Chapter Summaries

Ling Yi successfully cultivated the Visualization Technique and gained Divine Sense, prompting Director Bao to give him six more diagrams and explain Blue Star’s transcendent powers. The chapter ends as Ling Yi asks about eerie powers and cultivators.

• Ling Yi used Divine Sense to levitate a cup and pour water, and Director Bao said Ling Yi was the first in nearly a hundred years to cultivate the Visualization Technique.
• Director Bao hesitated over whether to give Ling Yi more diagrams, then brought him six and asked him to see if they could help his brain cancer.
• Director Bao explained that Blue Star’s transcendent powers included aliens, eerie powers, and cultivators, and described the Numa People, their parasitism, and their covert control of Amai Chou.
• Director Bao told Ling Yi how to identify and kill Numa People, and Ling Yi memorized the information before asking about eerie powers and cultivators.

Ling Yi discovered that his Divine Sense survived a restart and investigated the Ancient Gene’s strange effects on Volcano Blue-Green Algae. He froze himself to minus 255 degrees to test his theory, and the Ancient Gene awakened, allowing him to survive.

• Ling Yi tested his surviving Divine Sense on Miao Yun, then repeated his usual routine and met Director Bao and the others at the Special Incident Bureau.
• Ling Yi and Bai Jinshan found that the Ancient Gene infected and assimilated organisms quickly but became inactive after fusion, while heated Volcano Blue-Green Algae transformed into sand, iron, and gold.
• Ling Yi suspected that minus 255 degrees activated the Ancient Gene and drank an isolated sample before climbing into the cooling tank.
• Ling Yi used his Divine Sense to start the tank, and at minus 255 degrees the Ancient Gene awakened, keeping him conscious and alive in the extreme cold.

After his 1,056th reset, Ling Yi realized he needed stronger Divine Sense to control the Ancient Gene and began using his new ability in daily life. At breakfast, he met Bai Yunxi, demonstrated his powers, and challenged her to a bet.

• Ling Yi activated the Ancient Gene but lost control of its power, collapsed, and reset before realizing that he needed powerful Divine Sense.
• Ling Yi used his Divine Sense to frighten Miao Yun, then saved a child from running into traffic on his way to breakfast.
• At a mutton offal shop, Bai Yunxi saw Ling Yi move a soy sauce bottle with his mind and questioned him about his powers.
• Ling Yi claimed he could see the past and future, then correctly answered questions about Bai Yunxi's recent activities and challenged her to another bet.
• Bai Yunxi proposed betting on how many people would pass the shop entrance in ten minutes, with the loser having to call the winner boss.

Ling Yi spent the day with Bai Yunxi, then began practicing the Visualization Technique as his reset cycle continued to grow. By morning, he had mastered seven diagrams and discovered he could visualize them passively and simultaneously, multiplying his cultivation speed.

• Ling Yi and Bai Yunxi visited an amusement park, a zoo, and a cinema; they exchanged contact details before parting, and Bai Yunxi went to Dafeng City Central Hospital to ask Dr. Jin about Ling Yi.
• At Villa 27, Ling Yi visualized a second diagram and realized he could visualize multiple diagrams while thinking about other things.
• Ling Yi reflected on what Director Bao had told him about Weird beings, cultivators, and the different ways they gained power.
• On June 8, Ling Yi awakened to seven visualization diagrams arranged around Divine Sense: Divine Fire, Divine Illusion, Divine Lightning, Divine Weapon, Divine Water, and Divine Earth.
• Ling Yi discovered he could sustain passive visualization while doing other things, raising his Divine Sense to roughly two hundred kilograms of force after one night's practice.

Ling Yi accepted Bai Yunxi’s invitation to help her on Name Tag Rip Rip Rip, seeing the show as a chance to become famous. At Nanhu Century Park, Wang Sheng fled after looking at Ling Yi, and filming began with Ling Yi dressed as a martial artist.

