Chapter Summaries

After destroying Xiao Aoshi, Ding Ling revealed his identity to Zhang Sanfeng and asked him to pass on his martial arts. Zhang Sanfeng taught him numerous Wudang methods, which Ding Ling mastered immediately, leaving Zhang Sanfeng astonished.

• Ding Ling tested the Shi Huang Sword's fiftyfold amplification, then struck Xiao Aoshi with a palm and reduced him to ashes.
• Zhang Sanfeng hailed Ding Ling as his senior, and Ding Ling clarified who he was before preparing to leave.
• Zhang Sanfeng thanked Ding Ling for saving his life, and Ding Ling asked him to teach his martial arts in return.
• Ding Ling took Zhang Sanfeng to a region rich in spiritual essence and qi, then instantly mastered the Wudang Nine Yang Art and several other cultivation methods.
• Zhang Sanfeng taught Ding Ling many Wudang martial arts, which Ding Ling mastered after hearing them once, leaving Zhang Sanfeng speechless.

Ding Ling repaid Zhang Sanfeng’s teachings with two arts, then strengthened his Sword Spirit until it reached the peak of its perfected state. He realized the Sword Spirit needed Supreme Yin sword power from the Sword Pool to reach Great Perfection.

• Zhang Sanfeng taught Ding Ling hundreds of martial arts, which Ding Ling mastered and used to deepen his foundation.
• Ding Ling gave Zhang Sanfeng the Sword God Breathing Method and the World-Destroying Devil Body, then departed.
• Zhang Sanfeng studied the two arts and entered a state of enlightenment.
• Ding Ling released his Sword Spirit, which absorbed Spiritual Light and advanced to its perfected form.
• The Sword Spirit reached the peak of its perfected state but could not advance further without Supreme Yin Sword Mind, Sword Intent, and Sword Qi from the Sword Pool.
• Ding Ling wondered whether Jian Yue had failed to reach Great Perfection because he could not defeat the domain expert in the Sword Pool.

Ding Ling flew to the Sword Sea and found Xiao Zhao and Nameless caught in its depths, where a mysterious presence had transformed Xiao Zhao into a vessel for twelve powerful sword spirits. After clashing with Xiao Zhao, Ding Ling learned that she had become the Sword World’s strongest person.

• Ding Ling left his domain and flew across the Sword World, intending to gather Supreme Yin Sword Intent, Sword Mind, and sword qi before returning to evolve the Sword Spirit.
• Ding Ling found the Sword Pool transformed into a vast Sword Sea and noticed a strange rift releasing bizarre serpentine figures into the sky.
• Ding Ling saw Xiao Zhao and Nameless struggling in the Sword Sea and rushed to rescue Xiao Zhao, but her black sword qi attacked him.
• Ding Ling countered Xiao Zhao’s sword qi with the Six Meridian Divine Sword, and she emerged from the sea under the control of an unknown presence.
• The presence explained that twelve beings had forged Xiao Zhao’s Perfect Supreme Sword Bone into a Heaven-Piercing Sword and transformed her bones, making her the Sword World’s strongest person.

Ding Ling fought the Twelve Sword Hosts, who had taken over Xiao Zhao’s body, and broke through the Sword World to force them out. He struck Xiao Zhao and followed her into the rift, leaving the Sword Sea’s inhabitants stunned by his power.

• Ding Ling recognized the Twelve Sword Hosts and demanded to know why they had seized Xiao Zhao’s body.
• The Twelve Sword Hosts defended their possession and blocked Ding Ling’s Mental Killing Swords before striking back with lightning.
• Ding Ling countered the lightning, then used a ninetyfold-amplified Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin to destroy their sword rain and cleave open the Sword World.
• The Twelve Sword Hosts dodged into the rift, and Ding Ling struck Xiao Zhao in the back before following her inside.
• The Sword World’s rift closed as the Sword Sea’s spiritual beings wondered who Ding Ling was and whether they could withstand him if he returned.

