Chapter Summaries

After reaching Martial Saint, Zhang Ming created avatars to handle his many projects and tested whether a split spirit could control one independently. The new avatar demanded a cheat before agreeing to do anything, while Zhang Ming prepared to confront Huang Xin in the capital, possibly by sending an avatar.

• Emperor Guang's realm suffered widespread disasters and growing rumors that he lacked Heaven's mandate, while Huang Xin anticipated completing a mysterious project soon.
• Zhang Ming used Blood Rebirth to create avatars for tasks across the realm, including training beast cavalry and preaching to the Yellow Turban Cult.
• Zhang Ming infused a split spirit into a newly formed avatar, which became autonomous and complained that it had no cheat.
• Zhang Ming recalled the avatar and decided future avatars sent beyond his control would have their memories altered to erase his existence.
• Zhang Ming decided to go to the capital to stop Huang Xin from siphoning away fortune, considering sending an avatar while he provided support from a distance.

Zhang Ming entered Kyoto and made his way into the Imperial City, where he met Emperor Huang Xin, who recognized him as a legendary figure from the future. Zhang Ming realized Huang Xin was a reborn person who cultivated a method Zhang Ming would create, then asked who had sent him back.

• Zhang Ming walked through Kyoto, witnessed the cruelty beneath its prosperity, and resolved to overturn the feudal world.
• Zhang Ming entered the Imperial City despite its heavy guards and followed a powerful, familiar aura to a courtyard.
• Huang Xin excitedly greeted Zhang Ming and teased him for not knowing why he was famous.
• Huang Xin listed Zhang Ming's future titles, including Ancestor of All Paths and pioneer of the stars.
• Zhang Ming deduced that Huang Xin was reborn and cultivated a method Zhang Ming would create, then asked who had sent Huang Xin back.

Zhang Ming discovered that Huang Xin was a tool created by his future self through a time-travel experiment, then subdued him and restored calm in Kyoto City. Huang Xin served Zhang Ming in the Imperial Palace, but hesitated to leave after raising the matter of the Heavenly Fate Pearl.

• Huang Xin remembered that Zhang Ming had sent him back in time and accused him of controlling his life.
• Zhang Ming summoned his main body and used [Ignite Comprehension] and the Spirit Splitting Technique to analyze the method controlling Huang Xin.
• Huang Xin realized Zhang Ming had manipulated his memories and erupted with the Heavenly Demon Dismantling Great Method, but Zhang Ming stopped the attack before it could harm Kyoto City.
• In the Imperial Palace, Huang Xin explained that Tian Universe had died in the future and that he was a tool made from part of Tian Universe's information, sent back to fuse with Huang Xin.
• Zhang Ming asked why Tian Universe had that name, then sent Huang Xin to handle the Empire's affairs; Huang Xin hesitated and brought up the Heavenly Fate Pearl.

After gaining control of Huang Xin, Zhang Ming reviewed the memories his future self had sent back and inferred that he should use [Ignite Comprehension] sparingly. He discovered the messages also contained warnings, cultivation clues, and a vast blueprint for an Otherworld Searcher, then focused again on the more immediate information.

• Zhang Ming gained the highest authority over Huang Xin and began reviewing the memories stored in his mind.
• Zhang Ming interpreted “believe in your Golden Finger” as a warning to use [Ignite Comprehension] only when necessary.
• Zhang Ming learned that there were no formations in this world and that a Great Grandmaster of the Five Poisons Cult had entered the Central Plains more than ten years earlier.
• Zhang Ming received clues about the Heavenly Fate Pearl and Fortune Realm, as well as the Northwest Ring and Mystic Cultivation Realm.
• Zhang Ming discovered a huge blueprint for an Otherworld Searcher powered by a Dyson Sphere and requiring materials from several dismantled planets.
• Zhang Ming set aside the distant project and turned his attention to the earlier, more urgent information.

Zhang Ming considered warnings from his future self about formations, the Five Poisons Cult, and two other worlds, and chose to postpone entering the Fortune Realm. He realized that the most dangerous battle in his normal timeline had been deciding whether to use the Heavenly Fate Pearl after defeating King Guang.

• Zhang Ming suspected the Gathering Yin Zombie Array had been forcibly inserted into a world with no formations and decided not to experiment with it for now.
• Zhang Ming resolved to have Huang Xin investigate the report that a Great Grandmaster of the Five Poisons Cult had entered the Central Plains over a decade earlier.
• Zhang Ming recalled that Huang Xin had used the Heavenly Fate Pearl to plan a passage to the Fortune Realm, while the Northwest Ring was linked to the Mystic Cultivation Realm.
• Zhang Ming decided not to rush into the Fortune Realm before thoroughly researching the Heavenly Fate Pearl.
• Zhang Ming concluded that his normal-timeline self had faced his most dangerous choice after killing King Guang: whether to use the Heavenly Fate Pearl and risk it conflicting with his Ignite Comprehension MOD.

