Chapter Summaries

Ding Ling spared Ding Yin and Ji Jinyu after they knelt before him, unaware that they had only pretended to submit. He later destroyed the Devil God Palace, gained four strands of Immortal Qi, and acquired arts that could restore the dead.

• Ding Yin revealed that he and Ji Jinyu had built a demonic sect together, then both knelt and begged Ding Ling to spare them.
• Ding Ling left Heavenly Blade Peak with Ruo Lan and the Heavenly Blade Old Man, while Ding Yin and Ji Jinyu secretly planned to seek refuge in the Human Realm.
• Ding Ling reflected that he had spared Ding Yin and Ji Jinyu because his People Observation Technique found their fear convincing and they had once been righteous-path seniors.
• Ding Ling cleaved apart the Devil God Palace and killed hundreds of demonic cultivators, gaining four strands of Immortal Qi and bringing his total to 94.
• Ding Ling acquired the Soul-Forging Method, Heart-Forging Method, and Body-Sculpting Method, which could help restore the dead and give them a chance to recover their True Self.

Ding Ling learned that Cui Bomei and Tian Zhengdong had led the Devil God Palaces and harvested demonic techniques and energy from his enemies. He hunted demonic beasts across the Demon Realm, reaching 99 strands of Immortal Qi and nearing the Human Immortal breakthrough, while Ding Yin and Ji Jinyu remained terrified of him.

• Heavenly Blade Old Man identified the Devil God Palace’s masters as former Emei Sect leaders Cui Bomei and Tian Zhengdong, and explained how the current White Brow Daoist had rebuilt the sect.
• Ding Ling obtained the Heaven and Earth Unification Sword and other techniques from the demons’ memories, then admitted to Heavenly Blade Old Man that he could strip memories from the dead.
• The Northern Region Devil God Palace’s master ambushed Ding Ling and was killed by his Heavenly Demon Blade, giving Ding Ling enough energy to raise his Immortal Qi total to 98 strands.
• Ding Ling and Ruo Lan hunted demonic beasts across the Demon Realm, raising Ding Ling’s Immortal Qi total to 99 strands as he sensed that 100 would bring his Human Immortal breakthrough.
• Ding Yin and Ji Jinyu saw Ding Ling and Ruo Lan pass the western Devil God Palace and warned one another to be cautious after witnessing their Twin Swords of Purple and Green Combined.

Ding Ling absorbed Profound Yin Demonic Qi and broke through to the Human Immortal realm before returning to the Human Realm with Heaven Blade Old Man and Ruo Lan. They reached Emei Golden Summit and found the mountains collapsed, leaving Ding Ling and Ruo Lan stunned.

• Ding Ling left the Demon Realm with Heaven Blade Old Man and Ruo Lan through the crimson vortex leading to the Human Realm.
• Ding Ling sensed two Celestial Venerables nearing a breakthrough inside Cave Outside the Sky and returned to the Demon Abyss to absorb Profound Yin Demonic Qi.
• Ding Ling broke through to the Human Immortal realm after several days of absorbing the demonic qi.
• Ding Ling met Heaven Blade Old Man and Ruo Lan, then flew with them toward the Emei Sect at greatly increased speed.
• Ding Ling and Ruo Lan found Emei's mountains collapsed and its Golden Summit gone.

Ding Ling learned that ten months had passed while he was trapped in the Sundial, then revived the slain Dan Chenzi and returned to Emei. There, he wiped out a force of Demonic Cultivators attacking the sect, leaving Dan Chenzi stunned by his strength.

• Ding Ling rescued Duan Lei from three Demonic Cultivators and learned that Lian Xing had killed Dan Chenzi after betraying the Emei Sect.
• Ding Ling gathered Dan Chenzi’s scattered remains and used the Body-Sculpting, Soul-Forging, and Heart-Forging Methods to revive him with Sky Dragon Slash.
• Dan Chenzi recovered his memories of Lian Xing killing him, met Ding Ling, and began to regain his composure.
• Ding Ling brought Dan Chenzi and Duan Lei back to Emei, where he killed more than a hundred Demonic Cultivators attacking the Heavenly Blade Old Man and Ruo Lan with one sword.

