Recaps

Lin Xuantong, Liu Mufeng, and Feng Qing'er stayed behind to hold off the Blood Sea Hall while Immortal Emperor Buyi and Lu Changsheng led the others onward. Lu Changsheng trapped the thirteen pursuers in the Zhou Tian Star-Dipper Great Formation, and the chapter ended with the remaining Demons struggling to withstand its power.

• Lin Xuantong, Liu Mufeng, and Feng Qing'er stayed behind to fight the Blood Sea Hall Guardians while Immortal Emperor Buyi led the group away.
• Song Guardian revealed himself as Song Tianfang and used a space-time Divine Ability to neutralize Lin Xuantong's Fourth Sword Realm.
• Immortal Emperor Buyi and eight other Immortal Emperors stopped to hold off Protectors Yang and Yun as the other Blood Sea Hall members continued the pursuit.
• Lu Changsheng released Lin Qinghan, Lin Qingzhi, Lu Qinglian, Jiang Yu, Ye Feng, Dugu Aotian, Liu Yiyi, and the others, then set up the Zhou Tian Star-Dipper Great Formation.
• Lu Changsheng activated the formation, which erased four Quasi-Emperors and began crushing the other Blood Sea Hall pursuers.

Lu Changsheng and his companions defeated the Blood Sea Hall elders pursuing them, while other allies struggled against Blood Sea Hall Guardians and God King Realm Demons. As two powerful Demon Realm attackers arrived to kill Lu Changsheng and his disciples, he hid underground and faced a desperate threat.

• Lu Changsheng and Lin Qinghan led the attack on three injured Blood Sea Hall elders, while their disciples overwhelmed and killed the Sixth Stage elder with help from Liu Yiyi and Yaochi cultivators.
• Lu Changsheng killed the Eighth Stage elder with the Second Sword Realm, then used a Spacetime Ripple Talisman to save Lin Qinghan and later killed the Seventh Stage elder.
• Lin Beichen confronted Household Ancestor Lin and the Jiang Clan Ancestor with his Poison Cultivation Method, while Song Tianfang and three Blood Sea Hall Guardians attacked Lin Xuantong, Liu Mufeng, and Feng Qing'er.
• Protector Yang overwhelmed Immortal Emperor Buyi, while Protector Yun fought Fairy Shunhua and other Great Perfection Immortal Emperors.
• Sensing danger, Lu Changsheng sent his companions into the Eight Desolations Dragon-Imprisoning Pagoda and hid underground as a God King Realm Demon and an Immortal Emperor Ninth Stage Demon arrived to hunt him and his disciples.

Lu Changsheng feigned weakness to lure Judge Devil Lord into a fatal ambush, then faced Phantom Night Devil Lord, a God King Realm powerhouse. As she attacked from behind, Lu Changsheng countered with the Soul-Shattering Bell.

• Phantom Night Devil Lord trapped Lu Changsheng with Temporal Marsh while Judge Devil Lord attacked him and repeatedly battered him with iron chains.
• Inside the Eight Desolations Dragon-Imprisoning Pagoda, Lin Qingzhi realized Lu Changsheng was pretending to be weak to make Judge Devil Lord lower his guard.
• Lu Changsheng used pills to recover and raise his cultivation to the Immortal Emperor Ninth Stage, then killed Judge Devil Lord with One Sword Across the Ages.
• Lu Changsheng confronted Phantom Night Devil Lord and struck her with the Great Dao Thunder Prison Immortal Talisman, but she endured the lightning and appeared behind him to attack.
• Lu Changsheng revealed the Soul-Shattering Bell and shook Phantom Night Devil Lord's Three Souls and Seven Spirits.

Lu Changsheng fought Phantom Night Devil Lord through a brutal battle and finally killed her after exhausting his pills and other methods. Protector Yang appeared while Lu Changsheng was near death but left without attacking, and Lu Changsheng then fainted.

