Chapter Summaries

At a birthday dinner, Ji Xinyan shared expensive wine with her classmates while Xu Daguan tried to get Lin Baici drunk. Ji Xinyan took care of Lin Baici outside the restaurant, and they returned after she made him take medicine and warned him not to harm his health.

• Xu Daguan identified the Romanee-Conti and Dom Perignon, and Ji Xinyan insisted that everyone drink them to celebrate Bai Jiao and Liu Zilu's birthdays.
• Ji Xinyan teased her classmates about her lovesick puppy, while Bai Jiao began to suspect that Lin Baici was the person she meant.
• Xu Daguan challenged Lin Baici to drink, and Lin Baici downed several glasses of Wuliangye without showing signs of drunkenness.
• Lin Baici went outside for fresh air, and Ji Xinyan followed with milk and medicine she had ordered for him.
• Ji Xinyan gave Lin Baici a capsule and joked with him before warning him to drink less and protect his health.

Lin Baici celebrated Bai Jiao and Liu Zilu’s birthdays with their classmates, who admired a huge cake Ji Xinyan had arranged and teased Bai Jiao after she fed Lin Baici the first slice. The group went to karaoke, where Chen Kaiwei received messages from Wei Xin, who planned to join despite Chen Kaiwei’s warning.

• Xu Daguan tried to get Lin Baici to keep drinking, but Bai Jiao and the other girls told him to stop, and Lin Baici switched to orange drink.
• Ji Xinyan arranged a towering five-tier cake for Bai Jiao and Liu Zilu, with Lin Baici covering most of the cost, and the class celebrated with photos and birthday wishes.
• Bai Jiao fed Lin Baici the first slice of cake, prompting their classmates to tease them as she blushed.
• After the birthday meal, Xu Daguan led the class to Hongyue Bay KTV, where they began singing and drinking.
• Chen Kaiwei exchanged messages with Wei Xin, who said he was coming despite Chen Kaiwei’s warning not to do anything foolish.

Lin Baici and his classmates celebrated Liu Zilu and Bai Jiao’s birthdays, while Liu Zilu grew closer to Lin Baici and the group prepared gifts for the two women. The party was interrupted when Wei Xin and four other men entered the room to give Bai Jiao a birthday gift.

• Liu Zilu thanked Lin Baici for the cake, confided that Tao Nai might like him, and shared her suspicions that Ji Xinyan had a close male friend who gave her the BMW X5.
• Bai Jiao sang for the party, and Liu Zilu chatted with Lin Baici before returning to the other girls.
• Ji Xinyan brought in two matching gift boxes from her BMW X5 and explained that the classmates had prepared gifts for Liu Zilu and Bai Jiao to open privately.
• After the class sang Happy Birthday, five men entered the room, and Lin Baici and his classmates stood to confront them.
• One of the men explained that Wei Xin had come to give Bai Jiao a birthday gift, while Xu Daguan identified Wei Xin as a troublesome sophomore.

Wei Xin disrupted Bai Jiao’s birthday party with an unwanted confession and an expensive bracelet, but Lin Baici and Qian Jiahui drove him away after the gifts revealed a far more valuable Cartier watch. Wei Xin left intending to investigate Lin Baici, then spotted Da Tianjie in another private room.

• Wei Xin presented Bai Jiao with a bracelet and pressured her to accept it, while Ji Xinyan and the other classmates urged her to open the birthday gifts.
• Bai Jiao rejected Xu Daguan’s Cartier necklace and a Cartier Blue Balloon watch, whose anonymous giver impressed the guests and outpriced Wei Xin’s bracelet.
• When Man with Glasses insulted Ji Xinyan, Lin Baici threw bottles near him, then warned Wei Xin to stop harassing the girls; Qian Jiahui backed him up.
• Wei Xin received Chen Kaiwei’s warning about Lin Baici’s fighting record and left the party, ordering Chen Kaiwei to investigate Lin Baici.
• Wei Xin slapped Chen Kaiwei for questioning his fixation on Bai Jiao, then spotted Da Tianjie in a nearby private room.

