Recaps

Over ten months, Yang Fan’s household grew livelier as Gu Le and Gu Chengye settled in, while Lu Wan prepared for their family’s future. In Yang Fan’s Divine Kingdom, nearly thirty thousand years passed, bringing a vast army and several victories over Alien Race gods, but his divine kingdom remained below the area needed to advance to Second-Order God.

• Lu Wan teased Yang Fan about his lie to Gu Le, then encouraged Gu Le to keep him company while she was pregnant.
• Yang Fan carried Gu Le to their bedroom, and she discovered that becoming a god had not changed their relationship in bed.
• Gu Le and Gu Chengye moved into the villa, where Lu Wan taught Gu Le about investments and arranged safety measures for their energetic son.
• Ten months passed in the Real World, while Yang Fan’s Divine Kingdom evolved for nearly thirty thousand years and gained five Mystic-Rank Secret Realms.
• Yang Da used Divine Kingdom Deduction Cards to locate seven Alien Race gods, and Yang Fan’s forces defeated them and devoured eight Divine Kingdom Cores.
• Yang Fan’s divine kingdom reached 17.7 billion square kilometers, but its slow growth left him short of the twenty billion needed to become a Second-Order God.

Over ten months, Yang Fan expanded his Divine Kingdom to 17.7 billion square kilometers and accumulated more resources and Divinity Points than he could readily use. He continued avoiding the Frontline while pouring enormous sums into the Yang Group, leaving Ma Yu wondering how much more money his boss could spend.

• Yang Fan reflected on how easily he could expand his Divine Kingdom by invading other gods and noted that it had reached 17.7 billion square kilometers.
• Yang Da acquired top-tier buildings and Alien Race S-class buildings through Dark Web auctions, using Military Merit to obtain Heavenly Courts and War God Codices for Yang Fan's Divine Kingdom.
• Yang Fan's Divine Kingdom amassed over one quadrillion Divinity Points and huge stores of earthcore spirit marrow and enlightenment tea leaves, so he limited how much he released to the Yang Group.
• Yang Fan rejected Gu Jiuheng's invitations to join the Ninth Legion and continued signing Stars Group documents without closely reviewing them.
• After Ma Yu spent five hundred trillion Divinity Points developing the Yang Group, Yang Fan deposited another five hundred trillion directly into Ma Yu's Divine Kingdom.
• The Yang Group bought struggling businesses across the Warfront Starfield, earning a reputation as a charity company because it was willing to take them off their owners' hands.

Ma Yu received Yang Fan’s order to acquire the struggling Huoneng Group for thirty trillion Divinity Points and decided to negotiate the price down to ten trillion. He continued to worry that Yang Fan would squander Lu Wan’s fortune before she returned from her pregnancy leave.

• Ma Yu reviewed the Yang Group’s affairs and dreaded another investment order from Yang Fan.
• An intelligent robot brought Ma Yu Yang Fan’s plan to acquire Huoneng Group for thirty trillion Divinity Points.
• Ma Yu saw that Huoneng was struggling and its shareholders were selling assets, and he protested that the company was not worth the proposed price.
• Ma Yu ordered the robot to contact Huoneng’s shareholders and offer ten trillion Divinity Points, threatening to abandon the acquisition if they refused.
• Ma Yu lamented that Yang Fan kept spending recklessly and hoped Lu Wan would return to take charge of the company.

Yang Fan waited at his villa for Lu Wan to give birth while teasing Gu Chengye about his travels and spending. Gu Chengye asked Yang Fan to increase his access allowance, leaving Yang Fan to question why he needed so many Divinity Points.

• Yang Fan prepared extensive medical equipment and contingency plans for Lu Wan's delivery, while Gu Chengye hoped for a little sister instead of another brother.
• Yang Fan asked Gu Chengye where he had been going, and Gu Chengye defended his travels and thousand-Divinity-Point credit bill as work expenses.
• Gu Chengye said he had stayed on Xiling Star with his grandparents and complained that his brother Chengrou was too cautious to travel with him.
• Gu Chengye asked Yang Fan to raise his access allowance from 0.1 percent to 1 percent and slipped him a prepared request; Yang Fan asked what he needed so many Divinity Points for.

Gu Chengye persuaded Yang Fan to authorize his investments, while Gu Le defended her free-spirited approach to raising him. The family welcomed Lu Wan’s newborn son, and Lu Wan proposed naming him Yang Chenglu.

