Chapter Summaries

At the Yaochi Conference, Lu Changsheng and his disciples gained breakthroughs and drew attention as Lu Qinglian defeated Feng Chen, while Lu Changsheng received the Azure Emperor Sword. The chapter ended when Yaochi Holy Mother unleashed a killing aura at Dugu Aotian, suggesting she had discovered his identity.

• Lu Changsheng broke through to the Immortal Emperor Third Stage during Yaochi Holy Mother's preaching, while Xia Ningxue advanced to the Immortal Emperor Second Layer.
• Lu Qinglian broke through to the Quasi-Emperor Realm, and Lu Changsheng received the Azure Emperor Sword as a system reward.
• Han Jie offered to serve Feng Mu, who accepted him after Feng Chen recommended taking him in.
• Lu Qinglian challenged Feng Chen without a Law Treasure, defeated him, and earned the forty-fifth place on the Qilin Ranking.
• Yaochi Holy Mother activated the Plain-Colored Cloud-Realm Banner and directed her killing aura at Dugu Aotian, alarming Lu Changsheng and the other powerhouses.

Yaochi Holy Mother spared Dugu Aotian after learning he was the son of her former disciple Immortal Maiden Yuehua and the Demon Marshal, but she forbade Liu Yiyi from seeing him. Back at Mount Shu, Tai Xu True Person went missing while investigating the Blood Bats Cave, where a masked man revealed that he had been hired to kill Lu Changsheng.

• Yaochi Holy Mother threatened Dugu Aotian, but Lu Changsheng, Liu Mufeng, Feng Qing'er, and Lin Xuantong persuaded her to spare him.
• Lin Xuantong told Lu Changsheng that Dugu Aotian's mother was Immortal Maiden Yuehua and his father was Dugu Mietian, the Demon Marshal.
• Feng Qing'er told Liu Yiyi that she could not see Dugu Aotian because of his origins and Yaochi's losses to the Demon Realm.
• Tai Xu True Person went to the Blood Bats Cave after a Mount Shu team disappeared there, then vanished himself, prompting Qingxia Immortal Maiden to send Jianjia to seek Lu Changsheng's help.
• A masked man held Tai Xu True Person captive with an Immortal-Binding Rope and confessed that he had been hired to kill Lu Changsheng.

Jianjia asked Lu Changsheng to rescue Tai Xu True Person from Blood Bats Cave, where Lu discovered that Eternal Night’s Heaven-Rank Killer Phantom had laid a trap for him. Phantom and his twin Wangliang attacked Lu, but their daggers failed to pierce his defenses, and the chapter ended with the killers realizing they had underestimated him when he drew the Azure Emperor Sword.

• Jianjia arrived at Taihua Sacred Ground and asked Lu Changsheng to help find Tai Xu True Person, who had gone missing at Blood Bats Cave.
• Lu Changsheng took Jianjia to Blood Bats Cave and killed its Evil Cultivators and blood bats with a strike of the Azure Emperor Sword.
• Lu Changsheng found Tai Xu True Person imprisoned and learned that an Eternal Night killer had used him as bait to lure Lu into a trap.
• Phantom attacked Lu with a poisoned dagger, but Lu blocked it; Phantom then revealed his twin Wangliang and their shared Twin Soul Body.
• Wangliang's dagger also failed to pierce Lu's armor, and Lu moved Jianjia and Tai Xu True Person into his treasure to keep them out of the fight.
• Lu Changsheng drew the Azure Emperor Sword, and Phantom and Wangliang recognized its Upper-Grade Emperor Armament power and realized they had targeted the wrong opponent.

Lu Changsheng defeated Phantom and Wangliang, used Marrow-Devouring Insects to turn them into puppets, and brought Tai Xu True Person and Jianjia back to safety. At Taihua Divine Mountain, he trained Lu Qinglian and received a Dao Artifact Fragment, while the killers’ master learned who had killed his disciples and resolved to wait for a chance to retaliate.

