Chapter Summaries

Plot points and events

• Liu Shan and Liu Qi confront Liu Yan over giving Chen Hao 10% of Blue Light Pharmaceuticals and signing a risky performance wager with Uncle Ming. Both believe she is endangering the family company.
• Chen Hao defends the plan, but the argument shifts to a more immediate crisis: Blue Light’s suppliers have collectively stopped deliveries, shutting down most production lines. Liu Yan suspects Wang Xuemin and Uncle Ming are coordinating the sabotage to force the company’s collapse and seize its assets.
• Liu Qi blames Liu Yan and urges her to reconcile with the men behind the crisis, even suggesting she should have married the Dihao Group heir. Liu Yan leaves in anger and is deeply hurt when her father offers no support.
• Liu Shan privately tells Chen Hao to return his shares and stay away from Liu Yan. Chen refuses, arguing that investing in a failing company and accepting the wager makes little sense if he is merely seeking profit. He criticizes Liu Shan’s past management and advises him to get his lungs checked.
• Chen Hao proposes halting ordinary production, reserving capacity for Blue Light’s new product, and advancing its launch from a week away to within two days. He also plans a major publicity event. Liu Yan is reassured by his proposal.
• Liu Yan reveals that tests found powerful repair factors in the product powders, but they cannot be processed without losing their effect, so the product must be packaged in pressurized canisters. She questions Chen Hao about the powders’ origins; he promises to explain later.
• Chen Hao tells Liu Yan he will stand by her. Afterward, he contacts Long Guangsheng and police Director Sun Long, arranging for several entertainment venues connected to the Black Tiger Society to be shut down and sending a message that their operators should contact him if they want to reopen.

Character developments and interactions

• Liu Yan remains composed as a business leader despite her family’s attacks and the supplier crisis. Her father’s indifference wounds her, but Chen Hao’s confidence and support restore some of her resolve.
• Chen Hao grows more active as Liu Yan’s ally: he challenges her relatives, offers a concrete turnaround strategy, and uses his connections to pressure the opposing side.
• Liu Shan is dismissive of Chen Hao and distrustful of Liu Yan’s decisions, revealing both his hostility toward their partnership and his lack of emotional support for his daughter.
• Liu Qi remains resentful and antagonistic, criticizing Liu Yan while advocating submission to the people undermining the company.
• Chen Hao and Liu Yan’s mutual trust deepens, while Chen Hao maintains an air of mystery about the new product’s source.

Significant themes

• Family betrayal and ambition: Liu Yan faces hostility from relatives who prioritize their own grievances over supporting her.
• Crisis and leadership: The supplier blockade tests Liu Yan’s resolve and prompts Chen Hao to pursue a bold, accelerated strategy.
• Power and leverage: Business sabotage is met with counterpressure through Chen Hao’s personal and official connections.
• Trust and secrecy: Liu Yan trusts Chen Hao’s plan and product, even though he withholds its full origins.

Plot points and events

• Chen Hao obtains several sacks of medicinal herbs from Blue Light Pharmaceuticals and sends them to Alchemy Boy, who is to test whether they can produce the furnace ash Chen needs.
• Chang’e asks Chen Hao about the Sacred Fruit he gave Matchmaker. He trades her one for her Crescent Pendant, which improves mental clarity and can absorb moon essence for cultivation. Chen Hao then sends her an ordinary apple, which she gladly accepts.
• Long Guangsheng arrives with two or three dozen men. Chen Hao gathers them in a conference room to plan a show of force for the coming days.
• Meanwhile, Black Tiger Society leader Brother Tiger confronts Haizi over the gang’s failed attack on Chen Hao, dismissing Haizi’s claim that Chen used ninjutsu. Before the gang can pursue Chen, police raids shut down its entertainment businesses.
• The gang discovers that the shutdowns may be connected to Chen Hao. Brother Tiger calls him, but Chen hangs up when Tiger begins threatening him. Tiger orders his men to watch the closed venues and bring Chen to him.
• Sun Long confirms that he arranged for the municipal authorities to seal the establishments and says they will remain closed unless Chen gives permission to reopen.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Hao continues using WeChat and his growing network to gain resources and leverage. He is anxious about the herbs, opportunistic in bargaining with Chang’e, and confident enough to dismiss Brother Tiger’s threats.
• Chang’e is eager for the Sacred Fruit and willingly exchanges a prized personal artifact for one.
• Long Guangsheng is ready to follow Chen Hao’s orders, though the chapter does not reveal the plan’s details.
• Brother Tiger shifts from blustering anger to confusion when his businesses are closed, then returns to threats after Chen refuses to engage.
• Haizi is rattled by the consequences of the failed ambush and the revelation that Chen Hao’s number is linked to the shutdowns.
• Sun Long acts as Chen’s ally, using his authority to pressure the Black Tiger Society.

Significant themes

• Power and influence: Chen Hao’s connections and allies give him reach beyond what the gang expects from someone they assume is an ordinary poor youth.
• Escalation and retaliation: A failed attack leads to a much larger conflict, with both sides preparing their next move.
• Resourceful bargaining: Chen exchanges a fruit he presents as rare for a valuable cultivation pendant, showing his flair for negotiation and exaggeration.
• Hidden capabilities: Chen’s unusual tools, supernatural contacts, and expanding network repeatedly confound those who underestimate him.

Key plot points and events

• Chen Hao receives a large batch of medicinal ash from Alchemy Boy and sends a sample to Liu Yan’s team for testing, hoping it can secure a steady supply for their product launch.
• Alchemy Boy explains that the Eight Trigrams Furnace is only a vessel; the real secret is Samadhi True Fire, a dangerous sacred flame that can transform ordinary ingredients. Chen Hao asks to see some, but is warned that it would destroy anyone below Golden Immortal strength.
• With the Black Tiger Society threat unresolved, Chen Hao stays overnight at Blue Light Pharmaceuticals. He comforts Liu Yan, who is hurt by her family’s treatment, and they share a moment of flirtation that leaves her quietly disappointed when he explains his remark as being about his investment in her.
• That night, Chen Hao uses Chang’e’s Crescent Pendant and senses qi entering and nourishing his body. By morning he feels refreshed, though he cannot yet control qi and can sense it only at night. He practices the Tiger-Subduing Arhat Fist, whose force appears stronger.
• Elsewhere, Long Guangsheng stages a public “rescue” to make himself look heroic: he cuts Yellow Hair with a dagger, then calls for help. His plan is disrupted when a Red Cross medic rushes in to treat the wounded man. Long kicks the medic aside, provoking the crowd.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Hao remains playful and impulsive, but his cultivation progresses as the pendant helps him perceive qi. He is also attentive to Liu Yan, though he masks his affection with jokes and talk of business.
• Liu Yan reveals how alienated she feels from her family. Chen’s comfort briefly lifts her spirits, but his clarification of his flirtatious comment leaves her with unspoken disappointment.
• Alchemy Boy provides key knowledge about alchemy and warns Chen Hao against the lethal Samadhi True Fire.
• Long Guangsheng is shown as theatrical and cruel: he injures Yellow Hair for the sake of a staged performance, then attacks a medic who threatens to take attention away from him. Yellow Hair is frightened but obedient, despite having been loyal to Long for years.

