Chapter Summaries

Li Xingkong discovered the Bloody Hand Gang had gathered detailed information on him and planned to capture him, so he attacked their headquarters and escaped. He left the gang’s leadership dead or incapacitated, with their plans disrupted and the gang likely needing to reorganize.

• Li Xingkong learned from a Bloody Hand Gang member that Old Mark was in charge and that the gang’s leaders were on the eleventh and twelfth floors.
• Li Xingkong found documents detailing the gang’s surveillance of him and its seizure of some of his assets, then killed the informant and burned the documents.
• Li Xingkong bought rubber bullets, climbed the headquarters’ outer wall, and attacked the meeting on the twelfth floor through a hole in the glass.
• Li Xingkong found eight people motionless after the attack and discovered documents describing the gang’s plans to capture him.
• Li Xingkong took the documents and several phones, escaped down the building’s exterior, and left the Bloody Hand Gang in disarray.

After attacking the Bloody Hand Gang, Li Xingkong hid in a hotel and waited for a call while resuming Qi Refining. Luke Morgan called to taunt him and lure him to Freedom City Prison with the news that Mike was missing, then sent a drone armed with rockets to attack him.

• Security officers sealed off the Bloody Hand Gang's headquarters as reporters gathered, and Li Xingkong left to hide in a hotel.
• Li Xingkong waited for a call while practicing Qi Refining and reflecting on his failure to plan carefully.
• Luke Morgan called Li Xingkong, admitted he had underestimated him, and claimed that Li Xingkong had destroyed the Bloody Hand Gang.
• Luke Morgan said Mike was missing and challenged Li Xingkong to come to Freedom City Prison.
• Li Xingkong decided to go to the prison, both to find Luke Morgan and to rescue Mike, and threatened Luke over the phone.
• Luke Morgan promised to send Li Xingkong a gift, and Li Xingkong spotted a rocket-armed drone outside and dove for cover while activating Explosive Reactive Armor.

Li Xingkong intercepted two rockets fired by a drone and escaped the ruined building. He concluded that Morgan’s people had tracked him through his phone and decided to locate Morgan before approaching the prison.

• Li Xingkong used his Shotgun Spell to intercept two rockets before they struck his room, then hid in the bedroom as they exploded.
• Li Xingkong escaped through the opposite window while smoke covered his retreat, abandoning his belongings as the drone watched the blasted room.
• Li Xingkong fled through the chaotic block and realized the phone he had used likely exposed his location to Luke Morgan’s nearby people.
• Li Xingkong judged that charging into the prison would play into Morgan’s hands and decided to seek Morgan’s whereabouts first, while considering how Shotgun Spell could intercept attacks.

Li Xingkong searched Luke Morgan’s home, where the butler confirmed Morgan was waiting at Freedom City’s prison. After recovering and preparing water-filled projectiles, Li Xingkong attacked the prison’s defenses and reached the top of its wall.

• Li Xingkong broke into Luke Morgan’s home and restrained the butler, who explained Morgan’s trophy collection and said Morgan was waiting at the prison.
• Li Xingkong spared the butler and left after confirming Morgan’s location, then restored his strength and prepared sample tubes filled with water.
• Li Xingkong approached Freedom City’s prison on foot after noticing signs of landmines around its exposed perimeter.
• Li Xingkong destroyed the attacking drones with a Shotgun Spell and used a water shield to block the prison’s heavy drone fire.
• Li Xingkong climbed the prison wall and searched for a place to enter.

Li Xingkong cleared the prison’s wall defenses and triggered a breakdown in morale among the mercenaries inside. As the defenders began to flee, he left the unarmed men alone and let the prison descend into chaos.

• Li Xingkong landed on the prison wall and used Shotgun Spell to wipe out the nearby defenders.
• Li Xingkong advanced along the barricades, using a gun and his armor to clear the firing positions around the wall.
• Li Xingkong finished clearing the wall in under five minutes, leaving the defenders inside terrified.
• Several squads abandoned their posts and tried to escape, prompting Luke Morgan’s core subordinates to confront them.
• Li Xingkong attacked the core subordinates with Shotgun Spell, worsening the chaos and driving more mercenaries to flee.
• Li Xingkong let the fleeing men go once they threw down their weapons.

Li Xingkong entered the prison’s main building and found Mike trapped in a box filling with cement. After rushing in to free him, Li Xingkong discovered the entrance had sealed shut, leaving them trapped as Luke Morgan appeared outside the glass.

• Li Xingkong descended into the deserted prison yard and cautiously entered the main building.
• He found Mike bound and hooded inside a box, while Luke Morgan taunted him over a speaker and threatened to fill it with cement.
• Li Xingkong destroyed the nearby cameras, then charged into the box when cement began pouring in.
• Li Xingkong removed Mike’s hood and freed him from the chair, but the entrance sealed behind them.
• Li Xingkong’s Shotgun Spell failed to break the wall as the cement rose to their chests, and Luke Morgan appeared beyond the glass.

Luke Morgan came to torment Li Xingkong, who was trapped with Mike inside a glass enclosure filling with cement. Li Xingkong deliberately detonated Explosive Reactive Armor to blast open the curtain wall, escaping the enclosure as the explosion injured people outside.

