Chapter Summaries

Lin Chen prepared to give a high-profile mathematics lecture at Imperial Capital University while Xu Mengyao worried about the attention his performance might bring. The chapter ended with Lin Chen on stage before more than a thousand attendees, ready to begin.

• Lin Xiaoqian asked how babies were born, and Xu Mengyao explained that little elves grew in their mothers' bellies.
• Xu Mengyao and Lin Chen discussed having another child as her mental and physical condition gradually recovered.
• Xu Mengyao told Lin Chen that top mathematics students and professors would attend his lecture, and he welcomed the challenge.
• Lin Chen, Xu Mengyao, and Lin Xiaoqian walked through heavy traffic to Imperial Capital University under extensive security.
• Sirius coordinated more than a hundred security personnel as the lecture hall filled with over a thousand people.
• Lin Chen went on stage and asked the audience to take their seats and prepare questions.

Lin Chen answered difficult questions at his Mathematics Public Lecture, impressing the audience with his explanations. After the lecture, he fielded personal questions and left with Xu Mengyao and Lin Xiaoqian as Principal Gu Changgeng invited them to lunch.

• A student asked Lin Chen about a future calligraphy lecture, and he said he would take non-mathematics questions after the lecture.
• Wei Shen asked a challenging mathematics question, and Lin Chen solved it on the blackboards until Wei Shen understood.
• Lin Chen answered more difficult questions, including several from mathematics professors, while some audience members struggled to follow his advanced explanations.
• Lin Chen ended the lecture at noon, answered questions about calligraphy, having another child, and future lectures, and said he might hold a Mathematics Public Lecture quarterly.
• Xu Mengyao and Lin Xiaoqian told Lin Chen they had not understood the lecture but thought he looked handsome, and Lin Xiaoqian said it had made her more interested in mathematics.
• Principal Gu Changgeng invited Lin Chen, Xu Mengyao, and Lin Xiaoqian to lunch at the university.

After learning that Lin Chen was a world-class mathematician with an SS-rank clearance, Yan Zongxiang ordered the Yan Family to stop opposing him and repair their relationship. Influential Chinese researchers publicly supported Lin Chen, strengthening his protection against both domestic and foreign threats.

• Yan Zhiyuan warned Yan Zongxiang that Lin Chen was a world-class mathematician protected by National Security personnel.
• Yan Zongxiang learned that Lin Chen’s clearance was at least SS-rank and told Yan Zhiyuan to urge Yan Mingzhu’s family to reconcile with Lin Chen.
• United States officials assessed Lin Chen as roughly the world’s tenth to twentieth strongest mathematician, with potential to reach the top three.
• Academician Chen and other major research figures publicly supported Lin Chen and called for the country to protect him.
• Yan Zhiyuan persuaded Yan Mingzhu to try to ease her relationship with Lin Chen.

Song Shikang was taken by National Security agents for questioning about Old Man Song’s suspicious death, while Lin Chen prepared for a drinking contest against people from Bear Country. The contest began with the opposing side confidently predicting Lin Chen’s defeat.

• Lin Chen declined Song Shikang’s request to meet, and Song Shikang learned that National Security was investigating his father’s death.
• National Security agents asked Song Shikang to accompany them to their office, and he called Yan Mingzhu before pretending to sleep in the car.
• Lin Chen reassured Xu Mengyao that he would be fine in the drinking contest and promised to return early.
• Yang Jianghong told Lin Chen they could send someone else to compete, but Lin Chen chose to take part himself.
• Xie Chenghai introduced Lin Chen to the Chinese attendees and explained that winning the contest mattered, though they could accept a loss.
• A Bear Country attendee entered and declared that Lin Chen’s side would definitely lose.

Lin Chen agreed to raise the stakes in a drinking contest between China and Bear Country, assuring Xie Chenghai that they would win. At the Main Table, Lin Chen rapidly drank eight bottles of sixty-percent Baijiu, leaving Nikita shaken and behind.

• General Valery proposed raising the stakes, and Lin Chen urged Xie Chenghai to accept, promising they would win.
• Both sides signed a supplementary contract and brought out sixty bottles of high-proof liquor for the contest.
• Lin Chen and Nikita began drinking quickly, finishing four bottles each before taking a restroom break.
• Lin Chen returned and drank two more bottles without eating, while Nikita slowed down and suggested having food.
• Lin Chen drank two more bottles, bringing his total to eight and shocking Nikita.

Lin Chen won the drinking contest against General Valery’s delegation, then returned to his room after drinking more than thirty bottles and used the System to clear the remaining alcohol from his body. Sirius called to tell him that Song Shikang had confessed.

