Chapter Summaries

After a meteor installed a system in Yang Xuan, he learned he could travel to parallel worlds and chose to enter Chronicle to gain telekinesis. He touched the Telekinesis Gem and collapsed unconscious as it vanished.

• A meteor struck Yang Xuan in the bathroom, and the system parasitically integrated with him while he was unconscious.
• Yang Xuan discovered the system could transport him to derivative worlds, enhance abilities, and provide storage, then selected Chronicle as his first destination.
• Yang Xuan rested and prepared before the system transported him to a point near the cave containing the Telekinesis Gem.
• Yang Xuan entered the cave and touched the glowing blue gem, which turned red and disappeared as he collapsed with a nosebleed.

Yang Xuan tested his newly acquired telekinesis, developed a basic defensive shield, and began experimenting with offensive techniques. After spending time with his coworkers, he decided his next goal was to strengthen his body in a martial-arts world.

• Yang Xuan returned from the underground cavern to his dormitory and discovered he could make a lighter float with telekinesis.
• Yang Xuan practiced until he could lift about thirty kilograms, then set goals to increase his power and develop defensive and offensive skills.
• Yang Xuan compressed his telekinetic power into a shield and successfully stopped a brick dropped from the height of a five-story building.
• Yang Xuan tried forming telekinetic needles but found he could control only about a dozen with ease.
• Blackie and Xiao Su invited Yang Xuan to a late-night barbecue, where they talked about work and their plans.
• Yang Xuan returned to the dormitory and chose a martial-arts world as his next target so he could train his body.

Yang Xuan prepared supplies and entered 1914 Shanghai, where he exchanged watches for silver dollars before heading to Jingwu School to seek martial arts instruction. After an improvised show of respect for Huo Yuanjia, Li Shuwen offered to assess Yang Xuan’s aptitude while staying at the school.

• Yang Xuan learned that his time control had increased to 1:500 and bought watches and supplies for his stay in the new world.
• Yang Xuan pawned sixteen watches for one hundred silver dollars each and traveled by rickshaw to Jingwu School.
• Yang Xuan arrived as Chen Zhen was mourning Huo Yuanjia and preparing to go to the Hongkou Dojo, making the timing of his request for instruction difficult.
• Yang Xuan bowed three times before Huo Yuanjia’s memorial tablet and said he wanted to learn martial arts and serve the country.
• Li Shuwen praised Yang Xuan and offered to assess his aptitude while he stayed at Jingwu School.

Yang Xuan became Li Shuwen’s nominal disciple and learned that his telekinesis had strengthened his body to the strength of three men. After meeting Chen Zhen, he began martial arts training under Li Shuwen at Jingwu School.

• Yang Xuan knelt and asked Li Shuwen to accept him as a disciple, and Li Shuwen agreed to take him as a nominal disciple.
• Yang Xuan gave Li Shuwen a modern wristwatch, then settled in at Jingwu School and spent the evening exploring nearby shops and restaurants.
• Yang Xuan noticed his hair had thickened and asked the system to scan him; it reported that his excess mental power had strengthened his body to the strength of three men.
• Yang Xuan met Chen Zhen at Jingwu School, and Chen Zhen invited him to spar after he had learned enough.
• Li Shuwen began teaching Yang Xuan and explained his martial arts, then demonstrated a Horse Stance as Yang Xuan prepared to build his foundation.

Yang Xuan rapidly mastered Horse Stance and began learning Baji Quan from Li Shuwen as tensions at Jingwu School grew. When men from Hongkou Dojo attacked, Yang Xuan joined the fight and overwhelmed them with his new skills.

• Yang Xuan advanced from beginner to perfected Horse Stance in a day, while secretly overhearing Chen Zhen and Nong Jinsun discuss suspicion of a traitor at Jingwu School.
• Li Shuwen recognized Yang Xuan's extraordinary progress and began teaching him Baji Quan.
• Men from Hongkou Dojo attacked Jingwu School, and Yang Xuan rushed to the main hall to help defend it.
• Yang Xuan used a Six Elbows strike to knock down an attacker, then battered several Japanese men attacking the Jingwu School disciples.
• Li Shuwen praised Yang Xuan as a gifted and patriotic disciple after seeing the attackers left injured on the ground.

Yang Xuan watched Chen Zhen clear his name, take Yamada Mitsuko as his partner, and leave the Jingwu School after defeating Huo Ting'en. As Li Shuwen taught him about martial arts, Yang Xuan rapidly advanced to the peak of An Jin and continued training while waiting for Chen Zhen to face Fujita Go.

