Recaps

Qi Chao visited a mine to buy a mother stone for making a doll and chose one that resembled a heart. An Association dollmaker offered to assess it, but Bei Ge mocked the stone and insisted it would awaken as the lowest grade.

• Qi Chao learned how mother stones were awakened and chose to search for one at the Iron Mountain Mining Area rather than buy from the black market.
• A mine worker led Qi Chao underground and warned him not to spend too much on a mother stone.
• Qi Chao selected a heart-shaped gray stone and prepared to leave the mine.
• Bei Ge mocked Qi Chao for choosing a stone so quickly, while Aisli apologized and offered to help him.
• Aisli examined Qi Chao's stone and thought it looked low-grade, but Bei Ge declared it would be the worst kind of white and made a boast about what he would do if it turned blue.

Qi Chao bought a heart-shaped Mother Stone despite Dollmakers judging it a low-grade product, then began awakening it with Soothing Fluid and Mental Power. As he unknowingly displayed extraordinary power, Lan Luo absorbed some of it and felt pleasure, while Qi Chao finished his first hour of meditation without realizing how strong he was.

• Qi Chao thanked the Dollmakers for their advice but chose to buy the heart-shaped Mother Stone because he liked it, and he added Bei Ge and Aisli as friends.
• Qi Chao paid fifty thousand Star Coins for the stone and carried it home, unknowingly feeding it Mental Power whenever he praised it.
• Qi Chao placed the Mother Stone in Soothing Fluid and meditated, struggling to guide his scattered green Mental Power into it.
• Lan Luo watched the Mental Power fill the study and saw some of Qi Chao’s power enter his Puppet Heart, where it gave him a feeling of pleasure.
• Qi Chao learned to control the Mental Power with a white chain-like track and guided it into the fish tank for an hour, unaware of his extraordinary strength.

Qi Chao stayed home with Lan Luo and continued incubating a Mother Stone in the fish tank, unaware that his unusual Mental Power was feeding it. Lan Luo watched the stone consume the energy and realized it would not go hungry while Qi Chao was nearby.

• Qi Chao apologized to Lan Luo for leaving him alone and promised to stay home for the next few days.
• Lan Luo saw Mental Power gathering in the fish tank and watched the Mother Stone absorb it more quickly when he tapped the glass.
• Qi Chao's Mental Power floated from his body into the Mother Stone, leaving Lan Luo puzzled by the human's strange ability.
• Lan Luo recognized that the Mother Stone needed abundant Mental Power and believed Qi Chao could keep it well fed.
• After dinner, Lan Luo returned to watch the Mother Stone while Qi Chao went to the basement to work on his designs.

Qi Chao worked on a new doll while Lan Luo received a warning from his older brother Moss to avoid killing anyone before Father arrived. Moss planned to meet Qi Chao as Father’s assistant, while Lan Luo kept his encounter secret and Qi Chao continued making the doll.

• Qi Chao went to the basement and began shaping a doll from clay using his Mental Power.
• Lan Luo sensed a spatial vortex, and Moss emerged from it.
• Moss told Lan Luo that Father ordered him not to kill anyone before Father arrived, and Lan Luo agreed.
• Moss warned Lan Luo again not to cause trouble and said he would meet Qi Chao as Father's assistant.
• Moss departed through the vortex, while Qi Chao worked on the doll and returned to the basement the next morning.

Qi Chao worried that Lan Luo’s sudden loss of appetite meant the puppet was sick, so he sought advice and followed Doctor’s suggestion to soak crushed Energy Stone in water. Lan Luo ate it all, but privately understood the meal as a warning from his father not to cause trouble.

• Qi Chao noticed Lan Luo was eating very little and wondered whether he was ill.
• Qi Chao searched the forum and asked Bei Ge, Aisli, and Doctor about Lan Luo’s loss of appetite.
• Doctor advised Qi Chao to crush Energy Stone into rice-sized grains and soak it in water.
• Qi Chao gave Lan Luo the soaked Energy Stone, and Lan Luo ate every grain.
• Lan Luo recognized the food as a punishment and thought Qi Chao was warning him not to cause trouble.
• Qi Chao thanked Doctor, then comforted Lan Luo and said the day must have been hard for him.

