Chapter Summaries

Chen Lin drove Qin Chuxia to work after she inferred that he and Song Qiuya had spent the night together, then saw news that an anti-corruption inspection team had arrived in Wucheng. After Song Qiuya woke and shared lunch with him, Chen Lin left to check on the newly opened resort.

• Qin Chuxia arrived at Chen Lin and Song Qiuya's home, realized Song Qiuya was still asleep, and ate breakfast with Chen Lin.
• Chen Lin drove Qin Chuxia to International Plaza Building One, where she teased him by insisting she was not a little girl before heading into work.
• Chen Lin saw a report that the anti-corruption inspection team had arrived in Wucheng and read public complaints about corruption at local schools, hospitals, and the City Museum.
• Song Qiuya woke around noon, ate fish fillet congee with Chen Lin, and saw him off as he left to check on the resort.

Chen Lin returned to the thriving Resort, then entered the Myriad Worlds Garbage Transfer Station at midnight and was attacked by a wounded Foundation Establishment demonic beast, the Lovesick Butterfly. He fought back but could not gain the upper hand, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Chen Lin saw thousands of tourists at the Resort and spent the day relaxing at the Farmhouse Courtyard.
• Chen Lin visited Li Xiaoyue and learned that the Resort had earned nine hundred and seventy thousand in revenue that day.
• At midnight, Chen Lin entered the Myriad Worlds Garbage Transfer Station and began searching its garbage heaps.
• The Lovesick Butterfly attacked Chen Lin, and the station identified it as a severely injured early Foundation Establishment demonic beast and issued a mission to eliminate it.
• Chen Lin dodged the butterfly's attacks and struck its abdominal wound, but its defenses and counterattacks kept the fight at a stalemate.

Chen Lin killed the Lovesick Butterfly, but its dying core flame filled him with an uncontrollable fever and desire. Li Xiaoyue entered his room and, unable to wait for Song Qiuya, offered herself to help him.

• Chen Lin killed the weakened Lovesick Butterfly and stored its corpse before returning to his room.
• The butterfly's pink core flame took effect, and Clear Wind and Bright Moon failed to heal or calm Chen Lin.
• Li Xiaoyue heard the commotion, entered Chen Lin's room, and found him writhing in agony.
• Chen Lin gave Li Xiaoyue his car keys and urged her to call Song Qiuya and leave, but she dropped the keys and said she could help him herself.

After a butterfly flame drove Chen Lin into a frenzy, he and Li Xiaoyue spent the night together, and he woke with his reason restored and a breakthrough to the fourth level of Qi Refining. Li Xiaoyue woke embarrassed but physically recovered, while Chen Lin gave her space to wash and dress.

• Li Xiaoyue kissed Chen Lin, and the butterfly flame overwhelmed his reason as Clear Wind and Bright Moon shut the bedroom door.
• Five hours later, Chen Lin woke beside Li Xiaoyue, saw the bloodstain on the sheet, and realized he had broken through to the fourth level of Qi Refining.
• Chen Lin called Su Mei to give Li Xiaoyue the day off, then used spirit spring water to heal her.
• Li Xiaoyue woke, hid beneath the quilt in embarrassment, and agreed to get up and wash when Chen Lin reassured her.
• Chen Lin left the bedroom to give Li Xiaoyue privacy, and she got dressed before hurrying to the bathroom.

Chen Lin told Li Xiaoyue he would take responsibility for her after their night together, and she agreed to be with him despite worrying about Song Qiuya and her past marriage. After breakfast, Li Xiaoyue chose to keep working at the restaurant so she could stand beside Chen Lin with confidence.

• Li Xiaoyue asked Chen Lin to pretend their night together had never happened, but Chen Lin said he could not ignore that he had been her first man.
• Li Xiaoyue said they could not be together because of Song Qiuya and her past marriage, but Chen Lin comforted her and insisted that he would take responsibility for her.
• Chen Lin told Li Xiaoyue she was his woman from that day on and promised to protect her, and she tearfully accepted.
• Chen Lin resolved to explain the situation to Song Qiuya and served Li Xiaoyue breakfast.
• Chen Lin asked Li Xiaoyue to rest at home, but she chose to go to the restaurant, and he agreed while telling her not to overwork herself.

