Chapter Summaries

Leng Tianhao, Xu Zhiyun, Chen Qingbin, and Lu Guanghong played mahjong while maneuvering over their children’s relationships with Lu Chengwen. Leng Tianhao secured Lu Guanghong’s agreement to consider a marriage between Lu Chengwen and Leng Qingqiu, then demanded they call Lu Chengwen to settle the matter directly.

• Leng Tianhao reflected that Lu Chengwen had sincerely helped Leng Qingqiu and Qianfeng Group, then deliberately fed Lu Guanghong tiles during mahjong.
• Xu Zhiyun blocked Lu Guanghong from winning and questioned Leng Tianhao about the postponed engagement between Lu Chengwen and Leng Qingqiu.
• Leng Tianhao brought up Xu Xuejiao and Chen Qingbin’s daughter’s closeness to Lu Chengwen, while Xu Zhiyun and Chen Qingbin insisted their daughters would not marry a businessman casually.
• Leng Tianhao proposed that Lu Chengwen and Leng Qingqiu marry, and Lu Guanghong cautiously agreed to let the young couple decide.
• Leng Tianhao grabbed Lu Guanghong’s wrist and demanded that he call Lu Chengwen on speakerphone so they could ask him directly.

Lu Guanghong and the other elders secretly listened to Lu Chengwen’s call, first hearing his intimate exchange with Leng Qingqiu and then discovering Chen Mengyun was with him too. The chapter ended with Chen Qingbin and Lu Guanghong shocked by the pair’s explicit conversation.

• Lu Chengwen panicked when Leng Qingqiu insisted she wanted to be with him immediately, while the elders listened to their call on speaker.
• Leng Qingqiu told Lu Chengwen she would cling to him and control which women joined his harem, then playfully called him Daddy.
• Lu Chengwen kissed Leng Qingqiu before going to see Chen Mengyun, who rushed into his arms while the elders continued listening.
• Chen Mengyun asked Lu Chengwen when he would speak to Chen Qingbin about their relationship, and he complained that her father had rejected his offer.
• Chen Mengyun and Lu Chengwen kissed and joked about her making it up to him, leaving Chen Qingbin furious and Lu Guanghong clutching his chest.

Lu Chengwen’s father and the other old men listened in on a call that exposed their children’s romantic entanglements, then stayed connected as Xu Xuejiao arrived at Lu Chengwen’s home with a bag of sexual devices. The chapter left Xu Zhiyun mortified by the overheard scene while Lu Guanghong tried to slip away.

• Chen Qingbin learned that his daughter and her boyfriend had not broken up, and he erupted while Xu Zhiyun and Leng Tianhao teased him.
• Xu Zhiyun calmed the other men with a speech about young people dating, then eagerly put the phone back on the table when he heard activity on the call.
• Lu Chengwen forgot that his phone was still connected while Chen Mengyun visited, and Xu Xuejiao arrived unexpectedly after returning from a business trip.
• Xu Xuejiao greeted Lu Chengwen, then revealed a bag of sexual devices from Ninth Pharmaceutical Factory and proposed testing them with him.
• Leng Tianhao stopped Xu Zhiyun from hanging up as Xu Xuejiao described the devices, and Lu Guanghong tried to sneak out while the men kept listening.

Xu Xuejiao returned from a trip and pursued Lu Chengwen, while their fathers overheard her teasing him and argued over their daughters’ relationships with him. The chapter ended with the elders scrambling to call their daughters as Lu Guanghong quietly enjoyed the chaos.

• Xu Xuejiao clung to Lu Chengwen and teased him, claiming she had come to him for treatment.
• Xu Zhiyun panicked while Leng Tianhao and Chen Qingbin repeated his earlier arguments to justify leaving the young couple alone.
• Lu Guanghong accidentally let the elders hear Xu Xuejiao describe her private relationship with Lu Chengwen, and they confronted him about what he knew.
• Leng Tianhao demanded that Lu Guanghong put Leng Qingqiu first, while Chen Qingbin and Xu Zhiyun argued against Lu Chengwen benefiting from their daughters.
• Lu Guanghong suggested that the elders call their daughters, reminding them that the women were still with Lu Chengwen.

