Chapter Summaries

Tang Shiba and her brothers fled a village restaurant after learning it was overcharging them, but she disappeared in the woods. The search ended when Tang Xiao received a message saying she was safe in the village and would meet them the next day.

• Tang Xiao, Tang Lin, and Tang Shiba stopped at a restaurant on their way to Qiao Family Village, where the owner warned that the village was unfriendly to outsiders.
• Tang Shiba learned the restaurant was charging an outrageous price and ran while the owner went to fetch rice; Tang Xiao left a hundred yuan, and the brothers chased after her into the woods.
• Tang Xiao and Tang Lin lost track of Tang Shiba, searched the woods, and called the police, but the police would not open a case so soon after her disappearance.
• Si Wuyu and the production crew rushed to help search, while the director revealed the show was being filmed secretly; the search continued until near dawn without finding Tang Shiba.
• Tang Xiao received a message from Tang Shiba saying she was in the village and would come find them the next day, leaving him puzzled about how she had reached it with her phone dead.

Tang Shiba entered Qiao Family Village and used gossip from the system to convince the Village Chief that she was his daughter. The Village Chief took her home while sending villagers to summon the elders to verify her claim.

• Tang Shiba traveled alone to Qiao Family Village to investigate its customs and gather gossip.
• Villagers stopped Tang Shiba at the entrance, and she claimed her father came from the village.
• The Village Chief arrived and demanded proof, so Tang Shiba used the All-Hands Gossip Card to uncover his past affair and invent a daughter named Miao Mengli.
• The Village Chief and villagers heard Tang Shiba's thoughts and believed the details she supplied, attributing her knowledge to the Dragon God.
• Tang Shiba called herself Miao Shiba, and the Village Chief accepted her as his daughter and took her home while sending two villagers to fetch the elders.

Tang Shiba proved herself to Qiao Village Chief through a blood ritual, then the village elders mistook her ability to know their secrets for the Dragon God’s power. After ordering them to gather the village’s respected people, she faced Qiao Village Chief’s abusive sons and began beating them.

• Tang Xiao told the production crew that Tang Shiba had settled into Qiao Family Village and wanted them to pretend they did not know her.
• Tang Shiba and Qiao Village Chief completed a blood-kinship ritual, and their blood merged, convincing him she was his daughter.
• Tang Shiba learned that Qiao Village Chief’s two sons freeloaded from him and beat him, and the two elders knelt before her after hearing her thoughts.
• Tang Shiba posed as the Dragon God and sent the elders to gather the village’s most respected people.
• Qiao Village Chief’s sons returned, insulted Tang Shiba, and argued over claiming her as a wife, so Tang Shiba rolled up her sleeves and attacked them.

Tang Shiba disciplined Qiao Da and Qiao Er, then used her ability to expose the villagers’ secrets and convince them she was the Dragon God. She persuaded Qiao Family Village to open its gates and welcome an incoming group, leaving the villagers to follow her instructions.

• Tang Shiba beat Qiao Da and Qiao Er for disrespecting their father and discovered through their thoughts that they planned to rob people.
• Qiao Da and Qiao Er realized Tang Shiba knew their plans, while Qiao Village Chief struggled to understand her unusual authority.
• When village elders and leaders challenged Tang Shiba, she revealed the group leader’s and other villagers’ embarrassing secrets through her thoughts.
• The villagers accepted Tang Shiba as the Lady Dragon God after she exposed their secrets, and she said her dragon energy needed the village’s customs publicized.
• Tang Shiba ordered the villagers to open Qiao Family Village’s gates and accommodate an incoming group, assuring them she would protect the village.

Tang Shiba dismissed the villagers while Chang Hua captured Li Ba outside Qiao Family Village. The directors entered the village by claiming to be Dragon God devotees, and their livestream began as Si Wuyu wondered where Tang Shiba was.

• Tang Shiba sent everyone home, and Qiao Da and Qiao Er warned her that the village had another Dragon God.
• Chang Hua tied up Li Ba after deciding he would stop him from carrying out his mission against Tang Shiba.
• Fang Cheng and Tang Lin persuaded the villagers and Village Chief to let the disguised group enter Qiao Family Village as Dragon God devotees.
• The villagers reacted with alarm as the directors entered and secretly switched on their cameras.
• Si Wuyu searched for Tang Shiba, while viewers watching the livestream asked where she was.

The Village Chief’s attempt to lead the visitors into Qiao Family Village was blocked by villagers accusing him of betraying the Dragon God, and the confrontation escalated toward a fight. Si Wuyu suspected that the village was divided between two factions supporting different Dragon Gods, who might be real people.

