Chapter Summaries

After transmigrating into the world of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, Ling Yi discovered a system that let him cultivate martial arts automatically. He learned three Liyang Sect techniques in moments and began practicing, leaving the sect with a possible new heir to its legacy.

• Ling Yi appeared in the dilapidated Liyang Sect courtyard, where sect leader Zhao Dongli told him he was on Mount Lu in Dongyang County.
• Ling Yi learned from Zhao Dongli about the Qingcheng Sect's destruction of the Fuwei Escort Agency and Liu Zhengfeng's planned retirement, identifying the world as The Smiling, Proud Wanderer.
• Ling Yi received the Passive Aura System and inspected its abilities, including automatic cultivation and other locked auras.
• Zhao Dongli gave Ling Yi the Liyang Heart Sutra, Liyang Sword Technique, and Liyang Palm Technique, hoping he would preserve the sect's legacy.
• Ling Yi added the three manuals to his Passive Cultivation Aura, instantly reached the First Level of the Houtian Realm, and began practicing the Liyang Sword Technique.

Ling Yi mastered the Liyang techniques at astonishing speed, reached Peak Innate, and accepted Zhao Dongli’s offer to lead the impoverished Liyang Sect. He set out with its disciples to confront the Mount Song Sect’s local branch and reclaim money from those who had bullied them.

• Ling Yi’s sword practice revealed the power of the Liyang Heart Sutra, leaving Zhao Dongli and Yao Tianhe stunned as he trained for four hours and transformed the courtyard.
• Zhao Dongli offered Ling Yi the position of sect leader, and Ling Yi accepted after learning the sect had no money for more than watery noodle soup.
• Ling Yi asked which factions had bullied the Liyang Sect, learned that the Mount Song Sect’s branch was nearby, and ordered the disciples to prepare to go there.
• Ling Yi declared that he was a Peak Innate expert and led the disciples down the mountain, rallying them to cut down anyone who bullied their sect.
• Ling Yi’s system status showed Peak Innate cultivation, Minor Accomplishment in the Liyang Heart Sutra, and Great Accomplishment in the Liyang Sword and Palm Techniques.

Ling Yi challenged the Mount Song Branch after learning its disciples had bullied the Liyang Sect, then destroyed the compound with one slash and seized its wealth. He returned to the Liyang Sect with Zhao Dongli and ordered repairs, preparations for further score-settling, and training for the disciples.

• Ling Yi arrived at the Mount Song Branch with Zhao Dongli and challenged the sect over its mistreatment of the Liyang Sect.
• Fei Bin offered Ling Yi a one-palm challenge, but Ling Yi killed him and wrecked the branch compound with a single slash of his watermelon knife.
• Ling Yi forced the Mount Song disciples to reveal the money vault and help Zhao Dongli load its treasures onto two carts.
• Ling Yi returned to the Liyang Sect and ordered the disciples to repair the buildings, work the abandoned fields, and prepare to visit nearby sects.
• Ling Yi told the disciples to roast the sheep, find a cook, and gather at Mao hour the next morning to learn the Liyang Heart Sutra.

As rumors of the Liyang Sect’s rise spread, the major sects sent people to investigate, while Ling Yi built up his sect and strengthened his Yang Soul. After upgrading his Passive Cultivation Aura, he decided to leave the compound and enter the story’s unfolding events.

• Old Yue heard reports about the Liyang Sect, decided to investigate Mount Lu himself, and sent Linghu Chong toward Mount Heng City.
• The major martial sects dispatched experts to Mount Lu to test the Liyang Sect’s strength.
• Ling Yi moved the Liyang Sect to Mount Lu’s summit, recruited hundreds of disciples, and named his thirteen Innate-level followers the Thirteen Grand Protectors.
• Ling Yi forced nearby sects to pay protection money and developed the Exotic Beast Grounds by using his Yang Soul to control and strengthen wild beasts.
• Ling Yi spent 2,000 points to upgrade his Passive Cultivation Aura to level two, doubling the cultivation speed bonus.
• Ling Yi decided it was time to go out and called Zhao Dongli to the main hall.

