Chapter Summaries

Tai Xu True Person brought Tang Ling'er to Taihua Sacred Ground after Mount Shu elders rescued her from the Evil Extremity Sect, which had destroyed the Stars Pavilion and separated her from Chen Xiaoyao. Lu Changsheng agreed to shelter and train her, learned that Chen Xiaoyao was alive, and left their reunion and revenge for the future.

• Tai Xu True Person rescued Tang Ling'er from demons pursuing her and brought her to Lu Changsheng at Taihua Sacred Ground.
• Tang Ling'er told Lu Changsheng that the Evil Extremity Sect had attacked the Stars Pavilion, forcing her and Chen Xiaoyao to flee separately.
• Lu Changsheng learned the sect's history and promised to help Tang Ling'er grow stronger, while warning her not to provoke the Evil Extremity Sect yet.
• Lu Changsheng used the Apprentice-Teaching Simulator and discovered that Chen Xiaoyao was safe but would marry the woman who had saved him.
• Lu Changsheng reassured Tang Ling'er that Chen Xiaoyao was alive, arranged for her to stay at Taihua Sacred Ground, and hurried to Lin Xuantong's morning lesson.

After ten thousand years at the Taihua Sacred Ground, Lu Changsheng reached the Nine-Layer Golden Immortal Realm and strengthened his cultivation and body. He discovered that the Karmic Fire Red Lotus could grow by devouring spirit flames, and it reached Middle-Grade Sacred Artifact rank before the chapter ended.

• Lu Changsheng completed the eighth body tempering of the Azure Emperor Longevity Art’s Seventh Layer and reviewed his progress in his other cultivation methods.
• Lu Changsheng exchanged for fifteen spirit flames at the Treasure Pavilion and summoned Xiao Fan to receive them.
• Lu Changsheng bestowed spirit flames on Xiao Fan, and the Apprentice-Teaching Simulator returned stronger flames, including the Sixteenth-Grade Netherworld Jade Flame.
• The Karmic Fire Red Lotus devoured the Netherworld Jade Flame and grew from a Top-Grade Supreme Treasure into a Low-Grade Sacred Artifact.
• Lu Changsheng fed the Karmic Fire Red Lotus the Demon Dragon Black Flame and Deep-Sea Ice Flame, and it grew to twenty-two petals and Middle-Grade Sacred Artifact rank.

After Lin Xuantong proposed raising Lu Changsheng as Taihua Sacred Ground’s Holy Son, the ancestors demanded that he compete against the current Holy Son, Jiang Yu. Lin Xuantong announced the challenge to the Sacred Ground, and Lu Changsheng accepted after learning what privileges the position would bring.

• Lin Xuantong praised Lu Changsheng’s cultivation talent and asked Lin Qinghan whether she thought well of him, then considered making him the next Sacred Lord.
• Lin Xuantong consulted the ancestors on the Rear Mountain, and they agreed to consider Lu Changsheng for Holy Son but set a contest against Jiang Yu for three thousand years later.
• Lin Xuantong summoned the Sacred Ground’s elders and disciples and announced that Lu Changsheng would become a Holy Son Candidate and challenge Jiang Yu for the position.
• Jiang Yu accepted the challenge, while the Sacred Ground’s factions approved the arrangement because Jiang Yu had a cultivation advantage.
• Lin Xuantong told Lu Changsheng that becoming Holy Son would grant him access to exclusive Divine Abilities, the Scripture Repository, and the Treasure Pavilion, and Lu Changsheng changed his mind about refusing.

Jiang Hong backed Jiang Yu for the Holy Son contest, while Xia Ningxue advanced under her ancestor’s guidance and Lu Changsheng strengthened himself for the coming duel. After Chen Yi reached the Heavenly Immortal Realm and received Buddhist treasures and teachings, Lu Changsheng sent several disciples out to train and accumulate Merit.

