Recaps

Lu Qinglian found a Fire Lotus Seed deep in Fire Lotus Peak’s Earth Fire and discovered it could gather Earth Fire Qi to speed her cultivation. She then hurried to Lu Changsheng, whose Fifth Heavenly Tribulation had ended and whose final tribulation was gathering as he prepared to face nine thunder dragons.

• Lu Qinglian descended eight hundred zhang into the Earth Fire, seized a crimson Fire Lotus Seed, and emerged exhausted.
• Lu Qinglian refined the Fire Lotus Seed with her Fire Lotus True Qi and found it gathered Earth Fire Qi to accelerate her cultivation.
• Lu Qinglian sensed Lu Changsheng’s breakthrough and flew toward him as he fought through the Fourth Heavenly Tribulation by drawing thunder into his body.
• Lu Changsheng endured the far stronger Fifth Heavenly Tribulation for two hours, suffered minor injuries, and decided not to use the final tribulation to temper his body.
• Lu Changsheng opened the Purple-Gold Eight Trigrams Gourd, devoured the Demon Dragon Origin Core’s power, and summoned his defenses and Great Thousand Sword Array against nine thunder dragons.

Lu Changsheng endured the Sixfold Heavenly Tribulation and entered the Dao Integration Realm. Taiyuan True Person then offered him the position of Mount Shu Sect Master, leaving Lu Changsheng poised to take over the sect.

• Lu Qinglian arrived as Lu Changsheng fought nine thunder dragons, and Taiyuan True Person could only hope he would survive.
• Lu Changsheng used his treasures, Divine Abilities, and talismans to battle the thunder dragons and Nine Heavens Divine Thunder for hours.
• The final lightning storm engulfed Lu Changsheng, and the resulting blast left him standing in a crater with one arm missing.
• Lu Changsheng regenerated his arm with the Undying Divine Art, recovered with a pill, and confirmed that he had entered the Dao Integration Realm.
• Taiyuan True Person offered to summon Mount Shu’s members and formally hand the Sect Master position to Lu Changsheng.

Lin Qingzhi discovered that the Wind-Thunder Pavilion was sheltering the Demon-Summoning Devil Palace and secretly watched the palace activate its ancient formation. The formation consumed Luo Feng and countless souls, then stopped with Luo Feng standing at its center, Devil Qi in his eyes.

• Lin Qingzhi hid in the Wind-Thunder Pavilion for a year and found a Demon-Summoning Devil Palace elder using a cave abode on the Rear Mountain.
• After watching the cave for another month, Lin Qingzhi saw the Wind-Thunder Pavilion Master Lei Tiannan and several Grand Supreme Elders enter.
• Lei Tiannan confronted the Demon-Summoning Devil Palace Palace Master about the three-year refuge and demanded to know when the Demon-Summoning Formation would be completed.
• The Palace Master ordered Luo Feng to stand at the formation's heart, and the palace elders activated it using the souls of countless beings, including the Demon Lord's remnant soul.
• A pillar of Devil Qi surged from the Rear Mountain for half an hour before the formation stopped and its eight statues shattered.
• The exhausted Palace Master and elders saw Luo Feng still standing in the formation, Devil Qi in his eyes, while Lin Qingzhi watched in hiding.

Luo Feng was taken over by a soul claiming to be an immortal powerhouse, who persuaded the masters of the Demon-Summoning Devil Palace and Wind-Thunder Pavilion to become his disciples. As he prepared to rely on them while recovering his strength, he discovered Lin Qingzhi hiding nearby.

• The palace master of the Demon-Summoning Devil Palace revealed that the Demon-Summoning Formation had succeeded and that the Devil Master's soul had possessed Luo Feng.
• The soul took control of Luo Feng and claimed to be a powerhouse from the Immortal Realm, then offered the two sect masters supreme cultivation methods.
• Luo Feng taught the palace master and the pavilion master part of an Immortal Stage Devil Cultivation Method, convincing both to acknowledge him as their master.
• Luo Feng accepted the two sect masters as disciples and planned to rely on their protection until his cultivation recovered.
• Luo Feng detected Lin Qingzhi hiding nearby, and Lin Qingzhi used a Ninth-Grade Spatial Talisman to teleport away.

