Chapter Summaries

Chen Lin exposed Zhao Kai’s affair in front of a classroom, then took Chen Qianqian and Zhang Ruoxi on a stroll around Wuhan University. Their outing turned tense when Yamamoto Taiken harassed Zhang Ruoxi and confronted the trio.

• A heavily made-up girl accused Zhao Kai of sleeping with her and cheating with a Foreign Languages Department beauty, and Zhao Kai fainted amid the classroom uproar.
• Chen Lin left with Chen Qianqian and Zhang Ruoxi, who praised his ability to identify Zhao Kai’s actions by smell.
• Chen Lin took the two girls on a campus tour, drawing jealous stares from passing students.
• At Sakura Avenue, Yamamoto Taiken blocked Zhang Ruoxi and tried to flirt with her.
• Chen Qianqian insulted Yamamoto Taiken, and he and his two companions surrounded the trio.

Chen Lin stopped Yamamoto Taiken and his friends from harassing Chen Qianqian and Zhang Ruoxi, then exposed what they had said about the women. He unlocked Yamamoto Taiken’s phone and showed his female companions intimate photos and videos of themselves, with Yamamoto’s face obscured.

• Yamamoto Taiken attacked Chen Lin, who broke his wrist and knocked down his two friends with a pair of kicks.
• Two women accused Chen Lin of attacking Yamamoto Taiken, and Chen Qianqian confronted them for ignoring the men’s harassment.
• Chen Lin recounted Yamamoto Taiken’s remarks about the women and their plan to assault them together, leaving the group shaken.
• Chen Lin took Yamamoto Taiken’s phone, unlocked it with facial recognition, and opened the group chat named “Sakura Club's Secret Base.”
• Chen Lin showed the two women intimate photos and videos of themselves, in which Yamamoto Taiken’s face had been pixelated.

Chen Lin exposed Yamamoto Taken’s obscene recordings, prompting the victims to attack him and the police to arrest him and his companions. After leaving the campus, Chen Lin took Chen Qianqian and Zhang Ruoxi to Yida Plaza, while Zhang Ruoxi quietly struggled with her feelings for him.

• Chen Lin revealed that Yamamoto Taken had recorded and shared videos of the two girls, causing them to break down and attack him.
• Campus security and administrators restrained Yamamoto Taken and his companions, and the police arrested the three men after collecting evidence.
• Chen Lin left the scene with Chen Qianqian and Zhang Ruoxi as the gathered students watched them with awe.
• Chen Qianqian suggested visiting Yida Plaza, and Chen Lin agreed to take both girls there.
• As they walked, Zhang Ruoxi envied how comfortably Chen Qianqian held Chen Lin’s arm and blushed whenever he caught her looking at him.

At Yida Plaza, Chen Lin used his cultivation-enhanced perception to win two ring-toss prizes for Chen Qianqian, including the booth’s prized Wukong figurine, after the owner tried to deny the second win. Chen Lin then asked Zhang Ruoxi which prize she wanted.

• Chen Qianqian spent twenty yuan on rings and failed to win a prize, then challenged Chen Lin to try.
• Chen Lin won the violinist Labubu on his first throw, impressing Chen Qianqian and Zhang Ruoxi.
• At Chen Qianqian’s request, Chen Lin landed a ring on the distant Wukong figurine’s box, but the booth owner refused to count it.
• Chen Lin threw again and hooked the ring around the box, forcing the owner to hand over the Wukong figurine to Chen Qianqian.
• Chen Lin asked Zhang Ruoxi which prize she liked.

Chen Lin won the Ragdoll Cat for Zhang Ruoxi and took her and Chen Qianqian to celebrate at Haidilao. Their happy meal turned tense when Chen Qianqian revealed that their roommates had harassed them and spread rumors about them, leaving Chen Lin angry.

• Zhang Ruoxi chose the Ragdoll Cat as Chen Lin's final prize, and the stall owner tried to close before Chen Lin forced him to honor the game.
• Chen Lin landed his last ring on the cat's cage, and the owner handed the cat to Zhang Ruoxi before packing up his stall.
• Chen Lin, Zhang Ruoxi, and Chen Qianqian went to Haidilao, where Chen Lin cooked for the two women as they celebrated their prizes.
• Chen Qianqian worried that Li Li and Sun Xiaoyan would taunt Zhang Ruoxi for bringing the cat back to their dorm.
• Chen Qianqian told Chen Lin that Li Li and Sun Xiaoyan had sold their contact information and spread rumors that the women were being kept by a man, and Chen Lin's expression darkened.

