Chapter Summaries

Wang Haoran subdued Shao Wanwan and the Fifth Elder, ordered the Poison Sect not to interfere with Medicine Immortal Valley, and planned to use the sect against other protagonists. At the hospital, Bian Suwen stayed in Qingling and defended Wang Haoran from Lin Chen, who resolved to ask his Fourth Sister for help.

• Wang Haoran spared Shao Wanwan from punishment and told her and the Fifth Elder that he would handle the Poison Sect's dispute with Medicine Immortal Valley himself.
• Shao Wanwan said she had agreed to cease hostilities with Bian Suwen, and Wang Haoran told the Poison Sect elders he might call on them for other matters.
• Miracle Doctor Xue delivered the letter to Bian Suwen, who took the Poison Sect's agreement as proof that the Old Medicine Immortal was alive and had contacted its Old Ancestor.
• Bian Suwen chose to stay in Qingling, then defended Wang Haoran when Lin Chen accused him of taking advantage of her and giving her a Bugatti.
• Lin Chen became furious that his sisters supported Wang Haoran, giving Wang Haoran 1,000 Villain Points, and decided to contact his Fourth Sister, an international assassin.

Tan Zhen and Song Feiyu searched Qingling Campus for Song Zhenyu so they could demand money for Song Feiyu’s bride price. After Song Zhenyu agreed to meet them at the Holy Court Hotel, Xu Muyan called Wang Haoran to tell him what had happened.

• Tan Zhen and Song Feiyu complained about Song Zhenyu quitting her job and planned to demand eight hundred thousand for his bride price.
• Xu Muyan questioned Tan Zhen and Song Feiyu, verified their identities with a family photo, and called Song Zhenyu.
• Song Zhenyu asked Xu Muyan to let her speak with Tan Zhen and arranged to meet her family at the Holy Court Hotel.
• Tan Zhen insisted on the Holy Court Hotel because she and Song Feiyu owed it money, and Song Zhenyu reluctantly agreed to pay with her credit card.
• Xu Muyan left and called Wang Haoran to report how Tan Zhen and Song Feiyu had treated Song Zhenyu.

Wang Haoran learned that Song Zhenyu was being pressured by her family and headed to the Holy Court Hotel to protect her. Song Zhenyu arrived to meet her mother and younger brother, where her mother beat her for canceling her phone number.

• Wang Haoran told Xu Muyan he would go to the Holy Court Hotel to keep Song Zhenyu from being bullied, then arranged to meet Yang Jingwan later.
• Wang Haoran headed for the hotel by cab while Song Zhenyu set out on a shared electric scooter.
• Ye Qiu approached Song Zhenyu, but she warned him she would call the police, and he left.
• The system rewarded Wang Haoran with 800 Villain Points after Ye Qiu became entangled in a lawsuit and Song Zhenyu grew disgusted with him.
• Tan Zhen struck Song Zhenyu repeatedly in the hotel room, and Song Zhenyu protested that her mother treated her younger brother more leniently.

Song Zhenyu confronted Tan Zhen about years of unequal treatment and financial demands, then learned her family expected her to pay an 800,000 bride price for Song Feiyu. She explained how her family had drained her earnings and left her with almost no savings, ending in tears as she accused them of treating her like a source of money.

• Song Zhenyu challenged Tan Zhen's claims about raising her to be independent, and Tan Zhen tried to strike her.
• Song Feiyu complained that their argument had ruined his Honor of Kings Gold promotion match, and Tan Zhen blamed Song Zhenyu for his loss.
• Song Zhenyu told Song Feiyu to grow up and stop focusing on games, but Tan Zhen defended him and demanded bride price money for his marriage.
• Song Feiyu revealed that the requested bride price was 800,000, and Song Zhenyu said she did not even have 30,000.
• Song Zhenyu recounted how she had sent her family money for years while denying herself basic comforts, then accused them of treating her as a tool for providing money.

Song Zhenyu refused to provide her brother Song Feiyu with an 800,000-yuan bride price or pay the hotel bill her family had run up. Wang Haoran arrived to comfort her, and Song Feiyu eagerly greeted him as his brother-in-law.

• Tan Zhen and Song Feiyu pressured Song Zhenyu to borrow money for Song Feiyu's 800,000-yuan bride price, but she refused.
• Song Zhenyu discovered that Tan Zhen and Song Feiyu owed the hotel 31,205 yuan for expensive rooms and meals, and she refused to pay.
• Tan Zhen staged a public tantrum, drawing a crowd as Song Feiyu accused Song Zhenyu of abandoning them.
• Wang Haoran arrived, comforted Song Zhenyu, and increased her affection for him.
• Song Feiyu realized Wang Haoran was Song Zhenyu's boyfriend and greeted him as his brother-in-law.

