Recaps

Yang Ling discovered how the Deep Sea Curse worked and defied warnings to break it with his Divine Qilin Martial Way Furnace. The curse rebounded onto Qi Baiyan, whom Yang Ling seized before he could escape into the sea.

• Sealholding Eunuch Zhang explained that Yang Ling's Deep Sea Curse made him turn into a fish if he stayed ashore, and that it would fade if he remained at sea for about a month.
• Yang Ling repeatedly tested the curse by stepping ashore and returning to the boat, discovering that he could sense and refine away its power once it appeared.
• Xu Zhiyuan and Sealholding Eunuch Zhang warned Yang Ling that forcibly breaking the curse could damage his Martial Way Furnace.
• Qi Baiyan arrived and denied casting the curse, while Yang Ling chose to come ashore and declared that he would break it.
• Yang Ling used his Divine Qilin Martial Way Furnace to refine away the curse, causing it to take effect on Qi Baiyan instead.
• Yang Ling grabbed the transforming Qi Baiyan by the neck as he tried to flee back into the sea.

Yang Ling let the Deep Sea Curse run its course on Qi Baiyan while beating him, despite warnings about the powerful people backing him. Qi Baiyan transformed completely into a black fish, and another eunuch arrived and ordered Yang Ling seized.

• Yang Ling’s attack forced Qi Baiyan’s Deep Sea Curse to rebound, while Xu Zhiyuan and Sealholding Eunuch Zhang realized Yang Ling had overcome the curse with an immensely powerful Martial Way Furnace.
• Xu Zhiyuan and Zhao Yingying refused to stop Yang Ling, and he rejected Qi Baiyan’s apology while continuing to beat him unconscious.
• Yang Ling told Xu Zhiyuan that Zhao State was his backer and that Qi Baiyan deserved the curse’s consequences.
• Qi Baiyan transformed into a large black fish, and Xu Zhiyuan and Sealholding Eunuch Zhang recognized that his foundations had suffered irreversible damage.
• A eunuch in a Crane Robe arrived, saw the black fish, and ordered his men to seize Yang Ling.

Yang Ling survived Qi Baiyan’s Deep Sea Curse, but the Empress’s intervention ended the confrontation before he could pursue justice. After the Emperor refused to meet him and granted him an official seal, Xu Wenjun learned that Xu Zhiyuan had escorted Yang Ling on the Eldest Princess’s orders, leaving the political implications unclear.

• Sealholding Eunuch Liu claimed that the Empress had ordered Qi Baiyan to test Yang Ling, and Yang Ling accepted the explanation before kicking Qi Baiyan into the sea.
• Xu Zhiyuan and Sealholding Eunuch Zhang escorted Yang Ling toward the palace, while Qi Baiyan recovered enough to declare that he and Yang Ling could not coexist.
• At the palace gates, Sealholding Eunuch Zhang told Yang Ling that the Emperor would not meet him, gave him the Official Seal for a Fourth Rank post, and ordered the goods and valuables delivered inside.
• Xu Zhiyuan revealed to Xu Wenjun that the Eldest Princess had ordered him to escort Yang Ling, prompting Xu Wenjun to react with alarm.
• Xu Wenjun told Xu Qingnian to remain on Fire Flood Dragon Island and agreed to return with Yang Ling to the Iron Clothes Department.

Yang Ling learned that the Palace might deny him credit for breaking the Deep Sea Curse, but the Eldest Princess explained the political maneuver and delivered his promised rewards. She left the question of credit for Jiang Li and Jiang Zhuo unresolved while Yang Ling accepted his appointment document and valuable items.

• Yang Ling and Xu Wenjun worried that the Crown Prince and the Palace might take the credit for Jiang Li and Jiang Zhuo, and Xu Wenjun advised Yang Ling to leave the Capital if trouble arose.
• Xu Wenjun told Xu Qingnian to return to Fire Flood Dragon Island with the Cao Gang, then Yang Ling returned to the Public Security Division First Branch.
• Yang Ling confirmed to Li Huaiyi, Lu Qian, and the other Iron Clothes that he had advanced to the Fourth-Rank Grandmaster realm.
• Yang Ling found the Eldest Princess waiting in his office, and she explained that the emperor had never intended to see him and that she had sent Xu Zhiyuan to ensure Yang Ling received his rewards.
• The Eldest Princess said the parties were still deciding who would receive the credit for Jiang Li and Jiang Zhuo, then gave Yang Ling his appointment document, Mystic Fire Qilin Armor, and Supreme-Grade Water Bodhi.

