Chapter Summaries

Plot points

• Bai Fenghua uses a spell to reveal Ye Chuqi’s true appearance: her dyed golden hair turns silver, and her brown eyes become black.
• He introduces himself as her maternal uncle and identifies her as Ye Chuqi, the long-lost daughter of the Ye Family.
• Bai explains that she should have a jade token bearing the Ye Family’s maple-leaf emblem and her name. Ye Chuqi recognizes the token he describes, including markings that match her name.
• The boys realize that Ye Chuqi’s identity could cause a major stir across the Raila Continent if it becomes known.
• Ye Chuqi privately asks San San how she could be related by blood to someone in this world. San San has no explanation.
• Bai tells her she also has an older brother, Ye Qinglan, who never gave up believing she was alive after she disappeared.

Character developments and interactions

• Ye Chuqi is shocked and confused: Bai’s evidence seems convincing, but she remembers arriving from another world and cannot reconcile that with having a family here. She also recalls that her senior brother gave her the name “Ye Chuqi,” deepening the mystery.
• Bai Fenghua is visibly relieved and delighted to find her. He gently presents evidence of their connection and tries to reassure her rather than force her to accept it.
• San San shares Chuqi’s uncertainty, admitting it may be missing important memories.
• Xiaojiu and the other boys witness the revelation. Xiaojiu is immobilized by Bai’s pressure, while the boys grasp the political and historical significance of Chuqi’s identity.
• Bai’s mention of Ye Qinglan introduces a brother who felt a powerful bond with Chuqi and continued to believe she was alive.

Significant themes

• Identity and belonging: Chuqi’s past, name, and possible family ties clash with her understanding of herself as someone from another world.
• Fate and uncanny connections: Bai interprets Chuqi’s emotional response as blood recognizing family, while the matching name and token make the coincidence harder to dismiss.
• Hope amid loss: Despite the Ye Family’s despair after Chuqi’s disappearance, Ye Qinglan’s conviction that she survived endured.

Key plot points and events

• Bai Fenghua confirms that Ye Chuqi is the missing child of the Ye family. Chuqi feels a mysterious bond with Ye Qinglan, suggesting that their blood connection is real.
• Chuqi is surprised by Bai Fenghua’s certainty and wonders whether he has considered that her identity or past might be questionable. He says he trusts his own judgment.
• Bai Fenghua gives the students a stern warning about the danger of their reckless choices, but promises to seek justice over the incident involving an old man.
• Chuqi explains that Xiaojiu was deliberately used as bait by adventurers who wanted access to a High-Rank Magic Beast’s Nest through a damaged teleportation array. The group has returned to the forest, and Chuqi fears they may target Xiaojiu again.
• Bai Fenghua agrees to handle the adventurers and investigate the array, which could let people enter the forest’s dangerous depths and provoke the beasts.
• He asks whether he can contact the Ye family. Chuqi panics at the prospect of meeting her relatives, so he promises to wait until she is ready and offers to accompany her.
• Chuqi plans to visit the nearby Adventurers’ Camp to restock. She also considers training Xiaojiu and, if he proves worthy, helping revive the Lush Mountain Lineage.

Character developments and interactions

• Ye Chuqi begins accepting that she has family somewhere in the world, but the prospect of meeting them makes her anxious. She remains protective of Xiaojiu and cautious about entrusting him with her teachings.
• Bai Fenghua shows strong confidence in Chuqi’s identity and a warm, almost paternal concern for her. He balances that care with his duty to the academy students.
• Xiaojiu stays close to Chuqi despite his fear of Bai Fenghua’s scrutiny. His loyalty and potential make Chuqi consider taking him on as a student.
• Kang Nan recognizes that Bai Fenghua’s desire to accompany Chuqi conflicts with his responsibility to lead the academy assessment.
• Bai Fenghua’s gentle reassurance helps Chuqi set the pace for reconnecting with the Ye family, while Chuqi’s account of Xiaojiu’s danger prompts him to take action.

Significant themes

• Family and belonging: Chuqi senses a genuine bond with her newly discovered relatives, even as she fears the reunion.
• Trust and protection: Bai Fenghua trusts Chuqi’s identity, while Chuqi protects Xiaojiu and seeks help against those who endangered him.
• Responsibility and consequences: The students are warned that recklessness carries real costs, and Bai Fenghua must balance personal concern with his duties.
• Legacy and renewal: Chuqi’s interest in teaching Xiaojiu suggests the possible revival of the Lush Mountain Lineage.

Plot points and events

• The Adventurers’ Camp north of the Lost Forest is crowded because Imperial Capital Academy’s assessment is underway and a rare Nine-Leaf Green Flower is nearing maturity.
• Academy instructor Bai Fenghua is left handling a string of student troubles while his rival, Ernie, claims to be occupied elsewhere. Bai suspects Ernie is hoping the problems will get him expelled.
• Kang Nan’s group disappears near the forest. Unable to search deep himself without neglecting other students, Bai offers a temporary mercenary reward for information or their safe return and asks the Wild Wolf Mercenary Group to help.
• Ye Chuqi reveals that she rescued the missing students without accepting Bai’s mission. Bai agrees she deserves the reward and gives her two Spatial Rings: one as payment and one as “pocket money” from her uncle.
• When Ye Chuqi asks about buying a weapon, Bai offers her several swords from his collection. She chooses the heaviest Greatsword, surprising him with her strength and unusual preference.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Fenghua shows concern for his students and resourcefulness in organizing the search, while his hostility toward Ernie remains evident. His generosity toward Ye Chuqi also reveals affection and regret over the hardships she has faced.
• Ye Chuqi is practical and unassuming: she worries whether she can claim a reward she never formally accepted, then gladly accepts the money and chooses a weapon suited to her needs. She remains uncertain how to address Bai.
• Bai’s comments about Red Beard and Jun Ruofeng suggest both know Ye Chuqi’s hidden identity but failed to recognize her promptly. Ye Chuqi notices their apparent familiarity with one another, though Bai dismisses the matter.

