Chapter Summaries

Luo Shiyin and Qi Meishao plotted to capture Xiao Hua and silence Che Qi and Chu Bai after the men overheard their private conversation. Lu Chengwen captured the brothers and questioned them about Zhao Ritian’s mysterious ally, but their interrogation stalled when Jiang Xiaohou appeared and they recognized her.

• Luo Shiyin and Qi Meishao discussed helping Lu Chengwen capture Xiao Hua and decided Che Qi and Chu Bai had to be killed after the brothers overheard them.
• Che Qi and Chu Bai fled, but Luo Shiyin and Qi Meishao caught and beat them before Lu Chengwen’s people brought them in bound.
• Lu Chengwen questioned the brothers about the woman they had seen while his companions served hotpot and Jiang Xiaohou watched.
• Jiang Xiaohou appeared in pajamas, and Che Qi and Chu Bai recognized her and dropped to their knees in terror.

Lu Chengwen questioned Cheqi and Chu Bai about the Demoness, then emerged from the hotpot restaurant as the fighting between Long Aotian and Zhao Ritian ended. He offered the battered rivals Great Returning Pills and invited them inside to talk, while Long Aotian still demanded answers about the amusement city project.

• Lu Chengwen interrogated Cheqi and Chu Bai about the Demoness, but they only described her cruelty and explained that her poison had forced them into a humiliating predicament.
• A Yin reported that the attackers outside had been beaten, and Lu Chengwen let Cheqi and Chu Bai go rather than kill them.
• Wei Heavenly King killed the Cavalry General, who blamed the strategist and lamented that everyone in Xue City was a freak.
• Zhuge Xiaohua helped Long Aotian up, but Long Aotian abandoned his plan against Lu Chengwen and demanded that Zhao Ritian be killed.
• Lu Chengwen stopped Long Aotian and Zhao Ritian from continuing their fight, then argued with Long Aotian over the amusement city project.
• Lu Chengwen offered Zhao Ritian and Long Aotian Great Returning Pills and invited them inside to talk, and Zhao Ritian welcomed the gesture as brotherhood.

Lu Chengwen tried to keep Long Aotian alive and broker peace between him and Zhao Ritian, fearing the Male Protagonist's death would endanger the world. After both men accepted his Great Heaven Returning Pills, they resumed arguing and prepared to fight again.

• Lu Chengwen gave Zhao Ritian and Long Aotian Great Heaven Returning Pills, and Zhao Ritian accepted Lu Chengwen's offer to recover at his villa.
• Lu Chengwen and Long Aotian argued over the women, money, and pill incident that had fueled their feud.
• Lu Chengwen brought Zhao Ritian and Long Aotian together and urged them to settle their grievances and become allies.
• Zhao Ritian and Long Aotian traded insults about their names, business rivalry, and Long Aotian's inability to perform, then stood up to fight again.
• Lu Chengwen warned them that he would not help if they fought and complained that his Great Heaven Returning Pills were not mass-produced.

Lu Chengwen brokered a truce between Long Aotian and Zhao Ritian, then turned their competing ambitions toward a contest to win Xu Xuejiao. The three agreed that whoever won her would claim Xue City and the other two would leave, with four women witnessing their sworn promises.

• Lu Chengwen stopped Long Aotian and Zhao Ritian from fighting and warned them that their rivalry could end in mutual destruction.
• The three men discussed their goals, and Long Aotian admitted he wanted the Four Great Families’ wealth while Zhao Ritian wanted to marry Xu Xuejiao, Qingqiu, and Mengyun.
• Lu Chengwen proposed a rule against attacking or provoking one another, with the other two joining forces against anyone who broke it.
• After Zhao Ritian brought up Long Aotian’s past connection with Xu Xuejiao, Lu Chengwen proposed that whoever won her would get Xue City, forcing the other two to leave.
• Luo Shiyin, Qi Meishao, Hua Xuening, and Zhuge Xiaohua were called in as witnesses, and the three men swore not to break their agreement before Zhao Ritian’s crude oath provoked Long Aotian again.

Lu Chengwen learned that Leng Qingqiu and Chen Mengyun had already begun expanding the business into the provincial capital, despite his wish to keep their plans limited to Xue City. Meanwhile, Zhao Ritian confronted Long Aotian and Xu Zhiyun over his missing Marriage Contract, leaving its thief unidentified.

