Chapter Summaries

Fu Wenzi and the Fu Family's Anomalies protected the spirit tea from low-level creatures overnight, and Old Master Yang began roasting it at dawn. Qin Yan spent the morning matching her companions with flowers and watched the tea-roasting from Fu Nanshan's arms.

• Fu Wenzi and Fu Nanshan kept Wriggling Worms away from the tea leaves while the household Anomalies ate them.
• Old Master Yang arrived, smelled the tea on Fu Wenzi, and eagerly began roasting the Bright Spirit Tea.
• Fu Nanshan braided Qin Yan's hair, and Qin Yan decorated her companions with matching flowers.
• The butler offered to sew matching clothes for Meimei, Tuantuan, Jinbao, Lingti, and Jixiang.
• Qin Yan followed the tea's fragrance to the roasting room, where Fu Nanshan lifted her so she could see the curled leaves.

Qin Yan joined Fu Nanshan and Fu Wenzi on a trip to White Pool Mountain to burn incense for Grandpa Turtle. The incense carried her warmth and life force to Old Turtle’s spirit beneath the pool, just as Xiao Zhen and the Special Administration Bureau team arrived.

• Fu Wenzi told Qin Yan that the Special Administration Bureau was going to White Pool Mountain, and she prepared strawberries, snacks, incense, and folded gold ingots for Grandpa Turtle.
• Qin Yan, Fu Nanshan, Fu Wenzi, and Fubao traveled to White Pool Mountain, where Fu Wenzi’s chatter irritated Meimei on the way up.
• Qin Yan arranged snacks, strawberries, and flowers beside White Pool, then bowed and burned incense for Grandpa Turtle.
• The incense smoke sank to the pool’s bottom, where Old Turtle inhaled it and felt Qin Yan’s warmth and life force ease his spirit.
• Xiao Zhen arrived with his Special Administration Bureau teammates, and a red-haired boy asked for incense, thinking it was required to enter the pool.

Qin Yan and the others investigated the spatial rift beneath White Pool, where Old Turtle’s shell was chained in place. With Qin Yan’s help, they reached Old Turtle, who brought them to his spirit body.

• Xiao Zhen and his teammates dived into White Pool and found Old Turtle’s enormous shell secured by four chains above a dangerous concentration of weird qi.
• Old Turtle spoke to Qin Yan, thanked her for the faith energy from her incense, and invited her to come down and show the others something.
• Qin Yan told her uncles that Old Turtle wanted them to return underwater, and she revealed the Water-Repelling Pearl hanging from her jade pendant.
• Fu Wenzi, Fu Nanshan, Xiao Zhen, and the others followed Qin Yan to the pool’s bottom, where she knocked on Old Turtle’s shell.
• A black vortex spun the group away, and Qin Yan found herself face-to-face with Grandpa Turtle’s spirit body.

Old Turtle sent Fu Nanshan and the others to inspect the barrier suppressing an Anomaly, which could fail in three years, while he took Qin Yan and her companions to the Evil Flood Dragon’s remains. Qin Yan’s group collected treasures to help Fubao grow, and Old Turtle gave Qin Yan a piece of his shell to receive her daily incense before Meimei offered him soul-nourishing wood.

• Old Turtle explained that he hated Demon Catchers, then warned Fu Nanshan and the others that his shell could suppress the Anomaly for only three more years.
• Fu Nanshan protected the group from the Anomaly’s mental attack with his sutras while Fu Wenzi went to examine the formation.
• Old Turtle brought Qin Yan, Fubao, and Meimei to the Evil Flood Dragon’s remains and showed them its essence blood, scales, tendon, and bones.
• Old Turtle stopped Fubao from swallowing the essence blood all at once and explained that Qin Yan could help it absorb the blood safely.
• Meimei collected the remains’ treasures, and Old Turtle gave Qin Yan a piece of his shell so she could burn incense for him each day.
• Meimei offered Old Turtle soul-nourishing wood to help strengthen his spirit.

