Chapter Summaries

Pan Meifeng punished Zhao Ritian, restricted Long Aotian, and kept Luo Shiyin to train her while Lu Chengwen absorbed the Meteorite Ice Crystals. She tested Luo Shiyin by giving her a dagger and inviting her to kill Lu Chengwen, but Luo Shiyin stopped the blade just short of his throat.

• Pan Meifeng crippled Zhao Ritian’s cultivation and warned him not to return, then sealed Long Aotian’s cultivation temporarily and ordered him to leave the mountain.
• Pan Meifeng kept Luo Shiyin to train her, and she brought Luo Shiyin and Lu Chengwen back to the thatched cottage.
• Pan Meifeng explained that Lu Chengwen’s dantian had been damaged and told him to absorb the Meteorite Ice Crystals with the cultivation method she had taught him.
• Pan Meifeng took Luo Shiyin into a room where Lu Chengwen could not hear and offered to let her kill him, then handed her a dagger.
• Luo Shiyin recalled her history with Lu Chengwen and thrust the dagger toward his throat, but stopped just short of striking him.

After Pan Meifeng stopped Luo Shiyin from killing herself, Lu Chengwen and Luo Shiyin awkwardly shared a day at her hut while Pan Meifeng encouraged their relationship. The chapter ended with Lu Chengwen mistaking Luo Shiyin’s feelings and fearing she would kill him, while Luo Shiyin vowed to do exactly that.

• Luo Shiyin confessed that she liked Lu Chengwen and tried to stab herself, but Pan Meifeng stopped her and put her to sleep.
• The next day, Lu Chengwen practiced Little Monkey Fist while Luo Shiyin watched him from the doorway.
• Lu Chengwen brought home wild game and fish, arranged flowers for Pan Meifeng, and worked around the hut as Luo Shiyin wondered about his practical skills.
• During dinner, Pan Meifeng teased Lu Chengwen and Luo Shiyin about getting together, while Lu Chengwen insisted they would not.
• Pan Meifeng told Lu Chengwen that Luo Shiyin liked him, but he disbelieved her and tried to have Luo Shiyin leave first.
• Luo Shiyin overheard them and vowed to kill Lu Chengwen.

Lu Chengwen found Marriage Contracts linking Leng Qingqiu, Chen Mengyun, and Xu Xuejiao to other people, then encountered Luo Shiyin in the mountains. After she spared him and they shared a meal, Luo Shiyin suddenly attacked him with her broken sword.

• Lu Chengwen found Marriage Contracts for Leng Qingqiu, Chen Mengyun, and Xu Xuejiao in Zhao Ritian's backpack and wondered why their families had never mentioned the engagements.
• Luo Shiyin confronted Lu Chengwen, followed him when he tried to run, and threatened him with the Precious Sword before telling him to come along.
• Luo Shiyin asked about the Desire Woman Pill, and Lu Chengwen denied having any while hiding that he still had many.
• Lu Chengwen and Luo Shiyin caught and ate fish beside a stream, and Luo Shiyin imagined staying there with him before asking what he thought of her.
• When Lu Chengwen avoided exchanging moves with her, Luo Shiyin suddenly thrust her broken sword at him.

Lu Chengwen returned safely to Xue City after escaping the mountains with Luo Shiyin, then skipped his welcoming banquet to reunite with Jiang Shihan and Xu Xuejiao. Xu Xuejiao discovered an old engagement contract involving her grandfather, and the car ride ended with Chen Mengyun catching the group in an awkward scene.

• Lu Chengwen subdued Luo Shiyin, and the two emerged from the mountains before Luo Shiyin declared they were enemies and vanished into the woods.
• With help from the South Myanmar ambassador, Lu Chengwen returned to Xue City, reunited with Jiang Shihan, and asked officials to keep his rescue operation and hero status out of the spotlight.
• Lu Chengwen skipped the celebratory banquet and began making out with Jiang Shihan in the car, but Zhao Gang braked when Xu Xuejiao's car appeared.
• Xu Xuejiao confronted Lu Chengwen about failing to call her, then asked him to help remove disobedient old shareholders from her group.
• Lu Chengwen showed Xu Xuejiao an old engagement letter bearing her grandfather's signature, and she insisted she had known nothing about it before promising to ask her father.
• Chen Mengyun opened the car door and found Lu Chengwen holding two pairs of panties beside Jiang Shihan and Xu Xuejiao.

