Chapter Summaries

Jiang Chen ordered an attack on Ling Yi, but Ye Ling'er retaliated and exposed the plot to keep Ling Yi off the registry. Ling Yi stopped her from killing Jiang Chen's Illusion Spirit and claimed it, discovering it was the Immortal Second Tier Zhang Sanfeng.

• Jiang Chen ordered his soldiers to fire armor-piercing bullets at Ling Yi, but the bullets failed to harm him.
• Jiang Chen ordered a Demon-Sealing Formation, and Ye Ling'er struck down the surrounding soldiers and confronted him.
• Ye Ling'er revealed that Jiang Chen's family had delayed registering Ling Yi despite the ruler witnessing his Demon Martial Certificate and Jiang Yun guaranteeing it.
• Jiang Chen summoned his Illusion Spirit and tried to flee, but Ye Ling'er severed his legs after Ling Yi redirected her sword strike.
• Ling Yi absorbed Jiang Chen's Illusion Spirit as his sixth Phantom Demon and identified it as Zhang Sanfeng, an Immortal Second Tier spirit.

Ling Yi watched Ye Ling'er kill Jiang Chen and Jiang Tianhao after drawing the white-robed man out, then stopped her from attacking the rest of the Illusion Martial Army. He said he would handle the remaining targets himself, accepting the consequences of acting.

• Ling Yi considered giving Zhang Sanfeng a cultivation technique from the Wine Sword Immortal to test his infinite potential.
• Ye Ling'er killed Jiang Chen and burned his corpse after the white-robed Jiang Tianhao tried to stop her.
• Ye Ling'er attacked Jiang Tianhao, destroying his Illusion Spirits and killing him despite his attempts to defend himself.
• Members of the Illusion Martial Army tried to flee or log off as Ye Ling'er prepared a group lightning attack.
• Ling Yi stopped Ye Ling'er and said he would take over, acknowledging that he stood to gain something and understood the consequences.

Ling Yi and Ye Ling'er left the teleportation hall and headed to test the Orc Legend Fantasy World, while Ye Ling'er explained the Jiang Family’s political schemes and warned Ling Yi about the danger of binding too many Phantom Demons. Back on Blue Star, Duan De complained about losing his Phantom Demons, unaware that Ling Yi’s Clone had been watching him.

• Ye Ling'er told Ling Yi that the Jiang Family had grown ambitious and was being dealt with because it continued scheming as war approached.
• Ling Yi asked about the alloy city, and Ye Ling'er explained that Wu Qiang had built it with the help of his three Illusion Spirits.
• Ye Ling'er warned Ling Yi that Phantom Demons could consume enough Life Force to devour their master, but Ling Yi said he knew what he was doing.
• Ling Yi and Ye Ling'er flew toward the Orc Legend Fantasy World on Ling Yi’s enormous Flying Sword.
• Duan De left a bathhouse private room in Dafeng City, celebrated earning a blue card, and complained that Ling Yi had taken all three of his Phantom Demons.
• Ling Yi’s Clone deactivated Invisibility nearby and remarked that Duan De had a protagonist vibe.

Ling Yi’s Clone watched Duan De rise again after using a blue card to gain a level-99 Lightning Mage Mentor, while Ling Yi and Ye Ling'er explored a valley full of Half-Phantom Demon orcs on the Fantasy Battlefield. Ling Yi discovered that the orcs could be contracted and summoned a White Boar into his body.

• Bai Yunqing gave Duan De a ride, arranged food and lodging for him, and found him a job as a bathhouse massage therapist.
• Duan De earned tips for his massage work and used the blue card to obtain a level-99 Lightning Mage Mentor with teleportation and lightning skills.
• Ling Yi’s Clone watched Duan De regain his confidence and wondered whether Ling Yi’s original self was a protagonist’s bane.
• Ling Yi and Ye Ling'er surveyed a valley populated by Half-Phantom Demon orcs and discussed how such creatures spawned at fixed locations on the Fantasy Battlefield.
• Ling Yi tested whether the orcs could be contracted and summoned a level-35 White Boar Half-Phantom Demon.

