Chapter Summaries

Lu Changsheng led Taihua Sacred Ground, the Moon Palace, and other allies toward Demon-Suppressing Pass while the Yao Realm’s forces battered its defenses. As Kunlun Holy Land and other powers sent newly strengthened fighters to aid the pass, Lu Changsheng arrived at Tianqing Mountain with his group.

• Lu Changsheng agreed to lead Taihua Sacred Ground’s forces to Demon-Suppressing Pass, joined by Shi Niandao, Zhu Xinguang, Xia Ningxue, and many disciples.
• Lu Changsheng rewarded Chen Yi, Su Xiaoqi, and Lu Qinglian, receiving Buddhist and bronze supreme treasure fragments and the Yellow-Rank Supreme Treasure Nine-Dragon Bow with nine God-Extinguishing Arrows.
• True Lord Daoxuan and the surviving geniuses emerged from a hundred million years of cultivation in the Purple Void Illusory Abode as Great Experts, then sent Chongxu Daoist and Yan Zhiqiu toward Demon-Suppressing Pass while he sought help from an Old Lord.
• Geniuses from Taiji, Taiyi, Taisu, and Primordial Beginning Holy Lands left the Primordial Ancient Mine after learning the Three Realms Calamity had begun.
• The Demon Race’s Demon Kings attacked Demon-Suppressing Pass, damaging its walls but failing to break through the protective Formation.
• Lu Changsheng arrived with his group at Tianqing Mountain, where millions of Xiuzhenzhe from various Holy Lands had gathered to aid Demon-Suppressing Pass.

Lu Changsheng and the gathered forces reached Tianqing Mountain, where the Demon God's Law Treasure blocked the way to Demon-Suppressing Pass. Reinforcements from the Five Great Innate Sacred Lands and the Martial God Palace arrived, but Great Wisdom Bodhisattva judged that their strength was still insufficient to break through the blockade.

• Lu Changsheng arrived with Xia Ningxue and saw that the major forces had gathered on Tianqing Mountain because the Demon God's golden cauldron had sealed the space around Demon-Suppressing Pass.
• Great Wisdom Bodhisattva recognized Chen Yi as a reincarnated Buddha but promised Sumeru Mountain would not interfere with him, then said the gathered forces needed more reinforcements to overcome the Demon God's Law Treasure.
• Lu Changsheng watched Demon Kings attack Demon-Suppressing Pass and saw that its ancient formation was gradually weakening under their assault.
• The Exiled Sword Immortal and the Five Great Innate Sacred Lands arrived, but Great Wisdom Bodhisattva warned that the forces present still could not contend with the Demon God and its Demon Kings.
• The Martial God Palace arrived as the Heavenly Court's representative, and Chu Wuqing greeted Lu Changsheng while suppressing his urge to challenge him.

As the gathered factions prepared to break the Demon God's blockade at Demon-Suppressing Pass, Lu Changsheng obtained a Substitute Death Doll by bestowing a Curse Doll on Xu Jing. Old Lord Chenyuan arrived to join the effort, and the chapter ended with him recognizing Lu Changsheng.

• Yan Zhiqiu arrived with the Purple Void Palace and revealed that the Kunlun Holy Land's resources had helped him reach the Immortality Realm.
• The factions gathered on Tianqing Mountain discussed the Demon Race's former strength and waited for an Old Lord from the Purple Void Palace to arrive.
• Lu Changsheng bestowed treasures on his disciples, then gave Xu Jing a Curse Doll and received a Substitute Death Doll that could die in his place.
• Old Lord Chenyuan arrived with True Lord Daoxuan, and the High Antiquity Great Experts greeted him with reverence.
• Old Lord Chenyuan acknowledged Lu Changsheng as the genius Daoxuan had mentioned, and Lu Changsheng bowed to him.

Old Lord Chenyuan led the Human experts through the Qilin Sacred Cauldron’s barrier, where the Demon God confronted him and the two began a battle. As the Demon Kings attacked, Lu Changsheng and his allies fought to protect Ning Qianqian from the World-Destroying Black Dragon, and the chapter ended with Lu Changsheng joining Shi Niandao and Zhu Xinguang against it.

• Old Lord Chenyuan and the assembled experts broke through the Qilin Sacred Cauldron’s barrier, but the Demon God arrived with more than a hundred million demons.
• Old Lord Chenyuan challenged the Demon God over its campaign against the Human Race, and the two fought while the other experts faced the Demon Kings.
• Lu Changsheng reminded the Eight Desolate Fire Dragon of its debt of two favors, securing its tacit promise to help him secretly if needed.
• The World-Destroying Black Dragon attacked Taihua Sacred Ground’s fighters and targeted Ning Qianqian for her Dragon Emperor Bloodline, while Shi Niandao and Zhu Xinguang struggled to stop him.
• Lu Changsheng used the third form of the Nine Taichu Forms to drive the World-Destroying Black Dragon away from Ning Qianqian, then joined Shi Niandao and Zhu Xinguang in fighting it.

