Chapter Summaries

Ding Ling continued cultivating before traveling with Xiao Zhao to Divine Dragon Island to deal with a rampaging Water God Ancestor. After Ding Ling badly injured the Ancestor, the wounded creature grew more violent and impaled one of the Water Folk.

• Ding Ling read the collected manuals, raising the Martial Furnace's progress to 83%, then set out to slay the dragon with Xiao Zhao.
• Lu Bu, Nie Feng, and Bu Jingyun reported that an invulnerable monster had driven their army into a standoff with the Water Folk on Divine Dragon Island.
• Bu Jingyun asked about Xiong Ba, and Ding Ling told him that Xiong Ba was no longer human without explaining further.
• Ding Ling and Xiao Zhao arrived on the island, where the Water God Ancestor charged at Ding Ling.
• Ding Ling struck the Water God Ancestor and crippled his left arm, but the enraged Ancestor pierced a Water Folk member through the chest.

Ding Ling killed the Water God Ancestor, defeated the Water Folk clan leader, and extracted his memories and techniques. He learned the identity of the master who had encouraged the Water Folk to oppose him.

• The Water Folk clan leader used Corpse Control Art to redirect the berserk Water God Ancestor toward Ding Ling, but Ding Ling killed the Ancestor with two blows.
• Ding Ling confronted the clan leader, who recognized him as the emperor of the Great Ming Dynasty and refused to surrender.
• Ding Ling defeated the clan leader and absorbed his true qi, then brought him into the Sword Mountain domain.
• Ding Ling stripped the clan leader's memories and learned more than a hundred techniques and arts, including Divine Water Skill, which he raised to max level.
• Ding Ling learned the name and appearance of the master behind the Water Folk's hostility toward him.

Ding Ling returned to Divine Dragon Island, killed Shenlong, and refined its blood and Dragon Core to complete his immortal God of War Spirit Body and gain twelve thousand years of lifespan. He learned that Shenlong had been corrupted while helping suppress Chi You’s demonic nature, and resolved to destroy Chi You’s body ahead of schedule.

• Ding Ling killed the Water Clan chief after learning that Xiao Sanxiao and Wu Wudi had helped him oppose Ding Ling.
• Ding Ling returned to Divine Dragon Island, where Lu Bu, Bu Jingyun, and Nie Feng joined him as the Water Clan fell into disarray.
• Ding Ling found Shenlong beneath the lake and wounded it with the Wu Er Saber Technique, then refined two drops of its blood.
• Ding Ling realized Shenlong was being corrupted while suppressing Chi You’s demonic nature and killed it with the Human Emperor Saber.
• Ding Ling absorbed Shenlong’s divine blood, completing his God of War Spirit Body, then refined its Dragon Core and gained twelve thousand years of lifespan.

Ding Ling entered the hidden formation beneath the deep pool, found two demonic Shenlong eggs and Chi You’s coffin, and encountered Chi You’s soul. The Sword Spirit attacked Chi You, who was shocked by her strength and knowledge, while Ding Ling realized Chi You had cultivated several separate souls to remain immortal.

• Ding Ling absorbed the Dragon Core’s divinity, further condensing his God of War Spirit Body, then watched Shenlong’s remains vanish.
• Ding Ling broke through the Nine Palaces Linked Formation and descended through the poisonous, Demonic nature-filled pool.
• Ding Ling found a Taiji Yin Yang Formation containing two demonic Shenlong eggs and Chi You’s coffin.
• Chi You’s soul entered Ding Ling’s chest, and the Sword Spirit recognized and attacked him with Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin.
• Chi You demanded to know who the Sword Spirit was and how she knew his arts, while Ding Ling realized Chi You had cultivated several separate souls.

Ding Ling used the Sword Spirit and several mantras to destroy Chi You’s split soul and extract its memories. He learned and mastered vast numbers of Chi You’s arts and techniques, leaving the spirits in the Sword World terrified of his growing presence.

