Arc 23Motian and the Ghost Soldiers

Ling Yi dominated successive role-playing scenarios, grew more powerful, and turned the Three Kingdoms scenario into a campaign against the warlords as Motian. The arc left the coalition probing the ghost soldiers’ weaknesses while Zhuge Liang stepped onto Ling Yi’s hidden island.

  • Ling Yi accepted Hung Chun-nam’s support, broke through to the Dan Jin realm, and killed the foreign challengers who faced him in Hong Kong.
  • Ling Yi earned an SSS+ rating, received new rewards, and entered a passenger-ship scenario where he fought pirates and later helped Leng Feng battle the Blue Hat Army.
  • Ling Yi took control of the Crocodile Gang, built it into the Mito Army, defeated foreign forces, and crushed Sakura-chan Country’s fleet with a giant crimson palm.
  • Ling Yi reunited with Guan Xiaoxiao in the scenario, defeated Fire Cloud Evil God, and received a Glory Treasure Chest and new invitations.
  • Ling Yi built the Pangu mecha with help from the Red Queen, killed role-player 1271 after he exposed the Role-Playing Space, and completed the zombie scenario by killing Wesker and Dr. Isaacs.
  • Ling Yi returned to the real world, survived an assassination attempt, and entered the Battle of Red Cliffs scenario, where he eliminated hundreds of role-players and developed new abilities.
  • Ling Yi declared himself Motian, created ghost soldiers and a hidden island city, and drew Cao Aman and Sun Quan into an alliance against him.
  • Ling Yi sent more than a hundred thousand ghost soldiers against the coalition, but they retreated after battle, and Jia Xu suspected they feared water, while Zhuge Liang investigated the island.
Chapters 551–575 Vol. 6 Read

Ch. 551A Way to Raise the Rating, Ling Yi Takes the Ring

Ling Yi arranged a widely publicized challenge ring in Hong Kong to boost his fame and raise his character portrayal, while Hung Chun-nam offered Ip Man support and protection. After Ling Yi’s portrayal remained stuck at 299%, he asked Hung Chun-nam to find him a variety of martial arts manuals, and Hung Yuet-kiu secretly followed him home.

  • Hung Chun-nam offered Ip Man a place to live and space for a martial arts school, and Ip Man accepted his help.
  • Ling Yi announced that he would challenge experts from every country in a Hong Kong ring to build national confidence, and Hung Chun-nam pledged his support.
  • Ling Yi’s challenge appeared in several newspapers, and he spent the next day defeating fighters at more than a dozen martial arts schools.
  • Hung Chun-nam told Ling Yi that foreign representatives wanted the matches postponed so they could bring in experts, while Hung Yuet-kiu watched Ling Yi closely at dinner.
  • Ling Yi found that his portrayal remained at 299% despite fighting, asked Hung Chun-nam for a variety of martial arts manuals, and left for his courtyard as Hung Yuet-kiu followed him.

Ch. 552The Heavenly King Subdues the Earth Tiger, Chicken Stewed with Mushrooms

Ling Yi and Guan Xiaoxiao secretly confirmed they were role-players, and he moved into the Hung home to teach her Wing Chun. After studying martial arts for days, Ling Yi broke through to Dan Jin and astonished Hung Chun-nam, Guan Xiaoxiao, and the livestream audience by standing and stepping through the air.

  • Guan Xiaoxiao used the code phrase “The heavenly king subdues the earth tiger,” and Ling Yi answered “Chicken stewed with mushrooms,” confirming they knew each other outside the scenario.
  • Ling Yi warned Guan Xiaoxiao to cover up her visit by claiming she wanted to learn Wing Chun, then escorted her back to the Hung family home.
  • Hung Chun-nam told Ling Yi that Guan Xiaoxiao wanted Wing Chun lessons and invited him to move into his home, so Ling Yi began teaching her while studying martial arts books.
  • After more than ten days of study, Ling Yi’s system showed his role-playing proficiency had changed, and he broke through from Peak Dan Jin to the Dan Jin realm.
  • Ling Yi demonstrated his new power by standing in midair and stepping on visible Gang Jin to rise even higher, revealing the Dan Jin realm’s title: Land Immortal.

