Chapter Summaries

Ren Suo found himself trapped in the Female Shopkeeper’s body while his main body remained unresponsive, and he struggled to understand how the transfer had happened. The game console recognized him as a player and revealed an exchange list, leaving him to realize that another function of the Bond System had activated.

• Ren Suo discovered that he could not leave the Ghost Stall or switch equipment between the Female Shopkeeper and his main body, so he had Crimson Armor carry his body to him.
• Ren Suo tested the Pure White Little Holy Grail against the mark on his main body and found that it strengthened their connection while more embers flowed into the Female Shopkeeper’s body.
• Ren Suo wondered whether duplicated equipment had caused the transfer and feared he might be stuck in the Female Shopkeeper’s body.
• The game console spoke to Ren Suo and displayed his player status, remaining Merit Points, and an exchange list of holy water and holy wine.
• Ren Suo realized that the remaining embers in his main body and the new exchange descriptions pointed to another function of the Bond System.

Ren Suo learned that his soul had been transferred into the Female Shopkeeper because of the Pure White Little Holy Grail and the Desire Sea, while bonds with Yue Yan and Dong Chengling kept a fragment in his main body. After using Merit Points to strengthen their connection, he restored his main body enough to act and concluded that the game console had forced him out to keep him from being swallowed by the Desire Sea.

• Ren Suo understood that his Ren Nesser account represented his soul and that the bonds with Yue Yan and Dong Chengling had preserved a fragment in his main body.
• Ren Suo realized the Pure White Little Holy Grail had linked him to the Female Shopkeeper and that the Desire Sea might assimilate him if he stayed in her body.
• Ren Suo used Wish Holy Water and Desire Holy Wine to strengthen his connection with his main body, despite the Profiteer effect wasting his chance at a free high-priced purchase.
• Ren Suo's main body regained the ability to open its eyes and stand, then instinctively comforted him before leaving.
• Ren Suo concluded that the game console had forced him out because the Desire Sea would otherwise swallow him, and he reasoned that he was safe because he had planned to bring Dong Chengling and the others to the Ghost Stall.

Gu Yueyan discovered that Ren Suo had found the Immortal Palace Food God and agreed to help him meet the others alone, though she could not learn why he needed them. Ren Suo then returned to serving customers as the Female Shopkeeper, sensing their desires through Desire Holy Wine as his main body came back.

• Dong Chengling took Gu Yueyan for a moonlit walk, and Gu Yueyan left her to search for a supposedly lost Transportation Card.
• Ren Suo led Gu Yueyan to the Immortal Palace Food God’s Ghost Stall and asked her to help him meet each of their companions alone.
• Ren Suo tried to sway Gu Yueyan with the effects of Prayer Holy Water and Desire Holy Wine, but she kicked him and demanded to know who he was.
• Gu Yueyan recognized Ren Suo when his charm vanished, agreed to create chances for him to meet the others, and arranged to meet him at the South Gate with Little Yu and the others.
• As the Female Shopkeeper, Ren Suo used Desire Holy Wine to sense customers’ emotions and desires while serving them.
• Ren Suo noticed that his main body had returned while he was serving his third customer.

Crimson Armor reflected on its three days serving the Ghost Stall and watched Ren Suo return repeatedly with different girls. After Ren Suo arrived for the fourth time that night, Crimson Armor was left bewildered by his string of dinner companions.

• Crimson Armor recalled leaving the Martial Soul Troop to repay the Immortal Palace and gaining life experience while serving the Ghost Stall for three days.
• Ren Suo returned with a quiet girl, and Crimson Armor judged her strength before the pair ate and left.
• Ren Suo returned with a noisy girl whose chatter drowned out another customer's story as they ate.
• Ren Suo came back with a girl in a black vest who praised the Food God's cooking and said she wanted to eat it every day.
• Crimson Armor watched Ren Suo return yet again and realized it was the fourth time that night.

Ren Suo used the Ghost Stall to bring four people to eat with his main body, strengthening their bonds enough to pull his soul out of the Female Shopkeeper and back into his own body. After reuniting with Gu Yueyan, he learned she had helped arrange the private visits, then found Dong Chengling, Lin Xianyu, and Qiao Muyi waiting for him and wondered how to explain what had happened.

• Ren Suo served Dong Chengling a Chicken Soup Set, but her visit did not strengthen her bond with his main body.
• Ren Suo served Lin Xianyu and then Qiao Muyi, and each visit formed a new bond that began pulling his soul toward his main body.
• Ren Suo served Gu Yueyan and his main body a Chicken Soup Set, and Gu Yueyan's strengthening bond helped pull his soul back through the Pure White Little Holy Grail.
• Ren Suo fully returned to his main body, thanked the Female Shopkeeper, and left the Ghost Stall with Gu Yueyan.
• Gu Yueyan questioned Ren Suo about his strange behavior and the Goddess of Gluttony, then admitted she had helped create the chance for him to bring the others over in private.
• Ren Suo and Gu Yueyan met Dong Chengling, Lin Xianyu, and Qiao Muyi at the South Gate, and Ren Suo wondered how to explain himself.

