Chapter Summaries

A miraculous display filled Heyang County as a divine figure descended from the heavens. The figure landed in the county yamen’s inner courtyard, where Magistrate Zhang Huaimin and others knelt, leaving Zhang anxious that the immortal might punish him for his misdeeds.

• Dark clouds, lightning, thunder, and fierce winds terrified the people of Heyang County, but no rain fell.
• The clouds formed a seven-colored vortex, and a golden pillar of light descended from the heavens.
• The people recognized a figure within the light as an immortal and rushed out to witness the descent.
• The pillar of light landed in the county yamen’s inner courtyard, and the figure descended among the kneeling crowd.
• Magistrate Zhang Huaimin recalled his corrupt conduct and feared the immortal might bring him disaster.

After being struck by lightning while playing Immortal Journey, Gao Yunyi woke in Heyang County, where the locals mistook him for an immortal. He discovered that he had transmigrated to the Great Liang Dynasty with his game outfit and system.

• Gao Yunyi regained consciousness in an ancient courtyard as County Magistrate Zhang and the assembled crowd knelt before him.
• County Magistrate Zhang introduced himself and welcomed Gao Yunyi as an exalted immortal, confirming that Gao Yunyi had transmigrated.
• Gao Yunyi noticed he was wearing the Nine Heavens Flowing Cloud Immortal Robe from Immortal Journey.
• County Magistrate Zhang told Gao Yunyi that it was the thirty-second year of Shun'an in the Great Liang Dynasty.
• Gao Yunyi opened a game interface only he could see and realized he had brought his game system to the ancient world.

After transmigrating into ancient times, Gao Yunyi used his apparent immortal status to secure a room in the Heyang County yamen. He inspected his game character panel and discovered that he had been reset to level 10, though he retained his sect membership.

• Gao Yunyi remained unable to move while County Magistrate Zhang and the officials knelt in terror, and Assistant County Magistrate Liu collapsed.
• Once Gao Yunyi recovered, he told Zhang Huaimin to dismiss the others and asked to stay at the county yamen.
• Zhang Huaimin led Gao Yunyi to the best guest room, then withdrew after Gao Yunyi accepted it.
• Gao Yunyi opened the game interface and found that his character was level 10, with empty equipment and inventory slots but membership in the Azure Profound Sect.

Gao Yunyi confirmed that he had reached Qi Refining Realm and unlocked Blazing Sun Sword Qi after transmigrating into his game character. After testing his body and immortal robe, he concluded that he was a true immortal, though he still needed to figure out how to gain experience and learn about the world.

• Gao Yunyi saw that level 10 made him a Qi Refining Realm cultivator and unlocked the Blazing Sun Sword Qi skill.
• Gao Yunyi rejected the idea of testing the skill on County Magistrate Zhang and worried about how he could level up in the real world.
• Gao Yunyi spent his skill point on Blazing Sun Sword Qi but felt no change.
• Gao Yunyi recognized his carefully designed game-character face in the bronze mirror and concluded that his soul and body had entered the game character in an ancient world.
• Gao Yunyi cut his palm with scissors and saw his health drop by one without injury, then discovered the scissors could not damage his Nine Heavens Flowing Cloud Immortal Robe.
• Gao Yunyi concluded that his body and robe followed game rules and declared himself a true immortal.

County Magistrate Zhang struggled to manage the aftermath of an immortal’s arrival in Heyang County. After Adviser Wenqian warned that his name would be tied to the immortal in the county’s history, Zhang resolved to become an incorruptible official and rushed to reclaim his duty of calming the gathered commoners.

• County Magistrate Zhang ordered the rites clerk to research how to receive an immortal and demanded that the officials propose a plan.
• A runner reported that more than a thousand commoners had gathered outside the yamen to see the immortal, and Adviser Wenqian urged Zhang to send Archivist Han to calm them.
• County Magistrate Zhang ordered Archivist Han to appeal to the crowd, and Han left resentfully with the runner.
• Adviser Wenqian told Zhang that the immortal’s arrival was an auspicious sign and urged him to govern diligently so his name would be remembered well.
• County Magistrate Zhang resolved to become a good, incorruptible official and rushed out, accusing Archivist Han of taking over his duty to reassure the people.

