Recaps

Qin Hao agreed to sell Master Jia one hundred beasts for three hundred taels of gold each and hunted a thousand beasts to supply him and the disaster victims. He then investigated the theft of meat from the little girl and boy, traced it to Jia Fugui, and sentenced him to a fine and detention.

• Master Jia offered to buy beast meat, and Qin Hao agreed to deliver one hundred beasts for three hundred taels of gold each.
• Qin Hao hunted a thousand beasts in the primeval forest to fulfill the sale and feed the disaster victims.
• At the yamen, Qin Hao interrogated a Jia Family servant, who confessed that Master Jia had ordered the theft to test the meat.
• Qin Hao sent Xu Qiang and men to arrest Master Jia, and they brought Jia Fugui to the yamen.
• Under torture, Jia Fugui confessed to ordering the servants to snatch a bowl of meat.
• Qin Hao fined Jia Fugui one thousand taels of silver and sentenced him to fifteen days' detention.

Qin Hao transformed Taoyuan County into a thriving modern city and continued investing his wealth in its development. As Emperor Xuanzong of Tang prepared to inspect the county, Jia Fugui received a warning that an esteemed guest would arrive in three months, but dismissed it.

• Qin Hao sold Jia Fugui a hundred beasts, then used the proceeds and his designs to begin rebuilding Taoyuan County's roads and streets.
• Over the next year, Qin Hao expanded the county into a vast, prosperous city that attracted wealthy residents and merchants.
• Emperor Xuanzong of Tang decided to visit Taoyuan County with Minister Zhang to see what Qin Hao had accomplished.
• Jia Fugui asked Qin Hao to let him invest in the Eastern District expansion, and Qin Hao offered him a chance to distribute the county's newly developed beer.
• Qin Hao's second disciple returned by helicopter and reported that the bandits on Tiger Mountain had been wiped out without casualties.
• Jia Fugui received a letter warning that an esteemed guest would arrive in three months, then tore it up dismissively.

Emperor Xuanzong of Tang and his entourage traveled to inspect Taoyuan County, debating whether Qin Hao had managed to solve its drought and poverty. Qin Hao, who had built a prosperous county, drove out to meet Li Bai and introduced him to a luxury vehicle.

• Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, Zhang Shuo, Li Xuanxuan, Wang Gonggong, and an imperial guard traveled to Taoyuan County for an inspection.
• Emperor Xuanzong of Tang explained that Qin Hao's ideas about roads, commerce, and industry could help solve the county's problems, and promised not to behead him if he had made progress.
• Qin Hao ate at Haidilao with Chu Feng and Chu Ling'er before driving away in a black luxury business vehicle.
• Qin Hao drove a thousand kilometers from the county seat and stopped to meet the exhausted scholar Li Bai.
• Li Bai asked Qin Hao what the wheeled, house-like object was, and Qin Hao laughed.

Qin Hao brought Li Bai to Taoyuan County, where Li Bai was amazed by its modern transport, buildings, and customs. A day later, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang and his companions reached the county gates and stared in shock at the city and its advertisements.

• Qin Hao took Li Bai in his black car, served him beer, and drove him toward Taoyuan County while Emperor Xuanzong of Tang and his companions watched in astonishment.
• Qin Hao brought Li Bai to his villa, where Li Bai marveled at the city, its fashions, and the house, then settled in.
• Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, Wang Gonggong, Zhang Shuo, Liu Shuai, and Princess Yuzhen arrived at the southern district gates and saw the illuminated entrance, skyscrapers, moving cars, and a screen playing advertisements.

Emperor Xuanzong and his party arrived in Taoyuan County and were tricked into buying jelly by men posing as helpful sellers. After spending 800 taels of silver, they learned that their carriage could not enter town and were offered paid storage and a ride inside.

• Princess Yuzhen questioned whether the party had reached Taoyuan County, and Zhang Shuo confirmed they had.
• Emperor Xuanzong asked local men about the county and its strange sights, and they lured him and his companions into sampling Xizhilang Jelly.
• The men persuaded Emperor Xuanzong's party to buy 20 boxes of jelly, charging them 800 taels of silver while making them believe they had secured a bargain.
• The men told the party that carriages were forbidden in town and offered to store their horses and carriage for at least a week for 50 taels of silver.

Emperor Xuanzong and his companions entered Taoyuan County, where Zhang Mazi charged them exorbitant fees and drove them toward an inn. They arrived at the brightly lit Jiu Kenni Hotel at night, amazed by the city’s scenery and modern car.

