Chapter Summaries

Ding Ling used an ancient diagram to defeat the invading demons and restore the wounded and dead soldiers, astonishing Xiong Kuohai and the borderland generals. After Princess Huainan returned the diagram to Ding Ling, Li Yuanji and the generals approached the Library Pavilion to pay their respects.

• Huang Feng-guai overwhelmed Wu Yunzhao, while White Dragon severed Xiong Kuohai’s limbs and left him expecting to die.
• An ancient diagram appeared, absorbed the demons—including Huang Feng-guai—and sent out green light that healed the soldiers and restored the dead.
• Wu Yunzhao and Wu Tianxi credited Ding Ling with saving them, and Xiong Kuohai realized that the Players and Ascenders had understated Ding Ling’s power.
• Li Yuanji asked Princess Huainan to speak well of him to Ding Ling, and she agreed as she led the generals toward the Library Pavilion.
• Princess Huainan reunited with Ding Ling, returned the ancient diagram, and discussed the border battle with him while Li Yuanji and the generals bowed respectfully outside.

Ding Ling used the Ancient Starry Sky Map to capture and subdue Huang Feng-guai, White Dragon, Huang Pao-guai, and other Demon Kings, while Chen Xuanzang regretted rejecting Ding Ling’s offer to join the God Sect. The Demon Kings swore loyalty and began handing over their secret techniques.

• Xiong Kuohai and the other generals thanked Ding Ling for saving them, then returned to guard the frontier after he said he would leave the next day.
• Li Yuanji and the others escorted Ding Ling for ten li, and news of Ding Ling’s victory reached Chang’an, where Li Shimin celebrated his son-in-law’s achievement.
• Chen Xuanzang told the fat monk that Ding Ling’s method seemed more effective, then regretted refusing the chance to join the God Sect and learn the Devil Subduing Method.
• Ding Ling used the Ancient Starry Sky Map to knock down Huang Feng-guai and the other Demon Kings, then tortured them repeatedly with Curse Sources until they submitted.
• Huang Feng-guai, White Dragon, and the others swore loyalty to Ding Ling and began writing down their secret techniques.

Ding Ling mastered the Demon Kings’ secret arts, raised the six princesses to Martial True Immortals, and continued west with his companions. At an abandoned temple, they met Fahai, who challenged their alliance with demons and recognized Sun Wukong as a Monkey Demon.

• Ding Ling read and mastered the Demon Kings’ secret manuals, then released the Golden Hoop-wearing great demons and refined hundreds of thousands of ordinary demons into pure purple pills.
• Ding Ling used the Martial Dao True Understanding and purple pills to raise the six princesses from their foundations to Martial True Immortals, and they awoke transformed and more devoted to him.
• Fourth Fiend asked Ding Ling to make her more beautiful, while Sun Wukong, Pig Zhu Ganglie, and the others sought a chance to receive his help; Ding Ling said it depended on abandoning their demonic nature and harming no innocents.
• Ding Ling’s group took shelter from heavy rain in an abandoned temple, where a young monk condemned their traveling alongside demons and introduced himself as Fahai.
• Fahai warned Ding Ling that demons had to be stopped through slaughter, then recognized Sun Wukong as a Monkey Demon and rebuked him for speaking arrogantly.

Fahai challenged Sun Wukong to a life-or-death duel, but Ding Ling stopped the fight before Sun Wukong could kill him. After learning Ding Ling’s identity, Fahai offered his secret arts, received guidance, and broke through to Great Perfection in the Tianlong Golden Body Secret Art; he then asked to follow Ding Ling.

• Fahai wagered his life against Sun Wukong and demanded that Ding Ling not interfere.
• Fahai used his dragon seals, kasaya, and begging bowl against Sun Wukong, but Sun Wukong broke free and shattered Fahai’s arms with one strike.
• Ding Ling called Sun Wukong back, and Young Master Empty identified Ding Ling as the Lord of the Myriad Heavens Divine Gate.
• Fahai gave Ding Ling his secret arts, and Ding Ling mastered them instantly before answering Fahai’s questions about the Tianlong Golden Body Secret Art.
• Fahai experienced an epiphany, perfected his Tianlong Golden Body, and asked Ding Ling to let him follow.
• Fahai explained that Buddha had ascended from the Lower Realm to pursue higher Buddhist teachings, but had arrived in a different world.