Lu Chengwen reunited with Chen Mengyun and Leng Qingqiu after returning from a dangerous rescue mission, while Leng Qingqiu pushed for him to take charge of his group. As Leng Qingqiu and Lu Chengwen grew intimate in her car, Hua Xuening fought a mysterious swordswoman outside.

• Chen Mengyun scolded Lu Chengwen for risking his life, then learned from the Marriage Contract that she was betrothed to him and broke down crying.
• Two martial artists watched Lu Chengwen's van and discussed their mission to observe him and the interest surrounding Long Aotian's King's Aura.
• Hua Xuening attacked the swordswoman observing Lu Chengwen, and the swordswoman was shocked when Hua Xuening used Swift Lightning.
• Leng Qingqiu joined the van, told Lu Chengwen she had become Dasheng's chairwoman, and asked him to handle Li Meiqin and take charge of his own group.
• Leng Qingqiu confronted Lu Chengwen about treating her differently, and he demanded that she hand over her shorts before they kissed in her car.
• Lu Chengwen sensed a fight on the car roof, but Leng Qingqiu ignored the driver's warning and kept kissing him as Hua Xuening chased the swordswoman across the hood.

Lu Chengwen encountered two unfamiliar Ancient Martial Artists, Cui Hao and Xiong Panpan, and learned that Leng Qingqiu’s old engagement letter did not reflect her wishes. After handling business at the villa, he worried about becoming strong enough to face what lay ahead, while Xu Xuejiao discovered her father remembered someone proposing for her before she was born.

• Hua Xuening stopped fighting Cui Hao and Xiong Panpan, who introduced themselves and then left after Cui Hao gave Lu Chengwen his delivery-company business card.
• Xu Xuejiao showed Leng Qingqiu an old engagement letter, and Leng Qingqiu dismissed it as invalid because she had known nothing about it and had not consented.
• Lu Chengwen returned to the villa, handled company matters, arranged jobs for the rescued twins, and heard that the girl rescued with Fatty Chen had been sent to the Capital City under special protection.
• Lu Chengwen reflected on the frozen parallel universes and his need to become stronger, while the women worried that he might try to end their relationships.
• Xu Xuejiao confronted Xu Qingbin about her supposed childhood engagement, and his surprised reaction convinced her that the proposal had really happened.

Xiong Panpan, Cui Hao, Cui Jinyuan, and Zhao Lulu reported their failed investigations of Lu Chengwen and Long Aotian to the chairman. When Yu Shasha uncovered evidence suggesting Lu Chengwen led the Great Organization's Xue City Branch, the group watched his meeting, where Silver Tuo Wang prepared to deliver an urgent report.

• Xiong Panpan and Cui Hao described Lu Chengwen's crude behavior and weak martial arts, while Cui Jinyuan and Zhao Lulu admitted they had learned little about Long Aotian.
• Zhao Lulu reported that Long Aotian seemed arrogant, warned the group not to interfere with his plans in Xue City, and asked her to convey his respect for their work.
• Yu Shasha revealed that Lu Chengwen had gathered the Four Tuo Wangs and a strategist at his villa, leading the team to suspect he was the Great Organization's Xue City Branch Master.
• Cui Hao recognized Hua Xuening in the surveillance footage and was shocked that she was serving Lu Chengwen as his master.
• Lu Chengwen began the meeting by reprimanding a monk for putting his foot on a chair, and Silver Tuo Wang stood to report an urgent matter.

Lu Chengwen held a company meeting that revealed the Tuo Kings were doing ordinary work, then asked what they knew about Full-Stomach Food Delivery Group. The strategist explained that the group was an Ancient Martial Arts organization investigating Lu Chengwen, and its interest in his wealth left him alarmed.

• Silver Tuo Wang, Bronze Tuo Wang, and Iron Tuo Wang reported their reception duties and patrol work, while Gold Tuo Wang offered to cut his salary.
• Lu Chengwen showed the Tuo Kings a Full-Stomach Food Delivery Group business card and described the young man and woman he had encountered.
• Lu Chengwen and the Tuo Kings digressed into an embarrassing discussion of Xiong Panpan's figure and Lu Chengwen's intimate history with Chen Mengyun before he brought them back to business.
• The strategist identified Full-Stomach Food Delivery Group as a national management organization for Ancient Martial Artists whose lower ranks were plagued by corruption and abuse.
• The strategist warned that the group had likely noticed Lu Chengwen and might arrest him, then suggested his wealth could be the reason.

