Chapter Summaries

Xiao Fan gathered the final medicinal ingredients beneath Divine Flame Mountain and tricked the Wan Household pursuers into fighting the Golden Crow. After escaping, he was caught by the wounded Wan Household ancestor, but Xiao Fan used the Star-Dream Separation Flame to suppress him.

• Xiao Fan found Fire Polygonum Multiflorum and fled toward the Daoist temple when he sensed the Wan Household pursuers closing in.
• Xiao Fan sent a puppet bearing his presence toward the Golden Crow, then explored another passage and collected more than a dozen Flame Buddha Hands from the magma.
• Xiao Fan followed the Flame Buddha Hands' roots deep beneath the mountain and discovered a stone gate surrounded by golden fire, but withdrew when the mountain shook.
• The Wan Household ancestor followed Xiao Fan's false trail into the Golden Crow's lair, where the Golden Crow killed several disciples and badly wounded the ancestor before he escaped with Young Master Wan.
• Xiao Fan fled the Divine Flame Mountain Range, but the injured Wan Household ancestor caught up with him in a bamboo grove.
• Xiao Fan struck the ancestor with the Star-Dream Separation Flame and pressed his attack until the ancestor was suppressed, leaving Young Master Wan and the others stunned.

Xiao Fan escaped the Wan Household's ancestor with the help of the woman with the Misfortune Physique, while Lu Changsheng sheltered with the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox Clan and transmitted cultivation to Ji Xuan. The chapter left Xiao Fan hidden in a cave with his rescuer and Lu Changsheng still waiting for the Demon Kings' minions to leave Tushan.

• The Wan Household's ancestor unleashed Myriad Paths Forest and nearly defeated Xiao Fan, who fled toward Lianshan Holy Land as the ancestor pursued him.
• The woman with the Misfortune Physique directed Xiao Fan to safety, making him vanish from the ancestor and the Tracking Divine Hound.
• Lu Changsheng stayed in Tushan with the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox Clan, transmitted cultivation to Ji Xuan, and received a fortyfold teaching return that strengthened his treasures and Primordial Ancient Thunder Dragon Primordial Spirit.
• Ji Xuan showed Lu Changsheng that the Primordial Chaos Bell had become a Dao Artifact, and Ji Su summoned her to meet the clan leader after suspecting Lu Changsheng's private guidance was something else.
• Lu Changsheng remained in Tushan while the pro-war Demon Kings' minions watched outside, and Xiao Fan thanked the black-robed woman who had hidden him in a sealed cave.

Xiao Fan hid from the Wan Household with Zhangsun Limo, a secluded descendant of the cursed Zhangsun clan, while Lu Changsheng and Ji Xuan joined the search for the missing Young Master Wang. They reached the site of his ambush and found the Demon Race’s Divine Son dead.

• Xiao Fan reassured Zhangsun Limo that her misfortune physique would not necessarily harm him and learned she had lived in seclusion for tens of thousands of years.
• Zhangsun Limo revealed she was a descendant of the cursed Zhangsun Household, and Xiao Fan promised to seek a way to break the misfortune physique’s effects.
• Lu Changsheng found Ji Xuan and learned that the clan leader had given her seven days to consider Young Master Wang’s marriage proposal; Ji Xuan asked to return with her master to avoid deciding.
• Ji Su told Lu Changsheng and Ji Xuan that Young Master Wang had been attacked after leaving Tushan, and they joined the search while Lu Changsheng suspected a trap.
• Young Master Wang was overwhelmed by two attackers, who killed his servants and declared that they had come to kill him.
• Lu Changsheng and Ji Xuan followed the attackers’ energy and arrived to find Young Master Wang dead.

After Young Master Wang was assassinated, the Demon God blamed the Heavenly Court, while Lu Changsheng suspected a frame-up and left Tushan as tensions spread through the Yao Realm. As Lu Changsheng and Ji Xuan departed, two assassins transported them to a wasteland and prepared to kill them.

