Chapter Summaries

After killing Gao Feng, Ling Yi discovered that the system let him leave and re-enter the School Belle world once roleplay progress reached 80%, and he returned to the real world to rest. The next morning, Old Gao offered him a long-term background role in Biannan, where Ling Yi’s unusual presence and martial arts skills attracted attention.

• Ling Yi killed Gao Feng, then told Yan San he would soon reach the Baodan Realm and shared his goal of entering the small immortal cultivation world before returning to the real world.
• Ling Yi saw that the system had added a world list with options to enter or pause the School Belle world, and he chose to leave without pausing it.
• Ling Yi realized that his roleplayed identities might subtly affect his mindset, relaxed at home, and went to sleep.
• Old Gao called Ling Yi about a long-term background role in Biannan, then picked him up with fellow extras Li Yue and Lin Lan.
• Li Yue and Lin Lan remarked on Ling Yi’s distinctive bearing, while Old Gao noticed he seemed prouder than the day before.
• Old Gao asked whether Ling Yi knew kung fu and said he could arrange a different gig; Ling Yi confirmed he knew real martial arts and agreed to demonstrate when they arrived.

Ling Yi demonstrated his Ancient Martial Arts to director Gao Zheng and the film crew, impressing them with his power and Roaming Dragon Movement Technique. Gao Zheng offered him the second male lead, leaving Ling Yi wondering whether he could handle the role.

• Old Gao introduced Ling Yi to director Gao Zheng, Xin Ming, and Cheng Dalei, who asked about his acting experience and martial arts.
• Ling Yi formed a blue palm strike that blasted a washbasin-sized print into the ground, shocking everyone.
• Ling Yi demonstrated the Roaming Dragon Movement Technique against Xin Ming while Li Er filmed, easily dodging her saber attacks and moving in afterimages.
• Xin Ming asked Ling Yi to teach her the technique, and Old Gao ended filming for the day before asking the others what they thought of Ling Yi.
• Gao Zheng offered Ling Yi the second male lead, and Ling Yi questioned whether the director trusted a complete newcomer with the role.

Ling Yi received five million from the lottery and concluded that better rewards depended on properly role-playing rather than merely disrupting a novel’s plot. After checking in on the recorded School Belle world, he transmigrated into Three Kingdoms' Jia Xu in the City as Zhao Ying, the character who had stolen the protagonist Lin Fan’s girlfriend.

• Ling Yi drew five million in cash and suspected the modest reward resulted from failing to play his assigned role in the School Belle world.
• Ling Yi returned to the School Belle world as Lin Zhe, told Uncle Li that a Baodan Realm master was teaching him, and ordered him to protect Su Ling and her daughter.
• Ling Yi demonstrated his tier-5 Thunder Transformation, summoned the Bloodthirsty Demon Mosquito, and then returned to the real world.
• Xin Ming asked Ling Yi to teach her real martial arts, and he agreed to assess her aptitude after filming.
• At midnight, Ling Yi entered Three Kingdoms' Jia Xu in the City as Zhao Ying and recalled that Zhao Ying had stolen Lin Fan’s girlfriend before becoming his friend.

Ling Yi spared Lin Feifei from Zhao Ying’s original plot and paid Lin Fan for his array manuscripts, an herbal drink formula, and a custom Wooden Ox and Gliding Horse. He then planned to steal two upcoming opportunities from Lin Fan to raise his roleplay progress and obtain Spiritual Qi.

• Ling Yi transferred Lin Feifei twenty thousand and told her to return to school instead of taking her to a hotel.
• Ling Yi visited Lin Fan and offered to buy the core technology behind his Wooden Ox and Gliding Horse.
• Lin Fan sold Ling Yi 108 array manuscripts, an herbal drink formula, and a tiger-shaped Wooden Ox and Gliding Horse for three million.
• Ling Yi learned that Lin Fan would soon obtain jade containing Spiritual Qi and rescue Shang Nuoqing, and decided to intercept both opportunities.

