Recaps

Tang Shiba confronted Qiao Yu in the Dragon God’s village, resisting her snakes and insects and uncovering that she had poisoned the villagers. The chapter ended with Tang Shiba revealing that she recognized Qiao Yu as Chen Huahua and had beaten her before.

• Tang Shiba refused to kneel to the villagers and waited as Qiao Yu brewed tea, while the system searched for Qiao Yu’s dirt.
• Qiao Yu accused Tang Shiba of impersonating her and summoned snakes, but Tang Shiba drove them away with realgar wine.
• Qiao Yu released bugs, and Tang Shiba burned them with rubbing alcohol and a lighter.
• Qiao Yu offered Tang Shiba poisoned tea and tried to recruit her, but Tang Shiba exposed the poison and demanded five million a day.
• Tang Shiba called Qiao Yu Chen Huahua and reminded her of the time she had slapped her after Chen Huahua tried to scare her with a snake.

Tang Shiba recognized Chen Huahua as an old entertainment-industry rival posing as Qiao Family Village’s Dragon God and tried to force her to reveal her purpose. Chen Huahua ended the village standoff by releasing medicine for the poisoned villagers and having Tang Shiba’s group driven out, while Tang Shiba suspected she wanted a private conversation.

• Chen Huahua recognized Tang Shiba, exposed her own identity, and ordered the woman guarding the room to leave so they could talk privately.
• Tang Shiba confronted Chen Huahua over deceiving the villagers and demanded five million a day for her silence; Chen Huahua fainted, and Tang Shiba pretended to faint on top of her.
• Si Wuyu carried Tang Shiba in his arms as Tang Lin and the production crew clashed with the villagers over who had knocked out the Dragon God.
• Chen Huahua woke and told the villagers to let Tang Shiba’s group go, then provided medicine for the poisoned villagers.
• Chen Huahua had Tang Shiba’s group driven out, and Tang Shiba suspected Chen Huahua wanted to speak with her privately.

Tang Shiba questioned Chen Huahua about the face swap that had forced her to flee to Qiao Family Village and become its Dragon God. Chen Huahua revealed that someone powerful had arranged the swap and tracked her online, while Tang Shiba suspected that person had a system of their own.

• Tang Shiba returned to question Chen Huahua, and Si Wuyu joined her while Chang Hua restrained Chen Huahua inside her home.
• Tang Shiba showed Chen Huahua photos of Qiao Yu and demanded to know why they had swapped faces.
• Chen Huahua said she had been coerced into swapping faces with Qiao Yu after scandals, threats to her parents, and pressure from her agency.
• Chen Huahua explained that she had fled to Qiao Family Village after someone tried to kill her, then used her snake-handling skills to become the Dragon God and hinder the village's development.
• Tang Shiba had Chen Huahua log into Langyin, where a new account immediately sent a warning addressed to Qiao Yu.
• Tang Shiba suspected the person behind the message had a system like hers, and her system claimed confidence that it could handle the rival.

Tang Shiba livestreamed Chen Huahua’s confession that she and Qiao Yu had switched faces, exposing the fraud and prompting the village chief to call the police. After Tang Shiba ended the stream and freed Chen Huahua, she walked back with Si Wuyu, whose closeness flustered her.

• Tang Shiba secretly started a livestream while Chen Huahua confessed that she had willingly switched faces with Qiao Yu in exchange for debt relief and a comfortable life in Qiao Family Village.
• Anti-Fans spread Chen Huahua’s confession online, sending her name trending and drawing the production crew and village chiefs to Tang Shiba’s livestream.
• The village chief called the police after learning the village’s Dragon God was an impostor, while Chen Huahua begged Tang Shiba not to expose her further.
• Tang Shiba ended the livestream, untied Chen Huahua, and left with Si Wuyu, who had Chang Hua keep watch outside her house.
• Tang Shiba turned around when Si Wuyu did not answer her and found herself standing very close to him, then fled when he looked at her.

