Chapter Summaries

Nan Ruoyi refused her family’s attempt to force her to sell the Pioneer Intelligent Store and warned Nan Hong against targeting her boss. Meanwhile, Nan Tianhai asked Duan Hua to help arrange a meeting with the young man and to crack down on the store, but Duan Hua recognized the business and refused.

• Nan Hong offered to buy the Pioneer Intelligent Store, but Nan Ruoyi said it could not be sold.
• Nan Ruoyi confronted Nan Hong, who admitted he had told Nan Tianhai about her business, and warned him not to provoke her boss.
• Nan Tianhai asked Duan Hua to arrange a meeting between Mr. Song and the young man, and Duan Hua agreed to try.
• Nan Tianhai asked Duan Hua to pressure Sea City’s underworld and shut down Nan Ruoyi’s Intelligent Store.
• Duan Hua realized the store belonged to the young man he knew and refused to help Nan Tianhai.

Nan Ruoyi was humiliated by her relatives at Nan Tianhai’s birthday banquet and was preparing to leave after her father turned away from her. A calm young man in white appeared, drank Nan Hong’s champagne, and urged Ruoyi to hold her head high.

• Nan Tianhai enforced his rule against expensive birthday gifts and remained troubled by Nan Ruoyi’s connections to the underworld and the shops she worked at.
• Nan Tianhai’s family and guests offered birthday wishes, while he noticed that Nan Ruoyi stood apart from the others.
• Nan Hong and several younger relatives mocked Nan Ruoyi and pressured her to agree to a shop transaction so she could reconcile with her father.
• Nan Ruoyi saw Nan Tianhai turn away from her and began to leave the banquet.
• A young man in white supported Nan Ruoyi, took the champagne from Nan Hong, drank it, and told her to hold her head high.

Liu Di encouraged Nan Ruoyi to stop hiding herself and speak proudly to her father about Pioneers. After Nan Hong and his allies threatened Liu Di and demanded he sell the company, Liu Di revealed his name and prepared to confront them.

• Liu Di reassured Nan Ruoyi that her family’s rigid expectations should not limit her and urged her to be herself.
• Nan Ruoyi shed her trench coat and hair ribbon, then confidently told Nan Tianhai that Pioneers’ business was honorable and destined to rise.
• Nan Tianhai accepted Nan Ruoyi’s birthday toast and said he would support her while insisting they discuss the business’s underworld connections.
• Nan Hong and several Nan Family youths confronted Liu Di, accused him of misleading Nan Ruoyi, and demanded he sell Pioneers.
• Liu Di refused Nan Hong’s offer, told him to scram, and introduced himself to Nan Zhuoyue and the others as Liu Di.

At Nan Tianhai’s birthday banquet, Liu Di impressed calligraphy master Zhang Mofeng with a powerful character and escaped with Nan Ruoyi aboard the Silver Shuttle. Cao Chenghe arrived looking for Di Wu but missed them, while Zhang Mofeng interpreted Liu Di’s calligraphy as the mark of another emperor.

• Nan Hong ordered someone to investigate Liu Di and ruin him within seven days, while Nan Tianhai invited Liu Di to dinner and offered to help with his identity issues.
• Liu Di took a virtual call from Officer Duan, who arranged for him to meet China’s top figure in three days to go fishing in Sea View District.
• Liu Di challenged Zhang Mofeng to exchange calligraphy and wrote a character that Zhang praised as a fusion of several styles with extraordinary force.
• Liu Di took Nan Ruoyi and her calligraphy piece out through the hall’s back door, then revealed the Silver Shuttle as their way past her father’s guards.
• Cao Chenghe arrived and asked Nan Tianhai whether he had invited Di Wu, but he failed to find Liu Di and Nan Ruoyi outside.
• Zhang Mofeng wrote a poem about Liu Di and declared that the newcomer was likely another emperor.

Liu Di took Nan Ruoyi aboard the Silver Shuttle to visit the Black Fox Gang’s new factory, while Magic Child teased him about eloping with her. When a falling smokestack threatened them, Liu Di kicked it into the sky, leaving the gang members awestruck.

• Nan Ruoyi marveled at the Silver Shuttle as Liu Di took her up through the clouds, and Magic Child joked that he had abducted her to elope.
• Liu Di checked on Little Tree and its cubs in the shuttle’s storage hatch, then distracted Nan Ruoyi when Leaf briefly rolled out.
• Liu Di and Nan Ruoyi arrived at the Black Fox Gang’s former chemical plant, where Brother Dog and Scarface discussed Liu Di’s reputation.
• A steel cable snapped and sent a massive smokestack crashing toward Liu Di and Nan Ruoyi.
• Liu Di kicked the smokestack skyward, astonishing Brother Dog and convincing Scarface to remain loyal to the Black Fox Gang.