• Luke Morgan arrived and threatened to keep Li Xingkong and Mike as decorations in his home, with Li Xingkong's head left above the cement.
• Li Xingkong struggled to escape the glass enclosure while the cement increasingly restricted him, and Mike remained bound and unsteady.
• After the system reminded him how Explosive Reactive Armor worked, Li Xingkong realized he could deliberately detonate it against the curtain wall.
• Li Xingkong concentrated most of his mana into the armor on his right arm and triggered an explosion that shattered the glass and drove cement outward.
• Li Xingkong and Mike survived the blast as a person-sized hole opened in the wall, while several people outside were injured and stunned.

Li Xingkong escaped the prison building with Mike and killed Luke Morgan, ending the immediate pursuit. He began recovering in the sunlight, using his Qi Refining Technique and Spiritual Qi to repair his injuries.

• An explosion blasted Li Xingkong and Mike through the building wall, leaving Mike unconscious and Li Xingkong badly injured.
• Li Xingkong kicked Luke Morgan, took his handgun, and shot him dead.
• Li Xingkong dragged Mike out of the prison building as others were left to deal with the aftermath.
• In the sunlight, Li Xingkong's Qi Refining Technique absorbed energy and his Spiritual Qi began repairing his body.

Li Xingkong used his Spiritual Qi to stop his bleeding and make a rough repair of his damaged arm while recovering enough to move. He dragged Mike out of the prison and found his car, with the fleeing soldiers’ tracks offering a safe route out of the minefield.

• Li Xingkong used Spiritual Qi and mana to plug and patch the bleeding arteries throughout his body.
• After nearly five minutes of repairs, Li Xingkong stopped the worst bleeding and began piecing together the major bones in his shattered right hand and arm.
• Li Xingkong continued treating himself as he tied Mike to his waist and dragged him out of the prison.
• Li Xingkong found that the soldiers had fled and left his car untouched outside.
• Li Xingkong followed the soldiers’ tracks to escape the minefield safely.

Li Xingkong returned to Freedom City after escaping the prison and treated his severe injuries at Mike’s house. After two days of recovery, he had repaired the bones throughout his body, while Mike had awakened and stayed quiet.

• Li Xingkong drove away from the prison with the unconscious Mike and returned to Freedom City to rest.
• Li Xingkong bought food and supplies, then took Mike to his house and confirmed that Mike had only minor injuries.
• Li Xingkong used Spiritual Qi to draw pooled blood from his body through his skin and rinsed away the blood in the shower.
• Li Xingkong ate food and calcium tablets while using Spiritual Qi to repair his broken bones.
• Li Xingkong finished repairing his bones after about two days, and Mike had woken up without making a fuss.

After recovering from his injuries, Li Xingkong learned how healing spells simplified cultivation and completed the tempering of his first bone. The breakthrough marked the start of further tempering his body.

• Li Xingkong recovered from his injuries after nearly a week of painstaking self-repair.
• The system gave Li Xingkong the Rejuvenation Technique, and he understood how its mana seal handled the steps of healing.
• Li Xingkong realized spells made cultivation more accessible and found the technique easy to understand.
• Li Xingkong used Spiritual Qi, mana, and materials absorbed from food to finish tempering his first bone.
• Li Xingkong recognized that completing the bone's tempering began the further tempering of his entire body.

After tempering his vertebra, Li Xingkong’s new cells began adapting to magic power, triggering a major boost in his strength and energy. He tested his upgraded body at Mike’s house, where he estimated that full tissue renewal would take about two weeks and compared his current power to an armored personnel carrier.

• Li Xingkong observed golden strands appearing in his blood as newly produced cells began renewing his tissues with magic-adapted properties.
• Feeling overwhelmed by energy, Li Xingkong rode Mike’s exercise bicycle at tremendous speed to regain control of his strength.
• The bicycle and its battery broke after nearly half an hour, and Li Xingkong leapt clear but punched a hole in the ceiling with his head.
• Li Xingkong tested newly renewed skin and found it could withstand bullets of ordinary calibers.
• Li Xingkong estimated that his body’s tissue renewal would take about two weeks and judged his current strength comparable to an armored personnel carrier.

After finishing his business on Prisoner Continent, Li Xingkong prepared to return home and detoured to settle a score with the unlicensed taxi driver who had overcharged him. He left the driver unharmed, reclaimed the fare and interest, and continued toward the airport.

• Li Xingkong said goodbye to Mike and drove from Freedom City toward Nature City, hoping to encounter the unlicensed taxi driver who had overcharged him.
• Li Xingkong spotted the driver's modified taxi leaving Nature City, blocked it with his car, and disarmed the driver before pulling him out.
• The driver offered Li Xingkong the money in his car, and Li Xingkong took the old fare, returned the part he owed for the ride, and collected 304.6 yuan in interest.
• Li Xingkong kicked the driver, told him they were square, threw the hand cannon away, and got back into his car.

Li Xingkong reached Nature City and set out to find Guan Zhenzhen, the woman who had scammed him years earlier. After learning that tracking spells were beyond his current abilities, he decided to infiltrate the city's archives in disguise.

