Chapter Summaries

After the Word Trait Plundering System activated in Caomiao Village, Su Han learned that the village would be massacred that night and decided to use the system to improve his chances of survival. He plundered Zhang Xiaofan’s Child of Destiny trait, which merged with Su Han’s Lucky trait and upgraded into Child of Destiny (white).

• Su Han remembered that he had transmigrated into the Zhu Xian World and realized Caomiao Village would be massacred that night.
• Su Han learned that the system could inspect and plunder people’s traits, then examined Zhang Xiaofan and Lin Jingyu.
• Su Han saw that he had only Lucky (blue) and decided to plunder Zhang Xiaofan’s Child of Destiny (gray) trait to help him survive.
• Su Han successfully plundered the trait, and the system merged it with Lucky (blue) to create Child of Destiny (white).

Su Han discovered that similar traits could fuse and upgrade, then waited for Puzhi at a ruined temple near Caomiao Village. After Su Han saved Zhang Xiaofan from Lin Jingyu, Puzhi intervened, and the chapter ended as footsteps approached and Su Han anticipated plundering Puzhi’s traits.

• Su Han realized his Child of Destiny trait had upgraded after Zhang Xiaofan became his stand-in and considered how trait fusion might improve other abilities.
• Su Han went to the ruined temple and saw Lin Jingyu, influenced by the Blood Devouring Pearl, overpowering Zhang Xiaofan.
• Su Han separated Lin Jingyu from Zhang Xiaofan, and Puzhi stepped in to calm Lin Jingyu.
• Su Han examined Puzhi’s traits but chose not to plunder them yet, then spoke with Puzhi after Lin Jingyu and Zhang Xiaofan left.
• Su Han waited with Puzhi until footsteps sounded outside, and he suspected Cang Song had arrived and anticipated plundering Puzhi’s traits.

Su Han watched Cang Song ambush the poisoned Puzhi and used his system to inspect Cang Song’s traits, discovering his Astonishing Comprehension. As Cang Song unleashed the Divine Sword Controlling Thunder True Spell, Su Han anticipated Puzhi’s defeat and the chance to obtain his traits.

• Cang Song attacked Puzhi outside the ruined temple after poisoning him with a Seven-tailed Centipede, and Su Han watched without revealing Cang Song’s identity.
• Su Han asked his system to inspect Cang Song and found that he possessed the red trait Astonishing Comprehension.
• Su Han imagined combining Cang Song’s comprehension with Zhang Xiaofan’s trait to gain Heaven-Defying Comprehension and improve his cultivation.
• Cang Song struggled to defeat the poisoned Puzhi, then grew impatient and climbed onto a nearby roof.
• Cang Song cast the Divine Sword Controlling Thunder True Spell, summoning a storm and drawing lightning down through his sword.
• Su Han expected Puzhi to fall into demonic corruption and believed he would then obtain Puzhi’s traits.

Puzhi chose Su Han as the recipient of his secret cultivation technique, and Su Han plundered Puzhi’s Black Word Trait. Puzhi revealed that he had only three days to live and gave Su Han a lead to the Ghost Doctor along with a blood-red bead.

• Cang Song attacked Puzhi, but Puzhi blocked him with Great Brahma Prajna, forcing Cang Song to retreat.
• Su Han checked Zhang Xiaofan and Lin Jingyu and found them unconscious but unharmed.
• Puzhi chose Su Han to inherit his cultivation method after learning that Su Han planned to join the Qingyun Sect.
• Puzhi made Su Han swear to keep the technique secret, practice it alone at night, and use it only when his life was in danger.
• Su Han saw Puzhi’s traits and used the system to plunder Demonic Buddha Body and Demonic Heart (Black).
• Puzhi told Su Han he had three days left to live, directed him to seek the Ghost Doctor if endangered, and offered him a blood-red bead.

Su Han accepted the Blood Devouring Pearl and learned the Great Brahma Prajna from Puzhi, who knocked him unconscious before the Qingyun Sect arrived. Xiao Yicai took Su Han and the other surviving children to the Qingyun Sect, where Su Han inspected his new Demonic Buddha Body and Demonic Heart Word Trait.

• Puzhi gave Su Han the Blood Devouring Pearl and told him to keep it hidden and never reveal the name he had shared.
• Puzhi taught Su Han the Great Brahma Prajna incantation, then knocked him unconscious before dawn.
• Xiao Yicai arrived at the ruined temple with Lin Jingyu, Zhang Xiaofan, and Uncle Wang, and questioned Su Han about the previous night.
• Su Han concealed what he knew about Puzhi and told Xiao Yicai he had come to seek admission to the Qingyun Sect.
• Xiao Yicai agreed to take Su Han and the other surviving children to the Qingyun Sect on a flying boat.
• Su Han checked his attribute panel and learned the effects of his Demonic Buddha Body and Demonic Heart Word Trait.