Ling Yi discovered he could contract the Half-Phantom Demons in the Fantasy Battlefield and began building an army from the millions in the valley. As he contracted Orcs, Ye Ling'er considered what his power could mean for the Ancient Country and wondered why he showed no desire for her.

• Ling Yi confirmed he could contract Half-Phantom Demons but gained no memories from the one he had contracted, and he discussed wanting a Fantasy God Stone to reach the Fantasy Worlds.
• Ling Yi flew into the valley to contract its three million Half-Phantom Demons, including the three Heavenly Venerables from Legend 2.
• Ye Ling'er concluded Ling Yi could contract and plunder Phantom Demons without limit and had enough Life Force to sustain them, making him a potential master of the Fantasy Battlefield.
• Ye Ling'er asked Ling Yi why a man might feel no lust for a beautiful woman, and Ling Yi listed physical, psychological, and personal-preference explanations.
• Ling Yi explained that his Colonisers skill worked only within ten li and that he had contracted more than ten thousand Orcs without yet receiving their Phantom Demon inheritances.

Ling Yi explained that he disliked overly rational partners, prompting Ye Ling'er to reconsider how she suppressed her emotions. The three level 99 Venerables attacked Ling Yi, while Ye Ling'er logged off and left him trapped in their relentless combo.

• Ling Yi told Ye Ling'er that he disliked girls who were overly rational, and she realized she had suppressed her emotions for years.
• Ling Yi spotted the Warrior Venerable, Taoist Venerable, and Mage Venerable, whose special protection prevented his Plunder from contracting them.
• The Venerables attacked Ling Yi, and Ye Ling'er logged off after asking whether he could handle them within half an hour.
• The Venerables repeatedly paralyzed, poisoned, and struck Ling Yi through the air, trapping him in an unending combo.
• Ling Yi demanded the inheritances of every Phantom Demon so he could break through the Venerables' protection.

Ling Yi defeated the three Venerables, contracted the Taoist Venerable and Mage Venerable as Phantom Demons, and questioned the Warrior Venerable about the Fantasy God Stone. The Warrior Venerable revealed that Illusion Martial City stood at the center of the Fantasy Battlefield and was a target for every Fantasy World, then died before Ling Yi and Ye Ling'er could learn more.

• Ling Yi broke free of the Venerables’ attacks, contracted the Taoist Venerable and Mage Venerable, and kept the Warrior Venerable alive for questioning.
• Ling Yi ordered his contracted Phantom Demons to attack the Warrior Venerable, who was badly wounded before Ye Ling'er came online and Ling Yi recalled them.
• Ling Yi and Ye Ling'er questioned the Warrior Venerable, who explained that touching a Fantasy God Stone let people enter other Fantasy Worlds, but Blue Star had none.
• The Warrior Venerable revealed that Illusion Martial City was fixed at the center of the Fantasy Battlefield and would become the target of all Fantasy Worlds, then died by suicide.
• Ling Yi and Ye Ling'er noted that the Warrior Venerable knew Blue Star’s terminology, and Ling Yi decided they would go inspect the Fantasy God Stone.

Ling Yi contracted five million Half-Phantom Demons, including an elite Tiger Guard army, and discovered that he could receive inheritances from only ten thousand of them. After deciding the Fantasy God Stone might be useful to other Fantasy Worlds, he sent Jian Chi and the Tiger Guards to scout for another base.

• Ling Yi learned that his inheritance limit was ten thousand Phantom Demons, then contracted all five million Half-Phantom Demons in the valley.
• Ling Yi and Ye Ling'er examined the Fantasy God Stone, and Ling Yi proposed finding another Fantasy World's base to discover its use.
• Ling Yi summoned Jian Chi, a Phantom Demon taken from Jiang Tianhao, and ordered him to lead the Tiger Guards on a scouting mission.
• Jian Chi left with the million-strong Tiger Guard army, while Ling Yi explained that Zhao Ling'er was stronger than him because Jian Chi was a remnant soul with limited potential.

Ling Yi and Ye Ling'er discussed the Fantasy Battlefield's God Stones while Ling Yi's Phantom Demons farmed thousands of them. After arranging access to Illusion Martial City, Ling Yi said he was going into seclusion to break through, then entered Ye Ling'er's bedroom as she left to handle her duties.

