Arc 69The Immortal Spirit Sect

Ling Yi survived his blind beggar transmigration, gathered companions, and crossed into the Greater Nine Provinces before consuming its Spiritual Power and beginning a new transmigration. In a parallel modern world, he used his skills to complete a dangerous mercenary mission and began considering a high-profile assignment protecting Apu.

  • Ling Yi healed his wound with Self-Healing, used Inventory to map his surroundings, and killed the attackers who ambushed Liuzi and Ni Yunrui on Duanyang Bridge before rescuing Ni Yunrui.
  • Ling Yi adapted the Ni Family Saber Technique through Correction, killed Qi Feng when he followed orders to silence him, and traveled to Fengyun City, where he met Ao Potian.
  • Ao Potian killed members of the Azure Dragon Gang who threatened him and Ling Yi, then joined Ling Yi on the road, and Yinmao and Yinhu later revealed their connection to Jin Wufeng and the Moonlight Sect.
  • Ling Yi’s Silence ability nullified Gu Di’s attacks, and Yinmao killed Gu Di, and Ling Yi then accepted Yinmao, Yinhu, and Yin Lang as followers and founded the Immortal Spirit Sect with Ao Potian as his disciple.
  • Ling Yi and his companions crossed toward Nine Gods Mountain while imperial, Jin Wuxun, and Lan Clan forces mistook him for Jin Wufeng and attacked, and Ling Yi’s Silence and Transfer abilities defeated the ambushers.
  • Ling Yi reached the Moonlight Sect’s passage secret realm, studied its Momentum, and sent Ao Potian, Yunrui, Yinmao, Yinhu, and Yin Lang ahead to explore the Greater Nine Provinces and meet him in two years.
  • Ling Yi consumed Spiritual Power across the Greater Nine Provinces, broke the seal at Nine Gods Mountain, and transformed his nine seeds into a Chaos Seed before beginning another transmigration.
  • In a parallel modern world, Ling Yi registered as a mercenary, secretly used Light of the Spirit to make White Tiger Gang members kill one another, completed the A-rank mission, and rose to level 9 as his livestream went viral.
  • Ling Yi upgraded Light of the Spirit to gain eleven contract slots, learned that Godzilla had appeared off Zhanpuneisi’s coast, and investigated a seven-star mission to guard Apu during his presidential election.
Chapters 1701–1725 Vol. 18 Read

Ch. 1701New world: High martial arts, mortals defy heaven, martial might shakes the Immortal Court!

After transmigrating into a severely injured blind beggar, Ling Yi discovered a status system that healed his wounds and extended his lifespan, along with an inventory interface that let him perceive nearby objects and events. He mapped the area around Duanyang Bridge and prepared to test whether he could collect items.

  • Ling Yi woke as a blind beggar with a painful wound beneath his right ribs and only 125 days to live.
  • Ling Yi activated the Self-Healing status, which healed his wound and lungs and increased his lifespan to thirty years, though his eyes remained blind.
  • Ling Yi discovered that the system’s Inventory function listed nearby objects by distance and provided detailed information, including dialogue and movements three seconds ahead.
  • Ling Yi arranged the system modules and used the constantly updating data to map his surroundings around Duanyang Bridge.
  • Ling Yi identified the nearby shops, fruit stall, river, road, and market, then prepared to test the Inventory’s Click to collect function.

Ch. 1702An Undeserved Disaster-Don't Think a Blind Man Is Easy to Bully!

Ling Yi, a blind beggar, witnessed six black-clad men attack Liuzi and Ni Yunrui on Duanyang Bridge, then killed the men who tried to silence him using his strange abilities. He found Ni Yunrui alive and gave her an antidote, but she grabbed his ankle as he tried to leave.

  • Six black-clad men ambushed Liuzi and Ni Yunrui on Duanyang Bridge, demanding a letter and attacking when they refused.
  • Liuzi shoved Ni Yunrui into the river to help her escape, but she was struck by a poisoned dart; Liuzi fought the attackers before they killed him.
  • The black-clad leader ordered Wuzi to kill Ling Yi, but Ling Yi dodged Wuzi's sword, took it, and killed him.
  • The leader and his remaining men attacked Ling Yi, who used his backpack's [Click to Collect] function to kill them and then searched for Ni Yunrui.
  • Ling Yi found Ni Yunrui alive, gave her an antidote, and turned to leave, but she grabbed his ankle.

