Chapter Summaries

After the battle, Lu Chengwen promised to compensate the Zhang Family and mourned the deaths, while Zhang Jiucheng pledged the family’s loyalty. Lu Chengwen then denied knowing anyone in the Jiang Family and warned Zhang Jiucheng not to risk his family for him; Zhuge Xiaohua approached him as he sat feeling low.

• Lu Chengwen offered double compensation for the Zhang Family’s dead and to cover all costs for the wounded, moving Zhang Jiucheng and the surviving men.
• Zhang Jiucheng pledged that the Zhang Family would follow Lu Chengwen, and Lu Chengwen promised they would share wealth and prosperity.
• Lu Chengwen reflected with Zhang Jiucheng on the martial world’s violence and the Jiang Family and Full of Boredom’s role in restraining it.
• Lu Chengwen told Zhang Jiucheng that he knew no one in the Jiang Family and urged him not to risk the Zhang Family for his sake, while supporting his relationship with Shen'er.
• Zhuge Xiaohua approached Lu Chengwen and asked whether he was unhappy as Li Zhenchen stayed nearby.

After the battle, Lu Chengwen scolded Zhuge Xiaohua for disappearing but left her free to choose whether to stay or go. As Zhuge Xiaohua hesitated between leaving with Li Zhenchen and remaining with Lu Chengwen, Zhang Jiucheng and Hua Xuening tried to convince her that Lu Chengwen wanted her to stay.

• Zhuge Xiaohua reunited with Lu Chengwen, who admitted he was angry and worried after she had vanished without telling anyone.
• Long Aotian collapsed after returning from the fight, while Zhao Ritian was already asleep from exhaustion.
• Li Zhenchen urged Zhuge Xiaohua to return with him, but Lu Chengwen said she could decide for herself and walked away.
• Zhuge Xiaohua stayed rooted in place, crying, while Hua Xuening accused Li Zhenchen of trying to trick her.
• Zhang Jiucheng prompted Hua Xuening to claim that Lu Chengwen liked and missed Zhuge Xiaohua, and Zhuge Xiaohua eagerly asked if it was true.

Hua Xuening lied to Zhuge Xiaohua about Li Zhenchen’s master missing and feeling guilty over her, convincing Zhuge Xiaohua to forgive him. The chapter ended with Yu Kuohai baffled by the Li Family’s battle loss report and asking them to explain it.

• Hua Xuening told Zhuge Xiaohua that her master liked her, and Zhuge Xiaohua believed her despite Li Zhenchen’s objections.
• Hua Xuening invented increasingly dramatic claims about the master’s longing and guilt, while Zhuge Xiaohua grew concerned for him.
• Zhuge Xiaohua and Hua Xuening left to forgive the master, and Zhang Jiucheng told Li Zhenchen to return home and take responsibility for his family.
• Zhang Jiucheng compared Li Zhenchen unfavorably with his talented son, who was learning martial arts from a famous master.
• Yu Kuohai reviewed the four families’ battle loss reports and asked for an explanation of the Li Family’s report.

The Li Family Patriarch learned that the families’ battle losses came from fighting one another, while the patriarchs argued over their orders and their conflicting claims to Lu Chengwen. After the Wang Family’s Second Young Master died, Old Wang and Old Zhao vowed revenge, but Zhang Jiucheng declared that the Zhang Family would protect Lu Chengwen.

• Li Fu reported that the families had suffered matching casualties because their own people had fought one another.
• Li Zhenchen told Old Li he had been dumped, and the patriarchs gathered at Old Li’s home to discuss the bloody conflict.
• Old Wang and Zhang Jiucheng argued over who had ordered their families to act at CEO Lu’s villa and warned each other to back down.
• A messenger announced that the Wang Family’s Second Young Master had died, and Old Wang collapsed before vowing to tear Lu Chengwen apart.
• Old Zhao declared that he could not coexist with Lu Chengwen, while Zhang Jiucheng warned that anyone who pursued him would face the Zhang Family and others who would protect him.
• Zhang Jiucheng prepared to leave, but Old Li grabbed him and asked him to stay.