Liu Di visited the underground command center Nan Ruoyi and Lin Yi had built for the Intelligent Store network and activated its artificial intelligence, the Attendant. He tested its services and left it processing data after it made an embarrassing suggestion.

• Liu Di realized his strength had increased after kicking a chimney away and entered an abandoned factory with Nan Ruoyi and the others.
• Nan Ruoyi showed Liu Di the hidden underground base and its advanced security measures.
• Liu Di found Lin Yi and the supercomputer matrix built to run the Attendant and manage the Intelligent Store network.
• Liu Di called out to the Attendant, which activated and appeared as a holographic butler without Lin Yi entering his data.
• The Attendant scanned Liu Di and suggested booking a hotel room with roses after detecting signs of reproductive impulse, then froze while processing data.
• Magic Child told Liu Di he had broken the Attendant in two minutes.

Liu gave Attendant its mission to serve humanity, but it still misunderstood his needs. He then visited Heidina, where Nan Hong demanded that Witnesses sell Pioneers; Liu arrived and ordered Nan Hong to leave.

• Lin Yi and Magic Child explained that Attendant was still incomplete, and Liu apologized for expecting too much of it.
• Liu instructed Attendant to serve humanity, and it recorded the mission in its core algorithms.
• Attendant again asked Liu if he wanted a room with a large bed, prompting him to leave and go see Heidina.
• At the Sea City Financial Center, Nan Hong asked Heidina to sell him Pioneers and offered her a premium and political favors.
• Liu entered Heidina's office, and Nan Hong identified him as Pioneers' boss; Liu told Nan Hong to get lost.

Liu Di threw Nan Hong out of a sixtieth-floor window, then told Heidina he planned to rapidly expand Intelligent Stores across China and reshape society through intelligent living. Heidina realized the scale of his ambition as Liu Di insisted that even nationwide expansion was too slow.

• Nan Hong cursed Liu Di and ordered his bodyguards to attack, so Liu Di grabbed his finger and flung him through the window onto a suspended platform two floors below.
• Heidina saw that Nan Hong had survived the fall, while his bodyguards rushed to rescue him.
• Liu Di told Heidina he wanted to open Intelligent Stores in every province within three months by quickly acquiring existing businesses.
• Liu Di calculated that his plan required two hundred thousand stores and said the expansion was still too slow compared with Gemini's growth.
• Liu Di told Heidina the stores would help usher humanity into an age of intelligent living and make the Pioneers an unstoppable commercial force.
• Nan Hong threatened to steal Liu Di's business, but Liu Di ignored him and declared that his ambitions extended beyond China.

Heidina agreed to seek bank funding for Liu Di’s ambitious store plan after remembering his reputation as Emperor San, though he admitted he had not visited the store yet. Meanwhile, Little Liu faced ridicule over bringing Redback to his school’s pet day, then reunited with Liu Di, who took him home on a bus.

• Heidina worried that her group lacked the capital for Liu Di’s plan, but Liu Di reminded her that he was Emperor San, prompting her to prepare a funding proposal.
• Heidina asked how they should describe the store, and Liu Di admitted he had not visited it yet and would go after picking up Little Liu.
• At Yingjie Primary School, Little Liu registered Redback for Cute Pet Love Day and endured classmates boasting about their expensive pets and mocking his dog.
• Little Liu waited at the school gate for Liu Di, complained about being left alone, and then spotted Liu Di nearby.
• Liu Di revealed Bus Route 112 as their ride home and forced Little Liu aboard after saying the boy had dismantled his car.
• A wealthy father saw Little Liu board the bus and told his son to take better care of him, believing his family was poor.

Liu Di visited Little Liu at the Experimental Graveyard, where the boy showed off his robots and received a stern lecture about becoming stronger. Liu Di then introduced him to Little Tree, the enormous mutant king, and prepared to take him out to see the world.

• Little Liu questioned Liu Di about his job and declared that the Liu family's future depended on him.
• Little Liu showed Liu Di his robotic helpers, including one that did his homework, and offered him control of them in exchange for praise.
• Liu Di controlled Robot Number 8 with his purple-lit eye, then drank tea contaminated with washing-machine water.
• Liu Di told Little Liu he had to become far stronger than ordinary people because the world was dangerous, and Little Liu said he would hide his strength.
• Liu Di introduced Little Liu to Little Tree, a five-meter-tall mutant king, and Little Liu eagerly asked to go out and see the world.

