Chapter Summaries

Plot points and events

• At the Dihao Group event, Xunteng Technology’s Ma Xianwu unveils its new Silicon-Carbon Battery, claiming it has nearly three times the capacity and endurance of competing batteries.
• Industry representatives dismiss the claim. One competitor says his battery lasts forty seconds on a full-load Power Tester; Ma Xianwu claims his lasts two minutes.
• Ma tests the battery before the gathered reporters and industry figures. Its charge drains far more slowly than expected, surpassing the forty-second record and continuing nearly to the claimed duration.
• The battery finally runs out after one minute and fifty-five seconds. Ma presents this as a slight underperformance, though the result astonishes the crowd.
• A skeptical competitor accuses Xunteng of tampering with the tester, but after examining it, he collapses in disbelief.

Character developments and interactions

• Ma Xianwu uses the event to challenge and embarrass Dihao Group. His confidence grows as the test validates his claims.
• Liu Yan begins openly hostile toward Ma, but her concern rises as she realizes the battery could threaten Dihao’s business.
• Chen Hao remains outwardly unfazed, privately confident he can turn the situation around, though he jokes that his trembling legs are due to needing the bathroom. The chapter hints that he has a secret advantage—the Electric Crystal—but he has not revealed it.
• Long Guangsheng panics on Dihao’s behalf and urges Chen Hao to react. Chen’s dismissive jokes leave Long Guangsheng confused.
• Qin Yumo explains the significance of the forty-second benchmark to Chen Hao, noting that a battery this size could enable an electric car to travel over a thousand kilometers.
• Mr. Chen and other industry representatives shift from mockery to shock as the test results undermine their assumptions.

Significant themes

• Technological disruption: A breakthrough in battery performance could transform electric vehicles and many other industries.
• Public proof versus skepticism: Ma’s demonstration turns bold claims into an apparently verified achievement, silencing his critics.
• Confidence and hidden advantage: While Dihao’s employees fear the consequences, Chen Hao’s calm suggests he knows something they do not.
• Corporate rivalry: Ma uses a public product launch to pressure and potentially damage Dihao Group.

• Plot: At the Dihao Group’s event, Xunteng Technology’s Ma Xianwu steals the spotlight by unveiling a mass-produced silicon-carbon battery and claiming it will dominate the new-energy market. The announcement leaves Dihao executive Liu Yan exposed, since the group has no comparable technology. Chen Hao, Dihao’s largest shareholder, confronts Ma and announces that Dihao has its own battery. Despite widespread disbelief, he produces a tiny, chip-sized Electric Crystal Battery and claims it outperforms every existing battery. He estimates it can run the Power Tester at maximum power for about an hour. Ma turns the claim into a public challenge, warning that failure would amount to fraud. Liu Yan fears the consequences, but Chen confidently inserts the battery into the tester; the chapter ends before the result is shown.
• Character developments and interactions: Ma begins smug and self-assured, using his product launch to undermine Dihao, but becomes irritated and briefly uneasy when Chen challenges him. Chen remains cheeky and unshaken, teasing Ma as “little Ma” and brushing off his objections. Liu Yan moves from resentment and embarrassment to reluctant support, trusting Chen despite her doubts. Qin Yumo’s quiet confidence in Chen contrasts with the skepticism around them. Long Guangsheng and the other guests are confused or amused, while Uncle Fu confirms that Dihao had not actually been developing batteries.
• Themes: The scene pits corporate rivalry and public image against technological credibility. It highlights the risk of making bold claims before the press, the tension between appearance and capability—the battery’s tiny size invites disbelief—and the importance of trust when evidence has yet to appear.

Key plot points and events

• Chen Hao tests Dihao Group’s Electric Crystal battery in public. With the tester set to maximum power draw, it remains at 100% after ten minutes, stunning the crowd and decisively outperforming Xunteng Technology’s much larger battery.
• Ma Xianwu, who had mocked the product, is left speechless. Reporters rush to question Chen Hao, while Liu Yan celebrates the breakthrough.
• Uncle Fu interrupts to redirect attention from the battery’s success. He claims Dihao Group is nearly out of funding and reveals that several senior managers are prepared to support his accusations.
• Liu Yan is overwhelmed by Uncle Fu’s attack and the reporters’ questions. Chen Hao comforts her and promises he can solve the crisis, though she doubts the battery alone can cover the company’s financial shortfall.
• After leaving the stage, Chen Hao returns and reframes the financial crisis as the cost of investing in the battery’s development. He invites the audience to invest in Dihao Group.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Hao remains confident under pressure. He protects Liu Yan from the reporters, reassures her, and turns the battery demonstration into a pitch for investment.
• Liu Yan shifts from pride in the battery’s success to despair when Uncle Fu exposes the company’s financial troubles. She trusts Chen Hao despite her doubts.
• Uncle Fu is revealed as the architect of Dihao Group’s troubles, hoping to bring it down and take control with support from rival conglomerates. He tries to use the crisis to discredit Liu Yan and reclaim the spotlight.
• Ma Xianwu goes from contemptuous confidence to visible alarm at the battery’s performance, then aligns himself with Uncle Fu.
• The senior managers bolster Uncle Fu’s claims, while the reporters rapidly shift their attention from the battery to Dihao Group’s finances.

Significant themes

• Innovation and proof: The battery’s extraordinary public test challenges established assumptions and validates Chen Hao’s confidence.
• Betrayal and ambition: Uncle Fu’s sabotage shows how personal power-seeking can threaten an organization from within.
• Leadership under pressure: Liu Yan is shaken by the crisis, while Chen Hao takes charge and offers a path forward.
• Control of the narrative: Uncle Fu redirects public attention from Dihao’s breakthrough to its financial troubles; Chen Hao counters by presenting those troubles as an investment opportunity.

