Chapter Summaries

Ouyang Feng encountered Jiumozhi, who attacked him before escaping, while the Special Intelligence Bureau captured Jiumozhi with firearms and fitted him with a Strongman Collar. Later, Ling Yi returned home and met Gao Liang and Gao Xiaolan from the Special Incident Bureau.

• Jiumozhi attacked Ouyang Feng with the Huoyan Blade Technique, killing Bald Qiang, but Ouyang Feng dodged and used a jammer to cut off Gao Liang's warning call.
• Ouyang Feng escaped the temple, leaving Jiumozhi behind as he refused to flee and waited for the local experts to arrive.
• Twenty Special Intelligence Bureau agents shot Jiumozhi until his Innate Qi ran out, then restrained him and fastened a Strongman Collar around his neck.
• The agents also took Iron Palm, Skimming over Water, and Qiu Qianren into custody, while the Bureau tracked Ouyang Feng through devices hidden in his belongings and clothes.
• Ling Yi returned home and found Gao Liang and Gao Xiaolan waiting to introduce themselves as representatives of the Special Incident Bureau.

Gao Liang explained the Special Incident Bureau’s work with transmigrators and invited Ling Yi and the others to join a new Martial Suppression Bureau. Ling Yi learned that 200 transmigrators had arrived and that the story left the group considering an organization meant to help them adapt and limit their impact.

• Ling Yi told Gao Liang that he had reached Acquired Great Perfection, then demonstrated his internal Jin by obscuring Gao Xiaolan’s vision with mist.
• Gao Liang said the bureau’s first discovered transmigrators were Guo Jing and the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan, and revealed that it had obtained the Nine Yin Manual from Zhou Botong.
• Gao Liang said 75 transmigrators had joined the bureau, with Zhou Botong and Ouyang Feng among its strongest fighters, and that satellites had detected exactly 200 arrivals.
• Gao Liang explained that some transmigrators had hidden themselves and others had been killed, then invited Ling Yi, Hong Qigong, and the others to join the new Martial Suppression Bureau.
• Gao Liang said the new bureau would have Jianghu people help transmigrators adapt to modern life and reduce their impact on the world.

Ling Yi considered Gao Liang’s offer to lead the Martial Suppression Bureau and agreed to decide soon, while accepting that he would kill Ouyang Feng. Meanwhile, Huang Yaoshi killed the newly arrived Yun Zhonghe and headed to Hengdian to report what had happened.

• Gao Liang invited Ling Yi to become the Martial Suppression Bureau’s first director, explained its role in managing transmigrators, and offered medicinal tonics to help Ling Yi reach Innate.
• Gao Xiaolan warned that Ouyang Feng had escaped and was coming for Ling Yi, who said he would kill him; Ling Yi promised to give Gao Liang his decision by the day after tomorrow.
• Hong Qigong, Ip Man, and Huang Rong urged Ling Yi to accept the mandatory Bureau position, and Ling Yi decided to become its director despite the danger of facing powerful Masters.
• Huang Yaoshi pursued Yun Zhonghe after catching him targeting a woman at the villa complex where Huang Yaoshi and Ye Huan worked as security guards.
• Huang Yaoshi killed the wounded Yun Zhonghe with his Flicking Divine Ability and left for Hengdian to tell Hong Qigong about the new transmigrators.

Ling Yi tested whether filming short dramas could draw out people from fictional worlds, but Li Qiushui appeared in the guise of actress Xie Yuxin and mistook him for Murong Fu. After she threatened him and attacked, Ling Yi injured her with the Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms and launched another strike.

• Ling Yi asked Bai Jinyu to assemble a crew for a short-drama test and arrange century-old wild ginseng.
• Ling Yi finished most of his scenes as Murong Fu and met Xie Yuxin, who was playing Li Qiushui.
• Li Qiushui revealed that she had killed and replaced Xie Yuxin, then asked Ling Yi to find Wu Xingyun in exchange for martial arts manuals.
• Li Qiushui gave Ling Yi a scroll containing the Northern Darkness Divine Art, Graceful Steps upon the Waves, and the Life and Death Talisman, but her attempt to use the talisman failed against his Qi Jin.
• When Li Qiushui threatened him, Ling Yi attacked with the Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms and injured her through her Innate Gang Qi.
• Ling Yi immediately launched a second wave of golden dragons as Li Qiushui tried to stop him.

