Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• Chen Mu awakens in a fantasy world during a spiritual-root test, remembering his previous life and expecting the usual story of a mocked weakling who must struggle to greatness.
• The stele reveals he has a low yellow-grade spiritual root. Instead of ridicule, the crowd comforts him and vows to help him improve.
• Memories reveal that Chen Mu is the heir of the Tianyuan Holy Land, one of the world’s most powerful institutions. His father, patriarch Chen Tianlin, rose from having no spiritual root to the Quasi-Emperor Realm; his sister Chen Juexin is a fabulously successful businesswoman who dotes on him.
• Realizing his family can provide anything he needs, Chen Mu decides to avoid ambition and enjoy a carefree life. He returns to his residence and settles into a recliner.
• An Invincible Rise System binds to him and offers a beginner mission. Chen Mu refuses, arguing that happiness matters more than others’ opinions or immortality.
• When the system lists its rewards, Chen Mu points out that his relatives already provide superior techniques, wealth, and artifacts. He asks the system to unbind itself, but the attempt fails due to a critical error.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Mu shifts from confusion about his apparent rebirth to relief and contentment. Rather than embrace a destined rise to power, he values leisure and independence.
• The Tianyuan Holy Land’s members respond to Chen Mu’s poor test result with loyalty and encouragement, reflecting their unity and affection for him.
• Chen Juexin, though absent, is established as a fiercely protective sister who has given Chen Mu unrestricted access to her chamber of commerce.
• The system tries to motivate Chen Mu with conventional promises of strength and immortality, but he counters its arguments and exposes how little he needs it.

Significant themes

• Rejecting the expected hero’s journey: Chen Mu refuses the assumption that hardship, ambition, and power are necessary goals.
• Contentment versus achievement: He prioritizes a pleasant life over status, longevity, or others’ approval.
• Privilege and family support: His powerful, capable relatives make the usual struggle for resources unnecessary.
• Comedy through reversal: The system designed to drive a protagonist toward greatness instead faces a host who wants it to leave.

Chapter Summary

• The system upgrades instead of self-destructing. After Chen Mu tells it to unbind itself, the system repeatedly fails to upgrade, then succeeds and unlocks God-Tier Sign-In, which promises one god-tier reward each day without missions. Chen Mu is too relaxed to respond; while he sleeps, the system signs him in automatically and grants him the saint-grade Godslayer Sword.
• Chen Tianlin returns, fearing for his son. Chen Mu’s father, a Quasi-Emperor, has rushed back from the Great Wilderness because he worries Chen Mu might take his own life after awakening a poor spiritual root. Chen Mu reassures him that he is content to avoid cultivation and enjoy an easy life. His father interprets this as an attempt to comfort him and enthusiastically promises to provide anything Chen Mu wants.
• A bodyguard is introduced—then abruptly withdrawn. Chen Tianlin presents Ye Qingcheng, the fifteen- or sixteen-year-old holy maiden of the Sky Sword Sect and a Martial Master, as Chen Mu’s bodyguard. Chen Mu worries that assigning a sect’s holy maiden to him could cause political trouble. Chen Tianlin suddenly changes course, tells him to stay home and enjoy himself, and leaves—taking Ye Qingcheng with him.
• Chen Tianlin’s concern shapes the chapter’s humor and danger. Outside, he tearfully praises Chen Mu as thoughtful for pretending not to care about his talent, then orders Ye Qingcheng to protect him from suicide. His menacing intensity terrifies her, and she swears to protect Chen Mu with her life. When a cry comes from the courtyard, she assumes he is under attack and bursts in with her sword drawn.

Character Development and Interactions

• Chen Mu remains carefree and uninterested in cultivation or conflict. His blunt desire for an easy life repeatedly gets misread as noble reassurance, while his casual behavior contrasts with the extraordinary system rewards he receives.
• Chen Tianlin is a powerful but deeply anxious father. He tries to encourage Chen Mu, offers him the family’s support, and arranges protection, yet mistakes his son’s genuine indifference for self-sacrifice.
• Ye Qingcheng enters as a capable but inexperienced protector. Though initially puzzled by the assignment, Chen Tianlin’s terrifying warning makes her fully committed to guarding Chen Mu.
• The comedy comes from crossed assumptions: Chen Mu worries his father may condemn him, Chen Tianlin worries his son may despair, and Ye Qingcheng interprets an ordinary shout as an emergency.

Significant Themes

• Care expressed through misunderstanding: Chen Mu and his father both mean well but misread each other’s intentions.
• Comfort versus ambition: Chen Mu values peace and leisure, while others assume he must be devastated by his weak talent.
• Power and absurdity: World-shaking gifts and formidable figures surround Chen Mu, yet he responds with sleepiness and a desire to relax.

