Chapter Summaries

Ling Yi defeated Lin Ruo after she ambushed and grievously wounded Meina, then imprisoned the resurrecting mage in a boiling lake. The next morning, he attacked the magic tower, where the mages prepared an offensive forbidden spell against him.

• Lin Ruo ambushed Meina with her power of Void, and Ling Yi refused to abandon her.
• Ling Yi endured Lin Ruo's attacks, grew stronger through his immortality aura, and snapped her neck.
• Meina warned Ling Yi that Lin Ruo could resurrect, so he repeatedly killed her and imprisoned her in a boiling lake.
• Meina recovered from her wound but remained weakened, and Ling Yi declared that he would take over her work as an eliminator.
• Ling Yi attacked the magic tower's defensive formation, and its mage in charge ordered the mages to activate an offensive forbidden spell.

Ling Yi left a clone in Meina’s world to continue opposing the Church of Light and the Magicians’ Association while his original body transmigrated to a new world. After the clone fought off the Church, he and Meina prepared to leave town for Black Tortoise Mountain, and Ling Yi’s original body arrived in Brother Jie’s world.

• Ling Yi endured a lightning attack at the magic tower, donned Meina’s Divine Light Armor, and struck back at the magicians.
• After destroying the magic tower in Kariel Town and reaching 33% plot destruction, Ling Yi left a clone with Meina and sent his original body through a world passage.
• Yin Wanqing joined the clone’s world and discussed Ling Yi’s role, then later criticized him for fighting recklessly and for risking Meina’s feelings.
• Priest Carl and Church of Light forces confronted Meina, but Ling Yi defeated them with his overwhelming strength.
• Ling Yi and Meina decided to leave town and go to Enchantress Flower on Black Tortoise Mountain.
• Ling Yi’s original body appeared in a new world and recognized it as Brother Jie’s world.

Ling Yi advised Zhao Min to abandon her narrow plan to destroy the Ming Cult and instead pursue unifying Song and Yuan, stirring her ambition even as she distrusted him more. After leaving Green Willow Manor, Ling Yi gained a tremendous increase in strength by copying the Xuanming Elders’ cultivation.

• Zhao Min asked Ling Yi how to recruit capable fighters, and he proposed holding a martial arts contest at Green Willow Manor and hiring the best participants.
• Ling Yi argued that destroying the Ming Cult would not stop the rebellion, since its rules were the main restraint keeping the rebel armies from becoming a unified force.
• Ling Yi urged Zhao Min to aim to unify Song and Yuan and become a second Wu Zetian; Zhao Min was shaken but doubted his ability to help her.
• Zhao Min allowed Ling Yi to act in her name, while her favorability toward him fell to -100 and triggered the aura’s strength-copying effect.
• Outside the manor, Ling Yi encountered the Xuanming Elders and copied their strength, including their difficult-to-cultivate Icy True Qi, becoming nearly invincible in the present world.

Ling Yi intercepted Zhang Cuishan, Yin Susu, and Zhang Wuji as they returned from Ice and Fire Island, defeated their resistance, and abducted Zhang Wuji while forcing the family to go with him. In Xiangyang, Ling Yi announced that he would reveal the secret of the Dragon-Slaying Saber and Heavenly Sword to a crowd of martial artists.

• Ling Yi headed southeast and spotted Zhang Cuishan's boat approaching a riverside crossing with Yin Susu and Zhang Wuji aboard.
• Ling Yi crossed the river on thin ice, defeated Yu Lianzhou, Zhang Cuishan, and Yin Susu with his Ice Palm, and injected Xuanming Cold Qi into Zhang Wuji.
• Ling Yi took Zhang Wuji hostage and made Zhang Cuishan and Yin Susu go ashore with him; Yu Lianzhou escaped into a grove to alert Zhang Sanfeng.
• Ling Yi brought Zhang Cuishan's family to Xiangyang, where they washed and ate while he questioned Zhang Cuishan about the Dragon-Slaying Saber.
• Ling Yi told the gathered diners that he knew the secrets and origins of the Dragon-Slaying Saber and Heavenly Sword, then announced he would reveal them publicly.

