Chapter Summaries

Nangong Xue sought out Chen Mo, but his refusal to entertain her led to a bodyguard’s foot being crushed in the steel door. After the bodyguard warned her that Chen Mo might be a dangerous Martial Artist, Nangong Xue approached him more cautiously to talk.

• Nangong Xue asked Chen Mo whether he was the miracle Doctor, and Chen Mo denied it before shutting the door on her.
• Nangong Xue’s lead bodyguard blocked the closing door with his foot, and Chen Mo crushed it with the steel door.
• The young assistant confronted Chen Mo, while the injured bodyguard warned Nangong Xue that Chen Mo might be a dangerous Martial Artist.
• Nangong Xue called her assistant back and calmly asked Chen Mo to speak with her.

Chen Mo refused Nangong Xue’s requests to make a house call for her mother but agreed to notify her when reservations opened at his recuperation center. As Nangong Xue handed him her contact information, Chen Mo noticed that she wore Crimson Eye Gold, a material he needed for the Green Jade Sword.

• Chen Mo denied remembering Nangong Xue from their previous encounters involving Zhang Liwei, despite her recognizing him.
• Nangong Xue asked Chen Mo to treat her mother at home and offered up to one million yuan, but he refused and dismissed her threat to reveal what she had seen at the club.
• Nangong Xue asked to reserve a place at Chen Mo’s recuperation center, and he told her to wait for a notification and pay a 1.2 million yuan deposit for one year’s lodging.
• Nangong Xue gave Chen Mo her phone number, and he noticed Crimson Eye Gold on her wrist.

Chen Mo recognized the Goldstone on Nangong Xue’s wrist as Crimson Eye Gold, a material he needed to repair the Green Jade Sword, and asked her where it came from. Nangong Xue agreed to ask around after returning home, and Chen Mo asked to photograph the ornament before she left.

• Chen Mo stared at the Goldstone on Nangong Xue’s wrist, and she mistook his interest for lechery.
• Chen Mo asked Nangong Xue about the Goldstone’s name and origin, explaining that he liked its appearance.
• Nangong Xue said the Goldstone had been given to her and offered to ask about its source after returning home.
• Nangong Xue said she needed to hurry back to see her sick mother, and Chen Mo agreed that she could ask later.
• Chen Mo asked Nangong Xue to let him photograph the Goldstone.

Chen Mo refused Nangong Xue’s request for a house call, despite her offer to find more Crimson Eye Gold, and proposed that she bring her mother to his unfinished sanatorium instead. Nangong Xue left undecided and arranged for her injured bodyguard to go to the hospital.

• Nangong Xue tried to stop Chen Mo from photographing the ornament, but he decided to search for it online after leaving.
• Nangong Xue offered to help Chen Mo obtain Crimson Eye Gold in exchange for treating her mother at home, but Chen Mo refused to make house calls.
• Chen Mo suggested that Nangong Xue bring her mother to stay at his sanatorium, and Nangong Xue asked for time to consider it.
• Chen Mo and Nangong Xue exchanged phone numbers and parted ways without discussing the bodyguard leader’s injury.
• Nangong Xue told her assistant to take Ma Li to the hospital and charge the expenses to the company.

Chen Mo visited his grandparents with his family and joined them in preparing Lamb Flatbread Soup. When his grandfather asked why Chen Ping had been absent, Chen Mo explained her work at the distillery and hinted that she had quarreled with Guan Ming, leaving the family to consider her marriage trouble.

• Chen Mo drove to his grandparents’ home with food and found the family gathered there.
• Chen Mo eagerly urged everyone to eat Lamb Flatbread Soup, and his grandfather encouraged him to get a large bowl.
• Chen Mo told his grandfather, father, and eldest uncle that Chen Ping was busy helping run a distillery he had started with Chen the Fourth.
• Chen Mo explained that Chen Ping had returned home after quarreling with Guan Ming, and his grandfather asked him to persuade her to reconcile.

Chen Mo shared lamb flatbread soup with his family at his grandparents’ home and reflected on how cultivation might separate him from them. He resolved to improve their lives and returned to his villa for a nap before his evening practice and cultivation.

