Chapter Summaries

Zhuge Wolong learned that Ding Ling was revered as a peerless emperor and met Zhuge Liang, whose praise of Ding Ling convinced him to seek an audience. After speaking with Ding Ling, Zhuge Wolong joined the imperial court as Right Prime Minister.

• Zhuge Wolong learned from Shi Zhixuan that Ding Ling was celebrated as the martial world's Myth and that the Nine Provinces Divine Sect was recruiting disciples.
• Zhuge Liang arrived and announced assessments for the sect and examinations for prospective court officials, so Zhuge Wolong chose the official examination.
• Zhuge Wolong passed the examination as the top candidate and discussed many subjects with Zhuge Liang, who praised Ding Ling as far more capable than himself.
• Zhuge Wolong asked to meet Ding Ling, and Zhuge Liang brought him to the Imperial Study and introduced him.
• Ding Ling recognized Zhuge Wolong's knowledge and appointed him Right Prime Minister after dividing the position into Left and Right Prime Ministers.

Zhuge Wolong became convinced of Ding Ling’s abilities and accepted his appointment as Right Prime Minister. Ding Ling then recognized Li Xunhuan as the Nine Provinces Divine Sect’s chief disciple and gave him a treasured sword and the Martial Dao True Understanding.

• Zhuge Wolong praised Ding Ling’s knowledge and decisiveness, then left the Imperial Study as Right Prime Minister.
• Zhuge Liang told Zhuge Wolong that Ding Ling’s abilities were beyond measure, strengthening Zhuge Wolong’s faith in the emperor.
• Zhuge Wolong promised his player benefactor food and support after the player asked to become his follower.
• Ding Ling asked Li Xunhuan to explain the first layer of the Heavenly Evasion Swordplay and confirmed his exceptional comprehension and Root Bone.
• Ding Ling gave Li Xunhuan a treasured sword marking him as chief disciple of the Nine Provinces Divine Sect and bestowed the Martial Dao True Understanding.

Ding Ling established the first batch of the Nine Provinces Divine Sect with ten disciples who had quickly comprehended the Heavenly Evasion Swordplay, including Li Xunhuan and Shi Zhixuan. He assigned them a year to recruit Native disciples, with the strongest branch earning the best resources and a place at the sect’s future headquarters in the Lunar Celestial Palace.

• Ding Ling gave Li Xunhuan the Martial Dao True Understanding, and Li Xunhuan accepted his place in the Nine Provinces Divine Sect.
• Huang Yaoshi, Xiang Yu, Shangguan Haitang, Zhang Liang, Han Xin, Feng Qingyang, Lu Bu, Zhu Yuyan, and Shi Zhixuan became disciples, while Shi Feixuan worried that none of her kin or friends had been chosen.
• Shi Feixuan questioned Feng Qingyang, Lu Bu, and Xiang Yu about why they had joined Ding Ling, but learned little about his plans.
• Ding Ling gave the ten fastest to comprehend the Heavenly Evasion Swordplay its complete version, and bestowed version 1.0 of the Martial Dao True Understanding and a treasured sword on Huang Yaoshi and Feng Qingyang.
• Ding Ling tasked the ten disciples with developing branches and recruiting Native disciples for one year, promising the strongest branch the best resources and explaining that Zhuge Liang and the others would oversee the next examination.

Ding Ling organized the Nine Provinces Divine Sect’s disciples and oversaw a civil service examination while new Ascenders joined the sect. The chapter ended when Zhuge Wolong reported that a fake Ding Ling had harmed Li Xiuning, prompting Ding Ling to ask which Li Xiuning she was.

• Ding Ling told the new disciples to recruit and train only talented people, while Huang Yaoshi and Feng Qingyang left together and Lu Bu set out for Bing Province.
• Zhu Wushi resented placing in the second batch and decided to prove his abilities to Zhuge Liang so Ding Ling would notice him.
• The civil service examination took place, while Fu Qingfeng, Fu Yuechi, Shi Feixuan, and Wanwan joined the Nine Provinces Divine Sect as disciples.
• Zhuge Wolong told Ding Ling that a fake Ding Ling had been harming women near Lanruo Temple and that Li Xiuning had come to the capital to demand justice.
• Ding Ling asked whether the Li Xiuning was from the Twin Dragons of the Tang Dynasty world or the Historical World’s End of the Sui Dynasty.

