Chapter Summaries

Zhou Ming and Jiang Ruonan destroyed a Black Cloud full of Demon Beasts, then attacked Devil Abyss Continent and fought its Devil Saint for seven days. Zhou Ming slew the Devil Saint, and he and Jiang Ruonan began to celebrate before Zhou Ming sensed that something was wrong.

• Zhou Ming and Jiang Ruonan each unleashed a Golden Light Sword Cannon, destroying the Black Cloud and all the Demon Beasts inside it.
• The pair traveled to Devil Abyss Continent, destroyed tens of millions of Demon Beasts and more than ten thousand Conversion Furnaces, and discovered that the Devils had kept humans to breed and convert.
• The Devil Saint emerged from the abyss, and Zhou Ming and Jiang Ruonan fought him for seven days.
• On the fourth day, Zhou Ming landed a Super Light Sword Cannon that grievously wounded the Devil Saint, allowing the pair to gain the advantage.
• The Devil Saint fled, but Zhou Ming caught up and slew him; after Jiang Ruonan said they had won, Zhou Ming sensed that something was wrong.

After Jiang Ruonan revealed that she had long recognized Zhou Ming as Zhang Shanhe and thanked him for protecting Ruyue, Zhou Ming returned to the allied fleet and announced the Devil Saint’s death. He settled affairs in the instance, launched a project to create more Spirit Saints, and exited after its first breakthrough succeeded.

• Jiang Ruonan told Zhou Ming she had recognized him as Zhang Shanhe for years, no longer hated him, and was grateful for what he had done for Ruyue.
• Zhou Ming and Jiang Ruonan returned to the allied fleet and announced that they had slain the Devil Saint, prompting celebrations across the fleet and the three nations.
• Zhou Ming created a Zhang Shanhe clone for Gao Xiuzhen, who reunited with him, while the original Zhou Ming woke and left their laboratory.
• Zhou Ming arranged surrogacy for the Ice and Snow Saintess, and three months later she became pregnant.
• Zhou Ming united Ten Thousand Chariots Nation, Eastern Yuan Nation, and Northern Yuan Nation to begin the Saint Creation Project, which produced a new Spirit Saint ten years later.
• Zhou Ming exited the instance after the project’s first breakthrough.

After clearing the Spirit Essence Continent, Zhou Ming activated a portable Law Domain in reality and learned what he needed to cultivate there. The system’s resource prices and the enormous amounts required to reach Spirit Saint Stage left him suspecting that it had carefully planned to drain his wealth.

• Zhou Ming woke beside his wife and son, decided to rest before entering the next instance dungeon, and asked the system about cultivating in reality.
• The system created a Law Domain with a ten-meter radius and explained that Zhou Ming needed Spiritual Essence Particles and soul power to cultivate within it.
• The system offered Zhou Ming a choice between manifesting resources with a Space-Time Treasure Chest and buying them from the system store.
• Zhou Ming accused the system of exploiting the managed characters to extract resources and resell them, but the system defended its prices as cost-based.
• After learning that reaching Spirit Saint Stage required at least 500 billion units of Spiritual Essence Particles and substantial soul power, Zhou Ming calculated the expense and cursed the system as a profiteer.

Zhou Ming proposed ways for Z Country to manage the arrival of Work Robots, including income rights for citizens and state benefits for unemployed workers. After the plan helped turn public opinion in favor of the robots, Su Yuxiang bought income rights to five robots but lamented another drop in housing prices.

• Zhou Ming outlined a plan to address robot-driven unemployment through citizen investment in robots, unemployment benefits, and limits on wealthy owners.
• Zhou Ming sent his proposals to Z Country's leadership as an M78 Galaxy Alien, and they adopted nearly all of them with minor changes.
• After the plan was announced, support for Work Robots rose to eighty-eight percent, and citizens rapidly bought the first million robots' income rights.
• Su Yuxiang purchased income rights to a fifth Work Robot, reaching her quota and expecting substantial returns.
• Su Yuxiang saw Hang City's housing prices fall and told Zhou Ming she had lost over a million yuan, while he reminded her he had warned her not to buy property.

Zhou Ming explained how the Robot Revolution and virtual work drove housing prices down, while his wife Su Yuxiang lost heavily after investing in more than thirty homes. He left her losses unresolved as the story described a future in which technology and freedom made property less valuable.