• Lu Changsheng wounded Phantom Night Devil Lord with the Soul-Shattering Bell and Azure Emperor Sword, then used Divine Rebellion Immortal Pills to keep fighting her.
• Phantom Night Devil Lord swallowed a Mad Demon Heaven-Defying Pill, but Lu Changsheng summoned the Taiyin Goddess Puppet and grievously wounded her.
• Lin Beichen fought Household Ancestor Lin and Jiang Clan Ancestor, while Household Ancestor Lin revealed he could enter the Ninth Heavenly Realm of the Purple Tenuity Heavenly Fire True Art.
• Lin Xuantong raised his strength with a Qilin Blood Origin Pill and unleashed the Fifth Sword Realm against Song Tianfang and the other Blood Sea Hall Guardians.
• After three days and nights of fighting, Lu Changsheng wore Phantom Night Devil Lord down until she stopped breathing, then collapsed beside her.
• Protector Yang arrived, revealed Phantom Night Devil Lord had served Cold Bone Demon Venerable, and left Lu Changsheng alive; Lu Changsheng fainted.

Lu Changsheng escaped Qianyuan Grotto-Heaven after learning that Cold Bone Demon Venerable and Illusory Netherworld Demon Venerable had set a trap for the Immortal Realm’s younger generations, and he gained an Ancestral Dragon Blood Pill capable of raising him to Sixth-Grade God King. At the grotto-heaven’s entrance, his companions found the Heavenly Court and Moon Palace groups under attack, while Xia Ningxue’s presence suddenly changed as a Blood Sea Hall Guardian tried to control her.

• Lu Changsheng collected Phantom Night Devil Lord’s corpse, released his companions from the Eight Desolations Dragon-Imprisoning Pagoda, and told Lin Qinghan that Cold Bone Demon Venerable and Illusory Netherworld Demon Venerable had set the trap.
• Lu Changsheng bestowed True Yang Wuji Pills on Lin Qingzhi and received a Qilin Blood Origin Pill and then a Twenty-First-Grade Ancestral Dragon Blood Pill; in a combat simulation, the pill raised him from Immortal Emperor Fifth Stage to Sixth-Grade God King.
• Lu Changsheng and his companions traveled for a hundred years without further pursuit and reached an entrance where Demon Realm and Blood Sea Hall forces were attacking several groups of cultivators.
• Devil Lord Wuchang battered Ku, while Li Heng rescued him and helped him recover with a Heavenly Void Divine Pill; Bewitching Heart Devil Lord then joined the fight against them.
• A Blood Sea Hall Guardian suppressed Xia Ningxue and used Falling Heart Technique to control her, but his spiritual force shattered as a terrifying presence emerged from her.

Xia Ningxue killed the Blood Sea Hall protector and joined Ku against Wuchang Devil Lord, but Wuchang used the Eternal Dream Bell to suppress them. Lu Changsheng arrived and stomped Wuchang into the ground after seeing Xia Ningxue injured.

• Xia Ningxue severed the Blood Sea Hall protector with the Ink Snow Sword and later killed him with her Ice Sword Qi.
• Wuchang Devil Lord battered Ku despite Ku raising his cultivation with a Qilin Blood Origin Pill, until Xia Ningxue intervened and saved him.
• Ku and Xia Ningxue joined forces and wounded Wuchang Devil Lord with their sword attacks.
• Wuchang Devil Lord used the Eternal Dream Bell to disrupt Xia Ningxue's mysterious power and injure both her and Ku with its Space-Time Ripples.
• Lu Changsheng appeared above Wuchang Devil Lord and stomped his face into the ground after seeing Xia Ningxue hurt.

Lu Changsheng and Xia Ningxue joined forces with Sword Twenty-One of the Holy Spirit Swordsmanship to kill Wuchang Devil Lord and drive the Demon Realm and Blood Sea Hall forces away. Afterward, Xia Ningxue’s mysterious power receded and Lu Changsheng’s pill-enhanced cultivation faded, while Ku began to regard Lu Changsheng as a rival.

