Chapter Summaries

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.

After three months in seclusion, Lu Changsheng reached the great perfection of the Taiqing Wuji Art’s Tenth Layer as the Demon Lord and the Three Great Demon Sects attacked Mount Shu. Mount Shu’s battered survivors were trapped behind its Mountain-Guarding Formation, and Lu Changsheng emerged when the Demon Lord’s assault nearly interrupted his breakthrough.

• Lin Qingzhi sensed Mount Shu’s Formation transport the people of Tianyu City to the peaks while Mount Shu’s party fought its way back from the Demon Lord’s forces.
• Master Xuantong and other Mount Shu elders fell in the rear guard, while the Peak Master of Jade Moon Peak fought a horned flood-dragon expert and sent Murong Shi and Chen Yao ahead to safety.
• The Mount Shu survivors reached the mountain, and the elders activated the Mountain-Guarding Formation to shield them from the Demon Lord and the Three Great Demon Sects.
• The Demon Lord enlarged his Ancient Cauldron and struck Mount Shu’s barrier, while Taiyuan True Person and Situ Kong could not safely activate the formation’s offensive array.
• Lu Changsheng woke on Azure Cloud Peak, having reached the great perfection of the Taiqing Wuji Art’s Tenth Layer, and decided to emerge from seclusion.

Lu Changsheng emerged from seclusion to find Mount Shu badly injured and under attack by the Demon Lord. He gave Mount Shu powerful pills and the Taiqing Wuji Art Tenth Chapter, then returned to Azure Cloud Peak to attempt to reach the Nine-Turn Divine Body before the barrier fell.

• Lu Changsheng sensed that Taiyuan True Person and Situ Kong had been weakened, then left his cave abode after reaching the Ninth Layer of the Void Refinement Realm.
• At the Mount Shu Main Hall, Lu Changsheng learned that the elders planned to hold off the Demon Lord while he escaped with his disciples to Eastern Luzhou.
• Lu Changsheng gave Situ Kong and Taiyuan True Person Ninth-Rank Immortal Pills to restore their strength and heal their injuries.
• Lu Changsheng presented Mount Shu with the Taiqing Wuji Art Tenth Chapter and learned that the barrier could hold for about five more days.
• Lu Changsheng returned to Azure Cloud Peak and began preparing Body-Refining Potion in the Golden Crow Divine Furnace to pursue the Nine-Turn Divine Body.

The Five Great Sects gathered inside Mount Shu as the Demon Lord and his allies besieged its defensive formation, leaving the righteous forces to prepare for a decisive battle. Meanwhile, Lu Changsheng refined the potion for the Nine-Turn Divine Body and began tempering his body.

• Su Qian'er led Ask Immortal Pavilion's experts through the blockade and into Mount Shu, where Taiyuan True Person learned she had reached the Dao Integration Realm.
• Grandmaster Chen joined the defenders and told Taiyuan True Person that the Demon Lord's attack had interrupted his preparations to undergo the heavenly tribulation.
• Yu Xuanji led Crouching Dragon Temple into Mount Shu, followed by Boundless Temple, which lost three Void Refinement Realm High Persons on the way.
• Yu Xuanji assessed the gathered forces, while Taiyuan True Person said Mount Shu's attack formation and Lu Changsheng's combat strength might give them a chance against the Demon Lord.
• Lu Changsheng refined the Nine-Turn Divine Body potion in the Golden Crow Divine Furnace and began absorbing its power as golden light replaced his demonic Qi.

The Demon Lord and the Three Great Demon Sects broke through Mount Shu's barrier and confronted the Five Great Sects. Lu Changsheng completed the Nine-Turn Divine Body in seclusion and prepared to instruct his disciple before facing the Demon Lord.

• Xia Ningxue waited outside Lu Changsheng's cave while Lin Qingzhi guarded his seclusion.
• The Pavilion Master of Ask Immortal Pavilion summoned Xia Ningxue to join the defenders as Mount Shu's barrier neared collapse.
• Uncle-Master Sect Leader and the experts of the Five Great Sects prepared to fight the approaching enemies.
• The Demon Lord shattered Mount Shu's barrier with his Ancient Cauldron, and his forces confronted the Five Great Sects.
• Lu Changsheng completed the Nine-Turn Divine Body and sensed the Demon Lord's arrival.
• Lu Changsheng decided to instruct his disciple before testing his new physique against the Demon Lord.

