Chapter Summaries

Yang Ling’s group argued over the Diamond Treasure Chest, and Heavenly Sword attacked to claim it for herself. Yang Ling killed her, but a Life-Substitution Bamboo Slip saved her; Heavenly Blade then vanished, leaving Yang Ling demanding an explanation from Huo Si and Gui He.

• Heavenly Blade, Gui He, and Huo Si refused Heavenly Sword’s demand to share Yang Ling’s Diamond Treasure Chest, saying it belonged to him.
• Heavenly Sword used a Frost Talisman to freeze the group and tried to take the chest, but Yang Ling revealed it would take two days to condense.
• As Yang Ling broke free, Heavenly Sword attacked him, and he swiftly severed her head.
• Heavenly Sword surrendered, but Yang Ling killed her; a Life-Substitution Bamboo Slip appeared and then vanished, saving her at the cost of keeping her out of the Grandmaster Network for three years.
• Yang Ling rejected Huo Si’s request to let the matter go, and Heavenly Blade suddenly disappeared as Yang Ling demanded an explanation from Huo Si and Gui He.

Yang Ling mined the Ice Thunder Ancient Mine for days, rapidly gaining levels until his Diamond Treasure Chest finished condensing. He opened it to find powerful First Rank Immortal King Armor he could not yet use, then asked Huo Si and Gui He how long players had to wait before logging out.

• Yang Ling freed Huo Si and Gui He from the ice, warned them to behave, and returned to mining while they waited to fight the Primordial Thunder Frog.
• Yang Ling mined continuously over the following days, reaching level 360 while the Diamond Treasure Chest slowly condensed.
• Huo Si and Gui He discussed whether they, Yang Ling, and Luo Kai could defeat the Primordial Thunder Frog as the chest finished forming.
• Yang Ling opened the chest and obtained First Rank Immortal King Armor, whose level and attribute requirements were far beyond his reach.
• Yang Ling asked Huo Si and Gui He how long players had to wait before logging out, and Gui He replied that they could log out whenever they wanted.

Yang Ling questioned Huo Si and Gui He about the games, their real-world circumstances, and the company that controlled them. He learned that games could be forcibly shut down, but the nature of the company and why Divine Domain players could not log out remained unknown.

• Yang Ling claimed Divine Domain was a reopened game and learned that Gui He played Illusion Domain while Huo Si played War Martial.
• Huo Si and Gui He explained that they lived far apart and were forbidden by their governments from discussing reality in the game.
• Gui He described how two games had once led nearby societies to cooperate, then conquer each other, devastating both and causing their games to be eliminated.
• Huo Si explained that the company evaluated games and could shut down those it deemed insufficiently valuable, though players might retain their powers for centuries or longer.
• Yang Ling considered how Divine Domain's powers and inheritances might survive a shutdown, then asked what the company was and why he could not log out, but neither man knew.
• Huo Si said accounts of the two societies' size varied, but both had expanded into space after powerful players emerged from their games.

Yang Ling reached level 400 first among Divine Domain’s players and earned a second Diamond Treasure Chest while working in the Ice Thunder Ancient Mine. Ten days later, he opened the chest, leaving its contents unrevealed.

• Yang Ling confirmed he was number one on the Divine Realm Rank List, and Gui He eagerly became his apprentice underling on the Grandmaster Network.
• Yang Ling continued mining and leveling, gaining four or five levels a day despite reduced experience after level 380.
• On the eighteenth day, Yang Ling became the first of Divine Domain’s 140 million players to reach level 400 and received another Diamond Treasure Chest.
• Gui He and Huo Si watched Yang Ling’s new chest condense while they discussed his extraordinary progress and Huo Si’s earlier encounter with him.
• Ten days later, Yang Ling reached level 422 and opened the completed Diamond Treasure Chest.

Yang Ling used a gold-grade voucher to rapidly advance the Diamond White Bone Mingwang Technique, triggering his breakthrough to lower third rank. As his attributes surged past their previous limits, the technique's experience passed one hundred million, though it had not yet reached Return to Simplicity.

