Chapter Summaries

Yang Ling advanced the Heavenly Will Divine Saber into the Heavenly Will Immortal-Slaying Saber and explored the Grandmaster Network’s martial training space. After learning how its sparring partners worked, he drank an Intermediate Bloodline Gene Mutation Potion before testing himself against a gold-medal opponent.

• Yang Ling considered the limits of his resurrection ability and decided to keep it as a last resort.
• Yang Ling used two hundred Black Tiger Spirit Nurturing Pills to advance the Heavenly Will Divine Saber to Transcendent Saint, creating the Heavenly Will Immortal-Slaying Saber.
• Yang Ling tested the new saber and discovered that activating it consumed 100,000 health points, 100,000 points of qi and blood, and 5,000 points of mental power.
• Yang Ling examined the martial training space’s virtual sparring options and found Lei Wanqi among the real-player-based listings.
• Yang Ling identified thirty-six gold-medal sparring partners as a way to estimate the Middle Third Rank’s upper limit, then drank an Intermediate Bloodline Gene Mutation Potion.

Yang Ling completed his fifth gene mutation with modest gains, then drank an Advanced Bloodline Gene Mutation Potion that triggered violent changes. At Pangu Gene Group, Zhang Enci revealed the potion contained ancient god genes and had been given to Luo Kai as a trap; Yang Ling’s own mutation began an unexpected Ancient God Qualification Assessment.

• Yang Ling controlled the Intermediate Bloodline Gene Mutation Potion’s effects, completed his fifth mutation, and gained 2,000 points each in strength and agility.
• Yang Ling drank the Advanced Bloodline Gene Mutation Potion after waiting for his previous mutation to fully end.
• Zhang Enci told Pangu Gene Group executives that he had developed the potion using ancient god genes and had given it to Luo Kai, expecting its extreme requirements to cause a fatal mutation.
• Yang Ling suffered violent changes after taking the potion and struggled to suppress them with his divine qilin martial way furnace.
• The system detected that Yang Ling was absorbing Diamond White Bone Buddha's genes and began an Ancient God Qualification Assessment ahead of schedule.

After taking an Advanced Bloodline Gene Mutation Potion, Yang Ling’s body expanded into a monstrous mass as he faced an Ancient God Qualification Assessment. A White Bone Loose Immortal suppressed the Diamond White Bone Buddha’s thoughts and restored Yang Ling’s body, but the assessment failed and a gigantic Vertical Eye appeared behind him.

• Yang Ling read notifications about the Diamond White Bone Buddha’s genes and an early Ancient God Qualification Assessment as the potion blurred his thoughts and transformed him into a gigantic mass of flesh.
• Yang Ling realized the mutation was producing strange beings and spreading white bones, then searched his body for the Diamond White Bone Buddha’s genes.
• Yang Ling’s forest of all phenomena dharma eye activated, raising his Mental Power, and the White Bone Loose Immortal appeared to warn that his body was too corrupted for Primordial Spirit cultivation.
• The White Bone Loose Immortal entered Yang Ling’s head, suppressed the Diamond White Bone Buddha’s thoughts, and restored his body before the assessment was declared failed.
• Yang Ling heard the White Bone Loose Immortal tell him to visit the White Bone Dao Palace, then turned and saw a gigantic Vertical Eye in the void.

Yang Ling survived his sixth gene mutation and discovered that it had dramatically increased his attributes, qi and blood, and health. He tested his strength against the gold-medal sparring partner Wen Dao Heartless Sword, then revealed enough power to destroy him and damage the Martial Training Space.

• Yang Ling ignored the enormous watching eye and found that his strength and agility had each risen by 5,000 points, while his mental power had broken through its cap.
• Yang Ling discovered that his qi and blood had doubled to one million and his health had risen to 690,000, then assigned his free attribute points to agility.
• Yang Ling opened the gold-medal sparring list and paid 30,000 trade points to summon Wen Dao Heartless Sword.
• Yang Ling spent most of the thirty-minute sparring session assessing Wen Dao Heartless Sword's attributes and abilities.
• With ten seconds left, Yang Ling activated his internal skills and armor, then killed Wen Dao Heartless Sword with a Heavenly Will Immortal-Slaying Saber strike that left a massive crater.
• The Martial Training Space charged Yang Ling 2,000 trade points to repair the damage.

