Chapter Summaries

Chen Mo learned that Old Man He’s acquaintances were eager for the Gourd Valley resort to open, then fought a man who charged at him outside his villa. The attacker turned out to be Wang Shaohua of the Shangshi Special Affairs Administration, and Chen Mo left Li Puhe to find out why he had come looking for trouble.

• Old Man He asked Chen Mo to hurry the resort’s finishing work because his acquaintances wanted to move in, and Chen Mo agreed to check on the construction daily.
• An SUV skidded to a stop near Chen Mo, and Wang Shaohua got out and demanded to know whether he was Chen Mo.
• After Chen Mo traded insults with Wang Shaohua, Wang punched at him, but Chen Mo struck him in the groin and knocked him down with a knee.
• Li Puhe arrived and identified Wang Shaohua as a member of Team Two of the Shangshi Special Affairs Administration.
• Chen Mo told Li Puhe to take Wang away and ask why he had come to pick a fight, then headed home.

Li Puhe questioned Wang Shaohua about why he had attacked Doctor Chen and learned that Shi Xingwen’s complaints had prompted him to come. After warning Wang Shaohua not to seek revenge, Li Puhe dressed him in protective gear and led him into the ward.

• Li Puhe and Chang Wenbin helped the injured Wang Shaohua into a room, then laughed after leaving him with ice.
• Li Puhe confronted Wang Shaohua about coming to the protected area and attacking Doctor Chen.
• Wang Shaohua admitted that he had visited Shi Xingwen and acted after hearing him complain about his lingering injury.
• Li Puhe warned Wang Shaohua not to cause trouble for Doctor Chen and gave him protective clothing to wear.
• Li Puhe led Wang Shaohua into the ward.

After seeing Chen Mo’s six patients recovering, Wang Shaohua realized he had wrongly judged Chen Mo and regretted coming to confront him over Shi Xingwen. Li Puhe planned to report Wang Shaohua’s actions, while Wang agreed to accept punishment and was told to apologize to Chen Mo.

• Li Puhe showed Wang Shaohua the six patients, who were recovering under Chen Mo’s care and expressed deep gratitude to him.
• Wang Shaohua admitted he had been wrong, and Li Puhe angrily scolded him for trying to beat Chen Mo and causing trouble for the Special Affairs Administration.
• Li Puhe explained that Chen Mo had tried twice to treat Shi Xingwen, but Shi Xingwen had refused and given up the opportunity himself.
• Wang Shaohua accepted that he would face punishment and asked Li Puhe to help Shi Xingwen return for treatment, but Li Puhe said Shi would have to wait behind other patients.
• Li Puhe told Wang Shaohua to apologize to Chen Mo and said he would report the incident to the boss.

Wang Shaohua apologized to Chen Mo and asked him to reconsider treating Shi Xingwen, but Chen Mo refused to reopen the matter and insisted that the Special Affairs Administration follow its procedures. Chen Mo returned to his cultivation and talisman practice, where thoughts of Shen Tingting distracted him and caused another Thunderstorm Talisman to explode.

• Wang Shaohua visited Chen Mo to apologize for their earlier fight and ask whether Shi Xingwen could still seek treatment.
• Chen Mo accepted Wang Shaohua's apology but refused to accept an apology on Shi Xingwen's behalf or reconsider treating him.
• Wang Shaohua asked Li Puhe to arrange treatment for Shi Xingwen, but Li Puhe told him to take the matter to Ning Yongzhi.
• Chen Mo practiced the Universe Bead's third-layer hand techniques and struggled to draw Intermediate-grade Primary Talismans.
• Chen Mo thought of Shen Tingting, causing the Thunderstorm Talisman he was drawing to explode harmlessly.

Chen Mo stopped drawing Thunderstorm Talismans and rested on his terrace, where Ouyang Ruo Xi arrived and revealed that her father’s illness had worsened. After watching Chen Mo treat people afflicted by Alien Energy, she hoped he might be able to help her father, but she had not yet asked him to examine him.

