Chapter Summaries

Dong Cheng and Xi Jiu arrived to cause Lu Chengwen trouble, but Hua Xuening’s complaints about his expensive tastes left them bewildered. Lu Chengwen then stirred up a fight between Long Aotian and Zhao Ritian, and the chapter ended with Zhao Ritian blocking Long Aotian’s attack.

• Dong Cheng and Xi Jiu admitted they had come to cause Lu Chengwen trouble, but Hua Xuening and Zhuge Xiaohua refused to let them take his money.
• Hua Xuening claimed Lu Chengwen lived frugally despite spending thousands on water, over a hundred thousand on suits, and two million on wine, shocking Dong Cheng, Xi Jiu, and Zhao Ritian.
• Zhao Ritian and Long Aotian argued over expensive luxuries and Long Aotian’s past injury, while Lu Chengwen’s remarks intensified their resentment.
• Lu Chengwen handed Zhao Ritian a steel pipe and Long Aotian a stick, prompting Long Aotian to attack him and Zhao Ritian to block the blow.

Lu Chengwen provoked Long Aotian and Zhao Ritian into fighting, while Dong Cheng and Xi Jiu struggled to keep the situation under control. Dong Cheng tried to stay composed, but Zhao Ritian repeatedly slapped him until he finally snapped and threatened to kill him.

• Lu Chengwen explained to Zhang Ningxin that Zhao Ritian would believe insults about Long Aotian, and the two men began fighting.
• Dong Cheng and Xi Jiu separated Long Aotian and Zhao Ritian, but Zhao Ritian accused Xi Jiu of siding with Long Aotian and started fighting him.
• Dong Cheng stopped the second fight and scolded Xi Jiu for losing his temper before sending him to calm Long Aotian.
• Dong Cheng approached Zhao Ritian to talk, but Zhao Ritian slapped him twice and accused him of helping Long Aotian.
• Dong Cheng tried to hold back his anger until Zhao Ritian slapped him again, prompting Dong Cheng to threaten to kill him.

Lu Chengwen tested his new experts while Zhuge Xiaohua and Hua Xuening discussed their loyalty and intelligence. On the roof, Jiang Xiaohou and Xia Ying debated Lu Chengwen’s mysterious origins and the Heavenly Tribulation, ending with Jiang Xiaohou insisting it did not exist.

• Zhuge Xiaohua told Lu Chengwen that the two new experts likely belonged to Long Aotian’s group, and she admitted she could not return to him and did not want to.
• Hua Xuening praised her own observations, and Lu Chengwen flattered her by saying she was smart enough without becoming smarter than him.
• Jiang Xiaohou and Xia Ying discussed how Lu Chengwen had been taken by powerful people and was testing the abilities and intentions of his new experts.
• Xia Ying warned Jiang Xiaohou that Lu Chengwen might be from another world and connected to the legendary Heavenly Tribulation.
• Jiang Xiaohou dismissed the Heavenly Tribulation and shouted that it did not exist.

Cen Xian'er intervened when Long Aotian, Dong Cheng, and Xi Jiu tried to gang up on Zhao Ritian, defeating all three with one move. She forced Long Aotian to leave, then stopped Dong Cheng and Xi Jiu from going, leaving Long Aotian unsure whether to abandon them or stay.

• Zhao Ritian fought with Dong Cheng and Xi Jiu while Hua Xuening and Zhuge Xiaohua searched the roof for the hidden experts.
• Long Aotian tried to join Dong Cheng and Xi Jiu in beating Zhao Ritian, but Cen Xian'er appeared and knocked all three attackers down.
• Cen Xian'er warned Long Aotian against challenging her, and he left after threatening to reclaim his lost face someday.
• Cen Xian'er stopped Dong Cheng and Xi Jiu from leaving, then asked Long Aotian why he was still there.

Cen Xian'er subdued Long Aotian, Dong Cheng, and Xi Jiu, but Lu Chengwen persuaded her to spare the two brothers. She left for the villa demanding good tea, while Zhao Ritian remained baffled by her reaction to Lu Chengwen.

