Chapter Summaries

He Xi told Ouyang Ruo Xi about a highly skilled Traditional Chinese Medicine doctor who had saved Grandpa Wu, and Ouyang Ruo Xi asked to meet him. Meanwhile, Chen Mo decided what to eat for dinner and recalled the legendary origins of Gourd Head Paomo.

• He Xi invited Ouyang Ruo Xi to visit her grandfather and described the doctor who had saved Grandpa Wu after a myocardial infarction.
• Ouyang Ruo Xi became curious about the doctor's abilities and asked He Xi to tell her when she planned to visit, so she could meet him.
• He Xi complained about Chen Mo, not realizing that he was the doctor she had described.
• Chen Mo considered having Gourd Head Paomo for dinner and recounted the legend of Sun Simiao improving a pork-intestine dish with medicinal herbs.

Chen Mo prepared to make Gourd Head Paomo, using a home-raised chicken for the broth and telling recovering guests Old Man Ji and Old Man Wu they could not eat the fatty dish. The Old Men also discussed inviting more old friends to stay, with Chen Mo agreeing as long as the number of guests did not exceed the available rooms.

• Chen Mo bought pork intestines, bones, and other ingredients, then asked Uncle to wash them while he got a chicken for the broth.
• Da Hai asked why Chen Mo needed another chicken, and Chen Mo invited him to eat Gourd Head Paomo that evening.
• Old Man Ji and Old Man Wu learned they could not eat the dish while recovering, but Old Man He was told he could join the meal.
• After Chen Mo left, Old Man Ji asked how Old Man He’s conversation with Chen Mo had gone.
• Old Man He said Chen Mo welcomed more old friends but required the number of guests to stay within the number of guest rooms, delighting Old Man Ji and Old Man Wu.

Chen Mo prepared Gourd Head Paomo with his uncle and arranged for his aunt to help at the restaurant. He persuaded Old Man He to look into the investigation of Wang Li, then shared dinner with everyone and sent medicinal broth home to his family.

• Chen Mo asked Fu Huiwen to invite his aunt to help with the cooking for a salary of 3,000 yuan.
• Chen Mo prepared chicken and pork-bone broth, secretly replacing Fu Huiwen’s ordinary seasonings with medicinal ingredients from Inside Universe Bead.
• Chen Mo told Old Man He about the investigation into Wang Li and prompted him to push for a clear result without accepting a personal favor.
• Chen Mo helped Fu Huiwen and the others prepare dinner, and everyone ate Gourd Head Paomo outdoors.
• Chen Mo had Fu Huiwen take extra broth and intestines home for Chen Mo’s parents, grandparents, and other relatives.

After finding an injured fox outside his courtyard, Chen Mo treated its wounds with Five Elements Powder and bandaged its paw. The fox then tugged at his pant leg and led him away, leaving Chen Mo curious about what it wanted to show him.

• Chen Mo heard Big Yellow and Big Gray growling at an injured fox outside the courtyard gate.
• The fox raised its wounded paw and appealed to Chen Mo for help.
• Chen Mo gave the fox medicinal liquid made with Five Elements Powder, treated its wounds, and bandaged its injured paw.
• The fox refused to leave and repeatedly tugged at Chen Mo’s pant leg to lead him somewhere.
• Chen Mo followed the fox to see what it wanted.

Chen Mo followed an injured mother fox to her den, fed her two hungry cubs, and brought the fox family home. After settling them in, he discussed medicinal wine with the village elders and sold Old Man He two jars of baijiu.

• Chen Mo followed the injured mother fox into the mountains and found her two cubs in their den.
• Chen Mo fed the cubs milk and brought all three foxes home, where he prepared a padded box and gave the mother fox fish.
• Chen Mo used a Cleansing Technique on the foxes and reminded Big Yellow and Big Gray to accept their new housemates.
• At breakfast, Chen Mo warned Old Man Wu not to drink too much medicinal wine and told Old Man He that the medicinal wine was not for sale.
• Chen Mo agreed to sell baijiu to the elders and delivered two one-jin jars to Old Man He for two thousand yuan each.

Chen Mo signed a revised vegetable contract and agreed to sell Manager Ling a small number of chickens. After Old Man He explained the results of the inspection investigation, Chen Mo reconsidered Yuan Ruoshan’s invitation because he realized how power could affect his family.

