Chapter Summaries

After Singh and the others’ rapid Kung Fu progress sparked a global martial arts and Han culture craze, Ding Ling used his growing fame to accelerate the Library’s Jade Transformation by choosing ordinary endorsements and planning international competitions. The chapter ended with his domestic-product advertisements spreading nationwide and his influence driving products to sell out.

• Singh, Johnson, and the others signed Lu Weng’s contract, rapidly improved their Kung Fu, and inspired a worldwide desire to study martial arts and Han culture.
• Foreigners at Shaolin Temple and Wudang Sect searched for ancient martial arts, while Eliza’s video about Middle Kingdom’s culture and Ding Ling went viral.
• Ding Ling’s fame brought him a flood of Positive Energy, raising the Library’s Jade Transformation progress to one-third before its rate slowed.
• Ding Ling told Chen Birou, Meng Xin, and Zheng Jiahui to focus on food livestreaming, then agreed to promote selected domestic products and suggested entering international mixed martial arts competitions.
• Foreign bosses tried to suppress Ding Ling’s popularity after he rejected their endorsements, but his domestic advertisements spread widely and the promoted products quickly sold out.

Ding Ling turned down a film offer and began livestreaming himself cooking at Cosmos Entertainment’s new restaurant. His cooking stream quickly drew a million viewers, and a fan working as a server got to meet him in person.

• Foreign luxury brands offered Ding Ling huge endorsement contracts, but Chen Birou rejected them because Ding Ling had not agreed to sign.
• A prominent celebrity invited Ding Ling to star in a wuxia film, but Ding Ling declined and told Chen Birou and Meng Xin to prepare for cooking livestreams at the company restaurant.
• The next day, Ding Ling began cooking on stream, and the viewer count rapidly climbed to a million as fans praised his knife skills and the finished dish.
• A server who had joined Cosmos Entertainment because she admired Ding Ling came to collect his dish for table nine and found herself standing close to him.

Ding Ling’s restaurant drew huge crowds after diners praised his cooking, and Gris’s videos spread the news internationally. The chapter left the restaurant overwhelmed with customers and food lovers traveling to the Middle Kingdom to taste Ding Ling’s dishes.

• Shangguan Ruyan blushed after Ding Ling served her, and viewers recognized her as a devoted fan and East Capital University campus belle.
• Gris and her family praised Ding Ling’s food on camera, while Gris wondered why a world-famous kung-fu superstar had opened a restaurant and cooked personally.
• Gris’s family filmed another couple describing a fish dish cooked by Ding Ling, prompting excited reactions from livestream viewers.
• Reports that Ding Ling’s cooking had helped a patient with an eating disorder recover went viral, intensifying interest in the packed Cosmos Entertainment Restaurant.
• Gris’s videos spread across overseas platforms, and food lovers from abroad began traveling to the Middle Kingdom to try Ding Ling’s cooking.

The Times Square business owners credited Ding Ling with reviving their shops and wondered about his mysterious martial arts school. As Ba Shoufu’s search failed and Lu Weng’s disciples trained and gained fame, Ding Ling’s legend spread further overseas.

• Wang Haodong and Yan Liang praised Ding Ling for bringing crowds and prosperity back to Times Square, while nearby owners wondered why he had opened a restaurant and where he had learned his skills.
• Ba Shoufu angrily confronted Fan Yuemei and the Mingyue Group employees for failing to find Ding Ling’s school, then ordered them to recruit Lu Weng or learn the school’s location from him.
• Kuang Ren and Zhong Wu Liang sparred with Singh and his companions during a livestream, while viewers marveled at the disciples’ rapid progress.
• Zhong Wu Liang refused his old friends’ request to meet Lu Weng and said he would devote the next three years to training until he met his Master’s standard.
• Ding Ling and Lu Weng’s reputations spread overseas as Singh, Kuang Ren, and Zhong Wu Liang attracted attention and more people sought to capitalize on Ding Ling’s popularity.

After months of running a wildly popular restaurant, Ding Ling refused repeated film offers and saw his fame and Positive Energy grow. With his Library Jade Transformation progress at one-half, he began a new venture by offering his calligraphy, paintings, and sculptures to the public.

• Ding Ling’s restaurant drew crowds, and online commenters argued over how long his fame would last and whether he needed film roles to be remembered.
• A famous director offered Ding Ling a lead role and an investment share, but Ding Ling refused; the director’s friend explained that Ding Ling cared little for money or material rewards.
• The director tried to recruit Lu Weng as an alternative, but Lu Weng refused as well, leaving the director frustrated.
• Ding Ling’s cooking videos spread worldwide, bringing him more fans and Positive Energy until his Library Jade Transformation progress reached one-half.
• Ding Ling told Chen Birou and the others to prepare stalls for calligraphy, paintings, and sculptures, then announced that he would give away one work in each medium every day.

