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Lu Changsheng hunted down Ancestor Black Mountain and other Demons to earn Merit, then raised the Heaven-Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda to twenty-three stories and recalled his disciples. As Qingxia Immortal Maiden’s marriage deadline approached, she waited anxiously to learn whether Tai Xu’s junior could defeat the World-Overturning King.

• Lu Changsheng attacked Black Cloud Cave, killed Ancestor Black Mountain and its Evil Cultivators, and freed the enslaved beings, earning more than a hundred million Merit.
• Lu Changsheng accumulated enough Merit to raise the Heaven-Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda to twenty-three stories, then summoned his disciples back to Sage-Proving Mountain with puppets.
• Lu Qinglian, Ning Qianqian, Xiao Fan, and Dugu Aotian returned to Sage-Proving Mountain, and Dugu Aotian parted from Liu Yiyi, who returned to Yaochi Holy Land.
• Lu Changsheng performed Transmission Empowerment for his four disciples before preparing to return to Jinglong Mountain and honor his agreement with Qingxia Immortal Maiden and Tai Xu True Person.
• Qingxia Immortal Maiden’s master reminded her that the thirty-thousand-year deadline had arrived and that the World-Overturning King’s betrothal gifts had come, while Qingxia hoped Tai Xu’s junior could defeat him.

Lu Changsheng gathered Great Luo Golden Immortals to stop the World-Overturning King from marrying Qingxia Immortal Maiden, while Tai Xu True Person set out alone for Accumulated Thunder Mountain. The chapter ended with Lu Changsheng’s group heading there as Qingxia’s wedding procession departed and she wondered why Tai Xu had not come.

• Daoist Yuxuan agreed to help Lu Changsheng and said he would bring Daoist Luoyu and Daoist Xingjian.
• Lu Changsheng rewarded Su Xiaoqi with the Dragonbone Scarlet-Gold Armor and received the Middle-Grade Sacred Artifact Heavenly Dragon Vibrant Gold Armor in return.
• Tai Xu True Person left Mount Shu for Accumulated Thunder Mountain, determined to try to rescue Qingxia Immortal Maiden before the thirty-thousand-year deadline.
• Lu Changsheng reached Mount Shu, learned Tai Xu True Person had already left, and hurried to Jinglong Mountain for help.
• At Plum Blossom Temple, Shangguan Zhao'er urged Lu Changsheng to seek Qingyue Immortal Maiden's aid, and Qingyue agreed to join him against the Seven Great Demon Kings.
• Lu Changsheng led seven Great Luo Golden Immortals toward Accumulated Thunder Mountain as the Flowing Cloud Pavilion's Sect Master escorted Qingxia Immortal Maiden's wedding procession, and Qingxia wept over Tai Xu True Person's absence.

Tai Xu True Person’s attempt to assassinate World-Overturning King failed, and World-Overturning King used him to force Qingxia Immortal Maiden to accept a Heart-Binding Gu. Qingyue Immortal Maiden intervened and Lu Changsheng challenged World-Overturning King, leaving the two sides on the verge of a fight.

• The Seven Great Demon Kings brought lavish wedding gifts to Accumulated Thunder Mountain and feasted with World-Overturning King.
• Divine Ape King exposed an ox demon as Tai Xu True Person, whose poisoned dagger failed to kill World-Overturning King; World-Overturning King captured him with the Immortal-Binding Rope.
• World-Overturning King confronted Qingxia Immortal Maiden with Tai Xu True Person and demanded that she accept a Heart-Binding Gu in exchange for Tai Xu’s release.
• Qingxia Immortal Maiden agreed to take the gu, but Qingyue Immortal Maiden burned it to ash with the Limitless True Flame and arrived with twelve people.
• Qingyue Immortal Maiden said her disciple had come to intervene, and Lu Changsheng condemned World-Overturning King for separating Qingxia Immortal Maiden and Tai Xu True Person.

