Chapter Summaries

Zhang Ze returned to Huo Cifeng’s class, and Huo Cifeng rejected his attempt to reconnect while warning him to stay away from his friends. Zhang Ze realized Huo Cifeng remembered their past life and left, after threatening a student who had overheard them.

• Zhang Ze appeared as an auditing student in Huo Cifeng’s class, where he threatened Lu Qingyan not to hurt Huo Cifeng or his friends.
• After class, Huo Cifeng told Zhang Ze to stay away from him and Lu Qingyan, saying Zhang Ze’s gaze disgusted him.
• Zhang Ze knelt and apologized, asking to remain by Huo Cifeng’s side, but Huo Cifeng pulled his hand away and rejected him.
• Zhang Ze realized Huo Cifeng was his Xiao Feng from the previous life and laughed as Huo Cifeng left.
• Xiao Pang revealed he had overheard them, and Zhang Ze warned him not to tell anyone before walking home.

Zhang Ze tried to reconnect with Huo Cifeng in their parallel world, while Huo Cifeng’s illness worsened after a family dinner. The chapter ended with Zhang Ze visiting Huo Cifeng’s bedside and confessing his regret as Huo Cifeng remained too weak to send him away.

• Zhang Ze returned home, urged his stepmother Wu Yun to stop acting timidly, and considered using his father’s connections to deal with the Song Family.
• Huo Cifeng coughed up blood during dinner, frightening his relatives into leaving, and was taken upstairs for medical care.
• Zhang Ze asked Lu Qingyan where Huo Cifeng was, learned that his illness had flared up, and decided to see him despite the warning.
• Huo Cifeng woke after a day and found Zhang Ze beside his bed, where Zhang Ze apologized and admitted he had been blind before.

Huo Cifeng returned to school after his health improved, where Zhang Ze followed him constantly and Lu Qingyan grew increasingly jealous. After Lu Qingyan beat Zhang Ze, he asked Huo Cifeng to treat his scraped knuckles, drawing Huo Cifeng’s gentle concern.

• Huo Cifeng sent Zhang Ze away, and Zhang Ze left by jumping from the balcony; the next day, Lu Qingyan searched for Zhang Ze before visiting Huo Cifeng at home.
• Zhang Ze reflected on how he had failed Huo Cifeng in their previous life, then trained intensely in his basement gym.
• A week later, Huo Cifeng returned to school, where Zhang Ze followed him everywhere and stared at him through class.
• Lu Qingyan dragged Zhang Ze into a gym corner and beat him, but Zhang Ze refused to fight back because Huo Cifeng had told him not to hurt Lu Qingyan.
• Lu Qingyan showed Huo Cifeng his injured knuckles and asked him to apply medicine; Huo Cifeng treated them gently and asked whether he should be gentler.

Zhang Ze struggled with jealousy as Huo Cifeng kept his distance, then learned in a dream that Huo Cifeng had only two years to live. Zhang Ze agreed to help a god find a lost jade token on Phoenix Mountain in exchange for saving Huo Cifeng, but first demanded that the god improve Huo Cifeng’s health.

• Zhang Ze took Lu Qingyan's hand in class, but Huo Cifeng told them to help each other and leave him alone unless they needed something.
• That night, a god warned Huo Cifeng that he would not live long, but Huo Cifeng said he did not want to live.
• The god entered Zhang Ze's dream, where Zhang Ze beat him and learned Huo Cifeng had only two years left to live.
• Zhang Ze agreed to find the god's jade token on Phoenix Mountain in exchange for help saving Huo Cifeng.
• Zhang Ze demanded that the god improve Huo Cifeng's physical condition as a deposit before he carried out the deal.

Huo Cifeng discovered that his strength had returned while Fan Yuan pursued him and tried to draw him closer. Zhang Ze reappeared after half a month, unable to speak because of a curse, and planned to resume searching for the token over the weekend.

• Fan Yuan visited Huo Cifeng in the art studio, draped a jacket over him, and asked to stay close.
• Huo Cifeng pushed Fan Yuan away and was surprised when his gentle shove sent Fan Yuan stumbling several meters.
• Fan Yuan led Huo Cifeng to the music classroom, played him a piece called “With the Wind,” and privately resolved to make Huo Cifeng his and lock him up.
• Huo Cifeng returned to the classroom and saw Zhang Ze, who could not speak because a mountain god had cursed him after Zhang Ze injured its tail.
• Zhang Ze had not found the token and decided to continue searching over the weekend.