Lu Chengwen learned that the Northern Alliance controlled the ancient martial arts world and feared his ties to martial artists could draw its scrutiny. The Alliance decided to monitor him and Long Aotian rather than immediately arrest him, assigning Cui Jinyuan and Xiong Panpan to investigate.

• The strategist explained the Northern Alliance's rules and warned Lu Chengwen that his martial-arts staff could make him appear to be founding an unregistered sect.
• Lu Chengwen told his people to avoid conflict with the Alliance and said he would deal with anyone who came after him.
• The Alliance's chairman concluded that Lu Chengwen did not seem to have violated the Martial World Covenant and urged the others to treat his unusual situation carefully.
• The chairman identified Long Aotian's King's Aura, Skynet's presence, and Lu Chengwen's connection to the Great Organization as matters requiring attention.
• Cui Jinyuan volunteered to watch Long Aotian, while the chairman assigned Xiong Panpan to observe Lu Chengwen despite her objections.

Chen Qingbin publicly praised Chen Mengyun as dignified and chaste, only for reporters to catch her and Lu Chengwen leaving the same car in a compromising state. Back at the estate, Chen Qingbin confronted them, but the family’s reunion turned into more awkward teasing as Mother Chen offered Lu Chengwen a formal reward for saving them.

• Chen Qingbin told reporters that Chen Mengyun was chaste, dignified, and free to choose her own husband.
• Chen Qingbin found Chen Mengyun and Lu Chengwen in her car, and they hurriedly drove away as reporters watched.
• Chen Qingbin denied knowing the pair to the reporters, then returned to the courtyard and waited for Chen Mengyun.
• Chen Mengyun and Lu Chengwen denied having met in the car, but Chen Qingbin demanded to know what they had been doing.
• Lu Chengwen joined Fatty Chen and Mother Chen, who thanked him for saving their family and offered to grant him a formal reward.

Lu Chengwen confronted Chen Qingbin, revealed that Chen Mohuan had plotted against Chen Moqun, and warned Chen Mengyun to take control of her family. Meanwhile, Leng Tianhao planned to push Leng Qingqiu into securing Lu Chengwen and a grandchild, ending with him producing a Desire Woman Pill as Luo Shiyin sensed trouble approaching.

• Chen Qingbin demanded that Lu Chengwen stay away from Chen Mengyun, but Lu Chengwen defended their freedom to choose whom they loved.
• Lu Chengwen gave Chen Qingbin a USB drive and revealed that Chen Mohuan had conspired with Buddha Lord's people to harm Chen Moqun for power.
• Lu Chengwen urged Chen Mengyun to watch Chen Mohuan and reshape the family's power structure before leaving with her.
• Leng Tianhao told Leng Qingqiu that Lu Chengwen was coming to dinner and urged her to secure a child with him to gain influence in the Lu Family.
• Leng Tianhao placed a Desire Woman Pill on the table, while Luo Shiyin at the suburban villa felt that something was about to happen.

Qi Meishao, Luo Shiyin, and Zhuge Xiaohua went to Lu Chengwen’s villa intending to kill him, while Leng Qingqiu rejected her father’s plan to use a Desire Woman Pill and left safely. Luo Shiyin finally confronted Lu Chengwen with a glass of wine and demanded his last words.

• Qi Meishao persuaded Luo Shiyin to join a plan to kill Lu Chengwen, and Zhuge Xiaohua reluctantly went with them while asking that he be spared.
• Leng Tianhao welcomed Lu Chengwen and tried to push Leng Qingqiu into a romantic encounter, then secretly put a Desire Woman Pill in her wine.
• Qi Meishao and Zhuge Xiaohua waited outside until Leng Tianhao left, then drew Hua Xuening into a fight while Luo Shiyin prepared to confront Lu Chengwen.
• Leng Qingqiu told Lu Chengwen about the pill, refused to use it, and left for home after sharing a kiss with him.
• Luo Shiyin entered the dining room with a glass of red wine and threatened Lu Chengwen, who told her to put it down.

Luo Shiyin confronted Lu Chengwen and tried to control him with her Five-Colored Illusion Flower Eyes, but he was immune, triggering her master's warning that he was her destined husband. After Leng Qingqiu revealed she had poured out the wine containing the Desire Woman Pill, Luo Shiyin realized she had acted on her own desire, and Lu Chengwen persuaded her to continue under the pretense of curing poison.

