Chapter Summaries

Bu Wuchen awakened in a cultivation world in the body of a poisoned, disgraced military-family heir and accepted the God-Level Choice System’s offer to remain there. The system cured his remaining poison, and he checked his newly revealed status panel.

• Bu Wuchen learned that his predecessor had been banished from Great Liang’s capital after a scandal and had been left near death by poison.
• He saw his maid Wan Xiaoyao caring for him, while his memories recalled that she and the old servant A Chun had followed him into exile despite losing their cultivation.
• The God-Level Choice System offered Bu Wuchen a choice between returning to Earth and staying in the new world, and he chose to stay for the reward.
• The system removed the remaining poison from Bu Wuchen’s body and granted him an Otherworld Beginner Gift Pack.
• Bu Wuchen summoned his status panel and saw that he had reached the peak fourth level of the Savage Martial Realm with 500 mystic power points.

Bu Wuchen awakened an all-profession talent and received a token that could raise his cultivation, but before he could use it, Lin Zhuliang barged into the residence and demanded that Wan Xiaoyao become his slave over a debt. Wan Xiaoyao and A Chun challenged Lin Zhuliang’s claim that they owed him, while Bu Wuchen remained unconscious.

• Bu Wuchen opened his beginner gift pack and gained aptitude for every profession, along with an Elementary Realm Doubling Token.
• Bu Wuchen considered using the token to raise his cultivation from the Savage Martial Realm.
• Lin Zhuliang’s thugs kicked A Chun into Bu Wuchen’s room and demanded repayment from Wan Xiaoyao.
• Lin Zhuliang claimed the house was his and threatened to enslave Wan Xiaoyao under their contract.
• A Chun and Wan Xiaoyao argued that the repayment deadline had not passed and that Lin Zhuliang had once invited them to stay for free.

Lin Zhuliang demanded repayment from Wan Xiaoyao and A Chun, then attacked them while planning to kill Bu Wuchen and frame A Chun. After the [Basic Realm Ascension Token] raised Bu Wuchen to the peak of the ninth level of the savage martial realm, he sprang up and struck Lin Zhuliang in the face.

• Lin Zhuliang demanded a hundred gold from Wan Xiaoyao and A Chun and threatened Wan Xiaoyao when they could not pay.
• A Chun tried to stop Lin Zhuliang from grabbing Wan Xiaoyao, but Lin Zhuliang kicked him into a wall and injured him badly.
• Lin Zhuliang revealed that he planned to kill Bu Wuchen and blame A Chun, then claim he had rescued Wan Xiaoyao.
• Bu Wuchen, awake but unable to move while the token's power settled, watched as Lin Zhuliang seized Wan Xiaoyao.
• The [Basic Realm Ascension Token] raised Bu Wuchen to the peak of the ninth level of the savage martial realm, and he leaped up and punched Lin Zhuliang in the face.

Bu Wuchen used the God-Level Choice System’s reward to defeat Lin Zhuliang’s two armed thugs, leaving Lin Zhuliang terrified and trying to seize A Chun as a hostage. Bu Wuchen stopped him and crushed his wrist, while Lin Zhuliang invoked his status as the Lin Lineage’s second young master.

• Bu Wuchen knocked Lin Zhuliang through the room with a punch, stunning Wan Xiaoyao, A Chun, and Lin Zhuliang’s two thugs.
• Lin Zhuliang ordered his two ninth-stage Savage Martial Realm thugs to kill Bu Wuchen, and the system offered Bu Wuchen a choice between fighting and surrendering.
• Bu Wuchen chose to fight and received the strength of nine oxen and two tigers and the speed of a cheetah.
• Bu Wuchen dodged the thugs’ blades and killed both men with punches to their necks.
• Lin Zhuliang tried to grab A Chun as a hostage, but Bu Wuchen caught him and crushed his wrist.
• Lin Zhuliang cried out in pain and warned Bu Wuchen to release him, claiming his rank as the Lin Lineage’s legitimate second young master.

Bu Wuchen chose to defy Lin Zhuliang’s threats, gained a Bronze Skin and Iron Bone Body, and killed him before taking his valuables. He discovered two rare cultivation resources among the spoils, while Wan Xiaoyao rejoiced that he was still alive.

• Bu Wuchen chose the system option to settle his grudge and gained the Bronze Skin and Iron Bone Body.
• Bu Wuchen broke Lin Zhuliang’s neck despite his threats about the Lin Lineage.
• Bu Wuchen searched Lin Zhuliang’s belongings as A Chun and Wan Xiaoyao watched in shock, and Wan Xiaoyao wept with relief when she realized Bu Wuchen was still there.
• Bu Wuchen found three gold, twelve silver, a thousand-gold money note, and two books in Lin Zhuliang’s belongings.
• Bu Wuchen’s treasure appraiser identified the books as the middle-grade mortal-tier cultivation method Fierce Tiger Soul-Searing Astral Force and mystic technique Flame Tiger Fist.

