Chapter Summaries

Ling Yi continued cultivating his Chaos Golden Core while managing his prison farm and waiting for the Chinese Paladin 3 plot to begin. After Chong Lou went to Mount Shu for the Demon Sword, Tang Kun confronted Ling Yi over Yuzhou City's disappearances, which involved hundreds of criminals and ordinary townspeople Ling Yi had imprisoned.

• Ling Yi reflected on his Chaos Golden Core, his Five Qi cultivation, and the more than five hundred prisoners undergoing forced labor in his Prison Space.
• Zhao Wenchang brought Ling Yi the Wide-Sleeved Immortal Dress, and Ling Yi kept it after realizing the story's opening was near.
• Chong Lou sensed Feipeng's presence in Yuzhou City and the Demon Sword at Mount Shu, then went to Mount Shu to take the sword.
• Xuejian invited Ling Yi to Tang Kun's birthday banquet, but Ling Yi declined and sent Tang Kun an unnamed pill as a gift.
• Tang Kun visited Ling Yi and questioned him about the growing disappearances in Yuzhou City, suspecting Ling Yi had an evil cultivator's inheritance.

Tang Kun reported his suspicions about Ling Yi to Mount Shu, while Demon Venerable Chong Lou mistook Jingtian for Feipeng and challenged him to a future duel. Ling Yi revealed his extraordinary power to Chong Lou, and the two began fighting beyond the third heaven as powerful beings across the realms sensed Ling Yi’s presence.

• Tang Kun contacted Mount Shu through a spirit communication formation and told Chang Yin about the missing townspeople and his suspicion that Ling Yi was an evil cultivator.
• Qingwei and the four elders discussed repairing the damaged Demon Locking Tower with the Five Spirit Orbs and considered sending Xu Changqing to Yuzhou City.
• Chong Lou gave Jingtian the Demon Sword, mistook him for Feipeng, and set a duel for three years later.
• Ling Yi followed Chong Lou into the sky and agreed to fight him, while Jingtian realized he wanted to become Ling Yi’s disciple.
• Qingwei and the other elders, along with the Celestial Emperor, sensed Ling Yi’s unfamiliar power as he and Chong Lou flew beyond the third heaven.
• Chong Lou summoned his Flaming Wave Blood Blades, and Ling Yi unleashed the power of his Chaos Golden Core before their battle began.

Ling Yi fought Chong Lou to a standstill, then shared a night of drinking with him as they discussed Ling Yi’s strange power and the Celestial Emperor’s doubts. The next day, Ling Yi rejected Jingtian as a disciple and went out with Xuejian, where he used the Great Prison System to capture a group of wraiths attacking Mount Shu disciples.

• Ling Yi and Chong Lou fought across the cosmos, trading weapons and attacks until both grew tired and called the battle a draw.
• Ling Yi and Chong Lou returned to Yong’an Pawnshop, drank together, and Chong Lou asked about Ling Yi’s power while the Celestial Emperor wondered why the Heavenly Dao had not reacted to it.
• After Chong Lou left the next morning, Ling Yi stopped Jingtian from kneeling and told him to follow his own path rather than become Ling Yi’s disciple.
• Ling Yi considered how to make his Chaos Golden Core change, then headed out of Yuzhou City with Xuejian as demons and monsters appeared nearby.
• Ling Yi found three Mount Shu disciples surrounded by intelligent wraiths and used a conjured formation as a distraction while the Great Prison System captured them.

Ling Yi cleared monsters around Yuzhou City, backed Jingtian in reclaiming the Demon Sword from Mount Shu, and refused to explain his cultivation method. After leaving a note that he would return in two or three years, he went to Mount Shu and began clearing the Demon Locking Tower.

• Ling Yi killed the escaped monsters around Yuzhou City and filled his Prison Space with prisoners while Xuejian grew increasingly admiring of him.
• Qingwei and the other Mount Shu elders returned Jingtian's Demon Sword after Ling Yi backed Jingtian, then left when Ling Yi refused to reveal how he cultivated.
• Jingtian asked Ling Yi to teach him immortal arts, but Ling Yi said the time had not come and withdrew to avoid Xuejian's attention.
• Ling Yi left the Wide-Sleeved Immortal Dress for Jingtian with a note saying he would return in two or three years, then flew to Mount Shu.
• Xuejian learned that Tang Kun had reported the disappearances to Mount Shu and blamed him for offending Ling Yi; she later discovered Ling Yi had left and stopped speaking to Tang Kun for over a month.
• Ling Yi cleared the first level of the Demon Locking Tower into his Prison Space and transformed it into a modern villa with the Evil Spirit Illusion Technique, while the not-yet-formed Evil Sword Immortal trembled on the ninth level.

