Chapter Summaries

Lin Chen encouraged Lin Huai to pursue a widowed nurse, then took Qin Xueqing to West City Game City to study the entertainment business as part of his plan to expand into every industry. The chapter ended with Wu Chenggong’s powerful reinforcements preparing to deal with Lin Chen.

• Lin Chen urged Lin Huai to consider the thirty-eight-year-old nurse, and Qin Xueqing supported the idea.
• A nurse again told Lin Chen that the hospital server was undergoing maintenance, deepening his unease about the repeated outages during his father’s hospital stays.
• Lin Chen took Qin Xueqing to dinner and then drove toward the west side of the city, while Wu Chenggong followed them with Huang Cheng and Yang Hu in a Rolls-Royce.
• Huang Cheng told Wu Chenggong to act carefully around Lin Chen and promised that he and Yang Hu would protect him if trouble arose.
• Lin Chen brought Qin Xueqing to West City Game City and explained that he planned to study the venue before expanding his business into every field.

Lin Chen planned to find his widowed father a companion, then took Qin Xueqing to West City Game City to assess the business as a possible acquisition. Meanwhile, Wu Chenggong met reinforcements from Divine Tiger Sect, who prepared to oppose Lin Chen and Dragon King Hall.

• Lin Chen urged Lin Huai to pursue the widowed nurse he liked, and Qin Xueqing encouraged him to try.
• The nurse again told Lin Chen that the hospital server was under routine maintenance, leaving him uneasy about the repeated unexplained access to his father's ward.
• After dinner, Lin Chen drove Qin Xueqing toward West City, while Wu Chenggong told Huang Cheng and Yang Hu about Lin Chen and received their assurance that Divine Tiger Sect would support him.
• Lin Chen brought Qin Xueqing to West City Game City and explained that he wanted to understand the industry before taking it over as part of a business system spanning many fields.

Lin Chen and Qin Xueqing explored the Dugu Family’s crowded gaming complex to assess its business, enjoying the games while Lin Chen explained what made the arcade profitable. On the second floor, they watched Big Ox challenge an arm strength tester, and his punch registered only 140 kilograms.

• Lin Chen and Qin Xueqing entered the gaming complex, exchanged two hundred yuan for tokens, and won dolls at the claw machines.
• They raced on the second floor, where Qin Xueqing won because Lin Chen deliberately let her.
• Lin Chen pointed out that attractions such as claw machines, fish-catching games, coin-smashing machines, and arm strength testers drew customers into arcades.
• Lin Chen and Qin Xueqing approached an arm strength tester as Big Ox prepared to show off before a crowd of onlookers.
• Big Ox punched the tester, which recorded 140 kilograms, prompting people to mock him for falling short of 150.

Chen Fei stunned a crowd at an arcade by hitting 271 kilograms on an arm-strength tester, then tried and failed to smash it. He left the crowd mocking him but insisted his 290-kilogram punch was a world record.

• Big Ox claimed the top score after other burly men failed to beat his 140 kilograms.
• Chen Fei shoved Big Ox aside, punched the tester, and scored 271 kilograms, shocking the crowd.
• Chen Fei rejected a beauty who offered to keep him company and challenged the administrators’ claim that smashing the machine earned a reward.
• Chen Fei used all his strength but failed to break the tester, scoring 290 kilograms instead.
• Chen Mei urged Chen Fei to leave, but he brushed her off and declared his score the highest in China and the world.

Lin Chen destroyed the strength-testing machine with a casual punch, then rejected Chen Fei’s attempt to befriend and challenge him. The group went to a VR arcade on the third floor, where Lin Chen sensed something unusual as Qin Xueqing grew frightened by a zombie game.

• Lin Chen punched the strength-testing machine so hard that it exceeded three hundred and began smoking, then left with Qin Xueqing without collecting the promised prize.
• Chen Mei and Chen Fei joined Lin Chen and Qin Xueqing in the elevator, where Chen Mei apologized for her brother’s behavior and Chen Fei asked to become Lin Chen’s friend and spar with him.
• Lin Chen rejected Chen Fei’s request, introduced himself and Qin Xueqing to the siblings, and agreed to visit the VR arcade with them.
• Lin Chen chose a luxurious private room on the third floor, and Chen Mei arranged for herself and Chen Fei to join them.
• Lin Chen sensed something unusual when they entered a room where a group was playing the zombie VR game Arizona Sunshine, while Qin Xueqing was already frightened.

