Chapter Summaries

Li Mo left to inspect the supplies for the Hundred Flowers Gathering, while Ying Bing stayed behind with Shang Qinqing and Qin Yuzhi. Their teasing about romance, pregnancy, and the beauties arriving in the capital ended with Ying Bing learning that Qin Yuzhi had visited several of their dreams.

• Li Mo departed for Hengtong Trading Firm's headquarters with Hidden Dragon Ranking prodigies to inspect the Hundred Flowers Gathering supplies.
• Shang Qinqing and Qin Yuzhi questioned Ying Bing about Li Mo, and Ying Bing explained that he was organizing the gathering because he did not want others looking at her.
• Shang Qinqing and Qin Yuzhi discussed a romance booklet in which the Empress was expecting a child, and their guesses about Ying Bing having twins embarrassed her.
• Qin Yuzhi listed beauties arriving for the Hundred Flowers Gathering and revealed that she had seen several in their dreams.
• Shang Qinqing tried to silence Qin Yuzhi, but Ying Bing heard enough to give the two women a chilling smile.

Li Mo arrived at the inner city gates and recorded notes about the arriving beauties while his companions hoped to attract their attention. After he left for Prosperity General Bank, the women instead crowded around Wu Chushu and asked about Li Mo, leaving the other men wondering how they could escape his influence.

• Li Mo noticed his companions had gone ahead to see the beauties arriving for the Hundred Flowers Ranking, while Huang Donglai stayed with him.
• At the city gates, Li Mo used his Heavenly Mandate Divine Eye to assess the arriving women and write notes as Zhong Zhenyue asked his opinions.
• Li Mo put away his notebook and headed to Prosperity General Bank, allowing his companions to relax and approach the women.
• Wu Chushu presented his visiting card to Madam Shen, who barely responded, then met Tu Yan, who recognized him as someone acquainted with Wife-Prospering Fighting Soul.
• The women gathered around Wu Chushu to ask about Li Mo, leaving him in tears as his companions realized they all wanted to be prospered.

Li Mo’s preparations for the Hundred Flowers Festival looked like a rebellion plot when officials found huge quantities of grain, weapons, and a bright yellow garment. He explained that the garment was meant to be a phoenix coronet and embroidered robes for Ice Block, but the officials were already implicated by the money they had accepted.

• Li Mo arrived at Hengtong Main Branch, where Minister Song, Vice Minister Qian, Zhong Qin, and other officials began inspecting the supplies.
• Vice Minister Qian questioned the enormous stores of grain and weapons, and Li Mo explained them as festival food and performance props.
• The officials discovered a bright yellow garment and suspected Li Mo planned to crown Zhong Qin and rebel.
• Li Mo clarified that he had ordered a phoenix coronet and embroidered robes for Ice Block, inspired by a dream of their wedding.
• Sun Gui showed the ministers that the inventory had been altered to include their payments, and the officials agreed to treat the supplies as ordinary.

Li Mo discussed buying Wanchun Pavilion and the surrounding street with Zhong Qin, impressing the gathered officials with his wealth and plans. After the banquet, the officials eagerly befriended him, while Song Qian watched them emerge and realized his father was among them.

• Song Qian complained that Wind and Moon Cottage would soon close, while his companions refused to go there with him.
• At the banquet, Li Mo offered to buy Wanchun Pavilion and suggested acquiring businesses in the Imperial Capital with Zhong Qin.
• Minister Song and Vice Minister Qian worried as Li Mo invested fifty thousand taels of gold in Song Baiyue and spoke about supporting the Southern Border.
• Li Mo said he planned to start by buying the entire street, leaving the officials stunned before they eagerly offered him friendship and business ties.
• Song Qian left Wanchun Pavilion, then saw his father emerge with Li Mo and the others as they declared the street would be renamed Little Tyrant Street.

Tu Yan saw Li Mo leave Wind and Moon Cottage and mistook his good mood for a chance to approach him, while Hua Nongying failed to seduce him because he feared the consequences for world peace. Li Mo returned to Cloud-Stepping Tower, where Ice Block sniffed him for traces of another woman.

• Tu Yan spotted Li Mo leaving Wind and Moon Cottage and decided to prioritize business with Yin-Yang Hall before approaching him.
• Li Mo sensed someone watching him, but Hua Nongying’s attempt to bring him home was rejected with his explanation that it was for world peace.
• Hua Nongying took Li Mo’s rejection personally and resolved to make him fall for her.
• Li Mo reviewed his investment rewards, set aside items he did not need, and wondered how to make his Inner Scene more real.
• Li Mo returned to Cloud-Stepping Tower, where Ice Block approached and sniffed his neck.