The Eldest Princess inspected Yang Ling’s spirit pet and new Spirit Armor Master ability before rewarding him with a fourth-rank post in the Capital Iron Clothes Department’s Command Department. Yang Ling’s Judge class then advanced to Soul-Seizing Judge, though its new judgment skill came with an unexplained progress bar.

• The Eldest Princess told Yang Ling that accepting the benefits meant he could no longer claim credit for capturing Jiang Zhuo and Jiang Li, then asked to see his spirit pet.
• Yang Ling summoned Little White, whose qilin-like appearance startled the Iron Clothes in the courtyard and delighted the Eldest Princess.
• Little White transformed into armor around Yang Ling, demonstrating his Spirit Armor Master ability to the Eldest Princess and the onlookers.
• The Eldest Princess appointed Yang Ling Third Branch Master of the Capital Iron Clothes Department’s Command Department, a fourth-rank office.
• Yang Ling’s Judge class advanced to Soul-Seizing Judge, granting an improved Insight Technique and Soul-Seizing Judgment, while a 0/300 progress bar appeared.

The Eldest Princess rewarded Yang Ling for his contributions on Fire Flood Dragon Island with the Mystic Fire Qilin Armor, which had lost its spirituality but greatly boosted his attributes. After discovering that its power stacked with Little White, Yang Ling accepted a Supreme-Grade Water Bodhi and promised not to disappoint Zhao State.

• The Eldest Princess gave Yang Ling the Mystic Fire Qilin Armor and explained that it could withstand attacks from ordinary fourth-rank grandmasters despite its missing spirituality.
• Yang Ling inspected the armor and learned that it required only Level 200 and fourth-rank military officer status, while granting 800 points to both attributes.
• Yang Ling activated the armor and combined it with Little White, gaining 1,600 points to both strength and agility and alarming the Iron Clothes officers with his transformed size and pressure.
• The Eldest Princess praised the combination of Yang Ling's Spirit Armor Master ability and the armor, and Yang Ling thanked her for the reward.
• The Eldest Princess gave Yang Ling a Supreme-Grade Water Bodhi that Zhao State had kept for over two hundred years, and Yang Ling vowed to meet the state's expectations.

Yang Ling stored the Supreme-Grade Water Bodhi while he investigated what advancing from Fourth Rank to Third Rank required, then learned the breakthrough was safe but difficult. At the Anti-Theft Division, he used Soul-Seizing Judgment on a criminal Player, killing him and increasing his Soul-Seizing Judge count.

• The Eldest Princess warned Yang Ling to be cautious about gossip, gave him the Supreme-Grade Water Bodhi, and invited him to bring Little White for a visit.
• Yang Ling examined the Water Bodhi but stored it until he knew more about breaking through to Third Rank.
• Yang Ling visited the Anti-Theft Division and asked Xu Wenjun about the dangers of advancing from Fourth Rank to Third Rank.
• Xu Wenjun explained that the breakthrough carried no danger but could take years or even a lifetime to achieve.
• Yang Ling recognized the arrested Player Pan Linfeng as a criminal who had killed twelve Players and selected Soul-Seizing Judgment.
• Soul-Seizing Judgment killed Pan Linfeng and raised Yang Ling's Soul-Seizing Judge count to 1/300.

Yang Ling discovered that Soul-Seizing Judgment could kill criminals and grant class progress, then consumed the Water Bodhi and gained 70 levels. He ended the chapter at level 282, nearing the level 300 milestone.

• Yang Ling considered how the martial way furnace could resist divine abilities and concluded Soul-Seizing Judgment might grant experience as well as class progress.
• Xu Wenjun sent Pan Linfeng’s corpse to the Ministry of Justice as a sudden-death case, while Yang Ling used Insight Technique on the other prisoners.
• Yang Ling learned that prisoners were ultimately sentenced by the Ministry of Justice and ordered Xu Wenjun to reinvestigate a burly man he said had been wrongfully accused.
• Yang Ling swallowed the Water Bodhi, initially saw no changes, then gained 70 levels when its cold aura surged through him.
• Yang Ling checked the Divine Realm Rank List, saw Lin Caiyi at level 82, and looked forward to reaching level 300.

