Chapter Summaries

Yang Ling considered selling the Seven Inch Sword Martial Skill and learned that he would need the Western Prince’s approval. As the group prepared to enter the Water Qilin Cave, Yang Ling received a Water Repelling Pill and reflected on how cultivation methods affected martial artists’ attributes.

• Yang Ling asked Yun Ruo whether selling the Seven Inch Sword might offend the Western Prince, and Yun Ruo advised him to ask first.
• Lu Yunchen explained the Seven Inch Sword’s power, offered to buy the skill if the Western Prince agreed, and brought Yang Ling to meet him.
• Cao Junxiong praised Yang Ling and tried to recruit him into the Cao Gang, but the Western Prince said Yang Ling had already refused the Nine Immortal Dao Palace and might be kept by the Department Master in the Capital.
• Xu Wuji distributed Water Repelling Pills to the selected Seventh Rank talents before the Water Qilin Cave expedition.
• Yang Ling inspected Xu Wuji’s Attribute Panel and concluded that the grade of an Internal Skill determined a martial artist’s attribute ceiling.

Yang Ling agreed to sell the Seven Inch Sword to the Cao Gang for 150 Peiyuan Pills after Lu Yunchen yielded to their higher offer. The expedition fleet reached the Water Qilin Cave’s marked location on the Tianyuan River, where the Western Prince gathered the participating experts and disciples.

• Yang Ling asked the Western Prince for permission to sell the Seven Inch Sword, and Lu Yunchen offered 100 Peiyuan Pills for it.
• Cao Junxiong offered 150 Peiyuan Pills, and Lu Yunchen urged Yang Ling to accept the higher bid; the Western Prince approved the sale after the expedition.
• The next day, Yang Ling watched the fleet slow as it approached the Water Qilin Cave’s location on the Tianyuan River.
• More than a dozen Giant Ships linked together with chains, and the Western Prince gathered the Sixth-Rank Experts and Seventh Rank talents aboard his ship.
• Yang Ling inspected the gathered participants, including representatives from the Medicine Gang, Mine Gang, Cao Gang, Great Evolution Sword Sect, Valley of the Dead, and Ku Jue Temple.

Yang Ling and Yun Ruo escorted the Western Prince underwater toward Water Qilin Cave, where the group reached a blue-lit passage. Yang Ling noticed Jiang Tian'ai and Zhang Shendao were missing and turned back to look for them while Yun Ruo continued with the prince.

• Yang Ling and Yun Ruo checked the water before the Western Prince and the other martial artists began descending.
• Yang Ling used the Water Repelling Pill to breathe underwater and relied on the currents to sense those around him in the darkness.
• Yang Ling grabbed Yun Ruo and wrote in her palm to calm her as the group descended through the pitch-black water.
• The group reached the blue-lit passage to Water Qilin Cave, and the Western Prince gestured for everyone to follow him inside.
• Yang Ling realized Jiang Tian'ai and Zhang Shendao were missing, signaled Lin Caiyi and Li Shou, and turned back while Yun Ruo caught up with the Western Prince.

Yang Ling rescued Zhang Shendao and Jiang Tian'ai from a gigantic mudfish, then led the group through the freezing underwater passage into Water Qilin Cave. As the others recovered and learned of the danger, the Western Prince asked Yang Ling whether he had turned back to save the disciples.

• Yang Ling found Zhang Shendao and Jiang Tian'ai underwater and brought them away from the gigantic mudfish pursuing them.
• Lin Caiyi and Li Shou met the group at the passage entrance, and Yang Ling helped everyone catch up with the Martial Artists ahead.
• The group traveled through the increasingly cold waterway and emerged into the ice-filled Water Qilin Cave.
• Yang Ling swallowed two Spirit Nurturing Pills and advanced his Heavenly Will Divine Saber to Mastery Through Practice, gaining the Ice Blade skill.
• Zhang Shendao and Jiang Tian'ai thanked Yang Ling, while Dongfang Haojie, Chen Zuo, Chi Qingyao, and Hui Kong learned about the mudfish ambush.
• The Western Prince asked Yang Ling whether he had turned back to rescue the disciples from the Divine Sect and Extreme Flame Sword Mansion.

