Chapter Summaries

Lin Chen and his companions reached the altar and survived a hypnotic trap in the stone lions’ eyes before finding nine coffins. They searched eight of them for Fire Dragon Grass, then learned the men inside had likely been buried alive as sacrifices beside Li Meier.

• Lin Chen warned everyone not to look into the stone lions’ eyes, but they were hypnotized; his resistance let him wake them and seal their helmets.
• Lin Chen led the group behind the lions, where they found eight ordinary coffins and a crystal coffin suspended over Thousand Year Cold Ice in a pool of icy spring water.
• Lin Chen told his companions to search the ordinary coffins for Fire Dragon Grass and not touch anything else, and Guan Xiao lit a candle before they began.
• The group opened all eight ordinary coffins and found mummified men wearing Golden Armor, but Lin Chen forbade taking the armor.
• Zhegu Yang concluded that the men had been sealed alive as sacrificial burials for Li Meier, and Liu Yan reacted to the cruelty of their deaths.

Lin Chen found the Heavenly Palace Secret Key in Li Meier’s coffin, triggering the tomb’s defenses and awakening eight Golden Zombies. With the exit sealed and teleportation impossible, Lin Chen abandoned the medicinal-herb mission and prepared to search the coffin for a way out while the others faced the zombies.

• After the other coffins yielded no medicinal herbs, Lin Chen ordered the group to open Li Meier’s crystal coffin.
• Lin Chen found Blood Jade marked “Heavenly Palace Secret Key” in Li Meier’s hand and put it into his storage space, causing Guan Xiao’s candle to go out.
• Seven-colored mist burst from the crystal coffin, and eight Golden Zombies rose from the ordinary coffins as Lin Chen led the group toward the exit.
• The tunnel entrance sealed shut, and Lin Chen discovered his Teleportation Gate could not lock onto a destination through the thick tomb.
• Lin Chen abandoned the mission and returned toward the crystal coffin to seek a mechanism, telling the group that their lives mattered more than the herbs.
• Eight Golden Zombies charged with Great Guan Daos, which Guan Liang said he had seen stored in the chamber.

Lin Chen tried to disable the stone lions’ hypnotic eyes, but doing so awakened eight King Kong Lions while Liu Yan’s group struggled against the Golden Zombies. After the group disarmed the zombies and discovered grenades could not stop them, the fight spread across the tomb chamber, leaving Lin Chen surrounded by the lions.

• Lin Chen charged through the Golden Zombies and struck a stone lion’s eyes, awakening it as a silver King Kong Lion and triggering the other seven lions to transform.
• A Golden Zombie knocked Zhang Xiaofei down, but Liu Yan caught its weapon, disarmed it, and told the group to collect the zombies’ Great Guan Daos.
• Liu Yan and the others gathered all eight weapons, and Guan Liang used a grenade on a Golden Zombie, which quickly got back up unharmed.
• Liu Yan told everyone to lower their hoods because the lions’ eyes had changed, and Zhegu Yang warned them to protect their exposed heads.
• Lin Chen saw that Liu Yan and the others had drawn the zombies apart, then realized the eight King Kong Lions had surrounded him.

Lin Chen opened a hidden entrance beneath the crystal coffin and helped his companions escape the tomb chamber by sealing it after a TNT blast. The group followed an icy underground river through submerged tunnels and emerged in another cavern, where they continued searching for a way out.

• Lin Chen triggered a mechanism beneath Li Meier’s coffin, revealing stairs into a passage, and called his companions to the entrance.
• Lin Chen discovered that the attacking King Kong Lions were machines and found that neither his internal force nor his weapons could hurt them.
• Lin Chen guided his companions down the passage, then detonated Mao Xiaoyi’s TNT and shut the entrance to block the pursuing creatures.
• Lin Chen and the others found an underground river, followed it through a submerged tunnel, and surfaced in a cavern lit by phosphorescent stones.
• Lin Chen told everyone to keep following the river.

Lin Chen found Fire Dragon Grass and Terra Stone in the underground cave, then clashed with Li Sanshun’s Earth Dragon Organization after they demanded his group’s belongings. A fierce fight left Lin Chen facing the mutants Jiang Zhen and Huzi as Yang Chao warned that the pool was emitting intense radiation.

