Chapter Summaries

Ling Yi discovered that Duan De was secretly a Demon Martial Practitioner and received the Breath Concealment Technique from him. After Duan De left, Ling Yi confirmed that he could see detailed information about Illusion Spirits and Phantom Demons, though he did not know where the ability came from.

• Ling Yi sensed Duan De's hidden energy and realized Duan De could conceal his presence, while Duan De recognized Ling Yi as a fellow Demon Martial Practitioner.
• Duan De offered Ling Yi the Breath Concealment Technique in exchange for keeping his secret, then summoned his Phantom Demon to pass the skill to Ling Yi's Phantom Demon.
• Ling Yi's mind displayed detailed information about Duan De's Phantom Demon, including its level, abilities, origin, and complete compatibility with Duan De.
• Ling Yi activated the Breath Concealment Technique, and Duan De left without reporting him to the Illusion Martial Bureau.
• Ling Yi examined online images and videos of Illusion Spirits and confirmed that an Illusion Spirit Information Database had appeared in his mind.

Ling Yi tested his suspected Words Become Law ability and discovered that it activated only rarely, then encountered a powerful demonic Wine Sword Immortal Phantom Demon in Red Maple City. The Illusion Martial Bureau prepared to contain the threat while Peng Jianghai ordered his forces not to attack without authorization.

• Ling Yi reviewed the strange events that had come true and suspected he possessed Words Become Law, then summoned a pork knuckle while other wishes failed.
• Ling Yi concluded that Words Become Law activated unpredictably and worried about its limits before an alarm signaled a nearby Phantom Demon.
• Ling Yi left the supermarket and identified the Phantom Demon as the Wine Sword Immortal in a demonic state, whose Spirit Transformation Third Layer cultivation posed a threat to Red Maple City.
• Peng Jianghai and the Illusion Martial Bureau evacuated the area and prepared Demon-Sealing Formations and rune cannons, but Peng Jianghai ordered them to wait before attacking.

Peng Jianghai and the Illusion Martial Bureau tried to contain the powerful Phantom Demon Wine Sword Immortal, but their attacks failed and he prepared to destroy them. At the last moment, he abruptly shot away and vanished, leaving Peng Jianghai wondering what had happened.

• Peng Jianghai ordered the Illusion Martial Bureau to prepare multiple Demon-Sealing Formations and summon their Illusion Spirits, including his Saitama.
• The Wine Sword Immortal threatened the assembled fighters and broke free of the Demon-Sealing Formation almost immediately.
• Peng Jianghai ordered the Rune Cannons to fire, but the Wine Sword Immortal destroyed their attacks with a shout.
• The Wine Sword Immortal knocked back every Illusion Spirit with his Ten Thousand Swords Art and prepared a devastating strike across the area.
• Just before the swords fell, the Wine Sword Immortal froze, shot away as a streak of light, and vanished; Peng Jianghai wondered what the streak had been.

Ling Yi struggled to keep his identity hidden after the Wine Sword Immortal became his second contracted Phantom Demon, whose enormous Life Stone consumption left him drained. As authorities and powerful factions tightened their watch around his supermarket, Ling Yi planned to find more Life Stones while avoiding the Wine Sword Immortal’s conspicuous inheritance.

• Videos of the Wine Sword Immortal’s appearance and disappearance kept trending, drawing officials, factions, media, and streamers to Dafeng City.
• Ling Yi’s supermarket became a popular attraction, but he avoided cultivating because nearby observers could detect Life Stones and uncover his Demon Martial Practitioner identity.
• Ling Yi recalled that he had used the truth-word effect to make the demonic Wine Sword Immortal voluntarily contract with him, making him his second Phantom Demon.
• A middle-aged fatty and a long-legged beauty with strong energy fluctuations visited the supermarket; the fatty ordered supplies, while the beauty silently watched Ling Yi.
• By afternoon, officials had cleared ordinary visitors and streamers from the area, and Ling Yi prepared to close the shop to seek more Life Stones.
• Ling Yi remained at the Mortal Fourth Tier because he had not accepted the Wine Sword Immortal’s cultivation inheritance, though he had begun receiving his memories and cultivation techniques.

Ling Yi planned to set up a concealment formation to hide the energy released when he absorbed Life Stones, despite the Illusion Martial Bureau searching for him. Yin Lingsu arrived with an apology gift, and Ling Yi brought her along as a distraction after discovering her storage backpack contained a fortune in Life Stones.

