Chapter Summaries

Tang Song and Ouyang Xuanyue discussed Annie Kate’s public flirtation and her role in disrupting Xingyun International’s acquisition, while Tang Song promised to deal with her. In Zurich, Annie showed Xiao Jing Crown & Co.’s secret vault and revealed that Tang Song shared authority over a hidden B4 level, leaving Xiao Jing eager to learn more.

• Tang Song joined Ouyang Xuanyue for breakfast in Barcelona, and they became intimate before Secretary Chen called with news about Annie Kate’s media remarks.
• Ouyang Xuanyue ordered her staff to contain the story and warned Tang Song that Annie had used the acquisition of Blue Arc Studios to draw him into the European financial spotlight.
• Tang Song told Ouyang Xuanyue he would handle Annie, then carried her to the bedroom.
• Xiao Jing watched Annie’s interview and traveled with Lily to Crown & Co. Private Bankers’ headquarters in Zurich.
• Annie guided Xiao Jing through the B3 vault level, describing its clients’ concealed assets and documents.
• Annie revealed that B4 required both her and Tang Song’s authorization and called Xiao Jing his chosen agent.

Tang Song traveled to Zurich with Liu Jiayi and reunited with Xiao Jing and Annie Kate, whose preparations led him to Crown & Co. Private Bankers’ underground vault. At the unnumbered vault door, the Feather of Memory appeared and triggered a torrent of memories.

• Liu Jiayi recounted her past, and Tang Song’s [Badge—Strategist] activated, revealing fragments of their dangerous 2021 trip to Switzerland and his rescue of her during an ambush.
• Tang Song invited Liu Jiayi to relax after their work, then flew from Barcelona to Zurich the next morning and reunited with Xiao Jing.
• At the lakeside residence, Xiao Jing described her training and visit to the bank’s B3 vault, and Tang Song later traveled with her and Annie Kate to Crown & Co. Private Bankers.
• Mr. Brand welcomed Tang Song at the underground vault, where Tang Song followed Annie and Xiao Jing to the unnumbered door.
• A pure white feather appeared before Tang Song, and a torrent of memories surged into his mind.

Tang Song arranged his departure from Tang Jin’s center of power, built a quiet life in Yancheng, and watched his dream-state memories fade as his real frustrations resurfaced. On March 31, 2023, nearing his awakening, he used the Real Scenario Construction Card and was asked to name the scenario.

• Tang Song recruited Annie Kate to take control of Crown & Co. Private Bankers, which she acquired through The Origin and expanded into a shadow financial network.
• Tang Jin and its associated companies rose to global prominence while Tang Song’s relationships with Liu Qingning and Su Yu grew distant.
• Tang Song left the Imperial Capital, resigned from Meigou Technology, moved to Yancheng, and joined Brocade Business.
• Tang Song settled into ordinary work and life in Yancheng, while his dream-state abilities and memories gradually weakened.
• After his SCM project’s credit went to Director Chen and its maintenance work went to Du Shaokai, Tang Song realized he was close to waking.
• On March 31, 2023, Tang Song used the Real Scenario Construction Card, and the system asked him to name the scenario.

Tang Song recovered his memories of Dream Tang Song’s endgame plans and toured Crown & Co. Private Bankers’ hidden operations in Zurich. After Annie affirmed his legacy and brought him and Xiao Jing to an Alpine lodge, the system recorded Tang Song’s self-integration and increased his Charm.

• Tang Song remembered that Male God Growth Plan was a scenario his past self had constructed, and understood how Dream Tang Song had built the Grey Crown network and arranged Liu Jiayi’s loyalty.
• Tang Song entered the B4 archive with Annie and Xiao Jing, where Annie showed them Grey Crown’s satellite communications links, overseas security contractors, and other concealed assets.
• Tang Song recognized that a key from a past Physical Blind Box might fit the combination case Annie had stored, but chose to leave the case unopened and go to lunch.
• Tang Song observed Annie chair Crown & Co. Private Bankers’ annual review, then promised to help her claim her inheritance from the Kate Family using the bank’s and The Origin’s resources.
• Annie took Tang Song to an Alpine snow lodge, where Xiao Jing was waiting, and the three spent the night together.
• The system recorded Tang Song’s integration of his past and present selves and raised his Charm by one.