Chen Lin rented an upscale apartment near Wucheng University for Chen Qianqian and Zhang Ruoxi, paying three years of rent upfront so they could leave their troubled dorm. He later returned to Tongji Hospital and found Song Guoan sharing a peaceful moment with Song Qiuya.

• Chen Lin saw Zhang Ruoxi's distress and decided to rent an off-campus apartment for her and Chen Qianqian.
• Chen Lin took the girls to view a furnished apartment at Hanlin Estate, where Chen Qianqian eagerly explored the rooms.
• Chen Lin agreed to rent the apartment for three years and paid the full rent upfront after signing the lease with the landlord.
• Chen Lin gave Chen Qianqian and Zhang Ruoxi the apartment keys and told them they could move in the next day.
• Chen Lin returned to Tongji Hospital after ten and entered Song Guoan's VIP room, where Song Qiuya was peeling an apple beside her father.

After learning that Li Gang and Li Yong had been placed under investigation, Chen Lin overheard Song Guoan and Ye Qingqing reveal that Ye was Song Qiuya’s biological mother. He kept the secret to himself, promised Song Guoan he would care for Qiuya, and ended the chapter holding her tightly without telling her why.

• Song Guoan praised Chen Lin’s role in the Li family’s downfall and described his own remarkable recovery.
• Chen Lin returned to Song Guoan’s room to retrieve Song Qiuya’s charger and overheard Song Guoan ask Ye Qingqing when she would tell Qiuya the truth.
• Ye Qingqing admitted that Qiuya was her biological daughter and said she feared Qiuya would reject her if she learned the truth.
• Chen Lin hid that he had overheard them, collected the charger, and promised Song Guoan he would take good care of Qiuya.
• Chen Lin met Qiuya outside the hospital and pulled her into a tight embrace without explaining what he had learned.

Song Qiuya gradually softened toward Ye Qingqing while Song Guoan recovered and returned home. There, Song Guoan revealed that Ye Qingqing—not Lin Wanrong—was Song Qiuya’s biological mother, leaving her stunned.

• Song Qiuya watched Ye Qingqing care for Song Guoan and began to question her prejudice against her.
• Chen Lin received a video call from Chen Qianqian and Zhang Ruoxi, who showed him their new kitten, Snowball.
• Director Wang told Song Guoan that his health had improved enough for him to be discharged.
• Song Jiahe visited Song Guoan, and Chen Lin held Song Qiuya’s hand when she felt uncomfortable around her half sister.
• After Song Guoan was discharged, Song Qiuya returned to her childhood home and learned that Ye Qingqing had kept her bedroom ready for her.
• Song Guoan revealed that Ye Qingqing was Song Qiuya’s biological mother, not Lin Wanrong.

Song Qiuya learned that Lin Wanrong was not her birth mother and watched Lin Wanrong’s final message explaining how she and Ye Qingqing had raised her together. The video ended with Lin Wanrong’s violent coughing, leaving Song Qiuya and Chen Lin in the aftermath of the revelation.

• Song Qiuya rejected the truth about Ye Qingqing, then broke down in her childhood room as Chen Lin held her.
• Song Guoan texted Song Qiuya that Lin Wanrong had left something for her in a box of old keepsakes.
• Song Qiuya found a USB drive and, with Chen Lin’s support, played the video stored on it.
• Lin Wanrong told Song Qiuya that she was not her birth mother and described how she, Ye Qingqing, and Song Guoan had decided to raise her together.
• Lin Wanrong explained that Ye Qingqing had secretly watched over Song Qiuya for years because she feared her daughter would be hurt or reject her.
• Lin Wanrong wished Song Qiuya happiness, then began coughing violently as the video went dark.

After learning the truth about her birth mother, Song Qiuya broke down while Chen Lin stayed by her side. A small kindness from Song Jiahe helped her reconnect with Ye Qingqing, and the chapter ended with the family beginning to heal.

• Song Qiuya clung to Chen Lin and cried after the truth about Lin Wanrong and Ye Qingqing shattered her understanding of her family.
• Chen Lin stayed beside Song Qiuya through the night as Song Guoan and Ye Qingqing waited anxiously outside her room.
• Song Jiahe brought Song Qiuya food and White Rabbit Creamy Candy, prompting Song Qiuya to embrace her little sister.
• Song Qiuya knocked on Ye Qingqing's door and invited her to eat, calling her “Mom” for the first time in twenty-seven years.
• Song Qiuya and Ye Qingqing began to reconcile, and the family grew closer with Chen Lin's support.

Chen Lin and Song Qiuya returned to Yicheng after Song Guoan gave Chen Lin a Bentley Bentayga, which he initially refused but ultimately accepted. When Chen Lin went back to Chen Family Village, the Bentley drew a crowd, and he treated everyone at the courtyard to a discount to send them on their way.

