Recaps

Lu Changsheng and Xia Ningxue both broke through to the Sixth Layer of the Void Refinement Realm, then Xia Ningxue returned to Misty Peak while Lu Changsheng prepared to strengthen his body before the Demon Lord arrived. At a Reincarnation Hall stronghold, the Reincarnation Hall Master gathered blood energy and vowed to destroy Mount Shu himself once his blood art reached major accomplishment.

• Lu Changsheng gave Xia Ningxue an eighth-grade Cold Flood Dragon Golden Core, and both of them cultivated until they neared a breakthrough.
• Lu Changsheng and Xia Ningxue broke through to the Sixth Layer of the Void Refinement Realm as three heavenly phenomena appeared over Azure Cloud Peak.
• Xia Ningxue said she would return to Misty Peak and study Qingxia Immortal Maiden's sword intent, and Lu Changsheng gave her more medicinal pills before she departed.
• Lu Changsheng focused on cultivating the Nine Turns Gods and Devils Body-Refining Method and the Hundredfold Primordial Force ahead of the Demon Lord's arrival.
• The Reincarnation Hall Master stood beside a blood pool containing energy plundered from living beings and told Taiyuan he would destroy Mount Shu once his blood art reached major accomplishment.

Lu Changsheng rewarded Ji Xuan with Demon Race cultivation methods and treasures, receiving a rare Demon Race Supreme Treasure Fragment in return. After empowering Ji Xuan’s cultivation, he tested the fragment and put it away in his Chaos World when it showed no reaction.

• Lu Changsheng gave Ji Xuan the Nine Transformations of the Heavenly Fox, weapons, and sword techniques, receiving the Undying Demon Canon, the Fire Fox Demon Sword, and City-Toppling Dance in return.
• Lu Changsheng rewarded Ji Xuan with the Demon King Pearl and received a Demon Race Supreme Treasure Fragment through a hundred-millionfold return.
• Lu Changsheng resolved to train Ji Xuan and give her more Demon Race Law Treasures in hopes of collecting additional fragments.
• Lu Changsheng transmitted cultivation to Ji Xuan, whose pure Demon Qi and potential surpassed the Demon Lord’s.
• Lu Changsheng tested the fragment with True Qi, found it inert, and stored it in the Chaos World inside his body.

Lu Changsheng received a middle-grade Immortal Artifact, the vicious Annihilation Sword, while preparing his disciples to join an attack on the Reincarnation Hall. The sword resisted his attempts to refine it, leaving him struggling to suppress it as Lin Qingzhi led the others down the mountain.

• Taiyuan True Person told Lu Changsheng that he and Grandmaster Chen planned to attack the Reincarnation Hall while allied sects restrained the other demonic sects.
• Lu Changsheng's simulations showed that Lin Qingzhi would die during the raid and that Chen Xiaoyao and Lu Qinglian would barely escape, so he empowered his disciples before their departure.
• Lu Changsheng bestowed five flying swords on Lin Qingzhi and received the middle-grade Immortal Artifact Annihilation Sword in return for the fifth.
• The Annihilation Sword bullied the other low-grade Immortal Artifacts inside Lu Changsheng and resisted his efforts to refine it.
• Lu Changsheng sent Lin Qingzhi to lead the disciples and Daoist Tuquan against a Reincarnation Hall stronghold, then tried unsuccessfully to tame the Annihilation Sword with the Taiqing Wuji Art and Mystic Fire Mirror.

Lu Changsheng subdued the Annihilation Sword and remained at Mount Shu to cultivate while the Five Great Sects launched a coordinated war against the Four Great Demonic Sects. The other sects engaged their assigned enemies as Mount Shu and the Martial Dao Alliance marched on the Reincarnation Hall, and Lu Changsheng began trying to reach the Seventh Layer of the Void Refinement Realm.

