Chapter Summaries

After learning that Tang Sanshan and his family had been killed, Ling Yi broke out of prison, flew to Qinghe County, and killed the third prince Liu Zheng before returning. He saved Tang Sanshan by secretly killing a Black Guard commander, then resumed cultivating as the simulation comments described the aftermath of the third prince’s death.

• After seeing the simulation report Tang Sanshan’s death, Ling Yi broke out of his cell and flew toward Qinghe County.
• Ling Yi confronted Liu Zheng, snapped the third prince’s neck, and told Peng Wanli that he would take Liu Zheng’s place.
• Ling Yi killed a Black Guard hundred-guard commander approaching Tang Sanshan, removing the danger that had threatened Tang Sanshan and his family.
• Tang Sanshan found the dead commander, recognized the Black Guard token, and hurried away with his family.
• Ling Yi returned to Sanhe County, questioned Peng Wanli, and went back to his cell to cultivate.
• The simulation comments described Ling Yi learning the Heavenly Gang Realm breakthrough method from Yan Cheng and news of the third prince’s death reaching Crown Prince Liu Qi and Emperor Liu Jin.

Ling Yi reached the Ninth Pin Heavenly Dipper Realm, fought Situ Yun in a simulation, and learned that the immortal path lay beyond martial cultivation. He tested his Heavenly Dipper abilities and advanced to the Seventh Layer before beginning a new simulation as Yan Cheng entered his cell.

• Ling Yi reached the Ninth Pin and was summoned to the imperial city, but Situ Yun ambushed him and killed him in a clash that also took Situ Yun’s life.
• Ling Yi chose ten percent cultivation, then experimented with transparent Dipper swords and combinations of his seven Heavenly Dippers.
• Ling Yi began grinding his cultivation through skipped simulations, reaching the Heavenly Dipper Realm Seventh Layer.
• Yan Cheng entered Ling Yi’s cell, and the simulation comments revealed that he had come to test whether Ling Yi was truly a Grandmaster.

Ling Yi intimidated Yan Cheng and Liu Xi into cooperating, then learned about the realms and breakthrough methods beyond ninth-grade martial practitioners. After his simulation showed that Spirit Mastery expert Situ Tian would kill him in the imperial capital, Ling Yi chose a reward containing pills and a Dipper-sealing cultivation art so he could break through before returning.

• Ling Yi revealed Yan Cheng's ties to the Third Prince and claimed the identity of Liu Zheng, pressuring Yan Cheng with the threat of exposure to Liu Jin.
• Liu Xi arrived and urged Yan Cheng to kill Ling Yi, but Ling Yi pierced Liu Xi's shoulders with invisible force and restrained Yan Cheng with hidden swords.
• Liu Xi accepted Ling Yi as his superior and explained the six realms above martial practitioners, along with methods for entering the Spirit Mastery Realm.
• Ling Yi's simulation showed that Situ Tian killed him after reaching the imperial capital, despite Ling Yi killing Situ Yun and the Third Prince during the simulated journey.
• Ling Yi resolved to reach the Spirit Mastery Realm before returning to the imperial capital and selected reward 3: Mirror-Breaking Pills, Dipper-Sealing Pills, and the Jiuyuan Dipper-Sealing Art.

Ling Yi recruited Liu Xi and Yan Cheng to help him claim the throne and kept Liu Zheng alive as a useful ally. Liu Zheng warned him that the Immortal Gates forbade emperors from reaching the Master Realm because an emperor’s National Fortune Dragon Qi could become a threat.

• Ling Yi confirmed that his pills included rare Dipper-Sealing Pills and promised them to Liu Xi and Yan Cheng in exchange for their help entering the imperial city and seizing the throne.
• Yan Cheng explained that the crown prince controlled the court while Liu Jin weakened, and that the Black Guard held evidence of the crown prince’s past plot against Ling Yi.
• Ling Yi dismissed the evidence as insufficient, ordered Liu Xi and Yan Cheng to bring Liu Zheng to him alive, and bought two more storage spaces.
• Liu Zheng arrived the next morning, and Ling Yi told him he planned to take the throne by killing the crown prince and fourth prince.
• Liu Zheng revealed that the Hao Ran Sword School barred emperors from becoming Masters because a Master emperor’s National Fortune Dragon Qi could become tangible and rival Spirit Mastery Realm strength.

