Chapter Summaries

Ye Tian slaughtered the bandits of Wolf Wind Stockade as he neared the Golden Core Stage, while Ling Yi met Lin Tian and discovered he was a transmigrator with a sleep-based system. Ling Yi helped Lin Yue win the Soul-Tempering Fruit at auction, then left with the group as hostile Divine Senses targeted them.

• Ye Tian devoured the bandits at Wolf Wind Stockade, and Xiao Ruozhuo urged him to advance so they could confront Bai Feng’s allies.
• Ling Yi summoned Lin Tian to the auction room, recognized his reaction to the periodic-table sequence, and took him to a forest to speak privately.
• Lin Tian told Ling Yi he had transmigrated into Lin Tian’s body and gained a system that rewarded him for sleeping; the two agreed on what to tell the Lin Clan.
• Ling Yi told Lin Boyun and Lin Yue that Lin Yue had the makings of a Great Emperor and urged him to bid for the Soul-Tempering Fruit.
• Lin Yue won the Soul-Tempering Fruit for fifty million spirit stones, triggering a 2,000-fold system reward for Ling Yi.
• As Ling Yi and the others left the auction house, more than a dozen hostile Divine Senses swept toward them.

Ling Yi traded with Xiao Wuya for the Soul Tempering Fruit and the World Evolution Art, then learned how his twelve divine-grade Spiritual Power attributes suppressed matching powers. After Ling Yi restored Lin Heng’s vitality and triggered his breakthrough, Lin Yue’s cultivation gains caused Ling Yi’s Primordial Spirit and cultivation to surge to the Nascent Soul Stage seventh level.

• Ling Yi negotiated with Xiao Wuya, trading the Soul Tempering Fruit for an Ice Flame Pearl and the World Evolution Art, and directed him to give both to Lin Yue.
• Ling Yi returned to the Lin residence and gave Lin Yue another Soul Tempering Fruit, telling him to reach the World Evolution Art’s introductory level within three days.
• Lin Tian vanished using what appeared to be a teleportation Divine Ability, startling Lin Boyun and Lin Yue.
• Lin Heng explained that Ling Yi’s twelve divine-grade Spiritual Power attributes could suppress matching Spiritual Power, then asked Ling Yi to restore his vitality.
• Ling Yi replenished Lin Heng’s vitality, triggering the Lin Clan ancestor’s breakthrough and forcing Ling Yi’s Clone to hide from the pressure.
• After Lin Yue consumed a Soul Tempering Fruit, Ling Yi chose a 150-fold Primordial Spirit increase, advanced to the Golden Core Stage, and then reached the Nascent Soul Stage seventh level through a 5,500-fold critical hit.

Ling Yi learned that Xuan Wan planned to force open the immortal path at the Spectral Death Domain and traveled toward the Xiao Clan with Fu Xiyao while a clone stayed in Yue City. When Xuan Wan demanded Ling Yi’s Immortal Domain Tokens, the system identified him as Ling Yi’s villain and updated to version 3.0.

• Lin Heng told Ling Yi that Xuan Wan had returned to the Mystic Heaven Sect and planned to open the immortal path at the Spectral Death Domain early the next month.
• After Lin Heng left in alarm over the Desolate Ancient Demon Forest and the Demon-Sealing Land, Ling Yi followed him with a teleportation, leaving a clone to check on Lin Yue.
• Ling Yi traveled west with Fu Xiyao toward the Xiao Clan and explained that his Myriad Transformation Clone Art let him create hundreds of clones.
• Xuan Wan and Xuan Miao met Ling Yi and Fu Xiyao, and Xuan Miao questioned Ling Yi about his role in the Mystic Heaven Sect’s destruction.
• Ling Yi offered Xuan Miao ten Immortal Domain Tokens as compensation, but Xuan Wan took them and threatened to kill Ling Yi unless he handed over the rest.
• The system declared Xuan Wan a villain with exhausted potential, recognized Ling Yi as a protagonist, and updated to version 3.0 before Ling Yi told Xuan Wan to stand aside.

Ling Yi trapped Xuan Wan, fashioned the Demon-Devouring Bottle to capture him, and learned that Fu Xiyao had been framed and cast out of the Flowerless Palace. He took Fu Xiyao to confront the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect and seek an apology from Chan Master Wutong.