Plot points and events

• Chen Mu discovers that his system has been checking in automatically and has placed a sacred-grade divine weapon in his inventory, despite his lack of interest in becoming powerful.
• When Ye Qingcheng sees his sudden reaction, Chen Mu claims he has twisted a bone. She checks him, finds him unharmed, and insists he take a valuable fourth-grade healing pill. The pill boosts his spiritual energy, bringing him close to a breakthrough.
• The chapter outlines the world’s cultivation ranks, noting that Chen Mu’s father, Chen Tianlin, is a Quasi-Emperor striving to become the world’s Great Emperor.
• Jiang Sheng, Chen Mu’s fourteen-year-old cousin and a gifted artificer, arrives and mistakes Ye Qingcheng for Chen Mu’s wife. Chen Mu corrects him, explaining she is his bodyguard and a holy maiden of the Sky Sword Sect.
• Jiang Sheng recalls that Chen Mu once supported his dream of artifact refining when others dismissed him. He pledges his loyalty and reveals he has come with a treasure: a sacred-grade divine weapon he forged himself.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Mu remains reluctant to pursue greatness, though the system keeps supplying him with powerful rewards. He accepts Ye Qingcheng’s care and is moved by Jiang Sheng’s gratitude.
• Ye Qingcheng shows intense concern for Chen Mu, quickly checking his health and using a rare pill to protect him. Jiang Sheng’s teasing assumption that she is Chen Mu’s wife leaves her blushing.
• Jiang Sheng is exuberant, devoted to Chen Mu, and remarkably accomplished: despite being only fourteen, he is a master artificer capable of forging sacred-grade weapons. His loyalty stems from Chen Mu’s earlier faith in him.

Significant themes

• Unwanted power and comic irony: Chen Mu avoids ambition, yet the system and the people around him keep bringing him extraordinary gifts.
• Loyalty and kindness repaid: Chen Mu’s past encouragement helped shape Jiang Sheng’s success, which he now repays with steadfast devotion.
• Talent and recognition: Jiang Sheng’s rise contrasts with the early disbelief of others, emphasizing the value of recognizing someone’s potential.

Key plot points and events

• Chen Mu learns that his fourteen-year-old cousin Jiang Tian has forged a saint-rank weapon, a remarkable feat given that saint rank is currently the highest known rank. Chen Mu suspects Jiang Tian may someday restore the lost art of divine-rank forging.
• Jiang Tian unveils the God-Slaying Sword Casket, which contains twelve saint-rank weapons, and gives it to Chen Mu rather than surrendering it to the Holy Land for rewards.
• Chen Mu worries he cannot wield such treasures because of his low-grade spiritual root. The system clarifies that he can freely use anything it rewards, regardless of spiritual-energy requirements.
• Ye Qingcheng admires the sword casket. Chen Mu dangles the possibility of giving it to her if she performs well, and she responds by massaging him, using spiritual energy to ease his meridians.
• Just as Chen Mu is relaxing, another visitor arrives. Ye Qingcheng is stunned to find that it is Li Xuanyuan, Great Cang’s leading talisman artisan.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Mu continues to enjoy an unexpectedly comfortable life despite his weak talent. He uses flattery and promises pragmatically, prioritizing his own ease and amusement.
• Jiang Tian is an extraordinary, praise-seeking prodigy who is deeply devoted to Chen Mu. He values his cousin more than recognition from the elders and rushes off to forge him another protective treasure.
• Ye Qingcheng remains outwardly composed but is repeatedly astonished by Jiang Tian’s achievement and Chen Mu’s influence. She willingly attends to Chen Mu, showing a softer, more accommodating side.
• Chen Mu and the system share a comic dynamic: the system reacts as though wounded by Jiang Tian’s weapon name and collection, then emphatically reassures Chen Mu about using system-granted items.
• Li Xuanyuan’s arrival creates suspense: Ye Qingcheng wonders whether the renowned artisan has come to meet Chen Mu.

Significant themes

• Talent versus status: Chen Mu’s low spiritual aptitude contrasts sharply with the prodigies and treasures surrounding him.
• Power, loyalty, and recognition: Jiang Tian chooses personal devotion to Chen Mu over institutional honors.
• Comedy through contrast: Grand cultivation-world achievements are played against Chen Mu’s casual, comfort-seeking attitude and the system’s exaggerated sensitivity.
• Unexpected fortune: What seemed like a difficult life for Chen Mu increasingly appears to be one of effortless advantage.

Plot points

• Li Xuanyuan, Chen Mu’s immensely powerful godfather and a renowned Talisman Refiner, visits after hearing that Chen Mu’s talent awakening has gone poorly.
• Rather than bring up the sensitive subject, Li gives Chen Mu a huge collection of protective talismans: thirty-six seventh-rank, twelve eighth-rank, and three ninth-rank divine talismans. One ninth-rank Heavenly Fire Talisman could seriously injure or kill even a Martial Saint.
• The System announces that it has unlocked an Infinite System Backpack so Chen Mu can store valuables. Chen Mu suspects it is reacting jealously to Li’s generosity, but accepts the benefit.
• Li initially mistakes Ye Qingcheng for Chen Mu’s romantic partner. After Chen Mu explains that she is his personal guard, Li is disappointed that he has no prospective daughter-in-law.
• Seeing that Ye is only at the Martial Master realm, Li gives her additional fourth- through sixth-rank talismans and makes her promise to protect Chen Mu.
• Li again urges Chen Mu to study talisman refining at his secluded bamboo grove. Chen Mu declines, saying he wants a quiet, carefree life. Li accepts this and instead offers to arrange a marriage for him—specifically praising the Sky Sword Sect’s holy maiden.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Mu is affectionate and comfortable with Li, accepting his gifts without formality. He remains committed to leisure rather than pursuing talisman cultivation or a more ambitious path.
• Li Xuanyuan is fearsome and influential to the outside world but tender and solicitous toward Chen Mu. His concern shows in the talismans, his renewed teaching offer, and his eagerness to find Chen Mu a wife. He also takes responsibility for Ye’s ability to guard his godson.
• Ye Qingcheng is astonished to learn how close Chen Mu is to Li and recognizes how much Chen’s powerful connections outweigh his lack of talent. She blushes at Li’s matchmaking assumption, then gratefully accepts the talismans and pledges her life to Chen Mu’s protection.

