Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• Gu Le moves in with Yang Fan and Lu Wan. Lu Wan humorously encourages her to spend more time with Yang Fan, then privately reflects that he is unusually honest with her and resolves to help manage their household.
• Yang Fan and Gu Le reunite intimately. Gu Le’s hopes that becoming a god will let her take charge are quickly disappointed.
• The household settles into a routine: Lu Wan discusses business and Divine Kingdom investments at meals, while Gu Le listens and learns. Lu Wan also has the villa made safer for Gu Le’s energetic young son, Gu Chengye.
• Yang Fan discovers that parenting is not peaceful: Gu Chengye repeatedly tracks him down when he tries to retreat to the massage room.
• Ten months pass in the Real World, during which Yang Fan’s Divine Kingdom advances nearly 30,000 years. He buys five Mystic-Rank Secret Realms, builds up his forces, and wins wars against seven foreign-race gods.
• Yang Fan devours eight Divine Kingdom Cores, including one from the previously defeated Black Armored Beetle god. His Divine Kingdom reaches 17.7 billion square kilometers, but diminishing gains keep him from the 20-billion mark needed to become a Second-Order God.

Character developments

• Lu Wan shows affection and trust toward Yang Fan, accepts his occasional lies with amusement, and takes a practical, supportive role in family and business matters.
• Gu Le settles into family life and begins learning about business, though her confidence as a newly ascended god does not translate into greater power over Yang Fan.
• Yang Fan enjoys his reunion with Gu Le but finds himself adjusting to domestic responsibilities alongside his growing military ambitions.
• Gu Chengye becomes more active and mischievous, with his intelligence and Gu Le’s indulgence making him difficult to manage.

Significant themes

• Family and domestic life: The villa becomes a lively household, balancing affection, business, and parenting.
• Power and limits: Gu Le’s divine status does not change the couple’s bedroom dynamic, while Yang Fan’s expanding strength still faces a major advancement bottleneck.
• Long spans of time and change: Nearly 30,000 years pass inside the Divine Kingdom, replacing generations of believers even as its larger breakthrough remains out of reach.
• Accumulation versus progress: Yang Fan’s forces and territory grow enormously, but each new Divine Kingdom Core yields less, underscoring the difficulty of reaching the next rank.

Character interactions

• Lu Wan teases Yang Fan indirectly by encouraging Gu Le to keep him company, then privately appreciates his openness.
• Lu Wan and Gu Le share a cooperative household dynamic, with Lu Wan teaching her about investments and planning for her safety and family.
• Yang Fan and Gu Le rekindle their relationship, while playful teasing frames Gu Le’s failed attempt to reverse their usual roles.
• Gu Chengye persistently interrupts Yang Fan’s attempts to get time alone, pulling him into fatherly play.
• Yang Fan’s dealings with foreign-race gods are overwhelmingly military: his greatly expanded believer army defeats them and absorbs their Divine Kingdom Cores.

Plot points and events

• Over ten months, Yang Fan’s Divine Kingdom grows to 17.7 billion square kilometers. He expands it by invading other gods’ Divine Kingdoms and absorbing their cores, with little concern for the costs because his investments generate far more than wars consume.
• He also builds an immense resource base: seventeen each of the top-tier Heavenly Courts and War God Codices, plus vast stocks of earthcore spirit marrow, enlightenment tea, and more than a quadrillion Divinity Points. His resource output is so large that he worries about how to spend it—and how to sell it without attracting questions.
• Yang Fan keeps a low profile in the Real World and repeatedly refuses Gu Jiuheng’s invitations to join the Ninth Legion and fight at the Frontline.
• At Stars Group board meetings, Yang Fan leaves the paperwork and decisions to Lu Wan, signing whatever she recommends.
• Ma Yu continues directing the Yang Group, which has already spent 500 trillion Divinity Points. When its funds run low, Yang Fan directly deposits another 500 trillion into Ma Yu’s Divine Kingdom.
• The Yang Group becomes known as a “charity company” because it buys struggling or low-profit businesses across the Warfront Starfield, earning Ma Yu unusually warm hospitality wherever he goes.

Character developments and interactions

• Yang Fan has shifted from building wealth to dealing with overwhelming abundance. Confident in his resources and power, he avoids unnecessary personal danger and shows little interest in conventional business profits.
• Ma Yu is hardworking but increasingly bewildered by the scale of Yang Fan’s spending. His reaction to the new funding is bitterness rather than relief, as he wonders how much more his boss can squander.
• Lu Wan effectively handles Yang Fan’s Stars Group responsibilities, while he trusts her judgment enough to sign documents without reviewing them.
• Gu Jiuheng tries several times to recruit Yang Fan for frontline combat, but Yang Fan consistently refuses.

Significant themes

• Abundance as a new problem: Yang Fan’s success has made earning money easy; managing, spending, and concealing his wealth are the real challenges.
• Power without conventional sacrifice: Unlike other gods, Yang Fan can expand rapidly without relying on years of warfare or careful financial restraint.
• Contrast between ambition and indifference: Others fight, borrow, and plan for growth, while Yang Fan treats vast sums and assets as almost trivial.
• Charity and reputation: The Yang Group’s willingness to absorb unprofitable businesses makes it appear charitable, while also revealing the extraordinary scale of its resources.

