Arc 27From Underworld to New Frontiers

Ling Yi reshaped the Ghost Envoy system, reunited Houtu with the ancestral Wu, and then entered a modern world where he built an entertainment empire and challenged the industry. After leaving that world, he returned to the Ling Realm and began experimenting with ways to sustain his rapidly developing brain.

  • Ling Yi became a Hunyuan Great Dao Sage, defeated the Buddhas’ forces, and ordered White Queen to overhaul the Ghost Envoy system while halting token distribution.
  • Ling Yi tested Ghost Envoy Tokens on the population of the Richest Man in Xihong City World, then removed the tokens and learned that Houtu had created the myriad worlds to gather Primordial World origin power.
  • Ling Yi gathered that origin power, resurrected the eleven other ancestral Wu, left Houtu in charge of the Underworld, and began a new journey through worlds.
  • In the modern world, Ling Yi refused Zheng Yang’s contract, published novels and poems, and used his system’s rewards and his ownership of Cool Cat and Slow Foot to confront entertainment-industry rivals.
  • Ling Yi recruited singers and musicians, launched The Voice of All, and used its September 6 opening concert to draw audiences away from Ancient City Music as scandals brought down rival companies.
  • Ling Yi rescued Ling Qiqi from the hospital after she used lightning magic against kidnappers, then left the world after arranging to die of old age and returned to the Ling Realm.
  • Ling Yi found that the Ling Realm’s Law of World Breaking had reached 1% and that it could communicate with the author through Dream Entry.
  • After a lightning strike accelerated his brain’s development, Ling Yi built a device to supply his body with simulated bioelectric energy and began studying human evolution.
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Ch. 651A battle that fizzled out, Guanyin came looking

Ling Yi overwhelmed Yang Jian with repeated magical palm strikes, then stayed at Guan River Mouth with Son Goku and learned the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Art. After quietly advancing to middle Daluo Golden Immortal, Ling Yi faced a new mystery in the art as Guanyin waited for a chance to approach him.

  • Ling Yi pinned Yang Jian down with powerful palm strikes, and their battle drew the attention of the Jade Emperor, Tathagata, and other observers.
  • Ling Yi promised Son Goku a Ghost Envoy Token, while Son Goku mistook Ling Yi for a fellow disciple of their master.
  • Ling Yi, Son Goku, and Yang Jian shared a hot-pot meal, and Yang Jian asked Ling Yi about rescuing Son Goku before the Journey to the West Calamity.
  • Guanyin inspected the ruined Five Elements Mountain and waited half a year for Ling Yi and Son Goku to leave Guan River Mouth.
  • Ling Yi learned the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Art and secretly advanced to middle Daluo Golden Immortal, then noticed that the art seemed altered and connected to the Great Grade Heavenly Immortal Formula.

Ch. 652The Main World Was No Simple Place, a Five-Hundred-Thousand-Strong Ghost Messenger Army in the Three Kingdoms

Ling Yi defeated Guanyin, acquired her Three Thousand Incarnations technique, and sent three thousand cheat-sharing clones into human cities. In the Three Kingdoms World, Boss Cao reported his latest mission to Gu Yang before Gu Yang returned to the Main World.

  • Ling Yi told Son Goku to focus on rebuilding his cultivation and origin while they waited for whoever came to find them.
  • Guanyin demanded that Ling Yi return Son Goku to his appointed role, but Ling Yi struck her down and took her Jade Purification Vase.
  • Ling Yi learned Three Thousand Incarnations from Guanyin’s cultivation art package, created a clone that shared his system, and dispatched three thousand clones into human cities.
  • In the Three Kingdoms World, Boss Cao told Gu Yang that he had completed a mission involving Zhao Pan in a world where Ying Zheng had not yet ascended the throne.
  • Gu Yang recognized the world as A Step into the Past and identified Boss Cao’s younger lookalike as Xiang Shaolong.
  • Gu Yang said farewell to Boss Cao and returned to the Main World.

