Chapter Summaries

Ding Ling destroyed Buddha and the Mingwang Buddhist Sect’s elders, drawing the surviving monks and people into worship and gaining a mass of Faith Energy for a divine arrow. He then entered the Scripture Library with Zhang Fei and began mastering Buddhist texts, whose revelations stirred the sect’s disciples to regard him as a Buddha incarnate.

• Ding Ling shattered the Two Realms Ten Directions Vajra Garbha Grand Formation and killed Buddha and the other ancient Buddhas with a lightning strike.
• The surviving monks yielded, while the people worshiped Ding Ling as the God Lord and supplied Faith Energy that he forged into a Faith Divine Arrow.
• Ding Ling and Zhang Fei entered the Scripture Library, where Zhang Fei resolved to serve Ding Ling and win his trust.
• Ding Ling read Buddhist Scriptures, rapidly mastering them as his Buddhist energy, wisdom, charm, and Buddha’s Light grew.
• The Mingwang Buddhist Sect’s disciples and elders watched Ding Ling’s progress and began to believe he was a Buddha incarnate.
• Ding Ling spent several days finishing the first floor’s Buddhist Scriptures.

Ding Ling mastered the Mingwang Buddhist Sect’s scriptures and secret techniques, then absorbed the sect into the Nine Provinces Divine Sect. He arrived at Mount Tianmu to meet the Bodhi Buddha, who had emerged from seclusion to welcome him while privately fearing his strength.

• Ding Ling mastered the Buddhist scriptures and War God Catalog, then asked Zhang Fei to find out whether Cao Chong had survived his clash with a Buddhist elder.
• Ding Ling learned Cao Chong was alive and had ascended to the Upper Realm; the elder who defeated him had already been killed by Ding Ling.
• Ding Ling mastered the Mingwang Buddhist Sect’s supreme techniques, including Vajra Body, and decided to draw modestly from Buddhist sects’ Spirit Veins rather than drain them.
• Ding Ling preached for three days at Heavenly Fierce Mountain, was acclaimed as God Lord, and oversaw the Mingwang Buddhist Sect’s merger into the Nine Provinces Divine Sect.
• Ding Ling and Zhang Fei reached Mount Tianmu, where the Bodhi Buddha emerged from seclusion and invited them to the inner hall.
• The Bodhi Buddha privately feared Ding Ling after investigating the report that he had killed the Mingwang Buddhist Sect’s Buddha instantly.

Ding Ling forced Bodhi Buddha to choose between surrendering the Bodhi Buddhist Sect and dying, then spent ten days mastering the sect’s scriptures and secret techniques. Bodhi Buddha ultimately relayed an invitation from the powerful figure behind his sect, summoning Ding Ling to the hidden Spirit Void Blessed Grotto.

• Bodhi Buddha investigated the destruction of the Mingwang Buddhist Sect and waited at Mount Tianmu for Ding Ling, whom he feared was overwhelmingly powerful.
• Ding Ling demanded that Bodhi Buddha surrender the Bodhi Buddhist Sect or die, and gave him time to decide; Bodhi Buddha admitted that others stood behind the sect and could make the decision.
• Ding Ling entered the Golden Treasury Pavilion and rapidly mastered its Buddhist scriptures, astonishing Bodhi Buddha with visions that showed his Great Perfection.
• Ding Ling read through the pavilion’s 108 floors over ten days, mastering techniques including the Dragon Riding Incantation and the Tightening Ring Incantation, and began to suspect the world held ancient secrets.
• Bodhi Buddha sent Ding Ling an invitation from the great figure behind the sect to meet at the Spirit Void Blessed Grotto, whose location Ding Ling could only vaguely sense.

Ding Ling conquered the nine Buddhist Schools, strengthened his Vajra Body, and entered the Infinite Mirror Sea World in search of Spirit Void Blessed Grotto. He smashed through its countless layers and captured Mirror Light Buddha, who was shocked that Ding Ling had heard his private conversation.

