Chapter Summaries

Li Xingkong searched the homes of notorious villagers for his missing Body Tempering Grass, but found none at Old Ge’s house. He returned to his garden after learning Granny Caidun was causing a disturbance there, and confronted her over her husband falling ill after eating his vegetables.

• Li Xingkong went to Old Ge’s house and found neighbors watching two young men confront the old man over groping a shopkeeper’s wife.
• Li Xingkong searched Old Ge’s courtyard with his Spiritual Qi but found no Body Tempering Grass.
• A neighbor told Li Xingkong that Granny Caidun was blocking his vegetable garden’s gate and cursing.
• Li Xingkong hurried back and found Granny Caidun sitting outside his gate, beating an iron basin with a cleaver as she shouted.
• Granny Caidun accused Li Xingkong’s vegetables of making her husband unconscious and demanded compensation and that he discard his crops.
• Li Xingkong denied responsibility and said he grew the vegetables to poison weasels, while Granny Caidun continued demanding payment.

Li Xingkong saved Grandpa Caidun after Granny Caidun accidentally cooked one of his Body Tempering Grass plants in soup. He recovered that plant, but learned Granny Caidun had mailed the other one to her son and would have to retrieve it.

• Li Xingkong left Granny Caidun's home to check on Grandpa Caidun while the neighbors urged her to stop making a scene and help him.
• Li Xingkong found Body Tempering Grass cooking in a pot, recovered it, and used Restoration Technique to expel the harmful elements from Grandpa Caidun.
• Granny Caidun arrived with the neighbors, then saw her husband wake up and drove the onlookers away.
• Li Xingkong demanded his other plant, and Granny Caidun admitted she had mailed it to her son after failing to cut it with her cleaver.
• Li Xingkong realized he would have to retrieve the plant from Granny Caidun's son.

Graduate student Ximen Feng brought his advisor Dong Yu a lettuce-like plant that resisted every attempt to damage it. Dong Yu took the plant for study and promised Ximen Feng third authorship, while assigning a new junior student to work with him.

• Ximen Feng struggled to identify a lettuce-like plant that would not yield to a cleaver or chainsaw, so he brought it to Dong Yu.
• Dong Yu initially dismissed the plant as ordinary lettuce, but Ximen Feng demonstrated that it could not be torn apart.
• Dong Yu took the plant to study and promised Ximen Feng that he would be listed as third author once they got results.
• Dong Yu told Ximen Feng that the female student waiting outside was his new junior and could work with him.

Dong Yu discovered that the unusual lettuce could be valuable and planned to hand it over to his Cherry Blossom Country backers rather than the Divine Land. He persuaded Ximen Feng to return to his village and secure more plants with help from the Cherry Blossom Wind Group, then contacted the group’s laboratory.

• Dong Yu tested the unusual lettuce and concluded that its leaves had exceptional material properties, deciding to claim credit and profit from it.
• Dong Yu summoned Ximen Feng and asked where the plant had come from; Ximen Feng said his grandmother had sent it from their village.
• Dong Yu urged Ximen Feng to suspend his research and return home to gather and protect the plants.
• Ximen Feng agreed to go once Dong Yu offered to arrange help from the Cherry Blossom Wind Group.
• Dong Yu contacted the Cherry Blossom Wind Group’s laboratory to report the plant.

Li Xingkong prepared to retrieve his missing Body Tempering Grass and decided to fly from his village to the provincial capital using the Wind Riding Spell. He set out confident in his strength but unsure how to navigate the long journey.

• Li Xingkong asked his dad to guard his vegetable garden while he prepared supplies for the trip.
• Li Xingkong decided he would reclaim the stolen grass without killing anyone, though he was ready to intimidate whoever had it.
• Li Xingkong reflected that his strength had grown enough to withstand ordinary firearms and that losing the grass would not threaten his safety.
• Li Xingkong planned to test the Wind Riding Spell by flying about 120 kilometers from his village to the provincial capital.
• Li Xingkong realized he could not tell which direction he was flying and would have to rely on Gaode Maps on his phone.

