Chapter Summaries

Chapter Summary

Key plot points and events

• After Ouyang Xuanxuan successfully grows Heavenly Star Grass, Su Shengnan orders Director Chen to recruit volunteers and arrange clinical trials. Chen nervously asks her not to dock his pay over the seeds, prompting the others to laugh.
• Su points out a major obstacle: Xuanxuan cannot supply enough fresh Heavenly Star Grass to meet future demand, and the medicinal plant’s usable stems and leaves cannot be stored indefinitely.
• Li Yichen suggests that the grass may require spiritual energy as well as cold conditions. He produces a spirit stone and proposes grinding it into the soil to create suitable growing conditions.
• Li gives spirit stones to the women. The others store theirs in Space Rings, revealing that Su does not have one. Mo Yurou jokingly demands one for her, and Li presents a ring he had already prepared.

Character developments

• Su Shengnan shifts from excitement over the successful crop to concern about scaling production. She also shows embarrassment at Chen’s antics and affection toward Li.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan offers to stay and grow more grass, demonstrating her commitment, though the group recognizes that relying on her alone is unsustainable.
• Li Yichen provides the practical solution and uses playful flirtation to get the women to humor him before explaining it.
• Mo Yurou remains impulsive and outspoken, playfully threatening Li until he gives Su a Space Ring.
• Director Chen reveals a comic, anxious side beneath his normally wooden demeanor.

Significant themes

• Innovation and problem-solving: The group moves from a production bottleneck toward a possible solution by identifying the plant’s need for spiritual energy.
• Limits of individual effort: Xuanxuan’s skill is valuable, but large-scale demand requires a sustainable method.
• Affection and group camaraderie: Teasing, flirtation, and jokes soften the business discussion and show the women’s closeness.
• Belonging and equality: Su’s lack of a Space Ring briefly sets her apart, while Li’s prepared gift reassures her of her place among the group.

Character interactions

• The women tease Su about her embarrassment and later gather around Li, playfully massaging him in exchange for his promised solution.
• Li flirts with the group before explaining his idea, while the women chide him to get to the point.
• The women share their spirit stones; when Su cannot store hers like the others, Mo Yurou advocates for her, and Li reveals he had already prepared a Space Ring for her.

Plot points and events

• Li Yichen gives Su Shengnan the Space Ring she has long wanted. Delighted, she and the others learn how to use it, and Su Shengnan excitedly transfers items in and out.
• The group plants three heavenly star grass seeds in nutrient soil. Li Yichen enriches the soil with powdered Spirit Stone, and Su Shengnan arranges for someone to monitor the seeds for signs of sprouting.
• As the group prepares to leave late at night, Li Yichen catches a black-clad man carrying a travel bag. The intruder claims he got lost, but Li Yichen spots a concealed pistol.
• The man fires at Li Yichen, who avoids the shot and breaks his wrist. Before he can be questioned, the intruder bites down on poison and dies.
• Li Yichen pulls the man’s soul from his corpse and demands answers. When the soul refuses to talk, he proposes testing the old claim that willow branches can shrink ghosts. Mo Yurou fetches branches, and the women take turns whipping the soul until it screams and shrinks.

Character developments and interactions

• Su Shengnan’s composed, practical manner briefly gives way to childlike excitement over the ring, then she refocuses on the seed-planting work.
• Li Yichen remains confident and playful, easily overpowering the armed intruder and using his soul to continue the interrogation.
• The women—especially Mo Yurou—show little fear of the ghost. They treat the ordeal as an entertaining experiment, working together to punish it.

Significant themes

• Power and control: Li Yichen dominates both the physical confrontation and the supernatural interrogation.
• Loyalty and teamwork: The group coordinates in tending the seeds and confronting the intruder.
• Humor amid danger: The chapter turns a failed assassination attempt into comic supernatural punishment, contrasting the intruder’s desperation with the group’s casual confidence.

Key plot points and events

• Li Yichen interrogates a captured deathsworn by burning his soul with a controlled life flame. The prisoner confesses he belongs to the Jiang Family and was sent to investigate the Su Family’s medicinal formula—and destroy its experimental facility whether or not he succeeded.
• Li Yichen ends the prisoner’s suffering and warns Su Shengnan that the Qin and Shen families may also target the facility.
• To protect it, Li Yichen summons an enormous army of Netherworld Soldiers, led by Li Xiucheng, the Loyal King. The soldiers accept the assignment and disappear after receiving spirit banknotes as an advance reward.
• Su Shengnan suggests using the army to attack the three families, but Li Yichen refuses: the Netherworld Soldiers belong to the world of the dead, and using them offensively could violate the worlds’ rules.
• The group prepares to return to Hidden Dragon Manor. Su Shengnan proposes a race among the four women, with the winner claiming Li Yichen as her prize.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Yichen shows both ruthlessness and restraint: he uses pain to force the deathsworn to talk, then ends the torture once the man confesses. He also takes responsibility for protecting Su Shengnan’s family and facility.
• Su Shengnan shifts from alarm at the threat to confidence in Li Yichen, then eagerly considers a counterattack. Her playful race proposal signals that her spirits have recovered.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan, Mo Yurou, Jiang Ruoyi, and the others admire Li Yichen’s supernatural abilities and tease him affectionately.
• Li Yichen’s exchange with the women closes on flirtatious humor, as he jokes about becoming a prize worth racing for.

