Chapter Summaries

Before the luncheon, Ouyang Fengyu arranged for Lu Ziming to show off his riding skills at Yan Family Manor’s racetrack, but the wild Mongol War Horse threw him. Liu Di revealed the horse’s nature and made it bow to him with his Emperor’s Aura, leaving everyone stunned.

• Ouyang Fengyu led the group to the racetrack after Lu Ziming and Zhou Tiancheng agreed to demonstrate their skills.
• Lu Ziming identified the horse as a Hundred-Hoof Iron Hoof Horse and claimed he could handle it.
• Lu Ziming mounted the stallion, but it threw him onto the ground when he tried to make it move.
• Liu Di explained that the horse was a proud Mongol War Horse and mocked Lu Ziming for being unworthy of riding it.
• Ouyang Fengyu challenged Liu Di to ride the horse, while Yan Qingwen warned him not to act rashly.
• Liu Di used Thousand Forces—Emperor's Aura, and the Mongol War Horse bowed before him.

After Liu Di’s warhorse incident left the crowd astonished, Ouyang Fengyu, Lu Ziming, and Zhou Tiancheng challenged him to skeet shooting to recover their pride. Liu Di used his newly acquired skills to hit every target in an extraordinary rapid-fire display, while Black Mountain recognized him from afar and challenged Old Yan to a chess game.

• Liu Di’s warhorse knelt before him, deepening Yan Qingwen’s confusion and strengthening Nan Ruoyi’s faith in him.
• Ouyang Fengyu and Lu Ziming urged Zhou Tiancheng to beat Liu Di at skeet shooting, and Zhou boasted about his skill.
• Magic Child fused shotgun expertise, a loading technique, and skeet-shooting instincts into Liu Di.
• Liu Di loaded the shotgun, ordered all four launchers to fire seventy discs continuously, and began shooting before Zhou Tiancheng could take his turn.
• Liu Di rapidly reloaded and hit every clay disc, leaving Zhou Tiancheng and the onlookers stunned.
• Black Mountain recognized Liu Di from the pavilion and excitedly challenged Old Yan to a chess game.

Liu Di stunned the Yan Family guests with his shooting skills, then rescued Old Master Yan’s Go game against General Black Mountain. Black Mountain became determined to recruit Liu Di, while Old Master Yan ended the match before its result was decided.

• Liu Di shattered seventy clay pigeons in two minutes, leaving Zhou Tiancheng shocked and Yan Qingwen determined to learn more about him.
• General Black Mountain told Old Master Yan he wanted to recruit someone from the Yan Family Manor, then pointed to Liu Di.
• Old Master Yan protested that Liu Di was frail, but Black Mountain declared victory with his Nine Dragon Coiling Tail formation.
• Liu Di placed a white stone that disrupted Black Mountain’s formation and gave Old Master Yan a chance to turn the game around.
• Black Mountain praised Liu Di’s strategic skill and resolved to recruit him, while Old Master Yan called for lunch instead of continuing the game.

At the Yan manor banquet, Yan Qingwen and Ouyang Fengyu clashed over how to promote Yingzhi Group’s new products, while Zhou Tiancheng bragged about his company’s prospects. When everyone turned to Liu Di for his opinion, he called Ouyang Fengyu, Lu Ziming, and Zhou Tiancheng trash.

• Old Master Yan invited the younger guests to share their recent achievements, and Yan Qingwen described her charity-focused concert plan for Yingzhi Group’s new products.
• Ouyang Fengyu criticized Yan Qingwen’s plan and announced that he and Lu Ziming would hold a concert aimed at driving at least 20 billion in sales.
• Lu Ziming endorsed Ouyang Fengyu’s plan, and Zhou Tiancheng boasted that his company was preparing for a third round of financing and a rapid public listing.
• Nan Ruoyi declined to discuss her business, and the guests turned their attention to Liu Di for his response.
• Liu Di said Ouyang Fengyu, Lu Ziming, and Zhou Tiancheng were all trash.

Liu Di backed Yan Qingwen’s charity concert proposal and threatened to ruin Ouyang Fengyu’s concert and Zhou Tiancheng’s travel company. Zhou Tiancheng dismissed his warnings and insisted his business was thriving.