• Jiang Hong promised to train Jiang Yu and gave him an Emperor Weapon to prepare for the Holy Son contest against Lu Changsheng.
• Xia Ningxue reached the Nine-Layer Golden Immortal Realm and learned the twelfth layer of the Supreme Forgetting Emotions Art from her ancestor.
• Lu Changsheng refined the Seventeenth Grade Nine-Heavens True Yang Flame over ninety years, strengthening his True Qi as he prepared to face Jiang Yu.
• Chen Yi broke through to the Heavenly Immortal Realm, and Lu Changsheng gave him the Eight Treasures Merit Pool, which gained the Seven-Treasure Thousand-Petal Golden Lotus after the system’s return.
• Lu Changsheng taught Chen Yi Buddhist Cultivation Methods and gave him treasures before sending him and several disciples down the mountain to train; Su Xiaoqi headed for Eternal Night.

Su Xiaoqi returned to Eternal Night, discovered that a Heaven-Rank Killer named Phantom had accepted a bounty on Lu Changsheng, and set out to warn her master. Meanwhile, Dugu Aotian intervened in the Blood Sea Hall’s attack on Ten Thousand Medicine Valley and killed Blood Bats Elder.

• Su Xiaoqi returned to Eternal Night, where the killers recognized her as the former Earth-Rank Killer God Seven.
• Su Xiaoqi saw a 64.8-billion-Immortal-Stone bounty on Lu Changsheng and watched Phantom accept the mission to assassinate him, so she decided to warn her master.
• Blood Sea Hall surrounded Ten Thousand Medicine Valley, and Blood Bats Elder threatened the trapped valley disciples.
• Dugu Aotian passed by, killed several Blood Sea Hall disciples who attacked him, and withstood Blood Bats Elder’s attacks without moving.
• Dugu Aotian drew the Demon Sword, cut Blood Bats Elder in two, and crushed his soul with a demonic claw.

Dugu Aotian saved Ten Thousand Medicine Valley and joined Liu Yiyi’s Yaochi Holy Land team to investigate the Blood Sea Hall. Back at Taihua Sacred Ground, Lu Changsheng learned of a killer’s threat and received the Dragon-Tiger Emperor Seal from the Apprentice-Teaching Simulator, which he planned to refine before facing Jiang Yu.

• Dugu Aotian killed the Blood Bats Elder, saved Ten Thousand Medicine Valley, and agreed to join Liu Yiyi’s investigation of the Blood Sea Hall.
• Lin Qinghan completed the Low-Grade Emperor Weapon Thousand Mechanisms Umbrella, while Lin Xuantong asked Lu Changsheng what he thought of her.
• The Apprentice-Teaching Simulator rewarded Lu Changsheng with 8 million Merit after Dugu Aotian killed the Blood Bats Elder.
• Su Xiaoqi warned Lu Changsheng that the Heaven-Rank Killer Phantom planned to assassinate him, and Lu Changsheng sent her back to train with several Law Treasures.
• Lu Changsheng received the Low-Grade Emperor Weapon Dragon-Tiger Emperor Seal as a return for giving Su Xiaoqi the Jade Dragon Sacred Seal and began trying to refine it.

Tiancheng Daoist, Liu Yiyi, Dugu Aotian, and Yaochi Holy Land forces attacked Blood Sea Hall at Vulture Peak, only to discover the stronghold was protected by the newly ascended Immortal Emperor Ancient Corpse Devil Lord. As he captured Liu Yiyi and Dugu Aotian, a powerful Daoist rescued them, and Liu Yiyi called him Father before he questioned Dugu Aotian about his relationship with her.

• Tiancheng Daoist reported thirteen Great Luo Golden Immortals at Vulture Peak, and Liu Yiyi divided the Yaochi Holy Land forces to surround and attack the stronghold.
• Tiancheng Daoist, Liu Yiyi, and Dugu Aotian led the assault, killing Blood Sea Hall disciples and defeating several elders while the outer teams stopped anyone from escaping.
• Ancient Corpse Devil Lord emerged from the mountain, killed a Yaochi elder, and revealed that he had become an Immortal Emperor with Blood Sea Hall's help.
• Ancient Corpse Devil Lord shattered Tiancheng Daoist's sword formation, captured Dugu Aotian, and cornered Liu Yiyi with his corpse puppets.
• A Daoist in an Eight-Trigram Purple-Ribbon Immortal Robe destroyed Ancient Corpse Devil Lord's attacks and puppets, rescued Liu Yiyi and Dugu Aotian, and was greeted by Liu Yiyi as her father.
• The Daoist turned to Dugu Aotian and asked what his relationship was with Liu Yiyi.

