Chapter Summaries

Cheng Che weighed the system’s next Intelligence and Stamina trials while preparing for the US Open, where he hoped to complete his career Grand Slam. The chapter ended with him entering the tournament to an enormous welcome, focused on winning the final major he needed.

• Cheng Che reviewed the Intelligence Trial and considered finding an open mathematical problem he could solve despite his tennis and acting commitments.
• Cheng Che checked the Stamina Trial and planned to ask Qin Lie to arrange a world-class track and field event after he completed the US Open.
• Online commentators argued over whether Cheng Che should devote himself to mathematics, while Cheng Che remained unaware of the debate.
• At the US Open opening ceremony, the crowd erupted when the host announced Cheng Che, and he waved to the stands.
• Cheng Che turned his attention to the tournament and resolved to pursue the last Grand Slam title he needed.

After another straight-sets victory, Cheng Che advanced to the US Open semifinal and learned he would face Marcus Halden. He saw that Lu Heng had taken his place on Walking the Flower Road Together, whose weak preregistration numbers prompted Mango TV to consider asking Cheng Che to return.

• Lin Yan and Zhou Zhou announced that Cheng Che had reached the US Open semifinal without dropping a set in the tournament.
• Cheng Che signed autographs for fans before Qin Lie told him that his semifinal against Marcus Halden was scheduled for two days later.
• Cheng Che saw that Walking the Flower Road Together had announced Lu Heng as a guest and had drawn only 80,000 preregistrations in its first 24 hours.
• Cheng Che joked to Qin Lie that the show would return to the numbers it deserved without him.
• At Mango TV, the producer heard a suggestion to ask Cheng Che to return for an episode, but gave no answer.

After his family finished building a large villa in Pond Village, Cheng Che learned that his mother expected him to bring several female friends home someday. He reviewed messages about a film casting and variety-show offers, then checked his system and found his Five Viscera Enhancement had reached level three.

• Other video platforms sent Cheng Che more than a dozen variety-show invitations after Walking the Flower Road Together attracted eighty thousand reservations.
• Jiang Xue showed Cheng Che the newly built family villa and hinted that its many rooms could accommodate the female friends he might bring home.
• Cheng Che agreed that Chen Yu could cast a South Korean or Japanese actress as the female lead in Easter Egg.
• Qin Lie told Cheng Che that several variety-show offers had good terms and that they could review them after the US Open.
• Cheng Che checked his system panel and saw that Five Viscera Enhancement had reached level three.

After Five Viscera Enhancement raised Cheng Che’s attributes beyond their former cap, he used the Scholar’s Set to develop a cryptography application for his Baker’s Method research. He discussed the idea with Professor Liu and prepared for the next day’s semifinal.

• Five Viscera Enhancement reached its fourth level, increasing Cheng Che’s stamina, endurance, charm, and intelligence by one point each.
• Cheng Che used the Scholar’s Set to raise his intelligence to 96 and conceived of applying his optimized Baker’s Method to cryptography security estimates.
• Pei Jingshu video-called Cheng Che, watched him work, and wished him good night before they ended the call.
• Cheng Che messaged Professor Liu about his new research direction, and Professor Liu agreed that its logic held and arranged to discuss it further.
• Cheng Che agreed to speak with Professor Liu the day after his semifinal and checked the international track and field event schedule Qin Lie had sent.

Cheng Che chose the Capital City Marathon and gained Hemingway-related knowledge through the system before crushing Marcus Halden in the US Open semifinal. As he began the final against the Italian second seed, the crowd roared for him, his opponent looked rattled, and Cheng Che opened with a 229-kilometer-per-hour ace.

• Cheng Che chose the Capital City Marathon and asked Qin Lie to register him.
• Cheng Che used Academic Descent and received knowledge of firearm maintenance, pistol marksmanship, and Hemingway's writing techniques.
• Cheng Che defeated Marcus Halden in straight sets to reach the US Open final without facing a break point.
• Cheng Che entered a packed Arthur Ashe Stadium for the final, where his shushing gesture quieted the crowd and left the Italian second seed visibly nervous.
• Cheng Che won the coin toss, chose to serve, and fired a 229-kilometer-per-hour ace for the opening point.