Ch. 653The transmigrators in the Pirate World weren't one or a few, but a whole crowd

Gu Yang returned from the Three Kingdoms World and learned that Ling Yi planned to make everyone Ghost Messengers. In the Pirate World, Gao Yao captured Nami, a transmigrator named Guo Xiaoyan, after she fought the Arlong Pirates, and she arrived in the Underworld as Zhao Pan explained the fate of transmigrators.

  • Gu Yang told Gu Yue about meeting Boss Cao in the Three Kingdoms World and worried that giving everyone Ghost Envoy Tokens could bring chaos.
  • Gu Yue explained that Ling Yi intended to make everyone Ghost Messengers to counter the force behind transmigration, and advised Gu Yang to grow stronger and choose safer worlds.
  • After nine months in the Pirate World, Gao Yao reached Cocoyasi Island, where Nami—actually the transmigrator Guo Xiaoyan—prepared to pay tribute to the Arlong Pirates.
  • Guo Xiaoyan used her flying sword to cut Kuroobi's hand and wound his face, but the other pirates charged at her.
  • Gao Yao arrived and captured Guo Xiaoyan's soul, her system, and the mysterious consciousness's clone; the clone destroyed itself when it sensed the Yama Token.
  • In the Underworld, Zhao Pan told Guo Xiaoyan that people from the Main World transmigrated after death and that she could apply to become a Ghost Messenger.

Ch. 654Journey to the West's Heavenly Dao: You Should've Said You Were a Big Shot! You Scared Me to Death!

Guo Xiaoyan arrived in the modernized Underworld and learned that her lack of merit barred her from becoming a Ghost Messenger. In the Journey to the West World, Ling Yi merged his incarnations to break through to peak Quasi-Sage, prompting the Heavenly Dao to mistake him for a sealed super-powerful being and offer him the Three Thousand Laws.

  • Guo Xiaoyan received an Underworld Identity Ring, saw a video about Feng Yuxi’s punishment, and discovered she had neither karma nor merit after visiting the Judgment Department.
  • The Underworld’s departments resumed normal operations as souls continued arriving and the Reincarnation Disc restarted.
  • Ling Yi and Son Goku cultivated in the East Blue Dragon Palace for three hundred years, reaching late Quasi-Sage and peak Daluo respectively.
  • Tathagata’s group planned to have Peacock Mahamayuri distract Ling Yi while Maitreya Buddha attacked him through a dream.
  • Ling Yi merged his three thousand Quasi-Sage incarnations and broke through to peak Quasi-Sage.
  • The Heavenly Dao sensed Ling Yi’s breakthrough, mistook him for a sealed big shot, and exposed the Three Thousand Laws to him, sending him back into enlightenment.

Ch. 655Fixing Ghost Envoy Token Bugs, Adding a Legion Feature, Fully Opening the Points Shop

Ling Yi became a Great Dao Sage in the Journey to the West world, killed Jieyin and Zhunti after they challenged him, and returned to the Main World. There, he ordered White Queen to fix Ghost Envoy System problems, expand its shop and features, and regulate Ghost Messengers’ actions.

  • Ling Yi advanced all three thousand Heavenly Dao Laws into Great Dao Laws, becoming a Hunyuan Great Dao Sage, and gave Ghost Envoy Tokens to Son Goku and Ao Guang before returning to the Main World.
  • Ling Yi sent Tathagata and the Buddhas away, annihilated Jieyin and Zhunti, and caused the other Sages and the Heavenly Court’s delegation to withdraw.
  • White Queen reported the Underworld’s growth, its accumulated Soul Points and Origin Points, and the Ghost Envoy System’s outstanding issues to Ling Yi.
  • Ling Yi ordered White Queen to halt Ghost Envoy Token distribution in other worlds and the Main World, block travel to worlds with other Ghost Messengers, and remove the tokens’ defensive effect from Ghost Messengers’ Journey.
  • Ling Yi directed White Queen to open the points shop and cultivation technique purchases, create an exchange rate, and introduce merit and karmic debt rules for Ghost Messengers.
  • Ling Yi told White Queen to enable the chat module and add a livestreaming module.