• Housing prices fell sharply after the Robot Revolution, as automation and virtual work reduced demand for homes in major cities.
• Work Robots became the preferred investment, leaving property speculators struggling to sell their homes.
• Genesis Biotechnology Research Center developed three highly effective drugs, and its sales and Land of Glory brought Zhou Ming more than twenty billion yuan in profits.
• Su Yuxiang used much of her wealth to buy more than thirty homes, believing property prices would not fall significantly.
• Zhou Ming warned Su Yuxiang that housing prices would crash, but she held onto her belief and suffered mounting losses as prices continued to decline.

Z Country’s technological and military advances prompted Western countries led by M Country to threaten and blockade it, but the Artificial Sun made their effort collapse. Meanwhile, Zhou Ming checked Genesis Technology’s life-extension research and advanced his cultivation, then decided to focus on planning the next dungeon.

• Z Country unveiled advanced military equipment, prompting M Country and its allies to demand alien technology and threaten sanctions and blockade.
• Z Country developed the Artificial Sun, easing its energy and resource dependence, and the Western blockade failed and was lifted within a month.
• M Country’s President, angered by the failure to contain Z Country, decided to turn to military force.
• Zhou Ming reviewed Genesis Technology’s life-extension research, which had extended laboratory mice’s healthy lifespans but still required years of further testing before human trials.
• Zhou Ming cultivated in the system’s Law Domain and reached the middle stage of Qi Refinement, while the system told him becoming a Law God in the next dungeon would be achievable.
• Zhou Ming became eager to pursue the Law God path and decided to devote himself to planning the new dungeon starting the next day.

Zhou Ming surveyed the Magic Surge dungeon, learned that holy power was an invading force corrupting the Azeroth Plane, and planned a dual-character strategy to analyze magic and Battle Power. After buying Probability Cards, he entered the dungeon to find a swordsman to bind with.

• Zhou Ming explored Azeroth, learning about its races, geography, dimensional spaces, sun, and profession systems.
• The system explained that holy power came from an outside god and was corrupting the plane, threatening to disrupt Zhou Ming's analysis.
• Zhou Ming chose to pursue a magician path himself and bind a second character to a native swordsman, aiming for Law God and Sword God.
• Zhou Ming bought two hundred 5% Probability Cards for one hundred billion Achievement Points.
• Zhou Ming entered the Magic Surge dungeon to find a promising swordsman and become his Old Grandpa.

Zhou Ming searched the Human World for a suitable host and bound with Narido Hawke, a clever seventeen-year-old noble who had just left home to pursue adventure. After warning Narido of an ambush and posing as a fallen Sword God, Zhou Ming began preparing to guide him toward a promising future.

• Zhou Ming surveyed the Human World and chose to seek a noble youth with strong potential as his host.
• Narido argued with his brother Quade, outmaneuvered him in the forest, and was stopped by their father Frank before the fight became fatal.
• Frank allowed Narido to leave Namuz Territory, and Narido set out west to pursue adventure.
• Zhou Ming warned Narido that three knights were lying in ambush, so Narido turned onto the eastern road.
• Zhou Ming told Narido he was a fallen powerhouse, and Narido believed him after suspecting Quade had arranged the ambush.
• Zhou Ming and the system discussed adapting cultivation methods and sword techniques for Narido, then Zhou Ming invented a grand past as a former Sword God.

After losing his money to a thief, Narido Hawke earned enough to reach Dekeyi City by writing and delivering letters, then became an adventurer with Red Dragon's Horn. Zhou Ming eased his close watch over Narido as he prepared to begin his own main storyline.

• Narido discovered his purse had been stolen at a bathhouse, pawned his leather armor, and struggled to afford food and lodging.
• On Zhou Ming's advice, Narido offered to write and deliver letters, earning over a hundred silver coins in one morning.
• Narido traveled for more than a month, completed his letter-delivery jobs, sold his warhorse, and reached Dekeyi City with over fifty gold coins.
• Narido passed the Adventurers' Guild strength assessment as an Intermediate Swordsman and joined Red Dragon's Horn, agreeing to stay for three to five years.
• Zhou Ming relaxed his close attention to Narido and prepared to begin his own main storyline.

Zhou Ming learned how magic worked on the Azeroth Plane and searched for a high-affinity body to inhabit. He found Lei Lin, who had been left for dead after classmates used him to test their spells, and Lei Lin woke as Olos examined him.

• The system explained magic, its schools, and how magicians adjusted soul-wave frequencies to cast different attributes.
• Zhou Ming decided to take over a student’s body and searched magic schools for a suitable target for three months.
• Martin and other students used Lei Lin as a target for their wind spells, and Lei Lin collapsed without breathing.
• Martin dismissed the incident because Lei Lin was now a commoner, while Lilith urged the others to find a priest.
• Olos arrived to inspect Lei Lin, who opened his eyes and revealed he was still alive.