• Li Heng, Guanghan Ancestor, and Ku saw Lu Changsheng’s strength rise after he used the Ancestral Dragon Blood Pill to reach the Sixth-Grade God King Realm.
• Wuchang Devil Lord overpowered Lu Changsheng’s sword attack and injured his Innate Dao Body, prompting Xia Ningxue to draw on the Divine Maiden’s power and rise to the Sixth-Grade God King Realm.
• Lu Changsheng and Xia Ningxue used Sword Twenty-One together, trapping Wuchang Devil Lord in their sword domain and cutting apart his body and soul.
• Bewitching Heart Devil Lord’s side fled with the Demon Realm and Blood Sea Hall forces, while the Heavenly Court guard apologized to Ku, who accepted that they had been set up.
• Xia Ningxue’s power receded and Lu Changsheng returned to the Immortal Emperor Fifth Stage; he told Li Heng he knew Suxin Immortal Maiden, and she warned him not to let Xia Ningxue down.
• Ku promised rewards to the Moon Palace and began treating Lu Changsheng as a rival, while Lu Changsheng considered publicly beating the Heavenly Emperor’s son someday.

After survivors escaped Qianyuan Grotto-Heaven, Lin Xuantong and the other leaders returned to their Holy Lands and prepared for a coming calamity by greatly increasing cultivation resources. Lu Changsheng returned to Yuntai Peak to cultivate, while the major Holy Lands across the Immortal Realm began a widespread push to strengthen their people.

• The Immortal Dragon Emperor and survivors from several groups emerged from Qianyuan Grotto-Heaven, while hundreds of Immortal Realm geniuses were reported dead.
• Lin Xuantong, Liu Mufeng, and Feng Qing'er escaped after Lin Xuantong used the Fifth Sword Realm and suffered ruptured meridians; the Lin Household Ancestor and Jiang Clan Ancestor emerged fifty years later with the Lin Household Ancestor badly injured.
• After five hundred years of waiting, the Heavenly Court's Ku and the remaining groups departed, and Lin Xuantong sent Lu Changsheng and the others back to Taihua Mountain to cultivate.
• Lin Xuantong and the Lin Household Ancestor consulted Taihua Mountain's Forefather, who ordered them to spend the Holy Land's accumulated resources to strengthen its people.
• Taihua Sacred Ground granted greatly increased cultivation resources to its Elders and disciples, with special allotments for Lu Changsheng, Lin Qinghan, and Lu Changsheng's disciples; other Holy Lands began similar preparations.
• Suxin Immortal Maiden gave Xiao Fan a Nine-Turn Soul-Returning Pill for Shen Xiaoyao and began preparing a twenty-first-grade divine pill commissioned by Purple Void Palace.

Lu Changsheng helped Shen Xiaoyao restore his memories and brought him and Wu Wan'er to Taihua Mountain, where Shen Xiaoyao reunited with Tang Ling'er. An envoy from the Profound Maiden Palace arrived to summon Taihua Sacred Ground to a Heavenly Court assembly, and Lu Changsheng suspected his missing disciple Chen Yao was there.

• Lu Changsheng gave Shen Xiaoyao the Nine-Turn Soul-Returning Pill, and Shen Xiaoyao endured the pain of recovering his memories of Tang Ling'er.
• Lu Changsheng persuaded Tang Ling'er and Wu Wan'er to remain with Shen Xiaoyao, then brought Shen Xiaoyao and Wu Wan'er to Taihua Mountain after Qingxu True Lord entrusted Shen Xiaoyao's future to him.
• Qingxu True Lord told Shen Xiaoyao that he should return to inherit the Heavenly Master Sect, and Shen Xiaoyao left with Lu Changsheng and Wu Wan'er.
• Lin Qingzhi admitted that he missed Chen Yao, and Lu Changsheng reassured him that she was still alive.
• Immortal Maiden Mengchen arrived from the Profound Maiden Palace and invited Taihua Sacred Ground to the Heavenly Court to discuss the Demon Realm's plot at Qianyuan Grotto-Heaven.
• Lu Changsheng sensed Chen Yao's presence among the Profound Maiden Palace immortals and suspected she was one of its disciples, while Lin Xuantong agreed to bring Taihua's young geniuses to the Heavenly Court assembly.

Lin Xuantong explained the Heavenly Court Assembly and brought Lu Changsheng and Lin Qinghan to meet Taihua Mountain’s ancient ancestor, who began guiding their cultivation. As Lu Changsheng trained toward surpassing Imperial Son Ku, Su Xiaoqi asked him to take in her elder sister.