Tang Shiba helped expose Chen Huahua as a fake Dragon God, but the villagers quickly embraced Tang Shiba as their new protector. After the village chief asked for her help, she negotiated terms to ensure filming could continue smoothly.

• Fang Cheng told Tang Shiba that Chen Huahua and Qiao Yu had been exposed, while villagers gathered eggs and mud to punish Chen Huahua.
• Chen Huahua tried to flee with her valuables, but the villagers caught her and accused her of deceiving them as the Dragon God.
• Chen Huahua claimed Tang Shiba was a fake too, but the villagers defended Tang Shiba because she had helped them, and the police took Chen Huahua away.
• The villagers knelt before Tang Shiba and asked her to remain their Dragon God, and she told them to keep their faith without kneeling to her.
• The village chief admitted he had known Tang Shiba was pretending and asked her to help Qiao Family Village; Tang Shiba negotiated terms so the episode could be filmed smoothly.

Tang Shiba and Director Wang arranged to film Qiao Family Village’s harmful customs openly, and the production team began its livestream. After Tang Shiba stayed at the Village Chief’s house with Tang Lin and Tang Xiao, she learned Tang Xueqing was coming and told Qiao Da to keep outsiders from entering the village.

• Qiao Village Chief agreed to let Director Wang film the village’s harmful customs and promised the villagers would cooperate.
• Director Wang began the livestream and assigned each family to find lodging, while Tang Shiba stayed at the Village Chief’s house with Tang Lin and Tang Xiao.
• The director gave the other families basic phones and a hundred yuan to find places to stay.
• Tang Shiba learned Tang Xueqing was bringing supplies to Qiao Family Village for charity and publicity.
• Tang Shiba told Qiao Da to contact his father and keep people out of the village entrance except the production team.

Tang Shiba won a cabbage in a shooting game while the other groups struggled to find food and lodging. At the village banquet, Si Wuyu ignored the show’s rules and packed meat to bring back for someone at home.

• Tang Xiao and Tang Lin struggled to cook, while Tang Shiba rejected the crew’s prices for chicken and cabbage.
• Tang Shiba and Tang Lin both missed most of their shots, but the production crew gave Tang Shiba a cabbage after she threatened to loosen her wrists.
• Sun Qian and Yang Xin found no one at home and went to the production crew for a mission card, while Du Xiaotian persuaded an elderly man to let his group stay.
• Fang Cheng took Si Wuyu to the village banquet despite the cameraman’s objections, and a villager agreed to host them after Fang Cheng chatted with the locals.
• Si Wuyu packed meat from the banquet to bring home for someone who could not attend, leaving the villagers and cameraman shocked.

Tang Shiba and her brothers served their guests boiled cabbage and blackened rice before Sun Qian rescued the meal, while Tang Shiba learned the other groups had attended a banquet. The production team arranged lodging for those without places to stay, and Tang Shiba recognized Li Ba, who glared at her.

• Tang Shiba stayed behind while Qiao Da and Qiao Er went to a banquet, then invited Sun Qian and Yang Xin to share the meal at her place.
• Tang Lin presented boiled cabbage as Qianlong cabbage and accidentally blackened the rice, prompting Tang Shiba to beat him until Sun Qian cooked a replacement meal.
• Tang Xueqing traveled toward Qiao Family Village while Tang Shiba learned from Fang Cheng that the banquet would continue the next day.
• Sun Qian and her daughter, along with Fang Cheng, admitted they had no lodging, so the director arranged places for them through the production team.
• Tang Shiba recognized Li Ba as a man she had beaten before, and she challenged him with a threatening gesture.

Tang Shiba joined Qiao Da and Qiao Er in village chores, but turned their manure-carrying prank into a reason to make them clean the Village Chief’s house. Meanwhile, the Village Chief learned the woman he was courting had been stringing him along, and Si Wuyu’s group ran into trouble.

