Chapter Summaries

As a torrential storm approached, Ye Huan brought his family, Xiaobai’s wolf father, and his grandfather to shelter at his home. While the rain battered the village, his grandfather recounted seeing a mysterious long creature in a mountain pool.

• Ye Huan harvested watermelons and peaches, then brought Xiaobai’s wolf father and a wild deer home after the wolf warned him about torrential rain and flash floods.
• Ye Huan sent his father to deliver vegetables, watermelons, and peaches to Manager Du, and told the workers to leave before the storm arrived.
• As the rain began, Ye Huan’s family and Bai Jie took the children home, while Ye Huan went to fetch his grandfather.
• Ye Huan wrapped his grandfather’s belongings, brought him back to the house, and secretly stored the bundle in his space.
• As lightning and heavy rain struck, Ye Huan’s grandfather described seeing a long creature flash through a pool deep in the mountains.

During a rainy night, Ye Huan listened as Grandpa recounted the Ye Family’s history, its martial arts, and the feats of his ancestors. Grandpa gave Ye Huan a meridian book to study and began explaining the ranks of ancient martial arts.

• Ye Huan asked Grandpa about the creature he had once seen in the mountains, and Grandpa guessed it had been a huge python or flood dragon rather than a dragon.
• Grandpa told Ye Huan that the Ye Family had practiced ancient martial arts for over six hundred years and described how Ye Huan’s great-grandfather fought Japanese soldiers and died rescuing his sworn brother.
• Grandpa explained that he and his great-grandfather had practiced lightness skills, and promised to teach Ye Huan the family’s techniques, including the Muscle-Dividing and Bone-Dislocating Hand.
• Grandpa told Ye Huan to open the black wooden box and study the book on meridians and acupoints, which also contained Grandpa’s insights.
• Grandpa explained the ancient martial arts ranks, from unranked fighters through yellow-level martial artists and mystic-level martial warriors to earth-level martial masters.

Ye Huan learned that Grandpa had regained his Grandmaster rank and reflected on the need to keep the Spirit Spring Space secret. During a violent storm, Bai Jie’s house collapsed, and Ye Huan brought her and Jingjing to stay with his family.

• Grandpa told Ye Huan that his true qi had strengthened and that he was still a Grandmaster, while Ye Huan decided to conceal the Spirit Spring Space and learn the Spirit Gathering Formation.
• Grandpa explained that he had taught Ye Huan martial arts from childhood after Ye Huan’s father proved unsuited to it.
• As the storm intensified, Ye Huan and Grandpa discussed the ruined crops, the need for greenhouses, and how the strawberry greenhouse had protected the berries.
• Bai Jie called Ye Huan to say her house had collapsed, so he rushed out to bring her and Jingjing to safety.
• Ye Huan cursed Ye Gou, promised to build Bai Jie a new house, and brought her and Jingjing home to stay with his family.

After learning that Bai Jie and Jingjing had nearly died when their house collapsed in the storm, Ye Huan demanded justice from Ye Gou and threatened to end his partnership with the village. When village gossip accused him of being involved with Bai Jie, Ye Huan's grandfather intervened and punished Ye Gou and Old Eighth, threatening to expel their family from Ye Family Village.

• Ye Huan learned that Bai Jie and Jingjing had nearly died in their collapsed house and summoned the village chief and elders to demand action against Ye Gou.
• Ye Huan dragged Ye Gou to the damaged house, beat him, demanded a hundred thousand within three days, and declared his village partnership void when no one supported him.
• Ye Huan's grandfather promised to take responsibility for his grandson's actions.
• Rumors spread that Ye Huan was involved with Bai Jie, so his grandfather went to Old Eighth's home and beat and hung Old Eighth and Ye Gou from a tree.
• Ye Wuju blamed Old Eighth and Ye Gou for slandering Bai Jie, threatened to expel their family from Ye Family Village, and reprimanded village chief Ye Daming.

Ye Wuju drove Eighth Uncle’s family out of the village after Ye Gou spread sexual rumors about Bai Jie, while Ye Huan and his family sheltered Bai Jie and Jingjing. As the heavy rain continued, the family discussed recovering their crops and ordering greenhouses, and Ye Huan ended the night tending his crops in the space.

