Lu Changsheng took Lin Qingzhi and Lian as disciples, trained them, and brought them to Shushan’s disciple assembly while concealing their true strength. The gathering ended with Lin Qingzhi assigned to a mission team with Chen Yao, while Lian remained behind.
Lu Changsheng rescued Lin Qingzhi’s squad, helped Shushan prevail at the Six Paths Assembly, and brought Mo Huazhi into his sect as a disciple. The arc ended as he began teaching Mo Huazhi and Xia Ningxue arrived outside his room.
Lu Changsheng protected his disciples from the Reincarnation Hall and joined Shushan and Great Xia in attacks on its forces. After visiting the Imperial City, he began breaking through to the Dao Palace Realm Eighth Layer.
Lu Changsheng advanced through the Dao Palace Realm while gathering treasures and preparing for the Divine Wood Immortal Ruins. After the Four Great Demonic Sects ambushed the expedition, he reached the Ninth Layer as Xia Ningxue fell to Liu Yuner’s Yellow Springs Bell.
Lu Changsheng saved Xia Ningxue, helped his disciples gain inheritances and advance, and broke through to the Void Refinement Realm. When the Hehuan Sect lured Mo Huazhi into a trap, he intervened and faced its Grand Supreme Elder, ending the stretch as the Xuanhuang Pagoda stopped the Sacred Fire Immortal Ring.
Lu Changsheng strengthened himself and his disciples before leading them into the war against the Four Great Demonic Sects and the Desolate Province Demon Race. The battle at Iron Sword Pass turned in the defenders’ favor, while a mysterious swordsman wounded the Demon Lord at Misty Peak and was identified as Shushan’s missing Uncle-Master.
Lu Changsheng led his disciples through the Immortal Ruins and a battle against the Demon General, gaining Ji Xuan and Daoist Tuquan as disciples while helping the Six Great Sects push back the demonic forces. Back at Shushan, he strengthened his sword arts and disciples, and Lu Qinglian ended the arc poised to challenge another elder.
Lu Changsheng advanced his cultivation and swordsmanship as the Demon Lord and the Four Great Demonic Sects attacked the righteous sects. After the destruction of the Artifact Refinement Sect, Taiyuan True Person reached the Dao Integration Realm and prepared to attack the Reincarnation Hall.
Lu Changsheng strengthened himself and his disciples while Shushan and its allies destroyed the Reincarnation Hall and traded techniques with other sects. As the Demon Lord moved against Shushan by attacking Tianyu City, Shushan arrived to evacuate civilians and confront him.
Lu Changsheng helped Shushan defeat the Demon Lord and the Demon Sects, then took up the sect master’s position while preparing his disciples for their breakthroughs and missions. After three years of seclusion, he began his own tribulation, facing a thunder dragon with the Demon-Suppressing Sword.
Lu Changsheng became Shushan’s sect master, helped defeat the Wind-Thunder Pavilion and the Demon-Summoning Devil Palace, and advanced while preparing for the Central Continent Conference. The arc ended with Shushan’s delegation arriving at Stars Pavilion, where Lu Changsheng stood up to a hostile Blazing Fire Valley master.
Lu Changsheng won the Central Continent Conference, defeated Luo Feng’s assault on Shushan, and ascended to the Immortal Realm. There he found Xiao Fan, accepted him as his disciple, and began rebuilding his cultivation.
Lu Changsheng established Shushan in the Immortal Realm, took Xiao Fan and Ning Qianqian as disciples, and gained the protection of Jinglong Immortal Temple. After escaping an expedition into the Nine Nether Lands, he returned with his companions and a mysterious bronze cauldron.
Lu Changsheng trained his disciples, reunited with Qingxia and Tai Xu, and fought the demons threatening them and the people of Wushuang City. After killing the Green Ox King, he drew a bounty from the World-Overturning King and made the assassin Su Xiaoqi his disciple, while continuing to search for Xia Ningxue.
Lu Changsheng rose to the Great Luo Golden Immortal Realm, rescued Lin Qinghan during a deadly ambush, and deepened his ties to Taihua Sacred Ground while strengthening his disciples. As he pursued the Nine Heavens Sword Formation, Dugu Aotian and Liu Yiyi fought Ancestor Black Goat, ending with Dugu’s demonic power erupting and Liu Yiyi saving him.
Lu Changsheng defeated the World-Overturning King, moved Shushan to Accumulated Thunder Mountain, and later joined Taihua Sacred Ground while pursuing greater cultivation. He rescued Chen Yi from the Divine Ape King and Great Freedom Buddha, accepted him as a disciple named Xuanzang, and ended with Tang Ling’er fleeing into the Accumulated Thunder Mountain Range as devils pursued her.
Lu Changsheng became Taihua Sacred Ground’s Holy Son, strengthened his cultivation, and helped lead the Holy Lands against the Blood Sea Hall. After the campaign exposed a hidden enemy in the Great Qian Dynasty, he broke through to the Immortal Emperor Realm as Xia Ningxue began her own tribulation.
Lu Changsheng led Taihua’s missions against the Blood Sea Hall and rescued Xia Ningxue from a plot in the Yao Realm, while several disciples advanced under his guidance. The stretch ended with Dugu Aotian reaching the Quasi-Emperor Realm and receiving Yuantu, whose vision hinted at a threat tied to the Heavenly Court.
Lu Changsheng led his disciples through the Yaochi Conference, where they rose on the Qilin Ranking, then rescued Tai Xu True Person and captured Dantai Meng while seeking Demon Bloodstones. He returned to Taihua with Xu Jing, whose ghostly talents brought new cultivation methods and rewards, while his disciples continued advancing.
Lu Changsheng advanced his cultivation, explored the Taihua Goddess’s tomb, and helped his disciples before joining an expedition to Qianyuan Grotto-Heaven. An ambush trapped the Taihua and Yaochi groups, leaving Household Ancestor Lin and the Jiang Clan Ancestor facing Lin Beichen as the others escaped.