Chapter Summaries

After being fired, Jia Youcai received and unboxed an expensive immersive virtual-world helmet he had ordered. He entered the Virtual World, bound a bank card, chose the Douluo World route to Crush Demon King Tang San, and was transported onward.

• Jia Youcai answered a delivery driver’s call and struggled to bring a large package into his room.
• Jia Youcai opened the package and recognized the helmet as X Company’s hundred-thousand-yuan Immersive Virtual World Helmet he had ordered.
• Jia Youcai charged the helmet, connected it to the wireless network, and put it on to enter the Virtual World.
• Jia Youcai entered a bank card number and reached the Douluo World development-route selection screen.
• Jia Youcai chose Crush Demon King Tang San, and a flash of light swept past.

Jia Youcai watched Yu Xiaogang and Tang Hao hunt down Qian Xunji in a world reshaped by Jia Youcai’s choice to crush Demon King Tang San. Qian Xunji died protecting the infant in his arms, while the child was left wailing on the ground.

• Jia Youcai arrived in the Virtual World and saw Yu Xiaogang and Tang Hao pursuing the wounded Qian Xunji, who was carrying an infant.
• A sky screen explained that Spirit Hall did not exist in this world and that Qian Xunji had imprisoned and assaulted Bibi Dong, Yu Xiaogang’s lover, to produce a powerful heir.
• Qian Xunji launched a desperate counterattack, but Tang Hao shattered his barriers with the Clear Sky Hammer and Yu Xiaogang’s Golden Dragon tore into him.
• Tang Hao smashed Qian Xunji’s head while Qian Xunji used his final Soul Power to protect the infant.
• Yu Xiaogang’s Golden Dragon pierced Qian Xunji with its breath, and the infant fell beside his corpse and cried.

After saving infant Qian Renxue from Yu Xiaogang, Jia Youcai was drawn into a mysterious space and offered a chance to bind a Destined Female Protagonist. He chose and purchased Qian Renxue, and the system began sending him into the world.

• Yu Xiaogang picked up the crying infant and prepared to kill her after killing Qian Xunji.
• Jia Youcai chose to save Qian Renxue, and the Angel God's light teleported her away while carrying him into another-dimensional space.
• Jia Youcai found a binding interface offering Hu Liena and Qian Renxue, but both choices required payment.
• After weighing their Spirit strengths, Jia Youcai purchased Qian Renxue and received confirmation that he was entering the world.

Jia Youcai arrived in a virtual world in the body of a six-year-old and joined the village’s Spirit Awakening ceremony. He watched Qian Renxue reveal an extraordinarily powerful Light Spirit, then drew a Kitchen Knife Spirit with level-one Innate Soul Power, leaving him puzzled.

• Jia Youcai discovered that he had been placed in a six-year-old body and followed an old man to the Spirit Awakening ceremony.
• The village children awakened various Spirits, but most had no Soul Power.
• Qian Renxue experienced a painful awakening and manifested a rare Light Spirit with Innate Soul Power likely above level ten.
• Jia Youcai entered the formation and used his newcomer’s free draw to obtain a Kitchen Knife Spirit with level-one Innate Soul Power.
• Jia Youcai wondered why he had drawn a Kitchen Knife instead of Blue Silver Grass.

After reaching Soul Power Level 10, Jia Youcai entered Shadow Forest to hunt Soul Beasts and gained his first Spirit Ring and Spirit Skill. He then encountered a Hundred-Year Soul Beast and fled as it charged at him.

• Jia Youcai unlocked the Soul Ring hunting storyline and traveled to Shadow Forest.
• Jia Youcai decided to build strength with low-year Spirit Rings before attempting to hunt Hundred-Year Soul Beasts.
• Jia Youcai killed a ten-year Soul Beast, absorbed its white Spirit Ring, and gained the Spirit Skill "Enhancement."
• Jia Youcai used the system map to find a secluded valley where Hundred-Year Soul Beasts appeared frequently.
• Jia Youcai activated "Enhancement" and approached a black-scaled Soul Beast, but fled when it sensed him and charged.

