Chapter Summaries

Jian Mo suspected a foreign object in Gong Wei’s stomach and initially agreed to try medicine and recuperation because surgery was risky. After Gong Wei vomited blood and later asked for surgery so he could recover and play with the cubs, his fathers agreed to proceed, and Jian Mo explained the risks and obtained their paw prints.

• Jian Mo told Gong Wei’s two fathers that a tumor or bezoar might be causing his illness and explained that surgery was necessary but risky.
• Gong Wei’s fathers chose to try medicine and build up his strength first, and the family stayed in the Riverside Tribe.
• Gong Wei’s appetite improved as he played with the cubs, but he later vomited blood and collapsed after eating roast meat.
• Jian Mo examined Gong Wei and said he probably needed surgery, while Riverside Tribe members urged his fathers not to delay.
• Gong Wei woke and told his fathers he wanted surgery so he could get better and play with Zhou Dao and the other cubs.
• Gong Wei’s fathers agreed to surgery, and Jian Mo explained the risks to them and the gathered tribe members before collecting their paw prints.

Jian Mo successfully removed a large hair bezoar from Gong Wei’s stomach, and the cub began recovering in the Riverside Tribe. He urged the tribe to feed its cubs wild vegetables, leaving Banjiu protesting the new meals while Jian Mo followed his own advice.

• Jian Mo prepared carefully and operated on Gong Wei, removing a fist-sized bezoar made mostly of hair.
• Jian Mo told Gong Wei’s fathers the operation had succeeded, and Gong Wei woke around noon with some of his strength restored.
• Jian Mo kept Gong Wei in the Riverside Tribe for observation and advised his fathers to feed him meat porridge with chopped wild vegetables.
• Jian Mo urged the tribe’s families to give their cubs wild vegetables, and Qing Kuo warned Banjiu about hairballs while Ban Ming teased him about constipation.
• Banjiu protested eating wild vegetables, but Jian Mo also ate them for several days to avoid developing a bezoar himself.

Jian Mo confirmed that Gong Wei had recovered enough to return home, then discovered that the clothes Gong Wei’s family had traded for were made from plant fibers. Intrigued by the unusual fabric, Jian Mo went to find Wu Jiong while the tribe’s young people trained for the summer harvest festival.

• Jian Mo examined Gong Wei in human form and told his fathers that he was recovering well enough to go home, though he needed better nutrition.
• Jian Mo noticed that Gong Wei’s clothes felt different and asked to inspect them.
• Jian Mo burned loose threads from his own clothes and Gong Wei’s, discovering that Gong Wei’s fabric did not smell like burning animal hair.
• Gong Wei’s dad explained that their family had traded two bolts of ordinary cloth for one bolt of the Long Years Tribe’s fabric.
• Jian Mo went to find Wu Jiong, who was training Ban Ming and the other young people for the summer harvest festival.
• Ban Ming spotted Jian Mo and called out to Wu Jiong that he had arrived.

Jian Mo discovered that the Long Years Tribe made the breathable fabric he wanted and persuaded Wu Jiong to travel there with him to trade. They reached the tribe after an overnight journey, where Min Yan welcomed them and began telling them about the tribe.

• Jian Mo showed Wu Jiong threads from Gong Wei’s clothes and recognized them as fabric from the Long Years Tribe.
• Jian Mo packed goods for a trade, and Wu Jiong arranged for them to leave the next day.
• Jian Mo and Wu Jiong rode Jiujiu to the Long Years Tribe while Ying'ao carried their supplies, spending a night in the wilderness on the way.
• Min Yan recognized Jian Mo and Wu Jiong, led them into the tribe, and explained that the tribe could weave more cloth if they wanted a large amount.
• Min Yan introduced himself and told Jian Mo and Wu Jiong that he wanted to travel as a merchant, but his dads would not let him go alone.

Jian Mo and Wu Jiong visited the Long Years Tribe to trade for cloth and learned about the tribe’s tea and weaving. After agreeing to stay and help harvest cloth fibers, they headed into the mountains with Xin Jun’s people the next morning.

• Jian Mo and Wu Jiong met Xin Jun, chief of the Long Years Tribe, who welcomed them and served them crescent moon tea.
• Xin Jun showed them the tribe’s cloth, and Jian Mo offered supplies to trade for all the kinds he had brought out.
• Xin Jun said the tribe had little cloth left after trading with the Cypress Branch Tribe, so Jian Mo and Wu Jiong agreed to stay until new cloth could be woven.
• Xin Jun found them a house and invited them to dinner, where Jian Mo tried several dishes, including crisp little crabs fried with tea leaves.
• Jian Mo and Wu Jiong discussed the Long Years Tribe’s fertile rainforest territory and hoped to find chili peppers during the next day’s gathering.
• Jian Mo and Wu Jiong went into the mountains early the next morning with the Long Years Tribe to harvest cloth fibers.