Ling Yi absorbed Spiritual Qi jade, advanced to the Baodan Realm, and learned to forge powerful Qimen Arrays from Gang Jin while following Shang Nuoqing. When White Ghost cornered Shang Nuoqing to keep her from attending a jade deposit auction, Ling Yi appeared and offered to protect her, leaving her to decide whether to trust him.

• Ling Yi broke open the stone and absorbed its Spiritual Qi jade, advancing to the Baodan Realm and bringing his Thunder Dragon Bloodline close to its seventh tier.
• Ling Yi decided to intercept Shang Nuoqing's storyline and studied how to forge Qimen Arrays with Gang Jin, creating arrays that surrounded and protected him.
• Shang Nuoqing left her jade shop late at night, hoping to secure a newly discovered jade deposit in Biannan.
• White Ghost and his men cornered Shang Nuoqing and revealed that they had been hired to keep her away until after the auction.
• Ling Yi appeared in the garage and offered to get Shang Nuoqing out safely; she told him to rescue her first.

Ling Yi partnered with Shang Nuoqing to stockpile Spiritual Qi jade, reaching 90% progress before leaving the novel world. Back in the real world, he reviewed his rewards and the available worlds on his system panel.

• Ling Yi used the Illusory Heart Formation on White Ghost's men, but White Ghost was unaffected and left after asking about learning Qimen Dunjia.
• Ling Yi and Shang Nuoqing agreed that she would supply Spiritual Qi jade while he protected her, and he arranged to travel to Biannan with her.
• Over three months, Ling Yi stockpiled five tons of Spiritual Qi jade, advanced to Great Perfection of the Baodan Realm, and saw his progress remain at 90%.
• Before leaving the novel world, Ling Yi gave Shang Nuoqing a wooden bracelet inscribed with Qimen Arrays and told her to prioritize her safety if anyone tried to seize the jade.
• Ling Yi returned to the real world, received two million in cash from the system, and checked the World List.

After the system limited Ling Yi to entering each novel world only once per month, he studied the script for Imperial Guard and joined the film crew for his first scene. His improvised performance impressed director Gao Zheng, who called the cast together to revise the script.

• Ling Yi collected Spiritual Qi jade in the In the City world but learned he could only enter each world once per month.
• Ling Yi memorized the Imperial Guard script and learned that he played Xin Ming’s scheming senior martial brother.
• Gao Zheng arranged a test scene between Ling Yi and Cheng Dalei, and Ling Yi drew on his experience playing Lin Zhe to portray the character.
• Ling Yi changed the dialogue during the scene, arguing that the imperial court controlled the Jianghu and suggesting that the emperor should die.
• Cheng Dalei responded in character, and Gao Zheng called cut after the scene earned applause from the crew.
• Gao Zheng praised Ling Yi’s changes and invited him, Cheng Dalei, Xin Ming, and Old Wang to discuss revising the script.

Ling Yi taught Xin Ming about martial arts and agreed to train her, then entered a low-rated entertainment novel world as Su Ming, a friend of protagonist Song Qi. He joined Song Qi backstage at a music competition and prepared to follow his character’s brief storyline before leaving the world.

• Ling Yi explained that Xin Ming’s talent was modest but agreed to teach her Roaming Dragon Jin after she promised not to share it or use it for evil.
• Ling Yi demonstrated Gang Jin by crushing a teacup into powder, and Xin Ming worried that their meal together would spark dating rumors.
• After returning to the film crew, Ling Yi saw that the system had opened an entertainment novel world rated 5.8 and decided to finish his short role and leave.
• Ling Yi entered the world as Su Ming, who was competing in a music show alongside the protagonist, Song Qi.
• At the stage entrance, Su Ming encouraged Song Qi to win the competition as contestant number 28 was called to perform “Fairy Tale.”

Ling Yi completed Su Ming’s scripted role but discovered that following the plot only raised portrayal progress to 60%. After acquiring a large supply of Spiritual Qi jade, he decided to make Su Ming a star himself, hoping to raise his progress enough to preserve more items from this world.