Lu Changsheng arrived at Accumulated Thunder Mountain with powerful allies to rescue Tai Xu True Person and confront the World-Overturning King. After Qingxia Immortal Maiden freed Tai Xu True Person, Lu Changsheng used his many Sacred Artifacts and Golden Immortal Puppets to overwhelm the World-Overturning King, leaving the battle with the demon king savagely wounded.

• Lu Changsheng brought Qingyue Immortal Maiden, Daoist Yuxuan, and other allies to Accumulated Thunder Mountain and demanded that the World-Overturning King release Tai Xu True Person.
• The World-Overturning King attacked Lu Changsheng, but Lu Changsheng shattered his Beast Claw with the Purple Heaven Immortal Sword and fought him with the sword.
• Qingxia Immortal Maiden freed Tai Xu True Person while the World-Overturning King was occupied, and the Flowing Cloud Pavilion's Sect Master tacitly accepted their reunion.
• Lu Changsheng protected himself with the Heaven-Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda and Heavenly Dragon Vibrant Gold Armor, then summoned two Golden Immortal Puppets and armed them with Immortal Swords.
• Lu Changsheng and the two puppets joined their attacks, repeatedly wounding the World-Overturning King until Lu Changsheng slashed his forehead and the demon king roared as the mountains collapsed.

Lu Changsheng and his allies battled the Seven Great Demon Kings and Accumulated Thunder Mountain’s demon horde, while Lu Changsheng fought the World-Overturning King through a day and night of stalemate. Just as Lu Changsheng neared exhaustion, Xia Ningxue’s breakthrough returned cultivation and Sword Dao Comprehension to him, helping him grasp the Divine King Sword Scripture’s Seventh Layer sword intent.

• The World-Overturning King revealed his White Ox True Form, destroyed Lu Changsheng’s fourth-layer Golden Immortal Puppet, and clashed with Lu Changsheng’s ten-thousand-zhang True Dragon Dharma Body.
• The Seven Great Demon Kings attacked the Human Race cultivators, while Lu Changsheng’s disciples and allies fought them and the demons of Accumulated Thunder Mountain.
• Lu Changsheng gave Shangguan Zhao'er a Lower-Grade Sacred Artifact spirit brush, strengthening her poetic attacks against the Great King Horned Deer.
• The Divine Ape King overwhelmed Daoist Yuxuan until the Flowing Cloud Pavilion's Sect Master intervened and joined forces with him against the ape.
• Lu Changsheng and the World-Overturning King fought for a day and a night without either gaining the upper hand, and Lu Changsheng began to run low on strength and pills.
• Xia Ningxue broke through, returning cultivation and Sword Dao Comprehension to Lu Changsheng, who gained enlightenment into the Seventh Layer sword intent of the Divine King Sword Scripture.

Lu Changsheng killed the World-Overturning King, helped destroy Accumulated Thunder Mountain’s demon forces, and moved Mount Shu to the newly emptied blessed land. As Mount Shu settled in and Lu Changsheng taught Tai Xu True Person and Qingxia Immortal Maiden a paired sword art, Shen Xiaoyao’s sect came under a devastating demonic attack.

• Lu Changsheng used his newly awakened sword intent to defeat and annihilate the World-Overturning King, while Qingxia Immortal Maiden and Shangguan Zhao'er killed Great King Horned Deer and the other demon kings fled.
• Lu Changsheng and his disciples drove the remaining demons from Accumulated Thunder Mountain, and his Merit-powered pagoda grew as the mountain was cleared.
• Tai Xu True Person proposed moving Mount Shu to Accumulated Thunder Mountain, and Lu Changsheng agreed; Daoist Yuxuan, Shangguan Zhao'er, and Qingxia Immortal Maiden accepted invitations to become Guest Elders.
• Lu Changsheng moved Mount Shu to Accumulated Thunder Mountain, repaired its Spirit-Gathering Grand Array, and established rules for recruiting new disciples.
• Lu Changsheng taught Tai Xu True Person and Qingxia Immortal Maiden Holy Spirit Swordsmanship, a paired sword art suited to their bond and Spirit Sword Bodies.
• At a distant sect, Shen Xiaoyao watched a demonic force destroy its palaces and feared for the sect as a Demonic Claw descended.

