Chapter Summaries

At the Li Family residence, Li Zhenchen tried to comfort Zhuge Xiaohua, who was upset over her tangled relationship with Lu Chengwen and the different fates of her sisters after they tried to kill him. The chapter left Li Zhenchen confused and determined to strengthen security in the rear garden after Zhuge Xiaohua revealed Lu Chengwen visited her every night.

• The Li Family Patriarch summoned Li Zhenchen, but Li Zhenchen stayed in the rear garden to watch Zhuge Xiaohua practice and refused to leave her side.
• Zhuge Xiaohua imagined attacking Lu Chengwen, then broke down crying over how he treated her at night and ignored her during the day.
• Li Zhenchen offered to help Zhuge Xiaohua kill her enemy, but she insisted Lu Chengwen was a good person and said she wanted him to hurt her in a particular way.
• Zhuge Xiaohua ran away after telling Li Zhenchen that Lu Chengwen came every day and bullied her every night.
• Li Zhenchen ordered Li Fu to strengthen security in the rear garden and investigate whether anyone came at night.

As Xiangyun Group faced backlash over the Zhang family's partnership with the Xue City conglomerates, Li Yangyang prepared to take over Team Three while Lu Chengwen proposed sharing the shantytown project's profits with provincial capital families. Impressed by his strategic perspective, Li Yangyang took him to meet President Chen.

• Li Yangyang learned that President Qu had resigned and prepared to take over Team Three amid rumors and mounting pressure from the provincial capital's business community.
• Li Yangyang blamed Lu Chengwen for supporting the announcement of the Zhang family's partnership, which had made the Zhang family a target.
• Lu Chengwen proposed letting provincial capital families invest in the shantytown project to ease the Xue City families' financial strain and establish a foothold in the provincial capital.
• Li Yangyang recognized the strategic value in Lu Chengwen's proposal and brought him to see President Chen.

Chen Mengyun managed the panicked executives by announcing that Lu Chengwen had made strategic arrangements, while Lu Chengwen revealed a hard-nosed plan for dealing with the Zhang family. The chapter ended with Chen Mengyun deciding to follow his suggestion and go find Young Master Wen.

• Chen Mengyun told the gathered executives that Lu Chengwen had arrived in the provincial capital, had confidence in them, and had arranged a counterattack.
• Chen Mengyun assigned Li Yangyang to take over the Third Division and postponed hearing his report until she returned from the Zhang family.
• Lu Chengwen told Chen Mengyun not to visit the Zhang family, arguing that they were already committed to their side and should come to them if they wanted to talk.
• Lu Chengwen told Chen Mengyun to go find Young Master Wen, and she recognized his scheme and was delighted by it.

Lu Chengwen rode with Chen Mengyun and Li Yangyang to meet Wen Bin, while Chen Mengyun teased him and Li Yangyang tried to keep him in line. The chapter ended with Lu Chengwen asking for liquor to help him think, leaving the next step in their plan unresolved.

• Li Yangyang warned Lu Chengwen to behave properly around Chen Mengyun before they boarded her business van.
• Chen Mengyun ordered Lu Chengwen to sit properly, and Li Yangyang presented her strategic proposal for Department Three.
• Lu Chengwen blurted out that time was running short, then pointed to his wrist to remind Chen Mengyun of the urgency.
• Chen Mengyun told Shirley to take them to Wen Bin's new company and approved Lu Chengwen's request to contact Wen Bin in his name.
• Lu Chengwen asked for liquor, claiming he could not find inspiration without drinking.

Lu Chengwen advised Chen Mengyun on how to handle Wen Bin, then secretly tussled with her in the car before she went to meet him. A Long threatened Lu Chengwen afterward, but A Hu suddenly recognized that he deserved more respect.

• Lu Chengwen told Chen Mengyun to find out which family planned to enter the Chengwen District project and to withdraw if they could not compete.
• Chen Mengyun, Shirley, and Li Yangyang arrived to meet Wen Bin, who made them wait thirty to forty minutes.
• Chen Mengyun sent Shirley and Li Yangyang out of the car, then tussled flirtatiously with Lu Chengwen inside it.
• Chen Mengyun got out and told Lu Chengwen to work hard under President Li before taking Shirley to meet Wen Bin.
• A Long threatened Lu Chengwen and pulled a dagger on him, but A Hu suddenly told A Long to treat him more politely.

Lu Chengwen escaped the Three Brothers’ confused accusations and drove away with Li Yangyang. She explained how dangerous and loyal to Lu Chengwen the men were, then asked whether Chen Mengyun had kept him in the rocking car.

