Chapter Summaries

Ding Ling and Ruo Lan discovered that the figure posing as Dan Chenzi was an impostor who had lured them to the Blood Pool. Ding Ling captured him and escaped just before a hidden force could trap him inside, leaving the Youquan Blood Demon still concealed within the sealed Blood Pool.

• Dan Chenzi threatened Ding Ling and Ruo Lan, but Ding Ling noticed his behavior was suspicious and attacked him.
• The impostor evaded Ding Ling, and Ruo Lan realized he was not a member of the righteous Emei Sect before the Blood Pool opened behind him.
• The impostor revealed the Blood Pool and escaped inside, while Ding Ling told Ruo Lan to stay outside and support him.
• Ding Ling immobilized the impostor with a spell, seized him, and headed for the entrance as a terrifying presence stirred in the Blood Pool.
• Ding Ling escaped before the Blood Pool's fanged entrance closed, captured the impostor, and suspected the Youquan Blood Demon was occupied refining the sects' Spirit Veins.

Ding Ling entered Dan Chenzi’s Sea of Consciousness, identified Red Corpse as the Demon Cult’s Demon Empress, and destroyed her and her summoned Demon Army. Dan Chenzi was freed from Red Corpse’s control and deeply admired Ding Ling.

• Ding Ling entered Dan Chenzi’s Sea of Consciousness and found Dan Chenzi’s Primordial Spirit trapped inside an Immortal Palace.
• Dan Chenzi told Ding Ling that Red Corpse had controlled his Primordial Spirit and explained that she was the Demon Empress raised by the Youquan Blood Demon.
• Ding Ling shrank the cage holding Red Corpse, while Dan Chenzi refused to save her and demanded that she reveal the Immortal Palace Secret Art.
• Ding Ling struck Red Corpse with the Illusion Mist Divine Swordplay, and she summoned a Demon Army in a final attack before dying.
• Ding Ling used the Mystic Ice Mirror and Sword Qi to freeze and destroy the Demon Army, earning Dan Chenzi’s deep admiration.

Ding Ling killed Red Corpse, absorbed the scattered demonic qi, and used the Grand Yin Divine Realm Method to free Dan Chenzi from the Immortal Palace. After returning to his body, Dan Chenzi met Ding Ling and Ruo Lan and revealed that Red Corpse had been the Demon Empress of the Demon Cult.

• Ding Ling killed the remaining Beguilers and Sprites and refined the demonic qi spreading through Dan Chenzi's Sea of Consciousness.
• Ding Ling mastered several demonic techniques from Red Corpse's memories, including the Grand Yin Divine Realm Method.
• Ding Ling used the Grand Yin Divine Realm Method to dissolve the Immortal Palace, allowing Dan Chenzi to escape and thank him.
• Ding Ling left Dan Chenzi's Sea of Consciousness, restoring Dan Chenzi's control over himself.
• Dan Chenzi returned to his body and recognized Ding Ling and Ruo Lan, then explained that Red Corpse had occupied him and identified herself as the Demon Empress of the Demon Cult.

After Dan Chenzi learned that Emei had been thrown into chaos, Ding Ling and Ruo Lan agreed to accompany him back. They arrived at Emei, where the sect faced a crisis after Master disappeared, Xuan Tianzong died, and Li Yingqi went missing.

• Ruo Lan warned Dan Chenzi that the Demon Cult might retaliate after the Demon Empress’s death, while Ding Ling absorbed the Blood Pool’s demonic aura and gained strength.
• Dan Chenzi contacted Shushan and learned from Duan Lei that Master was missing, Xuan Tianzong had died, and Li Yingqi had vanished.
• Duan Lei told Dan Chenzi that Xuan Tianzong had died after a failed attempt to make the Thunder Flame Sword acknowledge a new master at the Three Yuan Palace.
• Dan Chenzi asked Ding Ling and Ruo Lan to accompany him to Emei, and Ding Ling agreed.
• Dan Chenzi led Ding Ling and Ruo Lan to Emei, where they landed before a golden palace atop an immortal mountain.