Ren Suo and his companions realized the Ghost Stall’s meal had strengthened their Awakened Spells, but agreed to keep their encounter secret from the Countermeasures Bureau. Ren Nesser then uploaded ten videos, and Ren Suo saw that the first showed the Ghost Stall without revealing its customers.

• Ren Suo’s companions confirmed that eating at the Ghost Stall had changed and strengthened their Awakened Spells, while Ren Suo felt no change.
• Qiao Muyi explained that diners and witnesses were hard to record or remember, then asked everyone to keep the encounter secret because an investigation could expose her Awakened Spell.
• Dong Chengling, Gu Yueyan, Lin Xianyu, and Ren Suo agreed not to report what had happened.
• Lin Xianyu noticed that Ren Nesser had uploaded ten videos, prompting Qiao Muyi and the others to check them.
• Ren Suo watched the first video, which showed the Ghost Stall but gave him no reason to think it could reveal the customers.

Lin Hongyu watched a video of a customer pouring out his painful life story at a Ghost Stall, then breaking down over a bowl of Spam and Egg Noodles. The experience left him unusually open and confident as he headed to school, where he offered to share the video with his classmate.

• Lin Hongyu woke early, missed the first subway, and started watching Ren Nesser's newly uploaded video, "Late Night Street Vendor."
• At the Ghost Stall, a customer described his loneliness, shame, and thoughts of killing himself while ordering Spam and Egg Noodles.
• The customer wept as he ate, and Lin Hongyu cried along with him on the subway, replaying the scene over a dozen times.
• Lin Hongyu met his classmate near school and boldly discussed inviting Chen Meijing and her friends to karaoke.
• Lin Hongyu greeted Chen Meijing at the school gate, then offered his classmate the healing video.

Ren Suo learned that a Yellow River Troop cultivator had broken through to the Third Cycle after watching “Late Night Street Vendor,” while researchers analyzed the series’ emotional effects. After strengthening his bonds with Gu Yueyan, Lin Xianyu, and Qiao Muyi, Ren Suo returned to the game console and found that the Collector function had unlocked.

• Ren Suo read that Chen had advanced to the Third Cycle after repeatedly watching a segment of “Late Night Street Vendor” that resonated with his grief over his grandmother’s death.
• Researchers speculated that the series’ synthesized sound and unusual lighting intensified emotional resonance and could help viewers with matching psychological problems.
• Gu Yueyan packed to return to her dorm, but Ren Suo’s prompted request that she visit more often only made her angry when he brought up taking turns washing dishes.
• Ren Suo tested his new bond abilities, discovering that Gu Yueyan’s Moon Splendor attack had improved, Lin Xianyu’s whirlwind could crack a tree, and Qiao Muyi’s ability collected negative emotions.
• Ren Suo told Gu Yueyan and Dong Chengling that the Countermeasures System was searching for the anonymous customers from the videos.
• Ren Suo opened “Late Night Street Vendor” on the Little World Game Console and found that uploading the videos had activated the Collector function.

Ren Suo unlocked the Ghost Walk feature in Late Night Street Vendor, upgraded its collection capabilities, and bought the new idle game Ahead High-Energy. The game began with a traveler entering a strange cave and ended its opening scene with the traveler’s sudden death.

• Ren Suo selected Ghost Walk, examined its exchange options, improved the Collector’s range and collection speed, and stationed it at a high-yield location in Mumbai.
• Ren Suo reviewed his remaining chests and keys, then remembered the End of Heat promotion and opened the World Store.
• Ren Suo bought Ahead High-Energy with his remaining Merit Points and launched it on the television.
• The game narrated a traveler’s discovery of a peach grove, stream, and mountain cave before ending with the traveler screaming, hearing strange chewing sounds, and dying.

Ren Suo used Ahead High-Energy to equip the Explorer with red heart-shaped sunglasses, allowing him to survive the blinding light in the Mountain Cave and reach the next area. The Explorer died to a skeletal hound, but after restarting from that stage, he killed it with a powerful punch and continued exploring.

