Chapter Summaries

Feng Rumeng escorted the injured merman to a warm pink lake, where they exchanged gifts and parted ways. She traveled back through the snowy forest toward the Fierce Tiger Tribe, but became dangerously ill before reaching it.

• Feng Rumeng asked the merman to sew her a beast-hide jacket, and he made one for her as well.
• Feng Rumeng and the merman hunted a fourth-tier Sheli together, and he licked her wounds to heal them.
• Feng Rumeng and the merman reached a warm pink lake; she gave him her bracelet, accepted his pouch of blue beads and pearls, and said goodbye.
• After Feng Rumeng left, the merman's scars vanished and his dark-blue tail became seven-colored as he celebrated being free after nearly a hundred years.
• Feng Rumeng returned through the snow, found the Azure Rock Tribe sealed, and continued toward the Fierce Tiger Tribe.
• On the fortieth day, feverish and numb from the cold, Feng Rumeng fell asleep in the snow near the purple-fruit bushes.

Feng Rumeng survived the brutal cold season alone in her cave and reunited with Jianyue and Batu when spring arrived. As she planned to leave the tribe, Ling of the Green Snake Tribe appeared and announced that he had come to take her as his mate.

• Feng Rumeng woke in her cave with animal hides, a fire, and several carcasses left by an unknown rescuer, then spent the long winter surviving the extreme cold alone.
• After five months, the snow began to melt, and Feng Rumeng prepared to leave the tribe once the flower season arrived.
• Feng Rumeng emerged from her cave and reunited with Jianyue, who had feared she was dead, and thanked Batu for his concern.
• Hu Feng brought Ling of the Green Snake Tribe to the square, where Batu explained that Ling had come to join their tribe.
• Ling approached Feng Rumeng and declared that he had come to take her as his mate.

Feng Rumeng reluctantly accepted Ling as her mate after he insisted he wanted a home rather than cubs, and she began settling into life with him. Ling renovated her cave, brought her prey, and helped prepare a meal of meat and potatoes, while his intense attraction to her remained unexplained.

• Ling told Feng Rumeng he had come of age and wanted her as his mate, and she questioned him about his intentions and his ability to provide for her.
• Feng Rumeng learned that Ling had carried her back to the cave during the cold season and brought her prey, and he clarified that he had only helped lower her fever.
• Ling and Feng Rumeng awkwardly began tidying the cave, then Feng Rumeng traded barbs with Lina, who learned that Ling was her new mate.
• Ling transformed Feng Rumeng's cave and refused to leave when she warned him she could not bear cubs, saying that he wanted a home with her.
• Feng Rumeng accepted Ling's offer and planned meat stewed with potatoes and flatbreads, while Ling prepared a Kaka Beast and felt an overpowering urge to eat her.

Feng Rumeng and Ling grew closer as they cooked and bathed, then became mates. Two days later, Ling fed her a blue Beast Crystal while she slept in his arms.

• Feng Rumeng and Ling cooked stew and flatbreads together, and Ling wondered about the unusual seasoning.
• Feng Rumeng considered taking Ling as her mate and asked him to make two wooden bathtubs; Ling filled them with hot spring water.
• Ling helped Feng Rumeng dry her hair and admired her beauty after she washed her face.
• That evening, Feng Rumeng hesitated, but Ling kissed her and they became mates.
• Two days later, Ling placed a blue Beast Crystal in Feng Rumeng's mouth while she slept beside him.

Feng Rumeng and Ling settled into life as mates, then went hunting together so Ling could advance and they could travel to Beast City. While Ling hunted, a brown-haired male suddenly grabbed Feng Rumeng and carried her onto a massive tree trunk.

• Feng Rumeng woke after several days with Ling and learned that his mate mark made him a highly venomous snake; the two flirted and became intimate again.
• Ling entered the tribe carrying a Kaka Beast as other beastmen gossiped about his match with Feng Rumeng, while Jianyue teased Feng Rumeng about their three-day mating.
• Feng Rumeng and Ling spent several more days together, and she suggested they hunt so he could advance before they left for Beast City.
• Ling carried Feng Rumeng through the forest in his snake form, then warned her to call for him if she encountered danger before leaving to hunt.
• A handsome male with waist-length brown hair approached Feng Rumeng, scooped her up, and leaped onto a massive tree trunk.

Ling and Feng Rumeng survived a fight with a giant bear, then shared a meal and planned to visit a hot spring. Feng Rumeng resolved to become stronger, and she discovered that she could move colorful stones into her hand with her thoughts.

