Chapter Summaries

Ding Ling made Duan Lang the City Lord of Unrivaled City and instructed him to develop the impoverished region and drive out vicious criminals. Shangguan Jin Hong then challenged Ding Ling under the pretense of seeking guidance, wagering his martial arts, and prepared to make his move.

• Ding Ling announced that he wanted Duan Lang to become City Lord, and Shangguan Jin Hong and Cheng Kun reluctantly accepted.
• Ding Ling formally appointed Duan Lang and told him to recruit capable administrators, improve Unrivaled City's prosperity, and remove vicious criminals.
• Duan Lang pledged to serve Ding Ling and left to prepare, while Cheng Kun went to announce that the Heroes Assembly had changed masters.
• Shangguan Jin Hong stayed behind and asked Ding Ling to guide him in martial arts, then agreed to wager his own martial arts.
• Ding Ling told Shangguan Jin Hong to make his move, and Shangguan Jin Hong apologized before attacking.

Ding Ling effortlessly defeated Shangguan Jin Hong’s Paired Dragon Phoenix Rings and then read the Heroes Assembly’s library, deepening his martial foundation and mastering Shangguan’s techniques. Shangguan Jin Hong abandoned thoughts of opposing him and was stunned when Ding Ling mastered the Paired Dragon Phoenix Rings in an instant.

• Shangguan Jin Hong attacked Ding Ling with the Paired Dragon Phoenix Rings, but Ding Ling caught them and sent them back, injuring Shangguan and forcing him to concede.
• Ding Ling asked Shangguan Jin Hong to lead him to the Heroes Assembly library, where Nie Feng cultivated and Shangguan transcribed his techniques.
• Shangguan Jin Hong reflected on Ding Ling’s overwhelming strength, decided not to oppose him, and hoped to reach the martial pinnacle under his influence.
• Ding Ling read tens of thousands of manuals in the library, raising his Martial Furnace furnace-body progress from 64% to 68%.
• Shangguan Jin Hong presented his Paired Dragon Phoenix Rings manuals, and Ding Ling mastered their inner-force method and external skill at a glance.
• Shangguan Jin Hong watched Ding Ling absorb Lingji essence energy and asked how he had accomplished such rapid mastery.

Ding Ling finished reading Unrivaled City's second library, then learned Sword Saint was waiting near the Underworld Society for Xiong Ba. He left Duan Lang in charge of the city and headed for the Underworld Society with Nie Feng, while Cheng Kun considered escaping.

• Ding Ling read in Unrivaled City's second library for two days, raising his Martial Furnace furnace body progress to 74% and gaining more Buddhist energy and Upright Qi.
• Duan Lang told Ding Ling that Sword Saint had gone to the Underworld Society to challenge Xiong Ba, who was reportedly avoiding him.
• Ding Ling assigned Unrivaled City to Duan Lang and left for the Underworld Society with Nie Feng.
• Ding Ling gave Cheng Kun a warning look before departing, leaving Cheng Kun frightened and contemplating escape.
• Shangguan Jin Hong urged Cheng Kun to keep cooperating with Duan Lang and serving Ding Ling.

Ding Ling and Nie Feng arrived at the massacred Underworld Society, where they discovered Qin Shuang among the dead and found no trace of the Sword Saint. After claiming the society as their territory, Ding Ling uncovered a girl hiding in its locked library and captured her after she attacked him.

• Ding Ling and Nie Feng reached the Underworld Society and found its grounds strewn with corpses and burned remains.
• Nie Feng recognized Qin Shuang among the dead, grieved for his Senior Brother, and asked Ding Ling to help him seek revenge.
• Ding Ling determined that the massacre had happened the night before last and told Nie Feng to hire people to clean the grounds, declaring the Underworld Society their territory.
• Ding Ling searched the empty halls, then went to the library to read while he considered how to find the killer and grow stronger.
• Ding Ling blasted open the locked library door, deflected two throwing knives, and used Dragon Capture Skill to seize the young girl hiding inside.