Gao Yunyi discovered that meditation could slowly grant experience and wondered whether his game character could live indefinitely, but he decided to seek faster ways to grow stronger. Meanwhile, County Magistrate Zhang mistook the townspeople’s frightened departure for successful persuasion and rushed to meet Gao Yunyi when summoned.

• Gao Yunyi meditated and found that he gained only 1 experience point per hour, making leveling through meditation alone extremely slow.
• Gao Yunyi found no lifespan information in the game interface and reasoned that he might never age as long as his health remained above zero.
• Gao Yunyi considered skills, Law Treasures, spirit pets, equipment, and pills, then concluded that leveling was his only practical way to grow stronger for now.
• Gao Yunyi stopped meditating, left his room, and asked to see County Magistrate Zhang.
• County Magistrate Zhang believed he had pacified the townspeople, though they had actually fled because his sudden kindness frightened them.
• A servant told County Magistrate Zhang that Gao Yunyi wanted to see him, and the magistrate hurried into the county office to meet the immortal.

Gao Yunyi learned that Crouching Ox Mountain’s bandits terrorized Heyang County and agreed to wipe them out. A mission panel appeared before him as Magistrate Zhang thanked him on behalf of the county’s people.

• Gao Yunyi questioned Magistrate Zhang about problems he or Heyang County could not resolve.
• Magistrate Zhang admitted that bandits on Crouching Ox Mountain robbed travelers and raided villages after the authorities failed to defeat them.
• Gao Yunyi offered to wipe out the bandits, and Magistrate Zhang gratefully accepted.
• A translucent mission panel appeared before Gao Yunyi.

Gao Yunyi accepted a quest to eliminate the bandits on Crouching Ox Mountain and immediately ordered Magistrate Zhang to prepare an expedition. With a carriage and more than a dozen constables and yamen runners assembled, Gao Yunyi set off for the mountain under their protection.

• Gao Yunyi accepted the quest to wipe out the bandits on Crouching Ox Mountain and kill their leader.
• Gao Yunyi insisted that Magistrate Zhang prepare horses so they could leave immediately, though he could not fly yet.
• Magistrate Zhang prepared his personal carriage and assembled more than a dozen constables and yamen runners to accompany Gao Yunyi.
• Magistrate Zhang warned Constable Chen to protect Gao Yunyi even if the others died, and Constable Chen promised to do so.
• Gao Yunyi boarded the carriage, and the group set off toward Crouching Ox Mountain.

Gao Yunyi traveled to Crouching Ox Mountain to deal with the bandits, while the county constables followed behind him. After he killed a hidden lookout with Sword Qi, he continued toward the stronghold, confident in his abilities.

• Gao Yunyi left Heyang County by carriage and reached the foot of Crouching Ox Mountain with Constable Chen and his men.
• Gao Yunyi told the constables to wait below, but allowed them to follow as long as they did not interfere.
• Gao Yunyi outpaced the exhausted constables as they climbed toward the bandits' stronghold.
• Gao Yunyi spotted a hidden bandit lookout and killed him with a crescent of white Sword Qi.
• Constable Chen identified the dead man as a lookout, and Gao Yunyi continued toward the stronghold after receiving five experience points.

Gao Yunyi killed a bandit and led the constables and yamen runners to the Crouching Ox Mountain stronghold. When Constable Chen proposed a night raid, Gao Yunyi ordered everyone to stay back so he could handle the bandits himself, leaving them moved by his apparent concern for their lives.

• Gao Yunyi calmly killed a bandit with a single stroke, frightening the constables and yamen runners who followed him.
• Gao Yunyi and the group reached the Crouching Ox Mountain stronghold at dusk and hid in the woods nearby.
• Constable Chen proposed waiting until dark to deal with the wall guards and open the gate.
• Gao Yunyi ordered everyone to stay put and threatened to kill anyone who interfered, because he wanted all the experience from defeating the bandits.
• Constable Chen and the others felt grateful that Gao Yunyi would face the danger alone, and Constable Chen pledged their obedience.
• Gao Yunyi watched the stronghold as torches lit its walls.

A young man in a moonlit robe approached Crouching Ox Mountain, where the bandits mistook him for an immortal and attacked him. He shattered the stronghold gate and wall with a flaming Sword Qi, leaving the bandits fleeing in terror as their stronghold became a slaughterhouse.

