Recaps

Lu Changsheng helped Dugu Aotian refine Demon Marshal Blood, then learned that the Yaochi Conference would be held for the Yaochi Holy Mother’s eightieth-millionth birthday. As holy lands and clans prepared to attend, Lu Changsheng chose an eighteenth-grade Origin Dao Fruit as his gift, while Xia Ningxue returned to ask her master whether she could go.

• Lu Changsheng used Purple Tenuity True Qi to steady Dugu Aotian as he absorbed Demon Marshal Blood, then bestowed several pills and treasures on him and received return rewards for them.
• Lin Xuantong told Lu Changsheng and Lin Qinghan about the Yaochi Conference and urged Lu Changsheng to aim for the Qilin Ranking’s top three.
• Xia Ningxue decided to return to the Moon Palace to ask the Moon Palace Master for permission to attend because of the old grudge between the Moon Palace and Yaochi Holy Land.
• Lu Changsheng prepared an eighteenth-grade Origin Dao Fruit as a birthday gift for the Yaochi Holy Mother.
• Chongxu Daoist, Immortal Changliu, and Han Jie each prepared to attend the Yaochi Conference on behalf of their respective factions, while White Immortal Emperor explained Immortal Changliu’s history with Lin Xuantong.

Lu Changsheng arrived at Yaochi Holy Land with Lin Xuantong and the Taihua Sacred Ground party for Yaochi Holy Mother's eightieth-millionth birthday celebration. The Han Clan Ancestor and Han Jie discovered that Lu Changsheng had become the Taihua Saint, and his smile left them fearing retaliation for their past offenses.

• At Taihua Mountain, Lin Xuantong introduced Lu Changsheng to Liu Yue'er, his wife and Lin Qinghan's mother, before leading the party to Yaochi Holy Land.
• The Han Clan Ancestor and Han Jie arrived at Yaochi Holy Land and hoped to use the celebration to improve the Han Clan's prospects.
• Immortal Changliu and the Primordial Beginning Holy Lord arrived, drawing awe and especially deferential welcomes from Yaochi Holy Land.
• The Han Clan Ancestor warned the Han Clan disciples not to provoke Taichu Sacred Land, which guarded Demon-Suppressing Pass, while Han Jie realized how insignificant his Great Luo Golden Immortal cultivation was among the gathered experts.
• Lin Xuantong arrived with Lu Changsheng and the Taihua Sacred Ground party, and the Han Clan Ancestor and Han Jie recognized Lu Changsheng among them.
• The Han Clan Ancestor and Han Jie learned Lu Changsheng was the Taihua Saint, ranked tenth on the Qilin Ranking, and grew fearful when he passed them with a faint smile.

Yaochi Holy Land welcomed powerful guests for Yaochi Holy Mother's birthday, including the Qilin Ranking’s second-ranked Feng Mu and the Primordial Beginning Saintess. While exploring Yaochi with Liu Yiyi, Dugu Aotian was challenged by Feng Chen, and Lu Changsheng appeared to encourage him to accept the spar.

• Han Jie and the Han Clan ancestor feared the consequences of Lu Changsheng becoming the Taihua Saint as guests from major Holy Lands and clans arrived at Yaochi.
• Chongxu Daoist arrived with Purple Void Palace, followed by Feng Mu of the Ancient Wind Family and the Primordial Beginning Saintess, whose double-pupil illusion affected Zhao Wuyan but not Lu Changsheng.
• Liu Yiyi showed Dugu Aotian Yaochi’s Peach of Immortality Trees and described the rare Great Dao Immortal Peaches reserved for important guests at the conference.
• Feng Chen approached Liu Yiyi and Dugu Aotian, disparaged Dugu Aotian, and challenged him to a spar after Liu Yiyi praised Dugu Aotian’s talent.
• Dugu Aotian hesitated to accept until Lu Changsheng appeared and urged him to spar, so Dugu Aotian agreed.

Dugu Aotian fought Feng Chen before a crowd of powerful figures and revealed his overwhelming devil-path strength, defeating the Ancient Wind Family genius. Chongxu Daoist ranked Dugu Aotian forty-ninth on the Qilin Ranking, while the spectators reconsidered how formidable Lu Changsheng and his disciples were.

