Chapter Summaries

After three thousand years in seclusion, Lu Changsheng reached the First-Grade God King Realm and left the Chaotic Realm as the Demon Realm invaded the Immortal Realm. As the Leize Holy Land came under siege and forces gathered to relieve it, the Palace Master of the Alluring Beauty Palace ordered City-Toppling Dance to accompany Lu Changsheng to the Immortal Realm.

• Lu Changsheng absorbed the purple qi in the Chaotic Realm, broke through to the First-Grade God King Realm, and received a warning that the Demon Realm had made its move.
• The Demon Venerable of the Blade Prison attacked the Leize Holy Land's barrier, and True Lord Xu Jing used his Divine Sword to reinforce the formation.
• The Lin Household Ancestor and the Jiang Clan Ancestor led Taihua's forces to join Sword Maiden Ziyun, Bilu Immortal Maiden, Immortal Changliu, and the Old Sword Saint in a mission to aid Leize.
• Lu Changsheng returned from the Chaotic Realm to the Alluring Beauty Palace, where the Palace Master ordered City-Toppling Dance to travel with him to the Immortal Realm.

Lin Qinghan organized Taihua Sacred Ground and its allied sects to shelter mortals and prepare for the Demon Realm army, but the force soon besieged the mountain under Absolute Yin Demon Venerable. The chapter leaves Taihua facing the Demon Venerable, the traitor Lin Beichen, and four Demon Realm Great Experts outside its formation.

• Lin Qinghan dispatched disciples to monitor for the Demon Realm army and arranged for sects to help maintain Taihua Sacred Ground's Mountain-Guarding Formation.
• The wounded Flame Virtue Sect fled to Taihua Mountain and reported that Demon Realm experts had attacked them on the way.
• Lin Qinghan activated the formation's first defensive layer and organized the gathered sects into shifts to sustain it.
• Jiang Yu rejected Ye Feng's warnings about the Calamity of the Three Realms and returned to the Jiang Clan's peak.
• Two days later, the Demon Realm army surrounded Taihua Divine Mountain, and Lin Shiyu identified its leader as Absolute Yin Demon Venerable.
• Absolute Yin Demon Venerable questioned Lin Beichen about the formation's weakness, then prepared four Demon Realm Great Experts to help break it.

The Demon Realm breached Leize Holy Land’s defenses through a compromised Elder and attacked Taihua Sacred Ground after Sect Master Xu betrayed it from within. Taihua’s defenders fought back after Absolute Yin Demon Venerable destroyed their formations, while Lin Shiyu stood against him and her Avatar intercepted his four allies.

• Zhao Wuyan emerged from seclusion to find Taihua Sacred Ground surrounded by the Demon Realm army, and he joined the defenders maintaining the formation.
• Elder Wang damaged Leize Holy Land’s formation core, allowing Demon Venerable of the Blade Prison to break through and lead the Demon Realm army into Leize Holy Land.
• Sect Master Xu revealed that the Flame Virtue Sect had pledged allegiance to the Blood Sea Hall, poisoned the Ye Clan Ancestor, and led his sect in attacking Changye Peak.
• Absolute Yin Demon Venerable and four Demon Realm Great Experts exploited the weakness at Changye Peak to breach Taihua Sacred Ground’s barrier, then Absolute Yin destroyed its killing formation.
• Taihua’s defenders fought the invading army as Lin Shiyu confronted Absolute Yin Demon Venerable and conjured an Avatar to stop his four allies.

Lu Changsheng returned to Taihua Sacred Ground during the Demon Realm invasion, just as Lin Qinghan was captured and the Holy Land’s defenders were being overwhelmed. He struck Duan Liuhen with a sudden blow, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Lin Qinghan struggled against the Great Perfection God King Duan Liuhen, while Zhao Wuyan used Lu Changsheng’s Talismans to fight off Demons until Zhong Qiao captured him.
• Lin Qinghan unleashed the Myriad-Flower Divine Parasol’s Purple Tenuity Heavenly Fire and badly weakened Duan Liuhen, but he survived and resumed attacking her.
• Duan Liuhen bound Lin Qinghan with a Law Treasure that drained her True Qi, while Lin Shiyu remained occupied fighting Absolute Yin Demon Venerable and other mighty figures.
• Fairy Shunhua tried to rescue Lin Qinghan, but Duan Liuhen injured her and continued threatening Lin Qinghan.
• Lu Changsheng suddenly struck Duan Liuhen and sent him crashing into a mountain, stunning the battlefield as Lin Qinghan and Zhao Wuyan recognized him.