Significant themes

• Duty and rivalry: Bai struggles to protect the students while suspecting Ernie is exploiting the situation against him.
• Generosity and belonging: Bai treats Ye Chuqi as family, offering support without requiring her to ask or feel indebted.
• Unconventional strengths: Ye Chuqi’s choice of an unusually heavy Greatsword hints at a fighting style—and physical ability—that surprises those around her.

Key plot points and events

• Bai Fenghua reveals he has a favor owed by renowned weapon-forger Master Beverly. He offers to use it to have a Greatsword made for Ye Chuqi.
• Ye asks what Bai and Master Beverly might want in return. Bai says Beverly values rare ores and needs a breakthrough in his forging, while Bai himself mainly wants his family safe and happy.
• Ye suggests pursuing the rare Nine-Leaf Green Flower, partly because their rival Ernie wants it. The flower is not yet mature and is guarded by three powerful Magic Beasts, so adventurers are waiting for a chance to claim it.
• Since the students have returned, Bai visits the nearby Wild Wolf Mercenary Group’s base to ask them to help pursue the flower. The members there agree to contact their companions in the forest.
• The chapter explains the group’s limited signaling methods: paired Crystal Balls allow two-way communication, while signal fireworks are used in the Lost Forest, where the unstable magnetic field disrupts other methods.
• The Wild Wolf Mercenary Group has been searching for the missing students for thirteen days. Because they and the students missed one another, the mercenaries may still be deep in the forest; Bai estimates it will take them around ten days to return.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai shows generosity and influence by offering his valuable favor to Ye and by persuading the mercenary group to help search for the students.
• Ye responds with sincere gratitude and tries to find a way to repay him, then playfully suggests taking the flower Ernie covets. Her Portable Space gives her a possible advantage if she can get close to it.
• Bai and Ye share easy, teasing banter, including matching raised eyebrows as they imagine Ernie’s reaction.
• The mercenary group’s members are impressed by Bai’s personal visit and agree to assist.

Significant themes

• Generosity and reciprocity: Bai gives Ye a rare opportunity without asking for anything in return, while Ye looks for a way to repay him.
• Risk and opportunity: The flower is extremely valuable but guarded by formidable beasts; success will depend on timing, cooperation, and individual skill.
• Communication and uncertainty: The forest’s conditions limit contact, making searches difficult and causing the students and rescuers to miss one another.

Key plot points and events

• With the Nine-Leaf Green Flower still half a month from maturity, Ye Chuqi uses the waiting period to train. She chooses a greatsword for herself and a beginner’s longsword for Xiaojiu.
• Xiaojiu follows a demanding but carefully tailored routine, including daily sword practice and physical exercises. Ye Chuqi also provides medicinal baths to aid his recovery and build his constitution.
• Kang Nan, inspired by Ye Chuqi’s discipline and skill, tries to train at twice Xiaojiu’s level. He overworks himself and ends up unable to move properly. Ye Chuqi explains that training must increase gradually and suit the individual.
• Bai Fenghua asks Ye Chuqi to design a suitable program for Kang Nan, noting the student’s potential and likely future in the Imperial Capital Legion. He also teasingly raises the fact that the youths have not yet properly thanked Ye Chuqi for saving them.
• Kang Nan explains that the group intends to give her suitable gifts when they return home. Ye Chuqi reassures him, recognizing Bai’s real purpose is to secure her help.
• Ye Chuqi prepares simpler training plans for the Junior and Intermediate Class students and gives them to Bai Fenghua. She questions whether their poor fitness reflects the academy’s general standard.
• Bai confirms that it does. He believes the academy neglects students who are not already elite, despite many having unrecognized talent and potential.

Character developments and interactions

• Ye Chuqi demonstrates both exceptional discipline and practical judgment: she trains with remarkable precision, but adjusts others’ regimens to their limits. She also begins using her expertise to support a wider group of students.
• Xiaojiu remains committed to training and has accepted the cost of his medicinal treatments, even though he worries about his growing debt.
• Kang Nan is eager to improve but learns that enthusiasm without pacing can be harmful. His embarrassment over the thank-you discussion shows how seriously he takes his debt to Ye Chuqi.
• Bai Fenghua acts as mentor and advocate, asking Ye Chuqi to help Kang Nan while also recognizing the value of building a connection with her. His concern extends to students the academy overlooks.
• Ye Chuqi and Bai speak candidly about the academy’s weaknesses; Kang Nan’s overexertion and the students’ limited preparation illustrate those problems.

Significant themes

• Discipline and sustainable growth: Consistent, precise practice matters more than simply increasing workload.
• Individualized teaching: Training must account for a person’s current ability and potential.
• Overlooked talent and institutional failure: The academy’s emphasis on producing elites leaves many capable students unsupported.
• Gratitude and reciprocity: The youths feel indebted to Ye Chuqi, while she treats her help as an opportunity to improve their prospects rather than demand repayment.

