Chapter Summaries

Lin Fan discovered that he had transmigrated into the failing Moon Embracing Sect as its new sect master, matching the premise of the game he had just downloaded. With recruitment three days away, he tried to find a way to identify exceptionally talented disciples and drafted new rules based on familiar fantasy-protagonist traits.

• Lin Fan downloaded a sect-management game, blacked out, and awoke in the body of the Moon Embracing Sect's new sect master.
• Lin Fan learned that the sect had dwindled to one mountain, five Cave Heaven Realm elders, and only seven current-generation disciples.
• Su Xinghai urged Lin Fan to recruit disciples and restore the sect, while Lin Fan resolved to strengthen the sect and himself to survive its recurring crises.
• Lin Fan reasoned that people with protagonist-like destinies were likely to have exceptional talent, though he had no system to verify their grades.
• With the Grand Opening of Mountain Gate three days away, Lin Fan presented the five elders with new recruitment rules prioritizing familiar protagonist traits.

Lin Fan persuaded the five elders to accept his ruthless new sect rules and grant him the authority to reform the Moon Embracing Sect. The elders agreed to support him as they prepared for the critical events three days later, while Lin Fan worried about protecting his untalented senior brothers.

• The five elders challenged Lin Fan's new sect prohibitions, but he argued that the sect should avoid provoking stronger enemies and eliminate threats completely when it had the strength.
• Lin Fan explained that disciples should endure even the humiliation of being cuckolded, and the elders found his unconventional reasoning persuasive.
• Lin Fan confronted the First Elder about the sect's history of deaths and insisted that the elders give him real authority or take responsibility themselves.
• The First Elder, Wu Xingyun, Duan Qingyao, Chen Erzhu, and Li Changshou agreed to follow Lin Fan's rules and assist him with all their strength.
• The elders left to prepare for the crucial events three days later, and Lin Fan resolved to protect his senior brothers despite their lack of talent.

Lin Fan tried to improve the Moon Embracing Sect’s chances of survival by recruiting more disciples, but the First Elder warned that the sect could afford to nurture only ten newcomers. The elders set out to advertise along the roads, and travelers stopped to read one of the Moon Embracing Sect’s messages.

• Lin Fan decided the sect had to recruit as many people as possible before the annual Grand Opening of Mountain Gate.
• Lin Fan asked the five elders to advertise, and the First Elder explained that the sect had enough resources to nurture only ten new disciples.
• The elders accepted Lin Fan’s plan and left the mountain to post advertisements, while the First Elder gave Lin Fan a jade token for emergencies.
• Lin Fan reflected on how the Bright Moon Sect had taken most of the Moon Embracing Sect’s former territory.
• Travelers in Peach Blossom Valley gathered around a Moon Embracing Sect message, and an illiterate man asked someone to read it aloud.

As the Moon Embracing Sect’s recruitment slogans drew hopeful but uncertain applicants, Lin Fan and the elders prepared to open their mountain gate. On opening day, over ten thousand people arrived, leaving the sect optimistic about finding new disciples.

• Applicants debated whether to seek entry at the declining Moon Embracing Sect or the Peach Blossom Sect, and a young woman who knew she had no talent chose to head for the Moon Embracing Sect.
• Recruitment rumors spread near the surrounding sects, with some people dismissing the Moon Embracing Sect and others deciding its past glory made it worth a try.
• Three days later, Lin Fan and the five elders prepared the Moon Embracing Sect for the Grand Opening of Mountain Gate by cleaning the path, arranging herbs, and releasing spirit beasts.
• Lin Fan asked the seven disciples to spar for arriving newcomers, but abandoned the idea when they looked confused.
• The First Elder reported that more than two hundred applicants had reached the mountain, then Wu Xingyun sensed groups arriving from afar and estimated that over ten thousand people were coming.

