Chapter Summaries

Ling Yi reached Immortal Reincarnation, but the system’s completed-world countdown forced him out and offered rewards. Back home, he chose wealth and learned he had inherited 450 million from his supposedly deceased biological parents.

• Fatty brought men to Ling Yi’s home for revenge, and Ling Yi teleported them to the Arctic before hiding his body in an independent space.
• Lin Kai escaped Song Zhefei’s men by fleeing into the mountains and hiding in a cave.
• After another month of training and fighting, Ling Yi reached Heaven Reincarnation level 99 and used a Reincarnation Stone to become Immortal Reincarnation level 1.
• The system announced that world exploration was complete and expelled Ling Yi, who chose to keep his wealth, Clone and Levitation, and his attributes.
• Lawyers arrived at Ling Yi’s home with an inheritance agreement claiming his deceased biological parents had left him 450 million.

Ling Yi reunited with Lin Ni in Kangnan City and learned that her company was pressuring her to attend an investors’ dinner and accept a bad contract. After Ling Yi revealed his inheritance and promised to support her, Lin Ni considered leaving the industry, then got drunk at home and made a startling advance toward him.

• Ling Yi arrived in Kangnan City, reunited with Lin Ni, and met her manager Sister Hua and assistant Bai Tongtong, who objected to his becoming Lin Ni’s assistant.
• Lin Ni argued with Sister Hua, took Ling Yi out of the company van, and explained that her contract renewal and the company’s demands had pushed her toward leaving.
• Lin Ni told Ling Yi that the company had dismissed her former manager, Sister Mei, and arranged an investors’ dinner where she was expected to entertain potential investors.
• Lin Ni received a call from Liu Jun, rejected his plea to attend the dinner, and later told Ling Yi she was exhausted and wanted to leave the industry.
• Ling Yi promised to support Lin Ni and showed her his inheritance notification, giving her confidence to consider quitting.
• At her apartment, Lin Ni drank with Ling Yi, reminisced about their past, then climbed onto him and said she wanted to marry him before lowering her head toward him.

After Lin Ni and Ling Yi married and spent a week traveling, Ling Yi was summoned by the system into the cultivation world of his unfinished novel. He arrived near Send-Off Phoenix City, where the cautious protagonist Bai Chen and two rival cultivators appeared in the opening scene.

• Lin Ni quit her company after its largest shareholder tried to force her to sign contracts, and Ling Yi secretly protected her when two guards attacked.
• Lin Ni and Ling Yi obtained their marriage certificate, celebrated together, and planned to visit the orphanage director and travel.
• After seven days of traveling, Ling Yi’s system began its countdown, and he transmigrated while the real world froze.
• Ling Yi arrived beside a river, recognized Bai Chen watching a fight between Ji Chen and Li Yunhua, and saw Bai Chen retreat into the woods.
• Ling Yi bound the Strongest Worker System and checked his attributes before the two cultivators ended their fight and flew away.

Ling Yi tested his theory that the Worker System could help him start a company by recruiting the bandits of Send-Off Phoenix Mountain. After Li Yunhua agreed to help clear the bandits’ names, Ling Yi set off with all 721 members of the stronghold to Send-Off Phoenix City.

• Ling Yi decided to seek startup capital and workers at Send-Off Phoenix Mountain, where he met Li Yunhua, who asked how Ling Yi could fly at the Qi Refining Stage.
• Ling Yi introduced himself as an independent cultivator and reached the bandit stronghold with Li Yunhua, where chief Qi Hu explained that his people had become bandits after a disaster and government corruption left them starving.
• Ling Yi suggested that Li Yunhua use his standing to resolve the stronghold’s wanted status, then offered Qi Hu and his people jobs in his planned business.
• Ling Yi spent the night listening as Li Yunhua discussed the Dao and described the Immortal Cultivation Realm’s slow cultivation and small sects.
• The next morning, Ling Yi led Qi Hu and all 720 other members of the stronghold toward Send-Off Phoenix City.