• Ding Ling took control of the Bodhi Buddhist Sect and imposed the Nine Provinces Divine Sect's rules on it.
• Ding Ling absorbed spiritual energy from the Buddhist Schools' Spirit Veins and read their scriptures, bringing his Vajra Body to perfection.
• Ding Ling and Zhang Fei entered the ocean's layered mirror dimensions, where Ding Ling identified the maze as Spirit Void Blessed Grotto.
• Ding Ling used his Vajra Body and Minor and Major All Heavens Seal Technique to smash through more than 9,999 mirror worlds.
• Ding Ling captured Mirror Light Buddha after one monk fled, then revealed that he had heard Mirror Light Buddha's conversation with Immeasurable Buddha.

Ding Ling forced Mirror Light Buddha to reveal the secrets of the Spirit Void Blessed Grotto and learned the Infinite Mirror Sea World Art, mastering it instantly. After discovering that three murals contained other worlds, Ding Ling had Mirror Light Buddha open one and entered with Zhang Fei.

• Mirror Light Buddha surrendered to Ding Ling, revealed that they were in the Spirit Void Blessed Grotto, and explained how he controlled the Infinite Mirror Sea World.
• Mirror Light Buddha taught Ding Ling the Infinite Mirror Sea World Art, and Ding Ling mastered it at max level and demonstrated its power to Zhang Fei and Mirror Light Buddha.
• Ding Ling learned that three ancient murals served as entrances to worlds within the Spirit Void Blessed Grotto and questioned Mirror Light Buddha about them.
• Ding Ling saw beings in the murals notice him and look away after meeting his gaze.
• Ding Ling ordered Mirror Light Buddha to open a mural, then followed him inside with Zhang Fei.

Ding Ling entered the Underworld, subdued Judge Cui and the Impermanence officers inside his Infinite Mirror Sea World, and questioned Li Shimin and Meng Po while searching for King Yama. He found no trace of King Yama and left Judge Cui and his men trapped in the mirror world.

• Ding Ling entered the Underworld and sped past the vast queue of ghosts while searching for Zhang Fei and Mirror Light Buddha.
• Ding Ling appeared in Judge Cui’s court, where Li Shimin was awaiting judgment, and demanded to know where King Yama was.
• Judge Cui summoned Black and White Impermanence to capture Ding Ling, but Ding Ling repelled their attacks and trapped them all in the Infinite Mirror Sea World.
• Ding Ling took Judge Cui’s lightning-struck wood gavel and listened as Li Shimin explained that he was Emperor Taizong of Great Tang and that Tang Sanzang was his imperial brother.
• Ding Ling searched the Underworld but found neither King Yama nor Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, then summoned Meng Po and asked where King Yama was.
• Meng Po said she did not know, so Ding Ling returned her to Meng Po Pavilion and continued leaving Judge Cui and his men trapped in the mirror world.

Ding Ling questioned Judge Cui about Li Shimin and the Underworld, then read the Book of the Dead and learned the Spring Autumn Creation Brush and Judge Cui’s other techniques. He remembered that Black and White Impermanence and the others were still trapped in Infinite Mirror Sea World.

• Ding Ling pulled Judge Cui from Infinite Mirror Sea World and slapped him until he regained his senses and surrendered.
• Judge Cui told Ding Ling that Li Shimin had been sent to the Underworld as part of a struggle among the Spirit Void Blessed Grotto’s upper ranks and could return through the Human Path of the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
• Judge Cui gave Ding Ling the Book of the Dead, which Ding Ling read and mastered over several days while Li Shimin and Judge Cui waited.
• Judge Cui taught Ding Ling the Spring Autumn Creation Brush, and Ding Ling mastered it immediately, astonishing Judge Cui with the many corridors he drew.
• Judge Cui passed on more than a hundred secret arts, which Ding Ling mastered, including Grand Yin Divine Lightning, Heavenly Poison Fire Divine Sand, Yin Fire, and Netherworld Ghost Fire.
• Ding Ling remembered that Black and White Impermanence and the others were still trapped in Infinite Mirror Sea World.

Ding Ling entered the Human Path to follow Li Shimin, but after crossing its barrier he awoke inside the body of a dead orphan named Lu Wenli in a dark, violent world. He fed the child, hid for the night, and cultivated until Lu Wenli reached the level of a Third-Rate Military General.