Lu Changsheng succeeded Taiyuan True Person as Mount Shu’s twenty-eighth sect master and announced pills to help the sect’s elders advance. At Misty Peak, Su Qian'er also stepped down, naming Xia Ningxue as the next Pavilion Master of Ask Immortal Pavilion.

• Taiyuan True Person announced that Lu Changsheng would become Mount Shu’s twenty-eighth sect master, prompting excitement and dismay among the assembled elders and disciples.
• Lu Changsheng offered seventh-grade Void-Entering Pills and ninth-grade Dao Integration Pills to eligible Mount Shu elders to improve their chances of overcoming tribulations.
• Lu Changsheng assigned day-to-day sect affairs to Li Changye and his first disciple, leaving himself free to focus on cultivation.
• Su Qian'er announced that Xia Ningxue would succeed her as the eighteenth pavilion master of Ask Immortal Pavilion.
• Su Qian'er explained that Xia Ningxue had earned the Immortal Sword’s recognition and that Qiu'er and Meng'er would help with minor affairs so Xia Ningxue could continue cultivating.

After Lin Qingzhi returned gravely wounded from Luzhou, he reported that the Demon-Summoning Devil Palace had summoned the soul of a powerful Immortal Realm figure, and Lu Changsheng treated him and ordered him to focus on cultivation. Twelve years after Mount Shu’s calamity, envoys from Stars Pavilion arrived with an invitation to the Central Province Gathering, leaving Lu Changsheng to wonder how the visit connected to his earlier vision of the future.

• Lin Qingzhi returned to Mount Shu with severe injuries and recounted how Wind-Thunder Pavilion and the Demon-Summoning Devil Palace had pursued him in Luzhou.
• Lin Qingzhi told Lu Changsheng that the Demon-Summoning Devil Palace had used an ancient formation to summon the soul of a powerful Immortal Realm figure.
• Lu Changsheng treated Lin Qingzhi, told him not to concern himself with Wind-Thunder Pavilion and the Demon-Summoning Devil Palace, and arranged for him to cultivate on Azure Cloud Peak.
• Lu Changsheng used Transmission Empowerment on Lin Qingzhi, while Wu Wan'er visited Azure Cloud Peak and grew close to Chen Xiaoyao and the other disciples.
• Twelve years after Mount Shu’s calamity, four Stars Pavilion envoys arrived at Mount Shu and asked to see Sect Master Lu Changsheng with an invitation to the Central Province Gathering.
• Lu Changsheng recalled his vision that Lin Qingzhi would accompany him to the Central Province 145 years later and wondered whether the envoys’ visit was connected.

Lu Changsheng received Stars Pavilion envoys, including the Green-Robed Woman he had met in the Immortal Ruins, and learned about the Central Continent Conference. He accepted Stars Pavilion’s invitation and planned to attend in 145 years.

• A Mount Shu Disciple escorted four Stars Pavilion envoys to meet Lu Changsheng, who recognized the Green-Robed Woman as Tang Ling’er’s former bodyguard.
• The Green-Robed Woman was surprised by Lu Changsheng’s rise to the Dao Integration Realm and his position as Mount Shu Sect Master, while the other three envoys looked down on Mount Shu.
• A Stars Pavilion Elder gave Lu Changsheng an invitation to the Central Continent Conference, and the Green-Robed Woman explained that it brought together powerful sects and cultivators every fifty thousand years.
• Lu Changsheng accepted the invitation and said he would attend the conference at Stars Pavilion in 145 years.

The Stars Pavilion Elders visited Xia Province’s sects to deliver invitations to the Central Continent Conference, dismissing their strength while the Green-Robed Woman remained intrigued by Lu Changsheng’s rapid cultivation. After the visitors left, Grandmaster Chen explained the Stars Pavilion’s immense influence to his disciples.

