Chapter Summaries

Bai Yi brought the approved documents to Mother Lin’s home so Lynn could stay there, while Lynn struggled to hide his tentacle mutations from her. Mother Lin recognized Bai Yi and asked where her new lodger was.

• A former military officer received calls from six former superiors about an unusual child and was told to follow orders without asking questions.
• Bai Yi arrived at Mother Lin’s courtyard with documents and gifts, while Lynn lost control of his tentacles after drinking too much Flesh Regeneration Potion.
• Lynn’s mutations worsened as Mother Lin approached, so he spread ashes over his body by disrupting Flesh Plunder.
• Mother Lin opened the gate, recognized Bai Yi from his previous visit, and asked whether he had come to see Xiao Ying.
• Bai Yi explained that he had brought documents approved by the higher-ups for Mother Lin, who asked where her little lodger was.

Lynn unexpectedly shrank into a little boy and was mistaken by Yang Lin for her husband’s illegitimate son. Yang Lin introduced him to Father Lin over a video call, where the resemblance to her was so strong that Father Lin accused her of cheating.

• Lynn shrank into a small child, and Bai Yi found him beside his trouser leg.
• Yang Lin scooped Lynn up, mistook him for her husband’s illegitimate son, and showered him with affection.
• Lynn called Yang Lin “Mom,” increasing her affection for him, while Bai Yi tried to explain the misunderstanding.
• Yang Lin called Father Lin and presented Lynn as their new family member.
• Father Lin saw Lynn’s resemblance to Yang Lin and asked when she had cheated on him.

Bai Yi struggled to explain why the boy looked like both Lin parents, until Lynn told Yang Lin he came from a parallel world and showed her the jade lock she had given him there. Yang Lin recognized the lock and rushed to check her family heirlooms, leaving the truth of Lynn’s claim unresolved.

• Mother Lin and Father Lin accused each other of having an illegitimate son before Mother Lin fired a shot into the screen.
• Bai Yi showed Mother Lin a mirror, and she noticed how closely the child resembled her daughter as a little girl.
• Lynn asked Yang Lin whether she knew about parallel worlds and revealed that he was her son from another world.
• Lynn showed Yang Lin the jade lock she had given him as a child and explained the name and traditions she had shared with him.
• Yang Lin recognized the lock and hurried to open the chest holding her dowry and family heirlooms.

Yang Lin tested Lynn’s claim that he was her son from another world and began to believe him after he described the family jade lock and private childhood memories. The chapter ended with Lynn learning that Yang Lin had never raised Lin Ying with the dangerous challenges she had imagined for a son.

• Yang Lin opened Lynn’s jade lock with the inherited key and found it matched her family’s lock exactly.
• Lynn described the detonators and reckless childhood lessons Yang Lin had supposedly given him, convincing her that his memories were real.
• Yang Lin admitted that Lynn’s stories matched private fantasies she had once imagined for raising a son.
• Lynn asked whether Yang Lin had raised Lin Ying the same way, and she replied that she would never raise a girl like that.

Lynn reunited with Yang Lin, who accepted him as her son and comforted him as he broke down over his painful life in Hell. Their reunion was interrupted when Lynn’s father burst into the house, and Lynn recognized him.

• Yang Lin embraced Lynn and happily accepted him as her son after he called her Mom.
• Lynn asked whether Yang Lin wanted to know how he had reached this world, but she reassured him that he could tell her when he was ready and stay with her as family.
• Lynn broke down in Yang Lin’s arms as he recalled the masks and brutality he had endured to survive in Hell.
• Bai Yi watched Lynn’s grief and realized his big brother could cry too.
• A furious man crashed into the house demanding an explanation from Yang Lin, and Lynn recognized him as his father.

Lynn brought Little Lynn home, prompting Yang Lin and Lin Zhennan to erupt into a gunfight while Lynn calmly accepted the chaos as familiar family life. As Bai Yi panicked, Lynn went to the kitchen to cook, leaving him to realize how Lynn’s upbringing had prepared him for Hell.

• Lin Zhennan spotted Little Lynn in Yang Lin’s arms and accused her of bringing home a bastard child.
• Yang Lin claimed Little Lynn was her adorable son and taunted Lin Zhennan, who threatened domestic violence.
• Yang Lin fired at Lin Zhennan, who blocked the bullets with a riot shield and argued with her about cheating.
• Yang Lin emptied her magazine and reloaded as stray bullets struck Bai Yi’s iron pot and Lynn’s teacup.
• Lynn calmly picked up the groceries and went to cook while Bai Yi hid in terror and wondered how Lynn could consider this normal family life.

Bai Yi watched Lin Ying calmly clean up amid her parents’ gunfight and concluded that the family was just as abnormal as Lynn. In the kitchen, Lynn revealed himself to Lin Ying and taunted her by claiming their mother had accepted him and would soon leave no place for her in the family.

