Chapter Summaries

Lu Chengwen decided to keep Jiang Xiaohou as his little sister after learning that she had no family she could rely on and was terrified of returning home. That night, Jiang Xiaohou watched Lu Chengwen and Jiang Shihan, reconsidered her intention to kill Jiang Shihan, and was left confused by Lu Chengwen’s kindness.

• Xu Xuejiao arrived, and Lu Chengwen explained that he had rescued Jiang Xiaohou and planned to send her away.
• Hua Xuening asked Lu Chengwen to keep Jiang Xiaohou, so he questioned her privately about her home and family.
• Jiang Xiaohou said her family was dead, could not remember her surname or age, and panicked when Lu Chengwen asked where she had been sent before.
• Lu Chengwen promised to be Jiang Xiaohou’s big brother, and she agreed to listen to him.
• That night, Jiang Xiaohou watched Lu Chengwen and Jiang Shihan and considered killing Jiang Shihan, but their conversation about caring for her left Jiang Xiaohou confused.

Lu Chengwen inspected Er Long’s golf course project and learned that his brothers and Dare-to-Die Heavenly King planned to kill him after discovering he was not their Young Lord. A Hu and A Xiao warned him and promised to help, leaving Lu Chengwen rushing to prepare for the coming attack.

• Hua Xuening picked out clothes for Jiang Xiaohou, and Lu Chengwen complimented her before leaving for the Chengwen District project.
• Lu Chengwen offered Er Long a 60-percent partnership in the golf course and explained how to attract wealthy members and city officials.
• A Hu warned Lu Chengwen that his brothers and Dare-to-Die Heavenly King intended to capture him, seize the ten billion in funds, and kill him.
• A Hu said he would pretend to fight Lu Chengwen and told him that Hua Xuening could hold off three of the six Upper Four Gates experts.
• A Xiao arrived and warned Lu Chengwen of the same threat, saying he would try to protect him because he did not want Luo Shiyin to be sad.
• A Xiao left to stall the attackers, and Lu Chengwen hurried to call Hua Xuening and get the car ready.

Heavenly King Fubo and Dare-to-Die Heavenly King set out to capture Lu Chengwen, while Dare-to-Die secretly planned to use the conflict to secure his own escape. After Lu Chengwen found Jiang Xiaohou and sent her away with Jiang Shihan, A Yin and the others trapped him near his villa.

• Heavenly King Fubo and Dare-to-Die Heavenly King agreed to capture Lu Chengwen alive and force him to return the organization’s money, while Dare-to-Die planned to avoid taking risks and eventually leave the organization.
• Jiang Xiaohou learned that Xia Ying was observing Lu Chengwen and Long Aotian, and she received permission from the Jiang Family to remain in Northern Country.
• Lu Chengwen scolded Jiang Xiaohou for wandering off, then arranged for Jiang Shihan to take her to a safe house while he returned alone.
• A Yin rammed her car toward Lu Chengwen near the villa, and two more cars blocked his escape route.
• Heavenly King Fubo, A Hu, and three others surrounded Lu Chengwen, and A Hu mistakenly addressed him as “Your Majesty.”

Lu Chengwen faced Heavenly King Fubo and the other five Upper Four Gates, then offered to return their ten billion. He exploited their rivalry over who would receive the money, and the group agreed to split it between two cards as he prepared to raise a third problem.

• Heavenly King Fubo demanded that Lu Chengwen return the money, while Jiang Xiaohou watched from a distant mountaintop and chose not to intervene.
• Hua Xuening arrived to defend Lu Chengwen, and he asked her to face all six opponents while he stayed behind her.
• Lu Chengwen agreed to return ten billion but explained that he needed to arrange the funds through his company, prompting Heavenly King Fubo to demand the card immediately.
• Lu Chengwen made Heavenly King Fubo and Dare-to-Die Heavenly King compete for the credit of returning the money, and they began arguing over who should hold it.
• A Yin stopped the quarrel and proposed two cards with five billion each, which Heavenly King Fubo and Dare-to-Die Heavenly King reluctantly accepted.
• Lu Chengwen acknowledged their agreement and announced that they would discuss a third problem.