• Yang Ling used the gold-grade voucher to upgrade the Diamond White Bone Mingwang Technique, and the resulting surge in power drove Huo Si and Gui He away.
• Gui He and Huo Si recognized that Yang Ling was breaking through to third rank and suspected he had obtained a powerful treasure from the Diamond Treasure Chest.
• Yang Ling's technique experience rose past thirty million, and he broke through to lower third rank as his physical attributes, health, and qi and blood increased sharply.
• Yang Ling asked Gui He and Huo Si about lower third-rank Grandmaster attributes, then compared their benchmarks with his own rapidly rising stats.
• The Diamond White Bone Mingwang Technique's experience passed one hundred million as Yang Ling anticipated gaining a true divine ability upon reaching Return to Simplicity.

Yang Ling advanced the Diamond White Bone Mingwang Technique to Return to Simplicity, gaining powerful attributes, a new divine ability, and an enhanced White Bone Buddha Overlord Body. After spending his free points on agility, he reached the middle third rank and concluded that Return to Simplicity was his current limit, not the technique’s.

• Yang Ling endured the breakthrough’s pain as his attributes, health, qi and blood, and Divine Qilin Martial Way Furnace improved.
• Yang Ling discovered the White Bone Return to the West Scripture, which reduced an opponent’s maximum health by ten percent per second and could negate recovery abilities against opponents without internal energy of the same tier.
• Yang Ling examined the third-tier White Bone Buddha Overlord Body, which granted stronger attribute bonuses, immunity to more attribute damage, and freedom from control skills while active.
• Yang Ling allocated all 2,140 free attribute points to agility, raising it to 7,540 and advancing to the middle third rank.
• Yang Ling sensed a major change in his flesh regeneration power and determined that the technique had only reached his current limit.

Yang Ling calculated his boosted attributes, then triggered a Grandmaster Network warning that doubled the Primordial Thunder Frog’s attributes after his breakthrough. While Gui He and Huo Si feared the stronger boss, Yang Ling trusted his White Bone Return to the West Scripture and kept mining until the frog began to spawn.

• Yang Ling activated his techniques and equipment, raising his strength and agility above ten thousand and startling Huo Si and Gui He.
• Yang Ling discussed the third-rank attribute limits with Gui He and Huo Si and considered how to grow stronger.
• The Grandmaster Network doubled the Primordial Thunder Frog’s attributes, leaving Gui He and Huo Si worried that they could not defeat it.
• Yang Ling reassured them and sent them to mine while he relied on his White Bone Return to the West Scripture to kill the boss.
• Yang Ling mined for two days, reached level 432, and saw lightning gather as the Primordial Thunder Frog began to spawn.

Yang Ling fought the Primordial Thunder Frog in the Ice Thunder Ancient Mine while Huo Si and Gui He tried to support him. His lightning immunity and the White Bone Return to the West Scripture let him kill the beast, though Huo Si and Gui He were left near death as the quest rating began.

• Gui He planted twelve formation flags around the Primordial Thunder Frog, while Huo Si gave Yang Ling and Gui He Purple Lightning Cloaks.
• The Primordial Thunder Frog emerged and destroyed the formation flags, then blasted Huo Si and Gui He with lightning; Yang Ling remained unharmed by his lightning immunity.
• Yang Ling recited the White Bone Return to the West Scripture, damaging the Primordial Thunder Frog while adjusting the skill so it no longer harmed his teammates.
• The Primordial Thunder Frog attacked Yang Ling with its tongue and charged at him, but he dodged and continued reciting the scripture as it unleashed more lightning.
• Huo Si and Gui He were reduced to near death, then saw the Primordial Thunder Frog's skeleton and the notice that it had been slain.

Yang Ling killed the Primordial Thunder Frog with what Gui He and Huo Si believed was a curse technique, earning the group an S-rated quest and 200,000 Trade Points. After discussing where they would go when they reached the third rank, Yang Ling agreed to head to Song Yu Plaza with Huo Si, while Gui He stayed away because Song Yu was connected to his enemies.

