Chapter Summaries

Ding Ling learned that the Human Realm’s Demon Gods had pursued immortality by merging with corrupting energies and planned to use Li Shimin to draw power and beings from another world. He reached the Heavenly Court, punished its corrupted Gods, and discovered that Li Bai had escaped the destruction of the Lingbao Continent.

• The Human Realm’s Demon Gods and sect leaders fell silent after Ding Ling killed the corrupted powers and set off for the Heavenly Court.
• Ding Ling learned that the Demon Gods had fused with Void Nether Qi and Curse Source Qi for immortality, then devised a plan to use Li Shimin to fish for beings and treasures from his world.
• Ding Ling reached the Heavenly Court and killed corrupted Gods while stripping Void Nether Qi and Curse Source from those with little evil influence.
• The Jade Emperor pleaded with Ding Ling and blamed the Buddha Realm for forcing him to punish Zhang Fei, while Zhang Fei demanded that he satisfy Ding Ling.
• Ding Ling questioned Li Bai and learned that he had escaped the destruction of the Lingbao Continent, where a palm from the heavens had shattered the stars and destroyed the world.

Ding Ling returned from the Spirit Void Blessed Grotto after appointing Li Bai as its Jade Emperor and completing the Immortal Path Furnace, then reunited with Diao Chan and the other women in the Three Kingdoms World. News of his return spread across the Heavens, renewing the Nine Provinces Divine Sect’s and the Players’ hopes of making progress.

• Ding Ling appointed Li Bai ruler of the Spirit Void Blessed Grotto, captured Many-Faced Buddha, and left the remaining gods and Buddhas to Li Bai’s rule.
• After reading billions of books, Ding Ling completed the Immortal Path Furnace and began refining his many non-Martial Dao techniques.
• Ding Ling learned that the Void Sea was merging into the Spirit Void Blessed Grotto and would eventually connect it to the Cursed Journey to the West World, then departed with Yang Ling and Zhang Fei.
• Ding Ling sent Zhang Fei back to the sect and traveled with Yang Ling to the Three Kingdoms World, where Diao Chan and the other women joyfully welcomed him home.
• Ding Ling introduced Yang Ling to the women, and she began to feel at home with them.
• News of Ding Ling’s return spread across the Heavens, and the Nine Provinces Divine Sect and Players celebrated.

Ding Ling reunited with Zhao Ling'er and helped her and his other wives begin cultivating the Eight Longevity Methods before leaving to investigate invading Curse Source and Void Nether Qi across the worlds. He gained new Tier 9 Curses and strengthened his techniques, then continued searching for threats eroding the First Game World.

• Ding Ling returned to the Chinese Paladin World, reunited with Zhao Ling'er, and introduced her to his other wives, who welcomed her as their younger sister.
• Ding Ling planted an Elf Mother Tree, established formations, and taught the women the Eight Longevity Methods, guiding them until they mastered the basics before he departed.
• Ding Ling refined Curse Source Water and Void Nether Qi in the Three Kingdoms World, advancing his Martial Dao True Understanding to Half-Step Great Luo and his Limitless Qi Refining Technique to level 1,000,000.
• Ding Ling cleared Curse Source and Void Nether Qi from the End of the Qin Dynasty and End of the Sui Dynasty, gaining the Tier 9 Skinning Curse Source.
• Ding Ling discovered and refined invading forces near The Deer and the Cauldron, The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, and Sword Stained with Royal Blood, gaining the Tier 9 Beast and Cage Curse Sources.

Ding Ling searched the dimensional layers, destroying hidden Void Nether Worlds and gathering Water from the Source of Curses before traveling through countless martial arts worlds to strengthen his foundation. After the True Explanation of Martial Dao reached Version 7.0, he became a Martial Dao Great Luo Immortal, but his cultivation stopped at the late stage for lack of energy.

• Ding Ling refined two Void Nether Worlds and a drop of Water from the Source of Curses, then continued searching deeper layers and found growing numbers of threats approaching the worlds.
• Ding Ling discovered that the dimensional layers contained countless hidden worlds, entered them, read their libraries, and helped talented people while his reputation spread across the heavens.
• Ding Ling spent several years conquering worlds and collecting their books, raising the True Explanation of Martial Dao to Version 7.0 and triggering a vast celestial phenomenon witnessed by people across the worlds.
• Guan Yu watched Ding Ling's manifestation and resolved to grow stronger so he could serve him and pay his respects alongside other powerful figures.
• Ding Ling plucked his Martial Dao Great Luo Dao Fruit and advanced from Half-Step Great Luo to Great Luo late stage, but he lacked enough reserves to reach Great Perfection.

