Recaps

After the battle, Lu Changsheng taught Lu Qinglian a fist technique and received the Immortal Stage Martial Skill Hundredfold Primordial Force as a fifty-thousandfold return. He began cultivating the skill and considered how to replenish his life-saving pills as the Six Great Sects prepared their next moves against the Demon Lord and the Four Great Demonic Sects.

• Yu Xuanji urged the Six Great Sects to exploit the Demon Lord’s injuries and go on the offensive against the Four Great Demonic Sects and the Demon Race of Desolate Province.
• Lu Changsheng chose the Earth Stage Eight Desolations Fist to teach Lu Qinglian, who memorized it quickly.
• The system rewarded Lu Changsheng with the Low-Grade Immortal Stage Martial Skill Hundredfold Primordial Force.
• Lu Changsheng recognized Hundredfold Primordial Force as the Savage Elephant King’s signature technique, mastered its first layer, and found his current physique could support the second.
• Lu Changsheng taught his disciples and replenished his pills, then considered how to obtain more Life-and-Death Reincarnation Pills and higher-grade rewards.

Lu Changsheng volunteered to lead a squad into Desolate Province to track the injured Demon Lord, after simulations showed that Chen Xiaoyao would find a major opportunity there. He departed with the Azure Cloud Peak Squad, while Xia Ningxue joined the campaign against the Hehuan Sect.

• Lu Changsheng transmitted cultivation to Lin Qingzhi and Chen Xiaoyao, receiving 11,000 days of cultivation in return.
• Taiyuan True Person announced that the Six Great Sects would attack the Four Great Demonic Sects and send squads into Desolate Province to locate the Demon Lord.
• Lu Changsheng simulated Chen Xiaoyao's life and found that going to Desolate Province would lead him to Tang Ling'er, an inheritance, and a Special Physique.
• Lu Changsheng volunteered to lead a tracking squad and persuaded Taiyuan True Person to let him bring his disciples.
• The Six Great Sects formed six tracking squads, and Yu Xuanji gave their leaders Ten-Thousand-Li Voice Transmission Talismans.
• Xia Ningxue joined the campaign against the Hehuan Sect, while Lu Changsheng led the Azure Cloud Peak Squad toward Desolate Province.

After five years of cultivation in the Million Mountains, Lu Changsheng broke through to the Third Layer of the Void Refinement Realm and mastered the final form of the True Martial Nine Forms. His sword practice drew the attention of Black Tiger Dao Lord, who approached his hidden barrier to identify him.

• Lu Qinglian roasted a Great Demon and shared the meal with Lin Qingzhi, Mo Huazhi, and Chen Xiaoyao.
• Lu Changsheng completed the third turn of the Nine Turns Gods and Devils Body-Refining Method and raised his Hundredfold Primordial Force to the third layer.
• Lu Changsheng secluded himself and broke through to the Third Layer of the Void Refinement Realm while his four disciples guarded him.
• The Demon Lord recovered beneath the Million Mountains and ordered his subordinates to hunt human cultivators while he prepared to unite the realm.
• After three days of seclusion, Lu Changsheng mastered the ninth form, Chaotic Reversal, and its commotion drew Black Tiger Dao Lord toward his barrier.

Lu Changsheng let Lu Qinglian fight Black Tiger Dao Lord to gain experience, and she killed the stronger demon with ease. Then an earthquake revealed Immortal Ruins emerging from a mountain, bringing Lu Changsheng and his disciples upon a major fortuitous encounter.

• Lu Changsheng sensed Black Tiger Dao Lord hiding nearby and intercepted him as he tried to flee.
• Lu Changsheng offered to spare Black Tiger Dao Lord if he could defeat Lu Qinglian, and he forbade her from using an Immortal Artifact.
• Lu Qinglian overwhelmed Black Tiger Dao Lord with her spear and Eight Desolations Fist, killing him despite his higher cultivation.
• The earth shook, and Chen Xiaoyao spotted golden light and immortal wonders pouring from a split mountain.
• Lu Changsheng recognized the spectacle as Immortal Ruins emerging into the world and connected the chance discovery to Chen Xiaoyao's fortune.