• Ling Yi realized Su Ming’s original role was brief and checked the system, which showed 50% portrayal progress after he had guided Song Qi into the talent show.
• Ling Yi traded a gold scepter from the “School Belle” world for ten million yuan and thirty million yuan’s worth of Spiritual Qi jade, then secured the first twelve-ton delivery in a warehouse protected by Qimen Arrays.
• Ling Yi followed the plot by sharing a farewell drink with Song Qi, but Su Ming’s completed storyline left portrayal progress at only 60%.
• Ling Yi suspected that Su Ming had to become a star outside the original plot and considered using songs he remembered to pursue that goal.

Ling Yi entered the music competition to steal Song Qi’s spotlight, performed two familiar songs with rewritten lyrics, and advanced to the top sixteen before arranging his own elimination. Song Qi suspected Ling Yi was a transmigrator like himself, while Ling Yi turned his attention to a future plot point involving a mysterious benefactor.

• Ling Yi used the Qimen Illusion Formation and a terrifying bungee ride to force the director to give him a place on “I Want to Sing.”
• Ling Yi rebuffed the other contestants in his room, and his bluntness sparked debate among viewers watching the livestream.
• Ling Yi performed “The Broken Hearts Alliance,” surprising Song Qi with its familiar but altered song, and all four mentors advanced him to the top sixteen.
• Ling Yi checked his roleplay progress at 80 percent and decided to steal the plot point where Song Qi saved a big shot.
• Ling Yi sang a rewritten version of “Pink Memories” and had the mentors eliminate him from the top-eight round.
• Song Qi called Ling Yi to question him about the songs, but Ling Yi denied wanting to join the entertainment industry, hung up, and blocked him.

Ling Yi entered a high-rated cultivation world as Zhao Wansan and found the Longevity Scripture hidden in a village temple, hoping it would help him advance beyond the Baodan Realm. In the real world, he also taught Xin Ming the Roaming Dragon Movement Technique and learned that her jade connection could not identify his Spiritual Qi jade.

• Ling Yi’s roleplay progress in the Entertainment world remained at 99%, and his lottery reward was God Grade Singing Skills.
• Ling Yi cultivated his Thunder Dragon Bloodline, which had reached tier ten, and discovered his Armor Transformation, Thunder Transformation, and Thunder Domain abilities had advanced.
• Ling Yi demonstrated the Roaming Dragon Movement Technique to Xin Ming, who quickly learned its basics and reached the beginner level.
• Xin Ming asked a jade dealer to inspect Ling Yi’s Spiritual Qi jade, but the young man had never seen anything like it and suspected it was artificial.
• Ling Yi entered the world of Starting with Longevity, I Lay Low Until Invincible! as Zhao Wansan and learned the protagonist had spent thirty years laying low in Tuoshan Village.
• Ling Yi retrieved a silk scroll containing the Longevity Scripture from a hidden compartment in the dry well at the Longevity Taoist Temple.

Ling Yi cultivated the Longevity Scripture for two years before seeking to advance his roleplaying progress by disrupting Chen Jing’s future plot. He wiped out the bandits and seized the Fengyun Sect’s and Heavenly Saber Sect’s grounds, reaching 60% progress, but the next plot would not begin for two hundred years.

• Ling Yi converted his spiritual power into longevity spiritual power, then cultivated for two years until his body reached a bottleneck.
• Ling Yi left Tuoshan Village and used his Thunder Domain to kill the bandits north of the village, raising his progress to 30%.
• Ling Yi forced Fengyunzi and the Fengyun Sect to abandon their grounds, raising his progress to 40%.
• Ling Yi made the Heavenly Saber Sect surrender its headquarters and reached 60% progress.
• Ling Yi realized he would have to wait two hundred years for Chen Jing’s next plot to begin.

Ling Yi spread the Longevity Scripture across the Immortal Cultivation Realm, hoping to disrupt Chen Jing’s habit of lying low, but Chen Jing adapted and stayed in Tuoshan Village. After learning that sects rejected Longevity Scripture cultivators, Ling Yi decided to stir things up again by seeking out the Heaven and Earth Sect.