Zhang Ze learned that Huo Cifeng’s childhood friend Fan Yuan was close to him, then pushed through his injured leg to search Phoenix Mountain for a mysterious token. The weekend search left Zhang Ze unconscious, and he missed auditing class.

• Zhang Ze asked Li Xiaowen about Fan Yuan and learned he was Huo Cifeng’s childhood friend, closer to him than Lu Qingyan was.
• After school, Zhang Ze used a leg exoskeleton and went with his father’s assistant to search Phoenix Mountain despite the heavy rain.
• At home, Huo Cifeng rejected Fan Yuan’s possessive attention and warned him to stop exploiting their relationship for his family’s benefit.
• Fan Yuan admitted his feelings were real and accused Huo Cifeng of being interested in Zhang Ze, but Huo Cifeng said it was none of his business.
• Zhang Ze searched Phoenix Mountain through the weekend and fainted from overexertion.
• Teacher Zhu received Zhang Ze’s message that he could not come audit the class.

Huo Cifeng discovered that he had grown taller, then was chosen to visit the hospitalized Zhang Ze with Li Xiaowen. When they reached Zhang Ze’s room, they found the bed empty.

• Huo Cifeng noticed his trousers no longer fit after a growth spurt, and Lu Qingyan worried that Huo Cifeng might grow taller than him.
• Teacher Zhu asked for volunteers to visit Zhang Ze, and Li Xiaowen volunteered before Huo Cifeng was chosen by lot.
• Lu Qingyan complained that Zhang Ze was lucky to have Huo Cifeng visit him, while Huo Cifeng said Zhang Ze was nothing special.
• Huo Cifeng and Li Xiaowen arrived at the hospital and found Zhang Ze’s bed empty.

Huo Cifeng followed Zhang Ze’s bodyguards to Phoenix Mountain, where Zhang Ze had spent eighteen days searching for something only he could see despite his injury and fever. After finding Zhang Ze unconscious, Huo Cifeng ordered the bodyguards to take him back to the hospital and agreed to go with them.

• Huo Cifeng followed the Zhang Family bodyguards toward Phoenix Mountain after learning Zhang Ze had run away from the hospital.
• Huo Cifeng and Uncle Yang learned that Zhang Ze had been searching the mountain for something for eighteen days and found the bodyguards’ campsite.
• Huo Cifeng slipped on the muddy ground as he approached the campsite, where Zhang Ze was feverish and unconscious.
• The bodyguards told Huo Cifeng that Zhang Ze had fractured his leg during his search and had barely slept, but kept looking until he developed a fever.
• Huo Cifeng checked Zhang Ze’s forehead and ordered the bodyguards to take him back to the hospital, saying he would accompany them.

Zhang Ze woke in the hospital and reunited with Huo Cifeng, who questioned him about his dangerous search on the mountain. The next day, Huo Cifeng learned that someone had offered five million to have Zhang Ze killed and tried to tell himself it had nothing to do with him.

• Zhang Ze woke in the hospital and nearly pulled out his IV, but Huo Cifeng arrived and stopped him.
• Huo Cifeng asked what Zhang Ze had been searching for on the mountain, and Zhang Ze refused to tell him.
• Huo Cifeng left after Zhang Ze's fever broke, while Zhang Ze reflected on his jealousy and his feelings for Huo Cifeng.
• Huo Cifeng woke taller again, and Lu Qingyan joked that the sudden growth was excessive.
• Lu Qingyan told Huo Cifeng someone had offered five million to have Zhang Ze killed, and Huo Cifeng felt a sharp pain in his heart before insisting it had nothing to do with him.

Zhang Ze faced three attackers who broke into his RV while he was stranded in the mountains without a voice or phone signal. After escaping onto the roof and fighting back, he left two men incapacitated and confronted the wounded attacker, who had begun to fear him.

• Zhang Ze heard men smashing the RV window, armed himself with pepper spray and a stun baton, and dodged an axe thrown through the broken window.
• Zhang Ze escaped through the sunroof and closed it behind him, trapping the attackers inside while discovering that his bodyguards had been knocked unconscious.
• Zhang Ze stabbed one attacker’s hand when he tried to climb onto the roof, then dodged the leader’s gunfire by moving along the RV’s exterior.
• Zhang Ze sent Xiao Feng a star-filled photo, but the multimedia message stayed unsent because there was no signal.
• Zhang Ze stunned another attacker with his baton, then typed a warning to the wounded man not to let himself bleed to death.

