Chapter Summaries

Ding Ling defeated Black White Child at chess and learned the Seven-String Invisible Sword from Huang Zhonggong, mastering the sonic killing technique after hearing its explanation once. He demonstrated its power with a flute, leaving Huang Zhonggong amazed and eager to learn Ding Ling’s cultivation insights.

• Ding Ling defeated Black White Child at chess twice, and Black White Child complained that the exchange for his Mystic Heaven Finger was unfair.
• Ding Ling offered Black White Child a Breathing Method and sword technique, but Black White Child hesitated to accept.
• Huang Zhonggong taught Ding Ling the Seven-String Invisible Sword and gave him a bamboo flute.
• Ding Ling mastered the Seven-String Invisible Sword at the Instinctive Realm and played a melody that caused the others severe pain.
• Huang Zhonggong marveled at Ding Ling’s rapid mastery and asked him to explain the technique’s cultivation method.

Huang Zhonggong passed his martial arts legacy to Ding Ling, who mastered the Seven Absolute Swords and Seven Absolute Internal Cultivation. Ding Ling broke past the First-Rate realm, leaving Huang Zhonggong and the others stunned.

• Huang Zhonggong offered to pass all his martial arts to Ding Ling, and Ding Ling accepted.
• Huang Zhonggong taught Ding Ling his martial arts, including the Seven Absolute Swords and Seven Absolute Internal Cultivation.
• Ding Ling mastered the Seven Absolute Swords and gained strength, agility, and constitution.
• Ding Ling cultivated the water-attributed Seven Absolute Internal Cultivation despite Huang Zhonggong's concern about its conflict with Ding Ling's pure-yang Inner Force.
• Ding Ling's Inner Force reached 300, then transformed as he compressed it into a drop of water and broke through the First-Rate realm.
• Huang Zhonggong and several others rushed in after hearing the commotion and stared in disbelief at Ding Ling.

Ding Ling mastered Dan Qingsheng’s Splashed Ink Hemp Fiber Swordplay and more than a dozen other sword arts, then learned White Rainbow Skill and gained a surge of inner force. The chapter left Dan Qingsheng stunned as Ding Ling’s aura rose dramatically.

• Huang Zhonggong explained how Ding Ling mastered the Seven-String Invisible Sword, leaving Black White Child, Dan Qingsheng, and Tu Biweng incredulous.
• Dan Qingsheng offered to teach Ding Ling Splashed Ink Hemp Fiber Swordplay, and Ding Ling mastered it after seeing it once.
• Dan Qingsheng taught Ding Ling more than a dozen sword arts, which Ding Ling quickly maxed out.
• Ding Ling performed Splashed Ink Hemp Fiber Swordplay so masterfully that Dan Qingsheng grew embarrassed and acknowledged his talent.
• Dan Qingsheng taught Ding Ling White Rainbow Skill, which Ding Ling maxed out and used to gain 100 points of inner force.
• Ding Ling sat cross-legged as his aura surged, leaving Dan Qingsheng utterly shaken.

Ding Ling reached the peak of the world’s martial cultivation after mastering Dan Qingsheng’s techniques, then learned Tu Biweng’s ultimate techniques and grew stronger still. Huang Zhonggong praised his abilities, while Black White Child wrestled with regret over his earlier behavior and whether to teach Ding Ling.

• Ding Ling realized his Inner Force had advanced toward the Innate Realm and considered how the world’s limits and his ordinary bone structure would otherwise have restricted him.
• Dan Qingsheng emerged from the inner room and truthfully recounted Ding Ling’s feat, leaving Huang Zhonggong, Black White Child, and the others shocked.
• Huang Zhonggong sent Tu Biweng to teach Ding Ling, and Tu Biweng taught him all his ultimate techniques.
• Ding Ling mastered Tu Biweng’s techniques, increased his attributes and Inner Force, and emerged with a noticeably stronger aura.
• Huang Zhonggong praised Ding Ling and suggested that even Ren Woxing might not match him, while Xiang Wentian concealed his unease.
• Huang Zhonggong asked Black White Child what he thought, and Black White Child regretted his earlier pettiness but worried that refusing to teach Ding Ling would offend him.

Ding Ling mastered Black White Child’s Mystic Heaven Finger and other techniques, then advanced his cultivation to two points of True Force. After three days at West Lake Plum Villa, he had also taught Huang Zhonggong and the others his artistic skills while Qu Feiyan gradually recovered from grief.

