Chapter Summaries

Tang Wen won Heavenly Tears Elder’s trust by showing him the Bulletproof Vest and agreed to examine and treat his eyes after treating Qi Hengjiang. Later, Xiao Sandao arrived at Tang’s Sumei Supermarket with his followers, where they waited for a crowd before confronting Tang Wen.

• Tang Wen told Heavenly Tears Elder that his eyes might be treatable and arranged to examine him again that afternoon after treating Qi Hengjiang.
• Heavenly Tears Elder recognized Zhuge Ziliang’s silver Fangzhang Token and accepted Tang Wen’s assurances that he meant no harm.
• Tang Wen demonstrated the Bulletproof Vest’s strength on a dog, and Xiang Wu bought one for twenty high-grade spirit stones.
• Xiao Sandao and his followers arrived at Tang’s Sumei Supermarket and waited outside, hoping to confront Tang Wen before an audience.
• Ku Mutong arrived with Redbeard and his group, prompting Xiao Sandao to follow them inside.

Tang Wen faced skepticism from Xiao Sandao and the Apothecary Guild after they dismissed his ability to treat Qi Hengjiang's leg. Li Yue defended Tang Wen, then Qi Hengjiang agreed to undergo treatment and Tang Wen used a CT Scanner to plan the surgery.

• Xiao Sandao and the other apothecaries arrived at Tang Wen's Medicine Hall and reacted with curiosity to his soft sofa chairs.
• Qi Hengjiang and Xifang Feiwen arrived, and Xiao Sandao and Chen Qingyang claimed Qi Hengjiang's leg could not be treated.
• Li Yue arrived and told the apothecaries that Tang Wen had healed her injury after they had failed to help her.
• Old Man Tianlei and Xiang Wu arrived, and Tang Wen led Qi Hengjiang into the inner room to begin treatment.
• Tang Wen scanned Qi Hengjiang with the CT Scanner, located the hook in his leg, and moved him to the operating room for surgery.

Tang Wen successfully operated on Qi Hengjiang and treated Heavenly Tears Elder, impressing the Apothecary Guild with his medical tools and skill. He invited the apothecaries to join his Medicine Hall, but none accepted immediately.

• Tang Wen used local anesthesia and specialized instruments to remove broken hooks from Qi Hengjiang's thigh, then explained how his tools had helped him locate them.
• Xiao Sandao left after Li Yue challenged him, while Chen Qingyang and the other apothecaries praised Tang Wen and asked about his instruments.
• Tang Wen showed the apothecaries CT images of Qi Hengjiang's thigh and offered to rent out the scanner and sell surgical tools through his Sumei Supermarket.
• Tang Wen treated Heavenly Tears Elder by connecting his blocked tear duct to his nostril, and the elder promised to arrange what Tang Wen needed.
• Tang Wen invited the apothecaries to work at Tang's Medicine Hall and learn to use his machines, but no one responded.

Tang Wen tried to recruit Heavenly Tears Elder by offering him a place to stay and asking him to arrange superior surgical instruments, but the elder remained wary of the offer. Tang Wen then learned that Qi Hengjiang had recovered quickly after taking a rare Flesh-Regenerating Pill.

• Tang Wen offered apothecaries paid positions, but none signed up.
• Heavenly Tears Elder agreed to ask his senior brother Ou Yunzi to refine surgical instruments and a treasured saber, while he and Xiang Wu discussed Tang Wen’s attempt to recruit him as a protector.
• Tang Wen wondered what he could offer Heavenly Tears Elder, who already had wealth, cultivation techniques, and access to elixirs.
• Tang Wen found Qi Hengjiang walking in the courtyard the afternoon after surgery and urged him to rest so his wound would not reopen.
• Qi Hengjiang showed Tang Wen that his wound had nearly healed and credited a Flesh-Regenerating Pill he had earned from the City Lord’s Residence.

Tang Wen met Tu Qianqiu, the famed maker of Flesh-Regenerating Pills, and persuaded him to stay at Cloud Garment Workshop to learn how to use Heavenly Water. Tu Qianqiu agreed to remain for half a month and marveled at the workshop’s modern amenities.