Ding Ling returned to rescue his allies, learned the Youquan Blood Demon was hiding in a concealed space within the Blood Pool, and led his companions there to destroy the Demon Cult. He carved through the Blood Sea with overwhelming power and killed the Left Guardian, who recognized him just before dying.

• Ding Ling rescued Heavenly Blade Old Man, Ruo Lan, Dan Chenzi, and Duan Lei from more than a hundred Demonic Cultivators, absorbing their demonic qi and learning the Youquan Blood Demon was concealed within the Blood Pool.
• Ding Ling explained to Dan Chenzi that combining the perfected Body-Sculpting, Soul-Forging, and Heart-Forging Methods had restored him without changing his identity, and Dan Chenzi and Duan Lei pledged to help him.
• Ding Ling led Dan Chenzi and the others into the Blood Pool and attacked the Demon Cult with the Human Emperor Saber and the Heavenly Devil Saber Art, amplified by the Martial Dao True Understanding.
• Ding Ling’s blade beams split the Blood Sea, shattered its nodes, and killed Demonic Cultivators as he advanced toward the palace of the Demon Cult’s Left Guardian.
• The Left Guardian failed to withstand a tiny blade beam and was decapitated; before dying, he recognized Ding Ling and wondered whether even the Cult Master or Celestial Venerable could oppose him.

Ding Ling killed the Left Guardian and slaughtered the Demon Cult’s hidden cultivators in the Blood Sea, rapidly increasing his cultivation and mastering their techniques. The Time Perception Art showed him a future in which Celestial Venerables ambushed and killed him in a Dark World, while a giant eye watched.

• Ding Ling killed the Left Guardian, whose death weakened the Demon Cult’s members and their resistance.
• Ding Ling used the Heavenly Demon Blade and the Martial Dao True Understanding to slaughter thousands of demonic cultivators and rapidly gain immortal qi.
• Ding Ling killed Wang Sheng and searched the memories of the Demon Cult’s members, learning that many Ascenders and Outsiders had joined during the past ten months.
• Ding Ling mastered hundreds of Martial Dao techniques and learned wondrous demonic arts, including the Dragon Trapping Art of Desperate Grounds and the Time Perception Art.
• Ding Ling used the Time Perception Art and repeatedly saw Celestial Venerables ambush and kill him in a Dark World beneath the gaze of a gigantic eye.
• Ding Ling continued clearing the Blood Sea and confirmed that tens of thousands of Ascenders and Outsiders had joined the Demon Cult.

Ding Ling destroyed the Blood Sea and the Demon Cult forces within it, then followed the Left Guardian’s memories to the Youquan Blood Demon’s hidden lair. He defeated the Youquan Blood Demon with a single strike, while the Void Giant Eye’s attention left him wary about the future.

• Ding Ling killed tens of thousands of demonized Ascenders and Demon Cult members, gaining 80 strands of Immortal Qi.
• Ding Ling used the Time Perception Art and saw the Void Giant Eye watching him through the River of Time.
• Ding Ling followed the Left Guardian’s memories to a concealed minor space protected by a Dragon-Trapping Grand Array and passed through it.
• The Youquan Blood Demon attacked Ding Ling, then escaped into a Blood Cloud Grand Array and accused the Left Guardian of betrayal.
• The Youquan Blood Demon used the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Art and charged at Ding Ling, but Ding Ling cleaved him in half with one strike.

Ding Ling repeatedly killed the Youquan Blood Demon as he absorbed the Blood Cloud Grand Array’s demonic qi and grew stronger. After reaching Human Immortal Great Perfection, he turned to refining the energy to improve his physical attributes, leaving Youquan desperate to speak.

• Ding Ling discovered that Youquan revived through the Blood Cloud Grand Array’s core and killed him repeatedly as he absorbed demonic qi and Demonic Essence.
• Youquan went from defiance to despair as Ding Ling killed him more than a thousand times, and he realized Ding Ling could refine demonic qi without becoming corrupted.
• Youquan urged Ding Ling to spare him because they shared the Human Realm’s enemy, the Celestial Venerable, but Ding Ling ignored his plea.
• Ding Ling reached 500 wisps of immortal qi, the world’s limit for Human Immortal Great Perfection, and decided to improve his physical attributes with demonic qi.
• Ding Ling kept killing Youquan, whose Four-Dimensional Attributes rose to 10,000 points after more than a dozen deaths.

