Chapter Summaries

Lu Chengwen fought Long Aotian to keep him from opening the secret realm, exploiting Long Aotian’s injuries and broken finger to interrupt his King's Aura Reversal. Their battle ended with both exhausted and Long Aotian crying, while Lu Chengwen landed one final blow on his hand.

• Lu Chengwen and Long Aotian began fighting, with Lu Chengwen using his armor and Gentleman's Snow to withstand Long Aotian’s weakened attacks.
• Lu Chengwen repeatedly struck Long Aotian’s broken finger to stop him from activating King's Aura Reversal.
• Hua Xuening tried to intervene, but Qi Meishao persuaded her that Lu Chengwen needed to defeat Long Aotian himself.
• Long Aotian abandoned King's Aura Reversal and began overpowering Lu Chengwen in close combat.
• Lu Chengwen and Long Aotian traded punches and smashed rocks against each other’s hands until Long Aotian cried and both collapsed from exhaustion.
• Lu Chengwen apologized, then weakly struck Long Aotian’s hand with the rock one last time.

Lu Chengwen and Long Aotian’s clash spiraled out of control as their true qi was drawn into a growing energy point. Both were blasted away when their power finally erupted, and Long Aotian lost consciousness.

• Lu Chengwen and Long Aotian launched their strongest moves against each other, creating an enormous point of light and a destructive shockwave.
• Qi Meishao and Hua Xuening, Luo Shiyin and Zhuge Xiaohua, and Chen Ergou leaped into the air to escape the spreading destruction.
• Lu Chengwen and Long Aotian realized their true qi was being drained into the energy point and repeatedly failed to stop powering their attacks together.
• Both men reached their limits and released all their remaining true qi, triggering a massive explosion that sent them flying.
• Long Aotian spat blood, crashed to the ground, and passed out, while Lu Chengwen also lay on the ground.

The secret realm opened beneath the mountain, and Lu Chengwen and the others descended into its strange multidimensional space. The system revealed that divine artifacts were hidden there and identified one as the Sea Calming Needle.

• Jiang Xiaohou and her companions found that the people who had been there had disappeared.
• The earth collapsed, revealing the secret realm that Chen Ergou's family had guarded for generations.
• Lu Chengwen, Hua Xuening, and Qi Meishao entered the realm, and Long Aotian, Luo Shiyin, Zhuge Xiaohua, and Chen Ergou followed.
• Lu Chengwen landed before two towering arched gates in a seemingly endless, impossible space.
• The system activated and told Lu Chengwen that the realm contained divine artifacts, though it knew little about them.
• The system identified the divine artifact as the Sea Calming Needle.

Lu Chengwen and Long Aotian chose different gates in a strange secret realm, only to reunite in a chamber with talking dragon and ape statues. The statues revealed that passing a gate could alter lifespan, while leaving the next steps uncertain.

• Lu Chengwen, Long Aotian, and their companions found two doors marked with characters resembling a dragon and an ape, then split up and entered their respective gates.
• The group was transported to another chamber, where a Dragon Statue identified itself as a remnant soul of the Dragon God of War and said Long Aotian had lost ten years of lifespan for passing the first gate.
• The Dragon Statue answered one question for Long Aotian and confirmed that the secret realm held a great opportunity for him.
• The Ape Statue awakened after Hua Xuening struck it and told Lu Chengwen that passing its gate would grant him ten years of lifespan.
• The Ape Statue gave Lu Chengwen several vague answers, and the Dragon Statue told Long Aotian that he might or might not regain his lost lifespan.

Long Aotian and Lu Chengwen’s group encountered two bickering ancient gods whose fight repeatedly injured Long Aotian. After the gods warned them about the dangers ahead, Long Aotian and the others chose to continue exploring the secret realm, and Lu Chengwen’s group found themselves back in a familiar space after entering the Ape Gate.

• Long Aotian questioned the Dragon Statue about the dragon race’s superiority, and the Dragon Statue and Ape Statue argued over their ancient rivalry.
• The two statues began fighting, repeatedly knocking Long Aotian aside and pinning him beneath them.
• Lu Chengwen and the others watched helplessly as Long Aotian was trapped and struck during the statues’ fight.
• The statues stopped fighting and warned the group that continuing through the gate could bring either eternal damnation or a great opportunity.
• Long Aotian chose to keep exploring and entered the Dragon Gate, followed by Luo Shiyin and Zhuge Xiaohua.
• Lu Chengwen led the remaining girls through the Ape Gate, where they arrived in a space that looked exactly like the one they had left.