• Long Aotian asked Cen Xian'er to spare Dong Cheng and Xi Jiu, but she refused and sent all three men flying with her attacks.
• Cen Xian'er prepared to kill Dong Cheng and Xi Jiu, but Lu Chengwen arrived and asked her to let them live because they might be useful.
• Lu Chengwen clung to Cen Xian'er and pleaded with her, while Zhao Ritian predicted that his master would kill him.
• Cen Xian'er told Lu Chengwen to stop pushing his luck, then blushed and went into the villa after demanding good tea.
• Zhao Ritian wondered aloud whether Cen Xian'er loved tea that much.

Lu Chengwen hosted Cen Xian'er after she helped defeat an expert from Ghost Four Gates, and she recognized the divine powers possessed by Lu Chengwen, Long Aotian, and Zhao Ritian. She suggested they swear brotherhood, but Long Aotian and Zhao Ritian both resisted the idea.

• Dong Cheng and Xi Jiu thanked Lu Chengwen for pleading for their lives, then left with Long Aotian.
• Cen Xian'er joined Lu Chengwen, Long Aotian, and Zhao Ritian in the tea room, where she noticed the strained relationships between the martial brothers and Hua Xuening's closeness with Zhao Ritian.
• Zhao Ritian asked Lu Chengwen to give him Hua Xuening if Lu Chengwen died, and Hua Xuening struck him with her tea tray.
• Cen Xian'er identified Lu Chengwen as the inheritor of the Archaic Ape God and Long Aotian as the bearer of King's Aura, and said all three men had top-tier true qi talent.
• Cen Xian'er advised Lu Chengwen, Long Aotian, and Zhao Ritian to swear brotherhood, but Long Aotian and Zhao Ritian rejected the idea and argued with each other.

Cen Xian'er tried to reconcile Zhao Ritian and Long Aotian, but their hostility made sworn brotherhood impossible. She offered the three men the Three Stars Alignment method to help them advance, leaving them to decide whether they could cooperate.

• Cen Xian'er reflected on Zhao Ritian's repeated setbacks and explained why she wanted him to stop clashing with Lu Chengwen and Long Aotian.
• Zhao Ritian refused to become sworn brothers with Long Aotian, calling him a eunuch and accusing him of betraying his allies.
• Long Aotian defended his ruthless choices, while Zhao Ritian challenged his claim to carry the world's hopes.
• Cen Xian'er acknowledged that Zhao Ritian and Long Aotian could not reconcile and urged them to consider the benefits of supporting one another.
• Cen Xian'er revealed the Three Stars Alignment method, warning that the three men had to cooperate or suffer backlash, then left them to decide whether to try it.

Cen Xian'er explained the risks and rules of using the Three Stars Array to help Lu Chengwen, Long Aotian, and Zhao Ritian advance together. Lu Chengwen nearly backed out, but Long Aotian and Zhao Ritian persuaded him to proceed, while Long Aotian grew suspicious of Cen Xian'er’s reaction to Lu Chengwen.

• Cen Xian'er warned that the three men’s true qi would form a closed loop and that they had to protect one another and disperse their cultivation in unison.
• Long Aotian questioned whether Zhao Ritian would cooperate, and Zhao Ritian challenged his trustworthiness in return.
• Lu Chengwen urged the two men to avoid fighting and described the danger of failing the formation, but Zhao Ritian dismissed his concerns.
• Lu Chengwen tried to call off the attempt, but Long Aotian and Zhao Ritian persuaded him to sit back down and continue.
• Cen Xian'er blushed when Lu Chengwen called her a beautiful young lady, and Long Aotian wondered whether something was wrong.

Lu Chengwen, Long Aotian, and Zhao Ritian activated the Three Stars Alignment Grand Formation, but Zhao Ritian’s taunting repeatedly disrupted their concentration. Hua Xuening tried to silence him with a bedsheet, and the chapter ended with Zhao Ritian asking Long Aotian whether he had tried to see if he could still respond.