• Two young men persuaded Emperor Xuanzong and his companions to pay 100 taels in management fees and offered to take them into Taoyuan County by car.
• Zhang Mazi arrived and drove the group, along with their twenty boxes of Xizhilang Jelly, toward the Jiu Kenni Hotel after they chose not to go straight to Qin Hao.
• On the highway, Zhang Mazi demanded 50 taels per passenger, and the palace guard threatened him after realizing they had been swindled.
• Zhang Mazi invoked his dashcam and warned that the group had exceeded the car’s capacity, so Emperor Xuanzong paid him 250 taels.
• After receiving payment, Zhang Mazi sped up and brought the group to the glowing Jiu Kenni Hotel, where Princess Yuzhen marveled at the city’s night scenery.

Emperor Xuanzong and his companions checked into the Jiu Kenni Hotel at a steep price after Zhang Mazi introduced them to Sister Wang. In their rooms, the visitors investigated unfamiliar amenities, while Liu Shuai drank toilet water and Zhang Shuo secretly watched an adult video.

• Zhang Mazi brought Emperor Xuanzong and his companions to the Jiu Kenni Hotel and asked Sister Wang to give them a discount.
• Sister Wang offered the group half-price rooms and showed them a cramped standard single room and a luxurious deluxe king room.
• Emperor Xuanzong booked five deluxe king rooms, and Zhang Shuo paid Sister Wang 220 taels of silver.
• Emperor Xuanzong, Princess Yuzhen, and Wang Gonggong explored the unfamiliar features of their rooms.
• Liu Shuai relieved himself in a drainage pipe and then drank water from the toilet, mistaking it for complimentary drinking water.
• Zhang Shuo discovered adult videos on his television and secretly opened one after repeatedly turning the television off and on.

Zhang Shuo’s television accidentally played an adult film before Liu Shuai mistook toilet water for mineral water, while Wang Gonggong broke into a device in his room. The next morning, the five guests checked out and learned they would have to pay for damaged items.

• Zhang Shuo accidentally played an adult film loudly, then hid the television when Liu Shuai came to investigate.
• Liu Shuai drank from the toilet, mistaking it for mineral water, and Zhang Shuo sent him back to his room to watch the television.
• Wang Gonggong found a device with a QR code and smashed it open after he could not figure out how to use it.
• The next morning, Zhang Shuo and Liu Shuai retched when Emperor Xuanzong of Tang praised the mineral water, and the guests went downstairs to check out.
• Sister-in-law Wang told the guests that items in several rooms had been damaged and they would have to pay for them.

Emperor Xuanzong of Tang and his party left Sister Wang’s shop after paying for the damaged items, then explored Taoyuan County and experienced its traffic rules. They reached Haidilao and were led into a spacious private room.

• Sister Wang charged Zhang Shuo and Wang Gonggong 500 taels for the damaged items after they refused to pay the tenfold penalty, and Emperor Xuanzong of Tang paid the bill.
• Emperor Xuanzong of Tang and his companions walked through Taoyuan County, noticed its two-wheeled vehicles and Taoyuan Takeout workers, and headed toward Haidilao.
• Zhang Shuo argued with a volunteer after the group crossed against a red light, and Liu Shuai paid the 50-copper-coin fine.
• Princess Yuzhen played with Haidilao’s revolving door, and the staff welcomed the group and escorted them to a spacious private room.

Qin Hao taught Li Bai to use firearms and flew him in a WZ-10 helicopter, while Emperor Xuanzong and his companions explored Taoyuan County and discovered its modern conveniences. After realizing they had been overcharged elsewhere, they headed to the yamen to report the swindlers.

• Emperor Xuanzong and his companions ordered food at Haidilao, then chose cheaper dishes after learning the prices.
• Qin Hao taught Li Bai to use firearms and took him on a helicopter flight over Taoyuan County and Chang'an.
• Emperor Xuanzong and his companions mistook the helicopter for a giant bird until a merchant explained that it was an aircraft.
• The group booked rooms at the Great Tang hotel and complained that they had been cheated out of nearly a thousand taels of silver.
• Emperor Xuanzong and his companions took a taxi to the yamen, and Zhang Shuo tipped the driver before asking about his navigation phone.

Emperor Xuanzong of Tang and his companions bought five high-end phones in Taoyuan County and learned how the county had transformed under Qin Hao. They arrived at the government office, where Emperor Xuanzong prepared to examine Qin Hao’s ability to judge cases.