Yang Ling escaped an apparent assassination by a Second Rank Human Immortal by entering the Grandmaster Network, while officials in the Capital tried to conceal the attack. He arrived safely in the Network, where a stranger questioned how anyone could still enter a game that had supposedly been destroyed.

• Yang Ling allocated his free attribute points, then decided to enter the Grandmaster Network to reach level 300.
• A terrifying attack struck as Yang Ling left his room, so he activated his defenses and escaped into the Grandmaster Network just before the building was crushed into a deep palm-shaped pit.
• Xu Wenjun and the Iron Clothes masters found the destruction and feared Yang Ling had been killed by a Second Rank Human Immortal.
• The Eldest Princess arrived, and Minister Ning identified the attacker as Ying Taisui, who had come after Yang Ling for eating his Ancient Demon Toad.
• Minister Ning said Yang Ling's death must be reported as having happened on Black Fish Island, not in the Capital.
• Yang Ling appeared unharmed in the Grandmaster Network, blamed the Crown Prince and Qi Baiyan for the attack, and was approached by someone who asked how he could enter a supposedly destroyed game.

Yang Ling entered the Grandmaster Network and discovered that Divine Domain was considered a long-shut game, while other games had thousands of years of history and ranked far above it. He negotiated with Heartless Sword for a basic introduction, mindful that his remaining Trade Points limited how long he could stay.

• Yang Ling saw players labeled Weird Realm, Mystic Antiquity, and War Martial, and learned that the Grandmaster Network's users believed Divine Domain had shut down thousands of years earlier.
• Heartless Sword offered to guide Yang Ling for 300 Trade Points, while other Grandmasters joined in with cheaper bids.
• Yang Ling checked the network information and found that Pangu ranked first, Weird Realm ranked 100th, and Divine Domain was absent from the rankings.
• Yang Ling calculated that his remaining 400 Trade Points would buy at most 40 days at the newcomer rate and insisted on paying Heartless Sword only after the promised tour.
• Heartless Sword agreed to give Yang Ling a basic introduction for 10 Trade Points, with more detailed guidance costing extra.

Heartless Sword explained the Grandmaster Network’s costs, quests, and dangers to Yang Ling, then warned him that future mandatory quests could send Grandmasters into Divine Domain. Yang Ling concealed his reaction as he realized this might explain Divine Domain’s free attribute points.

• Heartless Sword told Yang Ling about Trade Point costs, the beginner period, and why he could not rely on loans.
• Yang Ling learned that beginner players could only take the Poison Spider Demon Cave quest and that all quests required teams.
• Heartless Sword warned Yang Ling not to reveal his Spirit Armor Master ability and described the risks of joining unreliable teams.
• Yang Ling paid Heartless Sword 20 Trade Points and heard about Hosi Plaza’s Hidden Dragon Team, which offered more reliable teammates for a share of quest gains.
• Heartless Sword explained that players faced mandatory quests every 30 days after the beginner period, and that Grandmasters might now be sent into Divine Domain.
• Yang Ling kept his reaction hidden as he connected the warning to Divine Domain players receiving 5 Free Attribute Points.

Yang Ling learned more about the Divine Domain and the Grandmaster Network while looking for ways to earn Trade Points. After drawing interest from potential buyers for his Internal Skill manual, he asked Heartless Sword about its value and suggested they talk elsewhere.

• Yang Ling told Heartless Sword that the Divine Domain had countless First Rank Land Immortals, giving the group its first piece of intelligence about the world.
• Yang Ling declined Heartless Sword’s invitation to join the Hidden Dragon Team and asked about trading equipment and information for Trade Points.
• Yang Ling offered to sell an Internal Skill manual, prompting another Fourth-Rank Grandmaster to compete with Heartless Sword to buy it.
• Yang Ling asked whether Huo Si was the strongest expert in Hosi Plaza and learned that Huo Si was an Upper Fourth Rank Grandmaster reputed to exceed 4,000 strength.
• Yang Ling asked Heartless Sword to explain the value of Internal Skills, and Heartless Sword suggested they speak somewhere private.