• Ye Wuju stopped whipping Ye Gou after Eighth agreed to leave the village, then reprimanded the elders and warned Ye Daming to uphold justice as village chief.
• Ye Huan agreed with Ye Wuju to stop cooperating with the village until the villagers learned their lesson, and Ye Wuju comforted himself with candy from Jingjing.
• Bai Jie packed to leave, but Ye Huan and his mother persuaded her to stay with Jingjing and promised to help rebuild her house.
• Ye Huan’s family discussed the rain damage and arranging custom greenhouses, while Bai Jie stayed with them for dinner.
• Ye Huan drank with Ye Wuju, put Jingjing to bed, and then harvested ripe vegetables, turned the soil, sowed seeds, and watered them in his space.

Ye Huan discovered that his Spirit Spring Space had doubled in size and broke through to what he estimated was level five, gaining improved senses and a powerful Fireball Spell. After the rain stopped, he checked the swollen river and prepared to explore the mountains for plants and animals to bring back to the space.

• Ye Huan measured the Spirit Spring Space and found it had grown to 1,320 square meters, then wondered whether growing crops and raising animals had caused it to expand.
• Ye Huan completed 36 cultivation circulations, broke through again, and noticed improved hearing, eyesight, and night vision.
• Ye Huan tested his stronger Fireball Spell and watched it burn Chinese cabbage and an iron scale weight to ash.
• Ye Huan spoke with Disco about going into the mountains, but decided they would wait until the rain stopped and conditions were safer.
• After the rain eased, Ye Huan checked the river and saw that its water had risen almost to the road.

Ye Huan went into the mountains with Disco and Saihu to explore and test the strength he had gained at level five. After the dogs drew a huge wild boar into a confrontation, Ye Huan negotiated compensation and left with a few valuable leaves.

• Ye Huan ignored his parents' concerns, equipped himself, and entered the mountains with Disco and Saihu.
• Ye Huan tested his new strength by leaping onto a high branch, then searched the forest and gathered plants for his space.
• Disco and Saihu confronted a huge boar, which charged them and then threatened them again when Disco approached its piglets.
• Ye Huan confronted the boar with his machete and demanded compensation for its attacks on his companions.
• The boar led Ye Huan to a sheltered spot near its valley, where he found familiar valuable leaves and agreed to let the encounter go.

Ye Huan found a nearly 780-year-old wild ginseng beyond Wild Boar Ridge and returned home with a large haul of game. After Grandpa warned him to avoid going deeper toward a dangerous pool, he asked Ye Huan to bring down his bundle.

• Ye Huan dug up a valuable wild ginseng, transplanted wild tea plants into his space, and met Disco with several animals he had hunted.
• Ye Huan offered Disco spirit spring water before the wolf returned to the mountains, then brought the game home with Saihu and Ye Dafa.
• Ye Huan showed Grandpa the ginseng, and Grandpa estimated it was about 780 years old; Ye Huan decided to keep it.
• Grandpa warned Ye Huan not to venture past Wild Boar Ridge toward a nearby pool, then asked him to bring down his bundle.
• Ye Huan went upstairs and brought the bundle down after taking it from his space.

Grandpa handed Ye Huan the family’s collection of precious medicinal ingredients, animal products, and antiques, explaining their histories and uses. Ye Huan stored the treasures safely and planned to keep most of them, while considering selling the valuable jadeite for gold.

• Grandpa gave Ye Huan boxes of treasured items, including rhinoceros horn, bear gall, old ginseng, ancient jade, and glass-type jadeite.
• Grandpa told Ye Huan about the tiger hide, tiger penis, tiger bone wine, injury medicines, and other goods kept in his secret room.
• Ye Huan said he wanted to preserve the collection as family heirlooms, and Grandpa agreed.
• Ye Huan explained that the jadeite could be worth at least ten million, and Grandpa asked him to sell it and set aside some money for Ye Huan's aunt's family.
• Grandpa completed the handover, and Ye Huan carried the bundle upstairs and stored the treasures in his space.

After the storm, Ye Huan’s family shared a lavish dinner and discussed restarting vegetable deliveries and rebuilding their damaged animal shelters. Ye Huan later walked through the village with Jingjing, met his second uncle setting river traps, and ended the evening admiring the moon with her.

• Ye Huan and his family ate a feast with Bai Jie and Jingjing while Ye Huan’s father discussed making a vegetable delivery once the road was passable.
• Ye Huan told his father to ask about sturdy pigpens and chicken coops, and decided the family should keep their remaining poultry after the storm’s losses.
• Ye Huan’s parents delivered meat to friends, while Ye Huan took Jingjing out for a stroll with Xiaobai and Saihu.
• Ye Huan met his second uncle setting traps by the river and asked him to save some small fish if he caught any.
• Ye Huan walked through the quiet village with Jingjing, learned from the village chief that Eighth Grandpa and his family had left, and admired the moon with Jingjing.