Qian Renxue rescued Jia Youcai from a Hundred-Year Soul Beast and advised him about cultivating safely. After Jia Youcai killed the weakened beast and absorbed its Spirit Ring, Qian Renxue agreed to let him cultivate with her.

• Jia Youcai fled from a soul beast until Qian Renxue appeared and attacked it with her Light Sword.
• Qian Renxue wounded the soul beast and defeated it with a massive golden sword phantom.
• Jia Youcai killed the fallen Hundred-Year Soul Beast and absorbed its Spirit Ring.
• Jia Youcai thanked Qian Renxue, who introduced herself and advised him to cultivate carefully and choose suitable soul beasts.
• Jia Youcai asked to cultivate with Qian Renxue, and she agreed on the condition that he not cause trouble.

Jia Youcai protected Qian Renxue when a seemingly docile fox-like soul beast turned hostile, and helped her defeat it. Qian Renxue absorbed the beast’s Hundred-Year Spirit Ring successfully.

• Jia Youcai followed Qian Renxue as her bodyguard and pointed out a strange patch of glowing grass.
• Qian Renxue approached a pale-blue Little Fox, which acted affectionate before transforming and lunging at her.
• Jia Youcai attacked the soul beast with his kitchen knife, giving Qian Renxue time to escape, but the beast wounded him during their fight.
• Qian Renxue returned and pierced the soul beast with her Light Sword, killing it and revealing a yellow Hundred-Year Spirit Ring.
• Qian Renxue absorbed the spirit ring while Jia Youcai stood guard, and the absorption succeeded.

Qian Renxue brought the wounded Jia Youcai to a secluded cabin and treated his injuries while he inspected the system. Jia Youcai later discovered that the youth they had passed in the forest had been killed, and Qian Renxue found him beside the body.

• Qian Renxue noticed Jia Youcai's injuries and led him toward a cabin, ignoring a nearby confrontation between a burly man and a scrawny youth.
• Qian Renxue treated Jia Youcai's wounds at the cabin and left to find him food.
• Jia Youcai inspected the system interface and found no backpack option, then heard a noise outside.
• Jia Youcai followed the noise and found the scrawny youth dead in a pool of blood.
• Qian Renxue placed a hand on Jia Youcai's shoulder and asked why he had come outside, and he said he had been worried about her.

Jia Youcai and Qian Renxue were ambushed by the men who had killed the boy, and Jia Youcai died while shielding Qian Renxue from the axe-wielding leader. After choosing to revive through the game interface, he examined recharge rewards while time remained frozen, seeking a way to survive when it resumed.

• The returning attackers surrounded Qian Renxue and Jia Youcai, and their leader targeted Qian Renxue after recognizing her angel martial spirit.
• Qian Renxue and Jia Youcai fought back, but the leader wounded Qian Renxue and knocked Jia Youcai down.
• Jia Youcai shielded Qian Renxue from the leader’s axe, which struck him fatally.
• The game interface appeared after Jia Youcai died, and he purchased Revival Coins and chose to revive.
• With time frozen, Jia Youcai inspected the first-top-up and cumulative-top-up rewards for a way to improve his chances.

After buying powerful upgrades, Jia Youcai rescued Qian Renxue by defeating and killing the burly man. He and Qian Renxue left to clean up and rest, while the bodies of the burly man and the youth disappeared.

• Jia Youcai spent 2,000 yuan on Soul Coins and rewards, raising his Soul Power to level 26 and obtaining two powerful Spirit Rings and a Great Saber Martial Soul.
• Jia Youcai unfroze time and rushed in front of Qian Renxue as the burly man's axe came down.
• Jia Youcai used Frenzied Slash Storm to badly wound the burly man, causing his lackeys to flee.
• Jia Youcai dodged the burly man's thrown axe and killed him with Blood Shadow Slash, then ordered the lackeys who begged for mercy to leave.
• Qian Renxue embraced Jia Youcai, and they left together to clean up and rest.
• The burly man's and the youth's corpses blurred and disappeared after Jia Youcai and Qian Renxue had left.

