Chapter Summaries

After waking in a poor household in another world, Lu Qing promised his young sister Xiao Yan that he would stay well and shared the bun she had brought home. He discovered that he could see descriptions of objects, and began testing the ability on a broken bowl.

• Lu Qing woke from his illness and learned that Xiao Yan had spent two days fearing he would die like their parents.
• Lu Qing comforted Xiao Yan and made a pinky promise that he would not get sick again.
• Xiao Yan gave Lu Qing a gray mixed grain bun from Grandpa Zhang, and he coaxed her into sharing it with him.
• Lu Qing saw a description and gray light appear over the bun.
• Lu Qing tested the strange ability on a chipped bowl and saw its description appear.

Lu Qing explored his new supernatural ability, which revealed information about objects and people, and learned that Xiao Yan was malnourished. With both of them hungry and their home out of food, he made a simple fishing rod to try to catch something.

• Lu Qing discovered that focusing on objects made them glow and display descriptions, and identified Cow Bone Grass as a medicinal herb.
• Lu Qing examined Xiao Yan and learned from the ability's description that she was malnourished.
• Xiao Yan told Lu Qing that Old Doctor Chen had treated him while he was unconscious, and Lu Qing realized the doctor had helped him survive.
• Lu Qing found that the siblings had no food and could not rely on their neglected farmland for a meal.
• Lu Qing fashioned an iron hook, hemp line, bamboo pole, and wooden float into a simple fishing rod.

After recovering from a grave illness, Lu Qing made a fishing rod and set out with Xiao Yan to catch fish for a meal. As they left the village, curious children followed to watch him fish.

• Lu Qing made a bamboo fishing rod, dug up earthworms for bait, and took a bucket with Xiao Yan.
• Aunt Wang was surprised to see Lu Qing recovered and warned him to protect his health and not enter the river.
• Lu Qing declined Aunt Wang’s offer of food and explained that he and Xiao Yan would fish from the bank.
• Villagers marveled at Lu Qing’s recovery, urged him not to touch cold water, and then let him continue when he promised to stay on shore.
• Several children followed Lu Qing and Xiao Yan toward the river to see him fish.

Lu Qing took Xiao Yan and the village children to the river and discovered that his Supernatural Ability could identify fishing spots and their grades. He chose a spot suited to small fish and began preparing to fish while the children watched from a safe distance.

• Lu Qing warned the children and Xiao Yan to stay away from the river, then surveyed the bank for a suitable place to fish.
• Lu Qing's Supernatural Ability revealed an Ordinary Fishing Spot at the bend he had chosen.
• Lu Qing found two more spots, including a Primary Fishing Spot where large fish might gather for fallen wild fruit.
• Lu Qing chose the Ordinary Fishing Spot because his simple rod, hemp line, and single hook might not withstand large fish.
• Lu Qing returned to the children, assigned A'Hu to watch them, and carried his fishing rod and bucket down toward the chosen spot.

Lu Qing used earthworms to catch a bucketful of fish, delighting the children who watched him. He returned to the village with the children carrying his catch, drawing curious villagers who wanted to learn how he had caught so many.

• Lu Qing baited his hook with a Red Earthworm and caught a White Fish at the Gray Light Spiral Fishing Spot.
• Lu Qing continued fishing, catching White Fish, other small fish, Yellow Bone Fish, and river shrimp as the children watched in excitement.
• After using nearly all his earthworms, Lu Qing stopped fishing and asked the children to help carry the full bucket back, promising to share the fish.
• Lu Qing mediated when the children argued over who would carry the bucket, and the group headed back to the village together.
• Villagers gathered to see Lu Qing's large catch, and several followed him home, curious about his fishing method.

Lu Qing shared his fish with the village children and traded more of his catch for supplies from the villagers. With food secured for himself and Xiao Yan, he began preparing their first proper meal, only to discover he had no cooking pot.

• Lu Qing gave each child a small portion of fish and told the villagers he had caught them with earthworms.
• Lu Qing asked the villagers to lend him grain, oil, and salt, promising to repay them double when he found work.
• The villagers brought Lu Qing rice, lard, salt, and flatbreads, and he gave them most of his remaining fish in return.
• Lu Qing gave Xiao Yan a piece of flatbread and started cooking rice and fish for dinner.
• Lu Qing realized the family had sold its iron pot, so he heated a flat stone and melted lard on it to cook the fish.