Ch. 1703Trapped in Panshi Town, a New Passive Status!

Ling Yi learned that war threatened Panshi Town and that Ni Yunrui needed to reach the imperial capital with evidence against the third prince. After Ni Yunrui left by river, Ling Yi’s new Correction status helped him advance his cultivation, and half a month later Ni Yunrui returned with two companions.

  • Ling Yi practiced the Ni Family Saber Technique while Ni Yunrui warned him that Panshi Town was sealed and the technique required a cultivation method he could not use.
  • Ling Yi reported that the Great Jin emperor was dying, Jinyun Nation planned to invade, and Situ Nanyun and Mu Yunhao had blocked the town’s roads.
  • Ni Yunrui decided to travel through the dangerous Duanyang River to deliver evidence of the third prince’s collusion to the Second Young Master, then left that night.
  • Ling Yi discovered that Correction adapted cultivation arts to him, turning the Ni Family Saber Technique into a body-tempering method that raised him to lower innate first stage and extended his lifespan.
  • After half a month without war, Panshi Town’s blockade was lifted, and Ni Yunrui returned to Ling Yi’s courtyard with a middle-aged man and an old man.

Ch. 1704Ling Yi: Why bother? Those men in black said the same thing last time!

Ling Yi left Panshi Town to avoid being drawn into Ni Yunrui and Second Master's troubles, but Elder Qi followed him with orders to kill him. Ling Yi confronted Elder Qi in a forest on Panshi Plain, revealing that he had faced a similar threat before.

  • Ling Yi welcomed Ni Yunrui, Second Master, and Elder Qi, then refused their offer of protection and left their courtyard.
  • Second Master ordered Elder Qi to follow Ling Yi and secretly silence him, while Ni Yunrui believed Elder Qi was escorting Ling Yi to safety.
  • Ling Yi walked out of Panshi Town and traveled toward Wei Ridge, using bullet-comment data to perceive his surroundings and becoming stronger through his saber practice.
  • Ling Yi stopped in a forest on Panshi Plain and challenged Elder Qi for following him.
  • Elder Qi declared that Second Master wanted Ling Yi dead, and Ling Yi remarked that men in black had said the same thing before.

Ch. 1705With the soul as the guide, force became illusion, and illusion moved with force!

Ling Yi learned Qi Feng’s sword technique, turned its illusion against him, and killed him before leaving. Back in Panshi Town, the second master and Ni Yunrui waited for Qi Feng, unaware that he was dead.

  • Ling Yi used his force to stop Qi Feng’s Illusion Dragon Sword and quickly grasped its secret with the help of the Correction state.
  • Ling Yi used a new soul-powered illusion to trap Qi Feng in a vision of metal monsters, forcing him to exhaust his internal power.
  • Ling Yi struck Qi Feng with a gale that killed him and destroyed the trees ahead, then walked away.
  • The second master worried when Qi Feng failed to return, while Ni Yunrui reassured him and praised his concern for the people of Great Jin.

Ch. 1706Fengyun City, the boy practicing swordsmanship!

Jin Wufeng investigated the destruction left by Qi Feng’s suspected killer and sent agents to Fengyun City to find Pang Xiaoyun’s child and watch Ling Yi. Ling Yi settled in Fengyun City and discovered that his young landlord, Ao Potian, was Pang Xiaoyun’s son and showed signs of extraordinary sword intent.

  • Jin Wufeng brought Yinmao, Yinhu, and Yin Lang to the site of Qi Feng’s fight, then sent Yinmao and Yinhu to retrieve the child in Fengyun City and secretly track Ling Yi.
  • Jin Wufeng learned that Pang Yun had returned to Longhai and sent Yin Lang to notify the Ninth Prince to proceed with the next step.
  • Ling Yi entered Fengyun City and rented a quiet courtyard from Ao Potian, a thirteen-year-old boy who agreed to cook for him.
  • Ling Yi used Ao Potian’s bullet-comment data to learn that Ao Potian was the son of Ao Ba and Pang Xiaoyun, though Ao Potian did not know his origins.
  • Ling Yi watched Ao Potian practice with a wooden sword and noticed that his swings carried a faint trace of intent.

Ch. 1707The three realms of Momentum: Accumulating Shi, Nurturing Shi, Drawing Momentum!

