Recaps

Shi Wen and Yan Kexing made peach wine together before going to bed. The next morning, Shi Wen woke to find a short, fluffy tail had appeared at his tailbone.

• Yan Kexing suggested making peach wine, and Shi Wen picked enough peaches to fill six baskets.
• Yan Kexing and Shi Wen prepared the peaches, added yeast and rock sugar, and sealed the wine jars to ferment.
• Shi Wen and Yan Kexing made tomato and egg noodles for dinner and went to bed.
• Shi Wen slept uneasily until Yan Kexing held him, then woke groggy beneath a thick quilt.
• Shi Wen discovered a short, fluffy tail at his tailbone that made his lower back go numb when he touched it.

Shi Wen woke to discover that he had grown a small, fluffy Qilin tail and told Yan Kexing and Zhu Ji about it. Yan Kexing and Zhu Ji confirmed it seemed fully developed, though it might still be a young Qilin’s tail.

• Shi Wen examined his new white tail in a mirror and awkwardly learned he could wag it.
• Shi Wen told Yan Kexing, who checked his health and gently touched the sensitive tail.
• Shi Wen struggled to sit comfortably and curled his tail around his backside.
• Shi Wen video-called Zhu Ji and showed him the tail.
• Yan Kexing and Zhu Ji judged that the tail was fully developed but might grow longer as Shi Wen gained energy.

Shi Wen’s Qilin transformation drew the Abnormal Affairs Bureau’s attention, and he traveled with Yan Kexing to City B for testing. The tests went smoothly, and while they waited for the results, Dang Changming spoke with them and served snacks made with ingredients from Shi Wen’s ranch.

• Zhu Ji told Shi Wen that a helicopter would take him to City B for testing and arranged for Duan Kuo to look after the ranch.
• Shi Wen prepared a memo about the ranch, and Yan Kexing reassured him that the trip was only for testing.
• Zhu Ji photographed Shi Wen’s tail and explained that it might help ability users level up and avert their decline.
• Shi Wen and Yan Kexing traveled by helicopter and passenger plane to City B, where Xing Mingyue’s people drove them to the testing center.
• Shi Wen completed the tests without problems and later met Dang Changming, who offered him snacks made with products from the ranch.

Shi Wen learned that his Divinity and Abilities had risen to God-Level after his Qilin transformation began. The Abnormal Affairs Bureau decided to let him return to the ranch and continue living as before, and he planned to leave the next day.

• Xing Mingyue reported that Shi Wen's Divinity was 170,000 and his Abilities were 168,000, making him a God-Level Abilities User.
• Xing Mingyue gave Shi Wen and Yan Kexing reports confirming Shi Wen's development was normal for a young Qilin.
• Shi Wen and Yan Kexing discussed the Bureau's plans, Shi Wen's new tail, and the possibility that he might become a proper Qilin.
• Shi Wen napped in Yan Kexing's arms until Dang Changming invited them to dinner.
• Dang Changming explained that the Bureau would let Shi Wen return to the ranch and contact him if further cooperation was needed.
• Shi Wen suggested they return to the ranch the next day because it was already late.

Shi Wen and Yan Kexing returned to the ranch and found that his transformation had not affected it, while the Abnormal Affairs Bureau’s partnership with him continued smoothly. As a storm brought welcome rain, they shared their newly made peach wine and planned to pickle chive blossoms the next day.

• Shi Wen and Yan Kexing flew back to the ranch, where Heiwa and the others had kept everything in good order.
• Shi Wen checked the animals’ readings and found them stable, including the pregnant females.
• Yan Kexing said Shi Wen’s path of running a ranch and raising Ability users had been confirmed, and Shi Wen reflected on his mutually beneficial arrangement with the Abnormal Affairs Bureau.
• Rain and strong winds arrived at the ranch, and Yan Kexing brought out the peach wine he and Shi Wen had made.
• Shi Wen and Yan Kexing drank by the window and planned to pickle chive blossoms when they appeared the next morning.

Shi Wen discovered that the grassland was covered in an extraordinary abundance of chive blossoms and shared chive blossom noodles with Yan Kexing. They decided to gather helpers and make chive blossom sauce, leaving the large harvest still to be picked.