• Lu Changsheng and Ji Ning found traces of a human assassin, but Ji Ning's attempt to trace the killer through space and time revealed nothing.
• The Demon God concluded that the Heavenly Court had controlled Young Master Wang's servant and vowed to avenge his son despite Lu Changsheng's warnings about a possible frame-up.
• News of Young Master Wang's death caused turmoil in the Yao Realm, and Qi took his place as Divine Son while pro-war Demon Kings gathered at Qilin Sacred Mountain.
• Lu Changsheng decided to leave Tushan for the High Antiquity Su Family, and Ji Xuan escorted him out and promised she would never become his enemy.
• Two assassins targeted Lu Changsheng and Ji Xuan, transported them far from Tushan, and revealed themselves as professionals after Lu Changsheng inferred they belonged to an assassin organization.

Lu Changsheng and Ji Xuan fought two King Yama-Rank assassins who had killed the Demon Race’s Divine Son and targeted Lu Changsheng as well. Lu Changsheng poisoned one assassin with Heaven-Devouring Demon Poison, but the other revealed himself as Xie Dongjun and trapped them in a sword formation, leaving master and disciple to face him together.

• Lu Changsheng sent Ji Xuan to fetch help from Tushan while he stayed behind to hold off the two assassins.
• The assassins’ External Incarnation cornered Ji Xuan, but Lu Changsheng arrived in time to take its poisoned dagger strike for her.
• Lu Changsheng countered the Black Pool Miasma Poison with a White Lotus Sacred Pill and poisoned the assassin with Heaven-Devouring Demon Poison through his Sudden Rain Pear Blossom Needles.
• The assassins tried to stop Ji Xuan from escaping, and Xie Dongjun unleashed his signature sword art, sealing the area with Sword Qi.
• Ji Xuan chose to fight beside Lu Changsheng, who summoned the Human Emperor Cauldron as they prepared to battle Xie Dongjun.

Lu Changsheng and Ji Xuan fought two Great Perfection God King assassins, using the Taiyin Goddess Talisman to grievously wound Xie Dongjun before both assassins chose to self-destruct. Lu Changsheng and Ji Xuan survived, but several of his treasures were damaged, and the mastermind behind the assassinations remained unknown as they prepared to go to Qilin Sacred Mountain.

• Xie Dongjun's Sword Domain overwhelmed Lu Changsheng and Ji Xuan until Lu Changsheng activated the Taiyin Goddess Talisman, whose puppet wounded Xie Dongjun and broke his domain.
• Lu Changsheng tried to capture Xie Dongjun and his poisoned partner, but Xie Dongjun burned his lifespan, attacked Ji Xuan, and was trapped in the Mountains and Rivers Diagram before self-destructing inside it.
• The poisoned assassin used Heavenly Demon Disintegration and self-destructed beside Lu Changsheng and Ji Xuan before the Immortal-Binding Rope could bind him.
• Ji Su and the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox Clan found Lu Changsheng holding the injured but safe Ji Xuan amid the blast's devastation.
• Lu Changsheng told Ji Su that one assassin was Xie Dongjun, while the other's identity and the mastermind remained unknown, and Ji Su said they needed to go to Qilin Sacred Mountain.

Lu Changsheng reported the assassins’ token to the Demon God, then left Qilin Sacred Mountain as the Three Realms braced for possible war over the Demon Race’s Divine Son. At Cloud Mountain Holy Land, Lu Qinglian sought help finding Su Qian’er and revealed that her junior sister was the Demon Race Goddess, prompting the sect to treat her request as a priority.

• Lu Changsheng gave the Demon God the token identifying Xie Dongjun and departed with the Heavenly Fox Clan for the High Antiquity Su Family.
• Lu Qinglian and Ning Qianqian continued staying at Cloud Mountain Holy Land, while Taiyuan True Person asked Lu Qinglian to help locate Su Qian’er.
• Qiyun True Lord and Cloud Mountain Holy Land’s patriarchs discussed the Divine Son’s assassination, feared renewed war between the Immortal Realm and the Yao Realm, and doubled the Holy Land’s cultivation resources.
• Lu Qinglian asked Cloud Mountain Holy Land to search for Su Qian’er, offering Nineteenth-Grade Immortal Pills for useful information or finding her.
• After Lu Qinglian explained that her junior sister was the Demon Race Goddess and Lu Changsheng’s disciple, Qiyun True Lord ordered the Holy Land to search urgently for Su Qian’er.

