Chapter Summaries

Director Huang fought off Thousand-Faced Fox while a hidden mechanical voice warned that harming their targets could endanger everyone in North Heaven. Meanwhile, Lin Xuan realized Teacher Hu was trying to abduct him and Duo Duo, knocked her unconscious, and sought help at a gas station.

• Director Huang shot at Thousand-Faced Fox and warned her not to obstruct him before leaving to protect the person in his charge.
• Thousand-Faced Fox and a hidden mechanical voice reconsidered their plan to capture their targets after Director Huang detected the mechanical voice’s offspring.
• Teacher Hu drove Lin Xuan and Duo Duo away from Double Leaf Kindergarten, and Lin Xuan pretended to have a stomachache to get her to stop at a gas station.
• Teacher Hu carried Lin Xuan into the restroom, where he knocked her unconscious and returned to Duo Duo alone.
• Lin Xuan took Duo Duo to the cashier and asked him to call the police, identifying himself as Lin Hai’s son and reporting an attempted kidnapping.

After Lin Xuan helped rescue Duo Duo, Li Xue and Zhang Ruoyu learned she was safe at the Public Security Bureau and hurried there to get her. At the Bureau, Lin Xuan and Duo Duo waited with their families before Duo Duo reunited with her mother.

• Li Xue confronted Zhang Ruoyu and Director Huang over Duo Duo's disappearance until Zhang Xinyin arrived and said the children were safe.
• Zhang Xinyin explained that Lin Xuan had gone with Teacher Hu, reported the kidnapping, and prompted a large Public Security Bureau response that brought both children to headquarters.
• Li Xue, Zhang Ruoyu, Zhang Xinyin, and Director Huang headed to the Public Security Bureau to collect Duo Duo.
• Ye Hongyu and Lin Hai thanked their Public Security Bureau colleagues for helping rescue Lin Xuan and Duo Duo.
• Lin Xuan and Duo Duo drank milk tea while Duo Duo admired how many Bureau officers his parents knew.
• Duo Duo spotted Li Xue and ran into her mother's embrace.

After Lin Xuan and Duo Duo were rescued, Li Xue and Zhang Ruoyu thanked Lin Xuan, and Zhang arranged for Lin Hai to take Teacher Hu into custody. Zhang Ruoyu’s standing became clear when Director Lei Bin arrived and greeted him as an equal.

• Li Xue reunited with Duo Duo and thanked Lin Xuan for saving her daughter.
• Zhang Ruoyu thanked Lin Xuan and asked Lin Hai to tell Director Lei to take Teacher Hu with them.
• Lin Hai left to carry out Zhang Ruoyu’s request, and Lin Xuan realized Zhang was using his influence to help Lin Hai.
• Lin Hai returned with Director Lei Bin, who greeted Zhang Ruoyu as an old acquaintance.
• Zhang Ruoyu told Director Lei Bin that Duo Duo was his daughter and Lin Xuan was Lin Hai’s son, shocking Lei Bin.

After Zhang Ruoyu took the unconscious Teacher Hu to investigate the kidnapping, Lin Xuan returned home with his parents. He discovered that preventing the kidnapping had earned him an advanceable Nemesis of Evil title, but decided not to seek out more crimes to stop.

• Zhang Ruoyu thanked Director Lei for his cooperation and left with Duo Duo’s family, taking the unconscious Teacher Hu with them.
• Director Lei praised Lin Hai for knowing Zhang Ruoyu, but Lin Hai said he did not know who Zhang Ruoyu was.
• Ye Hongyu scolded Lin Xuan for risking himself to save Duo Duo, then praised him after he promised to be more careful.
• Lin Xuan checked his panel and learned that stopping the kidnapping earned him the Nemesis of Evil title, which gave him a 50% boost while preventing crimes and could advance after ten crimes.
• Lin Xuan considered stopping more crimes to advance the title, but decided the danger was not worth seeking out criminals.

Thousand-Faced Fox and a mechanical spider tried to escape Crimson Flame, but Lin Xuan’s false claim about living on North Garden Road led Director Huang to intercept them. Crimson Flame captured the spider, and Lin Xuan’s Nemesis of Evil title advanced to two-tenths.

• Thousand-Faced Fox drove toward North Garden Road with the mechanical spider, hoping to catch Lin Xuan and use him as leverage.
• Thousand-Faced Fox and the spider discovered that North Garden Road was lined with cemeteries, and Director Huang arrived to confront them.
• The mechanical spider fought Director Huang while Thousand-Faced Fox fled, but Director Huang defeated and captured the spider as others pursued her.
• Lin Xuan explained that he had lied about living on North Garden Road to test Teacher Hu, unknowingly setting a trap for the mastermind.
• Crimson Flame credited Lin Hai with merit, and Lin Xuan’s Nemesis of Evil title advanced from one-tenth to two-tenths.