Ling Yi learned about the Immortal Gates and the Dragon Martial Emperor’s defeat, then put Liu Zheng and his companions under his control while preparing to claim the throne. His simulation showed him sealing his Dipper force, reaching the Spirit Mastery Realm, and planning to use Mirror-Breaking Pills to grow stronger.

• Liu Zheng told Ling Yi how the Dragon Martial Empire’s reliance on National Fortune had nearly let its emperor defeat the three great Immortal Gates.
• Ling Yi revealed his ambition to oppose the Immortal Gates, and his Dipper force overwhelmed martial practitioners across Sanhe County.
• Ling Yi ordered Liu Zheng to act as his shadow, Liu Xi to spread a story about Liu Zheng’s injuries, and Yan Cheng to gather information in the imperial capital.
• Ling Yi began a simulation and discovered that Dipper sealing left him nearly defenseless until the process was complete.
• In the simulation, Liu Zheng became a Lesser Master, and Ling Yi supplied him with Divine Martial Pills.
• Ling Yi completed Dipper sealing, used Dipper-Sealing Pills to fuse Spiritual Power with Dipper force, and entered the Spirit Mastery Realm.

Ling Yi reviewed a simulation in which he advanced to the Spirit Nascent Realm, became the Dragon Emperor, and used national fortune dragon Qi to fight the three great Immortal Gates. He killed Mo Qiu but was ultimately killed by the Divine Soul Hall and Martial God Sect leaders, then wondered why the Immortal Gate experts did not become emperors themselves.

• Ling Yi used his strength to force Situ Yun to hand over the Vast Righteousness Spirit Gang Art, then killed him and perfected the art during the journey to the imperial capital.
• Ling Yi reached the Spirit Nascent Soul Realm Ninth Level, met Liu Jin, and proposed using the Great Qian Empire's national fortune dragon Qi to destroy the three great Immortal Gates.
• Liu Jin abdicated, and Ling Yi became the Dragon Emperor as the national fortune dragon Qi entered his body.
• Immortal Gate experts attacked Ling Yi, who killed their first group before fighting the hidden Mastery God Realm experts.
• Ling Yi expended his national fortune dragon Qi to kill Mo Qiu, but the Divine Soul Hall and Martial God Sect leaders killed him after his strength collapsed.
• After the simulation ended, Ling Yi considered how to surpass the Mastery God Realm and questioned why the Immortal Gate experts did not become emperors.

Ling Yi learned that National Fortune Dragon Qi bound emperors to their territory and could block ascension unless their whole empire ascended, then gained Spirit-Concentrating Fruits and Tianwen Pills from simulations. His latest simulation showed him reaching peak Investiture God Realm and facing a newly revealed assassin faction on the way to the imperial capital.

• Ling Yi asked Liu Zheng about National Fortune Dragon Qi, and Liu Zheng explained its limits and the legends of ascension before receiving Divine Martial Pills.
• Ling Yi spent Karmic Luck Points to unlock ten storage spaces and greatly expand his Karmic Luck Radius.
• Ling Yi chose Spirit-Concentrating Fruits and a Tianwen Pill from one simulation, then chose another reward containing 100 Tianwen Pills after a 150-year simulation.
• Liu Zheng broke through to the seventh-pin True Yuan Realm, and Ling Yi began a new simulation alongside him on the journey to the imperial capital.
• Ling Yi took Tianwen Pills to reach peak Investiture God Realm, killed Situ Yun from a thousand kilometers away, and helped Liu Xi and Yan Cheng defeat Blood Raven assassins.

Ling Yi read a simulation in which he became the Dragon Emperor, conquered most of the Immortal Martial Continent, and was eventually forced to self-detonate against twelve Kami Realm experts. After learning why his storage space had limited the tactic, he asked how much it would cost to expand it enough to contain a Kami Realm strike.

• Ling Yi’s simulation version exposed the crown prince’s crimes, became emperor of Dragon Country, subdued the three Immortal Gates, and united the Southern Wilderness Domain.
• The Immortal Legion conquered neighboring domains, expanding Dragon Country across most of the Immortal Martial Continent before the remaining Immortal Gates mounted a counterattack.
• Twelve Kami Realm experts fought Ling Yi while Dragon Country lost territory and National Fortune Dragon Qi, weakening his strength until he self-detonated and badly injured them.
• Ling Yi asked the system why the storage space had failed against Kami Realm experts, and it explained that the space was too small to hold enough power.
• The system said a storage space of 10,000 cubic meters would be needed to contain a full-power Kami Realm strike, at a cost of 1.25 million Karmic Luck Points.