Lin Chen realized that a disguised attendant was part of a plot to drug and abduct him at the VR arcade. He knocked the attacker unconscious, confronted Huang Cheng and Yang Hu, and Chen Fei noticed the fight.

• Lin Chen and Qin Xueqing entered A Sector and chose a Hatsune Miku VR concert while Chen Mei and Chen Fei played in C Sector.
• Lin Chen noticed the attendant’s ill-fitting uniform and boxing-callused hands, then used his vision to discover that the real attendants and another man were unconscious in the restroom.
• The disguised attendant approached Lin Chen with a syringe of yellow liquid, but Lin Chen struck him with a spinning kick and knocked him out.
• Lin Chen confronted Huang Cheng and Yang Hu, who had planned to drug and abduct him, and Yang Hu charged at him when Huang Cheng gave the signal.
• Chen Fei saw the attack and told Chen Mei that someone was trying to deal with Lin Chen.

Lin Chen and Qin Xueqing were cornered by Huang Cheng and Yang Hu until Chen Mei and Chen Fei intervened. Lin Chen recognized Huang Cheng as an exceptionally dangerous fighter, and the chapter ended with Huang Cheng striking him at blinding speed.

• Lin Chen warned Qin Xueqing to retreat while Huang Cheng and Yang Hu tried to trap them.
• Chen Fei stopped Huang Cheng from reaching Qin Xueqing, while Chen Mei took her to safety.
• Lin Chen asked Huang Cheng to identify himself and suspected that Jingwu Hall had sent the attackers.
• Lin Chen let Chen Fei hold off Yang Hu and challenged Huang Cheng, who tested Lin Chen’s speed and strength.
• Huang Cheng vanished in a burst of speed and landed a punch that shook Lin Chen’s internal organs.

Lin Chen was nearly killed by Huang Cheng's qigong inner force, but Chen Mei took the blow and drove Huang Cheng and his companions away. After learning Chen Mei was injured and had a serious illness, Lin Chen agreed to examine her the next day and contacted You for information about qigong.

• Huang Cheng used inner force to injure Lin Chen internally and rushed in to finish him.
• Chen Mei stepped in front of Lin Chen, absorbed Huang Cheng's punch, and sent him flying.
• Huang Cheng and Yang Hu fled, while Chen Mei revealed that she had been injured and could not use qigong freely because of her illness.
• Chen Mei agreed to bring Chen Fei to Lin Chen's home the next day, and Lin Chen offered to examine her condition.
• Lin Chen sent Qin Xueqing to the Qin Family residence, returned to his villa, and asked the Eighteen Ninjas about qigong in their WeChat group.
• You offered to meet Lin Chen and then headed to Fugui Haoting Villa.

Lin Chen learned that Ru Mei and Ru Ying had received extensive professional training and assigned them a future task, then discussed a qigong internal energy opponent with You. You suspected the opponent came from Mount Hua and planned to investigate while warning Lin Chen to keep her informed of his movements.

• Lin Chen told Ru Mei and Ru Ying that he wanted to give them another job, and they explained their training, assignment terms, and expertise.
• Ru Mei demonstrated her grappling skills, and Lin Chen agreed that the sisters could take turns staying with him while one was away on a task.
• You arrived, and Lin Chen told her about encountering two skilled people and a third person who seemed to use internal energy.
• You ruled out the Kunlun Mountains and suspected the internal energy expert came from Mount Hua, so she planned to send people there to investigate.
• You advised Lin Chen to tell her where he was going so she could respond if he faced danger.

Lin Chen completed the transfer of Nancheng Central Commercial Street and appointed Ru Mei to run it, despite the executives’ doubts about her youth and experience. The chapter ended with Lin Chen asking whether anyone objected to giving Ru Mei full authority.

• The system assigned Lin Chen missions to take over the West District casino and secure Tang Wanqing’s endorsement, while Lin Chen apologized to Ru Mei and Ru Ying for falling asleep the night before.
• A representative of the Nancheng Commercial Committee called Lin Chen to arrange the transfer of Nancheng Central Commercial Street, and Lin Chen brought Ru Mei with him to complete it.
• Tian Hai introduced Lin Chen to the commercial street’s executives as their new boss, and Lin Chen told Ru Mei to address him as Brother Lin outside the house.
• Lin Chen signed the transfer documents and seated Ru Mei as CEO, explaining that he would leave the commercial street’s management to her and the executives.
• The executives privately questioned Ru Mei’s ability to lead, and Lin Chen asked them to voice any objections before he handed her full authority.