• Lu Changsheng used Marrow-Devouring Insects to kill Phantom and Wangliang’s minds and make the two Emperor-Rank Killers his puppets.
• Lu Changsheng discussed the assassination with Tai Xu True Person, then returned with him and Jianjia to Mount Shu, where Qingxia Immortal Maiden welcomed Tai Xu True Person home.
• Lu Changsheng removed Mount Shu’s Mountain-Guarding Formation treasures and agreed to let Jianjia cultivate under his guidance before taking her back to Taihua Divine Mountain.
• The old man whose disciples were Phantom and Wangliang used Space-Time Turbulence to see Lu Changsheng kill them, then decided to wait for an opportunity rather than attack Taihua Divine Mountain.
• Lu Changsheng transmitted cultivation to Jianjia and Lu Qinglian, taught Lu Qinglian new techniques, and received a Dao Artifact Fragment after giving her a Sun-Searing Golden Spear.

Lu Changsheng received the unique Ginseng Fruit Ancestral Tree after rewarding Lin Qingzhi, then used the Earth Book and Yaochi Water to help nurture it. Meanwhile, Chen Yao trained at the Profound Maiden Palace, where she prepared to break through to the Quasi-Emperor Realm while thinking of Lin Qingzhi.

• Lu Changsheng spent a year rewarding Lu Qinglian with Rejuvenation Divine Pills and Greater Rejuvenation Divine Pills, eventually obtaining nine Divine Rebellion Immortal Pills.
• Lu Changsheng guided his disciples and other people connected to him as nine hundred and ninety-nine peaceful years passed on Taihua Divine Mountain.
• Lu Changsheng rewarded Lin Qingzhi with a Ginseng Fruit Tree and received the one-of-a-kind Ginseng Fruit Ancestral Tree as a ten-billionfold return.
• Lu Changsheng used the Earth Book as soil for the ancestral tree and watered it with Yaochi Water, then considered asking Dugu Aotian to maintain his relationship with Liu Yiyi so he could obtain more water.
• Chen Yao defeated hundreds of demons with her sword and formations during an assessment at the Profound Maiden Palace, while its elders discussed her potential and His Highness Ku judged her unworthy until she became a Great Perfection Immortal Emperor.
• Chen Yao thought of Lin Qingzhi, took an Immortal Pill, and began her breakthrough to the Quasi-Emperor Realm as Great Dao Golden Thunder gathered over the Profound Maiden Palace.

Lu Changsheng obtained powerful Formation treasures through the Apprentice-Teaching Simulator and began preparing defenses for Mount Shu and his own residence. He left with several new Emperor-Grade Formations and planned to focus on helping his remaining disciples advance.

• Lu Changsheng learned that Chen Yao had advanced to the Quasi-Emperor Realm and suspected that only she could refine the Profound Maiden Divine Talisman.
• Lu Changsheng granted Lin Qingzhi the Eight Desolate Fire Dragon treasures and received the three hundred and sixty-five Lesser Celestial Circuit Star Banners and their controlling heart method.
• Lu Changsheng discovered that the Lesser Celestial Circuit Star-Dipper Heart Method included the missing portion of Mount Shu's Taiqing Wuji Art, then spent a year refining the Star Banners.
• Lu Changsheng obtained Formation treasures from Taihua Sacred Ground's Treasure Pavilion and granted them to Lin Qingzhi, receiving several Emperor-Grade Formation treasures in return.
• Lu Changsheng set up the Ten Directions Immortal Emperor Dao Banners around Yuntai Peak and decided to train Xiao Fan, Ning Qianqian, and Chen Yi, while Mo Huazhi and Chen Xiaoyao remained missing but safe.

Lu Changsheng helped Xiao Fan advance to the Quasi-Emperor Realm and gave him the Creation Immortal Cauldron, while Lu Qinglian’s Karmic Fire Red Lotus devoured powerful Spirit Fires and became an Upper-Grade Emperor Armament. After his attempts to give Dugu Aotian Demon Marshal Blood failed to earn rewards, Lu Changsheng decided to search the Nine Nether Lands for Demon Bloodstone.