Qi Chao realized Lan Luo was struggling to digest energy, reassured him, and grew closer to Doctor through daily messages. He encouraged Lan Luo to contact his biological father, but Lan Luo preferred to keep their exchanges sparse.

• Qi Chao comforted Lan Luo about feeling unwell, and Lan Luo eagerly accepted his praise as the best child in the world.
• After putting Lan Luo to sleep, Qi Chao saw Doctor's messages and admired his knowledge and gentleness.
• Qi Chao began messaging Doctor every day about puppets and small matters, and chatting with him became a habit.
• Qi Chao told Lan Luo that Doctor was gentle, and Lan Luo happily praised his father.
• Lan Luo refused to message Doctor at first, saying he did not want to trouble him, so Qi Chao showed him Doctor's promise that he would always look forward to hearing from him.
• Qi Chao bought Lan Luo a Light Brain, but Lan Luo and Doctor exchanged few messages, and Qi Chao chose not to interfere.

Qi Chao spent time with Lan Luo while refining the new puppet and learned that Doctor’s assistant would visit to examine Lan Luo’s injuries. Doctor agreed to stay at Qi Chao’s home, and Qi Chao prepared to welcome him and Lan Luo’s older brother, Moss, the next day.

• Qi Chao taught Lan Luo to make clay animals, praised his frog, and sent Doctor a photo of it.
• Qi Chao continued refining the new puppet while Lan Luo watched the Mother Stone, which seemed close to awakening.
• Doctor messaged Qi Chao to arrange for his assistant to examine Lan Luo’s injuries the next day.
• Qi Chao invited Doctor and his assistant to stay at his home and learned that the assistant was Lan Luo’s older brother, Moss.
• Qi Chao learned Moss would arrive by spaceship at nine the next morning, then prepared rooms and asked Lan Luo if he was happy to see his brother.

Lan Luo sought Qi Chao’s reassurance and asked him to tell his brothers that he was a good boy. Meanwhile, Moss arrived in Linjing District after secretly spreading white powder among wealthy passengers, and he struggled to find Lan Luo’s master.

• Lan Luo asked Qi Chao if he was a good boy, and Qi Chao reassured him and agreed to tell his brothers.
• On a spacecraft, Mrs. Gray used her chained C-Rank Doll to mock Bailey, who kicked the doll away.
• Moss watched the wealthy women at their tea party and released white powder that seeped into their skin.
• Moss left the spacecraft carrying a briefcase and set out to find Lan Luo’s master.
• Moss waited at a public aircraft stop in Linjing District, where his bandaged appearance drew stares and frightened a child.

Qi Chao stood up for Moss when Zhao Qi and several men demanded an apology over Moss's bandaged appearance scaring a child. After settling the dispute and securing apologies from the men, Qi Chao returned to Moss, who thanked him.

• Zhao Qi and several bystanders berated Moss for frightening a child, but Moss remained silent and indifferent.
• Qi Chao arrived, shielded Moss, and refused to let the men demand an apology without apologizing first themselves.
• As rain began, Qi Chao gave Moss the flying vehicle key and told him to wait inside while he stayed to handle the dispute.
• Qi Chao returned with a video of Zhao Qi and the others apologizing, having fought them in an alley before persuading them to make peace.
• Moss thanked Qi Chao, following the lesson his father had taught him about expressing gratitude for help.

Qi Chao brought Moss home and tried to make him feel welcome before Moss examined Lan Luo’s cracks. Moss found that Lan Luo could be repaired, and Qi Chao went to make lunch, leaving the brothers together.

• Qi Chao gave Moss prepared Energy Stones and played Lan Luo’s favorite cartoon during their trip home.
• Qi Chao left Moss and Lan Luo alone, but the brothers barely spoke until he returned.
• Qi Chao offered to change Moss’s damp bandages, but Moss refused, and Lan Luo explained that only their father could change them.
• Moss examined Lan Luo’s cracks with diagnostic equipment and told Qi Chao that their father could repair him.
• After Qi Chao went to make lunch, Lan Luo asked Moss if his master was wonderful, and Moss agreed.

Qi Chao brought Moss home and took him and Lan Luo shopping for ingredients to prepare a meal for Doctor's visit the next day. The chapter ended with Qi Chao heading to the basement to work, leaving the two dolls upstairs together.

