Chapter Summaries

Ren Suo defeated Sao Paulo’s Jaguar Girl and chose to take on Tokyo rather than spend the remaining days in easier cities. At Shinobazu Pond, Female Shopkeeper met the ghost Asami Mako, who believed she had become a Zashiki Warashi, and Ren Suo discovered that the Pure White Little Holy Grail’s exchange list had changed.

• Ren Suo used Catnip to help Female Shopkeeper defeat Jaguar Girl, who then asked to travel with her before Ren Suo turned her down.
• After collecting enough desire to clear the game, Ren Suo chose Tokyo to strengthen Female Shopkeeper for the eventual challenge of Lianjiang.
• Female Shopkeeper set up her food cart by Shinobazu Pond, where patrols and sleeping swans could not see her.
• Two little girls arrived, and the white-haired Asami Mako introduced herself as a ghost who had died twenty-three years earlier and identified the sleeping girl as her niece, Nishino Natsuya.
• Asami Mako explained that Natsuya was the only person who could see her and that her presence seemed to bring the family good luck, leading her to think she had become a Zashiki Warashi.
• Ren Suo opened the Pure White Little Holy Grail’s exchange list for help and discovered that it had changed.

Ren Suo discovered new Holy Water and Desire Holy Wine options in the Pure White Little Holy Grail, then heard Mako reveal that her sister Natsuyo had accidentally caused her death and hidden the truth. With Mako threatening the sleeping Natsuyo, Ren Suo decided to use Desire Holy Wine to uncover Mako’s fundamental desires.

• Ren Suo saw ten strange runes in the Pure White Little Holy Grail, found that Holy Water prices had dropped, and discovered Desire Holy Wine, which revealed a customer's fundamental desires.
• Mako told the Female Shopkeeper that she had wandered alone after her resurrection until she met Natsuyo, her younger sister's daughter, and became part of the family's life.
• Mako revealed that she had read Natsuyo's diary and learned that her younger sister had pushed her, then concealed the accident out of fear.
• Mako said she had come to ease her troubles and threatened Natsuyo by pressing her sharp nails to the sleeping girl's throat.
• Ren Suo considered possible sushi keywords but worried that the wrong choice would anger Mako, so he bought Desire Holy Wine to learn her fundamental desires.

Ren Suo used the Ghost Stall to help Mako confront her loneliness, unmet needs, and longing for an ordinary life, and she left with Natsuyo after thanking him. A white-haired warrior named Crimson Armor then arrived, pledged ten years of service to the Immortal Palace, and offered Ren Suo a powerful piece of equipment.

• Ren Suo recognized that Mako's resentment masked her loneliness, desire for rewards, and longing for a normal life, so he served her sushi seasoned with Friendship, Diligence, Creation, Confidence, and Courage.
• Mako and Natsuyo shared the sushi, and Mako thanked the Female Shopkeeper by leaving her rabbit ornament, which granted a powerful luck effect.
• Crimson Armor arrived at the Ghost Stall and identified himself as an external member of the Buhun 13th Squad sent to find the Immortal Palace's God of Food.
• Crimson Armor explained that the Immortal Palace had awakened him from an ordinary suit of armor and pledged ten years of service in gratitude.
• The game offered Ren Suo Crimson Armor as temporary equipment that could defend against damage or summon the warrior to fight.

Ren Suo turned Crimson Armor into a permanent humanoid ally after it helped a corpse demon pass on, then served a lonely Snow Woman steaming sukiyaki and received a powerful ring. The chapter ended with Ren Suo wondering why the Martial Soul Troop’s Transcendents had not arrived yet.

• Crimson Armor explained that the corpse demon inside it had let go of its past, then asked to remain in humanoid form and fight for the Immortal Palace.
• Ren Suo accepted, making Crimson Armor a permanent combat ally that consumed one Merit Point in every battle.
• A blue-haired Snow Woman arrived at the Ghost Stall, ignored Crimson Armor, and asked the Female Shopkeeper for steaming-hot sukiyaki.
• The Snow Woman described being betrayed and freezing to death, then explained that she had come seeking the warmth she felt from the Female Shopkeeper.
• The Female Shopkeeper served her sukiyaki, and the Snow Woman left an Icy Engagement Ring before departing.
• Crimson Armor identified the customer as the Snow Woman, who froze men she liked into ice sculptures, and Ren Suo wondered why the Martial Soul Troop’s Transcendents had not arrived.