• Gu Chengye told Yang Fan he wanted to invest and follow Lu Wan’s example, and Yang Fan signed the authorization after Gu Le’s telepathic encouragement.
• Yang Fan cautioned Gu Le about spoiling Gu Chengye and told her to have him arrange stronger security through Ma Yu.
• Yang Fan and Gu Le hurried upstairs after hearing the newborn cry, and the maternity-care robot reported that the baby was healthy.
• Lu Wan held the newborn and suggested the name Yang Chenglu, explaining that she hoped he would keep moving forward and forge his own path.

Yang Fan and Lu Wan agreed to name their newborn son Yang Chenglu, while Gu Chengye fretted over having a different surname before quietly giving the baby his favorite teddy bear. Later, Yang Da reported that Yang Yi had developed a combat method suited to Ghost Cultivators, and Yang Fan went to inspect them.

• Lu Wan told Yang Fan she had no objection to their child taking the Yang surname, and Yang Fan named him Yang Chenglu.
• Gu Chengye worried that his brothers would have an advantage in inheriting Yang Fan's estate, then returned to good spirits after speaking privately with Gu Le.
• That night, Gu Chengye gave Yang Chenglu his favorite teddy bear and promised to support him as he grew up.
• Lu Wan watched Gu Chengye visit the nursery and smiled at his affection for his little brother.
• Yang Da told Yang Fan that Yang Yi had developed a combat method for Ghost Cultivators after extensive research and experiments.
• Yang Fan took Yang Da high above the Divine Kingdom to look down at the Ghost Cultivators' settlement.

Yang Fan learned that Ghost Cultivators could possess dead creatures and use them as bodies in battle. He realized the technique could let them disguise themselves as other races when invading Human Race gods’ Divine Kingdoms, and was eager to use it.

• Yang Fan asked Yang Da how Ghost Cultivators fought, and Yang Da showed him an experiment in which a ghost possessed a dead giant wolf.
• The possessed wolf grew larger and stronger, killed another wolf, and bowed to Yang Fan.
• Yang Da explained that the technique, Borrowing a Corpse to Return the Soul, came from the Soul Spirit Race and let its users control dead creatures without risking their own lives.
• Yang Da described how a ghost cultivator’s realm and soul power limited which bodies it could control and how much strength it could draw from them.
• Yang Fan realized that possessed bodies could serve as natural disguises for invasions of Human Race gods’ Divine Kingdoms.

Yang Fan decided to use Ghost Cultivators to secretly invade human gods’ Divine Kingdoms and obtain their cores, but learned that both his ghost forces and the Yang Group’s intelligence capabilities were inadequate. He ordered investment in soul-nourishing plants and marked creating an investigation company as a priority.

• Yang Fan considered using Ghost Cultivators to disguise invasions of human gods’ Divine Kingdoms and avoid suspicion from the Federation’s Supreme Artificial Lifeform.
• Yang Da explained that the plan required more Ghost Cultivators, higher-grade soul talents, Alien Race corpses, specialized weapons, and a stronger covert intelligence network.
• Yang Fan authorized Yang Yi to spend more funds on soul-nourishing spirit plants and told Yang Da to await further instructions.
• Yang Fan wrote down three priorities: increase Ghost Cultivators, improve soul-type Divine Kingdom talents, and establish an Investigation Company.
• Yang Fan marked the Investigation Company as especially important and reflected that money alone could not satisfy his desire for power.

Yang Fan reflected on his lack of influence in the Real World despite his Divine Kingdom’s rapid growth. At breakfast, Lu Wan enrolled Gu Chengye in a broad program of classes and promised him a private financial company if he studied, and he eagerly agreed.

• Yang Fan recognized that his growing wealth and Divine Kingdom had outpaced his standing and connections in the Real World.
• Yang Fan joined Lu Wan, Gu Le, Gu Chengye, and the sleeping Yang Chenglu for breakfast.
• Lu Wan told Gu Chengye he would attend weekly classes in basic subjects and Divine Kingdom management.
• Gu Le admitted that Lu Wan was stricter about education and encouraged Gu Chengye to follow her example.
• Lu Wan offered Gu Chengye her private financial company if he completed his courses, and he enthusiastically declared that he loved learning.

Yang Fan and Lu Wan prepared a lavish Virtual World banquet to introduce their newborn son, Yang Chenglu, to influential guests. As the celebration began, Yang Fan announced that the family would hold a meeting afterward.

