Arc 16Chapters 377–397

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Ch. 377Fu Wenzi's mortifying moment

The Fu Family returned to Hengshan Villa, where Meimei’s videos exposed Fu Wenzi’s embarrassing disguise and captured the battle against the Flame Demon Dragon. The family sent the battle footage to the Special Administration Bureau, which reacted with shock.

  • Fu Yunshen learned that he and the others would still have to write self-criticisms despite earning credit for defeating the Flame Demon Dragon.
  • At Hengshan Villa, Qin Yan reunited with Old Master Fu and Fu Yunting and told them about her time in the Federation.
  • Meimei played a video of Fu Wenzi dressed as a woman, and the family laughed as Fu Wenzi discovered that the footage had spread to his master and fellow disciples.
  • The family watched Meimei’s clear, complete recording of the fight against the Flame Demon Dragon, and Fu Wenzi complained that she had kept it from him.
  • The Special Administration Bureau asked for battle footage, so the Fu Family sent Meimei’s recording, leaving the bureau stunned.

Ch. 378What kind of freaks were these?!

The viral video of the battle against the SS-Rank Flame Demon Dragon led people to discover that Qin Yan and her Fu Family relatives made up the main fighting force. Their online fame grew, and the chapter ended with netizens teasing the Fu brothers for all being single.

  • The edited battle video went viral in Dongyan and overseas, and viewers praised Qin Yan's healing and the team's victory over the Flame Demon Dragon.
  • Netizens learned that Fubao, Jixiang, Jinbao, and Lingti belonged to Qin Yan, and that her uncles had fought alongside her.
  • People identified Fu Yunshen as Qin Yan's Eldest Uncle and learned that her Third Uncle was a leading talisman master and artifact refiner who supplied most of the Special Administration Bureau's Spirit Artifacts.
  • Netizens compared photos of Fu Nanshan at Hanshan Temple with his fierce battle persona, then discovered that all five Fu brothers were single.
  • Old Master Fu saw the brothers trend as terminal bachelors while Qin Yan asked Meimei what the term meant, and the Fu Group's public relations department faced questions about their boss's romantic preferences.

Ch. 379Chapter 380

Qin Yan received First-Class Merit and a Star Medal at a nationally broadcast ceremony, then visited Senior Turtle with flowers and her newly brewed spirit wine. She offered the wine and incense, which Senior Turtle absorbed, while Fu Nanshan began studying formations during his training.

  • Qin Yan and Qin Yu checked that all 213 spirit beast eggs remained healthy, and Qin Yan learned she would receive decorations the next day.
  • Qin Yan and her uncles attended a live-streamed award ceremony, where the Commander-in-Chief of the Special Administration Bureau presented medals to them and their spirit beasts.
  • Qin Yan admired her Star Universe Medal, celebrated with Meimei, and prepared food when Second Uncle and Younger Uncle were called away for training again.
  • Fu Nanshan’s training plan added formation studies, and he took breaks from combat practice to work on repairing damaged formations, including the one at White Pool.
  • Qin Yan climbed the mountain with Jinbao, gave flowers to the patrol, and brought Senior Turtle a bouquet and spirit wine.
  • Qin Yan offered Senior Turtle incense, causing the wine to turn into mist that it absorbed.

Ch. 380Little Yanyan got drunk

Qin Yan secretly drank a little Spirit Wine and became drunk while visiting Old Turtle at the pool. After she fell asleep, Fu Nanshan and Fu Wenzi left her in Old Turtle’s care so they could study the formation.

  • Qin Yan asked Old Turtle about the Anomaly behind the rift, then secretly drank some Spirit Wine and quickly became dizzy.
  • Old Turtle took Qin Yan underwater, where she pretended to be a fish and saw the scarlet-eyed Anomaly trying to break through the formation.
  • Qin Yan threw stones at the rift and insulted the Anomaly while Jelly watched it hungrily but could not reach it.
  • Fu Wenzi and Fu Nanshan found Qin Yan, realized she was drunk, and Fu Wenzi recorded her shifting between pretending to be a cat, fish, and guard.
  • Qin Yan fell asleep in the water, and Fu Nanshan carried her to Old Turtle, who tucked her inside his shell while the others studied the formation.

