Chapter Summaries

Lin Chen forced Dugu Fei to surrender most of the Dugu Family’s businesses and offered the family his protection. The next morning, the system sent him to seek Lantern Root at Kyoto’s Ghost Market and secure Tang Wanqing’s endorsement, while Ru Mei questioned his claim that Li Chunyi was his cousin.

• Lin Chen made Dugu Fei hand over the Dugu Family’s remaining businesses, while allowing him to manage them with ten percent of the shares and promising to protect the family.
• Lin Chen warned Dugu Han to remain loyal, then returned to Fugui Haoting and slept through the night.
• The system assigned Lin Chen a task to find Lantern Root at Kyoto’s Ghost Market and a two-day task to secure Tang Wanqing’s endorsement.
• Lin Chen confirmed that Kyoto’s Ghost Market would take place that night and headed downstairs for breakfast.
• Ru Mei challenged Lin Chen’s claim that Li Chunyi was his cousin, and Lin Chen tried to silence Ru Mei and Ru Ying after they pointed out his many supposed cousins.

Lin Chen and Qin Xueqing traveled to Kyoto to pitch Aimei Group’s spokesperson deal to Tang Wanqing, but a fatal traffic accident left Qin Xueqing and Wang Xiaochen stranded. Lin Chen reached Tang Wanqing’s home just before the appointment by running and using the Provincial Teleportation Gate, then disappeared from the guard’s sight as he headed for the reception hall.

• Lin Chen told Li Chunyi and Ru Mei that he and Qin Xueqing were going to Kyoto and would stay away overnight.
• Lin Chen, Qin Xueqing, and Wang Xiaochen flew to Kyoto to meet Tang Wanqing about becoming Aimei Group’s product spokesperson.
• A fatal chain collision caused a traffic jam on the overpass, leaving Qin Xueqing and Wang Xiaochen unable to reach Tang Wanqing’s home on time.
• Lin Chen ran off the overpass, used the Provincial Teleportation Gate, and arrived at Tang Wanqing’s mansion shortly before the appointment.
• The security guard let Lin Chen through, and Lin Chen vanished while heading toward the reception hall.

Lin Chen arrived at Yingke Building to discuss an endorsement with Tang Wanqing and realized her apparent absence was a test. When Tang Wanqing saw that Lin Chen was the company representative, she eagerly agreed to hear his pitch.

• Lin Chen noticed the guard was lying about Tang Wanqing having left and waited patiently in the lobby.
• Tang Wanqing came downstairs, recognized Lin Chen as the man who had saved her, and was delighted to see him again.
• Lin Chen explained that he was Aimei Group's vice president and began discussing the endorsement with Tang Wanqing.
• Lin Chen cited Aimei Group's partnership with Hailan Group and the promising trial results of its Detoxifying Beauty Cream as reasons to endorse the product.

Lin Chen asked Tang Wanqing to become Aimei Group’s spokesperson, but she said her father opposed it because of the danger. Lin Chen met Tang Zhongxin and offered to address the threat, then learned that the Tiandihui had targeted Wanqing and supported the Li family.

• Tang Wanqing told Lin Chen she wanted to be Aimei Group’s spokesperson, but Tang Zhongxin would not approve it because of the danger.
• Tang Wanqing led Lin Chen to her family’s villa, where Tang Zhongxin mistook him for her boyfriend before recognizing him as the man who had saved her.
• Lin Chen asked Tang Zhongxin to approve Wanqing as Aimei Group’s spokesperson, but Tang Zhongxin refused over concerns for her safety.
• Lin Chen offered to solve the safety problem, and Tang Zhongxin explained that the Tiandihui had targeted Wanqing and supported the Li family.
• Tang Zhongxin mentioned Li Jiemei, and Lin Chen asked whether he meant the famous star.

Lin Chen promised Tang Zhongxin he would resolve the threat against Tang Wanqing and secure her as a company spokesperson, then went with Tang family butler Li You to Tiandihui’s headquarters. He arrived intent on taking over the organization’s valuable coastal area, but Li You warned that entering the compound could make it difficult to leave.

• Lin Chen learned from Tang Wanqing that her recent awards and concert tour had enraged Li Jiemei, who was backed by Tiandihui.
• Lin Chen reassured Tang Wanqing that he had a way to deal with the threat, then arranged for Qin Xueqing to meet them and discuss another condition.
• Lin Chen borrowed a car and Tang family butler Li You, and the two drove to Tiandihui’s headquarters in Kyoto’s East District.
• Lin Chen told Li You he wanted to take over Tiandihui’s coastal territory and build his ambitions beyond Donghai City.
• Li You identified himself to the guard at Tiandi Group’s entrance and warned Lin Chen that Tiandihui might not let them leave easily.

