Chapter Summaries

Qin Fen wished to learn the Thirty-Six Celestial Transformations and Seventy-Two Earthly Transformations, but the Heavenly Dao had already brought the Queen Mother into the Mortal Realm to fulfill his earlier wish. The Queen Mother mistook her arrival for an illusion, while Lan Yibing’s rescue attempt ended in confusion and an accidental dusting.

• Qin Fen asked to master the Thirty-Six Celestial Transformations and Seventy-Two Earthly Transformations, and the Heavenly Dao fumed over his careless wishes.
• The Heavenly Dao used Little Oil Lamp, the Moonlight Box, the Eastern Emperor Bell, and the Pangu Axe to bring the Queen Mother to the Mortal Realm.
• The Queen Mother believed her arrival was an illusion and watched Lan Yibing fall from a cliff without realizing he was in danger.
• Little Fatty caught Lan Yibing, who tried to poison him with mushroom powder while the Queen Mother discovered that her magical power was suppressed.
• The Queen Mother leaped down from the heights, and Little Oil Lamp blew Lan Yibing’s poison powder back onto him as he cried out that he had been poisoned.

Lan Yibing accidentally poisoned himself while escaping in Shennongjia, where the Queen Mother appeared and demanded to find Qin Fen. Meanwhile, Qin Fen received a Time magazine reporter whose awkward question prompted him to claim that something about him was especially long.

• Lan Yibing panicked over his swollen, numb mouth, while Little Fatty and the Queen Mother realized he was not in immediate danger.
• The Queen Mother asked where she was, learned she was in Shennongjia, and demanded to know whether Little Fatty knew Qin Fen.
• Lan Yibing insulted the Queen Mother, who grabbed him and asked whether he knew Qin Fen.
• Little Fatty told the Queen Mother that Qin Fen was his master, and she ordered him to take her to Qin Fen.
• Qin Fen sensed that someone was talking about him, then met a Time magazine reporter who asked what part of him was especially long.
• Qin Fen answered that it was especially long, interpreting the reporter's awkward Chinese as a suggestive question.

Chapter Summary: The Wedding Banquet Begins, and Chaos Ensues

Key Plot Points and Events

• A female reporter from Time magazine arrives to interview Qin Fen, hoping to cover the famous Chinese chef for the European edition.
• Qin Fen deliberately plays with her imperfect Chinese, leading to an embarrassing misunderstanding over the phrase “specialty.” The reporter repeatedly asks where Qin Fen is “especially long,” unintentionally creating an awkward double meaning.
• Rogers tries to prevent the exchange from escalating, but the reporter’s pride keeps her from admitting her mistake. Qin Fen ultimately leaves with Rogers when the wedding banquet begins.
• The royal wedding banquet is intentionally simple because Pope Benedict V is still recovering and cannot endure a lengthy ceremony. Guests first eat and socialize, followed by interviews, the couple’s reflections, and vows presided over by the Pope.
• Qin Fen is mildly disappointed by the lack of grandeur, though the Pope’s attendance still makes the event highly prestigious.
• Farrell and Qian Kun reveal their scheme against Qin Fen. They expect problems with his food to be amplified by the Time reporter’s coverage, ruining his reputation and elevating Qian Kun as the leading Chinese chef.
• Farrell carefully promotes Qian Kun’s dishes to the newlyweds and their acquaintances, ensuring that some guests have a positive dining experience while Qin Fen’s food is supposedly singled out if anything goes wrong.
• The guests begin sampling Qian Kun’s food. However, Golden Horn—an unusual ingredient or culinary influence associated with Qin Fen’s cooking—has prepared the dishes in a way that may produce unexpected effects.
• Meanwhile, Qin Fen is drawn into conversation with Female Hooligan and Benedict V. The reporter, intimidated by the Pope, turns her attention toward the newlyweds.
• Farrell, Hunter, and Chris reminisce about their university days while eating. Farrell and Hunter begin feeling the effects of the food, suggesting that the banquet’s chaos is already beginning.

Character Developments

• Qin Fen: Shows his mischievous, provocative side by intentionally embarrassing the reporter, but stops before completely humiliating her. His confidence and bluntness remain evident.
• Rogers: Acts as Qin Fen’s cautious assistant and moral restraint, recognizing how dangerous Qin Fen’s behavior could be in front of an international media outlet.
• The female reporter: Establishes herself as intelligent, ambitious, proud, and highly competitive. Her unwillingness to acknowledge her linguistic mistake turns a simple misunderstanding into an extended comic confrontation.
• Farrell: Demonstrates careful manipulation and hostility toward Qin Fen. He is not merely seeking revenge; he has designed a public-relations strategy to make Qin Fen’s supposed failure look even worse.
• Qian Kun: Is ambitious and eager to benefit from Qin Fen’s downfall. He hopes the incident will make him the most famous Chinese chef.
• Benedict V: Remains physically fragile but socially influential. The entire wedding arrangement has been simplified to protect his health, and his presence gives the ceremony exceptional prestige.
• Farrell’s old classmates, Hunter and Chris: Serve as seemingly innocent guests whose positive or negative reactions to the food may influence the banquet’s outcome.

Significant Themes

• Pride and embarrassment: The reporter’s refusal to admit her mistake highlights how pride can worsen an awkward situation.
• Public reputation and media influence: Farrell intends to use Time magazine to magnify any problem with Qin Fen’s cooking, showing how public perception can be manipulated.
• Rivalry and ambition: Farrell and Qian Kun’s alliance is driven by jealousy, fame, and the desire to surpass Qin Fen.
• Appearance versus reality: Farrell presents Qian Kun’s food as pure and natural while secretly relying on the banquet’s unusual circumstances to create a contrast with Qin Fen’s dishes.
• Comedy amid danger: The chapter balances comic misunderstandings with a genuine plot against Qin Fen, creating anticipation for the banquet’s inevitable disruption.
• Tradition versus practicality: The royal wedding sacrifices elaborate ceremony for Benedict V’s health, emphasizing that dignity and significance do not always require outward grandeur.