Fahai joined Ding Ling’s group, and Ding Ling released White Dragon, Huang Feng-guai, and Huang Pao-guai after the demons’ defeat. When Li Yuanba was beaten back from Black Wind Mountain, the three demons went to recruit Black Wind Monster but were met with hostility.

• Fahai begged to follow Ding Ling, who accepted him into the group.
• Fahai told the princesses about the Green Snake legend world and how Players had altered the lives of Green Snake, White Snake, and Xu Xian.
• Ding Ling released White Dragon, Huang Feng-guai, and Huang Pao-guai, who knelt and pledged to obey him.
• Zhu Ganglie tried to win Ding Ling’s favor by serving the group, while the three newly released demons took up lesser duties in the procession.
• Li Yuanba returned from Black Wind Mountain defeated by Black Wind Monster, so Huang Feng-guai and Huang Pao-guai offered to recruit him.
• The three demons arrived at Black Wind Mountain and asked Black Wind Monster to surrender, but he angrily ordered them to leave.

Ding Ling captured and subdued Black Bear Demon, learned his secret arts to Great Perfection, and continued west with his companions. After seeing how demons preyed on people in the Western Region, Ding Ling destroyed Shituo Kingdom and its leaders, then began gathering memories from the ruins.

• Black Bear Demon refused White Dragon, Huang Feng-guai, and Huang Pao-guai’s invitation, but Sun Wukong later fought him and returned to report that the demon had retreated into Black Wind Cave.
• Ding Ling drew Black Bear Demon and the demons of Black Wind Cave into the Ancient Starry Sky Map, forced Black Bear Demon to submit, and refined the other demons into Purple Elixirs.
• Black Bear Demon gave Ding Ling his secret manuals, and Ding Ling mastered the Battle Secret Art and the other arts as Black Bear Demon watched in astonishment.
• Black Bear Demon emerged wearing a Golden Hoop and knelt before Ding Ling, who continued the journey west with his companions and taught the six Princesses along the way.
• The travelers saw that demons across the Western Region kept humans as food, and Ding Ling annihilated Shituo Kingdom, including its leaders Green Lion, White Elephant, and Golden Winged Great Peng.
• Ding Ling extended his Martial Dao Domain over Shituo Kingdom and began collecting points of light containing fragments of its people’s memories.

Ding Ling continued west, absorbing the secret arts of demons he defeated, and Li Yuanba brought him the powerful White Bone Demon. After recognizing Ding Ling’s authority and joining his followers, she became fascinated by him, provoking the Princesses to hide him from her.

• Ding Ling acquired dozens of max-level secret arts from the memories of the three demons of Shituo Kingdom, while Sun Wukong and the others felt relieved they had survived by submitting to him.
• Ding Ling continued defeating demons in kingdoms along the road and taking their memories and abilities, strengthening his cultivation and understanding of the Martial Dao and Immortal Path.
• Li Yuanba captured the White Bone Demon after fighting through her false forms and finding her true body on White Bone Mountain.
• The White Bone Demon recognized Ding Ling as the leader and, after seeing Sun Wukong proudly call himself Ding Ling’s dog, asked to join his followers.
• Ding Ling accepted the White Bone Demon, while the Princesses displayed their affection for him and then closed their sedan curtains to stop her from looking at him.

Ding Ling extinguished Flame Mountain’s Samadhi True Fire and forged powerful divine weapons for his companions before reaching Tianzhu Kingdom, where Falling Dragon Arhat came to meet him. The chapter ended with Falling Dragon Arhat entering Ding Ling’s residence and respectfully bowing.

• Ding Ling traced the origins of the corpses in White Bone Mountain to demons killed by an unknown blade, then continued onward with White Bone Demon and the others.
• Ding Ling extinguished Flame Mountain’s fires with a breath of rain and identified scattered fragments as pieces of Lord Lao’s Eight Trigrams Furnace.
• Ding Ling forged six divine swords for the princesses, then made a treasured sword for Young Master Empty and reforged Sun Wukong’s Ruyi Jingu Bang and the others’ weapons.
• Ding Ling’s party reached Tianzhu Kingdom, where the king and his officials welcomed them and hosted them in the capital.
• Falling Dragon Arhat arrived that night, gained permission from Fahai to see Ding Ling, and entered to pay his respects.

Ding Ling agreed to meet the Buddha and traveled to Vulture Peak, where the Buddha asked him to help resolve the world’s demonic calamity. Ding Ling agreed to inspect the Devil’s Cave after reading the temple’s books, while the Jade Rabbit Demon resolved to seek him out for help with her demonic nature.