Ling Yi advanced to the peak ninth level of the Investiture God Realm and began a new simulation focused on finding a way to reach the Kami Realm. The simulation sent him toward the Hao Ran Sword School, where he joined its recruitment trials, but a chubby boy stopped him before his first arena match.

• Ling Yi chose the Divine Gang reward, gained a thousand-li range of perception, and witnessed Liu Xi paying beggars to spread news while Yan Cheng and Guo Hong traveled toward Sanhe County.
• Bai Qishan argued with Yue Hai about whether Liu Zheng had become a Grandmaster, then abandoned the Ten Thousand Gu Sect and fled rather than risk being caught between Liu Zheng and Crown Prince Liu Qi.
• Ling Yi reviewed his previous simulation, decided to try a different approach, and received Spirit-Concentrating Fruits and Tianwen Pills as his reward for a 112-year run.
• In the next simulation, Ling Yi left Liu Zheng supplies and headed north to seek a breakthrough, but overshot the imperial capital and arrived at Vast Righteousness City near the Hao Ran Sword School.
• Ling Yi spent several days visiting the city's brothels, then went to watch the Hao Ran Sword School recruit disciples and passed its cultivation test by simulating seventh-pin True Yuan Realm cultivation.
• As Ling Yi prepared to enter the arena, a chubby boy stopped him.

Ling Yi’s simulation showed him joining the Hao Ran Sword School, using his cultivation effects to attract the sect master’s attention, and mastering the school’s art that could lead to the Kami Realm. After three jealous fellow disciples plotted against him, Ling Yi arranged to expose them publicly at the sect tournament.

• Zhao Yingjun offered to buy a victory, but Ling Yi refused and then joined the Hao Ran Sword School after winning ten arena matches.
• Ling Yi used the Mysterious Jade Art’s azure light to boost nearby disciples’ cultivation, drawing the attention of Situ Yun, Situ Tian, and sect master Mo Qiu.
• Ling Yi controlled Situ Yun and Situ Tian when they tried to monopolize his ability, then became Mo Qiu’s direct disciple and received the Hao Ran Jiuyuan Gang Art.
• Ling Yi mastered the art’s principles in a year, while Mo Qiu gained insight from his guidance and advanced to the Investiture God Realm.
• When Mo Qiu’s three other direct disciples plotted to cripple Ling Yi at the sect tournament, Ling Yi stopped Mo Qiu from punishing them early and planned to defeat them publicly first.

Ling Yi’s simulation breakthrough to the Kami Realm opened and closed the upper realm’s Jieyin Passage at will, drawing Kami Realm cultivators who gave him their cultivation arts in hopes of hitching a ride to ascension. After learning that the upper realm punished attempts to unify the Immortal Martial Continent, Ling Yi backed Liu Zheng’s plan to unify it anyway and forced the Immortal Gates into isolation.

• Ling Yi completed his breakthrough, producing a three-day Jieyin Pillar of Light that greatly improved cultivation across the region and prompted twelve Kami Realm experts to gather at Hao Ran Sword School.
• Ling Yi opened and closed the Jieyin Passage at will, then demanded cultivation arts from the twelve experts in exchange for a possible chance to ascend with him.
• Ling Yi traveled to the imperial capital after learning that Liu Zheng had summoned the Karmic Luck Golden Dragon by ascending the throne above the Master level.
• Mo Qiu told Ling Yi that the upper realm would destroy the continent if an emperor unified it, and Ling Yi declared Liu Zheng under his protection to test whether the punishment would come.
• Ling Yi expelled the Immortal Gate experts, forced Liu Zheng to pursue unification, and ordered every Immortal Gate to seal itself or face annihilation.

Ling Yi learned that the upper realm destroyed the Immortal Martial Continent whenever it neared unification, then gained cultivation to the Kami Realm's absolute limit. The system unlocked the Karmic Luck Shop and limited him to three simulations per month, leaving him shocked by the changes.

