Chapter Summaries

After transmigrating into the injured fifteen-year-old Lu Chen, a man from Earth discovered a system that let him spend Fate Value to modify traits. He used it to reduce his injuries and, with his younger siblings safe for the night, considered how to gather information and survive in the unfamiliar world.

• Lu Chen regained control of his body, heard the system award him 20 Fate Value for changing his fate, and saw his traits displayed on a panel.
• Lu Chen recognized his younger siblings Lu Ming and Lu Tang, recalled how Li Feng had beaten him, and reassured the children after waking.
• Lu Ming brought Lu Chen medicine, and the siblings shared a bowl of porridge before Lu Chen sent them to bed.
• Lu Chen spent 10 Fate Value to change his trait from severely injured to lightly injured, easing his pain and healing some of his injuries.
• Lu Chen considered his poverty, the system's rules, and whether to pursue examinations, martial arts, cultivation, or village life, then decided to gather more information before choosing.

Lu Chen recovered enough to help Lu Ming and Lu Tang, and discovered that his new Throwing entry made his aim remarkably accurate. After catching an egret and fish, he returned home with food for his siblings.

• Lu Chen sent Lu Ming to weed the field with Lu Tang while he checked their fish trap.
• Lu Chen caught small fish and a swamp eel, then struck an egret with a stone and gained the beginner Throwing entry.
• Lu Chen tested the entry and found that his throws reliably hit stationary, fist-sized targets within ten meters.
• Lu Chen prepared the catch and joined Lu Ming and Lu Tang in the field, working with them through the morning.
• Lu Tang mistook the egret for a stolen chicken before Lu Chen explained what it was and promised they would eat it for lunch.

Lu Chen gained a Chopping entry, then changed his constitution and rescued Lu Chengzong from drowning. After earning fate value for changing Lu Chengzong’s fate, he considered starting lessons for village children to help change their futures.

• Lu Chen chopped wood until he gained the Beginner Chopping entry and practiced it while preparing a bamboo spear.
• Lu Chen asked Lu Ming and Lu Tang to gather plum-sized stones, then went to find Lu Ming by the river.
• When Lu Chengzong began drowning, Lu Chen changed his Weak Constitution entry to Ordinary Constitution and swam out to rescue him.
• Lu Huaiyi thanked Lu Chen and took Lu Chengzong home, while Lu Chen received 30 fate points for changing the boy’s fate.
• Lu Chen considered teaching village children to read, write, and do arithmetic, and decided to ask Lu Xiande about the idea.

Lu Chen trained Lu Ming in stone throwing, practiced with a bamboo spear, and gained a new Thrusting skill entry. He spent 10 Fate Value to improve Throwing, which strengthened his muscles and helped heal his minor injuries, then went to sleep.

• Lu Chen taught Lu Ming to throw stones at a wooden stake while practicing his own aim on a swinging brick, and Lu Ming eventually knocked the stake over.
• Lu Chen cooked swamp eel and crucian carp, then massaged Lu Ming's sore arm and told him to take it easy.
• Lu Chen practiced thrusting a bamboo spear at a suspended straw ball until the system generated a beginner Thrusting entry.
• Lu Chen checked his panel, spent 10 Fate Value to raise Throwing to minor mastery, and gained stronger muscles and improved throwing abilities.
• Lu Chen noticed his minor injuries were healing after the upgrade and went to bed without testing his new throwing skill.

Lu Chen hunted a turtle dove with a stone, then received thanks and a debt cancellation after saving Lu Chengzong. He arranged a trial lesson at the Village School, but Lu San and the Green Bamboo Gang threatened his family over a fabricated debt, and the chapter ended as Lu Chen considered retaliating and saw Second Grandpa approaching.

• Lu Chen practiced throwing, killed a turtle dove with a stone, and promised Lu Ming and Lu Tang they would have it for lunch.
• Lu Xiande and Lu Huaiyi thanked Lu Chen for saving Lu Chengzong, brought him food, and canceled the silver he had borrowed after his mother died.
• Lu Chen asked Lu Xiande to let him teach at the Village School, and Lu Xiande agreed to hold a trial lesson the next morning.
• Lu San, Lu Si, Teng Jun, and Luo Yong demanded payment for a fabricated debt and threatened to take Lu Chen's house, fields, and sister.
• Lu Chen chased the gangsters away with a wood-chopping knife, considered killing them that night, and saw Second Grandpa coming down the road.

Lu Chen gathered poisonous mushrooms and manipulated Lu San, Lu Si, Teng Jun, and Luo Yong into taking them along with a pheasant. After they returned to eat, a system notification confirmed their destinies had changed, though the gain remained unsettled.