• Lu Chengwen told Xu Xuejiao that Long Aotian and Zhao Ritian could not die, then heard that Long Aotian was spending lavishly and that Chen Mengyun had moved Xiangyun Group's headquarters to the provincial capital.
• Xu Xuejiao explained that Leng Qingqiu had planned the expansion and that Lu Chengwen had previously agreed to it, so he realized the move could no longer be stopped.
• Xu Zhiyun called Xu Xuejiao to ask whether she was dating Lu Chengwen or Long Aotian, and she returned while Long Aotian visited Xu Zhiyun to discuss her undercover role and his investments.
• Zhao Ritian arrived at Xu Zhiyun's home to propose marriage and demanded his Marriage Contract, accusing Long Aotian of stealing it in South Myanmar.
• Long Aotian denied taking the contract and accused Lu Chengwen instead, while Zhao Ritian threatened to confront Lu Chengwen and warned Long Aotian not to break Lu Chengwen's rules.

Long Aotian manipulated Zhao Ritian into targeting Lu Chengwen for the missing Marriage Contract, then urged Xu Xuejiao to keep spying on Lu Chengwen while pretending to get close to Zhao Ritian. Xu Xuejiao agreed after Long Aotian promised her money and insisted he trusted her, leaving her undercover despite her wish to quit.

• Zhao Ritian and Long Aotian argued over Xu Xuejiao until she arrived and Zhao Ritian admired her.
• Long Aotian convinced Zhao Ritian that Lu Chengwen had taken his Marriage Contract, so Zhao Ritian rushed off to confront him.
• Xu Xuejiao told Long Aotian she wanted to stop being Lu Chengwen’s undercover agent, but Long Aotian asked her to pretend to like Zhao Ritian and keep provoking a clash.
• Xu Xuejiao questioned whether Long Aotian would trust her if she became intimate with Lu Chengwen, and he promised not to doubt her.
• Xu Xuejiao said her company was short of funds, and Long Aotian offered to transfer her more than two billion.

Lu Chengwen warmly welcomed Zhao Ritian and convinced him that Long Aotian had deceived and used him, while denying any knowledge of Zhao’s seven Marriage Contracts. Zhao left the banquet deeply grateful to Lu and Jiang Shihan, and determined to make Long Aotian pay.

• Lu Chengwen greeted Zhao Ritian warmly and hosted him with an extravagant banquet, while Jiang Shihan claimed Lu had worried about Zhao’s injuries.
• Lu told Zhao that Xu Xuejiao was Long Aotian’s undercover agent and said he planned to leave the city once his project stabilized.
• Zhao asked Lu about the seven Marriage Contracts from his backpack, but Lu pretended not to know what they were.
• Lu and Jiang Shihan gave Zhao two million, a car, Qi Circulation Powder, and a Bone Restoration Vitality Pill.
• Zhao declared Lu and Jiang his family and vowed to make Long Aotian repay his blood debt.

Lu Chengwen consulted Xia Ying about Jiang Xiaohou’s increasingly intimate behavior, and Xia Ying confronted Jiang Xiaohou about her feelings for him. Jiang Xiaohou denied liking Lu Chengwen but ended the confrontation suspecting Xia Ying was also in love with him.

• Lu Chengwen told Xia Ying that Jiang Xiaohou had begun climbing into his bed at night, and Xia Ying advised him to sleep with her before suggesting he send her to school.
• After Lu Chengwen left, Xia Ying questioned Jiang Xiaohou about her feelings and described how she might secretly remove his other women or use a pregnancy to force her family to accept him.
• Jiang Xiaohou threatened Xia Ying with a blade, but Xia Ying pointed out that Jiang Xiaohou now cared about Lu Chengwen’s opinion and might lose her privileged place in the Jiang Family if she chose him.
• Xia Ying urged Jiang Xiaohou either to leave Lu Chengwen or accept the consequences of staying, while Jiang Xiaohou rejected her advice and accused Xia Ying of having feelings for him.

Xia Ying warned Jiang Xiaohou to hide her identity from Lu Chengwen, while Lu Chengwen tried to persuade Little Monkey to become independent and rejected her proposal to marry him. After rewarding and warning Wei Heavenly King and Little Wei, Lu Chengwen sent them away, and Zhao Ritian confronted Long Aotian over the Marriage Contract, insisting Lu Chengwen could not have deceived him.