• The Demon Race Supreme Treasure Fragment subdued the Annihilation Sword, allowing Lu Changsheng to erase its consciousness, refine it, and form a new artifact spirit.
• Taiyuan True Person kept Lu Changsheng at Mount Shu to cultivate while leading Mount Shu experts to attack a Reincarnation Hall stronghold alongside Grandmaster Chen and the Martial Dao Alliance.
• Fairy Su led Ask Immortal Pavilion to occupy the Hehuan Sect, while High Person Wuxiang led Boundless Temple against Myriad Poison Valley and Yu Xuanji trapped the Demon-Summoning Devil Palace with a formation.
• The Hehuan Sect Master confronted Su Qian'er, High Person Wuxiang attacked Myriad Poison Valley, and Crouching Dragon Temple enclosed the Demon-Summoning Devil Palace's mountain gate.
• As the sects clashed, Lu Changsheng continued cultivating at Azure Cloud Peak and began attempting to break through to the Seventh Layer of the Void Refinement Realm.

Mount Shu and the Martial Dao Alliance battled the Reincarnation Hall at its headquarters as Azure Cloud Peak’s disciples swept through its forces. The Reincarnation Hall’s master drew on the Supreme Blood Scripture and trapped both sides in a formation, forcing them into a fight to the death.

• Li Changye and Wan Daoyi clashed with immortal swords while Mount Shu and the Martial Dao Alliance fought the Reincarnation Hall’s forces.
• Lin Qingzhi, Mo Huazhi, Shen Xiaoyao, Ji Xuan, Daoist Tuquan, and Lu Qinglian used their powerful techniques to kill Reincarnation Hall elders and disciples.
• Taiyuan True Person and Grandmaster Chen fought the Reincarnation Hall’s master, overpowering him together.
• The Reincarnation Hall’s master absorbed blood from the pool below and used the Supreme Blood Scripture to increase his power, despite Taiyuan True Person warning that the Devil Cultivation Method would kill him.
• The Reincarnation Hall’s master activated a prepared formation that trapped Mount Shu and the Martial Dao Alliance alongside the Reincarnation Hall, forcing all of them to fight to the death.

Wan Chengdao reached Great Perfection in the Supreme Blood Scripture and challenged Taiyuan True Person, leaving Mount Shu and Martial Dao Alliance forces trapped and outmatched. Lu Changsheng emerged from seclusion at the Seventh Layer of the Void Refinement Realm and flew to the Reincarnation Hall to help.

• Wan Chengdao rejected Taiyuan True Person's explanation of Yu'er's death, consumed the blood pool, and became a demonized powerhouse.
• Taiyuan True Person summoned the Taiji True Formula to confront Wan Chengdao, while Grandmaster Chen and the trapped Mount Shu and Martial Dao Alliance members feared they could not win.
• Lu Changsheng emerged from seclusion after reaching the Seventh Layer of the Void Refinement Realm and decided to head down the mountain to resolve the crisis.
• Lu Changsheng flew toward the Reincarnation Hall with the Hanguang Sword, while Uncle-Master Sect Leader stayed behind to guard Mount Shu.
• The Old Servant explained Wan Chengdao's history with Taiyuan True Person and their former master, and Lu Changsheng checked his pills, talismans, and treasures, including a Tenth-Grade Demon Core.

At the Reincarnation Hall, Wan Chengdao overwhelmed Taiyuan True Person and Grandmaster Chen with the Blood Demon Ancestor’s power, while Mount Shu and the Martial Dao Alliance struggled against the hall’s forces. As his disciples faced a powerful elder and Grandmaster Chen was badly injured, Lu Changsheng realized the battle was turning against them and prepared a Spatial Talisman.

• At the Hehuan Sect, Su Qian'er summoned Ask Immortal Pavilion’s sect-protecting Immortal Sword through Xia Ningxue to resist the Hehuan Sect Master’s Myriad Thoughts Emptiness.
• At the Reincarnation Hall, Wan Chengdao used the Blood Demon Ancestor’s phantom to suppress Taiyuan True Person and beat back Grandmaster Chen.
• The Peak Master of Chaoyuan Peak struggled against a Reincarnation Hall elder while Mount Shu and the Martial Dao Alliance fought the hall’s numerous cultivators.
• A Reincarnation Hall Grand Supreme Elder overwhelmed Lin Qingzhi, Chen Xiaoyao, Mo Huazhi, Lu Qinglian, and Ji Xuan.
• Wan Chengdao struck Grandmaster Chen into a mountain, leaving the Martial Dao Alliance in despair.
• Lu Changsheng sensed that Grandmaster Chen’s presence had weakened and took out a Spatial Talisman.