Significant themes

• Cultivation and transformation: The pendant and qi offer Chen Hao a new path toward physical and martial growth.
• The gap between appearance and reality: Long’s respectable suit and staged rescue conceal his thuggishness and selfish motives.
• Unspoken affection and emotional vulnerability: Liu Yan’s loneliness and disappointment contrast with Chen Hao’s joking, business-minded deflection.
• Power and danger: Samadhi True Fire’s immense potential comes with equally grave risks.

Plot and key events

• Long Guangsheng stages a public demonstration of Blue Light Pharmaceuticals’ new healing spray. He sprays black powder onto Yellow Hair’s severe back wounds, which disappear within seconds. The stunned crowd films the event and hears that the product will launch in two days.
• Similar demonstrations take place across Zhonghai. Promotional videos spread rapidly online, with paid posters hired by Zhang Jing amplifying the campaign. Blue Light Pharmaceuticals rises to the top of public discussion, and Liu Yan is flooded with partnership inquiries.
• Chen Hao and Liu Yan plan the product launch. Because raw materials are scarce, Chen Hao limits production of the standard potion to ten bottles a day, despite the factory’s ability to make nearly a thousand. Liu Yan proposes a price of one million per bottle.
• They also establish an upgraded version made with black furnace ash, which heals more serious injuries. Only one bottle will be produced daily, priced at two million.
• Liu Yan proposes that Chen Hao receive 40 percent of net profits, citing his supply of raw materials but also the company’s contributions to production. Chen Hao accepts immediately, and their discussion ends warmly.
• Meanwhile, Kang’ai Technology’s Wang Xuemin dismisses the healing demonstrations as a publicity stunt. Confident that Blue Light Pharmaceuticals cannot deliver at its launch, he plans to bring reporters and experts to expose it. He and Uncle Ming also plot to take advantage of Liu Yan if her company fails.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Hao shows confidence in strategic scarcity and product differentiation. He accepts a smaller profit share without bargaining, presenting himself as focused on the bigger picture and demonstrating his trust in Liu Yan.
• Liu Yan proves adept at marketing and business strategy: she sets a high price, manages the surge in interest, and negotiates a favorable share for her company. Her playful rapport with Chen Hao makes their partnership feel personal as well as professional.
• Long Guangsheng boldly promotes the potion through a dramatic staged demonstration, silencing skeptics once its effects become undeniable.
• Wang Xuemin and Uncle Ming share an overconfident, hostile view of Liu Yan. Wang’s contempt and predatory intentions reveal that his opposition is personal as well as commercial.

Significant themes

• Innovation versus disbelief: The potion’s miraculous effects challenge what the public—and Wang—believes possible.
• Scarcity and commercialization: Limited supplies lead Chen Hao and Liu Yan to position the potion as a high-priced, exclusive product.
• Publicity and perception: The company’s success depends on combining demonstrations, viral videos, and paid online promotion.
• Trust and partnership: Chen Hao’s ready acceptance of Liu Yan’s terms reflects mutual confidence, contrasting with Wang and Uncle Ming’s exploitative plans.

Key plot points

• While cultivating with the Crescent Pendant, Chen Hao absorbs a little qi and discovers that his external arts can gain cultivation progress from it. His Heavenly Eye Art, Celestial Immortal Art, and Tiger-Subduing Arhat Fist all show progress; the internally focused Yellow Emperor’s Book of Changes does not.
• Princess Iron Fan thanks Chen Hao for giving Red Boy something entertaining and sends him a Demon-Detecting Mirror. Looking into it, Chen Hao discovers two Netherworld figures behind him: Horse Face and a chained female ghost.
• Horse Face initially threatens Chen Hao, but recognizes him as “Little Charlatan,” a familiar from a recent calligraphy purchase. Once they establish their connection, Horse Face gives Chen Hao the female ghost to store in the Crescent Pendant, claiming she can protect him from other supernatural beings. He warns that she is crafty and should not be released casually.
• After Horse Face leaves, Chen Hao returns to work. Blue Light Pharmaceuticals prepares more than two hundred bottles of Blue Light Potion for its launch. Publicity brings a rush of visitors and partnership offers, along with several million in unsolicited transfers.
• The Black Tiger Society’s businesses remain shut down by the city’s police chief. Facing crippling losses, Brother Tiger repeatedly tries to reach Chen Hao, even calling him “Dad,” but Chen Hao refuses to hear him out.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Hao’s cultivation advances, and he gains a powerful supernatural tool, though his first encounter with Horse Face leaves him terrified. He quickly regains his composure by pretending familiarity and negotiating a mutually useful arrangement.
• Horse Face shifts from threatening Chen Hao to treating him like a brother after recognizing him. Their shared, opportunistic humor leads to an agreement: Chen Hao may help find buyers for items Horse Face acquires in the Underworld.
• Princess Iron Fan expresses gratitude and rewards Chen Hao with the mirror, extending his connections with the immortal realm.
• Liu Yan and the company team focus on getting the product launch ready, while the sudden success and influx of money leave Liu Yan both overwhelmed and uncertain.
• Brother Tiger’s desperation contrasts with Chen Hao’s refusal to help, showing that the Black Tiger Society’s influence has sharply declined.

