Chapter Summaries

Ling Yi healed the gravely wounded Qin Yuran after draining Life Origin from twenty old pines, then confronted her about their deal. After crushing her flying sword and revealing his growing strength, he demanded a cultivation technique and resources in exchange for the secret realm’s location, leaving Qin Yuran to consider his terms.

• Ling Yi suspected his system had hidden settings after draining a large amount of Life Origin from a powerful lake demon, who cursed him and worried that her delayed breakthrough would let a rival advance first.
• Ling Yi found Qin Yuran badly wounded at the alchemy rooms and decided to save her because he needed her help with cultivation and valued her influence.
• Ling Yi carried Qin Yuran to a forested valley and healed her by draining Life Origin from twenty old pine trees.
• Qin Yuran tried to slap Ling Yi, but he caught her wrist and blamed her injuries on her own greed for the willow tree demon’s secret realm.
• Ling Yi demanded to know whether their deal still stood, then crushed Qin Yuran’s flying sword when she threatened him with it.
• Ling Yi offered to reveal how to enter the secret realm if Qin Yuran gave him a cultivation technique and resources so he could become an immortal cultivator within a year, and Qin Yuran admitted she would not report him to the sect.

Qin Yuran confronted Ling Yi over his rapid growth and their lack of trust, while Ling Yi proposed a one-year truce and a revised deal. He offered to help Qin Yuran defeat Qin Ya in exchange for cultivation techniques and resources, leaving Qin Yuran intrigued by his promise.

• Qin Yuran explained that she had secretly investigated the willow tree demon, the possible secret realm, and Ling Yi during her half-month absence.
• Qin Yuran objected that Ling Yi was growing too quickly, and Ling Yi told her to either trust him and cooperate or fight him to the death.
• Qin Yuran erupted in anger and revealed that Qin Ya, her father's adopted daughter, had always surpassed her in cultivation and other skills.
• Ling Yi proposed that they agree not to harm each other for a year and begin cooperating the next day, with Qin Yuran supplying techniques and resources.
• Ling Yi promised to use his immortal treasure to help Qin Yuran defeat Qin Ya, and Qin Yuran asked if he truly had a way.

Ling Yi learned the basics of immortal cultivation and used his strengthened spiritual root to reach the First Layer of Qi Refining. He discovered that his spiritual field was nearly impossible to expand, leaving his future cultivation in doubt.

• Qin Yuran gave Ling Yi a storage bag containing cultivation techniques and a storage ring holding cultivation resources.
• Ling Yi studied jade slips explaining spiritual roots, spiritual fields, and the Qi Refining Art.
• Ling Yi cultivated successfully and found that his spiritual root had become a luxuriant Heavenly Spiritual Root.
• Ling Yi discovered that his spiritual field was extraordinarily hard and could barely expand, preventing him from advancing to the Second Layer of Qi Refining.
• Ling Yi checked his system interface and saw that it listed his cultivation as the First Layer of Qi Refining and his Life Devouring entry.

Ling Yi reached the first layer of Qi Refining and accepted Qin Yuran’s account of Qin Ya, concluding that Qin Ya was likely a transmigrator with a system that let her copy and surpass Qin Yuran. He warned Qin Yuran that Qin Hao’s unusual treatment of Qin Ya could have a deeper cause, leaving Qin Yuran unsure what to do.

• Ling Yi opened Qin Yuran’s storage ring, found its spirit stones and treasures, and asked her to explain Qin Ya.
• Qin Yuran gave Ling Yi a bracelet that concealed his Spiritual Power from anyone below the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Qin Yuran described how Qin Ya repeatedly surpassed her in cultivation and other skills while winning the favor of Qin Hao and their fellow disciples.
• Ling Yi recognized Qin Ya’s unfamiliar gesture and concluded that she was a transmigrator with a system that copied and amplified Qin Yuran’s abilities.
• Qin Yuran tried to confront Qin Hao, but Ling Yi stopped her and suggested Qin Ya’s treasure might influence others or that Qin Hao’s relationship with her was improper.
• Qin Yuran asked Ling Yi what she should do, and he hesitated over whether to make a move against someone who might be the protagonist.

