Chapter Summaries

Ding Ling reflected on Zuo Ci’s impersonation and Zhao Yun’s progress in Martial Dao True Understanding before meeting Cao Mengde, whose visit brought Dian Wei and Xu Chu to see how powerful Ding Ling had become. Cao Mengde thanked Ding Ling for helping him become emperor, but the chapter ended before he explained the purpose of his visit.

• Ding Ling resolved to find and kill Zuo Ci for impersonating him and ordered Pan Feng and Zhao Yun to guard the Sky Ladder against his escape.
• Ding Ling considered how Martial Dao True Understanding amplified strength and could support its practitioners toward becoming Battle Immortals.
• Ding Ling appeared before Cao Mengde, Dian Wei, and Xu Chu, startling the guards with his overwhelming presence.
• Cao Mengde bowed to Ding Ling and credited his strength and support for Cao Mengde’s rise to the throne.

Cao Mengde, terrified by Ding Ling’s return to the Three Kingdoms, visited him humbly to ask him to save his frail young son, Cao Chong. Ding Ling agreed to examine the child and went with Cao Mengde toward the Book Vault as crowds and Players gathered to see him in Chang'an.

• Cao Mengde recalled Ding Ling’s conquests across other worlds and said his fear had made him careful to treat the Wang Residence generously.
• After learning Ding Ling had descended to the Lower Realm, Cao Mengde went to the Wang Residence with Dian Wei and Xu Chu and treated Ding Ling with deference.
• Cao Mengde asked Ding Ling to help Cao Chong, whose frailty had defeated the efforts of Hua Tuo, Zhang Zhongjing, and other physicians.
• Ding Ling agreed to examine Cao Chong, and Cao Mengde offered to show him the Great Wei Book Vault.
• Ding Ling and the group stepped into Chang'an, where Players recognized him and spread news online that he had returned to the Three Kingdoms.

Ding Ling arrived in the Imperial City to a huge welcome from the Players, prompting Cao Mengde to reflect on Ding Ling’s fame and his own desire to pursue immortality through martial arts. After Cao Mengde introduced his son Cao Ang, Cao Ang knelt and asked Ding Ling to accept him as a disciple.

• Veteran Players greeted Ding Ling enthusiastically and urged him to found a sect, teach martial arts, or find a partner in the Real World.
• Cao Mengde envied Ding Ling’s popularity and resolved to train hard and ascend to the pinnacle of Martial Dao in pursuit of eternal life.
• After entering the Imperial City, Cao Mengde introduced his eldest son, Cao Ang, to Ding Ling as a talented First-Class General.
• Cao Mengde urged Cao Ang to ask Ding Ling to take him as a disciple, and Cao Ang immediately knelt and kowtowed three times.
• Cao Mengde praised Cao Ang and asked Ding Ling to accept him, even as a servant.

Cao Ang became Ding Ling’s disciple and hurried to join Zhao Yun’s training, while Players envied his new connection to Ding Ling. Inside the palace, Cao Mengde introduced his young son Cao Chong and asked Ding Ling whether he could be saved.

• Ding Ling accepted Cao Ang as his disciple and told him to train under Zhao Yun and the others.
• Cao Ang’s two Player guards decided to stay close to him, while other Players envied their access to Ding Ling’s circle.
• Players across Chang’an and beyond discussed Ding Ling’s influence and wished he would found a sect in the Real World.
• Cao Mengde’s children gathered around Ding Ling in the Imperial Palace, calling him “Prince” and “Upper God.”
• Cao Mengde brought Cao Chong to Ding Ling and asked whether the boy could be saved.

Ding Ling discovered that Cao Chong had the Solar God Physique, whose dormant Sun True Fire threatened his life, and accepted him as a disciple so he could learn to control it. After Ding Ling left with Cao Chong and the physicians, Cao Mengde told his children that he hoped to pursue cultivation and eternal life.