• A Long and A Xiao accused Lu Chengwen of seducing Chen Mengyun, while A Hu tried to stop them and urged them to wait for Lu Chengwen’s orders.
• The Three Brothers argued over whether Luo Shiyin had truly loved A Xiao, and Lu Chengwen and Li Yangyang left while they were still bickering.
• A Hu apologized to Lu Chengwen and promised his friends would not attack him, but Lu Chengwen finally drove off with Li Yangyang.
• Li Yangyang told Lu Chengwen that the Three Brothers were formidable bodyguards who were loyal to him despite protecting Chen Mengyun.
• Li Yangyang asked Lu Chengwen what he and Chen Mengyun had been doing in the car and whether Chen Mengyun had kept him.

Li Yangyang suspected Cheng Wen was secretly working for Lu Chengwen and questioned Zhang Shen'er about their connections. After testing Cheng Wen with questions about everyday prices, she decided he was not CEO Lu and proposed that he pass along her admiration, promising him endless perks.

• Li Yangyang told Zhang Shen'er that Cheng Wen's business insight and boldness made her suspect he was Lu Chengwen, but Zhang Shen'er said he was not.
• Li Yangyang confronted Zhang Shen'er about her relationship with Cheng Wen and his connection to Lu Chengwen, and Zhang Shen'er admitted he was connected to Lu Chengwen.
• Li Yangyang tested Cheng Wen by asking about the prices of everyday goods, then concluded he was not CEO Lu.
• Li Yangyang guessed Cheng Wen was a liaison secretly helping Lu Chengwen and President Chen, and Cheng Wen praised her intelligence.
• Li Yangyang asked Cheng Wen to tell Lu Chengwen she admired him and promised Cheng Wen endless perks.

Li Yangyang and Chen Mengyun inspected the suburban villa being prepared for Lu Chengwen, while Zhao Ritian learned about the planned fun room. Outside, Zhao Xin identified Lu Chengwen and prepared to capture him for the Patriarch.

• Li Yangyang brought Lu Chengwen and others to the villa, where Sister Zhou described the delays and difficulties in preparing it.
• Li Yangyang told Sister Zhou that the villa was for Lu Chengwen, and Sister Zhou realized the newcomer rumored to be involved with Chen Mengyun was standing nearby.
• Chen Mengyun arrived and ordered changes to the villa's walkway, railings, paintings, and lighting to suit Lu Chengwen's tastes.
• Chen Mengyun said Lu Chengwen would move in when he wanted to sleep with her, then led everyone downstairs to inspect the fun room.
• Zhao Xin watched the villa from a tree, recognized Lu Chengwen, and decided to capture him alive for the Patriarch.

Lu Chengwen learned that hundreds of martial-world fighters had surrounded the villa, apparently targeting Zhao Ritian, and warned him that they planned an assassination rather than a fair fight. The chapter ended with Zhao Ritian asking Lu Chengwen, whom he called the best at lying low, for a plan.

• Zhao Xin and Wang Wen prepared separate groups to attack Lu Chengwen, following their Patriarch's orders to kill him and his protectors.
• Zhang Duo spotted ambushers on both sides of the villa and alerted his men to protect CEO Lu while waiting for reinforcements.
• Chen Mengyun left after telling the workers they could go home, and Hua Xuening warned Lu Chengwen that roughly three hundred people surrounded the villa.
• Lu Chengwen told Zhao Ritian that the attackers were members of the local Ancient Martial Arts World who feared his talent.
• Zhao Ritian praised Lu Chengwen's honesty and asked him for ideas on how to survive the coming attack.

Lu Chengwen and Zhao Ritian planned to disguise themselves and escape separately, but Long Aotian realized they were hiding an ambush and refused to be left behind. As attackers closed in, Zhang Shen'er arrived and Lu Chengwen hid her in a secret room before the lights went out and he fled with Hua Xuening.

• Lu Chengwen and Zhao Ritian smeared renovation paint on their faces and planned to split up and draw away the attackers, but they kept the ambush from Long Aotian.
• Long Aotian inferred that more than three hundred people were surrounding the villa and suspected Lu Chengwen and Zhao Ritian meant to leave him to face them.
• Zhao Xin, Wang Wen, and Zhang Duo led their groups toward the villa as Zhang Shen'er arrived by car.
• Lu Chengwen hurried Zhang Shen'er into a hidden basement room, where she discovered a collection of strange objects.
• Long Aotian and Zhao Ritian argued over using the face-paint disguise as attackers entered through the windows.
• Lu Chengwen had Hua Xuening cut the power, shouted for everyone to move, and escaped with her amid the confusion.

Lu Chengwen and Hua Xuening escaped the fighting into a hidden room, where they found Zhang Shen'er embarrassed by the pleasure toys she had been examining. As they waited for Hua Xuening to scout outside, Zhang Shen'er’s teasing with Lu Chengwen turned unexpectedly intimate.