Lu Changsheng obtained the Azure Emperor Longevity Art and began cultivating it while allowing Xiao Fan to bring the Xiao Household to Thunder Accumulation Mountain. Elsewhere, Shen Xiaoyao was rescued after being separated from Tang Ling'er, and Xiao Fan returned to Chongwu City just as the Divine Sky Sect attacked his family.

• The Stars Pavilion fell to a great devil, and Tang Wansan sent Shen Xiaoyao and Tang Ling'er away to find Shen Xiaoyao’s master.
• Lu Changsheng taught Tai Xu True Person and Qingxia Immortal Maiden Holy Spirit Swordsmanship, then gained two Nine Heavens Immortal Swords and the Azure Emperor Longevity Art through teaching Su Xiaoqi.
• Lu Changsheng allowed Xiao Fan to bring the Xiao Household to Thunder Accumulation Mountain and began tempering his body with the Azure Emperor Longevity Art.
• A Half-Step Great Luo Golden Immortal devil struck Shen Xiaoyao down, but a beautiful woman rescued him with a spatial talisman and treated his injuries.
• The Divine Sky Sect elder arrived with Chen and Zhao Household members to seize the Xiao Household as leverage against Xiao Fan.
• Xiao Fan appeared and struck the Divine Sky Sect elder, injuring him.

Xiao Fan rescued the Xiao Household and led it from Chongwu City to Accumulated Thunder Mountain, while the Divine Sky Sect and Taihua Sacred Ground made plans involving Lu Changsheng. Daoist Tuquan finally found Lu Changsheng at Mount Shu and revealed that he had been searching on Xia Ningxue’s orders.

• Xiao Fan drove off the Divine Sky Sect Elder and forced the Chen and Zhao Households to leave the Xiao Household alone.
• Xiao Fan brought the Xiao Household to Accumulated Thunder Mountain, and the Chen household head regretted having mistreated them.
• The Divine Sky Sect Sect Master considered seeking help to capture the Dragon Emperor descendant and obtain the Dragon Emperor’s Blood.
• Lin Qinghan and her father planned to recruit Lu Changsheng into the Taihua Sacred Ground by helping him when Mount Shu faced trouble.
• Daoist Tuquan rushed to Accumulated Thunder Mountain after hearing of Longevity Daoist and found Lu Changsheng at Mount Shu.
• Daoist Tuquan told Lu Changsheng that he had searched the Immortal Realm on Xia Ningxue’s orders, and Lu Changsheng was overcome with excitement.

Lu Changsheng traveled to Guanghan Holy Land to see Xia Ningxue, but Jiang Yue barred him from entering under orders from the Moon Palace Master. Xia Ningxue sent him a letter explaining that she had to remain at the Holy Land until she became an Immortal Emperor, while Lu Changsheng returned to Mount Shu determined to grow strong enough to challenge Guanghan Holy Land.

• Daoist Tuquan told Lu Changsheng that Xia Ningxue had become Guanghan Holy Land’s Saintess, and Lu Changsheng gave him Immortal Pills before setting out with him for the Holy Land.
• Jiang Yue and hundreds of disciples blocked Lu Changsheng and Daoist Tuquan at the gates, so Lu Changsheng left after vowing that Guanghan Holy Land would regret barring him if he became the Azure Emperor.
• The Moon Palace Master explained that Guanghan Holy Land’s old ancestor had ordered Xia Ningxue to stay and receive Transmission Empowerment, but Xia Ningxue insisted on sending Lu Changsheng a letter or severing her own meridians.
• The Moon Palace Master agreed to let Xia Ningxue’s third senior sister, Zhijin, deliver the letter, and Zhijin caught up with Lu Changsheng as he left.
• Lu Changsheng read Xia Ningxue’s letter and learned that she still loved him but could not leave until she became an Immortal Emperor; he warned Zhijin that he feared the Supreme Forgetting Emotions Art.
• Lu Changsheng sent a reply through Zhijin and returned to Mount Shu, resolving to build it into a new Holy Land.

