Chapter Summaries

Yang Ling and Yun Ruo arrived at the Iron Clothes Department yamen in Yunwen Provincial Capital, where Yang Ling assessed Qin Mo and Steward Lu Yunchen. The chapter left them preparing for the Water Qilin Cave Expedition and revealed Yun Ruo’s close relationship with Lu.

• Yang Ling examined Qin Mo’s attributes and realized the seemingly low-ranked constable was an Eighth Rank Expert with unusual martial skills.
• Yun Ruo introduced herself and Yang Ling to Qin Mo, who reacted with surprise at Yang Ling’s position before leading them to the provincial yamen.
• Yun Ruo warned Yang Ling that the provincial yamen housed powerful experts and had Divine Machine Crossbows capable of killing even Fifth Rank Experts.
• Lu Yunchen welcomed Yun Ruo and urged her to call him Uncle, while Qin Mo and the other constables realized he was the yamen’s Sixth-Rank Iron Clothes master.

Yang Ling told Qin Mo that mining was a reliable way to gain Experience Points, and Qin Mo hurried off to try it. The next day, Qin Mo returned from a mine covered in dust and wounded after encountering Mine Worms.

• Qin Mo asked Yang Ling for advice on leveling up and explained that hunting criminals had not provided steady Experience Points.
• Qin Mo revealed that he feared death in the Divine Domain and had concealed his strength to avoid dangerous assignments.
• Yang Ling advised Qin Mo to protect his life and said he had leveled up by mining, pointing to the Players working at the Red Gold Mine in Qingshan City.
• Qin Mo believed Yang Ling and left to seek an Ore Vein near Yunwen Provincial Capital.
• Yang Ling returned to cultivating the Vajra Mingwang Technique and Divine Ape Visualization.
• The next day, Qin Mo told Yang Ling that he had encountered groups of Mine Worms in a Mine Shaft and suffered minor injuries.

Yang Ling discussed how solving major cases could help Qin Mo level up, and Qin Mo described surviving a dangerous icy realm beneath Tianyuan River. His account suggested a possible route into Water Qilin Cave, which Yang Ling recognized as a place suited to cultivating Heaven's Will Divine Saber.

• Yang Ling urged Qin Mo to register his rank and pursue major cases, while Qin Mo asked to join Yang Ling's team in Qingshan City.
• Qin Mo explained that a Giant Catfish had swallowed him and carried him through a Cold Pond into an icy, snowy realm beneath Tianyuan River.
• Qin Mo survived for seven days by eating the catfish's flesh and drinking its blood, then found a frozen Martial Artist's Water Crossing Heart Method and Frost Fist manuals.
• Qin Mo learned Water Crossing Heart Method, swam through a long Stone Cave passage, and escaped into Tianyuan River.
• Qin Mo suspected the passage connected to Water Qilin Cave, but said he had ventured less than half a mile into the icy realm before turning back.
• Yang Ling realized the snowy realm could be suitable for cultivating Heaven's Will Divine Saber.

Yang Ling and the Iron Clothes Department's Seventh-rank Experts were sent to protect the Western Prince at the Water Qilin Cave as part of their promotion examination. At the Imperial Palace, Yang Ling spotted Players from four major sects and arrived with Lu Yunchen's group to meet the Western Prince and the other gathered experts.

• Li Huaiyi challenged the legitimacy of Yang Ling's place in the Water Qilin Cave mission, but Lu Yunchen defended him and explained the Changhe Prefecture incident.
• Lu Yunchen announced that the thirty Seventh-rank Experts would be examined on their ability to protect the Western Prince until he left the Water Qilin Cave unharmed.
• Yun Ruo told Yang Ling not to take Li Huaiyi's anger personally and said experts from major sects had gathered at the Imperial Palace.
• Yang Ling recognized Lin Caiyi, Jiang Tian'ai, Zhang Shendao, and Li Shou among the Players from four first-rate sects gathered in the palace garden.
• Lu Yunchen greeted the Western Prince in a gauze-draped pavilion, and Yang Ling began checking the Attribute Panels of those assembled.