Lin Hai took the family on a summer vacation trip to Skysea Island, where Lin Wu revealed he had accessed Crimson Flame’s records about Lin Hai’s merit. Lin Wu warned Lin Xuan about the danger surrounding Duo Duo, then said he understood Lin Xuan’s secret and would keep it from their parents.

• Lin Hai used his merit bonus to take the family on a trip to Skysea Island.
• The family flew to the island and checked into a hotel, with Lin Wu sharing a room with Lin Xuan.
• Lin Wu handed Lin Xuan a tablet, and Ye Hongyu reminded them to meet the family for dinner and get enough rest.
• Lin Wu told Lin Xuan that he had looked up Lin Hai’s merit records and found that Lin Xuan was the biggest contributor.
• Lin Xuan realized Lin Wu had accessed Crimson Flame’s database, and Lin Wu warned him not to act recklessly because Duo Duo and her pursuers were dangerous.
• Lin Wu said he recognized Lin Xuan as a fellow genius, promised not to tell their parents, and revealed that he had pretended to be dumb as a child.

Lin Xuan learned that Lin Wu had hacked Crimson Flame’s database and let his second brother mistake him for another hidden genius. Lin Wu explained the conspirators behind Duo Duo’s kidnapping, while Crimson Flame continued pursuing the escaped Thousand-Faced Fox and Eight Machine Devil Machinery’s remaining sub-bodies.

• Lin Wu revealed that he had accessed Crimson Flame’s database, and Lin Xuan was relieved that his brother had not discovered his own secret.
• Lin Wu excitedly decided Lin Xuan understood the hardships of being a genius, and Lin Xuan let him believe they were alike so he could speak more freely.
• Lin Wu identified Eight Machine Devil Machinery and Thousand-Faced Fox as the masterminds behind Duo Duo’s kidnapping and explained how Teacher Hu had been manipulated into helping them.
• Lin Wu said Crimson Flame had destroyed two of Eight Machine Devil Machinery’s sub-bodies, while Thousand-Faced Fox had escaped despite being injured.
• Lin Wu explained that Eight Machine Devil Machinery had eight distinct sub-bodies and could shift his consciousness among them, but he was not impossible to kill.

Lin Xuan and Lin Wu discussed the limits and risks of Eight Machine Devil Machinery’s consciousness-splitting technology before the Lin family went to dinner at their Skysea Island hotel. A sudden blackout revealed that the darkness and severed communications were abnormal, and Lin Rou left to investigate as Lin Xuan sensed someone watching them.

• Lin Wu explained that Eight Machine Devil Machinery divided his brain among eight bodies, which had to stay within range, and that the bodies could develop separate wills.
• Lin Wu took Lin Xuan to join the family for dinner at the hotel’s buffet restaurant.
• The restaurant lost power, and Manager Shi told the guests that a fault had occurred and the backup generator would restore power soon.
• Lin Long noticed that it was far darker than expected for seven o’clock, and Lin Wu discovered that outside communications had been cut off.
• Lin Rou vanished to investigate after Lin Hai told her to be careful, and Lin Xuan sensed that someone was watching the family.

Lin Xuan sensed that someone in the dark harbored malice toward everyone in the buffet restaurant, and he suspected the blackout was deliberate. As the outage continued and the hotel’s backup power, internal lines, and mobile signals all failed, Manager Shi tried to calm the diners and organize representatives to maintain order and supervise repairs.

• Lin Xuan sensed malicious intent in the dark and realized it was directed at everyone in the buffet restaurant, not specifically at him.
• After five minutes without power, diners shouted at Manager Shi for an explanation and demanded refunds.
• Manager Shi discovered the backup power had not started, the hotel’s internal lines were down, and his phone had no signal, leading him to suspect a deliberate emergency.
• Manager Shi told the diners that power could not be restored soon, prompting angry complaints and near violence.
• Zeng Yi, a lawyer, offered to represent the diners, and Manager Shi agreed to refunds and proposed selecting representatives to maintain order and oversee repairs.

After a blackout and signal outage at the hotel, Lin Hai took Lin Long to investigate while Lin Wu stayed with Ye Hongyu and Lin Xuan. Lin Xuan detected someone with malicious intent approaching, and Lin Wu launched his Electronic Bees to investigate.

• Lin Long insisted on joining Lin Hai because she suspected the incident was connected to people she knew and could help if poison was involved.
• Lin Hai left with Lin Long after telling Lin Wu to protect Ye Hongyu and Lin Xuan and to use whatever means necessary in an emergency.
• Lin Xuan secretly told Lin Wu that he sensed someone watching them and explained that martial arts training had awakened his ability to detect malicious thoughts.
• Lin Wu reassured Lin Xuan, released four Electronic Bees from a metal case, and put on a glove and sunglasses.
• Lin Xuan sensed stronger malicious thoughts and identified a restaurant waiter approaching them as their source.

