Chapter Summaries

The Zhao State and Rong State forces converged on Fire Cloud Cave after Third-Rank Grandmasters began fighting nearby. Li Zhong arrived with reinforcements, including Lu Yunshuang, and the Rong State Grandmasters then appeared, leaving the fishing village chiefs facing a much larger confrontation.

• Hua Jinsong and the other Grandmasters sensed a Third-Rank Grandmaster's pressure and suspected a traitor had revealed Fire Cloud Cave's entrance.
• Li Zhong arrived with the Twelve Directors and Zhao State Fifth Ranks, while Xu Wenjun and others checked that their companions were safe.
• Li Zhong revealed four more Grandmasters, including Lu Yunshuang, who had just advanced to Fourth Rank, and challenged the fishing village chiefs with their five Grandmasters.
• A Rong State force led by a warrior in black Battle Armor emerged from the forest, prompting the Rong Tribe's Sixth Ranks to cheer.
• Zhang Wei tried to report the gathering forces to Yang Ling with silver, then realized Yang Ling was already nearby.

Yang Ling warned Zhang Wei to keep their contact private as Zhao State and Rong State brought powerful Grandmasters to Fire Cloud Cave. The confrontation grew more dangerous when Zhao Zheng accused the Star Sea Fishing Alliance of killing Constable Yang, and Hua Jinsong and River Elder began to suspect Shi Jinglong’s disappearance was connected.

• Yang Ling told Zhang Wei he was disguised and promised to watch over him when they entered Fire Cloud Cave.
• The Rong Tribe’s Earth Wolf General arrived in Heavenly Wolf Divine Weapon Armor, and Chu Ling and the Rong martial artists grew confident they could explore the cave.
• Earth Wolf said Vice Minister Chen and Xie Jinjia were fighting Li Ting, while the Star Sea Fishing Alliance’s disciples feared their lone Third-Rank Grandmaster would lose.
• Zhao Zheng accused the Star Sea Fishing Alliance of taking Constable Yang away and killing him, but the players saw Constable Yang still ranked first on the Divine Realm Rank List.
• Hua Jinsong denied that anyone had died, while he and River Elder grew solemn as they recalled Shi Jinglong taking Constable Yang away.

River Elder accused Shi Jinglong of being an agent for Zhao State, while the gathered powers debated who he truly served and agreed to send their juniors into Fire Cloud Cave without Grandmaster interference. After the teams entered, River Elder searched the island and confronted a hidden figure beside a chilly pool, asking whether Shi Jinglong was one of their people.

• River Elder accused Shi Jinglong of being Zhao State's undercover agent, but Li Zhong denied it and questioned where Shi Jinglong had taken Yang Ling.
• Li Ting, Xie Jinjia, and Chen Quan appeared, then agreed that the juniors from their three sides would settle disputes inside Fire Cloud Cave while Third- and Fourth-Rank Grandmasters stayed out.
• Xie Jinjia promised Zhao Zheng that the Ministry of War and Iron Clothes Department would seek justice if Shi Jinglong had killed Yang Ling.
• The martial artists took medicines to resist radiation and entered Fire Cloud Cave, while Yun Ruo remained troubled by the news about Yang Ling.
• After noticing that Shi Jinglong and two other Fifth Ranks were missing, River Elder and the fishing village's Fourth Ranks searched the island for clues.
• River Elder reached a hidden pool in a cool cave and asked a figure there whether Shi Jinglong was also one of their people.

Yang Ling and Little White found the supposed ancestor’s dwelling beneath a sea of lava, but a super giant fire lizard captured them and carried them into a hidden palace. There, Yang Ling saw a colossal dead creature and wondered if it was the ancestor.

• The woman told River Elder that Li Ting had potential to reach the Great Dream Dynasty’s lower third rank Heaven Ranking and refused to intervene at Fire Cloud Cave.
• Yang Ling followed the map to a sea of lava but found no Fire Spirit Pearl, ancestor’s remains, or inheritance.
• The earthen slope rose and revealed itself as a super giant fire lizard, which Yang Ling and Little White fled from.
• The super giant fire lizard caught Yang Ling and Little White and carried them through the parted lava down a staircase.
• Yang Ling saw a hidden palace and a colossal dead creature covered in blood-red scales, and suspected it was the ancestor.

