Chapter Summaries

Ling Yi learned the rules of Urban Survival 365 Days and considered how to use his Hot Blood Hero System while avoiding the pursuit team. After finding recruitment notices for mercenary corps in North Leaf Province, he decided to look into joining one.

• Sun Dalei announced the show's rules, prizes, and dangers, and the production team introduced its expert commentators.
• Ling Yi watched the broadcast and reflected on his transmigration, the parallel world's history, and the combat skills granted by his system.
• Ling Yi realized he would need to choose a line of work that let him level up without exposing his abilities on the livestream.
• Ling Yi found newspaper advertisements for mercenary corps recruiting in North Leaf Province and began searching online for information about them.

Ling Yi registered as a provisional mercenary and accepted an A-rank mission to wipe out the White Tiger Gang in Atoke, shocking the livestream viewers and experts. He reached the gang’s heavily guarded headquarters, where he weighed how to act without exposing his dangerous skills or losing the reputation he needed to use his system’s shop.

• Ling Yi found the mercenary platform, registered as a provisional mercenary, and listed magic tricks, illusion arts, and hypnosis as his abilities.
• Viewers and the program’s experts debated whether Ling Yi’s abilities were real, while Ning Hong judged him to be unusually calm and confident.
• Ling Yi accepted an A-rank mission to eliminate the White Tiger Gang, a three-hundred-member gang led by the Song brothers, for five million.
• The Song brothers learned someone had accepted the long-unclaimed mission and tightened security at their headquarters.
• Ling Yi arrived at the guarded club and considered how to complete the mission while limiting his skill use and building reputation for the system shop.

Ling Yi used Light of the Spirit to secretly control five White Tiger Gang members and ordered them to kill the gang while he stayed hidden outside the entertainment complex. He steadily gained levels as the killings continued, and the chapter ended when gunfire and explosions erupted inside the complex.

• Ling Yi cast Light of the Spirit on White Tiger Gang members, successfully forming contracts with five of them and ordering them to hold position.
• Ling Yi waited for his mana to recover while livestream commentators judged him an inexperienced novice who was unlikely to act.
• Ling Yi ordered contracted member Omas Polinev to kill White Tiger Gang members, and Omas killed one in a restroom.
• Ling Yi gained a level from the first kill, then continued leveling as his five contracted targets discreetly killed gang members over the next two hours.
• Ling Yi reached level 9 while his reputation remained unchanged, and the commentators grew bored watching him sit still.
• Ning Hong noticed Ling Yi's excited expression just before gunshots and explosions sounded inside the entertainment complex.

Ling Yi used Light of the Spirit to turn the White Tiger Gang against itself, then submitted and received payment for his mission to wipe it out. After his mercenary rank rose and his livestream surged in popularity, he returned to the hotel, where four contestants tried to recruit him for a job.

• Ling Yi maintained Light of the Spirit contracts as chaos and gunfire erupted inside the White Tiger Gang’s entertainment complex.
• Song Hu, Song Lang, and Song She tried to control their panicked gang members, but Song Hu’s indiscriminate shooting provoked a revolt that killed Song She and then the other two brothers.
• Ling Yi submitted the White Tiger Gang mission, requested the livestream camera be switched off for privacy, and received the payout after the mercenary website confirmed completion.
• The commentators debated whether Ling Yi’s mission payment proved he had committed a crime, while officials decided to keep the show running without evidence.
• Ling Yi’s rank changed to level 1 mercenary, and speculation about the mission spread online as his livestream became hugely popular.
• Back at the hotel, Ling Yi refused a white-haired contestant’s offer to join a three-day, thirty-thousand-yuan venture.

Ling Yi upgraded Light of the Spirit and discovered that the ordinary world also contained Godzilla and other mutated creatures. He searched for mercenary work and found a seven-star bodyguard mission for Apu, who was about to become president of Ru'ashe Country.

• Ling Yi chose a discreet skill combination and spent 1,000 reputation on two upgrade talismans, raising Light of the Spirit to level two and gaining eleven contract slots.
• Ling Yi tested his skills and later watched news footage of Godzilla destroying warships off Zhanpuneisi's coast.
• Ling Yi learned that Godzilla had appeared three times since radioactive wastewater dumping began, and wondered whether he could contract the monster with Light of the Spirit.
• Ling Yi browsed the mercenary website and found a seven-star mission requiring a five-to-ten-member mercenary corps to guard Apu during his presidential election in Ru'ashe Country.
• Ling Yi researched Apu and learned that he was widely expected to become president, while foreign opposition posed the main threat to him.

Ling Yi traveled to Ru'ashe Country and infiltrated the Kremlin instead of registering for either mercenary mission. Using finely controlled skills to evade guards and cameras, he made it into the inner grounds, where his next move remained unknown.