During the search for the Immortal Palace Food God in Ueno Park, Lin and Sato watched the vendor and her companions defeat a Crow Tengu, then realized they had let them leave unnoticed. After the eighth day of Late Night Street Vendor, Ren Suo wondered why historically flavored monsters appeared only in Fanying and decided the mystery could inspire another paper.

• Lin and Sato searched Ueno Park for the Immortal Palace Food God and were told to report strangers and avoid provoking her.
• Lin saw a blue-haired woman but immediately forgot what she looked like, while an old man and several other people passed through the park without raising suspicion.
• Lin and Sato spotted a red-armored warrior and a scarf-wearing girl beating a Crow Tengu beside a food cart, then watched the group leave.
• After realizing the cart belonged to the Immortal Palace Food God, Sato radioed in their discovery, while Lin could not remember where the Crow Tengu had flown.
• Ren Suo finished the eighth day of Late Night Street Vendor and considered why yokai such as Zashiki Warashi and the Crow Tengu appeared in Fanying but not elsewhere.
• Ren Suo opened his computer and decided the mystery was worth padding out another paper.

Ren Suo’s clone encountered Yu Kuangtu helping a young woman at a barbecue stall, prompting Yu to confide his feelings and concerns about his dangerous work. Yu planned to enter secluded cultivation to attempt his third turn, while Ren Suo offered him sleep therapy.

• Ren Suo wrote a speculative paper about Fanying’s yokai while his clone went out to buy barbecue and ran into Yu Kuangtu at a stall.
• Yu Kuangtu summoned Ren Suo and mistakenly thought he had witnessed Yu working at the barbecue stall under a concealed identity.
• Yu Kuangtu explained that he had been helping the young woman support her family and was judging whether she could bear the risks of becoming his partner.
• Yu Kuangtu revealed that he feared dying in the line of duty and believed in lifelong commitment, while Ren Suo teased him as a purehearted virgin.
• Yu Kuangtu told Ren Suo he would enter secluded cultivation to attempt the third turn and suggested Li Dan could keep reviewing papers as a concurrent duty.
• After the Bond System acknowledged their relationship, Ren Suo offered Yu Kuangtu sleep therapy.

After gaining Yu Kuangtu’s bond ability and key, Ren Suo considered how the growing threat of demons and other creatures might be addressed, then continued the London run of Late Night Street Vendor. When a dangerous customer arrived, he suddenly died before reaching the stall, and a sleeping girl murmured that the bad guy meant for Sister Meifala was gone.

• Ren Suo tested Yu Kuangtu’s Blazing Flames Domination and added a Second Star Blazing Flames Key to his rewards.
• Ren Suo reflected on the growing strength of demons, monsters, ghosts, and strange creatures, and considered how uploading Late Night Street Vendor might prompt governments to act.
• In the game, the Female Shopkeeper summoned Crimson Armor, who revealed that Sakura’s Martial Soul Troop included other powerful yokai.
• Ren Suo served customers in London until a dangerous man carrying a meat saw and antique pistol approached the Ghost Stall.
• The man suddenly died before the Female Shopkeeper could speak to him, and Crimson Armor asked whether they should loot his remains.
• In a distant castle, a little girl hugged her sister’s arm and murmured that the bad guy meant for Sister Meifala was gone.

On the tenth day of the Ghost Stall, Ren Suo served customers at Culture Park until distant silhouettes appeared and the game abruptly reset to its main menu. When he tried again, the same interruption happened, leaving him suspecting a bug.