Character Interactions

• Qin Fen and the reporter: Their language-based exchange becomes a battle of wit and pride, with Qin Fen teasing her and the reporter desperately defending her competence.
• Qin Fen and Rogers: Rogers repeatedly tries to manage Qin Fen’s behavior and prevent an international scandal.
• Farrell and Qian Kun: They openly celebrate their plan to discredit Qin Fen and promote Qian Kun.
• Farrell and the newlyweds: Farrell uses his history with Hunter and Chris to gain their trust before directing them toward Qian Kun’s food.
• Qin Fen, Female Hooligan, and Benedict V: They engage in conversation away from the main dining activity, while the reporter avoids approaching the intimidating Pope.
• Farrell, Hunter, and Chris: Their friendly reunion and nostalgic discussion conceal the fact that Farrell is guiding them into the unfolding food-related crisis.

Chapter Summary: “The First Signs of a Conspiracy, Qin Fen Strikes Back”

Key Plot Points and Events

• At Hunter’s wedding, Farrell suddenly reveals that he spent the entire night drinking with Chris. His inappropriate confession shocks the bride, groom, guests, and reporters.
• The cause is Qin Fen’s hidden “MSG Truth Serum Golden Horn,” which was mixed into Qian Kun’s food. Everyone who ate the dishes—including Farrell, Hunter, the bride, and many guests—loses control over their speech and begins blurting out their true thoughts.
• Hunter presses Farrell for details, while other guests accidentally ask suggestive questions. Farrell tries to deny anything improper happened but instead says that he and Chris played “finger-guessing games,” making the situation even more suspicious.
• The truth serum affects the entire banquet. Guests expose secrets, insults, and lies, leading to marital arguments, slaps, punches, and general disorder.
• Prince Grant rushes to restore order and protect the wedding’s reputation. Benedict V and Xu Lang are forced to leave with security, preventing Xu Lang from attempting to steal Qin Fen’s Revelation.
• Farrell, realizing he can no longer control what he says, panics. Since he and Qian Kun originally came to frame Qin Fen, he decides to shift the blame by publicly claiming that something is wrong with the food.
• Qin Fen approaches calmly to investigate, since he is responsible for the banquet’s cooking. Farrell accuses him directly, hoping an examination of the food will ruin Qin Fen and possibly send him to prison.
• Qian Kun initially panics but then becomes confident, believing the accusation will expose Qin Fen’s supposed tampering. The chapter ends with Farrell and Qian Kun convinced that Qin Fen has been trapped.

Character Developments

• Farrell: Loses control under the truth serum and repeatedly reveals more than intended. His desperation forces him to abandon subtlety and openly accuse Qin Fen.
• Hunter: Initially focused on preserving the dignity of his wedding, but the serum magnifies his suspicions and compels him to question Farrell publicly.
• Qin Fen: Remains composed and proactive. Rather than evade the accusation, he steps forward to inspect the food, suggesting that he has anticipated the conspiracy and is prepared to counter it.
• Qian Kun: Becomes frightened when Farrell prematurely exposes the food-related plan, then regains confidence when the accusation appears to turn attention toward Qin Fen.
• Prince Grant: Acts as the responsible host, attempting to contain the chaos and protect the royal family’s reputation.
• Benedict V and Xu Lang: Are removed from the banquet by security. Xu Lang is frustrated because the disorder prevents him from stealing Qin Fen’s Revelation.
• The wedding guests: Their hidden thoughts and secrets emerge, destroying the banquet’s polite social atmosphere.

Significant Themes

• Truth versus deception: The serum forces people to reveal what they normally conceal, exposing the hypocrisy beneath their respectable appearances.
• Manipulation and conspiracy: Farrell and Qian Kun are attempting to frame Qin Fen, but their plan begins to unravel because of the truth serum.
• Loss of control: Characters’ inability to regulate their speech demonstrates how fragile social restraint and carefully maintained reputations can be.
• Public image and scandal: The royal wedding becomes a potential media disaster as private secrets become public.
• Calculated retaliation: Qin Fen’s use of the truth serum represents a carefully prepared counterattack against those plotting against him.

Character Interactions

• Hunter confronts Farrell about his night with Chris, while the surrounding guests and reporters eagerly await his answer.
• Farrell’s accidental revelations increase suspicion rather than resolving it.
• Guests turn on their spouses and acquaintances after involuntarily exposing secrets, resulting in insults and physical fights.
• Grant and security personnel intervene to control the banquet and escort Benedict V away.
• Farrell publicly challenges Qin Fen over the food, drawing reporters and spectators into the confrontation.
• Qin Fen responds calmly and directly, while Qian Kun watches from the side, believing the accusation will bring about Qin Fen’s downfall.

Farrell tried to blame Qin Fen’s food for making him feel unwell, but Qin Fen’s blunt questions and Farrell’s truth-serum-induced honesty turned the accusation against him. The chapter ended with the groom asking whether Farrell and Chris had done more than drink and play finger-guessing games that night.

• Farrell accused Qin Fen’s food of making him feel weak, while Qian Kun stayed silent because he had tampered with the dishes.
• Qin Fen suggested Farrell had kidney deficiency, and Farrell angrily claimed he drank heavily, stayed up late, and flirted with girls.
• Farrell’s admissions led the reporter and others to suspect his lifestyle caused his symptoms and to connect his claims to the night he spent drinking with Chris.
• The groom asked Farrell whether he and Chris had done anything besides drink and play finger-guessing games, leaving the bride distressed.

At Hunter's wedding banquet, truth serum drove Farrell into contradictory confessions about drinking and playing a strip game with Chris, prompting the groom and classmates to attack him. Farrell then blamed Qian Kun for tampering with the food, leaving the furious chef on the verge of retaliating.