• Ling Yi and Ye Ling'er returned to Illusion Martial City, and Ye Ling'er explained the uses and scarcity of the various God Stones.
• Ling Yi found farming wild Phantom Demons tedious, so he summoned four million Phantom Demons and put Zhang Sanfeng in charge of collecting God Stones.
• Ling Yi gave Ye Ling'er a hundred Awakening God Stones for guiding him, and she brought him to her courtyard in Illusion Martial City.
• Ling Yi asked Ye Ling'er to grant Zhang Sanfeng and Jian Chi access to the city and said he was going into seclusion to break through a bottleneck.
• Ye Ling'er left to report the deaths of Jiang Chen and Jiang Tianhao, deliver the Fantasy God Stone for research, and register Ling Yi's Phantom Demons.
• Ling Yi entered the nearest bedroom in Ye Ling'er's courtyard, and she left without telling him it was her room.

While Ling Yi entered seclusion to develop a way to freely enter Fantasy Worlds and strengthen Illusion Martial Practitioners, Thanos and other Chief God servants searched the Fantasy Battlefield, destroying worlds for Power of Origin. Ling Yi's clone discovered that Duan De had vanished and suspected he had entered the Fantasy Battlefield.

• Ling Yi entered seclusion to overcome the limit on receiving Phantom Demon inheritances and use Words Become Law to find a way into Fantasy Worlds.
• Thanos, Magneto, and General Zod led a million warships across the Fantasy Battlefield, seeking Illusion Martial City and collecting Power of Origin for the Chief God.
• Thanos's fleet destroyed a zombie-filled world, and Magneto's group entered it through the Fantasy God Stone to hunt its inhabitants.
• Magneto's group returned a week later after fighting Wesker and suffering losses, but they had collected a reward from the Chief God.
• Ling Yi's clone waited outside a bathhouse in Dafeng City and realized Duan De had disappeared, leading him to suspect Duan De had entered the Fantasy Battlefield.

Duan De entered the Fantasy Battlefield to kill General Zod, but completed the mission only after a young wizard killed Zod first. Meanwhile, Ling Yi ended his ten-day seclusion after gaining a tenfold increase in strength and discovering a dangerous way to enter a Fantasy World with only his consciousness.

• Duan De accepted a system mission to kill General Zod and entered the Fantasy Battlefield with six contracted Phantom Demons and a promise of unlimited mana as his reward.
• Illusion Martial Army troops attacked Duan De in Illusion Martial City, so he used the Mage's Teleportation skill to escape and followed the system's navigation toward General Zod.
• A young Magic Mage killed General Zod with a spell just as Duan De arrived, completing Duan De's mission; Duan De teleported away and decided to explore the Fantasy Battlefield cautiously.
• Duan De's next mission was to kill Magneto, but he postponed it so he could learn more about the Fantasy Battlefield.
• Ling Yi ended his ten-day seclusion and told Ye Ling'er that his strength had increased about tenfold and he had found a way to enter a Fantasy World through his consciousness.
• Ling Yi explained that his body would become vegetative while he searched for a recently deceased corpse to inhabit, and that his consciousness could be killed if it remained without a vessel.

Ling Yi explained the Soul Transmigration Method and discussed its risks and limits with Ye Ling'er. After learning Duan De had reached the Fantasy Battlefield, Ling Yi sensed his location but chose to prioritize investigating the hidden schemer behind the Fantasy Worlds, then prepared to return to the real world with Ye Ling'er.

• Ling Yi told Ye Ling'er that his Soul Transmigration Method could take other people into Fantasy Worlds, though he did not know whether Illusion Spirits could go with them or how many people he could bring.
• Ling Yi and Ye Ling'er agreed that the real world was safer than the Fantasy Battlefield because their bodies would be defenseless while they transmigrated.
• Ye Ling'er told Ling Yi that Duan De had appeared in the teleportation hall and vanished after being attacked; Ling Yi sensed Duan De was over a hundred thousand kilometers away.
• Ling Yi considered confronting Duan De to curb his growth, but decided to investigate the changes to the Fantasy Worlds and the schemer behind them first.
• Ye Ling'er transferred supplies to Ling Yi, who returned the Life Stones and Contract God Stones before deciding they should log off and return to the real world.