Lu Changsheng returned to Taihua Sacred Ground with his disciples and turned the battle against the Demon Realm Army. After killing Duan Liuhen and rescuing Lin Qinghan, he confronted the traitorous Xu Sect Master and left him battered as the counterattack continued.

• Lu Changsheng and his disciples joined the battle, defeating Demon Realm experts across the mountain peaks as Daoist Tuquan rescued Zhao Wuyan from Zhong Qiao.
• Lu Changsheng killed Duan Liuhen with Sword Pierces Yin and Yang and cut the Immortal-Binding Rope holding Lin Qinghan.
• With Lu Changsheng’s forces driving back the Demon Realm Army, he intervened when Xu Sect Master attacked the injured Ye Clan Ancestor.
• Lu Changsheng broke Xu Sect Master’s arm and battered him with his Invincible Divine Art after rejecting his plea for forgiveness.
• The Ye Clan Ancestor ordered the Shadowless Hall to attack the Flame Virtue Sect’s disciples who had betrayed Taihua Sacred Ground.

Lu Changsheng killed Xu Sect Master and defended Changye Peak when Fu Wu, a Demon Realm Great Expert, attacked. After his Nine Taichu Forms failed to finish Fu Wu, Lu Changsheng revealed forty-nine battle swords and prepared to fight with their combined power, while Jiang Sheng promised the jealous Jiang Yu that he would someday become Sacred Lord.

• Lu Changsheng annihilated Xu Sect Master, and the Shadowless Hall deathsworn purged the Flame Virtue Sect’s surviving traitors.
• Lu Changsheng learned that his Master had gone to rescue Leize Holy Land and realized the Demon Realm had used a ploy to draw him away.
• Fu Wu attacked Changye Peak with a first-grade Dao Artifact, but Lu Changsheng used the Mountains and Rivers Diagram to protect the peak and then blocked Fu Wu’s assault.
• Lu Changsheng countered Fu Wu’s blade techniques and unleashed the third form of the Nine Taichu Forms, but Fu Wu broke through his sword attack and the two fighters paused to recover.
• Lu Changsheng summoned forty-nine battle swords, startling Fu Wu, while Jiang Yu watched from Taihua Sacred Ground and Jiang Sheng told him the Sacred Lord’s position would eventually be his.

Lu Changsheng used the Forty-Nine Battle Swords to kill Fu Wu, then relied on an Ancestral Dragon Blood Pill and his many treasures to hold off three Devil Realm Great Experts. The battle continued with Lu Changsheng protecting the Taihua Sacred Ground’s forces as the Absolute Yin Demon Venerable ordered Lin Beichen to intervene.

• Lu Changsheng trapped Fu Wu in the Great Evolution Sword Formation, while Lin Shiyu’s Avatar dispersed under the combined assault of three Devil Realm Great Experts.
• Lu Changsheng took an Ancestral Dragon Blood Pill to temporarily reach the Immortality Realm and used a Sunset Star River Talisman to delay the three attackers.
• Lu Changsheng strengthened the sword formation and pierced Fu Wu’s heart, shattering his Dao seal and killing him.
• Lu Changsheng used the Illusory Sea Mirror to trap one Great Expert in an illusion, but the other two freed him before the swords could kill him.
• Lu Changsheng combined his treasures, pills, and talismans to hold off all three Great Experts, while the Absolute Yin Demon Venerable urged Lin Beichen to join the fight.

Lin Xuanshuang returned to Taihua Sacred Ground and saved Liu Yue'er and Lin Qinghan from the Rakshasa Devil Lord. Several long-missing experts from Taihua also appeared to repel the Demon Realm army, while Lu Changsheng remained locked in a desperate fight against three Great Experts.