• The taxi driver showed Emperor Xuanzong of Tang and his companions a mobile phone and Douyin, then took them to a China phone store.
• Wang Gonggong ordered five China Mate 60 Pro phones, and Chu Feng delivered the remaining three after arriving in a supercar.
• Emperor Xuanzong asked Chu Feng about the supercar and learned that Chu Feng was Qin Hao’s disciple and the store’s chairman.
• The taxi driver described how Qin Hao had ended Taoyuan County’s famine and led its development, raising average monthly income to over four taels of silver.
• Emperor Xuanzong and his companions reached the government office and prepared to observe Qin Hao judging cases.

Emperor Xuanzong and his companions reported their scam to Taoyuan County’s police, then explored modern services by buying a car, enrolling in driving school, and opening bank accounts. Back at the hotel, Zhang Shuo paid for permanent VIP access on the television.

• Emperor Xuanzong and the others passed security screening and gave statements at the county yamen, where a constable opened an investigation into their scam.
• Emperor Xuanzong used his phone to find a dealership and bought a Galloping Big G for 188 taels of gold.
• The five companions enrolled at Taoyuan Driving School because none of them could drive.
• Emperor Xuanzong, Princess Yuzhen, Zhang Shuo, Wang Gonggong, and Liu Shuai deposited money into their new bank accounts.
• Zhang Shuo scanned the television’s payment code and bought permanent VIP membership.

Zhang Shuo was lured into a dating-app scam that ended with him being beaten and forced to pay a thousand taels of silver. He was left with none of the three thousand taels he had brought on the trip.

• Zhang Shuo bought an explicit video, scanned its QR code, and downloaded a local dating app.
• Zhang Shuo paid to meet a woman, agreed to a deposit, and waited for her at the hotel.
• The woman arrived, and Zhang Shuo began groping her despite her resistance.
• The woman’s husband and four suited thugs burst into the room, beat Zhang Shuo, and threatened to report him for rape.
• The woman showed a video as evidence, and Zhang Shuo paid the group a thousand taels of silver.
• The woman and the others left with the silver, leaving Zhang Shuo broke.

Emperor Xuanzong and his companions went to the South Urban District county office to hear their fraud case against Zhang Mazi and the other merchants. Qin Hao arrived and began the trial, where the defendants denied defrauding them.

• Zhang Shuo hid his bruises by claiming he had been sleepwalking as the group traveled to the county office.
• A constable explained that both plaintiffs and defendants received courteous treatment before Qin Hao heard their case.
• Emperor Xuanzong and the others learned that their tea cost only ten copper coins per jin and heard about Qin Hao’s exceptionally expensive tea.
• Zhang Mazi arrived and taunted the plaintiffs, then Qin Hao flew by helicopter to the county office.
• Qin Hao opened the trial over the alleged theft of 1,160 liang of silver, and Zhang Mazi and the others claimed they had been wronged.

Qin Hao presided over Emperor Xuanzong of Tang and his companions’ complaints against Zhang Mazi, the Liu Brothers, and Sister Wang, using surveillance footage to show that most of the accused had acted legally. He dismissed the main fraud claims, issued limited penalties and compensation rulings, and left the courtroom after the case was closed.

• Qin Hao explained that he wanted to use the case to expose gaps in Great Tang law and motivate nationwide legal reforms.
• Zhang Shuo asked Qin Hao to review surveillance footage, which showed the Liu Brothers selling Xizhilang Jelly at inflated prices without forcing Emperor Xuanzong of Tang’s group to buy it.
• Zhang Mazi presented dashcam footage showing that Emperor Xuanzong of Tang’s companions had threatened him, while Zhang Mazi had only violated traffic rules by carrying one extra passenger.
• Qin Hao fined Zhang Mazi ten taels of silver and deducted ten points, then sentenced Liu Shuai to fifteen days’ detention and a ten-tael fine for intimidation and threats.
• Qin Hao reviewed the Jiu Kenni Hotel footage, ordered Sister Wang to refund excess compensation and pay ten taels for emotional damages, and ordered the plaintiffs to pay Zhang Mazi and the Liu Brothers ten taels each.
• Emperor Xuanzong of Tang’s group and the defendants accepted Qin Hao’s ruling, and Qin Hao dismissed the court and went to his office.

Emperor Xuanzong returned to the Capital with Qin Hao after spending a month in Taoyuan County, where he ordered Qin Hao to provide an aircraft. At court, officials presented crises including a flood and renewed war with the Göktürks, and Qin Hao offered a solution before Yao Si and his faction challenged him.