Ling Yi instructed Qin Yuran to stop cultivating, act coldly toward her family, and pretend to have given up for a month so he could test Qin Ya’s suspected immortal treasure. Back in his dormitory, he discovered that his spiritual power replenished itself from stored life energy, letting him use Sword Control despite his low cultivation level.

• Ling Yi told Qin Yuran to avoid cultivating and treat her family coldly while watching Qin Ya’s reactions, and Qin Yuran agreed to follow his plan for a month.
• Ling Yi left Qin Yuran and returned to his dormitory, planning to explore Forest Valley at night and examine his entry’s changes.
• Ling Yi studied the Sword Control Technique and found that he could make his sword float despite being only at the First Layer of Qi Refining.
• Ling Yi realized his spiritual power was automatically replenished by stored life energy whenever he used it.

Ling Yi stored life energy in a new Life Field, mastered several spirit formations, and used Sword Control to explore Beast Gorge. When he activated his entry on Qin Ya, he absorbed an enormous golden energy that dramatically strengthened him, then overheard Qin Ya and Qin Yuran arguing about the upcoming sect competition.

• Ling Yi discovered that his Life Field stored excess life energy and used it to power Sword Control, though he had only enough energy for half an hour of flight.
• Ling Yi studied the Thunder and Light Spirit Formations and the other formations in Qin Yuran's jade slip, comprehending all seven in a day.
• Ling Yi searched the central lake for the Fifth Tier great demon, then flew over Beast Gorge and devoured the creatures within range, finding little because the trial grounds had already been cleared.
• Ling Yi activated his entry on Qin Ya from a thousand meters away and absorbed a huge golden ball of light that strengthened his body by at least a hundredfold.
• Qin Ya urged Qin Yuran to do well in the coming sect competition and denied responsibility for the senior brothers' behavior, and Qin Yuran told her to scram.

Ling Yi drained Qin Ya’s immortal treasure of its energy, silencing her system and lifting its influence over Qin Yuran. After admitting his secret-realm story was a lie, Ling Yi returned to his routine and waited for his system’s next monthly entry draw.

• Ling Yi used his Devouring Entries to absorb the golden and green life energy from Qin Ya, causing her system to fall silent.
• Qin Ya panicked when her system stopped working and fled, while Qin Yuran realized Ling Yi had affected Qin Ya’s immortal treasure.
• Ling Yi admitted that the secret realm was made up, and Qin Yuran asked him to destroy Qin Ya’s treasure, but he refused because it was useful to him.
• Qin Yuran left to watch the fallout, and Ling Yi returned to his dormitory and spent the next dozen days studying and testing his life energy.
• Ling Yi checked his system interface and anticipated drawing a new Devouring Entry the next day.

Ling Yi tested his new Insight Devouring entry by stealing Xu Hengheng’s alchemy knowledge, leaving the arrogant alchemist unable to make pills. He agreed to become Qin Yuran’s attendant, then learned the Heavenly Mysterious Sect faced a potentially disastrous war and was asked to help it survive.

• Ling Yi drew the Insight Devouring entry and used it on Xu Hengheng, gaining the second-pin alchemist’s knowledge while leaving Xu Hengheng unable to remember any alchemy recipes.
• Ling Yi avoided confronting Xu Hengheng and later cleaned the pill furnace after Xu Hengheng emerged from the alchemy room in despair.
• Qin Yuran offered Ling Yi the role of her attendant or a chance to join the outer sect, and Ling Yi accepted becoming her attendant while keeping his cultivation secret.
• Qin Yuran told Ling Yi that the Heavenly Mysterious Sect’s war with the Cold Nether Sect had reached a critical stage, with both patriarchs near the Spirit Transformation Realm and other sects waiting to take advantage.
• Qin Yuran asked Ling Yi to use his immortal treasure to help the Heavenly Mysterious Sect through the crisis, but Ling Yi questioned whether he had any reason to help.

Ling Yi asked Qin Yuran to become the Heavenly Mysterious Sect’s sect master so he could control the sect from behind the scenes, and she explained that she could only inherit the position by becoming the Holy Son and surviving three deadly conditions. Qin Yuran said she could apply after the sect competition, while Ling Yi promised to protect her.

