Recaps

Tang Wen was taken to an Imperial Medical University hospital after saving more than a hundred people, where doctors discovered his organs had extraordinary internal capacity. The staff classified him as a possible evolved human and planned to study him, while Tang Wen realized their talk of alien energy and magical formations resembled his own martial arts and abilities.

• Officials identified Tang Wen and arranged for City Patrol Guards to take him to a hospital in a flying shuttle.
• Tang Wen watched the shuttle expand its doorway and discovered its interior was far larger than its exterior before receiving emergency treatment.
• Dr. Shen and the medical staff scanned Tang Wen and found that his heart and other organs had internal structures roughly ten times larger than those of ordinary people.
• The doctors concluded Tang Wen was a mutated or evolved native of the Star Illusion Empire and discussed keeping his condition secret for research.
• Tang Wen listened as the doctors discussed extraterrestrial energy and magical formations, recognizing them as similar to his martial arts and knowledge.

Tang Wen awakened in the hospital after hearing his family grieve, used his newfound popularity to strengthen them, and escaped an operation to replace a cerebral nerve. He reunited with his family and returned to their cramped home, where his suggestion to celebrate at a seafood restaurant stunned his brother with the cost.

• Tang Wen heard Tang Yu and the rest of his family mourning him, and his tears alerted Dr. Shen and the hospital team that he was responding.
• As more than 180 million citizens watched and prayed for him, Tang Wen gained massive popularity, upgraded the Great Landlord System to 7.0, and used small streams of it to strengthen Tang Jiayin and his family.
• Dr. Qian Yong and the other doctors debated replacing one of Tang Wen's cerebral nerves with an Artificial Nerve, but Tang Wen woke deliberately before they could operate.
• Tang Wen pulled out his medical tubes, insisted he was fine, and reunited with Tang Yu and the rest of his family before returning home.
• At dinner, Tang Wen offered to take the family to a seafood restaurant with his reward money, and Tang Jiayin explained that a single cooked sturgeon cost twenty thousand.

Tang Wen discovered that most goods he had brought to the Star Illusion Empire were unsellable, but its powerful storage batteries offered a promising business opportunity. After learning that a Boxing Champion could win fifty million Star Illusion Coins, he considered competing for the prize and saw a way to fund his plans.

• Tang Linde, Tang Jiayin, and Tang Wen discussed the dangers and high costs of seafood, fish farming, and meat in the Star Illusion Empire.
• Tang Wen spent two days researching the empire and realized that his gold, silver, tobacco, alcohol, and other goods had little value there and could not pass sales inspections.
• Tang Wen recognized that the empire's compact, high-capacity storage batteries could sell for a fortune in Yunhai City and the Chu Kingdom, but he lacked the money to buy them.
• Tang Wen dismissed opening a martial arts school because the empire favored biological drugs and its people might not endure training.
• Tang Yu cheered for boxer Luo Feng, and Tang Wen learned from Tang Jiayin that a heavyweight Boxing Champion could win fifty million Star Illusion Coins.
• Tang Jiayin imagined buying a home with the prize money, while Tang Linde offered to give up his and his wife's bedroom for Tang Jiayin's future bridal chamber.

Tang Wen investigated the Star Illusion Empire’s boxing ranks and went to the Imperial Boxing Gym to find a way to challenge a Fighter without waiting for official certification. After pushing his way to the front of the registration queue with true qi, he was called over by director Li Liang.

• Tang Jiayin’s family discussed his savings and marriage, while Tang Wen learned that championship bouts could offer huge prizes but carried deadly risks.
• Tang Wen researched Gao Jian and learned about Mechanical Fighters, Magnetic Force Pills, and the empire’s Fighter ranks.
• Tang Wen visited the Imperial Boxing Gym and decided to challenge a level-eight Fighter, but found that official certification would take a month.
• Tang Wen forced his way toward the front of the new-student registration queue by knocking people over with true qi.
• The angry newcomers accused Tang Wen of causing trouble, and registration director Li Liang called him over and asked whether he had been responsible.

