Chapter Summaries

Wang Shoucai explained to Wang Lili why the Wang Family feared losing its wealth, while Ren Ye learned from Xiao Gui how the seven brothers’ conflicts led to the Shen Family’s destruction. The chapter left Wang Lili ready to confront Ren Ye after waiting three days.

• Wang Shoucai warned Wang Lili that the family’s wealth and past crimes made them vulnerable to rivals and official pressure.
• Xiao Gui told Ren Ye that Zhou Bo had coveted Yin Wan’er and described the broken marriage alliance, Madam Shen’s disappearance, and the growing rift among the seven brothers.
• Xiao Gui said Wang Shoucai and Zhou Bo recruited the other brothers and brought Gao Jiansheng into the plot last, before they massacred Lust Village that night.
• Ren Ye recorded Xiao Gui’s account and focused on Gao Jiansheng being the final recruit, while Xiao Gui described the different temperaments of the seven brothers.
• Wang Lili told Butler Zhu to fetch Ren Ye so she could lay her cards on the table.

Ren Ye and his team attended Wang Shoucai’s birthday banquet while preparing to return to the Dragon Vault and steal the item they sought. As the banquet began, Wang Shoucai secretly asked Xu Bangzi when the team would act, revealing that Xu Bangzi was involved in his plans.

• Xu Qingzhao remained at the Stone House Safe House to perform a rite for Xiao Gui, while Ren Ye declined Butler Zhu’s invitation to meet Wang Lili that morning.
• Pang Feng told Zhang Xian that Wang Shoucai seemed to be gathering the families to target the Gao Family over its connection to the Shen Family massacre.
• Ren Ye and his team attended Wang Shoucai’s birthday banquet, where a Summoner Class Player used a mosquito to collect Wang Shoucai’s blood.
• Ren Ye, Yu Weifeng, Jiang Qin, Butler Liu, and Old Qu agreed to wait for the fireworks before returning to the Dragon Vault, and planned to have Yu Weifeng and Mad Dog draw away the little iron men.
• Wang Shoucai entered the restroom with Butler Zhu and Wang Lili, then asked when the team would make its move; Xu Bangzi emerged from a stall and said they had just gone outside to discuss it.

Xu Bangzi reported the Dragon Vault plan to Wang Shoucai, who plotted to use him while Wang Lili targeted Ren Ye. As the fireworks began, Wang Lili took Ren Ye away, and Xu Qingzhao told the others to proceed without him.

• Xu Bangzi told Wang Shoucai that the Dragon Vault group would likely enter during the fireworks and warned him about Ren Ye and Old Master Jiang.
• Wang Shoucai told Butler Zhu he would judge Xu Bangzi by his results, while Wang Lili said she wanted Ren Ye for the dynastic destiny within him.
• Ren Ye and Xu Qingzhao returned to the banquet as Jiang Qin and the others prepared the Dragon Vault team to move.
• During the fireworks, Wang Lili pressed Ren Ye to go with her, and Ren Ye agreed so she would stop watching the group.
• Xu Qingzhao warned Ren Ye that she would unleash her Second Tier power if he were trapped, then left; after Ren Ye went with Wang Lili, she told the others to move without him.

Ren Ye refused Wang Lili’s marriage alliance but was drugged while she tried to extract his destiny. As the Wang Family trapped the Gao delegation in the Dragon Vault, Ren Ye’s Human Emperor Destiny manifested and swallowed the Wang Family’s destiny dragon.

• Ren Ye received an SSS Marriage Alliance quest from Wang Lili but refused to switch factions because he would not betray his teammates, so he stalled by asking her to help free him from Master Gao’s control.
• Xu Bangzi betrayed the Gao delegation, led Wang Shoucai to the Dragon Vault through its emergency passage, and left the trapped group facing Wang Shoucai.
• Wang Lili drugged Ren Ye and summoned the Dragon Cauldron so she could extract his destiny, while the Four Tigers of Minnan protected her with a formation.
• Ren Ye’s Human Emperor Destiny emerged as a colossal dragon, and the Human Emperor Seal declared it superior to the Wang Family’s destiny.
• Ren Ye’s destiny dragon swallowed the smaller dragon formed from the Wang Family’s destiny while Ren Ye remained asleep.

Wang Lili’s attempt to steal Ren Ye’s Destiny backfired when the Dragon Cauldron abandoned her and joined the Human Emperor Seal. As Ren Ye awoke with both treasures, Xu Bangzi infiltrated the Wang Residence and killed Butler Zhu, taking his face with Thousand Faces.