• Chen Mo reviewed and signed a new contract that raised the purchase price of his vegetables.
• Chen Mo and Manager Ling agreed that the Port Area would buy ten chickens per delivery at one hundred yuan per pound.
• Old Man He visited Chen Mo and learned that the injured mother Red Fox and her two cubs had come to him for help.
• Old Man He told Chen Mo that Qin Lixing had used his father’s influence to prompt Mayor Liang to cause trouble for him.
• Old Man He said Deputy Town Chief Liang would be demoted, Town Chief Zhou would be transferred, and Penghua Town would get a new town chief.
• Chen Mo reflected on how power could affect his family and considered accepting Mother Tiger Yuan Ruoshan’s invitation.

After being discharged, Ni Ni learned that her brother Ni Chengli was conspiring with their uncle Ni Shouye to seize control of Ni Group while their father’s health worsened. She decided to return to Shangshi and asked A Ke to investigate Chen Mo, the doctor who had saved her.

• Ni Ni was discharged from the hospital and resumed handling Ni Group’s delayed business while staying at a hotel in West City.
• A Ke reported that Ni Chengli had returned to Shangshi, indulged in drinking and partying, and tried to have Chen Mo punished, but she had secretly stopped it.
• A Ke told Ni Ni that Ni Chengli was meeting with Ni Shouye and had proposed making him board chair, while claiming Ni Ni was critically ill.
• Ni Ni realized Ni Chengli’s actions could harm the company and that Ni Shouye might exploit their father’s worsening condition to gain control.
• Ni Ni told A Ke to book her a flight back to Shangshi and investigate Chen Mo as a top priority.

Chen Mo’s toner became a luxury status symbol as Xi Zhihan and Shen Tingting sold it rapidly, while Xin Yan’s sales picked up after prices rose. Shen Bowen regretted passing up business with Chen Mo and accepted that he could not pursue the toner without clashing with his niece.

• Chen Mo sent 3,000 bottles of toner to Xi Zhihan and 200 to Xin Yan, and upgraded the product’s packaging and manuals.
• Xi Zhihan and Shen Tingting sold more than 1,200 bottles in just over a month, earning six million yuan in profit to split between them.
• Chen Mo raised the standard price to 25,000 yuan per bottle, and Xin Yan kept her customers while gaining new ones after adjusting her prices.
• Shen Bowen asked Shen Tingting to sell toner through his club, but she refused because she was angry and worried about Chen Mo’s feelings.
• Shen Bowen investigated the toner’s success and regretted missing the opportunity, but gave up because pursuing Chen Mo would involve his niece.

Chen Mo unlocked the Universe Bead’s Second Layer Restriction and received information about the third layer and the bead’s expanded features. As he explored the newly enlarged inner space, he spotted an enormous white figure in the newly appeared area.

• Chen Mo prepared his Practice Room and used a drop of Spiritual Liquid to sustain his True Essence as he began the final restriction incantation.
• Chen Mo completed all 108 gestures and imprinted his Spiritual Sense onto the Second Layer Restriction, causing the Universe Bead to shine and fill the room with scattered light.
• The Universe Bead transmitted information about the Third Layer’s restrictions and its additional functions, then returned to its place above Chen Mo’s Dantian.
• Chen Mo discovered that the inner space had expanded, with more Spiritual Liquid, richer Spiritual Energy, a wider stream, greater height, and a planting area increased to ten thousand mu.
• Chen Mo noticed an enormous white figure in the newly appeared area of the Universe Bead.

Chen Mo explored the Universe Bead’s new snowy terrain, weather controls, and Farming Area, where an unknown creature’s pressure overwhelmed his Spiritual Sense. His attempts to probe the creature increased his Spiritual Sense and True Essence, but caused severe pain, so he decided to rest before investigating again.

• Chen Mo explored the snow-covered mountain and discovered that the Universe Bead could control rain and had gained a separate Farming Area.
• Chen Mo entered the Farming Area and felt a powerful pressure from an unknown creature in the grassy land, which forced his Spiritual Sense out.
• Chen Mo found that resisting the pressure had increased his Spiritual Sense, then recklessly returned and suffered intense pain as it was expelled again.
• Chen Mo recovered with Spiritual Liquid and cultivation, noticing further gains in his Spiritual Sense and True Essence.
• Chen Mo realized that probing the Farming Area too soon risked injuring his soul and decided to rest before trying again the next day.