Dan Chenzi brought Ding Ling and Ruo Lan to the Emei Sect, where they met Duan Lei, Lian Xing, and Cheng Letian. A mysterious sword strike devastated Emei, but Ding Ling shattered it, and the fallen attacker was identified as Chang Kong Wuji.

• Dan Chenzi introduced Ding Ling and Ruo Lan to the Emei disciples, and Duan Lei explained that Lian Xing had been recreated from the former Thunder Flame Sword wielder while Cheng Letian was his new disciple.
• Dan Chenzi agreed to Duan Lei's choice of disciple and asked to see Xuan Tianzong's grave.
• A powerful sword light attacked Emei Golden Summit, knocked Dan Chenzi into the Lower Realm, sent Duan Lei flying, killed more than a dozen disciples, and brought down an immortal mountain.
• Ding Ling shielded Cheng Letian and Lian Xing, empowered the Xuanyuan Sword, and shattered the sword light.
• A shattered young man's corpse fell from the void, and the Emei disciples recognized him as Chang Kong Wuji.

After defeating Chang Kong Wuji, Ding Ling earned the Emei disciples’ reverence and discovered that his spirit had escaped. Cheng Letian asked to serve him, but the chapter ended before he answered.

• Duan Lei led the Emei disciples in a salute of thanks to Ding Ling, and their recognition earned him hundreds of Achievement Medals.
• Ding Ling ordered the disciples to clean up the Emei Sect and found that killing Chang Kong Wuji had greatly increased his True Force Value.
• Ding Ling failed to find Chang Kong Wuji’s spirit and concluded that it had escaped from the corpse.
• Cheng Letian knelt before Ding Ling and asked to follow and serve him.

Cheng Letian admired Ding Ling after witnessing his overwhelming strength, but he urged her to remain in the Emei Sect and seek guidance from Ruo Lan. Ding Ling rescued the badly wounded Dan Chenzi, who woke and found the strange Sword Qi trapped in a cage familiar.

• Cheng Letian offered to follow Ding Ling as a maid, but he told her to cultivate in the Emei Sect and ask Ruo Lan for guidance.
• Ruo Lan brought the unconscious Dan Chenzi to Ding Ling, and the Emei disciples begged him to save their Senior Brother.
• Ding Ling repaired Dan Chenzi’s meridians and dantian, then used the Soul Locking Art to pull the Sword Qi from his Sea of Consciousness into a cage.
• Ding Ling woke Dan Chenzi, who thanked him and said the trapped Sword Qi felt familiar.

Dan Chenzi identified the Sword Qi that wounded him as belonging to Emei’s supposedly lost Heaven and Earth Unification Sword, while the disciples wondered how Chang Kong Wuji had appeared despite Lian Xing’s reincarnation. Ding Ling entered the Emei Book Vault to study its texts, and Dan Chenzi turned to restoring the sect and mourning its dead.

• Dan Chenzi recognized the Sword Qi as resembling the lost Heaven and Earth Unification Sword, which he said had been derived from Emei’s Trapped Dragon Swordplay.
• Duan Lei and the Emei disciples insisted Chang Kong Wuji had died and been recreated by their Master, leaving them puzzled by his appearance and Lian Xing’s connection to him.
• Duan Lei explained that Lian Xing’s Master had flown west after burying Xuan Tianzong, and Dan Chenzi said he needed to travel west too.
• Ding Ling asked to read Emei’s Book Vault texts and offered to travel west; Dan Chenzi agreed after Cheng Letian reminded everyone that Ding Ling had saved the sect.
• After Ding Ling healed Dan Chenzi, Dan Chenzi led him to the Emei Inheritance Ground, then returned to manage the sect and bury the disciples killed in battle.

Ding Ling mastered Emei Sect’s vast library of martial arts and Immortal-grade secret techniques, advancing his Martial Dao True Understanding to version 3.0. After breaking through the formation protecting the sect’s core inheritances, he left to investigate the western Earth Realm.

