Chapter Summaries

Ding Ling overwhelmed the forces sent to intercept him at Cross Lake, absorbing their Inner Force and killing Deng Baichuan before confronting Feng Bo'e. He defeated Feng Bo'e and absorbed his cultivation, leaving the siege in ruins.

• Ding Ling incapacitated the people on Deng Baichuan's boats with the Six Meridian Divine Sword and absorbed Inner Force from the survivors.
• Ding Ling killed Deng Baichuan with a Shang Yang Sword after receiving an achievement notification for intimidating him.
• Ding Ling reached Feng Bo'e's fleet, caught an arrow and hurled it back through several men, then advanced through the volleys with the Six Meridian Divine Sword.
• Feng Bo'e ordered a retreat, but Ding Ling caught up with him and shattered his hand with a Void Palm.
• Ding Ling used the Northern Darkness Divine Art to absorb Feng Bo'e's cultivation, gaining 92 Inner Force Value.

Ding Ling annihilated Feng Bo'e and Bao Different’s forces on Taihu Lake, absorbing their Inner Force with the Northern Darkness Divine Art and growing stronger. After rejoining Duan Yu and the others, he continued south as witnesses began spreading news of his power.

• Ding Ling used the Northern Darkness Divine Art to absorb Inner Force from Feng Bo'e’s wounded men, then killed Feng Bo'e and took Mother Yan south across Taihu Lake.
• Ding Ling reached Bao Different’s fleet, used Mother Yan to block an arrow volley, and charged through the arrows unharmed.
• Ding Ling seized Bao Different and drained his Inner Force before using the Six Meridian Divine Sword to wound the fleet’s outlaws and absorb their remaining Inner Force.
• Ding Ling killed Bao Different, gained another achievement medal, and realized that the Northern Darkness Divine Art might let him reach the Great Grandmaster realm sooner than expected.
• Ding Ling rejoined Duan Yu, Koumachi, Ling Yanqiu, Mu Wanqing, and Zhong Ling, and they continued their journey as witnesses began spreading word of his slaughter across Taihu Lake.

Ding Ling entered Canhe Manor to search the Huanshi Water Pavilion for martial arts manuals, leaving A Bi unconscious and forcing an old servant to guide him. After mastering hundreds of manuals, he began reading the First-Rate techniques, and the Crane Control Skill increased his attributes.

• Ding Ling changed course to Canhe Manor and told A Bi he had killed the four manor heads and wanted to enter the Huanshi Water Pavilion.
• Ding Ling knocked A Bi unconscious and had Ling Yanqiu arrange for someone to watch over her.
• Ding Ling drained an old servant’s Inner Force and made him lead the group to the locked Huanshi Water Pavilion.
• Ding Ling broke open the pavilion and mastered more than seven hundred Third-Rate and Second-Rate manuals while his companions read or watched.
• Duan Yu began studying the Northern Darkness Divine Art and Lingbo Microstep scrolls, while Koumachi immersed himself in the manuals.
• Ding Ling mastered the First-Rate Crane Control Skill, gaining Strength, Agility, and Physique.

Ding Ling mastered the Murong Family’s hidden Star Shift, Canhe Finger, swordplay, and internal cultivation manuals, while his power increased again. After uncovering and reading the buried manuals in the Huanshi Water Pavilion, he prepared to leave Canhe Manor.

• Ding Ling finished the pavilion’s secret manuals, mastered Crane Control Skill and numerous other techniques, and increased his Strength, Agility, and Constitution.
• Ding Ling spotted a hidden cache beneath the southeastern floor, dug up an iron box, and found secret manuals and luminous pearls inside.
• Ding Ling mastered Star Shift and demonstrated how it could reflect attacks back at an opponent.
• Ding Ling mastered Canhe Finger and pierced the pavilion’s thick wall with its invisible force.
• Ding Ling read the remaining Murong Family swordplay and internal cultivation manuals, raising his True Force Value to 17 points.
• Ding Ling finished reading the pavilion’s secret manuals and said it was time to leave.

Ding Ling reached Mantuo Manor, defeated its defenders, and met Wang Yuyan, whom he knocked unconscious after confirming her identity. Duan Yu stayed behind with her while Ding Ling and the others continued into the manor.

• The Lightning Mink evolved after spending half a month with Green Pearl, and Ding Ling left Canhe Manor with Koumachi and the others.
• Ding Ling arrived at Mantuo Manor and killed the armed defenders, absorbing most of their Inner Force.
• Ding Ling spared the manor’s young women, striking their sleep acupoints as he and his companions walked through the grounds.
• Ding Ling recognized Wang Yuyan and knocked her unconscious, leaving Duan Yu with her before continuing onward.
• Ding Ling and the others entered the main hall and saw the mistress of the manor.