• Ling Yi arrived in Mo City and learned that mercenaries could apply to guard Apu or provide outer security, while the white-haired man and his companions had come for the outer detail.
• The livestream panel discussed Ling Yi's possible plans and revealed that more than a dozen countries had offered a 300-million-dollar bounty for killing Apu.
• Ling Yi climbed over the Kremlin wall and used Light of the Spirit to control patrol squads as he moved through successive corridors.
• Ning Hong noticed Ling Yi raising his left hand near surveillance cameras and deduced he had found a way to avoid them.
• Ling Yi used a finely adjusted Ice Roar to frost camera lenses briefly, allowing him to reach the Kremlin's inner main hall.

Ling Yi revealed that he was Magic Mage and persuaded Apu to hire him as a solo bodyguard despite the threat of the Black Fire Mercenary Corps. While Apu worked in the Kremlin, Ling Yi bought a Dragon Radar Map module and detected two hostile targets nearby.

• Ling Yi introduced himself to Apu as contestant Magic Mage and offered to protect him from the mercenary forces backing the opposing camp.
• Ling Yi demonstrated his value during a private ten-minute interval, and Apu’s bodyguard contract was accepted under Magic Mage’s name.
• Apu described Ru'ashe Country’s political isolation and continued working through the day while Ling Yi stayed close by.
• Ling Yi guarded Apu outside his bedroom after Apu finished work and went to sleep.
• Ling Yi spent 100,000 reputation points on the Dragon Radar Map module and saw two hostile red dots less than five hundred meters away.

Ling Yi stopped a bomb attack on Apu’s inauguration eve and gave Apu two mysterious items for emergencies. As the ceremony began, Ling Yi prepared to strengthen himself through the system.

• Ling Yi spotted two mechanical birds on the Dragon Radar Map and ordered guards to shoot them down.
• When the birds exploded, Ling Yi pulled two officers to safety and learned their controller, a death warrior, was already dead.
• Apu thanked Ling Yi, warned him about the Northern Alliance and Western Alliance, and reviewed the inauguration proceedings with him.
• Before the ceremony, Ling Yi gave Apu a green scroll and a small golden bottle, telling him to use them if mortal danger arose.
• Ling Yi switched the livestream back on as Apu’s inauguration began, then opened the system interface to boost his strength.

Ling Yi used his upgraded skills and Dragon Radar Map to wipe out thousands of attackers targeting Apu, then proposed continuing their cooperation in the coming war. Apu learned the scale of Ling Yi’s power and considered how far he could help Ru'ashe Country.

• Ling Yi raised his combat power to 147, configured six skills and five item slots, and used his expanded Dragon Radar Map to find enemies.
• Ling Yi unleashed Ice Roar on a mercenary corps ten kilometers away, killing more than three hundred people and gaining four levels.
• Ling Yi continued attacking enemies while Apu visited the barracks; more than 2,500 red dots vanished from the map by noon.
• Apu asked Ling Yi to turn off the livestream and questioned him after hearing reports that attackers had been killed by lightning, ice, and fire.
• Ling Yi proposed working with Apu in the war and said he could go as far as Apu wanted, while warning him about the consequences of using big mushrooms.

Ling Yi developed his abilities and learned from Du Weiguo that Radiation Beasts were spreading beyond the waters near Zhanpuneisi. He accepted a nine-star mission to help Ru'ashe Country recapture Wusiji and prepared to upgrade Light of the Spirit before the battle.

• Ling Yi charged Apu only five hundred Ancient Country Currency to protect Ru'ashe Country, then spent three days leveling up and unlocking equipment slots and automatic combat.
• Viewers debated whether Ling Yi or Apu had secretly eliminated the fifteen mercenary corps and nearly five thousand enemies during Apu's inauguration.
• Du Weiguo warned Ling Yi that Radiation Beasts were appearing outside the waters near Zhanpuneisi, and Ling Yi offered to respond if one appeared.
• Ling Yi arranged with Apu to accept a restricted nine-star mission to recapture Wusiji and showed it to his livestream audience.
• Ling Yi spent reputation upgrading Light of the Spirit to level 69, raising its contract capacity to 15,046, and considered unlocking another function module to meet its mana demands.

Ling Yi helped Apu conquer nine countries while sparing civilians, but five intercontinental missiles struck near Bai Mo City and ended his livestream. After radiation beasts devastated two countries, Ling Yi’s memories were unsealed, and he began a new transmigration.