Zhang Ming uncovered records of Huang Xin’s engineered protagonist fate and began studying the Protagonist Manufacturing Technique. Meanwhile, Huang Xin restored order in Great Zhou through sweeping reforms and force, leaving the empire stable enough to prepare for a campaign against the northern desert nomads.

• Zhang Ming searched his stored information and found experimental records describing a strange power that manipulated events around Huang Xin.
• Zhang Ming used the technique left by his future self to begin studying the Protagonist Manufacturing Technique.
• Huang Xin stopped siphoning Great Zhou’s fortune, returned to his duties as emperor, and launched disaster relief, administrative reforms, and military deployments.
• Huang Xin sent imperial Martial Saints to suppress rebellious clans, while the court’s forces quelled unrest and secured the borders.
• Huang Xin secretly ordered the northern border legions to prepare to exterminate the northern desert nomads.
• By April, disasters had subsided, the new policies were operating steadily, and Great Zhou’s borders were largely quiet.

Zhang Ming discovered that a Great Grandmaster of the Five Poisons Cult had entered the Central Plains, but an eerie power made everyone remember the event while ignoring its details and consequences. He realized that the world had been hypnotized into treating the incident as unimportant, and began to investigate it himself.

• Zhang Ming reviewed a brief imperial spy report about a Great Grandmaster of the Five Poisons Cult entering the Central Plains and suspected Huang Xin of mishandling the investigation.
• Huang Xin read the report, failed to see its serious omissions, and promised to investigate further.
• After two more reports repeated the same gaps, Zhang Ming obtained an identity from Huang Xin and investigated the matter himself.
• Zhang Ming uncovered that people across the Central Plains remembered the incident but were subconsciously compelled to overlook it and pay no attention to its causes or consequences.

Zhang Ming’s investigation into the mysterious force behind the Five Poisons Cult battlefield yielded no answers, leaving him wary of the world’s many hidden influences. Days later, he learned his younger sister Zhang Jinghan had arrived in Kyoto and left his research to see her, reflecting on the limits of fortune and the difficulty of recreating the Protagonist Manufacturing Technique.

• Zhang Ming concluded that his investigation into the Five Poisons Cult’s Great Grandmaster and the mysterious genius had uncovered no useful details, but it made him far more cautious about the world’s hidden powers.
• Huang Xin informed Zhang Ming that Zhang Jinghan had arrived in Kyoto and was shopping on Black Tortoise Street with her fellow senior brothers and sisters.
• Zhang Ming recalled how he had supported and protected Zhang Jinghan while allowing her to follow her wishes and join the Soaring Cloud Sect.
• Zhang Ming stopped studying the Protagonist Manufacturing Technique and went to see Zhang Jinghan.
• Zhang Ming reflected that his Fortune Detection Technique showed fortune could improve a person’s odds but could not guarantee survival, and he doubted he could reproduce the technique or create someone like Huang Xin.

Zhang Jinghan enjoyed Black Tortoise Street with her Soaring Cloud Sect companions, while Zhang Ming discovered that Lin Xiaotian had the fortune of a Child of Destiny. He also detected five apparently living people whose fortunes appeared blank and sent a clone to investigate them.

• Zhang Jinghan bargained down the price of two pouches and playfully embraced Gu Shaorong and Yang Hanxiang as they praised her.
• Zhang Ming located Zhang Jinghan and her companions, then used Fortune Detection Technique on the people across Black Tortoise Street.
• Zhang Ming recognized Lin Xiaotian's extraordinary fortune as that of a Child of Destiny and marked him for observation.
• Zhang Ming spotted five people in a nearby restaurant whose fortunes appeared blank despite their signs of life.
• Zhang Ming created a clone and sent it to approach the five people and investigate the anomaly.

A five-person team from Nightmare Space plotted to kill Lin Xiaotian, the current protagonist, before he grew stronger, hoping to earn the Plot Destroyer title and increase their authority. The team began discussing their plan while watching him from a tavern.

• Boss warned the team not to stare at Lin Xiaotian because a Level 4 Grandmaster could sense them.
• Fifth Sister and Fourth Brother argued about the dangers of Nightmare Space before Boss refocused the group on their mission.
• Third Brother questioned whether they should kill Lin Xiaotian, and Boss said protagonists could die and be replaced.
• Second Brother, Third Brother, and Fourth Brother reviewed Lin Xiaotian’s future story, including his rise to Level 6 and his later death at Chen Zheng’s hands.
• Boss explained that Lin Xiaotian was currently at his weakest and that killing him could earn the team the Plot Destroyer title and greater authority.
• Boss began outlining the team’s plan.