• Song Guoan gave Chen Lin a new Bentley Bentayga, and Chen Lin accepted it after Song Qiuya encouraged him.
• Chen Lin and Song Qiuya drove back to Yicheng in his Qin Plus and shared a tender farewell before he headed to Chen Family Village.
• The Bentley chauffeur told Chen Lin the car had been delivered to his courtyard and its key left with Li Xiaoyue, prompting Chen Guofu to call in astonishment.
• Chen Lin arrived at the courtyard to find villagers crowding around the Bentley, and Chen Guofu proudly told them it belonged to his nephew.
• Li Xiaoyue gave Chen Lin the key, and he explained that Song Qiuya's family had gifted the car.
• Chen Lin offered the crowd a twenty-percent discount at the courtyard, and the villagers gradually dispersed.

Chen Lin reassured Li Xiaoyue about her injuries and gave her spirit spring water before she fled to her room in embarrassment. Later, he found a storage ring in the Myriad Worlds Garbage Transfer Station and discovered gold and spirit stones inside, then opened the final box.

• Chen Lin asked Li Xiaoyue why she seemed unhappy, and she admitted that the gap between them made her feel inferior.
• Chen Lin examined Li Xiaoyue's back, found that her fresh wounds had healed but dark bruises remained, and gave her spirit spring water.
• Li Xiaoyue blushed when Chen Lin glimpsed her open blouse, then hurried into her room.
• Chen Lin entered the Myriad Worlds Garbage Transfer Station and found a storage ring on a corpse in the garbage.
• Chen Lin bound the Storage Ring with his blood and discovered a chest of gold coins, dozens of spirit stones, and withered medicinal herbs inside.
• Chen Lin opened the first small box, then turned to the last wooden box with anticipation.

The chapter recounts how Li Xiaoyue and Chen Lin met after both suffered devastating losses, and how they became a source of comfort for each other. It leaves them separated after Li Xiaoyue's husband died and his family imprisoned her in the household.

• Li Xiaoyue married Chen Dazhuang in exchange for money to pay her family's debts and her father's medical costs, but her father later died and her mother attempted suicide.
• After Chen Lin's parents died, he saw Li Xiaoyue walking into the reservoir and rescued her when she tried to drown herself.
• Chen Lin revived Li Xiaoyue and talked her out of trying again, then supported her as she returned home.
• Li Xiaoyue began helping Chen Lin with schoolwork and daily needs, and the two grew close through their loneliness.
• Chen Lin left the village to attend a top high school, while Li Xiaoyue's husband later died after falling in the courtyard.
• Ma Lanhua and Chen Tiande blamed Li Xiaoyue for his death, took her money and ID, and prevented her from leaving or marrying again.

Chen Lin found an Object Manipulation Art spell and a Body-Sculpting Pill among the recovered items, but discovered the spell required him to reach the third Qi Refining layer. Reading the pill formula revealed that its ingredients were ordinary Chinese herbs available on Earth, leaving him eager to reproduce it and build a fortune.

• Chen Lin examined the Pill Formula Compendium, the Object Manipulation Art booklet, and a bottle of Body-Sculpting Pills, then stored the items in his Storage Ring.
• After returning to his room, Chen Lin found that the Object Manipulation Art required the third Qi Refining layer and that every page was blank.
• Chen Lin read the compendium’s preface and learned that its author, Mo Changfeng, had created fifteen pill formulas after discovering he lacked a spiritual root.
• Chen Lin recognized the Body-Sculpting Pill’s ingredients as readily available Chinese medicinal herbs and realized the pill could be reproduced and mass-produced on Earth.

Chen Lin discovered that the Pill Formula Compendium contained a Youth-Locking Pill that preserved a person's appearance for twenty years, then trained through the night and prepared a Body-Sculpting Pill for Zhao Jie. The next morning, he arrived at Zhao Jie's phone shop in a new Bentley, and Zhao Jie excitedly asked for a ride.

• Chen Lin read the Clear-Vision Dew formula and learned it was intended to treat eye conditions.
• Chen Lin found that the Youth-Locking Pill could preserve a person's appearance for twenty years, though its ingredients all needed to be at least a hundred years old.
• Chen Lin stored his gains, practiced the Taiyin Breathing Technique, and used a Yellow Dragon Pill and spirit stones to cultivate with the Everlasting Spring Art.
• Chen Lin crushed a Body-Sculpting Pill into Hahaha Mineral Water before entering Brother Jie Communications.
• Zhao Jie saw Chen Lin arrive in a Bentley Bentayga, marveled at its price, and eagerly urged him to take him for a ride.