Ling Yi defeated Li Qiushui, learned more about the Northern Darkness Divine Art, and let her leave while he considered her offer. Elsewhere, Murong Fu seized an underground casino in Fragrant Leaf City, and the Special Intelligence Bureau sent Yang Kang to find Mei Chaofeng as it focused on hunting Ding Chunqiu.

• Ling Yi badly injured Li Qiushui after she tried to control him with a Life and Death Talisman, then questioned her about the cultivation techniques on her scroll.
• Li Qiushui explained the difficulties and secrets of mastering the Northern Darkness Divine Art and offered Ling Yi her accumulated cultivation if he helped kill Wu Xingyun.
• Ling Yi took Li Qiushui's contact information and let her leave to recover before returning to the production crew.
• Murong Fu and his retainers attacked Uncle Li's casino, killed him, and took control of the establishment after Gongye Qian and Feng Bo'e had died in an earlier gang fight.
• Gao Liang sent Yang Kang to Liangchuan City to persuade Mei Chaofeng to surrender and join the Special Intelligence Bureau.
• Gao Liang told Gao Xiaolan that the Bureau was concentrating its manpower on killing Ding Chunqiu in South Yun City.

Ling Yi began cultivating the Northern Darkness Divine Art while Huang Rong tried to steer A Zhu and Wang Yuyan toward acting work. Ling Yi’s fused internal force and Jin transformed into Northern Darkness Internal Jin, then compressed itself uncontrollably in his dantian.

• Ling Yi told Hong Qigong and the others that he had met Li Qiushui, and he insisted on cultivating the Northern Darkness Divine Art despite Hong Qigong’s concerns.
• Hong Qigong received a note from Huang Yaoshi, and Ling Yi reasoned that Huang Yaoshi avoided calling because phone records could reveal his location.
• Wang Yuyan decided she and A Zhu should learn martial arts before choosing what to do, while she reconsidered her attachment to Murong Fu.
• Huang Rong offered to take A Zhu and Wang Yuyan to meet acting crews, secretly hoping to move the beautiful Wang Yuyan out of Ling Yi’s villa.
• Ling Yi mastered the Northern Darkness Divine Art’s thirty-six diagrams, but his fused internal force and Jin became Northern Darkness Internal Jin and compressed uncontrollably in his dantian.

Ling Yi advanced to the Inner Core Realm, gaining Northern Darkness True Yuan and the ability to control flying swords. He explained his breakthrough to Hong Qigong and Ip Man, then left for work as they prepared for Ouyang Feng’s arrival.

• Ling Yi formed a cyan inner core, circulated Northern Darkness True Yuan through 110 meridians, and cleansed his body, then discovered he could summon and control cyan swords.
• Ling Yi named his new cultivation path the Inner Core Realm and spent the night testing his powers and developing skills.
• The next morning, Ling Yi watched Hong Qigong and Ip Man spar and defeated Hong Qigong’s dragon phantoms with a hundred flying swords.
• Ling Yi explained his breakthrough to Hong Qigong and Ip Man, who discussed their own Form Transformation Realm and the need to open the Conception and Governing Vessels.
• Ling Yi left for filming while Hong Qigong went to find Huang Rong and the others and Ip Man went to bring his wife, with Ouyang Feng expected to arrive that day.

Ip Man confronted Ouyang Feng, who came seeking revenge for Ouyang Ke, and killed him after Ouyang Feng threatened Cheung Wing-sing. The encounter ended with Ouyang Feng dead and Miss Bear having secretly followed them to the grove.

• Ip Man told Miss Bear that his training had advanced and noticed Ouyang Feng watching him near the film set.
• Ip Man led Ouyang Feng to a grove, where Ouyang Feng admitted he had come to avenge Ouyang Ke and threatened Cheung Wing-sing.
• Ip Man confessed that he had killed Ouyang Ke because Ouyang Ke had tried to harm his wife.
• Ouyang Feng attacked Ip Man and lost a hand when Ip Man struck him with a powerful punch.
• Ip Man struck Ouyang Feng three times with force projections, rupturing his dantian and heart and killing him.

Ip Man joined the Martial Suppression Bureau after defeating Ouyang Feng, while Ling Yi accepted its directorship and prepared to confront Ding Chunqiu after learning the man had killed over a hundred people. Ling Yi finished filming his last scene and was ready to head out to face Ding Chunqiu.