Li Mo explored his Small World with Ying Bing and learned that expanding it enough to project into the outside world would require mastering 108 kinds of Divine Intent. The next day, he compared Ying Bing’s revised Thousand Forms Art with the original and wondered whether he had wasted his Heavenly Book Seals.

• Li Mo embraced Ying Bing, who let him hold her but stopped him from kissing her ears.
• Li Mo and Ying Bing entered the Small World and observed its moon, which led Ying Bing to identify time as what distinguished Li Mo’s little heaven.
• Ying Bing explained that projecting the Small World into the outside world would require Li Mo to master 36 kinds of Heaven and 72 kinds of Earth Divine Intent.
• Li Mo watched Violet Evergarden with Ying Bing and looked forward to studying the Thousand Forms Art.
• On the way to Wanchun Court the next day, Li Mo compared the original Thousand Forms Art with Ying Bing’s revised version and questioned the value of his lesser Heavenly Book Seals.

Li Mo confronted Luo Ji, the Wanchun Court proprietor and a Drizzle Pavilion killer, after learning her identity and facing her poison. He appeared to overcome her technique, leaving Luo Ji convinced he had deliberately shown her his thoughts, though she remained wary of him.

• Li Mo arrived at Wanchun Court and was led to the top-floor peony room, where Luo Ji accused him of using officials to pressure her into surrendering her property.
• Li Mo used the Heavenly Mandate Divine Eye to identify Luo Ji as Drizzle Pavilion’s Fifth Heavenly Killer and Imperial Capital Branch Master, then revealed that he knew her identity.
• Luo Ji launched her External Scene Realm poison, which drew out the deepest evil thoughts of its target and trapped Li Mo in a sea of flowers.
• The flowers showed Li Mo setting off a firecracker in an outhouse and then caressing Cold Fairy’s foot, with more images of Cold Fairy appearing as additional flowers bloomed.
• The poison’s effect ended, and Luo Ji concluded that Li Mo had deliberately controlled what she saw, while Li Mo remained tense across the table from her.

Li Mo negotiated with Luo Ji to take over Wanchun Court, paying with blank Hengtong Trading Firm certificates of deposit, and received detailed information about the women on the Hundred Flowers Ranking. He began inviting them to discuss their performances and prepared a barbecue, while Yin Mianmian warned Luo Ji not to provoke Ying Bing.

• Li Mo resisted Luo Ji's fragrance and flirtation, then insisted on buying Wanchun Court rather than accepting it as a free investment.
• Li Mo gave Luo Ji two blank Hengtong Trading Firm certificates of deposit, and she agreed to the deal.
• After Li Mo left, Luo Ji spoke with Yin Mianmian, who warned her that provoking Ying Bing could get them killed.
• Luo Ji provided Li Mo with a detailed list of the ranked women who had arrived or were expected to come.
• Li Mo asked an attendant to invite the women, then started preparing barbecue skewers.

Li Mo hosted the Hundred Flowers gathering at Wanchun Court by grilling skewers, and the women’s first doubts about his manners turned into admiration when they learned he had bought the venue. As he organized the event and handed out promises of gifts, the women competed for his attention while he stayed focused on preparations for the next day.

• Li Mo grilled skewers at Wanchun Court, surprising the arriving Hundred Flowers with the gap between his reputation and his casual appearance.
• Lan Tian approached Li Mo, tasted his spicy skewers, and shed a tear that turned into a pearl.
• Luo Ji told the women that Li Mo had bought Wanchun Court and given her a blank bank draft, shifting their view of him.
• Li Mo promised the women Clear Beauty Pills and began planning the gathering with a notebook.
• Huang Donglai and the brothers arrived to help, but the women preferred Li Mo’s attention, and he redirected a Joyous Union Sect junior sister’s private dance offer toward a public performance.
• Li Mo hurried to finish arranging the event and worried about how the next day would unfold, while feeling relieved that Ice Block was absent.

Li Mo explained Zhong Ling’s jealousy to Zhong Zhenyue and gave him dating advice while the group waited outside the Hundred Flowers Festival. Ying Bing arrived and went inside with Li Mo, leaving Zhong Zhenyue with reassurance to be himself around Zhong Ling.

• Li Mo helped Zhong Zhenyue recognize that Zhong Ling’s jealousy and tears might mean she had feelings for him.
• Li Mo told Zhong Zhenyue to try dating Zhong Ling and shared advice, while Huang Donglai wrote it down so he could do the opposite if needed.
• Ying Bing arrived dressed elegantly, and Li Mo praised her outfit before she invited him to look around the festival with her.
• Ying Bing told Zhong Zhenyue to be himself with Zhong Ling and said she would like even his silly side if she had him in her heart.
• Li Mo paused after Ying Bing’s parting words, suspecting they had been aimed at him.