After Li Xiaoyue left for the restaurant, Chen Lin fed demonic core fragments from the Lovesick Butterfly to Clear Wind and Bright Moon, helping them advance to the second Qi Refining layer. Their improved abilities gave him greater confidence, but his guilt over Li Xiaoyue and Song Qiuya remained, and he resolved not to keep the truth hidden.

• Li Xiaoyue dressed for work, shared a tender moment with Chen Lin, and left for the restaurant with renewed confidence.
• Chen Lin summoned the Lovesick Butterfly's corpse and watched Clear Wind retrieve three fragments of its unfinished demonic core.
• Chen Lin gave one core fragment each to Clear Wind and Bright Moon and kept the third in his Storage Ring.
• Clear Wind and Bright Moon absorbed the fragments and advanced to the second Qi Refining layer, strengthening their healing, illusion, and control abilities.
• Chen Lin's guilt over Li Xiaoyue and Song Qiuya resurfaced, and he decided he could not keep the situation hidden.

Chen Lin prepared dinner for Song Qiuya and confessed that, while poisoned and out of control, he had slept with Li Xiaoyue after she chose to help him. Song Qiuya cried, then demanded that he clear the poison out again, pulling him into a forceful kiss.

• Chen Lin collected ingredients from the Water Restaurant and cooked a lavish dinner for Song Qiuya, while Qin Chuxia joined them and mentioned that Qin Churan was busy with a major organ-trafficking case.
• Song Qiuya sensed Chen Lin was troubled and pressed him to explain what had happened the previous night.
• Chen Lin told Song Qiuya that a venomous insect had poisoned him, and that Li Xiaoyue had stayed to help him when he lost control.
• Song Qiuya silently cried in Chen Lin's arms, then asked whether the poison was completely gone.
• Song Qiuya kissed Chen Lin and demanded that he clear it out again.

After Li Xiaoyue saved Chen Lin, he told Song Qiuya he would take responsibility for Xiaoyue, and the couple struggled to repair their relationship. The next day, Chen Lin visited Li Xiaoyue at the resort and told her that Qiu Ya already knew what had happened.

• Song Qiuya asked Chen Lin what he would do about Li Xiaoyue, and he said he had to take responsibility for her because he was her first man.
• Song Qiuya was hurt by Chen Lin's honesty, but after a long night together she said she forgave him.
• Qin Chuxia arrived for breakfast and noticed Song Qiuya's tiredness and Chen Lin's energetic appearance.
• Chen Lin drove to the resort and embraced Li Xiaoyue in her office, where Su Mei spotted them and quietly closed the door.
• Chen Lin told Li Xiaoyue that Qiu Ya already knew about what had happened, leaving Xiaoyue anxious about Qiu Ya's reaction.

Chen Lin comforted Li Xiaoyue after telling her Song Qiuya had accepted what happened, then approved Su Mei’s plan to expand the resort’s farming operations. In Shenzhen, Li Hongjun changed his attitude toward Chen Family Village after seeing a viral video of Chen Lin’s thriving resort and agreed to visit with his family.

• Chen Lin told Li Xiaoyue that Song Qiuya had felt hurt and angry but accepted that Li Xiaoyue had acted to save him, and he comforted her as she cried.
• Su Mei reported that the resort needed more food supplies and proposed expanding organic farming and livestock operations onto farmland near the reservoir.
• Chen Lin approved Su Mei’s plan, told her to handle the village paperwork and arrangements with his second uncle and aunt, and stressed that quality came first.
• Chen Muyao asked Li Hongjun if she could take Jiaojiao to visit her hometown, but Li Hongjun disparaged Chen Family Village and doubted that Chen Lin had opened a real resort.
• Li Sikong showed Li Hongjun a viral video of Chen Family Village’s resort, prompting Li Hongjun to offer to visit Chen Muyao’s family and suggest bringing Li Sikong and Xiao Yu.

Chen Lin prepared the ingredients for Clear-Vision Dew and sent Clear Wind and Bright Moon to find a live Five-Pace Snake for its bile. They returned with a docile snake, leaving Chen Lin ready to collect the ingredient.

• Chen Lin bought the common herbs for Clear-Vision Dew from Chen Chang'an and learned that Five-Pace Snakes were dangerous and protected.
• Chen Lin returned to the Farmhouse Courtyard and ordered Clear Wind and Bright Moon to bring him a live Five-Pace Snake.
• Chen Lin weighed and prepared the herbs, then left them simmering in a clay pot.
• Clear Wind and Bright Moon returned with a docile Five-Pace Snake, and Clear Wind froze it with an eerie light from its eyes.