Lu Chengwen, Long Aotian, and the others returned to the statues and demanded a way out, but the Dragon Statue and Ape Statue told them they had to find the divine artifact. The Ape Statue advised Lu Chengwen to try the Dragon Gate, while the Dragon Statue sent Long Aotian toward the Ape Gate and urged him to use dirty tricks against the Ape God.

• The Dragon Statue revealed that the Dragon Gate and Ape Gate had cost Long Aotian years of lifespan, prompting him to argue with the statues.
• Lu Chengwen threatened the Ape Statue until it suggested he try the Dragon Gate to pursue both escape and the divine artifact.
• Long Aotian tried intimidating the Dragon Statue, which broke his arm and slapped him several times.
• The Dragon Statue told Long Aotian to try the Ape Gate and warned him to outsmart the Ape God with underhanded tactics.

Lu Chengwen and Long Aotian found themselves trapped again with the Ape Statue and Dragon Statue, who explained that escaping required them to recreate the rage and power that had opened the secret realm. The statues revealed that the two were fated to kill each other, and Lu Chengwen and Long Aotian tried to clash again, but their attacks lacked the necessary force.

• Lu Chengwen and Long Aotian returned to the statues, and the Dragon Statue said Long Aotian owed three years of lifespan.
• Lu Chengwen proposed that they clash their dragon and ape energies to open the secret realm's exit, and the statues said they needed to surpass their original rage and power.
• The Ape Statue told Long Aotian that only he could kill Lu Chengwen, while the Dragon Statue warned that Long Aotian would die if someone else killed Lu Chengwen.
• Lu Chengwen and Long Aotian faced off and exchanged attacks, but neither could summon the intensity needed to escape.

Lu Chengwen and the others tried to make Long Aotian angry enough to fight him, hoping to escape the Heavenly Tribulation. Their beating finally enraged him, but he attacked Chen Ergou instead, leaving Lu Chengwen despairing that they would all die there.

• Long Aotian struggled to summon the hatred needed to fight Lu Chengwen, so Lu Chengwen slapped him to provoke him.
• When the slaps failed, Hua Xuening, Chen Ergou, and the others beat Long Aotian until he flew into a rage.
• Luo Shiyin told everyone to scatter, and Lu Chengwen urged Long Aotian to attack him.
• Long Aotian used King's Aura Reversal and charged at Chen Ergou, furious over the beating and kicks he had received.
• Lu Chengwen sat helplessly on the ground and feared they would all die there.

Lu Chengwen tried to provoke Long Aotian into fighting him so they could escape the strange realm, revealing that he and Luo Shiyin were together. Long Aotian finally believed him and prepared to attack Lu Chengwen, while Zhuge Xiaohua was left hurt by Long Aotian’s offer to give her away.

• Long Aotian kept beating Chen Ergou despite Lu Chengwen’s attempts to stop him.
• Lu Chengwen revealed that he had been with Luo Shiyin, and Long Aotian insisted that he would forgive him and give Luo Shiyin to him.
• Lu Chengwen demonstrated his relationship with Luo Shiyin, while Long Aotian offered Zhuge Xiaohua to him instead, leaving Zhuge Xiaohua in tears.
• Luo Shiyin told Long Aotian that she and Lu Chengwen had been together for a long time, and Chen Ergou confirmed it.
• Luo Shiyin revealed that she was no longer a virgin, and Long Aotian realized the relationship was real.
• Lu Chengwen told everyone to prepare as Long Aotian called him an adulterer and charged at him.

After passing out, Lu Chengwen met Lu Chengfeng, the Archaic Ape God, in a secret realm and learned that the Heavenly Tribulation would return and that he had been chosen as a successor. Lu Chengfeng entrusted him with the Ruyi Divine Needle, but vanished before handing it over, leaving Lu Chengwen to wake with no divine artifact in hand.

• Lu Chengwen woke in an empty place and met Lu Chengfeng, who explained that the Archaic Ape God bloodline made its bearers successors rather than necessarily descendants.
• Lu Chengfeng told Lu Chengwen that the Heavenly Tribulation would return and that he had been chosen to face it, despite Lu Chengwen insisting Long Aotian was better suited.
• Lu Chengfeng explained that the twelve predecessors had resisted the previous Heavenly Tribulation without understanding or destroying it, so they had left secret realms for future successors.
• Lu Chengfeng said the Ruyi Divine Needle could not make its bearer powerful on its own and urged Lu Chengwen to rely on the strength of his heart.
• Lu Chengfeng began to entrust Lu Chengwen with the Ruyi Divine Needle, then faded away without giving it to him, and Lu Chengwen passed out again.