Li Mo returned to Wanchun Court as the beauties of the Hundred Flowers Ranking competed for his attention, only for Ying Bing’s arrival to silence them all. Ying Bing announced that she would personally cook for the women that night, leaving them uneasy.

• Luo Ji encouraged rumors about Li Mo’s absence, prompting the women at Wanchun Court to dress up and vie for attention.
• Tu Yan provoked Madam Shen by hinting at what she had done to a Zhao family young man.
• Li Mo returned and dodged Tu Yan when she tried to hide behind him and appeal for his protection.
• Ying Bing entered behind Li Mo, and her beauty left the assembled women speechless.
• Ying Bing said Lan Tian would eat Li Mo’s cooking and that she would personally cook for the other women.

Ying Bing cooked bizarre dishes for Wanchun Court’s gathering while Li Mo tried to make them safer with medicinal pills. A Yin-Yang Hall infiltrator fled after tasting the food and brought some back to his superiors, whose mission remained in jeopardy.

• Ying Bing left the hall to cook, and Li Mo followed her into the kitchen.
• At Wind and Moon Cottage, Hall Master Lu and the Hall Master of Yin-Yang discussed their mission and the infiltrator they had sent to Wanchun Court.
• Ying Bing prepared spicy fish scales and frozen pork intestines, and Li Mo added Six-Pattern Pills to the dishes.
• The infiltrator returned in a panic, saying Wanchun Court’s food had made his infiltration fail.
• The infiltrator presented the dishes to the two hall masters, and the Hall Master of Yin-Yang quietly swept them onto the floor.

Yuwen Cuojin and the Demon Summoning Cult abandoned their failed attempt to infiltrate Wanchun Court and planned a frontal assault during the Hundred Flowers Festival. Meanwhile, Li Mo helped Ying Bing make a midnight snack before showing her his newly empowered outfit in the Small World, where she openly admitted she liked it.

• Yuwen Cuojin heard that the infiltration had failed, but the Cold Fairy cuisine Hall Master Lu brought made him hesitate to criticize the mission too harshly.
• Yuwen Cuojin proposed sending more disciples to infiltrate Wanchun Court or launching a frontal assault on the day of the Hundred Flowers Festival, and the cult members enthusiastically chose to fight.
• Li Mo stopped Ying Bing from attempting another midnight cooking experiment and guided her through making potato chips while they discussed watching Castle in the Sky.
• Li Mo took Ying Bing into the Small World and used the Power of All Living Beings to activate the outfit's powers, including enhanced clouds and Dharma Heaven and Earth.
• Ying Bing openly watched Li Mo in his empowered outfit and told him that she liked it.

After the Hundred Flowers Grand Gathering boosted Li Mo’s resources, he rushed to Wind and Moon Cottage to stop Shang Wu from beating Elder Han He and a passerby. Back at Wanchun Court, he learned Shang Wu had reached the Fifth Realm and discovered that her Heavenly Mandate had changed from purple to gold before the final rehearsal began.

• The successful Hundred Flowers Grand Gathering replenished the treasury, brought Li Mo profits, and increased the power stored in his Empty-Bright Myriad-Color Pagoda.
• Zhong Zhenyue told Li Mo that Shang Wu was causing a fight at Wind and Moon Cottage, so he hurried there.
• Li Mo arrived to find Shang Wu chasing a man and fighting Elder Han He, then calmed the situation by calling her his master.
• At Wanchun Court, Shang Wu admitted she had no killer act and had tried to get more fine wine from Li Mo instead.
• Shang Wu revealed that she had reached the Fifth Realm after fighting the Sect Master, and Li Mo saw her Heavenly Mandate had turned gold.
• The final rehearsal for the Hundred Flowers Grand Gathering began.

At the Hundred Flowers Gathering, Li Mo’s master Shang Wu challenged Song Baiyue to a drinking contest, while Li Mo and Elder Han He worried over the seniority chaos if Song lost. Ying Bing watched Li Mo with amusement, then returned to her room as the system announced that it had screened the punishments for her next reward draw.

• Li Mo introduced Shang Wu to Song Baiyue, who was startled when she growled at him for reaching for the wine.
• Shang Wu and Song Baiyue challenged each other to a contest, with the loser required to call the winner Grandpa.
• Li Mo explained that Song’s defeat would make him call Shang Wu Great-Grandma, and Elder Han He protested being dragged into the seniority dispute.
• The contest drew the crowd’s attention away from the Hundred Flowers performance, while Ying Bing watched Li Mo and smiled.
• Ying Bing returned to her room near midnight, and the system told her it had screened punishments that no longer felt like punishments to her.

