Arc 5Worlds and the Derailing Plot

Ling Yi traveled through several worlds, gathering companions and powers while reshaping their events and pursuing the source of the worlds’ laws. In the martial world, he became the Fire Cloud Evil God, but signs that the author was overriding his actions left him considering how to break beyond the novel’s limits.

  • Ling Yi revealed his past to Zixia, Qingxia, and Son Goku, defeated the false Buddhas, and then vanished before finishing his threat against the author.
  • Ling Yi studied CPH4 and Lucy’s unusual genetic potential, then entered the Reincarnation World and learned that its system was a scheme to invade another greater world.
  • Ling Yi helped Nie Xiaoqian and the people of A Chinese Ghost Story, upgraded his Transmigration Aura, reunited with Dongfang Bai and Zhou Zhiruo, and built passages connecting his visited worlds to the Ling Realm.
  • Ling Yi rescued Natasha from Thanos’s attack, brought her to the Ling Realm, and later entered an apocalypse world where he created a player game and encountered a boy wielding a World Breaking-level law.
  • Ling Yi entered the Three Kingdoms World, trained Liu Bei and his sworn brothers, helped Liu Bei establish Dragon Han, and left with millions of points after surviving a day-long battle against the Golden Armor Legion.
  • Ling Yi traveled through the martial world with Sang Bobei, challenged Ouyang Feng, altered events around the Quanzhen Sect, and tested how far he could act against the plot’s will.
  • Ling Yi spent years distributing martial arts, became known as the Fire Cloud Evil God, and discovered that the author had overridden his changed appearance while he considered how to escape the novel’s world.
  • Ling Yi left Passionless Valley without deciding whether to restore the derailed plot, then met Guo Jing, who recognized him as the senior who had once beaten his second master.
Chapters 101–125 Vol. 2 Read

Ch. 101I'll take you to see the sunrise and sunset, I'll take you to see the flowers bloom and fall

Ling Yi and Zixia planned to leave the world together after he told her and the others about his travels across countless worlds. After Ling Yi erased Jieyin, Zhunti, and the false Buddhas, an unforeseen event interrupted him and left his threat against the author hanging in the air.

  • Ling Yi asked Zixia to leave the world with him, then told her, Qingxia, and Son Goku about his transmigration ability and past worlds.
  • Princess Iron Fan arrived, and the Bull Demon King fought Son Goku until Ling Yi gave Son Goku an Innate Spirit Treasure-grade Compliant Golden-Hooped Rod.
  • Princess Iron Fan dragged the defeated Bull Demon King away, while Son Goku confessed his past with her and later won Qingxia over.
  • Ling Yi, Zixia, Qingxia, and Son Goku spent two months roaming the mountains and rivers as Spirit Mountain worried that the Journey to the West had fallen apart.
  • Jieyin and Zhunti confronted Ling Yi, who used his power to erase them and the false Buddhas across the world.
  • Ling Yi suddenly vanished before he could finish, leaving a threat against the author behind.

Ch. 102Black Widow? No, Lucy

Ling Yi entered Lucy World to study CPH4 and discover how individuals and creation worlds might evolve. His experiments revealed that Lucy World’s genetic information was vastly richer than that of creatures from his Ling Realm, leaving him with a new theory as the chapter ended.

  • Ling Yi realized he had misjudged the timeline in A Chinese Odyssey World and found himself in Lucy World, where he collected CPH4 and learned how it was made.
  • Ling Yi studied CPH4 as a possible catalyst for genetic evolution and investigated whether a creation world could advance.
  • Ling Yi discovered that most human genetic information remained undeciphered, but his research stalled until he sensed an unknown primordial chaos-level law in Lucy World.
  • Ling Yi tested CPH4 on creatures from Lucy World and the Ling Realm, finding that only Lucy World’s creatures could withstand its effects to a limited extent.
  • Ling Yi found that Lucy World creatures had vastly more genetic information than creatures from the merged worlds or the Ling Realm, and he began forming a conjecture.

Ch. 103Primordial-Level Law, Xiahou Jian, Ning Caichen

Ling Yi completed his analysis of the Primordial-Level Law of Order while accompanying Lucy through the end of her story, then was transported to a Reincarnation Temple world. He encountered Ning Caichen and Xiahou Jian near Lanruo Temple and offered to teach Xiahou Jian.