• Ling Yi decided to pursue fame through a legitimate script while continuing to build his Divine Sense and avoiding the Ancient Gene for now.
• Bai Yunxi called Ling Yi and asked him to replace the company’s chosen guest on Name Tag Rip Rip Rip because she disliked Wang Sheng, the boss’s illegitimate son.
• Ling Yi arrived at Nanhu Century Park, where Bai Yunxi brought him to director Yao Bing and introduced him as her friend and helper.
• Wang Sheng stared at Ling Yi, appeared frightened, and abruptly left, surprising Bai Yunxi and the show’s crew.
• Ling Yi changed into a white martial arts uniform, and Yao Bing announced the show’s martial arts supremacy tournament.

Ling Yi discovered a stats panel tracking his restart cycle and realized the live variety show could help him earn reputation. During the disciples’ aptitude test, he overwhelmed all seven opponents in a rapid tag-ripping debut, leaving Yao Bing eager to capitalize on the attention.

• Ling Yi saw a new panel showing his restart count, reputation, restart and reset times, and current cycle extension.
• Yao Bing explained the martial-arts competition, and the guests prepared to choose disciples by testing them in an eight-person name-tag free-for-all.
• After the countdown, Ling Yi swiftly ripped Lin Kun’s tag, prompting the guests to argue over who should recruit him.
• The remaining contestants joined forces against Ling Yi, but he escaped their encirclement and ripped six more tags in quick succession.
• Yao Bing watched Ling Yi with excitement, recognizing that the newcomer could draw viewers to the livestream.

Ling Yi and Bai Yunxi secured the first disciple pairing after a suspiciously lucky redraw, then began the park’s team game together. As they set off by boat to hunt down the other teams, Ling Yi saw that his livestream fame had added ten hours to his restart cycle.

• Yao Bing restarted the name-tag ripping contest without Ling Yi, giving the other seven participants a chance to show their strengths.
• Bai Yunxi drew number one, agreed to a redraw after objections, and still ended up with the first pick; she chose Ling Yi as her disciple.
• The teams were blindfolded and led to separate locations in Nanhu Century Park, where Yao Bing announced the rules for the game.
• Ling Yi reassured Bai Yunxi about his health and took her by boat across the lake, planning to defeat the other teams one by one.
• Ling Yi checked his data panel and found that his livestream reputation had risen by 100 points, adding ten hours to his restart cycle.

Ling Yi dominated the name-tag game with Qinggong, earning a large amount of reputation and drawing the director’s countermeasures as well as the attention of special beings. After Bai Yunxi was eliminated, Ling Yi discovered Song Qi and Zou Shen’s teams hiding at the respawn point to exploit the disciples’ unlimited respawns, and chose to leave them in play.

• Ling Yi used his speed and Qinggong to rip every other team’s name tags within two hours, raising Bai Yunxi’s martial arts to level 8 and earning 440 reputation points.
• Yao Bing introduced single-use Acupoint Sealing and acupoint release manuals to slow Ling Yi down, while Song Qi and Zou Shen planned to level up by repeatedly eliminating each other’s disciples.
• Ling Yi and Bai Yunxi agreed to let Bai Yunxi’s tag be ripped so the other teams would fight over her high martial arts level; Ling Yi later demonstrated Skimming over Water and gained more reputation.
• Niu Chen’s group tried to use Acupoint Sealing manuals on Ling Yi and Bai Yunxi, but the manuals were only printed sheets of paper, and Fan Bao ripped Bai Yunxi’s tag before running off.
• After Bai Yunxi completed her respawn task, Ling Yi noticed Song Qi and Zou Shen’s teams disguised as staff at the respawn point, understood their leveling exploit, and left without exposing them.

Ling Yi adapted to the variety show, gained a surge of reputation, and agreed to appear in its next episode before confronting Miao Yun about her affair with Guo Kai. After setting an illusion in motion at home, he was picked up by Zhao Rouying, who warned him that Weird ones were nearby and hunted cultivators.

