Chapter Summaries

Wang Yue uncovered a criminal scheme involving blackmail and illegal loans, then helped Luo Jian catch the men behind the fake Water Lily painting. He tracked Wang Xue to a café meeting with the suspected online scammer, where she realized Chen Rui had told Wang Yue about her date.

• Chen Rui and Wang Yue found evidence that a man was using intimate photos to threaten women and secure loans, so they sent the evidence to Luo Jian and planned to catch him when he met Wang Xue.
• Wang Yue identified Ding Wei as the man who commissioned Ma San to forge the Water Lily, and Luo Jian arrested him and pressured him into confessing.
• Luo Jian's officers arrested Ding Shenghuo, Lei Xiaofei, and Wang Sixing; Wang Yue deduced that the real Water Lily was hidden in Zhuang Wenjie's house and ordered a search and surveillance.
• Chen Rui told Wang Yue that Wang Xue had gone out to meet the suspected scammer and used a tracking device to follow her.
• Wang Yue and Liao Shuang tracked Wang Xue to a café and confronted her and the man she had met online.

Wang Yue and Liao Shuang arrested Wang Xue’s online boyfriend, Li Anfu, and Wang Yue’s interrogation uncovered his blackmail scheme and links to an illegal lending platform. Li Anfu also revealed that an online “gentleman” had taught him how to manipulate women, giving Wang Yue a lead to pursue.

• Wang Yue and Liao Shuang identified Li Anfu as a suspect in telecommunications fraud and blackmail and took him into custody while Wang Xue watched in shock.
• Wang Xue returned to the dorm, where Chen Rui, Lin Zhiyue, and Zou Yu cheered her up by discussing handsome single criminal investigators.
• Wang Yue questioned Li Anfu about more than ten million in his account, and Li Anfu admitted he had used photos of his girlfriends to obtain money.
• Wang Yue coaxed Li Anfu into explaining that a gentleman had taught him to manipulate women and that the teacher contacted him online.
• Li Anfu realized Wang Yue had tricked him into revealing the online contact but stopped answering questions, while Wang Yue said he intended to find the gentleman and learn from him.

Wang Yue questioned Li Anfu, then reported for duty and learned that Xu Zhengqing’s search for cultural relics tied to the Zhuang family might involve a foreign organization. The chapter left Wang Yue investigating the case as Zhuang Wenjie called to say Ding Shenghuo wanted to meet him.

• Wang Yue tried to convince Li Anfu that Mr. had hypnotized him, then ordered Liao Shuang to place Li Anfu in custody.
• Wang Yue called Cui Hu about tracking down Li Anfu’s computer-savvy teacher and spoke with Guan Hongfeng about Xu Zhengqing, the Luoshen, and Xiaoyu.
• Wang Yue reported for duty and learned from Li Hua that Xu Zhengqing might be pursuing cultural relics connected to the Zhuang family and a foreign organization.
• Wang Yue decided to investigate Xu Zhengqing’s case and use Luo Jian’s officers to help.
• Zhuang Wenjie told Wang Yue that Ding Shenghuo wanted to see him.

Wang Yue brought Zhuang Wenjie to Jingang, where he reunited with Guan Hongfeng and learned the truth about his parents and why he had been hidden. After Wang Yue and Zhuang Wenjie suspected Xu Zhengqing had arranged Xiaoyu’s death, they planned a trip to draw Xu Zhengqing away so Guan Hongfeng could investigate her old home.

• Wang Yue invited Zhuang Wenjie to Jingang to meet Guan Hongfeng and bring him onto Wang Yue’s team.
• Guan Hongfeng revealed that Zhuang Wenjie was his son, whom he had placed with his cousin’s family because Xu Zhengqing’s people were watching him.
• Guan Hongyu recognized Xiaoyu’s name and explained that Guan Hongfeng had married her undercover, while Guan Hongfeng disclosed why he had given Wenjie away.
• Zhuang Wenjie and Wang Yue suspected Xu Zhengqing had caused Xiaoyu’s fatal asthma attack, and Guan Hongfeng agreed to investigate the old house.
• Wang Yue proposed joining the girls’ holiday trip to draw Xu Zhengqing away while Guan Hongfeng examined the second floor where Xiaoyu had lived.

Wang Yue and Guan Hongfeng traced Zhuang Yaobai’s chess pattern to the Tears of the Moon Goddess and arranged a search of the Zhuang family’s old house. They left Zhuang Wenjie to draw Xu Zhengqing into traveling with them to Xishan, while Guan Hongfeng went to investigate.