• Ren Suo’s cultivation improved after he ate at the Ghost Stall, and he prepared to leave campus while Dong Chengling worked on the admission ceremony.
• Ren Suo discovered that Ahead High-Energy let him scan real-world objects into supernatural items and gained Energy Value by exploring.
• Ren Suo scanned red heart-shaped sunglasses and equipped them on the Explorer to protect him from the Mountain Cave’s blinding light.
• The Explorer encountered a strange creature in the cave, then emerged into a village-like area and was killed by a puppy that transformed into a skeletal hound.
• Ren Suo restarted from the second stage, and the Explorer killed the skeletal hound with a blazing punch.

Ren Suo bought anime merchandise to scan into powerful items for the explorer, then equipped him to hunt the nearby zombie dogs. The explorer attacked a huge husky with flame-enhancing gloves, leaving Ren Suo worried that the explorer was growing more arrogant.

• Ren Suo ran into Zhao Huo and Xiao Meng, then returned home with bags of anime merchandise.
• Ren Suo explained how exaggeration, electronics, and value affected the items created by his reality-enhancement scans, and examined the abilities and Energy Value costs of his purchases.
• The explorer lured and defeated nearby zombie dogs to collect Energy Value, while Ren Suo watched his increasingly aggressive behavior.
• When the explorer encountered a huge husky he thought he could not beat, Ren Suo had him take the Kusanagi Family's Flame Gloves from his backpack and force an attack.
• The explorer used the gloves to amplify his Blazing Flames Domination ability, and Ren Suo wondered if the explorer was becoming more arrogant.

Ren Suo followed the Explorer into a wealthy village where the Village Chief welcomed him, but the villagers’ hospitality turned deadly when two children attacked. After equipping the Explorer with Three Tomoe Eyes, Ren Suo defeated them, and the Village Chief praised his strength.

• Ren Suo read the public response to “Late Night Street Vendor” and discussed theories about the Food God on the internal network.
• The Explorer reached a luxurious village, met the Village Chief and his son, and received a lavish meal and a room for the night.
• When the Explorer ignored a knock at the door, attackers ambushed him and killed him.
• Ren Suo tried blowing open the door, but the two children outside killed the Explorer again.
• Ren Suo equipped the Explorer with Three Tomoe Eyes, enabling him to defeat and burn the children when they attacked.
• The Village Chief found the ruined guest room, praised the Explorer’s strength, and heard him claim that becoming strong had no shortcuts.

Ren Suo answered Qin Lian’s late-night call and found Yu Kuangtu unconscious after an apparent fight. While treating him, Ren Suo discovered Yu Kuangtu had reached the third turn and began acquiring him as a key, leaving Yu Kuangtu awake to Ren Suo’s joke about turning him into a girl.

• Ren Suo went to Qin Lian’s apartment after she said Yu Kuangtu had passed out and refused to go to the hospital.
• Qin Lian told Ren Suo that an explosion had gone off near the restroom while Yu Kuangtu was out, after which he returned and collapsed.
• Ren Suo examined Yu Kuangtu and found his cyclone perception was weak, then detected that Yu Kuangtu had advanced to the third turn.
• Ren Suo held contact with Yu Kuangtu to begin the Key Search System’s 100-second acquisition and used healing magic on his head.
• Yu Kuangtu woke up, and Ren Suo joked that the surgery had made him a girl, frightening him.

Ren Suo learned that Crimson Armor had defeated Yu Kuangtu in a strange duel without killing him, and borrowed Yu Kuangtu’s advanced Countermeasures vest after discovering its powerful effects. The chapter left Ren Suo preparing to use the vest for an unknown purpose.

• Ren Suo teased Yu Kuangtu after helping him recover and took him away from Qin Lian’s home.
• Yu Kuangtu told Ren Suo that a crimson suit of armor with flowing white hair had defeated his strongest techniques, then bowed and left without harming him.
• Ren Suo recognized the armored stranger as Crimson Armor, who had set out to challenge powerful opponents.
• Yu Kuangtu said he would report the encounter to the Countermeasures Bureau after recovering.
• Ren Suo learned that Yu Kuangtu’s advanced Countermeasures vest enhanced Profound Monarch Secret Records Two and asked to borrow it.

Ren Suo opened a treasure chest and obtained a speed-enhancing offering, then checked the Explorer’s app and discovered a room full of gruesome corpses. The chapter left him realizing that the Explorer had caused the carnage.

• Ren Suo saw that the Cultivator Construction Team had built new dormitories at Heavenly Lotus Academy and returned home to open treasure chests.
• Ren Suo used a Three-Star Blazing Flames Key to open a chest and obtained Magician Never Dies Standing Still Feather, an offering that enabled ultra-high-speed movement while standing still charged up protection.
• Ren Suo asked Li Dan to apply for the Second Cycle spell Swift Step and the Third Cycle spell Ghostly Swift Step, then upgraded Zhou Jin’s Collector in Late Night Street Vendor.
• Ren Suo opened the Ahead High-Energy app and saw a room strewn with bodies and blood.
• Ren Suo checked the app’s information, learned that the Explorer had caused the massacre, and reacted in shock.

