Chapter Summaries

After Qi Meishao’s Nuwa’s Blood inheritance left her near death, Hun Tiangang revealed that Lu Chengwen’s Archaic Ape God bloodline could save her, but the treatment could kill him and make her dependent on him. Lu Chengwen began the dangerous treatment, and Hua Xuening rushed in when it seemed he might not survive.

• Lu Chengwen and Luo Shiyin returned from the wilderness after breaking through, and Hun Tiangang teased them about their relationship.
• Hua Xuening reported that Qi Meishao was dying, and Hun Tiangang explained that her Nuwa’s Blood inheritance was causing her condition.
• Hun Tiangang revealed that Lu Chengwen’s Archaic Ape God bloodline could save Qi Meishao, but the treatment risked Lu Chengwen’s life and could make her deeply attached to him.
• Long Aotian reluctantly agreed to Lu Chengwen saving Qi Meishao after Lu Chengwen promised to make her dislike him if she survived.
• Lu Chengwen began the treatment, and Hun Tiangang warned that he might not hold on much longer as Hua Xuening rushed into the room and burst into tears.

Lu Chengwen collapsed after helping save Qi Meishao, who woke and credited Long Aotian with saving her life as Lu had requested. Hun Tiangang explained Lu's unstable Primordial Divine Ape power and then assigned Lu and Long Aotian new martial arts lessons.

• Lu Chengwen asked everyone to let Long Aotian take credit for saving Qi Meishao, then collapsed when she began to wake.
• Hua Xuening cared for Lu Chengwen as he recovered, and Qi Meishao woke and thanked Long Aotian for saving her.
• Hun Tiangang reassured the group about the Bai family and the Northern Alliance, then explained that Lu Chengwen possessed the rare Primordial Divine Ape power, which could let him fight above his level but was unstable.
• Hun Tiangang promised Lu Chengwen four ultimate techniques and offered Long Aotian the Immortal Slaying Palm, but Long Aotian tried to switch lessons with him.
• Hun Tiangang settled the lessons by assigning Lu Chengwen the Immortal Slaying Palm and Long Aotian the four ultimate techniques, then led them away to train.

Hun Tiangang’s promise to teach Long Aotian the Four Ultimate Arts turned into a lesson in speaking, while Lu Chengwen secretly memorized the material. Meanwhile, the four families debated an old marriage agreement, and Leng Tianhao decided to rush Leng Qingqiu and Lu Chengwen into marriage before the expert’s descendant could claim her.

• Hun Tiangang swore Long Aotian to uphold righteousness before revealing that the Four Ultimate Arts were speaking, imitation, teasing, and singing.
• Long Aotian protested that he wanted real martial arts, but Hun Tiangang slapped him and made him recite a long list of foods while Lu Chengwen memorized the lesson.
• Leng Tianhao rejected the old marriage agreement, while Xu Zhiyun feared the expert’s power and Chen Qingbin vowed to honor the Chen Family’s promise.
• Lu Guanghong stayed unconcerned because he had sons, and Leng Tianhao proposed marrying Leng Qingqiu to Lu Chengwen before the expert’s descendant came for her.
• Leng Tianhao called Leng Qingqiu and urged her to seduce Lu Chengwen that night, leaving the other three elders convinced he had gone crazy.

Lu Chengwen learned that the older generation had arranged marriages for their children in exchange for an expert’s past help, while Xu Xuejiao suggested using the marriage contracts to make trouble for them. The chapter ended with Long Aotian calling Xu Xuejiao as she and Lu Chengwen prepared to hatch a plan.

• Lu Guanghong told Chen Qingbin and the other fathers that Lu Chengwen had become impossible to control, and the men left without resolving their marriage-contract problem.
• Jiang Shihan praised Er Long’s diligence and suggested letting him manage the golf course, which Lu Chengwen approved.
• Xu Xuejiao joined Lu Chengwen in the bath and revealed that their fathers had received help from the same expert in exchange for arranging marriages for the younger generation.
• Lu Chengwen explained that Zhao Ritian had been crippled and that the marriage contracts were in his possession, then learned two residential communities would soon be completed for the shantytown residents.
• Xu Xuejiao proposed investigating the marriage agreements and using them to make trouble for the older men, then silenced Lu Chengwen when Long Aotian called.

