Chapter Summaries

Lu Chengwen overcame his final Great Ominous Encounter by refusing to let go of memories of his mother and Earth, then woke on Seven Star Peak and mistook Long Aotian for an enemy. After Hun Tiangang sent the others to work and Lu Chengwen to rest, Sun Fugui’s group reached Third, who demanded four men stay behind to build roads.

• Lu Chengwen resisted the Great Ominous Encounter when his mother’s voice reminded him of home, then charged the monsters and broke through.
• Lu Chengwen woke on Seven Star Peak and beat Long Aotian until Long Aotian convinced him that the trial was over.
• Lu Chengwen thanked Hun Tiangang, who assigned Long Aotian and Zhao Ritian chores and ordered Lu Chengwen to rest in the Small Wooden Cabin.
• Sun Fugui’s group met Third, who demanded that four people stay behind to build roads while the rest passed.
• The Long, Sima, and Pang family leaders each left a man behind, and Third slapped Sun Fugui and ordered him to stay while Little Monkey went through.

After recovering from the Great Ominous Encounter, Lu Chengwen questioned what was real before rejoining his companions for dinner. The Long, Pang, and Sima Family Patriarchs arrived seeking revenge for their supposedly dead sons, and the chapter left Lu Chengwen fighting the Sima Family Patriarch with a willow switch.

• Lu Chengwen woke from his ordeal, doubted whether his world was real, and reassured himself by touching and kissing Qi Meishao.
• At dinner, Lu Chengwen and his companions celebrated their advances in cultivation while Zhao Ritian tried to persuade Hun Tiangang to take him as a disciple.
• Long Sihai, the Pang Family Patriarch, and the Sima Family Patriarch arrived without pants and accused Lu Chengwen's group of killing their sons.
• Long Aotian fought Long Sihai, Zhao Ritian fought the Pang Family Patriarch, and Luo Shiyin and Qi Meishao joined Lu Chengwen against the Sima Family Patriarch.
• Lu Chengwen repeatedly struck the Sima Family Patriarch with a willow switch, then picked it up again after the Patriarch demanded a proper fight.

Lu Chengwen and his companions tormented the Sima Family Patriarch as he sought revenge for his son, and Hun Tiangang joined in after the Patriarch destroyed his Chicken Coop. The Patriarch failed to complete his Heaven Thunder Explosion and was left crying, while Hun Tiangang demanded that he repair the coop before going home to self-destruct.

• The Sima Family Patriarch accused Lu Chengwen of killing his son and complained that Lu had attacked him with willow branches while he was pantsless.
• Lu Chengwen and Hua Xuening repeatedly struck the Patriarch's thigh with a willow branch, even as he tried to fight Lu and attack Luo Shiyin and Qi Meishao.
• The Patriarch blasted Hun Tiangang's Chicken Coop, prompting Hun Tiangang to seize him and beat him for destroying the chickens' home.
• The Patriarch tried several times to invoke his Heaven Thunder Explosion, but Hun Tiangang slapped him before he could finish, and the Patriarch broke down crying.
• Lu Chengwen and Hun Tiangang tried to comfort the Patriarch and suggested that he repair the Chicken Coop before going home to self-destruct, but he rose angrily to attack them.

Lu Chengwen learned that an unknown force had murdered the young masters of several families and framed him, apparently to pressure him into killing. After the families’ patriarchs accepted that he might be innocent, Sun Fugui kidnapped Jiang Xiaohou and demanded that Lu Chengwen come to the Sun family.

• The Sima Family Patriarch, Long Sihai, and the Pang Family Patriarch accused Lu Chengwen of killing their sons, but Lu Chengwen insisted the sons were alive when he last saw them.
• Long Aotian and Zhao Ritian returned with the battered Long Sihai and Pang Family Patriarch, and the group realized that their family retainers had brought back the bodies.
• Lu Chengwen concluded that powerful outsiders had killed the young masters and framed him, then suspected the strange woman with three formidable Close Guards.
• Qi Meishao exposed Zhao Ritian’s connection to the woman, and Zhao Ritian admitted she had beaten him and helped him advance before Lu Chengwen deduced that she wanted to force him to kill.
• Lu Chengwen warned the three patriarchs that an unseen force was manipulating them, and they agreed to stop seeking revenge against him.
• Sun Fugui appeared with Jiang Xiaohou, accused Lu Chengwen of killing his son for her sake, and threatened to make her a burial sacrifice unless Lu Chengwen came to the Sun family.

