Chapter Summaries

Di Renjie, Lin Yue-ru, Liu Jinyuan, and others entered the Nine Provinces Divine Sect and began training in the Mountains and Rivers State Diagram, where Di Renjie and Liu Jinyuan quickly reached enlightenment. At Hidden Dragon Cave, Su Mei exposed a guest impersonating Ding Ling, who killed Hu Yin and prepared to attack Su Long.

• Chief Zuo admitted Di Renjie and his companions to the Inner Sect using their jade pendants, and they received magical equipment and learned about the sect’s resources.
• Chief Zuo admitted Lin Tian-nan to the Outer Sect and recognized Liu Jinyuan as having a Spirit Root of the Heavens; Liu Jinyuan gave Lin Yue-ru his Inner Sect jade pendant so she could enter too.
• Yu Meier explained the Inner Sect’s three-year training and assessment inside the Mountains and Rivers State Diagram, where Di Renjie and Liu Jinyuan attained enlightenment and formed Dao Embryos.
• Su Mei questioned the guest at Hidden Dragon Cave about supposed past agreements and realized he was not Ding Ling.
• The impostor killed Hu Yin when she shoved Su Mei out of danger, then threatened to kill Su Long and Su Mei.
• Su Long warned the impostor that Su Mei was friends with the Nine Provinces Divine Sect’s sect master, causing the attacker to hesitate.

Ding Ling arrived in the Hidden Dragon Cave, defeated the Evil Sword Immortal, and revived Su Mei’s parents after the impostor had killed them. He discovered that the Evil Sword Immortal was a fragment of Di Shitian and forced him to reveal his techniques, including the Soul Separation Creation Art, which Ding Ling mastered instantly.

• The Evil Sword Immortal killed Su Long and shattered Su Mei’s body after she and her father recognized that he was impersonating Ding Ling.
• Su Mei cried out for Brother Ding, and Ding Ling arrived in a flash of thunder, suppressing the Evil Sword Immortal before he could resist.
• Ding Ling revived Hu Yin and Su Long, healed Su Mei, and promised to take the family to Mount Tai to join the Nine Provinces Divine Sect.
• After torturing the Evil Sword Immortal for three days, Ding Ling learned that he was Xu Fu, a split-off fragment of Di Shitian.
• Di Shitian revealed his sinister arts under pressure, and Ding Ling mastered each one at max level.
• Di Shitian explained the Soul Separation Creation Art taught to him by Fuxi, and Ding Ling mastered it instantly, leaving Di Shitian stunned.

Ding Ling destroyed Di Shitian’s avatar, created and contained a powerful new being with the Soul Separation Creation Art, and brought Su Mei’s family into the Nine Provinces Divine Sect. He then helped Zhao Ling'er attain immortality, leaving her celebrated as a true immortal descended from Nuwa.

• Di Shitian confessed that Fuxi had used him, and Ding Ling destroyed his avatar, refining its essence to strengthen the Mystic Ice Mirror.
• Ding Ling used the Soul Separation Creation Art to create a powerful being from his soul, heart’s blood, and the world’s Source of Evil Thoughts, then stored it away because he could not fully control it.
• Ding Ling sent Su Mei’s family to the Nine Provinces Divine Sect, where Yin Rui Ji received them and encouraged Yin Rui Ji to pursue Ding Ling and focus on cultivation.
• Ding Ling infused Zhao Ling'er with the Holy Spirit Pearl’s remaining spiritual power and taught her the essence of the Nuwa Heart Sutra over nine days and nights.
• Zhao Ling'er attained immortality, causing Mount Tai to shine with radiant light as the Eye of Heavenly Punishment appeared briefly and withdrew; she thanked and embraced Ding Ling.

Ding Ling married Zhao Ling'er, accepted Anu as a disciple, and gave Wu Zetian a chance to earn his consideration by becoming a God Sect elder. After strengthening his cultivation and preparing to enter the God Realm, he left the chapter with Tang Xuejian asking Xu Maoshan whether he had seen him recently.

• Ding Ling and Zhao Ling'er held a lavish wedding, and Ding Ling accepted Anu as a disciple who would learn alongside Zhao Ling'er.
• Wu Zetian returned to Great Tang, appointed a successor, and brought loyal maidservants into the God Sect before asking Ding Ling to take her as his disciple.
• Ding Ling told Wu Zetian he would consider making her his disciple if she became a God Sect elder through her own efforts and devoted herself to the sect.
• Ding Ling finished reading the mortal world's books, raised his attributes and cultivation, and decided it was time to visit the God Realm.
• Ding Ling continued teaching his family and preserving high-level techniques in the Mountains and Rivers State Diagram while Li Xiaoyao outpaced Xu Maoshan.
• Tang Xuejian appeared beside Xu Maoshan and asked whether he had seen Ding Ling recently.