Xu Changqing descended the mountain as Yuzhou City was overwhelmed by a poison people outbreak, but Ling Yi arrived and saved the city. After everyone reunited at Yong'an Pawnshop, Xuejian sang to Ling Yi, leaving him with an ache in his heart.

• Xu Changqing was ordered to investigate the poison people in Yuzhou City and search for the Five Spirit Orbs, while Qingwei learned Ling Yi had left the Demon Locking Tower.
• Jingtian, Xuejian, Long Kui, Maoshan, and He Biping were trapped by poison people as Tang Family Fort fell and Xu Changqing fought outside the city.
• Ling Yi appeared, devoured the poison people's poisonous baleful Qi, restored them to normal, and resurrected the townspeople who had been killed.
• Ling Yi reunited with Jingtian and the others, then joined Xu Changqing in resolving the poison people crisis and received an apology from Tang Kun.
• After a gathering at Yong'an Pawnshop, Xuejian sang “Preference” to Ling Yi, and he felt an ache in his heart.

Jingtian returned from Mount Shu with the Evil Sword Immortal's box and Feipeng's helmet, beginning the group's search for the Five Elements Orbs. In Anning Village, Ling Yi spoke with Zixuan, who revealed why she was aging and what little she knew about her parents, leaving Ling Yi close to identifying her mother.

• Jingtian dreamed of Qingwei and found a mysterious box, then took it with Xu Changqing to Mount Shu.
• Chong Lou challenged Ling Yi, but Ling Yi sent a powerful clone to fight him and left Chong Lou determined to enter seclusion.
• Jingtian and Xu Changqing returned to Yuzhou City with the box containing the Evil Sword Immortal, Feipeng's helmet, and the Mount Shu Sword Control Technique; the party set out to find the Five Elements Orbs.
• At Anning Village, Ling Yi noticed Wan Yuzhi's Sin Value and later met Zixuan outside the inn.
• Zixuan told Ling Yi that she was aging because she had given birth to Lin Qing'er, and that she had been found in Nüwa's temple with a jade pendant bearing the character Yu.
• Zixuan explained that her parents may have sacrificed themselves to mend the sky during the end of the Sui dynasty, and Ling Yi connected her family's Yu surname to a known descendant of Nüwa.

Ling Yi brought Zixuan into the party, gave the group cultivation and skill orbs, and helped her confront her feelings for Xu Changqing. When Long Kui lost control and fought Xu Changqing, Ling Yi confined her and took her to the Prison Space to resolve the problem.

• Ling Yi offered Zixuan Life Orbs and asked her to pretend they were together, then returned to the inn with her and the Earth Spirit Pearl.
• Ling Yi distributed cultivation-method, cultivation, and skill orbs, but Xu Changqing refused to use them and argued with Ling Yi.
• Ling Yi and Zixuan discussed Zixuan's disappointment in Xu Changqing and Ling Yi's concern that Xuejian might be hurt by their act.
• Long Kui transformed into her red-clad form and fought Xu Changqing, so Ling Yi confined her and told Jingtian to retrieve the helmet that could awaken his past-life memories.
• Ling Yi took Long Kui to the Prison Space, where she turned red again after discovering she was inside a cell.

Ling Yi separated and then merged Long Kui’s two consciousnesses at her request, and she reunited with Jingtian after he regained his memories. After restoring the inn, the group planned to travel to Fengdu in three days, while Xu Changqing got drunk and flew away on his sword.

• Ling Yi removed the red-clad Long Kui’s consciousness and let the two Long Kuis decide to merge, after which Long Kui swallowed the consciousness sphere and emerged with a changed appearance and stronger presence.
• Jingtian comforted Long Kui, acknowledged his past as Long Yang, and asked her to call him big brother instead of royal brother.
• Ling Yi learned that the inn served mountain spirits and beasts from the Ancient Vine Forest, then used the Evil Spirit Illusion Technique to restore the ruined inn.
• Jingtian and the others planned to leave for Fengdu in three days, while Xu Changqing went to a village tavern to drink alone.
• Drunk and frustrated, Xu Changqing mounted his flying sword and flew away; Ling Yi urged Zixuan to follow him, then suggested that he and Zixuan have a drink.

