Chapter Summaries

Chen Lin returned with Li Xiaoyue to collect her belongings after using psychic power to destroy Chen Tiande and Ma Lanhua’s minds. As villagers called for the couple to be hospitalized, Chen Lin led Li Xiaoyue away, declaring that she was finally free.

• Chen Tiande and Ma Lanhua woke and threatened to report Chen Lin and Li Xiaoyue, but two pairs of green eyes attacked them with psychic power, leaving them babbling and mindless.
• Li Xiaoyue woke in Chen Lin’s room, and he explained that he had carried her there after she fell asleep crying.
• Chen Lin told Li Xiaoyue they would return to her former home to collect her things and put an end to the matter.
• Chen Lin and Li Xiaoyue found Chen Tiande and Ma Lanhua sitting mindlessly on the floor, and Chen Lin said karma had caught up with them.
• A neighbor alerted the village, whose residents blamed the couple’s suffering on their past treatment of Li Xiaoyue; Chen Guoguang called the hospital for help.
• Chen Lin led Li Xiaoyue away from the house and told her she was free.

Chen Lin took Li Xiaoyue in after rescuing her, while his family approved and Chen Guofu warned him to consider Qiu Ya’s reputation. Liu Ruyan left for Yicheng after giving Chen Lin a Zhengtian Group VIP card, and the chapter ended with Li Xiaoyue shyly wishing him good night.

• Chen Lin prepared a bedroom for Li Xiaoyue at the Farmhouse Courtyard and brought her home to live with him.
• Chen Guofu and Liu Shuqin approved of Chen Lin sheltering Li Xiaoyue, while Chen Guofu cautioned him about his relationship with Qiu Ya.
• Chen Lin reassured Chen Guofu that he regarded Li Xiaoyue as his older sister and said his conscience was clear.
• Liu Ruyan visited to say goodbye, gave Chen Lin a Zhengtian Group VIP card, and returned to Yicheng.
• After the courtyard grew quiet, Li Xiaoyue wished Chen Lin good night, blushing and showing her attachment to him.

Chen Lin broke through to the second Qi Refining layer and visited Song Qiuya in Yicheng, where a call revealed that her father had been seriously injured in a car accident. Song Qiuya dropped her phone in shock as they faced the sudden crisis.

• Over two weeks, Li Xiaoyue grew more cheerful, the Farmhouse Courtyard drew crowds, and construction continued on the overwater restaurant.
• Chen Lin practiced the Everlasting Spring Art and broke through to the second Qi Refining layer, gaining sharper senses and a larger pool of spiritual energy.
• Chen Lin brought fresh cherry tomatoes to Song Qiuya at the Zhou Xiaofu Jewelry Store, and the two shared an affectionate reunion.
• Song Qiuya repeatedly declined calls from an unwanted caller before answering and learning that her father had been seriously injured in a car accident.
• Song Qiuya dropped her phone in shock after hearing that her father was being treated for his injuries.

Chen Lin took the distraught Song Qiuya to Tongji Hospital in Wucheng after her father was injured in a highway crash, but the surgeon said he had died. Chen Lin secretly heard a faint heartbeat inside the operating room, suggesting Song Qiuya's father might still be alive.

• Song Qiuya collapsed after learning her father was in trouble, and Chen Lin caught her and drove her to Wucheng.
• At Tongji Hospital, Ye Qingqing told Song Qiuya that a truck had hit her father's car on an elevated highway, sending it off the road.
• Song Qiuya blamed herself for her recent argument with her father, and Chen Lin comforted her as they waited outside the operating room.
• The surgeon emerged and said Song Qiuya's father had died from severe injuries, causing Song Qiuya and Ye Qingqing to collapse.
• Chen Lin heard a faint heartbeat inside the operating room despite the doctor's announcement.

Chen Lin secretly sent Clear Wind and Bright Moon into the operating room, where Clear Wind healed Song Guoan after his heart stopped. Song Guoan survived surgery and was expected to wake the next day, while Chen Lin reassured Song Qiuya.

• Chen Lin ordered Clear Wind and Bright Moon to enter the operating room and save Song Guoan.
• Clear Wind used Healing to restore Song Guoan's heartbeat and repair his failing body while Bright Moon helped conceal their presence.
• A nurse told Director Wang that Song Guoan's heartbeat had returned, and the medical team confirmed his vital signs were recovering.
• Director Wang resumed treatment, then announced that Song Guoan's surgery had succeeded and he should wake the next day.
• Ye Qingqing wept with relief as Chen Lin comforted Song Qiuya and told her that her father would be all right.

