Recaps

At the Confucian Sect Assembly, Lu Changsheng reunited with his disciple Mo Huazhi, gave her a Confucian Sage Sacred Brush, and received the mysterious Wordless Heavenly Stele as a reward. The disciples’ competition began with Song Ziming defeating Yan Nian, setting him up to challenge Mo Huazhi.

• Lin Tianyi identified the powerful Confucian Saints and scholars attending the assembly before the disciples’ competition began.
• Lu Changsheng gave Mo Huazhi the Confucian Sage Sacred Brush and cultivation resources, and the system rewarded him with a Wordless Heavenly Stele he could neither refine nor move.
• Mo Huazhi reunited warmly with Lu Changsheng and Daoist Tuquan, while Ziyang Academy’s ties to Taihua Sacred Ground worried Tianming Academy’s scholars.
• Song Ziming and Yan Nian opened the competition by using their respective supreme calligraphic arts, the Heavenly Mandate Thousand-Character Essay and the Thunder God Demon-Subduing Post.
• Song Ziming overwhelmed Yan Nian, who conceded defeat, and then turned his attention to Mo Huazhi as his real opponent.

At the Confucian Sect Assembly, Xia Zi'an defeated Xiao Xin, and the tournament narrowed to four finalists while Lu Changsheng accepted the Eldest Princess’s invitation to study her incomplete High Antiquity cultivation manual. At her Scripture Repository, Lu Changsheng considered using his Apprentice-Teaching Simulator to restore the damaged manual, then suddenly stepped toward the startled princess.

• Xia Zi'an defeated Xiao Xin with his Immortal Deer Calligraphy, earning praise from Lord Nanhua and the White-Faced Scholar.
• The Eldest Princess invited Lu Changsheng to study an incomplete High Antiquity cultivation manual, while the First Prince, Third Prince, Ninth Prince, and others also sought his friendship; Lu Changsheng declined their invitations.
• Mo Huazhi won her match, and Song Ziming, Chen Zichu, Xie Wenyun, and Mo Huazhi advanced as the tournament’s final four.
• Lu Changsheng left Lin Qingzhi in charge during the break and followed the Eldest Princess to her Scripture Repository to examine the damaged volume.
• Lu Changsheng recognized the bamboo slips as Xiang River Bamboo and realized he might use the Apprentice-Teaching Simulator to obtain a complete version; he stepped toward the startled Eldest Princess.

Lu Changsheng accepted Yao Yusheng’s High Antiquity fragment, which she had found near the Azure Emperor’s Mausoleum, while Mo Huazhi rejected the Third Prince’s advances. As the Confucian Assembly prepared to resume, several powerful figures sensed a threat connected to the Demon Realm, and Lu Changsheng returned to his seat.

• Yao Yusheng gave Lu Changsheng the damaged bamboo fragment, and he learned she had found it in the Azure Emperor’s Mausoleum.
• The Third Prince offered Mo Huazhi Cold Jade of Southern Mountain and invited her to dine, but she refused both offers and cited her reunion with Lu Changsheng.
• The Third Prince plotted to force Mo Huazhi to accept him, while the Ninth Prince mocked him and the Eldest Prince stopped their quarrel.
• Xie Wenyun and Lord Nanhua sensed a strange presence at the Confucian Assembly, and Lord Nanhua suspected the Demon Realm might interfere.
• The Yellow Dragon Lord, Recluse Yi'an, and Lin Qingzhi each reacted to the danger, with Recluse Yi'an giving Xiao Xin protective talismans and Lin Qingzhi sending visitors back to their seats.
• Lu Changsheng returned to his seat as the Confucian disciples’ contest was about to resume.

Lu Changsheng received the complete Azure Emperor's Manuscript through the system after giving its fragment to Lin Qingzhi, then promised Yao Yusheng a copy. At the Confucian Sect Assembly, Mo Huazhi defeated Xie Wenyun by revealing her own Literary Style and advancing to the final.