• Ding Ling sent Li Shimin through the Human Path inside a protective film, memorized his route, and followed after the film vanished.
• Judge Cui found Black and White Impermanence and the others still dazed, then returned to court and began dealing with Bai Yun Niang.
• Ding Ling crossed the Human Path after gathering knowledge and abilities from Judge Cui, Black and White Impermanence, and Meng Po.
• Ding Ling's spiritual sense took over the body of Lu Wenli, a six-year-old orphan who had been beaten to death by the Hyena Gang.
• Ding Ling explored the city, found leftovers in a household, and hid behind firewood to cultivate the Martial Dao True Understanding.
• Ding Ling refined the world's dark power overnight, strengthened Lu Wenli's meridians, and raised his cultivation to the level of a Third-Rate Military General.

Ding Ling strengthened Lu Wenli’s body while exploring Hundred Refinements City and discovered that its gangs, people, and locked gates concealed a brutal curse. After defeating the Azure Dragon Society youths, he prepared to question them about the curse and the city.

• Ding Ling defeated the Hyena Gang members who tried to drag him to Mother Liu, then took their leader’s money pouch.
• Ding Ling learned that Madam Bai ruled Hundred Refinements City and chose to cultivate rather than seek her out.
• Ding Ling advanced to First-Rate Military General while hiding through the night and hearing people fight and devour flesh outside.
• Ding Ling tried to leave with a caravan but was stopped by the city guards, then used his Martial Dao True Eye to see a bone-filled wilderness beyond the gate.
• Ding Ling reached Transcendent First-Class General and followed an Azure Dragon Society youth to a secluded place, where he defeated the group and resisted their sinister power.
• Ding Ling suspected the youths’ power was a curse and asked them to answer his questions.

Ding Ling learned that Curse Power could be refined to strengthen him, then destroyed Azure Dragon Society branches and absorbed Third Master Chu’s power. After reaching Half-Step Golden Core, he encountered Madam Bai, who recognized that he was not truly Lu Wenli and attacked him.

• Ding Ling questioned Yang Gu and the other young men, learned about curses and the Four Envoys, and absorbed their Curse Power until he reached the Innate Realm.
• Ding Ling went to an Azure Dragon Society branch, immobilized its members, absorbed their Curse Power, killed them, and rose to the Grandmaster Realm.
• With Yang Gu leading him, Ding Ling destroyed branches across the city and confronted Third Master Chu, whom he defeated and drained of Curse Power before killing him.
• Ding Ling absorbed Third Master Chu’s immense Curse Power and advanced to Half-Step Golden Core, then avoided the city center and headed north to target the other Envoys.
• Madam Bai appeared, determined Ding Ling was not Lu Wenli despite his claim, and struck at him after realizing he held a secret.

Ding Ling trapped Madam Bai in the Infinite Mirror Sea World, drained her cursed power, and learned that she was the White Bone Demon in a curse-version Journey to the West world. Madam Bai explained that she had built Hundred Refinements City to gather power from her curse-bearing subordinates, leaving Ding Ling with a captive who could reveal more about Xiniu Hezhou.

• Madam Bai struck Ding Ling, but he countered by trapping her inside the Infinite Mirror Sea World, where she failed to escape despite unleashing her cursed powers.
• Ding Ling held Madam Bai trapped until she became an imbecile, then absorbed her cursed power and advanced to the Golden Core Mid-Stage.
• Madam Bai regained consciousness and discovered Ding Ling had drained her power; Ding Ling restrained her and questioned her while Yang Gu and the others watched in fear.
• Madam Bai revealed she had been a female corpse on White Tiger Ridge, then came back to life after being tainted by the Jade Face, Guanyin, and White Bone curses and later gaining the Undying Curse.
• Madam Bai told Ding Ling that this was a curse-version Journey to the West world in Xiniu Hezhou and that she had built Hundred Refinements City to gather power from her Four Envoys and their curse-bearing subordinates.

Ding Ling learned from Madam Bai about Hundred Refinements City, the curse Sequences, and how curses and descendants worked. Madam Bai agreed to guide him to powerful demons, while rumors about her deference to him spread through the city before Yu Qiang returned.