Tang Song relaxed at the mountain snow house with Xiao Jing and Annie after completing his recovered memories, while Wen Ruan prepared for Xingyun International Group’s Nasdaq listing and Su Yu planned to spend more time with him. Their conversation in Manhattan turned toward Wen Ruan’s upcoming birthday and eventually circled back to Yancheng, where Su Yu mentioned a name.

• Tang Song finished organizing the final memories recovered through [Feather of Memory] and received Charm +1.
• Tang Song spent two days at the snow house, relaxing with Xiao Jing and Annie while news about XG-1 and the bank review continued outside.
• Wen Ruan and Su Yu played tennis together at a Manhattan club, then talked about Wen Ruan’s demanding preparations for Xingyun International Group’s Nasdaq listing.
• Su Yu told Wen Ruan she had finished her work early and planned to stay with Tang Song once his busy period ended.
• Su Yu asked about Wen Ruan’s birthday and the gift she wanted, and their conversation eventually returned to Yancheng, where Su Yu mentioned a name.

Tang Song returned to China and resumed work on Xuanji Light Realm’s XG-1 launch as Qian Lele developed an AR inventory tool for the skewer shop. Meanwhile, Wen Ruan led Xingyun International’s Nasdaq listing, where the company opened at $32.50 per share.

• Tang Song left Switzerland for China while Xiao Jing stayed with Annie and Bai Fumei to recover from illness.
• Tang Song returned to work on XG-1 as Qian Lele denied classmates’ rumors that she was dating him and worried that they were growing apart.
• Qian Lele used the XG-1 prototype to record shop inventory and began building an AR stocktaking app with LimeCode and AI tools.
• Qian Lele completed a working first version of the app and heard Liu Qingning announce a new Large Model and the official release of LimeCode alongside the XG-1 launch.
• Wen Ruan rang the Nasdaq opening bell for Xingyun International, whose shares opened at $32.50 and valued the company at $3.90 billion.

After Xingyun International’s successful Nasdaq listing, Wen Ruan reunited with Tang Song on her thirtieth birthday, and he used a Spacetime Dream Card to send them into a realistic dream. Wen Ruan awoke in 2019 in a parallel world and discovered that Tang Song might still exist there when his voice came through a game lobby.

• Wen Ruan celebrated Xingyun International’s listing in New York, reflected on her hard-earned growth, and told Zhang Xintong that she and Tang Song were already married.
• Tang Song flew from Shencheng to New York for Wen Ruan’s birthday, received the system reward for her completed development plan, and used the Spacetime Dream Card after they spent the evening together.
• Wen Ruan woke in her old Beijing apartment on June 1, 2019, and realized she had returned to a parallel version of her past where familiar people and companies were missing.
• Wen Ruan searched for evidence of Tang Song, found none, and was left fearing he might not exist in this world.
• While Si Min’s Honor of Kings match queued, Wen Ruan heard a college student named Tang Song speak over the game chat and stared at his player ID.

In a dreamlike story, Wen Ruan used her knowledge of the future to build a successful new-media career while secretly courting Tang Song through an online gaming account. On Tang Song’s graduation day, Wen Ruan arrived in Yancheng and revealed herself as his online girlfriend, greeting him with roses and calling him her boyfriend.

• Tang Song met [Rain on Wine Cups and Flower Branches] in Honor of Kings, and her exceptional Guiguzi support helped his team win seven games in a row.
• She added Tang Song on WeChat as [171 Innocent High School Girl], sent him gifts, and secretly watched him at Yan City University of Science and Technology without introducing herself.
• Over the next year, Wen Ruan grew close to Tang Song online, while she advanced rapidly at Xingyun International by building a short-video content operation and an MCN business.
• As graduation approached, Tang Song worried that his girlfriend might not be who she claimed, but he planned to move to the Imperial Capital to meet her.
• On June 18, 2020, Wen Ruan arrived at Tang Song’s graduation ceremony in a silver Mercedes-Benz, gave him red roses, and called him her boyfriend.