• Lu Changsheng gave Lin Qingzhi and his other disciples Qilin Blood Origin Pills, then bestowed the Azure Emperor manuscript fragment on Lin Qingzhi.
• The system rewarded Lu Changsheng with the complete Azure Emperor's Manuscript, a Qi refinement method that could transform True Qi into Azure Emperor True Qi.
• Lu Changsheng told Yao Yusheng he had found the manuscript's continuation and promised to give her a handwritten copy after the assembly.
• Song Ziming defeated Chen Zichu in the first semifinal and advanced to the final.
• Mo Huazhi replaced Xie Wenyun's Strong Bamboo artistic conception with her own starry-river Literary Style, won the match, and advanced to the final.

The Demon Realm attacked the Confucian Sect Assembly, turning the venue into a battlefield as Demon Venerables confronted the Confucian experts. Lu Changsheng captured Dantai Meng with the Mountains and Rivers Diagram, while Illusory Netherworld Demon Venerable threatened him over his daughter.

• Poisonous mist and disguised Rogue Cultivators threw the Confucian Sect Assembly into chaos, and the Demon Venerables appeared above Ziyang Mountain.
• The Master, Yellow Dragon Lord, and Lord Nanhua confronted the Demon Venerables as Demon Realm Xiuzhenzhe poured through a devil gate and attacked the assembled cultivators.
• Mo Huazhi and Song Ziming abandoned their match to fight the Demons, while Lu Changsheng's disciples also joined the battle.
• Dantai Meng challenged Lu Changsheng with the Eternal Dream Bell, but his Soul-Suppressing Pagoda blocked her mental attack.
• Lu Changsheng activated the Mountains and Rivers Diagram and captured Dantai Meng, prompting Illusory Netherworld Demon Venerable to threaten him.

Lu Changsheng held Dantai Meng hostage during the Demon Realm’s assault and stepped in to save the Eldest Princess from the Heavenly Martial Devil Lord. After swallowing an Ancestral Dragon Blood Pill, he raised his cultivation enough to fight the Devil Lord to a stalemate as the battle raged across the battlefield.

• Lu Changsheng refused to release Dantai Meng until he was safe, forcing the Illusory Netherworld Demon Venerable to agree not to kill him.
• The Confucian Saints fought the Demon Venerables while the Eldest Princess and other members of the Imperishable Immortal Dynasty were overwhelmed by Demon Realm attackers.
• The Heavenly Martial Devil Lord broke the Eldest Princess’s sword, but Lu Changsheng blocked his killing blow and fought him with his Fifth Sword Realm Sword Art.
• After the Heavenly Martial Devil Lord deflected his Sudden Rain Pear Blossom Needles, Lu Changsheng swallowed an Ancestral Dragon Blood Pill and raised his cultivation from Ninth-Grade to Fourth-Grade God King.
• Lu Changsheng and the Heavenly Martial Devil Lord fought to a stalemate, while Dantai Meng gave up resisting inside the Mountains and Rivers Diagram.
• Daoist Tuquan transformed into his Three-Eyed Divine Hound form, swallowed a Great Luo Golden Immortal Realm Demon, and crushed nearby Demons.

Daoist Tuquan awakened his Heavenly Eye Divine Ability while fighting the Demons, as Lu Changsheng battled the Heavenly Martial Devil Lord and the Eldest Princess and Yellow Dragon Lord held back other Demon leaders. After the Heavenly Martial Devil Lord took a Mad Demon Pill and overwhelmed Lu Changsheng, Lu Changsheng used Dantai Meng inside the Mountains and Rivers Diagram to absorb the attacks, prompting the Illusory Netherworld Demon Venerable to offer a Dao Artifact for her release.

