Chapter 390: Chapter 390: The Smiling, Proud Wanderer Ends! Settlement Rewards

"Why didn’t you step forward to thank Hero Ding when you saw him?"

Nun Dingyi looked at Yilin with some dissatisfaction.

Yilin was speechless, hesitant.

In her heart, she also felt some regret and remorse.

After Ding Ling left.

It was as if she finally awoke again, realizing she indeed owed Ding Ling a ’thank you’! Owed him a debt of gratitude that had not been repaid!

"What should I do?"

Her mind was in a whirlwind.

Under the urging of Nun Dingyi.

She hesitantly chased out, but when she reached the mountain gate and looked out, Ding Ling and his companions were nowhere to be seen.

"Have they already left?"

Yilin felt lost and frustrated, her eyes slightly red with shame, understanding that this parting might mean she’ll never see Ding Ling again in this life.

She hadn’t repaid the favor she owed Ding Ling.

There were several times when she could have said thank you in person.

But it was her own timidity that ruined it.

"Hero Ding, I’m sorry..."

"Thank you."

A gentle breeze blew past.

Several weak notes lingered in the air, drifting with the scattered leaves toward the distance.

...

...

Ding Ling roamed from the southern window to the north for several months.

During this time of wandering.

He was teaching Zhang Hex, Qu Feiyan, Lin Pingzhi, and their group.

Because there was no shortage of Great Medicine.

And Zhang Hex, Qu Feiyan, and others had extremely high martial talent.

Although Lin Pingzhi was weaker, Ding Ling guided him in cultivating the Breathing Technique and Inner Power, always offering precise, deeply insightful, and always on-point guidance!

This also allowed him to have almost no unresolved problems in his cultivation path.

Without taking any wrong turns.

Everything went smoothly.

And on this day.

Ding Ling traveled throughout Jiuzhou.

After visiting several major sects.

He finally heard the notification sound.

[3: You must make your name as the world’s number one resound across the entire Plane World. 100%/100%.]

[Congratulations player Ding Ling, you have completed all the tasks on the Path of the Glory War God!]

[Overachieved task! Would you like to redeem the Glory Medal now and proceed to a higher-level Martial Hero Plane World?]

Hmm?!

Ding Ling was surprised.

A few days ago, the task reached 99%.

Now it finally reached 100%.

Ding Ling was not surprised by this.

What surprised him was that the next level, that is, the Upper Realm of this world, was actually not the Xianxia World?

Still the Martial World?

"How many levels does the Martial World have?"

Ding Ling thought of the Grandmaster and Grandmaster Realm mentioned in martial novels.

And he was currently only at the Innate Realm.

His eyelid twitched twice, and he pondered:

"Could it be that the Martial World has three levels?"

If the martial world has three levels.

Then how many levels would the Xianxia have?!

"There is a long way to go."

Ding Ling didn’t think too much.

He had stayed in The Smiling, Proud Wanderer World for just under a year.

For other martial worlds, progress was likely to be faster, and it was probably the same principle.

"Especially now that I have both Breathing Technique Vigorous Qi and True Qi, going to other martial worlds, even if not sweeping them, defeating typical Innate Experts poses absolutely no problem."

’In such circumstances. Accelerating progress is definitely feasible.’

Thinking so.

Ding Ling felt relieved.

There are quite a few Divine Skill Secret Manuals in the martial world, learning them and solidifying the foundation is undoubtedly beneficial for his Martial Dao journey.

Just like these past few months.

He roamed Jiuzhou.

Examining countless second-class and third-class Inner Power Secret Manuals, palm techniques, Saber Techniques, and others.

Now his True Qi could achieve a perfect state where the intent arrives with the Qi.

Better than commanding at will, reaching even a higher state!

With a mere thought.

True Qi could rise abruptly, sweeping out like a storm, its speed far surpassing before, and the utilization rate of True Qi is also far superior to before.

This is the advantage of deep foundations.

Just like a building, the more stable the foundation, the sturdier the building stands, and vice versa.

"The task is over."

Ding Ling thought for a moment.

And decided to set the path of the Celestial Ladder ten miles from Chang’an City.

When he galloped to this place, he was surprised to find.

There was also a pavilion here.

But compared to the pavilion in the Three Kingdoms World.

This one is newer and more spacious.

Ding Ling walked into the pavilion, his expression slightly dazed.

At this moment, it was as if he had returned to the Three Kingdoms, back to the moment when he first cleared the Celestial Ladder, with Diao Chan and the other girls looking at him with slightly red eyes.

Ding Ling let out a long sigh.

Without thinking much.

He turned to the message notification from earlier:

[Overachieved task! Would you like to redeem the Glory Medal now and proceed to a higher-level Martial Hero Plane World?]

"Yes!"

He clicked ’Yes’!

[Redemption successful!]

[1: Defeat more than 20 Plane Experts: 63/20.]

After defeating the three from the Sword Sect and Feng Qingyang.

Ding Ling also defeated Tong Baixiong, Yue Buqun and his wife, Nun Sanding, the Mount Tai Sect experts, and so on.

So the task progress improved significantly.

[Task 1. Obtain Glory Medal 1. Honor bonus 315%. Glory Medal final count: approximately 3 pieces.]

In the Three Kingdoms, it was 375%, thus gaining 4 pieces. Here it’s directly 3 pieces. It seems the task’s Glory Medal is also rounded off.

Ding Ling saw this and continued reading.

