Recaps

Ling Yi studied the plot of the regret novel whose protagonist he had replaced, learning that the Qin Family’s reborn members were trapped in a cycle governed by a rule forcing them to preserve one another’s tragic endings. Since Ling Yi was an outsider and exempt from the rule, he considered how to navigate the story and earn Regret Points with his system.

• Ling Yi read the system interface and learned he had replaced Qin Feng in the second playthrough of a novel about the Qin Family.
• Ling Yi discovered that Qin Wuyang had ruined the Qin Family in the first playthrough, while Qin Feng’s rebirth initially brought Qin Wuyang to justice.
• Ling Yi learned that the reborn Qin Family members were bound to change only their own fates, trapping them in repeated cycles until they eventually sacrificed themselves for Qin Xiaoshuang.
• Ling Yi realized that he was exempt from the mysterious entity’s rule and could follow the plot without being bound by it.
• Ling Yi reviewed the system’s rules, his combat power of 9, his Invincible Big Slap skill, and the lottery that used Regret Points.

Ling Yi recalled the inheritance scheme behind Qin Feng's mistreatment and discovered that Qin Xiaoshuang's attempts to keep bullying him generated Regret Points. He decided to stay with the Qin Family and confronted Qin Xiaoshuang about her rebirth.

• Ling Yi recalled that Qin Zhantian had arranged Qin Feng's abandonment and later tolerated his abuse to force him to surrender his inheritance rights.
• Ling Yi recalled that Qin Feng had previously obtained one billion yuan in exchange for leaving the Qin Family and used his future knowledge to build a stronger Qin Group.
• Qin Xiaoshuang returned to the villa and awkwardly scolded Ling Yi while her guilt repeatedly generated Regret Points.
• Ling Yi decided to remain with the Qin Family rather than leave because their remorse offered an easy source of Regret Points.
• Qin Xiaoshuang accepted Ling Yi's peach, then rejected it as filthy after remembering her death by fire and her need to maintain her vicious role.
• Ling Yi leaned toward Qin Xiaoshuang and asked whether she was also a reborn person.

Ling Yi told Qin Xiaoshuang that their family had all reincarnated and explained why they should reject the masked person’s test instead of fighting over who survived. He proposed that the family avoid killing one another for eight years, and the chapter ended as the others arrived at the house.

• Ling Yi revealed to Qin Xiaoshuang that Qin Zhantian, Lin Yueru, Qin Shuang, Qin Wanwan, and Qin Wuyang were reincarnators too.
• Ling Yi recounted the family’s deaths and argued that the masked person’s rule made it impossible for everyone to change their fate without fighting.
• Ling Yi proposed that they avoid infighting and do nothing for the roughly eight years before Qin Wuyang’s marriage to Zhao Qing'er.
• Ling Yi convinced Qin Xiaoshuang to see repeated reincarnations as extra time to learn and live, then said the family would have to accept his plan.
• System notifications showed that Lin Yueru, Qin Zhantian, Qin Shuang, and Qin Wanwan had heard or reacted to Ling Yi, and they arrived at the house without Qin Wuyang.

Ling Yi confronted the Qin Family with the truth that they had all been reborn and claimed a masked man had made them compete to be the sole survivor. After he left, the family remained divided and silent, and Qin Zhantian asked Qin Xiaoshuang what Ling Yi had told her.

• Ling Yi mocked Qin Zhantian and exposed that the Qin Family members had been reborn with their memories.
• Ling Yi said the masked man wanted them to kill one another, with only one of them surviving and changing their fate.
• Qin Zhantian suspected Qin Wuyang or Qin Feng was behind their rebirth, but Ling Yi denied being Qin Wuyang and said he did not hate him.
• Ling Yi accused Qin Shuang and Qin Wanwan of knowingly letting Qin Wuyang frame him, rejected their apologies, and went upstairs.
• The family sat in silence, unable to trust one another, until Qin Zhantian asked Qin Xiaoshuang what Ling Yi had told her.

Ling Yi tested his new ranged-slap ability by striking Qin Wuyang from the balcony, prompting Lin Yueru and the Qin family to reconsider their treatment of Qin Feng. Qin Zhantian ordered Qin Wuyang stripped of his Qin Group positions and shares, then went upstairs to speak with Qin Feng.

