Chapter Summaries

Ding Ling arrived in the A Chinese Ghost Story world, discovered that its dense spiritual vitality rapidly strengthened him, and activated a mission to establish the World's Finest Sect and defeat powerful opponents. After setting out on his Qilin Horse, he reached a desperate village where an old man mistook him for a soldier and begged him to spare the villagers.

• Ding Ling found that he could absorb spiritual vitality quickly in the Xianxia World, though its solidity greatly restricted his movement.
• Ding Ling activated the Path of the War God and learned that he had to establish the World's Finest Sect and defeat more than twenty powerful individuals.
• Ding Ling decided to train loyal geniuses who could accompany him to future worlds, then rode away on a Qilin Horse.
• Ding Ling forged armor to disguise his Qilin Horses and traveled through a wilderness filled with signs of monsters and human suffering.
• Ding Ling entered a village, where an old man said soldiers had stolen the villagers' grain and begged him to spare them.

Ding Ling discovered how bandits, soldiers, and corrupt officials had driven a mountain village to starvation, then gave its people food before leaving. Fu Qingfeng and Fu Yuechi revealed that they were fleeing soldiers who had arrested their father, Fu Tianchou, and asked Ding Ling to help save him.

• Ding Ling learned from the village elder that bandits and soldiers had robbed the village and taken its able-bodied men, leaving the residents in desperate poverty.
• Ding Ling hunted game for the villagers, learned the area's location, and set off after leaving the food behind.
• Fu Qingfeng and Fu Yuechi called out to Ding Ling, revealed their faces, and stopped him as he rode away.
• Fu Qingfeng introduced herself and Fu Yuechi as the daughters of Fu Tianchou and explained that they were fleeing Imperial Court soldiers after his arrest.
• Fu Qingfeng asked Ding Ling to help rescue Fu Tianchou, and Ding Ling used the People Observation Technique to assess the sisters.

Ding Ling rescued Fu Qingfeng and Fu Yuechi, two fugitive sisters, and learned that their father was imprisoned in Chang'an. He changed their route toward the capital, leaving the sisters impressed by his skills and kindness.

• Fu Qingfeng and Fu Yuechi knelt and begged Ding Ling for shelter while fleeing pursuers and suffering from hunger.
• Ding Ling assessed the sisters’ Root Bones, found them to be exceptionally talented, and agreed to help them.
• Ding Ling learned that the sisters’ father was imprisoned in Chang'an and that they had fled north because the roads south were blocked.
• Ding Ling decided to travel with the sisters to Chang'an before going to the capital, rather than continuing toward Kaifeng.
• Ding Ling shared a hearty barbecue with Fu Qingfeng and Fu Yuechi, deepening their admiration for him.

Ding Ling and the Fu sisters were confronted by Qi Mingyu and a force of Imperial Bodyguards. Ding Ling killed them all with ease, leaving Fu Qingfeng and Fu Yuechi shocked by the extent of his power.

• Qi Mingyu arrived with more than two hundred Imperial Bodyguards and recognized Fu Qingfeng and Fu Yuechi, whom he had been pursuing for over two months.
• Qi Mingyu threatened the sisters and offered to make them his wives, while Fu Qingfeng urged Ding Ling to escape.
• Qi Mingyu attacked the three of them with his sabers, but Ding Ling destroyed his attack and killed him with one palm strike.
• Ding Ling killed the Imperial Bodyguards with a palm strike and finger swords, while Fu Qingfeng and Fu Yuechi stared at the bloodied scene in shock.

Ding Ling mastered the Heavenly Smoke Saber Technique, Blood-Stained Sword Technique, and Cloud Sea Sword Art after reading their manuals, astonishing Fu Qingfeng and Fu Yuechi. The three continued toward their goal of rescuing the women’s father, while Ding Ling’s growing strength deepened their admiration.

• Ding Ling found Qi Mingyu’s manuals beside his surviving warhorse and instantly mastered the Heavenly Smoke Saber Technique and Blood-Stained Sword Technique.
• Fu Qingfeng and Fu Yuechi were stunned by Ding Ling’s mastery and rode away with him, their admiration for him growing.
• Ding Ling offered the two women the manuals and asked them to teach him the Sword Birth Sect’s techniques in return.
• Fu Qingfeng recited and demonstrated the Cloud Sea Sword Art, which Ding Ling mastered at once, surrounding himself with swirling sword qi.

Ding Ling guided Fu Yuechi and Fu Qingfeng south to Chang'an, where seven days of combat and training transformed them into formidable fighters and Fu Qingfeng reached Dragon Seed status. He left them outside the city while he went to rescue their father, Fu Tianchou.