Key plot points

• Chen Hao publicly asks investors to fund the struggling Dihao Group, but no one responds. Uncle Fu and Ma Xianwu claim its financial crisis is too severe for the new Electric Crystal battery to solve.
• Chen Hao realizes the two men have intimidated the investors into staying away. When they try to end the press conference and provoke him, he tricks Ma Xianwu into inviting a fight, then beats him in front of the crowd.
• Wang Jian arrives with hundreds of prominent businesspeople from across Huaxia. Company after company pledges two billion to Dihao, with no strings attached.
• Chen Hao uses the pledges and the battery’s sustained 100% charge to rebut claims that Dihao is failing. He warns Uncle Fu, Ma Xianwu, Pang Xiao, and Wei Jingzhong that he knows of their wrongdoing and intends to eliminate the “four major groups” in Zhonghai.
• After the hostile men leave, Chen Hao thanks Wang Jian’s delegation by beginning to remove the poison afflicting its members, honoring the order in which they pledged support.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Hao shifts from appearing isolated and defeated to commanding the room. His mock outrage lets him justify attacking Ma Xianwu, while his composure when the investors arrive suggests he expected their support. He also shows gratitude by rewarding the first pledge with treatment.
• Uncle Fu and Ma Xianwu move from confident intimidation to public humiliation and fear when Chen Hao’s backing is revealed.
• Liu Yan and the Dihao supporters initially worry that Chen Hao has exhausted his options, then watch in amazement as the tide turns. Chen’s affectionate gesture reassures Liu Yan.
• Wang Jian brings the investors and speaks on their behalf, demonstrating his growing standing among them. The businesspeople show loyalty to Chen Hao and eagerly compete for his help.
• Su Xiaoxiao, Haizi, and Long Guangsheng praise Chen Hao, though Long Guangsheng’s comic remark about Chen’s shaking legs needing a bathroom break undercuts the triumph.

Significant themes

• Power and alliances: Financial pressure and intimidation can be overturned by a stronger network of supporters.
• Public image and proof: The pledges and battery demonstration give Chen Hao concrete evidence to counter the rivals’ narrative.
• Loyalty and reciprocity: Chen Hao’s allies support him, and he repays them through his promise to remove their poison.
• Reversal and bravado: The apparent failure of the fundraiser becomes a dramatic public victory, exposing the antagonists’ confidence as misplaced.

Key plot points and events

• Chen Hao demonstrates the Electric Crystal’s extraordinary power at the press conference, detoxifying a limited number of entrepreneurs. The crowd competes fiercely for a place, but Chen limits the day’s treatment to twelve people.
• He confirms that the crystal’s charge has not fallen after an hour, concluding that it may provide practically limitless electricity. He sees the technology as a path to immense wealth.
• After the event, Chen and Liu Yan’s team discuss the Dihao Group’s internal resistance. Since Uncle Fu and other managers have openly opposed them, Chen proposes separating Blue Light Pharmaceuticals and Dragon Sea International from Dihao and creating a new company for the batteries. Liu agrees to begin the process.
• Chen worries that his daily earnings of Daoist Merit Points will not meet a major deadline, so he retreats to Guanghan Palace to make talismans.
• News of the battery spreads across China, drawing intense interest from manufacturers and defense contractors. Meanwhile, a mysterious foreign man watches footage of Chen and orders someone to approach him, revealing vampire-like fangs.
• Chen gets an idea for obtaining phones from the deities and orders Long Guangsheng to buy a hundred iPhones. Long asks Chen to help him win over Su Xiaoxiao; after offering Chen a USB drive of explicit films, he persuades him to agree.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Hao remains confident and opportunistic, but also pragmatic: rather than risk a costly struggle to control Dihao, he chooses to build independently. He is preoccupied with both his supernatural business and his financial targets.
• Liu Yan demonstrates clear strategic judgment, explaining that Dihao’s entrenched, partly corrupt structure cannot be fixed cheaply. She supports Chen’s plan and takes responsibility for carrying it out.
• Qin Yumo teases Chen flirtatiously, and he turns the exchange back on her, leaving her embarrassed. Their familiarity reflects their shared history, while Chen insists Liu is his girlfriend.
• Long Guangsheng is shown as comically lacking business sense but bold in personal matters. He negotiates with Chen for help pursuing Su Xiaoxiao, and their exchange ends with Chen accepting his dubious “payment.”
• The Wang brothers admire Chen’s apparent success with women, joking that he may be juggling several romantic interests.

Significant themes

• Independence and organizational change: The team chooses to leave a compromised corporate structure rather than spend heavily trying to reform it.
• Technology and power: The Electric Crystal’s apparent limitless energy attracts immense commercial and strategic interest.
• Ambition and opportunism: Chen sees both supernatural resources and new technology as routes to wealth, while others rush to secure an advantage.
• Comedy and moral hypocrisy: Chen’s schemes and banter—especially his sudden acceptance of Long’s explicit USB drive—contrast his claims of uprightness with his willingness to be persuaded.