Yang Ling visited the Old Flood Dragon’s remains, where the ancestor appeared to grant him ten powerful Fire Spirit Pearls. After escaping the magma sea, Yang Ling realized the Old Flood Dragon was alive and suspected it might be lying in wait for the factions gathering on the island.

• The Super Giant Fire Lizard brought Yang Ling and Little White to the Old Flood Dragon, and Yang Ling searched the remains for the Crimson-Refined Fire Flood Dragon Sect’s inheritance.
• While Yang Ling and Little White looked away, the Old Flood Dragon opened an eye and then placed ten Fire Spirit Pearls before them.
• Yang Ling collected the pearls, gave one to the Super Giant Fire Lizard, and left with Little White, declaring that they would one day avenge the Crimson-Refined Fire Flood Dragon Sect.
• After they escaped, Yang Ling realized the Old Flood Dragon was alive and considered whether it was feigning death to ambush the factions.
• Yang Ling received Zhang Wei’s messages about the Great Dream Dynasty and the Star Sea Fishing Alliance, chose not to reply, and told Little White they would divide the Fire Spirit Pearls.

Yang Ling fed Little White two Fire Spirit Pearls, triggering a dramatic level increase and another evolution that he moved into his spirit pet space. He then consumed a pearl himself, reached level 100, earned an Emerald Treasure Chest, and learned that Divine Domain was upgrading to version 2.0.

• Yang Ling split ten Fire Spirit Pearls with Little White, which swallowed two and surged from level 100 to 150 as its attributes increased.
• Little White became enveloped in a cocoon, its status changed to question marks, and Yang Ling placed it in his spirit pet space to evolve safely.
• Yang Ling ate a fresh Fire Spirit Pearl, whose radiation was countered by the Flesh-and-Blood Ginseng Fruit, and gained a huge amount of experience.
• Yang Ling reached level 100, becoming the first of Divine Domain's eighty million players to do so and earning an Emerald Treasure Chest that began forming nearby.
• Divine Domain announced to every player that it had detected bugs and would upgrade to Divine Domain 2.0.

Yang Ling reached level 100, changing his listed class to Judge and triggering speculation across Divine Domain about other regions and class advancement. As the Fire Spirit Pearl’s effects continued, he passed level 110 and discovered it was boosting his core stats, though he no longer received a treasure chest every ten levels.

• Yang Ling’s level 100 Judge entry appeared on the rankings, prompting Zhao State players to speculate that classes advanced at level 100.
• Lin Caiyi, Li Shou, Zhang Shendao, Qin Mo, and the others reacted to Yang Ling’s level and spirit pet, then returned to mining to gain experience.
• Top players in other regions realized that Divine Domain included regions beyond their own and wondered who the level 100 player was.
• Yang Ling watched his experience rise from the Fire Spirit Pearl, suspected its effects increased in stages, and ignored Zhang Wei’s messages asking where he was leveling.
• Yang Ling reached level 110 without receiving a treasure chest, then saw his health points and qi and blood soar when the pearl’s next wave of effects began.

Yang Ling gained ten levels and substantial Health Points and Qi and Blood from a fresh Fire Spirit Pearl in Fire Cloud Cave. As an Emerald Treasure Chest finished forming, Li Fengxian privately invited him to meet on Fire Flood Dragon Island.

• Players noticed Yang Ling had reached Level 110, and their public and private messages filled with questions about his sudden gains.
• Zhang Wei led Lu Xiangdi, Sun Jiayi, Wang Baozhu, Yang Yi, and the others to search Fire Cloud Cave for rare herbs, while Zhao Zheng and He Tongchen followed a map along a separate path.
• Yang Ling's Fire Spirit Pearl effects ended, raising his Health Points from 10,490 to 12,490 and his Qi and Blood from 50,000 to 55,000.
• Yang Ling considered taking his remaining seven fresh Fire Spirit Pearls and planned to ask Supervisor Li and the others about the Martial Way Furnace.
• An Emerald Treasure Chest finished forming, and Li Fengxian privately messaged Yang Ling that he was on Fire Flood Dragon Island and asked to meet.