Significant themes

• Supernatural and ordinary worlds intersect: A gift from the immortal realm lets Chen Hao perceive—and interact with—Netherworld beings.
• Pragmatism and opportunism: Chen Hao and Horse Face turn an alarming encounter into a friendly business arrangement.
• Rapid shifts in power: Blue Light Pharmaceuticals rises as the Black Tiger Society collapses under legal pressure, showing how fortunes can change abruptly.

Key plot points and events

• Chen Hao checks the Heavenly Court Chat Group, where Sun Wukong and Erlang Shen are still “fighting”—by turning into a softshell turtle and a tortoise and competing not to move. Tang Sanzang interrupts with a lengthy lecture and exposes immortals who secretly complained about the pair, prompting denials, anger, and more threats.
• Chu Mengling sends Chen Hao a mysterious message asking him to meet her at nine that night.
• Pagoda-Bearing Li Heavenly King asks Chen Hao for a game console to keep his unruly son, Nezha, occupied. Chen Hao trades one for a Heavenly Book, a fifth-grade immortal cultivation method.
• The book teaches Chen Hao how to sense, control, and refine qi. He can now sense qi even in daylight, though he cannot yet guide it into his body.
• The female ghost inside Chen Hao’s pendant tells him about Qi Refiners: people with extraordinary abilities who live among ordinary people, belong to an organized group, and appear for special incidents or missions.

Character developments

• Chen Hao’s access to the Heavenly Court continues to benefit him: he obtains a cultivation method that may let him use the qi he previously could only sense. He shows patience when his first attempts to control it fail.
• His reputation among the immortals appears to be growing, and he uses that standing to negotiate for a valuable treasure.
• The female ghost becomes a source of important knowledge about the hidden world of Qi Refiners.
• Li Heavenly King is shown as a worried father seeking help to rein in Nezha.

Character interactions

• The immortals’ comic quarrel escalates through Sun Wukong’s threats, Tang Sanzang’s moralizing, and the other immortals’ angry reactions to having their private complaints exposed.
• Chen Hao exchanges a game console with Li Heavenly King for the Heavenly Book, then sends the console to him.
• Liu Yan sees Chen Hao laughing and later catches him smiling to himself, though he hides the reason.
• Chen Hao questions the female ghost about Qi Refiners and begins connecting their existence to the strange events in the world.

Significant themes

• Comedy and disorder: The immortals’ petty disputes and family troubles mirror everyday squabbles.
• Progress through exchange: Chen Hao turns a modern game console into a major opportunity for cultivation.
• Hidden worlds: The revelation of Qi Refiners suggests that supernatural powers exist beyond the Heavenly Court and opens a new mystery for Chen Hao to investigate.

Key plot points

• Chu Mengling takes Chen Hao to a mountain road and reveals she is leaving Zhonghai for the capital the next day. She confesses her feelings and asks him to go with her.
• Before Chen Hao can respond, an unseen attacker begins firing pebbles at them. Chen Hao shields Chu and realizes the assailant is powerful enough to seriously injure him.
• Chen Hao releases the female ghost from his Crescent Pendant. She locates the attacker, a black-clad Qi Refiner hiding nearby.
• Chen Hao confronts him. They exchange stone attacks, and the ghost briefly distracts the attacker with a sneeze, allowing Chen Hao to land blows. Both are injured.
• The attacker produces a dagger and tries to kill Chen Hao, but approaching headlights interrupt him. He throws the dagger, which Chen Hao blocks with his hand, then escapes.
• Chen Hao collapses as Commander Qiao and others arrive. Chu urges them to save him.

Character developments

• Chen Hao is caught off guard by Chu’s confession but understands that he sees her more as a younger sister. Once attacked, he acts protectively and shows speed and skill, though he is badly wounded.
• Chu Mengling reveals her vulnerability and affection for Chen Hao, then remains focused on his safety during the attack.
• The female ghost proves useful as an ally, scouting the attacker despite her weakened state. Chen Hao overcomes his distrust enough to release her.
• The attacker is revealed as a skilled Qi Refiner who targets Chu, though his reason is not yet explained. A lightning-bolt tattoo marks him.

Significant themes

• Unrequited affection and separation: Chu’s confession contrasts with Chen Hao’s familial feelings and her imminent departure.
• Protection and sacrifice: Chen Hao repeatedly puts himself between Chu and danger.
• Trust under pressure: He must decide whether to rely on the ghost when there is no time to investigate her claims.
• Escalating danger: The attack suggests Chen Hao and Chu have drawn the attention of powerful enemies.

Character interactions

• Chu and Chen Hao share a tender but awkward farewell conversation, ending in her confession and his silence.
• Chen Hao reassures and protects Chu during the attack, telling her to stay behind the car.
• The ghost helps Chen Hao locate the hidden assailant and distracts him during their fight.
• The attacker taunts Chen Hao, who challenges and fights him before collapsing as help arrives.

Key plot points and events

• Chen Hao wakes in a private hospital room after the ambush, with his leg and palm bandaged. Chu Mengling blames herself for his injuries, but he reassures her.
• Chu Jinliang questions Chen Hao about the attacker. Chen Hao describes the masked man’s build, skill with flying stones, and distinctive lightning-bolt tattoo. Qiao Shan leaves to investigate.
• Chu Jinliang admits they have been tracking the attacker for years but refuses to reveal more, warning that the people involved are dangerous.
• After Chu Jinliang leaves, Chen Hao uses the Heavenly Eye Art to confirm his bones are unharmed and treats himself with furnace ash, which heals his injuries almost instantly.
• Chu Mengling renews her romantic advances, but Chen Hao tries to discourage her, citing their age difference, contrasting backgrounds, and his own objections. He is interrupted by Liu Yan, who reminds him of Blue Light Pharmaceuticals’ product launch.
• Chen Hao leaves the hospital with Mengling. A doctor who had been preparing special care for him discovers he has already disappeared.
• During the drive, Mengling asks Chen Hao to accompany her to Capital City. He declines. At Blue Light Pharmaceuticals, she hugs him and says she will return, then warns the soldiers following her not to tell her grandfather about the embrace.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Hao stays calm and protective toward Mengling, conceals how much he knows about the attacker, and recognizes that he must accelerate his cultivation to face the threat. His miraculous recovery also reinforces his unusual abilities.
• Chu Mengling remains devoted to Chen Hao despite his repeated rejections. She regrets putting him in danger, openly pursues him, and is visibly sad when he refuses to leave with her.
• Chu Jinliang shows concern for both young people, briefly scolds Mengling, and keeps the larger threat secret from Chen Hao.
• Qiao Shan helps investigate the attacker after hearing Chen Hao’s description.
• Liu Yan pulls Chen Hao back to his work responsibilities with a reminder about the product launch.

