Chapter Summaries

Xu Jing revived the Heavenly Sect’s Female Sword Immortal, Yun Qianyue, and the two exchanged cultivation methods as she began her new life. At Taihua Sacred Ground, Lu Changsheng discovered Yun Qianyue’s past in the Taihua Sword Maiden’s records, then Xu Jing returned to Yuntai Peak with her.

• Xu Jing let the Female Sword Immortal’s original soul fragments gather and watched as she revived, choosing not to erase her old soul.
• The Female Sword Immortal told Xu Jing her name was Yun Qianyue, explained that she knew the Taihua Sword Maiden from her previous life, and agreed to exchange the Netherworld Realm and Heavenly Sect cultivation methods with him.
• Lu Changsheng read the Taihua Sword Maiden’s records and learned that Yun Qianyue, a genius with the Primordial Chaos Sword Physique, had defeated the Taihua Sword Maiden before the Heavenly Sect fell.
• Lu Changsheng read more High Antiquity accounts, including how the Purple Void Palace and other powers established or relocated their foundations after the wars.
• Xu Jing returned to Yuntai Peak with Yun Qianyue, where Lin Qingzhi, Lu Qinglian, Ning Qianqian, Xiao Fan, and Dugu Aotian watched them curiously.

Lu Changsheng discovered that Xu Jing’s resurrected Sword Immortal was Yun Qianyue, the Heavenly Sect’s Chief Grand Disciple, and took her as his fourteenth disciple. After the Profound Maiden Palace assumed command of the Northwestern Immortal Realm, Lin Qingzhi worried that he was unworthy of Chen Yao, but Lu Changsheng reassured him about his talent.

• Lu Changsheng learned from the simulator that Xu Jing’s companion, Yun Qianyue, was the resurrected Chief Grand Disciple of the ancient Heavenly Sect.
• Lu Changsheng offered Yun Qianyue protection and cultivation resources, and she accepted him as her master, becoming his fourteenth Personal Disciple.
• Lu Changsheng reflected on his other disciples and protégés, several of whom were also connected to Great Experts of High Antiquity.
• The Heavenly Court’s new division of the lower realm placed the Northwestern Immortal Realm under the Profound Maiden Palace, whose Elders came to reside on Taihua Mountain.
• Lin Qingzhi worried that Chen Yao’s standing in the Profound Maiden Palace made him unworthy of her, and Lu Changsheng told him his talent matched that of the Twelve Sword Maidens.

Lu Changsheng learned that Taihua Sacred Ground’s hidden Shadowless Hall had located a Blood Sea Hall stronghold, and Lin Xuantong ordered him to lead an expedition against it. Meanwhile, Lu Changsheng continued studying the Fifth Sword Realm as Yun Qianyue rapidly advanced to the Earth Immortal Realm.

• Lin Xuantong introduced Immortal Maiden Ruan Qi, who briefed Taihua Sacred Ground on the Heavenly Court’s campaign against the Blood Sea Hall and Evil Extremity Sect.
• Lin Xuantong revealed the secret Shadowless Hall and its Hall Master, Night Wuxin, then assigned them to search for Blood Sea Hall strongholds.
• Yun Qianyue reached the Earth Immortal Realm in less than three years, earning Lu Changsheng a Low-Grade Emperor Weapon from the system.
• Night Wuxin reported that the Shadowless Hall had found a Blood Sea Hall stronghold in Life-Ending Valley, and Lin Xuantong arranged for Lu Changsheng and Lin Qinghan to lead its destruction.
• Lin Xuantong told Lu Changsheng to lead a team to Life-Ending Valley, and Lu Changsheng considered bringing his disciples along to gain experience.

Lu Changsheng led Taihua Sacred Ground’s disciples and Elders to destroy a Blood Sea Hall stronghold on the outskirts of Life-Ending Valley, a Forbidden Ground inhabited by High Antiquity Demon Worms. As the battle escalated, Lin Tianyi recognized the stronghold’s God King Guardian as a long-missing Grand Supreme Elder of Lianshan Holy Land.