Bai Chen worked quietly in Send-Off Phoenix City as cultivators from the Immortal Residence introduced modern-style phones and services, while he discovered he lacked spiritual roots. The cultivator Ling Yi, meanwhile, revealed that his worker system had made him overwhelmingly powerful and brought him close to tribulation and eventual ascension.

• Bai Chen learned that cultivators had subdued the Send-Off Phoenix Mountain bandits and heard that the next Immortal Ascension Assembly would test people for spiritual roots.
• Bai Chen recognized the cultivators’ gold-and-red Immortal Residence as a modern apartment building and kept his transmigrator identity secret.
• The Immortal Residence began selling formation-powered mobile phones and using the bandits as delivery workers, prompting Bai Chen to suspect the cultivators were fellow transmigrators.
• A year later, phone services had spread across the Immortal Cultivation Realm, and Bai Chen’s aptitude scan showed that he had no spiritual roots.
• Ling Yi revealed that his worker system had helped him build an operations center with over a hundred thousand employees and reach the Body Integration Realm, leaving him near tribulation and ascension.

Li Yunhua warned Ling Yi that the Spirit Refining Sect was copying their phones, so Ling Yi went to confront the sect. He challenged its master, Lian Wudi, and their first clash ended with Ling Yi blocking a powerful saber strike with his bare fist.

• Li Yunhua told Ling Yi that the Spirit Refining Sect was imitating their phones, and Ling Yi ordered him to announce that the company would punish counterfeiters.
• Ling Yi vanished and traveled to Central Province, where the Spirit Refining Sect's leaders debated how to take control of his phone business.
• Lian Wudi declared that he would personally seize Ling Yi's Operations Center, but the sect's protective formation sounded an alarm as Ling Yi arrived and began striking it with his fists.
• Lian Wudi flew out to meet Ling Yi, and the two agreed to fight rather than discuss their business dispute.
• Lian Wudi's Heaven-Breaking Slash struck Ling Yi's bare fist, but Ling Yi blocked it, leaving Lian Wudi stunned and furious.

Ling Yi defeated Lian Wudi and arranged for cultivation sects to compete for phone distribution rights, drawing hundreds of sects to Send-Off Phoenix City. As the tournament preparations began, Bai Chen and a flower demon discussed Ling Yi’s growing influence and the worsening danger facing the Demon Clan.

• Ling Yi beat Lian Wudi, then offered the Spirit Refining Sect a chance to cooperate by distributing phones rather than competing to sell them.
• Lian Wudi agreed to pursue distribution rights, and his ancestors told him to befriend Ling Yi because Ling Yi’s strength far exceeded theirs and he had only sent a Clone.
• More than three hundred sects gathered in Send-Off Phoenix City and agreed to allocate distribution rights through a points-based tournament for disciples in three cultivation tiers.
• Ling Yi warned the sects not to disrupt the city, while the Heavenly Flame Kingdom sent over a hundred thousand troops to help keep order.
• Bai Chen lamented his lack of progress as cultivators filled the city, and the flower demon who owned his restaurant worried that Ling Yi’s phones would strengthen human sects and endanger the Demon Clan.
• The flower demon considered Ling Yi a possible chance for humans and demons to coexist, but Bai Chen dismissed the idea and she acknowledged that the Demon Clan’s own cruelty had fueled human hatred.

Bai Chen left Send-Off Phoenix City and became a deliveryman in Hidden Cloud City, while Ling Yi prepared to undergo tribulation transcendence. As Ling Yi’s tribulation formed into the legendary Nine Baleful Lightning Tribulation, he charged straight into the thunderclouds.

• Bai Chen left the flower demon and took a delivery job in Hidden Cloud City, where his system rewarded him with agility points and occasional cultivation techniques.
• A year later, Ling Yi sensed that his tribulation transcendence would begin in three days, and Li Yunhua tried to reassure him while discussing the flower demon.
• News of Ling Yi’s coming tribulation drew powerful cultivators and hidden elders to Send-Off Phoenix City, where Lian Wudi warned Ling Yi about lightning and heart tribulations.
• Ling Yi appeared above the city as black clouds gathered, and his power grew so intense that Body Integration Realm experts raised defensive formations to protect the city.
• The tribulation clouds turned red and formed the Nine Baleful Lightning Tribulation, which observers said could mark Ling Yi as a man envied by heaven.
• Ling Yi cursed at the brewing tribulation and charged straight into the thunderclouds.