Ye Huan cultivated, chose a safer site for new livestock pens, and watered pear and kiwifruit trees with spirit spring water. After his father reported that Gu Family Cuisine was thriving, Ye Huan discussed the new livestock and the difficulty of setting prices for the pigs, cattle, and sheep.

• Ye Huan sorted through his grandfather’s treasures, cultivated through the night, and reflected on his family and the possibility that his grandmother was still alive.
• Ye Huan inspected the mountain, found that a flash flood had destroyed part of the old chicken coop, and selected a safer site for new pens.
• Ye Huan watered the pear and kiwifruit trees with spirit spring water and decided to let the fruit grow in season.
• Ye Huan’s father said Gu Family Cuisine was busy and that Manager Du wanted more fruit for customers to take home.
• Ye Huan learned that chicks, ducklings, and goslings had arrived, but worried that selling his pigs, cattle, and sheep would be difficult because he could not agree on a fair price.

Ye Huan arranged help for his livestock and orchard, planned several construction projects, and took Jingjing and Little Tangyuan to fish for crayfish while livestreaming. The children filled their buckets as Ye Huan caught only a dozen, leaving him embarrassed in front of the viewers.

• Ye Huan agreed to raise pigs for a potential buyer and asked Grandpa to find two villagers to tend the livestock and orchard.
• Ye Huan told his mother to hire more help if needed, then entrusted the construction boss with refurbishing his home and building houses for Bai Jie and Da Hu's grandfather.
• Ye Huan also commissioned a small, fortified cabin with a bathroom and fireplace for the orchard on the back hill.
• Ye Huan took Jingjing, Little Tangyuan, Little Flower, and two dogs to a ditch to fish for crayfish, then started a livestream.
• Jingjing and Little Tangyuan filled both their buckets in half an hour, while Ye Huan caught only a dozen crayfish and drew teasing comments from viewers.

Ye Huan hosted a family dinner after Little Tangyuan and Jingjing caught a haul of crayfish, gathering relatives to share a feast. Over drinks, he said he was taking a break from the village cooperative but offered to help his cousin and his wife grow vegetables if needed.

• Little Tangyuan and Jingjing caught many crayfish while Ye Huan gathered river snails and ended his livestream as rain approached.
• Ye Huan invited Little Tangyuan to dinner and welcomed Second Uncle, who brought cleaned small fish and shrimp.
• Ye Huan and his family prepared stewed game, chicken soup, fish with griddle cakes, crayfish, and other dishes for dinner.
• Ye Huan's family and relatives ate together, while Jingjing praised Disco and Xiaobai ate nearby.
• Second Uncle asked whether Ye Huan would manage the cooperative, and Ye Huan said he would take a break but would help his cousin and his wife grow vegetables.

Ye Huan and his relatives discussed village farming and Bai Jie’s share of land before Ye Wuju was summoned to treat Ninth Uncle’s feverish son, Xiao Huo. Ye Wuju brought Xiao Huo’s fever down with acupuncture, but warned that the boy had suffered a severe fright and nearly died.

• Ye Huan told his relatives that mountain-spring vegetables could sell for three to five yuan per jin and discussed setting up an agricultural products company.
• Ye Huan’s mother asked for land to be allotted to Bai Jie, and Ye Huan’s grandfather agreed to give her a plot of about two mu.
• Ninth Uncle, Ye Daquan, rushed to Ye Wuju’s home and begged him to treat Xiao Huo, who had a high fever and was babbling.
• Ye Wuju examined Xiao Huo and used acupuncture while Ye Huan assisted by lowering the boy’s temperature.
• Ye Wuju told Ye Daquan that Xiao Huo had suffered a fright and would have died if they had waited longer to call for help.

Ye Wuju used his Chill Through the Heart Needling Technique and medicine to save Xiao Huo, while Ye Huan secretly helped with Spirit Spring Water. Back home, Ye Huan’s father and second uncle drank together as Ye Wuju explained that his son was coping with the realization that Ye Huan had surpassed him.