Leng Qingqiu, Chen Mengyun, and Xu Xuejiao clashed over Lu Chengwen until he rebuked them and each left after receiving a call from her father. After Leng Qingqiu departed, Lu Chengwen secretly sent the other two conciliatory messages, but Hua Xuening confronted him with a sword at his neck.

• Leng Qingqiu came downstairs and joined Xu Xuejiao and Chen Mengyun, and the three women traded pointed remarks about their relationships with Lu Chengwen.
• Lu Chengwen angrily confronted the women about their past treatment of him and told them he would not manage their jealousy or relationships.
• Chen Mengyun comforted Lu Chengwen, Xu Xuejiao apologized, and Leng Qingqiu accepted his outburst while insisting she would never leave him.
• After calls from their fathers, Chen Mengyun and Xu Xuejiao left, and Leng Qingqiu kissed Lu Chengwen before returning home.
• Lu Chengwen messaged Xu Xuejiao and Chen Mengyun that he had mainly meant to scold the others, then Hua Xuening pressed a longsword against his neck.

Lu Chengwen persuaded Hua Xuening that protecting and serving him was the hardest task her young master had assigned, and that succeeding would earn her young master's trust and approval. Hua Xuening accepted her role as Lu Chengwen's maid and Close Guard, and he ended by ordering her not to draw her sword casually in the room.

• Hua Xuening told Lu Chengwen she still wanted to return to her young master's side and asked if killing Lu Chengwen might win her back.
• Lu Chengwen explained that harder tasks would make her young master value her more, using increasingly difficult examples to convince her that protecting him was the greatest challenge.
• Hua Xuening realized that protecting Lu Chengwen even from her powerful young master would demonstrate her loyalty, and she agreed to serve and guard Lu Chengwen.
• Hua Xuening declared herself Lu Chengwen's Close Guard and maid, pledged to obey him, and then asked where her sword was.
• Lu Chengwen returned the Precious Sword and ordered Hua Xuening not to draw it casually in the room, and she promised to obey.

Lu Chengwen learned that Hua Xuening had sworn to obey and protect him, while the four powerful family patriarchs prepared to confront him over marriage and inheritance. His morning schedule filled with a risky city commercial-district project and meetings with the patriarchs, including his father, as he feared they had overheard his private phone call.

• Lu Chengwen ordered Hua Xuening to prioritize his commands, and she vowed to serve and protect him until she returned to Long Aotian’s side.
• Hua Xuening overheard Lu Chengwen’s affectionate thoughts about her and decided she would stay by him even if he lost his wealth.
• Xu Zhiyun, Chen Qingbin, Leng Tianhao, and Lu Guanghong each worried about Lu Chengwen’s marriage plans and the consequences for their family businesses.
• Jiang Shihan told Lu Chengwen that the city government might grant him operating rights to every commercial district, though investors were considering withdrawing and Li Meiqin had prepared a troubling forecast.
• Jiang Shihan reported that Chen Qingbin, Xu Zhiyun, Leng Tianhao, and Lu Guanghong all wanted to meet Lu Chengwen, who feared they had heard his long phone call.

Lu Chengwen learned that the Chengwen District project faced a funding shortfall of at least fifty billion yuan, but he urged his team to continue construction without compromising quality. With Li Meiqin’s plan to persuade the investors to stay, he headed into a high-stakes meeting with Mayor Zhao and the investors, determined to secure the project.

• Li Meiqin reported that the project’s expenses were rising and that it needed at least fifty billion yuan in additional funds.
• Lu Chengwen told the engineers and staff to prioritize safe, high-quality construction and promised to find the money.
• Mayor Zhao warned Secretary Wu that the project’s failure could ruin the Lu family.
• Li Meiqin gave Lu Chengwen a plan to persuade the investing companies to remain committed, and he agreed to use it.
• Jiang Shihan called Lu Chengwen and Li Meiqin to meet Mayor Zhao, and Lu Chengwen entered the conference room determined to win over the investors.

Lu Chengwen tried to keep investors committed to Chengwen District as mounting costs prompted them to demand concessions or withdraw. Huo Wendong arrived with a 100-billion investment offer that would let Dongfang Group take over the project and rename it Dongwen District, leaving Mayor Zhao looking to Lu Chengwen for a response.