Significant themes

• Hidden danger and secrecy: The attacker is part of a powerful, obscure threat that Chu Jinliang’s group has pursued for years.
• Power and self-improvement: Chen Hao realizes his current strength may not be enough and resolves to cultivate faster.
• Romance and reluctance: Mengling’s persistence contrasts with Chen Hao’s discomfort and divided commitments.
• Care and protection: Mengling, Chu Jinliang, and the soldiers all try to protect Chen Hao, while Chen Hao tries to spare Mengling further worry.

Key plot points and events

• Blue Light Pharmaceuticals launches its new Blue Light Potion at a crowded, high-profile event. Chen Hao attends discreetly, while Liu Yan presents the product and Long Guangsheng oversees security.
• Uncle Ming interrupts the launch, claiming the potion is fake and accusing Liu Yan of deceiving the public. His planted reporters amplify the allegations, turning the crowd against her. He hopes the scandal will help him win his wager with Liu Yan.
• Liu Yan stays composed and proposes an immediate public test. A respected medical official, Zhao Feng, volunteers his recently operated-on arm as proof. The chapter ends just as Liu Yan approaches him with the potion; the demonstration’s result is not yet shown.
• Meanwhile, Chen Hao tries to confront Uncle Ming but is blocked by members of the Black Tiger Society. After one thug attacks him, Chen calls Brother Tiger, the Society’s leader. When the group’s boss, Yang Zi, realizes who Chen is, Brother Tiger orders him to apologize. Yang Zi drops to his knees and begs Chen’s forgiveness.

Character developments

• Liu Yan shows confidence and self-control under public attack, choosing evidence over argument.
• Chen Hao remains deliberately out of the public eye, but steps in when the event is threatened. His influence over the Black Tiger Society is revealed.
• Long Guangsheng acts as a capable security captain, though the antagonists’ guards prevent him from reaching the stage.
• Uncle Ming is exposed as a calculated saboteur: his public indignation masks his desire to damage the company.
• Yang Zi shifts abruptly from swaggering bully to fearful subordinate once he learns Chen’s identity.

Significant themes

• Proof versus rumor: Liu Yan answers accusations with a proposed demonstration.
• Power and reputation: Uncle Ming weaponizes the media and public opinion, while Chen’s hidden connections command immediate obedience.
• Composure under pressure: Liu Yan’s calm contrasts with the chaos and hostility surrounding her.

Character interactions

• Liu Yan faces Uncle Ming’s accusations before reporters, experts, and business leaders, then invites them to judge the potion’s effectiveness.
• Chen and Long Guangsheng coordinate around the security threat, but Chen handles it directly after encountering the Black Tiger Society’s men.
• Chen’s phone call to Brother Tiger reverses the confrontation: Yang Zi’s men go from blocking Chen to watching their leader apologize.

Plot points and events

• At Blue Light Pharmaceuticals’ product launch, Uncle Ming and the Black Tiger Society members unexpectedly kneel to Chen Hao, whose influence over them is unclear to the other attendees.
• Liu Yan demonstrates the Blue Light Potion on Zhao Feng’s scar. Within seconds, the scar disappears, stunning the crowd and proving the product’s extraordinary effectiveness.
• Reporters and businesspeople rush to Liu Yan. She announces a price of one million per bottle and production of fewer than ten bottles a day; the available stock sells out, bringing the company more than thirty million in advance payments.
• Uncle Ming, who had hoped the launch would fail, realizes the company’s success threatens his position. Yang Zi confronts and strikes him, then drags him out after Wang Hu—Black Tiger Society’s leader—turns against him.
• Outside, Wang Hu arrives and humbly addresses Chen Hao as “Brother Hao,” even telling his men to do the same. Chen Hao rebukes the gang for previously trying to kill him and disrupting his wife’s event.
• Chen Hao asks Wang Hu to identify who hired the hit; Wang Hu confirms it was someone surnamed Lou. Chen Hao insists the culprit should face consequences but rejects Wang Hu’s suggestion of murder.
• Wang Hu then reveals his real reason for eagerness: he hopes Chen Hao can help reopen his closed nightclubs.

Character developments and interactions

• Liu Yan shifts from uncertainty about the potion’s origins to commanding the launch with confidence. Her company’s success is clearly tied to Chen Hao’s support, and she looks to him with gratitude.
• Chen Hao remains understated despite being the event’s unseen power behind the scenes. He supports Liu Yan, keeps his distance from the spotlight, and tries to restrain the gang’s violent methods.
• Wang Hu acts deferential and eager to serve Chen Hao, but his request about his nightclubs shows that self-interest is also driving him.
• Uncle Ming goes from smug confidence to humiliation and anger as the launch succeeds and his plans collapse.
• Yang Zi carries out Chen Hao’s instructions, confronts Uncle Ming, and reports back respectfully.
• Zhao Feng’s healed scar provides the decisive proof that transforms the crowd’s skepticism into excitement.

Significant themes

• Reputation and power: Chen Hao’s authority over the Black Tiger Society is evident even though its source is not explained here.
• Reversal of fortune: Blue Light Pharmaceuticals rises from near obscurity toward major success, while Uncle Ming’s scheme backfires.
• Proof over promises: The potion’s visible result instantly silences doubt and fuels demand.
• Restraint versus violence: Chen Hao wants wrongdoing punished but rejects Wang Hu’s immediate proposal to kill the culprit.
• Self-interest beneath loyalty: Wang Hu’s show of allegiance is accompanied by a practical request for help with his businesses.