After returning to the New Legend of Madame White Snake World, Ding Ling reunited with Mu Jianping, who had endured years of hardship trying to find him, and promised she could stay by his side. He rescued her from the Golden Cudgel Dharma King and learned that demons had been hunting Ascenders and Players for rewards.

• Ding Ling used Flash Step to travel to the New Legend of Madame White Snake World, intending to find Xiaoqing, Bai Suzhen, and the others.
• Ding Ling recognized Mu Jianping and learned she had spent decades pursuing him through dangerous worlds, suffering severe injuries and repeated setbacks.
• Ding Ling promised Mu Jianping she could follow him, and she embraced him after revealing she was willing to stay by his side for the rest of her life.
• The Golden Cudgel Dharma King arrived to capture Mu Jianping for a reward, but Ding Ling seized him and broke the demon's attempt to confuse her with a Buddhist chant.
• The Golden Cudgel Dharma King explained that the Mount Ling Holy Land and the Heavenly Court had ordered Ascenders and Players captured or killed, and that bounty hunters received greater rewards for taking them alive.

Ding Ling learned that the Heavenly Court and Vulture Peak were hunting Ascenders and Players, then helped Mu Jianping rapidly advance toward becoming a Martial True Immortal. When Star Gods attacked them, Ding Ling killed them all, and they revived at the Immortal Pool, where An Lushan demanded to know what had happened.

• Golden Cudgel Dharma King explained that the Heavenly Court and Vulture Peak had issued bounties for killing Ascenders and Players, and Ding Ling realized how badly outmatched they were in this world.
• Golden Cudgel Dharma King recognized Ding Ling, but Ding Ling searched his soul, absorbed his secret techniques, and refined him into ashes for his crimes.
• Ding Ling gave Mu Jianping Golden Cudgel Dharma King's purified cultivation and the Martial Dao True Understanding, helping her rapidly approach immortality as Heaven and Earth celebrated her advancement.
• More than twenty Star Gods arrived and attacked Ding Ling and Mu Jianping, but Ding Ling stopped Yu Baosi's stomp and destroyed the attacking Star Gods with flicks of his finger.
• The Star Gods revived at the Immortal Pool, where An Lushan asked them what formidable enemy had killed them all at once.

Mu Jianping’s advancement to Martial True Immortal drew attacks from Star Gods and Arhats, but Ding Ling effortlessly killed them. The surviving gods and Buddhas reported the mysterious young man’s power, unaware that Ding Ling had already reached Great Luo.

• Yu Baosi and Liu Tang fought over Yu Baosi’s claim that a young man had killed the Star Gods, until An Lushan and the others intervened.
• Shi Qian told An Lushan that a young man protecting a newly advancing Martial True Immortal had flicked the Star Gods to death, and the Star Gods planned to report the incident to the Falling Devil Ancestor.
• Falling Dragon attacked Mu Jianping with his alms bowl, but Ding Ling took control of it and killed Falling Dragon and the other monks.
• Falling Dragon Arhat and the other surviving Arhats revived in the Eight Treasures Merit Pool, and Sitting Deer Arhat told Samantabhadra Bodhisattva what had happened.
• Samantabhadra Bodhisattva left to report the incident to Buddha, while the Arhats speculated about the young man’s identity and mistakenly dismissed the possibility that Ding Ling had become that powerful.

After Ding Ling annihilated the Gods and Buddhas sent against him, the Heavenly Court and Vulture Peak gathered to plan their response while Nezha refused to scout ahead alone. On Phoenix Mountain, Ding Ling met Hua Xiaomei and her family, who thanked him for freeing them from the Golden Cudgel Dharma King and chose to follow him into the coming war.

• Great Emperor Zhenwu summoned Gods and Buddhas to Falling Devil Ancestor's Hall to discuss the destruction of the Eighteen Arhats and many Star Gods.
• Nezha refused to scout the Lower Realm alone, so the Gods and Buddhas decided to advance together with ten thousand Celestial Soldiers and Generals.
• After Ding Ling's attack, the Earth Gods and nearby monsters fled or watched him from hiding.
• Hua Xiaomei recognized Ding Ling as the God Lord and introduced him to her family of Flower Demons on Phoenix Mountain.
• Hua Xiaomei's family told Ding Ling that the Golden Cudgel Dharma King had controlled the mountain and that his defeat had freed them from his oppression.
• Ding Ling tasted the family's flower wine, then warned them he would soon go to war with the Heavenly Court and Vulture Peak; Hua Xiaomei and her family insisted on following him.