Su Han arrived at Qingyun Sect with Zhang Xiaofan and Lin Jingyu, where his newly awakened Demonic Buddha Body, Demonic Heart trait let him sense the Water Qilin’s surprise attack in advance. He concealed the Blood Devouring Pearl’s demonic aura as the divine beast confronted him, and asked the system to inspect its traits.

• Su Han examined the six effects of his Black Word Trait, Demonic Buddha Body, Demonic Heart, and considered its defensive, perceptive, and combat abilities.
• Xiao Yicai brought Su Han, Zhang Xiaofan, and Lin Jingyu to Qingyun Sect’s Rainbow Bridge.
• Su Han sensed changes in the wind and moisture, then dodged before the Water Qilin burst from the water and attacked.
• Xiao Yicai pulled Zhang Xiaofan and Lin Jingyu out of the water pillar’s path while Su Han admired the Water Qilin.
• Su Han concealed the Blood Devouring Pearl’s demonic aura with Thought of Buddha-Demon and asked the system to inspect Spirit Lord Water Qilin’s traits.

Su Han and the other survivors reached Qingyun Sect, where the Sect Master questioned them about Caomiao Village’s destruction. Master Shui Yue grew suspicious of Su Han’s strong Buddhist aura and interrupted the proceedings, leaving the hall waiting to hear what she would say.

• Su Han examined the Water Qilin’s traits, and the divine beast calmed down and returned to the lake after the Buddhist aura suppressed the Blood Devouring Pearl’s demonic energy.
• Xiao Yicai explained the Water Qilin’s identity and led Su Han, Zhang Xiaofan, and Lin Jingyu to Yuqing Hall, while a woman watching from the sky wondered about Su Han’s Buddhist aura.
• Daoxuan questioned Lin Jingyu, Zhang Xiaofan, and Su Han about how they survived the destruction of Caomiao Village, and Su Han said he had come to Qingyun Sect seeking a master.
• Shui Yue questioned Su Han about why he wanted to join Qingyun Sect and privately suspected his strong Buddha Nature made him suspicious.
• As Xiao Yicai prepared to take the three young men away, Shui Yue stood and told Daoxuan that she had something to say.

Shui Yue insisted on taking Su Han as her disciple, despite objections that Little Bamboo Peak had only ever accepted women. Daoxuan approved her decision, and Su Han joined her, leaving with Shui Yue for Little Bamboo Peak.

• Shui Yue argued that Qingyun Sect must protect the Caomiao Village orphans and those who sought to uphold righteousness.
• Shui Yue announced that she would take Su Han as her personal disciple, stunning the Peak Masters and Su Han.
• The Peak Masters objected to a male disciple joining Little Bamboo Peak, but Shui Yue said the rule had not been established by the Ancestor and declared that she could change it.
• Daoxuan accepted Shui Yue's decision, and Su Han performed the disciple-taking ceremony and called Shui Yue his master.
• Shui Yue said she had no master-disciple fate with the other two children and left with Su Han for Little Bamboo Peak.

Shui Yue took Su Han to Little Bamboo Peak after testing whether he feared sword flight, then introduced him to his senior sister, Wen Min. She asked Wen Min to find a secluded room for Su Han, and Wen Min mentioned a distant room but hesitated to explain further.

• Shui Yue tested Su Han by making their sword flight violent, then concluded his fear made it unlikely that he was a Buddhist Sect spy.
• Shui Yue carried Su Han safely to Little Bamboo Peak and told him it would be his home for cultivation.
• Wen Min welcomed Shui Yue back and learned that Su Han was her new junior brother.
• Wen Min offered to help Su Han if anyone bullied him, and Su Han thanked her.
• Shui Yue asked Wen Min about a separate room for Su Han, and Wen Min mentioned one far from the other disciples but hesitated.

Su Han followed Wen Min to his new room on Little Bamboo Peak, where she showed him the hot spring and eagerly accepted his offer to use it. At dinner, Shui Yue stopped the other disciples from crowding him, and Su Han completed the tea ceremony that officially made him her disciple.

• Shui Yue told Wen Min to show Su Han his room and bring him to dinner so she could introduce him to the other disciples.
• Wen Min led Su Han to the former elder's room, showed him its layout and hot spring, and accepted his offer to let her use it.
• Wen Min brought Su Han to the dining hall, where the disciples surrounded him excitedly until Shui Yue intervened.
• Shui Yue brought Su Han and Wen Min into the dining room, where Su Han offered Shui Yue tea and officially became her disciple.