Chen Lin prepared [Clear-Vision Dew] and tested it on Deputy Secretary Zhao by using Clear Wind's illusion to put the medicine in his eyes. He left Zhao Lidong in his office after the dose, with the medicine's effects still unknown.

• Clear Wind extracted bile from a Five-Pace Snake, and Bright Moon healed the snake after its bile grew diluted; Chen Lin then let it escape.
• Chen Lin finished brewing the medicinal decoction and decided to test the [Clear-Vision Dew] on Deputy Secretary Zhao.
• Chen Lin transformed into a Leopard Cat with the Golden Bracelet and infiltrated the Municipal Party Committee Compound with Clear Wind.
• Clear Wind used its Illusion Technique to control Zhao Lidong, and Chen Lin had him put drops of [Clear-Vision Dew] into both eyes.
• Chen Lin stored the porcelain bottle and escaped through the office window with Clear Wind.

Chen Lin returned to Chen Family Village and learned his aunt’s family was arriving the next day, so he asked Song Qiuya about a seven-seat vehicle. He practiced the Object Manipulation Art and Taiyin Breathing Technique, ending the night determined to grow strong enough to face future threats.

• Chen Lin visited Chen Guofu, who told him Chen Muyao and her family would arrive in Yicheng the next day and asked him to pick them up.
• Chen Lin called Song Qiuya for advice about seven-seat MPVs, and she told him the company had ordered a Mercedes-Benz V300L and a Geek 009.
• Chen Lin practiced the Object Manipulation Art, extending its range to sixty meters and lifting a two-and-a-half-kilogram stone block.
• Chen Lin cultivated the Taiyin Breathing Technique and reflected that he needed to master it to protect himself from stronger otherworldly trespassers.

After Chen Lin finished cultivating, he grew closer to Li Xiaoyue and helped her bathe, deepening her trust and affection for him. The next morning, Li Xiaoyue feared he had left, but found him making breakfast and felt secure and cherished again.

• Chen Lin emerged from cultivation, showered, and met Li Xiaoyue as she came home from work.
• Chen Lin carried Li Xiaoyue to the bathroom and helped her bathe, and she accepted his affection.
• Afterward, Chen Lin carried the exhausted Li Xiaoyue to bed, dried her, and held her as she fell asleep.
• Li Xiaoyue woke to find Chen Lin gone and feared that the night before had been only a dream.
• Li Xiaoyue found Chen Lin cooking breakfast, and his care brought her relief and happiness.

Chen Lin visited Autumn Forest Group to collect keys for two new business vehicles, but Qin Chuxia detected another woman’s scent on him and accused him of betraying Song Qiuya. Chen Lin refused Qin Chuxia’s request for a kiss, insisting he would not betray Qiu Ya.

• Chen Lin booked three guesthouse rooms for his younger aunt’s family, then drove to Autumn Forest Group.
• Chen Lin learned Song Qiuya was away negotiating with a medicinal herb supplier and went to Qin Chuxia’s office for the vehicle keys.
• Qin Chuxia smelled another woman on Chen Lin and pressed him to admit whether he had been fooling around behind Qiu Ya’s back.
• Qin Chuxia offered to keep his secret in exchange for a kiss, but Chen Lin refused, saying he could not betray Qiu Ya.

Chen Lin rebuffed Qin Chuxia’s advances, took the Geek 009 keys, and drove to the airport to meet his aunt Chen Muyao and her family. His confident appearance impressed them, while Li Sikong grew jealous when Ning Xiao Yu showed interest in him.

• Qin Chuxia asked Chen Lin for a hug, but he flicked her forehead, took the Geek 009 keys, and warned her to return to work.
• Chen Lin admired the Geek 009 before driving it to Yicheng Airport to pick up his aunt’s family.
• Chen Lin warmly greeted Chen Muyao and Li Jiaojiao, then politely introduced himself to Li Hongjun, Li Sikong, and Ning Xiao Yu.
• Chen Muyao was amazed by how much Chen Lin had changed, while Li Jiaojiao admired his looks and Ning Xiao Yu discreetly let go of Li Sikong’s arm.
• Chen Lin joked with Chen Muyao, and Li Hongjun praised him as Li Sikong reluctantly greeted his cousin.