Plot points

• Chen Hao has the Dihao Group’s IT staff load episodes of several TV shows onto 100 iPhones.
• He advertises the phones in the Heavenly Court Chat Group for 2,000 Daoist Merit Points each, offering existing users a free upgrade if they surrender their Electric Crystals. By sharing clips, he persuades Red Boy, Nezha, Sun Wukong, and the Bull Demon King to trade in their phones; other deities rush to buy as well.
• Chen Hao sells out all 100 phones, earning 140,000 Daoist Merit Points and collecting 30 Electric Crystals. The profit helps him meet his upcoming obligation to the Jade Emperor.
• At Guanghan Palace, Chen Hao learns it has reached level two and can now be replicated in the real world with half its original attributes. He imagines using the power to create a villa with a Spirit-Gathering Array.
• The Thunder God messages Chen Hao in panic: the deities whose Electric Crystals he supplied are demanding more tears from him. Chen Hao leaves the messages unanswered rather than return the crystals.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Hao demonstrates his knack for turning entertainment into a sales pitch, exploiting the deities’ curiosity and vanity. He also shows restraint by limiting the trade-ins to 30, mindful that the Thunder God may not be able to produce enough tears.
• Red Boy and Nezha quickly trade in their phones once they see Dragon Ball. Sun Wukong is captivated by Journey to the West, believing it depicts his own past; the Bull Demon King is persuaded by Chen Hao’s flattering claim that he looks handsome in the show.
• The IT staff, expecting a technical assignment, are bemused and embarrassed to be asked to download TV episodes, though Chen Hao thanks them with a promise of extra chicken drumsticks.
• Qin Meng explains that Guanghan Palace may be leveling up through its Spirit-Gathering Array, though she is unsure of the details.
• The Thunder God becomes the unwitting victim of Chen Hao’s scheme and fears being overwhelmed by demands for tears.

Significant themes

• Cleverness and opportunism: Chen Hao converts ordinary entertainment into a lucrative Heavenly Court business.
• Technology bridging worlds: TV shows make ancient and divine figures curious, revealing their childlike reactions to modern media.
• Self-interest and consequences: Chen Hao’s profit brings trouble for the Thunder God, whom he chooses not to help.
• Ambition and possibility: The palace’s new replication power opens the prospect of bringing supernatural architecture and cultivation benefits into the real world.

Plot points and events

• Chen Hao sees Sun Wukong beating Thunder God with the Golden Cudgel because Thunder God failed to cry on cue after Wukong’s phone battery died during a show. Other deities eagerly join in or queue for their turn, treating the assault as entertainment.
• Chen Hao intervenes, offering to return the Electric Crystals the deities had exchanged for phones. In return, he hopes to secure Thunder God as a long-term source of crystals through an indenture contract.
• Chen Hao returns the phones, distracting the deities from Thunder God. Thunder God thanks him but tries to leave before agreeing to anything.
• To punish Thunder God for breaking his word—and to regain leverage—Chen Hao offers the next episode of Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils to whichever deity can make Thunder God cry. The deities immediately resume threatening him, and Thunder God begs Chen Hao to stop them.
• Back in the human world, Long Guangsheng arrives excitedly to announce that his “hero-rescues-the-damsel” plan to win over Su Xiaoxiao is underway. He asks Chen Hao to participate, despite Chen Hao’s reluctance.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Hao shows compassion for Thunder God’s predicament, but his intervention is also driven by business: he wants a dependable supply of Electric Crystals. When Thunder God takes the rescue and runs, Chen Hao shifts from negotiation to retaliation, using the deities’ craving for television episodes to regain control.
• Thunder God is frightened and desperate under the Great Sage’s beating. Though grateful to Chen Hao for rescuing him, he prioritizes escaping over honoring a potential deal, prompting Chen Hao’s revenge.
• Sun Wukong and the other deities are comically absorbed in their shows. Their entertainment obsession turns Thunder God’s punishment into a group spectacle, with even normally mild or passive figures eager to take part.
• Long Guangsheng remains determined and romantic, convinced his elaborate plan is well-timed. Chen Hao doubts both the scheme and its timing, but Long Guangsheng presses him to help.

Significant themes

• Entertainment and obsession: The deities’ access to television drives their behavior, overriding sympathy and restraint.
• Bargaining and leverage: Chen Hao repeatedly uses scarce resources—Electric Crystals and episodes—to influence others.
• Trust and retaliation: Thunder God’s attempt to escape after accepting help breaks Chen Hao’s trust, turning a rescue into a renewed threat.
• Comic contrast: The chapter pairs absurd heavenly violence and television fandom with Long Guangsheng’s awkward, carefully staged romantic scheme.

Plot points and events

• Long Guangsheng recruits Chen Hao, Fatty, and Yellow Hair to stage a fake rescue of Su Xiaoxiao, using disguises and props. Their preparations are farcical: stockings and Ultraman masks.
• Unknown to them, a real gang of twenty or thirty armed men is waiting in the alley. They have been sent by Ma Xianwu to abduct Chen Hao.
• When Long Guangsheng and Su Xiaoxiao arrive, the gang attacks. Mistaking them for part of Chen Hao’s staged plan, Long initially plays the hero and protects Su Xiaoxiao, but is quickly beaten.
• Hearing the commotion, Chen Hao realizes something is wrong. He removes his Ultraman mask, defeats the attackers with ease, and forces their leader to identify Ma Xianwu as the person behind the kidnapping attempt.

Character developments and interactions

• Long Guangsheng is romantically awkward but eager to impress Su Xiaoxiao. Her fear and praise boost his confidence, yet his boastful “protector” act collapses when the gang overwhelms him.
• Su Xiaoxiao understands Long’s feelings and has agreed to meet him to give him a chance. She initially hides behind him, then witnesses Chen Hao’s rescue and is stunned by his strength.
• Chen Hao tolerates his friends’ absurd plan out of loyalty, but quickly recognizes the genuine danger. He shifts from amused bystander to decisive protector, especially when Long is hurt, and uncovers the attack’s sponsor.
• Fatty and Yellow Hair provide comic relief through their ridiculous disguises and their mistaken assumption that Long has begun his staged performance.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and protection: Chen Hao risks himself to save his friend, while Long sincerely tries to protect Su Xiaoxiao despite his limited ability.
• Appearance versus reality: A supposed romantic rescue turns into a real assault, and Long’s theatrical confidence contrasts with Chen Hao’s genuine power.
• Comedy amid danger: The absurd costumes and misunderstandings heighten the contrast with the gang’s serious kidnapping attempt.

