Arc 13Jiu Xingkong’s Head

Yang Ling bought rare weapons and pills, then entered the Tun Tian Dao Palace instance and killed Jiu Xingkong. After accepting Zhao Heavenly King as his master, he returned to the sect and asked its headmaster to make him a personal disciple.

  • Yang Ling sold Blazing Gold, bought Spirit Nurturing Pills and flying daggers, and won the Heaven Swallowing Golden Sword at auction.
  • Yang Ling was promoted to Sixth-Rank Judge, received the Qi and Blood Tai Sui, and entered the Tun Tian Dao Palace instance as a Lower Sixth Rank martial artist.
  • Yang Ling advanced Wind God Vajra Leg and Lingxu Step to supernatural skill, refined the Tai Sui, and developed a powerful combination technique.
  • Yang Ling discovered that Jiu Xingkong’s would-be assassins were players from the Rong Tribe, rescued them from custody, and learned about Li Fengxian.
  • Yang Ling ambushed Jiu Xingkong after the monk fought the Extreme Flame Sword Mansion swordsmen, then killed him with a barrage of double-critical kicks.
  • Yang Ling earned an S- rating and triggered the instance’s second stage, then accepted Zhao Heavenly King as his master while asking to become the Tun Tian Dao Palace headmaster’s personal disciple.
  • Yang Ling returned to Tun Tian Dao Palace with Jiu Xingkong’s head and asked the headmaster to make him a personal disciple.
Chapters 301–325 Vol. 4 Read

Ch. 301Yang Ling, I've Truly Turned Over a New Leaf

Yang Ling tested the Green Dragon Ring’s storage space and learned that binding it would cost 100,000 liang, so he decided to sell red gold to pay for it and buy pills. He offered Zhou Zheng a tenth of twenty jin of red gold, but Zhou Zheng insisted he had truly changed.

  • Yang Ling stored his weapons, pills, scripture, and a stone box of 672 jin and 3 liang of red gold in the Green Dragon Ring.
  • Yang Ling discovered the ring required 150 Mental Power, 50 Strength, and 50 Agility, and that binding it would cost 100,000 liang.
  • Yang Ling decided to sell twenty jin of red gold to cover the binding cost and buy Spirit Nurturing Pills.
  • Zhou Zheng taught the Players how to mine and hurried over when Yang Ling called him.
  • Yang Ling offered Zhou Zheng a tenth of the red gold he planned to sell, and Zhou Zheng protested that he had truly turned over a new leaf.

Ch. 302Successful Binding of the Green Dragon Ring

Yang Ling accompanied Zhou Zheng to Suyang Prefecture to sell Blazing Gold, posing as Zhao Qing’s associate. They completed the sale for four hundred thousand taels, but the buyer planned to contact Zhao Qing about the unexpected change to the original plan.

  • Yang Ling and Zhou Zheng traveled to Suyang Prefecture, where Yang Ling told Zhou Zheng to claim Zhao Qing had sent him to sell the Blazing Gold.
  • Zhou Zheng met a middle-aged buyer in a teahouse and revealed Zhao Qing’s name to reassure him about the deal.
  • Zhou Zheng sold twenty catties of Blazing Gold for four hundred thousand taels in Silver Notes.
  • Yang Ling took thirty-six of the forty Silver Notes and wondered whether the game recognized them.
  • The middle-aged buyer instructed someone to contact Zhao Qing about why he had not followed the original plan.

Ch. 303Who Dares Investigate Me?

Yang Ling disguised himself as Zhao Qing and met with Xu Zegang of the Great Evolution Sword Sect to negotiate selling Blazing Gold. Xu Zegang agreed to buy a hundred catties, and Yang Ling offered to lead him to it after payment.

  • Yang Ling sent Zhou Zheng away from Suyang Prefecture with Little White to keep him safe.
  • Yang Ling changed his face and voice to resemble Zhao Qing, then entered the teahouse in Seventh Rank Iron Clothes.
  • Yang Ling told Xu Zegang that Xu Wuji was watching the Blazing Gold Mine and that the agreed price would have to wait until the mine was operating.
  • Yang Ling offered to sell Xu Zegang a hundred catties of Blazing Gold, and Xu Zegang eagerly agreed because the Great Evolution Sword Sect needed it for Purple Gold Swords.
  • Yang Ling told Xu Zegang to pay first and then he would take him to the Blazing Gold.