• Lu Wei visited Lu Chen, brought food for him and the children, and offered help if trouble arose.
• Lu Chen sent Lu Ming and Lu Tang inside, then went to Great Green Mountain to collect poisonous mushrooms and hunt a pheasant.
• Lu Chen lured Lu San and the others into confronting him by tossing a stone into their courtyard and pretending he had just come down from the mountain.
• Lu San and his companions seized Lu Chen’s pheasant and mushrooms after he acted reluctant to give them up.
• Lu Chen returned home and received a system notification that the destinies of Lu San, Lu Si, Teng Jun, and Luo Yong had changed.

Lu Chen taught Lu Ming and Lu Tang to throw stones while preparing to deal with the Green Bamboo Gang men who had threatened his family. After Lu San died from eating poisonous mushrooms and the others fell ill, Lu Chen told his siblings to rest before their first class the next day.

• Lu Chen taught Lu Ming and Lu Tang how to throw stones and cooked them a meal.
• Lu San, Lu Si, Teng Jun, and Luo Yong returned to threaten Lu Chen over the debt, then left for the county town.
• Lu Ming proposed killing the four men, but Lu Chen warned him to consider the authorities and the gang’s response, and told him to keep practicing.
• Lu Chen practiced with his bamboo spear and planned lessons for the next day’s trial class.
• Lu Chen learned that Lu San had drowned in a latrine after suffering from mushroom poisoning, while Lu Si, Teng Jun, and Luo Yong had also fallen ill.
• Lu Chen told Lu Ming and Lu Tang to stop practicing and get a good night’s sleep before attending class with him.

Lu Chen began teaching the village children and used Fate Value to improve his physique before going hunting. He returned home with a rabbit, a pheasant, and other ingredients, promising Lu Tang a chicken leg after she showed she had studied.

• Lu Chen taught the village children their first characters, and Lu Xiande offered him rice and dried meat to teach every morning.
• Lu Chen suggested that Caiwei and other girls attend school, and Lu Xiande agreed to invite them.
• Lu Chen spent 100 Fate Value to change his physique trait to [Strong and sturdy].
• Lu Chen went into the mountains and killed a rabbit and a pheasant with thrown stones.
• Lu Chen gathered mushrooms, wild vegetables, and seasonings, then returned home to Lu Tang and Lu Ming.
• Lu Chen teased Lu Tang about her homework and promised her a chicken leg when she said she had studied and practiced throwing stones.

Lu Chen spent Destiny Points to improve his aptitude and slashing skill, then prepared for possible retaliation after learning the remaining Green Bamboo Gang members had died. While he began teaching his students, Cheng Datou learned that his four subordinates had died from poisonous mushrooms and ordered Huang Chao to collect a debt from Lu Chen's village.

• Lu Chen discovered that Lu Si had died and spent 10 Destiny Points to raise his aptitude to Fair, improving his thrusting practice.
• Lu Chen spent another 10 Destiny Points to upgrade Slashing, recovering from his minor injury and improving his nutrition.
• Teng Jun and Luo Yong died of organ failure, and Lu Chen worried the Green Bamboo Gang might blame him for all four deaths.
• Lu Chen started training his legs and agility, then led fifteen children through their first official school lesson.
• Cheng Datou heard from Huang Chao that Lu San, Lu Si, Teng Jun, and Luo Yong had died after eating poisonous mushrooms, then ordered him to collect ten taels from Lu Chen in Qingshan Village.

Lu Chen upgraded his footwork and chopping skills before heading into the mountains, where he fought a herd of wild boars and killed two. He wondered how he could carry the enormous boar out of the mountains alone.

• Lu Chen received 15 destiny points after teaching class, practiced his footwork, and upgraded Nimble Footwork.
• Huang Chao arrived in Qingshan Village to collect Lu Chen’s debt and waited for him after learning he had gone into the mountains.
• Lu Chen encountered a herd of wild boars and used destiny points to upgrade Nimble Footwork and Chopping.
• Lu Chen dodged the charging boars, wounded a large one with his bamboo spear, then killed it with his woodcutting knife.
• Lu Chen killed a smaller boar with his knife and pebbles, then worried about how to carry the large boar out of the mountains.

Lu Chen returned from hunting with meat and gained the Full of Strength skill, then learned that Huang Chao of the Green Bamboo Gang had come to collect a debt. Lu Chen pretended to agree to pay fifteen taels the next morning, leaving Huang Chao confident that he had been frightened into compliance.

