Recaps

After the Yudu board meeting, Zhang Yang stayed in the city to explore and began a system photography mission that rewarded him with a luxury penthouse. He met Guan Jiaqi while taking photos, and after sending her a street portrait that night, agreed to meet her for a drink.

• Zhang Yang finished sightseeing with the Yudu business leaders, then stayed behind to explore the city on his own.
• The system assigned Zhang Yang a photography mission at Yudu landmarks, offering a Raffles Chaotian Pavilion penthouse and Photography Mastery as rewards.
• Zhang Yang bought a Nikon camera and began photographing the city's landmarks, then met Guan Jiaqi, who mistook him for a street photographer and led him to a check-in spot.
• Zhang Yang took Guan Jiaqi's portrait, exchanged WeChat contacts with her, and continued photographing Yudu's landmarks by day and night.
• At the InterContinental Hotel, Zhang Yang sent Guan Jiaqi her photo, and she invited him out, asking him to pose as her boyfriend so she could show him off.

Zhang Yang accompanied Guan Jiaqi to a nightclub in Yudu, where his wealth and looks impressed her friends and drew comparisons with Young Master Xie. He spent the night with Guan Jiaqi at the Raffles InterContinental, then told her he would not stay in Yudu long.

• Guan Jiaqi borrowed money from her friends to treat Zhang Yang to drinks, and Zhang Yang joined them at the nightclub.
• Zhang Yang ordered a Belle Époque package and acted as Guan Jiaqi's boyfriend, while her friends admired his photos and appearance.
• Young Master Xie arrived with a grand entourage and ordered Divine Dragon sets, prompting Zhang Yang to reveal that he considered himself far richer.
• Zhang Yang left the nightclub with Guan Jiaqi, took her to his suite at the Raffles InterContinental, and spent the night with her.
• The next morning, Zhang Yang told Guan Jiaqi he would not be staying in Yudu for long, and she kissed him again.

After completing his Yudu sightseeing mission, Zhang Yang bought a river-view penthouse at Raffles City and began planning its renovation. Young Master Xie tried to claim the property, but Zhang Yang’s connection to Xie’s mother and his Yangtze Club status left Xie shaken as he went to confront her.

• Zhang Yang completed all of Yudu’s check-in locations, then told Guan Jiaqi he planned to buy a home at Raffles City.
• Zhang Yang bought the seventy-second-floor penthouse at Raffles City and met with designers to discuss its renovation.
• Young Master Xie arrived demanding the penthouse, but Zhang Yang showed him his call records with Director Sun and dismissed him.
• Young Master Xie drove to Yujiang Real Estate’s headquarters and noticed Zhang Yang in a Yangtze Club council photo.
• Maya confirmed Zhang Yang was a council member, and Young Master Xie went to see his mother after she finished meeting her guest.

After Young Master Xie apologized to Zhang Yang and offered to drive him, Zhang Yang met Guan Jiaqi at the mall, where they shared dinner and ran into her chestnut-haired friend. The friend planned to engineer a chance encounter with her wealthy coworker, and Guan Jiaqi offered to help her keep watch.

• Sun Hongjun scolded Young Master Xie for offending Zhang Yang, then told him to apologize in person.
• Young Master Xie asked Maya about Zhang Yang’s wealth and businesses, then found Zhang Yang at the Raffles Club and apologized as Xie Yaozong.
• Xie Yaozong drove Zhang Yang to meet Guan Jiaqi, who shared employee-discount pastries and coffee with him for dinner.
• Guan Jiaqi’s chestnut-haired friend arrived wearing a Bulgari necklace from her coworker and revealed she hoped to run into him by chance.
• Zhang Yang offered to give Guan Jiaqi a necklace, and she kissed him before asking her friend where she planned to meet her coworker.

Guan Jiaqi and Zhang Yang witnessed Gao Yan publicly humiliating Liu Wei over a necklace, and Xie Yaozong stepped in to beat Gao Yan and force him to apologize. The chapter ended with Liu Wei stunned and Xie Yaozong urging her to accept Gao Yan’s apology.