Lin Fan enforced the Moon Embracing Sect’s new fate-based recruitment rules, keeping the hopeful candidates in the square for three days instead of selecting disciples by talent. Nearby sects discovered that the Moon Embracing Sect was drawing away their applicants and planned to confront it later, while the candidates waited for a meal of roasted Demonic Beasts.

• Lin Fan refused to accept talented candidates before the elders could assess them, insisting that only those who met his fate-based rules could enter the sect.
• Duan Qingyao quieted the crowd, and the First Elder announced that applicants would stay in the square for three days while the sect decided who had fate.
• The Second Elder called forward people with the surnames Xiao, Ye, Shi, and Lin, then asked about other unusual life circumstances, but no one met the additional criteria.
• The elders watched the applicants’ behavior, and Duan Qingyao reconsidered taking two talented candidates whose character disappointed her.
• Lin Fan sent Li Changshou to hunt Demonic Beasts so the sect could feed the applicants during their wait.
• The Peach Blossom Sect, Five Elements Gate, and other nearby sects learned that the Moon Embracing Sect was attracting their applicants and agreed to deal with it after their recruitment period.

Lin Fan and the elders considered how Moon Embracing Sect could attract disciples and identified Xiao Ling'er, a girl whose cultivation had regressed and who seemed to talk to her necklace. After observing candidates for three days, Lin Fan invited her to join the sect, and she accepted.

• The applicants praised Moon Embracing Sect after receiving Demonic Beast meat, and Duan Qingyao realized the meal could earn the sect goodwill.
• Lin Fan told the elders that Moon Embracing Sect needed to pay attention to small details because it could not rely on the advantages of great sects.
• Wu Xingyun reported that a girl with three open Mystic Gates sometimes talked to herself or her necklace, and Lin Fan suspected she had a hidden secret.
• Li Changshou identified the girl as Xiao Ling'er, one of the four surnames Lin Fan had been seeking, and the elders agreed to keep observing applicants for three days.
• On the third day, Lin Fan asked Xiao Ling'er to join Moon Embracing Sect, and she accepted.

Lin Fan accepted Xiao Ling'er as the Moon Embracing Sect’s first disciple and discovered that he could share her extraordinary talent, making his cultivation advance dozens of times faster. Xiao Ling’er’s teacher revealed that the sect held something that could fully awaken her talent and set her the goal of reaching the Core Condensation Realm within three days.

• Lin Fan dismissed the rejected candidates and accepted Xiao Ling'er as an Inner Sect Disciple of the Moon Embracing Sect.
• Lin Fan arranged Xiao Ling'er's apprenticeship and resolved to invest the sect’s resources in her, believing he could share his disciples’ strength and talents.
• Lin Fan shared Xiao Ling'er's talent and found that his cultivation speed increased dozens of times.
• Xiao Ling'er asked her teacher why she had joined the fallen Moon Embracing Sect, and the teacher explained that it offered resources, privacy, and an item that could awaken her talent.
• Xiao Ling'er's teacher urged her to repay kindness and set her goals of reopening all nine Mystic Gates within a day and reaching the Core Condensation Realm within three days.

Lin Fan and the elders discovered that Xiao Ling'er had reached Opening Profound Ninth Level in less than a day, confirming her extraordinary talent. Lin Fan welcomed her refusal to change cultivation techniques and opened the Sect Treasury to her, leaving her determined to repay the Moon Embracing Sect.

• Lin Fan broke through to Core Condensation Realm Third Level and went with the elders to check on Xiao Ling'er.
• Wu Xingyun and the other elders sensed that Xiao Ling'er had advanced from Opening Profound Third Level to Opening Profound Ninth Level overnight and marveled at Lin Fan's recruitment rules.
• Xiao Ling'er said she already had a cultivation technique that suited her, and Lin Fan allowed her to keep using it.
• Lin Fan opened the Sect Treasury's resources to Xiao Ling'er and told her the sect's benefits belonged to all its members.
• Xiao Ling'er's teacher urged her to cultivate diligently and repay the sect, and Xiao Ling'er agreed.