• Ding Ling examined Cao Chong and told Cao Mengde that a force had suppressed the boy's pulse, but that he could be saved.
• Ding Ling identified Cao Chong's constitution as the Solar God Physique and explained that awakening the Sun True Fire could kill him.
• Ding Ling said Cao Chong could survive by cultivating the Martial Dao and absorbing the fire, and Cao Chong bowed to become his disciple.
• Cao Mengde eagerly welcomed Ding Ling's decision, while Cao Pi, Cao Zhi, and the other children watched their father's deference in surprise.
• After Ding Ling departed with Cao Chong, Hua Tuo, and Zhang Zhongjing, Cao Mengde told his children that Ding Ling's strength had convinced him that cultivation could overcome even the heavens.

Cao Mengde urged his sons to pursue martial cultivation and transcend their world after explaining Ding Ling’s power. Meanwhile, Ding Ling traveled with Hua Tuo, Zhang Zhongjing, and Cao Chong, planning to create a Solar True Skill to treat the boy and promising the physicians a Medical Canon; he remained focused on leading Diao Chan and the others toward immortality.

• Cao Mengde told Cao Pi, Cao Zhi, Cao Zhang, and the others about Ding Ling’s strength and encouraged them to cultivate so they could transcend their world.
• Cao Pi, Cao Zhi, and Cao Zhang wanted to become Ding Ling’s disciples, but Cao Mengde stopped them from going to kneel at the Wang Residence.
• Ding Ling traveled by carriage with Hua Tuo, Zhang Zhongjing, and Cao Chong, and explained that a Solar True Skill might help Cao Chong withstand the Sun True Fire in his body.
• Hua Tuo and Zhang Zhongjing asked Ding Ling to share his advanced medical knowledge, and he promised to give them a Medical Canon.
• Ding Ling arrived at the Wang Residence while players and Natives cheered for him, and he kept his distance from them as he focused on helping Diao Chan, Little Dragon Girl, and the others achieve immortality.

Ding Ling pursued Zuo Ci, who had taken the form of a Crow and flown toward the Sky Ladder. Ding Ling struck down Zuo Ci’s avatar but let it fall, recognizing that it contained only a fragment of Zuo Ci’s soul.

• Ding Ling trained with the Wang Residence’s cultivators and helped Cao Chong open his Eight Extraordinary Meridians and begin cultivating the Solar True Skill.
• Diao Chan, Zhen Jiang, and the others advanced to Martial Dao Great Grandmaster, while Ding Ling planned to raise them further before leaving.
• Zhao Yun reported that a Crow had escaped up the Sky Ladder after fighting him and changing into smoke.
• Ding Ling hurried to the Sky Ladder, passed Pan Feng’s guards, and followed the Crow toward the Gate of Glory.
• Ding Ling blocked the Crow’s path and used Sword Qi to knock it from the Sky Ladder, realizing it was an avatar carrying part of Zuo Ci’s soul.

Ding Ling trapped Zuo Ci’s Crow avatar near the Sky Ladder and discovered that the Sword Spirit could wield a new Martial Dao Sword Domain there. The avatar was left imprisoned, with Zuo Ci horrified that Ding Ling could enter its Sea of Consciousness and wondering if he had become a god.

• Ding Ling stopped Zuo Ci’s Crow avatar after Zhao Yun wounded it near the Sky Ladder, and the Crow failed to escape.
• Zuo Ci’s avatar asked Ding Ling to let it go and recalled how it had come to the Sky Ladder while seeking a chance to ascend.
• Ding Ling tested the Sword Spirit and discovered it could use a Martial Dao Sword Domain within the Sky Ladder’s spatial domain.
• The Sword Spirit imprisoned the Crow’s body and soul, entered its Sea of Consciousness, and found Zuo Ci’s human-headed Crow soul.
• Zuo Ci’s soul panicked when Ding Ling’s Sword Spirit entered its Sea of Consciousness and asked whether Ding Ling had become a god.

After Crow died before Ding Ling could obtain the Heavenly Book of Dun Jia, Ding Ling mastered the recovered exorcism arts and opened a portal to the Three Kingdoms World’s Underworld. He entered as the Sword Spirit, where he began investigating the realm by extracting memories from a ghost.