Liu Mufeng captured the Ancient Corpse Devil Lord, spared Dugu Aotian after divining his origins, and sent Liu Yiyi to travel with him. More than two thousand years later, Lu Changsheng prepared to challenge Jiang Yu for the Holy Son position as the contest drew a crowd on Main Peak.

• Liu Mufeng trapped the Ancient Corpse Devil Lord in his Treasure Bottle, and Yaochi Holy Land wiped out the fleeing Blood Sea Hall disciples.
• Liu Mufeng learned that Dugu Aotian was Lin Xuantong’s disciple, spared him, and arranged for Liu Yiyi to gain experience by traveling with him.
• Lu Changsheng advanced his cultivation and physique, guided his disciples, and prepared to challenge Jiang Yu for the Holy Son position.
• Taihua Sacred Ground’s elders and disciples gathered on Main Peak and discussed Jiang Yu’s and Lu Changsheng’s places on the Qilin Ranking.
• Lin Xuantong predicted that Lu Changsheng could rise into the Qilin Ranking’s top eighty by defeating Jiang Yu, then revealed that he had once ranked second.

Lu Changsheng challenged Jiang Yu for the position of Taihua Saint, and seven secluded ancestors arrived to judge the contest after seeing Lu Changsheng’s extraordinary cultivation. Jiang Yu’s sword strike shattered the platform and damaged Lu Changsheng’s puppets, but Lu Changsheng teleported behind him and landed a punch.

• Jiang Yu arrived at the Martial Arena with the Jiang Clan and declared that he would keep the Taihua Saint position, while Lu Changsheng arrived to challenge him.
• Seven Taihua Sacred Ground ancestors emerged from seclusion to watch Lu Changsheng, and the crowd realized they had come to assess his aptitude.
• Jiang Yu and Lu Changsheng both demonstrated that they had cultivated the Positive Yang Fire Essence Art to the Seventh Layer, despite Lu Changsheng being only a Nine-Layer Golden Immortal.
• Jiang Yu and Lu Changsheng exchanged sword strikes, but Lu Changsheng used nine Golden Immortal puppets and the Nine Heavens Sword Formation to block Jiang Yu’s White Yang Dawnbreak.
• Jiang Yu’s attack shattered the fighting platform and damaged the puppets, but Lu Changsheng teleported behind him and struck him in the face with the Eight Extremities Fist.

Lu Changsheng endured Jiang Yu’s Primordial Heavenly Blade and countered with his own Emperor Weapon, the Dragon-Tiger Emperor Seal. Jiang Hong stopped the contest before Jiang Yu’s Dao Body gave way and conceded that Jiang Yu had lost.

• Lu Changsheng battered Jiang Yu with his physique and a series of martial techniques, prompting Jiang Yu to draw the Primordial Heavenly Blade.
• Jiang Yu struck Lu Changsheng with the Emperor Weapon, but Lu Changsheng survived and emerged from the ruins with a blade mark across his chest.
• Lu Changsheng revealed the Dragon-Tiger Emperor Seal and used it to clash with Jiang Yu’s Primordial Heavenly Blade.
• Jiang Yu’s True Qi ran low and cracks formed in his Dao Body as he struggled against Lu Changsheng’s Emperor Weapon.
• Jiang Hong intervened, stopped the clash, and declared Jiang Yu the loser.

Lu Changsheng became Taihua Sacred Ground’s Holy Son after defeating Jiang Yu, and Kunlun Holy Land ranked him thirty-ninth on the Qilin Ranking. As other factions reacted to his rise and failed to calculate his fate, Lu Changsheng entered seclusion to prepare for the Quasi-Emperor Realm.