Wan Chengdao pressed Taiyuan True Person while Mount Shu and the Martial Dao Alliance struggled against the Reincarnation Hall forces. Lu Changsheng arrived in time to save Ji Xuan, killed the Reincarnation Hall Grand Supreme Elder with one sword, and turned his attention toward the Reincarnation Hall Master.

• Wan Chengdao used the Blood Demon Ancestor phantom to overpower Taiyuan True Person, while Taiyuan tried to outlast him as his Blood Qi drained.
• Li Changye fought Wan Daoyi, and Azure Cloud Peak's disciples kept the Reincarnation Hall Grand Supreme Elder occupied with pills and talismans.
• The Grand Supreme Elder targeted Ji Xuan, but Lu Changsheng appeared and blocked the Blood Blade with his body.
• Lu Changsheng praised his disciples for holding off the Grand Supreme Elder, then killed him with a single strike of the Huangmie Sword.
• Lu Changsheng focused on the Reincarnation Hall Master, preparing to confront an enemy at the Four Great Demonic Sects' sect-master level.

Lu Changsheng, Taiyuan True Person, and Grandmaster Chen joined forces against Wan Chengdao at the Reincarnation Hall headquarters. They defeated him after he unleashed a desperate attack, and the Blood Formation trapping Mount Shu and the Martial Dao Alliance collapsed.

• Lu Changsheng arrived and joined Taiyuan True Person and the injured Grandmaster Chen in fighting Wan Chengdao, whose Blood Demon Ancestor apparition wielded the Reincarnation Blood Sword.
• Lu Changsheng blocked Wan Chengdao’s attack with the Xuanhuang Pagoda and used the Great Thousand Sword Array to wear down his Blood Qi.
• Wan Chengdao sacrificed his remaining Blood Qi with Blood Demon Destroys the Heavens, swelling the apparition as if to destroy everyone nearby.
• Taiyuan True Person attacked with the Taiji Sword, Grandmaster Chen struck with the Eight Extremities Fist, and Lu Changsheng sent the Middle-Grade Immortal Sword Annihilation at Wan Chengdao.
• The three attacks defeated Wan Chengdao, whose death released the Blood Formation and left the Reincarnation Hall headquarters in ruins.

Taiyuan True Person killed Wan Chengdao, and Mount Shu and the Martial Dao Alliance destroyed the Reincarnation Hall. Lu Changsheng received a Ninth-Grade Dragon Blood Returning Origin Pill, while the other sects withdrew from their battles and the Demon-Summoning Devil Palace began activating its formation with the Artifact Refinement Sect’s members as sacrifices.

• Taiyuan True Person annihilated Wan Chengdao, and Li Changye and Ye Wen led the pursuit of the fleeing Reincarnation Hall members.
• Li Changye wounded Wan Daoyi, and Lu Qinglian killed him with the Sacred Fire Immortal Ring as the Reincarnation Hall was wiped out.
• Lu Changsheng gave his disciples and Daoist Tuquan Sixth-Grade Great Qi-Gathering Pills, receiving a Ninth-Grade Dragon Blood Returning Origin Pill as a reward for Ji Xuan’s pill.
• Taiyuan True Person sent word to the other sect masters to withdraw and recover before destroying the remaining Demon Sects.
• Su Qian’er led the Ask Immortal Pavilion away from the Hehuan Sect, while High Person Wuxiang withdrew from Myriad Poison Valley and Yu Xuanji led Crouching Dragon Temple away from the Demon-Summoning Devil Palace.
• The Demon-Summoning Devil Palace’s master watched the Demon-Summoning Formation begin operating with the Three Souls and Seven Spirits of the Artifact Refinement Sect’s members as sacrifices.

After the battle that destroyed the Reincarnation Hall, Lu Changsheng continued cultivating on Azure Cloud Peak and rewarded Lin Qingzhi for his progress. He obtained a Top-Grade Immortal Artifact Fragment and a Low-Grade Immortal Artifact, then planned to gather more Innate Spirit Treasures for future rewards.

