Chapter Summaries

Ling Yi served Tang Xiao Qing and the others Spirit Tea, which eased their painful emotions, and revealed that the meteorite carried a virus capable of turning Blue Star’s living creatures into evolving monsters. After leaving Bai Hai Alley, the group debated whether their world was a novel and decided Ling Yi was likely to prevent dangers without their help.

• Ling Yi welcomed Tang Xiao Qing and the others to his courtyard and served them Spirit Tea; Liu Lili revisited painful memories before a second sip soothed her.
• Ling Yi explained that Spirit Tea could cleanse the heart and purify negative emotions, and the others drank it too.
• Tang Xiao Qing asked about the meteorite, and Ling Yi described a resilient virus that would infect Blue Star’s creatures, drive them to slaughter, and make them evolve by devouring other species.
• Ling Yi avoided answering whether he came from another world and sent Tang Xiao Qing and the others home.
• Liu Lili suggested their world might be a novel, but Tang Xiao Qing doubted Ling Yi was its protagonist because he interacted with them so rarely.
• Qin Hai said they could follow Ling Yi’s example and lie low, since Ling Yi would likely prevent dangers before they arose; Song Hao then suggested they all head home.

The renters returned to their routines before gathering at Villa No. 4, where Ling Yi revealed that he came from another world and explained the difference between Karmic Luck Worlds and Original Worlds. He left them with the surprising news that he was following the Boundary Breaking route.

• Zhao Yue and Liu Lili took action against Li Huai, who lay gravely injured and without care.
• Tang Xiao Qing brought her mother to Dafeng City, while the renters settled back into their lives and continued their work.
• Azure Sky and Ye Yun helped Inspection Bureaus solve cases, Song Hao ran a media company, Zhao Yue completed a protection assignment, and Qin Hai pursued acting work.
• Zhao Yue returned to Dafeng City and gathered the group at Villa No. 4, where Ling Yi unexpectedly appeared.
• Ling Yi told the group he had transmigrated to their world with the Rental System and explained that their world was an Original World without Plot Rules.
• Ling Yi said he had come to say goodbye and revealed that he was following the Boundary Breaking route.

Ling Yi revealed that a real-world author’s writing and readers’ approval sustained his life and made Boundary Breaking possible, then prepared to leave this world. After Ling Yi departed, Yin Wanqing appeared and took Tang Xiao Qing to the Ling Realm as her assistant.

• Ling Yi explained to Zhao Yue, Tang Xiao Qing, and Ye Yun that he was bound to a webnovel author and traveled between worlds to provide plotlines that generated Karmic Luck.
• Ling Yi said Uncle’s daily writing had continued for four years, and that he would die if the Karmic Luck stopped; he also explained he had prevented the meteorite disaster and did not want to harm the world for plot.
• Ling Yi made the rented systems permanent and told Song Hao and the others they might meet again if they reached Sixth Tier renter levels.
• Ling Yi revealed that his system was an avatar of the World Consciousness, sealed it away, and left to begin a new journey.
• Yin Wanqing emerged from a black vortex, introduced herself to Tang Xiao Qing, and took her to the Ling Realm while Song Hao and the others watched.

Ling Yi learned how Literary Worlds and World Walkers shaped Blue Star, then discovered that his one-star World Star and empty world list left him powerless with graduation assessments approaching. Unable to become a Writer until after graduation, he wondered whether his Forced Binding talent could help him.

• Ling Yi reviewed the history of Literary Dao Purple Light and examined his status panel, which showed one-star potential, one Battle Power, an empty Literary World list, and the Forced Binding talent.
• Ling Yi recalled that the original owner had taken pills and died after failing to access any Literary Worlds and earning a reputation as the school's weakest student.
• Ling Yi considered becoming a Writer by copying popular web novels from his previous life, but learned he could not apply until he graduated from high school.
• Ling Yi wondered whether Forced Binding was his transmigrator's special ability.

Ling Yi’s Forced Binding talent finally activated, and he bound Lü Xiong, though it showed no gains yet. He kept the talent secret and went to the cafeteria, where his desk mate Shen Mengmeng joined him.

• Ling Yi ran into Lü Xiong at the library entrance, apologized to avoid a confrontation, and left after Lü Xiong dismissed him.
• Ling Yi’s talent detected Lü Xiong as a bindable target, and Ling Yi successfully bound him.
• Ling Yi checked his interface and learned Forced Binding would obtain all gains Lü Xiong acquired, but there were no gains to display yet.
• Ling Yi considered hiding his talent so others would not discover it and went to the cafeteria to wait for results.
• Shen Mengmeng joined Ling Yi at lunch, and Ling Yi tried to keep his distance from her.