Ch. 553The Arena Challenge Began, with the Whole World Watching

Ling Yi faced challengers from around the world in a three-day arena contest and killed every fighter who stepped onto the platform, including 113 drug-enhanced experts. The chapter ended when a sniper fired at him, but Ling Yi stopped the bullet in midair and caught it between two fingers.

  • Ling Yi announced that challengers could fight him by any means, alone or together, with life and death at stake.
  • A karate master from Sakura-chan Country challenged Ling Yi and died from a single punch, then three armed Sakura-chan Country fighters were killed by his kicks.
  • Ling Yi broke Tank Hans's arm, launched him into the air, and killed him with an axe kick.
  • After five victories, Ling Yi's strength increased, and the experts were injected with a green drug before they charged him together.
  • Ling Yi killed all 113 experts in ten minutes, then stopped a bullet fired at his head and pinched it between two fingers.

Ch. 554SSS+ rating, Role-Playing Space upgrade, new rules

Ling Yi received an SSS+ rating, a diamond treasure chest, and a Role-Player Invitation as the Role-Playing Space announced sweeping new rules. After returning home, he considered the coming competition and the threat of exposed world coordinates, strengthened his attributes, and watched the public speculate about role-player 9527.

  • Ling Yi earned an SSS+ rating and received 12,800 points, a diamond treasure chest, and a Role-Player Invitation; his rating also triggered major changes to Role-Playing Space.
  • Ling Yi opened the treasure chest and obtained a bound Diamond-Rank Identity Card that let him customize his identity in a scenario.
  • Ling Yi returned home, declined Guan Xiaoxiao's invitation to visit, and reviewed the new rules, especially the prospect of the real world's coordinates being exposed in three years.
  • Ling Yi bought and used basic, intermediate, and advanced Attribute Enhancement Pills, increasing his attributes by 80%.
  • People across the Ancient Country discussed the new rules and speculated about the identity of role-player 9527.

Ch. 555An Invitation Worth a Fortune, the Whole Internet Was Looking for 9527

Ling Yi and Guan Xiaoxiao tried to keep their identities as role-players secret after invitations and 9527 became the focus of public attention. Their teacher Luo Pengyu recognized them but protected them, while the authorities took Gu Hao in for questioning; the chapter ended with a mysterious figure leaving Luo an invitation.

  • Ling Yi warned Guan Xiaoxiao that revealing their identities would put them in danger, and they agreed to keep a low profile.
  • Ling Yi and Guan Xiaoxiao returned to school, where their classmate Gu Hao showed off his role-player interface and praised 9527.
  • Luo Pengyu dismissed the class after asking whether anyone else was a role-player, and Ling Yi realized he might suspect them.
  • Guan Xiaoxiao admitted she had written their code phrase on her exam paper, but Ling Yi told her to act as though Luo did not know their identities.
  • Luo Pengyu had already destroyed Guan Xiaoxiao's exam paper to protect them, and the authorities took Gu Hao away to question and record him.
  • A black figure appeared before Luo Pengyu and vanished, leaving a colorful invitation on his windowsill.

Ch. 556The Role-Playing Space reopened, leaving the audience baffled

The Role-Playing Space reopened with a new movie-like format, and Ling Yi entered a passenger-ship scenario as a traveler. When pirates attacked the ship, Ling Yi effortlessly defeated them, leaving Leng Feng and the audience stunned.

  • Ling Yi entered the Role-Playing Space with Guan Xiaoxiao as the audience saw the new format and voted for role-player 9527.
  • The broadcast introduced the passenger-ship scenario and its cast, including Ling Yi as Traveler and Leng Feng as a soldier.
  • Ling Yi blocked Leng Feng's punches with ease, introduced himself as Fung Yu-sau, and showed Leng Feng his documents.
  • Two pirate speedboats approached the passenger ship, and the pirates boarded after forcing it to stop.
  • Ling Yi attacked the pirates, slapped them into the sea, then hurled the last pirate into a fleeing speedboat.