Ling Yi revealed the secrets of the Dragon-Slaying Saber and Heavenly Sword, then announced a tournament for the saber at Green Willow Manor. As he traveled north with Zhang Cuishan’s family, masked attackers ambushed him, and he slaughtered them with his terrifying Xuanming True Qi.

• Ling Yi explained that the Dragon-Slaying Saber contained the Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms and Book of Wumu, while the Heavenly Sword held the Nine Yin Manual.
• Ling Yi identified Zhang Cuishan’s family as the only people who knew Xie Xun’s whereabouts and invited martial artists to compete for the saber at Green Willow Manor on the Mid-Autumn Festival.
• Ling Yi took Zhang Cuishan, Yin Susu, and Zhang Wuji north on foot, warned Yin Susu that he knew about her secret signs, and promised not to harm her family after the matter was settled.
• At midnight, Ling Yi left the ruined temple and faced dozens of masked fighters who had surrounded him.
• Ling Yi killed the attackers with enormous, splitting ice palms, then pursued those who fled, leaving Zhang Cuishan’s family too frightened to attempt escape.

Ling Yi slaughtered a thousand Brocade Guards who tried to seize the Book of Wumu, then traveled with Zhang Cuishan’s family toward Green Willow Manor. In Rushui Town, he learned more about Princess Shaomin’s rule and encountered a middle-aged nun and a little girl at a restaurant.

• At a ferry crossing, Mao Rang and a thousand Brocade Guards confronted Ling Yi and demanded the Book of Wumu, but Ling Yi refused to surrender it.
• Ling Yi repelled the crossbow barrage with an ice shield and killed the Brocade Guards with his freezing martial arts, causing word of the battle to spread.
• Zhang Sanfeng held his hundredth-birthday banquet and entered seclusion, while Ling Yi continued traveling with Zhang Cuishan, Yin Susu, and Zhang Wuji.
• In Rushui Town, a waiter explained that Princess Shaomin’s fair rule had made her fief prosperous, and Ling Yi revealed that she was only twelve years old.
• A middle-aged nun arrived at the restaurant with a little girl, and Ling Yi photographed them and sent the picture to Zhou Zhiruo in the Ling Realm.

Ling Yi negotiated with Miejue over the Nine Yin Manual and challenged Zhou Zhiruo’s assumptions about his plans. After Miejue left to meet Zhao Min, Ling Yi took Zhang Cuishan’s family toward Wudang to seek the authentic Nine Yang True Qi and Zhang Sanfeng’s help.

• Miejue demanded the Nine Yin Manual back for Emei, and Ling Yi asked the sect to support him at a critical moment in return.
• Zhou Zhiruo guessed that Ling Yi wanted to become martial alliance leader, but he dismissed her theory and wagered that a kill order on the Great Song emperor would bring quick results.
• Ling Yi rebuked Zhou Zhiruo for comparing herself with Zhao Min, then left the restaurant with Zhang Cuishan, Yin Susu, and Zhang Wuji.
• Miejue decided to visit Zhao Min at Green Willow Manor, while Ling Yi turned southwest toward Wudang and refused Zhang Cuishan’s request to return home.
• Ling Yi planned to seek Fireworker Toutuo’s authentic Nine Yang True Qi and use Zhang Sanfeng’s Tai Chi True Qi to unify his internal powers.
• Craftsmen continued building a vast martial assembly platform at Green Willow Manor beneath banners praising the Dragon-Slaying Saber.

Zhao Min refused to meet Miejue and Zhou Zhiruo, while Ling Yi and Zhang Cuishan’s family reached Wudang. Ling Yi gave Zhang Sanfeng a seed of Chaos True Qi that could let him break through and advance the world, then asked to take Zhang Cuishan’s family with him again.

• Zhao Min declined Miejue’s visit and sent Zhou Zhiruo the message that kings do not meet kings.
• Miejue and Zhou Zhiruo returned to Rushui Town to wait for the martial gathering.
• Ling Yi reached Wudang and fought Zhang Sanfeng, merging hundreds of kinds of True Qi into Chaos True Qi.
• Ling Yi told Zhang Sanfeng that the world’s advancement depended on him and planted a seed of Chaos True Qi in his dantian.
• Zhang Cuishan, Yin Susu, and Zhang Wuji reunited with Zhang Sanfeng, who asked Ling Yi to teach Zhang Wuji and encouraged him to become Ling Yi’s disciple.