• Ding Ling strengthened the Sword Spirit with the Domain Crystal, the Xuanyuan Heart Sutra, and two mantras, then used it to dissolve Chi You’s split soul and strip away its memories.
• Chi You transformed into his Divine Form and demanded to know Ding Ling’s identity, but Ding Ling ignored him and continued the attack.
• Ding Ling earned an E-Rank Achievement Medal for intimidating Chi You as the split soul’s remaining power and Demonic nature were purified.
• The Sword Spirit extracted a vast collection of Chi You’s arts and techniques, limiting the memories it took to avoid overwhelming itself.
• Ding Ling brought tens of thousands of the extracted arts and techniques to full level, and his fierce aura frightened the surviving spirits in the Sword World.

Ding Ling absorbed Chi You’s arts and techniques, completed the Martial Furnace’s three-legged progress, and began refining his vast collection into a new divine technique. He destroyed Chi You’s hands and prepared to deal with the remaining body parts.

• Ding Ling’s growing aura shook the Sword World, alarming Zhang Sanfeng, who resolved to face the unknown threat rather than retreat.
• Ding Ling obtained Chi You’s arts and techniques, cleaved through the Sword World, and returned to the mortal realm beside the two dragon eggs.
• Chi You’s techniques raised the Martial Furnace’s three-legged progress to 100%, causing Ding Ling’s collected arts and techniques to flow into the furnace for refinement.
• Ding Ling sensed that the Martial Furnace was combining the essence of millions of techniques into a divine secret manual that might help him become a Martial Dao Immortal.
• Ding Ling opened the coffin, drew out Chi You’s hands, and refined away their demonic energy until they crumbled into ashes.

Ding Ling destroyed Chi You’s head in the Ten Thousand Great Mountains, weakening the miasma and ending the threat posed by its Gu Arts. He then entered the Fire Kirin’s magma pool to seek Chi You’s final remains and the Qilin Eggs, where Xiao Sanxiao and Wu Wudi attacked him.

• Ding Ling absorbed divinity from the two Dragon Eggs, strengthening his God of War Spirit Body, then sent Nie Feng, Lu Bu, Bu Jingyun, and the others to escort the eggs to Luoyang.
• Ding Ling traveled to the Ten Thousand Great Mountains, destroyed Chi You’s head, and learned that Chi You had created Miao Jiang Gu Arts and spread them through the region.
• Ding Ling observed that destroying Chi You’s head had begun thinning the miasma and easing the corruption of the ley line beneath the Ten Thousand Great Mountains.
• Ding Ling entered the Fire Kirin’s magma pool in search of Chi You’s remaining body and the Qilin Eggs.
• Xiao Sanxiao and Wu Wudi attacked Ding Ling with the Evil King’s Ten Tribulations, but Ding Ling countered with his Profound Yin Sword Armor.
• Xiao Sanxiao accused Ding Ling of killing his beloved son and committing countless atrocities, and declared that he deserved to die.

Ding Ling fought Xiao Sanxiao and Wu Wudi, resisted their attempt to trap his soul, and seized their spiritual bodies and weapons. He recognized the Great Evil King’s demonic origins and discovered that its saber spirit was still active, apparently controlled by a Demon Lord who had not truly died.

• Wu Wudi refused Ding Ling’s offer of friendship and joined Xiao Sanxiao in attacking him.
• Ding Ling’s spiraling sword qi shattered their combined saber strike, so Xiao Sanxiao and Wu Wudi used a mysterious technique to draw him into a strange space.
• Ding Ling awakened from Xiao Sanxiao’s Soul-Seizing Art and broke both men’s attacks with his Mental Killing Sword.
• Ding Ling pierced Xiao Sanxiao and Wu Wudi’s soul bodies, seized them with the Soul Shattering Claw, and took the Heaven’s Mandate Blade and the Great Evil King.
• Ding Ling identified the Great Evil King’s Fiend Heart and Fiend Iron components, and the saber spirit erupted when he considered destroying it.

