Chapter Summaries

Ding Ling left Fairy Spirit Island after giving Lin Qing'er and Zhao Ling'er talismans and building Water Moon Palace, then refined the spiritual power of the Fire and Wind Spirit Orbs. At Yu Hang Town, a meteor attack erupted around Li Xiaoyao, and Ding Ling appeared in front of Li Furong as the villagers fled.

• Ding Ling gave Lin Qing'er, Jiang Shi, and Zhao Ling'er talismans that let them pass freely through the formation, then helped build Water Moon Palace.
• Ding Ling departed Fairy Spirit Island with the Wind Spirit Orb, leaving the Phoenix Egg so the Phoenix could undergo nirvana.
• Ding Ling refined the surface-layer spiritual power in the Fire Spirit Orb and Wind Spirit Orb, raising his Immortal Qi Value to 930 strands.
• Ding Ling arrived at Yu Hang Town, went straight to Li Xiaoyao, and noticed that Li Xiaoyao did not have the Water Spirit Pearl.
• A powerful attacker launched a punch amid falling meteors, leaving Li Xiaoyao frozen and the villagers fleeing; Ding Ling appeared in front of Li Furong as the North Dipper Divine Talisman’s concealment broke.

Ding Ling defeated and killed Tuoba Feng, the Heavenly Court Earth God sent by Fuxi to intercept him, then absorbed his divine energy and began drawing power from the Water Spirit Pearl. He reached 980 strands of Immortal Qi and moved closer to the Earth Immortal Realm.

• Ding Ling used the four spirit orbs to dispel Tuoba Feng’s meteor attack and stabilize the earthquake threatening Yu Hang Town.
• Ding Ling located Tuoba Feng, who held the Water Spirit Pearl, and pursued him into the clouds.
• Ding Ling immobilized Tuoba Feng, pierced his forehead with the Heaven and Earth Unification Sword, and destroyed his soul with witchcraft.
• Ding Ling learned from Tuoba Feng’s memories that Fuxi had sent him back in time to kill Ding Ling, and gained the Earth Array Earth Source Divine Method.
• Ding Ling absorbed Tuoba Feng’s divine energy, bringing his Immortal Qi to 980 strands, then began absorbing the Water Spirit Pearl’s water spiritual energy.

Ding Ling refined the Water Spirit Pearl, advanced to the Earth Immortal realm, and received Nuwa's Space-Time Vortex imprint before leaving her shrine. He decided to grow stronger in the Human Realm before confronting Fuxi, while keeping his allies from ascending too soon.

• Ding Ling refined the Water Spirit Pearl's energy and broke through to the Earth Immortal realm, gaining the ability to shape Immortal Qi into weapons and armor.
• Ding Ling asked Nuwa whether he could defeat Fuxi, then agreed to return when Nuwa opened a vortex for him.
• Nuwa praised Ding Ling for refining all five Spirit Pearls and gave him her Space-Time Vortex imprint, warning him to use it only when necessary.
• Ding Ling left the silent Nuwa Shrine and concluded that he would eventually have to confront Fuxi, who sought control over the Three Realms.
• Ding Ling decided to develop further in the Human Realm and keep Zhuge Liang, Xiang Yu, Ruo Lan, and the others from ascending for a few months.

Ding Ling left Nuwa Shrine and followed Sha Tuozhong to meet the Moon Worship Sect Leader, Shi Jieren, who had witnessed Ding Ling’s battle with the Water God ten years earlier. Along the way, Ding Ling saw Anu surrounded by players, and one player recognized him as his idol.

• In Yu Hang Town ten years earlier, Li Furong, Li Xiaoyao, Ding Shi, and the townspeople discussed the God who had saved them and wished they could thank him.
• After paying his respects at Nuwa Shrine, Ding Ling agreed to follow Sha Tuozhong, Shi Jieren’s disciple, to meet the Moon Worship Sect Leader.
• Sha Tuozhong told Ding Ling that Shi Jieren had witnessed his battle against the Water God ten years earlier, astonishing Caiyi and the other three women.
• Ding Ling saw Tang Yu Xiaobao and Anu, who was surrounded by several players.
• A player spotted Ding Ling, recognized him, and excitedly called him his idol.