Ch. 381Karma caught up with her QAQ

Qin Yan woke up at home after drinking with Grandpa Turtle, got caught denying how much she had drunk, and worried about the cost of raising the spirit beast eggs. She went to Fu Yunting’s company to discuss a big project and reunited with Zhaocai, the company’s protective mutated calico cat.

  • Fu Wenzi showed Qin Yan a video of her drinking, and she fled to the incubation room in embarrassment.
  • Qin Yan checked on the spirit beast eggs and calculated how much money she would need to raise them.
  • Qin Yan told Fu Rong she was going to discuss a big project with Eldest Uncle, then took a taxi to Fu Yunting’s company.
  • The company staff recognized Qin Yan and took her to Fu Yunting’s office while he was in a meeting.
  • Zhaocai rushed into the office and greeted Qin Yan, who hugged the mutated cat.
  • The chapter recounted how Zhaocai chased off several drunks who had harassed a company employee and earned the Most Outstanding Employee award.

Ch. 382Wanting to build a sect

Qin Yan proposed building a Beast Taming Sect for her Spirit Beasts and Mutated Animals, and Fu Yunting agreed to organize a project team to find a suitable site. That night, Meimei gathered the household to discuss going to the Spirit Realm to seek inheritances and a controllable passage to the Game Main God World.

  • Fu Yunting brought the mutated cats back to the company, where they became a feline security team and a popular attraction.
  • Qin Yan showed Fu Yunting AI-generated sect designs and proposed building a Beast Taming Sect to house her Spirit Beasts and Mutated Animals.
  • Fu Yunting agreed to find a spacious site and asked Manager Yuan to form a project team to plan the sect.
  • Qin Yan played with the cats and promised to bring them to the sect once it was built, while Meimei decided Lingti needed to reach SS-Rank so they could travel to the Spirit Realm.
  • Meimei, Lingti, Jixiang, Qin Zhuo, and Jinbao met while Qin Yan slept to discuss seeking inheritances in the Spirit Realm and finding a passage to the Game Main God World.

Ch. 383Paper Effigy

Qin Yan let traffickers abduct her so she could uncover their operation and rescue other children, but their escape led them into Weird Mother's domain in Shanzi Village. The traffickers panicked as a moving Paper Effigy appeared beside their car.

  • A pregnant woman lured Qin Yan to an underground garage, where traffickers seized her and drove away; Qin Yan secretly planned with Meimei to stop them and find any other kidnapped children.
  • The traffickers noticed a car following them, changed routes, and drove toward Shanzi Village while Qin Yan and Meimei decided to wait and see what happened.
  • Police pursued the traffickers until they entered Weird Mother's territory, then requested support from the Special Administration Bureau.
  • The chapter explained that Weird Mother formed from the resentment of trafficked women and newborn girls killed in Fallen Girls Pool, and that she had turned the village into her Anomaly Domain.
  • The traffickers' car drove deeper into the village beneath a red moon, and a moving girl-shaped Paper Effigy pressed against its window.

Ch. 384Weird Mother

Qin Yan fed and dressed the paper effigies, then watched as Jinbao drove off Brother Biao and Weird Mother killed him. Weird Mother mistook Qin Yan for her child, carried her to the village, and watched over the paper effigies as they played.

  • Qin Yan learned from Lingti that the paper effigies were the spirits of baby girls who had died shortly after birth, then offered them incense, food, dresses, and toys.
  • Brother Biao threatened Qin Yan with a lighter and demanded her supposed protective treasure, so Qin Yan ordered Jinbao to attack him.
  • Weird Mother appeared and killed Brother Biao with her hair, then approached Qin Yan as the paper effigies called her Mommy.
  • Weird Mother picked up Qin Yan, called her her child, and carried her to the quiet, dilapidated village.
  • The paper effigies played in the yard while Weird Mother watched them affectionately.

Ch. 385No escape

Qin Yan settled into Weird Mother's domain, where she dressed up Weird Mother and met the children and women living there. Jixiang reassured the Fu Family that Qin Yan was safe, while the people in the domain shared how they had come to stay.

  • Qin Yan tried to leave Weird Mother's domain repeatedly, but Weird Mother brought her back and insisted on keeping her safe.
  • Qin Yan brushed Weird Mother's hair, braided it with the paper effigies, and put lipstick on her; Weird Mother comforted Qin Yan until she fell asleep.
  • Jixiang returned to the Fu Family and reported that Qin Yan was safe, the traffickers were dead, and their hideout had been destroyed.
  • After waking, Qin Yan met five children and learned that Weird Mother had raised them, with help from three abducted women who had returned to the village.
  • Qin Yan shared food from her storage space with the women and children.