• Lu Changsheng assigned Su Yun and Daoist Tuquan to guard Yuntai Peak, then took the others to Life-Ending Valley while Yun Qianyue revealed she had fought there in High Antiquity.
• Yun Qianyue sensed a dormant presence deep within the valley, so Lu Changsheng warned the group not to disturb it and had Lin Qingzhi deploy the Zhou Tian Star-Dipper Great Formation.
• Lu Changsheng shattered the Blood Sea Hall stronghold’s barrier with a sword strike, exposing its captured demon worms and the Hall’s scheme to extract their toxins.
• Lu Changsheng and his disciples attacked the Blood Sea Hall forces, while the Taihua Elders joined the battle and destroyed much of the stronghold.
• A God King Guardian emerged from the grand palace, and Lin Tianyi identified him as the missing Grand Supreme Elder of Lianshan Holy Land.

Lu Changsheng and his allies destroyed Blood Sea Hall’s stronghold in Life-Ending Valley, but Song Tianfang and powerful reinforcements trapped them before they could leave. Just as Lu Changsheng prepared to use the Ancestral Dragon Blood Pill to face Song Tianfang, Lin Xuantong arrived with Taihua Mountain’s experts and turned the ambush against Blood Sea Hall.

• Lu Changsheng and Lin Tianyi discovered that a demon worm controlled the Lianshan Holy Land elder’s corpse, then killed the worm despite its poisonous mist.
• Lu Changsheng’s disciples and the Taihua Sacred Ground elders wiped out the Blood Sea Hall stronghold, while Lin Qingzhi’s formation prevented the Demons from escaping.
• A Blood Sea Hall force led by Song Tianfang surrounded Lu Changsheng’s party, and Lu Changsheng asked Lin Tianyi to hold off two Guardians while he faced Song Tianfang.
• Lu Changsheng’s Sword Domain was overwhelmed by Song Tianfang’s Myriad Laws Return to Emptiness, leaving Lu Changsheng ready to use the Ancestral Dragon Blood Pill.
• Lin Xuantong, Household Ancestor Lin, the Jiang Clan Ancestor, and other Taihua Mountain experts appeared, revealing that Song Tianfang’s force had fallen into their trap.

Lin Xuantong and Taihua Sacred Ground’s allies cornered Song Tianfang in Life-Ending Valley, but an immature descendant of the High Antiquity Insect King unleashed an endless insect swarm. As the group was nearly overwhelmed, Taihua Sacred Ground’s High Antiquity Ancestor opened a path out with the perfected Fifth Sword Realm.

• Lin Xuantong arrived with Household Ancestor Lin and the Jiang Clan Ancestor, surrounding Song Tianfang and the Blood Sea Hall Demons while Lu Changsheng warned them about the High Antiquity Demon Worm.
• Song Tianfang revealed the Blood Sea Hall’s ties to Life-Ending Valley, and the Insect King emerged as the Jiang Clan Ancestor nearly killed him.
• The Insect King summoned a vast swarm of demon insects, forcing Lin Xuantong and the others to fight their way through the valley as their True Qi dwindled.
• Yun Qianyue and Immortal Maiden Ruan Qi explained that the Insect King was a descendant of the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Insect and had not yet reached maturity.
• Taihua Sacred Ground’s High Antiquity Ancestor cut through the insect swarm with the perfected Fifth Sword Realm, allowing the group to escape Life-Ending Valley.

The Profound Maiden Palace organized a coalition of the Immortal Realm’s Holy Lands and cultivation clans to destroy the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Insect in Life-Ending Valley. The chapter ended with three Sword Maidens and Heavenly Court forces arriving at Taihua Mountain as the assembled coalition prepared for the siege.

• After the Insect King proved too powerful for Taihua Sacred Ground, Immortal Maiden Ruan Qi reported Life-Ending Valley to the Profound Maiden Palace, which decided to summon forces from across the Lower Realm.
• Sword Maiden Mengchen and a fellow Sword Maiden ordered the Holy Lands and cultivation clans under the Profound Maiden Palace’s jurisdiction to send experts for the siege.
• Yuexi agreed to accompany her master to Taihua Mountain for the campaign, while Immortal Changliu recruited White Immortal Emperor and asked the Old Sword Saint to lead Changliu Mountain’s contingent.
• Liu Yiyi persuaded Liu Mufeng and Feng Qing'er to let her join Yaochi’s force, while the Yaochi Holy Mother agreed to lead it with the Plain-Colored Cloud-Realm Banner.
• Li Heng ordered Moon Palace to send its forces and appointed Jiang Yue to lead disciples below the Immortal Emperor Realm while Xia Ningxue remained in the Endless Ice Domain.
• Lin Xuantong and Lu Changsheng sensed thousands of powerful arrivals at Taihua Mountain, where three Sword Maidens and Heavenly Court soldiers and generals descended.