• Ling Yi saw the Illusion Martial Bureau installing surveillance equipment and decided to attempt a concealment formation that night.
• Yin Lingsu entered Ling Yi's shop, revealed that she had investigated him using the axe he had sold Ye Ling'er, and promised not to expose him.
• Yin Lingsu gave Ling Yi an eight-slot storage backpack as compensation for investigating him without permission.
• Ling Yi fused Yin Lingsu's backpack with his own, increasing it to twelve slots and finding a hundred thousand Life Stones inside.
• Ling Yi lowered the shop shutter and led Yin Lingsu away, intending to use her as a distraction while he set up the formation.

Ling Yi learned about Yin Lingsu’s sealed Illusion Spirits and helped her plan how to raise their compatibility without exposing their trade. Yin Lingsu agreed to divert suspicion toward Ye Ling'er, while Ling Yi learned that her first Illusion Spirit was an Illusion Martial Army secret.

• Ling Yi inspected Yin Lingsu’s Fire Cloud Evil God and Brother Sum, learning that Life Stones had raised their compatibility but left their inheritances incomplete.
• Yin Lingsu explained that Soul-Sealing Stones kept an Illusion Spirit’s intelligence and memories dormant, while Awakening Stones could raise compatibility to 100%.
• Yin Lingsu asked Ling Yi to raise Fire Cloud Evil God’s compatibility, and Ling Yi demanded secrecy and help dealing with the attention her visit might bring.
• Ling Yi suggested that Yin Lingsu make it appear that Ye Ling'er had traded Illusion Spirit information with her, and Yin Lingsu agreed.
• Yin Lingsu said Ye Ling'er's first Illusion Spirit was a top-level Illusion Martial Army secret and that her second Illusion Spirit had reached the Mortal Fourth Tier.

Ling Yi learned that Illusion Spirits and Phantom Demons could not absorb Spirit Stones, despite his own inherited memories saying they were useful for cultivation. After arranging to receive stones and helping Yin Lingsu, he used a staged outburst to mislead his watchers, then summoned Situ Zhong and Lie Hu to absorb Life Stones.

• Ling Yi asked Yin Lingsu for Spirit Stones and learned that Illusion Spirits and Phantom Demons could not absorb them, though she agreed to obtain some along with other God Stones.
• Yin Lingsu accepted Ling Yi’s conditions, gave him seven hundred thousand Life Stones, and agreed to keep his identity secret while he promised to raise her first Illusion Spirit’s compatibility above eighty percent.
• Ling Yi arranged for Yin Lingsu to leave the supermarket cursing about Ye Ling’er and a Parallel Phantom Demon, then shouted that he was not a Phantom Demon to misdirect the people watching.
• Ling Yi activated his concealment formation, summoned Situ Zhong and Lie Hu, and let them absorb Life Force from his Life Stones.
• Ling Yi reflected that Phantom Demons could share their full current strength once compatibility reached one hundred percent, unlike Illusion Spirits, which had to grow from level zero.

Ling Yi continued raising his Spiritual Power while Peng Jianghai questioned him about his repeated survival of Phantom Demon incidents and Yin Lingsu’s visit. Peng Jianghai left still suspicious, and Ling Yi closed his supermarket to consider how his Phantom Demons could store Life Force for later use.

• Ling Yi noted that Situ Zhong absorbed Life Stones far faster than Lie Hu and that his Spiritual Power had risen above fifteen hundred points.
• Peng Jianghai praised Ling Yi’s repeated escapes from Phantom Demon incidents and wondered whether Ling Yi was a Demon Martial Practitioner with a Parallel Phantom Demon.
• Peng Jianghai questioned Ling Yi about buying the supermarket and Yin Lingsu’s visit, but Ling Yi gave ordinary explanations and asked what a Parallel Phantom Demon was.
• Peng Jianghai warned Ling Yi not to go out unnecessarily, then left, intending to test him another time.
• Ling Yi closed the quiet supermarket in the afternoon and continued having his Phantom Demons devour Life Stones as he considered how to store their Life Force.