Yang Ling tested the devastating Heavenly Will Immortal-Slaying Saber, then investigated the Grandmaster Network and learned how gene mutation potions affected elite players. After returning to Jiayi City, he met Zhao De, who noticed Yang Ling had advanced to the upper third rank.

• Yang Ling confirmed that Heavenly Will Immortal-Slaying Saber could destroy an area a kilometer across, but its heavy costs limited him to two uses.
• Yang Ling found every quest in the Grandmaster Network Quest Hall grayed out and asked Lei Wanqi about elite players’ attribute caps and Wen Dao Heartless Sword’s ranking.
• Lei Wanqi told Yang Ling that Wen Dao Heartless Sword ranked 97th on the Immortal Network Combat Power Rankings and that many gold-medal sparring partners had died or moved to the Immortal Network.
• Yang Ling returned to the Abyssal Beast Cavern, where Zhao De questioned his sudden reappearance and recognized that he had reached the upper third rank.

Yang Ling learned that his martial way furnace had not yet formed in his dantian, so despite his powerful aura he remained in the middle third rank. He arranged to trade his salvaged weapons and talismans for cultivation resources, received a rare manual from Zhao De, and began asking about the White Bone Origin Spirit Method.

• Zhao De explained that Yang Ling had to form his martial way furnace in his dantian to reach the upper third rank and gain the vitality needed to pursue the second rank.
• Yang Ling told Zhao De he had one hundred sets of middle-third-rank Divine Weapon Armor and fifty Basic Treasure-Hiding Talismans, and asked whether he should sell them in the Abyssal Beast Cavern.
• Zhao De approved selling the equipment to several great clans in exchange for Black Tortoise Longevity Blood Pills and other resources, and offered a token to connect Yang Ling with an old friend who could arrange the deal.
• Zhao De gave Yang Ling the first-class Purple Mansion Divine Dao Scripture, which had an exceptionally high cultivation requirement, and Yang Ling thanked him.
• Yang Ling asked Zhao De about the White Bone Origin Spirit Method while watching the activity inside his body.

Yang Ling learned that the White Bone Divine Lord considered him her disciple and insisted he continue cultivating the White Bone Origin Spirit Method. He later reached Wubao City to sell his goods through Wubao Zhai, where the powerful little girl Five-Spice Pork began arranging an appraisal.

• The White Bone Divine Lord appeared through Yang Ling’s Dharma Eye, claimed him as her disciple, and told Zhao De not to make him abandon the White Bone Origin Spirit Method.
• After the Divine Lord vanished, Zhao De promised to take Yang Ling to the White Bone Dao Palace and instructed him to sell his goods for pills or rare herbs.
• Yang Ling entered Wubao City and observed its prosperity and the factions that controlled the Abyssal Beast Cavern.
• At Wubao Zhai, Yang Ling presented his withered-vine token to Five-Spice Pork, who led him inside and explained the appraisal and handling-fee arrangement.

Yang Ling negotiated with Wuhuarou and the six Abyssal Six Clans shopkeepers to trade his middle third-rank Divine Weapon Armor for Black Tortoise Longevity Blood Pills. The shopkeepers agreed to buy all one hundred sets and asked him to wait ten days, then Sikou Rong asked to inspect the Basic Treasure-Hiding Talismans.

• Wuhuarou gathered Wubao Zhai’s appraiser and the six clan shopkeepers to discuss Yang Ling’s offer.
• Yang Ling presented one hundred sets of middle third-rank Divine Weapon Armor, and the appraiser confirmed their exceptional quality and spirituality.
• Yang Ling said he wanted Black Tortoise Longevity Blood Pills as payment, and Wuhuarou set the price at fifty pills per armor set.
• The six shopkeepers agreed to buy all one hundred sets and said they needed ten days to gather five thousand pills.
• Sikou Rong asked Yang Ling to show the fifty Basic Treasure-Hiding Talismans for inspection.

