Chapter Summaries

Bai Yaoyao helped Little Earthy Yellow prepare to absorb the stronger fruit from its former main branch, then planned the four Dark Night Stores and brought her teammates into her space to meet the wolves. She left the chapter exhausted from transporting everyone, while Monkey and the others prepared to bond with wolves.

• After Little Earthy Yellow envied the main branch's fruit, Bai Yaoyao encouraged it to absorb the fruit and promised everyone would help it.
• Bai Yaoyao assigned Wang Yuanbao and Wang Fugui to run a luxury store selling cigarettes, alcohol, tea, and health products, and said she would find security for the stores.
• Chen Jing arranged to clean the four Murong Family storefronts and order signs naming them Dark Night Store One through Four.
• Monkey and the other youngsters planned to bond with wolves, while Fat Brother and Lulu reminded them to respect the wolves' wishes.
• Bai Yaoyao carried groups of teammates into her space, using half her ability energy for the first three and reducing the total transfer time by two-thirds.

Bai Yaoyao woke to find the space bustling after Dark Night’s members began choosing wolves as mounts. Fat Brother bonded with the slow, chubby Little Chubby, who proved unexpectedly strong, while Dada Juan’s wolf was injured in a collision and taken to Peiqi for treatment.

• Bai Yaoyao woke to find the space full of creatures, while the wolves had grown healthier and stronger under Great Sage’s care.
• Dark Night’s members asked Wolf Mom about choosing wolves as mounts, and the wolves eagerly gathered to show off.
• Monkey and the others chose wolves based on their connection with them, while Stone began bonding with one through gestures.
• Fat Brother accepted a ride from Little Chubby and chose the wolf despite other wolves showing off their speed.
• Little Chubby collided with Dada Juan’s wolf and knocked it down, breaking a bone; Dada Juan carried it to Peiqi for treatment.

Bai Yaoyao chose the scarred, disabled wolf Da Yong as her partner after the wolf pack competed for her attention. Wolf Mom then began training the Wolf Legion while Dark Night members practiced with their new partners, ahead of a match in three days.

• The wolves crowded around Bai Yaoyao, but Wolf Mom withdrew after Bai Yaoyao said they did not need to be paired.
• Little Wolf Cub tried to join Bai Yaoyao, but she told it that it was too young to be her mount.
• Bai Yaoyao chose the disabled wolf who had once protected wolf cubs from six Mutant Snakes and promised that he could fight beside her.
• Bai Yaoyao named the wolf Da Yong, and he accepted the name with joy.
• Wolf Mom trained the Wolf Legion while Dark Night members practiced with their partners and agreed to a match in three days, with the losers washing clothes for three weeks.

Bai Yaoyao arrived at the Main Base’s four new shops and stocked them with supplies while the group planned what each store would sell. As the weather turned chilly, she left the final shop ready to sell ordinary sweet potatoes and roasted food.

• Bai Yaoyao noticed the evening heat had eased and felt a chill as she left her space for the Main Base’s main street.
• Bai Yaoyao recognized Qian Dou, allowed the child to keep helping at the shops, and offered them the same monthly wage as the other workers.
• Bai Yaoyao stocked the first shop with food and basic supplies and filled the second with clothing and shoes.
• Bai Yaoyao approved Wang Fugui’s plan to sell cigarettes, alcohol, tea, and nutritional supplements in the third shop.
• Bai Yaoyao and Chen Jing discussed turning the last shop into a food store, and Bai Yaoyao decided to sell ordinary sweet potatoes and use her roasters for corn and sweet potatoes.

Bai Yaoyao prepared to open four shops selling roasted sweet potatoes and other scarce goods, but worried that her small group could not staff them all. She asked Xie Shannan for help and learned he could recommend six former military teammates with disabilities, leaving her to consider hiring them.

• Bai Yaoyao brought out four machines and fruit, proposed selling roasted sweet potatoes, and discussed the staffing shortage with Chen Jing and the others.
• Chen Jing and her companions decided to move into the shops, and Bai Yaoyao supplied beds and daily necessities.
• Bai Yaoyao encountered Xie Shannan and Bai Qingqing, invited the Xie and Bai families to support the Dark Night Store, and accidentally delighted Bai Qingqing with a smile.
• Bai Yaoyao asked Xie Shannan whether he knew trustworthy shop assistants, and he offered to recommend six former military teammates with disabilities.

Bai Yaoyao agreed to interview Xie Shannan’s disabled former teammates, while Bai Qingqing told the Bai Family that Bai Yaoyao was opening a shop and had accepted their support. Lin Wan'er overheard that her missing daughter was alive and demanded to know the truth.