Ye Ling'er told Ling Yi that Jiang Yun had foreseen his role as the world's only Rescuer and had instructed her to date, marry, and have children with him. After she kissed him and explained her theory that love and marriage could be cultivated, Ling Yi was left considering her proposal.

• Ye Ling'er left to make arrangements while Ling Yi summoned an Assassin Clone and ordered it to follow Duan De and record his experiences.
• Ye Ling'er returned, and she and Ling Yi used Void Nether God Stones to return to the real world and plan to shelter at an abandoned Taoist temple on Red Maple Mountain.
• Ye Ling'er showed Ling Yi a photo identifying Zhou Xiaohuan as Jiang Yun's second Illusion Spirit and revealed that Jiang Yun had long foreseen Jiang Chen and Jiang Tianhao's deaths.
• Ye Ling'er admitted that she had originally come to Red Maple City targeting Ling Yi because Jiang Yun said he alone could save their world, while Duan De could only save people.
• Ye Ling'er told Ling Yi that Jiang Yun had ordered her to date, marry, and have children with him, then kissed him to demonstrate her feelings.
• Ye Ling'er said she believed she could cultivate and maintain love and marriage between them, and Ling Yi admitted that her reasoning sounded plausible.

Ling Yi set up powerful formations across Red Maple Mountain to protect himself and Ye Ling'er while they entered the Fantasy World. As Ling Yi rested, Ye Ling'er and the Ancient One used the Time Stone to conceal their traces, and Ye Ling'er prepared to tell Ling Yi the truth.

• Ling Yi cleared and furnished the ruined temple, then left to set up a combination of powerful formations across Red Maple Mountain.
• After Ling Yi left, Ye Ling'er spoke bitterly about her master's manipulation and summoned the Ancient One.
• The Ancient One used the Time Stone to change the traces of Ye Ling'er and Ling Yi, and told Ye Ling'er to reveal everything to Ling Yi in the Fantasy World.
• Ling Yi spent three days setting up the formations and asked Ye Ling'er whether he could trust her; she assured him he could.
• Ling Yi activated the formations across Red Maple Mountain and fell asleep, while Ye Ling'er adjusted his position and murmured that people could not be without hearts.

After recovering from the effort of creating a hidden Formation on Red Maple Mountain, Ling Yi prepared to take Ye Ling'er into a Fantasy World to investigate its connection to the Fantasy Battlefield. He activated his ability with Ye Ling'er beside him, and both fell unconscious as their consciousnesses departed.

• Ling Yi woke after sleeping for a full day, and Ye Ling'er served him steak as he explained that creating the Formation had exhausted him.
• Ling Yi told Ye Ling'er the Formation concealed everything outside the temple and made Red Maple Mountain safe from all but Transcendent God Tier experts.
• Ling Yi warned Ye Ling'er that they might enter different Fantasy Worlds, lose their powers, or become trapped, and they agreed to seek each other out first if separated.
• Ling Yi described the seven Fantasy Worlds they could enter and explained the risks of their original bodies becoming vegetative and their Phantom Demons or Illusion Spirits possibly accompanying them.
• Ling Yi and Ye Ling'er clasped hands, and Ling Yi activated his ability, leaving them unconscious on the sofa.

Ling Yi arrived on Spirit Island as an invisible consciousness and discovered that Lie Long, Lie Bao, Lie Quan, and Lie Gui had attacked its cultivators. After Jiang Qiluo fell, Ling Yi prepared to intervene while the island’s defenders lay defeated.

• Ling Yi confirmed he had arrived in the Chinese Paladin World without Ye Ling'er, and found that his skills remained but he could not use them in his consciousness form.
• Ling Yi learned that the four Moon Worship Sect elites were searching for their missing brother Lie Hu, who had become a Phantom Demon and left the world.
• Ling Yi followed the four to Spirit Island, where its cultivators confronted them with a Sword Formation.
• Lie Long, Lie Bao, Lie Quan, and Lie Gui used poison to suppress the cultivators’ Spiritual Power and defeat them.
• Jiang Qiluo attacked Lie Gui with Lightning Curse, but he dodged, and she collapsed after exhausting her Spiritual Power.
• Ling Yi decided to make his move as the last defender of Spirit Island fell.