• After making only two Thunderstorm Talismans from nearly a thousand attempts, Chen Mo put away his arrays and went to the terrace to drink and recover.
• Ouyang Ruo Xi entered Chen Mo’s courtyard at night, and Chen Mo calmed Big Yellow and Big Gray before questioning her arrival.
• Ouyang Ruo Xi told Chen Mo that her father’s cultivation had fallen to the Initial Stage of Houtian Layer Eight and that his clan’s affairs were draining his strength.
• Ouyang Ruo Xi explained that she had secretly watched Chen Mo treat people from the Special Affairs Administration who had been invaded by Alien Energy.
• Ouyang Ruo Xi hoped Chen Mo could cure her father but wondered how to persuade him to examine the illness.

Ouyang Ruo Xi came to ask Chen Mo to treat her father, but he refused to leave while caring for patients from the Special Affairs Administration. After trying to force him into a fight, she considered his offer to bring her father to him, and the two sat down to tea.

• Ouyang Ruo Xi asked Chen Mo to make a house call for her father, but Chen Mo refused because he could not leave and had patients to treat.
• Ouyang Ruo Xi learned that Chen Mo had joined the Special Affairs Administration and challenged him to fight instead of kidnapping him.
• Ouyang Ruo Xi attacked Chen Mo, and he gradually kept pace with her before she stopped and recognized that he was stronger than she had expected.
• Chen Mo admitted he had advanced to Houtian Layer Three, then urged Ouyang Ruo Xi to bring her father to him and offered to treat him with full dedication.
• Ouyang Ruo Xi accepted Chen Mo's suggestion to think it over and sat with him for tea, becoming curious about him when he quickly mastered his attraction to her.

Chen Mo continued treating the elderly patients and injured Special Affairs Administration members, carefully keeping his use of True Essence secret. As their health improved, the three newest patients joked that his treatment fees were exorbitant.

• Ouyang Ruo Xi praised the jasmine but disliked the tea, then climbed over the wall and left while Chen Mo and the dogs watched.
• Chen Mo treated Hu Guo Zhong and the injured Special Affairs Administration members, knocking each patient unconscious first to conceal his True Essence.
• Chen Mo checked on the elderly patients and treated Yang Heyu, Tian Baoli, and Qiu Yanghua for their various ailments with acupuncture and medicine.
• The three newcomers' health improved, and they thanked Chen Mo while joking that he had drilled into the money hole with his high rent and treatment fees.
• Chen Mo charged Yang Heyu three hundred thousand, Tian Baoli five hundred thousand, and Qiu Yanghua two hundred thousand, then put up with their teasing about his black heart.

Chen Mo found that the Special Affairs Administration personnel injured by Alien Energy were recovering well and asked Li Puhe to arrange shooting practice at a nearby garrison. Hu Hai Tian visited Chen Mo with a sales plan for their liquor business, and Chen Mo agreed to move forward with a preliminary agreement and look into setting up a distillery.

• Chen Mo examined the injured personnel and told Li Puhe they could likely go home in half a month, asking him to prioritize future patients invaded by Alien Energy.
• Li Puhe agreed to arrange firearms training for Chen Mo at the Penghua Town garrison, but explained that logistics staff were not issued guns.
• Hu Hai Tian visited Chen Mo and explained that he had recruited several former profligate sons to sell the liquor for a commission.
• Chen Mo approved Hu Hai Tian's sales plan and agreed to draw up a preliminary agreement before the distillery opened.
• Chen Mo decided to speak with Fourth Uncle Chen about establishing the distillery.

After Fu Huili told Chen Mo that his older sister, Chen Ping, had cried during their phone call, Chen Mo rushed toward the County Town to find out what had happened. He recalled how Chen Ping had sacrificed her education and endured insults from Guan Ming’s family while still helping support their parents, and the chapter ended with Chen Mo speeding toward her home without knowing why she was upset.

• Fu Huili told Chen Mo that Chen Ping had started crying during their phone call and said she was going to visit her.
• Chen Mo insisted that Fu Huili stay home and promised to call her after he found out what had happened.
• Chen Mo remembered how Chen Ping had given up high school to support her younger brothers and had married Guan Ming without a dowry.
• Chen Mo recalled that Guan Ming and his mother had resented Chen Ping for helping her family financially.
• Chen Mo drove quickly toward the County Town to find Chen Ping and learn why she had cried.

Chen Mo visited his older sister Chen Ping at her in-laws’ restaurant and found her being mistreated by Guan Ming’s mother. When Chen Ping decided to leave and asked for a divorce, Guan Wei and his friends blocked the way, and Chen Ping stepped in front of Chen Mo to stop him.