• Falling Dragon Arhat told Ding Ling that the Buddha wanted a meeting, and Ding Ling agreed after arranging to view the Vulture Peak Atlas.
• The Jade Rabbit Demon became captivated by Ding Ling during his departure from the Tianzhu Kingdom and planned to ask him to take her as his disciple.
• The Buddha personally welcomed Ding Ling at Great Thunderclap Temple, where Sun Wukong and the others were startled by the Buddha’s appearance.
• The Buddha asked Ding Ling to help resolve the Devil’s Cave, and Ding Ling agreed to inspect it after reading the books in the Library Pavilion.
• The Bodhisattvas and Arhats worried that involving Ding Ling might provoke the Devil’s Cave and undo their long effort to contain it.

Ding Ling mastered Vulture Peak’s scriptures and secret arts, impressing the Buddhas and giving them renewed hope that he could defeat the Devil’s Cave. After tracing the Array Battle Secret Art’s missing half to a mysterious blade, he finished his visit to Vulture Peak, and the group prepared to travel to the Heavenly Court.

• The Buddhas worried that their plan to cultivate Chen Xuanzang’s Buddha Heart was failing and debated whether to trust Ding Ling to confront the Devil’s Cave.
• Ding Ling read through Vulture Peak’s Library Pavilion and instantly mastered its Buddhist texts and secret arts, while Sun Wukong mocked the astonished Buddhas.
• Ding Ling mastered the Array Battle Secret Art, traced its missing half through their karmic link, and saw the mysterious blade cleave the gold-foil manual in two.
• Ding Ling mastered the Ten-Thousand-Zhang Golden Body, then thanked Tathagata Buddha after completing his visit to the library.
• The group decided to head to the Heavenly Court, and Tathagata Buddha suggested taking the Ancient Starry Sky Road.

Tathagata Buddha explained that the Solar System held the universe’s richest essence and that he had sacrificed his Buddha Heart to hold back the Devil’s Cave. Ding Ling and the others traveled along the Starry Sky Ancient Road in a Dragon Horse’s Mu Jin cart, arriving at the Heavenly Court with questions about the road’s mysterious creator still unresolved.

• Tathagata Buddha told Princess Huainan and the others how he reached the North Dipper, became a Great Luo Immortal, and returned to fight the Devil’s Cave after giving it his Buddha Heart.
• Tathagata Buddha explained that alien elites came to the Solar System seeking its essence, and that Green Lion, the Golden Winged Great Peng, and other guardians were corrupted by demonic energy and became demon kings.
• Tathagata Buddha revealed that he had planned to use Chen Xuanzang and Sun Wukong’s Buddha and Dao Hearts to feed the Devil’s Cave, but he was now also testing Ding Ling’s path.
• Ding Ling opened the Heavenly Pass at Hangu Pass and saw that an unknown hand had created the Starry Sky Ancient Road, while he could not determine who wielded it.
• Tathagata Buddha summoned a living Dragon Horse and Mu Jin cart, and Ding Ling traced their creation to the same mysterious hand before the group rode to the Heavenly Court.
• The Dragon Horse brought Ding Ling and the others to the South Heaven Gate, where they found Mo Liqing, Mo Lihong, Mo Lihai, and Mo Lishou standing guard.

Ding Ling arrived at the Heavenly Court, where the Jade Emperor learned of his overwhelming reputation and welcomed him with a grand banquet. Chang'e fell for Ding Ling, leaving the Jade Emperor heartbroken, while Ding Ling headed for the Heavenly Court’s Library Pavilion.

• Tathagata Buddha led Ding Ling, Sun Wukong, and their companions past the South Heaven Gate and into the Hall of Universal Brightness to meet the Jade Emperor.
• Tathagata Buddha told the Jade Emperor about Ding Ling’s exploits, and the astonished Jade Emperor bowed respectfully and hosted a banquet in his honor.
• Chang'e danced for Ding Ling, then repeatedly looked back at him as she left; the Jade Emperor realized she favored Ding Ling and reluctantly gave up pursuing her.
• The Jade Emperor began leading Ding Ling to the Library Pavilion, but Chang'e met them near the Hundred Flowers Immortal Palace and offered to dance for Ding Ling whenever he summoned her.