• Lin Beichen threatened to join the fight against Lu Changsheng, but the Ye Clan Ancestor and Shadowless Hall lacked the strength to stop him.
• The Rakshasa Devil Lord wounded Liu Yue'er and Lin Qinghan and trapped them in his sea of blood, draining their Blood Qi.
• Lin Xuanshuang returned, severed the Rakshasa Devil Lord's demonic claw, and rescued her mother and younger sister.
• Three Demon Realm Great Experts used Divine Pills and Law Treasures to intensify their assault on Lu Changsheng, who feared he could not hold them off.
• Zhu Xinguang used Heaven and Earth Manifestation to crush Demon Realm troops, and an Old Sword Saint revealed his Sixth Sword Realm.
• A burly man and a woman appeared with captured God King Realm Demons and addressed Lin Shiyu as their master.

Lin Xuanshuang and four returning geniuses helped Taihua Sacred Ground defeat the invading Demon Realm army, though the Absolute Yin Demon Venerable escaped. With the crisis over, Lu Changsheng left the Sacred Ground’s recovery to Lin Qinghan and Lin Xuanshuang and prepared to collect his Immortal Sword from Heavenly Fire Holy Land.

• Lin Xuanshuang returned with four Great Experts, turning the battle against the Absolute Yin Demon Venerable’s forces and prompting him to order a retreat.
• Shi Niandao, Zhu Xinguang, and Lin Shiyu’s disciples killed a trapped Demon Realm Great Expert while Lu Changsheng and Zhu Xinguang blocked rescuers.
• Lin Beichen fled, and the Absolute Yin Demon Venerable escaped with the remaining Demon Realm experts inside his Demonic Pagoda.
• The returned geniuses reunited with Lin Shiyu and the Sacred Ground’s elders, who learned that Taihua Sacred Ground now had seven Great Experts.
• Lu Changsheng asked Lin Qinghan, Lin Xuanshuang, and Liu Yue'er to manage the Sacred Ground while he went to collect his Immortal Sword from Heavenly Fire Holy Land.
• Lu Changsheng told Shen Xiaoyao to retrieve the Heavenly Master Demon-Subduing Painting’s Mnemonic from the Heavenly Master Sect.

Lu Changsheng collected the Alioth Thunder Sword from True Lord Huohua and warned him about the Demon Realm’s invasion and infiltrators. As Holy Lands prepared their defenses and the Heavenly Master Sect sought refuge, the Evil Extremity Sect attacked Yellow Dragon Mountain, forcing Qingxu True Lord to ready its Mountain-Guarding Formation.

• True Lord Huohua gave Lu Changsheng the Yellow-Rank Supreme Treasure Alioth Thunder Sword and explained its power and formation.
• After Lu Changsheng warned True Lord Huohua about the Blood Sea Hall and Evil Extremity Sect infiltrators, True Lord Huohua activated the Heavenly Fire Holy Land’s defenses and offered Law Treasures to those who helped defend it.
• At the Lianshan Holy Land, the elders activated preparations for the Calamity and assigned Pill Saint Suxin to lead seventeen Pill Saints in refining an ancient pill.
• Lingqing Daoist reported that the Evil Extremity Sect had slaughtered nearby sects and ordered the Heavenly Master Sect to submit, so Qingxu True Lord considered moving the sect to the Taihua Sacred Ground.
• The Evil Extremity Sect attacked Yellow Dragon Mountain before its three-day ultimatum expired, and Qingxu True Lord ordered the Heavenly Master Sect to prepare its Mountain-Guarding Formation.

The Heavenly Master Sect activated the Yellow Dragon Demon-Suppressing Grand Formation against the Evil Extremity Sect, but Wang Tu broke through it from within. The Sect’s hidden elders joined the defense, yet Wang Tu and Chen Tiannan’s combined assault pushed the incomplete formation to the brink of collapse.

• Qingxu True Lord activated the Yellow Dragon Demon-Suppressing Grand Formation, and Wang Tu entered the dragon to break it from within.
• Lingqing Daoist identified Wang Tu as a notorious former fugitive who had returned to the Evil Extremity Sect.
• Daoist Mo Ping and six other hidden powerhouses emerged from the Rear Mountain and strengthened the formation.
• Chen Tiannan revealed himself as another Great Expert and joined Wang Tu in attacking the formation.
• Wang Tu and Chen Tiannan battered the yellow dragon until the formation began to fail, and Daoist Mo Ping revealed that its missing core was the Heavenly Master Demon-Subduing Painting.