• Ling Yi's simulated self defeated Lan Yu, an inspector from the Immortal Spirit Realm, and learned that upper-realm resources fueled cultivation while Lan Yu refused to reveal why unification was forbidden.
• After Ling Yi killed Lan Yu, Immortal Dipper lightning destroyed the continent and killed everyone, including Ling Yi, ending the simulation.
• Ling Yi decided to avoid triggering the karmic luck golden dragon and chose one-tenth of his simulated cultivation instead of the crystals and pills.
• The reward raised Ling Yi to Great Perfection of the ninth Kami Realm, with Divine Gang at its absolute limit.
• The system fixed Ling Yi's simulations at three per month, removed the usage limit on skipping messages, and added the Karmic Luck Shop.
• Ling Yi inspected the updated system interface and questioned the new simulation limit and the Chaos Gang Art listed as his cultivation technique.

Ling Yi used the Karmic Luck Shop and brought Liu Zheng to him to learn where Ling Feng was imprisoned. He rescued Ling Feng, healed his missing leg, and offered to help him pursue immortality, leaving Ling Feng eager to accept.

• Ling Yi inspected the Karmic Luck Shop and commanded his system to spend his daily Karmic Luck on Karmic Luck Radius.
• Ling Yi summoned Liu Zheng and revealed that he had reached the peak Kami Realm.
• Ling Yi asked where Ling Feng was being held, and Liu Zheng revealed the location in Qinghe County.
• Ling Yi used his perception to bring Ling Feng to them and restored his missing leg with the Divine Gang of Life.
• Ling Yi offered Ling Feng a peaceful ordinary life or the chance to pursue immortality, and Ling Feng chose immortality.

Ling Yi prepared Ling Feng for cultivation, warned Liu Zheng against pursuing the throne, and continued developing his powers while waiting in prison. After Guo Hong arrived with an imperial edict ordering Liu Zheng to the imperial city, Ling Yi set out with him and visited Ling Feng through a clone, leaving his plan to replace the third prince unresolved.

• Ling Yi gave Ling Feng a storage space, cultivation knowledge, pills, and money before sending him home to begin cultivating.
• Ling Yi told Liu Zheng that an emperor who tried to unify the continent would trigger lightning punishment from the upper realm, and insisted that Liu Jin keep the throne for now.
• Ling Yi studied intent cultivation arts and developed his Chaos Divine Dipper while the expected assassins never came.
• Guo Hong arrived at Sanhe County prison with an imperial edict ordering Liu Zheng to enter the imperial city and answer for his crimes.
• Ling Yi left with the masked Liu Zheng, Liu Xi, and Yan Cheng, then visited Ling Feng through a clone and told him to stay home and cultivate.

Ling Yi traveled north from Sanhe County with the Black Guards, but the procession was ambushed by more than a thousand Blood Raven assassins. As the Black Guards struggled against the attackers, Liu Xi stepped forward to defend Ling Yi.

• Ling Yi left Sanhe County in a carriage escorted by four hundred Black Guards, while his Karmic Luck Points rose above 300,000.
• Yan Cheng halted the procession at a fork and formed the Black Guards into the Plum Blossom Formation as the guards sensed attackers in the woods.
• Ling Yi stepped out of the carriage to watch, and Guo Hong urged him to return while Yan Cheng assured him they would protect him.
• The assassins launched Qi-wrapped hidden weapons, but the Black Guards blocked most with chain shields and answered with repeating crossbows.
• More than a thousand black-clad assassins charged the Black Guards, and Yan Cheng identified them as members of the Blood Raven organization.
• Yan Cheng moved to join the battle, but Liu Xi told him to protect Ling Yi and said he would fight the attackers with his Ice Heavenly Dipper.

Ling Yi watched Yan Cheng and Liu Xi fight the Crown Prince’s forces and discovered that he could simulate and absorb other people’s heavenly dipper powers. After Blood Raven and Xiao Ying died fighting, Ling Yi rewarded the surviving Grandmasters with Dipper-Sealing Pills, while the Crown Prince’s failed assault left his desperation clear.

• Liu Xi and Yan Cheng fought off the Blood Raven Organization’s attack, while Ling Yi realized he could copy others’ dipper powers by simulating their rhythms.
• Blood Raven and Xiao Ying emerged as the enemy Grandmasters and fought Yan Cheng and Liu Xi without retreating, acting on the Crown Prince’s orders to fight to the death.
• Liu Zheng told Ling Yi that Liu Qi had committed all his remaining forces to the assault, and Ling Yi chose not to interfere while the fighters battled.
• Yan Cheng and Liu Xi killed Blood Raven and Xiao Ying after gaining the upper hand.
• Ling Yi gave Yan Cheng and Liu Xi ten Dipper-Sealing Pills each, prompting both Grandmasters to pledge their lives to his service.