Ding Ling killed Xiao Sanxiao and Wu Wudi, then suppressed the Great Evil King and mastered the Demon Lord’s complete Evil King's Ten Tribulations. After leaving the Nine Empty Unbounded World, he arrived in a primeval forest where he encountered an earlier version of himself and used the saber technique to destroy a tiger attacking the Ferghana Horses.

• Ding Ling crushed Xiao Sanxiao and Wu Wudi’s necks, shattered their soul bodies, and learned that they had used Mud Buddha’s predictions to ambush him at Lingyun Grotto.
• Ding Ling realized he was in the Nine Empty Unbounded World and used the Sword Spirit to destroy the Demon Lord’s remnant soul inside the Great Evil King.
• The Sword Spirit comprehended the Demon Lord’s consciousness, allowing Ding Ling to master Evil King's Ten Tribulations at max level.
• Ding Ling left the Nine Empty Unbounded World carrying the Great Evil King and Heaven's Mandate Blade, then arrived in a primeval forest beside an earlier version of himself and two Ferghana Horses.
• When a second tiger charged toward the Ferghana Horses, Ding Ling used Four Defeats are Empty to erase the tiger completely.

Ding Ling crossed into another point in space-time and fought the dying Sword Saint, who used Sword Twenty-Three against him. Ding Ling killed him with Evil King's Ten Tribulations and, unable to learn Sword Twenty-Three, turned toward the Underworld Society.

• Ding Ling sensed space-time rejecting him after he intervened to save his past self from a tiger, then moved into another region of space-time.
• Ding Ling encountered the dying Sword Saint, who recognized him and attacked with Sword Twenty-Three.
• Ding Ling countered Sword Twenty-Three with Evil King's Ten Tribulations and destroyed the Sword Saint's soul and body.
• Ding Ling received the achievement medal for defeating the Sword Saint and learned that the Sword Saint had been told he was responsible for Dugu Ming's death.
• Ding Ling concluded that he could not learn Sword Twenty-Three and headed toward the Underworld Society.

Ding Ling witnessed a Fierce Demon slaughter the Underworld Society and narrowly escaped its spacetime-shattering punch. Back in his body, he explored the magma pool, killed the corrupted Heavenly Soldier Demons, and opened Chi You’s coffin, allowing Chi You’s main soul to attack him.

• Ding Ling saw the Fierce Demon suddenly appear at the Underworld Society and kill Qin Shuang and many others.
• Ding Ling approached the Fierce Demon, dodged its devastating punch by leaving that spacetime, and returned to his original body.
• Ding Ling collected the bodies of Xiao Sanxiao and Wu Wudi and stored them for later use.
• Ding Ling identified the hidden demonic beasts as corrupted ancient Heavenly Soldiers and killed them to protect the Human Realm.
• Ding Ling reached the Taiji Yin-Yang Formation and opened Chi You’s coffin, whereupon Chi You’s main soul emerged and threatened to kill him.

Ding Ling defeated and annihilated Chi You, then absorbed the Divinity from all eight Qilin Eggs to transform his God of War Spirit Body. He considered giving the eggs’ remaining energy to the two Ferghana Horses that had once fought to protect him.

• Chi You transformed into a demonic god and attacked Ding Ling’s Heart Gate, but Ding Ling’s Sword Spirit used Reincarnation of the Six Paths to shrink him down and annihilate him.
• Chi You recognized the saber art of the Great Evil King and pleaded for his life, but Ding Ling saw through his act and showed no mercy.
• Ding Ling returned to his body, purified Chi You’s demonic torso, and shattered it into smoke.
• Ding Ling absorbed the Divinity from all eight Qilin Eggs, strengthening his God of War Spirit Body until it could move through his body and resemble a miniature version of him.
• Ding Ling considered using the abundant energy from the Qilin Eggs to empower his two Ferghana Horses, remembering how they had fought to protect him.