The Western Prince led the Zhao State Martial Artists toward the Ice Cave, while a Heavenly Wolf Guard force entered the wilderness with orders to kill Yang Ling and seize their treasures. Yang Ling discovered a swarm of Snowfield Carnivorous Worms closing in, but the Western Prince’s group had not yet realized how many there were.

• The Western Prince said the three Water Bodhi would be his, while his companions could divide nearby Rare Flowers and Herbs.
• More than a hundred Heavenly Wolf Guard members emerged from the Cold Pond and set out to seize treasures and kill Yang Ling, while being forbidden to attack Old Xi of Zhao State.
• The Western Prince led the group through the Ice and Snow Wilderness, using icicles as landmarks on the way to the Ice Cave.
• Yang Ling sensed movement beneath the snow and unearthed a Snowfield Carnivorous Worm beside the Western Prince.
• The Western Prince warned the group that Snowfield Carnivorous Worms hunted in families and carried deadly Cold Poison.
• Yang Ling sensed hundreds of worms surrounding them and urged the group to break through, but the Western Prince questioned whether there were many.

Yang Ling and the Western Prince led the surviving Iron Clothes Department members through the Water Qilin Cave Expedition’s blizzard and reached the maze-like Ice Mountain cave. As the group searched for the Water Bodhi, Yun Ruo offered to take Yang Ling to another possible location afterward and split any treasure they found.

• The Western Prince rallied the group after a Seventh Rank member died, and the others thanked Yang Ling for warning them about the Snowfield Carnivorous Worms.
• Yang Ling used his heightened senses and Mental Power to guide the Western Prince through a blizzard until the group reached the Ice Mountain.
• Yang Ling checked the Divine Realm Ranking and saw that Lin Caiyi and the other listed Players were still alive.
• The Western Prince warned that the cave was a maze and led the group inside, with Yang Ling and Yun Ruo assigned to lead the way.
• Yun Ruo quietly told Yang Ling he knew another place that might contain a Water Bodhi and offered to split what they found.

Yang Ling discovered that Xiao Chen had secretly scattered Tracking Powder in the Water Qilin Cave and exposed his betrayal to the Western Prince. Xiao Chen confessed that the Medicine Gang had paid him to leave the powder, though he claimed the deal was only for Rare Flowers and Herbs.

• The Western Prince warned the group that an adult Frost Power Bear was a Lower Sixth Rank expert, and the group passed it without waking it.
• Yang Ling noticed a strange scent and found white Tracking Powder on the ground behind the group.
• Li Huaiyi identified the powder, and Yang Ling accused Xiao Chen of scattering it.
• Yang Ling urged the Western Prince to take precautions, while Xiao Chen denied the accusation and the others grew suspicious.
• Xiao Chen confessed that he had taken Fifty Thousand Taels of Silver and Three Peiyuan Pills from the Medicine Gang to leave Tracking Powder in the cave.
• The Western Prince questioned why the Medicine Gang had not simply asked Xiao Chen to collect Rare Flowers and Herbs and offered to buy them.

The Western Prince and Yang Ling found no Water Bodhi in the cave and encountered Nangong Yue, who revealed that he and his men belonged to the Rong Tribe’s Heavenly Wolf Guard. Nangong Yue demanded Yang Ling’s head on the Wei Lord’s orders, and the standoff escalated when the Western Prince revealed his Divine Machine Crossbow.

