Chapter Summaries

Lu Changsheng led Mount Shu forces to destroy the Demon-Summoning Devil Palace’s base and help eliminate Myriad Poison Valley, whose leaders had fled. He then subdued the Desolate Province Demon Race, appointing his disciple Ji Xuan as its new Demon Emperor while leaving Demon Generals to govern in her absence.

• Lu Changsheng and the Mount Shu Elders raided the Demon-Summoning Devil Palace, learned its Palace Master and surviving Grand Supreme Elders had fled to Luzhou, and destroyed the sect grounds with the Golden Crow Divine Furnace.
• Su Qian'er, Yu Xuanji, Grandmaster Chen, and High Person Wuxiang led four great sects to Myriad Poison Valley, found its Valley Master had fled, and burned the valley and its gu insects.
• Lu Changsheng led the Mount Shu Squad to the Demon Race Divine Hall, where he and the Grand Supreme Elders killed several Demon Generals and split the hall with the Demon-Suppressing Sword.
• Lu Changsheng summoned Ji Xuan, whose Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox Bloodline and Demon God Body compelled the Demon Race Rogue Cultivators to submit to her.
• Lu Changsheng named Ji Xuan the new Demon Emperor and appointed several Void Refinement Realm demons as Demon Generals to govern Desolate Province until she grew strong enough to rule.

Lin Qingzhi prepared to break through to the Void Refinement Realm, and Lu Changsheng equipped him with pills and treasures for the Threefold Heavenly Tribulation. The chapter ended as Lin Qingzhi began the tribulation with the Heavenly Gang Sword Formation.

• Lin Qingzhi told Lu Changsheng he was ready to face his tribulation after eight years at the peak of the Dao Palace Realm Ninth Layer.
• Lu Changsheng gave Lin Qingzhi pills and the Heavenly Silkworm Soft Armor, receiving Ninth-Grade pills and a Low-Grade defensive Immortal Artifact in return.
• Lin Qingzhi chose an uninhabited wasteland outside Mount Shu for his breakthrough, while Lu Changsheng and his disciples stood guard.
• Lu Changsheng told Lu Qinglian to delay her own tribulation until she achieved major mastery of the Nine Dragons Body Refining Method.
• Lin Qingzhi began his tribulation, refined the Red Flood Dragon Golden Core, and formed the Heavenly Gang Sword Formation with eighteen Flying Swords to face the divine thunder.

Lin Qingzhi endured the Threefold Heavenly Tribulation and reached the First Layer of the Void Refinement Realm. His advancement unlocked new rewards for Lu Changsheng and left him wondering whether his disciples could help him assemble a Human Race Supreme Treasure.

• Lin Qingzhi used the Heavenly Gang Sword Formation and the Red Flood Dragon Golden Core to withstand the first two waves of the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder.
• The third wave destroyed one of Lin Qingzhi’s Flying Swords and damaged seven others, while a bolt of lightning broke through and injured him.
• After the tribulation ended, Lin Qingzhi told Lu Changsheng that he had entered the Void Refinement Realm, and Lu Changsheng urged him to keep cultivating diligently.
• The Apprentice-Teaching Simulator announced that Lin Qingzhi had reached the First Layer of the Void Refinement Realm, allowing Lu Changsheng to bestow higher-level treasures and increasing his monthly Immortal Artifact return limit.
• Lu Changsheng received a second Human Race Supreme Treasure Fragment as a reward and wondered whether his disciples could help him gather the pieces needed to assemble a supreme treasure.

After Lin Qingzhi entered the Void Refinement Realm, Lu Changsheng returned to Azure Cloud Peak and prepared to reward him with an Immortal Artifact. Mount Shu’s leaders planned for Lu Changsheng to lead the sect to the Central Province Gathering, while Xiao Xiangdao grew envious of Lin Qingzhi and resolved to become stronger.

• Lu Changsheng learned that his Human Race Supreme Treasure Fragments fused together and returned to Azure Cloud Peak with his disciples.
• Uncle-Master Sect Leader and Taiyuan True Person discussed Lin Qingzhi’s breakthrough and planned for Lu Changsheng to succeed as Mount Shu Sect Master before the Central Province Gathering.
• Li Changye told Xiao Xiangdao that Lin Qingzhi had reached the Void Refinement Realm, leaving Xiao Xiangdao envious and determined to grow stronger.
• Lu Changsheng transferred cultivation to Lin Qingzhi and received forty thousand days of cultivation in return.
• Lu Changsheng chose the Xuanhuang Pagoda as the Immortal Artifact to bestow upon Lin Qingzhi.