Yang Ling visited a brokerage in Hosi Plaza to learn the market price for internal skills, then claimed he had a first-class manual and watched Dong Wu try to buy it cheaply. When Yang Ling withdrew the offer and started to leave, Dong Wu angrily demanded to know whether he was making a fool of him.

• Heartless Sword brought Yang Ling to Dong Wu’s brokerage and explained that second-rate internal skills sold for around 10,000 trade points.
• Dong Wu arrived and offered 50,000 trade points as the market price for a first-class internal skill, while asking about Yang Ling’s Divine Domain equipment and medicines.
• Yang Ling claimed he intended to sell a first-class manual, drawing eager attention from Dong Wu and the others.
• Yang Ling realized Dong Wu’s offer was low, pretended he had been joking, and began to leave the shop.
• Dong Wu stopped Yang Ling and angrily asked whether he was making a fool of him.

Yang Ling confronted Dong Wu for offering only fifty thousand trade points for a first-class internal skill, then exposed the offer in Hosi Plaza. After Yang Ling revealed the Yin-Tempering Body-Refining Art, Li Piaoxue bid ninety thousand trade points, and Yang Ling asked whether anyone would offer more.

• Yang Ling demanded compensation from Dong Wu and threatened to expose his low offer, but Dong Wu threatened to blacklist him from Hosi Plaza teams.
• Yang Ling shouted that Dong Wu was a crook, drawing a crowd and prompting Dong Wu and his associates to come outside.
• Yang Ling displayed the Yin-Tempering Body-Refining Art, and the Grandmasters in Hosi Plaza saw that it was a first-rate manual.
• More than a dozen Upper Fourth-Rank Grandmasters arrived, and Li Piaoxue offered Yang Ling ninety thousand trade points for the manual.
• Yang Ling held back from accepting Li Piaoxue's bid and asked whether anyone had a higher offer.

Yang Ling sold the Yin-Tempering Body-Refining Art to Dong Wu for 100,000 Trade Points after insisting on payment first. Dong Wu discovered he could not comprehend it because its Mental Power requirement was below 3, but he hid his disappointment and called it the real deal.

• Li Piaoxue and Dong Wu each offered 100,000 Trade Points for Yang Ling's Yin-Tempering Body-Refining Art, while the other Grandmasters declined to bid.
• Yang Ling chose Dong Wu but refused to hand over the art until Dong Wu had transferred the full payment.
• Dong Wu gathered Trade Points from his team and borrowed another 30,000 to reach the required amount.
• Dong Wu transferred 100,000 Trade Points to Yang Ling, who then handed him the Yin-Tempering Body-Refining Art.
• Dong Wu found that its cultivation requirements were Strength 30 and Mental Power below 3, so he could not comprehend it, but he told Yang Ling it was the real deal.

Yang Ling exposed the drawback of the Yin-Tempering Body-Refining Art after selling it to Dong Wu, turning their deal into a costly loss for Dong Wu. After the Grandmasters dispersed, Yang Ling considered the Grandmaster Network a potential refuge and asked a loan shop about borrowing money, only to be offered a future debt-collection job.

• Yang Ling refused Dong Wu’s offer of ten thousand Trade Points to keep quiet and revealed that the Yin-Tempering Body-Refining Art required Mental Power below 3 points.
• Li Piaoxue pointed out that the skill could still be resold, while Dong Wu left with his companions and the other Grandmasters discussed his loss.
• Li Piaoxue thanked Yang Ling for not selling him the art and warned that Dong Wu might seek revenge; Heartless Sword and the others also left.
• Yang Ling decided he could use the Grandmaster Network as a safe haven, though he still wanted more Trade Points to pursue Instances and valuable techniques.
• Yang Ling asked War Martial He Credit whether he qualified for a loan, and the manager instead invited him to work as a debt collector if the company expanded into his Divine Domain.