Ling Yi turned down Shen Mengmeng’s offer to take him into a Ninth Tier Literary World and decided to become a Writer instead. He began copying The Ethereal Journey, then saw that Lü Xiong had returned from a Literary World with a battle power reward.

• Shen Mengmeng told Ling Yi that she had declared him under her protection and invited him to her home to farm a Literary World.
• Ling Yi refused Shen Mengmeng’s offer because he planned to become a Writer and wanted to avoid relying on her.
• Ling Yi told Shen Mengmeng he would write to prepare for the Writer assessment, then returned home after they parted.
• Ling Yi chose The Ethereal Journey for its detailed worldbuilding and wrote more than nine thousand Chinese characters that afternoon.
• Ling Yi checked his Realm Walker interface and saw that the Literary World list was empty.
• At 9:30, Ling Yi saw that Lü Xiong had exited the Fifth Tier Literary World Divine Doctor Descends the Mountain: I'm the Villain! with one point of battle power, and Lü Xiong then entered another Literary World.

Ling Yi used his talent to forcibly collect Lü Xiong’s gains, raising his own Battle Power while making Lü Xiong lose a point. He decided to hide his ability, gather more bound targets, and write The Ethereal Journey as a cover for his growing strength.

• Ling Yi collected his first gain entry and felt his Battle Power rise from 1 to 2 while Lü Xiong remained in a Literary World.
• Ling Yi used Forced Collection on Lü Xiong’s uncollected gains, but Lü Xiong’s Battle Power did not increase, leaving him confused and frustrated.
• Lü Xiong reentered a Tier 4 Literary World, and after leaving it at five in the morning, discovered that his Battle Power had fallen from 9 to 8.
• Ling Yi’s Battle Power rose to 3, and he realized Forced Collection could deduct a target’s Battle Power when their gains fell short of one point.
• Ling Yi resolved to conceal his talent, keep his Battle Power below 10 for now, and write The Ethereal Journey to explain his future strength.

Ling Yi concealed his increase in Battle Power from Shen Mengmeng, whose protection of him drew the attention of people interested in her. Worried about threats from powerful families, he considered how to bind more tool people and asked Shen Mengmeng to punch him to test his talent.

• Shen Mengmeng noticed Ling Yi had grown stronger, and he claimed he had gained two Battle Power in the Literary World.
• Gao Qi confronted Ling Yi, but Shen Mengmeng defended him and warned the class not to bully him.
• Ling Yi realized his closeness to Shen Mengmeng could put him in danger and resolved to find more people to bind.
• Gao Qi secretly called several young masters to report Ling Yi and Shen Mengmeng's interaction.
• Ling Yi recalled that his talent had reacted after Lü Xiong accidentally attacked him, so he asked Shen Mengmeng to punch him as a test.

Ling Yi tested the conditions for his binding talent and discovered that it could detect people who harbored malice toward him and bore past sins. Shen Mengmeng took him to a private training room, where he concealed his talent and explained away his growing Battle Power with a fabricated account of a zombie-filled Literary World.

• Shen Mengmeng punched Ling Yi at his request, but his talent did not react, so he reconsidered what conditions triggered binding.
• At the training room, Ling Yi's talent detected Guo Chao and Liu Ruoming, and he bound both men despite their not attacking him.
• Ling Yi recognized Guo Chao and Liu Ruoming as Shen Mengmeng's suitors and recalled that both had committed serious crimes, leading him to suspect that sin and malice were the binding conditions.
• Shen Mengmeng led Ling Yi into a private training room and showed him its reinforced facilities and training equipment.
• Ling Yi showed Shen Mengmeng his visible World Walker stats, and she learned that he had gained two Battle Power overnight.
• Ling Yi told Shen Mengmeng that he had gained strength by killing zombies and devouring their crystal cores in a Literary World.

Ling Yi pushed his body to its limit on a treadmill and unexpectedly increased his Battle Power from 3 to 4. Shen Mengmeng was stunned because World Walkers were believed to be unable to raise Battle Power through exercise.

• Shen Mengmeng explained that World Walkers had to train their bodies to adapt to Battle Power and develop combat awareness through fighting.
• Ling Yi kept running beyond the recommended limit because he enjoyed the feeling, and Shen Mengmeng noticed his speed rise from 7 to 8 meters per second.
• Ling Yi continued running as he grew tired, hoping to break through his physical limit, while Shen Mengmeng warned him to stop.
• Ling Yi flashed with golden light, accelerated to 10 meters per second, and confirmed on his World Walker Interface that his Battle Power had risen from 3 to 4.
• Shen Mengmeng insisted that exercise could no longer increase Battle Power after the Literary Dao Purple Light appeared, leaving her unable to explain Ling Yi's breakthrough.

Ling Yi discovered that he could modify his Worlder level and raise his Battle Power outside the Literary World, a secret that could draw dangerous attention. After Shen Mengmeng warned him about the Purple Light Lookout, Ling Yi decided to keep training and use his binding talent to grow stronger, inviting her to his home with the aim of binding more targets.