• Madam Bai told Ding Ling how Yu Qiang had died, been revived, and helped her build Hundred Refinements City.
• Madam Bai described the powerful figures and monsters surrounding the city, including the Daoist at Five Villages Temple and a demon god to the west.
• Madam Bai explained how people gained curses through talent, endured recurring Tribulation Crossing, and passed curses on by creating descendants.
• Ding Ling asked about nearby curses, and Madam Bai offered to guide him to demons whose curses they could obtain.
• Madam Bai returned Ding Ling to the City Lord's Mansion, while the youths from Yang Gu fled and rumors spread about her bowing to him.
• Yu Qiang returned to Hundred Refinements City with supplies and more than a hundred humans, and noticed the city's residents looking at her strangely.

Yu Qiang returned to Hundred Refinements City and learned that Lu Wenli had subdued Madam Bai, then met him at the City Lord’s Mansion. After hearing Madam Bai’s account, Ding Ling decided to leave the city, seek curses, and investigate the Curse Source.

• Yu Qiang questioned Niu Yuan and townspeople, learning that Lu Wenli had become powerful and Madam Bai treated him with deference.
• Yu Qiang went to the City Lord’s Mansion, where she found Madam Bai free and Lu Wenli reading in the study.
• Madam Bai told Yu Qiang how Lu Wenli had defeated her and drained her energy, and asked Yu Qiang to persuade him to restore it.
• Ding Ling finished reading the mansion’s books and concluded that he needed to travel the world to understand the Curse Source.
• Ding Ling resolved to leave Hundred Refinements City, obtain curses, and use his possessed body to become the King of Curses.

Ding Ling left Hundred Refinements City with Madam Bai and Yu Qiang to seek powerful curses, traveling south across the Sea of Ruins. They reached Black Forest, where Madam Bai arranged for them to meet its City Lord and suggested that Ding Ling target the Black Wolf King.

• Madam Bai introduced Yu Qiang to Ding Ling, and he agreed to let both women follow him after giving them two days to prepare.
• Yu Qiang grew to admire Ding Ling's many talents and became his friend, frustrating Madam Bai's attempt to enlist her help.
• Ding Ling, Madam Bai, and Yu Qiang rode south through the Sea of Ruins, where they saw three creatures transformed by the Dragon Gate Curse cross the sky.
• After crossing the Sea of Ruins before nightfall, the group reached Black Forest, and Madam Bai proposed that Ding Ling kill the nine-cursed Black Wolf King.
• Two ox-demon gatekeepers stopped them, and Madam Bai requested an audience with the Black Forest City Lord while promising to take the gatekeepers to Hundred Refinements City if they were punished.

Madam Bai, Yu Qiang, and Ding Ling entered Three Kings City, where they saw the demons’ brutal treatment of humans and met its three rulers. Xiong Fei revealed that the brothers had lured Madam Bai and Yu Qiang into a trap with the Lockdown Curse, leaving them trapped on the Lonely Road.

• Madam Bai led Yu Qiang and Ding Ling through the Black Forest entrance into Three Kings City, where they saw humans being slaughtered, enslaved, and eaten.
• Lang Wu welcomed Madam Bai and Yu Qiang, then escorted them toward his brothers while mistaking Madam Bai’s excitement for romantic interest.
• Lang Wu and She San eyed Ding Ling as food, but Lang Wu persuaded She San to spare him for the time being.
• At the beast arena, Lang Wu introduced She San, and the group continued to the City Lord’s Mansion to meet Xiong Fei.
• Xiong Fei demanded that Madam Bai and Yu Qiang marry him and Lang Wu, then revealed the Lockdown Curse had trapped them on the Lonely Road.
• Lang Wu, She San, and Xiong Fei admitted they had planned the trap and intended to force the women to stay with them.

Ding Ling defeated the three City Lords of Three Kings City, captured them in the Infinite Mirror Sea World, and drained their curse energy. After reaching Golden Core Perfection, he left Xiong Fei, Lang Wu, and She San powerless and begging for mercy.

