Chapter Summaries

Ding Ling fought Bai Suzhen, who tested his strength before revealing her intention to cooperate against the Heavenly God. After Bai Suzhen admitted defeat, Ding Ling realized she had secretly followed him and asked where she had hidden in the karst cave.

• Bai Suzhen challenged Ding Ling with Ice Nether Hand and Fire Thunder true qi, and Ding Ling countered with his own martial arts.
• Ding Ling and Bai Suzhen moved their battle outside, where Nameless and Xiao Zhao watched from a distance.
• Ding Ling overwhelmed Bai Suzhen with his amplified power and saber techniques, and she admitted defeat.
• Bai Suzhen explained that she had attacked to test Ding Ling and wanted to cooperate with him against the Heavenly God.
• Ding Ling learned that Bai Suzhen had secretly followed him and asked where she had hidden in the karst cave.

Bai Suzhen told Ding Ling about her plan to recruit talented martial artists and revealed that she was waiting to settle her old feud with Chang Sheng Bu Si Shen. She taught Ding Ling Move Heaven Divine Art, which he mastered instantly, increasing his strength and lifespan.

• Bai Suzhen revealed that she had taught secret martial arts to several experts, including Po Jun, and explained that Po Jun had failed to master Ice Nether Hand before Ding Ling arrived.
• Bai Suzhen said she was waiting for Chang Sheng Bu Si Shen, whose lifespan was nearly exhausted and who would soon try to seize a new body.
• Bai Suzhen declared that she intended to settle her old grudge with Chang Sheng Bu Si Shen and urged Ding Ling to take responsibility for the Nine Provinces if she died.
• Ding Ling promised to manage the Nine Provinces and challenge the gods and demons, so Bai Suzhen offered to teach him her secret martial arts.
• Bai Suzhen recited Move Heaven Divine Art, and Ding Ling mastered its inner and outer techniques at once, gaining increased attributes and another drop of Longevity True Water.

Bai Suzhen taught Ding Ling the Six Great Demonic Crossings, which he mastered instantly at Great Perfection and used to unleash the Moke Immeasurable Power. Impressed, Bai Suzhen placed her hopes in him and began passing on more supreme arts.

• Bai Suzhen warned Ding Ling not to abandon his own body and taught him the Six Great Demonic Crossings.
• Ding Ling instantly mastered all six arts, gaining the Rebirth Crossing and the power to draw on wind and cloud through the Immeasurable Crossing.
• Ding Ling's newly awakened powers formed a fierce tornado around him, astonishing Bai Suzhen.
• Bai Suzhen decided to place her hopes in Ding Ling and passed on the Divine Travel Art, Extreme Blade Art, Fire Thunder Astral Qi, and more than twenty other supreme arts.

Ding Ling mastered the Demon Lord Bai Suzhen’s martial arts and strengthened his attributes, bringing the Martial Furnace to 95%. The God Lord arrived to fight Bai Suzhen, and their clash began with Moke Immeasurable.

• Bai Suzhen taught Ding Ling the martial arts she had learned, increasing his attributes and advancing the Martial Furnace’s progress to 95%.
• Nameless and Xiao Zhao watched Bai Suzhen’s demonstrations and memorized many of her techniques.
• After half a day, Bai Suzhen sensed the God Lord’s arrival and flew out to confront him.
• The God Lord attacked with a palm that formed a mountain shadow, but Bai Suzhen countered with Immeasurable Crossing and shattered it.
• The God Lord dodged Bai Suzhen’s attack and gathered Moke Immeasurable into his palm before sending it toward her.

Ding Ling intervened when Chang Sheng Bu Si Shen nearly defeated Bai Suzhen, then unleashed his sword arts against the powerful Bu Clan God Race warrior. Chang Sheng Bu Si Shen survived Ding Ling’s spiritual attack and retaliated with flames and black wind as Ding Ling began a fierce counterattack.

• Chang Sheng Bu Si Shen overwhelmed Bai Suzhen with a barrage of martial arts and broke her wrist, sending her flying.
• Ding Ling struck Chang Sheng Bu Si Shen with Fleeting Glance of Astonishment and identified him as Chang Sheng Bu Si Shen.
• Ding Ling unleashed the Emotionless Path’s Mental Killing Swords, but Chang Sheng Bu Si Shen blocked them with Yin Fire and attacked with flames and black wind.
• Ding Ling pushed Bai Suzhen toward the Lower Realm, evaded Chang Sheng Bu Si Shen’s assault, and launched the Selfless Path with multiple weapons and techniques.