Key plot points and events

• Chen Hao forces Wang Hu, head of the Black Tiger Society, to carry out his request before Chen will consider helping him further. Long Guangsheng praises Chen’s dominance.
• Blue Light Pharmaceuticals’ product launch is a major success, earning more than 30 million in half an hour. The team celebrates, while Liu Yan and Chen discuss the company’s future and Chen’s unpaid share of profits; he agrees to settle their wager with Uncle Ming first.
• Chen and Liu Yan nearly kiss, but a call from Gu Qijun interrupts them. Gu confirms that Chen’s Tang Yin painting is authentic and transfers the promised five million. Liu Yan leaves in embarrassment.
• Chen’s cultivation advances: Heavenly Eye Art reaches 40%, Celestial Immortal Art 56%, and Tiger-Subduing Arhat Fist 12%.
• In a college reunion group chat, Chen publicly says he dumped Sun Jiaqi, prompting her angry protest that she dumped him instead.
• Blue Light’s launch generates nearly 100 million in domestic orders, with international orders also pouring in. Chen remains confident that much greater success lies ahead.
• Wang Hu calls to report that he has captured a young man from the Lou family and is sending for Chen.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen is assertive with Wang Hu and unfazed by the company’s sudden success, though he is pleased by the unexpected five million.
• Liu Yan is exuberant over the launch, increasingly drawn to Chen, and flustered by their near-kiss and his teasing. She later admits she is grateful to him, then privately struggles to rein in her growing feelings.
• Chen and Liu share a playful, flirtatious dynamic, but their moments together are repeatedly interrupted.
• Zhang Jing and the staff celebrate the launch’s success and treat Chen with greater respect, addressing him as “Mr. Chen.”
• Female Ghost urges Chen to take the initiative with Liu Yan; he brushes her off.

Significant themes

• Sudden success and ambition: The launch’s extraordinary sales signal Blue Light’s recovery, while Chen predicts even larger achievements ahead.
• Romance and missed timing: Mutual attraction between Chen and Liu Yan builds, but interruptions and embarrassment keep them from acting on it.
• Power and confidence: Chen’s dealings with Wang Hu and his calm response to the company’s success show his growing authority and self-assurance.
• Reinvention and rivalry: Chen’s blunt message to Sun Jiaqi signals that he has moved on from their past relationship.

Plot and events

• Chen Hao is driven by a Black Tiger Society member to a remote, deserted location. The female ghost in his pendant senses people hiding in the woods, and Chen realizes the trip may be a setup.
• He secretly sends his location to Sun Long, who mobilizes police and asks Zou Jian to investigate the site.
• At an abandoned building, Wang Hu welcomes Chen and claims he has brought Lou Haocheng and his father, Lou Fangguo, for Chen to deal with. Chen discovers them calmly eating hot pot—and Wang Hu turns on him, holding him at gunpoint.
• Wang Hu forces Chen to call Sun Long and demand that police withdraw from his closed establishments. Sun Long recognizes the coded warning and continues the operation, concluding Chen has likely been kidnapped and that the Black Tiger Society is involved. He and Zou Jian plan to use the situation to help dismantle the gang.
• Lou Fangguo reveals his real purpose: he wants information about Blue Light Pharmaceuticals’ new product and a partnership with the company. Chen refuses to be bought, insults Lou, and headbutts him. As Wang Hu reaches for his gun, Chen leaps through a window.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Hao stays outwardly composed despite being terrified, uses the ghost’s warning to prepare for danger, and discreetly alerts Sun Long. He remains defiant under pressure and ultimately takes a risky chance to escape.
• Wang Hu initially acts like Chen’s loyal subordinate but reveals his betrayal, using Chen to force the reopening of his businesses. His compliance with Lou Fangguo suggests Lou holds influence over him.
• Lou Fangguo presents the encounter as a chance to settle a misunderstanding, but his business agenda emerges: he wants access to Blue Light’s product and a deal. He also sharply disciplines his son when Lou Haocheng insults Chen.
• Lou Haocheng is still hostile toward Chen, but his father’s slap silences him.
• Sun Long and Zou Jian cooperate to respond to Chen’s discreet warning. Sun Long understands the coded call, while Zou Jian explains the Black Tiger Society’s far-reaching connections, including possible ties within the authorities.
• The female ghost contributes crucial intelligence by sensing the hidden men, though she cannot leave her pendant.

Significant themes

• Betrayal and deception: Wang Hu’s apparent welcome conceals an ambush, while Lou Fangguo’s talk of reconciliation masks a business scheme.
• Power and corruption: The Black Tiger Society’s influence and its alleged connections inside the authorities complicate efforts to stop it.
• Composure and resourcefulness under threat: Chen hides his fear, signals for help, and seizes an opening when negotiation fails.
• Business ambition and exploitation: Lou Fangguo treats Chen’s kidnapping as leverage to pursue a profitable partnership.

Plot points and events

• After Chen Hao escapes through a fifth-floor window, Wang Hu sends the Black Tiger Society after him through the woods. Chen Hao fights off a few pursuers but is injured and soon surrounded.
• Chen Hao asks Sun Wukong and the Heavenly Court chat group for help, but gets no immediate response. Female Ghost offers to buy him time in exchange for a favor, using wind, darkness, and ghostly-looking shadows—actually torn plastic bags—to frighten the gang.
• While hiding, Chen Hao treats his wound with furnace ash and checks his messages. Red Boy sends him a Samadhi True Fire Talisman and a bodice; Thunder God later sends a Purple Thunder Pearl. Chen Hao struggles to put on the bodice while the gang closes in.
• Wang Hu and dozens of men find Chen Hao. The gang mocks his bodice, and Wang Hu explains that Chen’s shutdown of his businesses has cost him heavily. He aims a gun at Chen.
• Chen threatens the gang with Red Boy’s talisman, but it appears useless: it falls onto a lump of excrement and produces no effect, even when he throws it again. As Chen bends to retrieve it, Wang Hu shoots him in the chest, and Chen collapses.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Hao remains resourceful under pressure, relying on his fighting skills, the Heavenly Book, furnace ash, and help from the chat group. But his desperation and dependence on untested magical items leave him vulnerable; his confidence collapses into embarrassment when the talisman fails.
• Female Ghost demonstrates a willingness to help, but makes Chen promise her a favor. Her illusion buys time, though she warns that it is only a temporary trick.
• Red Boy responds with gifts but admits his mother confiscated most of his magical equipment. His casual request for games contrasts sharply with Chen’s life-or-death situation.
• Wang Hu shifts from relief at Chen’s apparent fall to frantic pursuit, driven by fear of the consequences if Chen escapes and anger over lost business. He ultimately shoots Chen.
• The gang alternates between terror of the apparent haunting and ridicule of Chen’s outfit and failed threat. Wang Hu’s threats force his men to investigate the woods.

