Chapter Summaries

Feng Jun asked Lin Beauty for advice on how a country starting from nothing could develop its industry, and she described New Xia Nation’s early industrial measures. After Feng Jun gave her juice made from a spiritual fruit, Lin Beauty felt strange physical effects and hurried to the bathroom.

• Feng Jun asked Lin Beauty to advise him on industrial development for a country assumed to have nothing, and she recommended starting with small industries and workshops.
• Feng Jun listened as Lin Beauty explained her advice for over an hour, then produced a kettle and offered her a drink.
• Lin Beauty asked for juice, so Feng Jun used Kunhao Plane Dragon Turtle Fruit to make her a glass.
• Lin Beauty tasted the juice, praised its flavor, and asked whether it was for sale.
• Lin Beauty began feeling numbness and increasing soreness after drinking the juice, then excused herself to go to the bathroom.

Lin Beauty discovered that Feng Jun’s juice had improved her health and strength, but learned he had discarded the rest and missed a chance to drink more. As she tried to arrange a deal for the fruit, Feng Jun’s university classmates arrived at Luo Hua after hearing about his donation to their alma mater.

• Lin Beauty found that the juice had cleared her skin and improved her body, then asked Feng Jun whether it had cleansed her body.
• Feng Jun told Lin Beauty that the remaining juice was gone and said she had missed an opportunity by not drinking the whole cup; she tested her strength and found it had increased.
• Lin Beauty reported the juice’s effects to her superiors, who told her to negotiate with Feng Jun about obtaining more and to prioritize the fruit over confirming the third-world country.
• Lin Beauty wondered how to approach Feng Jun, who refused to meet visitors, when she learned a luxury coach carrying Feng Jun’s university classmates was arriving at Luo Hua.
• Feng Jun reflected on his estrangement from his university classmates, while the visitors had heard that he donated one million to Xiayang University.

Feng Jun’s classmates learned more about his success and traveled to Yang City to visit him, only to find his workplace guarded by people with state-level authority. The chapter ended with them facing an inspection before they could contact him or enter.

• Feng Jun’s classmates heard rumors about his wealth, his land, and the Cancer Care Center, while Zhang Yunzhen said she had not contacted him in years and refused to visit him.
• The school arranged a coach to take Feng Jun’s classmates to Yang City after they could not reach him by phone.
• Zhang Junyi told the classmates that Feng Jun was not in Chaori and was more likely to be found in Yang City.
• Lin Beauty’s people stopped the coach at the construction site and demanded to inspect the passengers before letting them proceed.
• Lin Beauty told Wang Fourth that Feng Jun’s clearance level was high and that the inspection did not depend on his approval.
• The guard said the classmates could contact Feng Jun through the gatehouse only after passing inspection.

Feng Jun’s university classmates arrived at his guarded estate and discovered how wealthy and influential he had become. He welcomed them in person, and they prepared to stay for a reunion while the university bus waited.

• Feng Jun’s classmates underwent a strict inspection and learned from the guards that he was extraordinarily wealthy and had even refused Yang City’s Boss.
• Wang Qianqiu asked the gatekeeper to contact Feng Jun, who agreed to come receive his old classmates.
• Feng Jun paused his book selection with Good Scenery and Yu Qingzhu after learning that his university classmates had arrived.
• Feng Jun came down to the entrance by bus, greeted Wang Qianqiu, Zhao Mingshun, and the other classmates, and invited them to stay.
• Feng Jun explained that a retired national-level big shot lived at the estate, and the university bus driver offered to wait for up to two days.

Feng Jun brought his university classmates to the manor, where their reunion turned from awkward conversation to curiosity about his wealth and dangerous work. As the classmates arrived and met his impressive assistants, Yu Qingzhu offered to give them a tour.