Ch. 304The Weapons and Pills Expo

Yang Ling visited the Weapons and Pills Expo near the Great Evolution Sword Sect and surveyed its wares, prices, and business ties. After hearing Players discuss their limited resources and plans, he continued browsing, intending to make a large purchase.

  • Yang Ling arrived at the expo in disguise, with his weapons stored in his Green Dragon Ring.
  • He observed the crowded stalls and learned that the Divine Weapon Pavilion, Valley of the Dead, and Great Evolution Sword Sect regularly held expos with support from the authorities.
  • Yang Ling examined a Standard Tiger Saber and judged its quality, comparing its attributes and durability with the Fire Crocodile Blade.
  • Yang Ling overheard Fang Yun and other Players discuss the saber’s high level requirement, the cost of equipment, and their plans to cultivate and enter the White Bone Cave Instance.
  • After Fang Yun left with her brother-in-law to look at pills, Yang Ling continued browsing the expo, planning to make a big purchase.

Ch. 305I'll take them all

At the Valley of the Dead trade fair, Yang Ling learned that Changhe Prefecture had received a larger pill allocation because of his rank, while pill quotas and wholesale prices had shifted. After Changhe’s medicine stores secured their allocation, Yang Ling offered to buy all their Spirit Nurturing Pills, leaving them surprised.

  • Elder Qin announced that the Valley of the Dead had reduced its overall Spirit Nurturing Pill quota but raised wholesale prices by about ten percent.
  • Elder Qin explained that Changhe Prefecture’s allocation had risen to 1,800 pills because Yang Ling was a newly promoted sixth-rank martial artist, and he assigned quotas to the other prefectures.
  • Chu Huatian signed for Changhe Prefecture’s 1,800 Spirit Nurturing Pills and bought 9,000 inferior pills as required by the five-to-one allocation rule.
  • Bai Zhixing and Chu Huatian discussed selling most of their Spirit Nurturing Pills to other prefectures to free up working capital.
  • Yang Ling approached Chu Huatian and said he would take all the Spirit Nurturing Pills, surprising the medicine store managers.

Ch. 306A buying spree

Yang Ling used his connection to Master Yang to buy four thousand high-quality Spirit Nurturing Pills for the Iron Clothes Department, intending to use them to advance two martial skills to supernatural skill. After arranging delivery in three days, he considered his growing combat strength and stopped at a stall selling flying daggers.

  • Chu Huatian and the others suspected Yang Ling was a Rong Tribe spy until he said he worked for Master Yang and named the Changhe Prefecture Iron Clothes Department as the delivery destination.
  • Yang Ling arranged to buy fifteen hundred of Chu Huatian’s eighteen hundred pills and another twenty-five hundred from other prefectures, leaving three hundred pills for the shop.
  • Yang Ling gave Chu Huatian two million taels in silver notes and told him to keep the purchase low-profile, promising to settle the remaining balance later.
  • Chu Huatian bought the other prefectures’ allocations at five hundred and thirty taels per pill and arranged for all four thousand pills to be delivered to the Chu Family Medicine Store in Changhe Prefecture.
  • Yang Ling calculated that the pills would let his Lingxu Step and Wind God Vajra Leg reach supernatural skill, then stopped at a stall displaying flying daggers, including the Hundred Refined Red Gold Flying Dagger.

Ch. 307Five Thousand Hundred Refined Quenched Gold Flying Daggers

Yang Ling, under the name Xu Qing Shan, arranged to buy five thousand Hundred Refined Red Gold Flying Daggers from the Divine Weapon Pavilion, intending to upgrade them into Quenching Gold Armor Piercing Flying Daggers. After securing a discount and presenting an Iron Clothes Department permit, he prepared to sign the contract as the pavilion’s leaders went to meet an honored guest identified as the Third Prince.