• Farrell tried to explain that he had simply drunk too much and slept through the night, but Qin Fen exposed contradictions in his claims about drinking and flirting.
• Under pressure, Chris admitted that she and Farrell had drunk together and played a game in which the loser had to remove clothes, making the groom furious.
• The groom punched Farrell, and several classmates joined in to beat him while Grant let the fight continue.
• Farrell blamed the food for making him speak nonsense and accused Qian Kun of poisoning him.
• Qian Kun, who had also eaten the doctored food, grew livid and prepared to strike back.

Farrell and Qian Kun exposed their scheme to sabotage Qin Fen, prompting Prince Grant to end the wedding and order an investigation. Qin Fen found comfort with Female Hooligan, while the Queen Mother arrived in the Mortal Realm and set out to find him.

• Farrell and Qian Kun accused each other of planning to poison the food, revealing their plot to frame Qin Fen.
• Prince Grant ordered the guards to arrest Farrell and Qian Kun, arranged food inspections and guest checkups, and the wedding ended in chaos.
• Female Hooligan comforted Qin Fen, then took him to the kitchen so he could cook for her.
• The Queen Mother realized she had crossed into the Mortal Realm and demanded that Little Fatty lead her to Qin Fen.
• Lan Yibing offered the Queen Mother a ride and money, while Little Fatty recognized that he was courting danger.

Queen Mother set out with Little Fatty to find Dongwang Gong, leaving Lan Yibing stranded in the forest. After running at astonishing speed, she reached a highway but was still far from her destination.

• Qin Fen went to cook and eat with Female Hooligan while Queen Mother dismissed Lan Yibing's attempts to impress her.
• Queen Mother asked how long it would take to reach their destination on foot, then decided to leave with Little Fatty.
• Queen Mother raced away with Little Fatty, leaving Lan Yibing alone in Shennongjia after he had been poisoned and lost his money.
• Lan Yibing collapsed with vomiting and diarrhea, lamenting that his last pair of pants had been ruined.
• Queen Mother reached a national highway in minutes and told Little Fatty her running speed was only a third of her usual pace.

Chapter Summary

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Queen Mother takes Little Fatty/Little Oil Lamp from Shennongjia to Yiling using a golden hairpin, which creates a protective light barrier and allows her to run at extraordinary speed. She travels along highways and even across guardrails without being hindered by wind, traffic, or her high heels.
• Little Fatty is terrified and amazed by Queen Mother’s physical power, realizing that a high-ranking deity can remain nearly invincible even in the Mortal Realm, where spiritual energy is absent. Her abilities also make him think admiringly of his master, Qin Fen.
• Meanwhile, the fallout from the wedding incident intensifies. Qian Kun and Farrell are under police investigation and face prosecution. Farrell becomes the subject of widespread ridicule after his affair with a royal family member’s fiancée is exposed by the media.
• Farrell’s father, Old Farrell, reacts decisively by calling a board meeting to remove his son as CEO, hoping to protect the family business.
• Prince Grant, furious over the scandal and betrayal, orders his allies and affiliated companies to destroy Farrell’s clothing company throughout Europe.
• Qin Fen remains quietly at the manor while the investigations and political and business retaliation unfold.
• Queen Mother arrives at the Dragon-Pan Lake Residential Complex and asks the guards to let her see “Dongwang Gong.” The guards fail to understand her archaic language and assume she is confused.
• Sun Yujie arrives to deliver something to Qin Fen. When she learns that he is away in Europe, she claims to be his cousin so the guards will let her enter.
• Queen Mother recognizes Sun Yujie as Bai Xiaojie and, noticing their resemblance, claims to be Qin Fen’s “older cousin.” She introduces herself under the false name “Yao Chi.”
• Sun Yujie and Queen Mother realize they both want to find Qin Fen. Sun suggests traveling to Europe together, secretly intending to surprise him. Queen Mother accepts, planning to frighten Qin Fen for abandoning her in the Mortal Realm.
• Qin Fen suddenly senses that something disastrous is about to happen, unknowingly anticipating the arrival of both women.

2. Character Developments

• Queen Mother: Demonstrates immense speed, strength, confidence, and a commanding attitude, but struggles with modern technology, transportation, social customs, and geography. Despite her dignity and power, she shows a mischievous and vengeful side by inventing a family relationship and planning to surprise Qin Fen.
• Little Fatty/Little Oil Lamp: Becomes increasingly awed by Queen Mother’s power. His fear and admiration highlight the enormous gap between ordinary people and high-ranking deities.
• Qin Fen: Remains calm and restrained during the crisis, staying at home rather than seeking entertainment. His sudden sense of foreboding foreshadows the trouble Queen Mother and Sun Yujie are about to bring him.
• Sun Yujie/Bai Xiaojie: Reveals her playful, deceptive “little witch” personality by pretending to be Qin Fen’s cousin. She is curious about Queen Mother and quickly decides to accompany her to Europe.
• Farrell: Is reduced from a powerful businessman to a disgraced and helpless prisoner, with his career and reputation effectively destroyed.
• Old Farrell: Shows political and business pragmatism by sacrificing his son’s position to preserve the family’s interests.
• Prince Grant: Becomes openly vengeful, using royal influence and economic power to punish Farrell.

3. Significant Themes

• Power in an unfamiliar world: Queen Mother’s supernatural abilities remain overwhelming even without spiritual energy, contrasting divine power with modern society.
• Culture clash and comic misunderstanding: Queen Mother’s ancient manner of speaking clashes with modern guards, cars, highways, and social conventions.
• Consequences of betrayal and scandal: Farrell’s affair triggers legal, social, political, and corporate retaliation, demonstrating how quickly personal misconduct can damage an entire family and business.
• Deception and playful rivalry: Both Queen Mother and Sun Yujie invent false identities and family connections, creating a humorous contest of manipulation.
• Foreboding and unintended trouble: Qin Fen’s ominous feeling signals that the consequences of bringing Queen Mother into the modern world are only beginning.