Key plot points and events

• Ma Yu manages the Yang Group’s investments, following Yang Fan’s costly, long-term-focused strategy while privately worrying that the company is wasting its funds.
• Yang Fan orders the group to acquire ST Huoneng Group, a struggling company with three years of profit margins below 3% and shareholders eager to sell.
• The proposed offer is 30 trillion Divinity Points. Ma Yu is horrified, judging that Huoneng’s only real value lies in two Life Planets.
• Though he agrees to pursue the acquisition, Ma Yu instructs the team to offer just 10 trillion and threaten to walk away, hoping to limit the loss.

Character developments

• Ma Yu comes across as dutiful but increasingly exasperated. He cannot overrule Yang Fan, so he tries to protect the group by negotiating aggressively and saving money where he can.
• Yang Fan is characterized as a reckless spender whose investment choices alarm his staff.
• Lu Wan, absent while resting during pregnancy, is seen by Ma Yu as the person best positioned to rein in Yang Fan and manage the family’s wealth.

Character interactions

• Ma Yu receives Yang Fan’s acquisition order through an intelligent robot, vents his disbelief, then gives it instructions for negotiating with Huoneng’s shareholders.
• He privately appeals to Lu Wan to return and take charge, fearing Yang Fan will squander the group’s funds before she does.

Significant themes

• The chapter explores the powerlessness of employees who must carry out a superior’s questionable decisions—and their efforts to reduce the damage.
• It also contrasts grand claims about long-term vision with practical financial risk, emphasizing Ma Yu’s belief that workers’ livelihoods and responsible stewardship matter too.

Key plot points and events

• Yang Fan’s villa is outfitted with extensive medical equipment and staff for Lu Wan’s delivery, despite childbirth being considered safe for a god. Yang Fan has prepared numerous precautions because he is anxious about his family.
• Gu Chengye asks whether the baby will be a boy or girl. Yang Fan says a boy; Chengye wishes for a sister and jokes about using IVF to balance the family’s boys and girls.
• Yang Fan asks what Chengye has been doing while frequently away. Chengye describes his expensive travels and claims the costs are legitimate business expenses tied to his company and investments.
• Chengye says he spent the previous month on Xiling Star with his grandparents. He complains that his older brother, Chengrou, is too cautious to travel without asking his mother, Luo Rou.
• Chengye asks Yang Fan to raise his access allowance from 0.1% to 1%, since his Divine Kingdom has not awakened and his money is restricted. He secretly passes Yang Fan a written request, prompting Yang Fan to question why he needs so many Divinity Points.

Character developments

• Yang Fan is a protective, responsible father, though he is easily exasperated by Chengye’s cheekiness and extravagant spending.
• Gu Chengye is bold, clever, self-assured, and unusually business-minded for his age. He enjoys roaming between Life Planets, spending freely, and finding ways around his financial restrictions.
• Chengrou is characterized indirectly as cautious and obedient, contrasting with Chengye’s adventurous nature.
• Lu Wan is about to give birth; Yang Fan’s preparations reveal how deeply he cares for her and their child.

Significant themes

• Parental care and responsibility: Yang Fan’s extensive preparations and safety warnings show his concern for his family.
• Family humor and affection: Chengye’s jokes, complaints, and financial maneuvering create playful tension between father and son.
• Freedom versus caution: Chengye’s appetite for adventure clashes with Chengrou’s carefulness and his mother’s likely restrictions.
• Privilege and growing independence: Chengye has business holdings and considerable access to wealth, yet still depends on his father to loosen his allowance.

Character interactions

• Yang Fan and Chengye trade teasing remarks, with Yang Fan scolding him while still worrying about his safety.
• Chengye criticizes Chengrou for being timid and overly reliant on parental permission.
• Chengye tries to persuade Yang Fan to increase his spending allowance, using a secret note and a pleading manner; Yang Fan responds with skepticism.

Plot points and events

• Young Gu Chengye asks Yang Fan to authorize him to control substantial wealth, claiming he wants to invest and emulate his mother, Lu Wan, as a powerful financier. Yang Fan hesitates but signs after Gu Le privately encourages him.
• Yang Fan warns Chengye to stay safe and later suggests he use his stake in the Yang Group’s security company to upgrade his protection. He disapproves of Chengye insisting on female guards.
• Yang Fan and Gu Le discuss their different approaches to raising children: Gu Chengye has been indulged by Gu Le, while Yang Chengrou was raised strictly by Luo Rou.
• A baby is born to Lu Wan. After the medical robot confirms he is healthy, Lu Wan proposes the name Yang Chenglu, wishing him a life of continued movement, discovery, and forging his own path.

Character developments and interactions

• Gu Chengye comes across as confident, energetic, and ambitious, with a mischievous streak. His early freedom has made him bold and curious, though his insistence on female guards also raises his father’s suspicions.
• Yang Fan is indulgent but cautious: he grants Chengye’s request while emphasizing safety, and reflects on how different parenting styles shape his children.
• Gu Le defends her permissive approach, believing children need freedom to explore and discover what they want, with parents providing support rather than choosing their future.
• Lu Wan is tender toward her newborn and gives him a name expressing her hope that he will keep exploring and create his own direction in life.
• Yang Fan and Lu Wan share the naming decision, with Yang Fan leaving it to her; he first misunderstands the meaning of “Chenglu,” prompting her explanation.