Shen Xiaoyao returned to Yellow Dragon Mountain with the lost Heavenly Master Demon-Subduing Painting and helped Daoist Mo Ping drive off the Evil Extremity Sect. The Heavenly Master Sect fled to Taihua Divine Mountain, while Daoist Mo Ping entrusted Shen Xiaoyao with the painting, its Mnemonic, and the role of Twelfth-Generation Sect Master candidate.

• Wang Tu and Chen Tiannan broke the Yellow Dragon Demon-Suppressing Grand Formation and left the Heavenly Master Sect on the brink of defeat.
• Shen Xiaoyao arrived and killed dozens of Evil Extremity Sect demons, then gave Daoist Mo Ping the Heavenly Master Demon-Subduing Painting.
• Daoist Mo Ping activated the painting with Yellow Dragon Mountain's dragon vein, and its Heavenly Master severely wounded Wang Tu and Chen Tiannan, forcing them and the surviving demons to flee.
• Unable to sustain the painting and formation, Daoist Mo Ping ordered the Heavenly Master Sect to evacuate to Taihua Divine Mountain.
• Daoist Mo Ping gave Shen Xiaoyao the Heavenly Master Demon-Subduing Painting and its Mnemonic, naming him a candidate for the Heavenly Master Sect's Twelfth-Generation Sect Master.

Zhangsun Limo pursued Blood Sea Hall Guardians after they slaughtered a city, but they lured her to Old Man Black Mountain, who overpowered her and tried to enslave her. As she attempted to take her own life, Xiao Fan arrived and stopped her, promising he had returned for her.

• Zhangsun Limo attacked two Blood Sea Hall Guardians who were draining a city’s Blood Qi, severed one Guardian’s arms, and chased them when they fled.
• The Guardians lured Zhangsun Limo to Old Man Black Mountain, who had massacred a sect and absorbed its Sect Master's Blood Qi.
• Old Man Black Mountain struck Zhangsun Limo with his Heaven-Dominating Fist and offered to spare her if she accepted the Devoted Love Gu; she warned him that she had the Misfortune Physique.
• Zhangsun Limo recalled leaving seclusion to seek Xiao Fan, learned he had not returned to Taihua Sacred Ground, and believed he had forgotten her.
• Zhangsun Limo tried to stab herself, but Xiao Fan caught her wrist and said he was sorry for arriving late and had promised to return for her.

Xiao Fan reunited with Zhangsun Limo and defeated the Blood Sea Hall forces attacking them, killing Old Man Black Mountain and driving off the survivors. He told Zhangsun Limo how to suppress her Misfortune Physique and took her toward Taihua Sacred Ground, but they found the Blood Sea Hall and Evil Extremity Sect devastating the land, beyond their power to stop.

• Xiao Fan confronted Old Man Black Mountain and fought him with the Dragon-Subduing Tiger-Overcoming Fist, gaining the upper hand despite the Blood Sea Hall’s numerical advantage.
• Two Blood Sea Hall Guardians ordered tens of thousands of disciples to use the Blood Sea Grand Formation against Zhangsun Limo, hoping to capture her and threaten Xiao Fan.
• Xiao Fan unleashed the Star-Dream Separation Flame, destroying thousands of disciples and breaking the formation, while Zhangsun Limo attacked the remaining enemies.
• Xiao Fan trapped Old Man Black Mountain with the Creation Immortal Cauldron and forty-nine Talismans, then killed him; Zhangsun Limo killed one Guardian as the remaining Guardian and disciples fled.
• Xiao Fan told Zhangsun Limo about meeting Zhangsun Daosheng and explained that Xiaojin could temporarily suppress her Misfortune Physique, then brought her toward Taihua Sacred Ground to pass on her ancestor’s cultivation methods.
• Xiao Fan and Zhangsun Limo saw that the Blood Sea Hall and Evil Extremity Sect had devastated the surrounding lands, but they were too weak to stop both demonic sects.