  • Ling Yi watched Lucy's brain develop, freed her, and helped her escape the gang hideout, where Lucy killed the remaining gang members.
  • As Lucy's brain development progressed, Ling Yi's analysis of the Primordial-Level Law of Order reached 100%, and the world's plot ended.
  • Ling Yi arrived in a new world, realized it was Reincarnation Temple: Only I Know the Plot, and met Ning Caichen and Xiahou Jian at a pavilion.
  • Xiahou Jian challenged Ling Yi, who shattered his sword with one finger and criticized his obsession with becoming number one under heaven.
  • Ling Yi offered to teach Xiahou Jian, leaving Xiahou Jian stunned by the gap between them.

Ch. 104Copying the Reincarnation System, Sword Immortal Ning Caichen? (+1, Thanks for the Gifts and Update Tickets!)

Ling Yi offered to teach Ning Caichen and Xiahou Jian the Mount Shu Sword Control Technique, then discovered the truth behind the Reincarnation System after Ye Feng arrived at Lanruo Temple. He urged Ye Feng to check his Sign-In System reward as the group prepared to face the world’s missions.

  • Ling Yi warned Ning Caichen about the demons near Lanruo Temple, then invited him and Xiahou Jian to learn the Mount Shu Sword Control Technique and gave them food.
  • A group of students entered the Reincarnation World, but most abandoned their first opportunity; Ye Feng stayed and headed for Lanruo Temple after signing in for ten years of magical power.
  • Ye Feng reached Lanruo Temple and found Ning Caichen riding a flying sword while Xiahou Jian and Yan Chixia sparred, with Ling Yi watching from a sofa.
  • Ling Yi copied a Reincarnation Mark from Ye Feng and learned that the Reincarnation System was Heavenly Dao No. 1’s scheme to invade Greater World No. 2 by altering its lesser worlds.
  • Ling Yi questioned Ye Feng about his mission, learned it involved the thousand-year-old tree demon and other demons, and told him to check his Sign-In System reward.

Ch. 105Slowing himself down, the protagonist's greed and pride

After Ye Feng and his companions killed the thousand-year-old tree demon, Ling Yi restored Nie Xiaoqian to life and set out with her to wander the world. When they encountered a corrupt monk exploiting starving villagers, Ling Yi stopped him and invited Chancellor Jiang to help purge the court, leaving the old man stunned.

  • Ye Feng panicked when the tree demon attacked, then destroyed its vines with the Ten Thousand Swords Art before Yan Chixia killed it; Ye Feng later left after suppressing his greedy thoughts about Nie Xiaoqian.
  • Ling Yi gave Nie Xiaoqian a living body and a Chaos Divine Body, then taught her the Nüwa Five Spirits Technique while Yan Chixia, Xiahou Jian, and Ning Caichen cultivated.
  • Ling Yi and Nie Xiaoqian wandered for over a month, and Ling Yi killed more than a hundred bandits, thieves, corrupt officials, and tyrants they encountered.
  • A monk tried to extort alms from a starving villager, but Ling Yi restrained him and flung him away after Nie Xiaoqian condemned the Buddhist School.
  • The monk recognized Nie Xiaoqian as an Innate Dao Body and fled; Ling Yi then revealed that the old villager was Chancellor Jiang and invited him to help purge the government.

Ch. 106Finally Upgrading the Transmigration Aura, New Features

Ling Yi slaughtered a group of demonic monks and revealed his frustration with his aimless, invincible existence to Xiaoqian. Her suggestion that upgrading the Transmigration Aura might add features without removing its existing functions gave him new hope, and he went to inspect the system interface.

  • Ling Yi saw the monks try to seize Nie Xiaoqian and transformed his ordinary watermelon knife into a divine artifact.
  • Ling Yi killed the monks, then told Xiaoqian that the world was collapsing and that he planned to slay demons and monsters.
  • Ling Yi described his loneliness and lack of purpose to Xiaoqian while showing her memories of his original world.
  • Xiaoqian suggested that upgrading the Transmigration Aura might add functions without restricting its existing ones, and Ling Yi realized he may have misunderstood how upgrades worked.
  • Ling Yi brought Xiaoqian to a villa estate and opened the Infinite Passive Aura System interface to investigate upgrading the aura.

