Recaps

Lu Changsheng and Yuexi joined forces to defeat the Thousand-Eyed Demon Centipede, but it revived and nearly killed Yuexi with its venom. After Lu Changsheng survived the poison, he swallowed an Ancestral Dragon Blood Pill and rose to the Fourth-Grade God King Realm to face the demon again.

• The Thousand-Eyed Demon Centipede trapped Yuexi in an illusion, but Lu Changsheng struck it with the Eight Desolations Dragon-Imprisoning Pagoda and helped her recover.
• Lu Changsheng and Yuexi used Qilin Blood Origin Pills to raise their cultivation, then attacked the Thousand-Eyed Demon Centipede together and cut its body into three pieces.
• The Thousand-Eyed Demon Centipede revived and sprayed venom at Yuexi, so Lu Changsheng shielded her and suffered severe corrosion.
• Yuexi helped Lu Changsheng expel the venom, and he restored his body with a Heavenly Void Divine Pill while the Profound Maiden Palace disciples held off the demon.
• Lu Changsheng swallowed an Ancestral Dragon Blood Pill, rose from the Immortal Emperor Ninth Stage to the Fourth-Grade God King Realm, and frightened the Thousand-Eyed Demon Centipede.

Lu Changsheng used the Ancestral Dragon Blood Pill to reach the Fourth-Grade God King Realm temporarily and killed the Thousand-Eyed Demon Centipede, while the Human Race forces fought the High Antiquity demon insects. As the leaders battled the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Insect in Life-Ending Valley, Yuexi revealed that the Devil Master had helped establish the High Antiquity Heavenly Court, and Lu Changsheng watched the insect's presence begin to fade.

• Lu Changsheng used the Ancestral Dragon Blood Pill and the Fifth Sword Realm to kill the Thousand-Eyed Demon Centipede and destroy tens of millions of demon insects.
• The surviving fighters reorganized their formations as Lin Xuantong, the Jiang Clan Ancestor, Li Heng, and the Yaochi Holy Mother fought the remaining High Antiquity Demon Worms.
• Yuexi identified the Plain-Colored Cloud-Realm Banner as one of the Xiantian Five Directions Banners and told Lu Changsheng that the Heavenly Emperor and the Devil Master had jointly established the High Antiquity Heavenly Court.
• The three Sword Maidens, Li Tiangang, the Old Sword Saint, and other Human Race Great Experts attacked the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Insect while the formations protected everyone from its poisonous fog.
• Lu Changsheng sensed the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Insect weakening, while Yun Qianyue remembered how her master, the Sect Master of the Heavenly Sect, had slain one at its peak.

After the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Insect was killed, Lu Changsheng gathered valuable materials from Life-Ending Valley while the factions searched for its eggs. Liu Yiyi and the Yaochi disciples were ambushed by juvenile Five-Colored Ghost-Faced Spiders, but Dugu Aotian rescued them and helped treat Liu Yiyi’s poisoning as Lu Changsheng continued scavenging the valley.

• Sword Maiden Qiongxiao ordered the factions to search Life-Ending Valley for any remaining Heaven-Swallowing Demon Insect eggs, and the groups split up to investigate.
• Lu Changsheng collected venom, Earth Fire essence, and other valuable materials from the High Antiquity Demon Worms, prompting others to gather materials too.
• Liu Yiyi and the Yaochi disciples found a nest of juvenile Five-Colored Ghost-Faced Spiders, which attacked and killed several disciples.
• The spiders poisoned Liu Yiyi and overwhelmed the Yaochi group until Dugu Aotian arrived and killed every spider with Yuantu and his Devil Qi.
• Dugu Aotian treated Liu Yiyi’s wound with Lu Changsheng’s antidote medicine and helped her purge the poison, while Lu Changsheng continued collecting treasures throughout the valley.

Lu Changsheng gained Sword Dao insight from ancient sword scars in Life-Ending Valley while the High Antiquity Qian Clan Patriarch secretly took a Heaven-Swallowing Demon Insect cocoon to tame. After the expedition ended, Yuexi gave Lu Changsheng a token, and Lin Xuantong told him and Lin Qinghan to take on Sacred Ground affairs upon their return.