Ding Ling confronted the Twelve Sword Hosts after they injured Xiao Zhao and tried to flee, while Demon Leader continued plotting to possess Nameless in Sword World. Ding Ling broke the Twelve Sword Hosts’ attacks, and they realized he had cultivated the Peerless Sword Spirit Body and likely killed Jian Yue.

• Demon Leader questioned Nameless about his connection to Ding Ling and admitted he intended to possess him and hide from Ding Ling.
• Ding Ling intercepted the injured Xiao Zhao above the East Sea and demanded that the Twelve Sword Hosts leave her Sea of Consciousness.
• The Twelve Sword Hosts used Dazzling Colors Extinguished, but Ding Ling countered it with his Sword Spirit Eye without being harmed.
• Xiao Zhao formed a Sword Pool and sent the Power of the Ages at Ding Ling, who shattered it with sword qi from the Shi Huang Sword.
• The Twelve Sword Hosts recognized Ding Ling’s Peerless Sword Spirit Body and suspected he had killed Jian Yue and taken his Domain Crystal.

Ding Ling trapped the Twelve Sword Hosts in an Eight Trigrams Formation and entered Xiao Zhao’s Sea of Consciousness to protect her. Xiao Zhao began breaking through her defenses, while the weakening Sword Hosts launched a desperate attack on Ding Ling.

• Ding Ling knocked Xiao Zhao onto an East Sea island and quickly formed an Eight Trigrams Formation that trapped her and the Twelve Sword Hosts.
• The Twelve Sword Hosts failed to escape and threatened to devour Xiao Zhao as their strength waned without evil thoughts to consume.
• Ding Ling sent his Sword Spirit into the formation and found Xiao Zhao resisting the Twelve Sword Hosts’ corrosive energy in her Sea of Consciousness.
• Ding Ling shielded Xiao Zhao with Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin, and she strengthened her soul-protecting light as she formed new seals.
• The Twelve Sword Hosts attacked without restraint, and one sent a Yin-Yang sword aura toward Ding Ling’s brow.

Ding Ling used the Emotionless Path to defeat the Twelve Sword Hosts inside Xiao Zhao’s Sea of Consciousness, then destroyed them and gave their Yin Essence to the Sword Spirit, completing its power. His newly acquired sword intents revealed Di Shitian hiding on Phoenix Island, and Di Shitian fled in fear.

• Ding Ling distracted the Twelve Sword Hosts with his Sword Spirit, then used a ninetyfold-amplified Mental Killing Sword attack against them inside Xiao Zhao’s Sea of Consciousness.
• Ding Ling shattered the Twelve Sword Hosts’ formation and drove them out of Xiao Zhao’s Sea of Consciousness before the Sword Spirit stabilized it.
• Ding Ling annihilated the Twelve Sword Hosts and sent their Yin Essence to the Sword Spirit, which absorbed it and gained their sword techniques.
• Ding Ling gained the Profound Yin Twelve Swords at max level, and their combined sword intent revealed Di Shitian on the hidden Phoenix Island.
• Di Shitian recognized Ding Ling, feared his strength, and fled into the sea.

Ding Ling mastered the Profound Yin Twelve Swords and used their Sword Armor to stabilize Xiao Zhao’s Sea of Consciousness. He absorbed the Sword Spirit, which reached the initial stage of Great Perfection, while Di Shitian fled Phoenix Island and returned toward the Central Plains to hide among the crowds.

• After learning that Ding Ling had destroyed Heaven’s Gate and defeated Japan’s experts, Di Shitian watched him battle the Twelve Sword Hosts on Phoenix Island and fled into the sea.
• Ding Ling completed his mastery of the Profound Yin Twelve Swords, realizing that their twelve supreme techniques could combine into one sword and form the Six Paths Return technique and Profound Yin Sword Armor.
• Ding Ling amplified the Profound Yin Sword Armor and used it to stabilize Xiao Zhao’s Sea of Consciousness, waking her.
• Ding Ling recalled the Sword Spirit into his body, and it advanced to the initial stage of Great Perfection.
• Ding Ling reasoned that Jian Yue’s complete spirit likely gave him a Domain Crystal, unlike the Twelve Sword Hosts, and reflected that killing Jian Yue had enabled his progress in the Sword World.

