Chapter Summaries

Ling Yi and his allies arranged a deal with the authorities, then he and Bai Yunlu slaughtered wolf spirits and collected unusual farmer skills. After discovering that [Escape] let him teleport one meter at a time, they set out for the Land of the Undead to hunt level 10 monsters and seek divine artifacts.

• Ling Yi asked Tao Tao and Bai Yunlu to sell surplus goods to the authorities cheaply, and he refused to join a guild while his negative favorability sacred body remained difficult to control.
• Ling Yi logged into Immortal Domain and continued grinding wolf spirits with [Gathering] and [Fire Lighting] while Bai Yunlu watched.
• Ling Yi obtained [Refrigeration] and [Digging], and he prioritized leveling his main skills before they headed to stronger monsters.
• Ling Yi and Bai Yunlu cleared over ten thousand wolf spirits, and Ling Yi gained twenty-two wolfskin bags and the farmer survival skill [Escape].
• Ling Yi showed Bai Yunlu [Escape], and the two decided to go to the Land of the Undead to hunt for divine artifacts.

Ling Yi and Bai Yunlu entered the Land of the Undead to hunt Evolution Monsters for divine artifacts. After an Undead Skeleton Spirit nearly overwhelmed him, Ling Yi spent his saved stat points on defense, survived, and killed one, earning a divine artifact and other rare rewards.

• Ling Yi and Bai Yunlu traveled to a ruined castle and found the underground entrance to the Land of the Undead.
• They descended into a vast chamber filled with level 10 Undead Skeletons and waited for them to evolve.
• Thousands of Undead Skeletons transformed into level 100 Undead Skeleton Spirits with immense HP, attack, and defense.
• An Undead Skeleton Spirit nearly killed Ling Yi, so he spent all 807 unallocated stat points on defense and became able to withstand its attacks.
• Ling Yi attacked the Undead Skeleton Spirits with [Gathering] and [Fire Lighting], eventually killing one with [Gathering].
• Ling Yi received 20,000 experience, a Hidden Class Scroll, a Skeleton Spirit Necklace (Divine Artifact), an origin stone, and the skill Destruction.

Ling Yi discovered that Origin Stones could manifest game stats and items in reality, with costs reduced to one-tenth for players using exclusive internal game helmets. Bai Yunlu changed class into the unique hidden Peerless Sword Immortal, while Ling Yi continued farming Undead Skeleton Spirits for loot.

• Ling Yi traded the Skeleton Spirit Necklace divine artifact to Bai Yunlu and realized an exclusive internal game helmet made Origin Stone manifestation far cheaper.
• Ling Yi showed Bai Yunlu the Destruction skill, which could destroy equipment, and kept the Origin Stone secret from her.
• Bai Yunlu equipped the necklace, met her hidden class scroll's requirement, and changed into the unique hidden class Peerless Sword Immortal.
• Bai Yunlu learned her advancement quest required killing ten Evolution Monsters above level 50, which Ling Yi recognized as nearly impossible for other players.
• Ling Yi killed another Undead Skeleton Spirit, obtained a divine artifact armor and a skill book, mailed the book to Tao Tao, and equipped the armor.

Ling Yi and Bai Yunlu finished farming Undead Skeleton Spirits, gained powerful artifact equipment, and revealed Bai Yunlu’s overwhelming combat skills. As their names spread worldwide through the artifact rankings, Liu Rui ordered the Star Radiance Guild to investigate them and uncover Ling Yi’s secrets.

• Ling Yi and Bai Yunlu equipped full Undead Skeleton Spirit artifact sets, and Ling Yi collected 32 Origin Stones while farming the monsters.
• Bai Yunlu changed into the hidden class Peerless Sword Immortal and demonstrated a powerful sword attack, though its heavy stamina and Spiritual Power costs left her exhausted.
• Bai Yunlu shared her stats and skill list, revealing powerful attacks and enough defensive skills to chain together about 30 seconds of invincibility.
• The artifact rankings listed more than a hundred artifacts owned by players from the Ancient Country faction, making Ling Yi’s and Bai Yunlu’s names famous worldwide.
• Star Radiance Seven Swords reported to Liu Rui that Bai Yunlu’s assistant Tao Tao had handled hidden-class scroll sales and that access to their financial records had been restricted.
• Liu Rui ordered the Star Radiance Guild to investigate Bai Yunlu, Tao Tao, and Farmer Boy, authorizing unconventional methods if the guild’s involvement stayed hidden.