Ding Ling used the Youquan Blood Demon to fuel his cultivation and opened the Sword Dao Immortal Gate, gaining ten strands of Sword Dao Immortal Qi and transforming his Sword Spirit into a divine spirit. The Youquan Blood Demon realized that Ding Ling was becoming an immortal for a second time with ten Immortal Foundations, surpassing even the Celestial Venerables’ expectations.

• Ding Ling noticed his Upper, Middle, and Lower Dantians were beginning to connect and used the Youquan Blood Demon’s demonic qi to cultivate the Heaven and Earth Unification Sword.
• Ding Ling offered up his Sword Qi and Sword Minds, striking the Sword Dao Immortal Gate nine times until it opened.
• Ding Ling absorbed ten strands of Sword Dao Immortal Qi, transforming his Sword Spirit into a divine spirit and completing his Sword Dao immortal advancement without a lightning tribulation.
• Ding Ling continued killing the Youquan Blood Demon and refining his demonic qi, while the Blood Demon marveled at Ding Ling’s Supreme Sword Dao Immortal Foundation.
• The Youquan Blood Demon realized Ding Ling was becoming an immortal for the second time and had ten Immortal Foundations, compared with his own four.

Ding Ling repeatedly killed Youquan Blood Demon, using the battle to advance his sword dao and immortal dao through Supreme Immortal Foundations. He depleted the Blood Cloud Grand Array until Youquan became a mortal, then struck him again as Youquan pleaded for his life.

• Ding Ling's Sword Spirit advanced to the high Loose Immortal stage, and he practiced the Heaven and Earth Unification Sword on Youquan Blood Demon until he could control his strikes precisely.
• Ding Ling's sword cultivation reached the Great Perfection of the Human Immortal realm after thousands of kills, while Youquan grew weaker.
• Ding Ling opened the Immortal Dao Gate and established another Supreme Immortal Foundation in his Upper Dantian.
• Ding Ling killed Youquan more than twenty thousand times, exhausting the Blood Cloud Grand Array and reducing Youquan to an ordinary mortal.
• Youquan pleaded that he no longer posed a threat, but Ding Ling casually slashed him again.

After killing Youquan Blood Demon, Ding Ling examined his memories and learned of the Celestial Venerables’ plans and Youquan’s ambition to become a Blood Path Celestial Venerable. He perfected numerous techniques, considered how to refine the cruel Void Demon Flower method, and left the hidden space.

• Youquan Blood Demon’s final memories revealed that he had cultivated the Blood Sea Undying Avatar Technique and hoped to gather a hundred thousand lives before passing through the Heavenly Venerable’s Gate.
• Ding Ling learned from Youquan’s memories that the Celestial Venerables maintained the balance between the righteous and demonic paths, and he understood Youquan’s plan to surpass them or take a Celestial Venerable’s place.
• Ding Ling perfected the Blood Sea Undying Avatar Technique and many other arts, including thousands of techniques recorded in Youquan’s memories.
• Ding Ling discovered that Youquan had secretly implanted Void Demon Flowers in trusted followers, and he judged the cruel method too sinister to use.
• Ding Ling inspected the emerging Immortal Path Furnace and left the hidden space without taking the Blood Cloud Grand Array.

Ding Ling returned after destroying the Demon Cult and explained that the Great Sun Celestial Venerable had seized Lian Xing’s body. At Mount Emei, Ding Ling revived Xuan Tianzong, who broke through to become an Immortal and pledged himself to Ding Ling.

• Ding Ling told Ruo Lan, Dan Chenzi, Duan Lei, and the Heavenly Blade Old Man that the Yououquan Blood Demon and the entire Demon Cult were dead.
• Ding Ling said he would go to the Cave Outside the Sky after finding and killing Lian Xing, and explained that the Great Sun Celestial Venerable had likely taken over Lian Xing’s body.
• Ding Ling brought the group to Mount Emei and assured Dan Chenzi that Xuan Tianzong could be saved.
• Ding Ling used Creation Immortal Qi to restore Xuan Tianzong’s body and soul, allowing him to awaken and break through into Immortality with three strands of Immortal Foundation.
• After Dan Chenzi explained what had happened, Xuan Tianzong thanked Ding Ling and pledged to serve him.