  • Yang Ling asked the Divine Weapon Pavilion to sell him five thousand Hundred Refined Red Gold Flying Daggers and calculated the cost of upgrading them.
  • The pavilion manager brought Yang Ling to young pavilion master Luo Jinchui, where Yang Ling presented a permit from the Changhe Prefecture Iron Clothes Department.
  • Luo Jinchui approved a discount of ten thousand taels, and Yang Ling accepted the reduced price.
  • Luo Jinchui and the others hurried to greet an honored guest whom Yang Ling heard referred to as the Third Prince.
  • The pavilion manager prepared a contract for Yang Ling to sign.

Ch. 308Mortal-grade, divine weapons, nation-guarding divine weapons!

Yang Ling bought throwing knives from the Divine Weapon Pavilion and learned how weapons were ranked in the Divine Domain. He discovered that a private auction inside the Great Evolution Sword Sect offered divine weapons and asked Li Qing how he could attend.

  • Yang Ling signed a contract for throwing knives, paid half the cost, and received Li Qing’s nameplate for future orders.
  • Li Qing explained that the trade fair sold mass-produced weapons, while the Divine Weapon Pavilion classified ninth- through seventh-rank weapons as mortal-grade, sixth- through fourth-rank weapons as divine weapons, and higher-ranked weapons as nation-guarding divine weapons.
  • Yang Ling considered whether his Fire Crocodile Set counted as a divine weapon and reasoned that true divine weapons might grant players greater benefits than their displayed attributes.
  • Li Qing told Yang Ling that divine weapons were not sold at the trade fair and that a private auction inside the Great Evolution Sword Sect required at least lower sixth-rank cultivation.
  • Yang Ling revealed that he had lower sixth-rank cultivation and asked Li Qing how to attend the auction.

Ch. 309Heaven Swallowing Golden Sword

Yang Ling attended the Great Evolution Sword Sect auction and examined an array of Sixth Rank divine weapons, including the Heaven Swallowing Golden Sword from the Tun Tian Dao Palace. He bid 101,000 taels on the sword, which had repeatedly failed to sell because its spirituality could no longer be awakened.

  • Li Qing secured Yang Ling admission to an auction restricted to Lower Sixth Rank experts and above.
  • Yang Ling surveyed the attendees, noticed Kong Xinghu among the Fifth Rank experts, and studied their attributes.
  • Luo Jinchui opened the auction, and Lower Sixth Rank divine weapons sold for increasingly high prices before Middle Sixth Rank weapons were offered.
  • Yang Ling saw that the Upper Sixth Rank Heaven Swallowing Golden Sword boosted dual attributes by 150, but its equipment requirement limited it to a personal disciple of the Tun Tian Dao Palace's head.
  • After the sword attracted no bids, Yang Ling offered 101,000 taels, delighting Xu Zegang and drawing the attendees' attention.

Ch. 310Little Creation Pill

Yang Ling bought the Heaven Swallowing Golden Sword and two Little Creation Pills at the Great Evolution Sword Sect auction, then glimpsed Zhao Fu speaking with a woman about a Sixth Rank Top Hundred Battle. A powerful white-haired old man watched him closely, and Li Qing’s arrival interrupted the tense encounter.

  • Yang Ling bought the Heaven Swallowing Golden Sword for 101,000 taels and examined the Lower Fifth Rank Mysterious Phoenix Sword as Kong Xinghu won it for 480,000 taels.
  • A Fifth Rank bidder bought a batch of Peiyuan Pills, and ten Great Evolution Blood Qi Pills sold for more than 400,000 taels in total.
  • Yang Ling recognized the Little Creation Pills’ healing value and bought two for 30,000 taels, leaving himself with only 9,000 taels.
  • Yang Ling spotted Zhao Fu speaking with a woman and overheard her thank him for recommending her for a Sixth Rank Top Hundred Battle.
  • A sinister white-haired old man approached and followed Yang Ling’s movements, making him sense that the man was stronger than Xu Wuji or Yun Buchuan.
  • Li Qing hurried over to ask Yang Ling about the auction while the old man continued watching from near the sect gates.

Ch. 311The delivery arrived

Yang Ling bought a damaged Upper Sixth Rank Heaven Swallowing Golden Sword and learned that his large order of flying daggers had drawn the Third Prince’s attention. After selling another shipment of Blazing Gold, he returned to Changhe Prefecture and investigated the shortage of players in Zhao State, just as a convoy carrying his deliveries arrived.