Chang'e wondered why Ding Ling felt so familiar to her, while the Jade Emperor explained her mysterious Immortal Cicada heritage. Ding Ling mastered the Heavenly Court's secret arts at full level, then followed the Jade Emperor and Tathagata Buddha to inspect the Devil's Cave, which was close to breaking into the Solar System.

• Chang'e told Hundred Flowers Fairy that Ding Ling gave her a strange sense of familiarity, and they speculated that they might have shared a past life.
• The Jade Emperor explained that Chang'e was likely the last surviving member of the Immortal Cicada Imperial Clan, whose members could reincarnate after death.
• Ding Ling read the Heavenly Court's library and mastered its secret arts at Great Perfection, astonishing Ji Fa and the other gods.
• After finishing the library, Ding Ling agreed to inspect the Devil's Cave, and the Jade Emperor led him and the others to a small world beyond a heavenly pass.
• Ding Ling saw that the Devil's Cave lay deep in the second-dimensional layer and was close to breaking through toward the Solar System.

Ding Ling entered the Devil's Cave and discovered that its demonic energy was Jiukong Qi, a derivative of the Linglong Dao Lord's origin. He refined the energy, advanced his cultivation, and left the Gods and Buddhas outside startled by the cave's violent reaction.

• Ding Ling strengthened the demon-suppressing grand array, sealing in the Devil's Cave's demonic Qi and reducing the danger of the guards becoming corrupted.
• Ding Ling ignored Wen Zhong's warning and entered the Devil's Cave while the Jade Emperor, Tathagata Buddha, and his companions waited anxiously outside.
• Ding Ling identified the cave's energy as Jiukong Qi, a powerful derivative of the Linglong Dao Lord's origin that could decay all things and turn them into puppets.
• Ding Ling suppressed and refined the Jiukong Qi, raising his Martial Dao True Understanding to Great Perfection of Great Luo and advancing his Incense Faith Path and array cultivation to the peak of Half-Step Great Luo.
• The Devil's Cave trembled and roared as Ding Ling refined its energy, and the resulting winds blew several Gods and Buddhas away from the strengthened array.

Ding Ling absorbed the Jiukong Qi that had erupted from the Devil's Cave, restored the beings it had harmed, and began refining the Cave itself. The Gods and Buddhas watched the Devil's Cave shrink as Ding Ling formed a supreme Dao Fruit from multiple Dao Fruits.

• Wen Zhong ordered the Gods and Buddhas to retreat after the Jiukong Qi stripped away their cultivation and life force.
• The Demon-Subduing Formation collapsed, and the Jiukong Qi shattered the Heavenly Pass before sweeping through the Heavenly Court and turning living things to ash.
• Ding Ling absorbed the Jiukong Qi, reversed its damage, and restored the dead and wounded, who returned stronger than before.
• Zhu Ganglie, Sun Wukong, and the others concluded that Ding Ling had defeated the Devil's Cave as they saw it shrink and witnessed Dao Fruits emerge and merge above it.
• Ding Ling began fully refining the Devil's Cave after restoring the beings harmed by its eruption.

Ding Ling extracted the Great Immortal Dao fruit, destroyed the Devil's Cave, and won the worship and support of the Gods and Buddhas. As his strength reached the Transformation Realm, he formed the Nine Provinces Divine Sect and revealed that he planned to leave the world soon.

• Ding Ling raised the Immortal Dao True Understanding to max level and refined many Dao fruits into the Great Immortal Dao fruit.
• Zhu Qingling, Tathagata Buddha, the Jade Emperor, and others sensed Ding Ling's power, while the Gods and Buddhas bowed to him.
• The Devil's Cave collapsed and vanished, and Li Shimin learned of Ding Ling's achievement and ordered celebrations across the realm.
• Ding Ling assessed his strength as sufficient to defeat even a Quasi-Sage and decided to leave after touring the universe and reading its useful books.
• Ding Ling proposed the Nine Provinces Divine Sect, and Tathagata Buddha and the Jade Emperor agreed to merge their institutions into it.
• Ding Ling appointed Tathagata Buddha and the Jade Emperor as Law Enforcement Elders and said they would likely lead the local branch after he left.

Ding Ling preached complete Buddhist and Demon Daos in the Heavenly Court while his powerful avatars explored the fused universe and spread his legend. After completing his missions, he brought Diao Chan and the others to the Divine Sect, then ascended with the Princesses, leaving Chang'e and White Bone Demon regretting that they had not spoken to him.