• Lin Ying came downstairs and swept up broken glass and shell casings while her parents exchanged gunfire.
• Bai Yi tried peeking out from behind his iron pot, but a bullet struck it and made him retreat.
• Lin Ying collected money and a pheasant from Lin Zhennan, put on her mother’s apron, and went to the kitchen.
• Lin Ying found Lynn in his Shota Form chopping vegetables and recognized him as the figure from her room the night before.
• Lynn introduced himself as Lin Ying’s parallel-world self and threatened that he would take her place in the family.
• Lin Ying took a fighting stance and vowed to kill Lynn if he harmed her family.

Lynn taunted Lin Ying, revealed his demonic identity, and overpowered her while demanding that she keep his secret. After he shrank back into his Shota Form, Lin Ying tackled him, and he screamed for their mother to help.

• Lynn provoked Lin Ying until she attacked him, then effortlessly dodged her strikes and mocked her about losing her family.
• Lynn drank a Flesh Regeneration Potion and transformed into his adult form, revealing that he was the devil from Shu Capital whom Lin Ying had met before.
• Lynn disarmed Lin Ying, pinned her to the wall, and demanded that she keep his identity secret while claiming they were like siblings.
• Lynn pressured Lin Ying to answer whether she had been intimate with anyone, and she reluctantly said no before he released her.
• Lynn returned to his Shota Form and turned away, but Lin Ying tackled him and he cried out for their mother to rescue him.

Lynn manipulated Yang Lin into believing Lin Ying had bullied him, forcing Lin Ying to hide her anger and accept his apology. The family remained divided over Lynn’s identity as Bai Yi tried to reassure Father Lin, who still questioned how Lynn could be their son.

• Yang Lin entered the kitchen and scolded Lin Ying after seeing her pin Lynn down, while Lynn acted like a frightened child and blamed himself.
• Yang Lin dismissed Lin Ying’s explanation, and Lynn offered to forgive her and shake hands, earning more favor from Yang Lin while Lin Ying’s favorability fell.
• Lin Ying reluctantly shook Lynn’s hand and resolved to find a chance to kill him.
• In the wrecked living room, Bai Yi tried to convince Father Lin that Lynn was not an illegitimate child and had done nothing to expose Yang Lin’s infidelity.
• Father Lin questioned how Lynn could be their son, and Yang Lin fired a bullet at him.

Bai Yi struggled to explain Lynn’s origins, so Lynn proved his connection to Father Lin by revealing private details from his father’s life in another world. His disclosures exposed Father Lin’s hidden whips and many female contacts, leaving Yang Lin furious and Father Lin struggling to defend himself.

• Bai Yi asked Father Lin whether he believed in parallel worlds, but Father Lin dismissed the idea as outdated science fiction.
• Lynn showed Father Lin a matching monocle and explained that he had sawed apart his father’s pair in another world and sold its gold wire.
• Lynn revealed that Father Lin hid money and leather whips in flowerpots, and Yang Lin dug up the whips from beneath the money tree.
• Lynn disclosed that Father Lin kept hundreds of women’s contacts and claimed his father had collected them to help him meet girls when he grew up.
• Father Lin admitted he had once considered preparing his son to meet girls, then told Yang Lin that Lin Ying had reported him and gotten him detained for fifteen days.

Lynn won his parents’ trust by hinting that he knew their secrets, then shared a grotesque but heartfelt family dinner with them, Lin Ying, and Bai Yi. His mother insisted that he stay the night and share a room with Lin Ying, leaving the siblings to face their first night together.

• Lynn hinted at another secret about his father, who stopped him and accepted him as his son from another world.
• Lynn earned the system achievement “Family in the Parallel World,” gaining happiness and mental power bonuses and learning that time with his family could curb his corruption.
• Lynn ate his mother’s monstrous cooking with his parents while Bai Yi collapsed at the table and Lin Ying remained hostile.
• Lynn’s mother told him to stay and said he and Lin Ying would share a room that night.

Lynn manipulated the family into letting him stay with Lin Ying, then warned her to keep his true nature secret. The chapter ended with Lin Ying reluctantly lying beside him as their mother approached to check on them.

• Lin Ying refused to share her room with Lynn and objected when her parents offered to let him sleep with them.
• Lynn offered to sleep in the guest room or on the couch, moving Mother Lin and Lin Zhennan and prompting Mother Lin to decide he would sleep with them.
• Lin Ying angrily agreed to let Lynn stay in her room so he would not sleep with their parents.
• Bai Yi was taken away by ambulance after foaming at the mouth.
• Lin Ying confronted Lynn in her bedroom with a Black Star Pistol, and he warned her that their mother was about to check on them.
• Lin Ying put away her confrontation, hurried into bed, and pretended to sleep before their mother arrived.

Lin Ying tried to sleep beside Lynn, her male counterpart from another world, but grew furious when he returned to his adult form and she discovered her hidden refuge had been sealed. She eventually settled for sharing the cramped bed with him, still embarrassed and angry as she tried to fall asleep.

• Lin Ying left her sleeping son and daughter undisturbed and returned to her room.
• Lynn changed back into his adult form, and Lin Ying angrily asked why he had done so.
• Lin Ying tried to retreat to her secret hideout in the wardrobe but found its entrance sealed by wooden planks.
• Lin Ying argued with Lynn over blankets and sleeping space, then reluctantly lay back down beside him.
• Lin Ying gripped her gun and tried to sleep while thinking about how strange and embarrassing it was to share a bed with her male counterpart.