Lin Chen installed Ru Mei as General Manager and arranged for Ru Ying to help her learn the company’s operations. He then went to West City Casino to collect the overdue 1.2 billion debt, where he confronted Dugu Han’s men and Cheng Feng arrived with reinforcements.

• Lin Chen defended Ru Mei’s appointment against skeptical executives and ordered Qin Lan to collect each department’s core information for her.
• Lin Chen told Ru Mei to study the materials and consult department heads, then called Ru Ying to join her at the company.
• Lin Chen asked Cheng Feng to bring fifty men to West City Casino to enforce Dugu Han’s overdue IOU.
• At the casino, Lin Chen showed the IOU and demanded Dugu Han appear, but the guards claimed the venue was under renovation and refused.
• Lin Chen knocked down the guards’ leader, and Cheng Feng arrived with armed men who attacked the remaining guards.

Lin Chen confronted Dugu Han over the unpaid 1.2 billion and pressured him to hand over West City Casino. Dugu Han agreed to help Lin Chen take control of it for a ten percent share, while Lin Chen’s new side quest called for him to take over West City Game City as well.

• Lin Chen ordered Cheng Feng to break the fallen leader’s leg, then called Dugu Han about the expired repayment agreement.
• Dugu Han blamed his elder brother, Dugu Fei, for refusing to pay, and Lin Chen demanded that he come to West City Casino within half an hour.
• The system gave Lin Chen a side quest to take over West City Game City.
• Lin Chen gave Dugu Han a choice between obtaining the casino or paying the 1.2 billion, and offered him ten percent of the casino shares if he secured its seal and transfer papers.
• Dugu Han accepted Lin Chen’s offer and left the casino, resenting Dugu Fei for keeping the family’s businesses to himself.

Lin Chen diagnosed Chen Mei with a severe yang deficiency that he believed could only be cured through intimacy with a husband. When Chen Mei offered herself to him, Lin Chen refused and agreed to search for another treatment for two weeks before teaching him her qigong technique.

• Lin Chen returned to his villa and found Chen Fei and Chen Mei visiting.
• Lin Chen examined Chen Mei and diagnosed a severe yang deficiency that food and medicine could not cure.
• Lin Chen told Chen Mei that marriage to a man with abundant yang energy was the only treatment he knew, and she offered to let him help her.
• Lin Chen refused because he had a girlfriend, and he agreed to seek another cure for two weeks before reconsidering.
• Chen Mei taught Lin Chen her qigong formula, and he practiced it with her.

Lin Chen learned Chen Mei’s qigong technique and arranged forged documents through Dugu Han and Cheng Feng. He also had to take in his cousin Li Chunyi as an intern and housemate before inviting Dugu Han to build a career with him.

• Chen Mei taught Lin Chen her master Tianyangzi’s qigong technique and encouraged him, admitting that she thought he was handsome.
• Dugu Han told Lin Chen that he had obtained the fingerprints and handwriting samples, and Lin Chen gave them to Cheng Feng to have forged.
• Li Chunyi confronted Lin Chen for neglecting her, then arranged through Qin Xueqing to intern in the product certification division and move into Lin Chen’s home.
• Cheng Feng delivered the forged materials, and Lin Chen and Dugu Han quickly completed the paperwork at West City Casino.
• Lin Chen asked Dugu Han to join him in building a career, and Dugu Han reacted with surprise and excitement.

Lin Chen persuaded Dugu Han to help him acquire the Dugu Family’s game city, then used his Disguise Technique to make the transfer appear to be approved by Dugu Fei. After the system rewarded Lin Chen with the God-Tier Enlightenment Ability, he accepted it at Donghai University.

• Lin Chen told Dugu Han that helping him buy the game city would earn him a place among Lin Chen’s people, and Dugu Han agreed.
• Lin Chen disguised Dugu Han as Dugu Fei, and Feng Jiale completed the game city sale to Lin Chen.
• Dugu Han suggested taking West City Cinema too, but Lin Chen decided to avoid pushing Dugu Fei into a fight.
• Lin Chen drove to Donghai University, where the system announced that he had completed his side mission and awarded him 6 billion RMB and the God-Tier Enlightenment Ability.
• Lin Chen accepted the ability, and a beam of white light shot toward his forehead.