Jian Mo and Wu Jiong visited the Long Years Tribe’s cloth fiber trees and learned how its members processed the fibers into usable thread. The chapter left Jian Mo considering how his own claws might help with the work.

• Xin Jun showed Jian Mo and Wu Jiong how the Long Years Tribe harvested cloth fiber by stripping veins from the trees’ leaves.
• Jian Mo observed that the fibers varied in length and thickness and learned that making cloth required extensive work.
• The Long Years Tribe members boiled the fibers and fed them through wooden frames fitted with metal blades to even out their thickness.
• Xin Jun explained that the frames improved the thread and that sub-beastmen used their claws to handle the fibers quickly.
• Jian Mo turned his hand into a claw and compared it with Wu Jiong’s, noting that his own claws were long and slender rather than sharply developed.

Jian Mo and Wu Jiong helped the Long Years Tribe weave and cook, then learned that Jiujiu and Ying'ao may have visited the Cypress Branch Tribe. They planned to visit the tribe the next day, and Xin Jun asked them to trade for white milk fruit so the Long Years Tribe could print patterns on cloth.

• Jian Mo learned to weave with Wu Jiong and the Long Years Tribe, then borrowed a pot and stove to cook for Jiujiu and Ying'ao.
• Wu Jiong recognized fur-sticking grass in the birds' feathers and guessed they had flown to the Cypress Branch Tribe.
• Jian Mo suggested visiting the Cypress Branch Tribe the next day to thank them for their past help, and Wu Jiong agreed to tell Xin Jun.
• Xin Jun asked Jian Mo and Wu Jiong to trade two rolls of cloth for white milk fruit, which the Long Years Tribe used to resist dye and make patterns.
• Xin Jun showed Jian Mo dyed cloth and ornaments, and Jian Mo was especially drawn to the blue-and-orange cloth earrings.

Jian Mo identified a wild fruit with soft white fluff as a possible source of cotton and arranged to gather it with Wu Jiong and Xin Jun. The group headed into the mountains to collect cotton bolls, leaving their planned trip to the Cypress Branch Tribe for later.

• Yi Chuan showed Jian Mo a split wild fruit containing white fluff, and Jian Mo recognized it as a possible cotton source.
• Jian Mo showed the fruit to Wu Jiong, and they decided to gather more and test whether its fluff could be woven into cloth.
• Jian Mo told Xin Jun about the plan, and Xin Jun agreed to lead the next day's trip into the mountains with Yi Chuan.
• Jian Mo, Wu Jiong, Xin Jun, and Yi Chuan climbed through hot, overgrown terrain, using medicinal oil to guard against insects as they searched for scattered cotton trees.
• Jian Mo asked Xin Jun about the Long Years Tribe's ornaments, and Xin Jun explained that their fragile crafts rarely attracted traders.

Jian Mo and Wu Jiong introduced the Long Years Tribe to soap and arranged for Xin Jun’s people to spin and weave their cotton into cloth. The next morning, Jian Mo and Wu Jiong flew deeper into the mountains to gather more cotton.

• Jian Mo described glass jewelry and invited Xin Jun and the others to visit his tribe during the Summer Harvest Festival.
• Wu Jiong lifted Jian Mo so he could reach high cotton bolls, and the group gathered five baskets of cotton.
• Jian Mo shared soap with the Long Years Tribe, whose members traded for more and arranged to pay him with cloth, dried fruit, and meat.
• Jian Mo and the others processed the cotton, and Xin Jun agreed to spin it finely and weave cloth by the following evening.
• Jian Mo and Wu Jiong left for the mountains on Jiujiu and Ying'ao to gather more cotton.

Jian Mo and Wu Jiong searched the forest for cotton bolls, but their gathering was interrupted when the chubby chirpers arrived and offered to help. With the chirpers’ flying search, they filled their baskets, then shared food and stories by the river before the visitors left promising to return the next day.

• Jian Mo and Wu Jiong went into the forest to gather cotton bolls, collecting berries, nuts, and other food along the way.
• Jiujiu’s calls interrupted Jian Mo and Wu Jiong as they kissed, and the chubby chirpers arrived to visit and bring white milk fruit to the Long Years Tribe.
• Jian Mo showed the chubby chirpers a cotton boll, and they spread out to search for more.
• The chubby chirpers found cotton boll trees and helped Jian Mo and Wu Jiong fill their baskets.
• Jian Mo shared dried meat and berries with the chubby chirpers by the river, where they chatted with him and Wu Jiong until sunset.
• The chubby chirpers left and said they would return to help the next day.