After seeing the ruined Demon Cult headquarters, Xuan Tianzong accepted Dan Chenzi and Duan Lei's accounts of Ding Ling's power and returned with them to Emei to fulfill Ding Ling's task. There, Outsiders watched the Void Spirit Vein awaken and the sunken mountains rise, while speculating that Ding Ling had returned.

• Xuan Tianzong traveled through the Blood Sea with Dan Chenzi and saw the Demon Cult's destroyed headquarters and countless corpses.
• Xuan Tianzong told Dan Chenzi and Duan Lei he believed Ding Ling was an unrivaled powerhouse and asked Duan Lei to recount Ding Ling's deeds.
• Xuan Tianzong, Dan Chenzi, and Duan Lei left to activate the Void Spirit Vein and restart the Emei Mountains.
• Outsiders gathered near Emei, saw Xuan Tianzong resurrected, and speculated that Ding Ling had returned.
• The Outsiders watched the Spirit Vein revive and the sunken mountains rise into the sky.

As disorder and deaths spread from the Game World into reality, nations formed the Myth Division while treating Ding Ling as a power capable of destroying the planet. Ancient clans sought his favor and punished or sacrificed members who had opposed him, while public fascination with Ding Ling grew ever more intense.

• New players’ reckless actions and sinister influences caused bloody incidents in reality, prompting countries to establish the Myth Division.
• Governments stationed teams near Ding Ling’s home and cautiously served him, fearing his immense power could destroy the planet.
• Ancient clans ordered their members to enter the Game World and tried to curry favor with Ding Ling, while some clans delivered former enemies to his doorstep for punishment.
• The Duanmu Clan gave Duanmu Qing poisoned wine and left his corpse outside Ding Ling’s home to avoid provoking him.
• Online forums filled with posts analyzing Ding Ling and women arguing over their chances of marrying him.

Ding Ling and Ruo Lan reached the edge of the world and discussed the Heavenly Venerable’s Gate and the Celestial Venerables’ control over fate. After refining the Nanming Li Fire Sword and uncovering its hidden owner, Ding Ling considered the web of schemes governing all beings and the threat facing anyone who tried to escape it.

• Ding Ling flew with Ruo Lan to the world’s eastern edge, where an invisible wall marked the stairway before the Heavenly Venerable’s Gate.
• Ding Ling explained that breaking through the world and changing the laws of the Dao could open the gate and allow someone to become a Celestial Venerable.
• Ding Ling and Ruo Lan traveled around the world’s extremes, and Ding Ling concluded that the world had a Round Heaven, Square Earth structure.
• Ding Ling refined the Nanming Li Fire Sword, destroyed its hidden Primordial Spirit imprint, and discovered that Ziwei Celestial Venerable had owned it.
• Ding Ling reasoned that the Celestial Venerables manipulated all beings through a web of fate, cause and effect, and time, and that the Youquan Blood Demon had sought to escape it by becoming a Blood Path or Demonic Path Celestial Venerable.

Ding Ling confronted Lian Xing, who was revealed as the Great Sun Celestial Venerable, and destroyed his Primordial Spirit after defeating him. The Sword Master of the Heaven Strike Sword fled, while Ding Ling summoned All-Heaven Ghost City.

• Ding Ling reflected on the Celestial Venerables’ factions and decided to delay entering the Heavenly Venerable’s Gate until he had grown stronger and completed most of his missions.
• Ding Ling and Ruo Lan found Lian Xing and struck him into a mountain with the Nanming Li Fire Sword.
• Lian Xing revealed his identity as the Great Sun Celestial Venerable and tried to use the Twin Sky Thunder Swords against Ding Ling.
• Ding Ling blocked the swords from harmonizing and repeatedly wounded Lian Xing with his sword energy.
• Lian Xing offered Ding Ling the Great Sun Celestial Venerable’s position, but Ding Ling annihilated his Primordial Spirit.
• The Sword Master of the Heaven Strike Sword fled, and Ding Ling summoned All-Heaven Ghost City.