Liu Rui and several guilds investigated Farmer Boy as Ling Yi and Bai Yunlu farmed Undead Skeleton Spirits, but Tao Tao was captured over the divine artifacts. After manifesting his planned skills in reality, Ling Yi learned Bai Yunlu was being held and was left filled with rage.

• Liu Rui worried that Farmer Boy might be Ling Yi, while guilds offered rewards and Soaring Dragon Under Heaven negotiated with Tao Tao over Ling Yi’s divine artifacts.
• Ling Yi and Bai Yunlu reached level 25 while farming, then Bai Yunlu told Ling Yi that Tao Tao had been captured and logged off to save her.
• Ling Yi reviewed his skill progress and over thirteen thousand Origin Stones, then chose to manifest five skills in reality.
• Ling Yi manifested his skills, gained a real-world status panel, and called Bai Yunlu.
• A hoarse-voiced man answered from Bai Yunlu’s home and claimed she was safe, but Ling Yi hung up and felt his viciousness rise.

Ling Yi rescued Bai Yunlu from Radiant Water Country spies, but they did not know where Tao Tao had been taken. Tao Tao later called to say she had been rescued and was heading to Red Maple Village, while Ling Yi brought Bai Yunlu back there using his manifested game skill.

• Bai Yunlu realized Ling Yi had appeared behind the armed spies, and he destroyed their weapons before using [Escape] to take them to a rooftop.
• Ling Yi questioned the spies about Tao Tao, sent one man twenty meters underground, and learned that another group had taken her.
• Tao Tao called Bai Yunlu and said she had been rescued and was on her way to Red Maple Village with others.
• Ling Yi refused Lin Bing's offer to escort them and teleported Bai Yunlu back to Red Maple Village himself.
• Lin Bing reported to Teng Long that Ling Yi had manifested a game skill, while Ling Yi realized using [Escape] in the real world consumed stamina.

Ling Yi met Teng Long after Tao Tao was rescued and learned that Star Radiance Group had arranged her kidnapping. He offered Teng Long an exclusive deal for divine artifacts and origin stones in exchange for protection, a license to kill as a deterrent, and maps of Immortal Domain, while Bai Yunlu and Tao Tao decided to stay with him.

• Tao Tao returned with Teng Long, reunited with Bai Yunlu, and went with her to the bedroom while Ling Yi spoke with Teng Long.
• Ling Yi learned that Tao Tao’s kidnappers were tied to Star Radiance Group, while Bai Yunlu’s armed kidnappers were likely from Radiant Water Country.
• Teng Long asked Ling Yi about origin stones and sought a trade for divine artifacts and origin stones; Ling Yi offered an exclusive partnership but said his farming method could not be replicated.
• Ling Yi asked for a license to kill as a deterrent, security for Bai Yunlu and Tao Tao, and detailed Immortal Domain maps; Teng Long agreed to report the conditions.
• Bai Yunlu and Tao Tao chose to stay with Ling Yi rather than return to North Ye Cheng.

Ling Yi and Bai Yunlu reached the second floor of the Land of the Undead and found its Undead Skeleton King BOSS. Ling Yi postponed Bai Yunlu’s revenge so they could test whether the BOSS could evolve, leaving their characters in the game while they logged off.

• Ling Yi improved his skills while clearing the first floor of the Land of the Undead, then decided to visit its second floor to find a BOSS.
• Bai Yunlu told Ling Yi that Immortal Domain BOSSes were intelligent, could flee and retaliate, and sometimes formed factions.
• Ling Yi and Bai Yunlu found a level 10 Undead Skeleton King surrounded by Undead Skeletons, and Bai Yunlu explained that it had killed her repeatedly when the servers first opened.
• Bai Yunlu asked to kill the Undead Skeleton King to settle her grudge, but Ling Yi proposed waiting to see whether it could evolve into a BOSS-level Evolution Monster.
• Ling Yi and Bai Yunlu agreed to leave the Skeleton King alone for an hour and logged off while their characters remained in the game.