  • Yang Ling told Li Qing he had bought the Heaven Swallowing Golden Sword, while a white-haired old man later learned that Yang Ling had ordered five thousand Hundred Refined Red Gold Flying Daggers for the Changhe Prefecture Iron Clothes Department.
  • Yang Ling sold Xu Zegang another hundred jin of Blazing Gold and used his spirit pet skill to summon Little White before returning to Changhe Prefecture.
  • Yang Ling learned that Master Yun and Master Wen had gone to sweep the mountains for bandits, then asked Chen Guoqing about player numbers in Qingshan City and Zhao State.
  • Yang Ling and Chen Guoqing concluded that far fewer players were in Zhao State than expected, and Yang Ling appointed Wei Ran Head Constable of Qingshan City while inviting Chen Guoqing to take a constable position in Changhe Prefecture.
  • Chen Guoqing agreed to come to Changhe Prefecture, and a Cao Gang convoy carrying Yang Ling’s deliveries arrived at the Iron Clothes Department.

Ch. 312Career advancement: Judge

Yang Ling received his promotion to Sixth-Rank Iron Clothes and a Qi and Blood Tai Sui reward after the Capital City case was closed. His advancement changed his class from Constable to Judge and improved his Insight Technique, while Zhao Xun relayed an offer to buy the Tai Sui that Yang Ling refused.

  • Yang Ling inspected and accepted the Cao Gang shipment of Spirit Nurturing Pills and Hundred Refined Red Gold Flying Daggers, then stored the crates in his Green Dragon Ring.
  • Yang Ling prepared to enter the Tun Tian Dao Palace dungeon, but a surge of experience raised him to level 80 and awarded him a Purple Treasure Chest.
  • Zhao Xun arrived and announced that the Capital City case had been closed and Yang Ling would be promoted for his service.
  • Yang Ling received Sixth-Rank Iron Clothes and an official saber, and his career advanced from Constable to Judge as his Insight Technique gained a thirty-day range.
  • Zhao Xun presented Yang Ling with the Qi and Blood Tai Sui and conveyed Xu Wenjun's offer to buy it, which Yang Ling declined.

Ch. 313Great Grade Azure Dragon Force

Yang Ling refused to sell the Qi and Blood Tai Sui, accepted a place in the Sixth Rank Top Hundred Battle, and found a first-class internal skill in the Purple Treasure Chest. He entered the Tun Tian Dao Palace instance after deciding to save the sacred medicine for later.

  • Yang Ling told Zhao Xun he would not sell the Qi and Blood Tai Sui, and Zhao Xun handed him the pill.
  • Zhao Xun offered Yang Ling a place in the Sixth Rank Top Hundred Battle against the Rong Tribe, and Yang Ling agreed after learning it would begin in four or five months.
  • Yang Ling read the pill's properties and learned it could raise his qi and blood by 3,000 points and be consumed three times.
  • Yang Ling opened the Purple Treasure Chest and obtained Great Grade Azure Dragon Force, a first-class internal skill with a true-damage special skill.
  • Yang Ling put the Qi and Blood Tai Sui away, raised his strength by four points, and chose to enter the Tun Tian Dao Palace instance.

Ch. 314Let me test you

Yang Ling entered a solo Tun Tian Dao Palace dungeon with his equipment bonuses and skills temporarily disabled, where he became Qingyun Mountain’s chief disciple. After learning that killing Jiu Xingkong could help him compete to become the sect leader’s personal disciple, Yang Ling questioned his junior brothers and sisters about the obstacles ahead.

  • Lin Caiyi and the other miners saw Yang Ling reach level 80, while several players gained levels from their contributions in the Capital.
  • Yang Ling received the Tun Tian Dao Palace dungeon synopsis, which required him to lead Qingyun Mountain disciples in a raid to kill the Arhat Temple elder Jiu Xingkong.
  • The game assessed Yang Ling’s cultivation as Lower Sixth Rank, his combat strength as Middle Sixth Rank, and the dungeon difficulty as C+ before loading him into the dungeon.
  • Yang Ling met ten seventh-rank disciples who urged him to seize an opportunity to kill Jiu Xingkong and secure his position as Qingyun Mountain’s chief disciple.
  • Yang Ling learned that becoming the sect leader’s personal disciple could let him equip the Heaven Swallowing Golden Sword, then asked his companions how many obstacles he would face.