• Yang Ling showed Gui He and Huo Si the Primordial Thunder Frog’s skeleton, and they concluded he had killed it with a curse technique.
• After recovering, Gui He and Huo Si discussed their quest rating and planned to reach the third rank; Yang Ling asked whether he could remain in Hosi Plaza.
• Huo Si invited Yang Ling to join him at Song Yu Plaza, and Yang Ling agreed to go there after leaving for a while; Gui He declined because his enemies were backed by Song Yu.
• Yang Ling named Gui He his number-one apprentice underling and Huo Si his number-two apprentice underling.
• The Grandmaster Network awarded the mission an S rating and 200,000 Trade Points, and Gui He and Huo Si celebrated receiving the same rating.

Yang Ling and his companions completed the Ice Thunder Ancient Mine quest, divided the rewards, and left the Grandmaster Network. After gaining levels and collecting more resources, Yang Ling arranged to meet Ding Luo at Song Yu Plaza.

• Huo Si and Gui He realized their poor performance had lowered the team's quest rating and transferred most of their Trade Points to Yang Ling.
• Yang Ling returned 80,000 Trade Points to each of them, then told Huo Si and Gui He to leave the quest and prepare for their breakthroughs while he kept mining.
• Yang Ling mined ice thunder ore for another day, rose from level 432 to 434, and returned to Hosi Plaza with nearly 200 jin of ore.
• Ding Luo gave Yang Ling six Treasure-Hiding Talismans, and Yang Ling consumed twenty-four Counterfeit Tyrant Blood Pills to gain 120 agility points.
• Yang Ling told Ding Luo to meet him at Song Yu Plaza next time, collected the talismans, and chose to exit the Grandmaster Network.

Yang Ling returned to the Iron Clothes Department and revealed himself after Wang Anyi tried to arrest his colleagues for questioning the official account of his death. Yang Ling and the others beat the Ministry of Justice officers, then confronted the Middle-aged Lay Buddhist and a stern man in black as they arrived with more officials.

• Qin Mo, Lin Caiyi, Zhang Wei, and their companions came to inspect the sealed courtyard, but Wang Anyi ordered them arrested for disputing the court’s account of Yang Ling’s death.
• Yang Ling identified himself with his Official Seal, but Wang Anyi accused him of impersonation and ordered his men to seize him.
• Yang Ling slapped Wang Anyi, and Li Huaiyi, Qin Mo, and the others attacked the Ministry of Justice officers and subdued them.
• Yang Ling tried to stop Zhang Wei from continuing to attack Wang Anyi, but Zhang Wei kept striking him until he passed out.
• The Middle-aged Lay Buddhist and a stern man in black arrived with Li Zhong, Ji Kongliu, Xu Wenjun, and other Ministry of Justice experts; Yang Ling dispelled their pressure, leaving them shocked.

Yang Ling returned to the Iron Clothes Department with strength that had risen to the middle third rank, where he clashed with Qi Tairan over an attempted arrest. The Department Master stopped Yang Ling from killing Qi Tairan and accepted his explanation that a senior had rescued him, leaving the others to suspect a Land Immortal had trained him.

• Yang Ling assessed Qi Tairan’s attributes, failed to open the Middle-aged Lay Buddhist’s panel, and learned that Qi Tairan was the Ministry of Justice’s Right Vice Minister.
• Qi Tairan accused Yang Ling and his subordinates of assaulting Wang Anyi’s men and demanded that Yang Ling come to the Ministry of Justice.
• Yang Ling rejected Qi Tairan’s accusations, transformed with the Mystic Fire Qilin Armor and Little White, and hammered Qi Tairan into the ground.
• The Middle-aged Lay Buddhist stopped Yang Ling’s next blow and observed that his attacks had the strength of a top-tier middle third-rank Grandmaster.
• Yang Ling said a senior had rescued him and instructed him not to reveal the details, and the others concluded that a Land Immortal had trained him.

Yang Ling humiliated Qi Tairan, revealed that he had advanced to the middle third rank, and learned that the Iron Clothes Department had a secret assignment for him. The Middle-aged Lay Buddhist ordered him to investigate whether the department in the Divine Martial King's Capital had defected to the Rong Tribe.