Ding Ling created and gave away three valuable works—a cityscape painting, calligraphy, and a Sun Wukong carving—through livestreamed lucky draws, sending his fans and the internet into a frenzy. The first winner sold the painting for six million, and the chapter ended with the giveaways trending nationwide and other entertainers worrying they could not compete with Ding Ling’s generosity.

• Ding Ling painted a sprawling, lifelike view of Nan City while Chen Birou livestreamed and Zheng Jiahui and the others filmed.
• Ding Ling’s lucky draw awarded the painting to a young woman, who later sold it for six million to help her impoverished family.
• Ding Ling completed a piece of running-script calligraphy and gave it to a randomly selected tourist at Times Square.
• Ding Ling carved a lifelike palm-sized statue of Sun Wukong and selected a livestream viewer to receive it.
• Chen Birou announced another giveaway in three days, and Ding Ling returned to the company as videos of the event went viral.
• Entertainers discussed Ding Ling’s influence and worried that audiences would judge them against his lavish gifts to fans.

After Ding Ling’s paintings, calligraphy, and sculptures astonished the world, celebrities, directors, rivals, and art lovers accepted that his gifts made him impossible to recruit or imitate. His fame surged further, while Fan Yuemei became infatuated with him and planned to seek a place at Cosmos Entertainment.

• Artists and celebrities marveled that Ding Ling had reached the level of ancient sages, while a director gave up recruiting him and considered Kuang Ren for his film’s lead role.
• A superstar stopped resenting Ding Ling for rejecting his invitation after realizing that Ding Ling had no need to act for money or fame.
• At Mingyue Group, Ba Shoufu learned that recruiting Ding Ling and Lu Weng was futile, while Fan Yuemei watched Ding Ling’s videos and resolved to pursue a place at Cosmos Entertainment.
• Tiger King Zhang Ge, Xiong Lishi, Singh, Johnson, Saint Knight, Park Yong-in, and other fighters admired Ding Ling’s artistic talent and accepted that they could not match him.
• Young art lovers and people across the world praised Ding Ling’s work, and the art world erupted as his creations demonstrated what AI could not replace.

Ding Ling’s painting earned lavish praise from foreign master Alan Hebrew, while his new painting, Traveler Touring Kunlun, was won by a struggling family of four who planned to sell it to improve their lives. The chapter ended with calligraphy master Old Dan publicly praising Ding Ling’s work and news of his praise spreading online.

• Alan Hebrew saw Ding Ling’s painting in person and declared that no modern painter could match him.
• Ding Ling painted Traveler Touring Kunlun at the restaurant, and the livestreamed lottery awarded it to an eight-year-old boy from a family of four.
• The boy’s parents explained to reporters that they had brought their family to improve their odds because they were unemployed and struggling to pay rent, and they planned to sell the painting and donate some of the proceeds.
• An elderly calligraphy enthusiast who won Ding Ling’s second calligraphy piece praised its brushwork and revealed himself as the renowned master Old Dan.
• Netizens spread Old Dan’s declaration that Ding Ling’s calligraphy surpassed his own.

After Ding Ling's livestream made his sculpture famous, director and superstar discussed making a film worthy of his talents. Master sculptor Abraham traveled to Nan City to buy Ding Ling's Spirit Buddha and seek his guidance, but Ding Ling rejected his requests, leaving Abraham and his disciples waiting nearby while the story spread online.

• A netizen won Ding Ling's sculpture and traveled to Nan City to collect it in person, while the livestream video rapidly gained views and likes.
• A famous director, encouraged by a superstar, decided to develop a world-class film script to persuade Ding Ling to work with him and summoned his screenwriters for an overnight meeting.
• Abraham bought the Spirit Buddha for 8.98 million, praised Ding Ling's sculpting as far beyond his own, and resolved to ask Ding Ling to teach him.
• Abraham and his disciples visited Ding Ling at Cosmos Entertainment, but Ding Ling did not respond to his requests for instruction.
• Abraham's visit and admiration made him famous online, and Ding Ling's fans and supporters defended Ding Ling as people debated his refusal to meet the sculptor.

Ding Ling’s art giveaways ended after distributing forty-five works, driving public attention and the value of his creations even higher. With his Library Jade Transformation three-quarters complete, Ding Ling planned to compose music and begin making music videos, while wondering whether the Library’s completion would reveal Earth’s hidden truth.