• Si Yan listened to a storyteller recount the destruction of the Artifact Refinement Sect and the Reincarnation Hall, and wondered about Lu Changsheng's cultivation.
• Lin Qingzhi broke through to the Eighth Layer of the Dao Palace Realm, becoming Azure Cloud Peak's first disciple to reach that level, and examined the nameless divine wood from the Divine Wood Immortal Emperor's cave abode.
• Lu Changsheng transmitted cultivation to Lin Qingzhi and rewarded him with the Flame Crow Sword, receiving a Top-Grade Immortal Artifact Fragment in return.
• Lu Changsheng gave Lin Qingzhi the Waterfall Flow Sword and received the Low-Grade Immortal Artifact Water Dragon Sword, using up his Immortal Artifact return for the month.
• Lu Changsheng rewarded Lin Qingzhi with pills, refined the returned medicines into a Body-Refining Potion, and planned to gather Innate Spirit Treasures for more Immortal Artifact rewards.

Lu Changsheng attained the Seventh-Turn Divine Body, then went to Myriad Sword Peak to advance his Sword Dao comprehension. As he studied the Myriad Sword Wall and benefited from Xia Ningxue’s comprehension of Qingxia Immortal Maiden’s sword intent, his progress astonished Situ Kong and the old servant.

• Lu Changsheng used rare pills and 27,000 days of returned cultivation to temper his body and attained the Seventh-Turn Divine Body.
• Lu Changsheng decided to study the Myriad Sword Wall to improve his Hunyuan Sword Scripture and went to Myriad Sword Peak.
• Lu Changsheng joined Mount Shu’s Grand Supreme Elders at the wall and focused on the sword intent of True Person Tai Ling and Tai Xu True Person.
• Xia Ningxue continued studying Qingxia Immortal Maiden’s sword intent at Qingxia Ancient Cave, returning Sword Dao Comprehension to Lu Changsheng.
• The old servant noticed Lu Changsheng’s invisible Sword Qi, while Situ Kong marveled at how quickly his Sword Dao comprehension advanced.

Lu Changsheng used insights from the Myriad Sword Wall and Qingxia Immortal Maiden's returned sword intent to master the Hunyuan Sword Scripture's final layer at the seventh layer of the Void Refinement Realm. After unleashing its overwhelming sword force on Myriad Sword Peak, he completed the technique and left the Mount Shu elders astonished.

• Lu Changsheng spent a month comprehending the Myriad Sword Wall and mastered the ninth layer of the Hunyuan Sword Scripture.
• Lu Changsheng began cultivating the tenth layer, hit an obstacle, and returned to the Myriad Sword Wall to deepen his sword Dao insights.
• Three months later, Lu Changsheng resumed cultivating the final layer, unleashing sword force so powerful that Taiyuan True Person and Situ Kong had to protect Myriad Sword Peak.
• Lu Changsheng swallowed a Red Emperor Dragonforce Pill and completed the final strike with the Huangmie Sword, causing the sword marks on the Myriad Sword Wall to blaze.
• The Chaoyuan Peak Master and other Mount Shu Grand Supreme Elders gained insights from Lu Changsheng's sword technique, and the Chaoyuan Peak Master marveled at his ability.

After reaching Great Perfection in the Hunyuan Sword Scripture, Lu Changsheng returned to Azure Cloud Peak to cultivate other methods and use disciple rewards to seek powerful treasures. He obtained his second Top-Grade Immortal Artifact Fragment and set out to test whether different Law Treasures could yield more.

• Lu Changsheng completed the Hunyuan Sword Scripture's Tenth Layer after four months of contemplating Mount Shu's Myriad Sword Wall, and the Mount Shu elders congratulated him.
• Xia Ningxue gained Sword Dao insights at Qingxia Ancient Cave while studying the Qingxia Immortal Maiden's sword instructions.
• Lu Changsheng returned to Azure Cloud Peak, planned his cultivation, and taught Chen Xiaoyao the Heavenly Gang Sword Formation while rewarding him with Law Treasures.
• Lu Changsheng received a Top-Grade Immortal Artifact Fragment as a return for rewarding Chen Xiaoyao with the Raging Wind Sword, giving him two fragments in total.
• Lu Changsheng decided to test rewards involving other kinds of Law Treasures and exchanged Flying Swords at the Mount Shu Treasure Pavilion for contribution points, which he used to obtain Houtian Spirit Treasures.

