Chapter Summaries

Ding Ling emerged from seclusion and guided Hu Meiniang, Caiyin, Wu Song, Phoenix Mountain God Lu Kui, and Xiaoqing, helping them improve their cultivation while mastering their techniques. Xiaoqing reached sudden enlightenment, and Ding Ling absorbed the surrounding spiritual energy before it ran out, leaving him considering whether to drain the Spirit Vein.

• Phoenix Mountain God Lu Kui brought Ding Ling medicinal soup prepared by Hu Meiniang and Caiyin, and Ding Ling refined it to gain a strand of immortal qi.
• Ding Ling mastered the Xi Wheel Creation Art and guided Hu Meiniang and Caiyin, helping both women make a major breakthrough in half a day.
• Ding Ling mastered Wu Song's Jade Ring Footwork, Mandarin Duck Saber Technique, and Thunderbolt Heart Art, then helped Wu Song reach the Martial Nascent Soul realm.
• Ding Ling mastered Lu Kui's Ming Mountain Art and guided him into a state of enlightenment.
• Xiaoqing asked Ding Ling for guidance, revealed her Illusory Dragon Heart Art, and reached sudden enlightenment under his instruction.
• Ding Ling absorbed the surrounding spiritual energy until the supply was exhausted, raising his Lower Dantian Immortal Qi Value to 8901 strands and considering draining the Spirit Vein.

Ding Ling accepted Xiaoqing as his follower and gave Bai Suzhen guidance on becoming an immortal, drawing Guanyin Bodhisattva’s attention. When Guanyin attacked and revealed that the Gods and Buddhas had prepared a trap for him, Ding Ling vanished, leaving them unable to locate him.

• Xiaoqing broke through to the Tribulation Transcendence stage and asked Ding Ling to let her follow him; he accepted her as his follower and told her to call him Young Master.
• Xiaoqing told Bai Suzhen about Ding Ling, and Bai Suzhen asked him for guidance on attaining immortality.
• Guanyin Bodhisattva arrived and disrupted Bai Suzhen’s imminent breakthrough, then recognized Ding Ling and tried to take him to Vulture Peak.
• Ding Ling escaped Guanyin Bodhisattva’s attack, and she knocked Bai Suzhen, Xiaoqing, and the others unconscious while searching for him.
• Guanyin Bodhisattva discovered that Ding Ling had evaded the Five Elements Universe Extinction Immortal Formation as more Gods and Buddhas appeared.

Ding Ling escaped the Gods and Buddhas by entering a reward Historical World, where he discovered he had arrived in Great Qin and met Yi Xiaochuan. After reaching Pei County, Ding Ling planned to travel to Xianyang and persuade Qin Shi Huang while the threat in the New Legend of Madame White Snake World remained unresolved.

• Guanyin Bodhisattva, Erlang Shen, Great Emperor Zhenwu, and the other Gods and Buddhas failed to find Ding Ling and agreed to guard the secret realm and kill him if he appeared.
• Ding Ling used his private Historical World reward to escape, activated the Path of the War God, and received missions to build the World's Finest Sect and defeat powerful figures.
• Ding Ling met Yi Xiaochuan, who asked him for directions to Tangwu Mountain, and told him it was in Yan Territory.
• Ding Ling reached Pei County and saw Yi Xiaochuan with Lü Zhi and Lü Su, whom Yi Xiaochuan had rescued.
• Ding Ling declined Lord Lü's invitation to the Lu Estate and decided to go to Xianyang to meet Qin Shi Huang.

Ding Ling studied how to forge a faith-based Star God, then stayed in Pei County as promised to Yi Xiaochuan. After provoking Liu Ji at the inn, Ding Ling left town with the innkeeper’s supplies, while Liu Ji was left angry and plotting.

• Ding Ling tested the Earthly Fiend Star Mystic Art, killed Wang Ying and Lü Fang, and used their energy to create and strengthen a divine body.
• Ding Ling sent part of his consciousness into the divine body and had it absorb starlight above the clouds.
• After two days, Yi Xiaochuan visited Ding Ling at the inn and left after seeing him still there.
• Liu Ji grabbed and tasted Ding Ling’s meat, but Ding Ling fed it to stray dogs and publicly told Liu Ji to stay away.
• The innkeeper warned Ding Ling that Liu Ji had gathered strong followers and urged him to leave Pei County.
• Ding Ling accepted the innkeeper’s provisions and rode out of town as Liu Ji left vowing to settle the insult.