• Daoist Tuquan awakened his Heavenly Eye, reflected an enemy’s blade Qi, and began fighting back against the Demon Cultivators.
• Lu Changsheng injured the Heavenly Martial Devil Lord, while the Eldest Princess blocked the Bewitching Heart Devil Lord and the Yellow Dragon Lord engaged the Demon Venerable of the Blade Prison.
• The Heavenly Martial Devil Lord swallowed a Mad Demon Heaven-Defying Pill, burned his lifespan, and raised his cultivation to First-Grade God King.
• Lu Changsheng used the Mountains and Rivers Diagram to absorb the Heavenly Martial Devil Lord’s attacks, leaving Dantai Meng dodging the destructive blade Qi inside its world.
• The Illusory Netherworld Demon Venerable, unable to reach Dantai Meng while Master fought him, offered Lu Changsheng a First-Rank Dao Artifact to release his daughter.

Lu Changsheng killed Heavenly Martial Devil Lord, but the Confucian Sects faced overwhelming danger as Demon Venerables attacked and Heavenly Court reinforcements arrived. As the demons retreated, the Demon Venerable of the Blade Prison cornered Lu Changsheng, only to recognize the Nameless Ancient Cauldron when it unleashed its power.

• Lu Changsheng swallowed a second Ancestral Dragon Blood Pill and recovered to the Fourth-Grade God King Realm as Heavenly Martial Devil Lord's first Mad Demon Pill wore off.
• Heavenly Martial Devil Lord swallowed another Mad Demon Pill, exhausted his lifespan, and died before Lu Changsheng's Sword Domain could strike.
• A golden rain marked the death of Weilong Academy's Saint Chen, while the Demon Venerable of the Prison Suppression and other Demon Venerables overwhelmed the Confucian Sect experts.
• Illusory Netherworld Demon Venerable revealed that the demons sought revenge for their exile, and Yang Qing arrived with Heavenly Court reinforcements.
• Cold Bone Demon Venerable began evacuating the demons and captured the Ninth Prince, while the Demon Venerable of the Blade Prison attacked Lu Changsheng for killing his subordinate.
• The Nameless Ancient Cauldron inside Lu Changsheng unleashed azure light that forced the Demon Venerable of the Blade Prison to dodge, and he recognized the Law Treasure.

The Demon Venerables withdrew after the Human Emperor Cauldron repelled the Demon Venerable of the Blade Prison, and Master deduced that the Heavenly Emperor was gravely injured. As the Confucian Sect Assembly ended, Master revealed that Lu Changsheng’s Nameless Ancient Cauldron was the Azure Emperor’s Law Treasure, the Human Emperor Cauldron, whose artifact spirit had escaped the Demon Realm and taken refuge inside him.

• The Human Emperor Cauldron’s azure light repelled the Demon Venerable of the Blade Prison, and the Demon Venerables escaped while threatening Lu Changsheng.
• The Heavenly Court’s experts arrived, and Master concluded that the Demon Venerables had attacked to test whether the Heavenly Emperor could intervene; Yang Qing confirmed that the Heavenly Emperor was injured.
• Lu Changsheng failed to refine the Nameless Ancient Cauldron, while Dantai Meng begged to be released from the Mountains and Rivers Diagram and he refused.
• Master ended the Confucian Sect Assembly, and the Confucian Sects departed after Saint Chen’s death.
• Master recognized Lu Changsheng’s treasure as the Azure Emperor’s Human Emperor Cauldron and explained that its artifact spirit had escaped the Demon Realm and taken refuge inside him.

Lu Changsheng reunited his disciple Lin Qingzhi with Chen Yao, but the Profound Maiden Palace’s Palace Master refused to let them remain together. After cultivating the Azure Emperor’s Qi Refining Method, Lu Changsheng set out with the Eldest Princess and his companions to explore the Azure Emperor’s Mausoleum, where he considered using the Human Emperor Cauldron to enter its protected depths.