• Lin Xuantong told Lu Changsheng and Lin Qinghan that the Heavenly Court would hold an assembly in a hundred thousand years to showcase Imperial Son Ku, and Taihua Mountain would attend.
• Heavenly Court envoys delivered gifts to the Moon Palace and secured Kunlun Mountain’s attendance, while Li Heng worried that Ku was trying to win Xia Ningxue’s favor.
• Lin Xuantong brought Lu Changsheng and Lin Qinghan to meet an ancient Taihua ancestor, who praised Lin Qinghan and ordered both of them to cultivate under her for five hundred years out of every thousand.
• Lu Changsheng and Lin Qinghan trained under the ancestor, advancing their sword arts as Lin Qinghan’s aptitude and physique showed marked changes.
• Lu Changsheng continued cultivating to prepare for the assembly, and Su Xiaoqi asked him to help take in her elder sister.

Su Xiaoqi told Lu Changsheng that her family’s elders were trapped in a Void grotto-heaven and that Su Yun was being targeted by the High Antiquity Helian Family and the High Antiquity Huangfu Family. Lu Changsheng sheltered Su Yun on Yuntai Peak, and after Lin Xuantong turned away the two families, he reassured Lu Changsheng that Taihua Mountain could protect her.

• Su Xiaoqi explained that generations of High Antiquity Su Family experts had become trapped in a Void grotto-heaven, leaving Su Yun to lead the family and fend off the High Antiquity Helian Family and the High Antiquity Huangfu Family.
• Su Yun disbanded the Su Family and took its accumulated resources while seeking a place to hide, and Su Xiaoqi asked Lu Changsheng to shelter her.
• Lu Changsheng agreed to protect Su Yun on Yuntai Peak, and Su Yun introduced herself and offered him treasures, which he refused.
• Members of the High Antiquity Helian Family and the High Antiquity Huangfu Family tracked Su Yun to Taihua Mountain and demanded that Lin Xuantong hand her over.
• Lin Xuantong expelled the two families, then realized Su Yun was likely on the mountain and contacted Lu Changsheng.
• Lu Changsheng explained that he had taken Su Yun in, and Lin Xuantong said Taihua Mountain’s emerged ancestor could protect her from both families.

Lu Changsheng used the Sword Dao Divine Fruit rewarded for Chen Yao’s breakthrough to master the Third Sword Realm and comprehend three passages of the Fourth, then entered seclusion to attempt another breakthrough. As Dugu Aotian began his Immortal Emperor tribulation, the system announced that he had succeeded and rewarded Lu Changsheng with an eighth-rank Dao Artifact.

• Su Yun saw Lu Changsheng control nine Emperor Weapon-grade swords and decided to guide Su Xiaoqi while they sought a way to rescue the Su Clan Ancestors trapped in the Void.
• Lu Changsheng cultivated the Third Layer of Eternal Ages Shared Sorrow and the Eternal Ages Immortality Art, enduring three months of body tempering until his body could withstand a Ninth-Grade Dao Artifact.
• After Chen Yao advanced to the Immortal Emperor Realm, Lu Changsheng received and ate a Sword Dao Divine Fruit, mastered the Third Sword Realm, and comprehended three passages of the Fourth Sword Realm’s Mnemonic.
• At the Profound Maiden Palace, the Twelve Sword Maidens discussed Chen Yao’s prospects as Imperial Son Ku’s consort and learned that the Saintess of the Moon Palace was another candidate.
• Lu Changsheng entered secluded cultivation to break through to the Immortal Emperor Sixth Stage, while Xu Jing went to Yin-rich places to restore the female sword immortal’s Three Souls and Seven Spirits.
• Dugu Aotian underwent his Immortal Emperor tribulation with Lin Qingzhi and Lu Qinglian guarding him, and the system announced his breakthrough and rewarded Lu Changsheng with the Purple Lightning Clear Frost.

