Chapter Summaries

Castorice and Polyxena began attending Jiangcheng No. 1 High School, where their introduction to the class drew curious reactions. Luo Li became captivated by Castorice and wondered whether his school year would be different with her there.

• Castorice and Polyxena ate breakfast with their adoptive mother, Amonet, who reminded them to act like ordinary students and suggested Castorice visit the kendo club.
• Castorice and Polyxena left the Mourning Funeral Home for their first day at Jiangcheng No. 1 High School.
• Luo Li, Yang Shan, and Kong Yan'er discussed rumors that two unusual twin sisters were transferring into their class.
• Teacher Li introduced Castorice and Polyxena, and Polyxena told the class they had lived by the Mourning Funeral Home.
• Luo Li dropped his pen when Castorice's calm presence caught his attention, then watched her take a seat near him.

Luo Li grew closer to Castorice after giving her wildflowers and walking her home with Polyxena and their friends. He left the funeral home hopeful that his final year of high school would be different.

• Luo Li noticed Castorice alone by the school’s neglected flower bed and left basketball to approach her.
• Castorice spoke about the resilience of the wildflowers, and Luo Li picked a few and gave them to her.
• Castorice accepted the flowers and thanked Luo Li, while Polyxena later teased her about the gift.
• Luo Li offered to walk Castorice and Polyxena home, and Castorice agreed despite Polyxena pointing out that he lived in the east district.
• Luo Li and Castorice talked about life and death on the way to the funeral home, and Castorice quietly agreed when he said the process of living mattered most.
• Polyxena called out a friendly goodbye to Luo Li, and he stayed behind smiling as Yang Shan and Kong Yan'er teased him.

Luo Li accepted Castorice’s invitation to the Mourning Funeral Home, stood up for her family after classmates mocked him, and shared a tender conversation with her at home. He left feeling closer to Castorice and eager to see her again.

• Castorice left Luo Li a note thanking him for the wildflowers and inviting him to the Mourning Funeral Home, and Luo Li agreed.
• Classmates mocked Luo Li for visiting the funeral home, but Kong Yan’er challenged their superstition and Luo Li defended the place himself.
• Castorice welcomed Luo Li into her home, where Polyxena teased him and praised him for defending their family.
• Luo Li told Castorice that she was great, making her blush and briefly smile as their mutual attraction grew.
• Castorice saw Luo Li to the door, and they said they would see each other the next day.

As Class 3 prepared its cultural festival café and haunted house, Luo Li surprised his classmates by using his Super-Speed Reaction ability to sort supplies and later cared for Castorice when she was injured. Their tender moment nearly became a kiss before Polyxena interrupted them, leaving both flustered.

• Murong Xue mocked Castorice over the coffin props, but Polyxena defended her and Luo Li offered her support.
• Luo Li used his Super-Speed Reaction ability to sort the festival supplies quickly and accurately, impressing his classmates and earning Castorice's appreciation.
• During the final preparations, a metal stand and curtain fell on Castorice, scraping and bruising her right arm.
• Luo Li cleaned Castorice's wound and applied a bandage, and the two drew close as he wanted to kiss her.
• Polyxena arrived and interrupted the moment, leaving Luo Li and Castorice embarrassed while she teased them.

After the college entrance exams, Luo Li and Castorice celebrated their admission to the same university with a riverside picnic and a truth-telling game. Their answers revealed their feelings, and they shared their first kiss before Castorice silently accepted Luo Li’s wish to be together at university.

• Luo Li and Castorice learned they had both been admitted to the same university, and Luo Li thanked her for helping him prepare.
• Luo Li suggested a truth-only game, and he and Castorice took turns answering questions over beer.
• Castorice told Luo Li that she first noticed him when he gave her wildflowers during PE.
• Luo Li admitted he had chosen the same university because he did not want to be far from Castorice.
• Luo Li asked to kiss Castorice, and she closed her eyes in consent before they shared their first kiss.
• Luo Li asked Castorice to be with him at university, and she rested her head on his shoulder without answering aloud.

After returning from three months away, Luo Li and Castorice shared a tender morning and cleaned their apartment together. Luo Li told her his parents lived nearby and planned to introduce her to them in a few days, leaving Castorice nervous but hopeful about gaining a family in this world.