• Dan Chenzi visited Xuan Tianzong’s grave with Duan Lei, carved a tombstone, and vowed to defeat Youquan Blood Demon.
• Ding Ling entered Emei Sect’s library and used the Wind Summoning Art and Divine Meditation Technique to read its books.
• Ding Ling mastered tens of thousands of arts and secret techniques, including the Ice Soul Cold Light Sword and Trapped Dragon Swordplay, and advanced his Martial Dao True Understanding to version 3.0.
• Ding Ling broke through the Trapping Dragon Grand Formation and obtained Emei Sect’s sealed core inheritances.
• Ding Ling left the library and flew to the entrance of the Immortal Palace on Emei Golden Summit, preparing to investigate the western Earth Realm.

Ding Ling arrived at the Emei Golden Summit and then left for the Western World to investigate, while Dan Chenzi explained how Emei’s Sword Mountain let disciples inherit generations of sword cultivation. Dan Chenzi sensed his master calling and went to the Sect Master’s secluded mountain, where a disciple reported that nothing unusual had happened.

• Ruo Lan welcomed Ding Ling, who went to see Dan Chenzi and Lian Xing before departing for the Western World.
• Cheng Letian hurried after them, hoping to win Ding Ling’s recognition and eventually learn the Jade Pool Immortal Fortress’s arts, but arrived after he had left.
• Dan Chenzi told Ruo Lan that Emei disciples could find swords containing accumulated insights on Sword Mountain and rapidly advance their cultivation.
• Dan Chenzi explained that Lian Xing could inherit the Thunder Flame Sword’s legacy if he awakened and earned its recognition, but he had not yet recovered his memories.
• Dan Chenzi sensed his master calling, flew to the Sect Master’s secluded mountain, and asked the guarding disciple whether anything unusual had happened.

Dan Chenzi received Nanming Li Fire and a powerful, oddly shaped weapon through a brief connection with his ascended Master, then decided to show it to Ding Ling. As Ding Ling traveled toward the Cave Outside the Sky, he learned that Youquan Blood Demon’s growing forces threatened the righteous sects and discovered that Yang Xuyan had joined the Demon Cult.

• Nanming Li Fire entered Dan Chenzi and strengthened his spiritual soul, allowing him to hear his Master tell him to catch a weapon.
• Dan Chenzi fought the descending blue light until he subdued a spiked Divine Weapon that looked like a mace, then brought it back to Emei.
• Dan Chenzi realized the brief contact with his Master had depended on Nanming Li Fire and planned to have Ding Ling examine the weapon when he returned.
• Ding Ling traveled toward the Cave Outside the Sky using Ruo Lan’s map while his Divine Meditation Technique surveyed the Western lands.
• Ding Ling killed Demon Cult disciples, gained demonic qi and memories, and learned that Youquan Blood Demon was destroying the Shushan Spirit Vein and recruiting Ascenders.
• Ding Ling discovered that Yang Xuyan, Shi Zhixuan’s disciple, had ascended through Painted Skin World and joined the Demon Cult after meeting its Left Guardian.

Ding Ling discovered that Yang Xuyan had been made a demonic puppet by the Youquan Blood Demon and grew more wary as he flew to Heavenly Blade Peak. There, he encountered Guan Yu, who explained that he had ascended after learning immortal techniques and was taken in by Li Yiqi.

• Ding Ling learned from Yang Xuyan’s memories that the Youquan Blood Demon’s Void Demon Flower could secretly turn members of the Demon Cult into puppets.
• Ding Ling flew over Tianji, passing players and Ascenders who climbed mountains in search of immortal sects.
• Ding Ling reached Heavenly Blade Peak and used his Divine Meditation Technique to survey the Demon Realm entrance and the Cave Outside the Sky.
• Ding Ling shattered a rock and froze a Green Dragon Crescent Blade, prompting Guan Yu to emerge from the Demon Realm and recognize him as Your Majesty.
• Guan Yu told Ding Ling that he had ascended after spending years learning immortal techniques in the Painted Wall World and had been taken in by Li Yiqi.

Guan Yu explained that Li Yiqi’s Divine Way Inheritance had made him vastly stronger but bound him to guard Heavenly Blade Peak, and he asked Ding Ling to find a way to lift the restriction. When Guan Yu failed to return from the Cave Outside the Sky, Ding Ling entered it and reached a small hidden realm, where two sword rays attacked him.

