Chapter Summaries

Lin Bei disguised himself and devised a way to use his storage ring to carry enough water to help rescue people and extinguish the World Trade Center fire. After filling the ring and taking off on a cheap iron sword, he flew toward the burning skyscraper.

• Lin Bei changed into a black hooded tracksuit and mask to conceal his identity before heading to the World Trade Center.
• Lin Bei realized he could use his 100-cubic-meter storage ring to transport water and flew invisibly to the artificial river behind campus.
• Lin Bei filled the storage ring with river water, causing the water level to drop and exposing mud along the bank.
• Lin Bei summoned his cheap iron sword, infused it with Spiritual Power, and flew toward the smoke-wreathed World Trade Center.

Lin Bei saved a man who fell from the burning World Trade Center by catching him on his flying sword, stunning the crowd and livestream viewers. As people hailed him as the Sword Immortal, his Sensation Points surged.

• Firefighters and police failed to reach the people trapped in the burning World Trade Center as the fire spread.
• A man clinging to a curtain rope outside the thirty-fifth floor fell when the rope snapped.
• Lin Bei flew in on an azure sword and caught the falling man just above the ground.
• The crowd and livestream viewers recognized Lin Bei as the Sword Immortal and erupted in celebration.
• Lin Bei heard his Sensation Points rapidly increase as he hovered above the crowd.

Lin Bei rescued twenty-six people from the burning World Trade Center using his cultivation and the Floating Formation Plate. He emerged unscathed with the survivors, while the crowd and livestream viewers hailed him as a sword immortal and his Sensation Points surged.

• Lin Bei lowered the man he had caught onto a rescue cushion, then used his voice to stop trapped people from jumping from the rooftop.
• Lin Bei flew through the flames into the thirtieth floor and used his divine sense to locate twenty-six trapped people.
• Lin Bei activated the Floating Formation Plate and lifted all twenty-six survivors onto its enormous air cushion.
• Lin Bei guided the overloaded formation plate out through the broken window and emerged from the fire unscathed.
• The rescued survivors and crowds praised Lin Bei, while his Sensation Points rapidly increased.

After rescuing everyone trapped above the thirtieth floor, Lin Bei watched the World Trade Center’s structure buckle as the fire spread beyond the firefighters’ reach. He used a hundred tons of stored river water to extinguish the blaze, leaving the crowd and livestream viewers stunned by the spectacle.

• Lin Bei made seven trips on his flying sword and rescued more than a hundred people trapped above the thirtieth floor.
• A load-bearing column failed, the World Trade Center began to tilt, and the fire commander ordered the firefighters to retreat.
• Lin Bei flew above the rooftop and poured all his remaining Spiritual Power into his storage ring.
• Lin Bei released a hundred tons of river water into the building’s light well and ventilation ducts, extinguishing the fire.
• The commander, firefighters, crowd, and livestream viewers stared in disbelief as the internet erupted over Lin Bei’s feat.

Lin Bei completed the rescue at the World Trade Center, earning rewards that raised his cultivation to Qi Refining Third Layer. When Sun Lixin arrived by helicopter to invite him to meet Gu Changshan, Lin Bei escaped at tremendous speed, leaving the authorities to conclude that he meant no hostility toward Huaxia.

• Lin Bei received 31,500,000 Sensation Points, ten high-grade spirit stones, the Black Tortoise Jade Pendant, and a cultivation increase to Qi Refining Third Layer.
• Sun Lixin arrived with three attack helicopters and asked Lin Bei to meet Gu Changshan, while the crowd and livestream viewers watched.
• Lin Bei gave the helicopter a casual salute, then launched away on his iron sword in a sonic boom.
• Sun Lixin reported that Lin Bei had vanished at speeds beyond the helicopter's reach.
• Gu Changshan ordered the helicopters back to base and concluded that Lin Bei posed no hostility toward Huaxia.

After returning to Jinghai University, Lin Bei watched the internet erupt over the masked sword immortal’s rescue at the World Trade Center, unaware that the students around him were searching for him. He tested the Black Tortoise Jade Pendant and discovered it could completely repel his full-strength attack, leaving him delighted with his new defensive treasure.

