Chapter Summaries

Chi Yu returned to the mainland in 1976 after building power and wealth in Hong Kong, intending to pursue the Master of the Courtyard mission. At Shenzhen-Hong Kong, he reunited with his second uncle, Wang Zheng, who had come to welcome him.

• Chi Yu arranged for Chris to become Hong Kong Governor, oversaw a nuclear test that made the Unfallen Country a nuclear power, and returned to Hong Kong with Kui Long.
• Chi Yu celebrated New Year's Eve with his family in 1965, then learned that Wang Zheng had been detained amid the mainland's political turmoil.
• Ten years later, Chi Yu sailed from Hong Kong to Shenzhen-Hong Kong with his family, planning to return to the Courtyard Compound.
• Wang Zheng waited at the harbor and greeted Chi Yu, who recognized his second uncle and embraced him.

Chi Yu returned to Beijing with Wang Zheng and learned that Wang Zheng had never recovered from the loss of Li Xiumei, before promising him a shipment of weapons. After Wang Zheng collected the weapons, Chi Yu returned to the Courtyard Compound and found his home stripped bare, then decided to leave again for the Military Family Compound.

• Chi Yu asked Wang Zheng why he had stayed single, and Wang Zheng revealed his memories of Li Xiumei and the uniform and photograph he had kept.
• Chi Yu told Wang Zheng to pick up a shipment of weapons in Shenzhen-Hong Kong the next day, then left him guessing about the gift.
• Wang Zheng led a large convoy to Shenzhen-Hong Kong and found thousands of guards escorting a cargo ship loaded with weapons.
• Chi Yu returned to Courtyard No. 129 with Qin Huairu and Lou XiaoE, where First Auntie recognized him as Wang Cheng and the news spread through the compound and factory.
• Chi Yu found that the courtyard residents had taken the furniture and belongings from his house, so he chose to return to the Military Family Compound.

Chi Yu completed the Courtyard Compound mission and spent decades accompanying his family as the world changed around him. After Qin Huairu’s death and Wang Zi’s novel prompted him to understand how the final mission worked, he completed all missions and eventually left the world, waking in the Primordial Universe.

• Chi Yu witnessed national milestones, handled the Hong Kong handover, and inherited Wang Zheng’s home after arranging for him to be buried beside Li Xiumei.
• In 1986, Chi Yu received confirmation that he had completed Mission ③: Master of the Courtyard and continued living with Qin Huairu and Lou XiaoE.
• In 1997, Qin Huairu died, and Wang Zi’s novel about the Courtyard Compound helped Chi Yu realize that her mission began and ended with a book, completing Mission ①.
• Lou XiaoE and Lisa Anna later died, and Chi Yu stayed with Lisa Anna until the end of her life.
• In 2002, Chi Yu left the world, and he woke up in the Primordial Universe.

Chi Yu used his power to turn Sakura Country’s nuclear sewage back against its leaders, shrines, and the International Atomic Energy Agency, then condensed it into a harmless black pearl. He gave the Nuclear Pearl to Lin Tong, but she rejected it as ugly.

• Chi Yu learned that the Data Central Hub’s location was only narrowed down to the southern coast, then reunited with Lin Tong after she knocked on his door.
• After seeing news that Sakura Country was discharging nuclear sewage, Chi Yu sent a thread of Rule Realm power to redirect it inland.
• The nuclear sewage bypassed ordinary people and destroyed the nuclear power plant, the Imperial Palace, the Prime Minister’s Residence, parliament, and shrines.
• Sakura News Agency reported the strange disaster, and a Water Dragon later destroyed the International Atomic Energy Agency building.
• One month later, the remaining sewage became a black pearl and returned to Chi Yu, who offered the harmless Nuclear Pearl to Lin Tong; she handed it back because it was ugly.

