Chapter Summaries

• The Secret Realm becomes a major source of income. After the battle, Gu Jiuheng and Han Qing agree to take only ten percent each, leaving Yang Fan’s family with most of the profits. Lu Wan estimates the unusual resource realm could earn about eighty trillion Divinity Points annually, largely thanks to its abundant fire dragon vines. Yang Fan tells her to manage the money as she sees fit and not to worry about Lu Mingshi’s share.
• Yang Fan reveals more of his military strength. Gu Le asks for some of his Intelligent Gundams to help clear land in her Divine Kingdom. Instead, Yang Fan gives both her and Lu Wan cards for one hundred thousand units apiece, promising further support if they ever face a divine kingdom war. The women are astonished by the scale of his generosity and power. Gu Le jokes that Yang Fan has hidden far too much; Lu Wan simply smiles.
• The realm is secured and developed. Han Qing restores its defenses with Flame-Gathering Towers, then asks Yang Fan to station about ten billion Zombie Followers there. He agrees, transferring followers from the Eternal Corpse Mine. Lu Wan’s Otherworld Collectors organize the harvesting, storage, transport, and sale of the fire dragon vines. Operations run smoothly, and the partners receive regular dividends.
• The children grow—and a new scheme begins. Months later, Yang Chenglu is old enough to run around the garden with Gu Chengye, though his speech remains unclear. While Yang Fan listens in from his massage chair, Gu Chengye tells the younger boy that they need an adult’s permission to visit Xiling Star and suggests asking “Mama Lu.”
  Character developments and interactions: Lu Wan shows excitement about the realm’s profits but respects the unspoken boundaries around Yang Fan’s private resources. Their relationship is portrayed as trusting without requiring total disclosure. Gu Le remains playful and opportunistic, while Yang Fan’s casual offer of vast military aid demonstrates how much strength he keeps in reserve. Han Qing handles practical security arrangements, and Gu Chengye begins recruiting his younger brother into a plan.
  Themes: The chapter emphasizes that trust does not require revealing every secret; lasting relationships depend on respecting boundaries rather than repeatedly testing loyalty. It also highlights the growing wealth and influence built through cooperation—and hints at the next adventure through the children’s attempted excursion.

Plot points and events

• Yang Chenglu confronts his second brother, Gu Chengye, for breaking their deal: Chengye had promised to take him to Xiling Star after Chenglu helped him get pocket money from their father.
• Chenglu produces a recording of Chengye’s promise and threatens to expose their scheme. Chengye gives in and agrees to ask their mother for permission.
• Yang Fan overhears and realizes Chenglu’s “Dadda” speech has been an act—he can speak clearly, but pretends otherwise around Yang Fan to seem harmless and gain advantages.
• Gu Le persuades Yang Fan to let Chenglu and Chengye visit Xiling Star, arranging divine guards and a fixed route. Yang Fan agrees, though he warns that they must not wander.
• Six months pass. Yang Fan continues fighting at the Frontline, recruiting subordinate gods and using Divine Kingdom Deduction Cards to locate enemy gods. He devours 500 demigod Divine Kingdom Cores and absorbs the cores of three ordinary foreign gods, bringing his divine kingdom to 19.8 billion square kilometers—nearly enough to advance to second-order godhood.
• The boys return from Xiling Star after only a month, bringing along Yang Fan’s eldest son, Yang Chengrou. The three brothers share a teacher, enjoy a flexible education, visit the Warfront Starfield together, and even discuss founding a conglomerate.

Character developments and interactions

• Yang Chenglu proves to be sly and calculating beneath his innocent appearance: he keeps evidence of Chengye’s promise and uses it to secure the trip.
• Gu Chengye is mischievous but is outmaneuvered by his younger brother and eventually appeals to their mother.
• Yang Fan is both exasperated and amused by his sons’ schemes, but ultimately permits their trip while insisting on safeguards.
• Gu Le takes an indulgent, supportive role, persuading Yang Fan to let the boys travel.
• The three brothers grow closer through their shared trip, schooling, and adventures, and begin imagining a business venture together.

Significant themes

• Sibling scheming and loyalty: Chenglu manipulates his brother, but their bargain and affection remain intact.
• Parental indulgence and protection: Gu Le encourages the boys’ independence, while Yang Fan balances permission with safety precautions.
• Appearance versus reality: Chenglu’s babyish speech and innocent demeanor conceal deliberate performance.
• Rapid growth and ambition: Yang Fan’s military and divine progress parallels the boys’ early confidence and entrepreneurial plans.

Plot points

• Yang Fan hears from Gu Le that their sons have been demanding more money from her. He isn’t upset, viewing it as normal for his children to pursue their own interests.
• His family grows closer to Gu Jiuheng and Han Qing through their shared access to Fire Dragon Vine. Han Qing and Yang Fan exchange ideas and warfront information, though her frequent Feixun messages begin to irritate him.
• At Yang Group headquarters, Ma Yu reports that the company has acquired Border Grain Company and now holds assets worth 4,724 trillion Divinity Points. Its diversified portfolio earned a 12.3% annualized return last year.
• Yang Fan approves Ma Yu’s conservative investment strategy and promises to inject another 1,000 trillion Divinity Points.
• Yang Fan declines an invitation from Warfront Starfield administrator Li Tiande to attend an entrepreneurs’ symposium, sending Ma Yu in his place. He jokes that he has been invited as a “Charity Ambassador”—essentially a “great big sucker.”
• Ma Yu reveals that Yang Fan’s three sons have started a company called The True Yang Group. Yang Fan is appalled that they seem to be trading on his company’s name.