• Qi Hengjiang told Tang Wen that Tu Qianqiu made expensive Flesh-Regenerating Pills and had rebuffed both the City Lord’s Residence and the Apothecary Guild.
• Tu Qianqiu appeared in the courtyard, grabbed Tang Wen, and demanded that he take him to the Heavenly Water.
• Tang Wen explained that Tu Qianqiu could not identify or safely use the Heavenly Water without his instructions.
• Tu Qianqiu offered Tang Wen high-grade Flesh-Regenerating Pills and Antidote Pills in exchange for instructions, and Tang Wen said the lessons would require a half-month stay.
• Tang Wen showed Tu Qianqiu a room and its bathroom, shower, electric lamp, and Simmons mattress, leaving the old apothecary amazed.

Tang Wen began learning pill refining from Tu Qianqiu and traded a freezer for the elder’s worn-out Spirit Stone furnace and pills. The chapter ended with Tang’s Sumei Supermarket opening the next morning.

• Tu Qianqiu offered to teach Tang Wen the Pill Dao and demonstrated his fire-attributed Spirit Stone Pill Furnace.
• Tang Wen learned that Tu Qianqiu’s furnace was wearing out and heard how expensive it was to refine pills with it.
• Tu Qianqiu paid Tang Wen over a hundred High-Grade Spirit Stones for his remaining Three-Stripe Fish and brandy.
• Tang Wen offered Tu Qianqiu a freezer in exchange for pills and his worn-out Spirit Stone furnace.
• Tu Qianqiu accepted the freezer, and Tang Wen taught him how to operate it and replace its storage batteries.
• Tang’s Sumei Supermarket held its grand opening at ten the next morning.

Tang Wen’s Sumei Supermarket drew huge crowds with its weapons, protective gear, food, and household goods, selling most of its stock in six days. As he prepared to travel back to restock, Fan Ni and Fan Dongfeng arrived at the Cloud Garment Workshop with armed guards and hostile intentions.

• Tang Wen welcomed guests to the opening with support from Tu Qianqiu, City Lord’s Residence officials, and many friends, while Tu Qianqiu mocked the Apothecary Guild’s representatives.
• Redbeard and other guests sampled ice cream and discussed Tang Wen’s bulletproof gear, which Wei Yun praised as superior to the Heavenly Weapon Pavilion’s products.
• Wu Zi’s staff demonstrated the bulletproof vests and helmets, prompting wealthy martial artists to buy them while other customers purchased food, swords, lighters, and household goods.
• The supermarket sold out of most of its stock over three days, leaving Tang Wen unable to replenish it and eager to return to the Chu Kingdom for supplies.
• Fan Ni and Fan Dongfeng arrived at the Cloud Garment Workshop with dozens of armed household guards, and Tang Wen saw their angry Popularity before Fan Ni confronted him.

Fan Dongfeng and Fan Ni confronted Tang Wen over Sumei Supermarket’s cheap middle-grade treasure swords, but Tu Qianqiu and Redbeard helped him negotiate a deal with the Mystic Treasure Pavilion. With the shop still at risk and his cultivation too weak to protect it, Tang Wen asked whether he could buy Tu Qianqiu’s rare Qi-Coalescing Pill.

• Fan Dongfeng and Fan Ni accused Tang Wen of disrupting trade by selling middle-grade treasure swords cheaply, and Tu Qianqiu threatened anyone who tried to destroy Sumei Supermarket.
• Redbeard backed Tang Wen, and Fan Ni threatened to sell the Pavilion’s swords at half price while Tang Wen refused to yield on his own price.
• Tang Wen agreed to buy five hundred high-grade treasure swords from the Mystic Treasure Pavilion for fifty low-grade spirit stones each in exchange for the Pavilion selling fewer middle-grade swords.
• Redbeard and Tu Qianqiu warned Tang Wen that he needed stronger cultivation and hired experts to protect his business after they left.
• Redbeard proposed using Tu Qianqiu’s high-grade Qi-Coalescing Pill to help Zhuge Ziliang absorb stored cultivation, but the pill’s cost was said to be three hundred high-grade spirit stones.
• Tang Wen asked Tu Qianqiu whether he could trade spirit stones for the Qi-Coalescing Pill.