After manifesting his Cooking skill, Ling Yi made game-quality steamed buns in reality and struck a deal with Teng Long to supply Origin Stones so the Soaring Dragon Guild’s Farmers could cook for them. When Ling Yi logged back into the game, he found the evolved Skeleton Spirit King attacking him.

• Ling Yi spent his Origin Stones to manifest his stamina and skills, then used Cooking to make steamed buns that restored stamina and smelled like the game’s food.
• Teng Long learned Ling Yi had made the buns and agreed to provide meals in exchange for Origin Stones dedicated to manifesting Cooking for the guild’s Farmers.
• Ling Yi shared the buns with Teng Long and his guard, while Bai Yunlu and Tao Tao ate the rest at home.
• Ling Yi and Bai Yunlu returned to the game, where Ling Yi found the level 100 Undead Skeleton Spirit King attacking him.

Ling Yi survived the Undead Skeleton Spirit King's curse, killed the boss, and obtained an Origin Artifact that could grow and transform. After binding it and testing its farming skills, he discovered that Gathering could kill a monster from a distance.

• Ling Yi spent his saved points on defense, survived the Undead Skeleton Spirit King's attacks and curse, then killed it with Gathering.
• Ling Yi obtained a Hidden Class Scroll, the Tilling skill book, 100 Origin Stones, and the Skeleton King's Pearl, an Origin Artifact.
• Ling Yi gave Bai Yunlu the Origin Stones, and the two kissed as Ling Yi decided to trust her and believe in love again.
• Ling Yi bound the Skeleton King's Pearl and tested its transformations, finding that it could become a hoe and that Tilling turned the floor into soil without dealing damage.
• Ling Yi used Gathering on an Undead Skeleton Spirit without touching it, instantly killing it and discovering that the skill had become ranged.

Ling Yi and Bai Yunlu farmed evolved monsters in the Land of the Undead, gaining levels and origin artifacts while Liu Rui ordered the Star Radiance Guild to hunt Ling Yi. As other players converged on the beginner villages, Ling Yi and Bai Yunlu escaped the dungeon, leaving nearby players wondering if they had seen Farmer Boy and No Whistling.

• Ling Yi discovered that Gathering had become a ranged skill and urged Bai Yunlu to keep farming for a full set of origin artifacts.
• Liu Rui ordered Star Radiance Seven Swords to search the beginner villages and kill Ling Yi before the World Championship, despite Teng Long protecting him.
• Star Radiance Seven Swords decided to pursue Ling Yi even at great cost, while major guilds and solo players joined a growing return-to-the-village search.
• Ling Yi and Bai Yunlu farmed the Land of the Undead for nearly a day, reached level 32, and obtained a second Skeleton King's Pearl, which Ling Yi gave to Bai Yunlu.
• Ling Yi and Bai Yunlu prepared to leave for a map with more evolved BOSSes, then used Escape when players approached the dungeon stairs.
• Players spotted two figures vanish and wondered whether they had been Farmer Boy and No Whistling.

A group of unaffiliated players spotted Ling Yi and Bai Yunlu, and Super Bored Person sold the Star Radiance Guild a possible lead for a million yuan. The guild surrounded Ling Yi and Bai Yunlu while attacking evolved monsters, and Ling Yi prepared to fight back.

• Unaffiliated players debated whether they had seen Farmer Boy and No Whistling, and most left to farm rabbits rather than risk angering the Star Radiance Guild.
• Super Bored Person reported the possible sighting and received a million yuan, then fled after learning the guild had found and surrounded Ling Yi.
• Ling Yi and Bai Yunlu logged back in near a group of evolved Gluttonous Houzi Spirits and found two thousand Star Radiance Guild players attacking the monsters without being able to harm them.
• Bai Yunlu asked what they should do, and Ling Yi told her to farm players while he farmed monsters.

Ling Yi and Bai Yunlu wiped out the Star Radiance Guild players, then headed to Ant Mountain to farm origin equipment. There, Ling Yi used Gathering on Liu Rui, stripping her equipment before Bai Yunlu killed her, but Liu Rui chose to resurrect on the spot and appeared before them again.

