Chapter Summaries

Ding Ling left the Fire God Realm after settling his Cause and Effect, while Feng SuSu and Ao Bin regretted not joining him. He explored the Primordial World’s countless island universes, where his brief appearance in a technological universe sparked a search for the deity that spread into a neighboring martial arts universe.

• Ding Ling departed the Fire God Realm with Feng Qiaoqiao and Ao Qiu, leaving Feng SuSu and Ao Bin to regret their hesitation.
• Ding Ling entered the Primordial World and marveled at its vast islands, each containing countless minor worlds and universes.
• Ding Ling destroyed two fleets that attacked him in a technological universe, then vanished from the Konglang Star System.
• The seven powers spread recordings of Ding Ling, fueled public belief in gods, and searched the universe for him.
• The seven powers opened a dimensional rift to a martial arts universe, whose experts also searched for Ding Ling after learning of his appearance.

Ding Ling explored the Honghuang World, recognized how dangerous its islands and connected universes were, and warned players and the Nine Provinces Divine Sect not to ascend there casually. Players confirmed the danger through their deaths, while Sun Wukong and old Fahai reconsidered their own plans to reach the Upper Realm.

• Ding Ling traveled through islands and worlds, saw the myriad races competing for scarce resources, and concluded that cultivators in lesser universes could not transcend without a path upward.
• Ding Ling witnessed players die from hidden dangers in the Honghuang World, logged off, and posted a warning that players and Nine Provinces Divine Sect disciples should not ascend without his order.
• Ding Ling's long-silent account drew excited responses from veteran and new players, who discussed their different starting worlds and the idol's role in opening opportunities for them.
• Reckless players tested the Honghuang World and reported dying to fingers, footsteps, battle aftershocks, and sudden falls, convincing others to heed Ding Ling's warning.
• Sun Wukong abandoned his immediate plan to ascend, while old Fahai decided to wait before venturing farther into the Upper Realm and considered seeking protection from young Fahai.

Ding Ling traveled across the Primordial World and discovered a Qiankun Treasure Tree containing countless worlds. When Shang Yang tried to cut it down, Hou Tu defended it, but Shang Yang returned with Fei Lian and Ci Tie to help him overcome her.

• Ding Ling reached the land of the Primordial World, observed its vastness and the Witch Clan and Monster Clan fighting, and found a hidden world-filled Qiankun Treasure Tree.
• Shang Yang arrived to claim the tree, but Hou Tu confronted him and refused to let him cut it down because doing so would kill its inhabitants.
• Shang Yang returned with Fei Lian and Ci Tie after promising them portions of the tree, and the three attacked Hou Tu.
• Hou Tu summoned Witch Clan warriors, but Shang Yang killed hundreds as Fei Lian and Ci Tie kept Hou Tu occupied.
• Shang Yang began cutting down the Qiankun Treasure Tree while Fei Lian and Ci Tie blocked Hou Tu, who vowed they would not take it away.

Ding Ling arrived at the Qiankun Treasure Tree and took it from Shang Yang, Fei Lian, and Ci Tie, who wanted to refine it into a treasure despite Hou Tu’s objections. After proving he had arrived first with the Time Reversal Art, Ding Ling trapped the three Demon Saints in the Ancient Starry Sky Map and planned to use the tree to upgrade it.

• Hou Tu confronted Ci Tie and Fei Lian over the Qiankun Treasure Tree, while Shang Yang lifted the felled tree and prepared to leave with them.
• Ding Ling suddenly took the Qiankun Treasure Tree with one hand and discovered it contained the Artifact, Talisman, and Cosmos Dao principles.
• Shang Yang, Fei Lian, and Ci Tie demanded the tree back and disputed Ding Ling’s claim that he had arrived first.
• Ding Ling used the Time Reversal Art to show that he had reached the tree before Shang Yang, then rejected the Demon Saints’ invitation to settle the dispute at the Heavenly Court.
• Ding Ling enveloped the three Demon Saints in the Ancient Starry Sky Map, and Fei Lian and Ci Tie’s Innate Treasures damaged the map as they fought to escape.
• Ding Ling decided to absorb the tree’s Artifact Dao principles and melt part of the Qiankun Treasure Tree into the Ancient Starry Sky Map to make it an Innate Treasure.