Ch. 386Fuzi Goddess

Qin Yan learned that Fuzi Goddess, an evil god sharing a body with Weird Mother, tried to seize control each year on the fifteenth of the seventh month. Fuzi Goddess awakened early and attacked Qin Yan, but Jixiang and the other creatures intervened, leaving Fuzi Goddess surrounded and warning that killing her would also destroy Weird Mother.

  • Three women told Qin Yan that Weird Mother protected them and the children, and explained that Fuzi Goddess fought her for control of their shared body each year.
  • Qin Yan decided to stay until the people and children were safe, while Jixiang sent a message back; the women and children prepared for the approaching fifteenth of the seventh month.
  • On the night of the fourteenth, Fuzi Goddess took control of Weird Mother's body and reached for Qin Yan, but Jixiang struck her and escaped the collapsing house with Qin Yan.
  • Lingti and Jinbao joined Jixiang in surrounding Fuzi Goddess, who revealed that destroying their shared body would make Weird Mother disappear too.
  • Fuzi Goddess offered to separate from Weird Mother if Qin Yan surrendered herself, but Qin Yan refused, and Meimei mocked Fuzi Goddess's appearance.

Ch. 387The Fuzi Goddess Got Ganged Up On

Qin Yan, Jixiang, and their companions overwhelmed the Fuzi Goddess and captured her after Jelly stopped her escape. Back at the village, everyone celebrated and offered incense to the Weird Mother Goddess in front of the bound Fuzi Goddess.

  • Jixiang, Qin Yan, and the Paper Effigies attacked the Fuzi Goddess, while Qin Yan struck her with her pink hammer.
  • The Fuzi Goddess escaped in black smoke, but Jelly trapped her in pink threads and slammed her into the ground.
  • Qin Yan and Jixiang bound the Fuzi Goddess and brought her back to the village, where the three women and the children celebrated her defeat.
  • Gu You suggested offering incense to the Weird Mother Goddess, and Qin Yan and the villagers did so in front of the Fuzi Goddess, provoking her until Jelly lashed her into silence.

Ch. 388The Weird Mother Goddess's choice

The Weird Mother Goddess regained control of its shared body and led Qin Yan and the others to a passage into the Spirit Realm. When the Fuzi Goddess seized control and tried to flee, the group subdued it, and the Weird Mother Goddess chose to take the baby girls to the Spirit Realm.

  • Meimei and the others kept the Fuzi Goddess captive while waiting for the Weird Mother Goddess to regain control, and they learned that the Game Evil God had deceived it about becoming a god.
  • After the fifteenth passed, the Weird Mother Goddess suppressed the Fuzi Goddess and revealed that it knew where a passage to the Spirit Realm was.
  • The Weird Mother Goddess led Qin Yan, Jinbao, and Lingti to the Fuzi Goddess's temple, killing the Anomalies they encountered along the way.
  • Lingti sensed that the weakened barrier could let them enter the Spirit Realm and bring the unreincarnated baby girls with them.
  • The Fuzi Goddess overpowered the Weird Mother Goddess and tried to escape, but Jelly and the others restrained and beat it until the Weird Mother Goddess returned.
  • The Weird Mother Goddess said it would take the children to the Spirit Realm.

Ch. 389The end

Qin Yan helped the Paper Effigy children and the Weird Mother Goddess enter the Spirit Realm, while the Underworld Enforcer Phantom seized the Fuzi Goddess's core. After arranging for Gu You and the others to work for her, Qin Yan reunited with her family and began telling them about the mountain village.

  • Lingti found the passage to the Spirit Realm after Jinbao smashed the altar pedestal, and Qin Yan wrote a letter for her mother and grandmother.
  • Qin Yan packed talismans, gold ingots, and food for Meimei, who promised to visit Qin Yan's family and search for her former coworkers and Blind Granny.
  • The Paper Effigy children and the Weird Mother Goddess said goodbye to Qin Yan and passed through the portal as the Underworld Enforcer Phantom erased the Fuzi Goddess's divine sense and gave its core to Qin Yan.
  • In the Spirit Realm, Lingti gave the Underworld Enforcer Qin Yan's talismans and gold ingots, while Meimei went with Lingti to deliver Qin Yan's belongings and look for her former coworkers.
  • Qin Yan offered Gu You and the others jobs caring for animals, arranged for the trafficked children to be helped, and reunited with her family and the Special Administration Bureau outside the Mountain Village.
  • On the drive home, Qin Yan learned that the human traffickers had been caught and excitedly told her family about the Weird Mother Goddess and the paper dolls.