Tang Xuejian searched for the missing Sect Master because Long Kui’s divine soul was showing signs of collapse, while Ding Ling traveled through the ruined Demon Realm and reached the God Realm. The gods at the South Heaven Gate submitted to him, and Ding Ling arrived at the Heavenly Emperor Hall, where he confronted the man on the dragon throne.

• Tang Xuejian told Xu Maoshan that Long Kui’s divine soul was unstable and went to seek Li Xiaoyao, while Xu Maoshan hurried after her.
• Di Renjie, Liu Jinyuan, and other disciples continued cultivating in the Mountains and Rivers State Diagram as the God Sect prepared to establish branches in other worlds.
• Ding Ling crossed the chaotic Demon Realm and passed through the South Heaven Gate, where the gods and Qingwei Daozhang agreed to serve the God Sect.
• Qingwei warned the gods that Ding Ling could not be opposed, and the Wood God sent a crane maiden to carry the deities’ decrees to the Immortal Realm.
• Ding Ling traveled to the center of the God Realm and arrived at the Heavenly Emperor Hall, where a solemn-looking man sat on the dragon throne.

Ding Ling confronted Fuxi in the God Realm and forced him to abandon his ambitions and agree to strict terms rather than risk the Three Realms’ destruction. After Fuxi explained how to revive Nuwa and Shennong, Ding Ling mastered the Myriad Thoughts Soul Unification Art and began transforming the God Realm’s primordial energy.

• Ding Ling rejected Fuxi’s offer to rule the Three Realms together and destroyed two of Fuxi’s incarnations with the Divine Whip.
• Fuxi threatened to detonate Extinction Immortal Formations throughout the realms, but Ding Ling revealed that he had already taken the Human Realm’s array core and removed its hidden threats.
• Ding Ling refused to share power with Fuxi, struck him after rejecting his excuses, and demanded the God Realm’s books and treasures, sole authority over the Three Realms, and the revival of Nuwa and Shennong.
• Ding Ling ordered Fuxi, Nuwa, and Shennong to live in the Three Sovereigns Cave and leave the world only together under an edict, and Fuxi accepted the terms.
• Fuxi explained the resurrection method, and Ding Ling mastered the Myriad Thoughts Soul Unification Art, drawing the God Realm’s transformed primordial energy into himself.

Ding Ling resurrected Nuwa and Shennong, forcing Fuxi to surrender the God Realm and its treasures. After relocating its resources and returning to Mount Tai, Ding Ling began cultivating inside the Mountains and Rivers State Diagram while his followers celebrated his victories and waited for a chance to meet him.

• Ding Ling used the Myriad Thoughts Soul Unification Art to retrieve and resurrect Nuwa and Shennong from the River of Time.
• Nuwa and Shennong thanked Ding Ling, while Fuxi abandoned his opposition and agreed to cooperate after they swore to protect his life.
• Fuxi yielded the God Realm, its formation cores, and his treasures to Ding Ling, who made Shennong master of the Heavenly Lake and returned the Five Spirit Orbs to Nuwa.
• Ding Ling removed the God Realm's books and movable treasures, returned to Mount Tai, and entered the Mountains and Rivers State Diagram to read and cultivate.
• The gods and Ding Ling's followers joined or celebrated the Nine Provinces Divine Sect, while Lin Qing'er and others waited for him to ask Nuwa to revive Zi Xuan.
• Lin Yue-ru asked Liu Jinyuan to help her find a way to meet Ding Ling alone.

Ding Ling separated Red Long Kui from Blue Long Kui and agreed to help Xu Changqing and Lin Qing'er save Zi Xuan. With Nuwa’s power to travel through time, he retrieved Zi Xuan from the moment of her death and revived her, leaving her astonished to find herself alive in the God Realm.

