Chapter Summaries

Hua Xuening sold Huo Wendong the information that Chen Wenzhong was in Victory Village and received a four-million check. She returned to Lu Chengwen, who let her keep the money, while Huo Wendong found himself increasingly captivated by her.

• Huo Wendong paid villagers for clues about Chen Wenzhong, while Bang Daomang tried to manage the crowd and its false tips.
• Hua Xuening approached Huo Wendong and bargained for money in exchange for her information.
• Huo Wendong gave Hua Xuening a four-million check after she refused his five-million offer.
• Hua Xuening told Huo Wendong that Chen Wenzhong was definitely in Victory Village, then left with the check.
• Huo Wendong told Bang Daomang not to stop Hua Xuening if she came back and admitted he envied Lu Chengwen.
• Hua Xuening returned to Lu Chengwen, explained what she had told Huo Wendong, and kept the check after Lu Chengwen declined to take it.

Huo Wendong narrowed the residents of Victory Village to two possible identities for Chen Wenzhong, while Lu Chengwen rushed to stop Long Aotian from killing Zhao Ritian. Lu Chengwen offered Long Aotian a deal involving the suburban land, but Long Aotian challenged his claim that the land would give him leverage.

• Huo Wendong used reward-claim data to narrow the possible identities of Chen Wenzhong to Zhang Qiang and Li Ruo, then planned to win their trust before discussing the land acquisition.
• Lu Chengwen grew suspicious that Hua Xuening was connected to Huo Wendong's search and left to find Zhao Ritian after the system warned that Zhao Ritian was in critical danger.
• Lu Chengwen learned that Long Aotian had advanced after his beating and diarrhea, then found Long Aotian about to kill Zhao Ritian.
• Long Aotian rejected Lu Chengwen's attempt to intervene and declared that he would repay kindness and grudges in kind.
• Lu Chengwen offered Long Aotian any condition he wanted if he secured the suburban land, but Long Aotian questioned whether Lu Chengwen could refuse him once he had it.

Lu Chengwen and Long Aotian raced to Victory Village to find Chen Wenzhong, while Huo Wendong tried to use Hua Xuening for information and Long Aotian used Luo Shiyin to reveal what Huo knew. Lu Chengwen reached the village and received the names Zhang Qiang and Li Ruo as possible identities for Chen Wenzhong.

• Lu Chengwen told Long Aotian to cripple him and drive him from Xue City, and Long Aotian set off for Victory Village with Luo Shiyin and Zhuge Xiaohua.
• Huo Wendong ordered three Sky Net Experts to protect him, target Long Aotian, and investigate Chen Wenzhong without rashly capturing ordinary people.
• Hua Xuening came to Huo Wendong for payment and admitted Lu Chengwen had sent her to probe his investigation, but she refused to dine with him.
• Long Aotian arrived and argued with Hua Xuening before Luo Shiyin used her influence to make Huo Wendong reveal that Chen Wenzhong was likely Zhang Qiang or Li Ruo.
• Lu Chengwen settled into a farmhouse in Victory Village, insisted on searching in person, and received a message naming Zhang Qiang and Li Ruo.

Lu Chengwen, Long Aotian, and Huo Wendong searched Victory Village for Chen Wenzhong, but Huo Wendong was nearly strangled when Zhang Qiang and Li Ruo fought over his reward money. After the villagers let him go, Long Aotian secretly pursued Zhang Qiang and Li Ruo as Lu Chengwen wondered whether one of them was Chen Wenzhong.

• Huo Wendong confronted Lu Chengwen and Long Aotian at Zhang Qiang and Li Ruo's neighboring courtyards, but Village Chief Sun Shengli welcomed Lu Chengwen and led everyone toward the village committee office.
• Sun Shengli told Lu Chengwen that Huo Wendong had handed out money to villagers claiming to know Chen Wenzhong, even though no such person lived in the village, and proposed taking advantage of Huo Wendong.
• Zhang Qiang and Li Ruo grabbed Huo Wendong and fought over who would give him information, pulling his tie and using a belt around his neck until he nearly suffocated.
• Bang Daomang stopped Huo Wendong's bodyguards from intervening, while Sun Shengli and Lu Chengwen watched the villagers eventually release Huo Wendong.
• Lu Chengwen and Jiang Shihan questioned whether Zhang Qiang or Li Ruo could be Chen Wenzhong, and the village chief made the two apologize to Huo Wendong.
• Long Aotian disappeared and chased after Zhang Qiang and Li Ruo as the village chief kept Huo Wendong from pursuing them.