Significant themes

• Protection and responsibility: The medicinal facility represents the Su Family’s chance to recover, so defending it is crucial.
• Power constrained by rules: Li Yichen can command a formidable supernatural force, but he avoids using it offensively because crossing boundaries between worlds could have consequences.
• Loyalty and fear: The deathsworn’s initial defiance gives way to confession under unbearable pain, revealing the limits of his resolve.
• Humor and romance amid danger: The chapter balances a serious threat with the group’s teasing, affection, and playful competition.

Plot points and events

• In the Kunlun Secret Realm, several disciples have disappeared. While patrolling the dangerous western forest, Zhu Shanhe finds Qin Ming crouched over a murdered disciple’s body.
• Qin Ming, who was believed bedridden and paralyzed, reveals that he has been killing fellow disciples to recover his strength and pursue revenge. He found the Devouring Spirit Art, a forbidden technique attributed to the Nameless Ancestor, and can absorb others’ cultivation by consuming their flesh and blood.
• Qin Ming attacks Zhu Shanhe before he can summon help, pierces his abdomen, takes his golden core, and swallows it. He then names Li Yichen and Bai Binger as people he intends to meet again.
• Elsewhere, Li Yichen wakes after spending the night with Su Shengnan. She plans to return to handle the Su Family’s affairs, then step down as its head and join him as his wife.
• After Su Shengnan leaves, Li Yichen tells Mo Yurou that he will be away for a few days. She assumes he is going to see another woman and calls Ouyang Xuanxuan and Jiang Ruoyi to confront him.

Character developments and interactions

• Qin Ming has become a ruthless predator, driven by resentment at his former helplessness. His new power fuels his revenge, and Zhu Shanhe’s death shows the danger he poses.
• Zhu Shanhe is cautious and dutiful, but his decision to approach Qin Ming rather than attack immediately leaves him unable to warn anyone.
• Su Shengnan expresses deep trust and affection for Li Yichen, promising to return to him after fulfilling her family responsibilities. Li Yichen reassures her that he will support her.
• Mo Yurou responds to Li Yichen’s departure with playful jealousy; Ouyang Xuanxuan echoes the worry that he may be abandoning them. Li Yichen denies the accusation and says only that the trip is inconvenient for them.

Significant themes

• Power through corruption: Qin Ming’s recovery comes at the cost of his humanity and the lives of his fellow disciples.
• Loyalty and revenge: Qin Ming frames his killings as retaliation for his former suffering, while his targets include Li Yichen and Bai Binger.
• Love, duty, and jealousy: Su Shengnan balances commitment to her family with her relationship, while the other women’s teasing concern adds a comic domestic contrast to the chapter’s violence.

Plot points and events

• Mo Yurou confronts Li Yichen, suspecting he plans to meet another woman. He explains that he is going to see Elder Mo, settle a deal, and visit the Training Base.
• Yurou asks to join him, followed by Jiang Ruoyi, who wants to see Elder Wang, and Ouyang Xuanxuan, who does not want to be left alone at school. Li agrees to bring all three.
• Before leaving, Li meets his three roommates, who warn him that the Training Base is full of formidable fighters and is no place for sightseeing. He insists the women can handle themselves.
• The group is picked up in a shabby minivan marked “Retired Cadres’ Sanatorium.” The roommates joke that the base is broke because someone sold ten billion worth of its property—an obvious jab at Li, who looks guilty.
• The elderly driver’s hearing leads to a comic exchange. When Li learns the drive will take five hours, he uses his Shrink Space to Inches technique. The van arrives at the dilapidated sanatorium gates in under half an hour.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Yichen is confident and resourceful, agreeing to bring the women and using his spatial technique to shorten the journey. He also shows a teasing, self-satisfied side.
• Mo Yurou shifts from jealous suspicion to embarrassment, then eagerness to visit the base and reconnect with friends. Her slip about wanting “revenge” hints at a competitive or combative motive.
• Jiang Ruoyi remains composed and stern, but her interest in seeing Elder Wang appears driven partly by a desire to fight.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan persuades Li to take her along by appealing to him affectionately.
• Li’s roommates doubt the women’s ability to cope with the base, prompting Li to defend them. Their banter also hints at Li’s past role in the base’s financial troubles.

Significant themes

• Jealousy and trust: Yurou’s suspicion creates a brief misunderstanding that Li clears up.
• Female agency and underestimated strength: The women choose to go, and Li asserts that they are more capable than his roommates assume.
• Humor through contrast: The group’s grand destination is served by an aging minivan, a hard-of-hearing driver, and a rundown sanatorium.
• Power and convenience: Li’s supernatural ability transforms a tedious five-hour trip into a journey of less than half an hour.

