Chapter Summaries

After spending thirty thousand years cultivating at Taihua Mountain, Lu Changsheng’s disciples Lu Qinglian and Ning Qianqian followed the murderous Han Shaolin and Han Jie to a hidden Evil Extremity Sect branch. They were discovered just as Han Shaolin began meeting the branch’s Hall Master.

• Lu Changsheng kept Elder Xiaoyao’s treasures, including the Curse Banner, and cultivated for thirty thousand years at Taihua Mountain.
• In Jinglong City, Han Shaolin emerged from seclusion, killed the restaurant’s patrons after claiming he did not eat beef, and agreed to secretly ally the High Antiquity Han Clan with the Evil Extremity Sect.
• Lu Qinglian and Ning Qianqian followed Han Shaolin and Han Jie to a hidden Evil Extremity Sect branch in the mountains.
• Lu Qinglian prepared to attack the branch with the Torrential Rain Pear Blossom Needles, but Ning Qianqian persuaded her to wait and observe.
• The Evil Extremity Sect Hall Master welcomed Han Shaolin, then sensed Lu Qinglian and Ning Qianqian following them.

Lu Qinglian and Ning Qianqian fought the Evil Extremity Sect and Han Shaolin, then used a hidden weapon to turn the battle around. After the wounded Han Shaolin returned to the High Antiquity Han Clan, the ancestors learned that Han Jie had been colluding with the Evil Extremity Sect and feared Lu Changsheng’s response.

• Han Jie recognized Lu Qinglian and Ning Qianqian as Lu Changsheng’s disciples and ordered the Evil Extremity Sect to kill them.
• Lu Qinglian and Ning Qianqian slaughtered thousands of disciples, but the Hall Master trapped them in the Xuanming Sha Formation while Han Shaolin joined the attack.
• Lu Qinglian pretended to yield, then fired the Sudden Rain Pear Blossom Needles, killing the Hall Master and gravely wounding Han Shaolin.
• Han Shaolin, Han Jie, and the survivors fled to the High Antiquity Han Clan, where the ancestors treated Han Shaolin’s wounds.
• Han Jie admitted that he and his companions had been speaking with the Evil Extremity Sect, and the Han Clan ancestors feared their descendants had endangered the clan.

Lu Changsheng reported the High Antiquity Han Clan’s collusion with the Evil Extremity Sect, prompting the Heavenly Court to send Yang Qing and a hundred thousand heavenly soldiers to destroy the clan. While Lu Changsheng cultivated and rewarded his disciples with Enlightenment Tea, he obtained a First-Grade leaf and was then assigned to lead Taihua Sacred Ground forces in the siege against Han Jie.

• Lu Changsheng told Lin Xuantong about Han Jie and Han Shaolin meeting the Evil Extremity Sect, and Immortal Maiden Ruan Qi reported the clan’s collusion to the Heavenly Court.
• The Heavenly Emperor ordered Yang Qing to lead a hundred thousand heavenly soldiers and Heavenly Generals to exterminate the High Antiquity Han Clan, while Sword Maiden Qiongxiao and Yuexi prepared to join the campaign.
• Lu Changsheng rewarded his disciples with Third-Grade Enlightenment Tea and received a First-Grade Enlightenment Tea leaf from the system.
• Su Xiaoqi used Enlightenment Tea to break through to the Immortal Emperor Seventh Stage, and Su Yun said Lu Changsheng might someday be able to rescue the High Antiquity Su Family’s trapped ancestors.
• A Taihua Sacred Ground Elder told Lu Changsheng to lead a force against the High Antiquity Han Clan, and Lu Changsheng assembled at the main hall, where Yuexi greeted him.

The Han Clan fled Qixia City inside the Mountains and Rivers Diagram and sought refuge at Three Perils Mountain, but Yang Qing tracked them down and led the Heavenly Court’s forces in an attack. As Yang Qing pressed Han Fan, Cold Bone Demon Venerable arrived, bringing the battle to a perilous turn.