Ling Yi defeated the baleful energy behind the Nine Baleful Lightning Tribulation and learned that it was born from readers’ negative emotions and had targeted him for replacing Zhao Feng. After sending the being to the Ling Realm, Ling Yi returned to find the realm’s karmic luck running low, while Yin Wanqing worked to trace a bridge to the outside world; a new transmigration then began.

• Ling Yi blasted a hole through the tribulation clouds, but their baleful energy invaded his body and mind.
• A red figure revealed that Zhao Feng had been the original protagonist and accused Ling Yi of replacing him and escaping its control.
• Ling Yi unsealed his power, dispersed the baleful energy, and threw the red figure through a passage into the Ling Realm for Yin Wanqing to study.
• Ling Yi returned to the Ling Realm, named an unexplained warping sheet the Ruleless Surface, and saw that its low karmic luck could no longer summon Author Uncle.
• Yin Wanqing told Ling Yi she had sensed the changing bridge of karmic luck and needed him to keep transmigrating to gather data.
• Ling Yi began another transmigration into “Journey to the West: Reverse transmigration, starting with the client turning into a demon!!” with a passive amnesia aura and an activated obsession aura.

Ling Yi witnessed White Bone and Sun Wukong fighting after the two were transported into his world, where their powers were weakened. White Bone showed Sun Wukong a copy of Journey to the West, prompting him to question his past and accept that many other immortals and demons had also arrived.

• Ling Yi accidentally drove over White Bone, who lifted his car and then faced Sun Wukong as he descended from the sky.
• White Bone and Sun Wukong fought until their strength waned in a world where Magic Power was scarce.
• White Bone summoned several female stars who surrounded Sun Wukong, then urged him to stop acting cautiously and recognize the opportunity of being free from the Buddhist School.
• White Bone gave Sun Wukong a copy of Journey to the West, and he read it, realizing the book described his life and laughing in despair over the Buddhist School's schemes.
• White Bone told Sun Wukong that immortals, Buddhas, demons, and devils besides them had come to this world, and he asked why it had happened.

Ling Yi discovered that White Bone believed his memories and identity concealed extraordinary power, and she offered to help him cultivate. After learning about the factions competing for faith in the Dharma-ending age, he grew wary of White Bone’s motives, while she planned to use the Heavenly Court and Buddhist School to investigate him.

• Son Goku renounced the Buddhist School and left, while White Bone dismissed Zhao Xiaogu and the others.
• White Bone’s attempt to erase Ling Yi’s memories triggered a sense of danger, leading her to suspect he had sealed his own memories and was far more powerful than he appeared.
• White Bone agreed to teach Ling Yi by taking him to meet someone from the Heavenly Court, and they went to eat while Xiao Ling guided them to a hot pot restaurant.
• Ling Yi reasoned that cultivation in this world depended on faith, and he rejected Buddhist cultivation because it required believing in Buddha.
• White Bone told Ling Yi she wanted to become his friend and left, while privately intending to let the Heavenly Court and Buddhist School test his identity.

Ling Yi activated Project Zero and uncovered that the transmigrated immortals and demons were killing or eating the celebrities whose identities they took to harvest faith. White Bone tried to manage a smear campaign and contain the Heavenly Court and Buddhist School, but Ling Yi’s investigation left him furious at their targeting of the Ancient Country.

• Ling Yi activated Project Zero, ordered surveillance of Star Sea Entertainment and the entertainment industry, and demonstrated his quantum abilities.
• White Bone warned Yang Dami, Song Zhuer, and the other women not to confront the Heavenly Court or Buddhist School directly and told them to protect their public images while gathering faith.
• White Bone discovered a viral video linking her to Ling Yi and suspected the Heavenly Court, the Buddhist School, or both of manipulating the trending searches to steal her fans.
• White Bone went to Xuanyuan Pavilion and confronted Taibai Jinxing, who blamed her for his show being suspended and his being blacklisted.
• Ling Yi said he had found Taibai Jinxing and, after investigating, grew angry that the transmigrated beings had killed or eaten the Ancient Country celebrities whose identities they had taken.