Lu Changsheng received Taihua Sacred Ground’s Gou Chen Grand Formation and its Sixth-Grade Dao Artifact, the Gou Chen Battle Banner, before joining a vast coalition headed for Life-Ending Valley. The forces set out to contain the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Insect army while the coalition’s strongest experts prepared to kill the immortal demon insect.

• The Profound Maiden Palace, fifty thousand Heavenly Court soldiers, and the major powers gathered at Taihua Mountain, where Sword Maiden Qiongxiao was appointed to command the campaign.
• Lin Xuantong taught Lu Changsheng the Gou Chen Grand Formation and gave him the Gou Chen Battle Banner to lead Taihua Sacred Ground’s forces.
• Yaochi, Changliu Mountain, the Moon Palace, the High Antiquity Yun Household, the High Antiquity Qian Clan, and the Eternal Immortal Dynasty arrived with their experts and disciples.
• Lu Changsheng took command of Taihua Sacred Ground’s elders and disciples below the God King Realm, with Lin Qinghan, Immortal Emperor Buyi, and Fairy Shunhua among his allies.
• Sword Maiden Qiongxiao led hundreds of thousands of Xiuzhenzhe and fifty thousand heavenly soldiers and generals toward Life-Ending Valley.

Hundreds of thousands of Xiuzhenzhe entered Life-Ending Valley to destroy the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Insects, but an immense High Antiquity Demon Worm army attacked their formations. Lu Changsheng kept the Gou Chen Grand Formation fighting with his abundant True Qi, until hidden attackers pierced multiple formations.

• The Xiuzhenzhe fought their way through Life-Ending Valley, and Lu Changsheng killed lurking Demon Worms while protecting the Taihua Sacred Ground group.
• Sword Maiden Qiongxiao, Sword Maiden Mengchen, Sword Maiden Ziyun, and Li Tiangang entered the insect nest with other peerless experts to confront the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Insects, while the remaining forces formed nearly a hundred formations outside.
• The High Antiquity Demon Worm army swarmed the formations, and Lu Changsheng used the Gou Chen Battle Banner and the stellar power of Ziwei Ancient Star to hold the Taihua formation together.
• Lin Xuantong and other God King-level experts engaged the Insect Kings as Lu Changsheng replenished his True Qi with True Yang Wuji Pills and continued directing the formation.
• A second Five-Colored Ghost-Faced Spider burst from beneath the Gou Chen Grand Formation and pierced it with venom, while a demon scorpion broke through the Six-Ren Great Formation and killed Profound Maiden Palace disciples.

Lu Changsheng and the allied forces fought powerful demon insects in Life-Ending Valley while the formations came under mounting pressure. After the Thousand-Eyed Demon Centipede breached the Profound Maiden Palace’s formation and threatened Yuexi, Lu Changsheng decided to go help her.

• Yuexi severed the Red-Spiked-Tail Scorpion’s stinger and slew it with her sword art.
• Lu Changsheng, Fairy Shunhua, and the Taihua Sacred Ground forces suppressed and killed the Ghost-Faced Spider with the Gou Chen Grand Formation.
• The Thousand-Eyed Demon Centipede killed and began swallowing the Eternal Immortal Dynasty’s Eleventh Imperial Prince, then broke the dynasty’s formation and devoured hundreds of its people.
• Demon insects overwhelmed formations across the battlefield, while Yaochi Holy Mother killed an elder whose body had been taken over by them.
• The Thousand-Eyed Demon Centipede breached the Profound Maiden Palace’s Six-Ren Great Formation, and Yuexi fought to defend its elders and disciples.
• Lu Changsheng asked his senior brother to maintain the Gou Chen Grand Formation and prepared to help Yuexi and the Profound Maiden Palace.