After Song Guoan survived the crash, a sinister man ordered an attempt on his life at the hospital. As Chen Lin kept watch over the grieving Song Qiuya outside the ICU, he sensed something was wrong with the crash and spotted a suspicious figure approaching in a doctor's disguise.

• A sinister man learned Song Guoan had survived and ordered his subordinate to make sure Song Guoan was dead by morning.
• Song Qiuya rejected Ye Qingqing's offer of warm milk, while Chen Lin comforted her and gave her milk with spirit spring water.
• Chen Lin grew suspicious of the circumstances of Song Guoan's crash and extended his senses to monitor the hospital corridor.
• Chen Lin noticed a masked figure in a white coat approaching the ICU and identified the stranger's cologne and tobacco scent as suspicious.

Chen Lin stopped an assassin disguised as a doctor from killing Song Guoan and pursued him outside the hospital. With Clear Wind’s help, Chen Lin subdued the assassin in his van and prepared to interrogate him.

• Chen Lin noticed the disguised doctor enter the ICU and sent Clear Wind to follow him.
• The assassin tried to inject air into Song Guoan’s IV, but Clear Wind caught him with an illusion, making him believe the murder had succeeded.
• Chen Lin left Song Qiuya under Bright Moon’s protection and followed the assassin from the hospital.
• The assassin entered a van in a dark alley, where Chen Lin caught his wrist as he attacked with a dagger.
• Clear Wind appeared on the console and used an illusion to make the assassin drop his dagger and go vacant-eyed.

Chen Lin used Clear Wind to manipulate the assassin Wang Hu into driving his van into the river, then returned to the hospital and waited with Song Qiuya. After Song Guoan woke, he urgently mentioned his study, computer, and Qiuya’s birthday, prompting Chen Lin to take her home to investigate.

• Chen Lin learned that Wang Hu was a Class A fugitive hired anonymously through the Dark Web to kill Song Guoan.
• Chen Lin commanded Clear Wind to make Wang Hu dream of driving, and Wang Hu drove his van into the river and drowned.
• Chen Lin returned to the hospital and quietly comforted the sleeping Song Qiuya while waiting for dawn.
• Song Guoan woke in the ICU and tried to tell Chen Lin about the study, the computer, and Qiuya’s birthday before the nurse stopped him.
• Chen Lin told Song Qiuya that her father’s computer might hold the key to the truth, left Ye Qingqing to watch over the ICU, and took Qiuya to investigate.

Song Qiuya and Chen Lin uncovered an agreement showing that Li Jitian had sold his stake in their gold mine before gold prices soared, leading Chen Lin to suspect Li had arranged Song Guoan’s murder to reclaim the mine. After reassuring Song Qiuya, Chen Lin set out to confront Li Jitian, founder of the Three Gold Group.

• Song Qiuya opened her father's laptop with her birthday as the password, and Chen Lin revealed a hidden folder named “Gold.”
• Song Qiuya found an agreement showing Li Jitian had transferred his fifty-percent stake in the gold mine to Song Guoan in October the year before last.
• Chen Lin connected the rising gold price to Li Jitian’s possible motive for arranging Song Guoan’s murder, and Song Qiuya vowed not to let him escape.
• Chen Lin comforted Song Qiuya and promised to handle Li Jitian, while she warned him not to put himself in danger.
• After taking Song Qiuya back to the hospital, Chen Lin looked up Li Jitian and prepared to confront the founder of the Three Gold Group.

Chen Lin disguised himself and tracked Li Jitian to his villa, where he confronted him over the attempts to kill Song Guoan. He broke Li Jitian’s arm and ribs despite Li Jitian threatening him with his father’s political influence.

• Chen Lin used the Shape-Shifting Vajra Bracelet to disguise himself and learned from a Three Gold Group employee that Li Jitian lived in a villa on Long Island.
• Li Jitian raged at his bodyguards after a second attempt to kill Song Guoan failed.
• Chen Lin entered Li Jitian’s villa and knocked out the guards and servants with help from Clear Wind.
• Chen Lin defeated Li Jitian’s personal bodyguards with two kicks and seized Li Jitian by the neck.
• Chen Lin demanded to know whether Li Jitian had hired people to kill Song Guoan, then broke his arm when he denied it.
• Li Jitian threatened Chen Lin with his father Li Gang’s position, but Chen Lin increased the pressure on his chest and broke another bone.