At a gathering in Yunwen Provincial Capital, Master Jie Hai challenged the Iron Clothes Department over its arrest of a monk, and Lu Yunchen explained Yang Ling and Yun Ruo’s role in uncovering a major Rong Tribe spy network. Yun Ruo began recounting Warrior Monk Jue Ming’s attack on Yang Ling, leaving the story mid-explanation.

• Master Jie Hai recognized Yang Ling and Yun Ruo as Iron Clothes Department officers from Changhe Prefecture and questioned whether they had arrested a monk from Arhat Temple.
• Yun Ruo identified the arrested monk as Jue Ming of Ku Jue Temple and said they suspected him of being a Rong Tribe spy.
• Lu Yunchen told the gathering that Yang Ling and Yun Ruo had exposed He Dongfeng, a powerful Rong Tribe spy who led the Giant Spirit Sect and served as a Mine Gang elder.
• Lu Yunchen revealed that the investigation uncovered hundreds of Rong Tribe spies and more than a thousand associates, as well as years of ore smuggling to the Rong Tribe.
• Yun Ruo said Jue Ming had confronted Yang Ling over a missing monk and attacked him, believing Yang Ling was only an Eighth Rank Martial Artist.

The sects announced lavish prizes for an upcoming competition, including rare pills and access to Extreme Flame Cave with a chance to learn the Extreme Flame Sword Mansion’s inner cultivation method. Master Jie Hai began responding to the offerings, but the chapter ended before he finished.

• The Nine Immortal Dao Palace offered one hundred Spirit Nurturing Pills and ten Peiyuan Pills as prizes.
• Li Ruhai announced that the Divine Sect would award two Divine Soul Great Return Pills, which Yun Ruo explained could improve talent and martial training.
• Pei Ran offered a place in Extreme Flame Cave and the Extreme Flame Sword Mansion’s inner cultivation method to a winner who joined as an outer disciple.
• The Western Prince approved Pei Ran’s prize, while Li Ruhai questioned whether Divine Sect Disciples would want to join the Extreme Flame Sword Mansion.
• Yang Ling grew more eager for the competition, and Master Jie Hai began to speak about the sects’ prize offerings.

The Western Prince persuaded Lu Yunchen to let the Iron Clothes Department join a martial arts contest against disciples of the Western Great First-rate Sects, offering the Seven Inch Sword as a prize. The gathered fighters agreed to a voluntary platform-defense format, with three successful matches needed to advance.

• Master Jie Hai challenged Lu Yunchen over the Iron Clothes Department's refusal to join the contest, while Li Ruhai and Pei Ran argued that the young fighters could benefit from competing.
• The Western Prince offered to provide the prize and take responsibility, and Lu Yunchen agreed to let the Iron Clothes Department participate.
• The Western Prince announced the Seven Inch Sword, a rare Second-rate Martial Skill that condensed Qi and Blood into a sword, as his prize.
• Yang Ling assessed the strongest sect disciples and concluded that his superior Internal Skills gave him an advantage against their greater strength and agility.
• The Western Prince proposed voluntary platform challenges, and Li Ruhai suggested that fighters who defended the platform for three matches would advance; Master Jie Hai and the others agreed.

Yang Ling watched Dongfang Haojie defeat Li Huaiyi and reflected on the role of martial skill mastery, attributes, and momentum in their fight. After Li Huaiyi fell, Yang Ling decided he would claim the reward, even if he had to use his free attribute points to challenge the Seventh Rank prodigies.