Tang Yu and Anu followed Ding Ling after seeing how the players idolized him, while Sha Tuozhong brought him to the Moon Worship Sect headquarters. Shi Jieren welcomed Ding Ling as an Upper God with fervent respect, leaving Ding Ling puzzled by the sect leader’s apparent worship.

• Ding Ling blew away players who rushed toward him, ignoring their pleas to become his disciples.
• Anu urged Tang Yu to follow Ding Ling, and Tang Yu grew curious about the stranger the players called Ding Ling.
• Some players logged off or posted about Ding Ling, while others continued trailing him in hopes of gaining benefits.
• Sha Tuozhong led Ding Ling through the lavish Moon Worship Sect headquarters, whose extravagance made Ding Ling reflect on the Nan Shao Kingdom’s poverty.
• Shi Jieren greeted Ding Ling with a grand bow, called him the Upper God, and invited him to dine, while Ding Ling sensed no hostility from him.

Shi Jieren explained why he had returned to Nan Shao Kingdom and begged Ding Ling to accept him as a disciple. Ding Ling questioned the harm Shi Jieren had caused, and Shi Jieren began defending his role in the kingdom’s suffering.

• Ding Ling accepted Shi Jieren’s invitation, drank his ten-year-brewed Spiritual Wine, and asked what he wanted.
• Shi Jieren knelt and begged Ding Ling to take him as his master while Sha Tuozhong, Anu, and Tang Yu watched.
• Shi Jieren recounted spending ten years searching for cultivation techniques before deciding that Ding Ling was the only suitable guide to the supreme immortal path.
• Shi Jieren explained that he had returned to Nan Shao Kingdom expecting Ding Ling to appear at the Nuwa Shrine around the time the Outsiders arrived.
• Ding Ling challenged Shi Jieren about Nan Shao Kingdom’s condition, and Shi Jieren claimed its disasters resulted from the loss of the Spirit Pearls and that its people had built his shrine out of faith and hope.

Tang Yu and Anu challenged Shi Jieren over Nan Shao Kingdom’s hardship, but Shi Jieren defended his actions and explained the purpose of the temple and its people’s faith. After recognizing Ding Ling as the one who saved the kingdom, Shi Jieren asked to follow him and agreed to accept a Puppet Seal, leaving Anu, Tang Yu, and Sha Tuozhong stunned.

• Tang Yu accused Shi Jieren of causing Nan Shao Kingdom’s poverty, and Anu echoed his criticism.
• Shi Jieren defended his choices, admitted that allowing the temple to be built may have been a mistake, and argued that the people needed faith and hope.
• Anu questioned Ding Ling about saving Nan Shao Kingdom from floods ten years earlier, and Shi Jieren confirmed that he had witnessed Ding Ling’s deed.
• Shi Jieren offered Anu leadership of the Moon Worship Sect, but she refused because she did not want the responsibility.
• Shi Jieren asked Ding Ling to accept him as a servant, then agreed to open his Sea of Consciousness so Ding Ling could plant a Puppet Seal.

Shi Jieren pledged himself to Ding Ling, who bound him with a Puppet Seal, and Shi Jieren appointed Sha Tuozhong as the Moon Worship Sect’s new leader. Ding Ling then used the Five Spirit Orbs to restore Nan Shao’s ley lines and bring rain, while Anu and Tang Yu began learning more about him.

• Shi Jieren knelt before Ding Ling and offered to serve him, so Ding Ling planted a Puppet Seal in his Sea of Consciousness.
• Ding Ling gave Shi Jieren half a day to settle the Moon Worship Sect’s affairs, but Anu refused to become its leader and Tang Yu left to follow her.
• Shi Jieren appointed Sha Tuozhong as sect leader and asked Ding Ling to let Sha stay by his side; Ding Ling agreed.
• After Anu, Tang Yu, and others begged him to help the people, Ding Ling used the Five Spirit Orbs to straighten Nan Shao’s ley lines and summoned heavy rain.
• Anu thanked Ding Ling and returned home, while Tang Yu marveled at his power and later learned more about him from Outsiders, Ascenders, and a player telling stories in a tavern.

Anu and Tang Yu revealed to the Witch King and Nan Shao Kingdom’s leaders that Ding Ling was the god who had saved their kingdom and that the Moon Worship Sect Leader had become his servant. As Ding Ling’s deeds spread, the people honored him with longevity tablets, and the kingdom grew more welcoming toward Ascenders and Outsiders.