Character developments and interactions

• Yang Fan is indulgent toward his sons and unconcerned by their money-making schemes—until their company name directly competes with his brand.
• Han Qing has softened toward Yang Fan, addressing him as “Big Brother Yang” and behaving warmly, though her constant messages test his patience.
• Ma Yu has become accustomed to Yang Fan’s enormous, unpredictable capital injections and confidently manages the group’s increasingly stable, lower-risk portfolio.
• Yang Fan and Ma Yu maintain a respectful master–subordinate relationship; Yang Fan trusts Ma Yu’s judgment, while Ma Yu carefully watches for his approval.

Significant themes

• Family and independence: Yang Fan lets his sons make their own way, even when their methods are cheeky.
• Wealth and responsibility: The Yang Group prioritizes stable, socially important industries over maximum short-term returns, backed by Yang Fan’s seemingly inexhaustible funds.
• Brand, ambition, and comic rivalry: The sons’ “True Yang Group” name turns Yang Fan’s tolerance into exasperation and provides the chapter’s punchline.

Plot points and events

• Ma Yu reports that Yang Fan’s three sons created the True Yang Group and advertised it in ways that made it seem connected to the established Yang Group. With Ma Yu’s quiet endorsement to business partners, the public assumption spread, helping the new company win lucrative contracts.
• The brothers then used fabricated orders and inflated accounts to make their asset-poor company look successful, borrowing nearly 100 trillion Divinity Points—some at interest rates as high as 200%.
• Once the money was raised, they deregistered the company and disappeared. Its remaining assets amounted to a negative balance, including unpaid rent. They had also placed a wet nurse, Li Yuanyue, as legal representative and apparently arranged her escape in advance.
• Yang Fan realizes the business was a borrowing scheme rather than a genuine enterprise. He worries briefly that his sons expect him to cover the debt, but confirms the Yang Group has no formal financial or legal ties to their company. He concludes the lenders’ own poor risk management is their responsibility.

Character developments and interactions

• Yang Fan moves from amused tolerance of his sons’ independence to anger and concern as he learns the scale and planning of their scheme. Once he understands that the Yang Group is legally insulated, his anger gives way to grudging interest in their audacity.
• Ma Yu admits that his informal support helped the sons gain lenders’ trust, accepts responsibility, and begs forgiveness. He ultimately praises their daring and results, comparing their earnings favorably with profits he accumulated over millennia.
• The three sons are portrayed as bold, calculating, and willing to exploit their family name, business relationships, and legal loopholes. Their careful preparation—including using a proxy legal representative—suggests deliberate planning rather than impulsive misbehavior.
• Yang Fan and Ma Yu discuss whether the sons’ actions should be judged by their ethics or by their financial outcome. Ma Yu argues that, in business, success often determines whether such actors are condemned or celebrated.

Significant themes

• Ambition versus responsibility: The sons’ drive to act independently produces striking results but leaves others facing losses.
• Reputation and borrowed credibility: Their scheme depends on the Yang Group’s name and Ma Yu’s influence, even without formal affiliation.
• Risk, accountability, and legal distance: The chapter highlights the importance of separating a business from its liabilities—and questions who bears blame when lenders fail to investigate.
• The morality of success: Ma Yu suggests that society often labels the same tactics criminal when they fail and entrepreneurial when they succeed.

Plot points and events

• Yang Fan learns that his three sons earned more than a hundred trillion Divinity Points through their schemes. He treats the money as their startup capital but warns Ma Yu that the boys must be punished for breaking rules.
• Ma Yu reports that the brothers have dissolved the True Yang Group and founded the Crown Prince Group with Lu’s help. Its remote headquarters and apparent focus on communications convince Yang Fan that they may now be pursuing legitimate business.
• Aboard a spacecraft, the brothers celebrate their windfall. Yang Chengrou worries that their success depended partly on their father’s reputation and Ma Yu’s unwitting help, and that they will have to answer for it.
• Yang Chenglu proposes that Chengrou—their father’s “good baby”—should handle the explanation, while he and Gu Chengye support him. The brothers also discuss involving their mothers if punishment seems likely.
• Gu Chengye says he has helped erase Li Yuanyue’s travel records and arranged protection for her on a Life Planet. Because her identity could expose the brothers’ scheme and put the Yang Group at risk, she may have to remain hidden. Chengrou asks to visit her in the Virtual World.

Character developments

• Yang Fan is proud of his sons’ success but sets a boundary: their money-making does not excuse ignoring rules.
• Yang Chengrou shows responsibility and concern for the consequences, yet is willing to stand up for his brothers.
• Gu Chengye is confident in his younger brother’s plan and has taken practical steps to protect Li Yuanyue.
• Yang Chenglu remains a clever schemer, but realizes his father has grown wise to his usual cute, innocent act.
• Ma Yu is deferential and reports the brothers’ new venture to Yang Fan.