• Ling Yi completed a hundred system draws, gaining combat power, Nano Spectrum Drones, the passive skill Across Space, and cash.
• Ling Yi used Across Space and Invincible Big Slap to hit Qin Wuyang twice from the third-floor balcony, leaving him in agony.
• Lin Yueru initially rushed to help Qin Wuyang, then suspected he was falsely accusing Qin Feng and earned regret points.
• Qin Zhantian ordered Qin Shuang to remove Qin Wuyang from his Qin Group positions and take back his shares.
• Qin Zhantian warned the family not to act against one another before the next reincarnation and told Lin Yueru not to go soft on Qin Wuyang.
• Qin Zhantian went upstairs to talk to Qin Feng.

Ling Yi urged Qin Zhantian to keep Qin Wuyang confined and powerless, while Qin Wuyang tried to figure out why the family was treating him differently. The chapter ended with Ling Yi striking Qin Wuyang from a distance again, proving that the slaps were real.

• Ling Yi rejected Qin Zhantian's questioning and advised him to lock Qin Wuyang up, warning that Qin Wuyang's death would restart the reincarnation.
• Qin Zhantian worried about Qin Shuang and Qin Wanwan, and Ling Yi told him to watch them and use his own methods if necessary.
• After returning home, Qin Wuyang found the family distant and speculated that Qin Feng knew about his rebirth, then decided he might try to cooperate with him.
• Qin Wuyang failed to get information from Lin Yueru and went to Qin Xiaoshuang's room, where she stayed silent, frightened by memories of her death.
• When Qin Wuyang called out at Qin Xiaoshuang's door, Ling Yi slapped him from a distance twice and threatened him, confirming Qin Wuyang's suspicions.

Qin Shuang and Qin Wanwan considered whether their rebirth had freed them from a novel’s plot and decided to test Qin Feng’s plan the next day. Meanwhile, Ling Yi activated the Nanofilm Spectrum Drone, and a wisp of its mist entered his eyes.

• Qin Xiaoshuang listened to Ling Yi beat and threaten Qin Wuyang, then praised her second brother and regretted being fooled in her previous life.
• Qin Shuang warned Qin Wanwan not to cause trouble, and they recalled how Qin Wuyang had manipulated them into helping torment Qin Feng before their deaths.
• Qin Shuang and Qin Wanwan theorized that their former stupidity came from being characters in a novel whose plot had suppressed their intelligence.
• Qin Shuang proposed testing Qin Feng the next day to determine whether they were still following the novel’s plot, while Qin Wanwan began recording events from her previous life.
• Ling Yi pressed his thumb into the Nanofilm Spectrum Drone, which released mist that filled the room and sent a wisp into his eyes.

Ling Yi tested the Nano Spectrum Drones and spent his accumulated Regret Points on a disappointing single draw. At breakfast, Qin Zhantian stripped Qin Wuyang of his company equity and cut his allowance, while Qin Wuyang suspected Ling Yi had exposed his past-life deeds.

• Ling Yi explored the Nano Spectrum Drones’ surveillance, network, and behavioral-assistance functions, then used all 211 Regret Points on a draw that gave him 50 million in cash.
• The Qin family gathered for breakfast in tense silence, and Qin Zhantian asked Ling Yi about his plans for the future.
• Ling Yi said he wanted to study various subjects, and Qin Zhantian suggested he visit the company with Qin Wuyang and Qin Shuang.
• Qin Zhantian ordered Qin Wuyang to return his equity to Qin Shuang and reduced his monthly allowance to ten thousand, while raising Ling Yi’s allowance to one million.
• Qin Wuyang hid his anger and wondered whether Ling Yi had told their parents about his actions in the previous life.

Ling Yi accompanied Qin Shuang to the company, where their plans involved Qin Wuyang’s scheme and the appearance of Liu Chen and Liu Yanran. On the drive, Qin Shuang unexpectedly asked Ling Yi whether he was really Qin Feng and what his system was.

