Chapter Summaries

Luo Li helped Castorice make her first online purchase, then surprised her with a better hair clip and pothos. Castorice cherished both gifts, her affection for Luo Li rose, and she agreed to experience more firsts with him.

• Luo Li patiently taught Castorice how to shop online, and she ordered a pale purple bow clip and a pothos.
• While Castorice eagerly tracked the delivery, Luo Li bought her a more elaborate amethyst hair clip and a healthier pothos as surprise gifts.
• Castorice happily accepted both the delivered items and Luo Li's upgraded gifts, raising her affection to 88%.
• Luo Li helped Castorice put on the amethyst clip, completing the “Mark of the Bond” mission and improving his [Remembrance Weaving] and Portable Space.
• Luo Li asked Castorice if he could take her to experience other firsts, and she gave a quiet nod.

Luo Li found that his enhanced Remembrance powers sharpened his game sense, but he could not bring himself to tell Castorice that his abilities came from her. After learning that authorities had dismantled the vampire gathering place they had visited, he warned Xiao Hong not to return, while Castorice quietly accepted that Luo Li still had secrets.

• Luo Li used Remembrance Perception while streaming and made better predictions in ranked matches, impressing his viewers.
• After the stream, Luo Li considered the unfinished quest asking him to tell Castorice that his Path power originated from her, then fell asleep without deciding what to say.
• The next morning, Xiao Hong asked to go out foraging, but Luo Li refused and showed it television instead.
• A news report announced that authorities had destroyed the vampire gathering point Luo Li and Castorice had visited, so Luo Li forbade Xiao Hong from returning there.
• Xiao Hong urged Luo Li to confess his secret to Castorice, but he feared changing their relationship and claimed he was only wondering about breakfast.
• Castorice sensed that Luo Li and Xiao Hong had been discussing something, but decided their shared warmth mattered more than his secrets.

Luo Li discovered that Castorice had been leaving notes to reassure herself after repeated dreams of his death, and promised he would never forget her. Their bond raised her affection to 98% and unlocked the awakening conditions for the hidden Path of Finality, which Luo Li resolved to pursue so he could protect her.

• Luo Li noticed Castorice’s increasingly frequent sticky notes carried deep worry and fear, but she initially insisted nothing was wrong.
• Luo Li confronted Castorice on the balcony, and she revealed dreams in which different versions of him died while she watched helplessly.
• Castorice asked Luo Li if he would forget her, and he swore that he never would.
• Castorice took comfort in Luo Li’s promise, and the system raised her affection to 98%, fulfilling the conditions to awaken the Path of Finality.
• Luo Li resolved to become strong enough to defy the futures Castorice had seen and protect her.

After Castorice’s breakdown, Luo Li followed the system’s advice to focus on stabilizing the Remembrance Path while patiently nurturing her affection. A meeting with Yuan Huan at the Ability Users' Guild library sharpened his resolve to grow strong enough to protect Castorice.

• Luo Li carried the sleeping Castorice to her room, then began studying and training the Remembrance Path instead of attempting the dangerous Finality awakening.
• Castorice grew more openly dependent on Luo Li, and his steady companionship raised her affection to 98.1%.
• Luo Li went to the Ability Users' Guild library to seek books about mental energy and rare abilities.
• Yuan Huan recognized Luo Li, noticed that his energy felt different, and warned him that the city was unsettled and he should avoid wandering outside.
• After Yuan Huan left, Luo Li checked out books, gained a little more understanding of the Remembrance Path, and headed home determined to protect Castorice.

Luo Li focused on making Castorice happy rather than chasing an affection increase, and their shared romance movies brought them closer. After they cuddled through a film, Castorice agreed to watch another with him the next day.

• Luo Li continued strengthening his mental power foundation and adopted Castorice's happiness as his guiding principle.
• Castorice became engrossed in romance movies, and Luo Li made watching them together a regular activity.
• While they watched a reunion scene, Luo Li put his arm around Castorice, and she leaned against him.
• After the movie, the system reported that their emotional bond had grown stronger despite no increase in affection percentage.
• Castorice agreed to watch another movie with Luo Li the next day.

Yang Shan unexpectedly visited Luo Li after his patrol shift and discovered Castorice staying in his apartment, mistaking her for Luo Li’s girlfriend. Yang Shan left when an urgent assignment came in, and Luo Li reassured the wary Castorice before the system confirmed that the identity-exposure crisis had ended safely.