Ling Yi left for Fengdu with the others, where his worsening entanglements with Zixuan and Xu Changqing pushed him to reveal that he was leaving the world. Before departing, he gave Zixuan the Great Prison System and distributed phones that let people across different worlds keep in touch.

• Ling Yi denied that anything had happened while he and Zixuan were drunk, then told her he planned to leave; Zixuan kicked him after asking whether he would return.
• After his memories returned, Xu Changqing accused Zixuan of falling for Ling Yi, and their argument ended her remaining affection for him.
• In Fengdu, Ling Yi beat Zhao Wuyan to death repeatedly, then confronted Xu Changqing when he noticed the latter's Sin Value and warned him to stay away.
• Ling Yi restored his power, revealed the Great Prison System's true body, and placed it in Zixuan's soul before telling the group he was not from their world and would leave.
• Ling Yi gave everyone phones connected through the Ling Realm and showed them how to use Myriad Chat to communicate across worlds.

Ling Yi, now a ghost with a fear-powered system, frightened Yuan Xiaozhen after discovering she and Shen Yan had plotted against him. He upgraded his magnetic control and watched Yuan Xiaozhen face police questioning, then decided he needed a bigger way to scare people.

• Ling Yi examined his ghost status panel and learned that fear from others could earn him points to upgrade his abilities.
• Yuan Xiaozhen recovered from the crash and argued with Shen Yan over Ling Yi's shares, while they threatened each other with evidence of their crimes.
• Ling Yi used Magnetic Field Control to send Yuan Xiaozhen a threatening text, making her faint and earning enough Fear Points to upgrade the skill to level 2.
• Ling Yi used his stronger magnetic control to put his phone in Yuan Xiaozhen's handbag before she woke in the hospital and dismissed the message as a hallucination.
• Yuan Xiaozhen pretended to grieve when police told her Ling Yi had died, while Ling Yi considered livestreaming to frighten more people.

Ling Yi used his ghostly powers to frighten Yuan Xiaozhen into deciding that Shen Yan had to die, then watched as she poisoned him. After Ling Yi destroyed Shen Yan’s ghost, his former self’s obsession weakened, and he turned his attention to Yuan Xiaozhen.

• Ling Yi realized the police were close to closing the case and decided to exploit livestreamers and the conflict between Yuan Xiaozhen and Shen Yan to fulfill his former self’s obsession.
• Ling Yi used Magnetic Field Control to call Yuan Xiaozhen and threaten that either Shen Yan or she would die, earning 239 Fear Points and raising the skill to level 3.
• Yuan Xiaozhen prepared poisoned wine and a meal for Shen Yan, then invited him over under the pretense of saying goodbye.
• Shen Yan arrived and drank from one of the poisoned bottles Yuan Xiaozhen had set out, dying before she needed to use her hidden daggers.
• Ling Yi confronted Shen Yan’s ghost and used Magnetic Field Control to tear it apart, weakening his former self’s obsession before turning toward Yuan Xiaozhen.

Ling Yi killed Yuan Xiaozhen by possessing her car, breaking the obsession that bound his ghost body and gaining strength from her fear. After Baidu City's urban legend brought him thousands of Fear Points, he contacted streamer Da Zhou during a livestream and asked her to work with him.

• Yuan Xiaozhen tried to dispose of Shen Yan's body, but Ling Yi possessed her car and drove it into the same highway guardrail where he had died.
• Yuan Xiaozhen died in the crash, and Ling Yi's ghost body advanced to LV2 as he spent Fear Points upgrading his abilities.
• Police found Yuan Xiaozhen and Shen Yan's bodies, while footage of the car being lifted spread online and earned Ling Yi over two thousand Fear Points.
• Ling Yi used Da Zhou's computer to draw the highway crash during her livestream, frightening her into fainting.
• Da Zhou tried to flee after waking, but Ling Yi spoke to her telepathically and said he wanted to work with her.

Ling Yi enlisted Da Zhou to help him frighten livestream viewers, explaining that fear strengthened him and warning her about the coming revival of spiritual energy. Da Zhou arranged a ghost-catching livestream, and the chapter ended as viewers saw her newly prepared room.