• Feng Jun asked Lin Beauty to look after his classmates, then rode with them to the manor and discussed his land and bodyguard.
• Wang Qianqiu and Li Yingying argued about Lin Beauty and Zhang Yunzhen until Zhao Mingshun calmed them down.
• Feng Jun told the classmates that spies and assassins had targeted the manor, and Cao Rui offered to help him.
• Good Scenery and Red Sister greeted the bus, and Feng Jun introduced them as his assistants before Liang Siyu arranged the visitors' meals and lodging.
• Li Yingying noticed Liang Siyu's resemblance to Zhang Yunzhen, while the male classmates were awed by Yu Qingzhu.
• Yu Qingzhu approached Feng Jun and offered to show his classmates around.

Feng Jun’s classmates visited his manor, where Zhang Guofeng asked him for help securing railcars for a county construction project. Yang Yuxin’s intervention quickly reached railway officials, and Zhang Guofeng’s county superior realized the connection was to the Gu Family.

• Feng Jun showed his classmates his manor and yacht, then offered to help Zhang Guofeng find railcars to transport construction stone.
• Feng Jun used a Two-Way Radio to ask for help, and Yang Yuxin supplied Zhang Guofeng with a railway contact.
• Director Liu called Zhang Guofeng and revealed that railway officials were allocating transport capacity at Yang Yuxin’s request.
• Zhang Guofeng realized Yang Yuxin was Gu Jiahui’s mother, and Director Liu congratulated him on connecting with the Gu Family.

Zhang Guofeng’s connection to Feng Jun brought him sudden attention from local officials, while Feng Jun showed his classmates the Mutton-Fat White Jade tower at White Jade Capital. The group remained outside the tower, which housed Luohua Manor’s cultivation techniques, and Feng Jun led them back toward the moon gate.

• Director Liu urged Zhang Guofeng to befriend Yang Yuxin and then lobbied his former superior to help Zhang claim credit for the district’s task.
• Feng Jun invited his classmates to tour White Jade Capital’s rear courtyard, where they saw a tower made from more than two thousand tons of Mutton-Fat White Jade.
• Wang Qianqiu asked to enter the tower, but Feng Jun refused because it housed Luohua Manor’s lineage and cultivation techniques.
• Secretary Luo called Zhang Guofeng to ask when Gu Jiahui and Yang Yuxin would return home, and Gu Jiahui redirected him to Feng Jun.
• Secretary Luo praised Zhang Guofeng for helping with district affairs and promised to tell Director Liu that he had helped claim credit.
• Feng Jun teased his classmates about mistaking Gao Qiang for his bodyguard and led the group out through the moon gate.

Feng Jun hosted his classmates at the manor, where Zhang Guofeng thanked Yang Yuxin for helping with the railcar matter and received her promise to meet Cardinal Luo with him. The evening ended with Elder Yu cheerfully calling Feng Jun his boss after drinking three cups of Spirit Wine, leaving Feng Jun to scold Yu Qingzhu for letting him have too much.

• Wang Qianqiu teased Gao Qiang about Feng Jun taking on more than a hundred men, and Gao Qiang awkwardly defended his boss.
• Gao Qiang invited Cao Rui to attend Azure Mountain's Dragon Gate Assembly, but Cao Rui declined because of his mortgage and work.
• Feng Jun hosted his classmates and disciples at separate dinner tables, serving spiritual-energy-rich dishes to the cultivators and simpler food to his classmates.
• Feng Jun introduced Zhang Guofeng to Yang Yuxin, who said Cardinal Luo could meet her if Zhang accompanied him.
• Zhao Mingshun recognized Elder Yu as a venerable centenarian, then toppled over when Elder Yu called Feng Jun his boss.
• Feng Jun learned Elder Yu had drunk three cups of Spirit Wine and reproached Yu Qingzhu for allowing it.

Feng Jun took his former classmates and companions on a yacht cruise, where they learned more about his Cancer Care Center and its strict fees and referral rules. He offered limited benefits to classmates’ families, and Zhang Guofeng urged everyone to keep Feng Jun’s affairs private and avoid burdening him.