After a year of waiting, Chi Yu received a mission to enter the Game Xing Tian world and transmigrated into the frail, indebted Zhang Ze. He dealt with Zhang Ze’s loan sharks, prepared a Game Pod, and waited for the game’s open beta.

• Chi Yu spent a year with Lin Tong while the Data Central Hub remained silent, then received five missions in the Game Xing Tian world.
• Chi Yu activated the traversal mission and arrived in Zhang Ze’s body, learning that Zhang Ze had died after becoming addicted to X gas and borrowing money.
• When loan sharks demanded repayment, Chi Yu used the Support Gift Pack’s Constitution Potion and defeated the thugs.
• Chi Yu learned the loan’s principal was fifty thousand and gave the thugs sixty thousand before sending them away.
• Chi Yu researched Xing Tian, had Extreme Dao produce a Game Pod, and waited for the open beta.

Chi Yu entered Xing Tian as Qing Chen, accidentally skipped race selection, and used his promotion gifts to become the Poison Ancestor with overwhelming poison abilities. He left the Newbie Village wearing stolen clothes, unaware his class could not equip gear, while the NPC he robbed raised the alarm.

• Chi Yu entered Xing Tian late, named his character Qing Chen, and was sent into the game without choosing a race.
• Players mocked Chi Yu for appearing naked, so he fled behind a thatched cottage in the Newbie Village.
• Chi Yu opened his promotion gifts, gained the Myriad Manifestations Poison Body, Myriad Manifestations Return to Poison, and Fatal Poison Master, and fused them.
• Chi Yu discovered he had become the supreme Poison Ancestor, with immense attributes, poison immunity, and an area attack, but leveling required vastly more experience.
• Chi Yu stole a patched hemp robe from a courtyard, and its bearded NPC discovered the theft and shouted for help.

Chi Yu entered the higher-level monster areas and used his Poison Domain to kill the Kui Dragon, earning a first-kill title and a server-wide announcement. As capital conglomerates began searching for him, he reached a lake and heard a little girl cry for help.

• Chi Yu traveled to the level 10–20 monster area, where his Poison Domain instantly killed a herd of wild boars and left treasure chests behind.
• Chi Yu entered the Intermediate Wild Monster Area and let his Poison Domain kill waves of monsters until the Kui Dragon appeared.
• Chi Yu weakened the Kui Dragon with Myriad Manifestations Return to Poison, then finished it with a kick and received the BOSS First Kill title and other rewards.
• Chi Yu learned that the experience from the kill carried the Data Central Hub's aura, then ignored the system prompt to hide his IP.
• The game announced Qing Chen's first kill of a chief BOSS, prompting capital conglomerates to seek, recruit, or eliminate him.
• Chi Yu reached a lake and followed the sound of a little girl calling for help.

Chi Yu accepted and completed a hidden quest by escorting Chi Ling to Tianfu Town, where he delivered her letter to Lin Yue and received rewards. He suspected the quest served a Witch Clan plan, then left town to continue leveling and pondered why the game was entering reality.

• Chi Yu exposed the staged wolf attack, killed the Wind Wolves with his Poison Domain, and accepted the hidden quest to escort Chi Ling and deliver her letter to Lin Yue.
• Chi Yu carried Chi Ling to Tianfu Town and handed the letter to a guard, who brought it to Lin Yue.
• Lin Yue praised Chi Yu, and the quest rewarded him with experience, the Dragon Sunflower Blade, and favorability with Chi Ling and the Witch Clan.
• Chi Yu deduced that Lin Yue might be a Witch Clan spy and that the letter likely concerned the clan’s plans, but he left town without pursuing the matter.
• Chi Yu continued leveling and learned from his system that he had leveled up, then questioned why the game was entering reality.

Chi Yu returned to reality after the game forced him to log off, dealt with Zhang Ze’s drug-dealing coworker Xu Xu, and went back into the game the next morning. He tracked a hidden monster in the Intermediate Wild Monster Area and confronted the boss Lie Kui.