Tang Wen went to the Imperial Boxing Gym to earn money through a challenge, but the gyms tried to recruit him instead. He secured a written five-million payment from the City Guard Army Boxing Gym and prepared to face level-ten fighter Zhou Chuandong, with the prize and ticket revenue at stake.

• Tang Wen revealed that he had trained himself to level eight and wanted to earn money by challenging a fighter for potion funds.
• Deputy Chief Instructor Wang Xiao and Director Zhan Piaoliu tried to recruit Tang Wen, but he rejected their offers and insisted on a challenge.
• After learning that a level-ten challenge paid four million, Tang Wen agreed to fight for the Imperial Boxing Gym, and Wang Xiao promised him another five million in writing.
• Zhan Piaoliu chose Zhou Chuandong, one of the gym's top six level-ten fighters, as Tang Wen's opponent.
• More than ten thousand spectators gathered at the Combat Hall, and Zhan Piaoliu said Tang Wen could take all the ticket revenue if he won.

Tang Wen defeated the Imperial Boxing Gym’s level-ten boxer Zhou Chuandong with one throw, winning a large betting payout and attracting offers from businesses and boxing gyms. He left the arena and explored Star Radiance City, where he found that its technology far surpassed Yunhai City’s.

• Tang Wen agreed to give the Imperial Boxing Gym the ticket revenue from his challenge against Zhou Chuandong, and the gym opened betting on the fight.
• Wang Xiao borrowed ten million for Tang Wen to wager, then staked his remaining 2.3 million on him as well.
• Zhou Chuandong attacked Tang Wen as soon as the fight began, but Tang Wen caught his fist and threw him into the crowd, winning instantly.
• Tang Wen repaid Wang Xiao’s loan with a million in interest and declined offers from both the City Guard Army Boxing Gym and the Imperial Boxing Gym.
• After learning that Tang Wen was the hero who had rescued more than a hundred citizens, advertisers and real estate representatives offered him endorsement deals.
• Tang Wen collected business cards, left the gym, and explored Star Radiance City’s malls, where he saw advanced drones and televisions unavailable in Yunhai City.

Tang Wen explored Starshine Sea’s advanced technology and considered which devices he could afford to bring home, then returned to find his family overwhelmed by gifts from people seeking him. During dinner, a television show revealed that Tang Wen had defeated Zhou Chuandong in one move and won millions, while Chen Zhengming challenged him to fight.

• Tang Wen examined drones, weapons, walkie-talkies, telescopes, and vehicles, deciding he could buy some devices but not restricted weapons or military shuttles.
• Tang Wen returned home with expensive food and found that visitors had left piles of gifts and business cards for him; Tang Linde insisted the family should return the gifts.
• The Tang family shared a lavish dinner, and Tang Wen reassured them that he had earned his money himself.
• A television program revealed that Tang Wen had defeated Zhou Chuandong in one move and won four million Star Coins from the Imperial Boxing Gym.
• Sister Liangliang explained that Tang Wen had borrowed money to bet on himself and won more than ten million Star Coins overall.
• The program announced that Chen Zhengming had challenged Tang Wen and demanded an apology if he refused.

Tang Wen publicly accepted Chen Zhengming’s challenge after raising the prize, and the two sides agreed to fight the next day at the Star Fantasy Arena. On his way home, Tang Wen gained a huge number of fans, then jumped into a river to save someone under attack by a giant electric eel.

• A Luo and the Star Fantasy Star panelists condemned the Imperial Boxing Gym’s challenge, while Tang Wen’s family begged him not to fight.
• Tang Wen called the live show and agreed to fight Chen Zhengming for a prize of eighty million, with Chen promising another twenty million if Tang Wen won.
• Cui Hongxi and Tang Wen signed on to a duel scheduled for the next day at the Star Fantasy Arena, while Chen Zhengming threatened to cripple him.
• Tang Wen’s challenge made him a sensation in Star Radiance City, earning him 887,562 new loyal fans and a surge of Popularity.
• Tang Wen entered a river to rescue a person being attacked by a giant electric eel, and the Heavenly Insect swallowed the creature.