Ao Potian’s talent for cultivating Momentum impressed Ling Yi, who considered taking him as a disciple but decided to observe his character first. When members of the Azure Dragon Gang came to extort Ao Potian and reveal Administrator Fang’s plot to seize his courtyard, Ao Potian tried to protect Ling Yi as the gang prepared to kill them both.

  • Ao Potian told Ling Yi that two people had been asking about him, then went to cook dinner while Ling Yi reflected on the supplies he had gathered and the money he had taken from corrupt officials and merchants.
  • Ling Yi observed Ao Potian’s growing Momentum and explained that Ao Potian had reached Nurturing Shi without instruction, while still considering whether to teach him based on his character.
  • Lin Er arrived with six other young men and claimed the Azure Dragon Gang controlled White Stone Street, demanding street fees and compensation from Ao Potian.
  • When Ao Potian asked whether Administrator Fang knew about the extortion, Brother Hu kicked Lin Er for exposing Fang’s involvement and explained that Fang wanted Ao Potian’s remote courtyard.
  • Ao Potian realized Administrator Fang planned to use the courtyard for something secret, then asked the gang to spare Ling Yi, who remained calmly seated.

Ch. 1708Ao Potian's Heaven-Defying Combat Talent: A Mortal Slays Martial Practitioners!

Ao Potian used the Mysterious Wood Sword to kill two Azure Dragon Gang martial practitioners and Lin Er, then chose to flee toward Wei Ridge with Ling Yi. The pair left together as Fengyun City’s gates were about to close.

  • Ao Potian struck down the scar-faced martial practitioner with the Mysterious Wood Sword after the bald man ordered him to attack.
  • Ao Potian defeated and killed Brother Hu in a fierce exchange, while the surviving thugs fled.
  • Ao Potian killed Lin Er, then vomited after the danger passed and resolved to leave the area.
  • Ao Potian insisted that Ling Yi come with him to Wei Ridge, despite Ling Yi warning that he could be a burden.
  • Ao Potian packed their belongings, agreed to call Ling Yi “Brother Ling,” and hurried with him to leave Fengyun City before nightfall.

Ch. 1709Ling Yi's guidance, Yinmao and Yinhu appear!

Ling Yi explained Momentum, martial arts realms, and Ao Potian’s strength as they traveled toward Fengyun City, then let the Azure Dragon Gang capture them. Yinhu and Yinmao appeared and slaughtered the gang members, but the survivors’ claim that their leader was tied to the Moonlight Sect left the siblings facing a more serious threat.

  • Ling Yi taught Ao Potian about Martial Practitioner realms, Momentum, and the Mysterious Wood Sword, then demonstrated Drawing Momentum and challenged Ao Potian to understand it.
  • The Azure Dragon Gang surrounded Ling Yi and Ao Potian and tied them up, while Ling Yi said someone else would intervene.
  • Yinhu and Yinmao emerged from hiding and killed more than a dozen gang members with Sword Qi.
  • Yinhu killed the remaining subordinates after the gang leader invoked the Moonlight Sect, and Yinmao and Yinhu recognized the sect’s name with concern.

Ch. 1710Greater Nine Provinces and Lesser Nine Provinces: Was Comprehending Momentum Like Cultivating Immortality?

Ling Yi helped Ao Potian master Momentum during a night-long journey and theorized that it was a form of cultivating immortality through Spiritual Power. After learning that Yinmao and Yinhu had entered the Greater Nine Provinces through Nine Gods Mountain, Ling Yi sent them to tell Jin Wufeng he would visit him.

  • Ling Yi left the gang leader’s corpse behind and urged Ao Potian to sense his Momentum as they traveled through the woods.
  • Ao Potian repeatedly matched Ling Yi’s accelerating pace, and Yinmao and Yinhu followed them on a journey of three thousand three hundred li that ended at a valley near daybreak.
  • Ling Yi explained that Momentum drew upon the power of heaven and earth through the soul and suggested that its practitioners were cultivating immortality through Spiritual Power.
  • Yinmao and Yinhu revealed that Second Master had taken them to the Greater Nine Provinces, and Ling Yi learned that they had entered through a secret passage on Nine Gods Mountain to visit the Moonlight Sect.
  • Ling Yi produced a manor from his inventory, then told Yinmao and Yinhu to return and tell Jin Wufeng that he would come find him.