Lu Chengwen and Huo Wendong tried to negotiate for the land around Chengwen District while seeking Chen Wenzhong, and Long Aotian approached the two local landholders with his own offer. The chapter ended with Zhang Qiang agreeing to sell to Long Aotian, though it remained unclear whether he or Li Ruo was Chen Wenzhong.

• Lu Chengwen and Huo Wendong listened as Sun Shengli proposed extravagant projects for Victory Village, including an airport and an eighteen-star hotel.
• Lu Chengwen shut down Sun Shengli’s plans and persuaded him to summon Zhang Qiang and Li Ruo by having Huo Wendong promise a donation for a modern pig farm.
• Lu Chengwen told Huo Wendong that Sun Shengli had been angling for the pig farm all along, and Huo Wendong vowed to deal with him after securing the land.
• Long Aotian met Zhang Qiang and Li Ruo with Luo Shiyin and offered them wealth and future shares in Chengwen District if they sold him the land.
• After Long Aotian promised to double their income and spoke of his ambitions, Zhang Qiang agreed to sell, while neither man revealed whether he was Chen Wenzhong.

Lu Chengwen searched Victory Village for Chen Wenzhong while Long Aotian and Huo Wendong mistakenly tried to force Zhang Qiang and Li Ruo to claim the identity. After Lu Chengwen bonded with Chen Ergou over village life, Chen Ergou revealed that he was Chen Wenzhong.

• Zhang Qiang and Li Ruo both claimed to be Chen Wenzhong, but neither had the right identity, and the village chief summoned them to meet Lu Chengwen and Huo Wendong.
• Lu Chengwen studied Victory Village and spoke with Chen Ergou about his plans to develop the area while preserving farmland and improving villagers’ livelihoods.
• Long Aotian and Huo Wendong competed to win over Zhang Qiang and Li Ruo, who made them perform exhausting farm chores while refusing to reveal Chen Wenzhong.
• Lu Chengwen settled into rural chores and grew close to Chen Ergou, showing that he had grown up learning farm work.
• After Lu Chengwen explained his rural upbringing, Chen Ergou told him, “I'm Chen Wenzhong,” and Lu Chengwen said he had already known.

Lu Chengwen earned Chen Ergou’s attention by living and working alongside him before proposing protections for the farmers affected by his development plan. Meanwhile, Long Aotian mistook Zhang Qiang for Chen Wenzhong, and the chapter ended with Huo Wendong heading to Chen Ergou’s house to confront Lu Chengwen.

• Chen Ergou revealed to Lu Chengwen that his real name was Chen Ergou and said he distrusted Lu Chengwen’s development plans because they could put thousands of farming households at risk.
• Lu Chengwen proposed that he, Mayor Zhao, and the government work together, promising compensation at the highest standards and offering to cover farmers’ taxes if the government refused to grant an exemption.
• Long Aotian kept working for Zhang Qiang, convinced that Zhang Qiang was Chen Wenzhong, while Zhang Qiang enjoyed the food and imagined turning Long Aotian into a beast of burden.
• Huo Wendong beat Li Ruo after realizing he was not Chen Wenzhong, while Long Aotian took the mistaken identity as proof that Zhang Qiang was the person he sought.
• Zhang Qiang offered to treat Long Aotian to hotpot and asked for a heartfelt talk, and Zhuge Xiaohua reported that Huo Wendong had gone to Chen Ergou’s house to find Lu Chengwen.