Li Xingkong searched Granny Caidun’s relatives’ shop in the provincial capital for Body Tempering Grass but found no trace of it. Meanwhile, Ximen Feng returned to the village with Cherry Blossom Wind Group’s Reiko and her bodyguards, who began searching for the plant while Ximen Feng went to find his grandmother.

• Li Xingkong reached the provincial capital and searched the grain shop run by Granny Caidun’s son and daughter-in-law, but the Spiritual Qi found no Body Tempering Grass.
• Ximen Feng arrived at Granny Caidun’s house with Reiko and Cherry Blossom Wind Group’s bodyguards, impressing the villagers with the convoy.
• Reiko dropped her act once she and Ximen Feng entered the courtyard, then Ximen Feng’s grandfather welcomed the group inside.
• Ximen Feng learned that his grandmother had gone out early to claim free toilet paper and had not returned.
• Reiko sent Ximen Feng to find his grandmother and ordered the bodyguards to search the village for the plant, bringing it back alive if it grew wild.

Li Xingkong learned that Granny Caidun’s stolen vegetables had been sent to Ximen Feng, but his calls to Fengzi went unanswered. Meanwhile, Reiko and the Cherry Blossom Wind Group struggled to get information from Granny Caidun, leaving Ximen Feng caught between both sides.

• Li Xingkong told Uncle Ximen and Auntie that he needed his vegetables back for his research, and Uncle Ximen said Granny Caidun had sent the package to Fengzi.
• Li Xingkong got Ximen Feng’s number and called several times, but Ximen Feng mistook the unfamiliar Wuchang calls for spam and blocked him.
• The Cherry Blossom Wind Group’s inquiries traced the unusual vegetables to Granny Caidun, who demanded payment and refused to cooperate.
• Reiko grew frustrated with Granny Caidun and took out her frustration on Ximen Feng, who was also pressured by his grandmother and the group.

After learning that Li Xingkong's family had cultivated the unusual vegetables, Reiko arranged to approach them through her company rather than seize the plants outright. She arrived at the garden while Li Xingkong was away and offered to buy all the vegetables from his father.

• Ximen Feng persuaded the old woman to reveal that the vegetables came from Old Li's garden, though she remained angry about returning them.
• Reiko concluded the plants were likely cultivated by Li Xingkong's family and ordered her bodyguards not to act rashly.
• Reiko instructed her group to have the company negotiate with the village for land that included Old Li's plot.
• The group investigated Li Xingkong, judged him easy to manipulate, and went to his vegetable garden that afternoon.
• Old Li guarded the garden as Li Xingkong had asked, and Reiko politely offered to buy all of his vegetables.

Reiko visited Father Li to buy the lettuce in his yard, which Li Xingkong had grown as Body Tempering Grass. Li Xingkong refused the Cherry Blossom Wind Group’s offer to recruit him or buy the plants, and Reiko hinted that he might change his mind soon.

• Reiko offered Father Li a hundred yuan per plant for the lettuce, but he called Li Xingkong before agreeing to sell.
• Li Xingkong suspected that Uncle Ximen’s son had revealed the plants’ value and told Father Li to hand Reiko the phone.
• Reiko introduced herself as a representative of the Cherry Blossom Wind Group and offered Li Xingkong a job.
• Li Xingkong rejected the job and refused to sell the plants under an exclusive contract.
• Reiko warned that Li Xingkong might change his mind in a few days, and he hung up the phone.

Li Xingkong realized he could use the internet to gather information and began creating a Spirit Vision Spell that revealed network signals. He named the unfinished spell Heavenly Eye Express Edition and continued refining it at an inn.

• After Reiko warned him that the Body Tempering Grass had been exposed, Li Xingkong decided he needed a spell to keep track of information and Reiko’s actions.
• The system prompted Li Xingkong to consider the internet, and he devised a way to see electromagnetic signals and decode them with a mana structure.
• Li Xingkong reached Ximen Feng’s city, checked into a quiet inn, and studied a standard Spirit Vision Spell as a reference.
• Li Xingkong adjusted the spell to reveal electromagnetic waves around his phone, then added a regulator to filter signals by frequency.
• Li Xingkong named his still-imperfect creation Heavenly Eye Express Edition and kept working to make the visible signals more orderly.