• Ling Yi told Da Zhou he needed people to fear him but promised not to harm people casually, and Da Zhou agreed to help scare her viewers.
• Da Zhou suggested staging livestreams where priests and exorcists tried to catch Ling Yi, while Ling Yi explained that ghosts would become more common after spiritual energy revived.
• Ling Yi revealed his skills and offered to copy one of his supernatural abilities for Da Zhou if she performed well, and she eagerly accepted.
• Da Zhou fooled her manager, assistant, and the platform representative into helping find someone to exorcise Ling Yi.
• Da Zhou returned to livestreaming the next evening after the ghost incident had gone viral, and her viewers were stunned by the room's arrangement.

Da Zhou staged a livestream exorcism with Ling Yi, who turned the fake Taoist’s tricks into a supernatural spectacle and gained Fear Points. Ling Yi then shared his passive fear aura with Da Zhou, unlocking Taoist-style skills for her, and she used the Heavenly Eye Technique to see him floating in the air.

• Da Zhou worked with the fake Taoist Mao Bucheng on a livestream while Ling Yi explained that the priest’s apparent supernatural tricks were props.
• Ling Yi took control of the peachwood sword and candlestick, forcing Mao Bucheng to play along as though he were controlling a flying sword before he fled.
• Ling Yi made the lights flicker and metal objects fly around the room, while Da Zhou pleaded dramatically and ended the stream as his Fear Points rose.
• After the staff left, Da Zhou asked about Mao Bucheng and demanded the promised power, so Ling Yi shared his passive fear aura with her.
• Da Zhou checked her new status and activated the Heavenly Eye Technique, allowing her to see Ling Yi hovering in midair.

Da Zhou set out with Ling Yi to investigate the Highway 106 ghost incident at Junction 9, where her friend Er Mozi had died after passing through. Their livestream captured two gruesome spirits appearing at the junction, leaving Da Zhou frightened but ready to use her talismans.

• Ling Yi reviewed his stats as his Fear Points surged after the viral footage of Da Zhou hiring a fake Daoist to catch him spread online.
• Da Zhou prepared to test her talisman treasures on Ling Yi, then asked him to accompany her ghost hunting at Highway 106’s Junction 9 to avenge her friend Er Mozi.
• Ling Yi upgraded his fear aura, entered Da Zhou’s phone, and helped her begin a livestream at the barricaded junction.
• Da Zhou struggled to move the iron barricade, so Ling Yi lifted it aside with Magnetic Field Control, drawing viewers’ attention.
• Da Zhou sensed a sinister presence and opened her Heavenly Eye while Ling Yi altered the phone’s magnetic field so the livestream could see two bloodied, deformed ghosts.
• Da Zhou recoiled from the spirits, and Ling Yi urged her to throw her talisman treasures at them.

Da Zhou and Ling Yi defeated two highway ghosts, while Ling Yi gained a powerful new skill and learned about the ghost hierarchy. After Xiao Qiuqiu brought home a spirit-money red envelope linked to a Ghost King’s bridal procession, Ling Yi proposed livestreaming an exploration that night in hopes of resolving the danger without confronting the Ghost King directly.

• Da Zhou attacked two highway ghosts with Balefire Talismans, and Ling Yi broke their illusion and secretly destroyed them.
• Da Zhou spent her Fear Points raising her level, while Ling Yi reached ghost level five and raised Telekinetic Object Control to level ten.
• Ling Yi discovered that streamer Lü Bo had become famous after fighting ghosts at North Mountain Hospital and planned to explore the Abyss Mine that night.
• Xiao Qiuqiu arrived at Da Zhou’s home seeking help, and Da Zhou used Heavenly Eye to let her see Ling Yi before she fainted.
• Da Zhou found spirit money in Xiao Qiuqiu’s red envelope, and Ling Yi sensed that it came from a ghost at least as powerful as a Ghost King.
• Ling Yi told Da Zhou and Xiao Qiuqiu to bring their streaming equipment to that night’s exploration, hoping they could resolve the threat without fighting the Ghost King.

Da Zhou and Xiao Qiuqiu entered the White Mountain Abyss Mine to investigate the ghost king while STE observed and tried to recruit Da Zhou. After Shen Bin revealed how severe the supernatural crisis had become, Da Zhou continued into the mine, and Ling Yi used Forced Dream Entry to make Xiao Qiuqiu sleepwalk through a low passage.