Lin Chen and Li You entered Tiandihui’s headquarters to discuss the Tang family’s dispute with the organization. After Lin Chen defeated Zhou Meng and forced Li Chun to call Mu Youtian, Tiandihui’s boss arrived with forty or fifty elite fighters.

• Lin Chen used his X-ray vision to locate the Welcome Guest Building after Li You drove them into Tiandihui’s compound.
• Li Chun and Zhou Meng received Lin Chen and Li You, and Lin Chen provoked them by sitting down without permission.
• Zhou Meng kicked at Lin Chen, but Lin Chen grabbed his leg, threw him down, and knocked him unconscious with a stomp.
• Lin Chen told Li Chun to call Tiandihui’s boss rather than leave, so Li Chun phoned Mu Youtian.
• Mu Youtian arrived within five minutes with forty or fifty muscular men.

Lin Chen confronted Mu Youtian over Tiandihui’s support for the Li family and killed Li Chun during the ensuing fight. He revealed himself as a Dragon King Hall Envoy, forcing Mu Youtian to agree to support the Tang family and cut ties with the Li family.

• Lin Chen offered Mu Youtian a deal to make Tiandihui the Tang family’s backer, but Mu Youtian refused because of his ties to the Li family.
• Lin Chen provoked Mu Youtian by suggesting Li Chun’s death would remove his reason to refuse, and Mu Youtian ordered his men to attack.
• Lin Chen fought off the attackers and killed Li Chun, shocking Mu Youtian and Li You.
• Lin Chen showed Mu Youtian the Dragon King Token and identified himself as a Dragon King Hall Envoy, prompting Mu Youtian and his men to kneel.
• Mu Youtian agreed to make Tiandihui the Tang family’s backer, sever ties with the Li family, and sign an agreement with Old Master Tang before five o’clock.

Lin Chen used the Dragon King Token to make Mu Youtian turn Tiandihui against the Li family and support the Tang family. He returned with Li You and told Tang Zhongxin that Mu Youtian would sign a cooperation agreement at five o’clock.

• Mu Youtian agreed to abandon the Li family and back the Tang family after Lin Chen showed him the Dragon King Token.
• Mu Youtian ordered his subordinates to dispose of Li Chun’s body and tell Li Xun that an enemy had assassinated him.
• Li You warned Lin Chen that Divine Tiger Sect, Hongmen, and Tianlong Gang posed a threat to Dragon King Hall.
• Lin Chen returned to the Tang family, where Tang Zhongxin initially assumed the visit to Tiandihui had failed.
• Qin Xueqing argued that Lin Chen’s quick return likely meant he had succeeded, and Lin Chen confirmed that Mu Youtian would sign a cooperation agreement at five.

Lin Chen secured the Tang family’s support and signed Tang Wanqing as Aimei Group’s company spokesperson in exchange for four percent of the company’s shares. After Wang Xiaochen returned to Donghai City, Lin Chen and Qin Xueqing stayed behind, with Lin Chen planning to visit the Ghost Market.

• Lin Chen told Tang Zhongxin that his underground connections had frightened Mu Youtian and secured the Tiandihui’s backing for the Tang family.
• Tang Zhongxin agreed to the partnership and encouraged Tang Wanqing to grow closer to Lin Chen.
• Tang Wanqing asked to become Aimei Group’s company spokesperson instead of endorsing individual products, and Lin Chen offered her four percent of the shares.
• Tang Wanqing accepted the revised deal, and she and Wang Xiaochen signed the contract after Chen Ying brought the company seal.
• Wang Xiaochen returned to Donghai City while Lin Chen and Qin Xueqing stayed overnight, with Lin Chen intending to go to the Ghost Market.

Lin Chen completed the Tang family’s agreement with Mu Youtian and took Qin Xueqing and Tang Wanqing to Kyoto’s Ghost Market to search for Lantern Root. While Lin Chen went to buy drinks, a fortune-teller called out to the two women, who became curious about their romantic prospects with him.

• Mu Youtian signed a contract with the Tang family, waiving protection fees in exchange for business connections, after Lin Chen warned him not to betray them.
• Lin Chen received a system prompt confirming he had completed his two-day mission and learned that he needed to obtain Lantern Root at Kyoto’s Ghost Market.
• Tang Wanqing insisted on joining Lin Chen and Qin Xueqing, and the three drove to the Ghost Market after Tang Zhongxin agreed to let her go with Lin Chen.
• Lin Chen searched the stalls for Lantern Root while Qin Xueqing and Tang Wanqing helped him and bought items of their own.
• Lin Chen left the two women to buy drinks, and a fortune-teller invited them to have their romantic fortunes read.