• Lu Changsheng gave Xiao Fan Spirit Fires and Origin Dao Fruit Spirit Liquid, helping him break through to the Quasi-Emperor Realm and earning the Creation Immortal Cauldron as a reward.
• Lu Changsheng bestowed the Creation Immortal Cauldron on Xiao Fan, who used it to refine a greatly improved True Martial Fire Essence Pill.
• Lu Changsheng gave Xiao Fan more Spirit Fires and received the Void Black Flame, Netherworld Sea Flame, and Black Dragon King Flame as rewards.
• Lu Qinglian used her Karmic Fire Red Lotus to devour the three high-grade Spirit Fires, growing it into an Upper-Grade Emperor Armament.
• Lu Changsheng gave Dugu Aotian three drops of Demon Marshal Blood, but received no return rewards.
• Lu Changsheng decided to travel to the Nine Nether Lands to find Demon Bloodstone and obtain more Demon Marshal Blood.

A sect party searching the Nine Serenities for Soul Grass was attacked by ghosts, including a Yaksha King, but a mysterious swordsman rescued them with one strike. The Elder and his disciples knelt to thank the swordsman, whose identity remained unknown.

• The Golden Immortal Elder led his disciples into the Nine Nether Lands to find Nine Serenities Soul Grass that could save their gravely wounded Sect Master.
• Senior Sister Qin found the Soul Grass but was killed by a Yaksha, which the Elder destroyed with his sword art.
• The Elder harvested the Soul Grass and collected nearby Demon Bloodstones, but a Yaksha King emerged and blocked the party's escape.
• The Yaksha King killed a male disciple and wounded the Elder, who realized the group had no chance of defeating it.
• A mysterious man arrived, wounded the Yaksha King with the Azure Emperor Sword, and destroyed it with a single strike.
• The Golden Immortal Elder led his disciples in kneeling to thank the man.

Lu Changsheng saved a Water Moon Sword Sect group in the Nine Serenities Forbidden Land, accepted Xu Jing as his twelfth disciple, and discovered that Xu Jing’s mysterious Netherworld Yin Eye could reveal hidden dangers and treasures. As they ventured deeper in search of Demon Bloodstones, a Purple-Clad Woman escaped from the Demon Realm and prepared to test the Immortal Realm’s Qilin Ranking geniuses.

• Lu Changsheng killed the Yaksha King, accepted six Demon Bloodstones from the Water Moon Sword Sect Elder, and gave him a pill to cure his corpse venom.
• After learning the Water Moon Sword Sect Master needed Nine Serenities Soul Grass, Lu Changsheng asked to take Xu Jing as his disciple, and the Elder agreed despite warning him of Xu Jing’s strange origins.
• Xu Jing’s system profile showed unknown race and identity, the Netherworld Yin Eye, and the talent label “inauspicious person”; Lu Changsheng compensated the Elder with seventeenth-grade Immortal Pills.
• Lu Changsheng took Xu Jing deeper into the Nine Serenities, where Xu Jing pointed out unseen ghosts, located treasures, and warned that a terrifying corpse could defeat Lu Changsheng.
• A Purple-Clad Woman escaped the Demon Realm with an Emperor Weapon and set out to challenge the Immortal Realm’s Qilin Ranking geniuses.

Lu Changsheng and Dantai Meng fought a headless corpse in Nine Serenities, destroying it after Dantai Meng’s Dao Artifact weakened it. He then discovered she was the Illusory Netherworld Demon Venerable’s daughter, and she demanded that he swear a Blood Oath to become her servant.

• Lu Changsheng followed a system message to a battle between Dantai Meng and a headless corpse, then joined the fight and rescued her from its attacks.
• Dantai Meng unleashed her bronze bell, annihilating the corpse and everything around it, but the headless corpse reconstructed itself and struck at her again.
• Lu Changsheng teleported Dantai Meng to safety, then split the weakened corpse with the Azure Emperor Sword and burned away its flesh and Sha Qi with Purple Tenuity Heavenly Fire.
• After recovering, Lu Changsheng questioned Dantai Meng and realized that saving her had earned him no Merit.
• Dantai Meng recognized Lu Changsheng as the Taihua Saint, revealed that she was the daughter of the Illusory Netherworld Demon Venerable, and demanded he swear a Blood Oath to become her loyal servant.