After Zhou Ming took over Lei Lin's body, he sold a music box to pay his overdue tuition and sought Lilith's protection from Martin's bullying. Lilith accepted him as her follower, giving him temporary safety as long as he kept her and her friends satisfied.

• Zhou Ming reviewed Lei Lin's troubled past and realized he needed money to pay the school's overdue tuition.
• Zhou Ming sold a music box to Bis at Unicorn Pawnshop for five thousand gold coins and received a Magic Crystal Card.
• Zhou Ming decided to become Lilith's follower so Martin and his lackeys would stop bullying him.
• Beatrice, Betty, Jenny, and Ailiya listed errands and favors Lei Lin could do, and Lilith agreed to take him in as their follower.
• Martin learned that Lilith had forbidden anyone from bullying Lei Lin and decided to leave him alone for now.

Zhou Ming discovered that inert Magic Particles were equivalent to Battle Qi Particles, but using them to cast magic was too inefficient, so he decided to make money to buy magical equipment. He chose to propose opening a cake shop with Lilith and presented her with a cake, leaving her curious to try it.

• Zhou Ming used meditation to study Magic Particles and found he could not store them inside his body.
• Zhou Ming and the system learned that inert Magic Particles were Battle Qi Particles, but reactivating them for magic consumed far too much energy.
• Zhou Ming decided to pursue the Path of Top-Up because magical items that stored spells were expensive and he needed money.
• Zhou Ming considered several businesses and chose a food venture because it required less capital than a workshop or clothing shop.
• Zhou Ming asked Lilith to partner with him in opening the royal capital's first cake shop and offered her a cake to try.

Zhou Ming partnered with Lilith and Beatrice to open the Magic Cake Shop, using his magic to make cakes that customers found far better than ordinary ones. The shop’s opening sparked a cake craze in the royal capital, though Zhou Ming could make only one magic cake a day.

• Lilith and Beatrice tasted Zhou Ming’s fruit-and-cream cake and agreed to join him in opening a cake shop.
• Lilith invested 5,000 gold coins and took 40% of the profits, Beatrice provided a storefront for 30%, and Zhou Ming contributed his expertise for 30%.
• Zhou Ming renovated the shop, commissioned baking tools, and arranged for premium ingredients before the Magic Cake Shop opened twenty days later.
• Zhou Ming demonstrated how he used a Whirlwind spell to beat eggs, but the female students failed when they tried to copy him.
• The students preferred Zhou Ming’s magic cake to the ordinary cake, and the shop charged far more for magic cakes because Zhou Ming could make only one per day.
• The Magic Cake Shop’s cakes became popular across the royal capital over the following months.

Zhou Ming’s Magic Cake Shop expanded its sales through Bruno Magic School and became the talk of the royal capital after Princess Sivenis presented a magical cake at King James’s birthday banquet. As the shop’s profits grew, Lilith’s grandfather warned her to distance herself from Lei Mo Dun Lei Lin, while Zhou Ming received his share of the profits and headed to the Magic Association to shop.

• Zhou Ming and his classmates increased cake production, lowered prices, and promoted the shop through their classmates and noble families.
• Lilith introduced Princess Sivenis to cake, and Sivenis chose a large birthday cake as a gift for King James.
• King James and the banquet guests enjoyed the cake, and demand for the Magic Cake Shop’s products surged afterward.
• At dinner, Chukier Rudolph praised the cake but told Lilith to stop getting close to Lei Mo Dun Lei Lin and his family.
• After the school break began, Zhou Ming collected 42,000 gold coins in profits and went to the Magic Association to shop.

Zhou Ming visited the Magic Association, bought an affordable Buff Staff and several potions, then discovered a youth following him on his way home. The youth emerged in an empty alley but could not explain himself before Zhou Ming threatened him with magic.

• Zhou Ming entered the Magic Association and explored its facilities, reflecting on its long history and its potential conflict with the Holy Light Church.
• Zhou Ming bought a Buff Staff with one small Magic Stone for twenty-five thousand gold coins after learning the more powerful staffs were far beyond his budget.
• Zhou Ming spent four thousand gold coins on a Healing Potion and three Mind-Calming Potions, then browsed the expensive Magic Scroll shop.
• Zhou Ming left the association and drew admiring attention from people on the street because he was a magician.
• Zhou Ming noticed a youth following him, confronted him in an empty alley, and raised a whirlwind when the youth failed to explain himself.

Zhou Ming offered Henry Marx a chance to become his assistant after a literacy test, giving Henry and his sister Lina hope of escaping poverty. As Lina prepared Henry for the test, the Blood Axe Gang plotted to kidnap her and force her into prostitution.