• Xia Ying told Jiang Xiaohou that she could hear Lu Chengwen's thoughts and urged her to return to her childish appearance, but Jiang Xiaohou privately realized Xia Ying could not hear them.
• Lu Chengwen told Little Monkey she needed her own life, and she asked him to start a family with her; he refused and sent her away to play.
• Lu Chengwen gave Wei Heavenly King and Little Wei money, forgave Wei Heavenly King for considering peace during the earlier crisis, and warned them not to undermine his forces again.
• Zhao Ritian drove to Long Aotian's villa and accused him of stealing the Marriage Contract, while Long Aotian insisted it was in Lu Chengwen's hands.
• Zhao Ritian defended Lu Chengwen and Jiang Shihan as his big brother and sister-in-law, then froze when Long Aotian accused him of having no brain.

Long Aotian convinced Zhao Ritian that Lu Chengwen had deceived him and sent him to demand the Marriage Contract. Meanwhile, Xu Zhiyun worried over Houde Group’s finances and his daughter’s tangled relationships, then faltered when his friends asked whom Xu Xuejiao was dating.

• Long Aotian gave Zhao Ritian a hundred million and persuaded him that Lu Chengwen had kept his Marriage Contract, prompting Zhao Ritian to go confront Lu Chengwen.
• Long Aotian concealed his anger at Zhao Ritian and hoped Zhao Ritian and Lu Chengwen would fight each other.
• Xu Zhiyun worried that Xu Xuejiao was diverting Houde Group’s funds into Chengwen District and that he could not safely oppose Lu Chengwen, Long Aotian, or Zhao Ritian.
• Chen Qingbin, Lu Guanghong, and Leng Tianhao visited Xu Zhiyun while he was sick.
• Chen Qingbin asked who Xu Xuejiao was dating, and Xu Zhiyun avoided answering because he could not make sense of her relationships.

Xu Zhiyun confided to his old friends that he no longer understood his powerful daughter, Xu Xuejiao, but she arrived and showed them her many ruthless and flirtatious sides through a string of phone calls. Xu Zhiyun fainted after she invited Lu Guanghong’s son Chengwen to stay with her, leaving Lu Guanghong to urge her to check on her father.

• Xu Zhiyun told Chen Qingbin, Leng Tianhao, and Lu Guanghong that Xu Xuejiao seemed like a devil he could no longer understand, while they praised her business leadership.
• Xu Xuejiao arrived, reassured her father about the company, and refused to give up control, saying Houde would collapse if she stepped down.
• Xu Xuejiao took successive calls, switching between threatening business associates and flirting with men, leaving the three old men stunned.
• Xu Xuejiao spoke to another caller about a patient's death, defended the hospital, and then invited Chengwen to stay over.
• Xu Zhiyun fainted, and Lu Guanghong urged Xu Xuejiao to check on him.

Xu Xuejiao explained that she had provoked Xu Zhiyun to force him to expel the black blood, while Lu Chengwen persuaded Zhao Ritian that Long Aotian had manipulated him with money. Zhao Ritian went to confront Long Aotian, and Leng Qingqiu warned Lu Chengwen to be wary of the people around him; the chapter ended with Zhao Ritian shouting outside Long Aotian’s villa.

• Xu Xuejiao told the three old men that she had acted cruelly to make Xu Zhiyun cough up the black blood, and they agreed to help explain her actions to him.
• Lu Chengwen convinced Zhao Ritian that Long Aotian had used a hundred million to turn him against Lu Chengwen, then promised to give him money and arrange an investment through his sister-in-law.
• Zhao Ritian left to confront Long Aotian over the Marriage Contract while Lu Chengwen warned him not to hit Long Aotian too hard.
• Leng Qingqiu described Long Aotian, Zhao Ritian, and Lu Chengwen’s contrasting personalities and cautioned Lu Chengwen not to underestimate his opponents.
• Leng Qingqiu advised Lu Chengwen to keep Xu Xuejiao invested in their business and reassured him that she, Xu Xuejiao, and Chen Mengyun all loved him, even as they tried to please him.
• Zhao Ritian arrived outside Long Aotian’s villa and shouted for him to come out.

Zhao Ritian stumbled into Long Aotian’s confrontation with Huo Wendong and initially tried to leave rather than risk fighting the masked Tianwang experts. After Huo Wendong insulted him and threatened the women, Zhao Ritian decided they were his women and turned against Huo Wendong.