Ding Ling met You Ruo in the Underworld Society’s library, then ordered the Underworld Society and Unrivaled City to unite the Nine Provinces under the Great Ming. After the campaign spread across the martial world, he finished reading the library and prepared to visit the next one.

• Ding Ling restrained You Ruo, learned she was Xiong Ba’s daughter, and told her he was Nie Feng’s friend.
• Ding Ling read in the library while You Ruo left, then Nie Feng returned with her after organizing the Underworld Society.
• Ding Ling ordered Nie Feng and You Ruo to announce the merger of the Underworld Society and Unrivaled City and recruit talented people.
• Ding Ling declared that the Nine Provinces would belong to the Great Ming, and the Underworld Society and Unrivaled City began expanding with little resistance.
• Ding Ling finished reading the first library, raising his Martial Furnace furnace-body progress to 82%, and prepared to visit another library.

Ding Ling finished reading the Underworld Society’s second Book Vault, then accepted Lu Bu into the Society after hearing how he had traveled between worlds and witnessed two immense fighters battling. The chapter left Ding Ling wondering whether those fighters were connected to the force that had slaughtered the Underworld Society’s Elites.

• Ding Ling read the second Book Vault’s manuals and gained wisdom, Martial Furnace progress, strength, agility, and constitution.
• Ding Ling received Lu Bu, who recounted his travels through other worlds and his arrival in the world where Ding Ling had settled.
• Lu Bu asked Ding Ling to take him in, and Ding Ling agreed while warning him against disloyalty.
• Lu Bu described seeing one fighter shatter an island with a palm strike before another enormous hand attacked from a different dimension.
• Ding Ling assigned Lu Bu to lead a hall and join Nie Feng and You Ruo’s campaigns, then wondered whether the fighters were connected to the slaughter of the Underworld Society’s Elites.

Ding Ling found the emperor and the court officials murdered in the Imperial Palace, but denied responsibility when a masked man accused him. As Ding Ling tried to leave, Bu Shen arrived and confronted him over the killings.

• Ding Ling went to the Imperial Palace to subdue the emperor and found its halls silent and filled with corpses.
• Ding Ling discovered the emperor and court officials dead, with evidence suggesting an assassin had killed them.
• A Black-Clothed Man accused Ding Ling of murdering the imperial household, but Ding Ling denied it and left.
• A swordsman attacked Ding Ling, whose Star Shift redirected the strike and wounded the attacker.
• The Black-Clothed Man called on Bu Shen, revealed to be Long Teng, to stop Ding Ling and accused him of killing the emperor.
• Bu Shen reacted with shock and grief before demanding to know why Ding Ling had committed the killings.

Ding Ling left Bu Shen and Gui Hu, then saved a dying girl while Nameless and his servants observed. The girl identified herself as Xiao Zhao, and Ding Ling froze when he heard her familiar name.

• Ding Ling vanished from Bu Shen and Gui Hu after they accused him of killing the people in the Imperial Palace.
• Nameless arrived with Long Wang and Feng Wu, heard Bu Shen and Gui Hu's account, and questioned whether Ding Ling had killed anyone.
• Nameless reasoned that Ding Ling would have killed Bu Shen and Gui Hu if he were a heartless murderer, then followed an unusual sword intent.
• Nameless and his companions found Ding Ling treating a dying girl, and Nameless told them to wait and watch.
• The girl recovered, introduced herself as Xiao Zhao, and thanked Ding Ling, who froze upon hearing her name.

After Xiao Zhao survived, Ding Ling and Nameless discovered her mother Dai Qisi had died, and they buried her outside the Imperial City. Nameless set out to investigate the massacre while Ding Ling reaffirmed his intent to unify the Nine Provinces and proposed exchanging cultivation methods.