Liu brought the little boy to TO Lingxi’s crowded experimental store to show off its intelligent technology and reveal that he was its founder. When Liu tried to enter without queuing, the customers insisted he follow the rules, leaving him and the boy waiting outside.

• The little boy peppered Liu with questions about Little Tree and then asked where Liu was taking him.
• Liu showed the boy TO Lingxi No. 1, a popular store filled with robots and automated services, and proudly called himself its founder and technology provider.
• The little boy became excited by the store’s technology and urged Liu to take him inside.
• A robot told Liu to join the queue, and the customers angrily challenged him when he tried to enter without waiting.
• Liu learned that 872 people were ahead of them, so he and the boy waited outside eating ice cream while the store’s announcement praised its founder.

Nan Tianhai discovered that Nan Ruoyi's project with Liu Di was the unexpectedly successful TO Lingxi chain and went to confront them. He found Liu Di with a little boy whose remarks left Nan Tianhai confused about Liu Di's relationship with Ruoyi.

• Nan Tianhai and Nan Tianfeng arrived at the TO Lingxi store after investigating Nan Ruoyi and Liu Di's business.
• Nan Tianhai recognized Nan Ruoyi's gift as a rare VIP card and saw the huge crowds and advanced technology at TO Lingxi.
• A reception robot addressed Nan Tianhai by name and offered him prepared books and tea, but he chose to find Nan Ruoyi and Liu Di instead.
• Nan Tianhai found Liu Di near a flowerbed, and Liu Di explained that TO Lingxi was Nan Ruoyi's project and that he had provided blueprints.
• Little Liu asked about the restaurant and said he had no mother, prompting Nan Tianhai to question Liu Di about his relationship with Nan Ruoyi.

Liu Di revealed that he had secured three trillion in funding for the Lingxi Store, leaving Nan Tianhai and Nan Tianfeng stunned. When a blond young man named Moore arrived in a levitating Rolls-Royce and his bodyguards threatened Little Liu, Liu Di intervened and sent them flying to the end of the queue.

• Liu Di took a call from Heidina, who said twelve multinational banks had arranged around three trillion in funding for the store.
• Heidina explained that demonstrating Liu Di's technology could reduce the investors' combined equity stake to below fifteen percent, and Liu agreed to show his strength.
• Nan Tianfeng doubted Liu's claims about the funds, while Liu asked Nan Tianhai to help with the required approvals.
• A levitating Rolls-Royce arrived, and its blond passenger, Moore, approached the Lingxi Store on a floating disc as Little Liu examined the car.
• When Moore's bodyguards tried to shove Little Liu, Liu Di stopped them and ordered Violent Bear to punish them for cutting the queue.
• Liu Di sent the four bodyguards flying upside down to the end of the line, then kicked Moore's Rolls-Royce across the road and damaged it.

Liu Di’s clash with Young Master Moore over a damaged Rolls-Royce ended peacefully when Nan Tianhai intervened. Moore apologized to Little Liu, gave him a ticket to a technology competition, and dismissed the rumored technology at Lingxi Restaurant as unimpressive compared with his own Intelligent Life.

• Young Master Moore arrived with modified-human bodyguards and calculated that Liu Di owed him 929,800 yuan for the damaged car door after the illegal-parking fine was deducted.
• Little Liu remarked that Moore was so reasonable that it made the situation difficult, while Nan Tianhai stepped forward and offered to pay.
• Moore photographed Zhao Chenwu, discovered his decorated military record was classified, and realized Nan Tianhai was no ordinary man.
• Nan Tianhai told Liu Di to compensate Moore, but Moore refused payment, apologized to Little Liu, and gave him a ticket to the technology competition he was defending champion of.
• Moore left after saying his particle-beam hover technology was beyond Little Liu’s understanding and that TO Lingxi’s robots and basic algorithm could not compare with his Intelligent Life.

Liu Di demonstrated his extraordinary force-controlling ability by repairing and then crushing the blond young man's Rolls-Royce, and challenged him to compete at the VTN International Intelligent Robot Competition. After Nan Tianhai warned Liu Di that the Punisher might target him, Liu Di and the little boy ate at TO Lingxi and discussed the blond man's technology.