Ren Suo guided the explorer through the Village Chief’s manor, where he resisted supernatural temptations but slaughtered the women in one basement room. The next morning, the explorer died to a wine-drinking rooster, then learned to stop it by stealing its bottle and knife before setting out along paths dotted with more roosters.

• The explorer explored the Village Chief’s manor at night, gaining Energy Value from its grounds, garage, and basement rooms while using four ability items to escape their temptations.
• In the eleventh basement room, the explorer resisted the women’s seduction, killed them when they attacked, and returned to his room.
• The next morning, the Village Chief sent the explorer with a map to visit Kind Elder, but a rooster drank wine and cut off its own head, killing the explorer as well.
• Ren Suo restarted the chapter and found that the explorer could avoid the rooster by standing still until it approached, then stealing its wine bottle and knife.
• The explorer continued along the branching paths and spotted more armed roosters while delaying his visit until lunchtime.

Chief Ren tested the five strongest soul-type Awakened and discussed research into souls, then learned another ghost experiment subject had died after leaving a high-spiritual-energy area. Ren Suo repeatedly tried to guide the Seeker past a dangerous cow and a shapeshifting bird, and prepared to equip him with a Countermeasures vest and a textbook to survive the bird.

• Chief Ren withstood the five Awakened's soul attacks, assessed their spells, and advised Fang Shili to strengthen his worldview through philosophy.
• Chief Ren discussed how spiritual energy sustained artificially induced souls and learned that Experiment No. 241-F3 had died after leaving the high-concentration area.
• Ren Suo's Seeker died after encountering a strange scaled cow, so Ren Suo reloaded and sent him toward the old man's house instead.
• The Seeker died twice to the old man's shapeshifting bird, first when it attacked unexpectedly and again after his counterattack failed.
• Ren Suo chose the Advanced Countermeasures Vest and an Ideological and Moral Cultivation and Law textbook to boost the Seeker's strength and resistance to poison.

Ren Suo helped the Seeker kill an Evil Bird and accept an old man's request to relay a message, then used Mind Awakening Incense and the Bond System's apparent help to break through to Second Cycle. He went to tell Dong Chengling, but after noticing her jade pendant, he awkwardly asked about naming a bird Xiao Fei.

• The Seeker killed an Evil Bird, listened to an old man's message for his family, and left with an address to explore.
• Ren Suo used Mind Awakening Incense and began cultivating as he approached a breakthrough.
• Ren Suo reached Second Cycle after four threads appeared to help stabilize his qi vortex, and he suspected his bonded companions had assisted him.
• Ren Suo went to Dong Chengling's dormitory to tell her about his breakthrough and playfully ruffled Black Bell's head along the way.
• Dong Chengling welcomed Ren Suo after showering, and he noticed her jade pendant before asking if Xiao Fei was a good name for a bird.

Ren Suo and Dong Chengling talked about her late grandfather and the bird Xiao Fei, then shared their thoughts on cultivation, mortality, and becoming fellow travelers. Dong Chengling fell asleep leaning on Ren Suo, who carried her to bed before leaving and getting ambushed by Black Bell.

• Ren Suo asked Dong Chengling about keeping birds, prompting her to recall her late grandfather and his old bird, Xiao Fei.
• Dong Chengling explained that she valued Ren Suo reaching the Second Cycle because she hoped he would become a fellow traveler on her path to surpassing humanity.
• Ren Suo promised to catch up with Dong Chengling, who leaned on his shoulder and fell asleep.
• Ren Suo carried Dong Chengling to her room and tucked her into bed; after he left, she woke and smiled toward his empty chair.
• Ren Suo received a negative-emotion alert from Dong Chengling and was then startled by Black Bell sneaking up on him.

Ren Suo used a Three-Star Space Key and received a Super Unnamed Account, which let him browse and alter webpages through a thought-controlled light screen. After the Explorer died again, he reloaded and entered a vine-covered fairy-tale castle, where he met a girl tending flowers before a huge Treant appeared.

• Ren Suo opened a treasure chest with a Three-Star Space Key and received an Unnamed Account upgraded to a Super Unnamed Account.
• Ren Suo used the account’s light screen to browse a video site and add a taunting image and message to a Nine-Tailed Fox video.
• Ren Suo checked the game and found that the Explorer had died to a cow again, so he reloaded the save at Dong Chengling's grandfather's house.
• Ren Suo sent the Explorer to the next house, a fairy-tale castle, where a girl in a Princess Dress invited him to dinner and said she cut ugly flowers from her garden.
• Ren Suo sat outside the garden as the light dimmed and a huge Treant appeared.