• Liu Di told Ouyang Fengyu, Lu Ziming, and Zhou Tiancheng that their achievements meant nothing to him and said their concert would become a joke.
• Liu Di announced that he would support Yan Qingwen’s charity gala on Coastal Street at the same time as the Emperor Yi concert, predicting the audience would choose hers.
• Ouyang Fengyu mocked Liu Di’s plan, while Yan Qingwen stared at him in disbelief.
• Liu Di accused Zhou Tiancheng of exploiting farmland, landmarks, and island residents, and predicted his company would go bankrupt within twenty-four hours.
• Zhou Tiancheng threatened to sue Liu Di for defamation, then claimed his company had substantial funds and customers and could not fail.

At the Yan Family gathering, Liu Di warned Ouyang Fengyu that Zhao Ze’s daily accidents would continue and that Ouyang Fengyu could be next, hinting that he knew about their schemes. After the others dismissed and challenged him, Nan Ruoyi unexpectedly lit Liu Di’s cigarette and stood behind him.

• Liu Di told Ouyang Fengyu that Zhao Ze would suffer misfortune every day for a month and warned that Ouyang Fengyu might be next.
• Ouyang Fengyu recalled Zhao Ze’s strange run of accidents and feared Liu Di had uncovered his scheme.
• Old Master Yan, Yan Kaikai, and Zhou Tiancheng dismissed Liu Di’s claims and urged him to leave or stop speaking.
• When Liu Di reached for a cigarette without a lighter, Nan Ruoyi rose, lit it for him, and stood silently behind him.

Nan Ruoyi shocked the Yan Family by treating Liu Di as her Sir, while Zhou Tiancheng learned that his travel company was collapsing after Gemini exposed its practices and released free routes. The chapter left Zhou frozen as his secretary’s call ended amid a customer confrontation.

• Nan Ruoyi lit Liu Di’s cigarette and declared that she would obey even an order from him to sacrifice her life.
• Nan Ruoyi refused Old Master Yan’s request to explain her relationship with Liu Di without Liu Di’s permission.
• Zhou Tiancheng received a call from his secretary warning that his company was going bankrupt.
• The secretary explained that Gemini had exposed the company’s harmful routes and hidden fees, then launched free alternatives that prompted customers to demand refunds.
• A customer confronted the secretary over losing his honeymoon money, the call disconnected, and Zhou Tiancheng sat frozen.

Liu Di exposed Zhou Tiancheng’s downfall, then accepted Yan Hongxin’s apology as the Yan Family’s honored guest. General Black Mountain invoked a national conscription order and surrounded Yan Family Manor with soldiers to make Liu Di enlist.

• Zhou Tiancheng accused Liu Di of causing Gemini to ruin his company, and Liu Di admitted that Gemini’s CEO was his college classmate while hiding that he was its true founder.
• Zhou Tiancheng charged at Liu Di, but Nan Ruoyi knocked him unconscious with an axe kick.
• Liu Di challenged Lu Ziming and Ouyang Fengyu to settle things at the concert, while Yan Hongxin bowed and promised to treat him as the Yan Family’s most honored guest.
• Liu Di said he would leave after dealing with the wicked, and General Black Mountain announced that he had a national-level conscription order.
• Armored personnel carriers and armed soldiers surrounded Yan Family Manor as General Black Mountain said Liu Di had to enlist unconditionally.

Black Mountain tried to force Liu Di into a secret military mission, but Grandpa Tuo arrived and refused to let anyone take him. Black Mountain was left facing his old friend’s decision.

• Black Mountain cleared the room and pressed Liu Di to join the military for a dangerous state-secret project, while Duan Hua offered him a police position.
• A decorated old man arrived at Yan Family Manor and gained entry by showing the soldiers his medals.
• Grandpa Tuo, whose real name was Chu He and who had a long friendship with Black Mountain, Duan Hua, and Yan Hongxin, entered the banquet hall and greeted them.
• Liu Di served Grandpa Tuo Erguotou, and Grandpa Tuo said Liu Di helped at his hospital and would not be taken away.
• Black Mountain argued that he had a compulsory enlistment order, but Grandpa Tuo refused to give him face.

Black Mountain tried to recruit Liu Di for a secret military research project, but Grandpa Tuo intervened and agreed to help instead, with Liu Di assisting when needed. Liu Di deduced that the project involved human enhancement research by the military and Yingzhi Group.

• Black Mountain revealed that Liu Di had defeated six elite soldiers in forty-three seconds and sent a top-ranked squad leader flying with one punch.
• Old Master Yan realized how badly he had underestimated Liu Di and learned that Black Mountain wanted him for a military research project.
• Grandpa Tuo told Black Mountain he would help with the project, but Liu Di would only assist occasionally and would go when Grandpa Tuo arranged it.
• Liu Di inferred that the project involved Yingzhi Group's secret research and the military's search for people with special physiques, then identified its goal as creating modified humans.