• Netizens at home and abroad argued over Ding Ling’s artistic talents, and overseas praise of his painting, calligraphy, and sculpture fueled national pride in the Middle Kingdom.
• After several months, Chen Birou announced that Ding Ling’s prize draws had ended; thirty-seven works had gone to citizens of the Middle Kingdom and eight to foreigners, and market prices soared as latecomers regretted missing out.
• Ding Ling’s popularity drove bloggers and reporters to use his name for traffic, while online disputes over his fans’ attacks on critics continued.
• Ding Ling’s Positive Energy brought his Library Jade Transformation to three-quarters completion, and he wondered whether finishing it would reveal Earth’s buried truth or lead him to leave Earth.
• Ding Ling told Chen Birou and the others that he would compose music and start filming music videos the next day, leaving them astonished by his new undertaking.

Ding Ling’s thirteen self-written songs unexpectedly drew attention online and quickly became a sensation, earning him widespread acclaim as a musical prodigy. The chapter left his music climbing overseas charts as advertisers, fans, and platforms promoted it around the world.

• Ding Ling’s thirteen songs appeared on major music platforms, and netizens who discovered them praised their dreamy sound despite initially suspecting someone was exploiting his name.
• Loves to Listen to Music’s video about the songs went viral, and commenters confirmed that the singer was the Strongest Man on Earth, Ding Ling.
• Ding Ling’s music video for “Fairy Story” and his album’s thirteen songs drew glowing reviews, topping charts across the Middle Kingdom and earning praise from singers and music critics.
• Advertisers promoted Ding Ling’s music internationally, and his songs began climbing overseas charts, where foreign listeners also reacted enthusiastically.

Ding Ling’s thirteen songs became a global sensation, earning praise from musicians and fans while Meimei publicly confessed her admiration for him. As he continued releasing acclaimed albums, speculation about his love life spread, but Ding Ling remained single and unattainable.

• Ding Ling’s thirteen songs surged to the top of music charts, and fans and world-class musicians praised their quality.
• Meimei told a reporter she admired Ding Ling and hoped to become his girlfriend, and the interview became a trending story.
• Ba Shoufu gave up trying to recruit Ding Ling, while Fan Yuemei wondered whether she might ever be with him.
• Netizens speculated about which woman would marry Ding Ling, prompting Chen Birou, Meng Xin, and others to confirm that their boss was single on Earth.
• Ding Ling released more albums at unpredictable intervals, and fans around the world praised each release as a top-tier success.

Ding Ling declined invitations to overseas music awards and received numerous film and art proposals as his fame continued to grow. He shared more than two billion yuan in album revenue among Chen Birou, Meng Xin, Zheng Jiahui, and the company staff, leaving the employees stunned by their payouts.

• The twin sisters told Ding Ling that overseas music awards had reserved places for him, but he refused to attend and said the company could collect any awards on his behalf.
• The twin sisters livestreamed the growing calls for Ding Ling to make films as fans praised his acting in his music videos.
• Chen Birou and the others reported that the sixth album had sold over one hundred million copies and brought in more than four billion yuan, alongside invitations from directors and artists around the world.
• Ding Ling told Chen Birou to take eighty percent of the revenue, Meng Xin and Zheng Jiahui to split fifteen percent, and the rest of the employees to receive five percent.
• Chen Birou, Meng Xin, and Zheng Jiahui left to distribute the money, while the twin sisters and Zhang Kui discovered that they had each received millions of yuan.

Ding Ling’s lavish employee rewards won widespread praise, while the twins’ livestream drew millions of viewers. Weeks later, his seventh album broke sales records after Cosmos Entertainment announced it would be his final album, leaving fans and musicians celebrating his legacy and lamenting his retirement from music.

• Zhang Kui learned that employees had received benefits worth millions, while the twins described their comfortable jobs at Cosmos Entertainment during a rapidly growing livestream.
• Netizens and domestic and foreign bloggers praised Ding Ling for giving his earnings to employees, his parents, and welfare homes.
• Ding Ling’s seventh album was released and surpassed one hundred million in global sales in less than a day.
• Cosmos Entertainment announced that the seventh album would be Ding Ling’s last, and fans worldwide rushed to buy it as sales continued breaking records.
• Musicians and online commentators praised Ding Ling’s voice, songs, and unprecedented achievements, while expressing regret that he was leaving the music world.

Ding Ling’s impending retirement from music sparked widespread pleas for him to stay, while his fame and generosity continued to benefit his family and others. He visited Nan City Number One High School to choose students for a televised soccer match, selecting fourteen and offering them the chance to sign with Cosmos Entertainment.

• Netizens and media urged Ding Ling to remain in music, praising how his songs helped listeners and raised the Middle Kingdom’s reputation.
• Ding Ling’s parents reflected on his fame, the relatives it attracted, and the benefits he had arranged for family members, welfare homes, and impoverished children.
• Dai Zhixiu told Nan City Number One High School students that Ding Ling would recruit players for a globally broadcast soccer match, prompting excitement and online debate about his prospects.
• Ding Ling selected fourteen talented students from more than fifty candidates to play soccer with him.
• Ding Ling confirmed the selected students could sign with Cosmos Entertainment, and Fei Zimo asked when they could sign.