Li Xingkong completed a spell that let him see and decode text carried by electromagnetic signals, revealing private messages and online information. He used it to search for his Body Tempering Grass at the school Ximen Feng attended, where he spotted a message about a plant but could not follow its signal to its sender.

• Li Xingkong added a phone's decoding method to his Spirit Vision Spell and finished creating a spell that displayed decoded signals in his field of vision.
• He tested the spell and saw verification codes, text messages, and gibberish, though he could not yet decode images, video, or audio.
• Li Xingkong went to the school Ximen Feng attended to search for his Body Tempering Grass by watching the nearby base station's signals.
• He found a message asking when a plant would be transferred, but the signal moved too quickly for him to follow to its sender.

Li Xingkong eavesdropped on a conversation between Dong Yu and a Cherry Blossom Wind Group director, learning that Dong Yu held the Body Tempering Grass and that the group planned to collect it. He identified Dong Yu as Ximen Feng’s teacher and headed to his office, planning to reclaim the plant when it was transferred.

• Li Xingkong listened as Dong Yu agreed to hand the Body Tempering Grass to Yuko, who would collect it with security teams.
• Dong Yu and the director discussed their plot to lure Ximen Feng to the group and arrange an accident for him afterward.
• Li Xingkong learned Dong Yu was Ximen Feng’s teacher and that the Cherry Blossom Wind Group intended to harm Reiko if necessary.
• Li Xingkong recorded the group’s signal band, found Dong Yu’s office information at the school, and decided to wait for the plant’s transfer before taking it back.

Li Xingkong monitored Dong Yu and the Cherry Blossom Wind Group while waiting for a chance to take the Body Tempering Grass. After discovering the group planned to pressure him, he found inspiration in a news story and began devising a new approach.

• Li Xingkong watched Dong Yu and found that the professor spent his time flirting, while his surveillance revealed no useful information about the Body Tempering Grass.
• Li Xingkong traced the Cherry Blossom Wind Group's communications and read Reiko's report, learning that the group planned repeated approaches and would seek or create leverage against him.
• Li Xingkong decided to delay confronting Reiko and her group until he retrieved the Body Tempering Grass, and he used his spare time to browse the news.
• Li Xingkong read about criminals intercepting text-message verification codes and realized he could use his ability to access Dong Yu's account, though V would not show old chat histories on a new phone.
• Li Xingkong formed a new plan that he hoped would help him obtain the Body Tempering Grass and keep the Cherry Blossom Wind Group from affecting him.

Li Xingkong created a spell that could forge messages on phones and used it to impersonate a Cherry Blossom Wind Group director, ordering Dong Yu to bring him the Body Tempering Grass. He prepared to collect it in disguise as someone from the Cherry Blossom Country.

• Li Xingkong realized he could copy phone signal transmission into a spell and forge messages without accessing the sender's account.
• He built and tested the spell, successfully sending himself a fake bank text and confirming it worked across his apps.
• Li Xingkong impersonated the Cherry Blossom Wind Group director and told Dong Yu to bring the plant in person.
• Dong Yu accepted the instructions and hurried out to deliver the plant.
• Li Xingkong sent Dong Yu a location and a group passphrase, then disguised himself as someone from the Cherry Blossom Country before setting out to collect the Body Tempering Grass.

Li Xingkong used his disguise and the Heavenly Eye Express Edition to recover his Body Tempering Grass from Dong Yu. He returned to the hotel with the item and planned to deal with the Cherry Blossom Wind Group next.

• Li Xingkong disguised himself and waited for Dong Yu at their arranged meeting place.
• Dong Yu recognized Li Xingkong, confirmed the code phrase, and handed over the briefcase containing the Body Tempering Grass.
• Li Xingkong forged a message confirming receipt and declined Dong Yu's invitation to dinner.
• Li Xingkong returned to the hotel with the grass and reviewed the Heavenly Eye Express Edition, noting that image parsing still needed work.
• Li Xingkong decided to deal with the Cherry Blossom Wind Group before considering the incident settled.