• Xiao Zhao found her mother’s corpse, and Ding Ling told her he could not bring Dai Qisi back to life.
• Xiao Zhao removed Dai Qisi’s human-skin mask, revealing her striking face, and Ding Ling later buried her outside the Imperial City.
• Nameless praised Ding Ling’s calligraphy and martial arts, then explained that he had come to mediate between Ding Ling and the Emperor.
• Xiao Zhao described the two figures she had seen during the massacre, and Gui Hu and Bu Shen apologized to Ding Ling after learning they were not responsible.
• Nameless vowed to investigate who had killed the Emperor and urged Ding Ling to become a good Emperor if he unified the Nine Provinces.
• Ding Ling maintained that unification was necessary and proposed exchanging cultivation methods with Nameless.

Ding Ling and Nameless exchanged martial arts to prepare for the coming calamities. After mastering Nameless Swordplay instantly, Ding Ling learned Nameless’s Supreme Sword Dao and gathered his many sword intents into a new, all-encompassing Supreme Sword Intent.

• Nameless agreed to exchange martial arts with Ding Ling after they discussed protecting the Nine Provinces from future calamities.
• At a courtyard practice ground, Nameless demonstrated Nameless Swordplay and explained its techniques and meaning to Ding Ling.
• Ding Ling mastered Nameless Swordplay in an instant and unleashed its complete Nameless Sword Intent, astonishing Nameless and his companions.
• Nameless taught Ding Ling the mnemonic formulas of his Supreme Sword Dao, which he had been unable to explain to his servants or disciples.
• Ding Ling instantly mastered the Supreme Sword Dao, combining the sword intents from his many learned sword arts into a distinct, all-encompassing Supreme Sword Intent.

Ding Ling mastered the Supreme Sword Dao and formed his own Heaven Sword, surpassing Nameless’s sword intent. After they exchanged martial arts, Nameless learned the Black Tortoise Divine Art and the Ten Styles of Martial Arts, while Ding Ling grew stronger through Nameless’s teachings.

• Ding Ling unleashed and quickly restrained his supreme sword intent, leaving Nameless, Gui Hu, Long Wang, Feng Wu, Xiao Zhao, and the others shaken.
• Ding Ling realized that he had combined his many sword intents into a Heaven Sword with fewer restrictions than Nameless’s and greater sharpness and power.
• Nameless praised Ding Ling as a new milestone in the sword dao, and Ding Ling respectfully thanked him for teaching the Supreme Sword Dao.
• Nameless taught Ding Ling his other martial arts and internal cultivation method, and Ding Ling gained Longevity True Qi and increased his True Force to 59 points.
• Ding Ling taught Nameless the Black Tortoise Divine Art and the Ten Styles of Martial Arts, hoping Nameless would remain strong enough to protect the Nine Provinces.

Ding Ling learned the martial arts of Gui Hu, Long Wang, and Feng Wu, then rushed east after sensing a tremendous saber strike and found Guan Yu surrounded by the Oni Mask Squad. He rescued Guan Yu and absorbed the attackers’ inner force, breaking through an unseen martial barrier as his smaller meridians began to open.

• Nameless taught Gui Hu, Long Wang, and Feng Wu the Ten Styles of Martial Arts after they offered their techniques to Ding Ling, who learned their martial arts and raised his True Force Value to 60 points.
• Ding Ling bade farewell to Nameless, asked him to guard the Imperial City, and raced east with Xiao Zhao after sensing a vast surge of saber qi.
• Ding Ling found Guan Yu exhausted beside a long abyss, with more than a hundred Oni Mask Squad members closing in to kill him.
• Ding Ling used the Formless Path to kill the attackers and left their leader alive so he could question him about the squad’s presence in the Central Plains.
• Ding Ling absorbed the fallen attackers’ inner force, raised his True Force Value to 61 points, and broke through an unseen Martial Dao shackle as tiny meridians opened.

Ding Ling entered the Shattering Realm and subdued the Oni Mask Squad, learning that its leader Jue Xin was Jue Wushen’s son and that the squad had attacked Unrivaled City. Guan Yu recounted his journey through the Upper Realm and revealed that he had received the Martial Saint Guan Yu’s legacy of City-Toppling Love.