Lu Changsheng and his four disciples entered the Immortal Ruins, where he learned that the Star Tower might hold its inheritance and that a Demon-Suppressing Pagoda contained a dangerous beast. As they flew toward the Star Tower, a powerful Demon General approached, and Lu Changsheng prepared to protect his disciples.

• Lu Changsheng entered the Immortal Ruins with his disciples and found a small world of floating islands inhabited by weak cultivators and Demon Beasts.
• Mo Huazhi speculated that the Immortal Ruins might be a High Antiquity expert’s independent space or Inner World.
• Lu Changsheng read a native island master’s memories and learned that the Star Tower was guarded by the Sun-Moon Sect and that a Demon-Suppressing Pagoda lay beneath the islands.
• Lu Changsheng erased the island master’s memories and led his disciples toward the Star Tower while a Demon General attacked natives and headed for the same destination.
• Lu Changsheng sensed the approaching Demon General, took out a Ninth-Grade Inch-to-End-of-the-World Talisman, and told his disciples to stay close.

Lu Changsheng used a Spatial Talisman to escape the Demon General with his disciples, while Chen Xiaoyao continued toward the Star Tower and was confronted by the Demon General. Tang Ling'er and her attendant Aunt Zhu rescued Chen Xiaoyao, and Tang Ling'er revealed her name before the group faced what lay ahead.

• Lu Changsheng sent Chen Xiaoyao toward the Star Tower alone, then used the Inch-to-End-of-the-World Talisman to teleport away with Lin Qingzhi, Lu Qinglian, and Mo Huazhi.
• The Demon General destroyed the Sun-Moon Sect's palace and caught up with Chen Xiaoyao near the Star Tower.
• Tang Ling'er and Aunt Zhu arrived, and Chen Xiaoyao offered to protect them despite his weak cultivation.
• Aunt Zhu wielded a Middle-Grade Immortal Artifact and wounded the Demon General, who fled as black mist.
• Chen Xiaoyao recognized Aunt Zhu as the benefactor his master had predicted, and Tang Ling'er told him her name.

Lu Changsheng explored the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda with his three disciples and discovered Ji Xuan, a fox demon sealed on its twelfth floor. After the Apprentice-Teaching Simulator identified her as a suitable disciple with rare aptitudes, Lu Changsheng freed her and warned that the pagoda’s power was fading, but she remained wary of him.

• Lu Changsheng broke through the Five-Thunder Barrier and entered the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda with his three disciples.
• Lu Changsheng and his disciples found the pagoda’s mechanisms inactive and its imprisoned Demon Beasts reduced to bones, then climbed to the twelfth floor.
• Lu Changsheng sensed Demon Qi and discovered a sleeping fox girl sealed inside an ancient Formation.
• The Apprentice-Teaching Simulator identified the girl as Ji Xuan, whose aptitudes included Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox and Demon God Body.
• Lu Changsheng broke the Formation and told Ji Xuan the failing pagoda would soon kill her, but she asked why she should believe him.

Lu Changsheng gained Ji Xuan’s trust and accepted her as his fifth disciple before taking her to the Star Tower. There, he learned that Chen Xiaoyao and the Green-Robed Woman’s young lady both qualified for the inheritance.

• Lu Changsheng used information from the Apprentice-Teaching Simulator to convince Ji Xuan that her mother had appeared in his dream and asked him to take her as a disciple.
• Ji Xuan accepted Lu Changsheng as her master, and he introduced her to his other disciples and assigned Lin Qingzhi to guide her during his seclusion.
• Lu Changsheng and his disciples flew to the Star Tower, where they found a Green-Robed Woman among the corpses of Desolate Province Great Demons.
• Lu Changsheng thanked the Green-Robed Woman for saving Chen Xiaoyao, and she suspected that he had foreseen the events and revealed that her group followed the righteous path.
• The Green-Robed Woman said Chen Xiaoyao and her young lady both met the Star Tower’s inheritance qualification.