Plot points and events

• Elder Wu bets Elder Mo and Elder Wang that Li Yichen will arrive much sooner than expected. He does: Li and six companions reach the Sanatorium before the elders anticipate, so Mo and Wang lose.
• The elders head out to welcome the group. Elder Wu argues that Li’s strength merits respect, while also reminding Elder Mo that his granddaughter Mo Yurou may take offense if he mistreats her boyfriend.
• Inside the Sanatorium, Li is surprised to find only a few dozen people across the three bureaus. Yurou explains that nearly everyone is already there.
• The group is confronted by Miao Shasha, who mocks Yurou as the “eternal bottom-ranker.” Their exchange becomes increasingly insulting, and they agree to fight. Yurou refuses help and insists on facing Miao herself.

Character developments

• Li Yichen arrives unexpectedly quickly, impressing the elders, and is surprised by the Sanatorium’s small population.
• Elder Wu is confident in Li’s abilities and serves as the practical voice between the bickering elders.
• Elder Mo acts defiant but is wary of Elder Wang and of upsetting Yurou.
• Mo Yurou reacts fiercely to Miao’s provocation and shows confidence in her ability to fight alone.
• Miao Shasha is introduced as Yurou’s rival, openly contemptuous and eager to provoke her.
• Jiang Ruoyi and Ouyang Xuanxuan support Yurou, while the surrounding crowd expects her to lose.

Themes

• Respect and strength: Elder Wu insists that ability deserves recognition, regardless of status.
• Rivalry and reputation: Yurou’s “bottom-ranker” label shapes how others view her and fuels the confrontation.
• Loyalty and support: Yurou’s companions back her, though she chooses to prove herself independently.
• Humor and bravado: The elders’ wager and Yurou’s sharp insults add comedy to the tense setup.

Character interactions

• The elders trade barbs and make a bet over Li’s arrival, revealing their competitive, teasing dynamic.
• Elder Wu balances the others’ pride with respect for Li and warns Elder Mo about Yurou’s feelings.
• Miao and Yurou trade personal insults in front of a gathering crowd, escalating their rivalry toward a fight.
• Ouyang offers encouragement and Jiang offers assistance; Yurou declines both and claims the challenge for herself.

Key plot points and events

• Elder Wang teases Elder Mo about whether Mo Yurou can beat Miao Shasha. Elder Mo bristles, but Elder Wu believes Yurou has a plan and may have received strong Ability Pearls from Li Yichen.
• Yurou uses Space Traversal to evade Shasha’s flying knives. Shasha expands her attack by controlling four knives at once with Split-Mind Control, eventually forcing Yurou to retreat repeatedly; one knife even cuts a piece from Yurou’s clothing.
• Taunted for hiding, Yurou refuses to surrender and agrees to face an attack without dodging. Shasha prepares to launch all four knives, alarming the onlookers.
• Worried that the meteoric-iron knives could seriously injure Yurou, Elder Wu gives Elder Mo her precious Void-Escape Talisman so he can rescue Yurou if needed. The chapter ends before Shasha’s attack lands.

Character developments and interactions

• Mo Yurou is agile and initially confident in her ability to evade Shasha, but Shasha’s improved control puts her under pressure. Pride and anger eventually lead Yurou to risk standing her ground rather than concede.
• Miao Shasha reveals a significant advance in Split-Mind Control and uses taunts to draw Yurou into a direct confrontation.
• Elder Mo shifts from playful irritation at Elder Wang to anxiety over Yurou’s safety.
• Elder Wu remains composed about Yurou’s chances but ultimately prioritizes her granddaughter’s safety, sacrificing a rare talisman as a safeguard.
• Elder Wang jokes with Elder Mo and then enthusiastically echoes Elder Wu’s reasoning; their teasing provides comic relief.
• Li Yichen recognizes that Shasha’s new technique may put Yurou in danger, reassures Ouyang Xuanxuan, and describes Yurou as the strongest attacker among the girls.

Significant themes

• Pride versus caution: Yurou’s refusal to back down turns a tactical contest into a dangerous test of resolve.
• Growth and shifting advantage: Shasha’s mastery of Split-Mind Control challenges Yurou’s reliance on evasion.
• Family devotion and protection: Elder Wu’s willingness to spend her sole remaining life-saving talisman underscores how much Yurou matters to her.
• Competition and comic camaraderie: The elders’ banter contrasts with the escalating danger of the duel.

Plot points and events

• Mo Yurou remains still as Miao Shasha’s four high-speed throwing knives close in, then uses a new ability, Spatial Storm. The space before her shatters, breaking the knives—made of exceptionally durable heavenly meteoric iron—into tiny fragments.
• The elders recognize the display as Spatial Blade, a spatial-rift technique, and celebrate how much stronger Mo Yurou has become after receiving spatial abilities from Li Yichen.
• Mo Yurou teases Miao Shasha about her “cheap” knives. Humiliated, Miao Shasha runs off in tears.
• Three of Miao Shasha’s teammates appear. Their leader, Zhao Lichen, says he has no quarrel with Mo Yurou but insults Li Yichen and challenges him.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan and Jiang Ruoyi step beside Mo Yurou to defend Li Yichen. Jiang launches an Ice Arrow at Zhao, but a large hand from behind him destroys it. She prepares a volley of arrows; Li Yichen then steps forward to take over.