• Lu Changsheng studied sword scars in Life-Ending Valley and gained insight into the Sect Master of the Heavenly Sect’s battle with the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Insect.
• The High Antiquity Qian Clan Patriarch found a Heaven-Swallowing Demon Insect cocoon beneath magma, sealed it in a jade box, and ordered his clan to keep it secret so he could tame it.
• The Holy Lands and Aristocratic Clans counted their losses and prepared to leave Life-Ending Valley; Luo Xintang sorted the deadly poisons she had collected, while Lu Changsheng’s other disciples had survived the fighting.
• Yuexi thanked Lu Changsheng for saving her, gave him a Jade Pendant token, and returned to the Profound Maiden Palace party.
• After the groups left Life-Ending Valley, the High Antiquity Qian Clan Patriarch split off to return to his clan, and Lin Xuantong told Lu Changsheng and Lin Qinghan they would take on Sacred Ground affairs.

Lu Changsheng received Heaven-Devouring Demon Poison from the system and searched for a weapon capable of carrying it, while Lin Xuantong designated him and Lin Qinghan as Taihua Sacred Ground’s successors. After learning about the Heaven-Poison Pill, Lu Changsheng decided to ask Suxin Immortal Maiden to refine one for him.

• Lu Changsheng gave Lin Qingzhi Heartbreak Grass, God-Slaying Flower, and Ghost-Faced Spider venom, receiving Soul-Splitting Demon Grass, Saint-Fall Flower, and, after giving him all the remaining venom, Heaven-Devouring Demon Poison.
• Lu Changsheng found that the poison dissolved even a Low-Grade Emperor Weapon silver needle and an Upper-Grade Emperor Armament Solar Divine Needle, then awarded hidden-weapon treasures to Su Xiaoqi in search of a suitable one and gained Dao Artifact Fragments.
• Lu Changsheng coated three Solar Divine Needles with Five-Colored Ghost-Faced Spider venom and went to Lin Xuantong’s meeting in Taihua Sacred Ground’s main hall.
• Lin Xuantong announced that Lu Changsheng and Lin Qinghan would take over the Sacred Ground’s internal affairs and eventually become Sacred Lord and Deputy Sacred Lord; the elders agreed.
• Lu Changsheng read about the Twenty-First-Grade Heaven-Poison Pill in a pill scripture and decided to ask Suxin Immortal Maiden to refine one using his Heaven-Devouring Demon Poison.

Lu Changsheng asked Suxin Immortal Maiden to refine Heaven-Poison Pills, then spent thirty thousand years cultivating before synthesizing the Sudden Rain Pear Blossom Needles and coating most of them with Heaven-Devouring Demon Poison. Meanwhile, Blood Sea Hall approached Elder Xiaoyao and offered to lure Lu Changsheng out so Elder Xiaoyao could kill him and join their organization.

• Suxin Immortal Maiden agreed to refine three Heaven-Poison Pills for Lu Changsheng in exchange for his Heaven-Devouring Demon Poison.
• Lu Changsheng cultivated for thirty thousand years and advanced the Eternal Ages Immortality Art to its Sixth Layer, strengthening his body to the level of a Sixth-Grade Dao Artifact.
• Lu Changsheng synthesized 888 Dao Artifact Fragments into the Fourth-Grade Dao Artifact Sudden Rain Pear Blossom Needles and coated twenty of its twenty-seven needles with Heaven-Devouring Demon Poison.
• Lu Changsheng stored the hidden weapon as a secret trump card while continuing to seek a breakthrough to the Ninth-Grade God King Realm.
• A Blood Sea Hall envoy approached Elder Xiaoyao and proposed luring Lu Changsheng out so Elder Xiaoyao could kill him as his pledge of allegiance.

Lu Changsheng received two First-Grade Enlightenment Tea Leaves from Lin Xuantong, then learned that the Blood Sea Hall had killed Taihua Sacred Ground’s guards at the Three Lights Divine Spring. He planned to turn the suspected ambush into an opportunity to destroy the Demons by facing them during his tribulation, and left wondering whether his simulator could help him obtain more supreme-grade tea leaves.

