Vol. 1The Worlds Draw Near

Lin Xuan grew from a gifted child into a Spark Program trainee, survived the Old Soil trials, and uncovered a threat to the worlds. He returned to Great Xia as the realms drew closer, then entered school and helped stop a calamity targeting students.

  • Lin Xuan developed rapidly, celebrated his first birthday, and began kindergarten, where Teacher Hu tried to kidnap him and Duo Duo.
  • Lin Xuan alerted the police and helped Director Huang expose the kidnapping plot, earning a title for thwarting it.
  • Lin Xuan’s family foiled a Scarlet Church attack at a hotel, and Lin Xuan chose to pursue the Spark Program.
  • Lin Xuan advanced through the assessment tower, defeated Bai Yu, and passed alongside Xing Yan.
  • Lin Xuan began special training at Taiyuan Base and fought ogres with Group Three in the Forgotten Wasteland.
  • Group Three set out for Tailong City, and Lin Xuan sensed hostility at a banquet in Nanmu Town.
  • Lin Xuan escaped Nanmu Town, recruited the Toad King against Qian Kui, and returned home to warn his family that the worlds were drawing closer.
  • After Great Xia announced the National Transcendence Plan, Lin Xuan exposed Wang Bingyao’s manipulation of students, and Duo Duo used her Transfer ability to take Zheng Nan’s injuries.
Chapters 1–100 Read from ch. 1

Arc 1The First Birthday and the Kidnapping

Lin Xuan grew rapidly, learned martial arts, and began kindergarten as his family adjusted to Lin Rou’s departure and Lin Hai’s new Crimson Flame post. When Teacher Hu tried to abduct Lin Xuan and Duo Duo, Lin Xuan alerted the authorities, and Director Huang captured the mechanical spider behind the plot.

  • Lin Xuan developed rapidly through his talents, nutrition, and martial arts practice while Lin Hai joined Crimson Flame and Lin Rou left to train for the Martial Arts College Entrance Examination.
  • At Lin Xuan’s first birthday banquet, Ren Yan gave him a Crimson Blood Fruit that raised his Constitution and Spirit.
  • Lin Xuan enrolled at Double Leaf Kindergarten, befriended Duo Duo, and impressed the other children with his throwing skill.
  • Director Huang confronted Thousand-Faced Fox while Teacher Hu drove Lin Xuan and Duo Duo away from kindergarten.
  • Lin Xuan knocked Teacher Hu unconscious at a gas station and got a cashier to call the police, bringing both children safely to the Public Security Bureau.
  • Zhang Ruoyu revealed that Duo Duo was his daughter, and Lin Xuan gained the Nemesis of Evil title for thwarting the kidnapping.
  • Thousand-Faced Fox and the mechanical spider went to the cemetery-lined North Garden Road, where Director Huang defeated and captured the spider.
  • Lin Xuan revealed that he had lied about living on North Garden Road to test Teacher Hu, and Crimson Flame credited Lin Hai with merit as Lin Xuan’s title advanced.
Chapters 1–25 Summaries Read

Arc 2The Spark Assessment

After the Lin family foiled the Scarlet Church’s hotel attack, Lin Xuan earned a chance to enter the Spark Program assessment. He advanced through the tower’s first trials and claimed a platform, where Bai Yu approached to challenge him.

