Chapter Summaries

On his first birthday, Xiang Yi was thrown from a mountain boardwalk by a lightning strike and relived memories of an office worker, Honor of Kings, and the Marvel Universe. As a system began binding to him while his life dwindled, he fiercely refused to die; the chapter left his fate unresolved.

• Xiang Yi felt dread at the twelve chocolate hoops on his birthday cake and escaped outside to the viewing platform.
• A bolt of lightning struck the mountain ridge, hurled Xiang Yi from the boardwalk, and left him gravely injured as his parents cried out.
• Xiang Yi's consciousness flooded with memories of office life, Honor of Kings, and the Marvel Universe.
• A system detected Xiang Yi, forcibly bound itself to him, and began loading while warning that his life countdown was running out.
• Xiang Yi roared that he wanted to live and refused to let destiny take his life.

Xiang Yi’s Honor of Kings Summoning System bound to him as he lay near death, forcibly stabilizing his vital signs and imprinting its rules on his consciousness. As his mother begged him to wake, he managed to whisper to her before slipping back into darkness, and his mental power rose slightly.

• Xiang Yi’s will to survive triggered the system, which anchored his collapsing consciousness and activated life support.
• The system displayed its basic functions and forcibly imprinted rules about mental power, energy points, summoning, and permissions, overwhelming Xiang Yi with pain.
• Xiang Yi’s mother, Lin Wanqing, pleaded for him to open his eyes as he was carried in an ambulance.
• Hai Shan called for a doctor after noticing Xiang Yi’s finger move.
• Xiang Yi forced himself to whisper, “Mom” and “Don’t cry,” then lost consciousness again as his mental power increased to 5.01/100.

After waking from his injuries, Xiang Yi pretended to be a confused child to hide his fused soul and the system from his parents. Seeing Tony Stark on the news made him realize he was in the Marvel Universe, and he resolved to recover quickly and gain power before its coming crises.

• Xiang Yi woke in the hospital after three days unconscious, and Lin Wanqing and Xiang Haishan tearfully welcomed him back.
• Xiang Yi hid his adult awareness and system by pretending to have lost his memories of the accident.
• His parents and the doctor reassured him that he had fallen down the stairs and would recover from his concussion and temporary memory loss.
• A news report about Tony Stark triggered Xiang Yi's memories of the Marvel Universe and its future catastrophes.
• Xiang Yi concealed his panic by acting frightened of the television, while Xiang Haishan turned it off.
• Xiang Yi checked his system and, seeing his injuries and lack of energy, resolved to recover and gain power quickly.

In the hospital, Xiang Yi learned Basic Meditation and raised his mental power by one point, but discovered the Ancient One had marked him and would deeply scan him in 72 hours. He resolved to keep cultivating and summon a hero before the countdown ended, despite his injuries and his mother's worried presence.

• Xiang Yi pretended to sleep while Lin Wanqing watched over him, and he resolved to grow strong enough to protect his family.
• Xiang Yi learned Basic Meditation and struggled through pain and distractions until he raised his mental power from 14 to 15.
• The system detected a mark from the Ancient One of Kamar-Taj and warned that continued exposure would trigger a deep scan in 72 hours.
• Xiang Yi realized he needed to summon a hero before the deadline and decided to cultivate again, even as Lin Wanqing stayed beside his bed.

Xiang Yi chose King Lanling as his first summon, but his low Mental Power and lack of Energy Points prevented him from completing the summoning. After a nurse’s rounds made the hospital room seem unsafe for the uninterrupted ritual, he pushed himself into more dangerous cultivation to raise his Mental Power.

• Xiang Yi examined the unlocked Hero pool and chose King Lanling for stealth and intelligence gathering.
• The system warned Xiang Yi that summoning King Lanling required 50 Mental Power and 100 Energy Points, while he had only 21 Mental Power and 0 Energy Points.
• A night-shift nurse entered to check Xiang Yi’s monitor and IV, and he pretended to sleep until she left.
• Xiang Yi realized that interruptions in the hospital could prevent the five-minute summoning ritual and decided he needed a safer place.
• Xiang Yi forced the Returning to the Hidden Formula into a faster cycle, enduring severe pain as his Mental Power began rising.

Xiang Yi risked permanent damage to summon King Lanling from the hospital, then tested his shadow and space-cutting abilities. With his first hero under his command, Xiang Yi sent him to steal evidence against Liu Jinbiao and ruin him.