• Bai Yunlu unleashed several powerful Sword Qi attacks that killed the gathered Star Radiance Guild players, and Ling Yi decided they should go to Ant Mountain instead of pursuing the guild.
• After learning Ling Yi was with Bai Yunlu, Liu Rui flew toward Ant Mountain on the Star Radiance Guild's tamed Iron Claw Giant Eagle, which attacked Ling Yi because of his absolute aggro.
• Ling Yi and Bai Yunlu arrived at Ant Mountain, where the Iron Claw Giant Eagle crashed into Ling Yi without harming him and Liu Rui drew her bow on Bai Yunlu.
• Ling Yi used Gathering on Liu Rui, stripping her of her equipment and gold, and Bai Yunlu then killed her with a Sword Qi strike.
• Liu Rui chose to resurrect on the spot and appeared before Ling Yi and Bai Yunlu again.

Ling Yi fought through Ant Mountain while testing the newly acquired [Flying Hook] and [Focus] skills. Super Bored Person secretly recorded the aftermath of Liu Rui and Bai Yunlu’s dispute with Ling Yi, then logged out to prepare a video.

• Liu Rui reminded Ling Yi of their wager, and Bai Yunlu killed her before Ling Yi explained that he would be free of Liu Rui if he won the World Championship.
• Super Bored Person recorded Ling Yi and Bai Yunlu from a distance, then hid in a cave and logged out to edit and upload the footage.
• Ling Yi drew nearly every ant monster on Ant Mountain and battled the overwhelming swarm while Bai Yunlu logged out.
• Ling Yi cycled through his skills against the ants and discovered that [Digging] could be stacked and used horizontally to create tunnels.
• Ling Yi tested [Flying Hook], which could pull targets or carry him across gaps, and [Focus], which doubled skill proficiency gains and gave him precise panoramic perception nearby.

Ling Yi used Focus to clear Ant Mountain’s Evolution Monsters, gaining levels, skills, Origin Stones, and equipment. He sorted his loot, sent items to Tao Tao, and prepared to manifest three Origin Artifacts, including a powerful Life set.

• Ling Yi used Focus and Gathering to farm Ant Mountain’s Evolution Monsters, killing the Ant Queen and collecting Origin Stones, equipment, and rare skills.
• After clearing the Evolution Monsters, Ling Yi reached level 35 and reviewed his improved skills and accumulated free points.
• Ling Yi mailed more than eighty thousand Hidden Class Scrolls and other skills to Tao Tao to sort and sell.
• Ling Yi chose to spend three hundred thousand Origin Stones to manifest three Origin Artifacts and examined the drops, including two complete Life Origin Artifact Sets.
• Ling Yi reviewed the Life set’s equipment and bonuses, which included HP theft, protection from fatal damage, and the ability to share HP.

Ling Yi manifested more Life Origin Artifacts and survived an assassin’s ambush thanks to their protection and recovery effects. While Ling Yi ate with Bai Yunlu, Tao Tao, and Teng Long, Teng Long asked him to help secure city-related writs for the Ancient Country before the Immortal Gate opened.

• Ling Yi manifested the Life Belt, Armor of Life, and Life Helmet, stored valuable items in the belt, and logged out to test whether its contents could enter the real world.
• One-Shot You ambushed the logged-out Ling Yi with Demon Spirit Slash, but Life Protection and rapid HP recovery kept Ling Yi alive; the assassin’s attacks then dealt no damage through Ling Yi’s defense.
• Ling Yi joined Bai Yunlu, Tao Tao, and Teng Long for barbecue, where Tao Tao wondered why food made with a manifested Cooking skill tasted so different.
• Teng Long asked Ling Yi to obtain City-Building Writs and City-Siege Writs from the level 100 faction boss, offering payment and explaining the Ancient Country’s plans to build a nation in Immortal Domain.
• Teng Long said the Immortal Gate would open after the World Championship, and a Soaring Dragon member rushed into the courtyard to report that something had happened.

Red Maple Village came under attack, but Ling Yi discovered that he could control the hostility directed at him and quickly subdued the attackers’ leaders. Back in Immortal Domain, he gave Bai Yunlu powerful equipment and skills before they returned to an inn together.