• The Western Prince led Yang Ling and the others to the cave’s end, where they found no Water Bodhi or other rare herbs.
• Yang Ling recognized Nangong Yue’s Zhao State martial arts, and Li Huaiyi identified him as a Seventh Rank Iron Clothes from the Iron Clothes Department.
• Nangong Yue admitted that he and his men were Heavenly Wolf Guard spies and said the Wei Lord wanted Yang Ling dead.
• The Western Prince refused to hand Yang Ling over, and Nangong Yue challenged Yang Ling to surrender in exchange for the others’ lives.
• The Western Prince aimed his Divine Machine Crossbow at Nangong Yue, the Iron Clothes Constables raised their Hand Crossbows, and Yang Ling handed his crossbow to Yun Ruo.

Yang Ling used the Heavenly Will Divine Saber’s Ice Blade skill to turn the battle in the Ice Chamber against Nangong Yue and the Rong Tribe spies. Nangong Yue escaped into the snowy wilderness, weakened by Yang Ling’s daggers.

• Yang Ling’s flying dagger froze a Rong Tribe spy, revealing that he had mastered the Heavenly Will Divine Saber and startling Nangong Yue and the Western Prince.
• Yang Ling repeatedly threw daggers at the Rong Tribe fighters, while the Western Prince, Yun Ruo, and the other Iron Clothes Constables joined the attack.
• Nangong Yue ordered a retreat as the Rong Tribe spies suffered heavy casualties from Yang Ling, the Iron Clothes Constables, and the Frost Power Bear.
• Yang Ling pursued the fleeing spies, and only Nangong Yue and about a dozen others escaped the cave.
• Nangong Yue tried to redirect his surviving men toward Zhao State Martial Artists, but Yang Ling’s daggers struck him and forced him to flee into the snowy wilderness.

After defeating the Rong Tribe Spies, Yang Ling received a three-hundred-year-old Frost Spirit Ganoderma from the Western Prince and gained major improvements by eating it. Reaching level 40 granted him a Treasure Chest Fusion Slot, but its low success rate made him doubt that fusing treasure chests was worthwhile.

• The Western Prince thanked Yang Ling for helping defeat the Rong Tribe Spies and awarded him the Frost Spirit Ganoderma.
• Yang Ling collected thirty-three usable flying daggers, returned to the Ice Chamber, and ate the Frost Spirit Ganoderma.
• The Ganoderma gave Yang Ling 500 Experience Points for each of his two internal cultivation techniques, 500 Proficiency for four martial skills, and raised his Qi and Blood limit from 300 to 500.
• Yang Ling leveled up twice and became the first expert among the Ten Million Players in Divine Domain to reach level 40, earning a Random Treasure Chest and a Treasure Chest Fusion Slot.
• Yang Ling learned that chest fusion started at a 10% success rate and could rise to only 40% after repeated attempts, so he judged the process a losing deal.

Yang Ling’s Agility surged after he obtained the Frost Spirit Ganoderma, while his Level 40 ranking stunned Players across the Divine Realm. After the Western Prince revealed that two more groups of Rong Tribe spies had entered the Water Qilin Cave, Yang Ling and Yun Ruo raised concerns about the danger to the sect disciples.

• Yang Ling calculated that his theoretical maximum Agility was 204, though he still lacked enough Strength to reach Sixth Rank combat power.
• Players including Lin Caiyi, Li Shou, Zhang Shendao, and Jiang Tian'ai reacted with shock to Yang Ling’s Level 40 lead on the Divine Realm Rank List.
• Yang Ling told the Western Prince he had eaten the Frost Spirit Ganoderma, and the Western Prince revealed that two other groups of Rong Tribe spies had entered the cave to pursue the Water Bodhi.
• The Western Prince killed the three captured spies and led the group toward the next marked location, while Yang Ling quietly asked Yun Ruo whether they should warn the sect disciples about the other teams.
• Yun Ruo later told the Western Prince that she could send a message, after he admitted they lacked enough people to search for the spies.