Tang Song and Wen Ruan’s online romance became a life together, from their first meeting and marriage to years of travel and devotion. After Tang Song woke from a Spacetime Dream Card depicting their future, the card expired, granted him new attributes and skills, and left him reuniting intimately with Wen Ruan in reality.

• Photos of Wen Ruan picking up and kissing Tang Song after his graduation spread across Yan City University of Science and Technology, and she joined his Dorm 601 farewell dinner before taking him to a hotel.
• Tang Song moved with Wen Ruan to the Imperial Capital, found a backend developer job with her support, and gradually built new interests and a life together with her.
• Wen Ruan’s career and wealth surged, and she proposed to Tang Song; they married in his hometown and traveled the world together.
• Tang Song woke in a Manhattan hotel beside Wen Ruan after dreaming of their shared future, and the Spacetime Dream Card expired, awarding him Constitution and Endurance points.
• Tang Song awakened Golden Body and Life Resonance, then pulled Wen Ruan close as she struggled to process the dream.

Tang Song returned from New York after completing several companions’ training milestones, while his companies and Qian Lele’s new app advanced toward major launches. He reunited with Secretary Jin, spent ten days with Ouyang Xuanyue, and then refocused on work as his Phase Four Growth Plan entered its final stretch.

• Tang Song spent three days in New York with Wen Ruan, who tried unsuccessfully to get Su Yu and Liu Qingning to rescue her from his relentless attention.
• On his flight to Shencheng, Tang Song received Lin Mu Xue’s assistant-trial rewards and Tian Jing’s Crown Pupil rewards, unlocking their next development missions.
• Qian Lele refined her AR inventory app, named Fireworks Ledger, and Professor Jiang returned to Yan City to help her improve it.
• Secretary Jin returned to Shencheng on April Fools’ Day, and she and Tang Song celebrated their anniversary together before spending the night at his apartment.
• Ouyang Xuanyue drew Tang Song to Shekou Villa to discuss business and kept him there for ten days, after which he returned his attention to Xuanji Light Realm, Qingning Technology, and Songmei Clothing.

Yao Lingling and Qiu Qiu learned about Lin Mu Xue’s birthday dinner in Magic City and invited Secretary Jin to join them. As the guests prepared for the gathering, Secretary Jin agreed to attend, Ouyang Xuanyue resolved to continue trying to conceive Tang Song’s child, and Lin Mu Xue celebrated her new candidate role at the Tang Jin Family Office.

• Yao Lingling and Qiu Qiu joked together over breakfast, discussed Songmei Clothing’s growth, and received an invitation to Lin Mu Xue’s birthday dinner.
• Yao Lingling invited Qiu Qiu and several friends to the April 20 dinner, and Qiu Qiu suggested inviting Secretary Jin as well.
• Secretary Jin reviewed the Tang Jin Cultural Fund and family business matters, then accepted Yao Lingling’s invitation to attend Lin Mu Xue’s dinner.
• Ouyang Xuanyue reviewed a fertility report and decided to keep trying to conceive during her next fertile window.
• Lin Mu Xue refined the plans for her private birthday dinner and celebrated her appointment as a candidate co-assistant of the Tang Jin Family Office.

Qian Lele submitted Fireworks Ledger for review as XG-1 and Lime 3.5 launched to major success. Ouyang Xuanyue planned to meet Tang Song's circle in Magic City, while Secretary Jin prepared to retrieve a key and old items from a locked safe.

• Qian Lele submitted Fireworks Ledger to the Xuanji Developer Center, received Jiang You Rong's encouragement, and shared the news with Tang Song, who praised her.
• XG-1 went on sale for 3,999 yuan and received 420,000 global orders in its first hour.
• Qingning Technology released Lime 3.5 and LimeCode, prompting Wen Ruan and Ouyang Xuanyue to discuss industry risks and Tang Jin's future plans.
• Ouyang Xuanyue questioned Wen Ruan about having children and arranged to travel to Magic City for Lin Mu Xue's birthday gathering and discussions with Tang Song's circle.
• Secretary Jin planned her trip to Magic City, exchanged messages with Su Yu about her old letters and photos to Tang Song, and recalled that Tang Song had asked her to retrieve a key from a locked safe.

