Chapter Summaries

Tang Yu and Huang Xiaoyun returned to the Dark Night Organization, where Huang Xiaoyun rallied its members against Ye Qiu and introduced Tang Yu as an ally. After Tang Yu revealed his mid-Heaven Realm cultivation, Huang Sanqiu apologized and asked about the pill that had helped his daughter advance, while Lu Junzhuo appeared among them.

• Tang Yu told Huang Xiaoyun to return to the Dark Night Organization, take control, and help him oppose Ye Qiu and the Dragon Soul Organization.
• Huang Xiaoyun and Tang Yu arrived at the Dark Night base, where members recognized Tang Yu as a target and raised their guns until Huang Xiaoyun ordered them to lower them.
• Huang Xiaoyun blamed Ye Qiu for Ge Ji's death and urged the organization to seek revenge, winning support from her father, Huang Sanqiu, and the Ge Family branch.
• Huang Xiaoyun revealed her breakthrough to the peak of the Earth Realm and credited Tang Yu, who exposed his mid-Heaven Realm cultivation to the assembled members.
• Lu Junzhuo appeared inside the base and backed Tang Yu, while Tang Yu secretly teased Huang Xiaoyun with the Invisible Energy Whip.
• Huang Sanqiu apologized for the organization's past actions and asked how Tang Yu had helped Huang Xiaoyun advance, prompting Tang Yu to show him a bottle of Nine-Turn Pills.

Tang Yu secured the Dark Night Organization’s cooperation by offering Nine-Turn Pills, then learned from Liu Ruyan that the Qi Family was targeting his company because of Ye Qiu. He considered how to turn the Qi Family against Ye Qiu but dismissed exposing their secret without evidence.

• Tang Yu negotiated an agreement to provide the Dark Night Organization at least ten Nine-Turn Pills each year, while Lu Junzhuo stayed to teach them how to deal with the Dragon Soul Organization.
• Huang Xiaoyun drove Tang Yu home, where Ling Han and Chi Yin welcomed him and later prepared him a meal and a bath.
• While Ling Han scrubbed his back, Tang Yu thought about how Ye Qiu’s former allies had turned against him and wondered how to make the Qi Family patriarch reject Ye Qiu.
• Liu Ruyan called Tang Yu and told him the Qi Family had blocked his company’s Third Ring project and demanded that she remove him from it.
• Tang Yu explained Ye Qiu’s relationship with the Qi Family, and he and Liu Ruyan considered exposing their secret before deciding they lacked evidence.

Tang Yu discussed his business troubles and romantic ambitions with Ling Han while preparing to meet Liu Ruyan about the Qi Family. Meanwhile, Ye Qiu returned to Wuji Group badly wounded and poisoned, but claimed his cultivation would let him survive for at least another two hours.

• Liu Ruyan invited Tang Yu to meet her at their usual place the next afternoon and discuss the Qi Family matter at a banquet.
• Tang Yu worried that the Qi Family might sabotage his major Third Ring project and joked with Ling Han about his dream of having thirty girlfriends.
• Ye Qiu returned to Han Mingyuan’s office after fighting Ge Ji and encountering two groups of assassins on the way.
• Han Mingyuan noticed Ye Qiu’s knife wounds were poisoned with Blood-Sealing-Throat, a poison said to kill within two hours.
• Ye Qiu said his mid-stage Heaven Realm cultivation meant he could live for at least another two hours.

Ye Qiu took the antidote and had Han Mingyuan treat his injuries, including a wound on his buttocks. After an accidental explosive bout of diarrhea left Han Mingyuan and several executives covered in shit, Ye Qiu showered and changed, while Han Mingyuan continued to care for him.

• Han Mingyuan arranged the medicinal ingredients, and Ye Qiu checked them carefully before taking his antidote.
• Ye Qiu told Han Mingyuan that Ge Ji had betrayed him, then asked for his secretary to apply medicine to a wound on his buttocks.
• The secretary dry-heaved at the smell, so Han Mingyuan sent her away and applied the ointment himself.
• Ye Qiu lost control of his bowels and sprayed Han Mingyuan with shit, while several executives rushed in and were hit by the stench and splatter.
• Ye Qiu showered and changed, and Han Mingyuan reassured him about his wounds, earning more of Ye Qiu's appreciation.

Ye Qiu welcomed Ye Dao, also known as Brother Tiger, to Yanjing and recruited him to help revive the Ye Family and deal with Tang Yu and a mysterious rat. Afterward, Qi Xinghan invited Ye Qiu to a banquet, and Ye Qiu believed he was close to winning over the Qi Family.