After Xiao Ling'er broke through to the Core Condensation Realm, she asked Lin Fan for the Moon Embracing Sect's Earth Core Demonic Fire so she could cultivate and refine pills. Lin Fan gave it to her and promised her access to the sect's spirit herbs, while Wu Xingyun agreed to gather more resources.

• The Second Elder told Lin Fan that Xiao Ling'er had entered the Core Condensation Realm and was surprised to learn that Lin Fan had reached the Fourth Layer.
• Xiao Ling'er arrived and asked for the Earth Core Demonic Fire, revealing that her cultivation technique needed exotic fire and that she wanted to refine pills.
• Lin Fan told the Second Elder to give Xiao Ling'er the sealed fire, despite her warning that it was dangerous and difficult to control.
• Lin Fan offered Xiao Ling'er any spirit herbs from the Medicine Field and asked the elders to find more if needed, deeply moving her.
• Lin Fan asked Wu Xingyun and the other elders to keep supporting Xiao Ling'er, and Wu Xingyun agreed to gather resources and spirit herbs.

Lin Fan and the elders supported Xiao Ling'er’s cultivation, and she rapidly advanced while gathering herbs and refining pills. After she gave Lin Fan a Seventh Grade Core Condensation Pill, he used Power Sharing and discovered that he had also gained her alchemy knowledge and the Earth Core Demonic Fire.

• The elders accepted Lin Fan’s plans to devote resources to Xiao Ling'er and help her obtain the Earth Core Demonic Fire.
• Xiao Ling'er gathered spirit herbs with the elders’ help, while she and Lin Fan repeatedly broke through over the next month.
• Xiao Ling'er reached the Core Condensation Fifth Layer, and Lin Fan reached the Eighth Layer, maintaining a gap of three minor realms.
• Xiao Ling'er gave Lin Fan Core Condensation Pills she had refined, and he discovered one was Seventh Grade.
• Lin Fan used Power Sharing and gained alchemy knowledge and the ability to summon the Earth Core Demonic Fire.

Lin Fan discovered that he could share Xiao Ling’er’s cultivation, techniques, and skills, while Li Changshou marveled at her alchemy and the Sect Master’s recruitment choices. Li Changshou then warned that the Moon Embracing Sect was running short of Origin Stones, and Lin Fan began considering how to secure resources.

• Lin Fan tested his ability to control the Earth Core Demonic Fire and realized he could also share Xiao Ling’er’s alchemy knowledge and other skills.
• Li Changshou saw Xiao Ling’er’s Seventh Grade Core Condensation Pills and was astonished to learn she had refined around a hundred of them.
• Li Changshou praised Xiao Ling’er’s talent and wondered whether Lin Fan’s unusual recruitment rules could uncover more exceptional disciples.
• Li Changshou told Lin Fan that the sect lacked enough Origin Stones to support its disciples and maintain its formations.
• Lin Fan considered the sect’s need to produce its own resources and looked at the pill in his hand.

Lin Fan distributed Seventh Grade Core Condensation Pills to strengthen the Moon Embracing Sect, then used them to reach the peak of the Core Condensation Realm. The pills helped every disciple break through into the Core Condensation Realm, while an unspecified change began approaching the sect.

• Lin Fan told Li Changshou to distribute pills to the disciples and sell fifty more discreetly to obtain Origin Stones.
• Lin Fan took three Core Condensation Pills at a time and cultivated toward the peak of the Core Condensation Realm.
• The Seven Mascots and the rest of the Moon Embracing Sect’s disciples claimed pills and began cultivating with them.
• Lin Fan reached the peak of the Core Condensation Realm and considered how to advance to the Mysterious Origin Realm.
• The disciples broke through into the Core Condensation Realm, and Fang Kun and Zuo Qingqing took watch at the mountain gate as change quietly approached.