Lu Chengwen prepared to rescue Little Monkey from the Sun Family, while Jiang Xiaohou revealed that she was far more dangerous than her captors realized. After killing Sun Zhe, she looked forward to Lu Chengwen arriving the next day and ending the Sun Family’s game.

• Lu Chengwen rejected the group’s offers to accompany him to the Sun Family, fearing Little Monkey would be harmed, and planned to gather his men at dawn.
• Unable to sleep, Lu Chengwen considered the dangers of the rescue and the possibility that he might not return.
• At the Sun Family’s warehouse, Jiang Xiaohou discussed the family’s hidden crimes with San'er and insisted Lu Chengwen would become powerful.
• Sun Zhe sent the attendants away and threatened Jiang Xiaohou, but she used her Spiritual Sense to immobilize him, broke her chains, and wounded him with her longsword.
• Jiang Xiaohou declared that she would make the world better by eliminating evil, then said Lu Chengwen would come for her the next day and end Sun Fugui’s game.

Lu Chengwen sought help after the Sun Family kidnapped Jiang Xiaohou, while the Sun Family mistakenly blamed him for the chaos at its estate. Jiang Xiaohou revealed herself to the Sun Family elder and confronted him over the family’s crimes.

• Lu Chengwen called Xia Ying, who refused to act without a report and paperwork, then asked Zhang Jiucheng to keep other families from interfering in the rescue.
• Zhang Jiucheng agreed to help Lu Chengwen, while Sun Ze obtained blueprints of the Sun Family villa for a rescue plan.
• Sun Fugui discovered Sun Zhe gravely injured and Jiang Xiaohou missing, then ordered the estate sealed and searched, blaming Lu Chengwen’s people.
• Jiang Xiaohou confronted the Sun Family elder, dispersed his attack and hidden weapons, and said she wanted his confession, repentance, and plea for mercy.
• Jiang Xiaohou identified herself as a member of the Jiang Family and challenged the elder’s justification of the Sun Family’s crimes as the rule of the strong.

Jiang Xiaohou tortured and killed the Sun Family elder, then admitted her feelings for Brother Chengwen and lost control after the elder mocked her chances of love. As her allies prepared for Lu Chengwen’s arrival, Long Aotian reached the Sun Family to treat its injured young master, only to be recognized by Sun Fugui and surrounded.

• Jiang Xiaohou told the Sun Family elder about the fates of his grandsons and said the family would be destroyed, then crippled and killed him after he accused her of having another motive.
• Jiang Xiaohou confessed that she liked Brother Chengwen and wanted to make him stronger, but the elder mocked her and warned that he would reject her if he learned about her violent life.
• Jiang Xiaohou decapitated the elder and hacked at his corpse, then demanded that Third tell her she could still have an ordinary romance with Brother Chengwen.
• A Er reported that Long Aotian had arrived to treat the Sun Family’s fourth young master, and Jiang Xiaohou ordered that he not be allowed to reattach what she had cut off.
• Long Aotian arrived with Luo Shiyin and Zhuge Xiaohua, but Sun Fugui recognized him as Lu Chengwen’s fellow disciple and ordered the Sun Family to seize him.

Long Aotian reluctantly agreed to treat Sun Fugui’s injured son, while Zhao Ritian learned that the Sun Family had captured Lu Chengwen’s sister and committed many atrocities. Lu Chengwen arrived at the Sun Family estate to find it already in chaos, with someone else having set fires and disabled its alarm system.

• Sun Fugui threatened Long Aotian, then begged him to save his son, and Long Aotian agreed after Luo Shiyin and Zhuge Xiaohua urged him to help for Xu Xuejiao’s sake.
• Long Aotian examined Sun Fugui’s son and declared that only he could save him, then cleared the room to begin treatment.
• Jiang Xiaohou showed Zhao Ritian evidence of the Sun Family’s crimes, and Zhao Ritian agreed to help rescue Lu Chengwen’s sister and oppose the family.
• Lu Chengwen arrived at the Sun Family gate with Hua Xuening and his other Close Guard, while his strategist and Fubo reported that the estate’s backyard was on fire and its alarm system and power had been disabled.
• Lu Chengwen entered the estate and found the Sun Family in disarray as its people fought fires, ran, and shouted.