Jian Mo and Wu Jiong prepared to return to their tribe after helping the Long Years Tribe weave cotton cloth, and Jian Mo advised Xin Jun to plant cotton seeds. They left with some of the cloth, while the rest was promised for delivery at the Summer Harvest Festival.

• Jian Mo invited the Long Years Tribe boys to the Summer Harvest Festival and agreed with Wu Jiong to leave the next evening.
• Xin Jun and the others showed Jian Mo their first piece of soft cotton cloth, and Jian Mo agreed to trade supplies for half of the fabric.
• Jian Mo and Wu Jiong helped separate cotton fiber as the Long Years Tribe hurried to weave the cloth for the trade.
• Xin Jun agreed to deliver the remaining cotton cloth and cloth-silk fabric during the Summer Harvest Festival.
• Jian Mo told Xin Jun how to plant the cotton seeds, then he and Wu Jiong left for their tribe.

Jian Mo and Wu Jiong returned to the Riverside Tribe with cotton cloth from the Long Years Tribe and rested after their journey. The next day, Jian Mo began planning leaf-print patterns for the cloth with Qing Kuo and the others.

• Jian Mo and Wu Jiong flew back to the Riverside Tribe with Jiujiu and Ying'ao, bringing tree cloth and cotton cloth from the Long Years Tribe.
• Qing Kuo and the others inspected the cloth, and Jian Mo explained how the cotton cloth had been woven and why it was undyed.
• Jian Mo and Wu Jiong went home, spent the night together, and slept late the next morning.
• Jian Mo found Jiujiu hungry and promised to make her a berry cake that evening.
• Qing Kuo and the others arrived with dyes, and Jian Mo proposed keeping the cloth white and printing patterns on it with leaves.

Jian Mo taught the tribe how to make cloth shoes while they worked on bedding sets, prompting Qing Kuo and the others to organize a trip to trade for cloth at the Long Years Tribe. After they left, visitors from the Long Years Tribe and Cypress Branch Tribe arrived with trade goods and news, and Jian Mo prepared to host them.

• Jian Mo taught the gathered sub-beastmen to make layered cloth soles, and they finished three bedding sets and six comfortable pairs of shoes.
• Qing Kuo, Ye Luo, Min Dang, and other representatives decided to travel to the Long Years Tribe to trade for cloth, while Wu Jiong assured them the tribe had enough supplies.
• Jian Mo later found people from the Long Years Tribe and Cypress Branch Tribe, including exhausted fat chirpers who had carried Min Yan and others to Riverside Tribe.
• Jian Mo cautioned the Cypress Branch youths not to carry loads that might affect their development, then took them home, where they played with the sleeping Jiujiu.
• Jian Mo went to the river to gather Pearl Algae so he could prepare food for the visitors.

Jian Mo treated a beastman who had choked on roast meat, with Wu Jiong helping dislodge the blockage. The man survived, and Jian Mo explained the Heimlich maneuver to the onlookers.

• The Fat Chirps and Jiujiu brought an unconscious, choking beastman to Jian Mo for help.
• Jian Mo tried to clear the blockage with abdominal thrusts and sent the Fat Chirps to fetch Wu Jiong.
• Wu Jiong took over and thrust until a large piece of meat shot from the beastman's mouth.
• Jian Mo examined the beastman and confirmed he was safe to recover at the small clinic.
• Jian Mo explained that the Heimlich maneuver used diagonal thrusts to the upper abdomen to help someone who was choking.

Jian Mo taught others how to treat choking after the fat chirps helped save Tu Shao, who later thanked them with insect wax. The Summer Harvest Festival began at the Riverside Tribe, where eight tribes gathered for three days of trading and a contest to collect the most valuable supplies.

• The fat chirps told Jian Mo that Tu Shao of the Yangyao Tribe had choked on meat, and that they had carried him to safety with Jiujiu's help.
• Jian Mo gave the exhausted fat chirps a honey-and-jam leaf drink, while De Jiang later disciplined Ban Ming and the others for getting into trouble.
• Jian Mo taught his choking first-aid method to cubs, adults, and visitors from other tribes.
• Tu Shao recovered, thanked Jian Mo and the fat chirps, and traded insect wax for fish bladder glue.
• The tribes chose the Riverside Tribe to host the Summer Harvest Festival, where Jian Mo traded goods and sold ointment.
• Teams from each of the eight tribes began a three-day contest to gather the supplies with the highest total value.