Yang Ling encountered Zhao State martial artists fighting over a Fire Dragon Fish and drove off a Frost Power Bear with a flying knife. He ate the fish and discovered that it increased the experience of both his Internal Energy techniques.

• Yang Ling followed the Frost Power Bear to a Snow Valley, where he spotted Zhao State martial artists fighting over a Fire Dragon Fish.
• The Frost Power Bear charged into the valley, sending the martial artists fleeing from the powerful beast.
• Yang Ling struck the bear with an Ice Blade, and it fled, leaving a trail of blood in the snow.
• He Yang introduced himself and explained how to remove the Fire Dragon Fish's venom sac and prepare its flesh.
• Yang Ling ate the fish and gained 100 Experience Points each for the Vajra Mingwang Technique and the Divine Ape Visualization.

Yang Ling and He Yang's group encountered Rong Tribe spies pursuing a Frost Power Bear through Snow Valley, and Yang Ling led them in defeating the attackers. He captured three spies and confronted them about the Heavenly Wolf Guard Wei Lord's plan.

• Yang Ling told He Yang and the other experts to conceal that they had recognized the Rong Tribe spies, while the spies demanded a share of the Fire Dragon Fish.
• When the spies approached within ten zhang, Yang Ling killed their leader with a throwing knife and charged the rest.
• Yang Ling and the others defeated the outnumbered spies without suffering injuries, with Yang Ling deliberately leaving three alive.
• Yang Ling questioned the captives about the other spies and said Nangong Yue's group had been wiped out and the Heavenly Wolf Guard Wei Lord's plan had failed.
• The three captives showed despair when Yang Ling mentioned Nangong Yue, and their leader looked to his companions.

Yang Ling divided hand crossbows and Fire Dragon Fish with the Old Seventh Rank Martial Artists before leaving, then got lost in the ice cave. He found the wounded Zhang Shendao and gave him Healing Ointment, leaving Zhang Shendao alive but in pain as Yang Ling pulled out the crossbow bolts.

• Yang Ling let the Old Seventh Rank Martial Artists use the hand crossbows and accepted half of the sixty Fire Dragon Fish.
• Yang Ling ate all thirty of his Fire Dragon Fish, gaining 3,000 Experience Points each for the Vajra Mingwang Technique and Divine Ape Visualization.
• Yang Ling left the group, and a herd of Frost Power Bears charged at He Yang and the other Old Seventh Rank Martial Artists, who fled.
• Yang Ling got lost in the ice cave and found Zhang Shendao shivering with knife wounds and crossbow bolts in his body.
• Yang Ling gave Zhang Shendao Healing Ointment, then pulled the bolts from his wounds, making him howl in pain.

Dongfang Haojie and the Divine Sect Disciples held off the Heavenly Wolf Guard while its envoy tried to recruit him with promises of a Water Bodhi and Qilin Armor. An unseen ally attacked the Rong Tribe Spies with flying knives and ice techniques, leaving most of them dead.

• Dongfang Haojie stalled the Heavenly Wolf Guard envoy by asking about the terms of recruitment.
• The envoy promised a Water Bodhi and Qilin Armor, claiming the Heavenly Wolf Guard knew where to find them.
• The envoy turned toward an unseen presence and was killed by a flying knife.
• Dongfang Haojie announced that reinforcements had arrived as the attacker struck the Rong Tribe Spies with flying knives and ice blades.
• A Heavenly Will Sect Spy recognized the Heavenly Will Divine Saber before being turned into an ice sculpture, and the assault killed two-thirds of the Rong Tribe Spies.

After defeating the Heavenly Wolf Guard woman, Yang Ling and the others discovered she carried an incomplete map of Water Qilin Cave, which Yang Ling secretly learned how to read. Their discussion was interrupted when a herd of Frost Power Bears charged toward them.