• Yamada Mitsuko testified that she had spent the night with Chen Zhen, helping end the case against him, and then asked him to support her for life.
• Chen Zhen fought Huo Ting'en for the Jingwu School leadership, won, and chose to leave with Mitsuko rather than become head of the school.
• Li Shuwen explained the martial arts realms and demonstrated Hua Jin, then passed his insights into Ming Jin, An Jin, and Hua Jin to Yang Xuan.
• Yang Xuan planned to stay until Chen Zhen defeated Fujita Go, and advanced to the peak of An Jin in nearly a day of practice.
• Li Shuwen tested Yang Xuan with a palm strike and realized that his disciple had become extraordinarily powerful.

Yang Xuan intervened in Huo Ting'en's duel with Fujita Go, killed Fujita Go in a rage, and later returned to his own world with antiques. He prepared to sell them at Fushide Auction House in Shanghai.

• Yang Xuan joined Chen Zhen and Huo Ting'en on their trip to Hongkou Dojo, where Fujita Go shot A-Qiang and challenged Huo Ting'en with the Sick Man of East Asia plaque.
• When Fujita Go knocked Huo Ting'en down and raised the plaque to strike him, Yang Xuan stopped it, shattered it, and beat Fujita Go to death.
• Yang Xuan vomited after realizing he had killed someone, then returned with Huo Ting'en and Chen Zhen to report to Li Shuwen, who invited him to visit his home in Cangzhou.
• Yang Xuan sold his belongings, bought antiques with his remaining silver dollars, and used the system to return to his own world.
• Yang Xuan took leave from work and traveled by taxi to Fushide Auction House in Shanghai, where a server asked whether he had come to auction an item or attend an auction.

Yang Xuan auctioned five antiques through Fushide Auction House and earned over a billion yuan, then left The City of Devils planning to return to HN City. He also arranged a contact for selling gold and jewelry in the future.

• Yang Xuan brought five antiques to Fushide Auction House, where Manager Zhang and Old Nian appraised them and arranged for them to enter an upcoming auction.
• Yang Xuan celebrated his expected fortune by dining at an upscale Japanese restaurant and staying in a Diplomat Suite at the Grand Hyatt Jin Mao Hotel.
• Yang Xuan learned that his paintings and other antiques had sold, including Qi Baishi's Landscapes Twelve Screen Panel for 980 million yuan.
• Old Nian told Yang Xuan that his auction proceeds totaled 1,047,083,400 yuan and referred him to Little Zhang for future sales of gold and jewelry.
• Yang Xuan left the auction house and decided to check out of the hotel and take a taxi back to HN City.

After gaining money and telekinetic powers, Yang Xuan spent heavily on things he had long wanted and went to Grand Noble Estate to find a villa. Saleswoman Lin Yaru found a mansion that fit his wishes, but her director dismissed him as an unlikely buyer and refused to lend her the company car, leaving the viewing uncertain.

• Yang Xuan treated his coworkers to a late-night meal, then ordered about two hundred thousand yuan in goods, including camera equipment and lead spheres for telekinesis training.
• Yang Xuan decided to buy a house and rode Little Donkey to Grand Noble Estate to look for a villa.
• Yang Xuan told Lin Yaru he wanted a large ancient Chinese-style villa with a basement, a private screening room, and a swimming pool.
• Lin Yaru showed Yang Xuan the estate’s only villa matching his requirements, a 3,500-square-meter mansion originally commissioned by a chairman later jailed for corruption.
• Director Sun criticized Yang Xuan’s casual clothes and electric scooter, then told Lin Yaru she could not use the company car to take him to see the villa.

Yang Xuan bought a luxury villa and several high-end vehicles with Lin Yaru’s help. After returning her home, he planned to finalize the villa’s furnishings and appliances before setting off for the movie world to build his strength.

• Yang Xuan toured a villa with Lin Yaru and agreed to buy it for 104.5 million yuan after a five-percent discount.
• Yang Xuan invited Lin Yaru to lunch and asked her to help him find a car dealership with a wide selection.
• At the dealership, Yang Xuan chose a Bentley Flying Spur, an armored Knight XV, and a Dodge Tomahawk, paying 24,375,100 yuan after a discount.
• Yang Xuan arranged for the vehicles to be registered and delivered to his villa, then took Lin Yaru home and returned to the sales office.
• Yang Xuan planned to confirm his furniture and appliance choices before entering the movie world to improve his strength.

Yang Xuan traveled to the world of Modern Buddha's Palm to get close to the story's protagonists and improve his strength, but the system warned him that the world’s fighters were stronger than expected. After befriending Wu Dehui and Li Chi, he joined their trip to Xi'an, where the original plot was about to unfold.

