Arc 18Dragon Emperor and Yao Realm
Lu Changsheng led Taihua’s missions against the Blood Sea Hall and rescued Xia Ningxue from a plot in the Yao Realm, while several disciples advanced under his guidance. The stretch ended with Dugu Aotian reaching the Quasi-Emperor Realm and receiving Yuantu, whose vision hinted at a threat tied to the Heavenly Court.
- Guanghan Ancestor tried to possess Xia Ningxue after her tribulation, but a divine maiden’s remnant soul destroyed the ancestor’s Divine Sense and sealed her power, and Xia Ningxue reunited with Lu Changsheng and joined the Netherworld Sea expedition.
- At the Torch Dragon Clan’s patriarch selection, Yin Hao used a Demon pill to defeat Huozhang and joined forces with Blood Sea Hall, but Ning Qianqian revealed her Dragon Emperor bloodline and helped Lu Changsheng’s allies defeat the invaders.
- Lu Changsheng and Li Changye rescued Lin Qingzhi from Blood Sea Hall at Immortal-Falling Valley, where Xiao Xiangdao betrayed Li Changye and fled, and Lu Changsheng later learned the hall sought Fire Qilin Blood.
- Qi and the Kui-Phoenix Clan Chief plotted to abduct Xia Ningxue, and the Sky Wolf Clan attacked her party, and Lu Changsheng and his companions rescued them, while the Taiyin Goddess puppet killed the Sky Wolf leaders and Qi escaped.
- Ji Xuan recognized Lu Changsheng as her master, returned to his tutelage, and advanced to the Quasi-Emperor Realm, and Su Xiaoqi also reached that realm after killing the Heavenly Illusion Old Immortal.
- Dugu Aotian broke through to the Quasi-Emperor Realm, and Lu Changsheng gave him Yuantu, which showed a vision of a mighty figure destroying a formation and the Heavenly Court, and Chen Yi began recovering memories of his previous life.