Bu Wuchen took Lin Zhuliang’s unique-original cultivation method and mystic technique, then chose to face the murder accusation himself and received the Instant Shadow-Piercing Steps. As city inspectors arrived to arrest him, Lin Senyu learned that his son’s life candle had gone out.

• Bu Wuchen secretly stored the two unique originals in his Portable Warehouse and recognized that A Chun intended to stay behind and take the blame.
• The God-Level Choice System offered Bu Wuchen three options, and he chose to handle the situation himself rather than flee or let others take the blame.
• Bu Wuchen received the Instant Shadow-Piercing Steps, an earth-tier movement technique that let him instantly reach shadows within a hundred paces.
• Bu Wuchen asked whether the courtyard had any chickens or fish, and Wan Xiaoyao said there was a live chicken in the kitchen.
• City inspectors burst into Bu Wuchen’s courtyard and ordered their men to seize him as a murderer.
• Lin Senyu learned that Lin Zhuliang’s life candle had gone out and was shocked.

Lin Senyu and Lin Zhuxian suspected Bu Wuchen of killing Lin Zhuliang and taking the family’s rare cultivation manuals, so they arranged for city inspectors to search his home. Bu Wuchen calmly claimed the blood on his floor was chicken blood, leaving the inspectors to decide whether to believe him.

• Lin Senyu learned that Lin Zhuliang had last visited Bu Wuchen and considered confronting him.
• Lin Zhuxian warned Lin Senyu that a Divine Communion Realm expert had accompanied Bu Wuchen and that attacking an Academy student could bring trouble.
• Lin Zhuxian proposed a scheme to make Bu Wuchen return the borrowed manuals and allow the Lin family to kill him openly.
• Lin Senyu and Lin Zhuxian sent city inspectors to Bu Wuchen’s residence under orders.
• Bu Wuchen denied killing anyone and explained that the blood on the floor was part of a chicken-blood folk remedy.

Bu Wuchen evaded the city inspectors’ search for evidence of Lin Zhuliang’s death, then confronted Lin Zhuliang’s father and Lin Zhuxian. The Lin men threatened A Chun and Wan Xiaoyao, prompting Bu Wuchen to turn on them in fury.

• Official Chan ordered the city inspectors to search Bu Wuchen’s residence, but they found no trace of Lin Zhuliang’s body.
• Bu Wuchen left the wrecked residence with A Chun and Wan Xiaoyao, promising to treat them to a feast.
• Lin Senyu and Lin Zhuxian blocked their way, and Lin Senyu accused Bu Wuchen of killing Lin Zhuliang.
• Lin Zhuxian demanded the two manuals and claimed the Lin Lineage could track them, but Bu Wuchen denied knowing what he meant.
• Lin Zhuxian threatened A Chun and Wan Xiaoyao, and Bu Wuchen abruptly turned around and challenged him.

Bu Wuchen accepted Lin Zhuxian's wagered duel to the death, risking the two manuals and his life for a chance to win twenty thousand gold. The chapter ended as the duel began before a crowd at Blood Dragon City Academy.

• Lin Zhuxian threatened A Chun and Wan Xiaoyao and challenged Bu Wuchen to a duel over the cultivation method and mystical technique.
• Bu Wuchen corrected Lin Zhuxian about the name of the Flame Tiger Fist and accepted the duel after his God-Level Choice System rewarded him with a mystical technique.
• Lin Zhuxian offered to count it as Bu Wuchen's victory if he lasted ten breaths, and Bu Wuchen demanded another twenty thousand gold in the stakes.
• Lin Zhuxian and Lin Senyu agreed to the additional stakes, while Wan Xiaoyao and A Chun urged Bu Wuchen not to risk his life.
• Bu Wuchen and Lin Zhuxian faced each other on a martial platform at Blood Dragon City Academy as spectators gathered to watch.

Bu Wuchen faced Lin Zhuxian, a fifth-level Qi Observation Realm senior, in a life-and-death wager duel despite the crowd expecting him to lose. When Lin Zhuxian opened with a lethal punch, Bu Wuchen met it head-on and stunned the spectators by surviving the clash.

• The crowd doubted Bu Wuchen could survive a duel against Lin Zhuxian, while Wan Xiaoyao and A Chun worried for him.
• Lü Chunyang demanded the return of the cultivation manuals and their promised fee, and Lin Senyu assured him Lin Zhuxian would recover them.
• Lin Zhuxian cloaked himself in fiery mystic power, while Bu Wuchen released strength that astonished the crowd.
• At the referee's command, Lin Zhuxian charged and vowed to kill Bu Wuchen with one punch.
• Bu Wuchen met Lin Zhuxian's punch head-on and was driven back, but he survived and left the spectators and referee astonished.