• Lin Chen discovered Terra Stone powering the water tower, ordered everyone to cover up, and sent them searching for an exit.
• Lin Chen found and gathered a large supply of Fire Dragon Grass beside the river.
• Li Sanshun confronted Lin Chen’s group and demanded that they hand over everything they had found.
• Jiang Zhen fired at Zhang Xiaofei, starting a battle in which both groups exchanged gunfire and grenades.
• Lin Chen knocked grenades into the Earth Dragon Organization’s King Kong Umbrella formation, then killed seven enemies with his Grip Light Sword.
• Yang Chao warned Li Sanshun that intense radiation was coming from the pool as Jiang Zhen and Huzi charged Lin Chen.

Lin Chen and his allies fought Li Sanshun’s group and the Earth Dragon Organization inside the cave, where radiation threatened everyone. After Lin Chen killed Huzi and Jiang Zhen, Li Sanshun prepared explosives, and the cave entrance began closing as Zhegu Yang entered the dark tunnel and faced Yang Chao.

• Li Sanshun led his men in an attack, but Liu Yan and Zhegu Yang pressured him while Zhang Xiaofei and the others helped fight off his remaining men.
• Lin Chen dodged Jiang Zhen and Huzi’s attacks, escaped a grenade with the Teleportation Gate, and killed Huzi and Jiang Zhen.
• Yang Chao retreated as Li Sanshun grabbed explosives, prompting Liu Yan to lead the group toward the closing cave entrance.
• Zhegu Yang slipped through the entrance and dodged Yang Chao’s gunfire in the dark tunnel before raising his Thousand Machine Vajra Umbrella.

Zhegu Yang opened the Stone Door while Lin Chen and the others escaped Li Sanshun’s TNT explosion through the tunnels. After they reached the cave entrance, Lin Chen found Chen Erniu tied up outside and warned him to keep the cave sealed because of the radiation.

• Zhegu Yang killed Yang Chao and found the mechanism that opened the Stone Door.
• Li Sanshun shot his seven men, then activated his TNT and threw a grenade at Lin Chen as the group escaped.
• Lin Chen led the group around a bend to survive the blast, and they returned to the entrances with their tomb-raiding suits nearly depleted.
• Lin Chen guided everyone through the radiation zone and out of the cave, where they found Chen Erniu tied up.
• Lin Chen freed Chen Erniu, told him not to reveal what happened, and instructed him to seal the cave entrance.

Lin Chen returned with treasures, completed his quest, and learned that only a High-grade Immortal Herb remained for his medicine. He joined Jue Wei’s birthday party and brought friends together, where Lightning gave Jue Wei his beloved jade pendant.

• Lin Chen warned Chen Erniu to keep quiet, returned to Jingwu Hall, and handed Liu Yan more than twenty treasures to manage.
• Lin Chen teleported to Donghai City, confirmed that a High-grade Immortal Herb was the final ingredient he needed, and received one hundred million RMB and 100 Quest Points from Xiao Yi.
• Lin Chen discovered that the women were celebrating Jue Wei’s birthday and offered to invite more guests.
• Lin Chen brought Cheng Feng, Cheng Yun, Lightning, Lu Hai, Chen He, Liu Yan, An Qi, and Chen Fei to the party, hoping to bring his friends together.
• Lightning gave Jue Wei the jade pendant he had always worn as a birthday gift, and she blushed as she accepted it.

At Jue Wei’s birthday party, Lin Chen helped pair his friends and confessed his past feelings for Guo Xiang to Qin Xueqing, who chose to face the matter with him. The next morning, Lin Chen received new system missions to resolve Yu Keyan’s troubles and take control of the Bai Alliance in Kyoto.

• Lin Chen arranged dance partners at Jue Wei’s party, and the guests exchanged contact information afterward.
• Qin Xueqing confronted Lin Chen about his past with Li Chunyi, and Lin Chen admitted that Guo Xiang had been the Goddess he secretly loved at school.
• Lin Chen told Qin Xueqing he had chosen her, and she embraced him and agreed to face Guo Xiang if she appeared in the future.
• The next morning, Lin Chen learned that Qin Xueqing had gone shopping with Tang Wanqing and the Chen siblings, then replied that he hoped she would return for dinner.
• Xiao Yi assigned Lin Chen a mission to resolve Yu Keyan’s troubles and reminded him that two days remained to take control of the Bai Alliance in Kyoto.

Lin Chen agreed to pretend to be Yu Keyan’s boyfriend and accompanied her to her hometown to face her mother’s matchmaking plans. They arrived at Yu Keyan’s home, where Huang Ling was displeased to see Lin Chen because she had already invited Lin Feng to meet her daughter.