After the Four Great Families’ alliance collapsed, Lu Chengwen rewarded the Zhang family with a major Xue City project, shifting the provincial capital’s business landscape in his favor. The chapter ended with Xiangyun and Great Sage recovering while the villa’s staff mistakenly marveled at Lu Chengwen’s apparent victory in the battle.

• Old Li demanded benefits from Old Zhang, who rejected him and ended their meeting on bad terms.
• Lu Chengwen and Zhang Shen'er woke up together in the secret chamber, and Zhang Shen'er urged him to stay while he insisted he had to leave.
• The Four Great Families’ business groups lost trust in one another, and the provincial capital’s once-unified business landscape broke apart.
• Elder Zhang and Chen Mengyun signed a cooperation agreement with Lu Chengwen for a new territory and amusement city project worth tens of billions.
• The other three families failed to rally the chamber of commerce against Great Sage and Xiangyun, whose stock prices began to recover.
• Li Yangyang and the Tiger Guard staff inspected the wrecked villa, praised Lu Chengwen for surviving the battle, and Xiao Nan grew angry when Cheng Wen, Aotian, and Zhao Ritian could not be reached.

Li Yangyang oversaw Xiangyun Group’s shift toward a strategic partnership with the Zhang family as pressure on the company eased, while growing suspicious of Chen Mengyun’s guarded attitude and the mystery surrounding Lu Chengwen’s villa. Xiao Nan warned that Cheng Wen and the other missing men might hold the key, then said she had a way to investigate.

• The provincial capital’s business climate shifted overnight, with the chamber of commerce seeking a meeting with Lu Chengwen, stocks rebounding, and companies reopening talks with Xiangyun Group.
• Chen Mengyun refused to negotiate and ordered senior executives to prioritize deep cooperation with the Zhang family, making Li Yangyang the vanguard of the effort.
• Li Yangyang considered Chen Mengyun’s apparent distrust and wondered what had happened at Lu Chengwen’s villa, where Great Sage Group personnel had taken control of the area.
• Li Yangyang assigned promotions, assistant development, and discreet removals as she prepared Xiangyun Group for new projects.
• Xiao Nan argued that Cheng Wen, Aotian, and Ritian were connected to the upheaval and said she had a way to investigate.

Li Yangyang tried to learn about Cheng Wen and the villa incident from Zhang Shen'er, but Zhang Shen'er mistook her questions about work for questions about her intimacy with Lu Chengwen. After Lu Chengwen cleared up the misunderstanding, he showed Zhang Shen'er the tally marks they had made during the night.

• Li Yangyang called Zhang Shen'er to ask about Cheng Wen and what had happened at the villa.
• Zhang Shen'er misunderstood Li Yangyang's questions and described her night with Lu Chengwen as though they were discussing secret work.
• Li Yangyang worried that Zhang Shen'er and Lu Chengwen had acted improperly and urged Zhang Shen'er to stop.
• Lu Chengwen ended the call and explained that Li Yangyang had been asking about work, not their relationship.
• Zhang Shen'er noticed tally marks on the wall, and Lu Chengwen revealed that her wall was covered with even more.

Zhuge Xiaohua tried to negotiate conditions for staying with Lu Chengwen, but he rushed back into the secret chamber when the system announced he had completed Zhang Shen'er's conquest progress. Outside, Hua Xuening tried to take the heartbroken Zhuge Xiaohua away, while Chen Mengyun reacted coldly to hearing that Lu Chengwen and Zhang Shen'er had been inside together for a day and a night.