• Qi Chao welcomed Moss to his home and showed him the room beside Lan Luo's, noticing the brothers seemed to have a strained relationship.
• Qi Chao told Lan Luo and Moss that Doctor would visit the next day, and both dolls eagerly agreed to help choose food their father liked.
• Qi Chao took the dolls to a supermarket, taught them how to pick fresh fish, and helped them buy seafood and other ingredients.
• Qi Chao returned home with Lan Luo and Moss, then went to the basement to work and left the two dolls together upstairs.

Lan Luo brought Moss to the basement to show him the frog he had made, where Moss noticed the Mother Stone seemed to have plenty of Mental Power already. Qi Chao received a message from Doctor confirming their meeting the next morning, while Zhao Qin nervously went to pick Doctor up and brought him aboard an aircraft.

• Lan Luo asked Moss to come see his frog, and Moss followed him to the basement.
• Lan Luo showed Moss the frog while Qi Chao made room for them at his worktable.
• Moss saw the Mother Stone slowly consume Qi Chao's Mental Power and realized it did not seem to lack it; Lan Luo showed no surprise.
• Qi Chao read Doctor's message confirming their meeting the next morning and looked forward to seeing him.
• Zhao Qin warned Xiao Wang to remain quiet, then returned to the aircraft with Doctor, whose beauty surprised Xiao Wang.

Shen Yuxi returned to Zhao Qin’s aircraft after getting lost, and Zhao Qin nervously helped him find his way. Qi Chao arrived to pick Shen Yuxi up, and the two introduced themselves before Qi Chao awkwardly called him Brother Shen.

• Xiao Wang heard Zhao Qin nervously discuss work with Shen Yuxi, then found Zhao Qin crying and muttering about writing a will after Shen Yuxi left.
• Shen Yuxi returned to ask Zhao Qin for the aircraft’s location, and Zhao Qin told him he was at Building 603, West Gate of the villa district.
• Qi Chao arrived and confirmed that Shen Yuxi was the Doctor he had come to meet; Zhao Qin quickly left them alone.
• Qi Chao introduced himself and learned that Shen Yuxi was three years older than him.
• Qi Chao blurted out that he could call Shen Yuxi Brother Shen, then blushed.

Qi Chao welcomed Shen Yuxi to his home and assumed the Doctor was a gentle father visiting to treat Lan Luo and Moss. As Qi Chao cooked, Shen Yuxi and the dolls fell into an eerie silence, while the System recognized Shen Yuxi as a dangerous villain and feared for Qi Chao.

• Qi Chao brought Shen Yuxi home, where Lan Luo and Moss greeted him as their father with little warmth.
• After Qi Chao left them alone, Shen Yuxi and the dolls became silent, revealing that his gentle manner had been a disguise.
• The System warned itself that Qi Chao was cooking for demons and decided to stay with him for the day.
• Shen Yuxi offered to help in the kitchen, and Qi Chao let him wash carrots before sending him back to the living room.
• Qi Chao returned after lunch and found Shen Yuxi, Lan Luo, and Moss watching Lan Luo's favorite educational cartoon.

Qi Chao watched Shen Yuxi repair Lan Luo’s cracks and waited anxiously outside the operating room. Afterward, Shen Yuxi warned Moss that he would have no value if he could not stay calm, while Qi Chao found Lan Luo safe and asleep.

• Qi Chao told Shen Yuxi that he had carved the bear-shaped Energy Stones for the puppets, and Shen Yuxi praised his thoughtfulness.
• Shen Yuxi examined Lan Luo and said repairing his cracks would take three days, then began the procedure in the room Qi Chao had prepared.
• Moss questioned why Qi Chao was anxious, and Qi Chao said he now treated Lan Luo as his own child.
• Qi Chao waited outside for nearly three hours while Shen Yuxi repaired Lan Luo, and Moss stood guard beside him.
• Shen Yuxi warned Moss that he had no value if he could not remain calm, and Moss insisted he had done nothing.
• Qi Chao checked on the sleeping Lan Luo and solemnly thanked Shen Yuxi.

Qi Chao tried to figure out how to cheer Moss up and asked Shen Yuxi to change Moss’s bandages. The next morning, Moss’s bandages were clean, and he seemed more lively.