• Feng Jun and his guests boarded a yacht and cruised along the river while Gazi and Wang Haifeng helped grill skewers.
• Wang Qianqiu learned that Feng Jun had helped cure Gazi’s epilepsy, and Bai Na asked whether Feng Jun owned the Cancer Care Center outside Luo Hua.
• Feng Jun explained the center’s five-million care fee, referral requirements, priority for Xia people, and one-hundred-million-dollar charge for foreign patients.
• Feng Jun offered immediate family members one free place and collateral blood relatives one half-price place, while Gazi warned Bai Na against using the benefit for a distant connection.
• Zhang Guofeng urged the classmates to keep what they had learned confidential and not cause Feng Jun trouble.

Feng Jun hosted his classmates at Luohua Manor, assured them they could still ask him for help, and offered an urgent research assignment with substantial prizes. As the classmates chose teams and prepared to work, Zhang Guofeng and Cao Rui agreed to collaborate while Zhao Mingshun planned to work alone.

• Zhang Guofeng explained that Feng Jun kept classmates at arm's length to avoid constant requests, and Feng Jun promised to help with difficulties through Liang Siyu and Liu Yuting.
• The classmates spent the evening on Feng Jun's yacht and learned about his powerful connections, then made plans to explore Yang City or return home.
• Cao Rui asked Feng Jun for a way to earn money, and Feng Jun invited him to help with an assignment about industrial development in New Xia Nation.
• Feng Jun explained that the classmates had fifteen days to research and write a paper, with guaranteed payments for qualifying entries and prizes for the top three.
• Zhang Guofeng and Cao Rui agreed to work together, while Zhao Mingshun declined Wang Qianqiu's offer and chose to form his own group.

Feng Jun invited his classmates to compete for research funding, then traveled to the Leo Kingdom as preparations began for the Dragon Gate Assembly. He left Zhang Caixin to represent Luo Hua and put Red Sister in charge of the Daoist Temple while he checked the Spirit Stone array.

• Feng Jun offered his classmates funding for strong papers, and Wang Qianqiu and Zhao Mingshun argued over their plans to win.
• Li Yingying asked Feng Jun whether he still hated Zhang Yunzhen and whether he was the world's richest person, and he said she was part of his past and that he already was.
• Feng Jun saw off his departing classmates, then teleported with Good Scenery and Red Sister to the Leo Kingdom.
• Feng Jun arranged for Zhang Caixin to represent Luo Hua at the Dragon Gate Assembly while Yu Qingzhu, Gu Jiahui, and others went to broaden their horizons.
• Avril warned the Military Intelligence Service not to pressure her family to sell their shares, and the agency backed down and sent a steward to assist her.
• Sophia and Avril left for the Dragon Gate Assembly, leaving Ruth in charge of the Daoist Temple and Red Sister as the final authority while Zhang Caixin was away.

Feng Jun collected a huge haul of Spirit Stones from the offshore formation and discovered that Mairui Church agents were preparing to burn the Daoist Temple’s woodland. He restored the Rain-Praying Array and planned to let the arsonists start their fire before teaching them a lesson.

• Feng Jun retrieved the Soul-Suppressing Bell and gathered seven or eight hundred thousand Spirit Stones, then replenished the formation with three hundred Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Feng Jun secretly monitored a Swedish weather vessel and learned its crew was sharing data with Guam while serving Mairui interests.
• After returning to the Daoist Temple, Feng Jun learned from Red Sister that suspicious people had appeared nearby and found three Mairui Church agents carrying lighter fluid.
• Feng Jun expanded the Rain-Praying Array to protect the surrounding woodland and told Red Sister and Good Scenery to wait for the agents to light the fire.
• Red Sister teased Feng Jun about what he and the two women should do before confronting the arsonists.