• Qin Wuyang offered Ling Yi responsibility for the company, but Qin Shuang scolded him and the family’s reactions earned Ling Yi Regret Points.
• Qin Zhantian planned a banquet to formally announce Qin Feng’s return, while Qin Wuyang resolved to kill him without being suspected.
• Qin Shuang invited Ling Yi to the company, and he agreed because Qin Wuyang had arranged trouble involving her car and Liu Chen, and Ling Yi wanted to see Liu Yanran.
• Qin Shuang drove the tampered Lamborghini and discussed using Liu Chen to punish Qin Wuyang while warning Ling Yi that Qin Wuyang might target him.
• Qin Shuang asked Ling Yi whether he was really Qin Feng and pressed him to reveal his system, leaving Ling Yi stunned.

Ling Yi told Qin Shuang that the Qin Family’s past cruelty had left Qin Feng dead, while they discussed the rebirth rule and how to confront its mysterious source. As Qin Shuang began to apologize, Qin Wuyang’s men surrounded their car, and Ling Yi and Qin Shuang surrendered so they could face him.

• Ling Yi denied having a system and told Qin Shuang he wished everyone would forget him, describing the Qin Family’s love as poison.
• Qin Shuang reflected on her past lives and suspected that a mysterious force and Qin Wuyang’s influence had distorted her behavior.
• Ling Yi and Qin Shuang discussed controlling Qin Wuyang, finding a loophole in the rebirth rule, and seeking the mysterious masked man.
• Ling Yi warned Qin Shuang that Qin Wuyang might try to kill them, so she kept the car running when she stopped.
• Qin Shuang apologized, but Ling Yi said she should apologize to the Qin Feng of the first life, whom he considered already dead.
• Three vans surrounded their car, and more than a dozen armed men approached; Ling Yi and Qin Shuang got out with their hands raised.

Ling Yi killed Qin Wuyang during a test of whether death's timing, method, and order affected reincarnation, and everyone was suddenly reborn. Back at the Qin Family villa, Ling Yi began preparing to test his theory as Qin Wuyang returned alive.

• Qin Wuyang took Ling Yi and Qin Shuang to the grove where Qin Feng had been buried, explaining that he wanted to test the rules of reincarnation.
• Ling Yi broke free, incapacitated Qin Wuyang's men, caught a bullet, and killed Qin Wuyang with Big Slap from Afar.
• Ling Yi, Qin Shuang, Qin Zhantian, Lin Yueru, Qin Xiaoshuang, and Qin Wanwan all experienced a mysterious force and reincarnated.
• Ling Yi returned to the Qin Family villa and waited for the others while withholding his theory from Qin Xiaoshuang.
• Qin Zhantian and the others returned to the villa, including Qin Wuyang, and Ling Yi raised his hand as everyone watched in confusion.

Ling Yi repeatedly killed Qin Wuyang to test the reincarnation rule, while Qin Shuang, Qin Zhantian, and Lin Yueru discussed how they had broken free of the story and returned to themselves. Ling Yi realized that characters broke free at different times depending on their roles, and Qin Wuyang agreed to keep dying so they could uncover the truth.

• Ling Yi killed Qin Wuyang again, triggering reincarnation, and Qin Xiaoshuang wondered whether Qin Feng was draining the masked man's power through repeated resets.
• Qin Shuang, Qin Zhantian, and Lin Yueru concluded that they had broken free of the plot, though the harm they had caused Qin Feng remained real.
• After another reincarnation, Ling Yi found Qin Wuyang at school and asked when he had noticed the change; Qin Wuyang said it began around midnight.
• Ling Yi inferred that characters broke free of the plot at different times, with major roles taking longer, and concluded that the second-playthrough plot was gone.
• Qin Wuyang jumped from the sixth floor to trigger another reset, then called Ling Yi and agreed to continue dying, saying he also wanted to meet the person Ling Yi sought.

Ling Yi questioned the young World Consciousness and learned that evil plot power had invaded her real world, prompting her to bring him in to stop it. After Qin Wuyang’s forty-nine reincarnations destroyed the invading power, the World Consciousness absorbed it and grew stronger.