Significant themes

• Powerful family ties: Chen Mu’s godfather’s influence offers a level of protection that talent alone cannot provide.
• Affection over ambition: Li’s gifts and concern, and Chen Mu’s preference for an easy life, emphasize personal bonds and well-being over achievement.
• Comedic contrast: Li’s terrifying reputation contrasts with his doting behavior, while the System’s convenient backpack appears to react defensively to another source of generosity.

Key plot points and events

• Li Xuanyuan approves of Ye Qingcheng and hints that Chen Mu should bring her to visit again, then leaves to give them privacy.
• Chen Mu gives Ye Qingcheng the Divine Talismans Li Xuanyuan left, insisting they are for her to use to protect him. She accepts and resumes massaging his legs.
• Chen Mu posts a notice barring visitors so he can nap. As he falls asleep, his system repeatedly fails to upgrade, then successfully unlocks a Breathing-to-Cultivation module: each complete breath randomly increases his cultivation.
• While Chen Mu sleeps, Ye Qingcheng covers him with a quilt. He suddenly breaks through once, then again as the module continues granting cultivation. Ye Qingcheng first assumes it is coincidence, then concludes he must have hidden, exceptionally powerful talent.
• A worried voice outside the courtyard reacts to the notice that Chen Mu is ill, setting up an interruption.

Character development and interactions

• Chen Mu remains unconcerned about his supposed lack of talent and wants only to rest. He keeps his system and reborn identity secret, while casually teasing it about behaving like an ex-girlfriend.
• Ye Qingcheng shows devotion and attentiveness, refusing the talismans at first because she considers them too valuable, but accepting when Chen Mu frames them as tools for her duty. Witnessing his breakthroughs leaves her awed and convinced he may surpass her.
• Li Xuanyuan treats Ye Qingcheng as a potential match for Chen Mu and deliberately leaves them alone, reflecting the family’s interest in their relationship.

Significant themes

• Hidden potential and mistaken appearances: Chen Mu’s low-grade talent label conceals an extraordinary ability.
• Effort versus effortless power: Ye Qingcheng’s disciplined cultivation contrasts with Chen Mu gaining strength simply by breathing in his sleep.
• Protection and loyalty: Ye Qingcheng’s role as Chen Mu’s protector becomes complicated as she realizes he may soon outgrow her.
• Romantic matchmaking and privacy: Li Xuanyuan’s hints and Chen Mu’s wish for a quiet nap create a light contrast between family expectations and Chen Mu’s immediate priorities.

Key plot points and events

• A group arrives at Qingyun Prefecture carrying gifts from Chen Mu’s elder sister, Chen Juexin. Ye Qingcheng confirms their identity and accepts the delivery while Chen Mu sleeps.
• The group gives Ye a Spatial Ring packed with an immense quantity of top-grade spirit stones, along with more than a dozen treasure chests.
• Ye uses her special sight to inspect the chests and discovers an astonishing collection of famous weapons and rare treasures, including Shocking Rainbow, the Blood Moon Demon Saber, fire-dragon-scale armor, and a Heart-Guard Mirror.
• As the couriers leave, Xiao Jian realizes Ye is the Sky Sword Sect’s holy maiden. The group marvels that such a powerful figure serves Chen Mu, the future Holy Lord of Tianyuan.
• While Chen Mu sleeps, his system finally upgrades, unlocking unlimited divine-grade check-ins. It immediately rewards him with several saint-grade items, a spirit-mine map, spirit stones, and additional lifespan and abilities.
• Chen Mu wakes at night, appreciates the quilt Ye left over him, and assumes she is considerate. The system continues issuing check-in rewards and makes its messages impossible for him to ignore.

Character developments and interactions

• Ye Qingcheng proves both discreet and attentive: she keeps quiet to protect Chen Mu’s rest, handles the delivery, and is overwhelmed by the scale of his sister’s generosity. Her envy of his wealth and devoted family is clear.
• Chen Juexin, though absent, is characterized as enormously wealthy and deeply doting on her younger brother.
• Chen Mu remains unaware of the gifts and system upgrade while sleeping. On waking, he revises his assumption that Ye Qingcheng would be spoiled, recognizing her care.
• Xiao Jian and the couriers identify Ye and react with astonishment and envy at Chen Mu’s status and the resources surrounding him.

Significant themes

• Family devotion and extravagant generosity: Chen Juexin’s gifts show the extraordinary lengths Chen Mu’s relatives go to support him.
• Envy and social disparity: Ye and the couriers contrast Chen Mu’s unbelievable fortune with their own circumstances.
• Power and status: Ye’s presence as a former sect holy maiden, and her service to the future Holy Lord, underline Chen Mu’s exceptional position.
• Comedic abundance: The vast treasure haul and the system’s relentless, conspicuous notifications turn Chen Mu’s good fortune into a source of humor.