Qin Yan failed to free Old Turtle from its barrier, but brought home its shell plate and learned about the Jiaolong’s blood essence and other useful spoils. As her uncles and Meimei celebrated their finds, Qin Yan said they needed to buy things for Jixiang, Jinbao, and Lingti.

• Qin Yan tried to take Old Turtle out of the barrier using Soul-Nourishing Wood, but Old Turtle’s spirit was forced back inside, and it told her to return after finding a way to deal with the rift.
• Old Turtle sent Qin Yan and the others out of its shell, and Mu Zuo recognized the offering strawberries as Spirit Fruit before Xiao Zhen’s team scrambled to eat them.
• Fu Wenzi declined to return to the Special Administration Bureau and took Qin Yan away, while she showed her uncles the shell plate Old Turtle had given her.
• Qin Yan told Fu Nanshan and Fu Wenzi that Old Turtle had taken her to see the Jiaolong and that Fubao had received a bottle of its blood essence.
• Meimei revealed that it had brought back the Jiaolong’s bones, scales, tendons, teeth, and droppings, and Fu Wenzi praised it while Fu Nanshan offered it milk and snacks.
• Qin Yan shared snacks with her uncles and Meimei, then said they needed to buy things for Jixiang, Jinbao, and Lingti.

Fu Wenzi led the group astray while trying to find a jewelry shop, and they instead encountered stolen dogs being returned to their owners. After Fu Wenzi bought the remaining dogs for Fu Yunting’s manor, Qin Yan dreamed of getting a house for animals, while Jinbao watched a devoted owner reunite with his golden retriever.

• Fu Wenzi confidently led the group toward a jewelry shop but got lost, so Fu Nanshan took over and followed the navigation.
• The group found a crowd recovering stolen dogs from a dealer, and a man joyfully reclaimed his golden retriever, Wangwang.
• Fu Wenzi bought all the dogs left on the dealer’s truck for delivery to Fu Yunting’s manor, and Fu Yunting agreed to take them in.
• Qin Yan said she wanted a big house for cats and dogs, and Jinbao offered to train them.
• Fu Wenzi learned how the golden retriever had kept its owner company and been brought home by the man’s daughter, while Jinbao watched their reunion thoughtfully.

Qin Yan went with Fu Wenzi and Fu Nanshan to buy gems for Jixiang and the other animals, then shopped for clothes and ice cream. She fell asleep on the drive home while Fu Nanshan held her, and Fu Wenzi shared the day’s photos with the family group.

• Qin Yan and Fu Wenzi said goodbye to a man and his golden retriever before Fu Nanshan followed the navigation to a gem shop.
• Jixiang chose two gems and a piece of purple tourmaline, while Qin Yan picked green jadeite for Lingti and a dark red gem for Jinbao; Meimei, the Bee Queen, and Little Butterfly declined.
• Qin Yan paid seven hundred thousand for the gems, and Fu Wenzi told the shop owner that the bee and butterfly were rare varieties bred overseas.
• Fu Wenzi and Fu Nanshan took photos as Qin Yan tried on clothes, then Fu Wenzi bought the outfits and took her for ice cream.
• Qin Yan fell asleep in the car, Fu Nanshan settled her comfortably in his arms, and Fu Wenzi sent their photos to the family group chat.

Fu Yunshen learned that Qin Yan was his niece and reacted with fury to the photos of her past injuries, leaving camp to pursue those responsible despite his wounds. Back home, the Fu family tasted Qin Yan’s Spirit Tea and decided to save most of it for Fourth Uncle, while discussing how to grow more.

• Fu Wenzi sent Fu Yunshen photos of Qin Yan and explained how badly she had been treated before joining the Fu family.
• Fu Yunshen saw the photos of Qin Yan’s injuries, crushed his biscuit, and left camp with his heavy sword to deal with the people who had escaped.
• Fu Wenzi wondered whether Fu Yunshen had gone off to fight again while the family returned home with Qin Yan.
• Old Master Fu brewed Qin Yan’s Spirit Tea, and the family discovered that its gentle Spirit Energy could clear impurities from their bodies.
• Old Master Fu said the remaining tea should be saved for Fourth Uncle, and Qin Yan agreed.
• Fu Wenzi proposed propagating the tea tree from cuttings, and Meimei explained that the new Spirit Tea would be lower rank.