Character interactions

• Yang Fan questions Ma Yu about the brothers’ company and instructs him to stop being outmaneuvered by them.
• The brothers toast their earnings, then work together on how to face their father.
• Chenglu coaches Chengrou on handling Yang Fan; Chengye backs the plan and suggests bringing their mothers as added protection.
• Chengrou asks after Li Yuanyue, and Chengye explains both her safety arrangements and the danger of her identity being revealed.

Significant themes

• Ambition and responsibility: The brothers’ entrepreneurial success is celebrated, but they must still answer for how they achieved it.
• Family loyalty: The siblings share the risks, support one another, and protect people caught up in their schemes.
• Growing up and changing relationships: Yang Fan is becoming harder to fool, while Chengrou increasingly acts as the responsible eldest brother.
• Consequences of deception: Li Yuanyue’s continued concealment highlights how exposure could trigger serious financial and legal repercussions.

Key plot points and events

• Yang Chengrou takes control of the robot guards and goes to check on Li Yuanyue, his former wet nurse, who has been detained.
• Beforehand, Yang Chenglu admits he mishandled the plan by making his eldest brother responsible without explaining the situation. He briefly suggests killing Li to prevent trouble, but reveals he was testing Gu Chengye’s loyalty. Gu Chengye angrily rejects the idea, insisting that the brothers must not betray one another.
• In the Virtual World, Yang Chengrou reassures Li Yuanyue that she is safe and apologizes for his role in her ordeal. He arranges for her to rest, drink calming tea, and return to Xiling Star the next day.
• Li asks that her son, whose damaged Divine Kingdom leaves him little chance of becoming a demigod, be allowed to join the Yang Group. Yang Chengrou grants the request through the robot guard.
• Yang Chengrou then calls his mother, Luo Rou, and asks her to arrange a well-paid, low-workload position for Li’s son. He claims Li died after encountering Sky Pirates, saying her ashes will be returned for burial. Luo Rou agrees the favor is easy but suspects something is wrong.

Character developments and interactions

• Gu Chengye shows firm loyalty and moral resolve, refusing even to consider harming Li Yuanyue. Yang Chenglu’s test confirms that Gu values brotherhood over profit or convenience.
• Yang Chenglu admits his own mistake and shows concern for both his brother’s judgment and Li’s safety. His teasing test masks a serious desire to know where Gu stands.
• Yang Chengrou treats Li with humility and compassion, apologizing despite her status as a servant and helping her son as well as her.
• Li Yuanyue moves from terror to relief and gratitude. Her final request reflects her concern for her son’s future; she quietly accepts Yang Chengrou’s help.
• Luo Rou is caring and perceptive: she worries about her son and recognizes that his unusual request may conceal a deeper problem.

Significant themes

• Family loyalty and trust: Gu Chengye’s refusal to betray his brothers contrasts with Yang Chenglu’s need to test that loyalty.
• Responsibility and compassion: Yang Chengrou acknowledges his part in Li’s suffering and responds with practical care.
• Class, gratitude, and obligation: Li feels indebted to the Yang Family, while Yang Chengrou treats her with dignity rather than invoking her servant status.
• Concealment and unease: Yang Chengrou’s account of Li’s supposed death raises questions, and Luo Rou senses that he is hiding something.

Key plot points and events

• Yang Chengrou reassures his mother, Luo Rou, that he understands the limits of his position in the family. She tells him to make the most of the opportunities he has, but never to demand favors or forget where he stands.
• After their call, Chengrou admits he is unwilling to risk the affection of his father, stepmothers, or younger brothers. He believes his standing depends on preserving those family bonds, and resolves to make no mistakes.
• At breakfast, Gu Le and Lu Wan reveal that Yang Chengye and Yang Chenglu contacted them before returning home, apparently hoping to soften Yang Fan’s response to their latest trouble.
• Chengye had spent an hour flattering Gu Le but did not confess what he had done. Chenglu told Lu Wan he had completed extra schoolwork and asked her to be present when he got home, hoping she would protect him from punishment.
• The women explain that the boys and their brother swindled companies out of more than a hundred trillion Divinity Points. Lu Wan notes that the companies acted out of greed and that the children left no direct evidence. Both women are impressed by the scheme, prompting Yang Fan to wonder if he is now expected to let them off.

Character developments and interactions

• Yang Chengrou is cautious and deeply conscious of his dependence on family goodwill. Unlike his younger brothers, he avoids competing for more and focuses on protecting what he already has.
• Luo Rou advises Chengrou to stay humble and not let affection or privilege make him overstep.
• Yang Chengye and Yang Chenglu show themselves to be clever and evasive: they separately recruit their mothers to influence their father before facing him.
• Lu Wan and Gu Le are amused and impressed by the boys’ resourcefulness, and both sympathize with them rather than immediately condemning their conduct.
• Yang Fan recognizes the boys’ attempts to dodge punishment but is left facing the prospect that his wives may approve of their behavior.

Significant themes

• Privilege and family dependence: Chengrou sees his position as an opportunity sustained by his father’s status and the family’s affection.
• Restraint versus ambition: He believes survival requires caution, while his younger brothers pursue bold, risky schemes.
• Family loyalty and influence: Mothers and brothers shape each character’s choices, and the children use those relationships to manage their father.
• Morality in business: Lu Wan treats deception and exploiting weaknesses as ordinary tactics, while the episode leaves Yang Fan’s judgment of the boys’ fraud unresolved.