• Luo Li woke beside Castorice, and they teased each other about their intimate night.
• Luo Li made Castorice noodle soup, and they cleaned their apartment together.
• Luo Li told Castorice that his parents lived nearby and said he would take her to meet them in a couple of days.
• Luo Li teased Castorice about bringing an extra person along, making her blush and protest.
• Castorice agreed to meet Luo Li's parents and wondered if she would finally have a family in this world.

Luo Li brought Castorice to meet his parents, where Zhou Wan and Luo Mingyuan welcomed her warmly and Castorice began to feel at home with them. As Luo Li and Castorice left, an unfamiliar number marked Murong sent him a message demanding a talk.

• Luo Li reassured Castorice about meeting his parents and arranged a dinner visit with Zhou Wan.
• Castorice prepared carefully for the visit, and Luo Li brought her to his parents’ home with gifts.
• Zhou Wan and Luo Mingyuan welcomed Castorice, who answered their questions using the story Luo Li had prepared for her.
• Zhou Wan served Castorice dinner and later gave her a red envelope, while Castorice helped clear the dishes and won the family’s affection.
• On the way home, Castorice told Luo Li that she liked his parents, and Luo Li received a message from an unfamiliar number marked Murong: “We need to talk.”

Luo Li met Murong Xue at Deep Clouds Café, where she apologized for targeting him and his parents and gave him an ancient record about spatial energy anomaly points. He remained wary of her motives but took the scroll and left to return to Castorice.

• Luo Li showed Castorice Murong Xue's message asking to meet, and they agreed he should hear what she wanted.
• Luo Li met Murong Xue at Deep Clouds Café, where she apologized for her past actions against him and his parents.
• Luo Li told Murong Xue that her future actions mattered more than whether he believed her apology.
• Murong Xue gave Luo Li an ancient record about spatial energy anomaly points, which reminded him of the Harvester and the anomaly beneath the research institute.
• Luo Li left the café suspicious of Murong Xue's motives and headed home to Castorice.

Luo Li learned that a new quest series required him and Castorice to have a child, with powerful rewards tied to its success. He introduced the idea of having a child to Castorice, who responded shyly and with some uncertainty, and decided to prioritize her happiness as they began working toward the prerequisite quests.

• Luo Li returned home to Castorice and enjoyed a quiet moment with her after meeting his parents.
• The system activated the “Branching Out and Bearing Leaves” quest series, requiring Castorice to conceive and safely give birth, and offered powerful rewards.
• The system issued prerequisite quests involving intimate interactions, paired energy cultivation, and creating a safe, happy home for Castorice.
• Luo Li wondered aloud what a child of theirs might look like, and Castorice reacted with surprise, shyness, and uncertainty.
• Luo Li reassured Castorice that they could let things happen naturally and invited her to dinner to celebrate their return and meeting his parents.

Luo Li and Castorice prepared for their wedding, and a system quest challenged him to share a passionate, emotionally resonant kiss with her during the ceremony. As Castorice secretly studied Luo Li’s explicit material and their intimate practice brought their emotional investment close to the required threshold, Luo Li resolved to make their wedding kiss succeed.

• Luo Li asked Castorice to marry him, and she agreed.
• Luo Li booked a banquet hall, chose a revealing wedding dress with Castorice, and invited their family and friends.
• The system issued the limited-time “Kiss of the Vow” quest, requiring a sixty-second kiss with at least 90% emotional investment during the ceremony.
• Luo Li and Castorice practiced kissing, but the system measured their emotional investment at 78%.
• Luo Li caught Castorice watching his explicit study material, and she admitted she was learning in preparation for their future together.
• Luo Li gave Castorice intimate tutoring, raising their emotional investment to 89%, and resolved to complete the wedding kiss successfully.

Luo Li and Castorice celebrated their wedding with family and friends, and Luo Li completed the system’s timed wedding-kiss mission. That night, they began their married life together in the bridal chamber.

