Chapter Summaries

Ding Ling crushed Jebe’s invading army with hundreds of Tier 9 Curse Sources, then absorbed their blood and memories to strengthen his cape and max out numerous arts. He continued growing more powerful as Harry Potter, Hermione, and the others watched, while Zhu Qingling looked on in admiration.

• Ding Ling’s grinding discs shattered the battle formation and repeatedly crushed the battle generals, forcing Jebe to order a retreat.
• Ding Ling struck Jebe down and trapped him in a grinding disc, where he was crushed and resurrected again and again.
• The Ghost Generals and cavalry were annihilated, and Ding Ling’s blood-colored cape devoured the Blood Sea and became a Dark Gold Cape.
• Ding Ling extracted memories from the dead, maxed out the Great God Extermination Palm, Ancient Dao River Diagram, Three Realms Hand, and other arts, and advanced his version 6.0 Martial Dao True Understanding.
• Ding Ling absorbed energy from the Curse Source Water and Elf Mother Tree Soul Seeds, maxed out the Hongtu Secret Art, and formed the Hongtu Road beneath his feet.
• After Bo Ershu fell, Ding Ling extracted and maxed out the Blood Demon Divine Skill while Harry Potter, Hermione, and the others watched.

Ding Ling reached Demonic Dao Golden Immortal and Martial Dao Profound Immortal realms, crushed the Hell Tower’s warriors, and learned how its floor masters and historical fighters had been trapped there. He rescued the Transmigrators from the first floor and left Harry Potter, Hermione, and Dumbledore to calm them while he went with Zhu Qingling to retrieve others.

• Ding Ling mastered the Blood Demon Divine Skill, became a Demonic Dao Golden Immortal, and discovered that the art made its practitioners sacrificial prey for a hidden controller.
• Ding Ling crushed Jebe and the other warriors while extracting their secret arts and memories, learning that they came from other worlds and had spent tens of millions of years fighting for control of the Hell Tower’s floors.
• Ding Ling’s avatar reunited with his true body and transferred its treasures, enabling him to become a Martial Dao Golden Immortal and then advance to Profound Immortal while rushing toward Zhu Qingling.
• Ding Ling restored Ron and the others to their soul forms, gathered the Transmigrators on the Hell Tower’s first floor, and took them to Zhu Qingling’s safe area.
• Ding Ling left Harry Potter, Hermione, and Dumbledore to reassure the frightened Transmigrators while he and Zhu Qingling went to rescue people from the tower’s other floors.

Ding Ling rescued the Transmigrators from the first nine levels of Hell Tower and continued ascending until he faced Beerus, the seventeenth level’s ruler. Beerus attacked him, and their first clash sent shockwaves through the battlefield, leaving Temujin and the other generals terrified.

• Harry Potter and the others recounted how God Lord had rescued Zhu Qingling, earning the Transmigrators’ praise and making Hermione wonder whether to pursue him.
• Ding Ling rescued the Transmigrators from the second through eighth levels, then captured those on the ninth level after learning Genghis Khan had fled with his forces.
• Ding Ling continued through Hell Tower and reached the seventeenth level, where he found a vast army of Golden Immortal battle generals surrounding Beerus.
• Beerus recognized that Ding Ling had driven Temujin and the others to flee, then demanded to know where Ding Ling had heard his name.
• Beerus attacked Ding Ling, who answered with Boundless Sky; their clash sent Temujin and the other generals flying and devastated the nearby troops.

Ding Ling fought Beerus and overwhelmed him with the Heavenly Cry Saber Technique, then attacked Temujin and the other layer lords across the seventeenth layer. As the Hell Tower began to tremble and Tianji drew in the Blood Sea, Ding Ling’s Dark Gold Cape devoured it while his Martial Dao True Understanding continued to advance.

• Temujin, Yang Guang, Zhao Kuangyin, and the others provoked Beerus into fighting Ding Ling, hoping the Hell Tower’s master would appear if Beerus was endangered.
• Beerus attacked Ding Ling, but Ding Ling broke his leg with a kick and then repeatedly overwhelmed him with saber strikes.
• Ding Ling trapped Beerus in a World-Extinguishing Grinding Disc, crushed his body and scarlet cape, and absorbed the resulting Blood Sea.
• Ding Ling rushed at Temujin and the other layer lords, repeatedly killing them with the Heavenly Cry Saber Technique and its named moves.
• The Hell Tower trembled as the Blood Sea began retracting toward Tianji, but Ding Ling’s Dark Gold Cape absorbed it and grew brighter.
• Ding Ling extracted martial arts memories from the fallen warriors, raising his skills to max level and accelerating version 6.0 Martial Dao True Understanding.