Plot points

• Yang Fan discusses how to respond to the children’s unauthorized scheme with Gu Le and Lu Wan. Though both initially defend the children, they agree the youngsters need a warning for taking a risky action without consulting anyone.
• The three children sneak in after breakfast. Yang Chengrou takes responsibility, saying he misused Uncle Ma’s status to mislead the public and asking that his younger brothers be spared.
• To dramatize his apology, Chengrou produces a menacing, meter-long spiked club and kneels with his back turned, apparently prepared to be beaten. Yang Fan is horrified and refuses to punish him physically.
• Yang Fan confiscates the club and says he will have Chengrou’s Spatial Pouch checked. Chengye and Chenglu then whisk their older brother upstairs.
• Upstairs, the younger boys tease Chengrou for making his act too convincing. Chengrou is more concerned about getting the club back. The brothers decide to go to Lu Wan’s office, where she can help them plan their “Crown Prince Group” after their first business success.
• Alone in the living room, Yang Fan tests the club. It bends effortlessly under his grip, then springs back into shape, revealing that it is unusually resilient.

Character developments and interactions

• Yang Fan balances discipline with affection: he recognizes the children’s wrongdoing but is unwilling to harm them. His curiosity about the club leads to the chapter’s final surprise.
• Gu Le and Lu Wan present a stern united front, but their concern is chiefly for the children’s safety. They are relieved when Yang Fan promises only a memorable lesson.
• Yang Chengrou accepts responsibility and tries to protect his brothers, showing his usual sense of duty—though his elaborate apology makes his motives and judgment seem questionable.
• Gu Chengye and Yang Chenglu hide behind their mothers, then rely on Chengrou’s apology to escape. They tease him afterward but also want to pursue their business ambitions with Lu Wan’s guidance.

Significant themes

• Family discipline and protection: The adults want the children to learn from risky behavior without being hurt.
• Responsibility and loyalty: Chengrou steps forward to shield his younger brothers.
• Childhood ambition and comic mischief: The boys treat their successful scheme as the start of a business venture, while their evasive tactics keep the scene playful.
• Unexpected power and mystery: The club’s ability to bend and restore itself hints that it is more than an ordinary weapon.

Key plot points

• Yang Fan discovers that his “Spiked Club” is actually a child-safe prototype toy: it bends away from people and valuable objects. He realizes his son Yang Chengrou used it to fool him.
• Though annoyed, Yang Fan is pleased that Chengrou has become more mischievous through spending time with Gu Chengye and Yang Chenglu.
• Lu Wan returns to the office and questions the three boys about the collapse of their “True Yang Group” scheme. Chenglu explains that he adapted ideas from a book about Ponzi schemes, targeting wealthy investors and avoiding complicated payouts.
• Lu Wan acknowledges the boys’ success but systematically points out weaknesses in their fabricated financial records, orders, and business logic. She stresses that they succeeded largely because their family names and connections lent them credibility.
• She confronts Chengrou for asking Ma Yu to look after them and Chengye for using Gu-family contacts to support the company’s setup and data. The chapter ends with Lu Wan teasing Chenglu about enjoying his role as the mastermind; he asks her to spare his dignity.

Character developments and interactions

• Yang Fan shifts from frustration to amusement and approval: he sees Chengrou’s prank as a sign that his usually proper son is becoming more childlike.
• Yang Chengrou admits to involving Ma Yu, showing that he helped the scheme while relying on adult connections.
• Gu Chengye acknowledges that he used his mother’s connections to make the company appear more convincing.
• Yang Chenglu is proud of his plan and leadership, but Lu Wan’s critique punctures his confidence. His playful plea at the end preserves the family’s lighthearted tone.
• Lu Wan acts as both affectionate mother and rigorous mentor, praising initiative while insisting that the boys understand the flaws and advantages behind their success.

Significant themes

• Childhood and growth: Mischief and collaboration help Chengrou become less overly restrained.
• Privilege versus ability: The boys’ identities and family networks, not sound business skill, were crucial to their success.
• Learning through consequences: Lu Wan turns the failed scheme into a lesson in business logic, accountability, and critical scrutiny.
• Family affection and discipline: The adults correct the children without losing warmth or humor.

Summary

• Lu Wan confronts Yang Chenglu for enjoying the authority he had gained over his two older brothers, embarrassing him by exposing his behavior.
• She warns all three sons that their recent business success depended heavily on their father’s influence and should not be mistaken for proof of their own skill. Repeating their scheme—renaming and repackaging the same venture—would be unrealistic and risky.
• Explaining that a company, like a Divine Kingdom, grows by drawing resources from elsewhere, Lu Wan distinguishes a one-time windfall from a business with reliable, ongoing cash flow.
• Gu Chengye suggests abandoning the scheme and pursuing legitimate investments. Yang Chenglu makes a foolish suggestion to rename the company after the brothers, earning a ruler strike and a warning not to damage their father’s company’s reputation.
• Yang Chengrou proposes that the Crown Prince Group seek ordinary divine lifeforms rather than wealthy elites, arguing that a broad customer base could generate steadier income with less risk. His plan is exploitative: he sees poor, poorly educated people with little power or legal recourse as easier targets.
• Impressed by Chengrou’s reasoning, Lu Wan appoints him chairman. She tells him to have confidence in himself, gives herself 10% of the shares, and divides the other 90% equally among the brothers. They are to develop plans together outside school and submit them for her review.