Lu Chengwen and his allies stormed the Sun residence to find Little Monkey as the household burned and its fighters attacked them. In the operating room, Long Aotian’s attempts to repair Sun Zhe were repeatedly interrupted, and Zhao Ritian accidentally killed Sun Zhe with Lord Guan’s blade.

• Lu Chengwen ordered his team to search the Sun residence for Little Monkey while he, Hua Xuening, and Qi Meishao fought their way inside.
• Hua Xuening and Luo Shiyin engaged Sun family experts as the attackers searched the chaotic grounds.
• Sun Fugui confronted Long Aotian in the operating room, suspected him of helping Lu Chengwen, and left to fight Lu Chengwen.
• Long Aotian’s operation was repeatedly disrupted by Zhao Ritian and Lu Chengwen, and Sun Zhe’s severed sausage was cut into several pieces.
• Zhao Ritian brought Lord Guan’s Green Dragon Crescent Blade into the operating room, and it fell onto Sun Zhe’s head, killing him.
• Long Aotian told the medical staff to record Sun Zhe’s death and name Lord Guan as the cause.

Long Aotian fled after Sun Fugui accused him of killing Sun Zhe, while Lu Chengwen searched the Sun residence for Little Monkey amid the fighting. Zhao Ritian stumbled into an underground prison, where Sun Zhe tried to drown him and the captives, but Zhao caught Sun Zhe on an iron hook as the water arrived.

• Long Aotian told Sun Fugui that Sun Zhe had died and blamed Lord Guan and Zhao Ritian, then fled when Sun Fugui attacked him.
• Lu Chengwen searched for Little Monkey with Qi Meishao, while Luo Shiyin blocked attackers so Lu Chengwen could escape.
• Zhao Ritian fell into an underground tunnel and found Sun Zhe ordering his men to kill dozens of prisoners and dispose of their bodies.
• Zhao Ritian fought through Sun Zhe's men, freed the prisoners, and led them toward the tunnel exit before Sun Zhe sealed them behind an iron gate.
• Sun Zhe opened a floodgate to drown Zhao Ritian and the prisoners, but Zhao snagged Sun Zhe's tie with an iron hook and pinned him to the gate.

Sun Zhe and the prisoners fought their way out as Long Aotian and Lu Chengwen battled the Sun family, while the Zhang family arrived to take control of the estate. Sun Fugui found his father dead and seized Little Monkey as a hostage, then demanded that Lu Chengwen make the Zhang family and Full of Boredom withdraw; Zhao Ritian arrived as the standoff continued.

• Zhao Ritian led the prisoners out of the underground cells, kept Sun Zhe alive, and fought off the Sun family.
• Long Aotian battled Sun Fugui, but Lu Chengwen stopped him from killing Sun Fugui and demanded to know where his sister was.
• Zhang Jiucheng arrived with the Zhang family under Full of Boredom's orders and began taking control of the Sun family estate.
• Sun Fugui discovered his father dead, blamed Little Monkey for the family's ruin, and held her hostage when Hua Xuening arrived.
• Lu Chengwen offered to make the Zhang family and Full of Boredom withdraw if Sun Fugui released Little Monkey, but Sun Fugui demanded to know where his son was.
• Zhao Ritian roared that Sun Fugui's son was there.

Lu Chengwen and his allies fought Sun Fugui in a burning attic to rescue Jiang Xiaohou, and Lu Chengwen was badly injured saving her. After the others pulled him from the collapsing building, Jiang Xiaohou embraced him and said she belonged to him from then on.

• Zhao Ritian dragged Sun Zhe out as a hostage, but accidentally slit his throat, prompting Sun Fugui to attack Lu Chengwen and threaten Jiang Xiaohou.
• The attic caught fire, and Lu Chengwen charged inside to rescue Jiang Xiaohou while fighting Sun Fugui.
• Hua Xuening and Qi Meishao entered the burning building, found Jiang Xiaohou, and carried her toward the exit as Sun Fugui held Lu Chengwen back.
• Zhuge Xiaohua rushed inside and pulled Lu Chengwen out just before the attic collapsed, while Sun Fugui stumbled outside burning and died.
• Lu Chengwen searched frantically for Jiang Xiaohou, found her safe, and embraced her as she hugged him back and said she was his from then on.