Tang Wen rescued Zhao Jun from the electric eels, learned about the conflict between humans and intelligent sea beasts, and returned home to find his family trying to stop him from fighting Chen Zhengming. He revealed his superpowers to convince them he could win the duel, leaving his family amazed and his secret at risk of discovery.

• Tang Wen treated the injured Zhao Jun with Spirit Marrow and the Flood Dragon Lure method, gaining Popularity and advancing to mid-stage Mind-Penetration.
• Zhao Jun explained the feud between the Zhao Lineage, the Yun family, and the Electric Eel Lineage, and described the war between humans and intelligent sea beasts.
• Tang Wen accepted a Zhao Lineage guest retainer card from Zhao Jun and returned home after midnight to a crowd of reporters and fans waiting outside.
• Tang Wen's family begged him to cancel his duel with Chen Zhengming, with Liu Yangmei threatening to die if he fought.
• Tang Wen demonstrated his telekinetic powers by levitating household objects and a distant stone pig, convincing his family he could defeat Chen Zhengming.

Tang Wen revealed that he had strengthened his brother Tang Jiayin, then learned more about the fighters’ ranks and the immense ticket revenue tied to his upcoming duel with Chen Zhengming. As the fight approached, Tang Wen arrived at Star Fantasy Arena with his family and faced reporters and public ridicule.

• Tang Wen told Tang Jiayin that he had granted him superhuman strength, and Tang Jiayin lifted a safe weighing over two thousand jin before accidentally dropping it.
• Tang Wen explained that Tang Jiayin’s strength now matched a Ninth-Level Fighter and promised to teach him martial arts after the duel.
• Tang Wen compared the fighter rankings with martial arts realms and realized that Starshine Sea had fighters as powerful as Human Realm martial artists.
• Tang Wen watched Sister Liangliang report that the arena was sold out, then spoke with Zhao Jun, who predicted Tang Wen could earn two billion Star Coins from the fight and promised a gift from his father if Tang Wen won.
• Tang Wen arrived at Star Fantasy Arena with his family and told reporters he planned to buy a larger house and provide for his family, drawing scorn from people who called him vulgar and doubted he could win.

Tang Wen attended a packed boxing match against Imperial Boxing Gym champion Chen Zhengming, while Zhao Jun publicly tried to make Tang his master with a priceless Life Cabbage. Tang rejected the gift and the Zhao Lineage’s apparent attempt to recruit him, and the duel was about to begin as the referee and Wang Tianyue arrived.

• Tang Wen entered the Star Fantasy Arena, where Chen Zhengming arrived to cheers and taunted him before they signed a contract accepting responsibility for injuries.
• Zhao Jun arrived, declared Tang his master, and presented a giant Life Cabbage as an apprenticeship gift, but Tang refused to accept it without earning it.
• Tang offered to be Zhao Jun’s brother instead, but Zhao insisted on the apprenticeship; Tang suspected the Zhao Lineage had an agenda and demanded its finest treasure if it was sincere.
• Li Yu and Yun Wuli mocked Zhao Jun and urged him to offer the Zhao Lineage’s Starshine Stone, while Tang recognized Yun Wuli as a likely enemy of the Zhao Lineage.
• Chen Zhengming pressed to begin the duel, and the Life Cabbage was carried away as referee A Luo and witness Wang Tianyue entered the arena.

Tang Wen defeated Chen Zhengming in a televised boxing match, learned from Zhao Jun about the Starshine Sea and its mysterious limits, and acquired modern equipment for future exploration. After returning to the Chu Kingdom, he humbled Shen Gongyang by revealing power far beyond the late-stage Origin-Gathering Realm.