• Guan Jiaqi followed Gao Yan from the restaurant and messaged Liu Wei to meet him at the first-floor elevator exit.
• Liu Wei greeted Gao Yan, but his girlfriend Susan saw the necklace he had given Liu Wei and accused him of giving away her unwanted gift before slapping him and leaving.
• Gao Yan accused Liu Wei of arranging the encounter and insulted her in public, while Guan Jiaqi tried to take her away.
• Zhang Yang arrived and encouraged Liu Wei to stand up to Gao Yan, who threatened to ruin her job and taunted her to slap him.
• Xie Yaozong arrived, slapped Gao Yan repeatedly, revealed his identity as the heir of Yujiang Real Estate, and ordered Gao Yan to apologize to Liu Wei.

After settling into life in Yudu and helping Guan Jiaqi open a bakery, Zhang Yang encouraged Xie Yaozong to visit Gango and then flew to Beijing for an official invitation. He reunited with Chen Zhang, who arranged for him to meet proud military rising stars at a private club.

• Liu Wei rejected Gao Yan’s apology and quit the company, while Xie Yaozong deferred to Zhang Yang.
• Zhang Yang and Guan Jiaqi enjoyed several days together, and he funded her bakery after the system triggered a bakery rebate event.
• Zhang Yang invited Xie Yaozong to visit Gango, and Xie Yaozong agreed to rely on him after seeing his footage from there.
• Zhang Yang flew to Beijing, where Chen Zhang greeted him and praised his growing influence in Gango.
• Chen Zhang told Zhang Yang that military friends wanted to meet him and asked him to humble them as they headed to a private club.

Zhang Yang returned to Beijing, enjoyed the welcome and lavish celebrations arranged by his elite-circle friends, then accepted Chen Zhang’s invitation to demonstrate his martial skills to a special operations company. A system mission offered him a Return Scroll for making the soldiers submit, and the chapter ended as he began a shooting contest at their training base.

• Zhang Yang attended a welcome banquet with Beijing’s elite heirs, who praised his work overseas and pledged to follow him.
• Zhang Yang inspected the Huaying Film and Television Base with the group, then celebrated his return at a nightclub and spent the night with models.
• Zhang Yang practiced martial arts at his manor, where Chen Zhang arrived and invited him to challenge a special operations company.
• The system triggered the mission “Outclass the Crowd,” offering a Return Scroll if Zhang Yang made the soldiers wholeheartedly submit, so he agreed to go.
• Chen Zhang brought Zhang Yang to the military training base, where Zhao Jian introduced sharpshooter Wang Jun and proposed a marksmanship contest.
• Zhang Yang took his position at the shooting range to compete against Wang Jun.

Zhang Yang demonstrated his extraordinary shooting reflexes, then staged a terrifying fall from a helicopter to prove his strength to the skeptical special forces soldiers. After he emerged unharmed from the impact, the system confirmed that he had completed his mission, and he asked Company Commander Zhao whether he was convinced.

• Zhang Yang beat a special forces soldier's rapid-fire result by hitting the target ten times in 0.8 seconds, with every bullet striking the same bullseye.
• Zhao Jian challenged the rumors that Zhang Yang had defeated an entire armed force, and Zhang Yang agreed to give the soldiers a chance to judge his strength for themselves.
• Zhang Yang boarded a helicopter and jumped from more than a hundred meters above the training ground with an Injury-Free Card equipped.
• Zhang Yang struck the ground with enough force to leave a crater, then rose from the dust completely uninjured as the soldiers watched in shock.
• The system announced that Zhang Yang had completed the mission and issued his reward, and Zhang Yang asked Zhao Jian whether he was convinced.

After proving his extraordinary strength, Zhang Yang secured official assurances and became a sought-after figure in Beijing before laying low and meeting Ouyang Feifei. The chapter ended with Ouyang Feifei choosing to stay with him instead of attending a film audition.

• Zhao Jian praised Zhang Yang's martial prowess, and Zhang Yang set a teleportation point at the General's Residence in Salito Province.
• Chen Zhang agreed that Zhang Yang was qualified to be a chief instructor, while Zhang Yang insisted that he was a businessman.
• Zhang Yang met Old Master Chen and then attended a succession of meetings that raised his influence among Beijing's officials and business circles.
• Zhang Yang kept a lower profile at Beijing Manor and noted that Soup King Hotpot's new stores had brought him close to another level-up.
• Ouyang Feifei invited Zhang Yang to meet after he praised her new single, and the two shared lunch at a private club.
• When Ouyang Feifei's company called about a film audition, Zhang Yang asked her to choose between the audition and staying with him, and she chose to stay.