• Li Xingkong recalled that Guan Zhenzhen was the last person he needed to find before leaving Prisoner Continent, but he knew almost nothing about her.
• The system explained that available tracking spells required a target's genetic material, an Underworld, or more Spiritual Qi than Li Xingkong possessed.
• The system suggested searching Nature City's security records, and Li Xingkong remembered that he had once reported Guan Zhenzhen to the authorities.
• Li Xingkong changed his appearance and entered the archives physically, confident that its security focused on cyberattacks and that he could pass unnoticed.

Li Xingkong infiltrated the Security Bureau’s archives to identify Guan Zhenzhen using her WeChat number. He confirmed her identity and discovered that she had many credit cards in her name.

• Li Xingkong surveyed the Security Bureau headquarters and leaped over its perimeter wall unnoticed.
• Li Xingkong walked through the compound until he found the remote archives building.
• Li Xingkong entered the dark archives and used an administrator account found on a terminal to access the records.
• Li Xingkong searched the database using Guan Zhenzhen’s WeChat number and remembered appearance.
• Li Xingkong confirmed Guan Zhenzhen’s identity and found that her file listed an unusually large number of credit cards.

Li Xingkong tracked down Guan Zhenzhen after examining her records and waited outside her home to confront her. When he staged a robbery, her boyfriend fled and Guan Zhenzhen clung to Li Xingkong, leaving him bewildered.

• Li Xingkong reviewed Guan Zhenzhen's records, deleted his search history, and left the repository with her home address.
• Li Xingkong drove to Guan Zhenzhen's apartment building and waited in his car while cultivating.
• Li Xingkong saw Guan Zhenzhen arrive with a man he assumed was her boyfriend and disguised himself to stage a robbery.
• Guan Zhenzhen's boyfriend shoved her toward Li Xingkong and ran away.
• Li Xingkong caught Guan Zhenzhen, returned her bag, and tried to leave, but she lunged at him and wrapped her arms around him.

Li Xingkong confronted Guan Zhenzhen over a theft from years earlier and collected repayment before driving away. Guan Zhenzhen was left furious that he showed no interest in her.

• Guan Zhenzhen clung to Li Xingkong and begged him to take her with him, then failed to recognize him when he removed his mask.
• Li Xingkong brought Guan Zhenzhen to his car and reminded her of the flight where she had stolen from him by showing her an old note.
• Li Xingkong demanded two thousand dollars and used Guan Zhenzhen's phone to transfer the money to himself.
• Guan Zhenzhen asked him to reduce the amount because he had scared off her boyfriend, so Li Xingkong added another five hundred dollars for exposing the man.
• Li Xingkong declared their debt settled and drove away, leaving Guan Zhenzhen angry and wondering why he had no interest in her.

On the drive to the airport, Li Xingkong explained why he had resisted acting on his desires, tying his choices to his values and devotion to cultivation. The system warned that his extraordinary body might make it impossible to have children with an ordinary partner, leaving him to weigh family against the Dao.

• The system asked Li Xingkong why he had not pursued intimacy, and he said he felt it was inappropriate with a stranger and did not want desire to overrule his principles.
• Li Xingkong said he also feared that intimacy might distract him from cultivation and leave him regretting the loss of his virgin body.
• The system agreed that Li Xingkong’s temperament suited it, then explained how distractions and family obligations caused cultivators to stall at different realms.
• The system advised Li Xingkong to consider finding a partner because the world lacked Spiritual Qi and he could only cultivate on his own for now.
• The system warned that Li Xingkong’s extraordinary genes might make an ordinary woman unable to sustain a pregnancy, and Li Xingkong struggled to choose between starting a family and pursuing cultivation.

Li Xingkong chose to prioritize immortal cultivation and planned to avoid distractions after returning from the Prisoner Continent. He arrived home to find his parents waiting, and seeing their age made him feel an urgent need to cultivate faster.

• Li Xingkong decided to focus on cultivation and postpone starting a family until he could guide the Divine Land toward immortal cultivation.
• He left his car behind for Mike to sell and boarded an afternoon flight home from the Prisoner Continent.
• During the flight, Li Xingkong reflected on how his previous involvement in worldly affairs had slowed his cultivation and resolved to avoid stirring up trouble.
• After an uneventful flight, Li Xingkong hurried home and arrived around midnight.
• His parents welcomed him with a warm meal, and seeing his father's graying hair made Li Xingkong feel that he needed to cultivate much faster.

Li Xingkong asked the system how to speed up his cultivation, then searched for materials to assist with bone tempering. He discovered that the best materials were inaccessible, leaving him to consider using ordinary materials or building a production operation.

• The system explained that buying supplementary materials could shorten Li Xingkong's bone-tempering time, and that refined materials could speed it up even more.
• Li Xingkong began researching and selecting materials the next morning, using the system's categories to guide his choices.
• Li Xingkong found that many ideal materials were restricted, produced only in national laboratories, or unavailable without specialized equipment and raw materials.
• Li Xingkong weighed recruiting people to build a materials operation against settling for ordinary materials, and wondered whether the system could offer another solution.