Significant themes

• Parenting and independence: The chapter contrasts strict instruction with permissive exploration, suggesting each approach produces different strengths.
• Parental support and personal choice: Parents can protect and guide their children, but ultimately should let them choose their own paths.
• Freedom balanced with responsibility: Yang Fan allows Chengye considerable autonomy while insisting on practical safeguards.
• A life as a journey: Chenglu’s name symbolizes continued progress, discovery, and self-determination.

Chapter Summary

• Yang Chenglu’s surname is decided: Yang Fan hesitates over giving Lu Wan’s son the surname Yang, since Lu Wan belongs to one of the Human Race’s Five Great Families. Lu Wan dismisses the concern, saying she will personally make up for any resources the Lu Family withholds. Yang Fan agrees and records the baby’s name as Yang Chenglu.
• Gu Chengye worries about inheritance: Gu Chengye arrives looking devastated because he is the only child with the surname Gu, while his older brother and newborn younger brother are both Yangs. He fears this will leave him at a disadvantage in any future inheritance contest. Yang Fan teases him about already thinking of inheritance and points out that he owns ten percent of the Yang Group. Gu Chengye insists he has learned how family succession works online, prompting Yang Fan, Lu Wan, and Gu Le to laugh.
• Gu Chengye shows affection for his baby brother: After Gu Le privately comforts him, Chengye’s gloom disappears. That night, he sneaks into the nursery and gives Yang Chenglu his treasured childhood teddy bear. He promises to look out for him and boasts that his businesses will one day span the Warfront Starfield. Too sleepy to return to his room, he falls asleep on the floor beside the crib. Lu Wan watches through her spiritual power and feels pleased that Chengye has grown up loving and generous.
• A breakthrough in the Divine Kingdom: Elsewhere, Yang Fan enters his Divine Kingdom, where Yang Da reports major progress in the ghost cultivation path. After tens of thousands of years of study and experimentation—enabled by the “soul seed” talent—Yang Yi has found a combat method suited to the ghost cultivation believers. Yang Fan takes Yang Da to inspect their settlement.

Character Developments and Interactions

• Lu Wan is confident and fiercely protective of her child, willing to replace any support the Lu Family might deny him.
• Yang Fan is considerate about the implications of Chenglu’s surname, then accepts Lu Wan’s assurance.
• Gu Chengye displays a comic mix of scheming and genuine sibling affection: he theatrically fears losing out in the family, yet gives his favorite toy to Chenglu and vows to protect him.
• Lu Wan and Gu Le respond to Chengye’s antics with warmth and amusement; Lu Wan’s quiet observation confirms her affection for him.

Significant Themes

• Family is shaped by love, not just lineage or inheritance: Chengye’s surname anxiety gives way to a sincere act of care for his younger brother.
• Wealth and status versus personal loyalty: Lu Wan rejects the importance of Lineage support, while Yang Fan shows caution about family politics.
• Long-term progress through research: The ghost cultivation breakthrough reflects the years of experimentation and preparation within Yang Fan’s Divine Kingdom.

Plot points and events

• Over 30,000 years, the Divine Kingdom’s ghost-cultivator population has grown to more than 100 million, including over a thousand Nascent Soul cultivators. They need spiritual resources to sustain their souls, and only a minority of high-level believers become ghost cultivators after death.
• Yang Fan questions how these bodiless cultivators can fight effectively, since their souls seem vulnerable to physical and energy attacks.
• Yang Da demonstrates their new technique: a ghost cultivator enters a dead giant wolf, enlarges and empowers its body, then swiftly kills another wolf.
• Yang Da explains that the method, “Borrowing a Corpse to Return the Soul,” comes from the Soul Spirit Race. Yang Yi adapted it for ghost cultivators using Federation records, and the believers spent thousands of years refining it.
• Ghost cultivators can possess dead creatures from many races, but their ability depends on compatibility and relative cultivation levels. A cultivator may enhance a weaker host, but an overly powerful body can overwhelm a weaker soul.
• Yang Fan realizes the technique could let his ghost cultivators use different bodies as disguises. He sees this as a way to conceal his involvement when invading Human Race gods’ Divine Kingdoms.

Character developments and interactions

• Yang Fan moves from skepticism about ghost cultivators’ combat value to excitement at their strategic potential. His ambition remains undiminished despite the Divine Kingdom’s rapid growth.
• Yang Da acts as guide and instructor, presenting the demonstration and explaining the technique’s origins and limits.
• Yang Yi is credited with discovering the technique’s compatibility with ghost cultivation and developing its practical use.
• The possessed wolf demonstrates the ghost cultivators’ new combat capability, while Yang Fan immediately considers how to apply it to his future plans.

Significant themes

• Adaptation and evolution: The ghost cultivators overcome the weakness of bodiless existence by learning to fight through corpses.
• Innovation through knowledge-sharing: Ancient alien techniques, preserved in Federation archives, are adapted to meet a new need.
• Power, concealment, and ambition: A combat technique becomes a tool for infiltration, highlighting Yang Fan’s strategic thinking and desire to expand beyond existing limits.