• Shi Wen woke to rain, checked the courtyard, and found chive blossoms blooming more profusely than the previous year.
• Yan Kexing told Shi Wen to look beyond the courtyard, where Shi Wen found the grassland blanketed in dense chive blossoms and took photographs.
• Shi Wen picked a small bunch of blossoms, and he and Yan Kexing added them to lamb noodles for breakfast.
• Shi Wen proposed making chive blossom sauce that day, and Yan Kexing took time off work to help prepare it.
• Shi Wen invited Fu Meng and the others to help, and they eagerly agreed to come taste the blossoms.

Shi Wen and his companions harvested the unusually abundant chive blossoms in his pasture, then decided to use a factory to sort and process them into sauce. Zhu Ji arrived to see the blossoms and told Shi Wen that their growth was a tangible sign of a Qilin’s influence on the area.

• Chang Qingqing admired the dense chive blossoms in Shi Wen’s pasture, and Shi Wen said he had found no poisonous plants there.
• Shi Wen mowed the blossoms while Fu Meng and the others tried to sort them by hand, but Fu Meng said the work was too much to handle manually.
• Fu Meng suggested using a factory’s sorting machines, and Shi Wen realized the factory could also make the blossoms into sauce.
• Shi Wen contacted Zhu Ji, who agreed to find a factory and drove over after hearing there might be tens of thousands of jin of blossoms.
• Zhu Ji compared the sparse wildflowers outside the pasture with the dense blossoms inside and told Shi Wen that their growth showed the Qilin’s influence.

Shi Wen’s ranch produced unusually potent chive blossoms, and the Abnormal Affairs Bureau helped harvest and process them. As sheep-pig sows began giving birth, Shi Wen brought Sikewell to oversee them, and the chapter ended with them watching the piglets in the farrowing room.

• Zhu Ji arranged for Abnormal Affairs Bureau agents to help harvest Shi Wen’s chive blossoms, whose Ability value reached 126.
• Shi Wen sent the Bureau a batch of chive blossom sauce and later found that the blossoms made the chickens’ and geese’s eggs especially fragrant.
• Shi Wen’s tail grew longer as he ate food from the ranch, and he prepared the sheep-pig sows for their due period.
• When the sows went into labor, Shi Wen called Sikewell, who was astonished by how much the ranch had changed.
• Shi Wen and Sikewell entered the farrowing room, where several piglets had already been born and the sows continued laboring.

Shi Wen cared for his woolly sows and their newborn piglets while discussing plans with Sikewell to improve local livestock breeding. After all 104 piglets were born healthy, Shi Wen caught the snow leopard, White Tiger, and the little foxes trying to sneak near the sows, then asked Heiwa to watch them; the Wolf King startled the pigs with a loud howl.

• Sikewell advised Shi Wen to keep the newborn piglets warm and discussed breeding the village's sheep with Shi Wen's fat-tailed rams.
• Shi Wen's ten woolly sows gave birth to 104 lively, healthy piglets, and Sikewell planned to vaccinate and tag them before later helping castrate the males raised for meat.
• Shi Wen decided to keep the female piglets and around ten males as breeding stock, raising the remaining males for meat.
• Shi Wen caught the snow leopard, White Tiger, and the little foxes lurking near the pigpen, scolded them for craving the sows' milk, and asked Heiwa to keep watch.
• The Wolf King howled loudly, frightening the sows and piglets, and Shi Wen flicked his ear and told him not to startle the pigs.

Shi Wen prepared for the livestock breeding plan by visiting Fu Meng, after discussing the arrangements with him. The chapter left Shi Wen at Fu Meng’s house, warming up with fresh milk tea before they began their work.

• Shi Wen promised the Wolf King and the other dogs rewards for helping watch the piglets, then petted the dogs as they gathered around him.
• Shi Wen and Fu Meng agreed over several days of WeChat chats to begin breeding in the next few days.
• Shi Wen woke early, made breakfast, and helped Yan Kexing feed the little ones and tidy the ranch.
• Shi Wen rode his motorcycle to Fu Meng’s house and arrived chilled from the cold morning wind.
• Fu Meng welcomed Shi Wen inside and offered him milk tea made with fresh cow’s and goat’s milk and new tea.