Ch. 390Making a point with her fists

Qin Yan told the Special Administration Bureau about the Weird Mother Goddess and learned that Fu Yunting’s application to build a sect in Qianling City had been approved. She cleared dangerous anomalies and negotiated with the mountain animals so construction could begin, then greeted the designers who arrived to plan the sect.

  • Qin Yan told the Special Administration Bureau how the Weird Mother Goddess and Fuzi Goddess shared a body and that the Weird Mother Goddess had gone to the Spirit Realm, earning another medal.
  • Fu Yunting’s application to buy the mountain forest for a spirit-beast sect was approved, while he and the Special Administration Bureau’s Commander-in-Chief rejected attempts by higher-ups to interfere.
  • Qin Yan visited the sect site in Qianling City with Fu Yunting and Fubao, and agreed to help keep the workers safe while preserving the ancient trees and driving away the animals.
  • Qin Yan, Fubao, Jinbao, and the others patrolled the mountains, beat hostile beasts into moving temporarily, and destroyed unfriendly anomalies over five days.
  • Fubao brought the designers and architects to the site, where Fu Yunting confirmed that the sect would have no road and visitors would need flying spirit beasts to reach it.
  • Qin Yan greeted the arriving group from a tall tree and excitedly told Fu Yunting about her accomplishments.

Ch. 391Livestreaming a spirit beast hatching

After helping establish a camp for the unhatched spirit beasts, Qin Yan returned home and livestreamed as one of the eggs began to hatch. The little creature finally pushed open its shell, though its identity was not yet revealed.

  • Fu Yunting and the others set up a camp with mobile homes and mutated dogs to protect the area.
  • Fu Rong brought Qin Yan home, saying he sensed that some spirit beasts were about to hatch.
  • Qin Yan stayed in the Hatching Room and released life energy to help the active eggs.
  • Fu Rong and Qin Yan started a livestream after fans asked to watch the spirit beasts hatch.
  • Viewers were surprised by Fu Rong's youthful appearance, and he explained that Qin Yan's plants and alchemy had helped him.
  • After an hour, the creature inside the egg pushed the shell open.

Ch. 392The Popular Spirit Beast Cubs

Qin Yan cared for six newly hatched spirit beast cubs, which quickly became popular with livestream viewers and received names through a fan vote. As the cubs crowded around her and bickered over food, Fu Yunting arranged for Gu You and her companions to help care for them, while Qin Yan worried that even more eggs would hatch.

  • Qin Yan fed a fluffy white bird and a beautiful three-tailed fox after they hatched, and the fox and bird both vied for her attention.
  • Four more spirit beasts hatched: a blue fish, a golden bird, a red horse, and a black leopard with golden markings and a crescent-shaped tuft.
  • The six cubs became popular online, and viewers chose names for them after a day of voting.
  • Fu Yunting found the cubs piled around Qin Yan in bed and told her that Gu You and her two companions would help care for them.
  • The cubs tumbled down the stairs and fought until Qin Yan separated them and gave them food and milk.
  • Qin Yan ate breakfast and worried that more spirit beasts would hatch, deciding that the family needed to hire more help.

Ch. 393The ever-popular Qin Yan

As the Fu Family’s spirit beasts hatched, Qin Yan’s Manor became a refuge where people and young beasts chose one another as companions. Qin Yan remained the babies’ favorite, and the chapter ended with her leading a crowd of them through their familiar care routine.

  • Qin Yan and the Fu Family hired more caretakers and moved the hatchlings to her Manor, where varied habitats could accommodate them.
  • The Fu Family’s chosen guests arrived to bond with spirit beasts, and Qin Yan warned them they could take a beast only if it willingly agreed.
  • Gu Ze bonded with a Little Fire Dog, while Daoist Master Chenguang had a Black-Backed Mystic Tortoise; others also began pairing with beasts.
  • When Qin Yan appeared, the hatchlings crowded around her, and the three Iron-Eating Beast cubs clung to her as she petted them.
  • Qin Yan’s uncle rescued her from the pile of babies, and she directed the hatchlings to use their toilets before staff cleaned them and rewarded them with food.