• Tang Wen used Lion's Roar and telekinesis to defeat Chen Zhengming, winning widespread cheers and a major surge in popularity.
• Tang Wen received five Popularity Pearls from the system and learned that his Wealth Index had risen after he earned two billion Star Coins.
• Zhao Jun explained that the Starshine Stones might lead to the Starshine Sea's core or a way beyond it, and agreed to procure batteries, drones, and weapons for Tang Wen.
• Tang Wen guided his family in martial arts, bought a villa and a bankrupt company, and returned to the Chu Kingdom with advanced equipment.
• Shen Gongyang emerged from the Cultivation Tower at late-stage Origin Gathering and bragged about his advancement, but Tang Wen sliced off a distant treetop with a palm strike and left him apologizing.

Tang Wen planned to delay Wei Yang’s transfer and use a staged theft to secure Chen Cang’s help before the battle on Qilin Island. After Shen Gongyang and Chu Cong left, Tang Wen listened to a hidden recording that revealed Chu Cong was struggling to hire a Kongkong Sect expert without surrendering the Holy Spirit Essence.

• Tang Wen showed Shen Gongyang and Chu Cong recordings implicating Ridge-Sea Academy and Wei Yang in collusion with the Sun Kingdom, then argued that Wei Yang’s case should be postponed until after the Qilin Island battle.
• Tang Wen proposed staging a Sun Gate attack and stealing the coastal defense map so Feng Jiuxue would need Chen Cang’s help, giving Qiao Tian grounds to overrule Zhang Shuikang.
• Tang Wen offered a drop of Holy Spirit Essence to hire a Kongkong Sect expert, and Chu Cong volunteered to contact the sect through an acquaintance.
• After Shen Gongyang and Chu Cong left, Tang Wen obtained a recording of their carriage conversation through listening devices hidden in their robes.
• Shen Gongyang told Chu Cong that hiring Three-Handed Tai Sui would require a reward, and Chu Cong decided to ask his father to arrange a performance by Liu Sisi rather than give up the Holy Spirit Essence.

Tang Wen outlined reforms to the Tang household, including paid housing and meals, Tang Currency, and a new bank, while assigning Tang Hao to lead the bank. The chapter ended with Tang Hao revealing that he liked Tang E'yue from Tanlin Commandery, and Tang Wen offering to arrange their marriage despite his own unsettled marriage.

• Tang Wen discussed decorating and allocating the completed buildings, then proposed reforming household pay and requiring members to pay for their own housing, food, and medical care.
• Tang Wen introduced fast food and Tang Currency, explaining how the Tang Family Bank would exchange currency, accept deposits, and issue loans.
• Tang Wen appointed Tang Hao to oversee the Tang Clan Bank and assigned Ge Ziyun to help recruit staff.
• At lunch, Tang Hao admitted that he liked Tang E'yue from Tanlin Commandery.
• Tang Wen offered to propose marriage for Tang Hao, but Liu Qingmei and Tang Yiyi argued that Tang Wen should settle his own marriage first.

Tang Wen agreed to marry Gu Hanyan as his secondary wife, and the Tang family held a modest celebration amid the ongoing danger. At the gathering, Chu Xiangluo discovered Tang Wen’s rare Star Illusion Wine, while a conversation afterward revealed Chu Xiangluo’s views on the court, Luo Daimei, and the threat facing Duke Haisheng’s family.

• Tang Wen accepted Liu Qingmei’s proposal that Gu Hanyan become his secondary wife, and Gu Hanyan agreed, receiving the Tang family’s ancestral bracelet.
• Gu Hanyan urged the family to keep the wedding celebration small because of the war and the danger of an enemy attack, and Tang Wen promised a larger celebration after the war.
• Wan Hansong, Jiang Xuan, Chu Zhao, Feng Jiuxue, and others came to Su Mei Island, where Chu Cong introduced Chu Xiangluo to Tang Wen.
• Chu Xiangluo praised Tang Wen’s Star Illusion Wine and traded his jade pendant for five bottles, which he stored in a spatial treasure.
• Chu Cong showed Chu Xiangluo the Tang family’s modern buildings and described Tang Wen’s military achievements and the threat from the Sun Kingdom.
• Chu Xiangluo condemned Ridge-Sea Academy and discussed Luo Daimei’s rising influence with Chu Cong, who wondered whether the emperor intended to target his father, Duke Haisheng.