• Ding Ling let Fu Yuechi and Fu Qingfeng fight soldiers and bandits they encountered on the journey, helping them grow stronger as they traveled south.
• After seven days, Fu Qingfeng broke through to Dragon Seed status with a Root Bone of 80 points, and both sisters became hardened fighters.
• At Chang'an's outskirts, Ding Ling told Fu Yuechi and Fu Qingfeng to wait at Ten Mile Slope while he went to rescue Fu Tianchou.
• Ding Ling departed using Ground Shrinking Step, and Fu Yuechi and Fu Qingfeng discussed the mysterious players and Ascenders appearing around them.
• Kou Zhong repeatedly tried to buy the sisters' horses, but he left when they refused.

Ding Ling slipped into Chang'an’s Imperial Palace and raided its Medicine Vault, where consuming the Great Medicines greatly increased his Four-Dimensional Attributes. The chapter left him with physical strength at the Sacred Grade Martial Golden Core level.

• Fu Qingfeng watched Kou Zhong leave and wondered how many Ascenders like him existed, while Fu Yuechi said Great Hero Ding was rarer and greater.
• Ding Ling used the Wind Summoning Art and Illusory Escape Technique to enter Chang'an and reach the Imperial Palace unnoticed.
• Ding Ling sealed hundreds of soldiers guarding the Medicine Vault, then entered and found its stores of rare Great Medicines.
• Ding Ling swallowed the medicines, raising each of his Four-Dimensional Attributes by 53.6 points after consuming eight hundred century-old plants.
• Ding Ling’s physical attributes broke through to the Sacred Grade Martial Golden Core level, allowing him to rival several ordinary Martial Golden Core experts with his fists alone.

Ding Ling devoured the Great Medicines in the Medicine Vault, greatly increasing his attributes, then read hundreds of thousands of books in the Book Vault and headed for the Heavenly Prison. The chapter ended as an armored general emerged and challenged him to reveal himself.

• Ding Ling ate hundreds of Great Medicines, raising his attributes to 407.9 and advancing his Body Refinement realm.
• Ding Ling entered the Book Vault, sealed its guards, and rapidly mastered hundreds of thousands of books and techniques.
• Ding Ling decided that visiting the capital was necessary for his plans to establish the World's Finest Sect, rebuild the Nine Provinces Dynasty, and challenge the strongest person in the world.
• Ding Ling questioned two soldiers, learned the location of the Heavenly Prison, and sealed the hundreds of Grandmasters guarding it.
• An armored general carrying five long sabers rushed out of the Heavenly Prison, demanded that Ding Ling show himself, and threw a dart toward him.

Ding Ling defeated Chief Zuo and persuaded him that the National Preceptor was a Centipede Spirit who had replaced loyal officials. Chief Zuo agreed to verify the claim and helped Ding Ling rescue Fu Tianchou from the Heavenly Prison.

• Chief Zuo confronted Ding Ling, suspected him of helping Fu Qingfeng and Fu Yuechi, and attacked him.
• Ding Ling easily struck Chief Zuo's acupoints and revealed that the National Preceptor was a Centipede Spirit controlling the bodies of slain officials.
• Chief Zuo agreed to accompany Ding Ling to the capital to learn the truth, accepting that he would face punishment if Ding Ling's claims were false.
• Ding Ling entered the Heavenly Prison, and Chief Zuo released Fu Tianchou.
• Fu Tianchou learned that Ding Ling was a friend of his daughters and marveled that they had met such a powerful young expert.

Ding Ling rescued Fu Tianchou from the Heavenly Prison and reunited him with Fu Qingfeng and Fu Yuechi outside Chang'an. As they rode toward the capital, Wanwan learned that Ding Ling had appeared and considered seeking his support against Shi Feixuan.

• Ding Ling freed Fu Tianchou, led him past immobilized guards, and escaped Chang'an with Chief Zuo following.
• Fu Tianchou urged Ding Ling to help purge the Imperial Court’s monsters, but Ding Ling interrupted him when they reached Fu Qingfeng and Fu Yuechi.
• Fu Tianchou embraced his daughters after their reunion, and the group rode north toward the capital.
• Onlookers recognized Fu Qingfeng and Fu Yuechi and discussed Ding Ling’s growing circle of companions.
• Wanwan asked a player about Ding Ling and considered gaining his support so she could defeat Shi Feixuan.

Wanwan saw Ding Ling and decided to pursue him, hoping to become his disciple and gain the power to defeat Shi Feixuan. Ding Ling reached the capital with Chief Zuo and confronted Pudu Cihang, whose first mind-attacking strike collided with Ding Ling’s Heaven Sword.