Ling Yi learned that Tathagata had gained immense influence by unifying Western religions, then sought out Tang Sanzang to ask for Buddhist teachings. Tang Sanzang said their transmigration and the continuation of the Journey to the West were fated, while Son Goku rejected surrendering to fate.

• Taibai Jinxing and White Bone told Ling Yi that Tathagata had built a vast Buddhist following in the West and that the Jade Emperor had resorted to livestreaming after being blocked from the entertainment industry.
• Taibai gave Ling Yi the Great Grade Heavenly Immortal Formula and questioned whether Ling Yi knew his true identity, but Ling Yi declined to explain.
• White Bone asked Ling Yi how he would handle the online publicity campaign, but Ling Yi left without answering and White Bone resolved to test him.
• Ling Yi visited the Wujie Chinese Medicine Shop, where he found Son Goku and identified the shopkeeper as Tang Sanzang.
• Tang Sanzang said their transmigration was not a coincidence and that the Journey to the West's fate would continue, but Son Goku declared that he believed only in his Golden-Hooped Rod and would rather die than submit.

Ling Yi invited Son Goku and Tang Sanzang to stay with him and proposed using technology and the Quantum Net to help Son Goku regain an advantage. After receiving their cultivation techniques and learning that other Journey to the West figures lived in Dafeng City, Ling Yi asked Tang Sanzang to help him find someone to experiment on.

• Tang Sanzang explained that transmigrators’ bodies and magic were suppressed, then suggested that technology could bypass the limits on cultivation.
• Ling Yi brought Son Goku and Tang Sanzang to his residence, introduced them to his AI butler Xiao Ling, and demonstrated the Quantum Net’s instant teleportation.
• Son Goku agreed to work with Xiao Ling on a combat module in exchange for access to the Quantum Net.
• Tang Sanzang gave Ling Yi a USB drive containing Buddhist arts, while Son Goku began reciting the Seventy-Two Transformations and Eight-Nine Arcane Art for Xiao Ling to record.
• Ling Yi asked Tang Sanzang about other Journey to the West transmigrators in Dafeng City and said he wanted to experiment on someone without killing them.

Ling Yi used his Obsession Devouring system on Sha Seng, unlocking the Second Primordial Spirit and draining several of Sha Seng’s ambitions. White Bone then revealed that Guanyin had come to the Ancient Country to restart Buddhism and the journey west, drawing Ling Yi’s interest in a dating show where Guanyin would appear.

• Ling Yi tracked down supermarket owner Sha Seng and used Obsession Devouring to gain 100 Obsession Points and unlock the Second Primordial Spirit.
• Ling Yi devoured three more of Sha Seng’s obsessions, leaving him listless and without aspirations.
• White Bone invited Ling Yi to join a dating show and explained that Tathagata was sending Guanyin to spread Buddhism and restart the journey west.
• Ling Yi learned that Guanyin would appear on the show and became interested in attending to gain more Obsession Points.
• Ling Yi asked White Bone why Tathagata could not simply convert ordinary people, and White Bone praised the question.

Ling Yi learned that coerced belief produced karmic force, then used Ling-One’s quantum technology to achieve godhood through technology. Three days later, he joined the cast of a livestreamed dating show, where he suspected the other participants were immortals, Buddhas, demons, and devils competing for faith.

• White Bone explained to Ling Yi that only freely given faith could be absorbed, while faith gained through brainwashing became karmic force.
• Ling Yi spoke with Tang Sanzang, who revealed his hatred of Sha Seng and Tathagata and hoped to someday beat Tathagata.
• Son Goku returned from fighting in a negative-first-level quantum universe, and Xiao Ling said the energy problem could be solved so the Parasite Project could begin.
• Ling Yi activated dark-gold armor and learned that he had achieved godhood through technology, though he said it was not yet time to confront Tathagata.
• At the Hearts in Harmony production meeting, Director Yao Yun explained the show’s scripts and livestream schedule, while Ling Yi recognized the cast as supernatural beings seeking faith.