Lu Changsheng bestowed the Xuanhuang Pagoda on Lin Qingzhi and received the powerful Heaven-Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda as a special return reward. He agreed to send Lin Qingzhi to Luzhou to investigate the Demon-Summoning Devil Palace remnants, and a simulation showed Lin Qingzhi would later accompany him to Central Province.

• Lu Changsheng gave Lin Qingzhi the Xuanhuang Pagoda after removing his own mark from it.
• The apprentice-teaching system awarded Lu Changsheng the nine-layered Heaven-Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda, which grew stronger through accumulated merit.
• Lu Changsheng refined the new pagoda and decided to gather more merit and power of faith to strengthen it.
• Taiyuan True Person asked Lin Qingzhi to travel to Luzhou within three months and secretly investigate the Demon-Summoning Devil Palace remnants.
• Lu Changsheng simulated Lin Qingzhi's life and saw him return from Luzhou with intelligence before eventually accompanying Lu Changsheng to Central Province.

Lu Changsheng taught Lin Qingzhi several Immortal Stage methods and received powerful techniques in return, including the upper Immortal Stage Seven-Star Sword Formation. He prepared Lin Qingzhi for future training in Luzhou, then refined body-tempering medicine for his second apprentice.

• Lu Changsheng taught Lin Qingzhi the Taiqing Wuji Art Tenth Chapter and received the upper Immortal Stage Taiqing Wuji Art Twelfth Chapter in return.
• Lu Changsheng taught Lin Qingzhi the Hunyuan Sword Scripture and received the middle Immortal Stage Heavenly Escape Swordsmanship.
• Lu Changsheng taught Lin Qingzhi the Great Thousand Sword Array and received the upper Immortal Stage Seven-Star Sword Formation.
• Lu Changsheng gave Lin Qingzhi three eighth-grade Medicinal Pills, which returned as three ninth-grade Immortal Pills, and told him to cultivate before receiving an Immortal Sword and traveling to Luzhou to pursue the Demon-Summoning Devil Palace remnants.
• Lu Changsheng refined fire-attribute medicinal ingredients in the Golden Crow Divine Furnace to help his second apprentice master the Nine Dragons Body Refining Method and advance toward the Void Refinement Realm.

Lu Changsheng equipped Lin Qingzhi for his journey to investigate the Demon-Summoning Devil Palace, then prepared Lu Qinglian to break through to the Void Refinement Realm. The chapter ended with Lu Qinglian facing her Threefold Heavenly Tribulation while Lu Changsheng stood guard.

• Lu Changsheng bestowed the Jade Light Cold Brilliance Sword on Lin Qingzhi and received the Middle-Grade Immortal Artifact Yao Guang Sword in return.
• Lu Changsheng gave Lin Qingzhi two Close-at-Hand Ends-of-the-World Talismans and sent him to investigate the Demon-Summoning Devil Palace's remnants.
• Lin Qingzhi bid farewell to Chen Yao and left Mount Shu to gain experience.
• Lu Qinglian completed the Nine Dragons Body Refining Method after tempering her body in the Golden Crow Divine Furnace.
• Lu Changsheng gave Lu Qinglian pills and treasures for her breakthrough, receiving the Red Lotus Auspicious Cloud Immortal Skirt in return.
• Lu Qinglian swallowed the pills and released her Martial King Divine Physique to face the Threefold Heavenly Tribulation as Lu Changsheng guarded her.

Lu Qinglian underwent her Threefold Heavenly Tribulation by smashing Nine Heavens Divine Thunder with her fists and using it to temper her Martial King Divine Physique. After reaching the Void Refinement Realm with a body as strong as a Low-Grade Immortal Artifact, she returned to Azure Cloud Peak with Lu Changsheng, who received an Eleventh-Grade Talisman as a reward.

• Lu Qinglian began her tribulation while Situ Kong, Taiyuan True Person, and Li Changye worried about the trouble her growing strength would bring Mount Shu's Grand Supreme Elders.
• Lu Qinglian shattered the first two waves of Nine Heavens Divine Thunder with her fists and absorbed its power to temper her Martial King Divine Physique.
• Lu Qinglian endured the third wave without using a Law Treasure, and the Threefold Heavenly Tribulation ended after two hours.
• Lu Changsheng sensed that Lu Qinglian's Martial King Divine Physique had reached the strength of a Low-Grade Immortal Artifact and gave her the Phoenix Feather Qiankun Garment to wear.
• Lu Changsheng received an Eleventh-Grade Talisman from the Apprentice-Teaching Simulator as a reward for Lu Qinglian's advancement to the Void Refinement Realm.

