Chapter Summaries

Lin Chen learned that Liu Qingyin had developed a breast-enhancement product using Nurturing Greens and ordered Wang Yang to begin researching it discreetly. He then took Qin Xueqing through a Teleportation Gate to Xueqing Island for a surprise dinner.

• Wang Yang told Lin Chen that Liu Qingyin had proposed a promising new product and earned the R&D department's support for promotion.
• Liu Qingyin explained that Nurturing Greens from Jiangnan Town contained substances that could promote breast development and said she had already made an early version of the product.
• Lin Chen instructed Wang Yang to establish a discreet project to test Nurturing Greens and develop Liu Qingyin's product for review.
• Lin Chen found Qin Xueqing reading an article about ways to please a lover, then invited her to a mysterious place for dinner.
• Qin Xueqing changed into a dress and followed Lin Chen through a Teleportation Gate to Xueqing Island.

Lin Chen brought Qin Xueqing to Xueqing Island, the vast artificial island he had received as a mission reward and named in her honor. They arrived at the Island Lord’s Palace, where Manager Kang welcomed them and began showing them around.

• Lin Chen revealed that Xueqing Island belonged to him and that he had named it for Qin Xueqing, explaining that it had a population of one hundred thousand and could expand.
• Lin Chen and Qin Xueqing drove through villages and farmland modeled after scenic places across Huaxia on their way to the island’s central city.
• Lin Chen and Qin Xueqing reached the enormous Island Lord’s Palace, where staff recognized them through the island’s automatic identification system.
• Manager Kang introduced herself as the palace manager and invited Lin Chen and Qin Xueqing onto a sightseeing vehicle for a tour of the palace grounds.

Lin Chen and Qin Xueqing toured Xueqing Island’s palace, where Lin Chen met its leaders and set expectations for its management. He appointed Kang Wei as acting Island Lord in his absence, then challenged guard captain Guo Ping to a spar.

• Lin Chen asked Kang Wei why the palace needed guards, and she explained that the growing island would need security and other city institutions.
• Lin Chen and Qin Xueqing toured the palace grounds and reached the luxurious main palace, where Lin Chen joked about replacing its attendants with handsome men.
• Kang Wei introduced more than a hundred palace managers and leaders, and Lin Chen told them not to kneel, identified Qin Xueqing as his wife, and warned them against abusing their authority.
• Lin Chen instructed Kang Wei to act as Island Lord when he was away, and she accepted his trust.
• Lin Chen challenged Guo Ping to a spar, offering a million if Guo Ping won and requiring him to resign if he lost.

Lin Chen tested Guo Ping’s abilities, confirmed that he had received enhancement potions from a mysterious system-linked figure, and put him in charge of Xueqing Island’s security. After collecting his daily reward, Lin Chen went to Hailan Group to discuss raw materials with Mo Xue.

• Lin Chen tested Guo Ping’s speed and strength, then kept him on as captain of the guards after Guo Ping acknowledged Lin Chen was stronger.
• Guo Ping told Lin Chen that his Shadow Blink footwork and enhanced strength came from potions delivered by a mysterious former island owner.
• Lin Chen assigned Guo Ping to manage Xueqing Island’s security alongside Kang Wei, while Qin Xueqing returned to work on mass-producing the new products.
• Lin Chen submitted his daily task and received one hundred million and 100 Quest Points, then planned how to use future enhancement potions.
• Lin Chen arrived at Hailan Group to ask Mo Xue about raw material channels, and she greeted him as the company’s boss.

Lin Chen and Mo Xue traveled to Hengyuan City to investigate why Tianyan Beauty Materials Group had stopped supplying Hailan Group. After the lobby manager refused them on General Manager Liu’s orders, Lin Chen revealed his Jingwu Hall identity and pressured her to contact Liu.

• Mo Xue told Lin Chen that Tianyan Beauty Materials Group had been Hailan Group’s only sizable raw-material supplier and that its boss, Liu Huan, had once admired Wang Caixia.
• Lin Chen suspected that the Lü Family or the Divine Tiger Sect had threatened Tianyan Beauty Materials Group, and he decided to investigate in person.
• Lin Chen and Mo Xue flew to Hengyuan City and went to Tianyan Beauty Materials Group to request a meeting with Liu Huan.
• The lobby manager said Liu had instructed staff not to meet anyone from Hailan Group.
• Lin Chen identified himself as the boss of Jingwu Hall and threatened to bring his men to the company, prompting the lobby manager to call Liu.