After Chen Xiaoyao gained the Star Tower's inheritance and a Pure Yang Body, Lu Changsheng led his disciples out of the Immortal Ruins and began helping Ji Xuan cultivate. Ji Xuan's Demon God Body stirred the surrounding beasts into submission as Lu Changsheng searched for a suitable cultivation method for her.

• Chen Xiaoyao and Tang Ling'er emerged from the Star Tower with its inheritance, and Tang Ling'er left with her guard after saying goodbye to him.
• Lu Changsheng saw that Chen Xiaoyao had gained a Pure Yang Body and told him he would have a chance to repay Tang Ling'er in the future.
• Lu Changsheng took his five disciples out of the Immortal Ruins and used a talisman to flee several thousand li and hide from the Demon Lord and demon generals.
• Lu Qinglian befriended Ji Xuan, and the two ate roasted python together after leaving the Immortal Ruins.
• Lu Changsheng transmitted cultivation to Ji Xuan, whose Demon Power caused the beasts nearby to submit to her bloodline.
• Lu Changsheng recalled Ji Xuan's Demon God Body and began searching the demon cultivation methods he had collected for one suited to her.

Lu Changsheng taught Ji Xuan the Mysterious Fox Art and equipped her with Demon Race treasures, while his system rewards supplied powerful cultivation and sword techniques. After sending Ji Xuan to cultivate, he reviewed his own resources and began examining captured treasures for gifts to his other disciples.

• Lu Changsheng taught Ji Xuan the Mysterious Fox Art, and the system rewarded him with the Heaven Stage Nine Transformations of the Heavenly Fox.
• Lu Changsheng bestowed the Soul-Bewitching Pearl, Fox Demon Sword, and Bewitching Swordsmanship on Ji Xuan, receiving powerful treasures and techniques in return.
• Lu Changsheng gave Ji Xuan an immortal skirt, and she left to cultivate while he practiced the Taiqing Wuji Art.
• Lu Changsheng reviewed his spent talismans and Life-and-Death Reincarnation Pill, then planned to test which medicinal gifts might earn another pill.
• Lu Changsheng searched the treasures taken from Demon Race Rogue Cultivators for useful gifts and focused on a Fire Attribute Law Treasure.

Lu Changsheng bestowed the Mysterious Fire Shield on Lu Qinglian and received the True Dragon Divine Fire Shield, then discovered a way to obtain Life-and-Death Reincarnation Pills through further bestowals. After refining his new Immortal Artifact, he received Fairy Yi'an’s plea for help and led the Azure Cloud Peak Squad to rescue the Crouching Dragon Temple squad from a Demon General.

• Lu Changsheng gave Lu Qinglian the Mysterious Fire Shield and received the True Dragon Divine Fire Shield, a Fire and Space Attribute Immortal Artifact.
• Lu Changsheng bestowed four Crimson Blood Essence-Congealing Pills on Lu Qinglian, receiving three Phoenix Blood Yang-Restoring Pills and one Life-and-Death Reincarnation Pill.
• Lu Changsheng realized that bestowing higher-grade pills could yield Life-and-Death Reincarnation Pills and refined the True Dragon Divine Fire Shield.
• Fairy Yi'an told Lu Changsheng that a Demon General had detected the Crouching Dragon Temple squad after they found the Demon Lord’s hiding place.
• Lu Changsheng led the Azure Cloud Peak Squad toward the Crouching Dragon Temple squad to rescue them.

Lu Changsheng and the other Six Great Sects teams gathered to rescue the Crouching Dragon Temple team, which the Demon General had trapped. They faced off against the Demon General and his Desolate Province forces, and Fairy Yi'an assigned the sect leaders their opponents as the battle was about to begin.