• The Human Emperor Seal drew the Dragon Cauldron toward Ren Ye, while the Four Tigers of Minnan used their heart’s blood to suppress the seal’s aura and protect the cauldron for Wang Lili.
• Xu Bangzi returned to the Wang Residence and lured Butler Zhu into a servant’s room with a false claim that he had a confidential message from the master.
• Xu Bangzi killed Butler Zhu with a sword concealed in his Tobacco Pipe Bowl and used Thousand Faces to take Butler Zhu’s appearance.
• The Dragon Cauldron severed its connection with Wang Lili and joined the Human Emperor Seal between Ren Ye’s brows.
• Ren Ye sat up and mocked Wang Lili for giving him Destiny and the Dragon Cauldron, and Wang Lili swore to tear him limb from limb.

Ren Ye resisted Wang Lili’s Gu Poison with the Life Stone and fought to break the formation while a heavenly sign announced his rise in Destiny. In the Dragon Vault, Wang Shoucai’s Realm of Greed drove the defenders toward madness, until a cloaked figure appeared as Old Qu’s Mental Health Value reached 99.

• Ren Ye revealed the Life Stone, confronted Wang Lili, and charged the Four Tigers of Minnan after gaining one domain’s territory Destiny.
• Brother Huang saw auspicious signs over Qingliang Prefecture and ordered night watchmen to encourage married couples to conceive children.
• Xu Bangzi disguised himself as Butler Zhu and sent most of the Sixth Floor’s guards toward the Dragon Vault, leaving only Wang Lili’s close protectors behind.
• In the Dragon Vault, Yu Weifeng and Mad Dog were drawn toward treasures while Wang Shoucai used the Realm of Greed to enslave the gathered fighters.
• Xu Qingzhao struggled against her growing desire as a cloaked figure emerged from the Secret Chamber and Old Qu received a notification that his Mental Health Value had reached 99.

The Night Walker disrupted Wang Shoucai’s Realm of Greed, giving Xu Qingzhao’s team time to resist, while Wang Shoucai prepared to deal with them. In Wang Lili’s bedroom, Ren Ye broke the formation, and Xu Bangzi revealed his allegiance by killing seven Wang Family reinforcements, leaving Ren Ye charging at Wang Lili.

• The Night Walker appeared in Wang Shoucai’s chamber and overwhelmed the Mystical Abilities and Little Iron Men attacking him.
• Wang Shoucai renewed the Realm of Greed’s influence over the eight-person team, while the Night Walker’s movements became erratic.
• Ren Ye fought Wang Lili and the Four Tigers of Minnan, then broke one corner of the formation with the Human Emperor Sword.
• Eight Wang Family fighters entered Wang Lili’s bedroom, and Ren Ye challenged Xu Bangzi to stop watching and help him.
• Xu Bangzi used Ten-Step Sword Shadow to kill the seven Wang Family reinforcements, then told Ren Ye they were family.
• Ren Ye surged toward Wang Lili.

Ren Ye and Xu Bangzi reached the Dragon Vault, where Ren used Wang Lili as a hostage to secure the Yin Souls and the wooden chest sought by Gao Jiansheng. Wang Lili’s life-sacrificing curse nearly killed Ren, but the Reincarnation Lotus Lamp consumed its power; Ren then killed her as Wang Shoucai ordered his forces to attack, while a new arrival appeared in Qingliang Prefecture’s Dungeon.

• Ren Ye and Xu Bangzi fought their way out of the sixth-floor room, with Ren subduing Wang Lili and forcing the Four Tigers of Minnan to dispel their formation.
• Ren Ye brought Wang Lili into the Dragon Vault and demanded the Yin Souls and the supreme treasure from Wang Shoucai; Xu Bangzi took the Soul-Sealing Jars, and Xu Qingzhao retrieved the wooden chest.
• Wang Lili used blood from Ren Ye’s cuff to invoke a life-sacrificing Curse-Killing Art, draining Ren’s vitality and repelling Xu Qingzhao and Butler Liu.
• The Reincarnation Lotus Lamp absorbed the curse and restored Ren Ye’s vitality, while Ai Fei, Butler Liu, and Apu seized the chest amid the confusion.
• Ren Ye killed Wang Lili, and Wang Shoucai ordered his forces to attack; in Qingliang Prefecture, Brother Huang learned that another woman had arrived in the Dungeon.