• Lin Chen drank more than twenty bottles, impressing Nikita and the Bear Country delegation with his endurance and fluent Russian.
• Nikita conceded, and General Valery admitted defeat before the gathering shifted to friendly toasts.
• Lin Chen and Yang Jianghong left the banquet, and Lin Chen returned to his room to join Xu Mengyao.
• Lin Chen asked the System to absorb the remaining alcohol, then released the stored alcohol into the drain while showering.
• Sirius called Lin Chen and told him that Song Shikang had confessed.

Lin Chen learned that Song Shikang confessed to murdering his father with Yan Mingzhu, who remained at large. The Yan Family tried to help Yan Mingzhu escape, while Lin Chen continued searching for her and learned she had reached Jin City.

• Sirius told Lin Chen that Song Shikang confessed to the murder and named Yan Mingzhu as the mastermind, and Lin Chen explained the inheritance motive to Xu Mengyao.
• Lin Chen held Xu Mengyao and used his inner force to clear her meridians so she could eventually cultivate.
• Yan Zhiyuan told Yan Zongxiang that Yan Mingzhu and Song Shikang had secretly caused Old Man Song's death, and Yan Zongxiang ordered him to help her flee to the United States with a new identity.
• Lin Chen played with Xu Mengyao and Lin Xiaoqian after waking, then called Sirius to ask about Yan Mingzhu.
• Sirius told Lin Chen that Yan Mingzhu had reached Jin City and would likely try to leave China by sea.

Lin Chen revealed Old Man Song’s murder and carried out his will, distributing the inheritance among the Song Family and himself. Yan Zhiyuan then told Yan Zongxiang that Yan Mingzhu had been named as the mastermind and was on the run.

• Lin Chen went to the Song residence with his family and presented Old Man Song’s will to the gathered Song Family members.
• Lin Chen revealed that Song Shikang had confessed to murdering Old Man Song and implicated Yan Mingzhu as the mastermind, who was on the run.
• Lin Chen allocated twenty-five percent of Old Man Song’s shares each to Song Shize and Song Qingquan, left five percent for the family to distribute, and arranged to cash out his own five percent for fifteen billion yuan.
• Song Shikang’s son objected, but Song Shize backed Lin Chen’s decision, and Lin Chen left for Magic City.
• Yan Zhiyuan told Yan Zongxiang about the will and Yan Mingzhu’s involvement, and Yan Zongxiang said it would be fine as long as she was not caught.

Yan Mingzhu was shot dead while fleeing Jin City, and Lin Chen suspected the killing was meant to make the Yan Family blame him. The shooter remained unidentified as National Security prepared to investigate.

• Yan Zhiyuan and Yan Zongxiang agreed to avoid public moves over Yan Mingzhu’s case while secretly helping her escape to the United States.
• Yan Mingzhu boarded a fishing boat in disguise, but an unknown gunman shot her at the Jin City docks, and she died from her wounds.
• Yan Zhiyuan told Yan Zongxiang that Yan Mingzhu had been killed, and Yan Zongxiang ordered a car so he could go to the scene.
• Sirius informed Lin Chen of the shooting and warned that the Yan Family might hold him partly responsible.
• Lin Chen and Xu Mengyao discussed who might have killed Yan Mingzhu, and Lin Chen suspected the killer wanted to provoke conflict between him and the Yan Family.

Lin Chen rejected Maple Leaf Country’s offer to recruit him and investigated the Vite Family for a possible connection to Yan Mingzhu’s death. After arriving in Magic City, he reunited with the Xu Family and met the city’s officials, who invited him to become an honorary professor at local universities.

• A woman from Maple Leaf Country warned Lin Chen that the Yan Family might target him and offered him and his family special privileges if he immigrated, but he refused.
• Lin Chen suspected the Vite Family had arranged Yan Mingzhu’s assassination and hacked into its members’ devices to collect files and call records.
• Lin Chen and Xu Mengyao arrived at the Xu Family’s home, where Elder Xu accepted their wedding invitation and invited them to dinner with influential people in Magic City.
• Lin Chen and Xu Mengyao sent Lin Xiaoqian with Liang Ye to visit her grandparents before heading to the hotel.
• Magic City secretary Dong Fengmao and other officials met Lin Chen and called him Professor Lin, then proposed that he become an honorary professor at one or two local universities.

Lin Chen discussed plans to establish a new materials company with Xu Mengyao and received advice from Xu Guofeng about the Yan Family and powerful political circles. After a sleepless night, Lin Chen completely unblocked Xu Mengyao’s meridians and discovered that practicing Tai Chi with his inner force could strengthen her body.