• Fairy Yi'an concealed the Crouching Dragon Temple team while the Six Great Sects’ teams assembled nearby.
• The Demon General’s attacks disrupted Fairy Yi'an’s escape attempt, forcing the Crouching Dragon Temple team to emerge from underground.
• Lu Changsheng and the other teams arrived, and the Demon General threatened to kill them to keep them from revealing the Demon Lord’s whereabouts.
• Lu Changsheng assessed the opposing forces and prepared to summon the Immortal Sword Huangmiejian as the Demon General’s power surged.
• Fairy Yi'an assigned the Void Refinement Realm opponents: Grandmaster Ma, Fairy Duanmu, and Lu Changsheng each took a Great Demon, while she, High Person Wuchen, and Grandmaster Ju would face the Demon General.

Lu Changsheng prepared to use his True Dragon Divine Fire Shield and drew the Huangmie Sword against a wolf Great Demon, while Fairy Yi'an, High Person Wuchen, and Grandmaster Ju confronted the Eighth Layer Demon General. The three elders struck back with their Immortal Artifacts, but the Demon General drew his black Demon Blade as Lu Changsheng continued to hold the advantage in his own fight.

• The wolf Great Demon recognized Lu Changsheng as the Mount Shu cultivator who had killed the Savage Elephant King, but chose to stall rather than flee.
• Lu Changsheng summoned the Huangmie Sword, and Fairy Yi'an, High Person Wuchen, and Grandmaster Ju brought out their Low-Grade Immortal Artifacts.
• The Demon General punched Fairy Yi'an and sent her and the Weak Water Sword crashing into a mountain peak.
• High Person Wuchen struck the Demon General with Mighty Dragon, drawing blood, and Grandmaster Ju followed by hitting him with the Blackwater Profound Hammer.
• The Demon General, enraged by his injuries, summoned his black Demon Blade as Lu Changsheng maintained the upper hand against the wolf Great Demon.

Lu Changsheng trapped and refined a wolf Great Demon with the True Dragon Divine Fire Shield while the battlefield raged around him. Ji Xuan used her ancient bloodline’s suppression to force Daoist Tuquan into becoming her servant, and Lu Changsheng ended the fight by burning the wolf demon to ash.

• Lu Changsheng trapped the wolf Great Demon inside the True Dragon Divine Fire Shield and attacked him with Samadhi True Fire.
• Lu Qinglian, Lin Qingzhi, and Chen Xiaoyao fought the Demon Race Rogue Cultivators, while Chen Xiaoyao killed a ninth-layer Nascent Soul Realm opponent despite being struck by cold poison.
• A Dao Palace Realm Rogue Cultivator named Daoist Tuquan tried to kill Ji Xuan, but her Demon God Body and Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox bloodline overwhelmed him with fear.
• At Lin Qingzhi and Lu Changsheng’s urging, Ji Xuan commanded Daoist Tuquan to swear a Demon Race Blood Oath, making him her servant.
• Lu Changsheng refined the wolf Great Demon to ash with the True Dragon Divine Fire Shield, causing the other Desolate Province Rogue Cultivators to keep their distance.

Lu Changsheng trapped a powerful Demon General inside the True Dragon Divine Fire Shield and used a ninth-grade Talisman to burn him with Golden Crow Divine Fire. The Demon General escaped by sacrificing five hundred years of his lifespan, leaving Lu Changsheng and the others free to depart.

• The Demon General overpowered Fairy Yi’an, High Person Wuchen, and Grandmaster Ju, while Lu Changsheng confronted him with the Huangmie Sword.
• Fairy Yi’an devised a ruse with twelve Spirit Banners that made the Demon General dodge into the True Dragon Divine Fire Shield.
• Lu Changsheng swallowed a Red Emperor Dragonforce Pill and activated the Golden Crow Heaven-Burning Divine Talisman inside the shield.
• The Demon General sacrificed five hundred years of his lifespan to teleport away, severely wounded by the Golden Crow Divine Fire.
• The Rogue Cultivators of Desolate Province fled, and Lu Changsheng retrieved the shield and urged the group to leave.