After defeating the Great Sun Celestial Venerable, Ding Ling recovered a little of his fading memory and learned that the Heavenly Dao controlled the Celestial Venerables through their Statuses. He stored the Great Sun Celestial Venerable's Status and set out with Ruo Lan to find the Sword Master of the Heaven Strike Sword.

• Ding Ling absorbed essence from the area and captured a small stream of the Great Sun Celestial Venerable's rapidly disappearing memories.
• Ding Ling learned the Flame God Supreme Skill and Flame God Fist Technique, then used them with his newly acquired Status to gain power over the Fire Dao.
• Ding Ling concluded that the Heavenly Dao interfered with the memories and used Celestial Venerable Statuses to control the Celestial Venerables.
• Ding Ling put the Great Sun Celestial Venerable's Status in his Storage Ring rather than risk becoming subject to the Heavenly Dao.
• Ding Ling asked Ruo Lan to join forces with him as they pursued the Sword Master of the Heaven Strike Sword, whose change raised questions about Li Yingqi's fate.

After Ding Ling and Ruo Lan saved Pang Yong and other Ascenders, Pang Yong followed Shangguan Xiaowan to the Jade Pool Immortal Fortress to join the Nine Provinces Divine Sect. He became an Outer Sect Disciple and looked forward to the chance to hear Ding Ling expound the Dao.

• Ding Ling and Ruo Lan drove off a bald Sword Immortal who had attacked Pang Yong and other Ascenders.
• Pang Yong learned from Shangguan Xiaowan that Ding Ling had saved them and that the Nine Provinces Divine Sect had a branch at the Jade Pool Immortal Fortress.
• Pang Yong and the other Ascenders traveled with Shangguan Xiaowan to the fortress, where Zhuge Liang assessed them and admitted them as Outer Sect Disciples.
• Zhuge Liang explained the requirements for promotion and said True Disciples could hear Ding Ling expound the Dao.
• Shangguan Xiaowan posted her strategy for joining the sect online, prompting players to imitate her.

Ding Ling caught up with the Profound Moon Celestial Venerable while she pursued the wounded Yue Chi, and attacked her. The Profound Moon Celestial Venerable tried to bargain for her life, then warned Ding Ling that his friends were in danger.

• Ding Ling tracked the Heaven Strike Sword's new Sword Master with Ruo Lan and found the Profound Moon Celestial Venerable pursuing the wounded Yue Chi.
• Ding Ling destroyed the Profound Moon Celestial Venerable's protective Sword Qi, and she fled before recognizing him and calling on the Mingyue Origin Escape Technique.
• Yue Chi recognized Ding Ling as her Sect Master, and he turned his attack back toward the Profound Moon Celestial Venerable.
• The Profound Moon Celestial Venerable identified herself and offered wealth and help in exchange for her life, but Ding Ling demanded that she get to the point.
• The Profound Moon Celestial Venerable warned Ding Ling that Celestial Venerables had been purging Ascenders and outsiders for ten months, and that his friends would die in a coming blood sacrifice at Sacrifice City.

Ding Ling rescued Fu Yuechi, learned that Cheng Letian had severed her arm, and bound the Profound Moon Celestial Venerable with a Puppet Art curse seal. The Profound Moon Celestial Venerable revealed that the Heavenly Dao had ordered her to descend and could not directly act, leaving Ding Ling to wonder why his Time Perception Art had sensed suppression.

• Ding Ling questioned the Profound Moon Celestial Venerable about Sacrifice City and the blood sacrifice, then learned that she had not severed Fu Yuechi’s arm.
• Fu Yuechi told Ding Ling that Cheng Letian had attacked her and severed her arm, while the Profound Moon Celestial Venerable had not harmed her.
• Ding Ling placed a Puppet Art curse seal on the Profound Moon Celestial Venerable after she agreed to cooperate.
• The Profound Moon Celestial Venerable explained that the Heavenly Dao had ordered her to descend and that she had only joined the Great Sun Celestial Venerable in a failed Twin Swords Combined attack.
• The Profound Moon Celestial Venerable said the Heavenly Dao watched from beyond the Upper Realm but had never acted directly, prompting Ding Ling to question why his Time Perception Art had sensed suppression.