With Mount Shu under attack, Lu Changsheng emerged from seclusion and completed his Nine-Turn Divine Body, then bestowed more treasures on Lin Qingzhi in hopes of strengthening his chances against the Demon Lord. His final teaching reward gave him the third Top-Grade Immortal Artifact Fragment, while Taiyuan True Person and Situ Kong began activating Mount Shu’s hidden Zhou Tian Star-Dipper Great Formation.

• Lu Changsheng emerged from seclusion after mastering the Nine-Turn Divine Body and sent Mo Huazhi to summon Lin Qingzhi’s senior sister from Fire Lotus Peak.
• Lu Changsheng bestowed five swords on Lin Qingzhi, and the returns included a Low-Grade Immortal Artifact and the final Top-Grade Immortal Artifact Fragment.
• At the Mount Shu Main Hall, the Five Great Sects and allied forces prepared to face the Demon Lord and the Three Great Demon Sects.
• The Hehuan Sect Master demanded that Taiyuan True Person surrender Lu Changsheng, but Taiyuan refused and revealed Mount Shu had a second Mountain-Guarding Formation.
• Taiyuan True Person and Situ Kong began channeling power into the Zhou Tian Star-Dipper Great Formation, and the Myriad Poison Valley Valley Master realized Mount Shu was activating its true killing formation.

Mount Shu activated the Zhou Tian Star-Dipper Great Formation to confront the Demon Lord and the Three Great Demon Sects, but Myriad Poison Valley used Puppet Gu to control two Boundless Temple elders and sabotage the formation. With Taiyuan True Person and Situ Kong injured, the formation collapsed, leaving the Mount Shu forces in danger and turning their attention toward Azure Cloud Peak.

• Mount Shu's 365 peaks powered the Zhou Tian Star-Dipper Great Formation as Taiyuan True Person and Situ Kong prepared to use it against their enemies.
• High Person Wuxiang, Grandmaster Chen, and Su Qian'er fought back the Hehuan Sect Master and the Demon-Summoning Devil Palace Palace Master.
• The Myriad Poison Valley Valley Master used two Puppet Gu-controlled elders of Boundless Temple to ambush and severely injure Taiyuan True Person and Situ Kong.
• Taiyuan True Person revealed the two Boundless Temple elders were controlled, but the Zhou Tian Star-Dipper Great Formation stopped after its operators were wounded.
• Situ Kong wondered whether they had to rely on Lu Changsheng as Chen Xiaoyao, Ji Xuan, and Daoist Tuquan watched the light from Azure Cloud Peak vanish.

Lu Changsheng synthesized the Demon-Suppressing Sword and prepared pills, talismans, and other treasures before leaving seclusion to help Mount Shu. At Mount Shu Main Peak, the Demon Lord and his allies overwhelmed the defenders as Lu Changsheng and his apprentices flew to join the battle.

• Lu Changsheng used three Top-Grade Immortal Artifact Fragments to synthesize the Demon-Suppressing Sword, an offensive weapon with wind and thunder attributes that struck fear into demons and devils.
• Lu Changsheng prepared Ninth-Rank Immortal Pills and powerful talismans, then emerged from seclusion with his Nine-Turn Divine Body complete and combat strength comparable to a Dao Integration Realm expert.
• Mo Huazhi summoned Lu Qinglian from Fire Lotus Peak, where she had sensed something hidden deep within the Earth Fire, and Lu Qinglian returned to Azure Cloud Peak.
• Lu Changsheng took several apprentices toward Mount Shu Main Peak, with Daoist Tuquan hurrying after them, as the Demon Lord's Ancient Cauldron battered the defenders at Mount Shu Main Hall.
• The Demon Lord blocked Situ Kong's sword strike with the Ancient Cauldron while the Hehuan Sect Master, the Demon-Summoning Devil Palace, the Demon Race, and Rogue Cultivators surrounded the righteous sects.
• Luo Feng fixed his attention on Xia Ningxue, while the Demon-Summoning Devil Palace Palace Master considered using Luo Feng's resentment as a sacrifice for the Demon-Summoning Formation.

Su Qian'er and Xia Ningxue fought the Devil Sects and Demon Race as their forces were overwhelmed on Mount Shu. Lu Changsheng arrived and snapped one of the Profound Sha Great Formation’s Demon Banners with his bare hands.