Feng Jun stopped three Mairui Church arsonists from leaving and used the Rain-Praying Array to protect the Taoist temple from the wildfire they started. The Leo Kingdom government then asked the temple to help fight spreading fires, but Sophia refused to return from Xia Nation before the Dragon Gate Assembly.

• Feng Jun knocked out the three arsonists with Divine Sense attacks, shattering one man's Judgment Sword and leaving all three to die in the flames.
• Good Scenery activated the Rain-Praying Array at full power, bringing heavy rain to the Taoist temple as the wildfire spread nearby.
• Locals fled toward the temple for shelter, while firefighters eventually extinguished the blaze and later found the arsonists' charred remains.
• The Leo Kingdom government asked Ruth to arrange the Taoist temple's help against wildfires spreading across the country.
• Sophia consulted Zhang Caixin, who advised her to finish the Dragon Gate Assembly before responding because the fires were still far from Alansmu and Feng Jun was there.
• Sophia refused the officials' demands to return, criticizing them for asking her to help while their prime minister remained on vacation.

The Dragon Gate Assembly drew a modest crowd, but Chen Shengwang advanced through the competition using Fanghu talismans. He reached the final against Yan Siwei, who conceded after realizing he could not break Chen’s defensive talisman, while a spectator protested that the matchup was unfair.

• Tang Wangsun, Zhang Dongyuan, and Steward Feng agreed to oppose using pretty-boy idols to promote future assemblies.
• Chen Shengwang relied on talismans to defeat his opponents and reach the semifinals.
• After a sanda fighter returned to the platform following his defeat, Tang Wenji challenged him and Zhang Caixin disqualified him and threw him off.
• Chen Shengwang faced Yan Siwei in the final, and Yan conceded when Chen’s defensive talisman proved beyond his ability to overcome.
• A spectator shouted that the result was unfair.

After Lu Bufan challenged Luo Hua to a barehanded fight, Di Aixin stepped up to defend the sect and was badly injured. Gao Qiang treated him and faced Lu Bufan, revealing that he had stayed silent because he did not consider him worthy of a challenge.

• Lu Bufan accused Luo Hua of misleading the assembly and demanded a fight without talismans or magical artifacts.
• Di Aixin challenged Lu Bufan after he mocked Luo Hua, and Lu Bufan defeated him and broke his arm and leg.
• Gao Qiang rushed onto the platform, reset Di Aixin's injuries, and carried him away for help.
• Gao Qiang turned to Lu Bufan and explained that he had ignored him because he had not considered him worthy of a challenge.

Gao Qiang defeated Lü Bufan in the Dragon Gate Assembly final, but an elderly Emergence from Dust cultivator intervened and challenged Luo Hua. Zhang Caixin identified him as Jade Ruins' leader and warned that attacking her would bring consequences, leaving him hesitant to act.

• Gao Qiang attacked Lü Bufan, deliberately exposed an opening, then locked him down and broke both his arms and his right leg.
• The Jade Ruins elder shouted at Gao Qiang to stop, prompting Zhang Caixin to confront him and identify him as an Emergence from Dust Adept.
• The elder recognized Tang Wenji as Azure Mountain's Innate Realm cultivator and questioned her about Kou Heiyi's death.
• Zhang Caixin declared Tang Wenji part of Luo Hua and warned the elder to consider the consequences before attacking.
• Zhang Caixin revealed that the elder was newly advanced to Emergence from Dust, First Layer, and dared him to strike despite her warning.

At the Dragon Gate Assembly, Zhang Caixin clashed with Jade Ruins's leader, Daoist Yu Kun, who asked to meet Feng Jun. After the awards were given, Feng Jun arrived at Azure Mountain and learned from Gao Qiang what had happened.