Ding Ling subdued three Demon Saints, met Ancestor Witch Hou Tu, and learned the Earth Law while teaching her the Martial Dao. He traveled with Hou Tu toward Pangu Divine Hall, reaching Mount Buzhou as he continued refining the Ancient Starry Sky Map.

• Ding Ling struck Ci Tie, Shang Yang, and Fei Lian with amplified Curse Sources, subdued them, and made them wear Golden Hoops.
• Ding Ling met Hou Tu, followed her to her tribe, and cultivated her Earth Law to the Great Luo Immortal realm in less than half a day.
• Ding Ling taught Hou Tu the Martial Dao, then gave her the Martial Dao True Understanding; Hou Tu offered to bring him to Pangu Divine Hall to meet her brothers.
• Ding Ling traveled with Hou Tu toward Pangu Divine Hall while comprehending the Dao laws in the Demon Saints' Divine Treasures and merging the Qiankun Treasure Tree into the Ancient Starry Sky Map.
• Hou Tu pointed out Mount Buzhou and Pangu Divine Hall at its foot as they arrived.

Ding Ling impressed the Twelve Ancestral Witches with his overwhelming strength and astonishing ability to master their laws, then agreed to join the Witch Clan. He settled in Pangu Divine Hall, where he found its walls could shield those inside from outside observation, even by sages.

• The Witch Clan members outside Pangu Divine Hall wondered who Ding Ling was, while Jiu Feng went inside to investigate.
• Zhu Rong challenged Ding Ling, who captured his flames and sent him crashing into the hall’s wall with a single flick.
• Di Jiang explained the Space Law to Ding Ling, who mastered it through the Quasi-Sage realm in just a few days and then taught Di Jiang the Martial Dao.
• Ding Ling discussed the Fire Dao with Zhu Rong and shared his own insights, after which the other Ancestral Witches taught him their laws in turn.
• Ding Ling mastered the laws of the Twelve Ancestral Witches in just over a month, agreed to join the Witch Clan, and settled in Pangu Divine Hall.

Ding Ling absorbed the laws and Dao Rhymes in the Pangu Divine Hall, reaching the Quasi-Sage Paragon stage in many laws and teaching the Ancestor Witches how to advance. He went to the Heavenly Court, trapped Di Jun and Donghuang Taiyi in the Ancient Starry Sky Map, and returned to the hall to curse them.

• Ding Ling entered the Witch Clan’s forbidden blood-pool core region, where the Dao Rhymes rapidly advanced many of his laws to the High Quasi-Sage Stage.
• Ding Ling taught the Ancestor Witches the paths to the High Quasi-Sage and Quasi-Sage Paragon stages, then studied their treasures and advanced his Artifact Dao, Talisman Dao, and Cosmos Dao.
• Ding Ling raised his Fire Law progress to 99.8% and left the Pangu Divine Hall for the Heavenly Court.
• Ding Ling captured Di Jun and Donghuang Taiyi in the reinforced Ancient Starry Sky Map, where they attacked the starry prison but could not escape.
• Ding Ling returned to the Pangu Divine Hall and unleashed several Curse Sources on Di Jun and Donghuang Taiyi.

Ding Ling reached Sagehood through the Fire Law, then captured Kunpeng and many other Honghuang elites to learn their techniques and laws. After advancing several more laws, he arrived at the Purple Cloud Palace, where he met the Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, Fuxi, Xihe, and Changxi.

• Ding Ling used curses to force Donghuang Taiyi and Di Jun to reveal the Fire Law, then reached Sagehood with the Twelve Ancestral Witches’ help.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches celebrated Ding Ling’s ascension, and he shared the profundities of Law Sainthood with Zhu Rong.
• Ding Ling traveled through Chaos and captured Kunpeng, Patriarch Ming River, Hongyun, Zhen Yuanzi, and other elites, forcing them to reveal their techniques before confining them in the Ancient Starry Sky Map.
• Ding Ling perfected the captured elites’ arts and raised his Water, Wood, Earth, and other laws close to Sagehood, then headed to the Purple Cloud Palace.
• Ding Ling met the Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, Fuxi, Xihe, and Changxi at the Purple Cloud Palace, where Tongtian greeted him and the women looked at him with interest.

