Chapter Summaries

Chi Yu entered the A Chinese Odyssey world as a frog and used Ji Dao’s enhanced gifts to rapidly raise his cultivation. After taking the Moonlight Treasure Box from Supreme Treasure, he reached Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal Peak and transformed into a handsome young man, while Supreme Treasure searched for the box.

• Chi Yu fused the Data Center’s gift packs into Ji Dao, strengthening it without unlocking new permissions.
• Months later, the Data Center sent Chi Yu to the A Chinese Odyssey world, where he possessed a frog five hundred years before the film’s events.
• Chi Yu used Ji Dao’s enhanced Support Gift Pack to reach Golden Immortal early-stage, but learned he could not become human until reaching Daluo Golden Immortal.
• Supreme Treasure crashed near Water Curtain Cave with the Moonlight Treasure Box, and Chi Yu touched the box, completing the mission to destroy it.
• Chi Yu opened the Promotion Gift Pack and reached Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal Peak, then transformed into human form as Supreme Treasure asked him about a giant toad.

Chi Yu changed Supreme Treasure’s fate by preventing him from becoming Sun Wukong, then pursued relationships with Zixia and Qingxia while Mission ② remained incomplete. Months later, Guanyin arrived at Water Curtain Cave seeking Sun Wukong, and Chi Yu told her he would likely never travel to Western Paradise for the scriptures.

• Chi Yu told Supreme Treasure that he was Sun Wukong’s reincarnation and offered him a choice between remaining mortal or reclaiming his powers and following fate.
• Supreme Treasure chose to remain Supreme Treasure for Bai Jingjing, and Chi Yu erased him from Water Curtain Cave while taking the Golden Hoop and Golden Cudgel.
• Chi Yu drew the Purple Azure Sword and met Zixia and Qingxia, eventually winning both of their hearts over several months.
• Chi Yu left Mission ② incomplete and dismissed provocations from the Bull Demon King, the Black Mountain Old Demon, and others.
• Guanyin came to Water Curtain Cave looking for Sun Wukong, and Chi Yu said the journey to obtain the scriptures would likely never happen.

Chi Yu completed the mission in A Chinese Odyssey after Zixia and Qingxia merged into lamp wicks and renewed the world, then returned to reality and received four missions in Love in the Courtyard. He entered the new world in 1956 as a soul inhabiting a starving young man in Beijing.

• Chi Yu intimidated Tathagata and the Buddhas, then waited through the world's long decline alongside Zixia and Qingxia.
• As the world ended, Zixia and Qingxia merged into lamp wicks, bringing light and renewal; the Data Center then declared Zixia's Love complete.
• Chi Yu returned to reality, spent time with Lin Tong, and absorbed two Data Center reward packs.
• The Data Center assigned Chi Yu four missions in Love in the Courtyard, and he prepared to enter the world.
• In winter 1956, Chi Yu's soul entered the body of a filthy, starving young man who had collapsed at 129 Tongluo Alley.

Chi Yu arrived in Wang Cheng’s body in the courtyard, where Yi Zhonghai took him in and offered him a place to stay. After using an upgraded Support Gift Pack, Chi Yu planned to secure a job at the Steel Rolling Factory and work toward Qin Huairu’s mission.

• Jia Zhang Shi tripped over Wang Cheng at the courtyard entrance, and Yi Zhonghai had the residents carry him into his home.
• Chi Yu awoke in Wang Cheng’s body, used the upgraded Support Gift Pack, and went back to sleep.
• Yi Zhonghai offered Chi Yu a place in his home after hearing he had nowhere to stay, and Chi Yu accepted.
• At the Steel Rolling Factory, Yi Zhonghai’s good mood drew Liu Haizhong’s curiosity, and Jia Dongxu greeted Yi Zhonghai at work.
• Chi Yu considered how to complete Qin Huairu’s mission and decided to ask Yi Zhonghai to help him get a job at the Steel Rolling Factory.