Lu Chengwen recovered from the fight with the Sun family and comforted Little Monkey, explaining to Xia Ying why he felt responsible for her. The next day, he learned Great Sage Group faced mounting costs for Chengwen District projects and wondered why Guokai University was offering so many partnerships.

• Lu Chengwen checked on his injured companions, sent the remaining fighters to rest, and asked that Little Monkey stay with him.
• Xia Ying questioned Lu Chengwen's devotion to Little Monkey, and he said her helplessness and his own loneliness made him feel she completed him.
• Cui Jingyuan reported that the Sun family's assets and property had been sealed, and Xia Ying approved compensation for the Zhang family before allowing Lu Chengwen to return home.
• Lu Chengwen reunited with Little Monkey, scolded her for entering the mountains, then comforted her and returned to his villa to have his wounds treated.
• Little Monkey shared Lu Chengwen's bed that night and watched over him while he slept.
• At a Great Sage Group meeting the next day, Lu Chengwen learned the district's projects were straining the budget and was puzzled by Guokai University's extensive cooperation offers.

Lu Chengwen and Leng Qingqiu reviewed Chengwen District’s booming development and the financing and construction challenges that remained. When a difficult farmland acquisition threatened the project’s expansion, Leng Qingqiu blamed herself, but Lu Chengwen comforted her instead.

• Chengwen District’s sales and renovation boom strengthened Great Sage Group’s finances and made Lu Chengwen Xue City’s richest man.
• Leng Qingqiu considered the projects still needing attention, including the Xu Family hospital, the delayed Chen Family hotel, and the suburban expansion.
• Leng Qingqiu recognized that acquiring surrounding farmland required central approval and the consent of its powerful, unseen owner.
• Lu Chengwen left the meeting troubled by the land problem, and Leng Qingqiu apologized for misjudging the project’s difficulties.
• Leng Qingqiu changed Lu Chengwen’s slippers and urged him not to panic, and Lu Chengwen asked whether she had been eating properly.

Lu Chengwen and Leng Qingqiu planned to expand Chengwen District into a modern city, but first needed the farmland rights held by the mysterious Chen Wenzhong. Lu Chengwen headed to Victory Village to approach Chen, while Huo Wendong also moved to acquire the land and undermine Great Sage Group.

• Han Yue presented plans for expanding Chengwen District, and Leng Qingqiu explained a phased development plan that could eventually turn it into a major city.
• Leng Qingqiu told Lu Chengwen that Chen Wenzhong held ninety-eight-year rights to the surrounding farmland and that his approval was needed before the project could proceed.
• Leng Qingqiu concluded that Chen Wenzhong valued farming, land, and tradition, so Lu Chengwen agreed to win his trust in Victory Village.
• Huo Wendong learned that Great Sage Group planned to expand Chengwen District and ordered Bang Daomang to find Chen Wenzhong and buy the farmland rights.
• Bang Daomang proposed building a garbage processing plant beside Chengwen District to force Lu Chengwen to negotiate, and Huo Wendong approved the plan.

Long Aotian planned to use Xu Xuejiao and a pill to draw Lu Chengwen into a land deal while securing Chengwen District’s farmland rights. As Long Aotian prepared his scheme, Luo Shiyin helped Zhuge Xiaohua dress up for Lu Chengwen, and Xiaohua reluctantly admitted she wanted to impress him.

• Long Aotian learned that an unseen tycoon controlled the farmland around Chengwen District and decided to use Xu Xuejiao to pressure Lu Chengwen and Zhao Ritian out of Xue City.
• Long Aotian prepared the Dragon Spirit Tiger Fierce Pill for his romantic dinner with Xu Xuejiao and sent Luo Shiyin and Zhuge Xiaohua to watch Lu Chengwen.
• Xu Xuejiao secretly arranged for Zhao Ritian to be notified while Long Aotian went upstairs to retrieve the pill.
• Luo Shiyin and Zhuge Xiaohua chose an outfit for Xiaohua, who admitted to herself that she wanted Lu Chengwen to notice her.
• Luo Shiyin helped Zhuge Xiaohua dress up and teased her about attracting Lu Chengwen, until Xiaohua bashfully agreed to wear the outfit just for today.