Lu Changsheng returned to Mount Shu and presided over its first Apprentice-Selection Ceremony on Accumulated Thunder Mountain, attracting hundreds of thousands of cultivators. The ceremony revealed powerful applicants, including a seventh-layer Great Luo Golden Immortal whose past as Master Wuchen stunned the crowd.

• Xuanhuo Daoist tried to join Mount Shu as Lu Changsheng’s personal disciple, but Lu Changsheng rejected his aptitude and offered him the chance to become an elder instead.
• Lu Changsheng returned to the main peak and left Tai Xu True Person to prepare the ceremony, while cultivators from across the region streamed to Mount Shu.
• Lu Changsheng told Daoist Yuxuan that he intended to make Mount Shu a new holy land, then Tai Xu True Person began the ceremony and tested the Rogue Immortals.
• Thick Virtue Daoist joined Mount Shu as an elder and placed Wushuang City under its jurisdiction; Xuanhuo Daoist also became an elder.
• After Lu Changsheng declined to take several Rogue Immortals as disciples, Red-Bearded Daoist revealed a seventh-layer Great Luo Golden Immortal cultivation and an Indestructible Diamond Body.
• A cultivator recognized Red-Bearded Daoist as Master Wuchen of the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple, who had later abandoned Buddhism for Daoism.

Lu Changsheng rejected Red-Bearded Daoist and Yun Xuan as personal disciples, though both joined Mount Shu through other arrangements. Mount Shu gained powerful new members and Yun Xuan became Lu Qinglian’s disciple, while Daoist Yuxuan’s troubled reaction left the chapter ending on an unanswered question.

• Lu Changsheng refused to take Red-Bearded Daoist as his personal disciple, but Red-Bearded Daoist joined Mount Shu as an Elder.
• True Person Tai Ling was identified as Mount Shu’s Seventh Sect Master and joined the sect after revealing that the Blood Sea Hall had destroyed the sect he previously belonged to.
• Mount Shu recruited more than two hundred Loose Immortals, including Red-Bearded Daoist, True Person Tai Ling, and Daoist Mingzhen.
• Yun Xuan’s Five-Thunder Emperor Physique was revealed, but Lu Changsheng declined to take him as a personal disciple and instead arranged for Lu Qinglian to accept him.
• Yun Xuan completed the apprenticeship rites with Lu Qinglian, and Daoist Yuxuan grew troubled as the ceremony reminded him of his own past.

Lu Changsheng established Mount Shu’s sect structure, equipped it with a powerful Mountain-Guarding Formation, and helped its members prepare for cultivation. The chapter ended with the Divine Sky Sect Sect Master conspiring with the Blood Demon Ancestor to capture a descendant of the Dragon Emperor.

• Daoist Yuxuan discussed his damaged memories, while True Person Tai Ling said he had never met the Mount Shu Dao Ancestor Taiqing True Person.
• Lu Changsheng organized Mount Shu’s ranks and resources, assigned cave abodes, and put Zhao Wuyan in charge of the Treasure Pavilion.
• Lu Changsheng bestowed the Heaven-Reaching Divine Fire Pillars on Su Xiaoqi and received the Eight Desolate Fire Dragon Lihuo Divine Formation in return, then set it up across Mount Shu.
• Lu Changsheng provided resources to True Person Tai Ling and other allies, then began his ninth body tempering as Mount Shu’s elders and disciples entered intensive cultivation.
• Murong Lan saw dark-red-cloaked visitors enter the Divine Sky Sect and left at the Sect Master's request.
• The Divine Sky Sect Sect Master told the Blood Demon Ancestor he knew the whereabouts of the Dragon Emperor descendant and proposed capturing her alive to divide the Dragon Emperor's blood.