Yi Zhonghai and First Aunt considered Wang Cheng as a possible person to support them in old age after tasting his cooking. Wang Cheng asked Yi Zhonghai to help him get a job at the Red Star Steel Rolling Factory, and the chapter ended with Deaf Old Granny arriving for dinner.

• First Aunt told Yi Zhonghai that Wang Cheng had cooked the delicious greens, and they discussed asking him to care for them in their old age.
• Chi Yu returned to the compound and found Sha Zhu had beaten Xu Da Mao; Xu Da Mao collided with Chi Yu, who slapped him before he fled.
• Yi Zhonghai asked Wang Cheng about his plans, and Wang Cheng requested help getting work at the Red Star Steel Rolling Factory.
• Yi Zhonghai offered to help arrange Wang Cheng's household registration and factory job, while Wang Cheng concealed that Extreme Dao had already changed his identity.
• Deaf Old Granny arrived at Yi Zhonghai's home while he, First Aunt, and Wang Cheng were eating dinner.

Yi Zhonghai helped Chi Yu get a job in the Steel Rolling Factory’s Security Section, where Chi Yu met Lou XiaoE and began cultivating her connection to help him become factory director. He reviewed his remaining tasks and wondered whether keeping Qin Huairu from marrying into the Jia Family would stop Sha Zhu from being foolish.

• Deaf Old Granny warned Yi Zhonghai to be wary of Chi Yu and praised Sha Zhu as Yi Zhonghai escorted her home.
• Yi Zhonghai introduced Chi Yu to Director Yang, and Chi Yu later joined the Steel Rolling Factory’s Security Section using his new identification documents and letter of introduction.
• Chi Yu stopped Lou XiaoE at the factory gate and made her register, then met Director Lou and introduced himself as a Security Section employee.
• After work, Chi Yu and Lou XiaoE joked together and rode to the Courtyard Compound, where she declined his invitation to come inside.
• Chi Yu reviewed his tasks and considered whether preventing Qin Huairu from marrying into the Jia Family would keep Sha Zhu from being foolish.
• Yi Zhonghai returned home, asked how Chi Yu’s work was going, and showed concern for him.

Chi Yu traveled to Qin Huairu’s village and deliberately engineered a meeting that led to the two beginning a relationship. After he left, Qin Huairu’s family rejected the Jia Family’s matchmaker, while Chi Yu resolved to marry Qin Huairu before the New Year to complete his mission.

• Chi Yu rode into Qin Huairu’s village, staged a collision, and gave her money as compensation.
• Chi Yu met Qin Huairu’s family, agreed to date her, and quickly grew close to her over several days.
• Chi Yu returned to Beijing and gave Qin Huairu the rest of his money as they parted.
• The Jia Family’s matchmaker arrived, but Qin Huairu’s parents told her their daughter had already found someone.
• Chi Yu realized his mission remained incomplete and decided to settle his marriage to Qin Huairu before the New Year.

Chi Yu returned to the city and told Yi Zhonghai that he planned to marry Qin Huairu before the New Year, then went with Lou Half-City to cook for an important guest. The chapter ended as the guests arrived at the Lou Family home and smelled Chi Yu’s cooking.

• Deaf Old Granny warned Sha Zhu that Wang Cheng was no good, and Sha Zhu later tested Chi Yu’s strength with a handshake at Yi Zhonghai’s house.
• Chi Yu told Yi Zhonghai and First Aunt that he would marry Qin Huairu before the New Year and asked to use their empty side room as a bridal chamber.
• Chi Yu met Lou XiaoE at the factory and returned her bicycle key, but she told him to keep using the bicycle.
• Lou Half-City took Chi Yu to the Lou Family home to cook for an important guest, while Lou XiaoE tried to help him in the kitchen.
• An elderly man and a tall military officer arrived at the Lou Family home, and the fragrance from Chi Yu’s cooking drew their attention.