Ch. 656The Richest Man in Xihong City World, a test of universal Ghost Messengers

Ling Yi deployed temporary Ghost Envoy Tokens to everyone in the Richest Man in Xihong City World, hoping a vast wave of Ghost Messengers would hunt transmigrator souls and draw out a mysterious consciousness. A month later, transmigrators had become scarce, legions were monopolizing opportunities, and the resulting social upheaval convinced Ling Yi that the test had gathered enough data.

  • Ling Yi told White Queen to upgrade the Ghost Envoy Token with games, wagers, prize draws, and Legion Tokens designed to drain Ghost Messengers’ Soul Points.
  • Ling Yi killed the transmigrators Yuan Zhen and Jin Nan, then created 1,024 embryonic worlds and miniature systems from world source power.
  • Ling Yi implanted temporary Ghost Envoy Tokens into everyone in the Richest Man in Xihong City World, prompting more than half its population to transmigrate.
  • Over the next month, a billion people disappeared, legions formed and gained political influence, and Ghost Messengers competed for increasingly rare transmigration targets.
  • As Ghost Messengers fought in the streets and damaged buildings, Ling Yi decided the test had produced enough data and ordered them back.

Ch. 657Yin Wanqing: Write properly, or next time I'll make you pay

Ling Yi stripped the world’s inhabitants of their Ghost Envoy Tokens and powers, then confronted Houtu, who planned to restart the Primordial World and resurrect the Wu Clan. After Ling Yi sent the world’s origin to the Ling Realm and restored the ancestral Wu, he began a new journey, while Yin Wanqing appeared before a novelist and warned him to write properly.

  • Ling Yi removed the Ghost Envoy Tokens and their accumulated powers from everyone, then learned from a pancake stall owner that a movie in another world resembled their own world.
  • The former King Yama transformed into Houtu and explained how she had created the myriad worlds from scattered Primordial World origin power so she could gather it and restart the Primordial World.
  • Ling Yi realized Houtu intended to resurrect the entire Wu Clan and warned that they would threaten humanity and other living beings.
  • Ling Yi gathered the Primordial World’s origin power, sent it to the Ling Realm, resurrected the eleven other ancestral Wu, and gave Houtu the Yama Token to manage the Underworld.
  • Ling Yi set off on a new journey through worlds, leaving White Queen behind with the ancestral Wu.
  • Yin Wanqing lectured a novelist about writing with readers in mind, threatened to punish him if he did not write properly, and sent him back to the real world with a painful bump on his forehead.

Ch. 658So These Are Your Rules? Very Good, I've Learned Them

After rejecting Jin Hai Entertainment’s exploitative contract, Ling Yi left the company and decided to make his own rules with the help of two systems and the entertainment classics in his memory. He rented a new home, began writing a novel to support Ling Qiqi, and caught the attention of Big Persimmon Chinese Web’s editors with his opening poem.

  • Ling Yi refused to renew his contract on Zheng Yang’s terms, and Zheng Yang ordered Bai Mei to spread damaging claims about him.
  • Ling Yi left Jin Hai Entertainment and resolved to use his Scandal System and entertainment knowledge to retaliate on his own terms.
  • Ling Yi rented a new apartment, bought equipment, and began writing a novel to earn money for Ling Qiqi’s tuition.
  • Ling Yi posted Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils on Big Persimmon Chinese Web, opening with his poem Bring in the Wine.
  • Lin Yueyue recognized the poem’s quality and called Jiang Qinglan, who urged the site to sign Ling Yi immediately.

Ch. 659Disgraced celebrity Ling Yi, get out of showbiz

Ling Yi gained a major foothold in webnovels as Big Persimmon Chinese Web chose to promote his work despite the smear campaign against him. After signing in and receiving a controlling stake in Cool Cat Music Platform, he began copying his novel and preparing to record songs, while Cao Guxin retaliated by claiming Ling Yi’s poem as his own.