• Lin Chen told Yao Zhenguo he was interested in acquiring a new materials company and developing advanced aircraft composites and stealth coatings.
• Xu Mengyao offered to handle preparations for a new materials company that Lin Chen would wholly own and fund.
• Lin Chen told Xu Guofeng about his trip to the Imperial Capital and the Yan Family, and Xu Guofeng advised him not to act against the Yan Family first.
• Lin Chen spent the night guiding inner force through Xu Mengyao’s meridians and cleared the final blockage at dawn.
• Lin Chen explained that Xu Mengyao’s meridians were narrow, then discovered that inner force could strengthen them as she practiced Tai Chi.

Lin Chen helped Xu Mengyao practice martial arts, then used damaging information to push Heller into acting against Mike. Heller agreed to make Mike pay, leaving the Vite Family’s power struggle poised to intensify.

• Xu Mengyao practiced martial arts with Lin Chen, who explained that her apparent increase in strength was temporary and that training would gradually improve her physique.
• Lin Chen told Xu Mengyao that her Combat Power could eventually double, then sent her to bed after she practiced twice.
• Lin Chen found no evidence linking the Vite Family to the assassins and decided to increase pressure on the family.
• Lin Chen sent Heller information about his wife Vivian, including nude photos and a video, through a treasure chest on Heller’s computer.
• Heller offered the unknown hacker money and asked to be helped in becoming family head, and the hacker demanded that he prove his courage.
• After the hacker threatened to support Mike instead, Heller agreed to take action against Mike.

Lin Chen faced a flood of questions from researchers after Sirius shared his secure email, then spent hours answering them before giving up for the night. After waking, he practiced Tai Chi with Xu Mengyao and Lin Xiaoqian, and amazed his in-laws by pulling Lin Xiaoqian through the air with an invisible force.

• Heller found damaging videos of Mike and decided Mike had to die, while considering whether to seek help from the hacker who had provided them.
• Lin Chen discovered more than a hundred emails from researchers and complained to Sirius after learning that his secure address had been shared with them.
• Lin Chen answered three emails during an all-night work session, then stopped and went to sleep at five in the morning.
• Lin Chen woke after two hours and cuddled with Xu Mengyao and Lin Xiaoqian before they got up to practice Tai Chi.
• Lin Chen taught Xu Mengyao Tai Chi and used internal energy to strengthen her meridians as Yang Qingyue and Xu Guofeng watched.
• Lin Chen lifted Lin Xiaoqian through the air with an invisible force, astonishing Xu Guofeng and the others.

Lin Chen reassured the Xu family by demonstrating his telekinesis and explaining that he could protect them, while keeping his abilities secret. In the Imperial Capital, the Yan Family faced mounting pressure as investigations stalled and Yan Changming revealed that someone had discovered the money he stole.

• Lin Chen told Lin Xiaoqian to keep their flying game secret, then showed Xu Guofeng and Yang Qingyue his telekinesis to reassure them.
• Lin Chen said Lin Xiaoqian had strong Martial Way Talent, offered to help the older Xu couple preserve their health, and briefly lifted Xu Guofeng into the air.
• Yan Zongxiang asked Yan Zhiyuan about Yan Mingzhu's murderer and learned the investigation had found no clues.
• Yan Zhiyuan told Yan Zongxiang that his second and third brothers might have their positions adjusted, and Yan Zongxiang suspected pressure from forces tied to the Song Family and Lin Chen.
• Yan Changming called Yan Zhiyuan and admitted that he had hidden two hundred million taken through his position, but someone had found it.

After Yan Changming was caught embezzling two hundred million and Yan Qiming faced a transfer, Yan Zongxiang decided the Yan Family must reconcile with Lin Chen. Back home, Lin Chen helped Lin Xiaoqian choose paintings as wedding gifts, while he worked on another bilingual Fairy Tale.

• Yan Changming asked Yan Zhiyuan and Yan Zongxiang for help, but Yan Zongxiang told him to confess and seek a reduced sentence through meritorious service.
• Yan Qiming told Yan Zhiyuan he would be transferred to a Clean Government Office amid the fallout from the Yan Family's conflict with the Song Family.
• Yan Zhiyuan urged Yan Zongxiang to reconcile with Lin Chen, and Yan Zongxiang planned to bring a generous gift to Lin Chen's wedding in Magic City.
• Lin Xiaoqian told Lin Chen she wanted to give him and her mother wedding presents, and Lin Chen suggested she paint pictures for the celebration.
• After Lin Xiaoqian went down for her nap, Lin Chen wrote a bilingual Fairy Tale and cut off its English version at a crucial moment.

Yan Zhiyuan visited Lin Chen to seek reconciliation, but Lin Chen warned that the Yan Family’s role in Yan Mingzhu’s actions had pushed them out of the upper circle. The family turned to limiting its losses, while Lin Chen learned Yan Zongxiang would withdraw his article and prepared to publish his Fairy Tale stories.