Yang Ling prepared to collect payment for his Basic Treasure-Hiding Talismans when Divine Domain 3.0 launched, restoring instances and announcing a martial tournament. He kept his exclusive access to the Tun Tian Dao Palace Instance and headed to meet the Abyssal Six Clans' elders for the transaction.

• Wubao Zhai valued each Basic Treasure-Hiding Talisman at twenty Black Tortoise Longevity Blood Pills, and the Abyssal Six Clans agreed to buy all fifty in a transaction set for ten days later.
• Yang Ling stayed at Wubao Zhai while he waited for the transaction and planned to return to Zhao State with Master Zhao De afterward.
• Divine Domain 3.0 launched, fixing 71 loopholes, restoring instances, announcing a martial tournament, and giving every player an Experience Gift Pack.
• Yang Ling considered how the Advanced Tun Tian Dao Palace Instance update and tournament might affect him, then confirmed the instance still listed him as having exclusive access.
• Five-Spice Pork told Yang Ling that the Abyssal Six Clans' elders had arrived, and he went with her to meet them.

Yang Ling negotiated a trade with Qiguan Zhaojian and the other clan elders, then discovered they had substituted Ten-Thousand-Year Chi Dragon Marrow for the promised Ten-Thousand-Year Dragon Marrow. Lord Wubao exposed the deception, and Five-Spice Pork revealed a terrifying transformation that made Yang Ling recognize her as the Five Venom Emperor Lord.

• Qiguan Zhaojian asked Yang Ling to lower the price, but Yang Ling refused and threatened to sell the goods to the Great Dream Dynasty.
• Qiguan Zhaojian presented Ten-Thousand-Year Dragon Marrow as a substitute for the shortage of Black Tortoise Longevity Blood Pills, and Five-Spice Pork confirmed its purported effects.
• Yang Ling questioned whether the marrow was actually Ten-Thousand-Year Chi Dragon Marrow, startling Qiguan Zhaojian and the other elders.
• Lord Wubao arrived and revealed that the bottle contained Ten-Thousand-Year Chi Dragon Marrow, not Ten-Thousand-Year Dragon Marrow.
• Qiguan Zhaojian admitted that the clans had used the Chi Dragon Marrow because they could not gather enough pills, and Five-Spice Pork’s face grew covered in watching eyes.
• Yang Ling retreated in shock as he recognized Five-Spice Pork as the Five Venom Emperor Lord.

Yang Ling rejected the Ten-Thousand-Year Chi Dragon Marrow after learning it carried hidden risks, and Lord Wubao made the Abyssal Six Clans compensate him and complete their original trade. After warning Yang Ling about dangers in the Abyssal Beast Cavern, Lord Wubao watched him finish the deal and offered to let him stay and eat before leaving.

• Five-Spice Pork’s condition flared up, and Lord Wubao calmed her before sending her away to rest.
• Lord Wubao ordered Qiguan Zhaojian and the other five to compensate Yang Ling with ten Dragon Blood Bodhi for their attempt to sell him the risky marrow.
• Yang Ling canceled the marrow deal, but agreed to wait two hours while the six gathered six thousand Black Tortoise Longevity Blood Pills.
• Lord Wubao asked Yang Ling about Zhao De and warned him to be careful in the Abyssal Beast Cavern because powerful figures might discover him.
• Qiguan Zhaojian and the others returned with six thousand pills, and Yang Ling completed the trade for his goods.
• Lord Wubao invited Yang Ling to stay another day and finish eating the pills before leaving.

Yang Ling advanced the Great Grade Azure Dragon Force and Heavenly Will Hundred Battles Manual to Return to Simplicity, then began cultivating the Purple Mansion Divine Dao Scripture. A visitor called from outside, and Yang Ling accidentally vanished into the Tun Tian Dao Palace instance.