After learning that Nightmare Space Reincarnators threatened the world, Zhang Ming weighed whether to kill or capture them and decided to first reunite with his sister. He met Zhang Jinghan and her companions in Kyoto and invited them to dine, while remaining wary of Lin Xiaotian.

• Zhang Ming concluded that the Gathering Yin Zombie Array might open the abyss and identified the five Nightmare Space Reincarnators as a threat, though he considered keeping them alive instead of killing them.
• Zhang Jinghan strolled through Kyoto with Gu Shaorong, Yang Hanxiang, and Lin Xiaotian, unaware that Zhang Ming had identified Lin Xiaotian as the Child of Destiny.
• Zhang Ming found his sister, and Zhang Jinghan ran to embrace him after they exchanged warm greetings.
• Zhang Jinghan introduced Gu Shaorong, Yang Hanxiang, and Lin Xiaotian to Zhang Ming, who treated Lin Xiaotian politely but kept his distance.
• Zhang Ming led the group to an upscale Kyoto restaurant for a meal.

Zhang Ming warned Zhang Jinghan that Lin Xiaotian was likely a Child of Destiny and that a dangerous group had targeted him. He urged her to leave Lin Xiaotian and return home, while secretly sensing the five-person Reincarnator team watching them.

• The five-person Nightmare Space team hid near the tavern and planned to watch Zhang Ming and the others until they left Kyoto.
• Zhang Ming took Zhang Jinghan aside in a garden and teased her about whether she liked Lin Xiaotian.
• Zhang Ming secretly told Zhang Jinghan that Lin Xiaotian was likely a Child of Destiny and warned her to stay away from him.
• Zhang Jinghan briefly worried about what her place was in the usual circle around a protagonist, but agreed to follow her brother’s warning.
• Zhang Ming told Zhang Jinghan to leave Lin Xiaotian, go home to visit their family, and separate him from her senior sisters before the Reincarnators made their move.

Zhang Ming followed a five-man Reincarnator squad as they ambushed Lin Xiaotian on his way back to the Shenxiao Sect. Just as they tried to detonate a nuclear bomb, it failed to go off, and Nightmare Space announced a mission to kill an anomalous being.

• Zhang Jinghan left Kyoto for Jiangnan with her two senior sisters, while Lin Xiaotian returned to the Shenxiao Sect alone.
• Zhang Ming used a concealment technique from the True Martial Manual to watch the Reincarnators depart in a supersonic fighter, then pursued them through the planet's magnetic field.
• The five Reincarnators lured Lin Xiaotian into a remote mountain ambush, where he fought their werewolf, vampire, Mecha Warrior, Martial Artist, and priest forms.
• The squad leader drew Lin Xiaotian toward a nuclear bomb trap, then he and two squad members teleported away as Third Brother was told to detonate it.
• The nuclear explosion never happened, and Nightmare Space announced a mission to kill an anomalous being.

Zhang Ming secretly studied how Lin Xiaotian’s luck reacted to danger, then intervened when five Reincarnators tried to kill him. He captured the Reincarnators alive and began extracting knowledge about bloodlines, technology, and magic.

• Zhang Ming watched the five Reincarnators set traps and planted toxins on them while waiting for Lin Xiaotian to enter their ambush.
• Lin Xiaotian walked into the encirclement, and Zhang Ming recorded how his luck diverted him slightly around a Nuclear Bomb.
• The five Reincarnators battled Lin Xiaotian and lured him above the bomb, but Zhang Ming triggered their toxins and attacked Third Brother before they could detonate it.
• Zhang Ming took Third Brother and left, while Lin Xiaotian fled to recover after the mysterious intervention.
• Zhang Ming examined the captured Reincarnators and extracted information about werewolf and vampire bloodlines, mecha technology, martial arts, and priestly magic.

Zhang Ming studied the werewolf and vampire corpses and concluded their bloodlines came from magic and curses, then woke the fifth Reincarnator instead of risking a soul search. He offered to trade poisons and other resources for her knowledge, leaving her stunned by the value of his wares.

• Zhang Ming examined the werewolf and vampire bodies, preserved samples for research, and concluded they were products of magic and curses.
• Zhang Ming abandoned his plan to use the Soul Searching Technique on the fifth woman, fearing it would trigger the reincarnation space’s protection.
• Zhang Ming woke the fifth woman, who recognized him as an Aberrant after Nightmare Space issued her a mission to kill him.
• Zhang Ming told the fifth woman he would spare her if she proved useful and proposed making a trade rather than forcing information from her.
• Zhang Ming displayed bottles of powerful poisons, including a Level 6 Super Plague Poison, and the fifth woman recognized their immense value.