Ding Ling recruited the Immortal Blossom Mother Tree Xiang'er, taught Hua Xiaomei's family and Mu Jianping powerful techniques, and learned that the Heavenly Court and Vulture Peak had gathered to besiege him. As Li Gongfu tried to keep Xu Shilin from going to Phoenix Mountain, Xu Shilin revealed he wanted Ding Ling to save his imprisoned mother, Bai Suzhen.

• Ding Ling accepted the Immortal Blossom Mother Tree, which Xiang'er transformed into light and planted in his Sea of Consciousness, where it supplied him with spiritual energy.
• Xiang'er told Ding Ling that her parents had sent her across dimensional barriers and sealed her to protect her, and she explained how Hua Xiaomei's family had been nurtured from her petals and vegetation laws.
• Ding Ling bestowed the Hundred Flowers Wonderful Dao Art on Hua Xiaomei's family of seven and empowered Mu Jianping with the Flash Step Divine Ability.
• Heavenly Soldiers and Generals arrived near Phoenix Mountain as the Heavenly Court and Vulture Peak prepared to besiege Ding Ling.
• At a tavern beside West Lake, Sima Liao defended Ding Ling when Li Gongfu predicted his defeat, and Li Gongfu's son Xu Shilin arrived to say Aunt Qing had gone to Phoenix Mountain.
• Xu Shilin told Li Gongfu he wanted to ask Ding Ling to save his mother, Bai Suzhen, but Li Gongfu urged him to wait because the Heavenly Court and Vulture Peak had surrounded Phoenix Mountain.

Xu Shilin and his family went to West Lake to watch Ding Ling face the Heavenly Court and Vulture Peak, while Li Gongfu feared the battle would bring danger to them. After the Gods and Buddhas surrounded Phoenix Mountain with overwhelming force, they suddenly vanished, leaving the spectators to wonder whether Ding Ling had defeated them.

• Xu Shilin urged his family to go to West Lake so he could see Ding Ling, but Li Gongfu warned them to keep their distance from the battle.
• Sima Liao boasted to Xu Shilin about Ding Ling’s legendary deeds as the family watched Phoenix Mountain from their boat.
• Heavenly Soldiers, Generals, Divine Generals, and Bodhisattvas surrounded Phoenix Mountain, and their pressure forced the people on West Lake to their knees.
• Dark clouds, thunder, storms, and fiery rain engulfed Phoenix Mountain as Sima Liao protested that the Gods and Buddhas were overwhelming Ding Ling with numbers.
• The clouds cleared and the Gods and Buddhas disappeared, allowing the spectators to stand and prompting Xu Shilin to wonder whether Ding Ling had defeated them.

Xu Shilin and his family reached Phoenix Mountain after learning that Ding Ling had defeated the Gods and Buddhas, and Qi Baoshan led them into the mountain's secret realm. Xiaoqing came to receive them on Ding Ling's orders, while Xu Shilin prepared to ask her how to approach the God Lord.

• Xu Shilin realized that Ding Ling had won, and persuaded Li Gongfu, Xu Jiaorong, and Li Bilian to travel to Phoenix Mountain with him.
• At the mountain, Qi Baoshan told the family he hoped to become Ding Ling's disciple and used a silver leaf to open a passage into the Phoenix Mountain Secret Realm.
• Xu Shilin's group entered the secret realm and began climbing toward the summit, where they expected to find Ding Ling.
• Xiaoqing descended to meet them and explained that Ding Ling had sent her to receive the group.
• The chapter recounted how Xiaoqing had reunited with Ding Ling, witnessed him defeat the Gods and Buddhas, and vowed to remain by his side.

Li Gongfu's family and Qi Baoshan met Ding Ling after learning he had collected all the Gods and Buddhas, and they were overwhelmed by his power and appearance. Ding Ling accepted Qi Baoshan and Xu Shilin into the Nine Provinces Divine Sect to study, leaving their chances of becoming his disciples dependent on their cultivation.

• Xiaoqing told Li Gongfu's group that Ding Ling had collected all the Gods and Buddhas, astonishing them and inspiring Qi Baoshan to seek him as a master.
• Xiaoqing led the group into the mountain grotto, where they met Ding Ling and bowed; Li Gongfu immediately performed a grand kowtow.
• Qi Baoshan repeatedly struck his head against the ground to beg for discipleship, but Ding Ling refused to accept him as a disciple and offered him entry into the Nine Provinces Divine Sect instead.
• Ding Ling sent Qi Baoshan the max-level Martial Dao True Understanding, prompting him to enter sudden enlightenment and rapidly advance toward becoming a Martial Dao Immortal.
• Xu Shilin knelt and asked to become Ding Ling's disciple, explaining that he wanted a path beyond the gods' worldly ways that could save all living beings.
• Ding Ling agreed to let Xu Shilin study in the Nine Provinces Divine Sect on the same terms as Qi Baoshan, with discipleship dependent on his progress.