Lu Changsheng defeated and captured Dantai Meng, the Illusory Netherworld Demon Venerable’s daughter, after resisting her illusions and the Nameless Bell with help from the Taiyin Goddess. He took her treasures and returned to Taihua Mountain, while a Demon Realm expert searched the Nine Serenities Abyss for her.

• Dantai Meng tried to enslave Lu Changsheng with Eternal Illusion, but he broke through her nine layers of illusions and fought back.
• Xia Ningxue appeared to help Lu Changsheng, but she was another illusion that he dispelled.
• Lu Changsheng used the Taiyin Goddess Talisman to withstand the Nameless Bell, and the Taiyin Goddess blocked Dantai Meng’s escape and sealed her.
• Lu Changsheng bound Dantai Meng, slapped her, and seized her Dao Artifact bell, Demon Realm treasures, and Cultivation Methods.
• Lu Changsheng took Dantai Meng back to Taihua Mountain, abandoning his search for the Demon Bloodstone as a Demon Realm expert emerged from the Nine Serenities Abyss looking for her.

Lu Changsheng recaptured Dantai Meng after she escaped and continued toward Taihua Mountain with her. When An'an Devil Lord trapped them, Lu Changsheng activated the Nameless Bell against him.

• Lu Changsheng tried to read Dantai Meng's memories, but a formation placed by the Illusory Netherworld Demon Venerable destroyed his strand of Divine Sense.
• Lu Changsheng traveled for a year to the outskirts of Nine Serenities and told Dantai Meng he intended to take her to Taihua Mountain.
• Dantai Meng escaped the Spirit-Sealing Net and destroyed her guard, but Lu Changsheng sprung a trap and recaptured her.
• Lu Changsheng withheld food until Dantai Meng called him master, then gave her a Medicinal Pill.
• An'an Devil Lord caught up with them and used the True Demon Barrier to prevent their escape.
• Lu Changsheng threatened Dantai Meng, then activated the Nameless Bell when An'an Devil Lord moved to capture him.

Lu Changsheng was rescued from An'an Devil Lord by Qingyue Immortal Maiden, who revealed that she had been exiled to Jinglong Mountain and hinted at her connection to the Heavenly Court. Back in the Demon Realm, Dantai Meng complained to the Illusory Netherworld Demon Venerable, but he declined to pursue Lu Changsheng because he had urgent matters to handle.

• An'an Devil Lord seized the nameless bell from Lu Changsheng, freed Dantai Meng, and immobilized Lu Changsheng with his Divine Sense.
• Qingyue Immortal Maiden arrived, forced An'an Devil Lord to stand down, and took Lu Changsheng back toward Jinglong Mountain.
• Qingyue Immortal Maiden told Lu Changsheng that the Illusory Netherworld Demon Venerable had defeated the Immortal Realm forces, then confirmed his deduction that she had been exiled and was likely connected to the Heavenly Court.
• Dantai Meng returned to the Demon Realm and complained that Lu Changsheng had captured her and taken her treasures, while concealing the humiliating details.
• The Illusory Netherworld Demon Venerable let Dantai Meng replace her lost treasures but refused to pursue Lu Changsheng, saying he had important matters to attend to.

Lu Changsheng returned to Taihua Mountain with Xu Jing, whose origins Lin Xuantong and the Lin Household Ancestor traced to the Netherworld Realm. After collecting Ghost Dao cultivation methods for him, Lu Changsheng returned to Yuntai Peak to begin training his new disciple.

• Lu Changsheng returned to Taihua Mountain with Xu Jing and asked Lin Xuantong and the Lin Household Ancestor to examine the new disciple.
• Lin Xuantong warned Lu Changsheng about provoking Illusory Netherworld Demon Venerable, then explained that Xu Jing had died once and returned as a being shaped by the Netherworld Realm's Yin Sha Qi.
• The Lin Household Ancestor judged Xu Jing a possible Ghost Dao genius, and Lin Xuantong said Taihua Sacred Ground had few methods that might suit him.
• Lu Changsheng went to the Scripture Repository and received all thirteen of its Ghost Dao cultivation methods and texts for free.
• Lu Changsheng failed to cultivate the Yin Sha Cultivation Method himself, gathered Netherworld treasures for Xu Jing, and returned to Yuntai Peak to train him.

