Recaps

Ling Yi traveled to Ru'ashe Country and infiltrated the Kremlin instead of registering for either mercenary mission. Using finely controlled skills to evade guards and cameras, he made it into the inner grounds, where his next move remained unknown.

• Ling Yi arrived in Mo City and learned that mercenaries could apply to guard Apu or provide outer security, while the white-haired man and his companions had come for the outer detail.
• The livestream panel discussed Ling Yi's possible plans and revealed that more than a dozen countries had offered a 300-million-dollar bounty for killing Apu.
• Ling Yi climbed over the Kremlin wall and used Light of the Spirit to control patrol squads as he moved through successive corridors.
• Ning Hong noticed Ling Yi raising his left hand near surveillance cameras and deduced he had found a way to avoid them.
• Ling Yi used a finely adjusted Ice Roar to frost camera lenses briefly, allowing him to reach the Kremlin's inner main hall.

Ling Yi revealed that he was Magic Mage and persuaded Apu to hire him as a solo bodyguard despite the threat of the Black Fire Mercenary Corps. While Apu worked in the Kremlin, Ling Yi bought a Dragon Radar Map module and detected two hostile targets nearby.

• Ling Yi introduced himself to Apu as contestant Magic Mage and offered to protect him from the mercenary forces backing the opposing camp.
• Ling Yi demonstrated his value during a private ten-minute interval, and Apu’s bodyguard contract was accepted under Magic Mage’s name.
• Apu described Ru'ashe Country’s political isolation and continued working through the day while Ling Yi stayed close by.
• Ling Yi guarded Apu outside his bedroom after Apu finished work and went to sleep.
• Ling Yi spent 100,000 reputation points on the Dragon Radar Map module and saw two hostile red dots less than five hundred meters away.

Ling Yi stopped a bomb attack on Apu’s inauguration eve and gave Apu two mysterious items for emergencies. As the ceremony began, Ling Yi prepared to strengthen himself through the system.

• Ling Yi spotted two mechanical birds on the Dragon Radar Map and ordered guards to shoot them down.
• When the birds exploded, Ling Yi pulled two officers to safety and learned their controller, a death warrior, was already dead.
• Apu thanked Ling Yi, warned him about the Northern Alliance and Western Alliance, and reviewed the inauguration proceedings with him.
• Before the ceremony, Ling Yi gave Apu a green scroll and a small golden bottle, telling him to use them if mortal danger arose.
• Ling Yi switched the livestream back on as Apu’s inauguration began, then opened the system interface to boost his strength.

Ling Yi used his upgraded skills and Dragon Radar Map to wipe out thousands of attackers targeting Apu, then proposed continuing their cooperation in the coming war. Apu learned the scale of Ling Yi’s power and considered how far he could help Ru'ashe Country.

• Ling Yi raised his combat power to 147, configured six skills and five item slots, and used his expanded Dragon Radar Map to find enemies.
• Ling Yi unleashed Ice Roar on a mercenary corps ten kilometers away, killing more than three hundred people and gaining four levels.
• Ling Yi continued attacking enemies while Apu visited the barracks; more than 2,500 red dots vanished from the map by noon.
• Apu asked Ling Yi to turn off the livestream and questioned him after hearing reports that attackers had been killed by lightning, ice, and fire.
• Ling Yi proposed working with Apu in the war and said he could go as far as Apu wanted, while warning him about the consequences of using big mushrooms.

Ling Yi developed his abilities and learned from Du Weiguo that Radiation Beasts were spreading beyond the waters near Zhanpuneisi. He accepted a nine-star mission to help Ru'ashe Country recapture Wusiji and prepared to upgrade Light of the Spirit before the battle.

• Ling Yi charged Apu only five hundred Ancient Country Currency to protect Ru'ashe Country, then spent three days leveling up and unlocking equipment slots and automatic combat.
• Viewers debated whether Ling Yi or Apu had secretly eliminated the fifteen mercenary corps and nearly five thousand enemies during Apu's inauguration.
• Du Weiguo warned Ling Yi that Radiation Beasts were appearing outside the waters near Zhanpuneisi, and Ling Yi offered to respond if one appeared.
• Ling Yi arranged with Apu to accept a restricted nine-star mission to recapture Wusiji and showed it to his livestream audience.
• Ling Yi spent reputation upgrading Light of the Spirit to level 69, raising its contract capacity to 15,046, and considered unlocking another function module to meet its mana demands.