Chen Lin tricked Zhao Jie into drinking a bitter concoction he called a weight-loss drug, then let him test-drive the Bentley Bentayga. After Zhao Jie suffered an urgent trip to a public toilet, he discovered that his body felt lighter and his belly seemed smaller.

• Chen Lin offered Zhao Jie a murky brown drink and claimed it was a colorless, tasteless weight-loss drug made especially for him.
• Zhao Jie drank the entire bottle despite its awful taste, then drove Chen Lin in the Bentley Bentayga.
• Zhao Jie developed severe stomach cramps on the road, and Chen Lin pointed him toward a public toilet.
• Zhao Jie rushed inside and emerged ten minutes later pale and weak, accusing Chen Lin of giving him a potent laxative.
• Zhao Jie noticed that his body felt lighter and fresher, and his belly seemed a little smaller.

Chen Lin returned to the city with Zhao Jie, then reunited with Song Qiuya and gave her a Body-Sculpting Pill, whose effects left her feeling lighter after an urgent trip to the bathroom. After cooking her a meal with ingredients from his Storage Ring, he agreed to drive her back to work.

• Zhao Jie praised Chen Lin's medicine and asked for more, then drove with him to their old neighborhood and shared beef noodles at the shop they remembered from school.
• Chen Lin dropped Zhao Jie at the phone shop and returned to River View Splendor Mansion, where he embraced Song Qiuya and carried her to the bedroom.
• Afterward, Chen Lin gave Song Qiuya a Body-Sculpting Pill, and she rushed to the bathroom before emerging relieved and feeling lighter.
• Song Qiuya fell asleep while Chen Lin prepared four dishes and a soup using ingredients from his Storage Ring.
• Song Qiuya enjoyed Chen Lin's cooking, then said she needed to return to her shop, and Chen Lin offered to drive her.

Song Qiuya returned to the jewelry store and was falsely fired by Hu Lili and Zhou Chaoxian, but Chen Lin intervened and pressured Hu into admitting she had approved Song’s leave. The employees celebrated as Chen Lin revealed his dashcam had no useful recording, leaving the confrontation resolved for the moment.

• Song Qiuya arrived at Zhou Xiaofu’s store and found Hu Lili announcing her termination and Zhou Chaoxian taking over as manager.
• Song Qiuya challenged Hu Lili, who denied approving her leave, while Zhou Chaoxian insulted and taunted her.
• Chen Lin entered, stood beside Song Qiuya, and warned Zhou Chaoxian to watch his mouth.
• Chen Lin claimed his dashcam recorded audio of Song Qiuya’s leave request and threatened to expose Hu Lili and Zhou Chaoxian to headquarters.
• Hu Lili panicked and admitted that Song Qiuya had called her, blaming her denial on menopause and a lapse in memory.
• Chen Lin revealed that his dashcam did not record audio, and the employees burst into laughter.

After Chen Lin drove Hu Lili and Zhou Chaoxian away, he convinced Song Qiuya to quit her job and help him build a business around the Body-Sculpting Pill. As they headed to the airport to pick up Qin Chuxia, Song Qiuya watched Chen Lin closely.

• Hu Lili and Zhou Chaoxian fled the jewelry store after Chen Lin humiliated them.
• Song Qiuya kissed Chen Lin and heard him explain that the Body-Sculpting Pill could reshape figures and be mass-produced cheaply.
• Chen Lin invited Song Qiuya to help build a business empire, and she resigned from the jewelry store immediately.
• Qin Chuxia called Chen Lin from Yicheng airport and asked him to pick her up.
• Song Qiuya encouraged Chen Lin to collect Qin Chuxia, and they drove to the airport together in the Bentley Bentayga.

Qin Chuxia and Qin Churan arrived in Yicheng, where Chen Lin and Song Qiuya picked them up and brought them to Chen Family Village. The villagers saw the three beautiful women with Chen Lin and wondered whether they were all his girlfriends.

• Xia Bingbao tried to take Qin Chuxia and Qin Churan with him, but Qin Chuxia sent him away and warned Qin Churan not to pursue Chen Lin.
• Chen Lin and Song Qiuya arrived at the airport, where Qin Chuxia and Qin Churan met Song Qiuya and exchanged polite but pointed remarks.
• Chen Lin drove the three women toward Chen Family Village while Qin Chuxia and Song Qiuya probed each other and Qin Churan watched Chen Lin.
• Villagers paused to stare at Chen Lin's expensive Bentley Bentayga as it drove into the village.
• Song Qiuya, Qin Chuxia, and Qin Churan stepped out at the Farmhouse Courtyard, prompting villagers to speculate that all three were Chen Lin's girlfriends.