• Ding Ling’s strength and mastery of the Martial Dao surged as he entered the Shattering Realm, leaving Guan Yu impressed by how far he surpassed him.
• Ding Ling absorbed the inner force of the Oni Mask Squad, gaining only 81 points from its seventy members as his true water outclassed their cultivation.
• Ding Ling questioned Jue Xin, who identified himself as Jue Wushen’s son and admitted that the squad had targeted Unrivaled City, while denying responsibility for the massacre of the Underworld Society and the Imperial City.
• Guan Yu told Ding Ling that he and Zhang Fei had witnessed Jue Xin’s squad attacking Unrivaled City and explained how he had been separated from Liu Bei and Zhang Fei while traveling between Upper Realm worlds.
• Guan Yu described receiving City-Toppling Love from a Martial Saint statue in the Ming Family Ancient Tomb, and Ding Ling concluded that Guan Yu’s legacy was a distinct, saber-based version of the art.

Guan Yu recounted how he received the City-Toppling Love inheritance, saved Zhang Wuji from Jue Xin’s ambush, and was poisoned after repeated attacks by the Oni Mask Squad. After Ding Ling treated him and confronted Jue Xin, Jue Xin revealed his father’s orders and the martial arts manuals he knew.

• Guan Yu explained that an unknown consciousness had greatly enhanced his strength and saber mastery through the Martial Saint Inheritance.
• Nameless arrived, recognized the real Martial Saint Guan Yu, and listened as Guan Yu described his inheritance and his search for Zhang Fei and Liu Bei.
• Guan Yu recounted saving Zhang Wuji from Jue Xin’s attack on Unrivaled City and enduring Jue Xin’s subsequent ambushes, assassinations, and poisonings.
• Guan Yu used City-Toppling Love to destroy more than a thousand Oni Mask Squad members, then collapsed from the strange poison until Ding Ling arrived.
• Ding Ling assured Guan Yu the poison was harmless, then used the Emotionless Path of the Supreme Sword Dao to intimidate Jue Xin and make him disclose his techniques, including the Indestructible Golden Body manual.

Ding Ling mastered Jue Xin’s Indestructible Golden Body and other martial arts, drained his inner force, and killed him. He then set out for Unrivaled City, the Sword Sect, and Heaven’s Gate with Nameless and Guan Yu, while the chapter leaves him reflecting on Guan Yu’s inherited City-Toppling Love blade art and the fused nature of the Wind and Cloud world.

• Ding Ling learned the Indestructible Golden Body from Jue Xin and mastered it, then absorbed Jue Xin’s inner force and killed him after judging him too treacherous to keep alive.
• Ding Ling earned an E-Rank Achievement Medal for intimidating Jue Xin and told Nameless, Guan Yu, and the others that he planned to visit Unrivaled City, the Sword Sect, and Heaven’s Gate.
• Nameless agreed to accompany Ding Ling to the Sword Sect to seek the secret manual of Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin, despite lacking the half-key held by his enemy Po Jun.
• Nameless instructed Gui Hu, Phoenix, and Long Wang to remain with Bu Shen and guard the Imperial City, while they were astonished to see Guan Yu defer to Ding Ling.
• Ding Ling cured Guan Yu’s poisoning and observed that Guan Yu’s speed and mastery of City-Toppling Love had grown through the Martial Saint inheritance.
• Ding Ling concluded that the Wind and Cloud world combined elements from its television, novel, comic, and film versions, and noted that Guan Yu’s City-Toppling Love lacked an incantation or cultivation method and left him spent after one strike.

Ding Ling arrived at Unrivaled City, learned that a Japanese assassin had killed Cheng Kun, and heard Zhao Min ask to serve him with Zhang Wuji and Xie Xun. After consuming Great Medicine, Ding Ling perfected his Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill, leaving the city’s residents stunned by his transformed Divine Forms.