Plot points and events

• Su Xiaoxiao heals Long Guangsheng’s injuries with a Blue Light Potion, but he stays “unconscious.” Chen Hao realizes Long is faking and suggests mouth-to-mouth to push him and Xiaoxiao together.
• Xiaoxiao sees through the scheme and orders Yellow Hair to perform mouth-to-mouth. Long abruptly wakes and punches Yellow Hair, then makes a clumsy show of worrying about Xiaoxiao. She calls out his act and walks away.
• Chen Hao advises Long that Xiaoxiao’s “I’m not talking to you anymore” and “hmph” may not mean she is truly rejecting him. Long takes the hint and runs after her, leaving his friends behind.
• Chen Hao refuses to involve the police after the alley fight but vows to retaliate against Ma. The next day, he assigns Long and Haizi to plan the response through their underworld or legitimate connections.
• Chen Hao finds 999 messages from Thunder God begging for forgiveness and offering to teach him the Thunder God Art, which could help with Chen Hao’s Electric Crystal problem.
• He discovers that the Heavenly Court deities have launched a massive search called Operation Minesweeper. After a comic parade of divine powers and threats, they quickly capture Thunder God and torment him through the night.
• Chen Hao thanks the deities and announces that shows such as Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils and Dragon Ball are available in his shop, with two episodes released daily for 10 Daoist Merit each. The deities demand more episodes, but Chen Hao keeps the limit to maintain their interest and spending.

Character developments and interactions

• Su Xiaoxiao is perceptive and assertive: she recognizes Long’s ruse, turns it against him by involving Yellow Hair, and refuses to accept his bad acting.
• Long Guangsheng reveals how strongly he cares for Xiaoxiao, but his attempt to impress her backfires. He takes Chen Hao’s advice and pursues her, while venting his frustration on Fatty and Yellow Hair.
• Chen Hao acts as both comic matchmaker and practical strategist: he nudges Long toward Xiaoxiao, then organizes retaliation against Ma and uses the Heavenly Court’s pursuit of Thunder God to his advantage.
• Fatty and Yellow Hair serve as comic foils, caught between Xiaoxiao’s orders and Long’s anger. Yellow Hair is punched when Long wakes and later blamed for the failed plan.
• Thunder God shifts from smug tormentor to desperate supplicant, while the other deities unite against him—motivated by their shared appetite for Chen Hao’s entertainment.

Significant themes

• Romance, pride, and miscommunication: Long’s staged sacrifice and Xiaoxiao’s sharp response make his genuine feelings clear, but his performance undermines them.
• Loyalty and consequences: Chen Hao insists that those who target him must pay, while the Heavenly Court punishes Thunder God for mistreating its fellow immortals.
• Entertainment as leverage: Chen Hao turns the deities’ enthusiasm for television into a profitable arrangement, deliberately limiting access to keep demand high.
• Comedic reversal: A manhunt becomes a spectacle of divine excess, and Thunder God’s earlier power offers little protection once the entire Heavenly Court turns against him.

Plot points and events

• Thunder God gives Chen Hao the Thunder God Art, a powerful fifth-grade immortal technique normally suited only to Golden Immortals. He explains that Chen Hao’s Electric Crystal can act as a catalyst, letting him safely use the art’s first two realms: earth thunder and heaven thunder. The third realm, immortal thunder, is too dangerous.
• Thunder God reveals that Chen Hao can use the Electric Crystal to turn water into Electric Crystal Source, a potent but finite electrical material—more practical for commercial products than the crystal’s near-eternal power.
• Chen Hao quickly masters the first two realms and experiments with a bottle of mineral water. His earth-thunder technique draws in electricity across a ten-kilometer radius, creating Electric Crystal Source but also causing widespread outages and draining electronic devices. He realizes he must use the technique cautiously.
• Chen Hao gives the sample to Liu Yan for testing and says he can now mass-produce the new battery material. Preliminary results suggest Electric Crystal Source batteries could last over a hundred times longer than conventional ones; stronger heaven thunder may improve them further.
• While Chen Hao spends the following weeks making Evil-Repelling Talismans and repays the Jade Emperor’s 200,000 merit points, Dihao Group’s battery announcement dominates the news. Xunteng Technology’s share price plunges despite its attempts to retaliate. Liu Yan and Zhang Jing are overwhelmed by the attention and business demands.
• Long Guangsheng and Su Xiaoxiao grow closer after the failed rescue plan, while Long and Haizi’s campaign against Xunteng begins to succeed. Chen Hao enjoys a comparatively relaxed routine—until a call from Chu Jinliang ends it.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Hao shifts from curiosity about the Thunder God Art to excitement over its commercial potential, but his experiment teaches him that his power can have large unintended effects. He remains largely hands-off in business while continuing his spiritual work.
• Thunder God explains the art and its risks, helping Chen Hao turn the Electric Crystal into a new usable resource.
• Liu Yan responds quickly to Chen Hao’s instructions, arranging tests, but the product’s sudden success leaves her and Zhang Jing under intense pressure.
• Long Guangsheng and Su Xiaoxiao become closer despite the failure of the plan meant to bring them together.
• Chen Hao notices that Horse Face has failed to contact him about his monthly soul-reaping duty, but chooses not to disturb the unexpected peace.

Significant themes

• Innovation and unintended consequences: Chen Hao’s breakthrough promises transformative technology, yet his first attempt disrupts power across the area.
• Power and responsibility: The episode stresses that even a useful ability must be handled carefully.
• Commercial ambition and competition: Electric Crystal Source threatens to reshape industry and sends Xunteng’s fortunes into decline.
• Serendipity in relationships: A failed plan inadvertently brings Long Guangsheng and Su Xiaoxiao closer.