The Peach Blossom Sect, Golden Eagle Sect, and Eight Swords Sect joined forces to confront the Moon Embracing Sect over its provocations. As the three sects arrived at the mountain gate, Wu Xingyun and the disciples prepared to face them, and Xiao Ling'er rushed to help defend her sect.

• Elder Zhou explained that the Peach Blossom Sect planned to humble the Moon Embracing Sect by having their newly recruited disciples fight, rather than destroy the sect outright.
• Elder Zhou and Elder Wu encountered vessels from the Golden Eagle Sect and Eight Swords Sect, whose elders agreed to attack the Moon Embracing Sect together.
• Fang Kun and Zuo Qingqing felt the three vessels' pressure at the mountain gate and rose to confront the newcomers.
• Lin Fan sensed the powerful visitors and hurried out of Moon Embracing Palace as Wu Xingyun flew toward them.
• Xiao Ling'er learned that the sects had come over the words carved along their routes, declared that she did not regret joining the Moon Embracing Sect, and ran down the mountain to help.

The Peach Blossom Sect, Golden Eagle Sect, and Eight Swords Sect came to the Moon Embracing Sect to demand justice, and their disciples assaulted Fang Kun and Zuo Qingqing. Lin Fan refused to hear their demands until they repaid the harm, ordering the two disciples to strike back as the sect’s elders arrived.

• The three sects’ disciples pressured Fang Kun and Zuo Qingqing, and a Golden Eagle Sect disciple slapped them and threatened to kill them.
• Wu Xingyun arrived, dispersed the elders’ pressure, and confronted them for attacking Moon Embracing Sect disciples.
• Lin Fan arrived and challenged the elders’ demand for an explanation, while they accused Moon Embracing Sect of taking their disciples.
• Xiao Ling'er and the other mascots arrived, startling the visitors with their Core Condensation Realm cultivation, and Xiao Ling'er treated Fang Kun and Zuo Qingqing’s injuries.
• Lin Fan told Fang Kun and Zuo Qingqing to slap the Golden Eagle Sect disciple twice, and the remaining four elders rushed back to the sect.

Lin Fan defied the three sects’ elders and ordered Fang Kun and Zuo Qingqing to retaliate against the Golden Eagle Sect disciples, forcing the rival elders into a tense standoff. The two disciples struck back while the elders still hesitated to risk a fight.

• Lin Fan stood firm against the three sects’ threats, and Wu Xingyun and the five elders backed him as both sides weighed the cost of battle.
• Lin Fan scolded Fang Kun and Zuo Qingqing for hesitating and ordered them to reclaim justice for themselves.
• Lin Fan challenged the Golden Eagle Sect elder to either let the disciples settle the matter or fight the Moon Embracing Sect.
• Fang Kun and Zuo Qingqing slapped a Golden Eagle Sect disciple, who lost his nerve when his elder did not intervene.

Lin Fan challenged the three sects’ elders to settle their dispute through fights between their newly recruited disciples. When they agreed to a nine-on-one wheel battle, Xiao Ling’er stepped forward, and the other sects were stunned by her cultivation; Li Changshou then swore she was Moon Embracing Sect’s sole recruit this year.

• Lin Fan rebuffed Elder Zhou’s warning and mocked the three sects’ attempt to pressure Moon Embracing Sect.
• Elder Wang and the Golden Eagle Sect elder proposed a series of disciple battles to settle the dispute.
• Lin Fan accepted the challenge but said Moon Embracing Sect had recruited only one disciple, so she would face nine opponents in a wheel battle.
• Lin Fan called Xiao Ling’er forward, and the other sects discovered she had reached the fifth level of Core Condensation Realm.
• When the Golden Eagle Sect elder accused Lin Fan of dishonesty, Li Changshou swore a Dao Heart Oath that Xiao Ling’er was the sect’s only recruit this year.