• Yan Zhiyuan passed security checks at Ziyuan Community and asked Lin Chen to let the Yan Family make peace, but Lin Chen refused to let him inside.
• Lin Chen told Yan Zhiyuan that the Yan Family had broken the rules by supporting Yan Mingzhu and now faced exclusion from the upper circle.
• After Yan Zhiyuan reported the conversation, Yan Zongxiang told him to prepare gifts for the Song Family and said he would approach old friends to limit the family’s losses.
• Dong Chengren told Lin Chen that Yan Zongxiang had requested the removal of his article, clearing the way for Lin Chen’s two Fairy Tale stories to be published.
• Lin Chen decided to leave the Yan Family alone if they stopped troubling him and postponed dealing with the Vite Family until after his wedding.

Lin Chen gained Stealth Unmanned Small Attack Submarine Technology while playing with Lin Xiaoqian, then learned that reaching ten Mythical Level Skills might let some skills break through. A call from his college friend Zhou Hao revealed that Zhang Yang had disappeared in South Asia, and Lin Chen learned the news had been kept from him for half a month.

• Lin Chen took Lin Xiaoqian to the park, where she asked a boy to play with his model boat and Lin Chen joined them after the boy recognized him as Master Lin Yu.
• After playing with the boat for an hour, Lin Chen received Stealth Unmanned Small Attack Submarine Technology and learned it included submarine communication, stealth, water-pressure power generation, and missile technology.
• Lin Xiaoqian lost interest in the boat and asked Lin Chen to go home and draw with her.
• Lin Chen learned that he had six Mythical Level Skills and that reaching ten could allow some skills to break through.
• Zhou Hao called Lin Chen and told him that Zhang Yang had disappeared after traveling to South Asia half a month earlier.

Lin Chen investigated the disappearance of his college friend Zhang Yang in Siam and grew suspicious that Zhang Yang had been taken to lure him there. With no sign of Zhang Yang or a ransom demand, Lin Chen asked Sirius to continue searching while warning his family to stay alert.

• Lin Chen apologized to Zhou Hao for not staying in touch and learned that Zhang Yang had vanished in Siam five days earlier.
• Lin Chen checked nearby surveillance footage, saw Zhang Yang leave alone, and found no trace of him after he entered an area where the cameras stopped tracking him.
• Lin Chen asked Sirius to investigate and agreed that Zhang Yang might have been captured because of his connection to Lin Chen.
• Lin Chen told Xu Mengyao about Zhang Yang’s disappearance and had Lin Xiaoqian recite her parents’ phone numbers.
• Sirius reported that neither his investigators nor the Siam police had found Zhang Yang and said scam parks would likely release him if they knew he was Lin Chen’s friend.
• Lin Chen learned that Zhang Yang had a common blood type and asked Sirius to keep investigating.

Zhang Yang called his family to confirm he had been kidnapped, and Lin Chen learned that he was being held near the Siam-Myanmar border, where rescue efforts faced obstacles. After Lin Chen helped Xu Mengyao and Lin Xiaoqian practice Tai Chi, he and Xu Mengyao shared an intimate moment.

• Zhang Yang called his father, confirmed he was being held captive, and his family gave the recording to the police.
• Sirius told Lin Chen that Zhang Yang's call had been traced near the Siam-Myanmar border, close to several Scam Parks.
• Lin Chen asked Sirius to use satellites and reconnaissance drones to locate Zhang Yang, but Sirius said the area was controlled by powerful warlords.
• Lin Chen practiced Tai Chi with Xu Mengyao and Lin Xiaoqian and checked that he had accumulated seventy-three hours of experience.
• After Lin Xiaoqian fell asleep, Lin Chen massaged Xu Mengyao, and she offered to massage him in return.

A tactical team found the underground room where Zhang Yang had been held, but the tunnel’s multiple exits left them unable to determine how the kidnappers escaped. After Zhang Yang’s disappearance became public, Lin Chen announced a livestream response and began streaming at noon.

• A tactical team searched an abandoned warehouse near the Siam-Myanmar border and discovered an underground tunnel with the words “Zhang Yang was here” carved on a wall.
• The Captain ordered the team to search the tunnel, but its multiple exits prevented them from identifying the kidnappers’ escape route.
• Sirius reported the findings to Lin Chen, who suspected the kidnappers had deliberately chosen the location to frustrate surveillance.
• News of Zhang Yang’s disappearance spread online, and Xu Mengyao told Lin Chen that people were asking him to respond.
• Lin Chen announced that he would livestream at noon, and Sirius warned him not to show too much concern because it could endanger his other friends and family.
• Lin Chen began his livestream and greeted the viewers as the room filled with people.