• Wang Yue, Guan Hongfeng, Guan Hongyu, Zhou Yanan, and Zhuang Wenjie returned to Qingcheng and examined Zhuang Yaobai’s four-piece chess pattern, learning its coordinates from Guan Hongfeng.
• Guan Hongyu found the Tears of the Moon Goddess auction lead, and Wang Yue told him to have Cui Hu trace the six-million-dollar payment to Sotheby’s.
• Xu Zhengqing called Zhuang Wenjie, who followed Wang Yue’s advice and said he was waiting with friends before a trip to Xishan.
• Wang Yue sent Guan Hongfeng and Zhou Yanan to search the Zhuang family’s old house, while he and Zhuang Wenjie arranged for crooks to stage a break-in afterward.
• Xu Zhengqing met Wang Yue and Zhuang Wenjie near Qingcheng University, and Zhuang Wenjie persuaded him to join their trip to Mount Wutai in Xishan.
• Wang Yue acted reluctant about Xu Zhengqing joining them, and Xu Zhengqing relaxed, believing Wang Yue genuinely found him irritating.

Wang Yue and Zhuang Wenjie drew Xu Zhengqing into revealing his connection to Ding Shenghuo while Guan Hongfeng’s team searched the old family home and found a handkerchief beneath the bed. Xu Zhengqing was arrested in Xishan, and the chapter ended with Chen Rui and Wang Yue urging Xiao Xue to seek help for her lingering distress over Li Anfu.

• Wang Yue coached Zhuang Wenjie through Xu Zhengqing’s attempt to persuade him to contact Ding Shenghuo by claiming Zhuang Wenjie’s father might still be alive.
• Guan Hongfeng, Guan Hongyu, and Gao Yanan searched Xiaoyu’s room and Guan Hongyu found a handkerchief under the bed.
• Wang Yue and Zhuang Wenjie’s group returned from hiking to find police waiting, and Wang Yue stopped Xu Zhengqing from taking anyone hostage before the officers arrested him.
• Wang Yue explained that Xu Zhengqing’s detention would disrupt his plans and revealed that he might have overseas connections.
• Zhuang Wenjie rebuked Wang Xue for criticizing the group despite having dated the dangerous Li Anfu, and Chen Rui and Wang Yue encouraged Xiao Xue to speak with a counselor.

Wang Yue arranged counseling for Wang Xue, while Guan Hongfeng confronted Ding Shenghuo and exposed Xu Zhengqing’s role in Xiaoyu’s murder and the treasure scheme. Ding Shenghuo’s disclosures helped the police uncover a major smuggling network, but just as Guan Hongfeng prepared to return to Jingang, Luo Jian called to request help with a new problem.

• Wang Xue apologized to her friends and agreed to seek free counseling, and Wang Yue arranged for her to meet Xia Yutong with help from Lu Mingjia, who felt an immediate attraction to her.
• Guan Hongfeng joined Zhuang Wenjie’s interrogation of Ding Shenghuo, revealed his identity as Zhuang Yaobai, and confronted Ding with evidence linking him and Xu Zhengqing to Xiaoyu’s death.
• Ding Shenghuo realized Xu Zhengqing had manipulated him, then offered information about the Luoshen Map, the treasure, and Tears of the Moon Goddess in exchange for leniency.
• Luo Jian, who was really Qin Chi, traced Ding Shenghuo’s email address to Dai Mengde and uncovered the underground trading organization Dark Current; Ding Shenghuo also implicated Xu Zhengqing and Sister Hong’s smuggling ring.
• The Qingcheng police became overwhelmed by the new investigations, while Guan Hongfeng planned to return to Jingang after a family dinner with Zhuang Wenjie, Lin Zhiyue, Chen Rui, and Wang Yue.
• Luo Jian called Guan Hongfeng during the farewell dinner and said he and Captain Wang might not be able to leave because he needed their help.

Wang Yue and Guan Hongfeng investigated companies that might be targeted over Qing'an Company's missing encryption key system, and Wang Yue suspected the theft was a diversion. At Baoyun Jewelry, they discovered a major diamond theft and began searching the building for the thief.