• Ling Yi captured Ji City after Siji handed him a USB drive and killed himself, while the Chief praised Ling Yi for ending the conflict with few deaths.
• Ling Yi helped Apu recover eight countries over the next month, then began the campaign to take North White Country.
• Five intercontinental missiles approached Ling Yi near Bai Mo City, and mushroom clouds rose there as his livestream went black.
• Thirty mutant beasts devastated Zhanpuneisi, while sixty-five radiation beasts rampaged near Los Angeles and grew stronger after Amaileken used nuclear weapons.
• Ling Yi’s memories were unsealed, and he messaged Yin Wanqing before starting a new transmigration with the Infinite Passive Aura System.

Ling Yi discovered that his diary-like novel had received nearly 250 million in tips from mysterious readers, including gods and legendary figures, and learned that his recurring dreams continued when he published them. Big Persimmon Chinese Web's editors investigated the bizarre earnings, while Zhang Wenlei ordered them to give Ling Yi a great god contract and keep the novel off the rankings.

• Ling Yi found nearly 250 million in tips on his dashboard and read messages from supposed gods and legendary figures begging him to keep updating.
• Ling Yi recalled that he had turned his recurring dreams about a black stone and its mysterious writing into a poorly written webnovel, and that uploading each dream let the story continue.
• Ling Yi clicked the withdrawal button and was surprised that he could withdraw the earnings.
• Lin Yueyue and the editors questioned how Ling Yi's novel had earned so much and asked Zhao Nan to find out who had approved it.
• Zhao Nan learned that Zhang Wenlei had personally approved the novel, and Lin Yueyue called him for an explanation.
• Zhang Wenlei told Lin Yueyue to give Ling Yi a great god contract, exclude the novel from the rankings, and keep it secret.

The Jade Emperor and Tathagata learned that Ling Yi’s novel might offer the immortals and Buddhas a way to survive the Dharma-Ending Age, so they debated how to protect him without disturbing his dreams. Ling Yi posted another update and entered the dreamscape again, where he appeared at the stone stele.

• The Jade Emperor and Tathagata agreed that Ling Yi was their possible salvation and that they should protect him without risking his dreams.
• Taibai Jinxing reported that Ling Yi was untraceable by divination and suggested the Jade Emperor arrange for someone to become close to him.
• The Jade Emperor and Tathagata separately considered sending a woman to approach Ling Yi, while Tathagata rejected several candidates from Spirit Mountain.
• Ling Yi wrote and uploaded exactly 2,000 characters, then went to sleep.
• Ling Yi appeared beside the stone stele in his dream and recalled exploring an abandoned mountain village and killing a monster after three days of dream visits.

Ling Yi killed two Deer-Tiger Monsters in the Stone Stele Dreamscape, causing a second line of golden text to appear on the stone stele. The text entered his mind as a set of characters he could rearrange, and he woke with both lines memorized before checking his author dashboard.

• Ling Yi waited in the abandoned village for another monster and reflected on how writing his novel had changed the Stone Stele Dreamscape.
• Zhang Wenlei worried that others, including the Jade Emperor and Tathagata, had sensed the opportunity connected to Ling Yi’s cultivation technique.
• Two Deer-Tiger Monsters emerged from the fog, and Ling Yi lured them to the safe zone before attacking them in conjured armor with a sword.
• After the monsters vanished, Ling Yi saw a second line of golden text on the stone stele, and the characters flew into his mind.
• Ling Yi discovered he could summon and rearrange both lines of text in his mind, then woke at five thirty and confirmed he still remembered them.
• Ling Yi got up and opened his author dashboard on Big Persimmon Chinese Web.

After meeting a beautiful woman at a lamb soup shop, Ling Yi returned to his old neighborhood and decided to spend his newfound wealth improving it. Uncle Liu advised him to buy his apartment before prices rose, and Ling Yi completed the purchase before spotting the woman again at the neighborhood entrance.

• Ling Yi ate lamb soup and flatbread, chatted with a beautiful young woman, and left the restaurant after she finished her meal.
• Ling Yi found the residents discussing their blocked sewer and offered to fund a renovation of the neighborhood.
• Uncle Liu warned Ling Yi to buy Auntie Lan's apartment before the planned development of Red Maple Mountain drove up property prices.
• Ling Yi haggled with Auntie Lan and bought his apartment for 3.2 million, completing the ownership transfer that evening.
• Ling Yi spotted the lamb soup beauty at the neighborhood entrance.

Ling Yi welcomed his new neighbor Chang E, felt his first stirrings of romance, and then discovered that his novel’s enormous tips were real and tied to the forty-eight characters from his stone tablet dream. Big Persimmon created a restricted channel for the novel, Jade Emperor confirmed the connection, and Ling Yi withdrew his earnings.