• Han Fan used the Mountains and Rivers Diagram to take Qixia City and its billions of Han Clan members into the treasure, then led the clan to Three Perils Mountain.
• Yang Qing used his Heavenly Eye to track the Han Clan, and the Heavenly Court’s forces pursued them to Three Perils Mountain three days later.
• Yang Qing’s Heavenly Soldiers attacked Three Perils Mountain, while Han Fan used the Mountains and Rivers Diagram to absorb Yang Qing’s devastating strike and begged him to spare the clan.
• Lu Changsheng confronted Han Jie, who blamed him for the Han Clan’s downfall and grew jealous of the woman beside him.
• Cold Bone Demon Venerable appeared over Three Perils Mountain, and Sword Maiden Qiongxiao identified him as the Demon Realm expert.

Cold Bone Demon Venerable drew Yang Qing and Sword Maiden Qiongxiao into a barrier, leaving Lu Changsheng and the others to fight the High Antiquity Han Clan and the Evil Extremity Sect. Lu Changsheng revealed his Ninth-Grade God King cultivation, killed Han Jie's ancestor with a poisoned dagger, and rejected Han Jie’s plea for mercy by killing him.

• Cold Bone Demon Venerable appeared to receive the defecting High Antiquity Han Clan, then trapped Yang Qing and Sword Maiden Qiongxiao in his treasure-pagoda barrier to fight them.
• Han Fan summoned the Han Clan’s Immortal Emperor elders with the Mountains and Rivers Diagram as seven Golden-Armored Heavenly Generals formed the Mountain-Sealing Demon Array around the Han Clan and the Evil Extremity Sect.
• Yuexi led the Profound Maiden Palace and allied Holy Lands into battle, while Lu Changsheng faced Han Jie’s ancestor and Yuexi overwhelmed Han Shaolin, severing his left arm.
• Lu Changsheng revealed his Ninth-Grade God King cultivation and used the Han Clan Ancestor to practice swordsmanship before killing him with Elder Xiaoyao’s poisoned dagger.
• Han Jie knelt and offered to become Lu Changsheng’s servant, but Lu Changsheng refused and killed him with the dagger.

The High Antiquity Han Clan and Evil Extremity Sect fought the Heavenly Court and Holy Land as Mad Demon Heaven-Defying Pills and the Mountains and Rivers Diagram turned the battle. Han Fan trapped two heavenly generals in the diagram, while Lu Changsheng launched a poisoned-needle sneak attack against him.

• Lu Changsheng killed Han Jie, while Cold Bone Demon Venerable gave Mad Demon Heaven-Defying Pills to the Han Clan Elders and Evil Extremity Sect Demons.
• Han Shaolin and other defenders swallowed the pills and grew stronger, and Han Shaolin wounded Yuexi with his Cloud-Arranging Palm.
• Han Fan used the Mountains and Rivers Diagram to break the Mountain-Sealing Demon-Suppressing Formation, allowing Han Shaolin and several Han Clan members to flee.
• The seven great accomplishment God Kings attacked Han Fan, but he trapped two of them inside the Mountains and Rivers Diagram.
• Lu Changsheng arranged a coordinated attack, and as the five golden-armored heavenly generals struck Han Fan, Lu Changsheng shot poisoned Sudden Rain Pear Blossom Needles into his back.

Lu Changsheng killed Han Fan with Heaven-Devouring Demon Poison, claimed the Mountains and Rivers Diagram, and survived Cold Bone Demon Venerable’s attempt to kill him before the Demon Venerable retreated. After the battle, Han Shaolin became Cold Bone Demon Venerable’s disciple, seeking the strength to avenge the High Antiquity Han Clan.