• Yang Ling observed Dongfang Haojie and Li Huaiyi trade blows, and Li Huaiyi used poison before launching the Tiger Catching Saber Technique with Saber Momentum.
• Yang Ling wondered whether relying on Spirit Nurturing Pills had kept him from grasping momentum and compared his attributes with Dongfang Haojie's.
• Yang Ling resolved to claim the reward and considered putting all 23 Free Attribute Points into Agility to overcome the Seventh Rank prodigies.
• Dongfang Haojie overwhelmed Li Huaiyi with the Divine Path Heart Sutra, Divine Sense Palm, and Flowing Light Movement Technique, then struck him down and sent his Eighth Rank Official Saber to Yang Ling's feet.
• Li Ruhai praised Li Huaiyi's performance, Lu Yunchen credited Dongfang Haojie with going easy, and Li Huaiyi thanked Dongfang Haojie.

The Iron Clothes Department struggled against the Western Sect’s fighters, prompting Master Jie Hai and the Western Prince to mock their lack of martial prowess. Yun Ruo defended her position and advanced, while Yang Ling remained on the sidelines as the chapter ended.

• Lin Caiyi and Jiang Tian'ai both lost to Li Shou, who successfully defended his position for Arhat Temple.
• Several Western Sect Disciples defended their positions while every Iron Clothes Department fighter who entered the contest lost in the first match.
• Master Jie Hai and the Western Prince mocked the Iron Clothes Department, whose remaining Seventh Rank disciples were Yun Ruo and Yang Ling.
• Yun Ruo defeated an Arhat Temple Disciple in fifty moves, then beat opponents from the Divine Sect and Extreme Flame Sword Mansion to advance.
• Li Huaiyi felt relieved that Yun Ruo had salvaged some honor for the Iron Clothes Department and disdained Yang Ling for not entering the contest.

Yang Ling defeated one Arhat Temple disciple with his speed, then faced Hui Shi, whose perfected Golden Bell Shield withstood his attacks. Yang Ling used his red-gold crane beak hoe to exhaust Hui Shi’s Qi and Blood and dent his head, leaving the crowd stunned.

• Yang Ling kicked Jue Ming out of the ring with a rapid flurry, impressing the onlookers with his speed.
• Hui Shi stepped forward and endured Yang Ling’s kicks thanks to his perfected Golden Bell Shield.
• Yang Ling attacked Hui Shi with his saber and kicks, but Hui Shi remained standing and Master Jie Hai refused to call the bout a draw.
• Yang Ling activated his Berserk State and struck Hui Shi’s head with the Hundred Refined Red Gold Crane Beak Hoe.
• Yang Ling depleted Hui Shi’s Qi and Blood and chiseled more than a dozen holes in his head, shocking the crowd.

Yang Ling watched Arhat Temple challenge the Iron Clothes Department for the Seven Inch Sword, while the other sects hoped the fight would wear down Hui Kong. Yun Ruo battled Hui Kong fiercely, and the chapter left the other sects studying him for weaknesses.

• Yang Ling kicked an Arhat Temple disciple away in fewer than thirty moves and defended his place in the next round.
• Master Jie Hai arranged for Arhat Temple to challenge the Iron Clothes Department first, seeking the Seven Inch Sword.
• Hui Kong entered the arena and challenged Yun Ruo as the sects watched for a chance to exhaust him.
• Yang Ling checked Hui Kong's attributes and judged him an exceptionally strong Upper Seventh-rank fighter.
• Yun Ruo and Hui Kong fought with their martial skills, and the other sects closely watched for weaknesses they could exploit.

Yang Ling used his boosted Agility to defeat Arhat Temple’s second-round fighters one after another, leaving only Hui Kong. Hui Kong entered the arena, revealed his enhanced attributes, and struck at Yang Ling with Gecko Wall-Crawling Technique.

• Yang Ling spent all 23 Free Attribute Points on Agility and swiftly defeated his first opponent in the second round.
• Yang Ling challenged Arhat Temple for the Vajra Bodhi and defeated several of its disciples in quick succession.
• Li Shou entered the arena as Hui Shu, asked Yang Ling to send him out, and was defeated.
• With only Hui Kong left, Hui Kong entered the arena, raised his Strength and Agility, and attacked Yang Ling with a red-glowing arm.

Yang Ling won Arhat Temple’s prize, a defective Vajra Bodhi, and gained a major boost to his attributes and cultivation. After he confirmed he could keep fighting, rival sect leaders tried to bar him from further matches, but the Western Prince and Jie Hai supported him.