• Zhao Ritian entered Long Aotian’s room, fought off one of Huo Wendong’s masked experts, and learned that Huo Wendong wanted Long Aotian to repay tens of billions.
• Huo Wendong threatened Long Aotian and the injured Luo Shiyin and Zhuge Xiaohua, while Long Aotian urged Zhao Ritian to help him.
• Zhao Ritian refused to join the fight and tried to leave, despite Long Aotian offering him money and appealing to his sense of justice.
• Long Aotian provoked Huo Wendong into insulting Zhao Ritian, but Huo Wendong backed down when his three experts warned him not to provoke Zhao Ritian.
• Luo Shiyin asked Zhao Ritian to take Zhuge Xiaohua away, and Zhao Ritian declared that both women were his, prompting Huo Wendong to call him an idiot.

Lu Chengwen rushed to rescue Luo Shiyin and arrived at Long Aotian’s villa as Huo Wendong’s attack was defeated. The confrontation ended with Lu Chengwen and Long Aotian arguing over Xu Xuejiao’s undercover role, while Long Aotian and Zhao Ritian started fighting.

• Ming Disha appeared in Lu Chengwen’s closet with a kidnapped Zhang Shen'er, whom Lu Chengwen took along as he hurried to save Luo Shiyin.
• Lu Chengwen, Hua Xuening, and Qi Meishao reached Long Aotian’s villa, where Zhao Ritian and Long Aotian were fighting Huo Wendong’s Sky Net Experts.
• Zhuge Xiaohua and Luo Shiyin fought back against Huo Wendong, and Long Aotian knocked out Bang Daomang as the attackers began retreating.
• Huo Wendong accused Long Aotian and Xu Xuejiao of swindling him, prompting Long Aotian to question whether Lu Chengwen had known Xu Xuejiao was an undercover agent.
• Long Aotian and Zhao Ritian exchanged insults and pounced on each other.

Ming Disha told Lu Chengwen about a Heavenly Gate Pill being offered at a martial arts tournament and urged him to compete for it. Lu Chengwen resisted the plan to pose as Chen Sanliang and become a live-in son-in-law, while Ming Disha ended the conversation by criticizing him for suggesting they steal the pill.

• Lu Chengwen left the battle between Long Aotian and Zhao Ritian behind and drove away with Luo Shiyin and the others.
• Ming Disha joined Lu Chengwen's car and teased him about Luo Shiyin's Dual Cultivation Physique before explaining that the Zhang Family was offering a Heavenly Gate Pill to the winner of a junior martial arts tournament.
• Ming Disha revealed the Zhang Family wanted to recruit a talented live-in son-in-law, and Lu Chengwen objected to marrying into the family and having his children take its surname.
• Ming Disha urged Lu Chengwen to compete so he could advance to the Heavenly Four Gates and gave him an invitation addressed to Chen Sanliang, telling him to use that name.
• Lu Chengwen pointed out that Ming Disha could simply steal the pill, and Ming Disha condemned him for suggesting it.

Lu Chengwen agreed to pursue the Heavenly Gate Pill after Ming Disha pressured him, while Long Aotian and Zhao Ritian were both manipulated into needing one. The chapter ended with Long Aotian’s brothers sealing his cultivation and sending him after the pill too.

• Ming Disha forced Lu Chengwen to impersonate Chen Sanliang and obtain the Heavenly Gate Pill, threatening his women if he failed.
• Lu Chengwen found Long Aotian and Zhao Ritian still fighting, then told them to come to his villa when they finished.
• Xu Xuejiao tried to explain her tangled undercover role to Long Aotian, who remained confused about whose agent she was.
• Jiang Xiaohou gave Zhao Ritian a third pill and told him his unstable Heavenly Four Gates power required a Heavenly Gate Pill.
• Long Aotian’s eldest and second brothers beat him, sealed his cultivation, and told him to find a Heavenly Gate Pill.

Lu Chengwen traveled to the provincial capital with Qi Meishao and Hua Xuening after joking with Long Aotian and Zhao Ritian about their supposed reasons for going there. On the way to the Zhang family's estate, armed men blocked their car and revealed they wanted Little Monkey, leaving Lu Chengwen's group outmatched and in danger.

