Chapter Summaries

Cheng Letian received a secret promise of help in obtaining a divine sword from Sword Mountain, while Ding Ling began absorbing the Void Spirit Vein's energy at Emei Golden Summit. After rapidly growing stronger, Ding Ling sensed that he was close to the Martial Dao Immortal Gate but still had not become a God.

• A person hidden in the darkness told Cheng Letian to get Duan Lei to take her to Sword Mountain and promised to help her gain a divine sword's acknowledgment.
• Dan Chenzi showed Ding Ling the withering Void Spirit Vein and explained that it could recover after Youquan Blood Demon was destroyed, then urged Ding Ling to absorb its energy.
• Ding Ling grasped a Spirit Flower and rapidly refined its abundant spiritual energy, producing an aura that sent Dan Chenzi and Ruo Lan flying.
• Ding Ling's True Force Value reached 8,423 in less than half a day, and he realized he was nearing the Martial Dao Immortal Gate without yet becoming a God.

Ding Ling refined the second Spirit Flower and broke through the Martial Dao Immortal Gate, becoming a Battle Immortal with a Supreme Immortal Foundation. He absorbed ten strands of Essence of Immortal Origin Qi, leaving Ruo Lan and Dan Chenzi amazed at the strength of his foundation and his bright prospects.

• Ding Ling refined the second Spirit Flower until his True Force Value reached 9,999 and he sensed the Martial Dao Immortal Gate.
• Ding Ling combined his nine Martial Dharma Images and struck the Immortal Gate until it opened.
• Ding Ling's Dharma Image transformed into a humanoid figure surrounded by hundreds of visions, astonishing Ruo Lan and Dan Chenzi.
• Ding Ling absorbed ten strands of Essence of Immortal Origin Qi before the Immortal Gate closed, establishing a Supreme Immortal Foundation.
• Ding Ling returned his Dharma Image to his Lower Dantian and considered his new Battle Immortal strength and future cultivation.

Ding Ling rapidly refined Spirit Flowers to strengthen his cultivation before deciding to hunt the Youquan Blood Demon. He then captured and refined two divine swords, absorbing their Sword Essence and cultivation insights.

• Ding Ling refined the second and third Spirit Flowers, raising his Immortal Qi to nineteen strands as Dan Chenzi and Ruo Lan watched in amazement.
• Ding Ling refined two more Spirit Flowers and reached the peak of the mid-stage Loose Immortal realm.
• Ding Ling told Dan Chenzi and Ruo Lan that he would go kill the Youquan Blood Demon, and they asked to accompany him.
• Ding Ling entered the Mountains and Rivers State Diagram and used Great Capturing Hands to seize two swords that were trying to escape.
• Ding Ling spent half a day finding a suitable Emei Sect Sword Offering technique and half a month refining the two swords.
• Ding Ling absorbed the swords’ Sword Qi, Sword Essence, spiritual energy, and cultivation insights, then began refining the Sword Essence.

Ding Ling refined the Sword Qi and Sword Essence in the Twin Swords of Purple and Green, reaching the Late Loose Immortal stage and absorbing the memories and techniques of their past Sword Masters. The memories suggested Di Mingqi might still be alive, while Ding Ling continued learning the divine swords’ legacy.

• Ding Ling absorbed the Sword Qi and Sword Essence within the two divine swords, raising his Immortal Qi Value to thirty-two strands and reaching the Late Loose Immortal stage.
• Ding Ling became the new Sword Master of the Twin Swords of Purple and Green and discovered that Di Mingqi’s memories seemed less firmly preserved than Yi Zhen’s.
• Ding Ling saw a memory of Di Mingqi kneeling before Li Yiqi and offering him the Qing Suo Sword, then wondered where Di Mingqi had gone and whether he was still alive.
• Ding Ling analyzed the Sword Masters’ memories and maxed out the Formless Sword Heart Art and Formless Sword Technique.
• Ding Ling maxed out the Mandarin Duck Thunderclap Sword Heart Art and Mandarin Duck Thunderbolt Sword Technique, then continued studying the other Sword Masters’ arts and memories.