Significant themes

• Comic contrast amid danger: Chen’s peril is repeatedly undercut by absurd details—the plastic-bag “ghosts,” Red Boy’s gaming request, and the ill-fitting bodice.
• Unreliable supernatural aid: Magical help is delayed, limited, or ineffective, so Chen cannot safely assume that a gift will work as expected.
• Fear and illusion: Female Ghost’s trick succeeds because the gang believes it; once the men recognize the plastic bags, the illusion quickly loses power.
• Desperation and consequence: Chen’s improvised choices buy him moments, but they cannot prevent the confrontation from ending in gunfire.

Plot points and events

• Wang Hu shoots Chen Hao, but the bullet is stopped by the red bellyband Chen Hao is wearing. Chen Hao fakes being dead, then springs up and kills several of Wang Hu’s men.
• He frightens the gang by pretending to be a zombie, but trips and falls, exposing the act. Wang Hu’s men chase him, and Wang Hu fires again.
• Sun Long arrives at the abandoned building and detains Black Tiger Society members, finding Lou Fangguo and his son there. Lou claims they were kidnapped, but the hot pot in the room undermines his story. Sun leaves to pursue the gang in the woods, while Lou secretly calls for help.
• Cornered in the woods, Chen Hao throws the Purple Thunder Pearl, hoping it will save him. At first it appears useless, and the gang mocks the apparent dud. Then the pearl begins glowing, gathering electricity, and triggering a sudden storm.
• The pearl rises into the air and draws qi into itself. Chen Hao senses it is unstable and shouts for everyone to run, but it erupts in a massive lightning blast that knocks him unconscious.
• Sun Long’s team reaches the scene afterward and finds a wide, charred area and many fallen people. Police seal and search the site.
• That night, a mysterious, highly capable man from a secluded villa investigates the devastation. He finds the Samadhi True Fire Talisman and wonders whether the extraordinary event was a coincidence.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Hao shows resourcefulness and nerve: he relies on Red Boy’s bellyband to survive the gunshot, then uses a zombie act to scare the gang. His humor and confidence give way to panic when his tricks fail and the Pearl’s power becomes dangerous.
• Wang Hu shifts from smug control to terror when Chen Hao rises unharmed. He tries to regain authority by ordering his men forward, but even he is overwhelmed by fear.
• Lou Fangguo attempts to deceive Sun Long by claiming he and his son were kidnapped, but Sun’s pointed remark about their hot pot leaves him exposed. Once Sun departs, Lou seeks outside assistance.
• Sun Long acts decisively, detaining suspects and leading the response, but the destruction leaves even him baffled.
• The villa man is introduced as unusually agile and knowledgeable about cultivation or supernatural phenomena. His discovery of the talisman connects him to the earlier events.

Significant themes

• Power and unpredictability: The Purple Thunder Pearl’s immense, uncontrolled force transforms a desperate gamble into a catastrophe.
• Appearance versus reality: Chen Hao’s “resurrection” is explained by the bellyband, while the pearl’s apparent failure masks its true power; Lou’s kidnapping story likewise fails under scrutiny.
• Comedy amid danger: Chen Hao’s zombie performance and the gang’s panic provide slapstick relief before the scene turns catastrophic.
• The supernatural entering ordinary life: Police and gang members alike confront phenomena beyond their understanding, suggesting a larger hidden world.

Plot points and events

• Chen Hao wakes in the hospital with Liu Yan watching over him. He jokes that she will be his future wife, and she protests, though their teasing reveals her growing affection.
• Long Guangsheng and his companions arrive, jokingly calling Liu Yan Chen Hao’s wife and teasing him about the protective bellyband he was wearing. Chen explains that it is a valuable artifact that saved his life.
• Director Sun Long privately asks Chen Hao for an account of the operation against the Black Tiger Society. Chen gives a selective version that blames the Lou family and denies that he threw lightning, leaving out anything he must keep secret. Sun accepts his explanation and says Chen was the victim.
• After being discharged, Chen pretends to be weak so Liu Yan will take him home. She agrees to bring him to her nearby apartment, but makes him sleep on the sofa rather than share her bedroom.
• While alone in the living room, Chen checks messages from the immortals in his chat group. They had feared he was dead, though Tang Sanzang tried to turn the possibility into a funeral-service pitch. Chen also discovers that the Samadhi True Fire Talisman failed because he used it without following Red Boy’s instructions. He plans to retrieve it from the Bamboo Grove.
• The chapter ends as Chen hears running water from Liu Yan’s bedroom.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Hao remains irreverent and flirtatious, but also cautious when speaking to Sun Long. His shameless attempt to get invited home contrasts with his lack of nerve to act on his private, coercive thoughts.
• Liu Yan is openly concerned for Chen and increasingly comfortable with his teasing, even agreeing to take him home. She still sets clear boundaries by assigning him the sofa.
• Long Guangsheng and his companions show camaraderie through teasing and concern for Chen.
• Sun Long treats Chen as a victim and appears willing to accept his account, while still questioning the strange claims surrounding the operation.
• The immortals provide comic relief through their gossip, gifts, and messages. Red Boy’s instructions expose Chen’s careless misuse of the talisman.

Significant themes

• Romantic tension and boundaries: Chen and Liu Yan’s playful intimacy grows, but Liu Yan maintains control over how far it goes.
• Deception and secrecy: Chen carefully edits his account of the operation to protect hidden truths.
• Comedy amid danger: Hospital banter, the bellyband misunderstanding, and the immortals’ messages offset the deadly events of the previous operation.
• Power requires knowledge: Chen’s failure to activate the talisman shows that powerful treasures are useless if he does not understand how to use them.