• The Sword Spirit destroyed Crow’s soul and extracted a small portion of his memories before Crow’s Sea of Consciousness exploded and killed him.
• Ding Ling mastered House Mediator Art, Exorcism Art, Ghost Subduing Art, and Nine Cauldrons Dan Scripture, then used the recovered method to open a portal to the Underworld.
• Ding Ling sent the Sword Spirit through the portal and discovered a gloomy, unstable realm filled with black fog and wandering spirits.
• Ding Ling seized a black-armored ghost, shattered its body, and began extracting information from its consciousness.
• The Sword Spirit recovered control of thirty percent of the ghost’s information before the remaining consciousness streams dissipated into the Underworld.

Ding Ling entered the Underworld and encountered several people he had known in life, who mocked him and sought revenge. He swiftly killed Lei Bo, Chen Lan, and Liang Gang, leaving Yuan Yin and Yuan Yao shocked by his strength.

• Ding Ling rode his sword light to a military camp in the Underworld and recognized Lei Bo, Ji Ling, Chen Lan, Yuan Yao, Yuan Yin, Le Jiu, and Liang Gang.
• Lei Bo and Yuan Yao taunted Ding Ling and demanded revenge for their deaths, while Yuan Yin threatened to dismember him.
• Lei Bo attacked Ding Ling with a huge hammer, but Ding Ling shattered it with the Law Breaking Sword Art.
• Chen Lan and Liang Gang joined the attack, but Ding Ling destroyed their blade qi and weapons with invisible sword qi.
• Ding Ling killed Lei Bo, Chen Lan, and Liang Gang, and Yuan Yin and Yuan Yao cried out in disbelief at his power.

Ding Ling killed Ji Ling, Yuan Yao, Yuan Yin, and the other Ghost Generals, then absorbed their knowledge and mastered several Underworld techniques. He fought through the military camp and intercepted Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Yuan Shu, and Yuan Shao as they fled.

• Ji Ling charged Ding Ling to protect Yuan Yao, but Ding Ling killed Ji Ling, Yuan Yao, Yuan Yin, and the others with a burst of Sword Qi.
• Ding Ling peeled information from the fallen generals’ streams of consciousness and maxed out the Qi Refining Technique, Meditation Technique, Ghost Soldier Condensation Method, and Ghost Soldier Forging Method.
• Ding Ling condensed and forged a Ghost Sword, then absorbed Ghost Qi as he walked through the military camp.
• Ding Ling killed Sui Yuanjin, Chunyu Qiong, Lu Weihuang, and the other Ghost Generals who confronted or fled from him.
• Ding Ling reached the central command tent, pursued the fleeing Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Yuan Shu, and Yuan Shao, and intercepted them with Star Shift.

Ding Ling stormed Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu’s Underworld camp, defeated them and their generals, and absorbed some of their memories and techniques. He learned that Dong Zhuo ruled the Western Region and Zhang Jiao the Northern Region, then wondered where the dead heroes of earlier eras had gone.

• Yan Liang and Wen Chou recognized Ding Ling as he slaughtered Chunyu Qiong and rushed to warn Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu.
• Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu dismissed the danger until Ding Ling appeared before them.
• Ding Ling struck Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Yuan Shu, and Yuan Shao with sword qi, blasting their souls apart.
• Ding Ling gathered the four men’s streams of consciousness, learned several techniques, and integrated them into the Martial Dao True Understanding.
• Ding Ling learned that Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu ruled the Eastern Region, Dong Zhuo ruled the Western Region, and Zhang Jiao ruled the Northern Region.
• Ding Ling questioned why the Underworld held heroes from only this era and wondered where figures such as Qin Shi Huang and Liu Bang had gone.

Ding Ling searched the Underworld for answers about its undead and secret techniques, then traveled to Dong Zhuo's military camp. There, he killed Hu Zhen and Hao Meng, learned their techniques, and annihilated the generals who attacked him.