• Luo Jian asked Guan Hongfeng and Wang Yue to investigate likely targets Baoyun Jewelry and Longhu Department Store, and the officers split into two teams.
• Wang Yue found Longhu Department Store difficult to rob and, while heading to Baoyun Jewelry, suspected the recent cases were diversions connected to a larger plan.
• Wang Yue noticed a security camera at Baoyun Jewelry had been turned aside, and Manager Huang discovered that tens of millions' worth of diamonds had been stolen.
• Wang Yue warned that the thief might still be inside, ordered the building sealed, and organized a floor-by-floor search with security guards.

Wang Yue and the police caught the Pig Head Mask thieves and uncovered signs that the diamond thefts were cover for tampering with Qing An Group’s security system. They arrested the female culprit, Su Ziyi, before she could infiltrate the wedding transport, while Wang Yue followed the necklace to the wedding to inspect it with Chen Rui.

• Chen Rui spotted someone hiding in a ventilation duct, and Wang Yue used a broom to force the hidden Pig Head Mask thief out and capture him.
• Liao Shuang and the others caught the remaining Pig Head Mask thieves, recovered the money and diamonds, and discussed whether the crimes were a cover for tampering with Qing An’s system.
• Wang Yue and Guan Hongfeng linked the scheme to Xu Zhengqing’s methods, and Cui Hu discovered that Qing An Weida would transport Tears of the Moon Goddess to Wen Zhengyuan’s wedding.
• The police arrested Su Ziyi, who had used a fake employee ID to pose as a member of Qing An Weida’s security department.
• Wang Yue followed the necklace to the wedding with Chen Rui, showed Wen Zhengyuan his credentials, and asked to see Tears of the Moon Goddess.

Wang Yue’s plan to make Li Shuting see Xu Zhengqing revealed that Xu was the “Mr.” behind the Undercurrent Organization and led police to a kidnapping training camp in Shuzhong. During questioning, Wang Yue learned that Li Shuting might be Guan Hongfeng’s missing twin, then carried the sleeping Chen Rui out of the station.

• Chen Rui exchanged WeChat details with Miss Shang before she and Wang Yue returned to the police station, where Qin Chi reported Li Shuting’s identity and Xu Zhengqing’s arrest.
• After Li Shuting saw Xu Zhengqing, she identified him as the man who sold her as a child and named him as the mastermind behind the thefts and the Shuzhong training camp.
• Luo Jian and the others realized the training camp could expose a major criminal network, and Wang Yue agreed to question Xu Zhengqing about the cultural relics’ order.
• Wang Yue pressured Xu Zhengqing into revealing that the Luoshen Painting came first and that Li Shuting’s adoptive parents belonged to the kidnapping organization.
• Xu Zhengqing’s account and Wang Yue’s question about Guan Hongfeng having twins led Wang Yue to suspect that Li Shuting was Guan Hongfeng’s child.
• After questioning Xu Zhengqing late into the night, Wang Yue carried the sleeping Chen Rui out of the station, and she woke before they reached the car.

Wang Yue helped Guan Hongfeng reunite with Li Shuting, connected with Wen Zhengyuan, and helped close the case involving the southern migration artifacts while Chen Rui built a law career and family with him. At Chen Rui’s brother’s grave, she revealed she had fallen for Wang Yue at first sight, and the system returned him to his original world.

• Chen Rui asked Wang Yue about Li Shuting’s fate, and he arranged for Wen Zhengyuan to persuade Qing'an Group not to press charges; Li Shuting later received a light sentence and medical parole.
• Wang Yue befriended Wen Zhengyuan and helped expose and arrest foreign operatives seeking the artifacts, while Qin Chi recovered the treasures and Qingcheng City Public Security Bureau gained fame.
• Chen Rui interned at a law firm connected to Wen Zhengyuan, then founded her own firm with her friends, which Wang Yue supported by creating a free legal-aid platform.
• Wang Yue and Chen Rui married and had children, and Chen Rui became a prominent lawyer while continuing to provide legal aid.
• At Chen Rui’s brother’s grave, Chen Rui told Wang Yue she had first seen him years earlier and fallen for him at first sight.
• The Transmigration System announced that Wang Yue had met the return conditions and sent him back to his original world.

Wang Yue and Luo Youyou watched a crime-show mash-up, then Luo Peng visited and told them about three thieves who copied a ventilation-duct escape from a TV drama. The thieves were caught after two became trapped in the duct and called for help, and police found the third at home with the stolen goods.