• Three Stars Pavilion Elders disparaged Lu Changsheng and Mount Shu as they traveled to Boundless Temple, while the Green-Robed Woman wondered how far his cultivation might advance before the conference.
• The Stars Pavilion group invited Boundless Temple, whose Void Refinement Realm High Person accepted on behalf of the absent abbot, and the Elders mocked the temple’s weakness.
• The Elders invited the Martial Dao Alliance and Crouching Dragon Temple, dismissing Grandmaster Chen and Yu Xuanji despite their Dao Integration Realm cultivation.
• After the Stars Pavilion group departed, Grandmaster Chen complained about their arrogance, and Ye Wen asked whether the sect was truly so formidable.
• Grandmaster Chen explained that the Stars Pavilion had produced several hundred recorded cultivators who ascended to the Immortal Realm, far surpassing Xia Province’s sects.

Grandmaster Chen, Xia Ningxue, and Lu Changsheng accepted the Stars Pavilion’s invitations to the Central Continent Conference, learning that the sect had produced hundreds of Immortal Realm ascendants. As Xia Province’s major sects placed their hopes on its young geniuses, Lu Changsheng agreed to do his best but made no promises about how strong he would become.

• Grandmaster Chen explained the Stars Pavilion’s vast history and why the Martial Dao Alliance had accepted its invitation, then realized Taiyuan True Person had made Lu Changsheng Mount Shu Sect Master so he could represent the sect.
• Xia Ningxue accepted the Stars Pavilion’s invitation, while its elders looked down on Ask Immortal Pavilion; Su Qian’er predicted Xia Ningxue would make her name known at the conference.
• Lu Changsheng asked Taiyuan True Person and Situ Kong about the Stars Pavilion, and they told him that Mount Shu was counting on him at the Central Continent Conference.
• Lu Changsheng promised to do his best but admitted he could not guarantee how much his cultivation would advance before the conference.

Lu Changsheng sought to repair the Demon Emperor Cauldron, but learned that its rare Tenth-Grade material could not be replaced with ordinary Earth Sha Iron. He traded for the Earth Sha Iron Elder Xiao had saved and began using his disciple-teaching returns to try to transform it into Demon Emperor Iron.

• Lu Changsheng asked Taiyuan True Person about Mount Shu's best artifact refiner and learned that Elder Xiao might be able to repair the Demon Emperor Cauldron if he had the right material.
• Situ Kong asked the old servant whether he would attend the next Central Continent Conference, but the servant shook his head.
• Lu Changsheng visited Elder Xiao on Blazing Flame Peak, where Xiao Yan identified the damaged Demon Emperor Cauldron and explained that it required rare Demon Emperor Iron.
• Lu Changsheng traded two top-quality medicinal pills for Xiao Yan's eight thousand jin of Earth Sha Iron.
• Lu Changsheng gave Ji Xuan a piece of Earth Sha Iron and received Yao Qi-Polluted Earth Sha Iron in return, then took out another piece to try again.

Lu Changsheng obtained Demon Emperor Iron through apprentice-teaching rewards and arranged for Xiao Yan to repair the Demon Emperor Cauldron. After three months, he collected the repaired cauldron, subdued it with the Demon-Suppressing Sword, and considered earning Merit to strengthen the Heaven-Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda.

• Lu Changsheng awarded Ji Xuan Artifact Refining materials and received Demon Emperor Iron as a ten-thousandfold return reward.
• Lu Changsheng gave Xiao Yan the Demon Emperor Iron and Golden Crow Divine Furnace so Xiao Yan could repair the Demon Emperor Cauldron, promising to return in three months.
• Xiao Yan repaired the Demon Emperor Cauldron, and Lu Changsheng used the Demon-Suppressing Sword to suppress it and erase the Demon Lord’s imprint.
• Lu Changsheng returned to Azure Cloud Peak with two Top-Grade Immortal Artifacts and considered going down the mountain to earn Merit for the Heaven-Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda.

Lu Changsheng set aside the challenge of gathering enough Merit to strengthen his pagoda and continued cultivating while Mo Huazhi prepared to face her tribulation. Mo Huazhi entered the Void Refinement Realm, and Lu Changsheng rewarded her with new techniques and treasures as he gained cultivation and Immortal Artifacts.

