Recaps

Yang Ling established the Iron Clothes Department in the Capital, rejected the Summit Conference’s bid for Divine Domain, and pursued power through rare resources and training. He then confronted Ying Taisui over the Rong Tribe negotiations and began using the White Bone Return to the West Scripture against him.

• Yang Ling destroyed Arhat Temple, defeated the Blue-Faced Arhat, and learned it had been Emperor Rong Wu’s ninth son and Arhat Temple’s first abbot.
• Yang Ling traveled to the Capital, arrested two sect elders for dueling on the Tianyuan River, and established the Iron Clothes Department’s headquarters.
• Yang Ling learned that the Grand Ancestor wanted him to confront the Dao Lord of the Third Dao Court, then consumed Decayed Spirit Roots and gained many levels.
• Yang Ling traded for more Decayed Spirit Roots, became Zhao De’s personal Lampbearer, gave Ji Tianming an Immortal Spirit Pill, and announced the first Spirit Deer Set distribution for Ninth Rank players.
• Yang Ling went to the Zhao State and Rong Tribe negotiations, challenged Ying Taisui over the deaths on Fire Flood Dragon Island, and demanded a reinvestigation of Kong Xinghu’s death.
• Ying Taisui took Yang Ling away from the fishing village to fight, but Yang Ling broke his attack and inflicted hundreds of cuts while exposing the Star Gazing Academy Head’s cooperation with the Rong Tribe.
• Ying Taisui entered the Immortal Deity Domain and attacked Yang Ling, who endured the blows with the Thunder God Body and began chanting the White Bone Return to the West Scripture.

Yang Ling backed Zhao Zheng's bid for the throne, secured powerful allies, and reopened investigations linking Zheng Hai, the Third Prince, and the Immortal God Cult. The Third Prince was held awaiting evidence as Yang Ling's allies pursued an explosives shipment bound for Rong State.

• Zhao De confirmed Ying Taisui's escape, Zheng Hai killed himself to avoid capture, and Pei Zhiyan revealed his Iron Clothes Department identity.
• Yang Ling pledged to help Zhao Zheng take the throne and urged players to support him in the main quest.
• Ji Tianming recovered after absorbing the Magma Sea and agreed to help Yang Ling investigate the ambush in the Capital.
• Yang Ling helped the White Bone Divine Lord gain the founding master's recognition, received the Hongmeng White Bone Origin Spirit Method, and brought powerful allies back to the Capital.
• Yang Ling reopened the Xiangfeng Prefecture and Ying Taisui investigations with Zhao De and Ji Tianming's protection.
• Yang Ling distributed Spirit Deer Sets to the Four Great Gangs and exposed Officer Qi's attempt to suppress the Green Gang for the Heaven Tiger Gang.
• Yang Ling detained Star Gazing Academy scholars and obstructing officials, summoned the Third Prince, and linked Zheng Hai and Luo Kai to the explosives conspiracy.
• Yang Ling sent Xu Wenjun and Ji Tianming after the explosives shipment, the Eldest Princess blocked Ning Xiu from taking the Third Prince away, and a giant ape ordered the boats to stop.

Yang Ling exposed the Third Prince’s faction and suppressed its allies, then confronted Ku Jue Temple’s rebellion. During the Divine Domain tournament, he uncovered Luo Kai’s return and led Zhao State to victory over Shura Path, leaving the district awaiting its final challenge.

• Yang Ling exposed the Third Prince’s ties to the Immortal God Cult and the Rong Tribe, defeated Ning Xiu, and helped bring down the Third Prince’s faction.
• Qi Tairan took over as acting Minister of Justice, while Yang Ling and his allies received Zhang Xuanshui, Chen Quan, Pei Zhiyan, and other captives in the capital.
• Qi Tairan sentenced Ning Xiu to confinement and executed Huang Zhaolong, then killed Zhao Fu after his public trial.
• Ku Jue Abbot seized control of the Iron Clothes Department, but Yang Ling used God Descent to reach the temple, crippled the monks, and ordered an investigation into their smuggling.
• Yang Ling entered the Martial Way Tournament and helped players qualify, while Luo Kai defeated Zhang Shendao and stole points from his attributes.
• Yang Ling identified Luo Kai among Zhao State’s top hundred as the tournament revealed that Zhao State would face Shura Path in a regional battle.
• Shura Path chose a real-health free-for-all, and Yang Ling shielded Chen Xu from a lightning penalty while discovering Luo Kai could revive at a heavy cost.
• Luo Kai killed himself and vanished, then Yang Ling urged Bi Fang to concede, and Shura Path surrendered and lost five Strength and five Agility points, leaving Zhao State as defending champion awaiting the second-place district’s challenge.

Yang Ling won the Martial Way Tournament for Zhao State, expanded the Grandmaster Project, and gained the Ancient God Glove after his unusual first-place reward failed. He then rescued captive players and recruited Iron Clothes before consuming the Great Dream Dynasty’s stored treasures, leaving him trapped in his cave abode by a Heavenly Will Sect Land Immortal.

• Yang Ling defeated Wu Duo, secured Zhao State’s championship, and opened the Grandmaster Project to players from every Divine Domain region.
• Yang Ling received the Ancient God Qualification, saw his Diamond White Bone Buddha genes devour it, and obtained the Ancient God Glove as compensation.
• Yang Ling used God Descent to free Pan Yuan and other captives from the Mystic Extreme Demon Sect and helped them qualify for the advanced Tun Tian Dao Palace instance.
• Yang Ling recruited arriving players into the Iron Clothes Department and granted them access to its attribute rewards.
• Yang Ling accepted five hundred chests of Great Dream Dynasty treasures into the Iron Clothes Department after inspecting and registering their contents.
• Zhao De warned Yang Ling of a planned theft and supplied a protective banner, but Yang Ling secretly moved the treasures into the Xuanhuang Cave Abode and consumed pills to improve his cultivation.
• A Heavenly Will Sect Land Immortal demanded entry to the cave abode while Yang Ling continued consuming pills and exhausted most of the stored treasures.
• Yang Ling failed to escape through God Descent and asked Lu Xiangdi for help, prompting Chu Pinglan to report the incident to the Imperial College Libationer.