• Wanwan witnessed Ding Ling’s extraordinary vitality and hurried after him, hoping to become his disciple.
• Ding Ling gave the Qilin Horse to Chief Zuo and Fu Tianchou, then used Wind God Leg to travel with them toward the capital.
• Ding Ling and Chief Zuo reached the capital in less than half a day, and Chief Zuo led Ding Ling into Pudu Cihang’s residence.
• Pudu Cihang challenged Ding Ling’s motives and attacked his mind with a Buddha’s Finger.
• Ding Ling countered with a Heaven Sword, and their spiritual attacks clashed in a destructive storm.

Ding Ling revealed Pudu Cihang as a centipede spirit and fought him across the capital, but realized the monster was too powerful to defeat safely. He escaped west to cultivate before facing Pudu Cihang again.

• Ding Ling exposed Pudu Cihang’s centipede form with a powerful strike, then sent Chief Zuo to escort Fu Tianchou and the others out of the capital.
• Ding Ling and Pudu Cihang clashed with saber techniques and Buddhist divine abilities as the Buddha image drew power from the capital’s worshippers.
• Ding Ling realized Pudu Cihang had reached the level of a Martial Dharma Image, while Pudu Cihang resolved to kill him before the Heavenly Hound Devouring the Moon.
• Pudu Cihang manifested his enormous demonic body and tried to swallow Ding Ling, who evaded him with the Heavenly Evasion Swordplay and flew west to cultivate.

Ding Ling escaped Pudu Cihang by hiding behind a storm and transforming into a magpie, then returned to the capital to loot the National Preceptor's Medicine Vault. Pudu Cihang was left searching the sky and worrying about Ding Ling's future strength.

• Pudu Cihang pursued Ding Ling with Buddhist escape techniques and the Blood Escape Technique, but Ding Ling repeatedly outpaced him.
• Ding Ling realized Pudu Cihang feared his future growth and chose to avoid a fight to the death, preserving his strength against other possible demons.
• Ding Ling used Summoning Wind and Rain and Driving Thunder and Controlling Electricity to obscure Pudu Cihang's vision, then escaped while Pudu Cihang searched for him.
• Ding Ling transformed into a magpie and flew to the capital, where he slipped into the National Preceptor's residence while Pudu Cihang was away.
• Ding Ling found the Medicine Vault and swept its boxes into his ring.

Ding Ling looted Pudu Cihang’s hidden Gourd Space, taking the Alchemy Furnace, Demon Fire, and Great Medicine before escaping as the vault began to collapse. He reached Guobei County ahead of his companions and discovered a place rife with cruelty, while Ascenders and players disrupted the world across the Nine Provinces.

• Ding Ling found the hidden stairway beneath the Book Vault, entered the Gourd Space, and took its Great Medicine, Alchemy Furnace, and Demon Fire.
• The Gourd Space began to shake after Ding Ling removed the furnace, so he escaped as a magpie while Pudu Cihang returned and vowed revenge over the stolen Human Tribulation Immortal Pill.
• Ding Ling flew south as Ascenders appeared across the Earth Realm, and Wanwan attacked Shi Feixuan in a forest.
• Ding Ling reached Guobei County before Chief Zuo and decided to seek Yan Chixia at nearby Lanruo Temple to learn magic.
• Ding Ling surveyed Guobei County and saw a blacksmith kill an Ascender who had been poisoned.

Ding Ling discovered that Guobei County was permeated by sinister colored strands that corrupted its inhabitants, but the Library protected him. While waiting for Fu Qingfeng and the others at an inn, he read Pudu Cihang’s extensive collection of martial arts and classics, then began consuming a vast supply of Great Medicine to approach the next Body Refinement realm.

• Ding Ling recognized the blacksmith’s victim as Liu Bei and worried how Guan Yu would react to his eldest brother’s death.
• Ding Ling explored Guobei County and found colored strands entering the nine orifices of its residents, players, and Ascenders, while the Library repelled them from his soul.
• Ding Ling failed to locate the source of the strands, decided not to investigate further, and rented rooms at an inn while waiting for Fu Qingfeng and the others.
• Ding Ling read hundreds of martial arts manuals and classics from Pudu Cihang’s book vault, raising his attributes to Strength 474.2, Agility 476.2, and Physique 475.2.
• Ding Ling began consuming the Great Medicine he had collected, hoping to advance his Body Refinement cultivation toward the Martial Dao Primordial Spirit realm.