Shui Yue began personally teaching Su Han, who discovered Lu Xueqi’s extraordinary traits and refused to plunder her dangerous Fated Female Protagonist trait. When they met, Lu Xueqi insisted she was Su Han’s senior sister, then offered to acknowledge him as her senior brother if he met one condition.

• Shui Yue decided to teach Su Han the Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao herself and told him to ask Wen Min for help when she was absent.
• Lu Xueqi arrived late after practicing, and Su Han used the system to inspect her traits, discovering her rare talents and the plunderable but dangerous Fated Female Protagonist trait.
• Su Han rejected plundering Lu Xueqi’s trait because it could cause him to become female.
• Shui Yue introduced Su Han and Lu Xueqi, but they disagreed over whether she was his senior or junior sister.
• Lu Xueqi insisted Su Han call her Senior Sister and offered to acknowledge him as Senior Brother if he accepted one condition.

Su Han accepted Lu Xueqi’s challenge to fight her to a draw at Little Bamboo Peak’s trial in three months, with their seniority depending on the result. Shui Yue began teaching him the Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao, and as Su Han drew spiritual energy into his body, a system notification sounded.

• Lu Xueqi challenged Su Han to a fight at the trial in three months, and Su Han accepted with an additional condition if he won.
• Wen Min and the other senior sisters fed Su Han at dinner while Lu Xueqi briefly puffed out her cheeks.
• Shui Yue brought Su Han to her room and began teaching him the Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao, explaining its realms and warning him about cultivation risks.
• Shui Yue guided Su Han as he sensed the spiritual energy around him, and he drew a thread of it into his body.
• A system notification suddenly sounded in Su Han’s ear.

Su Han quickly absorbed spiritual energy during his first cultivation session, shocking Shui Yue despite her doubts about his aptitude. He discovered that he had gained one Word Plundering attempt and planned to take Lu Xueqi’s Heavenly Prodigy trait, then headed back to his room to test how quickly he could cultivate Great Brahma Prajna.

• Su Han absorbed spiritual energy with surprising ease, and Shui Yue wondered whether she had underestimated his potential before deciding his Daoist cultivation remained slow.
• Su Han checked his Attribute Panel and found that his available Word Plundering attempts had increased to one.
• Su Han decided to plunder Lu Xueqi’s Heavenly Prodigy (Gold) trait when he saw her, hoping to improve his cultivation before the Little Sparring Tournament.
• Shui Yue cautioned Su Han to remain humble and told him that Wen Min would take him to the Back Mountain at dawn for physical training.
• Su Han noticed a fleeting red glint in Shui Yue’s eyes, suspected a wisp of demonic energy had affected her, and left without mentioning it.
• Back in his room, Su Han prepared to test how the Demonic Buddha Body and Demonic Heart would boost his cultivation of Great Brahma Prajna.

Su Han secretly cultivated Great Brahma Prajna after Shui Yue stopped watching him, and his Demonic Buddha Body, Demonic Heart Word Trait let him advance at a staggering pace. By dawn, he had reached the Shengwen Realm, while realizing that switching between Buddhist and Daoist cultivation would complicate his progress in Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao.

• Su Han pretended to sleep while Shui Yue watched him from a Tear Bamboo, and she decided to observe him for a few more days before sending him to another peak.
• After Shui Yue left, Su Han began cultivating Great Brahma Prajna and found that it came naturally to him and progressed more than a thousand times faster than Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao.
• Su Han realized that Great Brahma Prajna required him to close his pores and temper his body, which would make continuing Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao difficult until he reached the first level of the Yuqing Realm.
• Su Han cultivated through the night and broke through to the Shengwen Realm of Great Brahma Prajna by dawn.
• Su Han marveled at the power of his Black Word Trait and considered how quickly he needed to pursue Plundering Word Traits.

After Great Brahma Prajna advanced, Su Han gained another Word Plundering attempt and considered pursuing a Demonic Sect technique. Wen Min took him to Little Bamboo Peak’s back mountain to learn bamboo cutting, unaware of what his unusual strength might make of the task.

• Su Han noticed that reaching the first level of the Shengwen Realm had raised his available Word Plundering attempts to two, and he considered cultivating a Demonic Sect technique.
• Wen Min visited Su Han and remarked that his temperament seemed to have changed after he began cultivating Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao.
• Wen Min led Su Han to the back mountain, where she explained that Little Bamboo Peak disciples practiced cultivation by cutting resilient Tear Bamboo.
• Wen Min easily severed a thick stalk to demonstrate, then handed Su Han the knife and chose a thin stalk for him to cut.
• Wen Min recalled struggling all day to cut her first Tear Bamboo stalk and watched Su Han with amused anticipation.