The Yao Realm’s forces gathered to invade the Immortal Realm, while battles devastated the Leize Holy Land and threatened the Taichu Sacred Land’s defenders at Demon-Suppressing Pass. As Lu Changsheng weighed whether to aid Lin Xuantong, the Heavenly Master Sect of Yellow Dragon Mountain sought refuge at Taihua Sacred Ground, bringing a Great Expert into its ranks.

• Elder Qi warned the Third Ancestor that the Yao Realm’s demons were assembling for an invasion, and the defenders of Demon-Suppressing Pass prepared for battle as the Third Ancestor summoned Qi Pojun and requested Heavenly Court reinforcements.
• The World-Destroying Black Dragon and Eight Desolate Fire Dragon prepared to attack the Immortal Realm, while Yin Hao and Yan Feng worried about the Torch Dragon’s impending return and the danger it posed to their clan.
• The Demon Venerable of the Blade Prison overpowered True Lord Xu Jing at Leize Holy Land, and Qingyue Immortal Maiden rescued disciples with her Orchid before wounding two pursuers with her Purple-Green Twin Swords and escaping.
• Lu Changsheng returned to Taihua Sacred Ground, learned that Lin Xuantong’s group might be in danger, and advised Lin Qinghan and Lin Xuanshuang not to weaken their defenses by rushing to help without a request.
• Shen Xiaoyao told Lu Changsheng that the Heavenly Master Sect of Yellow Dragon Mountain had fled an attack and sought refuge, so Lu Changsheng received its members at the mountain gate and discovered that Daoist Mo Ping was a Great Expert.

Lu Changsheng learned that a wounded Taihua Sacred Ground disciple was a Demon Realm plant sent to lure rescuers into an ambush, and he decided to turn the trap against the enemy. He led a team out of the Sacred Ground while the Demon Realm forces prepared to attack, unaware that Lu Changsheng knew their scheme.

• Qingxu True Lord and Daoist Mo Ping sought refuge for the Heavenly Master Sect at Taihua Sacred Ground, and Qingxu True Lord used the Truth-Listening Technique to identify a disguised Demon Realm agent.
• A bloodied disciple claimed that Lin Xuantong and the others had been ambushed by a Demon Venerable, but Qingxu True Lord secretly warned Lu Changsheng that the report was a trap.
• Lu Changsheng, Lin Xuanshuang, Shi Niandao, and Lin Shiyu agreed to exploit the ambush, while Shen Xiaoyao stayed behind to help defend the Sacred Ground if needed.
• Lu Changsheng led a rescue party with Shi Niandao, Zhu Xinguang, Lin Qinghan, Lin Qingzhi, and others, leaving Daoist Mo Ping, Qingxu True Lord, and Shen Xiaoyao behind.
• The Absolute Yin Demon Venerable and his allies watched the party approach, planning to kill Lu Changsheng's group and capture Liu Yue'er, Lin Xuanshuang, and Lin Qinghan.
• Han Shaolin and Xiao Xiangdao prepared to confront Lu Changsheng and Lin Qingzhi, while the Kunwu Devil Lord watched for Lu Changsheng's death so he could report back to the Cold Bone Demon Venerable.

Lu Changsheng’s group entered an ambush set by Han Shaolin, Xiao Xiangdao, and Absolute Yin Demon Venerable, but Lu Changsheng revealed that Taihua Sacred Ground had prepared a countertrap. With Lin Shiyu, her disciples, and the Heavenly Master Sect joining the battle, Absolute Yin Demon Venerable’s side was outnumbered, so he paid Kunwu Devil Lord to intervene.

• Absolute Yin Demon Venerable persuaded Han Shaolin and the other Demons to let Taihua Sacred Ground believe it had walked into a manageable ambush before revealing his forces.
• Han Shaolin and Xiao Xiangdao confronted Lu Changsheng and his companions, while Shi Niandao and Zhu Xinguang judged that the Demons were outmatched.
• Absolute Yin Demon Venerable appeared with two Great Expert subordinates, but Lu Changsheng revealed that he had expected the ambush and called for Lin Shiyu.
• Lin Shiyu arrived with Chu Wu and Qiao Wei, while Daoist Mo Ping and the Heavenly Master Sect’s experts joined Taihua Sacred Ground, shifting the balance of power against the Demons.
• As Taihua Sacred Ground prepared to attack, Absolute Yin Demon Venerable asked Kunwu Devil Lord for help, and Kunwu agreed to intervene in exchange for one Twenty-First-Grade Divine Pill and nine Twentieth-Grade Divine Pills.