Ding Ling drained Li Qingluo and her attendants, then killed Li Qingluo after realizing she remained a threat. He entered the Langhuan Jade Grotto and rapidly mastered its manuals, including the Dragon Capture Skill.

• Ding Ling used One Finger Shooting Zen to incapacitate Li Qingluo, drained her inner force, and absorbed power from the attendants behind her.
• Ding Ling forced an old woman to lead him to the Langhuan Jade Grotto, then killed Li Qingluo after Koumachi questioned why he had spared her.
• Ding Ling received the Intimidating Li Qingluo achievement and broke into the Langhuan Jade Grotto.
• Ding Ling read through the grotto's manuals, improving his foundation and mastering the One-Character Wisdom Sword.
• Ding Ling mastered the Dragon Capture Skill, gaining increases to his Strength, Agility, and Physique.

Ding Ling mastered numerous secret manuals, increased his attributes, and set out for Leigu Mountain to investigate whether another player had solved the Precious Chess Game. After leaving Duan Yu with Wang Yuyan, Ding Ling and his companions were ambushed by arrows in a forest.

• Ding Ling mastered Cloud Swallow Skill and several dozen secret manuals, raising his Strength to 70.2, Agility to 70.5, and Constitution to 77.
• Ding Ling chose to travel to Leigu Mountain, and Koumachi followed him, hoping to learn from him.
• Ding Ling found Duan Yu still embracing Wang Yuyan and told him he had killed Wang Yuyan's mother.
• Duan Yu chose to stay with Wang Yuyan while Ding Ling, Mu Wanqing, Ling Yanqiu, and Zhong Ling continued on their journey.
• Ding Ling traveled toward Leigu Mountain to investigate whether another player had solved the Precious Chess Game and received Wu Yazi's Inner Force.
• As Ding Ling's group prepared to cook in a forest, volleys of cold arrows shot out from the woods.

Ding Ling crushed an assassination force sent by Li Qiushui, absorbing the Inner Force of its leaders and many of its fighters. After learning the force included Duan Yanqing and Yue Lao San, Ding Ling decided to change course and head for Western Xia.

• Ding Ling caught and returned a barrage of arrows, then stormed the forest and defeated the assassins with the Six Meridian Divine Sword.
• Ding Ling subdued Duan Yanqing, Yue Lao San, and a handsome swordsman, absorbing their Inner Force.
• Yue Lao San confirmed that the attackers belonged to the Xixia First Rank Hall and had been sent by Li Qiushui; Ding Ling killed Duan Yanqing and the other two men.
• Ding Ling decided to head for Western Xia instead of continuing toward the Northern Lands and Leigu Mountain.
• Ding Ling absorbed Inner Force from the fallen assassins, gaining a total of 423 Inner Force Value.

Ding Ling reached Grandmaster Great Perfection, took the Golden Snake Sword and several manuals from Yuan Chengzhi and the others, and set out for Western Xia. Near Wudang Mountain, he encountered two people fighting and stopped to watch.

• Ding Ling absorbed more Inner Force, brought his True Force Value to 20 points, and realized he had reached Grandmaster Great Perfection.
• Ding Ling took the Golden Snake Sword and secret manuals from the dead Yuan Chengzhi, Yue Lao San, and the others, then mastered several techniques.
• Ding Ling gave Mu Wanqing and the others the Divine Travel Steps manual and led the group toward Western Xia.
• Ding Ling passed a towering spear-wielding man near Wudang Mountain, who recognized him, while Ding Ling did not recognize the man.
• Ding Ling stopped when he saw two people fighting fiercely on an open mountain road.

Ding Ling intervened in Xiao Feng and Murong Fu’s battle, defeating Murong Fu with a single palm and allowing Xiao Feng to kill him. Xiao Feng joined Ding Ling’s group on their journey to Western Xia to seek Murong Bo.

• Koumachi recognized the fighters as Xiao Feng and Murong Fu while Ding Ling’s group watched their battle.
• Murong Fu asked Ding Ling’s group to help him against Xiao Feng, but Xiao Feng explained their blood feud and identified Murong Fu as Xianbei.
• Ding Ling struck Murong Fu with Shi Cheng Liu Long, overpowering his Star Shift and leaving him mortally injured.
• After learning Ding Ling’s identity, Xiao Feng thanked him, then beat Murong Fu to death.
• Xiao Feng said he would find Murong Bo, and he agreed to travel to Western Xia with Ding Ling’s group.

Ding Ling arrived in Western Xia with Xiao Feng and resolved to crush its forces to advance his mission. He single-handedly stormed the army of 100,000 and broke through to its command post, where Helian Tieshu fled in panic.