Ding Ling learned that Fake Ding Ling had harmed Li Xiuning and other Ascenders, while a growing Underworld threat endangered the Nine Provinces. Li Xiuning mistook Ding Ling for the impostor and tried to assassinate him, leaving her facing punishment for attacking the Emperor.

• Zhuge Wolong told Ding Ling that Li Xiuning demanded to see him, and Zhuge Liang warned that demons and ghosts were gathering near Lanruo Temple.
• Ding Ling ordered the officials to proceed gradually against the Underworld and prepare an assessment before sending a team to the foot of the Kunlun Heavenly Tree.
• Li Xiuning entered the Imperial Study, recognized Ding Ling as the man who had harmed her, and stabbed at his heart.
• Ding Ling struck Li Xiuning with his Heavenly Eye, wounding her, and Zhuge Wolong rebuked her for breaking her promise.
• Ding Ling ordered Zhuge Wolong to handle Li Xiuning's punishment for attempting to assassinate the Emperor, while Li Xiuning insisted that Ding Ling matched the man who had attacked her.

Ding Ling discovered that Li Xiuning’s attack on him had been driven by God Domain Power and spared her after explaining that he was not the Ding Ling she sought. The chapter ended with Kou Zhong taking the wounded, unstable Li Xiuning away as Zhuge Wolong began explaining what had happened.

• Li Xiuning accused Ding Ling of harming her, but Zhuge Wolong pointed out that the real Ding Ling had been discussing state affairs that night.
• Ding Ling used his Heavenly Eye to see that God Domain Power had contaminated Li Xiuning and warned that she was close to demonic possession.
• Ding Ling confirmed that the ruthless Fake Ding Ling was the City Lord of the City of Wrongful Deaths, while players online debated which Ding Ling was real.
• Ding Ling pulled Li Xiuning close, convinced her that he was not the Ding Ling she sought, and spared her because her actions were influenced by the God Domain.
• Zhuge Wolong took Li Xiuning from the palace, where Kou Zhong met them and heard her wonder whether she had mistaken Ding Ling.
• Kou Zhong asked Zhuge Wolong what had happened, and Zhuge Wolong began to explain.

Kou Zhong and Zhu Wushi learned that Fake Ding Ling had harmed Li Xiuning and Ren Yingying, and Ding Ling agreed to help Ren Yingying recover. After leaving the capital in secret, Ding Ling headed for Lanruo Temple, determined to kill Fake Ding Ling.

• Kou Zhong carried Li Xiuning to the Kou Residence after Zhuge Wolong told him to let her recuperate and focus on pacifying the Nine Provinces.
• Zhu Wushi told Ren Yingying she needed to recuperate, but she insisted that he help her see Ding Ling.
• Ding Ling received Ren Yingying and, seeing her distress, asked Zhu Wushi to care for her and promised to send medicine, wine, and manuals.
• Ding Ling issued edicts, left the Imperial Palace in secret, and used the Streamburst Escape Technique to travel toward Lanruo Temple.
• Ding Ling resolved to hunt down Fake Ding Ling while the two Prime Ministers governed in his absence.

Ding Ling hunted people corrupted by the Divine Domain and collected the lids hidden in their spirits. He entered the Divine Domain’s small space safely and took its fading lid, which merged with the others and revealed characters.

• Ding Ling returned to Lanruo Temple disguised as a magpie and saw that Guobei County had become nearly deserted as cultivators fought monsters near the Yin-Yang Road.
• Ding Ling killed the blacksmith after discovering he had murdered a young woman and tried to feed her blood-tainted food to the magpie.
• Ding Ling destroyed the blacksmith’s spirit and collected the small lid hidden inside it, which the larger lid in his Storage Ring devoured.
• Ding Ling used his Heavenly Eye and Qi Luck to find and kill other corrupted mortals, collecting their lids until the larger lid became tangible.
• Ding Ling entered the Divine Domain’s small space protected by Qi Luck, seized its fading lid, and saw characters appear after it merged with the others.