Key plot points and events

• Chen Hao uses his Heavenly Eye to watch Liu Yan shower, then agrees to accompany her to an important business banquet the following evening. She plans to buy him suitable clothes.
• Unable to sleep, Chen Hao talks with the female ghost, Qin Meng. She asks whether he is an immortal after reading his phone messages and hearing about his use of heavenly lightning. He insists he is human and asks her to keep his abilities secret.
• Qin Meng reminds him of his promise to help her. She reveals that she wants revenge on the wealthy man surnamed Wang who murdered her parents and burned their family alive after she refused him. Chen Hao, moved by her story, agrees to help find and kill him, though they know identifying him from only a surname and a remembered face will be difficult.
• Later that night, Liu Yan acts coldly toward Chen Hao. Alone in her room, she complains that he talks big but never makes a move.
• The next morning, Chen Hao claims to have made Liu Yan a loving breakfast. She realizes the food was bought at a restaurant when she finds the delivery bag in the trash, leaving him embarrassed.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Hao shows growing confidence in his cultivation, but remains impulsive and flirtatious with Liu Yan. He also demonstrates compassion and a sense of obligation by taking Qin Meng’s revenge seriously, despite his discomfort with killing.
• Qin Meng explains that her lingering resentment has kept her from passing on, even at the cost of potentially losing reincarnation. Her guarded hope rises because Chen Hao has agreed to help.
• Liu Yan invites Chen Hao to a major social event and appears to want him to be more assertive, though she hides her disappointment behind irritation. Their teasing relationship continues when she catches him lying about breakfast.
• Chen Hao and Qin Meng build trust through a candid conversation; meanwhile, Chen Hao and Liu Yan’s flirtation remains playful but marked by mutual miscommunication.

Significant themes

• Revenge and justice: Qin Meng’s horrific story raises the question of whether vengeance is justified when the guilty evade punishment.
• Promises and responsibility: Chen Hao commits to helping Qin Meng because he gave his word.
• Secrecy and trust: Qin Meng learns Chen Hao’s supernatural secret, and he asks her to protect it.
• Romantic miscommunication and comedy: Chen Hao’s bold thoughts contrast with his failure to read Liu Yan’s signals, while his fabricated breakfast exposes his vanity.

Key plot points and events

• Liu Yan takes Chen Hao to the mall to buy a suit for that evening’s banquet.
• They run into Pang Jiawei, heir to the powerful Pang Group. He tries to charm Liu Yan and insults Chen Hao as a poor nobody.
• Chen claims to be Liu Yan’s boyfriend and puts an arm around her. Liu Yan is embarrassed but does not deny the claim, and she firmly defends him when Pang insults him.
• After the pair leave, Pang orders the mall’s supervisor to prevent them from buying anything.
• Liu Yan chooses a suit for Chen Hao. Though the suit suits him, the sales assistants refuse to sell it and claim that multiple items are out of stock. Liu Yan and Chen realize they are being deliberately turned away.
• Pang and Supervisor Wang watch the incident on security cameras, pleased with their plan. Chen asks for the suit anyway, and the female assistant eventually hands it to him, prompting Pang to demand an explanation. Wang claims Chen is likely to use force and says guards are waiting to arrest him.

Character developments

• Chen Hao acts possessive and playful around Liu Yan, openly calling himself her boyfriend. Though angry at Pang’s insults and the store’s treatment, he restrains himself from attacking the staff and looks for another way to respond.
• Liu Yan shows she cares about Chen Hao by defending him against Pang. She remains composed around Pang but becomes visibly angry when the store humiliates them.
• Pang Jiawei is revealed as arrogant and vindictive: when Liu Yan rejects his advances, he uses his family’s influence to retaliate.
• Supervisor Wang eagerly obeys Pang and flatters him, showing how the mall’s staff and resources are being used to serve the wealthy heir.

Significant themes

• Wealth and status: Chen’s inexpensive clothes lead others to underestimate him, while Pang’s family power lets him control the mall.
• Bullying and abuse of privilege: Pang retaliates against a personal slight by denying Liu Yan and Chen ordinary service.
• Affection and loyalty: Liu Yan’s defense of Chen, and Chen’s concern when she is mistreated, deepen their playful romantic dynamic.
• Restraint versus provocation: Chen is tempted to fight but recognizes that doing so could make him the one at fault.

Character interactions

• Pang’s unwanted flirting and insults create conflict with both Liu Yan and Chen.
• Chen and Liu Yan trade teasing remarks about Pang and about whether Liu Yan might choose a richer suitor.
• The sales assistants’ deferential treatment of Liu Yan contrasts with their initial disregard for Chen, then shifts into deliberate obstruction under Pang’s influence.
• Pang and Wang watch the confrontation together, with Wang reinforcing Pang’s arrogance through eager flattery.

Plot points and events

• Chen Hao deliberately rips a button off an expensive handmade suit. He offers to buy it, forcing the sales assistants to accept the sale rather than risk paying for repairs themselves.
• Pang Jiawei, watching through surveillance, erupts when his plan to have Chen Hao rejected fails. Manager Wang orders guards to accuse Chen Hao of theft and escort him to the security office.
• Liu Yan defends Chen Hao, insisting the guards have no right to search him without the police. Chen Hao agrees to go with them to avoid a public incident that could damage his company’s reputation.
• In the security office, the guards shove Chen Hao, and Manager Wang switches off the cameras. Pang Jiawei arrives and pretends to be Chen Hao’s friend, while he and Wang stage a false accusation that Chen Hao stole Pang’s expensive watch.
• Pang Jiawei reveals his real intent: to beat Chen Hao out of jealousy over Liu Yan. He takes a baton, confident that the cameras are off and the room is soundproofed. Chen Hao has Wang lock the door and discard the keys, then reveals he is not afraid.
• Chen Hao quickly knocks out Pang Jiawei and defeats the guards. He intimidates Pang and Wang into throwing the keys away again before leaving unharmed.
• Liu Yan, who has been anxiously waiting outside, checks that Chen Hao is all right. They leave together. Pang Jiawei, Wang, and the guards emerge bruised; Pang fires Wang, and Wang dismisses the guards. With no footage to support a complaint, neither man can easily retaliate.

Character developments

• Chen Hao is resourceful and controlled: he uses the damaged suit to force a sale, agrees to cooperate to protect his company’s public image, and turns the attackers’ precautions against them. His playful manner gives way to confidence once the threats become physical.
• Liu Yan shows courage and loyalty by stepping in front of Chen Hao and challenging the guards’ authority. Her worry while he is inside the office underscores her concern for him.
• Pang Jiawei is exposed as vindictive and entitled. His jealousy leads him to engineer a false theft charge and attempt a beating, but his confidence collapses when Chen Hao defeats the group.
• Manager Wang willingly helps Pang’s scheme, abusing his position and disabling the cameras. After the plan fails, he becomes fearful and is punished by Pang.
• The sales assistants prioritize protecting themselves from the cost of a damaged suit over following the apparent pressure to refuse the sale.