Character developments and interactions

Lu Wan acts as a blunt but supportive mentor: she disciplines the boys’ arrogance and poor judgment while encouraging Chengrou, who has been quiet and unsure of himself. Chengrou gains an important leadership role and begins to voice his ideas. Gu Chengye and Yang Chenglu accept his appointment without resentment, though they continue bickering over their sibling rivalry. Lu Wan ends the discussion by sending them away so she can work.

Significant themes

The chapter stresses the danger of mistaking luck and privilege for ability, and the importance of sustainable cash flow over spectacular but unstable profits. It also explores family equality and self-confidence, while presenting business growth in morally cynical terms: the proposed “stable” strategy depends on exploiting people with fewer resources and less power.

Plot points and events

• Yang Chengrou retrieves his “secret weapon,” a spiked club, and boasts that it can split mountains. When he swings it at Gu Chengye, it turns out to be a flexible toy and collapses harmlessly.
• The brothers tease Yang Chengrou, but Gu Chengye is delighted by the toy and asks for some. Yang Chengrou offers to send them products from his toy company—and even agrees to give them shares, joking that the company came from “Mom Lu.” Yang Chenglu complains that he got nothing.
• In the Massage Room, Yang Fan hears the brothers’ banter and is pleased that, despite their different personalities, they stick together.
• Yang Fan receives a Virtual World invitation and visits Han Qing, who has repeatedly claimed to want to discuss business. Her carefully romantic setting and flirtatious behavior make it clear she has other intentions.
• When Han Qing calls him “Big Brother Yang,” asks him to call her “Qing’er,” and embraces his arm, Yang Fan abruptly disconnects and escapes, deciding not to risk an impulsive entanglement.

Character developments and interactions

• Yang Chengrou enjoys showing off, but the club’s harmlessness exposes his exaggeration. He is also generous toward his brothers.
• Gu Chengye shifts from skepticism to fascination, and his excitement turns the toy into a joke about frightening children at private elementary school.
• Yang Chenglu joins in teasing Yang Chengrou, then mock-jealously demands a company of his own.
• Yang Fan takes pride in his sons’ loyalty. With Han Qing, he recognizes the flirtation but chooses caution, mindful of his wives and the complications of pursuing a powerful woman.

Significant themes

• Brotherhood and solidarity: Yang Fan values the brothers’ willingness to support one another despite their differences.
• Comedy through bravado and reversal: Yang Chengrou’s grand claims collapse when his weapon proves to be a toy.
• Self-restraint and responsibility: Yang Fan frames desire as something that must be balanced with judgment and commitment.

Key plot points

• In the Virtual World, Yang Fan avoids Han Qing’s advances and disappears, leaving her furious.
• Han Qing tells her father that she has pursued Yang Fan for nearly six months and intends to marry no one else. She argues that he is exceptionally powerful and principled, pointing to his willingness to entrust the proceeds from a major expedition to his two wives.
• Her father agrees to help, but says the Han Family will need support from the Gu and Lu families. He plans to approach Gu Xuanting, while warning Han Qing that success is uncertain.
• Yang Fan dismisses the encounter with Han Qing as unimportant and resolves to refuse her invitations in future.
• Later, he meets Liu Ruyan, an ordinary divine lifeform he has helped before. She tells him his gifts enabled her family to clear debts, cure her mother, educate her brother, and move to the city.

Character developments and interactions

• Han Qing becomes more determined after Yang Fan rejects her. She admires his potential and generosity and asks her father to help secure a marriage.
• Han Qing’s father is supportive but pragmatic: he recognizes Yang Fan’s character and value, yet understands that family connections—and Gu Xuanting’s cooperation—will be crucial.
• Yang Fan remains uninterested in Han Qing’s pursuit. His help to Liu Ruyan reflects a sentimental regard for old acquaintances, though he keeps emotional distance from her.
• Liu Ruyan is grateful and affectionate toward Yang Fan, while he reassures her that she deserves his help and asks whether her family is doing well.

Significant themes

• Marriage, status, and family alliances: Han Qing’s pursuit becomes a potential arrangement involving three powerful families.
• Character and loyalty: Han Qing sees Yang Fan’s devotion to his wives and generosity with wealth as proof that he is different from self-interested suitors.
• Power used to change lives: Yang Fan’s resources provide concrete help to Liu Ruyan’s family.
• Emotional distance and differing expectations: Han Qing seeks a lasting bond, while Yang Fan treats her advances—and his encounter with Liu Ruyan—as matters he does not intend to take to heart.

Plot points and events

• Gu Xuanting returns from the Virtual World furious after Han Chao reveals that his daughter, Han Qing, has fallen for Yang Fan and asks him to help arrange a match.
• Gu Xuanting rejects the idea, while Lu Qinglan points out that Yang Fan’s growing power and connections make him an obvious target for influential families. She has already contacted their daughter, Lu Yanran, and expects the family to refuse the Han proposal.
• Unaware of this dispute, Yang Fan studies the Dark Web auction listing for the Netherworld, an S-Rank building designed as an independent habitat for souls and spirits. He orders Yang Da to secure it, intending to provide a better environment for his ghost-cultivation followers.
• Yang Da wins the Netherworld along with numerous other buildings and resources. Yang Fan orders everything loaded into his Divine Kingdom. Most buildings appear without major changes, but the Netherworld causes a subtle shift in the Kingdom’s laws.
• The Netherworld takes shape deep beneath the Divine Kingdom as a dark sphere, suggesting its integration will have a significant effect.