Ding Ling refined the divine object and discovered it was the lid of Pandora’s Box, a source of evil that had corrupted Guobei County. He began wearing down its spirit with a miniature Luck Golden Dragon, while Yan Chixia and Zhi Qiu Yiye waited near Lanruo Temple for the impostor who had been impersonating the Emperor.

• Ding Ling escaped the collapsing Divine Domain with its lid, and the scattered colored threads began to dissipate as the domain vanished.
• Ding Ling spent seven days refining the lid and broke through dozens of its restrictions.
• As the colored threads retreated, lightly possessed mortals in Guobei County regained their senses, while Yan Chixia and Zhi Qiu Yiye searched unsuccessfully for the expert who had ended the calamity.
• Yan Chixia, Zhi Qiu Yiye, and their allies killed a Ghost General and then guarded Lanruo Temple, expecting the Emperor’s impostor to appear at the full moon.
• Ding Ling learned that the divine object was the lid of Pandora’s Box and that it could draw in evil and corrupt mortals.
• Ding Ling concluded that destroying the lid’s spirit could weaken the Iron Coffin that formed the box’s main body, and he sent a miniature Luck Golden Dragon to grind it down.

Ding Ling watched the Underworld launch a massive assault after the Divine Domain in Guobei County was destroyed, then killed Fake Ding Ling when he appeared on the battlefield. He suspected the Black Mountain Old Demon had created the look-alike using his flesh and blood, but chose to wait until Pandora’s Box was weakened before confronting the demon.

• The Luck Golden Dragon was worn away while weakening the spirit inside Pandora’s Box’s lid, and Ding Ling estimated that destroying it could take centuries.
• The Netherworld Yin-Yang Road opened on the full moon and unleashed a much larger force, while a flickering city appeared at its entrance.
• Yan Chixia and Zhi Qiu Yiye recognized that the Underworld was counterattacking, and Han Xin led the troops as the battle spread through Guobei County.
• Ding Ling spotted Fake Ding Ling emerging from the Yin-Yang Road and killed him with the Immobilization Spell, Jade Clarity Immortal Lightning, and Heaven Flipping Palm.
• Ding Ling heard the Black Mountain Old Demon roaring beyond the road but held back, deciding to weaken Pandora’s Box before returning to face him.

After Ding Ling killed the person impersonating him, news of the deed spread across the Nine Provinces while those affected by the impersonator grappled with their feelings. Ding Ling continued cultivating and governing, and his Body Refinement strength reached the Great Perfection of the Primordial Spirit realm.

• Han Xin witnessed Ding Ling kill the impersonator before he could organize an attack, and Yan Chixia returned to guard Lanruo Temple in case Black Mountain Old Demon came back.
• Ren Yingying received martial arts manuals and Great Medicine from Zhu Wushi but remained silent and devoted herself to cultivation.
• Li Xiuning stayed calm after Kou Zhong told her Ding Ling had avenged her, though she continued to struggle with her feelings about the impersonator and Ding Ling.
• Ding Ling read books and techniques gathered from across the Nine Provinces, mastered them, and considered establishing Martial Arts Steles to recruit disciples.
• After several months of reading and handling government affairs, Ding Ling’s Body Refinement strength reached the Great Perfection of the Primordial Spirit realm.

Ding Ling reviewed the disciples’ examination results and prepared to bring the Nine Provinces Divine Sect’s people to the Heavenly Court. After arriving at the Kunlun Heavenly Tree, he reached the Heavenly Court and found its spiritual energy had grown exceptionally dense.

• Ding Ling watched the examination and saw Shi Zhixuan rank first, Zhu Yuyan second, and Lu Bu third, while Li Xunhuan and Shangguan Haitang ranked near the bottom.
• Ding Ling concluded that carefree members like Li Xunhuan needed explicit task requirements and decided to give clearer instructions in the future.
• Ding Ling gathered the disciples, soldiers, generals, Ascenders, Natives, and players inside the Mountains and Rivers State Diagram, then set out with Zhou Chu for the Kunlun Heavenly Tree.
• Ding Ling brought Zhou Chu to the Heavenly Court, while Zhou Chu entered the Scroll World so Ding Ling could carry him there.
• Ding Ling found that the Heavenly Court’s spiritual energy had become extraordinarily dense after more than a year without anyone absorbing it.