After Lu Qinglian reached the Half-Step Great Luo Golden Immortal Realm, Lu Changsheng bestowed the Merit Golden Lotus on her and received the World-Destroying Black Lotus. When powerful enemies demanded Mount Shu surrender Ning Qianqian, Lu Changsheng activated the Mountain-Guarding Formation, summoning a projection of the Eight Desolate Fire Dragon that stunned both sides.

• Lu Qinglian absorbed the medicinal pool’s power, reached the Half-Step Great Luo Golden Immortal Realm, and received the Eighteen-Petal Merit Golden Lotus from Lu Changsheng.
• Lu Changsheng received the Twenty-Fourth-Rank World-Destroying Black Lotus as a return reward and tested its ability to drain an opponent’s True Qi and Fortune in a simulated battle.
• The Blood Demon Ancestor, the Divine Sky Sect Sect Master, the Torch Dragon Clan expert, and their allies arrived at Mount Shu and demanded that Lu Changsheng surrender Ning Qianqian.
• The Divine Sky Sect Sect Master revealed unstable Quasi-Emperor-level strength and threatened Mount Shu, while the Blood Demon Ancestor reacted with fear upon seeing Lu Changsheng.
• Lu Changsheng and Mount Shu’s disciples activated the Eight Desolate Fire Dragon Lihuo Divine Formation, summoning a powerful Eight Desolate Fire Dragon projection that shook the attackers.

Lu Changsheng helped Mount Shu withstand the Divine Sky Sect and Blood Sea Hall until Lin Qinghan and her Taihua Sacred Ground guards arrived. He agreed to join the Taihua Sacred Ground with several disciples and reached its mountain gate, where the Sacred Lord’s token secured them a respectful welcome.

• The Divine Sky Sect Master and Blood Demon Ancestor attacked Mount Shu, but Lu Changsheng trusted that reinforcements would arrive as Mount Shu’s elders struggled to sustain the Eight Desolate Fire Dragon Lihuo Divine Formation.
• The Blood Demon Ancestor and the Divine Sky Sect Master fled when a powerful expert approached, and Lin Qinghan arrived with two Taihua Sacred Ground guards.
• Lin Qinghan invited Lu Changsheng to join the Taihua Sacred Ground, and he accepted, asking to bring several disciples with him.
• Lu Changsheng arranged for Tai Xu True Person and True Person Tai Ling to oversee Mount Shu, then left with his disciples for the Taihua Sacred Ground.
• At the Taihua Sacred Ground’s mountain gate, the guards doubted Lu Changsheng’s claim until he showed them the Sacred Lord’s token, and squad leader Wu De welcomed him.

Lu Changsheng settled at Taihua Sacred Ground and drew the suspicion of Holy Son Jiang Yu, while Sacred Lord Lin Xuantong and the ancestors discovered that Lu Changsheng’s fate was completely blank. The ancestors approved Lin Xuantong’s plan to take him as a disciple, and Lu Changsheng ended the chapter arriving at the Scripture Pavilion.

• Wu De brought Lu Changsheng and his disciples into Taihua Sacred Ground, where Holy Son Jiang Yu warned Lu Changsheng not to overreach.
• Lin Qinghan assigned Lu Changsheng and his disciples to the deserted Yuntai Peak, once the abode of the missing Immortal Emperor Qingyang.
• Jiang Yu ordered a Golden Immortal to watch Lu Changsheng and privately considered him a threat to his plans to win over Lin Qinghan.
• Lin Xuantong asked Taihua’s ancestors to help divine Lu Changsheng’s fate, and their joint effort confirmed it had no past or future.
• Lin Xuantong proposed taking Lu Changsheng as his disciple and making him a Holy Son Candidate, and the ancestors agreed while warning him to keep Lu Changsheng under watch.
• Lu Changsheng went to the Scripture Pavilion and eagerly surveyed its hundreds of millions of books.