• Lu Changsheng seized the Mountains and Rivers Diagram and killed Han Fan with Heaven-Devouring Demon Poison, then released the two trapped Golden-Armored Heavenly Generals.
• Lu Changsheng refined the Mountains and Rivers Diagram while Yang Qing and Sword Maiden Qiongxiao fought Cold Bone Demon Venerable.
• Cold Bone Demon Venerable sent his Blood-Transforming Divine Saber after Lu Changsheng, but Yang Qing’s External Incarnation blocked it, and Cold Bone Demon Venerable retreated.
• Yang Qing returned to the Heavenly Court with the Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals, while Yuexi asked Sword Maiden Qiongxiao to let her travel in the Lower Realm.
• Han Shaolin escaped the battle and, desperate for revenge against Lu Changsheng, accepted Cold Bone Demon Venerable as his master.

Lu Changsheng refined the Netherflame Sword and fused its Netherworld Prison Flame with his Purple Tenuity Heavenly Fire, while Yun Qianyue and Xu Jing encountered pursuers at the ruins of the Heavenly Sect. They returned to Taihua Mountain, where Lu Changsheng learned about the threat and urged them to avoid provoking it for now.

• Lu Changsheng comprehended the second Mnemonic of the Fifth Sword Realm, found that Purple Lightning Clear Frost could not withstand its sword intent, and subdued and refined Han Fan’s Third-Grade Dao Artifact, the Netherflame Sword.
• Lu Changsheng made more than a hundred attempts and fused Purple Tenuity Heavenly Fire with Netherworld Prison Flame, creating dark purple flaming Sword Qi.
• At the Sword Tomb, Yun Qianyue and Xu Jing hid beneath the Heavenly Sect’s broken stele as powerful figures searched for Yun Qianyue and spoke of the sect’s destruction.
• Xu Jing suspected the pursuers served the Demon God, but Yun Qianyue warned him that learning more about the Heavenly Sect’s fall could bring disaster.
• Xu Jing and Yun Qianyue returned to Taihua Mountain and told Lu Changsheng about the pursuit; he advised them to avoid provoking the unknown power until they grew stronger.

Lu Changsheng distributed cultivation resources and methods to his disciples, then received the God-Grade First-Rank Heaven Tyrant Body Art as a system reward for teaching Xiao Fan. He ended by remembering Tantai Meng, who was fighting for survival in the Eternal Dream Demon Realm and vowed to kill him after reaching the God King Realm.

• Lu Changsheng gave Daoist Tuquan a manual on the Heavenly Eye Divine Ability and resources, hoping the Three-Eyed Divine Hound could learn it.
• Lu Changsheng gave cultivation resources to Xiaojin, Huowen, Luo Xintang, and other disciples, and asked Zhao Wuyan to deliver supplies to several allies.
• Lu Changsheng gave Lu Qinglian and Xiao Fan body-tempering potions and had them cultivate different methods; teaching Xiao Fan the Yellow Heaven Rebirth Method earned him the Heaven Tyrant Body Art from the system.
• Lu Changsheng put away the new body-tempering method and considered how to guide his disciples toward future cultivation.
• In the Eternal Dream Demon Realm, Tantai Meng fought to survive, roasted meat, and vowed to kill Lu Changsheng once she reached the God King Realm.

Dantai Meng reached the God King Realm after surviving the Eternal Dream Demon Realm, while Lu Changsheng trained his disciples and received a Soul-Suppressing Bell as a reward. Dantai Meng reunited with her father, who hinted at an upcoming Demon Realm campaign, as the Cold Bone Demon Venerable prepared to send Han Shaolin into the realm to seek the Great Demon Inheritance and avenge himself on Lu Changsheng.

