Chapter Summaries

Yang Ling opened an Emerald Treasure Chest and received a voucher that could raise a martial skill to Transcendent Saint. After weighing the benefits of his two eligible skills, he chose Lingxu Step, and the exchange began.

• Yang Ling ate the Blackwood Snake-Gall Fruit, strengthened his kindling, and considered how to improve his mental power and gather experience.
• Yang Ling waited for the Emerald Treasure Chest to finish forming, then opened it and found a Divine Domain Martial Skill Exchange Voucher (Silver Grade).
• Yang Ling learned that the voucher could raise a Supernatural Skill martial skill to Transcendent Saint and compared the rewards for Lingxu Step and Wind God Vajra Leg.
• Yang Ling considered delaying his choice until after a possible breakthrough, then decided to use the voucher on Lingxu Step.

Yang Ling raised Lingxu Step to Transcendent Saint and received 100 free attribute points. His achievement unlocked martial skill realm rankings across the Divine Domain, leaving players shocked by the ten million proficiency points required.

• Yang Ling watched Lingxu Step’s proficiency rise rapidly after using a Skill Exchange Voucher.
• Lingxu Step reached ten million proficiency points, advanced to Transcendent Saint, and gave Yang Ling 100 free attribute points.
• Yang Ling compared his strength with Xu Wenjun and Shi Tianlong and decided to improve the White Bone Origin Spirit Method.
• The Divine Domain announced Yang Ling’s achievement and unlocked the martial skill realm rankings for all regions.
• Players across the regions reacted with disbelief and calculated the enormous cost of reaching Transcendent Saint.

Luo Kai’s anonymous accusations fueled public anger toward Yang Ling, but Yang Ling ignored the backlash as players were stunned by his sudden rise to level 151. The chapter ended with Jiang Tian'ai revealing Yang Ling’s level to the gathered players, leaving the courtyard silent.

• Luo Kai watched his anonymous message turn public opinion against Yang Ling and decided Yang Ling’s rapid progress might point him toward a BUG.
• Players discovered Yang Ling had risen from level 131 to level 151 and speculated that he had exploited Divine Domain 2.0.
• Yang Ling ignored the hostile chat and private messages, then saw that Luo Kai’s All-Encompassing Hand ranked second among martial skills.
• Lin Caiyi and the others questioned Qin Mo about his second-rate Frost Fist, and he explained that he had obtained it from an exotic beast in the Tianyuan River.
• Jiang Tian'ai told the courtyard that Yang Ling was level 151, and everyone fell silent.

Yang Ling welcomed the players into the Eighth Division and refused to help the Cicada-Holding Directorate investigate He Busu’s case, prompting Division Supervisor Meng to explain that the matter could involve princes. Yang Ling then learned that White Bone Divine Lord had become Division Supervisor Bai and was ordered to accompany him to the Abyssal Beast Cavern to investigate Ji Tianming’s defection.

• Yang Ling explained that an Experience Points Treasure Chest had raised his level by twenty and announced that the players were joining his Eighth Division.
• Ye Qingdong brought three young eunuchs from the Cicada-Holding Directorate for questioning, but Yang Ling’s Insight Technique found no recent illegal activity and he declined to investigate them.
• Division Supervisor Meng dismissed Zhang Ling and the eunuchs, then told Yang Ling the case might involve several princes and that the Old Ancestor had sent Zhang Ling with ulterior motives.
• Division Supervisor Meng introduced White Bone Divine Lord as the newly appointed Division Supervisor Bai.
• Division Supervisor Bai assigned Yang Ling to accompany him to the Abyssal Beast Cavern and investigate Ji Tianming’s defection.

Yang Ling accompanied the White Bone Divine Lord to Entrance Jiajiu to investigate Ji Tianming’s defection, where Cicada-Holding Directorate officials challenged the inquiry. After Yang Ling demanded they stop pressuring him, the White Bone Divine Lord proposed beginning the investigation in Jiajiu City.