• Lin Qingzhi embraced Chen Yao after they reunited, but the Profound Maiden Palace’s Palace Master soon summoned her away and dismissed Lu Changsheng’s request to let the pair be together.
• Lu Changsheng gave Yao Yusheng a complete copy of the Azure Emperor’s Manuscript, and she agreed to guide him through the mausoleum’s outer regions; Yuexi, his disciples, and Daoist Tuquan joined the expedition.
• Lu Changsheng and Yao Yusheng each cultivated a wisp of Azure Emperor True Qi, while the Human Emperor Cauldron stirred and gave a faint sigh that Lu Changsheng did not notice.
• The Third Prince and his wicked-looking master secretly followed the party toward the Azure Emperor’s Mausoleum, intending to take advantage of Mo Huazhi being away from the city.
• At the mausoleum, Daoist Tuquan’s Heavenly Eye could not pierce the grand formation, so Lu Changsheng agreed to explore the outskirts while considering whether the Human Emperor Cauldron could help him enter deeper.

Lu Changsheng and his companions reached the Azure Emperor's Mausoleum, where they learned it concealed an ancient Evil Spirit and was guarded by a deadly High Antiquity Grand Formation. When Lu Changsheng stepped into the formation, the Human Emperor Cauldron’s azure light dispersed the dark clouds, and the formation did not attack him.

• Zuo Jianqing greeted the Eldest Princess and Lu Changsheng, then warned them that the Azure Emperor's Mausoleum was protected by a lethal formation.
• As the group traveled through the mausoleum’s outskirts, the Eldest Princess explained that the Azure Emperor had buried himself there to suppress an Evil Spirit slain by several Primordial Emperors.
• The Eldest Princess guided Lu Changsheng and his companions through the mist and its dangerous Space-Time Turbulence toward the Azure Emperor's tomb.
• Daoist Tuquan charged toward the tomb’s treasures, but the Eldest Princess stopped him, and Lu Changsheng’s silver needle was destroyed by the formation’s Seven-Colored Divine Thunder.
• Lu Changsheng stepped into the High Antiquity Grand Formation, and azure light from his body dispersed the dark clouds without triggering an attack.

Lu Changsheng and his companions entered the Azure Emperor’s Mausoleum after the High Antiquity Grand Formation accepted him, then explored murals depicting ancient wars and legendary figures. They reached a palace whose buildings formed a formation suppressing a stone coffin, while the White-Haired Elder and the Third Prince secretly followed them in pursuit of the Azure Emperor’s treasures.

• Lu Changsheng led Daoist Tuquan, Yuexi, the Eldest Princess, Zuo Jianqing, and the others safely through the High Antiquity Grand Formation, then they studied the Azure Emperor’s “Suppress Evil” stele and entered the cave.
• The White-Haired Elder and the Third Prince concealed their presences and followed Lu Changsheng’s group through the formation, hoping to seize the Azure Emperor’s treasures.
• Lin Qingzhi illuminated the passage, and Lu Changsheng’s group examined murals showing the High Antiquity war, Daoist Tuquan’s ancestor, the Heavenly Emperor, the Devil Master, and other ancient figures.
• Lu Changsheng recognized the final murals as depicting five Primordial Human Race Emperors confronting a black mist and the Azure Emperor suppressing the resulting Evil Spirit with a stele and his own body.
• Lu Changsheng’s group reached a vast palace built as a formation to suppress a stone coffin, and Lu Changsheng flew toward the platform to inspect its stele as the White-Haired Elder and the Third Prince watched eagerly.

Lu Changsheng and his companions found the Azure Emperor’s Divine Sword suppressing an Evil Spirit, but Xu Grand Tutor seized the weapon and broke the seal. After the Evil Spirit possessed the Third Prince, it spoke through his body, leaving Xu Grand Tutor facing the creature he had unleashed.

