Vol. 8The Reckoning Begins

Xiao Yu built Fog City’s defenses and trade, recruited Li Ningyue, and helped expose criminal schemes in Huaxia and South Korea. After discovering that his parents had been murdered over a forced demolition, he traveled into the past and began setting a trap for those responsible.

  • Xiao Yu drove Luo Zhong and his followers from Fog City, then began developing the city’s trade and defenses with Feng Xue.
  • At the Li Family masquerade, Xiao Yu protected Tang Xiaoxiao from Zhang Xiao and Yuan Hao, while Li Ningyue asked to become his disciple.
  • Xiao Yu accepted Li Ningyue into the Heavenly Mechanism Gate and helped expose Yuan Long’s criminal operation.
  • Xiao Yu supported Song Qingrong against Kim Jeong-tae, helping her evidence attract a huge audience.
  • Xiao Yu exposed Kim Jeong-tae and helped Song Qingrong and Li Ruzhi bring him and his allies to justice in South Korea.
  • After returning to Huaxia, Xiao Yu began recounting Lan Yuqing’s possible future, in which she, Feng Jing, and a lawyer were detained.
  • Xiao Yu helped Li Ruzhi expose Lu Qiumeng, rescued captive souls in the Netherworld, and discovered that his parents had died resisting a forced demolition.
  • Xiao Yu traveled into the past and arranged a staged car sale to take ten million yuan from Old Hu and his accomplices, giving Li Ruzhi the contract to prepare fraud charges.
Chapters 701–800 Read from Ch. 701

Arc 29Fog City and the Masquerade

Xiao Yu helped Feng Xue take control of Fog City, then turned to developing its trade and defenses while handling disputes and deals. At a masquerade, he protected Tang Xiaoxiao from two men, met Li Ningyue, and left her hoping to become his disciple as his wives guarded their time with him.

  • Xiao Yu ended his partnership with Xia Mo, helped Yu An seek forgiveness from He Li, and decided to focus on fortune-telling and establish the Heavenly Mechanism Gate.
  • Feng Xue proposed making Xiao Yu lord of Fog City, but Luo Zhong and his supporters rejected her plan and challenged Xiao Yu’s authority.
  • Xiao Yu exposed Luo Zhong’s treatment of his former lovers, and Jiang Wei swore to become Xiao Yu’s ghost servant before Luo Zhong attacked.
  • Xiao Yu used the Flowing Cloud Sword to trap Luo Zhong and his followers, then drove them from Fog City and began planning its reconstruction.
  • Xiao Yu negotiated mining and artifact-making deals, helped judge Yu Xin and Jiang Wen, and advised Feng Xue on developing Fog City’s businesses.
  • At the Li Family masquerade, Xiao Yu helped Tang Xiaoxiao consider potential partners while Li Ningyue confessed her feelings and asked to become his disciple.
  • Zhang Xiao and Yuan Hao tried to drug Tang Xiaoxiao, but Li Ningyue exposed them, summoned their fathers, and secured apologies and treatment for Tang Xiaoxiao.
  • Xiao Yu joined Liu Shan, Zhao Yan, and Li Ningyue in the party games, while Liu Shan and Zhao Yan kept Li Ningyue from spending time alone with him.
Chapters 701–72525 summaries Read

Arc 30A Disciple and a Livestream Scandal

Xiao Yu recruited Li Ningyue into the Heavenly Mechanism Gate, helped expose criminal schemes, and gathered new allies at his villa. The stretch ended with him supporting Song Qingrong as she challenged Kim Jeong-tae’s attacks on him, drawing a massive audience to her evidence.