• Feng Mu and the Primordial Beginning Holy Lord went to watch Feng Chen duel Dugu Aotian, drawing other powerful figures and spectators to the shore of Yaochi.
• The Exiled Sword Immortal predicted that Dugu Aotian would win, while Feng Mu dismissed his prediction.
• Feng Chen attacked with the Big Dipper Great Hand Seal, but Dugu Aotian used the Reversal Chaos Devil Cultivation Method to break the technique and suppress him with Devil Qi.
• Feng Chen wielded the Sun-Searing Golden Spear, but Dugu Aotian blocked it with the High Antiquity devil weapon Yuantu and defeated him with a sword strike.
• Chongxu Daoist added Dugu Aotian to the Qilin Ranking at forty-ninth place, stunning the crowd with his rise into the top fifty.

Dugu Aotian defeated Feng Chen, while Feng Mu planned to challenge Lu Changsheng at the Yaochi Conference. As the conference began, Lu Changsheng received a Great Dao Immortal Peach and presented the Yaochi Holy Mother with a rare Origin Dao Fruit.

• Dugu Aotian defeated Feng Chen, rose to forty-ninth on the Qilin Ranking, and earned the respect of the gathered cultivators.
• Feng Mu decided to challenge Lu Changsheng at the Yaochi Conference to restore the Ancient Wind Family's reputation.
• The Yaochi Holy Mother opened the conference under the protection of the Plain-Colored Cloud-Realm Banner and hosted the visiting cultivators with rare Peaches of Immortality.
• Lin Xuantong gave his Great Dao Immortal Peach to Lu Changsheng, and Liu Yue'er gave hers to Lin Qinghan.
• The Yaochi Holy Mother arrived and offered to speak on the Dao, while Lu Changsheng presented her with an eighteenth-grade Origin Dao Fruit.

Lu Changsheng attended the Yaochi Holy Mother's birthday celebration, where the Moon Palace arrived and reconciled with Yaochi after an old feud. As the banquet continued, Feng Mu challenged Lu Changsheng to a spar, leaving the assembled geniuses waiting to see whether he would accept.

• Lu Changsheng gave the Yaochi Holy Mother an Origin Dao Fruit and received a bottle of Yaochi Water in return, while Lin Qinghan and Lin Xuantong presented gifts of their own.
• The major powers offered rare birthday treasures before Li Heng led the Moon Palace party into Yaochi, prompting tension between her and Feng Qing'er.
• Li Heng offered a nine-million-nine-hundred-thousand-year-old Supreme Ice Toad to settle the Moon Palace's grievances with Yaochi, and the Li Clan Ancestor urged the Yaochi Holy Mother to let the past go.
• The Yaochi Holy Mother accepted the Moon Palace's apology, and Lu Changsheng learned from Xia Ningxue that the elder who mediated was the Li Clan Ancestor.
• At the banquet, Feng Mu grew jealous as Xia Ningxue exchanged glances with Lu Changsheng, then challenged Lu Changsheng to a spar before the gathered geniuses.

Lu Changsheng accepted Feng Mu’s challenge at the Yaochi Conference, while Yan Zhiqiu organized bets that ultimately favored Lu Changsheng. The duel began with Feng Mu revealing his Immortal Emperor Third Stage cultivation and the Upper-Grade Emperor Armament Lingye, leaving Yan Zhiqiu worried about his wager.

• Lu Changsheng accepted Feng Mu’s challenge, and the Yaochi Holy Mother sent them into the Cloud Realm to spar.
• Feng Mu revealed his Immortal Emperor Third Stage cultivation and Thunder God Emperor Body, alarming the spectators about Lu Changsheng’s chances.
• Yan Zhiqiu opened a betting pool, and most cultivators initially wagered on Feng Mu while Xia Ningxue, the Exiled Sword Immortal, and others backed Lu Changsheng.
• Yan Zhiqiu arranged for a Kunlun disciple to place a huge bet on Lu Changsheng, shifting the odds before he closed betting and revealed that he had wagered nearly everything on Lu Changsheng.
• Feng Mu began the duel by summoning Lingye, an Upper-Grade Emperor Armament infused with Nine Heavens Divine Thunder, and Yan Zhiqiu feared he would lose his borrowed treasures.