Lu Chengwen stalled Heavenly King Fubo and Dare-to-Die Heavenly King by questioning how they could justify returning the missing money, then used their competing missions to sow suspicion between them. When A Yin proposed demanding twenty billion, Lu Chengwen revealed he could provide only fifteen billion, leaving the two leaders to decide who would get ten billion and who would get five.

• Jiang Xiaohou watched the argument from the mountain and delighted in Lu Chengwen stirring up trouble.
• Lu Chengwen made Heavenly King Fubo admit that returning the organization’s money would not earn him any gratitude or merit.
• Lu Chengwen suggested that the strategist might have secretly ordered one or both leaders to kill the other after recovering the money, prompting mutual suspicion between Heavenly King Fubo and Dare-to-Die Heavenly King.
• A Yin proposed demanding twenty billion from Lu Chengwen so she, Fubo, and Dare-to-Die could return as heroes, and Lu Chengwen agreed that he could pay it.
• Lu Chengwen said he had only fifteen billion in cash, forcing Heavenly King Fubo and Dare-to-Die Heavenly King to choose who would receive ten billion and who would receive five, while A Yin threatened him.

Hua Xuening stopped A Yin from attacking Lu Chengwen, while Lu Chengwen used the group’s greed and mistrust to turn the negotiations into a struggle for his cooperation. Jiang Xiaohou ordered Chu Bai released to make the situation even messier, and Dare-to-Die Heavenly King threatened to report Lu Chengwen as the rival groups faced off.

• Hua Xuening shielded Lu Chengwen and nearly pierced A Yin before Heavenly King Fubo and A Long intervened.
• Jiang Xiaohou analyzed how Lu Chengwen was exploiting the men’s panic, then ordered her subordinate to release Chu Bai.
• A Yin proposed that the men split the money, but Lu Chengwen fueled Dare-to-Die Heavenly King’s suspicion by suggesting the others might steal his share.
• Lu Chengwen offered to work with the organization and promised rewards to whoever secured the deal, while Hua Xuening confused the men by offering them her small amount of cash.
• Lu Chengwen demanded that Dare-to-Die Heavenly King either kill the others for fifteen billion or help arrange cooperation, and the groups prepared to fight.
• Dare-to-Die Heavenly King threatened to report Lu Chengwen to the strategist, while Jiang Xiaohou laughed and urged her subordinate to send Chu Bai back.

Long Aotian arrived amid a chaotic dispute over money and the project, where old grudges erupted into fighting and Dare-to-Die Heavenly King exposed the brothers' plan to work with Lu Chengwen. As Long Aotian turned on Lu Chengwen, Luo Shiyin became entangled in an emotional reunion with A Xiao, who ended by confronting the Young Master.

• A Yin failed to calm the arguing group, and Dare-to-Die Heavenly King offered to join Lu Chengwen against Heavenly King Fubo and the others.
• Long Aotian arrived with Luo Shiyin and demanded to know why construction had not begun despite his investment; Lu Chengwen claimed others were demanding more money than he could pay.
• Dare-to-Die Heavenly King revealed that he had given the money to Lu Chengwen after accepting the passphrase, and Long Aotian attacked him over the frozen-fish beating.
• Dare-to-Die Heavenly King told Long Aotian that the five brothers planned to work with Lu Chengwen and replace him as the organization's cash cow, prompting Long Aotian to threaten Lu Chengwen.
• Luo Shiyin reunited with A Xiao beneath a streetlamp, and A Xiao asked whether Long Aotian had taken away her freedom.

Long Aotian’s allies and enemies became tangled in a chaotic battle while Luo Shiyin and Lu Chengwen pretended to fight. From the mountaintop, Jiang Xiaohou watched the confusion and ordered Chu Bai released again.

• Hua Xuening’s progress accelerated as she practiced martial arts at home while waiting for Lu Chengwen.
• Jiang Xiaohou laughed at the unfolding chaos, ordered Chu Bai captured again, and her subordinates beat him before releasing him.
• A Xiao charged Long Aotian to defend Luo Shiyin, and A Hu joined the fight while Lu Chengwen and Hua Xuening pretended to flee.
• Hua Xuening attacked Heavenly King Fubo to collect the 128.5 yuan he owed her as the fighters split into tangled battles.
• Long Aotian struck Dare-to-Die Heavenly King, who fled from A Yin and A Long, while A Hu urged the others to attack Long Aotian’s weakness.
• Jiang Xiaohou struggled to make sense of the fighting and ordered her subordinates to release Chu Bai.

