Chapter Summaries

Qin Yan fell asleep and her jade pendant weakened a red mist that sent her spirit into visions of Gao Wanniang’s past. She watched Gao Wanniang lose her fiancé Ronglang and search for him in a wedding dress, then witnessed Zhao Xiaocui being buried alive in a ghost marriage.

• Qin Yan dreamed as a red mist reached for her, but her jade pendant weakened it and Jinbao barked frantically.
• Qin Yan’s spirit followed Gao Wanniang as she sewed a wedding dress and learned that Ronglang was her fiancé.
• Soldiers took Ronglang away, and Gao Wanniang later learned that he had died in the war.
• Gao Wanniang wore her wedding dress and went to the battlefield to search for Ronglang, while Qin Yan tried unsuccessfully to stop her.
• Qin Yan was carried into a ghost wedding, where she watched Zhao Xiaocui be forced into a coffin and buried beside Sun Yaozu.

Meimei returned to rescue Qin Yan from a nightmare, then reunited with her after she woke from a three-day sleep. Meimei explained how she came to inhabit a treasure-seeking mouse, while Qin Yan welcomed her into the Fu family.

• Meimei appeared in Qin Yan’s nightmare, destroyed the thing frightening her, and guided her out.
• Qin Yan woke after three days and reassured her worried grandfather and uncles, though she could not remember the nightmare.
• Qin Yan heard Meimei’s voice and found her outside the Fu Family Residence, then asked her relatives if she could keep the hamster-like creature.
• Meimei told Qin Yan she had ended her contract with the Main System and entered a treasure-seeking mouse’s body after being knocked into it in the Cultivation Realm.
• Qin Yan comforted Meimei by telling her she was cute.

Meimei showed Qin Yan the spirit stones, inheritances, and artifacts it had brought from a secret realm, while Qin Yan worried about protecting her from Nightmare. Fu Yunting discovered the pile and questioned Meimei about its speech and Qin Yan learning her origins.

• Meimei gave Qin Yan spirit stones, spirit marrow, cultivation inheritances, seeds, and spirit artifacts it had found in a secret realm.
• Qin Yan and Meimei tidied the treasures with Jinbao and the others, and Qin Yan suggested that her uncles use any suitable inheritances to grow stronger.
• Meimei and Jinbao discussed how Nightmare had slipped into Qin Yan's dream and attacked her, and Meimei looked for something to protect her sea of consciousness.
• Fu Yunting came to Qin Yan's room, saw the treasures, and asked where they came from.
• Meimei argued with Fu Yunting after he poked it, and Fu Yunting asked whether Meimei had revealed Qin Yan's origins to her.

Meimei moved in with Qin Yan after revealing that it had saved her and helped her escape the village, while Fu Yunting said the Fu Family had a lead connecting Shen Fu to the harm done to Qin Yan. Qin Yan shared Meimei’s spirit fruits with her family and friends, leaving Meimei proudly welcomed as their benefactor.

• Meimei revealed itself to Fu Yunting, accepted his thanks, and said it wanted to live with Qin Yan.
• Fu Yunting told Meimei that Shen Fu was transferring her assets and that he would arrange to capture her.
• Meimei gave Qin Yan spirit fruits, and Qin Yan shared them with Tuantuan, Jinbao, Fu Yunting, and her family.
• Meimei stopped Tuantuan from swallowing a spirit-fruit pit because it wanted to plant it, while Qin Yan tried to settle their quarrel.
• Qin Yan gave fruit to Old Master Fu and her youngest uncle, and Fu Yunting explained that Meimei had told Qin Yan about her background and helped her escape the village.
• Old Master Fu thanked Meimei, which proudly insisted it was a Treasure-Seeking Mouse, and Fu Nanshan recognized the shared fruit as spirit fruits.

Meimei told the Fu Family that the spirit fruit came from the Cultivation Realm and urged Qin Yan to plant its seeds, then settled into her room and declared itself the leader of her companions. Qin Yan went to sleep feeling happy beside Meimei, and the next morning she gently washed and styled her companions.

• Meimei revealed that it had brought the spirit fruit back from the Cultivation Realm and said Qin Yan could grow plants from its seeds.
• Meimei explained that Qin Yan was the Life Tree’s chosen successor and needed to grow stronger to resist mental attacks from the Anomaly.
• Meimei argued with Jinbao and the others, then claimed leadership of the group by boasting about its intelligence and experience as a system.
• Meimei cuddled Qin Yan as she fell asleep, while Qin Yan wished Blind Granny were still with her.
• The next morning, Qin Yan washed Meimei, Tuantuan, and Jinbao, then offered to tie Meimei’s fur into little tufts.