Lu Changsheng took Daoist Tuquan, a Sixth Layer Dao Palace Realm demon who served Ji Xuan, in as Azure Cloud Peak’s first outer disciple and guardian divine beast. After returning to Iron Sword Pass, the six sect leaders prepared to pursue the Demon Lord while Lu Changsheng focused on cultivation.

• Daoist Tuquan explained that he had once been a wild dog before gaining human form and cultivation by refining the demon cores of two dead Void Refinement Realm experts, and said he had sworn a Blood Oath to Ji Xuan.
• Lu Changsheng accepted Daoist Tuquan as an outer disciple, and Tuquan returned to his form as a big yellow dog to become Azure Cloud Peak’s first guardian divine beast.
• Lu Changsheng saw Daoist Tuquan’s information in the Apprentice-Teaching Simulator, which described his Earth Spirit Root, loyalty, and poor aptitude for teaching returns.
• Lu Changsheng and his companions returned to Iron Sword Pass, where the six sect leaders reported that the Hehuan Sect had fled and the Four Great Demonic Sects had suffered a heavy defeat.
• The six sect leaders decided to enter Desolate Province with a small group to hunt for the Demon Lord, while the other Grand Supreme Elders returned to guard their sects and Lu Changsheng chose to cultivate.

Lu Changsheng unlocked the Yin-Yang Dual Cultivation Art and decided Xia Ningxue was the best partner for gaining cultivation and insights. He went to the Ask Immortal Pavilion camp to see her, but learned she was cultivating the Ninth Layer of the Supreme Forgetting Emotions Art.

• Lu Changsheng worried about his slow progress before the system unlocked its dual cultivation function and gave him the Yin-Yang Dual Cultivation Art.
• Lu Changsheng considered Xia Ningxue an ideal partner because of her aptitude, swordsmanship, and rapid cultivation.
• Lu Changsheng went to the Ask Immortal Pavilion camp and told Fairy Duanmu he wanted to visit its Saintess.
• Xiao Menger explained that Lu Changsheng and Xia Ningxue had become acquainted through a fight, then offered to lead him to Xia Ningxue, who was cultivating the Ninth Layer of the Supreme Forgetting Emotions Art.

Lu Changsheng persuaded Xia Ningxue to cultivate the Yin-Yang Dual Cultivation Art with him, and they mastered its first layer after three days. He left to return to Azure Cloud Peak while Xia Ningxue’s senior sisters teased her about their time together.

• Lu Changsheng told Xia Ningxue about the Yin-Yang Dual Cultivation Art and asked her to cultivate it with him.
• Xia Ningxue examined the art, realized it was a supreme cultivation method rather than a Hehuan Sect Devil Cultivation Method, and agreed to try it.
• Lu Changsheng and Xia Ningxue cultivated the art in seclusion for three days and mastered its first layer.
• Fairy Duanmu, Xiao Menger, Zeng Yeqiu, and the other Ask Immortal Pavilion sisters speculated about Lu Changsheng staying in Xia Ningxue’s room.
• Lu Changsheng left for Azure Cloud Peak, and Xiao Menger and Zeng Yeqiu teased the embarrassed Xia Ningxue about him.

Lu Changsheng returned to Mount Shu and settled his disciples on Azure Cloud Peak, where he used Transmission Empowerment to help them cultivate. Ji Xuan condensed a Demon Core, causing a commotion that drew the attention of Mount Shu’s elders.