• Mother Fu Huili served bowls of lamb soup, giving one to Grandpa and the next to Chen Mo, who teased his father.
• Chen Mo broke flatbread into his soup and ate two large bowls with his family.
• Watching his family together, Chen Mo considered extending their lives with medicine and earning money to support them, since his parents could not cultivate.
• Chen Mo chatted with his relatives, left after three in the afternoon, and drove back to his villa to nap.

Chen Mo consolidated his unstable Qi Refining Layer Ten cultivation and began preparing staff for Gourd Valley’s recuperation center. After discussing Ding Lanhua’s possible transfer with Da Hai, he received Xin Yan’s call about the toner running out and her difficulty restocking it.

• Chen Mo circulated his True Essence through the Universe Bead, lowering his cultivation from its peak at Qi Refining Layer Ten and beginning to stabilize his foundation.
• Chen Mo discussed Gourd Valley’s construction and furniture schedule with Engineer Zhou, then decided to begin arranging staff for the center.
• Chen Mo asked Da Hai about transferring Ding Lanhua from the vegetable workshop, and Da Hai warned that the workshop would be left without someone to handle finances.
• Chen Mo agreed to ask Ding Lanhua whether she could recommend someone, while promising not to transfer anyone until the staffing shortage was resolved.
• Xin Yan called Chen Mo and told him her toner stock had sold out and that she had been unable to reach him to arrange a restock.

Xin Yan called Chen Mo to restock toner and ask whether he would attend their class reunion, but he declined. Chen Mo then asked Ding Lanhua to help find a replacement accountant, and she suggested a former classmate who could meet him the next day.

• Xin Yan called Chen Mo because her toner supply had run out, and he promised to reserve three hundred bottles for her the next morning.
• Xin Yan invited Chen Mo to a class reunion the month after next, but he declined because he disliked reunions that turned into bragging contests.
• Chen Mo told Xin Yan he might treat her and the class monitor to a meal sometime, then ended the call to find Ding Lanhua.
• Chen Mo discussed his staffing concerns with Ding Lanhua, who recommended a former classmate with accounting experience.
• Chen Mo asked Ding Lanhua to invite the woman to meet him the next day and to organize her current accounts before the transition.

Chen Mo asked Chen Ping to transfer Shang Yiman from the distillery to help staff his sanatorium, and she eventually agreed after he explained his needs. Chen Ping then thought of someone to recommend and called him, while Chen Mo waited nearby.

• Chen Mo joined his family for lunch before asking Chen Ping to talk privately about his staffing shortage.
• Chen Ping initially refused to transfer Shang Yiman and teased Chen Mo about having romantic feelings for her.
• Chen Mo explained that he wanted Shang Yiman to help manage the sanatorium, and Chen Ping agreed to let her go.
• Chen Mo asked Chen Ping to recommend another worker, and she decided to call someone she had not contacted in a long time.
• Chen Hui came outside, teased Chen Mo, and hurried away after Chen Mo threatened to put him to work pulling weeds.

Chen Ping told Chen Mo about Qi Yacheng, a dependable former coworker who was getting divorced and would come to work for him at the sanatorium. That night, Chen Mo continued purifying his True Essence, finding that it made his techniques more efficient and powerful even as his cultivation regressed.

• Chen Ping explained that she had once been close to Qi Yacheng and said he had resigned from his factory director job while returning home to handle a divorce.
• Chen Mo agreed to consider Qi Yacheng for the sanatorium and said Shang Yiman would remain with Chen Ping unless Qi Yacheng proved unsuitable.
• Chen Mo called Shen Tingting, but she fell asleep while listening to him, so he hung up and sent her a message.
• Chen Mo avoided absorbing more Alien Energy because his Dantian was full and he planned to purify his True Essence before attempting a breakthrough.
• Chen Mo purified his True Essence overnight and found that his spells and weapons used less energy and struck harder.

Chen Mo prepared toner, hired Li Li to take over Ding Lanhua’s duties, and met Qi Yacheng to discuss his role in the nursing home. Qi Yacheng agreed to work in Chen Family Village, with staff accommodation to be arranged in the Container Houses.