• Lin Xuantong showed Lu Changsheng the Enlightenment Tea Tree and explained its three grades before giving him two First-Grade Enlightenment Tea Leaves to aid his breakthrough.
• Ye Wuxin reported that the Life Lamps of the guards at the Three Lights Divine Spring had gone out, and Lin Xuantong suspected the Blood Sea Hall had killed them.
• Lu Changsheng used the Apprentice-Teaching Simulator and concluded that the Blood Sea Hall’s attack was a trap aimed at luring him out of Taihua Mountain.
• Lu Changsheng urged Lin Xuantong to bring many experts to Cold Pool Forest and proposed using his Heavenly Tribulation to kill the Blood Sea Hall’s Demons.
• Lin Xuantong agreed to trust Lu Changsheng, who returned to Yuntai Peak and wondered whether the Apprentice-Teaching Simulator could turn ordinary Enlightenment Tea Leaves into First-Grade ones.

After using Enlightenment Tea, Lu Changsheng prepared to break through to the Ninth-Grade God King Realm during a battle with the Blood Sea Hall. At Cold Pool Forest, the Blood Sea Hall’s allies were revealed, and Lu Changsheng triggered his Heavenly Tribulation among them.

• Lu Changsheng brought five disciples to join Lu Xuantong, Household Ancestor Lin, the Jiang Clan Ancestor, and Shadowless Hall in a strike against the Blood Sea Hall at Cold Pool Forest.
• Song Tianfang and Elder Xiaoyao waited at the Three Lights Divine Spring with Lin Beichen, the former Taihua Sacred Ground disciple who had joined the Demon Realm.
• Lu Xuantong’s forces confronted the Blood Sea Hall, and Lin Beichen exposed the presence of Shadowless Hall’s hidden experts.
• Household Ancestor Lin and the Jiang Clan Ancestor prepared to fight Lin Beichen, while Lu Xuantong faced Song Tianfang and Lu Changsheng sensed a hidden killer nearby.
• Lu Changsheng charged toward the Blood Sea Hall and broke through, summoning the Great Dao Golden Thunder to drag the demons into his Heavenly Tribulation.

Lu Changsheng reached the Ninth-Grade God King Realm by dragging hundreds of Blood Sea Hall demons into his Heavenly Tribulation, but after the battle, Elder Xiaoyao attacked him to avenge his slain disciples. The chapter ended with Lu Changsheng firing another needle at the powerful killer after his first attacks failed to harm him.

• Lu Changsheng pulled hundreds of Blood Sea Hall demons into his Great Dao Golden Thunder tribulation while Lin Xuantong fought Song Tianfang and the other factions clashed.
• Lu Changsheng survived the tribulation, reached the Ninth-Grade God King Realm, and grew stronger as most of the demons caught in the storm perished.
• A hidden assailant abducted Ye Wuxin, and Lin Xuantong sent two Shadowless Hall Grand Supreme Elders to guard Lu Changsheng.
• Elder Xiaoyao killed one Grand Supreme Elder and revealed that he had come to avenge Phantom and Wangliang, whom Lu Changsheng had killed.
• Lu Changsheng fired the Sudden Rain Pear Blossom Needles at Elder Xiaoyao, but the killer dodged the first volley and expelled a later needle with his Indestructible Vajra Body.
• Elder Xiaoyao dismissed Lu Changsheng's attacks, and Lu Changsheng fired another silver needle at him.

Lu Changsheng killed Elder Xiaoyao by coating the Sudden Rain Pear Blossom Needles with Heaven-Devouring Demon Poison, then drove the Blood Sea Hall forces into retreat. After the battle, he returned to Taihua Mountain with the surviving allies and decided to lie low and cultivate on Yuntai Peak.

• Lu Changsheng stopped Su Xiaoqi from attacking Elder Xiaoyao and secretly fired poisoned needles at him.
• Elder Xiaoyao realized the needles carried Heaven-Devouring Demon Poison, begged Lu Changsheng for an antidote, then died as the poison destroyed his cultivation and life force.
• Lu Changsheng poisoned and killed a Blood Sea Hall Guardian, prompting the Demons to flee as Song Tianfang and Lin Beichen escaped.
• Ye Wuxin returned from the Space-Time Turbulence with grave injuries and explained that a powerful Demon had abducted him.
• Lin Xuantong led Taihua Sacred Ground's survivors back to Taihua Mountain, while Lu Changsheng recovered Elder Xiaoyao's treasures and resolved to cultivate quietly on Yuntai Peak.

After spending thirty thousand years cultivating at Taihua Mountain, Lu Changsheng’s disciples Lu Qinglian and Ning Qianqian followed the murderous Han Shaolin and Han Jie to a hidden Evil Extremity Sect branch. They were discovered just as Han Shaolin began meeting the branch’s Hall Master.