Ling Yi took Lie Long’s body after his Phantom Demons killed him and learned from Jiang Qiluo that Spirit Island’s events repeatedly reset after Princess Ling’er disappeared. When another group of Moon Worship Sect elites appeared in a renewed cycle, Ling Yi followed them and questioned why Jiang Qiluo still got poisoned despite knowing the events would repeat.

• Jiang Qiluo and the maids prepared to kill themselves, while Ling Yi contracted Lie Bao, Lie Quan, and Lie Gui as Phantom Demons.
• Lie Bao and Lie Quan restrained Lie Long, and Lie Gui killed him so Ling Yi could use his body.
• Ling Yi revived Lie Long with Life Force and decided to reach Suzhou City to meet Ye Ling'er.
• Jiang Qiluo told Ling Yi that the world had repeated itself at irregular intervals since Princess Ling’er disappeared.
• The scene reset in the orchard, where Ling Yi watched four different Moon Worship Sect elites repeat the earlier group’s actions.

After discovering that the Fantasy World’s reincarnations preserved some characters’ memories and forced events to repeat, Ling Yi tried to reach Ye Ling'er in Suzhou City. He recruited successive groups of Moon Worship Sect members into Phantom Demon Space, then left Spirit Island with Jiang Qiluo to search for Ye Ling'er.

• Ling Yi questioned Jiang Qiluo about the repeated poisonings and theorized that Zhao Ling'er's disappearance had disrupted the Fantasy World's reincarnations.
• Ling Yi tried to travel to Suzhou City, but the world reset him to the fruit grove before he could finish.
• Ling Yi contracted four Moon Worship Sect members after each reset, collecting nineteen and observing that the groups were growing weaker.
• Ling Yi returned to the square and asked Jiang Qiluo about Li Xiaoyao and Zhao Ling'er, learning that they had held a wedding ceremony but not consummated it.
• Ling Yi asked Jiang Qiluo to abandon her Granny appearance and teleported with her, intending to reach Suzhou City.

Ling Yi and Jiang Qiluo witnessed Lin Yueru repeatedly try to kill Li Xiaoyao, with each of her deaths resetting the world. When Lin Yueru chained herself up to stop herself from taking the arrow meant for Li Xiaoyao, an unknown figure appeared and caught it just before it hit him.

• Ling Yi and Jiang Qiluo reached Suzhou City and saw Lin Yueru chasing Li Xiaoyao.
• Lin Yueru's attack struck her instead of Li Xiaoyao, killing her and sending Ling Yi and Jiang Qiluo back to Spirit Island.
• Ling Yi suspected Lin Yueru's deaths triggered the world's Reincarnation and returned with Jiang Qiluo to watch her confront Li Xiaoyao again.
• Lin Yueru chained herself to a tree and shot an arrow at Li Xiaoyao, believing she could finally kill him without blocking the attack.
• An unknown figure appeared in front of Li Xiaoyao and caught the arrow just before it struck his forehead.

Jiang Qiluo and Ling Yi rescued Li Xiaoyao, restored his memories, and questioned him about Zhao Ling'er. Lin Yueru then revealed that their world was trapped in an endless cycle, leaving Li Xiaoyao confused as she began to explain.

• Jiang Qiluo stopped Li Xiaoyao from falling to his death, and he claimed a bird had carried him to Suzhou City.
• Ling Yi explained that Li Xiaoyao had taken Worry-Free Powder, then gave him an antidote that restored his memories of Spirit Island.
• Jiang Qiluo questioned Li Xiaoyao about Zhao Ling'er, but he said he had not seen her since leaving the island.
• Jiang Qiluo transformed into an old granny, while Lin Yueru freed herself and told them Zhao Ling'er was no longer in this world.
• Lin Yueru said their world was caught in an endless cycle of reincarnation and compared its inhabitants to characters in a story.