Ling Yi discovered that Words Become Law had given him an infinite supply of Life Force, allowing his Phantom Demons to cultivate without draining him. After messaging Ye Ling'er about the Phantom Demon-filled Fantasy Battlefield, he grew suspicious of her motives, then found a disguised visitor at his supermarket and learned Peng Jianghai might be injured.

• Ling Yi triggered Words Become Law and gained infinite Life Force, which let his two Phantom Demons devour his energy for an hour without harming him.
• Ling Yi realized he could support vast numbers of Phantom Demons and considered finding more on the Fantasy Battlefield.
• Ling Yi asked Ye Ling'er about the Fantasy Battlefield, and she offered to take him there when she returned in three days if he convinced her.
• Ling Yi reviewed strange details about Ye Ling'er's background and wondered whether she had come to Red Maple City for a hidden purpose.
• A disguised figure knocked at Ling Yi's supermarket, so he called Peng Jianghai, who told him not to open the door and said he would bring help.
• Ling Yi noticed Peng Jianghai's strained breathing and suspected he had been injured.

Peng Jianghai told Ling Yi that Duan De had been exposed as a Demon Martial Practitioner after burning his relatives to death, and that the Illusion Martial Bureau was hunting him. Peng Jianghai then tested Ling Yi as part of the Bureau’s effort to lift the movement restriction order.

• A baseball-cap-wearing figure gave Peng Jianghai the finger on camera and fled before Peng and the Illusion Martial Bureau arrived at Ling Yi’s supermarket.
• Peng Jianghai told Ling Yi that Duan De had injured him and possessed unusual abilities, including immunity to bullets, fire attacks, and close-range attacks.
• Peng Jianghai explained that the Bureau found Duan De on surveillance footage after he burned his relatives to death with a Firewall, exposing himself as a Demon Martial Practitioner.
• Ling Yi wondered how Duan De had achieved full compatibility with a Phantom Demon and suspected that he might have more than one.
• Peng Jianghai probed Ling Yi about his encounters with Ye Ling'er and Yin Lingsu, then warned him not to become too involved with Illusion Martial Practitioners.
• Peng Jianghai took out a testing device to check Ling Yi’s energy level, as the Bureau required everyone to pass before lifting the movement restriction order.

Ling Yi kept his Demon Martial Practitioner identity hidden while reviewing the Illusion Martial forces and their limits. After movement restrictions ended, Peng Jianghai told him Duan De had escaped and continued probing him, while Ling Yi secretly hoped Duan De would come back so he could take his Phantom Demons.

• Peng Jianghai's sensitive energy detector barely reacted to Ling Yi, and Ling Yi concluded the Demon Martial Practitioners' records were kept in a separate database.
• Ling Yi summarized the Illusion Martial factions, their regional rivalries, and how compatibility with an Illusion Spirit limited a practitioner's strength and growth.
• After the movement restrictions were lifted, Peng Jianghai returned to Ling Yi's supermarket and said Duan De had escaped despite his invisibility, disguises, and concealed presence.
• Ling Yi told Peng Jianghai that Duan De had visited the supermarket and might hold a grudge, while Peng Jianghai said Duan De would likely seek an Awakening God Stone in the Fantasy Battlefield.
• Peng Jianghai used the Awakening God Stone to probe Ling Yi, but Ling Yi pretended not to know about it and privately looked forward to Duan De's return.

Ling Yi’s supermarket became popular and profitable, but he expected to leave it behind when Ye Ling'er arrived to take him to the Fantasy Battlefield. Ye Ling'er appeared through a spatial portal and revealed she was both a Demon Martial Practitioner and an Illusion Martial Practitioner, bringing the Ancient One and Zhao Ling'er with her.

• Ling Yi let customers and streamers crowd his supermarket, refused to expand it, and considered leaving when Ye Ling'er returned to the country.
• Ling Yi practiced with his flying sword and reviewed his cultivation and abilities, wondering what Spirit Transformation Realm meant among Illusion Martial Practitioners.
• Ye Ling'er arrived through a spatial portal, and Ling Yi learned that her first Phantom Demon had given her spatial abilities.
• Ye Ling'er explained she had become a Demon Martial Practitioner before sixteen and bound her first Illusion Spirit after turning sixteen.
• Ye Ling'er summoned the Ancient One and Zhao Ling'er, and Ling Yi learned that the Ancient One’s time and space magic was restricted outside the Marvel Fantasy World.
• The Ancient One said she had chosen to make a contract with Ye Ling'er.