At a KTV birthday party, Lin Baici’s classmates saw Da Tianjie approach him with surprising familiarity, while Xu Daguan’s attempt to impress her led him to mistake her friendliness for interest in him. Da Tianjie invited Lin Baici to a hotel afterward, but he refused and left with Qian Jiahui, leaving Song Tian still hoping to meet him.

• Wei Xin went to Da Tianjie’s streamer gathering, but the suited man turned him away, so Wei Xin rented a private room and waited for a chance to meet her.
• Xu Daguan visited Da Tianjie, introduced himself as a Haijing Institute of Technology student, added her on WeChat, and returned to his classmates believing his education had impressed her.
• Da Tianjie approached Lin Baici outside the KTV, took his arm, and greeted him; Lin Baici brushed her off, surprising his classmates with their apparent closeness.
• Da Tianjie let Zhou Jing, Li Jian'an, and several classmates take photos with her before leaving, while Xu Daguan questioned Lin Baici about their relationship.
• Da Tianjie messaged Lin Baici with an apology and an invitation to her Peninsula Hotel room, but Lin Baici declined and went back toward campus with Qian Jiahui.
• Song Tian regretted rushing Lin Baici and hoped he would change his mind, while Lin Baici left campus rather than return to the dorm.

After the class returned to their dorms, they gossiped about Cartier, the girls, and his bold intervention during the confrontation with Liu Zilu. Zhu Qiunan discovered that Cartier had secretly given her a Blue Balloon watch, leaving the girls wondering about his intentions as she showed it off online.

• The male students speculated about Cartier’s love life, while Hu Wenwu privately felt jealous because he liked Qian Jiahui.
• The girls praised Cartier for protecting them and wondered whether Liu Zilu had come to see him; Qian Jiahui privately teased Cartier over messages and told him Zhu Qiunan liked him.
• Zhu Qiunan opened a gift and found a Blue Balloon watch, then learned from Qian Jiahui that Cartier had given her one of the duplicate gifts.
• The girls admired the watch and speculated about who had given it to Zhu Qiunan, while Pei Fei suspected Cartier but kept quiet.
• After lights-out, Zhu Qiunan posted a photo of the watch from an alternate account and argued with a commenter who doubted it was genuine.

Liu Zilu bragged online about Lin Baici’s gifts and looks while he went home, turned down Li Mengge, and rescued Song Tian after she drank alone. The morning after spending the night with Song Tian, Lin Baici’s connection to the gifts remained a mystery to Liu Zilu, while Bai Jiao asked Ji Xinyan whether he had given them.

• Liu Zilu posted about her birthday celebration and defended Lin Baici’s looks with photos, while Ji Xinyan refused to show her a photo of his eight-pack.
• Lin Baici video-called Hua Yueyu and Jin Yingzhen on his way home, then rejected Li Mengge when she tried to visit his villa.
• Lin Baici found Song Tian crying in a park, took her home, and spent the night with her.
• Ji Xinyan left the dorm with Bai Jiao without telling Liu Zilu who had provided the expensive watches.
• Bai Jiao asked Ji Xinyan directly whether Lin Baici had given them the watches.

Ji Xinyan and Bai Jiao discussed the watch, their friendship, and their feelings about Lin Baici, while Bai Jiao joked that she could become his stepmother. Later, Lin Baici woke up beside Song Tian and received a call from Qi Heng, who said he had news.

• Bai Jiao returned the watch to Ji Xinyan, but admitted she wanted it and had struggled with whether to accept it.
• Ji Xinyan explained that the watch was not a romantic gesture and said she hoped Bai Jiao would become her equal friend rather than sell herself for money.
• Bai Jiao joked that if she could not be Lin Baici's white moonlight, she could be his stepmother, then urged Ji Xinyan to give up on him.
• Lin Baici woke up with Song Tian and agreed to go out to eat with her.
• Qi Heng called Lin Baici and said he had news.

