifts, leaving Ji Xinyan to choose presents for Bai Jiao and Liu Zilu as Liu Zilu eagerly anticipated his gift.

• Lin Qingrong told Hua Yingxiong that Lin Baici had resolved severe pollution in forty-five minutes, and Hua Yingxiong asked him to keep an eye on Lin Baici for a possible recruitment effort.
• Lin Baici identified the wasteland image as a disguise, and Xia Hongyao peeled it away to reveal a sunflower painting that could treat mental illness.
• Lin Baici asked Xia Hongyao to have Wu Shitong questioned about where he had obtained the painting, since it might have been created by a god.
• Lin Baici returned to his dorm, where his classmates speculated that he lived with Zhu Qiunan and teased him about choosing between her and Bai Jiao.
• Ji Xinyan asked Lin Baici about gifts for Bai Jiao and Liu Zilu’s birthday party, agreed to pick them out, and watched Liu Zilu eagerly anticipate Lin Baici’s present.

Shen Xin reflected on Vice Dean Zhou’s death and sought out Little Cutie and Agent Kim, while Agent Kim violently quit her job and continued searching for her missing husband. Lin Baici learned the trail behind the sunflower painting had ended with a murder, then received Wu Shitong’s thanks as Li Mengge’s group chat became excited about his status.

• Shen Xin heard rumors about Vice Dean Zhou’s death, recalled how her sunflower painting had driven him mad, and went to find Little Cutie.
• Agent Kim left her job to search for her missing husband, injured her bald boss when he withheld her wages, and used a taboo perfume to erase witnesses’ recent memories.
• Agent Kim met Shen Xin and Little Cutie at the park, complained that her husband was missing, and described the large-breasted woman she blamed for seducing him.
• Xia Hongyao told Lin Baici that Wu Shitong had recovered memories linking the painting to a business partner who had been killed by his mistress, and Lin warned her to stop investigating.
• Wu Shitong visited Lin Baici to thank him in person, while Li Mengge reported the visit in her group chat and the women discussed pursuing Lin.

After Wu Shitong thanked Lin Baici for saving his life, Lin settled back into college life and joined his classmates for Bai Jiao and Liu Zilu’s birthday outing. The group gathered at campus and prepared to head to dinner, where Ji Xinyan called Lin over to ride with her and the birthday girls.

• Wu Shitong offered Lin Baici extra gifts and invited him to dinner, but Lin declined while establishing a friendship with him.
• Lin Baici spent several uneventful days attending classes and studying before his classmates gathered for Bai Jiao and Liu Zilu’s birthday party.
• At the campus entrance, Lin Baici’s classmates teased him about confessing to Liu Zilu, and he denied being interested in her or Zhu Qiunan.
• Qian Jiahui told Lin Baici that his mother had learned about He Yunjia’s pregnancy and insisted that they keep the baby.
• Ji Xinyan arrived in her BMW X5, and Xu Daguan showed up in a Porsche Cayenne that God of Gluttony identified as a rental.
• When the group prepared to travel to Tongfu Grand Hotel, Ji Xinyan called Lin Baici over to ride with her and the birthday girls.

Lin Baici joined his classmates for Bai Jiao and Liu Zilu’s birthday dinner, while Liu Zilu tried to find out which girl he liked. At Tongfu Restaurant, Ji Xinyan served wine from Lin Baici’s villa, and Xu Daguan was stunned by its price.

• Lin Baici rode with Bai Jiao, Liu Zilu, Tao Nai, and Ji Xinyan, and Liu Zilu grew more attracted to him during the trip.
• At the restaurant, Liu Zilu stayed behind with Lin Baici and asked whether he liked Ji Xinyan or Bai Jiao; he said he liked whoever liked him.
• The classmates gathered for dinner, and Qian Jiahui brought Wuliangye while Ji Xinyan brought champagne and red wine from Lin Baici’s villa.
• Xu Daguan returned with his own red wine and urged everyone to drink it, but he recognized the wine Ji Xinyan had brought and exclaimed that it was extremely expensive.