Character developments and interactions

• Gu Xuanting is protective and possessive toward Yang Fan, treating potential suitors’ families as rivals. He accepts Lu Wan as a possible match but resents Han Chao’s attempt to arrange one.
• Lu Qinglan is more pragmatic, recognizing Yang Fan’s exceptional promise and explaining why other families seek connections with him. She supports refusing the Han Family’s proposal through Lu Yanran.
• Yang Fan shows increasing concern for the specialized needs of his diverse followers. He is excited by the Netherworld’s potential to accelerate the growth of his soul-based followers.
• Yang Da acts as a reliable manager, carefully tracking auction items and preparing an aggressive bid to ensure Yang Fan gets the building.

Significant themes

• Power attracts political and romantic attention: Yang Fan’s growing reputation brings interest from powerful families, creating tension within his own family.
• Care for followers and strategic growth: Yang Fan invests in buildings suited to different cultivation paths rather than relying only on conventional resources.
• Expansion and transformation: The Netherworld’s arrival begins to alter the Divine Kingdom itself, hinting at new possibilities for its laws and inhabitants.

Plot and key events

• Yang Fan discovers that the newly emerged S-Class building, the Netherworld, is a sealed, independent realm with mountains, rivers, and magma. Its unusual soul-based energy makes it unsuitable for ordinary life but ideal for ghost cultivators.
• Ghost Cultivation believers are drawn into the Netherworld. The realm’s energy flows into them, enabling many to break through long-standing cultivation bottlenecks. They hail Yang Fan as their god and celebrate having a home where they can continue serving the Divine Kingdom after death.
• Yang Fan orders Yang Da to move soul-nourishing Spirit Plants into the Netherworld and acquire more seeds, with the goal of making it a dedicated cultivation ground for ghost cultivators.
• Though pleased with the solution, Yang Fan worries that the Ghost Cultivation Path remains too weak to contribute meaningfully to a Divine Kingdom War. He decides he needs more people.
• In the Real World, Yang Fan reconnects with Ning Bailian on Soul Star. Ning reports that the Ning One Hundred Group has invested in 1,642 people, including 1,031 high-school seniors, but only one is a demigod. Most demigods already have ties to Lineages or large companies and distrust the investment contract; the sole recruit was heavily indebted and had few alternatives.

Character developments and interactions

• Yang Fan shows strategic foresight: he turns the Netherworld into a long-term solution for his ghost believers, then immediately considers how to expand their numbers and strength.
• The Ghost Cultivation believers gain hope and renewed purpose. Their breakthroughs and gratitude reflect their strong faith in Yang Fan and the Divine Kingdom.
• Ning Bailian has become more capable and established as a business leader, though he remains careful about protecting Yang Fan’s interests when questioned by powerful figures.
• Yang Fan questions Ning about the group’s results; Ning explains the difficulty of recruiting demigods and the concerns surrounding the company.

Significant themes

• Faith and belonging: The ghost believers’ new home gives them dignity and purpose despite losing their physical bodies.
• Adaptation and cultivation: A specialized environment can overcome limitations that even abundant spiritual energy cannot solve.
• Power and scale: Yang Fan recognizes that a large population of believers is not enough unless they can reach the strength required for war.
• Trust and risk: The company’s difficulty attracting demigods highlights how powerful candidates weigh existing loyalties against uncertain opportunities.

Key plot points and events

• Yang Fan gives Ning Bailian another 100 trillion Divinity Points and instructs him to use the Ning One Hundred Group to distribute Soul-Nourishing Wood seedlings for free, buy back mature wood at high prices, and offer generous awards. He wants students to develop quickly and reach demigod status.
• Ning Bailian questions why a private company should shoulder work normally done by the government. Yang Fan offers no explanation, but asks for a complete dossier on a demigod the group is backing: Zhao Xuanfeng, a 327-year-old demigod from Mystic Azure Star.
• Yang Fan orders Yang Da and the mechanical civilization to deduce Zhao’s Divine Kingdom coordinates from the dossier. A dedicated facility and a stockpile of deduction resources make the task routine for him.
• Meanwhile, Yang Chengrou, Gu Chengye, and Yang Chenglu debate how to invest their Crown Prince Group’s wealth. Gu favors stable, low-return assets; Chenglu argues for faster growth and hints at a business requiring little or no capital.
• A visitor interrupts them. At the gate, Yang Chenglu meets Li Tianheng, who asks for Chairman Yang.

Character developments and interactions

• Yang Fan remains decisive and strategic, directing vast resources toward a plan whose purpose he keeps to himself.
• Ning Bailian is puzzled but loyal, crediting Yang Fan for his prosperity and accepting his orders without further challenge.
• Yang Chenglu is impulsive and ambitious, dismissing conservative investment and eager to pursue rapid wealth. His debate with Gu Chengye highlights their opposing business instincts.
• Li Tianheng’s arrival sets up a new interaction, though the chapter ends before his reason for seeking Yang Fan is revealed.

