Vol. 9Ding Ling’s Underworld Hunt

Ding Ling traveled across several worlds, built up his strength, and defeated threats including the Void Nether Soul Zombies and the Tree Demon Matriarch. The volume left him pursuing the Black Mountain Old Demon in the Underworld after discovering its true body beneath the City of Wrongful Deaths.

  • Ding Ling established the Heavenly Court and appointed his allies to divine offices before traveling through several worlds, rescuing Mu Jianping, destroying Japan, and recruiting the Tianshan Child Elder and Lingjiu Palace.
  • Ding Ling acquired the Supreme Sword Pill and learned about the Everlasting Youth Valley while gathering followers and strengthening his Heavenly Court.
  • Ding Ling destroyed the Void Nether Soul Zombies, helped Xiao Shanhai take human form, and left the Tianlong Plane.
  • Ding Ling reunited with old companions across several worlds and intervened so Yang Guo and Yelü Yan could marry.
  • Ding Ling entered the A Chinese Ghost Story world, helped Fu Qingfeng and Fu Yuechi rescue Fu Tianchou, and evaded Pudu Cihang after discovering he was a centipede demon.
  • Ding Ling stole medicines and treasures from Pudu Cihang’s residence and reached Guobei County, where he noticed strange strands entering people and players.
  • Ding Ling mastered Yan Chixia’s techniques, destroyed the Tree Demon Matriarch, and advanced to the Fifth-Grade Nascent Soul realm.
  • Ding Ling pursued the Black Mountain Old Demon through the Underworld, rescued captive beauties, and located its true body as a black inverted-pyramid mountain.
Chapters 802–901 Read from ch. 802

Arc 33The Jade Emperor’s Journeys

Ding Ling established the Heavenly Court and arranged for his allies to become gods before leaving the Three Kingdoms world. In new worlds, he rescued Mu Jianping, destroyed the Japanese pirate threat, and gathered the Tianshan Child Elder and Lingjiu Palace after acquiring a Sword Pill.

  • Ding Ling brought his companions to the Immortal Realm, appointed Diao Chan and his other allies to divine offices, and took the title of Jade Emperor.
  • Ding Ling freed Yu Ji from hidden soul control, helped him reincarnate in the Late Sui Dynasty World, and later welcomed Cao Mengde and his followers into the Heavenly Court.
  • Ding Ling entered the world of The Deer and the Cauldron, rescued Mu Jianping from Wei Xiaobao and the Qing forces, and strengthened her before leaving her with Mu Jiansheng.
  • Ding Ling entered Flying Swords of Dragon Gate, saved Gu Shaotang and Feng Lidao from Japanese pirates, and destroyed Japan, bringing peace to the Great Ming realm.
  • Ding Ling entered Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, took the Supreme Sword Pill, and learned from the Tianshan Child Elder about the other Sword Pills and the Everlasting Youth Valley.
  • Ding Ling mastered the Heavenly Evasion Swordplay from a golden armor fragment, helped the Tianshan Child Elder break through, and accepted her and Lingjiu Palace as followers.
Chapters 802–826 Summaries Read

Arc 34The Abyss and Old Friends

Ding Ling destroyed the Void Nether Soul Zombies threatening the world, helped Xiao Shanhai take human form, and left the Tianlong Plane. He revisited several worlds, reunited with old companions, and ended the stretch by intervening in Yang Guo and Yelü Yan’s disrupted wedding.