• Ling Yi used time- and space-attribute Spiritual Power to trap Xuan Wan, then told Fu Xiyao and Xuan Miao that Xuan Wan had broken the seal on the Demon-Sealing Land.
• Ling Yi captured Xuan Wan in a porcelain bottle, turned it into the Demon-Devouring Bottle, and gave it to Xuan Miao to use against invading demonic creatures.
• Fu Xiyao revealed that Chan Master Wutong and her third younger sister had framed her, leading the Flowerless Palace to cast her out and Wutong to cripple her cultivation.
• Ling Yi insisted on avenging Fu Xiyao and took her toward the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect to make Chan Master Wutong apologize.

Ling Yi disrupted the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect with a barbecue while his clone intervened in Ye Tian and Bai Feng’s battle, exposed Xiao Ruozhuo’s plot, and killed him. Back at the sect, Ling Yi discovered that Wutian’s strange fortune came from the thoughts and clones cultivated through the Bodhi Great Unfettered Multiple-Heart Sutra.

• Ling Yi held a barbecue outside the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect and demanded an apology, while its members failed to approach him.
• After nearly ten days of fighting, Bai Feng cursed Ye Tian and weakened his fortune as Ling Yi’s hidden clone observed them.
• Ling Yi rescued Bai Feng, sent him back to White City, and confronted Xiao Ruozhuo after he possessed Ye Tian.
• Xiao Ruozhuo attacked Ling Yi with the Spirit Devouring Art, but Ling Yi used time power to age him into nothingness.
• Ling Yi sensed that the Heavenly Dao had granted him great fortune and noticed that Fu Xiyao shared some of his fortune.
• Wutian explained the sect’s thought-cultivation technique and demonstrated its many spiritual clones, prompting Ling Yi to question whether Wutian kept his thoughts proper.

Ling Yi returned with Fu Xiyao, bound Fu Xiyue and Nalan Haoming as villains, and met Xiao Bing at the Xiao Clan. As he discussed the threat of demonic creatures with Xiao Wuya, breakthroughs among his bound villains triggered major cultivation rewards for Ling Yi.

• Ling Yi and Fu Xiyao left the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect after Chan Master Wutong and Sect Master Wutian apologized and gave them the Bodhi Great Freedom Heart Sutra.
• Ling Yi bound Fu Xiyue, Fu Xiyao’s third younger sister, as a nine-star villain and explained the difference between pure and factional villains to Fu Xiyao.
• Ling Yi and Fu Xiyao arrived at the Xiao Clan during Nalan Haoming’s engagement-breaking insult of Xiao Bing, and Ling Yi bound Nalan Haoming as a villain.
• Ling Yi spoke with Xiao Wuya about Xuan Wan stealing the sealing treasure from the Desolate Ancient Demon Forest, then admitted he had forgotten to ask Xuan Wan how to enter it.
• Bai Feng and Lin Yue’s breakthroughs triggered cultivation boosts for Ling Yi, while Nalan Haoming’s realm-breaking pill gave Ling Yi a choice of rewards; Ling Yi chose the Perfect-Grade Realm-Breaking Pill.

Ling Yi chose a portable small world over Heaven Splitter Nine Forms, then gained the Heaven Devouring Art and learned the route to the Demon Realm from the Heavenly Dao. He gathered a vast force at the Desolate Ancient Demon Forest and revealed the unrestricted entrance to the Demon Realm.

• Ling Yi chose the portable small world as his reward, and Xiao Wuya noticed that he had broken through again when Ling Yi sent a Spirit Severing Stage clone away.
• Nalan Haoming's breakthrough raised Ling Yi's cultivation, and Bai Feng's cultivation triggered a reward that gave Ling Yi Great Perfection in the Heaven Devouring Art.
• Ling Yi contacted the Heavenly Dao, learned of the Demon Realm invasion, and received a map to the Demon Realm in exchange for helping resolve the crisis.
• The Heavenly Dao summoned cultivators across the Heavenly North Continent, and Lin Tian, Lin Heng, and other major groups headed toward the Desolate Ancient Demon Forest.
• Ling Yi arrived with Xiao Wuya, gathered the assembled cultivators and his bound villains around him, and ordered everyone to move out.
• Ling Yi struck a massive tree and revealed the only gap in the Desolate Ancient Demon Forest's restriction.

