Chapter Summaries

Xu Xinlan was forced by the Xu family into marrying the dissolute Golden Core True Person Wang, despite her loyalty to Wang Chen. As she was carried to the Wang Clan, the wedding sedan stopped amid a sudden commotion, leaving her facing an unknown change.

• Xu Xinlan refused her sister-in-law's demand that she marry True Person Wang and recalled how the Xu family had abandoned her when she needed help.
• Xu Xinlan packed her valuables to flee, but her Fifth Uncle arrived and immobilized her with his cultivation.
• The Xu family seized Xu Xinlan's home and shops, confined her, and sealed her Mana.
• Two days later, Xu Xinlan was dressed in a bridal gown and sent by sedan to the Wang Clan.
• The sedan stopped amid a commotion, and someone abruptly lifted its curtain.

Du Jiuniang arrived in Myriad Spirit City as an emissary from the Haotian Upper Realm and rescued Xu Xinlan, delivering a message and gift from Wang Chen. After Du Jiuniang secured Xu Xinlan’s safety and punished those who had harmed her, Xu Xinlan settled into the West Sea Sect and devoted herself to cultivation, hopeful that Wang Chen still remembered her.

• Du Jiuniang descended into Myriad Spirit City, freed Xu Xinlan from the bridal sedan, and restored her cultivation and movement.
• Du Jiuniang gave Xu Xinlan a Storage Bag and letter from Wang Chen, confirming he was alive and had not forgotten her.
• Xu Xinlan told Du Jiuniang how the Xu Clan had sealed her cultivation and arranged her marriage to True Person Wang.
• Du Jiuniang took Xu Xinlan to the West Sea Sect, whose leader granted her a true inheritance Cave Mansion and the treatment of a true inheritance disciple.
• The West Sea Sect punished the Xu Clan elders who had plotted against Xu Xinlan, and True Person Wang disappeared from Myriad Spirit City.
• After reading Wang Chen’s letter, Xu Xinlan sold her residence and shops, moved into the sect with her maid, and devoted herself to cultivation.

Wang Chen spent a month studying fourth-rank Daoist texts in Green Hill’s Library Pavilion before leaving with new knowledge and another debt to the Fox Queen. Back at the Xuan You Immortal Mansion, Bai Susu confronted him for returning without Spirit Stones or food.

• Little Bell delivered Wang Chen a meal, and he gave her a puppet bird as a gift.
• Wang Chen studied the Xuan Yuan Nascent Soul Book and learned that his purple Nascent Soul still had flaws that could be corrected through tempering.
• During his month in the Library Pavilion, Wang Chen comprehended four Daoist texts suited to his cultivation and fighting style.
• The Fox Queen told Wang Chen to keep his debt of favor until she asked him to repay it, and he said he would return after Hu Jiaojiao’s twenty-year retreat.
• Bai Susu asked Wang Chen how many Spirit Stones he had brought back, then accused him of returning empty-handed while the household was nearly out of food.

Wang Chen took Yuan Yuan on a jade-gambling journey through immortal cities, using her ability to find valuable treasures and build his Spirit Stone reserves. After pursuers attacked him outside a Profound grade Immortal City, he revealed his True Immortal power and wiped them out.

• Yuan Yuan offered to help Wang Chen earn Spirit Stones by sensing treasures inside Ancient Sealed Jade, and he took her to Luodu Immortal City to test her ability.
• Wang Chen and Yuan Yuan found valuable treasures in Luodu, then traveled between more than a dozen immortal cities, selling their finds and increasing his Spirit Stone reserves.
• Two Magic Treasure Flying Ships pursued Wang Chen after he left a Profound grade Immortal City and attacked his Flying Ship without warning.
• Wang Chen evaded the first strike, crushed the attackers’ Flying Swords and Magic Tools, and summoned divine lightning to devastate their forces.
• Wang Chen killed the remaining Golden Core cultivators, destroyed both Flying Ships, collected the pursuers’ Storage Bags and Sumeru Rings, and left.

As Wang Chen struggled to prove truth, memories from his Previous Life threatened to become a heart demon, and the Primordial Dao Stele suddenly consumed his Heavenly Merit. He woke up as his sixteen-year-old self in his Previous Life, with his cultivation and treasures gone, and confirmed he had returned to that time.