Ch. 107New aura functions, back to The Smiling, Proud Wanderer

After upgrading his Passive Transmigration Aura, Ling Yi recovered from his despair, strengthened the world of A Chinese Ghost Story, and returned with Nie Xiaoqian to The Smiling, Proud Wanderer. He reunited with Dongfang Bai after three hundred years and learned that the Liyang Sect had become powerful enough to challenge imperial authority; its leader would visit the next day to propose marriage to her.

  • Ling Yi upgraded his Passive Transmigration Aura to level 9, discovered its new world-travel and world-shaping functions, and grieved that a world he had left had disappeared from the list.
  • After Xiaoqian helped him recover, Ling Yi used points to complete a thousand laws in A Chinese Ghost Story, strengthening its world consciousness and granting Yan Chixia, Xiahou Jian, and Ning Caichen Innate Dao Bodies.
  • Ling Yi and Xiaoqian traveled to The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, where Dongfang Bai attacked him with flying needles before embracing him and explaining that she had waited three hundred years.
  • Ling Yi shared his memories with Dongfang Bai, who asked about Natasha, Zhou Zhiruo, and Xiaoqian; the three then celebrated their reunion and discussed their experiences.
  • Dongfang Bai told Ling Yi that the Liyang Sect had grown into the martial world's dominant power and that its leader would visit the valley the next day to propose marriage to her.

Ch. 108The Liyang Sect's Current State, Zhiruo of Heavenly Sword

Ling Yi left The Smiling, Proud Wanderer World after punishing Liyang Sect leader Zhao Dongyang, then reunited with Zhou Zhiruo in Heavenly Sword World after a hundred years apart. He promised to create an ascension passage for Heavenly Sword World and planned to make the Ling Realm a hub connecting the worlds he had visited.

  • Ling Yi summoned Zhao Dongyang, immobilized him, and sent him back to the Liyang Sect's main hall to die of hunger and thirst.
  • Zhou Zhiruo governed Heavenly Sword World alongside Zhang Sanfeng, maintaining peace and ordering action against rebels and an ineffective emperor.
  • Ling Yi arrived at the Heavenly Palace, and Zhou Zhiruo tearfully reunited with him and asked to stay by his side.
  • Ling Yi explained his travels across myriad worlds, and Zhang Sanfeng asked to accompany him.
  • Ling Yi declined Zhang Sanfeng's request but promised to open an ascension passage in three months so powerful people in Heavenly Sword World could reach higher realms.
  • Ling Yi decided to create passages linking the worlds he had visited to the Ling Realm and use it as a transit hub for future worlds.

Ch. 109Ling Yi, a bird startled by a bowstring, finally had a home

Ling Yi built a home in the Ling Realm, created passages connecting it to four worlds, and agreed with the women on rules for his travels. He then went to Wakanda to bring Natasha home, arriving as Thor struck Thanos and Thanos began to speak.

  • Ling Yi created a lakeside courtyard as his home and established passages linking the Ling Realm with The Smiling, Proud Wanderer World, the Heavenly Sword World, the Marvel World, and A Chinese Ghost Story World.
  • Ling Yi granted the women passage permissions, showed them their new home, and told them he did not plan to take them along when he traveled between worlds.
  • Dongfang Bai, Xiaoqian, and Zhiruo set rules requiring Ling Yi to keep them informed of his safety, return at least once a month, and bring no more women into their family.
  • Ling Yi left for the Marvel World to bring Natasha to the Ling Realm and appeared in Wakanda during the Avengers' battle against Thanos's army.
  • Ling Yi saw Thor's Stormbreaker strike Thanos, who began saying, "You should have gone for the head..."

Ch. 110Come on, let's snap at each other

Ling Yi stopped Thanos from erasing half the universe, reunited with Natasha, and left the Marvel World with her for the Ling Realm. After spending nearly a month with the women, he chose another random transmigration and used his level 9 Passive Transmigration Aura to replace the fated protagonist.