• Luo Shiyin pressed Lu Chengwen onto the couch and tried to control him with her Five-Colored Illusion Flower Eyes, but he showed no effect.
• Lu Chengwen told Luo Shiyin he was immune, and she remembered her master's warning that any man immune to her eyes was her destined husband.
• Luo Shiyin learned that the wine she had drunk was supposed to contain a Desire Woman Pill and became distressed, believing Lu Chengwen had tricked her again.
• Lu Chengwen and Luo Shiyin began kissing, but Leng Qingqiu's message revealed she had poured the medicated wine down the drain.
• Luo Shiyin hid under a blanket in embarrassment, then worried aloud that she was naturally a cheap slut; Lu Chengwen reassured her before suggesting Leng Qingqiu might have been mistaken.
• Lu Chengwen convinced Luo Shiyin to believe she was poisoned and began to cure her as she protested that he was bullying her.

Lu Chengwen detoxified Luo Shiyin after her attempted attack, while Yu Shasha and the chairman watched their encounter and Hua Xuening kept Qi Meishao and Zhuge Xiaohua away. Luo Shiyin left with her allies, and Long Aotian was at the Xu residence discussing how to take advantage of Lu Chengwen.

• Lu Chengwen persuaded the blushing Luo Shiyin to stay and undergo further detoxification, despite her insisting she could not remain overnight.
• The chairman, Yu Shasha, and their staff reviewed surveillance footage and saw Lu Chengwen and Luo Shiyin acting intimately, leaving them confused about her supposed attempt to kill him.
• Hua Xuening told Qi Meishao and Zhuge Xiaohua that Lu Chengwen had ordered her to keep them away while he handled something important.
• Zhuge Xiaohua reached the villa and found Lu Chengwen and Luo Shiyin together; after Luo Shiyin dressed, she left with Zhuge Xiaohua while claiming she would kill Lu Chengwen next time.
• Long Aotian discussed how to take advantage of Lu Chengwen with the Xu father and daughter at the Xu residence.

Xu Xuejiao pretended to help Long Aotian secure land while secretly maneuvering to impress Lu Chengwen, and Long Aotian set out to raise the money himself. Meanwhile, Huo Wendong rejected the Sky Net Expert’s request for funds just as Long Aotian arrived, leaving the expert convinced he had been betrayed.

• Xu Xuejiao told Long Aotian that Lu Chengwen was surveying his desired land and promised to seek approval for it, while Long Aotian mistook her schemes for devotion.
• Xu Zhiyun interrupted Long Aotian’s attempt to get closer to Xu Xuejiao and kept him occupied with chess.
• Long Aotian overheard Xu Xuejiao praying for him and worrying about the land’s cost, then left to obtain the money himself.
• Xu Xuejiao watched Long Aotian depart, revealed she had used hidden sensors and listening devices, and drove toward Lu Chengwen’s villa with a box of toys.
• Huo Wendong complained that previous Sky Net Experts had taken money and damaged his property, then refused the current expert’s request for operating funds.
• Long Aotian arrived at Huo Wendong’s residence, and the Sky Net Expert accused Huo Wendong of selling him out.

Long Aotian persuaded Huo Wendong to join a plan to seize Chengwen District by disrupting Great Sage Group’s finances, while securing projects and funding for himself and Xu Xuejiao. Huo agreed to invest five billion in Xu Xuejiao, and Lu Chengwen remained unaware that Long Aotian’s scheme was advancing.

• Long Aotian told Huo Wendong that Xu Xuejiao had infiltrated Lu Chengwen’s side and would disrupt Great Sage Group’s cash flow, making the Four Great Families vulnerable and opening Chengwen District to Huo.
• Long Aotian and Huo Wendong negotiated shares in a hospital and a riverside hotel, then agreed Huo would take the commercial district and docks; they also argued over Chen Mengyun and Leng Qingqiu.
• Long Aotian called Xu Xuejiao while she was with Lu Chengwen, and she pretended to report that Lu’s meeting had involved Li Meiqin and Han Yue while claiming Lu still distrusted her.
• After hearing Xu Xuejiao’s report, Huo Wendong agreed to transfer her five billion so she could secure another project and regain Lu Chengwen’s confidence.
• Xu Xuejiao returned to bed beside Lu Chengwen, who realized Chengwen District needed far more funding and worried that his senior brother would be drained by the scheme.