Ling Yi helped Apu conquer nine countries while sparing civilians, but five intercontinental missiles struck near Bai Mo City and ended his livestream. After radiation beasts devastated two countries, Ling Yi’s memories were unsealed, and he began a new transmigration.

• Ling Yi captured Ji City after Siji handed him a USB drive and killed himself, while the Chief praised Ling Yi for ending the conflict with few deaths.
• Ling Yi helped Apu recover eight countries over the next month, then began the campaign to take North White Country.
• Five intercontinental missiles approached Ling Yi near Bai Mo City, and mushroom clouds rose there as his livestream went black.
• Thirty mutant beasts devastated Zhanpuneisi, while sixty-five radiation beasts rampaged near Los Angeles and grew stronger after Amaileken used nuclear weapons.
• Ling Yi’s memories were unsealed, and he messaged Yin Wanqing before starting a new transmigration with the Infinite Passive Aura System.

Ling Yi discovered that his diary-like novel had received nearly 250 million in tips from mysterious readers, including gods and legendary figures, and learned that his recurring dreams continued when he published them. Big Persimmon Chinese Web's editors investigated the bizarre earnings, while Zhang Wenlei ordered them to give Ling Yi a great god contract and keep the novel off the rankings.

• Ling Yi found nearly 250 million in tips on his dashboard and read messages from supposed gods and legendary figures begging him to keep updating.
• Ling Yi recalled that he had turned his recurring dreams about a black stone and its mysterious writing into a poorly written webnovel, and that uploading each dream let the story continue.
• Ling Yi clicked the withdrawal button and was surprised that he could withdraw the earnings.
• Lin Yueyue and the editors questioned how Ling Yi's novel had earned so much and asked Zhao Nan to find out who had approved it.
• Zhao Nan learned that Zhang Wenlei had personally approved the novel, and Lin Yueyue called him for an explanation.
• Zhang Wenlei told Lin Yueyue to give Ling Yi a great god contract, exclude the novel from the rankings, and keep it secret.

The Jade Emperor and Tathagata learned that Ling Yi’s novel might offer the immortals and Buddhas a way to survive the Dharma-Ending Age, so they debated how to protect him without disturbing his dreams. Ling Yi posted another update and entered the dreamscape again, where he appeared at the stone stele.

• The Jade Emperor and Tathagata agreed that Ling Yi was their possible salvation and that they should protect him without risking his dreams.
• Taibai Jinxing reported that Ling Yi was untraceable by divination and suggested the Jade Emperor arrange for someone to become close to him.
• The Jade Emperor and Tathagata separately considered sending a woman to approach Ling Yi, while Tathagata rejected several candidates from Spirit Mountain.
• Ling Yi wrote and uploaded exactly 2,000 characters, then went to sleep.
• Ling Yi appeared beside the stone stele in his dream and recalled exploring an abandoned mountain village and killing a monster after three days of dream visits.

Ling Yi killed two Deer-Tiger Monsters in the Stone Stele Dreamscape, causing a second line of golden text to appear on the stone stele. The text entered his mind as a set of characters he could rearrange, and he woke with both lines memorized before checking his author dashboard.

• Ling Yi waited in the abandoned village for another monster and reflected on how writing his novel had changed the Stone Stele Dreamscape.
• Zhang Wenlei worried that others, including the Jade Emperor and Tathagata, had sensed the opportunity connected to Ling Yi’s cultivation technique.
• Two Deer-Tiger Monsters emerged from the fog, and Ling Yi lured them to the safe zone before attacking them in conjured armor with a sword.
• After the monsters vanished, Ling Yi saw a second line of golden text on the stone stele, and the characters flew into his mind.
• Ling Yi discovered he could summon and rearrange both lines of text in his mind, then woke at five thirty and confirmed he still remembered them.
• Ling Yi got up and opened his author dashboard on Big Persimmon Chinese Web.

After meeting a beautiful woman at a lamb soup shop, Ling Yi returned to his old neighborhood and decided to spend his newfound wealth improving it. Uncle Liu advised him to buy his apartment before prices rose, and Ling Yi completed the purchase before spotting the woman again at the neighborhood entrance.