Yang Ling met He Zhiqiu, learned that War Martial He Credit required First-Rank cultivation for its head agents, and explored the Grandmaster Network’s shops. He bought counterfeit Tyrant Blood Pills from Ding Luo, whose toxins his Divine Qilin Martial Way Furnace refined, raising his Strength to 2,999.

• He Zhiqiu explained War Martial He Credit’s head-agent requirements and exchanged contact details with Yang Ling.
• He Zhiqiu directed Yang Ling to shops selling cultivation-enhancing goods, and Yang Ling visited Ding Luo’s pill shop.
• Ding Luo explained the effects and risks of counterfeit Tyrant Blood Pills, and Yang Ling bought all 37 for 7,000 Trade Points.
• Yang Ling learned that a Treasure-Hiding Talisman held one cubic meter and compared it with his Green Dragon Ring.
• Yang Ling took 13 counterfeit Tyrant Blood Pills, reached 2,999 Strength, and stored the remaining 24 as his Martial Way Furnace refined their toxins.

Yang Ling and Ding Luo discovered a chance to profit from price differences between Divine Domain and the Grandmaster Network, and discussed rare skill exchange vouchers. The chapter ended with Ding Luo offering to deal with Huo Si, who had asked whether Yang Ling was with him.

• Ding Luo advised Yang Ling that the Heavenly God Tower could improve mental power, but required 300,000 trade points to unlock.
• Yang Ling learned that pills for internal energy experience were costly and realized he could trade inexpensive Divine Domain goods for valuable Grandmaster Network items.
• Ding Luo independently recognized the price gap as a tremendous opportunity and proposed working with Yang Ling.
• Yang Ling asked about skill exchange vouchers, and Ding Luo explained their rarity and the black-market price of silver vouchers.
• Ding Luo received a message from Huo Si asking about Yang Ling and offered to handle him through the Mystic Antiquity Ding Clan Pill Group.

Yang Ling expected Huo Si to confront him over Dong Wu’s offer, but Huo Si instead made Dong Wu kneel and apologize, then gave Yang Ling kirin iron as compensation. Yang Ling forgave Dong Wu, and Huo Si left with his team.

• Yang Ling and Ding Luo left the shop to meet Huo Si, who had arrived at Hosi Plaza with Dong Wu and several Grandmasters.
• Huo Si ordered Ding Luo to kneel, but Yang Ling stepped forward and challenged Huo Si to settle the issue with him instead.
• Huo Si explained that Dong Wu had damaged his reputation by offering only fifty thousand Trade Points for Yang Ling’s internal skill, and said he had brought Dong Wu to apologize.
• Dong Wu admitted his greed and bowed to Yang Ling, while Huo Si explained that protecting his team’s reputation mattered more than the lost Trade Points.
• Huo Si offered Yang Ling kirin iron as an apology gift, and Yang Ling accepted it and forgave Dong Wu.
• Huo Si left Hosi Plaza with Dong Wu and the other members of his team.

Yang Ling used the kirin iron to strengthen Little White and learned about a mission item that could speed up leveling. He entered the Poison Spider Demon Cave with Fierce Bunny, who proposed a slow mission run and offered to buy the Poison Gland Sacs he collected.

• Yang Ling let Little White eat the kirin iron, then accepted friend requests from many Grandmasters, including the Hidden Dragon Team captain and Heartless Sword.
• Ding Luo showed Yang Ling a Nine-Turn Heavenly Heart Pill that could be repeatedly turned in for Experience Points, and Yang Ling asked him to prepare a hundred.
• Yang Ling entered the Poison Spider Demon Cave mission and left Ding Luo considering how to raise capital for their partnership.
• Yang Ling met Fierce Bunny, who asked to use the mission's full seventy-two-hour duration and offered one Trade Point per hundred Poison Gland Sacs.

Yang Ling completed the Poison Spider Demon Cave beginner quest despite Fierce Bunny trying to steal his kills, then made her pay 500 Trade Points. Back at the Grandmaster Network, he urged Ding Luo to raise 10,000 Trade Points so they could test the waters together.