Qin Yan dressed Meimei in pigtails, checked on Fubao, and spent breakfast with Old Master Fu before setting out to find her youngest uncle. She found Fu Nanshan meditating, shared an awkwardly affectionate moment with him, and walked home holding his hand.

• Qin Yan tied Meimei’s fur into pigtails, showed her the new tea-scented soap, and fed Fubao spirit fruits after admiring its improving scales.
• Old Master Fu welcomed Qin Yan and Meimei to breakfast, and Qin Yan made jam-covered bread for him and shared some with Meimei.
• Qin Yan learned that Fu Yunting was at the office and Fu Nanshan was outside, then searched the grounds with a crowd of cats and dogs following her.
• Qin Yan found Fu Nanshan meditating on a rock and watched him until he noticed her; flustered, she mistook his offered hand for a place to set Meimei before placing her chin in it.
• Fu Nanshan rubbed Qin Yan’s head and invited her home, and she walked beside him holding his hand while the animals followed.

Qin Yan and Fu Nanshan planted spirit fruit seeds and moved the flower-bed plants, while Old Master Fu proudly showed photos of Qin Yan to his friends. After Qin Yan received her small serving of ice cream, Meimei and Jinbao demanded some too, but Fu Nanshan refused after checking that hamsters and dogs should not eat it.

• Old Master Fu sent his friends photos of Qin Yan, and they accused him of using photo editing or AI because they could not believe how beautiful she looked.
• Qin Yan, Fu Nanshan, and Meimei planted spirit fruit seeds and transplanted the expensive flowers from the entrance flower bed.
• Qin Yan gave Fu Nanshan a peony to put in her hair, and Old Master Fu took more photos of her to show off to his friends.
• After finishing the planting, Qin Yan eagerly collected her permitted serving of vanilla ice cream and offered to share it with Fu Nanshan.
• Fu Nanshan brought out a much larger serving for himself, then refused Meimei and Jinbao ice cream after showing them an online warning that hamsters and dogs should not eat it.
• Meimei protested that it was a Treasure-Seeking Mouse from the Cultivation Realm, not a hamster, and declared that it could eat ice cream.

Qin Yan enjoyed a peaceful afternoon with Fu Nanshan before opening the gifts Meimei had brought her. The last box released a Golden-Winged Bee Queen that flew straight at Qin Yan.

• Qin Yan rode the garden swing, fell asleep against Fu Nanshan, and woke up to Meimei teasing her.
• Back at home, Qin Yan thanked Fu Nanshan by offering him water, cookies, and fruit.
• Qin Yan opened a box and found Kongsang Silkworms, which Meimei said could produce silk for clothes.
• Qin Yan found four earth dragons in another box and praised Meimei for collecting them.
• Meimei opened the box containing the Golden-Winged Bee Queen, and the bee flew toward Qin Yan as she curled up in fright.

Qin Yan calmed the Golden-Winged Bee Queen and welcomed it into her home, then released the earth dragons, which immediately burrowed into the soil. She worried they had escaped, but Meimei assured her they would stay nearby.

• The Golden-Winged Bee Queen chased Meimei around Qin Yan’s room until Fu Nanshan caught it.
• Qin Yan offered the trapped Bee Queen honey-royal jelly and persuaded it to behave before Fu Nanshan released it.
• The Bee Queen landed on Qin Yan’s hand, met her family and companions, and chose to eat a spirit stone instead of the royal jelly.
• Qin Yan showed Fu Nanshan the earth dragons and Kongsang Silkworms, then let the earth dragons go outside.
• The earth dragons burrowed into the soil, and Meimei reassured Qin Yan that they would stay nearby because they disliked the local soil.

Fu Yunting ended his meeting early after Qin Yan called to ask when he would come home, then returned to find her asleep with her unusual animal companions. He wondered what else Qin Yan had started keeping after the Bee Queen nearly stung him.

• Fu Yunting's employees watched his anger soften when Qin Yan called, and he promised to come home soon.
• Fu Yunting ended the meeting quickly, doubled the employees' performance bonuses, and left to see Qin Yan.
• Fu Nanshan dried Qin Yan's hair and carried her to bed after refusing to let her wait up for Fu Yunting.
• Qin Yan fell asleep with Meimei beside her, while Jinbao and the Bee Queen rested nearby.
• Fu Yunting quietly entered Qin Yan's room, and Meimei stopped the Bee Queen from stinging him.
• Fu Yunting looked at the Bee Queen and wondered what Qin Yan had started keeping.