  • Jiang Qinglan and Big Persimmon Chinese Web’s executives reviewed Ling Yi’s novel and decided to promote it heavily, including posting his poem “Bring in the Wine” on the site’s official Xinbo account.
  • Ling Yi’s sister Ling Qiqi challenged his claim that he could overcome the attacks against him, and he bet that he would settle matters within three days.
  • Ling Yi discovered that readers had tipped more than three hundred thousand in one day, then signed in to receive a sixty-five percent stake in Cool Cat Music Platform.
  • Ling Yi called his friend Dong Fei to arrange a recording session and began copying the rest of his novel in a marathon typing session.
  • Cao Guxin and his associates shifted the smear campaign toward cultural circles and falsely claimed that Ling Yi’s poem and novel were plagiarized.

Ch. 660I copied them, sure, but what's wrong with copying what's in my head?

Ling Yi answered plagiarism accusations by posting and completing fifty poems, exposing Cao Guxin and other literary figures, while the Zhonggu Newspaper and Zhonggu News publicly praised his work. After signing in to new Master-level abilities, Ling Yi suspected the system was preparing him for lethal danger, and Jiang Qinglan called to check that he was safe.

  • Ling Yi posted fifty unfinished poems on Weibo, challenging Cao Guxin and others to complete them and promising to reveal the full versions within an hour.
  • Jiang Qinglan gathered evidence of Cao Guxin's published poem and other literary figures' work, while Bai Lei approved Big Persimmon Chinese Web's support for Ling Yi.
  • Ling Yi completed all fifty poems, exposed Cao Guxin's elementary-school poem, and posted the modern poem "Dead water."
  • The Zhonggu Newspaper reposted "Dead water," and the Zhonggu News praised Ling Yi's poems as he recorded and uploaded ten songs, unaware of the public reaction.
  • After waking the next day, Ling Yi signed in to Master-level Bajiquan, piano-playing skills, and Golden Bell Shield, then suspected the martial arts rewards meant he faced lethal danger.
  • Jiang Qinglan called Ling Yi to make sure he was all right, leaving him puzzled about her concern.

Ch. 661This sky had to be pierced one hole at a time, using the second system

Ling Yi faced threats from the entertainment industry after his poems and songs disrupted its established power, and he used his second system to target Du Pengfeng with fabricated scandals. As Du Pengfeng was caught in a nightclub raid, Ling Yi went to Fatty Dong Fei’s studio to record another song.

  • Fatty Dong Fei warned Ling Yi that his poems and songs had angered powerful people, and Ling Yi revealed that he owned sixty-five percent of Cool Cat.
  • Ling Yi read Du Pengfeng’s accusation that his ten songs were not really his, then used the Infinite Passive Scandal System to set up scandals about Du Pengfeng and posted, “Du Pengfeng, you're the first!”
  • Jiang Qinglan and Bai Lei discussed Ling Yi’s growing conflict with the entertainment industry, and Bai Lei arranged to transfer his novel tips to him.
  • Du Pengfeng went to a nightclub, where police cornered him and a streamer filmed the incident.
  • Ling Yi arrived at Fatty Dong Fei’s recording studio and said he would record “The You of the Past” with only his guitar.

Ch. 662The You of the Past, a New Sign-In Reward

Ling Yi sang for Fatty, then received sign-in rewards after learning his poems had been selected for textbooks and his songs had appeared on the Seafood Livestreaming Platform. He contacted the banned singer Da Yu Shen, and the chapter ended with Da Yu Shen and Liu Yufei meeting Ling Yi and Fatty.

  • Ling Yi sang a song that moved Fatty to tears as Fatty remembered his lost music career.
  • The system rewarded Ling Yi with a 65% stake in the Slow Foot Livestreaming Platform and Master Hidden Weapon Skill.
  • Ling Yi discovered that Da Yu Shen had been banned for ten years after covering one of his songs, so he sent Da Yu Shen his phone number.
  • Da Yu Shen called Ling Yi and arranged to meet him, while Liu Yufei insisted on coming along.
  • Da Yu Shen and Liu Yufei met Ling Yi and Fatty, and Liu Yufei introduced herself as Ling Yi's fan.