Lu Changsheng fought Feng Mu, the second-ranked Qilin Ranking genius, despite being a realm below him, and revealed that he could withstand Feng Mu’s powerful thunder attacks. The battle remained unresolved as Feng Mu realized Lu Changsheng was using their fight to gain insights into the Immortal Emperor Third Stage.

• Yan Zhiqiu refused to return the treasures he had borrowed, insisting that Lu Changsheng’s outcome was not yet decided.
• Feng Mu’s thunder sword overwhelmed Lu Changsheng’s weapons, but Lu Changsheng survived with the Great Wilderness Divine Armor and his tempered body.
• Lu Changsheng summoned Purple Tenuity Heavenly Fire and fought Feng Mu with sword arts, then used the Divine Void Step and other techniques to evade his attacks.
• Lu Changsheng struck Feng Mu in the face with a Sky-Crossing Tyrant Fist, sending him crashing through mountain peaks.
• Feng Mu considered using a secret technique that would damage his foundation, but Feng Chen’s warning persuaded him to keep fighting without it.
• Lu Changsheng treated the battle as a chance to gain insights into the Immortal Emperor Third Stage, enraging Feng Mu.

Lu Changsheng defeated Feng Mu after a brutal contest, rising from tenth to second on the Qilin Ranking. As the experts discovered they could not divine Lu Changsheng’s fate, Star King Buddha challenged Xia Ningxue, setting up another contest.

• Lu Changsheng and Feng Mu fought to their limits, and Lu Changsheng gained an insight into the second sword realm of One Sword Across the Ages.
• Lu Changsheng summoned the Primordial Ancient Thunder Dragon Primordial Spirit, and his final clash with Feng Mu ended with Feng Mu falling and Lu Changsheng victorious.
• Chongxu Daoist updated the Qilin Ranking, placing Lu Changsheng second and Feng Mu third, while Yan Zhiqiu and Zhao Wuyan collected their winnings.
• Yaochi Holy Mother and other experts tried to divine Lu Changsheng’s fate but found it blank, prompting Chongxu Daoist to consider informing the Purple Void Palace sect master.
• Star King Buddha challenged Xia Ningxue, and the Moon Palace Master urged her to accept the sparring match.

Xia Ningxue defeated Star King Buddha, and Lu Changsheng’s disciples continued to impress the Yaochi Conference by winning their challenges. The chapter left Lu Changsheng’s circle dominating the Qilin Ranking, with four of his disciples in the top fifty.

• Xia Ningxue defeated Star King Buddha with the Ink Snow Sword, and Chongxu Daoist placed her tenth on the Qilin Ranking.
• After more geniuses fought at the Yaochi Conference, Lianshan Saint Wang Qin challenged Lin Qingzhi, who resisted his poison and forced him to admit defeat.
• Chongxu Daoist ranked Lin Qingzhi forty-seventh, placing him above Dugu Aotian and giving Lu Changsheng two disciples in the top fifty.
• Su Xiaoqi challenged Feng Chen and defeated him with her mastery of space and assassination techniques.
• Chongxu Daoist ranked Su Xiaoqi fiftieth, bringing the number of Lu Changsheng’s disciples in the top fifty to four.

At the Yaochi Conference, Lu Changsheng and his disciples gained breakthroughs and drew attention as Lu Qinglian defeated Feng Chen, while Lu Changsheng received the Azure Emperor Sword. The chapter ended when Yaochi Holy Mother unleashed a killing aura at Dugu Aotian, suggesting she had discovered his identity.

• Lu Changsheng broke through to the Immortal Emperor Third Stage during Yaochi Holy Mother's preaching, while Xia Ningxue advanced to the Immortal Emperor Second Layer.
• Lu Qinglian broke through to the Quasi-Emperor Realm, and Lu Changsheng received the Azure Emperor Sword as a system reward.
• Han Jie offered to serve Feng Mu, who accepted him after Feng Chen recommended taking him in.
• Lu Qinglian challenged Feng Chen without a Law Treasure, defeated him, and earned the forty-fifth place on the Qilin Ranking.
• Yaochi Holy Mother activated the Plain-Colored Cloud-Realm Banner and directed her killing aura at Dugu Aotian, alarming Lu Changsheng and the other powerhouses.

