Chapter Summaries

After taking stock of his rewards, Ling Yi returned to the real world and learned how invasions and Spiritual Qi were changing it. He quickly killed the Red Moon Demon and claimed an ultimate skill book, then joined all Blue Star players in being sent to the Sand House Space.

• Ling Yi used his twelve lottery draws, gaining points, a teleportation talisman, an equipment upgrade talisman, and two advanced time adjustment scrolls, then brought Shan'er and Lü Su home.
• Ling Yi checked the news and learned that the Ancient Country was containing its MIR invasion while the Ugly Nation faced growing chaos; he also heard that Mr. Satan had learned magic at Hogwarts.
• Ao Beishan asked Ling Yi to defeat a boss at an invasion vortex, explaining that Spiritual Qi had appeared and weakened firearms, and Ling Yi agreed to help.
• Ling Yi recognized the boss as the Red Moon Demon, cleared its surrounding monsters with Lightning, and killed it with Spatial Severing, obtaining the ultimate skill book Meteor Fire Rain.
• Ling Yi's combat rating of nine million placed him far above other players; after dinner, he left five androids behind, and all Blue Star players were transported to the Sand House Space at eight that evening.

Ling Yi entered the Legend of the Condor Heroes World and met Guo Jing, Huang Rong, and Hong Qigong, impressing them with his mysterious abilities and modern food. When Ling Yi sensed bloodshed in a nearby village, he and Hong Qigong rushed ahead to investigate, while Huang Rong wondered how Ling Yi’s strength might benefit Guo Jing.

• Ling Yi entered the forest instance world and met Guo Jing and Huang Rong as they roasted a chicken.
• Ling Yi produced Maotai and a bucket of food, attracting Hong Qigong, who joined them for a meal.
• Ling Yi gave Huang Rong seasonings, and she invited him and Hong Qigong to stay and eat her cooking.
• The group set out toward a village, where Ling Yi sensed bloodshed and lives fading.
• Hong Qigong and Ling Yi hurried toward the village, while Huang Rong followed with Guo Jing and considered Ling Yi’s formidable abilities.

Ling Yi witnessed Jin soldiers massacre a village, killed them, and used technology to resurrect the victims. After sheltering with Hong Qigong, Guo Jing, and Huang Rong, he asked to learn martial arts and reached the Master Realm within an hour.

• Ling Yi and Hong Qigong found Jin soldiers slaughtering villagers, and Ling Yi killed the soldiers with his power.
• Ling Yi sent the villagers’ bodies to Cui Wenzi, who used nanotechnology to restore them to life.
• Ling Yi brought the resurrected villagers back, then left with Hong Qigong, Guo Jing, and Huang Rong and set up a villa in the forest.
• Huang Rong learned to use the modern kitchen and cooked dinner for the group.
• Ling Yi asked Hong Qigong to teach him martial arts, and Huang Rong asked to learn as well.
• Ling Yi explained the cultivation system and used his Qi and mental power to reach the Master Realm within an hour.

Ling Yi and his companions fused martial arts with magic and runes, then annihilated the Jin army and seized the capital. Ling Yi confronted Bao Xiruo and arranged for Yang Kang to fight Guo Jing, leaving the sworn brothers facing each other.

• Rong'er learned Magic Rope, Seventh Master mastered portals, and Guo Jing began using runes to strengthen himself.
• Ling Yi and his companions reached the Jin capital, where Ling Yi sent countless dragon-shaped attacks through portals and the others slaughtered the Jin soldiers.
• After defeating the army, Ling Yi trapped the Jin people in the Mirror Dimension and killed them, then gathered Bao Xiruo and Yang Kang at Wanyan Honglie's residence.
• Ling Yi told Bao Xiruo that Yang Tiexin was alive and criticized her for hiding Yang Kang's origins, then offered to let them leave after Yang Kang fought Guo Jing.
• Guo Jing faced Yang Kang and told him to make the first move.

Ling Yi ended the Misty Rain Tower storyline, recruited tens of thousands of disciples into his base through the Heavenly Gate, and weighed upgrading the base against saving points for time-adjustment scrolls. He entered a new Sand House Space with no instance countdown and found a treasure chest, leaving its contents unknown as he remotely opened it.

• Ling Yi dismissed Yang Kang and ended the Misty Rain Tower storyline, then asked Shan'er, Lü Su, and Cui Wenzi for advice on recruiting people into the base.
• Cui Wenzi proposed that Ling Yi establish an immortal sect, and Ling Yi announced that he would open the Heavenly Gate and accept a hundred thousand disciples.
• Ling Yi built a rune-embedded trial platform, and over nearly two months he brought sixty thousand successful applicants into the base and appointed android elders to train them.
• Ling Yi decided to save points before upgrading the base, then dug into another Sand House Space and found a treasure chest instead of receiving an instance countdown.
• Ling Yi questioned whether the Sand House System could be trusted and used Telekinesis to open the chest from a distance.