• Cen Xian'er used the Three-Star Point Array to guide the three men's true qi into a circulating formation.
• Zhao Ritian mocked Lu Chengwen and Long Aotian, and Lu Chengwen repeatedly urged him to stay quiet and focus.
• Long Aotian lost his temper, then struggled to suppress his anger and insisted he could recover his abilities within five years.
• Hua Xuening wrapped a bedsheet around Zhao Ritian's neck and threatened to strangle him whenever he spoke.
• Hua Xuening declared that she loved Lu Chengwen and did not care for Zhao Ritian's comments about her.
• After the group fell silent, Zhao Ritian resumed asking Long Aotian about his impotence and whether he had tried to test it.

Lu Chengwen, Long Aotian, and Zhao Ritian’s argument destabilized their Three Stars Alignment formation and trapped them in a qi standoff that left all three vomiting blood. When Zhuge Xiaohua reported that Cen Xian'er’s poison had flared up, Lu Chengwen and Zhao Ritian agreed to withdraw their qi, but Long Aotian refused to let them decide without him.

• Lu Chengwen tried to calm Long Aotian and Zhao Ritian, but Zhao Ritian accused Lu Chengwen of provoking their arguments and the formation began to destabilize.
• Long Aotian blocked Zhao Ritian’s qi, and Lu Chengwen intervened, turning their strained qi circulation into a three-way standoff.
• The three men refused to yield and began coughing up blood as Hua Xuening watched helplessly.
• Zhuge Xiaohua rushed in to report that Cen Xian'er's poison had flared up again, and Hua Xuening suggested calling Cen for help.
• Lu Chengwen proposed that he and Zhao Ritian withdraw their qi so he could treat Cen, but Long Aotian angrily demanded to be included in the decision.

Lu Chengwen’s attempt to stop Long Aotian and Zhao Ritian’s clash sent all three men flying, and he later discovered that Zhao Ritian’s pain was being transferred to him. As Lu Chengwen recovered in the basement, Long Aotian healed with Dong Cheng Xi Jiu and ordered them to beat Lu Chengwen.

• Long Aotian overpowered Zhao Ritian as they fought, while Lu Chengwen tried to restrain Long Aotian and Hua Xuening and Zhuge Xiaohua discussed separating them by force.
• The clash sent Lu Chengwen, Long Aotian, and Zhao Ritian flying; Dong Cheng Xi Jiu found Long Aotian and helped him recover in the basement.
• Lu Chengwen found Cen Xian'er trying to suppress the virus, then rested and treated his injuries while Zhao Ritian recovered under guard.
• When A Hu and the others beat Zhao Ritian, Lu Chengwen felt their blows and realized that Zhao Ritian’s pain was being transferred to him.
• After recovering, Long Aotian thanked Dong Cheng Xi Jiu and told them to find a chance to beat Lu Chengwen half to death.

Long Aotian recruited Dong Cheng and Xi Jiu to attack Lu Chengwen, coaching them to ignore his supposed pleas to stop. He insisted his stories of being humiliated by Lu were only acting, but the pair left convinced his injuries and misfortunes were real.

• Long Aotian gave Dong Cheng and Xi Jiu healing pills and urged them to help him take revenge on Lu Chengwen.
• He told them to beat Lu half to death, then said he would intervene and pretend to ask them to stop while they kept attacking.
• Long Aotian invented a grudge for the pair, describing how Lu had ruined their plans, taken their money and women, and brought them repeated humiliations.
• Dong Cheng and Xi Jiu suspected Long Aotian was describing his own experiences, so he claimed he had only been acting to help them get into character.
• The pair praised Long Aotian's acting and joked about his supposed injuries, prompting him to angrily repeat that they must beat Lu half to death.