The three sect elders accepted a wheel battle against Xiao Ling'er after Li Changshou swore she had reached Core Condensation Realm Fifth Level. Xiao Ling'er crushed the first Golden Eagle Sect challenger with one punch, though he blamed the slippery ground as the chapter ended.

• Li Changshou swore a Dao Heart Oath to confirm Xiao Ling'er's extraordinary cultivation, and Wu Xingyun and Duan Qingyao pressured the three sect elders to fight.
• The elders privately agreed to send challengers one by one and try to wear Xiao Ling'er down.
• Lin Fan challenged the sects to choose between a wheel battle and a simultaneous attack, and Xiao Ling'er stepped forward to fight.
• A Golden Eagle Sect disciple who had boasted about taking the opening prize challenged Xiao Ling'er despite his elder's warning.
• Xiao Ling'er struck the disciple with one punch, sending him flying and leaving him injured, and he claimed the ground was slippery.

Xiao Ling'er defeated the three sects’ challengers one after another, including Wen Jian, whose sword strike she refused to wait for. After the Eight Swords Sect elder tried to attack her, Su Xinghai and the other elders drove the three sects away, leaving their disciples shaken.

• Gan Wu broke through to the Open Profound Ninth Level under pressure but was immediately knocked out by Xiao Ling'er.
• Lin Fan decided that defeating and driving off the three sects without killing them would give the Moon Embracing Sect time to grow.
• Wen Jian challenged Xiao Ling'er to withstand his sword strike, but she stopped him from drawing his sword and knocked him unconscious with a punch.
• The Eight Swords Sect elder drew his sword in anger, but Su Xinghai and four others suppressed his Sword Qi and prevented him from attacking Xiao Ling'er.
• The Eight Swords Sect, Golden Eagle Sect, and Peach Blossom Sect left in disgrace, while their new disciples’ confidence crumbled.

After the Moon Embracing Sect returned from confronting the Peach Blossom Sect, Lin Fan inspired its disciples to carry the sect forward and protect future generations. The disciples cultivated more diligently, while Li Changshou secured funds and the elders gathered resources for Xiao Ling'er.

• Aboard the Peach Blossom Sect's vessel, Elder Zhou and Elder Wu worried that Xiao Ling'er might outgrow the Moon Embracing Sect and agreed to seek an opportunity to kill her.
• Lin Fan told the disciples that strength determined how sects were treated and urged them to grow strong enough to protect the Moon Embracing Sect when its elders were gone.
• Xiao Ling'er vowed that the disciples would someday shield the sect and those who came after them, and Lin Fan described how each generation carried the sect's legacy forward.
• Wu Xingyun, Su Xinghai, Li Changshou, Chen Erzhu, and Duan Qingyao encouraged the disciples to cultivate and surpass the elders.
• Afterward, the disciples trained with greater diligence, and Li Changshou sold some seventh-grade Core Condensation Pills to obtain more than a hundred thousand Origin Stones.
• The five elders busied themselves gathering spiritual herbs and materials for Xiao Ling'er.

Lin Fan broke through to the Third Mysterious Origin Realm, then learned of a Young Alchemist Conference in Hongwu Immortal City and sent Xiao Ling'er to compete. After giving her the Moon Embracing Sect’s secret rules, Lin Fan left Xiao Ling'er and her remnant-soul teacher startled by one rule in particular.

• Lin Fan broke through to the Third Mysterious Origin Realm and considered the sect’s prospects for growing stronger.
• Duan Qingyao told Lin Fan that Hongwu Immortal City would host a Young Alchemist Conference, with a Pointing Profound Pill among the first-place prizes.
• Xiao Ling'er revealed she had overheard them and volunteered to enter the conference.
• Lin Fan arranged for Duan Qingyao to protect Xiao Ling'er and had Elder Wu give her the secret sect rules.
• Xiao Ling'er and her teacher were astonished by a rule about people talking to objects such as rings, bracelets, and necklaces.