Zhang Ming offered Old Fifth poisons, treasures, and martial arts in exchange for magical knowledge and equipment, then used her as a test subject for the Cycle Devouring Art. He left her unconscious and dissected to learn whether the art would interfere with her return to Nightmare Space and reveal a possible connection to the Abyss.

• Zhang Ming showed Old Fifth a powerful Level 6 poison, Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, and numerous Cultivation Methods and Martial Skills.
• Old Fifth agreed to trade, and Zhang Ming requested mage knowledge despite knowing that magic might not work across worlds without Reincarnation Space's protection.
• Old Fifth traded her books, advanced magic knowledge, equipment, and other goods for items she needed, while Zhang Ming set the exchange values.
• Zhang Ming knocked Old Fifth unconscious and stripped and dissected her with his intent to test the effects of the Cycle Devouring Art.
• Zhang Ming used the experiment to investigate whether the Cycle Devouring Art was an Abyssal mark that could prevent Old Fifth from returning to Nightmare Space.

Zhang Ming traded with all five Reincarnators, then watched them recover, complete their mission, and return to the Space. After discovering they had planted a tracker on traded goods, he considered using it to lure them while planning a remote research base.

• Zhang Ming traded supplies and knowledge with the remaining four Reincarnators, then sent a clone away with the goods and watched the group.
• Boss woke and gathered his teammates, who complained that some of the traded items were duplicates but agreed they had survived and gained valuable goods.
• Third Brother revealed that he had planted a tracker on Zhang Ming, and the team decided to finish their mission and leave the world quickly.
• The five Reincarnators completed their mission at a mountain bandit stronghold and vanished back to the Space.
• Zhang Ming realized the tracker was on the goods his clone had taken away and considered using it to lure the Reincarnators, while weighing remote locations for a research base.

Zhang Ming used Lin Xiaotian’s fortunes to reach twenty percent comprehension of the Protagonist Manufacturing Technique, fully understanding the Heavenly Fate Pearl and preparing to seek the Fortune Realm. As Great Zhou’s northern campaign expanded its territory, Zhang Ming paused before setting out to decide what Golden Finger to give his avatar.

• Zhang Ming realized that information carried a weight and scent that might let him trace the world where his super-plague poison was used.
• Zhang Ming assigned his avatar to research Reincarnator items and focused instead on Lin Xiaotian, the Protagonist Manufacturing Technique, and the Heavenly Fate Pearl.
• Huang Xin led Great Zhou’s armies against the northern nomads, conquering nearly thirty percent of their territory and greatly increasing the Heavenly Fate Pearl’s fortune.
• Lin Xiaotian’s fortuitous encounters gave Zhang Ming data about fate, bringing his comprehension of the Protagonist Manufacturing Technique to twenty percent.
• Zhang Ming concluded that he could theoretically replicate the Heavenly Fate Pearl and began preparing to enter the Fortune Realm.
• Zhang Ming wondered what Golden Finger he should give his avatar before the journey.

Zhang Ming, a transmigrator living in Li Qing’s frail body, witnessed Liu Family Village villagers exploit Big Ox’s widow and orphan, then used the feast to eat and restore his strength. After recalling Li Qing’s past and promising revenge on the Village Chief’s family, Zhang Ming discovered his Attribute Panel and its daily Fortune gain.

• The Village Chief led Liu Family Village villagers in holding a feast at Big Ox’s home, exploiting his bereaved wife and child.
• Zhang Ming accepted food at the feast despite disapproving of the villagers’ actions, then returned home to train and nourish his body.
• Zhang Ming recalled that Big Ox had once helped devour Li Qing’s household and resolved to remember the debt to Big Ox’s widow.
• Zhang Ming remembered that the Village Chief’s second son had beaten Li Qing, whose grief and frailty led to his death before Zhang Ming transmigrated into his body.
• Zhang Ming promised to avenge Li Qing and checked his Attribute Panel, which showed his identity, Body, Mind, Fortune, and daily Fortune gain.

Zhang Ming (Li Qing) discovered that his Attribute Panel used the Heavenly Fate Pearl and that improving his fortune required overcoming his Young and Frail status. Hungry and without other means of support, he entered the mountains to hunt and left a badly wounded wild boar fleeing deeper into the forest.

• Zhang Ming (Li Qing) examined his Attribute Panel and concluded that getting rid of his Young and Frail debuffs would increase his daily fortune.
• Zhang Ming found his rice jar empty, took a battered Hunting Knife, and set off into the mountains for food.
• Zhang Ming searched the forest for large beasts, using his Mind to watch his surroundings and following the tracks of a wild boar.
• A huge wild boar charged Zhang Ming, who dodged and stabbed it in the flank with his Hunting Knife.
• The wounded boar charged again, and Zhang Ming dodged and slashed it; the boar fled deeper into the forest while bleeding heavily.