Lu Changsheng taught Lu Qinglian two Immortal Stage martial techniques and replenished her cultivation, earning powerful return rewards that brought him closer to the Dao Integration Realm. The next day, he taught her the Nine Turns Gods and Devils Body-Refining Method and received the Upper-Grade Immortal Stage Undying Divine Art.

• Lu Changsheng stored the Eleventh-Grade Talisman as a trump card and returned to Azure Cloud Peak with Lu Qinglian.
• Lu Changsheng taught Lu Qinglian the Emperor Venerable Six Harmonies Spear and received the Mid-Grade Immortal Stage Primordial Ninefold Divine Spear Art.
• Lu Changsheng taught Lu Qinglian the Eight Extremities Fist and received the Mid-Grade Immortal Stage Heaven-Breaking Divine Fist.
• Lu Changsheng transmitted cultivation to Lu Qinglian, received 50,000 days of cultivation in return, and sent her to practice.
• The next day, Lu Changsheng taught Lu Qinglian the Nine Turns Gods and Devils Body-Refining Method and received the Upper-Grade Immortal Stage Undying Divine Art.

Lu Changsheng prepared for his sixfold heavenly tribulation by strengthening his cultivation and body, then began breaking through to the Dao Integration Realm. As a terrifying thunder-dragon tribulation gathered overhead, he faced it with the Demon-Suppressing Sword while Situ Kong and Taiyuan True Person stood guard.

• Lu Changsheng taught Lu Qinglian the Nine Turns Gods and Devils Body-Refining Method and gave her medicinal pills before entering seclusion.
• Lu Changsheng used disciple-teaching returns to cultivate the Undying Divine Art and Golden Bell Shield, then bestowed the Golden Crow Heaven-Burning Spear and True Dragon Divine Fire Shield on Lu Qinglian.
• After three years in seclusion, Lu Changsheng reached the peak of the Ninth Layer of the Void Refinement Realm, mastered the first layer of the Undying Divine Art and the fourth layer of the Golden Bell Shield, and prepared to undergo tribulation.
• Lu Changsheng informed Situ Kong and Taiyuan True Person that he would undergo his tribulation, and they went to the wasteland to guard him.
• Lu Changsheng took a Dao Integration Pill and began integrating with the Dao, drawing a vast thunderstorm whose Nine Heavens Divine Thunder formed into a thunder dragon.
• Lu Changsheng drew the Demon-Suppressing Sword and sent a thirty-thousand-meter sword light skyward as the thunder dragon swooped down.

Lu Qinglian found a Fire Lotus Seed deep in Fire Lotus Peak’s Earth Fire and discovered it could gather Earth Fire Qi to speed her cultivation. She then hurried to Lu Changsheng, whose Fifth Heavenly Tribulation had ended and whose final tribulation was gathering as he prepared to face nine thunder dragons.

• Lu Qinglian descended eight hundred zhang into the Earth Fire, seized a crimson Fire Lotus Seed, and emerged exhausted.
• Lu Qinglian refined the Fire Lotus Seed with her Fire Lotus True Qi and found it gathered Earth Fire Qi to accelerate her cultivation.
• Lu Qinglian sensed Lu Changsheng’s breakthrough and flew toward him as he fought through the Fourth Heavenly Tribulation by drawing thunder into his body.
• Lu Changsheng endured the far stronger Fifth Heavenly Tribulation for two hours, suffered minor injuries, and decided not to use the final tribulation to temper his body.
• Lu Changsheng opened the Purple-Gold Eight Trigrams Gourd, devoured the Demon Dragon Origin Core’s power, and summoned his defenses and Great Thousand Sword Array against nine thunder dragons.

Lu Changsheng endured the Sixfold Heavenly Tribulation and entered the Dao Integration Realm. Taiyuan True Person then offered him the position of Mount Shu Sect Master, leaving Lu Changsheng poised to take over the sect.

• Lu Qinglian arrived as Lu Changsheng fought nine thunder dragons, and Taiyuan True Person could only hope he would survive.
• Lu Changsheng used his treasures, Divine Abilities, and talismans to battle the thunder dragons and Nine Heavens Divine Thunder for hours.
• The final lightning storm engulfed Lu Changsheng, and the resulting blast left him standing in a crater with one arm missing.
• Lu Changsheng regenerated his arm with the Undying Divine Art, recovered with a pill, and confirmed that he had entered the Dao Integration Realm.
• Taiyuan True Person offered to summon Mount Shu’s members and formally hand the Sect Master position to Lu Changsheng.