• Zhou Wan escorted Castorice down the aisle and entrusted her to Luo Li, who promised to treat her well.
• Luo Li and Castorice exchanged rings, then shared a tender kiss as the system monitored their emotional engagement.
• Luo Li completed the 60-second mission and received the permanent “United Hearts Lock” buff and three “Happy Memories” crystals.
• After the wedding celebration, Luo Li and Castorice were alone in their bridal chamber and began their wedding night.

Luo Li and Castorice learned they were expecting twins, and the system granted Luo Li powerful spacetime rewards and a pregnancy-care mission. The chapter ended with Luo Li seeing a future where Castorice and their daughters stood in an unfamiliar holy city without him, leaving him terrified that his family would return to Amphoreus and forget him.

• The system confirmed that Castorice had conceived twins, and Luo Li excitedly told her they would become parents.
• The system advanced Luo Li's [Spacetime] Path, evolved Bloodblade Enma, and granted him further enhancements and access to a tributary of the River of Spacetime.
• The system issued a Special Pregnancy Care mission, with rewards including abilities, enhancements to the twins' talents, and a fragment tied to the River of Spacetime's source.
• Castorice recalled her sister Polyxena and felt relieved that their children would not face Amphoreus's cruel fate or inherit the authority of death.
• Luo Li's [Eyes of the Time Abyss] showed him Castorice and their two daughters in a holy city, with Luo Li absent from their lives.
• Luo Li panicked that Castorice and the twins would return to Amphoreus and that he would be erased from their future.

After learning that a future without him still awaited Castorice, Luo Li kept his fears from his pregnant wife and pursued a system mission to care for her and their twins. He completed the first phase and received a new mission to build a nursery, with a protective ability among its promised rewards.

• Luo Li decided not to tell Castorice about the future and resolved to gain enough power to change it.
• The system issued the first phase of a pregnancy-care mission, and Luo Li applied a [Spacetime] Tranquility field to the residence.
• Over the next week, Luo Li cooked for Castorice and kept her company, completing the mission and earning Life Aura Perception, a Calming Sachet, and 5,000 contribution points.
• Luo Li used Life Aura Perception to sense Castorice and the twins, then gave her the sachet, which helped her feel more comfortable.
• The system issued a second mission to build a nursery within a month, offering Spacetime Cradle, Protective Barrier, and a random life- or growth-related item as rewards.
• Luo Li excitedly asked Castorice to help furnish the nursery, and she agreed.

After learning that Castorice was carrying twins, Luo Li told Zhou Wan, who rushed over to care for her and ordered him to protect her and the babies. The family shared a warm moment, leaving Luo Li determined to protect their happiness despite the ominous fragments of the future.

• Luo Li excitedly told Zhou Wan that Castorice was pregnant with twins, and Zhou Wan immediately set out to visit them.
• Zhou Wan arrived with bags and a suitcase, checked the apartment, and instructed Luo Li to handle all the housework and prioritize Castorice’s safety.
• Zhou Wan threatened to break Luo Li’s legs if he upset or neglected Castorice.
• Castorice woke and joined Zhou Wan, who welcomed her warmly and offered her food and care supplies.
• Watching Castorice and Zhou Wan together, Luo Li felt his worries ease and resolved to protect his family and their unborn twins.

Luo Li’s attentive care for Castorice earned him a flood of system rewards, including powerful S-rank spacetime abilities and an enhanced physique. After testing his new teleportation and weapon enchantment, he returned to Castorice and renewed his resolve to protect her and their children.

• Luo Li received support skills and items for massaging Castorice, cooking for her, helping her cultivate, and cheering her up.
• Castorice’s deep, peaceful rest triggered special rewards: the S-rank skills Space-Trace Instant Shadow and Path Imprint, an advanced Spacetime Affinity Physique, 20,000 contribution points, and a random A-rank item draw.
• Luo Li tested Space-Trace Instant Shadow by teleporting from the balcony into the living room.
• Luo Li enchanted Bloodblade Enma with his Spacetime Path, then dispelled the effect so he would not frighten Castorice.
• Luo Li checked Castorice’s happy mood and felt the auras of their unborn children as he silently promised to protect them.

After another vision of Castorice and their unborn daughters forgetting him, Luo Li accepted a dangerous mission to kill the Grand Duke of the Decaying Corpse in exchange for rewards that could protect his children and alter his fate. He left his family with a false excuse and entered Bone Valley, ready to face the S-rank vampire lord.