Su Han effortlessly cut through Tear Bamboo with one strike, astonishing Wen Min and Lu Xueqi. After Wen Min brought him to Shui Yue, she sensed his extraordinary physical strength and suspected he possessed an Innate Buddha Bone, then dismissed Wen Min to speak with him alone.

• Su Han cut through a stalk of Tear Bamboo with a single strike, leaving Wen Min stunned and curious about his strength.
• Lu Xueqi examined the smooth cut and was astonished that Su Han had managed the feat so easily.
• Wen Min rushed Su Han to Shui Yue and told her he had cut through Tear Bamboo with one strike.
• Shui Yue inspected Su Han's spiritual energy and found his body far stronger than that of disciples at his level.
• Shui Yue suspected Su Han had a special physique like an Innate Buddha Bone, dismissed Wen Min, and asked to speak with Su Han alone.

Shui Yue questioned Su Han about the Buddhist Sect, then helped him cultivate the Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao while an unsettling red glint briefly affected her. At dinner, Su Han plundered Lu Xueqi’s two Gold Word Traits and unlocked the hidden, upgradeable Dao Word Trait.

• Shui Yue asked Su Han what he thought of the Buddhist Sect and told him to stop chopping bamboo and focus on cultivation.
• Shui Yue helped Su Han circulate his spiritual energy, then briefly showed a strange red glint before regaining herself.
• Su Han reflected on his slow Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao progress and anticipated meeting Lu Xueqi to copy her Word Traits.
• Su Han arrived at the dining hall with Shui Yue and saw Lu Xueqi sitting alone.
• Su Han plundered Lu Xueqi’s Heavenly Prodigy (Gold) and Innate Dao Bone (Gold) Word Traits, activating the hidden Dao (Gray *Upgradeable) Word Trait.

Su Han discovered that his hidden gray trait, Dao, removed conflicts between cultivation techniques of Buddhism, Daoism, and demonic sects, solving a problem he had feared would take years to overcome. Shui Yue continued personally helping him cultivate toward the Yuqing Realm, while the other disciples mistook her attention for pity over his orphaned past.

• Su Han examined Dao's effect and realized it would let him cultivate techniques from all three teachings without conflict.
• Wen Min teased Su Han about staring at Lu Xueqi, but Shui Yue abruptly silenced her when she suggested the two were close.
• Shui Yue told Su Han to keep training with her so he could reach the Yuqing Realm before his match with Lu Xueqi in three months.
• After Shui Yue left with Su Han, the disciples discussed her special attention, and Wen Min persuaded them it came from sympathy for his difficult childhood.
• Su Han wondered how quickly his Innate Dao Bone and Heavenly Prodigy traits would improve his Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao cultivation.

Su Han’s cultivation speed astonished Shui Yue, and he secretly cultivated both the Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao and Great Brahma Prajna while building his ties with Little Bamboo Peak. Half a month later, he triggered a brilliant surge of blue light during cultivation, leaving his breakthrough imminent.

• Su Han cultivated the Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao at Shui Yue’s direction, and Shui Yue was stunned by his sudden progress and hoped he might become a genius like Lu Xueqi.
• Su Han returned to his room and cultivated the Great Brahma Prajna, confirming that his Dao trait let both techniques progress without slowing each other down.
• Su Han repeated his daytime cultivation with Shui Yue and nighttime practice alone, while growing closer to his senior sisters, especially Wen Min.
• After half a month, Su Han’s spiritual energy surged violently as blue light burst from his body, and he opened his eyes with joy.

Su Han broke through to the first layer of the Yuqing Realm, and Shui Yue praised his talent before promising to teach him combat spells. After cultivating both Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao and Great Brahma Prajna, he advanced Great Brahma Prajna to the second layer and gained two Word Trait plundering attempts, leaving him to decide whose traits to pursue.

• Su Han told Shui Yue he had reached the first layer of the Yuqing Realm, and she praised his rapid progress while warning him not to become complacent.
• Shui Yue told Su Han to rest and return the next day to choose a combat spell, and he left her residence eager to learn spells.
• Su Han checked his status and saw that his breakthrough had granted him another Word Trait plundering attempt, but he set aside the idea of seeking demonic cultivation methods from Cang Song.
• Su Han cultivated Great Brahma Prajna for three shichen and discovered that it complemented Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao, which also grew more stable.
• Great Brahma Prajna advanced to the second layer of the Shengwen Realm, granting Su Han another plundering attempt and leaving him wondering whose traits to choose.