Character developments and interactions

• Mo Yurou demonstrates formidable new control over spatial power, overcoming the danger without moving and showing confidence—then deliberately needles Miao Shasha.
• Miao Shasha is stunned by the destruction of her prized weapons and flees after Mo Yurou mocks her.
• Li Yichen is ready to protect Mo Yurou, but later accepts Zhao’s challenge rather than letting the women fight in his place.
• Jiang Ruoyi reveals powerful ice abilities and immediately stands up for Li Yichen; she calmly yields when he steps forward. Ouyang Xuanxuan also joins her in defending him.
• Elders Mo, Wu, and Wang react with delight and pride, recognizing the significance of Mo Yurou’s new abilities and anticipating Jiang Ruoyi’s power.
• Zhao Lichen provokes Li Yichen, while the crowd eagerly watches the conflict escalate.

Significant themes

• Power and transformation: New abilities dramatically change Mo Yurou’s strength and confidence.
• Loyalty and protection: The women rally around Li Yichen, while he is prepared to protect those close to him.
• Public humiliation and rivalry: Mo Yurou’s victory turns Miao Shasha’s defeat into a spectacle and draws her teammates into a new confrontation.
• Escalating conflict: One contest ends, but the challenge against Li Yichen begins immediately.

Plot points and events

• Zhao Lichen challenges Li Yichen and uses his Mental Invasion to pull Li’s consciousness into a small, dark mental space where Zhao claims to be all-powerful.
• Li dismisses Zhao’s cramped domain, shatters it, and transforms into a giant within it. Zhao panics, kneels, and begs Li to stop.
• Back in the square, the spectators assume Li is trapped, but Li proves he is unharmed. Zhao, meanwhile, stands motionless, apparently under Li’s control.
• Li makes Zhao perform a provocative dance. As Zhao begins to remove his pants, one of his companions knocks him unconscious.
• The companion, whose skin turns metallic, charges Li, while the other attacks at high speed. A woman intervenes by summoning vines that lash toward both attackers.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Yichen remains confident and irreverent, effortlessly reversing Zhao’s mental attack and using Zhao’s own technique against him. He also jokes with Jiang Ruoyi, acknowledging that she understands him best.
• Zhao Lichen, initially smug and domineering, is humiliated and frightened when Li takes control of his mental world.
• Jiang Ruoyi stays confident in Li, while Ouyang Xuanxuan worries and is relieved when he proves safe. Mo Yurou regrets not warning him.
• Zhao’s two companions respond to his defeat with aggression: one stops his embarrassing performance and attacks Li, joined by the other. Their assault prompts an unnamed woman to step in.

Significant themes

• Power and reversal: Zhao’s claim to control his mental domain collapses when Li proves stronger and turns the attack back on him.
• Confidence versus arrogance: Li’s composure contrasts with Zhao’s boastful certainty.
• Loyalty and trust: Jiang Ruoyi’s faith in Li contrasts with the crowd’s doubt.
• Public humiliation and spectacle: Li’s control of Zhao turns the duel into an absurd performance, shifting the scene from suspense to comedy before the fight resumes.

Key plot points and events

• Ouyang Xuanxuan uses vines to trip and restrain Tie Zheng as he charges Li Yichen. Though Tie Zheng breaks some vines through sheer strength, the vines multiply and bind him completely.
• Guo Fei tries to free Tie Zheng with a tungsten-steel dagger, but the vines dodge his strikes. He accidentally stabs Tie Zheng repeatedly, causing him considerable pain, then gives up and attacks Xuanxuan instead.
• Xuanxuan activates Green Vine Barrier, enclosing the fighters within a vast sphere of vines. She raises herself high on a thick vine and contracts the barrier.
• Guo Fei cannot reach her. When he attacks the supporting vine, it resists his dagger and then grows a spike that pierces his wrist, disarming him.
• The barrier withdraws, revealing Tie Zheng and Guo Fei bound and defeated. The spectators ridicule them, while Xuanxuan proudly returns to Li Yichen, who praises her.

Character developments

• Ouyang Xuanxuan shows impressive control, tactical ingenuity, and confidence in her plant-based ability. She shifts from restraining her opponents to controlling the entire battlefield.
• Tie Zheng, despite his strength and steel-like skin, is overcome by the vines and reduced to helpless frustration.
• Guo Fei proves agile and persistent, but his assumptions about the barrier and his repeated dagger attacks leave him outmaneuvered and injured.
• Li Yichen remains an approving observer, reinforcing Xuanxuan’s confidence with praise.

Significant themes

• Strategy can overcome brute force: Tie Zheng’s strength cannot counter Xuanxuan’s growing restraints.
• Adaptability and control: Xuanxuan uses her environment and ability creatively, while Guo Fei’s predictable attacks are anticipated.
• Reversal of expectations: The spectators’ view of the girls as harmless is overturned by their formidable abilities.
• Humiliation and public status: The defeated men’s embarrassment highlights how dramatically the fight undermines the crowd’s pride in its strongest Ability Users.

Character interactions

• Xuanxuan traps and taunts Guo Fei, while Guo Fei’s attempted rescue of Tie Zheng instead hurts him.
• Tie Zheng angrily berates Guo Fei for the accidental stabbings.
• The spectators react with amazement, then mock the defeated pair.
• Xuanxuan seeks Li Yichen’s approval after the victory, and he warmly affirms her achievement.