After mastering qigong and receiving a Hennessey Venom GT, Lin Chen went to help Li Chunyi move out of her dorm. The visit ended in embarrassment when he walked in on her changing clothes.

• Lin Chen used Neural Enlightenment to master the qigong formulas, gained force energy, and completed half of his Main Quest.
• Lin Chen completed the quest, received 100 million RMB and a Hennessey Venom GT, and learned that the system could teleport physical objects.
• Li Chunyi asked Lin Chen to help her move out of her dorm, and he agreed.
• Zhou Hao introduced himself as Li Chunyi’s class monitor and asked Lin Chen for a job, but Lin Chen told him to apply through the company’s normal recruitment process.
• Lin Chen reached Li Chunyi’s dorm and entered without knocking, finding her changing clothes.

Lin Chen moved Li Chunyi into his villa, where Jue Wei mistook her for his new girlfriend. He also learned that the Divine Tiger Sect had sent a powerful enemy after him and saw that his upgraded system had unlocked new attributes.

• Li Chunyi teased Lin Chen while he helped move her belongings from the dorm, then settled into a room on the second floor of his villa.
• You told Lin Chen that Huang Cheng, a top fighter in the Divine Tiger Sect, had caused trouble and that more experts might target him.
• Lin Chen checked his upgraded system and discovered new attributes for Internal Energy Strength, Internal Defense, and IQ.
• At dinner, Jue Wei asked whether Li Chunyi was Lin Chen's new girlfriend, and Lin Chen introduced her as his cousin.

Lin Chen ate dinner with Li Chunyi and Jue Wei, then drove his new Hennessey Venom GT to meet Dugu Fei. Dugu Fei challenged Lin Chen over the West City Casino and pressured Dugu Han to say whether Lin Chen had forced him.

• Li Chunyi praised Jue Wei's cooking and asked her to teach her on weekends.
• Jue Wei told Lin Chen that his Hennessey Venom GT had been delivered, and Lin Chen offered Li Chunyi a car from his garage.
• Lin Chen accepted Dugu Fei's request to meet and drove the Hennessey Venom GT to the Dugu Family residence.
• Lin Chen suspected Dugu Fei had a powerful backer and stayed alert when he found Dugu Fei and Dugu Han alone in the reception hall.
• Dugu Fei offered to repay Dugu Han's 1.2 billion debt in exchange for the West City Casino, but Lin Chen demanded four billion to return it.
• Dugu Fei accused Lin Chen and Dugu Han of fraud, then threatened Dugu Han and demanded that he say whether Lin Chen had forced him.

Lin Chen confronted Huang Cheng, Yang Hu, and Wu Chenggong at the Dugu Family estate, where they planned to kill him and conceal the crime. After Lin Chen used his newly gained internal energy to defeat Yang Hu, Huang Cheng prepared to fight him.

• Lin Chen exposed Huang Cheng, Yang Hu, and Wu Chenggong hiding in the hall and warned Dugu Fei that the Eighteen Ninjas would investigate if he disappeared.
• Wu Chenggong reassured Dugu Fei that the Dugu Family could blame Lin Chen's death on the Divine Martial Sect, then ordered Huang Cheng to attack.
• Yang Hu charged Lin Chen, but Lin Chen took his punch without injury, crippled his arm, and struck him hard enough to make him cough blood.
• Huang Cheng recognized Lin Chen's internal energy and sent Yang Hu aside, while Dugu Fei and Dugu Han reacted to Lin Chen's sudden strength.
• Lin Chen challenged Huang Cheng, who sneered and began preparing to activate his qigong.

Lin Chen defeated and killed Huang Cheng, then killed Yang Hu and forced Wu Chenggong to promise Jingwu Hall. The chapter ended with Lin Chen making Wu Chenggong write an IOU before letting him go.

• Huang Cheng charged Lin Chen, but Lin Chen dodged his punch, threw him, and endured his next attack with only minor injuries.
• Lin Chen used the Sunflower Acupuncture Hand to paralyze Huang Cheng, then beat him with ten punches and slit his throat.
• Yang Hu rushed at Lin Chen, who killed him with a swift strike to the neck.
• Wu Chenggong begged for his life and agreed to transfer Jingwu Hall, but Lin Chen demanded an IOU; Dugu Fei summoned his butler to bring pen and paper.
• Wu Chenggong began writing the IOU while Lin Chen warned him to make it sincere.