Lu Qing cooked salted fried fish for himself and Xiao Yan, then let her sleep after their meal. As he considered how little he knew about the world and how to support them, a person's name came to mind.

• Lu Qing fried small fish, served them with rice, and watched Xiao Yan enjoy her first filling meal in a long time.
• Lu Qing cleaned up and carried the sleepy Xiao Yan to bed, promising to take her fishing next time.
• After Xiao Yan fell asleep, Lu Qing considered what he knew about the ancient world and decided he should visit a town when he could.
• Lu Qing thought about repaying the villagers' kindness and figuring out how to use his supernatural ability, then a person's name surfaced in his mind.

Lu Qing noticed that Old Doctor Chen seemed unusually capable and hoped to learn medicine from him, but the old physician arrived before Lu Qing could plan how to approach him. While examining Lu Qing, Old Doctor Chen revealed a red glow and a cultivation status, leaving Lu Qing to question what kind of world he lived in.

• Lu Qing wondered how Old Doctor Chen could safely gather herbs in the deep mountains and considered learning medicine from him.
• Old Doctor Chen visited Lu Qing with Grandpa Zhang and examined Lu Qing's pulse as he lay in a chair.
• Lu Qing's ability showed that Chen Songqing was highly skilled in medicine and had reached Qi Refining Accomplished, Acquired Inner Organs Realm.
• Old Doctor Chen told Lu Qing and Grandpa Zhang that Lu Qing's illness had healed, though Lu Qing remained weak.
• Old Doctor Chen recalled that Lu Qing had been near death and was astonished that his illness had completely disappeared.

Lu Qing accepted Old Doctor Chen’s offer of regular acupuncture after his miraculous recovery baffled the doctor. Once Chen and Grandpa Zhang left, Lu Qing realized the doctor’s extraordinary abilities suggested he might have entered a cultivation world.

• Old Doctor Chen offered to treat Lu Qing with acupuncture every three days, and Lu Qing accepted without charge.
• Lu Qing gave Old Doctor Chen and Grandpa Zhang bowls of fish, while Grandpa Zhang worried that sharing his fishing method would leave Lu Qing and Xiao Yan with too little to eat.
• After the two old men left, Lu Qing steadied himself, relieved that he had concealed his unfamiliar identity.
• Lu Qing reconsidered his assumptions about the world after learning of Old Doctor Chen’s abilities and wondered whether it was a realm of cultivation and martial arts.

After realizing that powerful cultivators might make the world dangerous, Lu Qing took Xiao Yan to thank Old Doctor Chen and discovered that his Supernatural Ability could simulate cultivation techniques. The simulation reached fifty percent before Chen finished his fist practice, leaving Lu Qing eager for another chance to learn it.

• Lu Qing reconsidered his plans after realizing that cultivation could make the world far more dangerous for someone as weak as himself.
• Lu Qing and Xiao Yan shared shrimp porridge, then went to visit Old Doctor Chen and thank him for saving Lu Qing.
• Lu Qing watched Old Doctor Chen practice a fist art and discovered that his Supernatural Ability could simulate cultivation techniques.
• The simulation reached fifty percent before Old Doctor Chen finished practicing, and Lu Qing resolved to seek another opportunity to learn the technique.
• Xiao Yan thanked Old Doctor Chen, who explained that her crying had led him to discover Lu Qing's illness, and then she asked what he had been practicing.

Lu Qing accompanied Xiao Yan to Old Doctor Chen, who welcomed his interest in medicinal herbs and offered to teach him while helping Xiao Yan with medicinal meals. Old Doctor Chen began Lu Qing’s acupuncture, and Lu Qing fell asleep as the Old Doctor took Xiao Yan outside to make her something to eat.