• The Hehuan Sect Master and the Demon-Summoning Devil Palace Palace Master attacked Su Qian'er, who took the Reincarnation Blood Sword from Taiyuan True Person to defend herself.
• Xia Ningxue fought off nine Void Refinement Realm Devil Sect experts until six Demon-Summoning Devil Palace experts formed the Profound Sha Great Formation and trapped her.
• Su Qian'er grew frantic as Xia Ningxue was besieged, while the Jiaolong Old Servant broke High Person Wuxiang’s Thousand-Hand Golden Buddha and Grandmaster Chen struggled against two Demon Race experts.
• Lu Changsheng’s Annihilation Sword tore into a Demon Banner, and he arrived to snap the Low-Grade Immortal Artifact barehanded.

Lu Changsheng emerged from seclusion and turned the battle for Mount Shu by killing two Demon-Summoning Devil Palace Grand Supreme Elders and destroying the Profound Sha Great Formation. He then struck the Demon Lord with his ultimate fist technique, sending him crashing into Finger Moon Peak, though the Demon Lord’s fate remained uncertain.

• Lu Changsheng killed a Demon-Summoning Devil Palace Grand Supreme Elder with one punch, shaking the Profound Sha Great Formation and shocking the enemy forces.
• Lu Changsheng sent his disciples and Daoist Tuquan to fight, and they attacked and killed Demon Sect and Hehuan Sect Elders across Mount Shu Main Peak.
• Lu Changsheng killed a second Demon-Summoning Devil Palace Grand Supreme Elder, destroying the Profound Sha Great Formation and freeing Xia Ningxue.
• The Demon Lord’s Ancient Cauldron damaged Mount Shu Main Hall as Mount Shu’s experts struggled to hold it back, so Lu Changsheng gave them Ninth-Rank Immortal Pills to restore their True Qi.
• Lu Changsheng used a Ninth-Grade Spatial Talisman to appear before the Demon Lord and struck him with Eight Extremities Fist, sending him crashing into Finger Moon Peak.

Lu Changsheng battled the Demon Lord, enduring the Ancient Cauldron’s assault and revealing the Demon-Suppressing Sword. The sword appeared for the first time as the Demon Lord’s attack threatened to destroy Mount Shu.

• Lu Changsheng fought the Demon Lord hand-to-hand, using pills to sustain himself while Xia Ningxue defeated the seven remaining Grand Supreme Elders of the Demon Sects.
• The Demon Lord brought down his Ancient Cauldron, but Lu Changsheng held it off with the Xuanhuang Pagoda and his defensive techniques.
• The Demon Lord sacrificed his lifespan to unleash the Ancient Cauldron’s full power, while the Jiaolong Old Servant blocked Situ Kong, Taiyuan True Person, and the other Mount Shu experts.
• Lu Changsheng summoned the Demon-Suppressing Sword, whose spiritual power drew in Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi and stunned the Desolate Province Demon Race.

Lu Changsheng and the Demon Lord battled with the Demon-Suppressing Sword and Demon Emperor Cauldron, but Lu Changsheng struggled to sustain his sword against the Demon Lord’s superior cultivation. He joined forces with Xia Ningxue to unleash the Holy Spirit Swordsmanship, and their two Divine Swords struck at the Demon Lord.

• The Demon Lord burned Phoenix Blood and sacrificed three thousand years of lifespan to strengthen his attack, forcing the Demon Emperor Cauldron down toward Mount Shu.
• Lu Changsheng replenished his True Qi with Medicinal Pills but realized he could not sustain the Demon-Suppressing Sword for long.
• Lu Changsheng used an Inch-to-End-of-the-World Talisman to reach Xia Ningxue, killed a Grand Supreme Elder of the Demon-Summoning Devil Palace, and gave Xia Ningxue a Dragon Blood Returning Origin Pill.
• Lu Changsheng and Xia Ningxue decided to use the Holy Spirit Swordsmanship together, while Xia Ningxue summoned Ask Immortal Pavilion’s Sect-Guarding Immortal Sword.
• Lu Changsheng and Xia Ningxue circulated the Yin-Yang Dual Cultivation Art and combined the power of their two Divine Swords to trap and attack the Demon Lord.

Lu Changsheng and Xia Ningxue killed the Demon Lord with their divine swords, breaking the Demon Emperor Cauldron and ending his chance of rebirth. As the Demon Race and Demon Sects fled or fought the righteous sects, the Hehuan Sect’s sect master prepared to self-destruct but was stopped by a Ninth-Grade Spatial Talisman.