• Si Wuyu gave Tang Shiba a package of food, which she secretly ate while Tang Xiao and Tang Lin guarded her door.
• Director Wang told the crew to let the villagers guide the shoot, while Shanshan organized village gossipers and encouraged them to volunteer as extras.
• Qiao Da and Qiao Er asked Tang Shiba to carry manure, but a bucket tipped over, so she made them clean their house instead.
• Tang Shiba exposed the Village Chief’s date’s other relationships, prompting him to leave and try to get his two hundred yuan back.
• Qiao Da shared the Village Chief’s romantic troubles in the gossip group, then returned to chores under Tang Shiba’s orders.
• Si Wuyu and his group ran into trouble.

Fang Cheng and Si Wuyu refused to sleep in the filthy sheds and were eventually allowed into the house, where they discovered the woman wanted Fang Cheng to help deal with her wicked mother-in-law. After Tang Shiba exposed the older woman's thefts, the mother-in-law ordered Fang Cheng and Si Wuyu to do chores, and Fang Cheng prepared to turn the tables on her.

• The woman tried to put Fang Cheng and Si Wuyu in the Wood Shed, but they insisted on leaving after finding chickens and sheep inside.
• Tang Shiba followed them and used the Gossip-Watching Cards, letting the Production Crew hear the household's secrets.
• Fang Cheng inspected the smaller storage shed, rejected it, and prompted the woman to let them stay inside so he could help with her mother-in-law.
• Tang Shiba revealed that the mother-in-law had stolen vegetables and other belongings from her husband's second younger brother, who decided he would search for his missing things.
• After Tang Shiba and the others left, the mother-in-law ordered Fang Cheng and Si Wuyu to wash vegetables, and Fang Cheng agreed while planning to make her regret it.

Tang Shiba turned a staged bride exchange into a chance to make beggar’s chicken, while Fang Cheng and the nasty mother-in-law competed in a public rolling-and-crying act. The nasty mother-in-law then learned her daughter was being sent to another family and demanded to inspect the prospective household.

• Qiao Village Chief told Tang Shiba that he had arranged a bride exchange with Fang Cheng’s family, but she pretended to refuse until he agreed to let her eat a chicken.
• Tang Shiba made beggar’s chicken with Qiao Da and Qiao Er, then shared the meal with her brothers while planning to sneak off to a banquet.
• At Fang Cheng’s house, the nasty mother-in-law berated Fang Cheng over washing vegetables, and he insulted her in front of the livestream.
• The nasty mother-in-law rolled on the ground and accused Fang Cheng of bullying her, so Si Wuyu told Fang Cheng to roll too and outdo her.
• The nasty mother-in-law’s son said they needed to send his sister for the exchange, and she sprang up to ask which family would receive her.

Fang Cheng and Si Wuyu watched as the nasty mother-in-law nearly canceled the family swap, then tried to make Tang Shiba her son’s wife. The swap went ahead with Tang Shiba paired with Si Wuyu, and Tang Xiao and Tang Lin insisted on going along as her dowry.

• The nasty mother-in-law tried to back out of the swap after recognizing the village chief’s family, but the village chief came down to bring everyone to his house.
• Tang Xiao revealed that the nasty mother-in-law wanted to move in with an older man to live off his welfare payments, and the village chief fell over when Tang Shiba jokingly suggested him.
• The nasty mother-in-law agreed to the swap after learning the Dragon God would be staying at her house, then proposed that her son divorce his wife and marry Tang Shiba.
• The family and production team settled on Tang Shiba being paired with Si Wuyu, while the nasty mother-in-law pushed her daughter toward the village chief.
• Tang Xiao and Tang Lin called out to the village chief and declared that they were part of Tang Shiba’s dowry and would go with her.

Tang Shiba went to investigate trouble in Qiao Family Village after learning that Yang Xin had been taken by a household that traded her as a wife. The Director’s crew tried to keep Yang Xin safe while the people involved argued.