• Old Doctor Chen reassured Lu Qing and Xiao Yan that his morning exercises were only a routine to loosen his old bones.
• Lu Qing recognized Cow Bone Grass in the drying herbs, and Old Doctor Chen explained its use and offered to let him help dry herbs during future acupuncture visits.
• Old Doctor Chen invited Xiao Yan to come with Lu Qing and promised to make medicinal meals to improve her frail health.
• Old Doctor Chen inserted eighteen needles into Lu Qing’s upper body and twirled the last one, leaving Lu Qing warm, relaxed, and drowsy.
• Lu Qing fell asleep, and Old Doctor Chen took Xiao Yan outside to make her something delicious.

After waking from acupuncture, Lu Qing learned that he still needed time and medicinal meals to recover, and Old Doctor Chen agreed to teach him to dry and identify herbs. The Old Doctor prepared to visit the city, then went inside after Lu Qing asked about tough silk thread for a fishing line.

• Lu Qing woke, joined Xiao Yan and Old Doctor Chen, and ate some yam cake while learning that his recovery would require continued nourishment.
• Old Doctor Chen agreed to let Lu Qing help dry medicinal herbs after future acupuncture sessions, beginning his informal instruction.
• Xiao Yan asked about the city, and Old Doctor Chen said he planned to go there that day.
• Lu Qing asked Old Doctor Chen for tough silk thread to make a stronger fishing line, and the Old Doctor went inside to look for something.

Lu Qing received a box of mysterious, exceptionally tough thread from Old Doctor Chen and resolved not to imitate the doctor's cultivation technique without permission. After returning to the village, he saw that Uncle Shi and the other villagers had successfully used his earthworm-fishing method, then brought home the fish they gave him and examined the thread.

• Old Doctor Chen gave Lu Qing tough white thread for fishing line and asked him to bring over a portion of any good catch.
• Lu Qing decided he would no longer try to imitate Old Doctor Chen's cultivation technique unless the doctor taught him himself.
• On the way back to the village, Lu Qing saw Uncle Shi and other villagers return with fish they had caught using earthworms as bait.
• The villagers offered Lu Qing fish in thanks, and he accepted a few from each before refusing to take more.
• Lu Qing returned home with Xiao Yan, put the fish in the kitchen, and opened the box to examine the mysterious thread.

Lu Qing made a new fishing rod with the precious Snow Silk Old Doctor Chen had given him, then took Xiao Yan to the river to catch fish and repay the doctor. Their usual fishing spot was crowded with villagers, so Lu Qing searched farther along the river for a new place and spotted something that caught his attention.

• Lu Qing discovered that Old Doctor Chen's Snow Silk was a red-light treasure, tested its resistance to blades and fire, and decided to use it as fishing line.
• Lu Qing made a sturdy fishing rod from old bamboo and Snow Silk, then prepared earthworms and a secret weapon for a fishing trip with Xiao Yan.
• Uncle Zhao reminded Lu Qing to keep Xiao Yan away from the water as the siblings headed to the river.
• Lu Qing found seven or eight villagers occupying his usual fishing spot and learned that fish had become harder to catch there.
• Lu Qing took Xiao Yan farther along the river, searching for a secluded fishing spot with his Supernatural Ability, and suddenly spotted something promising.

Lu Qing found a rich fishing spot, caught an enormous Azure Armor Fish, and learned that it contained a Fish Stone that might help Xiao Yan sleep peacefully. After deciding to try the Blood Apricots as bait for rare fish, he saw the float plunge just as he was about to head home.

• Lu Qing found Blood Apricot Trees beside a new fishing spot, picked their fruit, and cleared the riverbank while Xiao Yan watched.
• Lu Qing caught several small fish with earthworms, then used corn and battled a powerful fish for half an hour before landing an enormous Azure Armor Fish.
• Lu Qing learned through his Supernatural Ability that the Azure Armor Fish contained a Fish Stone that could soothe the soul and calm the mind, and hoped it might help Xiao Yan sleep.
• Lu Qing kept the fish alive in a bucket and baited his hook with a Blood Apricot to try for rare fish, but after half an hour without a bite, he decided to go home.
• As Lu Qing prepared to pack up, the float plunged beneath the water.