• Lu Changsheng and his companions found the Divine Sword embedded in the stone coffin and warned against disturbing the Azure Emperor’s treasures.
• Xu Grand Tutor and the Third Prince arrived, and Xu threatened Lu Changsheng’s group before pulling the Divine Sword from the coffin.
• Xu Grand Tutor’s attack destroyed the stone coffin and Suppress Evil Formation, releasing the Evil Spirit; Lu Changsheng drew his companions into the Mountains and Rivers Diagram.
• Xu Grand Tutor attacked the Evil Spirit with the Divine Sword, but the black mist possessed the Third Prince.
• Xu Grand Tutor struck the possessed Third Prince with Ten Thousand Blades Sword Qi, and the Evil Spirit spoke through the dust-covered prince, declaring that it had acquired a body.

Xu Grand Tutor failed to kill the Evil Spirit after it seized the Third Prince’s body, and he died after burning away his lifespan; the Evil Spirit escaped with the Azure Emperor Sword. Lu Changsheng made a pact with the sentient Human Emperor Cauldron, then watched Lu Qinglian enter a mysterious stele that might contain the Azure Emperor’s inheritance.

• The Evil Spirit possessed the Third Prince, and Xu Grand Tutor burned his lifespan to attack it with the Azure Emperor Sword while Lu Changsheng evacuated everyone in the Mountains and Rivers Diagram.
• The Azure Emperor’s Mausoleum collapsed, but the Evil Spirit escaped south with the Azure Emperor Sword, and Xu Grand Tutor died after warning that Evil Qi had tainted the sword.
• Lu Changsheng reasoned that the Human Emperor Cauldron had fled the mausoleum to escape the Evil Spirit and agreed to let it remain inside him in exchange for its protection; its female-voiced artifact spirit answered him.
• Lu Qinglian struck the undamaged “Suppress Evil” stele and vanished inside it, while Lu Changsheng and the others waited outside, suspecting it held the Azure Emperor’s inheritance.
• Lu Changsheng searched the ruins for fragments, and the Eldest Princess joined him, believing he could use them to comprehend a complete cultivation method.

Lu Changsheng searched the ruined Azure Emperor's Mausoleum and negotiated with the Immortal Dragon Emperor over Dantai Meng, while Lu Qinglian emerged from the Azure Emperor's inheritance with a transformed physique and greatly increased cultivation. The Immortal Dragon Emperor invited Lu Changsheng and his companions to a banquet in the Imperial City.

• Lu Changsheng collected a carved stone fragment, an unknown piece of metal, and rare treasures from the mausoleum as the Immortal Dragon Emperor arrived and learned that Lu Qinglian was receiving the Azure Emperor's inheritance.
• The Immortal Dragon Emperor offered ten Twentieth-Grade Divine Pills for Dantai Meng, but Lu Changsheng demanded that he arrange an exchange for the Ninth Prince and eighty-one kinds of demonic pills, and the Emperor agreed to negotiate cautiously.
• After seven days and nights, Lu Qinglian emerged from the stele with her Martial King Divine Physique at Great Perfection and her cultivation at the ninth level of the Immortal Emperor Realm.
• Lu Qinglian told Lu Changsheng that a remnant figure had taught her Martial Techniques and Qi cultivation methods, and that her True Qi had fused into an azure-red form.
• The Immortal Dragon Emperor invited Lu Changsheng, his disciples, Immortal Maiden Yuexi, and the people of Taihua Sacred Ground to a banquet in the Imperial City.

At a banquet hosted by the Immortal Dragon Emperor, Lu Changsheng agreed to take Yao Yusheng to cultivate at Yuntai Peak while declining the other princes. He then empowered Dantai Meng with cultivation, received a massive system reward, and began breaking through toward the Eighth-Grade God King Realm as a celestial phenomenon appeared over the capital.