• Dantai Meng killed a Mottled Demon Python, refined its Demon Core, and prepared to undergo Tribulation Transcendence.
• Xiao Fan strengthened his Heaven-Conquering Tyrant Body, and Lu Changsheng wondered about Lu Qinglian's mysterious origins before teaching Chen Yi Buddhist cultivation methods.
• Lu Changsheng received the Soul-Suppressing Bell when Dantai Meng became his first disciple to reach the God King Realm, and he refined the bell as his Law Treasure.
• Dantai Meng emerged from the Eternal Dream Demon Realm as a Ninth-Grade God King and reunited with the Illusory Netherworld Demon Venerable, who said the Demon Realm would soon take action.
• The Cold Bone Demon Venerable arrived with Leng Bufan and Han Shaolin, intending to send Han Shaolin into the Eternal Dream Demon Realm to pursue the Great Demon Inheritance and seek revenge on Lu Changsheng.

Lu Changsheng learned that Mo Huazhi was the Master of Ziyang Academy’s Personal Disciple and foresaw that she would be injured and imprisoned at the Confucian Sect Assembly. He planned to attend the assembly in five hundred years to see her and protect her, while Mo Huazhi was asked to preside over it.

• Lu Changsheng simulated Chen Yi’s life and learned that Chen Yi would be detained in Rouge Country after helping its queen.
• Lu Changsheng simulated Mo Huazhi’s life and learned that she would be gravely injured and imprisoned at the Confucian Sect Assembly.
• Lu Changsheng asked the ancestors about Ziyang Academy and learned that it was formerly Longchuan Academy, a Confucian Holy Land led by an ancient Great Expert called the Master.
• The ancestors confirmed that Mo Huazhi was likely the Master’s Personal Disciple, and Lu Changsheng decided to attend the assembly in five hundred years to see her.
• Ziyang Academy began sending invitations for the assembly, and the Master asked Mo Huazhi to preside over it.

The Confucian Sect Assembly approached, drawing the Nine Great Confucian Sects, the Imperishable Immortal Dynasty, and unexpected guests such as Lu Changsheng. As Lu Changsheng set out to find Mo Huazhi, his disciple Chen Yi entered Rouge Country to investigate its growing troubles.

• Weilong Academy and Tianming Academy prepared their promising disciples, Zichu and Yan Ziming, to compete at the Confucian Sect Assembly.
• Ziyang Academy invited Lu Changsheng to the assembly, and the Imperishable Immortal Emperor allowed the Third Prince to pursue the Master's disciple after the Ninth Prince failed to win her over.
• Chen Yi entered Rouge Country despite warnings that male cultivators were being drained into human husks, then earned a reputation for slaying yao and demons; the Queen invited him to Xiliang City, while the Imperial Preceptor resolved to claim him for herself.
• Five hundred years later, Lu Changsheng departed for the assembly with Lin Qingzhi, Lu Qinglian, Shen Xiaoyao, and others, intending to visit Mo Huazhi and assess the Nine Great Confucian Sects.

Lu Changsheng arrived at the Eternal Prosperity Inn for the Confucian Sect Assembly, where his advance reservation and identity stunned Tianming Academy and the gathered cultivators. After Zhuo Xiangren befriended him, Lu Changsheng learned that the Nine Great Confucian Sects would have their disciples compete at the assembly.

• Tianming Academy booked the remaining Heaven-Grade rooms after learning that the Taihua Saint had reserved 360 rooms five hundred years earlier.
• Lu Changsheng's disciple warned Tianming Academy that her master had told her not to beat them up, prompting a tense exchange.
• Qian Duoduo recognized Lu Changsheng, and Zhuo Xiangren apologized for Tianming Academy's earlier behavior as Taihua Sacred Ground's Elders and disciples arrived.
• Zhuo Xiangren told Lu Changsheng that disciples of the Nine Great Confucian Sects would spar at the assembly to compete for prestige.
• Zhuo Xiangren praised Lu Changsheng's understanding of the Dao and urged Tianming Academy's disciples to learn from him.

Lu Changsheng explored the Imperishable Immortal Dynasty’s Imperial City, avoided drawing attention, and encountered the Eldest Princess, who sensed something unusual about him. Three days later, the Confucian Sect Assembly began at Ziyang Mountain, where the Nine Great Confucian Sects gathered and prepared to compete.