Ding Ling killed Liu Bang, Fan Kuai, Lu Wan, and the men who attacked him after they blocked his road outside Pei County. Yi Xiaochuan arrived too late to stop the fight and was left confronting the consequences of Liu Bang’s death and the change to history.

• Liu Bang and his men blocked Ding Ling’s path and demanded that he dismount.
• Lu Wan and Fan Kuai failed to pull Ding Ling from his horse, and Fan Kuai broke his hand punching Ding Ling’s head.
• Liu Bang ordered his men to attack with weapons, but Ding Ling cut through them and killed Liu Bang, Fan Kuai, Lu Wan, and many others.
• Xiahou Ying knelt and begged for mercy, while Ding Ling spared him and rode away.
• Yi Xiaochuan arrived, learned that Ding Ling had killed Liu Bang, and worried that history and his own future had changed.
• Xiahou Ying told Yi Xiaochuan what had happened, and Yi Xiaochuan asked whether Pei County had anyone who could replace Liu Bang, Fan Kuai, or Lu Wan.

After killing Liu Bang and Fan Kuai, Ding Ling became the target of a report to Great Qin, while Yi Xiaochuan vowed revenge and headed for Xianyang. Xiao He and Zhou Bo learned of Ding Ling’s strength, and Lord Lü feared retaliation after hearing that Ding Ling had defeated more than a hundred soldiers; the chapter ended with Shangguan Xuan surrounding Ding Ling near Luoyang and demanding his surrender.

• Yi Xiaochuan helped Xiahou Ying collect Liu Bang’s body, promised to avenge him, and bowed three times after believing Liu Bang’s spirit had answered him.
• Yi Xiaochuan told Lü Zhi and Lü Su that Ding Ling had killed Liu Bang and Fan Kuai, and Lü Zhi arranged for her father to report Ding Ling to the authorities.
• Xiao He questioned a report about Ding Ling’s strength, and Zhou Bo said he could never match Ding Ling even with a lifetime of training.
• Lord Lü learned that Ding Ling had destroyed a force of more than a hundred elite soldiers and feared that his report would bring danger to his family.
• Ding Ling traveled west toward Xianyang, but Shangguan Xuan surrounded his inn near Luoyang with more than a hundred soldiers and ordered him to surrender.

Ding Ling killed Shangguan Xuan and more than a hundred Great Qin soldiers after they attacked him, causing news of his defiance to spread across the empire. He then discovered a Heavenly Star approaching Earth and brought it to the ancient battlefield of Changping to aid the Star God's transformation.

• Ding Ling ignored Shangguan Xuan's threats and left the inn, but Shangguan Xuan ordered his soldiers to attack him.
• Ding Ling cut down the soldiers and Shangguan Xuan, then rode west on the Qilin Horse as witnesses spread news of the killings.
• Ding Ling sensed the Star God's transformation and found a radiant stone approaching Earth from space.
• Ding Ling brought the Heavenly Star to the mortal world and decided the Divine Body should absorb its energy.
• Ding Ling carried the Heavenly Star to the ancient battlefield of Changping, placed the Divine Body above it, and began setting up protective formations.

Ding Ling formed a cocoon for his divine body at the Changping battlefield, then traveled west while refining his understanding with the cooperation of the world’s Heavenly Dao. He rescued Han Xin from a giant bear and recruited him into the Nine Provinces Divine Sect, but Han Xin struggled to pull Ding Ling’s sword from the bear’s skull.

• Ding Ling’s divine body absorbed the battlefield’s Calamity Qi, Baleful Qi, starlight, and Life Origin Qi, forming a cocoon before Ding Ling left for the west.
• Ding Ling spent more than ten days traveling slowly and integrating his abilities, discovering that the fragile Heavenly Dao cooperated with him and helped his cultivation advance.
• Han Xin fled a giant bear and called for help, and Ding Ling killed it with a sword thrown from afar.
• Ding Ling recognized Han Xin’s exceptional Root Bone and offered to teach him swordsmanship as a member of the Nine Provinces Divine Sect, though he refused to be called Han Xin’s master.
• Ding Ling told Han Xin to draw his sword so they could roast the bear, but Han Xin could not pull it from the bear’s skull.