• Yang Ling consumed Black Tortoise Longevity Blood Pills and advanced the Great Grade Azure Dragon Force to Return to Simplicity, gaining Azure Dragon Body.
• Yang Ling used more pills to advance the Heavenly Will Hundred Battles Manual to Return to Simplicity, raising Heavenly Will Body's evasion to eighty percent.
• Yang Ling studied the Purple Mansion Divine Dao Scripture and discovered its exclusive Purple Mansion Space could house a primordial spirit and preserve its spiritual awareness.
• A voice outside asked Yang Ling, “Young friend, may I come in?”
• Yang Ling panicked and vanished into the Tun Tian Dao Palace instance instead of entering the Grandmaster Network.

Yang Ling met Zong Heng and Shi Tianlong in a ruined temple, where Zong Heng attacked him and discovered that Yang Ling was overwhelmingly stronger than expected. Yang Ling accused the men of disloyalty and ordered them to kneel.

• Yang Ling dismissed his concerns about Grand Ancestor and turned his attention to Zong Heng's questions about his disappearing armor.
• Zong Heng attacked Yang Ling with Great Vajra Palm, but the strike barely affected him and its force destroyed Zong Heng's right arm.
• Zong Heng attacked again, and Yang Ling's counter destroyed his left arm as well.
• Shi Tianlong and the Arhat Temple disciples realized Yang Ling's true strength and feared Zhao De had lured them into a trap.
• Yang Ling accused Shi Tianlong and Zong Heng of disloyalty and ordered them to kneel.

Yang Ling confronted Shi Fadu, the Arhat Temple abbot, over the temple’s alleged rebellion and ordered him and Zong Heng’s group to surrender and assist with the temple’s confiscation. Shi Fadu and his followers remained silent as Yang Ling demanded an answer.

• Zong Heng and Shi Tianlong tried to persuade Yang Ling to settle the matter privately, but Yang Ling insisted he would investigate the temples’ alleged rebellion.
• Zong Heng claimed the Arhat Temple had no intention of rebelling, while its three Fifth-Rank monks accepted responsibility to protect the temple.
• Shi Fadu arrived, and Yang Ling identified him as a seasoned upper-third-rank Grandmaster by inspecting his Attribute Panel.
• Shi Fadu introduced himself as the Arhat Temple abbot and invited Yang Ling to speak to him directly.
• Yang Ling ordered Shi Fadu and Zong Heng’s group to turn themselves in, disclose their rebellion plans, and cooperate with the confiscation of the Arhat Temple’s property.
• When the group did not respond, Yang Ling angrily demanded to know whether they had understood him.

Yang Ling confronted Arhat Temple abbot Shi Fadu over the temple’s ties to the Great Dream Dynasty and defeated him despite his powerful Great Vajra Mingwang Body. Shi Fadu was left kneeling in pain as Yang Ling turned to question him and the other monks.

• Yang Ling demanded that Shi Fadu explain Arhat Temple’s involvement with the Great Dream Dynasty and sent Zong Heng and the others away.
• Shi Fadu attacked Yang Ling, but Yang Ling overwhelmed him with 300 Collapse Mountain Fists and waited as his injuries regenerated.
• Zong Heng subdued three monks who tried to flee, and Yang Ling ordered the group to kneel while Shi Fadu recovered.
• Shi Fadu activated the Great Vajra Mingwang Body, increasing his size and defense, and challenged Yang Ling to experience its strength.
• Yang Ling tested Shi Fadu’s defense, then struck him with a double-true-damage kick that made him shrink back and kneel in pain.

Yang Ling confronted Shi Fadu over the Arhat Temple’s collusion with the Great Underworld Temple and demanded that he perform the Bone-Burning Inheritance. Zhao De arrived, and Yang Ling discovered that Zhao De’s strength exceeded what he had expected before Zhao ordered Shi Fadu to kneel and said he would speak with his disciple.

• Yang Ling forced the recovering Shi Fadu to answer for the Arhat Temple’s actions and demanded his techniques as compensation.
• Shi Fadu refused, citing his Land Immortal backer and threatening to burn away his cultivation before Yang Ling could take it.
• Zhao De arrived and confirmed that Shi Fadu could prevent Yang Ling from extracting useful techniques without his cooperation.
• Yang Ling secretly tried to inspect Zhao De’s Attribute Panel and realized Zhao De’s Mental Power was beyond his own expectations.
• Shi Fadu urged Zhao De to join him against Yang Ling, but Yang Ling called Zhao De his master.
• Zhao De ordered Shi Fadu to kneel while he spoke with Yang Ling.