Lu Changsheng trained under the High Antiquity Ancestor, advanced his swordsmanship, and prepared for the Heavenly Court Assembly while strengthening his disciples with cultivation methods and treasures. As Shen Xiaoyao entered the Immortal Emperor Realm and Zhao Wuyan reached Great Luo Golden Immortal, Lu Changsheng discovered that Chen Yi would face danger on his journey toward Buddhahood.

• Lu Changsheng refined Purple Lightning Clear Frost and continued cultivating for the Heavenly Court Assembly, while the High Antiquity Ancestor explained the limits of immortality and the Great Experts' pursuit of eternity.
• Lu Changsheng revealed that he had reached the Fourth Sword Realm, and the High Antiquity Ancestor began teaching him its swordsmanship so he could challenge the Imperial Son.
• Shen Xiaoyao cultivated with Tang Ling'er and reached the Immortal Emperor Realm, earning Lu Changsheng the first volume of the Sun, Moon, and Stars Cultivation Method as a system reward.
• Lu Changsheng bestowed cultivation methods and treasures upon Shen Xiaoyao, receiving the second volume of the Sun, Moon, and Stars Cultivation Method, Dao Artifact Fragments, armor, and the Ninth-Grade Dao Artifact Wuji Eight Trigrams Mirror in return.
• Lu Changsheng supported his disciples' cultivation as Zhao Wuyan became a Great Luo Golden Immortal and learned that Chen Yi would face a tribulation while pursuing Buddhahood.

Chen Yi freed Reedleaf Kingdom from the emperor’s brutal temple project, but Great Freedom Buddha confronted him afterward and nearly killed him. Lu Changsheng arrived in time to save Chen Yi and challenge Great Freedom Buddha.

• Chen Yi learned that Reedleaf Kingdom enslaved its people to build a giant pagoda as a birthday gift for Great Freedom Buddha, then killed the overseer and destroyed the pagoda.
• Chen Yi killed the emperor and his officials, trapped the kingdom’s other experts in the Lesser Land of Ultimate Bliss, and helped the freed people install the Ninth Prince as ruler.
• After leaving Reedleaf Kingdom, Chen Yi sensed Great Freedom Buddha and resisted his pressure, but Great Freedom Buddha attacked him with powerful Buddhist techniques.
• Chen Yi endured Great Freedom Buddha’s attacks with help from the Eight Treasures Merit Pool, but Great Freedom Buddha launched the Great Brahma Divine Seal to finish him.
• Lu Changsheng appeared, shattered the Great Brahma Divine Seal with the Dragon Elephant Wuji Fist, and challenged Great Freedom Buddha to face him instead.

Lu Changsheng defeated the Great Freedom Buddha, but let him live after Chen Yi vowed to kill him himself someday. Chen Yi survived his tribulation and became a Buddha Realm expert, earning Lu Changsheng 300 billion Merit; meanwhile, An'an Devil Lord reported to Dantai Meng that she had tracked down Lu Changsheng.

• Lu Changsheng used his nine-sword formation and Fourth Sword Realm to gravely injure the Great Freedom Buddha, who begged for mercy and fell from the Immortal Emperor Eighth Stage to the Seventh Stage.
• Chen Yi asked Lu Changsheng to spare the Great Freedom Buddha so he could kill him himself in the future, and Lu Changsheng let the wounded Buddha escape.
• Lu Changsheng brought Chen Yi back to Taihua Mountain, where Chen Yi underwent tribulation and advanced to the Buddha Realm as memories of his ancient Buddha incarnation began to awaken.
• The system rewarded Lu Changsheng with 300 billion Merit for Chen Yi's advancement, and the Heaven-Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda grew a Thirty-Third Layer.
• An'an Devil Lord told Dantai Meng that she had finished investigating Lu Changsheng, and Dantai Meng ordered her to capture him and bring him back to the Demon Realm.

Dantai Meng lured Lu Changsheng into a trap at Mount Shu, disguised as True Person Yuxuan, and captured him in a powerful Water-Fire Ruthless Bottle. Lu Changsheng remained unharmed by the bottle’s flames and poisonous water, but feared she would take him to the Demon Realm.