• Yang Shan arrived at Luo Li’s apartment late at night to eat and relax after patrol, unaware Castorice was there.
• Castorice emerged from her room in pajamas, and Yang Shan excitedly assumed she was Luo Li’s girlfriend.
• Yang Shan teased Luo Li and tried to question Castorice, while she looked to Luo Li for reassurance.
• An urgent communicator call sent Yang Shan back to duty before Luo Li had to explain their living arrangement.
• Luo Li told Castorice that Yang Shan was a loud but good friend, and she leaned against him as the system reported the crisis resolved.

After Yang Shan called Castorice “sister-in-law,” Luo Li explained the term and awkwardly insisted he had no improper intentions. Castorice returned to her room with new, unsettled thoughts about their relationship, while Luo Li stayed behind wrestling with his feelings.

• Yang Shan left Luo Li and Castorice alone, and Castorice asked Luo Li what “sister-in-law” meant.
• Luo Li explained that the term could refer to a close friend’s girlfriend, and Castorice wondered whether it described her relationship with him.
• Castorice blushed as she considered Luo Li’s care for her, while Xiao Hong urged him to act on her apparent interest.
• Luo Li insisted that he helped Castorice only because she had no one to rely on and said he was not lusting after her body.
• Castorice thanked Luo Li and returned to her room, where she pondered his words as the system reported that the exchange had deepened her contemplation.

Luo Li devised a plan to register his Path of [Remembrance] as a vampire-focused support ability so he could obtain safe, legal research materials for Xiao Hong. After passing the guild’s assessment, he received official C+ rank credentials and permission to apply for missions and research resources.

• Xiao Hong told Luo Li that its energy supply was running low and that it needed purer, higher-quality energy to grow.
• Luo Li found a guild rule allowing registered support and research ability users to apply for vampire specimens, and decided to disguise [Remembrance] as [Deep Information Perception and Traceback].
• Castorice agreed that Luo Li’s plan was safer than sneaking out to hunt and offered to help him if needed.
• Luo Li submitted his C+ rank ability registration application and was summoned to the guild’s testing center two days later.
• Luo Li used [Remembrance Perception] to describe three vampire samples, including information about a C-rank predator’s activity near the western outskirts.
• Examiner Li approved Luo Li’s ability as a C+ rank support ability, activated his guild permissions, and called abilities like his “bug-type abilities.”

After celebrating Luo Li’s new legal identity with Castorice, Luo Li’s [Finality] Path awakened and showed him a possible future in which Castorice returned to Okhema with twin daughters and he was nowhere to be seen. The vision left him shaken, but the system’s warning that the future could change rekindled his resolve to grow stronger and stay by her side.

• Luo Li returned home excited about registering his Bug-type ability and invited Castorice to celebrate by eating out.
• Luo Li and Castorice dressed up, enjoyed a dinner at a fusion restaurant, and walked home together through Jiangcheng.
• Luo Li’s [Finality] Path activated spontaneously, showing him fragments of possible futures and draining his mental strength.
• Luo Li saw Castorice in Okhema with twin daughters who resembled her, but could not find himself in that future.
• Castorice steadied the pale and distressed Luo Li, who concealed what he had seen and asked to go home.
• The system explained that the future was only a possibility, and Luo Li resolved to change it as he took Castorice’s hand.

Luo Li accepted his first Guild mission and investigated a suspected vampire nest with Castorice, uncovering an experiment that had created a deadly monster. Castorice saved him from its ambush, and they left with their bond strengthened and a promise to take future missions together.

• Luo Li accepted Guild mission C-774 to investigate abnormal energy at the Seventh Abandoned Biological Research Institute and agreed to let Castorice accompany him.
• Luo Li used [Remembrance Perception] to discover that researchers had fused vampire elements in an experiment, creating a monster that might still be inside the institute.
• The monster attacked Luo Li from a ventilation duct, but Castorice cut it down with her scythe before it could kill him.
• Luo Li recorded the evidence and collected a tissue sample while Xiao Hong absorbed the monster's memories and life essence.
• Luo Li and Castorice submitted their findings to the patrol, then agreed to go on future missions together as their trust and affection grew.