Ling Yi used instance rewards to upgrade his base to level 6, transforming it into the Five Elements Chaos Pearl and unlocking the ability to plunder instance origins. After Ling Shan'er revealed the base’s vast scale, Ling Yi and Shan'er returned to a real world where Dragon Country had opened a Dark World invasion vortex.

• Ling Yi delayed using his Golden Instance Card, then cleared three instance worlds and spent his rewards to upgrade his base.
• The upgrade transformed Ling Yi’s base into the Five Elements Chaos Pearl, a spatial treasure that could evolve into a world, and unlocked instance-world origin plundering.
• The system announced Ling Yi’s level 6 upgrade and awarded his faction an exemption from an instance-failure penalty, prompting players to celebrate and discuss his achievement.
• After players accused Ling Yi of cheating, Ling Shan'er posted a picture of the base and revealed its enormous scale, sparking awe and envy in the chat channels.
• Ling Yi and Ling Shan'er returned to the real world, where a new Dark World invasion vortex had appeared in Dragon Country.
• Ling Yi and Shan'er ate breakfast, spent most of the day at a park, and returned after four in the afternoon.

Ling Yi negotiated with the authorities to trade powerful androids for rare items from the Sand House Space, while continuing to expand his base world. He agreed to deliver 450 androids the next morning and left the authorities with an open offer for future trades.

• Ling Yi used his Mirror Dimension to meet two military officials, explained that his night-capable subordinates were androids, and offered to trade androids for valuable items.
• Ling Yi expanded his base world, which contained a vast city and more than seventy thousand people, and considered using a golden dungeon card.
• Cheng Yang sent Ling Yi the authorities' item list, and Ling Yi agreed to trade androids for advanced, intermediate, and basic Time Regulation Scrolls.
• Ling Yi exchanged androids for innate xirang, pet eggs, and a Krypton Crystal Skull, whose potential use for mass-producing Supermen excited him.
• Ling Yi agreed to deliver 450 androids the next morning and invited Cheng Yang to bring him other valuable or unidentified items for future trades.

Ling Yi returned to the Dragon Ball instance, where he built a powerful company with Meat Taisui and reunited with Goku and his friends. As the twenty-third World Martial Arts Tournament approached, he agreed to fight Goku and offered Krillin and the others work at his company.

• Ling Yi approved Cui Wenzi’s endlessly growing Meat Taisui and gave him a crystal skull containing the genetic library of a powerful race to study for cloning.
• Ling Yi entered the Dragon Ball instance, used a time adjustment scroll, and spent three years building Heavenly Gate into a global conglomerate while manufacturing over a hundred thousand androids.
• Ling Yi met Bulma at a café, learned the twenty-third World Martial Arts Tournament was near, and decided to enter.
• Goku reunited with Ling Yi and asked to fight him in the tournament, and Ling Yi agreed.
• Ling Yi offered Krillin management rights over several cities and invited the other Dragon Ball Warriors to work for his company.

Ling Yi defeated Goku to end the twenty-third World Martial Arts Tournament, then waited nearly five years for Raditz to arrive on Earth. He immobilized Raditz, destroyed his scouter, and began copying his memories.

• Goku married Chi-Chi during the tournament, while Ling Yi healed Tien Shinhan with a Senzu Bean after Piccolo Jr. defeated him.
• Ling Yi beat Yamcha, and Goku defeated Piccolo Jr. before losing to Ling Yi in the tournament final.
• Ling Yi gave Goku and Chi-Chi a ten-percent share in his company, then waited through a transition period of nearly five years.
• Raditz arrived in his spaceship and attacked Ling Yi, who restrained him with psychic power.
• Ling Yi crushed Raditz's scouter and used a Memory Reading Rune to copy his memories.

Ling Yi and Bulma traveled through space to study and relocate the Yardratians, then forcibly moved the Namekians to Mars in his base world. After researching Namekian divine power, Ling Yi learned that Vow Power helped form the energy behind the Dragon Balls.

• Ling Yi copied Raditz's memories, learned more about the Saiyans' ruthless conquests, and used Raditz's spaceship as a blueprint for a larger ship built by Dr. Brief.
• Ling Yi and Bulma left Earth for Planet Yardrat, where they studied the Yardratians and spent a year together; Ling Yi's combat power rose to 250 million, though the rankings showed it as 10.
• Ling Yi warned elder Pomelaki that the Frieza Force would invade and persuaded the Yardratians to relocate to his base world.
• Ling Yi traveled with Bulma to Planet Namek and forcibly moved the Namekians to Mars in the base world.
• After researching Namekian divine power for half a year, Ling Yi learned that it combined Vow Power and mental power, and that Vow Power replenished Dragon Balls after use.