• Players told Anu, Tang Yu, and Sha Tuozhong stories about Ding Ling, while Sha Tuozhong also sent sect members to investigate his reputation.
• Anu told the Witch King and the others that Ding Ling was the god who had saved Nan Shao Kingdom ten years earlier, and Tang Yu confirmed her account.
• The Witch King vowed to lead the people in erecting longevity tablets for Ding Ling, with Min Yuanqing, the Nanman General, and Shi Gonghu agreeing.
• Shi Gonghu, Min Yuanqing, the Nanman General, and others began gathering stories about Ding Ling and became more accepting of Ascenders and Outsiders.
• The Witch King, Sha Tuozhong, and others spread Ding Ling’s story across Nan Shao Kingdom, where countless people erected longevity tablets in his honor.

Ding Ling traveled to the Shu Mountain Sect to seek its inheritance and was welcomed by Yin Ruozhuo. He entered the sect with his companions as its disciples paid him formal respects.

• After restoring Nan Shao Kingdom’s earth veins and rivers and bringing rain, Ding Ling led Caiyi, three other women, Moon Worship Sect Leader, and their party toward Shushan.
• Ding Ling carried Shi Jieren on the Ice Soul Sword and reflected on how much he wanted to learn from Ding Ling’s teachings.
• Yin Ruozhuo welcomed Ding Ling at Shushan and invited him into the mountain, while Shi Jieren noticed the Sword Saint’s deference.
• Ding Ling entered the floating immortal mountain, where the strong spiritual energy impressed Caiyi and the other women.
• More than a thousand Shu Mountain disciples bowed in unison to welcome Ding Ling at the training grounds.

Ding Ling was welcomed at Shushan, where Mo Yixi recognized him as the immortal who had saved Lin Qing'er and learned why Shi Jieren served him. After Yin Ruozhuo opened the Shushan Book Vault to him, Ding Ling mastered its vast collection of arts and asked whether Shushan had any more techniques.

• Yin Ruozhuo and Shi Jieren welcomed Ding Ling, while Mo Yixi found him familiar and was astonished by the Moon Worship Sect Leader's deference.
• At a banquet, Mo Yixi learned that Ding Ling was the immortal from ten years earlier and heard that he had taught Shi Jieren a secret art that could lead to ascension.
• Ding Ling asked to study Shushan's secret arts, and Yin Ruozhuo agreed to let him enter the Book Vault.
• Ding Ling spent three days mastering the Book Vault's manuals, including Shushan's sword arts, cultivation techniques, artifact crafting, and talisman arts.
• Ding Ling emerged and asked Yin Ruozhuo and Mo Yixi whether Shushan had any other techniques.

Ding Ling learned several Shushan secret arts from Yin Ruozhuo and Mo Yixi, mastering each instantly. After Yin Ruozhuo revealed the dangerous Supreme Purity Art, Ding Ling cultivated it to max level, and his power surged as his mind, Sea of Consciousness, and dantian were purified.

• Yin Ruozhuo taught Ding Ling the Dragon Slaying Divine Sword Art and other Shushan secret arts, which Ding Ling mastered immediately.
• Mo Yixi taught Ding Ling the Wine God Incantation, and Ding Ling demonstrated that he could use it without harming himself.
• Yin Ruozhuo warned Ding Ling that the Supreme Purity Art had once expelled evil thoughts that became the Evil Sword Immortal, but then retrieved the sealed manual for him.
• Ding Ling read the Supreme Purity Art and reached max level, unleashing a powerful aura as his Immortal Power Value rose.
• Ding Ling realized the Supreme Purity Art had purified his Sea of Consciousness and dantian as well as his mind.

Ding Ling reached Great Perfection in the Supreme Purity Art, purifying his power and increasing his strength more than twentyfold as he understood the dangers of cultivating the art imperfectly. He rewarded Mo Yixi and Yin Ruozhuo with a sword technique and invited them to join his God Sect, while Yin Ruozhuo raised concerns about the Heavenly Dao’s backlash.