• Ding Ling and Xiao Feng grew close during their journey, and Xiao Feng was astonished by Ding Ling's strength and rapid cultivation.
• Ding Ling decided to pursue unifying the Nine Provinces and considered Xiao Feng a capable future ruler.
• Ding Ling and his companions reached Western Xia, where 100,000 soldiers stood ready to meet them.
• Ding Ling refused to retreat and flew alone into the army, using the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms and a powerful roar to rout its soldiers.
• Ding Ling swept through more than ten thousand soldiers and reached the command post, prompting Helian Tieshu to flee on horseback.

Ding Ling defeated Helian Tieshu’s army, forced the Western Xia soldiers to surrender, and broke into the imperial palace. He captured Li Qiushui after draining nearly all her inner force, then found a hidden tunnel in Phoenix Tower and took her toward it.

• Ding Ling caught Helian Tieshu and forced him to order the Western Xia army to surrender, then gave him a remedy for his poison and ordered him to surround the Imperial City.
• Ding Ling’s companions arrived, and he raced ahead to the Imperial City, killed the gate guards, and fought his way into the palace.
• Ding Ling captured a eunuch commander, followed him to Phoenix Tower, and confronted Li Qiushui after she killed a young man with her reflected palm strike.
• Ding Ling seized Li Qiushui and absorbed ninety-nine percent of her inner force, prompting her to recognize him as Ding Ling.
• Ding Ling searched Phoenix Tower, found a concealed tunnel beneath a camellia, and took Li Qiushui inside.

Ding Ling subdued Li Qiushui, explored her hidden chambers, and mastered the martial arts in her collection. After absorbing the energy released by Huagong Dafa, he reached the Grand Grandmaster realm, where his cultivation could advance no further without breaking the world's limits.

• Ding Ling forced Li Qiushui through the secret passage and found a chamber filled with treasure.
• Ding Ling passed imprisoned male companions who mistook him for Li Qiushui's new favorite, then continued to a room of martial arts manuals.
• Ding Ling instantly mastered Netherworld Ghost Claw, White Rainbow Palm Force, Cold Sleeve Flick, Turtle Breathing Technique, Huagong Dafa, and other manuals.
• Ding Ling demonstrated his controllable White Rainbow Palm Force, leaving Li Qiushui stunned and questioning how he had learned it.
• Ding Ling absorbed the Lingji and primordial energy from Huagong Dafa and became a Grand Grandmaster, reaching the world's limit for true qi cultivation.

Ding Ling looted Li Qiushui’s secret chambers, mastered rare martial arts, and raised his attributes with medicinal wine and Great Medicine. After dragging Li Qiushui to confront the Western Xia emperor, he was offered the Yinchuan Princess Qing Lu in exchange for sparing her son.

• Ding Ling read Li Qiushui’s collection of books and secret manuals, raising his skills to maximum and advancing the Martial Furnace to 7%.
• Ding Ling found hidden manuals, mastered Tianshan Six Sun Palm, and recognized that Li Qiushui had likely obtained it from Wu Yazi.
• Ding Ling drank the medicinal wine and ate the Great Medicine, increasing his attributes until his Constitution reached its limit and his Strength and Agility reached 80.
• Ding Ling took valuables from the chamber, dragged Li Qiushui to the Imperial Study, and attacked the emperor to cripple him.
• Qing Lu entered the Imperial Study, and Li Qiushui offered her granddaughter, the Western Xia Yinchuan Princess, to Ding Ling in exchange for her son’s life.

Ding Ling became Western Xia’s emperor, purged the court, appointed his allies, and sent Xiao Feng to bring Tufan under his rule. After stabilizing the country, he took Li Qiushui to Lingjiu Palace, where he found the Thirty-Six Caves and Seventy-Two Islands’ rebels slaughtered amid Tianshan Child Elder’s loss of cultivation.

• Li Qianshun agreed to abdicate, and Ding Ling became emperor of Western Xia.
• Ding Ling executed officials and powerful families implicated in plots against him, screened the remaining officials, and opened examinations to recruit talent.
• Ding Ling appointed Zhong Ling empress, Mu Wanqing and Li Qinglu imperial concubines, Xiao Feng general, Koumachi state preceptor, and Ling Yanqiu commander of the inner palace guards.
• Ding Ling sent Xiao Feng and Koumachi to secure Tufan, while his growing reputation and imperial examinations drew recruits and advanced his mission.
• After Western Xia’s court stabilized, Ding Ling took Li Qiushui toward Lingjiu Palace and told her Wu Yazi had died.
• Ding Ling arrived at Lingjiu Palace and found the Thirty-Six Caves and Seventy-Two Islands’ rebels beheaded after they attacked while Tianshan Child Elder was rebuilding her cultivation.

After intimidating Tianshan Child Elder with his movement skill, Ding Ling left Lingjiu Palace to search its hidden murals and mastered a vast collection of secret arts. He left Li Qiushui behind and departed with the newly learned Soaring Wind Control, while Tianshan Child Elder sent the Four Sword Maidservants to negotiate with him.