• After returning to the Xuan You Immortal Mansion, Wang Chen handed Bai Susu the Spirit Stones he had earned, and she rewarded him and Yuan Yuan.
• Wang Chen studied the "Xuan Yuan Nascent Soul Book" but could not resolve the karma of his Previous Life, and his memories began to form a heart demon.
• The Primordial Dao Stele illuminated Wang Chen's Divine Soul as his Heavenly Merit rapidly vanished, and his consciousness sank into chaos.
• Wang Chen awoke in a high school classroom as his sixteen-year-old self and left after Teacher Zhang scolded him.
• Wang Chen went to an internet cafe and used familiar sights and sensations to confirm he had returned to his Previous Life with his memories intact but all his cultivation and treasures gone.

After returning to 2012, Wang Chen called his mother and resolved to change the course of his high-school years. He planned to improve his grades and eventually leave the crowded dormitory, with the citywide annual exams a month away.

• Wang Chen concluded that he had returned to his original world to settle regrets and sever earthly ties.
• Wang Chen returned to No. 5 High School and called his mother, who transferred him one thousand yuan.
• Wang Chen encountered Jiang Zhiqiang and reflected on his strained relationships with his roommates.
• Wang Chen decided to move out of the dormitory and focus on the annual exams, which could earn him a fee waiver or a transfer of his school registration.

Wang Chen assessed how easily he could catch up in his first year of high school and began using his powerful memory to study while considering how to regain strength in a world without spiritual energy. During an afternoon math lesson, Zhang Yan called on him to solve a problem, setting up a test of Wang Chen’s changed abilities.

• Wang Chen reviewed his academic strengths and planned to focus on subjects that needed more work, relying on his exceptional memory for memorization-heavy classes.
• Wang Chen concluded that cultivation was impossible in this Spirit-Deprived Plane and resolved to find another path to strength before worrying about making money.
• Wang Chen returned to his isolated seat in Class 15 and used his photographic memory and multitasking ability to memorize his Chinese textbook while listening to politics class.
• Zhang Yan replaced the scheduled physical education class with mathematics, and Wang Chen reflected on how the teacher had treated him as a poor, outsider student.
• Zhang Yan wrote a problem on the blackboard and called on Wang Chen to answer it as the class watched expectantly.

Wang Chen calmly solved Zhang Yan’s difficult classroom problem, then joined Xiao Xudong for an overnight internet café visit. While revisiting his Legend Private Server account, he decided to sell it eventually and found a rare Blessing Oil as he trained his Divine Beast.

• Zhang Yan called on Wang Chen to solve a difficult problem, and Wang Chen wrote a complete, correct solution without receiving any praise.
• After class, Xiao Xudong congratulated Wang Chen and invited him to spend the night at an internet café; Wang Chen accepted.
• Xiao Xudong paid for their computers and drinks, while Wang Chen logged into his Legend Private Server account and estimated its value for a future sale.
• Wang Chen trained his level 40 Taoist’s Divine Beast in Venomous Snake Valley, where a tiger snake dropped a Blessing Oil.
• Wang Chen collected the Blessing Oil and headed toward Zuma Temple with his Divine Beast, which had reached level 5.

Wang Chen obtained a top-grade Blade of the Ruined King with three rare bonus attributes and announced that he was selling it. After a moment of reunion with the excitement of his younger self, he searched through the flood of offers and messages for a genuine buyer.

• Wang Chen defeated a top-grade Zuma Guard on the fourth floor and collected the Blade of the Ruined King before a nearby Mage could take it.
• The Mage pushed Wang Chen back and attacked, but Wang Chen’s magic evasion nullified the spell; Wang Chen poisoned the Mage and teleported to the Earth City safe zone.
• Wang Chen inspected the Blade of the Ruined King and saw that it had Accuracy +1, Strength +1, Attack Speed +1, and 38 durability.
• Wang Chen’s consciousness briefly split between his Nascent Soul True Immortal self and his younger high-school self before fusing again.
• Wang Chen announced the weapon’s attributes in a world shout, then read the flood of offers, private messages, insults, and taunts for a genuine buyer.

Wang Chen sold a valuable game item for 50,000 yuan, then sold his character and bought high school study materials as he committed to focusing on school. The next morning, he left No. 5 High School to begin putting his plans into action, including renting an apartment and moving out of the dormitory.