• Han Mingyuan told Ye Qiu that Brother Tiger was arriving at the airport, and Ye Qiu went with him to meet the expert.
• Ye Qiu embraced Brother Tiger, then discussed his stalled breakthrough into the Heavenly Human Realm and promised him cultivation resources if the Ye Family rose again.
• Ye Qiu asked Brother Tiger to help catch a mysterious rat and deal with Tang Yu, and Brother Tiger said the rest of the Heavenly Stems Squad would soon arrive in Yanjing.
• Qi Xinghan invited Ye Qiu to a banquet the following night, and Ye Qiu credited their growing closeness to the prescription he had given him.

Tang Yu accompanied Liu Ruyan and Yun Shishi to a hotel banquet, where Liu Ruyan introduced him to influential guests and members of the Hundred Flowers Society. The gathering left Tang Yu attracting attention and whispers from the wealthy attendees.

• Tang Yu visited Liu Ruyan and Yun Shishi at the villa and learned that they were going to a hotel renovation banquet.
• Liu Ruyan and Yun Shishi changed into formal gowns, then rode separately from Tang Yu to avoid public misunderstandings.
• At the hotel, Liu Ruyan introduced Tang Yu to guests as her younger brother, prompting a warm reception.
• Members of the Hundred Flowers Society greeted Tang Yu, and Tong, the society's vice president, introduced herself and flirted with him.
• Liu Ruyan led Tang Yu and the women to a quieter area while other guests whispered about his connection to the Hundred Flowers Society.

At a banquet, Tang Yu discovered that Han Mingxuan’s mother, Zhao Tong, was one of his friends in the Hundred Flowers Society, then considered recruiting Han Mingxuan to counter the Qi Family. Ye Qiu and Qi Xinghan confronted Tang Yu, but Tang Yu mocked Ye Qiu and the Hundred Flowers Society rallied to his defense.

• Han Mingxuan found Tang Yu chatting with his mother, Zhao Tong, and awkwardly learned that Tang Yu had been calling her Sister Tong.
• Tang Yu left Zhao Tong to chat with Han Mingxuan, who asked him to remember him when promising business opportunities arose.
• Tang Yu considered bringing Han Mingxuan into a partnership to strengthen the Wei, Liu, and Han families against the Qi Family.
• Ye Qiu blamed Tang Yu for the bathhouse incident and privately told Tiger to wait outside so they could kill Tang Yu after the banquet.
• Tang Yu mocked Ye Qiu over the viral video of him being beaten, prompting the guests to laugh and Qi Xinghan to threaten Tang Yu.
• Han Mingxuan and Liu Ruyan challenged Qi Xinghan, while the women of the Hundred Flowers Society gathered to defend Tang Yu.

At a banquet, Qi Xinghan and Ye Qiu failed to confront Tang Yu after several guests defended him. Ye Qiu then recognized Qi Ruoyan as the disguised culprit who had been secretly harming him and attacked him in front of the crowd.

• Han Mingxuan and Liu Ruyan stood up for Tang Yu, while Yun Shishi rejected Qi Xinghan’s demands to stay away from them.
• Qi Xinghan left with Ye Qiu, who urged him to watch Tang Yu and implied Tang Yu might pursue Yun Shishi.
• Qi Ruoyan went to the restroom, where a tall, beautiful girl greeted him and shook his hand before leaving.
• After Qi Ruoyan returned, Ye Qiu detected his tracking scent and grabbed him, accusing him of disguising himself and poisoning them.
• Ye Qiu slapped Qi Ruoyan in front of the banquet guests, leaving Qi Xinghan and the crowd stunned.

Ye Qiu realized he had mistakenly beaten Qi Ruoyan after someone planted a scent on him, while Tang Yu and Lu Junzhuo secretly manipulated the brothers’ conflict. Qi Ruoyan recorded a rumor about Qi Xinghan and planned to use it to claim the Qi Family succession, while Old Master Qi longed for Ye Qiu.

• Ye Qiu discovered the fragrance was freshly applied to Qi Ruoyan’s palm, apologized for beating him, and explained that someone had set him up.
• Qi Xinghan persuaded Qi Ruoyan to let the incident go, and Qi Ruoyan left for the restroom resentful of his half-brother.
• Tang Yu and Lu Junzhuo revealed they had planted the fragrance to provoke Ye Qiu, then spread a false rumor that Ye Qiu and Qi Xinghan were lovers.
• Qi Ruoyan recorded their conversation and decided to secretly gather more evidence before using the rumor against Qi Xinghan in the succession struggle.
• Old Master Qi drank in his study, imagined that Ye Qiu missed him, and recited poetry about longing and separation.

Tang Yu anticipated Ye Qiu’s arrival at the banquet and prepared to interfere with his plans. After Ye Qiu impressed Qi Xinghan by making coffee, Tang Yu secretly added a concentrated extract from the foul-smelling stone nan flower to Qi Xinghan’s cup.

