Chapter Summaries

Ruiji Hospital tested Three Purities’ magnetically controlled capsule endoscope and found it delivered clear, useful results with a better patient experience than Olympus’s equipment. Dean Gu awarded Ruiji’s new capsule endoscopy procurement contract to Three Purities, but Takeuchi Ichiro learned that Three Purities had entered a deep cooperation agreement with domestic CMOS supplier Kewei and saw a chance to undermine it.

• A young man described a failed Olympus capsule endoscopy, then tried Three Purities’ capsule and received a diagnosis of mild intestinal inflammation.
• Doctors used the Three Purities prototype to examine a series of patients and praised its control, image quality, and patient experience.
• Director Xiao presented Ruiji Hospital’s case reports to Dean Gu and confirmed that Three Purities’ equipment outperformed Olympus’s capsule endoscope.
• Dean Gu rejected Takeuchi Ichiro’s offer and awarded Ruiji’s new capsule endoscopy contract to Three Purities.
• Takeuchi Ichiro returned to Olympus’s Sea City headquarters and discovered an email saying Three Purities had reached a deep cooperation agreement with Kewei, a domestic CMOS supplier.

Three Purities celebrated the successful optimization of Kewei’s CMOS chip, but Sony abruptly canceled its supply order just before mass production. Lu Tingfeng sent Wang Dali to help Kewei ramp up production while he sought alternative suppliers, and Wei Kang resolved to support domestic products and defeat the Olympus–Sony alliance.

• Wang Dali returned to the office and learned that Xiao He and the engineers had optimized Kewei’s chip, adding imaging features and an AI Intelligent Image-Reading System.
• Lu Tingfeng announced that Sony had canceled its mass-production supply order, prompting the team to worry about delays and lost hospital orders.
• Lu Tingfeng explained that Sony’s cutoff likely reflected pressure from Olympus and concern about Kewei’s ambitions in the high-end market.
• Wang Dali proposed using Kewei’s chip, and Lu Tingfeng sent him to Kewei to accelerate mass production while Lu pursued replacement chips from other suppliers.
• The supply cutoff sparked public debate, and many netizens supported Three Purities as it faced pressure from Sony and Olympus.
• Wei Kang resolved to support domestic products and defeat Three Purities’ opponents in the endoscope field.

After Sony stopped supplying CMOS chips, Wei Kang brought Three Purities' chip ambitions to Huawei and secured a partnership with Hisilicon and Kewei to develop high-end domestic CMOS chips. The three companies formally signed a deep cooperation agreement, launching their joint effort to upgrade domestic CMOS technology.

• Wang Guiqing told Wei Kang he had contacted Sony and would help press for a resolution, while Wei Kang said Three Purities would protest by suspending pharmaceutical supplies to Sakura Country.
• Wei Kang learned that Kewei was nearing mass production but lacked the design experience needed for high-end CMOS chips, so he decided to seek help from specialists.
• Wei Kang and Lu Tingfeng visited Huawei, where Yu Dong agreed to refer their proposal to Hisilicon's leaders.
• Boss Ren and General Manager He agreed to cooperate, with Hisilicon providing personnel, Three Purities funding, and Kewei manufacturing facilities.
• Zhao Xing welcomed the investment, and several days later the three parties signed a deep cooperation agreement at Kewei.

Wei Kang announced that his wedding to Jian Lianyun would take place on October 6 and decided to livestream their Hanfu ceremony for fans. As he sent invitations to guests, Corinna and Schumacher confirmed they would attend and told him that their wedding gift had arrived at a Chinese port.

• Wei Kang reassured fans that Three Purities’ capsule endoscopes would not be affected by the CMOS supply cuts and promised to pursue domestic chip production.
• Wei Kang posted a photo with Jian Lianyun and announced their October 6 wedding, prompting fans to debate where it would be held.
• Wei Kang revealed that they would have a Hanfu wedding and offered to livestream the ceremony for fans.
• Wei Kang sent digital wedding invitations to guests, including Corinna and Schumacher.
• Corinna sent Wei Kang the bill of lading for Schumacher’s wedding gift, which was expected to be delivered to him that week.