Significant themes

• Power depends on networks: Demigods need factions and resources to sustain their Divine Kingdoms, much as Yang Fan once relied on the Five Great Families.
• Wealth as influence: Yang Fan’s charitable-looking corporate program may serve a broader strategic purpose, though he deliberately withholds it.
• Risk versus stability: The younger generation’s argument reflects competing approaches to building wealth and power.

Key plot points and events

• Li Tianheng arrives at Yang Fan’s villa but is confused when a child, Yang Chenglu, jokingly calls himself “Chairman Yang.” Yang Chengrou recognizes Li and explains their family connection: his mothers are Luo Rou and Luo Bing, the latter an old classmate of Li’s.
• Yang Chengrou introduces his younger brothers and escorts Li to see Yang Fan. Li gives all three boys red-envelope gifts. The cards contain ten Fountains of Life apiece, valuable resources that the boys hope to sell for spending money.
• Li waits quietly while Yang Fan rests. Once Yang Fan wakes, Li presents a list of demigods seeking divine vassal contracts, including some with B-rank divine kingdom talents.
• Yang Fan signs the contracts and gives Li coordinates, instructing him to invade the corresponding Divine Kingdom.

Character development and interactions

• Li Tianheng has become markedly deferential and pragmatic. His Frontline success has taught him that status, connections, and serving the right powerful figure matter more than pride; he now acts as Yang Fan’s loyal subordinate and recruiter.
• Yang Chengrou treats Li respectfully after recognizing their family ties. Yang Chenglu, initially smug, quickly becomes polite when Li gives him a gift—reflecting the boys’ respect for their father’s authority.
• Gu Chengye and Yang Chenglu inspect their gifts and eagerly plan to sell the valuable items for Virtual World entertainment.
• Yang Fan is calm and businesslike, treating recruitment and contract-signing as routine before assigning Li his next operation.

Significant themes

• Power, status, and patronage: Li concludes that respect often follows family backing and usefulness rather than personal strength alone.
• Loyalty as a path to prosperity: Serving a powerful master has brought Li wealth and influence, though the narration frames this in terms of becoming someone’s “dog.”
• Family hierarchy and social etiquette: The boys’ behavior shifts from teasing to courtesy when dealing with an adult connected to their father.
• Resource-driven ambition: Both Li’s work and the boys’ gift plans revolve around valuable goods, contracts, and opportunities.

Key plot points and events

• Li Tianheng accepts Yang Fan’s order to attack a human demigod, Zhao Xuanfeng. Yang Fan instructs him to use Corpse Cores and robot soldiers rather than believers, minimizing evidence and avoiding attention from the Federation’s authorities.
• Yang Fan explains that he may have Li Tianheng handle similar operations in the future and tells him to deny involvement if questioned. Li Tianheng leaves thrilled, believing he has become one of Yang Fan’s trusted inner circle.
• Later, Gu Le and Lu Wan confront Yang Fan about Han Qing, asking whether he has developed feelings for her. Yang Fan insists Han Qing made unwanted advances during a virtual meeting and that he rejected her.
• The women explain that Han Qing’s father, Han Chao—a powerful Sixth-Tier God—has approached their families to request that Han Qing marry Yang Fan. Yang Fan is shocked and angered that his rejection has apparently led to an attempt to force the match.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Tianheng is increasingly eager to serve Yang Fan and sees the covert mission as proof of his growing importance. Yang Fan reinforces their loyalty while directing him to act cautiously.
• Yang Fan remains calculating about concealment in the demigod attack, but is caught off guard by the marriage pressure. He reassures Gu Le and Lu Wan, emphasizing his loyalty to them.
• Gu Le and Lu Wan initially appear suspicious and upset, then relax after hearing Yang Fan’s account. They share information about Han Qing’s family’s proposal and align with Yang Fan’s rejection.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and complicity: Li Tianheng’s devotion draws him into Yang Fan’s covert plans.
• Power and secrecy: Yang Fan seeks to avoid scrutiny by disguising responsibility for his actions.
• Marriage, consent, and coercion: Han Qing’s family uses its influence to pursue a marriage despite Yang Fan’s refusal, prompting his indignation.
• Trust within relationships: Gu Le and Lu Wan confront Yang Fan directly, and he works to reassure them.

Key plot points and events

• Yang Fan learns that his mother-in-law, Lu Yanran, wants to meet him in the Virtual World. He suspects she may be trying to influence the Yang Group’s affairs.
• At their meeting, Lu Yanran shows him a file on the True Yang Group and asks his opinion of her grandson Yang Chenglu’s business talent. Yang Fan praises the child, who has already shown remarkable skill despite being less than a year old.
• Lu Yanran proposes that Chenglu be named the future heir to the Yang Group, offering to direct more Lu Family business resources to the company in exchange for Yang Fan’s promise.
• Yang Fan refuses to choose an heir so early. He says he will not favor any child and worries that naming Chenglu now could damage the close cooperation among his three children.
• Lu Yanran reveals that the proposal was a test. She approves of Yang Fan’s commitment to fairness and stresses that fair rules are essential to an organization’s long-term health.

Character developments and interactions

• Yang Fan demonstrates how much he has changed: unlike his younger self, he can stand firm before a powerful High-Tier God. He remains respectful but refuses to trade fairness for family influence or business support.
• Lu Yanran appears to be monitoring her grandson’s achievements and takes an active interest in the Yang Group’s future. Though she initially pressures Yang Fan, she ultimately praises his answer and presents her proposal as a test of his principles.
• Their interaction is tense but respectful. Yang Fan’s caution gives way to relief once he realizes Lu Yanran was assessing whether he would favor her grandson.