• Yang Ling refused Fierce Bunny’s request to farm monsters together and entered the Poison Spider Demon Cave to finish his beginner quest.
• Fierce Bunny tried to block Yang Ling from getting kills, but he outpaced her and trapped her after she attempted to steal his kills.
• Fierce Bunny apologized and transferred Yang Ling 500 Trade Points, and Yang Ling continued clearing spiders.
• Yang Ling completed the quest in an hour, unlocked the Grandmaster Network Quest Hall, and returned to Ding Luo.
• Ding Luo said he had 2,000 Trade Points and agreed to borrow another 8,000 so he and Yang Ling could each contribute 10,000.

Yang Ling found a six-star Ice Thunder Ancient Mine mission that offered valuable experience despite its high cost and deadly final boss. He decided to take it while Ding Luo prepared to trade Treasure-Hiding Talismans for valuable goods, leaving their plan to test the market until Yang Ling returned.

• Yang Ling spotted the Ice Thunder Ancient Mine mission, and Ding Luo explained its cost, month-long duration, and the danger posed by the Primordial Thunder Frog.
• Yang Ling realized his low level and lightning immunity could make the mission worthwhile, even if he failed to defeat the boss.
• Ding Luo proposed trading Treasure-Hiding Talismans for rare herbs and pills, which he expected to be highly valuable in the Divine Domain.
• Yang Ling transferred Ding Luo 9,000 trade points and told him to buy six Treasure-Hiding Talismans.
• Yang Ling chose to enter the Ice Thunder Ancient Mine mission and said they would test the talisman trade after he returned.

Yang Ling joined the Ice Thunder Ancient Mine mission after telling Ding Luo that a Second Rank Human Immortal had tried to assassinate him. Inside the mine, Huo Si and three other plaza leaders questioned Yang Ling’s strength, and Gui He demanded that he repay the team’s Trade Points.

• Yang Ling warned Ding Luo about the Second Rank Human Immortal pursuing him, and Ding Luo decided to risk working with him and buy Treasure-Hiding Talismans.
• Yang Ling joined the Ice Thunder Ancient Mine mission, spending 1,000 Trade Points and bringing his balance to 83,870.
• Yang Ling arrived in the mine and encountered Huo Si, Gui He, Heavenly Blade, and Heavenly Sword, all Upper Fourth Rank Grandmasters.
• Huo Si introduced Yang Ling as a newcomer to Hosi Plaza, while Gui He accused him of being too weak for the mission and demanded compensation.
• Yang Ling called Gui He’s demand extortion, and Huo Si asked Gui He to let the matter go for his sake.

Yang Ling joined Huo Si and the others to mine Ice Thunder Ancient Mine ore, revealing overwhelming strength and earning rapid experience. As the group decided he could help defeat the Primordial Thunder Frog, Yang Ling accidentally struck Ghost Crane while absorbed in mining.

• Ghost Crane, Heaven Saber, and Heaven Sword began mining after Huo Si persuaded Ghost Crane to tolerate Yang Ling.
• Yang Ling equipped the Mystic Fire Qilin Armor and Little White’s spirit armor, then used his skills to mine at remarkable speed.
• Yang Ling leveled up to 283, and the others realized he could mine enough ore to recover much of the mission’s cost.
• Heaven Saber suggested Yang Ling could join their fight against the Primordial Thunder Frog, so Ghost Crane went to explain their plan.
• Yang Ling struck Ghost Crane with his hoe without noticing, leaving the others bewildered by his total absorption in mining.

Yang Ling reached level 300 in the Ice Thunder Ancient Mine and received a Diamond Treasure Chest, confirming that the mine was helping him exploit Divine Domain’s early benefits. Huo Si and the others recognized the chest’s rarity and decided to keep the mine’s possible treasure drops secret.

• Yang Ling leveled up to 300, became the first super player in Divine Domain to reach the milestone, and received a Diamond Treasure Chest.
• Huo Si, Gui He, Heavenly Blade, and Heavenly Sword approached Yang Ling and reacted with shock at the chest.
• Yang Ling learned from Heavenly Blade that Diamond Treasure Chests were exceptionally rare in the Grandmaster Network.
• Heavenly Sword urged the group to keep the mine’s treasure drops secret, and Huo Si warned that leaking the information could make them targets.
• Heavenly Sword asked Yang Ling whether he would sell the Diamond Treasure Chest.