During Hongjun’s lecture at Purple Cloud Palace, Ding Ling secretly stole and drained the Creation Jade Tablet while hiding his breakthroughs from everyone. He attained Sagehood through ten laws, leaving him vastly stronger than Hongjun as the tablet crumbled to dust.

• Several hundred guests gathered at Purple Cloud Palace, but many expected figures, including the Ancestral Witches, Donghuang Taiyi, and Di Jun, did not arrive.
• Hongjun began teaching the Three Corpses Severing Method after Zhunti and Jieyin arrived too late to claim a front cushion.
• Ding Ling distracted Hongjun with a Cursed Avatar in the chaos while secretly absorbing the Creation Jade Tablet’s Dao principles.
• Ding Ling proved the Dao through the Space, Water, Earth, Fire, and Time laws, concealing each breakthrough from the other guests.
• Ding Ling used the Space Law to replace Hongjun’s tablet with a fake and secretly took the real Creation Jade Tablet.
• Over the next few months, Ding Ling drained the tablet until it crumbled and attained Sagehood through ten laws.

Ding Ling mastered the Three Corpses Severing Method, united his Three Corpses, and overpowered Taoist Hongjun when he tried to seize Ding Ling’s body. After kicking Hongjun away, Ding Ling offered the gathered immortals a different path to Sagehood and revealed that he came from the Lower Realm.

• Taoist Hongjun’s Evil Corpse vanished while pursuing a mysterious figure, and Hongjun suspected Ding Ling might be connected to the attack.
• Ding Ling advanced to Quasi-Sage perfection and severed his Three Corpses using Primordial Chaos Qi, astonishing Taoist Hongjun and the other listeners.
• Ding Ling united his Three Corpses, but Taoist Hongjun immobilized the audience and attacked to stop him from becoming a Sage.
• Taoist Hongjun entered Ding Ling’s Sea of Consciousness to seize his body, but Ding Ling’s powerful Primordial Spirit subdued and crushed his Nascent Soul.
• Ding Ling stood up, kicked Taoist Hongjun away, and told the listeners they could seek the Law Proving Dao method from the Twelve Ancestral Witches.
• Tongtian respectfully asked Ding Ling who he was, and Ding Ling said his name and revealed that he came from the Lower Realm.

Tongtian, Nuwa, and the other attendees learned that Ding Ling had already become a Sage and that he had sent them to the Twelve Ancestral Witches for the Sainthood Method. The Ancestral Witches welcomed the visitors to Mount Buzhou and began teaching ten paths to Sainthood.

• Tongtian and the others questioned Ding Ling about his origins, learned he had become a Sage before entering the Purple Cloud Palace, and set out for Mount Buzhou to seek the Sainthood Method.
• Tongtian and the others met Zhen Yuanzi, Donghuang Taiyi, Di Jun, and the others, then explained that Ding Ling had captured them and effortlessly kicked Hongjun away.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches discussed how Ding Ling had given them methods for advancing toward Sainthood, and Hou Yi reported that the Three Pure Ones and other powerful figures had arrived at Ding Ling's instruction.
• The Ancestral Witches welcomed the visitors, who asked to learn the Sainthood Method; Di Jiang presented ten paths, and the Ancestral Witches began expounding them from their lecture platforms.

Ding Ling comprehended the Heavenly Dao’s three thousand principles, achieved flawless Dao Harmonization, and completed his mission in the Honghuang World. After establishing the Nine Provinces Divine Sect and entrusting his companions to its elders, he ascended toward the Upper Realm, where he expected to uncover the game’s secrets and confront Old Immortal Nanhua.

• Ding Ling comprehended countless laws and spirit treasures, achieving Sainthood through thousands of Dao principles and reaching 100% compatibility with the Heavenly Dao.
• Ding Ling established the Nine Provinces Divine Sect atop Mount Buzhou, with the Twelve Ancestral Witches, the Three Pure Ones, and others serving as elders.
• Ding Ling brought Diao Chan, Zhao Ling'er, and his other companions from the Lower Realm to the Honghuang World, where they reunited with him.
• The Sky Ladder descended at Mount Buzhou, and Ding Ling departed after entrusting his companions' safety to the sect's elders.
• At the Gate of Glory, Ding Ling received notice that he had completed the Path of the War God and would ascend to the Upper Realm, where unifying it would make him master of the game.