• Lu Changsheng decided that Xia Province’s peaceful conditions made accumulating Merit too difficult and resumed practicing the Taiqing Wuji Art.
• Mo Huazhi told Lu Changsheng she was ready to face her tribulation, and he prepared pills, treasures, and a barrier to guard her.
• Mo Huazhi used poetic conceptions of Hua Mulan, Zhuge Liang, and a golden swordsman to overcome the three heavenly tribulations and enter the Void Refinement Realm.
• Lu Changsheng transmitted cultivation to Mo Huazhi and received 50,000 days of cultivation in return.
• Lu Changsheng bestowed cultivation methods, a brush, and a skirt on Mo Huazhi, receiving upgraded techniques and two Immortal Artifacts in return.

Two elders of the Penglai Sword Sect arrived at Mount Shu to meet Lin Qingzhi and asked to see the Sect Master about changes in Luzhou. Meanwhile, Lu Changsheng gave Mo Huazhi two Immortal Artifacts, received upgraded treasures and a Supreme Treasure fragment, and the visitors followed Lin Qingzhi to Azure Cloud Peak.

• Two Penglai Sword Sect elders arrived at Mount Shu and asked to meet Lin Qingzhi, while the gate elders recalled the sects' old friendship.
• Lin Qingzhi recognized the visitors, who had once saved him in Luzhou, and escorted them to Azure Cloud Peak so they could meet his master, the Mount Shu Sect Master.
• Lu Changsheng gave Mo Huazhi the Saint King Brush and the Holy Light Moonlight Skirt after she reached the Void Refinement Realm.
• Lu Changsheng received the Heaven-Earth-Mystic-Yellow Spirit Brush and the Circum-celestial Stars Moonlight Skirt as return rewards, along with a third Human Race Supreme Treasure Fragment that fused with the other fragments.

Two Grand Supreme Elders of the Penglai Sword Sect asked Lu Changsheng to help their sect fight the Wind-Thunder Pavilion and the Demon-Summoning Devil Palace. Lu Changsheng agreed to help for his own reasons, rejecting both the offered Ninth-Rank Immortal Pill and the promise that the Penglai Sword Sect Master would pledge herself to him.

• Lin Qingzhi brought two Penglai Sword Sect Grand Supreme Elders to meet Lu Changsheng, explaining that their sect had once sheltered him from the Wind-Thunder Pavilion.
• The elders described how the Wind-Thunder Pavilion allied with the Demon-Summoning Devil Palace to attack Penglai territory, while the other five great sects waited to exploit the conflict.
• Lu Changsheng suspected that an Immortal Realm expert was helping the Wind-Thunder Pavilion Master advance and decided that stopping the two allied sects would earn Merit.
• A Penglai elder offered a Ninth-Rank Immortal Pill, but Lu Changsheng said he already had plenty and was unmoved.
• The elder then offered the Penglai Sword Sect Master's hand in marriage, but Lu Changsheng agreed to help for reasons unrelated to her.

Lu Changsheng summoned Xia Province’s major sects to prepare for an enemy from the Immortal Realm while he cultivated to strengthen himself. The sect leaders suspected the mysterious expert was the calamity foretold by the Mount Shu Dao Ancestor, and they began making their way to Mount Shu.

• Lu Changsheng hosted the Penglai Sword Sect elders at Azure Cloud Peak and asked Lin Qingzhi to notify the major sects and Mount Shu’s grandmasters about the Immortal Realm expert at the Wind-Thunder Pavilion.
• Lu Changsheng entered seclusion to comprehend the Eleventh Layer of the Taiqing Wuji Art as purple qi spread across ten thousand li above Mount Shu.
• Taiyuan True Person and Situ Kong discussed whether the Immortal Realm expert, rather than the Demon Lord, was the calamity foretold by the Mount Shu Dao Ancestor.
• Grandmaster Chen, Yu Xuanji, and High Person Wuxiang learned of the threat and prepared to respond to Lu Changsheng’s summons.
• Xia Ningxue told Su Qian’er that she would go to Mount Shu and asked her master to oversee the Ask Immortal Pavilion.

Lu Changsheng led the Xia Province sect masters and elite elders to aid the Penglai Sword Sect against the Wind-Thunder Pavilion and the Demon-Summoning Devil Palace. The group arrived at the Penglai Sword Sect’s Immortal Island and was escorted to meet its sect master.