• Xiang Yi drove his mental power to 31.2 before the system warned that further forced cultivation could cause permanent damage.
• Xiang Yi accepted the novice mission and began summoning King Lanling despite lacking the required mental power and energy points.
• King Lanling emerged through a spatial rift, and completing the mission restored Xiang Yi's mental power and awarded him 100 Energy Points.
• Xiang Yi ordered King Lanling to demonstrate his abilities, and King Lanling showed that he could vanish into shadows and cut through a reinforced wall with a spatial attack.
• Xiang Yi ordered King Lanling to infiltrate Liu Jinbiao's office and retrieve evidence that he had framed Xiang Group for tax violations.
• King Lanling promised to obey and disappeared into the shadows to carry out the mission.

Xiang Yi used King Lanling to steal evidence from Liu Jinbiao’s safe, but the theft exposed the Ten Rings Syndicate’s involvement and triggered a deadly pursuit. After King Lanling escaped, Xiang Haishan arrived at the hospital in despair, and Xiang Yi resolved to make the people behind the crisis pay.

• Xiang Yi endured severe mental strain while sharing King Lanling’s senses as King Lanling infiltrated Liu Jinbiao’s office.
• King Lanling found the Xiang Group evidence pouch and a Ten Rings Emblem in Liu Jinbiao’s safe, then took the pouch and triggered an alarm.
• Three Ten Rings Syndicate assassins pursued King Lanling, who escaped into a back alley after Xiang Yi’s shared vision cut out.
• King Lanling reported that he had secured the evidence, identified the Ten Rings connection, and reached a safe node.
• Xiang Haishan entered Xiang Yi’s hospital room in a devastated state, and Xiang Yi promised that the people responsible would get what they deserved.

Xiang Yi sent King Lanling’s evidence against Liu Jinbiao to the media, causing Liu’s arrest and briefly easing his family’s crisis. Xiang Haishan recovered after collapsing, but Xiang Yi knew the Ten Rings Syndicate still threatened them.

• King Lanling returned wounded and gave Xiang Yi bloodstained evidence against Liu Jinbiao and the Ten Rings Syndicate.
• Xiang Yi ordered the system to anonymously send the evidence to mainstream media, then lost consciousness as his Mental Power fell dangerously low.
• Lin Wanqing found Xiang Haishan collapsed, and Xiang Yi summoned medical help.
• News reports announced Liu Jinbiao’s arrest and the evidence against him, prompting Xiang Haishan to regain consciousness.
• Xiang Yi completed the family-crisis mission and received Energy Points and Basic Body Technique, but remained wary of the Ten Rings Syndicate.

With school resuming in three days and King Lanling draining his mental power, Xiang Yi used a Basic Energy Crystal to raise his mental power limit and fully restore it. He concealed the painful absorption from Lin Wanqing, but King Lanling’s ongoing consumption left him determined to grow stronger.

• Lin Wanqing told Xiang Yi that he could return to school next Monday if he recovered well, leaving him only three days to prepare.
• Xiang Yi exchanged 50 system points for a Basic Energy Crystal and endured its painful absorption while secretly guiding the energy through the Returning to the Hidden Formula.
• The crystal permanently increased Xiang Yi’s mental power limit to 120 and restored his mental power to full.
• King Lanling continued consuming Xiang Yi’s mental power, lowering it to 119 and then 118.
• When Lin Wanqing entered, Xiang Yi pretended to have fallen asleep over his textbook, and she covered him with a blanket.

Xiang Yi used King Lanling to stop Zhang Hao’s thugs from robbing him, then secretly increased his mental power by absorbing a Basic Energy Crystal. Xuan Weizi’s surveillance revealed that Zhang Hao bore The Hand’s serpent mark, leaving Xiang Yi aware that the school bully was tied to a dangerous organization.

• Xiang Yi confronted three thugs sent by Zhang Hao, and King Lanling invisibly broke one thug’s wrist as Xiang Yi warned the others not to provoke him again.
• At home, Xiang Yi reassured Lin Wan and Xiang Haishan, who told him that the company’s troubles had been resolved thanks to evidence from an unknown benefactor.
• Xiang Yi ordered King Lanling to rest, exchanged 50 Energy Points for a Basic Energy Crystal, and absorbed it to raise his mental power limit from 100 to 110.
• Zhang Hao beat and dismissed Yellow Hair after he reported that an invisible force had broken Skinny Monkey’s wrist.
• Xuan Weizi showed Xiang Yi the serpent tattoo on Zhang Hao’s wrist, and Xiang Yi recognized it as The Hand’s mark.

Xiang Yi practiced the Star Scar body-tempering art while King Lanling gathered intelligence on Ghost Ward and Zhang Tianlin. After learning that Ghost Ward traded untraceable antiques and Zhang Tianlin had suspected ties to The Hand, Xiang Yi planned to infiltrate the market and pursue the ancient jade.