• Lu Changsheng and Xia Ningxue poured their yin and yang Qi into their divine swords and cracked the Demon Emperor Cauldron.
• The divine swords pierced the Demon Lord, destroying his body and soul; Lu Changsheng caught the falling cauldron.
• The Demon Race of the Desolate Province and the three great Demon Sects fled, while the five great sects attacked the escaping Demon Sect cultivators.
• High Person Wuxiang rescued two Boundless Temple Grand Supreme Elders and purified their Puppet Gu.
• Taiyuan True Person, Su Qian'er, Grandmaster Chen, and Yu Xuanji cornered the Hehuan Sect’s sect master, who began to self-destruct before a Ninth-Grade Spatial Talisman struck him.

After Mount Shu survived the attack by the Demon Lord and the Demon Sects, Lu Changsheng and the sect leaders assessed their losses and discussed rebuilding and eliminating the remaining threats. Taiyuan True Person summoned Lu Changsheng to Myriad Sword Peak.

• Lu Changsheng sent the self-destructing Hehuan Sect Master outside Mount Shu with a Ninth-Grade Spatial Talisman, then restored his True Qi and recalled the Demon-Suppressing Sword.
• Xia Ningxue withdrew Ask Immortal Pavilion's divine guardian sword, revealing the seal-script name Immortal Slaying, and Lu Changsheng gave her a Dragon Blood Returning Origin Pill.
• Taiyuan True Person arranged burials, rites for the dead, and Mount Shu's reconstruction, explaining that its formation would restore the destroyed peaks and inviting Zhao Wuyan to cultivate at Myriad Sword Peak.
• Lu Changsheng apologized to Zhao Wuyan for destroying Finger Moon Peak, and Zhao Wuyan accepted Taiyuan True Person's offer to guide his cultivation.
• Su Qian'er warned Lu Changsheng about the limits of the Holy Spirit Swordsmanship, while Yu Xuanji and the other sect leaders planned to hunt down the Demon Sects' remnants and train their own artifact refiners.
• Taiyuan True Person summoned Lu Changsheng to Myriad Sword Peak.

Taiyuan True Person announced that Lu Changsheng would succeed him as Mount Shu Sect Master once he reached the Dao Integration Realm, but Lu Changsheng initially refused because he did not want sect duties to disrupt his cultivation. After Situ Kong explained that others could handle the work, Lu Changsheng accepted and assigned much of it to Li Changye and Lin Qingzhi.

• Taiyuan True Person named Lu Changsheng as his successor, and the Mount Shu Grand Supreme Elders unanimously approved.
• Lu Changsheng refused the position, surprising Taiyuan True Person, Situ Kong, and the assembled elders.
• Li Changye told Lu Changsheng he had no intention of competing for the succession.
• Situ Kong explained that Lu Changsheng could delegate sect affairs to his disciples and senior brothers.
• Lu Changsheng accepted the position and said Li Changye and Lin Qingzhi would handle most of its duties.
• The elders noted that Lin Qingzhi had reached the Dao Palace Realm Ninth Layer and worried that Lu Qinglian might eventually become Mount Shu's twenty-ninth Sect Master.

After the calamity, Lu Changsheng accepted Chen Yao as his sixth disciple at the request of the deceased Peak Master of Jade Moon Peak. He gave Chen Yao a treasured sword that brought him a Human Race Supreme Treasure Fragment, then urged all his disciples to reach the Void Refinement Realm.

• Taiyuan True Person announced that the Peak Master of Jade Moon Peak had died after exhausting her remaining lifespan, and Murong Shi would succeed her.
• Taiyuan True Person told Lu Changsheng that the late Peak Master had asked him to take Chen Yao as his disciple, and Lu Changsheng agreed.
• Chen Yao bowed to Lu Changsheng and became his disciple; her profile revealed the Nine Heavens Profound Maiden Physique and exceptional talent.
• Lu Changsheng gave Chen Yao the Thunderbird Sword and the Heavenly Gang Sword Formation manual, and the sword earned him a Human Race Supreme Treasure Fragment.
• Lu Changsheng brought Chen Yao to Azure Cloud Peak and introduced her as his sixth disciple.
• Lu Changsheng told his disciples to cultivate diligently and reach the Void Refinement Realm as soon as possible.