Lu Qing caught a rare Red Moon Carp after a struggle and learned that its nourishing flesh and medicinal scales made it a valuable gift for Old Doctor Chen. He and Xiao Yan packed up their catch and headed home, leaving the villagers stunned by the fish they had caught.

• Lu Qing withstood the hooked fish’s bursts of strength and pulled up a vivid red carp.
• Lu Qing identified it as a Red Moon Carp that might evolve into a Spirit Fish and decided to give it to Old Doctor Chen.
• Lu Qing put the Red Moon Carp in a bucket of water to keep it alive and tied the Azure Armor Fish to his back.
• Lu Qing gave Xiao Yan the fishing rod and earthworm tube to carry, and the siblings set off home.
• The villagers saw Lu Qing and Xiao Yan carrying their catch and were dumbfounded.

Lu Qing returned to the fishing spot with Xiao Yan and two enormous fish, astonishing the villagers and leaving most of them discouraged about their own catches. After the others headed back to the village, Lao Zhao secretly went to search for Lu Qing’s fishing spot.

• Wang Da'an helped Lu Qing carry the Azure Armor Fish while the villagers crowded around to inspect it and the Red Moon Carp in the bucket.
• Lu Qing said he had caught the fish farther along the river and warned the villagers that the fish there had scattered.
• Lu Qing and Xiao Yan headed toward the village with Wang Da'an carrying the Azure Armor Fish, and Lu Qing promised to treat him to fish.
• The villagers gave up fishing and set off to return to the village, while Lao Zhao stayed behind.
• After confirming he was alone, Lao Zhao packed up and hurried in the direction Lu Qing and Xiao Yan had come from to find the fishing spot.

Lu Qing returned to He Li Village with two enormous fish, drawing a crowd of astonished onlookers before sharing some of the Azure Armor Fish with Wang Da'an. Wang Da'an suggested Lu Qing sell future catches at the nearby big market to earn money for grain.

• Wang Da'an showed off the Azure Armor Fish as he and Lu Qing returned to the village, then revealed that Lu Qing had caught it.
• The villagers gathered around to admire the Azure Armor Fish and the brilliant Red Moon Carp in Lu Qing's bucket, and Lu Qing planned to ask Old Doctor Chen to identify the unfamiliar fish.
• Lu Qing invited the villagers to eat fish, but they declined, and he returned to his courtyard with Xiao Yan and Wang Da'an.
• Lu Qing and Wang Da'an scaled and gutted the Azure Armor Fish, and Lu Qing gave Wang Da'an two large portions to take home.
• Wang Da'an suggested Lu Qing sell fish at the nearby big market to earn money for grain, since Lu Qing had no money to pay the city entry fee.

Lu Qing recalled that Da Ji was a nearby market where he could sell his large fish and learn about the city, then prepared fish porridge for himself and Xiao Yan. After they enjoyed the meal, he went to process the Azure Armor Fish's Fish Stone.

• Wang Da'an told Lu Qing he could sell his large fish at Da Ji and offered to explain the market's rules if Lu Qing decided to go.
• Lu Qing set aside fish for Grandpa Zhang, hung the remaining meat to dry, and cooked fish porridge for Xiao Yan and himself.
• Lu Qing and Xiao Yan enjoyed the porridge, and Xiao Yan eagerly ate so she could grow pretty hair.
• After the meal, Lu Qing went into the kitchen to process the Azure Armor Fish's Fish Stone.

Lu Qing made a jade-like Azure Armor Fish Stone into a pendant and gave it to Xiao Yan, then considered how to earn money while planning to visit Old Doctor Chen. As the siblings slept, a black figure leaped into their courtyard and looked at the fish meat hanging beneath the eaves.

• Lu Qing extracted the hardened Azure Armor Fish Stone, recognized its exceptional quality, and made it into a pendant.
• Lu Qing gave the pendant to Xiao Yan and told her to wear it close to her body and take care not to lose it.
• Lu Qing and Xiao Yan shared a fish-head dinner, and he tucked her in after reminding her they would visit Grandpa Chen the next day.
• Lu Qing thought about studying medicinal herbs with Old Doctor Chen and whether Da Ji could help him earn money.
• A black figure leaped into the courtyard and looked toward the fish meat under the eaves.