• Qi Chao noticed Moss acting unusually quiet and wondered whether he had upset him.
• Qi Chao asked Lan Luo what Moss liked, but Lan Luo only knew that Moss liked Shen Yuxi most.
• Qi Chao comforted Lan Luo when he admitted that applying medicine to his cracked body hurt.
• Qi Chao asked Shen Yuxi to replace Moss’s wet bandages, and Shen Yuxi agreed while reassuring Qi Chao.
• Qi Chao found Moss’s bandages clean the next morning and noticed him tugging at the bow more often.

Qi Chao learned that the Puppeteer Competition offered valuable mineral veins and considered investigating it, while Shen Yuxi appeared to be drawing him toward entering. After Doctor treated Lan Luo, Qi Chao worried he could not afford the repairs and went to ask Shen Yuxi about the cost.

• Qi Chao decided he would prepare an apology gift for Moss, then sat with the others while Lan Luo watched his favorite cartoon.
• Qi Chao and Shen Yuxi discussed puppet-making until the Puppeteer Competition appeared on the projection, and Shen Yuxi explained its prizes and entry requirements.
• Qi Chao became interested in the two mineral veins but set the competition aside until he could learn more and awaken a Mother Stone.
• Lan Luo entered the operating room for treatment while Qi Chao and Moss waited outside, and Doctor came out after two hours.
• Qi Chao saw that Doctor had applied expensive Spirit Thread Healing Agent to Lan Luo and worried his savings would not cover the repairs.
• Qi Chao went to Shen Yuxi to ask about the treatment cost, and Shen Yuxi said he would charge others a painful price.

Qi Chao invited Shen Yuxi to his basement to show him the puppet he was making, and Shen Yuxi praised the model and shared detailed advice about constructing its joints. The two acknowledged their friendship, and Qi Chao realized Shen Yuxi was growing tired after helping him.

• Shen Yuxi told Qi Chao he would not charge him because he believed Qi Chao regretted his past actions and would not harm puppets again.
• Shen Yuxi called Qi Chao by name after Qi Chao asked him to stop addressing him so formally, and they acknowledged that they were friends.
• Qi Chao invited Shen Yuxi to the basement and showed him the unfinished puppet model.
• Shen Yuxi noticed the gray stone in Qi Chao's fish tank and praised the puppet model's proportions and appearance.
• Shen Yuxi explained how to focus on the joints when shaping the clay model, and Qi Chao carefully recorded his advice.
• Qi Chao thanked Shen Yuxi and remembered that he had performed surgery on Lan Luo and had barely rested.

Shen Yuxi learned that Qi Chao’s Mental Power was unusually strong and ordered Moss to build a good relationship with him so he could win the championship. Meanwhile, Lan Luo followed Qi Chao around the house, unsure why he had lied about being hurt.

• Shen Yuxi praised Qi Chao’s heart-shaped Mother Stone before returning to his room.
• Shen Yuxi confronted Moss for failing to mention Qi Chao’s abnormal Mental Power and threatened him with a punishment if he hid information again.
• Moss explained that Qi Chao unconsciously fed the Mother Stone with his powerful Mental Power, and Shen Yuxi ordered him to get along with Qi Chao so Qi Chao could win the championship.
• Qi Chao comforted Lan Luo when he woke, while Lan Luo wondered whether he had lied about being hurt just to receive comfort.
• Lan Luo followed Qi Chao around the house, and Moss entered the kitchen to carry out Shen Yuxi’s order.

Lan Luo complained to Qi Chao that Moss had bullied him, but the brothers quickly made up after Qi Chao called Shen Yuxi to watch their spat. Moss then followed Qi Chao into the kitchen to try to build a better relationship with him, and Qi Chao asked what Shen Yuxi liked so he could choose an expensive gift.

• Lan Luo told Qi Chao that Moss had bullied him, and Qi Chao carried him toward the living room with Moss following.
• Qi Chao called Shen Yuxi downstairs to watch the brothers quarrel, but Lan Luo and Moss made up before Shen Yuxi arrived.
• Lan Luo told Qi Chao he had only been playing, and Moss stiffly apologized to him.
• Qi Chao invited Lan Luo, Moss, and Doctor to watch a cartoon, then went to the kitchen, where Moss joined him.
• Qi Chao asked Moss what Shen Yuxi liked, explaining that he wanted to give him an expensive gift.