Plot points and events

• Yang Fan concludes that ordinary methods of expanding his Divine Kingdom are too slow, and that secretly targeting human gods could yield more valuable Divine Kingdom Cores.
• He considers using ghost-cultivating believers to disguise attacks as alien invasions, shielding him from suspicion while he remains publicly celebrated as a human prodigy.
• Yang Da judges the plan feasible in principle but outlines major obstacles: the ghost-cultivator population is small, the Soul Seed talent is only Class C, suitable alien corpses and specialized weapons are needed, and the process will take time and resources.
• The greater challenge is the Real World. The Yang Group lacks the intelligence network needed to investigate human gods and uncover their Divine Kingdom Coordinates without attracting the Federation’s attention.
• Yang Fan authorizes greater spending on soul-nourishing spirit plants and records three priorities: grow the ghost-cultivator population, improve soul-type talents, and establish an investigation company. He marks the company as especially important.

Character developments and interactions

• Yang Fan shifts from general expansion efforts toward a deliberate, covert strategy built around espionage and disguised attacks. He is pragmatic about morality, viewing power and resources as things taken from others, and recognizes that influence—not money—is his ultimate aim.
• Yang Da acts as a loyal, analytical adviser. He supports Yang Fan’s goal while candidly identifying its practical and political risks.
• Yang Fan listens to Yang Da’s assessment, then turns the broad scheme into concrete priorities and delegates the initial investment.

Significant themes

• Power and resource competition: Advancement is portrayed as a hierarchy in which the powerful take from the less powerful.
• Public image versus hidden reality: Yang Fan intends to preserve his heroic reputation while concealing morally questionable actions.
• Ambition and pragmatism: He accepts long-term costs and ethical compromises in pursuit of greater power.
• Money versus power: The closing reflection frames money as a means, while power is the deeper desire that draws people and wealth.

Key plot points

• Yang Fan reflects that his Divine Kingdom is growing far faster than his standing and influence in the Real World. Although its output could attract unwanted attention, he believes he needs to rise more quickly and gain the connections and authority he currently lacks.
• At breakfast, Gu Chengye eagerly eats fish, but Lu Wan limits how much he can have because his enhanced body is still too young to handle more.
• Lu Wan announces that Chengye must attend four hours of weekly Virtual World classes and learn both general subjects and the practical fundamentals of managing Divine Kingdoms.
• Chengye tries to appeal to Gu Le, then prepares to cry his way out of the lessons. Lu Wan persuades him to cooperate by offering him a private Warfront Starfield company with banking, insurance, and securities licenses if he studies properly.
• Excited by the prospect of running a company rather than merely speculating in the market, Chengye enthusiastically declares that he loves learning.

Character developments and interactions

• Yang Fan recognizes that wealth and potential are not enough: influence, relationships, and a stronger position in the Real World are also forms of power. He worries that his progress is too slow.
• Lu Wan is firm but caring with Chengye. She enforces rules, plans his education, and motivates him by connecting study to his interest in investing and business.
• Gu Le supports Lu Wan’s decision despite having previously favored a more relaxed, “happy-learning” approach. She admits Lu Wan is more disciplined and encourages Chengye to listen.
• Gu Chengye begins as a greedy, theatrically aggrieved child, but his ambition quickly overcomes his reluctance once Lu Wan offers him a chance to manage a company.
• The household scene also shows the family caring for baby Yang Chenglu, whose automated crib monitors and feeds him.

Significant themes

• Power and social standing: Influence and connections matter alongside wealth and ability.
• Education as preparation for leadership: Chengye’s lessons are framed as practical groundwork for future responsibility, not study for its own sake.
• Different parenting styles: Lu Wan’s firm structure contrasts with Gu Le’s more permissive approach, though the two cooperate.
• Motivation through ambition: Chengye’s enthusiasm for learning is sparked by the promise of real authority and the chance to run a business.

Key plot points and events

• Yang Fan disciplines Gu Chengye for standing on the dining table, magically sending him to the courtyard swing to reflect. The moment reinforces the parents’ different roles: Gu Le is indulgent, while Yang Fan takes the stricter approach.
• Lu Wan plans a virtual banquet to celebrate the newborn Yang Chenglu and introduce him to family friends and potential future connections. Yang Fan agrees, but asks that his parents be spared the occasion because the grandeur of Gu Chengye’s earlier celebration overwhelmed them.
• Yang Fan unexpectedly announces that the adults should hold a family meeting after the banquet, signaling that he has something important to discuss.
• Lu Wan hosts the celebration on a private Vacation Planet, transformed on a vast scale with the baby’s pictures, banners, flower displays, and open entertainment. Yang Fan is astonished by the extravagance and jokes that Chenglu is already near the “pinnacle of Rome.”
• Lu Wan explains that the event is also a long-term business investment: guests may remember Chenglu when he later inherits family responsibilities.

Character developments and interactions

• Yang Fan acts as a firm father to Gu Chengye, while accepting that parenting also requires Gu Le’s gentler influence. He is surprised by Lu Wan’s elaborate plans and admits he thinks differently about preparing their children for the future.
• Lu Wan appears as a capable, strategic host. She treats the banquet not merely as a celebration but as relationship-building for Chenglu’s eventual role in the family businesses.
• Gu Chengye shifts from a defiant little boy to a chastened one after Yang Fan corrects him.
• Gu Le and Lu Wan are surprised by Yang Fan’s serious proposal for a family meeting, since he usually seems relaxed and carefree at home.
• Yang Fan shows consideration for his elderly parents by recognizing that elite social gatherings make them uncomfortable.