• Gao Xiaolan recruited Ip Man into the Martial Suppression Bureau with a salary and bonus, and he accepted after learning Ling Yi and Hong Qigong led it with her.
• Gao Liang showed Ling Yi footage of the casualties from the failed operation against Ding Chunqiu, including the deaths of 103 Special Intelligence Bureau members and the survival of Ke Zhen'e and Zhou Botong.
• Ling Yi agreed to kill Ding Chunqiu, received equipment tracking transmigrators, and reviewed the Martial Suppression Bureau's rules and identification grades.
• Ling Yi told Hong Qigong he would handle Ding Chunqiu alone and planned to go after finishing his final scene that afternoon.
• Ling Yi filmed his scene in one take, finished filming, and received his payment while Director Zhang recommended another production crew.

Ling Yi received a recommendation to audition for The Legend of Sword and Fairy, then bound Li Qiushui to the Martial Suppression Bureau with an enhanced Life and Death Talisman. He prepared a short drama to test whether fictional characters would cross into the real world and ended the chapter planning his next investigation.

• Director Zhang praised Ling Yi’s acting and recommended him to audition for Li Guoli’s The Legend of Sword and Fairy.
• Ling Yi worried that the series’ characters might cross into reality and decided to test the phenomenon by filming a short drama.
• Ling Yi visited Li Qiushui, ordered her to join the Martial Suppression Bureau, and implanted an enhanced Life and Death Talisman in her dantian.
• Ling Yi asked Brother Fatty to assemble a crew for his test short drama, about a reborn heiress who takes revenge.
• Ling Yi returned home and found Wang Yuyan discussing martial arts with Hong Qigong; he brushed off Gao Liang and Gao Xiaolan’s questions about Ip Man’s strength.
• Ling Yi said he would leave that night, while Hong Qigong said he and Ip Man would investigate the mysterious lightning strikes in Liangchuan City.

Ling Yi, Huang Rong, and Gao Xiaolan raced to intercept Ding Chunqiu when they found an injured woman in black on the expressway. Ling Yi healed her enough to save her life, and the group suspected she was Mu Wanqing as she began to wake.

• Gao Xiaolan explained why the Ancient Country had to keep transmigrators secret while Huang Rong and Ling Yi discussed the risks of technology and martial arts.
• Ling Yi braked sharply to avoid a black horse and a woman lying in the road.
• Ling Yi sensed the woman was a martial practitioner and used Northern Darkness True Yuan to heal her damaged lungs.
• Gao Xiaolan treated the woman's remaining injuries, while the black horse fled into the woods after Huang Rong tried to approach it.
• Ling Yi and Gao Xiaolan suspected the woman was Mu Wanqing, and Huang Rong teased Ling Yi about removing her veil.
• The woman woke after the vehicle jolted her injured body.

Ling Yi rescued the injured Mu Wanqing, whose attempt to kill herself after Huang Rong teased her was stopped before it could succeed. After Gao Xiaolan analyzed Ling Yi’s feelings for the women around him, Ling Yi tracked Ding Chunqiu to a cave and confronted him, unharmed by the poison there.

• Huang Rong teased Mu Wanqing about Ling Yi having seen her face, prompting Mu Wanqing to attack Ling Yi and then try to stab herself before Ling Yi immobilized her.
• Huang Rong apologized to Ling Yi, and Gao Xiaolan told her that Ling Yi liked the women around him but was holding himself back.
• Ling Yi drove to the forest where Ding Chunqiu had fled and followed bloodstains and clues while searching for him.
• Ling Yi used a flying sword to survey the forest, ruled out a dense grove, and spotted smoke rising from a cave.
• Ling Yi found Ding Chunqiu healing his wounds in the cave and confronted him, but Ding Chunqiu’s poisons failed to affect him.

Ling Yi killed Ding Chunqiu and obtained the Heaven-and-Earth Enduring Ageless Eternal Spring Art, then cultivated it alongside the Northern Darkness Divine Art. The arts transformed his True Yuan and expanded his meridians, leaving him floating in the air and wondering what realm he had reached.