• Yang Xuan reviewed the martial-world rankings and chose Modern Buddha's Palm, then bought gold and asked the system to send him to Hong Kong one month before the story began, near Princess Yunluo.
• The system warned that Yang Xuan could not be placed beside Princess Yunluo because the characters' strength exceeded his level, so it gave him a fabricated identity and arranged for him to work at the same company as Wu Dehui and Li Chi.
• Yang Xuan discovered that his manager was connected to Wu Dehui and Li Chi, then found that the apartment the system had rented for him was next door to theirs.
• Yang Xuan treated Wu Dehui and Li Chi to meals and became close to them over half a month, while completing an advertisement for 1881 Hair Growth Tonic.
• After hearing Wu Dehui and Li Chi discuss selling their car, Yang Xuan realized the plot was beginning and traveled with them to Xi'an as the person in charge, accepting a share of their smuggling scheme.

Yang Xuan escaped the soldiers with the grave robbers and discovered Princess Yunluo and Xiao Man trapped in a crystal tomb. After gaining Tian Can Divine Skill and consuming an optimized Great Revitalizing Pill, he unlocked the Inner Force system and dramatically increased his strength, but had to train to control his newly enhanced body.

• Yang Xuan stored the antiques, knocked out the grave robber, and concealed the soldiers’ guns before escaping with Wu Dehui and Li Chi.
• The three fell into a cavern, and Li Chi triggered a mechanism by picking up a gold ingot.
• Yang Xuan searched Tian Can’s body, obtained silkworm gloves and a book, and learned Tian Can Divine Skill; he also took and optimized the Great Revitalizing Pill.
• Yang Xuan ate most of the pill while Wu Dehui and Li Chi ate the rest, and he secretly acquired Tathagata Palm and Seven Spin Slash.
• Li Chi used Seven Spin Slash to break Tian Can’s skeleton and release Princess Yunluo and Xiao Man from the crystal.
• Yang Xuan activated the Inner Force system, cultivated his new martial arts, and raised his physical strength and telekinesis before exercising to regain control of his body.

Yang Xuan escaped the cave with Yun Luo, Xiao Man, Wu Dehui, and Li Chi, then optimized and enhanced the Millennial Korean Ginseng King before returning to Hong Kong. After helping Li Chi defeat his debt collectors, Yang Xuan practiced martial arts and considered making one more profitable move before leaving the movie world.

• Yang Xuan broke through the cave wall and led the group away as Tian Can began to revive.
• Yang Xuan optimized and enhanced the Millennial Korean Ginseng King, exhausting himself before sleeping through the night.
• Yun Luo and Xiao Man stayed at Yang Xuan's home after the group returned to Hong Kong.
• Yang Xuan helped Li Chi avoid a trap set by his creditors, and Li Chi and Yang Xuan defeated the collectors and their men.
• Yang Xuan resigned from his job, learned Yun Luo's Bewitching Soul Grand Technique, and decided to seek another profitable opportunity before returning.

Yang Xuan robbed dozens of gold and jewelry shops in Mong Kok and Nathan Road, then took an ancestral battle-axe from Zhen Bao Zhai and strengthened it and a ginseng root with the system. After the enhancements left him unconscious and drained, Yun Luo cared for him until he recovered, and he prepared to return.

• Yang Xuan used his abilities to rob twenty-three gold shops and twelve jewelry stores, then took the Black Flame battle-axe from Zhen Bao Zhai in exchange for gold and jewelry.
• The shopkeeper refused to report the theft, fearing the mysterious person who had carried away the heavy axe without leaving a trace.
• Yang Xuan strengthened Black Flame twice, increasing its weight and abilities, then strengthened the Millennial Korean Ginseng King a second time and collapsed from exhaustion.
• Yun Luo found Yang Xuan unconscious and cared for him while he recovered, and she told him that Xiao Man had been spending time with Li Chi.
• After three days of rest and energy circulation, Yang Xuan regained his strength and decided to be more cautious about future enhancements.

After returning to the main plane, Yang Xuan discovered that his system upgrades had greatly expanded his abilities and storage space. He organized his recovered gold, settled into his villa, and began planning how to test his strength before his next transmigration.

• Yang Xuan checked his upgraded abilities and learned that his time control had increased to 1:1000 and his storage space to 100 cubic meters.
• Yang Xuan rode to his villa, collected his keys, and sorted tens of thousands of gold and jewelry items in the basement.
• Yang Xuan ordered snacks, drinks, a gold-melting furnace, and molds through the villa's butler department, then tested the gym and relaxed in the pool.
• Yang Xuan melted the pure-gold items into nine 100-kilogram bars, totaling 900 kilograms.
• Yang Xuan asked the butler department to find a professional gym with a punching-power machine and private workout rooms, and learned about Muscle Paradise.