• Lu Chengwen and Hua Xuening slipped through a hidden door to escape the chaotic fighting and found Zhang Shen'er trying out a pleasure chair and mask.
• Zhang Shen'er insisted she had only been curious and blamed Chen Mengyun for the toys, while Lu Chengwen searched for another exit and found no phone signal.
• Hua Xuening volunteered to check the situation outside, and Lu Chengwen told her to avoid fighting and return with a report.
• Lu Chengwen teased Zhang Shen'er about the chair, and they wrestled onto the carpet as she tried to stop him from remembering what he had seen.
• Zhang Shen'er climbed on top of Lu Chengwen and asked him to punish her, prompting him to recall that she had acted similarly with Long Aotian.

Lu Chengwen escaped a chaotic battle in which rival factions mistook Zhao Ritian and Long Aotian for him, while Zhang Shen'er tried to force herself on him. He reached a secret room to recover, where Zhang Shen'er reappeared and told him to look at her.

• Zhang Shen'er tore at Lu Chengwen's clothes and pounced on him, but Hua Xuening interrupted them and reported that the fighting outside was disastrous.
• Wang Wen, Zhang Duo, and Zhao Xin led rival groups who attacked Zhao Ritian and Long Aotian after mistaking both face-painted men for Lu Chengwen.
• Lu Chengwen entered the battle, helped rescue Zhao Ritian, and retreated with him while Long Aotian fought the attackers.
• Hua Xuening blocked a pursuing group, giving Lu Chengwen time to slip into the basement and reach the secret room.
• Lu Chengwen drank an energy drink and sat down to recover, but Zhang Shen'er appeared and told him to look at her.

Zhang Shen'er tried to seduce Lu Chengwen, but he stopped her and struggled with the System's mission to win her over. As chaos raged outside, Zhang Shen'er confessed that she loved him, and Lu Chengwen asked whether she would regret it.

• Zhang Shen'er dressed in lingerie and stockings and urged Lu Chengwen to tie her to a chair, but he covered her with a coat and rejected her advances.
• Zhang Shen'er cried over Lu Chengwen's rejection as the System assigned him a mission to win her over and said the original world's heroines were all connected to him.
• Hua Xuening reported that the groups outside were fighting one another and that Long Aotian was protecting Zhao Ritian, who was being mistaken for Lu Chengwen.
• Lu Chengwen sent Hua Xuening to protect Zhao Ritian, and she hurried back outside after warning Zhang Shen'er to behave.
• Zhang Shen'er told Lu Chengwen she loved him and wanted to be with him, and he asked whether she would regret it.

The Li Family Patriarch lent elite fighters to the Wang and Zhang families after they promised him valuable land, pills, manuals, and business opportunities in exchange. He sent Li Zhenchen to assist the Wang Family and ordered another hundred experts to help Zhang Jiucheng.

• The Wang Family Patriarch asked the Li Family Patriarch for fighters, then offered him a development-zone plot, rare pills, and Wang Family martial arts manuals in exchange for a hundred experts.
• Li Zhenchen reluctantly left Zhuge Xiaohua in the garden to gather the men for the Wang Family.
• Zhang Jiucheng arrived and asked the Li Family Patriarch for a hundred fighters, claiming his Zhang Family had suffered heavy losses.
• Zhang Jiucheng promised the Li Family Patriarch a project worth over four billion in Xue City’s shantytown district, and the patriarch ordered Li Fu to gather another hundred experts.

The Li Family Patriarch sent a hundred men to help the Zhang Family after the Wang Family had already requested troops, while Li Zhenchen ignored Li Fu’s warnings to stay with Zhuge Xiaohua. When the Zhao Family Patriarch also asked for a hundred men, the Li Family Patriarch focused on extracting more property instead of investigating why all three families were in trouble.

• Zhang Jiucheng urged the Li Family Patriarch to send a hundred experts, and the Patriarch ordered Li Fu to get Li Zhenchen to gather them.
• Li Zhenchen dismissed Li Fu’s concerns and told him to assemble a hundred men for the Zhang Family while he stayed with Zhuge Xiaohua.
• The Li Family Patriarch celebrated the prospect of profiting from the Wang Family’s land and dismissed Li Fu’s concerns about lending out two hundred men.
• The Zhao Family Patriarch arrived asking for a hundred men, and the Li Family Patriarch agreed after demanding the Zhao Family’s golf club and resort.
• Li Fu pointed out that three families had requested a hundred men after running into trouble, but the Li Family Patriarch immediately asked the Zhao Family Patriarch for the resort as well.

The Zhao Family Patriarch demanded a hundred men from the Li family to kill Lu Chengwen, and Old Li eagerly agreed after learning Lu Chengwen was the man who had cuckolded him. In the rear garden, Zhuge Xiaohua rejected Li Zhenchen, and Li Fu arrived with news of the scandal.