Tang Wen traded high-explosive grenades for a Synthesis Pill, advanced his cultivation, and arranged for Redbeard and Tu Qianqiu to protect Sumei Supermarket before returning to Su Mei Island. There, he found Tang Hao newly at the fifth rank and stopped him from challenging Gu Hanyan, who had reached fifth-rank perfection.

• Tang Wen demonstrated a high-explosive grenade to Tu Qianqiu and Redbeard, then traded five grenades for a Synthesis Pill and advanced to the late fourth rank with their help.
• Tang Wen gave grenades to Tu Qianqiu, Redbeard, and Wu Zi in exchange for their help protecting Sumei Supermarket.
• Redbeard and Tu Qianqiu moved into the Cloud Garment Workshop, and ten days later Tang Wen left Black Tortoise City with spirit stones, Spirit Pills, Treasure Swords, and other supplies.
• Tang Wen returned to Su Mei Island and found Tang Hao had reached the fifth rank after training with the Wind-Thunder Art and the resources Tang Wen provided.
• Tang Hao challenged Gu Hanyan to a fight, but Tang Wen warned him that she was at fifth-rank perfection and could defeat him in one move.

Tang Wen emerged from cultivation to find Ridge-Sea Academy threatening Su Mei Island, then faced down Zhao Shilong amid a standoff between the academy fighters and the Tang family. The confrontation escalated when the recovering Yan Beitian demonstrated powerful long-range astral force.

• Gu Hanyan revealed she had reached fifth-rank perfection, and Tang Hao stormed away after Tang Wen teased him.
• Luo Yiwu told Tang Wen that Zhao Shilong and Ridge-Sea Academy had attacked island residents and threatened to invade unless Tang Wen appeared within ten days.
• Tang Wen returned to the camp and insulted Zhao Shilong, who threatened him and the island with the navy.
• Tang Hao and the island's guards rallied to protect Tang Wen, while Li Xiongba restrained Tang Hao and gagged him.
• Yan Beitian arrived and blasted a wooden post from a distance with a fist strike, astonishing Zhao Shilong, Li Xiongba, and Gu Hanyan.

Tang Wen drove off Ridge-Sea Academy’s Law Enforcement Team after striking Zhao Shilong down and threatening him with firearms. He rallied Su Mei Island’s workers to defend their home, while the crowd’s support and Tang Wen’s employment promises strengthened his position.

• Tang Wen slapped Zhao Shilong down from thirty feet away and used concealed bullets to keep him and the Law Enforcement Team at bay.
• Tang Wen denounced Ridge-Sea Academy’s attempt to seize him, and Li Xiongba withdrew with his men after handing Tang Hao back to Tang Wen.
• Gu Hanyan called Tang Wen a liar and ran off, while the arriving crowd learned that he had defeated Zhao Shilong.
• Tang Wen urged the island’s people to defend Su Mei Island, and thousands of household servants and local workers vowed to fight anyone who threatened it.
• Tang Wen promised Lin Dongguo continued paid work and listened as the workers praised the food and meals provided on the island.

Tang Wen agreed to buy Lin Dongguo and his family, helping settle part of Lin’s debt to a loan shark. He then bought the immensely strong Zhang Hanzi and promised to find him a wife as he continued taking in workers.

• Lin Dongguo asked to sell himself and his family to the Tang family, and Tang Wen offered them silver, allowances, and work or academy places.
• After learning Huang Sanlang had threatened Lin Dongguo’s daughter, Tang Wen promised to pay a hundred taels toward the debt and deduct the remainder from the family’s allowances.
• Lin Dongguo signed the Deed of Sale without reading it, and his son Lin Dong joined him before Tang Wen.
• Zhang Hanzi lifted and carried a massive iron weight to Tang Wen, earning an offer of a thousand taels; Tang Wen saved him when he collapsed and spat blood.
• Tang Wen agreed to buy Zhang Hanzi and his mother, promised to reserve part of Zhang Hanzi’s payment for finding him a wife, and assigned him to run errands.

