Chapter Summaries

The three family patriarchs fought over their dead sons and their wives’ infidelities until Yu Kuohai restored order and they united against Lu Chengwen. Zhang Jiucheng challenged Old Li’s demand for revenge, pointing out that Li Zhenchen was actually Old Wang’s son and the Li Family had no grievance with Lu Chengwen.

• Zhang Jiucheng watched the three patriarchs fight while Yu Funan wondered who had cheated on whom.
• Yu Kuohai roared at the men to stop, and his strategist explained that he would settle their disputes fairly.
• Fishing Elder and Immortal Elder Nanji concealed Lu Chengwen, Long Aotian, and Zhao Ritian above the hall, where they watched the patriarchs argue.
• Old Wang persuaded Old Zhao and Old Li to unite and seek revenge on Lu Chengwen for their sons’ deaths.
• Zhang Jiucheng questioned Old Li’s demand for vengeance and said Li Zhenchen should have been surnamed Wang, since the Li Family had no grudge against Lu Chengwen.

Zhao Ritian exposed and mocked the Li, Wang, and Zhao patriarchs over their tangled family affairs and misplaced blame for their sons’ deaths. After Yu Kuohai pulled him down from the roof beam, Zhao Ritian berated each patriarch and ended by calling Yu Kuohai an idiot.

• Zhang Jiucheng explained that Old Li had no reason to blame Lu Chengwen for the deaths and revealed that he had protected Lu Chengwen under orders from a powerful ally of the Yu Family.
• Yu Kuohai pointed out that Old Zhao’s supposed sons had been fathered by Old Wang and Old Li, leaving the patriarchs to argue over whose sons they were.
• Zhao Ritian appeared on a roof beam and laughed at the three patriarchs for raising one another’s children.
• Yu Kuohai pulled Zhao Ritian down, while the strategist and Yu Funan searched the roof beam and found no one else.
• Zhao Ritian insulted Old Wang, Old Li, and Old Zhao over their affairs and family losses, slapping Old Li and Old Zhao.
• Zhao Ritian confronted Yu Kuohai and called him an idiot.

Yu Kuohai and the three families beat Zhao Ritian after he insulted them, while Lu Chengwen and Long Aotian watched from the Nanji Screen. Long Aotian was then revealed on the roof beam and became the group’s next target.

• Yu Kuohai saw Zhao Ritian and punched him after hearing his insults, prompting the three families to beat him.
• Zhao Ritian told Yu Kuohai that Lu Chengwen and Long Aotian were on the roof beam, but the others could not see them through the Nanji Screen.
• Long Aotian cheered on Zhao Ritian’s beating until Immortal Elder Nanji removed him from the screen.
• Fishing Elder kicked Long Aotian off the roof beam, where Yu Kuohai and the others spotted him and prepared to beat him.
• Yu Funan and the strategist searched the roof beam again while Yu Kuohai urged them to be careful.

Long Aotian, Zhao Ritian, and Lu Chengwen fought the Yu Family’s allies after Lu Chengwen was thrown from the beams, while Yu Kuohai tried to understand how many fighters Lu Chengwen had brought. In the inner hall, Zhang Jiucheng warned Yu Kuohai that Lu Chengwen could not be captured and revealed they served the same power: the Jiang Family.

• Long Aotian tried to escape, but Yu Funan slapped him back into the hall, where Yu Kuohai dragged him into the fight again.
• Long Aotian and Zhao Ritian teamed up against the three Patriarchs, and their strength and coordination kept the Patriarchs from gaining an advantage.
• Fishing Elder tossed Lu Chengwen down from the beams, and Lu Chengwen greeted and taunted the assembled Patriarchs before trying to leave.
• Yu Kuohai demanded to know how many people Lu Chengwen had hidden, then left with Zhang Jiucheng as the fighters resumed battle and Yu Funan joined in.
• In the second hall, Zhang Jiucheng told Yu Kuohai that Lu Chengwen could not be captured and said they served the same power, prompting Yu Kuohai to identify the Jiang Family.