• Bai Yaoyao told Xie Shannan to send his former teammates to meet her for interviews, then used Teleportation to leave for a late-night snack.
• Bai Qingqing returned to the Bai Family home and told Bai Zongyu, Bai Jin'an, and Old Master Bai about Bai Yaoyao’s shop and the Xie Family’s plan to support it.
• Old Master Bai arranged for the Bai Family and their allies to visit the shop, bring flower baskets, and prepare a calligraphy gift for Bai Yaoyao.
• Lin Wan'er overheard the family discussing Bai Yaoyao, realized her daughter was alive, and demanded an explanation from Bai Zongyu.

After learning that Bai Yaoyao was alive, Lin Wan'er and Old Master Bai went to wait outside Dark Night's door, hoping to see her. Bai Yaoyao noticed them and opened the door to meet the six prospective employees Xie Shannan had found.

• Bai Zongyu told Lin Wan'er and Old Master Bai that Bai Yaoyao was alive, and they decided to visit her the next morning.
• Bai Yaoyao returned to the space, ate with Dark Night and the wolves, and planned to open her business before taking revenge for Little Earthy Yellow.
• Old Master Bai and Lin Wan'er waited outside Dark Night's door with Bai Jin'an and Bai Qingqing while onlookers speculated that the Bai Family was trying to recruit Bai Yaoyao.
• Bai Yaoyao sensed the crowd outside, recognized Old Master Bai and Lin Wan'er, and grew irritated when she saw Bai Jin'an with them.
• Bai Yaoyao opened the door to the six people Xie Shannan had found for her to interview, noticing that several had serious injuries or disabilities.

Bai Yaoyao interviewed six disabled former soldiers recommended by Xie Shannan and hired them to staff her four shops. Bai Jin'an was challenged by A-Dai, who beat him again, while Bai Jin'an remained pleased and recognized that A-Dai had grown stronger.

• Bai Yaoyao asked Zhang Yabing and five other former soldiers to interview for shop jobs while Bai Jin'an took Old Master Bai and Lin Wan'er home.
• A staff member told Bai Jin'an that A-Dai had challenged him, and Bai Jin'an assumed his sister had arranged the fight as punishment.
• A-Dai defeated Bai Jin'an at the Dueling Arena, and Bai Jin'an congratulated him on leveling up before A-Dai hurried home.
• Bai Yaoyao explained the shop duties and pay, then used Peiqi to check the six men's thoughts as they introduced themselves.
• Bai Yaoyao passed all six men and offered them jobs, planning to take them to the shops ahead of the opening.

Bai Yaoyao hired six newcomers to work at her shop and left its preparations to Chen Jing’s team. On her way home, she was contacted by Cheng Yang, an invisible Ability User sent by the chief, and went to meet him after shaking off her tails.

• Bai Yaoyao warned Zhang Yabing and the other five new hires about the job’s rules, then took them to the shop and asked Store Manager Chen to train them.
• Chen Jing assigned the newcomers tasks and organized preparations for the shop’s opening the next day.
• Bai Yaoyao reflected that she had little use for points but let the shop open so Chen Jing and the others would have work.
• Bai Yaoyao sensed that Cheng Yang, a Level 6 Ability User with invisibility, was following her, and he told her the chief wanted to meet privately.
• Bai Yaoyao followed Cheng Yang’s directions to an ordinary building, then returned to her lodgings, shook off her tails, and headed to the White Building.

Bai Yaoyao accepted the leader’s request to quietly kill several people threatening stability in A City Main Base, taking a Level 7 Crystal Core as payment. Before leaving, she gave the injured leader spirit spring water, which quickly improved his health and strengthened his trust in Dark Night.

• Bai Yaoyao met the weakened leader and accepted a mission to kill several targets protected by Level 6 Ability Users.
• The leader gave Bai Yaoyao a Level 7 Crystal Core and detailed information about the targets, and they agreed Dark Night would act the following night.
• Bai Yaoyao left the leader spirit spring water and a sprig of Vajra Vine before departing with the payment and target information.
• The leader drank the spring water, felt his mental pain ease, and regained energy after a brief stomachache.
• The leader warned Cheng Yang and the others not to pry into Dark Night’s affairs or antagonize Bai Yaoyao.

Bai Yaoyao accepted a job from Number One to assassinate nine powerful officials, and Dark Night divided up the targets while planning to stay at the base through the coming chaos. After moving six members and their wolves out of the spatial realm, Bai Yaoyao woke to find Doggie causing a stink in her room and gave him extra training.