Lu Changsheng and Yuexi joined forces to defeat the Thousand-Eyed Demon Centipede, but it revived and nearly killed Yuexi with its venom. After Lu Changsheng survived the poison, he swallowed an Ancestral Dragon Blood Pill and rose to the Fourth-Grade God King Realm to face the demon again.

• The Thousand-Eyed Demon Centipede trapped Yuexi in an illusion, but Lu Changsheng struck it with the Eight Desolations Dragon-Imprisoning Pagoda and helped her recover.
• Lu Changsheng and Yuexi used Qilin Blood Origin Pills to raise their cultivation, then attacked the Thousand-Eyed Demon Centipede together and cut its body into three pieces.
• The Thousand-Eyed Demon Centipede revived and sprayed venom at Yuexi, so Lu Changsheng shielded her and suffered severe corrosion.
• Yuexi helped Lu Changsheng expel the venom, and he restored his body with a Heavenly Void Divine Pill while the Profound Maiden Palace disciples held off the demon.
• Lu Changsheng swallowed an Ancestral Dragon Blood Pill, rose from the Immortal Emperor Ninth Stage to the Fourth-Grade God King Realm, and frightened the Thousand-Eyed Demon Centipede.

Lu Changsheng used the Ancestral Dragon Blood Pill to reach the Fourth-Grade God King Realm temporarily and killed the Thousand-Eyed Demon Centipede, while the Human Race forces fought the High Antiquity demon insects. As the leaders battled the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Insect in Life-Ending Valley, Yuexi revealed that the Devil Master had helped establish the High Antiquity Heavenly Court, and Lu Changsheng watched the insect's presence begin to fade.

• Lu Changsheng used the Ancestral Dragon Blood Pill and the Fifth Sword Realm to kill the Thousand-Eyed Demon Centipede and destroy tens of millions of demon insects.
• The surviving fighters reorganized their formations as Lin Xuantong, the Jiang Clan Ancestor, Li Heng, and the Yaochi Holy Mother fought the remaining High Antiquity Demon Worms.
• Yuexi identified the Plain-Colored Cloud-Realm Banner as one of the Xiantian Five Directions Banners and told Lu Changsheng that the Heavenly Emperor and the Devil Master had jointly established the High Antiquity Heavenly Court.
• The three Sword Maidens, Li Tiangang, the Old Sword Saint, and other Human Race Great Experts attacked the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Insect while the formations protected everyone from its poisonous fog.
• Lu Changsheng sensed the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Insect weakening, while Yun Qianyue remembered how her master, the Sect Master of the Heavenly Sect, had slain one at its peak.

After the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Insect was killed, Lu Changsheng gathered valuable materials from Life-Ending Valley while the factions searched for its eggs. Liu Yiyi and the Yaochi disciples were ambushed by juvenile Five-Colored Ghost-Faced Spiders, but Dugu Aotian rescued them and helped treat Liu Yiyi’s poisoning as Lu Changsheng continued scavenging the valley.

• Sword Maiden Qiongxiao ordered the factions to search Life-Ending Valley for any remaining Heaven-Swallowing Demon Insect eggs, and the groups split up to investigate.
• Lu Changsheng collected venom, Earth Fire essence, and other valuable materials from the High Antiquity Demon Worms, prompting others to gather materials too.
• Liu Yiyi and the Yaochi disciples found a nest of juvenile Five-Colored Ghost-Faced Spiders, which attacked and killed several disciples.
• The spiders poisoned Liu Yiyi and overwhelmed the Yaochi group until Dugu Aotian arrived and killed every spider with Yuantu and his Devil Qi.
• Dugu Aotian treated Liu Yiyi’s wound with Lu Changsheng’s antidote medicine and helped her purge the poison, while Lu Changsheng continued collecting treasures throughout the valley.

Lu Changsheng gained Sword Dao insight from ancient sword scars in Life-Ending Valley while the High Antiquity Qian Clan Patriarch secretly took a Heaven-Swallowing Demon Insect cocoon to tame. After the expedition ended, Yuexi gave Lu Changsheng a token, and Lin Xuantong told him and Lin Qinghan to take on Sacred Ground affairs upon their return.