• Shen Mengmeng explained that Worlders normally could not increase their Battle Power in the real world and warned Ling Yi to conceal his unusual ability.
• Ling Yi found that his Worlder level and Battle Power were modifiable, but agreed to avoid training until after the college entrance examination to keep the change hidden.
• Shen Mengmeng suspected Ling Yi had a talent and warned him that the Purple Light Lookout hunted talented Worlders to extract their abilities.
• Worried about the dangers surrounding him and Shen Mengmeng, Ling Yi resolved to rapidly raise his Battle Power through training and his binding talent.
• Ling Yi thanked Shen Mengmeng and invited her to his home for a meal, intending to bind more targets.

Ling Yi discovered that his talent had bound dozens of people hostile to him, including several powerful World Walkers, as rivals pursued him because of Shen Mengmeng. After dinner at his home, Shen Mengmeng asked whether he would become her boyfriend so she could openly arrange to protect him.

• Ling Yi accepted bindings for Zhao Yunzhi, Qin Feng, Bai Yuntian, and Lü Hanwen, whose Battle Power made him fear for his safety.
• As Ling Yi walked home, he accepted more bindings until his list contained 52 targets, while seven people from factions seeking Shen Mengmeng or protecting her secretly followed him.
• Ling Yi realized that his talent could bind targets without seeing them or having them nearby, a condition he had misunderstood.
• Shen Mengmeng arrived at Ling Yi's home, shared dinner with him, and stayed as the hour for entering the Literary World approached.
• Shen Mengmeng asked Ling Yi to become her boyfriend so she could openly arrange ongoing protection for him, and Ling Yi considered her proposal.

Ling Yi accepted Shen Mengmeng’s proposal to announce their relationship in exchange for protection and support, then spent the night writing while she entered a Literary World. By morning, he collected his bound targets’ earnings and rose from Battle Power 4 to 182, reaching Tier 2.

• Shen Mengmeng explained why she wanted to be with Ling Yi and offered him three years of protection and financial support.
• Ling Yi accepted Shen Mengmeng’s offer, and she decided to stay the night to signal their relationship to her family.
• Shen Mengmeng entered her authorized Ninth Tier Literary World, while Ling Yi declined her offer to ask her grandfather for an authorization slot.
• Ling Yi wrote more than 40,000 characters overnight as Shen Mengmeng stayed in the Literary World until morning.
• Ling Yi collected Battle Power earnings from all 52 bound targets, gaining 178 points and reaching Battle Power 182 and Tier 2.

Ling Yi explained how Literary World settlement rewards depended on a World Walker’s starting strength, assigned identity, and chosen world, while hiding his true tier and Battle Power. Shen Mengmeng discussed the possible existence of tiers above the Ninth, and Ling Yi considered leaving school to train at home as his power grew rapidly.

• Ling Yi reached 182 Battle Power and set the public display on his interface to 5 while keeping his World Walker tier hidden.
• Ling Yi asked Shen Mengmeng why the college entrance exam’s Ninth Tier Literary World could host hundreds of thousands of examinees, and she explained how powerful World Walkers or special talents could bypass the usual authorization limit.
• Shen Mengmeng said people suspected tiers existed above the Ninth, but no Writer had created a Tenth Tier Literary World for a ten-star-potential World Walker to enter.
• Ling Yi showed Shen Mengmeng his interface, and she saw that he had gained another Battle Power point overnight.
• Shen Mengmeng suggested Ling Yi stop going to school and train at home, and Ling Yi agreed that it made sense given how quickly his Battle Power could rise.

Ling Yi moved in with Shen Mengmeng and tested his second golden finger in her spacious apartment. His run triggered a new Divine Ability and activated a new World Walker Interface function, leaving him to discover what the new entry could do.

• Ling Yi acknowledged that he could not conceal his rapid growth or forced talent binding from the Shen Family and decided to keep the latter secret.
• Shen Mengmeng offered Ling Yi her large apartment, and he agreed to move there with her as her boyfriend.
• As Ling Yi and Shen Mengmeng left hand in hand, his interface detected twenty-six bindable targets, including Shen Wenwu and Shen Wenshan, whose contrasting strength and potential made him wary of the Shen Family.
• Shen Mengmeng brought Ling Yi to her 1,700-square-meter apartment, where he began running on a treadmill to test his second golden finger.
• After Ling Yi ran for ten minutes, the interface announced that he had surpassed his Speed Limit, comprehended Wind Breaking, activated the Divine Ability module, and gained a new function entry.