• Ling Yi met Chang E, learned she had rented apartment 402 next door, and helped her move in and clean.
• Chang E invited Ling Yi to lunch, and he returned home realizing his heart had stirred for the first time.
• Ling Yi saw that his novel had earned 640 million in tips and found it trending amid readers’ suspicions of a data error or hacker attack.
• Jade Emperor told Ling Yi the tips were what he deserved, then confirmed they had something to do with the forty-eight characters.
• Big Persimmon notified Ling Yi that his novel would move to a special channel with restricted readers and unrestricted chapter length, and Ling Yi withdrew the money.
• In the Heavenly Court Chat Group, Jade Emperor and Tathagata argued over the group name before Tathagata asked whether anyone had condensed their Divine Court.

Ling Yi explored the abandoned mountain village in the stone stele dream and carried back a locked cabinet before waking. He asked the Jade Emperor and Tathagata for a Nine-Transformation Golden Core, while they realized Dao laws protected him and that the forty-eight words he had posted were only the first stage of a cultivation method.

• The Jade Emperor kicked Tathagata out of the Heavenly Court Chat Group after learning that Guanyin, Dragon-Subduing, and Tiger-Taming had entered the mortal world and altered residents’ memories.
• Tathagata and other powerful beings began cultivating the method for condensing the divine court, while figures including Chang E and Uncle Liu showed signs of transformation.
• Ling Yi explored the abandoned mountain village, found a small cabinet that resisted decay, and carried it back to the stone stele before the dream ended.
• Ling Yi posted a brief account of his dream and asked for a Nine-Transformation Golden Core, then hesitated and deleted his demand for an explanation.
• Tathagata told the Jade Emperor that Ling Yi’s request might be a probe and warned that Dao laws now protected him; Tathagata’s followers had learned the posted method was only its first stage.

Ling Yi learned that Guanyin and Tiger-Taming Arhat were maneuvering to win his favor because he was protected by Dao Principles and might be key to restoring cultivation and the Great Dao. As renovations began at the White Rainbow Residential Complex, Ling Yi recognized signs that the beings around him were not ordinary, while his stone stele dream remained unchanged.

• Uncle Liu announced that an anonymous benefactor would pay for the residential complex renovation, and Ling Yi later admitted that he was funding it.
• Chang E volunteered to design the renovation, while Liu Rui revealed herself to be Guanyin and Uncle Liu to be Tiger-Taming Arhat after Ling Yi left.
• Guanyin told Tiger-Taming that Ling Yi was protected by Dao Principles and might help reforge the Primordial World, so they needed to win him over without using force.
• Chang E, Liu Rui, and Uncle Liu organized a large renovation, and Ling Yi noticed that many workers on the construction team were bald and that the team had an unusually revealing name.
• Ling Yi continued to make little progress in the stone stele dream and posted a novel chapter consisting of only the words “same above.”

Ling Yi explored beyond the abandoned village in the Stone Stele Dreamscape, discovered new golden markings on the stone stele, and was killed by a pack of Deer-Tiger Monsters. He woke in terror to find Chang E worried at his door, while she recognized that something had gone wrong in the dreamscape.

• Ling Yi suspected Chang E and Liu Rui were not ordinary people and wondered whether monsters would appear again after seven days.
• Ling Yi smashed three wooden chests beside the stone stele, releasing golden lights that formed three stripes at its base.
• Ling Yi left North Village, explored the withered grass and dry riverbed, and followed the riverbed in search of signs of life.
• Ten Deer-Tiger Monsters emerged from the mist, caught Ling Yi, and tore him apart before he woke.
• Ling Yi checked that he was unharmed, then opened the door to Chang E, who had heard him and realized something had gone wrong in the Stone Stele Dreamscape.

Ling Yi told Chang E about his dream of the Deer-Tiger Monster, prompting her to reveal that it came from the last Small Thousand World and that cultivators faced extinction in the Dharma-ending age. She explained the Primordial World's nine Calamities and ended with the Great Dao severing the nine thousand realms from the Primordial World.

• Ling Yi recounted his dream to Chang E, who recognized the Deer-Tiger Monster and identified it as a Deer-Tiger Demon from the last Small Thousand World.
• Ling Yi and Chang E revealed that they knew each other's identities, and Chang E explained that the Jade Emperor and Tathagata had limited lifespans as the Dharma-ending age approached.
• Chang E told Ling Yi that cultivators considered him their only hope and that Dao laws protected him from harm.
• Chang E began recounting the Primordial World's Calamities, describing Pangu's creation of the world, the Heavenly Dao's rise, and its schemes against Luohou and other beings.
• Chang E explained that the Heavenly Dao dismantled the Primordial World into nine thousand realms, after which the Great Dao isolated them from the Primordial World in the Chaos Calamity.