• Lu Changsheng studied sword scars in Life-Ending Valley and gained insight into the Sect Master of the Heavenly Sect’s battle with the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Insect.
• The High Antiquity Qian Clan Patriarch found a Heaven-Swallowing Demon Insect cocoon beneath magma, sealed it in a jade box, and ordered his clan to keep it secret so he could tame it.
• The Holy Lands and Aristocratic Clans counted their losses and prepared to leave Life-Ending Valley; Luo Xintang sorted the deadly poisons she had collected, while Lu Changsheng’s other disciples had survived the fighting.
• Yuexi thanked Lu Changsheng for saving her, gave him a Jade Pendant token, and returned to the Profound Maiden Palace party.
• After the groups left Life-Ending Valley, the High Antiquity Qian Clan Patriarch split off to return to his clan, and Lin Xuantong told Lu Changsheng and Lin Qinghan they would take on Sacred Ground affairs.

Lu Changsheng received Heaven-Devouring Demon Poison from the system and searched for a weapon capable of carrying it, while Lin Xuantong designated him and Lin Qinghan as Taihua Sacred Ground’s successors. After learning about the Heaven-Poison Pill, Lu Changsheng decided to ask Suxin Immortal Maiden to refine one for him.

• Lu Changsheng gave Lin Qingzhi Heartbreak Grass, God-Slaying Flower, and Ghost-Faced Spider venom, receiving Soul-Splitting Demon Grass, Saint-Fall Flower, and, after giving him all the remaining venom, Heaven-Devouring Demon Poison.
• Lu Changsheng found that the poison dissolved even a Low-Grade Emperor Weapon silver needle and an Upper-Grade Emperor Armament Solar Divine Needle, then awarded hidden-weapon treasures to Su Xiaoqi in search of a suitable one and gained Dao Artifact Fragments.
• Lu Changsheng coated three Solar Divine Needles with Five-Colored Ghost-Faced Spider venom and went to Lin Xuantong’s meeting in Taihua Sacred Ground’s main hall.
• Lin Xuantong announced that Lu Changsheng and Lin Qinghan would take over the Sacred Ground’s internal affairs and eventually become Sacred Lord and Deputy Sacred Lord; the elders agreed.
• Lu Changsheng read about the Twenty-First-Grade Heaven-Poison Pill in a pill scripture and decided to ask Suxin Immortal Maiden to refine one using his Heaven-Devouring Demon Poison.

Lu Changsheng asked Suxin Immortal Maiden to refine Heaven-Poison Pills, then spent thirty thousand years cultivating before synthesizing the Sudden Rain Pear Blossom Needles and coating most of them with Heaven-Devouring Demon Poison. Meanwhile, Blood Sea Hall approached Elder Xiaoyao and offered to lure Lu Changsheng out so Elder Xiaoyao could kill him and join their organization.

• Suxin Immortal Maiden agreed to refine three Heaven-Poison Pills for Lu Changsheng in exchange for his Heaven-Devouring Demon Poison.
• Lu Changsheng cultivated for thirty thousand years and advanced the Eternal Ages Immortality Art to its Sixth Layer, strengthening his body to the level of a Sixth-Grade Dao Artifact.
• Lu Changsheng synthesized 888 Dao Artifact Fragments into the Fourth-Grade Dao Artifact Sudden Rain Pear Blossom Needles and coated twenty of its twenty-seven needles with Heaven-Devouring Demon Poison.
• Lu Changsheng stored the hidden weapon as a secret trump card while continuing to seek a breakthrough to the Ninth-Grade God King Realm.
• A Blood Sea Hall envoy approached Elder Xiaoyao and proposed luring Lu Changsheng out so Elder Xiaoyao could kill him as his pledge of allegiance.

Lu Changsheng received two First-Grade Enlightenment Tea Leaves from Lin Xuantong, then learned that the Blood Sea Hall had killed Taihua Sacred Ground’s guards at the Three Lights Divine Spring. He planned to turn the suspected ambush into an opportunity to destroy the Demons by facing them during his tribulation, and left wondering whether his simulator could help him obtain more supreme-grade tea leaves.