Chu Xiangluo and Chu Cong discussed Great Chu’s political balance, military strength, and Tang Wen’s miraculous Cultivation Tower before Tang Wen learned the truth about Gu Hanyan’s family. Gu Hanyan revealed that Hu Lie had framed her father, Gu Tong, and destroyed her family, leaving her parents’ fate uncertain.

• Chu Xiangluo and Chu Cong discussed the court’s rival factions, Great Chu’s powerful families, and the difficulty of building a strong army.
• Chu Cong led Chu Xiangluo into Tang Wen’s Cultivation Tower, where Chu Xiangluo recognized the Dragon Realm’s effects and heard that Shen Gongyang had advanced with holy spirit water from Tang Wen.
• After the wedding guests left, Gu Hanyan became distressed over her parents’ suffering, and Tang Wen asked her to explain what had happened.
• Gu Hanyan said Hu Lie had retaliated against her grandfather, Qi Tai, after he reported Hu Lie’s rebellious intentions, and had arranged for Gu Tong to be accused of betraying Great Chu.
• Gu Hanyan explained that Gu Tong was exiled to Ningxing Pagoda, her mother Qi Yueying went with him, and Hu Lie’s men slaughtered their family; only Gu Hanyan and her younger brother Gu Yifei escaped.
• Gu Hanyan said her grandfather was stripped of his posts and fined ten million taels, while the rest of his household faced hardship.

Tang Wen recruited Gu Mutong, Chai Junxi, and Wei Yixing into the Tang family and helped them overcome the White Jade Radish’s fire poison with the Nine Paths of Cold Ice. Their cultivation surged, and Tang Wen promised to help them pursue Gong Jiang while they trained in the Tang family’s Half-Level Tower.

• Gu Mutong explained that the White Jade Radish had weakened the three men and that they had sought a chance to escape Gong Jiang; Tang Wen promised to arrange a future chance for revenge and invited them into the Tang family.
• Gu Mutong, Chai Junxi, and Wei Yixing swore loyalty to Tang Wen, then presented him with the remaining White Jade Radish.
• Tang Wen revealed that the White Jade Radish was a fire-aspected Ginseng King and taught the three men, Wen Jinyuan, and Mei Niansu the Nine Paths of Cold Ice.
• After a day and night of enduring alternating cold and heat, Gu Mutong reached the perfection stage of the Thought-Connecting Realm, while Chai Junxi and Wei Yixing reached its late stage.
• Tang Wen promised to help the three men grow stronger than Gong Jiang by letting them cultivate in the Tang family’s Half-Level Tower, which Wen Jinyuan said was comparable to Dragon Realm.

Tang Wen assigned his subordinates housing and explained new rules for the Tang family’s services and wages while Chu Cong and Chu Xiangluo discussed his growing coastal power. After Chu Cong asked to raise his cultivation with Holy Spirit Essence, Tang Wen offered Chu Xiangluo a different medicine, which he recognized as ginseng king.

• Tang Wen assigned Gu Mutong to stay with him, Chai Junxi to guard Su Mei Island, and Wei Yixing to take new recruits to Qilin Island ahead of battle.
• Tang Wen told Mei Niansu that Gu Hanyan had entered the Thought-Connecting Realm, then encouraged Mei Niansu to keep her competitive spirit.
• Tang Wen allocated townhouses to his core subordinates and announced new arrangements for housing, renovations, food, expenses, medical care, and wages.
• Chu Xiangluo and Chu Cong discussed Tang Wen’s coastal defenses and the Imperial Court’s view of his growing force.
• Chu Cong reported that Wei Yang would remain imprisoned in Linghai’s Six Fan Hall and asked Tang Wen for a half-floor to raise his cultivation.
• Tang Wen offered Chu Xiangluo medicine for cultivation, and Chu Xiangluo opened the bottle and identified its contents as ginseng king.