• Chen Mo refined and bottled more than a thousand bottles of toner after prioritizing his cultivation the previous evening.
• Ding Lanhua called Chen Mo because her classmate had been waiting for him, and he hurried to the vegetable field office.
• Chen Mo interviewed Li Li, confirmed she could meet the job’s requirements, and asked Ding Lanhua to train her and hand over her work.
• Chen Ping brought Qi Yacheng to meet Chen Mo at the office, where Qi described his experience and discussed how he would manage the nursing home.
• Qi Yacheng asked for accommodation in Chen Family Village, and Chen Mo said the Container Houses could be fixed up for staff housing.

Chen Mo explained to Qi Yacheng how he planned to run the sanatorium without hiring its own doctors or nurses, relying instead on the residents’ medical teams and personal nurses. Qi Yacheng agreed to start work the next day, while Chen Mo left him responsible for recruiting other workers.

• Qi Yacheng asked Chen Mo how he would find professional doctors and nurses for the sanatorium.
• Chen Mo said he planned to hire no medical staff, explaining that residents would bring their own nurses and doctors would take shifts in Gourd Valley.
• Chen Mo told Qi Yacheng the sanatorium would mainly provide lodging and meals, with residents responsible for their own care.
• Qi Yacheng remained doubtful but decided to observe how the operation worked and was pleased by the offered salary and benefits.
• Qi Yacheng agreed to start work the next day, and Chen Mo assigned him responsibility for recruiting workers.

Chen Mo relaxed at home after delegating work at Gourd Valley, then hosted Xin Yan and shared tea made from his first harvest of Tea Leaves. Old Man He and Old Man Wu praised the tea, leaving Chen Mo to worry he would run out before the next harvest.

• Chen Mo finished showing Qi Yacheng around Gourd Valley and planned to begin work the next day.
• Xin Yan arrived at Chen Mo's villa and joined him for tea, though she felt hurt that he had not contacted her while away.
• Xin Yan loved Chen Mo's homemade tea and asked him to give her some, so he promised two taels.
• Old Man He and Old Man Wu visited after smelling the tea, and Old Man Wu brewed cups for everyone.
• Old Man He, Old Man Wu, and Xin Yan praised the tea, while Chen Mo worried about running out before the next harvest.

Chen Mo served Old Man He and Old Man Wu tea he had made himself, then discussed when Gourd Valley could open. Old Man He offered to recruit mid-level staff, and Chen Mo agreed to pay them generously as the valley prepared to receive its first residents.

• Old Man He and Old Man Wu praised Chen Mo’s homemade tea, and Chen Mo gave each of them half a jin without charging.
• Old Man He asked when Gourd Valley would begin operating, and Chen Mo said people could move in after roughly another week.
• Chen Mo explained that the new furniture needed time to air out and that he still had to hire and train service staff and mid-level managers.
• Old Man He offered to deploy hotel and service personnel through his connections, and Chen Mo agreed to provide double their previous salaries, meals, accommodation, and vehicles.

Chen Mo tightened his boundaries with Xin Yan and continued preparing Gourd Valley to receive residents and staff. After Qi Yacheng reported for duty, Chen Mo assigned him the setup work and went to treat two patients whose bodies had been invaded by Alien Energy.

• Old Man He warned Chen Mo not to wrong Shen Tingting, and Chen Mo kept his distance from Xin Yan before she left with a shipment of toner.
• Chen Mo cultivated through the night, purifying his True Essence and stabilizing his foundation.
• Qi Yacheng reported for duty, and Chen Mo showed him the Office Building and assigned him to arrange supplies, staff, and housing.
• Chen Mo explained Gourd Valley's strict rules, including limits on who residents could bring with them.
• Chen Mo took his Medicine Box to treat two patients by drawing out the Alien Energy in their bodies.

After Kou Rui's death, Kou Zhi investigated Chen Mo and Ni Ni, then assigned Kou Yuan to watch Chen Mo. Chen Mo discovered the surveillance and attacked Kou Yuan, leaving him unconscious.