• Lu Changsheng brought Daoist Tuquan to Azure Cloud Peak, assigned him to guard the mountain gate, and promised a possible Immortal Artifact as a reward for loyal service.
• Lu Changsheng transmitted cultivation to Ji Xuan, then sent her to refine it in seclusion and condense a Demon Core.
• Lu Changsheng transmitted cultivation to Lin Qingzhi, Lu Qinglian, Mo Huazhi, and Chen Xiaoyao before going into seclusion himself to refine the returned Spiritual Qi.
• Daoist Tuquan cultivated at Azure Cloud Peak, where visitors were astonished to find that the mountain’s large yellow dog was a Dao Palace Realm expert.
• After half a month, Ji Xuan condensed a Demon Core, and the resulting Demon Qi alarmed the creatures on Azure Cloud Peak and the elders of other peaks.
• Lu Changsheng reassured the Mount Shu elders that Ji Xuan was merely condensing her Demon Core, while they discussed her immense potential.

Ji Xuan condensed a Demon Core and advanced to the Golden Core Realm, prompting Lu Changsheng to use her rewards to stockpile fire Talismans. After farming several powerful Talismans through his disciples, he exchanged sect contributions for more materials and continued preparing to obtain a ninth-rank Golden Crow Divine Fire Talisman.

• Ji Xuan advanced from the Qi Condensation Realm to the Golden Core Realm, and Lu Changsheng received a Heavenly Dog Marrow-Washing Pill as a reward.
• Lu Changsheng rewarded Ji Xuan with Li Fire Talismans and collected higher-rank Talismans, hoping to eventually obtain a Golden Crow Divine Fire Talisman.
• Lu Changsheng repeatedly gave Ji Xuan Li Fire Talismans, building a stockpile of Great Li Fire, Great Fire Explosion, and Zhurong Divine Talismans.
• Lu Changsheng rewarded Lin Qingzhi, Lu Qinglian, Mo Huazhi, and Chen Xiaoyao with Talismans, obtaining an Eighth-Rank Divine Fire Demon-Slaying Talisman among the returns.
• After running out of Li Fire and Great Li Fire Talismans, Lu Changsheng exchanged Zhurong Divine Talismans for sect contribution points and bought more Talismans at Mount Shu's Treasure Pavilion.

Lu Changsheng obtained a Golden Crow Divine Fire Talisman and a second Immortal Sword by rewarding his disciples. While the Six Great Sect Masters discovered that the Demon Lord had moved, Lu Changsheng summoned Lin Qingzhi to teach him the True Martial Nine Forms.

• Lu Changsheng rewarded his disciples with fire talismans for a month until Chen Xiaoyao's reward returned a Golden Crow Divine Fire Talisman.
• Lu Changsheng practiced incorporating the Immortal Sword Huangmie into the Heavenly Gang Sword Formation.
• Lu Changsheng rewarded Mo Huazhi with the Shadowless Sword and received the invisible Immortal Sword Hanguang in return.
• Lu Changsheng refined Hanguang and began reconstructing the Heavenly Gang Sword Formation with both Immortal Swords.
• The Six Great Sect Masters found that the Demon Lord had abandoned their underground hiding place and discussed unsealing their sect-protecting Immortal Artifacts.
• Lu Changsheng summoned Lin Qingzhi to teach him the True Martial Nine Forms.

Lu Changsheng taught Lin Qingzhi the True Martial Nine Forms and received the Immortal Stage Hunyuan Sword Scripture, which he cultivated to its second stage. He then sent Lin Qingzhi away with pills and went to Myriad Sword Peak to study the sword intents on the Myriad Sword Wall.

• Lu Changsheng taught Lin Qingzhi the True Martial Nine Forms, and his teaching reward was the Hunyuan Sword Scripture.
• Lu Changsheng cultivated the Hunyuan Sword Scripture for seven days and reached its second stage while Lin Qingzhi practiced nearby.
• Lu Changsheng gave Lin Qingzhi pills and instructed him to cultivate the Taiqing Wuji Art and True Martial Nine Forms, promising him a Flying Sword next month.
• Lu Changsheng flew to Myriad Sword Peak to study the Myriad Sword Wall and examined the sword intents left by past Mount Shu Sect Masters.