Qin Yan spent the morning caring for her strange little animal companions before Old Master Fu took her to meet his old friends. Fu Nanshan left for a dangerous mission involving a tomb beneath the corpse pit, while Qin Yan nervously peeked out from behind her grandpa to greet the waiting group.

• Qin Yan watered the growing strawberry, placed a spirit stone in the pot her youngest uncle had asked her to plant, and joined Fu Yunting and Fu Nanshan for breakfast.
• Old Master Fu invited Qin Yan to socialize with his old friends, and Fu Yunting left for work after she saw him off at the car.
• Fu Nanshan declined to join them because Xiao Zhen asked him to investigate a large tomb beneath the corpse pit where a search team had disappeared.
• Old Master Fu took Qin Yan to a park and coached her to call his friends Grandpa and Grandma and accept any presents they offered.
• Qin Yan shyly hid behind Old Master Fu when they arrived, then peeked out as his friend asked where his granddaughter was.

Qin Yan joined Old Master Fu at the park, where the retired elders and a group of boys were captivated by her. After the boys introduced themselves and gave her toys and sweets, she watched them play from a little stool.

• Old Master Fu introduced Qin Yan to his friends, who greeted her warmly and gave her treats.
• Qin Yan watched the elders play Chinese chess while the grandmothers discussed their rambunctious grandchildren.
• Lu Xiaojin spotted Qin Yan and brought his friends over to meet the pretty girl.
• Old Master Fu introduced Qin Yan as his granddaughter, and the boys quietly introduced themselves to her.
• The boys gave Qin Yan toys and promised to visit, while Old Master Fu let her watch them play from a stool.

Qin Yan used her ability for the first time to purify the weird qi contamination on Lu Xiaojin, then fell asleep from the effort. Meimei told Old Master Fu what she had done, and he realized he had to protect her secret before Qin Yan woke in his arms.

• Lu Xiaojin offered Qin Yan milk tablets and invited her to become his little sister, but she insisted she was the Fu Family's baby.
• Meimei identified the black mark on Lu Xiaojin's forehead as weird qi contamination and instructed Qin Yan to purify it with her ability.
• Qin Yan struggled to control her power, sent pale green energy into Lu Xiaojin, and left him feeling warm and no longer cold.
• Exhausted, Qin Yan went to Old Master Fu and fell asleep in his arms; he took her home while the five boys reluctantly stayed behind to finish their homework.
• Meimei explained that Qin Yan had purified Lu Xiaojin's contamination, and Old Master Fu grew worried that others would covet her ability and vowed to keep it secret.
• After resting, Qin Yan woke and snuggled into Old Master Fu, who asked if she was hungry.

Fu Nanshan prepared to search the mountains for Fu Wenzi, who had become trapped in a tiger’s cave, and Qin Yan persuaded him to let her come along. The group boarded a private plane to find her third uncle.

• Fu Yunting told Qin Yan stories about Fu Wenzi’s repeated mishaps getting lost, while Old Master Fu explained Qin Yan’s ability to purify Weird Qi contamination to his sons.
• Deep in the mountains, Fu Wenzi escaped a wolf pack, took shelter in a tiger’s cave, and fell asleep while the tiger pawed and gnawed at him.
• Fu Nanshan set out to find Fu Wenzi, but Qin Yan’s disappointment and the animals’ urging led him to let her come along.
• Meimei stored the group’s supplies in its storage space, allowing Fu Nanshan to travel without his backpack.
• Fu Nanshan, Qin Yan, and the animals boarded a private plane and began their journey to find Fu Wenzi.

Qin Yan traveled with Fu Nanshan to Hundred Feather Palace to find her Third Uncle, charming her family and strangers along the way. After climbing into a secluded mountain path and playing with the local animals, she grew tired and Jinbao offered to carry her.

• Qin Yan flew with Fu Nanshan, then soothed Old Master Fu and reassured Fu Yunting that she had packed supplies for the trip.
• Fu Nanshan drove Qin Yan and her animal companions to the foot of the mountain where Hundred Feather Palace stood.
• Fu Nanshan carried Qin Yan up the steep stone steps whenever she grew tired, and she walked beside him again once she had rested.
• Fu Nanshan led Qin Yan along a path marked no entry, where she fed sunflower seeds to a squirrel and several birds.
• After Qin Yan drank water, Jinbao enlarged himself and invited her to climb onto his back.

Qin Yan traveled through the mountains with Fu Nanshan and learned the hard way that some beautiful things could hurt her. Meanwhile, Fu Wenzi was stranded far away after Mountain Kui stole and broke his phone, while his family continued toward his changing location.