• The Third Prince tried to visit Lu Changsheng at the Eternal Prosperity Inn, but the Big Yellow Dog turned him away, so he left with an attendant and focused on pursuing Miss Mo.
• Lu Changsheng used a Disguise Pill to explore the Imperial City with his disciples and sensed powerful figures hidden within the imperial palace.
• The Eldest Princess’s carriage passed Lu Changsheng, and she noticed that something about him was unusual before lowering the curtain.
• Three days later, Confucian scholars from the Nine Great Confucian Sects and thousands of smaller sects gathered at Dragon Field on Ziyang Mountain for the assembly.
• The assembled sects discussed their promising disciples, including Mo Huazhi, and rival leaders anticipated a fierce contest for first place.
• A graceful figure welcomed the gathered Sages on behalf of Ziyang Academy as the assembly was about to begin.

Lu Changsheng arrived at the Confucian Sect Assembly with the Taihua Sacred Ground and reunited with his former disciple Mo Huazhi, now a leading figure of Ziyang Academy. As the gathering’s attention shifted to him, Lu Changsheng and the academy’s Master each recognized the other’s extraordinary strength.

• Mo Huazhi presided over the Confucian Sect Assembly as the Nine Great Confucian Sects and members of the Imperishable Immortal Dynasty gathered.
• The Taihua Sacred Ground arrived, and the Eldest Princess recognized Lu Changsheng as the man she had met earlier while the Third Prince complained that Lu had refused his visit.
• Mo Huazhi recognized Lu Changsheng and reunited with him and her former fellow disciples, then resumed presiding over the assembly at Lu’s request.
• The Third Prince considered courting Mo Huazhi to gain the support of Ziyang Academy and the Taihua Sacred Ground, while the Eldest Princess wondered about Lu Changsheng’s background.
• The gathered scholars and Saints focused on Lu Changsheng, whose aptitude they found difficult to fathom.
• Ziyang Academy’s Master appeared and impressed the assembly with his presence; he and Lu Changsheng were both astonished by each other’s cultivation.

At the Confucian Sect Assembly, Lu Changsheng reunited with his disciple Mo Huazhi, gave her a Confucian Sage Sacred Brush, and received the mysterious Wordless Heavenly Stele as a reward. The disciples’ competition began with Song Ziming defeating Yan Nian, setting him up to challenge Mo Huazhi.

• Lin Tianyi identified the powerful Confucian Saints and scholars attending the assembly before the disciples’ competition began.
• Lu Changsheng gave Mo Huazhi the Confucian Sage Sacred Brush and cultivation resources, and the system rewarded him with a Wordless Heavenly Stele he could neither refine nor move.
• Mo Huazhi reunited warmly with Lu Changsheng and Daoist Tuquan, while Ziyang Academy’s ties to Taihua Sacred Ground worried Tianming Academy’s scholars.
• Song Ziming and Yan Nian opened the competition by using their respective supreme calligraphic arts, the Heavenly Mandate Thousand-Character Essay and the Thunder God Demon-Subduing Post.
• Song Ziming overwhelmed Yan Nian, who conceded defeat, and then turned his attention to Mo Huazhi as his real opponent.

At the Confucian Sect Assembly, Xia Zi'an defeated Xiao Xin, and the tournament narrowed to four finalists while Lu Changsheng accepted the Eldest Princess’s invitation to study her incomplete High Antiquity cultivation manual. At her Scripture Repository, Lu Changsheng considered using his Apprentice-Teaching Simulator to restore the damaged manual, then suddenly stepped toward the startled princess.