Zhang Yang used his influence to secure Ouyang Feifei the female lead in an upcoming drama, then took her back to Beijing Manor. The next morning, Ouyang Feifei’s agent respectfully asked about her schedule, and Zhang Yang told her to contact him if she needed anything.

• Zhang Yang had Ouyang Feifei turn off her phone, then invited the drama’s director and producer to dinner and secured her the female lead while offering to invest in the production.
• Zhang Yang told Ouyang Feifei to call her agent, and Sister Luo arrived angrily before recognizing Director Zhang and Producer Wang and learning Zhang Yang was Huaying’s president.
• Zhang Yang left Sister Luo to discuss matters with the directors and producer, while Ouyang Feifei went to meet him at his car.
• Zhang Yang took Ouyang Feifei to Beijing Manor, where they spent the night together.
• The next morning, Ouyang Feifei told Zhang Yang she could barely walk, and he carried her before they ate breakfast together.
• Ouyang Feifei’s agent called to ask about her upcoming appearance, and Zhang Yang told Ouyang Feifei she could contact him whenever she needed him.

Zhang Yang returned to Shanghai after Zabol took control in the Gangge Republic and prepared to run for president. At Cloud Sea Capital, he met new assistant Luo Zhiqing, who had planned to resign but began to reconsider after seeing him and Bai Jingyi together.

• Zabol became acting president, crushed the mutiny, and announced formal elections as Zhang Yang anticipated his rise to power.
• Bai Jingyi confronted Luo Zhiqing about repeated lateness and learned that she considered Cloud Sea Capital only a temporary job.
• Bai Jingyi and Luo Zhiqing went to Pudong International Airport to meet Zhang Yang, and Luo was stunned by his private jet and striking appearance.
• Bai Jingyi introduced Luo Zhiqing to Zhang Yang and praised her abilities, while Luo felt envious of their closeness despite planning to leave.
• Zhang Yang questioned Luo about her background on the drive back, then listened as Bai Jingyi quietly told him she had missed him.

Luo Zhiqing submitted her resignation but followed Zhang Yang to a gathering of Magic City's wealthiest businessmen, where she saw his influence firsthand and began to reconsider leaving. Zhang Yang mingled with the tycoons at Sheshan International Golf Course, and several expressed interest in joining his private club.

• Luo Zhiqing gave HR her resignation letter and told Bai Jingyi she had already made up her mind to leave.
• Zhang Yang instructed Zhou Zhaodong to prepare to move the company to Vantone Bank Tower and accepted Chairman Huo's invitation to a gathering.
• Bai Jingyi urged Zhang Yang to take Luo Zhiqing along, and he brought her to meet Magic City's wealthy businessmen.
• On the drive, Zhang Yang asked Luo Zhiqing about her work and reassured her that he trusted Zhou Zhaodong's judgment.
• At Sheshan International Golf Course, Luo Zhiqing watched Zhang Yang take center stage among prominent tycoons and reconsidered her assumptions about her job and resignation.
• Chairman Ye praised Zhang Yang to him and asked about his private club, prompting several tycoons to express interest in memberships.

Zhang Yang celebrated his golf-club hole-in-one by hosting influential members at Cloud Sea Club, where he impressed them with rare medicinal wine. After the guests departed, he reunited with Bei Wei and learned that her mother had come to Magic City and would meet him.

• Zhang Yang scored a hole-in-one, handed out more than a million yuan in red envelopes, and invited the wealthy golfers to dinner.
• Zhang Yang told Su Jiajun to suspend Cloud Sea Club membership applications and consider switching to an invitation-only system.
• Zhang Yang hosted the influential guests at Cloud Sea Club and served them medicinal wine made with a fragment of a Lesser Returning Pill.
• Chairman Ye corrected Ye Junyi for addressing Zhang Yang too casually, and Zhang Yang later arranged for Luo Zhiqing to go home before visiting Bei Wei.
• Zhang Yang reunited with Bei Wei outside Lakeville Regency, and Bei Wei told him that her mother had come to Magic City.