• Plot and events: At the sanatorium, Elders Mo, Wang, and Wu argue over which bureau should recruit a talented girl, each claiming she belongs with his bureau. Their debate is interrupted by Du Xiaobei and Xiao Nan, who have just returned from school. Xiaobei mischievously elbows his way through the crowd and rushes to greet Mo Yurou, prompting Li Yichen to grab him and jokingly warn that Yurou is his. Xiaobei then tries flirting with Ouyang Xuanxuan, only to learn that she—and Jiang Ruoyi—are also Li Yichen’s girlfriends. He claims he was merely testing their loyalty. Meanwhile, Xiao Nan notices the injured Guo Fei and heals his pierced palm with her light-based ability. Ouyang Xuanxuan releases Guo Fei and Tie Zheng from her vines, and the men stand down. The elders approach Li Yichen afterward and hint at collecting money from him; he jokes that his growing number of girlfriends has left him with high expenses.
• Character developments: Xiaobei is shown as bold, mischievous, and increasingly slick, while Xiao Nan comes across as gentle, compassionate, and genuinely helpful. Li Yichen is protective and jealous in jest, but treats Xiao Nan warmly and remains courteous to the elders. Mo Yurou and Ouyang Xuanxuan respond playfully to the banter. The elders reveal their eagerness to recruit talented people—and to get money from Li Yichen.
• Interactions: The scene’s humor comes from Xiaobei’s antics and Li Yichen’s mock jealousy, especially as Xiaobei’s flirtation is exposed. Xiao Nan’s healing offers a gentler contrast and helps defuse the tense aftermath of the fight. The elders’ polite reunion with Li Yichen masks their earlier decision to watch events unfold rather than intervene.
• Themes: The chapter contrasts strength and compassion: the injured men show respect to the powerful, while Xiao Nan helps them out of kindness. It also emphasizes teasing affection among friends and partners, ambition in the elders’ recruitment dispute, and the comic tension between Li Yichen’s growing responsibilities and the elders’ financial demands.

Summary

• Elder Mo’s matchmaking joke embarrasses him when Mo Yurou overhears and scolds him. Elder Wu quickly steers the group to the office, sending the onlookers away.
• Li Yichen leaves Xiao Nan and Xiaobei behind, praising Xiao Nan’s thoughtfulness and telling Xiaobei to protect her—using force if necessary. He then joins the elders to discuss supplying their ability troops.
• Li Yichen provides Elder Mo with reconnaissance and infiltration abilities: five Thousand-Mile Eye pearls, five Shapeshifting pearls, five Wall Phasing pearls, and five Invisibility pearls. Elder Mo is thrilled, explaining that intelligence work is dangerous and agents are often lost gathering information.
• Elder Wang requests offensive and defensive abilities. Li Yichen gives him pearls containing lightning, fire, petrification, beast transformation, and flight abilities. Elder Wang is highly satisfied.
• Elder Wu asks for control and support abilities to restrain opponents and provide logistical help. Li Yichen says this request is more challenging and pauses to consider what he can offer.

Character developments and interactions

Li Yichen demonstrates generosity and commitment to strengthening the elders’ troops, while carefully matching each set of abilities to their needs. Elder Mo’s eagerness contrasts with his earlier awkwardness around Mo Yurou; Elder Wang reveals an unexpectedly enthusiastic interest in destructive combat abilities. Elder Wu comes across as the strict but responsible trainer of unruly young ability users, and she now looks to Li Yichen for support.

Themes

The chapter emphasizes cooperation and preparation: specialized abilities can improve intelligence gathering, combat, and troop effectiveness. It also highlights the risks of service, particularly the danger faced by reconnaissance agents, and mixes the strategic discussion with light humor and protective family bonds.

Key plot points and events

• Li Yichen presents the elders with Ability Pearls as part of their purchase. The first batch contains five Gravity abilities, each adding only one level of gravity—but across a thousand-meter radius, with effects that can stack. The elders quickly realize their value for slowing enemies in group combat.
• He adds five Healing abilities, five Earth abilities, and five Water abilities, followed by twenty varied abilities—including Super Speed, Mind Reading, Memory Reading, Teleportation, and Night Vision—for the elders to distribute as needed.
• Elder Mo gives Li Yichen a bank card containing ten billion, with Mo Yurou’s birthday as the PIN. Li Yichen hands the card to Yurou, who is pleased that he trusts her with the money.
• Li Yichen suspects the elders deliberately arranged for Yurou to control his funds. He privately vows to burden the elders with babysitting their future children.
• He then privately gives Elder Mo and Elder Wang one extra Ability Pearl each, teasing them with the possibility that they might refuse free gifts.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Yichen demonstrates generosity and tactical foresight by assembling a broad selection of abilities, while also showing a playful, mischievous side. Though he acts casual about the money, he is reluctant to lose control of it.
• Elder Wu, Elder Mo, and Elder Wang move from skepticism about the limited strength of the Gravity abilities to enthusiastic appreciation once they learn their range and stacking potential. They value Li Yichen’s thoughtfulness and eagerly accept the pearls.
• Mo Yurou happily accepts responsibility for Li Yichen’s bank card, interpreting the gesture as proof of his trust in her.
• The elders’ affectionate scheming contrasts with Li Yichen’s mock resentment: Elder Mo avoids his gaze, Elder Wu winks knowingly, and Li Yichen recognizes that they have outmaneuvered him.