• Wang Chen sold his Blade of the Ruined King to Little Shrimp for 50,000 yuan and confirmed the transfer had gone through.
• Wang Chen used his telekinetic power to pull a can of cola into his hand, then told Xiao Xudong he would treat him to barbecue.
• Wang Chen listed his Taoist character on the trading platform, sold it, and bought supplementary study materials for all three years of high school.
• Wang Chen treated Xiao Xudong to barbecue and told him he would spend more time studying instead of staying up at internet cafés.
• Wang Chen returned to the school dormitory, then left No. 5 High School the next morning to pursue plans made possible by his new funds.

Wang Chen bought a bicycle and a new Meizu phone, then rented a house in Old Shangma Village. He left the house locked, planning to use it as his home in the provincial capital for the next two years.

• Wang Chen bought a used 28-inch Phoenix roadster for three hundred yuan.
• Wang Chen bought a Meizu MX Quad-core 32GB phone and traded his old phone for a phone mount.
• Wang Chen rode to Shangma Village and asked a real estate agent to find him a house in the old village.
• Wang Chen rented a rural house from an elderly landlord for one thousand yuan a month, with use of the vegetable plot and no deposit.
• Wang Chen inspected the house, enjoyed the view from its rooftop terrace, and put a new lock on the front gate.

Wang Chen settled into his new residence, bought study guides, and encouraged Jiang Zhiqiang to use them. When Xiao Xudong called for help, Wang Chen found him being extorted and beat the three bullies who had cornered him, then left with Xiao Xudong.

• Wang Chen brought his newly purchased study guides to the dormitory and told Jiang Zhiqiang he could borrow them.
• Wang Chen went to eat Yangzhou fried rice with Jiang Zhiqiang, then returned to the dorm and began studying.
• Xiao Xudong called Wang Chen and asked to borrow two hundred yuan, so Wang Chen hurried to the internet cafe alley where he was being surrounded by three boys.
• Wang Chen realized the boys were extorting Xiao Xudong over an alleged cheating incident and knocked all three down when they threatened him.
• Wang Chen took Xiao Xudong away and told him he had recorded the confrontation on his phone.

After Wang Chen defeated several punks, Xiao Xudong admired him and asked to learn martial arts, but Wang Chen told him to build his body first. The next morning, Wang Chen trained his newly awakened spiritual energy while running, discovering a path to extraordinary strength in a world without spiritual energy.

• Xiao Xudong praised Wang Chen for defeating the three punks and asked him to teach him martial arts.
• Wang Chen agreed to teach Xiao Xudong basic self-defense after he gained weight and began exercising, but Xiao Xudong balked at the required early-morning runs.
• Wang Chen recalled that Xiao Xudong would later attend a private university, work at a state-owned enterprise, and raise two children, so he did not plan to change his friend's life.
• Wang Chen got up before dawn and ran laps, using his Divine Soul to circulate power through his body and erase his fatigue.
• Wang Chen completed twenty laps, ate a large breakfast, returned to the dormitory, and began studying for the new week.

Wang Chen continued rapidly mastering his studies and developing his First-Ring psychic energy before answering a threat from the vocational school student he had previously beaten. He met the student and four sports school students in an alley, where they demanded he kneel and apologize.

• Wang Chen used his Super Memory and Divine Soul to make rapid academic progress while experimenting with psychic energy to strengthen his body and control objects.
• Wang Chen developed several psychic-energy techniques and classified psychic energy into ranks from First Ring to Ninth Ring, placing himself at First Ring.
• Xiao Xudong told Wang Chen that a group had summoned him to the alley behind Xinxin Internet Cafe, and Wang Chen went there alone.
• Wang Chen recognized the vocational school student from their previous fight and saw that he had brought four sports school students, three carrying baseball bats.
• A sports school student demanded that Wang Chen kneel, kowtow, and let the vocational school student slap him, while the others moved to surround him.

Wang Chen defeated the five students who ambushed him, then returned home and sensed the vast Cosmic Energy surrounding the world. He began cultivating the Shangxuan Shenyuan Scripture, leaving his power and curiosity about Cosmic Energy still growing.