Ding Ling discovered that Xiao Zhao had gained extraordinary sword cultivation, then returned to the Sword World to rescue Nameless from the Demon Leader. The Demon Leader agreed that he wanted to live but hesitated to leave Nameless’s Sea of Consciousness.

• Ding Ling sensed that Xiao Zhao had reached the Shattered Intermediate Stage and mastered the Profound Yin Twelve Swords after inheriting the Twelve Sword Hosts’ abilities.
• Xiao Zhao told Ding Ling that the Twelve Sword Hosts had captured her, Nameless had been trapped while trying to save her, and Bai Suzhen had entered a wondrous world.
• Ding Ling opened a rift to the Sword Pool and brought Xiao Zhao with him to rescue Nameless.
• Ding Ling entered Nameless’s Sea of Consciousness and confronted the Demon Leader, who had nearly destroyed Nameless’s consciousness.
• Ding Ling demanded that the Demon Leader leave Nameless’s Sea of Consciousness or die, and the Demon Leader hesitated because he feared Ding Ling would kill him afterward.

Ding Ling annihilated the Sword Pool’s remnant spirits, gained numerous sword arts, and strengthened the Sword Spirit before pursuing Bai Suzhen into a strange, corrupted realm. The chapter ended as hordes of monsters swarmed him upon his arrival.

• Ding Ling destroyed the Demon Leader and tens of thousands of Sword Pool spirits, gaining more than eight thousand sword arts and raising his Agility to 149.8.
• Ding Ling found no more useful spirits in the Sword World and let the Sword Spirit devour Spiritual Light in Sword Mountain while Zhang Sanfeng cultivated nearby.
• Ding Ling learned from Nameless that Bai Suzhen had been carried into a snake-shaped rift by a python-like spirit.
• Ding Ling killed the Snake Spirits guarding the rift, learned Serpentine Movement Art, and entered the foul realm to search for Bai Suzhen.
• Ding Ling activated Profound Yin Sword Armor as countless strange creatures surged toward him.

Ding Ling explored the ancient Demon World, learning that its spirits included the Twelve Sword Hosts and that Bai Suzhen was absorbing the power of the demon corpses to transform. After gathering many arts and leaving the world with Xiao Zhao, he reflected on the Demon World, God Realm, and Demon Realm as they continued onward.

• Ding Ling used the Shi Huang Sword to destroy Snake Spirits and absorbed the Spiritual Light they left behind, maxing out more than a dozen snake-related arts.
• Ding Ling ventured deeper into the Demon World while Xiao Zhao stayed behind and defended herself with the Profound Yin Sword Armor.
• Ding Ling returned after several hours and told Xiao Zhao that Bai Suzhen had found an opportunity and was undergoing a rapid transformation.
• Ding Ling explained that the Twelve Sword Hosts were Lingering Wills of the Demon World's Twelve Demon Gods, while Jian Yue had formed from a complete human spirit soul.
• Ding Ling revealed that Bai Suzhen was absorbing the essence, blood energy, and Demon Qi of the demon corpses to become an unparalleled Demon Lord.
• Ding Ling shared the many arts he had gained from remnant spirits with Xiao Zhao, then thought again about the Demon World, God Realm, and Demon Realm.

Ding Ling returned from the Sword World to the Lower Realm after the Sword Spirit reached the peak of Great Perfection, bringing the Domain Crystal to Xiao Zhao. At Heaven's Gate, he gathered Di Shitian's hidden medicines, wines, and secret manuals, boosting his cultivation and reaching the world's limit for Agility.