• Ye Wuju rebuked Ye Daquan for delaying treatment and explained that Xiao Huo might have died without his intervention.
• Ye Huan secretly fed Xiao Huo Spirit Spring Water while Ye Wuju treated him with acupuncture.
• Xiao Huo woke, and Ye Wuju prescribed three packets of herbs before later removing the needles and restoring his movement.
• Ye Daquan and his wife kowtowed to Ye Wuju, who then took Ye Huan home.
• Ye Huan’s father and second uncle drank heavily at home while Ye Wuju told Ye Huan that his father was adjusting to his success.

Ye Huan oversaw renovations and construction on his family’s house, Bai Jie’s house, and a mountain safe house while arranging care for his livestock. He agreed to sell his rare jadeite for 80 million yuan and planned to keep the windfall quiet from his parents.

• Ye Huan continued cultivating at night after watching his grandfather’s strength and wanting to become stronger.
• The renovations on Ye Huan’s house were completed, and construction began on Bai Jie’s house and Ye Huan’s mountain safe house and livestock shelters.
• Ye Yingying told Ye Huan that her friend would buy his glass-grade imperial green jadeite for 80 million yuan, and Ye Huan agreed to meet her in Ping'an County town.
• Miss Zhou arranged to meet Ye Huan at Maokong Coffee House the next morning and asked him to bring his ID and bank card.
• Ye Huan told his grandfather about the sale, agreed to give him five million yuan, and promised not to tell his parents.

Ye Huan sold his jadeite to Miss Zhou for eighty million yuan and handled the tax and banking arrangements. He planned to collect five million yuan in cash to give his paternal aunt’s family, then returned home and told his grandfather.

• Ye Huan met Miss Zhou at Maokong Coffee House, sold her the jadeite for eighty million yuan, and signed their contract.
• Ye Huan paid twenty percent personal income tax on the sale at the local tax office.
• Ye Huan deposited fifty million yuan in a three-year fixed deposit and arranged to collect five million yuan in cash the day after next.
• Ye Huan bought a bed, bedding, clothes, and a laptop while shopping in the county town.
• Ye Huan showed his grandfather the bankbook and said he would collect the cash the day after next; his grandfather said transferring the money to the relatives would amount to the same thing.

Ye Huan and his grandfather discussed sharing money with relatives, then Ye Huan planned a Saturday class get-together in Jinling. He prepared to leave on Friday and promised Jingjing a toy before heading out.

• Ye Wuju explained that he wanted to give relatives some money because they still visited him, and Ye Huan said he had no objections.
• Chen Xixi told Ye Huan the get-together would be held Saturday evening at Lehe Hotel near Jubao Mountain in Jinling.
• Ye Huan booked a room at the Buckingham Grand Duke and planned to drive to Jinling, attend the gathering, and return Sunday.
• Ye Huan told his family about the trip and reassured his grandfather that he would keep the money safe.
• Ye Huan asked Jingjing to keep Great-Grandpa company while he was away and promised to bring her a big toy.

Ye Huan drove to Jinling for his first college reunion after withdrawing cash and buying gold on the way. At the gathering, he caught up with old friends and classmates, and Li Zifei’s greeting hinted that Ye Huan’s former reputation as a computer whiz had not translated into success after graduation.

• Ye Huan withdrew five million yuan, bought five kilograms of gold bars, and drove overnight to Jinling.
• After checking into his hotel and resting, Ye Huan messaged Chen Xixi and drove to the Lehe Hotel for the reunion.
• Ye Huan reunited with Xiaoshuai and Lin Li, telling them he had returned home to work on organic vegetables.
• Li Zifei arrived late, and Chen Xixi began the reunion dinner with a toast.
• Ye Huan chatted and drank with his old classmates as some circulated to exchange business cards and boast about their positions.
• Li Zifei toasted Ye Huan and recalled that he had once been known as a computer whiz, though he had faded into the crowd after entering society.

At the class reunion, Ye Huan and his former classmates talked about marriage and family before Wang Hui rushed downstairs after receiving a message. Ye Huan intervened when a drunk driver insulted and shoved Wang Hui and her husband, and the police arrested the couple after the man attacked an officer.

• Lin Li followed Ye Huan's Kuaidou account and asked about Xiaobai, while she and Xiaoshuai discussed their families pressuring them to marry.
• Wang Hui said her husband had driven her to the reunion and was waiting in the car, so Ye Huan invited him to join them.
• After receiving a message, Wang Hui hurried outside, where Ye Huan found her supporting her husband and arguing with a drunken couple over a car collision.
• Ye Huan stopped the drunk from shoving him and told Wang Hui to call the police.
• The drunk shoved an officer and was arrested along with his wife, and Wang Hui and her husband thanked Ye Huan before heading home.