Yaochi Holy Mother spared Dugu Aotian after learning he was the son of her former disciple Immortal Maiden Yuehua and the Demon Marshal, but she forbade Liu Yiyi from seeing him. Back at Mount Shu, Tai Xu True Person went missing while investigating the Blood Bats Cave, where a masked man revealed that he had been hired to kill Lu Changsheng.

• Yaochi Holy Mother threatened Dugu Aotian, but Lu Changsheng, Liu Mufeng, Feng Qing'er, and Lin Xuantong persuaded her to spare him.
• Lin Xuantong told Lu Changsheng that Dugu Aotian's mother was Immortal Maiden Yuehua and his father was Dugu Mietian, the Demon Marshal.
• Feng Qing'er told Liu Yiyi that she could not see Dugu Aotian because of his origins and Yaochi's losses to the Demon Realm.
• Tai Xu True Person went to the Blood Bats Cave after a Mount Shu team disappeared there, then vanished himself, prompting Qingxia Immortal Maiden to send Jianjia to seek Lu Changsheng's help.
• A masked man held Tai Xu True Person captive with an Immortal-Binding Rope and confessed that he had been hired to kill Lu Changsheng.

Jianjia asked Lu Changsheng to rescue Tai Xu True Person from Blood Bats Cave, where Lu discovered that Eternal Night’s Heaven-Rank Killer Phantom had laid a trap for him. Phantom and his twin Wangliang attacked Lu, but their daggers failed to pierce his defenses, and the chapter ended with the killers realizing they had underestimated him when he drew the Azure Emperor Sword.

• Jianjia arrived at Taihua Sacred Ground and asked Lu Changsheng to help find Tai Xu True Person, who had gone missing at Blood Bats Cave.
• Lu Changsheng took Jianjia to Blood Bats Cave and killed its Evil Cultivators and blood bats with a strike of the Azure Emperor Sword.
• Lu Changsheng found Tai Xu True Person imprisoned and learned that an Eternal Night killer had used him as bait to lure Lu into a trap.
• Phantom attacked Lu with a poisoned dagger, but Lu blocked it; Phantom then revealed his twin Wangliang and their shared Twin Soul Body.
• Wangliang's dagger also failed to pierce Lu's armor, and Lu moved Jianjia and Tai Xu True Person into his treasure to keep them out of the fight.
• Lu Changsheng drew the Azure Emperor Sword, and Phantom and Wangliang recognized its Upper-Grade Emperor Armament power and realized they had targeted the wrong opponent.

Lu Changsheng defeated Phantom and Wangliang, used Marrow-Devouring Insects to turn them into puppets, and brought Tai Xu True Person and Jianjia back to safety. At Taihua Divine Mountain, he trained Lu Qinglian and received a Dao Artifact Fragment, while the killers’ master learned who had killed his disciples and resolved to wait for a chance to retaliate.

• Lu Changsheng used Marrow-Devouring Insects to kill Phantom and Wangliang’s minds and make the two Emperor-Rank Killers his puppets.
• Lu Changsheng discussed the assassination with Tai Xu True Person, then returned with him and Jianjia to Mount Shu, where Qingxia Immortal Maiden welcomed Tai Xu True Person home.
• Lu Changsheng removed Mount Shu’s Mountain-Guarding Formation treasures and agreed to let Jianjia cultivate under his guidance before taking her back to Taihua Divine Mountain.
• The old man whose disciples were Phantom and Wangliang used Space-Time Turbulence to see Lu Changsheng kill them, then decided to wait for an opportunity rather than attack Taihua Divine Mountain.
• Lu Changsheng transmitted cultivation to Jianjia and Lu Qinglian, taught Lu Qinglian new techniques, and received a Dao Artifact Fragment after giving her a Sun-Searing Golden Spear.

Lu Changsheng received the unique Ginseng Fruit Ancestral Tree after rewarding Lin Qingzhi, then used the Earth Book and Yaochi Water to help nurture it. Meanwhile, Chen Yao trained at the Profound Maiden Palace, where she prepared to break through to the Quasi-Emperor Realm while thinking of Lin Qingzhi.