• Dantai Meng gathered nine Immortal Emperor Realm Demon Realm powerhouses and led them to the Nine Nether Lands with a powerful Law Treasure.
• Lu Changsheng rewarded Lin Qingzhi with Talismans and received Ziyang Fire-Repelling and Water-Repelling Talismans from the system.
• A Mount Shu Disciple summoned Lu Changsheng to Accumulated Thunder Mountain, where True Person Yuxuan supposedly had recovered his memories.
• Lu Changsheng sensed a trap and struck the disguised Dantai Meng, while Mount Shu’s Elders found themselves unable to break the barrier around the battle.
• Dantai Meng opened the Water-Fire Ruthless Bottle and sucked Lu Changsheng inside, then fled with her nine companions.
• Lu Changsheng used the Ziyang Talismans to withstand the bottle’s flames and poisonous water, but worried that Dantai Meng would take him to the Demon Realm.

After Dantai Meng captured Lu Changsheng and brought him to the Demon Realm, she tortured him in the Water-Fire Ruthless Bottle and tried to bind him with a Blood Oath. Lu Changsheng deceived her, seized the bottle, and imprisoned her inside it, then began planning how to escape the Illusory Netherworld Devil Palace.

• Lin Xuantong learned how Dantai Meng had disguised herself as True Person Yuxuan and taken Lu Changsheng to the Demon Realm, and he said there was a slim chance of rescuing him.
• Dantai Meng secretly returned to the Illusory Netherworld Devil Palace, hid her capture from the Illusory Netherworld Demon Venerable, and tormented Lu Changsheng inside the Water-Fire Ruthless Bottle.
• Lu Changsheng used his fire- and water-repelling talismans to endure the torture while pretending to suffer, and Dantai Meng waited a hundred years for him to submit.
• Dantai Meng removed Lu Changsheng from the bottle and tried to make him swear a Blood Oath, but he broke free of her control, seized the bottle, and captured her inside it.
• Lu Changsheng considered how to escape the Illusory Netherworld Devil Palace and noticed the Blood Oath Formation Dantai Meng had prepared.

Lu Changsheng forced Dantai Meng to swear a Blood Oath, made her his disciple, and used her to escape the Illusory Netherworld Devil Palace. As they traveled through the Demon Realm, his disciples considered seeking help from Dugu Mietian, just as Xia Ningxue arrived at Taihua Mountain.

• Lu Changsheng compelled Dantai Meng to complete the Blood Oath ritual and used its curse to make her obey.
• Lu Changsheng made Dantai Meng his thirteenth Personal Disciple, learned of her Heaven-Swallowing Demon Body, and recovered Daoist Yuxuan from her bell-shaped Law Treasure.
• Lu Changsheng confiscated Dantai Meng's valuables and had her lead him and Daoist Yuxuan out of the Illusory Netherworld Devil Palace.
• Dantai Meng passed An'an Devil Lord and the palace guards without alerting them, allowing Lu Changsheng to escape the palace and travel through her father's territory.
• At Taihua Mountain, Lin Qingzhi stopped the disciples from entering the Demon Realm, and Dugu Aotian agreed to ask Dugu Mietian for help rescuing Lu Changsheng.
• Daoist Tuquan warned Lin Qingzhi that Xia Ningxue had arrived, and Lin Qingzhi told the disciples not to reveal that Lu Changsheng had been abducted.

After Lu Changsheng was abducted to the Demon Realm by Dantai Meng, his disciples and allies gathered help and set out to rescue him. Xia Ningxue and Lu Qinglian traveled with Dugu Aotian toward the Demon Realm, while Lin Qingzhi secured Ji Xuan’s grandmother’s promise to help.

• Xia Ningxue learned from Lu Qinglian that Dantai Meng had taken Lu Changsheng to the Demon Realm, and Lin Qingzhi arranged for Xia Ningxue, Lu Qinglian, and Dugu Aotian to go after him while he sought Ji Xuan’s help.
• Ning Qianqian traveled to the Netherworld Sea and persuaded Torch Dragon Clan Grand Elder Yan Feng to join the rescue because the Old Dragon Emperor had once saved him.
• Lin Xuantong and Lin Qinghan consulted the High Antiquity Ancestor, who said she might persuade the Illusory Netherworld Demon Venerable to release Lu Changsheng if they reached his palace safely.
• Immortal Changliu agreed to accompany Lin Xuantong to the Demon Realm, and Li Changye volunteered to go with them.
• Liu Yiyi received Dugu Aotian’s farewell letter and wept as Feng Qing’er and Liu Mufeng comforted her.
• Lin Qingzhi found Ji Xuan in the Yao Realm, and her grandmother agreed to help rescue Lu Changsheng after Ji Xuan explained that he had saved her.