Ch. 557Guan Xiaoxiao Was Eliminated, a Change in Mindset

Guan Xiaoxiao was betrayed and eliminated in the hospital, but Pasha’s advice changed how she viewed her role beside Ling Yi. As Deman City descended into battle, Ling Yi recognized that the scenario’s plot had shifted and confronted the mercenaries who entered the supermarket.

  • Pasha told Guan Xiaoxiao to stay calm, survive, and grow stronger so she would not become a burden to Ling Yi.
  • When mercenaries approached their hiding place, Pasha shot one, kicked Guan Xiaoxiao outside as a decoy, and escaped through a window; the other mercenaries shot Guan Xiaoxiao, earning her an E rating and 50 points.
  • Ling Yi, Leng Feng, Qian Bida, and Potato hid in a supermarket as the Blue Hat Army overran Deman City, and Ling Yi realized events were moving faster than the original plot.
  • Ling Yi suspected Qian Bida and Potato were role-players, then stayed out in the open when mercenaries entered the supermarket to loot and silence witnesses.
  • A mercenary aimed at Ling Yi, but Ling Yi vanished and struck him through a wall.

Ch. 558Orders at the docks, Ling Yi uses an identity card

Ling Yi used a classified identity card to get details about Dr. Chen’s serum and the trapped factory workers, then set off with Leng Feng to attack the Blue Hat Army. At the factory, Pasha, Zhuo Yihang, and He Jianguo decided to lead willing workers out of Deman City.

  • Leng Feng and Ling Yi reached the port, where an admiral recruited Leng Feng to rescue Dr. Chen and asked Ling Yi to help save compatriots trapped at a factory.
  • Ling Yi showed the admiral his classified identity card, learned about Dr. Chen’s antibody serum, and left with Leng Feng for Deman City.
  • At the hospital, Ling Yi and Leng Feng found Dr. Chen and Rachel dead, but Dr. Chen briefly revived and identified Pasha’s blood as the cure.
  • Ling Yi drove toward the Blue Hat Army headquarters and told Leng Feng that Long Xiaoyun was with the army and that mercenaries led by Old Man were guarding it.
  • At the factory, Pasha, Zhuo Yihang, and He Jianguo agreed to lead willing workers out of Deman City before the factory became a target.

Ch. 559The role-players were all stirring up trouble, and the audience was fired up

Ling Yi and Leng Feng attacked the Blue Hat Army base, destroying much of it and forcing its troops to withdraw. Meanwhile, He Jianguo’s group was cornered by the Big Daddy Mercenary Corps, which unexpectedly left; Ling Yi waited for the Blue Hat Army to return as Leng Feng went to retrieve his hidden tank.

  • He Jianguo, Zhuo Yihang, and Pasha led a small group of workers out of Deman City, but the Big Daddy Mercenary Corps soon cornered them.
  • Ling Yi charged into the Blue Hat Army base while Leng Feng stole a tank and destroyed four tanks, and Ling Yi’s grenades ignited the ammunition depot.
  • Ling Yi and Leng Feng escaped to the mountains, ate in a nearby town, and discussed Ling Yi’s martial arts.
  • The Big Daddy Mercenary Corps wounded Zhuo Yihang and trapped He Jianguo’s group, but then withdrew, leading Pasha to suspect that 9527 had influenced events.
  • Ling Yi saw the Blue Hat Army returning to Mibosen Town, while Leng Feng went to retrieve the tank he had hidden.

Ch. 560A drop in rating, Ling Yi's conjectures and conclusions

Ling Yi completed the Wolf Warrior 2 scenario with an SS rating and concluded that the Role-Playing Space judged role-play and story fit, not just strength. He comforted Guan Xiaoxiao, helped her improve her attributes, and began copying songs for income while keeping his identity secret.

  • Ling Yi watched Leng Feng defeat the villain role-player, then received an SS rating, 3,200 points, a gold-rank treasure chest, and a Role-Player Invitation.
  • Ling Yi reasoned that the scenario's rating depended on acting that fit the story, opened a Villain Role Free Selection Card, and left the Role-Playing Space.
  • Ling Yi comforted Guan Xiaoxiao after she said 1023 had made her feel useless, and he gave her three Attribute Enhancement Pills.
  • Guan Xiaoxiao learned that her father had received an invitation; she told Ling Yi she would refuse to become a role-player and keep his identity secret.
  • Ling Yi researched ways to make money, chose to copy songs from his previous world, and uploaded one hundred songs under the alias Ling Jue over the following week.