Chi Yu impressed the Lou family’s guests with his cooking and martial arts, then revealed that Wang Zheng was his biological second uncle and gained a powerful military backer. The Lou family considered arranging his marriage to Lou XiaoE, while Chi Yu returned to the Courtyard Compound to plan his side room.

• Chi Yu finished cooking for the two leaders and agreed to spar with Wang Zheng, whose punch could not move him and who was sent crashing into a wall by Chi Yu’s light punch.
• Wang Zheng recognized Chi Yu as his nephew after hearing that his father was Wang Yan and his hometown was Yan Gou, Lian County, Red City.
• Chi Yu accepted Wang Zheng as his second uncle but refused to move to the Military Family Compound because his mission at the Courtyard Compound was unfinished.
• After the leaders left, Lou Half-City and Mother Lou discussed matching Lou XiaoE with Chi Yu, and Lou XiaoE said she would tell Chi Yu how she felt when the time was right.
• Chi Yu returned to the Courtyard Compound and found the side room dusty, musty, and full of cobwebs.

Chi Yu renovated a room in the Courtyard Compound, brought Qin Huairu home, and began preparing for their wedding. After they spent the night together, his system announced that he had completed Task ② and granted him a promotion gift pack.

• Chi Yu renovated and furnished the side room, then visited Qin Huairu’s family and settled the bride price before bringing her to the Courtyard Compound.
• Chi Yu announced a lavish wedding feast for the courtyard residents, while Sha Zhu saw Qin Huairu and quietly accepted that she was marrying someone else.
• Chi Yu took Qin Huairu shopping for clothes and appliances, then spent the night with her at a guesthouse before they had obtained a marriage certificate.
• Chi Yu learned that Qin Huairu’s commitment to him had completed Task ②, then opened a promotion gift pack containing a science and technology compendium, gold bars, and cash.
• Chi Yu absorbed the compendium’s knowledge and fell asleep with Qin Huairu in his arms.

Chi Yu celebrated his wedding to Qin Huairu and their first New Year together, but Jia Zhang Shi’s demands and harassment sparked a fight in the courtyard. The chapter ended as Chi Yu slapped Jia Zhang Shi and Wang Zheng arrived with senior leaders.

• Chi Yu welcomed Wang Zheng and several senior leaders to his wedding banquet, then promised Lou Half-City he would visit and explain his plans.
• After the feast, Jia Zhang Shi and other courtyard residents collected leftovers, and Yi Zhonghai questioned Chi Yu about his Second Uncle before deciding Chi Yu was unsuitable as a retirement prospect.
• On New Year’s Eve, Chi Yu cooked a lavish meal, provoking Jia Zhang Shi to complain that he had not helped the Jia Family.
• Jia Zhang Shi cursed outside Chi Yu’s home and rolled on the ground, and Jia Dongxu charged at Chi Yu before Chi Yu kicked him away.
• At a courtyard meeting, Jia Zhang Shi demanded compensation, but Chi Yu rejected the gathering’s proposed resolutions and returned home.
• When Jia Zhang Shi resumed her complaints, Chi Yu came back out and slapped her; Wang Zheng and senior leaders arrived carrying gifts.

Chi Yu had Wang Zheng intervene when Jia Zhang Shi demanded compensation, forcing her to apologize after she backed down at the mention of the Military Family Compound. The dispute ended, and Chi Yu celebrated New Year with Wang Zheng and the senior leader.

• Jia Zhang Shi demanded compensation from Chi Yu, and Wang Zheng arrived and offered to handle the dispute.
• Wang Zheng told Jia Zhang Shi to collect the money at the Military Family Compound, frightening her into withdrawing her demands.
• Wang Zheng criticized both Jia Zhang Shi’s insults and Chi Yu’s attack, while Yi Zhonghai proposed ending the dispute after a hospital examination.
• Chi Yu demanded a public apology, and Jia Zhang Shi apologized in exchange for three Big Unity notes.
• Yi Zhonghai called the crowd to disperse and decided not to invite Chi Yu and his wife to celebrate New Year.
• Chi Yu, Wang Zheng, and the senior leader shared a festive New Year’s meal and traded toasts.