Significant themes

• Abuse of power and false authority: Pang and Wang use security procedures and a fabricated theft allegation to intimidate Chen Hao.
• Consequences of arrogance: Pang’s confidence in his plan—and in the guards—makes his defeat especially humiliating.
• Loyalty and protection: Liu Yan stands up for Chen Hao, while Chen Hao considers her safety and his company’s reputation before deciding how to respond.
• Appearance versus reality: The supposed investigation and Pang’s pretended friendship disguise a deliberate attempt at violence; Chen Hao’s feigned fear also conceals his confidence.
• Self-interest and accountability: The sales assistants act to avoid personal liability, while Pang and Wang’s own attempt to eliminate evidence leaves them without a credible means of complaint.

Character interactions

• Chen Hao and Liu Yan share a growing closeness: she protects him publicly and worries for him afterward, while he reassures her and leaves with her.
• Pang and Manager Wang coordinate a staged accusation, with Wang supplying the setting and Pang providing the supposed stolen watch.
• Chen Hao challenges the guards’ coercion, then outmaneuvers Pang and Wang by exploiting their certainty that the cameras are off and the door is locked.
• After the defeat, Pang turns on Wang, and Wang redirects his anger toward the guards, revealing how quickly their alliance breaks down when the scheme fails.

Plot points and events

• Chen Hao parts ways with Liu Yan, who playfully kicks him after he teasingly calls her “Yan’er.”
• He once again encounters taxi driver Hao Chen. Their shared bad luck continues—the taxi will not start until Chen Hao gets in—but they make it safely to the suburbs. Chen Hao pays double and tells Hao Chen to wait.
• Chen returns to the Bamboo Grove to retrieve the Samadhi True Fire Talisman. A young police officer initially blocks him, but lets him through after speaking with Chief Sun.
• The officer’s attempts to help are comically uncanny: he produces water and then a hot grilled sausage when Chen Hao asks for food. Chen finds that the talisman is missing.
• Someone knocks the officer unconscious and attacks Chen with stones. Chen catches one and discovers the attacker is a middle-aged Qi Refiner.
• The man reveals he has the talisman and demands answers before returning it. Chen refuses to bargain and tries to leave, but the man attacks again.
• Chen retaliates. He blocks the man’s assault with his own strength and protective dudou, then sends him flying with a counterattack.

Character developments

• Chen Hao remains playful and self-assured, but is also cautious about wasting time and avoids conflict until repeatedly provoked. His cultivation has made him strong enough to overwhelm the other Qi Refiner.
• Hao Chen is still wary of Chen Hao after their previous disastrous encounters, but reluctantly drives him and accepts the fare.
• Liu Yan appears affectionate and comfortable teasing Chen Hao, while pushing back at his overly familiar nickname.
• The young officer shifts from suspicious to deferential after learning Chen Hao knows Chief Sun, and comes across as oddly resourceful.
• The middle-aged Qi Refiner is confident and confrontational, but is surprised by Chen Hao’s strength.

Significant themes

• Coincidence and fate: Chen Hao and Hao Chen repeatedly cross paths, though their uneventful journey makes them doubt any deeper connection.
• Power and confidence: Chen’s recent cultivation gives him a decisive advantage, while the attacker underestimates him.
• Humor amid danger: The taxi’s recurring misfortune and the officer’s improbable snacks contrast with the tense confrontation.
• Pragmatism: Chen would rather abandon the talisman than get drawn into trouble, until the other man forces a fight.

Character interactions

• Chen and Liu Yan exchange affectionate teasing before separating.
• Chen and Hao Chen share an uneasy, polite ride, with both remembering the taxi’s earlier destruction.
• Chen uses his connection to Chief Sun to gain access to the crime scene, while the officer tries—too enthusiastically—to assist.
• Chen and the Qi Refiner engage in a standoff over the talisman, which escalates into a fight after the man attacks him.

Plot points and events

• Chen Hao defeats Fang Lei in a fistfight. Fang Lei identifies him as a remarkably young and powerful Qi Refiner, returns Chen Hao’s Samadhi True Fire Talisman, and presses him for information and contact details. Chen Hao agrees to speak later and leaves with Fang Lei’s business card.
• The stone Fang Lei had thrown during their fight turns out to have smashed Hao Chen’s car roof. Chen Hao denies responsibility, but his oath is followed by thunder and a sudden downpour.
• With the roof open and no shelter nearby, Chen Hao and Hao Chen try to cover the hole with their shirts, only for the wind to carry them away. They eventually use a pink umbrella inside the car, drawing ridicule from passersby. The storm stops just as they reach Blue Light Pharmaceuticals.
• Chen Hao compensates Hao Chen with over a hundred thousand for the damaged car. Hao Chen asks to work for him, but Chen declines, joking that their bad luck together is too dangerous.
• At Blue Light, Chen Hao learns that Liu Yan has hired Fatty and the others as security guards, with Long Guangsheng now leading patrols. After a shower and changing into his suit, Chen Hao sets out to see Liu Yan.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Hao shows his strength by beating Fang Lei, but remains impatient with Fang Lei’s nonstop questions and eager to get to his date. Despite his denial, he accepts responsibility for the car and generously pays Hao Chen.
• Fang Lei shifts from fighting Chen Hao to admiring him and seeking to learn from him. Once Chen Hao leaves, Fang Lei privately decides to investigate him.
• Hao Chen’s comic misfortune continues: the ruined car, the rain, and the public embarrassment leave him exasperated. His request to work for Chen Hao is turned down.
• Chen Hao warmly teases Fatty about calling Liu Yan his “sister-in-law,” and is pleased to hear that Long Guangsheng is taking his new security role seriously. He is clearly excited about his upcoming date with Liu Yan.

Significant themes

• Power and hierarchy: Fang Lei’s reaction introduces cultivation ranks and emphasizes that Chen Hao is unusually strong.
• Fate and comic misfortune: The misplaced stone, Chen Hao’s ill-timed oath, and the storm turn a small conflict into a chain of absurd accidents.
• Loyalty and generosity: Chen Hao repays Hao Chen for the damage and values the people now working at Blue Light.
• Romance and status: Chen Hao’s concern for his first official date with Liu Yan shapes his urgency, while his promotion of her as his future “sister-in-law” hints at his confidence in their relationship.