• The game forced Chi Yu to log off after eight hours, and he woke in Zhang Ze’s home, where he cooked himself dinner.
• Xu Xu arrived with drugs and barged in to eat Chi Yu’s noodles; Chi Yu rejected his offer and kicked him out.
• Chi Yu agreed to Extreme Dao’s offer to make Xu Xu disappear, and Xu Xu was killed in a truck collision that left his identity an unsolved mystery.
• The next morning, Chi Yu re-entered the game and ran to the Ox Horn Domain, where he followed a roar and used Myriad Manifestations Return to Poison on a hidden creature.
• Chi Yu identified the wounded creature as the level-appropriate boss Lie Kui and charged at it with his Azure Rank dagger.

Chi Yu killed Lie Kui, gained the Spirit Transformation ability and other rewards, then stayed on Bull Horn Domain Grassland to grind through four waves of red-name Black Ox. After reaching level 13, he finished playing cards with Extreme Dao and dismissed him.

• Chi Yu chased down Lie Kui and killed him, receiving Spirit Transformation, a Ghostly Cloak, the Demon Slaughtering Divine Sword, and other rewards.
• Chi Yu tested Spirit Transformation, found it could conceal him for one minute with a thirty-minute cooldown, and decided it might help against powerful enemies.
• Four waves of red-name Elite Black Ox appeared after Lie Kui's death, and Chi Yu killed them all with his Poison Domain while gaining levels.
• Chi Yu and Extreme Dao played Landlord as the Black Ox waves charged around them, and Chi Yu reached level 13 when the attacks ended.
• Chi Yu refused to play another round, accused Extreme Dao of cheating, and told him to leave.

After logging off, Chi Yu went out for barbecue, where he brushed off a scammer before surviving a sports car collision without a scratch. He met the driver, Li Jie, and learned she was the granddaughter of Dragon Glory Capital’s chairman.

• Chi Yu spent five more hours hunting ordinary monsters, then logged off before the anti-addiction limit and went out to eat skewers.
• At a barbecue restaurant, a fat man tried to scam Chi Yu with a fake leveling guide, but Chi Yu had his food packed and the staff threw the man outside.
• The fat man followed Chi Yu, who was soon struck from behind by Li Jie’s out-of-control white sports car.
• Chi Yu stopped the car and emerged unharmed, astonishing Li Jie, the bystanders, and the fat man, who fled in fright.
• Chi Yu and Li Jie went to a nearby coffee shop, where they introduced themselves and Chi Yu learned she was the granddaughter of Dragon Glory Capital’s chairman.

Chi Yu’s Poison Domain killed the level 35 Savage Bull, which the game identified as the Newbie Village Guardian, while he cleared monsters elsewhere. Slaying Heaven and his party found the poisoned corpse and realized an unknown poison-related player had killed it.

• Li Jie entered the game hoping Chi Yu would add her as a friend, then joined Slaying Heaven’s party as they spotted a level 35 Savage Bull in a mountain hollow.
• Slaying Heaven led the party in attacking the Savage Bull, but its powerful stomps killed several teammates and forced the survivors to flee.
• The Savage Bull chased Slaying Heaven until it suddenly collapsed and died, leaving a treasure chest glowing with Azure Light.
• Li Jie identified the Savage Bull’s discoloration and other signs as evidence of poison, and the party speculated that an unknown player with a poison-related talent had killed it.
• Chi Yu received notifications that he had killed the Newbie Village Guardian and gained experience, Human Clan Hatred, a Guardian Badge, and a Blue Rank Guardian Sword.

Chi Yu accidentally killed the Newbie Village Guardian beast, gained control of the Human Clan Novice Instance, and entered it on Nightmare difficulty to farm experience. While Slaying Heaven’s group divided the guardian’s treasure chest, Chi Yu rapidly leveled up inside the instance and encountered a Kui Dragon.