Ling Yi prepared the Liyang Sect for his possible departure, then took Lin Pingzhi under his wing after learning the young man had obtained the Bixie Sword Manual. He confronted Old Yue and Yu Canghai, and left Old Yue empowered to restore Mount Hua.

• Ling Yi gave Zhao Dongli an inheritance imprint for the Trial Tower and said he might be gone for up to three years, possibly leaving Zhao Dongli to lead the Liyang Sect.
• Lin Pingzhi begged Ling Yi to accept him as a disciple, explaining that he would not practice the Bixie Sword Manual because it required castration; Ling Yi agreed to take him along.
• Ling Yi dragged Old Yue and Yu Canghai out of hiding, while Lin Pingzhi recognized Yu Canghai as the man responsible for his family's slaughter.
• Old Yue tried to persuade Ling Yi to oppose Zuo Lengchan, but Ling Yi refused to be used as his weapon and praised Old Yue's dedication to Mount Hua.
• Ling Yi doubled Old Yue's Yang Soul power, helping him break through to middle Xiantian, and told him to return to Mount Hua.

Ling Yi sent Lin Pingzhi to the Liyang Sect to grow strong enough to avenge his family, then traveled south and upgraded his cultivation aura. While staying in Mount Heng City, he confronted a Shaolin monk and threatened to destroy Shaolin and kill Fangzheng.

• Ling Yi let Lin Pingzhi choose to kill Yu Canghai himself after cultivating, then sent him to the Liyang Sect to clear the Trial Tower.
• Old Yue, Lin Pingzhi, and Yu Canghai parted ways, heading respectively to Mount Hua, the Liyang Sect on Mount Lu, and the Qingcheng Sect.
• Ling Yi spent half a month traveling south, fighting bandits and challenging sects, and upgraded his Passive Cultivation Aura to level three.
• Ling Yi stopped at an inn in Mount Heng City while his techniques fused, listening to jianghu gossip as he waited.
• A white-browed Shaolin monk approached Ling Yi and tried to discuss Buddhism, but Ling Yi challenged the monks' social role and rejected their teachings.
• Ling Yi threatened to wipe out Shaolin and told the monk to warn Fangzheng that he would kill him.

After his techniques fused and he reached the Grandmaster realm, Ling Yi left for Mount Song to carry out his threat against Shaolin. Dongfang Bai and martial-world spectators followed as Shaolin and the Mount Song Sect united to face him, and Ling Yi began his attack.

• Ling Yi’s final technique fusion finished, raising him to the early Grandmaster realm, though earth-grade martial arts fusion remained at 1%.
• Ling Yi left Mount Heng City for Mount Song to challenge Shaolin, and Dongfang Bai followed him after hearing about his reputation.
• Martial-world onlookers traveled to Mount Song, where Shaolin and the Mount Song Sect assembled together to confront Ling Yi.
• Ling Yi blasted through the Mount Song Sect’s wall with Buddha’s Palm, scattering the assembled disciples while Fangzheng, Fangsheng, and Zuo Lengchan evaded the strike.
• Fangzheng led the others in a charge, and Ling Yi answered with Ten Thousand Buddhas Paying Homage, sending hundreds of icy giant palms down upon them.

Ling Yi destroyed the Mount Song and Shaolin headquarters, then spent two years roaming the martial world with Dongfang Bai and Yilin. He finally told Dongfang Bai he had to leave for another world, while she asked whether he could return.