• Lu Changsheng spent a year rewarding Lu Qinglian with Rejuvenation Divine Pills and Greater Rejuvenation Divine Pills, eventually obtaining nine Divine Rebellion Immortal Pills.
• Lu Changsheng guided his disciples and other people connected to him as nine hundred and ninety-nine peaceful years passed on Taihua Divine Mountain.
• Lu Changsheng rewarded Lin Qingzhi with a Ginseng Fruit Tree and received the one-of-a-kind Ginseng Fruit Ancestral Tree as a ten-billionfold return.
• Lu Changsheng used the Earth Book as soil for the ancestral tree and watered it with Yaochi Water, then considered asking Dugu Aotian to maintain his relationship with Liu Yiyi so he could obtain more water.
• Chen Yao defeated hundreds of demons with her sword and formations during an assessment at the Profound Maiden Palace, while its elders discussed her potential and His Highness Ku judged her unworthy until she became a Great Perfection Immortal Emperor.
• Chen Yao thought of Lin Qingzhi, took an Immortal Pill, and began her breakthrough to the Quasi-Emperor Realm as Great Dao Golden Thunder gathered over the Profound Maiden Palace.

Lu Changsheng obtained powerful Formation treasures through the Apprentice-Teaching Simulator and began preparing defenses for Mount Shu and his own residence. He left with several new Emperor-Grade Formations and planned to focus on helping his remaining disciples advance.

• Lu Changsheng learned that Chen Yao had advanced to the Quasi-Emperor Realm and suspected that only she could refine the Profound Maiden Divine Talisman.
• Lu Changsheng granted Lin Qingzhi the Eight Desolate Fire Dragon treasures and received the three hundred and sixty-five Lesser Celestial Circuit Star Banners and their controlling heart method.
• Lu Changsheng discovered that the Lesser Celestial Circuit Star-Dipper Heart Method included the missing portion of Mount Shu's Taiqing Wuji Art, then spent a year refining the Star Banners.
• Lu Changsheng obtained Formation treasures from Taihua Sacred Ground's Treasure Pavilion and granted them to Lin Qingzhi, receiving several Emperor-Grade Formation treasures in return.
• Lu Changsheng set up the Ten Directions Immortal Emperor Dao Banners around Yuntai Peak and decided to train Xiao Fan, Ning Qianqian, and Chen Yi, while Mo Huazhi and Chen Xiaoyao remained missing but safe.

Lu Changsheng helped Xiao Fan advance to the Quasi-Emperor Realm and gave him the Creation Immortal Cauldron, while Lu Qinglian’s Karmic Fire Red Lotus devoured powerful Spirit Fires and became an Upper-Grade Emperor Armament. After his attempts to give Dugu Aotian Demon Marshal Blood failed to earn rewards, Lu Changsheng decided to search the Nine Nether Lands for Demon Bloodstone.

• Lu Changsheng gave Xiao Fan Spirit Fires and Origin Dao Fruit Spirit Liquid, helping him break through to the Quasi-Emperor Realm and earning the Creation Immortal Cauldron as a reward.
• Lu Changsheng bestowed the Creation Immortal Cauldron on Xiao Fan, who used it to refine a greatly improved True Martial Fire Essence Pill.
• Lu Changsheng gave Xiao Fan more Spirit Fires and received the Void Black Flame, Netherworld Sea Flame, and Black Dragon King Flame as rewards.
• Lu Qinglian used her Karmic Fire Red Lotus to devour the three high-grade Spirit Fires, growing it into an Upper-Grade Emperor Armament.
• Lu Changsheng gave Dugu Aotian three drops of Demon Marshal Blood, but received no return rewards.
• Lu Changsheng decided to travel to the Nine Nether Lands to find Demon Bloodstone and obtain more Demon Marshal Blood.

A sect party searching the Nine Serenities for Soul Grass was attacked by ghosts, including a Yaksha King, but a mysterious swordsman rescued them with one strike. The Elder and his disciples knelt to thank the swordsman, whose identity remained unknown.

• The Golden Immortal Elder led his disciples into the Nine Nether Lands to find Nine Serenities Soul Grass that could save their gravely wounded Sect Master.
• Senior Sister Qin found the Soul Grass but was killed by a Yaksha, which the Elder destroyed with his sword art.
• The Elder harvested the Soul Grass and collected nearby Demon Bloodstones, but a Yaksha King emerged and blocked the party's escape.
• The Yaksha King killed a male disciple and wounded the Elder, who realized the group had no chance of defeating it.
• A mysterious man arrived, wounded the Yaksha King with the Azure Emperor Sword, and destroyed it with a single strike.
• The Golden Immortal Elder led his disciples in kneeling to thank the man.