Lin Chen met with Liu Huan to learn why Tianyan Beauty Materials Group had cut off Hailan Group’s supply channels and discovered that Sky Eye was targeting his businesses. He persuaded Liu Huan to stage a partnership in the elevator to draw out Sky Eye, promising to protect him and his employees.

• Lin Chen went to Liu Huan’s office after the lobby manager said Liu Huan would see him.
• Liu Huan explained that threats from Sky Eye had forced him to sever ties with Hailan Group, putting his family and employees at risk.
• Liu Huan revealed that Sky Eye, a subsidiary gang of Black Panther, was targeting Lin Chen’s businesses and operated from an unknown location in Hengyuan City.
• Lin Chen learned that Sky Eye contacted Liu Huan through untraceable internet phone messages and proposed making the organization think they had formed a partnership.
• Liu Huan agreed to stage a handshake with Lin Chen in the elevator so Sky Eye would notice and contact him, and Lin Chen promised to keep everyone safe.

Lin Chen traced the Sky Eye organization’s communications to Zhenyuan Mountain Villa in Hengyuan City and planned to investigate it. He then joined Mo Xue for dinner, where she felt valued by her new boss as they prepared to deal with Sky Eye the next morning.

• Lin Chen used Liu Huan’s computer and a special USB drive to trace the Sky Eye representative’s online number while Liu Huan kept him chatting.
• Lin Chen located the signal at Zhenyuan Mountain Villa in Hengyuan City and suspected the villa concealed Sky Eye’s base.
• Lin Chen told Mo Xue that Sky Eye was threatening Liu Huan and that they needed to destroy the organization before he could safely cooperate again.
• Lin Chen and Mo Xue agreed to have dinner and stay at August Red Restaurant’s hotel while Lin Chen planned their next move.
• Mo Xue felt happy and cherished because Lin Chen treated her considerately and handled problems for her.

Lin Chen and Mo Xue checked into a hotel in Hengyuan City, where Lin Chen learned that Heavenly Eye had tracked them and was watching from a nearby room. He told Mo Xue the group had likely tried to lure her out so they could use her to threaten him, and he prepared to deal with them.

• Lin Chen and Mo Xue shared dinner, then booked separate luxury rooms at the hotel.
• Lin Chen summoned Lu Hai and Chen He to come to Hengyuan City for a mission and reflected on his search for the Terrans and Lu Hao.
• Mo Xue called Lin Chen after someone knocked on her door without answering.
• Lin Chen used his X-ray vision to find six suspicious men in the neighboring room, one of whom was watching surveillance footage of him.
• Lin Chen went to Mo Xue's room, warned her that the men were from Heavenly Eye, and dismissed her suggestion to call the police.

Lin Chen used his hacking skills to disable the Heavenly Eye team’s surveillance and then killed all six attackers when they tried to ambush him. He realized the Heavenly Eye had underestimated him, leaving its boss, Xiong Ying, unaware of Lin Chen’s true strength.

• Lin Chen used Mo Xue’s laptop to remove the virus in the hotel surveillance system and block the hackers from attacking again.
• The Heavenly Eye’s six-man team panicked when their cameras went dark, then decided to attack Lin Chen without taking hostages.
• Mo Xue knocked on the team’s door, but Captain Zhang Dan suspected a trap and waited until she left before opening it.
• Lin Chen attacked as the door opened, killing three men with silver needles and the Grip Light Sword, then punched Hacker Nanzi through with his Kirin Arm.
• Lin Chen killed Captain Zhang Dan and Yang Zhan with a dagger after they charged him.
• Lin Chen concluded that the Heavenly Eye had been misled about his strength, while Xiong Ying believed his past victories relied on his Dragon King Token and China's Eighteen Ninjas.

After eliminating Sky Eye’s second squad, Lin Chen took Mo Xue to the Hengyuan City Police Department to use its equipment for counter-surveillance and help bring down Sky Eye. The system reminded him that he had until midnight to complete the mission, but the police would not let him see the director without verifying their identities.

• Lin Chen disposed of the bodies with Cheng Feng and let Mo Xue stay in his hotel room overnight.
• Sky Eye’s Xiong Ying learned that the second squad had vanished and ordered a search of the restaurant where they were last seen.
• Lin Chen erased the hotel surveillance footage, then told Mo Xue they were going to the police department to work against Sky Eye.
• The system issued Lin Chen the final-day mission to eliminate Sky Eye before midnight.
• Lin Chen and Mo Xue arrived at the police department, where an officer asked them to cooperate with identity checks before meeting the director.