Ding Ling trained a group of selected students into outstanding football players, then coached them through domestic and Asian championships and into the World Cup final. His team defeated the Vulture Empire 10–0, winning the World Cup and leaving the Middle Kingdom celebrating.

• Ding Ling selected students including Fei Zimo for training and told them they could sign with Cosmos Entertainment after consulting their parents.
• Ding Ling demonstrated spectacular football shots, while Zheng Jiahui's team filmed the students' training for online videos.
• Over the next month, Ding Ling's instruction rapidly improved the students' skills and physical abilities, drawing widespread attention online and invitations from foreign celebrities and directors.
• Ding Ling coached the young players as they swept domestic and Asian competitions, defeated the Neon team, and advanced to the World Cup final.
• Ding Ling's team beat the Vulture Empire 10–0, with Fei Zimo scoring, and won the World Cup championship.

Ding Ling’s football team returned home as world champions, bringing him enormous praise and Positive Energy, while his Library Jade Transformation remained at 99% and had raised him to the Great Dao Emperor realm. After hearing reports of Cosmos Entertainment’s profits, Ding Ling announced he would distribute half the money and take his team to deliver funds to thousands of households in impoverished regions.

• Fei Zimo and the returning football players credited Ding Ling for their World Cup victory during interviews, and their parents expressed gratitude as well.
• Ding Ling reflected on his stalled 99% Jade Transformation, his rise to Great Dao Emperor, and the mystery of who had forged the Great Dao Jade Plate.
• Chen Birou and the others reported Cosmos Entertainment’s earnings, including advertising, music, and employee income.
• Ding Ling announced that half the company’s money would be distributed using the established method, with Chen Birou receiving eighty percent.
• Ding Ling revealed that he would take his team into impoverished regions in three days to deliver money to thousands of households, prompting widespread praise online.

Ding Ling led a charity campaign across the Middle Kingdom for a year and five months, spending more than seven billion yuan to help over 293,000 people. The campaign ended with his reputation and Positive Energy reaching unprecedented heights, while his next plans remained unknown.

• Ding Ling brought his team to impoverished mountain villages, where he helped an elderly grandmother and her two granddaughters by arranging a home, schooling, livestock, and 500,000 yuan.
• Ding Ling and his team continued the livestreamed charity campaign for more than a year, helping people across the country with housing, necessities, education, and money.
• The twin sisters said the campaign had helped 293,756 people and explained that Ding Ling had spent all the company's available funds on charity.
• Netizens, celebrities, and international viewers praised Ding Ling's work, and his reputation became virtually untouchable.
• Ding Ling reached 100 percent Positive Energy after the campaign, following years of worldwide recognition for his many accomplishments.

After his Library completed its Jade Transformation, Ding Ling learned that it could evolve divine arts and secret manuals, then prepared to leave Earth and pursue the Dao. Years later, he had not returned, but the health-preserving manual he left behind had sparked a cultivation movement across the Middle Kingdom.

• Ding Ling used his transformed jade disk to evolve the Great Dao Scripture and learned that reaching the Great Dao Celestial required devouring the power of ten Great Chaos realms.
• Ding Ling made Chen Birou president of Cosmos Entertainment, gave her and the others a health-preserving secret art, and left with Lu Weng for Kunlun Mountain.
• Ding Ling and Lu Weng disappeared after entering Kunlun Mountain, while Ding Ling's parents told reporters that he had gone to cultivate the Dao.
• Five or six years passed without Ding Ling returning, though Cosmos Entertainment continued posting videos on his account.
• The people who cultivated Ding Ling's manual began showing extraordinary results, and cultivation groups spread throughout the Middle Kingdom.

Ding Ling’s manual spread martial arts and longevity practices across the world, making him a legend even decades after he vanished into Kunlun Mountain. More than a century later, Chen Birou and the others still looked young, while the groups seeking Ding Ling and the secrets of his sect continued to change with the generations.

• People around the world practiced Ding Ling’s manual, opened martial arts schools, and studied its varied interpretations, while successful students demonstrated extraordinary strength and youth.
• Thirty years after Ding Ling disappeared, fans, former colleagues, and figures such as Xiong Lishi still missed him and hoped he would return from Kunlun Mountain.
• Major conglomerates repeatedly searched Kunlun Mountain for Ding Ling’s sect but found no trace of him or Lu Weng, and they planned to pressure Ding Ling for the secrets of cultivation if they saw him again.
• After more than a hundred years, Chen Birou and the others still appeared no older than thirty, while the conglomerates that had sought immortality had passed through several generations.