After discovering Castorice’s secret love of male/male fanfiction, Luo Li encouraged her to write stories about Phainon and Mydei. She wanted to earn money from her writing but did not know how to use a keyboard, so Luo Li began patiently teaching her to type, and their bond grew closer.

• Luo Li found Castorice secretly reading spicy Blade and Dan Heng fanfiction and learned she had written stories about Phainon and Mydei in Amphoreus.
• After Luo Li explained that online writing could earn money, Castorice decided to write a fanfiction about Phainon and Mydei meeting at the Hero’s Bath.
• Castorice asked Luo Li to teach her how to use a keyboard, and he guided her through typing names and correcting her mistakes.
• Castorice practiced typing slowly each day while Luo Li encouraged her and praised her progress.
• Castorice continued writing her fanfiction, and the system reported that her creative drive was fulfilled and her bond with Luo Li had grown closer.

Luo Li dreaded his mother’s birthday call because he expected another round of marriage pressure, but Castorice stepped in and introduced herself as his friend, delighting his mother. After the call, Luo Li hinted that he would bring a girlfriend home for New Year, and Castorice fled shyly as her affection for him rose to 99.1%.

• Luo Li told Castorice that his mother’s birthday calls usually turned into pressure to find a girlfriend and get married.
• Luo Li called his parents for his mother’s birthday, and his mother soon began questioning him about his love life.
• Castorice brought Luo Li water, greeted his mother, and introduced herself as Luo Li’s friend who he took good care of.
• Luo Li’s mother happily questioned Castorice and invited her to visit, while Luo Li struggled to explain the situation.
• After the call, Luo Li thanked Castorice and said he would bring a girlfriend home for New Year; Castorice blushed and hurried away.
• The system reported that Castorice’s affection for Luo Li had reached 99.1%.

Luo Li and Castorice headed to an amusement park date, but on the subway a woman harassed them and insulted Castorice and Luo Li. Luo Li used Remembrance Weaving and Finality to trap the woman in a terrifying mental world, then left the train with Castorice, who asked what he had done.

• Luo Li invited Castorice to the Star Rail Amusement Park, and she agreed to go with him.
• On the crowded subway, a woman in a Lolita dress berated a boy, then insulted Castorice and Luo Li.
• Castorice confronted the woman and defended Luo Li, but the woman continued hurling abuse at them.
• Luo Li used Remembrance Weaving combined with Finality to plunge the woman into a terrifying mental world, causing her to collapse in the carriage.
• Luo Li took Castorice off the train, and when she asked what he had done, he said he had given the woman a taste of retribution.

Luo Li and Castorice became a couple after he confessed to her atop the Ferris wheel, and the system rewarded him with the new Path of Spacetime and a powerful weapon. The chapter left them kissing as Luo Li vowed to use his new abilities to protect Castorice and their future.

• Luo Li explained the malice they encountered on the subway to Castorice, who said she only believed him.
• Luo Li and Castorice enjoyed rides and games at Star Rail Amusement Park, then rode the Ferris wheel together.
• Luo Li confessed his feelings to Castorice, and she accepted his request to be his girlfriend.
• The system declared Castorice's affection above 100% and granted Luo Li the Path of Spacetime, five S-rank abilities, and the growth-type weapon Bloodblade Enma.
• Luo Li promised to protect Castorice with his new power, and Castorice kissed him before he kissed her back.

The chapter presents Luo Li as a five-star Quantum character on the Spacetime Path, detailing his combat abilities, personal history, relationships, and signature Light Cone. It leaves him resolved to use his power to protect Castorice and reshape their future.

• Luo Li's character profile listed his stats, traces, and combat abilities, including Spacetime Rift, Remembrance Echo, and his Spacetime Sovereign state.
• Luo Li's story recounted how he went from a C-rank streamer to meeting Castorice, lifting her death curse, and awakening his Path with her support.
• Luo Li's feelings for Castorice awakened the Spacetime Path, and Bloodblade Enma came into being as he resolved to change fate.
• Luo Li's voice lines described his powers, his bond with Castorice, and his trust in Yang Shan.
• Luo Li's signature Light Cone, Finality Overture of Spacetime Echoes, boosted his combat abilities and represented his vow to protect the future.