  • Thanos snapped his fingers and began erasing people, but Ling Yi snapped back and repeatedly restored everyone as Thanos tried again.
  • Strange urged Ling Yi to finish the fight, and Thanos withered away after exhausting his strength; Ling Yi took the Infinity Gauntlet and refused to hand it to Nick.
  • Natasha greeted Ling Yi with a knee to the head before embracing and kissing him, then chose to leave with him for their villa.
  • The Avengers celebrated their victory while Nick and Coulson stayed behind; three days later, Ling Yi and Natasha returned to the Ling Realm.
  • Ling Yi spent nearly a month with the women, then chose random transmigration and activated his aura's protagonist-replacement function.

Ch. 111My name is Ling Yi, and I'm in the apocalypse (+1, thanks for the little gifts and the update reminders!)

Ling Yi took over as the protagonist of an apocalypse world and learned that Xiao Zhi’s clone system could connect people on Earth to controllable clones. He launched the virtual game Apocalypse Survival, and as players began arriving, he killed the first one who tried to poke him with lightning.

  • Ling Yi learned that the original protagonist’s parents had been infected by zombie rats and explored the functions of Xiao Zhi’s clone system.
  • Ling Yi ordered Xiao Zhi to create and promote Apocalypse Survival as a virtual online game, supplying the soul energy needed to create clones.
  • Wang Daquan saw the game advertisement, logged in, and tested his clone by ramming his head into a tree, killing it.
  • Wang Daquan revived and met Ling Yi, whom he mistook for an NPC, then reached out to poke him.
  • Ling Yi blasted Wang Daquan with lightning as more players appeared and watched him in awe and fear.

Ch. 112This game was too hard-even the rats were unbeatable

Wang Daquan and the other players accepted quests in Ling Yi’s game, but powerful enemies killed them in large numbers. After resurrecting, two players tried to bargain with Ling Yi for rewards, and Xiao Qiuqiu argued that scouting the northern mountains should count as completing a quest despite the requirement to return alive.

  • Ling Yi displayed beginner quests, and nearly all five hundred players accepted quests before scattering on their own.
  • Wang Daquan lured zombie rats out of a warehouse, was killed, then resurrected and began building a trap with scavenged tools.
  • Nearly three hundred players died to a powerful monster’s poison fog and entered avatar reconstruction.
  • Da Zhou and Xiao Qiuqiu approached Ling Yi, joked about his appearance, and learned that he could punish players with lightning.
  • Xiao Qiuqiu claimed that scouting the northern mountains completed the reconnaissance quest, but Ling Yi pointed out that the players had to return alive.

Ch. 113Wang Daquan's Bizarre Approach, Mission Complete

Ling Yi gave the players a survivor-base quest and planned a game update after someone reached level 5. Wang Daquan reached that milestone by poisoning Zombie Rats with spoiled meat and his own flesh, then explained his method to the other players as the server shutdown approached.

  • Ling Yi announced a three-day survivor-base quest after Xiao Zhi suggested offering players incentives and enabling livestreaming.
  • Wang Daquan abandoned his failed traps and lured Zombie Rats with spoiled meat baited by flesh from his left hand.
  • Wang Daquan killed thirteen poisoned Zombie Rats, reached level 5, and regained his severed hand as his combat power rose.
  • The Clone System announced a 24-hour update, requiring players to log out within ten minutes.
  • Da Zhou, Xiao Qiuqiu, and the other players found Wang Daquan and learned how he had killed the Zombie Rats.
  • The announcement warned that only three minutes remained before the servers shut down.

Ch. 114Wang Daquan: Watch Me Break a Boulder with My Head

After Wang Daquan discovered that his in-game strength carried over to reality, he planned to promote Apocalypse Survival through livestreaming. Ling Yi built a steel-city base and prepared player missions, then learned that Natasha had escaped the Time Administration Bureau and returned with Loki.

  • Wang Daquan woke after more than a day of gaming, learned he had been fired, and accidentally crushed his phone before testing his immense strength on tools and a wall.
  • Wang Daquan chose a new streaming platform and posted a video showing himself striking and cracking a boulder with his head.
  • Da Zhou and Xiao Qiuqiu watched Wang Daquan’s video and discussed how his livestream could expose the game and prompt the authorities to investigate its developers.
  • Ling Yi created a steel city, brought miniature Gundams to life as its defenders, and assigned Xiao Zhi to design missions and manage the new facilities.
  • Xiaoqian told Ling Yi that Natasha had been taken by the Time Administration Bureau, so Dongfang Bai and Zhiruo had gone to rescue her.
  • Natasha explained that she escaped through a world passage and returned with Loki, whom Ling Yi froze as he reached for her Infinity Gauntlet.

