Arc 22Chapters 526–535
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Festival of Lights · Diwali
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Jian Mo and Wu Jiong learned how Jian Mo could undergo further development in the modern world while keeping a way to travel between worlds. They returned to the tribe and announced that they planned to take Jiujiu and Ying'ao on a long trip.
Jian Mo and Wu Jiong brought Jiujiu and Ying'ao out of the overlapping space-times and traveled to Shi Wen's family ranch. After seeing the ranch's vast green fields, they admitted they were tempted by the place but decided their home was still with the tribe.
Jian Mo and Wu Jiong visited Shi Wen to arrange for Jian Mo to turn into a young sub-beastman and grow again under observation. After signing a contract, they agreed to begin the process the next day, but a clash between Jiujiu and Changfeng briefly interrupted their discussion.
Jian Mo, Wu Jiong, and Shi Wen’s animals went mushroom picking in the woods, where Jiujiu competed with a white tiger over the mushrooms they found. The chase ended when the white tiger spotted something on a tree trunk and covered it with its body.
Jiujiu was frightened by beefsteak fungus that the white tiger had used to scare it, and Jian Mo, Wu Jiong, and Shi Wen took the little ones to gather wild fruit. Later, Jian Mo officially transformed back into his juvenile sub-beastman form under Yan Kexing’s supervision, and the group began observing his condition.
Jian Mo explored the woods in his cat form with Wu Jiong and settled in at Shi Wen’s ranch, where he met Congzai. After two days of adjusting to his new body, Jian Mo was sleeping fourteen or fifteen hours a day.
Jian Mo regained his strength at Shi Wen's ranch, learned to hunt with Congzai and the others, and spent more than two months enjoying life there with Wu Jiong. When Jian Mo said he missed home, Shi Wen arranged an examination to see whether he could change back, and the results showed his body had developed well.
Jian Mo and Wu Jiong returned safely to the beastman world, where their tribe welcomed them home and they settled back into daily life. Jian Mo joined a nut-gathering trip and climbed high into a tree, while Qing Kuo watched closely in case he fell.
After returning to the Riverside Tribe, Jian Mo showed off his improved climbing and medical skills, including new acupuncture treatments, while the tribe prepared for the Hunting Gathering. He taught a cooking class on making jelly to the cubs before their hunting holiday.
Jian Mo helped the cubs make jelly and saw them off before spending the evening waiting for Wu Jiong. Wu Jiong returned with news that the Ice River Tribe would host this year’s Hunting Gathering.