After conquering the Demon Realm, Ling Yi watched Fu Xiyao ascend and remained behind, eventually recognizing that he could not escape transmigration. Thirty years later, he gave Lin Tian a system and asked him to look after Fu Xiyao before setting off for a new world.

• Yin Wanqing decided to end Ling Yi’s overpowered Demon Realm story and send him to another world because his consciousness clone could not restrain the plot.
• Ling Yi and his clones conquered the Demon Realm, after which Ling Yi devoured its remaining origin and returned to the Mystic Heaven Sect with Fu Xiyao.
• Ling Yi saw Lin Heng, Xiao Wuya, Wutian, and finally Fu Xiyao ascend, then stayed behind after his memories were unsealed and reconsidered his desire to break through the boundary.
• Thirty years later, Lin Tian told Ling Yi that Fu Xiyue was sowing conflict among the sects, and Ling Yi explained how she had obtained the Spirit Devouring Art and rapidly advanced her cultivation.
• Ling Yi gave Lin Tian a system and asked him to look after Fu Xiyao after ascending, then prepared to transmigrate to a new world with his strength and memories sealed.

Ling Yi entered Jianghu to investigate its mysterious technology and received an SSS-rank Spirit Infusion talent that awakened his wooden sword. After using it to defeat rabbits and strengthen the sword spirit, he drew the attention of a group of players who surrounded him and demanded that he carry them while leveling.

• Ling Yi created his character, received the SSS-rank Spirit Infusion talent, and entered Clear Wind Village.
• Ling Yi explored the village, accepted a rabbit-killing quest, and discovered that rabbits were strong enough to kill him in two bites.
• Ling Yi infused his wooden sword with a spirit, raising its attack and granting him a constitution bonus.
• Ling Yi used the upgraded sword to kill rabbits, found that kills increased the sword spirit's level, and refused other players' party invitations.
• A dozen players surrounded Ling Yi and demanded that he fight them or take turns carrying them through leveling.

Ling Yi joined One Cigarette’s party to avoid wasting time fighting the players and ground rabbits while his wooden sword’s spirit grew stronger. The sword reached spirit level 2 and urged Ling Yi to let it kill monsters by itself.

• Ling Yi accepted One Cigarette’s invitation, refused party leadership, and let One Cigarette choose who would join and rotate through the party.
• Ling Yi’s wooden sword reached spirit level 1, raising his attack and agility enough to kill rabbits more quickly.
• One Cigarette learned to draw rabbits with thrown stones and fed them to Ling Yi, while the other party members gathered pebbles.
• Ling Yi and his three teammates reached level 2 as their efficient rabbit grinding rapidly raised their experience.
• Ling Yi’s wooden sword reached spirit level 2 and displayed a notice asking him to let go and allow it to kill monsters itself.

Ling Yi discovered that his Spirit Infused wooden sword could fly and attack enemies on its own, then used it to kill three hostile players and rapidly slaughter Jungle Wolves. He continued deeper into the woods, impressed by the sword’s power and considering how more spirit-infused weapons might make grinding even easier.

• Ling Yi left One Cigarette’s party to test whether his Spirit Infused wooden sword could fight on its own, while One Cigarette stopped several players from following him.
• Sword Handsome and two companions confronted Ling Yi after he rejected their party request, and Ling Yi released his wooden sword to kill all three.
• Ling Yi collected the players’ wooden swords and found that killing players increased his sword spirit’s kill count and experience.
• Ling Yi encountered a Jungle Wolf and let his sword attack it, discovering that it could fly, strike quickly, and kill the monster without his help.
• The wooden sword swiftly killed five more Jungle Wolves, and Ling Yi observed that it paused between attack rounds and could travel only twenty meters from him.

Ling Yi raised his wooden sword’s spirit by farming rabbits and learned it could carry him out of the beginner village once it reached level 10. After logging out, a rabbit from his inventory appeared in the real world, and Ling Yi told Xue to abort an operation because the game held all the secrets.

• Ling Yi reached level 4 after farming forest wolves, then returned to the rabbit grounds to level his sword spirit more efficiently.
• The sword spirit told Ling Yi that at level 10 it would become a magical treasure and carry him beyond the beginner village.
• Ling Yi ignored a player claiming the rabbit area for the King's Guild and used his flying wooden sword to clear groups of rabbits, drawing a crowd of astonished players.
• Ling Yi raised the sword spirit to level 5 and later level 6 while most players struggled to reach level 3.
• When the anti-addiction limit forced Ling Yi to log out, a rabbit appeared from a ball of light in his room, and he concluded that game items could materialize in reality.
• Ling Yi failed to trace the game's server, messaged Xue to abort the operation, and entered "End" into the code interface.