Significant themes

• Fairness and impartial leadership: An organization must give its members a fair chance rather than channeling resources toward a favored successor.
• Family influence versus sound governance: Yang Fan rejects the idea that Chenglu’s talent or Lu Yanran’s family connection should settle succession in advance.
• Long-term organizational health: Lu Yanran compares an organization to a tree, with rules as its roots. Fair rules sustain growth; favoritism can weaken the whole structure.
• Personal growth and independence: Yang Fan’s willingness to resist pressure reflects his newfound strength and authority.

Key plot points and events

• Lu Yanran questions Yang Fan about the Yang Group’s rapid expansion, noting that he has not used the enormous assets of Stellar Consulting Group, which Lu Wan gave him.
• She suspects he may have concealed major resources—perhaps even a Heaven-Rank Secret Realm—but says she will not pry or covet what belongs to him.
• Lu Yanran warns Yang Fan not to deceive Lu Wan about important matters, then releases enough of her High-Tier God aura to make clear how dangerous she is. Yang Fan promises he will not let his family down.
• When Yang Fan denies involvement with Han Qing, Lu Yanran says that is not her concern. Instead, she offers him a choice: become the cultivation partner of Han Lingzhi, a stunning woman whose gaze carries a formidable killing intent.
• Lu Yanran reveals that Lu Wan does not know who her biological father is. Of Lu Yanran’s thirty-two legally registered male spouses, Lu Wan’s father is a low-status professional manager, whose identity Lu Yanran has kept from her.

Character developments and interactions

• Yang Fan maintains a calm front when Lu Yanran questions his wealth, but is shaken by her power and startled by her proposal. He responds earnestly to her demand for honesty toward Lu Wan.
• Lu Yanran comes across as perceptive, powerful, and protective of her daughter, while also displaying unconventional views on marriage. She trusts Yang Fan enough not to investigate his secrets, but makes her expectations unmistakable.
• Their exchange shifts from scrutiny and warning to an unexpected discussion of relationships, with Yang Fan repeatedly caught off guard by his mother-in-law’s frankness.

Significant themes

• Trust and honesty: Lu Yanran accepts that Yang Fan may keep secrets, but insists he must not mislead Lu Wan about matters that affect her.
• Power and status: Her aura and her dismissal of Lu Wan’s father’s low status reveal how strongly power shapes the characters’ world.
• Unconventional relationships: The chapter challenges assumptions about marriage and gender roles through Lu Yanran’s many legal spouses and her proposal of a new cultivation partnership.
• Secrecy and family: Lu Wan’s ignorance of her parentage highlights how much important information is concealed within the family.

Plot points and events

• Lu Yanran explains that, among the great Lineages, marriage is chiefly a political and economic alliance. She describes her own marriages and how Lu Wan was conceived from a brief romance; Lu Wan does not know who her father is.
• Yang Fan asks why Lu Yanran is arranging another match for him after rejecting Han Chao. Lu Yanran says a High-Tier God from the Han Family has also approached her, signaling the family’s interest in Yang Fan.
• She warns that refusing the Han Family could harm Yang Fan’s prospects. Although the Federation appears open, the Five Great Families control key resources, information, powerful protection, and access to Secret Realms. Marriage is one of the most reliable ways to enter their network.
• Lu Yanran has selected a woman for Yang Fan, who is in the Frontline Safe Zone. He will need to meet her in person, and Lu Yanran jokes that he is not yet qualified for her; she adds that Han Qing ranks outside the top fifty.
• Back in the Real World, Yang Fan tells Lu Wan and Gu Le that Lu Yanran rejected Han Chao but arranged another blind date. Lu Wan reacts angrily and puts on her Virtual Helmet to confront her mother.
• Gu Le is curious rather than upset. She objects to Han Qing, whom she considers unsuitable, but is open to other matches if they meet her standards. Yang Fan jokes that he wishes she loved him more; Gu Le tells him to save the romantic act for Lu Wan.

Character developments and interactions

• Lu Yanran presents herself as a pragmatic strategist: she wants Yang Fan to understand that personal advancement depends on alliances as well as talent. She respects his right to keep secrets but urges him to accept the political realities.
• Yang Fan is surprised by the Han Family’s attention and uneasy about the blind date, yet he accepts Lu Yanran’s reasoning. He also deliberately uses the new match to redirect pressure toward her.
• Lu Wan is emotionally attached to Yang Fan and reacts protectively, immediately deciding to challenge her mother.
• Gu Le views the situation in transactional terms, openly describing Yang Fan as a valuable investment. Her attitude contrasts with Lu Wan’s more romantic, protective response.

Significant themes

• Marriage as strategy: In elite society, marriage is a tool for securing influence, resources, and protection, not merely a personal choice.
• Power and access: Talent alone cannot ensure success; advancement depends on connections and entry into entrenched networks of family interests.
• Different views of love and partnership: Lu Wan favors emotional loyalty, while Lu Yanran and Gu Le approach relationships pragmatically.
• Personal agency and hidden motives: Yang Fan’s private abilities and the reasons for the Han Family’s interest remain undisclosed, while the true stakes of the proposed match are still unclear.