Ding Ling grew stronger by refining secret arts and the Blood Hell Sword, then broke into Hell Tower’s eighteenth level to search for its hidden master. After discovering a vast Dark Blood Sea filled with monstrous worlds, he chose to pursue the powerful aura he found there despite the risks of getting lost.

• Ding Ling maxed out Temujin’s Tempering Bone Secret Art, strengthening his Root Bone and driving Limitless Qi Refining Technique toward level 1,000,000.
• The Hell Tower’s hidden master attacked Ding Ling with the Blood Hell Sword, but Ding Ling trapped and refined it.
• Ding Ling empowered his Dark Gold Cape, carried Zhu Qingling, and cut through the dimensional barriers to reach the eighteenth level.
• Ding Ling explored the Dark Blood Sea and found numerous planetary Bubble Worlds populated by bloodthirsty creatures resembling Asura.
• Ding Ling detected a powerful temporal aura and decided to pursue it, reasoning that his Immortal Palace Fragment could help him return if he became lost.

Ding Ling pursued the Hell Tower Master through millions of shifting Inner Worlds, reflecting on the possible Creator-level powers behind the ruined realms. He finally caught up with the Tower Master, but their fight continued as the enemy fled deeper into the labyrinth.

• Ding Ling sent Zhu Qingling back to the Real World to keep her safe while he hunted the Hell Tower Master.
• Ding Ling cut through millions of Inner Worlds, encountered dangerous monsters, and concluded that at least five Creator-level powers might be involved in the worlds’ destruction.
• Ding Ling became lost after reaching ten million layers but used an Immortal Palace Fragment as a way back and tracked the Tower Master’s aura along Hongtu Road.
• Ding Ling caught the Tower Master and struck him with his Heavenly Cry Saber Technique and Law Breaking Sword Art, sending him plunging into an Inner World.
• The Tower Master fled through layers of Inner Worlds using Blood Escape, while Ding Ling pursued him and insisted he was eliminating future trouble.

Ding Ling cornered the Hell Tower master, defeated his attempts to escape, and learned that he was Patriarch Ming River, a powerful old Player from the Honghuang World. Patriarch Ming River explained how he had built his Gu God Path around Hell Tower, leaving Ding Ling with the truth behind the tower and its master.

• Patriarch Ming River fled through the chaotic Inner World, but Ding Ling tracked him down and trapped him with a formation made from Tier 9 Curse Sources.
• Ding Ling overwhelmed Patriarch Ming River with his Curse Source abilities and revealed that he was an old Player named Ding Ling.
• Patriarch Ming River identified himself and recounted how a calamity in the Honghuang World had sent him through a temporal rift into the Boundless Realm.
• Patriarch Ming River explained that he had developed the Gu God Path by treating the people as Gu Spirits, the Asura masses as the Gu God, and the world as the Gu Body.
• Patriarch Ming River revealed that Hell Tower had formed naturally and that he had adopted it as the ideal foundation for his Gu Path.

Ding Ling learned Patriarch Ming River’s Immortal King Gu refinement method and Gu Dao Great Luo method, then immediately refined an Immortal King Gu and achieved the Gu Dao Great Luo Immortal Position. Patriarch Ming River was left stunned as Ding Ling became the pioneer of the very path he had developed.

• Patriarch Ming River explained how he had found and merged with the Hell Tower, abandoned the dangerous Curse Dao, and devoted himself to the Gu Dao until Ding Ling destroyed his chance to attain Great Luo.
• Ding Ling revealed that he had not attained Great Luo, and Patriarch Ming River offered to become an Immortal King Gu to save his life.
• After hearing Patriarch Ming River’s refinement method, Ding Ling instantly created an Immortal King Gu, stunning its creator.
• Patriarch Ming River explained the Gu Dao Great Luo method, and Ding Ling immediately mastered it.
• Ding Ling drew on the Curse Source, Blood Sea energy, and void spiritual energy to rise through the Gu Dao realms and achieve the Great Luo Immortal Position.
• Patriarch Ming River realized that Ding Ling had become the Gu Dao’s pioneer, despite Ming River having forged the path himself.

Ding Ling became the Gu Dao pioneer and achieved the Great Luo Dao Fruit, leaving Patriarch Ming River with no chance to escape his control. After absorbing power from Ming River’s cloak, Ding Ling reached Half-Step Great Luo and transformed Ming River into the Immortal King Gu, which he could command completely.

