Chapter Summaries

The second half of the auction began under a new Martial Artist auctioneer, and Chen Mo learned more about the Li Family and the Hundred Fragrance Fruit. He wanted to buy the finale item but worried that his limited funds would not be enough, while the fruit’s owner remained unknown.

• Ouyang Ruo Xi made the glass transparent as the second half of the auction began, and a Houtian Layer Four Martial Artist took over as auctioneer.
• The auctioneer opened with a bottle of Small Returning Pills, and Chen Mo asked Ouyang Ruo Xi about the Beijing Li Family, which owned the club.
• As bidding for the pills passed one hundred million, Chen Mo decided not to compete because he had less than two hundred million available and wanted to save money for the Hundred Fragrance Fruit.
• Chen Mo told Ouyang Ruo Xi he wanted the finale item, and she explained that it could purify Internal Strength and might improve a Houtian Martial Artist’s chances of becoming Xiantian by ten percent.
• Ouyang Ruo Xi said the Hundred Fragrance Fruit was likely entrusted to the Li Family for auction, and Chen Mo wondered who had entrusted it to them.

Chen Mo watched Han Junji buy the Small Returning Pills for 270 million and saw how wealthy the auction’s martial arts patrons were. As the auction continued, Chen Mo accepted that his assets were too small to compete for the Hundred Fragrance Fruit and began considering how he could earn more money.

• Han Junji won the three Small Returning Pills for 270 million and wondered about Chen Mo, while Han Wei said Chen Mo seemed to be no stronger than Houtian Layer Four.
• Han Junji and Han Wei discussed the possibility of dealing with Chen Mo secretly if he became a problem.
• A bidder bought the Special Alloy Knife for 95 million, and Chen Mo thought his Green Jade Sword would be worth far more.
• Ouyang Ruo Xi bought a medicinal herb, while Chen Mo stayed quiet because he already had plenty of it Inside Universe Bead.
• Ouyang Ruo Xi told Chen Mo that his sanatorium could make him wealthy if he put in more effort, but Chen Mo considered other ways to earn money.
• Chen Mo concluded that his assets of less than 400 million made him poor by the auction’s standards and doubted he could afford the final Hundred Fragrance Fruit.

Chen Mo watched the auction prices soar and asked Ouyang Ruo Xi to help him bid on the Hundred Fragrance Fruit, which he confirmed was an Essence Restoration Fruit. When the price climbed too high, he stopped bidding and Ouyang Ruo Xi continued on behalf of the Ouyang Family, provoking Han Junji as the auction remained unresolved.

• Chen Mo accepted Ouyang Ruo Xi's offer of a temporary loan after seeing his funds dwindle during the auction.
• The auctioneer presented the Hundred Fragrance Fruit, and Chen Mo confirmed it was the Essence Restoration Fruit he wanted.
• Bidders drove the fruit's price from one billion yuan to 2.5 billion, while Chen Mo and Han Junji initially held back.
• Ouyang Ruo Xi bid at 2.5 billion, but another bidder outbid her, and Chen Mo stopped her from continuing.
• Ouyang Ruo Xi said she would bid for the Ouyang Family and placed another bid, leaving Han Junji's response unsettled.

Chen Mo watched Han Junji win the Hundred Fragrance Fruit and secretly marked it with his Spiritual Sense, intending to reclaim it. After the auction, Chen Mo and Ouyang Ruo Xi left together, while Han Junji’s men began following him.

• Han Junji won the Hundred Fragrance Fruit for 7.2 billion, and Chen Mo placed a hidden Spiritual Sense mark on it.
• Chen Mo tracked the fruit to Han Junji’s room and saw him store it in a Jade Box and put it in his pocket.
• Han Junji and Han Wei looked toward Chen Mo’s room and spoke with sinister smiles, leading Chen Mo to suspect they planned to cause trouble.
• Ouyang Ruo Xi and Chen Mo left the auction, and Chen Mo noticed one of Han Junji’s Lackeys following them.

Chen Mo separated from Ouyang Ruo Xi and used his Spiritual Sense to confirm that Han Junji and his men were following him. He headed toward Li Family Temple Village near the landfill, preparing to confront them away from other people.