• Guan Yu told Ding Ling that Li Yiqi had given him the Divine Way Inheritance after he ascended, raising his strength enough to rival an ordinary Loose Immortal.
• Guan Yu explained that the inheritance prevented him from going far from Heavenly Blade Peak and asked Ding Ling to search Li Yiqi’s Book Vault for a way to remove the restriction.
• Guan Yu entered the Cave Outside the Sky to persuade Li Yiqi to meet Ding Ling, but he did not return.
• Ding Ling assessed the Demon Realm entrance and the Cave Outside the Sky’s formations, then entered the cave to investigate Guan Yu’s disappearance.
• Ding Ling crossed the formations and reached a small, misty realm, where two sword rays attacked him and his opponent called out the Twin Swords of Purple and Green.

Ding Ling interrupted Xiaoyuer and Hua Wuque as they tried to combine the Twin Swords of Purple and Green, then attacked Li Yiqi and freed Guan Yu from her small temple. With Guan Yu furious and the Cave Outside the Sky in danger, Ding Ling resolved to kill Xiaoyuer and Hua Wuque before they could use their swords against him.

• Ding Ling stopped Xiaoyuer and Hua Wuque from combining the Twin Swords of Purple and Green and attacked them with the Mystic Ice Mirror.
• Ding Ling saw Li Yiqi in a small temple, realized she had imprisoned Guan Yu, and sent his Ice Soul Cold Light Sword at her.
• Li Yiqi dodged Ding Ling's sword, which destroyed the temple and freed Guan Yu.
• Guan Yu attacked Li Yiqi and warned Xiaoyuer and Hua Wuque against harming Ding Ling, while Li Yiqi urged him not to destroy the Cave Outside the Sky.
• Ding Ling recognized Xiaoyuer and Hua Wuque as the Twin Swords' new masters and decided they had to be killed.

Li Yiqi claimed the Heavenly Dao had ordered Ding Ling’s death and used her control over Guan Yu’s Divine Way Inheritance to force him to attack his emperor. Ding Ling resisted Li Yiqi’s assault and broke through her formation, but Xiaoyuer and Hua Wuque prepared to merge their swords.

• Li Yiqi emerged from concealment after Guan Yu demanded an explanation for her imprisonment of him.
• Li Yiqi said the Heavenly Dao wanted Ding Ling dead, but Guan Yu and Ding Ling rejected her claim.
• Li Yiqi used Guan Yu’s Divine Way Inheritance to make him attack Ding Ling against his will.
• Ding Ling told Guan Yu the inheritance might be compromised, then defended against Guan Yu’s strikes and attacked Li Yiqi.
• Li Yiqi’s Dragon Slaying Sword failed against Ding Ling, so she activated the Trapping Dragon Grand Formation.
• Ding Ling found and pierced the formation’s weakness, while Li Yiqi ordered Xiaoyuer and Hua Wuque to merge their swords.

Ding Ling fought Li Yiqi, Guan Yu, Xiaoyuer, and Hua Wuque in the small world, capturing the Qing Suo Sword and Zi Ying Sword before escaping the Azure Heavens’ attack. He returned to the Human Realm as the enormous hand struck the small world and its Pure Qi began repairing the damage.

• Guan Yu attacked Ding Ling’s barrier while Li Yiqi urged him to submit to Heaven, and Ding Ling searched for Li Yiqi after she escaped into hidden formations.
• Ding Ling froze Xiaoyuer, but Li Yiqi’s strike only deflected his sword enough to cost Xiaoyuer an arm; Ding Ling then seized the Qing Suo Sword and stored it in the Mountains and Rivers State Diagram.
• Ding Ling froze Hua Wuque and Li Yiqi, then took the Zi Ying Sword as Li Yiqi called for the Celestial Venerable to save her.
• The Hand of the Azure Heavens descended, and Ding Ling used the Streamburst Escape Technique to flee through the spiral passageway to the Human Realm.
• The hand struck the small world, nearly shattering it, but a stream of Pure Qi restored it.