• Chi Yu’s Poison Domain killed the Savage Bull, raising him to level 18 and granting him the Guardian Badge and Guardian Sword.
• Little Dao and Extreme Dao explained that the badge gave Chi Yu authority to set instance rewards and that his Human Clan Hatred came from accelerating the game’s progression.
• Chi Yu used the Guardian Badge, entered the Human Clan Novice Instance, and selected Nightmare difficulty.
• Slaying Heaven claimed the Azure Light Treasure Chest after waiting for its owner, then gave the Spirit Transformation Umbrella to Li Jie and shared the other Azure Rank gear with the group.
• A spy reported the chest and its rewards to a burly boss, who decided to wait for a chance to seize them by scheming.
• Chi Yu reached level 26 by clearing the instance and froze when a Kui Dragon appeared at a dark pool.

Chi Yu cleared the dungeon by defeating Kui Dragon, the Twin Lynxes, and the Xing Tian Avatar with his Poison Domain and Myriad Manifestations Return to Poison. After Xing Tian’s phantom congratulated him on completing the trial, Chi Yu was left with three treasure chests.

• Kui Dragon transformed into a red-named BOSS, but Chi Yu endured his attacks and defeated him with Myriad Manifestations Return to Poison.
• Two BOSS Twin Lynxes appeared, and Chi Yu killed them with the same divine ability after they transformed into red-named status.
• Chi Yu learned that killing every dungeon BOSS within ten minutes had triggered the final mechanism and summoned the Xing Tian Avatar.
• The Xing Tian Avatar used Tremble and Destruction, but Chi Yu survived, drained his health with poison, and beat him while scolding him for calling Chi Yu an ant.
• Xing Tian’s phantom congratulated Chi Yu on completing the trial and vanished, leaving three treasure chests on the ground.

Chi Yu cleared the level 10–30 instance, reached level 45, and opened it to Human Clan players with adjusted entry rules and rewards. As players flocked to the new instance, he contacted Li Jie under the name Qing Chen and invited her to join him.

• Chi Yu’s repeated boss kills raised him from level 26 to 45, while Qing Chen received first-clear rewards and was announced across the server.
• The level 45 Qing Chen appeared atop the rankings, prompting investment groups to search for him and Slaying Heaven to urge his team to level up.
• Chi Yu returned from the instance, changed its settings, removed the daily entry limit, and opened it to players level 15 and above.
• Human Clan players rushed to the instance entrance, while Li Jie received a friend request from Qing Chen and excitedly accepted it.
• Chi Yu invited Li Jie to run the instance with him, and she headed to the entrance with Xiao Xiao.

Chi Yu entered a Nightmare-difficulty party dungeon with Ruo Nan, Li Jie, Xiao Xiao, and Top-Grade Servant, then effortlessly killed monsters and bosses while the others gained levels. The party members followed behind him, stunned by his power and the rewards he dismissed as beneath him.

• Chi Yu wore the Traceless Divine Robe, drew attention at the dungeon entrance, and accepted a friend request from Ruo Nan.
• Chi Yu noticed that Ruo Nan possessed the Blood Emperor talent, praised her appearance, and joined her, Li Jie, Xiao Xiao, and Top-Grade Servant in a party.
• Chi Yu selected Nightmare difficulty without consulting the group, and the party entered the dungeon as the others worried they could not survive.
• Dungeon monsters died before reaching Chi Yu, while the party members rapidly leveled up and Ruo Nan watched in astonishment.
• Chi Yu killed two bosses and told Ruo Nan to collect their chests, saying the rewards were too pathetic for him.
• Li Jie, Xiao Xiao, and Top-Grade Servant caught up to Chi Yu and Ruo Nan, stunned by the monsters and bosses defeated along the way.

Chi Yu repeatedly cleared the Guardian Instance, carrying Li Jie, Xiao Xiao, Ruo Nan, and Top-Grade Servant through class advancement and powerful loot while rapidly leveling to 73. As the anti-addiction limit approached, other players saw the rankings and were stunned, and Slaying Heaven recognized Chi Yu as Qing Chen.