• Kou Zhi investigated Kou Rui's death and identified Chen Mo and Ni Ni as suspects.
• Kou Zhi ordered Kou Yuan and other Kou family members to surveil Chen Mo and Ni Ni.
• Chen Mo sensed he was being watched and used his Spiritual Sense to locate Kou Yuan hiding in the village.
• Kou Yuan watched Chen Mo's residence through concealed cameras and noticed a Black Shadow on the monitor.
• Chen Mo burst into Kou Yuan's room, struck his throat, and knocked him unconscious.

Chen Mo captured Kou Yuan, a Kou family Martial Artist who had been monitoring him, and brought him to a remote valley for questioning. When Kou Yuan refused to answer, Chen Mo used acupuncture needles to immobilize him and inflict unbearable itching, leaving him silently begging for relief.

• Chen Mo found surveillance equipment and Kou Yuan's wallet in the room, confirming that Kou Yuan had been watching him.
• Chen Mo took the equipment and unconscious Kou Yuan into Universe Bead, then brought Kou Yuan to a valley and woke him.
• Kou Yuan recognized Chen Mo but stayed silent while looking for a chance to escape.
• Chen Mo immobilized Kou Yuan with acupuncture needles and then used more needles to make him itch uncontrollably and unable to speak.
• Kou Yuan silently pleaded for relief while Chen Mo watched and let the torture continue.

Chen Mo learned that Kou Zhi had ordered Kou Yuan to monitor him and investigate his relatives, so he killed Kou Yuan and set out to confront Kou Zhi. He left for Sichuan Province disguised as Kou Yuan, while making arrangements for Gourd Valley and considering how to protect his family.

• Chen Mo tortured Kou Yuan into revealing that Kou Zhi had ordered him to watch Chen Mo and prepare to investigate his relatives.
• Chen Mo killed Kou Yuan, burned his body, and confirmed Kou Yuan's surveillance report through his email account.
• Chen Mo called home and Qi Yacheng to explain his trip and give instructions for managing Gourd Valley.
• Chen Mo disguised himself as Kou Yuan, traveled to West City, changed disguises, and boarded a flight to Sichuan Province to find Kou Zhi.

Chen Mo tracked Kou Zhi to the Sichuan Province branch of the Special Affairs Administration and prepared to kill him after discovering he had sent people to monitor him. He cut the building’s power to slip inside, but decided that using the Green Jade Sword would be better than killing Kou Zhi with the Soul Chasing Nail.

• Chen Mo drove without license plates to the provincial capital and used the Thousand Mile Tracking Talisman to locate Kou Zhi at the Special Affairs Administration branch.
• While waiting for nightfall, Chen Mo cultivated the Restrictions Inside Universe Bead and confined the enormous snake in a pit to keep it from damaging his Spirit Medicine.
• When Kou Zhi stayed at work after dark, Chen Mo disguised himself as an ordinary person, stored his car, and used a Body Evasion Talisman to enter the compound.
• Chen Mo sent the Soul Chasing Nail through a gap in the power distribution room and cut electricity to the building, then used the darkness to slip inside.
• With Kou Zhi within range of his Spiritual Sense, Chen Mo considered attacking with the Soul Chasing Nail but chose the Green Jade Sword instead.

Chen Mo killed Kou Zhi and eleven other Kou family members in a swift overnight purge, then flew to West City and reflected on how absorbing Bei Ningyun’s soul had affected him. The next morning, the Sichuan Province branch of the Special Affairs Administration discovered Kou Zhi’s murder, while Mi Hai still had no leads on the mysterious third party or the missing information storage drive.

• Chen Mo broke into Kou Zhi’s office and killed him before leaving without concern for the consequences.
• Chen Mo tracked down and killed eleven people on Mao Huili’s list, but could not locate the remaining two.
• Chen Mo flew from NT City to West City, collected medicinal materials from Old Huang, and resolved to avoid soul-related taboos unless necessary.
• Chen Mo considered how absorbing Bei Ningyun had made him more decisive and wondered about the possible consequences of soul assimilation.
• The Sichuan Province branch discovered Kou Zhi’s body the next morning, and Mi Hai learned of the murder.
• Mi Hai questioned Zhang Yuan, but Zhang Yuan could only confirm that a third party had been present and that the information storage drive had disappeared.