Arc 54The Lingbao Handbook

Sun Wukong gathered demons for Ding Ling while uncovering the corruption at Penglai Island and the dangers of the Lingbao Illustrated Handbook. Ding Ling entered the handbook’s worlds, recruited Su Quanzhong and the Six-Eared Macaque, and left Mount Guan City bracing for Deng Chanyu’s arrival.

  • Sun Wukong recruited Yellow-Browed Great King and Sai Tai Sui, while Pigsy led the Seven Fairy Maidens and Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord toward the Heavenly Court.
  • Yellow-Browed Great King’s group was captured at Lion Camel Ridge, and Sun Wukong freed the prisoners before Zhenyuan Daxian helped secure the three demon kings’ agreement to become Ding Ling’s toys.
  • Pigsy and his companions confronted God of Longevity at Penglai Island, then became trapped in the Black Mist Sequence until Ding Ling rescued them.
  • Ding Ling led the group through the corrupted Projection World, where he destroyed the black-mist Heavenly Court and discovered the Lingbao Illustrated Handbook after defeating the aberrant God of Longevity.
  • Ding Ling entered the handbook’s comic worlds, met Su Quanzhong, and learned the handbook could control aberrations and manipulate the One-Dimensional and Two-Dimensional Worlds.
  • Ding Ling and Su Quanzhong entered the Black Mist Territory, subdued the Six-Eared Macaque, and discovered that Gao Yulan had taken control of Ji Province City before disappearing.
  • Ding Ling, Su Quanzhong, and the Six-Eared Macaque entered another book world, killed Tu Xingsun after he attacked them, and drew the attention of Deng Chanyu and Deng Jiugong.
Chapters 1327–1351 Summaries Read

Arc 55Across the Black Mist

Ding Ling sealed Abyss rifts, gathered powerful Curse Sources, and uncovered a dangerous Bronze Gate and hospital tied to the disasters. He entered a modern reincarnation world with Nezha and Yang Ling, then followed the Research Institute’s hidden trail into a mirror realm.

  • Ding Ling met Deng Chanyu, learned that Shen Yuan had vanished millennia earlier, and mastered the Eight Trigrams Plate Cable Secret Martial Art before setting out for the Heavenly Chasm.
  • Ding Ling purified Long Er, helped her recover fragments of her past, and used millions of clones to drive back the Black Mist and reveal Void City beyond the chasm.
  • Ding Ling sent avatars into the Great River, collected high-rank Curse Sources, and traveled between book worlds to rescue survivors and seal rifts across the region.
  • Ding Ling gathered powerful Curse Sources and explored the Bronze Gate with Nezha, where they fought countless copies that replicated their abilities.
  • Ding Ling and Nezha entered a modern world and met Yang Ling, who revealed that she had reincarnated 1,001 times and asked them to help her escape the cycle.
  • Ding Ling and Nezha helped Yang Ling become famous, while Ding Ling investigated a hidden hospital whose doctors operated on mysterious patients and recognized him as Great Sir.
  • Ding Ling seized and fused the hospital’s Surgical Knives, sent a clone through a rift that glimpsed the Great River and a Mountains and Seas World, and chose not to enter the river himself.
  • Ding Ling searched hidden Inner Worlds for the Research Institute, followed a gaze from the 807th world, and entered a realm filled with mirrors reflecting him, Nezha, and Yang Ling.
Chapters 1352–1377 Summaries Read

Arc 56The Immortal Palace Chessboards

Ding Ling crossed the ancient trials and began freeing people trapped in the Immortal Palace’s chessboard worlds. As he gathered survivors and loyal allies, Xingzai recounted the Natives’ desperate war against the Players, which ended with the Second Base breached and ordinary people left outside the final fortress.

  • Ding Ling mastered the Research Institute’s secret arts, learned about the Heavenly Beings and the spreading Curse Source, and accepted Yang Ling as his wife.
  • Ding Ling led his companions through the Serpent Path’s trials, overcoming the Ruins of Return Souls and capturing the deadly monsters in the Ancient Starry Sky Map.
  • Ding Ling passed the stele trials and entered a villa where Tian Buyi and Wan Jianyi were trapped in a chessboard war, then freed them from demonic control and silver threads.
  • Ding Ling rescued Chen Zhen and Huo Yuanjia from another chessboard world, restored them after their bodies turned to ashes, and gained their loyalty.
  • Ding Ling freed Huo Yuanjia and Liu Shaojun, then entered another chessboard world and rescued Xingzai and Fanger from their demonic battle.
  • Xingzai and Fanger recounted how the Immortal Palace reshaped their world, trapped its survivors, and left the Natives fighting the Players for control.
  • As the Players overwhelmed the Natives and surrounded the Second Base, Xingzai rejected Xin’s offer to surrender and led the survivors into the final fortress after the breach, leaving ordinary people outside.
Chapters 1378–1402 Summaries Read
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