• Lu Changsheng kept Elder Xiaoyao’s treasures, including the Curse Banner, and cultivated for thirty thousand years at Taihua Mountain.
• In Jinglong City, Han Shaolin emerged from seclusion, killed the restaurant’s patrons after claiming he did not eat beef, and agreed to secretly ally the High Antiquity Han Clan with the Evil Extremity Sect.
• Lu Qinglian and Ning Qianqian followed Han Shaolin and Han Jie to a hidden Evil Extremity Sect branch in the mountains.
• Lu Qinglian prepared to attack the branch with the Torrential Rain Pear Blossom Needles, but Ning Qianqian persuaded her to wait and observe.
• The Evil Extremity Sect Hall Master welcomed Han Shaolin, then sensed Lu Qinglian and Ning Qianqian following them.

Lu Qinglian and Ning Qianqian fought the Evil Extremity Sect and Han Shaolin, then used a hidden weapon to turn the battle around. After the wounded Han Shaolin returned to the High Antiquity Han Clan, the ancestors learned that Han Jie had been colluding with the Evil Extremity Sect and feared Lu Changsheng’s response.

• Han Jie recognized Lu Qinglian and Ning Qianqian as Lu Changsheng’s disciples and ordered the Evil Extremity Sect to kill them.
• Lu Qinglian and Ning Qianqian slaughtered thousands of disciples, but the Hall Master trapped them in the Xuanming Sha Formation while Han Shaolin joined the attack.
• Lu Qinglian pretended to yield, then fired the Sudden Rain Pear Blossom Needles, killing the Hall Master and gravely wounding Han Shaolin.
• Han Shaolin, Han Jie, and the survivors fled to the High Antiquity Han Clan, where the ancestors treated Han Shaolin’s wounds.
• Han Jie admitted that he and his companions had been speaking with the Evil Extremity Sect, and the Han Clan ancestors feared their descendants had endangered the clan.

Lu Changsheng reported the High Antiquity Han Clan’s collusion with the Evil Extremity Sect, prompting the Heavenly Court to send Yang Qing and a hundred thousand heavenly soldiers to destroy the clan. While Lu Changsheng cultivated and rewarded his disciples with Enlightenment Tea, he obtained a First-Grade leaf and was then assigned to lead Taihua Sacred Ground forces in the siege against Han Jie.

• Lu Changsheng told Lin Xuantong about Han Jie and Han Shaolin meeting the Evil Extremity Sect, and Immortal Maiden Ruan Qi reported the clan’s collusion to the Heavenly Court.
• The Heavenly Emperor ordered Yang Qing to lead a hundred thousand heavenly soldiers and Heavenly Generals to exterminate the High Antiquity Han Clan, while Sword Maiden Qiongxiao and Yuexi prepared to join the campaign.
• Lu Changsheng rewarded his disciples with Third-Grade Enlightenment Tea and received a First-Grade Enlightenment Tea leaf from the system.
• Su Xiaoqi used Enlightenment Tea to break through to the Immortal Emperor Seventh Stage, and Su Yun said Lu Changsheng might someday be able to rescue the High Antiquity Su Family’s trapped ancestors.
• A Taihua Sacred Ground Elder told Lu Changsheng to lead a force against the High Antiquity Han Clan, and Lu Changsheng assembled at the main hall, where Yuexi greeted him.

The Han Clan fled Qixia City inside the Mountains and Rivers Diagram and sought refuge at Three Perils Mountain, but Yang Qing tracked them down and led the Heavenly Court’s forces in an attack. As Yang Qing pressed Han Fan, Cold Bone Demon Venerable arrived, bringing the battle to a perilous turn.

• Han Fan used the Mountains and Rivers Diagram to take Qixia City and its billions of Han Clan members into the treasure, then led the clan to Three Perils Mountain.
• Yang Qing used his Heavenly Eye to track the Han Clan, and the Heavenly Court’s forces pursued them to Three Perils Mountain three days later.
• Yang Qing’s Heavenly Soldiers attacked Three Perils Mountain, while Han Fan used the Mountains and Rivers Diagram to absorb Yang Qing’s devastating strike and begged him to spare the clan.
• Lu Changsheng confronted Han Jie, who blamed him for the Han Clan’s downfall and grew jealous of the woman beside him.
• Cold Bone Demon Venerable appeared over Three Perils Mountain, and Sword Maiden Qiongxiao identified him as the Demon Realm expert.