Chen Lin forced Li Jitian to confess that he had hired a killer over a gold mine, then rejected his attempts to buy his life with money. Chen Lin produced a Memory-Erasing Pill and Passion Powder and turned his attention to an unconscious bodyguard.

• Chen Lin broke Li Jitian's right leg, forcing him to admit he had posted a bounty on the Dark Web after Song Guoan refused to let him buy back into their gold mine.
• Li Jitian offered Chen Lin increasing sums of money, but Chen Lin broke his left leg and threatened to crush his last intact arm.
• Li Jitian said he had only five hundred million in liquid cash because withdrawing money from company accounts would incur taxes, and Chen Lin reacted with exasperation.
• Chen Lin took out a Memory-Erasing Pill and Passion Powder, decided to use both, and ignored Li Jitian's pleas.
• Chen Lin looked toward the largest muscular bodyguard, who was unconscious in the corner.

Chen Lin drugged and humiliated Li Jitian and his bodyguard in revenge, then returned to the hospital to care for Song Qiuya and Ye Qingqing while keeping watch over Song Guoan. The chapter ended with Chen Lin sensing that Song Guoan was recovering well in the ICU.

• Chen Lin forced a Memory-Erasing Pill down Li Jitian’s throat, drugged the bodyguard, and arranged them together before leaving them unconscious in the bedroom.
• Chen Lin waited until the drugs took effect, then left the villa and returned to his true appearance in a secluded grove.
• At the hospital, Chen Lin woke Song Qiuya and Ye Qingqing and insisted they rest at a hotel across the street.
• Chen Lin sent Bright Moon with Song Qiuya and Ye Qingqing, then returned to the hospital to keep watch.
• Chen Lin sensed Song Guoan breathing steadily in the ICU and confirmed that he was recovering quickly.

Chen Lin heard that Li Jitian had been brought to the same hospital after suffering devastating injuries, and he was satisfied that Li Jitian had survived. At dawn, Li Jitian’s mother demanded revenge while Li Gang revealed that the police had launched a major investigation.

• Chen Lin overheard doctors describe Li Jitian’s pulverized limbs, shattered spine, and devastating lower-body injuries during emergency surgery.
• Director Wang operated on Li Jitian, while Chen Lin listened from the corridor and reflected that he had shown mercy by leaving him alive.
• Song Qiuya and Ye Qingqing brought breakfast to Chen Lin and said Song Guoan’s condition was stable.
• Nurses wheeled Li Jitian toward the ICU, where his mother saw him and broke down in tears.
• Li Jitian’s mother demanded that Li Gang find and punish the attacker within three days, and Li Gang said the Municipal Criminal Police Division had been mobilized.

Song Qiuya realized Chen Lin had beaten Li Jitian and embraced him, while Li Gang learned his son had hired killers to target Song Guoan and ordered an investigation into Song Guoan’s circle. After Li Yong’s request alarmed officials in Yicheng, An Changlin warned Chen Lin, who insisted he was a law-abiding citizen.

• Song Qiuya recognized Li Gang and inferred that Chen Lin had beaten Li Jitian, then hugged Chen Lin for protection and comfort.
• Li Gang questioned his bodyguard, learned Li Jitian had twice hired killers to murder Song Guoan, and ordered Li Yong to investigate Song Guoan and everyone around him.
• Li Yong found little information on Song Guoan, Song Qiuya, and Chen Lin, so he asked Yicheng deputy director Li Xiang for help investigating them.
• Li Xiang reported the investigation to An Changlin, who called Chen Lin and warned him that Li Gang had set Li Yong to investigate.
• Chen Lin joked that he was a law-abiding citizen, and An Changlin understood that Chen Lin had been responsible for Li Jitian’s injuries.

Chen Lin infiltrated a Wucheng leadership meeting in cat form and used Clear Wind’s illusion to make Li Gang confess to corruption and misconduct. Li Gang’s shocking confession left the officials in the room stunned.

• Chen Lin told Bright Moon to protect Song Qiuya and her father at the hospital, then left to deal with Li Gang.
• Chen Lin transformed himself into an old man and then a tabby cat, and entered the Wucheng Municipal Party Committee building with Clear Wind.
• Chen Lin and Clear Wind found Li Gang at an expanded internal meeting chaired by Sun Liancheng.
• Clear Wind used an illusion on Li Gang, who publicly confessed to taking bribes, keeping mistresses, and other misconduct.
• The officials at the meeting were stunned by Li Gang’s confession.