Wang Haoran exposed Tan Zhen and Song Feiyu’s greed as they demanded an enormous bride price and gifts from Song Zhenyu’s supposed boyfriend. After Song Zhenyu described how her family had treated her, the crowd condemned them, and she resolved to stop letting family ties control her life.

• Song Feiyu and Tan Zhen demanded a bride price from Wang Haoran, raising it from eight million to ten million before Tan Zhen demanded eighty million and Song Feiyu requested luxury cars.
• Wang Haoran sarcastically offered them eight billion, a building, expensive cars, monthly living expenses, and a company, then revealed he had been mocking their demands.
• Song Zhenyu confronted Tan Zhen over falsely claiming she had paid for her education and demanding that Song Zhenyu fund Song Feiyu’s marriage.
• A woman in the crowd challenged Tan Zhen’s refusal to give her daughter a dowry, and Wang Haoran invited Song Zhenyu to explain her family’s treatment of her.
• Song Zhenyu recounted her grievances, prompting the crowd to support her and condemn Tan Zhen and Song Feiyu; she resolved to live for herself rather than keep yielding to her family.

Song Zhenyu stood up to Tan Zhen and Song Feiyu and decided to cut ties with them, while Wang Haoran supported her and helped settle their hotel bill. At dinner, he told her that wherever he was could be her home, and her affection for him grew.

• Song Zhenyu gained the courage to voice her grievances, and bystanders urged her to cut ties with Tan Zhen and Song Feiyu.
• Tan Zhen demanded a hundred million to sever the family ties, provoking the crowd to attack her and Song Feiyu; Wang Haoran pulled Song Zhenyu aside and secretly kicked them while pretending to stop the beating.
• Tan Zhen demanded that the hotel call the police, and the staff reported her and Song Feiyu for refusing to pay their bill and causing trouble.
• Song Zhenyu asked Wang Haoran to lend her money to pay the bill, and he paid it and gave them travel money, which Tan Zhen rejected.
• At dinner, Song Zhenyu said she no longer had a home, and Wang Haoran told her that wherever he was could be her home, increasing her affection for him.

After dinner, Wang Haoran comforted Song Zhenyu and arranged for Zuoqiu Chenyu’s underlings to teach Tan Zhen and Song Feiyu a lesson. The chapter ended with Zuoqiu Chenyu dispatching her people to handle the two targets.

• Song Zhenyu and Wang Haoran shared a flirtatious dinner, and she felt better about breaking with her family.
• Wang Haoran sent Song Zhenyu back to the Teacher's Room at Qingling Campus and called Zuoqiu Chenyu.
• Wang Haoran asked Zuoqiu Chenyu to send people to discipline Tan Zhen and Song Feiyu, specifying that they must not be killed.
• Zuoqiu Chenyu received the target information and instructed her underlings to carry out the job.

Wang Haoran learned that Yang Jingwan had earned over a hundred thousand yuan in royalties from her debut online novel in just ten days, revealing her extraordinary writing talent. As he realized her success might signal a new plot involving a protagonist connected to her, a reader called Young Master Lin began showering her novel with huge tips.

• Wang Haoran took Yang Jingwan to his villa and added her fingerprint to its lock so she could enter in the future.
• Yang Jingwan gave Wang Haoran a genuine Rolex watch she had bought with her earnings, and he reassured her that he did not think she was seeking money from him.
• Wang Haoran asked about Yang Jingwan's work, and she revealed that she had earned over a hundred thousand yuan in royalties from her debut online novel.
• Wang Haoran saw that Yang Jingwan's novel had topped the site's rankings despite being written by a newcomer, and suspected that her success heralded a new plot development.
• Young Master Lin flooded Yang Jingwan's novel's comments with repeated tips worth one million Book Currency each.

Wang Haoran tried to draw out the mysterious Young Master Lin by messaging him through Yang Jingwan’s author account, but the attempt failed when Lin recognized a fake photo and blocked her. Later, Wang Haoran tipped Xu Muyan heavily during her livestream, only for Young Master Lin to appear and outspend him.

• Yang Jingwan received one million yuan in tips from Young Master Lin, prompting Wang Haoran to message him through her account and accept his WeChat request.
• Wang Haoran sent Young Master Lin an online photo instead of Yang Jingwan’s real one, but Lin recognized it, accused him of using a fake, and blocked Yang Jingwan.
• Wang Haoran reassured Yang Jingwan that she was his precious darling, earning Villain Points as she promised she would never leave him.
• Wang Haoran found Xu Muyan livestreaming on Douyin, created a new account called Top Supporter, and sent her one hundred Supreme Salutes worth 666,600 yuan.
• Young Master Lin began sending Supreme Salutes to Xu Muyan and quickly pushed Wang Haoran’s account down to second place.