• Chen Mo told Ouyang Ruo Xi he wanted to make tonics for his parents, then sent her home while her protector watched from nearby.
• After Ouyang Ruo Xi left, Chen Mo spotted the cars carrying Han Junji, Han Wei, and their men and took a taxi toward Li Family Temple Village.
• Chen Mo asked the driver to drop him at the village’s west end and to drive slowly so the two cars would keep following.
• Chen Mo sensed the mark he had placed on the Hundred Fragrance Fruit on Han Junji and considered how he would respond to their attack.

Chen Mo lured Han Junji and his men to a landfill, where Han Junji questioned him about the auction and Ouyang Ruo Xi. After Chen Mo defeated five lackeys, Han Wei stepped forward, believing Chen Mo was only at Houtian Layer Four.

• Chen Mo traveled to the landfill while Han Junji and six others followed him.
• Han Junji confronted Chen Mo and asked whether he had baited him into raising bids at the auction and what his relationship with Ouyang Ruo Xi was.
• Chen Mo admitted he had set Han Junji up in the auction except over the Hundred Fragrance Fruit, then gave no clear answer about Ouyang Ruo Xi.
• Han Junji ordered his lackeys to attack Chen Mo, and Chen Mo quickly broke the arms and legs of five attackers while holding back his strength.
• Han Wei judged Chen Mo to be at Houtian Layer Four and stepped forward to fight him.

Chen Mo defeated Han Wei and his lackeys at the landfill, leaving Han Junji alone and terrified. The chapter ended with Han Junji pleading that the confrontation had been a misunderstanding as Chen Mo faced him.

• Han Wei demanded that Chen Mo cripple himself, while Han Junji urged Han Wei to kill him.
• Han Wei kicked at Chen Mo, but Chen Mo blocked the attack, slammed Han Wei into the ground, and knocked him unconscious with a blow to the chest.
• Chen Mo kicked Han Junji’s five lackeys unconscious after defeating Han Wei.
• Han Junji tried to calm Chen Mo, insisting that the confrontation had been a misunderstanding.

Chen Mo forced Han Junji to surrender the Small Returning Pill and the Hundred Fragrance Fruit after Han Junji tried to end their confrontation with a token payment. He beat Han Junji until he broke down, but still had not learned where the rest of the auction items were.

• Chen Mo demanded the items Han Junji had won at auction, and Han Junji reluctantly handed over the Small Returning Pill.
• Chen Mo demanded the remaining items, but Han Junji refused and threatened him with the Han Family's power.
• Chen Mo slapped Han Junji repeatedly, then searched his pockets and took the Hundred Fragrance Fruit and several small items.
• Chen Mo asked where the other auction items were, but Han Junji stayed silent as Chen Mo beat him until he could barely respond.

Chen Mo forced Han Junji to reveal that the remaining items were in one of their cars, then killed Han Wei when he tried to escape. Chen Mo also killed Han Junji, leaving the group dead at the garbage landfill.

• Han Junji told Chen Mo that the remaining items were in one of the cars, but refused to confess what the group had planned to do to him.
• Chen Mo slapped and kicked Han Junji while questioning him, and Han Wei secretly woke and listened.
• Han Wei ran toward Li Family Temple Village, shouting for help, but Chen Mo caught him and killed him with a punch.
• Han Junji watched Han Wei die, begged Chen Mo to spare him, and offered him anything he wanted.
• Chen Mo warned Han Junji against arrogance and killed him with a punch to the heart.

Chen Mo used the giant snake from Inside Universe Bead to dig a pit and bury Han Junji's Lackeys and their bodies at a garbage landfill. After hiding the vehicles and avoiding surveillance cameras, he drove home.

• Chen Mo brought out the giant snake and ordered it to dig a pit for the corpses.
• The giant snake dug while Chen Mo retrieved Han Junji and the others' vehicles and stored them Inside Universe Bead.
• Chen Mo tossed the bodies into the pit and had the giant snake bury them.
• Chen Mo cleaned the giant snake with Cleansing Techniques and returned it to the Universe Bead.
• Chen Mo rode a motorcycle along small roads to avoid cameras, then switched to a car and drove home.

Chen Mo returned home after obtaining something unexpected, tended to his animals and fish pond, and practiced his fist technique before Nangong Xue called to say she was bringing her critically ill mother to the village. Nangong Xue had persuaded her family to let her try Chen Mo’s treatment, but her father remained doubtful that he could save her mother.