Lin Qingzhi discovered that the Wind-Thunder Pavilion was sheltering the Demon-Summoning Devil Palace and secretly watched the palace activate its ancient formation. The formation consumed Luo Feng and countless souls, then stopped with Luo Feng standing at its center, Devil Qi in his eyes.

• Lin Qingzhi hid in the Wind-Thunder Pavilion for a year and found a Demon-Summoning Devil Palace elder using a cave abode on the Rear Mountain.
• After watching the cave for another month, Lin Qingzhi saw the Wind-Thunder Pavilion Master Lei Tiannan and several Grand Supreme Elders enter.
• Lei Tiannan confronted the Demon-Summoning Devil Palace Palace Master about the three-year refuge and demanded to know when the Demon-Summoning Formation would be completed.
• The Palace Master ordered Luo Feng to stand at the formation's heart, and the palace elders activated it using the souls of countless beings, including the Demon Lord's remnant soul.
• A pillar of Devil Qi surged from the Rear Mountain for half an hour before the formation stopped and its eight statues shattered.
• The exhausted Palace Master and elders saw Luo Feng still standing in the formation, Devil Qi in his eyes, while Lin Qingzhi watched in hiding.

Luo Feng was taken over by a soul claiming to be an immortal powerhouse, who persuaded the masters of the Demon-Summoning Devil Palace and Wind-Thunder Pavilion to become his disciples. As he prepared to rely on them while recovering his strength, he discovered Lin Qingzhi hiding nearby.

• The palace master of the Demon-Summoning Devil Palace revealed that the Demon-Summoning Formation had succeeded and that the Devil Master's soul had possessed Luo Feng.
• The soul took control of Luo Feng and claimed to be a powerhouse from the Immortal Realm, then offered the two sect masters supreme cultivation methods.
• Luo Feng taught the palace master and the pavilion master part of an Immortal Stage Devil Cultivation Method, convincing both to acknowledge him as their master.
• Luo Feng accepted the two sect masters as disciples and planned to rely on their protection until his cultivation recovered.
• Luo Feng detected Lin Qingzhi hiding nearby, and Lin Qingzhi used a Ninth-Grade Spatial Talisman to teleport away.

Lu Changsheng succeeded Taiyuan True Person as Mount Shu’s twenty-eighth sect master and announced pills to help the sect’s elders advance. At Misty Peak, Su Qian'er also stepped down, naming Xia Ningxue as the next Pavilion Master of Ask Immortal Pavilion.

• Taiyuan True Person announced that Lu Changsheng would become Mount Shu’s twenty-eighth sect master, prompting excitement and dismay among the assembled elders and disciples.
• Lu Changsheng offered seventh-grade Void-Entering Pills and ninth-grade Dao Integration Pills to eligible Mount Shu elders to improve their chances of overcoming tribulations.
• Lu Changsheng assigned day-to-day sect affairs to Li Changye and his first disciple, leaving himself free to focus on cultivation.
• Su Qian'er announced that Xia Ningxue would succeed her as the eighteenth pavilion master of Ask Immortal Pavilion.
• Su Qian'er explained that Xia Ningxue had earned the Immortal Sword’s recognition and that Qiu'er and Meng'er would help with minor affairs so Xia Ningxue could continue cultivating.

After Lin Qingzhi returned gravely wounded from Luzhou, he reported that the Demon-Summoning Devil Palace had summoned the soul of a powerful Immortal Realm figure, and Lu Changsheng treated him and ordered him to focus on cultivation. Twelve years after Mount Shu’s calamity, envoys from Stars Pavilion arrived with an invitation to the Central Province Gathering, leaving Lu Changsheng to wonder how the visit connected to his earlier vision of the future.

• Lin Qingzhi returned to Mount Shu with severe injuries and recounted how Wind-Thunder Pavilion and the Demon-Summoning Devil Palace had pursued him in Luzhou.
• Lin Qingzhi told Lu Changsheng that the Demon-Summoning Devil Palace had used an ancient formation to summon the soul of a powerful Immortal Realm figure.
• Lu Changsheng treated Lin Qingzhi, told him not to concern himself with Wind-Thunder Pavilion and the Demon-Summoning Devil Palace, and arranged for him to cultivate on Azure Cloud Peak.
• Lu Changsheng used Transmission Empowerment on Lin Qingzhi, while Wu Wan'er visited Azure Cloud Peak and grew close to Chen Xiaoyao and the other disciples.
• Twelve years after Mount Shu’s calamity, four Stars Pavilion envoys arrived at Mount Shu and asked to see Sect Master Lu Changsheng with an invitation to the Central Province Gathering.
• Lu Changsheng recalled his vision that Lin Qingzhi would accompany him to the Central Province 145 years later and wondered whether the envoys’ visit was connected.