Plot points and events

• Chen Mu wakes to find a dozen rosewood treasure chests and wonders whether the system supplied them. The system emphatically denies any involvement.
• Ye Qingcheng serves him an impressive spread prepared by Zhang Shengcai, the former imperial chef and head chef of the famous Drunken Immortal Tower. She explains that she hired him to provide Chen Mu’s meals.
• Chen Mu eagerly enjoys the dishes and invites Ye Qingcheng to eat with him.
• Ye Qingcheng reveals that Chen Mu’s elder sister, Chen Juexin, sent the chests and a Spatial Ring, promising to visit in a few days. The ring contains an enormous fortune in Supreme Spirit Stones, and the chests hold a dazzling collection of rare treasures.
• The system announces that its sign-in feature has been upgraded to “Infinite Sign-In,” allowing vast rewards of random quality.
• Pleased with Zhang Shengcai’s cooking, Chen Mu hires him permanently and offers him 100 Supreme Spirit Stones per month. The chef, accustomed to earning only half a stone monthly, is overwhelmed with gratitude.
• Chen Mu then offers Ye Qingcheng 1,000 Supreme Spirit Stones per month. She reacts just as dramatically, despite already receiving ten per month as the Sky Sword Sect’s holy maiden.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Mu remains devoted to comfort and good food, openly valuing pleasure over the world’s fixation on cultivation. His immense wealth lets him reward those serving him with extraordinary generosity.
• Ye Qingcheng shows care and initiative by arranging meals for Chen Mu. She is pleased when he enjoys them and obediently accepts his invitation to dine with him. Her humble reaction to his offer highlights how lavish his pay is, even for a holy maiden.
• Zhang Shengcai is introduced as a highly skilled but poorly compensated chef. Chen Mu’s offer transforms his prospects, and he responds with intense gratitude.
• Chen Juexin, though absent, is characterized through her extravagant gift and her promise to visit.
• Chen Mu’s bantering relationship with the system continues: he suspects it supplied the chests, but the system denies responsibility and later announces its upgrade.

Significant themes

• Everyday pleasure versus relentless cultivation: Chen Mu finds the pursuit of fine food more appealing than subsisting on spiritual energy.
• Wealth and generosity: Chen Juexin’s gifts and Chen Mu’s lavish salaries reveal a striking gap between his resources and ordinary earnings.
• Service and gratitude: Both Zhang Shengcai and Ye Qingcheng respond to Chen Mu’s generosity with dramatic pledges of loyalty, underscoring how extraordinary his offers seem in their world.

Key plot points and events

• The system completes its tenfold rebate upgrade, returning ten times the value of eligible gifts or expenditures. It even retroactively rebates spirit stones Chen Mu gave away before the upgrade.
• Chen Mu discovers that the system has filled his inventory with hundreds of Saint-Tier weapons and extended his lifespan from 87 years to 97,800 years.
• Unable to sleep after a large meal, Chen Mu receives new calligraphy and painting functions, along with exceptionally valuable artistic tools.
• He writes several striking poems and paints a vivid landscape of Tranquil Valley. Ye Qingcheng is astonished by the quality of both.
• Before bed, Chen Mu lets Ye Qingcheng keep his poems and painting. She then prepares hot water and washes his feet. The system’s final check-in rewards him with ten One-Click Simp Cards, leaving him perplexed.

Character developments

• Chen Mu remains relaxed and largely indifferent to his extraordinary rewards. He treats the new artistic abilities as hobbies and sees his work as disposable, though he enjoys Ye Qingcheng’s attention.
• Ye Qingcheng grows increasingly impressed by Chen Mu. His apparent mastery of cultivation, poetry, calligraphy, and painting overturns her sense of herself as a prodigy. She resolves to stay humble and work harder.

Character interactions

• Chen Mu internally teases the system about its emotional fragility; the system responds by going silent, then compensates with powerful upgrades.
• Ye Qingcheng serves as Chen Mu’s audience and assistant, grinding ink and praising his work. Her admiration deepens into reverence.
• Her attentive service culminates in the incongruous sight of a sect Saintess washing Chen Mu’s feet, which he finds both surprising and blissful.

Significant themes

• Overpowered rewards and comic excess: The system’s upgrades transform ordinary gifts, sleep, and hobbies into absurd gains.
• Humility before greater talent: Ye Qingcheng’s confidence is shaken as she recognizes how much Chen Mu exceeds her expectations.
• Status and service: The contrast between Ye Qingcheng’s exalted position as a Saintess and her devoted personal care of Chen Mu drives the chapter’s humor.

Key plot points and events

• Chen Mu accepts the system’s One-Click Sycophant Card, recognizing its potential for turning useful enemies into allies.
• Ye Qingcheng tends to Chen Mu, then offers to warm his feet. He politely declines, leaving her briefly unsure of her beauty before she refocuses on her duties as his guard.
• The system continues delivering automatic check-in rewards through the night, including a poetry collection, a Divine Chef title, a million Supreme Spirit Stones, and several supreme-grade spiritual roots. Chen Mu orders it to stay quiet and dim its display so he can sleep.
• The next morning, disciples at Tianyuan Academy worry that Chen Mu has stopped attending after awakening only a low-grade yellow-tier talent. They praise his kindness, generosity, and devotion to helping others.
• When they hear that Sky Sword Sect’s holy son, Liu Xiangnan, has come—and that he may have a marriage agreement with Ye Qingcheng—they assume he intends to challenge Chen Mu for her. The disciples rush to defend their young master.
• Surrounded by a vast crowd of powerful Tianyuan cultivators, Liu Xiangnan is terrified. He clarifies that he has come not to fight Chen Mu, but to return the marriage agreement.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Mu remains pragmatic about the system’s powerful rewards, but also shows irritation when its notifications disturb his sleep.
• Ye Qingcheng is devoted to serving Chen Mu. His refusal of her offer is not explained as a judgment of her looks, though she briefly takes it that way before composing herself.
• Tianyuan disciples reveal strong loyalty to Chen Mu, earned through his humility, guidance, and generosity. Their readiness to attack Liu comes from a mistaken assumption that he threatens Chen Mu.
• Liu Xiangnan arrives expecting a formal matter, but becomes overwhelmed by the hostile reception and hastily explains his purpose.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and reputation: Chen Mu’s good treatment of others has built a fiercely protective following.
• Misunderstanding and escalation: Rumors about Ye Qingcheng and Liu’s alleged marriage agreement turn a peaceful visit into an apparent confrontation.
• Power and privilege: Chen Mu’s standing in Tianyuan Holy Land makes even an outsider’s arrival seem threatening.
• System-assisted advantage: Chen Mu’s growing collection of extraordinary rewards contrasts with the academy’s concern over his supposedly poor talent.