• The Sword Spirit reached the peak of Great Perfection, gave the Domain Crystal to Xiao Zhao, and asked Nameless to accompany her in seclusion.
• Ding Ling cleaved open the Sword World and descended near Heaven's Gate, where Divine Calculator greeted him and reported that Mingyue and the High Priest had gone south to find Nie Feng.
• Divine Calculator led Ding Ling to the hidden treasures, explaining that he had concealed Di Shitian's medicines, wines, manuals, and other valuables.
• Ding Ling consumed more than a thousand Great Medicines and five hundred jars of medicinal wine, raising his God of War Art progress to seventy-two percent.
• Ding Ling read tens of thousands of secret manuals over two days, bringing his Agility to 160 points and his Martial Furnace progress to thirty-one percent.

Ding Ling reached Unrivaled City and intervened just as the Great Demon God attacked the exhausted defenders. After revealing himself as the New Emperor and the man the Outsiders called the human world's number one, he faced the Great Demon God.

• Ding Ling chose Luoyang as his capital and ordered the Divine Calculator to move the treasures to the Imperial Palace treasury.
• Guan Yu killed Hayato Ten'in of Hidden Sword Stream with City-Toppling Love after a fierce battle, then collapsed from exhaustion.
• The Great Demon God attacked Guan Yu with Awakened Thunder Fist, and Zhang Wuji was badly injured trying to protect him.
• Ding Ling arrived and shattered the Great Demon God's fist attack with a sword strike, earning the relief and respect of Guan Yu, Duan Lang, Shangguan Jin Hong, Zhao Min, and Zhang Wuji.
• The Great Demon God recognized Ding Ling as the City Lord of Unrivaled City and the New Emperor, and Ding Ling confirmed his identity while holding the Shi Huang Sword.

Ding Ling confronted the Great Demon God, Xiao Jing Tian, and overwhelmed the Japanese force with the Shi Huang Sword. Xiao Jing Tian fled, but Ding Ling caught up with him, leaving their confrontation poised to continue.

• Ding Ling questioned Xiao Jing Tian about the massacre of the Underworld Society, but Xiao Jing Tian denied responsibility and challenged Ding Ling’s accusation.
• Ding Ling struck with the Shi Huang Sword Path, killing or incapacitating nearly a thousand Japanese fighters with one attack.
• Ding Ling unleashed successive sword strikes as the Japanese fighters fled, while Xiao Jing Tian’s Wind, Thunder, Fire, and Rain attacks failed to suppress him.
• Xiao Jing Tian fled in terror, and Ding Ling used Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin to wipe out the remaining Japanese fighters.
• Ding Ling used the Soaring to Immortality Steps to catch up with Xiao Jing Tian.

Ding Ling killed the Great Demon God, healed Zhang Wuji and the other wounded, and established the Great Ming Dynasty with Luoyang as its capital. After organizing his court, he invaded Japan and annihilated its major forces.

• Ding Ling overwhelmed the Great Demon God's attacks, killed him, and absorbed his True Force for 920 Inner Force Value.
• Ding Ling returned to Unrivaled City, ordered Duan Lang and Shangguan Jin Hong to prepare the army for campaigns abroad, and healed Zhang Wuji and the others with Longevity Supreme Qi.
• Ding Ling established his capital at Luoyang, where officials and heroes gathered to pledge allegiance and address him as emperor.
• Ding Ling founded the Great Ming Dynasty, appointed officials and generals regardless of gender, and organized a powerful martial court.
• Ding Ling invaded Japan and killed Jue Wushen, the Emperor of Japan, and the other major experts, absorbing their True Force.

Ding Ling unified the world, ordered secret manuals and Great Medicines gathered, and consumed the medicines until his God of War Art reached 100%. His breakthrough filled the Imperial Palace with battle intent, drawing Nameless and the others’ attention.