Ch. 561Trying to create a new storyline-what the hell was Kung Fu 2?

Ling Yi entered the Kung Fu 2 scenario as Ma San, a new Crocodile Gang thug, and used his Joker persona to intimidate Master Liu into taking him to Master Feng. He left with Master Liu driving him to the theater, where Master Feng was waiting.

  • Ling Yi appeared as Ma San and tricked Master Liu into going to confront the woman at the tailor shop, who beat him and the Crocodile Gang underlings.
  • Ling Yi fired the Crocodile Gang’s rally signal, then sent the summoned gangsters after the woman and secretly reset Master Liu’s dislocated spine.
  • Ling Yi threatened Master Liu into agreeing to take him to Master Feng, while the woman easily defeated the gangsters and Ling Yi stomped one underling into the ground.
  • Ling Yi checked his system and recalled that his current role was Jack Napier, whose manic personality boosted his strength but made him prone to extreme behavior.
  • Master Liu told Ling Yi that Master Feng was at the theater and drove him there as Ling Yi laughed and warned that his survival depended on being useful.

Ch. 562On Camera, That Scalp-Tingling Laughter

Ling Yi killed Master Feng, a role-player posing as the Crocodile Gang leader, and ordered the gang’s leaders to gather while keeping his addictive manic personality under control. Elsewhere, Guan Xiaoxiao, trapped in the role of a mute girl, was taken from school by an old beggar who planned to train her and asked how much of the Nine Yin Manual she had memorized.

  • Ling Yi arrived at the Fanghua Grand Theater and made Liuzi shout for Master Feng to come out and die.
  • Master Feng came downstairs with a pistol and fired at Ling Yi, who caught all the bullets before killing him.
  • Ling Yi revealed that Master Feng was role-player 0898, Liu Jianming, and ordered Liuzi to summon the Crocodile Gang’s leaders within ten minutes.
  • Ling Yi turned off his manic personality and reflected that its freedom and power could make him lose his restraints.
  • Guan Xiaoxiao waited outside school because she did not know the way home, rejected a lollipop from a foolish boy, and was approached by an old beggar.
  • The old beggar took Guan Xiaoxiao away, told her to stop attending school while she underwent medicinal baths, and asked how much of the Nine Yin Manual she had memorized.

Ch. 563Guan Xiaoxiao's Opportunity, the Deranged Master Ugly

Guan Xiaoxiao received a chance to learn the Nine Yin Manual from the old beggar, while Ling Yi took control of the Crocodile Gang as Master Ugly and ordered it to target the city’s wealthy. Yang Guo and Xiaolongnü defeated a group seeking revenge, but a dying enemy’s threat sent them racing toward Pig Sty Alley to protect Xiaolong.

  • The old beggar gave Guan Xiaoxiao three days to memorize the Nine Yin Manual and explained that he had chosen her as his successor.
  • Ling Yi declared himself Master Ugly and took control of the Crocodile Gang after killing a square-faced objector and terrifying the remaining leaders.
  • Ling Yi criticized the gang’s protection-money business and ordered its members to investigate banks, jewelry stores, and Mito City’s richest person.
  • Ling Yi blasted a hole in the wall with his palm, demonstrating his newly amplified strength and frightening the gang members into obedience.
  • Yang Guo and Xiaolongnü fought a dozen people seeking revenge for their leader’s father, and Xiaolongnü’s Lion’s Roar Technique sent them tumbling through the woods.
  • The defeated leader threatened that Xiaolong was in danger, so Yang Guo and Xiaolongnü hurried toward Pig Sty Alley while a middle-aged man emerged from the leaves.