The Cloud Mountain Holy Land found Su Qian'er at the Misty Rain Pavilion while she was under attack from Zhao Lang and the Snow Wolf Gang. After Elder Li destroyed the gang, Su Qian'er agreed to go with him to the Holy Land, and her disciples chose to follow.

• The Heavenly Jade Mountain branch traced Su Qian'er to the Misty Rain Pavilion and set out to claim the reward for finding her.
• Zhao Lang attacked the Misty Rain Pavilion, revealed his Quasi-Immortal Emperor cultivation and Devil Cultivation Method, and overwhelmed Su Qian'er and her elders.
• Elder Li and the Cloud Mountain Holy Land arrived, identified Su Qian'er, and learned that Lu Qinglian had asked them to find her.
• Su Qian'er exposed Zhao Lang's demonic cultivation, and Elder Li captured him and the Snow Wolf Gang in his Seventh-Grade Dao Artifact.
• Elder Li invited Su Qian'er to the Cloud Mountain Holy Land, and the Misty Rain Pavilion disciples agreed to accompany her.

Su Qian'er reunited with Taiyuan True Person at the Cloud Mountain Holy Land and learned that their former disciples had risen to prominent positions in the Immortal Realm. After arranging for the Misty Rain Pavilion to join Mount Shu, Lu Qinglian led the group toward Changliu Mountain, where the White Immortal Emperor worried about hosting her.

• Elder Li Tiangang brought Su Qian'er to the Cloud Mountain Holy Land, where Qiyun True Lord rewarded him and learned of the Blood Sea Hall and Evil Extremity Sect infiltrating local sects.
• Taiyuan True Person reunited with Su Qian'er, and Lu Qinglian told them that Lu Changsheng had become the Taihua Sacred Ground's Sacred Son and Xia Ningxue had taken charge of the Guanghan Holy Land.
• Lu Qinglian gave Li Tiangang five Nineteenth-Grade Immortal Pills for finding Su Qian'er, then agreed to take Su Qian'er and Taiyuan True Person to visit Changliu Mountain.
• Lu Qinglian arranged for Su Qian'er's Misty Rain Pavilion to join the Mount Shu rebuilt at Accumulated Thunder Mountain, where Su Qian'er met several old acquaintances.
• Lu Qinglian, Ning Qianqian, Taiyuan True Person, and Su Qian'er set out for Changliu Mountain, and the White Immortal Emperor braced himself to receive Lu Qinglian.

Xiao Fan left Zhangsun Limo after promising to seek a way to change her fate, then began studying advanced alchemy under Suxin Pill Saint. At the High Antiquity Su Family, Lu Changsheng sought repairs for his damaged treasures, pursued rare Cloud Damask through the system, and broke through to the Seventh-Grade God King Realm while empowering Su Xiaoqi.

• Xiao Fan returned to Zhangsun Limo with liquor and roast chicken, explained that he was leaving to study alchemy, and promised to ask a Pill Saint how to change her fate before departing with a letter for her.
• Suxin Pill Saint agreed to teach Xiao Fan advanced alchemy after he completed her test and revealed that he had devoured the twentieth-grade Star-Dream Separation Flame.
• Lu Changsheng told Su Wudi and the Su Clan Ancestors that the Demon Race's pro-war faction was gaining influence in the Yao Realm, then planned to pursue a breakthrough while at the High Antiquity Su Family.
• Lu Changsheng asked Elder Wu to repair the Soul-Suppressing Bell and Mountains and Rivers Diagram, but learned that repairing the diagram required at least half a bolt of rare Cloud Damask.
• Lu Changsheng bought millions of bolts of silk and satin and rewarded Su Xiaoqi with high-grade materials, but the system did not return Cloud Damask.
• Lu Changsheng transmitted cultivation to Su Xiaoqi, helping her approach the God King Realm, and the system's returned cultivation advanced him to the Seventh-Grade God King Realm.