• The leader decided to leave the assignment to Captain Bai and wondered whether Dark Night was connected to an old friend's words about welcoming the dawn.
• Bai Yaoyao told Dark Night that Number One had hired them to kill nine influential officials, and the group chose targets while deciding not to provoke the Lu Family.
• Bai Yaoyao assigned herself the head of the Organization Department, and six members and their wolves left the spatial realm to avoid draining her ability the next morning.
• Bai Yaoyao sent Doggie to bring Da Yong to her room to rest, but Doggie began making a foul smell beside her sleeping bed.
• Bai Yaoyao woke up, saw Doggie's behavior, and put him through extra training while Da Yong watched from a safe distance.

Dark Night arrived at the crowded street for the opening of four shops, where Chenxuan praised the calligraphy on the flower baskets and met Old Master Bai. Bai Yaoyao accepted the Bai family's gifts with calm distance, leaving Old Master Bai hoping for another chance to speak with her.

• Da Yong gave Doggie a Large Bone, and Doggie cheered up after being beaten.
• Dark Night headed to the four shops, where a huge crowd blocked the way until Dada Juan asked everyone to make room.
• Chenxuan admired the calligraphy on the grand-opening flower baskets, and Old Master Bai revealed that he had written it.
• Bai Yaoyao thanked Professor Bai and the Bai family for coming, while making clear through her composed manner that she wanted distance.
• Bai Qingqing gave Bai Yaoyao four mounted calligraphy pieces, which Bai Yaoyao accepted before going into the shop.
• Bai Zongyu stopped Old Master Bai from following Bai Yaoyao, and Old Master Bai regretted that he had not been able to talk with her.

Bai Yaoyao reunited with the Bai Family and welcomed the heads of the other great families as Dark Night opened four shops at the base. The opening drew crowds and influential visitors, while the shops began selling their goods.

• Bai Yaoyao reassured her family, and representatives of nearly every faction gathered to see Dark Night's shops open.
• Zhang Yabing told Bai Yaoyao the shops were ready, and she sent Chen Jing to bring Gao Xing rather than leave him alone.
• Bai Yaoyao welcomed the Murong, Bai, Xie, and Meng families and arranged for the three old masters to have tea with Wang Yuanbao.
• Bai Yaoyao joined Murong Xixi, Meng Qilin, Xie Shannan, Bai Jin'an, and Chen Yixuan for the ribbon cutting and firecrackers.
• Xue Ming opened the roasted sweet potato oven, and customers lined up as the four shops began selling their goods.

Bai Yaoyao welcomed the guests at Dark Night’s opening and accepted an invitation to lunch at the Bai family home. There, she told the family she was happy with her companions and would not return to live with them, but would help if they needed her.

• Bai Yaoyao had Great Sage prepare generous gift bags for everyone who brought an opening gift, and the grateful guests bought large quantities from the Dark Night Store.
• Bai Zongyu struggled to invite Bai Yaoyao to lunch, so Bai Jin'an stepped in, and Bai Yaoyao agreed to go with her companions.
• Old Master Bai and Lin Wan'er prepared lunch for Dark Night, though some of their dishes were so salty that Old Master Bai had them taken away.
• Bai Yaoyao told the Bai family she was content with her life alongside her closest companions and would not suddenly accept them as family or return to live with them.
• Bai Yaoyao said she did not blame the Bai family for the past and would help if they needed her, while the family accepted that they would have to give her time.

Bai Yaoyao gave the Bai Family spirit spring water, then Dark Night prepared for a coordinated nighttime operation. At Liang Jingwen’s home, she discovered he had abducted a woman and imprisoned her father, killed his three Level Six guards, and killed Liang Jingwen before recognizing the woman as familiar.

• Bai Yaoyao gave five cups of spirit spring water to the Bai Family, whose members felt its remarkable effects and agreed to keep the gift secret.
• The Bai Family decided to give Bai Yaoyao their high-grade Crystal Cores, while Dark Night rested before its planned operation.
• At two in the morning, Dark Night, Big Meow, and Doggie split up to attack their assigned targets simultaneously at three.
• Bai Yaoyao found Liang Jingwen’s home empty at first, then overheard him and his men discuss abducting a woman and imprisoning her father.
• Bai Yaoyao killed Liang Jingwen’s three Level Six guards and then killed Liang Jingwen.
• Bai Yaoyao examined the abducted woman and realized she looked familiar.

Bai Yaoyao rescued a girl from an abusive captor, then agreed to save the girl's father from the Authorities' Dungeon in exchange for a rare plant strand. She secured his release peacefully and brought him back to the girl, while Xiao Shiliu was still missing when the others returned.