Li Xingkong refused Reiko and the Cherry Blossom Wind Group’s demand to sell the Body Tempering Grass, then waited at home for their threatened retaliation. Uncle Liu arrived with news that a factory planned to build on village land, including the Li family’s plot.

• Li Xingkong returned to the village and found Reiko and her group visiting his family for the third time.
• After hearing a bodyguard demand that he sell, Li Xingkong rejected Reiko’s offer and challenged the group’s threats.
• Li Xingkong spent the next few days cultivating at home while the Cherry Blossom Wind Group stayed away.
• Uncle Liu told Li Xingkong that a factory planned to build on land that included the Li family’s plot.

Li Xingkong learned that the Cherry Blossom Wind Group was using village elders to pressure him into giving up his current planting land. He decided to attend the village meeting, make the group pay more, and move his Body Tempering Grass to abandoned plots nearby.

• Old Master Liu told Li Xingkong that the village planned to take over the land he was using and promised compensation, while urging him to agree.
• Li Xingkong recognized the Cherry Blossom Wind Group’s scheme but avoided refusing the villagers directly to protect his family’s standing in the village.
• Old Master Liu hinted that he wanted vegetables from Li Xingkong’s garden, but Li Xingkong played dumb and saw him out without giving him any.
• Li Xingkong planned to attend the village meeting and raise the cost of the land deal to make the Cherry Blossom Wind Group pay more.
• Li Xingkong decided to add image recognition to the Heavenly Eye Express Edition and establish a new growing base on abandoned farmland in nearby deserted villages.

Li Xingkong attended the village meeting to watch the villagers discuss the Cherry Blossom Wind Group’s land acquisition and the compensation. The villagers agreed to the acquisition but argued over how to divide the money, leaving the distribution method under discussion.

• Li Xingkong arrived early at the village committee square and waited among the elderly villagers for the land acquisition meeting.
• Old Master Liu explained that the Cherry Blossom Wind Group planned to build a factory on the villagers’ land, and most attendees agreed to the acquisition.
• Ergouzi demanded a share of the compensation, claiming his great-grandfather’s grave lay in the land being taken.
• The villagers argued over whether to divide compensation equally or according to the amount of land each family lost.
• Old Master Liu proposed calculating compensation by both land area and land grade, while Li Xingkong watched the discussion.

Li Xingkong watched the village elders agree on how to distribute the land payments and uncovered Old Master Liu’s deal with the Cherry Blossom Wind Group to disadvantage him. As the villagers prepared to negotiate a price with the group, Li Xingkong put his document-forgery plan into action.

• The villagers argued for hours before agreeing to set compensation according to each plot’s use, size, and quality, with Li Xingkong’s homestead placed in the lowest tier.
• Li Xingkong used Heavenly Eye Express Edition to read Old Master Liu’s messages and learned that Liu had arranged to give his family the least money in exchange for a kickback.
• The Cherry Blossom Wind Group urged Old Master Liu to cause more trouble for Li Xingkong, but Liu asked for the promised payment before taking further risks.
• The villagers signed their internal distribution plan and began arguing over how much to demand from the Cherry Blossom Wind Group.
• Li Xingkong prepared to alter the group’s electronic contract and copy its signatures and official seal using his image-parsing plan, Steal the Heavens and Swap the Sun.

Li Xingkong altered the Cherry Blossom Wind Group’s electronic contracts so their promised payment rose from 1,000,000 to one billion, while refusing Reiko’s proposal and threats. He left with a printed copy of the contract, planning to find a new place to grow Body Tempering Grass and eventually eliminate the threat from the group.

• Reiko and her group arrived, introduced themselves, and guided the villagers through the electronic contracts.
• Li Xingkong secretly added zeros to the contract amount as the files were transmitted, changing the payment from 1,000,000 to one billion.
• Reiko asked Li Xingkong to reconsider her proposal and threatened unconventional methods, but he refused and remained unshaken.
• After everyone dispersed, Li Xingkong printed his contract and confirmed that it stated one billion.
• Li Xingkong checked the Cherry Blossom Wind Group’s internal communications, saw no sign they had noticed the alteration, and went home to consider where to grow Body Tempering Grass next.