• Lu Changsheng became Holy Son, while Jiang Yu was demoted to Holy Son Candidate and promised yearly guidance from Jiang Hong.
• Taihua Sacred Ground’s ancestors praised Lu Changsheng, discussed suspicions about his origins, and left the Sacred Ground’s affairs to Lin Xuantong before returning to seclusion.
• Chongxu Daoist ranked Lu Changsheng thirty-ninth on the Qilin Ranking, prompting astonishment and envy among the major Holy Lands.
• Liu Mufeng and other experts failed to calculate Lu Changsheng’s fate and suspected that a powerful expert had concealed it.
• A rival Holy Lord urged his disciple to surpass Lu Changsheng, but the disciple recognized him as Junior Brother Lu; at Guanghan Holy Land, Xia Ningxue learned of Lu Changsheng’s ranking and said she could reach the Quasi-Emperor Realm anytime.
• Lu Changsheng entered seclusion to absorb his insights from fighting Jiang Yu and prepare to break through to the Quasi-Emperor Realm.

Lu Changsheng used Enlightenment Tea and insights returned from Xia Ningxue’s breakthrough to enter the Quasi-Emperor Realm, then traded treasures for Three Lights Divine Water and a Marrow-Devouring Insect. After researching the Demon Realm and suspecting Dugu Aotian had come from there, he received Lin Xuantong’s summons to the Rear Mountain to learn Taihua Sacred Ground’s true supreme arts.

• Lu Changsheng entered the Quasi-Emperor Realm after Xia Ningxue’s breakthrough returned insights through the Dual Cultivation System.
• Lu Changsheng exchanged treasures for Three Lights Divine Water and a Marrow-Devouring Insect in the Treasure Pavilion.
• Lu Changsheng studied records about the Demon Realm and other great worlds in the Scripture Repository.
• Lu Changsheng suspected that Dugu Aotian, who possessed the Devil Ancestor Dao Body, might have come from the Demon Realm.
• Lin Xuantong summoned Lu Changsheng to the Rear Mountain to teach him Taihua Sacred Ground’s true supreme arts.

Lin Xuantong taught Lu Changsheng and Lin Qinghan the first stage of the Purple Tenuity Heavenly Fire True Art, while a powerful Demon Realm expert entered the Immortal Realm and tried to take Dugu Aotian home. Lu Changsheng intervened, Dugu Aotian’s father abruptly let him stay, and the chapter ended with the father fighting the Immortal Emperors who had surrounded him.

• Lin Xuantong demonstrated the Purple Tenuity Heavenly Fire True Art and began teaching its first heavenly stage to Lu Changsheng and Lin Qinghan.
• Qingyue Immortal Maiden sensed a powerful Demon Realm expert near the Nine Serenities Forbidden Land and ordered the Jinglong Immortal Temple’s disciples to remain on Jinglong Mountain.
• Lu Changsheng used the Apprentice-Teaching Simulator to learn that Dugu Aotian would be taken away, then set out to rescue him.
• Dugu Aotian and Liu Yiyi defeated a Golden Immortal Realm weasel, but Dugu Aotian’s father confronted them on their journey back to the Taihua Sacred Ground.
• Lu Changsheng arrived as Dugu Aotian’s father threatened him, but the black-clad man stopped, accepted Dugu Aotian’s letter for his mother, and departed without taking him.
• Dozens of Immortal Emperors surrounded Dugu Aotian’s father near the Nine Nether Lands, and he killed one of them with a single palm strike.

Lu Changsheng returned to Taihua Sacred Ground with Liu Yiyi and Dugu Aotian, then joined the reception for the Yaochi Holy Mother and her delegation. After Lin Qinghan used him to discourage Zhu Tianze’s advances, Zhu Tianze challenged Lu Changsheng to a duel, and Lu Changsheng accepted despite learning that Zhu Tianze was an Immortal Emperor.

• Lu Changsheng brought Liu Yiyi and Dugu Aotian to Taihua Sacred Ground and gave Dugu Aotian a talisman to conceal his Devil Qi.
• The Yaochi Holy Mother arrived with Liu Yiyi’s parents and thousands of disciples to discuss dealing with Blood Sea Hall; Liu Mufeng diverted her attention from Dugu Aotian.
• A Yaochi Holy Son candidate tried to court Liu Yiyi, who moved closer to Dugu Aotian, while he looked down on Dugu Aotian’s status.
• Zhu Tianze offered Lin Qinghan a Nine-Colored Bell Orchid, but she linked arms with Lu Changsheng and told Zhu Tianze to defeat the Taihua Holy Son first.
• Zhu Tianze challenged Lu Changsheng to a duel after revealing his hostility, and Lu Changsheng accepted even after Lin Qinghan warned him that Zhu Tianze had reached the Immortal Emperor realm.