Liu Di warned Old Master Yan to keep Ouyang Fengyu away from the covert department and reassured General Black Mountain that he would protect the military experiment’s secrets. The chapter ended with Grandpa Tuo and Liu Di leaving Yan Family Manor as the soldiers saluted Grandpa Tuo, leaving the onlookers stunned by their status.

• Liu Di advised Old Master Yan to revoke Ouyang Fengyu’s authority over the covert department and warned that he would ruin him if he crossed the line again.
• Liu Di apologized to General Black Mountain for intervening in the bank incident, and Grandpa Tuo vouched for him and took him away.
• General Black Mountain tried to continue discussing the plan, but Grandpa Tuo dismissed him and left with Liu Di.
• Lu Ziming, Zhou Tiancheng, and the Yan Family’s younger generation watched the soldiers line up and salute Grandpa Tuo as he and Liu Di exited the manor.
• Nan Ruoyi and Yan Qingwen wondered who Liu Di was after seeing the honor given to Grandpa Tuo and the respect Liu Di received from him.

Liu Di left the mountain with Grandpa Tuo, who explained that he had come to build military connections for Liu Di and urged him to serve Huaxia. As Zhou Tiancheng plotted to have Liu Di killed, smoke grenades suddenly engulfed General Black Mountain’s convoy.

• Liu Di thanked Grandpa Tuo for intervening, and Grandpa Tuo said he had come to use his influence to establish military connections for him.
• Grandpa Tuo praised Liu Di’s strength and told him to contribute to Huaxia when the country needed him.
• Zhou Tiancheng vowed to use his connections to find criminals who could kill Liu Di, while Ouyang Fengyu and Lu Ziming let him take the lead.
• Attackers in the woods threw smoke grenades at General Black Mountain’s convoy, filling the road with thick smoke and leaving the soldiers unable to see.

A masked assassin attacked Black Mountain on the mountain road, but Liu Di intervened and drove her off. The soldiers failed to find her, and Liu Di questioned why the attack had happened at Yan Family Manor.

• A masked woman in a black bodysuit ambushed Black Mountain's convoy and tore the door off his Audi.
• Liu Di leaped into the battle and punched the assassin into the bushes before she could stab Black Mountain.
• Magic Child reported that the assassin's body measurements were nearly 95% similar to hers, and Liu Di was shocked by the name it displayed.
• Zhou Tiancheng panicked after witnessing Liu Di's strength and fled, while Black Mountain thanked Liu Di for saving his life.
• The soldiers searched the nearby bushes but failed to find the escaped assassin, and Black Mountain ordered them to conceal the attack.
• Liu Di asked Black Mountain whether it was strange that the assassination had happened at Yan Family Manor.

After an assassination attempt on Black Mountain, Liu Di identified the killer as a modified human and continued helping Yan Qingwen prepare a charity gala. He accompanied her to Muyan Psychological Clinic, where her friend Li Muyan showed an unusually intense interest in him.

• Black Mountain reassured Liu Di and Yan Qingwen that the Yan Family Manor was safe after his men found little evidence at the assassination scene.
• Liu Di reviewed the female killer’s image and concluded that she was a modified human, making the Yan Family’s troubles more serious.
• Yan Qingwen asked Liu Di about his identity and worried their charity concert would fail against Emperor Yi, but Liu Di insisted it would proceed in four days outside Grandpa Tuo’s hospital.
• Liu Di drove Yan Qingwen to Muyan Psychological Clinic, where she asked him to keep her visit confidential.
• Li Muyan greeted Yan Qingwen, learned Liu Di’s identity, and stared at him with intense interest.

Liu Di discovered that Yan Qingwen had been secretly analyzed and targeted for hypnosis, then let Li Muyan attempt to hypnotize him. His consciousness integrations reversed the hypnosis, leaving Li Muyan under his control as he questioned her.

• Magic Child found a file on Wild Doctor's computer containing Liu Di's behavioral analysis and a hypnosis plan targeting him.
• Magic Child reported that Yan Qingwen had visited the clinic regularly for three years, though her case records were kept confidential.
• Li Muyan put Yan Qingwen to sleep and tried to seduce Liu Di into accepting the clinic's relaxation service.
• Li Muyan began hypnotizing Liu Di with a patterned pocket watch, but Magic Child's consciousness integrations protected him.
• Liu Di reverse-hypnotized Li Muyan and asked whether she was a virgin, and she answered that she was not.