• Chen Mo arrived at Chen Ping’s restaurant and found her crying while Guan Ming’s mother berated her for not having a child.
• Chen Ping embraced Chen Mo and agreed to go home with him, but her mother-in-law tried to stop her.
• Chen Ping confronted Guan Ming and his mother, saying she wanted a divorce and had worked enough to repay any money she had sent to her family.
• Guan Ming’s mother cursed Chen Ping as onlookers gathered, while Chen Mo took her hand to leave.
• Guan Wei and several young men blocked the exit, and Guan Wei threatened to break Chen Mo’s legs.
• Chen Ping stepped in front of Chen Mo and shouted at Guan Wei to stop.

Chen Mo defended Chen Ping when Guan Wei tried to attack him, then swiftly beat Guan Wei and the workers who surrounded him. He took Chen Ping by the hand to leave, while the defeated men crawled away.

• Guan Wei tried to push Chen Mo aside and hit him, but Chen Mo pulled Chen Ping out of reach and punched Guan Wei in the nose before knocking him down.
• Guan Wei ordered the workers to attack Chen Mo, and Chen Ping urged her younger brother to run.
• Chen Mo struck down three attackers and took the stool leg from a fourth before beating him with it.
• Chen Mo kicked the stool-leg attacker and secretly sent True Essence into his body, leaving him likely to suffer a serious illness.
• Chen Mo made the remaining workers back away, kicked one aside, and took Chen Ping by the hand to leave.

Chen Mo defended his older sister Chen Ping from her in-laws, and she revealed that Guan Ming—not she—was unable to have children. Chen Ping demanded a divorce, and Chen Mo drove her away after secretly placing a talisman on Guan Wei.

• The old woman ordered Guan Ming to call the police, but Chen Ping threatened divorce and Chen Mo slapped the old woman when she insulted his sister.
• Chen Ping revealed that a hospital examination had shown Guan Ming was the one unable to get her pregnant, and that she had hidden the truth to protect him.
• Chen Ping confronted Guan Ming for letting his mother and others blame and insult her for years, then demanded a divorce.
• The old woman broke down and cried as Chen Mo led Chen Ping out of the house.
• Before leaving in the pickup truck, Chen Mo secretly activated a talisman and released it onto Guan Wei.

Chen Mo took Chen Ping to the County Town after she left her abusive marriage, helping her rest and shop while reassuring her about his finances. Chen Ping’s mood improved, and she prepared to return home with clothes and shoes for their parents.

• Chen Mo decided to stay overnight in the County Town with Chen Ping and took her to a mall.
• Chen Mo bought Chen Ping clothes and gave her 10,000 yuan, then explained that his income was good enough for her not to worry about him spending money.
• Chen Ping bought herself clothes and shoes, and Chen Mo called their parents to say they would return the next morning.
• Chen Ping bought jackets and pants for their parents and selected a pair of Cloth Shoes for Father Chen Jianguo.
• Chen Ping said she had used her brother’s money to buy gifts for their parents, borrowing flowers to offer the Buddha.

Chen Mo brought Chen Ping to a hotel, where she finally opened up about the years of mistreatment and exhausting work she had endured in Guan Ming's household. Chen Mo listened as she cried and left heartbroken over how much his sister had suffered.

• Chen Mo checked into a hotel with Chen Ping, and they shared a meal before returning to her room to talk.
• Chen Ping told Chen Mo that Guan Ming's family mistreated her, blamed her for their lack of a child, and left Guan Ming silent whenever she was scolded.
• Chen Ping explained that she worked from before dawn through the day preparing food and cleaning, while Guan Ming took the breakfast earnings and offered little help.
• Chen Ping recalled that Guan Ming had seemed caring while courting her and that his family had treated her well before the marriage.
• Chen Mo listened as Chen Ping cried and shared her troubles, then felt heartbroken and guilty that his schooling had burdened her.

Chen Mo urged Chen Ping to divorce Guan Ming after seeing how his in-laws treated her, but she remained frightened and uncertain about starting over. After calming her and letting her sleep, Chen Mo left the hotel to deal with matters connected to Guan Wei.