Ch. 315Wind God Vajra Leg, supernatural skill

Yang Ling prepared to hunt Jiu Xingkong by learning Great Grade Azure Dragon Force and using Spirit Nurturing Pills to raise Wind God Vajra Leg to supernatural skill. He ended the chapter with 149 strength and 103 agility, approaching Upper Sixth Rank.

  • Zhang Hongyu told Yang Ling that killing Jiu Xingkong could earn him enough merit to contend for a position as the palace master's personal disciple.
  • Yang Ling equipped his armor and learned Great Grade Azure Dragon Force, but found that practicing it did not increase its experience.
  • Yang Ling swallowed nearly two thousand Spirit Nurturing Pills to rapidly raise Wind God Vajra Leg's proficiency to one million.
  • Wind God Vajra Leg reached supernatural skill and permanently increased Yang Ling's strength and agility by fifty points each.
  • Yang Ling compared his new attributes with Xu Zegang, Yu Chunxi, and Ming Xin and judged that he was close to Upper Sixth Rank.

Ch. 316[Transcendent Saint]

Yang Ling advanced Lingxu Step and Wind God Vajra Leg to supernatural skill, then used Qi and Blood Tai Sui to raise his qi and blood to 6,000. He realized supernatural skill unlocked the transcendent saint realm for internal skills and martial arts, and left with Zhang Hongyu to see Jiu Xingkong.

  • Yang Ling consumed Spirit Nurturing Pills until Lingxu Step became a supernatural skill that boosted his agility and granted Treading the Void.
  • Yang Ling refined the Qi and Blood Tai Sui with the Vajra Mingwang Technique, raising his qi and blood from 3,000 to 6,000.
  • Yang Ling received a notification that supernatural skill unlocked the transcendent saint realm for internal skills and martial skills, and connected that realm to the higher ranks of martial artists.
  • Yang Ling reviewed his attribute panel and noted that his base attributes had reached the middle sixth rank level, with equipment bonuses temporarily absent.
  • Zhang Hongyu told Yang Ling that Jiu Xingkong had arrived to pray for King Subei's youngest son, and Yang Ling went out to inspect Jiu Xingkong's attributes.

Ch. 317Suspicions of Other Regions

Yang Ling assessed Jiu Xingkong’s formidable abilities and believed he could defeat him, but an attempted assassination revealed that powerful players from another region had entered the same dungeon. The chapter ended with Jiu Xingkong questioning the captured assassins about whether they were disciples of Tun Tian Dao Palace.

  • Yang Ling inspected Jiu Xingkong’s attributes and techniques, judging that his strength was comparable to Jiu Xingkong’s and that he had a strong chance of clearing the dungeon.
  • More than a dozen poisoned crossbow bolts targeted Jiu Xingkong, who dodged them and captured two attackers.
  • Soldiers from the Prince of Subei’s Manor seized over a dozen pale-faced assassins after Jiu Xingkong called them out.
  • Yang Ling examined the captives’ panels and discovered that they were high-level players who did not appear on the Divine Realm Rank List.
  • Yang Ling concluded that the Divine Domain had multiple regions and that players from elsewhere could be assigned to the same dungeon.
  • Jiu Xingkong asked the captured assassins whether they were disciples of Tun Tian Dao Palace.

Ch. 318A combo skill?

Yang Ling learned that Zhao State and the Rong Tribe might be separate player regions, and uncovered a connection between Arhat Temple and the Zhao family. After testing Treading the Void, he began restoring his qi and blood so he could try combining it with Wind God Vajra Leg.