• Wang Chen disarmed one sports school student and swiftly beat all five attackers, frightening them into submission.
• Wang Chen returned the baseball bat and left the alley after warning the students not to challenge him again.
• Wang Chen’s spiritual energy advanced to the second ring as he left the school with Xiao Xudong and went home to Shangma Village.
• Wang Chen sensed Cosmic Energy with his spiritual energy but avoided touching it because he lacked the ability to control it.
• Wang Chen withdrew his exhausted spiritual energy and began his daily cultivation of the Shangxuan Shenyuan Scripture.

After the final exams, Wang Chen prepared to return home with the outstanding report card he expected to earn. As teachers began marking the papers, Zhang Yan discovered that Wang Chen had scored a perfect mark in math and refused to believe it.

• Wang Chen finished the nine citywide exams and told Xiao Xudong he planned to go home after receiving his report card.
• Wang Chen stayed out of the class's autograph exchanges and gatherings as students anticipated being assigned to new classes next term.
• Teachers began cross-marking the exams, and Zhang Yan found a math paper with a perfect score.
• The teachers identified the student as Wang Chen, and Zhang Yan insisted the score was impossible because Wang Chen had previously performed poorly in math.

Wang Chen scored 1,018 on the final exam, placing first in his grade and twenty-seventh in the city, stunning his teachers and classmates. As his classmates questioned his sudden improvement and learned he had earned full marks in mathematics, Wang Chen remained focused on moving into an experimental class next semester.

• The teachers calculated Wang Chen's exam total as 1,018, and they realized he had outscored every Grade One student at No. 5 High School.
• Zhang Yan doubted Wang Chen's result and tried to change the subject when another teacher raised the possibility of transferring Wang Chen's student registration.
• Zhang Yan scolded Class 15 before handing out report cards, and Wang Chen saw that he ranked first in his class and grade and twenty-seventh in the city.
• Xiao Xudong announced Wang Chen's score to the class, prompting stunned classmates to gather around and inspect his report card.
• The school distributed exam papers and class selection forms, and Wang Chen lent his full-mark mathematics paper to a classmate who asked to see it.

After proving his academic ability with near-perfect scores on reserve exams, Wang Chen earned the grade director’s trust, scholarships, and a promise of support toward transferring his student registration. He left school early and traveled to Muzhou, where his father worked.

• Director Zhao summoned Wang Chen over doubts about his final exam results, and Wang Chen offered to retake reserve papers.
• Wang Chen scored 150 in math and 149 in English under the supervision of Director Zhao and two teachers.
• Director Zhao waived Wang Chen’s nonresident tuition for the next semester and promised to apply for a student registration transfer if Wang Chen placed in the top ten on the second-year placement exam.
• Director Zhao offered to return Wang Chen’s 30,000 yuan in nonresident tuition if he placed among the city’s top fifty in the next first-semester finals, and approved his request to leave before the school-year summary meeting.
• Wang Chen received his scholarship and certificates, packed his luggage, and took a high-speed train to Muzhou the next morning.

Wang Chen returned to Muzhou and reunited with his father, Wang Zhenghai, while reflecting on the family hardships he had once failed to understand. He showed Wang Zhenghai his outstanding exam results and scholarship, leaving his father and colleagues stunned and delighted.

• Wang Chen took a taxi to Guangyuan Building and called Wang Zhenghai to say he was waiting downstairs.
• Wang Zhenghai hurried out to greet Wang Chen, took his suitcase, and brought him to the company cafeteria for lunch.
• Wang Chen gave Wang Zhenghai his report card, which showed first place in his grade and twenty-seventh place in the city.
• Wang Zhenghai's colleagues gathered to admire Wang Chen's results and congratulate his father.
• Wang Chen showed everyone his merit certificates and fifteen thousand yuan in prize money, then explained that the school would refund his thirty-thousand-yuan transfer fee as a scholarship.

Wang Chen returned home after winning a major scholarship and celebrated with his parents and younger siblings. He planned to return to the provincial capital after a week to study, improve his strength, and build a better future for his family.

• Wang Zhenghai returned Wang Chen's scholarship money to him and took him home to Wen County.
• Wang Chen showed Wang's Mother his exam results and shared an affectionate reunion with her.
• Wang Chen picked up Wang Hao and Wang Yu from school and bought them a Transformers set and a Barbie doll.
• Wang Chen told Wang's Mother he planned to return to the provincial capital after a week and take the college entrance examination the following year.
• After a week at home, Wang Chen returned to the provincial capital with food from his mother and went to visit his uncle.