Lu Changsheng received the Six-Realm Robe as Su Xiaoqi advanced to the God King Realm, while his disciples continued to make progress across the Three Realms. After Lu Qinglian defeated Changliu Holy Land's White Immortal Emperor, Xiao Fan learned that the Changsun Clan's Misfortune Physique came from an ancestor's bargain with the Great Dao Will, but he still hoped Lu Changsheng could break the curse.

• Su Xiaoqi survived her tribulation and advanced to the God King Realm, while Lu Changsheng reached the Seventh-Grade God King Realm and received the Six-Realm Robe.
• Lu Changsheng tested the robe's ability to conceal his presence, then put it away to save for emergencies and continued giving Su Xiaoqi rare brocades.
• Lu Qinglian defeated Changliu Holy Land's disciples and Elders, then resisted the White Immortal Emperor's Frost-and-Wind Sword and disarmed him in their spar.
• Li Changye reassured Immortal Changliu after the defeat, and the Sect Master accepted that Lu Changsheng and his disciples were extraordinary variables.
• Xiao Fan asked Pill Saint Suxin about the Misfortune Physique and learned that the Changsun Clan Ancestor had sacrificed the clan's Fortune to borrow power from the Great Dao Will.
• Xiao Fan remained determined to find a way to lift the Changsun Clan's curse and considered asking Lu Changsheng for help.

Lu Changsheng obtained Cloud Damask and Netherworld Sea Ice through the system, then asked Elder Wu to repair the Mountains and Rivers Diagram and improve the Sudden Rain Pear Blossom Needles. After agreeing to help Elder Wu obtain rare materials, Lu Changsheng left for the Moon Palace, while Lu Qinglian and Ning Qianqian traveled there with Taiyuan True Person and Su Qian'er.

• Lu Changsheng received a bolt of Cloud Damask after bestowing Spatial Snow Brocade on Su Xiaoqi.
• Lu Changsheng bestowed Ice-Soul Divine Iron on Su Xiaoqi and received Netherworld Sea Ice to make stronger Sudden Rain Pear Blossom Needles.
• Lu Changsheng asked Elder Wu to repair the Mountains and Rivers Diagram and Soul-Suppressing Bell and improve the Sudden Rain Pear Blossom Needles with Netherworld Sea Ice.
• Elder Wu offered to repair Lu Changsheng's three Law Treasures without charge in exchange for help finding rare materials, and gave him a list of 998 kinds.
• Lu Changsheng left the Heavenly Fire Holy Land and set out for the Moon Palace in disguise, while Lu Qinglian and Ning Qianqian headed there with Taiyuan True Person and Su Qian'er.

Lu Changsheng reunited with Xia Ningxue, Taiyuan True Person, and Su Qian'er at the Moon Palace, but the visit was interrupted when a High Antiquity Demon Emperor escaped from the Endless Ice Domain. The Demon Emperor fled toward the Yao Realm with the Great Demons sealed alongside him, leaving the Moon Palace preparing for the threat to return.

• Lu Changsheng reunited with Xia Ningxue and his former masters at the Moon Palace, then gave Taiyuan True Person and Su Qian'er cultivation resources.
• The Moon Palace shook as terrifying Demon Qi erupted from the Endless Ice Domain, and Xia Ningxue and the ancestors gathered to investigate.
• Li Lingfei revealed that the Demon Emperor who had ruled the sealed Great Demons might still be alive and that Xia Ningxue's Slaying Immortal Sword could have been the seal's formation core.
• The Moon Palace prepared its Mountain-Guarding Divine Formation, but the Demon Emperor's demonic clouds fled toward the Yao Realm rather than confront it.
• Xia Ningxue entered the Endless Ice Domain and found its ice shattered and all the sealed Great Demons gone, prompting the ancestors to fear the Demon Emperor would return for revenge.
• Lu Changsheng offered to help the Moon Palace, and Li Lingfei wondered whether his presence brought misfortune.