Ling Yi discovered that his Wind Breaking Divine Ability let him move without air resistance, then tested different exercises while considering his plan to create Literary Worlds from remembered webnovels. While practicing Tai Chi Fist, he became excited and developed an unusual rhythm that did not disturb the air, leaving Shen Mengmeng wondering what he had done.

• Ling Yi examined his Wind Breaking Divine Ability and realized it could become especially powerful by letting him move at full speed without air resistance or noise.
• Ling Yi showed Shen Mengmeng that his displayed Battle Power had risen to six, then said he had reached his limit for the day.
• Shen Mengmeng explained that university students received a monthly chance to enter a Ninth-Tier Literary World, while Ling Yi considered becoming a Writer and recreating webnovels from his clearer memories.
• Ling Yi found that running had given him the Wind Breaking ability, while other exercises had produced no results, and he began practicing Tai Chi Fist as a final test.
• Ling Yi's Tai Chi Fist developed a strange rhythm, and even his fast movements stirred no air, prompting Shen Mengmeng to ask how he had done it.

Ling Yi comprehended Tai Chi Divine Gang and learned that Divine Abilities came from drawing out Might, while he and Shen Mengmeng avoided discussing the secret around others. After an awkward afternoon together, Shen Mengmeng explained how Writers were certified and revealed that Ninth Tier Literary Worlds received automatic approval from the Heavenly Dao Purple Light.

• Ling Yi practiced Tai Chi Fist and comprehended Tai Chi Jin, which evolved into Tai Chi Divine Gang.
• Ling Yi realized that Divine Abilities formed from Might and agreed to explain the method to Shen Mengmeng later, when they could speak safely.
• Ling Yi discovered that Tai Chi Divine Gang created a domain that strengthened him and suppressed opponents who had not comprehended Might.
• Ling Yi and Shen Mengmeng read The Ethereal Journey together, and Ling Yi left the room to regain his composure when their closeness affected him.
• Shen Mengmeng told Ling Yi that the Literary Dao Purple Light certified Writers and automatically approved completed Ninth Tier Literary Worlds.

Shen Mengmeng explained why Ling Yi should keep his potential Ninth Tier Writer status secret, and Ling Yi began typing his novel on her computer. After Shen Mengmeng briefly entered a Literary World and returned, Ling Yi revealed that his Air Breaking Divine Ability could be cultivated, trusting her to keep it secret.

• Shen Mengmeng told Ling Yi that Ninth Tier Writers retained their novels’ plot memories and could control access to their Literary Worlds, and warned him not to register with the World Inspection Bureau.
• Ling Yi agreed to keep his Writer status hidden and began typing The Ethereal Journey on Shen Mengmeng’s computer, working much faster than on his phone.
• When Shen Mengmeng entered a Literary World that evening, the World Walker presences watching Ling Yi disappeared.
• Shen Mengmeng returned after settling her gains, raising her Battle Power to 13, and asked Ling Yi about his ability to move without disturbing the air.
• Ling Yi explained that Air Breaking was a cultivable Divine Ability, and Shen Mengmeng promised not to tell anyone.

Ling Yi taught Shen Mengmeng how to sense Battle Power and comprehend Might while concealing his ability to harvest Battle Power from people watching him. Shen Mengmeng eventually mastered Might, and Ling Yi gained new Divine Abilities through training as he kept his own strength hidden.

• Ling Yi explained Battle Power Cells and guided Shen Mengmeng through sensing her Battle Power, but she failed to comprehend Might during her first attempt.
• Ling Yi collected Battle Power from the people watching him, raising his own Battle Power while resolving to keep a lower profile.
• Over the next week, Shen Mengmeng practiced comprehending Might while Ling Yi trained and wrote The Ethereal.
• Shen Mengmeng comprehended Might on the third day and learned to release it smoothly after several days of practice.
• On September 2, Ling Yi checked his World Walker Interface and saw his increased Battle Power and newly comprehended Divine Abilities.

After Ling Yi’s power and number of tool people rose, he and Shen Mengmeng attended the National Prosperity Day sports meet, where their hand-in-hand arrival drew attention. Ling Yi learned how the Literary Dao Purple Light balanced fighters’ Battle Power for the challenge tournament and anticipated that students would challenge him.

• Ling Yi reached more than two thousand Battle Power and had 102 tool people, while Shen Mengmeng comprehended the Voice Transmission Divine Ability.
• Ling Yi and Shen Mengmeng went to school for the National Prosperity Day sports meet and entered the gates hand in hand, provoking envy and prompting Ling Yi to bind targets along the way.
• Ling Yi watched the sports meet’s events and found them predictable because Battle Power determined the results.
• Shen Mengmeng explained that Purple Light Stones let teachers set arena rules through the Literary Dao Purple Light, which equalized both fighters to the weaker World Walker’s Battle Power.
• Shen Mengmeng warned Ling Yi that many students might challenge him, and he agreed to take them on.