Ding Ling arrived in the invaded Upper Realm and won the trust of Shen Liu and Shen Qian by rescuing Shen Liu and displaying overwhelming strength. He mastered the secret arts of the Shen Shanhai, Devouring Sky Beast, and World Tree clans, then stood poised to lead the Upper Realm’s forces against its invaders.

• Ding Ling entered the Upper Realm, saw its scattered Divine Kingdoms and Grotto-Heavens, and rescued Shen Liu from a Void Nether Soul Zombie.
• Shen Liu told Ding Ling that invaders had devastated the Upper Realm for thousands of years and that its remaining Native gods were close to defeat.
• Ding Ling declared that he would unify the Upper Realm and drive out the invaders, and Shen Liu brought him to meet Grand Elder Shen Qian.
• Ding Ling subdued Shen Qian and instantly mastered the Shen Shanhai Clan’s Supreme Law, reaching the Dao Harmonization Realm and winning the clan elders’ support.
• Ding Ling learned the secret arts of the Devouring Sky Beast and World Tree clans and mastered both to perfection, astonishing their members.

Ding Ling inherited the First Creator’s legacy, defeated the surviving Dao Lords, and gathered the Myriad Worlds into the Great Dao Jade Plate. He traced the jade’s origins to Earth, returned to his hometown, and reunited with his parents and Chen Birou.

• Shen Qian told Ding Ling how the Creator forged the Great Dao Jade Plate, was betrayed by his friends, and cast the treasure into an unknown world before dying.
• Ding Ling captured invaders and mastered their Dao Harmonization secret arts, then led Shen Qian and the allied clans to unify the Upper Realm and receive the Creator’s Glazed Treasure Jade.
• Ding Ling refined the jade, learned that it contained the Upper Realm, the Myriad Worlds, and Blue Star, and used the Great Dao Scripture to step into the Great Dao Realm.
• Ding Ling swallowed the Lingbao Illustrated Handbook and defeated the weakened Curse Dao Lord, Chaos Dao Lord, Linglong Dao Lord, and Lord of the Immortal Palace, collecting their worlds and inheritances.
• Ding Ling followed the First Creator’s coordinates through Chaos to a ruined Main God Space and discovered that Earth was his long-lost homeland.
• Ding Ling returned to Earth and reunited with his white-haired parents and Chen Birou, his childhood love.

After returning to Earth, Ding Ling investigated why its positive energy could transform the Library into the Great Dao Jade Plate and decided to become a superstar to attract more of it. He asked Chen Birou to join his new company, and she resigned from Mingyue Group, where she encountered Fan Yuemei in the president’s office.

• Ding Ling concluded that only positive energy from Earth could temper the Library, and suspected Earth held a secret he could not yet perceive.
• Ding Ling decided to live quietly among ordinary people and become a superstar so that others would willingly contribute positive energy.
• Ding Ling called Chen Birou and invited her to work as his assistant at a newly founded company, and she eagerly accepted.
• Chen Birou resigned from Mingyue Group and went to the president’s office, where she saw Fan Yuemei packing her things.

Chen Birou resigned from Mingyue Group to support her childhood friend Ding Ling, and her best friend Meng Xin resigned to join her. Ba Shoufu ordered an investigation into where Chen Birou was going, while Meng Xin met Ding Ling and was immediately captivated by him.

• Chen Birou refused Ba Shoufu's attempts to persuade her to stay, and he approved her resignation while threatening to investigate her next employer.
• Ba Shoufu told Fan Yuemei to find out where Chen Birou was going, and Fan Yuemei arranged an investigation.
• Meng Xin resigned from Mingyue Group and left with Chen Birou, who revealed she was going to support her childhood friend Ding Ling.
• Chen Birou told Meng Xin that she secretly loved Ding Ling, though they had never dated or even held hands.
• Meng Xin met Ding Ling at a tea house in Nan City and fell for his striking appearance at first sight.