• Ding Ling wondered why many historical figures were absent from the Underworld and why he had received no secret techniques, then set out for Dong Zhuo's camp.
• Ding Ling traveled across the desolate Underworld, noticed soul-nourishing plants, and decided to harvest them on his return.
• Ding Ling killed the sleeping Hu Zhen and absorbed part of his memories, learning the Formation-Breaking Spear Technique and familiar meditation and qi-refining techniques.
• Hao Meng recognized Ding Ling, celebrated his arrival, and tried to summon Cao Xing, Song Xian, and Wei Xu, but Ding Ling beheaded him before he could finish.
• Cao Xing, Song Xian, Wei Xu, Guo Si, and other generals charged out and attacked Ding Ling, who used the Law Breaking Sword Art to destroy them.

Ding Ling destroyed Dong Zhuo’s forces and defeated him, then questioned him about the Underworld. Dong Zhuo revealed that Liu Hong and his people had vanished suddenly, but he did not know where Underworld cultivation techniques came from.

• Ding Ling used the Law Breaking Sword to annihilate Song Xian, Wei Xu, Guo Si, and their soldiers, then absorbed their memories and secret techniques.
• Ding Ling entered the military camp, killed Li Jue and the others, and confronted Dong Zhuo, who was shocked that a new ghost could defeat his forces.
• Dong Zhuo attacked Ding Ling but could not move his finger, so he fled; Ding Ling caught him with Ground Shrinking Step and struck him down.
• Ding Ling asked Dong Zhuo about the Underworld, and Dong Zhuo said Liu Hong and his people had disappeared overnight five years earlier.
• Dong Zhuo said he did not know where the cultivation techniques came from, and Ding Ling continued questioning him to learn more of the Underworld’s secrets.

Ding Ling killed Dong Zhuo, gained the maxed-out Advanced Meditation Technique, and traveled to the Northern Region to learn why Zhang Jiao remained while Liu Hong had vanished. At Zhang Jiao’s Yellow Turban camp, He Yi recognized Ding Ling and attacked him for killing him in the past.

• Ding Ling killed Dong Zhuo and stripped part of his consciousness, obtaining the Advanced Meditation Technique and useful memories.
• Ding Ling used the maxed-out technique to sense the Underworld across more than a thousand li and traveled to the Northern Region.
• Ding Ling asked a Yellow Turban soldier to report his arrival to the Great Teacher, but the soldier mocked and threatened him.
• Commander He arrived, recognized Ding Ling, and ordered the Yellow Turban Army to surround him.
• He Yi revealed that Ding Ling had killed him with a Shadow Arrow and charged at him, vowing to torture him before killing him.

Ding Ling slaughtered the Yellow Turban forces at their camp entrance, killing He Yi and Zhang Mancheng and strengthening his Ghost Sword by absorbing their Ghost Qi. As a cavalry force led by Zhang Liang arrived with several of Ding Ling’s old enemies, the battle was about to intensify.

• He Yi attacked Ding Ling but was struck by an unseen force and fatally wounded, then identified Ding Ling as his attacker.
• Zhang Mancheng ordered the Yellow Turban Army to seize Ding Ling, but Ding Ling’s Sword River killed Zhang Mancheng and scattered the soldiers.
• Ding Ling’s Sword Domain began stripping Zhang Mancheng’s soul, while his Ghost Sword absorbed Ghost Qi and advanced to an ordinary mid-grade Ghost Blade.
• Ding Ling continued killing Yellow Turban soldiers, and his Ghost Sword advanced again to an ordinary high-grade Ghost Blade.
• A cavalry force of over ten thousand arrived under Zhang Liang, accompanied by He Man, Huang Shao, Liu Pi, and Ma Zhong.
• Zhang Liang demanded to know whether Ding Ling had killed Zhang Mancheng, as Yellow Turban soldiers gathered and charged toward him.