• Duan Lang told Ding Ling that Cheng Kun had been killed by a Japanese assassin who escaped, and that Zhang Wuji, Zhao Min, and Xie Xun had settled in Unrivaled City.
• Zhao Min asked Ding Ling to let her family follow him in hopes of attaining immortality, and Ding Ling told her to take the Imperial Court examinations.
• Zhang Wuji comforted Zhao Min and Xie Xun, while Zhao Min reaffirmed her commitment to her husband.
• Duan Lang presented Ding Ling with roughly 1,800 stalks of Great Medicine, and Ding Ling ate 100, raising his Defense to 120 and perfecting his Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill.
• Ding Ling’s Shenlong and Thunder Elephant Divine Forms emerged from his body, astonishing Shangguan Jin Hong, Zhang Wuji, Zhao Min, and the others.

Ding Ling consumed vast quantities of Great Medicine, strengthening his body and advancing his God of War Art toward forming a God of War Spirit Body. He ordered Duan Lang and Guan Yu to gather resources and accelerate the unification of the Nine Provinces before he eventually hunted Shenlong for its Divinity.

• Zhang Wuji and Zhao Min saw Shenlong and the Thunder Elephant protecting Ding Ling and believed that immortality was possible in this world.
• Ding Ling absorbed his Divine Forms and discovered that their amplified power could now last three days, while each could fight at Great Grandmaster strength outside his body.
• Ding Ling devoured eighteen hundred stalks of Great Medicine, raising his Strength, Constitution, and Defense and sensing the beginnings of a spiritual God of War Form.
• Ding Ling realized that he needed sufficient Divinity to condense a God of War Spirit Body and planned to take Shenlong's Divinity after defeating Heaven's Gate and unifying the Nine Provinces.
• Ding Ling ordered Duan Lang to gather more Great Medicine, recruit scholars and military commanders, and coordinate with the Underworld Society to unify the Nine Provinces quickly.
• Ding Ling told Guan Yu to coordinate with Duan Lang.

Ding Ling traveled with Nameless and Xiao Zhao to the Sword Sect, mastering the Qiankun Great Shift along the way. There, Po Jun revealed that he had found Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin and challenged them, but Ding Ling killed him instantly with his Supreme Sword Dao.

• Xiao Zhao recited her martial arts manuals to Ding Ling, who instantly mastered the Qiankun Great Shift and demonstrated its power to Nameless.
• Nameless led Ding Ling and Xiao Zhao into the frozen Sword Sect, where they discovered that the former leader’s body and the other visitors were missing.
• Po Jun emerged, admitted he had obtained Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin, and attacked Ding Ling with Greedy Wolf Devours the Sun.
• Ding Ling redirected Po Jun’s attack with the Qiankun Great Shift, then overwhelmed him with the Supreme Sword Dao and killed him instantly.

Ding Ling killed Po Jun and absorbed his power before mastering the Shattering Realm World-Destroying Devil Body. He gave the manual to Xiao Zhao and claimed Po Jun’s Greedy Wolf Sword and Heavenly Edge Saber.

• Ding Ling pulled Po Jun’s corpse over and absorbed his True Qi, while Nameless accepted that he could not save Po Jun.
• Ding Ling read the World-Destroying Devil Body manual and mastered its inner and outer arts, strengthening his power and defense.
• Nameless recognized the art’s ability to greatly extend its user’s lifespan, and Ding Ling passed the manual to Xiao Zhao.
• Ding Ling suppressed the weapons’ ferocious auras with his sword intent and identified them as the Greedy Wolf Sword and Heavenly Edge Saber.

Ding Ling discovered the Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin manual, but Bai Suzhen took it and revealed that she had come to meet him. She explained that Zhou Zhiruo was dead and that a mysterious being in the heavens had shattered her body, leaving her curious whether Ding Ling could reshape the world.

• Ding Ling joined the Swastika Key halves, revealing the Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin manual.
• Bai Suzhen appeared unexpectedly, took the manual, and identified herself as the Demon Lord rather than Zhou Zhiruo.
• Bai Suzhen revealed that she had chosen Zhou Zhiruo's body after finding her dead, which saddened Xiao Zhao.
• Bai Suzhen said she had come for Ding Ling and believed he might be able to reshape the world.
• Bai Suzhen described how a mysterious being above had shattered her body and said she wanted to see Ding Ling's abilities.