Lu Changsheng defeated Yaochi Holy Son Zhu Tianze in a spar, demonstrating that his Quasi-Emperor strength could suppress a newly advanced Immortal Emperor. Afterward, the sacred land leaders discussed Blood Sea Hall’s ties to the Demon Realm and considered preparing for a wider threat.

• The elders and disciples gathered to watch Lu Changsheng and Zhu Tianze spar, and Zhu Tianze recognized that Lu Changsheng had reached the Quasi-Emperor Realm.
• Zhu Tianze attacked with the Hidden Edge Sword, but Lu Changsheng combined the Immovable Wisdom King Seal with Purple Tenuity Heavenly Fire and drove him underground under a barrage of palm seals.
• Zhu Tianze yielded, acknowledged Lu Changsheng’s strength, and said he would stop pursuing Lin Qinghan; he and Lu Changsheng shook hands and made peace.
• Lu Changsheng assessed his strength and recognized that he still could not match long-established Immortal Emperors such as Great Freedom Buddha.
• Lin Xuantong told the Yaochi Holy Mother, Liu Mufeng, and Feng Qing'er that the Demon Realm was secretly backing Blood Sea Hall, prompting the Yaochi Holy Mother to suggest informing Purple Void Palace and preparing their younger generations.

Lu Changsheng used disciple-teaching returns to obtain the Five Elements Immortal Cauldron and Origin Dao Fruits, then refined an Origin Dao Fruit to temper his body and strengthen his Great Dao comprehension. He began collecting Void Fruits to seek more Origin Dao Fruits, ending with nine new fruits after a large batch while his disciples casually ate the remaining Void Fruits.

• Taihua Sacred Ground increased its Cultivation Resources, and Lu Changsheng continued cultivating while guiding Xiao Fan.
• Lu Changsheng taught Xiao Fan the Pill Saint Medicinal Canon and bestowed a Fire Dragon Medicine Cauldron, receiving the Medicine King Divine Chapter and Five Elements Immortal Cauldron in return.
• Lu Changsheng bestowed a Void Fruit on Xiao Fan and received an Origin Dao Fruit, which he spent three years refining in the Five Elements Immortal Cauldron.
• Lu Changsheng used the Origin Dao Fruit spirit liquid to temper his body and discovered that it also improved his comprehension of the Great Dao.
• Lu Changsheng claimed ninety-nine Void Fruits from the Treasure Pavilion and received two Origin Dao Fruits after bestowing them on his disciples, then exchanged for eight hundred more.
• Lu Changsheng received nine Origin Dao Fruits from the eight hundred Void Fruits, while Lu Qinglian and Ning Qianqian ate Void Fruits like ordinary fruit, shocking the Treasure Pavilion Elder and disciples.

Lu Changsheng used Void Fruits to obtain Origin Dao Fruits and received the Primordial Chaos Dao Banner after bestowing a Space Dao Banner on Su Xiaoqi. After testing the new treasure with Lin Qinghan, he began learning Taihua Sacred Ground’s supreme sword art, while continuing to cultivate and empower his disciples.

• Lu Changsheng exchanged surplus treasures for 1,800 Void Fruits, bestowed them on his disciples, and received twenty more Origin Dao Fruits from the system.
• Lu Changsheng bestowed the Space Dao Banner on Su Xiaoqi and received the Primordial Chaos Dao Banner, which enabled invisible teleportation.
• Lu Changsheng tested the Primordial Chaos Dao Banner with Lin Qinghan; they found that it could evade detection by Immortal Emperors at a distance, though Lin Xuantong’s protective Talisman countered its concealment.
• Lin Xuantong summoned Lu Changsheng and Lin Qinghan and instructed them to cultivate the Space Sacred Canon and Eternal Sacred Canon before learning One Sword Across the Ages.
• Lu Changsheng continued using Transmission Empowerment on his Great Luo Golden Immortal disciples as their Merit treasures grew.