• On the ninth day, Crimson Armor identified the dead final boss’s cause of death as a mind power aggregate explosion and reasoned that a remotely controlled talisman had detonated when it lost contact with its caster.
• The Female Shopkeeper found a Doll Girl mascot on the corpse that reduced demonic customers’ sensitivity to food, and Ren Suo ended the day with 118320 Desire Collection Amount.
• On the tenth day, Ren Suo recognized the Ghost Stall’s location as Culture Park in Lianjiang and began serving customers there.
• Ren Suo gave a bullied middle school student Courage, Resistance, Anger, Restraint, and Pride so he could face his classmates.
• After more than thirty customers visited without a battle, Ren Suo saw silhouettes in the distance, and the game screen went black before returning to the main menu.
• Ren Suo replayed the tenth day, but the same silhouettes appeared and the screen went black again, making him suspect he had encountered a bug.

Ren Suo tried to clear Day Ten in Lianjiang while planning to share Ghost Stall food with Dong Chengling and Gu Yueyan, but the game’s strange timing and escalating encounters kept him on edge. The chapter ended as a silver-haired customer named Azure Dragon Crescent Moon Blade asked the Female Shopkeeper for dates.

• Ren Suo visited Dong Chengling and Gu Yueyan for lunch, and they declined his invitation to get Midnight Snacks after midnight.
• Ren Suo decided to seek information from the Countermeasures Bureau about the Immortal Palace Food God, then returned home and restarted Day Ten in Lianjiang.
• Ren Suo saw a distant figure vanish along with a customer, but the game continued without its usual black-screen bug.
• Ren Suo noticed that game time had accelerated and that Lianjiang’s monsters were easier to defeat than he expected.
• A silver-haired young man arrived near closing time, asked for dates, and introduced himself as Azure Dragon Crescent Moon Blade.

Ren Suo’s Female Shopkeeper met the Azure Dragon Crescent Blade, who recounted his history with Guan Yu and revealed that he had awakened in human form after centuries buried underground. The Blade’s explanation for why he never killed Sun Quan remained unfinished, leaving the Female Shopkeeper with a riddle about crossing a river.

• The Azure Dragon Crescent Blade noticed the Goddess of the Luo River Jade Pendant on the Female Shopkeeper and asked where she had gotten it.
• Ren Suo said the pendant came from a friend named Ren, and the Blade recalled that a girl from the Ren family had once blocked one of his strikes.
• The Blade described serving Guan Yu, whom he called Longevity, for decades before losing his master and becoming a ruthless demon that hunted cultivators.
• The Blade said he had searched for Guan Yu’s remains, then spent a thousand years dormant before awakening with a human body and feeling Longevity’s warmth again.
• Ren Suo asked why the Blade had not killed Sun Quan, and the Blade replied that he had been a cold, ruthless weapon before asking whether Ren Suo had ever seen a blade swim across a river.

Ren Suo guided the Female Shopkeeper through a brutal battle with the Azure Dragon Crescent Blade, who acknowledged her connection to the Ren family and gave her a red tassel. The Female Shopkeeper consumed the Desire Holy Grail’s 12,800 portions of desire, became a Collector, and completed the mission.

• Ren Suo seasoned dates for the Azure Dragon Crescent Blade with friendship, loneliness, enjoyment, happiness, resolve, hard work, and passion, but the young man ate them and challenged the Female Shopkeeper anyway.
• The Female Shopkeeper and Crimson Armor fought the Azure Dragon Crescent Blade; Crimson Armor fell, while Ren Suo kept the Female Shopkeeper alive by using recovery items.
• After the fight, the Azure Dragon Crescent Blade acknowledged the jade pendant’s connection to the Ren family, gave the Female Shopkeeper a Crescent Moon Red Tassel, and left.
• Crimson Armor’s three-day contract ended, and he departed after the Female Shopkeeper released him.
• The Female Shopkeeper poured the Desire Holy Grail’s blood into rice and ate it, consuming 12,800 portions of desire and advancing to Collector.
• The game announced that Ten Days of Street Vendor was complete and displayed “Mission complete!”

After uploading his extraordinary score in “Late Night Street Vendor,” Ren Suo received a ring that could summon characters from cleared games. He summoned the Seeker of the Way into his apartment, then asked if he could touch her.