• Zhuge Xiaohua told Hua Xuening she wanted to stay with Lu Chengwen and began laying out her three conditions when the system interrupted them.
• The system announced that Lu Chengwen had completed Zhang Shen'er's conquest progress, and Lu Chengwen hurried back into the secret chamber before Zhuge Xiaohua could finish speaking.
• Hua Xuening tried to drag Zhuge Xiaohua away, but Zhuge Xiaohua admitted she could not leave Lu Chengwen because she kept thinking about him.
• Chen Mengyun arrived with the Tiger Roar Dragon Chant Four Brothers and turned cold when Hua Xuening told her Lu Chengwen and Zhang Shen'er had been inside for a whole day and night.
• Lu Chengwen asked the system for Zhang Shen'er's grand gift pack, learned its first item was the Desire Woman Pill, and threatened to strangle the system someday.

Lu Chengwen argued with his system about its matchmaking schemes and received several rewards, including a conquest card for Zhuge Xiaohua, while worrying about the Main Heroines and Long Aotian. After the system vanished, Chen Mengyun kicked open the door and confronted him angrily.

• Lu Chengwen complained that the system kept making him conquer Main Heroines, and the system warned that someone else might do so if he did not.
• The system awarded Lu Chengwen a cultivation upgrade, two gift packs, a trial card, and a hundredfold Zhuge Xiaohua conquest card.
• The system gave Lu Chengwen Real Man Brand Primordial Divine Oil, prompting him to protest that he did not need it.
• Lu Chengwen asked for a way to save the world without marrying more women, but the system refused and urged him to pursue Zhuge Xiaohua and Xue Ning.
• The system disappeared, and Chen Mengyun kicked open the door and glared furiously at Lu Chengwen.

Lu Chengwen settled Chen Mengyun’s anger after she found him with Zhang Shen'er, then discussed the shifting alliances and an impending conflict in the provincial capital. As Liao Heng struggled to unite Xue City’s three great families against Lu, he warned them that they would have to follow his lead on his turf.

• Chen Mengyun confronted Lu Chengwen over Zhang Shen'er using the secret room she had prepared, but she believed him when he asked her to trust him.
• Chen Mengyun briefed Lu Chengwen that the Zhang family had committed to the Great Sage Group while Wen Bin was still staying out of the conflict.
• Chen Mengyun told Lu Chengwen that Huo Wendong had arrived in the provincial capital and that Leng Qingqiu planned to go there; Lu Chengwen ordered her to bring Gold, Silver, Bronze, Iron, and the strategist.
• Lu Chengwen agreed to meet provincial capital chamber of commerce chairman Liao Heng the next day, with Du Feiyu acting as intermediary.
• Elder Li, Elder Zhao, Old Wang, and Liao Heng discussed Lu Chengwen’s growing influence and the Zhang family’s alliance with him.
• Liao Heng rebuked the three elders for their infighting and demanded that they follow his lead on his turf.

Liao Heng arranged a meeting with Lu Chengwen and planned to use the three families and a crowd of reporters to pressure him at the provincial capital’s Chamber of Commerce. Lu Chengwen recognized the trap but went ahead, leaving his arrival to confront the schemers.

• Liao Heng told the three family elders that they would attend his meeting with Lu Chengwen and use a recording to show the business world who held power in the provincial capital.
• Zhao Gang praised Lu Chengwen as they drove to the meeting, and Lu Chengwen learned that the three family patriarchs’ cars had not moved.
• Lu Chengwen realized the patriarchs had likely hidden their movements, but decided to enter the compound and told Zhao Gang to inform Chen Mengyun and watch for reporters.
• Reporters surrounded Zhao Gang’s car after it entered the compound, while Liao Heng and the elders watched and laughed at Lu Chengwen’s apparent predicament.
• A secretary announced that Lu Chengwen had arrived, abruptly ending Liao Heng and the elders’ laughter.

Lu Chengwen anticipated the Three Elders’ plan to corner him before a chamber of commerce meeting and infiltrated the building to turn the situation against them. He left Tang Yiyi trapped in the men’s restroom after catching her secretly gathering information and filming her mistake.