• Lu Changsheng broke through to the Second Layer of Dao Integration Realm and told the Xia Province sect masters about the threat facing the Penglai Sword Sect.
• Lu Changsheng and the four other sect masters agreed to help the Penglai Sword Sect and set out with elite teams, leaving Taiyuan True Person to guard Mount Shu.
• The group learned that the Wind-Thunder Pavilion master had likely reached the Fourth Layer of Dao Integration Realm.
• Lu Changsheng and the others arrived at the Penglai Sword Sect’s Immortal Island, where Lu Changsheng detected three Dao Integration Realm experts.
• Elder Fang and Elder Liu led the group into the Nine Heavens True Lord Palace to meet the Penglai Sword Sect master.

Lu Changsheng and the Xia Province cultivators arrived at Penglai Immortal Island to help the Penglai Sword Sect fight the Wind-Thunder Pavilion, but the Penglai Fairy doubted their chances after learning Lu Changsheng was only at the Second Layer of the Dao Integration Realm. As Lu Changsheng cultivated and received powerful treasures, the Wind-Thunder Pavilion arrived and demanded Penglai's surrender.

• The Penglai Fairy tested Lu Changsheng with her enchanting cultivation method, but he remained unaffected, while Fairy Chunhua's pinch jolted Zhao Wuyan and the other bewitched cultivators back to their senses.
• Lu Changsheng told the Penglai Fairy he was at the Second Layer of the Dao Integration Realm, disappointing her and the Penglai elders, who feared Xia Province's cultivators could not defeat the stronger Wind-Thunder Pavilion Master.
• The Penglai Fairy arranged lodging for the Xia Province cultivators while she considered a plan, and Lu Changsheng continued training and rewarding his disciples.
• Lu Changsheng received the Middle-Grade Immortal Artifact Yu Heng Sword from a reward for Chen Yao and the Tenth-Rank Immortal Pill Nine Dragons Essence-Enhancing Pill from a reward for Lu Qinglian.
• The Penglai Sword Sect's leaders worried that their forces could not match the Wind-Thunder Pavilion, but the Wind-Thunder Pavilion Master suddenly demanded that the Penglai Fairy surrender Penglai Immortal Island and become his dao companion.

Lu Changsheng and the Xia Province cultivators arrived as the Wind-Thunder Pavilion and Demon-Summoning Devil Palace attacked the Penglai Sword Sect. After Lei Tiannan injured Penglai Fairy, Lu Changsheng struck back and wounded him, leaving both sides stunned as the battle continued.

• Lei Tiannan and the Demon-Summoning Devil Palace Palace Master confronted Penglai Fairy, while Luo Feng revealed that the Black Tortoise Grand Formation had been sabotaged and demanded the sect's submission.
• Lu Changsheng, Xia Ningxue, and the other Xia Province cultivators arrived, and Penglai Fairy warned them that their enemies had six Dao Integration Realm experts and Luo Feng.
• Luo Feng identified Lu Changsheng and Xia Ningxue as his targets, and Lei Tiannan attacked Lu Changsheng with the Wind-Thunder Palm.
• Penglai Fairy blocked Lei Tiannan's first strike but was injured, and Lei Tiannan prepared a second attack against the Penglai Sword Sect.
• Lu Changsheng used Hundredfold Primordial Force and Heaven-Breaking Divine Fist to break Lei Tiannan's palm strike and blast him back, drawing stunned reactions from both sects.

Lu Changsheng and the Xia Province cultivators helped the Penglai Sword Sect fight the Wind-Thunder Pavilion and the Demon-Summoning Devil Palace, while Luo Feng revealed a terrifying ability to consume souls. The chapter ended with Lu Changsheng’s Demon Emperor Cauldron imprisoning Luo Feng and saving the Penglai Immortal Maiden from his attack.

• Lei Tiannan attacked Lu Changsheng with the Heavenly Gang Wind-Thunder Staff, but Lu Changsheng’s Demon-Suppressing Sword overwhelmed it and forced Lei Tiannan onto the defensive.
• Grandmaster Chen and High Person Wuxiang led Xia Province cultivators against the Demon-Summoning Devil Palace, while Azure Cloud Peak’s disciples and other allies fought the Wind-Thunder Pavilion.
• Luo Feng killed Elder Qin by ripping out his heart and devouring his Three Souls and Seven Spirits, then turned his attention to the Penglai Immortal Maiden.
• Luo Feng dazed the Penglai Immortal Maiden with the Soul-Shaking Technique and reached for her with the Soul-Devouring Demonic Claw.
• Lu Changsheng used the Demon Emperor Cauldron’s Spatial Imprisonment to trap Luo Feng and save the Penglai Immortal Maiden.