Plot points

• Liu Xiangnan arrives at the Tianyuan Holy Land to return an old marriage contract and end his childhood engagement to Ye Qingcheng, hoping to avoid offending the Young Master, Chen Mu.
• The guards suspect a trap, so a senior alchemist makes Liu swallow a seventh-grade “Heart Demon Seed,” which will kill him if he intends harm to Chen Mu. Liu agrees, having no hostile intent.
• Despite his cooperation, Liu is escorted by a formidable crowd that includes Martial Saints and human immortals. The Holy Land’s overwhelming strength leaves him terrified and reinforces his decision to keep his head down.
• Meanwhile, Chen Mu hears gossip about Ye Qingcheng’s fiancé and worries Liu may be arriving to challenge or humiliate him. He checks his system inventory and discovers it has gathered numerous supreme-grade spiritual roots. He activates the heaven-tier lightning root to bolster his power.

Character developments

• Liu Xiangnan is revealed as cautious and deeply conscious of the gulf in power between himself and the Tianyuan Holy Land. His goal is simply to dissolve the engagement and avoid trouble.
• Chen Mu remains reluctant to get caught up in conflict, but the possibility of a confrontation pushes him to make use of his system’s powerful resources.
• Zhang Shengcai is trying to learn pastry-making so he can justify his paid position and keep what he sees as a valuable job.

Character interactions

• The guards repeatedly question Liu’s motives; the alchemist offers a coercive test, which Liu accepts.
• Holy Land members’ intense protection of Chen Mu contrasts with Liu’s expectation that Chen Mu would be neglected after awakening a weak talent.
• Courtyard gossip links Ye Qingcheng’s role as Chen Mu’s bodyguard with her engagement, while Chen privately overhears it and speculates about Liu’s intentions.

Significant themes

• Power and hierarchy: Even Liu’s status as a Holy Son offers little protection against the Holy Land’s vast strength.
• Loyalty and protection: The Holy Land’s people are fiercely committed to Chen Mu despite his supposedly poor talent.
• Fear and self-preservation: Liu’s decision to cooperate reflects practical survival rather than ambition.
• Comic misunderstanding: Liu seeks only to end an engagement, while the guards and Chen imagine potentially dangerous motives.

Plot and events

• Chen Mu successfully binds a heaven-rank supreme thunder spirit root. Its power surges through him, and a burst of lightning tears through the clouds, visible far beyond Qingyun Prefecture.
• Cultivators arriving outside the prefecture mistake the display for the work of a powerful guard. Liu Xiangnan, already intimidated by the Tianyuan Holy Land’s strength, becomes desperate to end his connection to Ye Qingcheng.
• Under pressure from an older Human Immortal Realm cultivator, Liu enters Chen Mu’s courtyard to return his and Ye Qingcheng’s marriage contract.
• Chen’s thunder power flares again. Liu realizes Chen himself has the supreme thunder talent—far beyond the modest aptitude the rumors claimed—and immediately kneels, pleading that he means no harm.
• Liu explains that he came only to end the arranged engagement and insists he and Ye Qingcheng have never been intimate. Chen accepts the contract on Ye’s behalf, and Liu leaves relieved.
• Chen returns to his leisurely day, but the system begins another upgrade, prompting him to wonder whether his thought about his powerful lineage triggered it.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Mu gains a formidable new ability but remains casual and unconcerned with Liu’s visit. He recognizes that Liu’s aim is simply to return the contract and reflects that the Holy Land’s protection would likely have prevented any real danger anyway.
• Liu Xiangnan shifts from anxious visitor to thoroughly terrified petitioner. His fear of Chen’s power drives him to confess, surrender the contract, and leave as quickly as possible.
• The older cultivator intimidates Liu before he enters, warning him to be careful about what he says. Chen later settles the encounter through his thunderous display, without needing to threaten Liu directly.

Significant themes

• Power and reputation: Chen’s concealed strength utterly overturns the rumors about his talent.
• Fear and self-preservation: Liu’s behavior shows how quickly perceived power can overwhelm status and confidence.
• Protection through status and allies: Chen realizes his powerful backing may have made the supposed rivalry harmless even without his new talent.
• Comedy through contrast: Chen treats the encounter as a minor interruption, while Liu experiences it as a life-threatening ordeal.

Key plot points and events

• Chen Mu’s system upgrades his comprehension to the highest level, allowing him to master cultivation techniques after only a few looks. He barely reacts, preferring to relax, and ignores the system’s suggestion to test his new heaven-tier technique, World-Destroying Thunderstrike.
• Liu Xiangnan leaves Qingyun Manor after returning his marriage contract with Ye Qingcheng. He is relieved and intends to focus on cultivation, but is confronted by Ye Qingcheng, who suspects he might oppose Chen Mu.
• Liu explains that he has no such intention: his family urged him to end the engagement after hearing Ye had been selected by the Holy Lord to serve Chen Mu. He reveals that Chen Mu possesses a supreme-grade heaven-tier Thunder Spiritual Root and argues that Chen Mu hardly needs a guard.
• Liu suggests Ye may have been chosen for more than protection, teasing her as the “future Holy Lord’s wife.” Ye rejects the idea and reminds him to speak cautiously.
• Back at Qingyun Manor, Ye wrestles with Liu’s words and wonders whether she is worthy of such a future. Someone then overhears her and asks if she wants to become Chen Mu’s wife.