Ling Yi learned that the Illusion Spirit Son Goku came from the newly discovered Journey to the West Fantasy World, whose powerful Phantom Demons could threaten the world. He traded information with Ye Ling'er and learned how a Void Nether God Stone could take someone to the Fantasy Battlefield, then asked to negotiate the price for information about the Fantasy World.

• Ling Yi asked about the Ancient One, and Ye Ling'er explained the differences between Innate and Awakened Phantom Demons and said the Ancient One had contracted with her when she was eleven.
• Ye Ling'er confronted Ling Yi for letting Yin Lingsu make her take the blame, but Ling Yi gave her information on Zhao Ling'er in exchange for compensation.
• Ye Ling'er gave Ling Yi about a million Spirit Stones and ten million Life Stones for information about an Illusion Spirit; Ling Yi saw that it was Son Goku, from the Journey to the West Fantasy World.
• Ling Yi warned Ye Ling'er that the new Fantasy World could bring extremely powerful Phantom Demons, including Sages, and learned that the strongest current practitioners had only reached God Tier.
• Ye Ling'er explained that a Void Nether God Stone, activated by an Illusion Spirit or Phantom Demon with at least 80% compatibility, enabled a round trip to the Fantasy Battlefield, and gave one to Ling Yi.
• Ling Yi asked Ye Ling'er to name her price for information about the Journey to the West Fantasy World.

Ye Ling'er refused to give Ling Yi another Void Nether God Stone without a favor, then revealed that Duan De had obtained an Illusion Spirit through an unknown method. She took Ling Yi to investigate Duan De using surveillance footage, leaving him watching a video of Duan De producing a mysterious blue card.

• Ye Ling'er explained that she alone, alongside the ruler and his wife, could dispense Void Nether God Stones, and offered to guide Ling Yi through the Fantasy Battlefield in exchange for his help.
• Ye Ling'er told Ling Yi that Duan De was neither a Demon Martial Practitioner nor an Illusion Martial Practitioner, and that he had obtained his Illusion Spirit through an unknown third method.
• Ye Ling'er brought Ling Yi through a portal to her car on the Fenghai Expressway and showed him videos of Duan De.
• Ling Yi watched footage of Duan De entering a grove at Red Maple No. 1 High School and producing a blue card from thin air.

Ling Yi and Ye Ling'er watched videos revealing that Duan De gained cards by giving gifts to girls who returned them, and that the cards summoned Diablo II creatures and mercenaries. They concluded Duan De had a system with strict conditions, while Ye Ling'er explained that the Illusion Martial Bureau had not detected him; the chapter ended with Ling Yi asking how she planned to handle him.

• Ling Yi watched Duan De summon a Phantom Demon with a blue card and suspected that Duan De had a system.
• Ye Ling'er drove while she and Ling Yi watched videos showing Xiao Mei returning Duan De's gifts and earning him cards.
• The videos showed Duan De obtaining white cards with trivial items and two blue cards that summoned a Diablo II elite monster and a female assassin mercenary.
• Ye Ling'er explained that the Illusion Martial Bureau had not noticed Duan De because it had few personnel and he could conceal his presence.
• Ling Yi and Ye Ling'er deduced that Duan De's system rewarded gifts only when girls returned them, with more valuable gifts producing higher-grade cards.
• Ling Yi asked Ye Ling'er how she planned to deal with Duan De.

Ye Ling'er and Ling Yi discussed whether their world was a Fantasy World or a novel world centered on it, then went to Baihai City to find Duan De. They confronted him in his hotel lounge, where Ye Ling'er arrested him at swordpoint.

• Ye Ling'er and Ling Yi reasoned that Duan De might be the protagonist and their world might be a novel world, then discussed his selfish behavior and the possibility of testing his protagonist status.
• Ye Ling'er told Ling Yi that Duan De was working as a waiter at a hotel in Baihai City and explained that the Heaven-Monitoring Mirror had tracked him despite his disguise.
• Ye Ling'er and Ling Yi drove through the rain to the Bai Hai Hotel and decided to confront Duan De themselves rather than involve the Illusion Martial Bureau.
• Ye Ling'er and Ling Yi entered Duan De's staff lounge, where Duan De recognized them and asked how they had found him.
• Ye Ling'er pressed her longsword to Duan De's throat and told him he was under arrest.