• Yang Fan sent Gu Chengye to sit on the swing and reflect after he stood on the dining table.
• Lu Wan proposed a Virtual World banquet for Yang Chenglu and arranged for Gu Chengrou and Gu Chengye to attend, while Yang Fan asked that his Parents be left out.
• Yang Fan surprised Gu Le and Lu Wan by saying the family should hold a meeting after the banquet.
• Lu Wan brought the family to her Vacation Planet, which had been transformed into an enormous celebration venue covered with displays honoring Yang Chenglu.
• Lu Wan explained that introducing Yang Chenglu to future business partners could create valuable connections, and Yang Fan agreed.

Gu Chengye eagerly set off to ride a Giant Dragon while Luo Rou and Luo Bing arrived at the banquet and greeted Yang Fan, Gu Le, and Lu Wan. Lu Wan encouraged Luo Rou to bring Yang Chengrou around his younger brothers more often, leaving Luo Rou planning to give him more time to play with Gu Chengye.

• Gu Chengye asked Lu Wan to ride a Giant Dragon, and she agreed as long as a demigod staff member accompanied him.
• Gu Chengye spotted Luo Rou, Luo Bing, and Yang Chengrou, then dragged Yang Chengrou off to ride the dragon.
• Luo Rou and Luo Bing arrived at the banquet and greeted Yang Fan, Gu Le, and Lu Wan.
• Luo Rou and Luo Bing placed a red envelope beside the sleeping Yang Chenglu, and Lu Wan praised their thoughtfulness.
• Lu Wan encouraged Luo Rou to let Yang Chengrou spend more time with Gu Chengye and Yang Chenglu.
• Luo Rou decided to reduce Yang Chengrou's coursework slightly so he could spend more time with Gu Chengye.

Yang Fan and Lu Wan welcomed powerful guests to their banquet, whose lavish gifts left Luo Rou and Luo Bing feeling out of place. Sima Zhao’s arrival exposed tension between him and Sima Tianci over shares in a tech company.

• Gu Tianyu greeted Yang Fan, praised the Yang Group, and gifted Lu Wan a Vacation Planet for the child.
• Luo Rou and Luo Bing were stunned by Gu Tianyu’s gift and quietly moved to the corner.
• Han Jue arrived with Qin Zheng and Sima Tianci, bringing a red envelope from the three of them.
• Sima Zhao and Sima Yurou arrived, and Sima Zhao told Sima Tianci that Auntie Gu’s refusal to sell shares threatened the tech company’s fourth round of angel funding.
• After Sima Zhao left, Han Jue asked Sima Tianci whether competition within the Sima Family was truly so fierce.

At Yang Chenglu’s lavish banquet, Qin Xue discussed future financing with Lu Wan while guests presented valuable gifts. Gu Chengye and Yang Chengrou then arrived on a Giant Dragon, with Gu Chengye eager to surprise the adults and Yang Chengrou terrified of the reckless flight.

• Sima Tianci explained that his father’s business conflict with his mother had largely ended, and Han Jue asked whether his side had won.
• Qin Xue greeted Yang Fan and Lu Wan, then agreed to discuss financing Lu Wan’s startups in the Virtual World.
• As guests brought gifts to Yang Chenglu’s banquet, Gu Le complained that Gu Chengye had not shown up, and Yang Fan suggested disciplining him with a Disciplinary Ruler.
• A Giant Dragon flew over the banquet venue, carrying Gu Chengye and Yang Chengrou on its back.
• Gu Chengye urged the dragon to fly faster and planned to swoop toward the adults, while Yang Chengrou begged him not to cause trouble.

Yang Fan stopped Gu Chengye and Yang Chengrou’s runaway Giant Dragon before it crashed into the banquet hall, astonishing the gods with his Spiritual Power. After Yang Chengrou greeted the guests, Gu Chengye tried to evade blame by clinging to Qin Xue, who picked him up and praised him.

• Gu Chengye and Yang Chengrou lost control of a Giant Dragon as it hurtled toward the banquet hall.
• Yang Fan immobilized the Giant Dragon with Spiritual Power and safely lowered both boys to the ground.
• Yang Chengrou greeted the adults and gods while the guests praised his manners.
• Gu Chengye denied causing the danger, but Yang Fan revealed that he had heard the boys’ earlier conversation.
• Gu Chengye hid behind Gu Le, then ran to Qin Xue for help, and she picked him up and called him a darling.
• Gu Chengye told Qin Xue that she smelled good, and she took his words as innocent child chatter.

At Yang Chenglu’s birth banquet, Yang Fan announced that his youngest son would receive ten percent of the Yang Group’s shares while the guests traded business opportunities and connections. Seeing Yang Chengrou left on the sidelines, Yang Fan urged him not to chase approval from elite circles and to learn to live for himself.