• Li Ruhai, Pei Ran, and the Nine Immortal Dao Palace representative regretted that Yang Ling had won the prize, while Iron Clothes Department stewards praised his skill and potential.
• Jie Hai handed Lu Yunchen the Vajra Bodhi, and Lu Yunchen awarded it to Yang Ling.
• Yang Ling swallowed the Vajra Bodhi and gained Health Points, Qi and Blood, internal cultivation experience, and Strength.
• Lu Yunchen asked whether Yang Ling could keep fighting, and Yang Ling said he could.
• Li Ruhai and Pei Ran objected to Yang Ling competing again, but Jie Hai and the Western Prince pointed out that no rule barred him, and the objection was dropped.

Yang Ling defeated the Divine Sect’s Seventh-rank disciples while using their fights to master Saber Momentum, then claimed the first Divine Soul Great Return Pill. He planned to trade the second pill for Peiyuan Pills and use them to raise his mental power and advance his cultivation.

• Li Ruhai urged Pei Ran and the Nine Immortal Dao Palace representative to have their disciples challenge Yang Ling, but they left the choice to their juniors.
• Yang Ling fought a Divine Sect senior sister with his saber and forced her to concede after tempering his Saber Momentum for two hundred moves.
• Yang Ling defeated the remaining Divine Sect disciples, becoming adept at Saber Momentum and increasing his combat power by at least thirty or forty percent.
• Lu Yunchen gave Yang Ling the Divine Sect’s first Divine Soul Great Return Pill and said the second could be traded for at least thirty Peiyuan Pills.
• Yang Ling calculated how to use the Peiyuan Pills to improve his Divine Ape Visualization and Vajra Mingwang Technique.

Yang Ling continued the martial arts matches after receiving the Divine Soul Great Return Pill and winning two top prizes. He faced Chi Qingyao of the Nine Immortal Dao Palace, whose speed nearly matched his, and their fierce duel remained unresolved.

• Steward Lu confirmed that Yang Ling’s mind and Martial Way talent had improved after taking the Divine Soul Great Return Pill.
• Pei Ran and the Nine Immortal Dao Palace representative questioned whether Yang Ling should receive more chances, but Yang Ling said he could keep fighting.
• The Western Prince upheld the rules and promised Yang Ling his Seven Inch Sword if he defeated both the Nine Immortal Dao Palace and the Extreme Flame Sword Mansion.
• Yang Ling challenged the Nine Immortal Dao Palace, and Chi Qingyao stepped forward to fight him.
• Yang Ling and Chi Qingyao unleashed their techniques and traded rapid saber strikes, leaving the Seventh-rank Experts unsure whether she could end his winning streak.

Yang Ling defeated every second-round contestant from the Nine Immortal Dao Palace and the Extreme Flame Sword Mansion, winning the competition’s prizes and completing a Grand Slam. Afterward, leaders from several sects tried to recruit him, and the Western Prince awarded him the Seven Inch Sword manual.

• Chi Qingyao admitted defeat, and the Nine Immortal Dao Palace’s second-round disciples challenged Yang Ling one after another and all lost.
• Yang Hong gave Yang Ling ten Peiyuan Pills and a hundred Spirit Nurturing Pills, then invited him to join the Nine Immortal Dao Palace.
• Li Ruhai invited Yang Ling to join the Divine Sect, while Pei Ran said Yang Ling could become an outer disciple of the Extreme Flame Sword Mansion if he won.
• Yang Ling defeated Chen Zuo and then beat every remaining second-round contestant from the Extreme Flame Sword Mansion, completing the Grand Slam.
• The Western Prince handed Yang Ling the Seven Inch Sword manual as his prize.

Yang Ling met with Qin Mo, Li Shou, Zhang Shendao, Lin Caiyi, and Jiang Tian'ai over a late-night meal to introduce themselves and share information about the Divine Domain. They learned that Players were still arriving, that cults and mass disappearances had surfaced, and that Lin Caiyi's Azure Flood Dragon Technique was worth an immense amount in the real world.