  • Lin Wu revealed his knowledge of the family’s role in saving Duo Duo and secured Deputy Minister Li’s promise to seek a Spark Program recommendation for Lin Xuan.
  • During the hotel blackout, Lin Hai and Lin Long joined the investigation while Lin Rou fought the attackers and Lin Xuan used his sharpened senses and hidden skill to expose a waiter from the Starving Wolf Gang.
  • Lin Rou and Lin Long defeated members of the Scarlet Church, and the young man in white escaped as the hotel barrier dispersed.
  • Lin Wu explained the Spark Program to the family, and Lin Xuan chose to pursue the assessment after his family agreed to help prepare him.
  • Li Xin and Gao Yang arranged for Lin Xuan to join the candidates traveling to the Imperial Capital, where he met Xiang Beifeng, Hua Yiren, and Xing Yan.
  • Vice Dean Pei’s Martial Soul Domain eliminated many candidates, but Lin Xuan and Xing Yan endured and entered the Unfixed High Tower.
  • Lin Xuan helped Hua Yiren climb, advanced Toddling into Mystical Swiftness, and passed the tower’s staircase stage with fewer than a hundred candidates remaining.
  • Vice Dean Pei began the platform trials, Lin Xuan and Xing Yan claimed platforms, and Bai Yu headed toward Lin Xuan after surrendering to Xing Yan.
Chapters 26–50 Summaries Read

Arc 3The Old Soil Trial

Lin Xuan passed the Spark Program assessment and began special training at Taiyuan Base, where the trainees learned about the Old Earth World and faced ogres in the Forgotten Wasteland. Group Three then entered Baichuan Domain for a six-month journey to Tailong City, ending with Lin Xuan sensing hostility at a banquet in Nanmu Town.

  • Lin Xuan defeated Bai Yu, passed the assessment with Xing Yan, and joined the other successful candidates on an airship to Taiyuan Base.
  • Xing Taisen thanked Lin Xuan’s family for helping Xing Yan and gave them gifts before the trainees began their isolated special training.
  • Lin Xuan met Wang Chongtian and Su A'lei, advanced Nutrient Absorption into Natural Absorption, and joined Xie Yi’s group after Xie Yi won the Group Three leadership vote.
  • Li Guosheng led the trainees to the Great Abyss Bridge, where a Dark Ruins Worm attacked before Vice Dean Pei and Hu Shan drove it away.
  • In the Forgotten Wasteland, Group Three fought a Two-Headed Ogre and a horde, and Lin Xuan killed an Ogre Priest with Collapse Fist.
  • Hu Shan announced that Group Three had six months to travel from Baichuan Domain to Tailong City, and Jin Buhuan and three other students withdrew before the others crossed Nanmu Bridge.
  • Duanmu Ci welcomed Hu Shan and Group Three to Nanmu Town, where Lin Xuan sensed malice from the banquet guests, strongest from Duanmu Ci.
Chapters 51–75 Summaries Read

Arc 4The Second World Declaration

Lin Xuan uncovered the Raven Council’s threat in the Old Soil, joined forces with the Toad King, and returned home to warn his family about the worlds drawing closer. After Great Xia announced its National Transcendence Plan, Lin Xuan entered school, where he uncovered a calamity manipulating students and helped Duo Duo save Zheng Nan.

  • Lin Xuan sensed hostility in Nanmu Town and helped the students escape as Hu Shan and Wang Chongzu confronted Duanmu Ci and Qian Kui.
  • Lin Xuan’s disguised group reached Toad King Town, where he learned that Manager Wang planned to frame them and agreed to help A Tu save his mother.
  • Lin Xuan convinced the Toad King to join him against Qian Kui, and the Toad King evolved after taking a Life-Creating Glazed Pill and formed a contract with Lin Xuan.
  • Uncle Feng defeated Qian Kui’s puppet and led the trainees away, while the Toad King disbanded its town and followed Lin Xuan.
  • Lin Xuan returned home and warned his family that bridges between worlds were appearing and that a Second World Declaration was imminent.
  • State Lord Gu announced that barriers between realms were failing and introduced the National Transcendence Plan as Great Xia and other powers moved toward cooperation.
  • At Liangjiang Academy, Lin Xuan kept his abilities hidden during placement, then sensed a calamity when Wang Lei and other students were overcome by rage.
  • Lin Xuan restrained Wang Bingyao and exposed her role in manipulating the students, while the Toad King intervened and Duo Duo used her Transfer ability to take Zheng Nan’s injuries.
Chapters 76–100 Summaries Read
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