Wei Kang received a rare customized Ferrari as a wedding gift from Corinna and learned from Wenren Long that it had been designed by Schumacher and was worth tens of millions. As wedding preparations continued, Sheng Changya arranged a cross-platform livestream after Wei Kang rejected exclusive deals, then received Jian Lianyun’s message inviting her to try on their wedding clothes.

• Corinna arranged for Ferrari to deliver a customized sports car to Wei Kang as a surprise wedding gift, and he took it for a test drive with Wenren Long.
• Wenren Long explained that the car was a customized LaFerrari worth tens of millions, and Wei Kang revealed that Schumacher had designed it as a wedding gift.
• News of Schumacher’s gift spread through Wei Kang’s company and across the internet, and the Ferrari became a popular display and photo spot at Sanqing Garden.
• Sheng Changya rejected exclusive livestream offers on Wei Kang’s behalf and organized a cross-platform broadcast, while planning a Sanqing Beauty promotion for the wedding.
• Jian Lianyun messaged Sheng Changya to invite her to try on their wedding clothes at Minghua Hall the next day, and Sheng Changya’s smile disappeared.

Jian Lianyun and Sheng Changya visited Jinxiu Yu'an Hanfu Experience Hall to try wedding attire, while two streamers outside filmed their Ferrari before being sent away by the driver. After Jian Lianyun emerged in a vivid red bridal outfit, Sheng Changya decided she wanted one too.

• Two streamers found Jinxiu Yu'an closed to visitors because an honored guest had booked the hall, then filmed the arriving Ferrari LaFerrari and speculated about its owners during a livestream.
• The driver confronted the streamers and sent them away, then reported the incident to Sheng Changya and Jian Lianyun, who agreed it was fine as long as the streamers had not filmed them.
• Boss Dai showed Jian Lianyun and Sheng Changya the hall and explained its custom Hanfu, styling, and photography services.
• Sheng Changya ordered custom outfits inspired by Wu Zetian after her ascension and Hua Mulan, while Jian Lianyun changed into a bright red bridal ensemble.
• Jian Lianyun came out in her wedding attire, and Sheng Changya dropped her phone as she decided she wanted a matching outfit.

Sheng Changya watched Jian Lianyun try on her wedding outfits and ordered a Phoenix Crown and Brocade Robe for herself to collect. As Wei Kang’s wedding preparations progressed, Wang Guiqing arranged for the Chinese traditional wedding to be televised, drawing attention from across the country.

• Jian Lianyun tried on all five wedding outfits, and Sheng Changya and Boss Dai admired her Phoenix Crown and Brocade Robe.
• Sheng Changya messaged Minghua Hall to order a matching Phoenix Crown and Brocade Robe, saying she wanted to collect it rather than wear it as a bride.
• Wenren Long learned that Tang Que had also been asked to serve as a best man, while Tang Que explained his carefully planned approach to marriage.
• Wei Kang received a call from Wang Guiqing, who offered a professional wedding host and television broadcast for the wedding.
• As National Day approached, television stations and livestreaming platforms announced they would broadcast Wei Kang’s wedding and follow its preparations, attracting nationwide attention.

Zhang Jun and his girlfriend watched Wei Kang and Jian Lianyun’s elaborate Ming-style wedding rehearsal and livestream, which inspired them to choose a Chinese wedding of their own. After the newlyweds completed the traditional rites, Zhang Jun and his girlfriend firmly agreed to hold a Chinese wedding.