Significant themes

• Different parenting styles: a strict parent and a more indulgent one can balance each other.
• Privilege and inheritance: Chenglu’s extravagant welcome highlights the advantages of being born into a powerful, wealthy family.
• Preparation for the next generation: Lu Wan emphasizes cultivating future connections, while Yang Fan believes his own strength can secure his sons’ standing.
• Family responsibility: Yang Fan’s proposed meeting hints that he is preparing to address something beyond everyday family life.

Key plot points and events

• At Lu Wan’s Vacation Planet, Gu Chengye eagerly asks to ride a massive, flame-wreathed Giant Dragon. Lu Wan agrees, provided a demigod staff member accompanies him, and Gu Chengye rushes off.
• Gu Le worries that her son is becoming difficult to manage, while Yang Fan jokes that the chubby child will need a medical team and exercise.
• Gu Chengye meets Luo Rou, Luo Bing, and his older half-brother Yang Chengrou, then pulls Chengrou along to ride the dragon.
• Luo Rou and Luo Bing arrive at the banquet and are awed by the dragon’s power. Luo Bing reminds Luo Rou that they are in the Virtual World.
• The women greet Yang Fan, Gu Le, and Lu Wan respectfully, give a red envelope for the sleeping Yang Chenglu, and are welcomed as family.
• Lu Wan encourages Luo Rou to bring Yang Chengrou around more often so he can grow closer to his younger brothers. Luo Rou takes this as approval and considers making more room in his schedule for time with Gu Chengye.

Character developments and interactions

• Gu Chengye is energetic and impulsive, while Yang Chengrou is more obedient and is easily swept along by his younger brother.
• Yang Fan treats the family informally and sees the boys’ contrasting temperaments as complementary.
• Luo Rou is careful and politically astute. She recognizes the difference in status and resources between her family and Gu Le and Lu Wan’s, and wants her son to build both knowledge and useful family ties.
• Lu Wan offers warmth and acceptance, calling Luo Rou and Luo Bing family and encouraging the children’s closeness. Her approval reassures Luo Rou.
• Luo Bing acts as a practical check on Luo Rou’s momentary alarm about the dragon.

Significant themes

• Family bonds and belonging: Lu Wan’s welcome emphasizes that the children are brothers and the adults are family.
• A mother’s long-term planning: Luo Rou balances formal education with cultivating relationships that may benefit her son.
• Status and inequality: Luo Rou is conscious of the vast gap between her household and Gu Le and Lu Wan’s, shaping how carefully she behaves.
• Contrasting personalities: Chengye’s unruliness and Chengrou’s obedience are presented as traits that may balance each other.

Key plot points and events

• Guests continue arriving at Lu Wan and Yang Fan’s banquet, including powerful gods, business leaders, and government officials.
• Gu Tianyu, a wealthy and influential young investor, reunites with Yang Fan. He praises the Yang Group and suggests buying shares, but Yang Fan politely declines: he wants the company to remain under his control.
• Gu Tianyu gives the baby a Vacation Planet as a gift. Luo Rou and Luo Bing are stunned by the extravagant present and quietly retreat to the edge of the hall, realizing how far removed these guests’ wealth and status are from their own.
• Han Jue arrives with Qin Zheng and Sima Tianci, bringing a group gift from the three major shareholders of the Stars Group.
• Sima Zhao and Sima Yurou arrive as well. Sima Zhao tells Sima Tianci that he cannot resolve a dispute over a technology company’s shares: Auntie Gu’s large stake makes securing a fourth round of angel funding difficult. He frames it as business rather than personal conflict and invites his younger brother to meet again.
• After Sima Zhao leaves, Han Jue asks Sima Tianci whether competition within the Sima Family is truly so intense.

Character developments and interactions

• Yang Fan remains courteous and politically tactful, while firmly protecting his independence and control of the Yang Group.
• Gu Tianyu shows both his business ambition and his generosity, using the occasion to renew his connection with Yang Fan and present an immense gift.
• Luo Rou and Luo Bing move from confidence in their own growing business to feeling overwhelmed by the scale of elite society around them.
• Sima Tianci appears strained and sleep-deprived, but accepts Sima Zhao’s explanation without openly challenging him.
• Sima Zhao presents himself as a concerned older brother while explaining that family business interests limit his ability to help Tianci. His exchange suggests unresolved rivalry or tension within the family.
• Han Jue notices Tianci’s discomfort and directly raises the possibility of fierce internal family competition.

Significant themes

• Wealth and social distance: The Vacation Planet gift makes the gulf between the elite guests and the Luo sisters’ world unmistakable.
• Business, power, and control: Yang Fan refuses outside investment to preserve his authority over the Yang Group, while the Sima siblings’ dispute shows how business stakes can shape family relationships.
• Courtesy masking tension: Warm greetings and polite explanations coexist with ambition, disappointment, and possible rivalry.

Key plot points and events

• Guests arrive at Yang Fan and Lu Wan’s banquet for their son, Yang Chenglu. Sima Tianci says his parents’ business conflict is largely over, and Qin Xue remarks that Yang Fan once caused her trouble before offering to discuss financing Lu Wan’s startups.
• The lavish gifts highlight the banquet’s real purpose: networking, favors, and future business cooperation more than celebrating the child.
• Gu Le complains that her son, Gu Chengye, has skipped the event and agrees with Yang Fan that the boy needs discipline.
• A giant dragon suddenly flies over the venue carrying Gu Chengye and Yang Chengrou. Chengye is thrilled and wants to swoop down to surprise the adults; Chengrou, terrified by the speed and height, begs him to stop, worried about angering the gods and especially his strict mother.