• Emperor Xuanzong praised Qin Hao for solving the silver theft case and fined him by ordering him to give the emperor an aircraft.
• Qin Hao hosted Emperor Xuanzong and the others at Haidilao, while the emperor considered what official post to give him.
• Qin Hao flew Emperor Xuanzong, Princess Yuzhen, Zhang Shuo, Wang Gonggong, and Liu Shuai back to Chang'an in a helicopter.
• After a sleepless first night in the Capital, Emperor Xuanzong resolved to make Qin Hao Minister of Justice and have him improve Chang'an.
• At court, officials reported a flood in Yiyang County and renewed war with the Göktürks, and Qin Hao offered a solution.
• Yao Si questioned Qin Hao's ability, and officials from Yao Si's faction joined in accusing him.

Qin Hao promised Emperor Xuanzong of Tang that he would resolve Yiyang County’s flooding and stop the Göktürks, and began preparing equipment and a special forces unit. He left Princess Yuzhen in Taoyuan County and started training a thousand soldiers in Chang'an City.

• Qin Hao proposed sending Yiyang County’s floodwater to Taoyuan County and using Taoyuan County’s guns against the Göktürks, and Emperor Xuanzong of Tang appointed him Minister of Justice if he succeeded.
• Qin Hao returned to Taoyuan County by helicopter with Princess Yuzhen and left her at his villa before heading to the factory.
• Qin Hao ordered the factory workers to mass-produce firearms and water conservancy equipment, then conjured enough raw materials to fill the warehouse.
• Qin Hao surveyed Yiyang County from the air and returned to the capital to propose a thousand-person special forces unit.
• Emperor Xuanzong of Tang approved the unit, and Qin Hao selected a thousand people and began training them in Chang'an City for a month.

After 15 days of contemplating the Origin, Qin Hao created a breathing method that let people cultivate Qi without spiritual energy. He refined the method and decided it was time to train the 1,000 soldiers.

• Qin Hao struggled to find a way to help the 1,000 soldiers transcend the ordinary in one month, then spent 15 days contemplating the Origin.
• Qin Hao comprehended Qi and created a breathing method that let living beings gather and store it through breathing.
• Qin Hao tested the method and found he could accumulate Qi in one minute as quickly as he had through 100 years of comprehending the Origin.
• The soldiers complained that Qin Hao had left them idle in the training camp for half a month and doubted his ability to lead troops.
• Qin Hao improved the breathing method over several hours and decided to begin training the soldiers.

Qin Hao revealed his cultivation method to the 1,000 protesting soldiers, whose rapid training transformed them into powerful Martial Artists in just one shichen. After they easily survived their tribulations, he gave them knowledge of firearms and ammunition, leaving them ready for further training.

• Qin Hao answered the soldiers’ protests by revealing his cultivation aura and claiming that their idle days had been meant to clear their minds.
• Qin Hao used his Mental Power to teach all 1,000 soldiers his perfected Breathing Technique, leaving them unconscious for fourteen days as they absorbed it.
• Qin Hao had the soldiers practice the Breathing Technique, and within one shichen even the weakest reached Martial General strength.
• Qin Hao stopped their cultivation when dark clouds signaled tribulations and dispersed the soldiers to separate locations.
• The soldiers successfully transcended their tribulations, with the strongest reaching Martial King strength, and Qin Hao transmitted knowledge of firearms and ammunition to them.

Qin Hao trained 1,000 soldiers in cultivation, set them to build reservoirs and a pipeline to control Yiyang County’s flooding, and claimed the disaster had been dealt with before the emperor. Yao Si challenged his claims at court as Qin Hao’s soldiers headed back to Chang’an.

• Qin Hao taught the 1,000 soldiers and the factory workers the Breathing Technique, then took the factory’s warehouse supplies into his internal space.
• Qin Hao sent the soldiers to build a reservoir in Yiyang County and connect it to Taoyuan County with a pipeline, then taught the Breathing Technique to Chu Ling'er and Chu Feng.
• After modifying the Breathing Technique, Qin Hao cultivated and felt his power surge before Wang Gonggong summoned him to court.
• Qin Hao told Wang Gonggong that the soldiers had completed the water project and would return by helicopter, though Wang Gonggong doubted him.
• Qin Hao told Emperor Xuanzong of Tang that the soldiers could each take on a hundred men and that Yiyang County’s flooding had been dealt with.
• Yao Si accused Qin Hao of boasting and failing to address the flooding, but Qin Hao insisted he had not deceived the emperor.

Qin Hao defended his claim that he had solved Yiyang County’s flooding and challenged Yao Si to a bet, with Emperor Xuanzong of Tang presiding. At the training camp, Qin Hao’s returning soldiers arrived by helicopter and military vehicles, and Little Li stunned the court by lifting a heavy truck.