Ling Yi recruited Zhao Yingjun, a talented martial practitioner, after interrupting a fight near Vast Wind City. At midnight, Ling Yi’s simulation attempts refreshed, and the system explained that attempts were fixed at three per month and simulations had to run to completion.

• Ling Yi gave Guo Hong pills and continued traveling toward Vast Wind City with the party.
• Near the city, Ling Yi recognized Zhao Yingjun being attacked by Green Lotus Sword School members and ordered the group to stop.
• Liu Xi silenced the school’s Eldest Senior Brother, and Zhao Yingjun explained that he had come to end his betrothal to Fu Qingyun before seeking admission to the Hao Ran Sword School.
• Ling Yi recruited Zhao Yingjun for his rare Taotie Intent Realm, and the party entered Vast Wind City and took over the city lord’s residence.
• At midnight, Ling Yi learned that his simulation attempts had refreshed to three, but the system said attempts did not accumulate and interrupted simulations earned no rewards.

Ling Yi’s simulation showed him reaching the Human Immortal Realm as the Immortal Martial Continent was sealed off from the upper realm, leaving him unable to ascend. He later unified the continent as the Dragon Emperor, and the Karmic Luck Golden Dragon revealed a way to turn the Dragon Country into an immortal nation and ascend with it.

• Ling Yi completed his conversion to Immortal Dipper in the Wind and Fire Domain, but a voice sealed the Immortal Martial Continent and severed its connection to the Immortal Spirit Realm.
• Ling Yi returned to his party and found that the seal prevented him from advancing or reaching the upper realm, despite his attempts to break it.
• Ling Yi ascended the throne, renamed the Great Qian Empire the Dragon Country, and summoned a vast Karmic Luck Golden Dragon.
• Ling Yi subdued the Immortal Gates’ experts and unified the Immortal Martial Continent over the next ten years without wars.
• After Ling Yi incorporated the final domain, the Karmic Luck Golden Dragon revealed how to make the Dragon Country an immortal nation and ascend with it.

Ling Yi read a simulation in which he merged with Dragon Country’s Karmic Luck Golden Dragon, transformed the nation into an immortal nation, and attempted to ascend with it. A powerful black dragon stopped him at the Gate of Karmic Luck, and Ling Yi ultimately chose Immortal Dipper Realm cultivation as his reward.

• Ling Yi learned that he had merged with the Karmic Luck Golden Dragon, binding his strength and fate to Dragon Country as he drew golden karmic luck light from the upper realm.
• Over a century, Dragon Country transformed into an immortal nation, while its officials gained power and longevity through a nation-guarding artifact and their service to the country.
• Ling Yi refined the artifact, drew Dragon Country into his dantian as an independent world, and left behind those he considered disloyal or wicked.
• As Ling Yi tried to ascend through the Gate of Karmic Luck, a black dragon attacked and destroyed his golden dragon body, saying, “This world again.”
• After the simulation ended, Ling Yi considered the rewards and chose one-tenth of his Immortal Dipper Realm cultivation.

Ling Yi chose the Immortal Dipper Realm, strengthened his attendants with Tianwen Pills, and explored Vast Wind City while keeping his power concealed. He uncovered a mysterious fortune-teller who recognized the Black Dragon and tried to seize him.

• Ling Yi chose Immortal Dipper Realm, resolved to build an immortal kingdom later, and sensed that his power could threaten the world's barrier.
• Ling Yi gave Liu Xi and Yan Cheng Tianwen Pills, which could raise them to the Investiture God Realm but would prevent them from advancing further; Liu Xi took one and reached the Spirit Mastery Realm.
• Ling Yi told Liu Xi and Yan Cheng to handle the Heavenly Dipper Realm cultivators expected to come after him, then changed his appearance and went out alone.
• Ling Yi noticed a hidden presence at a fortune-telling stall and asked the old fortune-teller about divining whether the world's Golden Dragon could ascend.
• Ling Yi revealed that the Black Dragon had suppressed his Golden Dragon and Heavenly Gate of karmic luck; the old man recognized the secret, demanded to know which dynasty Ling Yi belonged to, and reached to grab him.