At the Ghost Market, Qin Xueqing was warned by a fortune-teller that she would suffer a bloody disaster, and soon an assassin attacked her and Tang Wanqing. Lin Chen stopped the attacker and learned he had been hired by Li Feng; after police arrived, Captain Yang Bei accepted Lin Chen’s account of the incident.

• Qin Xueqing tossed the fortune-teller’s coins twice, and he predicted she would suffer a bloody disaster that night.
• Tang Wanqing pulled Qin Xueqing aside while they searched for Lantern Root, but an assassin’s dagger grazed Qin Xueqing’s arm.
• Qin Xueqing kicked the assassin, and Lin Chen knocked him down, broke his leg, and demanded to know who had sent him.
• The assassin identified Li Feng as the person who hired him and said Tang Wanqing knew the reason.
• Lin Chen told Qin Xueqing and Tang Wanqing that the attacker was a thug hired by the Li family, then police officers arrived and arrested him.
• Lin Chen gave Captain Yang Bei his account of the attack, and Yang accepted it without objection.

Lin Chen stopped Yang Bei from testing him, then learned that Qin Xueqing’s antique bracelet carried a curse that had brought her misfortune. He confronted the shop owner who sold it and accused him of cursing the bracelet.

• Yang Bei tested Lin Chen, who subdued him and revealed his name before Yang Bei took the assassin away.
• Lin Chen reassured Tang Wanqing that the Li family would not dare attack again and suggested the Tang family seek compensation from Tiandihui.
• Qin Xueqing and Tang Wanqing told Lin Chen that a fortune teller had predicted Qin Xueqing would suffer a bloody calamity, so Lin Chen went to question him.
• The fortune teller suspected Qin Xueqing’s antique jade-bead bracelet was cursed, and Lin Chen sensed a sinister aura when he examined it.
• Lin Chen led Qin Xueqing and Tang Wanqing back to the shop and accused the owner of cursing the bracelet and endangering Qin Xueqing.

Lin Chen discovered that several objects in the Ghost Market carried an evil aura, but the shop owner had not knowingly sold cursed goods. Buying a bundle called lantern core completed his quests, and after returning to the Tang estate, Lin Chen opened his reward and received the inheritance of Lingbo Weibu.

• The shop owner denied harming Qin Xueqing and showed Lin Chen the damaged goods he had bought from tomb raiders.
• Lin Chen sensed evil aura on an earring and an embroidered shoe, then recognized that the lantern core might be the Lantern Root he needed.
• Lin Chen bought the lantern core, returned the bracelet for a refund, and completed all of his daily Main Quests.
• Tang Wanqing suggested they return to the Tang estate, where she assigned Lin Chen and Qin Xueqing separate rooms near hers.
• Lin Chen opened his mysterious gift pack and received the inheritance of Lingbo Weibu, then ordered the system to extract it.

Lin Chen tested his newly maxed movement speed, then sneaked into Qin Xueqing’s room, where they nearly went further before Tang Wanqing’s unexpected visit interrupted them. Tang Wanqing left after checking that Lin Chen was not in the room, while Lin Chen remained hidden.

• Lin Chen activated Lingbo Weibu, tested its bursts of speed, and found his movement attribute had reached its maximum.
• Lin Chen worried that the Divine Tiger Sect would retaliate for Huang Cheng’s death, then went to Qin Xueqing’s room late at night.
• Qin Xueqing became intimate with Lin Chen, but he stopped before they went further because he thought she might regret it.
• Tang Wanqing knocked on Qin Xueqing’s door while looking for Lin Chen, and Lin Chen hid after spotting her with his x-ray vision.
• Tang Wanqing searched the room, asked Qin Xueqing when to visit her company, and left after confirming Lin Chen was not there.

Lin Chen accepted missions to acquire Shengshi Real Estate and return to university, then agreed to pose as Yu Keyan’s boyfriend to fend off a blind date. He lured Lin Hai to meet Hong Qianyi at Longcheng KTV, where former Hongmen members awaited him.

• Lin Chen and Qin Xueqing returned to Donghai City, and the system tasked Lin Chen with acquiring Shengshi Real Estate and returning to university as a student.
• Lin Chen told Yu Keyan to prepare for the product launch, then agreed to accompany her home as her pretend boyfriend that weekend.
• Lin Chen decided to approach Shengshi Real Estate through Lin Hai, the young master of the Lin family.
• Hong Qianyi called Lin Hai and invited him to Longcheng KTV, and Lin Hai went there despite his father’s warnings.
• Lin Hai arrived at the eighth-floor private room and found four people, mostly former Hongmen members, waiting without Lin Chen or his subordinate.