Zhang Jiucheng warned Yu Kuohai that Jiang Xiaohou protected Lu Chengwen and had destroyed the Sun Family over an insult to his looks. Yu Kuohai realized his people were attacking Lu Chengwen and feared the consequences.

• Yu Kuohai questioned Zhang Jiucheng about his superior, and Zhang claimed he served Jiang Xiaohou, the Jiang Family's Second Highness.
• Zhang Jiucheng described Jiang Xiaohou as powerful and unpredictable, while minimizing the rumors about her cruelty and violent temper.
• Zhang Jiucheng said Jiang Xiaohou had wiped out the Sun Family because Sun Zhe said Lu Chengwen was not handsome enough.
• Zhang Jiucheng warned Yu Kuohai that Jiang Xiaohou treated Lu Chengwen as her most precious treasure and could destroy any family that harmed him.
• Yu Kuohai learned that his strategist was leading people in an attack on Lu Chengwen and cried that he was doomed.

Zhang Jiucheng warned Yu Kuohai that angering Monkey Palace could destroy the Yu Family, and Yu Kuohai rushed to halt the attack on Lu Chengwen. With the battle paused, Yu Kuohai approached Lu Chengwen and remarked that he was handsome, leaving Long Aotian and Zhao Ritian suspicious.

• Zhang Jiucheng frightened Yu Kuohai with warnings that Monkey Palace could ruin the Yu Family, even despite Tiger Highness's favor.
• Yu Kuohai learned that his strategist and the other family experts were attacking Lu Chengwen, then ran to the front hall to stop them.
• The strategist called in more than a dozen Heavenly Four Gates experts after he and Yu Funan failed to suppress Long Aotian, while the other patriarchs struggled against Lu Chengwen and Zhao Ritian.
• Lu Chengwen, Long Aotian, and Zhao Ritian argued over whether to abandon one another as the experts surrounded them.
• Yu Kuohai stopped the fighting, asked Zhang Jiucheng whether Long Aotian and Zhao Ritian were Lu Chengwen's lackeys, then walked up to Lu Chengwen and called him handsome.

Yu Kuohai confronted Lu Chengwen, Long Aotian, and Zhao Ritian after their fight, but treated Lu Chengwen with surprising courtesy while beating the other two. The chapter ended with Yu Kuohai kicking Long Aotian for laughing as Lu Chengwen praised his palm technique.

• Zhao Ritian insulted Lu Chengwen, then slapped Long Aotian twice after Long Aotian mocked him.
• Yu Kuohai silenced the three men, struck Zhao Ritian and Long Aotian, and demanded their names.
• Yu Kuohai offered Lu Chengwen a chair, tea, snacks, and a cigarette, leaving the onlookers to mistake his courtesy for a calculated intimidation tactic.
• Yu Kuohai had Long Aotian and Zhao Ritian brought over and ordered them to kneel as he asked whether the three men had witnessed his strength.
• Lu Chengwen praised Yu Kuohai's Wave-Urging Divine Palm, and Yu Kuohai kicked Long Aotian when he laughed.

Yu Kuohai interrogated Lu Chengwen, Long Aotian, and Zhao Ritian with Dragon Pattern Nails after catching them in his residence. Lu Chengwen avoided punishment by proposing cooperation, leaving Yu Kuohai eager to hear more.

• Yu Kuohai used Dragon Pattern Nails to weaken Zhao Ritian and Long Aotian when their answers displeased him.
• Lu Chengwen hinted that revealing his purpose would bring trouble, and Yu Kuohai stopped pressing him.
• Long Aotian blamed Lu Chengwen for the conflict, but Yu Kuohai dismissed his explanation and nailed him twice more.
• Yu Kuohai asked Lu Chengwen why he had attacked the subordinate families, and Lu Chengwen said they had attacked him first.
• Lu Chengwen claimed he wanted world peace, then said he hoped to cooperate with Yu Kuohai despite not having a plan yet.
• Yu Kuohai accepted the possibility of cooperation and turned back to question Zhao Ritian and Long Aotian.