Ch. 564Everyone, Human or Ghost, Was Showing Off; Only Gu Hao Was Getting Beaten

Ling Yi led the Crocodile Gang through a spree of bank robberies and prepared to seize an arms ship, while Chen Chao and Gu Hao struggled in their roles. The chapter ended with Ling Yi leaping onto the freighter and attacking its guards.

  • Chen Chao joined the Crocodile Gang and sought protection, while Guan Xiaoxiao continued memorizing the Nine Yin Manual under the old beggar's watch.
  • Ling Yi and his men robbed sixteen banks, killing the people inside and loading cash and gold onto trucks.
  • Ling Yi learned about Demai's arms ship at Jiangkou Wharf and ordered his gang to prepare an assault.
  • Chen Chao led twenty Crocodile Gang underlings in blockading a constabulary, while Gu Hao was beaten at a restaurant and forced out of the Role-Playing Space.
  • Ling Yi reached the wharf, leaped onto the freighter, and began fighting its guards as gunfire and screams spread across the ship.

Ch. 565The Crocodile Gang became the Mito Army, its ambitions laid bare

Ling Yi turned the Crocodile Gang into the Mito Army, seized control of Mito City, and became its governor. With Sakura-chan Country’s warships and planes approaching, he faced two assassins, Heaven and Earth, who attacked him with their sonic arts.

  • Ling Yi ordered Lü Kui to distribute weapons, train the gang as an army, establish a bank, and follow the plans in his notebook.
  • Over the next half month, the Crocodile Gang became the Mito Army, defeated Mito City’s foreign garrison, shut down the police station, and made Ling Yi the city’s governor.
  • Fatty told Ling Yi that Sakura-chan Country had sent ten warships and twenty fighter planes, while Western countries offered a ten-million-dollar bounty.
  • Ling Yi reviewed his new Matt role, which had given him Great Perfection Telekinesis and the confidence to face the approaching forces.
  • Heaven and Earth arrived to kill Ling Yi, rejected his offer to hire them, and defended themselves from his palm strike with a sonic shield.

Ch. 566Avenging Guan Xiaoxiao, the palm technique that descended from the heavens

Ling Yi avenged Guan Xiaoxiao by killing Heaven and Earth and capturing 1023, then flew to confront Sakura-chan Country’s fleet. He left the fleet devastated by repeatedly smashing it with a giant telekinetic palm.

  • Ling Yi learned how Heaven and Earth used sound waves and mental power to manifest attacks, then killed them when they tried to stab him.
  • Ling Yi caught 1023 after she shot him, rejected her appeal to the International Role-Player Convention, and ordered the Mito Army to imprison her.
  • Fatty told Ling Yi that Sakura-chan Country’s fleet had arrived to negotiate, and Ling Yi ordered his men to kill the envoys and keep the Mito Army under control.
  • Ling Yi flew above Sakura-chan Country’s warships and formed a giant crimson palm while the fleet opened fire on him.
  • Ling Yi’s palm smashed more than half the warships, overturned the rest, and struck the fleet repeatedly before fading away.

Ch. 567Robbing the Old Beggar, Guan Xiaoxiao's Frustration

Ling Yi destroyed Sakura-chan Country’s fighter jets, reunited with Guan Xiaoxiao, and fought Fire Cloud Evil God outside the governor’s residence. He stopped short of killing his opponent and offered to teach him his kung fu as the image froze.

  • Ling Yi smashed twenty fighter jets, then robbed the old beggar of several secret manuals.
  • The old beggar took Guan Xiaoxiao to Ling Yi after she wrote that she wanted to find her older brother.
  • Ling Yi recognized Guan Xiaoxiao as Hu Niu, and the two acted out an emotional reunion.
  • Ling Yi learned that the old beggar had found and raised Guan Xiaoxiao, then prepared to fight him for information about his kung fu.
  • Fire Cloud Evil God challenged Ling Yi, but Ling Yi overwhelmed him in a destructive fight and stopped when he asked what kung fu Ling Yi practiced.

Ch. 568SR-Rank Rating, Role-Playing Space Upgrades Again

Ling Yi earned an SR-rank rating, received a Star Ring containing a planet, and learned that the Role-Playing Space would introduce factions and national fortune. As countries began targeting role-player 9527, Ling Yi kept his identity secret, prepared new roles, and ended with three promising options.