Huo Wendong and the Sky Net Expert plotted to kill Long Aotian, while Lu Chengwen dealt with Chengwen District’s finances, investment plans, and Xu Xuejiao’s scheme to take more money from Long Aotian. The chapter ended with Lu Chengwen threatening Er Long after he spoke about Zhang Shen’er.

• Huo Wendong told the Sky Net Expert he planned to use Long Aotian to bring down the Four Great Families, then have experts kill Long Aotian and claim the commercial district for himself.
• Lu Chengwen reviewed Chengwen District’s growing expenses and assigned Jiang Shihan to handle investment recruitment and find a suitable project for Er Long.
• Xu Xuejiao announced that Long Aotian was transferring five billion to her and reminded Lu Chengwen of his promise if she invested five hundred billion.
• Jiang Shihan told Lu Chengwen that Er Long had been arrested for fighting, and Zhang Shen’er brought him to Lu Chengwen after the dispute was settled.
• Zhang Shen’er left angrily after Lu Chengwen brushed her off, and Lu Chengwen threatened to skin Er Long if he tried to hurt her.

Lu Chengwen received a combat skill upgrade and learned that further advancement depended on dual cultivation with Luo Shiyin, while Long Aotian tried to arrange a reliable meeting with his organization. The chapter left Lu Chengwen at a farmers' market charity event, teasing Hua Xuening into donating the cash in her bag.

• The system awarded Lu Chengwen a Level Two Great Sage Subduing Tiger Fist upgrade and explained that Luo Shiyin’s dual cultivation was required for his advancement through the Middle Four Gates.
• Long Aotian complained to the Great Organization’s Northern Country headquarters that its agents had mistaken Lu Chengwen for him and handed Lu Chengwen money.
• The headquarters arranged a coded meeting for Long Aotian at a farmers’ market and sent him the passphrase “I'm an idiot” with the reply “Me too.”
• Lu Chengwen arrived at the farmers’ market, where a charity volunteer gave him a White Rose, and he asked Hua Xuening to donate.
• Hua Xuening reluctantly donated one hundred yuan until Lu Chengwen spotted her U.S. dollars and told her to give them all.

Lu Chengwen handed out White Roses at the farmers' market, where Long Aotian searched unsuccessfully for a Great Organization contact by using their code phrase. Lu Chengwen then upset Luo Shiyin with a careless suggestion, and the chapter ended with him calling himself an idiot before a mysterious person in a hat echoed him.

• Lu Chengwen donated ten thousand U.S. dollars and sponsored White Roses for the market, while Hua Xuening protested about the expense.
• Long Aotian entered the market with Luo Shiyin and Qi Meishao, then searched for the Great Organization contact among the many people carrying White Roses.
• Long Aotian tried the code phrase on a fish seller, a pork seller, and a vegetable seller, but each mistook his words for a genuine confession that he was an idiot.
• Lu Chengwen met Luo Shiyin, who said she could not keep making mistakes, and he suggested they meet to break through to the Middle Four Gates together.
• Luo Shiyin accused Lu Chengwen of seeking power through her and left, declaring that they would be enemies the next time they met.
• Lu Chengwen called himself an idiot, and a person in a hat raised a White Rose and said, "Me too."

Lu Chengwen diverted the Dare-to-Die Heavenly King away from Long Aotian, then recruited him with generous pay and benefits. He sent the new subordinate back to the market to beat up Long Aotian, who was still struggling to announce his rendezvous password.

• The Dare-to-Die Heavenly King found Lu Chengwen by tracing the White Roses, and Lu Chengwen had Hua Xuening take him away before he could meet Long Aotian.
• Lu Chengwen found Long Aotian trying to use the password “I am an idiot” and gave him a loudspeaker to call out to his business partner.
• The Dare-to-Die Heavenly King told Lu Chengwen he had left the Great Organization and set out his conditions for becoming Lu Chengwen’s subordinate.
• Lu Chengwen agreed to the conditions, offered him a doubled salary, a car, a house, and cash, then assigned Zhao Gang to help him get settled.
• Lu Chengwen sent the Dare-to-Die Heavenly King back to the market to beat up Long Aotian, promising a five-million settling-in fee if he succeeded.
• The Dare-to-Die Heavenly King spotted Long Aotian standing on a platform with the loudspeaker and recognized him as the obvious target.