• Ling fought a giant bear who had tried to abduct Feng Rumeng, and Feng Rumeng cut the bear’s throat when Ling was injured.
• Ling swept Feng Rumeng out of the bear’s dying strike, recovered with Beast Crystals, and ate the bear’s Beast Core after killing him.
• Ling and Feng Rumeng returned to the river, roasted bamboo rats, and shared food together.
• Ling invited Feng Rumeng to soak in a hot spring, while she decided to learn hunting skills and darken her face for safety.
• Feng Rumeng noticed colorful stones in the river and used her thoughts to move several into her hand.

Feng Rumeng gathered colorful stones with Ling and visited his hidden hot spring, where they grew closer. After dreaming of a mysterious violet-haired figure who claimed to have waited for her, she woke in Ling’s arms and headed out to gather medicinal herbs with the tribe’s females.

• Feng Rumeng mistook a colorful river stone for a creature, then asked Ling to collect as many stones as possible for her.
• Ling gathered the stones and took Feng Rumeng through a waterfall to a hot spring he had found as a child.
• Feng Rumeng and Ling bathed together, and Ling carried her back to the tribe the following afternoon.
• Feng Rumeng dreamed of a violet-haired figure in a purple valley who told her he had waited for her, then woke frightened in the cave.
• Ling comforted Feng Rumeng and gave her an Orange Crystal before she fell asleep again.
• After a tribe member told Feng Rumeng that the females would gather medicinal herbs, she ate, dressed, and left with a basket.

Feng Rumeng joined the tribe’s females to gather herbs and was carried off by bird beastmen on the way back. She tried to rescue Jianyue, but after the captor transformed and they fell, black Qi swept Feng Rumeng away.

• Feng Rumeng met Xi, Jianyue, and Batu before Aima led the females to gather herbs in a valley.
• Feng Rumeng secretly stored unfamiliar herbs and shared her spicy dried meat with Jianyue and Xi.
• Bird beastmen attacked the returning group, seized several females, and carried Jianyue and Feng Rumeng into the air.
• Feng Rumeng bound the bird beastman with nanowire and threatened him with a dagger, but he transformed and all three fell.
• Another flying beast caught the unconscious Jianyue while black Qi below the mountain swept Feng Rumeng away.

Feng Rumeng fell into Long Xingye’s cave badly injured, and he used Beast Crystals and dragon Qi to save her, leaving her unconscious for five days. In a dream of her university past, she fought off Gao Yue’s group and rebuffed a circle of wealthy male students, while Wang Feng declared his interest in pursuing her.

• Feng Rumeng fell onto the sleeping Long Xingye, who recognized her from his spiritual domain and tried to heal her with Beast Crystals and dragon Qi.
• Feng Rumeng regained consciousness and objected, but Long Xingye continued guiding the dragon Qi through her until she later slept for five days.
• Feng Rumeng dreamed of her first day at university, where Gao Yue tried to pay her to transfer and Gao Yue’s lackeys attacked her.
• Feng Rumeng defeated the lackeys, while Wang Feng and his friends watched and bet on who would win her over first.
• Cui Haitao and the other male students repeatedly tried to approach Feng Rumeng, but she politely turned them down, making Gao Yue jealous.
• Wang Feng said he liked pursuing difficult women and urged Feng Rumeng to stay true to her original intent.

Feng Rumeng woke in the Ten Thousand Demons Cave after forming a contract with Long Xingye, a cursed dragon who claimed they were husband and wife. After failing to climb out through the barrier, she learned his name and continued questioning him.

• Feng Rumeng recalled refusing Wang Feng's offer in her past and remained untroubled by her choice.
• Feng Rumeng woke after Long Xingye had used her to cultivate, then attacked him and demanded to know what he was.
• Long Xingye explained that they had formed a contract and that he was a cursed dragon trapped in the Ten Thousand Demons Cave for a hundred years.
• Feng Rumeng tried to climb toward the barrier above the cave but gave up after three hours and fell into Long Xingye's arms.
• Long Xingye offered Feng Rumeng his Beast Crystals, and she learned his name before sweetly calling him Xingye.

Feng Rumeng and Long Xingye shared fruit, roasted deer, and water in the Demon Cave, and her kindness led him to reveal the lonely, brutal life he had endured there. Long Xingye realized that because his mental power had pulled Feng Rumeng into reality, she might be able to help him escape.