Long Aotian and Huo Wendong both tried to make Chen Ergou hand over the land deed, but Chen revealed himself as a formidable martial artist and fled into the mountains. Long Aotian attacked him there, and Lu Chengwen’s companions joined the fight in an unexpected way.

• Zhuge Xiaohua told Long Aotian that Lu Chengwen had found Chen Wenzhong, and Long beat Zhang Qiang after learning he was not the elder he had mistaken him for.
• Huo Wendong offered Chen Ergou increasingly large sums for the land deed, but Chen demanded two trillion.
• Long Aotian attacked Chen Wenzhong in the courtyard, but Chen dodged him and fled into the mountains, prompting the group to give chase.
• Chen Wenzhong fought Long Aotian and gained the advantage, even as Long called on Luo Shiyin and Zhuge Xiaohua to help.
• Lu Chengwen told Qi Meishao and Hua Xuening to hold back Luo Shiyin and Zhuge Xiaohua, and both women intervened against their assigned opponents.

Long Aotian and Huo Wendong joined forces to seize Chen Ergou’s land, while Lu Chengwen and the others were drawn into a fight in the wilderness. Lu Chengwen and Hua Xuening were both struck, leaving Qi Meishao in danger as the battle continued.

• Lu Chengwen refused to help Long Aotian force Chen Ergou to sell his land, and Huo Wendong arrived with three Sky Net Experts and agreed to join Long Aotian.
• Lu Chengwen warned Chen Ergou that Long Aotian possessed King's Aura, and Long Aotian ordered his allies to target Hua Xuening and Lu Chengwen.
• Chen Ergou fled, while Zhuge Xiaohua tracked him and helped Long Aotian and Luo Shiyin close in.
• Three Sky Net Experts pursued Lu Chengwen, Hua Xuening, and Qi Meishao, forcing Lu Chengwen and Hua Xuening to turn back when Qi Meishao was cornered.
• Hua Xuening struggled against the experts, and Lu Chengwen was hit in the chest and rolled down a hillside; Hua Xuening panicked and was struck as well.

Lu Chengwen, Hua Xuening, and Qi Meishao fought Huo Wendong’s three Sky Net Experts, with the Myriad Stars Armor protecting Hua Xuening and Gentleman's Snow giving Lu Chengwen an edge. The battle remained unresolved as Lu Chengwen called out to Hua Xuening and her speed suddenly surged with lightning.

• Lu Chengwen survived a powerful palm strike thanks to the Myriad Stars Armor, then transferred the armor to Hua Xuening.
• Huo Wendong ordered the three Sky Net Experts to attack after Lu Chengwen questioned whether Long Aotian would honor their deal.
• Qi Meishao held her opponent to a stalemate while Hua Xuening used the armor to withstand attacks and drive her opponent back.
• Lu Chengwen fought his opponent with Gentleman's Snow, damaging the man's iron gloves as Huo Wendong grew impatient.
• The Sky Net Expert reached behind his back, and Lu Chengwen called to Hua Xuening as lightning flashed beneath her feet and her speed surged.

Hua Xuening helped Lu Chengwen defeat the Sky Net Experts and captured Huo Wendong, while Lu Chengwen and Qi Meishao faced the remaining enemies. Huo Wendong's guard, Bang Daomang, pretended to be paralyzed before fleeing Hua Xuening, and the chapter left Lu Chengwen and Qi Meishao surrounded.

• Hua Xuening used her speed and teamwork with Lu Chengwen to outmaneuver a Sky Net Expert and kick Huo Wendong to the ground.
• Hua Xuening held Huo Wendong at swordpoint as Lu Chengwen taunted the Sky Net leader, who demanded Lu Chengwen's weapon and the treasure.
• Hua Xuening stabbed Huo Wendong in the thigh to make the Sky Net Experts hesitate, then stabbed him again when they did not comply.
• Bang Daomang pretended his body had gone numb to avoid rescuing Huo Wendong, but he scrambled away when Hua Xuening threatened to drag Huo Wendong over to him.
• The Sky Net Experts surrounded Lu Chengwen and Qi Meishao.