Significant themes

• Cooperation and preparation: A varied set of abilities gives the group tools for offense, defense, support, and battlefield control.
• Value beyond appearances: The Gravity abilities seem weak at first, but their range and ability to stack make them exceptionally powerful.
• Trust, family, and playful manipulation: The money arrangement and teasing exchanges show the characters’ closeness, with affection expressed through schemes and jokes.

Plot points and events

• Li Yichen gives Elders Mo and Wang Ability Pearls containing X-ray vision, then urges them to keep the gift secret from Elder Wu.
• Elder Wu has overheard enough to suspect them. She sends Mo Yurou and the others away with Li Yichen, then confronts the two elders about using the ability to ogle young women. Their denials fail, and she beats them.
• Li Yichen’s group goes into the nearby mountains to look for fruit. When they return, both elders have red handprints on their faces.
• Elder Wang grabs Li Yichen in anger, accusing him of setting them up, but Elder Wu orders the elders not to hit him and asks him to restore their dignity before they meet the people waiting to absorb abilities.
• Li Yichen uses a wisp of white flame on Elder Mo’s face, apparently trying to deal with the marks, but the elder reacts as if it burns and threatens him.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Yichen is mischievous and calculating: he deliberately tempts the elders with X-ray vision, then feigns innocence when their secret is exposed. He also shows confidence in helping them, though his “remedy” causes trouble.
• Elders Mo and Wang eagerly accept the pearls and try to hide them, but are embarrassed and angry when Elder Wu catches on. Their fear of her is clear.
• Elder Wu is perceptive and authoritative, quickly recognizing the elders’ secret and protecting Li Yichen from their retaliation. Her later request for his help shows how much she trusts his abilities.
• Mo Yurou and the other women notice Li Yichen’s suspicious smile and share in the humor of the elders’ predicament.

Significant themes

• Mischief and consequences: Li Yichen’s seemingly generous gift turns into a trap for the two elders.
• Authority and embarrassment: Elder Wu’s control over the elders contrasts with their attempts to preserve their dignity.
• Trust and reliance: Elder Wu assumes Li Yichen can help, while the elders distrust his motives after being caught in his scheme.

Key plot points and events

• Li Yichen’s flames do more than heal injuries: after treating Elder Mo, they erase the handprint on his face, soften his wrinkles, and turn his gray beard black, making him look over ten years younger. Elder Mo immediately regrets stopping the treatment early.
• Elder Wang asks Li Yichen to treat him too. His hair turns glossy black, and he happily admires his rejuvenated appearance.
• The elders and Li Yichen return to the platform, where one hundred elite soldiers have assembled to join the newly formed Ability Forces. Elder Wu tells them to set aside their previous ranks and honors and begin again with ability training.
• When a soldier asks whether people without abilities can join, Elder Mo promises that he can give them abilities. The soldiers enthusiastically agree that they want to become Ability Users.
• Asked whether abilities are truly powerful, Elder Mo arranges a demonstration. Mo Yurou displays her teleportation, then slices through a large tree with a black streak of force, astonishing the soldiers.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Yichen remains playful and self-assured, teasing the elders and resisting Elder Mo’s expectation that he perform the demonstration himself. He instead sends Mo Yurou and the others forward.
• Elder Mo shifts from refusing Li Yichen’s treatment to regretting it once he sees its rejuvenating effects. His vanity provides comic relief, and he later confidently recruits the soldiers.
• Elder Wang eagerly accepts the treatment and joins Elder Mo in celebrating his improved appearance.
• Mo Yurou embraces the chance to demonstrate her power, taking pride in the soldiers’ astonishment.
• Su Xiaoxiao sees Li Yichen among the group on the platform. Her stern composure briefly gives way to emotion and loneliness when she notices the women with him. Hao Jun and Wang Meng are also among the soldiers and react with surprise.

Significant themes

• Power and transformation: Li Yichen’s flames visibly rejuvenate the elders, while the soldiers are promised abilities of their own.
• Starting over and service: Joining the Ability Forces means leaving behind old honors and beginning training from zero.
• Ambition and discipline: The soldiers are eager to gain power, but their disciplined formation contrasts with their excitement.
• Humor and vanity: The elders’ delight in looking younger and more handsome lightens the otherwise formal recruitment scene.

Key events

• Jiang Ruoyi demonstrates her ice ability, summoning a barrage of Ice Arrows that shatters a large tree. Ouyang Xuanxuan follows with a display of plant control, raising towering vines around the assembled soldiers.
• Elder Wang explains that the soldiers can choose abilities from a registration area and directs them to sign up. The crowd rushes toward the options, with X-Ray Vision especially popular—though the elders recall that Li Yichen once gave it away before Elder Wu took it.
• Su Xiaoxiao, Wang Meng, and Hao Jun arrive at the registration area. Su seems distracted and emotionally troubled, while Wang Meng stays by her side and Hao urges them to choose before the best abilities are claimed.
• Li Yichen and Ouyang Xuanxuan recognize the three as their former military-training instructors and go over to greet them.