• Feng Rumeng coaxed Long Xingye into giving her dark purple fruit, and he went hunting for a ninth-rank deer beast.
• Long Xingye sealed the cave entrance and roasted the deer with Feng Rumeng’s lettuce and seasoning packets.
• Feng Rumeng shared lettuce-wrapped meat and clean water with Long Xingye, who became emotional at the familiar food and drink.
• Long Xingye recalled being abandoned as a dragon cub, surviving the Demon Cave for a hundred years, and losing hope of escape.
• Long Xingye remembered pulling Feng Rumeng from his dream into reality and realized she might still have a chance to get them out.

Long Xingye tried and failed to escape the ninth level with Feng Rumeng, but she discovered she could pass through its barrier and left to save her friends. Long Xingye stayed behind and faced the Giant Armored Beast Emperor, hoping to meet Feng Rumeng again.

• Long Xingye returned from hunting badly wounded, then tried to find a way through the barrier while Feng Rumeng slept.
• Feng Rumeng and Long Xingye shared a meal and Beast Crystals, and he told her their Mate Marks and promised to find her after clearing the levels.
• Long Xingye used his Mental Ability to try to send Feng Rumeng through the barrier, but she discovered she could pass through it while he remained blocked.
• Long Xingye and Feng Rumeng said goodbye, and Feng Rumeng leaped through the barrier to save her friends.
• The Giant Armored Beast Emperor appeared, and Long Xingye transformed into a five-clawed purple dragon and attacked it.

After being separated from Xingye, Feng Rumeng found herself lost in a mountain valley and awakened powerful spiritual senses and telekinesis. She met Jin Ling, a Golden Eagle Tribe youth who offered to help her find her tribemates.

• Feng Rumeng searched the ground for Xingye, then used her compass to head east toward the tallest mountain.
• At the Eagle Tribe, Jianyue asked Ji Feng to send warriors to search for Feng Rumeng, and Ji Feng dispatched Jichi and Jiyuan with Hu Feng.
• Ling searched the forest for Feng Rumeng but could neither sense her nor smell her scent.
• Feng Rumeng discovered she could perceive everything within five zhang and control fallen leaves, which she attributed to the Dragon Qi Xingye had transferred to her.
• Feng Rumeng met Jin Ling, who said he was from the Golden Eagle Tribe and offered to take her east to look for her tribemates after pursuing a fox beast.

Feng Rumeng reunited with Jianyue and Batu at the Eagle Tribe after Jin Ling brought her there. Jin Ling asked to become one of her beast husbands, but Feng Rumeng declined for now, and he left promising to seek her out again.

• Jin Ling carried Feng Rumeng to the Eagle Tribe, where Chief Ji Feng welcomed them.
• Feng Rumeng recognized Batu and reunited with him and Jianyue, who had been rescued with help from Ji Feng, Hu Feng, and Hu Chun.
• Feng Rumeng introduced Jin Ling to her friends and paid him two Orange Crystals for helping her.
• After they ate, Jin Ling privately asked Feng Rumeng to save him a place as one of her beast husbands.
• Feng Rumeng said she was not seeking another beast husband, but Jin Ling promised to visit her at the Fierce Tiger Tribe before flying away.

Ling found Feng Rumeng and took her back toward the tribe, where she rested and shared a meal with the group. When Hu Feng knocked away the fish Feng Rumeng offered Jianyue, Ling nearly attacked him, and the chapter ended with Hu Feng withdrawing to a cave and Ling disappearing into the woods.

• Ling reunited with Feng Rumeng, blamed himself for failing to protect her, and carried her away after thanking Ji Feng.
• During the journey, Feng Rumeng fell asleep on Ling, and he covered her with a beast hide.
• By the river, Jianyue suggested Feng Rumeng consider Hu Yun as a mate, but Feng Rumeng said she was happy with Ling alone.
• Ling prepared grilled fish for Feng Rumeng, but Hu Feng knocked away the fish she offered Jianyue and accused her of endangering Jianyue with Baibai Beast.
• Ling threatened Hu Feng, but Feng Rumeng and the others intervened; Jianyue reassured Hu Feng and led Feng Rumeng back to the campfire.
• Hu Feng went to a cave with Jianyue, while Ling walked deep into the woods.

Ling asked Hu Yun to consider becoming Feng Rumeng’s beast husband before Ling left to advance and shed, while Feng Rumeng and Ling grew closer during their journey. Hu Yun saw Feng Rumeng climb a tree with her nano wire and began watching her with curiosity.