Lu Chengwen discovered that pain from his beating was being transferred to Long Aotian, then urged Dong Cheng and Xi Jiu to hit him harder. The brothers unleashed their techniques as Long Aotian desperately begged them to stop.

• Cen Xian'er asked Hua Xuening and Zhuge Xiaohua to guard her while she tried again to neutralize the poison, and Lu Chengwen left them to it.
• Dong Cheng and Xi Jiu ambushed Lu Chengwen on the balcony and threw him to the lawn, but he barely felt the impact or their blows.
• Long Aotian felt Lu Chengwen's injuries and tried to stop Dong Cheng and Xi Jiu, but they interpreted his intervention as a reason to keep fighting.
• Lu Chengwen realized the pain was being transferred in a circle and taunted Dong Cheng and Xi Jiu into attacking harder.
• Dong Cheng activated Hundred Fractures Palm, Xi Jiu activated Bone Shattering Fist, and Lu Chengwen activated Immovable Wisdom King while Long Aotian begged them to turn everything off.

Lu Chengwen let Dong Cheng and Xi Jiu attack him while Long Aotian absorbed the damage, then mocked the two men into unleashing their ultimate techniques. The chapter ended as Lu Chengwen invoked his Senior Disciple Brother for protection and Long Aotian activated King's Aura Reversal.

• Dong Cheng and Xi Jiu repeatedly struck Lu Chengwen with their signature techniques, but Long Aotian took the pain while Lu Chengwen stood unharmed.
• Dong Cheng and Xi Jiu escalated their attacks, and Lu Chengwen criticized their techniques and taunted them.
• Long Aotian begged Dong Cheng and Xi Jiu to stop, but they mistook his distress for an act and resolved to defeat Lu Chengwen.
• Lu Chengwen claimed to activate an elaborate body-protection skill and mocked Dong Cheng and Xi Jiu as they prepared their ultimate techniques.
• Dong Cheng and Xi Jiu unleashed their ultimate attacks while Lu Chengwen summoned his Senior Disciple Brother, prompting Long Aotian to activate King's Aura Reversal.

Lu Chengwen, Long Aotian, and Zhao Ritian discovered that their injuries were being redirected among them, but their allies struggled to understand the tangled situation. The chapter left Zhao Ritian ready to test Long Aotian’s Immovable Wisdom King Skill while everyone else tried to stop him.

• Lu Chengwen conceded after Dong Cheng and Xi Jiu failed to hurt him, and Zhao Ritian asked to test his Body Protection Skill.
• Lu Chengwen tried to protect Zhao Ritian from Dong Cheng and Xi Jiu, prompting Long Aotian to suspect that Zhao Ritian felt Lu Chengwen’s injuries.
• Long Aotian lightly punched himself and confirmed that Zhao Ritian felt the pain, then ordered Dong Cheng and Xi Jiu to attack him instead.
• Dong Cheng and Xi Jiu refused to hit Long Aotian and complained that the three men’s relationships made their assignment impossible to handle.
• Zhao Ritian shoved Dong Cheng and Xi Jiu aside and offered to hit Long Aotian, while the two men and Lu Chengwen threatened anyone who attacked their chosen ally.

Jiang Xiaohou confronted Cen Xian'er about her past and her connection to Lu Chengwen, then left to investigate a commotion outside. On the lawn, Lu Chengwen, Long Aotian, and Zhao Ritian repeatedly injured themselves through their shared damage-transfer pattern, terrifying Dong Cheng and Xi Jiu.

• Jiang Xiaohou identified Cen Xian'er as the former Demoness and mocked her dependence on Lu Chengwen to suppress the poison.
• Cen Xian'er denied having feelings for Lu Chengwen, while Jiang Xiaohou warned that she might never be able to leave him.
• A Da summoned Jiang Xiaohou to see a commotion outside, and she left Cen Xian'er to argue another day.
• Zhao Ritian, Long Aotian, and Lu Chengwen argued over their shared injuries and repeatedly slapped themselves, transferring damage among the three.
• Dong Cheng and Xi Jiu recoiled in fear and recorded the spectacle to explain it to their superiors, while Little Monkey watched from the rooftop.