Lin Chen and Mo Xue went to the Hengyuan police station to meet Director Liu, while Lin Chen used a staged confrontation to draw Sky Eye’s attention and expose its surveillance activities. After Captain Huang brought them upstairs, Lin Chen warned Liu Hao to check the monitoring server for a firewall breach, setting his plan to turn the police against Sky Eye in motion.

• Lin Chen deliberately drew attention to himself at the police station, prompting Xiong Ying and Sky Eye’s surveillance team to locate him.
• Xiong Ying, Qing Niao, and Lu Shen debated whether Lin Chen could have defeated the missing second squad as Zhou Bei spotted him at the station.
• Officers tried to seize Lin Chen, but he dodged them and threw two of them before Captain Huang Jian stopped the confrontation.
• Huang Jian escorted Lin Chen and Mo Xue to Director Liu’s office after Lin Chen promised he meant no harm.
• Lin Chen spotted cameras in the office and urged Liu Hao to have the surveillance department check the server firewall for an attack.

Lin Chen told Liu Hao that Sky Eye operated from Zhenyuan Mountain Villa and proposed a coordinated police raid while secretly countering its surveillance. He began guiding the police network team through a counter-surveillance operation as Sky Eye’s leaders watched the footage, unaware of his plan.

• Lin Chen told Liu Hao that Sky Eye was monitoring them and identified Zhenyuan Mountain Villa as its base, proposing to infiltrate it while the police surrounded the site.
• Liu Hao learned that Sky Eye had attacked the police surveillance server, and he ordered Huang Jian to arrange an unmonitored room and equipment for Lin Chen.
• Sky Eye’s leaders watched Lin Chen and Mo Xue at the police station, speculating about his intentions and the missing members of the second squad.
• Lin Chen slipped into an unmonitored room with Huang Jian and asked to work with the police information department to implant a virus and counter Sky Eye’s surveillance.
• Huang Jian connected Lin Chen by speakerphone to Liu He, the head of the network technology department, and told Liu He to follow Lin Chen’s instructions.

Lin Chen hacked Sky Eye’s surveillance system and coordinated a police assault on its headquarters at Zhenyuan Mountain Villa. As Lu Hai and Chen He infiltrated the compound, Lin Chen kept Zhou Bei occupied and guided them toward the network control room.

• Lin Chen sent Liu He a program, and Liu He installed it so they could launch a counter-surveillance attack on Sky Eye.
• More than 1,300 police officers mobilized toward Zhenyuan Mountain Villa while Liu He and Lin Chen kept Zhou Bei busy.
• Lin Chen remotely disabled the villa’s electric fence, allowing Lu Hai and Chen He to enter the compound.
• Lin Chen guided Lu Hai and Chen He through the buildings toward Sky Eye’s concealed base and warned them to avoid killing guards.
• A chat window appeared as the opposing hacker tried to ask Lin Chen what was happening.

Lin Chen used a voice-altered chat with Sky Eye’s members to identify Xiong Ying as its boss while stalling for the police and his subordinates. Xiong Ying and Lu Shen prepared cash and planned to kill the hacker after paying him, while Lu Hai and Chen He waited outside the control-room building, unable to enter without alerting the guards.

• Zhou Bei admitted he could not overcome the hacker’s blockade, and Lin Chen recorded Sky Punishment’s identity as evidence.
• Lin Chen demanded that Sky Punishment bring Sky Eye’s boss to a voice chat, and Sky Punishment summoned Xiong Ying.
• Lin Chen demanded ten million in cash at Sky Eye’s gate, revealing that he knew their location.
• Zhou Bei persuaded Xiong Ying to pay, believing the hacker was probably Net Demon and not cooperating with the police.
• Xiong Ying and Lu Shen went to retrieve the money and discussed killing the hacker after the exchange.
• Lu Hai told Lin Chen that guards blocked access to the building housing the network control room.

Lin Chen’s team captured Xiong Ying and seized Skynet’s control room with police support. The police found extensive evidence of Skynet’s crimes and sealed Zhenyuan Mountain Villa.

• Lin Chen ordered Lu Hai and Chen He to capture Xiong Ying and bring him to the control room.
• Chen He ambushed Lu Shen, broke his arm, and knocked him unconscious, while Xiong Ying fled.
• Lin Chen stopped Xiong Ying before he could call Zhou Bei, and Chen He took him hostage.
• Director Liu’s police and SWAT officers arrived, disarmed Skynet’s men, and helped Lin Chen’s team enter the control room.
• Lin Chen’s team and the police subdued Zhou Bei, Qing Niao, and the others in the control room.
• The police found surveillance records proving Skynet’s crimes, and Director Liu ordered the organization dismantled and Zhenyuan Mountain Villa sealed off.