Key plot points and events

• Ye Chuqi questions the Imperial Capital Academy’s approach to education after seeing how it selects and cultivates only its strongest students.
• Bai Fenghua unexpectedly recommends the Thirteen Misty Islands as a possible place for Ye Chuqi to study.
• Ye Chuqi’s training plans reach Kang Nan’s group. With Bai Fenghua’s permission, the twenty students remain at Camp after completing their assessment tasks early, training instead of returning to the Lost Forest.
• Their organized exercise draws attention and gossip from Adventurers, who mock Imperial Capital Academy students as sheltered and helpless. The students resolve to prove themselves through hard work.
• Xiaojiu’s exceptional stamina and workload set a high standard, while Ye Chuqi’s role as the group’s trainer remains a secret at Kang Nan’s request.
• Other groups resent Kang Nan’s team for staying at Camp, especially since Bai Fenghua had previously kept everyone there while the team was missing.

Character developments and interactions

• Ye Chuqi begins to reconsider the Imperial Capital Academy and becomes curious about the Thirteen Misty Islands.
• Bai Fenghua reveals doubts about his own academy by recommending another institution to her.
• Kang Nan overhears their conversation and worries that it could cause trouble if others hear it, though he keeps quiet.
• The youths grow more disciplined and united after surviving their ordeal. Their shared experience strengthens their bond, and they take criticism as motivation.
• The students respect Xiaojiu’s unusual ability but treat him as an exception rather than a fair measure of their own progress. They also trust Ye Chuqi’s training enough to follow her plans, while keeping her involvement private.

Significant themes

• Education and talent: The chapter questions a system that invests only in its best students and suggests that institutional prestige does not guarantee sound teaching.
• Hardship and resilience: The contrast between sheltered academy students and children raised in difficult conditions highlights how experience can build practical strength.
• Proving worth through action: The students choose training and improvement over arguing with those who belittle them.
• Camaraderie and secrecy: Shared danger has created trust among the youths, while their silence about Ye Chuqi reflects loyalty and caution.

Plot and events

• Kang Nan and his companions return from the Lost Forest with strong assessment results and valuable resources, increasing pressure on students who have yet to finish their tasks. The academy’s yearly assessment can force low-scoring students to leave.
• Ye Chuqi and Xiaojiu are staying near Bai Fenghua’s tent. Her identity as the long-lost Eldest Miss Ye is spreading among powerful families. Bai Fenghua has kept his promise not to tell the Ye Family, but his Shadow Guard informed the Bai Family. They agree not to publicize the news or contact the Ye Family, and would welcome Ye Chuqi if her birth family fails to protect her.
• With the Nine-Leaf Green Flower nearing maturity, Bai Fenghua tightens camp security and restricts students from going out. Ye Chuqi expects the Wild Wolf Mercenary Group to return soon and hopes their help, along with Bai Fenghua’s strength and her own plans, will let them secure the flower.
• Ernie remains secluded in a Magic Tent, apparently building a force to claim the flower; even San San cannot see inside.
• A distant blast and powerful tremors announce a Beast Tide. An experienced adventurer confirms the danger, and alarm spreads through the camp. While small tides can offer adventurers opportunities, medium and large ones threaten settlements with devastation.

Character developments and interactions

• Kang Nan remains focused on training and does not notice the other students’ growing anxiety; Ye Chuqi does.
• Bai Fenghua balances respect for Ye Chuqi’s wishes with his family ties, while the Bai Family quietly signals its willingness to take her in.
• Ye Chuqi is watchful and strategic, preparing for both the flower’s ripening and Ernie’s interference.
• The adventurers’ confident anticipation of possible rewards gives way to fear when the Beast Tide is identified.

Significant themes

• Competition and insecurity: Students face the threat of being eliminated, even within the same school.
• Family, identity, and loyalty: Ye Chuqi’s return raises questions of belonging and which family will protect her.
• Ambition amid danger: Multiple parties are maneuvering for the Nine-Leaf Green Flower.
• Unpredictable catastrophe: The Beast Tide turns a tense contest into a potentially life-threatening crisis.

Plot points and events

• A massive Beast Tide approaches the Adventurers’ Camp. Bai Fenghua recognizes that it is far more dangerous than a Minor Beast Tide and orders the Imperial Capital Academy students to evacuate toward Monte City.
• Bote and five Intermediate Class students are missing. Bai assigns Kang Nan to lead Bote’s fifteen Junior Class students to safety.
• Ye Chuqi stays behind to help, partly because she still intends to pursue the Nine-Leaf Green Flower. She sends Xiaojiu with Kang Nan’s group, persuading him that the evacuees need his protection.
• Bai remains at the Camp to hold back the strongest beasts while the other Adventurers fight the rest. He privately signals his Shadow Guard to protect Ye Chuqi.
• The approaching herd consists of Ironclad Rhinoceroses, unusually charging a human camp. San San detects a newly advanced Demon Beast among them, along with several powerful cultivators nearby. It also spots Ernie, whose appearance it insults.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Fenghua takes decisive command during the emergency and shows both trust in Kang Nan’s leadership and concern for Ye Chuqi.
• Ye Chuqi demonstrates resolve and confidence: she refuses to evacuate, and a single sword swing sends a Small Magic Beast flying. Her strength surprises the Shadow Guard.
• Xiaojiu understands that Ye Chuqi’s request is practical, even though he sees through her attempt to flatter him.
• San San displays sharper awareness of beast ranks and human power, while casually claiming Bai as “our uncle,” reflecting its growing familiarity with Ye Chuqi’s circle.