Lu Chengwen, Long Aotian, and Zhao Ritian hurt themselves as injuries inexplicably passed between them, forcing Cen Xian'er to restart the Three Stars Alignment formation. Dong Cheng and Xi Jiu fled and reported the bizarre events to their Branch Master, who grew furious at Xi Jiu's insults.

• A Hu guessed that the three men were competing to see who was more ruthless, while A Da and Jiang Xiaohou suspected the Three Stars Alignment formation was transferring their injuries.
• Lu Chengwen, Long Aotian, and Zhao Ritian struck themselves in increasingly painful ways until Cen Xian'er ordered them to stop.
• Dong Cheng and Xi Jiu fled after filming the chaos, while A Da sent Xiao Er and San Er to capture them.
• Cen Xian'er restarted the Three Stars Alignment formation and tried to separate and restore the three men's true energy as they focused on returning to normal.
• Dong Cheng and Xi Jiu called their Branch Master and described the confused fight, while Xi Jiu repeatedly called the young master an idiot until the Branch Master threatened him.

Dong Cheng and Xi Jiu recounted the bizarre events to the Branch Master before Third and A Er took them away. Cen Xian'er restored Long Aotian, Zhao Ritian, and Lu Chengwen's true qi to normal at great cost, then called Lu Chengwen to the basement to speak privately.

• Dong Cheng and Xi Jiu told the Branch Master about the three young men injuring themselves and nearly asked him to record the bizarre account.
• Third and A Er confronted Dong Cheng and Xi Jiu, beat them, and forced them to walk with them.
• Cen Xian'er struggled to control Benevolent God's Return, King's Aura, and Archaic Ape God while the three young men waited without resisting.
• Cen Xian'er restored the three men's true qi to normal, then spat blood as the force of the process flung Long Aotian, Zhao Ritian, and Lu Chengwen apart.
• Cen Xian'er told Long Aotian and Zhao Ritian to regulate their bodies and ordered Lu Chengwen to follow her to the basement.

Cen Xian'er brought Lu Chengwen to the secret chamber because the poison he had caused was flaring up again and she could no longer resist it. While Lu Chengwen tried to help her, Zhao Ritian waited with Zhuge Xiaohua and Hua Xuening, unaware of what was happening.

• Cen Xian'er forced Lu Chengwen into the secret chamber, where he anxiously tried to explain away their past encounter.
• Cen Xian'er revealed that she had failed to detoxify herself and the poison was flaring up again, then demanded that Lu Chengwen find a solution.
• Cen Xian'er cried over how Lu Chengwen was treating her, and he told her to turn around before beginning to help her.
• Zhuge Xiaohua and Hua Xuening struggled to teach Zhao Ritian Landlord while he wondered what Lu Chengwen was doing.
• Zhuge Xiaohua told Zhao Ritian that Lu Chengwen's detoxification work was exhausting, and Zhao Ritian vowed to repay his debt.
• Zhuge Xiaohua tried to prepare Zhao Ritian for Lu Chengwen possibly becoming his elder, but Zhao Ritian dismissed the idea as impossible.

After sharing intimacy while purging Cen Xian'er's poison, Lu Chengwen tried to leave, making her believe he regretted being with her. He comforted her, and she finally admitted, indirectly, that she had fallen for him.

• Cen Xian'er asked Lu Chengwen how many girlfriends he had, then insisted they would part ways once her poison was purged.
• When Lu Chengwen dressed and tried to leave, Cen Xian'er thought he had no feelings for her and began to cry.
• Lu Chengwen set down Gentleman's Snow and tried to comfort Cen Xian'er, asking what she wanted him to call her.
• Cen Xian'er laughed as Lu Chengwen teased her with affectionate nicknames, then blushed when he pulled her into his arms.
• Lu Chengwen asked if Cen Xian'er had fallen for him, and she quietly denied it.