Zhang Yang met Bei Wei’s mother, Chen Lu, and offered to treat her to a day of shopping, then sent his assistant Luo Zhiqing to accompany her. After Chen Lu enjoyed the lavish outing, Luo Zhiqing reported back to Zhang Yang, who told her to keep the unspent money as compensation.

• Zhang Yang met Chen Lu at Bei Wei’s home, where Chen Lu welcomed him warmly and he offered to arrange a shopping trip for her.
• Chen Lu left Zhang Yang and Bei Wei alone for the evening, and the couple spent the night together.
• The next morning, Zhang Yang arranged for Luo Zhiqing to take Chen Lu shopping while he and Bei Wei went to work.
• Luo Zhiqing accompanied Chen Lu to Xintiandi, where Chen Lu accepted an extensive selection of designer clothes, accessories, and a bag.
• Luo Zhiqing reported the purchases and remaining money to Zhang Yang, who told her to keep the balance as compensation for her trouble.

Zhang Yang learned that Luo Zhiqing regretted submitting her resignation and kept her at the company. Meanwhile, Chen Lu reunited with old friends and showed them the luxurious life Bei Wei’s boyfriend had provided, ending with the revelation that he owned the entire commercial street and a nearby office building.

• Zhang Yang used a Truth Card to learn that Luo Zhiqing had wanted to resign because she doubted the company’s prospects and believed rumors about Bai Jingyi, but regretted it after meeting him.
• Zhang Yang refused to approve Luo Zhiqing’s resignation, and she left his office embarrassed by having confessed her thoughts.
• Chen Lu met her old friends at a café and told them that Bei Wei’s boyfriend had given her an extravagant shopping trip and provided Bei Wei with an apartment, car, and shop.
• Chen Lu brought her friends to Bei Wei’s Youjian Book Cafe, where Bei Wei welcomed them and explained that the shop had no rent.
• Bei Wei revealed that her boyfriend owned the entire commercial street and the nearby office building, leaving the aunties stunned.

Zhang Yang settled into life in Magic City while his assistants Bai Jingyi and Luo Zhiqing grew closer and Luo began considering Bai’s hints about becoming one of Zhang Yang’s trusted people. After a night of drinking at the Cloud Sea Club, Zhang Yang headed to Bai Jingyi’s apartment, unaware that Luo Zhiqing was staying there.

• Chen Lu praised Zhang Yang to her friends and asked whether he and Bei Wei planned to have a child, and Zhang Yang said they would let nature take its course.
• Zhang Yang spent August building his standing in Magic City as his company moved to Vantone Bank Tower and the Cloud Sea Club attracted influential guests.
• Bai Jingyi told Luo Zhiqing she had passed probation, took her shopping for expensive work clothes, and hinted that Zhang Yang might favor her too.
• Bai Jingyi invited Luo Zhiqing to her apartment, where she explained that Zhang Yang had provided her with a home and car and that she was happy staying by his side.
• After hosting powerful business figures at the Cloud Sea Club, Zhang Yang decided to spend the night at Bai Jingyi’s apartment and went there using the door code she had given him.

Zhang Yang slept with Luo Zhiqing after mistaking her for Bai Xiaomi, then reassured her with a costly watch and a promise of a permanent assistant position. Later, he took Bai Jingyi and Luo Zhiqing to an ice and snow park, where he showed off his skiing and promised to take them to Finland.

• Zhang Yang realized the woman in bed was Luo Zhiqing, and she chose to stay with him; the next morning, he arranged time off for her and continued the night with Bai Xiaomi.
• The system awarded Zhang Yang a Piaget watch for Luo Zhiqing, which generated cashback while she wore it.
• Zhang Yang visited Luo Zhiqing, gave her the watch, and promised her a permanent job with the same pay and benefits as Bai Jingyi.
• Zhang Yang took Bai Jingyi and Luo Zhiqing skiing, impressed the visitors with his skill, and embraced both assistants in public.
• Zhang Yang rode a small train through the snow park with the two assistants and offered to take them to Finland to see snow and the aurora.