• Yang Ling agreed to find a place to eat and exchange information with the others, while Qin Mo refused to return Li Shou's silver.
• At a donkey meat hot pot stall, Zhang Shendao, Lin Caiyi, Jiang Tian'ai, Li Shou, Qin Mo, and Yang Ling introduced themselves and shared details about their lives in the real world.
• Jiang Tian'ai said she had encountered Players claiming to be disciples of the Immortal God Cult, and Zhang Shendao said he had also heard of the Heavenly God Cult.
• Qin Mo said Players in Yunwen Provincial Capital had reported hundreds of thousands of people missing in the real world and widespread chaos.
• Lin Caiyi said the group had a good start in the Divine Domain and that her Second-rate Azure Flood Dragon Technique could be worth ten billion in the real world.

Zhang Ning, a Star Gazing Academy disciple and the lowest-ranked player on the Divine Realm Rank List, provoked the Iron Clothes Department Constables after starting a fight in Yunwen Provincial Capital. He resisted arrest and was brutally cut down, while Yang Ling and the others watched.

• Yang Ling examined Zhang Ning and realized he had not reached Ninth Rank despite his tenth-place ranking.
• Zhang Ning demanded that the men he had beaten kneel and kowtow, then told the Constables to arrest them instead.
• The lead Constable ordered Zhang Ning to come with them for fighting in the city, but Zhang Ning slapped him and tried to leave.
• Zhang Ning attacked the Constables when they drew their sabers, and they fought him with disciplined coordination.
• The Constables cut Zhang Ning's shoulder, severed his raised hand, and continued striking him with their sabers.

Yang Ling advised the sect disciples preparing for the Water Qilin Cave Expedition to stay together and support their senior disciples rather than compete recklessly for rewards. He trained the Lingxu Step with Spirit Nurturing Pills and prepared his equipment for the journey, which was set to begin the next day.

• Qin Mo warned Li Shou that joining the Iron Clothes Department could cost him standing and rewards within his sect, making him hesitate.
• Yang Ling told Lin Caiyi and the others that their First-rate Sect backing would let them benefit from the expedition by protecting themselves and supporting their senior disciples.
• Yang Ling explained that boss fights might yield unreliable Experience Points and said mining was safer; the group then agreed to meet again the next day.
• Back in his room, Yang Ling saved twenty-two Spirit Nurturing Pills for the Heavenly Will Divine Saber and used seventy-eight to raise the Lingxu Step's Proficiency to 54,706/100,000.
• At dawn, Yang Ling finished cultivating the Divine Ape Visualization and checked his weapons, healing supplies, armor, and other preparations for the trip.

Gu Weizhou challenged the Iron Clothes Department over Zhang Ning’s death, but witnesses from the Western Great First-rate Sects backed the constables’ account before the Western Prince. Gu Weizhou was left speechless, while Players at the harbor had already been tracking the sect experts.

• Gu Weizhou accused Lu Yunchen and the Iron Clothes Department of wrongfully killing Zhang Ning, and Lu Yunchen insisted the constables had acted according to the law.
• Gu Weizhou appealed to the Western Prince, who asked Lu Yunchen to present the eyewitnesses; Qin Mo testified that Zhang Ning had attacked a constable.
• Yang Ling confirmed he had been with Qin Mo and witnessed Zhang Ning’s actions, prompting Gu Weizhou to question his credibility.
• Li Shou, Zhang Shendao, Lin Caiyi, and Jiang Tian’ai each testified that they had been with Yang Ling and agreed Zhang Ning deserved to die.
• Gu Weizhou was left speechless as the harbor crowd learned that witnesses included members of the Iron Clothes Department and four Western Great First-rate Sects.
• Players at the harbor were revealed to have spent several days tracking ranked experts, including Lin Caiyi, Jiang Tian’ai, Li Shou, and Zhang Shendao.