Taihua Sacred Ground’s forces fought Absolute Yin Demon Venerable and his allies, while Lu Changsheng battled Han Shaolin and Daoist Mo Ping faced Kunwu Devil Lord. As Absolute Yin Demon Venerable was trapped and on the verge of defeat, he sensed new reinforcements arriving.

• Chu Wu, Qiao Wei, and the people of Taihua Sacred Ground attacked the Demon Realm forces as Lu Changsheng confronted Han Shaolin.
• Han Shaolin unleashed the World-Burning Demon Fire, but Lu Changsheng countered with the Alioth Thunder Sword and the Mountains and Rivers Diagram.
• Lin Qingzhi fought Xiao Xiangdao while Lin Shiyu, Chu Wu, and Qiao Wei joined forces against Absolute Yin Demon Venerable.
• Kunwu Devil Lord appeared as Absolute Yin Demon Venerable’s hidden ally, and Daoist Mo Ping engaged him with the Heavenly Master Demon-Subduing Painting.
• Lu Changsheng used the Forty-Nine Battle Swords to wound Han Shaolin, while Lin Shiyu and her disciples trapped Absolute Yin Demon Venerable.
• Absolute Yin Demon Venerable laughed and declared that his reinforcements had arrived.

Taihua Sacred Ground faced a renewed assault when Hu Xingsan joined the battle, leaving Lu Changsheng to fight Han Shaolin and Hu Xingsan's Avatar while his disciples were occupied elsewhere. Lu Changsheng unleashed the Alioth Thunder Sword's formation but was nearly overwhelmed, and Xiao Fan and Zhangsun Limo arrived with Lu Qinglian and the Moon Palace as the battle continued.

• Hu Xingsan arrived with Demon Realm reinforcements, and Chu Wu failed to stop him with a direct attack.
• Lu Changsheng pressed Han Shaolin with the Great Evolution Sword Formation, but Hu Xingsan's Avatar attacked him and shattered the Mountains and Rivers Diagram.
• Han Shaolin joined Hu Xingsan's Avatar against Lu Changsheng, while Xiao Xiangdao and other Demon Realm fighters kept Lin Qingzhi and the other disciples occupied.
• Lu Changsheng activated the Alioth Thunder Sword's Myriad Gods Thunder Bureau Demon-Slaying Formation, gravely injuring Han Shaolin and weakening Hu Xingsan's Avatar before the formation ran out of power.
• Hu Xingsan empowered his Avatar, whose Ruthless One Blade knocked away Lu Changsheng's swords and wounded his body and soul.
• Xiao Fan and Zhangsun Limo arrived near the battlefield and spotted Lu Qinglian, Shiniang, and people from the Moon Palace.

Xia Ningxue and the Moon Palace arrived in time to save Lu Changsheng and help drive back the Demon Realm forces. After the survivors gathered at Taihua Sacred Ground, Lin Qinghan received news that Demon-Suppressing Pass was about to fall, opening the way to another crisis.

• Lu Changsheng was left near death after Hu Xingsan's slash, and Han Shaolin moved to kill him.
• Xia Ningxue arrived with Zi Ling, Xiao Fan, Zhangsun Limo, and Moon Palace forces, saving Lu Changsheng and overwhelming the Demons.
• Absolute Yin Demon Venerable and the other Demon Realm survivors retreated, while Xia Ningxue's Sword Qi grievously wounded Han Shaolin as he escaped.
• Lu Changsheng and Xia Ningxue reunited, and Lin Xuanshuang invited Xia Ningxue and the Moon Palace to Taihua Sacred Ground.
• Xiao Fan introduced Zhangsun Limo, and Lu Changsheng arranged for her to live near Xiaojin to help suppress her Misfortune Physique.
• Lin Qinghan received a message that Demon-Suppressing Pass, guarded by Taichu Sacred Land, was about to fall and that the major Holy Lands had been asked for aid.