Long Aotian got Zhao Ritian to speak freely in front of Yu Kuohai, hoping the Yu Family Patriarch would kill him. Zhao Ritian insulted everyone in the room and was still attacking Yu Kuohai as the chapter ended, with three Dragon Pattern Nails left on the tray.

• Long Aotian asked Yu Kuohai to let Zhao Ritian catch his breath and speak, and Zhao Ritian thanked him before launching into insults.
• Zhao Ritian called everyone idiots, mocked Li, Wang, and Zhao for being cuckolds, and ridiculed the Strategist and Yu Funan for failing to defeat the Poop-Spraying Dragon.
• Zhao Ritian called Yu Kuohai the biggest idiot, while Lu Chengwen tried to calm him and Long Aotian urged him to keep talking.
• Long Aotian admitted to Lu Chengwen that Zhao Ritian's death might help them survive, then coaxed Zhao Ritian into explaining his insult.
• Zhao Ritian called Yu Kuohai a purebred idiot, and Yu Kuohai glanced at the three remaining Dragon Pattern Nails and called for Hen Shao.

Yu Kuohai crippled Zhao Ritian with the Dragon Pattern Nails and knocked Long Aotian unconscious, while Lu Chengwen feared he would be punished next. The chapter left Yu Kuohai weighing what to do with Lu Chengwen as Lu asked about his two brothers.

• Yu Kuohai drove Dragon Pattern Nails into Zhao Ritian while Long Aotian suffered whenever Yu pulled a nail out.
• Lu Chengwen held Long Aotian in place as Yu Kuohai struck the final nail, leaving both Long Aotian and Zhao Ritian unconscious.
• The Zhao, Wang, and Li family men asked Yu Kuohai to punish Lu Chengwen, the last one they held responsible.
• Lu Chengwen noticed Zhang Jiucheng's signal and suspected he had implied Lu was close to the Jiang Family.
• Yu Kuohai privately considered Lu Chengwen's mysterious connections and delayed deciding what to do with him.
• Lu Chengwen asked Yu Kuohai what he planned to do with Long Aotian and Zhao Ritian.

Yu Kuohai questioned the three family patriarchs and discovered conflicting orders from the Bai family and Jiang Family concerning Lu Chengwen. As Yu pressed Old Li for answers, Zhang Jiucheng warned Yu Funan that Lu Chengwen would determine the Yu Family’s fate.

• Zhang Jiucheng told Lu Chengwen to insist he was close to the Jiang Family and said Yu Kuohai already believed it.
• Old Zhao revealed that an envoy from the Bai family had ordered the Zhao Family to capture Lu Chengwen alive.
• Old Wang revealed that Jiang Xiaohu had ordered the Wang Family to kill Lu Chengwen, prompting the strategist to warn Yu Kuohai that the situation was dangerous and confusing.
• Yu Kuohai demanded to know Old Li’s superior, but Old Li insisted he had none, leaving Yu convinced that Old Li held the missing answer.
• Zhang Jiucheng told Yu Funan that Lu Chengwen would determine the Yu Family’s future, while Lu Chengwen calmly drank tea.

Zhang Jiucheng stayed loyal to Lu Chengwen despite Yu Funan warning that the Bai and Jiang families wanted him captured. Lu Chengwen assured Yu Funan of his safety, then unnerved him with a sudden display of intimidating presence.

