Chapter Summaries

Zeng Shen trained Liu Miao in self-defense and discovered that leaving after defeating a tier-three deity could trigger an additional survival-point reward. He then tracked the blond thug Huang Ziliang to the Wharf Bar and disguised himself before going to investigate.

• Zeng Shen earned 1,500 survival points at the Lihuo Martial Arts Hall and collected more points by visiting locations around the city.
• Zeng Shen taught Liu Miao how to counter a shoulder throw, earning 100 survival points for defeating her and another 100 after she left him.
• Zeng Shen searched for Huang Ziliang and learned from a pool hall owner that Huang and his companions had gone to the Wharf Bar to meet a big shot.
• Zeng Shen drove near the Wharf Bar, used the Disguise Mask to change his face, put on a black suit, and stepped out of the motorhome.

Zeng Shen broke up Boss Wu’s gang and returned to the office building, where he used a self-defense lesson to subdue Liu Tongtong. The system identified her as a tier-four chief of the ghost race and awarded him 1,000 survival points.

• Zeng Shen entered the dockside bar and overheard Boss Wu threatening Huang Ziliang and his men over their failure to abduct Liu Miao.
• Zeng Shen confronted Boss Wu’s gang, defeated the thugs, and earned 580 survival points before leaving under the false name Ye Li.
• Zeng Shen returned to the Juling office building, brought food to Li Yuqing and Liu Tongtong, and offered to teach them self-defense.
• Liu Tongtong agreed to learn, and Zeng Shen performed an over-the-shoulder takedown that triggered a system notice identifying her as a tier-four chief of the ghost race and awarding him 1,000 survival points.

Zeng Shen earned survival points through intimate encounters and his daily routine, then received a new phone and an edited fantasy video from Xiao Ai and Xiao Di. He watched the polished clip while Xiao Ai and Xiao Di continued buying abandoned warehouses near the zoo.

• Zeng Shen earned survival points after the tier-four ghost chieftain retreated, then spent the night with Li Yuqing and received points for subduing her.
• The next morning, Liu Tongtong watched a tutorial on countering an over-the-shoulder pin, and she and Zeng Shen practiced until she stopped.
• Zeng Shen went out to earn survival points at the Martial Arts Hall, with Liu Miao, and by beating Huang Ziliang and his men.
• Zeng Shen found a new Huawei phone at home and learned that Xiao Ai and Xiao Di had bought it and installed a camera outside his apartment to contact him.
• Xiao Ai told Zeng Shen that she and Xiao Di were buying abandoned warehouses near the zoo, then sent him an edited video of Li Yuqing and Liu Tongtong fighting in a fantasy setting.

Zeng Shen reviewed Xiao Ai and Xiao Di’s shelter plans while Li Yuqing praised his edited video and planned to post it online. In Jinhai, Boss Wu learned that Ye Li had ties to Liu Miao’s dead husband and ordered Zhang Xin to attack Ye Li’s docks.

• Li Yuqing woke, watched Zeng Shen’s edited video, and decided with Liu Tongtong to upload it to their Douyin account.
• Li Yuqing called Zeng Shen, praised his work, and discussed plans to grow their social media account.
• Xiao Ai and Xiao Di returned with food and told Zeng Shen their plans to use a nearby water treatment plant and zoo to support the warehouse shelter.
• Zeng Shen approved the shelter plan and offered to travel abroad with them to obtain needed equipment.
• Zhang Xin told Boss Wu that Ye Li owned the Golden Thread Bay docks and was the older brother of Liu Miao’s dead husband.
• Boss Wu ordered Zhang Xin to send men to smash up Ye Li’s docks and attack Ye Li.

Ye Li was attacked after his plans to take Liu Miao’s clients were overheard, while Zeng Shen toured his divine realm and sparred with Xiao Di. The next morning, Zeng Shen checked his progress toward divine rank one.

• Ye Li ordered his butler to poach Liu Miao’s clients, but thugs broke in, identified Ye Li, beat him, and wrecked the goods at his docks.
• Zeng Shen showed Xiao Ai and Xiao Di his plans for the Lingnan Industrial Zone and noted that its furnaces still lacked fuel.
• Zeng Shen used Fivefold Agility Enhancement to throw Xiao Di, earning one point of divine rank experience.
• Xiao Di explained that her abilities were still unawakened and that Zeng Shen’s divine skill had let him overpower her.
• The next morning, Zeng Shen checked his status panel and saw that he had 66 of the 100 experience needed for divine rank one and 8,800 survival points.

Zeng Shen sparred with Xiao Di, then celebrated Like Family Studio’s successful debut with Li Yuqing and Liu Tongtong. After they all got drunk, the three returned to the studio and agreed to sleep together, leaving Zeng Shen to pass out as they tugged at his clothes.