Ding Ling taught Han Xin martial arts and the Sword God Breathing Method, helping him become a powerful general despite Great Qin’s wanted notices. After Han Xin suggested traveling north, they reached Juye and were confronted by an armed band led by a formidable man demanding their valuables.

• Han Xin learned that Ding Ling was Great Qin’s most wanted criminal, but he remained loyal to him after witnessing his extraordinary abilities.
• Ding Ling and Han Xin settled in a mountainside cave, where Ding Ling used spells and his skills to furnish it and cook a meal; Han Xin became convinced that Ding Ling was an Immortal.
• Ding Ling taught Han Xin the Sword God Art and Breathing Method, then helped him advance until he reached the level of a Top First-Rate Military General.
• Ding Ling ended Han Xin’s lessons and set out with him to continue his mission and recruit talented people.
• Han Xin advised Ding Ling to travel north rather than oppose Great Qin, so they changed course and arrived near Juye.
• A tall, imposing bandit leader and more than a hundred men blocked Ding Ling’s path and demanded his valuables.

Han Xin defeated Peng Yue’s bandit gang, and Ding Ling spared Peng Yue and brought him into their company. After several days of service, Peng Yue joined the Nine Provinces Divine Sect as Han Xin’s disciple and began learning martial arts.

• Han Xin slaughtered most of Peng Yue’s bandits after they tried to seize Ding Ling’s horse, and Peng Yue surrendered to save his life.
• Ding Ling recognized Peng Yue’s potential and ordered him to serve as Han Xin’s assistant, then let him return home to settle his affairs.
• Peng Yue persuaded his surviving companions to abandon revenge, gathered his belongings, and followed Ding Ling and Han Xin north.
• Ding Ling had Peng Yue buy supplies in town and later offered him a place in the Nine Provinces Divine Sect, directing him to take Han Xin as his master.
• Han Xin accepted Peng Yue as his disciple and taught him the Inner-Outer Breathing Method and Sword God Art.

Ding Ling and his companions reached a plague-stricken village, where they encountered Lü Su, Yi Xiaochuan, and the physician Cui Wenzi. Cui Wenzi sought answers about Ding Ling’s origins, and Ding Ling agreed to hear what knowledge he could offer.

• Peng Yue grew more reverent toward Ding Ling as he followed him and Han Xin north, while Han Xin’s sword skills and Qi Luck continued to improve.
• Ding Ling reflected on the world’s ancient history and the Heavenly Star’s origins as the essence of a universe.
• The group arrived in a village ravaged by plague, where Lü Su was caring for the sick Yi Xiaochuan; Yi Xiaochuan angrily accused Ding Ling, but Ding Ling and Han Xin ignored him.
• Cui Wenzi invited Ding Ling and the others to speak, and Ding Ling accepted while Lü Su worried that Yi Xiaochuan might confront him.
• Cui Wenzi asked whether Ding Ling came from the future or another world, and Ding Ling agreed to hear about Cui Wenzi’s medicine, Qi Refining Technique, and divination in exchange for information about himself.

Ding Ling learned Cui Wenzi’s techniques and gave him Evergreen Immortal Qi to save Lü Su. Lü Su revived, leaving Yi Xiaochuan and Gao Yao shocked.

• Cui Wenzi taught Ding Ling the Pharmaceutical Method, Alchemy Art, and dozens of other techniques, which Ding Ling mastered immediately.
• Ding Ling told Cui Wenzi he came from another world and said a future Sky Ladder would reveal more about him.
• Gao Yao asked Cui Wenzi to save Lü Su, but Cui Wenzi said the necessary medicine was unavailable and that Heavenly predictions had foreseen her death.
• Ding Ling gave Cui Wenzi a stone containing Evergreen Immortal Qi and told him it could save Lü Su.
• Cui Wenzi placed the stone in Lü Su’s mouth despite Yi Xiaochuan’s objections, and Lü Su revived and sat up.

Lü Su recovered after taking a mysterious stone from Ding Ling, who also gave Cui Wenzi a plague remedy before leaving the village. Yi Xiaochuan grew jealous and pursued Ding Ling to recruit soldiers against him, while Ding Ling continued north through increasingly dangerous territory.