• Liu Jinyuan promised Lin Yue-ru that he would plead with the sect master on her behalf.
• Ding Ling emerged from the Book Vault secret realm, announced that he would ascend after some time, and warned his followers to ask him questions before he left.
• Ding Ling used the Creation Realm to give Red Long Kui an independent body, allowing her and Blue Long Kui to live as separate sisters.
• Xu Changqing and Lin Qing'er begged Ding Ling to save Zi Xuan, and he went to the God Realm to ask Nuwa for help.
• Nuwa sent Ding Ling back to the moment Zi Xuan died, and Ding Ling brought her body and soul back to the present.
• Ding Ling revived Zi Xuan with the Three Creation Methods, and she awoke asking whether she had died.

Ding Ling revived Zi Xuan and sent her to reunite with Xu Changqing, then revived Xiyao and brought her to Li Xiaoyao, whom she believed could awaken Feipeng’s memories. After meeting Tang Xuejian, Xiyao learned that Li Xiaoyao had begun recalling his past life and resolved to help him awaken fully.

• Nuwa told Zi Xuan that Ding Ling had revived her, and Zi Xuan thanked him before he teleported her to Xu Changqing on Mount Tai.
• Zi Xuan reunited with Xu Changqing and learned about Ding Ling’s deeds from Zhao Ling'er.
• Ding Ling revived Xiyao in the God Realm and said Li Xiaoyao’s cultivation could help awaken Feipeng’s memories.
• Ding Ling sent Xiyao to Li Xiaoyao, who mistook her for Tang Xuejian before taking her to meet the real Tang Xuejian.
• Xiyao learned that Li Xiaoyao had recalled part of his past life and resolved to help him awaken Feipeng’s memories.

After completing his missions in the Chinese Paladin World, Ding Ling stayed to strengthen the God Sect and help Zhao Ling'er cultivate before ascending to a higher world. His departure left his loved ones grieving, while Fuxi accepted that he would eventually have to ascend as well.

• Ding Ling redeemed 358 Glory Medals, but delayed opening the Path of Glory while he waited to learn where Qu Feiyan, Yelü Yan, and Yang Guo had ascended.
• After learning they had gone to the Zhong Kui World and the Calabash Brothers World, Ding Ling arranged rewards for their protection and warned the God Sect disciples not to ascend recklessly.
• Ding Ling cultivated with Zhao Ling'er, helping her advance from Loose Immortal to Earth Immortal, and assured her he would return to visit after ascending.
• Ding Ling ascended from the Ten Li Ancient Pavilion as Zhao Ling'er, Tang Xuejian, Xiyao, and the others watched and mourned his departure.
• Nuwa told Fuxi that Ding Ling had ascended and that he would be sent to the Upper Realm after some time; Fuxi agreed, fearing Ding Ling might return to punish him.

Fuxi agreed to do whatever Ding Ling wanted after learning how easily Ding Ling could destroy him, while Lin Yue-ru resolved to improve herself after missing her chance to speak with Ding Ling. Ding Ling entered the New Legend of Madame White Snake World, where he found a road strewn with tortured corpses and set his sights on unifying the world.

• Fuxi promised to obey Ding Ling, and Nuwa and Shennong continued cultivating the Body Refinement Art he had taught them.
• Lin Yue-ru mourned being unable to approach Ding Ling before his Ascension, then drew encouragement from Lin Tian-nan and Liu Jinyuan and vowed to become stronger.
• Ding Ling chose New Legend of Madame White Snake from the three available worlds and entered it with his two Qilin Horses.
• Ding Ling arrived at a fork in the road, saw the corpses of women, children, and elderly people, and decided to unify the world.
• Ding Ling activated the Path of Glory and learned that he had to establish the world's greatest sect and defeat more than twenty powerful figures.

Ding Ling entered a spiritually barren, fused world where the Jin Kingdom and Great Song were at war, and rescued Yue Yun and a group of captives from a Jin army. After reaching Lin'an Prefecture to seek information and resources, he sensed powerful Righteous Qi protected by Dragon Qi above the city.

• Ding Ling discovered massacred villages and encountered a Jin army escorting captives near Da San Pass.
• Ding Ling killed Tuoba Gu and defeated the Jin soldiers, rescuing the captives.
• Ding Ling learned that the young man was Yue Yun, son of Yue Fei, and that the Great Song was winning battles against the Jin Kingdom.
• Ding Ling left Yue Yun, traveled through Jin territory, and entered the Great Song before heading for Lin'an Prefecture.
• Ding Ling arrived in Lin'an and saw a golden dragon surrounded by torrents of Righteous Qi in the sky.

Ding Ling learned that gods were hunting Players throughout Song territory and captured Lü Fang, a Golden-Armored God, after he attacked. He discovered that several of the gods were former Mount Liang heroes, and Wang Ying was pulled into the Mountains and Rivers State Diagram, where he found Lü Fang trapped in a celestial formation.