Ling Yi brought Zhang Wuji to a cliffside opportunity, then returned to Green Willow Manor and outlined a plan with Zhao Min to build public support by targeting oppressors. He established the Tianxia Society with five hundred orphaned beggars as its first disciples.

• Zhang Wuji chose Ling Yi over Xie Xun as his master, but Ling Yi stopped him and promised to make amends to Xie Xun.
• Ling Yi told Zhang Wuji that an opportunity lay beneath a cliff, and Zhang Wuji secretly jumped from it that night to find Fireworker Toutuo teaching him the Nine Yang Divine Skill.
• Ling Yi took Zhang Cuishan and Yin Susu away from Mount Wudang and returned to Green Willow Manor, where Zhao Min had brought back Xie Xun and the Dragon-Slaying Saber.
• Ling Yi proposed issuing kill orders against people who preyed on the common people, using the resulting reputation to rally support for Zhao Min.
• Ling Yi visited a training camp with Ah Da and announced the founding of the Tianxia Society to five hundred orphaned beggars.

Ling Yi prepared the Tianxia Society for Zhao Min’s planned rise to power and dealt with threats from the Xuanming Elders and Xie Xun. He left Xie Xun alive but threatened Zhang Cuishan’s family to keep him in check, while Zhao Min watched him closely.

• Ling Yi named Ao Xue, Chi Yan, Mo Bing, Lan Mu, and Hong Jin as hall masters and tasked them with carrying out Zhao Min’s plan at the martial gathering in seven days.
• Zhao Min asked Ling Yi about the Tianxia Society’s cultivation technique and reported that Köke Temür had come asking questions; Ling Yi froze the Xuanming Elders after one attacked him.
• Ling Yi and Zhao Min visited Xie Xun, who attacked Ling Yi in a rage, but Ling Yi let his automatic defenses absorb the blows.
• Ling Yi warned Xie Xun that Zhang Cuishan’s family would die if Xie Xun attacked again or died, then left with Zhao Min.
• Outside the courtyard, Zhao Min kept staring at Ling Yi, prompting him to ask why.

Ling Yi confronted Shaolin’s monks, explained his plans for a new order to Zhao Min, and learned that the martial gathering was shadowed by political pressure and rising conflict. The chapter ended with Zhang Wuji beating Song Qingshu for insulting his mother, while Zhao Min asked Ling Yi what he would do to someone who insulted his family.

• Ling Yi realized that Kongwen, Kongzhi, and Kongxing had been pressured by the Brocade Guard to confront him, then let them leave and heard Kongwen suspect that the Dragon-Slaying Saber was a lure in Ling Yi’s larger plan.
• Martial-world sects and gangs gathered around the arena, while Zhao Min worried that her father, the Prince of Ruyang, might lose his military authority after the Ming Cult rebels attacked Yangcheng.
• Ling Yi told Zhao Min that their plans aimed to create a new order and warned her to prepare for her father’s possible downfall; he also explained that the jianghu existed wherever people struggled for power or advantage.
• Zhang Wuji struck Song Qingshu and sent him crashing through a wall after Song Qingshu insulted his mother, prompting Zhang Cuishan to scold him and Song Yuanqiao to reprimand his son.
• Zhao Min arrived and challenged Song Yuanqiao’s proposed punishment, then asked Ling Yi what he would do if someone insulted his family; Ling Yi answered that he would kill them.

Zhang Sanfeng’s breakthrough raised the Heavenly Sword World to a high-martial world, unleashing Ling Yi’s strength and transforming cultivation across the realm. After a martial assembly ended with a masked yellow-robed girl claiming the Dragon-Slaying Saber, Zhao Min stepped onto the platform to begin the next stage of her and Ling Yi’s plan.