Ling Yi used his second Spirit Infusion on his cloth robe and spent hours grinding rabbits until he triggered a Mutated Rabbit boss, which he killed quickly. The kill summoned the Rabbit Lord, and after players surrounded and obstructed him, Ling Yi turned his flying sword on the crowd.

• Ling Yi imbued his cloth robe with Spirit Infusion and set it as his first-priority equipment for leveling.
• Ling Yi spent five hours grinding rabbits, raising his level and the spirit levels of his robe and wooden sword.
• Ling Yi killed the Mutated Rabbit in under seven seconds and collected its drops, including a Rabbit Tooth Sword, a Clear Wind Pendant, two Level Advancement Pills, and 500 gold coins.
• Killing the Mutated Rabbit quickly triggered the Rabbit Lord, which chased Ling Yi while other players joined the pursuit.
• Players surrounded Ling Yi and blocked his escape, so Ling Yi sent his wooden sword sweeping through the crowd.

Ling Yi defeated Rabbit Little Vajra, collected its drops, and used Spirit Infusion to strengthen the Giant Tooth Sword while its spirit hunted monsters. After logging out, he discovered that the Level-Up Pills from the game had appeared in the real world.

• Ling Yi drove off the players who tried to interfere, then defeated Rabbit Little Vajra and collected its equipment and Level-Up Pills.
• An invisible player struck Ling Yi for 300 true damage, but the wooden sword killed the attacker; the cloth robe’s artifact spirit revealed it could resist true damage at level 10.
• Ling Yi equipped the Clear Wind Pendant, Breeze Ring, Breeze Boots, and Breeze Cloak, then spent 1,000 gold coins to infuse the Giant Tooth Sword.
• You're Not Worth a Cigarette and You're Not Worth a Cup of Wine discussed Ling Yi’s talent, while You're Not Worth a Cigarette secretly hoped he would surprise the Pinnacle Guild.
• Ling Yi raised the Giant Tooth Sword’s spirit to level 6 over several hours, then logged out when the system ordered him to leave.
• Seven Level-Up Pills fell from a ball of light in front of Ling Yi, and he wondered what would happen if he took them in the real world.

Ling Yi raised the Giant Tooth Sword's spirit to level 10, opening his sea of consciousness and transforming the weapon into a first-grade spirit sword. After demonstrating its immense power, he learned he had to reach level 10 and leave the newbie village within twenty-four hours to avoid heavenly punishment.

• Ling Yi met One Cigarette and his companions, sold them ten Level-Up Pills for information, and learned that immortals existed in the Jianghu.
• Ling Yi finished grinding rabbits and raised the Giant Tooth Sword's sword spirit to level 10.
• The Giant Tooth Sword entered Ling Yi's body and opened his sea of consciousness, triggering a warning that he had twenty-four hours to reach level 10 and leave the newbie village.
• Ling Yi discovered the Giant Tooth Sword had become a first-grade spirit sword with Sword Control and Sword Qi, then used its golden Sword Qi to cleave a fissure in the ground.
• Ling Yi returned the Giant Tooth Sword to his sea of consciousness and logged out when the system's anti-addiction timer ran out.

Ling Yi left Clear Wind Village and entered Huayang Town, where he learned about the Jianghu and his new cultivator data panel. He took a quest to attack Black Wind Stronghold and flew toward the mountain on the Giant Tooth Sword.

• Ling Yi logged out after receiving a warning about a conspiracy and watched a report about a deadly collapse in Gu Town.
• Ling Yi used five level-up pills to reach level 10 and was teleported from Clear Wind Village to Huayang Town, where his cultivator panel revealed a useless spiritual root and the Giant Tooth Sword as a spiritual treasure.
• Ling Yi explored Huayang Town, accepted a quest notice, and hired Zhao Laosan as a temporary follower.
• Ling Yi learned from Zhao Laosan about the area's many bandit strongholds, the Jianghu's cultivation ranks, and its prominent sects.
• Ling Yi summoned the Giant Tooth Sword, told Zhao Laosan to wait, and flew toward the mountain.