Lu Chengwen woke outside the secret realm confused and disappointed that he had not received a divine artifact, while others tried to understand what had happened. News that the Ruyi Divine Needle had changed hands set powerful figures searching for Hun Tiangang and his two disciples.

• Lu Chengwen woke with Hua Xuening and the others, searched for Lu Chengfeng, and realized he was back in the wilderness without a divine artifact.
• Long Aotian abandoned his plan to kill Lu Chengwen because of his injuries and fled south, swearing revenge.
• Jiang Xiaohou ordered her guards to keep the secret realm incident quiet, then learned Xu Xuejiao suspected her of using her toys and threatened anyone who might reveal it.
• Bai Menya and the Jiang Family Patriarch noticed the secret realm had gone quiet and ordered investigations in Northern Country, where Jiang Xiaohou was staying.
• Two elderly men learned that the Archaic Ape God's Ruyi Divine Needle had changed hands and planned to find Hun Tiangang and his two disciples.

After returning from a failed campaign in Xue City, Long Aotian faced mockery from one of his foster brothers and asked his foster father to revoke his Young Master title. His foster father reassured him that becoming Hun Tiangang’s disciple was his greatest gain and sent him back to the Northern Country to build power in the provincial capital.

• Long Aotian’s foster brother taunted him over his failed campaign in Xue City and the loss of his four Close Guards, and the two exchanged insults.
• Long Aotian entered his foster father’s room and asked him to revoke his Young Master title because he felt he was the weakest of the thirteen adopted sons.
• Long Aotian’s foster father explained that setbacks could strengthen him and that gaining Hun Tiangang as a master outweighed his losses.
• Long Aotian’s foster father said Hun Tiangang had once stood at the top of the world and was feared by every family, sect, and group.
• Long Aotian told his foster father that he could not break through at critical moments, but his foster father advised him not to dwell on it.
• Long Aotian’s foster father ordered him to return to the Northern Country, abandon Xue City, and establish himself in the provincial capital with local organizations’ support.

Long Aotian returned to Seven Star Peak to speak with Hun Tiangang, but found his master arguing with Immortal Elder Nanji and Fishing Elder over a stolen divine artifact. The two elders confronted Long Aotian and demanded he hand it over, while Hun Tiangang appeared lost in thought.

• Long Aotian returned to Northern Country, went to Seven Star Peak, and found Hun Tiangang with Immortal Elder Nanji and Fishing Elder.
• Immortal Elder Nanji and Fishing Elder argued with Hun Tiangang about the divine artifact Long Aotian had taken from the secret realm.
• Hun Tiangang repeatedly confused the elders and Long Aotian, then slapped Long Aotian and ordered him to buy tea.
• Nan Ji and Fishing Elder grabbed Long Aotian and demanded that he return the dangerous divine artifact.
• Long Aotian called for Hun Tiangang as Fishing Elder slapped him, while Hun Tiangang calculated with his eyes shut.

Lu Chengwen and Luo Shiyin found Long Aotian being brutally beaten by Nan Ji and Old Diao, who wanted him to reveal a divine artifact. While Lu Chengwen talked with Long Aotian and the two elders, Hun Tiangang finished working something out and rushed over to tell them.

• Lu Chengwen and Luo Shiyin reached the mountaintop and saw Nan Ji and Old Diao beating Long Aotian while Hun Tiangang calculated something.
• Nan Ji and Old Diao asked Lu Chengwen to persuade Long Aotian to hand over a divine artifact, and Lu Chengwen helped his battered senior disciple brother up.
• Long Aotian accused Lu Chengwen of stealing his women, and Lu Chengwen explained how he and Luo Shiyin had provoked him to escape and why she had ended up with him.
• Lu Chengwen smoked with Nan Ji and Old Diao and began offering them advice on picking up women, but stopped when they objected to his first suggestion.
• Hun Tiangang shouted that he had figured something out, accidentally stepped on Long Aotian's fingers, and hurried over before realizing Lu Chengwen and Long Aotian had arrived.

Hun Tiangang introduced Lu Chengwen and Long Aotian to Immortal Elder Nanji and the Fishing Elder, who praised the young women and then Long Aotian. Nan Ji began assessing Lu Chengwen, leaving his judgment unfinished.

• Immortal Elder Nanji and the Fishing Elder praised Luo Shiyin, Qi Meishao, and Hua Xuening as they served tea and pastries.
• Hun Tiangang introduced the elders as two of the Five Old Men and told his disciples to show senior elders respect and seek their help if needed.
• The Fishing Elder named four virtues he saw in Long Aotian, including his King's Aura, heroic bearing, combat talent, and signs of great fortune.
• Hun Tiangang asked Nan Ji to assess Lu Chengwen, and Nan Ji criticized his lust, impure heart, chaotic aura, and unstable foundation before saying he also had strengths.