Ma Kun led a volunteer team out to investigate the hotel’s isolation while Lin Rou confronted a wolf-headed Beastmorph in the kitchen and drove him off. Lin Xuan discovered a disguised waiter was hostile and struck him with hidden forks, forcing Black Rat to alert Red Chicken that their plan was in trouble.

• Manager Shi told the diner representatives that the hotel’s communications were down and dangerous people might have targeted it, and Ma Kun organized a team to investigate contacting the Public Security Bureau.
• Lin Hai and Lin Long joined Ma Kun’s group, which left the restaurant with emergency tools and weapons while the remaining diners stayed behind.
• Lin Rou dodged a wolf-headed Beastmorph’s attack in the kitchen, caught his wrist, and slammed him through the floor; when he escaped, she pursued him.
• Lin Xuan sensed hostile intent from a waiter approaching his table and secretly hit him with forks, wounding his thigh twice.
• Black Rat realized someone had spotted him and told Red Chicken through his earpiece that they had a problem.

Lin Xuan used concealed fork tips to attack a waiter, but Lin Wu revealed that he had been tracking the man and took control of the situation. Meanwhile, Old Lu and the young Attendant prepared to seize the Blood Lotus Seeds, until an explosion interrupted them in the hotel lobby.

• Lin Xuan revealed that his throwing skill had let him strike the waiter twice with concealed fork tips.
• Lin Wu told Lin Xuan that he had been monitoring the restaurant through an Electronic Bee and used it to make the waiter collapse.
• The young Attendant warned Old Lu that the Blood Lotus Seeds were his last chance to survive and demanded his loyalty to the Scarlet Lord.
• A subordinate reported that the team had lost contact with several men on the third floor, raising fears that a powerful Transcendent was there.
• The young Attendant began reassuring Old Lu, but a huge crash sounded from the ceiling above the lobby.

Lin Hai exposed Ma Kun as a fake Public Security Bureau agent and identified himself as a Crimson Flame field assistant. After Ma Kun threatened him in the name of the Scarlet Lord, Lin Long told Lin Hai to release him, and Ma Kun immediately collapsed to his knees.

• Agent Ma sensed someone ahead, and Manager Shi led the group into a conference room to hide.
• Lin Hai pinned Ma Kun against a table, while Lin Long and Manager Shi helped convince the others that Lin Hai was a legitimate inspector.
• Lin Hai explained that Ma Kun had given himself away by failing to state an agent number, then revealed his Crimson Flame affiliation.
• Ma Kun claimed he served the Scarlet Lord and challenged Lin Hai, but Lin Long told her father to let him go.
• Lin Hai released Ma Kun, who immediately buckled and dropped to his knees in front of him.

Lin Rou defeated the wolf-headed Beastmorph leader and confronted the young man in white while Lin Long questioned Ma Kun. The young man in white escaped through the hotel entrance, and the barrier around the hotel disappeared.

• Lin Rou caught the wolf-headed Beastmorph and killed him by throwing him into his uncle, then defeated the hunched old man with Collapse Fist.
• Lin Long revealed Ma Kun’s Scarlet Church doctrine about dying after his blood dried and offered him a chance to return to the Scarlet Lord’s embrace in exchange for information.
• Lin Rou brought the defeated old man to the lobby, where the young man in white recognized her as the North Heaven Province Martial Arts College Entrance Examination champion and offered to help her reach the Fifth Realm.
• Lin Long warned Lin Rou that the young man in white was stalling, so Lin Rou struck him with Cannon Fist and broke his arms.
• The young man in white escaped through a hole in the hotel’s front doors, and the barrier around the hotel dispersed.

After the Lin family helped foil the Scarlet Church’s scheme, Deputy Minister Li of the Crimson Flame Tianhai Branch promised Lin Hai a Third-Class Merit. Lin Wu then asked her to recommend three-year-old Lin Xuan for the secret Spark Program, and she agreed to pursue a slot pending his aptitude assessment.

• Deputy Minister Li thanked Lin Hai for his help and promised to report his contribution for a Third-Class Merit.
• Deputy Minister Li revealed that she was Li Xue’s cousin and thanked Lin Xuan for saving her niece, Duo Duo.
• Lin Wu told Deputy Minister Li that the Lin family had foiled the Scarlet Church’s plan and detained the Starving Wolf Gang, then asked for a chance for Lin Xuan to join the Spark Program.
• Deputy Minister Li explained that the Spark Program was a Level Six secret and carried risks, but said she would seek a recommendation slot for Lin Xuan and respond within three days.
• After Deputy Minister Li left, the baffled Lin family turned to Lin Wu for an explanation.