• Ding Ling rejected Tianshan Child Elder's attempt to delay their exchange and vanished with his extraordinary movement skill, leaving her fearful of opposing him.
• Tianshan Child Elder ordered the Plum Orchid Bamboo Chrysanthemum Four Sword Maidservants to negotiate with Ding Ling and gave them half of the Eight Desolations Six Harmonies Self-Respecting Art to offer him.
• Ding Ling drained Li Qiushui's remaining Inner Force, left her in a courtyard, and searched Lingjiu Palace for the hidden murals.
• Ding Ling opened a secret cave and mastered the Tianshan Plum Hand, medical and formation arts, the Life and Death Talisman, and other techniques recorded on its walls.
• Ding Ling mastered Soaring Wind Control, advanced his Martial Furnace progress from 7% to 15%, and flew away from the cave.

Ding Ling mastered Soaring Wind Control, flew back to Western Xia, and learned that Ding Chunqiu and Murong Bo were fighting Western Xia forces alongside Song troops. He led an army to the border to confront them, leaving the Song soldiers alerted and Murong Bo and Ding Chunqiu riding out to meet him.

• Ding Ling used Soaring Wind Control to fly more than a hundred li, while Tianshan Child Elder found the martial arts inscription dimmed and ordered the Four Sword Maidservants to seek cooperation with him.
• Ding Ling tested his new skill and flew eight hundred li back to the Western Xia capital, where female players spotted him and argued over whether they had seen a god.
• Li Qinglu asked Ding Ling to spend the night with her, and he agreed, though he did not want children.
• A report revealed that Ding Chunqiu and Murong Bo had joined forces with Song troops, repelled Xiao Yuanshan, and defeated Western Xia forces in several border battles.
• Ding Ling led Helian Tieshu and a disciplined force toward the Song border, ordering the soldiers not to harm civilians; Song troops spotted their approach and lit the beacon fires.
• Murong Bo and Ding Chunqiu put on armor and rode out after hearing the alarm.

Murong Bo and Ding Chunqiu fled when Ding Ling appeared at the Western Xia border, then Murong Bo was confronted by Xiao Yuanshan. Ding Chunqiu escaped, and Murong Bo fled into Thorny Ridge with Xiao Yuanshan in pursuit.

• Murong Bo and Ding Chunqiu rode out with Song troops to face the Western Xia army while Murong Bo plotted to use a multi-country war to restore his kingdom.
• Ding Chunqiu spotted Ding Ling on the battlefield and fled, and Murong Bo followed after realizing Ding Ling had returned from Misty Peak far sooner than expected.
• Murong Bo and Ding Chunqiu compared their spies’ reports as they ran, but Xiao Yuanshan suddenly charged at Murong Bo.
• Xiao Yuanshan attacked Murong Bo over the death of his wife, while Ding Chunqiu abandoned their alliance and escaped into the forest.
• Murong Bo and Xiao Yuanshan fought with powerful martial arts, then Murong Bo fled into Thorny Ridge as Xiao Yuanshan pursued him.

Ding Ling pursued Murong Bo into Song territory, defeated him, and left Xiao Yuanshan to take his revenge. He then advanced on the Great Song capital, breaking through its defenses and flying toward the imperial palace.

• Xiao Yuanshan chased Murong Bo into Song territory until Ding Ling arrived and was recognized as emperor.
• Ding Ling pierced Murong Bo's knee with a gesture, then left him to Xiao Yuanshan and ordered Xiao to join his army.
• Xiao Yuanshan killed Murong Bo and vowed to serve Ding Ling as a general.
• Ding Ling conquered cities on his way to the Great Song capital and killed over a thousand soldiers with the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms.
• Ding Ling frightened the capital's defenders, then flew toward the Great Song Imperial Palace.

Ding Ling crushed the Great Song court and forced the Great Song Emperor to abdicate, then swept through the kingdom with recruited Famous Generals before invading Liao. He seized the Great Liao Emperor, Yelü Hongji, and demanded his surrender.

• Ding Ling stormed Kaifeng’s Imperial Palace, routing its guards with sonic techniques and defeating anyone who resisted with the Canhe Finger.
• Ding Ling offered the Great Song Emperor surrender and protection for his clan, and the emperor cooperated with the abdication and relocation to Luoyang.
• Ding Ling selected Famous Generals from the Song officials’ registers and led them through Luoyang and other cities, crushing armies so they could gather surrendered troops.
• Ding Ling traveled north with the Famous Generals and broke through Liao’s fortified cities and defenses by himself.
• Ding Ling seized Yelü Hongji in the Great Liao Imperial City and asked whether he would surrender or be killed first.