• Cui Jiuyuan and Yang Hong sought to connect their clans to Lu Changsheng, but he declined Yang Hong's offer of a maid.
• The Immortal Dragon Emperor asked Lu Changsheng to guide Yao Yusheng, and Lu Changsheng agreed while turning away the princes who also wanted to study under him.
• Lu Changsheng entered the Mountains and Rivers Diagram and transferred four hundred million days of cultivation to Dantai Meng, who mistakenly took his kindness as personal concern.
• The system returned 2.4 billion days of cultivation to Lu Changsheng, bringing him close to the Eighth-Grade God King Realm.
• Lu Changsheng infused the Taiyin Goddess Talisman with True Qi and discovered that the dormant puppet absorbed it.
• Lu Changsheng entered seclusion to attempt his breakthrough, and a phenomenon appeared above the Imperishable Imperial City.

Lu Changsheng broke through to the Eighth-Grade God King Realm in the Imperishable Immortal Dynasty, then set out for Taihua Mountain with Yao Yusheng and his disciples. The High Antiquity Helian Family and High Antiquity Huangfu Family followed them, intending to capture Lu Changsheng and trade him for Su Yun, and the chapter ended as Lu Changsheng prepared for a confrontation.

• Lu Changsheng broke through to the Eighth-Grade God King Realm and fused Azure Emperor True Qi with the Purple Tenuity Heavenly Fire True Qi.
• Experts from the High Antiquity Helian Family and High Antiquity Huangfu Family met at the Eternal Prosperity Inn and agreed to capture Lu Changsheng to exchange him for Su Yun and claim the High Antiquity Su Family's clan-protecting treasure.
• Lu Changsheng left Mo Huazhi at Ziyang Academy to cultivate under the Master, while Yao Yusheng joined his party for the journey to Taihua Mountain.
• Yuexi gave Lu Qinglian heavenly materials and earthly treasures, and Lu Changsheng asked Yuexi to look after Chen Yao at the Profound Maiden Palace.
• The Helian and Huangfu families followed Lu Changsheng's party after it left the Imperial City, and Lu Changsheng and the First Princess detected them near the border of the Imperishable Immortal Dynasty.
• Lu Changsheng prepared for the approaching enemies and bestowed more than a dozen Medicinal Pills on Lu Qinglian.

Lu Changsheng and his companions confronted experts from the High Antiquity Helian Family and the High Antiquity Huangfu Family, who demanded he hand over Su Yun and Su Xiaoqi. Lu Qinglian challenged Helian Xiong to withstand three punches, then badly injured him with the first.

• Lu Changsheng gave Lu Qinglian an Ancestral Dragon Blood Pill and received another for himself after the system returned two of the divine pills.
• Ninety-nine experts from the High Antiquity Helian Family and the High Antiquity Huangfu Family revealed themselves and demanded Lu Changsheng surrender Su Yun and Su Xiaoqi.
• Yao Yusheng chose to stand with Lu Changsheng, while Helian An was assigned to keep her occupied.
• Lu Qinglian volunteered to fight Helian Xiong and wagered that he would have to call himself the biggest black bear under heaven if she won.
• Helian Xiong agreed to let Lu Qinglian hit him three times, but her first punch broke through his True Qi and severely injured him.

Lu Qinglian overwhelmed Helian Xiong and then fought Helian Ding, revealing that her strength far exceeded her apparent cultivation. As Lu Changsheng faced Huangfu Yin with the Mountains and Rivers Diagram, Lu Qinglian injured Helian Ding with a devastating technique, and Lu Changsheng prepared the Human Emperor Cauldron to confront Huangfu Yin.

• Lu Qinglian defeated Helian Xiong with three punches, and Lu Changsheng pressed him to honor his promise to call himself the biggest stupid bear under heaven.
• Helian Ding demanded that Lu Changsheng hand over Su Yun, then the Helian and Huangfu clans launched attacks on their chosen opponents.
• Lu Qinglian intercepted Helian Ding while Huangfu Yin used the Nine Heavenly Yin Swords against Lu Changsheng, who raised his cultivation with an Ancestral Dragon Blood Pill and drew an ice dragon into the Mountains and Rivers Diagram.
• Lu Changsheng released Dantai Meng from the Mountains and Rivers Diagram, while Lu Qinglian took an Ancestral Dragon Blood Pill and broke both of Helian Ding's arms in a direct clash.
• Lu Qinglian used Emperor Slays Heaven and Earth to shatter Helian Ding's defenses and strike him down, as Lu Changsheng began activating the Human Emperor Cauldron against Huangfu Yin.