• A warning and a proposal: Chu Jinliang visits Chen Hao in Zhonghai after the Electric Crystal Battery makes Dihao Group famous worldwide. He warns that Qi Refiners from other countries may target the company, making caution essential. He also thanks Chen Hao for resolving the Rakshasa crisis.
• A personal complication: Chu Mengling arrives with Chu Jinliang and greets Chen Hao with an exuberant hug, calling him “Haohao.” Liu Yan witnesses the scene and reacts with an icy stare, leaving Chen Hao visibly uncomfortable.
• Chen accepts a larger responsibility: Chu Jinliang proposes that Chen found a Qi Refiner organization and eventually unite China’s scattered Qi Refiner groups. He argues that factional infighting leaves the country vulnerable, while the National Congress lacks a leader whom groups such as Kirin and Capital Gate truly recognize. Chen admits he had considered creating an organization to protect his growing enterprise, but had delayed because he lacked people and resources. After reflecting on how events have repeatedly pulled him beyond his private ambitions, he agrees to lead.
• A base is identified: Chen says the first step is finding a location. Chu reveals a secret, five-square-kilometer artificial island built by the government three years earlier. Its secrecy makes it a promising headquarters for the new organization, though the practical work of founding it—and uniting China’s Qi Refiners—remains ahead.
  Character development and themes: Chen shifts from wanting a quiet life centered on family and personal responsibilities to accepting a national leadership role. Chu serves as mentor and strategist, appealing to Chen’s sense of responsibility and concern for China’s security. The chapter emphasizes unity versus factionalism, the burdens of leadership, and how power and public attention can bring danger as well as opportunity.

Key plot points and events

• Chen Hao and Chu Jinliang discuss uniting Huaxia’s remaining Qi Refiner factions: Ancient Dragon, Nine Blades, Kirin, and the difficult-to-win Capital Gate. Chen Hao thinks of Xiang Wencun, who has been away for nearly six months.
• Chu Jinliang takes Chen Hao to a specially built ring-shaped island. Its central lake, surrounding peaks, and concealed reefs make it a defensible stronghold. Chen Hao accepts the island, while Chu reminds him that it comes with a national mission.
• Chu Jinliang and Chu Mengling leave. Mengling teasingly repeats her offer to keep Chen Hao as her “boy toy,” embarrassing him in front of Liu Yan. Liu Yan playfully punishes him for it, while Long Guangsheng and Su Xiaoxiao fall into a comic exchange about their relationship.
• That night, Horse Face warns Chen Hao that the narrow passage connecting the human world and the Underworld is close to closing. The Underworld is in turmoil, and spirits may be stranded as wandering souls. Horse Face has been assigned to manage the situation on Earth.
• Horse Face asks Chen Hao to use the Crescent Pendant, which can contain soul power, to shelter the displaced souls temporarily.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Hao is planning to consolidate the Qi Refiner factions, but Capital Gate remains his greatest political obstacle.
• Chu Jinliang demonstrates his trust and support by giving Chen Hao a strategically designed island, while stressing Chen’s obligations in return.
• Chu Mengling flirts boldly with Chen Hao; his awkward attempts to deflect her provoke Liu Yan’s jealous, humorous response.
• Horse Face shifts from an intimidating messenger to a worried official seeking Chen Hao’s help. Chen Hao initially misunderstands the request, creating comic tension before learning the seriousness of the crisis.

Significant themes

• Unity and responsibility: Chen Hao’s ambition to unite the Qi Refiners is tied to a broader duty to the country.
• Power and preparation: The island represents the need to build defenses and prepare for future conflict.
• Duty across realms: The Underworld’s failing passage threatens the human world, making Chen Hao’s personal artifact part of a larger supernatural emergency.
• Humor amid danger: Romantic teasing and misunderstandings contrast with the increasingly serious crisis.

Plot points

• Horse Face asks Chen Hao to let the Crescent Pendant serve as a temporary repository for resentful souls. Chen Hao resists, but agrees after Horse Face offers to suspend future missions and lets him inspect a book.
• Chen Hao discovers the book is only a copy of the Book of Life and Death, listing people due to die within the next month—not a way to look up his own lifespan.
• A familiar name catches Chen Hao’s attention. He memorizes the person’s birth details and asks whether her death can be prevented. Horse Face says the register cannot be changed, though he offers to seek a permit allowing her soul to possess a living body as a last-resort alternative.
• Chen Hao negotiates a broader deal: Horse Face may store his souls in the pendant, while Chen Hao expects Horse Face to honor the permit promise.
• The next morning, Chen Hao visits Qin Yumo and asks for her birth details. They match the details beside the name in the book, confirming that she is the person scheduled to die. He vows to protect her.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Hao’s greed and suspicion remain evident: he bargains over the pendant, tries to exploit Horse Face’s offer, and is angered by the “copy” hidden on the book’s back. But learning of Qin Yumo’s impending death overwhelms his usual humor, revealing his deep concern for her.
• Horse Face is resourceful and evasive, using access to the book to secure Chen Hao’s help. Though he insists the recorded fate cannot be altered, he offers a soul-possession permit and accepts the pendant arrangement.
• Qin Yumo initially teases Chen Hao about his sudden visit, then takes his urgency seriously. Their hand-holding, shared silence, and emotional eye contact suggest growing intimacy.

Significant themes

• Fate versus agency: Horse Face presents the Book of Life and Death as immutable, while Chen Hao refuses to accept Qin Yumo’s fate.
• Bargaining and trust: Chen Hao and Horse Face continually negotiate, each wary of being tricked.
• Love and protection: Chen Hao’s discovery transforms his concern for Qin Yumo into a determined promise to save her.