• Yu Funan warned Zhang Jiucheng that the Bai family had ordered the Zhao Family to target Lu Chengwen and Jiang Xiaohu backed the Wang Family, urging Zhang to cut ties with Lu.
• Zhang Jiucheng refused to abandon Lu Chengwen and told Yu Funan to be polite to him, claiming Lu could stand against the Jiang and Bai families.
• Zhang Jiucheng brought Yu Funan inside and revealed that Yu Funan had come to pass on the information about the families' orders.
• Lu Chengwen laughed at the idea that White Branch and Jiang Xiaohu wanted him dead, then told Yu Funan not to reveal what he had heard and promised to guarantee his safety.
• Lu Chengwen circled Yu Funan and stared him down until Yu Funan grew frightened and nearly fell when Lu suddenly laughed.

Lu Chengwen frightened Yu Funan with a story about the powerful families using the minor families as disposable pawns, hoping Yu Kuohai would reconsider his choices. Yu Funan went to report to Yu Kuohai just as the Patriarch’s eldest daughter, Shasha, returned.

• Lu Chengwen told Yu Funan that the Jiang Family and Bai family were using the Zhang, Wang, Li, and Zhao families as scapegoats to reach the powerful figure behind him.
• Yu Funan promised to keep Lu Chengwen’s supposed inside information secret, then realized Lu Chengwen had not actually revealed any information.
• Lu Chengwen explained to Zhang Jiucheng how Yu Funan’s status as a butler made him defer to powerful figures, and Zhang Jiucheng offered to intensify the pressure on Yu Kuohai.
• Yu Funan reached Yu Kuohai and tried to report what Lu Chengwen had told him, but a servant announced that the Eldest Daughter had returned.
• Yu Kuohai decided to question Shasha about Lu Chengwen.

Yu Shasha warned Yu Kuohai not to provoke Lu Chengwen and described him as far more powerful and influential than he appeared. Yu Funan then dropped to one knee to report an urgent matter.

• Yu Shasha returned home and told Yu Kuohai that Lu Chengwen had disappeared, then warned him not to interfere with Lu Chengwen.
• Yu Kuohai and the strategist admitted that Lu Chengwen had visited the Yu Family, and Yu Shasha realized Shit-Spraying Dragon and Zhao Ritian had brought him there.
• Yu Shasha described Lu Chengwen as a kind, justice-minded man whose allies were powerful, leaving Yu Kuohai stunned.
• Yu Funan dropped to one knee and told the Patriarch he had an urgent matter to report.

Yu Kuohai and the Strategist realized they had misunderstood Lu Chengwen’s connections and tried to placate him while managing the Zhou Family’s unexpected visit. Lu Chengwen stayed in his room with Zhang Jiucheng, and Yu Shasha arrived just as Zhang left to investigate.

• Yu Funan told Yu Kuohai and the Strategist about his meeting with Lu Chengwen, and the Strategist concluded that the Jiang Family was arranging events to make Lu Chengwen owe them a favor.
• Yu Kuohai and the Strategist decided to appease Lu Chengwen, and Yu Funan reassured them that he had not been chosen to take the blame.
• A report arrived that Zhou Yangqing and Zhou Miaomiao had come to see Yu Kuohai, so the Strategist sent Yu Funan to keep Lu Chengwen comfortable with food and beautiful women.
• Lu Chengwen accepted the banquet while Zhang Jiucheng advised him to act naturally and went to investigate Yu Kuohai’s intentions.
• Yu Shasha arrived near Lu Chengwen’s room and realized someone was being held there.

Lu Chengwen mistook Yu Shasha and Zhou Miaomiao for tests arranged by the Yu patriarch and fought them, leaving both women bound and humiliated. After they escaped their room, Yu Funan hurried them to the front hall, where the Yu patriarch and Patriarch Zhou were about to fight.

• Yu Shasha ignored the guards' warnings and entered the room where Lu Chengwen was being held.
• Lu Chengwen mistook Yu Shasha for a woman sent to test him, fought her, and sealed her acupoints.
• Zhou Miaomiao entered and tried to rescue Yu Shasha, but Lu Chengwen overpowered her too and left with their underwear.
• Yu Shasha freed herself and Zhou Miaomiao, and the two crept out of the room.
• Yu Funan found them and pulled them toward the front hall, saying the Yu patriarch and Patriarch Zhou were arguing and about to fight.

