Recaps

Ding Ling entered the Shushan Xianxia World, rescued the Jade Pool Immortal Fortress, and pursued the Demon Cult’s threats toward Emei. After freeing Dan Chenzi from Red Corpse’s control, he arrived at Emei just as a devastating attack struck the sect, ending with Chang Kong Wuji’s corpse falling from the void.

• Ding Ling ascended to the Upper Realm, chose Shushan as his next world, and reached Kunlun, where Ruo Lan told him the Youquan Blood Demon had corrupted the mountain.
• Ding Ling killed Shangguan Moyun, absorbed his demonic power, and entered the Jade Pool Immortal Fortress to find the Evergreen Immortal Medical Scripture and refine the Mystic Ice Mirror.
• Ding Ling freed the fortress’s frozen disciples and healed the survivors, who accepted him as their Fortress Lord and joined the Nine Provinces Divine Sect as a branch.
• Ding Ling confronted Ouyang Xiong near Kunlun, learned of the Demon Cult’s campaign against the orthodox sects, and followed the elder’s escape trail toward Emei with Ruo Lan.
• Near Emei, Ding Ling exposed an impostor posing as Dan Chenzi, entered Dan Chenzi’s Sea of Consciousness, and killed Red Corpse, freeing Dan Chenzi from her control.
• Dan Chenzi learned that Master was missing, Xuan Tianzong had died, and Li Yingqi had vanished, then led Ding Ling and Ruo Lan to Emei.
• A sword light attacked Emei Golden Summit, killing disciples and destroying an immortal mountain, but Ding Ling protected Cheng Letian and Lian Xing and shattered the attack.
• Chang Kong Wuji’s shattered corpse fell from the void, and the Emei disciples recognized him.

Ding Ling uncovered the Heavenly Dao’s scheme, advanced to the Loose Immortal stage, and led the assault on Youquan Blood Demon’s Blood Cloud Grand Array. He killed Youquan Blood Demon’s avatars and weakened the array, but the demon’s true form remained hidden.

• Ding Ling left Emei for the Western World, where Guan Yu asked him to investigate Li Yiqi’s Cave Outside the Sky.
• Ding Ling freed Guan Yu and took the Twin Swords of Purple and Green, while Li Yiqi’s scheme led to Xiaoyuer and Hua Wuque being possessed by Celestial Venerables.
• Ding Ling returned to Emei, absorbed the Void Spirit Vein’s energy, opened the Martial Dao Immortal Gate, and established a Supreme Immortal Foundation.
• Ding Ling became the master of the Twin Swords of Purple and Green, learned the Sword Masters’ techniques, and led Emei disciples to Panluo Valley.
• Ding Ling entered the Blood Pool while a blood cloud trapped Dan Chenzi, Ruo Lan, and the Emei disciples outside.
• Ding Ling destroyed nodes of the Blood Cloud Grand Array, killed Youquan Blood Demon’s avatars and Demonic Cultivators, and advanced to 45 strands of immortal qi.
• Ding Ling continued attacking the array’s nodes, aiming to collapse it and force Youquan Blood Demon to reveal his true form.

Ding Ling escaped the Blood Sea seal, entered the Demon Realm, and grew into a Human Immortal while uncovering the Celestial Venerables’ threat. After destroying Youquan and restoring Emei’s fallen, he left with Ruo Lan to investigate the world’s structure and the path to the Heavenly Venerable’s Gate.

• Ding Ling and Ruo Lan combined the Twin Swords of Purple and Green to escape the seal, rescue Dan Chenzi’s group, and follow a fleeing blood cloud through the sundial into the Demon Realm.
• Ding Ling mastered the Heavenly Devil Saber Art from the Heavenly Blade Old Man, defeated demonic beasts and Tai Shuchang, and found Ding Yin and Ji Jinyu at Heaven’s End.
• Ding Ling left the Demon Realm, absorbed Profound Yin Demonic Qi to become a Human Immortal, and learned that Lian Xing had killed Dan Chenzi after betraying Emei.
• Ding Ling revived Dan Chenzi, attacked the Demon Cult, and killed its Left Guardian before using the Time Perception Art to glimpse Celestial Venerables killing him beneath a gigantic eye.
• Ding Ling repeatedly killed Youquan Blood Demon, destroyed the Demon Cult, and established Supreme Immortal Foundations in both his Sword Dao and Upper Dantian.
• Ding Ling restored Xuan Tianzong and sent him, Dan Chenzi, and Duan Lei to revive Emei’s Spirit Vein as Outsiders gathered to watch the mountains rise.
• Ding Ling and Ruo Lan explored the world’s eastern edge and its Round Heaven, Square Earth structure, while Ding Ling discovered that the Nanming Li Fire Sword had belonged to Ziwei Celestial Venerable.

Ding Ling defeated the Celestial Venerables behind the blood sacrifice, unified the realms under the Nine Provinces Divine Sect, and grew stronger while preparing to confront the Heavenly Dao. The arc ends with Ding Ling and Ruo Lan striking the hidden web over the Upper Realm Heavenly Abyss again.

• Ding Ling killed the Great Sun Celestial Venerable, then learned that the Heavenly Dao used Celestial Venerable Statuses to control the other Celestial Venerables.
• Ding Ling and his allies reached Sacrifice City, where he killed several Celestial Venerables, destroyed the city, and rescued the trapped Ascenders and players.
• Ding Ling killed Cheng Letian and Greedy Wolf, enslaved North Dipper, and accepted Yuheng's allegiance as he hunted the remaining Celestial Venerables.
• Ding Ling and Zhuge Liang led the Nine Provinces Divine Sect to unify the Human Realm, Cave Outside the Sky, and Demon Realm, while Ding Ling found Ziwei hiding near the Jade Pool Immortal Fortress.
• Ziwei warned Ding Ling that the Heavenly Dao had set a trap in the Upper Realm Heavenly Abyss, and Ding Ling strengthened himself through the sect's Book Vault and Void Spirit Veins.
• Ding Ling trained Ruo Lan, Consort Yu, and Xiang Yu, then entered the Heavenly Abyss with them and discovered a hidden web guarded by the great Celestial Venerables.
• Ding Ling and Ruo Lan's first Twin Swords Combined attack failed to break the web, so Ding Ling withdrew with his companions and returned to strike again with Martial Dao True Understanding.