• Yang Ling splashed tea in Qi Tairan's face and challenged his authority, prompting Qi to leave after agreeing to revise the Ministry of Justice's verdict.
• Zhang Shendao checked the Divine Realm Rank List and saw that Yang Ling had reached level 434.
• Yang Ling confirmed that he had advanced to the middle third rank, and the Middle-aged Lay Buddhist ordered Li Zhong to register him without an assessment.
• The Middle-aged Lay Buddhist dismissed the other officers and assigned Yang Ling to investigate the Iron Clothes Department in the Divine Martial King's Capital.
• The Middle-aged Lay Buddhist explained that the local Deputy Department Master, surnamed Qi, had repeatedly refused orders to return and promised Yang Ling a promotion to third rank upon his return.

Yang Ling refused the Middle-aged Lay Buddhist’s order to investigate the Divine Martial King's Capital, fearing that a Land Immortal would kill him. After an argument, he agreed to spy in the Great Dream Dynasty and arrived at Jiajiu City, a place he already knew.

• The Middle-aged Lay Buddhist explained that the investigation was ordered by His Majesty and offered Yang Ling a promotion and Qilin Blood as a reward.
• Yang Ling learned that advancing from Upper Third Rank to Second Rank Human Immortal required surviving a lightning tribulation and suspected his White Bone Buddha Overlord Body could protect him.
• Yang Ling refused to investigate the Divine Martial King's Capital, arguing that the danger outweighed the reward, and threatened to quit the Iron Clothes Department.
• The Middle-aged Lay Buddhist revealed that he needed Yang Ling to investigate after Second Rank Human Immortals had attacked in the Capital.
• After arguing with the Middle-aged Lay Buddhist, Yang Ling agreed to spy in the Great Dream Dynasty and left.
• Yang Ling arrived in Jiajiu City in the Great Dream Dynasty’s Abyssal Beast Cavern and recognized the place.

Yang Ling discovered that the Great Dream Dynasty and the Abyssal People were searching for him, then took Pass Permits from two players to enter a medicine market in Jiajiu City. He began testing a plan to sell his Treasure-Hiding Talismans and ended by asking a shop steward to discuss selling Divine Weapons privately.

• Yang Ling learned from patrols and passersby that authorities across the Great Dream Dynasty and the Abyssal People were looking for him.
• Yang Ling worried that a player might report him, but decided to keep his plans focused on the Grandmaster Network and selling his Treasure-Hiding Talismans.
• Yang Ling overheard two Heavenly Crane Mystic Sect players discuss reporting Yang Bangyi, then summoned them and took their Pass Permits after knocking them unconscious.
• Yang Ling went to a southern Jiajiu City general store and confirmed that Black Tortoise Longevity Blood Pills still cost fifty thousand Abyssal Gold Notes.
• Yang Ling asked the middle-aged steward to find a quiet place so he could offer his Divine Weapons for sale.

Yang Ling sold a basic Treasure-Hiding Talisman to the Myriad Manifestations Office for five hundred thousand Abyssal Gold Notes and planned to trade the money for cultivation resources. He revealed five more talismans, leaving the white-haired elder to prepare a much larger deal.

• Yang Ling took a Treasure-Hiding Talisman to a Myriad Manifestations Office shop, where the white-haired elder recognized it and deduced that Yang Ling was one of the Abyssal People.
• The white-haired elder offered five hundred thousand Abyssal Gold Notes for the nearly unused talisman, and Yang Ling accepted.
• Yang Ling decided to exchange the notes for pills and herbs that could improve martial skill cultivation instead of keeping the money.
• The white-haired elder offered to prepare the requested goods within two hours, and Yang Ling placed five more basic Treasure-Hiding Talismans on the table.

Yang Ling traded six Basic Treasure-Hiding Talismans for pills that improved martial skill proficiency and arranged for future exchanges. He then used the Pass Permit the White-Haired Elder gave him to enter Song Yu Plaza, where he found a far larger gathering of third-rank Grandmasters.