• Yang Ling learned that tens of thousands of sentry posts guarded the area around the Abyssal Beast Cavern and followed the White Bone Divine Lord toward Entrance Jiajiu.
• Lei Xiao checked the group’s travel permit and escorted them into the Abyssal Army camp.
• Chen Zhangyin, a Second Rank Human Immortal of the Cicada-Holding Directorate, insisted that Ji Tianming’s defection had nothing to do with his organization.
• The White Bone Divine Lord introduced Yang Ling as the investigator who had solved He Busu’s case and assigned him to investigate Ji Tianming’s defection.
• Yang Ling told Chen Zhangyin and his companions to withdraw their intimidating auras and asked the White Bone Divine Lord to explain the case.
• The White Bone Divine Lord proposed that they begin their investigation in Jiajiu City, where Ji Tianming had attacked.

Yang Ling accompanied the White Bone Divine Lord to investigate Ji Tianming’s disappearance and learned that Ji Tianming had come to Jiajiu City on a mission. After Chen Zhangyin reported that the witnesses had died, Yang Ling recognized that they had been silenced but stayed quiet as the White Bone Divine Lord asked him to identify Chen Jiu’s connection to the case.

• The White Bone Divine Lord explained that Ji Tianming and the item he had been sent to retrieve had both disappeared from Jiajiu City.
• Yang Ling and the others waited for Chen Zhangyin to bring witnesses, but Chen Zhangyin returned two hours later and said Exotic Beasts had killed them.
• Yang Ling used Insight Technique and learned that Chen Jiu had killed the three witnesses, confirming that Ji Tianming had likely been framed.
• Chen Zhangyin dismissed further investigation and warned the White Bone Divine Lord that anyone staying in Jiajiu City had to help defend against beast tides.
• The White Bone Divine Lord privately asked Yang Ling whether he had insights linking Chen Jiu to the case, saying he could act if Yang Ling made that determination.

Yang Ling realized the White Bone Divine Lord and a Myriad Manifestations Office Land Immortal believed he had a powerful Land Immortal backing him, so he pretended he needed time to consult that nonexistent ally. He stayed in Jiajiu City under Zhu Xiu’s protection and sought pills to improve his soul-strengthening method.

• Yang Ling deduced that the White Bone Divine Lord had brought him along to involve the supposed Land Immortal behind him in the search for Chen Jiu and the missing item.
• Yang Ling told the White Bone Divine Lord that he needed time, and she agreed to remain in Jiajiu City and watch Chen Jiu while awaiting news.
• The White Bone Divine Lord assigned Zhu Xiu to protect Yang Ling and arranged for them to share a courtyard residence.
• Yang Ling asked Zhu Xiu about his cultivation rank, and Zhu Xiu claimed he was a Third-Rank Grandmaster.
• Yang Ling asked Zhu Xiu about pills for his soul-strengthening method, but Zhu Xiu said he had no White Bone Essence Pills to spare and suggested the Southern Apothecary.

Yang Ling searched Jiajiu City’s southern medicine market for high-grade pills and learned that spiritual materials were abundant and cheaper in the Abyssal Beast Cavern. He found a shop selling Black Tortoise Longevity Blood Pills, but had to agree to buy a thousand Qi-Nourishing Pills as well, leaving the deal pending payment on delivery.

• Yang Ling disguised himself and searched the southern medicine market, finding only common, low-grade pills.
• Yang Ling overheard Heavenly Crane Mystic Sect disciples discuss how much cheaper pills were in Jiajiu City than outside the Abyssal Beast Cavern.
• Yang Ling concluded that the cavern’s abundant resources and the need to attract martial artists kept spiritual-material prices low.
• Yang Ling asked a medicine shopkeeper about Black Tortoise Longevity Blood Pills and learned they were rare and cost at least fifty thousand taels of gold.
• The shopkeeper refused to sell to Yang Ling unless he first bought a thousand Qi-Nourishing Pills, so Yang Ling agreed to buy both items, with payment on delivery.

Yang Ling bought Qi-Nourishing Pills and a Black Tortoise Longevity Blood Pill in Jiajiu City, then learned the city strictly enforced identity and trade rules. After Zhu Xiu warned him that Qi-Nourishing Pills could damage Martial Way Kindling, Yang Ling realized they granted immediate cultivation gains without a cooldown.