• Ling Yi proposed that Qin Yuran become the Heavenly Mysterious Sect’s sect master, offering her lifelong protection in exchange for her help.
• Qin Yuran explained that placing in the sect competition’s top ten would let her apply to become the Holy Son, the only person eligible to inherit the sect master position.
• Qin Yuran described the Holy Son’s three requirements: complete a sect master’s approved task, kill at least ten demons and survive three months in the Demon-Sealing Secret Realm, then live outside the sect for a year after their identity was announced.
• Qin Yuran revealed that most previous Holy Son candidates had been killed by the sect master, who was the person least likely to want a candidate to inherit the position.
• Qin Yuran said she could apply to become the Holy Son after the competition, and Ling Yi promised to keep her alive but declined to seek the title himself.

Ling Yi devoured the life energy of a willow tree demon clone and converted it into Spiritual Power, helping Qin Yuran reach the Golden Core Realm. After arranging for her to conceal his aid at the sect competition, he went with her to her cave abode, where Senior Brother Zhao saw them enter and decided to tell her master.

• Ling Yi used Insight Devouring on the willow tree demon and learned its Wansheng Clone Method was a powerful clone-making Divine Ability.
• Ling Yi devoured the willow tree demon clone's life energy and converted it into Spiritual Power for Qin Yuran.
• Qin Yuran refined the Spiritual Power and reached the Golden Core Realm, sixth level, making her confident she could place among the sect competition's top direct disciples.
• Ling Yi told Qin Yuran to learn the flashy Heaven-Deriving Formula so she could cover for his secret assistance during the competition.
• Qin Yuran brought Ling Yi to her cave abode as her attendant, leaving Senior Brother Zhao outside; he suspected their relationship and decided to inform her master.

Ling Yi moved into Qin Yuran’s luxurious cave abode and learned that Qin Ya’s system had recovered after losing some of its origin energy. He discovered Qin Ya knew the story’s plot and planned to kill Qin Yuran at the sect’s grand competition before binding Ling Yi, whom she believed was the protagonist.

• Qin Yuran told Ling Yi that Qin Ya had been released after two months of confinement and that her father had secretly supplied Qin Ya with valuable resources.
• Ling Yi used Transcendent Perception to look through the formation into Qin Ya’s neighboring cave abode and overheard her questioning her system.
• Qin Ya suspected Qin Yuran or Ling Yi had caused her system to lose origin energy, then described Ling Yi’s supposed role and future in the original story.
• Ling Yi realized Qin Ya had entered a book and knew a plot that differed from what had actually happened, including the Devouring Entry he had drawn.
• Qin Ya decided to kill Qin Yuran during the sect’s grand competition and then bind Ling Yi, while her system checked Qin Yuran’s cultivation realm.

Ling Yi used his Life Devouring ability on Qin Ya, then tested the Wansheng Clone Method and discovered that his clones could cultivate and transfer their progress to him. He reclaimed his strongest clone, shared the method with Qin Yuran, and received the Thousand Faces Art and a blank jade slip.

• Ling Yi devoured Qin Ya's life energy four times, causing her system to go dormant for a month.
• Ling Yi created a hundred clones with the Wansheng Clone Method, and Qin Yuran tested their Spiritual Roots with a spirit disc.
• Ling Yi ordered the clones to cultivate, and the strongest clone reached Qi Refining, Third Level overnight.
• Ling Yi reclaimed that clone and confirmed that doing so increased his cultivation and expanded his spirit field only slightly.
• Ling Yi agreed to teach Qin Yuran the clone method but refused to improve her Spiritual Root.
• Qin Yuran gave Ling Yi a jade slip containing the Thousand Faces Art and a blank jade slip for recording the clone method.

Qin Yuran mastered the Wansheng Clone Method, and Ling Yi explained how his golden clones cultivated rapidly and could share perceptions. They planned to obtain the Wuji Demonic Art to accelerate clone cultivation, while Ling Yi found a use for the flashy but harmless Heavenly Deduction Technique.