4. Character Interactions

• Queen Mother and Little Fatty interact as an uneasy guide-and-passenger pair; she treats him as a servant or guide, while he is frightened by her speed and behavior.
• Old Farrell and Farrell are connected through a painful power struggle, with the father abandoning his son politically to save the company.
• Prince Grant’s fury toward Farrell transforms the scandal into a broader campaign of economic revenge.
• The guards misunderstand Queen Mother’s request and contrast her divine authority with ordinary modern bureaucracy.
• Sun Yujie and Queen Mother immediately recognize their physical resemblance and independently lie about being Qin Fen’s relatives. Their exchange becomes a humorous, competitive alliance.
• Both women turn their shared desire to find Qin Fen into a plan to travel to Europe together, setting up a likely confrontation with him.

Chapter Summary: “Return to Chaos, the Chef Teaches Pangu”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Sun Yujie tests the Queen Mother by calling her “cousin,” but both women realize the other is pretending. The Queen Mother understands that Qin Fen’s actual relatives could not be ordinary mortals, while Sun Yujie suspects the mysterious Yao Chi may come from an unusual background.
• Sun Yujie offers to let the Queen Mother stay with her and promises to arrange travel documents so she can go to Europe, where Qin Fen may be located. The Queen Mother accepts, though she misunderstands modern terms such as “visa” and “travel documents,” revealing her unfamiliarity with the modern world.
• Little Fatty intervenes, claiming that he has keys to Qin Fen’s home and that the Queen Mother should stay there instead. He is secretly terrified of angering or exposing such a powerful deity.
• The Queen Mother recognizes that Little Fatty follows a faith- and Fortune-based cultivation path, making him especially useful in the mortal world compared with traditional immortals. She agrees to stay at Qin Fen’s home.
• In Switzerland, Qin Fen senses that something ominous is about to happen. Meanwhile, Shorty, Little Bean, Myna, and Nian create chaos in the room through comic squabbling and mischief.
• Qin Fen investigates “Genesis” on the Genesis network because Pangu’s task of creating Heaven remains unresolved. He realizes that without the separation of Heaven and Chaos, major future events—including the world of Journey to the West—may never occur.
• Nian’s valuable scroll, which contains immense Fortune, is revealed to resemble both “Revelation” and “Genesis.” Qin Fen compares the scroll with the online material and becomes increasingly confused.
• He suddenly realizes that Pangu’s creation of Heaven may still be possible, apparently because the scroll’s identity or contents have been misunderstood. The chapter ends with Qin Fen enthusiastically recognizing that Pangu can be “saved.”

Character Developments

• Queen Mother/Yao Chi: Demonstrates her intelligence and adaptability. Although immensely powerful, she recognizes her lack of knowledge about modern society and decides to speak less and observe more to preserve her dignity. She also quickly identifies Little Fatty’s usefulness.
• Sun Yujie: Acts cautiously and resourcefully, attempting to help the apparent relative of Qin Fen while probing her true identity. Her efforts to arrange travel show practical concern, even though she does not understand the Queen Mother’s strange responses.
• Little Fatty: Shows fear and caution because he suspects Yao Chi’s true divine status. He takes responsibility for preventing trouble by arranging her stay at Qin Fen’s home and preparing to help with practical matters.
• Qin Fen: Becomes increasingly concerned about the cosmic consequences of Pangu’s failure to create Heaven. His investigation leads to a breakthrough involving the mysterious scroll and the relationship between Genesis and Revelation.
• Myna, Little Bean, Shorty, and Nian: Provide comic relief through constant bickering and disorder. Nian’s attachment to its Fortune-filled scroll also establishes the item’s importance to the larger plot.

Significant Themes

• Conflict between ancient divinity and modern society: The Queen Mother’s confusion over visas, travel documents, toilets, and modern language highlights the difficulty of adapting to the mortal world.
• Maintaining dignity amid deception: Both Sun Yujie and the Queen Mother conceal their true understanding and intentions, creating a tense but humorous battle of wits.
• Cosmic order and causality: Qin Fen realizes that Pangu’s creation of Heaven is essential to the unfolding of history and mythology. A failure at the beginning of creation could erase or alter entire future worlds.
• Knowledge and misinterpretation: The confusion between Genesis and Revelation suggests that divine history has been distorted, misplaced, or deliberately tampered with.
• Chaos versus order: The unruly behavior of Qin Fen’s companions contrasts with the enormous task of separating Heaven from Chaos, linking everyday comedy to the chapter’s cosmic stakes.

Character Interactions

• Sun Yujie and the Queen Mother engage in a subtle verbal duel, each pretending to accept the other’s claims while testing her knowledge.
• Little Fatty interrupts their exchange to redirect the Queen Mother to Qin Fen’s residence, protecting everyone from a potentially dangerous misunderstanding.
• Qin Fen repeatedly argues with Myna and the other creatures, especially over rewards, hygiene, and Nian’s treasured scroll.
• Little Bean torments Nian by biting its tail, prompting Qin Fen to intervene and accidentally intensifying Nian’s distress.
• Qin Fen’s discovery concerning the Genesis scroll changes the mood from comic confusion to hopeful anticipation, suggesting that Pangu’s role in creating Heaven may finally proceed.

Summary

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Qin Fen celebrates after finding Pangu a “career” that could give him a second chance, joking that this will keep Baby from dying.
• He leaves his room, prompting Meow-Meow, Little Bean, and Nian to assume he has gone to deceive or “harm” someone again. They humorously recognize his talent for manipulating even powerful figures.
• Qin Fen travels to Chaos and confirms that the Heavenly Dao has restricted his movement and access to further benefits until the Creation of Heaven is completed.
• He finds Pangu still trapped in the lightless Chaos. Pangu eagerly assumes Qin Fen has returned with instructions for creating heaven.
• Qin Fen admits that he cannot create heaven himself. Although Genesis, the River Chart, Luo Writing, and the Magic Brush can produce ordinary objects, they cannot generate spiritual energy or living beings.
• Qin Fen offers Pangu a vague explanation based on a creation myth: Chaos is like an enormous egg, and creating heaven means breaking its shell to reveal or construct a new world.
• Pangu accepts Qin Fen’s explanation without suspicion and becomes intensely grateful, believing Qin Fen to be the guide who will finally help him fulfill his mission.
• Qin Fen warns Pangu that he may die after creating heaven. Pangu already senses this fate but willingly accepts it, valuing even a brief glimpse of light and life.
• Moved by Pangu’s determination, Qin Fen finally agrees to begin teaching him. The Heavenly Dao, watching impatiently, is simultaneously relieved, emotional, and furious at Qin Fen’s constant digressions.