• Teng Long and Ling Yi went to Red Maple Village’s defenses as nearly five hundred mercenaries attacked.
• Ling Yi endured the attackers’ gunfire unharmed and comprehended the exclusive skill Aggro Control, which let him set nearby creatures’ aggro toward him.
• Ling Yi destroyed the weapons of the enemies with the highest aggro, brought their leaders to Teng Long, and returned home after asking Teng Long to identify them.
• Ling Yi confirmed that Aggro Control set Bai Yunlu’s, Tao Tao’s, and Teng Long’s aggro to zero, then entered Immortal Domain to test the skill further.
• Ling Yi gave Bai Yunlu a Life Origin Artifact Set and the Focus and Instant Flash skill books, and they teleported to an inn in Peach Blossom Spring Village.

Ling Yi discovered that Aggro Control could instantly evolve monsters or make them stop attacking him, then headed with Bai Yunlu toward Glory City to handle matters with Liu Rui and inspect Tao Tao’s properties. After learning that three forces had tried to kill him with banned PIR Poison Bombs, he received a detailed map of the Ancient Country faction and arrived at Glory City, where he asked Tao Tao about the main city.

• Ling Yi used Aggro Control to turn a rabbit into a Rabbit Spirit, then reduced its aggro toward him to zero so it attacked Bai Yunlu instead.
• Ling Yi and Bai Yunlu cleared the third floor of the Land of the Undead in under ten minutes and decided to seek faster respawns in the borderlands after visiting Glory City.
• Teng Long told Ling Yi that Radiant Water Country’s Xiao Diezi network, mercenaries from Monkey Country backed by Amai Chou, and the Star Radiance Group had prepared PIR Poison Bombs against him.
• Teng Long sent Ling Yi an Eight Directions Formation Disc containing a detailed map of the Ancient Country faction and its northern border region.
• Ling Yi and Bai Yunlu reached Glory City, met Tao Tao, and Ling Yi asked her to describe the main city.

Ling Yi visited Glory City, where its lord, Mu Heng, offered to trade an Immortal Gate Writ and Skill Advancement Stones for a Farmer Hidden Class Change Scroll and other valuable items. Mu Heng revealed that the event expected within a month was the Gate of Calamity, not the Immortal Gate, and Ling Yi asked to buy all the stones.

• Tao Tao showed Ling Yi and Bai Yunlu around Glory City and explained its guards and city lord, Mu Heng.
• Ling Yi visited the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion, the auction house he had acquired with Tao Tao, and decided to get it running.
• A steward invited Ling Yi to Mu Heng's estate, where Mu Heng proposed trading an Immortal Gate Writ for a Farmer Hidden Class Change Scroll.
• Mu Heng explained that the Immortal Gate Trial would take place in a hundred years and corrected Ling Yi's belief that the Immortal Gate would open within a month.
• Mu Heng offered Ling Yi Skill Advancement Stones and revealed that the approaching event was the Gate of Calamity; Ling Yi asked to take all the stones.

Ling Yi traded Hidden Class Scrolls and divine artifacts for the city treasury’s resources, then changed his class to Shennong and received the Chaos Artifact Shennong Ding. After Bai Yunlu and Tao Tao returned upset about Da Kunba’s insults, Ling Yi set out with them to confront him.

• Ling Yi exchanged large quantities of Hidden Class Scrolls and divine artifacts for skill advancement stones, Limit-Breaking Orbs, recovery pills, array disks, and other supplies from Mu Heng’s treasury.
• After Ling Yi left, Mu Heng learned how much he had traded away and ordered the steward to pay close attention to him, while noting that the Immortal Gate Trial could make him scout a dangerous path.
• Ling Yi advanced ten skills, gained 6,240 unallocated points, and changed his class from farmer to Shennong, becoming the first player to do so and earning the Chaos Artifact Shennong Ding.
• Ling Yi inspected Shennong Ding, which granted life recovery +5 and bound itself to his soul, though its other functions remained locked.
• Bai Yunlu and Tao Tao told Ling Yi that Da Kunba had brought over a thousand guild elites to Glory City and insulted Bai Yunlu, so Ling Yi went with them to find him.