• Qin Yuran mastered the Wansheng Clone Method and created two clones, while Ling Yi demonstrated that he could summon a hundred.
• Ling Yi said his golden clones sometimes entered enlightenment and had reached Great Perfection of Late Foundation Establishment; one clone serving at Pill Peak had become the peak master's personal disciple.
• Qin Yuran worried about the resources needed to support her clones, and Ling Yi suggested using a cultivation method with severe side effects to raise their cultivation quickly.
• Qin Yuran told Ling Yi that the nearby Wuji Sect possessed the Wuji Demonic Art, which consumed lifespan to increase cultivation, and they agreed to seek it.
• Ling Yi and Qin Yuran discussed sending more clones to Heavenly Universe City despite the sect's active protective array, and Ling Yi urged Qin Yuran to stop tolerating her relatives' interference.
• Qin Yuran demonstrated that the Heavenly Deduction Technique produced only visual effects but obscured Spiritual Sense, and Ling Yi decided it could help conceal his attacks.

Ling Yi used Insight Devouring on Qin Ya and unexpectedly stole the Synchronization Amplification function from her system. He bound Qin Yuran to the stolen module, but learned it could only be used once for now, leaving him responsible for keeping her alive.

• Qin Ya’s system awakened and synchronized Qin Yuran’s cultivation, raising Qin Ya to the Seventh Layer of Golden Core before going dormant again.
• Ling Yi realized Qin Ya’s system had recovered and planned to devour its life energy before it awakened next month.
• Ling Yi used Insight Devouring on Qin Ya, taking her insight into the Wansheng Clone Method and extracting her system’s Synchronization Amplification module.
• Ling Yi loaded the module and bound Qin Yuran, then learned that its binding function could temporarily be used only once.
• Ling Yi realized he would need to help Qin Yuran grow stronger and protect her from dying.

Ling Yi used Synchronization Amplification to break through to the Seventh Layer of Golden Core, gaining a seventy-two-foot Spiritual Field and an oversized Golden Core. He obtained Spiritual Root Devouring and offered to use it to improve Qin Yuran’s Spiritual Root, but they decided to wait until they could do so without attracting attention.

• Ling Yi activated Synchronization Amplification, expanded his Spiritual Field to seventy-two feet, and advanced to the Seventh Layer of Golden Core.
• Ling Yi drew the Spiritual Root Devouring entry and considered using it to help Qin Yuran cultivate faster.
• Qin Yuran questioned Ling Yi after his breakthrough consumed the cave dwelling’s Spiritual Qi, then compared her Golden Core with his oversized one.
• Ling Yi told Qin Yuran he could improve her Spiritual Root by devouring others’ roots, but Qin Yuran chose to postpone it to avoid drawing attention.
• Ling Yi looked at his twelve clones and suddenly had an idea.

Ling Yi and Qin Yuran discovered that her two Clones had transformed into beings with Immortal Dao Bodies and reached the Late Nascent Soul Realm. When Qin Hao arrived to confront them over Ling Yi and Qin Yuran’s refusal to marry Situ Jie, Qin Yuran attacked him as Ling Yi used his entries to seize four orbs from him.

• Ling Yi explained that Qin Yuran’s two Clones had reached their limit after absorbing the Spiritual Roots of a hundred golden Clones, while Qin Yuran wondered why he trusted her with such power.
• Qin Yuran asked why Ling Yi did not create his own powerful Clones, and he said he had another way to improve his cultivation.
• Qin Hao arrived with Pill Peak disciples, accused Qin Yuran of keeping Ling Yi in her cave abode, and threatened to kill him.
• Qin Yuran called Ling Yi her attendant, threatened to cripple anyone who harmed him, and rejected marrying Situ Jie.
• Qin Hao formed a giant hand to strike Ling Yi, but Qin Yuran attacked him while Ling Yi activated his entries and drew four orbs from Qin Hao into himself.

Ling Yi devoured most of Qin Hao’s life energy and took his memories and Spiritual Root, leaving him confused and childlike. Qin Yuran left Pill Peak with Ling Yi after striking Zhao Feng, while the others discovered their Spiritual Roots and cultivation were disappearing; she then decided Qin Ya had to be stopped, though Ling Yi wanted to spare her for now.