Lu Chengwen and Long Aotian argued over their rivalry and the women caught between them, while Hun Tiangang warned that Luo Shiyin faced a deadly trial of love. Hun Tiangang promised to seek solutions, and Lu Chengwen and Long Aotian both prepared to go to the provincial capital.

• Nan Ji praised Lu Chengwen for his money and success with women, prompting Hua Xuening to defend her master's kindness and compassion.
• Hun Tiangang confronted Long Aotian about his murderous intent toward Lu Chengwen, and Long Aotian accused him of stealing his subordinates and Close Guards.
• Hun Tiangang explained that Qi Meishao was bound to Lu Chengwen by fate and warned that Luo Shiyin's love could trigger a deadly trial; Lu Chengwen asked to learn how to save her.
• Hun Tiangang said he would seek solutions for Luo Shiyin and Long Aotian's stalled progress, but Lu Chengwen and Long Aotian remained unsure whether he would remember his promise.
• Lu Chengwen told Hun Tiangang he was going to work in the provincial capital, and Long Aotian revealed that he was going there too.

Lu Chengwen and Long Aotian agreed to compete in the provincial capital without using their wealth or connections, with the winner determined by marrying Chen Mengyun and earning at least one hundred billion. They took Disguise Pills and set out under sworn rules, leaving their rivalry to begin anew.

• Long Aotian accused Lu Chengwen of relying on his family wealth and challenged him to compete fairly in the provincial capital.
• Lu Chengwen and Long Aotian raised the stakes: whoever married Chen Mengyun and earned at least one hundred billion would win, while the loser would leave Northern Country for life.
• Fishing Elder provided Disguise Pills, and Immortal Elder Nanji proposed that each man bring one trusted person to watch the other.
• Hun Tiangang made them swear not to break the agreement, and Long Aotian gave Lu Chengwen his four Close Guards after Lu Chengwen reminded him of his earlier oath.
• The rivals agreed to use no more than ten thousand in cash, swore not to seek revenge or kill each other, and swallowed the Disguise Pills.

Lu Chengwen disguised himself and arranged for his companions to work under Leng Qingqiu and Xu Xuejiao while he entered a business contest against Long Aotian. The two men began their first round in the provincial capital by seeking jobs at Xiangyun Group.

• Lu Chengwen sent Qi Meishao and Luo Shiyin to learn enterprise management from Leng Qingqiu and Xu Xuejiao, while Hua Xuening stayed behind to protect him in secret.
• Lu Chengwen told Jiang Shihan to care for Little Monkey and planned to travel alone with ten thousand yuan to find work.
• Lu Chengwen met Long Aotian at the provincial capital's station, where they confirmed they each had ten thousand yuan and agreed their first task was to find a job.
• Long Aotian suggested they apply at Xiangyun Group's job fair, and Lu Chengwen agreed.
• Lu Chengwen and Long Aotian entered the Xiangyun Hotel job fair, beginning the first round of their business contest.

Lu Chengwen and Long Aotian interviewed for jobs at Xiangyun Grand Hotel, where their swagger and lack of qualifications quickly antagonized the evaluators. Long Aotian was thrown out after destroying Manager Luo’s keepsake, and Lu Chengwen began his interview by sitting on her desk.

• Lu Chengwen and Long Aotian slipped into Xiangyun Grand Hotel and waited to interview for work.
• The evaluators questioned their lack of education, and Long Aotian insisted he was suited to be President Chen Mengyun’s bodyguard.
• Long Aotian shattered a decorative stone to demonstrate his strength, then learned it had belonged to Manager Luo’s dead ex-boyfriend.
• Manager Luo ordered Long Aotian out after he tried to explain himself and comment on her health.
• Lu Chengwen took Long Aotian’s place, sat on Manager Luo’s desk, and complimented her name.

Lu Chengwen and Long Aotian botched their Xiangyun Group interviews by trying to flirt with Luo Li, who pepper-sprayed Lu Chengwen and hit Long Aotian. After security threw them out, they tried to apply again, but the employee refused to let them interview.

• Lu Chengwen flirted with Luo Li during his interview, and she pepper-sprayed him before security dragged him out.
• Long Aotian tried to comfort Luo Li and flirt with her, but she slapped him and hit him with an ashtray.
• Lu Chengwen and Long Aotian sat outside, blamed each other for their failure, and decided to return for another chance.
• The application employee refused to let them interview again, and Lu Chengwen offered her his watch.
• The employee recognized the watch as valuable but rejected the bribe and threatened to call security.