• Zhang Jun and his girlfriend watched the wedding rehearsal program and were impressed by its Hanfu-clad attendants and traditional ceremonies.
• Zhang Jun and his girlfriend discussed changing their own wedding plans to a Chinese-style ceremony.
• The next day, they watched guests arrive in Ming-style clothing, including Yu Dong, Le Jun, and Schumacher.
• Wei Kang and Jian Lianyun appeared in red wedding robes and exchanged bows as the wedding livestream began.
• Wei Kang and Jian Lianyun completed traditional wedding rites, including hand-washing, scattering blessings, sharing food and wine, and thanking the bride’s parents.
• Zhang Jun firmly told his girlfriend they had to hold a Chinese wedding, and she agreed.

After Wei Kang’s elaborate Chinese-style wedding went viral, Hanfu and traditional culture surged in popularity across the country. Back at work, Wei Kang reviewed the successful laboratory development of the Nano Pill and Artificial Blood and prioritized Artificial Blood as research moved into animal experiments.

• Wei Kang completed his wedding ceremony and toasted guests with his bride before returning to Kun City exhausted.
• The wedding video spread online, and guests including Yu Dong and Le Jun shared Hanfu photos that helped popularize Chinese-style weddings and traditional clothing.
• After the National Day holiday, Wei Kang noticed more people wearing Hanfu at Sanqing Garden and returned to reviewing company projects.
• Wei Kang learned that the Nano Pill and Artificial Blood had been manufactured in the laboratory and had entered the animal experiment stage.
• Wei Kang focused on Artificial Blood, reviewing its potential to provide a steady supply of blood and produce universal blood components for transfusions.
• Wei Kang examined the technology’s two key breakthroughs and learned that both were closely tied to the expression of two genes.

Ding Mian presented Sanqing Group’s laboratory-made universal Artificial Blood and outlined the challenges of mass production, while Tang Que rebuked him for boasting. Jia Qing then approached Liu Zhengming to arrange a clinical trial, and Liu immediately sought Bombay blood type volunteers.

• Ding Mian explained how the team used MLLT3 and suppressed H gene expression to create universal Artificial Blood, then described the five production stages and the need to develop affordable mass production.
• Tang Que criticized Ding Mian for taking too much credit and said he would report the project to President Wei himself.
• Jia Qing told Liu Zhengming that Sanqing Group wanted to conduct a clinical trial of its Artificial Blood, prompting Liu to study the project materials in shock.
• Liu Zhengming proposed enrolling at least ten subjects for small transfusions and monitoring, then called the Su Province Blood Center to request a list of people with Bombay and Bombay-like blood types.

The Su Province Blood Center confirmed that Three Purities’ Artificial Blood matched Bombay blood type, and clinical trials found no adverse reactions among the volunteers. When a Bombay blood type volunteer suffered a severe accident and faced a shortage of compatible blood, Liu Zhengming and an emergency physician used Artificial Blood to stabilize him, marking its first clinical use.

• Director Huang confirmed the sample was Bombay blood type and recruited rare-blood and common-blood volunteers for clinical trials.
• Fifty-six volunteers received small transfusions without adverse reactions, and the trials expanded to partner hospitals.
• A Bombay blood type volunteer was badly injured in a car accident and needed far more compatible blood than the city could provide.
• Liu Zhengming proposed using Artificial Blood, and the emergency physician agreed after reviewing the trial report and obtaining the family’s consent.
• The emergency physician transfused the patient with 200 milliliters of Artificial Blood in 50-milliliter batches, and the patient showed no adverse reactions.

After a Bombay Blood Type patient safely received Three Purities' Artificial Blood, news of the treatment spread nationwide and ignited hopes that blood shortages could be overcome. Wei Kang accepted that the breakthrough needed a paper and began considering where to publish it.