Lu Changsheng helped the Penglai Sword Sect defeat the Wind-Thunder Pavilion and forced Luo Feng to flee, though Luo Feng remained a threat as he tried to recover his cultivation. After collecting secret arts as repayment, Lu Changsheng headed back to Mount Shu to cultivate for the Central Continent Conference and prepare for the danger ahead.

• Penglai Fairy wounded Luo Feng, but he escaped the Demon Emperor Cauldron through the Space Principle, while Lu Changsheng killed Lei Tiannan with the Seven-Star Sword Formation and the Penglai Sword Sect and Xia Province cultivators wiped out the Wind-Thunder Pavilion's survivors.
• Luo Feng fled through Spatial Turbulence, and Yu Xuanji and Lu Changsheng realized he was collecting souls to restore his cultivation but could not determine his goal or track him.
• At the banquet, Penglai Fairy offered to become Lu Changsheng's dao companion, but he asked for dozens of Penglai cultivation methods instead, and she told the gathered sect masters that the Central Province Dao Discussion Conference was approaching.
• Penglai Fairy sent Lu Changsheng dozens of secret arts, including the Penglai Sword Song, and he departed for Mount Shu to cultivate in seclusion for a hundred years.
• Xia Ningxue questioned Lu Changsheng about turning down Penglai Fairy, and he teased her; Chen Xiaoyao then told him he planned to undergo tribulation upon returning to Azure Cloud Peak.

Over thirty years, Lu Changsheng helped Chen Xiaoyao, Ji Xuan, and Chen Yao advance to the Void Refinement Realm, while Daoist Tuquan also broke through and became a Mount Shu Grand Supreme Elder. Lu Changsheng assembled the Seven-Star Sword Formation and prepared to strengthen himself for the Central Continent Conference, where the Stars Pavilion planned to choose a husband for Tang Ling’er.

• Chen Xiaoyao survived his tribulation, reached the Void Refinement Realm, and received new cultivation methods, a sword, and a Daoist robe from Lu Changsheng.
• Ji Xuan survived her difficult tribulation with Lu Changsheng’s Demon Emperor Cauldron and advanced to the Void Refinement Realm; Lu Changsheng gave her cultivation methods and Law Treasures.
• Daoist Tuquan survived his tribulation and became a Void Refinement Realm Grand Supreme Elder, then vowed to keep guarding Lu Changsheng’s mountain gate if he ascended.
• Chen Yao survived her tribulation and entered the Void Refinement Realm, and Lu Changsheng later completed his collection of seven Middle-Grade Immortal Swords for the Seven-Star Sword Formation.
• Lu Changsheng reached the third layer of the Dao Integration Realm and planned to master the twelfth layer of the Taiqing Wuji Art and two upper-grade Immortal sword arts before the Central Continent Conference.
• Tang Ling’er thought of Chen Xiaoyao, while a Stars Pavilion elder told his wife he intended to find Tang Ling’er a suitable husband at the conference and make the pavilion prevail.

Lu Changsheng advanced his sword cultivation and prepared Mount Shu for the Central Continent Conference while learning of Stars Pavilion’s overwhelming strength. In his fiftieth year of seclusion, he synthesized a Human Race Supreme Treasure, and the chapter ended with Shi Yu awakening in another world with a trainee beast-breeder’s memories.

• Lu Changsheng taught Lu Qinglian the Nine Heavens Profound Fire True Art and received the Divine Sword Fire-Riding True Formula; he later taught Lin Qingzhi the Water-Riding Profound Sword and gained the Divine Sword Water-Riding True Formula.
• Xia Ningxue uncovered another sword art hidden beneath the Qingxia Sword Art’s inscription, and her Sword Dao insights helped Lu Changsheng make rapid progress with the Divine Sword Wind-Riding True Formula.
• Situ Kong and Taiyuan True Person discussed Lu Changsheng’s talent and the Central Continent Conference, while the old servant warned that Stars Pavilion possessed peerless geniuses and cultivation methods beyond this world.
• Lu Changsheng returned to Azure Cloud Peak to cultivate and teach disciples, and he wondered about the ageless old servant on Myriad Sword Peak.
• In his fiftieth year of secluded cultivation, Lu Changsheng triggered a millionfold return while teaching Chen Yao and collected the six fragments needed to synthesize a Human Race Supreme Treasure.
• Shi Yu awoke in a young man’s body in a single-occupancy dormitory, then received memories identifying him as a trainee pet beast breeder in Icefield City.