Jiang Xiaohou discovered Lu Chengwen and Luo Shiyin together, while Chu Bai was repeatedly captured and released without explanation. Below the villa, Long Aotian's fight turned into a chaotic three-on-one brawl as his opponents relentlessly attacked him.

• Two men captured Chu Bai, then released him after receiving a call, but another subordinate soon recaptured him as he tried to escape.
• Jiang Xiaohou returned to the villa, saw Lu Chengwen and Luo Shiyin together, and ordered her subordinate to keep Chu Bai alive.
• Heavenly King Fubo returned 125.8 yuan to Hua Xuening, who then agreed to keep watch while Lu Chengwen and Luo Shiyin continued their role-play.
• Heavenly King Fubo joined A Hu and A Xiao against Long Aotian, and Dare-to-Die Heavenly King turned on Long Aotian after being asked to help him.
• Jiang Xiaohou learned that Lu Chengwen could not get away and watched the bloody melee below, where Long Aotian's white pants had turned red.

Qi Meishao joined Long Aotian’s battle against Heavenly King Fubo’s group, but shifting loyalties and Hua Xuening’s arrival left the fighters scattered. Jiang Xiaohou incapacitated Qi Meishao and left her tied up in Lu Chengwen’s room, where Lu Chengwen mistook her for someone else before she recognized him and threatened to kill him.

• Qi Meishao arrived at the battlefield and helped Long Aotian, while Heavenly King Fubo’s group argued over whether to pursue Dare-to-Die Heavenly King or fight alongside Lu Chengwen.
• Luo Shiyin told Hua Xuening to help Fubo’s side, and Hua Xuening encountered A Xiao near the villa before returning to the standoff.
• Qi Meishao let Long Aotian drink Nuwa’s Blood, and Hua Xuening encouraged the fighters to continue by offering to deal with whoever they chose.
• Dare-to-Die Heavenly King tried to flee, so Hua Xuening chased him, while Long Aotian faced Heavenly King Fubo and his four brothers alone.
• Jiang Xiaohou caught Qi Meishao outside the villa, tapped her acupoint, and left her unconscious; Lu Chengwen later found her tied up and mistakenly began to approach her.
• Lu Chengwen realized Qi Meishao was in the room, freed her, and fled as she grabbed her Precious Sword and threatened to chop him to death.

Lu Chengwen escaped the fight with Long Aotian only to be chased down by Qi Meishao, whom he had mistaken for Luo Shiyin and accidentally compromised. His blood left Qi Meishao inexplicably weak and drawn to him, and the chapter ended with her trying to throw herself onto the sword in Lu Chengwen’s hand.

• Lu Chengwen ran past Long Aotian and the injured five brothers while searching for Xue Ning, and Qi Meishao chased after him instead of joining Long Aotian’s fight.
• Qi Meishao caught Lu Chengwen and stabbed his shoulder, but the scent of his blood repeatedly weakened her and unsettled her anger.
• Lu Chengwen explained that he had mistaken Qi Meishao for Luo Shiyin and offered to make amends, while Qi Meishao demanded her underwear back and threatened to kill him.
• Hua Xuening arrived and disarmed Qi Meishao, allowing Lu Chengwen to berate her and boast about their encounter.
• After Lu Chengwen tried to explain himself and Qi Meishao stared at him in despair, she suddenly lunged toward the sword in his hand.

After stopping Qi Meishao from killing herself, Lu Chengwen raged about his repeated deaths and his determination to survive, while Xia Ying and Jiang Xiaohou continued observing him. The group realized Shi Yin had disappeared and rushed toward the villa to look for her.

• Jiang Xiaohou and Xia Ying watched Lu Chengwen and discussed his secrets and the unusual freedom he and Long Aotian seemed to have.
• Lu Chengwen stopped Qi Meishao from taking her life and shouted that the world was falling into chaos and that he would do whatever it took to survive.
• Xia Ying concluded that Lu Chengwen was far more complicated than he appeared, while Jiang Xiaohou said her father had approved her staying to observe.
• Qi Meishao calmed down and cried as Lu Chengwen tried to reassure her, then suggested switching her assignment with Shi Yin.
• Lu Chengwen realized Shi Yin had disappeared and ran toward the villa with Hua Xuening, while Qi Meishao followed, worried she was wearing Shi Yin's clothes.