Cold Bone Demon Venerable drew Yang Qing and Sword Maiden Qiongxiao into a barrier, leaving Lu Changsheng and the others to fight the High Antiquity Han Clan and the Evil Extremity Sect. Lu Changsheng revealed his Ninth-Grade God King cultivation, killed Han Jie's ancestor with a poisoned dagger, and rejected Han Jie’s plea for mercy by killing him.

• Cold Bone Demon Venerable appeared to receive the defecting High Antiquity Han Clan, then trapped Yang Qing and Sword Maiden Qiongxiao in his treasure-pagoda barrier to fight them.
• Han Fan summoned the Han Clan’s Immortal Emperor elders with the Mountains and Rivers Diagram as seven Golden-Armored Heavenly Generals formed the Mountain-Sealing Demon Array around the Han Clan and the Evil Extremity Sect.
• Yuexi led the Profound Maiden Palace and allied Holy Lands into battle, while Lu Changsheng faced Han Jie’s ancestor and Yuexi overwhelmed Han Shaolin, severing his left arm.
• Lu Changsheng revealed his Ninth-Grade God King cultivation and used the Han Clan Ancestor to practice swordsmanship before killing him with Elder Xiaoyao’s poisoned dagger.
• Han Jie knelt and offered to become Lu Changsheng’s servant, but Lu Changsheng refused and killed him with the dagger.

The High Antiquity Han Clan and Evil Extremity Sect fought the Heavenly Court and Holy Land as Mad Demon Heaven-Defying Pills and the Mountains and Rivers Diagram turned the battle. Han Fan trapped two heavenly generals in the diagram, while Lu Changsheng launched a poisoned-needle sneak attack against him.

• Lu Changsheng killed Han Jie, while Cold Bone Demon Venerable gave Mad Demon Heaven-Defying Pills to the Han Clan Elders and Evil Extremity Sect Demons.
• Han Shaolin and other defenders swallowed the pills and grew stronger, and Han Shaolin wounded Yuexi with his Cloud-Arranging Palm.
• Han Fan used the Mountains and Rivers Diagram to break the Mountain-Sealing Demon-Suppressing Formation, allowing Han Shaolin and several Han Clan members to flee.
• The seven great accomplishment God Kings attacked Han Fan, but he trapped two of them inside the Mountains and Rivers Diagram.
• Lu Changsheng arranged a coordinated attack, and as the five golden-armored heavenly generals struck Han Fan, Lu Changsheng shot poisoned Sudden Rain Pear Blossom Needles into his back.

Lu Changsheng killed Han Fan with Heaven-Devouring Demon Poison, claimed the Mountains and Rivers Diagram, and survived Cold Bone Demon Venerable’s attempt to kill him before the Demon Venerable retreated. After the battle, Han Shaolin became Cold Bone Demon Venerable’s disciple, seeking the strength to avenge the High Antiquity Han Clan.

• Lu Changsheng seized the Mountains and Rivers Diagram and killed Han Fan with Heaven-Devouring Demon Poison, then released the two trapped Golden-Armored Heavenly Generals.
• Lu Changsheng refined the Mountains and Rivers Diagram while Yang Qing and Sword Maiden Qiongxiao fought Cold Bone Demon Venerable.
• Cold Bone Demon Venerable sent his Blood-Transforming Divine Saber after Lu Changsheng, but Yang Qing’s External Incarnation blocked it, and Cold Bone Demon Venerable retreated.
• Yang Qing returned to the Heavenly Court with the Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals, while Yuexi asked Sword Maiden Qiongxiao to let her travel in the Lower Realm.
• Han Shaolin escaped the battle and, desperate for revenge against Lu Changsheng, accepted Cold Bone Demon Venerable as his master.

Lu Changsheng refined the Netherflame Sword and fused its Netherworld Prison Flame with his Purple Tenuity Heavenly Fire, while Yun Qianyue and Xu Jing encountered pursuers at the ruins of the Heavenly Sect. They returned to Taihua Mountain, where Lu Changsheng learned about the threat and urged them to avoid provoking it for now.

