Recaps

Yang Ling survived the Frozen Wasteland’s deadly tournament, defeated its leaders, and secretly preserved the condemned Grandmasters as captives. He turned their release into a high-stakes auction, using the pills he earned to advance his cultivation while defying the Great Dream Dynasty’s Grand Ancestor.

• Yang Ling completed his Martial Way Furnace and major genetic mutation, then lured Players to an abandoned mine and killed Luo Kai and the Immortal God Cult members there.
• The Grand Ancestor brought a hundred Fourth-Rank Grandmasters into the Frozen Wasteland, where Yang Ling learned that the White Bone Divine Lord’s master’s corpse lay hidden.
• Yang Ling defeated Min Luo’s allies and killed the three bloodline leaders, then slaughtered the remaining Beast Kings and Grandmasters while secretly storing the condemned fighters’ bodies and heads.
• When the wasteland opened, Yang Ling revealed that he held captives and negotiated with the Grand Ancestor and visiting immortals, arranging an auction for the Grandmasters.
• Yang Ling swallowed the Black Tortoise Longevity Blood Pills he earned, advancing his Heavenly Will True Scripture and White Bone Origin Spirit Method as he sold captives to rival factions.
• Yang Ling auctioned more Grandmasters and bodies, advancing Divine Ape Visualization to Transcendent Saint and gaining Divine Ape Body-Protection Astral Qi.
• Yang Ling refused the Grand Ancestor’s demand for fair competition unless the person who placed him on the purge list knelt and kowtowed, leaving the Middle-Aged Man in Blue furious.

Yang Ling advanced to Fourth Rank by mining blood essence ore, then defeated the Rong Tribe’s Lone Wolf General and earned a post in the Iron Clothes Department. While traveling to the capital, he uncovered a Rong Tribe trap and knocked out the Heavenly Wolf General Jiang Zhuo.

• Yang Ling confronted the Middle-Aged Man in Blue over the purge list, advanced his martial arts with auction proceeds, and learned from Zhao De that Return to Simplicity could produce true divine abilities.
• Yang Ling refused Wang Hongxi’s offer of protection, sold Grandmasters and Beast Kings for pills and rare herbs, and advanced his Heavenly Will True Scripture and Heavenly Will Hundred Battles Manual to Transcendent Saint.
• Yang Ling obtained the Demon-Quelling Saber manual, advanced several martial skills, and escaped the Intermediate Divine Guard Office Instance with the other players when its countdown ended.
• After Divine Domain 2.5 launched, Yang Ling joined the Grandmaster Network, then discovered that his ability to see and resist illusions made him uniquely suited to mining blood essence ore.
• Yang Ling mined blood essence ore until he reached Fourth Rank, astonishing the martial artists on Fire Flood Dragon Island and drawing the attention of the Iron Clothes Department and rival factions.
• The Middle-aged Lay Buddhist offered a Dragon Blood Bodhi to any Grandmaster who could make Yang Ling beg for mercy, but Yang Ling overpowered Old Tu and claimed the reward.
• Yang Ling absorbed the Dragon Blood Bodhi, gained levels, and accepted the vacant Third Branch post in the Iron Clothes Department’s Command Department before sailing for the capital.
• Yang Ling discovered that the ship’s captain was a Rong Tribe spy and faced Jiang Zhuo, the Heavenly Wolf General, then used his Heavenly Wolf Divine Weapon Armor and Heaven Swallowing Divine Blade to knock Jiang Zhuo unconscious.

Yang Ling captured Black Fish Island, gained power from its treasures, and defeated the Mingling Sect’s Jiang Li after Little White’s evolution. He refused the Crown Prince’s attempt to take credit for his victory and reached the Capital, where a curse struck him before his palace audience.

• Yang Ling captured Black Fish Island, ate its Ironblood Saberfish and Ancient Demon Toad, and accepted the island lord’s defection to Zhao State.
• Yang Ling uncovered Chen Haiyang’s abuse of imprisoned players and let them take revenge on the criminals who had tormented them.
• Yang Ling defeated Jiang Li with Little White’s help, then fed Little White weapons until it evolved and granted him the Spirit Armor Master ability.
• Yang Ling brought Jiang Li’s head and body back to his fleet, and Xu Zhiyuan arrived to protect Yang Ling’s claim to the victory.
• The Crown Prince tried to give Jiang Li’s capture credit to Qi Baiyan, but Yang Ling refused and left with Xu Zhiyuan.
• Yang Ling learned the emperor knew of his deeds and that his origins would be questioned, then reached the Capital with the fleet and its valuables.
• As Yang Ling prepared to disembark for the palace, a curse covered him in black lines, which Xu Zhiyuan identified.

Yang Ling broke Qi Baiyan’s curse, gained a Capital appointment and powerful rewards, then explored the Grandmaster Network and built ties with its players. In the Ice Thunder Ancient Mine, he reached level 300 and earned a Diamond Treasure Chest, which Heavenly Sword asked to buy.

• Yang Ling refined away Qi Baiyan’s Deep Sea Curse, causing it to rebound onto Qi Baiyan and leave his foundations irreparably damaged.
• Sealholding Eunuch Liu explained that the Empress had ordered Qi Baiyan to test Yang Ling, and the Eldest Princess later gave Yang Ling his Fourth-Rank appointment, Mystic Fire Qilin Armor, and Supreme-Grade Water Bodhi.
• Yang Ling combined Little White with the Mystic Fire Qilin Armor, advanced to Soul-Seizing Judge, and used Soul-Seizing Judgment on the criminal Pan Linfeng.
• Ying Taisui attacked Yang Ling over the Ancient Demon Toad, but Yang Ling escaped into the Grandmaster Network just before the building was destroyed.
• Yang Ling sold the Yin-Tempering Body-Refining Art to Dong Wu for 100,000 Trade Points, then accepted Huo Si’s kirin iron apology gift after Dong Wu admitted his greed.
• Yang Ling completed the Poison Spider Demon Cave quest, partnered with Ding Luo to trade goods between worlds, and entered the Ice Thunder Ancient Mine mission.
• Yang Ling mined rapidly in the Ice Thunder Ancient Mine, reached level 300, and received a Diamond Treasure Chest.
• Huo Si warned the others to keep the mine’s treasure drops secret, and Heavenly Sword asked Yang Ling whether he would sell the chest.