Lu Changsheng taught Chen Yi Buddhist body-tempering arts and martial techniques, Dugu Aotian a dangerous Demon Realm method, and his other disciples several Emperor-Grade cultivation methods, while struggling to decide which returned techniques to cultivate himself. Meanwhile, Lin Qingzhi led Qingping Sword Sect disciples to investigate trouble at the Giant Sword Sect, leaving the cause of the incident unknown.

• Lu Changsheng taught Chen Yi the Arhat Golden Body Art, and the system returned the Emperor-Grade Immovable Wisdom King True Body; Chen Yi quickly formed an arhat phantom while tempering his body.
• Lu Changsheng taught Chen Yi Buddhist martial techniques and the Six-Syllable Great Bright Mantra, receiving several Emperor-Grade Buddhist arts, then rewarded him with prayer beads that yielded a Buddha Relic Bead.
• Chen Yi used Buddhist seals to suppress Dugu Aotian in a spar, so Lu Changsheng taught Dugu Aotian the Reversal Chaos Devil Cultivation Method and gave him a demonic sword.
• Lu Changsheng taught Ning Qianqian and Lu Qinglian new cultivation methods, receiving Emperor-Grade dragon, phoenix, and universal techniques, then chose the Thousand-Buddha Demon-Subduing Hand and Primordial World-Splitting Fist for himself.
• Lin Qingzhi led Qingping Sword Sect elders and disciples to investigate trouble at the Giant Sword Sect, warning them to be cautious despite their sect's strength.

Xiao Xiangdao ambushed Lin Qingzhi and the Qingping Sword Sect, but the Nameless Kumu rescued the survivors and prompted the sect to declare war on the Blood Sea Hall. Meanwhile, Xia Ningxue received the Ink Snow Sword, and Kunlun Holy Lord organized a joint campaign against the Blood Sea Hall, with teams gathering at Taihua Holy Land.

• Xiao Xiangdao revealed that he had joined the Blood Sea Hall and attacked Lin Qingzhi and the Qingping Sword Sect survivors alongside a Quasi-Emperor Realm elder.
• The Nameless Kumu broke through the Blood Realm and transported Lin Qingzhi and the surviving disciples back to the Qingping Sword Sect, whose sect master vowed to kill members of the Blood Sea Hall.
• Xia Ningxue received the Ink Snow Sword, a Law Treasure stronger than Emperor Weapons, from the old ancestor of Guanghan Holy Land and returned to cultivating in seclusion.
• Kunlun Holy Lord learned that the Blood Sea Hall had attacked sects under Taihua and Yaochi Holy Lands and had support from an unknown Demon Realm expert.
• Kunlun Holy Lord appointed Daoist Chongxu to lead Kunlun's team, and the great Holy Lands agreed to gather at Taihua Holy Land to attack the Blood Sea Hall.

Taihua Sacred Ground hosted a gathering of powerful figures and Qilin Ranking geniuses from dozens of holy lands to plan against the Blood Sea Hall. Lu Changsheng drew the attention of rivals and peers, and the chapter ended with Kunlun Saint Yan Zhiqiu recognizing him from their past encounter.

• Wu De welcomed the White Immortal Emperor and Changliu Holy Land, followed by groups from Yaochi Holy Land and Guanghan Holy Land.
• Jin Yun confronted Liu Mufeng over their holy lands’ old feud but agreed to postpone settling their score until later.
• Buddhist and Daoist holy lands arrived, including the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple, Sumeru Sacred Land, Taichu Sacred Land, and Kunlun Holy Land.
• Lu Changsheng met Zhu Tianze and attracted the attention of Qilin Ranking geniuses, including Jiang Yue, the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple’s Buddha Son, and the Exiled Sword Immortal.
• A Kunlun disciple recognized Lu Changsheng from their fight against the Lishan Great Demon in Tianyang City and introduced himself as Yan Zhiqiu, the Kunlun Saint.