Lin Baici met Qi Heng at the school gate to discuss the prayer beads, while Liu Zilu watched and discovered how much influence Lin Baici had over Wei Xin. The two men left together, and Liu Zilu was left smitten with Lin Baici.

• Qi Heng told Lin Baici that the Broker wanted to meet him before deciding whether to introduce him to Master Zhang, and Lin Baici arranged to meet Qi Heng at the school gate.
• Liu Zilu woke late, put on her Cartier watch, and worried that she had offended Ji Xinyan by showing interest in Lin Baici.
• Wei Xin recognized Qi Heng at the school gate and tried to ingratiate himself while waiting for Qi Heng's friend.
• Lin Baici arrived in his Panamera, and Qi Heng hurried out to greet him as Lin God.
• Wei Xin admitted he had pursued Bai Jiao, Lin Baici's female classmate, and Qi Heng slapped him before Lin Baici told him to leave Bai Jiao alone.
• Liu Zilu watched Lin Baici and Qi Heng drive away and became smitten with Lin Baici.

Liu Zilu learned that Lin Baici had given Ji Xinyan an expensive watch, while Lin arranged a Friday meeting with the Broker and hired cleaners for his villa. The cleaning job brought Jiang Yitong face-to-face with Lin again, and their mutual secrets led to a fresh argument about his childhood friend.

• Liu Zilu treated Ji Xinyan to grilled fish after receiving the watch, and Ji said she and Lin Baici were only friends for now.
• Lin Baici agreed to meet the Broker on Friday and asked Xia Hongyao to help him with a potentially dangerous task.
• Lin Baici arranged deep cleaning for his villa, and Jiang Yitong arrived with her mother, Wang Fang, to do the job.
• Jiang Yitong photographed Lin Baici's stained bedsheets and found used items in his trash, then teased him about his private life.
• Lin Baici and Jiang Yitong agreed to keep each other's secrets, and Jiang revealed that Li Wei had told her a girl stole Lin's first kiss in middle school.

Jiang Yitong confronted Lin Baici over his secret and tried to protect her mother, Wang Fang, from his advances, but Lin Baici teased her and drew Wang Fang into cooking dinner at his mansion. The chapter left Jiang Yitong anxiously watching her mother prepare an elaborate meal while Lin Baici waited for his friend.

• Jiang Yitong confronted Lin Baici and demanded that he return her photos in exchange for her silence about his secret.
• Lin Baici teased Jiang Yitong by suggesting he might pursue Wang Fang, and Jiang Yitong warned him to stay away from her mother.
• Lin Baici chatted with Wang Fang about her work and cooking, then gave her money to buy groceries and prepare dinner for his guest.
• Jiang Yitong apologized to Lin Baici and stayed behind to keep watch over Wang Fang, while she served him coffee and secretly posted photos of the expensive beans.
• Wang Fang returned with groceries and began preparing dinner, and Jiang Yitong stayed to help while worrying that Lin Baici had noticed her mother's figure.

Lin Baici celebrated his new home with Xia Hongyao, then hired Wang Fang as his housekeeper and discussed a plan to investigate Master Zhang. On Friday, Lin Baici and Qi Heng met the Broker’s contact and were taken to a villa, where a strange substance began seeping from Lin Baici’s skin as he grew drowsy.

• Xia Hongyao visited Lin Baici’s villa with champagne and cake, and they shared dinner with Wang Fang and Jiang Yitong.
• Lin Baici and Xia Hongyao discussed meeting Master Zhang on Friday, with Xia Hongyao following as backup.
• Lin Baici offered Wang Fang ten thousand yuan a month to cook and clean, and she agreed to start within two days.
• Lin Baici and Qi Heng met Mr. Wei at Paris Spring Shopping Mall, and Lin Baici passed his test to meet Master Zhang.
• Mr. Wei drove Lin Baici and Qi Heng to a villa, where they waited with three other visitors and heard their stories about Master Zhang.
• As the people in the villa grew drowsy, a viscous, translucent liquid began seeping from Lin Baici’s skin.