• Cheng Feng, Cheng Yun, and Lightning told Lin Chen that they had paired up with An Qi, Chen Mei, and Jue Wei, respectively.
• Lin Chen agreed to pose as Yu Keyan’s boyfriend so she could avoid meeting the wealthy man her mother had chosen for her.
• Lin Chen and Yu Keyan bought gifts and drove to her family home in Dahuang Village.
• Yu Keyan introduced Lin Chen to Huang Ling as her boyfriend, and Huang Ling reacted with displeasure because she had arranged for Lin Feng to visit.

Yu Keyan brought Lin Chen home, where Huang Ling objected because she had accepted a 500,000-yuan gift from Lin Feng and wanted Yu Keyan to meet him. Lin Chen transferred Huang Ling one million yuan to repay the gift, and Huang Ling went outside to call Lin Feng, who was waiting nearby for Yu Keyan.

• Huang Ling questioned Yu Keyan about bringing Lin Chen home and revealed she had arranged for Yu Keyan to meet Lin Feng.
• Yu Keyan insisted that Lin Feng could come meet Lin Chen directly, and Lin Chen offered to repay the gift Huang Ling had accepted.
• Huang Ling put her bank card on the table, and Lin Chen transferred one million yuan to her.
• Huang Ling went outside and called Lin Feng, who eagerly asked whether Yu Keyan had returned.

Lin Feng threatened Huang Ling after Yu Keyan chose Lin Chen, demanding either the marriage or ten times the 500,000-yuan meeting gift. Lin Chen reassured Huang Ling that Lin Feng would not dare act, and Huang Ling left to buy groceries.

• Lin Feng told Huang Ling that Yu Keyan had brought her boyfriend home and demanded she either persuade Yu Keyan to date him or repay ten times the 500,000-yuan gift.
• Lin Feng threatened to send his men to Huang Ling's home within an hour, then hung up.
• Huang Ling told Lin Chen and Yu Keyan about Lin Feng's demand and explained that he was the grandson of Zhou Jingnan, the owner of Fugui Haoting in Nanzhou City.
• Yu Keyan called Lin Feng a scumbag, while Huang Ling worried that his money and influence made him dangerous.
• Lin Chen reassured Huang Ling that Lin Feng would not dare make a move and claimed he knew people in Donghai City's underground organizations.
• Huang Ling accepted Lin Chen's reassurance and rode to town to buy groceries for lunch.

Lin Chen agreed to help Yu Keyan and pretended to be her boyfriend to deter Lin Feng. When Lin Feng arrived with twenty men, Lin Chen calmly let him in, and the chapter left them sitting down to talk.

• Yu Keyan suggested acting more intimately with Lin Chen to convince Lin Feng that they were a couple, and Lin Chen agreed it was only an act.
• Lin Feng arrived with twenty men from Sihai Gate of East City, whom Zhou Jingnan had connected him with.
• Lin Chen greeted Lin Feng calmly and invited him inside, while Huang Ling feared the confrontation.
• Lin Feng entered the house to speak with Lin Chen and Yu Keyan, and Lin Chen introduced himself as Little Lin.

Lin Chen confronted Lin Feng over his threats against Yu Keyan and Huang Ling, then fought the gang Lin Feng had hired. He left most of the attackers badly injured and the remaining five stunned in the yard.

• Lin Chen challenged Lin Feng's arranged-marriage demands and threats, then revealed he had recorded their conversation.
• Lin Feng summoned his nineteen thugs after smashing the tea table, and Lin Chen threw him into several men, knocking them down.
• Lin Chen sent Yu Keyan and Huang Ling inside, then faced the gang in the yard.
• The gang leader demanded Yu Keyan, and Lin Chen declared the men were his enemies before killing their leader.
• Lin Chen used Lingbo Weibu and inner force to strike down most of the gang, leaving five men standing and stunned.

Lin Chen drove away the men threatening Yu Keyan and took responsibility for their anger, while Yu Keyan and Huang Ling reconciled over the pressure to marry Lin Feng. After lunch, Lin Chen promised to protect Yu Keyan, and Huang Ling suggested meeting his parents.

• Lin Chen sent the five remaining men away with the injured and dead, then cleaned the blood from the ground.
• Yu Keyan rejected Huang Ling’s suggestion that she accept Lin Feng, and Huang Ling agreed to let her choose for herself.
• Lin Chen told Yu Keyan and Huang Ling that the attackers would come after him, not them, and warned Huang Ling not to contact Lin Feng.
• Yu Keyan reassured her mother that Lin Chen could handle the danger, and Huang Ling cautioned them that Lin Hai might use his grandfather’s influence.
• Huang Ling asked Lin Chen to arrange a visit so she could meet his parents and discuss his relationship with Yu Keyan.