Lu Changsheng and Dantai Meng crossed Cold Bone Demon Venerable’s territory toward the Nine Nether Lands, where Leng Bufan and Heavenly Soul Devil Lord tried to stop them. Immortal Maiden Yuehua intervened to save Lu Changsheng, and he continued onward with Dantai Meng while Yuehua remained behind in the Demon Realm.

• Lu Changsheng and Dantai Meng encountered Leng Bufan, who attacked Lu Changsheng after Dantai Meng rebuffed him, but Lu Changsheng struck him down and fled with Dantai Meng.
• Leng Bufan pursued them with Heavenly Soul Devil Lord, who attacked Lu Changsheng and tried to bind him with nine chains after recognizing that he came from Taihua Mountain.
• Immortal Maiden Yuehua appeared and severed one of Heavenly Soul Devil Lord’s chains, forcing him and Leng Bufan to withdraw.
• Yuehua told Lu Changsheng that she could not return to Yaochi because so many of its experts had suffered because of her, and Lu Changsheng told her that Dugu Aotian had reached the Immortal Emperor realm and did no evil.
• Lu Changsheng continued toward the Nine Serenities with Dantai Meng and learned that the Demon Venerables obeyed Dugu Mietian only loosely, while Illusory Netherworld Demon Venerable abruptly left a meeting in the Yao Realm after growing restless.

While guiding Dantai Meng through the Nine Nether Lands, Lu Changsheng received the Black Emperor Demon Robe and reunited with Xia Ningxue and his disciples. The Illusory Netherworld Demon Venerable arrived, broke Lu Changsheng’s Blood Oath control over Dantai Meng, and threatened the group until an old dragon appeared to intervene.

• Lu Changsheng awarded Dantai Meng her looted treasures, receiving the Black Emperor Demon Robe in return and using it to travel safely through the Demon Realm.
• At the Nine Serenities Forbidden Land, Dantai Meng explained how the abyss led to the Immortal Realm or the Netherworld Realm, and Lu Changsheng insisted she accompany him.
• Xia Ningxue, Lu Qinglian, and Dugu Aotian found Lu Changsheng; Xia Ningxue embraced him and drew her sword on Dantai Meng before Lu Changsheng stopped her.
• The Illusory Netherworld Demon Venerable appeared and froze Lu Changsheng, then extracted Dantai Meng’s Dao Seal from him and freed her from the Blood Oath.
• The Illusory Netherworld Demon Venerable sent Dugu Aotian flying and prepared to attack Lu Changsheng and the others, but an old dragon arrived with Ning Qianqian and Huozhang and asked him to spare the juniors.

Lu Changsheng escaped the Demon Realm after the Illusory Netherworld Demon Venerable was confronted by several powerful allies, then returned to Taihua Mountain and resolved to stay there and cultivate. At Mount Shu, Tai Xu True Person met an ascended disciple descended from Si Yan, who asked to see Lu Changsheng.

• The old dragon of the Torch Dragon Clan held off the Illusory Netherworld Demon Venerable while Lu Changsheng and the others tried to flee, but the Demon Venerable’s Avatar intercepted them.
• Ji Xuan arrived with her grandmother Ji Su, who confronted the Illusory Netherworld Demon Venerable and argued that Lu Changsheng had acted in self-defense.
• Lin Xuantong, Lin Qinghan, and the High Antiquity Ancestor of Taihua Sacred Ground arrived; the ancestor showed the Demon Venerable a Jade Pendant linked to the Taihua Goddess, and he agreed to let Lu Changsheng go in exchange for his two Law Treasures.
• Lu Changsheng returned safely to the Immortal Realm with his rescuers, while Ji Su took Ji Xuan to the Yao Realm and Yan Feng took Huozhang to the Netherworld Sea.
• Lu Changsheng decided to remain on Taihua Mountain and cultivate for a hundred thousand years, and Dantai Meng was banished to the Eternal Dream Demon Realm.
• At Mount Shu, a newly recruited Earth Immortal disciple told Tai Xu True Person that her ancestor was Si Yan, the Second Imperial Princess of Xia Kingdom, and asked to meet Changsheng True Person.