Zhang Yang arranged for his parents to stay at his renovated property in Hangzhou, while Zhang Zhaohai pursued a chance to learn from wealthy businessman Mr. Zhou. The chapter ended with Mr. Zhou recognizing the address as Peach Blossom Spring and realizing Zhang Yang was a young talent.

• Zhang Yang called Zhang Zhaohai, learned that his parents were traveling, and invited them to stay at his renovated Hangzhou property.
• Zhang Zhaohai and Song Wenqin reached Celestial Capital Peak, celebrated their climb, and planned to inspect Zhang Yang's home in Hangzhou.
• At Banyan Tree Huangshan, Zhang Zhaohai recognized Mr. Zhou and accepted a ride with him to Hangzhou so they could talk about business and an executive program.
• During the drive, Mr. Zhou learned that Zhang Zhaohai had only five restaurants and that Zhang Yang had helped him build his business.
• Mr. Zhou saw the location Zhang Zhaohai shared and recognized Peach Blossom Spring, remarking that Zhang Yang must be a young talent.

Zhang Zhaohai and Song Wenqin traveled to Hangzhou with the Zhou family, whose daughter Shu Han learned that Zhang’s son might own an exceptionally valuable courtyard in Peach Blossom Spring. After Yu Kaili picked them up, Zhang and Song arrived at their son’s mansion and were overwhelmed by its extraordinary scale and luxury.

• During the drive, Zhang Zhaohai’s casual suggestion that the Zhou family’s daughter and his son might get along made Mr. and Mrs. Zhou uncomfortable.
• In Hangzhou, Shu Han recognized that the house Zhang’s son bought in West Brocade Garden might be the 130-million-yuan courtyard designed by Zheng Zhong Design Studio, and she urged her parents to contact Zhang.
• A woman from the Zhang family’s son’s business arrived in a Rolls-Royce to pick up Zhang Zhaohai and Song Wenqin, impressing the Zhou family.
• Yu Kaili drove Zhang Zhaohai and Song Wenqin to Peach Blossom Spring, where they explored the expansive Chinese-style courtyard residence.
• Zhang Zhaohai and Song Wenqin saw the mansion’s elaborate gardens, furnishings, jade staircase, and stone reliefs, leaving Zhang stunned that it belonged to his son.

Zhang Zhaohai and Song Wenqin explored the lavish Hangzhou courtyard Zhang Yang had prepared for them and learned that he had arranged hotel chefs to cook there. When the Zhou family visited, they were impressed by the estate and Zhang Yang’s success, while Zhou Shuhan showed interest in the Zhang family; the chapter ended with her disappointed reaction to hearing that Zhang Yang smoked and drank.

• Yu Kaili told Zhang Zhaohai that the residence had cost about 130 million yuan and its renovations over 100 million, leaving him stunned by Zhang Yang’s wealth.
• Yu Kaili guided Zhang Zhaohai and Song Wenqin through the estate, and they admired its rooms, amenities, and landscaped courtyard.
• Yu Kaili arranged for chefs to prepare the couple’s meals, and Zhang Yang told his parents by video call that money was just a number to him.
• Mr. Zhou called to arrange a visit, and Zhang Zhaohai invited him and his family to the residence the next day.
• The Zhou family toured the estate and recognized Zhang Yang’s achievements, while Zhang Zhaohai welcomed them with greater confidence than before.
• At lunch, Zhang Zhaohai said Zhang Yang smoked and drank heavily, and Zhou Shuhan felt disappointed.

Zhang Zhaohai introduced Zhang Yang to Zhou Shuhan over a video call, and she was immediately captivated by him. Later, Mr. Zhou discovered that Zhang Yang was an influential business magnate who had founded the Cloud Sea Club, and realized his family had little chance of reaching him.

• Zhang Zhaohai video-called Zhang Yang during lunch and introduced him to the Zhou family, leaving Mr. and Mrs. Zhou stunned by Zhang Yang's appearance and bearing.
• Zhou Shuhan added Zhang Yang on WeChat, but he did not accept her request, and she concluded he had only been polite for his father's sake.
• Mr. Zhou attended an evening gathering where Mr. Wang showed off his Cloud Sea Club membership and a photo of its members.
• Mr. Zhou recognized Zhang Yang in the center of the photo and learned that Zhang Yang had founded the Cloud Sea Club and belonged to the Yangtze Club.
• Mr. Zhou looked up a Yangtze Club board photo featuring Zhang Yang and kept his earlier meeting with him to himself.