During the New Year, Chi Yu visited Qin Huairu’s family and then went to the Lou Family, where he proposed marrying Lou XiaoE and taking her family to Hong Kong before a coming political storm. Lou Half-City agreed to support their plans, while Chi Yu kept the relationship private for now and arranged for Lou Half-City to help him become director of the Steel Rolling Factory.

• Chi Yu and Qin Huairu visited the Qin Family, where Chi Yu cooked a lavish New Year’s meal and stayed for several days.
• Chi Yu visited the Lou Family and found Lou XiaoE despondent over his marriage to Qin Huairu.
• Chi Yu told Lou XiaoE he wanted to marry her and proposed that she and her family leave for Hong Kong before a political storm hit the mainland.
• Lou XiaoE agreed to be with Chi Yu, and Lou Half-City approved after hearing the plan and gave her a box as dowry.
• Chi Yu left Lou XiaoE with her parents for the time being and asked Lou Half-City to help him become director of the Steel Rolling Factory.

Chi Yu became director of the Red Star Steel Rolling Factory and received a mission-completion reward. Three years later, soldiers arrested Deaf Old Granny as an enemy spy, shocking the Courtyard Compound.

• Zhang Quanshang ordered Director Yang to hand the factory over to Chi Yu, explaining that Lou Half-City and Wang Zheng had arranged the appointment.
• Chi Yu took over as factory director, completed his mission, and received a Promotion Gift Pack.
• Liu Haizhong tried to secure a promotion with gifts, but the deputy director dismissed his attempt.
• Chi Yu kept the factory running with little change, while the deputy director's efforts to obstruct him failed.
• In 1960, soldiers surrounded Deaf Old Granny's home and escorted her away in handcuffs.
• Yi Zhonghai learned that Deaf Old Granny had been an enemy agent after the arrest was reported in the newspaper.

Chi Yu settled into family life with Qin Huairu and Lou XiaoE, welcomed twins, and later prepared to leave for Hong Kong as political turmoil approached. Before resigning from his Economic Department post, he gave his technical materials and patents to the country and warned Wang Zheng to be careful.

• Chi Yu secured Deaf Old Granny's vacant house, renovated it, and moved in with Qin Huairu and Lou XiaoE.
• Qin Huairu gave birth to twins, Wang Song and Wang Zi, and Chi Yu resolved to spend his life with her and Lou XiaoE.
• In 1961, Chi Yu transferred to the Economic Department and later decided to leave for Hong Kong before the coming turmoil.
• Chi Yu donated his patents and technical materials to the country and declined Wang Zheng's offer to transfer him to the Academy of Sciences.
• Chi Yu told Wang Zheng he planned to resign and leave for Hong Kong in a month, then warned him to be cautious and departed.

In spring 1963, Chi Yu moved his family from the mainland to Hong Kong and chose Right Harbor as the base for his plans. After settling their identities, he began taking on Yi He Tai’s territory and started a fight at the docks.

• Chi Yu and Lou XiaoE sailed to Hong Kong with their family, where Lou Half-City introduced them to his business partner, Li Kuan.
• Chi Yu asked Li Kuan to arrange Hong Kong identities for the family and declined to join his jewelry company.
• After their identities were processed, Chi Yu chose Right Harbor and planned to take over Yi He Tai’s transportation business.
• Chi Yu went alone to the Right Harbor docks, defended a porter from a hostile dockworker, and threw the man into the sea.
• When the dockworker returned with an iron rod and a crowd gathered, Chi Yu remained unharmed, defeated the group, and left the dockworker barely alive.
• An unidentified man called out to Chi Yu, asking him to settle things through discussion.