• Ling Yi realized the world’s characters had awakened beyond their roles, while Qin Wuyang repeatedly restarted the reincarnation cycle and Ling Yi gained Regret Points.
• After the forty-ninth reincarnation, the World Consciousness spoke to Ling Yi and admitted she had brought him to her world, though she had not given him his system.
• The World Consciousness explained that evil plot power had invaded her real world and warped its people, and that she needed outside help to prevent the world from collapsing.
• Ling Yi learned that the World Consciousness had been unable to remember the name of the powerful being who had warned her about plot invasions.
• The World Consciousness discovered the evil plot power was gone and that she had absorbed it, then argued with Ling Yi over who was the idiot.

Ling Yi said goodbye to Little Fool and left the Qin family world, then transmigrated into Ye Yao, the empress of the Zhou Kingdom, who was hanging in the Cold Moon Palace. After examining the palace and the plot, he learned that Ye Lengyue had used knowledge of the story to win Xiao Yuan’s favor and bring down their father, Ye Hong.

• Little Fool explained that she had created the second-playthrough plot to send Ling Yi into her world, and she gave him the coordinates so he could return.
• Ling Yi left after telling Little Fool his name, and she used her power to erase the others’ memories while taking control of Qin Shuang’s body.
• Ling Yi arrived in a new world hanging from a length of white silk, tore himself free, and discovered that he had become Ye Yao, empress of the Zhou Kingdom.
• Ling Yi examined the neglected Cold Moon Palace and decided to wreck the plot and leave as soon as possible.
• Ling Yi read the plot and learned that Ye Lengyue had used her knowledge of the story and Xiao Yuan’s ability to hear her inner voice to gain his trust, while arranging Ye Hong’s downfall.

After discovering that the second playthrough was full of reborn rivals and that Ye Lengyue would eventually conquer the world with modern weapons, Ling Yi decided to change the story using his system. He drew a Cybertron Legion, transformed the Cold Palace courtyard with a modern villa, and left Xiaoyue stunned when she returned.

• Ling Yi reviewed the first and second playthroughs, noting Ye Lengyue’s rise to power and the reborn characters’ struggles against her.
• Ling Yi spent 50,000 Regret Points on ten thousand draws and won the Cybertron Legion, vast sums of money, a storage ring, and other supplies.
• Ling Yi cleared the Cold Palace courtyard into his storage ring and turned a Hoi-Poi Capsule into a modern villa.
• Xiaoyue returned with a food box, entered the courtyard, and was stunned by the villa and the absence of the old wooden house.
• Ling Yi came out through the villa’s glazed doors and greeted Xiaoyue.

Ling Yi taught Xiaoyue how to use the villa, then studied the novels governing the world and found a problem he still needed to verify. Meanwhile, rumors about Cold Moon Palace reached Xiao Yuan and Ye Lengyue, who both hurried to investigate the villa that had appeared there.

• Ling Yi showed Xiaoyue how to operate the villa and its appliances, while Xiaoyue suspected he was not truly Ye Yao and concealed her fear.
• Ling Yi changed into men's clothes, read both novels closely through their first playthroughs, and identified a problem that required further testing.
• Bright lights and rumors about Cold Moon Palace reached Xiao Yuan, who sent Noble Consort Ye a message that he would not visit her and set out to see the palace himself.
• Ye Lengyue heard that Cold Moon Palace had become a villa and hurried there, fearing Ye Yao might also be a transmigrator and reincarnator.

Ling Yi, disguised as Ye Yao, confronted the regressed emperor Xiao Yuan after Ye Lengyue plotted to claim the villa and manipulate him. Xiao Yuan entered the Cold Moon Palace, where Ling Yi warned him about Ye Lengyue and insisted that the palace was off-limits; Xiao Yuan left with Ling Yi’s identity and threat made clear.

• Ye Lengyue discovered the modern villa and planned to trick Xiao Yuan into helping her claim it and test Ye Yao’s abilities.
• Xiao Yuan overheard Ye Lengyue’s thoughts, then watched her leave the Cold Moon Palace to prepare her scheme.
• Xiao Yuan ordered Defu to slap Xiaoyue, but Ling Yi struck Defu down before he could touch her.
• Xiao Yuan followed Xiaoyue into the villa and stared at Ling Yi, unsettling him.
• Ling Yi told Xiao Yuan that Ye Lengyue was no longer useful, revealed that he was a transmigrator rather than Ye Yao, and declared the Cold Moon Palace off-limits to everyone, including Xiao Yuan.