• Ling Yi played for entertainment during Name Tag Rip Rip Rip, helping the livestream reach a record audience, and agreed to record another episode for a higher fee.
• Ling Yi showed Zou Shen and Bai Yunxi a Daoist visualization diagram, which only they could perceive, and explained that it could help them cultivate.
• Miao Yun called Ling Yi, defended her affair with Guo Kai, and threatened to accuse him publicly if he divorced her; Ling Yi told her they would handle the divorce the next morning.
• Ling Yi used Divine Illusion on Miao Yun and Guo Kai, then left home after arranging a script for them.
• Zhao Rouying picked up Ling Yi and warned him that he was in grave danger; after he questioned her about cultivators, she braked and said Weird ones fed on cultivators' mental power.

Ling Yi encountered two Weird Ones and discovered that his Divine Sense could restrain and absorb them, gaining their memories, strengthening his abilities, and adding adjustable time to his restart. Zhao Rouying explained why Weird Ones were becoming more common, and Ling Yi set out to find more.

• Ling Yi confronted two Qing-uniformed Weird Ones, blocked their lightning with Divine Sense, and trapped them in shrinking walls while Zhao Rouying watched in disbelief.
• Zhao Rouying explained that Weird Ones could be devoured by Daoist practitioners and that their Spirit Pearls could strengthen cultivators; she also described how the Daoist School’s decline had weakened the force suppressing Weird Ones.
• Ling Yi erased the Weird Ones’ consciousnesses, absorbed one pearl, and gained stronger Divine Sense, a Divine Ability, their memories, and 20 seconds of adjustable restart time.
• Eager to find more Weird Ones, Ling Yi learned that they were now appearing more often and could be sensed with Divine Sense, though his current perception covered only 320 meters.
• Ling Yi asked Zhao Rouying whether cultivators had any other way to deal with Weird Ones.

Ling Yi learned more about cultivators and gave Zhao Rouying a mental pearl before returning home. After Bai Yunxi warned him that a smear campaign was targeting him and Name Tag, Ling Yi posted a silent video showing himself entering Villa No. 27 and told Yao Bing to let the rumors spread.

• Zhao Rouying explained cultivators, Weird beings, and the history of the Imperial Venerable Villa District to Ling Yi, who gave her Weird being No. 2's mental pearl and asked her to keep his situation confidential.
• Ling Yi searched Dafeng City for Weird beings, then returned to Villa No. 27 and considered creating a device to detect them before cultivating.
• Bai Yunxi called Ling Yi to warn that he was trending and that someone was targeting him and Name Tag, while her company was pressuring her.
• Ling Yi saw trending topics about his identity, Miao Yun and Guo Kai's deaths, his past with Miao Yun, Bai Yunxi's supposed romance, and his brain cancer.
• Ling Yi decided not to investigate the smear campaign with his hacking skills and recorded himself entering Villa No. 27.
• Ling Yi ignored Yao Bing's call, sent her the video, and wrote, "Let the bullets fly a little longer."

Ling Yi weathered a wave of online accusations that boosted his Reputation Points, then joined Zhao Rouying to investigate a suspected Weird One in Red Maple Village. On the way, he learned the Special Incident Bureau had developed equipment to detect energy force fields and had also prepared gear to deal with Weird Ones.

• Yao Bing watched Ling Yi's video, refused to share it in the work group yet, and considered visiting Villa No. 27.
• Ling Yi visited the Inspection Bureau after Miao Yun's parents reported him, completed routine questioning and registration, and left after telling reporters to stop spreading rumors.
• Online posts portrayed Ling Yi as a wife-beater, criminal, murderer, and bully, while Li Zhe claimed Ling Yi had bullied classmates; Ling Yi welcomed the accusations as his Reputation Points rose by 2,400.
• Zhao Rouying invited Ling Yi to investigate a suspected Weird One and showed him the Special Incident Bureau's experimental force-field detection sunglasses.
• Ling Yi noticed that several recorded energy-field coordinates were in Dafeng City and wondered whether the Bureau had detected him.
• Zhao Rouying explained that the detector was still being calibrated and confirmed that the Special Incident Bureau had equipment for dealing with Weird Ones.