Yang Ling accepted Zhao De’s mission to raid Arhat Temple and traveled to Arhat City to meet the Iron Clothes assembled there. He prepared to break through to the upper third rank before the operation, seeking to improve his chances of surviving the dangers ahead.

• Zhao De questioned Yang Ling’s loyalty, then ordered him to lead an attack on Arhat Temple and promised to protect him from Shi Fadu’s Land Immortal backer.
• Yang Ling hesitated over the danger but accepted Zhao De’s mission, deciding to use his stored resources to strengthen himself.
• Yang Ling reached Arhat City and showed his token to Li Yuan at the local Iron Clothes Department office.
• More than a hundred Iron Clothes gathered to meet Yang Ling, but he gave them no further instructions and went inside.
• Yang Ling reviewed his attributes and took out 1,000 Counterfeit Tyrant Blood Pills to prepare for a breakthrough to the upper third rank.

Yang Ling completed his breakthrough to Upper Third Rank while staying in Arhat City, then ordered the Iron Clothes to raid Arhat Temple. At the temple gates, he defied a Court Forces official who tried to stop him, preparing to begin the assault.

• Yang Ling consumed five thousand Counterfeit Tyrant Blood Pills, raising his Strength Attribute to 22,400, then spent his Free Attribute points on agility and broke through the 18,999-point limit.
• Yang Ling’s Divine Qilin Martial Way Furnace manifested as he reached Upper Third Rank, and his Health Points and qi and blood surged dramatically.
• Xu Kai admitted that a monk from Arhat Temple had asked him why Yang Ling had come to Arhat City; Yang Ling revealed his plan to raid the temple and arrest its monks.
• Yang Ling ordered Li Yuan and Xu Kai to gather the Iron Clothes, but Xu Kai disappeared before more than a hundred of them marched toward Arhat Temple.
• At the temple gates, a middle-aged man ordered Yang Ling to leave and threatened to dismiss the Iron Clothes; Yang Ling refused and insulted him.

Yang Ling confronted Kong Luan at Arhat Temple after Kong Luan used a Ministry of Personnel document to dismiss him and drive off the Iron Clothes. Yang Ling revealed his Spirit Armor and defeated Kong Luan, then walked toward him as the other officials stood stunned.

• Kong Luan identified himself as the Right Vice Minister of Personnel and presented an order granting him authority to dismiss Yang Ling and the Iron Clothes.
• Xu Kai convinced several wavering Iron Clothes to withdraw, while Li Yuan and others remained behind with Yang Ling.
• Yang Ling summoned Little White, transformed into a Spirit Armor Master, and challenged Kong Luan after he accused Yang Ling of rebellion.
• Kong Luan donned Divine Weapon Armor and attacked, but Yang Ling struck him more than a dozen times and pierced his armor.
• Yang Ling declared that even Shi Fadu would kneel before him, corrected Li Yuan’s choice of word, and approached the wounded Kong Luan.

Yang Ling forced Kong Luan to support the Iron Clothes Department’s seizure of Arhat Temple, then had the temple’s monks arrested and its property inventoried. When the mission to exterminate Arhat Temple remained incomplete, Yang Ling wondered whether it required him to kill every monk.

• Yang Ling approached Arhat Temple, and Kong Luan dismissed his armor, healed from their earlier fight, and offered to help with the confiscation.
• Yang Ling accused Arhat Temple of attempting to murder an imperial official and colluding with the Great Dream Dynasty, prompting Kong Luan to lead the Iron Clothes in arresting its monks.
• The Iron Clothes discovered that Xu Kai had secretly informed Arhat Temple and accepted thirty thousand taels in bribes, while Yang Ling let him remain kneeling.
• After over twenty-four hours, Kong Luan presented Yang Ling with an inventory of Arhat Temple’s confiscated property and detained monks.
• Yang Ling saw that the mission to exterminate Arhat Temple was still ongoing and wondered whether it meant killing every monk.