Lu Chengwen and Xu Xuejiao flirted while discussing their plan to profit from Long Aotian’s amusement park project. Long Aotian assigned Qi Meishao to coordinate with Xu Xuejiao, leaving Luo Shiyin frustrated that she could not go.

• Xu Xuejiao deceived Long Aotian on the phone while Lu Chengwen teased her, then explained that signing the amusement park project with foreigners would benefit them.
• Xu Xuejiao said she was owed 240 billion and bargained with Lu Chengwen for a chance to be intimate with him.
• Lu Chengwen and Xu Xuejiao played with outfits and equipment in her closet, but he stopped their teasing to focus on business.
• Long Aotian asked who would coordinate with Xu Xuejiao, and Luo Shiyin volunteered before Qi Meishao insisted on going instead.
• Long Aotian chose Qi Meishao because Luo Shiyin was exhausted, and Qi Meishao vowed to stop Lu Chengwen from exploiting any openings.

Lu Chengwen disrupted Xu Xuejiao and Qi Meishao’s attempt to secure his agreement to the amusement park project with Long Aotian’s funding. He left the contract undecided after provoking Qi Meishao, while privately intending to keep her from falling for him and to stay on good terms with Long Aotian.

• Xu Xuejiao and Qi Meishao entered Lu Chengwen’s office and found him negotiating with Tom from Dayu Group.
• Xu Xuejiao proposed that Great Sage Group take sixty percent of the amusement park project, and Lu Chengwen sent Tom away to discuss the offer internally.
• Qi Meishao urged Lu Chengwen to sign a contract backed by Long Aotian’s funds, while Long Aotian pushed her to secure his decision that day.
• Lu Chengwen demanded that Qi Meishao massage his legs and made humiliating remarks as he reviewed the contract.
• Qi Meishao confronted Lu Chengwen, who privately decided to keep provoking her so she would not fall in love with him.

Lu Chengwen forced Qi Meishao to surrender her underwear in exchange for signing a valuable contract, making her leave in tears. Leng Qingqiu then discussed expanding their construction business into the provincial capital and teased Lu Chengwen about becoming his subsidiary company.

• Lu Chengwen demanded Qi Meishao's underwear before he would sign the contract, and she reluctantly gave it to him while crying.
• Qi Meishao took the signed contract and ran away, and Lu Chengwen told Xu Xuejiao that he had provoked her to keep her from becoming attached to him.
• Leng Qingqiu arrived, embraced Lu Chengwen, and outlined plans to build upscale housing and improve facilities in Xue City.
• Lu Chengwen worried that the Xu Family and Chen Family would keep demanding money, and Leng Qingqiu suggested getting their daughters pregnant.
• Leng Qingqiu proposed expanding into the provincial capital and offered to pave the way, then teased Lu Chengwen about making Thousand Peaks his subsidiary company.

Lu Chengwen learned that Great Sage Group’s next development phase would require another 100 billion and lost his temper over the cost. Leng Qingqiu calmed him by proposing presales to fund construction and began preparing a publicity campaign, while the pair discussed moving to the provincial capital and leaving Mengyun in charge.

• At a commendation ceremony, Lu Chengwen heard that Great Sage Group planned another 130 billion in supporting facilities and eight residential communities, then joked about his finances during his speech.
• After the ceremony, Lu Chengwen asked Mayor Zhao to keep the speech off the air so fewer people would recognize him.
• Back at Great Sage Group, Lu Chengwen berated staff over the project’s costs before Leng Qingqiu explained that more than 30 billion remained in the special funds and reminded him he had approved the plans.
• Leng Qingqiu ordered a Northern Country publicity campaign, celebrity endorsement, and pricing discussions, and Lu Chengwen told the staff to follow her lead.
• Leng Qingqiu proposed preselling homes to pay for construction and suggested leaving Mengyun to oversee the project when they moved to the provincial capital.