Lin Baici and the others became trapped in Rule Pollution that turned the villa living room into a monster’s stomach, digesting them by age. After the oldest man died, Lin Baici learned the threat’s rules and realized the others were still in danger while he searched for the God's Taboo Object.

• Xia Hongyao lost Lin Baici’s tracker signal and entered the villa complex, unsure whether to intervene.
• Lin Baici woke Qi Heng and the others, discovered their bodies were coated in a sticky substance, and identified the situation as Rule Pollution.
• Yu Haiyan failed to open the front door, and the middle-aged man broke a window only to find a wall of living flesh blocking the exit.
• The middle-aged man’s skin deteriorated, and he died after his legs broke while he tried to reach the upper floor.
• God of Gluttony revealed that the living room had become a monster’s stomach that digested people from oldest to youngest within half an hour.
• Lin Baici questioned the survivors about their ages, while the young man lied and claimed he was twenty-four.

Lin Baici discovered that a clock was killing people according to their ages and purified its Rule Pollution by setting it back thirteen hours. He then confronted the Broker, who had used the clock for Master Zhang, and seized him while four Dark Buddha Statues pursued them.

• Lin Baici noticed the clock's second hand was moving too quickly and deduced that it was connected to the deaths.
• The young man turned off the clock and died instantly, so Yu Haiyan set it back thirteen hours at Lin Baici's direction.
• The Rule Pollution was purified, and Lin Baici contained the clock before heading upstairs to find the Broker.
• Lin Baici entered the master bedroom and demanded that the Broker reveal Master Zhang's operations and take him there.
• The Broker attacked with prayer beads and four Dark Buddha Statues, but Lin Baici used NO BODY to appear behind him and grab his throat.

Lin Baici defeated Broker’s summoned Buddhas, but Broker died when his prayer-bead bracelet exploded, ending the team’s lead. Later, Lin Baici invited Feng Ting to dinner at his villa, where they discussed house listings before she left.

• Lin Baici summoned Muscle Buddha to destroy Broker’s four Dark Buddha Statues, while Broker escaped through a window as the statues self-destructed.
• Xia Hongyao captured Broker, but Lin Baici removed the prayer-bead bracelet and it exploded, killing Broker and leaving the group without a lead.
• Lin Baici returned to his villa, ordered Takeout, and agreed to let Feng Ting bring him house listings there.
• Feng Ting arrived at Lin Baici’s villa, showed him listings for Hua Yueyu, and helped prepare a lavish hot-pot dinner.
• Lin Baici and Feng Ting ate, drank wine, and talked until Hua Yueyu called, after which Feng Ting decided to leave.

Feng Ting stayed overnight at Lin Baici’s mansion after pretending to be drunk, while Lin Baici remained oblivious to her hopes of getting closer to him. The next morning, they drove to meet Hua Yueyu, whose arrival made Feng Ting suspect she had feelings for Lin Baici.

• Feng Ting pretended to be sick after drinking so Lin Baici would invite her to stay the night, and he put her up in the guest room.
• Feng Ting explored the mansion’s luxurious bath and bedding, then ignored her boyfriend Zhou Zhen’s lack of concern about her night out.
• Feng Ting found Lin Baici working out in the basement, fell on the treadmill, and Lin Baici caught her before she was hurt and carried her upstairs.
• Feng Ting made breakfast the next morning, and Lin Baici arranged to meet Hua Yueyu at Haijing University before driving there with Feng Ting.
• Hua Yueyu arrived at the car, and Feng Ting suspected from her voice and appearance that she liked Lin Baici.

Lin Baici took Hua Yueyu to view a mansion in Peninsula Villa, where they learned that the house had an unsettling chill and a reputation for bad feng shui. Suspecting Rule Pollution and warning that the Liu family might be in danger, Lin Baici negotiated an eighty-million-yuan purchase, and Mrs. Liu agreed to sell.