Lin Ying tried to sleep beside the snoring Lynn, who kept rolling over and putting his arm around her. Convinced he was pretending to sleep, she fitted a suppressor to her pistol and shot him in the head.

• Lin Ying warned Lynn not to touch her while they lay in bed.
• Lynn sprawled across Lin Ying's bed and snored, while she considered ways to deal with him.
• Lynn repeatedly rolled over and draped his hand across Lin Ying's waist, waking her each time.
• Lin Ying fitted a suppressor to her Black Star Pistol and fired at Lynn's head.

After Lin Ying attacked Lynn for keeping her awake, he restrained her and urged her to leave with him because the world was about to change. He took her to go ghost hunting, saying they needed to become capable of protecting their parents.

• Lin Ying woke when Lynn started snoring again and attacked him in frustration.
• Lynn woke, blocked her blows, and pinned her down while accusing her of assaulting him.
• Lin Ying realized she could not win an argument against Lynn and sat in despair.
• Lynn spotted a dark silhouette outside and warned Lin Ying that the world was about to change.
• Lynn opened the window, grabbed Lin Ying’s wrist, and invited her to go ghost hunting.

Lynn took Lin Ying out to confront a demon ghost and used the encounter to teach her how to see and fight the monsters invading Blue Star. After Lynn freed the souls trapped inside the ghost, he played a Buddhist chant to send them on.

• Lynn carried Lin Ying across the rooftops and jumped down onto a Soul-Devouring Ghost, blasting it with Evil Spirit Manifestation Potion.
• Lin Ying saw the ghost's true form, while Lynn explained that Hell's monsters had begun appearing on Blue Star.
• Lynn subdued and dissected the attacking ghost, showing Lin Ying how its body parts could be used as potion ingredients.
• Lynn tore open the ghost's stomach sac and released the souls it had trapped, then told Lin Ying to put humanity first.
• Lynn played the Great Compassion Mantra on his phone as the departed souls wailed.

Lynn used holy power in a song to soothe and disperse the wailing souls, then finished harvesting materials from the Soul-Devouring Ghost while Lin Ying learned about the survival and adaptation that shaped him. The chapter ended with Lynn inviting Lin Ying to search for more horrors.

• Lynn played a DJ remix and channeled Angel's Embrace through the music, calming the suffering souls until they vanished.
• Lynn told Lin Ying he did not know where the souls had gone, but hoped it was better than remaining in Hell.
• Lynn carved usable materials from the Soul-Devouring Ghost as Lin Ying watched and explained that her mother had taught her to face what frightened her.
• Lynn described how he had adapted to Hell, then joked that his teacher was still a psychopathic serial killer.
• Lynn gathered the remaining body parts and told Lin Ying he would take her to find more horrors.

Lynn took Lin Ying into the slums and used an Evil Spirit Manifestation Potion to show her how poverty and despair fed evil spirits. As the spirits gathered and grew stronger, Lynn’s mechanical body lit up with blue light.

• Lynn carried an angry Lin Ying across rooftops to the shantytown at the edge of the city.
• Lynn explained that the old industrial district and slums were lingering growing pains of rapid development, where people had been left behind.
• Lynn crushed the Evil Spirit Manifestation Potion, allowing Lin Ying to see evil spirits feeding on the residents’ negative emotions.
• Lin Ying witnessed poverty, abuse, dangerous factory work, and housing fraud generating a river of resentment that strengthened the spirits.
• Lynn warned that the slums could spawn an evil ghost and said society was responsible for creating the conditions that allowed them to arise.
• Lynn raised his head as streams of blue light illuminated his mechanical body.

Lynn carried Lin Ying through the slums, destroying the Evil Spirits and teaching her that people must confront their own era’s problems. After Lin Ying apologized and offered him her hand, Lynn pulled her into an embrace and kissed her.

• Lynn took Lin Ying into the sky and destroyed the Evil Spirits around them while explaining his experiences in Hell and his wish for her and Bai Yi to grow strong.
• Lynn told Lin Ying that people could protect their world by finding and stopping the places where Evil Spirits bred.
• Lin Ying understood his lesson, thanked him, apologized for calling him a monster, and offered him her hand.
• Lynn shook Lin Ying’s hand, then pulled her close, dipped her back, and kissed her.

Lynn took Lin Ying to their family's ancestral graves to teach her potion-making with cemetery plants as substitute ingredients. After paying respects to his grandfather, Lynn asked to borrow grass from the grave, leaving Lin Ying alarmed.

• Lin Ying broke her leg kicking Lynn, and he treated the fracture with a potion.
• Lynn carried Lin Ying to a cemetery and explained that plants growing among the dead could serve as potion ingredients.
• Lynn revealed that the cemetery held their family's ancestral graves, and Lin Ying recognized her grandfather's gravestone.
• Lynn offered cigarettes and kowtowed to his grandfather before asking to borrow grass from the grave.