• Patriarch Ming River realized Ding Ling had become the Gu Dao pioneer and despaired as his plans to use the Immortal King Gu collapsed.
• Miraculous signs spread across the worlds, and Bulma and Qiu Xiang recognized the divine figure in the sky as the God Lord.
• Ding Ling explained that his spirit had reached Great Luo through Gu Dao, then refined the Blood Sea in Ming River’s cloak and advanced to Half-Step Great Luo.
• Ding Ling refused Ming River’s request for release and threatened him with the World-Extinguishing Grinding Disc until Ming River agreed to enter the Immortal King Gu.
• Ding Ling used his Gu Dao Dao Fruit to transform Ming River into a jade butterfly and gained absolute control over him.

Ding Ling returned to Zhu Qingling’s world with Patriarch Ming River bound to him as an Immortal King Gu, and Ming River learned that Ding Ling was both Zhu Qingling’s beloved and an astonishingly young Great Luo Immortal. After realizing Ding Ling’s potential, Ming River decided to support him and curry favor with Zhu Qingling.

• Ding Ling crossed countless Inner Worlds and used the Immortal Palace Fragment to return to Zhu Qingling’s world with Patriarch Ming River.
• Patriarch Ming River explored the world and discovered Ding Ling’s reputation, Zhu Qingling’s rapid rise, and her relationship with him.
• Patriarch Ming River watched Ding Ling and Zhu Qingling’s affection and grew lonely and envious of their romance.
• Patriarch Ming River sensed Ding Ling’s bone age and was shocked that such a young person had already become a Great Luo Immortal.
• Patriarch Ming River resolved to help Ding Ling grow stronger and began currying favor with Zhu Qingling.

Ding Ling cleared the Asuras from the Hell Tower, gathered all the Transmigrators in the Rainbow Infinite Realm, and set out with Zhu Qingling. On the Rainbow Road, he recognized the Void Nether Qi and began to suspect that the Void Nether Soul Zombies he had encountered were remnants of a more powerful world.

• Ding Ling destroyed the Asuras on the eighteenth floor and refined their blood energy, while Patriarch Ming River accepted that his long scheme could not compare with Ding Ling's flawless Great Luo Dao Fruit.
• Ding Ling descended to the seventeenth floor, found Beerus, Yang Guang, and the others dead, and gave the Dark Gold Cape and other treasures to Zhu Qingling.
• Ding Ling and Zhu Qingling reunited with Harry Potter, Hermione, and the other Transmigrators, then Ding Ling gathered every Transmigrator in the Rainbow Infinite Realm into a small world.
• Ding Ling and Zhu Qingling crossed the Boundless Realm by Rainbow Road, where Ding Ling recognized an aura like the Void Nether Qi from Everlasting Youth Valley.
• Ding Ling reasoned that Void Nether Soul Zombies might be produced by a world that could replicate not only appearances but also strength and abilities, and that the zombies he had fought might be remnants of a dead world.

Ding Ling realized the First Game World might be threatened by remnants of an ancient war and resolved to gather his allies in a safer world before returning to the Real World. Back in the Immortal Palace Territory, Zhu Qingling reunited with him, while Ding Ling learned Ultra Instinct — Max Level from Patriarch Ming River and prepared for future threats.

• Ding Ling considered how Void Nether Qi and dangerous monsters had appeared across multiple worlds, and decided to gather Diao Chan, Little Dragon Girl, and his Nine Provinces Divine Sect disciples somewhere they could cultivate safely.
• Ding Ling and Zhu Qingling returned to the Immortal Palace Territory, where Players recognized him as the God Lord and reacted with admiration, while Zhu Qingling clung to his arm and recalled confessing and kissing him.
• Ding Ling released the Transmigrators, and Zhu Qingling and Meng Weici organized Player teams to raise them.
• Ding Ling visited Meng Weici's cultivation retreat and discussed knowledge with Patriarch Ming River, who offered him valuable techniques to show his loyalty.
• Ding Ling learned Ultra Instinct — Max Level and told Patriarch Ming River that he had reached its strongest stage, leaving Patriarch Ming River awed and hopeful about Ding Ling's future.

Ding Ling absorbed Patriarch Ming River’s vast collection of secret techniques, advancing his Martial Dao True Understanding to version 6.0 and reaching the Half-Step Great Luo Immortal realm. After completing the Rainbow Infinite Realm mission, he seized and refined all three Spiritual Lights into a larger Immortal Palace Fragment, discovering that the Immortal Palace was also called the Main God Space and learning why its mission system was so simple.