• Lu Chengwen, Long Aotian, and Zhao Ritian swore they were going to the provincial capital for business, sightseeing, and a blind date, then parted on friendly terms.
• Lu Chengwen checked on Zhang Shen'er and offered to have Zhao Gang take her home, but she asked him to stay and talk before he left for work.
• Lu Chengwen flew to the provincial capital with Hua Xuening, Qi Meishao, Zhao Gang, and Little Monkey, intending to visit Chen Mengyun and the Zhang family.
• A black-clad man blocked their car and demanded that Lu Chengwen hand over Little Monkey, refusing to explain why he wanted her.
• The black-clad man knocked Zhao Gang unconscious, defeated Hua Xuening, and seized Qi Meishao; a suited man then ordered his men to take Little Monkey back and drain her blood.

Jiang Xiaohu tried to kill the unconscious Lu Chengwen to force Jiang Xiaohou to admit her feelings, but she fought him to protect Lu Chengwen and finally confessed that she liked him. Jiang Xiaohu spared Lu Chengwen, though he warned Jiang Xiaohou that the Jiang Family would never accept him and challenged him to become as talented as Jiang Xiaohu.

• Jiang Xiaohu pinned Lu Chengwen to the ground with blades and began the Five-Wheel Blade Slash despite Jiang Xiaohou warning him about Hun Tiangang and Old Man Wu.
• Jiang Xiaohou stopped Jiang Xiaohu from stabbing Lu Chengwen in the throat, and Jiang Xiaohu blasted her aside before threatening to kill Lu Chengwen and his team.
• Jiang Xiaohou summoned Big Brother, Second Brother, and Third to defend Lu Chengwen, then clashed blades with Jiang Xiaohu as he repeatedly aimed for Lu Chengwen.
• Jiang Xiaohou was wounded protecting Lu Chengwen and admitted that she liked him, shocking the Jiang Family members and making Jiang Xiaohu laugh.
• Jiang Xiaohu spared Lu Chengwen but told Jiang Xiaohou that the Jiang Family would never accept him, then offered to speak to their father if Lu Chengwen someday matched Jiang Xiaohu's talent.
• Jiang Xiaohou insisted Lu Chengwen would surpass Jiang Xiaohu and Bai Menya, while Jiang Xiaohu left after warning her not to get pregnant.

After surviving an attack on Little Monkey, Lu Chengwen arrived at the Zhang Family gathering, where he and Long Aotian unexpectedly had to pose as two of the Chen Family’s three brothers. Zhao Ritian completed their cover, and the three agreed to cooperate while competing for the Heavenly Gate Pill as the Zhang Family’s Eldest Daughter was announced.

• Jiang Xiaohu decided not to interfere with his sister’s relationship with Lu Chengwen and headed to Xue City with his guards.
• Lu Chengwen woke after the attack, comforted the terrified Little Monkey, and wondered about her mysterious background and why her attackers had retreated.
• At the Zhang Family gathering, Lu Chengwen answered the call for Chen Sanliang and discovered that Long Aotian was posing as Chen Sanjin.
• When the host called for Chen Sandun, Zhao Ritian joined them, and all three pretended to be brothers from the Chen Family.
• Lu Chengwen, Long Aotian, and Zhao Ritian agreed to compete fairly for the Heavenly Gate Pill and protect whoever won it.
• The host announced the arrival of the Zhang Family’s Eldest Daughter.

Zhang Shen'er agreed to choose a husband for the Zhang Family herself, while Lu Chengwen, Long Aotian, and Zhao Ritian competed for the chance to marry into the family and obtain the Heavenly Gate Pill. After the first round, Zhang Shen'er recognized Lu Chengwen among the competitors, and Lu encountered Pang Meng at the Zhang Family’s hot springs.

• Zhang Jiucheng asked Zhang Shen'er to help preserve the Zhang Family’s martial arts lineage, and she agreed to hold a husband selection under three conditions: she would choose her husband, her family would respect him, and she would control the events and judging.
• Lu Chengwen, Long Aotian, and Zhao Ritian joined the selection, where more than a hundred young talents competed and half were eliminated; the three brothers each won their matches, while Lu Chengwen was injured.
• Qi Meishao urged Lu Chengwen to withdraw rather than face Long Aotian or Zhao Ritian, but he hesitated because his Martial Uncle had ordered him to secure the Heavenly Gate Pill.
• Zhang Shen'er saw videos of the competitors and recognized Long Aotian as one of the supposed Chen brothers, then identified Lu Chengwen in another video and left to find him.
• Lu Chengwen took Qi Meishao to the hot springs, where Pang Meng approached him and openly stared at Qi Meishao.