• Wang Yue criticized the logic of cases in the mash-up while Luo Youyou explained which shows it combined.
• Luo Youyou told Wang Yue that Liang Lu felt disgruntled about working for him, then she and Wang Yue flirted until someone knocked.
• Luo Peng arrived, checked whether Wang Yue had really watched the crime drama, and cautioned him that real criminals did not always act logically.
• Luo Peng described how three thieves copied a ventilation-duct escape from The Gate of Rebirth and became trapped inside the duct.
• Luo Peng said police rescued two thieves after they called the emergency line, then caught the third at home with the stolen goods.

Wang Yue agreed to research artificial intelligence after Luo Youyou suggested it, then transmigrated into Joy of Life and encountered Ye Qingmei as a child. Ye Qingmei recognized his reaction to the phrase “Change and Invariance” and brought him to Taiping Courtyard, where she prepared to question him.

• Luo Youyou asked Wang Yue to look into artificial intelligence, and he established a research center and ordered a supercomputer.
• After the system’s cooldown ended, Wang Yue transmigrated into Joy of Life and realized he had become a kidnapped child named Wang Yue.
• Ye Qingmei rescued Wang Yue from the kidnappers and asked about his home in the north.
• Wang Yue concealed what he knew and agreed to go with Ye Qingmei to Taiping Courtyard.
• Ye Qingmei said “Change and Invariance,” recognized Wang Yue’s shocked reaction, and summoned him after they reached Taiping Courtyard.

Murong Family's Dou Zhuan Xing Yi met Ye Qingmei, revealed that he was a transmigrator, and began practicing martial arts in her household. After learning that Wu Zhu had gone toward the Divine Temple, he warned Ye Qingmei that she might be in danger, but she trusted her absent friends and political allies.

• Ye Qingmei questioned Murong Family's Dou Zhuan Xing Yi about his origins, and he told her he came from an era after the Olympics and offered to help protect her son.
• Ye Qingmei welcomed Murong Family's Dou Zhuan Xing Yi at Tianping Villa and promised to arrange martial arts instruction, including from Wu Zhu.
• Murong Family's Dou Zhuan Xing Yi practiced the Beiming Divine Skill, reversed time when its energy threatened his body, then trained more cautiously with the Yi Jin Jing.
• Ye Qingmei discovered that Murong Family's Dou Zhuan Xing Yi was practicing martial arts and said she would send him away after giving birth, while he considered whether to flee or save her.
• A visitor from the Inspection Bureau delivered Ye Qingmei a letter reporting that Wu Zhu had gone toward the Divine Temple, and Ye Qingmei explained that visits there cost Wu Zhu some of his memories.
• Murong Family's Dou Zhuan Xing Yi warned Ye Qingmei not to act rashly while her friends were absent, but she trusted they were merely occupied with the war.

Wang Yue warned Ye Qingmei that she was in danger and set up an illusion formation to defend Taiping Courtyard. When assassins attacked as Ye Qingmei went into labor, he uncovered palace midwives sabotaging the birth, stopped them, and helped deliver Fan Xian.

• Wang Yue warned Ye Qingmei that jealous women and suspicious information about the Temple could put her in danger, but she still sent guards north while keeping others at Taiping Courtyard.
• Ye Qingmei refused the New Year's Palace Banquet, and Wang Yue persuaded her to let him prepare an illusion formation after warning that she faced a deadly calamity.
• When Ye Qingmei went into labor, Wang Yue activated the formation, and the confused attackers who stormed Taiping Courtyard were killed or driven off by the guards.
• After hours without a birth, Wang Yue suspected the midwives sent by the palace and rushed into the delivery room, where he found Ye Qingmei's attendants incapacitated and two midwives interfering with the delivery.
• Wang Yue defeated the midwives and stopped one from stabbing Ye Qingmei, then cleaned and wrapped the newborn Fan Xian and revived Ye Qingmei.

After surviving the attack on Taiping Courtyard, Ye Qingmei decided to flee to the temple and leave her infant son in Danzhou under Wang Yue’s care. Wang Yue met Chen Pingping on the way and refused his offer to take the child to Kyoto, leaving the group bound for Danzhou.

• Ye Qingmei ordered Wu Zhu to gather the surviving guards and prepare to abandon Taiping Courtyard, then escaped with them and Wang Yue through a secret passage as attackers set the estate on fire.
• When Wu Zhu spotted an ambush near Danzhou, Ye Qingmei told Wang Yue to take the guards onward, then asked him to raise her son and agreed to leave him money and command of the guards.
• Ye Qingmei chose to entrust her son to Fan Jian’s mother in Danzhou, while she and Wu Zhu planned to fake her death and evade the pursuers.
• Wang Yue led the guards and infant Fan Xian down the mountain and met Chen Pingping and the Black Riders.
• Wang Yue told Chen Pingping that Ye Qingmei was dead and refused to take Fan Xian to Kyoto, arguing that Danzhou was safer; Chen Pingping accepted his decision for the time being.