• Lin Xuantong showed Lu Changsheng the Enlightenment Tea Tree and explained its three grades before giving him two First-Grade Enlightenment Tea Leaves to aid his breakthrough.
• Ye Wuxin reported that the Life Lamps of the guards at the Three Lights Divine Spring had gone out, and Lin Xuantong suspected the Blood Sea Hall had killed them.
• Lu Changsheng used the Apprentice-Teaching Simulator and concluded that the Blood Sea Hall’s attack was a trap aimed at luring him out of Taihua Mountain.
• Lu Changsheng urged Lin Xuantong to bring many experts to Cold Pool Forest and proposed using his Heavenly Tribulation to kill the Blood Sea Hall’s Demons.
• Lin Xuantong agreed to trust Lu Changsheng, who returned to Yuntai Peak and wondered whether the Apprentice-Teaching Simulator could turn ordinary Enlightenment Tea Leaves into First-Grade ones.

After using Enlightenment Tea, Lu Changsheng prepared to break through to the Ninth-Grade God King Realm during a battle with the Blood Sea Hall. At Cold Pool Forest, the Blood Sea Hall’s allies were revealed, and Lu Changsheng triggered his Heavenly Tribulation among them.

• Lu Changsheng brought five disciples to join Lu Xuantong, Household Ancestor Lin, the Jiang Clan Ancestor, and Shadowless Hall in a strike against the Blood Sea Hall at Cold Pool Forest.
• Song Tianfang and Elder Xiaoyao waited at the Three Lights Divine Spring with Lin Beichen, the former Taihua Sacred Ground disciple who had joined the Demon Realm.
• Lu Xuantong’s forces confronted the Blood Sea Hall, and Lin Beichen exposed the presence of Shadowless Hall’s hidden experts.
• Household Ancestor Lin and the Jiang Clan Ancestor prepared to fight Lin Beichen, while Lu Xuantong faced Song Tianfang and Lu Changsheng sensed a hidden killer nearby.
• Lu Changsheng charged toward the Blood Sea Hall and broke through, summoning the Great Dao Golden Thunder to drag the demons into his Heavenly Tribulation.

Lu Changsheng reached the Ninth-Grade God King Realm by dragging hundreds of Blood Sea Hall demons into his Heavenly Tribulation, but after the battle, Elder Xiaoyao attacked him to avenge his slain disciples. The chapter ended with Lu Changsheng firing another needle at the powerful killer after his first attacks failed to harm him.

• Lu Changsheng pulled hundreds of Blood Sea Hall demons into his Great Dao Golden Thunder tribulation while Lin Xuantong fought Song Tianfang and the other factions clashed.
• Lu Changsheng survived the tribulation, reached the Ninth-Grade God King Realm, and grew stronger as most of the demons caught in the storm perished.
• A hidden assailant abducted Ye Wuxin, and Lin Xuantong sent two Shadowless Hall Grand Supreme Elders to guard Lu Changsheng.
• Elder Xiaoyao killed one Grand Supreme Elder and revealed that he had come to avenge Phantom and Wangliang, whom Lu Changsheng had killed.
• Lu Changsheng fired the Sudden Rain Pear Blossom Needles at Elder Xiaoyao, but the killer dodged the first volley and expelled a later needle with his Indestructible Vajra Body.
• Elder Xiaoyao dismissed Lu Changsheng's attacks, and Lu Changsheng fired another silver needle at him.

Lu Changsheng killed Elder Xiaoyao by coating the Sudden Rain Pear Blossom Needles with Heaven-Devouring Demon Poison, then drove the Blood Sea Hall forces into retreat. After the battle, he returned to Taihua Mountain with the surviving allies and decided to lie low and cultivate on Yuntai Peak.

• Lu Changsheng stopped Su Xiaoqi from attacking Elder Xiaoyao and secretly fired poisoned needles at him.
• Elder Xiaoyao realized the needles carried Heaven-Devouring Demon Poison, begged Lu Changsheng for an antidote, then died as the poison destroyed his cultivation and life force.
• Lu Changsheng poisoned and killed a Blood Sea Hall Guardian, prompting the Demons to flee as Song Tianfang and Lin Beichen escaped.
• Ye Wuxin returned from the Space-Time Turbulence with grave injuries and explained that a powerful Demon had abducted him.
• Lin Xuantong led Taihua Sacred Ground's survivors back to Taihua Mountain, while Lu Changsheng recovered Elder Xiaoyao's treasures and resolved to cultivate quietly on Yuntai Peak.