• Secretary Wu warned Lu Chengwen that investors were frightened by the project's spending and said only a little over two billion had been raised so far.
• At a packed meeting, Mayor Zhao praised the investors, reviewed project requirements, and asked them to transfer their promised funds.
• Hu Shuhui and other investors criticized Lu Chengwen for launching construction everywhere at once and declared that they wanted to reduce or withdraw their investments.
• Lu Chengwen argued that completing Chengwen District in six months could speed up returns, but investors instead pressed Mayor Zhao for greater profit shares, tax exemptions, and other concessions.
• Director Hu arrived with Huo Wendong, who offered 100 billion from Dongfang Group to take over the redevelopment project and rename it Dongwen District.
• Mayor Zhao looked to Lu Chengwen as Huo Wendong proposed new developments, while Li Meiqi turned pale with anger.

Lu Chengwen refused to let Dongfang Group take over the construction project, insisting that Great Sage Group would continue despite the other investors’ withdrawals. As the meeting ended, Leng Qing, Chen Mengyun, and Xu Xuejiao pledged to support him, leaving him with allies and renewed funding.

• Mayor Zhao and Secretary Wu discussed taking Dongfang Group’s offer, while Lu Chengwen and Huo Wendong met before the government meeting resumed.
• Huo Wendong offered to reimburse the investors and take over the project, but Lu Chengwen declared that Great Sage Group would not withdraw.
• Lu Chengwen invoked the contract’s termination penalty, and Mayor Zhao told Huo Wendong that taking over would require paying compensation and investing further; Huo Wendong angrily left.
• Lu Chengwen challenged the remaining investors to withdraw if they wanted, and Hu Shuhui led them in pulling their funds from the project.
• Leng Qing pledged another twenty billion from Qianfeng Group, Chen Mengyun promised another twenty billion from the Chen Family, and Xu Xuejiao vowed to seek support from her father.

Lu Chengwen secured Mayor Zhao’s support for Chengwen District and learned from Leng Qingqiu how the project could transform the city and strengthen his businesses. Leng Qingqiu laid out plans for their future and challenged Chen Mengyun to help elevate Lu Chengwen, leaving the women’s rivalry unresolved.

• Mayor Zhao promised Lu Chengwen control of the Chengwen District commercial district if the project succeeded and explained why he rejected Huo Wendong’s proposal.
• Leng Qingqiu and Chen Mengyun told Lu Chengwen how much funding they could provide to keep the project moving.
• Leng Qingqiu showed Lu Chengwen plans for a Great Sage Group headquarters, a hospital, schools, and other developments that could make Chengwen District highly valuable.
• Chen Mengyun proposed building a seven-star hotel, and Lu Chengwen excitedly embraced and kissed Leng Qingqiu over her vision.
• Leng Qingqiu told Chen Mengyun to earn her family’s support for Lu Chengwen and urged her to contribute her family’s strength to his rise.
• Chen Mengyun left angrily, and Leng Qingqiu reassured Lu Chengwen that she would help build his harem.

Leng Qingqiu openly accepted Lu Chengwen’s other women and urged him to help Xu Xuejiao gain the Xu Family’s scepter. Lu Chengwen then visited Leng Tianhao, who welcomed him as a son-in-law, offered him a billion, and encouraged him to have children with Qingqiu immediately.

• Leng Qingqiu told Jiang Shihan she was the young mistress of the Lu Family and asked her to care for Lu Chengwen, promising her status if she had his child.
• Leng Qingqiu kissed Lu Chengwen goodbye and asked him to help Xu Xuejiao obtain the Xu Family’s scepter.
• Lu Chengwen decided to meet Leng Tianhao first, and Leng Tianhao greeted him enthusiastically as his future son-in-law.
• Leng Tianhao gave Lu Chengwen a billion as a gift for changing how he addressed him and admitted he had misjudged Lu Chengwen’s motives.
• Leng Tianhao asked Lu Chengwen to have children with Leng Qingqiu and urged him to take her that night, leaving Lu Chengwen dazed.