Ren Ye and his companions escaped the Dragon Vault by destroying its ceiling, then scattered to flee Greed Village. Mad Dog returned alone to rescue the wounded Yu Weifeng, and the Star Gate warned the survivors that their ferry would leave in ten minutes.

• Ren Ye led the group toward the tunnel exit, but Pang Feng and Zhang Xian's forces blocked their escape while Wang Shoucai's followers attacked from behind.
• Ren Ye and his companions unleashed their strongest attacks on the ceiling, and Ren Ye broke through the formation with his sword, opening a path to the surface.
• The group escaped the Dragon Vault and scattered to fight their way out of Greed Village, but Mad Dog realized Yu Weifeng had been left behind and returned for him.
• Mad Dog rescued the wounded Yu Weifeng from attackers, took a crossbow bolt while carrying him out, and ran toward safety with Yu on his back.
• The Star Gate warned the survivors that their ferry would leave in ten minutes and would not wait for late arrivals.

Ren Ye and the others escaped the Wang Residence by teleportation, then treated their injuries aboard the ferry and confronted Xu Bangzi for betraying them. Xu Bangzi claimed he had acted under Master Gao’s orders, but Ren Ye suspected he was hiding his real motive and pressured him to confess.

• Jiang Qin used a Teleportation Array talisman to help the group escape the Wang Family’s attack, but Ren Ye, Jiang Qin, and Mad Dog first rescued four stranded teammates while three others died.
• Xu Qingzhao activated the array, teleporting the group away from the Wang Residence as the Night Walker fought off Wang Shoucai and the Wang Family.
• After reaching Rage Village by ferry, Ren Ye secretly used diluted Water of Life to heal the survivors, while the others beat Xu Bangzi for his apparent betrayal.
• Xu Bangzi presented a note from Master Gao and said he had pretended to betray the team to retrieve the supreme treasure and Yin Souls; Ren Ye acknowledged that Xu Bangzi had helped save them.
• Ren Ye stopped Mad Dog from attacking Xu Bangzi again, then confronted him after they reached shore and demanded the truth; Xu Bangzi began with an implausible story about his childhood.

Xu Bangzi told Ren Ye how he survived the Lust Village massacre and claimed he had infiltrated the Gao Family to recover his foster parents’ Yin Souls. Near the Gao Residence, he offered Ren Ye information about Shen Yuan, revealing a private detail about the young man’s arranged marriage.

• Xu Bangzi told Ren Ye that his foster parents, Uncle Lin and Granny Wang, had been killed by Wang Shoucai during the Lust Village massacre, and that he survived by offering to serve as Wang Shoucai’s spy.
• Xu Bangzi said he had trained in Seven Families Town and infiltrated the Gao Family to recover his foster parents’ Yin Souls, while Ren Ye doubted parts of his account and suspected he had another objective.
• As the group approached the Gao Residence, Ren Ye asked Xu Bangzi for a reason to help conceal his story, and Xu Bangzi offered information about Shen Yuan.
• Xu Bangzi revealed that Shen Yuan had loved another girl and had publicly mocked Guo Litao’s daughter, whom Shen Jishi had forced him to marry.
• Ren Ye challenged Xu Bangzi to explain how an adopted blacksmith’s son could know such a secret.

After the team recovered the supreme treasure for Gao Jiansheng, Liu Daji accepted a place in the Gao Family by agreeing to marry Ming Yue, and the Star Gate opened its next chapter. Ren Ye then realized Tang Feng had been left alone in the Desire Restraint Center for days and led the group back to investigate Shen Yuan’s clues.

• Xu Bangzi told Ren Ye what he knew about Shen Yuan, including his age, appearance, and reputation, and Ren Ye kept him under suspicion while promising an antidote.
• Master Gao spoke with Xu Bangzi and then Butler Liu, learned that Li Yan carried destiny, and summoned Liu Daji to inspect his disguise and ability.
• Master Gao offered Liu Daji his daughter’s hand and the supreme treasure as her dowry; Liu Daji accepted, and the wedding was set for three days later.
• The Star Gate awarded the team experience and honor points, then announced the next chapter, lifted travel restrictions, and allowed Players to join one of six family factions.
• Ren Ye noticed that Tang Feng had spent four days alone in the Desire Restraint Center, so he, Liu Daji, Apu, and Xu Qingzhao left for Lust Village to investigate.
• At the Desire Restraint Center, Tang Feng worried that he had only five days left and clutched an important clue about Shen Yuan.