• Lu Chen cut meat from the wild boar, and while carrying it back, he unlocked Full of Strength and raised it to minor mastery.
• Lu Chen returned home, reassured Lu Tang and Lu Ming, and learned that a Green Bamboo Gang man had been looking around their house.
• Lu Chen went to confront Huang Chao, who demanded fifteen taels for Li Feng’s debt and threatened Lu Chen’s siblings and home.
• Lu Chen hid his anger and acted frightened, then agreed to pay Huang Chao the next morning.

Lu Chen secretly killed Huang Chao and disposed of his body, then prepared to leave for Shahu County before the Green Bamboo Gang discovered what had happened. After holding class and collecting a small Fate Value settlement, he set out with silver and stones.

• Lu Chen followed Huang Chao to Teng Jun's house, confirmed he was alone, and returned home to reassure Lu Ming and Lu Tang.
• In the middle of the night, Lu Chen broke into the house and killed Huang Chao, earning 60 Fate Value.
• Lu Chen searched Huang Chao's belongings, took his silver and IOU, and dumped the wounded corpse over a cliff.
• The next morning, Lu Chen checked his status and decided to act before the Green Bamboo Gang reacted to Huang Chao's disappearance.
• Lu Chen held class for five more students, announced a day off, and received an interim settlement of 5 Fate Value.
• Lu Chen asked Lu Xiande about the county town and left for Shahu County with his silver and stones.

Lu Chen gathered information about Cheng Datou, prepared weapons and supplies, and gained Fate points by giving buns to a beggar named Zhao Mancang. After upgrading his throwing and strength skills, he waited outside Cheng Datou’s house and prepared to attack late at night.

• Lu Chen learned that Cheng Datou was a Green Bamboo Gang leader’s subordinate who wielded a large saber, then bought weapons and supplies for a planned ambush.
• Lu Chen gave steamed buns to a beggar, and the system awarded him 10 Fate points after changing Zhao Mancang’s fate.
• Lu Chen spent Fate points to raise Throwing and Abundant Strength to greater mastery and added a point to Thrusting.
• Lu Chen spotted Cheng Datou eating with a middle-aged woman at his house, then hid nearby and waited for night to deepen.
• Lu Chen watched until the house had been dark for a long time and the woman had left, then decided it was time to act.

Lu Chen overheard Huang Sangu and Cheng Datou discuss the Flying Eagle Horse Gang, then killed them after realizing they were trafficking women and children. He stole money, Green Bamboo Gang items, and a saber manual, and discovered that Huang Sangu’s death had earned him a point of Luck Value.

• Lu Chen hid when Huang Sangu arrived at Cheng Datou’s courtyard and overheard them discuss the Flying Eagle Horse Gang’s ransom demands and threat to the Green Bamboo Gang’s business.
• Lu Chen realized Cheng Datou and Huang Sangu were trafficking women and children, then attacked them with lime and a dagger, killing Cheng Datou and striking Huang Sangu with stones until she died.
• The system announced that Cheng Datou’s death gave Lu Chen 90 Fate Value and Huang Sangu’s death gave him 50 Fate Value and 1 Luck Value.
• Lu Chen searched the room and took 80 taels of silver, 500 taels in banknotes, Green Bamboo Gang clothing and a token, and the Ox-Cleaving Saber Technique manual.
• Lu Chen removed his traces, climbed over the wall, and waited for the town gates to open.

After reaching the Copper Skin realm, Lu Chen spent the morning buying medicinal supplies, weapons, books, food, and gifts for his siblings and the people who had helped him. He left the county town at noon with an ox cart loaded with his purchases.

• Lu Chen studied the Ox-Cleaving Saber Technique, practiced its nine forms, and merged it with his Chopping skill.
• Lu Chen spent 40 Destiny Points to advance to the Copper Skin realm and tested his tougher skin.
• Lu Chen bought medicinal bath herbs and nourishing ingredients for Lu Ming and Lu Tang, along with household goods, clothes, school supplies, and gifts for relatives and villagers.
• Lu Chen bought bows and arrows, then purchased a roast chicken and sheep for his siblings and Uncle Teng Yue's family.
• Lu Chen finished shopping by noon and set off from the county town in an ox cart.

Lu Chen brought home gifts and livestock for Lu Tang and Lu Ming, repaid villagers who had helped him, and considered how to prepare for the gangs tracing the deaths around him. In the county town, Wang Bao investigated the killings and feared the Green Bamboo Gang was caught between the Flying Eagle Horse Gang and the Black Pole Gang.