Shi Wen visited Fu Meng’s pasture, assessed Fu Meng’s sheep, and spent the day tending the flock before returning with him to the village. He left the sheepfold to the welcoming smell of dinner at Fu Meng’s home.

• Shi Wen drank milk tea with Fu Meng and learned that the cows’ milk had become richer after eating fodder he had provided.
• Shi Wen examined Fu Meng’s sheep, identified thirteen unsuitable for breeding, and recommended treating the flock for parasites and supplementing their diet.
• Shi Wen noticed that the pasture had limited grass diversity and decided to discuss improving it with Yan Kexing.
• Shi Wen napped on a hillside for more than three hours while Fu Meng watched the flock, then they tended the sheep until evening.
• Shi Wen and Fu Meng herded the sheep back to the village and put them in the fold, where Fu Meng’s family had dinner ready.

Shi Wen shared a mutton meal with Fu Meng’s family and promised to help prepare Fu Meng’s flock for breeding. He later divided the ewes into groups, paired them with second-generation rams, and watched as breeding began.

• Fu Meng’s family served Shi Wen homemade mutton soup and meat, which he enjoyed with wild scallions and chili sauce.
• Shi Wen told Fu Meng he would write a report and help pair the sheep for breeding the following week.
• Shi Wen sorted more than two hundred ewes into six groups by their build and characteristics, explaining his method to Fu Meng and the watching villagers.
• Shi Wen and Fu Meng brought out the second-generation breeding rams, marked their chests with paint, and put them in the pen with the ewes.
• Shi Wen saw the rams mating and reassured the villagers that the breeding was proceeding well.

Shi Wen and Yan Kexing prepared the little snow leopard for its eventual transfer to the Sanjiangyuan Protected Area, though Shi Wen felt reluctant to part with it. They took it into the mountains for its last special training session before release.

• Chang Qingqing served milk tea made with milk from animals that ate grass from Shi Wen's ranch, impressing her guests.
• Shi Wen returned home and helped Yan Kexing harvest vegetables and find three ripe watermelons to cool in the creek.
• Yan Kexing told Shi Wen that the Sanjiangyuan Protected Area had asked when they would send the snow leopard, and Shi Wen replied that they would take it for wild training first.
• Shi Wen and Yan Kexing took the little snow leopard to the mountains, where Shi Wen let it explore while staying nearby.

Shi Wen and Yan Kexing followed the snow leopard up a wild mountain, but lost its trail when the tracking app’s signal failed. They stopped to eat and rest beneath a rock, leaving the snow leopard to find them again.

• Shi Wen and Yan Kexing climbed the mountain along an ibex trail after the snow leopard ran ahead.
• Shi Wen let out his ears and tail to help him balance, and Yan Kexing teased him by stroking his tail.
• They spotted protected plants and photographed them without picking any.
• Shi Wen found that the weak phone signal made it difficult to track the snow leopard, so Yan Kexing suggested they eat while waiting for it to return.
• Yan Kexing spread a down blanket over Shi Wen and held him as they settled down for a nap.

Shi Wen and Yan Kexing rested together on a mountain before Yan Kexing revealed his dragon form and took Shi Wen flying. They set off to search for the snow leopard, with Shi Wen thrilled to ride on Yan Kexing’s back.

• Shi Wen and Yan Kexing talked about how Heiwa and the others had grown stronger, and Shi Wen noted that he had become a God-Level Abilities User in only three years.
• After waking from a long nap, Shi Wen wanted to track the snow leopard, but Yan Kexing offered to find it in his dragon form.
• Yan Kexing transformed into a glowing dragon more than ten meters long, leaving Shi Wen awestruck.
• Shi Wen climbed onto Yan Kexing’s back, and Yan Kexing held his legs securely as they flew through the air.
• Yan Kexing offered to fly faster, and Shi Wen excitedly agreed to the ride.

Yan Kexing took Shi Wen flying in his dragon form, and the two watched a snow leopard hunt a deer. After the snow leopard caught its prey and tried to share it with them, Yan Kexing changed back into human form so it would feel less afraid.