• Tang Yu told Lu Junzhuo to rest and stand by in case he needed help disrupting Ye Qiu.
• Tang Yu returned to the banquet and socialized with Han Mingxuan and other wealthy young men.
• Ye Qiu told Qi Xinghan that he planned to target Tang Yu to draw out the person causing trouble.
• Ye Qiu identified the banquet coffee as Yirgacheffe and offered to make Qi Xinghan a fresh pour-over cup.
• Ye Qiu prepared fragrant coffee, and Qi Xinghan was about to drink it when Tang Yu secretly added stone nan flower extract to the cup.

Tang Yu secretly tampered with Ye Qiu’s coffee, and Qi Xinghan drank it while mistaking its strange flavor for a special ingredient. Yun Shishi and Liu Ruyan reacted with disgust and joked about getting revenge, leaving Tang Yu caught in Liu Ruyan’s teasing invitation.

• Tang Yu made the Invisible Energy Whip disappear and watched as Qi Xinghan drank the coffee Ye Qiu had prepared.
• Qi Xinghan praised the coffee, noticed its fishy smell, then drank the entire cup and asked Ye Qiu to let him rest before making more.
• Tang Yu realized Qi Xinghan seemed to share Old Master Qi’s tastes, while Liu Ruyan and Yun Shishi were shocked by his behavior.
• Yun Shishi passed Qi Xinghan, smelled the coffee on him, and dry-heaved as she asked what he was drinking.
• Liu Ruyan comforted Yun Shishi by joking that she should get revenge, then asked Tang Yu if he wanted to help.

Tang Yu tried to escape the banquet after Ye Qiu sent Brother Tiger to catch him, but Brother Tiger pursued him through the streets of Yanjing. Tang Yu used spiked soft armor to injure Brother Tiger’s fist, then countered his next attack with a concealed electric drill.

• Tang Yu noticed Ye Qiu watching him and postponed his plan to meet Liu Ruyan so he could deal with the threat.
• Ye Qiu chased Tang Yu from the banquet hall while Brother Tiger waited outside to intercept him.
• Tang Yu escaped the elevator, hid in a second-floor storage room, and climbed out the window as Ye Qiu searched upstairs.
• Brother Tiger spotted Tang Yu and pursued him, but his punch struck Tang Yu’s spiked soft armor and wounded his own fist.
• Brother Tiger caught up and grabbed Tang Yu’s hand, but Tang Yu’s electric drill sounded before he could finish taunting him.

Tang Yu used traps and a drill to defeat Brother Tiger, then escaped after blowing up the sewer where he had fallen. Ye Qiu and Brother Tiger regrouped and planned to recruit another expert to help kill Tang Yu.

• Tang Yu shot Brother Tiger in the chest with a drill bit and forced him into an open manhole.
• Tang Yu dropped a firecracker into the methane-filled sewer, causing an explosion that hurled the manhole cover into the air.
• Rescue workers pulled Brother Tiger from the sewage, and he regained consciousness and spat waste at one of them.
• Ye Qiu arrived and learned how Tang Yu had escaped, then complained that the traitors helping him made him harder to catch.
• Ye Qiu told Brother Tiger to rest and said they would meet someone in a couple of days to recruit help against Tang Yu.

After escaping Brother Tiger, Tang Yu returned to Liu Ruyan’s home with Qi Xinghan’s stolen wallet, and he joked with Liu Ruyan and Yun Shishi before struggling to sleep. When Liu Ruyan asked what he would do about the Qi Family backing Ye Qiu, Tang Yu said he would first settle the Third Ring project and bring in the Han Family.

• Tang Yu disguised himself after dealing with Brother Tiger, checked his damaged soft armor, and took a taxi to Liu Ruyan’s home.
• Tang Yu gave Yun Shishi Qi Xinghan’s stolen wallet, and she and Liu Ruyan mocked Qi Xinghan after recognizing his ID.
• Liu Ruyan teased Yun Shishi about Tang Yu, but Yun Shishi chose to sleep with Liu Ruyan and sent Tang Yu to a guest room.
• Unable to sleep at two in the morning, Tang Yu went to Liu Ruyan’s locked door and was caught pretending to check for a thief.
• Liu Ruyan asked Tang Yu how he would respond to the Qi Family supporting Ye Qiu, and Tang Yu said he would settle the Third Ring project with help from the Han Family.

Tang Yu learned that Ye Qiu was destined to befriend a powerful old man in a psychiatric hospital, so he went to find the man first. He located Old Master He in Room 303, but the old man was absorbed in combing his bald head with a comb and a sticker-covered object he thought was a mirror.

• Liu Ruyan suggested Tang Yu use his charm to persuade the Han Family to cooperate, and Tang Yu rejected the idea.
• Tang Yu accidentally saw Yun Shishi sleeping under a small blanket, then called her downstairs for breakfast.
• The Dog System revealed that Ye Qiu would befriend a mentally ill old man who was nearly at the Celestial Realm.
• Tang Yu went to Celestial Horse Mountain Hospital and paid the receptionist to let him visit Old Master He in Room 303.
• Tang Yu found Old Master He combing his bald scalp while gazing at a Pleasant Goat sticker he mistook for a mirror.