Chapter Summary: “Sweeping Changes”

Key plot points and events

• After learning from Horse Face that Qin Yumo is destined to die at noon in thirty days, Chen Hao resolves to protect her by removing every possible threat. He accelerates his plan to build an organization and power base of his own.
• At a meeting, the group agrees to form the Vast Sea Group from their growing businesses. Liu Yan will continue handling the separation of Blue Light Pharmaceuticals and Dragon Sea International from Dihao Group, while Qin Yumo joins Chen Hao’s efforts to establish the new organization.
• The organization is named the Heavenly Gate, based on Qin Yumo’s suggestion. Chen Hao will lead it, and its members will be called disciples.
• Chen Hao, Qin Yumo, and Long Guangsheng travel by helicopter to an island secured with help from Grandpa Chu. Chen Hao and Qin Yumo head down to the central lake, while Long Guangsheng struggles to follow along the steep path.
• Chen Hao reveals Guanghan Palace, releasing it from the Crescent Pendant. Its Spirit-Gathering Array fills the island with exceptionally dense, pure spiritual energy, transforming the island into an ideal cultivation site. Qin Yumo eagerly begins meditating there.

Character developments

• Chen Hao shifts from waiting to acting, urgently building an organization because of Qin Yumo’s approaching fate. His tenderness toward her is evident, but his happiness at seeing her enjoy the island is shadowed by grief.
• Qin Yumo becomes more involved in Chen Hao’s plans, contributing the name “Heavenly Gate.” She is delighted by the island and palace, and her excitement leads her to begin cultivating immediately.
• Long Guangsheng eagerly seeks a role in the new organization, though he is not a Qi Refiner and Chen Hao doubts his usefulness. His boastful enthusiasm and awkward jokes provide comic relief.
• Liu Yan remains focused on the corporate restructuring and helps organize the division of responsibilities. She appears displeased when Chen Hao repeatedly pairs himself with Qin Yumo.

Significant themes

• Love and impending loss: Chen Hao’s determination to protect Qin Yumo is driven by the knowledge that her death is near; his joy in her happiness is inseparable from sorrow.
• Building strength and responsibility: Chen Hao believes he needs an independent organization and resources to protect those he cares about.
• Ambition and unity: The Vast Sea Group and Heavenly Gate mark the group’s transition from scattered ventures toward a shared enterprise and purpose.
• Cultivation and opportunity: Guanghan Palace’s array makes the island a rare sanctuary where Qi Refiners can advance more easily.

Character interactions

• Chen Hao assigns Liu Yan, Long Guangsheng, Haizi, and Qin Yumo distinct roles in the business and organizational plans; Liu Yan ultimately sends Long Guangsheng to accompany Chen Hao.
• The group rejects Long Guangsheng’s proposed names, but embraces Qin Yumo’s suggestion of the Heavenly Gate.
• Long Guangsheng teases Chen Hao about his closeness with Qin Yumo and is promptly scolded and dragged by the ear.
• At the lake, Chen Hao gently fixes Qin Yumo’s hair before showing her Guanghan Palace. She responds with wonder and immediately takes advantage of its spiritual energy to cultivate.

Key plot points and events

• Long Guangsheng reaches the island and discovers that Chen Hao has established a grand palace. Chen renames the island Heavenly Gate Island and changes the palace plaque to Heavenly Gate.
• Chen summons his followers. By the next morning, all 222 Qi Refiners arrive by private plane and find the island rich in spiritual energy—but an invisible barrier prevents them from entering the palace.
• Chen announces that Heavenly Gate is officially founded and invites the Qi Refiners to become its first disciples. Their initial hesitation reflects their uncertainty about pledging themselves to a sect.
• Qin Yumo begins to break through to the third realm. Chen uses a drop of dragon blood to supply the spiritual energy she needs, enabling her to form emerald, dragon-scale-patterned Qi Armor almost instantly.
• Witnessing Qin’s breakthrough, the Qi Refiners are eager to join. Chen names himself Sect Leader and appoints Qin Deputy Sect Leader; she accepts despite her doubts about her suitability.
• Wang Jian reports that he brought supplies looted from Rakshasa’s four gates: manuals, techniques, artifacts, pills, and stones used for a Stone Soldier Formation. Chen decides the goods will become Heavenly Gate’s starting resources and begins considering a secure place to store them.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Hao shifts from acting as a powerful individual to building an institution. He understands that loyalty based on coercion will not last, so he uses opportunity and mutual benefit to attract disciples.
• Qin Yumo reaches a major cultivation milestone with Chen’s help. Her unguarded embrace reveals her excitement and closeness to him; embarrassed by the onlookers, she quickly pulls away. She also takes on the demanding role of Deputy Sect Leader.
• Long Guangsheng is impressed by the new headquarters, though Chen playfully teases him about his eyesight and education.
• Wang Jian demonstrates competence by organizing the looted supplies and bringing them to the island. He addresses Chen formally as Sect Leader.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and self-interest: The disciples’ commitment grows when they see concrete benefits, showing that lasting cooperation requires mutual advantage rather than promises or force alone.
• Leadership and institution-building: Chen establishes a sect, appoints leadership, and gathers resources to support future growth.
• Cultivation and opportunity: Qin’s breakthrough illustrates how talent and preparation may require a decisive external opportunity.
• Power and control: Chen’s invisible barrier protects the palace, while his dragon blood can dramatically influence another cultivator’s progress.