Yang Ling opened the rare Emerald Treasure Chest and swallowed the transcendent-grade Sacred Kirin Martial Way Kindling, which began consuming his qi and blood. As his reserves ran dangerously low, he used seven Fire Spirit Pearls at once, and their effects surged through him as his level, health, and qi and blood began rising.

• Yang Ling opened the Emerald Treasure Chest and found a transcendent-grade Sacred Kirin Martial Way Kindling.
• Yang Ling swallowed the Kindling, which settled inside him and began absorbing his qi and blood.
• Yang Ling realized his qi and blood might not be enough to let the Kindling take root, and a Supreme-Grade Blood-Nourishing Pill failed to restore them.
• Yang Ling's Martial Way Sacred Medicine reserves temporarily fed the Kindling, slowing its consumption of his own qi and blood.
• Yang Ling swallowed all seven Fire Spirit Pearls, causing his level, health points, and qi and blood to rise together.

Yang Ling raced to the Old Ancestor as the Sacred Kirin Martial Way Kindling consumed nearly all his qi and blood, while Fire Spirit Pearls and rapid level-ups failed to replenish him enough. After Yang Ling begged for help, the Old Ancestor manifested again, leaving him rushing toward the newly revealed steps.

• Yang Ling realized the Fire Spirit Pearls were losing effectiveness as the kindling devoured his qi and blood, and he headed toward the Old Ancestor for help.
• Martial artists across Zhao State reacted to Yang Ling's rapid rise from level 110 to 120, while his level continued climbing to 124 and his qi and blood fell below 3,000.
• Li Fengxian messaged Yang Ling about the alliances between the Rong Tribe, the Martial Alliance, the Great Dream Dynasty, and the Star Sea Fishing Alliance, but Yang Ling stopped replying as his condition worsened.
• Yang Ling pleaded with the Super Giant Fire Lizard to take him to the Old Ancestor, but it would not move, so he begged the sea of lava directly for qi-and-blood-restoring herbs.
• With only a little over two hundred qi and blood remaining, Yang Ling watched the lava surge aside and reveal the steps as the Old Ancestor manifested again.

Yang Ling consumed the Dragon Blood Bodhi and gained levels, qi and blood, and a dramatic increase in mental power. After testing his enhanced Object Control skill, he sensed that the Sacred Kirin Martial Way Kindling had settled down.

• Yang Ling picked up the Dragon Blood Bodhi and ate it, rapidly rising from level 124 to level 130 as his abilities improved.
• The Dragon Blood Bodhi replenished Yang Ling's qi and blood while the Sacred Kirin Martial Way Kindling consumed it, and his health and qi-and-blood limits rose.
• Yang Ling's mental power climbed to 400, extending his detailed perception across ten li and giving it a qualitative change.
• Yang Ling tested his Object Control skill and found he could control a Quenching Gold Armor Piercing Flying Dagger out to 800 meters and wield eighty of them at once.
• Yang Ling felt the Sacred Kirin Martial Way Kindling settle down.

Yang Ling’s supreme Martial Way Kindling took root, restored his qi and blood, and earned him a Thousand-Year Scarlet Blood Dragon Ginseng from the Old Flood Dragon. After he asked for more, he was blasted away and knocked unconscious, while Fire Cloud Cave returned to normal and other cultivators noticed his rapid leveling.

• Yang Ling reached 70,000 maximum qi and blood, completed the first step toward becoming a fourth-rank grandmaster, and discovered his Martial Way Kindling could rapidly restore his qi and blood.
• Yang Ling thanked the Old Flood Dragon and asked for Dragon Blood Bodhi or other resources to nourish his supreme Martial Way Kindling, but received no immediate response.
• The Old Flood Dragon eventually produced a Thousand-Year Scarlet Blood Dragon Ginseng, which Yang Ling ate to gain 50 free attribute points.
• Yang Ling asked the Old Flood Dragon for herbs that could increase his qi and blood, but a heavy strike hurled him dozens of miles and left him unconscious.
• The super giant fire lizard withdrew as magma refilled the palace, and cultivators in the Divine Realm Chat Channel noticed Yang Ling had risen from level 124 to 130 and sent him messages.