Qin Yan prepared tea for her fourth uncle and met the animals in their new outfits before giving Fubao a drop of flood dragon essence blood. When Fubao suffered from the blood’s effects, Meimei had Qin Yan feed Fubao a drop of her own blood, which helped the essence blood begin to merge into Fubao.

• Fu Yunting returned home, and Qin Yan gave him spirit tea while Old Master Fu set aside the tea scraps for his fourth son and his guards.
• Qin Yan studied her fourth uncle’s photo and learned that he had changed after sealing an A-Rank Anomaly inside himself.
• The butler showed Qin Yan the handmade outfits and accessories for Jinbao, Lingti, Meimei, Jixiang, and the other animals, and Fu Wenzi took pictures of them.
• Qin Yan brought flood dragon essence blood to Fubao and gave Fubao one drop in the pool.
• When the essence blood caused Fubao severe pain, Meimei pricked Qin Yan’s finger and told her to feed Fubao a drop of her blood, helping the essence blood start merging into Fubao.

Fubao absorbed flood dragon essence blood and transformed into a powerful spirit beast that could fly, allowing it to accompany Qin Yan. The chapter left the Fu Family identifying Fubao as a spirit beast rather than an anomaly.

• Fubao absorbed a drop of flood dragon essence blood, shed its scales, and comforted Qin Yan as she cried over its pain.
• Qin Yan gave Fubao a drop of her blood each day while it absorbed more essence blood, and her life-energy-filled tears caused the buried lotus seeds to sprout.
• The Fu Family used spirit soil made from flood dragon droppings and well mud to enrich their plants, which then grew rapidly.
• Fubao grew over a meter long, regrew its hardened scales, and completed its transformation into a large creature resembling a miniature whale crossed with a butterfly koi.
• Fubao leaped from the pool and flew around Qin Yan, who realized it could now go out with her.
• Fu Nanshan's detector measured Fubao at B-Rank strength, and Fu Wenzi said it seemed more like a spirit beast than an anomaly.

Qin Yan learned that Fubao had awakened the Kun Fish Bloodline and prepared gifts for a visit to Fourth Uncle. Before leaving with Fu Nanshan and Fu Wenzi, she studied spirit medicines and calligraphy with Lingshu; Fu Nanshan ignored his temple's increasingly urgent messages.

• Qin Yan used Know All Things to learn that Fubao had awakened the Kun Fish Bloodline, and Meimei explained how enormous Kun Fish could grow.
• Old Master Fu planned to build a larger pond for Fubao, while Qin Yan gathered strawberries, nectar, tea, soap, and a Spatial Ring to bring Fourth Uncle.
• Qin Yan studied the Purple Whisk Flower and practiced writing with Lingshu in the inheritance space.
• Qin Yan told Old Turtle she was going to see Fourth Uncle, then set off with Fu Nanshan and Fu Wenzi while Old Master Fu stayed behind.
• Fu Nanshan replied that his return to Hanshan Temple was undetermined, switched off his phone, and left the abbot furious.

Qin Yan, Fu Wenzi, and Fu Nanshan traveled to Hai City to find Fourth Uncle, while Fubao and Jixiang flew alongside their plane before exploring on their own. After arriving in a humid seaside town, Qin Yan charmed the elderly locals as Fu Wenzi asked them where to find a paper effigy shop.

• Fubao and Jixiang flew beside the Fu Family's plane, but Fubao broke away to explore and briefly joined a flock of migrating geese.
• Qin Yan, Fu Wenzi, and Fu Nanshan landed in Hai City and traveled to a small seaside town near the local Special Administration Bureau.
• Fu Wenzi told Qin Yan that Fourth Uncle had sealed an Anomaly inside himself after the Spatial Rift mission killed the eight comrades he led.
• Fu Wenzi asked a group of elderly locals for directions to a paper effigy shop, explaining that they had come to find Mr. Fu.
• The elderly locals welcomed Qin Yan and shared snacks with her, while Fu Nanshan shelled sunflower seeds and Qin Yan shared food with her family and the locals.