• Villagers blocked the Village Chief and visitors, accusing him of betraying the Dragon God by welcoming outsiders.
• Fang Cheng warned the group that the villagers might attack, while Tang Lin, Fang Cheng, and others argued back as the livestream chat reacted.
• Du Wei traded insults with the villagers, and both sides picked up rocks and prepared to fight.
• Qiao Xiong arrived with a group of villagers and challenged the Village Chief, while village Party officials supported the Chief.
• Si Wuyu told the Director that Qiao Family Village had split into two factions and suggested that the Dragon Gods might be actual people.

Tang Shiba exposed Qiao Xiong’s crimes and the truth behind the Village Chief’s divorce, turning the villagers against Qiao Xiong. After they rescued the girl he had abducted, the villagers subdued him while Qiao Da and Qiao Er joined the fight.

• Qiao Xiong and Qiao Da and Qiao Er turned the villagers against Qiao Village Chief, who defended the outsiders from being driven away.
• Tang Shiba revealed that Qiao Feng’s wife had cheated with Qiao Xiong’s father, and Qiao Village Chief had kept the affair quiet despite the villagers’ blame.
• Tang Shiba exposed Qiao Xiong for abducting a girl and locking her in his cellar, prompting the Village Party Secretary and others to rescue her.
• The Village Party Secretary brought the girl back, and she confirmed that Qiao Xiong’s father had been with her in the cellar.
• Qiao Xiong tried to flee, but the villagers blocked him as Qiao Da and Qiao Er attacked him; several people pinned him down.

After Qiao Xiong and his father were arrested for holding a girl captive, Tang Shiba reunited with the group in disguise and joined the Village Chief’s tour of Qiao Family Village. Meanwhile, the woman calling herself the Dragon God learned that a supposed monster had exposed her and ordered someone to bring Tang Shiba to her.

• The police arrived with the truck driver, who reunited with his daughter and vowed to press charges against Qiao Xiong and his father.
• Tang Shiba tried to sneak away, but the Village Chief spotted her, and the others recognized her beneath her drawn-on mustache.
• The Village Chief offered to show Tang Shiba around the village, while Qiao Da and Qiao Er followed her and Tang Lin argued with them.
• The Village Chief led the group toward a village wedding banquet, and Fang Cheng asked Tang Shiba how she had gotten herself a dad.
• The Dragon God learned that Qiao Xiong had been arrested and was told that the fake Dragon God was in the Village Chief’s house.
• Fang Cheng followed Tang Shiba’s advice and called the Village Chief Dad, prompting Tang Lin to tease him and start another fight.

Yang Xin and the livestream viewers condemned Qiao Family Village’s wedding hazing, while Tang Shiba and the others attended the feast. When Tang Shiba’s gossip revealed that men were assaulting a bridesmaid, the village chief rushed to the room and kicked the door open.

• Yang Xin confronted Qiao Da and Qiao Er over the groping at the wedding, but they insulted her and the livestream chat turned to bashing Tang Shiba.
• The village chief introduced Tang Shiba as Qiao Family Village’s new Dragon God, and the hosts welcomed the group after the director offered a large cash gift.
• At the wedding feast, Si Wuyu and Fang Cheng served Tang Shiba food, while she rejected food from Qiao Da and Qiao Er and knocked away Tang Lin’s offering.
• Tang Shiba heard that men had dragged a bridesmaid into a room, and the village chief led people toward the bridal room.
• The bride begged the village chief for help outside the room, and he kicked the door open after learning the bridesmaid was inside.

Tang Shiba was summoned to meet the fake Dragon God after villagers blamed her for a poisoning and demanded she seek forgiveness. She entered the Dragon God's house alone, confident the charlatan was the one who should be worried.

• The Village Chief interrupted men tormenting a woman at a wedding feast, and her parents arrived to make them apologize.
• Two messengers invited Tang Shiba to meet the Dragon God, but Si Wuyu carried her away when she fell asleep.
• Qiao Yu grew angry that Tang Shiba was staying at the Village Chief's house and vowed to protect the village's balance.
• Villagers gathered the next morning, blamed Tang Shiba for more than a dozen people being poisoned, and demanded she meet the Dragon God.
• Tang Shiba agreed to go, and Si Wuyu and the Production Crew objected when the villagers told her to enter the Dragon God's house alone.
• Tang Shiba walked into the house by herself, while Chang Hua had already infiltrated it.

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.