Significant themes

• Duty and protection: Students and Adventurers must choose between escape and defending others.
• Trust and responsibility: Bai delegates the evacuation to Kang Nan, while Ye Chuqi entrusts Xiaojiu with protecting the younger students.
• Strength and hidden ability: The Shadow Guard’s surprise at Ye Chuqi’s skill highlights that power may exceed what others expect.
• Unusual danger: The Rhinoceroses’ aggression and the presence of a Demon Beast suggest that something has provoked or disturbed the herd.

Plot points and events

• An Ironclad Rhinoceros-led Beast Tide drives smaller magic beasts toward the camp. Four of six Imperial Capital Academy students flee ahead of it, badly injured; two have not returned.
• Bai Fenghua intercepts the fleeing students and urges them onward, giving Bote the strength to lead the survivors to safety.
• Ye Chuqi realizes the injured students will need care, since the academy group remaining at camp is unlikely to help. She sets their broken bones, treats their wounds, and gives the worst-injured student medicine, though she knows they need a proper physician.
• Bote silently mourns a missing companion, holding a bloodstained piece of uniform. Ye reflects that young graduates may eventually face even deadlier battles at the Beast Abyss.
• Ye heads toward the fighting to check on Bai. The adventurers have contained most of the tide, but a Demon Beast among the rhinoceroses poses a serious threat.

Character developments

• Ye Chuqi takes responsibility for the wounded despite being a Sword Cultivator with only basic medical skills. Her experience has improved, but she recognizes the limits of what she can do.
• Bai Fenghua demonstrates both strength and concern for others: he holds back the tide while ensuring the fleeing students reach safety.
• Bote pushes through his exhaustion and injuries to protect his companions, then shows the weight of their loss.
• San San matter-of-factly points out that helping the students is now Ye’s responsibility, prompting Ye’s wry resignation.

Significant themes

• Responsibility in a crisis: Ye steps in because no one else is available, despite being unprepared for the role.
• Loss and the cost of conflict: The missing students’ fate highlights the danger faced by young fighters and the grief left behind.
• Humanity’s ongoing struggle against magic beasts: The account of the Beast Abyss frames the current danger as part of a much larger, centuries-long conflict.
• Limits and courage: Ye’s care can stabilize the injured but not fully heal them; Bai and the adventurers must confront a threat beyond ordinary beasts.

Character interactions

• San San assigns Ye the practical responsibility of caring for the students; Ye responds with reluctant humor.
• Bai gives Bote and the surviving students a moment of hope, enabling them to reach camp.
• Ye treats the students and observes Bote’s grief, though she is unsure how to comfort him.
• Ye leaves the injured behind in relative safety and returns toward Bai and the adventurers, worried about the Demon Beast.

Plot points and events

• During the Beast Tide, Ye Chuqi suspects the attack is unusual. San San explains that the large Demon Beast has recently advanced and appears berserk, though not necessarily because it was drugged.
• Ye Chuqi investigates a group of Adventurers who have emerged from a grass-green tent and are hurriedly preparing to leave the Camp.
• San San discovers the cause of the attack: the Adventurers stole an Ironclad Rhinoceros calf, provoking the herd to pursue them and attack the Camp.
• The thieves seem to have drawn the herd toward the Camp to distract its defenders while they escaped with the calf.
• Ye Chuqi tells Bai Fenghua what she has learned. He asks whether she sympathizes with the beasts; she replies that her concern is less about sympathy than preventing needless bloodshed.

Character developments

• Ye Chuqi shows herself to be observant and proactive, investigating the strange attack rather than simply joining the fight. She is willing to fight if necessary but looks for ways to resolve conflict when it is based on misunderstanding.
• San San supports Ye Chuqi by tracking the suspicious group and communicating with the Demon Beasts.
• Bai Fenghua continues to hold the front line against the powerful Ironclad Rhinoceros leader, while remaining receptive to Ye Chuqi’s information.

Character interactions

• Ye Chuqi questions San San about the beasts’ berserk state and asks her to learn what they are saying.
• San San identifies the stolen calf as the cause of the herd’s fury.
• Ye Chuqi approaches Bai Fenghua and explains the truth, shifting his understanding of the conflict.

Significant themes

• Consequences of exploitation: Stealing a calf from a herd provokes a dangerous, predictable response.
• Misplaced conflict and responsibility: The Camp’s defenders and the beasts are fighting because the real culprits have manipulated the situation.
• De-escalation and insight: Understanding the cause of violence may prevent unnecessary casualties, even when one remains prepared to defend oneself.

Chapter Summary

• Ye Chuqi asks Bai Fenghua to help recover the Ironclad Rhinoceros calf stolen by the Rahu Mercenary Corps. Bai agrees and protects her from scrutiny while letting her take the lead.
• Ye summons Big Black Fish, now larger, more intelligent, and able to hover through its growing command of spatial power. Guided by San San, it communicates with the Ironclad Rhinoceros leader and offers to help find the calf if the herd stops attacking the camp.
• The leader hesitates but recognizes that charging the camp would likely bring disaster without rescuing its calf. It signals the herd to stop, and the other beasts disperse. The battle has already left many dead.
• With little time before the Rahu Mercenary Corps can leave, Ye leaves Big Black Fish at the front to keep the truce steady. Bai confronts the mercenaries and demands they hand over the calf. They deny knowing anything, despite his direct accusation, and resist because the animal could bring them great profit.