• Ding Ling’s Supreme Purity Art purged his distracting thoughts and turbid qi, greatly improving his control over Immortal Power and his cultivation.
• Ding Ling realized that Qingwei Daozhang and the others had suffered because they cultivated the Supreme Purity Art together without reaching Great Perfection, leading to the Evil Sword Immortal’s creation.
• Ding Ling absorbed the spiritual qi drawn to him and raised his Lower Dantian Immortal Qi Value to 1,360 wisps.
• Ding Ling taught Mo Yixi and Yin Ruozhuo the Mandarin Duck Thunderbolt Sword and invited them to become elders of his God Sect.
• Yin Ruozhuo changed the subject to the Heavenly Dao and asked whether Ding Ling feared its backlash was approaching.

Ding Ling repelled successive Yin-Yang torrents threatening Shu Mountain, then accepted Yin Ruozhuo and Mo Yixi as followers and led them and many Shu Mountain disciples east to establish a new mountain gate. The remaining disciples guarded the empty mountain while players learned that Ding Ling had taken the sect away.

• Yin Ruozhuo warned Ding Ling that his actions might provoke the Heavenly Dao’s backlash, and a colossal Yin-Yang torrent struck Hanging Mountain and shattered its protective restrictions.
• Ding Ling summoned the Wine God phenomenon and destroyed the first torrent, earning the gratitude and admiration of Shu Mountain’s disciples.
• A second torrent arrived, and Ding Ling smashed it apart again, absorbing scattered Yin-Yang Qi that increased his Immortal Qi Value.
• Yin Ruozhuo and Mo Yixi agreed to follow Ding Ling, who chose Kunlun or Mount Tai as the site for a new sect rather than remaining at Shu Mountain.
• Ding Ling led the Sect Leader, Mo Yixi, Yin Ruozhuo, and many Shu Mountain disciples east, leaving a few disciples to guard the mountain gate.
• Players arriving at Shu Mountain learned from the gatekeeper that Ding Ling had taken the Sect Leader and the others away to establish a new mountain gate.

Ding Ling pursued the source of the Yin-Yang Torrent to an underwater city and fought its defenders until Tang Xuejian stopped him from unleashing the Five Spirit Orbs’ source power. He learned that Xu Changqing was mediating between Xifeng and Shuibi, and Tang Xuejian introduced Huaying as the chapter ended.

• Ding Ling sent Yin Ruozhuo, Mo Yixi, and the Shushan disciples to establish the Nine Provinces Divine Sect at Mount Tai while he traveled south with the Moon Worship Sect Leader.
• Dragon Girl Xiaoyu joined the new sect, and stories of Ding Ling’s deeds strengthened the disciples’ faith in him.
• Ding Ling defeated a Yin-Yang Torrent attack, then followed its source to a city beneath the southeastern sea.
• Ding Ling battled a stronger torrent with the Five Spirit Orbs and powerful witchcraft, while the Moon Worship Sect Leader feared it was a trap.
• Tang Xuejian urged Ding Ling not to unleash the Five Spirit Orbs’ source power because it would endanger the Underwater City and the Human Realm.
• Tang Xuejian explained that Xu Changqing was persuading Xifeng and Shuibi to stop fighting, and introduced Huaying to Ding Ling.

Ding Ling learned why Tang Xuejian, Huaying, and Xu Changqing had secretly helped Li Xiaoyao and the others, then heard how Xu Changqing stopped Xifeng and Shuibi from causing a disaster in the Underwater City. After accepting their Human-Faced Pendants and forgiving them, Ding Ling agreed to let Tang Xuejian, Huaying, and Xu Changqing join him against the Heavenly Emperor.

• Tang Xuejian explained that Huaying had witnessed Ding Ling’s battle and that Xu Changqing had secretly protected Lin Qing'er, Li Xiaoyao, and Zhao Ling'er; she revealed that Li Xiaoyao was the reincarnation of her husband, Jingtian.
• Xu Changqing arrived and told Ding Ling that he had awakened Xifeng and Shuibi, who had been manipulated into using the Human-Faced Pendant while guarding an active volcano beneath the Underwater City.
• Xu Changqing presented the Human-Faced Pendants to Ding Ling, who recognized them as the source of the Yin-Yang Torrent and forgave Xifeng and Shuibi.
• Tang Xuejian and Huaying asked to follow Ding Ling, and Xu Changqing joined them; Ding Ling accepted all three into his group.

Ding Ling discovered that Xifeng and Shuibi could activate the Human-Faced Pendant, allowing him to absorb its Yin-Yang divine power and rapidly increase his strength. When Heavenly Punishment shattered the Underwater City's barrier, Ding Ling protected the city with the Five Spirit Pearls and had Xifeng and Shuibi resume activating the pendant.