Wang Haoran outspent Young Master Lin to reclaim first place on Xu Muyan’s livestream leaderboard, sending gifts worth eleven million and drawing nearly two hundred thousand viewers. Xu Muyan worried about his spending, then realized she needed to get back to streaming as her team’s base came under attack.

• Young Master Lin’s gifts pushed Wang Haoran’s Top Supporter account into second place, so Wang Haoran topped up and sent one hundred Supreme Salutes.
• Wang Haoran’s gifts brought his total to eleven million, putting him ahead of Young Master Lin by one million and reclaiming first place.
• Xu Muyan’s viewer count surged to nearly two hundred thousand, but her shock over the donations caused her to make mistakes in the game.
• Xu Muyan privately asked Wang Haoran which donor he was, and he confirmed that he was Top Supporter.
• Xu Muyan worried that Wang Haoran had wasted his money, and he teased her about already worrying over his finances before marriage.
• Wang Haoran warned Xu Muyan that the enemy was attacking her base, and she turned her attention back to the livestream.

Xu Muyan won a long match and gained millions of followers after showing her face on stream. Wang Haoran logged into her WeChat and, using her voice, began luring Young Master Lin into a meeting.

• Xu Muyan led her team to victory in a fifty-minute match, reaching King 80 Stars as her follower count passed five million.
• Wang Haoran urged Xu Muyan to show her face on stream, and her bare-faced appearance helped her gain more than nine million followers.
• After ending the stream, Xu Muyan found that Young Master Lin had asked for her WeChat, and Wang Haoran told her to give it to him.
• Xu Muyan sent Wang Haoran her WeChat login details, and he added Young Master Lin as a friend.
• Wang Haoran imitated Xu Muyan's voice in voice messages, thanked Young Master Lin for the gifts, and cautiously declined his suggestion to meet.

Wang Haoran arranged to meet Young Master Lin while teasing Yang Jingwan with his ventriloquism. After Tan Zhen and Song Feiyu left the Police Station, a driver lured them into a minivan and took them to an abandoned factory, where they awoke tied up and terrified.

• Wang Haoran agreed to meet Young Master Lin at the First Love Coffee Shop the next morning.
• Wang Haoran imitated Yang Jingwan's voice, embarrassing her and prompting her to refuse to speak until dawn.
• Tan Zhen and Song Feiyu left the Police Station after their assault case was dropped for insufficient evidence.
• Tan Zhen and Song Feiyu bargained with a minivan driver for a free ride, then demanded compensation for the slow journey.
• The driver revealed that the minivan was the Midnight Ghost Car and knocked Tan Zhen and Song Feiyu unconscious with a fragrance.
• Tan Zhen and Song Feiyu woke tied to a pillar in an abandoned factory, heard a woman sobbing, and screamed when a red-clad figure flashed past.

Wang Haoran discovered that Lin Feng, a protagonist with a Network Tycoon System, had come to meet Xu Muyan and reported him to Ling Duanya for suspected money laundering. Ling Duanya arrested Lin Feng for questioning, while he remained unable to explain where his money came from.

• Yang Jingwan decided to quit her real estate job and focus on writing web novels.
• Wang Haoran spotted Lin Feng waiting at the First Love Coffee Shop and identified him as a Network Tycoon System protagonist.
• Wang Haoran used Xu Muyan's voice to tell Lin Feng she was on her way, then called Ling Duanya and reported suspected money laundering.
• Ling Duanya arrived at the coffee shop and told Lin Feng to accompany the police for an investigation.
• Lin Feng failed to explain the source of his money, and Ling Duanya had a colleague take him away.

Wang Haoran learned that Zuoqiu Chenyu’s people had driven the two men who harassed Song Zhenyu insane, then spent the day watching the same romance film with Qin Yunhan, Qiu Qianwei, and Xu Muyan. That night, Tang Bingyun arrived at his villa and went to shower after he refused another movie.

• Wang Haoran reprimanded Zuoqiu Chenyu for letting her people frighten two men into madness, then offered her five million in compensation.
• Wang Haoran watched a romance film with Qin Yunhan, then watched the same film again with Qiu Qianwei.
• Xu Muyan invited Wang Haoran to the same movie, but returned to livestream games afterward as planned.
• Wang Haoran returned to his villa and found Tang Bingyun waiting; she asked him to watch a movie, then headed to the shower when he refused.