Lu Changsheng received Stars Pavilion envoys, including the Green-Robed Woman he had met in the Immortal Ruins, and learned about the Central Continent Conference. He accepted Stars Pavilion’s invitation and planned to attend in 145 years.

• A Mount Shu Disciple escorted four Stars Pavilion envoys to meet Lu Changsheng, who recognized the Green-Robed Woman as Tang Ling’er’s former bodyguard.
• The Green-Robed Woman was surprised by Lu Changsheng’s rise to the Dao Integration Realm and his position as Mount Shu Sect Master, while the other three envoys looked down on Mount Shu.
• A Stars Pavilion Elder gave Lu Changsheng an invitation to the Central Continent Conference, and the Green-Robed Woman explained that it brought together powerful sects and cultivators every fifty thousand years.
• Lu Changsheng accepted the invitation and said he would attend the conference at Stars Pavilion in 145 years.

The Stars Pavilion Elders visited Xia Province’s sects to deliver invitations to the Central Continent Conference, dismissing their strength while the Green-Robed Woman remained intrigued by Lu Changsheng’s rapid cultivation. After the visitors left, Grandmaster Chen explained the Stars Pavilion’s immense influence to his disciples.

• Three Stars Pavilion Elders disparaged Lu Changsheng and Mount Shu as they traveled to Boundless Temple, while the Green-Robed Woman wondered how far his cultivation might advance before the conference.
• The Stars Pavilion group invited Boundless Temple, whose Void Refinement Realm High Person accepted on behalf of the absent abbot, and the Elders mocked the temple’s weakness.
• The Elders invited the Martial Dao Alliance and Crouching Dragon Temple, dismissing Grandmaster Chen and Yu Xuanji despite their Dao Integration Realm cultivation.
• After the Stars Pavilion group departed, Grandmaster Chen complained about their arrogance, and Ye Wen asked whether the sect was truly so formidable.
• Grandmaster Chen explained that the Stars Pavilion had produced several hundred recorded cultivators who ascended to the Immortal Realm, far surpassing Xia Province’s sects.

Grandmaster Chen, Xia Ningxue, and Lu Changsheng accepted the Stars Pavilion’s invitations to the Central Continent Conference, learning that the sect had produced hundreds of Immortal Realm ascendants. As Xia Province’s major sects placed their hopes on its young geniuses, Lu Changsheng agreed to do his best but made no promises about how strong he would become.

• Grandmaster Chen explained the Stars Pavilion’s vast history and why the Martial Dao Alliance had accepted its invitation, then realized Taiyuan True Person had made Lu Changsheng Mount Shu Sect Master so he could represent the sect.
• Xia Ningxue accepted the Stars Pavilion’s invitation, while its elders looked down on Ask Immortal Pavilion; Su Qian’er predicted Xia Ningxue would make her name known at the conference.
• Lu Changsheng asked Taiyuan True Person and Situ Kong about the Stars Pavilion, and they told him that Mount Shu was counting on him at the Central Continent Conference.
• Lu Changsheng promised to do his best but admitted he could not guarantee how much his cultivation would advance before the conference.

Lu Changsheng sought to repair the Demon Emperor Cauldron, but learned that its rare Tenth-Grade material could not be replaced with ordinary Earth Sha Iron. He traded for the Earth Sha Iron Elder Xiao had saved and began using his disciple-teaching returns to try to transform it into Demon Emperor Iron.

• Lu Changsheng asked Taiyuan True Person about Mount Shu's best artifact refiner and learned that Elder Xiao might be able to repair the Demon Emperor Cauldron if he had the right material.
• Situ Kong asked the old servant whether he would attend the next Central Continent Conference, but the servant shook his head.
• Lu Changsheng visited Elder Xiao on Blazing Flame Peak, where Xiao Yan identified the damaged Demon Emperor Cauldron and explained that it required rare Demon Emperor Iron.
• Lu Changsheng traded two top-quality medicinal pills for Xiao Yan's eight thousand jin of Earth Sha Iron.
• Lu Changsheng gave Ji Xuan a piece of Earth Sha Iron and received Yao Qi-Polluted Earth Sha Iron in return, then took out another piece to try again.