• Yan Kexing flew Shi Wen through the sky, and they talked about Shi Wen's hoped-for Qilin transformation and seeing each other's true forms.
• Shi Wen spotted the snow leopard pursuing a young deer, and he and Yan Kexing stayed in the air to watch the hunt.
• The snow leopard patiently chased the deer for more than twenty minutes before catching and killing it.
• The snow leopard dragged the deer toward Shi Wen and Yan Kexing as if offering to share its kill, but Shi Wen told it to eat the deer itself.
• The snow leopard became wary of Yan Kexing in dragon form, so Yan Kexing transformed back into a human while carrying Shi Wen down.

Shi Wen and Yan Kexing brought the snow leopard to Sanjiangyuan Park and said goodbye to it after its examination. On the drive back, Zhu Ji asked Shi Wen to raise a red-crowned crane, but Shi Wen declined because the ranch was already busy.

• Shi Wen and Yan Kexing returned to the ranch with the snow leopard and arranged to deliver it to Sanjiangyuan Park on Wednesday.
• Shi Wen and Yan Kexing brought the snow leopard to the park, where a manager praised its condition and arranged a physical examination before its release.
• Shi Wen said goodbye to the snow leopard and promised to visit it again before he and Yan Kexing drove away.
• Zhu Ji called Shi Wen and asked whether he would raise a red-crowned crane for the Abnormal Affairs Bureau.
• Shi Wen declined, explaining that he was better at raising mammals, Chasing Clouds might hurt the crane, and the ranch already kept him busy.

Shi Wen accepted Fu Meng’s invitation to visit Renying Ranch and arranged to check Fu Meng’s pregnant sheep. Yan Kexing offered to travel with him to J City, and Shi Wen asked Fu Meng for the organizer’s contact information so he could join the group there.

• Zhu Ji offered to help Shi Wen, who said Heiwa and the others were already assisting him.
• Fu Meng invited Shi Wen to use one of the village’s two spots to visit Renying Ranch the following Wednesday and learn about marbled beef cattle.
• Yan Kexing said he was traveling to J City for a forage-grass discussion and offered to accompany Shi Wen to Renying Ranch.
• Shi Wen examined Fu Meng’s pregnant ewes and advised him to keep caring for them and increase their nutrition later.
• Shi Wen discussed his ranch’s ninety-nine cattle with Fu Meng and said he might ask Renying Ranch about marketing his beef cattle.
• Fu Meng sent Shi Wen the organizer’s contact information so Shi Wen could ask to join the group after arriving in J City.

Shi Wen traveled to J City with Yan Kexing and joined a group visiting Renying Ranch, where he examined its cattle and explained their rumen fistula surgery. The other herders learned how the technique could help monitor digestion and treat cattle, and became interested in adopting it.

• Shi Wen and Yan Kexing traveled to J City, where Shi Wen arranged for Zhu Ji to manage the ranch in his absence.
• Shi Wen called Zhu Ji, who reported that the ranch was running smoothly with Heiwa and the other dogs handling the work.
• Yan Kexing comforted Shi Wen until he fell asleep, and they went their separate ways the next day.
• Shi Wen joined the group visiting Renying Ranch and saw its large, well-managed facilities and crossbred cattle fitted with rumen fistulas.
• Shi Wen explained to the herders how fistulas let ranchers inspect a cow's rumen, remove excess feed, and administer medicine.
• The herders watched a fistulated cow and grew eager to try the technique after hearing how it could help them spot and treat problems.

Shi Wen toured Renying Ranch, where he saw rumen fistula surgery and learned how its efficient grain-fed cattle operation produced profitable marbled beef. Troubled by the cost to the animals and the pressures of industrial farming, he returned to Yan Kexing and considered switching to grass-fed cattle.

• Shi Wen and the visitors tasted Renying Ranch's marbled beef and heard that its grain-fed cattle reached market after thirteen months at a high profit.
• The group toured the ranch's standardized feed and manure operations, then left as evening fell.
• Shi Wen returned to the hotel, where Yan Kexing noticed he was tired and asked what he had seen.
• Shi Wen told Yan Kexing that the ranch's fistula-surgery practices troubled him, even though he understood the economic pressure on herders and consumers.
• Shi Wen said he was considering giving up grain-fed marbled beef and raising grass-fed cattle in line with their natural needs.

Shi Wen proposed that Baoye A Sai and Qile Moge jointly raise high-end grass-fed cattle to build a market beyond grain-fed beef. Baoye A Sai and Qile Moge considered the plan’s risks, and Shi Wen promised to buy back cattle raised to his requirements if the results fell short.