• Patriarch Ming River passed Ding Ling his collected secret techniques and knowledge, which Ding Ling rapidly read and maxed out.
• Ding Ling’s Martial Dao True Understanding advanced to version 6.0, bringing his martial realm to the Half-Step Great Luo Immortal level.
• Zhu Qingling and Meng Weici greeted Ding Ling and reported that their missions were complete; Zhu Qingling then settled the final Transmigrator, turning the mission line green.
• Ding Ling seized the three Spiritual Lights awarded to Zhu Qingling, Meng Weici, and the third-most-contributing Player, refined them into an Immortal Palace Fragment, and entered seclusion.
• Zhu Qingling traveled through the Boundless Realm with the Immortal King Gu, collecting books for Ding Ling while he refined the fragment.
• After refining the fragment, Ding Ling learned that the Immortal Palace was the Main God Space and that its Lingering Will had simplified its system to basic transmigration missions, rewards, and punishments.

Ding Ling uncovered how the Immortal Palace Game used failed missions, dead worlds, and the Chessboard World to prepare two paths for its Lingering Will to possess a new body. After securing the Immortal Palace Fragments, he decided to return to the First Game World while his incarnation and Zhu Qingling continued conquering the Immortal Palace Game.

• Ding Ling learned that the Rainbow Infinite Realm was contested by four Creator factions and that the Immortal Palace Mastermind used conquered worlds to restore its Lingering Will.
• Ding Ling discovered that failed missions and destroyed worlds became the White Bone Heavenly Ladder, the Asura Blood Sea, and the Endless Villa Complex, where the dead were made to battle for a chance at rebirth and possession.
• Ding Ling concluded that the Immortal Palace Mastermind pursued two revival paths: possessing exceptional players or possessing natives who survived the Chessboard World's slaughter.
• Ding Ling decided to return to the First Game World with two Immortal Palace Fragments, leaving his incarnation, Zhu Qingling, and their allies to explore and conquer the Immortal Palace Game.
• Ding Ling appeared beside Zhu Qingling as she collected books, and she joyfully embraced him while Patriarch Ming River watched enviously.

Zhu Qingling proposed to Ding Ling, and he accepted, so she rushed to arrange their wedding and invite friends from the many worlds she had visited. The hurried celebration began at the Oriental Classic Hotel, where Zhu Qingling ran to embrace Ding Ling as guests captured the moment.

• Zhu Qingling proposed to Ding Ling before he left, and he accepted her flower and agreed to marry her that day.
• Patriarch Ming River secretly recorded the proposal and uploaded it, making news of Zhu Qingling and Ding Ling's marriage spread across the internet.
• Zhu Qingling traveled through the Dragon Ball world, the Real World, the Magic World, and other worlds to invite her friends to the wedding.
• Meng Weici and the others chose the Oriental Classic Hotel and organized an ancient Eastern-style wedding with help from the guests.
• Ding Ling arrived at the venue, and Zhu Qingling, dressed in her wedding gown, ran to embrace him as the Immortal King Gu and the guests recorded the moment.

After marrying Zhu Qingling, Ding Ling recruited powerful allies into the Nine Provinces Divine Sect and sought Gao Yulan’s ability to travel between dimensional layers. Gao Yulan led Ding Ling and Zhu Qingling into the Mystic Realm, where Ding Ling discovered that threads of the Creators’ origins connected their worlds and learned that seven Creators had fought, causing many worlds to overlap.

• Ding Ling and Zhu Qingling took a family portrait with their wedding guests, then Ding Ling established Nine Provinces Divine Sect branches in several worlds and gave martial arts teachings to talented, loyal allies.
• Zhu Qingling returned the guests to their worlds, and Ding Ling later returned to the Third Mission World to ask Gao Yulan to lead him to the Mystic Realm.
• Gao Yulan opened a passage through countless dimensional layers, bringing Ding Ling and Zhu Qingling to a dark, shifting realm filled with Void Nether Qi, Curse Sources, and hostile creatures.
• Ding Ling crossed the changing regions repeatedly and returned to the starting point, where threads formed from other Creators’ origins flowed into him.
• Ding Ling realized the threads could let him travel to worlds controlled by other Creators and concluded that seven Creators had fought, causing their worlds to collapse and intrude upon one another.