• Xiang Yi analyzed the arms market during class and subtly avoided a collision, noticing his enhanced perception and reflexes.
• On his way home, Xiang Yi practiced the breathing and movement principles of Star Scar, then reassured his parents that he was following a fitness routine.
• Xiang Yi began training Star Scar in his room, lost his balance, and was caught by King Lanling before he resumed practicing.
• Xiang Yi sensed residual energy nourishing his body and received King Lanling's report that Ghost Ward opened at midnight on Fridays and involved the Black Serpent Gang.
• King Lanling reported that Zhang Tianlin's company had suspicious cargo shipments and that his bodyguards bore matching snake tattoos; Xiang Yi suspected links to The Hand.
• Xiang Yi ordered King Lanling to investigate the cargo operations and find a Ghost Ward token, then resolved to infiltrate the market and search for the ancient jade.

Xiang Yi accepted an emergency mission to find the Kunlun Ancient Jade and sent King Lanling to investigate the underground black market Ghost Ward. King Lanling found a lead and began searching for a low-ranking Black Serpent Gang member whose token could get Xiang Yi inside.

• Xiang Yi accepted the seven-day mission to obtain the Kunlun Ancient Jade for 200 Energy Points and a 20-point increase to his mental power limit.
• Xiang Yi ordered King Lanling to prioritize the jade search, while he avoided confronting Zhang Hao as Zhang Hao followed him from school.
• King Lanling reported that the jade might be at Ghost Ward, an underground market at the West District Old Wharf that required a special coin or an introduction.
• Xiang Yi learned that the coin belonged to Black Serpent Gang members and ordered King Lanling to find a vulnerable, low-ranking token holder.
• King Lanling narrowed the search to three people and promised a target report and action plan by the next night; Xiang Yi also told him to monitor Zhang Tianlin and The Hand.
• Xiang Yi recorded the mission details, accepted warm milk from Lin Wan, and practiced Star Scar as he prepared for the coming action.

Xiang Yi recovered the Ten-Ring-Pattern Kunlun Ancient Jade from a one-eyed vendor in Ghost Ward by using King Lanling to steal it amid a staged fire. He escaped the warehouse district with the jade hidden against his body, while the Black Serpent Gang sealed the exits and began searching for the thief.

• Xiang Yi traded Old John food for the Snake-Pattern Ghost-Character Coin and warned him to keep quiet about it.
• Xiang Yi watched Ghost Ward from an abandoned lighthouse and ordered King Lanling to create a distraction after the ancient jade failed to appear on the vendor’s table.
• King Lanling ignited a pile of tires near Stall No. 7, Section C, drawing the one-eyed old man’s attention away from his pouch.
• King Lanling stole the Ten-Ring-Pattern Jade Pendant from the pouch and escaped as the old man discovered the theft and unleashed his mental power.
• Scarface and the Black Serpent Gang sealed Ghost Ward’s exits and searched the crowd while King Lanling slipped out through a drainage outlet.
• Xiang Yi confirmed the pendant was a high-purity energy crystal carrier, hid it against his body, and returned home as Ghost Ward descended into chaos.

Xiang Yi awakened the jade pendant’s Ten Rings and absorbed its energy, but his breakthrough was interrupted when Scarface and the one-eyed old ghost attacked the warehouse. He unleashed an electromagnetic pulse to save King Lanling, then collapsed as King Lanling, badly wounded, rushed toward him.

• Xiang Yi endured the jade pendant’s violent energy surge until the Ten Rings appeared and stabilized it, raising his psychic power to 125.
• Scarface and the one-eyed old ghost tracked Xiang Yi to the warehouse and attacked with explosives, gunfire, and psychic force.
• King Lanling confronted the one-eyed old ghost but was shot in the shoulder and back by Scarface, leaving him exposed and gravely wounded.
• Xiang Yi completed the jade mission, raised his psychic power limit to 130, and triggered a powerful electromagnetic pulse that disrupted the attackers and weakened the old ghost’s psychic strike.
• Xiang Yi collapsed after ordering King Lanling to flee, while the wounded King Lanling stopped his bleeding with Shadow Power and raced toward the warehouse.

Xiang Yi risked his life purifying King Lanling’s core of Demon-Breaking Metal contamination, then collapsed as King Lanling kept vigil beside him. After Xiang Yi woke, King Lanling swore an oath of loyalty, and Xiang Yi pledged his own life in return.

• Xiang Yi discovered that Adamantium Derivative contamination threatened to destroy King Lanling’s core within hours.
• King Lanling urged Xiang Yi to save his Energy Points, but Xiang Yi chose deep spiritual-power purification and removed the contamination at the cost of exhausting himself.
• King Lanling emerged from the system space, carried the unconscious Xiang Yi to bed, and knelt beside him through the night.
• Xiang Yi woke near dawn and ordered King Lanling, who had been kneeling all night, to sit beside his bed.
• King Lanling swore that his life would shield Xiang Yi, raising his loyalty to 150% and earning the status “Unwavering Devotion.”
• Xiang Yi accepted King Lanling’s oath and vowed to protect him in return.