• Tang Xiao and Tang Lin followed Tang Shiba to the Old Woman’s house, where they were assigned a woodshed to sleep in and chores to do.
• Tang Shiba persuaded the Old Woman to slaughter and cook a chicken herself as an offering to the Dragon God.
• After learning that girls in Qiao Family Village faced marriage exchanges and abductions, Tang Shiba hurried out with Si Wuyu following her.
• The Old Woman schemed to bring Tang Shiba into her family and urged her son to spend time with the Dragon God, while Shanshan discovered she could hear Tang Shiba’s thoughts.
• Tang Shiba reached Yang Xin’s location and learned that the household hosting her had traded her to another family; the Director told the crew to let the dispute unfold while keeping Yang Xin safe.

Tang Shiba intervened when Qiao Wu refused to release Yang Xin, while Qiao San was left badly injured after his adoptive younger brother learned of his affair. With the police on their way, Tang Shiba confronted Qiao Wu, who insulted her and insisted the police could do nothing.

• Qiao Wu tried to take Yang Xin, and Qiao San’s family accused him of breaking Qiao Family Village’s customs as Tang Shiba exposed Qiao San’s past abuse and coercion.
• Tang Shiba revealed that Qiao San had fathered his adoptive younger brother’s children, and the brother struck Qiao San with a brick before attacking him again.
• Tang Shiba called the police, while Qiao Wu refused to release Yang Xin unless her family repaid him twice the money he had paid.
• Sun Qian threatened to report Yang Xin’s family for taking her, but they and Qiao Wu continued to insist that the arrangement was legitimate.
• Tang Shiba stepped forward and ordered them to return the money and release Yang Xin; Qiao Wu insulted her and claimed the police could not stop him.
• Tang Shiba loosened her wrists and smiled ominously as the police approached.

Tang Shiba stopped Qiao Wu’s abuse of Yang Xin, exposed corrupt villagers, and became the focus of Qiao Family Village’s sudden online fame. Back at the house, she revealed that the old woman’s son might be infertile, while Tang Lin and Tang Xiao ended up sharing the Wood Shed with Chang Hua and Li Ba.

• Tang Shiba beat Qiao Wu and made Yang Xin’s family return the money they had taken for selling her.
• Tang Shiba reported several villagers and supplied evidence, and the police took them away as the village incident spread online.
• The production director saw a tourism opportunity in Qiao Family Village’s sudden fame and contacted the village chief about investing.
• The old woman begged Tang Shiba to help her have a grandson, but Tang Shiba suggested her son might be infertile, and the old woman fainted.
• Fang Cheng refused to let Tang Lin sleep with her, so Tang Lin and Tang Xiao went to the Wood Shed and found Chang Hua and Li Ba already there.

Tang Lin and Tang Xiao fought Chang Hua and Li Ba over a bed in the Wood Shed while the Old Woman accused Fang Cheng and the others of stealing her money. The next morning, Tang Shiba and Fang Cheng led the group to investigate a commotion at the Village Road Entrance, where internet influencers including Tang Xueqing had arrived.

• Chang Hua and Li Ba tried to take Tang Lin and Tang Xiao's bed, and all four ended up playing Fight the Landlord through the night.
• The Old Woman accused Fang Cheng and the others of taking her money, but her daughter-in-law found it inside another pillow.
• Fang Cheng told Si Wuyu that Tang Lin and the others had stayed up playing cards, prompting a misunderstanding about what Fight the Landlord meant.
• Tang Shiba learned that influencers including Tang Xueqing had come to Qiao Family Village and persuaded Fang Cheng to follow her to the Village Road Entrance.
• Si Wuyu and the others climbed after Tang Shiba and Fang Cheng to watch the argument, and the director followed them.

Tang Shiba and Fang Cheng watched as internet influencers crowded Qiao Family Village, while Shanshan and Little Prince of Scandals plotted to expose Tang Xueqing. The village officials kept the crowd outside, and the influencers resumed arguing after realizing they were on the variety show's livestream.