• Henry Marx asked Zhou Ming to take him as a servant, and Zhou Ming instead offered him an interview and written test for an assistant position in three days.
• Henry hurried home and told his sister Lina about the opportunity, and she urged him to stay home and study for the test.
• Lina recalled how their mother’s affair with a baron led to their father’s death and left the siblings impoverished in the slums.
• Andri told Boss Rick that Lina had refused his offer to work at the Sweetheart Tavern and proposed kidnapping her to make her a courtesan.
• Boss Rick approved Andri’s plan, and the Blood Axe Gang members agreed to carry it out.

Zhou Ming rescued Henry’s sister Lina from the Blood Axe Gang after Henry begged for help. Though Henry had missed his assistant test while saving her, Zhou Ming hired him and took both siblings into his home.

• Henry told Zhou Ming that the Blood Axe Gang had kidnapped Lina, and Zhou Ming agreed to help rescue her.
• Zhou Ming recruited Captain Simon and ten city guards to raid the Blood Axe Gang’s headquarters.
• When Andri called Zhou Ming a fraud and refused to release Lina, Zhou Ming killed him with Wind Pillar, and Rick ordered Lina’s return.
• Henry and Lina reunited, and Zhou Ming told Henry he had missed the assistant test but then offered him the job himself.
• Zhou Ming asked Lina to serve as his household servant and invited both siblings to move in with him.
• That evening, Zhou Ming left the slums with Henry and Lina carrying their belongings.

Zhou Ming settled Lina and Henry into his apartment, trained them, and continued developing his magical research and business. Seeing that his advancement to Novice Magician was too slow, he considered using Mind-Calming Potion to accelerate his cultivation before the new term.

• Zhou Ming gave Henry a room and Lina a place in the servants' quarters, then used a costly Healing Potion to cure Henry's injuries and began teaching him.
• Lina's painstaking practice rapidly improved her cooking, and Zhou Ming learned that she and Henry were the children of Bei Lian Meng Na, whom Henry hated and Lina wanted to avoid.
• Zhou Ming expanded the Magic Cake Shop's offerings while researching Magic Particles and developing a powerful but costly version of the Wind Pillar spell.
• After meditation, Zhou Ming found his magic power was still below the threshold for becoming a Novice Magician and feared he would remain weak when school began.
• Zhou Ming realized Mind-Calming Potion could double his mental energy and cultivation speed for three days, and considered buying enough to advance within a month.

Zhou Ming bought potions and potion-making equipment at Gannis Potion Shop, then impressed Hall and Wei Ni by identifying the ingredients in two potions by taste. Hall agreed to authorize Zhou Ming to use the Mind-Calming Potion formula, while Wei Ni backed away from his proposed bet.

• Zhou Ming bought ten Mind-Calming Potions and a set of potion-making equipment from Hall at Gannis Potion Shop.
• Zhou Ming asked Hall to sell or license him the Mind-Calming Potion formula, but Wei Ni challenged his ability to make potions because he had no pharmacist certification or training.
• Zhou Ming drank a Mind-Calming Potion and accurately identified its ingredients, then drank Wei Ni's beginner Dragon Blood Potion and identified its ingredients as well.
• Wei Ni prepared to punish Zhou Ming after he hesitated over the final ingredient, but Zhou Ming recalled it, and Hall stopped Wei Ni from attacking him.
• Hall agreed to authorize Zhou Ming to use the Mind-Calming Potion formula in exchange for half of the potions Zhou Ming made, and Wei Ni declined to bet against him.

Zhou Ming studied potion brewing after repeated failures and eventually mastered the theory well enough to brew perfect Mind-Calming Potion. He returned to Gannis Potion Shop with a thousand bottles and an improved formula, leaving Wei Ni and Manager Huo Er stunned.

• Zhou Ming spent more than half a month failing to brew Mind-Calming Potion, then followed the system's advice and studied potion-brewing theory.
• Zhou Ming read books borrowed from Manager Huo Er and consulted the collection at Page Magic Bookstore by feeding Caloz Page delicious food.
• Zhou Ming corrected his basic mistakes and brewed a perfect-grade Mind-Calming Potion on his fourth attempt.
• Zhou Ming returned to Gannis Potion Shop with five hundred bottles for the shop and said he had another five hundred at home.
• Zhou Ming explained that he had improved ingredient utilization by 20% and reduced the formula from 236 steps to 171, then handed the revised formula to Manager Huo Er.
• Wei Ni was overwhelmed by Zhou Ming's achievement and ran into her room.