• Ding Ling created hundreds of peak Great Yi Immortal avatars and agreed to teach Tathagata Buddha, the Jade Emperor, and the others.
• Ding Ling established the Nine Provinces Divine Sect in the Heavenly Court and preached complete Buddhist and Demon Daos, helping his listeners improve their cultivation.
• Ding Ling's avatars traveled across the universe, collected books, defeated challengers, and made his reputation resound among the myriad races and Supremes.
• Ding Ling completed his missions, brought Zhao Ling'er, Diao Chan, Cai Wenji, Yang Ling, Xiao Zhao, Mu Jianping, and the others to the Divine Sect, and strengthened their cultivation.
• Ding Ling ascended from near Chang'an with the Princesses, Gods, Buddhas, and Diao Chan and the others, while Li Shimin and his companions watched him leave.
• Chang'e regretted not speaking with Ding Ling, and White Bone Demon lamented that she had not confessed her feelings before he left.

Ding Ling chose Honghuang as his next world, but arrived in an unknown realm filled with dense spiritual qi rather than Honghuang itself. After subduing two local rulers, he learned they were Ao Qiu and Feng Qiaoqiao, who could not identify the world.

• Sun Wukong, Zhu Ganglie, and the others learned that Ding Ling had given his wives and concubines control of their Golden Hoops, and Sun Wukong resolved to ascend while the others waited for information from the Players.
• Duan Xiaoxiao complained to Chen Xuanzang about missing her chance to follow Ding Ling, then beat him when he refused to marry her.
• Ding Ling selected Honghuang at the Gate of Glory and sensed dangerous, ownerless toxic qi as he traveled through Inner Worlds.
• Ding Ling arrived in a vast forest with extraordinarily dense spiritual qi and activated the Path of the War God mission.
• Ding Ling captured a Horned Dragon and a Phoenix fighting over resources, subdued them with Golden Hoops, and learned their names were Ao Qiu and Feng Qiaoqiao.
• Ao Qiu and Feng Qiaoqiao told Ding Ling they were Earth Immortal Perfection rulers of the Eastern Region, but neither knew what their world was called.

Ding Ling reached Heaven Beyond Heaven in the Fire God Realm and met the leaders of its True Dragon and Phoenix clans. Feng SuSu explained that the realm sheltered pureblood survivors of the Dragon-Phoenix Tribulation, and Ding Ling continued comprehending its Fire God laws.

• Ding Ling used lightning talismans to transform Ao Qiu and Feng Qiaoqiao, then rode Ao Qiu through successive layers of Heaven toward Heaven Beyond Heaven.
• Ding Ling entered the jade-like Heavenly Palace and began absorbing its laws, while Ao Jin arrived and recognized Ao Qiu as his grandson.
• Ao Jin returned with Feng SuSu, Ao Bin, and other clan elders, who greeted Ding Ling respectfully as he continued comprehending the Fire God Dao Principle.
• Feng SuSu told Ding Ling that the Fire God Realm was formed from the remains of an ancient fire beast and sheltered pureblood Dragon and Phoenix survivors.
• Feng SuSu recounted how Demon Ancestor Luo Hou had deceived the three clans into war and nearly exterminated the Dragon and Phoenix clans after the Dragon-Phoenix Tribulation.

Ding Ling explored the Fire God Realm, discovered it was formed from the remains of a Quasi-Sage-level beast, and absorbed its Fire Dao Principles until he reached the High Quasi-Sage level. Before leaving, he shared his Fire Law comprehension with Feng SuSu and the others, giving them a path toward Quasi-Sage cultivation.

• Ding Ling recognized that Heaven Beyond Heaven was a hidden realm formed from the remains of a ferocious beast that had nearly become a Sage.
• Ding Ling released Feng Qiaoqiao and Ao Qiu from their Golden Hoops, and they chose to remain his disciples as he entered the realm to study its Fire Dao Principles.
• Ding Ling advanced from Heavenly Immortal to Great Luo Immortal by comprehending the Fire Law, astonishing Feng SuSu, Ao Bin, Ao Jin, Feng Qiaoqiao, and Ao Qiu.
• Ding Ling reached the Quasi-Sage realm and continued through the core region until he absorbed all the Fire Dao Principles and attained the High Quasi-Sage level.
• Ding Ling gave Feng SuSu and the others his Fire Law comprehension, showing them a path that could lead them to the Quasi-Sage realm.