Bu Wuchen fought Lin Zhuxian to a standstill despite their gap in cultivation, prompting Lin Zhuxian to take a Qi Burst Pill and unleash the Flame Tiger Fist. Bu Wuchen vanished from the attack and appeared behind Lin Zhuxian, leaving Lü Chunyang stunned.

• Bu Wuchen shrugged off Lin Zhuxian’s punch and continued the fight as the referee counted the breaths.
• Bu Wuchen and Lin Zhuxian exchanged blows while spectators praised Bu Wuchen’s endurance.
• Lin Zhuxian swallowed a Qi Burst Pill to increase his combat strength.
• Lin Zhuxian attacked with the Flame Tiger Fist, but Bu Wuchen disappeared from its path and appeared behind him.

Bu Wuchen used a heaven-tier finger technique to kill Lin Zhuxian in their duel, then faced an attack from Lin Zhuxian’s enraged father, Lin Senyu. With his mystic Qi depleted, Bu Wuchen was in immediate danger from Lin Senyu’s flaming tiger strike.

• Bu Wuchen used Instant Shadow-Piercing Steps to appear behind Lin Zhuxian and killed him with One Finger to the Yellow Springs Road.
• The spectators marveled at Bu Wuchen’s speed and strength, while he recalled that the Choice System had awarded him the middle-grade heaven-tier technique.
• Lin Senyu saw his son die and attacked Bu Wuchen with a powerful fire-attribute Flame Tiger Fist.
• Bu Wuchen realized the attack could shatter his defenses, since he had spent all his mystic Qi fighting Lin Zhuxian.

Bu Wuchen survived Lin Senyu’s lethal attack when an instructor intervened, then rejected Elder Lü Chunyang’s attempt to take him to the Lin residence for his wager winnings. Lü Chunyang unleashed his Qi Observation Realm Eighth Layer pressure on Bu Wuchen, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Lin Senyu’s Flame Tiger Fist nearly killed Bu Wuchen, but the instructor blocked it with earth-element mystic power.
• Bu Wuchen realized the God-Level Choice System could not protect him from every danger and resolved not to let it control him.
• The instructor condemned Lin Senyu for attacking a Blood Dragon City Academy student, and Lü Chunyang ordered Lin Senyu to apologize.
• Lin Senyu apologized to the instructor, then accused Bu Wuchen of using a hidden weapon; Bu Wuchen countered that Lin Zhuxian had taken a Qi Burst Pill first.
• Lü Chunyang declared Bu Wuchen the winner and urged him to return to the Lin residence to collect his twenty thousand gold, but Bu Wuchen demanded banknotes instead.
• Lü Chunyang threatened Bu Wuchen with his Qi Observation Realm Eighth Layer pressure.

Bu Wuchen endured Lü Chunyang’s overwhelming pressure rather than submit, until a beautiful young woman stepped in and stopped the Lin Lineage elder. She revealed herself as the honorary vice dean and challenged Lü Chunyang for bullying one of her students.

• Bu Wuchen rejected the system’s option to kneel and held firm against Lü Chunyang’s pressure, despite blood running from his ears and nose.
• Lü Chunyang resolved to break Bu Wuchen’s spirit and force him to hand over his movement and finger techniques.
• A graceful young woman appeared, dispersed Lü Chunyang’s pressure, and stood between him and Bu Wuchen.
• The young woman called Lü Chunyang shameless for bullying a student, and he recognized her as the honorary vice dean.
• The honorary vice dean accused Lü Chunyang of bullying a sore loser, while he claimed he had only been testing Bu Wuchen’s will.

Bu Wuchen collected his winnings after the green-silk woman stopped Lü Chunyang from attacking again. She then whisked Bu Wuchen away, leaving him wondering if her interest in him was romantic while remaining wary.

• Lü Chunyang backed down when the green-silk woman challenged him and demanded that he honor the wager.
• Lü Chunyang left, and Lin Senyu paid Bu Wuchen twenty thousand gold after being warned that refusing would cost him his position as collateral branch patriarch.
• Bu Wuchen mocked Lin Senyu over Lin Zhuxian’s death, and Lin Senyu coughed up blood in rage.
• Bu Wuchen recognized the green-silk woman as Blood Dragon City Academy’s honorary vice dean, whom his predecessor had once admired and later resented.
• The woman promised Bu Wuchen that Wan Xiaoyao and A Chun would be safe, then took him away at great speed while he wondered about her intentions.