• Ding Ling entered Lin'an, hid his cultivation, and gathered information about Prince Liang's four treasures and the world's scarce spiritual energy.
• After returning to reality, Ding Ling read reports that gods had killed Players, including Zhu Changling, and learned that a Golden-Armored God had revealed himself as the killer.
• A Golden-Armored God attacked Ding Ling in his inn room, but Ding Ling froze him and captured him in the Mountains and Rivers State Diagram before escaping as a magpie.
• Wang Ying arrived and found Lü Fang missing; Guo Sheng and Yang Lin joined him, revealing that they were former Mount Liang brothers serving as gods.
• Ding Ling overheard the gods' conversation and recognized them as Mount Liang heroes; Wang Ying then entered the Mountains and Rivers State Diagram and found Lü Fang trapped inside a celestial formation.

Ding Ling captured the door gods Wang Ying and Lü Fang, questioned Lü Fang about the Heavenly Court and the scarcity of spiritual energy, and mastered his cultivation methods instantly. After imprisoning the two gods, Ding Ling left Lin'an in disguise and headed southeast to search for a secret realm.

• Wang Ying failed to free Lü Fang from the curse and tried to end his own life, but Ding Ling appeared, restrained him, and terrified him with private torture.
• Ding Ling questioned Lü Fang about the Heavenly Court, Vulture Peak, and the thin spiritual energy, learning that most of it flowed into major divine realms and hidden secret realms.
• Lü Fang taught Ding Ling the Heaven Flipping Halberd Art and the Earthly Fiend Star Mystic Art, and Ding Ling instantly mastered both.
• Ding Ling immobilized and concealed Wang Ying and Lü Fang inside the Mountains and Rivers State Diagram, keeping them from reviving in the Heavenly Court.
• Ding Ling disguised himself as a magpie, left Lin'an without detection, repaid a farmer by healing his ailments, and flew southeast to seek a secret realm.

Ding Ling failed to find the secret realm and learned that the gods were hunting Players and Ascenders, so he traveled toward Qiantang to seek answers from Bai Suzhen and Xiaoqing. Along the way, he rescued a hunter and his daughter from demons, then met the one-armed Wu Song, who believed Ding Ling was a reincarnated Heavenly God.

• Ding Ling captured the reclusive Iron Palm Mountain God, learned that he knew little about the secret realm, and obtained the Mountain God Condensation Secret Art.
• Ding Ling concluded that the gods and Buddhas were cooperating to eliminate Players and Ascenders, and recalled that the Day Wandering God had killed Child Emperor.
• Ding Ling learned that Ascender deaths were permanent and had Players in the Real World warn others not to ascend.
• Ding Ling headed toward Qiantang, traveling in disguise and encountering bandits, Chang Gui, and Tiger Demons along the way.
• Ding Ling killed a Chang Gui and a Tiger Demon, rescued Dou Linzhang and Dou Meng, and shared the roasted tiger with them.
• Wu Song arrived and introduced himself to Ding Ling, then asked whether Ding Ling was a reincarnated Heavenly God.

Ding Ling befriended Wu Song, helped Dou Linzhang and Dou Meng cultivate, and learned that the Gods and Buddhas viewed Players and Ascenders as threats. He rode with Wu Song to Phoenix Mountain to seek its secret realm, while learning that Fahai might be a reincarnated Buddha.

• Ding Ling introduced himself to Wu Song as Tuoba Feng and shared roast Tiger Demon meat with him and the Dou family.
• After eating the demon meat, Dou Meng and Dou Linzhang began cultivating the Cihang Sword Canon and quickly reached the Innate realm; Ding Ling told them to reach the Martial Golden Core Realm before becoming his attendants.
• Wu Song explained the conflict between the Gods and Buddhas and Players and Ascenders, and told Ding Ling about Phoenix Mountain’s secret realm and its elusive demons.
• Ding Ling agreed to let Wu Song accompany him to Phoenix Mountain, and the two rode away after bidding farewell to Dou Linzhang and Dou Meng.
• On the way, Wu Song described Fahai’s Buddhist light and powerful Qi Luck, leading him to suspect Fahai was a reincarnated Buddha.

Ding Ling and Wu Song discovered Bai Suzhen and Xiaoqing on Phoenix Mountain, and Wu Song asked them about secret realms. Bai Suzhen recognized Ding Ling as a powerful reincarnated celestial, but her attempt to divine his fate triggered a painful backlash.