Jian Mo followed the Summer Harvest Festival teams and treated competitors injured in the wild as the standings shifted. On the second morning, Jiujiu and the fat chicks brought him an unconscious brown bear from the Ice River Tribe who needed medical attention.

• The fat chicks agreed not to provoke the Pallas's cats after Jian Mo warned that a fight could keep them from patrolling.
• The eight teams set out for the three-day Summer Harvest Festival, and Jian Mo watched Ban Ming's team gather and preserve its supplies.
• Jian Mo treated an injured sub-beastman from the Red Zheng Tribe and later went to help a beastman from the Xiongying Tribe who had been gored by a Serrated Beast.
• At the end of the first day, Jian Mo learned that the Ice River Tribe led, followed by the Mengshui Tribe and the Riverside Tribe.
• As the teams spread into more territories on the second day, Jiujiu and the fat chicks brought Jian Mo an unconscious Ice River Tribe beastman injured while hunting a Horizontal-Horned Beast.

Jian Mo and Jiujiu helped rescue injured competitors, then the Summer Harvest Festival concluded with the awards and a communal feast. The chapter left Jian Mo helping prepare dinner with Wu Jiong and the other tribes.

• Jian Mo examined the unconscious Ice River Tribe brown bear, treated his wounds, and had him disqualified while Jiujiu continued flying to help the rescuers.
• Jian Mo and Wu Jiong agreed to head to the Mengshui Tribe after the injured beastman was collected, so Jiujiu and the fat chirps could reach emergencies more easily.
• After three days, all eight teams arrived at the Riverside Tribe, where the judges awarded first place to the Ice River Tribe bears and a tie for second to the Mengshui Tribe and Riverside Tribe.
• Wu Jiong announced special contribution awards for the fat chirps and Jiujiu, while Ying'ao missed the ceremony because he had gone out to find food.
• Wu Jiong declared the Summer Harvest Festival feast open, and Jian Mo contributed two large metal pots and joined the tribes in preparing dinner.

The Riverside Tribe and the other tribes celebrated the Summer Harvest Festival with a feast, singing, and dancing. Afterward, Jian Mo cared for muddy Jiujiu and learned that Wan Zheng and the others would soon leave after attending classes for two days.

• Jian Mo and the other cooks prepared many dishes, and Wu Jiong gave the order for everyone to eat once the food was ready.
• Jian Mo sampled the tribes' dishes and was especially impressed by the Mengshui Tribe's stuffed stomach, which he asked to eat again.
• The tribes celebrated with singing and dancing, while some beastmen and sub-beastmen paired off and went into the woods.
• The fat chirps took Jiujiu fishing at Green Marsh Source, where a fish splashed mud over its face, and Jian Mo later agreed to take Jiujiu mushroom picking with them.
• Jian Mo and Wu Jiong washed Ying'ao and Jiujiu at White Sandbar, and Jian Mo noticed that Jiujiu had grown thinner.
• Wu Jiong told Jian Mo that Wan Zheng and the others would return in a couple of days after Zhou Zhi arranged for them to attend classes in the Riverside Tribe for two days.

Tu Shao brought Jian Mo ginger, which Jian Mo cooked for the tribe and traded successfully with several people. After Tu Shao delivered Jian Mo’s message, Dan Guan visited to try Jian Mo’s new approach for his alopecia.

• Tu Shao brought ginger to Jian Mo and traded it for supplies.
• Jian Mo cooked Purple Bird with shredded ginger, and his guests enjoyed the meal.
• Qing Kuo, Ye Luo, and Min Dang bought ginger from Tu Shao, who agreed to bring more.
• Jian Mo asked Tu Shao to tell Dan Guan to visit him about his alopecia.
• Dan Guan came to see Jian Mo and grew disappointed when he learned Jian Mo was unsure whether his new approach would cure him.

Jian Mo treated Dan Guan’s bald patches with a ginger trial and checked Bei Ya’s healing facial scars. After preserving the ginger, he made ginger milk curd for his friends and prepared portions for Ying'ao and Jiujiu.

• Jian Mo recorded the hairs on three of Dan Guan’s bald patches and instructed him to rub them with ginger for a month, stopping if he developed irritation.
• Jian Mo examined Bei Ya’s facial wounds, approved his healing, and told him to keep protecting his face from the sun.
• Jian Mo sorted and preserved the ginger by drying some and making salted ginger from the rest.
• Qing Kuo, Ye Luo, and the others helped Jian Mo process ginger and stayed for dinner, where they enjoyed the salted ginger.
• Jian Mo made ginger milk curd by pouring hot, sweetened beast milk over ginger juice, then planned portions for Ying'ao and Jiujiu.