• Lu Changsheng comprehended the second Mnemonic of the Fifth Sword Realm, found that Purple Lightning Clear Frost could not withstand its sword intent, and subdued and refined Han Fan’s Third-Grade Dao Artifact, the Netherflame Sword.
• Lu Changsheng made more than a hundred attempts and fused Purple Tenuity Heavenly Fire with Netherworld Prison Flame, creating dark purple flaming Sword Qi.
• At the Sword Tomb, Yun Qianyue and Xu Jing hid beneath the Heavenly Sect’s broken stele as powerful figures searched for Yun Qianyue and spoke of the sect’s destruction.
• Xu Jing suspected the pursuers served the Demon God, but Yun Qianyue warned him that learning more about the Heavenly Sect’s fall could bring disaster.
• Xu Jing and Yun Qianyue returned to Taihua Mountain and told Lu Changsheng about the pursuit; he advised them to avoid provoking the unknown power until they grew stronger.

Lu Changsheng distributed cultivation resources and methods to his disciples, then received the God-Grade First-Rank Heaven Tyrant Body Art as a system reward for teaching Xiao Fan. He ended by remembering Tantai Meng, who was fighting for survival in the Eternal Dream Demon Realm and vowed to kill him after reaching the God King Realm.

• Lu Changsheng gave Daoist Tuquan a manual on the Heavenly Eye Divine Ability and resources, hoping the Three-Eyed Divine Hound could learn it.
• Lu Changsheng gave cultivation resources to Xiaojin, Huowen, Luo Xintang, and other disciples, and asked Zhao Wuyan to deliver supplies to several allies.
• Lu Changsheng gave Lu Qinglian and Xiao Fan body-tempering potions and had them cultivate different methods; teaching Xiao Fan the Yellow Heaven Rebirth Method earned him the Heaven Tyrant Body Art from the system.
• Lu Changsheng put away the new body-tempering method and considered how to guide his disciples toward future cultivation.
• In the Eternal Dream Demon Realm, Tantai Meng fought to survive, roasted meat, and vowed to kill Lu Changsheng once she reached the God King Realm.

Dantai Meng reached the God King Realm after surviving the Eternal Dream Demon Realm, while Lu Changsheng trained his disciples and received a Soul-Suppressing Bell as a reward. Dantai Meng reunited with her father, who hinted at an upcoming Demon Realm campaign, as the Cold Bone Demon Venerable prepared to send Han Shaolin into the realm to seek the Great Demon Inheritance and avenge himself on Lu Changsheng.

• Dantai Meng killed a Mottled Demon Python, refined its Demon Core, and prepared to undergo Tribulation Transcendence.
• Xiao Fan strengthened his Heaven-Conquering Tyrant Body, and Lu Changsheng wondered about Lu Qinglian's mysterious origins before teaching Chen Yi Buddhist cultivation methods.
• Lu Changsheng received the Soul-Suppressing Bell when Dantai Meng became his first disciple to reach the God King Realm, and he refined the bell as his Law Treasure.
• Dantai Meng emerged from the Eternal Dream Demon Realm as a Ninth-Grade God King and reunited with the Illusory Netherworld Demon Venerable, who said the Demon Realm would soon take action.
• The Cold Bone Demon Venerable arrived with Leng Bufan and Han Shaolin, intending to send Han Shaolin into the Eternal Dream Demon Realm to pursue the Great Demon Inheritance and seek revenge on Lu Changsheng.

Lu Changsheng learned that Mo Huazhi was the Master of Ziyang Academy’s Personal Disciple and foresaw that she would be injured and imprisoned at the Confucian Sect Assembly. He planned to attend the assembly in five hundred years to see her and protect her, while Mo Huazhi was asked to preside over it.

• Lu Changsheng simulated Chen Yi’s life and learned that Chen Yi would be detained in Rouge Country after helping its queen.
• Lu Changsheng simulated Mo Huazhi’s life and learned that she would be gravely injured and imprisoned at the Confucian Sect Assembly.
• Lu Changsheng asked the ancestors about Ziyang Academy and learned that it was formerly Longchuan Academy, a Confucian Holy Land led by an ancient Great Expert called the Master.
• The ancestors confirmed that Mo Huazhi was likely the Master’s Personal Disciple, and Lu Changsheng decided to attend the assembly in five hundred years to see her.
• Ziyang Academy began sending invitations for the assembly, and the Master asked Mo Huazhi to preside over it.