Yao Lingling and Cheng Qiuqiu arrived in Magic City for Lin Mu Xue’s birthday party and realized the guest list included many of Tang Song’s prominent women. As Lin Mu Xue prepared to make a lavish entrance, Secretary Jin retrieved a key connected to Tang Song’s past and planned to meet the other guests at the party.

• Moli welcomed Yao Lingling, Cheng Qiuqiu, Li Shumin, and Zhang Jiahong at Hongqiao Station and took them to their hotel.
• Lingling read the birthday party’s guest list and grew uneasy when she recognized Tang Song’s influential acquaintances and partners.
• Lin Mu Xue prepared an elaborate birthday party, dressed in a couture gown, and left for the hotel in a Bentley.
• Secretary Jin opened Tang Song’s hotel safe, moved Su Yu’s keepsakes into storage, and concealed a key in her handbag.
• Secretary Jin told Ling Ling to meet her at the Marriott lobby at six-thirty, then decided she would use the party to introduce herself to Lin Mu Xue and the other women.

Lin Mu Xue’s birthday party drew Su Yu, Ouyang Xuanyue, and Wen Ruan, astonishing the guests. Secretary Jin arrived at the banquet transformed in appearance, and the chapter ended as the ballroom recognized her as Director Jin.

• Su Yu arrived at Lin Mu Xue’s birthday party and greeted Xu Qing, Zhao Yachian, and the others.
• Ouyang Xuanyue and Wen Ruan entered and wished Lin Mu Xue a happy birthday, leaving the guests stunned.
• Yao Lingling and her friends saw photos of Su Yu, Ouyang Xuanyue, and Wen Ruan at the party while waiting for Secretary Jin.
• Secretary Jin appeared in a navy gown without her glasses and led Ling Ling and Qiu Qiu to the banquet hall.
• The guests recognized Secretary Jin as Director Jin, and the room fell silent as the others rose to their feet.

Lin Mu Xue’s birthday banquet brought Su Yu, Ouyang Xuanyue, and Jin Meixiao together, leaving the guests stunned by Luna’s connections and the women’s ties to Tang Song. Ouyang Xuanyue publicly welcomed everyone as family, and Jin Meixiao ended the chapter by wishing her a child, shocking the table.

• Jin Meixiao arrived at Lin Mu Xue’s banquet, and Ling Ling realized that Secretary Jin was the renowned Director Jin and one of Tang Song’s women.
• Su Yu welcomed Qiu Qiu, teased that they looked alike, and urged Lin Mu Xue to begin the banquet.
• Lin Mu Xue gave a birthday toast, and the guests celebrated while she enjoyed the attention her famous attendees drew.
• Ouyang Xuanyue told the women that they were all Tang Song’s people and offered to help them as family, revealing her relationship with him to those who had not known.
• Su Yu prompted Jin Meixiao to speak, and Jin Meixiao toasted Ouyang Xuanyue and wished that she would soon have a child, stunning everyone.

Tang Song celebrated XG-1’s sales success in Shencheng while receiving a video of Ouyang Xuanyue’s birthday gathering and teasing Jiang You Rong. In Magic City, Su Yu recovered her old letters and learned from Jin Meixiao that Tang Song’s past miracles came from a dream, and that Jin Meixiao herself had been born from that miracle.

• Tang Song watched Xiao Jing’s secretly filmed video of Ouyang Xuanyue’s gathering, where Secretary Jin wished Xuanyue a child soon and Wen Ruan eased the resulting tension.
• Tang Song learned that Liu Qingning had flown to the Imperial Capital for work, then flirted with Jiang You Rong in the corridor by teasing her about gaining weight and feeding her a strawberry tart.
• After Lin Mu Xue’s birthday party ended, Su Yu followed Secretary Jin to a suite on the fifty-ninth floor and found her old invitations, letters, and photographs preserved in a document box.
• Secretary Jin told Su Yu that Ouyang Xuanyue could not be the first to become pregnant because it could affect the balance among the women, and Su Yu challenged her to explain her devotion to Tang Song.
• Secretary Jin said she and Su Yu had both trusted Tang Song because of dreams, then revealed that Tang Song had once been in the dream and that she had been born from the miracle connected to him.