• Black White Child taught Ding Ling the Mystic Heaven Finger, which Ding Ling mastered in moments and used to freeze water in a teacup from three meters away.
• Black White Child taught Ding Ling his palm and sword techniques, then his internal cultivation method, increasing Ding Ling’s Inner Force and advancing him to two points of True Force.
• Ding Ling recognized that Bai Wushuang was a Half-Step Innate Expert and resolved to claim her Tai Chi Classics at the Summit of Mount Hua.
• Ding Ling stayed at West Lake Plum Villa for three days and taught Huang Zhonggong and the others his zither, calligraphy, and painting skills.
• Huang Zhonggong and the others admitted they had learned little from Ding Ling, while Qu Feiyan grew proud of her master and gradually emerged from her grief.

Qu Feiyan devoted herself to martial arts as she feared Ding Ling might soon leave the world, while Xiang Wentian pressed Ding Ling to help free Ren Woxing. Ding Ling secured Huang Zhonggong’s cooperation, and they set out to meet Ren Woxing.

• Qu Feiyan trained day and night under Ding Ling’s guidance and made rapid progress.
• Xiang Wentian asked Ding Ling to rescue Ren Woxing, and Ding Ling agreed to help in exchange for Xiang Wentian’s secret manuals.
• Xiang Wentian hoped Ren Woxing would subdue Ding Ling with the Star Absorbing Skill after his release.
• Ding Ling told Huang Zhonggong that freeing Ren Woxing was an exchange of benefits and promised to seek Invincible East’s pardon for the guards.
• Huang Zhonggong agreed to help release Ren Woxing and to travel with Ding Ling so he could continue learning from him.

Ding Ling helped Xiang Wentian and the Four Friends of Plum Manor reach Ren Woxing’s prison beneath West Lake and opened its door. Ren Woxing’s attempt to pull Ding Ling inside failed, and Xiang Wentian introduced Ding Ling as the one who had made the rescue possible.

• Huang Zhonggong told Dan Qingsheng, Black White Child, Tu Biweng, and the others the truth, and they agreed to go free Ren Woxing.
• Xiang Wentian led the group through Plum Manor’s trapping formation and its many gates to the prison beneath West Lake.
• Ding Ling opened the sealed iron door, triggering Ren Woxing’s suction attack that dragged Black White Child and Huang Zhonggong toward the cell.
• Ding Ling pushed Black White Child and Huang Zhonggong to safety and stood firm against Ren Woxing’s suction force.
• Ren Woxing asked Ding Ling why he had opened the prison, and Ding Ling said he intended to let him out.
• Xiang Wentian greeted Ren Woxing and credited Ding Ling with getting them to the prison.

After Ren Woxing was freed from the underground prison, Ding Ling read the Star Absorbing Skill carved into the bed and instantly mastered it. The chapter left Ding Ling stronger but unconvinced that absorbing other people’s Inner Force was worth the risks.

• Xiang Wentian unlocked Ren Woxing’s handcuffs and leg irons, and Ren Woxing left the prison with him after privately deciding to punish anyone who refused to submit.
• Black White Child feared Ren Woxing and resolved to stay close to Ding Ling, while Qu Feiyan and Lin Pingzhi distracted the others as Ding Ling examined the bed.
• Ding Ling read the carved Star Absorbing Skill and instantly maxed it, gaining 100 Inner Force Value and refining the resulting vital energy.
• Ding Ling concluded that the Star Absorbing Skill had not replaced his Pure Yang True Force and questioned whether he could safely use other people’s Inner Force.

Ding Ling rejected the Star Absorbing Skill as too dangerous to cultivate and left the prison beneath the lake with his companions. Outside, Ren Woxing tested Ding Ling’s strength and offered him the position of Right Emissary of Light, but Ding Ling refused.

• Ding Ling decided not to use the Star Absorbing Skill to absorb Inner Force, though he left the technique intact for others to inspect.
• Ding Ling warned Huang Zhonggong about the Star Absorbing Skill’s flaws, and Black White Child eagerly went to examine it.
• Ding Ling led Qu Feiyan, Lin Pingzhi, and Huang Zhonggong out of the prison beneath the lake.
• Ren Woxing arrived in a new appearance and struck at Ding Ling to test his strength, but Ding Ling’s palm force sent him staggering backward.
• Ren Woxing offered Ding Ling the post of Right Emissary of Light in the Sun Moon Divine Church, and Ding Ling declined.

Ding Ling defended Qu Feiyan from Ren Woxing, badly injured him, and forced him to leave West Lake Plum Villa. Afterward, Ding Ling sparred with the villa’s residents and continued preparing to travel to Mount Hua.

• Qu Feiyan challenged Ren Woxing, who used the Star Absorbing Skill to pull her into the air.
• Ding Ling caught Qu Feiyan and struck Ren Woxing, sending him flying and leaving him seriously injured.
• Xiang Wentian tried to smooth things over, but Ding Ling ordered him and Ren Woxing to leave West Lake Plum Villa.
• Ren Woxing left with Xiang Wentian after realizing he could not defeat Ding Ling, and Xiang Wentian whispered a new recruitment plan to him.
• Ding Ling earned an Achievement Medal for intimidating Ren Woxing, then sparred with Huang Zhonggong, Tu Biweng, and Dan Qingsheng, raising his task progress from six to ten powerful figures defeated.