• Tang Shiba and Fang Cheng watched roughly thirty internet influencers argue with villagers at Qiao Family Village's entrance.
• Tang Shiba's gossip revealed that the Village Party Secretary was wearing his grandson's diapers, prompting villagers to laugh and then urge him to rest.
• Shanshan spotted Tang Xueqing and told the Has-Been Celebrity Group, while Little Prince of Scandals searched the crowd for her.
• Tang Shiba noticed Fang Cheng, the Tang Family Brothers, Si Wuyu, and his assistants hiding nearby with her.
• The Village Chief asked the influencers to wait two days before entering, but they accused the village of hiding wrongdoing and holding celebrities captive.
• Director Wang filmed the argument, and the influencers stopped making trouble after noticing the livestream before resuming their protest at the anti-fans' urging.

The villagers of Qiao Family Village stopped Internet Influencers from causing trouble, and the Road Patrolman’s pig-riding spectacle turned into an unexpected attraction. Tang Xueqing tried to win support by offering charity and road-building money, but the villagers rejected her and drove her away; Tang Shiba then hurried toward a feast.

• The Road Patrolman charged into the crowd on his pig, drawing attention from the Internet Influencers and inspiring the Village Chief to consider pig riding as a tourism activity.
• People spotted Tang Xueqing, and Little Prince accused her of wrongdoing as she was surrounded by Anti-Fans.
• Tang Xueqing offered supplies and then money to help build a road, but the Village Chief refused her donations after the Dragon God revealed she had donated faulty supplies before.
• Little Prince listed Tang Xueqing’s alleged misdeeds, and Shanshan, Qiao Da, and Qiao Er threw eggs at her until she fled.
• Fang Cheng asked Tang Lin and Tang Xiao if they felt sorry for Tang Xueqing, but they said she had brought her troubles on herself.
• Tang Shiba realized they were about to miss the feast and hurried everyone along.

Tang Shiba’s village outing ended with a pig’s strange antics turning it into a livestream sensation, while Qiao Yu held a press conference to smear Tang Shiba and then jumped from a rooftop. Qiao Yu’s death sparked online backlash against Tang Shiba, though her fan groups moved to contain the fallout.

• Tang Shiba’s thoughts about eating the berserk pig frightened it into barking and wagging its tail, and the villagers and livestream viewers celebrated it as a mascot.
• Tang Shiba and the production crew hurried to the village banquet after the show ended.
• At her press conference, Qiao Yu blamed Tang Shiba for exposing her face-swapping scandal, and angry fans pelted her with rotten eggs.
• Qiao Yu ran to the rooftop, blamed Tang Shiba for her death, and jumped in front of the crowd.
• Claims that Tang Shiba had driven Qiao Yu to suicide spread online, prompting some Anti-Fans to attack Tang Shiba while group leaders tried to control the backlash.

After Qiao Yu’s suicide disrupted filming, the production team ended the installment early and shut down the livestream. Tang Shiba prepared to leave Qiao Family Village, urging the villagers to develop it while assuring them the Dragon God would continue watching over them.

• Little Prince of Scandals and several influencers left Qiao Family Village after news of Qiao Yu’s suicide spread.
• The director called the celebrities back, ended filming early, and promised the remaining filming time would be added to the next installment.
• Tang Shiba asked Old Woman to gather the villagers, then told them she had to leave because the Dragon God had called her back.
• Tang Shiba reassured the villagers that the Dragon God would still watch over them through the temple, and they could ask for help by burning incense.
• Tang Shiba urged the villagers to develop Qiao Family Village so the Dragon God would become known everywhere and attend a future Dragon God Gathering.

Tang Shiba left Qiao Family Village after appointing the Village Chief as her representative, then traveled home with her brothers and Si Wuyu. After fans stopped a wreath-carrying attacker at the airport, Tang Lin caught someone leaving funeral wreaths at their doorstep and chased them.

• Tang Shiba refused the villagers’ gifts, told them to rely on the Village Chief, and left after promising the Old Woman that family harmony would bring her a grandson.
• Tang Xiao and Tang Lin saw a photo of funeral wreaths outside their home, while Tang Shiba spent her points to upgrade the system.
• Si Wuyu slipped something into Tang Shiba’s pocket during the flight, and Tang Xiao noticed.
• At the airport, Si Wuyu shielded Tang Shiba from the crowd, while Fang Cheng asked for Li Ba to work for him and Si Wuyu agreed.
• A woman carrying a funeral wreath accused Tang Shiba of killing Qiao Yu, but the Anti-Fans knocked her down and destroyed the wreath.
• After reaching home, Tang Lin spotted someone sneaking funeral wreaths onto their doorstep and charged after them.