After studying the memories of generations of Sword Masters, Ding Ling mastered dozens of Immortal Grade sword arts and learned the Emei Sect’s Void Spirit Vein was collapsing. He led Emei disciples to Panluo Valley and began breaking into the Blood Pool to confront Youquan Blood Demon.

• Ding Ling finished reviewing the Sword Masters’ memories, mastered dozens of Immortal Grade sword arts, and brought his Sword Dao understanding to the Transformation Realm.
• Dan Chenzi told Ding Ling that the exhausted Spirit Flowers had caused the Void Spirit Vein to shrink and collapse, so Ding Ling promised to destroy Youquan Blood Demon at Panluo Valley.
• Ding Ling and Dan Chenzi gathered Emei disciples, including Cheng Letian, Lian Xing, and Duan Lei, and flew toward Panluo Valley.
• Ding Ling used the Mystic Ice Mirror to freeze the Blood Pool entrance, then blasted it apart with his two divine swords.

Ding Ling broke open the Blood Pool and discovered the Demon Cult was strengthening it with human sacrifices, then entered its depths to destroy the cultists. As he left Ruo Lan and Dan Chenzi outside, a blood cloud sealed Panluo Valley and unleashed Blood Crows on the disciples.

• Ding Ling used the Twin Swords of Purple and Green to shatter the Blood Pool's entrance and saw the Demon Cult filling holes with human lives to strengthen it.
• Ding Ling froze part of the Blood Pool with the Mystic Ice Mirror, but its suction intensified as dead souls joined the blood sea.
• Ding Ling told Ruo Lan, Dan Chenzi, and the others to wait outside, then plunged into the spiral vortex to reach the Blood Pool's bottom.
• A black light swept into Panluo Valley and surrounded it with a spherical blood cloud, trapping Ruo Lan, Dan Chenzi, and the disciples.
• Blood Crows attacked, turning several disciples into Blood Demons; Dan Chenzi and the others fought back and retreated toward the Blood Pool's entrance.

As Emei’s defenders struggled against the endless Blood Crows, Ruo Lan entered the Blood Pool to find Ding Ling. Deep below, Ding Ling destroyed the Blood Cloud Grand Array’s nodes and grew stronger until Youquan Blood Demon confronted him.

• Lian Xing urged Dan Chenzi to find a way to save the Emei Disciples as more of them fell under demonic influence.
• Dan Chenzi proposed seeking Ding Ling’s help, and Ruo Lan charged into the Blood Pool before he could respond.
• Ding Ling found Demonic Cultivators using mortals to fill the Blood Cloud Grand Array’s holes and killed them with the Mystic Ice Mirror.
• Ding Ling traced the array’s nodes, destroying Demonic Cultivators at each and absorbing their demonic and blood energy to gain four additional strands of Immortal Qi.
• At the array’s tenth node, Youquan Blood Demon recognized Ding Ling as an intruder and unleashed a counterattack through the Blood Cloud Grand Array.

Ding Ling saw through Youquan Blood Demon's illusions, defeated one of his avatars, and continued hunting Demonic Cultivators in the Blood Cloud Grand Array. At the fourteenth node, he captured Ouyang Xiong with the All-Heaven Ghost City, where Ouyang Xiong begged for his life.

• Ding Ling used the Heavenly Eye to identify and destroy Youquan Blood Demon's Blood Demon Phantoms with the Twin Swords of Purple and Green.
• Ding Ling exchanged attacks with Youquan Blood Demon, then pierced his avatar with sword shadows and killed it.
• Ding Ling absorbed the blood qi and demonic qi of Youquan Blood Demon and more than a hundred Demonic Cultivators, raising his Lower Dantian Immortal Qi to 37 strands.
• Ding Ling followed the Blood Cloud Grand Array's nodes, killed more Demonic Cultivators, and raised his Lower Dantian Immortal Qi to 38 strands.
• Ding Ling recognized Ouyang Xiong at the fourteenth node and captured him inside the All-Heaven Ghost City.
• Ouyang Xiong's body was crushed inside the ghost city, and he knelt and begged Ding Ling to spare him.

Ding Ling used the All-Heaven Rakshasa Soul Capture Method to slaughter Ouyang Xiong's army and kill Youquan Blood Demon, growing stronger in the Blood Pool. Youquan Blood Demon then offered Ding Ling the Demon Cult leadership, and Ding Ling agreed to meet him.