Lin Wu explained that the Spark Program offered elite training resources to talented children under fourteen, and Lin Xuan became determined to apply. When Ye Hongyu and Lin Rou worried that he was too young, Lin Wu defended him by revealing that Lin Xuan was precocious and had been hiding it.

• Lin Hai grabbed Lin Wu by the ear, while Ye Hongyu urged him to wait until they were alone before punishing him.
• Lin Wu explained that the Spark Program was a Great Xia genius training initiative backed by major institutions and forces, but only Lin Xuan was young enough in their family to qualify.
• Ye Hongyu and Lin Rou questioned whether three-year-old Lin Xuan was too young and stressed that his safety mattered most.
• Lin Xuan eagerly decided to pursue the Spark Program after learning about its powerful organizers and resources.
• Lin Wu told Ye Hongyu and Lin Rou that Lin Xuan was precocious like him and only acted silly to avoid frightening them.

Lin Wu revealed footage of Lin Xuan defeating a Starving Wolf Gang member, exposing Lin Xuan’s hidden abilities to the family. His family began preparing him for a possible Spark Program assessment, and Lin Xuan resolved to earn a place in it.

• Lin Wu showed the family slowed footage of Lin Xuan using dining forks to take down a Starving Wolf Gang member disguised as a waiter.
• Ye Hongyu comforted Lin Xuan, while Lin Hai, Lin Rou, and Lin Long praised his abilities and Lin Long said she had always believed in him.
• Lin Hai asked how Lin Wu knew about the Spark Program, but Lin Wu avoided explaining and the family did not press him.
• Ye Hongyu decided the family would rest at home while Lin Rou, Lin Wu, and Lin Long prepared to train Lin Xuan and support his assessment.
• Lin Xuan was moved by his family’s concern and resolved to secure a place in the Spark Program.

Li Xin secured a Spark Program recommendation for Lin Xuan, a three-year-old boy from the Lin Family, after they helped resolve a vicious incident. Gao Yang agreed to take Lin Xuan to the Imperial Capital for the assessment, and Li Xin decided to go with them.

• Li Xin told Gao Yang that a Scarlet Church leader had escaped and asked about the Crimson Flame Tianhai Branch's remaining Spark Program recommendation slots.
• Li Xin explained that the Lin Family had earned a recommendation through their help and that Lin Xuan had saved her niece, and Gao Yang agreed to give them a slot.
• Gao Yang was shocked when Li Xin revealed that Lin Xuan was only three years old, but she said she was only promising him the chance to take the assessment.
• Li Xin cited Lin Xuan's accomplished older siblings and said the family would not recklessly risk his life in the assessment.
• Gao Yang agreed to bring Lin Xuan to the Imperial Capital with the other candidates, and Li Xin asked to join them.

Lin Xuan traveled with the Crimson Flame delegation to take the Spark Program assessment, while the other candidates wondered why a three-year-old had been included. As the group introduced themselves aboard the aircraft, Lin Xuan presented himself as a Martial Artist who was good at fighting.

• Xing Yan asked Xing Taisen why three-year-old Lin Xuan was taking the assessment, and Xing Taisen told him not to underestimate anyone.
• Lin Xuan practiced the True Meaning Five Elements Fist and considered learning another martial art so he could advance his Martial Artist profession.
• Li Xin brought Lin Xuan orange juice and encouraged him and the other candidates to get acquainted before the assessment.
• Xiang Beifeng introduced himself as a twelve-year-old Mechanical Modifier, and Hua Yiren said she had awakened a Divine Ability.
• Xing Yan introduced himself as an eight-year-old Martial Artist who had also awakened a Divine Ability.
• Lin Xuan introduced himself as a three-year-old Martial Artist and said he was really good at fighting.

Lin Xuan and the others arrived in the Imperial Capital to take the assessment, where its scale and strange sights astonished Lin Xuan. At Crimson Flame’s branch base, Minister Tong mistook Lin Xuan for a mysterious expert and asked who he was.

• Li Xin asked Xiang Beifeng, Hua Yiren, and Xing Yan to look after Lin Xuan, and they agreed to support one another during the assessment.
• Gao Yang promised each child a request if they all passed, while Xing Taisen offered to cover their expenses in the Imperial Capital.
• Lin Xuan and Xiang Beifeng were stunned by the Imperial Capital’s grandeur and unusual aircraft as their plane arrived.
• A floating boy greeted Gao Yang and Li Xin with the voice of a middle-aged man, then exchanged greetings with Xing Taisen.
• Minister Tong mistook Lin Xuan for a childlike expert and asked him who he was.