Character developments

• Chen Mu gains extraordinary comprehension but remains comically indifferent to power and cultivation, choosing comfort over testing his new ability.
• Liu Xiangnan gives up his engagement and chooses cultivation over romance. His view of Chen Mu shifts toward awe and deference after witnessing Chen Mu’s talent.
• Ye Qingcheng remains outwardly disciplined and focused on her duties, but Liu’s claims unsettle her. Her confidence falters as she considers the possibility that she may have a personal future with Chen Mu.

Significant themes

• Cultivation versus worldly ties: Liu treats marriage as a distraction from advancement.
• Power and status: Chen Mu’s rare spiritual root changes how others understand his position and the reasons behind Ye’s assignment.
• Duty versus personal desire: Ye insists she is simply following orders, while privately questioning what her role may mean.
• Comedic contrast: Chen Mu’s extreme laziness contrasts with the intense ambition and anxiety of those around him.

Character interactions

• Liu and Ye’s tense conversation clarifies that the engagement is over and that Liu does not intend to challenge Chen Mu.
• Liu provokes Ye by implying she may become Chen Mu’s wife; she responds with anger and a warning to watch his words.
• Ye’s private uncertainty is interrupted by an unidentified speaker, setting up a direct confrontation about her feelings and intentions.

Key plot points and events

• Chen Juexin, the Tianyuan Holy Lord’s eldest daughter and a powerful businesswoman, catches Ye Qingcheng speaking near Chen Mu’s residence. Misreading her presence as romantic pursuit, she judges Ye suitable and declares her qualified to be her sister-in-law.
• Juexin brings Ye inside and announces her as Chen Mu’s prospective bride. Chen Mu corrects her: Ye is his bodyguard, appointed by his father. Ye avoids further embarrassment by offering to make tea.
• Juexin probes Chen Mu about his feelings for Ye. He dodges the question with a joke about her massages and foot-washing, prompting his sister to threaten a playful smack.
• Juexin urges Chen Mu to marry and have children, but he turns the question back on her. She says she has no interest in romance and cares only about expanding her business.
• After Ye serves rare Sword Spring tea, Juexin reveals the real purpose of her visit: she has obtained a unique artificial spirit root for Chen Mu, crafted by three Quasi-Emperor experts. It is mid-grade earth tier—far superior to his yellow-tier root—and she hopes to make him a heaven-tier root later.
• Chen Mu says he does not need it, leaving Juexin’s offer unresolved.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Juexin is affectionate and teasing toward Chen Mu, but her devotion is also practical: she has spent considerable resources trying to improve his cultivation. Her matchmaking enthusiasm contrasts with her own lack of romantic interest.
• Chen Mu remains relaxed and playful, evading both matchmaking pressure and discussion of his feelings for Ye. Despite his weak talent, he resists accepting the artificial root.
• Ye Qingcheng is respectful and deferential around Juexin, embarrassed by the mistaken marriage assumption, and attentive in her role as Chen Mu’s bodyguard. Juexin’s wealth and authority impress her.

Significant themes

• Family devotion: Juexin uses her influence and wealth to support her younger brother.
• Marriage expectations versus personal choice: Juexin pressures Chen Mu to settle down, while both siblings ultimately claim to prioritize other things.
• Talent and cultivation: The artificial spirit root offers a remarkable, though costly, way to overcome Chen Mu’s poor innate aptitude.
• Misunderstanding and humor: Juexin’s mistaken assumptions about Ye and Chen Mu’s teasing keep the family conversation lighthearted.

Plot points and events

• Chen Juexin assumes Chen Mu is reluctant to replace his yellow-rank spiritual root because he fears pain. He offers to numb him and install her artificial earth-rank root.
• Chen Mu proves the Awakening Stone revealed only one of his talents: he has a heaven-rank supreme thunder spiritual root. He then reveals a second, equally powerful fire root, which he binds through the system rather than replacing his existing root.
• Chen Juexin and Ye Qingcheng are stunned by Chen Mu’s unprecedented dual supreme roots. Juexin puts away the artificial root and gives him dozens of heaven-rank cultivation manuals.
• The system adds thirty-two heaven-rank supreme techniques to Chen Mu’s inventory—one more than Juexin gave him.
• Juexin leaves for Heavenly Secrets Pavilion and orders her agents to spread the news of Chen Mu’s true talent throughout the region.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Mu moves from guarded silence to openly demonstrating his powers, though he still hides the system and his effortless cultivation. He accepts Juexin’s manuals without intending to study them.
• Chen Juexin shifts from playful suspicion to overwhelming pride and protectiveness, eager to defend her brother’s reputation and support his future.
• Ye Qingcheng, herself considered a prodigy, is left astonished and envious of Chen Mu’s gifts—and of his devoted elder sister.
• The siblings share affectionate teasing: Juexin reproaches Chen Mu for concealing the truth, while he gently points out that few people would dare insult him now.

Significant themes

• Hidden potential and mistaken judgment: Chen Mu’s supposed mediocrity masks extraordinary abilities.
• Family loyalty and support: Juexin’s pride translates into practical aid and fierce public advocacy.
• Power and privilege: Chen Mu receives rare techniques with ease, while the system continues to provide him with even greater rewards.