Ding Ling used his newly awakened Wind and Cloud Divine Power and a fortyfold increase to overwhelm Chang Sheng Bu Si Shen. After defeating him, Ding Ling subdued him and absorbed his Heavenly Moke Immeasurable Power to strengthen his own Wind and Cloud Power.

• Ding Ling fused the Ten Styles of Martial Arts, Moke Immeasurable, and Divine Form Power into a single attack that forced Chang Sheng Bu Si Shen to retreat.
• Ding Ling unleashed a fortyfold increase and relentlessly attacked Chang Sheng Bu Si Shen, whose techniques and tenfold boost could not match him.
• Ding Ling pierced Chang Sheng Bu Si Shen's palm, pursued him, and shattered his storm before sending him falling into the Lower Realm.
• Ding Ling struck Chang Sheng Bu Si Shen's consciousness with the Mental Killing Sword, stopping his attempt to explode his Wind and Cloud Power.
• Ding Ling pressed a hand to Chang Sheng Bu Si Shen's dantian and absorbed his Heavenly Moke Immeasurable Power, which the Wind and Cloud Power in Ding Ling's dantian began consuming.

Ding Ling absorbed Chang Sheng Bu Si Shen’s power after killing him, while Bai Suzhen buried her former husband and put their grievances to rest. Ding Ling planned to go to Heaven’s Gate to deal with Di Shitian, with Bai Suzhen agreeing that he should be killed and his forces taken over.

• Ding Ling’s Wind and Cloud Divine Power grew to ten strands, greatly increasing Moke Immeasurable’s power and the duration of his amplification.
• Ding Ling absorbed Chang Sheng Bu Si Shen’s true qi, gained 620 Inner Force Value and 65 True Force Value, and found no useful items on his body.
• Bai Suzhen buried Chang Sheng Bu Si Shen and declared their grievances ended, then explained that he had cultivated the Chaotic Sky Four Absolutes.
• Bai Suzhen gave Ding Ling the secret manual of Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin and advised him to seek resources and visit the Sword World.
• Ding Ling told Bai Suzhen he planned to go to Heaven’s Gate and deal with Di Shitian, and she agreed that taking over his forces was the better choice.

Ding Ling and his companions headed for Heaven's Gate after discovering they were being watched, and Ding Ling mastered Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin along the way. He gave the manual to Nameless, whose surprise turned to alarm when he learned the technique required practitioners to cripple their existing martial arts.

• Bai Suzhen shot down a goshawk spying on the group, but she and Ding Ling could not identify who controlled it.
• Ding Ling chose to investigate Heaven's Gate and led Xiao Zhao, Bai Suzhen, and Nameless toward it.
• During a stop on the journey, Ding Ling mastered Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin, gained sword qi that made Xiao Zhao's sword bow, and increased his True Force Value to 66.
• Ding Ling gave the Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin manual to Nameless, who began studying it.
• Nameless and Bai Suzhen discovered that the technique required its practitioner to cripple their existing martial arts and wondered how Ding Ling had mastered it without doing so.

Ding Ling invaded Heaven's Gate in the Northeast Extremely Cold Lands, killing its guards and subordinates as he searched for the Saintly Heart Manual. He confronted Luo Xian in the Immovable Human Realm, but she refused to surrender the manual, and he killed her.

• Bai Suzhen and Nameless decided they could not learn the Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin, while Bai Suzhen taught Nameless the Move Heaven Divine Art and Six Great Demonic Crossings, which Xiao Zhao memorized.
• Ding Ling reached Heaven's Gate with Xiao Zhao, killed the guards at its entrance, and absorbed their inner force.
• Ding Ling advanced through Heaven's Gate, using mental sword attacks to kill its defenders as he made his way toward the Immovable Human Realm's central hall.
• Ding Ling confronted Luo Xian, the administrator of the Immovable Human Realm, and demanded that she hand over the Saintly Heart Manual.
• Luo Xian spat at Ding Ling and refused to cooperate, so he struck her forehead and killed her.

Ding Ling killed Divine Mother Luo Xian, absorbed her Saint Heart True Qi, and continued through Heaven's Gate with Nameless. In the Free Earth Realm, Divine Calculator pledged allegiance and revealed that Di Shitian had transformed experts into monstrous beasts and was hiding in the Void Saint Realm.