• Ding Ling captured Ouyang Xiong and the fleeing Demonic Cultivators in the All-Heaven Ghost City, crushing their bodies and souls as he shrank it.
• Ding Ling absorbed the army's blood qi and demonic qi, gaining immortal qi and advancing through the Blood Pool.
• At the seventeenth node, Ding Ling decapitated Youquan Blood Demon and pulled him into the All-Heaven Ghost City, killing him again.
• Ding Ling absorbed more energy, reached 41 strands of immortal qi, and advanced to the Perfection Realm of the Loose Immortal stage.
• Youquan Blood Demon offered Ding Ling the Demon Cult leadership because he had mastered the All-Heaven Rakshasa Soul Capture Method.
• Ding Ling accepted the offer and challenged Youquan Blood Demon to come out and meet him.

Ding Ling trapped the Youquan Blood Demon’s clone in the All-Heaven Ghost City and demanded that the demon meet him in person before he would consider becoming the Demon Cult’s leader. As the Youquan Blood Demon delayed and withdrew his forces, Ding Ling kept advancing through the Blood Cloud Grand Array, killing its members and breaking its nodes.

• Ding Ling accused the Youquan Blood Demon of insincerity, and the All-Heaven Ghost City swallowed and crushed the demon’s manifested clone.
• Ding Ling absorbed the demon’s scattered energy, raising his Immortal Qi Value to 42 strands, and demanded that the Youquan Blood Demon appear in person.
• The Youquan Blood Demon asked for three days to prepare defenses, while Ding Ling continued attacking the Blood Cloud Grand Array’s nodes.
• The Youquan Blood Demon detonated a clone to escape the All-Heaven Ghost City’s pursuit, and Ding Ling absorbed the resulting energy to reach 43 strands of immortal qi.
• Ding Ling killed more Demonic Cultivators and reached 45 strands of immortal qi as their numbers dwindled.
• Ding Ling decided to keep roaming the nodes and destroy them, hoping to collapse the Blood Cloud Grand Array and force the Youquan Blood Demon to reveal his true form.

Ding Ling discovered that a time-distorting seal trapped him in a vast space beneath the Blood Pool, and Ruo Lan joined him there after eight days had passed outside. He prepared defenses and began helping Ruo Lan refine the Qing Suo Sword, hoping to merge it with the Zi Ying Sword and break the seal before Youquan Blood Demon could act.

• Ding Ling recognized Ruo Lan's Flying Feather Sword Light above him, but found that a powerful seal separated them and resisted his attacks.
• Ruo Lan broke through the Demonic Cultivators and entered the sealed area, where she told Ding Ling that eight days had passed outside and Dan Chenzi and the others were struggling.
• Ding Ling used the Mystic Ice Mirror and the Twin Swords of Purple and Green to explore the seal, concluding that they were trapped in a spherical space several hundred li across.
• Ding Ling turned the Blood Cloud Grand Array's node materials into defensive arrays, using the Mystic Ice Mirror as their core.
• Ding Ling took Ruo Lan into the Mountains and Rivers State Diagram, gave her the Qing Suo Sword, and taught her how to refine it for a fusion with the Zi Ying Sword.

Ding Ling and Ruo Lan combined the Twin Swords of Purple and Green, escaped the seal around the sea of blood, and began slaughtering the Demonic Cultivators outside. Ding Ling rapidly refined their demonic energy and continued toward another group.

• Ruo Lan refined the Qing Suo Sword with Ding Ling’s help and became its new Sword Master.
• Ding Ling and Ruo Lan practiced combining the Twin Swords of Purple and Green until they could move and fight as one.
• Ding Ling and Ruo Lan used the combined swords to pierce the restriction and escape the sealed area.
• Ding Ling and Ruo Lan killed the Demonic Cultivators outside the seal, and Ding Ling refined their energy into hundreds of drops of True Water.
• Ding Ling continued to the next group of Demonic Cultivators and attacked them the same way.

Ding Ling and Ruo Lan hunted the Youquan Blood Demon's incarnations in the Blood Sea, growing stronger until Dan Chenzi's cry forced them to rescue him. Ding Ling shattered the Blood Barrier and pursued a fleeing figure as the Emei Sword Cultivators escaped.