Chapter Summary

• News of Chen Mu’s talent spreads: The Heavenly Secrets Pavilion’s gazette announces that Chen Mu has awakened dual heavenly-grade spirit roots of thunder and fire, prompting awe and alarm across the Great Wu Dynasty. Sect leaders and even the Great Mist Dynasty rush to show respect and send gifts. The Sky Sword Sect’s elders worry about Ye Qingcheng’s situation, but Sect Master Lin Wentian warns them that Chen Mu’s wishes are beyond their authority—and that provoking the Tianyuan Holy Land could mean annihilation.
• Chen Mu remains indifferent: Ye Qingcheng excitedly tells him the news is public. Chen Mu correctly guesses that his sister arranged the announcement and is pleased that it may discourage people from disturbing him. He shows little interest in the acclaim.
• The system unlocks a major power: After repeated upgrade attempts, the system grants Chen Mu an invincible domain. It first covers Qingyun Prefecture, then expands to the entire Tianyuan Holy Land. Within its bounds, Chen Mu can defeat anyone—even kill a Great Emperor instantly—so he sees little reason to leave.
• A lavish reward follows: Chen Mu’s sign-in yields nearly a billion supreme-grade spirit stones, nearly a billion years of lifespan, and nearly a billion Ninth-Grade Dragon Blood Pills. He considers the lifespan effectively immortality.
• An invitation is declined: While Chen Mu relaxes as Ye Qingcheng massages his fingers, inner-court disciple Yang Qiaofeng arrives. He invites Chen Mu to explore a newly appeared hidden realm in the Tianzhou Mountain Range, where a powerful inheritance may be found. Chen Mu refuses because he prefers the comfort and safety of home. The system begins another upgrade at the end of the chapter.

Character Developments and Interactions

• Chen Mu remains carefree and pleasure-seeking despite becoming the focus of the martial world. His new domain reinforces his preference for staying home rather than seeking power through dangerous adventures.
• Ye Qingcheng continues serving Chen Mu and is visibly excited by his rising reputation. Yang Qiaofeng’s reaction to seeing her as a maid underscores how extraordinary and provocative her position appears to others.
• Lin Wentian shows pragmatic caution, reminding the Sky Sword Sect’s elders that Chen Mu and the Tianyuan Holy Land are too powerful to challenge.
• Yang Qiaofeng respectfully delivers the elders’ invitation, but Chen Mu dismisses it without hesitation.

Significant Themes

• Power commands fear and reverence: Sects publicly pledge loyalty or offer rewards to win Chen Mu’s favor, while others fear even being noticed by him.
• Privilege over conventional cultivation: Chen Mu gains overwhelming protection and resources without pursuing the usual trials of cultivation.
• Comfort and security: His invincibility makes leisure—not adventure or achievement—his priority.

Key plot points and events

• The system repeatedly attempts an upgrade and unlocks the Puppet Master function.
• Ye Qingcheng prepares to join the secret-realm expedition. Chen Mu tells her she can go, acknowledging that she deserves the opportunity.
• Before she leaves, Chen Mu gifts her the Saint-Tier Divine Weapon Heavenly Abyss Sword. The gift triggers a rebate: he receives an identical sword.
• Chen Mu’s complaint about the rebate restriction prompts another upgrade. The system removes the restriction and improves the feature into an Unlimited Hundredfold Rebate module, though Chen Mu has little interest in exploiting it.
• During a check-in, Chen Mu receives a Divine Rank Shadow Puppet. The system sends it to merge with Ye Qingcheng’s shadow, where it can gather treasures and protect her and the other Holy Land disciples.
• Ye Qingcheng joins hundreds of disciples aboard a Flying Boat bound for the secret realm. Some disciples jokingly refer to her as their future “young mistress,” and she is quietly pleased—until several other Flying Boats approach.

Character developments

• Chen Mu remains relaxed and uninterested in adventure, power, or ruling the world. He rewards Ye Qingcheng generously and accepts the puppet’s assistance as a convenient way to support the expedition without leaving his courtyard.
• Ye Qingcheng shifts from seeing herself primarily as Chen Mu’s protector to feeling personally indebted and deeply loyal to him. Receiving a Saint-Tier weapon strengthens her resolve to serve him and succeed on the expedition.

Character interactions

• Chen Mu reassures Ye Qingcheng that she may leave for the secret realm without worrying about him; she responds by thanking him and continuing to pamper him until her departure.
• His weapon gift moves Ye Qingcheng profoundly, and she vows to serve him faithfully.
• The disciples’ teasing about Ye Qingcheng becoming Chen Mu’s “young mistress” softens her normally distant demeanor.
• The system acts almost like an attentive assistant, upgrading its features and arranging a hidden guardian and treasure collector for the expedition.

Significant themes

• Loyalty earned through generosity: Chen Mu’s gift deepens Ye Qingcheng’s devotion.
• Power contrasted with idleness: Chen Mu possesses extraordinary resources but prefers comfort and leisure over ambition.
• Convenience and effortless advantage: The rebate system and shadow puppet let Chen Mu influence events without taking part directly.
• Uncertainty ahead: The approaching Flying Boats hint at a possible encounter or conflict at the secret-realm expedition’s outset.