Yang Xuan tested his extraordinary strength and speed at a private gym, where his punches exceeded ten tons. Natasha Ivanovich watched him in disbelief and grew interested in the powerful newcomer.

• Yang Xuan rented a private gym and learned that its oversized punching machine had been specially made for one of the club's shareholders.
• Yang Xuan found the gym's standard weight machines too light and tested the punching machine, reaching a peak of 10,238 kilograms with Hua Jin, Baji Quan.
• Yang Xuan tested his punching speed at 56 punches per second, then asked the system to explain his measurements, including a weight of 150 kilograms.
• Natasha Ivanovich watched Yang Xuan through the glass and asked Xiaoyan who had booked the private gym.
• Xiaoyan told Natasha that Yang Xuan was a young first-time visitor, and Natasha became intrigued by his strength.

Yang Xuan met Natasha at the gym, and the two quickly became close after sharing an enormous meal and a movie date. As his appetite continued to grow, Yang Xuan asked the system to send him to Mr. Vampire to become stronger, but it warned that it could only vaguely pinpoint the time and might not find the destination.

• Natasha discovered Yang Xuan's extraordinary punching strength, and he invited her to eat with him.
• Yang Xuan and Natasha rode his Little Donkey to Yintai, where they ordered and ate an enormous amount of food.
• Yang Xuan asked the system why his appetite was increasing, and it advised him to eat energy-rich foods and grow stronger.
• Yang Xuan and Natasha watched Wolf Warrior 2, exchanged contact information, and grew increasingly intimate over the next half month.
• Yang Xuan asked the system to pinpoint a trip to Mr. Vampire, but it said it could only vaguely determine the time and would struggle to locate the destination.

Yang Xuan reached the hills near Ren Family Town and fought a century-old hopping zombie with his bare hands before cutting it in two with Black Flame. A Taoist priest who had been watching came out to praise his skill.

• Yang Xuan followed the river, learned that Ren Family Town lay east, and sprinted toward it despite a local man warning him about Black Mountain Slope.
• Yang Xuan crossed the gloomy slope and encountered a Qing-robed zombie, which repeatedly rose unharmed after his Baji Quan attacks.
• A Taoist priest leading a group of zombies heard the fighting and watched Yang Xuan battle the hopping zombie.
• Yang Xuan used Mountain-Pressing Lean and then split the zombie in two with Black Flame and Axe Aura—Mountain Split.
• Yang Xuan called out the Taoist priest, who emerged and praised him for defeating the century-old hopping zombie.

Yang Xuan traveled to Ren Family Town with Four Eyes and asked Uncle Nine to take him as a disciple. After reaffirming that he wanted to pursue the paths he enjoyed, Yang Xuan was accepted into the Maoshan Sect.

• Yang Xuan met Four Eyes, explained that he was going to Ren Family Town to seek Uncle Nine, and traveled there with him.
• Yang Xuan sold a watch and gold bar for money, then killed two thugs who tried to take his meal.
• Yang Xuan visited the charity cemetery and told Uncle Nine he wanted to learn Maoshan Taoist Arts.
• Uncle Nine questioned why Yang Xuan wanted to study Taoist arts despite his martial skill, prompting Yang Xuan to reaffirm his chosen path.
• Uncle Nine accepted Yang Xuan as his disciple, and Yang Xuan completed the Maoshan Sect's lengthy initiation proceedings.

Yang Xuan studied Maoshan arts under Uncle Nine while sharing his martial arts knowledge and arranging enough food to satisfy his immense appetite. As he explored town for weapons and antiques, a shopkeeper showed him a box of unusual items.

• Yang Xuan gave Uncle Nine gifts of a Maoshan Patriarch statue, Five Emperors Coins, and a Peach Wood Dagger, then gave smaller gifts to Four Eyes, Qiu Sheng, and Wen Cai.
• Yang Xuan practiced Maoshan arts each morning and National Arts and internal energy each afternoon while Uncle Nine taught him qi cultivation.
• Yang Xuan arranged for three large food containers at every meal after explaining that his training made him eat far more than an ordinary person.
• Yang Xuan visited a familiar shop to search through damaged weapons and antiques, then opened a box the shopkeeper had brought out.
• Yang Xuan examined the box's contents and told the shopkeeper that he had found something valuable enough to be kept as a family heirloom.