  • Ling Yi received 25,600 points, a Glory Treasure Chest, and three invitations, while the Role-Playing Space announced faction mode and national fortune rules.
  • Ling Yi opened the chest and received a Star Ring containing a lifeless planet; after he vanished from the Chaos Space, a huge face sighed that it had reached the limit of its authority.
  • Countries investigated 9527, while people posing as experts and influencers attacked him online and called for his arrest.
  • Ling Yi warned Guan Xiaoxiao to stay cautious and learned that her mother, Su Qin, had been shelved for ten rounds after using an invitation.
  • Ling Yi used his role system to select Ying Zheng and then Zhang Wuji, raising Ying Zheng's portrayal to its maximum before getting three new role options that excited him.

Ch. 569How Could He Start a New Storyline in This Scenario?

Ling Yi arrived in the Resident Evil 2-4 scenario and used his identity card to secure resources and an Umbrella Corporation laboratory, where he began building a mecha. After confronting a delay in its neural controls, he asked the Red Queen for an update on Raccoon City.

  • Ling Yi rejected following the original plot and decided to build a mecha army to fight the zombies.
  • Ling Yi used his identity card to enlist the Red Queen's help, and Max Ryan arrived with thirty soldiers to escort him.
  • Ling Yi moved into a hidden Umbrella Corporation laboratory and upgraded the Red Queen with JARVIS's source code.
  • Ling Yi developed a ten-meter mecha, solving its power, transmission, and material problems but encountering a delay in its neural controls.
  • The Red Queen identified processor computing power as the key obstacle, and Ling Yi asked how things were going in Raccoon City.

Ch. 570Pangu 1.0 Mecha Debuts, Triggering the Role-Playing Space's Erasure Rule

Ling Yi gave Pangu 1.0 an instinctive control system, tested the mecha by rescuing a stranded role-player, and watched the man get erased after revealing the Role-Playing Space. He returned to base with the Red Queen to improve the mecha and plan mass production.

  • Ling Yi recorded his movements and memories to give Pangu 1.0 instincts, then tested its smooth neural-linked controls and flight.
  • Ling Yi flew south to find survivors and rescued role-player 1271 from a horde of zombies using the mecha’s weapons.
  • 1271 used his radar to identify Ling Yi as 9527 and tried to recruit him for the Ugly Nation.
  • 1271 revealed the Role-Playing Space to Ling Yi, violating its erasure rule, and was instantly killed despite thinking no NPCs were watching.
  • Ling Yi concealed his knowledge from the Red Queen, returned to base, and proposed improving and mass-producing the Pangu mecha.

Ch. 571A quick clear, a low rating caused by a plot bug, national fortune +1

Ling Yi finished the Resident Evil scenario with an A+ rating after realizing he had overlooked the cure, but still earned an S overall rating and a teleportation skill. Back in the real world, Guan Xiaoxiao broke with her mother over Ling Yi’s identity and went to him, leaving him to wonder which faction would approach him first.

  • Ling Yi confronted Wesker and Dr. Isaacs, killed them, and completed the scenario, earning an S rating, rewards, and a national fortune increase for Ancient Country.
  • Ling Yi opened his black iron treasure chest and obtained the Teleportation skill, then returned to the real world.
  • Guan Xiaoxiao told Su Qin that she was role-player 1008 and Ling Yi was 9527, then left after warning her mother not to expose his identity.
  • Guan Hai confronted Su Qin about how she had treated Xiaoxiao and warned her that selling Ling Yi’s information would make her his enemy, then left too.
  • Guan Xiaoxiao went to Ling Yi’s home, cried in his arms, and fell asleep; Ling Yi wondered which faction would come looking for him first.

Ch. 572A new role-playing character, Aizen (70%)

Ling Yi developed Aizen’s abilities, confronted a deadly attack at home, and entered the Three Kingdoms: Battle of Red Cliffs scenario. He arrived in a devastated village and prepared to use a radar to track a target.