• Xia Zi'an defeated Xiao Xin with his Immortal Deer Calligraphy, earning praise from Lord Nanhua and the White-Faced Scholar.
• The Eldest Princess invited Lu Changsheng to study an incomplete High Antiquity cultivation manual, while the First Prince, Third Prince, Ninth Prince, and others also sought his friendship; Lu Changsheng declined their invitations.
• Mo Huazhi won her match, and Song Ziming, Chen Zichu, Xie Wenyun, and Mo Huazhi advanced as the tournament’s final four.
• Lu Changsheng left Lin Qingzhi in charge during the break and followed the Eldest Princess to her Scripture Repository to examine the damaged volume.
• Lu Changsheng recognized the bamboo slips as Xiang River Bamboo and realized he might use the Apprentice-Teaching Simulator to obtain a complete version; he stepped toward the startled Eldest Princess.

Lu Changsheng accepted Yao Yusheng’s High Antiquity fragment, which she had found near the Azure Emperor’s Mausoleum, while Mo Huazhi rejected the Third Prince’s advances. As the Confucian Assembly prepared to resume, several powerful figures sensed a threat connected to the Demon Realm, and Lu Changsheng returned to his seat.

• Yao Yusheng gave Lu Changsheng the damaged bamboo fragment, and he learned she had found it in the Azure Emperor’s Mausoleum.
• The Third Prince offered Mo Huazhi Cold Jade of Southern Mountain and invited her to dine, but she refused both offers and cited her reunion with Lu Changsheng.
• The Third Prince plotted to force Mo Huazhi to accept him, while the Ninth Prince mocked him and the Eldest Prince stopped their quarrel.
• Xie Wenyun and Lord Nanhua sensed a strange presence at the Confucian Assembly, and Lord Nanhua suspected the Demon Realm might interfere.
• The Yellow Dragon Lord, Recluse Yi'an, and Lin Qingzhi each reacted to the danger, with Recluse Yi'an giving Xiao Xin protective talismans and Lin Qingzhi sending visitors back to their seats.
• Lu Changsheng returned to his seat as the Confucian disciples’ contest was about to resume.

Lu Changsheng received the complete Azure Emperor's Manuscript through the system after giving its fragment to Lin Qingzhi, then promised Yao Yusheng a copy. At the Confucian Sect Assembly, Mo Huazhi defeated Xie Wenyun by revealing her own Literary Style and advancing to the final.

• Lu Changsheng gave Lin Qingzhi and his other disciples Qilin Blood Origin Pills, then bestowed the Azure Emperor manuscript fragment on Lin Qingzhi.
• The system rewarded Lu Changsheng with the complete Azure Emperor's Manuscript, a Qi refinement method that could transform True Qi into Azure Emperor True Qi.
• Lu Changsheng told Yao Yusheng he had found the manuscript's continuation and promised to give her a handwritten copy after the assembly.
• Song Ziming defeated Chen Zichu in the first semifinal and advanced to the final.
• Mo Huazhi replaced Xie Wenyun's Strong Bamboo artistic conception with her own starry-river Literary Style, won the match, and advanced to the final.

The Demon Realm attacked the Confucian Sect Assembly, turning the venue into a battlefield as Demon Venerables confronted the Confucian experts. Lu Changsheng captured Dantai Meng with the Mountains and Rivers Diagram, while Illusory Netherworld Demon Venerable threatened him over his daughter.

• Poisonous mist and disguised Rogue Cultivators threw the Confucian Sect Assembly into chaos, and the Demon Venerables appeared above Ziyang Mountain.
• The Master, Yellow Dragon Lord, and Lord Nanhua confronted the Demon Venerables as Demon Realm Xiuzhenzhe poured through a devil gate and attacked the assembled cultivators.
• Mo Huazhi and Song Ziming abandoned their match to fight the Demons, while Lu Changsheng's disciples also joined the battle.
• Dantai Meng challenged Lu Changsheng with the Eternal Dream Bell, but his Soul-Suppressing Pagoda blocked her mental attack.
• Lu Changsheng activated the Mountains and Rivers Diagram and captured Dantai Meng, prompting Illusory Netherworld Demon Venerable to threaten him.