Hong Qianyi tried to force Lin Hai to sell Shengshi Real Estate, but their struggle over a dagger ended with Lin Hai accidentally killing him in self-defense. As Lin Hai fled, Lin Chen revealed that he was Hongmen’s boss and offered to settle the matter, leaving Lin Hai faced with going to Hongmen.

• Hong Qianyi demanded that Lin Hai transfer Shengshi Real Estate to Hongmen and threatened him with a dagger when he refused.
• When Hong Qianyi tried to stab him, Lin Hai fought back, and the dagger plunged into Hong Qianyi’s chest, killing him.
• Lin Hai fled the private room as Hong Qianyi’s subordinates discovered the body and pursued him.
• Lin Hai escaped to his Mercedes, where he found Lin Chen waiting in the back seat.
• Lin Chen told Lin Hai to go to Hongmen and explain himself, then revealed that he was Hongmen’s boss and could settle the matter.

Lin Chen forced Lin Hai to transfer Lin Feng’s shares in Shengshi Real Estate by threatening him over Hong Qianyi’s apparent death. After completing the transfer, Lin Chen finished his main quest and received four commercial streets in Donghai City.

• Lin Chen demanded that Lin Hai hand over his family’s shares in Shengshi Real Estate in exchange for help escaping the consequences of Hong Qianyi’s supposed death.
• Lin Hai obtained Lin Feng’s fingerprints and company documents while Cheng Yun revealed that Hong Qianyi was alive and had only pretended to be dead.
• After hearing that Hong Qianyi’s death had been confirmed, Lin Hai followed Lin Chen’s revised instructions and transferred Lin Feng’s shares into his own name.
• Lin Hai transferred forty-eight percent of Shengshi Real Estate to Lin Chen, who warned that he could also take North City Commercial Street if Lin Feng did not behave.
• Lin Chen completed Main Quest 1 and received 100 million RMB and four commercial streets in central Donghai City.

Lin Chen returned to Nanzhou University to handle a matter and unexpectedly met Su Chuanting, a wealthy young woman who had decided to become an English teacher. He learned that she would teach English Class 17(2), the class he planned to visit.

• Lin Chen arranged for Hong Qianyi to remain presumed dead for two more days and told Qin Xueqing he was going to Nanzhou City.
• Lin Chen teleported to Nanzhou University and ran into his former basketball buddy Xiao Guang, exchanging phone numbers with him.
• Lin Chen waited outside Principal Wang Zhihui's office and met Su Chuanting, who clarified that she was a new English teacher.
• Principal Wang offered Su Chuanting a temporary teaching position in English Class 17(2), and she accepted, planning to start the next day.

Lin Chen visited his former school and arranged to attend classes for two days, donating ten million to improve its library. He then went to Jingwu Hall to claim it under his agreement with Wu Chenggong, but the staff attacked him, and he faced a squad of sixteen guards.

• Principal Wang recognized Lin Chen and agreed to let him attend the class Su Chuanting had been heading to.
• Lin Chen asked Principal Wang to send him the school's public account details and promised to donate ten million, requesting that the school wait until after he left to announce it.
• Lin Chen discovered Wu Chenggong's phone number was disconnected, then used the Teleportation Gate to reach Jingwu Hall.
• A guard confronted Lin Chen at the entrance, attacked him, and was kicked several meters away before Lin Chen vaulted over the gate.
• Lin Chen demanded that Wu Chenggong come out, but a captain ordered sixteen Jingwu Hall guards to attack him.

Lin Chen forced his way into Jingwu Hall and confronted Wu Chenggong over the broken agreement. Wu Chenggong agreed to cooperate, while Lin Chen also pressured Chen Nian into helping with his plans.

• Lin Chen withstood the guards’ steel pipes, defeated their captain Chen Nian, and ordered him to lead the way to Wu Chenggong.
• When Chen Nian tried to mislead him, Lin Chen used an acupuncture technique to make him suffer until he agreed to take Lin Chen to Wu Chenggong.
• Wu Qiankun had told Wu Chenggong to avoid Lin Chen while waiting for the Divine Tiger Sect to eliminate him, but Chen Nian brought Lin Chen to Wu Chenggong’s room.
• Lin Chen kicked Wu Chenggong’s door open, confronted him with their IOU, and threatened to kill him for breaking their agreement.
• Wu Chenggong agreed to cooperate and warned that Wu Qiankun might be on guard; Lin Chen told Chen Nian he would also need to cooperate, and Chen Nian agreed.