After celebrating XG-1’s success, Tang Song walked through Shencheng and congratulated Qian Lele on her app entering the Xuanji app store. He later entered Jiang You Rong’s apartment and found her in a compromising situation, leaving them staring at each other in shock.

• Tang Song walked around the headquarters after the banquet and spoke with Qian Lele, who told him that Fireworks Ledger had passed review and entered the Xuanji app store.
• Jiang You Rong returned home tipsy, wrote in her diary about work and Tang Song, then looked at coworkers’ candid photos of him and privately acted on her attraction.
• Tang Song ended his call with Qian Lele and decided to visit Jiang You Rong at her apartment.
• Tang Song entered Jiang You Rong’s bedroom after hearing her call his name and found her exposed on the bed while a small device continued buzzing.
• Jiang You Rong opened her eyes and recognized Tang Song in the doorway, and the two stared at each other in silence.

Jiang You Rong was caught by Tang Song in an embarrassing private moment, but the two grew intimate, and she began weighing her new relationship against her comfortable job. After Shen Yuyan returned, Tang Song continued seeing Jiang in secret, and Jiang requested leave to recover while deciding she wanted to keep pursuing him.

• Tang Song found Jiang You Rong beneath her blanket after she accidentally called his name, and he teased her about what he had overheard.
• Jiang You Rong considered resigning from Xuanji Light Realm but decided she could not give up her high-paying, comfortable job.
• Tang Song and Jiang You Rong spent the night together, and she woke sore and hungry, pleased that she had lost weight.
• Tang Song prepared Jiang You Rong a fitness brunch, then involved her in testing Lele’s [Fireworks Ledger] software while she sat on his lap.
• Shen Yuyan returned to Shencheng, and Tang Song went to the master bedroom while Jiang You Rong slept in the Second Bedroom.
• Tang Song later joined Jiang You Rong in bed, and on Monday she requested three days of leave to recover, eager to continue their relationship.

Tang Song celebrated Liu Qingning’s rise to Chief Product Officer by rushing to Singapore, where she began taking on governance authority within the Tang Jin System. As Xuanji Light Realm and Qingning Technology drove the global race toward AI agents, Tang Song returned to Yancheng as Songmei Clothing approached a major turning point.

• XG-1 and Songmei Clothing continued expanding, while Liu Qingning completed her development mission and received the Technology Intuition skill.
• Tang Song flew to Singapore and surprised Liu Qingning, then spent the weekend with her and Xiao Xue.
• Before leaving Singapore, Liu Qingning gained Moonlight Trust governance access and signed as the family office SPV’s executive representative.
• OpenAI launched GPT-4o, Google demonstrated Project Astra, and companies worldwide intensified competition in AI agents and real-world task execution.
• The Tang Jin System strengthened its computing-power, model, and hardware ecosystem as Tang Song returned to Yancheng in May, where Songmei Clothing neared a decisive moment.

Tang Song returned to Songmei and reorganized it into Songmei Fashion Group, completing the system’s “Songmei Matrix Upgrade” mission and raising his Charm to 99. He then went to Yan City Normal University to meet Qian Lele, who had asked him to review her new software, and found her waiting in a carefully chosen dress.

• Tang Song visited Songmei Clothing and ordered a management meeting after seeing how much the company had changed during his absence.
• Over the next several days, Tang Song reorganized Songmei’s data systems, brands, livestreaming operations, and supply chain into a more integrated structure.
• At an all-hands meeting on May 17, Tang Song announced that Songmei Clothing would become Songmei Fashion Group and establish three business entities.
• Tang Song and Gao Mengting celebrated the company’s transformation, and the system announced that Tang Song had completed the “Songmei Matrix Upgrade” mission and reached Charm 99.
• Tang Song arranged to visit Qian Lele at Yan City Normal University to review her new version of Fireworks Ledger.
• Tang Song arrived at the computer science teaching building and saw Qian Lele waiting for him in a carefully chosen dress.