Character Developments and Interactions

• Ye Chuqi shows courage and compassion, trying to prevent further bloodshed even though she must duck behind Bai when the Demon Beast releases its aura. She relies on Big Black Fish and San San to negotiate.
• Bai Fenghua supports Ye’s initiative, shields her, and then uses his authority to confront the mercenaries. His calm teasing of her contrasts with his cold, decisive manner toward them.
• The Ironclad Rhinoceros leader proves intelligent and capable of restraint, choosing a chance to recover its calf over a likely disastrous attack.
• Big Black Fish demonstrates its enhanced intelligence and unusual spatial abilities by serving as an intermediary between Ye and the beast.
• Ye and Bai coordinate closely: she handles the appeal to the Rhinoceros, while he provides protection and confronts the humans responsible.

Significant Themes

• Compassion and de-escalation: Ye seeks to save both humans and beasts from mutual destruction.
• Trust and cooperation: The Rhinoceros leader must risk trusting a human, while Ye relies on her companions and unusual allies.
• Greed and exploitation: The mercenaries’ desire to profit from the stolen calf threatens to reignite violence.
• Power and responsibility: Bai’s strength restrains the mercenaries, while the Rhinoceros leader uses its authority to stop the beast tide.

Plot points and events

• Ye Chuqi accuses a Rahu Mercenary Corps member of stealing an Ironclad Rhinoceros calf and abandoning the Nine-Leaf Green Flower while fleeing the beast stampede. The man angrily insults her, so Bai Fenghua silences him with a blow.
• Ye clarifies that the calf is a rare white mutant, likely to have exceptional potential. Its theft explains why the rhinoceros herd pursued the corps to camp.
• With a stampede and other approaching beasts leaving little time, Ye proposes destroying the corps members’ Spatial Rings. Big Black Fish can briefly stabilize the rings’ contents as they collapse, but demands a drop of spirit liquid for its effort.
• Bai Fenghua crushes the rings in an instant. San San swiftly transfers their valuable contents—including the Beast-Taming Cage holding the calf—into Ye’s Portable Space.
• The Rahu corps protests that Bai has abused his power and may face scrutiny from the Adventurers’ Guild and Imperial Capital Academy.

Character developments and interactions

• Ye is increasingly comfortable calling Bai “Uncle” and persuades him to act on her plan. Though young and physically frail, she earns his trust.
• Bai protects Ye from the insult and supports her decisive plan, while warning her that revealing the truth may shock others.
• San San helps coordinate the operation and proves more opportunistic than Ye, looting everything it considers worth keeping.
• Big Black Fish’s growing command of spatial forces makes the plan possible; its new willingness to bargain adds a comic note.
• The Rahu corps’ denial and outrage reveal its desperation to conceal the theft and avoid responsibility for the stampede.

Significant themes

• Trust and cooperation: Ye, Bai, San San, and Big Black Fish combine their abilities under pressure.
• Power and accountability: Bai’s overwhelming strength solves the immediate problem but raises questions about whether powerful people can act above ordinary rules.
• Greed and responsibility: The corps’ attempt to escape with a stolen calf puts others at risk, while San San’s opportunistic looting mirrors the chapter’s focus on taking what one can.
• Urgency and moral compromise: The looming stampede forces a swift, unconventional response.

Plot points and events

• Ye Chuqi refuses to let the Rahu Mercenary Corps intimidate Bai Fenghua. After their Spatial Rings were destroyed, she and San San uncovered a small golden flask hidden among the contents.
• The flask is a liquid-only spatial container, filled with blood. Ye Chuqi suspects it is connected to the girls who disappeared around Kru Town and were later found drained of blood; the quantity suggests the crimes may extend beyond that town.
• Ye Chuqi mentions the disappearances and the Kru Town arrests, including Duke Fulton’s daughter, prompting the Rahu members to realize she may know what the flask signifies.
• Bai Fenghua recognizes the seriousness of the evidence. The Rahu members deny wrongdoing and challenge Ye Chuqi’s basis for accusing them, but she points out that she never actually accused them.
• When they deny that the flask belongs to them, Ye Chuqi gives it to Bai Fenghua and asks him to investigate its owner, while she turns back to the Ironclad Rhinoceros.

Character developments

• Ye Chuqi shows composure and tactical sharpness: she reveals enough to unsettle the Rahu members without making a direct accusation, then places responsibility for investigating the evidence with Bai Fenghua.
• Bai Fenghua shifts from dealing with a mercenary dispute to recognizing a potentially grave crime. The flask hardens his view of the Rahu Corps.
• The Rahu members lose their composure as they realize the flask has been found and may expose them. They try to defend themselves but cannot safely claim the flask as theirs.

Significant themes

• Evidence and accountability: The flask may connect the mercenaries to a broader pattern of disappearances, though its ownership and the perpetrators still need to be established.
• Underestimated strength: The Rahu members had dismissed Ye Chuqi because of her age and background, overlooking her survival in the Lost Forest and her role in uncovering the flask.
• Strategic restraint: Ye Chuqi uses implication and careful wording rather than making an unsupported accusation.