Lu Changsheng saved a Water Moon Sword Sect group in the Nine Serenities Forbidden Land, accepted Xu Jing as his twelfth disciple, and discovered that Xu Jing’s mysterious Netherworld Yin Eye could reveal hidden dangers and treasures. As they ventured deeper in search of Demon Bloodstones, a Purple-Clad Woman escaped from the Demon Realm and prepared to test the Immortal Realm’s Qilin Ranking geniuses.

• Lu Changsheng killed the Yaksha King, accepted six Demon Bloodstones from the Water Moon Sword Sect Elder, and gave him a pill to cure his corpse venom.
• After learning the Water Moon Sword Sect Master needed Nine Serenities Soul Grass, Lu Changsheng asked to take Xu Jing as his disciple, and the Elder agreed despite warning him of Xu Jing’s strange origins.
• Xu Jing’s system profile showed unknown race and identity, the Netherworld Yin Eye, and the talent label “inauspicious person”; Lu Changsheng compensated the Elder with seventeenth-grade Immortal Pills.
• Lu Changsheng took Xu Jing deeper into the Nine Serenities, where Xu Jing pointed out unseen ghosts, located treasures, and warned that a terrifying corpse could defeat Lu Changsheng.
• A Purple-Clad Woman escaped the Demon Realm with an Emperor Weapon and set out to challenge the Immortal Realm’s Qilin Ranking geniuses.

Lu Changsheng and Dantai Meng fought a headless corpse in Nine Serenities, destroying it after Dantai Meng’s Dao Artifact weakened it. He then discovered she was the Illusory Netherworld Demon Venerable’s daughter, and she demanded that he swear a Blood Oath to become her servant.

• Lu Changsheng followed a system message to a battle between Dantai Meng and a headless corpse, then joined the fight and rescued her from its attacks.
• Dantai Meng unleashed her bronze bell, annihilating the corpse and everything around it, but the headless corpse reconstructed itself and struck at her again.
• Lu Changsheng teleported Dantai Meng to safety, then split the weakened corpse with the Azure Emperor Sword and burned away its flesh and Sha Qi with Purple Tenuity Heavenly Fire.
• After recovering, Lu Changsheng questioned Dantai Meng and realized that saving her had earned him no Merit.
• Dantai Meng recognized Lu Changsheng as the Taihua Saint, revealed that she was the daughter of the Illusory Netherworld Demon Venerable, and demanded he swear a Blood Oath to become her loyal servant.

Lu Changsheng defeated and captured Dantai Meng, the Illusory Netherworld Demon Venerable’s daughter, after resisting her illusions and the Nameless Bell with help from the Taiyin Goddess. He took her treasures and returned to Taihua Mountain, while a Demon Realm expert searched the Nine Serenities Abyss for her.

• Dantai Meng tried to enslave Lu Changsheng with Eternal Illusion, but he broke through her nine layers of illusions and fought back.
• Xia Ningxue appeared to help Lu Changsheng, but she was another illusion that he dispelled.
• Lu Changsheng used the Taiyin Goddess Talisman to withstand the Nameless Bell, and the Taiyin Goddess blocked Dantai Meng’s escape and sealed her.
• Lu Changsheng bound Dantai Meng, slapped her, and seized her Dao Artifact bell, Demon Realm treasures, and Cultivation Methods.
• Lu Changsheng took Dantai Meng back to Taihua Mountain, abandoning his search for the Demon Bloodstone as a Demon Realm expert emerged from the Nine Serenities Abyss looking for her.

Lu Changsheng recaptured Dantai Meng after she escaped and continued toward Taihua Mountain with her. When An'an Devil Lord trapped them, Lu Changsheng activated the Nameless Bell against him.