Ding Ling began establishing an entertainment company with Chen Birou and Meng Xin, aiming to become a world-class superstar while carefully cultivating the Positive Energy needed to refine the Library. After Chen Birou leased an office, Ding Ling demonstrated his martial arts by leaving a palmprint on a table and decided the company would start by making him an internet celebrity.

• Ding Ling told Chen Birou he wanted to become a world-class superstar, and she agreed to handle the company's establishment while Meng Xin joined them.
• Chen Birou and Meng Xin worried about the difficulty of building a superstar's career, but Meng Xin began developing promotional plans for Ding Ling.
• Chen Birou rented an equipped office floor in Nan City for five years and discussed whether Ding Ling should pursue film roles or internet fame.
• Ding Ling revealed that he was a martial arts expert and left a palmprint on a table, astonishing Chen Birou and Meng Xin.
• Ding Ling chose to begin by becoming an internet celebrity, and his demonstration produced Positive Energy that flowed into the Library.

Ding Ling refused to seek favors in the entertainment industry and showed Chen Birou and Meng Xin his extraordinary performance skills. The Ouyang sisters returned to livestream at their former company, where they met Ding Ling and drew a growing crowd of viewers as he demonstrated his martial arts and physique.

• Ding Ling impressed Chen Birou and Meng Xin with his athletic ability and explosive acting, while declining to explain where he had learned his skills.
• The Ouyang sisters returned to the former Times Entertainment offices to livestream and discovered that Cosmos Entertainment had taken over the space.
• Security guard Zhang Kui recognized the sisters but refused to let them inside until Meng Xin obtained Ding Ling's permission.
• Meng Xin brought the sisters in, and they began livestreaming Ding Ling breaking marble bricks and performing kicks.
• Viewers flooded the livestream with comments about Ding Ling's looks and physique, while Zhang Kui initially dismissed his demonstrations as staged before recognizing his muscles as real.

Ding Ling’s videos and livestreams drew growing attention as the Ouyang sisters and Zheng Jiahui joined Cosmos Entertainment, convinced he would become famous. After his martial arts demonstrations attracted thousands of viewers and boosted his following, Ding Ling planned to keep promoting traditional martial arts and build his fame steadily.

• Zheng Jiahui offered to join Cosmos Entertainment and pay her photography team’s wages herself, and Chen Birou agreed to work out compensation if the company became profitable.
• The next day, the Ouyang sisters joined Cosmos Entertainment, changed their usernames, and promoted Ding Ling’s videos to their followers.
• Ding Ling’s Taiji videos attracted hundreds of thousands of likes and raised his follower count from zero to more than fifty thousand, increasing the positive energy he gained for purifying the Library.
• Ding Ling filmed a Baji Quan demonstration that ended with him breaking a wooden rack, while the Ouyang sisters livestreamed the performance.
• Ding Ling demonstrated Eight Trigrams Palm, Xing Yi, Mantis Fist, and other styles as the livestream’s audience grew to more than three thousand viewers.

Ding Ling’s martial arts videos attracted attention online, but suspected suppression on Douyin pushed his team to focus on Kuaishou, where his followers rose rapidly. Xiong Lishi and East Capital TV Station then targeted him for a highly publicized fraud-busting match, while Ding Ling let the challenge build despite the flood of ridicule.

• Ding Ling’s martial arts demonstration videos gained followers, but Zheng Jiahui learned that Ba Shoufu was interfering with his reach on Douyin, so Ding Ling’s team shifted its efforts to Kuaishou.
• Ding Ling used his power to make Ba Shoufu collapse, then decided against influencing platform programmers after divining that using Transcendent abilities could hinder his pursuit of pure positive energy.
• The Ouyang sisters and Zheng Jiahui promoted Ding Ling on Kuaishou, helping his following pass two hundred thousand as his videos earned him martial arts titles.
• Xiong Lishi, a sanda fighter known for exposing martial arts frauds, teamed up with Yang Hanyu and East Capital Sports Channel to stage a challenge against Ding Ling.
• Xiong Lishi released a challenge video, and his followers mocked Ding Ling while the dispute drew wider attention and reached Kuaishou’s trending searches.
• Chen Birou and the others worried that Ding Ling’s claim of being the Middle Kingdom’s most powerful martial artist might provoke genuine experts, while Ding Ling remained untroubled by the growing backlash.