Character developments and interactions

• Yang Fan is relaxed and teasing, joking with Gu Le about disciplining Chengye.
• Lu Wan handles the guests graciously and uses the occasion to open a business conversation with Qin Xue.
• Qin Xue shows respect for Yang Fan’s past actions and enthusiasm about working with Lu Wan.
• Gu Chengye is bold, reckless, and exhilarated by the dragon ride, confidently proposing a dangerous stunt.
• Yang Chengrou is much more cautious and physically uncomfortable, revealing that he fears his mother’s punishment and feels Chengye is favored by her.
• Their contrasting temperaments turn the dragon flight into comic tension.

Significant themes

• Business beneath social ceremony: The banquet’s apparent celebration masks networking and the exchange of favors.
• Recklessness versus caution: Chengye’s thrill-seeking clashes with Chengrou’s fear and sense of responsibility.
• Family discipline and unequal treatment: The boys’ conversation reveals differing expectations and how parental strictness shapes their behavior.

Key plot points and events

• During the banquet, Gu Chengye and Yang Chengrou lose control of a Giant Dragon while riding it, sending it hurtling toward the central hall.
• Yang Fan stops the dragon more than a thousand meters above the ground with a sudden burst of mental power. He then safely lifts the boys off and lowers them to the ground.
• The gods are impressed by the reach and strength of Yang Fan’s mental power, with one estimating it may rival that of a Third-Order God.
• Yang Chengrou recovers and politely greets the adults according to the etiquette he learned. Gu Chengye tries to blame the dragon, but Yang Fan reveals he heard the boy boast that he wanted to scare him.
• When Gu Chengye realizes he may be punished, he hides behind his mother, then runs to Qin Xue for protection. She picks him up warmly and praises him.

Character developments and interactions

• Yang Fan shows calm authority and extraordinary power, rescuing the boys without panic. He is also clearly exasperated by their mischief.
• Yang Chengrou is frightened by the near accident but quickly regains his composure and shows good manners, though the attention from the gods embarrasses him.
• Gu Chengye is mischievous, boastful, and adept at evading consequences. His embarrassment gives way to a practiced search for a sympathetic adult.
• Gu Le is embarrassed by her son’s behavior but does not shield him once his lie is exposed.
• Qin Xue responds affectionately to Gu Chengye, recalling his infancy and treating his compliment about her scent as innocent childish chatter.
• The gods’ reactions shift from amusement at the children’s antics to respect for Yang Fan’s abilities.

Significant themes

• Parental care and responsibility: Yang Fan’s swift intervention prevents a dangerous accident.
• Childhood mischief and accountability: Gu Chengye’s antics are funny, but the near-collision shows their real risks.
• Power and reputation: Yang Fan’s display of mental strength changes how the assembled gods view him.
• Social manners and affection: Yang Chengrou’s etiquette contrasts with Gu Chengye’s cheeky improvisation, while the adults respond with warmth and humor.

Key plot points and events

• At the banquet celebrating Yang Chenglu’s birth, Gu Chengye calls Qin Xue “big sister” and mischievously warns her to avoid his “fierce” father. Qin Xue takes him inside, while Yang Fan and Gu Le watch with amusement.
• Yang Fan gives a brief toast and announces that Chenglu will receive ten percent of the Yang Group’s shares. The powerful guests respond warmly, though the banquet’s real purpose is networking and exchanging business opportunities.
• While guests mingle and discuss investments, Gu Chengye is passed among relatives and receives a red envelope from Gu Tianyu.
• Yang Chengrou, Yang Fan’s eldest son, remains in a corner with Luo Rou and Luo Bing. Despite being the host’s son, he attracts little attention because he lacks ties to the Five Great Families—a reminder that status depends on one’s standing within a particular social circle.
• Yang Fan notices Chengrou’s discomfort and offers him a choice: pursue a place in higher circles or live more comfortably. He then tells his son not to chase approval, but to choose friends naturally and live for himself.

Character development

• Yang Fan shows a reflective, protective side. Rather than shielding Chengrou from social realities, he uses the occasion to teach him how to understand them.
• Yang Chengrou tries to appear composed but is clearly uneasy in the elite gathering. His father’s advice gives him a different way to think about belonging and ambition.
• Gu Chengye is playful and affectionate, easily winning Qin Xue’s attention and enjoying the company of the adults.
• Yang Chenglu is too young to participate, but his birth and inheritance are the reason for the celebration.

Significant themes

• Social status and transactional relationships: The guests’ polite congratulations conceal calculations about wealth, influence, and mutual benefit.
• Belonging and self-worth: Chengrou’s experience shows that respect in one circle does not guarantee acceptance in another.
• Personal choice: Yang Fan argues that people should not force themselves into elite circles simply to gain advantage or approval.
• Parenthood and independence: A parent can provide security and opportunity, but cannot supply a child’s confidence, dreams, or chosen path.