  • Ling Yi caught an assassin’s bullet, restrained and killed nearly fifty attackers, then demanded an explanation from the soldiers who arrived.
  • Ling Yi restored the vanished street and its people, then returned home and told Guan Xiaoxiao what had happened.
  • The country launched crackdowns on spies, foreign-worshipping public figures, and criminal forces while Ling Yi practiced with his Zanpakutō and raised his Aizen role-playing progress to 70%.
  • Ling Yi and Guan Xiaoxiao entered the Role-Playing Space and received the Three Kingdoms: Battle of Red Cliffs scenario, where Ling Yi was assigned the identity of a displaced civilian.
  • Ling Yi surveyed the war-ravaged village and took out a Target Search Radar.

Ch. 573Overbearing 9527, Switching Characters Again and Again

Ling Yi used the Target Search Radar to eliminate hundreds of foreign role-players and warned other countries against targeting the Ancient Country. After struggling to create a large, independently controlled ghost army, he switched characters to gain abilities that could help, ending with Naruto Uzumaki’s skills and wondering why some were missing.

  • Ling Yi used the Target Search Radar to kill a Sakura-chan Country role-player and then eliminated 206 role-players across the Role-Playing Space in one night.
  • Ling Yi warned other countries that he would retaliate if they stirred up trouble against the Ancient Country in the real world.
  • Ling Yi spent seven days designing more than three hundred ghost soldiers but could not control enough of them or extend them beyond a thousand meters.
  • Ling Yi switched from Aizen to Luffy, raised Luffy’s character inheritance percentage to 100%, and then chose Jamie Madrox to gain Cloned Clone.
  • Ling Yi continued switching characters and selected Naruto Uzumaki, gaining Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu, Transformation Jutsu, and other skills.
  • Ling Yi examined his skill list and wondered whether Naruto’s missing abilities conflicted with his existing powers or depended on inheriting the Nine-Tails.

Ch. 574Ghost Soldiers Emerge: The Demonic Chapter of the Battle of Red Cliffs

Ling Yi used his powers to become Motian and create an army of apparent ghost soldiers, forcing Cao Aman and Sun Quan to unite the warlords against him. As Ling Yi gathered people, creatures, and cities into the Star Ring, the allied leaders met to plan their campaign, and Zhuge Liang proposed that ending the wars might weaken the ghost soldiers.

  • Cao Aman ordered two junior commanders executed for reporting ghost soldiers, but Ling Yi revealed his supernatural power, declared himself Motian, and escaped after incapacitating Cao Aman's officers.
  • Ling Yi's clone appeared before Sun Quan and announced that Motian would use the wronged dead to contend for supremacy over the realm.
  • Ling Yi created a hidden island city filled with apparent ghost soldiers, spread them across the realm, and prompted Cao Aman and Sun Quan to ally against him.
  • Ling Yi gathered crops, animals, six cities, and nearby farmland into the Star Ring, prompting the warlords to unite against Motian's growing threat.
  • Cao Aman addressed the allied warlords and demanded obedience, then asked for strategies to defeat Motian and his ghost soldiers.
  • Zhuge Liang suggested that ending the wars might dissipate resentment and weaken the ghost soldiers.

Ch. 575Ling Yi Plays Along, the Lords' First Battle Against the Demon

Ling Yi staged a battle between his ghost soldiers and the lords' coalition, while Zhuge Liang and the other strategists searched for ways to counter them. After the ghost soldiers withdrew, Zhuge Liang ventured alone onto the island to investigate Ling Yi's powers.

  • Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu concluded the ghost soldiers were weakening, and Jia Xu warned that Motian might be disguised among them.
  • Ling Yi revealed himself in the command tent, escaped, then sent more than a hundred thousand ghost soldiers across an earthen road to attack the coalition.
  • The ghost soldiers adapted to fire, overwhelmed the coalition in close combat, and turned fallen soldiers into new ghost soldiers before abruptly retreating.
  • Jia Xu proposed that the ghost soldiers feared water, and Cao Aman ordered channels dug around the camp.
  • Zhuge Liang examined the road and its footprints, suspected a restriction had forced the retreat, and stepped onto the island.
Arc 23 of 208
Arc 23 of 208