After recovering from the strain of experimenting with the Universe Bead, Chen Mo practiced Wang Family Long Fist to restore his coordination and unexpectedly developed Fist Intent. He ended the chapter with improved cultivation and the realization that the mysterious creature’s pressure could help him grow.

• Chen Mo recovered his Spiritual Sense, put away the formations, and greeted Big Yellow, Big Gray, the mother fox, and the two Little Foxes.
• Chen Mo went to his usual training place and practiced Long Fist to bring his body back into coordination with his enlarged Spiritual Sense.
• After ten rounds, Chen Mo developed Fist Intent and continued practicing with increasingly creative, disconnected sequences.
• Chen Mo finished thirty rounds drenched in sweat and felt his physical qualities and Cultivation Level improve toward the Middle Stage of Qi Refining Layer Three.
• Chen Mo concluded that the creature’s pressure had aided his Spiritual Sense, cultivation, and understanding of Long Fist, then slowly practiced Internal Circulation and Breathing Exercise until dawn.

Chen Mo expanded his farm plans by arranging new breeding greenhouses and tending the fish ponds with Stream Water and his Spiritual Sense. He caught vigorous fish for his family and uncle, whose friends were astonished by how lively they were.

• Chen Mo gave Da Hai plans for freshwater shrimp and Mealworm greenhouses and instructed him to build them sturdily and keep replenishing the Chicken Seedlings.
• Chen Mo added Stream Water to the fish ponds, used his Spiritual Sense to manage the fish, and caught Sea Bass and eels to taste and share with his parents.
• Chen Mo brought more fish to his Uncle and explained that his homemade feed made them unusually vigorous.
• Old Man He, Old Man Wu, and Old Man Ji marveled at the pond fish’s energy and looked forward to eating them.

Chen Mo's family prepared an elaborate fish feast while he arranged to sell fish from his ponds to Li Rui's restaurant chain. Li Rui agreed to buy several varieties at premium prices and planned to collect them the next day.

• The two grandmothers took over the cooking and prepared several fish dishes, impressing Fu Huiwen with their skill.
• Chen Mo called Li Rui and offered to sell him fish from his ponds.
• Li Rui agreed to buy sea bass, Rainbow Trout, eel, and Mandarin Fish for two hundred yuan per jin, and other fish for one hundred yuan per jin.
• Chen Mo accepted Li Rui's prices, and they arranged for Li Rui to bring an aquatic transport truck to collect the fish the next day.

Chen Mo arranged to sell his fish to Manager Ling while refusing to promise the Port Area exclusive access to his supply. At home, he fed his animals fresh fish and named the mother fox Little Red and her cubs Little One and Little Two.

• Chen Mo told Manager Ling about his fish and prices, and Manager Ling agreed that the Port Area would buy as much as it could.
• Manager Ling asked Chen Mo to limit his distributors to two, but Chen Mo avoided making that promise and finalized their terms.
• Chen Mo fed Big Yellow and Big Gray fish mixed with leftovers and Stream Water, and gave the foxes fresh eels.
• The Little Foxes struggled to eat a whole fish until their mother pinned it down and tore it apart for them.
• Chen Mo named the mother fox Little Red and her cubs Little One and Little Two, then petted the cubs as they ate.

Chen Mo rested after organizing the Universe Bead, then shared a meal with the village elders, who learned about the prices of his vegetables and fish. Old Man He urged him to expand farming to help the villagers, but Chen Mo explained his plans for Gourd Valley and why he had rejected contracting all the village land; the elders left him to pursue his own approach.

• Chen Mo set every area of the Universe Bead to twentyfold time acceleration, organized its plants, and rested until Uncle woke him at noon.
• Chen Mo and the elders enjoyed lunch, including fish dishes made with fish from the Universe Bead.
• Chen Mo told the elders that his vegetables sold for twenty yuan per pound and his fish for two hundred yuan per pound, with mixed fish priced at one hundred yuan per pound.
• Old Man He suggested Chen Mo contract village land and hire villagers, but Chen Mo said he had rejected the idea because of people's hearts.
• Chen Mo explained that developing Gourd Valley would create work for villagers, and Old Man He acknowledged that he had been impatient.