• Ren Suo uploaded his game rating and received 244 Merit Points, a Four-Star Treasure Chest, Desire Detection, and the Clear Spring Echo ring.
• Ren Suo equipped the ring and discovered it could summon self-aware characters from cleared games for a limited time.
• Ren Suo chose to summon the Seeker of the Way rather than the other available characters.
• The Seeker of the Way entered through the balcony door, sat beside Ren Suo, and asked how she could help him.
• Ren Suo asked the Seeker of the Way if he could touch her.

Ren Suo learned that the Seeker of the Way had mastered the Profound Monarch Secret Records and regarded him as a friend, then asked her to get better clothes before she vanished. He equipped Desire Detection and discovered that Dong Chengling had advanced, but the ability’s echoed words left him puzzling over her desires as he asked her to buy him a set of clothes.

• The Seeker of the Way said she had permanently learned the Profound Monarch Secret Records, reached Third Transformation 10000%, and considered Ren Suo her friend, though she refused to reveal where she went when unsummoned.
• The Seeker of the Way asked Ren Suo to buy her a set of clothes, then stepped into the sunlight and disappeared.
• Ren Suo equipped the four-star ability Desire Detection and encountered Dong Chengling, who told him she had advanced.
• Ren Suo heard the echoed words “Share” and “Clothes” when Dong Chengling explained she had come straight to tell him about her breakthrough.
• Ren Suo complimented Dong Chengling’s outfit and asked her to buy him a set of clothes.

Ren Suo discovered that Desire Detection could help him trigger bond upgrades after Dong Chengling’s teleportation ability improved. He examined the limits of Clear Spring Echo and recorded an idea about the Little World Game Console that he planned to investigate.

• Ghost Stall vendors on Apliu Street compared stories about losing kitchen equipment and drinking a mysteriously refreshing cup of water, which left them feeling happier.
• Dong Chengling told Ren Suo her measurements, and their bond advanced to Level 2, upgrading her teleportation ability.
• Ren Suo realized Desire Detection might help him discover what would deepen his bonds with other people.
• Ren Suo bought clothes for the Seeker of the Way and considered how to avoid being linked to them.
• Ren Suo examined Clear Spring Echo’s summoning limits and concluded that he should conserve powerful game characters while seeking ways to raise its star rating.
• Ren Suo recalled an unusual event from a game experience in Lianjiang, wrote down an idea to test, and anticipated investigating the console.

Du Liwei found Xiao Hui in Kowloon Park after she ran away from home, and the two reconciled as they discussed her future and stopped at a mysterious Ghost Stall. Meanwhile, Ren Suo investigated how people encountered the stall and invited Gu Yueyan over for a midnight snack, leaving the chapter with an elderly man approaching the stall and Gu Yueyan agreeing to visit.

• Du Liwei comforted Xiao Hui, who had argued with her father about becoming a pastry chef, and encouraged her to keep studying art while promising to support her.
• Xiao Hui and Du Liwei walked through Kowloon Park and found a Ghost Stall, where they ordered barbecue pork rice before an elderly man approached.
• Ren Suo replayed Late Night Street Vendor and concluded that people who habitually ate late at night were more likely to encounter the Ghost Stall.
• Ren Suo called Dong Chengling but got no answer, then invited Gu Yueyan over for a midnight snack, and she asked if they would be alone.
• Ren Suo sent his clone to finish the housework and prepared for Gu Yueyan's visit.

Gu Yueyan cultivated after Ren Suo invited her over for a midnight snack, while Ren Xingmei sought his advice about a call from Heavenly Lotus Academy. After healing Lin Xianyu’s badly injured hands, Ren Suo invited her to train with him and Gu Yueyan, but Lin Xianyu instead asked what he thought of Gu Yueyan, hoping he would support their relationship.