Ding Ling returned to the Dragon Vein and discovered a Dragon Spirit struggling to suppress demonic qi within it. After the Sword Spirit began helping to clear the corruption, Ding Ling stopped refining the demonic qi and emerged with the Dragon Vein, where Duan Shuai and Nie Renwang greeted him.

• Ding Ling decided to feed the eight Qilin Eggs to his loyal Ferghana Horses and used his Golden Core to pass through the formation’s entrance.
• Ding Ling reached the Dragon Vein, saw the Eight Trigrams Formation around it, and discovered a Dragon Spirit in a hidden space inside.
• The Dragon Spirit told Ding Ling it wanted to leave but had to destroy the demonic qi contaminating the Dragon Vein.
• The Sword Spirit entered the demonic qi and carved a path through it while Ding Ling absorbed and refined the corruption.
• Ding Ling stopped refining the demonic qi, took the Dragon Vein out of the cavern, and met Duan Shuai and Nie Renwang, who were still guarding it.

Ding Ling ordered Duan Shuai and Nie Renwang to return to court as generals after taking the Dragon Vein. Back in Luoyang, he fed Qilin Egg to the Ferghana Horses, then traveled to the Alternate Dimension to absorb Dragon Eggs and strengthen himself for the coming fight with the Devil Emperor.

• Ding Ling appeared before Duan Shuai and Nie Renwang, told them he had taken the Dragon Vein, and ordered them to return to court as generals of the Human Realm.
• Duan Shuai and Nie Renwang agreed to obey and were left bewildered when they saw Ding Ling ride away on an enormous egg.
• Ding Ling returned to Luoyang, fed each Ferghana Horse half a Qilin Egg, and left them sleeping as their auras began to change.
• Ding Ling went to the Alternate Dimension in the Western Regions and told Nüba he lacked confidence in defeating the Devil Emperor, so he needed to grow stronger.
• Ding Ling absorbed the essence from two Dragon Eggs, increasing his True Force Value to 227 points.
• Ding Ling absorbed Xiao Sanxiao and Wu Wudi's true qi, extracted Xiao Sanxiao's Dragon Turtle Divinity, and grew his God of War Spirit Body to two and a half feet tall.

Ding Ling absorbed the Dragon Vein’s demonic energy, greatly increasing his strength, then joined forces with the Dragon Spirit and Iron Heart Island’s disciples to forge a new Human Emperor Saber. The saber’s emergence shook the Nine Provinces, while Di Shitian feared Ding Ling had become even more unstoppable.

• Ding Ling destroyed Xiao Sanxiao and Wu Wudi’s bodies, then refined the Dragon Vein’s demonic energy with the Sword Spirit.
• Ding Ling’s True Force Value rose to 249 points, and Nüba urged him to temper the Dragon Vein for use against the Devil Emperor.
• Ding Ling returned to Luoyang and gathered Tie Shen, Huai Kong, Huai Mie, Bai Ling, and the Iron Heart Island disciples to help forge a weapon.
• Ding Ling merged the Great Evil King, Heaven's Mandate Blade, Dragon Vein, and Human Emperor Saber over eighty-one days, with the Dragon Spirit cooperating.
• The new Human Emperor Saber released a world-shaking saber aura, and Di Shitian saw it from outside Chang'an and became more determined to lie low.

After forging the Human Emperor Saber, Ding Ling traveled through different times and places to learn martial arts from Wu Wudi and Xiao Sanxiao. He mastered their techniques and arts, then obtained the complete Chaotic Sky Four Absolutes from Xiao Jing Tian.

• Di Shitian learned that Mud Buddha had vanished and suspected Xiao Sanxiao had died after failing to scheme against Ding Ling.
• Ding Ling completed the Human Emperor Saber, combining the powers of Heaven's Mandate Blade, Great Evil King, and the Dragon Vein.
• Ding Ling visited Wu Wudi's training cavern and mastered his techniques, including Ten Directions Unrivaled and the Heavenless Sword Tiger Art.
• Ding Ling watched Xiao Sanxiao practice Myriad Paths of the Forest and mastered his many paths, but Xiao Sanxiao sensed someone watching him.
• Ding Ling watched Xiao Jing Tian study the secret manual and mastered the complete internal and external cultivation methods of Chaotic Sky Four Absolutes.