• Ling Yi ate lamb soup and flatbread, chatted with a beautiful young woman, and left the restaurant after she finished her meal.
• Ling Yi found the residents discussing their blocked sewer and offered to fund a renovation of the neighborhood.
• Uncle Liu warned Ling Yi to buy Auntie Lan's apartment before the planned development of Red Maple Mountain drove up property prices.
• Ling Yi haggled with Auntie Lan and bought his apartment for 3.2 million, completing the ownership transfer that evening.
• Ling Yi spotted the lamb soup beauty at the neighborhood entrance.

Ling Yi welcomed his new neighbor Chang E, felt his first stirrings of romance, and then discovered that his novel’s enormous tips were real and tied to the forty-eight characters from his stone tablet dream. Big Persimmon created a restricted channel for the novel, Jade Emperor confirmed the connection, and Ling Yi withdrew his earnings.

• Ling Yi met Chang E, learned she had rented apartment 402 next door, and helped her move in and clean.
• Chang E invited Ling Yi to lunch, and he returned home realizing his heart had stirred for the first time.
• Ling Yi saw that his novel had earned 640 million in tips and found it trending amid readers’ suspicions of a data error or hacker attack.
• Jade Emperor told Ling Yi the tips were what he deserved, then confirmed they had something to do with the forty-eight characters.
• Big Persimmon notified Ling Yi that his novel would move to a special channel with restricted readers and unrestricted chapter length, and Ling Yi withdrew the money.
• In the Heavenly Court Chat Group, Jade Emperor and Tathagata argued over the group name before Tathagata asked whether anyone had condensed their Divine Court.

Ling Yi explored the abandoned mountain village in the stone stele dream and carried back a locked cabinet before waking. He asked the Jade Emperor and Tathagata for a Nine-Transformation Golden Core, while they realized Dao laws protected him and that the forty-eight words he had posted were only the first stage of a cultivation method.

• The Jade Emperor kicked Tathagata out of the Heavenly Court Chat Group after learning that Guanyin, Dragon-Subduing, and Tiger-Taming had entered the mortal world and altered residents’ memories.
• Tathagata and other powerful beings began cultivating the method for condensing the divine court, while figures including Chang E and Uncle Liu showed signs of transformation.
• Ling Yi explored the abandoned mountain village, found a small cabinet that resisted decay, and carried it back to the stone stele before the dream ended.
• Ling Yi posted a brief account of his dream and asked for a Nine-Transformation Golden Core, then hesitated and deleted his demand for an explanation.
• Tathagata told the Jade Emperor that Ling Yi’s request might be a probe and warned that Dao laws now protected him; Tathagata’s followers had learned the posted method was only its first stage.

Ling Yi learned that Guanyin and Tiger-Taming Arhat were maneuvering to win his favor because he was protected by Dao Principles and might be key to restoring cultivation and the Great Dao. As renovations began at the White Rainbow Residential Complex, Ling Yi recognized signs that the beings around him were not ordinary, while his stone stele dream remained unchanged.

• Uncle Liu announced that an anonymous benefactor would pay for the residential complex renovation, and Ling Yi later admitted that he was funding it.
• Chang E volunteered to design the renovation, while Liu Rui revealed herself to be Guanyin and Uncle Liu to be Tiger-Taming Arhat after Ling Yi left.
• Guanyin told Tiger-Taming that Ling Yi was protected by Dao Principles and might help reforge the Primordial World, so they needed to win him over without using force.
• Chang E, Liu Rui, and Uncle Liu organized a large renovation, and Ling Yi noticed that many workers on the construction team were bald and that the team had an unusually revealing name.
• Ling Yi continued to make little progress in the stone stele dream and posted a novel chapter consisting of only the words “same above.”

Ling Yi explored beyond the abandoned village in the Stone Stele Dreamscape, discovered new golden markings on the stone stele, and was killed by a pack of Deer-Tiger Monsters. He woke in terror to find Chang E worried at his door, while she recognized that something had gone wrong in the dreamscape.