After becoming lovers with Castorice, Luo Li accepted a dangerous B-rank mission to test his new powers and Bloodblade Enma. He exterminated the Corrosive Blood Bat nest, killed its B-rank core, and collected the mission reward and a B-rank vampire crystal.

• Luo Li and Castorice became lovers, and the system unlocked the exclusive lovers module.
• Luo Li accepted mission B-113 to exterminate a Corrosive Blood Bat nest in the old district’s underground drainage system.
• Luo Li showed Castorice Bloodblade Enma and assured her he could handle the mission, then entered Area B-7 alone.
• Luo Li used time manipulation and Enma to cut through the blood bats and kill the giant B-rank bat at the nest’s core.
• Luo Li extracted a B-rank vampire crystal and received 300 contribution points, while Enma absorbed the bat’s blood and grew stronger.

After completing a B-rank mission, Luo Li returned home to Castorice, where they discussed becoming more intimate. He asked her to wait until he could provide a secure home, and they ended the night with renewed trust and a shared goal.

• Luo Li returned from his B-rank mission with 300 contribution points and a vampire crystal, then reassured Castorice that the fight had gone smoothly.
• Castorice tentatively invited Luo Li to take their relationship further, and the system urged him to accept for an ultimate power package.
• Luo Li remembered a vision of Castorice with twin girls and stopped Castorice as she began unbuttoning his pajamas.
• Luo Li explained that their finances and living conditions were too uncertain for a family, and promised to build a stable future before they became more intimate.
• Castorice understood, forgave his hesitation, and agreed to wait; the system raised their bond to Soulmates and tied the ultimate package to achieving a stable home.
• Luo Li and Castorice promised to work toward a home of their own and fell asleep in each other's arms.

Luo Li took a high-yield guild mission and earned 560 contribution points by clearing an Iron-Eroding Ghost Mantis nest. At home, he celebrated Castorice’s growing success as a writer, and they planned to save for a bigger home.

• Luo Li encouraged Castorice as her fanfiction gained readers and a recommendation slot, then headed to the Ability Users' Guild for a profitable mission.
• Luo Li accepted a mission to clear Iron-Eroding Ghost Mantises and collect their acid sacs and metal cores at an abandoned vehicle processing plant.
• Luo Li used Enma, his Spacetime abilities, and Portable Space to defeat the mantises and gather 35 acid sacs and 42 metal cores.
• Luo Li turned in the materials and received 560 contribution points, deciding to focus on similar gathering and nest-clearing missions.
• Castorice showed Luo Li her reader comments and tips, and they celebrated their achievements over cake while planning to move into a bigger home.

Luo Li’s rapid quest completions drew attention, and he tried to qualify for a dangerous A-series defense quest by getting his rank reassessed. Yu Qian referred him to A-rank adviser Lei Zhen, who passed him through an unconventional test and ordered him to return for a combat assessment.

• Luo Li used his [Spacetime] Path and Enma to complete guild quests efficiently, earning a reputation among junior staff and low-rank ability users.
• Yang Shan warned Luo Li that his success had attracted attention and that guild officials might assess his rank and abilities.
• Luo Li tried to accept quest A-009, but the guild clerk refused because his C-plus-rank certification did not meet the requirements.
• Luo Li contacted Yu Qian, who gave him the address of A-rank adviser Lei Zhen at the Zhenhuan Martial Arts School.
• Lei Zhen had Luo Li lift a heavy stone lock and run while shouting that he wanted to get stronger, then told him to return at six the next morning for a practical combat assessment.

Luo Li concealed his strongest abilities during a combat assessment with Lei Zhen, relying on his reactions and resilience to earn an official B-rank combat rating. After enduring a severe beating, he rewound his physical condition and headed home to Castorice without a scratch.

• Luo Li decided to demonstrate only enough combat ability to pass Lei Zhen’s assessment without revealing his [Spacetime] Path or Bloodblade Enma.
• Lei Zhen tested Luo Li by attacking him, and Luo Li used his reactions and predictions to defend himself while holding back his strength.
• Luo Li endured ten minutes of Lei Zhen’s blows, and Lei Zhen passed him and certified him with a B-rank combat rating.
• After leaving the martial arts school, Luo Li used the [Spacetime] Path to rewind his physical condition and heal his injuries.
• Luo Li headed home in high spirits, relieved that Castorice would not see him battered.