Ch. 115Taking Loki to the apocalypse, the players gradually get on track (+1, thanks for the update reminder votes!)

Ling Yi made Loki serve as a beginner guide, while players discovered that Doomsday Guards could help them farm monsters and began leveling in earnest. At a nearby human base, a fifteen-year-old medicinal body awakened a power beyond the world's limits, and Ling Yi confronted Xiao Zhi about the world's repeated cycles.

  • Ling Yi explained Loki's new role as beginner guide and sent her to work after refusing her request for an enhanced Infinity Gauntlet.
  • Da Zhou approached Doomsday Guard No. 18883, and Xiao Qiuqiu agreed to let it join their party in exchange for most of their experience.
  • The players learned they could recruit Doomsday Guards to farm monsters and began leveling up across the apocalypse.
  • Ling Yi observed a nearby base where medicinal bodies were exploited for their antibodies and identified a fifteen-year-old boy as a powerful awakened individual.
  • The boy tore open his cage as dark purple energy surrounded him, and Ling Yi asked Xiao Zhi why he had never broken the world's endless cycle.

Ch. 116Analysis Progress Stuck at 99%, Farming Points Through Random Transmigration

Ling Yi’s law analysis stalled at 99% after a boy revealed a bizarre World Breaking-level power, so Ling Yi left to seek points elsewhere. He recruited Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei to help him contend for the realm while he followed the world’s rules for earning points.

  • The boy’s power erased Awakened attackers as paper figures and text, while Ling Yi’s law analysis stopped at 99%.
  • Ling Yi upgraded his Passive Law Analysis Aura to level 8, learned that the boy wielded a World Breaking-level law, and decided to leave rather than wait years for the analysis to finish.
  • Ling Yi left Xiao Zhi behind, and Xiao Zhi chose Loki as a temporary host, appearing before her in Steel Base City.
  • Ling Yi appeared during Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei’s oath of brotherhood and beat the three men after they attacked him.
  • Ling Yi told the three he would lead them in contending for the realm, would not claim the throne, and would provide money while they raised and trained an army.
  • Ling Yi explained that earning points required following the world’s rules, including not using power beyond the world.

Ch. 117The author is going to restrict the protagonist's cheats

Ling Yi restricted his powers to fit the Romance Three Kingdoms world, but used his Ling Realm to provide Liu Bei with wealth and taught him and his sworn brothers advanced martial techniques and military strategy. After half a year of training fifty thousand recruits, Liu Bei set out to fight the Yellow Turbans while Ling Yi prepared to serve with a hundred special forces soldiers.

  • Ling Yi established limits on his strength and prohibited powers, accepting a reduction in his points for bringing gold and silver out of the Ling Realm.
  • Liu Bei took Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to meet the commandery governor and secure permission to recruit troops, using Ling Yi's wealth to support their plans.
  • Ling Yi sealed his forbidden abilities and created the Supreme Art, then taught Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei how to train special forces and apply military and public-opinion tactics.
  • Liu Bei and his sworn brothers trained an army in Zhuo Commandery for half a year, reaching fifty thousand recruits.
  • Liu Bei decided to join his teacher Lu Zhi's campaign against Zhang Jue and declared that he would strike straight at the Yellow Dragon.
  • Three days later, Liu Bei began his campaign to contend for supremacy, while Ling Yi arranged to serve as a general with a hundred special forces soldiers.

Ch. 118Liu Bei: I Ask My Teacher Ling Yi to Go to His Death

Liu Bei conquered Luoyang, founded Dragon Han, and turned against Ling Yi, who fought the Golden Armor Legion before leaving the Three Kingdoms World with 7.5 million points. In a new grassland world, Ling Yi beat a middle-aged scholar and his companions, then introduced himself as Fire Cloud Evil God.