Zhuge Xiaohua went with Luo Shiyin to see Lu Chengwen, hoping to catch his attention, while Long Aotian struggled with the pill’s effects and growing conflicts. The chapter left Zhuge Xiaohua watching Lu Chengwen walk away with Luo Shiyin, feeling rejected, as Zhao Ritian dragged Long Aotian out of the restroom.

• Zhuge Xiaohua dressed up and rode with Luo Shiyin to visit Lu Chengwen, nervously preparing to impress him.
• Long Aotian tried to use the restroom while Zhao Ritian confronted him over Xu Xuejiao, the Green Dragon Saber, and his past actions.
• Xu Xuejiao told Long Aotian she would leave, then ran out after he failed to reassure her.
• Long Aotian rushed into the restroom, where Zhao Ritian kicked in the door and dragged him away by the hair.
• Lu Chengwen greeted Luo Shiyin with a hug and kiss, briefly complimented Zhuge Xiaohua, then walked away with Luo Shiyin.

Zhuge Xiaohua felt hurt when Lu Chengwen showed her little attention, while Lu Chengwen and his companions made a commotion upstairs and Zhao Ritian confronted Long Aotian. On the rooftop, Little Monkey learned about Chen Wenzhong and the surrounding families, then decided to defeat Leng Qingqiu in love.

• Zhuge Xiaohua became upset over Lu Chengwen’s attention to Luo Shiyin, and Hua Xuening took her downstairs to watch cartoons.
• Lu Chengwen and Luo Shiyin went to his study, where Qi Meishao joined them after collecting Luo Shiyin’s scattered clothes.
• Zhao Ritian recorded himself confronting Long Aotian while Long Aotian suffered from diarrhea.
• San'er told Little Monkey that Chen Wenzhong lived under the name Chen Ergou and secretly supported Full of Boredom.
• Little Monkey discussed the Zhang Family and other families with San'er, then said she would defeat Leng Qingqiu in love.

Lu Chengwen rushed to Long Aotian’s villa after the system warned that Long Aotian was in critical danger, and stopped Zhao Ritian from killing him. He tried to turn Zhao Ritian’s attention toward saving the world, but Zhao Ritian remained set on fighting them first.

• The system warned Lu Chengwen that Long Aotian was in critical condition, so Lu Chengwen hurried to save him with Hua Xuening and Zhuge Xiaohua.
• Lu Chengwen arrived at Long Aotian’s villa and kicked Zhao Ritian away just as Long Aotian prepared to use a desperate move.
• Lu Chengwen challenged Zhao Ritian for attacking Long Aotian while he was weak, but Zhao Ritian insisted that Long Aotian surrender Xu Xuejiao and Xue City.
• Lu Chengwen sent Long Aotian inside to wash up and tried to persuade Zhao Ritian that he was destined to save the world.
• Zhao Ritian agreed that he would save the world after beating Lu Chengwen and Long Aotian to death, then asked which way to go.

Lu Chengwen talked Zhao Ritian out of pursuing a fatal confrontation with Long Aotian, then headed to Victory Village after learning Huo Wendong was searching for Chen Wenzhong there. Huo Wendong’s reward offer sparked a village-wide scramble for cash, while Lu Chengwen watched from a hill and discovered Hua Xuening had disappeared.

• Lu Chengwen persuaded Zhao Ritian that he should grow stronger instead of perishing with Long Aotian, and Zhao left to retrieve his car and speak with Xu Xuejiao.
• Jiang Shihan told Lu Chengwen that Huo Wendong had gone to Victory Village to find Chen Wenzhong and secure the land, so Lu Chengwen prepared to go there with Mei Shao.
• Huo Wendong arrived in Victory Village and ordered Bang Daomang to make the villagers stop drumming and help search for Chen Wenzhong.
• Bang Daomang offered twenty thousand yuan for a lead and two million for a verified one, and villagers began falsely claiming to be Chen Wenzhong to collect the reward.
• Lu Chengwen watched Huo Wendong’s search from a hill with Jiang Shihan, Zhao Gang, and Qi Meishao, then learned Hua Xuening had vanished after hearing about the reward.