Ding Ling brought Ascenders, players, and a million mortals to the Heavenly Court ruins to establish the Nine Provinces Divine Sect. After assigning Zhuge Liang and Zhuge Wolong to oversee construction, he absorbed the Spirit Vein’s spiritual energy and increased his True Force Value to 812.

• Ding Ling brought more than ten thousand Ascenders, tens of thousands of Natives, and several players to the Heavenly Court ruins and declared that they would build the Nine Provinces Divine Sect there.
• Ding Ling gave Zhuge Liang and Zhuge Wolong architectural blueprints and placed them in charge of the construction.
• Ding Ling released a million mortals from the Mountains and Rivers State Diagram, and they recognized and revered him as the immortal they worshipped.
• Ding Ling told the mortals they would become Outer Sect disciples and asked them to help build the sect, and they agreed.
• Ding Ling absorbed the Spirit Vein’s spiritual energy for several days, raising his True Force Value to 812.

Ding Ling entered the Mountains and Rivers State Diagram into the core of the Peerless Spirit Vein and used its spiritual energy to break through to the Martial Dharma Image realm. He condensed Saint-Grade Sword and Blade Dharma Images and continued cultivating as the Map Spirit recovered and praised his potential.

• Ding Ling discovered that the Mountains and Rivers State Diagram could enter a black hole leading to the core of the Peerless Spirit Vein, and ordered the Map Spirit to take it there.
• The Map Spirit funneled the Spirit Vein's spiritual energy into the scroll, allowing Ding Ling to rapidly increase his cultivation.
• Ding Ling shattered and rebuilt his Primordial Spirit, breaking through to the Martial Dharma Image realm and condensing a Saint-Grade Sword Dharma Image.
• Ding Ling's sword strike tore open the sky and injured the Map Spirit, so he put the sword away and resumed cultivating.
• Ding Ling condensed a Blade Dharma Image as the Map Spirit recovered and marveled at his strength and potential.

Ding Ling cultivated in the Peerless Spirit Vein, bringing his Dharma Forms and physical refinement to Great Perfection while reaching the limits of this world's martial cultivation. He then advanced his Jade Clarity Immortal Method to Foundation Establishment Great Perfection and formed a Sacred Grade Golden Core.

• Map Spirit gathered spirit qi into tornadoes, helping Ding Ling rapidly raise his True Force Value and condense nine Dharma Forms.
• Ding Ling reached Dharma Form Great Perfection with 1541 True Force Value and realized he could not break through this world's limits without an Immortal's help.
• Ding Ling refined his body until all four attributes reached 1411, making his physical strength greater than ordinary Divine Weapons.
• Ding Ling switched to the Jade Clarity Immortal Method, reached Foundation Establishment Great Perfection, and formed a Sacred Grade Golden Core.

Ding Ling cultivated the Jade Clarity Immortal Method atop a Peerless Spirit Vein, advancing to Tribulation Transcendence and beginning a ninefold lightning tribulation. He moved the trial outside the Scroll World, where the immense lightning stunned the onlookers as he endured it unharmed.

• Ding Ling absorbed spiritual energy until his Mana Value reached 502 and he broke through to the Primordial Spirit Realm.
• Ding Ling continued cultivating until he reached Tribulation Transcendence and triggered a ninefold lightning tribulation.
• Ding Ling used the lightning to temper his body and Root Bone, then left the Scroll World when the seventh level threatened to damage it.
• Zhuge Liang and Zhuge Wolong, along with the others, witnessed the tribulation as it engulfed Ding Ling and destroyed everything within a hundred-mile radius.
• An Ru compared Ding Ling's tribulation with his own and realized that Ding Ling could defeat him with ease.

After surviving the Ninefold Lightning Tribulation, Ding Ling’s Root Bone and cultivation reached unprecedented heights, making him powerful enough to shatter celestial bodies in weaker worlds. He continued cultivating while Zhuge Liang and the others began building the Nine Provinces Divine Sect, with only one mission remaining.