Ren Ye retraced Xu Bangzi’s history and followed clues from a mansion and an old smithy to West Mountain Taoist Temple. There, he found a hidden iron door stamped with the Lin family’s mark and declared that he had solved the mystery.

• Ren Ye explained how he had suspected Xu Bangzi, why Xu Bangzi warned him about Wang Lili’s poison, and how Xu Qingzhao had forced Xu Bangzi to submit.
• Ren Ye led Old Liu, Xu Qingzhao, and Apu to Zhou Mansion, where they found masks and compared adult shoes with a pair from the No. 1 old house.
• The group questioned yin souls around Shen Mansion and confirmed that Xu Bangzi’s description of Shen Yuan was truthful.
• At Uncle Lin and Granny Wang’s old smithy, Ren Ye verified Xu Bangzi’s childhood details and learned that the family had kept a formal Taoist shrine.
• Ren Ye searched West Mountain Taoist Temple and uncovered a hidden iron door stamped “Lust Village-Lin,” then shouted that he understood everything.

Ren Ye pieced together three stories behind Bloody Night, identifying Shen Jishi’s abuse of power and the brothers’ sins as its causes, and revealing Xu Bangzi’s likely connection to Old Man Xunzhu. He reached the Desire Restraint Center and began telling the psychiatrist his account in hopes of reaching the Psychologist and rescuing Little Songstress.

• Ren Ye told Old Liu, Apu, and Xu Qingzhao that Shen Jishi stole the Nine-Curve Azure Cloud Bamboo and led the massacre at West Mountain Taoist Temple, while his rise to power turned his six sworn brothers against him.
• Ren Ye argued that Shen Yuan’s treatment of Guo Ying, Yin Wan’er’s deteriorating marriage to Shen Jishi, and Zhou Bo’s lustful kidnapping of Yin Wan’er triggered the brothers’ plot against the Shen Family.
• Ren Ye matched the seven family heads to the seven deadly sins and reconstructed how the brothers recruited one another, coerced Gao Jiansheng, and left Shen Yuan alive after Bloody Night.
• Ren Ye concluded that Old Man Xunzhu had taught Xu Bangzi Taoist abilities, that Xu Bangzi survived Bloody Night and was sent into the Gao Family as a mole, and that he may be working with Shen Yuan for revenge.
• Ren Ye arrived at the Desire Restraint Center and told the psychiatrist his story, urging him to share it with the Psychologist so Ren Ye could get discharged.

Ren Ye arranged to continue telling his stories to an elite doctor, while Tang Feng used the new clues to prepare to find Shen Yuan among the Desire Restraint Center’s patients. The next day, Little Songstress announced a Chef King Championship at the center, setting the stage for Tang Feng’s search.

• Tang Feng confirmed that Ren Ye had supplied the stories and paid the elite doctor twenty-four tablets of Antianxiety Medication for three detailed clue cards.
• Ren Ye agreed to return in two days to continue the story, then left with Apu, Old Liu, and Xu Qingzhao; Xu Qingzhao covered the sleeping Ren Ye with her Daoist robe on the ferry.
• Tang Feng studied clues about Shen Yuan, including his interest in making West Lake Vinegar Fish, and planned to use the information to narrow his search among the center’s patients.
• At the Gao Family’s dining room, Old Qu told Ren Ye and the others that he planned to travel among the villages to recruit members for their faction.
• Little Songstress announced that the center’s patients had to assemble and declared the first Chef King Championship of the Seven Families Town Desire Restraint Center underway.

Tang Feng selected handsome middle-aged patients for a West Lake fish in vinegar sauce contest at the Desire Restraint Center, while Ren Ye and his companions learned more about the treasure they had stolen. The chapter ended with Old Liu persuading Ren Ye to consider sneaking into the Women's Quarters to see his future wife.

• Tang Feng eliminated ugly patients from the cooking contest, then sent the sixty-three handsome men to draw lots and cook West Lake fish in vinegar sauce.
• Xu Bangzi told Ren Ye that the stolen treasure was likely the Nine-Curve Azure Cloud Bamboo, paired with the Nether River Treasure Vase, and explained that it was said to suppress the Nine-Curve Nether River.
• Old Liu realized the Nine-Curve Azure Cloud Bamboo was probably the treasure promised to him as a dowry by his father-in-law, and asked Xu Bangzi what his future wife looked like.
• Xu Bangzi said he had never seen Miss Mingyue because she had lived in the provincial capital and remained in the Women's Quarters since returning.
• That evening, Old Liu asked Ren Ye to sneak into the Women's Quarters with him, and Ren Ye hesitated before Old Liu hinted they could look for something else there too.