Ch. 663Recruitment, livestreaming, and acting

Ling Yi recruited Da Yu Shen for Slow Foot and his future entertainment company, offered Liu Yufei a role as Wang Yuyan, and challenged Dong Fei to help remake the entertainment industry. When armed attackers confronted them, Ling Yi launched a prominent livestream and denounced the rules that had silenced him, while Slow Foot’s executives realized he had become the platform’s majority owner.

  • Ling Yi offered Da Yu Shen an S-tier Slow Foot contract, songs to release, and a future place in his entertainment company, and Da Yu Shen agreed.
  • Ling Yi proposed casting Liu Yufei as Wang Yuyan in a planned Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils adaptation and invited her to join his future company; she said she would think about it.
  • Ling Yi asked Dong Fei to help overturn the entertainment industry, telling him to lose weight, quit smoking, and stop drinking first.
  • Ten masked men carrying machetes approached Ling Yi and his companions, so Ling Yi started a homepage-recommended livestream, gave Dong Fei the phone, and told Da Yu Shen to call the police.
  • Slow Foot’s executives discovered they could not ban the stream and learned that Ling Yi had acquired sixty-five percent of the company’s shares.
  • As the attackers confronted him on camera, Ling Yi accused powerful figures of suppressing talent and destroying cultural heritage, then roared that a filthy heaven and earth should be destroyed.

Ch. 664Ling Yi's explanation, iron mountain slam

Ling Yi survived an armed ambush, used the livestream to challenge the entertainment industry’s powerful interests, and exposed the police’s delayed response. He left the scene with Fatty Dong and the others, asserted control over Slow Foot, and returned home as dirt on Du Pengfeng spread online.

  • The head thug struck Ling Yi with a machete, but Ling Yi’s forehead and neck remained unharmed, so the thugs tried to flee in their van.
  • Ling Yi used Iron Mountain Slam to overturn the van, ended his livestream, and received God Grade Script Editing Skills from the system.
  • Ling Yi explained to Fatty Dong, Da Yu Shen, and Liu Yufei that his livestream performance was meant to force action against entertainment-industry interests and signal that he would not be controlled.
  • Ling Yi stopped the injured thugs from escaping by piercing one man’s knee with a chopstick, then recorded the police arriving forty-five minutes after they had called.
  • Ling Yi warned an officer not to become a scapegoat and left with his companions, then told Lin Hai that Slow Foot belonged to him while leaving Lin Hai in charge for now.
  • Ling Yi returned home after nine that evening as dirt on Du Pengfeng exploded across the internet.

Ch. 665A new novel, a chance encounter, and the Heavenly Guard

Ling Yi published The Legend of the Condor Heroes as the fallout from his livestream spread and Jin Hai Entertainment learned he owned Slow Foot and Cool Cat. The Heavenly Guard was deployed, and after meeting Liu Yufei for breakfast, Ling Yi learned that her grandfather was Liu Beishan, its founder and chief instructor.

  • Ling Yi promised to teach Ling Qiqi martial arts, then began writing The Legend of the Condor Heroes and uploaded five chapters.
  • Zheng Yang and Bai Mei realized Ling Yi owned Slow Foot and Cool Cat, while Director Wu warned them that the Heavenly Guard had been deployed and demanded money.
  • Ling Yi practiced boxing and encountered Liu Yufei, who invited him to breakfast and said her grandfather wanted to meet him.
  • Liu Yufei joked that she might date Ling Yi if he passed her grandfather's test, then revealed her grandfather was Liu Beishan, the founder and chief instructor of the Heavenly Guard.
  • Ling Yi was shocked to learn Liu Yufei was Liu Beishan's granddaughter.