• Ding Ling defeated the rulers and Shattering Realm experts of foreign countries, unifying the world in less than six months.
• Ding Ling assigned Nie Feng, Duan Lang, Divine Calculator, Lu Bu, and others to govern the conquered territories and ordered them to collect secret manuals and Great Medicines.
• Ding Ling read two enormous batches of books in the Armory, then consumed tens of thousands of Great Medicines in the Medicine Vault.
• Ding Ling’s God of War Art reached 100%, releasing a vast battle aura that Nameless, Feng Wu, Gui Hu, and Long Wang sensed from the Imperial Palace.
• Nameless, now a Great Ming official and sword master, revered Ding Ling and hoped to help the dynasty become the world’s greatest empire.

After the Great Ming Dynasty unified the world, Ding Ling’s growing power and the court’s stability amazed officials and Iron Heart Island’s people. Having made Xiao Zhao his Empress and learned that the army had found Divine Dragon Island, Ding Ling set out to slay the dragon.

• Nameless and the court officials praised Ding Ling’s power and the unified world’s rapid progress.
• Huai Mie, Huai Kong, and Bai Ling recalled how Ding Ling killed Tie Kuangtu and saved their Master, after which Iron Heart Island pledged allegiance to the Great Ming Dynasty.
• Tie Shen offered Ding Ling the Po Kong Yuan Shou arts and Tie Dao Tian Jian, and Ding Ling later forged Fire Kirin weapons for his leading officials and a stronger spiritual sword for Xiao Zhao.
• Ding Ling chose Xiao Zhao as his Empress and entrusted her with the rear court and palace guard.
• Xiao Zhao reported that the Great Ming Dynasty’s forces had found Divine Dragon Island, and Ding Ling ordered them to set out to slay the dragon.

Ding Ling forged the five divine weapons and three Nuwa stones into a new saber with Tie Shen’s help. Its emergence shook the heavens, while Di Shitian noticed the disturbance in Luoyang and resolved to keep avoiding Ding Ling.

• Ding Ling decided to forge a weapon from five divine weapons and the Ice Soul, White Dew, and Black Cold stones.
• Tie Shen assisted Ding Ling in forging the weapon for forty-nine days at the Royal Forging Department.
• Ding Ling’s new saber emerged with an aura that shook the heavens and changed the sky’s color.
• Di Shitian sensed the saber’s emergence from Chang’an and suspected Ding Ling had gained another supreme technique.
• Di Shitian rejected the idea of joining Ding Ling to slay the dragon and chose to stay hidden and keep fishing.

Ding Ling completed the Human Emperor Saber, a supreme weapon forged from divine treasures, and prepared to slay the dragon. As he left the palace, Wang Bodang hurried over with an urgent report.

• Di Shitian decided to hide from Ding Ling until Ding Ling shattered the void, then travel to another world.
• Ding Ling finished forging a powerful saber from divine objects and metals, with help from Tie Shen, Huai Kong, and the Iron Heart Island disciples.
• Ding Ling made a scabbard for the saber, named it the Human Emperor Saber, and returned to handle court affairs.
• Ding Ling read more books, raising Martial Furnace to 52% and increasing his Wisdom, Buddhist energy, and Upright Qi.
• Ding Ling set out to slay the dragon, but Wang Bodang hurried to him with an urgent report.

Wang Bodang brought the gravely wounded Guan Yu to Ding Ling, who healed him and learned that Xiong Ba had slaughtered their patrol in the Western Region. Ding Ling went to confront Xiong Ba and found him transforming into a fiery, monstrous state.

• Wang Bodang begged Ding Ling to save Guan Yu, who was barely alive after a battle with Xiong Ba.
• Ding Ling healed Guan Yu using Longevity Supreme Qi, the Medical Sage Breathing Technique, and acupuncture.
• Guan Yu and Wang Bodang explained that Xiong Ba had killed their soldiers and Outsiders with Heavenly Fire before Guan Yu was defeated.
• Ding Ling flew to the Western Region, intending to kill or cripple Xiong Ba if he refused to yield.
• Ding Ling found Xiong Ba refining corpses, then watched him grow into a muscular monster surrounded by flames that scorched the land.