Lu Chengwen and Long Aotian argued over their failed plans, the amusement city project, and the money invested in Chengwen District after their forces fought through the night. Their dispute remained unresolved when Xu Xuejiao arrived at Lu Chengwen’s villa, excitedly announcing hotpot.

• Hua Xuening rushed past the injured Long Aotian to reach Lu Chengwen, who stepped on Long Aotian’s hand as he passed.
• At the villa, Luo Shiyin woke up confused, while Qi Meishao changed back into her clothes and the group returned to help Long Aotian.
• Long Aotian confronted Lu Chengwen about Luo Shiyin’s failed attack and Qi Meishao’s unexplained behavior; Lu Chengwen said he had poisoned Luo Shiyin.
• Lu Chengwen and Long Aotian argued over the fighting, the money invested in Chengwen District, and whether the amusement city project had been a trap.
• Luo Shiyin urged Long Aotian to set aside their grudges and discuss only their interests, but their talk was interrupted when Xu Xuejiao arrived and invited Lu Chengwen to hotpot.

Lu Chengwen and Xu Xuejiao staged a quarrel to make Long Aotian invest another seven billion in the amusement park project. After Long Aotian recalled Qi Meishao and assigned Luo Shiyin to the project, Xu Xuejiao celebrated with Lu Chengwen and Hua Xuening, planning to keep extracting money from him.

• Xu Xuejiao pretended to be Lu Chengwen’s loyal girlfriend and accused Long Aotian of slandering her, demanding seven billion more for the amusement park project.
• Long Aotian agreed to invest the additional seven billion and warned Lu Chengwen to begin construction.
• In the car, Long Aotian recalled Qi Meishao from the project and ordered Luo Shiyin to take over.
• Luo Shiyin claimed Lu Chengwen knew how to evade her Five-Colored Illusion Flower Eyes and said she would investigate him further.
• At Lu Chengwen’s villa, Xu Xuejiao praised their acting and celebrated the money they had secured with Lu Chengwen and Hua Xuening.

Huo Wendong gave Long Aotian another ten billion and an antique after Long Aotian and Luo Shiyin persuaded him, while Luo Shiyin privately longed to return to Lu Chengwen. Lu Chengwen’s Chengwen District gala boosted confidence in Great Sage Group, but he left the celebrity event to be alone with Jiang Shihan.

• Huo Wendong dismissed a hydropower project and asked Bang Daomang about Long Aotian and Lu Chengwen’s amusement city.
• Long Aotian demanded another seven billion from Huo Wendong, and Luo Shiyin joined them; Huo Wendong transferred ten billion to Long Aotian and gave Luo Shiyin an antique.
• After leaving Huo Wendong’s villa, Long Aotian told Luo Shiyin he expected to spend his life with her, while she thought about returning to Lu Chengwen within half a year.
• Lu Chengwen’s presale ceremony and Leng Qingqiu’s star-studded gala drew official and media support, sending interest in Chengwen District and the Four Great Families’ stocks upward.
• Lu Chengwen found the celebrities’ advances distasteful, then took Jiang Shihan to an empty lounge with him.

Lu Chengwen’s backstage encounter with Immortal Sister escalated into a crowd crush after Wan Bin’s entourage shoved through the corridor. Wan Bin first confronted Lu Chengwen, then became obsequiously apologetic after learning he was a powerful investor.

• Lu Chengwen and Jiang Shihan left Immortal Sister’s dressing room after a dispute, and Immortal Sister criticized Lu Chengwen for occupying it.
• Wan Bin’s bodyguards shoved a young performer and clashed with Zhao Gang, while Lu Chengwen helped the girl and carried Immortal Sister into the dressing room to escape the crush.
• Wan Bin entered with his injured bodyguards, checked on Immortal Sister, and threatened Zhao Gang before accusing Lu Chengwen of causing the backstage trouble.
• Lu Chengwen mocked Wan Bin’s acting roles, and Wan Bin demanded that he take responsibility for occupying Immortal Sister’s dressing room.
• Wan Bin’s manager recognized Lu Chengwen as a major investor, prompting Wan Bin to apologize and warmly greet him.