• Lu Chen returned to Qingshan Village with three pregnant ewes, gifts, and supplies, then gave Lu Tang and Lu Ming clothes, a dagger, books, and two goats.
• Lu Chen gave the third goat to Teng Yue and Teng Chuan, then visited Second Grandpa, Lu Xiande, and other villagers to thank them for their help.
• As Lu Tang and Lu Ming enjoyed their gifts, Lu Chen worried that the Green Bamboo Gang would connect him to Lu San, Lu Si, and Huang Chao, and he learned that Luck Value could raise an entry's limit or fuse entries.
• Wang Bao heard that Cheng Datou, his underlings, and Huang Sangu had died, while investigators found signs suggesting the Flying Eagle Horse Gang might be involved.
• Wang Bao learned that Huang Chao had gone to collect a debt in the countryside and ordered Qian Gui to question him when he returned, fearing the Black Pole Gang would exploit the turmoil.

Lu Chen investigated Shahu County’s gangs, killed Great Whale Gang enforcer Lin San, and framed the Green Bamboo Gang for the murder before setting fire to the Canal Gang headquarters. He returned to Qingshan Village to teach, planning to keep causing trouble anonymously.

• Lu Chen gathered information about Shahu County’s officials and gangs, then chose Lin San as his next target.
• Lu Chen killed Lin San, staged the death as a drunken accident, and left a scrap of clothing to implicate the Green Bamboo Gang.
• Lu Chen set a delayed fire in Lin San’s room, collected 65 Fate Points, and raised his total to 176.
• Lu Chen made three firebombs, attacked the Canal Gang headquarters, and dropped Lin San’s gang tag along his escape route.
• Lu Chen returned to Qingshan Village with meat buns, ready to resume teaching.

Lu Chen gained a teaching skill and continued framing the county gangs to keep them occupied. After staging attacks on the Great Whale Gang and the Green Bamboo Gang, he returned home with a large haul and 260 Fate Points, ready to improve his Ox-Cleaving Saber Technique.

• Lu Chen gained the Teaching the Way and Imparting Knowledge skill, which improved his students’ learning, and received six Fate Points after changing the fates of thirty-four people.
• Lu Chen heard that the Great Whale Gang, Green Bamboo Gang, and Canal Gang were blaming one another for murders and arson, and he was pleased that his framing had stirred up trouble.
• Zhang Dajing questioned his hall masters about Lin San’s death, and Sun Jian argued that the Green Bamboo Gang might be behind the incidents.
• A messenger reported that a masked attacker had burned a Great Whale Gang gambling den, killed its men, and stolen its money; Zhang Dajing blamed the Green Bamboo Gang and ordered retaliation.
• Lu Chen counted more than a thousand taels from the attack, then set a firebomb at a Green Bamboo Gang gambling den and left without causing serious damage.
• Lu Chen returned home and found that killing four people had earned him 260 Fate Points, which he could spend on his Ox-Cleaving Saber Technique.

Lu Chen advanced his Ox-Cleaving Saber Technique to the Iron Bone Realm, then spent money on gifts and taught the village children. His improved teaching made the children feel unusually clever, while the gangs blamed one another for the recent attacks and began plotting against the Green Bamboo Gang.

• Lu Chen used 200 Fate Value to reach the Iron Bone Realm, tested his strength by lifting a wooden bed, and prepared gifts for the village children.
• Wang Hu ordered the Green Bamboo Gang to investigate the fires and Cheng Datou's death as the Great Whale Gang and Canal Gang also prepared to exploit the gang's troubles.
• Lu Chen gave every child in class the Four Treasures of the Study and taught a lesson that the children found much easier to understand and remember.
• The children told their families they might be geniuses, and Lu Huaiyi allowed them to keep Lu Chen's gifts while ordering them to respect him as their teacher.
• Lu Chen praised Lu Tang's learning and promised her a chicken leg, then sensed someone waiting when he returned home.

Lu Chen faced Qian Gui and Green Bamboo Gang members, who were searching for the missing Huang Chao. After Qian Gui saw that Lu Chen’s IOU lacked the gang’s repayment mark, he suspected Lu Chen had taken it from Huang Chao and hurried away to report to the Gang Leader.

• Lu Ming gave Lu Chen stones and tried to lead Lu Tang away, but Qian Gui’s men blocked them.
• Qian Gui questioned Lu Chen about Huang Chao, who had disappeared after coming to collect a debt.
• Lu Chen showed Qian Gui the IOU, which had no Green Bamboo Gang mark confirming repayment.
• Qian Gui pretended everything was normal, then ran with his men once they were out of sight of Qingshan Village.
• Qian Gui warned his men that Lu Chen might be connected to Huang Chao’s disappearance, Cheng Datou’s death, and other recent incidents.