• Chen Mo chose not to put human corpses in the Universe Bead, then drove home instead of staying in West City.
• Chen Mo fed Little Red's family, Big Yellow, Big Gray, and the other animals, then stocked the fish pond with larger fish from the Universe Bead.
• Chen Mo practiced Chen Style Fist in Gourd Valley, knowing construction would soon force him to move his training to his villa's backyard.
• Nangong Xue called Chen Mo and said she and her mother were almost at the village entrance.
• Nangong Xue had persuaded her family to bring her mother to Chen Mo, despite her father Nangong Chengxuan and other relatives doubting that treatment could help.

Nangong Xue persuaded Nangong Chengxuan to let her take her critically ill mother to West City for treatment, using the three pills Chen Mo had given her as reassurance. Nangong Chengxuan agreed and privately told her to find out who made the pills and buy any remaining stock.

• Nangong Xue's relatives tried to dissuade her from moving her mother, but she insisted that Chen Mo might still be able to help.
• Nangong Chengxuan warned that the long journey could be too much for his wife's failing body, and Nangong Xue claimed Chen Mo's three pills would keep her safe in transit.
• Nangong Chengxuan examined the unfamiliar pills, learned they could delay the collapse of her mother's body, and agreed to let Nangong Xue proceed.
• Nangong Chengxuan took Nangong Xue into the Study Room and instructed her to ask who had refined the pills and to buy any available medicines from Chen Mo.

Nangong Xue brought her critically ill mother on a two-day journey to Chen Mo for treatment, while Nangong Chengxuan stayed behind but planned to meet the doctor later. Chen Mo arranged urgent care for the patient and examined her, only to feel dejected by what he discovered through his internal energy.

• Nangong Chengxuan arranged support for Nangong Xue, who said she already had people ready, and watched her depart with her mother.
• Nangong Xue traveled nearly two thousand kilometers without sleeping, while her mother's condition remained stable after taking Chen Mo's elixir pill.
• Nangong Xue arrived exhausted and resentful, and Chen Mo directed the vehicle to the ward building and called staff to prepare for the patient.
• Chen Mo ordered the staff to admit Nangong Xue's mother as a critical patient under Level One observation.
• Chen Mo examined the woman and felt dejected when his internal energy revealed her condition.

Chen Mo examined Nangong Xue's critically ill mother and determined that her organ failure, heart disease, and other complications made treatment difficult, though he believed she could still recover. He gave Nangong Xue ten pills to help sustain her mother while he planned treatment, then began explaining what the care would involve.

• Chen Mo used Spiritual Sense and True Essence to examine Nangong Xue's mother and found her body too weak for a kidney transplant or other surgery.
• Chen Mo told the Doctor and nurses to care for the patient, then went to the office with Nangong Xue.
• Chen Mo gave Nangong Xue ten pills and told her to give her mother one each day, and Nangong Xue transferred him two million.
• Chen Mo explained that her mother first needed to regain strength before her illnesses could be treated.
• Chen Mo assured Nangong Xue that her mother still had a chance of recovery and began to outline further treatment details.

Chen Mo offered Nangong Xue two treatment options for her mother's illness, and she chose the faster, more expensive treatment using Sea Orchid Heart. In return for the delay before Nangong Xue could travel to Myanmar, Chen Mo asked for her Crimson Eye Gold and secured it.

• Chen Mo explained that ordinary treatment would take about a year to pass the critical stage, while treatment with precious herbs could help Nangong Xue's mother recover to her former condition within half a year.
• Chen Mo revealed that he had Sea Orchid Heart and quoted a one-million monthly treatment fee plus one hundred million for each batch of medicine.
• Nangong Xue chose the Sea Orchid Heart treatment and said she would remain with her mother until she had mostly recovered before going to Myanmar.
• Chen Mo asked Nangong Xue to give him her goldstone as interest for the delay, and she handed it over.
• Chen Mo removed the Crimson Eye Gold from the ornament cord, returned the cord to Nangong Xue, and stored the gold in the Universe Bead.