Lu Changsheng exchanged and bestowed Law Treasures, receiving the middle-grade Immortal Artifact Golden Crow Divine Furnace and continuing to cultivate on Azure Cloud Peak. Meanwhile, Luo Feng and surviving Reincarnation Hall members took refuge with the Demon-Summoning Devil Palace, and four sect leaders arrived at Mount Shu to meet Taiyuan True Person.

• Lu Changsheng exchanged for Houtian Spirit Treasures and bestowed them on his disciples, receiving the Yellow Springs Bell and the Divine Peak Demon-Suppressing Seal.
• Lu Changsheng bestowed the Imitation Eight Trigrams Furnace on Lin Qingzhi and received the middle-grade Immortal Artifact Golden Crow Divine Furnace.
• Lu Changsheng put away the Golden Crow Divine Furnace and continued accumulating pills and cultivating on Azure Cloud Peak.
• Luo Feng led surviving Reincarnation Hall elders and disciples to seek refuge with the Demon-Summoning Devil Palace, whose Palace Master accepted them.
• Grandmaster Chen, Fairy Su, Yu Xuanji, and High Person Wuxiang arrived at Mount Shu and went to meet Taiyuan True Person.

Fairy Su challenged Lu Changsheng to test his strength and objected to his association with Xia Ningxue. Lu Changsheng matched her in a sword duel, then withdrew his True Qi to end the fight in a draw and spare her embarrassment.

• Fairy Su asked Taiyuan True Person to arrange a spar with Lu Changsheng, saying she would not let him associate with Xia Ningxue unless he defeated her.
• Lu Changsheng came to Myriad Sword Peak hoping to exchange Martial Techniques and Cultivation Methods with Grandmaster Chen, then agreed to fight Fairy Su outside Mount Shu.
• Lu Changsheng and Fairy Su clashed with their Immortal Swords, and his Hunyuan Sword Scripture let him contend with her despite her higher cultivation.
• Lu Changsheng unleashed the Tenth Layer of the Hunyuan Sword Scripture, and Fairy Su countered with Snow-Soft Cloud Qi.
• Lu Changsheng withdrew his True Qi as Fairy Su began to falter, leaving the duel a draw.

After sparring with Fairy Su, Lu Changsheng traded rare Immortal Stage Martial Techniques with Grandmaster Chen for the Martial Dao Alliance’s techniques and methods. He then sought Cultivation Methods from Crouching Dragon Temple and offered Yu Xuanji the Saint King Art.

• Lu Changsheng spared Fairy Su during their spar, earning her respect and leaving her curious about his cultivation.
• Lu Changsheng offered Grandmaster Chen the Emperor Venerable Six Harmonies Spear in exchange for Martial Dao Alliance methods and techniques.
• Grandmaster Chen hesitated to trade the sect-defining Eight Extremities Fist until Lu Changsheng offered Hundredfold Primordial Force as well.
• Grandmaster Chen accepted the exchange, agreeing to let Lu Changsheng select Earth Stage and Heaven Stage methods from the alliance’s Scripture Repository.
• Lu Changsheng asked Yu Xuanji for Crouching Dragon Temple’s Cultivation Methods and presented the Saint King Art as a possible trade.

Lu Changsheng traded the Saint King Art and other resources to obtain martial arts and cultivation methods from the Martial Dao Alliance and Crouching Dragon Temple for his disciples. Yu Xuanji failed to divine Lu Changsheng’s future and resolved to reach the Dao Integration Realm to try again.

• Yu Xuanji agreed to exchange Crouching Dragon Temple’s cultivation methods for the Saint King Art, and Lu Changsheng secured deals with her and Grandmaster Chen to gather methods for his disciples.
• Fairy Su praised Lu Changsheng’s ambition to gather the strengths of every school, while Taiyuan True Person predicted he would bring glory to Mount Shu and perhaps establish it in the Immortal Realm.
• Grandmaster Chen brought Lu Changsheng to the Martial Dao Alliance, where Ye Wen exchanged his Wing Chun Fist for an Immortal Stage cultivation method and Lu Changsheng selected martial techniques for Lu Qinglian.
• Lu Changsheng exchanged the Saint King Art at Crouching Dragon Temple for more than a dozen cultivation methods suited to Mo Huazhi, then flew back to Mount Shu.
• Yu Xuanji tried to divine Lu Changsheng’s future but saw nothing, so she decided she needed to enter the Dao Integration Realm.