• The shopkeeper explained Jiajiu City's binding trade customs, checked Yang Ling's travel permit, and agreed to sell him pills under his real identity.
• Yang Ling exchanged gold ingots for Abyssal Gold Notes, bought a case of Qi-Nourishing Pills and a Black Tortoise Longevity Blood Pill, and learned about the upcoming Jiajiu Trade Fair.
• Yang Ling decided to openly sell his Fire Flood Dragon Scales at the fair and arranged for the Precious Medicine Gang to appraise them.
• Yang Ling returned to his courtyard with the pills, and Zhu Xiu warned him that taking too many Qi-Nourishing Pills could contaminate his body and destroy his Martial Way Kindling.
• Yang Ling realized that Qi-Nourishing Pills immediately increased internal energy cultivation without requiring energy circulation.

Yang Ling discovered that his Sacred Kirin Martial Way Kindling neutralized Qi-Nourishing Pill poison, letting him consume pills to rapidly improve his skills. He then presented enormous Fire Flood Dragon Scales to the Precious Medicine Gang for appraisal, and the appraiser recognized them as scales from a Crimson-Refined Fire Flood Dragon.

• Zhu Xiu warned Yang Ling that Qi-Nourishing Pills worked immediately but their poison could harm martial artists, and told him the Jiajiu Trade Fair would take place in three days.
• After Zhu Xiu left, Yang Ling used a Black Tortoise Longevity Blood Pill to raise the White Bone Origin Spirit Method's Experience Points to 53,000.
• Yang Ling swallowed Qi-Nourishing Pills and found that his Sacred Kirin Martial Way Kindling burned away their poison while each pill added 50 Experience Points to his chosen skill.
• Yang Ling ate a thousand Qi-Nourishing Pills, raising the Heavenly Will Hundred Battles Manual's Experience Points from 480,000 to 530,000, and concluded that he could exploit the pills to improve multiple skills.
• Yang Ling showed the Precious Medicine Gang's shopkeeper and an elderly appraiser a huge set of scales, and the appraiser identified them as belonging to a Crimson-Refined Fire Flood Dragon.

Yang Ling exposed a Precious Medicine Gang appraiser for undervaluing his Fire Flood Dragon Scale and beat him, then faced the Cicada-Holding Directorate and the gang's young leader. The appraiser insisted the scale was Third Rank despite Yang Ling claiming it came from a First Rank dragon, leaving the dispute unresolved.

• A blue-robed elder offered Yang Ling three hundred thousand gold for his scale, claiming it was shed by a Third Rank Crimson-Refined Fire Flood Dragon.
• Yang Ling seized the elder, beat him, and accused him of trying to swindle him while the shopkeeper fled.
• The elder threatened Yang Ling with the arrival of the Cicada-Holding Directorate and the Precious Medicine Gang's powerful allies, then offered five hundred thousand gold for the scale.
• Eunuch Chen and the Precious Medicine Gang's young leader arrived with officials, and Yang Ling admitted assaulting the appraiser.
• Yang Ling said he would take the case to Chen Zhangyin and warned the officials to protect the scale from the Precious Medicine Gang.
• Yang Ling claimed the scale came from a First Rank Crimson-Refined Fire Flood Dragon, but Master Qingmu insisted it was Third Rank.

Yang Ling challenged the Precious Medicine Gang to verify the Fire Flood Dragon Scale after its appraiser claimed it was ordinary. The chief retainer confirmed it was a rare First Rank Crimson-Refined Fire Flood Dragon Scale, and the gang punished Qingmu before asking Yang Ling to sell it.

• Eunuch Chen and the Precious Medicine Gang agreed to have the gang's chief retainer appraise Yang Ling's scale.
• The chief retainer identified the scale as a First Rank Crimson-Refined Fire Flood Dragon Scale and accused Qingmu of breaking the gang's rules.
• The young man in fine robes made Qingmu swallow a Rootless Pill, and the chief retainer put out his eyes so his Flesh Regeneration Power could not restore them.
• The young man in fine robes and the chief retainer apologized to Yang Ling, who accepted their resolution.
• The young man in fine robes asked Yang Ling whether he could purchase the Fire Flood Dragon Scale.

Yang Ling negotiated with the Precious Medicine Gang to sell his Fire Flood Dragon Scale for three million gold, accepting pills toward the price. He secured 100 crates each of Qi-Nourishing Pills and Essence-Accumulating Pills, plus a Black Tortoise Longevity Blood Pill, and left the gang’s shopkeeper astonished.