After Qi Meishao was gravely injured, Lu Chengwen drank her Nuwa's Blood and took Hua Xuening's Myriad Stars Armor, awakening a powerful change in himself. He charged the Sky Net fighters and cut the Sky Net Leader's iron rod in two.

• Hua Xuening severed Huo Wendong's Achilles tendons after Lu Chengwen stopped her from killing him.
• The Sky Net Leader ordered his men to attack Qi Meishao, and one struck her, shattering her collarbone.
• Qi Meishao and Hua Xuening urged Lu Chengwen to escape, but he told Qi Meishao to call him Brother and drank her blood.
• Lu Chengwen drew the Myriad Stars Armor from Hua Xuening, then faced the Sky Net fighters with dark battle aura surrounding him.
• Lu Chengwen rushed the Sky Net Leader and sliced his iron rod in two with Gentleman's Snow.

Lu Chengwen killed two Sky Net Experts and survived a third's self-destruction after Hua Xuening tackled him to safety. As Huo Wendong fled with Bang Daomang, Lu Chengwen caught up and confronted him.

• Lu Chengwen killed the Sky Net Leader and defeated two deputies, though their attacks left him badly wounded.
• The last Sky Net Expert detonated himself as Lu Chengwen charged, and Hua Xuening tackled Lu Chengwen into the bushes to save him.
• Hua Xuening teased Lu Chengwen after he checked on her, while Qi Meishao praised his newfound strength and mastery of the Archaic Ape God’s power.
• Huo Wendong fled on Bang Daomang, panicking over Lu Chengwen’s strength, but Bang Daomang collapsed from exhaustion.
• Lu Chengwen appeared in front of Huo Wendong and asked why he was leaving in such a hurry.

Lu Chengwen spared Huo Wendong and continued after Chen Ergou with Qi Meishao and Hua Xuening, suspecting Chen’s fight over the farmland concealed a deeper secret. They found Chen being worn down by Long Aotian, Luo Shiyin, and Xiao Hua, while he still refused to surrender the land.

• Lu Chengwen confronted Huo Wendong, warned him against working with Sky Net, and sent him to the hospital to find Xu Xuejiao.
• Lu Chengwen, Qi Meishao, and Hua Xuening followed Luo Shiyin’s markers and learned that Chen Ergou was still fighting.
• Qi Meishao and Lu Chengwen concluded that Chen Ergou’s refusal to negotiate over the farmland was suspicious, and Lu Chengwen suspected he was protecting something else.
• Lu Chengwen and the others reached the fight and saw Chen Ergou tiring under the combined attacks of Long Aotian, Luo Shiyin, and Xiao Hua.
• Long Aotian demanded that Chen Ergou sell the land, but Chen Ergou vowed to die rather than give it up.

Lu Chengwen and his companions watched as Long Aotian, Luo Shiyin, and Zhuge Xiaohua kept Chen Ergou trapped in a tiring stalemate. The fight continued until everyone was exhausted, while Lu Chengwen chose to nap rather than intervene.

• Chen Ergou tried to escape, but Long Aotian, Luo Shiyin, and Zhuge Xiaohua kept him surrounded.
• Luo Shiyin subtly gave Chen Ergou chances to breathe while preventing him from seriously injuring Long Aotian.
• Lu Chengwen, Hua Xuening, and Qi Meishao hid nearby and watched the four fight without joining in.
• After another hour of fighting, Chen Ergou and Long Aotian were trembling with exhaustion, but neither could defeat the other.
• Lu Chengwen refused Hua Xuening's offer to intervene and lay down for a nap, telling her to wake him when someone died of exhaustion.

Lu Chengwen and his companions arrived as Long Aotian and the others neared exhaustion, but Lu Chengwen delayed joining the fight while flirting with Hua Xuening. After Chen Ergou beat Long Aotian, the group broke into a heated argument, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Lu Chengwen refused Chen Ergou's offer and agreed with Long Aotian to split the land, then stopped Long Aotian from making the exhausted women fight.
• Lu Chengwen and Hua Xuening flirted instead of helping Long Aotian, allowing Chen Ergou to pin him down and beat him.
• Lu Chengwen and Hua Xuening arrived, and Chen Ergou released Long Aotian as he realized he could not escape.
• Long Aotian scolded Lu Chengwen for flirting during the fight, and Hua Xuening angrily challenged Long Aotian over his authority over her.
• Chen Ergou and Hua Xuening criticized Long Aotian, who threatened Hua Xuening, until Lu Chengwen shouted for everyone to shut up.