Chi Yu forced Kui Long to put Yi He Tai and the transport company under his command, while leaving Kui Long publicly in charge. After Kui Long accepted the arrangement and showed him respect, he took Chi Yu to meet the transport company’s other major shareholder, a blond old man at the Hong Kong Right Police Station.

• Chi Yu defeated Yi He Tai’s lackeys, broke a young man’s finger, and demanded control of the transport company from Kui Long.
• Kui Long explained the Hong Sect’s rules, but Chi Yu insisted that Yi He Tai and the company would follow his orders while Kui Long remained in charge publicly.
• Chi Yu gave Kui Long a box of gold bars and told him to arrange a meeting with the company’s other major shareholder.
• Kui Long chose to follow Chi Yu, learned the box contained gold bars, and began treating Chi Yu as his boss.
• Kui Long drove Chi Yu to the Hong Kong Right Police Station, where a blond old man read documents bearing the name Wang Cheng.

Chi Yu used his political connections and expanding transportation businesses to strengthen his position in Hong Kong, then ordered Yi He Tai to seize control of Right Harbor and move into Hong Kong Left. As gunfire erupted in Hong Kong Left, Chi Yu told Commissioner Chris he intended to become the Underground Emperor of all Hong Kong.

• Chris gave Chi Yu Port Right Transportation Company because he wanted to build ties through Chi Yu's connection to Li Kuan, and Chi Yu left him a Swiss Bank check.
• Chi Yu expanded his transportation companies across Hong Kong, while Lou Half-City and Kui Long became public-facing leaders and Chi Yu stayed behind the scenes.
• Chi Yu summoned Kui Long to Cape Villa and ordered him to take over Right Harbor's other two gangs, supplying weapons and guards for the campaign.
• Yi He Tai absorbed the two gangs within a month, bringing Right Harbor's underworld under Chi Yu's control.
• Kui Long moved into Hong Kong Left, where gunfire broke out as the former gang leaders sought help from local gangs.
• Chris called Chi Yu about the incursion, and Chi Yu declared that he wanted to become the Underground Emperor of all Hong Kong.

Chi Yu secured Chris’s cooperation and inspected his secret underground weapons base, where he prepared a nuclear deterrent and an arsenal for future plans. After Kui Long conquered the Hong Kong Left Triads, Chi Yu rewarded him and announced they would travel to the Unfallen Country next month, leaving his intentions for Queen Lisa Anna unclear.

• Chi Yu persuaded Chris to help him seize control through a partnership, promising to handle Governor Morris and make Chris a puppet with money.
• Chi Yu visited the underground base and learned that three Nuclear Bombs were powerful enough to destroy the world, so he ordered Doctor Li to develop a weaker bomb for deterrence.
• Chi Yu inspected the base’s weapons and ammunition, which he planned to give to Wang Zheng, while he remained unable to solve Mission ①: Qin Huairu's Beginning.
• Kui Long’s forces used Chi Yu’s advanced weapons to seize the Hong Kong Left Triads’ territory, and Chi Yu had the captured leaders shot.
• Chi Yu slapped Kui Long, rewarded him with a check, and told him to accompany him to the Unfallen Country next month; afterward, he mentioned Queen Lisa Anna.

Chi Yu traveled to the Unfallen Country to help Chris secure a governorship, then used a temporary identity as Duke Bruce to reach Queen Lisa Anna. He seduced Lisa Anna and remained at her palace after she promoted him to Royal Duke.

• Chi Yu led Kui Long and several hundred guards by submarine to the Unfallen Country, where they killed a patrol and entered Flo Town.
• Chi Yu sent the guards back to the submarine, left Kui Long in Flo Town, and used Extreme Dao to take on the identity of Duke Bruce.
• Chi Yu reached Queen Lisa Anna's palace and pursued her after the council meeting ended.
• Chi Yu carried Lisa Anna to her bedroom, and they spent the night together.
• Lisa Anna issued an edict promoting Bruce to Royal Duke, and Chi Yu stayed at the palace while she attended state affairs.