• Ling Yi suspected Chang E and Liu Rui were not ordinary people and wondered whether monsters would appear again after seven days.
• Ling Yi smashed three wooden chests beside the stone stele, releasing golden lights that formed three stripes at its base.
• Ling Yi left North Village, explored the withered grass and dry riverbed, and followed the riverbed in search of signs of life.
• Ten Deer-Tiger Monsters emerged from the mist, caught Ling Yi, and tore him apart before he woke.
• Ling Yi checked that he was unharmed, then opened the door to Chang E, who had heard him and realized something had gone wrong in the Stone Stele Dreamscape.

Ling Yi told Chang E about his dream of the Deer-Tiger Monster, prompting her to reveal that it came from the last Small Thousand World and that cultivators faced extinction in the Dharma-ending age. She explained the Primordial World's nine Calamities and ended with the Great Dao severing the nine thousand realms from the Primordial World.

• Ling Yi recounted his dream to Chang E, who recognized the Deer-Tiger Monster and identified it as a Deer-Tiger Demon from the last Small Thousand World.
• Ling Yi and Chang E revealed that they knew each other's identities, and Chang E explained that the Jade Emperor and Tathagata had limited lifespans as the Dharma-ending age approached.
• Chang E told Ling Yi that cultivators considered him their only hope and that Dao laws protected him from harm.
• Chang E began recounting the Primordial World's Calamities, describing Pangu's creation of the world, the Heavenly Dao's rise, and its schemes against Luohou and other beings.
• Chang E explained that the Heavenly Dao dismantled the Primordial World into nine thousand realms, after which the Great Dao isolated them from the Primordial World in the Chaos Calamity.

Chang E revealed the Primordial World’s history and clarified the truth behind several legends while advising Ling Yi on how to grow stronger. After Ling Yi returned to write and seek the Great Dream Heart Sutra, Chang E sensed demons surrounding the White Rainbow Residential Complex with freezing fog.

• Chang E explained that the nine thousand worlds had been destroyed in wars after Chaos vanished, leaving their Small Thousand World as the last survivor, and identified the Deer-Tiger Demon as a remnant of a rival world.
• Chang E admitted that the Jade Emperor had sent her to monitor, protect, and potentially control Ling Yi, though she had come mainly out of curiosity.
• Chang E told Ling Yi that her real name was Changxi and explained that the legends about Chang E, Hou Yi, Dijun, Xihe, and the Journey to the West were not accurate accounts of their lives.
• Chang E said Ling Yi’s forty-eight Dao-law patterns were his greatest backing and suggested that the Great Dream Heart Sutra might help him cultivate within dreams.
• Ling Yi decided to ask the Jade Emperor and Tathagata for the Great Dream Heart Sutra by delaying his novel’s progress, then hurried back to write.
• Chang E sensed demons coveting Ling Yi as thick fog engulfed the White Rainbow Residential Complex and frost formed on its windows.

Evil demons attacked White Rainbow Residential Complex while the immortals and Buddhas were weakened by cultivating the Divine Court Method. As Chang E explained the threat to Ling Yi, his sense of urgency grew, and he went to check whether Tathagata had answered his message.

• Chang E warned Guanyin that she would protect Ling Yi, while Guanyin put the complex’s residents into a deep sleep and the immortals discussed the danger evil demons posed to him.
• Dragon-Subduing, Tiger-Taming, and the Buddhas fought off waves of wronged souls as Li Jing and the Heavenly Court’s people prepared for stronger attackers.
• Old Tang and his companions watched the complex from outside; Houzi said he had never forgotten his five hundred years of torment, and Old Tang suggested they might have a chance to resolve their obsessions.
• Ghosts, monsters, spirits, and fiends joined the attack, forcing Li Jing and the other defenders to struggle without access to their Magic Power while Guanyin held back for the great demon.
• Chang E told Ling Yi that the demons were exploiting the immortals’ temporary weakness, and Ling Yi went to check for a reply from Tathagata.

Tathagata and the Jade Emperor arranged for Ling Yi to receive the Great Dream Heart Sutra, using a Pinecone Śarīra and the Jade Emperor’s Magic Power. After absorbing the inheritance, Ling Yi entered the Stone Stele Dreamscape voluntarily and continued cultivating there.