Lu Chengwen and Hua Xuening stopped sulking and joined Long Aotian against Chen Ergou, but Chen refused to sell the land. Lu Chengwen uncovered that Chen was guarding a hidden place on the land that only a Child of Destiny could enter.

• Long Aotian charged Chen Ergou alone while Lu Chengwen comforted the sulking Hua Xuening, and Chen beat Long with his hoe handle.
• Lu Chengwen persuaded Hua Xuening to help capture Chen, then pretended to support Long before protecting Hua and provoking Long into backing down.
• Chen Ergou said he would rather die than sell the land, and Lu Chengwen realized that Chen was protecting a secret rather than the land itself.
• Lu Chengwen deduced that the secret was hidden in the opposite direction from where Chen had led them.
• Chen revealed that only a Child of Destiny could enter the hidden place, then realized he had exposed another crucial clue.

Long Aotian tried to convince Chen Ergou that he was the Child of Destiny so Chen Ergou would reveal his secret. After surviving Chen Ergou’s tests and bending his iron hoe with his bare hand, Long Aotian was still one test short of being acknowledged.

• Lu Chengwen introduced Long Aotian to Chen Ergou as the Child of Destiny, and Long Aotian demanded to hear about Chen Ergou’s secret.
• Chen Ergou challenged Long Aotian to prove his identity, first trying to strike him with a hoe and then hitting him with a palm strike that left him bleeding.
• Chen Ergou demanded that Long Aotian bend his hoe with his bare hand, and Long Aotian bent it despite injuring his hand.
• Chen Ergou praised Long Aotian but said he still had one final test to pass, while Hua Xuening concluded that Tian'er was not the Child of Destiny.

Lu Chengwen and the others tested Long Aotian’s claim to be the Child of Destiny, then followed Chen Ergou to the land he had been told to guard. The chapter ended with Chen Ergou reciting a prophecy that seemed to point toward Long Aotian and Chen Ergou.

• Chen Ergou challenged Long Aotian to prove he was the Child of Destiny by drilling a hole through a rock, while Lu Chengwen mocked and egged him on.
• Lu Chengwen persuaded Chen Ergou that revealing the guarded land would not violate his duty, and everyone swore not to tell anyone about it.
• Chen Ergou led the group several dozen kilometers to the place Old Immortal had designated, but Long Aotian felt nothing there.
• Chen Ergou recalled Old Immortal’s two lines of prophecy: “Sacred Dragon, Arrogant Bones, Heaven and Earth Change; Divine Ape Benevolent Heart, Universe Clear!”
• The girls looked at Long Aotian and Chen Ergou after hearing the prophecy.

Chen Ergou recounted how Old Immortal entrusted his family to guard a secret realm until the Child of Destiny appeared, but Long Aotian decided Lu Chengwen was the key to opening it. Long Aotian attacked Lu Chengwen, and the two prepared to fight.

• Qi Meishao and Luo Shiyin interpreted Old Immortal's cryptic words as a sign that Long Aotian and Lu Chengwen were both tied to the secret realm.
• Chen Ergou explained that Old Immortal and a stern young man had left land deeds with his family decades earlier and ordered them to guard the place for sixty years while awaiting the Child of Destiny.
• Chen Ergou revealed that he knew neither the secret realm's entrance nor what it contained, so Lu Chengwen decided to leave with the injured Qi Meishao.
• Long Aotian struck Lu Chengwen from behind and declared that Lu Chengwen's life would open the secret realm.
• Qi Meishao shielded Lu Chengwen, whose Myriad Stars Armor had blocked most of the blow, and Lu Chengwen challenged Long Aotian to fight.