Ding Ling left Plum Villa for Mount Hua, while Ren Woxing killed Black White Child for secretly cultivating the Star Absorbing Skill. After investigating reports of martial arts inheritances at the Lingjiu Palace Ruins, Ding Ling continued his journey and encountered a beautiful woman in a small city.

• Ding Ling left Plum Villa with Huang Zhonggong, Tu Biweng, Dan Qingsheng, Lin Pingzhi, Qu Feiyan, Ding Jian, and the others while Black White Child stayed behind to cultivate the Star Absorbing Skill.
• Ren Woxing ambushed Black White Child at Plum Villa, drained his Inner Force, and killed him with a palm strike.
• Ren Woxing and Xiang Wentian discussed Black White Child's death, Yingying's departure from Luoyang, and Ren Woxing's hope that Ding Ling would aid him against Invincible East.
• Ding Ling confirmed that Feng Qingyang was at Mount Hua, exchanged Achievement Medals to match his Real World strength to his in-game cultivation, and learned that players had found martial arts manuals at the Lingjiu Palace Ruins.
• Ding Ling's group rested in a small city, where a beautiful woman rode up and stared at them.

Ding Ling recognized Consort Yu as she fled from a group of Songshan Sect riders, then led his companions in pursuit after they learned the sect had issued a kill order against them. He caught up with the riders and shot three of them through with arrows.

• Players recognized the woman on horseback as Consort Yu, who met Ding Ling's gaze and started to approach him.
• A rider shot an arrow at Consort Yu, but she drew her saber and cleaved it apart before riding away.
• Songshan Sect members galloped past Ding Ling and his companions, kicking dirt onto them as they chased Consort Yu.
• Lin Pingzhi identified the riders as Songshan Sect members, and Ding Ling ordered his group to pursue and kill them.
• Ding Ling caught up with the riders and killed the last three men with three arrows.

Ding Ling ambushed and annihilated a Songshan Sect force led by Zhang Jingchao, one of the Thirteen Taibao, using his archery and Seven Absolute Swords. After realizing how overwhelmingly strong he had become, he sent his companions to search the bodies for valuables and martial arts manuals.

• Ding Ling shot down Songshan Sect fighters as their leader, Zhang Jingchao, rallied the survivors to charge.
• Ding Ling used his arrows to kill more than a dozen Songshan Sect experts and shattered their attempts to fight back.
• As the Songshan Sect formation closed in, Ding Ling unleashed the Seven Absolute Swords, disorienting Zhang Jingchao before cutting him down.
• Ding Ling's group broke through the formation and killed the remaining Songshan Sect fighters, while some fled.
• Ding Ling received an achievement for intimidating Zhang Jingchao and noticed his progress toward defeating experts had risen to 11/20.
• Ding Ling told his companions to search the bodies, especially for secret manuals, and Qu Feiyan and Lin Pingzhi began searching.

Ding Ling learned Ding Jian’s sword arts and Inner Force method, then mastered Songshan swordplay and the Frozen Art from manuals Lin Pingzhi and Qu Feiyan brought him. After consuming Great Medicine, he formed a third drop of True Water and demonstrated the Frozen Art’s power by freezing thorns five meters away.

• Ding Jian taught Ding Ling his One-Word Lightning Swordplay, which Ding Ling mastered instantly and performed at the flawless Instinctive Realm.
• Ding Ling mastered Ding Jian’s other sword arts and Inner Force method, gained 60 Inner Force Value, and promised to guide Ding Jian.
• Lin Pingzhi and Qu Feiyan brought Ding Ling secret manuals and Great Medicine, including the Songshan Sect’s Seventeen Road Songshan Swordplay and Frozen Art.
• Ding Ling mastered the Songshan swordplay and Frozen Art, gaining 100 Inner Force Value from the Frozen Art.
• Ding Ling ate more than a dozen stalks of Great Medicine, gained 40 Inner Force Value, and formed a third drop of True Water.
• Ding Ling used Mystic Heaven Finger to freeze thorns five meters away.

Ding Ling and his companions met Consort Yu after helping her escape the Songshan Sect, and learned that she had ascended with Xiang Yu. Consort Yu joined Ding Ling’s party, hoping he could help her find Xiang Yu.

• Consort Yu rode up on the Wuzhui horse and thanked Qu Feiyan and the others for defeating the Songshan Sect pursuers.
• Consort Yu explained that Zhang Jingchao and Sha Tianjiang had drugged her, but she fought back and escaped on the Wuzhui horse.
• Qu Feiyan revealed that Ding Ling was also a Shattered Void traveler, and Consort Yu introduced herself by the name that startled Dan Qing­sheng and the others.
• Consort Yu said Xiang Yu had helped her reach the Ultra-First-Rate realm and ascended with her, but she had lost track of him.
• Ding Ling offered to find Xiang Yu, and Consort Yu joined his party.