Ling Yi cleared Black Wind Mountain Stronghold, upgraded his Spirit Infusion equipment, and learned that twelve nearby strongholds guarded Ice Lake for an unknown faction. After returning, he discovered Zhao Laosan’s intimacy had reached 100, allowing him to summon Zhao Laosan as a long-term follower.

• Ling Yi tested his equipment spirits against the bandits and quickly raised several pieces of gear to first-grade spiritual treasures.
• Zhao Gang revealed that twelve strongholds surrounded Ice Lake and barred people from approaching it, though he did not know what treasure lay there.
• Ling Yi killed Zhao Gang, found a Zhengyi Sect Outer Disciple Token and other loot, and learned his crippled spiritual root prevented him from learning the dropped cultivation art.
• Ling Yi searched the stronghold, completed Spirit Infusion on all nine pieces of the Clear Wind set, and tested how Spiritual Power, Sword Qi, and Qi Shield worked.
• Zhao Laosan welcomed Ling Yi back, and his intimacy reached 100, prompting a notice that Ling Yi could summon him as a long-term follower.

Ling Yi conquered South Azure Dragon Stronghold, gained new spirit treasures and the Thunder and Healing skills, and discovered that its bandits were Sacred Sect disciples. As the Sacred Sect and imperial court became likely enemies, One Cigarette’s group also killed A Cup of Wine after he betrayed them.

• Ling Yi gave Zhao Laosan a spirit-infused Tiger Head Saber and heard his account of the twelve strongholds surrounding Ice Lake.
• One Cigarette, One Dish, and One Head of Garlic confronted A Cup of Wine over his actions in Holy War, then killed him with One Cigarette’s lightning talent.
• Ling Yi cleared South Azure Dragon Stronghold and learned its bandits were Sacred Sect outer disciples, making him a likely enemy of the Sacred Sect and the imperial court.
• Ling Yi gained the Clear Wind Band and Clear Wind Legguards, unlocking Thunder and Healing, while the stronghold leaders dropped pills, equipment, cultivation arts, and martial skills.
• Zhao Laosan’s Tiger Head Saber advanced into a grade-one spirit treasure and killed the remaining Sacred Sect disciples; Ling Yi said the imperial court and Sacred Sect would decide what happened next.

Ling Yi planned to found a sect by taking over a supreme sect, while Jianghu factions gathered in Huayang Town over Qilin Lake. After logging out, he confirmed that game abilities could manifest in reality and began investigating the Pinnacle Group on One Cigarette’s behalf.

• Ling Yi asked Zhao Laosan how to found a sect and decided to seize the nearest supreme sect, the Purple Exposition Palace.
• Ling Yi reunited with One Cigarette and his companions, then learned that the Zhengyi Sect had arrived in Huayang Town to pursue Qilin Lake.
• The Return to One Sect, the Nine Yuan Sect, and other Jianghu figures gathered in town, and One Cigarette recognized the event as a major storyline.
• Ling Yi considered testing the game world’s core intelligence and noticed that his anti-addiction timer seemed to be gone.
• Ling Yi logged out, produced lightning in the real world, reviewed game data, and began hacking into players’ computers and sending information about the Pinnacle Group to an official organization.

Ling Yi occupied Qilin Lake while familiarizing himself with his new powers, and Snow of Frost entered the game with an SSS-rank Frost Domain that overwhelmed Holy Capital City’s defenses. After an Immortal Gate expert attacked her and she escaped, a massive imperial army appeared outside Huayang Town.

• Ling Yi and Zhao Laosan traveled to Qilin Lake, where Ling Yi decided to occupy the lake despite rumors of an Ice Qilin.
• Ling Yi reviewed his powerful spiritual abilities and treasures while the Sacred Sect avoided confronting him.
• Snow of Frost logged into Clear Wind Village and used her Frost Domain to kill rabbits, defeat Little Vajra, reach level 10, and obtain the Clear Wind Set.
• Snow of Frost entered Holy Capital City, froze its guards, soldiers, and residents, and deflected the soldiers’ arrows with her domain.
• An Immortal Gate expert attacked Snow of Frost with a golden palm, but she escaped; the expert later called her a pawn and vanished.
• A three-hundred-thousand-strong army appeared outside Huayang Town, startling One Cigarette and the other newly logged-in players.