Ling Yi recognized that the variety-show guests were powerful beings from Journey to the West competing for popularity and faith, while Gu Yue planned to use a prank to weaken a rival. Gu Yue abandoned his scheme after discovering Yin Zhao was awake, and the group went on to wake the remaining guests, including Ling Yi.

• Ling Yi arrived at the camera-filled hotel and realized the guests were demons, immortals, devils, and Buddhas seeking power through celebrity popularity and faith.
• Gu Yue received an early-morning mission to wake another guest and used a dartboard to select cold water, planning to secretly use his Weak Water Divine Ability.
• Gu Yue entered room 1103 and saw the golden light of Yin Zhao's third eye, so he abandoned his plan because Yin Zhao was awake and too powerful to challenge.
• Gu Yue and Yin Zhao woke Guan Si, then Mu Mu, while Gu Yue refrained from attacking any of them.
• Gu Yue and the others finally went to wake Ling Yi, whom they regarded as an ordinary mortal.

Ling Yi paired with Guanyin, disguised as Mu Lin, on a reality show while secretly asking Xiao Ling for help. Meanwhile, Tathagata prepared a Heavenly Punishment Plan from Little Thunderclap Temple, hoping to spread Buddhism in the modern world.

• Ling Yi and the other male guests drew lots, then paired with female guests for the show's city-day challenge; Ling Yi ended up with Mu Lin.
• Ling Yi recognized Mu Lin as Guanyin in disguise and arranged to find short-term work while planning to complete the show's task cards.
• Houzi and Tang Sanzang watched the livestream and discussed the struggle between Spirit Mountain, the Heavenly Court, and the forces behind the Journey to the West calamity.
• At Little Thunderclap Temple, Tathagata discussed Guanyin's limited progress and said their weakened group needed time to build support.
• Tathagata revealed that he had converted top scientists and planned to launch the Heavenly Punishment Plan once Guanyin had laid the groundwork.

Ling Yi confronted Guanyin about the Heavenly Punishment Plan and proposed restarting the Journey to the West Calamity to draw out the mastermind behind their arrival in this world. Guanyin revealed that the plan was to plunge the world into chaos with disasters and then save it.

• Mu Lin performed in revealing clothes for a variety show, and Ling Yi secretly used Obsession Plunder to take 1,100 obsession points from Guanyin.
• After the show’s romantic tasks, Guanyin visited Ling Yi at night and demanded to know what he had done to her.
• Ling Yi explained his suspicions that the Journey to the West World and this world had no connection, and that their visitors might be pawns or created characters.
• Ling Yi offered to help Guanyin restart the Journey to the West Calamity so they could draw out the mastermind, and Guanyin asked whether he wanted to do so to expose that person.
• Guanyin revealed that Tathagata’s Heavenly Punishment Plan aimed to create chaos through disasters and then save the world from it.

Ling Yi arranged to restart the Journey to the West as a livestreamed journey, while Tathagata agreed to prepare eighty-one trials and learned of a message claiming Tang Sanzang could lead the transmigrators home. Seven days later, the group gathered at Zero One Building to prepare for the journey, with Little White Dragon still missing.

• Ling Yi told Guanyin that the Journey to the West would be livestreamed and warned Tathagata to abandon the Heavenly Punishment Plan, then ordered Xiao Ling to activate the plan.
• Guanyin informed Tathagata of Ling Yi’s proposal, and Tathagata agreed to arrange eighty-one trials while considering how to involve the other transmigrators.
• An unknown message claimed Tang Sanzang carried a treasure that could let people travel between worlds, prompting Zhang Bairen and many other transmigrators to seek Tang Sanzang.
• After the variety show ended, Ling Yi gathered Sun Goku, Tang Sanzang, Tianpeng, and Sha Seng and announced that the Journey to the West would restart in half a month, with Little Thunderclap Temple as its destination.
• Ling Yi sent Tianpeng to an icy planet after he challenged the plan, then told the others to train with their new divine technological equipment while they waited for the journey to begin.