Character interactions

• Qin Xue indulges Gu Chengye’s cheekiness, while Gu Le and Yang Fan react with amused exasperation.
• The guests exchange business leads and negotiate potential partnerships beneath the banquet’s celebratory surface.
• Yang Fan gently checks on Chengrou, then speaks candidly with him about socializing, friendship, and living according to his own wishes.

Plot points and events

• Yang Fan reassures Yang Chengrou that she must maintain a relationship with her two younger brothers because they are family. His patience moves Luo Rou, who has felt increasingly overlooked since his marriage into the Five Great Families.
• He asks Luo Rou, Luo Bing, and Chengrou to leave the Virtual World, judging that the gathering of so many gods may be uncomfortable for them. They agree and depart together.
• Yang Fan meets Li Tiande, the Warfront Starfield’s administrator. Li praises the Yang Group for taking over essential but low-profit industries—such as food, energy, transport, and infrastructure—that other companies avoid.
• Li offers to help the group secure financing or public-listing support, and promises it a share of profitable government infrastructure projects, aiming to raise its overall profit margin above ten percent. Yang Fan accepts.

Character developments and interactions

• Yang Fan shows warmth toward Chengrou and consideration for Luo Rou’s family, while maintaining a polished, politically astute manner in business. He welcomes Li’s offers without losing sight of the group’s strategic purpose.
• Luo Rou is deeply touched by Yang Fan’s attention to Chengrou; her reaction reveals her lingering sense of being less important after his marriage into the Five Great Families.
• Li Tiande regards Yang Fan as unusually responsible and values him as a partner who eases the government’s burdens. Their exchange quickly becomes friendly, with both agreeing to address each other as brothers.

Significant themes

• Family and care: Yang Fan stresses that family bonds require ongoing effort, and his guidance reassures Luo Rou.
• Public responsibility versus profit: The Yang Group’s willingness to run socially necessary, low-return industries contrasts with companies focused chiefly on earnings.
• Business as a path to influence: Yang Fan’s real aim is to use the group to build ties with government and expand its standing; the new profitable contracts further that goal.

Key plot points and events

• After Li Tiande leaves the Virtual World, gods crowd around Yang Fan, offering energy-company shares, help with public listings, and other business opportunities. His growing attention even eclipses that around Lu Wan.
• Han Jue explains that Yang Fan’s company, the Yang Group, has spent more than five quadrillion Divinity Points acquiring basic industries in the Warfront Starfield, including food, energy, transport routes, and public infrastructure.
• Qin Zheng and Sima Tianci verify the reports and are shocked by the scale of the investment, especially since these sectors usually have modest profit margins.
• They wonder whether Yang Fan has advance knowledge of a coming war. Sima and Han dismiss the idea: the Frontline has remained balanced, and Han—whose family is based there—would likely know of any such threat.
• Han reveals that he once asked Yang Fan why he was making these purchases. He imitates Yang’s answer: “To help shoulder the government’s burdens,” “to serve the people of the Federation,” and “to fulfill the ideals in my heart.” Qin Zheng and Sima are left speechless.

Character developments and interactions

• Yang Fan is shown gaining influence and attracting business and government-connected figures, while making unusually vast investments in essential industries. His stated motives sound idealistic, though his deeper reasoning remains unclear.
• Han Jue demonstrates his knowledge of Warfront Starfield business and his loyalty to Yang Fan: he shares the facts with friends but avoids publicly disparaging Yang’s strategy.
• Qin Zheng is initially skeptical and jokes that Han’s numbers are impossible, then becomes stunned when he checks them himself. His first explanation is that Yang may know of an impending war.
• Sima Tianci is equally surprised, but confidently rules out a large-scale conflict based on the Frontline’s long-standing balance.
• Their exchange is humorous and informal, with Han teasing Qin for neglecting financial news and both friends reacting incredulously to Yang’s investment scale and official-sounding justification.

Significant themes

• Business, politics, and military influence: The chapter explains that young heirs usually specialize in one path because each demands substantial resources.
• Power of capital and connections: Yang Fan’s wealth and expanding business presence quickly draw influential people to him.
• Uncertainty about motives: His massive, low-margin investments seem irrational to his peers, leaving open whether they reflect strategy, conviction, or hidden knowledge.
• Idealism and public service: Yang’s stated goal of serving the Federation contrasts with the practical, profit-focused assumptions of those around him.

Key plot points and events

• Han Jue tells Qin Zheng and Sima Tianci that Yang Fan justified the Yang Group’s huge purchases of low-profit businesses with vague optimism about the future. Han Jue suspects Yang has a deeper strategy but hasn’t uncovered it.
• Qin Zheng and Sima consider investing in other starfields to avoid missing out. Han reveals he has already bought some assets, but stresses that the investment is risky and he won’t casually draw friends into it. Qin and Sima decide to invest modestly themselves.
• Gu Tianyu approaches Lu Wan, suggesting she may have inside information behind the Yang Group’s aggressive acquisitions and asking her to share it. Lu is genuinely unaware of the moves, as company affairs have largely been handled by others while she focuses on her pregnancy.
• After Gu Tianyu leaves, Lu asks her artificial lifeform to investigate why he believes she is involved.
• In private, Gu Tianyu orders his staff to prepare two hundred trillion Divinity Points, indicating he intends to make a major investment.