Yu Ji grew close to Qu Feiyan while traveling with Ding Ling, then learned Xiang Yu was in a different world and grieved that they might never meet again. Ding Ling promised they could reunite if they kept growing stronger, and Yu Ji resolved to pursue martial cultivation and exchanged her techniques with him.

• Yu Ji and Qu Feiyan became close as Yu Ji told her about falling in love with Xiang Yu.
• Ding Ling logged off to check on the Three Kingdoms World and confirmed that Diao Chan and the others were still cultivating in seclusion.
• Ding Ling told Yu Ji that Xiang Yu was in The Deer and the Cauldron world, and Yu Ji broke down in tears.
• Ding Ling explained that they might reunite by ascending through the Sky Ladder, so Yu Ji vowed to grow stronger and meet Xiang Yu again.
• Qu Feiyan hid her own sadness at the thought of being separated from Ding Ling.
• Yu Ji exchanged her entire collection of martial arts techniques with Ding Ling.

Yu Ji joined Ding Ling’s group and exchanged her Overlord martial arts for his instruction, while the group continued north. At a river crossing, a mysterious benefactor left Ding Ling a large cache of untouched Great Medicine, and Ding Ling began eating it.

• Yu Ji taught Ding Ling the Overlord Breathing Technique and Overlord Saber Technique, which he mastered instantly.
• Ding Ling taught Yu Ji the Frozen Art, and she understood it after one explanation.
• Ding Ling guided Qu Feiyan, Lin Pingzhi, Yu Ji, Huang Zhonggong, and the others as they traveled north.
• At a ferry, a handsome stranger arrived with a fleet of boats and left a mountain of boxes for Ding Ling before sailing away without giving his name.
• Lin Pingzhi discovered the boxes contained premium Great Medicine, and Ding Ling examined the contents and confirmed they were safe to eat.
• Ding Ling ate a centuries-old Great Medicine and gained increases to strength, agility, physique, and defense.

Ding Ling consumed gifts of Great Medicine, raising his four physical attributes to the world's maximum and increasing his Inner Force until he sensed he was nearing its limit. After crossing the river, he shared the remaining medicine and taught his companions, then encountered another group bringing gifts.

• Ding Ling ate fifty stalks of Great Medicine, bringing Strength, Agility, Physique, and Defense to 40 each, then consumed more medicine to raise his Inner Force by 700 points and his True Force to 5.
• Ding Ling stored the remaining gifts and crossed the river with Qu Feiyan, Consort Yu, Huang Zhonggong, and the others.
• After they reached shore, Ding Ling prepared medicinal baths to help his companions grow stronger and gave Huang Zhonggong, Ding Jian, and the others martial arts pointers.
• Consort Yu advanced rapidly in Inner Force cultivation with the help of her Innate talent and the medicinal baths.
• Near a riverside city, a procession carrying jars of wine approached and called out to ask whether the man ahead was Great Hero Ding Ling.

Ding Ling accepted the Sun Moon Divine Church's gifts of wine despite recognizing Ren Woxing's attempt to win him over, then shared the medicinal wine with his companions. Zu Qianqiu arrived, delighted that Ding Ling knew his name, and asked to drink with him.

• Ding Ling realized Xiang Wentian and Ren Woxing had arranged the wine gifts to recruit him, but decided to accept them and repay the favor later.
• The gift bearers fled after confirming Ding Ling's identity, and Ding Ling let his group keep the wine while storing what he could in his Storage Bag.
• Ding Ling shared Top Quality Tribute Wine with Qu Feiyan, Lin Pingzhi, Consort Yu, Huang Zhonggong, and the others, who absorbed its medicinal effects.
• Zu Qianqiu arrived, introduced himself to Ding Ling, and eagerly asked to share the fine wine.

Ding Ling saw through Zu Qianqiu’s attempt to give him medicine made from the old man’s Life-Extending Eight Pills, refused it, and left with his companions. As they continued onward, his fame spread further and his Task 3 progress reached 13%.

• Zu Qianqiu invited Ding Ling to drink and arranged cups coated with medicine, but Ding Ling noticed and refused to take the Life-Extending Eight Pills intended to save the old man’s daughter.
• Ding Ling gave Zu Qianqiu the wine and medicinal wine before riding away with his companions.
• The old man arrived demanding his medicine, and Zu Qianqiu returned the eight pills he had scraped from the cups.
• The old man and Zu Qianqiu traded insults, then the old man attacked him.
• As heroes continued presenting gifts to Ding Ling on the road, his Task 3 progress rose from 1% to 13%.