Lu Changsheng exchanged rare treasures for contribution points at the Taihua Sacred Ground’s Treasure Pavilion and bought a Myriad Beast Spirit Flame for Xiao Fan. After Xiao Fan devoured it, Lu Changsheng received the Sixteenth-Grade Nine Serenities Golden Ancestral Flame as a return reward.

• Lu Changsheng learned the Scripture Repository’s access rules and decided to earn contribution points by trading treasures at the Treasure Pavilion.
• Lu Changsheng exchanged taiyi fire gold and other rare treasures for eight billion contribution points.
• Lu Changsheng spent thirty million contribution points to acquire all three devil blood stones, then exchanged for over a hundred other treasures, including the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame.
• Lu Changsheng gave the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame to Xiao Fan, who devoured it and strengthened his Flame True Qi.
• Lu Changsheng received the Sixteenth-Grade Nine Serenities Golden Ancestral Flame as an apprentice-teaching return reward.

Lu Changsheng upgraded treasures through the Apprentice-Teaching Simulator, studied spirit flames and Holy Land gossip, and was summoned before Taihua Sacred Ground’s leaders. The Taihua Sacred Lord offered to take him as a personal disciple, then pleaded with him to accept, leaving the gathered disciples stunned.

• Lu Changsheng kept the returned Nine Serenities Golden Ancestral Flame and bestowed Demon Blood Stones and other treasures on his disciples, receiving higher-grade returns.
• Lu Changsheng exchanged for spirit flame and Holy Land texts, learned about Qingyue Immortal Maiden’s Limitless True Flame, and read stories about the major Holy Lands.
• Elder Duan escorted Lu Changsheng to Huayang Palace, where the Taihua Sacred Lord gathered Taihua Sacred Ground’s leaders and disciples.
• The Taihua Sacred Lord called Lu Changsheng forward and offered to take him as his personal disciple, explaining his past loss of Immortal Emperor Qingyang and his eldest daughter.
• Lu Changsheng hesitated over accepting the offer, and the Taihua Sacred Lord asked him to consider it as a plea to take him as his master.

Lu Changsheng accepted Lin Xuantong as his master and was named Taihua Sacred Ground’s third Holy Son Candidate, then trained alongside Lin Qinghan and explored the Scripture Repository. He found the Eternal Sacred Canon, a middle-grade Emperor-Grade method that might help him cultivate the Time Principle.

• Lu Changsheng agreed to become Lin Xuantong’s disciple, and Lin Xuantong appointed him the third Holy Son Candidate, provoking objections from Jiang Yu and other members of Taihua Sacred Ground.
• Lin Xuantong taught Lu Changsheng and Lin Qinghan the Positive Yang Fire Essence Art and began guiding them in the Divine King Sword Scripture at Perching Phoenix Peak.
• Lu Changsheng learned the first two layers of the Positive Yang Fire Essence Art faster than Lin Qinghan, impressing and unsettling Lin Xuantong.
• At the Scripture Repository, Lu Changsheng ignored Jiang Yu’s taunts and went to the seventy-ninth floor, where he searched for a method to cultivate the Time Principle.
• Lu Changsheng found the Eternal Sacred Canon, a middle-grade Emperor-Grade cultivation method left by Taihua Sacred Ground’s founder, priced at fifty billion contribution points.

Lu Changsheng exchanged rare treasures for contribution points and bought the Eternal Sacred Canon and dozens of other cultivation methods before entering seclusion to break through. Meanwhile, Qingyangzi and Daoist Yuxuan discovered that the Blood Sea Hall had annihilated the Wind Sword Sect, prompting Lin Xuantong to put Taihua Sacred Ground and its affiliated sects on high alert.