2. Character Developments

• Qin Fen: Displays his usual scheming and improvisational nature, but also genuine responsibility and compassion. Although his “lesson” is based on limited knowledge and a childhood myth, he sincerely wants to repay Pangu for losing his axe and help him achieve his purpose. He begins to respect Pangu’s willingness to sacrifice himself.
• Pangu: Remains simple, trusting, and isolated due to his long confinement in Chaos. His excitement at receiving guidance reveals how desperately he longs for change. He develops a heroic acceptance of death, willing to sacrifice himself so that life, beauty, and light can exist.
• The Heavenly Dao: Becomes increasingly anxious as Qin Fen delays the crucial task with jokes and philosophical nonsense. Despite its frustration, it shares in the emotional weight of Pangu’s impending sacrifice.
• Meow-Meow, Little Bean, and Nian: Function as humorous observers who understand Qin Fen’s reputation for trickery. Their reactions reinforce the idea that Qin Fen routinely manipulates powerful beings while treating the situation as entertainment.

3. Significant Themes

• Sacrifice and purpose: Pangu accepts death because creating a beautiful, living world gives his existence meaning.
• Hope in darkness: Even in the absolute emptiness of Chaos, Qin Fen’s arrival gives Pangu hope and a reason to continue.
• Fate versus individual choice: Pangu believes death is inevitable, yet chooses to embrace it for a greater purpose.
• Knowledge and improvisation: Qin Fen lacks true expertise but uses fragments of myth, intuition, and confidence to guide Pangu.
• Comedy alongside tragedy: The chapter contrasts absurd humor—Qin Fen’s schemes, the pets’ commentary, and the Heavenly Dao’s exasperation—with the solemn idea of Pangu’s destined death.
• The burden of creation: Creating a world is presented not merely as a technical act but as a profound responsibility requiring sacrifice and faith.

4. Character Interactions

• Qin Fen’s pets mock and anticipate his latest scheme, showing their familiarity with his behavior.
• Qin Fen and Pangu share an awkward but increasingly sincere exchange: Pangu treats Qin Fen as a savior, while Qin Fen feels guilty for misleading him and wishes to make amends.
• Qin Fen’s warning about Pangu’s death shifts their interaction from comic deception to mutual respect.
• The Heavenly Dao silently reacts to their conversation, desperately urging Qin Fen to focus while emotionally responding to Pangu’s noble resolve.

Qin Fen taught Pangu about creation by reading from Genesis, unaware that his words had become law and activated the Pangu Axe. The Heaven-Opening Strike split the chaos, beginning Qin Fen’s creation of heaven and earth.

• Pangu firmly asked Qin Fen to teach him how to create heaven and earth, while the Heavenly Dao watched anxiously.
• Qin Fen read the creation account from Genesis as Pangu listened, and purple mist and boundless Fortune flowed into the chaos.
• When Qin Fen spoke the words that God created light, Genesis responded and the divine artifacts began working together around the Pangu Axe.
• Qin Fen continued reading about separating day and night and making plants grow, while the Pangu Axe gathered Fortune and power.
• The Pangu Axe unleashed its Heaven-Opening Strike, cleaving through the chaos as Qin Fen, Pangu, and the Heavenly Dao realized creation had begun.

Chapter Summary: “A Face Full of Utter Bewilderment”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Qin Fen’s phone case, which inherited the Pangu Axe’s ability to sever laws, unexpectedly activates during his discussion with Pangu.
• The phone case begins cutting through Chaos, initiating the Creation of Heaven process without Qin Fen’s deliberate intention.
• Qin Fen and Pangu are both horrified and confused. Qin Fen cannot stop the process, while Pangu wonders whether his own destined role has been stolen.
• Creation proceeds rapidly and successfully. Heaven rises, earth sinks, and the natural world—including vegetation, thunder, and violet qi—begins to form.
• Qin Fen’s numerous magical artifacts, enormous energy reserves, Genesis, and support from the Heavenly Dao make him far better equipped for Creation of Heaven than Pangu ever was.
• The Heavenly Dao realizes that Qin Fen’s creation will succeed and begins arranging the Seven Archangels and other cosmic forces into a formation representing the days of creation and the structure of a solar system.
• Qin Fen’s allotted time expires, returning him to his room before he can understand the consequences. Believing that creating heaven will kill him, he panics.
• When Qin Fen tells Meow-Meow, Little Bean, and Shorty that he “accidentally created heaven,” they are left completely speechless—especially over what this means for Pangu.

Character Developments

• Qin Fen: Becomes an accidental creator of heaven. Despite possessing overwhelming resources, he remains terrified and bewildered, convinced that he may suffer Pangu’s fate and die after the creation.
• Pangu: Shifts from admiration and cooperation to shock, frustration, and near resentment. He realizes Qin Fen may have fulfilled the mission that was supposed to define Pangu’s existence.
• The Heavenly Dao: Initially amused and confident, it becomes relieved once it recognizes that Qin Fen’s resources and unusual circumstances ensure the process will succeed.
• Meow-Meow, Little Bean, and Shorty: React with disbelief and astonishment, highlighting how absurd Qin Fen’s accidental achievement is.
• Lucifer and the Seven Archangels: Are incorporated into the cosmic formation, taking on symbolic roles connected to creation and the celestial order.