• Song Qingshu insulted Ling Yi, and Ling Yi crippled his meridians and dantian after Zhang Sanfeng’s breakthrough distracted him from killing the boy.
• Zhang Sanfeng’s breakthrough elevated the world, greatly increasing Ling Yi’s strength and empowering the five hundred Tianxia Society youths trained in Chaos Origin True Qi.
• Ling Yi took Zhao Min back to the manor, gave her instructions, and left Tianxia Society members to protect her while she continued with their plan.
• Martial artists discovered that cultivation had become painful but faster, and they gathered for a three-day tournament under Tianxia Society’s rules.
• A masked girl in a yellow robe won the tournament using the Nine Yin Manual and vanished with the Dragon-Slaying Saber.
• Zhao Min appeared on the platform escorted by Ah Da, Ah Er, and ten Tianxia Society youths as the martial artists watched her in surprise.

Ling Yi’s clone helped Zhao Min build the Tianxia Society and defended its Kill Order to Zhang Sanfeng, while the Ming Cult gained power by supporting it. Ling Yi’s original body then entered the Water Margin world as Wu Dalang, where he faced the prospect of Pan Jinlian arriving that night.

• Zhao Min discussed the martial world’s reaction to the Kill List and learned that the Yuan court was divided over military command.
• Ling Yi sent Chi Yan to have Hong Jin circulate a proclamation explaining the Tianxia Society’s actions, then helped Zhao Min begin cultivating.
• Ling Yi told Zhang Sanfeng that the Tianxia Society aimed to prevent future chaos, and Zhang Sanfeng chose to stay and watch over the society.
• The Ming Cult backed the Kill Order, and Zhu Yuanzhang’s army grew into a third major power alongside Song and Yuan.
• In the Hunter world, Yin Wanqing told Ling Yi that the author was adapting to the Ling Realm’s declining popularity.
• Ling Yi arrived in the Water Margin world as Wu Dalang and realized Pan Jinlian was due to be delivered to him that night.

Ling Yi returned home as Wu Dalang and used his system shop to equip the house with modern goods, then took in Sister Pan after she was abandoned in the snow. After she tried his instant noodles and warned that selling them could attract powerful enemies, Ling Yi proposed bringing the county commandant into the business.

• Ling Yi returned to Wu Dalang’s clean two-story home and counted his savings of twenty strings of coins.
• Ling Yi spent fifteen strings in the system shop on modern supplies, including lights, bedding, instant noodles, food, and cooking equipment.
• Sister Pan arrived at Wu Dalang’s door in the snow after a carriage left her there, and Ling Yi invited her inside and served her instant noodles.
• Ling Yi told Sister Pan they would treat each other as brother and sister for now and said he could not yet stand against the Zhang Family.
• Sister Pan praised the noodles but warned that their quality would attract powerful people, so Ling Yi suggested bringing the county commandant into the business.

Ling Yi introduced Sister Pan to modern household goods, then used a mirror and instant noodles to persuade County Commandant Su to back his new business. Su agreed to protect and promote the noodles, branded as Su Bao Heavenly Palace Noodles, while Ling Yi kept the recipe secret.

• Ling Yi showed Sister Pan his electric appliances and toiletries, and she marveled at the goods and tried them out.
• Ling Yi gave Sister Pan a small mirror, then decided mirrors could help him gain County Commandant Su's support.
• Ling Yi presented a mirror to County Commandant Su, who mistook it for a divine treasure and invited Ling Yi to explain his proposal.
• Ling Yi prepared instant noodles for Su and pitched a lucrative business that could bring Su profit, prestige, and a connection to the immortals.
• Ling Yi refused to reveal the recipe and offered Su a mirror each month in exchange for protection, then proposed naming the product Su Bao Heavenly Palace Noodles.
• County Commandant Su approved the name and learned that each tub would cost around two hundred copper coins.

Ling Yi secured a constable’s post and a fortune from County Commandant Su, then recruited Zhang Changwu with gifts and promises of wealth. Overnight, the Passive Profit Attribute Point Aura used his earnings to boost his attributes, leaving him taller and far stronger when he woke.