• Yao Si accused Qin Hao of failing to address Yiyang County’s flooding, and Qin Hao explained that he had built a channel and reservoir to divert its water to Taoyuan County.
• Qin Hao bet Yao Si ten thousand taels of gold against Qin Hao’s life if the flooding remained unresolved and his soldiers could not each take on a hundred men.
• Emperor Xuanzong of Tang accompanied Qin Hao, Yao Si, and the officials to the training camp, where ten helicopters and forty-five military vehicles arrived.
• The returning soldiers reported that they had completely resolved the flooding in Yiyang County, then formed ranks on Qin Hao’s command.
• Qin Hao called forward Little Li, one of the unit’s weakest soldiers, and ordered him to lift a military truck; Little Li picked it up with one hand and ran toward Qin Hao.

Qin Hao demonstrated the soldiers’ strength to Emperor Xuanzong of Tang and the court, then passed on cultivation manuals before vanishing. After the Göktürks seized two cities, the special forces headed to the border, while Qin Hao returned to Taoyuan County, cleared the trial, and ended the simulation by killing himself.

• Xiao Li lifted a military truck with one hand, and the officials marveled at his strength as Yao Si broke his leg kicking the truck.
• At Qin Hao’s order, all one thousand soldiers demonstrated lifting trucks, and Emperor Xuanzong of Tang ordered Yao Si to pay ten thousand taels of gold to Taoyuan County.
• Qin Hao told Emperor Xuanzong of Tang that he was a cultivator, presented him with four grades of the Breathing Technique, and vanished.
• A messenger reported that the Göktürks had taken two cities and their defending general had fallen, so Emperor Xuanzong of Tang sent the special forces to the border.
• Qin Hao comprehended the World Origin, cleared the trial, returned to Taoyuan County, and killed himself, ending the Life Simulation.

Qin Hao cleared the sixth-level trial by using his Breathing Technique to absorb the world's remaining Spiritual Qi, then entered the seventh level. There, he learned he must create a cultivation system and help humanity survive extinction, and headed toward a city besieged by mutated creatures.

• Qin Hao entered the Sixth-Level Trial and cultivated with his Breathing Technique, drawing the world's remaining Spiritual Qi into a vortex.
• The people nearby witnessed Qin Hao's cultivation, and the colorful halo transformed their Spiritual Power as they underwent breakthroughs.
• Qin Hao cleared the sixth level, received a cultivation room access card for six shichen, and ascended through a gate of light to the seventh level.
• The trial voice told Qin Hao to create a complete cultivation system and save humanity from extinction or vanish with them.
• Qin Hao discovered that the world had no Spiritual Qi, confirmed he could cultivate with his Breathing Technique, and found a technologically advanced human city.
• Mutated insects and wild beasts rushed toward Qin Hao outside the city's protective dome.

Qin Hao entered a nearly deserted city and told its soldiers he was an immortal cultivator from another world who had come to teach them cultivation. When they suspected he was mentally ill, he demonstrated his powers and revealed a massive swarm of locusts behind them.

• Qin Hao destroyed the mutated insects and beasts with lightning, then passed through the city's protective barrier.
• Qin Hao met Thomas and four other soldiers, who tested his identity with a lie detector.
• Qin Hao told the soldiers he had ascended from another world and planned to teach them cultivation so they could fight the mutated creatures.
• Thomas asked Qin Hao if he was mentally ill, and Qin Hao answered that he was fine.
• Qin Hao teleported the soldiers beneath the central high-rise and then into the air beyond the barrier.
• Qin Hao pointed out a vast swarm of locusts behind them, leaving Thomas and the soldiers pale with fear.

Qin Hao arrived at Zhang Yi’s fortified base on an apocalyptic Blue Star and learned how the world had been devastated by cosmic radiation and mutations. Unsure why his cultivation method still failed the trial’s requirements, he began accepting disciples so he could teach the survivors to cultivate.

• Thomas and the others fled from a swarm of locusts, but Qin Hao burned it away and appeared inside their vehicle before they reached the base.
• Zhang Yi watched Qin Hao through surveillance and told Thomas to keep observing him cautiously.
• Qin Hao sensed Blue Star’s history: cosmic radiation destroyed the solar system’s celestial bodies, the moon shielded the planet before exploding, and the resulting mutations brought an apocalypse.
• Qin Hao realized the trial required him to create a complete cultivation system and teach it to humanity, though he could not identify what was incomplete about his method.
• Qin Hao announced that he would accept disciples and teach cultivation, prompting Thomas and others who knew about him to rush forward.