Chen Mo spent his days resting and training his Spiritual Sense while the road and construction work in Gourd Valley progressed, and his villa was completed. He planned to move his parents into the villa and rebuild their old courtyard, while villagers began visiting his parents to borrow money and introduce potential matches.

• Chen Mo continued entering the Spirit Beast Breeding Zone, where repeated suppression expanded his Spiritual Sense to over twelve meters.
• Chen Mo bought more than a dozen puppies for the vegetable fields and had Xi Zhihan install additional security cameras around the grounds.
• The road to Gourd Valley was completed, and Chen Mo inspected his finished villa, paid Uncle Ming, and arranged for it to be cleaned and furnished.
• Chen Mo planned to move Chen Jianguo and Fu Huili into the villa and rebuild their old courtyard, though he had not yet asked them.
• Villagers, impressed by Chen Mo's villa, visited Chen Jianguo and Fu Huili to borrow small sums of money, and matchmakers began proposing potential matches for Chen Mo.

Chen Mo cleared the relatives from his parents’ home and refused his aunt’s request to give her son a job. His father stood up for him, but the confrontation ended with his aunt severing ties and Chen Jianguo leaving to walk off his sadness.

• Chen Mo sent the visiting relatives home so he could speak privately with his parents.
• Chen Mo rejected his aunt’s request to arrange work for her son and reminded her of her past advice about making one’s own way.
• Chen Jianguo defended Chen Mo, and Aunt spat on the floor before leaving in anger.
• Chen Mo cleaned up the spit and comforted his parents as Fu Huili began to cry.
• Chen Jianguo left for a walk, while Fu Huili told Chen Mo that her husband would soon be all right.

Chen Mo shared aged liquor with his parents and advised Chen Jianguo on handling neighbors who asked to borrow money. Chen Jianguo accepted his son’s guidance and agreed to help those who had supported the family while refusing casual requests.

• Chen Jianguo asked Chen Mo to bring out liquor, and Chen Mo served him aged liquor he had stored away.
• Chen Mo invited Fu Huili to drink with them and toasted his parents for their years of hard work.
• Chen Mo urged Chen Jianguo not to lend money to villagers without genuine need, and Fu Huili backed him up.
• Chen Mo told Chen Jianguo to refer small loan requests to Fu Huili and larger ones to him, while helping relatives and neighbors who had aided the family.
• Chen Jianguo accepted Chen Mo’s advice and felt relieved about setting limits on lending.

Chen Mo asked his parents to move into his new villa while he rebuilt their old house, but Chen Jianguo refused to live in the villa and arranged to stay in a nearby relative’s home instead. The family agreed that Chen Mo could rebuild the house, while Fu Huili’s attempts to arrange a match for him were put off.

• Chen Mo proposed that his parents move into his villa so he could rebuild their old house for the family.
• Chen Jianguo recalled the hardships of building their current home and worried about the expense, but Chen Mo argued that his siblings would need suitable rooms too.
• Fu Huili changed the subject to Chen Mo’s marriage and offered to arrange blind dates, while Chen Mo tried to avoid the topic.
• Chen Jianguo told Fu Huili to let Chen Mo make his own decisions and agreed that he could rebuild the house.
• Chen Jianguo refused to move into the villa, explaining that it would be Chen Mo’s future marital home, and decided to rent a nearby relative’s empty house while they worked on the fields.

Chen Mo arranged to rebuild his parents’ house, rented Uncle Delin’s house for them to stay in, and commissioned Fourth Uncle to brew liquor for his business. He planned to age the liquor using the Universe Bead’s time acceleration and improve it with Stream Water before selling it.

• Chen Mo asked Chen Ming to arrange help for his parents’ move and went to the Village Committee to discuss their temporary housing.
• Chen Delin explained that leadership changes had stalled the appointment of a Village Chief for Chen Family Village.
• Chen Mo registered his parents’ house construction and paid Chen Delin 2,400 yuan for six months’ rent on Hua Ge’s house.
• Chen Mo asked Fourth Uncle to brew 5,000 jin of liquor each month and offered him 20 yuan per jin.
• Chen Mo told Fourth Uncle to deliver the liquor to his Old House, where he planned to store and improve it.