• Lu Chengwen explained to A Hu and the others that the Three Elders planned to stage a confrontation and damage Great Sage Group’s stock price with edited recordings.
• Lu Chengwen told Zhao Gang to pretend he was in the car and distract the reporters while Tiger Roar Dragon Chant scouted the building.
• Lu Chengwen and the group infiltrated the chamber of commerce but lacked an executive access card, so Lu Chengwen went to a private restroom.
• Lu Chengwen found Tang Yiyi hiding in a stall and reporting on his expected meeting with the provincial capital’s business leaders.
• Lu Chengwen filmed Tang Yiyi in the men’s restroom, showed her the urinals, and offered to delete the video if she did him a favor.

Lu Chengwen coerced reporter Tang Yiyi into posing as his secretary and accompanying him to a meeting with Chairman Liao, promising her a major story. The chapter ended as reception staff escorted them upstairs, recognizing Lu Chengwen while he continued to tease Tang Yiyi.

• Lu Chengwen threatened to release a video that would damage Tang Yiyi's reputation unless she cooperated, then offered to let her report freely on his meeting with the provincial business elders.
• Lu Chengwen altered Tang Yiyi's clothes and appearance, then told her to act as his secretary so she could attend the meeting.
• Lu Chengwen convinced Tang Yiyi to endure his behavior by comparing her role to the sacrifices reporters made as war correspondents.
• Lu Chengwen entered the restricted floor with Tang Yiyi and told the staff he had an appointment with Chairman Liao.
• Reception staff welcomed Lu Chengwen upstairs, and one recognized him by the way he pinched Tang Yiyi's butt.

Lu Chengwen visited Liao Heng with Tang Yiyi, and the two men pretended to be longtime brothers while insulting and humiliating her. When the Three Elders from the Li, Zhao, and Wang Families arrived, Liao Heng promised to stand with Lu Chengwen, who urged him to take them out.

• Lu Chengwen and Tang Yiyi arrived at Liao Heng's office, where Lu Chengwen and Liao Heng greeted each other with exaggerated warmth.
• Liao Heng praised Tang Yiyi's looks, and Lu Chengwen claimed her father owed his bank money and she was his unwilling secretary.
• Lu Chengwen and Liao Heng toasted each other before a secretary announced that the Three Elders from the Li, Zhao, and Wang Families had come to see them.
• Liao Heng said he would protect Lu Chengwen and stand by him, and Lu Chengwen urged him to take out the Three Elders.

Liao Heng introduced Lu Chengwen to the Three Elders and asked them to make peace with him as he began doing business in the provincial capital. Lu Chengwen left the elders furious and eager to kill him.

• Liao Heng began introducing Lu Chengwen to the Three Elders, and Lu Chengwen crushed Elder Li’s hand while mocking his reputation and personal life.
• Lu Chengwen repeatedly struck Old Wang on the back until Old Wang spat out his dentures and struggled to breathe.
• Elder Zhao fled from Lu Chengwen around the table, refusing to shake hands or let him come close.
• Liao Heng stopped Lu Chengwen and asked the Three Elders to overlook past business conflicts and support his brother.
• The Three Elders appeared to accept Liao Heng’s request but each secretly resolved that Lu Chengwen had to die.

Lu Chengwen challenged Elder Li and Old Zhao by exposing the vulnerabilities in their family businesses and displaying Great Sage Group’s intelligence capabilities. He ended by claiming Leng Qingqiu was the source of his access to the Zhao family’s information.