Ch. 666Ling Qiqi arrived, one small goal every seven days-Ling Yi was stunned

Ling Yi brought Liu Yufei home, where his younger sister Ling Qiqi arrived and joined them for lunch at the Liu family’s house. He managed Slow Foot, arranged songs for Da Yu Shen, and wrote more of The Legend of the Condor Heroes, then discovered the novel’s tips had earned a staggering amount as Liu Yufei reclaimed the top spot.

  • Ling Yi introduced Ling Qiqi to Liu Yufei, and Ling Qiqi agreed to visit Liu Yufei’s home for lunch after learning her grandfather was Marshal Liu Beishan.
  • Lin Hai told Ling Yi that Da Yu Shen’s contract was ready, and Ling Yi ordered Slow Foot’s guilds to compete fairly and declared that he alone would have the final say at the company.
  • Ling Yi told Da Yu Shen to visit the next day for songs and asked Fatty Dong to arrange a band to record them.
  • Ling Yi wrote and uploaded the sixth through twelfth installments of The Legend of the Condor Heroes while Ling Qiqi and Liu Yufei read over his shoulders.
  • Ling Yi, Ling Qiqi, and Liu Yufei saw the novel’s enormous tip total, and Liu Yufei tipped five million to reclaim first place on the leaderboard.
  • Ling Qiqi estimated Ling Yi could earn one hundred million within seven days, just as an electronic notification sounded in his mind.

Ch. 667Something was off with the sign-in rewards; the old man's probing and frustration

After receiving grand magister-level magic, Ling Yi visited Liu Yufei’s grandfather, Liu Beishan, and used a Magic Shield to stop his martial arts challenge. Over dinner, Liu Beishan tried to recruit Ling Yi and obtain his technique, but Ling Yi rejected his offers and left the negotiations unresolved.

  • Ling Yi signed in and gained grand magister-level magic of all elements, while the system warned him that the world was not supernatural and he should use magic cautiously.
  • Liu Yufei brought Ling Yi and Ling Qiqi to her home, where Liu Beishan challenged Ling Yi to exchange blows.
  • Ling Yi’s Magic Shield blocked Liu Beishan’s Eight Trigrams Palm strikes, shocking Liu Beishan and making Ling Qiqi and Liu Yufei curious about Ling Yi’s ability.
  • At dinner, Liu Beishan asked about Ling Yi’s plans, but Ling Yi brushed him off and frustrated the old man.
  • Liu Beishan offered Ling Yi an instructor position with the Heavenly Guard, a villa for his technique, and Liu Yufei as a wife, but Ling Yi did not accept the offers.

Ch. 668September Chart Battle Month: The Ancient City Music Platform's Rules

Ling Yi uploaded eleven songs for September’s chart battle, but the Ancient City Music Platform erased his account and blocked his music after its leaders plotted to keep him off the charts. He recruited independent singers and planned a major stage event for September 6, setting up a public confrontation with the platform and the Music Association.

  • Ling Yi rejected Liu Beishan’s attempt to maneuver him into an official identity and invited Liu Yufei to bring Da Yu Shen over the next day to discuss September’s chart battle.
  • Ling Yi uploaded eleven songs to the Ancient City Music Platform while Liang Cheng, Liang Bin, and Zheng Feiyun planned to delete his songs, exclude him from the charts, and manipulate the awards ceremony.
  • Ling Yi taught Ling Qiqi disguised magic techniques as Daoist arts, while his novels continued driving traffic to Big Persimmon Chinese Web and his fan base grew to twenty million.
  • Da Yu Shen could not find Ling Yi’s song, and Ling Yi discovered that his Ancient City Music Platform account had been deleted.
  • Ling Yi asked Lin Hai to recruit about twenty unaffiliated singing streamers on ten-year S-tier contracts, then told Fatty Dong to build a high-spec stage for September 6.