Ch. 1711A new passive status, Jin Wufeng was gone!

Jin Wufeng prepared to use Ni Yunrui as a cultivation cauldron while Ling Yi tested his new Silence status and planned a journey to Nine Gods Mountain. The chapter ended by revealing that an ancient soul had completely taken over Jin Wufeng, erasing the original Jin Wufeng.

  • Jin Wufeng ordered Yinhu to search Jinyun Nation for Black Shark and kept Yinmao behind to guard Ni Yunrui as her Yin Sunflower Art neared perfection.
  • Yinhu recognized that Jin Wufeng intended to use Ni Yunrui as a cultivation cauldron, but he and his siblings remained trapped under Jin Wufeng's control.
  • Ling Yi failed again to draw Spiritual Power into his body, told Ao Potian he planned to travel to Nine Gods Mountain, and challenged him to reach body tempering mystery penetration first.
  • Ling Yi received the passive Silence status, activated it, and found no obvious effect during a nighttime test.
  • Jin Wufeng waited for Ni Yunrui's Yin Sunflower Art to reach perfection and revealed his plan to break the sealing formation on Nine Gods Mountain and devour the Immortal Province's essence.
  • An ancient soul fully replaced Jin Wufeng's soul, erased his imprint, and took over his body.

Ch. 1712So that was what silence meant-Yinmao turned on her master!

Ling Yi returned to Panshi Town to stop Jin Wufeng from using Ni Yunrui, only to discover that Jin Wufeng was possessed by Gu Di, a former lord of the Immortal Court. Gu Di’s attacks failed against Ling Yi’s silence ability, and Yinmao killed him before Ni Yunrui emerged from the room transformed.

  • Ling Yi entered the courtyard and blocked Ni Yunrui’s door, refusing to let Jin Wufeng proceed with his plans for her.
  • Jin Wufeng revealed his power and attacked Ling Yi, who recognized him as Gu Di, a former lord of the Immortal Court.
  • Gu Di’s Soul Devourer Fog failed to affect Ling Yi, and Ling Yi realized that his silence ability nullified attacks against him.
  • Yinmao refused Gu Di’s order to attack Ling Yi, then seized her chance and killed Gu Di with a sword through the head.
  • Ni Yunrui opened the door behind Ling Yi, her bearing utterly transformed.

Ch. 1713Something was wrong with Ao Potian, and the three siblings' choice!

Ling Yi learned that the Moonlight Sect planned to break the Lesser Nine Provinces’ sealing formation, while the three siblings sought his protection from the powerful Lan Clan. He offered to let them stay only if they accepted the Soul Devourer Fog’s control, and discovered that the treasure let him see the world.

  • Ao Potian showed unusual concern for Ni Yunrui, and Ling Yi sent him to cook something and talk with her.
  • Yinhu told Ling Yi that Moonlight Sect disciples had been entering the Lesser Nine Provinces for six years to destroy its sealing formation.
  • Yinhu explained that the Lan Clan guarded the passage secret realm and that the three siblings feared the clan’s revenge now that they were free of soul control.
  • Ling Yi rejected the siblings as followers but offered to let them stay if they submitted to the Soul Devourer Fog.
  • Ling Yi explained that the Soul Devourer Fog had become his master and could transmit images into his mind, allowing him to see the world for the first time.

Ch. 1714Ice and fire seeds, reaching the threshold of Source Cultivation!

Ling Yi prepared to leave for the Greater Nine Provinces while Yinhu, Yinmao, and Yin Lang chose to follow him, and Potian and Yunrui also agreed to go. As Ling Yi developed ice and fire power seeds through studying the Yin Sunflower Art and Yang Flame Art, Potian asked him to become his master.

  • Yinhu, Yinmao, and Yin Lang chose to follow Ling Yi, who merged threads of the Soul Devourer Fog into their souls.
  • Yinmao told Potian that his parents had been killed by Lin Hu, that Pang Yun had avenged them, and that Pang Yun did not know Potian existed.
  • Ling Yi rejected Yinmao's suggestion that he take over Jin Wufeng's forces and said he would leave for the Greater Nine Provinces in half a month; Potian and Yunrui decided to accompany him.
  • Yunrui recovered from Jin Wufeng's betrayal and advanced to Half-Step Mystery Penetration, while Potian trained and grew closer to her.
  • Ling Yi used Correction to harness ice and fire Momentum, cultivated attribute seeds in his body and soul, and began releasing small amounts of ice and fire force without Momentum.
  • After Ling Yi promised to teach him the technique once it was perfected, Potian asked to become his master.