Character interactions

• Ye Chuqi stands by Bai Fenghua while the Rahu Corps demands an explanation.
• Bai Fenghua notices the flask and asks Ye Chuqi what she is implying; she explains its connection to the disappearances.
• The Rahu members challenge her accusation, and she turns their protest back on them by noting she never accused them.
• Ye Chuqi hands the flask to Bai Fenghua and asks him to investigate its ownership.

Key plot points and events

• Ye Chuqi decides not to reveal that she still has the golden jug and Beast-Taming Cage, since it could give her enemies more leverage against Bai Fenghua. She plans to let the jug’s disappearance seem accidental.
• Big Black Fish eagerly leads Ye Chuqi to the Ironclad Rhinoceros leader. At the Camp, the beast and its restless herd hold the adventurers in a tense standoff.
• Ye Chuqi brings out the captured calf, which the Rahu Mercenary Corps had drugged. To protect it from being targeted again, she has San San disguise its white coat as black.
• After recognizing its calf, the leader calms down and gently retrieves it. It bestows a mysterious, harmless light on Ye Chuqi—a legendary Monster’s Blessing—before leading the Demon Beasts away. The Beast Tide ends without a fight.
• The Camp learns that the Rahu Mercenary Corps caused the crisis and that the calf was the one Bai Fenghua had taken from them. The Corps leaves, still baffled by how Bai obtained its treasures.
• Ye Chuqi explains Bai Fenghua’s questions about her Spatial Ring by crediting Big Black Fish’s unusual abilities. She also gives Bai most of the goods recovered from the Corps’ shattered Spatial Rings, claiming Big Black Fish retrieved them. Bai tells her to keep them as her spoils.

Character developments and interactions

• Ye Chuqi shows courage and restraint: she faces the enormous leader, protects the calf, and avoids exposing secrets that could harm Bai. Her actions earn the leader’s trust and public admiration.
• The Ironclad Rhinoceros leader shifts from furious and suspicious to calm and grateful. Its careful treatment of the calf reveals its gentleness, while its blessing expresses gratitude and recognition of Ye Chuqi.
• Big Black Fish is delighted by its ability to fly and eager to help. Ye Chuqi repeatedly uses it as a convenient explanation for her unusual possessions and actions, to its comic dismay.
• Bai Fenghua is pleased by Ye Chuqi’s generosity and apparent devotion, though he scrutinizes Big Black Fish as a possible explanation for her secrets.
• The adventurers are initially too intimidated to act, but witness Ye Chuqi resolve the crisis. The Rahu Mercenary Corps is exposed as responsible for the Beast Tide, though it does not understand how Bai obtained its property.

Significant themes

• Trust and compassion: Ye Chuqi’s care for the calf earns the leader’s trust, showing that empathy can overcome fear and hostility.
• Restraint and loyalty: She conceals useful information to avoid giving Bai’s enemies ammunition, then gives him the recovered spoils.
• Reputation and public recognition: The blessing transforms a private act of kindness into a legendary event, likely to spread across the continent.
• Humor amid danger: Big Black Fish’s involuntary role as Ye Chuqi’s cover story lightens the tense events.

Key plot points and events

• Ye Chuqi gives the contents of the shattered Spatial Rings to Bai Fenghua rather than keep them. She fears using stolen goods could violate a taboo, and revealing her ability to retrieve the contents would make others wary of her.
• She regrets not presenting the items as evidence against the Rahu Mercenary Corps, but Bai Fenghua explains that publicly arresting a few members would not seriously harm the powerful organization. Rahu has influential backers—yet this time it has crossed a line by abducting and killing girls, including members of noble families.
• The disappearances have caused an uproar in the Imperial Capital now that noble families are personally affected. Among the victims is the Barton family’s Little Princess, whose blood-drained body was found after a search.
• Bai Fenghua has sent the family a small golden flask containing mixed blood, hoping it may offer comfort if some of it belongs to the princess. He also wants the Bartons to know who was responsible and direct their anger toward Rahu.
• Xiaojiu returns exhausted after racing back to Ye Chuqi, driven by fear that she might be in danger during the Beast Tide.

Character developments and interactions

• Ye Chuqi shows caution and political awareness: she understands that using her unusual ability could expose her to danger, and she accepts Bai Fenghua’s judgment about how to handle Rahu.
• Bai Fenghua reassures and comforts Ye Chuqi, explaining that powerful allies and the victims’ social standing will make Rahu face consequences even without public evidence. He also takes practical steps to help the Barton family.
• Xiaojiu’s urgent return reveals his growing concern for Ye Chuqi. In his panic, he forgets—or avoids remembering—that she is far stronger than her small, delicate appearance suggests.
• Ye Chuqi is stunned to learn that the Barton Empire’s princess was among the victims, and her imagination races toward palace intrigue before Bai Fenghua brings her back to the facts.

Significant themes

• Power and justice: Formal evidence and legal action may be insufficient against an organization protected by powerful interests; Rahu’s victims’ status changes the political response.
• Privilege and empathy: Nobles ignored the suffering of commoner girls until their own families were affected.
• The danger of exceptional abilities: Ye Chuqi must conceal what she can do to avoid becoming a target herself.
• Loyalty and concern: Xiaojiu’s exhausting rush back underscores his attachment to Ye Chuqi.