Tang Wen recruited hundreds of local workers for the Tang family and discussed Gu Hanyan's changing appearance and his plan to train Zhang Hanzi. The next morning, he showed his subordinates plans for a Spirit Stone cultivation tower and directed them to begin building it near the mountain cave.

• Luo Yiwu organized the temporary workers who wanted to sell themselves to the Tang family, offering higher prices for martial artists, skilled craftspeople, and other talents.
• Tang Wen noticed Gu Hanyan looked younger, and she massaged him while teasing him for lying about his martial arts rank.
• Tang Wen defended his decision to recruit Zhang Hanzi and bet that Zhang Hanzi would reach the ninth rank within a year; if Gu Hanyan lost, she would warm Tang Wen's bed.
• Tang Wen showed Luo Yiwu, Li Liao, Tian Guiyun, and Zhan Dongwen a model of the Heavenly Treasure Pagoda and instructed them to build a smaller cultivation tower near the mountain cave.
• Luo Yiwu reported that 583 people had been recruited, while Gu Hanyan said Lin Dongguo could introduce several licentiates to teach at the school.

Tang Wen prepared Su Mei Island for a possible attack from Ridge-Sea Academy while building a spirit-gathering array. After Lin Dongguo reported that Huang Sanlang had seized his daughter Lin Xian'er, Tang Wen confronted Huang at his residence and demanded an explanation.

• Tang Wen ordered his forces to strengthen their training, install Black-Clad Cannons near Crouching Dragon Lake, and prepare for retaliation from Ridge-Sea Academy and its allies.
• Tang Wen, Gu Hanyan, and Yan Beitian completed a Nine-Nine Return-to-One Spirit Gathering Array in the cave, which proved much less effective than the Heavenly Treasure Pagoda.
• Lin Dongguo told Tang Wen that Huang Sanlang had taken Lin Xian'er despite being paid back, and Lin Dong accused Huang of driving away her suitors to seize her.
• Tang Wen rode to Qingmu Town with his men and confronted Huang Sanlang at his residence, where Qiao Xiao whipped several guards.
• Tang Wen identified himself as Lord Tang and asked Huang why he had forcibly seized his maidservant.

Tang Wen confronted Huang Sanlang over Lin Xian'er, whom Huang claimed Lin Dongguo had pledged against an enormous debt documented in a suspicious IOU. Tang suspected the IOU had been altered, sent Yan Beitian to find a missing servant, and offered to repay the debt as the dispute continued.

• Lin Dongguo invoked Tang Wen's authority and demanded that Huang Sanlang return Lin Xian'er, while Huang produced an indenture claiming her as his slave girl.
• Huang and Steward Tian presented an IOU stating that Lin Dongguo owed five thousand taels at eighty taels of daily interest, though Lin insisted the original agreement said ten taels.
• Tang questioned Lin about witnesses, and Lin identified a monkey-faced man who had brought him the IOU after it was written.
• Tang noticed Huang and Steward Tian's guilty reactions when the man, Sun Houzi, was discussed, and sent Yan Beitian to search the eastern courtyard for him.
• Huang refused to release Lin Xian'er without repayment, and Tang offered to pay the claimed debt as Luo Yiwu warned him against handing over silver without proof.

Tang Wen exposed Huang Sanlang and Steward Tian’s scheme to cheat borrowers by switching their IOUs, then rescued Lin Xian'er and made Huang Sanlang promise triple compensation. Huang Sanlang remained at the mercy of the people he had swindled as Tang Wen recorded their claims.

• Tang Wen refused Huang Sanlang’s demand to send Scholar Lin to jail and ordered his men to search the compound after revealing that Sun Houzi was there.
• Yan Beitian brought in Sun Houzi, who confessed that Huang Sanlang and Steward Tian had switched the interest terms on borrowers’ IOUs.
• Steward Tian admitted his role, and other victims accused Huang Sanlang of cheating them and taking their daughters to settle debts.
• Huang Sanlang confessed, and his men brought out the injured Lin Xian'er, who reunited with her father.
• Tang Wen recorded the victims’ claims and ordered Huang Sanlang to repay three times what he had taken; after the crowd attacked him, Huang Sanlang agreed.