Yang Ling recovered from the Dragon Blood Bodhi’s effects and discovered that elite Zhao State and Rong Tribe groups were still cooperating in Fire Cloud Cave. He sensed players being bullied and rushed toward them as Xie Zhihu and Qin Kunlun prepared to seize their treasure fish.

• Yang Ling checked the gains from the Dragon Blood Bodhi, answered messages from Lin Caiyi and others, and ignored Li Fengxian’s messages.
• Xu Wenjun and Huang Dongqing negotiated over a five-hundred-year-old Crimson Blood Vermilion Fruit, then their groups parted without fighting.
• Yang Ling overheard that Zhao State and the Rong Tribe might ally with the Great Dream Dynasty after Fire Cloud Cave, then sensed players in trouble and hurried toward them.
• Xie Zhihu demanded that Zhang Wei and the other players hand over their treasure fish, while Qin Kunlun dismissed their Iron Clothes Department ties and Li Ruhai stayed silent.

Yang Ling arrived at the Fire Cloud Cave pool and sided with Zhang Wei after Xie Zhihu tried to claim the Ironback Thorn Fish. He beat Xie Zhihu unconscious, then stopped Qin Kunlun, Zhao Yingying, and the others from leaving and beat two more Star Gazing Academy experts.

• Xie Zhihu demanded that Zhang Wei and the constables surrender their Ironback Thorn Fish, then threatened them when they refused.
• Yang Ling appeared, accepted Zhang Wei's complaint, and accused Xie Zhihu of attempted robbery and verbal humiliation.
• Yang Ling pinned Xie Zhihu down and beat him with more than three hundred controlled punches until he passed out.
• Yang Ling told Zhao Yingying and Qin Kunlun that he had escaped Shi Jinglong's custody, then questioned why they were fighting over the fish.
• When Qin Kunlun tried to leave, Yang Ling stopped the group and beat two Star Gazing Academy experts who threatened to report him.

Yang Ling punished Qin Kunlun’s group for robbing the players, then accepted compensation for the victims. As Divine Domain 2.0 launched, its announced bug fixes turned out not to affect Yang Ling’s unusual abilities.

• Yang Ling beat Xie Zhihu and two other Sixth Ranks, then declared that Qin Kunlun’s group had also committed robbery and deserved punishment.
• Qin Kunlun and the others negotiated a settlement, giving each player two thousand taels in silver notes before withdrawing with the three unconscious men.
• Yang Ling worried that Divine Domain 2.0 might remove his unusual abilities, including seeing attribute panels, gaining Free Attribute Points, and earning continuous experience from mining.
• Yang Ling told Zhang Wei and the other players that he had leveled up by mining a rich ore deposit, which he had already exhausted.
• Divine Domain 2.0 launched and announced fixes for bugs involving attribute panels, Free Attribute Points, and continuous experience, leaving Yang Ling to realize those abilities were not bugs.

Divine Domain 2.0 introduced bug fixes that improved players’ ability to inspect attributes, allocate points, and recover stamina, but it also added a cooldown to Spirit Nurturing Pills. The update then introduced equipment slots, letting Yang Ling hide or activate his gear at will.

• Zhang Wei and the other players discovered they could inspect one another’s attribute panels, but Yang Ling’s high mental power made them dizzy when they tried to inspect his.
• The Spirit Nurturing Pill cooldown upset Yang Ling and Zhang Wei, who explained that he had planned to buy a large supply outside the Capital.
• Yang Ling reflected that he had already advanced two martial skills with Spirit Nurturing Pills and could improve through other resources, while Li Fengxian might be stuck with money he could not readily spend.
• Lu Xiangdi pointed out that the update had more changes, and Yang Ling and Zhang Wei watched the announcements.
• Divine Domain 2.0 added equipment slots and let players hide or activate equipped items, allowing Yang Ling to remove and restore his Fire Crocodile Boots and wear his Sky Wolf Battle Armor at will.