• Feng Rumeng taught Jianyue, Batu, and Hu Yun how to eat Baibai Beast, and Batu and Jianyue enjoyed the meat.
• Ling asked Hu Yun to become Feng Rumeng’s beast husband, and Hu Yun considered the offer while Ling gave him ten days to decide.
• Feng Rumeng agreed to visit Ling’s mother at the Green Snake Tribe, and Ling told her about the tribe’s customs.
• Ling carried Feng Rumeng away from Jianyue and Batu’s cave, then followed her up a tree after she teased him and climbed with her nano wire.
• Feng Rumeng and Ling slept in her tent, and Hu Yun watched them from nearby after noticing she had no tier.
• Ling made meat pies and vegetable soup for Feng Rumeng and Hu Yun, who accepted the meal and praised the pie.

Feng Rumeng and Ling returned to the Fierce Tiger Tribe, where Ling cared for her and made fish ball soup at her request. After Rumeng shared food with Jianyue, she confronted Lina, who insulted her and tried to stop her from leaving; Ling frightened Lina into backing down.

• Feng Rumeng and Ling traveled back toward the Fierce Tiger Tribe, fighting beastmen and rescuing a rabbit-tribe female from vicious beasts along the way.
• After three days together, Ling fed Feng Rumeng an Orange Crystal and made her fish ball soup, while she showed him how to prepare it.
• Feng Rumeng and Ling gathered green fruit and berries, then Rumeng gave Jianyue a bowl of fish balls.
• Lina accused Feng Rumeng of hogging Ling and mocked her, but Rumeng answered with insults of her own.
• When Lina tried to grab Feng Rumeng as she left, Ling bared his fangs and frightened Lina into collapsing; her two mates later declined to seek revenge.

Feng Rumeng spent time with Ling and considered his suggestion that she meet Hu Yun, while the tribe gathered for a meal at her cave. Far away, Wuchen escaped the Demon Abyss, killed an eighth-tier Violent Armor Beast King, and began preparing its hide for his little female.

• Feng Rumeng made purple-fruit juice with Ling, and Ling suggested she consider Hu Yun as another mate while he advanced.
• Feng Rumeng agreed to meet Hu Yun but said she could protect herself and would not accept a mate if they did not get along.
• Feng Rumeng visited Xi, received insect honey, and taught Ling to make hand-pulled noodles for a meal with Hu Yun, Batu, and Jianyue.
• Hong Ying saw Hu Yun at Feng Rumeng's cave, grew resentful, then returned uphill with Hu Luo rather than confront Jianyue.
• Feng Rumeng wondered about her first mate as she watched Ling and Hu Yun wash up together.
• Wuchen climbed out of the Demon Abyss, killed an eighth-tier Violent Armor Beast King, ate its Beast Crystal, and began taking its hide.

Feng Rumeng saved Bai Feifei, a disgraced former chief’s daughter, and learned about the cruelty she had inflicted on her mates. Back at the cave, Hu Yun began to reconsider taking a mate, while Ling carried a reluctant Feng Rumeng off to the hot spring.

• Feng Rumeng treated an unconscious female with juice mixed with insect honey, and the woman woke and introduced herself as Bai Feifei.
• Bai Feifei rushed into the river, soaking Ling and revealing a terrible stench that drove Ling and Hu Yun away.
• Hu Yun told Feng Rumeng that Bai Feifei had been driven from the tribe and had crippled four of her six fifth-rank beast husbands, sold one, and left the last unconscious.
• Feng Rumeng, Ling, and Hu Yun ate roast meat wrapped in lettuce, and Hu Yun thought having a female might not be so bad.
• Ling coaxed Feng Rumeng toward the hot spring, then carried her out of the cave despite her protests.

Feng Rumeng and Ling used roast duck to hunt ferocious beasts, then made gifts from colored stones and vine fibers. The chapter ended with Feng Rumeng crafting hair ornaments for Ling from beast sinew.

• Feng Rumeng accepted Bai Feifei's roast duck and remembered a taste from her distant hometown, while Ling promised to help her return there someday.
• Ling made new clothes from his shed snakeskin while Feng Rumeng slept.
• Feng Rumeng set a roast-duck trap with Ling, and they hunted more than a dozen ferocious beasts together without Ling being injured.
• Feng Rumeng gathered white vine fibers, then made a bracelet with Ling from colored stones for a visit to his mother.
• Feng Rumeng recognized the stones as high-purity diamonds and began making hair ornaments to match Ling's purple hair.