Lu Changsheng used the Human Emperor Cauldron to drive off the Helian and Huangfu clans, then returned to Taihua Sacred Ground with the Eldest Princess and Dantai Meng. He warned the ancestor about the clans and revealed that he had brought the Illusory Netherworld Demon Venerable’s daughter with him, leaving her speechless at the trouble ahead.

• Lu Changsheng’s Human Emperor Cauldron shattered Huangfu Yin’s ice dragons, badly injured him, and forced the Huangfu and Helian experts to retreat; Lin Qingzhi killed a fleeing Helian Elder.
• Lu Changsheng returned to Taihua Sacred Ground with Yao Yusheng and sent her to Yuntai Peak, while he went to consult the ancestor at the Rear Mountain.
• Lu Changsheng told the old woman about the Helian and Huangfu families’ attempt to capture him and learned that their pursuit of Su Yun was tied to a possible Chaos Clan treasure.
• Lu Changsheng showed the ancestor Dantai Meng inside the Mountains and Rivers Diagram, revealing that he had brought the Illusory Netherworld Demon Venerable’s daughter to Taihua Sacred Ground.

Lu Changsheng returned to Taihua Sacred Ground as Lin Qinghan broke through to the Ninth-Grade God King Realm, then warned its ancestors about the Demon Realm’s attack on the Confucian Sect Assembly and the Evil Spirit’s emergence from the Azure Emperor’s Mausoleum. While Taihua prepared for these threats, the High Antiquity Helian Family learned that Lu Qinglian might possess the Azure Emperor’s Inheritance and decided to target her.

• The old woman told Dantai Meng that her mother might be dead and asked Lu Changsheng to spare her because her mother had once helped her.
• Lin Qinghan overcame her tribulation and became a Ninth-Grade God King, while Jiang Yu vowed to defy the heavens and change his fate.
• Lu Changsheng returned to Taihua Sacred Ground and reported the Demon Venerables’ attack, the Heavenly Emperor’s injury, and the Evil Spirit’s escape; Lin Xuantong sent disciples to alert the Heavenly Court and Purple Void Palace.
• Taihua’s ancestors urged Lu Changsheng to stay on the mountain, and he agreed to avoid further journeys for the time being.
• Helian Ding reported to the Fourth Ancestor that Lu Qinglian knew the Azure Emperor’s Martial Technique, prompting the Fourth Ancestor to suspect she had obtained the Azure Emperor’s Inheritance and plan to search her Sea of Consciousness.

The Fourth Ancestor of the High Antiquity Helian Family waited outside Taihua Mountain for thousands of years, while Lu Changsheng kept his disciples inside after discovering they would be captured if they left. Lu Changsheng bestowed many treasures on Dantai Meng, gained a powerful sword and a Shuttle Talisman through the system, and left Dantai Meng baffled by his generosity.

• The Fourth Ancestor of the High Antiquity Helian Family waited at the foot of Taihua Mountain for three thousand years, then sent Helian Ding and Helian Xiong away and continued waiting alone.
• Lu Changsheng used the system to learn that an expert from the High Antiquity Helian Family would capture his disciples if they left, so he forbade them from going down the mountain.
• Lu Changsheng bestowed the Eight Desolations Dragon-Imprisoning Pagoda and Purple Lightning Clear Frost on Dantai Meng, then received the Fifth-Grade Dao Artifact Soaring Jiaolong, Rising Phoenix in return.
• Lu Changsheng bestowed Soaring Jiaolong, Rising Phoenix on Dantai Meng and received the First-Grade Dao Artifact Slay Yama, which he sealed away because he could not yet wield its full power.
• Lu Changsheng received a Shuttle Talisman by bestowing an Immortal Escape Talisman on Dantai Meng and planned to use the new talismans to let his disciples leave Taihua Mountain undetected.
• Lu Changsheng gave Dantai Meng more treasures, and she finally refused to accept them unless he explained his purpose.