Chen Lin used Clear Wind's illusion to make Li Gang confess his crimes during a municipal leadership meeting, leading to Li Gang's arrest. After returning to the hospital, Chen Lin and Song Qiuya were targeted by Li Gang's younger brother, Li Yong, who ordered officers to take them in for questioning.

• Li Gang publicly confessed to embezzling and accepting 873.42 million yuan in bribes and detailed his other crimes while Chen Lin and Clear Wind watched from the shadows.
• Sun Liancheng signaled Zhang Shuli, who summoned discipline inspection staff and prepared to act against Li Gang.
• Zhang Shuli announced an investigation, and officers arrested Li Gang after the meeting recording showed his confession.
• Chen Lin returned to the hospital and reassured Song Qiuya that everything was fine.
• Li Yong arrived at the hospital with officers, accused Chen Lin and Song Qiuya of involvement in an assault, and ordered them taken to the bureau.

Chen Lin defeated Li Yong’s officers and exposed the corruption that had protected Li Yong and his brother. The Commission for Discipline Inspection arrested Li Yong, while Song Qiuya learned that her father, Guoan, had stabilized.

• Chen Lin knocked out the two officers who tried to seize him, then calmly faced Li Yong as he drew his gun.
• Li Yong’s secretary told him that his brother had confessed to corruption and that the Commission for Discipline Inspection was coming for him.
• Chen Lin warned Li Yong to worry about himself and his brother, then took Song Qiuya to see her father.
• Zhang Shuli arrived with Commission for Discipline Inspection staff and had Li Yong taken into custody.
• Ye Qingqing told Chen Lin and Song Qiuya that Guoan was stable and could be moved to a special-care room.

Chen Lin stayed with Song Qiuya after Song Guoan was moved to intensive care, and the two spent the night together at the hotel. The chapter ended with Chen Lin holding the exhausted Song Qiuya, certain she was now part of his life.

• Chen Lin secretly gave Song Guoan spirit spring water after he was transferred to a VIP intensive care room at Tongji Hospital.
• Ye Qingqing insisted on staying with Song Guoan, and Song Qiuya thanked her as Auntie Ye for the first time.
• Chen Lin and Song Qiuya returned to the Marriott Hotel, where Song Qiuya shyly prepared for bed while Chen Lin waited.
• Song Qiuya told Chen Lin she was ready, and the two spent the night together.
• At four in the morning, Chen Lin held the sleeping Song Qiuya and kissed her forehead.

Song Guoan made an extraordinary recovery, leaving Tongji Hospital’s experts to call it a medical miracle. Chen Lin visited Chen Qianqian and Zhang Ruoxi at Wucheng University, where Zhang Ruoxi’s delighted, blushing greeting stunned the lecture hall.

• Director Wang found Song Guoan’s vital signs remarkably strong, examined him, and watched him wake and speak.
• Director Wang gathered hospital experts, whose tests and conferences left them concluding that Song Guoan’s recovery was a medical miracle.
• Chen Qianqian scolded Chen Lin for failing to visit her, then told him where she was with Zhang Ruoxi.
• Chen Lin left Song Qiuya with her recovering father and took the subway to Wucheng University.
• Chen Lin sat beside Chen Qianqian and Zhang Ruoxi during their lecture, surprising the students who expected the girls to rebuff him.
• Chen Qianqian greeted Chen Lin with a reproachful look, while Zhang Ruoxi blushed and welcomed him, silencing the lecture hall.

Chen Lin reunited with Chen Qianqian and Zhang Ruoxi at Wuhan University, then publicly exposed Zhao Kai’s poor hygiene and recent affairs by identifying the scents on him. The confrontation left Zhao Kai stunned and ended with a woman shouting at him.

• Chen Lin gave Chen Qianqian and Zhang Ruoxi strawberry lollipops, while Zhao Kai watched Zhang Ruoxi’s warmth toward him with jealousy.
• After class, Zhao Kai confronted Chen Lin for attending the lecture as an outsider, and Chen Qianqian defended her brother.
• Chen Lin moved away from Zhao Kai and told him he smelled awful, then described his body odor, photinia scent, and perfume from two women.
• The classroom turned against Zhao Kai as Chen Qianqian and Zhang Ruoxi reacted with shock and disgust.
• A woman suddenly screamed at Zhao Kai and cursed him.