• Ding Ling killed two Youquan Blood Demon incarnations with the Twin Swords of Purple and Green, absorbing their energy and increasing his Immortal Qi to 48 strands.
• Ding Ling and Ruo Lan hunted Demonic Cultivators throughout the Blood Sea, while the Youquan Blood Demon tried and failed to persuade Ding Ling to stop.
• Ruo Lan sensed that Dan Chenzi was in danger, so Ding Ling abandoned his hunt and rushed to the Blood Pool's entrance.
• Ding Ling destroyed the Blood Crows attacking Dan Chenzi and the other Emei disciples, then told them to return to the Emei Sect.
• Ding Ling and Ruo Lan broke the circular Blood Barrier, causing the Blood Crows to fall and the Emei Sword Cultivators' magic power to return.
• A black streak fled west with the remaining blood clouds, and Ding Ling pursued it while Dan Chenzi led the other disciples away.

Ding Ling and Ruo Lan followed the Twin Swords of Purple and Green through a mysterious sundial into a blood-red world. They reached Heavenly Blade Peak and met a chained old man who recognized their swords and learned that they were the new Sword Masters.

• Cheng Letian and Lian Xing left the group, while Dan Chenzi allowed them to go and led the others toward Emei.
• Dan Chenzi and the others arrived to find the Emei Golden Summit destroyed and Emei Disciples fighting Demonic Cultivators.
• Ding Ling and Ruo Lan crashed through the sundial’s black light, endured its chaotic effects on time, and emerged in another world.
• Ding Ling and Ruo Lan combined again and swiftly crossed the blood-red world to Heavenly Blade Peak.
• The chained old man recognized the Twin Swords of Purple and Green, mistook Ding Ling and Ruo Lan for Yi Zhen and Di Mingqi, and asked who the new Sword Masters were.
• Ding Ling introduced himself and Ruo Lan, and Ruo Lan recognized the old man from her visit to Heavenly Blade Peak centuries earlier.

Ding Ling and Ruo Lan met the Heavenly Blade Old Man, who had been trapped in the Demon Realm for five hundred years, and learned that he guarded the Heavenly Devil Saber Art. Ding Ling refined a wisp of Profound Yin Demonic Qi, convincing the old man to begin passing on his mastery.

• Ruo Lan recognized the Heavenly Blade Old Man and introduced Ding Ling as the Fortress Lord of the Jade Pool Immortal Fortress.
• The Heavenly Blade Old Man explained that they were in the Demon Realm and warned them about its Profound Yin Demonic Qi.
• Ruo Lan told the Heavenly Blade Old Man that a sundial had brought them there.
• The Heavenly Blade Old Man offered to pass on the Heavenly Devil Saber Art if Ding Ling could withstand Profound Yin Demonic Qi.
• Ding Ling swallowed and instantly refined a wisp of Profound Yin Demonic Qi, astonishing the Heavenly Blade Old Man.

Ding Ling learned the Heavenly Devil Saber Art from the Heavenly Blade Old Man and instantly mastered both its mental cultivation method and saber techniques. After absorbing Profound Yin Demonic Qi, he reached Loose Immortal Great Perfection, and the Old Man praised him as an unprecedented inheritor.

• The Heavenly Blade Old Man began teaching Ding Ling the Heavenly Devil Saber Art, an ancient technique whose practitioners had fallen into demonic possession.
• Ruo Lan assured the Heavenly Blade Old Man that Ding Ling learned techniques exceptionally quickly, and Ding Ling instantly mastered the mental cultivation method, manifesting the Heavenly Demon Blade Phenomenon.
• Ding Ling refined Profound Yin Demonic Qi into Immortal Qi and broke through to Loose Immortal Great Perfection.
• Ding Ling thanked the Heavenly Blade Old Man, while Ruo Lan proudly praised him and blushed after calling him her Fortress Lord.
• The Heavenly Blade Old Man carved the saber manual into the ground, and Ding Ling mastered the Heavenly Devil Saber Art at Great Perfection, astounding the Old Man.