• Daoist Yu Kun demanded that Zhang Caixin arrange a meeting with Feng Jun, while she and Tang Wenji challenged Jade Ruins over its past conduct.
• After hearing Sophia could contact Feng Jun, Yu Kun said he would wait at Azure Mountain and then vanished; Gao Qiang arrived to guard against a possible attack.
• Lü Bufan was carried away after disobeying the assembly's rules, and his companions were warned off from demanding justice.
• Chen Shengwang chose Phantom Step, Yan Siwei chose the Shadowless Staff Technique, and the Heart-Intention Sect disciple accepted Azure Mountain's Elementary Guide to Talismans over cash compensation.
• Sophia alerted Ruth, and Feng Jun traveled to Azure Mountain after checking the assembly's progress.
• Feng Jun summoned Gao Qiang to the woods, where Gao Qiang recounted his encounter with Daoist Yu Kun.

Feng Jun confronted Jade Ruins’ delegation and swiftly overpowered Daoist Yu Kun, confiscating his treasures and warning him against further aggression. Yu Kun was released twice, but the chapter left him facing the reality that Feng Jun had several ways to restrain him.

• Feng Jun learned that Jade Ruins’ delegation was at Azure Mountain and used his Divine Sense to locate Daoist Yu Kun, Yu Baiyi, and Shen Qingyi.
• Feng Jun confronted the group and challenged Daoist Yu Kun, who threatened him with the Five-Fire Seven-Fowl Fan.
• Feng Jun trapped Daoist Yu Kun inside his folding fan, took the Five-Fire Seven-Fowl Fan, and knocked down a disciple who protested.
• Shen Qingyi urged Feng Jun to stop harming Jade Ruins’ disciples, so he released Daoist Yu Kun and explained why he had intervened.
• Daoist Yu Kun attacked again, but Feng Jun immobilized him with a Talisman Treasure, took his jade ruler and Storage Bracelet, and threatened to kill him if he tried again.
• Daoist Yu Kun regained his ability to move and recognized that Feng Jun had multiple ways to restrain him.

Feng Jun subdued Daoist Yu Kun and Jade Ruins, kept the Soul-Extinguishing Ruler, and agreed to a sparring arrangement that could let Jade Ruins redeem it. He spared the sect but warned that another attack would mean its destruction, then departed after telling Shen Qingyi to return to Luo Hua and prepare to break through.

• Feng Jun explained that he had immobilized Daoist Yu Kun to teach Jade Ruins a lesson, while Yu Kun asked whether Golden Core advancement was possible on Blue Star.
• Yu Kun asked Feng Jun to return Jade Ruins' Soul-Extinguishing Ruler, but Feng Jun refused to accept Jade Ruins' rules for how treasures should be reclaimed.
• After learning that Shen Qingyi had been injured, Yu Kun accepted that Jade Ruins could not pursue the matter and proposed that disciples spar every thirty years for a chance to redeem the ruler.
• Feng Jun agreed to the arrangement, warned Jade Ruins that another confrontation would end its sect, and told Shen Qingyi to return to Luo Hua because she was nearing a breakthrough.
• After Feng Jun vanished, Yu Kun questioned Shen Qingyi about his remark that Jade Ruins was lucky, and she said she had heard that he had killed more than one Golden Core cultivator.

Feng Jun treated Di Aixin’s injuries and rewarded him for defending Luo Hua by allowing him to learn its cultivation method. Di Aixin accepted the restrictions on passing it down and remained committed to finishing his promised championship matches.

• Feng Jun healed Di Aixin’s arm and gave him a Foundation-Nourishing Pill after learning he had been injured defending Luo Hua.
• Di Aixin declined Gao Qiang’s offer to return to Luo Hua because he still owed someone nineteen of thirty-six championship matches.
• Feng Jun approved Di Aixin learning a suitable cultivation method and granted him five Body-Tempering Pills and two Foundation-Nourishing Pills to be distributed in installments.
• Feng Jun warned Di Aixin not to pass on the method except through one chosen line, whose members would count as Luo Hua’s descendants.
• Gao Qiang explained that Di Aixin and his successors must behave properly or Luo Hua would discipline them more harshly than outsiders.