• Xiao Qiuqiu and Da Zhou passed the STE roadblock and learned that the organization was assessing them and hoped to recruit them.
• Da Zhou and Xiao Qiuqiu began livestreaming their descent into the mine as Shen Bin and STE personnel followed behind.
• Shen Bin told Da Zhou that Red City had fallen to a ghost king and that modern weapons and the surviving Daoist schools could not stop the threat.
• Da Zhou declined to abandon the livestream, and Shen Bin withdrew with his team to wait outside.
• Ling Yi put Xiao Qiuqiu into a dream state, and Da Zhou crawled with her through the low passage before Ling Yi restarted the livestreams.

Ling Yi and his companions encountered a massive horde of Ghouls in the White Mountain Abyss Mine, where he revealed his overwhelming power and rescued Lü Bo. They continued toward the Abyss Cave to seal it, while Lü Bo discovered that Ling Yi and Da Zhou also had golden fingers.

• Da Zhou and Xiao Qiuqiu followed Ling Yi deeper into the mine, where they found the remains of a previous exploration team and heard monsters roaring ahead.
• Lü Bo emerged from the darkness with a vast horde of Ghouls pursuing him, and Ling Yi manifested a physical body to face them.
• Ling Yi used Telekinetic Barrier to crush the approaching Ghouls, while Da Zhou gained Fear Points, upgraded to lv6, and learned to fly with telekinesis.
• Ling Yi carried Da Zhou, Xiao Qiuqiu, and Lü Bo deeper into the mine, killing Ghouls along the way and ending the livestreams.
• Lü Bo explained that his system had assigned him quests involving the mine and the Ghouls, and Xiao Qiuqiu accidentally revealed that Ling Yi and Da Zhou had golden fingers.
• Ling Yi agreed to consider giving Xiao Qiuqiu a golden finger after they returned, leaving Lü Bo astonished by his ability to share them.

Ling Yi sealed the White Mountain Abyss Mine, confronted the Hokage Ghost King, and later clashed with Da Zhou over his plan to open a Ghost Domain in Baidu City. Choosing points over following the story’s plot, he appeared above the city and activated his Netherworld Ghost Domain.

• Ling Yi sealed the abyss cavern entrance with telekinesis, then told Shen Bin he planned to create a place where humans and ghosts could coexist in Baidu City.
• The Hokage Ghost King appeared to claim Xiao Qiuqiu as his bride, and Ling Yi sent Lü Bo to fight him; after Lü Bo’s Golden Bell Shield broke, Ling Yi used Dream Entry to put the Ghost King to sleep.
• Ling Yi’s Fear Points raised his ghost form to level 15 as news spread that Red Mountain City had become a ghost city, with nearly six hundred thousand people transformed into half-human, half-ghost monsters.
• Da Zhou accused Ling Yi of lying about his Ghost Domain, and Ling Yi decided to pursue points instead of following the plot, citing the risk of the author abandoning the novel and his loss of faith in the author’s storytelling.
• Ling Yi appeared above Baidu City and began activating his Netherworld Ghost Domain as people watched and livestreamed.

Ling Yi left Baidu City after creating the rule-bound Netherworld Ghost Domain and giving Da Zhou authority over it, then entered the world of Kung Fu Hustle as the Crocodile Gang’s leader. He began disciplining the gang’s leadership and learned that the Axe Gang, led by Chen Sum, was becoming a serious threat.

• Ling Yi established the Netherworld Ghost Domain over Baidu City, set rules protecting humans and suppressing ghosts’ obsessions, and left Da Zhou in control.
• Da Zhou realized Ling Yi had entrusted her with the Ghost Domain after the Red City's Ghost King tried to invade and was nearly destroyed; she waited for Ling Yi, unaware he had left the world.
• Ling Yi arrived in the Kung Fu Hustle world as the Crocodile Gang leader and summoned the gang’s eight senior leaders for a meeting.
• Ling Yi shot Chen Dong and Wang Hai after they failed to provide useful information, then ordered the six remaining leaders to investigate and get to work.
• Ren Jia told Ling Yi that Chen Sum led the Axe Gang, which had over two thousand members and was rapidly establishing itself.