After Ding Ling defeated them and escaped, Li Yiqi told Xiaoyuer and Hua Wuque that the Heavenly Venerable could make them immortal vessels to counter him. She revealed that the Heavenly Venerable had already planted a gateway inside them, then immobilized them and called for the Heavenly Venerable to descend.

• The Heavenly Venerable healed Li Yiqi, Xiaoyuer, and Hua Wuque, then withdrew, while Guan Yu refused to accept the Divine Way Inheritance.
• Xiaoyuer and Hua Wuque recounted Ding Ling’s rapid rise and admitted they feared facing him without the Twin Swords of Purple and Green, which he had taken.
• Li Yiqi proposed that Xiaoyuer and Hua Wuque surrender their bodies so the Heavenly Venerable could make them immortal, but Xiaoyuer refused possession.
• Li Yiqi revealed the Heavenly Venerable had already planted a hidden gateway inside Xiaoyuer and Hua Wuque, then struck them with Dragon Slaying Sword Qi to immobilize them.
• Li Yiqi called to the Summit of the Heavenly Veil and asked the Heavenly Venerable to descend into the prepared vessels.

Xiaoyuer and Hua Wuque were possessed by two Celestial Venerables after Li Yiqi’s first plan failed, and the Celestial Venerables prepared to cultivate in seclusion before confronting Ding Ling. Li Yiqi expected to inherit the Sword Dao Celestial Venerable’s rank, while Guan Yu remained trapped and worried that the Celestial Venerables would betray her.

• Xiaoyuer and Hua Wuque realized Li Yiqi had lured them into a body-possession scheme and cursed her as the Celestial Venerables took control of them.
• The two Celestial Venerables ordered Li Yiqi to rise, praised the hosts’ potential, and agreed to cultivate at her Peerless Spirit Vein for several months before confronting Ding Ling.
• The Celestial Venerables told Li Yiqi that the Sword Dao Celestial Venerable had been defeated by Ding Ling and promised that she might receive his rank.
• Guan Yu warned Li Yiqi that the Celestial Venerables might discard her after using her, but she insisted that the world needed a successor to preserve the Sword Dao.

Li Yiqi explained that the Celestial Venerables served the Heavenly Dao and targeted Ding Ling because his arrival disrupted fate and time. Ding Ling escaped to Heavenly Blade Peak, then flew east to grow stronger before facing the threat again.

• Li Yiqi told Guan Yu that the Incense Faith Path depended on him becoming a Celestial Venerable and that the Heavenly Dao had selected him as its successor.
• Li Yiqi explained that Ding Ling's arrival and the descent of Ascenders and Outsiders had disrupted the Heavenly Dao, prompting the Celestial Venerables to try to kill him.
• Guan Yu insisted that his Emperor would defeat the Celestial Venerables, while Li Yiqi predicted that he would eventually accept Ding Ling's death.
• Ding Ling returned to Heavenly Blade Peak and wondered why the Celestial Venerable and its Azure Sky Giant Hand had not pursued him into the Human Realm.
• Ding Ling worried about Xiaoyuer and Hua Wuque, then flew east using Streamburst Escape Technique to avoid confronting the unknown threat until he was stronger.
• Players below spotted Ding Ling flying overhead and discussed Sword Immortals and the Nine Provinces Divine Sect Branch.

Ding Ling returned to Emei after killing Demon Cult members and learning that the cult was rapidly recruiting Ascenders and players. He sought a Void Spirit Vein to strengthen himself, while Cheng Letian was approached by a mysterious figure who offered to help her rise.

• Ding Ling killed dozens of Demon Cult members near Shushan, refined their demonic qi, and learned that the cult planned to destroy major sects and was expanding rapidly.
• Ding Ling returned to Emei and told Dan Chenzi that he had not found Li Yingqi, then asked about Spirit Veins to increase his strength.
• Dan Chenzi revealed that a Void Spirit Vein lay beneath the Emei Golden Summit and led Ding Ling there, with Ruo Lan following.
• Cheng Letian lamented that she still had no sword, while Lian Xing showed her a sword that kept returning to him.
• A hidden figure praised Cheng Letian’s potential and asked whether she wanted to become stronger, and she knelt to ask for help.