Lu Chengwen resisted Leng Qingqiu’s plan to expand into the provincial capital, while Long Aotian planned to trap him in the Amusement Park Project. Qi Meishao fought to take the assignment instead of Luo Shiyin, and the chapter ended with her swearing she would never fall in love with Lu Chengwen before Luo Shiyin stopped her.

• Lu Chengwen told Leng Qingqiu he did not want to go to the provincial capital, and she urged him to trust his abilities and keep winning against Long Aotian.
• Long Aotian called Luo Shiyin and Qi Meishao to a meeting and decided Luo Shiyin should lure Lu Chengwen deeper into the Amusement Park Project.
• Qi Meishao repeatedly insisted that she should go instead, but Long Aotian suspected she might be falling for Lu Chengwen and forbade her from getting involved with him.
• Luo Shiyin explained that Long Aotian feared Qi Meishao’s relationship with Lu Chengwen might grow too close, and Qi Meishao protested that she hated him.
• Qi Meishao swore she would never fall in love with Lu Chengwen, but Luo Shiyin sharply stopped her from swearing on her life again.

Long Aotian assigned Qi Meishao to coordinate the amusement park project with Lu Chengwen, while secretly aiming to take control of the shantytown. Qi Meishao grew frustrated by the stalled project and barged into Lu Chengwen’s office, where she caught him with Chen Mengyun.

• Luo Shiyin persuaded Long Aotian to let Qi Meishao deal with Lu Chengwen without swearing an oath.
• Long Aotian called Lu Chengwen and insisted Qi Meishao coordinate the amusement park project, despite Lu Chengwen’s objections.
• Long Aotian told Qi Meishao that the amusement park was a cover for gaining ownership of the shantytown.
• Lu Chengwen asked Xu Xuejiao to handle Qi Meishao and keep her away from him, and Qi Meishao joined Great Sage Group to work on the project.
• Qi Meishao found that the project was going nowhere and, after repeatedly failing to see Lu Chengwen, forced her way into his office.
• Qi Meishao found Chen Mengyun wiping her mouth while Lu Chengwen fastened his belt, then angrily demanded that he explain the project delays.

Lu Chengwen forced Qi Meishao to comply with his demand before ordering the Amusement Park Project to start, then stalled construction with only three shameless old men on site. After Qi Meishao confronted him, Lu Chengwen claimed the project had no money and told her to ask Long Aotian for another seven billion, leaving her to realize they had both been played.

• Qi Meishao confronted Lu Chengwen over the delayed Amusement Park Project, and he demanded she give in to him before calling the Engineering Department to begin construction.
• Three days later, Qi Meishao found only three old men barely working at the fenced-off site, so she called Xu Xuejiao and then dragged Lu Chengwen there at swordpoint.
• Lu Chengwen greeted the three men, who admitted they were taking their time, and joked that he had hired them because their work made no difference.
• Zhao Gang arrived to defend Lu Chengwen but backed down after learning Qi Meishao was Long Aotian's Close Guard and an Upper Four Gates expert.
• Lu Chengwen claimed the project had run out of money and urged Qi Meishao to ask Long Aotian for another seven billion, and she realized Lu Chengwen had played them both.

Long Aotian accused Xu Xuejiao and Xu Zhiyun of swindling him, but Xu Xuejiao defended her undercover work and explained that he had not actually lost the money he blamed her for. She claimed their scheme against Lu Chengwen was nearing success and persuaded Long Aotian to provide another seven billion.

• Long Aotian confronted Xu Zhiyun over the twenty-four billion he had given Xu Xuejiao and accused them of joining forces to scam him.
• Xu Xuejiao arrived, dismissed concerns about the amusement park accounts, and cried when Long Aotian questioned her efforts as an undercover agent.
• Xu Xuejiao explained Lu Chengwen's cautious business style and argued that bringing him down required time and careful planning.
• Xu Xuejiao pointed out that Long Aotian's twelve-billion hospital payment had been a gift and that another twelve billion had come from their scheme against Huo Wendong.
• Xu Xuejiao said someone had taken the bait and asked Long Aotian for another seven billion, which he agreed to provide.