Fu Wenzi, Fu Nanshan, and Qin Yan entered Fu Wenli’s supposedly haunted mansion and fought its bone-powered guardians while Fu Wenli gathered contaminated fish bones at sea. The group faced a towering armored puppet inside as Fu Wenli sensed trouble at home and headed back on a bone Mosasaurus.

• Fu Wenzi learned from the locals that Fu Wenli was away and that his paper offering shop and mansion were considered eerie, then took Fu Nanshan and Qin Yan to the residence.
• Fu Wenzi climbed into the courtyard and was attacked; a Paper Effigy surprised Fu Nanshan, but Meimei and the other animals tore it apart and Lingti collected its Weird Qi bone.
• Fu Wenzi was chased by three more Paper Effigies inside the courtyard, and the animals destroyed them and collected their bones.
• Fu Wenzi entered the mansion with a Spirit Sword and was chased by a nearly three-meter-tall armored puppet wielding a hammer while Qin Yan cheered him on.
• Fu Wenli sensed that his puppet at home had moved, finished collecting a contaminated sea fish’s bones, and rode a bone Mosasaurus toward shore.

Fu Wenli returned to his residence and found Qin Yan and the others amid the wreckage of his puppets. After he revived the puppets and they attacked, Qin Yan tried to protect herself by pleading with him to hit her gently.

• Fu Zhige left to hunt contaminated creatures while Fu Wenzi stayed with Qin Yan and cleaned up the aftermath of the fight.
• Qin Yan gathered the scattered puppet parts with Meimei, Jinbao, and the others, then assembled them into mismatched creations.
• Fu Wenzi photographed Qin Yan’s puppets and sent the pictures to the group chat before repairing the damaged house and battlefield.
• Fu Wenli entered carrying a strange fish corpse and used red threads to restore his shattered puppets.
• Jinbao, Jixiang, and Fubao fought the revived puppets as Qin Yan tried to find Fu Wenzi, but Fu Wenli appeared in front of her.
• Qin Yan tearfully told Fu Wenli not to hit her and offered her bottom instead, asking him to be gentle.

Qin Yan met her Fourth Uncle, Fu Wenli, whose sealed Anomaly nearly drove him to attack her. Her Bright Spirit Tea quieted the voices in his mind, and Meimei explained that it could help him stay in control.

• Fu Wenli approached Qin Yan as the Anomaly inside him urged him to eat her, but Fu Wenzi's voice brought him back to his senses.
• Fu Wenzi introduced Fu Wenli to Qin Yan, and the family sat together while Fu Wenli explained that he kept losing his phone at sea.
• Qin Yan nervously gave Fu Wenli tea leaves, soap, strawberries, and other gifts, while he fought the Anomaly's urge to consume her.
• Qin Yan opened the jar of Bright Spirit Tea, whose fragrance quieted the voices in Fu Wenli's mind.
• Meimei explained that the spirit tea could keep Fu Wenli's mind clear but could not stop his contamination or transformation into an Anomaly.

Fu Wenli cared for Qin Yan and revealed the black scales caused by his severe contamination, while her kindness comforted him. After Qin Yan fell asleep, Fu Nanshan returned home, and the brothers learned Fu Wenzi had gone looking for him.

• Fu Wenli accepted Qin Yan’s tea leaves and took her to bathe because the other rooms were not ready.
• Fu Wenzi left to find Fu Nanshan, leaving Fu Wenli to wash Qin Yan himself.
• Fu Wenli showed Qin Yan the black scales on his hands, and she reassured him that they were pretty and gently blew on them.
• Fu Wenli dried Qin Yan’s hair and settled her into bed, watching over her as she slept.
• Fu Nanshan returned and learned that Fu Wenzi had gone looking for him, prompting the brothers to quietly avoid discussing who would go after Fu Wenzi.