Ling Yi let Duan De escape after using Words Become Law to plunder his three Phantom Demons, intending to keep Duan De working for him. Ye Ling'er believed Duan De had vanished using a Clone, unaware that Ling Yi had secretly sent his real body away.

• Ye Ling'er restrained Duan De with God Tier carved-stone handcuffs and explained that he was headed to Illusion Prison for killing twelve civilians and two Illusion Martial Bureau colleagues.
• Ye Ling'er warned Duan De that his system might be an Illusion Spirit that could be extracted and refined in Illusion Prison.
• Ling Yi used his new Plunderer ability to take three Phantom Demons from Duan De, then sent Duan De's real body away with the Five Elements Escape Techniques.
• Duan De's Clone vanished, and Ye Ling'er assumed he had used it to escape while Ling Yi concealed what had really happened.
• Ling Yi examined the three Phantom Demons he had taken, including a council member, an assassin mercenary, and Baal's Throne.

Ling Yi explained why he had let Duan De escape, and Ye Ling'er made him responsible for keeping Duan De under control. She then recruited Ling Yi to help destroy a nearby Fantasy God Stone, revealing that their world faced overwhelming odds against an army of Immortal Tier orcs.

• Ling Yi confirmed that Duan De's system was genuine and explained that Duan De's three Phantom Demons came from one game Fantasy World, including a demon that could distinguish good people from evil ones.
• Ye Ling'er deduced that Ling Yi had targeted Duan De's Phantom Demons and let him go so he could contract more, then demanded that Ling Yi answer for any trouble Duan De caused.
• Ling Yi told Ye Ling'er that he could take Duan De's Phantom Demons at any time, and she agreed to overlook Duan De killing bad people as long as Ling Yi kept him from going out of control.
• Ye Ling'er asked Ling Yi to accompany her to the Fantasy Battlefield to destroy a Fantasy God Stone near their world's base, explaining that their forces were badly outnumbered and were about to lose a Life Stone mine.
• Ling Yi asked Ye Ling'er to tell him more about the opposing Fantasy World and its forces.

Ling Yi and Ye Ling'er identified the invading armies as forces from the Legend game Fantasy World and discussed the Ancient Country’s exclusive control of the Fantasy Battlefield. After they returned to Red Maple City to prepare for entering the battlefield, Jiang Yun advised Ye Ling'er to get closer to Ling Yi, but Ye Ling'er remained determined to decide her own future.

• Ling Yi recognized Ye Ling'er's descriptions as the Legend game Fantasy World and questioned why its monster armies followed the human faction's three great Heavenly Venerables.
• Ye Ling'er explained that the Ancient Country monopolized all Fantasy Battlefield resources and had defeated the Illusion Martial Practitioners of thirty-seven countries over a hundred years earlier.
• Ling Yi and Ye Ling'er returned to Red Maple City, where Ye Ling'er said they would enter the Fantasy Battlefield after her preparations arrived the next day.
• Ye Ling'er went to bed in the storeroom bedroom, and Ling Yi left rather than share the bed with her.
• Jiang Yun appeared as a Spiritual Sense projection and urged Ye Ling'er to pursue Ling Yi, whose Karmic Luck exceeded her ability to divine.
• Ye Ling'er told Jiang Yun she was not interested in Ling Yi yet and declared that she would decide her own future.

Ling Yi prepared to enter the Fantasy Battlefield with Ye Ling'er, receiving combat gear and payment for his Illusion Spirit information. After they arrived in the teleportation hall, soldiers mistook Ling Yi for an invading Demon Martial Practitioner and surrounded him.

• Ye Ling'er tucked a blanket around the sleeping Ling Yi before leaving, and Ling Yi later created a clone to watch Duan De for a powerful Phantom Demon.
• Ye Ling'er returned in a revealing combat suit, teased Ling Yi, then gave him a black combat suit and ten Void Nether God Stones as payment for his information.
• Ye Ling'er and Ling Yi each summoned an Illusion Spirit or Phantom Demon to activate a Void Nether God Stone and enter the Fantasy Battlefield.
• Ling Yi and Ye Ling'er arrived in a teleportation hall, where an alarm sounded and Illusion Martial Army soldiers surrounded Ling Yi, ordering his immediate execution as an invading Demon Martial Practitioner.