Ding Ling overwhelmed Zhang Liang’s Yellow Turban forces with his Ghost Sword, which consumed the dead and advanced into a Divine Weapon. After identifying Ding Ling as the former guardian deity of the Great Wei Empire, Zhang Liang realized he could not defeat him and fled as Ding Ling’s Sword River swept through the battlefield.

• A Yellow Turban soldier identified Ding Ling as the one who had killed their commanders, and Zhang Liang ordered the army to attack and seize his supposed divine artifact.
• Ding Ling’s Sword River shattered He Man and the charging Ghost Generals, while Ma Zhong’s arrows broke against Ding Ling’s protection.
• Ding Ling slew Huang Shao, Liu Pi, and the other attackers, absorbing their techniques and Ghost Qi as his Ghost Sword advanced into a Divine Weapon called the Ghost Blade.
• Ding Ling confirmed his identity to Zhang Liang, who recognized him as the Great Wei Empire’s guardian deity and the One-Worded Equal Rank King.
• Zhang Liang’s Yellow Heaven Great Magic failed against Ding Ling’s Sword River, so he fled while Ding Ling’s attack overwhelmed tens of thousands of Ghost Soldiers and Ghost Generals.

Ding Ling killed Ma Zhong and Zhang Liang while sweeping through the Yellow Turban Army, absorbing their knowledge and mastering powerful arts. After learning Zhang Liang’s Wind Summoning Art, he continued forward, using it against the army.

• Ding Ling absorbed Ghost Qi into the Ghost Sword, then stripped knowledge from the dead Ghost Generals and mastered their secret arts.
• Ding Ling caught and killed Ma Zhong, then learned his Assassin's Secret Teachings and other techniques.
• Ding Ling pursued Zhang Liang and killed him and his guards with the Sword River.
• Ding Ling learned parts of Zhang Liang’s Yellow Heaven Great Magic and Essential Arts of Peace, including the Wind Summoning Art.
• Ding Ling used Wind Summoning to freeze ghost soldiers and continued advancing through the Yellow Turban Army.

Ding Ling fought his way through the Yellow Turban Army and confronted Zhang Jiao, asking what he knew about the disappearance of historical figures and Emperor Ling Liu Hong. After Zhang Jiao and Zhang Bao attacked him, Ding Ling defeated them and earned their Achievement Medals.

• Ding Ling’s Wind Summoning Art clashed with Zhang Jiao’s, and Zhang Jiao identified himself as the leader of the Yellow Turban Army.
• Ding Ling asked Zhang Jiao about the disappearances of Wang Mang, Liu Xiu, Bai Qi, and Emperor Ling Liu Hong, but Zhang Jiao refused to answer.
• Zhang Bao accused Ding Ling of killing Zhang Liang, prompting Zhang Jiao and Zhang Bao to attack him with lightning and a saber technique.
• Ding Ling broke through their attacks and used Law Breaking Sword’s Myriad Swords Flight to gravely wound Zhang Jiao and Zhang Bao.
• Ding Ling earned D-Rank Achievement Medals for intimidating Zhang Jiao and Zhang Bao, and noted that Achievement Medals could be earned repeatedly.

Ding Ling killed Zhang Jiao and Zhang Bao, then absorbed their techniques and discovered clues pointing toward the Underworld’s Southern Region. As he traveled south, he saw a vast serpent-like formation of mountains consuming Ghost Qi and Soul Qi, apparently making the Underworld’s sky darker and lower.

• Ding Ling killed Zhang Jiao and Zhang Bao with two sword rays.
• Ding Ling absorbed their techniques and learned that Old Immortal Nanhua had taught Zhang Jiao the Essential Arts of Peace, while the secrets he sought lay in the Southern Region.
• Ding Ling used the Divine Meditation Technique and Qi Refining Technique, then rapidly upgraded his Ghost Sword to perfected divine weapon quality.
• Ding Ling left the Yellow Turban Army camp and headed south, leaving its Ghost Generals and Ghost Soldiers terrified by his strength.
• Ding Ling surveyed the Southern Region and spotted a serpent-like formation of mountain ranges swallowing the Underworld’s Ghost Qi and Soul Qi.