• The bandits on Crouching Ox Mountain spotted a strange white light approaching and alerted their chief.
• The bearded chief ordered the bandits to shoot the figure, but their arrows bounced off his robe.
• The bandits recognized the approaching young man as an immortal and panicked.
• The chief forced his men to ready their bows again, but the young man struck the stronghold gate and wall with crimson Sword Qi.
• The wall collapsed in flames, and the bandits fled in terror as the stronghold was left to become a slaughterhouse.

Gao Yunyi slaughtered the bandits in the stronghold, while the bearded leader’s attempt to escape through a secret passage failed. After the constables entered and found the stronghold devastated, the bearded leader emerged from a ruined house holding a woman hostage.

• Gao Yunyi used the minimap to track down and kill the bandits throughout the stronghold.
• The bearded leader tried to escape through a secret passage beneath his bed, but Gao Yunyi’s scarlet Sword Qi destroyed the house and buried the passage.
• After the sounds of battle stopped, Constable Chen led the constables and yamen runners into the stronghold, where they found a scene of devastation and Gao Yunyi standing unharmed.
• Constable Chen approached Gao Yunyi, then saw the bearded leader emerge from the ruined house holding a woman hostage.

Gao Yunyi killed the bushy-bearded bandit leader despite his hostage, relying on his single-target attack to spare her. After the bandits were defeated, Gao Yunyi discovered that their loot had appeared in his Character Inventory, but a slap interrupted his excitement.

• The bushy-bearded leader threatened to kill his hostage, and Constable Chen asked Gao Yunyi what to do.
• Gao Yunyi told the constables to put away their sabers, and they cleared a path for the leader to escape.
• When the leader demanded that Gao Yunyi move, Gao Yunyi stayed put and killed him with Sword Qi, leaving the hostage unharmed.
• Gao Yunyi gained experience, completed the bandit quest, and found crafting materials and blueprints in his Character Inventory.
• A slap sounded beside Gao Yunyi as he admired the loot.

Gao Yunyi rescued a young woman from the bandit chief, but she blamed Constable Chen and his men for arriving too late and losing her family. When her threats and accusations would not stop, Gao Yunyi killed her, leaving the constables stunned.

• Gao Yunyi killed the bandit chief and left the hostage unharmed, and Constable Chen covered her with his uniform.
• The woman slapped Constable Chen and accused him of arriving too late to save her parents and elder brother.
• The constables and yamen runners defended themselves, but the woman threatened to use her second uncle, the prefect of Dingzhou, to have them imprisoned.
• The woman blamed the constables for her family's deaths, though she had insisted on taking the dangerous road beneath Crouching Ox Mountain.
• Gao Yunyi killed the woman with a streak of white light to silence her.

After killing the official’s daughter, Gao Yunyi gained experience and struggled to control his growing urge to kill. Constable Chen ordered his men to conceal the truth and mutilate the corpse, while Gao Yunyi tried to calm himself through meditation.

• Gao Yunyi gained eight experience points for killing the official’s daughter and looked toward the constables before resisting the urge to attack them.
• Constable Chen declared that mountain bandits had killed the woman and ordered his men to keep the immortal’s involvement secret.
• Constable Chen made each constable slash the woman’s corpse, and they hacked it into mincemeat.
• Gao Yunyi wondered why he felt such intense killing urges and decided his condition might be a sign of Qi Deviation.
• Gao Yunyi sat cross-legged and began meditating to calm his heart.

After Gao Yunyi meditated away his killing intent, he returned from Crouching Ox Mountain with Constable Chen and the others after wiping out the bandits. Heyang County’s people gathered to welcome him, but Gao Yunyi dreaded the attention and stayed hidden in his carriage as the celebration began.

• Gao Yunyi woke refreshed after meditating, while Constable Chen reported that the bandits’ bodies had been buried and their hidden loot recovered.
• Gao Yunyi refused to inspect the bandits’ heads, and Constable Chen led the group down the mountain with the heads and spoils.
• Constable Chen secretly included the prefect’s niece’s head among the bandits’ heads and altered her wounds to make her death appear to be their doing.
• Gao Yunyi examined the loot in the carriage and found useful crafting materials, a Pill Formula, and a Red Spirit Flower, but lacked what he needed to make equipment or a pill.
• Constable Chen told Gao Yunyi that County Magistrate Zhang and Heyang County’s people had gathered to welcome him, so Gao Yunyi shut the carriage curtain to avoid them.
• County Magistrate Zhang signaled for firecrackers, gongs, and drums as the carriage approached the county seat.