After Xiao Yuan learned that several people had been reborn, he used Ling Yi’s Transformers to gain an advantage and confronted Ye Lengyue in the imperial study. He exposed her deception and imprisoned her in the Heaven-Severing Prison, leaving her fate in his hands.

• Xiao Yuan returned from the Cold Moon Palace with two combat-type Transformers and summoned Ye Lengyue to the imperial study.
• Ye Lengyue played her edited inner voice, revealing that Ye Yao was a future transmigrator who would raise an army and devastate the capital.
• Xiao Yuan confronted Ye Lengyue about her inner voice disappearing and accused her of deceiving him in his previous life.
• Xiao Yuan revealed that Ye Hong, his brothers, and the empress dowager had also been reborn, then rejected Ye Lengyue’s plea to cooperate.
• Xiao Yuan ordered his shadow guards to take the unconscious Ye Lengyue to the Heaven-Severing Prison and keep her imprisonment secret.

Ling Yi confirmed with Qin Shuang that invading plots came from AI-generated webnovels and learned that worlds needed him to break them, while powerful World Consciousnesses might trap him in repeated invasions. After returning to Cold Moon Palace, he learned that Noble Consort Ye had been sent to Heaven-Severing Prison and the empress dowager had confronted the emperor, but Xiaoyue knew of no further moves by Ye Hong.

• Ling Yi met Qin Shuang, who confirmed that invading plots came from AI-generated webnovels and that breaking them let World Consciousnesses absorb invasion energy.
• Qin Shuang explained that worlds needed Ling Yi as a plot Ravager, that invasions could grow stronger, and that some World Consciousnesses might deliberately trap him in endless plots.
• Ling Yi left Qin Shuang’s world and returned to Cold Moon Palace, where Xiaoyue told him Noble Consort Ye had been sent to Heaven-Severing Prison.
• Xiaoyue reported that the empress dowager had argued with the emperor at court and then returned to her palace to scold her servants and smash things.
• Ling Yi urged Xiaoyue to ask openly about palace affairs, but she said she would not dare approach the emperor, empress dowager, or court officials.

Ling Yi gave Xiaoyue the Transformer armor Saina and sent her to confront the Empress Dowager. After learning that the Empress Dowager had mistreated Ye Yao, Xiaoyue entered the Palace of Compassion and Tranquility and seized her by the throat.

• Ling Yi gave Xiaoyue the armor, and Saina taught her how to use its combat module.
• Xiaoyue told Ling Yi she did not want revenge against the emperor because his death could plunge Da Zhou into chaos, and Ling Yi ordered her to bring the Empress Dowager to Cold Moon Palace.
• The Empress Dowager learned that Ling Yi had supplied Xiao Yuan with Transformers and summoned Empress Yao, hoping to win her support.
• Xiaoyue arrived at the Palace of Compassion and Tranquility in Saina's armor and kicked down the bedchamber doors.
• The Empress Dowager ordered Xiaoyue slapped, but Xiaoyue grabbed her by the throat and raised her hand to strike.

Ling Yi brought the empress dowager, Lin Xianglian, to the Cold Moon Palace and rejected her offer to cooperate, deciding instead to make Xiaoyue emperor and end the dynasty’s plot quickly. As Xiaoyue fought the imperial guards outside, Ling Yi began planning how to prepare her for the throne.

• Xiaoyue dragged Lin Xianglian through the palace to the Cold Moon Palace while Xiao Yuan and the imperial guards failed to stop her.
• Ling Yi learned that Lin Xianglian wanted him to join forces with her and acknowledged that he could take the realm without her help.
• Lin Xianglian revealed that she knew Ye Lengyue was a transmigrator, and Ling Yi told her that someone else had been reborn too.
• Ling Yi ordered Xiaoyue to become emperor, outlining a plan to make Lin Xianglian adopt her, name her a princess, and later eliminate the royal family.
• Xiaoyue attacked the imperial guards with Transformer Saina while Ling Yi planned to bring back modern history books to prepare her for ruling.

Ling Yi gathered the reincarnators in his villa to collect Regret Points, then used a new skill and a phone call to direct the transfer of power to Xiaoyue. Xiaoyue became empress and the Da Zhou Kingdom became the Great Ancient Country, while Ling Yi suspected his next world would involve immortal cultivation.