During his 140 years of seclusion, Lu Changsheng tested the Twelfth-Rank Karma-Fire Red Lotus against a simulated True Person Tai Ling, advanced to the Fifth Layer of the Dao Integration Realm, and began creating a sword art from four Immortal Stage formulas. When the Central Continent Conference approached, he left seclusion to lead Mount Shu’s delegation, and the groups from four allied sects arrived as the journey was about to begin.

• Lu Changsheng found that the Twelfth-Rank Karma-Fire Red Lotus could overwhelm True Person Tai Ling but consumed too much True Qi for him to use its full power.
• Lu Changsheng taught Lu Qinglian Hundredfold Primordial Force and received Thousandfold Primordial Power as a reward.
• During his seclusion, Lu Changsheng reached the Fifth Layer of the Dao Integration Realm, mastered four Divine Sword True Formulas, and began combining them into a new sword art.
• Lin Qingzhi interrupted Lu Changsheng’s seclusion to tell him that the Central Continent Conference was about to begin.
• At Myriad Sword Peak, Lu Changsheng told Situ Kong, Taiyuan True Person, Li Changye, and the other elders that he had reached the Fifth Layer of the Dao Integration Realm.
• Situ Kong appointed Lu Changsheng to lead Mount Shu’s delegation, and Lu Changsheng spotted the groups from the four great sects arriving.

Lu Changsheng and the leaders of Xia Province’s great sects traveled toward the Central Continent Conference and were received by the Great Wu Empress in her Imperial City. The Empress revealed that she intended to compete for first place before attempting to ascend, while her officials underestimated the visitors from Xia Province.

• Lu Changsheng joined leaders from Mount Shu, Ask Immortal Pavilion, Crouching Dragon Temple, Boundless Temple, and the Martial Dao Alliance on the journey to Central Province, while Taiyuan True Person stayed behind to guard Mount Shu.
• After three months of travel, the party crossed the Martial Domain and entered the Great Wu Imperial City, where the guards escorted them to a residence reserved for visiting sect experts.
• The Great Wu Empress invited the six Dao Integration Realm experts from Xia Province to the palace and assessed their cultivation, finding that she could not discern Lu Changsheng’s realm.
• The Great Wu Empress said she planned to contend for first place at the Central Continent Conference and would attempt the Ninefold Heavenly Tribulation afterward, while her officials secretly dismissed the strength of Xia Province’s visitors.
• After the visitors departed, the Great General claimed that he could defeat everyone from Xia Province and that they posed no threat.

Lu Changsheng and the Xia Province sect leaders arrived at Stars Pavilion for the Central Continent Conference, where other sects underestimated Mount Shu and its allies. After Lu Changsheng stopped the Blazing Fire Valley master from harassing Xia Ningxue, a Stars Pavilion elder intervened, and Chen Xiaoyao reunited with the Green-Robed Woman.

• Lu Changsheng and his companions reached Stars Pavilion and were taken to the guest quarters, where sect experts mocked Xia Province's decline and Mount Shu's weak showing at past conferences.
• Penglai Fairy greeted Lu Changsheng warmly and was surprised by the progress he and Xia Ningxue's disciples had made since their last meeting.
• The Blazing Fire Valley master pressed Xia Ningxue to discuss the Dao, but Lu Changsheng seized his wrist and made him stumble before a Stars Pavilion elder stopped the confrontation.
• The Blazing Fire Valley master retreated after threatening Lu Changsheng, while the Green-Robed Woman noticed Lu Changsheng's improved cultivation.
• Chen Xiaoyao greeted the Green-Robed Woman, who was surprised that he had reached the fifth layer of the Void Refinement Realm.