• Lu Changsheng selected the Eternal Sacred Canon and other cultivation methods, then exchanged rare treasures for 50 billion contribution points at the Treasure Pavilion.
• Lu Changsheng spent 45 billion contribution points on the Eternal Sacred Canon and numerous other cultivation methods, stunning Jiang Yu and the Scripture Repository.
• Lu Changsheng began comprehending the Time Dao, sensed he was about to reach the Seventh-Layer Golden Immortal Realm, and entered seclusion.
• Qingyangzi and Daoist Yuxuan found the Wind Sword Sect destroyed, with its hundreds of thousands of disciples dead and their Blood Qi drained.
• Qingyangzi and Daoist Yuxuan reported the Blood Sea Hall's attack to Lin Xuantong after seeing refugees seek shelter with the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple.
• Lin Xuantong ordered Taihua Sacred Ground and its affiliated Immortal Gates to go on high alert and vowed to eradicate the Blood Sea Hall.

Lu Changsheng advanced, collected powerful rewards—including the unique Taiyin Goddess Talisman—and gained another sword for the Nine Heavens Sword Formation. As Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple searched for a reincarnated ancient Buddha, Shangguan Zhao'er divined a calamity for Mount Shu and went to warn Lu Changsheng.

• Lu Changsheng reached the seventh layer of the Great Luo Golden Immortal Realm, while Lin Qingzhi suddenly advanced to the Great Luo Golden Immortal Realm and earned Lu Changsheng the Crimson Heaven Immortal Sword.
• Lu Changsheng bestowed puppet Talismans on Su Xiaoqi, accumulated Golden Immortal puppets, and received the unique Twenty-First-Grade Taiyin Goddess Talisman.
• Lu Changsheng entered the Talisman's vast inner space and found a beautiful, seemingly lifeless Goddess Puppet whose power he could not control.
• Dugu Aotian advanced to the Half-Step Great Luo Golden Immortal Realm, earning Lu Changsheng the White Heaven Immortal Sword, the eighth sword of the Nine Heavens Sword Formation.
• The master of Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple sensed an ancient Buddha's reincarnation and sent Master Wule to search near Accumulated Thunder Mountain.
• Shangguan Zhao'er divined that a calamity would befall Mount Shu, so she and Zhao Wuyan set out to inform Lu Changsheng at Taihua Sacred Ground.

Lu Changsheng and his companions arrived in Yuncang Kingdom after his divination foretold a calamity, where the Divine Ape King attacked the capital and slaughtered Chen Yi’s family and loved ones. The chapter ended with Lu Changsheng appearing before the Divine Ape King, who recognized him in alarm.

• Lu Changsheng told Zhao Wuyan and Shangguan Zhao'er that a calamity would strike Yuncang Kingdom in about twenty years, and the pair stayed at Taihua Sacred Ground to cultivate.
• Twenty years later, Chen Yi became Yuncang Kingdom’s top scholar, and monks led by Divine Monk Wule suspected he was a reincarnated Buddha but did not force him to join the Buddhist Sect.
• The Divine Ape King attacked Yuncang Kingdom, shattered its defensive array, and killed the emperor and chancellor.
• The Divine Ape King killed Chen Yi’s fiancée and parents, leaving Chen Yi devastated and powerless.
• Divine Monk Wule tried to stop the Divine Ape King, but the demon king destroyed his Six-Syllable Mantra with one blow.
• Lu Changsheng, Zhao Wuyan, Shangguan Zhao'er, and several disciples tore through the sealed space and appeared before the Divine Ape King, who recognized Lu Changsheng.

Lu Changsheng defeated the Divine Ape King, saved what remained of the Yuncang Kingdom, and accepted Chen Yi as his eleventh personal disciple after discovering he was a Reincarnated Ancient Buddha. As Lu Changsheng’s group prepared to leave, a powerful figure from Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple arrived and demanded that Chen Yi join their temple instead.

• Lu Changsheng used five Great Luo Golden Immortal puppets and the World-Destroying Black Lotus to kill the Divine Ape King, while Shangguan Zhao'er evacuated the people.
• Lu Changsheng named the surviving seventh prince emperor of the Yuncang Kingdom and told the survivors that he had eliminated the demon monkeys.
• Chen Yi begged Lu Changsheng to revive his murdered family, teacher, and childhood sweetheart, and Lu Changsheng said they might be recoverable by finding their souls in the Netherworld.
• The Apprentice-Teaching Simulator identified Chen Yi as a Reincarnated Ancient Buddha, and Lu Changsheng accepted him as his eleventh personal disciple.
• A powerful figure from Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple arrived in a dragon-drawn carriage and demanded that Lu Changsheng let Chen Yi join their temple.