• Jinbao carried Qin Yan through the forest at high speed, leaving her dizzy until Meimei gave her a spiritual grape and Fu Nanshan helped her recover.
• Fu Nanshan saw that Fu Wenzi was still moving and that they remained hundreds of kilometers away, while Fu Wenzi confronted Mountain Kui and recovered his broken phone.
• Fu Wenzi sat alone eating fruit and wondered when his family would find him, as Fu Nanshan and Qin Yan continued through the woods.
• Qin Yan found a huge mushroom and tried a wild apricot before its sourness made her grimace; Fu Nanshan took a picture and wiped her mouth.
• A brightly colored caterpillar stung Qin Yan, and Fu Nanshan treated her swollen fingers until the pain subsided; Meimei warned her that pretty things in nature could be poisonous.

Qin Yan and Fu Nanshan camped in the mountains, where a mysterious fast bird stole Qin Yan’s spirit stones while Fu Wenzi was chased by mandrills. By morning, Fu Wenzi had moved much farther away, and the group set off after him again.

• Qin Yan and her companions ate and settled in for the night while a black bird twice snatched spirit stones from the Bee Queen and Qin Yan.
• Fu Nanshan decided the bird had not harmed Qin Yan, and the group went to sleep with him keeping watch.
• A black bird watched their tent from a nearby tree, guarding the stolen spirit stones beneath its claws.
• Fu Wenzi was chased by mandrills and tumbled down a cliff after slipping.
• Fu Nanshan checked his phone in the morning and found Fu Wenzi had moved 370 kilometers away, so Qin Yan rode Jinbao as the group set off.

Fu Wenzi struggled to survive the Spider Mother’s attack until Fu Nanshan arrived with Qin Yan, Meimei, and Jinbao. After Jinbao knocked the A-Rank Anomaly aside, Fu Nanshan prepared to fight the Spider Mother and its swarm, declaring that he would kill despite being a Buddhist.

• Fu Wenzi used attack and defensive talismans to fend off the Spider Mother and its spider descendants while waiting for his younger brother.
• Jinbao arrived with Fu Nanshan, Qin Yan, and Meimei, and the spiders recoiled from Jinbao’s high-rank Anomaly presence.
• Fu Nanshan told Qin Yan to hide, and Jinbao charged the Spider Mother and sent it flying.
• The Spider Mother summoned a swarm of spiders, and Fu Nanshan took a Vajra Pestle from Meimei’s box.
• Fu Nanshan declared, “Buddha won't kill, but I will,” as the Vajra Pestle transformed into a spear-like weapon and his appearance changed.

Fu Nanshan transformed into a bloodthirsty fighter and attacked the spiders while Fu Wenzi escaped and reunited with Qin Yan. As the battle continued, Fu Wenzi revealed that Fu Nanshan’s second personality might not stop fighting once the spiders were defeated.

• Fu Nanshan entered battle with the spiders, wielding the Vajra Pestle with fierce excitement as Qin Yan and Meimei wondered at his sudden change.
• Fu Wenzi escaped the spiderweb, introduced himself to Qin Yan, and overwhelmed her with questions before Meimei called him a giant rat.
• Qin Yan gave the starving Fu Wenzi food and water, and Meimei stopped him from touching Qin Yan with his filthy hand.
• Jinbao fought the Spider Mother while it healed itself by devouring other spiders, and the Bee Queen and Dreamweaving Butterfly joined the fight.
• Fu Wenzi told Qin Yan that Fu Nanshan’s bloodthirsty second personality would keep fighting until exhausted, and admitted he could not defeat it himself.

The Spider Mother fled, and Fu Zhige pursued the remaining spiders to their lair while Qin Yan and Fu Wenzi waited nearby. Fu Zhige returned injured and met Qin Yan, who treated him as her uncle and brought him food, medicine, and clean clothes.

• The Spider Mother sprayed poisonous web at Jinbao and fled, while Fu Zhige chased the remaining spiders toward their lair.
• Qin Yan and Fu Wenzi followed and waited at a distance from the stinking pile of corpses, with Jinbao staying to protect them.
• Fu Wenzi realized the green jujube Qin Yan gave him was a spirit fruit, but Fu Zhige returned before he could ask about it.
• Fu Zhige picked up Qin Yan and said he was not Fu Nanshan, identifying himself as Fu Zhige.
• Qin Yan pinched Fu Zhige's cheek, decided he was still her uncle, and brought him clean clothes, food, and medicine for his wounds.