• The chief retainer cited an old sale in which a First-Rank Crimson-Refined Fire Flood Dragon Scale had fetched two million gold.
• The young man in brocade offered Yang Ling three million gold for the scale, though the gang could provide only one million in Abyssal Gold Notes immediately.
• Yang Ling agreed to accept pills as payment and asked about the gang’s stocks of Qi-Nourishing Pills and Essence-Accumulating Pills.
• Yang Ling offered the scale in exchange for 100 crates of each pill, and the young man in brocade accepted.
• The young man in brocade added a Black Tortoise Longevity Blood Pill, leaving the shopkeeper amazed by the unusual deal.

Yang Ling raced to consume the Precious Medicine Gang’s Qi-Nourishing Pills and Essence-Accumulating Pills before a Divine Domain update, rapidly advancing several martial skills. After making major gains, he began training the Candle Dragon Seven-Star Sword Technique and discovered what its Transcendent Saint advancement might unlock.

• Yang Ling received crates of Qi-Nourishing Pills and Essence-Accumulating Pills from the Precious Medicine Gang and sent the brocade-clad young man away with the Fire Flood Dragon Scales.
• Yang Ling consumed Qi-Nourishing Pills until the Heavenly Will Hundred Battles Manual advanced to Supernatural Skill and granted him Heart of Heavenly Will, which guaranteed hits within range.
• Yang Ling consumed more pills and advanced the Great Grade Azure Dragon Force to Supernatural Skill, transforming it into Heavenly Dipper Azure Dragon Force and doubling its true damage.
• Yang Ling used the remaining Qi-Nourishing Pills to raise the Diamond White Bone Mingwang Technique to 3,553,000 experience points, then started consuming Essence-Accumulating Pills.
• Yang Ling advanced the Candle Dragon Seven-Star Sword Technique to Supernatural Skill and saw that its Transcendent Saint form would become the Candle Dragon Soul-Seizing Formation.

Yang Ling advanced several martial skills and consumed his stock of pills before Divine Domain 2.1 imposed a one-day cooldown on Qi-Nourishing Pills and Essence-Accumulating Pills. He raised his mental power beyond a thousand with the Diamond White Bone Mingwang Technique, then faced a surprise attack by four skeletons in his courtyard.

• Yang Ling advanced the Dragon Catching Saber Technique to supernatural skill, gaining the Dragon Slaying skill, then used his remaining pills to raise the Wind God Vajra Leg's proficiency.
• Yang Ling planned to spend the next five months acquiring more pills, but an emergency Divine Domain 2.1 update imposed a one-day cooldown on Qi-Nourishing Pills and Essence-Accumulating Pills.
• Yang Ling stopped planning to sell his possessions for pills and used a Black Tortoise Longevity Blood Pill to advance the White Bone Origin Spirit Method, gaining 200 mental power at the cost of 120 strength.
• Yang Ling activated the Diamond White Bone Mingwang Technique, pushing his mental power above a thousand and greatly increasing his ability to control objects.
• Yang Ling went into the courtyard after noticing something outside, where four skeletons emerged behind him and swung their sabers at him.

Yang Ling defeated Cheng Bei and his junior sister after uncovering their spiritual ambush and identifying them as White Bone Cave martial artists. Zhu Xiu appeared, and Yang Ling demanded an explanation from him.

• Four skeletons attacked Yang Ling with alternating solid and intangible strikes, but he evaded them and deduced that a nearby practitioner controlled them through Mental Power.
• Yang Ling drew out the five skeletons and shattered them with his Divine Ape Spirit Body, revealing Cheng Bei and his junior sister as their controllers.
• Yang Ling incapacitated Cheng Bei and his junior sister, then inspected their Attribute Panels and learned Cheng Bei practiced the Little White Bone Origin Spirit Method.
• Yang Ling told the captives that he had come to Jiajiu City with Division Supervisor Bai to investigate a case and named Zhu Xiu, Luo Wendao, and the White Bone Elder.
• Cheng Bei and his junior sister denied that Zhu Xiu and the others were alive until Zhu Xiu entered the room, prompting Yang Ling to demand an explanation from him.