Key plot points and events

• Xiaojiu races back to the Adventurers’ Camp after escorting others partway toward Monte City, fearing Ye Chuqi is in danger. He finds the camp unharmed and learns the beast tide has already been dealt with.
• Ye Chuqi reassures him and thanks him for worrying, while teasing him for not trusting her enough.
• Bai Fenghua decides to remain at camp rather than return to Monte City. He suspects Ernie is trying to drive him away and resolves to frustrate him by staying—and to claim the Nine-Leaf Green Flower, which is nearing maturity.
• The Wild Wolf Mercenary Group arrives. Their leader, Bone Wolf, has heard that Ye Chuqi stopped the beast tide and is eager to meet Bai Fenghua.

Character developments

• Xiaojiu shows how deeply he cares for Ye Chuqi: although he trusts her strength, fear for her safety still drives him to turn back. He continues to follow quietly at her side.
• Ye Chuqi remains confident and capable, but also warm toward Xiaojiu’s concern and supportive of Bai Fenghua.
• Bai Fenghua shifts from uncertainty about leaving to a stubborn determination to stay, partly out of defiance toward Ernie and loyalty to Ye Chuqi’s support.
• Bone Wolf is introduced as a formidable, respected mercenary with an unusual childhood—raised by a pack of Demon Beasts—and a clear admiration for Bai Fenghua.

Significant themes

• Trust and care: Xiaojiu’s worry persists despite his faith in Ye Chuqi’s abilities.
• Loyalty and solidarity: Ye Chuqi’s encouragement strengthens Bai Fenghua’s resolve, while Xiaojiu’s actions show personal devotion.
• Survival and exploitation: The chapter contrasts Bone Wolf’s unusual rescue with the grim fate of vulnerable children sometimes used as bait by unscrupulous adventurers.
• Power and reputation: Ye Chuqi observes the Wild Wolf group’s hard-won, battle-tested presence and contrasts it with the Red Wind group’s wealthier image.

Character interactions

• Ye Chuqi gently teases Xiaojiu, then appreciates the concern behind his hurried return; he responds with embarrassment but admits he still worries.
• Ye Chuqi’s earlier support influences Bai Fenghua’s decision to oppose Ernie by remaining in camp.
• Ernie’s attempts to provoke or remove Bai Fenghua instead make Bai Fenghua more determined to stay.
• Bone Wolf greets Bai Fenghua with barely restrained excitement, while sizing up Ye Chuqi and recognizing her role in stopping the beast tide.

Key events

• Bai Fenghua introduces Ye Chuqi to Bone Wolf, leader of the Wild Wolf Mercenary Group and one of Bai’s longtime friends. Bone Wolf eagerly insists she call him “Big Brother,” then gives her a Spatial Ring. He also praises Xiaojiu after learning Ye Chuqi rescued him.
• The group sets out to obtain the Nine-Leaf Green Flower, which Ernie is also trying to claim. Bone Wolf recognizes the history of resentment between Ernie and Bai Fenghua, while Bai explains that other factions are competing for the flower and for the Beast Cores of the three powerful Magic Beasts guarding it.
• Bai says everyone should support Ye Chuqi and adapt to her plan. He understands she is determined to get the flower, likely with help from her mysterious Big Black Fish and its developing spatial ability.
• The group arrives too late to claim a place in the defensive line already surrounding the flower and beasts. Bone Wolf mentions that people from the Bai Family have also come. Bai suspects they are there because of Ye Chuqi, but they have promised not to approach her without her consent.

Character developments and interactions

• Bone Wolf is a formidable leader but becomes comically starstruck around Bai Fenghua. He quickly warms to Ye Chuqi, whom he treats like a younger sister, and is ready to support her.
• Ye Chuqi earns Bone Wolf’s affection and leads the plan to secure the flower, though most people do not know how capable she is. Bai’s hidden guards have witnessed her extraordinary strength.
• Bai Fenghua trusts Ye Chuqi’s judgment and intends to back her without taking over. His history with Ernie helps explain why he is willing to act against him.
• The Wild Wolf Mercenary Group follows Bone Wolf’s decisions without objection, showing its strong unity.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and trust: Bai’s friends rally behind him and Ye Chuqi, while Bai gives her room to carry out her own plan.
• Reputation versus reality: Others may underestimate Ye Chuqi because they have not seen her fight, even though she has demonstrated remarkable strength.
• Rivalry and competition: The flower and the beasts’ valuable cores draw multiple factions into a contest shaped by power, politics, and personal grudges.

Key plot points and events

• The Bai Family secretly watches Ye Chuqi from a distance, having found the girl they lost years ago. Ye Chuqi and San San notice the observers but sense no hostility.
• San San proposes teaming up with the three High-Rank Magic Beasts guarding the Nine-Leaf Green Flower. Ye Chuqi doubts the beasts would trust them, even with her mysterious Monster’s Blessing, since the flower is crucial to their advancement.
• The fragile standoff between the Adventurers and the beasts collapses when an Adventurer is pushed into the beasts’ territory. A wolf-shaped beast kills him and attacks the surrounding humans, triggering a wider battle.
• A Grand Mage raises a wall of fire to stop the wolf, while the other two guarding beasts also turn on the humans.
• San San spots more High-Rank Magic Beasts converging. Ye Chuqi realizes this is the opening she has been waiting for, and that the three original guardians may only have been the first beasts to arrive.