[2, You must defeat the strongest in the plane. Prove you are the true world’s number one. Progress 100%]

[Task 2: Obtain 1 Glory Medal]

[3: You must make your name as the world’s number one resound throughout the entire plane world. 100%/100%.]

[Task 3: Obtain 1 Glory Medal]

...

The final number of Glory Medals obtained is: 5.

[Glory Medal settlement completed.]

[Would you like to open the Path of Glory now?]

The familiar rhythm and reminders.

Ding Ling clicked ’Yes’!

[The Path of Glory is about to open. Please choose the location to place the Path of Glory.]

[Friendly Reminder: The Path of Glory is the Tongtian Road...]

The friendly reminder was exactly the same.

Ding Ling didn’t hesitate much, opened the character panel, and clicked again.

[Confirm selection of the ancient pavilion outside Chang’an City?]

Confirm!

[Selection completed. Cannot be changed again!]

Boom!

The next instant.

Thunder exploded.

The world changed color.

Heaven and Earth seemed to swirl completely at this moment! Flipping over.

Rumbling!

Dark clouds covered the sky, a Thunder Dragon appeared out of thin air in the sky, roaring amidst the rolling clouds.

A scene almost identical to the Three Kingdoms World appeared.

Everyone was shaken by it.

Although Zhang Hex and Taishi Ci had seen similar scenes, witnessing it again still gave them a feeling of being watched by a Celestial God, a sense of insignificance.

They took a deep breath, suppressed their inner discomfort, and watched with burning eyes.

Thunk!

A divine light broke through all darkness, shattered the Thunder Dragon, pierced through the clouds, and descended into the world at lightning speed!

Whoosh!

This light strikingly resembled the Celestial Ladder. It extended from the horizon to Ding Ling’s feet, landing in front of him.

Ding Ling glanced at Qu Feiyan and the others.

Qu Feiyan’s eyes were slightly red, her lips trembling, but she seemed unable to speak for a moment.

Lin Pingzhi, Consort Yhu, and Huang Zhonggong’s group were still in shock, pale.

Ren Yingying and Ren Woxing rushed over just in time to join Ding Ling in the final moments, but did not expect to see this scene, each of them was shaken to their core.

Ren Yingying thought that this farewell might mean eternal separation between celestial beings, and couldn’t help but exclaim ’Hero Ding’!

Her cry.

Startled Lin Pingzhi, Qu Feiyan, and others back to their senses, all calling ’Master’ ’Brother Ding’.

Ding Ling smiled gently, comforting everyone a few words, and then shifted the topic, saying:

"Cultivate well. I still have a chance to return to this world."

The Three Kingdoms has a chance to return.

There’s no reason The Smiling, Proud Wanderer wouldn’t have a chance to return.

Ding Ling had already told Zhang Hex and his group about this.

Thus, although Zhang Hex’s group was reluctant, they were better off compared to Qu Feiyan and others.

"When will we meet again?"

"You all should cultivate well. When there’s no more progress to be made in this world or when faced with something truly unsolvable, then you can consider ascension. Otherwise, you might wait. Perhaps you’ll wait for me to return."

"Brother Ding."

Qu Feiyan’s expression was firm:

"I will follow in your footsteps. If you never return. I will go to the Upper Realm to find you."

Ding Ling knew Qu Feiyan’s character, once she made up her mind, it was hard to change, so he didn’t persuade her much, just comforted her a few more times, finally looked around at everyone, and stepped onto the Celestial Ladder.

Boom!

At the moment he stepped onto the Celestial Ladder, the Dharma Conch sounded, faintly one could hear gods in the void chanting blessings for Ding Ling!

Golden light enveloped him.

Rainbows rose to the sky.

Various visions appeared one after another.

Boom!

The golden light surging out of the Celestial Ladder swept up Ding Ling in an instant, soaring to the Ninefold Heaven above.

This feeling, this experience, felt familiar.

Ding Ling remembered scenes from his ascension in the Three Kingdoms World.

Involuntarily sighed:

"This ascension routine, process, is really exactly the same, without any changes. Just seems like the ’special effects’ are bigger this time."

Ding Ling looked toward the world.

He could see Qu Feiyan and others’ figures, the vast Chang’an City, the entire Jiuzhou, all seemed to finally turn into a blurred shadow and disappeared.

In his vision were only white mist and the Celestial Ladder.

Only the overwhelming golden light, the rainbow light, and the white light.

Whoosh!

The Celestial Ladder pierced through layers of world barriers.

Carrying Ding Ling once again into that mysterious, unknowable dimension world.

Ding Ling saw a familiar portal.

It was woven of golden light.

It was tightly closed.

Engraved with a line of words.

[Gate of Glory!]

"Sure enough, it’s this door."

Ding Ling was slightly stunned, but quickly regained his composure,

He instinctively glanced at the character panel.

Sure enough.

The information reminder came.

[Congratulations player Ding Ling for being the first to clear the portal of the first layer of the Martial Hero Plane!]

[As the first to clear the first layer of the Martial Hero Plane, you will receive the following rewards:]

[1: A Martial Hero Plane World only you can tread upon!]

[2: Obtain one opportunity to return to The Smiling, Proud Wanderer World.]

[3: Reward: The right to freely choose the second layer of the Martial Hero Plane! Note: Only the first person to clear the plane world receives this reward. Others do not.]

[4: Reward: Ascension items you can carry: three weapons, three sets of clothing, three mounts, three hundred pieces of gold. Note: Other Ascenders can only have one weapon, one set of clothing.]

"......"

Ding Ling was speechless.

The rewards are almost unchanged.

Only weapons and clothing were changed from two pieces to three pieces.