Huo Wendong confronted Long Aotian over the stalled project and demanded predictable results before investing more money. Long Aotian insisted events were hard to predict, then smashed Huo Wendong’s treasured teacup, leaving Huo stunned.

• Huo Wendong fussed over his antique collection until Long Aotian arrived to discuss the project.
• Long Aotian said Lu Chengwen had signed Xu Xuejiao’s contract and received seven billion, but the supposed construction site had only three old men, three shovels, and playing cards.
• Long Aotian asked Huo Wendong for another seven billion, and Huo accused him, Xu Xuejiao, and Lu Chengwen of scamming him.
• Long Aotian claimed Xu Xuejiao remained loyal to him and was still a virgin, while Huo suspected Long was the real key to the scheme.
• Huo demanded a predictable, controllable outcome, and Long argued that events could not always be predicted.
• Long Aotian grabbed Huo Wendong’s treasured teacup and smashed it, leaving Huo stunned.

Long Aotian pressured Huo Wendong into transferring seven billion by destroying his antiques, while Xu Xuejiao considered whether to scam her father to reach her fifty-billion goal. Long Aotian stopped Chu Bai from attacking Lu Chengwen and recruited him to secretly monitor Lu, but the two were overheard joking about Chu Bai’s injury.

• Long Aotian shattered Huo Wendong’s antiques while explaining the need for extra project funds, and Huo agreed to transfer seven billion so Long would leave.
• Xu Xuejiao counted the thirty-one billion she had taken from Long Aotian and considered testing whether her father could handle being scammed.
• Long Aotian caught Chu Bai following Lu Chengwen and prevented him from attacking, then told him to monitor Lu secretly.
• Chu Bai mistook Long Aotian’s comments about repeated injuries for a confession about his own suffering, and Long ordered him to stop staring at his rear.
• Lu Chengwen and Zhao Gang passed the alley while joking about a worker injured by landing on a steel rod, leaving Long Aotian and Chu Bai listening in silence.

A woman in black ordered her subordinate to watch Lu Chengwen from a distance, fascinated by him, while Lu Chengwen tried to stop Long Aotian from investing more in the amusement city project. Long Aotian refused to withdraw, and the chapter ended as Qi Meishao arrived to see Lu Chengwen.

• The woman in black claimed Lu Chengwen as her own and told her subordinate to observe him without interfering.
• Xu Xuejiao celebrated getting another seven billion from Long Aotian and said she planned to swindle nineteen billion more from him.
• Lu Chengwen called Long Aotian and urged him to pull out of the amusement city project, offering to return his investment.
• Long Aotian insisted he would keep investing even if the project failed and promised he would never blame Lu Chengwen.
• Lu Chengwen learned from his secretary that Qi Meishao had arrived to see him.

Lu Chengwen tried to convince Qi Meishao that his relationship with Luo Shiyin had begun through repeated accidents, while insisting that he would not abandon Luo Shiyin. The chapter left Luo Shiyin delighted to learn she had drunk from a glass that might have contained a Desire Woman Pill.

• Qi Meishao told Lu Chengwen that another seven billion had been transferred for President Xu and asked him to let Luo Shiyin go; he agreed to start construction but refused to leave Luo Shiyin.
• Lu Chengwen offered Qi Meishao a drink containing a Desire Woman Pill, but she refused it, and he felt relieved that she had not swallowed it.
• After Lu Chengwen escorted Qi Meishao out, Luo Shiyin climbed through his office window and drank from one of the two glasses on his desk.
• Silver Tuo Wang alerted Lu Chengwen that a woman had entered his office, and Lu Chengwen and Qi Meishao rushed back when they saw Luo Shiyin on his phone.
• Qi Meishao asked which glass Luo Shiyin had drunk from, and Lu Chengwen admitted he did not know which one contained the pill; Luo Shiyin was thrilled by the possibility.