• Ling Yi built Longevity Academy in Fengyun Town, taught the Longevity Scripture and Qimen Arrays, and sent graduates out to spread the technique.
• The Longevity Scripture spread throughout the Immortal Cultivation Realm, raising Ling Yi’s system progress to 90%, and Ling Yi discovered that its practitioners rarely had children.
• Ling Yi returned to Tuoshan Village, persuaded the village chief to cultivate the Longevity Scripture, and soon saw Chen Jing seek confirmation that it granted longevity.
• Chen Jing began interacting with villagers after learning that many people now cultivated the Longevity Scripture, but he chose to remain in the village and keep lying low.
• After immortal cultivation sects refused to accept Longevity Scripture cultivators, Ling Yi decided to visit the Heaven and Earth Sect, whose sect master was at the Nascent Soul Stage.

Ling Yi robbed sects across the Immortal Cultivation Realm to gather arrays and talismans, using them to strengthen his One Hundred and Eight Qimen Array. When a Mahayana Stage expert arrived to confront him at the Shengyun Sect, Ling Yi escaped by returning to reality.

• Ling Yi robbed the Heaven and Earth Sect’s shops and took resources from the sect after its master admitted defeat.
• Ling Yi studied pill refining, artifact refining, and talisman techniques, then incorporated what he learned into his Gang Jin and Qimen Array.
• Over the next year, Ling Yi robbed more than a dozen small and medium-sized sects, learned the Burst Qi Art, and grew confident in his strength.
• Ling Yi began robbing sects of every size, collecting arrays and talismans that steadily improved his Qimen Array.
• As Ling Yi faced the Shengyun Sect, a Mahayana Stage expert’s pressure descended, so Ling Yi returned to reality to escape.

Ling Yi acquired the infinite passive golden finger system, taught Xin Ming martial arts on the film set, and then entered the Combined Martial Arts World as Lin Pingzhi. He left the Fuwei Escort Agency after defeating its attackers, giving an unconscious Yu Canghai a golden finger while Yue Buqun escaped.

• Ling Yi learned that a Mahayana Stage cultivator was hunting him, then drew the infinite passive golden finger system, which generated daily gifts and returned most recipients’ gains to him.
• Ling Yi taught Xin Ming the Roaming Dragon Palm Technique and Roaming Dragon Sword Technique, and the pair performed their synchronized martial arts for Gao Zheng’s cameras.
• Ling Yi entered the Combined Martial Arts World as Lin Pingzhi and found the Fuwei Escort Agency under attack, with many of its guards and servants dead or wounded.
• Ling Yi ignored Lin Zhennan’s warning, blocked the attackers’ hidden weapons with projected internal power, and killed Yu Canghai’s subordinates.
• Yu Canghai and Yue Buqun fled, but Ling Yi caught Yu Canghai, knocked him unconscious, and gave him a ball of light before returning to the agency.

After escaping the Fuwei Escort Agency, Yu Canghai gained a Chivalry Points System and ordered the Qingcheng Sect to uphold chivalry, while Ling Yi tested new systems on Lin Zhennan and considered how to draw the sheltered protagonist into the Jianghu. Ling Yi left the Lin residence to find a host for a new system and discovered a Tongfu Inn in Fuzhou, though Old Bai had never heard of Seven Heroes Town.

• Yu Canghai woke, received the Chivalry Points System, and returned to the Qingcheng Sect to order his disciples to punish villains and uphold chivalry.
• Ling Yi returned to the Fuwei Escort Agency, warned Lin Zhennan to keep the family at home, arranged burials for the dead, and beat Lin Zhennan after he challenged him.
• Ling Yi gave Lin Zhennan the Unlimited Top-Up System, and Lin Zhennan spent a third of his fortune to reach the Innate realm, granting Ling Yi a ten-percent increase in Longevity Spiritual Power.
• Ling Yi considered how to draw the reclusive protagonist into the Jianghu without killing him, then left the Lin residence to find a host for the Get Stronger by Working System.
• Ling Yi entered a Tongfu Inn in Fuzhou and asked Old Bai about Seven Heroes Town, but Old Bai said he had never heard of it.

Ling Yi distributed golden fingers throughout the Jianghu and integrated all 108 patterns and runes into his Qimen Arrays, transforming them into immortal arts. Meanwhile, Lin Chen’s companions planned to seize the Bixie Sword Manual, unaware that Ling Yi was protecting the Lin family, and Ling Yi’s cultivation advanced to the Reincarnation Realm.