Lu Changsheng and Xia Ningxue prepared for the threat of the returned demon emperor from High Antiquity while the Moon Palace organized a recruitment ceremony. After three years of cultivation, they gained and tested a powerful new dual cultivation art, then prepared to attend the ceremony as geniuses gathered from across the Immortal Realm.

• Li Lingfei warned that the demon emperor's return could plunge the Demon Race into turmoil, and Li Heng urged Xia Ningxue to cultivate with Lu Changsheng and eventually take disciples.
• The Moon Palace announced an Apprentice-Selection Ceremony in three years, prompting sects, dynasties, and clans across the Immortal Realm to send their best disciples.
• Moon Palace disciples found a young girl alive in a ruined village and took her back as a Servant after one of them offered to guide her.
• Three years later, Lu Changsheng and Xia Ningxue received the Enduring Affection Art, tested its shared vision and damage-splitting abilities against Lu Qinglian and Ning Qianqian, and found that Lu Qinglian had grown powerful enough to threaten Lu Changsheng.
• Lu Changsheng and Xia Ningxue paused their cultivation for the Apprentice-Selection Ceremony, where countless geniuses gathered and the Moon Palace patriarchs worried that Lu Changsheng's presence might bring trouble.

At Guanghan Holy Land’s Apprentice-Selection Ceremony, Xia Ningxue rejected the strongest candidates among thirty thousand hopefuls. After meeting Mu Lian’s adopted child, Zi Ling, she chose the six- or seven-year-old as her Personal Disciple, shocking the crowd.

• Xia Ningxue and the Moon Palace ancestors oversaw the aptitude tests, while candidates including Wang Teng and Gu Xiong hoped to become her disciples.
• Xia Ningxue declined Wang Teng’s Vajra Sacred Body and Gu Xiong’s Barbarian King Body, who were instead taken by a God King Elder and a Great Perfection God King ancestor.
• As the candidates and their factions protested that Xia Ningxue had selected no one, Mu Lian brought Zi Ling into the ceremony area.
• Xia Ningxue heard that Mu Lian had rescued Zi Ling after her parents died in a war and remembered how Su Qian'er had once adopted her.
• Xia Ningxue decided to take Zi Ling as her disciple, leaving the thirty thousand candidates astonished.

Xia Ningxue accepted Zi Ling, a girl with the Nine Heavens Profound Maiden Physique, as her Personal Disciple, while the Profound Maiden Palace quietly watched her. Chen Yao descended to visit Lin Qingzhi, and Imperial Son Ku plotted to use Chen Yao to spite Lu Changsheng as he trained to defeat him.

• Xia Ningxue promised to spare Mu Lian and accepted Zi Ling as her disciple after Zi Ling agreed to join her; Lu Changsheng discovered Zi Ling had the Nine Heavens Profound Maiden Physique.
• Xia Ningxue rewarded Mu Lian, and the Apprentice-Selection Ceremony ended with seven thousand candidates selected for the Moon Palace.
• The Profound Maiden Palace Master ordered her Immortal Maiden to watch Zi Ling and help her if she faced danger, then allowed Chen Yao to descend to visit Lin Qingzhi.
• Imperial Son Ku rejected the plan for him to marry Chen Yao, but agreed to let Elder Shi pursue the idea of using her to take revenge on Lu Changsheng.
• Chen Yao reunited with Lin Qingzhi at Taihua Sacred Ground, while Xu Jing and Yun Qianyue discussed their past lives and Yun Qianyue's rapid cultivation.

Mira Palace’s Elder Shi informed Taihua Sacred Ground that Imperial Son Ku intended to marry Chen Yao, using the announcement to pressure Lu Changsheng and his disciples. Lu Changsheng devised a plan to seek help from the Purple Void Palace and traveled to Kunlun, where he asked Yan Zhiqiu to help him resolve the conflict.