• Ding Ling survived the Ninefold Lightning Tribulation, leaving Shi Zhixuan and the others awed by his strength.
• Ding Ling’s Root Bone rose to 92 points, placing him among the rarest prodigies across the small worlds.
• Ding Ling returned to secluded cultivation and raised his Jade Clarity Immortal Method to Great Perfection in the Tribulation Transcendence stage, reaching 1402 Mana Value.
• Ding Ling tested his immense lightning, defensive, and movement abilities, and concluded that his amplified strength could shatter a celestial body in weaker worlds.
• Ding Ling found that Missions 2, 3, and 4 were complete and Mission 1 was at 38%, while Zhuge Liang and the others had only begun constructing the Nine Provinces Divine Sect.
• Ding Ling continued cultivating the Xuanyuan Divine Sword Scripture in the Scroll World, where time passed ten times faster than in the outside world.

Ding Ling endured another Ninefold Lightning Tribulation and reached the Sword Dao Tribulation Transcendence stage, gaining the Sword Immortal Body. After his cultivation accelerated, he left seclusion at Sword Heart Great Perfection.

• Ding Ling reached the Sacred Grade Sword Heart realm and underwent a second Ninefold Lightning Tribulation, this time for the Sword Dao.
• Ding Ling abandoned his defenses during the tribulation, allowing the lightning to transform his body as his Martial Dao True Understanding repaired him.
• Yan Chixia, Shi Zhixuan, Wanwan, Shi Feixuan, Li Xunhuan, Zhu Yuyan, and the others watched and learned that Ding Ling was cultivating martial arts, immortal cultivation, and the Sword Dao simultaneously.
• Sima Liao logged off and boasted on the forum that he had witnessed Ding Ling's tribulations and was among the players chosen to go to the moon.
• Ding Ling completed the tribulation, gained the Sword Immortal Body, and raised his Root Bone to 99.9 points.
• Ding Ling's Sword Dao cultivation accelerated in the Scroll World, and he left seclusion after reaching Sword Heart Great Perfection with a Mana Value of 1402.

Ding Ling brought the Ten Disciples into the Mountains and Rivers State Diagram to cultivate in spiritual energy drawn from the Peerless Spirit Vein. He guided each disciple through their cultivation bottlenecks as they rapidly broke through, while the construction of the Nine Provinces Divine Sect continued outside.

• Ding Ling rewarded the two Zhuge Prime Ministers for overseeing construction, then took the Ten Disciples into the Scroll World to cultivate.
• Ding Ling instructed Map Spirit to place the Mountains and Rivers State Diagram in the Peerless Spirit Vein and divided the incoming spiritual energy among the disciples according to their examination rankings.
• Ding Ling promised that the Ten Disciples would enjoy several months of cultivation before he let others take their place.
• Ding Ling lectured the disciples individually on the Martial Dao True Understanding or the Heavenly Evasion Swordplay and showed them how to overcome their bottlenecks.
• The Ten Disciples broke through their realms one after another, while those outside redoubled their efforts to build the Nine Provinces Divine Sect.

After training the first ten disciples to the Tribulation Transcendence stage, Ding Ling sent them to spread cultivation in the mortal world and selected a second batch to train. The Nine Provinces Divine Sect continued its construction as the Scroll World’s time raced ahead.

• Li Xunhuan and the other first-batch disciples reached the Tribulation Transcendence stage, formed First Grade Sword Embryos, Sword Gods, and Sword Hearts, and overcame the Fourfold Thunder Tribulation with Ding Ling’s help.
• Ding Ling ordered the Ten Disciples to spread internal cultivation techniques and recruit outstanding disciples in the mortal world.
• Lu Bu and the others discovered that years had passed for them in the Scroll World while only a few months had passed outside, and they told the others how Ding Ling had helped them advance.
• Ding Ling selected a second batch of ten people to enter the Scroll World and cultivate, while Wanwan and Shi Feixuan resolved to work harder after being passed over.
• Zhu Wushi and the others continued building the Nine Provinces Divine Sect, and thirty-four months passed in the Scroll World.