Xu Zhiyun tried to stop Xu Xuejiao from investing in the shantytown project and grew suspicious of her closeness to Lu Chengwen. When Lu visited, he asked Xu to help drive Xu Xuejiao away by staging a scene that would ruin his reputation, unaware she was listening nearby.

• Xu Xuejiao begged Xu Zhiyun to let her become president and invest twenty billion in the shantytown project, but he warned that the project would lose money and Lu Chengwen was manipulating her.
• Xu Zhiyun told Xu Xuejiao to hide so he could question Lu Chengwen, who arrived and mistakenly thought Xu had summoned him to discuss business.
• Xu Zhiyun asked about Lu Chengwen and Xu Xuejiao's relationship, but Lu apologized for forcing Xu to sign a contract and then complained about Xu Xuejiao's deceptive behavior.
• Lu Chengwen claimed Xu Xuejiao was trying to seduce him and warned Xu Zhiyun that he might give in if she continued.
• Lu Chengwen asked Xu Zhiyun to take Xu Xuejiao to a nightclub so she could catch him surrounded by women and lose interest in him, while Xu Xuejiao listened from the next room.

Lu Chengwen argued with Xu Zhiyun about Xu Xuejiao and the shantytown investment, then returned Xu Xuejiao’s bracelet and tried to distance himself from her. Xu Xuejiao understood his hidden feelings, but their exchange was interrupted when the Branch Master attacked and captured her and Zhao Gang, leaving Lu Chengwen unconscious.

• Lu Chengwen and Xu Zhiyun argued over Xu Xuejiao’s pursuit of Lu Chengwen and the Xu Family’s investment in the shantytown project.
• Lu Chengwen demanded that Xu Xuejiao return his mother’s bracelet, and she overheard him insult her before handing it back and tearfully calling herself a nuisance.
• Xu Xuejiao confronted Lu Chengwen outside, but he concealed his affection and tried to leave her as a friend.
• Xu Xuejiao revealed that she knew Lu Chengwen said one thing while meaning another, and Lu Chengwen realized his inner thoughts had exposed his true feelings to her.
• The Branch Master attacked Lu Chengwen, then ordered his people to seize Xu Xuejiao and Zhao Gang.
• Lu Chengwen was badly injured, begged the Branch Master to release them, and lost consciousness.

Lu Chengwen escaped the abandoned warehouse and returned to rescue Xu Xuejiao, while the Branch Master struggled to understand her explanations and grew increasingly furious. The chapter ended with Lu Chengwen crashing through the warehouse gate and confronting the Branch Master.

• Lu Chengwen used a Flash Card to escape his restraints, leaving Xu Xuejiao behind because he believed her ransom money would protect her.
• The Branch Master returned with the money Xu Zhiyun had paid and discovered that Lu Chengwen had escaped.
• Xu Xuejiao confused the Branch Master by describing Lu Chengwen’s escape as “piiiu” and by taking his threats about the door literally.
• The Branch Master became enraged, suffered a heart attack, and was pinned beneath the wheel when Lu Chengwen’s SUV smashed through the warehouse gate.
• Lu Chengwen stepped out of the SUV and challenged the Branch Master, leaving Xu Xuejiao impressed by his appearance.

Lu Chengwen and his allies confronted the Branch Master, whose own subordinates had largely defected to Lu Chengwen. As the warehouse battle erupted, Lu Chengwen tried to escape with Xu Xuejiao and the injured Zhao Gang, but the Branch Master caught up and launched a killing move.

• Lu Chengwen arrived at the Branch Master's warehouse with Gold Tuo Wang, the Strategist, and Hua Xuening, while Iron Tuo Wang and Bronze Tuo Wang freed Xu Xuejiao and Zhao Gang.
• The Branch Master revealed that he remembered Lu Chengwen from their earlier encounter, and Gold Tuo Wang fought him as Lu Chengwen's forces regrouped.
• The Four Great Tuo Wangs and other former subordinates explained why they had joined Lu Chengwen, citing the Branch Master's exploitation and the better treatment they received from Lu Chengwen.
• The Finance Director urged the Branch Master's forces to attack, and the Strategist organized the defenders while Lu Chengwen tried to drive away with Zhao Gang and Xu Xuejiao.
• The Branch Master stopped Lu Chengwen's car, and Hua Xuening held him off until the car failed and Lu Chengwen fled on foot carrying Zhao Gang.
• The Branch Master forced Hua Xuening back and attacked Lu Chengwen, who could not dodge while protecting Xu Xuejiao and Zhao Gang.