Lin Chen took control of Tianyan Beauty Materials Group through an acquisition and pressed Cheng Sihai for an answer about selling Sihai Gate’s Southern Bank assets. After learning that the Golden Saber Sect’s reinforcements had arrived, Lin Chen headed toward a meeting with Cheng Sihai, with You waiting nearby.

• Lin Chen offered to acquire Tianyan Beauty Materials Group, and Liu Huan agreed to sell the other shares while keeping his own stake.
• Mo Xue handled the remaining acquisition procedures as Lin Chen gave Cheng Sihai until five o’clock to decide whether to sell.
• You warned Lin Chen that Liu Guang and eight Golden Saber Sect elites had arrived to target him, and Lin Chen discussed their qigong abilities with You.
• Lin Chen read about an antique auction scheduled for the next day at Antique Villa in Nanzhou City.
• Cheng Sihai called Lin Chen to invite him to Sihai Gate, and Lin Chen suspected the Golden Saber Sect’s reinforcements had changed Cheng’s attitude.

Lin Chen brought You, Lu Hai, and Chen He to Sihai Gate to press Cheng Sihai to sell Southern Bank, despite Golden Saber Sect’s intervention. Liu Guang attacked after Lin Chen refused to back down, and You stepped in to face him.

• Lin Chen arrived at Sihai Gate with You, Lu Hai, and Chen He, and led them to meet Cheng Sihai and Golden Saber Sect’s Liu Guang.
• Lin Chen asked Cheng Sihai to discuss the acquisition without Golden Saber Sect’s people present, but Liu Guang mocked Lin Chen’s suspended Dragon King Hall envoy status.
• Lin Chen warned Liu Guang to leave and insisted he would handle the acquisition, threatening to destroy Sihai Gate if Southern Bank was not sold.
• Liu Guang charged at Lin Chen, but You intercepted him with her dagger and revealed her identity as the former captain of China’s Eighteen Ninjas.
• Liu Guang taunted You about defeating her before, and You declared that the outcome of their fight was still uncertain.

You fought Liu Guang to settle an old score, first gaining the advantage with Lin Chen’s Grip Dual-Blade Light Sword. After You agreed to face Liu Guang unarmed, they began their hand-to-hand duel.

• Liu Guang attacked You with his Mystic Iron Saber and wounded her, forcing her onto the defensive.
• Lin Chen tossed You his Grip Dual-Blade Light Sword, and she used it to slash Liu Guang’s right arm.
• Sun Bei threw a flying knife at You, but Lin Chen caught it and killed Sun Bei by throwing it back.
• Lu Hai and Chen He fought off the remaining Golden Saber Sect members while You kicked Liu Guang down.
• You refused to finish Liu Guang with the sword and accepted his challenge to fight unarmed, seeking to avenge his past humiliation.
• You launched a flying kick at Liu Guang, who blocked it and counterattacked with a powerful kick.

Lin Chen and his allies defeated the Golden Saber Sect men, and You beat Liu Guang before Lin Chen killed him when he tried to attack her. Cheng Sihai surrendered Southern Bank, and You officially joined Lin Chen’s subordinates as Lin warned her to stay alert while he remained sealed.

• You overwhelmed Liu Guang in a fight and forced him to admit defeat.
• Liu Guang tried to stab You after she ordered his men to leave, so Lin Chen killed him with his light sword.
• Lin Chen ordered the surviving Golden Saber Sect men to carry away Sun Bei and Liu Guang’s corpses and deliver his warning to Cheng Jindao.
• Cheng Sihai gave up Southern Bank to Lin Chen, who arranged for his people to settle the transfer that day.
• You asked whether she had officially become Lin Chen’s subordinate, and Lin Chen confirmed she had passed the test and warned her to be careful during the month before he was unsealed.

Lin Chen exchanged Quest Points for a Perfect Physique Enhancement Potion and gave it to Cheng Feng, then warned Jingwu Hall about possible assassins. He planned to meet Chen Mei and Chen Fei in Donghai City and recruit them.

• Lin Chen received 400 Quest Points, checked his upgraded system attributes, and exchanged 500 points for a Perfect Physique Enhancement Potion.
• Lin Chen teleported to Jingwu Hall and gave Cheng Feng the potion, which transformed his physique and made him stronger and immune to blades, bullets, and poisons.
• Lin Chen promised to teach Cheng Feng qigong and warned him that the Divine Tiger Sect might send assassins after Jingwu Hall's leaders.
• Lin Chen called Qin Xueqing, learned she was shopping with Li Chunyi, and decided to arrange dinner with Chen Mei and Chen Fei in Donghai City.