Significant Themes

• Fate versus accident: Pangu’s destined act of Creation of Heaven is performed by Qin Fen unintentionally, challenging the idea that cosmic roles are fixed.
• Absurdity and unintended consequences: Qin Fen’s casual use of his phone becomes a universe-changing event.
• Preparation versus raw sacrifice: Unlike Pangu, who must rely on his own strength and ultimately risk death, Qin Fen succeeds through superior artifacts, energy, allies, and logistical support.
• Cosmic order and technological advantage: Qin Fen is compared to a heavily equipped fighter, while Pangu is essentially working alone. The chapter humorously frames divine creation as a matter of equipment and resources.
• Fear of consequences: Qin Fen’s success brings no joy because he expects death, emphasizing the gap between accomplishing a miraculous feat and understanding its aftermath.

Important Character Interactions

• Qin Fen and Pangu: Their discussion turns into mutual confusion when Qin Fen’s phone case begins Creation of Heaven. Pangu is torn between awe, frustration, and concern that his purpose has been made irrelevant.
• Qin Fen and the Heavenly Dao: The Heavenly Dao silently supports and stabilizes Qin Fen’s creation, while Qin Fen remains unaware of the larger reasons he is being protected.
• Qin Fen and his companions: After returning to his room, Qin Fen confesses what happened. Meow-Meow comforts or questions him, while Little Bean and Shorty react with stunned disbelief, particularly concerning Pangu’s displaced role.

Qin Fen’s half-finished creation of heaven left Pangu to complete the world’s transformation, just as the Heavenly Dao had planned. But Qin Fen’s suggestion that Pangu could guide living beings restored Pangu’s resolve, and Pangu became Hongjun, leaving the Heavenly Dao dumbfounded.

• Qin Fen realized the Moonlight Box’s time limit had interrupted his work halfway through, but he was unharmed because he had not completed the creation of heaven.
• The Heavenly Dao watched Pangu lose his resolve, collapse, and begin transforming into mountains, rivers, and living creatures.
• Qin Fen guessed that Pangu might survive and teach living beings, prompting Pangu to regain his purpose.
• Pangu transformed into a streak of light, declared himself Hongjun, and vowed to teach all living beings.
• The Heavenly Dao was stunned that Pangu had survived and become Hongjun.

Heavenly Dao remembered that he had once been Pangu and realized Qin Fen’s meddling had kept Pangu alive, made him Hongjun, and left Heavenly Dao incomplete. The chapter ended with Qin Fen insisting destiny still had a heavenly number, causing the Heavenly Dao Mainframe to overheat and explode.

• Heavenly Dao recognized Pangu as Hongjun and recalled that Qin Fen’s intervention had prevented Pangu from dying during the creation of heaven.
• Heavenly Dao remembered that he was Pangu, whose karma with Qin Fen had persisted through Hongjun’s Dao Integration and the Immortal-Mortal Separation.
• Heavenly Dao realized Qin Fen’s changes had left the heavenly number incomplete and made the Immortal-Mortal Separation necessary to reach Qin Fen and the One That Escaped.
• Heavenly Dao concluded that the events formed a spacetime cycle in which his own plans had repeatedly caused his misfortune, and he learned he still had to reward Qin Fen.
• Qin Fen told Little Bean and the others that destiny meant there had to be a heavenly number, and the Heavenly Dao Mainframe overheated and exploded.

After Pangu’s Dao Integration made the Heavenly Dao indebted to Qin Fen, Qin Fen negotiated with it for a reward for his role in the Creation of Heaven. The Heavenly Dao offered him the One Hundred and Eight Cosmic Transformations, leaving Qin Fen confused about what wish it had already fulfilled.

• Qin Fen realized that Pangu had survived and become the Heavenly Dao’s consciousness, leaving the Heavenly Dao owing him a karmic debt.
• The Heavenly Dao privately asked Qin Fen what reward he wanted for contributing to the Creation of Heaven.
• Qin Fen probed the Heavenly Dao’s replies and concluded that Pangu would receive no separate reward because he was destined for Dao Integration.
• Qin Fen requested several innate magical treasures, but the Heavenly Dao refused and reminded him that he had not completed the Creation of Heaven.
• The Heavenly Dao offered Qin Fen the One Hundred and Eight Cosmic Transformations, which he recognized as more useful to him than treasures in the Mortal Realm.
• Qin Fen asked why the Heavenly Dao had called the transformations his last wish, and it insisted that his last wish had already been fulfilled.

Chapter Summary: “The Queen Mother Draws Near, Qin Fen Learns Transformations”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Qin Fen wonders whether one of his earlier joking wishes has come true when he senses an ominous presence connected to the moon.
• The Queen Mother successfully descends into the Mortal Realm through a loophole in the Heavenly Dao, apparently created by Dongwang Gong. She appears in Qin Fen’s villa with Little Fatty.
• The Queen Mother is astonished by the Mortal Realm but criticizes Qin Fen’s luxurious home as crude, claiming it should be built from materials such as Millennium Cold Iron or Icy Cold Jade.
• She orders Little Fatty to deliver an important “certificate” to Qin Fen and casually goes upstairs to bathe, leaving Little Fatty resentful about being treated as a servant.
• Qin Fen confronts the Heavenly Dao about his reward for helping with Creation of Heaven. He demands the Hundred-and-Eight Transformations, arguing that he contributed heavily to the process.
• The Heavenly Dao insists that Qin Fen must download the transformation techniques, implying that the download would cost a huge amount of Merit.
• Angered by this condition, Qin Fen threatens to use the complaint function on the Heavenly Court Official Account. He argues that even the Heavenly Dao remains subject to the higher Great Dao and cannot ignore the rules of destiny.
• Qin Fen files the complaint, confident that the Heavenly Dao will eventually be forced to compensate him.
• His WeChat system then offers a version upgrade for 100,000 Merit. Version 6.0 introduces:
  • Moonlight Box Time Rewind, which can erase a recipient’s memory of messages withdrawn within five minutes.
  • New subscription-account features, including original content, comments, voice replies, automatic replies, broadcasts, and image-and-text posts.
• The Heavenly Court Official Account responds to Qin Fen’s complaint by sending him the Thirty-Six Celestial Transformations and Seventy-Two Earthly Transformations, together forming the Cosmic Cycle Transformations.
• Qin Fen realizes that the Heavenly Dao effectively paid the data cost for him through the official account’s rules. The Heavenly Dao is furious but cannot violate the system’s impartial procedures.