Lin Chen returned to Kyoto to find a way to take control of the Bai Alliance, while the Li family and Bai Alliance plotted to ambush him and Tang Wanqing. Lightning then arrived at Bai Alliance headquarters to speak with Li Yibai, but the guard claimed the leader was absent.

• Yu Keyan agreed to give Lin Chen three months to satisfy Huang Ling’s demand for marriage, while Lin Chen promised to handle Lin Feng.
• Lin Chen traveled to Kyoto and learned from Lightning that the Bai Alliance had joined the Li family after Li Jiemei’s death.
• Li Xun and Li Yibai planned a cautious ambush on Lin Chen and Tang Wanqing, hoping to avenge their losses.
• Lightning arrived at Bai Alliance headquarters and asked to meet Li Yibai, but the guard said the leader was not there.

Lin Chen visited the Li family with Lightning and deliberately told Li Xun that Tang Wanqing would return to the capital the next day. He planned to use the Li family and Bai Alliance’s preparations against her to trap them, with Jue Wei disguised as Tang Wanqing.

• Lightning learned from a guard that the Bai Alliance’s three bosses were at the Li family estate, and he drove Lin Chen there.
• Li Xun hid Li Yibai, Li Hai, and Mo Wen before receiving Lin Chen and Lightning, then falsely claimed the Bai Alliance bosses had already left.
• Lin Chen offered Li Xun condolences for Li Jiemei’s death and warned him not to target Tang Wanqing when she returned to the capital.
• After Lin Chen left, Li Xun told the Bai Alliance bosses about Tang Wanqing’s supposed return, and they decided to monitor her in Donghai City.
• Lin Chen revealed that he had deliberately leaked the news and planned for Jue Wei to impersonate Tang Wanqing using his Disguise Technique.

Lin Chen recruited You to impersonate Tang Wanqing on a flight to the capital while he pursued a clue to the High-grade Immortal Herb and planned to take control of the Bai Alliance. He then kept the real Tang Wanqing at the villa, anticipating that the Li family would target her after Li Jiemei’s car accident.

• Lin Chen arranged for Lightning to prepare a bulletproof car, then visited You and recognized her shampoo’s scent as resembling descriptions of the High-grade Immortal Herb.
• You agreed to contact her Dragon King Hall friend about the fragrance and accepted Lin Chen’s mission to impersonate Tang Wanqing on the flight to the capital.
• Lin Chen returned to Donghai City with You and reassured Jue Wei that Lightning had apologized for leaving early.
• Qin Xueqing said she would miss Tang Wanqing when she left, and Lin Chen explained that You would take her place while the real Tang Wanqing stayed at the villa.
• Tang Wanqing joked with Qin Xueqing about divorcing Lin Chen and becoming a couple.

Lin Chen prepared to disguise You as Tang Wanqing to protect the villa, then learned that Zhou Nan had escaped with help from a powerful masked rescuer. He suspected the rescuer was the Masked Man and wondered whether the man had been injured.

• Lin Chen told Tang Wanqing he would send Chen Mei to guard the villa and brought You in to impersonate her the next day.
• Lin Chen took a facial mold from Tang Wanqing, who asked when he and Qin Xueqing planned to marry; he said it would probably be in two months.
• Wang Bei called Lin Chen to report that Zhou Nan had been rescued during a transfer to court by a lone attacker who seemed impervious to blades and bullets.
• Lin Chen told Wang Bei to keep investigating and said he would help when he could, then suspected the rescuer was the Masked Man and might have been injured.

Lin Chen arranged to use Tang Wanqing as bait to draw out the Li family and the Bai Alliance while secretly preparing a police ambush. Li Xun and Li Yibai assembled their forces in Kyoto, unaware that Lin Chen had anticipated their attack.

• Lin Chen received the system's missions to take over the Li Group and control the Bai Alliance, with the three-day mission ending that day.
• You dressed to resemble Tang Wanqing, and Lin Chen arranged for Cheng Yun to escort her from the villa as a decoy.
• Lin Chen went to Kyoto and told Lightning to pick up You in a bulletproof vehicle and drive toward the outskirts, where another group would be waiting to catch the attackers.
• Li Xun and Li Yibai coordinated their plan at the Li family estate, deploying Li family experts and three hundred Bai Alliance gunmen to ambush Lin Chen and Tang Wanqing.