• The Moon Worship Sect Leader realized Ding Ling had accepted Xu Changqing, Tang Xuejian, and Huaying as followers and envied their bond with him.
• Ding Ling's attempt to draw power directly from the Human-Faced Pendant triggered a violent backlash, so he decided to seek Xifeng and Shuibi's help.
• Xu Changqing led Ding Ling and the others to the Underwater City, where Xifeng and Shuibi emerged from their stone forms and activated the pendant together.
• Ding Ling absorbed the pendant's primordial Yin-Yang divine power, raising his Immortal Qi Value to 1,900 wisps.
• Heavenly Punishment broke the Underwater City's protective barrier, but Ding Ling used the Five Spirit Pearls to repel the seawater and create a new barrier.
• Ding Ling withstood the heavenly lightning and told Xifeng and Shuibi to continue activating the pendant so he could keep absorbing its power.

Ding Ling absorbed the Human-Faced Pendant’s divine power, froze the passage to Netherworld Hell, and accepted the Merfolk Clan, Xifeng, and Shuibi into the Nine Provinces Divine Sect. He arrived at Mount Tai to find the sect taking shape and assigned Mo Yixi a task.

• Yu Meier led the Merfolk Clan in asking to follow Ding Ling, and he accepted them.
• Ding Ling’s cultivation reached the high level of the Earth Immortal realm after he absorbed more divine power from the Human-Faced Pendant.
• Ding Ling used the Mystic Ice Mirror to freeze the volcano and seal the passage to Netherworld Hell.
• After Ding Ling warned Xifeng and Shuibi that the Heavenly Emperor might use them again, they knelt and joined the Nine Provinces Divine Sect.
• Ding Ling traveled to Mount Tai, where Mo Yixi reported that Yin Ruozhuo and recruited players had established the sect’s framework.
• Ding Ling praised Mo Yixi’s work, said he would have it recorded, and told him he had a task for him.

Mo Yixi set out to recruit Li Xiaoyao and others for the Nine Provinces Divine Sect, while Xu Changqing entered Fairy Spirit Island and reunited with his daughter, Lin Qing'er. The chapter left Xu Changqing traveling to Mount Tai with Zhao Ling'er, relieved that Ding Ling had changed their family's tragic future.

• Mo Yixi accepted Ding Ling's mission to recruit disciples and bring Li Xiaoyao and others to Mount Tai.
• Mo Yixi reached Yu Hang Town, met Li Xiaoyao and the Ding sisters, and invited them to join him.
• Xu Changqing used Ding Ling's formation-entry method to reach Fairy Spirit Island and asked to see its island master.
• Lin Qing'er learned Xu Changqing's name, rushed to meet him, and recognized him as her father.
• Xu Changqing reunited with Lin Qing'er and then traveled toward Mount Tai with Zhao Ling'er and the Qilin Horses.

Xu Changqing brought Lin Qing'er and Zhao Ling'er to the Nine Provinces Divine Sect, where they reunited with Mo Yixi and met Li Xiaoyao. After Li Xiaoyao settled in, he listened to Duan Lang recount Ding Ling's exploits, while Tang Xuejian decided that Li Xiaoyao could become Jingtian again if he recovered his past-life memories.

• Xu Changqing explained Ding Ling's revival of Lin Qing'er to Zhao Ling'er, then led them toward Mount Tai as Lin Qing'er considered bringing Jiang Shi and the Water Moon Palace attendants into the sect.
• Mo Yixi encountered Lin Qing'er on the way to Mount Tai, then heard Zhao Ling'er call Ding Ling her brother and realized Li Xiaoyao was Ding Ling's disciple; he later set off for Nan Shao Kingdom to learn whether he was Anu's father.
• Li Furong warned Li Xiaoyao and the others to keep a low profile at the Nine Provinces Divine Sect, while Mo Yixi informed Yin Ruozhuo of his journey south.
• Duan Lang entertained Li Xiaoyao and other Ascenders with stories about Ding Ling's exploits, prompting Li Xiaoyao to resolve to train harder before leaving the mountain.
• Huaying urged Tang Xuejian to speak with Li Xiaoyao, and Tang Xuejian concluded that restoring his memories of Jingtian could make him Jingtian again; she decided to seek Ding Ling's help.