Tang Yu tricked Old Man He into believing they were comrades and sworn brothers, then left the psychiatric hospital to thwart Ye Qiu’s plans for him. On his way out, Tang Yu encountered another patient eating feces and demanding that everyone reflect.

• Tang Yu convinced Old Man He that they had fought together in a secret war and were Dragon-Subduing and Tiger-Subduing Celestial Venerables.
• Tang Yu pretended to take Old Man He’s medicine and persuaded him to become sworn brothers by drinking chocolate syrup disguised as dog feces.
• Old Man He enthusiastically accepted Tang Yu as his brother and promised they would protect the world together once he recovered.
• Tang Yu left the hospital, intending to disrupt Ye Qiu’s plan to recruit Old Man He.
• Tang Yu saw a patient eating feces in the restroom while demanding that people reflect, and a nurse said many recent patients behaved similarly.

Qi Xinghan brooded over Ye Qiu while Qi Ruoyan plotted to plant a bug on his phone, and Yun Shishi recoiled from Xinghan’s demand for children. Meanwhile, Ye Qiu accepted Xinghan’s dinner invitation and headed to Heavenly Horse Mountain Psychiatric Hospital to recruit a former Celestial Realm expert.

• Tang Yu watched repentant patients gorge themselves on filth, while a nurse said they could not be stopped.
• Qi Ruoyan brought Qi Xinghan herbal medicine, hid his resentment over Ye Qiu, and failed to find a chance to attach a bug to his brother’s phone.
• Qi Xinghan told Yun Shishi he wanted her to bear his children once his condition improved, and she left to message Liu Ruyan about avoiding him.
• Qi Xinghan invited Ye Qiu to dinner in Old Master Qi’s name, and Ye Qiu accepted while traveling with Brother Tiger.
• Ye Qiu told Brother Tiger he planned to recruit a former Celestial Realm expert from Heavenly Horse Mountain Psychiatric Hospital and believed he could treat the man’s unstable mind.

Ye Qiu visited Old Master He at the psychiatric hospital, hoping to talk with him, but found him convinced he was the Dragon-Subduing Celestial Venerable and far stronger than expected. After Old He struck Ye Qiu, Ye Qiu arranged a fake injection to frighten him, leaving Old He cowering as the nurses and Brother Tiger followed the plan.

• The hospital director welcomed Ye Qiu, who dismissed the staff and entered Old Master He's room with Brother Tiger.
• Old Master He insisted he was the Dragon-Subduing Celestial Venerable and spat phlegm at Ye Qiu, while Brother Tiger blocked it.
• Old He attacked Brother Tiger with overwhelming strength and slapped Ye Qiu across the face before retreating to the bed.
• Ye Qiu and Brother Tiger left the room, and Ye Qiu arranged for nurses to pretend to give Old He an injection with an oversized syringe.
• The nurses entered with the syringe, and Old He hid behind the curtains until Brother Tiger kicked him and threatened him into submission.

Ye Qiu protected Old He from an injection to gain his trust, but Old He forced him and Brother Tiger to eat his precious treasure while trying to make them sworn brothers. Nurses interrupted the chaos, and Old He hid under the bed, crying that he did not want an injection.

• Ye Qiu drove Brother Tiger and the nurse from Old He's room, then promised Old He that he would protect him from injections.
• Ye Qiu pretended to be Old He's friend while secretly planning to treat him only partially so Old He would remain obedient.
• Old He began a sworn-brotherhood ceremony with Ye Qiu and forced a precious treasure down his throat.
• Brother Tiger rushed into the room and Old He forced him to eat some of the treasure too; Brother Tiger spat it out, spraying Ye Qiu in the face.
• Nurses entered after hearing the screams, and Old He let go of Brother Tiger and hid under the bed, trembling and crying about injections.

After Old He forced Ye Qiu and Brother Tiger to eat warm shit, Ye Qiu persuaded him to leave the hospital and took him into his custody. Ye Qiu planned to use Old He’s confused mind to help him deal with Tang Yu.

• Ye Qiu and Brother Tiger rushed to the restroom to wash up, where nurses and patients mistook them for people who ate shit, and Brother Tiger beat several patients unconscious.
• Ye Qiu returned to Old He and convinced him they were friends who would avoid injections if he came to stay with Ye Qiu.
• Old He agreed to help Ye Qiu fight anyone who hit him, and Ye Qiu considered using him to kill Tang Yu.
• Ye Qiu arranged for Old He to leave the hospital in a separate car and told Brother Tiger to manage him at the villa.