After ten years of plundering the Dragon Ball universe, Ling Yi confronted Frieza and King Cold and defeated them with his Golden-Hooped Rod and True Dragon Summoning Technique. A destructive presence locked onto him after his attack, so he returned from the instance and received his settlement rewards.

• Ling Yi created and sealed the evolving Compliant Golden-Hooped Rod, then spent years plundering resources and recruiting civilizations with Bulma as the Base World absorbed the Dragon Balls World's source power.
• Ling Yi encountered Frieza and King Cold while raiding an energy-ore planet and sent Bulma into the Base World.
• Ling Yi killed Frieza with one blow from the Compliant Golden-Hooped Rod, then challenged King Cold without it.
• King Cold transformed, but Ling Yi's True Dragon Summoning Technique crushed him and erased half the planet.
• A destructive presence locked onto Ling Yi, and he returned from the Dragon Ball instance, earning points, world source points, lottery draws, and upgrades for Red City Legion.

Ling Yi opened the public legion shop and began selling jade talismans while his allies managed Heavenly Gate and prepared androids for him. As Ling Yi returned to the real world, Yin Wanqing debated whether to activate the Fortune Disc, which could predict changes in the popularity of novel worlds.

• Ling Yi reviewed Heavenly Gate's operations, suspended android production, approved the legion shop's jade talisman prices, and heard that Cui Wenzi was cultivating fighters from a crystal skull's genetic data.
• Ling Yi announced the legion shop in system chat, prompting players to buy talismans and speculate that his low displayed combat power meant he was gravely injured.
• Ling Yi dismissed the rumors, then told Cheng Yang he was unharmed and learned that 450 androids were ready for collection in the real world.
• Shan'er and Lü Su chose to stay in the base world to handle its administration while Ling Yi prepared to return to the real world.
• Yin Wanqing discussed the completed Fortune Disc with Mengmeng and hesitated to activate it without Ling Yi's decision.

The Sand House Space Championship opened with lavish rewards and harsh penalties, and Ling Yi organized Ancient Country to prepare for it. He swept the individual competition, but receiving its rewards unsealed his memories and left him reflecting on how close he was to invincibility.

• Ling Yi learned that the championship offered world origins and dungeon selection scrolls, and decided to claim every reward while securing resources for Ancient Country.
• Ling Yi met with Huang Yaoshi, Cui Wenzi, Guo Jing, and others, who planned to sell equipment at a discount and use androids and Supermen to eliminate hostile players.
• After players from several countries discussed targeting Ancient Country, Ling Yi taunted them in the world channel and registered for the individual battle.
• Ling Yi appeared in the championship map and attacked players across factions, plundering the resources of players outside Ancient Country while eliminating Ancient Country's players without taking their resources.
• Ling Yi defeated the other competitors in two hours, then received the rewards and had his memories unsealed because the prizes included laws.

Ling Yi reviewed the Fortune Disc’s popularity data with Yin Wanqing, then chose a customized Marvel transmigration with his memories sealed. In the Marvel Universe, the Ancient One investigated a mysterious game launcher, logged in, and found herself powerless in a game room.

• Ling Yi brought Yin Wanqing and Mengmeng to the Base World, where Yin Wanqing showed him the Fortune Disc’s popularity curve and discussed repeated worlds and low-performing choices.
• Yin Wanqing suggested Ling Yi try worlds with similar settings to past low points, while explaining that the Fortune Disc could forecast popularity and might have been inspired by Mengmeng’s unusual ability.
• Ling Yi spent a month with Yin Wanqing and Mengmeng, then returned to the Ling Realm and selected a Marvel world with complete memory sealing and specified conditions for his memories to return.
• A rainbow beam appeared in the Marvel Universe, and a game launcher announced itself to everyone before falling silent.
• The Ancient One detected a mysterious login window, entered the game, and discovered she had become an ordinary person without magic or the dark power inside her.
• The Ancient One asked to leave the game room.

The Ancient One, Thanos, Odin, Loki, Tony Stark, and others entered a mysterious gaming room and began trying a battle royale game. Ling Yi discovered that his Game System had brought the game to the Marvel Universe, then entered a match where he spotted Steve Rogers landing nearby.

• The Ancient One read the game instructions, selected solo matchmaking, and joined a random map.
• Thanos, Odin, and Loki also queued for solo matches, while Thor shouted at empty air and accused Loki of hiding.
• Tony Stark invited James Rhodey to team up, and they started matchmaking after discussing the mysterious room and the mass disappearance of people.
• Ling Yi explained that his Game System let everyone in the Marvel Universe play, but gave him no rewards or special permissions, then entered a desert-map match.
• Ling Yi jumped toward Pecado and noticed another player descending nearby as most other players were ejected from the plane at the end of its route.
• Steve Rogers learned the game's basics and firearms in the training grounds, queued for a match, and landed near Ling Yi.