• Shi Wen invited Baoye A Sai and Qile Moge to his ranch for a meal and to discuss raising cattle together.
• Baoye A Sai arrived early and went to see Shi Suo and Yan Shi in the barn.
• Qile Moge arrived with cheese made from Dolan Sheep’s milk, and Shi Wen brought both guests together in the living room.
• Shi Wen proposed that several ranches jointly raise grass-fed cattle and sell them as high-end beef.
• Baoye A Sai and Qile Moge agreed grass-fed beef had potential but warned that improving its quality would take time and carry risks.
• Shi Wen said he believed they could raise good cattle and offered to buy them back if they failed to meet the required quality.

Shi Wen, Baoye A Sai, and Qile Moge agreed to raise two thousand grass-fed cattle together and split the proceeds through Shi Wen’s sales channels. After their discussions, Baoye A Sai got to ride Shi Suo before leaving the ranch.

• Shi Wen proposed a grass-fed cattle partnership, and Baoye A Sai and Qile Moge agreed to share the risks and returns.
• The three settled on a fifty-fifty split, with Baoye A Sai raising twelve hundred cattle, Qile Moge five hundred, and Shi Wen three hundred in the first stage.
• Shi Wen recorded their agreement and planned to consult experts and have a lawyer prepare a contract.
• After Qile Moge left, Baoye A Sai asked to play with Shi Suo and Yan Shi, and Shi Wen let him ride Shi Suo.
• Baoye A Sai rode Shi Suo for a while and left the ranch looking deeply satisfied.

Shi Wen finalized a joint livestock-breeding contract and agreed to lend Zhou Hongzhong his camel, cattle, and horses to carry building materials up a mountain. He enlisted his eager livestock to help with the work, and Yan Shi was already waiting at the door the next morning.

• Shi Wen and Yan Kexing discussed the breeding venture, and Shi Wen later signed a formal contract with Qile Moge and Baoye A Sai.
• Zhou Hongzhong asked to borrow Shi Wen’s camel to transport materials for a mountain fire-prevention and wildlife-protection station.
• Shi Wen offered Zhou Hongzhong his camel, cattle, and horses, and agreed to bring them to help carry the materials the next day.
• Shi Wen promised the livestock honey water and corn kernels for working, and they all agreed to go.
• Yan Shi got up early and waited eagerly by the door before Shi Wen and Yan Kexing had finished breakfast.

Shi Wen helped Zhou Hongzhong’s team carry building materials up a mountain for four days, then explored the nearby woods after the final load was delivered. He found unfamiliar tracks that Yan Kexing thought belonged to a musk deer, and Shi Wen decided to ask Xi Long about them himself.

• Shi Wen rode Shi Suo to meet Zhou Hongzhong and his team, then joined them in carrying building materials up the mountain on the animals.
• Shi Wen and the team spent four days transporting the materials, with Zhou Hongzhong treating Shi Wen to meals and giving the animals extra feed.
• After delivering the last load, Shi Wen went into the nearby woods to inspect tracks he had noticed earlier.
• Shi Wen photographed the tracks and sent them to Yan Kexing, who identified them as likely musk deer tracks and offered to ask Xi Long.
• Shi Wen told Yan Kexing he would ask Xi Long directly.

Shi Wen discovered tracks that experts identified as belonging to forest musk deer, a protected species not previously recorded in J Province. Zhou Hongzhong’s team received approval to search for the deer and planned to invite experts, while Shi Wen waited to see whether Yan Kexing would be invited within half a month.

• Shi Wen sent photos of unfamiliar tracks to Xi Long, who identified them as possible forest musk deer tracks.
• Shi Wen reported the tracks to Zhou Hongzhong’s team, and an expert confirmed they belonged to forest musk deer.
• Zhou Hongzhong invited Shi Wen to join an investigation, and Shi Wen bet Yan Kexing would be invited within half a month.
• Shi Wen and Yan Kexing agreed that the loser of their bet would do a reasonable favor for the winner.
• After completing the required procedures, Zhou Hongzhong told Shi Wen that the search had been approved and asked whether Professor Yan would agree to join.