Ying Bing worried over the system’s penalty condition about inspecting a baby’s future food quality, while Li Mo prepared to take his companions to the Hundred Flowers Festival in the Imperial Capital. The chapter ended with Shang Wu sneaking up on Ying Bing and commenting on her figure.

• Ying Bing read the system’s penalty condition and watched its footage, which left her embarrassed and confused about the baby’s food.
• Li Mo woke up, found Minister Song passed out in the hall, and ordered hangover soup while preparing for the festival.
• Shang Wu joined Li Mo for the trip, agreeing to rules against using her signature move, hitting people, and drinking too much in the palace.
• Li Mo handled the festival preparations with Sun Gui and helped Minister Song recover from his hangover.
• Ying Bing sat at her dressing table, preoccupied with baby food quality, as Shang Wu sneaked up behind her and exclaimed that her figure had developed.

Shang Wu gave Ying Bing the ancient Hundred Feather Crimson Radiance skirt, and Ying Bing wore it before setting off with Li Mo. Shang Wu recognized the dress’s history and was left behind as the carriage departed.

• Shang Wu offered Ying Bing the rare Hundred Birds skirt and persuaded her to accept it as a gift.
• Ying Bing changed into the skirt, and Shang Wu admired how it looked on her.
• Shang Wu recalled that the skirt had been made as a coming-of-age gift for the Shang Emperor’s daughter and named Hundred Feather Crimson Radiance.
• Ying Bing descended the pavilion steps, and Li Mo pulled her into the carriage and ordered the convoy to leave.
• Shang Wu ran to the window and called after them because she had not yet boarded the carriage.

Li Mo rode with Ying Bing to the Noon Gate to see the new rankings, expecting the Heaven Derivation Sect to grant him the nickname Sword Immortal. The Hidden Dragon Ranking named him first but instead called him the Liqun Sword Hero, leaving him furious despite the crowd’s cheers.

• Ying Bing held Li Mo’s hand and agreed to stay in the carriage with him after they passed the Noon Gate.
• Li Mo told Ying Bing that Tian Miao had approved adding the nickname Sword Immortal, while Ying Bing considered keeping the Heavenly Human Divine Sword.
• The Noon Gate displayed the Hidden Dragon Ranking, placing Cold Fairy second and Li Mo first.
• The ranking listed Li Mo’s achievements and gave him the nicknames Wife-Prospering Little Tyrant and Liqun Sword Hero.
• Huang Donglai, Xiao Qin, Murong Xiao, and the crowd celebrated Li Mo as the Liqun Sword Hero while Li Mo angrily rejected the nickname.

The Hundred Flowers Ranking began at the Noon Gate as Li Mo accepted his new nickname and the crowd watched the beauties arrive. Demonic cultists plotted to create chaos by abducting women, while Queen Chuge’s unexpected appearance led everyone to wonder whether Ying Bing had been ranked first.

• Li Mo accepted the nickname Liqun Sword Hero after Ying Bing found it fitting.
• The Hundred Flowers Grand Event began, and the beauties entered the Noon Gate as their rankings were announced.
• The Blood Refinement Hall Master and other demonic cultists argued over the contestants before planning to cause chaos by abducting women.
• A Yin-Yang Hall subordinate pointed out Queen Chuge, and the Yin-Yang Hall Master stopped him from targeting the Empress.
• Queen Chuge arrived at the Noon Gate after the ranking announced second place, prompting the crowd to suspect Ying Bing had taken first.

Li Mo and Ying Bing arrived at the Hundred Flowers Festival, where Ying Bing’s beauty and Li Mo’s added spectacle stunned the crowd and drew Empress Chu Ge’s attention. At the festival entrance, Song Qian waited for Li Mo, while Minister Song got into trouble with a eunuch and asked Li Mo and Ying Bing to help him.

• Old Matriarch Yantian told Tian Miao that no one surpassed an unnamed woman in nobility, while Tian Miao decided against using divination to identify her.
• Li Mo escorted Ying Bing from the Bronze Chariot and used the Mirage Divine Pearl to add flowers and other effects to her entrance, leaving the crowd speechless.
• Empress Chu Ge watched Ying Bing with yearning and jealousy, then ordered a palace maid to invite Second Granduncle from the royal Ancestral Hall.
• Song Qian waited at the festival entrance with disguised Demon Summoning Cult members, while his classmates warned him against composing a poem.
• The purple-robed eunuch reprimanded Minister Song for missing his report to His Majesty, and Minister Song appealed to Li Mo and Ying Bing for help, shocking Song Qian with his choice of address.