Jia Youcai comforted Qian Renxue after learning she had been adopted by Granny Zhang, who had died, and promised to stay by her side. They planned to travel and see the world together once he had recovered, then went inside the cabin as night fell.

• Qian Renxue brought water to Jia Youcai and told him Granny Zhang had adopted her after he asked about her family.
• Jia Youcai promised to be Qian Renxue's family, then comforted her as she grieved Granny Zhang's death.
• Jia Youcai told Qian Renxue a joke, and she cheered up and played along.
• Qian Renxue asked whether Jia Youcai would ever leave her, and he promised to protect her and stay with her.
• Jia Youcai suggested they travel together after he recovered, and Qian Renxue eagerly agreed.
• Jia Youcai took Qian Renxue inside the cabin as the evening grew cold.

After struggling to find work in reality, Jia Youcai returned to the game and advanced eight years, reaching age fourteen alongside Qian Renxue. They traveled to Twilight City to apply to Blazing Academy, where the admissions examination began.

• Jia Youcai failed to find a job after three interviews and returned to the game world.
• Jia Youcai advanced the timeline by eight years, raising his Soul Power to level 35 while Qian Renxue reached level 34.
• Jia Youcai and Qian Renxue arrived in Twilight City with invitations to apply to Blazing Academy and stayed at Yuelai Inn.
• Jia Youcai and Qian Renxue went to Blazing Academy and reported to the admissions examination at its martial arts grounds.
• Teacher Li announced the three examination stages and began the Soul Power test, requiring applicants to reach level 20.

Jia Youcai and Qian Renxue passed Blazing Academy’s Soul Power test with levels 35 and 34, so they advanced directly to the comprehensive assessment. Instructor Sun assigned upperclassmen Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu, both powerful Soul Elders, as their opponents, and the test was about to begin.

• Jia Youcai scored Soul Power Level 35 and Qian Renxue scored Level 34, passing the first stage.
• Teacher Li sent the applicants who passed to the practical assessment, but directed Jia Youcai and Qian Renxue straight to the third stage because their Soul Power exceeded level thirty.
• Jia Youcai stared at passing Senior Sisters, and Qian Renxue pinched his arm before hurrying ahead.
• Jia Youcai and Qian Renxue discussed their expected opponent and arrived at the comprehensive test venue.
• Instructor Sun introduced Huo Wushuang, whose Soul Power was level thirty-eight, and Huo Wu, whose Soul Power was level thirty-seven, as their opponents.
• Qian Renxue said the test should begin.

Jia Youcai faced Huo Wu in the arena after losing a rock-paper-scissors game to Qian Renxue. He blocked Huo Wu’s enhanced Blazing Fist, and both fighters staggered back, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Jia Youcai and Qian Renxue played rock-paper-scissors, and Qian Renxue won, but she insisted Jia Youcai face Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu.
• Jia Youcai challenged Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu, and Huo Wu released her Flame Shadow martial soul and attacked him alone.
• Jia Youcai dodged Huo Wu’s flames and split her pursuing fireball with his Great Saber.
• Huo Wu used Frenzied Flames to strengthen her Blazing Fist, and Jia Youcai countered with Frenzied Slash Storm.
• Jia Youcai and Huo Wu’s attacks collided in a powerful shockwave, and both staggered back several steps.

Jia Youcai and Huo Wu tested their strength in a spar, but Jia Youcai conceded before exhausting her and offending the academy. After Jia Youcai and Qian Renxue passed the entrance test, Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang began showing them around Blazing Academy.

• Jia Youcai challenged Huo Wu's Resisting Fire Ring with his Frenzied Slash Storm, and their attacks collided with enough force to send them both backward.
• Jia Youcai and Huo Wu clashed repeatedly until Huo Wu grew tired, and Jia Youcai withdrew his martial spirit and conceded to preserve cordial relations.
• Jia Youcai praised Huo Wu's combat skills, and Instructor Sun confirmed that Jia Youcai and Qian Renxue had passed the test.
• Instructor Sun asked Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang to show Jia Youcai and Qian Renxue around the academy and help them collect supplies.
• Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang led Jia Youcai and Qian Renxue through Blazing Academy, where Huo Wu introduced the Teaching Building and Training Ground.

Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang helped Jia Youcai and Qian Renxue collect their supplies and settle into their dorms before classes began the next day. After unpacking, Jia Youcai met Feng Wei, who used his Thousand Mile Eye to secretly watch girls at Blazing Academy, then hurried downstairs to meet Qian Renxue for a meal.

• Huo Wu showed Jia Youcai and Qian Renxue around the dormitory area and explained the academy's rules with Huo Wushuang.
• Jia Youcai and Qian Renxue collected their uniforms, necessities, and Soul Tools, chose separate dorm rooms, and thanked Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang for their help.
• Jia Youcai and Qian Renxue agreed to meet downstairs for a meal after unpacking.
• Jia Youcai unpacked in room 726 and found Feng Wei using his martial soul, Thousand Mile Eye, to watch girls at Blazing Academy.
• Jia Youcai looked through the Thousand Mile Eye, questioned Feng Wei's behavior, and said he needed to meet the beautiful woman waiting downstairs.

Jia Youcai and Qian Renxue shared a meal and a peaceful day at Blazing Academy before discussing whether she should join the academy’s tournament training. They reaffirmed their commitment to protect and stay beside each other, leaving their future together as their shared wish.

• Jia Youcai complimented Qian Renxue in her academy uniform, and they went to a nearby restaurant for a meal.
• Jia Youcai removed the bones from fish for Qian Renxue, and afterward they held hands while strolling through the academy.
• Three months later, Blazing Academy invited Jia Youcai and Qian Renxue to train with its main team for the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament.
• Jia Youcai told Qian Renxue he did not want her to accept the invitation because he could not guarantee her safety, and she reassured him that she would protect him.
• Jia Youcai and Qian Renxue made wishes on a shooting star and promised to face the future together.

Jia Youcai waited for the limited Card Pool to open, then spent his saved resources trying to obtain the Clear Sky Hammer. After five ten-pulls, he had drawn only worthless Artifact Spirits, Gold Soul Coins, and Remnant Souls.

• Jia Youcai compared his weak Artifact Spirits with Huo Wu's and decided to wait for the limited Card Pool rather than risk hunting Soul Beasts.
• After two weeks of exploring the game world, Jia Youcai opened the limited Card Pool and saw the Clear Sky Hammer and its exclusive Soul Bone.
• Jia Youcai calculated that fully upgrading the Clear Sky Hammer and its Soul Bone could cost tens of thousands of yuan, but decided an SSR Artifact Spirit was worth pursuing.
• Jia Youcai made his first ten-pull and received an unfamiliar, ordinary Artifact Spirit, then continued drawing.
• Jia Youcai completed five ten-pulls, but drew only worthless Artifact Spirits, Gold Soul Coins, and Remnant Souls.

Jia Youcai desperately tried to pull the Clear Sky Hammer from the card pool but spent all his draw tickets without getting it. He shut down the system and lay on his bed in the game, defeated.

• Jia Youcai made several ten-pulls, but none produced a gold martial soul.
• Jia Youcai finally pulled a gold martial soul, only to discover it was the Evil Fire Phoenix instead of the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Jia Youcai exchanged all his soul coins for draw tickets and spent them on more ten-pulls, but got no gold martial souls.
• Jia Youcai used his remaining tickets and Remnant Souls for single pulls, but every result was ordinary.
• Jia Youcai gave up, shut down the system, and lay flat on the bed in the game.

Jia Youcai encountered a sinister, transformed Qian Renxue, who claimed she would protect him if he obeyed and then attacked him. After time froze, he entered the system space and bought an expensive gift pack that included powers and a dual-cultivation function.

• Qian Renxue appeared with black radiance and warned Jia Youcai to obey her.
• Qian Renxue said her former weakness had been an act and threw Jia Youcai into a wall.
• Time froze, and Jia Youcai received a one-time gift pack containing five rewards, including a Six-Winged Fallen Angel Spirit and a dual-cultivation function.
• Jia Youcai tried to bargain with the system, but the countdown shortened and he bought the gift pack after switching to a bank card with sufficient funds.