Lu Chengwen tried to protect Zhao Gang and Xu Xuejiao while the Branch Master's forces overwhelmed his allies, then wagered on a duel to secure their escape. After his injured companions left, Lu Chengwen and the Branch Master faced off, and Lu Chengwen provoked him with an insult.

• Hua Xuening fought the Branch Master while Lu Chengwen fled with Zhao Gang and Xu Xuejiao, pursued by the Finance Director.
• The Finance Director tormented Lu Chengwen on a high, narrow beam and attacked Zhao Gang while Lu Chengwen struggled to keep Xu Xuejiao from falling.
• Lu Chengwen threatened to jump unless the Branch Master negotiated, then proposed a duel with the fifteen billion at stake.
• The Branch Master agreed to let Lu Chengwen's injured allies and Xu Xuejiao leave before the duel, but Xu Xuejiao stayed behind.
• Lu Chengwen insulted the Branch Master, whose anger surged as the two sides faced each other in the factory.

Lu Chengwen used the Branch Master’s confidence and laughter to land a powerful third punch, then knocked out the Finance Director. The Branch Master confronted him as Lu Chengwen condemned him for rebelling against the Chief Branch Master.

• The Branch Master agreed to let Lu Chengwen make three unarmed attacks while Lu ordered everyone not to interfere in their duel.
• Lu Chengwen’s first two attacks failed to move the Branch Master, and he pretended they were evenly matched to keep the Branch Master laughing.
• Lu Chengwen used the Great Sage Subduing Tiger Fist Level Two Trial Card to send the Branch Master flying into a pillar.
• The Finance Director mocked Lu Chengwen and slapped his face, so Lu Chengwen struck him and knocked him unconscious.
• Gold Tuo Wang and the strategist realized Lu Chengwen’s strength rivaled a peak Middle Four Gates fighter, while the strategist prepared for the Great Organization to break its terms.
• The Branch Master confronted Lu Chengwen, who loudly rebuked him for rebelling against the Chief Branch Master.

Lu Chengwen awakened Fiery Golden Eyes during his battle with the Branch Master and used silver needles to disrupt the Branch Master’s second form. The Branch Master recovered and demanded one final fight, with only twenty-nine seconds remaining on Lu Chengwen’s power.

• Lu Chengwen overwhelmed the injured Branch Master until he activated his blackened second form and gained vastly increased strength and defense.
• The Branch Master battered Lu Chengwen, but Xu Xuejiao explained that silver needles in specific acupoints could trigger a backlash.
• After the Branch Master caught and slammed him down, Lu Chengwen awakened Fiery Golden Eyes and used his senses to evade attacks and strike the Branch Master with silver needles.
• Lu Chengwen’s needles forced the Branch Master’s body back to normal, though the Branch Master pulled them out and vowed to kill him.
• The Finance Director woke with crossed eyes, mistook a pillar for Lu Chengwen, and stumbled around with an iron rod.
• The Branch Master challenged Lu Chengwen to a final fight, and Lu Chengwen saw that twenty-nine seconds remained.

Lu Chengwen fought Branch Master Chu Bai until his Level Two Experience Card expired, leaving both men badly injured and Chu Bai determined to kill him. When the finance director accidentally stabbed Chu Bai, Lu Chengwen used the confusion to order his allies to retreat with the money.

• The strategist and Hua Xuening watched Lu Chengwen's combat skill improve as he faced Chu Bai for a final duel.
• Lu Chengwen and Chu Bai exchanged brutal blows until Lu Chengwen's experience card ended, and both men were close to collapse.
• Lu Chengwen read the system's farewell message, used a Minor Returning Heaven Pill, and resolved to keep fighting for himself.
• Chu Bai declared the duel over and ordered his people to attack, but the cross-eyed finance director accidentally stabbed him with his spear.
• The injured Chu Bai struck the finance director, while Lu Chengwen told his allies to retreat and take the two boxes of money.