Character developments and interactions

• Ye Chuqi remains cautious and strategic: she refuses to risk approaching the beasts while they are alert and at full strength, but recognizes that the growing conflict may create an opportunity.
• San San admits, through the discussion, that it had overestimated how readily Magic Beasts could be reasoned with. It still helps by scouting and alerting Ye Chuqi to the arriving beasts.
• Bai Fenghua restrains Ye Chuqi from moving too soon, warning that she would attract attention while the main forces remain intact.
• The Bai Family watches Ye Chuqi from afar, suggesting a strong emotional or familial connection without yet approaching her.
• The humans and beasts shift from tense restraint to open combat after one Adventurer crosses the boundary, giving the beast a pretext to attack.

Significant themes

• Caution versus opportunity: Ye Chuqi waits for the right moment rather than acting on an uncertain plan.
• Consequences of escalation: One boundary violation turns a tense standoff into a bloody battle.
• Misunderstanding and trust: San San’s experience with the friendly Ironclad Rhinoceros does not apply to fiercely territorial beasts protecting a precious resource.
• Power and survival: Ordinary Adventurers are helpless against High-Rank Magic Beasts, while stronger fighters and incoming beasts reshape the conflict.

Key plot points and events

• The Nine-Leaf Green Flower is on the verge of blooming. Its fragrance helps soothe Ye Chuqi’s long-damaged Meridians, making it especially important to her recovery.
• When the flower blooms, humans and High-Rank Magic Beasts rush to claim it. Powerful adventurers form temporary alliances to stop the beasts, while others fight independently.
• A massive battle erupts, with magic, Fighting Spirit, and the beasts’ strength making the cleared forest extremely dangerous.
• Ye Chuqi slips into the battlefield without warning. Bone Wolf is stunned, and Bai Fenghua watches her anxiously. Several Bai Family members abandon their agreement with Bai Fenghua and enter the fighting to protect her.

Character developments

• Ye Chuqi recognizes that the flower may heal her Meridians and is willing to risk entering the battle to pursue it.
• Bai Fenghua trusts Ye Chuqi’s abilities but is still deeply worried about her safety.
• Bone Wolf had expected to help Ye Chuqi from a safer position and is caught off guard by her sudden move.
• The Bai Family members prioritize Ye Chuqi’s safety over their earlier arrangement with Bai Fenghua.

Significant themes

• The flower’s value turns a tense standoff into a struggle for survival, exposing how greed can override dignity and caution.
• The chapter contrasts the overwhelming violence of the battlefield with Ye Chuqi’s small, vulnerable appearance.
• Trust and protection are tested: Bai Fenghua believes in Ye Chuqi, while those around her fear that her boldness may put her in mortal danger.

Character interactions

• San San urges Ye Chuqi to seize the flower after realizing it can help heal her.
• Bone Wolf questions how he can cooperate with Ye Chuqi when she has charged into the fighting.
• Bai Fenghua keeps his attention on Ye Chuqi despite the battle, while the Bai Family members confront him and rush to protect her.

Key plot points and events

• Bone Wolf follows Ye Chuqi through the battlefield and realizes her graceful movements conceal extraordinary skill; he is struggling to keep up.
• Near the Nine-Leaf Green Flower, the pressure becomes so intense that even Ye Chuqi is injured. Her years of body training help her withstand the attacks better than Bone Wolf.
• Two enormous beasts are fighting over the flower. Its fragrance boosts combat strength and speeds healing, making the surrounding battle even fiercer.
• Ye Chuqi uses her evasive footwork to reach the flower. Just as she grabs it, a High-Rank Magic Beast lunges and appears to swallow her.
• Bone Wolf, Bai Fenghua, and the others are horrified. Believing Ye Chuqi and the flower are inside the beast, they all turn to attack it.
• In truth, Ye Chuqi has escaped into her hidden space with the Nine-Leaf Green Flower—and part of the soil around it. The flower quickly takes root there and releases its fragrance.
• Ye Chuqi had intended to fake being swallowed to buy time, though the beast’s sudden lunge nearly disrupted her plan. She intends to explain her survival by blaming Big Black Fish, using the scale she gave Bai Fenghua as a clue.

Character developments and interactions

• Ye Chuqi demonstrates exceptional agility, composure, and resilience. She recognizes her physical limits but relies on both her training and clever planning to secure the flower.
• Bone Wolf moves from underestimating Ye Chuqi to recognizing the vast difference between their abilities. His shock at her apparent death shows his concern and investment in the mission.
• Bai Fenghua understands that Ye Chuqi’s parting warning—and the black scale she gave him—may have been meant to prepare him for an unexpected event. He freezes when she is apparently swallowed.
• The Bai Family and other combatants shift instantly from fighting one another or waiting for an opportunity to attacking the beast, united by the belief that Ye Chuqi and the flower can still be recovered.

Significant themes

• Appearances versus reality: Ye Chuqi’s casual manner masks formidable skill, while her apparent death conceals a successful escape.
• Preparation and ingenuity: Her training, quick reactions, hidden space, and advance planning allow her to turn a dangerous situation to her advantage.
• Trust and misdirection: Ye Chuqi gives Bai Fenghua a cryptic warning and a scale, relying on him to interpret events later—even as she plans to shift the blame to Big Black Fish.
• Power and survival: The battlefield’s pressure exposes differences in strength, while the flower’s restorative effects intensify the struggle to claim it.