• Ling Yi gathered Ye Lengyue, Xiao Yuan, Xiao Zhen, Xiao Ping, Ye Hong, and Lin Xianglian at his villa and earned nearly thirty thousand Regret Points from them.
• Ling Yi showed Ye Lengyue the novel she had read before transmigrating and explained that the group had entered another playthrough.
• Xiaoyue called to report that she had taken control of the imperial city's guards, and Ling Yi told her to win the court officials' support for her ascension.
• Ling Yi spent 50,000 Regret Points on a ten-thousand-draw, gaining the skills Unmoving as a God and Heaven and Earth Teleportation, spirit stones, and the Immortal First Pin Show-Off Set.
• Ling Yi sent Ye Hong high into the air after catching his lecherous gaze, then ordered Ye Lengyue to help Xiaoyue take the throne within three days.
• Xiaoyue replaced the dynasty, and the Da Zhou Kingdom became the Great Ancient Country.

Ling Yi left the Great Ancient Country after learning he could return to it, then arrived in a cultivation world as Wang Nan, an outer-sect chores disciple with a mixed Spiritual Root. He discovered that the world’s first-playthrough plot centered on Shen Mengli, his childhood sweetheart, who had been reborn from a life in which Wang Feng was the protagonist.

• Ling Yi returned to his own body, confirmed that Ye Lengyue and the others had broken free of their plot roles, and encouraged Xiaoyue to become a worthy empress.
• The World Consciousness left Ling Yi a way to enter or leave the Death Realm and awarded him 500,000 Regret Points, while Ling Yi told Xiaoyue he could return whenever he wished.
• Ling Yi gave Ye Lengyue two Hoi-Poi Capsule villas, then vanished when the countdown ended.
• Ling Yi arrived in a new world as Wang Nan, a seventeen-year-old chores disciple at the Heavenly Mysterious Sect, and reviewed the system’s worlds and abilities.
• Ling Yi learned that the first-playthrough plot followed the reborn Shen Mengli, whose previous life had seen Wang Feng become the protagonist after she joined the sect.

Ling Yi realized he had died as an insignificant character in the original story and decided to search the Heavenly Mysterious Sect’s records for clues about the Heavenly Devil. He spent his Regret Points on powerful treasures and skills, while next door Wang Feng worried that his poor talent would make Shen Mengli look down on him.

• Ling Yi recalled that Wang Nan died during a minor Demonic Sect invasion and was forgotten by the story, then considered how to disrupt the plot despite being unable to cultivate.
• Ling Yi decided to return to the Heavenly Mysterious Sect and search its records for information about the Heavenly Devil.
• Ling Yi spent one million Regret Points on draws and obtained combat power, immortal artifacts, spirit stones, spiritual treasures, and the Behold My Big Brick skill.
• Ling Yi examined the Four Directions Seal, Heavy Water Pearl, and Leisurely Abode, then went to sleep in his room.
• Wang Feng failed to make progress in cultivation and worried that his poor Spiritual Root would make Shen Mengli look down on him before their planned meeting.

Ling Yi watched Shen Mengli regret her past treatment of Wang Feng and asked her to search the Scripture Pavilion for information about the Heavenly Devil. After she left, Wang Feng grew despondent over their widening gap, while Ling Yi learned that his Heavenly Thunder Weapon System was ready to attack the Heavenly Mysterious Sect.

• Shen Mengli used the Divine Grace Technique to enhance her beauty, while Ling Yi recognized her and gained nearly ten thousand Regret Points as she regretted breaking off her engagement with Wang Feng and humiliating him.
• Shen Mengli said she was going to the Scripture Pavilion, and Ling Yi asked her to look for information about the Heavenly Devil and gave her a communication artifact.
• After Shen Mengli left, Ling Yi refused to explain his secrets to Wang Feng and urged him to work hard, leaving Wang Feng troubled by their differences in talent and lifespan.
• Ling Yi returned from checking the spiritual fields and asked Greatsword about its data collection and preparations.
• Greatsword reported that infiltrating the cultivators would take more time, but the Heavenly Thunder Weapon System in low Earth orbit was complete and ready to attack.