Gao Yunyi returned to Heyang County after defeating the bandits and endured the crowd’s adoration while hiding his identity. After County Magistrate Zhang confirmed the task was complete, Gao Yunyi received a Mystic Azure Dao Robe blueprint and prepared to craft equipment.

• County Magistrate Zhang and thousands of people welcomed Gao Yunyi’s carriage and thanked the unseen immortal for destroying the bandits.
• Gao Yunyi told the crowd to withdraw, then refused County Magistrate Zhang’s banquet and asked whether he had completed the task.
• After County Magistrate Zhang confirmed the bandits were wiped out, Gao Yunyi leveled up and received the Mystic Azure Dao Robe blueprint.
• Gao Yunyi told County Magistrate Zhang not to mention his name and requested warm water and three sticks of incense.
• Gao Yunyi went to bathe before crafting his first piece of equipment, but his face darkened when he saw the flower petals in the tub.

Gao Yunyi rejected County Magistrate Zhang’s attempt to offer his daughter, then crafted a Common Mystic Clear Dao Robe and entered meditation to try again. Meanwhile, Zhang decided to claim credit for the bandit raid in his memorial to the court, with his adviser and Constable Chen supporting the plan.

• County Magistrate Zhang offered his daughter as a maidservant to Gao Yunyi, but Gao rejected the offer and Zhang’s daughter left disappointed.
• Gao Yunyi crafted a Common Mystic Clear Dao Robe and, frustrated by its quality, entered Meditative Samadhi to improve his next attempt.
• Constable Chen reported the Crouching Ox Mountain expedition to County Magistrate Zhang, omitting the truth about the woman they had found.
• County Magistrate Zhang’s adviser urged him to take credit for defeating the bandits, claiming Gao Yunyi had asked to be left out of the memorial.
• County Magistrate Zhang accepted the plan, and Constable Chen agreed to support the false account before Wenqian drafted the memorial.

Gao Yunyi crafted and equipped a Mystic Azure Dao Robe, then summoned County Magistrate Zhang to discuss obtaining clothes. County Magistrate Zhang abandoned plans to convene his staff and hurried to answer the immortal’s call.

• Gao Yunyi crafted a fine-quality Mystic Azure Dao Robe and equipped it, raising his defense and health.
• Gao Yunyi noticed the robe left his feet bare, put the Nine Heavens Flowing Cloud Immortal Robe back on, and considered asking County Magistrate Zhang for clothes.
• County Magistrate Zhang resolved to root out corruption and improve life for the people of Heyang County, then ordered his staff to meet him.
• The adviser explained that Assistant Magistrate Li remained unconscious and Archivist Han was injured, leaving County Magistrate Zhang to manage the yamen himself.
• When told Gao Yunyi had summoned him, County Magistrate Zhang rushed out to see the immortal.

Gao Yunyi sent Constable Chen and his men to clear out the remaining bandits in Heyang County, while rumors spread that an immortal had destroyed the Crouching Ox Mountain bandits. In Dingzhou, the prefect dismissed County Magistrate Zhang Huaimin’s report as fabricated, then conceded that only an immortal could have helped him.

• Gao Yunyi asked County Magistrate Zhang about other bandits and agreed to hunt them, though the game system offered him no new task.
• Gao Yunyi told County Magistrate Zhang to prepare a carriage, men, and plain local clothes, and said the bandits’ heads would go to the county.
• Constable Chen abandoned the banquet and led his men out after a yamen runner told him Gao Yunyi had ordered another bandit hunt.
• Stories of Gao Yunyi’s destruction of the Crouching Ox Mountain bandits spread through the region around Heyang County.
• The prefect of Dingzhou accused Zhang Huaimin of inventing his report, but the assistant prefect pointed out its detailed records of the bandits and recovered silver.
• The prefect argued that Heyang’s small force could not have taken Crouching Ox Mountain and concluded that an immortal must have helped Zhang Huaimin.