Ren Ye and Old Liu sneaked into the Gao Family Ancestral Hall while trying to spy on Miss Gao, where they found a puzzling memorial tablet marked 1163. Old Liu then used Invisibility Talismans to reach her courtyard, while Yu Weifeng remained behind, preoccupied with Old Qu's words.

• Ren Ye reluctantly joined Old Liu on a nighttime attempt to see Miss Gao, and they hid inside the Gao Family Ancestral Hall when servants approached.
• Old Liu speculated that the Nine-Curve Azure Cloud Bamboo might remain unclaimed until a final battle among the Six Factions.
• Ren Ye noticed a lone memorial tablet marked with the formal numerals 1163, but neither he nor Old Liu understood its significance.
• Ren Ye and Old Liu left the hall and used Invisibility Talismans to sneak over the wall into Miss Gao's courtyard.
• Old Liu spotted a slender woman through the lit room's curtains and assumed his bride was waiting for him.
• Yu Weifeng lay distracted in his room as Mad Dog drank and snacked, thinking about what Old Qu had told him.

Yu Weifeng weighed Old Qu’s proposal to seize the Nine-Curve Azure Cloud Bamboo, while Ren Ye and Old Liu sneaked into Gao Mingyue’s courtyard and were discovered by her wet nurse. The night before Old Liu’s wedding, cries of an intrusion and killing erupted in the Gao Family compound.

• Old Qu urged Yu Weifeng to join him in claiming the bamboo, proposing they divide its two parts and use their players to fight for it; Yu Weifeng said he would think it over and promised secrecy.
• Ren Ye and Old Liu used Invisibility Talismans to enter Gao Mingyue’s courtyard and tried to glimpse the bride through the main room’s window.
• Gao Mingyue’s wet nurse spotted the invisible intruders, explained that the courtyard’s plants were nourished by the Nether River Treasure Vase, and ordered them to leave.
• The wet nurse returned to Gao Mingyue and told her that Old Liu had come, asking whether she had been satisfied with what she saw.
• More than a hundred and thirty players gathered at the Gao Family compound, many seeking to join its camp or those of Old Qu, Old Yu, and Old Master Jiang.
• Late that night, Ren Ye and his companions heard screams reporting intruders who were killing people, and Ren Ye stood up in alarm.

Ren Ye and the others learned that Mad Dog had escaped with the Night Walker after the pair killed several players, and they joined a search of the mountain. Yu Weifeng tracked Mad Dog to the Dock, but when Mad Dog asked whether they were friends, Yu Weifeng hesitated with his sword raised.

• The Night Walker killed three people near the Ancestral Hall and fled with Mad Dog, prompting players and Gao Family guards to search the mountain.
• Xu Bangzi and other witnesses confirmed that Mad Dog had been with the Night Walker, and Yu Weifeng learned that four of his followers had been killed.
• Ren Ye reasoned that Mad Dog could be a suspect in the Night Walker’s attacks, while Old Qu urged Yu Weifeng to capture Mad Dog and learn his secrets.
• Yu Weifeng predicted Mad Dog would head for the Dock, laid a trap there, and intercepted him while Mad Dog was invisible.
• Old Qu arrived with others as Yu Weifeng confronted Mad Dog, who asked whether they were friends, leaving Yu Weifeng hesitating before him.

Yu Weifeng let Mad Dog escape after their fight, then faced Old Qu’s accusations as the search for the fugitives failed. Meanwhile, Tang Feng’s Chef King Championship produced no clue to his target, until a burned man claimed he was the only one who could make West Lake Vinegar Fish.

• Yu Weifeng struck Mad Dog with his sword but let him escape by boat, then told Old Qu he had failed to stop him.
• Old Qu accused Yu Weifeng of deliberately sparing Mad Dog, and Yu Weifeng told him not to order him around.
• Ren Ye and Old Liu examined three bodies at Jinglouzi and speculated that Mad Dog had killed them to silence witnesses.
• The search party failed to find Mad Dog, and Xu Bangzi called everyone back to the Gao Residence as rumors spread about Mad Dog and the Night Walker.
• Ren Ye and his teammates decided to visit the Desire Restraint Center that night to ask about Tang Feng, one night before Old Liu and Miss Gao’s wedding.
• Tang Feng’s final contestants failed to make West Lake Vinegar Fish, until a burned man in the crowd said he was the only one who could make it.