• Lin Baici introduced Hua Yueyu to Feng Ting as his girlfriend and explained that he was buying her a home near Hai University.
• Lin Baici, Hua Yueyu, and Feng Ting toured Mrs. Liu's mansion in Peninsula Villa and learned that the house felt chilly and was difficult to sell because of its bad feng shui.
• Lin Baici questioned Mrs. Liu about her family and the house, suspecting that Rule Pollution or someone targeting the family might be involved.
• Lin Baici offered eighty million yuan and warned Mrs. Liu that her family's safety could be at risk if she did not sell quickly.
• After Lin Baici and Hua Yueyu left the mansion, Mrs. Liu accepted his offer, and Feng Ting prepared the contract.

Lin Baici bought Mrs. Liu’s villa after Jin Yingzhen sent a team of Daesun Conglomerate legal advisers to review the contract, and he gave Feng Ting 500,000 yuan for her help. After warning Hua Yueyu not to visit the villa alone, he revealed that he suspected a God Hunter had planted a God’s Taboo Object there that was radiating Rule Pollution.

• Mrs. Liu agreed to sell her villa to Lin Baici, and Feng Ting admitted she could not review the contract.
• Lin Baici called Jin Yingzhen, who sent seven Daesun Conglomerate legal advisers to examine and revise the contract.
• Lin Baici signed the revised eighty-million-yuan contract, and Mrs. Liu agreed to clear the villa within three days.
• Lin Baici told Hua Yueyu to prepare to move into the villa and gave Feng Ting 500,000 yuan for helping him find properties.
• Lin Baici warned Hua Yueyu to stay away from the villa because he suspected a God Hunter had placed a God’s Taboo Object there, causing Rule Pollution.

Lin Baici ignored Professor Tan Zengshan’s requests to decipher images, hired Wang Fang as his nanny, and shared her cooking with Ji Xinyan. That evening, Xia Hongyao called him to respond to a Rule Pollution outbreak at Forest Sunshine City.

• Lin Baici ignored eight messages from Praise the Sun offering Meteor Coins for help deciphering images.
• Professor Tan Zengshan raised his offer to Raw Food Expert, then learned the Liming Foundation would hold an auction in Haijing and asked Tan to oversee it.
• Tan showed Jiang Yitong an image of a totem, while Jiang worried that Lin Baici might threaten her mother, Wang Fang, who was starting work at his home.
• Wang Fang arrived at Lin Baici’s villa, where he gave her a hundred thousand yuan for groceries and invited Ji Xinyan to lunch.
• Ji Xinyan ate with Lin Baici and teased him, while Jiang Yitong saw her arrive and assumed she was his girlfriend.
• Xia Hongyao called Lin Baici about a Rule Pollution outbreak at Ronghua Street, Forest Sunshine City, and he hurried to the scene.

Lin Baici led Division Seventeen into a residential building plagued by Rule Pollution, where residents had turned into Pig Head Men. After choosing Gu Qingqiu’s cautious plan, he followed the God of Gluttony’s warning and redirected the team toward Room 1802 on the eighteenth floor.

• Lin Baici arrived at Forest Sunshine City, joined Xia Hongyao and Division Seventeen, and helped organize their entry into the building.
• Lin Baici found a Pig Head Man eating a woman’s intestines in Apartment 501 and killed it, then knocked an attacking child Pig Head Man unconscious.
• As more Pig Head Men emerged, Lin Baici chose Gu Qingqiu’s plan to advance carefully rather than rush to the seventeenth floor.
• Division Seventeen fought its way upward, with Red Oni Maru silently killing a Pig Head Man that attacked from behind.
• The God of Gluttony told Lin Baici that the source was in Room 1802, so he ordered Yi Jisheng to take the team to the eighteenth floor, prompting Gu Qingqiu to suspect he was hiding something.