Yang Ling confronted Zhu Xiu over Cheng Bei and his companion’s attempted assassination, then accepted the White Bone Divine Lord as his master in exchange for White Bone Cave’s secret techniques. He became the Young Cave Lord, and the Divine Lord warned that their master-disciple bond would end only with death.

• Zhu Xiu explained that Chen Jiu had ordered Cheng Bei and his companion to attack Yang Ling to obstruct the investigation into Ji Tianming’s case.
• Yang Ling demanded compensation for the assassination attempt, first asking for White Bone Essence Pills, then Abyssal Gold Notes, and finally the Great Flying Sword Technique.
• The White Bone Divine Lord appeared and offered to teach Yang Ling White Bone Cave’s secrets if he became her disciple.
• Yang Ling accepted the Divine Lord as his master and received the White Bone Origin Spirit Method and Great Flying Sword Technique.
• Yang Ling advanced the White Bone Origin Spirit Method to Supernatural Skill by learning a duplicate, and Zhu Xiu addressed him as Young Cave Lord.

Yang Ling advanced the White Bone Origin Spirit Method to supernatural skill, gaining a major increase in mental power and becoming the Young Cave Lord of White Bone Cave. He discovered the method’s three forms and tested his new ability to control five white bone warriors, ending with them striking him hard enough to make him spit blood.

• Yang Ling confirmed that the White Bone Origin Spirit Method had reached supernatural skill and gained 400 spirit while losing strength, agility, health, and qi and blood.
• The White Bone Divine Lord named Yang Ling the Young Cave Lord of White Bone Cave and promised Zhu Xiu would deliver him a token to prove his identity.
• Yang Ling reviewed his attributes, raised his strength and agility, and saw that the White Bone General and Emperor forms required 2,500 and 6,000 mental power.
• Yang Ling summoned five white bone warriors and found that he could control them as if they were extensions of himself, dividing his thoughts among them.
• Yang Ling boosted his attributes and armed himself to test the warriors’ attack limit, but they punched him and made him spit out a cloud of bloody mist.

Yang Ling tested how much his defenses had improved and began practicing the Great Flying Sword Technique, discovering that it let him perceive the world through a flying dagger. After spotting surveillance around his courtyard, he decided to prioritize the technique over the Heavenly Will Divine Saber.

• Yang Ling used the White Bone Buddha Overlord Body and Heavenly Wolf Divine Weapon Armor to withstand the five white bone warriors’ attacks with minimal damage, then dispelled the technique when his mental power began to fall.
• Yang Ling examined the Great Flying Sword Technique and concluded its long control range made it more useful than Object Control despite its lack of attribute boosts.
• Yang Ling trained until the Great Flying Sword Technique reached first glimpse of the door, then used a flying dagger to survey the street through its senses.
• Yang Ling spotted Chen Jiu’s surveillance, including a rugged man, a tavern waiter, and Cicada-Holding Directorate patrols, and noticed Zhu Xiu approaching.
• Yang Ling decided to use the two-thousand-year-old Black Thunder Tortoise-Shell Lingzhi on the Great Flying Sword Technique after first training it to perfected skill.

Yang Ling bound the White Bone Ring, but he and Zhu Xiu were conscripted when Jiajiu City mobilized against a powerful Abyssal Beast Cavern threat. The defense quest began as a million martial artists gathered outside the city, and its rewards had no upper limit.

• Zhu Xiu delivered the White Bone Ring, and Yang Ling bound it for 20,000 Abyssal Gold Notes.
• An old eunuch conscripted Yang Ling and Zhu Xiu under the Cicada-Holding Directorate's authority, while a hidden expert's killing intent prevented them from resisting.
• Yang Ling and Zhu Xiu saw hundreds of thousands of martial artists assemble outside Jiajiu City, with similar forces gathering at its other gates.
• Zhu Xiu explained that an Emperor Lord, a fearsome exotic beast difficult even for First Rank Land Immortals, might be attacking, and said the battle could last six months to a year.
• The Divine Guard Office instance began the optional merge-region quest to defend Jiajiu City, offering participants at least 100 taels of gold and five Peiyuan Pills, with no upper reward limit.