Chen Mo practiced alchemy and his other skills, then encountered Nangong Xue, who resented the lodging fee he charged for her stay near her hospitalized mother. Later, Grandpa Yao worried that the livestock were growing too quickly, and Chen Mo reassured him that their feed was safe and properly sourced.

• Chen Mo found that his expanded Sea of Consciousness had raised his success rate when refining ordinary medicines to nearly sixty percent, and he continued his nightly practice and cultivation.
• Chen Mo met Nangong Xue jogging on the mountain road, and she called him a money-grubbing bastard because he had charged her 100,000 yuan for a month of lodging.
• Chen Mo checked the vegetable field and spoke with Da Hai, Chen Jingui, and Grandpa Yao.
• Grandpa Yao told Chen Mo that the livestock seemed to be growing unusually fast and asked whether their feed was safe.
• Chen Mo assured Grandpa Yao that the livestock's feed was properly formulated and came through legitimate channels, easing his concern.

Chen Mo checked on the recovering patients in Gourd Valley and confirmed that Hu Guo Zhong was doing exceptionally well. He allowed Hu Guo Zhong one liang of Chen Mo’s medicinal wine with dinner each day, under strict medical orders.

• Chen Mo examined the six patients from the Special Affairs Administration and gave Li Puhe instructions for their continued care.
• Chen Mo visited Hu Guo Zhong, checked his condition, and confirmed that he was recovering very well.
• Hu Guo Zhong asked whether he could drink alcohol, and Chen Mo permitted one liang of his medicinal wine with dinner each day.
• Chen Mo had the nurse prepare a medical order and warned Hu Guo Zhong not to exceed the allowed amount.

Chen Mo treated Nangong Xue's critically ill mother with a medicine pill and acupuncture, using True Essence to nourish her weakened body. He warned Nangong Xue that her mother had to take a pill every morning or her condition could become dangerous.

• Chen Mo arrived near noon, and Nangong Xue angrily confronted him for coming late.
• Chen Mo examined Nangong Xue's mother and confirmed she had taken the medicine he gave her the previous day, though swallowing had been difficult.
• Chen Mo placed a larger medicine pill in the patient's mouth and tapped an Acupoint so she swallowed it while asleep.
• Chen Mo inserted dozens of acupuncture needles and used True Essence to help nourish the patient's body and absorb the medicine.
• Chen Mo finished the treatment and told Nangong Xue to give her mother a pill every morning to keep her condition from becoming dangerous.

Chen Mo treated Nangong Xue’s mother at his sanatorium and charged Nangong Xue 100,000 yuan each day for his pills and tonics. After a week, her mother had visibly improved, but Nangong Xue’s complaints led Old Man He and Old Man Wu to confront Chen Mo about the fees.

• Chen Mo asked Nangong Xue to pay 100,000 yuan for each pill he had given her mother, and she transferred the money.
• Chen Mo told Nangong Xue her mother would need daily acupuncture and treatment for more than a week, and warned her to report any change in the patient’s condition.
• Over the following week, Chen Mo treated his patients at the sanatorium, welcomed more elderly residents, and continued caring for Nangong Xue’s mother.
• Nangong Xue’s mother showed visible improvement, while Nangong Xue stayed at the sanatorium to care for her and paid Chen Mo 100,000 yuan each day.
• After Nangong Xue told Old Man He and the others about the charges, Old Man He and Old Man Wu visited Chen Mo, who refused to reconsider his position.

Chen Mo refused Old Man He and Old Man Wu’s request to treat an important patient at home, insisting that his medical skills and responsibilities did not oblige him to take every case. The two men left to report his refusal, concluding that the Wan Family would have to decide what to do and that they could not risk damaging their relationship with Chen Mo.

• Old Man He and Old Man Wu urged Chen Mo to make a house call, but he rejected their appeals and said he would only help when he chose to.
• Chen Mo argued that living responsibly and serving his hometown were enough, and that his biology work—not medicine—was his main contribution.
• After Chen Mo refused, Old Man He and Old Man Wu left and discussed how they would report the failure to Old Wan.
• Old Man He told Old Man Wu that Chen Mo had ties to the Special Affairs Administration and would not yield to threats from the Wan Family.
• The two men decided to relay Chen Mo’s words and walked back toward Gourd Valley, wary of losing their comfortable place to live.