Xiang Yi summoned Guiguzi and asked him to conceal the Xiang family villa, but sustaining the protective barrier nearly destroyed Xiang Yi’s exhausted mind. As Guiguzi treated him, he sensed that Xiang Yi carried the hidden fate of a ruler of men, and Xiang Yi concealed the encounter from his worried mother.

• Xiang Yi summoned Guiguzi, suffering intense pain as the sage appeared in his room.
• Guiguzi created a barrier that muffled sound, then spread Mystic Subtlety across the villa to make it go unnoticed by people nearby.
• Xiang Yi linked his depleted mind to the villa-wide barrier, but the strain made Guiguzi withdraw it and help stabilize him.
• While treating Xiang Yi, Guiguzi sensed chaotic fate and faint Purple Forbidden Imperial Qi, calling it the sign of a ruler of men.
• When Lin Wanqing knocked, Xiang Yi pretended he had dreamed about the cave, and she comforted him while Guiguzi vanished.

Xiang Yi endured a painful mental-power sacrifice to create an information network through Xuan Weizi, uncovering threats from Zhang Tiankui and The Hand. The network left him near collapse, but he resolved to break through his limits.

• Xiang Yi gave Guiguzi a thread of mental power, allowing Xuan Weizi to spread across the city and form an information network.
• Xiang Yi struggled through an overwhelming flood of sensory information and focused the network on threats to his family and plans.
• Xiang Yi learned that smugglers were moving dangerous goods, a new school signal tower could cripple Xuan Weizi, and Zhang Tiankui was colluding with The Hand.
• Xiang Yi discovered that Zhang Tiankui suspected him and had ordered Zhang Hao to target him at school.
• Guiguzi shut down the network when Xiang Yi neared mental collapse, and Xiang Yi carved the word “Breakthrough” into his workbook.

Xiang Yi used a garbage-bin explosion to turn Zhang Hao’s ambush against him and confirm that Zhang Hao bore The Hand’s beast mark. He escaped before school staff arrived and reported to Mr. Guiguzi that the Zhang family was both bait and caught in the net.

• Zhang Hao and three classmates cornered Xiang Yi behind the school building and threatened to beat him.
• A garbage bin exploded, scattering the attackers and giving Xiang Yi a chance to seize Zhang Hao and pin him down.
• Xiang Yi threatened Zhang Hao, then recognized the beast tattoo on his wrist as The Hand’s mark.
• Xiang Yi pretended to be frightened and weak when teachers and security guards approached, then slipped away.
• Xiang Yi told Mr. Guiguzi that the beast mark was confirmed and that the Zhang family was both bait and caught in the net.

King Lanling infiltrated the Zhang family villa and discovered Zhang Tiankui worshipping the Beast, an evil god revered by The Hand. Though poisoned and badly wounded, King Lanling escaped with a list and USB drive and headed toward the Xiang family villa.

• King Lanling entered Zhang Tiankui’s study and opened a hidden passage using stolen fingerprint and retinal data.
• King Lanling found Zhang Tiankui praying to the Beast statue while a masked ninja captain guarded a safe bearing the same emblem.
• The ninja captain poisoned King Lanling with a dart, but King Lanling opened the safe and took a list and USB drive.
• Guiguzi’s Shadow Mist disrupted the ninja captain’s attack, allowing King Lanling to escape through a ventilation window.
• The ninja captain ordered the villa’s men to pursue King Lanling and warned Hold No. 7 at the port as King Lanling fled toward the Xiang family villa.

Xiang Yi directed Guiguzi and King Lanling in a raid on a freighter to retrieve two Pure Energy Crystals, but a hidden high-ranking ninja ambushed King Lanling inside Hold 7. King Lanling escaped with the crystals and returned gravely injured, leaving Xiang Yi to face the cost of their success.

• Xiang Yi used his mental links to coordinate Guiguzi’s surveillance and King Lanling’s infiltration of the freighter at berth C7.
• Guiguzi created distractions that let King Lanling evade the guards and enter Hold 7 through a hidden inspection opening.
• King Lanling disabled the crate’s pressure sensors and found two Pure Energy Crystals among ancient artifacts.
• A high-ranking ninja attacked King Lanling with rune-covered chains, but King Lanling used the Shadow Mist bond skill to seize the crystals and break free.
• King Lanling escaped through a ventilation duct after suffering severe injuries, and Xiang Yi ordered his retreat when the link nearly overwhelmed him.
• Guiguzi brought King Lanling back to Xiang Yi’s room, where King Lanling offered him the crystals and Xiang Yi told him he had done enough.