Wang Yue raised Fan Xian in Danzhou and protected him as his martial arts advanced, while Fan Xian hid his unusual maturity and strength. When Fei Jie arrived to teach Fan Xian poison, Wang Yue brought Fan Xian to Wu Zhu, and Fei Jie began his lessons.

• Wang Yue brought baby Fan Xian to Old Madam Fan and told her Ye Qingmei had died after the midwife attacked her.
• Over four years, Wang Yue and Fan Xian practiced martial arts in Danzhou, and Wang Yue drove off a steward who tried to bully the maids.
• Fei Jie entered Fan Xian's room at night, and Fan Xian called for Wang Yue's help after mistaking him for a threat.
• Wang Yue took Fan Xian to Wu Zhu, who hurried back to investigate Fei Jie after hearing he had entered Fan Xian's room.
• Fei Jie explained that he was Fan Xian's teacher and said he would teach him how to use poison, while declining Wang Yue's request to join the lessons.

Wang Yue built a business and a secluded base on Peach Blossom Island while secretly studying the martial arts of this world. After twelve years of training, he reached ninth rank and opened the Conception and Governing Vessels, but a thick barrier still blocked his final breakthrough as his enemies lost patience.

• Wang Yue moved out of the Fan residence, opened a clinic, and told Wu Zhu he wanted to build his own forces for security.
• Wang Yue expanded his businesses, bought Peach Blossom Island, and invited Fan Xian, Fan Ruoruo, and Wu Zhu to visit before deciding to live there and train.
• Fan Ruoruo was sent to the capital, while Fan Xian grew up in Danzhou and waited for the Red Armored Knight after hearing it would bring danger.
• Wang Yue secretly studied local martial arts, combined them with his existing techniques, and spent twelve years reaching ninth rank.
• Wang Yue mastered the Yi Jin Jing and opened the Conception and Governing Vessels, but a barrier prevented him from completing his breakthrough as others ran out of patience.

Wang Yue joined Fan Xian’s return to Kyoto, where their large escort unsettled Madam Liu and gave Fan Xian a glimpse of the dangers surrounding his mother’s past. After settling in, Wang Yue reunited with Fan Ruoruo and helped her reconnect with the snacks she loved, while Fan Xian met Fan Sizhe at the residence.

• Wang Yue decided to travel to Kyoto after receiving Fan Xian’s letter, and he set out with Zhu Ba and six guards.
• Fan Xian chose to take a small escort with him, while Wu Zhu arranged for more of Ye Shiyi’s men to wait near Kyoto and then left with a mysterious box.
• On the road, Wang Yue warned Fan Xian that more than two hundred of Ye Qingmei’s guards had died during the attack on Taiping Courtyard.
• Fan Xian arrived at the Fan residence with his guards, causing Madam Liu to abandon her plans to put him in his place, and Wang Yue took lodging in a guest courtyard.
• Fan Ruoruo visited Wang Yue, who arranged for Zhu Shiwu to make snacks from his shop, and Fan Xian joined them.
• Fan Sizhe entered for the food, and Fan Ruoruo scolded him until he greeted Fan Xian and Wang Yue.

Wang Yue accompanied Fan Xian around the Capital, where Fan Xian met a beautiful woman at the Temple and became determined to find her. Fan Sizhe later offered to take Fan Xian and Wang Yue somewhere entertaining, but Fan Ruoruo insisted on joining them, forcing him to reconsider his plans.

• Wang Yue and Fan Xian visited the Inspection Bureau and saw Ye Qingmei's inscription, while Wang Qinian fled after Fan Xian asked about it.
• Wang Yue stayed outside the Temple while Fan Xian went in and met a beautiful woman who gave him a chicken leg.
• Fan Xian asked Fan Ruoruo to help identify the woman, but his vague description and the chicken leg gave her little to go on.
• Concubine Liu gave Fan Sizhe money and told him to cheer up Fan Xian, and Fan Sizhe invited Fan Xian and Wang Yue out for drinks.
• Fan Ruoruo arrived and insisted on joining them, leaving Fan Sizhe unable to take the group to the red-light district.