After absorbing more of the Creators’ origin, Ding Ling strengthened Sky City and returned to the Immortal Palace, where he learned that the Sea of Spacetime Emptiness threatened everything nearby. He reunited with Chen Zhen and the others and prepared to send them to the Immortal Palace World or other realms to cultivate.

• Ding Ling gained an ability like Gao Yulan’s, then assigned her to help Hermione establish a Nine Provinces Divine Sect Branch and train one hundred thousand disciples.
• Ding Ling left an incarnation and the Immortal Palace Fragment behind, upgraded Sky City, and took the Elf Mother Tree to increase his cultivation.
• Ding Ling reached the Immortal Palace at the end of the Sea of Space-Time and realized that the Sea of Spacetime Emptiness could poison and devour even powerful beings.
• Ding Ling brought Kong Xue and Uncle Nine to the Endless Villa Complex and reunited with Wan Jianyi, Thirteen Aunt, Chen Zhen, and the others.
• Ding Ling offered the group a choice between studying at the Research Institute and entering the Immortal Palace World; Yang Ling chose to accompany him, while others opted for the Immortal Palace World.
• Ding Ling planned to send Uncle Nine and others to worlds such as Alaska and Dragon Ball, then used the Nine Palaces Ball to gather everyone.

Ding Ling destroyed the Ruined Hospital after discovering that its doctors were sending immortal patients to be devoured, but he could not uncover why so many people recognized him as their lord. He reunited with his companions and sent them to other worlds for training, then urged Sun Wukong, Zhen Yuanzi, and the others to seek opportunities in the Immortal Palace Game.

• Ding Ling reinforced the seal on the Research Institute personnel, then took Yang Ling to the Little Mortal Realm and spent two days there with her.
• Ding Ling raided the Ruined Hospital, learned that its doctors were puppets and its patients came from the Honghuang Daoist Canon World, and destroyed the doctors and hospital after the patients who recognized him exploded.
• Ding Ling brought Yang Ling to the Lingbao Illustrated Handbook World, reunited with Jiang Ziya, Yun Zhongzi, Long Er, Xiang Er, and the others, and arranged for many of them to train in other worlds.
• Ding Ling collected his incarnation and the Lingbao Illustrated Handbook in the Projection World, then explained the Immortal Palace Game to Sun Wukong, Zhen Yuanzi, Pigsy, and the others.

Ding Ling returned to the Journey to the West worlds, rescued them from hidden Curse Source Water, and refined eight drops to strengthen his cultivation to the Great Perfection of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm. After reinforcing the world, he left with Yang Ling, wary of the far greater danger posed by the Curse Dao Lord.

• Ding Ling brought Yang Ling and the loyal figures from the Journey to the West worlds to the Immortal Palace Game World for his avatar to handle.
• Ding Ling repaired the Journey to the West worlds and refined hidden Void Qi, Curse Sources, and eight drops of corrosive Curse Source Water.
• Ding Ling considered the threat of the Immortal Palace Master's Lingering Will and the possibility that the Curse Dao Lord still possessed a conscious remnant.
• Ding Ling used the Curse Source Water's energy to advance his Martial Dao True Understanding and strengthen his Flawless Dao Fruit, shaking the Journey to the West World.
• The gods, buddhas, demons, and monsters felt the Curse Source energy recede and spiritual energy return, and they praised Ding Ling as their world began to recover.
• Ding Ling reached the Great Perfection of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, reinforced the Journey to the West World, and flashed back beside Yang Ling.

Ding Ling returned to the Underworld, found Zhang Fei imprisoned and tortured in the Human Realm, and rescued him before unleashing a millstone that began grinding the realm’s Demon Gods to dust. As Ding Ling and Zhang Fei prepared to confront the Heavenly Court, the other powers watched in fear and recognized Ding Ling’s overwhelming strength.

• Ding Ling left the Journey to the West World with Yang Ling and arrived in the Underworld, where Judge Cui told him King Yama had gone to the rear courtyard.
• Ding Ling opened a passage into the Human Realm and found Zhang Fei hanging from a cliff while carrion birds pecked at him.
• Ding Ling healed Zhang Fei, who recounted how Mirror Light Buddha had betrayed him and the Jade Emperor had sentenced him to a thousand years of torment.
• Ding Ling promised to clear out the Human Realm’s sinister creatures before accompanying Zhang Fei to the Heavenly Court.
• Ding Ling sent a millstone across the realm, killing Mad Lion and other Demon Gods infected with Void Nether Qi as the survivors watched in terror.