Zhang Yang reached Level 10 and gained full ownership of Guangrui Media, where he announced new plans and recruited Tian Chuxi and Ouyang Feifei. As Zabol neared victory in the Gangge Republic election, Zhang Yang prepared for a major change in his life, returned to Yinghai for Mid-Autumn Festival, and visited the restaurant he had opened with Li Xiaoxuan.

• Zhang Zhaohai and Song Wenqin returned to Yinghai after spending nearly half a month in Hangzhou.
• Zhang Yang reached Level 10 and received all equity in Guangrui Media, valued at eight billion.
• Zhang Yang took charge of Guangrui Media, announced company-wide plans, and recruited Tian Chuxi and Ouyang Feifei to fill leading roles.
• Zabol swept the Gangge Republic election, and Zhang Yang prepared to travel to Africa once the result was finalized.
• Zhang Yang returned to Yinghai for Mid-Autumn Festival, walked through his hometown, and bought mooncakes after a group of young women shared theirs with him.
• Zhang Yang visited Memories of Jiangnan, the restaurant he had co-founded with Li Xiaoxuan, and saw the effort she had put into it.

Zhang Yang visited Li Xiaoxuan at Memories of Jiangnan, became Tongtong’s godfather, and bought them a school-district home before returning to celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival with his parents. The chapter ended with the Zhang family reunited for dinner, while Li Xiaoxuan resolved to make Tongtong remember who had cared for her.

• Zhang Yang visited Memories of Jiangnan, praised Li Xiaoxuan’s work, and gave the employees six times their usual pay for Mid-Autumn Festival.
• Li Xiaoxuan told Zhang Yang about her life and the restaurant’s losses, and he reassured her before offering to buy Tongtong a home in a good school district.
• Li Xiaoxuan asked Zhang Yang to become Tongtong’s godfather, and he agreed before buying a spacious home in Yinghai’s dual-school-district complex.
• Zhang Yang met Tongtong and her grandparents, and Tongtong happily accepted him as her godfather; Li Xiaoxuan later showed her parents the purchase contract and resolved to make Tongtong forget her biological father.
• Zhang Yang returned to Purple Garden No. 1 and celebrated Mid-Autumn Festival with Zhang Zhaohai and Song Wenqin.

Zhang Yang attended his father’s lavish birthday celebration before returning to Gangge, where Zabol won the presidential election and completed Zhang Yang’s mission. Zhang Yang drank the Intermediate Genetic Serum and discovered his transformed body could walk across water.

• Zhang Zhaohai celebrated his forty-ninth birthday, and Zhang Yang gave him a Maybach Pullman S680.
• Zhang Yang flew to Gangge and met privately with Zabol, who assured him that the election and provincial situation were under control.
• Jinsa National Television announced that Zabol had won the Gangge Republic presidential election, completing Zhang Yang’s mission and granting him the Intermediate Genetic Serum.
• Zhang Yang drank the serum and underwent a transformation that gave him extraordinary vitality, strength, and a lifespan of up to two hundred years.
• Zhang Yang tested his new abilities by walking across the surface of the swimming pool.

Zhang Yang tested his enhanced body, survived a close-range pistol shot, and lifted a two-ton vehicle as Zabol’s inauguration made him a powerful figure in the Gangge Republic. He strengthened ties with China, acquired a MiG-29 from Hogni, and quickly learned the basics of flying it.

• Zhang Yang took a close-range pistol bullet to his forearm without injury, then lifted a two-ton vehicle with one arm.
• Three days later, Zabol was inaugurated as president, and Zhang Yang became Commander of the Presidential Guard and Presidential Adviser.
• Zhang Yang’s identity as a Warrior of a Hundred Tribes silenced objections to his foreign origin and nationality.
• Zhang Yang agreed with Ambassador Yuan to advance cooperation between China and the Gangge Republic.
• Zhang Yang received a MiG-29 and other equipment from Hogni, then trained in the fundamentals of fighter jet operation.