Ding Ling mastered Di Shitian’s complete Saintly Heart Manual in the Nine Empty Unbounded World, but discovered that a Time Loop and changes in the Sea of Space-Time prevented him from altering events or seeing certain figures. Back in his body, he read more books and gained a collection of powerful techniques, including Martial Dao True Understanding.

• Ding Ling watched Di Shitian practice the Saintly Heart Manual and mastered its complete techniques after one viewing.
• Ding Ling realized that attacking Di Shitian would trigger Heavenly Retribution because a Time Loop had formed, and he suspected a major change in the Sea of Space-Time.
• Ding Ling found that the Nine Empty Unbounded World could no longer show him his future or Di Shitian, so he cleaved his way out and returned to his physical body.
• Ding Ling absorbed the new martial arts, then spent several days reading hundreds of thousands of books delivered to the Imperial Palace.
• The Martial Furnace produced more than a dozen secret manuals, and Ding Ling mastered them, including Martial Dao True Understanding, which could absorb cultivation power and continuously draw in the energy of Heaven and Earth.

Ding Ling learned the full powers of the Martial Dao True Understanding and decided to go to the Alternate Dimension to reform his Golden Core. After feeding the two Ferghana Horses the remaining Qilin Eggs, he flew to the Western Regions using his Streamburst Escape Technique.

• Ding Ling learned that the Martial Dao True Understanding could extend his lifespan, strengthen his body and soul, absorb many kinds of qi, and fuse techniques as he advanced toward becoming a Martial Battle Immortal.
• Ding Ling saw that his First Grade Golden Core was too weak and decided to travel to the Alternate Dimension, where Senior Nüba could protect him while he shattered and recast it around the Martial Dao True Understanding.
• Ding Ling fed each Ferghana Horse one Qilin Egg, and both horses fell asleep after their earlier transformations had given them Qilin horns, hooves, and scales.
• Xiao Zhao asked Ding Ling to rest, and Ding Ling promised to spend time with her after finishing his current tasks before flying away.
• Ding Ling used the Streamburst Escape Technique to reach the Western Regions, relying on the Martial Dao True Understanding to shield him from the heat of his high-speed travel.

Ding Ling shared the Martial Dao True Understanding with Nüba, hoping it would help her survive. He then shattered his First Grade Golden Core to forge a stronger one, and the chapter left him condensing Martial True Water from the core’s remains.

• Ding Ling explained the Martial Dao True Understanding’s vast potential and taught it to Nüba through secret voice transmission.
• Ding Ling told Nüba he intended to shatter and reforge his Golden Core, and she agreed to protect him while he cultivated.
• Ding Ling used True Water from the Martial Dao True Understanding to crack and pulverize his exceptionally sturdy First Grade Golden Core.
• Ding Ling circulated the Martial Dao True Understanding, which absorbed the shattered core’s qi and rapidly condensed it into Martial True Water.

Ding Ling forged a Sacred Golden Core from 251 drops of True Water, gaining immense power and confidence in his ability to challenge the Devil Emperor. With Nüba’s help, he entered the God Realm and headed toward the Sea of Space-Time to reach the Demon Realm.

• Ding Ling condensed 251 drops of True Water into a Sacred Golden Core after three days and nights of forging.
• Nüba and Xiong Ba witnessed the heaven-shaking aura released when Ding Ling completed his breakthrough.
• Ding Ling assessed his new core’s strength and explained to Nüba that its foundation gave him a chance to defeat the Devil Emperor.
• Nüba sent Ding Ling through the God Realm Portal and instructed him to eliminate demons before joining her to attack the Devil Emperor Palace.
• Ding Ling climbed the Sky Ladder and arrived at the Sea of Space-Time.