• County Commandant Su appointed Ling Yi as Constable Wu, assigned him ten runners, and sent him home with five thousand strings of cash.
• Ling Yi let the runners announce his new title to the neighbors, then gave Zhang Changwu a Haotian Mirror, instant noodles, and money to win his loyalty.
• Ling Yi told Sister Pan that County Commandant Su had joined his plans, and the two shared dinner and wine.
• The aura converted Ling Yi’s earnings into 4,700 attribute points, and he woke to find that he had grown to 1.6 meters tall and gained enormous strength.
• Sister Pan noticed Ling Yi’s new height and asked how he had grown, while Ling Yi tried to invent an explanation.

Ling Yi uprooted a willow in front of the county commandant and the gathered townspeople, then clashed with County Commandant Su after Su leered at Pan Jinlian. To protect his household and prepare for trouble, Ling Yi began distributing free porridge and resolved to change the people’s circumstances as County Commandant Su’s noodle carts arrived.

• Sister Pan believed Ling Yi’s strength and riches came from an immortal’s favor, while Ling Yi invited Zhang Changwu and the runners to practice martial arts with him.
• Ling Yi uprooted a weeping willow and threw it dozens of meters, astonishing the crowd and impressing County Commandant Su.
• County Commandant Su collected Ling Yi’s Heavenly Palace Noodles, then angered Ling Yi by staring at Pan Jinlian; both men concealed their hostility as Su departed.
• Ling Yi told Pan Jinlian he would buy fame and make preparations against future trouble.
• Ling Yi distributed free porridge, hired impoverished men to help, and saw the depth of the people’s suffering.
• Ling Yi vowed to turn heaven and earth upside down as County Commandant Su’s six carts approached.

Ling Yi left Yanggu County for Jingyang Ridge and began building Wu Family Manor with supplies from the system shop. By the next day, Zhang Changwu had brought hundreds of workers, and Sister Pan saw the settlement taking shape as a warm, well-equipped home for its people.

• Ling Yi refused County Commandant Su’s attempts to keep him in Yanggu County, but agreed to retain the title of chief constable.
• Ling Yi bought a heavy truck, loaded his valuables, and drove to Jingyang Ridge with Sister Pan.
• Ling Yi assembled orange-red prefabricated houses and a communal dining hall in a secluded valley while Sister Pan explored and fell asleep inside one of them.
• Zhang Changwu brought four or five hundred people from Yanggu County to build Wu Family Manor’s walls and assemble houses.
• Sister Pan explored the growing manor, learned how its modern toilets worked, and heard an elderly woman praise Wu Da as an immortal who had come to ease the common people’s hardships.

Ling Yi rescued the starving scholar Wu Yong and offered him shelter at the Wu Family Manor, while Wu Yong wondered what ambitions his host might have. The chapter left Wu Yong planning to sound out Ling Yi the next day as he settled into the manor.

• Sister Pan followed Sister Zhang to the dining hall and saw Ling Yi feeding a destitute scholar.
• Wu Yong thanked Ling Yi for saving him and explained how he had lost his home and wandered through the snow seeking work.
• Ling Yi invited Wu Yong to stay at the Wu Family Manor, arranged his room, and provided him with clothes and instructions.
• Ling Yi reunited with Sister Pan, promised to have people attend to her, and began telling her the story of Journey to the West.
• Wu Yong marveled at the manor's glass and electric lights, and Zhang Changwu explained what he knew about them.
• Zhang Changwu organized a village guard patrol, while Wu Yong decided to ask Ling Yi about his intentions the next day.

Ling Yi delivered over two thousand cases of instant noodles to County Commandant Su in exchange for three thousand taels of gold, while Zhang Changwu learned to drive the truck. County Commandant Su plotted to have Li Kui attack Zhang Changwu, and Wu Yong tried to advise Ling Yi about the dangers facing Wu Family Manor, but Ling Yi dismissed him.

• Ling Yi drove Zhang Changwu to meet County Commandant Su, who paid three thousand taels of gold for over two thousand cases of instant noodles.
• Zhang Changwu drove the truck back under Ling Yi's supervision, and County Commandant Su decided to lure Li Kui into attacking him on his next return trip.
• Ling Yi told Zhang Changwu to practice driving while Wu Yong warned that Wu Family Manor's treasures could attract dangerous outsiders.
• Wu Yong urged Ling Yi to establish rules for the manor, but Ling Yi brushed him off and went to the dining hall, leaving Wu Yong humiliated.