• Bai Yaoyao found the unconscious girl she had met at the Housing Rental Center and brought her home, where Peiqi woke her.
• The girl offered Bai Yaoyao her pig necklace and a rare plant strand in exchange for rescuing her father, Cheng Xin, from the Dungeon.
• Bai Yaoyao and A-Dai went to the Dungeon, where a guard who knew Bai Yaoyao agreed to release Cheng Xin without a fight.
• Bai Yaoyao gave the guards milk tea and roasted sweet potatoes, then took the badly injured Cheng Xin home.
• Peiqi healed Cheng Xin, and he reunited with his daughter, who thanked Bai Yaoyao for saving them both.
• Bai Yaoyao returned to find that everyone had come back except Xiao Shiliu.

Bai Yaoyao discovered that the Xiao Shiliu who returned to their lodging was an impostor and learned the real Xiao Shiliu had been captured and badly injured. She rescued him and brought him into her space for treatment, while the group took a surviving attacker back for questioning.

• Bai Yaoyao noticed Xiao Shiliu was late, then recognized the newcomer as an impostor when he knocked and asked her to open the door.
• Peiqi exposed the fake Xiao Shiliu and used her ability to learn the real Xiao Shiliu's location while Lulu absorbed the impostor's poison gas.
• Bai Yaoyao and A-Dai found the real Xiao Shiliu unconscious and bloodied in a villa, and Bai Yaoyao killed the attackers except for one level-two survivor.
• A-Dai and Xiaomi restrained the surviving attacker, and Bai Yaoyao carried Xiao Shiliu into her space.
• Bai Yaoyao brought Peiqi, A-Dai, and Dada Juan into the space to help with Xiao Shiliu's severe injuries.

Bai Yaoyao treated Xiao Shiliu’s injuries and learned that someone had leaked his mission details before turning her attention to an assassination attempt on the leader. She rescued the leader at the White Building, only to discover that she had already killed the traitor Li Jian.

• Peiqi and Little Rabbit treated Xiao Shiliu’s wounds, and Bai Yaoyao questioned him after he woke.
• Xiao Shiliu admitted he had let his guard down when an impostor disguised as Chen Yixuan tricked him and a Poison-type ability user incapacitated him.
• Bai Yaoyao interrogated two captives and learned that Li Jian planned to assassinate the leader at the White Building.
• Bai Yaoyao reached the White Building during the attack, killed several assailants, and saved the leader.
• The leader identified the dead Li Jian as his personal bodyguard, and Bai Yaoyao regretted that the traitor had died too quickly.

After Bai Yaoyao helped the leader seize control of the Main Base, she recruited Cheng Xin and Cheng Xiaomeng to work at the Dark Night Store. Xiao Shiliu remained confined to Bai Yaoyao's space to memorize classical texts, while the base settled under its new leadership.

• Bai Yaoyao returned the two captives to the leader's people, and the Main Base went into lockdown as the leader reorganized its military and departments and consolidated power.
• Chang Renqiu died after swallowing tampered heart-rescue pills, and Xiao Zhang quietly collected the pills while the death went unquestioned amid the many other casualties.
• Meng Qilin and Xie Shannan recognized Dark Night's likely role in killing nine Radicals, whose deaths left the base at peace.
• Bai Yaoyao ordered the recovering Xiao Shiliu to memorize fifty-two classical texts before he could leave her space, then went to check the Dark Night Store's points.
• Bai Yaoyao offered Cheng Xin and Cheng Xiaomeng jobs at the store, and the father and daughter accepted after she arranged their pay and benefits.

Bai Yaoyao and her companions found that their four shops had earned over eight hundred thousand points in a day, and she ordered affordable daily specials for ordinary base residents. They debated how to spend their points and decided to prepare for future missions by practicing together first.

• Chen Jing reported that the four shops had been bustling, with the luxury goods shop earning the most from wealthy customers and major groups.
• Bai Yaoyao introduced Cheng Xin and Cheng Xiaomeng to Chen Jing and reviewed the account book, discovering sales had exceeded eight hundred thousand points.
• Bai Yaoyao asked Chen Jing to add affordable daily specials and purchase limits to the roasted sweet potato shop, prompting customers to praise her.
• Bai Yaoyao's companions teased her about the praise, and she fled to restock the shops.
• Bai Yaoyao rejected the idea of leaving the base immediately and said they should practice together with Langlang first, while Xiao Shiliu recovered.
• A-Dai challenged Monkey and Monkey Fur to a practice fight, and Monkey accepted.