Great Freedom Buddha arrived in Yuncang Kingdom and demanded that Chen Yi join the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple, but Chen Yi refused to leave Lu Changsheng. After Great Freedom Buddha attacked the group and injured Lu Changsheng, the ancient cauldron within him awakened the Taiyin Goddess Talisman, and Lu Changsheng prepared to fight back.

• Great Freedom Buddha tried to persuade Chen Yi to become his disciple, but Lu Changsheng blocked his Buddhist voice and Chen Yi refused.
• Great Freedom Buddha revealed that Chen Yi was a Buddha's reincarnation and threatened to take him by force, while Lu Qinglian mocked him.
• Great Freedom Buddha attacked the group, and Chen Yi resisted his influence with ancient Buddha light before returning to Lu Changsheng.
• Great Freedom Buddha struck at Lu Qinglian, and Lu Changsheng shielded her but was pierced and severely injured.
• The ancient cauldron inside Lu Changsheng released True Qi that activated the Taiyin Goddess Talisman, and Lu Changsheng told Great Freedom Buddha he would send a Buddha to the afterlife.

Lu Changsheng summoned the Taiyin Goddess Puppet, whose sword strike drove Great Freedom Buddha away and saved his group. After learning from Red-Bearded Daoist that the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple secretly backed the Seven Great Demon Kings, Lu Changsheng resolved to train Chen Yi and confront the temple’s corruption.

• Lu Changsheng activated the Taiyin Goddess Talisman, and the Taiyin Goddess Puppet blocked Great Freedom Buddha’s attack before taking the Purple Heaven Immortal Sword.
• The Taiyin Goddess Puppet shattered Great Freedom Buddha’s defenses with one sword strike, forcing him to flee into the Spatial Turbulence before the puppet returned to the Talisman.
• Lu Changsheng let the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple’s arhats and monks leave, but Divine Monk Wule departed with them despite Lu Changsheng’s invitation to stay.
• Lu Changsheng and Shangguan Zhao'er suspected that Great Freedom Buddha had arranged the Divine Ape King’s attack on Yuncang Kingdom to win Chen Yi’s gratitude and recruit him.
• At Mount Shu, Red-Bearded Daoist revealed that he had been Great Freedom Buddha’s disciple and that the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple secretly supported the Seven Great Demon Kings and other demons.
• Lu Changsheng told Chen Yi he would teach him both Daoist and Buddhist arts so he could eventually reform the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple.

Lu Changsheng returned to Taihua Sacred Ground, learned that Lin Xuantong would protect him from Great Freedom Buddha, and trained Chen Yi with Buddhist methods that earned powerful system rewards. As Lu Changsheng cultivated the Azure Emperor Longevity Art, Tang Ling’er fled into Mount Shu with devils in pursuit, only to find herself surrounded by Mount Shu elders.

• Lin Xuantong dismissed Great Freedom Buddha as a threat to Lu Changsheng and explained why Taihua Sacred Ground could not openly intervene against the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple.
• Lu Changsheng helped Ning Qianqian advance and trained Chen Yi, naming him Xuanzang and teaching him Buddhist methods, martial techniques, movement skills, and a prayer-bead treasure.
• Lu Changsheng received the Six-Syllable Great Bright Mantra, several other returned cultivation rewards, and the Reincarnation Pearl, while Chen Yi vowed to destroy the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple.
• Lu Changsheng completed the fifth layer of the Azure Emperor Longevity Art and began tempering his body for the sixth layer.
• Tang Ling’er escaped through a spatial rift into the Accumulated Thunder Mountain Range with devils pursuing her, and Mount Shu elders led by Tai Xu True Person surrounded them.