After Divine Domain 2.0 replaced White Bone Cave with the intermediate Divine Guard Office, Yang Ling considered how its resources might help him advance the Heavenly Will Divine Saber. He reassured the players about the new instance, then urged them to eat Ironback Thorn Fish to raise their health.

• Players praised the new equipment slots, but grew worried when Divine Domain retired White Bone Cave and launched the intermediate Divine Guard Office instance.
• Yang Ling suspected the Divine Guard Office belonged to the Great Dream Dynasty and might contain resources and a lightning environment that could help him advance the Heavenly Will Divine Saber.
• Yang Ling told Zhang Wei and the others that the new instance’s difficulty depended on their strength, and they would learn its details when it opened next month.
• Yang Ling planned to gather rare flowers and herbs before entering the instance, then told the group to eat Ironback Thorn Fish to gain health.
• Zhang Wei ate a fish raw, gained 10 health points, and cut his mouth on its fins and scales; Yang Ling clarified that he should remove them first.

Yang Ling and the others escaped as Fire Cloud Cave collapsed, drawing hundreds of martial artists from Zhao State, the Rong Tribe, and the Star Sea Fishing Alliance. A Fifth Rank expert from the alliance claimed the newly revealed Ironback Thorn Fish and confronted Yang Ling about the Golden Dragon Treasure Fish.

• Yang Ling ate ten Ironback Thorn Fish before the cavern began shaking, and he and the other players fled as the cave collapsed and its pool expanded.
• Martial artists from the three factions gathered at the collapse, and Lu Yunchen told Yang Ling that the masters had gone deeper into Fire Cloud Cave and that Yun Ruo had believed him dead.
• The factions spotted more than a thousand Ironback Thorn Fish, and a Star Sea Fishing Alliance expert demanded that the others leave them all to the alliance.
• A Middle Fifth Rank expert arrived, causing Zhao State and Rong Tribe's fighters to back down as he claimed the fish for the alliance.
• The Fifth Rank expert recognized Yang Ling, accused Zhao State of trying to frame the alliance, and demanded to know where Yang Ling's Golden Dragon Treasure Fish was.

Yang Ling and the Zhao State martial artists were challenged by the Star Sea Fishing Alliance and the Rong Tribe over the Ironback Thorn Fish, until a rare Ironback Thorn Fish King emerged. Yang Ling ordered the Iron Clothes Department to drive everyone else out and claim the area for the Zhao State.

• Yang Ling said Shi Jinglong had taken the Golden Dragon Treasure Fish, but the Star Sea Fishing Alliance denied responsibility and ordered the Zhao and Rong State martial artists away from the Ironback Thorn Fish.
• Lord Liu arrived as the Rong Tribe's fifth-rank expert and agreed with the Star Sea Fishing Alliance's expert to divide the fish between them, while Yang Ling suggested he might be a Great Dream Dynasty spy.
• The deep pool erupted again, revealing a five-hundred-year-old Ironback Thorn Fish King that swallowed the remaining Ironback Thorn Fish, and Yang Ling learned its details showed it could increase Health Points by 1,000.
• The Star Sea Fishing Alliance's expert demanded the Ironback Thorn Fish King for his alliance, and Lord Liu welcomed the chance to fight over it.
• Yang Ling ordered the Iron Clothes Department to clear out everyone except the Zhao State martial artists and claim everything in the area for the Zhao State.

Yang Ling revealed that he had advanced to Fifth Rank and challenged the two opposing experts to clear the area. He left the Star Sea Fishing Alliance’s Middle Fifth Rank expert beaten unconscious and sleeping peacefully.

• Yang Ling claimed he had reached Fifth Rank and could suppress several experts of the same caliber, prompting Lu Yunchen to order the area cleared.
• Yang Ling confirmed his advancement to Zhang Wei, who became determined to pursue the same goal.
• Zhao Yan and other gathered experts worried about the consequences of Yang Ling’s new strength and reconsidered their hostility toward him.
• The Star Sea Fishing Alliance’s Middle Fifth Rank expert challenged Yang Ling and vanished into a close-range attack.
• Yang Ling struck the expert with over a hundred kicks, leaving him severely injured and snoring peacefully on the ground.