• Ding Ling and Wu Song waited on Phoenix Mountain for signs of demons while Ding Ling studied how to create a divine avatar.
• Wu Song spotted two snake demons fighting, and Ding Ling identified them as Bai Suzhen and Xiaoqing.
• After Xiaoqing lost their sparring match, she revealed her true form and pledged herself to Bai Suzhen as her younger sister.
• Ding Ling rejected Wu Song's suggestion to attack the snake demons and asked him to seek their knowledge of secret realms instead.
• Wu Song introduced himself as the reincarnation of the Heavenly Injury Star and asked Bai Suzhen how to find and enter a secret realm.
• Bai Suzhen explained that secret realms were hidden small worlds, then tried to divine Ding Ling's fate and suffered a backlash.

Bai Suzhen and Xiaoqing met Ding Ling on Phoenix Mountain, where his cooking and careful conduct earned their trust. Xiaoqing led the group into Phoenix Mountain’s Mountain Beyond Mountain Secret Realm, but the Phoenix Mountain God warned that a powerful old deer had returned and was pressuring the mountain’s inhabitants.

• Bai Suzhen failed to divine Ding Ling’s identity, then learned from Wu Song that he was called Tuoba Feng in this life and was exceptionally talented.
• Ding Ling roasted rabbit for Bai Suzhen and Xiaoqing, winning their praise, and Bai Suzhen explained the differences between secret realms and other unusual places.
• Xiaoqing described the powerful demon in Phoenix Mountain’s secret realm, but agreed to guide Ding Ling, Wu Song, and Bai Suzhen there.
• Xiaoqing opened the entrance with a silver leaf and spell, bringing the group into a world that resembled Phoenix Mountain.
• Xiaoqing summoned Lu Kui, the Phoenix Mountain God, who welcomed Wu Song and Ding Ling and offered to find Ding Ling a cave abode.
• Lu Kui revealed that a powerful old deer had returned from the Northern Lands and was threatening the beings on Phoenix Mountain, then urged Wu Song and Ding Ling to come back another time.

Ding Ling defeated Deer Great Sage with his physical strength, learned that the deer had ties to Zhao Jiang, and led the group to the summit of Phoenix Mountain to cultivate. As Bai Suzhen and the others watched, Ding Ling rapidly refined two strands of Immortal Qi.

• Phoenix Mountain God warned Ding Ling and the others to flee, but Deer Great Sage arrived, struck him aside, and demanded that the group serve him for three hundred years.
• Deer Great Sage defeated Xiaoqing and Bai Suzhen, then challenged Wu Song and Ding Ling.
• Ding Ling overwhelmed Deer Great Sage with his physical strength, leaving the group astonished and prompting Deer Great Sage to reveal his connection to Zhao Jiang.
• Ding Ling spared Deer Great Sage, carried him toward the summit, and allowed Phoenix Mountain God and Xiaoqing to deal with the fleeing lesser monsters.
• Ding Ling cultivated in the cave at the summit and refined two strands of Immortal Qi, shocking Bai Suzhen.

Ding Ling absorbed a vast amount of spiritual energy in the Phoenix Mountain Secret Realm, then learned how to enter and leave secret realms and went into seclusion. Bai Suzhen suspected he might be the shepherd boy who saved her centuries ago, while Xiaoqing offered to ask him when he emerged.

• Ding Ling absorbed 2,600 strands of spiritual energy in an hour, bringing his Immortal Qi to 7,600 strands and shocking Bai Suzhen, Wu Song, Xiaoqing, and the demons.
• Hu Meiniang nearly transformed after seeing Bai Suzhen, but a hidden divine radiance stopped her; Ding Ling suspected that powerful Gods and Buddhas had made her a pawn.
• Ding Ling learned that silver leaves and the Void-Rending Incantation opened the Phoenix Mountain Secret Realm, obtained Bai Suzhen's scale armor key to Mount Qingcheng, and taught Bai Suzhen and Xiaoqing an Earth Escape Technique.
• Ding Ling entered seclusion while Bai Suzhen and Xiaoqing practiced Earth Escape; Bai Suzhen told Xiaoqing how a shepherd boy had saved her seventeen hundred years earlier and admitted she suspected Ding Ling might be her benefactor.
• Xiaoqing promised to ask Ding Ling about Bai Suzhen's suspicion when he emerged from seclusion.