Lu Chengwen entered a dispute between Yu Kuohai and Zhou Yangqing and impressed the hall by explaining GDP. Zhou Miaomiao became fascinated with Lu Chengwen, while Yu Shasha warned her to stay away from him.

• Zhou Yangqing confronted Yu Kuohai over the business families’ shrinking industries and challenged him to explain GDP.
• Lu Chengwen arrived, and Zhou Yangqing threatened to arrest him after learning he knew martial arts.
• Yu Funan brought Yu Shasha and Zhou Miaomiao to the hall, where Zhou Miaomiao recognized Lu Chengwen and complained about him to Yu Shasha.
• Lu Chengwen defined GDP and explained its forms, leaving Zhou Yangqing demanding more details.
• Zhou Miaomiao blushed and praised Lu Chengwen, and Yu Shasha angrily told her to stay away from him.

Lu Chengwen dazzled Zhou Yangqing with a stream of business jargon and persuaded him that the provincial capital’s economy would grow if the Great Sage Group entered the market. The negotiations turned awkward when Yu Kuohai and Zhou Yangqing introduced their daughters, Yu Shasha and Zhou Miaomiao, and Lu Chengwen realized they were the women whose underwear he had taken.

• Lu Chengwen overwhelmed the room with a rambling explanation of GDP, and Zhou Yangqing remained impressed despite Yu Shasha recognizing much of it as nonsense.
• Lu Chengwen blamed the provincial capital’s four major business families and the Chamber of Commerce for blocking the Great Sage Group, and promised its entry would boost the local economy.
• Zhou Yangqing pressed Yu Kuohai to let Lu Chengwen enter the market, while Yu Kuohai insisted a neutral professional team should assess the proposal.
• Yu Kuohai introduced Yu Shasha to Lu Chengwen, who had just bragged about taking a pair of women’s panties as his trophy.
• Zhou Yangqing introduced Zhou Miaomiao as his daughter, leaving Lu Chengwen terrified that both fathers would discover what had happened.

Lu Chengwen rushed to save Zhao Ritian after learning that the Dragon Pattern Nails were draining his life, while Zhao Ritian’s masters realized he was in grave danger. The chapter left Lu Chengwen trying an unexpected solution with a Desire Woman Pill.

• Zhao Ritian’s three masters sensed his injuries and identified the Dragon Pattern Nails and King's Aura as signs of danger.
• At the Yu residence, Lu Chengwen learned from the system that Zhao Ritian was dying and hurried to the horse shed.
• The system explained that Zhao Ritian’s Benevolent God's Return kept powering the Dragon Pattern Nails, draining his life faster.
• Lu Chengwen realized that medicines and tonics would worsen the situation, then wondered whether poison might help.
• Lu Chengwen took out a Desire Woman Pill, prompting the system to suspect he intended to have fun with Zhao Ritian.

Lu Chengwen kept Zhao Ritian alive through the night by feeding him Desire Woman Pills, until Cen Xian’er arrived and began refining the Dragon Pattern Nail. As she worked, she started to feel strangely hot.

• Lu Chengwen fed Zhao Ritian half a Desire Woman Pill, which weakened the Dragon Pattern Nail’s effects and briefly improved his condition.
• When the medicine wore off, Lu Chengwen fed Zhao Ritian more pills through the night, but Zhao Ritian’s heartbeat eventually stopped.
• Cen Xian’er arrived and found Lu Chengwen grieving beside Zhao Ritian, then began treating Zhao Ritian.
• Lu Chengwen mistook Cen Xian’er for an attacker, but stopped when she identified herself as Zhao Ritian’s master.
• Cen Xian’er asked Lu Chengwen to guard her while she refined the Dragon Pattern Nail, and he agreed.
• As Cen Xian’er continued refining the nail, she began to feel hot.