Ling Yi and Zhao Rouying arrived at Red Maple Village, where Ling Yi destroyed more than a hundred Weird beings with Divine Sense Divine Fire. After gaining a massive boost to his Divine Sense and adjustable time, he learned that veteran Weird beings enslaved weaker ones and began considering hunting them.

• Ling Yi sensed more than a hundred Weird beings in Red Maple Village, while Zhao Rouying prepared a new electromagnetic weapon and stayed behind.
• A group of Weird beings confronted Ling Yi, recognized him, and panicked when he trapped them inside a Divine Sense dome.
• The Weird beings attacked, but Ling Yi used Divine Sense Divine Fire to kill them all and absorb their mental pearls.
• Ling Yi's Divine Sense rose to 4620 kg, his adjustable time reached 1 hour, 13 minutes, and 40 seconds, and new entries appeared on his data panel.
• Zhao Rouying explained that veteran Weird beings enslaved weaker ones and took most of the mental power they gathered, prompting Ling Yi to ask how strong the veterans were.

Ling Yi finished hunting Weird Ones with Zhao Rouying, then turned his attention to the smear campaign against Bai Yunxi and ordered Yao Bing to release his video. The video spread among the Name Tag cast as Ling Yi promised to protect them and invited them to his villa, where he began writing code.

• Zhao Rouying explained that veteran Weird Ones could reach terrifying power, and Ling Yi decided to keep getting stronger before fighting them.
• Ling Yi and Zhao Rouying searched more than a dozen energy-field sites, but found few Weird Ones; he gave her two Spirit Pearls and arranged for her to locate targets while he hunted alone.
• Ling Yi checked his stats and saw that his reputation growth had slowed, then found Bai Yunxi facing online accusations and told Yao Bing to post his video.
• Yao Bing shared Ling Yi's video in the Name Tag work group, where the cast discussed pressure from their managers to abandon Bai Yunxi and the show.
• Ling Yi promised that Maidi Entertainment would no longer exist, invited the cast to Villa No. 27, and began typing code as Yao Bing circulated the video privately.

Ling Yi activated Ancient Gene, cured his brain cancer, and discovered that it carried the inheritance of the ancient Primordial World civilization. After his 1,057th restart, he learned the restarts had ended and set out to reactivate the Primordial World palace on the moon, while his main body prepared for a new transmigration.

• Ling Yi activated Ancient Gene by freezing himself, gained genetic powers, and was consumed by blue flames before waking at the start of another restart.
• Ling Yi found that his cancer cells had fused with healthy brain cells and learned that the Primordial World was an ancient race that had left Ancient Gene on Blue Star.
• Ling Yi asked Miao Yun to divorce him, saved Mengmeng, and chose not to meet Bai Yunxi at the lamb offal shop.
• Ling Yi stopped an accident scam, ended Bai Dongzi's toy-gun bank robbery through a memory alteration, punished a reckless driver with an illusion, and finalized his divorce from Miao Yun.
• Ling Yi flew toward the moon to reactivate the Primordial World palace, while his main body explained that the Infinite Passive Reputation Aura had ended the restarts and began a new transmigration.

Ling Yi awakened the Infinite Passive Killing Intent Substitution Aura System after transmigrating into the body of a doomed Tyrant Heaven Sect menial disciple. He survived Hou Xiaobao’s attacks by redirecting their damage, and Hou Xiaobao fled after mistaking the system’s effect for an unseen attacker.

• Ling Yi discovered that Zhao Hao and Hou Xiaobao were listed as people harboring killing intent toward him and learned why Zhao Hao had ordered his death.
• Hou Xiaobao attacked Ling Yi, but the system redirected the damage to Zhao Hao and revealed how its substitution points worked.
• Ling Yi changed the default substitution target to Hou Xiaobao and provoked him into attacking again.
• Hou Xiaobao’s sword strike injured him instead of Ling Yi, and Hou Xiaobao healed himself with a valuable pill.
• Hou Xiaobao mistook the damage for an attack from someone hiding nearby and left the herb garden.