  • Liu Bei besieged Luoyang with his army, condemned Liu Hong, and forced the court to surrender after Cao Mengde collapsed and an imperial decree arrived.
  • Liu Bei held an abdication ceremony, founded Dragon Han, and visited Ling Yi with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei while thousands of gold-armored troops surrounded the manor.
  • Liu Bei asked Ling Yi to die, and Ling Yi fought the Golden Armor Legion for a day, killing more than half its soldiers before supposedly dying of exhaustion.
  • Liu Bei built a shrine to Ling Yi, while Ling Yi left the Three Kingdoms World with 7.5 million points and arrived on a grassland before an honest-looking youth and a middle-aged scholar.
  • Ling Yi slammed the scholar into the ground and kicked away five people who attacked him, then left after naming himself Fire Cloud Evil God.

Ch. 119Ling Yi: Heads up, I'm getting into character

Ling Yi, disguised as Fire Cloud Evil God in The Legend of the Condor Heroes world, found the Vajra Sect and challenged its seventeen-year-old leader, Sang Bobei. After demonstrating the gap between their strength, Ling Yi shared a meal with him, and Sang Bobei decided to travel with Ling Yi to seek out opponents.

  • After wandering the grasslands for days, Ling Yi spotted the Vajra Sect and leapt into its training square.
  • Sang Bobei introduced himself as the sect leader, and Ling Yi recognized him as the future Golden Wheel Monk before challenging him.
  • Sang Bobei struck Ling Yi with a powerful palm, sending him through a wall, but Ling Yi returned unharmed and urged him to keep fighting.
  • Sang Bobei conceded, and Ling Yi dropped the challenge and asked for wine and meat.
  • While they ate, Ling Yi described his cultivation as the Invincible Skill, and Sang Bobei asked to accompany him on his search for opponents.

Ch. 120White Camel Mountain, the Arrogant Young Ouyang Ke

Ling Yi reached White Camel City and provoked Ouyang Ke into summoning Ouyang Feng. After Ouyang Feng arrived, Ling Yi challenged him to fight, leaving the confrontation about to begin.

  • Sang Bobei told Ling Yi that Ouyang Feng protected White Camel City and its traders while taking sixty percent of the herb gatherers' earnings.
  • Ouyang Ke entered a restaurant, insulted Ling Yi's appearance, and ordered his women to attack him.
  • Ling Yi snapped the women's swords, immobilized them, and forced Ouyang Ke to wait with him while they summoned Ouyang Feng.
  • Ling Yi told Ouyang Ke to keep a low profile, then ate with him until Ouyang Feng arrived through a second-floor window.
  • Ouyang Feng checked that Ouyang Ke was unharmed, and Ling Yi challenged him to fight.

Ch. 121This wasn't the Toad Stance I remembered

Ling Yi defeated Ouyang Feng, gave him the Nine Yin Manual and Nine Yang Divine Art, and challenged him to a deadly rematch at the Mount Hua Sword Tournament in ten years. After reaching Mount Zhongnan, Ling Yi met young Li Mochou and gave her the Nine Yin Manual, then headed for the Quanzhen Sect to intervene in the world’s future.

  • Ling Yi easily defeated Ouyang Feng, dismissed his Toad Stance, and gave him the Nine Yin Manual and Nine Yang Divine Art before challenging him to a battle to the death in ten years.
  • Sang Bobei asked Ling Yi for cultivation techniques and continued traveling with him as his navigator until they reached Mount Zhongnan, where Ling Yi sent him away.
  • Ling Yi realized he could have asked Zhiruo in the Ling Realm for directions and suspected that an author’s oversight was causing him to forget about his home.
  • Ling Yi met Li Mochou in the woods, warned her to avoid anyone surnamed Lu, and gave her the Nine Yin Manual before flying away.
  • Li Mochou followed Ling Yi toward the Quanzhen Sect, while Ling Yi went there intending to gain prestige and change the course of events.

Ch. 122Ling Yi's test, defying the author's will, Law of Plot (beyond the boundary 0.01%)

Ling Yi tested whether he could defy the author by forcing the Quanzhen Sect to seal itself off and take responsibility for Yang Kang, then saw the Law of Plot progress reach 0.01%. After considering how he might capture the author's emotions and influence future plots, he got lost again and sensed two newcomers approaching.