• Qin Xue took Gu Chengye inside after he insisted on calling her big sister and warned her that Yang Fan was fierce.
• Yang Fan welcomed the guests and gave Yang Chenglu ten percent of the Yang Group’s shares.
• The banquet guests discussed investments, resources, and business partnerships while exchanging congratulations.
• Luo Rou, Luo Bing, and Yang Chengrou remained in a quiet corner as most guests focused on the younger children.
• Yang Fan noticed Yang Chengrou’s discomfort and told him that friendship involved mutual benefit, so he should choose suitable friends rather than force himself into a circle.

Yang Fan reassured Yang Chengrou and sent Luo Rou, Luo Bing, and Chengrou home before meeting Li Tiande, the Warfront Starfield Administrator. Li offered the Yang Group profitable government projects in recognition of its support for essential industries, strengthening Yang Fan’s ties to the government.

• Yang Fan told Yang Chengrou to get along with his younger brothers because they were family.
• Yang Fan asked Luo Rou, Luo Bing, and Yang Chengrou to leave the Virtual World, and they went home together.
• Li Tiande introduced himself to Yang Fan and praised the Yang Group for taking over vital, low-profit industries.
• Yang Fan and Li Tiande agreed to address each other as brothers.
• Li Tiande offered to help the Yang Group go public or raise financing and promised it a share of profitable government infrastructure projects.

Yang Fan drew attention from business and government figures as Han Jue revealed that the Yang Group had invested over five quadrillion Divinity Points in basic industries across the Warfront Starfield. The chapter ended with Han Jue repeating Yang Fan’s lofty explanation for the investments, leaving Qin Zheng and Sima Tianci speechless.

• After Li Tiande left the Virtual World, gods approached Yang Fan to offer business deals and connections.
• Han Jue told Qin Zheng and Sima Tianci that the Yang Group had invested over five quadrillion Divinity Points in food, energy, transit, and infrastructure.
• Qin Zheng and Sima Tianci checked the financial reports and confirmed the scale of Yang Fan’s investments.
• Qin Zheng wondered whether Yang Fan had inside information about an impending war, but Sima Tianci and Han Jue dismissed the possibility.
• Han Jue said Yang Fan had explained his purchases as a way to shoulder the government’s burdens, serve the Federation, and fulfill his ideals, leaving Qin Zheng and Sima Tianci silent.

Han Jue, Qin Zheng, and Sima Tianci discussed Yang Fan’s unexplained investments, while Lu Wan was mistaken for the source of the Yang Group’s information. After Gu Tianyu left her, he ordered his subordinates to prepare two hundred trillion Divinity Points.

• Han Jue told Qin Zheng and Sima Tianci that Yang Fan had offered no clear reason for the Yang Group’s investments, and admitted he had already bought some companies himself.
• Qin Zheng and Sima Tianci decided to invest in companies in other starfields as well.
• Gu Tianyu asked Lu Wan to share any reliable information behind the Yang Group’s acquisitions, believing she was using the group to conceal her own investment strategy.
• After Gu Tianyu departed, Lu Wan ordered her artificial lifeform to investigate what had prompted his remarks.
• Gu Tianyu returned from the Virtual World to his office and ordered several Mid-Order Gods to prepare two hundred trillion Divinity Points.

Gu Tianyu decided to follow the Yang Group into food, energy, and transportation investments, while Lu Wan discovered that Ma Yu had spent over eight hundred trillion Divinity Points on those industries without authorization. She presented Yang Fan with an indictment, and Gu Le vowed to personally make Ma Yu pay.

• Gu Tianyu ordered his executives to diversify two hundred trillion into essential industries, hoping to profit from the strategy Lu Wan appeared to be pursuing.
• After the banquet, Lu Wan sent the children away and called Yang Fan and Gu Le upstairs for a family meeting.
• Lu Wan handed Yang Fan an indictment accusing Ma Yu of major economic crimes and violating the Yang Group's investment strategy.
• Lu Wan said Ma Yu had spent over eight hundred trillion Divinity Points acquiring food, energy, and transportation companies, causing at least two hundred trillion in lost returns that year.
• Gu Le threatened to use her father's connections to find Ma Yu and destroy him, insisting that his life was hers.

Lu Wan and Gu Le grew worried that Ma Yu was misusing Yang Group funds, but Yang Fan revealed he had ordered the investments himself. He insisted that he wanted to build his own success without relying on his wives or their resources, and asked them to stay out of the company’s affairs.