• Ling Yi froze and shattered the attackers, then flattened the Mount Song and Shaolin headquarters with a Tathagata manifestation before disappearing.
• Ling Yi met Dongfang Bai, revealed his cultivation knowledge, taught her a human-grade technique, and strengthened her Yang Soul.
• Over the next two years, Ling Yi traveled with Dongfang Bai and Yilin, challenged sects, collected martial arts, and released Ren Woxing, who was later crippled by Lin Pingzhi.
• When Ling Yi said he was leaving the world, Dongfang Bai thought he had a hidden illness, but he explained that he came from another world and could travel between worlds.
• Dongfang Bai asked Ling Yi whether he could return, and he said he could not promise but would do everything he could.

After settling into an ordinary modern world, Ling Yi waited for Xia Luo’s story to begin and then decided to interfere when Xia Luo confessed to Qiu Ya. He visited Ma Dongmei’s home and claimed she had potential as a singer, though her mother doubted him.

• Ling Yi learned that he had transmigrated into the world of Goodbye Mr. Loser and became a PE teacher at Xihong City No. 7 Middle School.
• After two months, Xia Luo returned to school and confessed to Qiu Ya in front of the students.
• Ling Yi decided to make a move of his own after Xia Luo’s public confession annoyed him.
• Heartbroken over Xia Luo’s confession, Ma Dongmei shut herself in her room and refused to eat.
• Ling Yi visited Ma Dongmei’s home and told her mother he had heard Ma Dongmei sing and believed she had musical potential.

Ling Yi transformed Ma Dongmei’s voice, founded a company, and began training her to become a singer. He introduced a song combining opera and pop through a story of an opera troupe that chose to die fighting the invaders, then began singing it himself.

• Ling Yi strengthened Ma Dongmei’s Yang Soul and modified her throat, revealing her transformed singing voice to her and her mother.
• Ling Yi promised to train Ma Dongmei and asked her to sign with his agency, offering five million yuan up front; she and her mother agreed.
• Ling Yi established his company, signed a contract with Ma Dongmei’s family, and paid them five million yuan.
• Over the following half month, Ling Yi studied music theory and taught Ma Dongmei, whose improved aptitude helped her master several instruments.
• Ling Yi explained that he planned to combine opera and pop music, then told Ma Dongmei a story about an opera troupe that burned itself and the invaders inside its theater.
• Moved by the story, Ling Yi began singing the new song to Ma Dongmei.

Ling Yi helped Ma Dongmei and Xia Luo launch their singing careers, then spent ten years traveling before leaving the world with his mind at peace. He arrived in the Dragon Ball world, where his cultivation began rising rapidly, and decided to improve his transmigration ability to avoid dangerous random destinations.

• Ling Yi taught Ma Dongmei to sing "Red Ridge" and promised to find her a chance to perform it.
• Sister La heard Ma Dongmei singing, invited her to Good Voice, and later took both Ma Dongmei and Xia Luo onto the show.
• Ling Yi left Ma Dongmei songs and departed Xihong City, spending the next ten years traveling before asking the system to leave the world.
• Ling Yi arrived above a vast ocean in the Dragon Ball world and found that its abundant, gentle energy accelerated his cultivation and technique fusion.
• Ling Yi saw that his plot progress for Dragon Ball Z was zero and resolved to level up Passive Transmigration Aura to reduce the risks of random arrivals.

Ling Yi’s cultivation surged in the Dragon Ball world, advancing him to Nascent Soul Stage, Great Perfection, with a battle power of 1,500,000. After his power-up wrecked Krillin’s boat, Ling Yi flew with him toward Kame Island to meet the Turtle Hermit.

• Ling Yi’s Passive Cultivation Aura drew in the world’s primordial Qi, opening spaces in his upper, middle, and lower dantians and elevating his Yang Soul to a nascent soul.
• Ling Yi checked his system panel and saw his cultivation at Nascent Soul Stage, Great Perfection, his battle power at 1,500,000, and his martial art fused into an earth-grade art.
• Ling Yi spotted Krillin stranded on a broken plank and realized his earlier power-up had likely caused the tsunami that destroyed the boy’s boat.
• Krillin said he was seeking Master Mutaito on Kame Island, and Ling Yi used his divine sense to locate the island.
• Ling Yi lifted Krillin into the air and flew with him toward Kame Island, hoping to meet the Turtle Hermit and learn about Dragon Ball’s cultivation arts.