Lu Changsheng trained Lu Qinglian by giving her a Top-Grade Innate Spirit Treasure and several Martial Techniques, earning powerful rewards from the Apprentice-Teaching Simulator. After reaching the Eighth Layer of the Void Refinement Realm, he taught her Ye Wen’s Wing Chun Fist and received a perfected Mid-Grade Immortal Stage version.

• Lu Changsheng gave Lu Qinglian the Fire Dragon Divine Spear and taught her new Martial Techniques, receiving a Low-Grade Immortal Artifact and several powerful Martial Techniques in return.
• Lu Changsheng transmitted cultivation to Lu Qinglian, received thirty thousand days of cultivation, and entered seclusion to advance his realm.
• Taiyuan True Person and Uncle-Master Sect Leader saw five thousand li of purple qi above Azure Cloud Peak and concluded that Lu Changsheng had received a more complete version of the Taiqing Wuji Art from the Dao Ancestor.
• After a month of purple qi, Lu Changsheng reached the Eighth Layer of the Void Refinement Realm and suspected he could understand the Taiqing Wuji Art’s tenth chapter upon reaching the ninth layer.
• Lu Changsheng taught Lu Qinglian Ye Wen’s incomplete Wing Chun Fist and received the Mid-Grade Immortal Stage Wing Chun Divine Fist in return.

Lu Changsheng gained the Upper-Grade Immortal Stage defensive technique Golden Bell Shield and began cultivating it to improve his chances of surviving future heavenly tribulations. He continued teaching his disciples and collecting rewards over the next ten years.

• The system completed Wing Chun Divine Fist as a Mid-Grade Immortal Stage Martial Technique, and Lu Changsheng also bestowed several martial arts upon Lu Qinglian.
• Lu Changsheng gave Lu Qinglian the Indestructible Vajra Secret Art, earning the Upper-Grade Immortal Stage Golden Bell Shield as a return reward.
• Lu Changsheng studied the Golden Bell Shield, recognizing its value for surviving the Sixfold and Ninefold Heavenly Tribulations, though he found its first stage difficult to cultivate.
• Lu Changsheng taught Mo Huazhi, bestowed Law Treasures and Cultivation Methods, and received higher-grade rewards including the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox Brush, Ink-Splash Swordsmanship, and Deduction Secret Art.
• Lu Changsheng continued teaching his disciples and grinding for Top-Grade Immortal Artifact Fragments and Medicinal Pills as ten peaceful years passed on Azure Cloud Peak.

Chen Xiaoyao discovered that the Demon Lord had recovered, mastered a divine art, and planned to destroy Mount Shu, then carried the intelligence back to the sect. As the coming calamity prompted Su Qian’er to undergo tribulation and Boundless Temple to fear for its future, Mount Shu prepared to lure the Demon Lord into its Mountain-Guarding Formation while Lu Changsheng remained in seclusion.

• The Demon Lord met with the three sect masters of the Three Great Demon Sects and declared that he could destroy Mount Shu after mastering his Demon Race divine art.
• Chen Xiaoyao spotted a powerful Old Servant beside the Demon Lord, escaped with an Earth-Escaping Divine Talisman, and reported what he had learned to Taiyuan True Person and Situ Kong.
• Su Qian’er entered the Tribulation-Crossing Ground on Misty Peak to face the Sixfold Heavenly Tribulation, believing the approaching calamity required her to reach the Dao Integration Realm.
• High Person Wuxiang visited an emaciated monk at Boundless Temple and worried that the temple might not survive the coming calamity while the monk cultivated the Neither-Life-Nor-Death Divine Art.
• Taiyuan True Person and Situ Kong planned to lure the Demon Lord to Mount Shu and use the Mountain-Guarding Formation, hoping Lu Changsheng could help defeat him.
• Chen Xiaoyao returned to Azure Cloud Peak, where his fellow disciples remained at ease and purple qi swirled above the peak as Lu Changsheng continued his seclusion.

The Demon Lord unleashed terrifying Demon Qi over Tianyu City, forcing Xia Kingdom and Mount Shu to prepare for an attack they could not face alone. Mount Shu mobilized to help evacuate the city while Lu Changsheng remained in seclusion, and Azure Cloud Peak was ordered to wait for him.