Key plot points and events

• Chen Hao buys a Water-Repelling Pearl from the Northern Sea Dragon King for 100,000 Daoist Merit Points. The Dragon King sends three pearls: one mother pearl and two child pearls. The artifact lets its holder move freely underwater, creates a dry, protected space, and blocks water-based attacks.
• Chen Hao tests the mother pearl in the lake, creating a hidden, hundred-square-meter refuge on the lake bed. He moves the Heavenly Gate’s supplies there and buries the Stone Soldier Formation’s Formation Stones near the shore. The formation still needs a large number of souls to activate.
• Chen Hao announces that the Heavenly Gate’s founding ceremony will be held in one month and instructs the disciples to invite Qi Refiners throughout Huaxia.
• He gives a child pearl to Qin Yumo, shows her the underwater refuge, and entrusts her with its security and the sect’s internal affairs. Long Guangsheng takes charge of external affairs and construction.
• The invitation draws the attention of rival sect leaders. Wu Daozi of the Capital Gate is angered by Chen Hao’s plans, while Tang Hanxiu and Yu Bai discuss Chen Hao’s reputation. Wu Daozi decides to let the sect be founded—but hints that the ceremony may not go as Chen Hao intends.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Hao uses his growing wealth to strengthen the Heavenly Gate, while showing increased trust in Qin Yumo by giving her both a pearl and responsibility for the sect’s hidden refuge and internal organization.
• Qin Yumo is delighted by the pearl and the underwater experience, then accepts her expanded role. Her surprise at Chen Hao’s sudden trust suggests she notices his recent change in behavior.
• The Northern Sea Dragon King bargains aggressively, but the pearls prove far more valuable than Chen Hao initially expected.
• Long Guangsheng becomes Chen Hao’s partner in building and defending the island.
• Wu Daozi sees the ceremony as a challenge to established sects. Tang Hanxiu recognizes Chen Hao as memorable and talented but doubts the story that he defeated Rakshasa alone. Yu Bai probes Tang’s opinion of him.

Significant themes

• Trust and responsibility: Chen Hao delegates important duties and entrusts Qin Yumo with the sect’s safety.
• Ambition and institution-building: The Heavenly Gate moves from a new sect toward a formal organization, with leadership, incentives, defenses, and a public founding ceremony.
• Power and rivalry: Chen Hao’s rising profile threatens established groups, foreshadowing conflict.
• Resourcefulness and preparation: The lake refuge and island defenses show the sect preparing for both practical needs and possible attacks.

Plot points

• Xiang Wencun hears that Chen Hao is founding the Heavenly Gate and wants to attend, but Gula forbids her from leaving Nine Blades. Gula warns that Chen’s public, unsanctioned sect founding is likely to provoke opposition from other sects.
• Xiang calls Chen Hao to congratulate him and warn him to be careful. He offers to break her out of Nine Blades, but she accepts that she cannot defy its rules. He promises to come for her after the ceremony.
• On a mountain road, Chen meets Dong Zhuo, who congratulates him and receives an Evil-Repelling Talisman. Dong warns that America’s Vampire Clan and Werewolf Clan have sent forces to China; a vampire lord from the Smith family, reportedly at the peak of the sixth realm, is among them.
• Back home, Chen worries that foreign forces may disrupt the Heavenly Gate’s founding ceremony. Horse Face then brings more than a hundred souls to stay temporarily in Chen’s Crescent Pendant. Chen admits them despite Qin Meng’s objections, and Qin Meng takes charge of keeping them in line.

Character developments and interactions

• Xiang’s longing for Chen is clear, but her duty as Nine Blades’ Saintess keeps her from joining him. Chen’s willingness to rescue her shows how strongly he cares for her.
• Gula acts as a protective authority, prioritizing Nine Blades’ rules and warning Xiang of the danger surrounding Chen’s ceremony.
• Dong Zhuo remains friendly and loyal to Chen, offering intelligence as well as accepting his help.
• Chen is generous but increasingly assertive: he honors Horse Face’s request, then insists that the Crescent Pendant is his to manage. Qin Meng resents his decision but agrees to supervise the newcomers.

Significant themes

• Duty versus personal attachment: Xiang’s feelings for Chen conflict with her obligations as Saintess.
• Rising external danger: Chen’s founding plans attract opposition from both domestic sects and foreign supernatural groups.
• Authority and cooperation: Chen’s control of the Crescent Pendant clashes with Qin Meng’s expectations, while their shared responsibility for the souls suggests an uneasy partnership.

Key events and plot points

• Heavenly Gate Island is being prepared for its founding ceremony. Long Guangsheng oversees construction, Qin Yumo handles internal affairs, and Long Xiaotian and Long’er arrive with Ancient Dragon allies to help. Long Xiaotian’s guidance makes Qin Yumo’s work easier and speeds up the drafting of sect rules.
• Chen Hao remains troubled by the Book of Life and Death, which predicts Qin Yumo will die on the day of the ceremony. He fears both leaving her unprotected and keeping her close if he might be the cause of her death.
• When Qin Yumo points out cracks in the Ancient Armored Warrior statues, Chen Hao discovers that Qin Meng and the other souls have been using them to fight for entertainment. He orders them to stop and arranges cards, mahjong, and other games to keep the spirits occupied. He realizes the incident may also help him activate the statues and the Stone Soldier Formation.
• In the Heavenly Court chat group, the immortals discuss the coming Peach Banquet and compete for ways to impress the Queen Mother of the West and obtain a Peach of Immortality. Chen Hao hopes to gain one, but Sun Wukong says he is now watched too closely to steal peaches.
• The Jade Emperor asks Chen Hao for an unusual gift. Taking his suggestion that something mundane could stand out, Chen Hao sends him a package of “Hot Lace” and mischievously tells him to give it to the Queen Mother of the West.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Hao is pulled between concern for Qin Yumo and fear of the prophecy, but he also shows quick problem-solving when he turns the statue mishap into a possible opportunity.
• Qin Yumo is portrayed as capable and industrious, while Qin Meng is playful and manipulative: she pressures Chen Hao into providing games for the spirits.
• Long Xiaotian supports Qin Yumo with practical experience, strengthening the team’s efforts to establish Heavenly Gate.
• Chen Hao’s exchanges with Sun Wukong and the Jade Emperor show his growing involvement in Heavenly Court affairs. His gift to the Queen Mother is a deliberate, irreverent prank.