• Lü Su awoke restored to health and learned from Cui Wenzi that Ding Ling had saved her with a stone.
• Lü Su thanked Ding Ling, while Yi Xiaochuan reacted with jealousy and walked away.
• Ding Ling gave Cui Wenzi a more effective plague prescription and learned that Cui Wenzi was the Bei Yan Mountain Hermit.
• Ding Ling left the village, and Yi Xiaochuan rode after him, planning to enlist Great Qin soldiers to hunt him down.
• Ding Ling traveled north, reflecting on the world's disrupted history as he encountered bandits, escaped laborers, and other dangers.

Peng Yue and Han Xin protected Ding Ling as he traveled north, and Peng Yue destroyed a five-hundred-man Qin force sent against them. At the Great Wall, Meng Tian heard General Liao’s report and learned from Yi Xiaochuan about Ding Ling’s abilities, but the other generals’ warnings stopped him from inviting Ding Ling to meet Qin Shi Huang.

• Peng Yue grew stronger under Ding Ling’s guidance and eagerly took the lead while they traveled.
• General Liao’s five hundred soldiers attacked Ding Ling’s group, and Peng Yue cut down many of them before the rest fled.
• Ding Ling continued north and meditated while Peng Yue and Han Xin guarded him; Yi Xiaochuan secretly spread word of their whereabouts.
• General Liao returned wounded to Meng Tian’s camp and reported that Peng Yue had nearly scattered his force.
• Yi Xiaochuan told Meng Tian about Ding Ling’s deeds, including Liu Bang’s death and the revival of the dead.
• Meng Tian considered inviting Ding Ling to the Imperial Palace, but the generals cited Qin Shi Huang’s order and warned against letting Ding Ling approach him.

Yi Xiaochuan persuaded Meng Tian to send the Meng Family Army against Ding Ling, Han Xin, and Peng Yue, hoping to have them killed. Han Xin and Peng Yue charged into the cavalry with Ding Ling’s protective talismans and cut through the formation, leaving Meng Tian and Yi Xiaochuan facing the battlefield’s grim reality.

• Yi Xiaochuan exaggerated Ding Ling, Han Xin, and Peng Yue’s strength to Meng Tian, who ordered General Liao and five hundred elite soldiers to attack; General Liao died.
• After learning that Ding Ling’s group had returned, Meng Tian mobilized the main forces and marched against them, while Yi Xiaochuan hoped the army would exhaust and capture them.
• Ding Ling gave Han Xin and Peng Yue North Dipper Defense Talismans, and the two charged toward the oncoming cavalry despite their doubts.
• General Pang ordered the soldiers to fire and then charge, but Han Xin and Peng Yue’s swordplay and talismans let them withstand the arrows and cut through the cavalry.
• Han Xin killed General Pang, and the soldiers became terrified as their attacks failed to injure the two fighters.
• Yi Xiaochuan told Meng Tian that Han Xin and Peng Yue had broken through the Meng Family Army’s formation, while Meng Tian and his generals struggled to accept what they saw.

Ding Ling, Han Xin, and Peng Yue left the Great Wall after Meng Tian withdrew his army, and their deeds spread across Great Qin. Xiang Yu and Xiang Liang set out to seek Ding Ling, while Ding Ling's group reached Tuan Country and Peng Yue attacked General Jin.

• Meng Tian ordered his soldiers to retreat, and Ding Ling, Han Xin, and Peng Yue passed through the Great Wall's open gate as the Qin army watched.
• Yi Xiaochuan abandoned Gao Yao and rode away, intent on escaping back to his own time.
• News of the battle spread through Great Qin, and Xiang Yu and Xiang Liang led a group north to find Ding Ling.
• Ding Ling, Han Xin, and Peng Yue arrived at Tuan Country and saw its soldiers flogging people from Great Qin.
• General Jin attacked Peng Yue with a whip, but Peng Yue knocked it aside, wounded him with his sword, and sent him tumbling from his horse.
• General Jin called for his soldiers to protect him and attack Peng Yue and his companions.

A month after Ding Ling helped Han Xin take control of Tuan Country, Zhang Liang visited him seeking the power to oppose Qin. Ding Ling taught Zhang Liang and Yu Shu the Battle Immortal Art, then empowered Zhang Liang and sent him to train with Peng Yue and pass on the techniques.