• Yang Ling agreed to secretly exchange six Basic Treasure-Hiding Talismans for pills and rare materials that improved martial skill cultivation.
• The White-Haired Elder brought sixty Black Tiger Spirit Nurturing Pills, and Yang Ling accepted them after learning why they were so expensive.
• Yang Ling asked the White-Haired Elder to prepare as many Black Tortoise Longevity Blood Pills and Black Tiger Spirit Nurturing Pills as possible for another trade.
• The White-Haired Elder gave Yang Ling a Pass Permit belonging to someone who had died in the Abyssal Beast Cavern and advised him to disguise himself next time.
• Yang Ling entered the Grandmaster Network and arrived at Song Yu Plaza, which was crowded with third-rank Grandmasters.

Yang Ling arrived at Song Yu Plaza, where his Divine Domain tag drew attention, and met Ding Luo before bringing sixty Black Tiger Spirit Nurturing Pills to the Mystic Antiquity Ding Clan Pill Group. Manager Ding Yuan welcomed Yang Ling inside to discuss the sale, while Ding Luo was asked to help in the store.

• Yang Ling observed the Third-Rank Grandmasters in Song Yu Plaza and concluded that most were lower third ranks, then told the curious crowd that Divine Domain had reopened.
• A sharp-faced Grandmaster named Feng Yidao offered to show Yang Ling around, but Yang Ling mentioned his connection to the Mystic Antiquity Ding Clan Pill Group and accepted Feng Yidao's friend request along with others.
• Yang Ling asked the nearby Grandmasters to include him in future seven-star or eight-star missions, and Ding Luo arrived to escort him to his superior.
• Yang Ling told Ding Luo that their Treasure-Hiding Talismans had been exchanged for sixty Black Tiger Spirit Nurturing Pills, each of which increased martial skill proficiency by fifty thousand points.
• Ding Luo calculated that his share of the pills could be worth around sixty thousand Trade Points, then led Yang Ling to the Mystic Antiquity Ding Clan Pill Group store.
• Manager Ding Yuan learned that Yang Ling had sixty pills to sell, recognized his Divine Domain tag, welcomed him inside, and asked Ding Luo to help in the store.

Yang Ling sold sixty Black Tiger Spirit Nurturing Pills to Ding Yuan for 120,000 Trade Points and rejected Ding Zong’s attempt to control his business. The chapter ended with Yang Ling challenging Ding Zong’s authority and insisting he could work with someone else or sell his goods independently.

• Yang Ling negotiated with Ding Yuan and sold him sixty Black Tiger Spirit Nurturing Pills for 120,000 Trade Points, then sent Ding Luo his 60,000-Point share.
• Ding Zong arrived, introduced himself as a Ding Clan manager, and offered Yang Ling a five-percent profit share to work directly with him.
• Yang Ling refused Ding Zong’s proposal, and Ding Zong ordered Ding Luo to leave the game for several years; Ding Luo complied and vanished from the Grandmaster Network.
• Ding Zong told Ding Yuan to oversee Yang Ling’s cooperation, but Yang Ling rebuked Ding Zong and said he could find another partner or sell his goods on his own.

Yang Ling refused to submit to Ding Zong, who used his influence to blacklist him from shops across Song Yu Plaza. The chapter ended with Ding Yuan offering Yang Ling one last chance to apologize to Ding Zong.

• Ding Zong threatened Yang Ling and urged him to submit, but Yang Ling insulted him and walked away.
• Ding Zong ordered his men to search for the other Divine Domain Grandmasters while Yang Ling found that all 137 shops in Song Yu Plaza refused to trade with him.
• Huo Si told Yang Ling that his own backers had been blacklisted by a young master from War Martial He Credit, leaving them unable to buy resources.
• Two Grandmasters revealed that the Mystic Antiquity Ding Clan Pill Group had blacklisted Yang Ling, and Huo Si discovered he had been blacklisted by association.
• Ding Yuan told Yang Ling that Ding Zong would settle the matter if Yang Ling poured him tea and apologized, calling it his last chance.