Character developments and interactions

• The soldiers’ skepticism about being brought to the square turns into eager interest after seeing the demonstrations; the abilities’ power and spectacle make them want to participate.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan shows both confidence and affection toward Li Yichen, proudly pointing out their former instructors and calling Li her husband. Mo Yurou playfully teases Li about their relationship.
• Su Xiaoxiao’s sadness and silence remain unexplained. When she nearly calls Li Yichen “little brat,” he reassures her that she can still address him that way; she relaxes and greets him warmly.
• Wang Meng’s loyal concern for Su and Hao Jun’s impatience contrast with the crowd’s excitement, underscoring that the trio have their own worries amid the spectacle.

Significant themes

• Power and opportunity: The demonstrations transform a mysterious reassignment into a chance the soldiers eagerly want.
• Spectacle and competition: The crowd’s rush to claim abilities—and squabble over X-Ray Vision—shows how quickly excitement becomes rivalry.
• Old bonds and unresolved feelings: The reunion brings back familiar, affectionate dynamics, while Su Xiaoxiao’s unexplained distress hints at a lingering personal conflict.

Key plot points and events

• Li Yichen reunites with Su Xiaoxiao and jokes with her until her earlier awkwardness disappears. When she asks about gaining an ability, he explains that the available options have already been chosen.
• Su Xiaoxiao, Hao Jun, and Wang Meng ask Li Yichen to help them. He reveals that he has set aside an ability for each:
  • Hao Jun: Clone, allowing him to create a duplicate that can aid him in combat or undertake dangerous tasks.
  • Su Xiaoxiao: Energy Shield, chosen to protect her by blocking and weakening attacks.
  • Wang Meng: Infinite Stamina, complementing his powerful but exhausting fighting style.
• Li Yichen gives them Ability Pearls and explains that they must use blood to absorb the powers, which will cause some pain. They begin the process.
• Elder Mo and Elder Wu praise Li Yichen’s concern for his companions. The elders arrange for five more people from the reserves to receive pearls, reasoning that every new Ability User strengthens China.
• After about an hour, Hao Jun successfully manifests a duplicate, confirming that the absorption worked.

Character developments

• Li Yichen shows his affection through teasing, generosity, and carefully choosing abilities suited to his friends’ needs. His protective feelings for Su Xiaoxiao are especially clear.
• Su Xiaoxiao shifts from playful embarrassment to excitement about gaining an ability, and is touched by Li Yichen’s protective choice.
• Hao Jun eagerly embraces his new power, even jokingly pretending to be reluctant to accept it.
• Wang Meng is grateful for an ability tailored to his physical strengths and limitations.
• Elder Mo and Elder Wu express growing trust in Li Yichen, with Elder Wu specifically linking that trust to Mo Yurou’s relationship with him.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and care: Li Yichen prioritizes the people close to him and selects powers to support them individually.
• Strength through adversity: The friends’ willingness to endure painful absorption reflects the hardship that has forged their resilience.
• Collective survival: The elders treat every additional Ability User as a contribution to China’s overall strength.
• Humor and affection: Banter and teasing help ease tension and reinforce the group’s closeness.

Character interactions

• Li Yichen and Su Xiaoxiao trade flirtatious jokes, then share a warm moment when he chooses a defensive ability for her.
• Hao Jun and Wang Meng approach Li Yichen for help, while Su Xiaoxiao checks that Ouyang Xuanxuan has not overheard their conversation.
• The elders discuss Li Yichen’s character and the future of the ability program, while onlookers speculate about the three friends’ unusual stillness during absorption.

Key plot points and events

• Hao Jun reveals that his new superpower has produced a self-aware clone—also called Hao Jun—and boasts that he is the first among the group to gain a power.
• He challenges the elite soldiers and is quickly humbled by Fan Tieniu, whose strength and sturdy stance counter Hao Jun’s speed. Fan knocks him down and throws him aside.
• Hao Jun’s clone catches him, and the two decide to fight together. Their shared thoughts and perfectly coordinated attacks overwhelm Fan, who is finally sent crashing to the ground.
• Emboldened by victory and the attention of female soldiers, Hao Jun challenges the crowd again. The pair defeat several more challengers, but repeated fights wear Hao Jun out.
• When Hao Jun collapses from exhaustion, the crowd jeers him. Wang Meng then appears and announces that he wants to join the fight.

Character developments

• Hao Jun begins arrogant and overconfident, learns that agility cannot replace strength or judgment, then adapts by using his clone’s help. His victories restore his swagger, but his stamina proves a limit.
• Hao Jun’s clone shows independent personality and loyalty: he first watches, then rescues Hao Jun and teams up with him.
• Fan Tieniu is introduced as a powerful, experienced fighter. Though initially dominant, he is unable to cope with the pair’s coordinated assault.
• Wang Meng enters at the end, setting up a new challenge.