• Ding Chunqiu offered Ling Yi the Heaven-and-Earth Enduring Ageless Eternal Spring Art in exchange for his life and revealed how he had betrayed Wuyazi.
• Ding Chunqiu tried to trick Ling Yi with a poisoned scroll, but Ling Yi caught it with azure hands and learned who Ding Chunqiu was.
• Ding Chunqiu attempted to escape, but Ling Yi's three azure short swords killed him.
• Ling Yi read the scroll before it burst into flames, memorized the Ageless Eternal Spring Art, and began cultivating it with the Northern Darkness Divine Art.
• Ling Yi's True Yuan transformed, his meridians expanded to 365, and the surrounding life within a thousand meters withered as he completed his cultivation.
• Ling Yi floated into the air and wondered what realm he had reached.

Ling Yi learned that A Zi and Ye Erniang had been killed while Duan Yu was taken into custody, then returned to Baihai City with Huang Rong, Mu Wanqing, and Gao Xiaolan. There, Huang Yaoshi lost his wager against Hong Qigong, gained insight into Hong Qigong’s unusual force, and went to study it.

• Ling Yi discovered a Primordial Spirit in his upper dantian, reported the Ding Chunqiu mission complete, and drove back to the city.
• Gao Xiaolan told Ling Yi that A Zi and Ye Erniang had been killed for their crimes, while Duan Yu had been sent to the Martial Suppression Bureau headquarters.
• Ling Yi agreed to return to Baihai City, while Huang Yaoshi challenged Hong Qigong after learning that Huang Rong had joined the Martial Suppression Bureau.
• Hong Qigong and Huang Yaoshi fought from noon until night, and Hong Qigong’s Dog-Beating Staff Technique overwhelmed Huang Yaoshi with its strange force.
• Huang Yaoshi gained some insight into the force, accepted a room arranged by Hong Qigong, and went to cultivate and ponder it.

Ling Yi prepared to take charge of the Martial Suppression Bureau while worrying about powerful, unlocated transmigrators and trying to grow stronger. After filming and scheduling his short drama for release, he waited to see whether it would summon the mysterious lightning, while Wang Yuyan decided to leave Murong Fu behind.

• Gao Xiaolan delivered Bureau credentials to Huang Yaoshi, Mu Wanqing, and Ye Huan, then told Ling Yi that the Bureau’s induction ceremony would take place in seven days and that he needed to earn the Jianghu figures’ respect.
• Gao Xiaolan warned Ling Yi that hidden powerhouses such as Li Qiushui, Wu Xingyun, Xiaoyaozi, and Dugu Qiubai might have transmigrated, while Ling Yi estimated his strength at the Grand Master Realm and learned that cultivation resources were on the way.
• Ling Yi filmed a sixty-episode short drama in under three days and ordered Brother Fatty to upload every episode at midnight, despite the mysterious lightning not appearing during filming.
• Wang Yuyan told Ling Yi that Ip Man and the others had gone to Fragrant Leaf City to deal with Murong Fu’s takeover of the local underground gangs, and said she had decided to give up on her cousin.
• At midnight, Ling Yi waited on the rooftop for the short drama’s release, wondering whether it would trigger the mysterious lightning or prove his theories wrong.

After condensing his Primordial Spirit, Ling Yi unlocked Thunder Resonance and gained control over three Transmigration Thunder bolts, bringing Mu Ling Shuang to his villa while sending Liu Ruyan and Ye Fan back to gather creative materials. The Special Intelligence Bureau tracked the other transmigrators and noticed that the final three bolts had frozen above Ling Yi’s villa.

• Ling Yi’s Primordial Spirit devoured three bolts of mysterious lightning, allowing him to use Thunder Resonance to seize control of three Transmigration Thunder bolts.
• Ling Yi summoned Mu Ling Shuang, Liu Ruyan, and Ye Fan, then sent Liu Ruyan and Ye Fan back to their world to collect song lyrics, scores, and scripts.
• Ling Yi gave Mu Ling Shuang a room in his villa and planned to appear in more short dramas so he could control more transmigrators.
• Gao Liang’s team located ninety-seven transmigrators, most of whom appeared to be ordinary people and were causing trouble while adjusting to the real world.
• The Special Intelligence Bureau traced the last three bolts to Ling Yi’s villa, noticed they had frozen in midair, and Gao Liang ordered his team to detain the located transmigrators and called Gao Xiaolan.