• Liu Di remotely repaired the Rolls-Royce door, then crushed the car into scrap as compensation for the little boy's injury.
• Liu Di returned the blond young man's VTN competition ticket and challenged him to face off over technology; the blond man summoned another Rolls-Royce and left.
• Nan Tianhai warned Liu Di that the Punisher might target him and said he would try to put in a good word with its leader.
• Nan Tianhai gave the little boy a VIP card to use for food and left to welcome Chief Song.
• At TO Lingxi, the little boy praised the blond man's particle levitation technology and tablet, while Liu Di dismissed both.

Liu Di returned to the Experimental Graveyard to upgrade TO Lingxi’s robot factories and prepare a robot for the VTN International Intelligent Robot Competition. Little Liu secretly registered for the competition, but Liu Di changed his entry name to Little Bear, and the chapter ended with Little Liu discovering Liu Di’s partly assembled humanoid robot.

• Liu Di sealed off the Experimental Graveyard and began upgrading the factories while preparing for the competition and his meeting with Mr. Song.
• Liu Di gave Little Liu blueprints to fix, but caught him secretly working on his own project.
• Liu Di found Little Liu’s competition registration under the fake identity Di Qi and changed his name to Little Bear.
• Little Liu later used Little Tree to climb onto the shelves and spotted Liu Di’s competition materials registered under the name Di Qi.
• Little Liu noticed Liu Di’s partly assembled humanoid robot and asked what it was, and Liu Di called it his extracurricular homework.

Little Liu and Liu Di entered the VTN International Intelligent Robot Competition and both advanced to the semifinals with S cards. At the opening ceremony, financial tycoons watched the masked Liu Di, suspecting he was the legendary Creator, Emperor San.

• After three days in the Experimental Graveyard, Little Liu and Liu Di headed to the competition, and Little Liu made Liu Di pay for the truck.
• Little Liu demonstrated his robot and earned an S card, while Liu Di also came out of his evaluation with an S card despite carrying no visible entry.
• The VTN International Intelligent Robot Competition opened with thirty-one preliminary winners, including Little Bear and Di Qi, and reigning champion Young Master Moore.
• Sixteen financial tycoons focused on the masked Liu Di and wondered if he was Emperor San, the legendary Creator.

Liu Di brought Little Liu to a robot technology competition, where Little Liu entered his crude Violent Bear robot in the humanoid physical fitness event. Young Master Moore’s IL Intelligent Life set a commanding lead, while Little Liu kept modifying Violent Bear in preparation for its turn.

• Young Master Moore mocked Little Liu and Liu Di, but Liu Di promised that technology would defeat him.
• The host introduced a 300-meter obstacle course requiring humanoid robots to clear obstacles, climb walls, and recover after falling.
• Thirty-one robots entered the event, including Morr’s polished IL Intelligent Life and Little Liu’s makeshift Violent Bear.
• Contestants struggled through the course, and only nine robots finished, taking fifteen to twenty minutes.
• Little Liu analyzed the failures and repeatedly adjusted Violent Bear while Liu Di watched him work and encouraged him.
• Morr’s IL Intelligent Life completed the course in four minutes and thirty seconds, leaving the venue stunned.

Morr took the lead in the first round, but Little Liu’s Violent Bear matched the champion’s time, tying for first. Liu Di withdrew Di Qi from both rounds to give Little Liu room to shine, telling Heidina that the child’s growth mattered more than the 3 trillion.

• Morr topped the results leaderboard, while Di Qi withdrew from the first round with the judges’ approval.
• Little Liu’s Violent Bear completed the obstacle course in 4 minutes 30 seconds, tying with IL Intelligent Life and enraging Morr.
• The host began the autonomous robot intelligence round, where most contestants performed poorly.
• Morr requested harder questions, and Little Liu accepted the challenge.
• Di Qi withdrew from the final, prompting Heidina to call Liu Di, who explained that he wanted to give Little Liu a chance to show himself.

Little Liu revealed that Violent Bear’s apparent weakness had been an act, forcing a tie with IL Intelligent Life to trigger a robot deathmatch. Violent Bear demolished Moore’s robot, leaving Little Liu celebrating its victory.

• IL Intelligent Life and Violent Bear both answered all ten questions correctly, tying for first place again.
• Little Liu revealed his scheme to Liu Di as the organizers announced a robot deathmatch to decide the championship.
• Moore equipped IL Intelligent Life with a flamethrower, while Little Liu transformed Violent Bear into a steel combat machine.
• Violent Bear charged before the countdown ended and destroyed IL Intelligent Life with its claws and saw blades.
• Little Liu mocked Moore and celebrated as Liu Di covered his face.