Lu Changsheng prepared for the Heavenly Court Assembly by strengthening his body and mastering the Fourth Sword Realm, while Si Ruyu warned Mount Shu to stay cautious in his absence. He sought Lin Xuantong for the Fifth Sword Realm’s mnemonic, leaving Lin Xuantong stunned by his progress.

• Si Ruyu told Lu Changsheng that her ancestor Si Yan had died without ascending, and Lu Changsheng arranged for Lin Qingzhi to guide Si Ruyu’s cultivation.
• A hundred thousand years passed as Lu Changsheng cultivated in seclusion, and Si Ruyu reached the Sixth-Level Great Luo Golden Immortal Realm before warning Tai Xu True Person that Lu Changsheng would attend the Heavenly Court Assembly.
• Lu Changsheng completed the fifth layer of the Eternal Ages Immortality Art, making his body equal to a Seventh-Rank Dao Artifact.
• Lu Changsheng used a Sword Dao Divine Fruit to master the Fourth Sword Realm of One Sword Across the Ages.
• Lu Changsheng went to Lin Xuantong’s cave abode to request the Fifth Sword Realm’s mnemonic, and Lin Xuantong was stunned that he had mastered the Fourth Sword Realm.

Lu Changsheng reached the Immortal Emperor Ninth Stage and prepared to attend the Heavenly Court Assembly with Taihua Sacred Ground. As the major powers gathered, he set out to find his missing disciple Chen Yao and wondered whether he could defeat Imperial Son Ku.

• Lin Xuantong taught Lu Changsheng the first section of the Fifth Sword Realm after seeing that he had mastered the Fourth Sword Realm.
• True Lord Daoxuan emerged from seclusion, learned about the coming assembly, and expressed interest in meeting Lu Changsheng and Xia Ningxue.
• Immortal Changliu arranged for Changliu Holy Land to attend the assembly with the Old Sword Saint, while powers across the Immortal Realm prepared to travel to the Heavenly Court.
• Lu Changsheng emerged from seclusion at the Immortal Emperor Ninth Stage, assessed his newly strengthened abilities, and decided to bring only Lu Qinglian while leaving his other disciples behind.
• Lu Changsheng set out for the Heavenly Court Assembly, intending to look for Chen Yao and considering a rematch with Imperial Son Ku.

Lu Changsheng joined Taihua Sacred Ground and Yaochi on their journey to the Heavenly Court Assembly, where they passed through the Southern Heavenly Gate and encountered the court’s formidable guard, Yang Qing. At their lodgings, Lin Xuantong reunited with Immortal Changliu, while Lu Changsheng noticed the strength of Changliu’s disciples and the Old Sword Saint.

• Su Yun remained on Yuntai Peak to avoid the High Antiquity Helian Family and the High Antiquity Huangfu Family, while Lu Changsheng set out with Lu Qinglian and Taihua Sacred Ground’s delegation.
• The Yaochi party joined Taihua Sacred Ground on its journey, and other major powers across the Immortal Realm also departed for the Heavenly Court Assembly.
• After seven days, the Taihua and Yaochi parties reached the Southern Heavenly Gate, where Yang Qing verified their invitations and allowed them to enter.
• Yang Qing noticed something unusual about Lu Changsheng as the delegations passed through the gate, then sent heavenly soldiers to escort them to their lodgings.
• At the lodgings, Lin Xuantong met Immortal Changliu, and Lu Changsheng saw that the White Immortal Emperor had reached the Ninth-Grade God King Realm and Li Changye had reached the Immortal Emperor Fourth Stage.
• Lu Changsheng sensed that the Old Sword Saint of Changliu Mountain was no weaker than Household Ancestor Lin.