• Gu Yueyan remembered that Ren Suo had called her over only because he had too much late-night food, then returned to Dong Chengling’s home and cultivated before going back to sleep.
• Ren Xingmei told Ren Suo that Heavenly Lotus Academy had contacted her about awakening, and he confirmed the website was genuine and advised her to register truthfully.
• Ren Suo began Late Night Street Vendor and noted that its promised Collector function had not appeared yet.
• Ren Suo treated Lin Xianyu at the School Hospital after her Awakened Spell had badly injured both her hands during solo practice at the Back Mountain.
• Ren Suo invited Lin Xianyu to train with him and Gu Yueyan, and Lin Xianyu asked what he thought of Gu Yueyan so she could support their relationship.

Ren Suo persuaded Dong Chengling, Gu Yueyan, and Lin Xianyu to join him on ten nights of searching parks for the Immortal Palace’s God of Food. Qiao Muyi joined their first outing as a driver, while Ren Suo worried about the extra hours he would have to work at the academy’s new Experimentation Venue.

• The academy announced that Barren Mountain was off-limits and that it would open an Experimentation Venue, which Ren Suo said would require him to work thirty-two extra hours each month.
• Ren Suo invited Dong Chengling and Gu Yueyan to search parks for an Immortal Palace figure, promising to stop after ten nights if they found nothing.
• Ren Suo invited Lin Xianyu along, and she agreed after learning he would provide midnight snacks.
• Ren Suo called Zhao Huo, but Zhao Huo refused to join because he planned to watch an anime premiere.
• Qiao Muyi arrived to drive the group to Yuexiu Park for their first search, and Lin Xianyu took the passenger seat beside her.

Ren Suo tracked reports about the Immortal Palace Mobile Food Stall and worked out that the Goddess of Gluttony had reached Tokyo, making tonight the tenth and final day of her journey. He left home with Lin Xianyu, confident that the plan would proceed as expected, while his sister was away on a graduation trip.

• Reports on the internal network described the stall's customers being overlooked and noted that some customers had surrendered after losing their supernatural abilities.
• Ren Suo read that a Crow Mask-wearing, winged figure had appeared in Tokyo and deduced that the Goddess of Gluttony had reached the city.
• Ren Suo concluded that tonight was the tenth day of the stall's journey, accounting for time zones and the Goddess of Gluttony taking a day off between shifts.
• Ren Suo confirmed that the intelligence he had gathered matched his expectations and left home to meet Lin Xianyu.
• Lin Xianyu asked whether Ren Suo's sister could join them, and Ren Suo explained that she was on a graduation trip with her classmates.

On the final night of their park searches, Ren Suo found Ghost Stall in Culture Park and the Holy Grail mark on his arm reacted to it. His vision split between the stall and himself, and reality seemed to explode.

• Dong Chengling reminded everyone that their night walks were ending and reassured Ren Suo that her advancement had not changed their relationship.
• Qiao Muyi drove the group to Culture Park for their last search, while Lin Xianyu lamented the end of their late-night outings.
• Lin Xianyu suggested exploring in pairs, and Qiao Muyi arranged to go with her while Dong Chengling paired with Gu Yueyan, leaving Ren Suo alone.
• Ren Suo followed his remembered route through the park and found Ghost Stall operating on a secluded path.
• The Holy Grail mark on Ren Suo's arm glowed and heated up, splitting his vision between the Female Shopkeeper holding a Holy Grail and himself watching from a distance.

Ren Suo was pulled into the Female Shopkeeper through the Pure White Little Holy Grail and discovered that her body held immense power. After defeating an unruly Half-Demon customer, he realized he was about ten thousand times stronger in her body than in his own, while his main body remained helpless.

• Ren Suo's awareness shifted into the Female Shopkeeper as light and heat flowed through the Holy Grail, but two faint forces kept a trace of him in his main body.
• The Black People customer demanded his steak, and Ren Suo overloaded it with eight seasonings, causing the Half-Demon to transform into a black-mist-covered attacker.
• Ren Suo used Profound Monarch Secret Records One and Blazing Flames Domination to defeat the customer with a Flaming Rising Dragon Fist.
• The customer surrendered his Little Earring, which Ren Suo found granted only Health +50, and left after Ren Suo let him go.
• Ren Suo examined the Female Shopkeeper's overwhelming energy and concluded that her body was about ten thousand times stronger than his main body.