• Ding Ling killed Divine Mother Luo Xian and absorbed her Saint Heart True Qi, gaining 90 Inner Force points and another drop of Longevity True Water.
• Nameless questioned Ding Ling about killing so many people, but Ding Ling explained that Heaven's Gate had chosen to oppose him and Di Shitian.
• Ding Ling reached the Free Earth Realm and met Divine Calculator, who pledged allegiance to him.
• Divine Calculator told Ding Ling that Di Shitian had purged the Free Earth Realm and turned many Heaven's Gate experts into monstrous beasts in the Void Saint Realm.
• Ding Ling accepted Divine Calculator into the Great Ming Dynasty, and Divine Calculator led him toward the next level.

Ding Ling entered the Serpent Path, where he found Mingyue transformed by Beast Pills and fought through a horde of mutated demon beasts. After absorbing their power, he broke through to the Shattered Intermediate Stage, while weaker experts yielded far less cultivation than before.

• Ding Ling restrained Mingyue after Divine Calculator identified her, and Divine Calculator explained that Beast Pills had driven her mad and mutated her.
• Ding Ling killed the approaching demon beasts with Mental Killing Swords, while Nameless grew furious at Di Shitian’s experiments.
• Ding Ling absorbed the demon beasts’ power and gained enough True Force to reach the Shattered Intermediate Stage.
• Ding Ling found that absorbing the True Qi of weaker Innate Experts yielded only a small amount because his cultivation had grown stronger.

Ding Ling rescued Mingyue from the Beast Pill’s effects and learned how its three forces worked. Mingyue resolved to master the Demon Force in her body, while Divine Calculator began divining where Di Shitian had obtained it.

• Ding Ling absorbed 83 Innate Experts and gained 102 Inner Force Value.
• Divine Calculator explained that Di Shitian had revived Mingyue and used a Beast Pill to try to control her as leverage over Nie Feng.
• Ding Ling removed the demonic power from Mingyue, waking her, and she recounted how Dugu Yifang had knocked her into an abyss before an ice-masked man took her away.
• Mingyue learned that Nie Feng was safe and pledged to follow Ding Ling, who advised her to subdue the Demon Force causing blades to grow from her fingers.
• Ding Ling explained that the Beast Pill combined medicinal power, demonic power, and Demon Force, and Divine Calculator began divining the source of the Demon Force.

Ding Ling learned the Divine Calculator's Divination Art, warned him about its Heavenly Retribution, and followed a map to the Void Saint Realm. There, Ding Ling devoured hundreds of Great Medicine and learned Iron Hand Forging, while the deeper secrets of the realm remained unexplored.

• Ding Ling learned the Divine Calculator's Divination Art instantly, then discovered that deep calculations invited Heavenly Retribution.
• Ding Ling explained the art's dangerous aftereffects to the Divine Calculator, who promised not to use it recklessly again.
• Ding Ling led the group through a maze of paths and reached the Void Saint Realm inside the mountain.
• Ding Ling ate more than five hundred stalks of Great Medicine, satisfying his persistent hunger and strengthening himself.
• Ding Ling found Iron Hand Forging among the secret manuals and mastered it immediately.

Ding Ling mastered the secret manuals and consumed the medicines in Di Shitian’s Void Saint Realm as he searched its maze-like interior. Divine Calculator explained that one of the figures fleeing with the treasures was likely the High Priest, the strongest of five divine officials trained by Di Shitian.

• Ding Ling instantly mastered Iron Hand and the other secret manuals, gaining small increases to his attributes from the manuals capable of advancing beyond the Innate Realm.
• Ding Ling drank more than a hundred jars of poisonous medicinal liquor, relying on his Myriad Poisons Immunity, then continued deeper into the Void Saint Realm.
• Nameless concluded that Di Shitian was absent, while Mingyue said she remembered nothing from the time after consuming the Beast Pill.
• Two figures burst into a room and vanished after colliding with its stone wall, leaving the room’s weapons and bookshelves scattered.
• Divine Calculator identified one figure as a divine official and explained that Heaven’s Gate had five, including the High Priest, whom he believed was trying to seize treasures and escape Di Shitian’s control.

Ding Ling explored the Void Saint Realm, uncovered an ice palace filled with ancient Great Medicine and secret manuals, and collected them. When a mysterious figure stole a hidden box, Ding Ling immediately pursued.

• Ding Ling learned that the High Priest and another person had taken treasures and fled, then decided to survey the Void Saint Realm before searching for more.
• Ding Ling used his skills to break through the realm’s mechanisms and find hidden passages, eventually reaching a small palace carved entirely from ice.
• Ding Ling found several secret manuals and exceptionally potent Great Medicine, consumed one plant, and stored the rest along with the manuals.
• Ding Ling activated a mechanism in the palace wall and reached for a hidden box, but a streak of light snatched it away.
• Ding Ling set Xiao Zhao down and pursued the thief at tremendous speed.