Leng Qingqiu joined Lu Chengwen at the gala and left with him after he teased her about his girlfriend list. At Long Aotian’s residence, Luo Shiyin’s restored memories deepened her betrayal, while Qi Meishao remained torn between protecting her and serving Long Aotian, ending with renewed intent to kill Lu Chengwen.

• Leng Qingqiu entered the gala, confronted Lu Chengwen backstage, and left with him while Immortal Sister and Wan Bin watched.
• Luo Shiyin finished cultivating and revealed that she had reached the Upper Four Gates, while Qi Meishao worried that Lu Chengwen had gained the upper hand.
• Long Aotian praised Luo Shiyin’s progress and went upstairs after Zhuge Xiaohua broke through to the Upper Four Gates.
• Luo Shiyin told Qi Meishao that her sealed memories showed Long Aotian’s followers had manipulated her fate, but Qi Meishao refused to expose her.
• Luo Shiyin promised not to expose Xu Xuejiao, then went upstairs as Qi Meishao resolved to kill Lu Chengwen.

At Lu Chengwen’s banquet, Huo Wendong was publicly humiliated when he accidentally swallowed a reporter’s microphone, while Qi Meishao decided to assassinate Lu Chengwen because she believed his relationship with Luo Shiyin threatened Long Aotian’s cause. Jiang Xiaohou secretly watched Qi Meishao and Zhuge Xiaohua prepare to act.

• Tang Yiyi peppered Huo Wendong with questions at the banquet entrance, and he swallowed her microphone amid the crowd’s chaos.
• Bang Daomang tried unsuccessfully to pull out the microphone until Long Aotian dislocated Huo Wendong’s jaw and removed it.
• Lu Chengwen entered the banquet with Xu Xuejiao while Jiang Xiaohou watched the gathering and noticed the many Ancient Martial Artists present.
• Qi Meishao told Zhuge Xiaohua that Luo Shiyin had fallen in love with Lu Chengwen and insisted that Lu Chengwen had to die.
• Zhuge Xiaohua agreed to hold Hua Xuening back while Qi Meishao went after Lu Chengwen, and Jiang Xiaohou watched their plot with delight.

At Chengwen District’s sales launch, Lu Chengwen reunited with Leng Tianhao and Xu Zhiyun while Xu Xuejiao maintained her cover as Lu’s girlfriend in front of Long Aotian. The system returned with a deadline-bound mission to conquer Xu Xuejiao before midnight, and Lu pulled her aside to begin.

• Lu Chengwen greeted Leng Tianhao, who asked about his relationship with Xu Xuejiao and urged him to care for Leng Qingqiu.
• Xu Zhiyun met Lu Chengwen and Xu Xuejiao, then warned his daughter to mind her boundaries with Long Aotian.
• Long Aotian arrived with Luo Shiyin, and Xu Xuejiao coldly dismissed him while leaving with Lu Chengwen.
• At the banquet, the system offered Lu a mission to conquer Xu Xuejiao before midnight for a cultivation advancement, while warning him not to leave the building.
• Lu found Xu Xuejiao, pulled her to an empty place, and urgently told her to lift her skirt because he wanted to have sex with her.

Lu Chengwen tried to hurry Xu Xuejiao along, but their encounter was interrupted by Cangyang Yiduo and her manager, who persuaded him to fund a movie. He and Xu Xuejiao moved to another spot to resume, only to hear a woman praising Brother Bin next door.

• Lu Chengwen tried to rush Xu Xuejiao into intimacy, but she objected that he was treating her first time too casually.
• Cangyang Yiduo, Manager Zhang, and an assistant came upon Lu Chengwen with his belt undone, and Manager Zhang pitched him a film project.
• Lu Chengwen agreed to fund the movie exclusively through Great Sage Group, told Manager Zhang to make it well, and sent the group away.
• Cangyang Yiduo thanked Lu Chengwen with a slight nod before leaving with Manager Zhang.
• Lu Chengwen pulled Xu Xuejiao to another location, but they heard a woman praising Brother Bin from next door.