Transmigrating as Feng Zhenghao's son, Feng Xingtong awakens one of the Eight Extraordinary Skills: Spirit Summoning.
The good news: one of the Eight Extraordinary Skills. The bad news: he's also bound to a [Literacy Assistance System] that dropped out in third grade. Its pirated dictionary only includes the first volume. It only recognizes a handful of meanings for “spirit,” such as sacred mountain, soul, fairy spirit, and demon spirit. For “general,” it only knows military leader, great general, and mighty general. And so Spirit Summoning gets redefined: grab something with “spirit” in its name, then send something with “general” in its name out to fight. Capture spirits, dispatch generals: a summoning technique!
Feng Xingtong tries to correct it: “The ‘general’ in ‘dispatching generals’ is short for ‘spirit generals,’ not a military general!”
The System argues confidently: “Then why isn't it called ‘Capture Spirits, Dispatch Spirits’? That proves ‘general’ and ‘spirit’ aren't the same thing! I say the logic is airtight!”
“...Your dictionary is pirated.” “A printing error!”
“...Sure.”
From that day on, everything goes completely off the rails. At the Luotian Grand Ceremony, Wang Bing demonstrates the authentic Spirit Summoning: consuming spirits to grow stronger and commanding an army of spirits. Feng Xingtong summons the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, who wipes out the entire spirit army with a single swing of his golden cudgel. Wang Ai's face turns ashen. “This damn well isn't Spirit Summoning!” The System beams with pride. “It's the advanced version as I understand it!”
From the Luotian Grand Ceremony to Biyou Village, from Tangmen to Nason Island, Feng Xingtong brings along Sun Wukong, Dongfang Yao, and a host of other companions whom the illiterate System deems “qualified.” As he complains about its absurd logic, he overwhelms every enemy with even more absurd summons. Then the backdoor Feng Tianyang left behind is triggered, and the true secret of Spirit Summoning comes to light: it isn't a technique for enslaving spirits, but one for making companions.