Ling Yi discovered that killing players in the battle royale game gave him fragments that could grant Marvel characters’ abilities, and he used Steve Rogers’s physique, Tony Stark’s intelligence, and Pietro Maximoff’s speed to strengthen himself. After clearing Lion City, he prepared to hunt for more fragments while the remaining players struggled to learn the game.

• Ling Yi killed Steve Rogers with a headshot and used Steve’s physique fragment, transforming his body and greatly increasing his strength.
• Ling Yi looted Pecado, drove to Lion City, and killed Tony Stark, then used Tony’s intelligence fragment to sharpen his mind and improve his control.
• Ling Yi killed Pietro Maximoff with an AK and used Pietro’s high-speed movement fragment, gaining a powerful speed ability.
• Ling Yi found no other players in Lion City, while the remaining Marvel players began exchanging gunfire as they learned the game.

Ling Yi killed numerous players in a game match and collected fragments from Happy Hogan, Ned Leeds, Thanos, and the Ancient One. After winning with twenty-eight kills, he used the Ancient One’s fragment and gained enormous magical power, then learned that the system would seal any power he could not yet control.

• Ling Yi killed Happy Hogan and Ned Leeds, collecting a wealth fragment and a small strength boost.
• Ling Yi killed Thanos and the Ancient One as they entered the safe zone, then collected their strength and magic fragments for later use.
• Ling Yi won the match with twenty-eight kills and chose to use the Ancient One’s magic fragment after leaving the game.
• Ling Yi gained vast mana, mental power, and magical knowledge, but struggled to control the power for three hours.
• Ling Yi asked the system whether absorbing fragments was dangerous, and the system explained that excess power would be sealed until he could control it.

Ling Yi used the Thanos strength fragment and joined Tony Stark’s squad, then led them into a crowded drop at Pecado. The chapter ended with Ling Yi scoring six kills immediately after landing and ordering the others to loot and hold their position.

• Ling Yi endured three minutes of agony while using the Thanos strength fragment, then returned to the game after eating.
• Players across the universe gathered to chat until reward announcements sparked excitement and fighting, while Ling Yi received friend requests from the Ancient One and Thanos.
• Ling Yi accepted Tony’s team invitation and joined a squad with Tony Stark, James Rhodey, and Happy Hogan.
• Ling Yi chose to drop at Pecado despite Rhodey and Happy’s objections, and Tony followed him before the others jumped too.
• Ling Yi landed ahead of the other players, grabbed an M41, and killed six opponents near the rooftop.
• Ling Yi swept up the rooftop supplies, jumped off the building, and told the squad to loot, hunker down, and call out enemies.

Ling Yi led Tony, Rhodey, and Happy to repeated chicken dinners, collecting fragments and powerful rewards before checking his attributes and leaving his old home in Queens. As he tried to take a taxi to a better neighborhood, a white pickup truck crashed into a shop nearby.

• Ling Yi looted Pecado, scored sixteen kills, and won the match with his squad, but received only one white fragment.
• Ling Yi's squad won another chicken dinner at the power plant, earning fragments for Ling Yi and random draws for Tony, Rhodey, and Happy.
• After thirteen rounds, Ling Yi had gained C-rank Telekinesis, two hundred million US dollars, and a panel showing his greatly increased attributes and abilities.
• Ling Yi recalled Tiny Bafiel's lonely past, left the dilapidated Queens home without locking the door, and hailed a taxi.
• A white pickup truck flew over Ling Yi and smashed into a shop, while the frightened taxi driver sped away.

Ling Yi intervened when a blond player went out of control and nearly killed Black Widow, then used his mysterious power to defeat him. Natasha Romanoff identified Ling Yi as a likely player and began investigating him after he left through a portal.

• A blond young man who appeared immune to bullets rampaged through the street, throwing vehicles and killing several police officers.
• Black Widow and Hawkeye arrived, but the blond man resisted Black Widow’s electrical weapon and nearly struck her with a powerful punch.
• Ling Yi opened a golden ring that severed the blond man’s arm, then cut off his remaining hand and feet and sent them to Antarctica.
• Natasha thanked Ling Yi and introduced herself as an agent of the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division; Ling Yi suggested the name S.H.I.E.L.D. and then departed through a portal.
• Natasha and Barton concluded the blond man had died and discussed the danger of players losing control, while Natasha ordered an investigation into Ling Yi.
• Natasha reviewed Ling Yi’s detailed file and became intrigued by how sharply his apparent personality differed from its description.