Ch. 1715A new status: saddled with two accusations just outside Panshi Town?

Ling Yi accepted Ao Potian as his disciple, founded the Immortal Spirit Sect, and refined a cultivation method before returning with his companions to Panshi Town. As they headed north, the empress dowager, Jin Wuxun, and the Lan Clan mistook Ling Yi for Jin Wufeng and set forces against him.

  • Ao Potian asked Ling Yi to become his master, and Ling Yi accepted; they founded the Immortal Spirit Sect with Ao Potian as its eldest disciple.
  • Ling Yi perfected the Immortal Spirit Qi Refining Art, developed twenty-nine applications of Momentum, and taught Ao Potian and the others.
  • Ling Yi and his five companions returned to Panshi Town, where Ni Yunrui mourned her brother Ni Yunqing and reflected on Jin Wufeng's schemes.
  • After the group crossed Duanyang Bridge and headed north, imperial observers mistook Ling Yi for Jin Wufeng and alerted the empress dowager and Jin Wuxun.
  • The Lan Clan of Nine Gods Mountain also mistook Ling Yi for Jin Wufeng and sought to kill him, leaving three groups poised to attack his party.

Ch. 1716Intercepted in Returning Wind Valley, the first wave of sneak attacks!

Ling Yi’s party was intercepted in Returning Wind Valley by Great Jin soldiers who mistook him for the supposedly dead Jin Wufeng. As the others fought the army, Ling Yi tested his new passive status against hidden attackers, leaving the ambushers dead and the battle still underway.

  • Yinmao and the others explained that Returning Wind Valley concealed Jin Wuxun’s hundred-thousand-strong private army and that poisonous smoke could exploit the valley’s winds.
  • Sima Chang confronted Ling Yi’s party in Gourd Valley, declaring that Jin Wuxun had ordered Jin Wufeng’s bones buried there.
  • Yin Lang unleashed Illusion Slaughter, and his empowered Ghost Soldiers devastated the Great Jin soldiers; Yinhu, Yinmao, Yunrui, and Ao Potian joined the attack.
  • Hidden forces from Jin Wuxun, Jin Wunian, and the Lan Clan targeted Ling Yi, whom they mistook for Jin Wufeng.
  • Ling Yi let thirty ambushers strike him; {Silence} nullified their attacks, while {Transfer} redirected their damage among them, killing all thirty.

Ch. 1717The Lan Clan of Nine Gods Mountain, Ling Yi's Guess About the Beggar's Identity!

Ling Yi defeated the waves of assassins, uncovered clues linking the beggar’s recovered memories to the Lan Clan, and left for Nine Gods Mountain with his companions. They reached the Moonlight Sect’s headquarters, where Ling Yi prepared to demand entry to the passage secret realm.

  • Ling Yi’s Transfer passive redirected poison, sonic, melee, and ranged attacks, leaving most of the ambushers dead or wounded while he stood unharmed.
  • Ling Yi recognized Lan Yun’er and Lan Peng in the beggar’s returning memories, spared the old man from the Lan Clan, and revealed that Jin Wufeng and the soul usurper who controlled him were dead.
  • Ling Yi flew with his companions over the Great Jin Nation’s imperial capital, startling the empress dowager and the third prince, then continued north to Nine Gods Mountain.
  • Ling Yi explained that the Moonlight Sect had moved its headquarters to the Lesser Nine Provinces to avoid coming chaos and monopolize the spiritual energy sealed there.
  • Ling Yi and his companions landed at the Moonlight Sect’s headquarters and were blocked by more than a dozen figures as they approached the passage secret realm.

Ch. 1718Source Cultivation Practitioners and Shi Martial Practitioners, Lan Kun of the Lan Clan!

Ling Yi confronted Moonlight Sect grand elder Liu Feiyun, who mistook his group for Lan Clan members and accused them of ruining the sect’s spirit pool. After Ling Yi demonstrated his overwhelming power, Lan Kun arrived and held Liu Feiyun back, allowing Ling Yi’s group to fly toward the cave behind the sect’s headquarters.