Ling Yi judged the Turtle Hermit's martial arts crude and taught Krillin a cultivation method based on meridians and dantians, causing Krillin's strength to rise rapidly. He planned to upgrade his Passive Cultivation Aura and activate new auras to prepare for exploring stronger cultivation systems.

• The Turtle Hermit questioned Ling Yi about the tsunami, and Ling Yi asked him to demonstrate his martial techniques.
• Ling Yi criticized the techniques, demonstrated powerful energy attacks, and explained that the world's martial arts had taken the wrong path.
• Ling Yi passed a top-tier cultivation art to Krillin and guided him through circulating Qi between his meridians and dantian.
• Krillin's Qi surged past the Turtle Hermit's level, and he advanced into the Foundation Establishment Stage as his active cells increased.
• The Turtle Hermit wondered whether his martial arts had been wrong, while Ling Yi considered seeking out other races' cultivation and transformation systems.
• Ling Yi decided to upgrade the Passive Cultivation Aura and activate the Passive Devouring Aura and Passive Energy Conversion Aura.

Ling Yi activated several powerful passive auras, then took Krillin as his disciple after seeing his rapid growth. He sent Krillin on a world-spanning martial arts challenge while planning to meet him in West City.

• Ling Yi upgraded his Passive Cultivation Aura and activated the Passive Devouring Aura, Passive Energy Conversion Aura, and Passive Detection Aura.
• Ling Yi detected that the Turtle Hermit's life was infinite and Krillin's battle power was 120,000, then watched Krillin create and unleash a barrage of Destructo Discs.
• Ling Yi knocked the Turtle Hermit unconscious and accepted Krillin as his disciple.
• Several days later, Ling Yi confirmed that he gained points when Krillin defeated opponents at a martial arts school.
• Ling Yi ordered Krillin to travel the world on foot, challenge every martial arts school without killing anyone until he was sixteen, and meet him in West City when finished.

Ling Yi studied Dr. Brief’s space technology, created spatial devices, and analyzed Shenron to acquire Faith Collection and Faith Manifestation. After testing the new power for a month, he learned its limits and began considering how to use it to obtain advanced technology and other abilities.

• Ling Yi secretly copied Dr. Brief’s research, learned Capsule Corporation’s space-folding technology, and crafted a spatial ring.
• Ling Yi used a spatial watch to travel to Pilaf Castle and analyzed Shenron as Little Goku and the others summoned him.
• Ling Yi learned that Shenron’s power came from the Power of Faith and gained the skills Faith Collection and Faith Manifestation.
• Ling Yi returned to West City and began absorbing the Power of Faith from its residents.
• After a month of experiments, Ling Yi learned that people produced faith points at different rates and that Faith Manifestation could not create life or restore long-destroyed objects and long-dead people.

After two years of training and traveling, Krillin returned to Ling Yi, who made him an official disciple and equipped him with powerful gifts. Meanwhile, Ling Yi investigated the Dragon Ball world's separate divine realms and chose to keep a low profile as his strength grew.

• Krillin returned after defeating martial artists including Mercenary Tao, Master Shen, Tien Shinhan, Yamcha, and Little Goku, and helping disband the Red Ribbon Army without killing anyone.
• Ling Yi made Krillin his official disciple and gave him a self-repairing uniform, a teleportation watch, a spatial ring with Senzu Beans and a spaceship, a bank card, and two mechanical sparring partners.
• Krillin learned to use a scouter and discovered his power level was 1.2 million, while Ling Yi explained that the two puppets were much stronger and could train with him.
• Ling Yi described how he found the Magic Academy, where the previous Kami's divine soul served as headmaster and Fortuneteller Baba taught, and learned that it guarded the Mortal Realm from the Demon Realm.
• After investigating for half a year, Ling Yi concluded that the Kai and Kami system governed the living, Heaven and the Underworld governed the dead, and the Demon Realm was a separate dimension sustained by negative energy.
• Ling Yi reviewed his growing power and resources but avoided visiting Heaven, the Underworld, or Kami's Lookout, deciding to stay inconspicuous and let Krillin handle problems.