Ding Ling passed Xu Shilin a secret art that severed his ties to the Wen Qu Star and raised him to immortality, then granted methods to Li Gongfu, Li Bilian, and Xu Jiaorong. After sending them from Phoenix Mountain, the group encountered Sima Liao and the Players, who confronted Li Gongfu about his earlier doubts about the Gate Master.

• Ding Ling taught Xu Shilin the Nine Heavens Profound Gate Divine Skill, and Xu Shilin ascended to immortality amid auspicious signs.
• Xu Shilin discovered he could fly and conjure flames, thanked Ding Ling, and pledged himself to the Divine Sect.
• Li Gongfu, Li Bilian, and Xu Jiaorong asked for opportunities, and Ding Ling gave them cultivation methods before sending them away with Xiaoqing's instructions.
• Xu Shilin asked about his birth mother, Bai Suzhen, and Xiaoqing assured him they would resolve the matter and that his mother would find him.
• Sima Liao and the Players saw the group appear outside Phoenix Mountain, and Sima Liao challenged Li Gongfu over his past criticism of the Gate Master.

Ding Ling trapped the Gods and Buddhas in the Starry Sky Ancient Map, severed their paths to resurrection, and began taking their memories and cultivation. As he picked them off one by one, the survivors realized death was final and pleaded for their lives.

• Ding Ling used the Starry Sky Ancient Map and a Heavenly Blade formed from Curse Sources to trap the Gods and Buddhas and sever their links to the Heavenly Court and Vulture Peak.
• Ding Ling hypnotized Samantabhadra Bodhisattva, took his memories and secret arts, then refined his cultivation into a Golden Pill for Mu Jianping.
• Ding Ling continued taking Bodhisattvas from the map and giving their Golden Pills to Mu Jianping, whose Vajra Body rapidly advanced toward the Vajra Saint Body.
• The trapped Gods and Buddhas watched Samantabhadra Bodhisattva and Vajra Bodhisattva die without resurrection and feared that they would be next.
• Great Emperor Zhenwu, Marshal Tianpeng, Nezha, and Taming Tiger Arhat each knelt and offered to serve when Ding Ling's hand reached for them.

A Heaven-Supporting Giant Hand seized the Vulture Peak Arhats one by one, while their attempts to imitate the spared Heavenly Court figures and even switch sides failed. As the Arhats pushed the Heavenly Court forces to help them resist, some Heaven Generals formed a smaller Heavenly Net Formation to face the hand.

• The Heaven-Supporting Giant Hand took the Taming Tiger Arhat despite his plea for mercy, leaving the gods and Arhats searching for why Nezha and Great Emperor Zhenwu had been spared.
• The hand seized the Happy Arhat, and the River-Crossing Arhat, Elephant Riding Arhat, Happy Heart Arhat, and Ear Cleaning Arhat were also taken despite copying the spared figures or declaring their loyalty.
• The Cloth Sack Arhat suggested that Ding Ling was targeting the Vulture Peak faction because of Guanyin Bodhisattva, and the Arhats tried claiming they had switched sides, but the hand ignored them.
• The Arhats urged Great Emperor Zhenwu, Nezha, Marshal Tianpeng, and the Heaven Generals to join their resistance, but the Heavenly Court figures refused to lead them.
• After the Banana Arhat was taken, some Heaven Generals joined the Arhats in forming a smaller Heavenly Net Formation to block the giant hand.

Ding Ling crushed the Arhats’ resistance, captured Song Jiang and Dong Ping, and killed Li Kui as the surviving Star Gods turned on Great Emperor Zhenwu. Nezha resolved to seek a new path under Ding Ling, while Zhenwu fled the Star Gods and Dong Ping’s knowledge and cultivation were claimed by Ding Ling.

• Ding Ling destroyed the Arhats’ Heavenly Net with one finger, annihilating their forces and refining their cultivation into Golden Pills.
• Ding Ling captured Song Jiang, then killed Li Kui after Li Kui challenged him.
• The Star Gods blamed Great Emperor Zhenwu for bringing them to fight Ding Ling and threatened to attack him until he promised to beg Ding Ling for their lives.
• Ding Ling ignored Zhenwu’s plea, captured Dong Ping, and left Zhenwu to flee from Hua Rong and the other pursuing Star Gods.
• Nezha reconsidered his reliance on incense faith and hoped to survive and become Ding Ling’s disciple.
• Ding Ling obtained Dong Ping’s Double Spear Divine Art and Tiance Star God Condensation Secret Art, killed him, and refined his cultivation into a star point.