Ding Ling learned the Heavenly Blade Old Man’s techniques, cured him by absorbing his demonic energy, and freed him from his chains. After the old man joined Ding Ling’s group, a horde of magic beasts surrounded them, and Ding Ling attacked.

• The Heavenly Blade Old Man taught Ding Ling more than a hundred techniques, including three Immortal-grade secret arts, and Ding Ling mastered them all.
• Ding Ling absorbed the Profound Yin Demonic Qi from the Heavenly Blade Old Man, preventing him from dying or becoming demonic again.
• Ding Ling broke the old man’s iron ball and chains, and the Heavenly Blade Old Man agreed to travel with him.
• Wolves, jackals, tigers, and leopards surrounded Ding Ling and his companions, and the Heavenly Blade Old Man explained that the magic beasts were intelligent and bloodthirsty.
• Ding Ling charged into the horde and unleashed Heavenly Dragon Subduing Demon Swordplay and Trapped Dragon Swordplay.

Ding Ling slaughtered hundreds of thousands of demonic beasts in the Demon Realm and refined their energy, rapidly increasing his strength. After searching for more beasts, he learned that Ding Yin and Ji Jinyu had survived and might be found at Heaven’s End.

• Ding Ling’s sword arts and saber strike annihilated the charging demonic beasts, including a xie beast and its wolf pack, and he refined their demonic qi into Martial True Water.
• Ding Ling resolved to grow stronger in the Demon Realm so he could face the possible group behind the Azure Sky Giant Hand.
• Ding Ling unleashed several area attacks and killed more than two hundred thousand demonic beasts, raising his lower dantian Immortal Qi to 90 strands.
• Ding Ling offered to teach the Heavenly Blade Old Man the Martial Dao True Understanding, but the old man hesitated because he doubted his ability to master another cultivation method.
• The Heavenly Blade Old Man told Ding Ling and Ruo Lan that Ding Yin and Ji Jinyu had fallen into the Demon Realm and said they might be found over ten thousand li west at Heaven’s End.

Ding Ling and his companions reached Heaven’s End, where they confronted Tai Shuchang, the ancient founder of the Heavenly Devil Saber Art. Tai Shuchang revealed that the art led toward becoming a Demonic Path Celestial Venerable and claimed that the Heavenly Dao wanted Ding Ling dead; the group was left reeling at the revelation.

• Ding Ling guided Ruo Lan and the Heavenly Blade Old Man in swordsmanship and saber techniques as they traveled west, absorbing energy from demonic beasts they encountered.
• The three arrived at Heaven’s End and spotted a crimson-eyed man on Heavenly Blade Peak, who attacked Ding Ling with the Heavenly Devil Saber Art.
• Ding Ling countered the stranger’s strike, and the man introduced himself as Tai Shuchang, controller of the Sundial and founder of the Heavenly Devil Saber Art.
• Tai Shuchang revealed that the art inevitably caused demonization and that he had intended to guide the Heavenly Blade Old Man, who rejected the demonic path.
• Tai Shuchang said the Heavenly Dao wanted Ding Ling dead because his existence disrupted its order, and Ding Ling confirmed that Li Yiqi had said the same thing.

Ding Ling drove off Tai Shuchang after overpowering his Heavenly Demon Blade, then went to Heavenly Blade Peak to confront the demonized Ding Yin and Ji Jinyu. Ding Yin admitted defeat and asked Ding Ling to spare the Devil God Palace disciples.

• Tai Shuchang offered to guide Duan Tiandao into the Upper Realm if he killed Ding Ling, but Duan Tiandao refused and vowed to protect him.
• Ding Ling shattered Tai Shuchang’s Heavenly Demon Blade strike and nearly split Heavenly Blade Peak, forcing Tai Shuchang to retreat through the void.
• Ding Ling chose not to pursue Tai Shuchang and decided to deal with the Demon Realm’s affairs while strengthening Ruo Lan.
• Ding Ling flew to the palace atop Heavenly Blade Peak with Ruo Lan and the Heavenly Blade Old Man, where Ding Yin and Ji Jinyu emerged with several hundred people.
• Ding Yin admitted that he and Ji Jinyu could not defeat Ding Ling and asked him to spare the Devil God Palace disciples.