Tang Shiba’s family caught the man leaving funeral wreaths, then installed an electric fence to keep intruders out. Fang Cheng, Li Ba, and Er Gou were all shocked when they tried to climb the wall, leaving Fang Cheng to consider using the front gate instead.

• Tang Shiba and Tang Xiao helped the police catch the man leaving funeral wreaths, and Tang Lin learned someone had paid him to do it.
• Tang Dad approved an electric fence, and Tang Xiao sent Xiao Wu to buy one.
• Fang Cheng and Li Ba tried to climb Tang Shiba’s wall to surprise her, but the electric fence shocked them.
• Er Gou jumped onto the fence and was shocked too, while Tang Shiba dragged it away and Tang Lin found no one at the gate.
• Chang Hua reported Fang Cheng and Li Ba’s limping escape to Si Wuyu, who decided Fang Cheng should try the front gate.

Tang Shiba learned that her system had been infected and its gossip might be unreliable, while Qiao Yu's scandal deepened online. She went to watch Fang Cheng's brother Si Wuyu film an advertisement and saw him arrive with actress Ouyang Xuan.

• Tang Shiba learned that a stubborn virus had corrupted some of the system's information, and the system said removing it would cost a hundred points per day.
• The Little Prince of Scandals revealed that Qiao Yu had allegedly partnered in a cosmetic surgery company to commit crimes, prompting former Anti-Fans to try to return to Tang Shiba's fanbase and get reported or exposed.
• Tang Xiao invited Tang Shiba to the office, but she declined and thought about Gu Qingcheng's countryside retreat and the jadeite bangle she planned to give Si Wuyu in return for his pendant.
• Tang Shiba went to a hotel with Fang Cheng and Li Ba to watch Fang Cheng's brother film an advertisement, while Tang Lin stayed home with Er Gou.
• Si Wuyu arrived at the hotel to film, and Fang Cheng recognized the woman with him as award-winning actress Ouyang Xuan.

Tang Shiba accidentally let go of Ouyang Xuan when her system warned her, and the actress fainted, prompting fans to accuse Tang Shiba of attacking her. Ouyang Xuan later woke up and clarified that she had fainted on her own.

• Si Wuyu and Fang Cheng arrived after Ouyang Xuan collapsed, and Si Wuyu took her to the hospital.
• The crew accused Tang Shiba of hurting Ouyang Xuan, but Fang Cheng stood by her while she left the crowd.
• Fang Cheng told Tang Shiba that Ouyang Xuan had a terminal brain condition and had delayed surgery because of the risks.
• Fang Cheng messaged Shanshan about the incident, and Shanshan posted a mocking account of Tang Shiba supposedly scaring Ouyang Xuan unconscious.
• Ouyang Xuan woke up at the hospital and said she had fainted on her own, not because of anyone else.

After Si Wuyu ordered the rumors about Tang Shiba suppressed, Tang Shiba took Fang Cheng to an amusement park and used a transformation card to terrorize a haunted house. The card expired after Li Ba and Fang Cheng fainted, and Tang Shiba took Fang Cheng home while leaving Li Ba behind.

• Si Wuyu left Ouyang Xuan's hospital room and ordered Chang Hua to suppress the story about Tang Shiba.
• Ouyang Xuan sent her assistant away and wondered why she fainted when she touched Tang Shiba.
• Tang Shiba dragged the frightened Fang Cheng into a haunted house and used a transformation card to look like a ghost.
• Tang Shiba's ghostly appearance frightened visitors and actors, while Fang Cheng gained confidence and joined in scaring people.
• Tang Shiba startled Li Ba and Fang Cheng with a frightening illusion, causing both of them to faint.
• Tang Shiba helped Fang Cheng up, left Li Ba behind, and took Fang Cheng home.