Fu Wenzi got lost while searching for Qin Yan and followed a Paper Effigy back to Fu Wenli’s home. After Fu Wenli slept peacefully with Qin Yan beside him, he dreamed of his fallen Blue Whale teammates, woke in tears, and found comfort in her; the next morning, Fu Wenzi explained the Fu Family’s circumstances and showed him Qin Yan’s old photographs.

• Fu Wenzi called Fu Wenli for help after getting lost, then followed a damaged Paper Effigy carrying a letter back to Fu Wenli’s home.
• Fu Wenli drank tea to ward off the beguiling energy and fell asleep quickly with Qin Yan in his arms, while the Anomaly inside him vowed to take over his body.
• Fu Wenli dreamed of the battle against the Puppet Clown, where his Blue Whale teammates had died after being controlled, and saw them tell him not to blame himself and to live.
• Fu Wenli woke crying, and Qin Yan comforted him; he told her that seeing his teammates again had not felt like a nightmare.
• Fu Wenzi and Fu Nanshan brought home breakfast, and Fu Wenzi explained Qin Yan’s situation to Fu Wenli and showed him her old photographs.

Fu Wenli reunited with Qin Yan and learned more about her ordeal, then defied the Anomaly inside him and began making her a protective wooden doll. The chapter left him promising to build new War Puppets for Qin Yan after she asked about the ones that had broken.

• Fu Wenli grew furious when he saw photos of Qin Yan's injuries, and Qin Yan told him the police had arrested the people who hurt her.
• Fu Wenzi told Fu Wenli they had also captured Shen Fu and used Kitty's Dreamweaving Butterfly to give her nightmares.
• Fu Wenli refused to celebrate his birthday, while Fu Wenzi and Fu Nanshan left to buy groceries after the family found the house and courtyard damaged.
• Fu Wenli resisted the Anomaly's attempts to tempt him with bringing his teammates back to life and mocked it as a gutter rat and a clown.
• Qin Yan brought Fu Wenli spirit honey water, and he began carving a wooden doll to protect her.
• Qin Yan asked about the broken War Puppets, and Fu Wenli promised to make new ones for her.

Fu Wenli carved a wooden puppet for Qin Yan while she fed him strawberries and urged him to get healthier. When Fu Nanshan called for help from the market, Fu Wenli took Qin Yan there and found Fu Wenzi confronting an old man who was trying to scam the brothers.

• Fu Wenli told Qin Yan he was carving a puppet doll and decided to make it look like himself so it could stay beside her.
• Qin Yan picked strawberries for Fu Wenli and insisted that he eat them because he was too thin.
• Fu Nanshan called Qin Yan from the market while Fu Wenzi argued with an old man who claimed he had been knocked down.
• Fu Wenli took Qin Yan to the market, where Fu Wenzi sat beside the wailing old man and mocked his attempt to scam the brothers.
• Fu Nanshan listed the old man's past drinking, gambling, drug use, and family troubles, and Fu Wenzi explained the accusations to the crowd.

Fu Wenzi and the Fu family exposed an old man's extortion scam, and the police took him away after he suffered a painful fall and drug withdrawal. Back home, Fu Wenzi revealed that Qin Yan might be able to clear Fu Wenli's contamination, leaving Fu Wenli stunned.

• Fu Wenzi pretended to be injured after the old man struck him with a stone, while Fu Wenli confronted the old man and Qin Yan played along by whimpering.
• The old man cursed at the crowd, and Qin Yan placed a talisman on him at Fu Wenzi's request.
• The old man tripped over his own stone, injured his face and lost teeth, then suffered drug withdrawal while searching for someone to blame.
• The police took the old man away, but he fell and bit his tongue before reaching the station, so he ended up in the hospital.
• At home, Fu Wenzi told Fu Wenli that Qin Yan could try to clear his contamination, and Fu Wenli was shocked by the news.