• Xiao Di swiftly defeated Zeng Shen in their sparring session, and she explained that her mechanical core let her predict his movements.
• Xiao Ai and Xiao Di left to arrange identification documents while Zeng Shen spoke with Li Yuqing, whose short video had quickly gained comments and followers.
• Zeng Shen collected survival points at the Lihuo Martial Arts Hall and taught Li Yuqing and Liu Tongtong self-defense moves.
• Zeng Shen, Li Yuqing, and Liu Tongtong celebrated the studio’s debut at a restaurant, drinking two cases of fruit wine and talking late into the night.
• After returning to the studio drunk, Li Yuqing and Liu Tongtong agreed to sleep with Zeng Shen, and he passed out as they began tugging at his clothes.

After waking with a hangover, Zeng Shen learned that Li Yuqing denied anything had happened between them and Liu Tongtong, but his system log later revealed they had secretly earned him survival points while he was barely conscious. He farmed more points and used ten prize-wheel draws, receiving several cards.

• Zeng Shen woke in Li Yuqing's bedroom with hazy memories of the night before, and Li Yuqing told him Liu Tongtong had slept in her own room.
• Li Yuqing said her period had stained the sheet, then helped Zeng Shen recover from his hangover and get some rest.
• After Zeng Shen left, Li Yuqing confronted Liu Tongtong for hiding what had happened, and Liu Tongtong said she feared Zeng Shen would not cherish her as much as he cherished Li Yuqing.
• Zeng Shen checked his system log and discovered that Li Yuqing and Liu Tongtong had earned him 400 survival points while he was barely conscious.
• Zeng Shen farmed survival points until his total reached 14,760, then drew cards that included a Wild Boar Card, seed and mine cards, and recovery potion cards.

Zeng Shen gained several useful cards, deployed new resources in his divine realm, and put an intelligent mechanical worker to work tending his rice paddies. After Xiao Di returned, he used recovery potions and spent the night with her and Xiao Ai, earning divine rank experience.

• Zeng Shen drew recovery potions, a wild boar, herb seeds, mines, an intelligent mechanical worker, an exotic beast factory, and an Invisibility skill card, which he learned.
• Zeng Shen messaged Xiao Ai that he would be home for dinner, then learned that Xiao Di was dealing with men who had harassed them and was making them arrange identity cards.
• Zeng Shen deployed the wild boar, herb seeds, and coal mine in his divine realm, then summoned and activated an intelligent mechanical worker he named Rookie to weed his rice paddies.
• Xiao Di returned in a bold outfit, and Zeng Shen praised her before using energy and stamina recovery potions.
• Zeng Shen hurried to the bedroom with Xiao Ai and Xiao Di, and four hours later received seven divine rank experience after battling Xiao Di for three hundred rounds without a decisive outcome.

Zeng Shen learned that divine energy from potions and food would eventually dissipate from an ordinary body, then planned a modest money transfer to his mother and agreed to return home for ancestral rites. After searching unsuccessfully for Huang Ziliang, he told Li Yuqing he would be away for about three days, and she refused to join him for his first visit home.

• Xiao Ai and Xiao Di explained to Zeng Shen that only divine creatures could absorb divine energy permanently, while it would nourish ordinary bodies temporarily before dissipating.
• Zeng Shen considered sending his mother ten million yuan, but Xiao Ai advised him to send a smaller amount with a believable explanation, so he transferred her two thousand yuan as an internship bonus.
• Zeng Shen's mother invited him to attend ancestral rites in a couple of days, and Xiao Ai persuaded him to go so his parents could feel proud of him.
• Zeng Shen told his mother he would come home, then spent the day farming points and searching the western city for Huang Ziliang and his thugs without finding them.
• After watching Liu Tongtong and Li Yuqing rehearse their second short video, Zeng Shen told Li Yuqing he would go home for about three days, and she refused his joking invitation to meet his parents at the ancestral ceremony.

Zeng Shen visited Liu Miao early for their self-defense lesson before leaving town for three days, and the two became intimate. Afterward, he registered his RV with a new license plate and waited outside the investment promotion building for Xiao Ai and Xiao Di.

• Zeng Shen told Liu Miao he would be away for three days to visit his hometown, then demonstrated a self-defense move with her.
• Liu Miao brought Zeng Shen down onto the mat and confessed that his reaction to her outfit had excited her; they became intimate, and he carried her back to her room afterward.
• Zeng Shen promised to return in three days and left Jinhai Wharf.
• Zeng Shen drew the license plate number ZS12356 and completed his RV registration.
• Zeng Shen parked outside the municipal investment promotion building and waited for Xiao Ai and Xiao Di.