  • Jiu Xingkong broke the limbs of the captured players, who were taken away for interrogation, while he and his monks continued chanting.
  • Yang Ling realized the Divine Realm Chat Channels might be isolated by region and suspected Li Fengxian was hiding in Zhao State.
  • Zhang Hongyu told Yang Ling that King Subei was Zhao De, whose son Zhao Chongxu had been named by Arhat Temple's abbot.
  • Yang Ling sent Zhang Hongyu back to the courtyard and went outside the city, suspecting his junior was trying to use him to kill Jiu Xingkong.
  • Yang Ling tested Treading the Void, soaring through the air at greatly increased speed but consuming most of his qi and blood.
  • Yang Ling considered combining Treading the Void with Wind God Vajra Leg and a double critical hit, then began restoring his qi and blood to test the combination.

Ch. 319Wind God's Force

Yang Ling perfected a combination of Lingxu Step and Wind God Vajra Leg, then waited for Jiu Xingkong to leave the city before planning an attack. He infiltrated the Heavenly Wolf Guard station and questioned imprisoned players, asking Zhang Shuzhou about his rank on the Rong Tribe's Divine Realm Rank List.

  • Yang Ling tested his combination technique on a boulder and learned that using Treading the Void to boost his kicks greatly increased their power.
  • After several days of practice, Yang Ling developed Wind God's Force and broke a massive tree with a single kick.
  • Yang Ling told Zhang Hongyu and the others to keep watching Jiu Xingkong and wait until he left the city before attacking.
  • Zhang Hongyu told Yang Ling that the assassins might have been sent from the capital and had been handed over to the Heavenly Wolf Guard.
  • Yang Ling sneaked into the Heavenly Wolf Guard station, knocked out jailers, and found Zhang Shuzhou and the other imprisoned players.
  • Yang Ling offered to let Zhang Shuzhou leave if he answered one question, then asked what place he held on the Rong Tribe's Divine Realm Rank List.

Ch. 320The Rong Tribe's number one

Yang Ling rescued Zhang Shuzhou and nine other Rong Tribe players from the Heavenly Wolf Guard prison and hid them in a ruined temple while they recovered. As the group discussed their dangerous mission and Li Fengxian, Yang Ling learned that Li Fengxian was protected by the Heavenly Wolf Guards and asked Zhang Shuzhou what he looked like.

  • Yang Ling realized Zhang Shuzhou and the other prisoners were Rong Tribe players, but introduced himself as Shi Xin without revealing his strength or identity.
  • Yang Ling carried all ten injured players to a ruined temple and gave them Healing Ointment so their health and injuries could recover.
  • Zhang Shuzhou explained that the C+ mission had overwhelmed the group, whose strongest member was only Upper Seventh Rank, after they tried to attack the powerful monk Jiu Xingkong with crossbows.
  • The players discussed the Immortal God Cult and its leader Li Fengxian, who had developed explosives and was now protected by the Heavenly Wolf Guards.
  • Ji Nian said he would kill Li Fengxian if he got the chance, and Zhang Shuzhou warned that Li Fengxian's strength rivaled his own.
  • Yang Ling asked Zhang Shuzhou what Li Fengxian looked like after learning that Zhang had met him.

Ch. 321A dual identity?

Yang Ling and Ji Nian suspected that Luo Kai had taken on Li Fengxian’s identity, explaining how a young player could be the fifty-two-year-old cult leader. After recovering in the ruined temple, Yang Ling left the others to hide in the city and prepared to confront Jiu Xingkong alone.

  • Zhang Shuzhou told Ji Nian and Yang Ling that Li Fengxian had looked no older than thirty when they met, despite being fifty-two in their files.
  • Yang Ling suggested that a young man might have assumed Li Fengxian’s identity, and Ji Nian identified the vanished doctoral student Luo Kai as a possible match.
  • Yang Ling stayed at the ruined temple while Zhang Shuzhou and the others recovered, then they agreed to hide in the city until the instance ended.
  • Zhang Hongyu challenged Yang Ling about confronting Jiu Xingkong, but Yang Ling said he would carry out the decapitation alone.
  • Zhang Hongyu and the other disciples agreed to wait for Yang Ling’s return with Jiu Xingkong’s head.

Ch. 322My fist and foot skill is pretty good too

Yang Ling watched Jiu Xingkong fight the Extreme Flame Sword Mansion swordsmen, then intervened with flying daggers when Jiu Xingkong was about to kill one of them. With Zhao Heavenly King approaching, Jiu Xingkong believed he had won, but Yang Ling revealed that he could fight with his fists and feet as well and charged at him.