  • Liu Feiyun threatened Ling Yi’s group and recognized Yinmao and the others as the people blamed for drying up the Moonlight Sect’s spirit pool.
  • Ling Yi summoned a massive wind-and-lightning tornado, startling Liu Feiyun by drawing on power from heaven and earth despite being a Source Cultivation Practitioner.
  • As Liu Feiyun attacked Ling Yi, Lan Kun arrived with several hundred armored people and stopped the strike.
  • Lan Kun asked Ling Yi if he knew him, and Ling Yi told him to wait quietly for news, leaving Lan Kun visibly excited.
  • Ling Yi and his companions flew across the Moonlight Sect headquarters toward a cave, while Liu Feiyun held back because Lan Kun’s Martial Practitioners threatened him.
  • Lan Kun assured Liu Feiyun that the passage secret realm would remain undiscovered for now, since Ling Yi understood the danger of making enemies of everyone.

Ch. 1719Parting ways, Lan Cangyun, and the Immortal Courts of the Immortal Provinces!

Ling Yi comprehended the secret realm’s stable Momentum and led his companions into the Greater Nine Provinces, where he parted ways with them and set a reunion for two years later. Lan Cangyun’s restored memories revealed the danger he had posed to the Lesser Nine Provinces and exposed the Immortal Courts’ goal of plundering Immortal Provinces’ source Spiritual Qi.

  • Ling Yi studied the passage secret realm’s Momentum for three days, while Yinmao and the others demonstrated their combined Momentum techniques.
  • Ling Yi led the group through the illusion-filled passage and explained that a stable combination of Momentum was what made an array.
  • Ling Yi told Ao Potian, Yunrui, Yinmao, Yinhu, and Yin Lang to venture through the Greater Nine Provinces without him and meet him in two years at the Ancient Immortal Court’s Immortal Ascension Arena.
  • Ling Yi appeared in a ruined town and recognized a damaged sect compound and armor connected to the Lan Clan.
  • Ling Yi learned from the beggar’s restored memories that he had taken Lan Cangyun’s place, and that Lan Cangyun had planned to drain the Lesser Nine Provinces’ Spiritual Qi to become an immortal.
  • Ling Yi learned that the Immortal Courts of the Immortal Provinces sought to plunder the source Spiritual Qi of the various Immortal Provinces.

Ch. 1720Immortal Spirit Wuzi Stormed the Ancient Immortal Court, Seeds Became Chaos, and the Seal Was Lifted!

Ling Yi devoured the sealed Spiritual Power across the Greater Nine Provinces, advanced his nine attribute seeds into a Chaos Seed, and returned to find Ao Potian and the others attacking the Ancient Immortal Court. After his original body's seal was lifted, he began a new transmigration into an urban survival world.

  • Ling Yi raided the Laifeng Immortal Province's sects and spent two months devouring its sealed Spiritual Power.
  • Over nearly two years, Ling Yi consumed more than sixty percent of the Greater Nine Provinces' Spiritual Power, triggering an age of declining cultivation.
  • Ao Potian, Yunrui, Yinmao, Yinhu, and their companion became known as the Immortal Spirit Wuzi and fought their way into conflict with the Ancient Immortal Court.
  • Ao Potian and the other four stormed the Ancient Immortal Court, and Ling Yi hurried there after returning from the Lesser Nine Provinces.
  • Ling Yi broke the Lesser Nine Provinces' seal and devoured the Spiritual Power held by Nine Gods Mountain, transforming his nine seeds into a Chaos Seed.
  • Ling Yi's original body's seal lifted, and he configured his Infinite Passive Plot Aura before beginning a new transmigration.

Ch. 1721New World: Urban Survival 365 Days-Starting Out as a Mercenary!

Ling Yi learned the rules of Urban Survival 365 Days and considered how to use his Hot Blood Hero System while avoiding the pursuit team. After finding recruitment notices for mercenary corps in North Leaf Province, he decided to look into joining one.

  • Sun Dalei announced the show's rules, prizes, and dangers, and the production team introduced its expert commentators.
  • Ling Yi watched the broadcast and reflected on his transmigration, the parallel world's history, and the combat skills granted by his system.
  • Ling Yi realized he would need to choose a line of work that let him level up without exposing his abilities on the livestream.
  • Ling Yi found newspaper advertisements for mercenary corps recruiting in North Leaf Province and began searching online for information about them.