Ch. 394Chapter 395

Fu Yunting and Qin Yan raised and played with adorable baby spirit beasts at the Manor, while livestream cameras let viewers follow their antics. Qin Yan fed the aquatic babies and rode Fubao to water the plants, leaving Gu Ze and Little Fire Dog soaked after a water-spitting mishap.

  • Qin Yan played with the baby spirit beasts and was repeatedly buried beneath them, while Gu Ze rescued her and filmed the scene.
  • Fu Yunting developed five automatically patrolling livestream cameras after viewers asked to watch the spirit beasts.
  • Qin Yan went to the lake, where Fubao brought her the aquatic baby spirit beasts for their meal.
  • Qin Yan climbed onto Fubao and headed to water the vegetables and fruit trees with the aquatic babies in tow.
  • A baby spirit beast drenched Gu Ze and Little Fire Dog with water, and Little Fire Dog’s attempted fireball fell short.
  • Qin Yan watched Gu Ze and Little Fire Dog argue as Fubao flew off with her and the bubbles trailing behind.

Ch. 395Spirit-Feeding Pills

Qin Yan refined a huge batch of Spirit-Feeding Pills and handed them out to the beasts gathered at the Fu Family Manor. As the line continued, Qin Yu showed up and insisted he deserved pills because he had a tail.

  • Qin Yan learned from Lingshu how to refine third-grade Spirit-Feeding Pills and went into seclusion with more than a hundred batches of ingredients.
  • The scent of pills drew Jixiang, Jinbao, Little Dragon Treasure, and many other beasts to camp outside the basement for over a dozen days.
  • Qin Yan emerged and was buried beneath the beasts, while Fu Wenzi and Fu Yunting laughed and helped pull them off her.
  • Qin Yan brought out nearly a thousand Spirit-Feeding Pills, including a batch infused with weird qi that especially appealed to anomalous beasts, and handed out two pills to each animal.
  • Qin Yu joined the line and told Qin Yan that he was an animal too because he had a tail.

Ch. 396Enjoying Gossip at the Banquet

Qin Yan fed pills to the spirit beasts and mutated animals, then went with Fu Yunting and her family to a banquet. There, Fu Wenzi helped her evade attention and shared gossip about several guests, leaving Qin Yan eager to spot more scandals.

  • Qin Yan mixed pills with water to feed the Bee Queen and its swarm, then went to the Manor to feed the baby spirit beasts and teach them to line up.
  • After playing with the creatures and napping beside a panda cub, Qin Yan returned to the Fu Family Residence and agreed to attend a banquet with Fu Yunting and her maternal grandfather.
  • At the banquet, Fu Wenzi rescued Qin Yan from a crowd of guests and used Jelly to make them less noticeable while they sampled the food.
  • Fu Wenzi told Qin Yan about a man who took control of his wife's family business and brought his mistress home, and Qin Yan called him a big meanie.
  • Fu Wenzi described another guest who had stolen his brother's fiancée and tried to seize his businesses, while Qin Yan recalled hearing from birds that the man's legs had been broken.

Ch. 397A son beat his father

At a banquet, Qin Yan and Fu Wenzi helped Chen Ang get inside after learning he had come to confront his father, Chen Tianze. Chen Ang attacked Chen Tianze, his mistress, and their two children, while the guests watched and heard him accuse his father of driving his mother to the hospital and having him sent away.

  • Qin Yan and Fu Wenzi went to the front gate and found Chen Ang barred from entering with his wooden club.
  • Chen Ang told Fu Wenzi and Qin Yan that he had come to avenge his mother, and Qin Yan offered pills to persuade the host to let them in.
  • Mr. Feng welcomed them, accepted Qin Yan's offer to sell pills, and instructed the staff not to interfere with the spectacle.
  • Chen Ang charged at Chen Tianze, struck him with his club, kicked his mistress, and slapped his two younger siblings.
  • Qin Yan watched from Fu Wenzi's shoulders as Chen Ang accused Chen Tianze of making his mother ill and sending him away under guard.
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