Chen Lin brought Chen Muyao and the Li family to his thriving resort, leaving them stunned by his luxury car and the resort’s scale. As he led them into the Water Restaurant, its extraordinary food aroma overwhelmed them, especially Chen Muyao, who questioned her own cooking.

• Chen Lin picked up Chen Muyao and the Li family in his top-of-the-line Geek 009, stunning Li Hongjun, Ning Xiao Yu, and Li Sikong.
• Chen Lin drove them to Chen Family Village, where the packed resort parking lot and its expensive cars left the Li family astonished.
• Chen Muyao grew emotional at Chen Lin’s success, and he gently linked arms with her as they headed to meet his relatives at the Water Restaurant.
• The group crossed the busy boardwalk toward the restaurant, where the food’s aroma made them hungry and left Chen Muyao questioning her cooking.
• Chen Lin led them inside, and the aroma grew more than ten times stronger, engulfing the group.

Chen Muyao reunited emotionally with Chen Guofu and Liu Shuqin, while Li Hongjun’s family marveled at the resort’s extravagant meal. Chen Guofu revealed that Chen Lin had financed the resort entirely himself, leaving Li Hongjun stunned by his nephew’s wealth.

• Chen Lin brought Li Jiaojiao, Li Hongjun, and Li Sikong to the private dining room, where Chen Muyao tearfully reunited with Chen Guofu and Liu Shuqin.
• The family introduced themselves and settled in as Li Hongjun tried to ingratiate himself with Chen Guofu while Li Sikong focused on his phone.
• The resort served a lavish meal, and Chen Muyao and Li Hongjun’s family were amazed by the food and eagerly ate.
• Ning Xiao Yu admired Chen Lin while watching her boyfriend Li Sikong stuff himself.
• Li Hongjun asked Chen Guofu who had partnered with Chen Lin on the resort, and Chen Guofu revealed that Chen Lin had funded it all himself.
• Li Hongjun was stunned to learn that Chen Lin had invested tens of millions without outside help.

Chen Lin arranged rooms for his aunt’s family at Osmanthus Jiangnan, while Li Jiaojiao chose to stay at his home instead. After bringing her to the Farmhouse Courtyard, he showed her the guest room and she happily bonded with Clear Wind and Bright Moon.

• Chen Lin booked three lakefront rooms at Osmanthus Jiangnan for Chen Muyao’s family, but Ning Xiao Yu asked for a separate room and the owner said the guesthouse was full.
• Li Jiaojiao asked to stay at Chen Lin’s house, frustrating Ning Xiao Yu, and the family settled on rooms at the guesthouse for the adults and Li Sikong.
• Chen Lin took Li Jiaojiao to the Farmhouse Courtyard, where she praised the house and eagerly petted Clear Wind and Bright Moon.
• Chen Lin showed Li Jiaojiao a clean, bright guest room and reflected on how well Sister Xiaoyue kept the house.

Chen Lin overheard Li Sikong disparaging him and later discovered that Li Hongjun was secretly keeping a mistress. Concerned for Chen Muyao, he took her aside and asked about her marriage, leaving her to answer.

• Chen Lin overheard Li Sikong accuse him of living off a woman, while Ning Xiao Yu reassured Li Sikong that she would not leave him.
• Chen Lin took Li Jiaojiao and the family to the rooftop viewing deck, where they admired the Resort's nighttime scenery and took photos.
• Li Hongjun received a call from his mistress and promised to buy her an Hermès bag and spend time with her after returning.
• Chen Lin overheard Li Hongjun's conversation and realized his uncle had been cheating on Chen Muyao.
• Chen Lin sent Li Jiaojiao away, took Chen Muyao aside, and asked how things were between her and Li Hongjun.

Chen Lin encouraged Chen Muyao to open a café on the rooftop viewing platform, helping her overcome years of fear and self-doubt. She agreed, and Chen Lin began arranging professional help for the business.

• Chen Muyao suggested that a café would improve the viewing platform by giving visitors a place to sit and enjoy the night view.
• Chen Lin urged Chen Muyao to run the café and promised to fund it and handle the setup while professionals took care of the specialized work.
• Chen Lin reminded Chen Muyao that she could become an independent, respected role model for Jiaojiao, giving her the courage to accept.
• Chen Muyao agreed to open the café, and Chen Lin said Su Mei would help with hiring, training, and permits the next day.