• Li Fu blocked Old Li from sending troops until the Zhao Family Patriarch explained why he needed them.
• The Zhao Family Patriarch revealed that Lu Chengwen had cuckolded him, and Old Li agreed to lend him a hundred men.
• Old Li urged the Zhao Family Patriarch to kill Lu Chengwen and give the pregnant woman to him, then secretly called A Lian after the Zhao Family Patriarch left.
• Zhuge Xiaohua told Li Zhenchen she could not accept him while Lu Chengwen was alive.
• Li Fu rushed to Li Zhenchen and announced that someone had been cuckolded, prompting Li Zhenchen to think about killing him.

Li Zhenchen learned that the three families were gathering men to attack Lu Chengwen, and he joined the battle after Zhuge Xiaohua revealed her connection to Lu. As the besieged group faced fresh reinforcements, Lu Chengwen promised to help Long Aotian break through and left Zhao Ritian willing to trust him one last time.

• Li Fu told Li Zhenchen that the Wang, Zhang, and Zhao families had each asked to borrow a hundred men, and the Zhao Patriarch planned to kill Lu Chengwen over an alleged affair.
• Zhuge Xiaohua tried to leave after hearing Lu Chengwen's name, but Li Zhenchen learned she knew him and ordered Li Fu to gather fighters while he led them to the battle.
• Long Aotian and Zhao Ritian fought the three families' forces for over an hour while Lu Chengwen and Hua Xuening emerged from the secret room and joined them.
• Lu Chengwen urged Long Aotian to break through and promised to help, while Zhao Ritian and Long Aotian argued over whether to trust him.
• Zhang Duo told Lu Chengwen that the Zhang Family could not hold out much longer, and Lu gave him a Great Heaven Returning Pill before ordering his brothers to protect him and hold the basement.
• Wang and Zhao reinforcements arrived, and Zhao Ritian agreed to trust Lu Chengwen one last time.

Lu Chengwen asked Zhang Shen'er to follow him and carried her into the secret chamber while the four families fought outside. Long Aotian was mistaken for Lu Chengwen, captured, and tortured by the Zhang Family Patriarch, but his fierce reaction made the Zhao Family Patriarch hesitate.

• Zhang Duo worried that the Wang and Zhao families were trying to kill Lu Chengwen, while Zhao Ritian said the Zhao Family accused him of cuckolding their Patriarch.
• After Zhang Family reinforcements arrived, Lu Chengwen returned to the secret chamber, asked Zhang Shen'er if she would follow him, and carried her to the bed.
• The Wang, Zhao, and Zhang families fought outside as Jiang Xiaohou declined to join the battle, and Ming Disha warned him that other forces were watching.
• The Zhao Family Patriarch cornered Long Aotian, mistook him for Lu Chengwen, and ordered his men to capture him.
• The Zhang Family Patriarch had Long Aotian restrained and struck him with a Crippling Kick, but Long Aotian's sudden fury frightened the Zhao Family Patriarch.

Long Aotian recovered his strength after Lu Chengwen’s power surged through him and turned on the Zhao Family Patriarch. Meanwhile, Zhuge Xiaohua and Hua Xuening searched for Lu Chengwen, and Li Zhenchen discovered that an enemy knew the Li Family’s swordsmanship.

• The Zhao Family Patriarch and his men restrained Long Aotian and repeatedly kicked him while Long Aotian insisted he had not cuckolded the Patriarch.
• Lu Chengwen’s power surged into Long Aotian, who blasted away his attackers and broke the Zhao Family Patriarch’s hand before kicking him.
• Li Zhenchen and Zhuge Xiaohua found Hua Xuening, and the sisters hurried off to find Lu Chengwen after discussing another woman pursuing him.
• The group encountered Long Aotian kicking the Zhao Family Patriarch, but Zhuge Xiaohua passed by without speaking to Long Aotian.
• An expert attacked Li Zhenchen, who recognized the Li Family’s Self-Mutilation Sword; the expert froze and called him Young Master.

After the battle left the villa strewn with corpses, the four families discovered they had been fighting one another because they had failed to recognize each other. Long Aotian refused to let the surviving families withdraw, while Lu Chengwen’s allies tried to keep the conflict from flaring up again.

• Hua Xuening stopped Li Zhenchen from attacking Lu Chengwen, and Zhuge Xiaohua threatened Li Zhenchen to protect Lu.
• The families ended their fighting, removed their masks, and realized they had mistaken their own people for enemies.
• Old Zhao revealed that he had joined the attack because Lu Chengwen had slept with one of his wives, while Old Wang and Zhang Jiucheng argued over their families’ losses.
• Zhang Jiucheng pledged the Zhang Family’s support to Lu Chengwen, and the Zhao and Wang families prepared to retreat.
• Long Aotian tried to stop the families from leaving, and Zhao Ritian warned Lu Chengwen not to provoke him.