Significant themes

• Adaptation and teamwork: Hao Jun’s best strategy is not fighting alone but coordinating with his clone.
• Overconfidence and humility: Hao Jun’s boastful challenge leads to an early defeat and painful lesson.
• Limits of power: Even a strong advantage cannot overcome fatigue indefinitely.
• Numbers and coordination: The clone’s shared thoughts make the pair far more effective than two fighters acting separately.

Character interactions

• Hao Jun’s boast provokes the proud soldiers, leading Fan Tieniu to challenge him.
• Li Yichen reassures Ouyang Xuanxuan that Hao Jun is fine and suggests the loss will curb his arrogance.
• Hao Jun and his clone shift from teasing one another to working seamlessly as partners.
• The soldiers’ cheers, boos, and admiration fuel Hao Jun’s confidence, while their repeated challenges eventually exhaust him.
• Wang Meng’s arrival interrupts the crowd’s pressure and promises another bout.

Plot points and events

• Hao Jun is being confronted by a hostile crowd, but when Wang Meng arrives, he theatrically claims the onlookers have bullied him and asks his “brother” to avenge him.
• Frenzied Bear, another towering fighter, challenges Wang Meng—known as Savage Bear—to test whose strength is greater. The crowd takes sides, with many rooting for Frenzied Bear because they dislike Hao Jun.
• Wang Meng and Frenzied Bear exchange powerful punches, then engage in a prolonged, punishing close-quarters fight that damages the paving stones.
• As the struggle continues, Frenzied Bear tires while Wang Meng maintains his strength. Wang Meng eventually overpowers him and throws him to the ground. Frenzied Bear admits defeat.
• Hao Jun immediately reappears to boast about Wang Meng’s victory, prompting the crowd to renew their desire to beat him.

Character developments

• Hao Jun is revealed as shameless, theatrical, and opportunistic: he provokes trouble, lets Wang Meng fight for him, then claims the victory as a chance to show off.
• Wang Meng proves to be a formidable and composed fighter. His strength and endurance prevail over Frenzied Bear’s ferocity.
• Frenzied Bear is an eager, capable combatant who respects the outcome and openly concedes when beaten.
• Li Yichen remains dryly amused by Hao Jun’s behavior and recognizes how thoroughly he avoids taking responsibility.

Themes

• Bravado versus genuine strength: Hao Jun talks and boasts, while Wang Meng demonstrates his ability through action.
• Endurance and attrition: Frenzied Bear’s forceful attacks give way to exhaustion, allowing Wang Meng’s sustained strength to decide the fight.
• Comedic social friction: The crowd’s hostility toward Hao Jun provides humor and contrasts with the serious, destructive contest.

Character interactions

• Hao Jun appeals to Wang Meng as a protective “brother,” then leaves the confrontation to him.
• Wang Meng and Frenzied Bear meet as respected rivals, fight intensely, and end with Frenzied Bear acknowledging Wang Meng’s victory.
• Li Yichen responds skeptically to Hao Jun’s self-congratulation, while the spectators shift from excitedly watching the fight to angrily reacting to Hao Jun’s final boast.

Key plot points and events

• Hao Jun provokes the opposing group, prompting a burly fighter to challenge him. Wang Meng steps in to protect him, while Li Yichen watches to test the limits of Wang Meng’s newly fused endurance ability.
• Wang Meng’s opponent tries to tire him out by retreating and avoiding direct exchanges, but Wang Meng remains energetic and eventually knocks him down.
• A succession of challengers follow. Wang Meng defeats nineteen men over more than an hour without showing significant fatigue, leaving the crowd stunned and humiliated.
• The onlookers speculate that his ability lets him maintain his strength, though it does not necessarily make him a stronger fighter.
• They call for Violent Dragon, believing his explosive power might overcome Wang Meng’s endurance. The enormous, fearsome fighter arrives and declares Wang Meng no match for him.
• Wang Meng welcomes the challenge, eager to fight. Hao Jun, despite having stirred up the confrontation, warns Wang Meng to withdraw if the danger is too great. The chapter ends before the fight begins.

Character developments and interactions

• Wang Meng demonstrates extraordinary stamina and resolve, growing more excited as he faces stronger opposition.
• Hao Jun is provocative and irreverent: he instigates the trouble, jokes crudely about Wang Meng’s ability, and is kicked by Li Yichen. He later shows concern for his friend’s safety.
• Li Yichen deliberately lets Wang Meng fight so he can assess the ability, but responds sharply to Hao Jun’s vulgar joke.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan innocently asks what Hao Jun meant; after Li Yichen explains, she blushes, calls Hao Jun a pervert, and approves of the kick.
• Violent Dragon is introduced as a much higher-ranked fighter, setting up a major test for Wang Meng.

Significant themes

• Endurance versus power: Wang Meng’s seemingly inexhaustible stamina defeats opponents who rely on wearing him down, but Violent Dragon’s explosive strength may pose a different kind of threat.
• Reputation and escalation: Wang Meng’s winning streak silences the crowd, then prompts them to seek an exceptional fighter capable of stopping him.
• Loyalty and bravado: Wang Meng protects Hao Jun and accepts the next challenge eagerly, while Hao Jun’s belated warning hints at genuine concern beneath his antics.