• Ling Yi used a map from Lin Zhennan to visit sects at night and give out golden fingers, while continuing to refine his Qimen Arrays.
• After two months, Ling Yi integrated all 108 patterns and runes into his Qimen Arrays, elevating them from Mortal Tier Divine Abilities to immortal arts.
• Yaoyue, Dongfang Bai, Wanwan, and Shuang'er discussed investigating the Fuwei Escort Agency for the Bixie Sword Manual, believing Lin Chen was a weak martial artist.
• Yaoyue proposed capturing Lin Zhennan and his wife to pressure Lin Pingzhi, or killing the family if the Bixie Sword Manual rumor proved false.
• Ling Yi kept Lin Zhennan and his wife inside their residence, avoiding trouble while the rewards from his sixty-plus golden fingers grew stronger.
• The Longevity Scripture advanced Ling Yi to its third level, the Reincarnation Realm.

Yaoyue escaped the protagonist’s influence after copying Lin Chen’s Sign-In System, then watched the courtyard’s women and realized how unnaturally they behaved around him. She returned to Ling Yi with Lianxing, while he suspected Yaoyue’s transformation had advanced his system and improved his Qimen Array.

• Yaoyue, Dongfang Bai, and Wanwan were trapped by Ling Yi’s array while attempting to enter the Lin residence, and he released Yaoyue after questioning her feelings for Lin Chen.
• Ling Yi explained the protagonist’s halo to Yaoyue, then sent her and the others away; Yaoyue received the Bixie Sword Manual, which Dongfang Bai suspected was fake.
• The next morning, Yaoyue copied Lin Chen’s Sign-In System, received a tenfold-enhanced version, and advanced her Mingyu Gong to ninth-stage Great Perfection and her cultivation to Grandmaster.
• Free of the protagonist’s influence, Yaoyue observed the women in Lin Chen’s courtyard and recognized their unnatural efforts to please him.
• Yaoyue left with Lianxing to visit Ling Yi, who noted his system progress had risen to 65 percent and his Qimen Array had evolved into the Qimen Array Dao.

Ling Yi left the Lin residence after Yaoyue and the other women gathered around him, while they planned to seek his help reaching Grandmaster. He traveled to the Former Song Kingdom’s northern border and witnessed its forces charge tens of thousands of invading Xiongnu cavalry as the city gates closed behind them.

• Ling Yi gave Yaoyue the faithlessness points system, and his system progress rose to 80%.
• Yaoyue and the other women stayed at the Lin residence, but Ling Yi slipped away that night and left a constable system for Constable Xing.
• Yaoyue explained that Ling Pingzhi could help people break through to Shattering the Void, and she told the women not to visit him until they reached Grandmaster.
• A Zi and Shuang'er decided to search for Ling Pingzhi, using Shuang'er's good luck system to choose which way to go.
• Ling Yi reached the northern border of the Former Song Kingdom and watched its outnumbered soldiers and martial artists charge the Xiongnu cavalry while the city gates were secured.

Ling Yi saved North Owl City from the Xiongnu with the Thunder Fire Qimen Array, and his system progress reached 100% as he embraced his role in the world. After spending three months strengthening the city’s people, he reunited with Shuang'er and A Zi, explained the higher realms, and warned them that the Jianghu was becoming dangerous.

• Ling Yi unleashed the Thunder Fire Qimen Array, destroyed most of the Xiongnu force, and let the survivors carry news of the attack back to their people.
• Ling Yi's system progress rose from 90% to 100%, and he reconsidered what mattered about traveling between worlds.
• Ling Yi stayed in North Owl City for three months and gave out more than a hundred golden fingers to help defend it.
• Ling Yi met Shuang'er and A Zi, who had found him by tossing a shoe, and took them to eat.
• Ling Yi explained that Grandmaster was not the highest realm and described the Mystic Realm, Dao Realm, and Sage levels.
• Ling Yi warned Shuang'er and A Zi to return to Fuzhou because the Jianghu was likely to fall into chaos as golden finger users grew stronger.