Significant themes

• Fate and responsibility: Chen Hao’s anxiety over Qin Yumo’s predicted death raises the question of whether his choices can change her fate.
• Improvisation and leadership: He repeatedly turns unexpected problems into practical solutions.
• Humor and irreverence: The spirits’ antics and Chen Hao’s cheeky gift contrast with the high stakes surrounding the sect’s founding and Qin Yumo’s prophecy.
• Status and originality: The Peach Banquet discussion suggests that an unconventional gift may be more memorable than conventional treasures.

Plot points and events

• Heavenly Gate Island is nearly finished, outfitted with military-grade security systems, radar buoys, villas, and fast elevators. Chen Hao has promised the military first access to Electric Crystal Source batteries in exchange for help obtaining equipment.
• Chen Hao establishes Heavenly Gate’s leadership: he is Sect Leader, Qin Yumo is Deputy Sect Leader, and Long Xiaotian becomes Honorary Deputy Sect Leader. Several others are named elders. Chen intends to use the new sect to challenge the established Qi Refiners and push toward unifying them.
• To keep Qin Meng and the other souls content, Chen Hao turns the Crescent Pendant into a casino stocked with games.
• At sunset, Chen Hao asks Qin Yumo what she would do if the world ended the next day. She says she would spend it with the person she loves. Chen cannot return her feelings, and she leaves in tears.
• Later, Chen struggles with guilt and grief while Liu Yan tries to comfort him. A comic interruption follows: the Jade Emperor complains that the Queen Mother’s enchanted lingerie has made their marital routine exhausting. Chen sends him a makeup set, hoping to distract her.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Hao shows confidence as a leader, but privately feels torn by his affection for Qin Yumo and his commitment to Liu Yan. He withholds the truth behind his unusual questions and is distressed after Qin Yumo’s confession.
• Qin Yumo reveals the depth of her love for Chen Hao while accepting that he will not choose her. Though she promises to cherish their friendship, she breaks down alone afterward.
• Liu Yan offers Chen Hao gentle support, but senses his distance and returns to bed when he says he is tired.
• Long Xiaotian is recognized for his contributions, while Chen Hao hopes the honorary title may help recruit him.
• The Jade Emperor and Queen Mother provide comic contrast: the Emperor seeks Chen Hao’s help escaping the consequences of the Queen Mother’s enchanted gift.

Significant themes

• Duty versus desire: Chen Hao believes Liu Yan is his destined partner, yet his feelings for Qin Yumo complicate that certainty.
• Unrequited love and loss: Qin Yumo’s devotion brings hope but also renewed heartbreak.
• Ambition and unity: Chen Hao uses Heavenly Gate’s founding to challenge the existing order and unite Huaxia’s Qi Refiners.
• Humor amid emotional turmoil: The Jade Emperor’s predicament abruptly breaks the chapter’s melancholy tone.

Key plot points and events

• On the morning of Heavenly Gate’s founding ceremony, Chen Hao learns from the Book of Life and Death that Qin Yumo is fated to die at noon. He tries to hide her in the Crescent Pendant, but discovers it can no longer take in other living people—possibly because its entry quota has been exhausted.
• As an alternative, he places Yumo behind the Water-Repelling Pearl’s underwater barrier, gives her protective talismans, and begs her to remain there until after noon. She agrees, though she feels abandoned once he leaves.
• The ceremony begins at Heavenly Gate Palace. Guests arrive, including a major delegation from Nine Blades led by Clone. The Saintess is absent, disappointing Chen Hao.
• Clone learns that Long Xiaotian, patriarch of the Ancient Dragon Clan, serves as Heavenly Gate’s nominal Deputy Sect Leader. Seeing this alliance strengthens Clone’s respect for Chen Hao and eases his earlier resistance to Nine Blades aligning with Heavenly Gate.
• The arrival of Capital Gate and Kirin, led by Wu Daozi and Yuan Kai, creates the first major tension of the ceremony. They make pointed, insincere remarks about Chen Hao’s new position and arrive without gifts. Their companion Wu Jing then challenges the seating arrangements, making the gathering awkward.

Character developments

• Chen Hao is torn between safeguarding Yumo and presiding over his sect’s founding. His desperate precautions show how seriously he takes the prophecy, while his public courtesy shows his restraint as host.
• Qin Yumo cooperates with Chen Hao despite not understanding why she must be excluded from the ceremony. Her sadness suggests she fears being left behind.
• Clone shifts from skepticism about an unconditional alliance with Heavenly Gate to greater admiration for Chen Hao after seeing the palace and Ancient Dragon’s involvement.
• Long Xiaotian publicly reinforces Ancient Dragon’s commitment by identifying himself as both its patriarch and Heavenly Gate’s nominal deputy.
• Wu Daozi and Yuan Kai appear outwardly polite but are openly condescending toward Chen Hao; Wu Jing escalates their provocation.

Significant themes

• Fate versus protection: Chen Hao struggles against Yumo’s predicted death, but the Crescent Pendant’s unexplained restriction makes his efforts feel obstructed by fate.
• Trust and isolation: Yumo trusts Chen Hao enough to stay behind, yet his protection leaves her emotionally isolated.
• Power, alliances, and legitimacy: Heavenly Gate’s spiritual resources and its ties to Ancient Dragon help establish its influence among established sects.
• Ceremony masking conflict: Formal greetings conceal rivalry, skepticism, and challenges to Chen Hao’s authority.

Character interactions

• Chen Hao pleads with Yumo to remain hidden until noon; she agrees but is hurt by being excluded.
• Chen Hao seeks Qin Meng’s explanation for the pendant’s failure, while she offers a casual, uncertain theory amid her mahjong game.
• Clone exchanges courtesies with Chen Hao, questions the Saintess’s absence, and speaks with Long Xiaotian about Ancient Dragon’s role.
• Wu Daozi and Yuan Kai use polite language to undermine Chen Hao, while Wu Jing’s seating complaint openly disrupts the ceremony’s cordial atmosphere.