Lu Changsheng taught Xu Jing ghost-path techniques, equipped his disciples with treasures, and continued cultivating while avoiding Dantai Meng. After Mo Huazhi advanced to the Quasi-Emperor Realm, Lu Changsheng learned she was teaching at Ziyang Academy, where the Imperishable Immortal Dynasty's ruler was being told of her Literary Sage Physique.

• Lu Changsheng taught Xu Jing several ghost-path cultivation methods and received powerful return rewards, including the Ghost King Remnant Scripture.
• Lu Changsheng learned that the Torch Dragon Clan possessed Netherworld treasures, then sent Huowen back to her clan with an offering to exchange for its Law Treasures.
• Lu Changsheng bestowed Demon Bloodstones on Dugu Aotian, but all thirty-six attempts to bestow the resulting Demon Marshal Blood failed to trigger rewards, so he asked the Treasure Pavilion to procure more Demon Bloodstones.
• Lu Changsheng gave Lu Qinglian the World-Destroying Black Lotus and received the Pure-World White Lotus, then instructed her to nurture the lotus treasures while training.
• Lu Changsheng continued studying his cultivation arts as his disciples trained and earned Merit, and the system notified him that Mo Huazhi had advanced to the Quasi-Emperor Realm.
• At Ziyang Academy, Mo Huazhi taught the writings of the sages, while Confucian sages told a yellow-robed ruler that she had the Literary Sage Physique and had become the academy head's Personal Disciple.

After thirty thousand years of secluded cultivation, Lu Changsheng broke through to the Immortal Emperor Fourth Stage while his disciples’ misdeeds brought other powers to Taihua Sacred Ground’s gate. He emerged as the Qilin Ranking’s new number one after Ku was removed, but regretted that he had not faced him.

• Lu Changsheng cultivated the Purple Tenuity Heavenly Fire True Art under Household Ancestor Lin and advanced close to the Immortal Emperor Fourth Stage.
• Immortal Emperor Buyi reported that Lu Qinglian and Ning Qianqian had angered several major powers, whose elders gathered at Taihua Sacred Ground to demand an explanation.
• Lu Changsheng defended his disciples, agreed to compensate the aggrieved powers with valuable treasures, and sent them home satisfied.
• Lu Changsheng gave Lu Qinglian and Ning Qianqian a Transmission Empowerment, received three hundred million days of cultivation from the system, and entered seclusion to break through.
• Lu Changsheng reached the Immortal Emperor Fourth Stage after celestial phenomena appeared over Taihua Sacred Ground.
• Ku was removed from the Qilin Ranking for exceeding its cultivation-time limit, making Lu Changsheng the new number one; Lu Changsheng wished he could have fought Ku.

Lu Changsheng became the foremost genius on the Qilin Ranking and mastered the Fourth Heavenly Realm of the Purple Tenuity Heavenly Fire True Art. As the forty-ninth opening of the Divine Maiden Dao Ruins approached, Taihua Sacred Ground’s ancestors suspected the Taihua Goddess had left an inheritance for a destined successor, and Lin Xuantong sent Lu Changsheng to explore it.

• News spread that Lu Changsheng had taken first place on the Qilin Ranking after Ku was removed for exceeding the ranking’s cultivation limit, while Feng Mu remained second and swore he would surpass him.
• Ku learned that Lu Changsheng had replaced him at the top but dismissed him as unremarkable after hearing he had only narrowly defeated Feng Mu.
• Three hundred years later, Lu Changsheng mastered the Fourth Heavenly Realm of the Purple Tenuity Heavenly Fire True Art at the Immortal Emperor Fourth Stage, astonishing Household Ancestor Lin and Lin Xuantong.
• Lin Xuantong told the ancestors that the Divine Maiden Dao Ruins would open for the forty-ninth time, and they speculated that the Taihua Goddess had left an inheritance in her sealed tomb chamber for a destined successor.
• Lin Xuantong, the Jiang Clan Ancestor, and the Ye Clan Ancestor decided that Lin Qinghan, Jiang Yu, and Ye Feng should also try their luck in the ruins.
• Lin Xuantong summoned Lu Changsheng and told him to enter the Divine Maiden Dao Ruins with Lin Qinghan, Jiang Yu, Ye Feng, and the others to seek the Taihua Goddess’s inheritance.