• Liu Zhengming and the emergency doctor confirmed that the patient had no adverse effects after receiving 200 ml of Artificial Blood, but decided to wait for donated blood before surgery.
• Director Huang told Liu Zhengming that blood shortages were worsening nationwide and resolved to report the development to higher-ups.
• Online appeals for Bombay blood donors went viral, and volunteers learned that Artificial Blood could serve as a substitute for their rare blood type.
• Media reports revealed Three Purities' Artificial Blood, prompting widespread public discussion of blood shortages, donation-system problems, and the potential impact of the new product.
• Wei Kang spoke with Academician Chang Sanwei, who urged him to publish a paper; Wei Kang agreed to have the research materials organized and considered where to submit it.

Wei Kang founded Three Purities’ internal academic journal, Life, to publish company research, with the Artificial Blood paper as its cover article. The first issue spread through domestic and overseas academia, but Professor Duren struggled to understand its Chinese papers and even Google Translate’s English output.

• Wei Kang rejected expensive, slow core journals and decided Three Purities should publish its own electronic journal, Life, with Artificial Blood as the cover paper.
• Wei Kang assigned Anmei to assemble the first issue, and she selected ten unpublished papers from the company forum; Huang Qin and Williams were excited to have their work included.
• A week later, Wei Kang released Life on Three Purities’ website and sent the journal to Chang Sanwei and more than thirty academicians for review.
• The journal drew intense interest from domestic researchers, companies, public accounts, and students, who studied and discussed its ten papers.
• Overseas academics struggled to read the Chinese journal, and Professor Duren ordered his assistant to find a biology student to translate it.
• Professor Duren tried Google Translate, but he could not understand the English translation of the Chinese passage.

Wei Kang announced demanding, free submission standards for Sanqing’s journal, Life, after it gained rapid circulation and SCI indexing. Huang Qin celebrated publishing his first SCI paper, and Williams recognized how Sanqing’s environment had helped an ordinary employee grow into a capable researcher.

• Anmei reported that Life had surpassed one million downloads and been indexed by SCI, while domestic databases asked to include it.
• Wei Kang allowed submissions only for innovative Chinese life-science or medical papers with reproducible experiments and warned that misconduct would bring rejection and blacklisting.
• Researchers debated the strict requirements, but many welcomed the chance to publish without fees.
• Huang Qin celebrated finding his paper in Life, and Williams reassured him that his research ability had grown through his work at Sanqing.
• Williams reflected on Huang Qin’s progress and recognized that Sanqing’s resources and guidance could help ordinary people develop their potential.
• Huang Qin said his first SCI paper might be the brightest moment of his life, and Williams told him it was only the beginning.

Xie Tianyin coordinated rare-blood donations in Sea City, but a young girl died before her donor arrived and a two-year-old boy died despite receiving blood. News of Three Purities’ Artificial Blood inspired the alliance to petition for RH-negative supplies, and Xie agreed to contact the company and blood center.

• Xie Tianyin verified new RH-negative volunteers and recruited a donor for a seven-year-old girl with Aplastic Anemia, but she died just as the donor arrived.
• Xie refused to recruit eight donors for a two-year-old boy who needed 3,000 milliliters of RH-negative O blood because the surgery had a very low chance of success.
• The donor, The Boat Reaches the Bridge and Sinks Naturally, blamed himself for arriving too late and left the group after the girl’s death.
• Xie learned that the boy also died after his parents found blood through other means, and he felt relieved that alliance volunteers had not been used for the operation.
• After members discussed Three Purities’ Artificial Blood, Xie agreed to contact the company and blood center about producing RH-negative supplies.

Wei Kang agreed to work with the Rare Blood Type Alliance to develop RH-negative Artificial Blood and strengthen blood supplies, hoping to end illegal blood trading. The chapter ended with Ding Mian collecting stem cells from three Alliance representatives and estimating that the first RH-negative blood could be ready within eighteen days.