Gao Xiaolan urged Gao Liang to handle Ling Yi cautiously, while Ip Man and Huang Yaoshi planned to stop the bomb-threatening Murong Fu. In Hengdian, Ling Yi began testing whether Mu Ling Shuang could travel between worlds in both directions.

• Gao Xiaolan argued that Ling Yi’s short drama had likely been a test of his ability to direct traversal lightning, and warned Gao Liang against trying to control him.
• Gao Xiaolan showed Gao Liang dashcam footage of Ling Yi landing on a flying sword, persuading him that ordinary force would not control Ling Yi.
• Ip Man told Hong Qigong, Huang Yaoshi, and Ye Huan that Murong Fu had planted explosives around Fragrant Leaf City and threatened to detonate them if he died.
• Huang Yaoshi proposed using firearms and striking Murong Fu after confirming his location, and Ip Man agreed to arrange the weapons and information.
• Ling Yi prepared to send Mu Ling Shuang back to her world, where she would take someone’s hand so he could test bringing her back.

Ling Yi tested using Thunder Resonance to move people between worlds, then organized fifty short-drama teams so he could absorb more Transmigration Thunder. After Mu Ling Shuang and the others returned to their world, Hong Qigong’s group reported that Murong Fu and Murong Bo had been killed during their mission, though Murong Fu’s bombs had caused heavy civilian casualties.

• Ling Yi used Thunder Resonance to bring Mu Ling Shuang, Ye Fan, Liu Ruyan, and Chen Qing to his world, then realized the ability drained his Primordial Spirit.
• Ling Yi flew to Brother Fatty and ordered him to assemble fifty teams to film short dramas, offering him half the profits.
• Director Zhang told Ling Yi that auditions for The Legend of Sword and Fairy had been moved up to ten days away.
• Ling Yi sent Mu Ling Shuang and the others back to their world and concluded that Thunder Resonance could transport reverse transmigrators in both directions.
• Hong Qigong reported that Murong Fu had detonated three bombs, killing more than thirty people and injuring at least a hundred.
• Huang Yaoshi, Hong Qigong, Ip Man, and Ye Huan killed Murong Fu and Murong Bo after Ye Huan shot through Murong Bo’s protective Gang Qi.

Ling Yi demonstrated that he could send transmigrators back to their worlds and bring them back, and Ip Man returned to fetch his young son. The group discussed who would leave next, while Ye Huan arranged to travel with Huang Yaoshi when he returned to Peach Blossom Island.

• Ling Yi explained his plan to send willing transmigrators home and let them return by calling his name, and Ip Man asked to bring his son to the modern world.
• A Zhu and Wang Yuyan discussed returning to check on Li Qingluo, while Mu Wanqing told Huang Rong she would stay wherever Ling Yi went.
• Ling Yi sent Ip Man back with Transmigration Thunder, and Ye Huan asked to travel to a film-and-drama world; Huang Yaoshi offered to take him when he returned.
• Ip Man called Ling Yi, who summoned him back with his young son, and Ip Man reported that all was well at home.
• Huang Yaoshi tried to return immediately, but Hong Qigong and Ye Huan persuaded him to wait until the next day.

Ling Yi prepared and filmed fifty short dramas designed to control the number of powerful reverse transmigrators, while using Thunder Resonance to ferry people and objects between worlds. After the visitors settled into nearby villas, Gao Liang and Gao Xiaolan arrived and reminded Ling Yi of his Martial Suppression Bureau duties.

• Ling Yi ordered Brother Fatty to film all fifty short dramas exactly as scripted and arranged their releases by strength and character count.
• Brother Fatty assembled fifty production teams, and the dramas finished filming and post-production within ten days.
• Ling Yi learned Thunder Resonance could transport up to two additional people or objects weighing as much as three hundred kilograms, and he sent the reverse transmigrators back to their worlds.
• Hong Qigong returned to The Legend of the Condor Heroes World to arrange the Beggar Sect's leadership, while A Zhu, Wang Yuyan, Huang Yaoshi, and Mu Wanqing also made trips home and brought people or supplies back.
• Hong Qigong and Ip Man's family moved into Villa No. 21, while Huang Yaoshi, Ye Huan, and Sha Gu moved into Villa No. 23.
• Gao Liang and Gao Xiaolan visited Ling Yi, and Gao Liang pointed out that Ling Yi was still the director of the Martial Suppression Bureau.