Ch. 669Something big in the works: the band and the newbies

Ling Yi began building a music operation to challenge the Ancient City Music Platform, recruiting a band and preparing to bring twenty promising newcomers to Shuiwei City. The chapter ended with the newcomers learning that Ling Yi owned the Slow Foot platform.

  • Ling Yi decided to challenge the Ancient City Music Platform, gave Da Yu Shen songs to prepare for September sixth, and asked Ling Qiqi and Liu Yufei to set up an entertainment company.
  • Ling Yi reviewed Lin Hai’s list of twenty newcomers, including Wang Bo, Yang Jinli, Mao Bengyi, and Chairman Chou, and rented a floor at the Shuigang Hotel for them.
  • Fatty Dong introduced Ling Yi to six musicians, who performed the accompaniment for “Big Fish” well enough to join his band on a monthly base salary of a hundred thousand each.
  • Ling Yi arranged for the band to complete accompaniments for at least thirty songs over half a month and returned home to finish The Legend of the Condor Heroes.
  • Lin Hai brought the twenty newcomers to the Shuigang Hotel, where they learned that Ling Yi owned the Slow Foot platform.

Ch. 670New sign-in rewards, new plans

After gaining control of Qiqiguo Video Platform, Ling Yi revised his plans to challenge the entertainment industry and gathered his new recruits for a meeting. Yang Jinli warned him that two influencers might be reporting on him, and he sent her to summon them so he could investigate.

  • Ling Yi added Jin Shuimiao and Gao Can to a group chat, revealed his stakes in Cool Cat Music, Slow Foot, and Qiqiguo, and ordered the newcomers to record demos at Fatty Dong's place.
  • Ling Yi rejected Jiang Qinglan's suggestion to publish physical books and spent the day refining a proposal for changing the entertainment industry.
  • The next morning, Ling Yi met Yang Jinli at Shuigang Hotel and noticed she had bought breakfast for the other recruits.
  • Yang Jinli told Ling Yi that two influential women had made calls the night before and appeared to report on him.
  • Ling Yi told Yang Jinli to summon all nineteen other recruits, including the two suspected women, to the meeting room.
  • Yang Jinli entered the women's room and called them aunties while informing them about the meeting.

Ch. 671People like this wouldn't survive a single episode of a palace drama

Yang Jinli exposed Wang Lina and Zhao Wen as spies, and Ling Yi confronted them after revealing his plan for The Voice of All. He ordered legal action against the pair and told Lin Hai to clean house at the Slow Foot platform.

  • Yang Jinli left the two women after calling them spies and told Ling Yi that they had revealed secrets within her hearing.
  • Jin Shuimiao, Lin Hai, and Gao Can reviewed Ling Yi’s plans for The Voice of All, including public auditions, viewer voting, and livestreamed contract signings.
  • Ling Yi assigned the three men responsibilities for launching the show and discussed safeguards against vote manipulation and information leaks.
  • Yang Jinli and the other young singers joined the meeting, and Ling Yi announced a September 6 opening concert, one week of practice, and consequences for those who failed to meet his requirements.
  • Ling Yi identified Wang Lina and Zhao Wen as recruits arranged by Zhao Longfei and Li Shuanghua of Longfei Entertainment and Shuanghua Entertainment.
  • Ling Yi told Lin Hai to take legal action against Wang Lina and Zhao Wen and to clean house at the Slow Foot platform.

Ch. 672Using the second golden finger again, Ancient City Music's announcement

Ling Yi used his second golden finger to expose Longfei Entertainment’s crimes, then coached his new singers as the company and Shuanghua Entertainment collapsed. As September 6 approached, Ancient City Music announced that technical problems had kept Ling Yi’s songs from being uploaded, while still inviting him to its awards ceremony.