Lu Chengwen dealt with Luo Shiyin after she took a Desire Woman Pill, while Qi Meishao reluctantly guarded his office. At Seven Star Peak, Jiang Xiaohou challenged Hun Tiangang over his disciples and the coming Heavenly Tribulation, and the chapter ended with the Jiang Family watching the aftermath of Hun Tiangang’s counterattack.

• Lu Chengwen sent Luo Shiyin into the inner room and ordered Qi Meishao to keep watch outside.
• Jiang Xiaohou arrived at Seven Star Peak with gifts and paid her respects to Hun Tiangang on behalf of the Jiang Family.
• Hun Tiangang rejected Jiang Xiaohou’s visit and warned her not to interfere with Lu Chengwen or Long Aotian.
• Jiang Xiaohou questioned Hun Tiangang about the Heavenly Tribulation and attacked him with her blade and seven afterimages.
• Hun Tiangang shouted “Break!” to stop Jiang Xiaohou’s assault, and the Jiang Family members looked toward the battle in shock.

Hun Tiangang subdued Jiang Xiaohou but released her after puzzling over her connection to his disciple, and she fled after threatening to torment one of his disciples. Meanwhile, Lu Chengwen and Luo Shiyin grew closer, leaving Qi Meishao heartbroken as Long Aotian called to arrange a construction-site inspection with Lu Chengwen.

• Hun Tiangang pinned Jiang Xiaohou, threatened to cripple her, and then released her after wondering why his disciple would be involved with her.
• Jiang Xiaohou escaped Hun Tiangang and vowed to torment one of his disciples, while the Jiang Family members withdrew and ran after her.
• Lu Chengwen and Luo Shiyin finished cultivating after their intimate encounter, and Luo Shiyin told Qi Meishao that she had advanced beyond her.
• Qi Meishao cried as she accepted that Luo Shiyin truly loved Lu Chengwen, and Luo Shiyin wept and apologized to her.
• Long Aotian called Qi Meishao about the construction project, then asked her to arrange an inspection with Lu Chengwen.
• Lu Chengwen took the phone and greeted Long Aotian as his senior disciple brother.

Jiang Xiaohou disguised herself as a beggar to approach Lu Chengwen and Long Aotian, intrigued by Lu Chengwen’s strange behavior. After damaging both men’s cars, she was taken into Lu Chengwen’s car, where she realized she could hear his inner thoughts.

• Jiang Xiaohou watched Lu Chengwen and Long Aotian inspect their development site and decided to approach Lu Chengwen for fun.
• Disguised as a hungry beggar, Jiang Xiaohou asked the men for money, and Zhao Gang secretly gave her several hundred yuan.
• Jiang Xiaohou scratched Lu Chengwen’s car, then scratched Long Aotian’s car while pretending to apologize; Long Aotian scolded her for it.
• Lu Chengwen recognized Jiang Xiaohou from the VIP room in South Myanmar and ordered Zhao Gang to put her in the car so he could take her home safely.
• In the car, Jiang Xiaohou realized she could hear Lu Chengwen’s inner thoughts as he promised to help her get home.

Lu Chengwen brought Jiang Xiaohou to his villa, but his financial and project problems kept him too distracted to notice her beauty or entertain her. Jiang Xiaohou grew resentful at his dismissive treatment, and the chapter ended with Lu Chengwen warmly greeting Xu Xuejiao while Jiang Xiaohou seethed.

• Lu Chengwen met Jiang Shihan and Jiang Xiaohou at a mall, but barely reacted to Jiang Xiaohou after she had been cleaned up and dressed.
• Jiang Xiaohou clung to Lu Chengwen and pleaded not to be sold, while Lu Chengwen told Jiang Shihan to calm her down and find her family.
• Jiang Shihan brought Jiang Xiaohou to Lu Chengwen's villa, where Hua Xuening showed her around and talked about the household and Lu Chengwen's companions.
• Lu Chengwen returned to the villa furious about a project crisis and ordered his staff to find a replacement company and keep the project on schedule.
• Lu Chengwen demanded that Zhao Gang take Jiang Xiaohou away, then stood up excitedly when Xu Xuejiao arrived and asked to hug her.