• Wei Kang considered the Rare Blood Type Alliance's proposal after learning its members would volunteer for clinical trials and provide hematopoietic stem cells.
• Xie Tianyin, Chang Hao, and Lin Xi explained their donation work and warned that high prices for RH-negative blood were drawing volunteers into the underground market.
• Wei Kang agreed to prioritize rare blood types, provide RH-negative blood reserves at ordinary blood prices, and collaborate with the Alliance and Director Huang.
• Wei Kang explained that RH-negative blood could be produced from the representatives' stem cells without regard to ABO type, and Ding Mian led them to the laboratory.
• Ding Mian collected stem cells from the three representatives and said Three Purities could deliver RH-negative blood to the blood station within eighteen days.

Zuo Ying, an Rh-negative mother, avoided blood dealers and received Artificial Blood during a difficult delivery, giving birth safely to a daughter. As hospitals began using Artificial Blood for patients, the fat blood middleman lost his customers and realized his business was collapsing.

• Zuo Ying and her husband found a hospital willing to admit her and prepare Rh-negative blood before delivery.
• A fat middleman offered Zuo Ying fifty thousand yuan for 400 milliliters of her rare blood, but she refused to sell it.
• When Zuo Ying suffered bleeding during delivery, the doctor used Artificial Blood for her surgery, and she safely gave birth to a daughter who also had Rh-negative blood.
• A middle-aged man canceled his order for blood from the fat middleman after learning Three Purities could provide Artificial Blood for his father's surgery.
• The fat middleman received calls from customers canceling their blood orders and demanding refunds, then collapsed as he realized his business was finished.

Xie Tianyin explained that artificial blood and free blood donation would operate in parallel while artificial blood remained costly and scarce, as Ding Mian’s team worked to expand production. The rocket launch date was set, and Wei Kang and Jian Lianyun prepared for their final training before going to the Space Station.

• Xie Tianyin told the Rare Blood Type Alliance that free blood donation would continue alongside artificial blood to meet demand and keep blood affordable.
• Ding Mian inspected the artificial-blood production line and instructed workers on cultivating stem cells and standardizing procedures for future expansion.
• Ding Mian explained the risks of paid blood donation and argued that voluntary donation and artificial blood should operate in parallel.
• Wei Kang learned that the rocket launch was set for December 30 and that he and Jian Lianyun would spend three days at the Space Station.
• Wei Kang and Jian Lianyun were scheduled to begin their final fourteen-day intensive astronaut training on December 15.

Wei Kang and Jian Lianyun completed their astronaut training and traveled to the launch site for their space honeymoon. After the rocket launched, Wei Kang stepped out of the cabin and entered the Space Station.

• Wei Kang announced the launch date for his space honeymoon, and news of his trip sparked widespread discussion online.
• At the Aerospace Training Center, Su Yang showed Wei Kang and Jian Lianyun third-generation Feitian extravehicular spacesuits and gave them two suits as souvenirs.
• Wei Kang and Jian Lianyun passed their final training assessment with high scores and continued intensive preparation.
• At Aerospace City, Fang Heng showed them the rocket and explained the assembly and launch schedule as Wei Kang watched it take shape.
• Wei Kang and Jian Lianyun boarded the rocket, which launched with them secured inside.
• Six and a half hours later, Wei Kang stepped from the rocket cabin into the Space Station.

Wei Kang and Jian Lianyun fulfilled their dream of visiting the Space Station, sharing photos and videos that excited the public before returning to Earth. As they began rehabilitation after the trip, Jian Lianyun received alarming news about a patient.

• Wei Kang took photos during his first moments in space, completed a spacewalk with the Five-Starred Red Flag, and called Sun Chengren and his in-laws.
• Wei Kang posted photos from the Space Station, and he and Jian Lianyun shared videos of their daily life that drew widespread attention online.
• Jian Lianyun gave up her planned spacewalk because her upper-body strength and training were insufficient for the demanding spacesuit.
• Wei Kang and Jian Lianyun left the Space Station, returned to Earth, and traveled to an aerospace rehabilitation center in the Capital City.
• Wei Kang read a notice announcing a commercial astronaut training program as Jian Lianyun reacted to news that a patient had acquired an infection in the hospital.