• Xiong Fei, She San, and Lang Wu attacked Madam Bai and Yu Qiang, but Ding Ling injured all three with his Heaven Flipping Palm and Solitary Road.
• Ding Ling captured Lang Wu and She San in the Infinite Mirror Sea World and then returned after dealing with the fleeing Xiong Fei.
• Yu Qiang praised Ding Ling's strength, and he agreed to teach her kung fu, while Madam Bai persistently tried to become his disciple.
• Ding Ling released the three City Lords in a dazed state and absorbed Xiong Fei's curse energy, reaching Golden Core Perfection.
• Xiong Fei, Lang Wu, and She San regained consciousness weakened and terrified, and they begged Ding Ling to spare them.

Ding Ling killed She San, Xiong Fei, and Lang Wu, extracting five kinds of Curse Sources and learning how their powers and backlash worked. He balanced several curses within himself and upgraded the Beast Curse to Type 2, demonstrating its overwhelming strength.

• Ding Ling killed She San and extracted the Bone Shatter, Hidden Evil God, and Nine-Headed Serpent Curse Sources, using the Rebirth Curse to reduce the Hidden Evil God's backlash.
• Ding Ling killed Xiong Fei and extracted the Beast and Solitary Road Curse Sources, leaving Madam Bai astonished by his extraction success.
• Ding Ling killed Lang Wu and extracted another Beast Curse and Gale, strengthening his Beast Curse to Type 2.
• Ding Ling activated Beast Type 2 and transformed into a towering, immensely powerful figure, while Madam Bai and Yu Qiang watched in shock.

Ding Ling cleared Three Kings City of its monsters and former rulers, absorbing numerous Curse Sources and advancing to the Martial Nascent Soul level. After rescuing the commoners and gathering books and curse techniques, he left the city with Madam Bai and Yu Qiang, while the people settled there.

• Ding Ling moved into the City Lord's Mansion, killed monsters across Three Kings City, and stripped away their Curse Sources as Madam Bai and Yu Qiang followed in awe.
• After absorbing curses from more than a hundred lesser monsters, Ding Ling upgraded several to Type 3 and used their power to strengthen himself.
• Ding Ling found and killed the former rulers hiding beneath the city, obtaining Corruption and Destruction Curse Sources and reaching the Martial Nascent Soul level.
• Ding Ling searched the City Lord's Mansion, mastered books on Confucianism and curse techniques, and learned to unleash three Curse Sources at once.
• The next day, Ding Ling left Three Kings City with Madam Bai and Yu Qiang after rescuing its human captives, who settled in the city and its surrounding farmland.

Ding Ling traveled south, strengthened his Curse Sources, and taught Yu Qiang and Madam Bai Martial Dao True Understanding. As the Dragon Gate appeared in the South Sea and drew the demons toward it, Ding Ling approached to investigate and began suppressing its curse.

• Ding Ling upgraded Solitary Road and Skinning to Type 2, then continued south, killing monsters and raising his cultivation to the Martial Dharma Image realm.
• Ding Ling taught Yu Qiang Martial Dao True Understanding, then gave Madam Bai half of it after confirming her loyalty.
• Ding Ling decided to avoid the South Sea's peaceful lesser monsters and head east, but a gate rose from the seabed and the Dragon Gate Curse drew demons toward it.
• Yu Qiang and Madam Bai warned Ding Ling that the Dragon Gate Curse afflicted anyone who sensed it, but Ding Ling chose to leap over the gate.
• Ding Ling charged toward the Dragon Gate, where its curse began tearing at him, and used Martial Dao True Understanding to mobilize his other Curse Sources against it.

Ding Ling leaped the Dragon Gate with help from the Carp Spirit, Jinli, and gained the power to transform into a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon. After Jinli joined him, they left the Dragon Gate realm and encountered a powerful, unfamiliar Curse Source Power above the Sea of Ruins.

• Ding Ling swam upstream through the Dragon Gate’s torrent and followed the Carp Spirit, whose presence reduced the resistance.
• The Carp Spirit leaped over the golden arch, and Ding Ling followed her into a lake beside Azure Peak.
• Ding Ling absorbed Golden Current and gained the Dragon Gate Curse, allowing him to transform into a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon.
• Ding Ling shared Golden Current with the Carp Spirit, helping Jinli complete her transformation into a two-clawed golden Fish Dragon, and accepted her offer to follow him.
• Ding Ling and Jinli flew out of the lake realm and appeared above the Sea of Ruins, where a powerful Curse Source Power drove them forward.