The Confucian Sect Assembly approached, drawing the Nine Great Confucian Sects, the Imperishable Immortal Dynasty, and unexpected guests such as Lu Changsheng. As Lu Changsheng set out to find Mo Huazhi, his disciple Chen Yi entered Rouge Country to investigate its growing troubles.

• Weilong Academy and Tianming Academy prepared their promising disciples, Zichu and Yan Ziming, to compete at the Confucian Sect Assembly.
• Ziyang Academy invited Lu Changsheng to the assembly, and the Imperishable Immortal Emperor allowed the Third Prince to pursue the Master's disciple after the Ninth Prince failed to win her over.
• Chen Yi entered Rouge Country despite warnings that male cultivators were being drained into human husks, then earned a reputation for slaying yao and demons; the Queen invited him to Xiliang City, while the Imperial Preceptor resolved to claim him for herself.
• Five hundred years later, Lu Changsheng departed for the assembly with Lin Qingzhi, Lu Qinglian, Shen Xiaoyao, and others, intending to visit Mo Huazhi and assess the Nine Great Confucian Sects.

Lu Changsheng arrived at the Eternal Prosperity Inn for the Confucian Sect Assembly, where his advance reservation and identity stunned Tianming Academy and the gathered cultivators. After Zhuo Xiangren befriended him, Lu Changsheng learned that the Nine Great Confucian Sects would have their disciples compete at the assembly.

• Tianming Academy booked the remaining Heaven-Grade rooms after learning that the Taihua Saint had reserved 360 rooms five hundred years earlier.
• Lu Changsheng's disciple warned Tianming Academy that her master had told her not to beat them up, prompting a tense exchange.
• Qian Duoduo recognized Lu Changsheng, and Zhuo Xiangren apologized for Tianming Academy's earlier behavior as Taihua Sacred Ground's Elders and disciples arrived.
• Zhuo Xiangren told Lu Changsheng that disciples of the Nine Great Confucian Sects would spar at the assembly to compete for prestige.
• Zhuo Xiangren praised Lu Changsheng's understanding of the Dao and urged Tianming Academy's disciples to learn from him.

Lu Changsheng explored the Imperishable Immortal Dynasty’s Imperial City, avoided drawing attention, and encountered the Eldest Princess, who sensed something unusual about him. Three days later, the Confucian Sect Assembly began at Ziyang Mountain, where the Nine Great Confucian Sects gathered and prepared to compete.

• The Third Prince tried to visit Lu Changsheng at the Eternal Prosperity Inn, but the Big Yellow Dog turned him away, so he left with an attendant and focused on pursuing Miss Mo.
• Lu Changsheng used a Disguise Pill to explore the Imperial City with his disciples and sensed powerful figures hidden within the imperial palace.
• The Eldest Princess’s carriage passed Lu Changsheng, and she noticed that something about him was unusual before lowering the curtain.
• Three days later, Confucian scholars from the Nine Great Confucian Sects and thousands of smaller sects gathered at Dragon Field on Ziyang Mountain for the assembly.
• The assembled sects discussed their promising disciples, including Mo Huazhi, and rival leaders anticipated a fierce contest for first place.
• A graceful figure welcomed the gathered Sages on behalf of Ziyang Academy as the assembly was about to begin.

Lu Changsheng arrived at the Confucian Sect Assembly with the Taihua Sacred Ground and reunited with his former disciple Mo Huazhi, now a leading figure of Ziyang Academy. As the gathering’s attention shifted to him, Lu Changsheng and the academy’s Master each recognized the other’s extraordinary strength.

• Mo Huazhi presided over the Confucian Sect Assembly as the Nine Great Confucian Sects and members of the Imperishable Immortal Dynasty gathered.
• The Taihua Sacred Ground arrived, and the Eldest Princess recognized Lu Changsheng as the man she had met earlier while the Third Prince complained that Lu had refused his visit.
• Mo Huazhi recognized Lu Changsheng and reunited with him and her former fellow disciples, then resumed presiding over the assembly at Lu’s request.
• The Third Prince considered courting Mo Huazhi to gain the support of Ziyang Academy and the Taihua Sacred Ground, while the Eldest Princess wondered about Lu Changsheng’s background.
• The gathered scholars and Saints focused on Lu Changsheng, whose aptitude they found difficult to fathom.
• Ziyang Academy’s Master appeared and impressed the assembly with his presence; he and Lu Changsheng were both astonished by each other’s cultivation.