The Illusory Netherworld Demon Venerable agreed to negotiate over Dantai Meng, while his resentful disciple vowed to challenge Lu Changsheng. Lu Changsheng’s rewards for Dantai Meng yielded Demon God Blood, which he used to advance the Eternal Ages Immortality Art to its Ninth Layer.

• The Illusory Netherworld Demon Venerable agreed to exchange the Ninth Prince for Dantai Meng and chose the Nine Serenities as the negotiation site, while allowing Lu Changsheng to set the date.
• The black-clad Personal Disciple resented Lu Changsheng and proposed killing him during the negotiations, but the Illusory Netherworld Demon Venerable insisted on keeping his word.
• Lu Changsheng repeatedly rewarded Dantai Meng with Fire Qilin Blood, then received a drop of twenty-first-grade Demon God Blood through the reward system.
• Lu Changsheng used the Human Emperor Cauldron to refine the Demon God Blood into Body-Tempering Potion and entered the cauldron to cultivate.
• Lu Changsheng broke through to the Ninth Layer of the Eternal Ages Immortality Art as Yuntai Peak shook from the force of his cultivation.

Lu Changsheng strengthened his body with Demon God's blood and received a Heaven-and-Earth-Equally Silent Pill and Netherworld Ghostfire Talisman by rewarding Dantai Meng. While Xia Ningxue advanced through the Endless Ice Domain, Lu Changsheng delayed the exchange with Illusory Netherworld Demon Venerable and kept his disciples safe from the Helian Family.

• Lu Changsheng cultivated the Eternal Ages Immortality Art to the peak of the Ninth Layer using Demon God's blood, then received a Heaven-and-Earth-Equally Silent Pill by rewarding Dantai Meng with Mad Demon Heaven-Defying Pills.
• Xia Ningxue fought a frozen Great Demon in the Endless Ice Domain, continued toward its center, and reached the barrier marking the deepest part of the domain.
• Lu Changsheng received a Netherworld Ghostfire Talisman from rewarding Dantai Meng with Southern Bright Li Fire Ten-Array Talismans.
• The Eldest Princess told Lu Changsheng that Illusory Netherworld Demon Venerable had agreed to exchange Dantai Meng in the Nine Serenities, but Lu Changsheng chose to delay the negotiations.
• Lu Changsheng gave his mountain-bound disciples traversal Talismans to keep them safe from the High Antiquity Helian Family, while the Fourth Ancestor continued waiting at the foot of the mountain.

Lu Changsheng and the High Antiquity Ancestor confronted Helian Tuo and two Dragon Clan powerhouses at the foot of Taihua Mountain. After Helian Tuo demanded Su Yun and the Dragon Clan sought Ning Qianqian, Lu Changsheng refused to let his disciple return with them, leaving the Dragon Clan’s intentions unresolved.

• The Fourth Ancestor waited for Lu Changsheng while two middle-aged men with Demon Qi arrived in the village and drew his suspicion.
• Lu Changsheng reached the Eighth Layer of the Purple Tenuity Heavenly Fire True Art and learned that its Ninth Layer was incomplete and that earlier geniuses had received the Tenth Layer’s Mnemonic.
• The High Antiquity Ancestor took Lu Changsheng down the mountain and recognized Helian Tuo, who demanded that Taihua Sacred Ground hand over Su Yun.
• The High Antiquity Ancestor summoned the two Dragon Clan powerhouses, who said they had come to bring the Dragon Emperor’s descendant back to inherit the throne.
• Lu Changsheng refused to let Ning Qianqian return with the Dragon Clan powerhouses, and they held back from making a move at Taihua Mountain.