• Lin Bei returned to campus and saw students reacting to the viral videos of the sword immortal rescuing people and extinguishing the World Trade Center fire.
• Fatty Wang called Lin Bei to tell him about the internet frenzy, and Lin Bei checked the trending searches and watched the videos.
• Lin Bei overheard students praising the sword immortal as he passed the women’s dormitory, enjoying that nobody recognized him.
• Lin Bei went to a secluded grove, tested his Qi Refining Third Layer strength by smashing a granite rock, and marveled at his power.
• Lin Bei tested the Black Tortoise Jade Pendant with a full-strength sword strike, and its barrier absorbed the attack while breaking his iron sword.

Lin Bei returned to his dorm after stopping a fire at the World Trade Center and listened as Fatty Wang and Liu Chen argued over whether the flying swordsman in a viral video was a cultivator or a technological trick. When Chen Mo noticed Lin Bei’s transformed appearance, Lin Bei covered up the change with a story about skincare and resolved to suppress his spiritual power more carefully.

• Fatty Wang argued that the swordsman in the video was a cultivator, while Liu Chen insisted the rescue had used secret government technology.
• Lin Bei watched a video of his own rescue and pretended that the swordsman’s feats were wire work and special effects.
• Chen Mo noticed Lin Bei’s skin and appearance had changed, and Fatty Wang and Liu Chen crowded around to inspect him.
• Lin Bei blamed his smooth skin on a bathhouse scrub and Dabao SOD Honey, then redirected Fatty Wang to his online argument.
• After Chen Mo returned to his book, Lin Bei worried that his roommates might uncover his secret and decided to suppress his spiritual power in the dorm.

Lin Bei used spiritual power and an Intelligence-Opening Pill to save an injured orange kitten, which recovered and gained humanlike intelligence. Ruan Qingwu decided to adopt it, while Lin Bei privately considered letting it protect her on campus.

• Ruan Qingwu invited Lin Bei to Lovers' Slope with grilled cold noodles, and they talked about the online video of a sword immortal.
• Ruan Qingwu found a badly injured orange kitten in the bushes and asked Lin Bei to help it.
• Lin Bei secretly healed the kitten with spiritual power and dissolved an Intelligence-Opening Pill in water for it to drink.
• The kitten recovered, stood up, and showed cleverness and gratitude toward Lin Bei.
• Ruan Qingwu asked to adopt the kitten, and Lin Bei agreed on the condition that she handle its food and litter.

Lin Bei and Ruan Qingwu walked by Weiming Lake with Orange Treasure when Zhou Zihao insulted the kitten and tried to provoke them. Orange Treasure mocked him until he fell into the lake, leaving Ruan Qingwu laughing and Lin Bei impressed by the clever cat.

• Lin Bei and Ruan Qingwu walked beside Weiming Lake with their newly named kitten, Orange Treasure.
• Zhou Zihao blocked their path and insulted Lin Bei, Ruan Qingwu, and Orange Treasure.
• Lin Bei held Ruan Qingwu back as Orange Treasure escaped her arms and rolled its eyes at Zhou Zihao.
• Orange Treasure spat on Zhou Zihao’s Air Jordans and flipped him off when he tried to kick it.
• Zhou Zihao slipped on a mossy stone and fell into Weiming Lake, where Zhang Liang and the others struggled to pull him out.
• Ruan Qingwu laughed at Zhou Zihao while Lin Bei praised Orange Treasure, which returned to her arms and rolled its eyes at Zhou Zihao again.

Ruan Qingwu asked Lin Bei to accompany her and her roommates to a haunted house, while Zhang Liang overheard and helped Zhou Zihao plan to have thugs frighten Lin Bei and record it. Zhou Zihao hired Brother Biao to carry out the scheme that weekend.

• Ruan Qingwu agreed to visit a haunted house after Zhao Mengyao persuaded her to invite Lin Bei, and Lin Bei accepted her invitation for Saturday.
• Zhang Liang overheard Lin Bei's phone call and rushed to tell Zhou Zihao about the haunted-house trip.
• Zhang Liang suggested hiring men to disguise themselves as ghosts, frighten Lin Bei, and film him for the university forum.
• Zhou Zihao called Brother Biao and paid him to take men to the haunted house and scare Lin Bei on camera.
• Zhou Zihao promised Zhang Liang a reward, and the two celebrated their plan.