  • Ding Ling returned to Chang'an, taught the Martial Dao True Understanding to Li Canghai and the others, and spent three months helping the women raise their cultivation before setting out for Everlasting Youth Valley.
  • Ding Ling entered the abyss, learned from Xiao Shanhai about the Void Nether Soul Zombie and the ancient swords suppressing it, then killed Murong Longcheng, Duan Siping, Xiaoyao Zi, and the zombie forms in the Heavenly Court.
  • Ding Ling descended to the bottom of the Abyssal Flood and slaughtered the adult Void Nether Soul Zombies, gaining immense cultivation and helping end the threat to the world.
  • Xiao Shanhai took human form and contracted with Ding Ling, who left her with Zhong Ling and the others before departing the Tianlong Plane for the Wind and Cloud Plane.
  • Ding Ling visited Mount Hua in The Smiling, Proud Wanderer World, reunited with Qu Feiyan, helped his companions cultivate, and married Qu Feiyan before moving on to the Return of the Condor Heroes plane.
  • Ding Ling reunited with Little Dragon Girl and learned that Yang Guo and Yelü Yan’s wedding had been disrupted by the Wu Brothers, so he flew to the Minister of War’s residence to intervene.
  • Xiang Wentian and the soldiers bowed to Ding Ling, who killed Wu Santong, incapacitated the Two Wus, and ordered Xiang Wentian to clear the scene so Yang Guo and Yelü Yan could marry.
Chapters 827–851 Summaries Read

Arc 35The Centipede Demon

After leaving the Wind and Cloud Plane, Ding Ling entered the A Chinese Ghost Story world, rescued Fu Qingfeng and Fu Yuechi’s father, and confronted the demon Pudu Cihang. He reached Guobei County with medicine and stolen treasures, intending to find Yan Chixia and continue strengthening himself.

  • Guo Fu disrupted Yang Guo and Yelü Yan’s wedding, but Ding Ling stopped her, and Guo Jing and Huang Rong later brought her to apologize.
  • Ding Ling trained Guo Xiang, Yang Guo, and Yelü Yan, then departed with Little Dragon Girl for the Upper Realm before entering the A Chinese Ghost Story plane.
  • Ding Ling met Fu Qingfeng and Fu Yuechi, agreed to help rescue Fu Tianchou, and killed Qi Mingyu and his Imperial Bodyguards when they threatened the sisters.
  • Ding Ling trained Fu Qingfeng and Fu Yuechi on the road, then entered Chang'an, raided its Medicine Vault and Book Vault, and freed Fu Tianchou with Chief Zuo’s help.
  • Ding Ling confronted Pudu Cihang in the capital and discovered that he was a powerful centipede demon, but evaded him rather than risk a fight to the death.
  • Ding Ling returned to Pudu Cihang’s residence in disguise and stole its medicines, alchemy furnace, Demon Fire, and Human Tribulation Immortal Pill.
  • Ding Ling reached Guobei County, noticed strange colored strands entering people, players, and Ascenders, and waited for Fu Qingfeng and the others while consuming medicine to improve his cultivation.
Chapters 852–876 Summaries Read

Arc 36The Black Mountain Hunt

Ding Ling mastered Yan Chixia’s techniques, destroyed the Tree Demon Matriarch, and pursued the Black Mountain Old Demon into the Underworld. He found the demon’s true body beneath the City of Wrongful Deaths after rescuing a group of captive beauties.

  • Ding Ling reached the Martial Nascent Soul realm, reunited with Fu Qingfeng and the others in Guobei County, then went to Lanruo Temple and challenged Yan Chixia.
  • Ding Ling defeated Yan Chixia in a spar, then mastered his cultivation methods and techniques and set up a formation to keep intruders from Lanruo Temple.
  • When the Tree Demon Matriarch and eight experts attacked, Ding Ling killed the experts, pursued the Matriarch to her underground lair, and destroyed her after learning about the Black Mountain Old Demon.
  • Ding Ling took the Spirit Vein heart beneath Lanruo Temple and advanced to the Fifth-Grade Nascent Soul realm, while Nie Xiaoqian and the other female ghosts prepared to reincarnate.
  • Ding Ling and Yan Chixia entered the Underworld to hunt the Black Mountain Old Demon, fought through the City of Wrongful Deaths, and found the demon’s supposed mansion.
  • Ding Ling defeated the Black Mountain Old Demon’s incarnation in the mansion and discovered twenty-three captive beauties, including Diao Chan.
  • After Xi Shi revealed the demon’s true body was in the mansion, the Black Mountain Old Demon attacked through his tongue and controlled the beauties to wound Yan Chixia.
  • Ding Ling knocked out the controlled beauties and used his Divine Meditation Technique to locate the Black Mountain Old Demon’s true body as a pitch-black inverted-pyramid mountain underground.
Chapters 877–901 Summaries Read
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