  • Ling Yi burst into Chongyang Hall, struck Qiu Chuji, and injured Sun Bu'er when she attacked him.
  • Ling Yi questioned the Seven Masters about Yang Kang, Yang Tiexin, Guo Xiaotian, and the Nine Yin Manual, then ordered the Quanzhen Sect to seal its mountain and bring Yang Kang and Bao Xiruo back.
  • Ling Yi realized his excessive punishment had tested his ability to act against the author's will, and the system showed Law of Plot progress beyond the boundary at 0.01%.
  • Ling Yi considered returning to the apocalypse world to analyze the purple-energy awakened individual, but concluded he would need to keep traveling between worlds and upgrading his aura.
  • Ling Yi got lost beside a river while roasting fish, then heard two people approach and smiled at what he took to be his arriving navigation.

Ch. 123Ling Yi: Even I Can't Fix a Glaring Bug Like This

Ling Yi fought Zhou Botong after suppressing his strength, then taught Hong Qigong and Zhou Botong the Afterimage Technique. After the two visitors left, Ling Yi learned that major changes had taken place in the martial world, including Wanyan Honglie’s death and the Quanzhen Sect closing its mountain.

  • Zhou Botong tried to retreat, but Ling Yi threatened to deliver him to Yinggu and persuaded him to fight.
  • Ling Yi sealed his strength to match Zhou Botong’s and struggled against Zhou Botong’s Left-Right Mutual Combat, which the story treated as an authorial continuity error.
  • Ling Yi used the Afterimage Technique to defeat Zhou Botong and offered to teach it to him and Hong Qigong.
  • Hong Qigong learned the technique quickly and thanked Ling Yi, while Zhou Botong continued trying to master its rhythm.
  • Hong Qigong and Zhou Botong stayed with Ling Yi for half a month before leaving, during which Huang Yaoshi moved in with Ouyang Feng to study Nine Yin and Nine Yang.
  • Ling Yi heard that Wanyan Honglie had died and the Quanzhen Sect had announced a complete mountain closure.

Ch. 124The protagonist wrote a novel starring himself in a novel world?

After years of changing the martial world, Ling Yi settled in Passionless Valley to write down his experiences, but the author’s influence interfered with his appearance and Li Mochou’s feelings. Ling Yi sent Li Mochou away and faced a dangerous decision about how to escape the story’s limits without destroying his world.

  • Ling Yi spent five years traveling the martial world, distributing powerful martial arts and becoming known as the Fire Cloud Evil God.
  • Li Mochou found Ling Yi after killing Lu Zhanyuan and asked to follow him, so Ling Yi led her to Passionless Valley.
  • Ling Yi traded the Nine Yin and Nine Yang manuals to Gongsun Zhi and Qiu Qianchi for Passionless Valley, where he spent two months recording his life.
  • When Ling Yi emerged, his appearance had reverted to its original form, and he realized the author had overridden the Faith Manifestation that had changed it.
  • Ling Yi altered Li Mochou’s memories and sent her back to the Ancient Tomb Sect, then considered a dangerous plan to break beyond the novel’s world without causing it to end or be erased.

Ch. 125Ling Yi's hesitation, the derailed main plot (+1, thanks for the update reminder votes)

Ling Yi wrestled with whether to rebel against the author and restore the main plot, then entered the martial world as the feared White-Clad Swordsman. At a restaurant near Mount Hua, he reunited with Guo Jing, whose altered life and martial arts training reflected Ling Yi’s influence, and revealed that he had improved Sang Bobei’s Dragon Elephant Prajna Art.

  • Ling Yi weighed abandoning much of his gains to force the derailed plot back on track, but left Passionless Valley without choosing.
  • Martial artists at a restaurant discussed the White-Clad Swordsman’s killings, including his deaths of Mei Chaofeng and Qiu Qianren and the massacre at Lu Family Manor.
  • Guo Jing recalled how Ling Yi’s past influence had changed his masters, his training under Sang Bobei, and his marriage to Hua Zheng.
  • Ling Yi entered the restaurant, and Guo Jing recognized him as the senior who had once beaten his second master.
  • Ling Yi praised Guo Jing’s Dragon Elephant Prajna Art and told him that he had improved the technique for Sang Bobei.
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