Tang Wen helped Chu Xiangluo break through to the Mind-Penetration Mid-Stage and helped Chu Cong reach the Qi Nourishing Realm. Chu Cong and Chu Xiangluo planned to seek Peacock Island for Tang Wen after a victory on Qilin Island, while Tang Wen began modernizing the Tang Residential Complex with advanced batteries.

• Tang Wen prepared an ice pool for Chu Xiangluo, who broke through to the Mind-Penetration Mid-Stage after enduring the fire poison and frost.
• Chu Xiangluo used the ice pool to help Chu Cong enter the Qi Nourishing Realm, then urged him to cultivate further to protect the Chu Family’s title.
• Chu Cong suggested that Chu Xiangluo seek Peacock Island for Tang Wen after a victory on Qilin Island, so Tang Wen could retake and defend the royal fishing grounds.
• Tang Wen’s workers began renovating the Tang Residential Complex, where Tang Wen replaced his planned electrical wiring with Star Illusion Empire storage batteries and prepared to install more Wind Turbines.

Tang Wen’s forces annihilated the Sun Kingdom army at Qilin Island, capturing Iga Eikyū and Liu Santeng. News of the victory spread through Jiangzhou and raised Tang Wen’s popularity, activating the Great Landlord System’s absorption and repair function.

• Tang Wen arranged an ambush on Qilin Island, using hidden troops, cannons, snipers, and the Heavenly Insect to defeat the Sun Kingdom’s forces and capture Liu Santeng.
• Tang Wen and Ximen Taigao attacked Iga Eikyū’s fleet from both sides, sank its warships, and captured Iga Eikyū alive.
• Chu Xiangluo agreed to travel to Sea Saint City and persuade her imperial granduncle to entrust Tang Wen with guarding the coast.
• The Linghai Six Fan Hall posted the victory results, and news of Tang Wen’s exploits spread through Jiangzhou and the surrounding prefectures.
• The Great Landlord System told Tang Wen he had gained 1,820,300 strands of popularity and offered to activate its absorption and repair function.

Tang Wen boosted Gu Mutong, Chai Junxi, and Wei Yixing into the Spirit-Congealing Realm, then assigned them to guard his family’s holdings. Meanwhile, Ridge-Sea Academy’s elders suspected Tang Wen had anticipated the Sun Gate attack, and Chu Luoxiang presented Star Illusion Wine to the Sea Saint King, whose reaction was striking.

• Tang Wen taught Gu Mutong, Chai Junxi, and Wei Yixing the Heaven Domain Three Dragons Canon and infused them with popularity, raising Gu Mutong to the middle Spirit-Congealing stage and the other two to the Early Spirit-Congealing Stage.
• Tang Wen assigned Chai Junxi to guard Su Mei Island, ordered Wei Yixing to guard Qilin Island before taking charge in Jiangzhou City, and kept Gu Mutong by his side.
• Lin Zhi and Ridge-Sea Academy’s elders discussed the Sun Kingdom’s defeat and suspected Tang Wen had prepared an ambush, then decided to warn the Sun Gate and escort Wei Yang to Sea Saint City.
• Chu Luoxiang met with Chu Xian'gang and Chu Guang at the Sea Saint King's Residence and served them Star Illusion Wine.
• Chu Xian'gang sipped the wine, and his gaze immediately froze.

Chu Luoxiang told Chu Xian'gang and Chu Guang how Tang Wen had defeated a Sun Kingdom army of fifty thousand and exposed Ridge-Sea Academy's alleged treason. The three agreed to seek secret investigators and considered awarding Tang Wen Peacock Island and greater military authority, while Chu Xian'gang chose to wait to meet him until after he defeated the enemy.