• Elder Shi told Lin Xuantong that Imperial Son Ku intended to marry Chen Yao, and Lin Xuantong recognized the announcement as a threat aimed at Lu Changsheng.
• Lin Qingzhi realized Ku was targeting their master, while Chen Yao worried that her forced marriage would endanger him and Taihua Sacred Ground.
• After Lin Qinghan brought the news to the Moon Palace, Lu Changsheng devised a plan to borrow another power’s influence and told Chen Yao to remain at Taihua Sacred Ground.
• Lu Changsheng traveled to Kunlun Holy Land and asked Yan Zhiqiu to have the Purple Void Palace help him resolve his conflict with Mira Palace.
• Yan Zhiqiu was shocked that Lu Changsheng described seeking the Purple Void Palace’s help against Mira Palace as a small favor.

Lu Changsheng prepared to resist Imperial Son Ku’s attempt to claim Chen Yao in a marriage alliance, while the Mira Palace descended on Taihua Sacred Ground with overwhelming force. Lu Changsheng arrived with allies from four Holy Lands and awaited Senior Su as the confrontation began.

• Lu Changsheng asked Yan Zhiqiu to help with his plan, then visited Changliu Mountain and the High Antiquity Su Family.
• The Mira Palace announced Imperial Son Ku’s planned marriage to Chen Yao, but Chen Yao stayed at Taihua Sacred Ground and did not return to the Profound Maiden Palace.
• Imperial Son Ku resolved to confront Lu Changsheng and brought three True Lords, eight thousand Mira Palace disciples, and fifty thousand Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals to Taihua Divine Mountain.
• The Mira Palace demanded Chen Yao from Taihua Sacred Ground, and Lin Shiyu challenged True Lord Dingyang over his past defeat by the Taihua Sword Maiden.
• Lu Changsheng arrived with Lin Qinghan, Xia Ningxue, Li Changye, Yan Zhiqiu, and people from four Holy Lands, then said Senior Su should arrive soon.

Mira Palace’s three High Antiquity True Lords tried to capture Lu Changsheng, but Su Wudi arrived with the High Antiquity Su Family and stopped them. More allies then gathered at Taihua Sacred Ground, leaving Mira Palace facing a coalition of nine powers.

• Yan Zhiqiu brought Kunlun Holy Land reinforcements, but grew alarmed when Mira Palace revealed three High Antiquity True Lords.
• True Lord Dingyang used Heaven and Earth in the Sleeve to seize Lu Changsheng and his allies while two other True Lords blocked Lin Shiyu and Taihua Sacred Ground.
• Su Wudi struck True Lord Dingyang with a mighty punch, then arrived with members of the High Antiquity Su Family and declared that they would protect Lu Changsheng.
• Elder Shi explained Su Wudi’s history and strength to Imperial Son Ku as the three True Lords hesitated to confront him.
• Lu Qinglian brought True Lord Youran and Cloud Mountain Holy Land, while the Torch Dragon Clan and Mo Huazhi’s Ziyang Academy also came to support Lu Changsheng.
• Taihua Sacred Ground, six Holy Lands, Ziyang Academy, the Torch Dragon Clan, and the High Antiquity Su Family united, and Mira Palace’s confidence faltered.

Lu Changsheng defended Chen Yao’s relationship with Lin Qingzhi and gained Profound Maiden Palace’s support when its master rejected Imperial Son Ku’s marriage proposal. He accepted Imperial Son Ku’s challenge and prepared to fight him at Taihua Sacred Ground’s Martial Arena, asking Xia Ningxue to secretly circulate the Enduring Affection Art.

• Profound Maiden Palace’s master arrived at Taihua Divine Mountain and asked Chen Yao to state her wishes, then told Imperial Son Ku to choose another bride when Chen Yao refused the marriage.
• Lu Changsheng accused Imperial Son Ku of trying to take another man’s beloved, and Imperial Son Ku challenged him to a duel.
• Despite warnings from Su Wudi, Lin Xuantong, Chen Yao, and others, Lu Changsheng accepted and said Imperial Son Ku should return to the Heavenly Court if he lost.
• Lin Xuantong led both sides to Taihua Sacred Ground’s Martial Arena, where the elders activated a barrier for the fight.
• Imperial Son Ku revealed he had cultivated in the Primordial Era Shattered Realm and possessed the Primordial Era Treasure Pagoda, while Lu Changsheng told Xia Ningxue to secretly circulate the Enduring Affection Art.