Ding Ling finished subduing the Heavenly Court’s forces and rescued Bai Suzhen from Leifeng Pagoda after discovering that her soul had been torn from her body. Bai Suzhen recovered and revealed that Guanyin Bodhisattva, not Fahai, had caused her ordeal.

• Ding Ling finished questioning and defeating hundreds of thousands of Heavenly Soldiers and Generals, keeping Great Emperor Zhenwu, Nezha, and Marshal Tianpeng alive and learning their techniques.
• Ding Ling brought Mu Jianping, Nezha, Great Emperor Zhenwu, Marshal Tianpeng, Xiaoqing, and Hua Xiaomei’s family to Leifeng Pagoda to rescue Bai Suzhen.
• Ding Ling broke the statues sustaining Bai Suzhen’s Soul-Losing Technique, entered the Underworld, and retrieved her lost soul despite Black and White Impermanence’s attack.
• Ding Ling reunited Bai Suzhen’s soul with her body, and Bai Suzhen awoke and thanked him for saving her from becoming a puppet.
• Bai Suzhen told Xiaoqing that Guanyin Bodhisattva had afflicted her, shocking Xiaoqing and the watching Heavenly generals.

Ding Ling restored Bai Suzhen and Xiaoqing’s freedom, while Fahai fled in terror as reports reached him that Vulture Peak had fallen and former companions had risen to immortality. The chapter ended with Wu Song and the others struggling to believe Ding Ling had restored their past-life memories and granted them powerful positions in the Heavenly Court.

• Bai Suzhen told Ding Ling she wanted to visit Xu Shilin, and Ding Ling invited her to the Hall of Universal Brightness the following month.
• Fahai fled Leifeng Pagoda after spotting Ding Ling and his companions, then learned that Ding Ling had destroyed Vulture Peak and lamented his decision to stay neutral.
• Fahai heard that Wu Song, Hu Meiniang, Caiyin, and other reincarnated companions had regained their memories, ascended to immortality, and received high positions in the Heavenly Court.
• Xiaoqing accepted command of the North Dipper Seven Stars Lords after Ding Ling urged her to take the appointment.
• Ding Ling restored Wu Song’s past-life memories and brought him from a life of hardship into immortality, leaving him and the other newly appointed immortals stunned.

Ding Ling established control over the Three Realms, elevated his followers, and refined the captured Gods and Buddhas for their cultivation and knowledge. After killing this world's Mahavairocana, he sensed that the Buddha's true form beyond the dimensional worlds had noticed him.

• Caiyin, Hu Meiniang, Dou Linzhang, and Dou Meng recalled how Ding Ling had rescued or empowered them and helped them ascend to Heaven.
• Ding Ling brought Diao Chan and his other companions to Heaven, empowered them, and made Zhuge Liang Heavenly Emperor before leaving him to govern the Three Realms.
• At the Pan Tao Feast, Xiang Yu, Chief Zuo, Yan Chixia, Lu Bu, and other immortals praised Ding Ling and celebrated their fortunes as members of the Nine Provinces Divine Sect.
• Ding Ling captured the Gods and Buddhas, made them record their knowledge, and mastered the Incense Faith Path, though it could not form a Great Luo Dao Fruit.
• Ding Ling killed several Buddhas, including Mahavairocana, and sensed that Mahavairocana's true form had looked toward him from beyond the dimensional worlds.

Ding Ling investigated the Gods and Buddhas, discovered that many were connected to powerful figures in the Upper Realm, and killed them despite sensing hostile watchers. After completing his missions in the Three Realms and Six Paths, he empowered Diao Chan and his other allies and prepared to leave the world.

• Ding Ling killed the Antarctic Immortal Elder when he called on the Gods and Buddhas to fight, then continued investigating their backgrounds.
• Ding Ling discovered that the Heavenly Court Holy Mother was formed from a thought of the Queen Mother of the West; he killed her and sensed a powerful gaze watching him.
• Ding Ling learned that the Gods and Buddhas had been created as puppets by beings with designs on the Lower Realm, and he killed them all, including the Hundred Flowers Fairy.
• Ding Ling gave the Golden Pills and Starlight Magic he had collected to Diao Chan, his other companions, and high-ranking disciples, rapidly advancing their cultivation.
• Ding Ling confirmed that all three missions had reached 100% completion and decided it was time to leave the world.