• Tathagata called the Jade Emperor and agreed to provide the Great Dream Heart Sutra and an Inheritance Stone in exchange for the Jade Emperor’s Magic Power and recognition from Ling Yi.
• Tathagata and the Jade Emperor discussed the Stone Stele Dreamscape, Ling Yi’s role, and the fiends, but admitted they could not divine the scheme behind it.
• Chang E told Ling Yi that Liu Rui was Guanyin and explained why the Heavenly Court and Spirit Mountain hoped to grow closer to him.
• Ling Yi received a package from the Heavenly Court and Spirit Mountain containing a Pinecone Śarīra infused with the Great Dream Heart Sutra and Magic Power.
• The Pinecone Śarīra melted into Ling Yi, who absorbed its information and entered the Stone Stele Dreamscape voluntarily.
• Ling Yi recognized the stone stele and continued cultivating inside the dreamscape.

After cultivating the Great Dream Heart Sutra, Ling Yi learned that the Stone Stele was the Soul Realm Stele, which could convert stolen Power of Chaos into Dao principles markings and grow through Soul Power from slain Soul Beasts. He revealed the Nine-Turn Chaos Art to mythological figures in a group chat and planned to recruit them as workers, but the Bull Demon King asked whether the method was the Spirit Court technique.

• Ling Yi learned the Soul Realm Stele's functions and discovered that he could use Dream Entry to bring others into the Soul Realm to fight Soul Beasts.
• Ling Yi published a message promising a way to restore cultivation quickly, then told Chang E that the method was the Nine-Turn Chaos Art.
• Liu Rui revealed herself as Guanyin, Bai Nan as Dragon-Subduing, Uncle Liu as Tiger-Taming, and Li Jing as a Heavenly Court general; the Bull Demon King and other figures also joined Ling Yi's contact list.
• Ling Yi created the Primordial World Mythology Group, where the Jade Emperor and Tathagata discussed their schemes and Son Goku argued with Li Jing and Zhu Bajie.
• The Bull Demon King asked Ling Yi whether his method for restoring their strength was the Spirit Court technique.

Ling Yi arranged to open the Stone Stele Dreamscape so ordinary people could hunt its monsters, while negotiating with the Jade Emperor and Tathagata for resources to strengthen them. Chang E warned him that the Primordial World might be caught in the Great Dao’s designs and that another Calamity could turn all living beings against them.

• Ling Yi told the Primordial World Mythology Group that he could bring eligible ordinary people into the Stone Stele Dreamscape, and the Jade Emperor proposed using a karmic force rune to keep evil people out.
• The Jade Emperor offered the Investiture of the Gods Scroll, while Tathagata agreed to lend Ling Yi the Merit Golden Pool and Merit Golden Lotus for testing.
• Ling Yi asked Li Jing to protect the people of White Rainbow Residential Complex from evil demons, and Chang E confirmed that the real Uncle Liu and Uncle Bai were safe abroad.
• Chang E warned Ling Yi that the Jade Emperor and Tathagata had been testing his attitude and might scheme against him if he ceased to be useful.
• Chang E explained that the Great Dao had left the Primordial World a thread of hope and suggested it might have been watching Ling Yi since he became The Escaped One.

Ling Yi received the Investiture of the Gods Scroll, Merit Golden Pool, and Merit Golden Lotus from Taibai Jinxing and Tathagata, while concealing how his Dao Principles affected cultivation. After Chang E discovered that the Spirit Court method restored magic power, Ling Yi used the treasures in the Soul Realm to build a basic player system for the Stone Stele Dreamscape.

• Taibai Jinxing delivered the Investiture of the Gods Scroll, and Tathagata brought the Merit Golden Pool and Merit Golden Lotus to Ling Yi.
• Tathagata questioned Ling Yi about the Spirit Court method's inefficiency, but Ling Yi denied knowing its cause and sent the visitors away.
• Tathagata worried that Ling Yi's plans for the Stone Stele Dreamscape and evil demons could threaten their interests, while the Jade Emperor chose to let Ling Yi act.
• Chang E warned Ling Yi that Tathagata and the others might turn against him once they regained their strength, but Ling Yi said they would have to behave around him.
• Chang E cultivated the Spirit Court method and restored a small amount of magic power, realizing Ling Yi had intercepted most of the power of chaos.
• Ling Yi entered the Soul Realm and used the three treasures to create gameplay levels, experience points, and a basic player system overnight.