  • Li Ningyue introduced He Shu and Wei Yi to Tang Xiaoxiao, then revealed Zhang Xiao and Yuan Hao’s past assault attempt, which the two men apologized for and Tang forgave.
  • Xiao Yu built a Heart Demon Illusion Array to test Liu Shan, Zhao Yan, and Li Ningyue, then accepted Li Ningyue as his disciple after she refused to sacrifice her illusory parents.
  • Xiao Yu followed Dong Fei and Yuan Long’s supposed business deal to Paris, where Yuan Long revealed his plan to sell Dong Fei, and Xiao Yu’s intervention helped expose the criminal operation.
  • Xiao Yu used the Merit from the arrests to advance his cultivation, while Li Ningyue arranged to bring Lanny and Beryl to him for threatening Liu Shan.
  • Xiao Yu had Zhao Yan take Lanny and Beryl into custody, warned General Alec and the Li Family about their futures, and gave the dying Cen Yao a Lifespan Pill.
  • Xiao Yu welcomed Li Tingzhou and Cen Yao into his household, then sent Zhao Yan and Li Tingzhou to help Tang Xiaoxiao.
  • Kim Jeong-tae accused Xiao Yu of fraud after a minor’s gifts were refunded, while Song Qingrong challenged his claims and published evidence about the refund.
  • Xiao Yu livestreamed in support of Song Qingrong, invited her to explain the controversy, and helped her video surpass one hundred million views as attention shifted back to Kim Jeong-tae.
Chapters 726–75025 summaries Read

Arc 31The Troll’s Downfall and a New Choice

Xiao Yu exposed and defeated Kim Jeong-tae, then helped Song Qingrong and Li Ruzhi bring him and his allies to justice in South Korea. Back in Huaxia, Xiao Yu began revealing Li Ruzhi’s possible future, where Lan Yuqing and Feng Jing faced ruin after a scheme involving a lawyer.

  • Xiao Yu exposed Kim Jeong-tae’s staged messages and the company’s rejection of him, while Kim’s fans demanded refunds and the platform banned him.
  • Xiao Yu raised over a billion yuan for the Red Cross during a livestream, then identified Li Qifeng as the troll Wind Rises, Clouds Surge and made him apologize and delete his account.
  • Xiao Yu used Reversal of Reality to cancel Ishikawa Nanami’s marriage alliance, then promised to visit Japan and help her family face the Maeda Family.
  • Kim Jeong-tae sold counterfeit goods and lost Song Qingrong’s lawsuit, then sued Xiao Yu with help from Jiang Yulin as Xiao Yu decided to travel to South Korea to support Song Qingrong.
  • Xiao Yu gave Li Ruzhi evidence against the bribed judge and Jiang Yulin, and police arrested Kim Jeong-tae over his exploitation of women and the false identity of the little girl.
  • Li Ruzhi exposed Jiang Yulin’s fraud and the judge’s bribery in court, while police arrested the thugs Kim Jeong-tae had hired to attack Song Qingrong and Li Ruzhi.
  • Xiao Yu returned to Huaxia with Song Qingrong and Li Ruzhi, then told Li Ruzhi that he would have to choose between punishing the woman who broke up his family and finding perfect love.
  • Xiao Yu began recounting Lan Yuqing’s future, in which she paid Feng Jing to sleep with a lawyer, but Li Si later defeated them in court and Lan Yuqing, Feng Jing, and the lawyer were detained.
Chapters 751–77525 summaries Read

Arc 32The Past Comes Due

Xiao Yu helped Li Ruzhi expose Lu Qiumeng, rescued souls in the Netherworld, and discovered that his parents had been murdered over a forced demolition. He returned to the past and began arranging a reckoning for those responsible, starting with Old Hu and his accomplices.

  • Li Ruzhi and Song Qingrong exposed Lu Qiumeng’s lies and her plot to have them killed, leading Lan Yang to expel her from the Lan Family.
  • Xiao Yu rescued Yuan Hui from a suicide attempt and arranged for Qi Zihong to take her in as his daughter, Qi Hui.
  • Xiao Yu finished a supreme-grade flying sword, helped Feng Xue judge ghosts, and agreed to help Chen Huijing rescue his wife, Ge Lian.
  • Xiao Yu and Feng Xue infiltrated Tang Zhen’s palace, where Xiao Yu rescued Ge Lian and other captive souls and trapped Tang Zhen.
  • Qi Yunlin emptied Tang Zhen’s treasury, and Feng Xue’s explanation of Reincarnation Pills led Xiao Yu to investigate Hu Feifei’s past.
  • Xiao Yu found the urns of Shui Huize and Xiao Xia, recognized them as his parents, and traveled into the past to witness their deaths after they resisted a forced demolition.
  • Xiao Yu resolved to punish those responsible for his parents’ deaths and arranged for Old Hu and his accomplices to take ten million yuan in a staged car-sale scheme.
  • Xiao Yu gave Li Ruzhi the sales contract so he could prepare fraud charges while Old Hu and his accomplices celebrated their cash windfall.
Chapters 776–80025 summaries Read
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