• Chi Yu defeated the Kui Dragon, Shibi, and Xing Tian Avatar in Nightmare difficulty, reaching Level 48 and helping Ruo Nan obtain four Red Rank equipment pieces and a full set of class advancement materials.
• Chi Yu led the group through five more runs, gathering four complete sets of advancement materials and raising his level to 55 while the others prepared for their class advancement quests.
• After the others left to complete their quests, Chi Yu soloed more than a hundred instances and reached Level 61, shocking the server's players on the rankings.
• Chi Yu and the group farmed together for hours, reaching Level 72 for Chi Yu and Levels 44–45 for the others, who gained Red Rank equipment sets and a hidden divine ability.
• When the other instance teams emerged, players were stunned by the top five rankings, and Slaying Heaven approached Li Jie and Xiao Xiao before recognizing Chi Yu as Qing Chen.

Chi Yu met Li Jie in person, revealed that he was Qing Chen, and ended up agreeing to start a relationship with her after she woke at his home. Back in the game, he left the low-level dungeon to hunt in northern Ox Horn Domain, reached level 75, and heard someone call out to him.

• Slaying Heaven realized Li Jie had been waiting for Chi Yu, and Chi Yu and Li Jie logged off with their group.
• Li Jie confronted Chi Yu at a coffee shop about not accepting her friend request, and he revealed that his character name was Qing Chen.
• After drinking too much, Li Jie stayed at Chi Yu’s home, then insisted he marry her the next morning; they agreed to begin as boyfriend and girlfriend.
• Chi Yu soloed the dungeon, decided its experience was too low, and traveled to northern Ox Horn Domain while Li Jie and the others entered the dungeon.
• Chi Yu killed monsters until he reached level 75, received the group’s dungeon rewards, and heard a distant voice say, “Fellow Daoist, please stay!”

Chi Yu completed Li Chang Geng’s hidden investigation chain, received a Guardian Jade Pendant, and entered the Level 60-120 Guardian Dungeon on Myth Difficulty. He defeated Tian Peng and Nezha and pressed onward through the Heavenly Palace, surprised by how long the dungeon was taking.

• Chi Yu completed the investigation quests instantly because he had already cleared the Dark River, then received rewards including a Guardian Jade Pendant and reached Level 81.
• Chi Yu used the pendant to open the Level 60-120 Guardian Dungeon and entered it on Myth Difficulty.
• Chi Yu slaughtered waves of Heavenly Soldiers and Generals, defeated Tian Peng, and obtained Thirty-Six Transformations and the Nine-Toothed Rake.
• Chi Yu fought and killed Nezha, gaining Three Heads and Six Arms and the Universe Ring and Fire Tipped Spear.
• Chi Yu continued deeper into the dungeon after noticing that the Myth Difficulty run had already lasted more than half an hour.

Chi Yu cleared the Level 120 Guardian Dungeon by defeating Haotian Avatar, then repeatedly ran it until his level reached 172. After leaving the game, he explained to Li Jie that reaching level 100 had shortened his anti-addiction limit and let him play for sixteen hours.

• Chi Yu fought through the Divine Generals in the Hall of High Heavens, leveled up to 110, and defeated Haotian Avatar after overcoming his health recovery.
• Chi Yu obtained Haotian Avatar's divine abilities and Gold Rank spirit artifacts, reached level 115, and received first-clear rewards for the Level 120 Guardian Dungeon.
• Chi Yu ignored Little Bewildered's messages, reentered the dungeon, and kept clearing it until the anti-addiction reminder stopped him at level 172.
• Chi Yu exited the game, and Li Jie demanded to know why he had stayed in the Game Pod so long.
• Chi Yu explained that surpassing level 100 shortened his anti-addiction limit and allowed him to play for sixteen hours, leaving Li Jie speechless.