Qi Chao learned that Doctor liked shiny things and tried to build a closer relationship with Moss, who revealed his father’s hidden preference. Meanwhile, Lan Luo grew uneasy about the possibility of leaving Qi Chao once he was no longer useful to Shen Yuxi.

• Qi Chao asked Moss what Doctor liked, and Moss explained that his father loved shiny things even though he did not like luxury clothes.
• Qi Chao showed Moss a picture of an expensive diamond, then asked what Moss liked besides Shen Yuxi; Moss could name nothing and agreed that he loved his father.
• Moss told Shen Yuxi that he and Qi Chao had spoken pleasantly, and Shen Yuxi encouraged him to keep it up.
• Shen Yuxi flicked Lan Luo’s deer-antler headband, making Lan Luo happy, but Lan Luo privately worried that he would have to leave Qi Chao when he was no longer useful.
• Qi Chao came out and patted Lan Luo’s antlers, which shook under his stronger touch.

Qi Chao’s Mother Stone shed its shell and revealed itself as a superior-quality red crystal, and he invited Moss to accompany him to an auction to choose a diamond for Doctor. Moss agreed, though the auction brought back a frightening memory.

• Qi Chao bought tickets for himself and Moss to attend a diamond auction and planned to choose a gift for Doctor.
• Qi Chao fed Mental Power to the Mother Stone, which drew so much energy that he struggled before it cracked open.
• Qi Chao found a red, heart-shaped Mother Stone and stopped working when his trembling hand made carving impossible.
• The next morning, Qi Chao told Doctor, Moss, and Lan Luo that the Mother Stone had activated, and Lan Luo and Doctor went to see it.
• Qi Chao invited Moss to the auction to choose a diamond for Doctor, and Moss accepted after reacting uneasily to the idea.

Qi Chao secretly took Moss to an auction to buy Shen Yuxi a diamond as a surprise. After securing the gem, Qi Chao saw the next lot was an S-Rank Doll called Twin Mirrors, and his expression changed.

• Qi Chao and Moss sneaked out without telling Shen Yuxi or Lan Luo and went to the auction on Blue Star.
• Moss chose a bright, pigeon-egg-sized diamond that he thought Shen Yuxi would like.
• Qi Chao bid seven hundred thousand Star Coins and won the diamond after the other bidders stopped raising their paddles.
• Qi Chao planned to leave once the auction staff delivered the diamond, but his smile vanished when the host introduced lot twenty-five, the S-Rank Doll Twin Mirrors.

Qi Chao tried to buy Twin Mirrors, two conjoined S-Rank dolls, after realizing they might suffer under cruel owners, but the Puppeteer Association had reserved them. He returned home troubled and avoided explaining what had happened to Shen Yuxi.

• The auction host introduced Twin Mirrors as malformed dolls created by Master Qingyu, and Qi Chao angrily condemned their fused bodies and the pain they might endure.
• As bidders drove the price above ten million Star Coins, Qi Chao decided to take Twin Mirrors home and repeatedly raised his bid.
• The auction house owner warned Qi Chao that the Puppeteer Association had reserved Twin Mirrors and that further bidding could endanger his father's company, so Qi Chao stopped.
• Twin Mirrors were led away after the auction, leaving Qi Chao uncertain whether the Association would treat them well.
• Back at the villa, Qi Chao sent Moss to bed and told a worried Shen Yuxi that he was tired and would talk tomorrow.

After the auction, Qi Chao questioned Shen Yuxi about why he had put the puppets up for sale, and Shen Yuxi reacted with unexpected anger and tears. Qi Chao apologized and began to suspect that Shen Yuxi had not chosen to auction the puppets himself.

• Qi Chao asked Shen Yuxi why he had put the puppets up for auction, and Shen Yuxi paused without answering.
• Shen Yuxi turned to leave, but Qi Chao challenged him to explain, and Shen Yuxi returned to stand before him.
• Shen Yuxi grabbed Qi Chao by the hair, then realized he was crying, released him, and apologized for losing his composure.
• Qi Chao's anger faded, and he wondered whether Shen Yuxi had been forced to auction the puppets.
• Qi Chao told Shen Yuxi he did not have to explain and apologized for making him sad.