Ding Ling consumed vast quantities of Great Medicines, breaking through into the Martial Nascent Soul realm and greatly increasing his attributes and lifespan. After waiting for the pills in Pudu Cihang’s Alchemy Furnace to reach perfection, he reunited with Chief Zuo, Fu Tianchou, Fu Qingfeng, and Fu Yuechi in Guobei County as news of his arrest spread.

• Ding Ling ate a thousand Hundred-Year Great Medicines, then consumed Two-Hundred-Year and Three-Hundred-Year Great Medicines until all four attributes reached 501 and he entered the Martial Nascent Soul realm.
• Ding Ling finished the remaining Three-Hundred-Year and Five-Hundred-Year Great Medicines, then consumed the Eight-Hundred-Year and Thousand-Year Great Medicines, further raising his attributes.
• Ding Ling examined the three pills in the Alchemy Furnace and decided to wait for them to reach perfection before taking them.
• Two days later, Chief Zuo, Fu Tianchou, Fu Qingfeng, and Fu Yuechi arrived in Guobei County and reunited with Ding Ling.
• Fu Qingfeng warned Ding Ling that cities along their route had posted notices calling for his arrest, while the Demon Fire vanished after the pills were fully refined.

Ding Ling left Guobei County and traveled to Lanruo Temple, where he found Yan Chixia. Yan Chixia mistook him for another visitor seeking to bother him and demanded that he leave or fight.

• Ding Ling warned Fu Qingfeng and the others to be careful in Guobei County, then told Chief Zuo he might make him a sect protector.
• Ding Ling left Guobei County and headed for Lanruo Temple, tracking the temple with his Divine Meditation Technique.
• On his way into Lanruo Temple, Ding Ling overheard players discussing Nie Xiaoqian, Ning Caichen, and Yan Chixia.
• Ding Ling entered the abandoned temple and found Yan Chixia sitting alone in a room.
• Yan Chixia complained that Outsiders and Ascenders had repeatedly disturbed him and challenged Ding Ling to fight or leave.

Ding Ling challenged Yan Chixia to a one-on-one fight, confident that he could overcome the cultivator whose strength he had secretly assessed. Their first two palm exchanges left Yan Chixia impressed and increasingly determined to win, and the chapter ended as they clashed with far greater force.

• Ding Ling asked Yan Chixia what he would do if Ding Ling won, and Yan Chixia promised to help within his abilities and principles.
• Ding Ling challenged Yan Chixia to a spar, and Yan Chixia agreed to finish the fight quickly without using a weapon.
• Yan Chixia's first palm carried Great Grandmaster power, but Ding Ling met it with Shattering Realm force and left Yan Chixia staggering back three steps.
• Yan Chixia increased his strength for a second palm, but Ding Ling used High-Level Shattered Realm power and forced him back six steps.
• Yan Chixia sent a third palm at Paragon Shattering Realm strength, adding lightning, and Ding Ling met it with Golden Core-level palm force.

Ding Ling proved his strength to Yan Chixia by withstanding Palm Thunder unharmed, earning the Daoist’s recognition. After revealing his cultivation, Ding Ling asked Yan Chixia to teach him all his cultivation techniques.

• Ding Ling stood firm when Yan Chixia’s palm strike sent Yan flying, convincing Yan that he had reached the Martial Golden Core level.
• Yan Chixia attacked Ding Ling with Palm Thunder, but the lightning left Ding Ling completely unharmed.
• Yan Chixia asked Ding Ling’s name and learned that he was an Ascender who cultivated both the physical body and true qi.
• Ding Ling revealed that his physical body had reached the Martial Nascent Soul realm and his true qi was at the Half-Step Primordial Spirit level, so Yan Chixia called off the competition.
• Ding Ling asked Yan Chixia to teach him all his cultivation techniques, and Yan Chixia questioned why he wanted to learn other methods.

Yan Chixia agreed to teach Ding Ling the Xuanyuan Divine Sword Scripture and Crimson Fire Swordplay, only to be stunned when Ding Ling mastered the swordplay instantly. Ding Ling then protected their lessons by sealing the entrance to Lanruo Temple with a mist array.

• Yan Chixia decided Ding Ling met his standards as a successor and agreed to pass on his cultivation method.
• Yan Chixia explained the limits of the Xuanyuan Divine Sword Scripture and taught Ding Ling the Crimson Fire Swordplay.
• Ding Ling instantly mastered the Crimson Fire Swordplay, gained attributes and True Force, and astonished Yan Chixia.
• Yan Chixia drove away players seeking disciples before returning to teach Ding Ling the Xuanyuan Divine Sword Scripture.
• Ding Ling set up a Five Elements Eight Trigrams Mist Array at Lanruo Temple, preventing players and Ascenders from entering, and taught Yan Chixia how to pass through it.