• Chu Guang and Chu Xian'gang learned from Chu Luoxiang that Tang Wen had killed tens of thousands of Sun Kingdom soldiers and made a military pledge to Ridge-Sea Academy.
• Chu Luoxiang recounted how Tang Wen uncovered Ridge-Sea Academy's plot and lured the Sun Kingdom army into a trap, where he wiped out fifty thousand enemies.
• Chu Luoxiang showed Chu Xian'gang and Chu Guang recordings from a Western Magic Mirror, and Chu Xian'gang agreed that witnesses and physical evidence were still needed to prosecute Ridge-Sea Academy.
• Chu Xian'gang and Chu Guang agreed to have secret agents investigate the alleged treason, since the Six Fan Division was implicated through Zhang Shuikang.
• Chu Luoxiang proposed granting Tang Wen Peacock Island and authority over coastal forces, and Chu Guang argued that the reward would help defend the southeastern provinces.
• Chu Luoxiang described Tang Wen's Cultivation Tower and gifts, including Holy Spirit Essence that advanced Chu Cong's cultivation, and Chu Xian'gang decided to wait until Tang Wen defeated the enemy before summoning him.

Tang Wen intercepted the four elders of Ridge-Sea Academy as they attacked a prison cart, then was appointed deputy marshal and given command of the troops in two provinces. Chu Guang warned him that the appointment was a test and that commanding the provincial forces would require powerful backing.

• Chu Guang and Chu Luoxiang proposed making Tang Wen deputy marshal and granting him Peacock Island, and Chu Xian'gang agreed to seek the emperor's approval.
• Tang Wen and his allies defeated the four elders of Ridge-Sea Academy when they attacked the Six Fan Division prison cart, and Chu Cong and Shen Gongyang took custody of the prisoners.
• Eunuch Li delivered the emperor's decree appointing Tang Wen deputy marshal, granting him Peacock Island, and placing Linghai and Youhai provinces under his command.
• Chu Guang told Tang Wen that the appointment tested whether he could earn a marquisate by driving the Sun Kingdom's forces from Great Chu.
• Chu Guang warned Tang Wen that the provincial commanders might resist his orders and that he needed powerful backing; Tang Wen named Chu Guang as his backer.

Tang Wen used the Popularity benefit to advance Chu Guang into the Concentrating Spirit Realm, securing the Chu Family’s ducal position and making Chu Guang his junior martial brother. Afterward, Chu Guang tested Tang Wen’s strength and was quickly subdued by his Telekinesis Threads.

• Chu Guang told Tang Wen that he feared losing his ducal title and urged him to help him grow stronger.
• Tang Wen offered to transmit power on behalf of his master, and Chu Guang agreed to become his fellow disciple if the breakthrough succeeded.
• Tang Wen completed the power transmission, advancing to Middle Spirit-Congealing while Chu Guang reached Late Spirit-Congealing.
• Chu Guang bowed to Master Otherworlder through Tang Wen, then greeted Tang Wen as his senior brother.
• Chu Guang challenged Tang Wen outside Jiangzhou City, but Tang Wen bound him with Telekinesis Threads and pressed a knife-hand to his neck.

Tang Wen defeated Chu Guang and discussed the military and political obstacles to controlling Linghai and Youhai, then returned to Yunhai City to launch a powerful new battery and expand his business plans. The chapter ended with Cao Wuxin warning him that the Kongtong Ancestor had returned and challenged him.

• Tang Wen used mental force to make Chu Guang lose control and crash into a tree, then explained that he had disrupted Chu Guang's true qi with hidden force.
• Chu Guang gave Tang Wen his Command Token and warned him about Qiu Zhaohai and Zhou Kuohai, whose ties to Consort Xue could obstruct Tang Wen's control of the provincial troops.
• Tang Wen inspected Zhan Dongwen's expanding fishponds on Divine Turtle Island before returning to Yunhai City.
• Tang Wen told Zhao Jiang to seek a patent and arrange testing and a press conference for his tiny Quantum Battery, which he said could store four or five thousand kilowatt-hours.
• Tang Wen discussed pricing the batteries, selling them to wealthy customers and businesses, and exchanging some sales revenue for silver.
• Cao Wuxin warned Tang Wen that the Kongtong Ancestor had returned and declared he would challenge him, but Tang Wen dismissed the threat.