Tang Wen absorbed the gratitude of the commoners, reached fourth-rank perfection, and learned that Tang Hao had been expelled from Ridge-Sea Academy. He vowed to build a rival academy and planned a trip to the provincial capital, while Gu Hanyan resisted his efforts to make her rest.

• Tang Wen compensated the commoners, absorbed their popularity, and advanced to fourth-rank perfection as the Great Landlord Space repaired its system.
• Yang Xian told Tang Hao that Ridge-Sea Academy had expelled him and sent his records to the Provincial Education Commissioner, prompting Tang Wen to condemn the academy and promise to bring it down.
• Tang Wen encouraged Tang Hao to train and promised to make him headmaster of a grander academy, then said they would leave for the provincial capital the next day to discuss business with Yan Beitian's former employer.
• Tang Wen told Gu Hanyan to rest instead of cultivating, but she insisted she needed to train for revenge and suggested he find another maid to attend to him.

Tang Wen agreed to take Lin Xian'er as his maid after Gu Hanyan arranged for her to dress in silk, and he was struck by Lin Xian'er's beauty. He teased her about serving him in bed, then reassured her that he would not force her and said he would teach her a few things.

• Gu Hanyan persuaded Tang Wen to meet Lin Xian'er and explained that she had bought her silk clothes from her own allowance.
• Lin Xian'er arrived dressed up, and Tang Wen praised her beauty while Gu Hanyan looked displeased.
• Tang Wen let Lin Xian'er clear the table, and Gu Hanyan left to cultivate in the hills.
• Scholar Lin encouraged Lin Xian'er to obey Tang Wen, hoping her service would benefit the Lin family.
• Lin Xian'er mistook Tang Wen's teasing for a demand to share his bed, dropped a bowl, and knelt in fear.
• Tang Wen helped Lin Xian'er up, assured her he would not force her, and told her to tidy up before he taught her a few things.

Tang Wen showed Lin Xian'er the modern facilities at his estate, then spoke with her about learning martial arts and traveling with him. After teasing Gu Hanyan, he took Lin Xian'er to teach her a cultivation technique and introduced her to his off-road vehicle.

• Tang Wen showed Lin Xian'er how to use the bath, lights, and call bell, then admired the moonlit Crouching Dragon Lake with her.
• Lin Xian'er praised Tang Wen and asked to accompany him to Jiangzhou and learn martial arts; Tang Wen agreed to teach her privately.
• Tang Wen exposed Gu Hanyan hiding among the flowers and teased her about overhearing his offer to teach Lin Xian'er.
• Tang Wen and Lin Xian'er strolled by Crouching Dragon Lake, where he described how beautiful the estate would be when construction was complete.
• Tang Wen took Lin Xian'er to his off-road vehicle and began showing her how to get inside.

Tang Wen brought Lin Xian'er to the cave abode, where she marveled at his vehicle and the cavern before he taught her, Gu Hanyan, and Tang Hao the Heavenly Wood Star-Pegasus Art. He then used a Marrow-Washing Pill to cleanse Lin Xian'er’s marrow, leaving Gu Hanyan angry that he had not given her one too.

• Tang Wen drove Lin Xian'er to the cave abode, and she excitedly questioned him about the vehicle, its music, and the cavern.
• Tang Wen summoned Gu Hanyan and Tang Hao, then introduced the Heavenly Wood Star-Pegasus Art and explained its cultivation method.
• Tang Wen gave Lin Xian'er a medicinal bath with a Marrow-Washing Pill and struck her acupoints to cleanse her marrow and temper her bones.
• Gu Hanyan accused Tang Wen of taking liberties with Lin Xian'er, who explained that he had only performed the marrow cleansing.
• Gu Hanyan demanded that Tang Wen give her a Marrow-Washing Pill as well.