• General Jin attacked three Great Qin men, but Peng Yue wounded him; the ensuing battle killed General Jin and thousands of Tuan Country soldiers before the King surrendered.
• Han Xin and Peng Yue reorganized Tuan Country, and the King abdicated in favor of Han Xin, who treated Ding Ling as his Lord.
• Zhang Liang arrived with Han Xin’s recommendation and asked Ding Ling to teach him; Ding Ling agreed to instruct him but refused to make him a disciple.
• Ding Ling taught Zhang Liang and Yu Shu the Battle Immortal Art, though Zhang Liang grasped it quickly while Yu Shu struggled to understand.
• Ding Ling infused Zhang Liang with power, taught him the Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix Spear Technique, and ordered him to train with Peng Yue and teach the others.
• Zhang Liang tested his new strength with a wooden staff and leaped through the air, marveling that he had become superhuman in half a day.

Zhang Liang, Han Xin, and Peng Yue expanded Tuan Country’s territory while mastering Ding Ling’s techniques, and Yu Shu held off Meng Tian’s attack on the capital. After witnessing Yu Shu’s power, Xiang Liang and Xiang Zhuang met Ding Ling and received martial arts instruction, leaving Xiang Yu eager to learn from him as well.

• Zhang Liang, Han Xin, and Peng Yue conquered neighboring territories and fought their way into the grasslands, becoming famous after defeating successive forces.
• Yu Shu defended Tuan Country against Meng Tian’s army, using Ding Ling’s gifts and training to fight for a day and night until Meng Tian withdrew.
• Qin Shi Huang accepted the Great Wall as the boundary between his territory and Han Xin’s, abandoning further attacks on Tuan Country.
• Xiang Yu, Xiang Liang, and their companions witnessed Yu Shu’s strength, and Xiang Liang and Xiang Zhuang decided to seek instruction from Ding Ling.
• Ding Ling agreed to teach Xiang Liang and Xiang Zhuang on the condition that they avoid large-scale wars with Han Xin’s side, then taught them the Battle Immortal Art and the Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix Spear technique.
• After Xiang Liang and Xiang Zhuang returned, Xiang Yu was thrilled by their success and praised Ding Ling as a godlike man.

Yi Xiaochuan fell out with the Xiang family over their ties to Ding Ling, then left to seek martial arts experts in the mountains. Meanwhile, Han Xin and his companions conquered vast territories, built their forces, and advanced south as rebellion spread across Great Qin.

• Xiang Liang praised Ding Ling and warned Yi Xiaochuan that Ding Ling had spared his life, but Yi Xiaochuan remained resentful and accused Xiang Liang of disregarding his feelings.
• Xiang Liang ordered Xiang Yu to part from Yi Xiaochuan, and Yi Xiaochuan left Tuan Country, determined to find martial arts sects and prove himself.
• Han Xin and his companions conquered the grasslands, Liaodong, and Goguryeo, appointing local leaders to govern and frightening them with reports of Yu Shu's strength and the Nine Provinces Divine Sect.
• After renaming Tuan Country Ming, Han Xin and his companions expanded their territory across the north and west, then returned to train troops after learning the First Emperor of Great Qin had died.
• As rebellions spread through Great Qin, Han Xin and his companions marched south, forbade harm to civilians, and accepted Chen Sheng, Wu Guang, and Ying Bu into their army, teaching them the first level of the Battle Immortal Art.

Xiao He, Zhou Bo, Xiahou Ying, and the other generals cultivated the Battle Immortal Art, helped capture Xianyang, and then led campaigns that opened the Silk Road and conquered Tianzhu and other western lands. As Great Ming’s banner spread across the world, Han Xin, Zhang Liang, and Peng Yue defeated Xiang Yu and his allies in the Central Plains.

• Zhou Bo, Xiahou Ying, and the other newly recruited generals mastered the Battle Immortal Art and quickly advanced through combat.
• Xiao He and the generals reached Xianyang after Ying Bu, Chen Sheng, and Wu Guang had already captured it, then met Fusu, Li You, Li Si, Meng Tian, Zhang Han, and Wang Li as prisoners.
• Xiao He, Zhou Bo, Xiahou Ying, and the others opened the Silk Road, conquered Tianzhu in less than a year, and advanced into other western nations.
• The generals grew to the Great Grandmaster realm, using their immense power to overwhelm armies and become objects of worship among western peoples.
• Great Ming’s banner spread across more lands, while Han Xin, Zhang Liang, and Peng Yue defeated Xiang Yu and his allies in the Central Plains.