  • Jiu Xingkong used his Demon-Subduing Pestle and Arhat Crossing Sutra to overpower the Extreme Flame Sword Mansion swordsmen, whose Sword Formation nearly exhausted his qi and blood.
  • One swordsman called on the Tun Tian Dao Palace to honor its agreement, and Yang Ling threw a Quenching Gold Armor Piercing Flying Dagger to stop Jiu Xingkong from killing him.
  • Yang Ling attacked Jiu Xingkong with waves of flying daggers, forcing him to spend much of his qi and blood defending himself as he dodged toward Yang Ling.
  • Jiu Xingkong pretended to flee, then turned to attack Yang Ling, while the Extreme Flame Sword Mansion swordsmen fled after sensing Zhao Heavenly King approaching.
  • Jiu Xingkong laughed that Zhao Heavenly King would arrive within two quarters of an hour and declared victory, but Yang Ling said his fist and foot skill was good too and charged at him.

Ch. 323[Mission rating: S-]

Yang Ling killed Jiu Xingkong and completed the first stage of the Tun Tian Dao Palace instance with an S- rating, earning attribute points and Peiyuan Pills. The instance immediately began its second stage, and Zhao Heavenly King arrived while Yang Ling was still trapped there.

  • Yang Ling used Treading the Void and his martial arts to keep Jiu Xingkong under pressure while learning that Zhao Heavenly King was approaching.
  • Yang Ling deliberately exposed an opening, absorbed Jiu Xingkong's pestle strike, then unleashed a barrage of double-critical kicks that killed him.
  • Yang Ling received two level-ups and completed the first stage of the Tun Tian Dao Palace instance, earning an S- rating, 25 free attribute points, and 30 Peiyuan Pills.
  • Yang Ling collected the pills and Jiu Xingkong's Demon-Subduing Pestle, then learned that his rating had triggered the instance's second stage and extended its time by 30 days.
  • Zhao Heavenly King confronted Yang Ling, who quietly spent his free attribute points on agility.

Ch. 324Your disciple Yang Ling pays his respects, Master!

Yang Ling survived his encounter with Zhao Heavenly King, who revealed that he had arranged the ambush on Jiu Xingkong and took Yang Ling as his disciple. Zhao granted him dragon qi and a first-class sword technique, while Yang Ling kept his connection to Zhao secret and completed the mission.

  • Yang Ling met Zhao Heavenly King after killing Jiu Xingkong, and Zhao praised him for the victory.
  • Zhao explained that he had enlisted Tun Tian Dao Palace and Extreme Flame Sword Mansion to ambush Jiu Xingkong, then offered to take Yang Ling as his disciple.
  • Yang Ling accepted Zhao as his master, unlocking the cultivation requirements for Great Grade Azure Dragon Force, but asked to become the Tun Tian Dao Palace headmaster’s personal disciple as well.
  • Zhao gave Yang Ling the Candle Dragon Seven-Star Sword Technique and told him to conceal their relationship from the palace master.
  • After Zhao departed, Yang Ling recovered his weapons, while Zhang Shuzhou and Ji Nian realized their mission was complete despite its F- rating.

Ch. 325Whatever you ask for, I will give you

Yang Ling returned to Tun Tian Dao Palace with Jiu Xingkong’s head and presented it to the headmaster. When she offered him any reward he wanted, he asked to become her personal disciple.

  • The players were puzzled by clearing the instance, then decided to avoid the city and keep cultivating while the Heavenly Wolf Guard hunted for them.
  • Yang Ling returned to the courtyard and revealed that the black bag contained Jiu Xingkong’s head, stunning Zhang Hongyu and the others.
  • Yang Ling and his companions returned to Tun Tian Dao Palace, where he assessed the mountain lords and chief disciples who might compete with him.
  • Tun Tian Dao Palace’s headmaster confirmed Jiu Xingkong’s identity and offered Yang Ling any reward he wanted for killing him.
  • Yang Ling immediately asked to become the Headmaster’s Personal Disciple.
Arc 13 of 41
Arc 13 of 41