Ling Duanya released Lin Feng but froze his virtual currency, causing him to fail his system task and lose his protagonist status. Wang Haoran then learned Ye Qiu had apologized and paid compensation, and sent Lü Ming to find beauties to draw out more protagonists.

• Ling Duanya told Lin Feng that investigators could not trace his virtual currency, released him, and said the platform had frozen his unspent balance.
• Lin Feng's system declared his task failed, punished him by making him lose his little XX, and removed his protagonist status.
• Wang Haoran received Villain Points and Halo Points for causing Lin Feng's failure, then topped up Xu Muyan's livestream and took the top spot on her gift rankings.
• Wang Haoran learned Ye Qiu had paid one hundred million in compensation and apologized, while Lü Ming offered to return the money.
• Wang Haoran told Lü Ming to find ten stunning beauties and lure the protagonists out, and Lü Ming agreed.

Wang Haoran arranged for Tang Bingyun to investigate old buildings near Qingling Campus, hoping to disrupt Ye Qiu’s landlord storyline. When Bu Feiyan sneaked into his villa, he learned Lin Chen had sent her to confront him and asked about her older sisters’ identities.

• Wang Haoran persuaded Tang Bingyun to use her connections to have the old buildings near Qingling Campus inspected, especially the one with falling bricks.
• Wang Haoran detected an intruder in the villa garden and discovered it was Bu Feiyan, not Ye Qiu.
• Bu Feiyan explained that Lin Chen had asked her to beat Wang Haoran, but she had only intended to sneak a look at him.
• Wang Haoran asked Bu Feiyan about her Second Sister and Eldest Sister, and she began answering by mentioning the Hidden Dragon and Phoenix Ranking.

Wang Haoran questioned Bu Feiyan about the Hidden Dragon and Phoenix Ranking and learned how martial cultivation realms worked. After realizing his own strength qualified him as a Transformation Realm Lesser Grandmaster, he learned more about Bu Feiyan’s sister Luo Qingqian and where she might appear next.

• Wang Haoran pretended to know about the Hidden Dragon and Phoenix Ranking so Bu Feiyan would explain its origins and purpose.
• Bu Feiyan explained the Manifestation, Hidden, and Transformation realms, and Wang Haoran realized his fifty years of true qi placed him at the Transformation Realm Lesser Grandmaster stage.
• Bu Feiyan said Luo Qingqian had reached that stage at twenty-two and ranked second on the list, while Wang Haoran would likely rank around fourth.
• Wang Haoran asked about Bu Feiyan’s eldest sister and Luo Qingqian, and Bu Feiyan said Luo might attend Xiao Chen’s upcoming birthday.
• Tang Bingyun called Wang Haoran from inside the villa, so he dismissed Bu Feiyan and postponed her request for cultivation guidance.

Wang Haoran doubled his True Qi to one hundred years and arranged a late-night meeting with Qiu Qianwei. Back at the villa, Bu Feiyan sent Lin Chen away after his sisters refused to let him stay.

• Wang Haoran made Bu Feiyan leave the villa, then reassured Tang Bingyun when she came looking for him.
• Wang Haoran spent 25,000 Villain Points to gain fifty years of True Qi, reaching one hundred years and the Transformation Realm Greater Grandmaster level.
• Wang Haoran agreed to meet Qiu Qianwei for late-night food and quietly drove away in Tang Bingyun's McLaren P1.
• Bu Feiyan returned to the villa and told Lin Chen she had avenged him, while warning him to drop his grudge against Wang Haoran.
• Lin Chen asked his sisters to let him sleep with them, but Ji Shuiyao, Liu Yue, and Bian Suwen refused.
• Bu Feiyan carried Lin Chen out of the villa and took him back to his school dormitory.

Lin Chen grew upset when his Elder Sisters reacted to Wang Haoran, while Luo Qingqian confronted Jiang Gaoxuan and later Wang Haoran stopped Jiang’s attempt to steal his car and demand money. The chapter left Jiang hiding in a trash can as Wang Haoran drove away.

• Lin Chen asked whether his Elder Sisters would let Wang Haoran live with them, and their attention left him feeling miserable.
• Luo Qingqian warned Jiang Gaoxuan to stop following her after their exchange of true qi showed his strength slightly exceeded hers.
• Jiang Gaoxuan decided to find city clothes and money, then stopped Wang Haoran’s McLaren and demanded the car and fifty million.
• Wang Haoran slapped Jiang Gaoxuan into a roadside trash can, where Jiang played dead.
• Wang Haoran drove away without checking on Jiang Gaoxuan.