• Luo Li awoke from a vision of a future where Castorice and their daughters did not remember him, then accepted the system's seven-day mission to kill the Grand Duke of the Decaying Corpse.
• Luo Li told Castorice and Zhou Wan that he had to leave for a low-risk guild assignment, and asked Yang Shan to watch over his family.
• Three days later, Luo Li left home and used Space-Trace Instant Shadow to travel toward Bone Valley.
• Luo Li reached Bone Valley, drew Bloodblade Enma, activated Path Imprint, and used Tracing Causes and Peering into Secrets to assess the valley.
• Luo Li charged into the death mist, declaring that the Grand Duke's core would be his.

Luo Li effortlessly cut through the Grand Duke of the Decaying Corpse’s skeletal army and killed the S-rank vampire lord in a single strike. He collected the lord’s core crystal, and the system announced that he had completed the “Proof of Protection” ultimate challenge mission.

• Luo Li used his Spacetime Domain to freeze and pulverize the skeletal creatures swarming him.
• Luo Li destroyed three skeletal giants in seconds using spacetime powers and Enma.
• Luo Li reached the Grand Duke of the Decaying Corpse’s throne and analyzed the lord’s attack and weaknesses.
• Luo Li used the secret art Instant Eternity to reduce the Grand Duke and his throne to dust.
• Luo Li picked up the death-energy core crystal, and the system announced his mission’s completion.

After defeating the Grand Duke of the Decaying Corpse, Luo Li returned home to Castorice and shared the names he had chosen for their unborn twin daughters. The family welcomed the news, while Luo Li silently resolved to use his newly acquired [Seed of Destiny] to change their future.

• Luo Li left Bone Valley after defeating the Grand Duke of the Decaying Corpse and reflected on his growing power.
• Luo Li returned home, reassured Zhou Wan that he was safe, and reunited with Castorice.
• Luo Li felt the twins moving and told Castorice they seemed healthy and active.
• Zhou Wan asked about the babies' names and sex, and Luo Li revealed they were two daughters named Luo Shiyu and Luo Shiyi.
• Luo Li explained the meanings behind the names, and Castorice and Zhou Wan both approved of them.
• Luo Li looked at the newly acquired [Seed of Destiny] in the system space and resolved to change the twins' fate.

Luo Li prepared for Castorice’s delivery after foreseeing the birth of their twin daughters, but an unknowable force erased Castorice, Luo Shiyu, and Luo Shiyi moments after they were born. He was left alone in the delivery room, unable to stop or explain their disappearance.

• Luo Li used his time-sight to prepare for Castorice’s delivery, but he could not see what would happen after the birth.
• Castorice went into labor, and Luo Li, Zhou Wan, Yang Shan, Qingqiu Ze, and Lu Jingheng’s medical robot helped prepare for the delivery.
• Castorice gave birth safely to twin daughters, Luo Shiyu and Luo Shiyi, and Luo Li held them as he looked toward her.
• Luo Shiyu and Luo Shiyi vanished from Luo Li’s arms, while Castorice began dissolving into blue motes.
• Luo Li tried his powers and the Seed of Destiny to stop the disappearance, but Castorice and both daughters vanished completely.

After Castorice and their newborn daughters vanished and everyone else forgot they existed, Luo Li learned the system could reveal their whereabouts if he completed its final mission. He took up an empowered Enma and set out to eliminate every vampire, determined to find his family.

• Luo Li found the delivery room empty and realized Castorice and their daughters had disappeared, while Zhou Wan, Yang Shan, and Qingqiu Ze remembered none of them.
• Luo Li collapsed in despair as he concluded that Amphoreus had taken his family and erased their existence from everyone's memories but his.
• The system issued the final mission to eliminate all vampires on Earth, promising Castorice and the girls' whereabouts as the reward.
• The system empowered Enma with the ability to absorb slain vampires' essence and memories, warning Luo Li that excessive absorption could trigger a loss of control.
• Luo Li took Enma, told Zhou Wan and his friends to go home, and left to begin his hunt for vampires.