Character Developments

• Qin Fen displays his usual combination of greed, cleverness, shameless bargaining, and strategic restraint. Although he knows he cannot openly antagonize the Heavenly Dao too far, he uses the complaint system to force a favorable outcome.
• He also demonstrates a deeper understanding of the cosmic hierarchy, recognizing that the Heavenly Dao is not absolute and remains subordinate to the Great Dao.
• The Heavenly Dao becomes increasingly irritated by Qin Fen’s manipulation. He tries to hide behind bureaucratic procedures but is ultimately forced to obey the system’s rules, suffering another humiliating defeat.
• The Queen Mother is established as powerful, outspoken, and unfamiliar with Mortal Realm life. Her extravagant standards contrast humorously with the ordinary human environment.
• Little Fatty remains a comic servant figure. He is impressed by the villa but feels pitifully resigned when the Queen Mother treats him like an assistant.

Significant Themes

• Defiance against authority: Qin Fen refuses to accept unfair treatment simply because the opposing party is the Heavenly Dao.
• Rules and loopholes: The chapter emphasizes that even supreme beings are constrained by systems, procedures, destiny, and the higher Great Dao.
• Technology transforming cultivation: WeChat functions—upgrades, official accounts, complaints, and message deletion—become tools capable of affecting divine beings and cosmic laws.
• Humor through power imbalance: Immortal figures possess overwhelming strength, yet Qin Fen repeatedly outmaneuvers them through ordinary modern methods and clever reasoning.
• Rewards and fairness: Qin Fen insists that a reward must be genuinely obtainable, not something offered only after imposing unreasonable costs.

Character Interactions

• The Queen Mother and Little Fatty contrast divine extravagance with Mortal Realm practicality as they discuss Qin Fen’s home.
• Qin Fen and the Heavenly Dao engage in a sarcastic negotiation, with Qin Fen demanding the transformations and the Heavenly Dao hiding behind official procedures.
• Qin Fen weaponizes the complaint system against the Heavenly Dao, turning a bureaucratic mechanism into a threat.
• The Heavenly Court Official Account ultimately sides with the rules and delivers the transformations, humiliating the Heavenly Dao and confirming Qin Fen’s belief that even the highest authorities must follow established laws.

Chapter Summary: Queen Mother Arrives in Europe, Yan Bing Appears

Key Plot Points and Events

• Heavenly Dao receives a complaint from Qin Fen, who accuses him of withholding or mishandling a reward. Because the complaint comes through WeChat—an authority comparable to Heavenly Dao’s own position—Heavenly Dao is forced to process it.
• The Celestial Realm is compared to a corporation: Heavenly Dao serves as chairman, while the Great Dao is the largest shareholder and ultimate authority. Qin Fen’s growing WeChat privileges give him enough influence to convene a board meeting, preventing Heavenly Dao from acting unfairly.
• Fearing punishment, demotion, or even replacement by the Great Dao, Heavenly Dao reluctantly sends Qin Fen the benefits he was owed. Qin Fen responds with a sarcastically polite reminder to follow proper procedures, infuriating Heavenly Dao and causing him to shut down in frustration.
• Qin Fen is pleased with his success and realizes that Heavenly Dao’s greatest weakness is his obligation to uphold fairness and judgment. He looks forward to using the reward to improve his abilities, though he has no idea how to learn it yet.
• The next morning, Queen Mother, Little Fatty, and Sun Yujie fly from China to Switzerland. Little Fatty creates false identities and secures Queen Mother’s registration through his ability to manipulate network signals.
• During the flight, Queen Mother reflects on mortal ingenuity. Seeing airplanes convinces her that humans, although physically weak, possess remarkable intelligence and creativity. She connects Qin Fen’s inventions, such as Doraemon, and his school project to a larger plan.
• Queen Mother meets Yan Bing, who notices the Golden Hairpin in her hair. He begins a conversation by mentioning the trouble at Prince Grant’s wedding banquet.
• Queen Mother realizes that Qin Fen is likely connected to the banquet and pretends to be interested in attending a royal wedding. Yan Bing invites her to go with him, unknowingly offering her a direct route to Qin Fen.
• Yan Bing’s real purpose in Europe is to investigate Revelation and recover a treasure after one of his subordinates was sent to Africa to work in a mine.
• Meanwhile, Sun Yating leaves for Paris, while Sun Yujie changes her travel plans after learning Qin Fen is in Switzerland. The sisters narrowly miss one another.
• Upon landing, Yan Bing and the others are collected by Grant’s butler and driven toward a countryside estate. The butler mistakenly assumes Queen Mother is someone Yan Bing is romantically pursuing.

Character Developments

• Heavenly Dao: Despite his supreme status, he is shown to be constrained by cosmic laws and vulnerable to performance evaluation by the Great Dao. His humiliation reveals that rules and fairness limit his power.
• Qin Fen: Demonstrates increasing confidence and cunning. He exploits Heavenly Dao’s procedural weaknesses through WeChat and learns that even the highest authority can be challenged when it violates its own principles.
• Queen Mother: Begins adapting to the mortal world. She develops a deeper appreciation for human creativity and recognizes that Qin Fen’s actions are part of a larger strategy. She also becomes proactive, using Yan Bing to help locate Qin Fen.
• Yan Bing: Appears sociable and calculating. Though he uses casual conversation to approach Queen Mother, his true motive is recovering Revelation and its treasure.
• Little Fatty: Displays impressive technical and supernatural ability by fabricating identities and arranging Queen Mother’s legal entry into Europe.
• Sun Yujie and Sun Yating: Their separate plans bring them close to a reunion, but their changed itineraries cause them to miss each other.