• Ling Yi took two portions of Qin Hao’s life energy, his memories, and his Earth Pin Spiritual Root, leaving Qin Hao dazed and unable to remember his past.
• Zhao Feng and the other disciples accused Qin Yuran of attacking Qin Hao and hurled insults at her.
• Qin Yuran struck Zhao Feng with purple lightning, then left with Ling Yi as the disciples made way for her.
• After Qin Yuran and Ling Yi had gone, the disciples noticed Qin Hao acting strangely and discovered that his and Zhao Feng’s cultivation was regressing.
• Qin Yuran told Ling Yi that Qin Ya could not be allowed to continue causing trouble, and Ling Yi proposed crippling Qin Ya’s Spiritual Root rather than killing her.

Ling Yi and Qin Yuran discussed the limits of Qin Ya’s influence and learned that Qin Hao had lost his memories and Spiritual Root. When three intruders broke the cave abode’s Defense Array, Ling Yi and Qin Yuran confronted them and discovered that they were Lin Changqing and Situ Jie, who had come with Qin Ya.

• Ling Yi sent a hundred golden clones into Forest Valley to investigate the Immortal Cultivation Realm, seek spells, and check for other protagonists or system owners.
• Ling Yi concluded that Qin Ya’s influence was currently limited to Pill Peak and could be drained from her Immortal Treasure only bit by bit, so he could not kill her yet.
• Ling Yi told Qin Yuran that Qin Hao had lost his memories and Spiritual Root, then copied his memories of her birth mother onto a jade slip for her.
• Qin Yuran sensed that the cave abode’s Defense Array was about to fail and hurried back with Ling Yi as it broke.
• Lin Changqing and Situ Jie knelt under the pressure of Qin Yuran’s cave-abode expert, while Qin Ya resisted before kneeling too.
• Qin Yuran identified the intruders as Lin Changqing, Pill Peak’s peak master, and Situ Jie, the sect master’s son, while Ling Yi prepared to use the Heaven-Deriving Formula.

Ling Yi discovered that a jade slip contained the novel plot of their world, revealing Qin Yuran’s tragic original backstory and Qin Ya’s role as a transmigrator. After reading it, Qin Yuran said she had already known the information but had been influenced by Qin Ya to overlook it.

• Ling Yi immobilized Qin Ya when she tried to seize the jade slip he had found in Qin Yuran’s storage ring.
• Ling Yi read the jade slip and learned that its novel cast him as a reckless protagonist while describing Qin Yuran’s and Qin Ya’s original roles.
• The novel revealed that Qin Hao had killed Qin Yuran’s father, taken her mother, and coveted Qin Yuran before she died opposing Ling Yi in the original plot.
• Ling Yi handed the jade slip to Qin Yuran and told her it contained their original future.
• Qin Yuran read the plot and explained that Qin Ya’s influence had previously made her overlook what she already knew.

Ling Yi and Qin Yuran questioned Qin Ya about her system and trapped her in a formation, while Ling Yi prepared a clone disguised as Qin Ya for the sect competition. After sending clones across the Immortal Cultivation Realm to exploit opportunities from the novel’s plot, Ling Yi decided to wait until after midnight to draw his next entry and see what happened when Qin Ya’s system awakened.

• Qin Ya said the system and her assigned role had influenced her behavior, though Qin Yuran accused her of lying about being free of its control.
• Ling Yi confined Qin Ya in a formation and silenced her, telling Qin Yuran that Qin Ya was useful but not to be trusted.
• Ling Yi created a golden clone, transformed it into Qin Ya’s appearance, and raised its Spiritual Root to the Heavenly Dao Body level for the sect competition.
• Ling Yi monitored his clones, including one nearing the Nascent Soul realm under Lin Changqing’s care and a hundred others who had escaped the Heavenly Mysterious Sect.
• Ling Yi chose to wait until after midnight to draw a new entry and observe whether Qin Ya’s system recovered after its Main System function module was devoured.