Ding Ling pursued Shenxing Taibao through the Void Saint Realm after the Bu Clan God Race member stole his spoils. The chase brought them to the Free Earth Realm, where a masked High Priest fled as Ding Ling approached.

• Nameless and the others began gathering the Void Saint Realm’s abundant manuals, treasures, and medicines while Bai Suzhen went after Ding Ling.
• Ding Ling caught sight of the fleeing man and identified him as Bu Jingyun’s lookalike, Shenxing Taibao, who claimed he would rule the Nine Provinces.
• Ding Ling asked who had freed Shenxing Taibao, but Shenxing Taibao refused to answer and escaped through a mechanism in the stone wall.
• Ding Ling followed Shenxing Taibao through the wall and chased him out of the Void Saint Realm into the Free Earth Realm.
• Shenxing Taibao reached a palace where a white-haired man and a masked woman waited, but the masked High Priest fled inside when Ding Ling appeared.

Ding Ling confronted Shenxing Taibao and Purple-Clad Boss over the stolen box, quickly defeating Shenxing Taibao and reclaiming it. Purple-Clad Boss revealed that their unseen mastermind waited outside Heaven’s Gate, but refused to disclose his cultivation formula, so Ding Ling attacked him.

• Purple-Clad Boss and Shenxing Taibao discussed joining forces against Ding Ling, who arrived and recognized Purple-Clad Boss as Xiong Ba’s father.
• Shenxing Taibao refused to return the box, and Ding Ling struck him with the Supreme Sword Dao’s Mental Killing Swords, leaving him a living corpse.
• Ding Ling used the Dragon Capture Skill to retrieve the box and questioned Purple-Clad Boss about their mastermind.
• Purple-Clad Boss said the mastermind was waiting at the entrance to Heaven’s Gate and identified his martial art as Returning Origin Blood Hand, but refused to recite its formula.
• Purple-Clad Boss appealed to Ding Ling to spare him for You Ruo’s sake, but Ding Ling saw through his intentions and attacked again with the Supreme Sword Dao.

Ding Ling chased the Purple-Clad Boss after the man fled his overwhelming attacks, then struck him down outside the palace of the Immovable Human Realm. There, Fist God appeared and said he had been ordered to bring Ding Ling to meet the Big Boss.

• Ding Ling switched to the Selfless Path and unleashed twenty-one Black Tortoise Divine Palm strikes, forcing the Purple-Clad Boss to flee.
• Ding Ling absorbed Shenxing Taibao's power as he pursued the Purple-Clad Boss, increasing his strength.
• Ding Ling caught up and struck the Purple-Clad Boss with the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms, sending him crashing into the Immovable Human Realm palace entrance.
• Fist God arrived at the palace and told Ding Ling that the Big Boss wanted to meet him.

Ding Ling crippled the Purple-Clad Boss and tortured him for the Returning Yuan Blood Hand formula, while Fist God attacked him and was swiftly overpowered. Ding Ling began absorbing Fist God’s true qi after realizing the formidable expert had meant to kill him.

• Ding Ling used three sonic arts to stun Fist God, then kicked him away and broke the Purple-Clad Boss’s limbs.
• Ding Ling struck the Purple-Clad Boss with ice shards and the Life and Death Talisman, then questioned him about the Returning Yuan Blood Hand formula.
• The Purple-Clad Boss spat at Ding Ling, who sealed his mute acupoint again and intensified his suffering.
• Fist God attacked Ding Ling from behind, but Ding Ling sent him crashing into a palace wall with one slap.
• Ding Ling confronted Fist God, shattered his shoulder blade, slapped him, and absorbed his true qi, gaining inner force and two drops of Longevity True Water.

Ding Ling killed Fist God and Purple-Clad Boss, then confronted Big Boss after their clash of Mental Killing Swords. Big Boss offered Ding Ling a choice between submitting to him and being beaten to death.

• Ding Ling tortured Fist God for information, learned nothing useful, and killed him as Bai Suzhen arrived.
• Ding Ling eased Purple-Clad Boss’s agony and questioned him about the Returning Origin Blood Hand, but Purple-Clad Boss refused to answer.
• A hidden attacker sent a Mental Killing Sword at Ding Ling, and their clash shattered Purple-Clad Boss’s consciousness.
• Ding Ling absorbed Purple-Clad Boss’s power, then used his amplified Soaring to Immortality Steps to reach Big Boss and his followers.
• Big Boss admitted ordering the Imperial City killings and offered Ding Ling the choice to submit or die.