• Chen Mo told Chen Ping that divorcing Guan Ming was her best way out, and promised that he and their family would support her.
• Chen Ping admitted she was overwhelmed and worried about becoming a divorced woman, so Chen Mo encouraged her to rest and decide the next day.
• Chen Mo secretly cast the Calming Incantation on Chen Ping, then tended to his plants and harvested ripe medicinal materials Inside Universe Bead.
• After sensing that Chen Ping had fallen asleep, Chen Mo jumped from the hotel window and prepared to settle matters, keeping watch on Guan Wei using the aura he had marked him with.

Chen Mo followed Guan Wei’s signal to a remote farmhouse compound and infiltrated it under cover of darkness. He found Guan Wei serving a gang led by Brother Niu, while the compound’s other occupants remained unaware of his presence.

• Chen Mo tracked Guan Wei to a remote farmhouse compound, using Wang Qi’s jeep and then hiding it in the Universe Bead.
• Chen Mo used a Concealment Talisman to evade the surveillance cameras and silently incapacitated the backyard guards with an Alloy Needle.
• Chen Mo reached the rooftop and used his Spiritual Sense to inspect the compound, finding around twenty people inside.
• Chen Mo saw Guan Wei deferentially refill drinks for Brother Niu and the other gang members in the main house.

Chen Mo secretly watched Guan Wei meet with Brother Niu and discovered that the men at the farmhouse had firearms and a suitcase full of drugs. He overheard Guan Wei recruit into their criminal operation and ask Brother Niu to break Chen Mo and Chen Ping’s legs.

• Chen Mo searched the farmhouse with his Spiritual Sense and found armed men and a suitcase filled with suspected drugs.
• Brother Niu persuaded Guan Wei to join his criminal operation, and Guan Wei agreed.
• Brother Niu asked whom Guan Wei wanted taught a lesson, and Guan Wei said he wanted Chen Mo and Chen Ping’s legs broken.
• Guan Wei told Brother Niu that Chen Ming wanted Chen Ping punished for revealing that he could not have children.

Chen Mo overheard Brother Niu and Old Qi planning a smuggled-antique delivery and a revenge attack on Chen Mo and Chen Ping, with Guan Wei helping them. After learning what he could, Chen Mo inspected the guarded shipment and prepared to leave.

• Brother Niu arranged for Guan Wei to deliver the goods and said his men would break the legs of the people Guan Wei had identified.
• Brother Niu and Old Qi discussed keeping their own identities hidden while employees secretly watched Guan Wei during the shipment.
• Guan Wei, still angry about being beaten by Chen Mo, resolved to take revenge despite regretting his involvement with Brother Niu.
• Chen Mo stayed concealed on the rooftop through the guard shift change and listened for more information.
• Chen Mo used his Spiritual Sense to inspect the room where the milk powder was stored, estimated its weight, and used another Concealment Talisman to retreat.

Chen Mo called Shen Tingting to tell her about a gang selling “milk powder” and arranged for her to take the credit for discovering the lead. Shen Tingting agreed to keep Chen Mo’s identity secret, and he asked her to make sure the gang member Guan Wei received a harsher sentence.

• Chen Mo left the farmhouse courtyard, evaded surveillance, and decided to resolve the matter that night.
• Chen Mo chose to call Shen Tingting instead of Yuan Ruoshan so someone he knew could handle the case and receive credit.
• Chen Mo told Shen Tingting about the gang selling “milk powder,” and she asked him to repeat the details after she realized she had not been listening closely.
• Chen Mo asked Shen Tingting to say she had found the lead rather than reveal that he had discovered it, and she agreed.
• Chen Mo asked Shen Tingting to keep an eye on Guan Wei and seek a harsher sentence for him.

Chen Mo gave Shen Tingting detailed intelligence on Brother Niu’s gang and asked that Guan Wei receive a long prison sentence, but Shen refused to misuse her authority. Shen organized a police operation while Chen watched the farmhouse from a safe distance.

• Chen Mo explained that Guan Wei had planned to harm him and Chen Ping, and Shen Tingting refused to use her position to secure a personal punishment.
• Shen told Chen that people selling “milk powder” faced a minimum sentence of fifteen years, and Chen accepted that Guan Wei could be punished through the law.
• Shen called everyone back to the station as Chen described the gang’s location, numbers, weapons, and preparations in detail.
• Shen reported the confidential intelligence to the chief, who approved a deployment and arranged tactical support.
• Police personnel armed themselves and drove toward West City with their lights and identifying markers turned off, while Chen watched the farmhouse from afar.