Liu Di uncovered Li Muyan’s plan to hypnotize him and learned about Yan Qingwen’s illness, then planted a false story that he had more than eighty personalities. The chapter ended with Yan Qingwen rushing to tell Liu Di that something had happened at home, and Liu Di correctly guessed that Yan Yiwen had injured her shoulder and arm.

• Li Muyan confessed that Wenwen had asked her to plan a hypnosis session, but she had come to hypnotize Liu Di out of curiosity.
• Li Muyan explained that Yan Qingwen hid her true personality because of a psychological illness and needed affirmation from others.
• Liu Di hypnotized Li Muyan, made her believe she had successfully hypnotized him, and implanted the idea that he had more than eighty personalities.
• Li Muyan told Yan Qingwen about Liu Di’s supposed many personalities, and Yan Qingwen believed his illness was severe.
• After a phone call, Yan Qingwen hurried to Liu Di and said something had happened at home, and Liu Di guessed that Yan Yiwen had been in an accident or fallen and injured her shoulder and arm.

Liu Di investigated Yan Yiwen’s attempted assassination of General Black Mountain and discovered that she was the killer Phantom. He arranged to expose her by targeting Ouyang Fengyu, while Tie Si located equipment connected to Yan Yiwen’s escape route.

• Liu Di learned that Yan Yiwen had tried to assassinate General Black Mountain and found evidence linking her to the international killer Phantom.
• Liu Di decided to cripple Ouyang Fengyu to force Phantom to act, but told Yan Qingwen he would not visit Yan Yiwen after her reported injury.
• Liu Di identified six unmonitored locations along Yan Yiwen’s route and sent the addresses to Tie Si to search.
• Li Muyan visited Liu Di, praised him, and added him as a Gemini friend.
• Tie Si told Liu Di that they had found the item, and Liu Di instructed him to keep it hidden until after the concert.

Gemini APP's influence grew as anticipation mounted for Di Yi's concert in Sea City, while Yan Qingwen discovered that the restored antique piano from her family's basement matched the one in Di Yi's video. She began to suspect Liu Di was connected to Di Yi as the piano was taken to the charity gala.

• Gemini APP exposed Mitu Company's unethical practices and published better travel routes, causing the company to collapse and alarming rival businesses.
• Yingzhi Group announced a free Di Yi concert at Huitian Square on June 19, and Ouyang Fengyu expected it to bring in two billion yuan in sales.
• Lu Ziming panicked over Di Yi's announcement, prepared for the concert, and made plans to flee if the fake performer was exposed.
• At Yan Family Manor, Yan Qingwen watched Tie Si and others load supplies for the charity gala while Liu Di stayed at Grandpa Tuo's hospital to teach children to sing.
• Movers brought an antique piano from Liu Di's room, and Yan Qingwen recognized it as resembling the piano in Di Yi's video.
• Yan Qingwen played the piano and found it had been expertly restored, prompting her to suspect Liu Di was connected to Di Yi.

Yan Qingwen and Nan Ruoyi prepared a tiny charity gala at Grandpa Tuo’s hospital to rival Emperor Yi’s concert, while the children waited for Liu Di. Emperor Yi’s performance began at Huitian Square, but the audience quickly noticed that the singer’s voice sounded wrong.

• Yan Qingwen found no sign of Liu Di or the antique piano at the hospital and apologized to Nan Ruoyi for the shabby gala venue.
• Nan Ruoyi said the venue would shine as long as Sir was there, and Yan Kaikai and Xin Xin arrived to support Yan Qingwen’s gala instead of attending Emperor Yi’s concert.
• Yan Qingwen prepared the children to perform, but they insisted on waiting for Brother Liu Di.
• A singer introduced as Emperor Yi rose onto the Huitian Square stage and began singing “The Future is Promising.”
• The audience noticed that Emperor Yi’s voice sounded wrong.

A sound-system failure exposed the fake Emperor Yi’s terrible singing, and a blackout gave way to the real Emperor Yi’s song playing in sync across Sea City’s coastal district. Guided by streetlights toward the seaside, hundreds of thousands of listeners abandoned the stage and followed the music.

• Lu Ziming failed to restore the sound controls, leaving the fake Emperor Yi singing off-key while his earpiece feed made him think all was well.
• The stage systems and lights went out, plunging Sea City’s coastal district into darkness.
• Speakers across the district began playing the real Emperor Yi’s song, moving the audience and revealing the singer at the stage to be a fake.
• Streetlights lit up one by one, forming a route toward an old street by the seaside.
• The crowd followed the lit route as Emperor Yi’s singing continued through thousands of speakers.