  • Ling Yi targeted Longfei Entertainment with his second golden finger and posted a warning about the company on Xinbo.
  • Ling Yi coached Wang Bo, Mao Bengyi, Chairman Chou, and Yang Jinli, then recorded Yang Jinli singing with Liu Yufei and Ling Qiqi.
  • Longfei Entertainment and Shuanghua Entertainment fell after tax evasion and celebrity scandals drew intervention from the authorities, leaving seven major companies frightened of Ling Yi.
  • Ling Yi continued preparing his singers for September 6 as Ancient City Music closed its upload channel.
  • Jin Shuimiao told Ling Yi that Ancient City Music had posted an announcement about him, and Ling Yi read that it blamed technical problems for his songs’ failed uploads while inviting him to the September 6 awards ceremony.

Ch. 673A new check-in reward, September 6, the musical feast begins

Ling Yi arranged for The Voice of All to be broadcast on multiple platforms, including Shuiwei Satellite TV, and the event began on September 6 with a packed gymnasium and a huge online audience. The performances won over viewers while Ancient City Music’s livestream dwindled, leaving Liang Cheng and Liang Bin facing the consequences of Ling Yi’s challenge.

  • Ling Yi told his group that Shuiwei Satellite TV would broadcast The Voice of All after he used a check-in reward to lease its entertainment channel, then announced the event with its partners.
  • Liang Cheng and Liang Bin feared Ling Yi’s growing influence and discussed preparing to leave the country if Ancient City Music came under investigation.
  • Lin Hai and the others moved the opening ceremony to Shuiwei City Gymnasium and invited university freshmen to attend as Ling Qiqi, Yang Jinli, Liu Yufei, and the other performers prepared backstage.
  • Ling Yi used a Calming Formation to ease the performers’ nerves before Ling Qiqi, Yang Jinli, and Liu Yufei opened the show with “Calories.”
  • Wang Bo, Mao Bengyi, and Da Yu Shen performed to an increasingly excited audience, with Da Yu Shen drawing a huge response for “Big Fish” and “Dalabengba.”
  • The Voice of All’s audience surged across its platforms while Ancient City Music’s livestream fell below ten thousand viewers, where viewers mocked and cursed the company.

Ch. 674Ling Qiqi injured, amusing ourselves to death, entertainment never dies

After Ling Qiqi was injured in an attempted abduction, Ling Yi took her home and rejected the Heavenly Guard’s efforts to keep her under protection. He later helped rebuild the entertainment industry through Ling Yi Entertainment, then returned to the Ling Realm, where its progress brought him closer to breaking through the world’s boundary.

  • Ling Yi and Liu Yufei went to the hospital to visit Ling Qiqi, who had fought off her would-be abductors with lightning magic and sprained her ankle while retreating.
  • Ling Yi took Ling Qiqi out of the hospital despite Liu Beishan’s objections, accused him of coveting her powers, and teleported them home.
  • Ling Yi told Ling Qiqi to give Liu Yufei a copy of the Daoist Arts, then spent his time writing novels as The Voice of All dominated the entertainment industry.
  • Scandals brought down Ancient City Music and numerous celebrities, after which Ling Yi Entertainment announced new dramas and variety shows that revived public interest in entertainment.
  • Ling Yi eventually left the world after arranging to die of old age, then returned to the Ling Realm and learned that its Law of World Breaking had reached 1% and that it could communicate with the author through Dream Entry.

Ch. 675Brain evolution, brain charger

Ling Yi’s brain developed uncontrollably after a lightning strike, consuming more energy than his deteriorating body could supply. He built and successfully tested a device that charged his body with simulated bioelectric energy, then began investigating the limits of human evolution and consciousness.

  • After a lightning strike enhanced his memory and intelligence, Ling Yi’s brain kept developing while his body weakened from its extreme energy demands.
  • Ling Yi concluded that food could not supply energy quickly enough and devised a way to charge his body directly with usable energy.
  • He assembled a bioenergy simulation device and inserted its conductive needles at the locations he had calculated.
  • Ling Yi activated the device, felt his body ease, and confirmed that it accepted the simulated bioelectric energy without apparent side effects.
  • With his brain temporarily sated, Ling Yi began studying the human body, intelligence, consciousness, and the barriers to human evolution.
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Arc 27 of 208