• Lu Chengwen argued that the Li family’s auto-parts businesses faced decline as the industry shifted toward new-energy vehicles and urged Elder Li to consider Changfeng Battery.
• Lu Chengwen dismissed Old Zhao’s claim that the Zhao family dominated provincial-capital finance and accused it of profiting from ordinary people.
• Tang Yiyi struggled to find Lu Chengwen’s reports, briefly uncovering a love letter from Leng Qingqiu.
• Lu Chengwen presented records of investigations and regulatory notices involving the Zhao family, and Old Zhao demanded to know how he obtained the information.
• Lu Chengwen explained that Great Sage Group’s analysts could compile the material legally and told Old Zhao, “I have Leng Qingqiu.”

Lu Chengwen used compromising documents to force the Three Elders to let him join their business dealings, then offered them cigars as if he were already in charge. As he asked who objected, someone at the door spoke up against him.

• Tang Yiyi realized the documents could threaten the Li and Zhao Families, but Elder Zhao refused to let her photograph them.
• Lu Chengwen revealed that he held damaging materials on all three families and demanded a share in their businesses.
• Old Wang tried to defend his family's real estate business, but Lu Chengwen exposed how the Wang Family had taken advantage of the Zhang Family.
• Lu Chengwen told Tang Yiyi to record Old Wang agreeing to let him join in, then handed cigars to the elders and Liao Heng.
• Tang Yiyi accidentally set Liao Heng's hair on fire and chased him with the briefcase while trying to put it out.
• Lu Chengwen asked who agreed and who objected, and someone at the door declared that they objected.

Huo Wenting arrived in Youzhou and announced that the Huo Group would take control of local development, while revealing Lu Chengwen’s embarrassing past with her. She claimed Youzhou and Lu Chengwen as hers, but Leng Qingqiu arrived and challenged her claim to him.

• Huo Wendong escorted his sister Huo Wenting into the meeting, where she reminded Lu Chengwen that he had once tried to marry into the Huo Family and had hurt Chen Mengyun.
• Lu Chengwen apologized and struggled to remember Huo Wenting, while she realized she could hear his inner thoughts and became intrigued.
• Huo Wenting told Liao Heng and the Three Elders that the Huo Group would lead construction in Youzhou and ordered them to drive out outside businesses.
• Huo Wenting grabbed Lu Chengwen’s tie and declared that Youzhou and Lu Chengwen belonged to her.
• Leng Qingqiu entered and told Huo Wenting that she could not take Lu Chengwen.

Leng Qingqiu confronted Huo Wenting over their family fortunes and their relationship with Lu Chengwen, while Lu Chengwen secretly delighted in Leng Qingqiu’s defense of him. Huo Wenting then tried to win him over with a promise of vast investment, leaving Leng Qingqiu’s response uncertain.

• Leng Qingqiu arrived and challenged Huo Wenting, claiming her own position as Thousand Peaks’ sole heir and declaring her trust in Lu Chengwen.
• Huo Wenting realized Leng Qingqiu could hear Lu Chengwen’s inner thoughts and questioned how she could still love him.
• Huo Wenting offered Lu Chengwen a partnership and control of Northern Country business, but Leng Qingqiu dared her to sit on his lap if she meant it.
• Huo Wenting sat on Lu Chengwen’s thigh and promised to invest one hundred billion in him and help establish a group corporation.

Huo Wenting tried to seduce Lu Chengwen into partnering with her to develop Northern Country, but he exposed her manipulation and handed business decisions to Leng Qingqiu. The chapter ended with Lu Chengwen confronting Huo Wenting and asking what she took him for.

• Huo Wenting sat on Lu Chengwen's lap and urged him to join Huo Group in developing Northern Country and Youzhou.
• Lu Chengwen played along with Huo Wenting's advances, while Leng Qingqiu watched and the Three Elders congratulated them on their supposed partnership.
• Huo Wenting proposed that Great Sage Group withdraw and that they form a new company to compete with Xiangyun, Thousand Peaks, and Houde.
• Lu Chengwen told Huo Wenting to discuss business with Leng Qingqiu and mocked her by ranking her as Old Eighteen among his women.
• Huo Wenting demanded to know what Lu Chengwen took her for, and he asked what she took him for.