Lu Changsheng studied the sword intent on Mount Shu’s Myriad Sword Wall, advanced his Hunyuan Sword Scripture, and reconstructed the Heavenly Gang Sword Formation into a powerful formation tailored to himself. Back on Azure Cloud Peak, he continued training while Chen Xiaoyao used his Pure Yang Body to open his Dao Palace.

• Lu Changsheng studied the sword intent of True Person Tai Ling and Tai Xu True Person for three days, then cultivated the third layer of the Hunyuan Sword Scripture.
• Lu Changsheng advanced the Hunyuan Sword Scripture to its Fourth Layer in three months, and the old Servant explained three realms of the Sword Dao.
• Lu Changsheng returned to Azure Cloud Peak and spent two years mastering the Fifth Layer of the Heavenly Gang Sword Formation.
• Lu Changsheng tested his reconstructed formation in a wasteland, using Huangmiejian, Hanguang, and twenty-eight Flying Swords to form a powerful five-layer sword formation.
• Lu Changsheng tempered his body with the Yin-Yang Flood Dragon Cauldron and Body-Refining Potion while continuing to prepare for further breakthroughs.
• Chen Xiaoyao cultivated with the Power of the Sun through his Pure Yang Body and began opening his Dao Palace.

Shen Xiaoyao broke through to the Dao Palace Realm, and Lu Changsheng taught him the Cloud-Surmounting Ladder, earning a mid-grade Immortal Stage movement method in return. After mastering the Cloud-Surmounting Ladder and beginning to learn the Drunken Immortal Gazing at the Moon Steps, Lu Changsheng left Shen Xiaoyao to cultivate until he mastered the Mist Scroll True Scripture.

• Shen Xiaoyao advanced from the Nascent Soul Realm to the Dao Palace Realm, and his Pure Yang Body’s aura suppressed Ji Xuan’s Demon Qi.
• Lu Changsheng returned to Azure Cloud Peak, recognized that Shen Xiaoyao’s Pure Yang Body could counter Ji Xuan’s Demon God Body, and received the Cloud-Surmounting Ladder from the Apprentice-Teaching Simulator.
• Lu Changsheng taught Shen Xiaoyao the Cloud-Surmounting Ladder and received the mid-grade Immortal Stage Drunken Immortal Gazing at the Moon Steps in return.
• Lu Changsheng perfected the Cloud-Surmounting Ladder in less than two months, then began cultivating the Drunken Immortal Gazing at the Moon Steps and grasped its basics after a month.
• Lu Changsheng told Shen Xiaoyao to master the Mist Scroll True Scripture before seeking instruction in the Immortal Wind Cloud Body Technique.

After mastering the Mist Scroll True Scripture, Shen Xiaoyao accompanied Lu Qinglian to challenge Finger Moon Peak's Zhao Wuyan. Lu Qinglian nearly defeated Zhao Wuyan before Lu Changsheng asked her to stop, and Zhao Wuyan sent her toward his rival on Water Cloud Peak.

• Shen Xiaoyao completed his mastery of the Mist Scroll True Scripture, and Lu Qinglian took him to challenge Zhao Wuyan on Finger Moon Peak.
• Zhao Wuyan agreed to spar with Lu Qinglian, who fought him with her Peerless Tyrant Spear and showed strength beyond her cultivation level.
• Lu Qinglian unleashed her Fire Lotus True Qi and Nine Azure Dragon Forms, forcing Zhao Wuyan to secretly ask Lu Changsheng for help.
• Lu Changsheng told Lu Qinglian to stop, and she ended the clash before seriously injuring Zhao Wuyan.
• Zhao Wuyan pretended he had been guiding Lu Qinglian and suggested that she challenge Elder Tiansong of Water Cloud Peak next.