Recaps

Ding Ling defeated Heaven’s Gate’s forces, subdued Unrivaled City, and began absorbing its martial arts and resources. After finding the Underworld Society massacred, he joined it with Unrivaled City and continued expanding the Great Ming while seeking greater strength.

• Ding Ling killed the Divine General and Ice Emperor, learned the Soaring to Immortality Steps, and found a map of Heaven’s Gate’s realms and secrets.
• Ding Ling mastered the Ten Styles of Martial Arts in Lingyun Grotto, guided Nie Feng’s cultivation, and accepted him as a follower after purging his Mad Blood.
• Ding Ling killed Wu De and Tai Yi, mastered the Saintly Heart Manual, and fought Di Shitian until the Library destroyed Di Shitian’s Primordial Spirit attack.
• Ding Ling and Nie Feng reached Unrivaled City, where Ding Ling defeated the Heroes Assembly’s attackers and appointed Duan Lang as City Lord.
• Ding Ling defeated Shangguan Jin Hong, read the Heroes Assembly’s libraries, and left for the Underworld Society with Nie Feng.
• Ding Ling found the Underworld Society strewn with corpses, captured You Ruo in its library, and learned she was Xiong Ba’s daughter.
• Ding Ling ordered Nie Feng and You Ruo to merge the Underworld Society with Unrivaled City, declared the Nine Provinces would belong to the Great Ming, and raised his Martial Furnace progress to 82%.

Ding Ling investigated the Imperial Palace massacre, gathered allies, mastered powerful martial arts, and defeated Chang Sheng Bu Si Shen. He then entered Heaven’s Gate to claim its resources and learned that Di Shitian had transformed many of its experts into beasts.

• Ding Ling found the Emperor and court officials dead, cleared himself of the accusation, and joined Nameless in investigating the massacre after Xiao Zhao survived and identified her mother, Dai Qisi.
• Ding Ling exchanged martial arts with Nameless, mastered the Supreme Sword Dao, then rescued Guan Yu from the Oni Mask Squad and learned that Jue Xin had targeted Unrivaled City.
• Ding Ling killed Jue Xin, visited Unrivaled City, and consumed Great Medicine that strengthened his body and Divine Forms.
• Ding Ling killed Po Jun at the Sword Sect and met Bai Suzhen, who tested him before teaching him numerous secret arts and asking him to take responsibility for the Nine Provinces.
• Ding Ling defeated Chang Sheng Bu Si Shen, absorbed his Heavenly Moke Immeasurable Power, and received the Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin manual from Bai Suzhen.
• Ding Ling mastered Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin, gave the manual to Nameless, and led Xiao Zhao, Bai Suzhen, and Nameless toward Heaven’s Gate.
• Ding Ling killed Heaven’s Gate defenders and Divine Mother Luo Xian, absorbed her Saint Heart True Qi, and reached the Free Earth Realm.
• Divine Calculator pledged allegiance to Ding Ling and revealed that Di Shitian had turned many Heaven’s Gate experts into monstrous beasts in the Void Saint Realm.

Ding Ling was pulled into the Sword World, where he defeated Jian Yue and refined a Domain Crystal while mastering scores of sword arts. He reunited with Zhang Sanfeng, then faced Xiao Aoshi again as the crystal neared completion and Xiao Aoshi summoned a swarm of sword-like scorpions.

• Ding Ling freed Mingyue from the Beast Pill’s demonic power, then led his companions into the Void Saint Realm and gathered its medicines and manuals.
• Ding Ling chased Shenxing Taibao and fought Purple-Clad Boss and Fist God before confronting Xiao Aoshi, who admitted responsibility for the Imperial City killings.
• Ding Ling and Xiao Aoshi’s sword clash tore open a void rift that swallowed Ding Ling, Bai Suzhen, and Xiao Zhao, while Nameless followed Xiao Zhao inside.
• In the Sword World, Jian Yue invaded Ding Ling’s Sea of Consciousness but was subdued by the Library and Martial Furnace before Ding Ling later annihilated him with the Fire Finger.
• Ding Ling refined the Domain Crystal and killed attacking Sword Spirits, absorbing their Spiritual Light and mastering hundreds of sword arts.
• Zhang Sanfeng met Ding Ling and left to search for his disciples, then returned to warn him that a powerful demonic expert was approaching.
• Xiao Aoshi attacked Ding Ling, and they fought for an hour as the Domain Crystal’s refinement reached 99 percent.
• Xiao Aoshi recognized Ding Ling’s immunity to myriad poisons, summoned the Sword Scorpion from his body, and drew countless sword-like creatures toward them.

Ding Ling defeated Xiao Aoshi and the Twelve Sword Hosts, rescued Xiao Zhao, Nameless, and Bai Suzhen, and advanced the Sword Spirit to Great Perfection. He unified the world under the Great Ming Dynasty, forged the Human Emperor Saber, and set out to confront Xiong Ba after Guan Yu was nearly killed.

• Ding Ling killed Xiao Aoshi, absorbed his martial knowledge, and mastered Zhang Sanfeng’s Wudang arts before leaving the Sword World with the Shi Huang Sword.
• Ding Ling rescued Xiao Zhao from the Twelve Sword Hosts, destroyed them, and helped her master the Profound Yin Twelve Swords.
• Ding Ling freed Nameless from the Demon Leader and entered the Demon World, where he learned Bai Suzhen was transforming by absorbing demonic essence.
• Ding Ling brought the Sword Spirit to Great Perfection, gave the Domain Crystal to Xiao Zhao, and returned to Heaven’s Gate to claim Di Shitian’s hidden treasures.
• Ding Ling defeated the Great Demon God and Japan’s experts, founded the Great Ming Dynasty, and unified the world within six months.
• Ding Ling appointed Xiao Zhao as Empress and forged the Human Emperor Saber with Tie Shen and others before setting out to slay the dragon.
• Wang Bodang asked Ding Ling to save Guan Yu, and after healing him, Ding Ling flew to the Western Region and found Xiong Ba transformed into a flame-wreathed monster.