After Zhang Ze escaped an armed thug on the mountain, Huo Cifeng found him badly injured and brought him to the hospital. Huo Cifeng promised Zhang Ze’s father an explanation, then asked his own father to investigate the attack and returned to the hospital to stay with Zhang Ze.

• Zhang Ze fled uphill from an armed thug, collapsed down a slope, and the thug ran when a search-and-rescue team approached.
• Huo Cifeng found Zhang Ze injured, secretly took a jade token from beside his cast, and carried him to a helicopter.
• At the hospital, Zhang De and his wife arrived, and Huo Cifeng promised Zhang De he would explain what happened.
• Huo Cifeng asked Huo Tianheng to investigate the attack; Huo Tianheng agreed on the condition that Huo Cifeng intern at the company next month.
• Huo Cifeng declined to rest and said he wanted to return to the hospital, while Huo Tianheng teased him about Zhang Ze being his partner.

Zhang Ze woke in Huo Cifeng’s private medical room at the Huo Family home, where Huo Cifeng cared for him and revealed he was dealing with the Fan Family. Huo Cifeng persuaded Zhang Ze to rest and fed him, while Zhang Ze remained anxious to find the token and worried about Huo Cifeng’s health.

• Zhang Ze woke, briefly nuzzled Huo Cifeng’s hand, then hid under the covers when he realized Huo Cifeng was really there.
• Huo Cifeng told Zhang Ze that his father had begun dealing with the Fan Family and that Fan Yuan would face consequences.
• The butler explained that Zhang Ze was in the Huo Family’s private medical room, and Zhang Ze cried as he asked Huo Cifeng to send him back to the Zhang Family home.
• Huo Cifeng told Zhang Ze to rest and set aside his deal with the god, then fed him congee because his hands were injured.
• After eating, Zhang Ze worried about his apparent height and continued thinking of ways to escape and protect Huo Cifeng.

After Fan Yuan was arrested, Zhang Ze worried that Huo Cifeng would die if they failed to find the token. Huo Cifeng finally revealed that the token had been found, and said God would inspect it in a few days when they entered the dream together.

• Lu Qingyan realized Huo Cifeng was fiercely protective of Zhang Ze after seeing his reaction to Zhang Ze's attack.
• Huo Cifeng kept Zhang Ze at home while Zhang Ze pleaded to go out and search for the token.
• Huo Cifeng teased Zhang Ze by saying he did not care if he died, and Zhang Ze tearfully vowed to die with him.
• Huo Cifeng comforted Zhang Ze and revealed that the token had been found.
• Huo Cifeng said God would inspect the token in a few days, when he and Zhang Ze entered the dream together.

Zhang Ze woke to find Huo Cifeng holding him while their fathers discussed marriage and compensation for the Fan Family’s actions. That night, the god settled his debt by restoring Huo Cifeng’s strength, and Huo Cifeng trapped Zhang Ze with vines in their dream.

• Zhang De and Huo Tianheng argued over Zhang Ze and Huo Cifeng, then discussed marriage and a transfer of the Huo Corporation’s shares in [Youlian] to Zhang Ze.
• Zhang Ze’s stepmother urged the fathers to ask the young men what they wanted before deciding on marriage.
• The god told Zhang Ze that his and Huo Cifeng’s attacks took physical form in dreams because they carried a little of his divine power.
• Huo Cifeng asked the god to complete their transaction, and the god took the token and restored Huo Cifeng’s strength.
• Huo Cifeng approached Zhang Ze in the dream and bound him with vines.

Luo Beishi, an abandoned golden hamster beastman recovering on a barren planet, discovered an injured black python in a safety pod and brought him to his cave. He used energy stones to help the python recover, then fell asleep nearby as the snake remained weak.

• Luo Beishi enjoyed the energy-stone-filled cave where his health and mental power had begun to recover after his family abandoned him on Gamma 601.
• An explosion nearby startled Luo Beishi into hamster form, and he cautiously went to investigate the smoke.
• Luo Beishi found a badly injured black python in a safety pod, opened it, and examined the python's severely depleted mental domain.
• Luo Beishi carried the python back to his cave and placed him on an energy stone, naming him Little Black.
• After the energy stone turned transparent and Little Black showed slight signs of recovery, Luo Beishi placed him among the stones and fell asleep as a hamster.