Key plot points and events

• The Great Wu Imperial Clan arrives at the Tianyuan Holy Land with gifts to congratulate Chen Mu on awakening exceptional thunder and fire talents. The escort elder confirms they pose no threat and lets them through.
• Onlookers marvel at Chen Mu’s potential to become a Great Emperor, and Ye Qingcheng is excited by the prospect of witnessing his rise.
• Chen Mu takes no interest in the delegation or the upcoming secret-realm expedition; he delegates the reception and goes back to sleep.
• At the secret realm, the Tianyuan Holy Land’s arrival intimidates many other participants into abandoning the competition. Ye Qingcheng leads the Holy Land’s disciples inside, while the escort elder waits outside.
• The portal suddenly turns blood-red and seals shut. The elder realizes the realm is a trap, threatens those responsible for assessing it, and warns that the trapped disciples must escape on their own.
• Inside, Ye Qingcheng and the others find themselves in a vast, hostile desert. As they proceed cautiously, an enormous creature emerges behind a cascade of falling sand.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Mu remains unconcerned with his growing reputation and delegates practical matters to others.
• Ye Qingcheng is increasingly devoted to Chen Mu and determined to prove herself by surviving the realm and securing its inheritance. She ignores rumors that she is being groomed as his future wife.
• The escort elder moves from calm supervision to fury and alarm when the portal is revealed to be a trap. He confronts the assessors and vows to punish them if Tianyuan disciples are harmed.
• The other sects’ disciples respect the Tianyuan Holy Land’s strength, but many withdraw rather than compete against it. Once inside, they form cautious groups and remain alert.

Significant themes

• Power and reputation: Chen Mu’s talents inspire awe even though he has done nothing to cultivate his public image.
• Loyalty and ambition: Ye Qingcheng’s commitment to Chen Mu shapes her goals and conduct.
• Unequal power: The Tianyuan Holy Land’s overwhelming status discourages weaker factions from competing.
• Hidden danger and responsibility: The secret-realm trap exposes the cost of inadequate preparation and leaves the younger disciples to face the danger themselves.

Plot points and events

• A ten-thousand-year-old Man-Faced Sand Serpent appears, and the trapped disciples discover that the secret realm’s exit has vanished.
• The sects cooperate, with the Azure Mystic Sect leading a Great Tortoise Shell Formation. The serpent breaks it immediately, scattering the disciples and leaving them desperate.
• Ye Qingcheng steps forward with the Heavenly Abyss Sword, a saint-rank weapon given to her by Chen Mu. She kills the serpent with a single strike.
• The disciples marvel at the weapon and credit Chen Mu’s generosity, with one declaring that serving the young master is an opportunity in itself.
• Ye Qingcheng collects the serpent’s valuable demonic core to give to Chen Mu in gratitude. But the blood draws more Man-Faced Sand Serpents, which surround her from beneath the sand.

Character developments

• Ye Qingcheng shows courage by confronting the serpent despite uncertainty about her chances. The sword’s power reinforces her gratitude, faith, and affection for Chen Mu.
• The other disciples, initially focused on escape and survival, unite against the threat. Their awe of Chen Mu’s resources leads some to aspire to join his service.
• Chen Mu remains absent, but his gift—and the reputation it earns him—shapes the chapter’s events.

Significant themes

• Gratitude and reciprocity: Ye Qingcheng sees the sword as having saved her life and intends to repay Chen Mu generously.
• Power and reputation: A single gift demonstrates the Tianyuan Holy Land’s wealth and enhances Chen Mu’s standing.
• Cooperation under pressure: Rival groups set aside their differences when faced with a common danger.
• Courage in crisis: Ye Qingcheng acts when the others are overwhelmed.

Character interactions

• The disciples coordinate to support the Azure Mystic Sect’s defensive formation, then react with amazement to Ye Qingcheng’s victory and debate the source of her weapon.
• Ye Qingcheng’s actions are driven by her bond with Chen Mu, while the disciples’ admiration turns into a desire to serve him.
• The chapter ends with Ye Qingcheng facing the newly arriving serpents alone—or at least at the center of their attack.

Key plot points and events

• Seven 10,000-year Man-Faced Sand Serpents erupt from the ground, trapping Ye Qingcheng and the others. Ye uses the Heavenly Abyss Sword and the Sky Sword Sect’s supreme technique, but most of her conjured blades shatter, leaving her dangerously drained.
• After taking energy-restoring pills, Ye attacks the serpent she wounded and decapitates it. Dust and blood obscure the fight as the remaining six close in.
• A silver-armored Shadow Puppet emerges from Ye’s shadow and instantly destroys the six serpents. He later kills an even stronger serpent with a single stomp, demonstrating overwhelming power.
• The Shadow Puppet protects Ye by sending her safely back to the others. Before the group can recover, a vastly larger creature appears, blotting out the sky and bringing an intense aura of death.

Character developments and interactions

• Ye Qingcheng shows determination and responsibility: despite her exhaustion, she fights because she refuses to let the Tianyuan Holy Land’s disciples die, viewing them as part of Chen Mu’s “family holdings.”
• The Shadow Puppet’s appearance leaves Ye terrified and bewildered. She initially attacks him, but quickly recognizes the immense gap between them—and realizes he is protecting her.
• The other disciples are stunned by the Shadow Puppet’s strength and assume he is connected to the Tianyuan Holy Land. Ye cannot explain his identity, though she tells the group to focus on the fact that he saved them.

Significant themes

• Sacrifice and duty: Ye risks herself to protect her companions even when success seems unlikely.
• Overwhelming power and vulnerability: Ye’s hard-won victory over one serpent is dwarfed by the Shadow Puppet’s effortless slaughter of the others.
• Mystery and escalating danger: The puppet’s origin remains unexplained, while the arrival of an even greater monster raises the threat sharply.