Over half a month, the Stone Stele Dreamscape transformed the Ancient Country as millions of players gained real-world strength, while evil demons emerged across the world and Heavenly Court prepared to fall. Ling Yi sent Guanyin to bring the Great Eagle Museum’s artifact spirits home, then entered the Soul Realm and surveyed the players’ expanding territory.

• The Stone Stele Dreamscape grew to over 200 million players, while DK and the karmic-force requirement helped the authorities maintain order and players used their new strength to hunt evil demons.
• More than twenty-three thousand Ancient Country artifacts in the Great Eagle Museum became demonic spirits, throwing Great Eagle into chaos as the Ancient Country delayed its response.
• Guanyin warned Ling Yi that players were growing beyond Heavenly Court and Spirit Mountain’s control, and told him Heavenly Court would soon fall into Kunshan as the Jade Emperor sought to recruit players.
• Guanyin suspected the Great Dao was influencing Tathagata and steering him into another Calamity, while Ling Yi said he would eventually erase the Great Dao.
• Ling Yi asked Guanyin to go to Great Eagle and bring the artifact spirits home after they had vented, explaining that their obsession was simply to return.
• That night, Ling Yi entered the Soul Realm and surveyed its expanding regions, where players were farming monsters and avoiding dangerous lakes and volcanoes.

Ling Yi unleashed the Pangu Great Axe formed from the Nine-Turn Chaos Art’s 108 golden characters, raising the Soul Realm Stele’s golden lines as he hunted tier-three Soul Monsters. He then traveled with Chang E to the Supreme Yin Asgard, where she explained that their Small Thousand World’s history was a setting established at its birth and hinted at the Great Dao’s interference.

• Ling Yi released all nine levels of the Nine-Turn Chaos Art and used its golden characters to form the Pangu Great Axe.
• Ling Yi killed a tier-three dragon-shaped Soul Monster with the axe, and the distant Soul Realm Stele’s golden lines rose.
• Ling Yi hunted nearby tier-three Soul Monsters for several days, driving the golden lines closer to the top of the stele.
• Chang E invited Ling Yi to the Supreme Yin Star, and she transported them there despite Tathagata’s anger at Ling Yi’s hidden strength.
• Chang E showed Ling Yi her modern villa and alien spaceships, then explained that the Small Thousand World’s apparent history was part of its original setting and that the Great Dao had intervened.

Ling Yi returned from Supreme Yin Asgard and learned that White Rainbow Residential Complex had been fortified while Guanyin reported on the artifact spirits sent back to the Ancient Country. In the Soul Realm, Yin Wanqing told him the Ling Realm was stable and urged him to make future worlds more original by taking an active role in their plots.

• Ling Yi spent nearly a month with Chang E in Supreme Yin Asgard, where she explained that alien technology had transformed the palace.
• Ling Yi returned to a heavily fortified White Rainbow Residential Complex, and Guanyin reported that twenty-three thousand artifact spirits had returned to the Ancient Country.
• Ling Yi entered the Soul Realm and met Yin Wanqing, who explained that Pangu had become a powerful soul monster and ravaged the realm.
• Yin Wanqing told Ling Yi that the Ling Realm was doing well and discussed how Uncle's fans had helped stabilize his popularity despite his lack of promotion.
• Yin Wanqing said the recent worlds lacked immersion and originality, then advised Ling Yi to stop relying on the Infinite Passive Plot Aura and actively stir up trouble in the next world.

Ling Yi’s cultivation technique clone system activated, giving him two self-aware clones that could cultivate and hunt for him. After the clones gathered food around Fallen Phoenix Slope, they vanished when their two-hour duration ended.

• Ling Yi told Bai Hong to wait until the next day before deciding the bandits’ future, while Bai Hong worried that Ling Yi might abandon or betray them.
• At midnight, Ling Yi’s Infinite Passive Cultivation Technique Clone System activated and displayed his cultivation techniques and clone rules.
• Ling Yi summoned the Wuming Internal Cultivation Method and Arhat Fist clones, named them Wuming and Luohan, and learned that Wuming’s cultivation gains synchronized with his own.
• Wuming and Luohan hunted wild rabbits, a pheasant, and a green snake, which the system stored in its space as Ling Yi sensed Qi growing within him.
• After two hours, Wuming and Luohan reached their time limit and vanished in the wilderness.