• Lu Wan concluded from the financial data that Ma Yu was lining his own pockets and grew furious.
• Yang Fan told Lu Wan and Gu Le that he had personally instructed Ma Yu to make the investments.
• Gu Le and Lu Wan questioned the investments’ low returns, and Lu Wan warned Yang Fan about the risks of leveraged investing.
• Yang Fan explained that he wanted to prove he could support his family through his own abilities.
• Yang Fan asked Lu Wan and Gu Le not to get involved in Yang Group’s affairs, saying he would bear responsibility himself.

Yang Fan reassured Lu Wan and Gu Le that he had reasons for investing heavily and refused their offers to help. He then proposed creating an investigation company, and Lu Wan transferred all shares in Stellar Consulting Group to him.

• Yang Fan refused to involve Lu Wan and Gu Le in the risks of his investments, and Lu Wan resolved to support him if the Yang Group faced bankruptcy.
• Yang Fan hinted that his large investments had a secret rationale, persuading Gu Le that he was not acting recklessly.
• Yang Fan told the women he planned to establish an investigation company like the one that had uncovered information about Ma Huainan's Divine Kingdom.
• Lu Wan noted that the Yang Group needed its own information channels and brought out a document.
• Lu Wan confirmed the transfer of all Stellar Consulting Group shares to her husband, Yang Fan.

Lu Wan gave Yang Fan ownership of Stellar Consulting Group, and Yang Fan spent the night with Lu Wan and Gu Le. The next morning, he found Gu Chengye at breakfast, asking where his mother had gone.

• Lu Wan transferred Stellar Consulting Group to Yang Fan and explained that the company needed substantial funds to obtain valuable information.
• Yang Fan refused Lu Wan's offer of more money, then carried Lu Wan and Gu Le to the bedroom.
• Stellar Consulting Group's artificial lifeform announced Yang Fan as the new owner and ordered executives to record 200 trillion Divinity Points as reserves from a year earlier.
• Yang Fan got up the next morning and found Gu Chengye eating breakfast before class.
• Gu Chengye asked Yang Fan where his mother had gone, saying he had been unable to find her the previous day.

Yang Fan learned that Lu Wan had given him the enormously wealthy Stellar Consulting Group and secretly added 200 trillion Divinity Points to its accounts. As he reflected on her devotion and his own intentions, he felt uneasy about whether he was deceiving her, then concluded that he was still living off his wife.

• Yang Fan ordered Gu Chengye to eat breakfast, attend Virtual World classes, and undergo medical weight-loss treatment afterward.
• Yang Da reported that the Stellar Consulting Group owned extensive assets, including 126 Life Planets, investments worth quadrillions of Divinity Points, and debts owed to it by local governments.
• Yang Da revealed that the company had received a concealed 200 trillion Divinity Point capital injection before Lu Wan transferred ownership to Yang Fan.
• Yang Fan realized Lu Wan had added the money to ensure he would have enough funds and felt both moved by her trust and troubled by his intentions toward her.
• Yang Da explained the company's substantial operating expenses and confirmed that its assets and returns kept it financially healthy.
• Yang Fan concluded that he was still living off his wife.

Yang Fan learned that Lu Wan had given him the Stellar Consulting Group, a centuries-old intelligence network too valuable to measure in Divinity Points, and resolved to repay her devotion. Meanwhile, Lu Wan defended her choice to Gu Le, who concluded that her cousin was utterly beyond saving.

• Yang Da explained that the Stellar Consulting Group had operated for about two hundred thousand years and possessed invaluable connections, including access to top-secret intelligence.
• Yang Fan reflected on Lu Wan's generous gift and decided to repay her and not let her down.
• Gu Le questioned why Lu Wan had given Yang Fan the company, and Lu Wan said she acted out of love and trusted him as her husband.
• After Lu Wan left, Gu Le worried that her cousin had fallen hopelessly in love and said she was glad she had a son.

Yang Fan arranged for Ma Yu to establish a company completely independent of the Yang Group and asked him to find a loyal legal representative. While reviewing candidates, Yang Fan recognized Ning Bailian’s photograph and learned that he was a highly loyal Yang Group trainee.

• Lu Wan told Yang Fan he did not need to explain what he had done for Stellar Consulting Group, and the household members went about their separate tasks.
• Ma Yu gave Yang Fan a report showing that the Yang Group had completed its acquisitions below the expected prices.
• Yang Fan told Ma Yu to establish a new company with no financial, personnel, business, or ownership links to the Yang Group.
• Ma Yu sent Yang Fan a list of hundreds of loyal candidates whose training the Yang Group had funded.
• Yang Fan reviewed the candidates and recognized Ning Bailian, an orphan from Xiling Star with a twin younger sister and a long-term Yang Group contract.