Bu Wuchen refused the green-robed girl’s seductive invitation, earning two Soul-Devouring Tokens from the Choice System. When she confronted him about hiding his cultivation, he deflected by asking if she was interested in him, and her blush gave way to a piercingly cold look.

• The green-robed girl brought Bu Wuchen to a private suite and invited him to lie beside her.
• The Choice System offered Bu Wuchen a harmful reward for accepting and two Soul-Devouring Tokens for refusing; he chose to refuse.
• The green-robed girl questioned Bu Wuchen about concealing his cultivation and recounted how it had fallen before he fought Lin Zhuxian at Savage Martial Realm Peak.
• Bu Wuchen denied hiding his strength, then teased the green-robed girl by asking if she was interested in him.
• The green-robed girl blushed, then fixed Bu Wuchen with a soul-piercing cold look.

Bu Wuchen explained his recovering cultivation to the green-robed girl, who gave him three days to prove his claim. She secretly watched the dragon-shaped birthmark on his chest, hoping he would help her, and Bu Wuchen asked her name before leaving.

• Bu Wuchen blamed his unusual strength and recovering cultivation on the strange illness, but the green-robed girl remained suspicious.
• The green-robed girl gave Bu Wuchen three days to recover to the peak of the Qi Observation Realm or face her suspicion that he was hiding something.
• Bu Wuchen left, while the green-robed girl watched the blood dragon birthmark on his chest and reflected on its significance and his character.
• The green-robed girl teased Bu Wuchen about staying to rest with her, but he declined and asked for her name, calling her his lifesaver.

Bu Wuchen learned that Xia Nuoyi had secretly protected Wan Xiaoyao and A Chun, then brought them to live in a residence she provided. Xia Nuoyi hoped Bu Wuchen would eventually awaken the power of his Blood Dragon Mark, while Bu Wuchen vowed to repay his companions for their loyalty.

• Xia Nuoyi wrote her name in ice for Bu Wuchen, then wondered whether she had developed feelings for him and denied the possibility.
• Bu Wuchen reunited with Wan Xiaoyao and A Chun at the academy gates and learned masked attackers had tried to abduct them before Xia Nuoyi’s ally intervened.
• A Chun gave Bu Wuchen the deed to a nearby residence that Xia Nuoyi had provided so her bodyguard could protect them more easily.
• Xia Nuoyi considered Bu Wuchen’s chances of awakening the Blood Dragon Mark and decided his recovery could make her wait worthwhile.
• Bu Wuchen shared a restaurant feast with Wan Xiaoyao and A Chun, then promised to make their sacrifices for him worthwhile.

After promising Wan Xiaoyao and A Chun he would help them recover their cultivation, Bu Wuchen used a soul-devouring token to absorb a unique-copy cultivation art and rapidly advanced to Qi Observation Realm Seventh Layer. He then used his second token on a unique-copy mystic technique.

• Bu Wuchen reassured Wan Xiaoyao and A Chun that he would help restore their cultivation and urged them to eat well.
• After Bu Wuchen went into seclusion, A Chun and Wan Xiaoyao reflected on their permanent injuries and his kindness.
• Bu Wuchen recalled how Lin Senyu and Lü Chunyang had threatened his companions and resolved to become stronger.
• Bu Wuchen used a Cultivation Art Soul-Devouring Token to absorb Fierce Tiger Soul-Searing Astral Force, advancing from Savage Martial Realm Peak to Qi Observation Realm Seventh Layer.
• Bu Wuchen pressed his second token against the unique-copy mystic technique with the gray-black cover, and a system notification began.

After the Mystic Skill Soul-Devouring Token raised Bu Wuchen’s alchemy to Mortal Realm Fourth Stage, he planned to use Blood Dragon City Academy’s Pill Hall to obtain the resources he needed to refine pills. Meanwhile, Bu Dingfeng and Bu Dingyun remained confident that their poison would kill him, unaware that he was entering the Pill Hall alive.

• Bu Wuchen used the Mystic Skill Soul-Devouring Token on Flame Tiger Fist and gained three alchemy stages, reaching Mortal Realm Fourth Stage.
• Bu Wuchen realized he lacked pill formulas, a cauldron, pill fire, and ingredients, then decided Blood Dragon City Academy’s Pill Hall could provide them.
• Bu Wuchen kissed Wan Xiaoyao in his excitement, then went to bed intending to enter the Pill Hall as an alchemy prodigy the next day.
• Bu Dingfeng worried that Bu Wuchen’s death had not been confirmed, but Bu Dingyun assured him the poison would kill Bu Wuchen within a hundred days and leave the Bu Lineage’s power to their father.
• Bu Wuchen entered the Pill Hall at Blood Dragon City Academy.