Krillin won the World Martial Arts Tournament, then joined Goku and the others to face King Piccolo’s forces. As Ling Yi went ahead to study Piccolo’s abilities, Yamcha and Tien Shinhan were badly injured in their opening fights, leaving Goku to challenge Piccolo next.

• Krillin entered the tournament at Ling Yi’s urging, and Ling Yi said Krillin could decide whether to teach the Smiling, Proud Cultivation Technique to Goku and the others.
• Krillin easily won first place, and a green underling of King Piccolo attacked the martial artists after the tournament.
• Krillin caught the underling’s energy blast and cut off its limbs with Destructo Discs, then the Turtle Hermit killed it with a Kamehameha.
• After learning about King Piccolo, Krillin and the others flew to confront him while Ling Yi arrived first to analyze his abilities.
• Yamcha was badly wounded by Piccolo, and Tien Shinhan was nearly crippled before Krillin revived them with Senzu Beans; the fighters then looked to Goku.

Little Goku defeated King Piccolo, while Ling Yi completed his analysis of Divine Power and began refining it. Beerus and Whis discovered that Ling Yi was an outsider, confronted him on Earth, and Ling Yi challenged Beerus to a fight.

• Little Goku kept fighting despite his injuries and killed King Piccolo with a headbutt, while Krillin treated him and the group became friends.
• Krillin taught the Dragon Balls warriors the earth-grade Smiling, Proud Cultivation Technique, and the storyline progress rose to 29%.
• Ling Yi completed his analysis of Divine Power, gained the immortal-grade Divine Power Refining Technique, and began increasing his Divine Power.
• Whis told Beerus that an outsider on Earth had mastered Divine Power, and the two traveled to Earth to find Ling Yi.
• Ling Yi sensed Beerus and Whis, explained that he had arrived by accident, then challenged Beerus to test his Power of Destruction.

Ling Yi arrived in the Marvel world and bought a villa from the desperate Steve Strange, then revealed his magic by transforming the room into a dreamlike landscape. He began considering taking Strange as a disciple, while S.H.I.E.L.D. and Nick Fury monitored his unexplained appearance.

• Ling Yi arrived in the world of The Avengers 1 and wondered why the plot progress had risen to 1% shortly after his arrival.
• Nick Fury learned that Ling Yi had appeared out of nowhere, ordered his agent to watch him, and summoned Natasha for a new assignment.
• Ling Yi rented a secluded villa and discovered that its owner, Steve Strange, was Doctor Strange recovering from his hand injuries.
• Ling Yi bought the villa from Strange, who was desperate for money, and listened as Strange described his life as a surgeon and his accident.
• Ling Yi conjured coffee that never ran out, then transformed the room into a vivid landscape, leaving Strange stunned and unsure whether he was dreaming.

Ling Yi made Strange his disciple, taught him Dragon Ball magic, and equipped him with powerful robes and magical tools. After sending Strange to train in an alternate world, Ling Yi faced the Ancient One, who demanded his help against Dormammu.

• Ling Yi showed Strange elemental magic and offered to teach him, and Strange accepted his conditions and became his disciple.
• Ling Yi transmitted the Dragon Ball Magic system to Strange, strengthened his Yang Soul, and gave him Legend mage robes, a spatial ring, and a Teleportation Wristwatch.
• Ling Yi sent Strange to train in an alternate world where time moved faster and promised him the world if he reached Earth Grade within a month.
• The Ancient One arrived and demanded that Ling Yi return Strange, but Ling Yi refused and agreed to help her deal with Dormammu.