Ch. 1722Applying to become a mercenary, taking a mission!

Ling Yi registered as a provisional mercenary and accepted an A-rank mission to wipe out the White Tiger Gang in Atoke, shocking the livestream viewers and experts. He reached the gang’s heavily guarded headquarters, where he weighed how to act without exposing his dangerous skills or losing the reputation he needed to use his system’s shop.

  • Ling Yi found the mercenary platform, registered as a provisional mercenary, and listed magic tricks, illusion arts, and hypnosis as his abilities.
  • Viewers and the program’s experts debated whether Ling Yi’s abilities were real, while Ning Hong judged him to be unusually calm and confident.
  • Ling Yi accepted an A-rank mission to eliminate the White Tiger Gang, a three-hundred-member gang led by the Song brothers, for five million.
  • The Song brothers learned someone had accepted the long-unclaimed mission and tightened security at their headquarters.
  • Ling Yi arrived at the guarded club and considered how to complete the mission while limiting his skill use and building reputation for the system shop.

Ch. 1723The Evil, Overbearing Light of the Spirit Skill, Level Up!

Ling Yi used Light of the Spirit to secretly control five White Tiger Gang members and ordered them to kill the gang while he stayed hidden outside the entertainment complex. He steadily gained levels as the killings continued, and the chapter ended when gunfire and explosions erupted inside the complex.

  • Ling Yi cast Light of the Spirit on White Tiger Gang members, successfully forming contracts with five of them and ordering them to hold position.
  • Ling Yi waited for his mana to recover while livestream commentators judged him an inexperienced novice who was unlikely to act.
  • Ling Yi ordered contracted member Omas Polinev to kill White Tiger Gang members, and Omas killed one in a restroom.
  • Ling Yi gained a level from the first kill, then continued leveling as his five contracted targets discreetly killed gang members over the next two hours.
  • Ling Yi reached level 9 while his reputation remained unchanged, and the commentators grew bored watching him sit still.
  • Ning Hong noticed Ling Yi's excited expression just before gunshots and explosions sounded inside the entertainment complex.

Ch. 1724Submitting the mission, the first mercenary mission payout, and a massive reputation surge!

Ling Yi used Light of the Spirit to turn the White Tiger Gang against itself, then submitted and received payment for his mission to wipe it out. After his mercenary rank rose and his livestream surged in popularity, he returned to the hotel, where four contestants tried to recruit him for a job.

  • Ling Yi maintained Light of the Spirit contracts as chaos and gunfire erupted inside the White Tiger Gang’s entertainment complex.
  • Song Hu, Song Lang, and Song She tried to control their panicked gang members, but Song Hu’s indiscriminate shooting provoked a revolt that killed Song She and then the other two brothers.
  • Ling Yi submitted the White Tiger Gang mission, requested the livestream camera be switched off for privacy, and received the payout after the mercenary website confirmed completion.
  • The commentators debated whether Ling Yi’s mission payment proved he had committed a crime, while officials decided to keep the show running without evidence.
  • Ling Yi’s rank changed to level 1 mercenary, and speculation about the mission spread online as his livestream became hugely popular.
  • Back at the hotel, Ling Yi refused a white-haired contestant’s offer to join a three-day, thirty-thousand-yuan venture.

Ch. 1725A new mercenary mission, a seven-star bodyguard assignment!

Ling Yi upgraded Light of the Spirit and discovered that the ordinary world also contained Godzilla and other mutated creatures. He searched for mercenary work and found a seven-star bodyguard mission for Apu, who was about to become president of Ru'ashe Country.

  • Ling Yi chose a discreet skill combination and spent 1,000 reputation on two upgrade talismans, raising Light of the Spirit to level two and gaining eleven contract slots.
  • Ling Yi tested his skills and later watched news footage of Godzilla destroying warships off Zhanpuneisi's coast.
  • Ling Yi learned that Godzilla had appeared three times since radioactive wastewater dumping began, and wondered whether he could contract the monster with Light of the Spirit.
  • Ling Yi browsed the mercenary website and found a seven-star mission requiring a five-to-ten-member mercenary corps to guard Apu during his presidential election in Ru'ashe Country.
  • Ling Yi researched Apu and learned that he was widely expected to become president, while foreign opposition posed the main threat to him.
Arc 69 of 208
Arc 69 of 208