Nineteen-year-old Cheng Che defeated his Italian opponent in straight sets to win the US Open and complete a historic sweep of all four Grand Slams in one year. In Rongcheng, Zhou Jianguo joined his daughter Zhou Xiaoyu in celebrating the victory as Xia Country watched Cheng Che make tennis history.

• Cheng Che opened the US Open final with a 229-kilometer-per-hour serve as Lin Yan announced the speed to viewers.
• Zhou Xiaoyu stopped Zhou Jianguo from changing the channel and told him Cheng Che was a nineteen-year-old Peking University student who had already won the other three Grand Slams that year.
• Zhou Jianguo watched as Cheng Che won the first three sets by scores of six-three, six-two, and six-one.
• Cheng Che served out the match, defeating the Italian three sets to zero and winning all four Grand Slams in a single year.
• Zhou Xiaoyu celebrated with Zhou Jianguo as Lin Yan announced that Cheng Che was the first player in the Open Era to achieve the feat.

After Cheng Che won all four Grand Slam titles in one year, Xia Country celebrated his achievement, while Qin Lie fielded a flood of endorsement offers. Alone in his New York hotel room, Cheng Che reflected on his new fame, declared that his success had only begun, and saw the system confirm his completed objective.

• News of Cheng Che's four Grand Slam victories spread across Xia Country, and his name dominated social media and news coverage.
• Brands and entertainment figures reacted to Cheng Che's success, while Qin Lie received dozens of endorsement offers and postponed discussions until the remaining US Open matters were settled.
• Jiang Xue and Cheng Jianguo called Cheng Che, and his friends and admirers shared congratulations in group chats and online posts.
• Cheng Che sat alone in his New York hotel room, touched the tennis-racket pendant on his bracelet, and murmured, "Who Under Heaven Does Not Know You? It's only just begun."
• Cheng Che checked the system panel and saw that the objective to win all four Grand Slam titles had been completed.

Cheng Che returned to Capital City to a huge crowd of fans and learned that his calendar-year Grand Slam had brought a flood of interviews and commercial offers. At home, he examined his new weather-predicting Cloud Wave Ball and strength-increasing talent before a strange sound came from his room.

• Cheng Che and Qin Lie saw over a thousand fans waiting at the airport, and security escorted Cheng Che through the crowd to a car.
• Zhao Gang evaded several fan cars following them from the airport.
• Qin Lie told Cheng Che about a packed schedule of interviews, offers, a sports administration commendation, and the Easter Egg crew.
• Cheng Che returned to his apartment, checked the trending searches, and examined the Cloud Wave Ball and his Born with Divine Strength talent.
• Cheng Che heard a strange sound from his room and opened his eyes.

Su Miaoyin tried to surprise Cheng Che with a meal, but her cooking was inedible, so he made dinner for them. When Su Miaoyin admitted she felt uncertain about her future after graduation, Cheng Che suggested she try working as his assistant, and she eagerly accepted.

• Su Miaoyin woke up, found Cheng Che in the living room, and proudly showed him the meal she had cooked.
• Cheng Che and Su Miaoyin tasted her spicy fish scales, and she realized how awful they were.
• Cheng Che cooked dinner while Su Miaoyin watched and praised him, then they ate together and washed the dishes.
• Su Miaoyin told Cheng Che she did not know what to do after graduating next year.
• Cheng Che suggested Su Miaoyin try being his assistant, and she enthusiastically agreed.

Su Miaoyin began working as Cheng Che’s assistant but found the role kept her busy and made her worry about burdening him. After her father asked her to intern at the family company, she agreed and quit the assistant job, while her mother concluded that Su Miaoyin was in love.

• Cheng Che agreed to let Su Miaoyin work as his assistant, and she eagerly asked when she could start.
• A few days later, Su Miaoyin managed Cheng Che’s interview schedule at CCTV while Chen Wei accompanied them.
• In the lounge, Su Miaoyin admitted that assistant duties left her little time with Cheng Che, and Chen Wei warned her that mistakes could put him in a difficult position.
• Su Miaoyin’s father asked her to return to Shandong and intern at the family company, and she surprised him by agreeing.
• After Cheng Che supported her return, Su Miaoyin quit as his assistant, and her mother told Father Su that their daughter was in love.