Luo Beishi cared for the injured Huo Cixiao, who remained trapped in snake form and began warming to his rescuer. Meanwhile, Huo Cixiao’s colleagues concealed his disappearance and organized a search as they feared the consequences of the ambush.

• Huo Cixiao woke in Luo Beishi’s cave and found the hamster beastman sleeping beside him.
• Luo Beishi shifted into human form, offered Huo Cixiao food, and let him coil around his arm and head.
• Huo Cixiao and Luo Beishi shared beef jerky, milk, and sunflower seeds while growing comfortable in each other’s company.
• At the academy, Bai Ze directed Huo Cixiao’s colleagues to monitor his light-brain signal, search nearby planets, and keep his disappearance secret.
• Bai Ze explained that Huo Cixiao had been ambushed after investigating a report of antimatter, and that the marshal had begun taking action.

Luo Beishi discovered that Little Black’s Spirit Sea was cracked and began repairing it with his healing Spiritual Power, which worked far better than expected. Afterward, he bathed the little python and learned that Little Black had once been a giant python, while revealing that he was the last hamster in a family of predators.

• Luo Beishi researched Little Black’s condition and learned that cracks in his Spirit Sea prevented him from storing energy.
• Little Black agreed to let Luo Beishi enter his Spirit Sea and repair it, trusting him despite his weakness.
• Luo Beishi used his healing Spiritual Power to mend many cracks, and Little Black’s headache eased.
• Luo Beishi realized he could sense Little Black’s thoughts through his leaking Spiritual Power, then prepared to bathe him.
• Luo Beishi washed Little Black in a warm pink tub, and Little Black revealed that he had once been a giant python.
• Luo Beishi told Little Black that he came from a family of predators but was the only hamster left.

Luo Beishi cared for the injured snake, Huo Cixiao Quinn, and revealed that he was wealthy despite being abandoned on a barren planet. As Quinn recovered, he learned Luo Beishi was resourceful and well-armed, while the two grew closer and prepared for the dangers around them.

• Luo Beishi told Quinn about his inherited wealth and invited him to live with him after he recovered.
• Luo Beishi learned Quinn's name was Huo Cixiao Quinn and began calling him Quinn.
• Luo Beishi explained that his fox-clan father and wolf-clan stepmother had abandoned him, while Quinn offered to eliminate them for him.
• Five days later, Quinn sensed danger as wild boars approached their cave and woke Luo Beishi.
• Luo Beishi transformed, used a powerful light cannon to kill the boars, and returned to bed as Quinn recognized how prepared he was.

After Luo Beishi finished repairing Quinn’s Spiritual Power, Quinn regained his human form and revealed that he was Huo Cixiao Quinn, a powerful official and the imperial marshal’s only son. Quinn’s location signal had been sent, and Luo Beishi agreed to stay by his side while weighing the dangers of doing so.

• Luo Beishi used his Spiritual Power to find and repair two remaining cracks in Quinn’s Spiritual Power.
• Quinn transformed into a human, confessed his feelings for Lia, and revealed his identity as Huo Cixiao Quinn, director of the Academy of Sciences and the imperial marshal’s only son.
• Luo Beishi verified Quinn’s identity with his chip and asked how they could leave the desolate planet.
• Quinn explained that his location signal had been sent automatically when he recovered his human form.
• Quinn picked Luo Beishi up and asked to keep him close, while Luo Beishi agreed to stay with him but worried about the dangers around Quinn.

Quinn returned to his starship with Luo Beishi, whom he introduced to his crew as his Lia and treated with growing affection. After they reached the Central Star, Quinn protected Luo Beishi from reporters and planned to retaliate against the people who had ambushed him.

• Luo Beishi agreed to stay with Quinn because a small hamster beastman was vulnerable without a powerful protector.
• Feng Ming arrived at the cave, mistook Luo Beishi for Quinn’s romantic partner, and prompted Luo Beishi to question his relationship with Quinn.
• Quinn carried Luo Beishi onto the starship and introduced him to the crew as his Lia, demanding that they treat him with respect.
• Quinn and Luo Beishi shared an intimate conversation before falling asleep together, while Quinn’s spiritual power knocked eavesdropping crew members to the floor.
• Quinn and Luo Beishi arrived safely on the Central Star, where Quinn concealed Luo Beishi from reporters and resolved to punish those who had ambushed him.