Ling Yi discovered that cultivation drained substitution value from his enemies, allowing him to reach the First Layer of Qi Refining by pushing Hou Xiaobao's reserves nearly to zero. Meanwhile, Hou Xiaobao suffered severe meridian damage and suspected Zhao Hao's pills were sabotaging him, unaware Ling Yi was the cause.

• Ling Yi realized substitution values reflected enemy condition and decided to cultivate while targeting his enemies' reserves.
• Ling Yi used the Qi Absorption Art to enter the First Layer of Qi Refining, draining Hou Xiaobao's substitution value and then switching to Zhao Hao.
• Hou Xiaobao reported his failed attempt to kill Ling Yi to Zhao Hao, who gave him Qi Absorption Pills and ordered him to wait until after the Heavenly Yuan Sect's visit to try again.
• Hou Xiaobao cultivated with Zhao Hao's pills, but worsening meridian pain forced him to take his last healing pill before his meridians suffered severe damage.
• Hou Xiaobao suspected the pills or a conspiracy involving Zhao Hao, while neither man realized Ling Yi's system had caused his condition.

Ling Yi cultivated to Qi Refining, Fourth Level, then used his medicinal-garden duty to provoke Xu Baishan into attacking so the system could redirect the damage. Lin Xue'er stopped Xu Baishan, and Ling Yi explained that he was guarding the herbs because either choice could cost him his life.

• Ling Yi stopped cultivating when Zhao Hao’s and Hou Xiaobao’s system entries flashed red, and Hou Xiaobao’s entry later disappeared.
• Xu Baishan and Lin Xue'er arrived at the medicinal garden, and Ling Yi demanded a written order before allowing them to take herbs.
• Xu Baishan threatened Ling Yi, whose system showed Xu Baishan had a substitute value of 8000, and Ling Yi made him the default target.
• Xu Baishan hurled a fireball at Ling Yi, but Lin Xue'er dispersed it with an ice sword and warned Xu Baishan not to attack again.
• Lin Xue'er asked why Ling Yi risked his life, and Ling Yi replied that he would be punished if the herbs were missing whether he let them take any or not.

Ling Yi convinced Lin Xue'er to pretend he was her Dao companion so she could deter her persistent suitors, and he accepted her offer of protection and help in exchange. After driving Xu Baishan away, Ling Yi revealed that his cultivation aptitude was poor but that he could cultivate nonstop.

• Ling Yi mocked Xu Baishan and explained to Lin Xue'er that she could use a fake Dao companion to discourage her pursuers.
• Lin Xue'er chose Ling Yi as her shield, offering to protect him and help him grow stronger for three years; Ling Yi accepted.
• Ling Yi said he would make others believe he and Lin Xue'er were Dao companions and prove himself worthy of her.
• Ling Yi challenged Xu Baishan to a fight in one month, betting his life against Xu Baishan's public humiliation; Xu Baishan accepted.
• Lin Xue'er ordered Xu Baishan to leave, and he flew away after threatening Ling Yi.
• Lin Xue'er asked about Ling Yi's rapid cultivation, and he said his aptitude was poor but he could cultivate continuously without resting.

After seeing Ling Yi advance to the seventh level of Qi Refining in a day, Lin Xue'er decided to invest in his cultivation. She brought out a rare contract scroll to set the terms, and the chapter ended as the agreement began to appear on it.

• Ling Yi cultivated all day by shifting the damage to Zhao Hao, then switched his default substitution target to Xu Baishan and reached the seventh level of Qi Refining.
• Lin Xue'er explained that Foundation Establishment required a scarce pill and told Ling Yi about an upcoming auction in Stone City.
• Ling Yi proposed announcing that he and Lin Xue'er were Dao companions, then declared that he intended to trample the entire Cultivation Realm underfoot.
• Lin Xue'er realized Ling Yi had revealed his talent to persuade her to invest in him and offered him pills, treasures, cultivation methods, and spells.
• Lin Xue'er took out an ancient contract scroll and began forming a binding agreement with Ling Yi.