Significant Themes

• Power constrained by law: Even Heavenly Dao must obey higher principles, emphasizing that authority is legitimate only when it follows rules.
• Bureaucracy and cosmic politics: The Celestial Realm’s corporate structure satirizes systems of governance, shareholder power, performance reviews, and institutional accountability.
• Human ingenuity: Queen Mother’s fascination with airplanes highlights the theme that mortals compensate for physical weakness through intelligence and invention.
• Cunning versus authority: Qin Fen’s success comes not from overpowering Heavenly Dao, but from understanding and exploiting the rules governing him.
• Misunderstanding and hidden motives: Yan Bing believes Queen Mother may be interested in him, while she is using him to reach Qin Fen. His interest is actually focused on her Golden Hairpin, creating comic dramatic irony.

Character Interactions

• Qin Fen and Heavenly Dao engage in a humorous power struggle, with Qin Fen filing a complaint and Heavenly Dao being forced to comply.
• Queen Mother and Yan Bing meet on the plane, where his attempt at conversation leads her to discover a convenient path to Qin Fen.
• Queen Mother travels with Little Fatty and Sun Yujie, whose support helps her enter Europe unnoticed.
• Yan Bing chats with Little Fatty and Sun Yujie after Queen Mother closes herself off, while remaining fascinated by her hairpin.
• Grant’s butler misinterprets the relationship between Yan Bing and Queen Mother, assuming Yan Bing is courting her.

At Grant’s party, Yan Bing let Grant believe that the Queen Mother was his romantic partner while Qin Fen and Fatty Fu kept to themselves. The Queen Mother spotted Qin Fen and confronted him, exposing Yan Bing’s boast and leaving him mortified.

• Grant welcomed Yan Bing and his companions, and Yan Bing introduced the Queen Mother as Yao Chi, Sun Yujie as Bai Xiaojie, and Little Fatty as Qin Fei.
• Grant mistook Yan Bing’s attentiveness to Yao Chi for romantic interest and praised him as a fortunate man.
• Yan Bing played along with Grant’s misunderstanding and boasted about a possible wedding, while Grant congratulated him.
• Yao Chi spotted Qin Fen, rushed over, and scolded him for making her come all the way to find him.
• Qin Fen spat wine onto Fatty Fu, Grant sprayed wine onto his butler, and Yan Bing realized Yao Chi’s confrontation had wrecked his bragging and embarrassed him.

Chapter Summary

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Qin Fen is stunned when he discovers that the beautiful woman beside him, “Ms. Yao Chi,” is actually Queen Mother, an Innate Divine Being. He realizes that Heavenly Dao fulfilled his casual wish by sending her down to the mortal world for two weeks.
• Queen Mother’s arrival creates immediate chaos at the gathering. Her extraordinary beauty and closeness to Qin Fen make it appear that she is romantically involved with him.
• Fatty Fu is shocked and envious, while Yan Bing becomes deeply embarrassed. Earlier, Yan Bing had allowed Grant and others to believe that he had some connection with Queen Mother, only for her to appear far more comfortable with Qin Fen.
• Grant tries to rescue Yan Bing’s reputation by claiming that Queen Mother and Qin Fen are merely acquaintances. Yan Bing quickly supports this explanation, pretending that he and Qin Fen also know each other.
• The guests accept the explanation, and both Grant and Yan Bing briefly feel relieved. Grant further advises Yan Bing to remain magnanimous and focus on business rather than personal jealousy.
• Grant then calls Qin Fen over and introduces Yan Bing as an “old friend.” Qin Fen, who barely recognizes Yan Bing, politely asks what he should call him. This instantly exposes the contradiction and plunges the gathering back into awkward silence.
• Yan Bing realizes that Grant’s attempt to cover up the situation has trapped him even more thoroughly, while Grant is horrified that Qin Fen has unintentionally dragged him into the embarrassment.

2. Character Developments

• Qin Fen: Becomes flustered and mentally overwhelmed by Queen Mother’s identity and imposing presence. His accidental social impact is emphasized: without intending to, he repeatedly causes trouble for others.
• Queen Mother: Appears confident, amused, and entirely comfortable beside Qin Fen. Her presence highlights her supernatural status and overwhelming beauty.
• Yan Bing: Shifts from smug confidence to humiliation and desperation. Concerned with preserving his dignity, he repeatedly improvises explanations and lies, only to become more deeply entangled.
• Grant: Reveals himself as well-intentioned but clumsy. His attempts to protect Yan Bing’s reputation create additional misunderstandings and ultimately backfire.
• Fatty Fu: Reacts with envy and disbelief, wondering why Qin Fen attracts beautiful women despite Fu’s own wealth and advantages.
• Heavenly Dao: Is humorously portrayed as regretting the unintended consequences of granting Qin Fen’s wish.

3. Significant Themes

• Pride and social reputation: Yan Bing’s suffering comes primarily from the fear of public humiliation and the pressure to maintain his image.
• The danger of lies and cover-ups: Once Yan Bing and Grant begin explaining away the awkward situation, each statement requires another explanation, creating a “chain pitfall.”
• Unintended consequences: Qin Fen’s casual wish leads to Queen Mother’s arrival, demonstrating how seemingly harmless actions can produce overwhelming results.
• Social appearances versus reality: The guests judge the situation through glances, rumors, and assumptions, while the truth remains far more complicated.
• Humor through dramatic irony: The audience understands that Yan Bing is pretending to know Qin Fen, while Qin Fen’s genuine confusion exposes the lie.

4. Character Interactions

• Qin Fen and Queen Mother share an awkward but significant reunion, with Qin Fen overwhelmed by her identity and presence while she watches his reaction with amusement.
• Grant and Yan Bing cooperate to preserve Yan Bing’s dignity, presenting Queen Mother and Qin Fen as acquaintances and minimizing any romantic implication.
• The surrounding guests interpret Queen Mother’s behavior toward Qin Fen as evidence of intimacy, intensifying Yan Bing’s embarrassment.
• Grant attempts to counsel Yan Bing on being broad-minded, but his later introduction of Yan Bing as Qin Fen’s “old friend” directly contradicts Qin Fen’s behavior.
• Qin Fen’s polite question—asking Yan Bing what he should call him—undermines the entire cover story and leaves Yan Bing and Grant trapped in an even more humiliating situation.