• Dongfang Haojie told Yang Ling that the dead Heavenly Wolf Guard woman had mentioned Water Bodhi and Qilin Armor, revealing the guard's objective.
• Zhang Shendao found an incomplete map of Water Qilin Cave on the woman's body, and Yang Ling used his Attribute Panel to load it and match its markers to the cave's icicles.
• Yang Ling handed the physical map to Dongfang Haojie, keeping his own ability to read it secret so he could act without suspicion.
• A herd of Frost Power Bears charged toward the group, led by a roaring adult bear that Yang Ling estimated was at least Lower Sixth Rank.

Yang Ling met Mine Gang Martial Artists in the Ice and Snow Wilderness and learned that Arhat Temple fighters had gone deeper into the area. He joined Mian Zhengdong’s group to investigate Kirin Iron at an old mine shaft, where their search had so far found nothing.

• Yang Ling approached a group of Mine Gang Martial Artists and asked whether they had seen fighters from the Nine Immortal Dao Palace, Arhat Temple, or Extreme Flame Sword Mansion.
• Mian Zhengdong told Yang Ling that Arhat Temple Martial Artists had gone farther into the wilderness.
• Mian Zhengdong explained that his group was searching for Kirin Iron, a mineral prized for forging powerful weapons.
• Mian Zhengdong revealed the old mine shaft where the Mine Gang’s former leader had once found Kirin Iron Ore Essence.
• Mian Zhengdong said the group had dug for half a day without finding any Kirin Iron or Ore Essence.

Yang Ling and Mian Zhengdong took shelter in a mine shaft from a Giant Sea Lion and a Giant Lizard, but the lizard began clawing its way inside. With the shaft having no other exit, Yang Ling started digging through the frozen earth to escape.

• Yang Ling led Mian Zhengdong and the others into a narrow mine shaft, where the Giant Lizard and Giant Sea Lion could not follow.
• Mian Zhengdong explained that the shaft had no other exit, and the group waited for the beasts to leave.
• The Giant Lizard returned and clawed at the entrance after apparently defeating the Giant Sea Lion.
• Yang Ling ordered everyone to dig for an escape route and began excavating a narrow offshoot with two hoes.
• Mian Zhengdong hauled away the dirt as Yang Ling dug rapidly while the Giant Lizard kept trying to break in.
• Yang Ling suddenly stopped digging as the Mine Gang's Seventh Rank members watched.

Yang Ling mined five pounds of Kirin Iron and gained five levels, then used his free attribute points to raise his Strength. He refused Mian Zhengdong’s offer to buy the metal and continued digging, leaving the group still trapped as he extended the tunnel by more than ten meters.

• Yang Ling chipped away at the Kirin Iron, gaining huge amounts of experience and leveling up repeatedly.
• Yang Ling mined all the Kirin Iron, reached level 45, and gained eight Free Attribute Points.
• Yang Ling put all eight points into Strength, increasing his Health Points as well.
• Mian Zhengdong asked to buy the Kirin Iron, but Yang Ling refused and said he wanted to forge a Crane-Mouth Hoe with it.
• Yang Ling continued digging to find a way out, extending the tunnel by more than ten meters without finding the Kirin Iron he sought.

Mian Zhengdong followed Yang Ling through the forks, while Tong Jiu tried to force Hui Kong and the Arhat Temple Disciples to join the Heaven Wolf Guard. Li Shou considered going undercover and saw that Yang Ling had reached level 45.

• Mian Zhengdong decided to follow Yang Ling, and the other Seventh Rank experts went after them.
• Tong Jiu surrounded Hui Kong and the Arhat Temple Disciples with crossbow-wielding experts and offered them Provisions if they joined the Heaven Wolf Guard.
• Tong Jiu revealed that Arhat Temple had spies named Yin San and Jin Liu, and threatened to kill the monks if they refused to join.
• Li Shou considered becoming a Heaven Wolf Guard spy so he could secretly pass information to Yang Ling and the others.
• Li Shou checked the Divine Realm Rank List and saw that Yang Ling had reached level 45.