• Si Yan and the cultivators of Tianyu City saw a spatial rift open as overwhelming Demon Qi filled the sky, and the city’s forces mobilized.
• The Great Xia Kingdom Imperial Preceptor asked his teacher for help, but the old man said the Demon Lord’s cultivation surpassed the Void Refinement Realm and urged him to seek Mount Shu’s aid.
• Taiyuan True Person recognized that the Demon Lord had attacked Tianyu City to draw Mount Shu away from its Mountain-Guarding Formation, then ordered Mount Shu to help protect the city’s people.
• Li Changye and Xiao Xiangdao headed to the Mount Shu Main Hall as Mount Shu’s elders and disciples gathered, while Lu Changsheng continued his breakthrough on Azure Cloud Peak.
• Zhao Wuyan brought Finger Moon Peak’s disciples to assemble, and the Peak Master of Jade Moon Peak told Chen Yao that Azure Cloud Peak would wait until Lu Changsheng left seclusion.

The Demon Lord and the Demon Sect and Demon Race forces invaded Tianyu City to lure Mount Shu out, overwhelming the Xia Kingdom’s defenders. After the Four Symbols Great Formation fell, the Xia emperor called on the eighth former emperor hidden in the heavenly prison, while the attackers began killing the city’s cultivators.

• The Great Xia emperor ordered the Four Symbols Great Formation activated to shield Tianyu City from the approaching Demon Qi.
• The Demon Lord arrived with an Ancient Cauldron and powerful Demon Sect and Demon Race forces, whose leaders planned to use Tianyu City to draw Mount Shu out.
• The Hehuan Sect Master repeatedly struck the formation with Myriad Thoughts Emptiness, shattering its four divine pillars on his thirteenth attack.
• The Xia emperor asked the being in the heavenly prison to save the city, and the eighth former emperor’s powerful presence emerged.
• The Demon-Summoning Devil Palace Palace Master seized a Golden Core Realm Rogue Cultivator and extracted his soul as the attackers waited for Mount Shu.

The Eighth Former Emperor of Xia Kingdom emerged from seclusion to save Si Yan and fought the Demon-Summoning Devil Palace Palace Master, but was injured and outmatched. He called on the hidden experts of Tianyu City for aid, and several Void Refinement Realm cultivators appeared as the Demon Lord prepared to face them all.

• The Demon-Summoning Devil Palace Palace Master tried to seize Si Yan's soul, but the Eighth Former Emperor of Xia Kingdom emerged from the imperial prison and forced him to let her go.
• The Emperor of Great Xia identified the rescuer as Xia Kingdom's Eighth Former Emperor, who revealed that his cultivation had reached the Void Refinement Realm Eighth Layer.
• The Eighth Former Emperor fought the Demon-Summoning Devil Palace Palace Master with his True Yang Palm, but was injured by the stronger devil's palm force.
• The Eighth Former Emperor swallowed a Qi-Gathering Golden Core and asked the experts hidden in Tianyu City to defend the city.
• A Daoist, an enlightened monk from Nianhua Temple, and the old Imperial Preceptor appeared to join the Eighth Former Emperor.
• The Demon Lord accepted the challenge and declared that he would deal with all the Void Refinement Realm experts.

Reclusive experts in Tianyu City fought the masters of the Three Great Demonic Sects but were overwhelmed by their Immortal Artifacts. Mount Shu arrived to reinforce the city, and the Demon Lord confronted Situ Kong as the battle escalated.

• The Xia Kingdom's former emperor, Master Xuantong, Li Daoist, and the old Imperial Preceptor revealed themselves as Void Refinement Realm experts and fought the Three Great Demonic Sects.
• The Hehuan Sect Master, Myriad Poison Valley Master, and Demon-Summoning Devil Palace Palace Master used their Law Treasures to injure and overpower Tianyu City's defenders.
• Taiyuan True Person struck the Hehuan Sect Master with Taiji Sword Qi, forcing her back as Situ Kong and several hundred Mount Shu elders arrived.
• Mount Shu disciples formed a perimeter and began relocating Tianyu City's civilians while Situ Kong faced the Demon Lord.
• The Demon Lord declared that his divine art had reached the Greater Mastery stage and unleashed Demon Qi across the sky as Situ Kong, Taiyuan True Person, and the other Mount Shu experts prepared to fight.