• Lu Changsheng tried to read Dantai Meng's memories, but a formation placed by the Illusory Netherworld Demon Venerable destroyed his strand of Divine Sense.
• Lu Changsheng traveled for a year to the outskirts of Nine Serenities and told Dantai Meng he intended to take her to Taihua Mountain.
• Dantai Meng escaped the Spirit-Sealing Net and destroyed her guard, but Lu Changsheng sprung a trap and recaptured her.
• Lu Changsheng withheld food until Dantai Meng called him master, then gave her a Medicinal Pill.
• An'an Devil Lord caught up with them and used the True Demon Barrier to prevent their escape.
• Lu Changsheng threatened Dantai Meng, then activated the Nameless Bell when An'an Devil Lord moved to capture him.

Lu Changsheng was rescued from An'an Devil Lord by Qingyue Immortal Maiden, who revealed that she had been exiled to Jinglong Mountain and hinted at her connection to the Heavenly Court. Back in the Demon Realm, Dantai Meng complained to the Illusory Netherworld Demon Venerable, but he declined to pursue Lu Changsheng because he had urgent matters to handle.

• An'an Devil Lord seized the nameless bell from Lu Changsheng, freed Dantai Meng, and immobilized Lu Changsheng with his Divine Sense.
• Qingyue Immortal Maiden arrived, forced An'an Devil Lord to stand down, and took Lu Changsheng back toward Jinglong Mountain.
• Qingyue Immortal Maiden told Lu Changsheng that the Illusory Netherworld Demon Venerable had defeated the Immortal Realm forces, then confirmed his deduction that she had been exiled and was likely connected to the Heavenly Court.
• Dantai Meng returned to the Demon Realm and complained that Lu Changsheng had captured her and taken her treasures, while concealing the humiliating details.
• The Illusory Netherworld Demon Venerable let Dantai Meng replace her lost treasures but refused to pursue Lu Changsheng, saying he had important matters to attend to.

Lu Changsheng returned to Taihua Mountain with Xu Jing, whose origins Lin Xuantong and the Lin Household Ancestor traced to the Netherworld Realm. After collecting Ghost Dao cultivation methods for him, Lu Changsheng returned to Yuntai Peak to begin training his new disciple.

• Lu Changsheng returned to Taihua Mountain with Xu Jing and asked Lin Xuantong and the Lin Household Ancestor to examine the new disciple.
• Lin Xuantong warned Lu Changsheng about provoking Illusory Netherworld Demon Venerable, then explained that Xu Jing had died once and returned as a being shaped by the Netherworld Realm's Yin Sha Qi.
• The Lin Household Ancestor judged Xu Jing a possible Ghost Dao genius, and Lin Xuantong said Taihua Sacred Ground had few methods that might suit him.
• Lu Changsheng went to the Scripture Repository and received all thirteen of its Ghost Dao cultivation methods and texts for free.
• Lu Changsheng failed to cultivate the Yin Sha Cultivation Method himself, gathered Netherworld treasures for Xu Jing, and returned to Yuntai Peak to train him.

Lu Changsheng taught Xu Jing ghost-path techniques, equipped his disciples with treasures, and continued cultivating while avoiding Dantai Meng. After Mo Huazhi advanced to the Quasi-Emperor Realm, Lu Changsheng learned she was teaching at Ziyang Academy, where the Imperishable Immortal Dynasty's ruler was being told of her Literary Sage Physique.

• Lu Changsheng taught Xu Jing several ghost-path cultivation methods and received powerful return rewards, including the Ghost King Remnant Scripture.
• Lu Changsheng learned that the Torch Dragon Clan possessed Netherworld treasures, then sent Huowen back to her clan with an offering to exchange for its Law Treasures.
• Lu Changsheng bestowed Demon Bloodstones on Dugu Aotian, but all thirty-six attempts to bestow the resulting Demon Marshal Blood failed to trigger rewards, so he asked the Treasure Pavilion to procure more Demon Bloodstones.
• Lu Changsheng gave Lu Qinglian the World-Destroying Black Lotus and received the Pure-World White Lotus, then instructed her to nurture the lotus treasures while training.
• Lu Changsheng continued studying his cultivation arts as his disciples trained and earned Merit, and the system notified him that Mo Huazhi had advanced to the Quasi-Emperor Realm.
• At Ziyang Academy, Mo Huazhi taught the writings of the sages, while Confucian sages told a yellow-robed ruler that she had the Literary Sage Physique and had become the academy head's Personal Disciple.