Character developments and interactions

• Han Jue remains cautious and responsible: despite investing himself, he refuses to recommend a high-risk move without understanding it or accepting responsibility for possible losses.
• Qin Zheng and Sima Tianci are intrigued by the unexplained investment activity and choose to follow it on a smaller scale.
• Lu Wan mistakenly believes Yang Fan’s business expansion reflects his quiet efforts for their family. Gu Tianyu’s insinuations unsettle her and prompt her to investigate.
• Gu Tianyu proves shrewd and observant, interpreting the Yang Group’s buying spree as evidence of hidden information. His massive funding order shows he is ready to act on that suspicion.
• The scene contrasts Han’s caution with Gu’s boldness, while showing how the characters’ suspicions and assumptions influence one another.

Significant themes

• Risk and responsibility in investing: people may follow an opportunity, but recommending it carries consequences.
• Information and secrecy: the acquisitions attract attention precisely because their purpose and funding are unclear.
• Speculation and misinterpretation: Lu, Gu, and others form different theories about Yang Fan’s actions, while the real motive remains unknown.

Key plot points and events

• Gu Tianyu tells his executives to spread 200 trillion Divinity Points across listed companies in food, energy, and transportation, following Lu Wan’s apparent investment strategy despite not knowing her reasons.
• The banquet ends. Back in the Real World, Lu Wan sends the children away and calls Yang Fan and Gu Le to a family meeting.
• Lu Wan presents an indictment against Ma Yu, the Yang Group’s general manager. He is accused of moving more than 800 trillion Divinity Points without authorization and investing it in food, energy, and transportation companies, contrary to the group’s strategy.
• Lu Wan says the investments have generated only about 40 trillion in annual returns, costing the group an estimated 200 trillion in opportunity losses for the year. Even Ma Yu’s Divine Kingdom would not cover the damage.
• Gu Le becomes furious and threatens to use her family’s influence to kill Ma Yu and locate his Divine Kingdom. The chapter ends with her declaring, “His life is mine!”

Character developments and interactions

• Gu Tianyu shows himself to be both ambitious and cautious: though puzzled by Lu Wan’s choices, he trusts her judgment enough to invest in the same industries, hoping to profit.
• Lu Wan shifts from sociable host to stern, angry business leader. She takes charge of the family meeting and presents the case against Ma Yu.
• Yang Fan is caught off guard by the indictment and the scale of the losses; he has little chance to respond before Lu Wan and Gu Le react.
• Gu Le reveals a fiercely protective, vengeful side. Her outrage is fueled not only by Ma Yu’s alleged betrayal but also by the harm to her son Chengye’s ten-percent stake in the company.
• Lu Wan and Gu Le unite in anger against Ma Yu, while Yang Fan is left between their accusations and threats.

Significant themes

• Trust and risk in business: Gu Tianyu follows Lu Wan’s lead despite lacking the full picture, while Ma Yu’s secret investment decisions are framed as a breach of corporate trust.
• The cost of opportunity: The chapter emphasizes that an investment can produce substantial returns yet still be considered a major loss if it underperforms what the capital could have earned elsewhere.
• Family and corporate interests: The Yang Group’s fortunes affect the family directly, especially through Chengye’s shares, making business losses personal.
• Justice versus revenge: Lu Wan pursues formal prosecution, but Gu Le immediately favors violent retaliation, setting up a contrast between legal accountability and personal vengeance.

Plot points and events

• At a banquet, Lu Wan learns from an artificial lifeform’s financial analysis that Ma Yu may be misusing Yang Group funds for personal gain. Furious, she prepares to confront him.
• Yang Fan interrupts and explains that he personally ordered Ma Yu to make the investments. Lu Wan and Gu Le stop blaming Ma Yu but question Yang Fan’s judgment.
• Gu Le points out that the businesses yield less than five percent annually, far below the returns available through Yang Fan’s other investment options.
• Lu Wan fears Yang Fan has committed the group to an enormous, risky leveraged-investment scheme. She warns that escalating debt could consume profits and ultimately bankrupt the company.
• Yang Fan clarifies that he is not investing to make money for himself. He says he wants to succeed through his own efforts rather than rely on his wives’ status, family connections, or resources. He asks them to stay out of the Yang Group’s affairs and let him bear the risk.

Character developments

• Lu Wan shifts from anger at Ma Yu to concern for Yang Fan, showing both her business knowledge and affection.
• Gu Le is blunt about the investments’ poor returns and joins Lu Wan in worrying about Yang Fan.
• Yang Fan reveals a strong need for independence and self-respect. He insists on supporting his family himself, even if that means accepting the possibility of failure.
• Ma Yu appears only briefly, unaware of the suspicion surrounding him; the reveal that Yang Fan authorized his actions clears him of wrongdoing in this matter.

Character interactions

• Lu Wan and Gu Le challenge Yang Fan’s investment decisions out of concern, while Yang Fan reassures them and draws them close.
• Yang Fan’s firm request that his wives protect their own interests creates a tension between their wish to support him and his desire to stand on his own.

Significant themes

• Independence and pride: Yang Fan wants to build a reputation and future through his own ability.
• Love and support: His wives’ concern reflects their commitment, while his refusal of their help is meant as an expression of personal dignity.
• Financial risk and responsibility: Lu Wan’s warning highlights the dangers of debt-fueled growth and the possibility that ambition could endanger the company.