The Divine Maiden Dao Ruins opened for the first time in three million years, and Taihua Sacred Ground brought Lu Changsheng, Lin Qinghan, and other young candidates to the Taihua Goddess's sealed burial chamber. When the Ancestors failed to break the seals, Lu Changsheng casually peeled one of the Talismans from the door, leaving everyone stunned.

• Seven-colored clouds announced that the Divine Maiden Dao Ruins had opened, and the Ancestors explained that they held the Taihua Goddess's burial chamber and long-exhausted treasures.
• Household Ancestor Lin and the other Ancestors brought Lu Changsheng, Lin Qinghan, Jiang Yu, Ye Feng, and two Saintess Candidates into the Dao Ruins.
• Household Ancestor Lin led the group to the highest of seven thousand palaces, where two Talismans sealed the burial chamber's doors.
• The Ancestors joined forces to attack the Talismans, but their power was absorbed, and Lin Xuantong suspected the chamber held no legacy.
• Lu Changsheng approached the left Talisman despite the Ancestors' warnings and peeled it from the door with ease.

Lu Changsheng and Lin Qinghan opened the Divine Maiden's tomb and entered its inner chamber, where the Taihua Goddess's inheritance awaited them while the other descendants were turned away. Elsewhere, Mister Mo rejected the Imperishable Immortal Dynasty emperor's marriage proposal and repeatedly rebuffed the Ninth Prince.

• Lu Changsheng removed the Solar Divine Talisman but could not withstand the Lunar Divine Talisman's Yin Qi, so Lin Qinghan peeled it off and opened the tomb.
• The Lin Household Ancestor described the Taihua Goddess's ancient deeds as Lu Changsheng, Lin Qinghan, and the others examined the murals inside the tomb.
• Lu Changsheng and Lin Qinghan entered the inner chamber, while Jiang Yu, Ye Feng, and the Saintess Candidates were blocked by an invisible force.
• The Lin Household Ancestor failed to divine why the Divine Maiden Dao Ruins had opened its final palace, and Lin Xuantong waited outside for Lu Changsheng and Lin Qinghan.
• The Imperishable Immortal Dynasty emperor proposed that Mister Mo marry his ninth son, but she refused and left after invoking the Academy Master.
• The Ninth Prince repeatedly tried to court Mister Mo, but she turned him away, and he dared not challenge Ziyang Academy.

Lu Changsheng and Lin Qinghan explored the Divine Maiden's burial chamber, where they found the Taihua Goddess's coffin empty, Lin Qinghan claimed the Myriad-Flower Divine Parasol, and Lu Changsheng took an unidentified ring. After the Dao Ruins closed, Lu Changsheng obtained over a thousand Demon Bloodstones and learned from a simulation that Shen Xiaoyao was at Yellow Dragon Mountain, then arranged to seek him out with Tang Ling'er.

• Lu Changsheng opened the Taihua Goddess's stone coffin and found it empty, while Lin Qinghan was shocked that the divine body was missing.
• A hidden compartment released the Myriad-Flower Divine Parasol to Lin Qinghan, who refined it and received insights from a mysterious remnant image; Lu Changsheng found an unidentifiable silver ring in another compartment.
• Lin Qinghan showed the Dao Artifact to Lin Xuantong and the other ancestors, while Lu Changsheng reported the empty coffin and the ancestors ordered everyone to keep the discovery secret before leaving the closing Dao Ruins.
• Lu Changsheng returned to Yuntai Peak, received over a thousand Demon Bloodstones from a Treasure Pavilion Elder, and rewarded the Elder with medicinal pills.
• The Apprentice-Teaching Simulator announced that Shen Xiaoyao had reached the Quasi-Emperor Realm and awarded Lu Changsheng the Heavenly Fortune Sword; a life simulation revealed that Shen Xiaoyao was cultivating at Yellow Dragon Mountain.
• Lu Changsheng told Tang Ling'er to accompany him to find Shen Xiaoyao four thousand years later.