The Human Race fighters battled the Demon Kings as more demons poured through the Qilin Saint Cauldron, while the World-Destroying Black Dragon targeted Lu Changsheng. After apparently killing Lu Changsheng, the dragon discovered it had struck a Substitute Death Doll, and Lu Changsheng launched a surprise arrow at its back.

• Great Wisdom Bodhisattva and True Lord Daoxuan fought the Divine Ape King, while Great King Heavenly Sage arrived to aid him.
• Xia Ningxue and the Moon Palace Elders fought the Nine-Headed Heavenly Python, and Xia Ningxue severed several of its heads with her sword strikes.
• The Human Race experts struggled to reach the Qilin Saint Cauldron as its barrier continued bringing in Demon Race reinforcements.
• The World-Destroying Black Dragon endured attacks from Shi Niandao, Zhu Xinguang, and Lu Changsheng, then tore Lu Changsheng apart.
• Lu Changsheng's disciples and Xia Ningxue reacted to his apparent death, but Lin Qingzhi said the events followed his master's plan.
• Lu Changsheng revealed that the dragon had destroyed a Substitute Death Doll and shot it in the back with the God-Extinguishing Arrow.

Lu Changsheng gravely wounded the World-Destroying Black Dragon, but the human forces remained overwhelmed until Qin Ruyu broke the Qilin Saint Cauldron and forced the Demon Emperor to retreat. The reinforcements entered Demon-Suppressing Pass, where Qi Pojun reunited with Old Lord Chenyuan and revealed they had lived in the same era.

• Lu Changsheng struck the World-Destroying Black Dragon twice with God-Extinguishing Arrows, grievously wounding him and forcing him to withdraw and heal.
• The Pig King and a million Pig Demons emerged from the Qilin Saint Cauldron, worsening the human forces’ losses as the demons continued to pour into the battlefield.
• Qin Ruyu broke through the demons, defeated the two Qilin Clan Great Experts, and damaged the Qilin Saint Cauldron with her Red-Tasseled Spear and nine Talismans.
• The Demon Emperor ordered the demons to retreat through the damaged cauldron, and the human reinforcements entered Demon-Suppressing Pass as the space-time blockade ended.
• Qi Pojun greeted the Taichu Sacred Land experts and told Old Lord Chenyuan that they had last met 478,120,000 years earlier.

At Demon-Suppressing Pass, Lu Changsheng gained Qi Pojun’s help after explaining that the Qi Clan Tribe’s chief had taught him the Nine Taichu Forms. As the Demon Race prepared another assault, Lu Changsheng struggled with the Taiyin Goddess Talisman absorbing his returned cultivation, and the arrival of new reinforcements brought his old enemy Great Freedom Buddha within reach.

• Lu Changsheng told Qi Pojun that the Qi Clan Tribe’s chief had taught him all nine Taichu Forms, and Qi Pojun offered to advise him.
• Lu Changsheng obtained a Substitute Death Doll by rewarding Xu Jing, then transmitted cultivation to Dugu Aotian and Liu Yiyi.
• The Taiyin Goddess Talisman absorbed Lu Changsheng’s returned cultivation, including the ninety billion days from Yun Qianyue’s transmission, and refused to leave his body when he tried to summon it out.
• The Demon Race army returned to attack Demon-Suppressing Pass, while Old Lord Chenyuan and Qi Pojun assessed the threat posed by the Demon God.
• Reinforcements from the High Antiquity Qian Clan and Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple arrived, and Lu Changsheng spotted Great Freedom Buddha among them.
• Great Freedom Buddha sensed Lu Changsheng and Chen Yi’s overwhelming strength, lost his bravado, and hid among the other Buddhas.

The Human Race strengthened the Demon-Suppressing Pass with the Five Directions Emperor Formation while the Demon Race hesitated before its power. At the Ten Thousand Buddhas Assembly, the Buddha Lord revealed his plan to establish a Mahayana Buddhist Kingdom, and the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple betrayed the defenders as the Black Tiger Emperor arrived to aid the Demon God.

• Qi Pojun led the Five Great Innate Sacred Lands in activating the Five Directions Emperor Formation, and Lu Changsheng and the other defenders supplied it with True Qi.
• The Demon God and the Demon Kings hesitated to attack the pass and waited for an old senior to arrive.
• At the Ten Thousand Buddhas Assembly, the Buddha Lord declared that the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple would establish a Mahayana Buddhist Kingdom, then revealed his Demonic Fall and threatened the gathered Buddhist powers.
• At the Demon-Suppressing Pass, the Diamond Indestructible Great Guardian struck Great Wisdom Bodhisattva and led the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple toward a formation eye controlled by the Primordial Beginning Sacred Land.
• The Demon God met the Black Tiger Emperor, who said Qilin Sacred Mountain had helped him recover most of his strength and that he would serve the Demon God in return.

The Diamond Indestructible Great Guardian and the Demon God weakened the Demon-Suppressing Pass’s Five Directions Emperor Formation, then the Black Tiger Emperor tore open its barrier and let the Demon Race army pour in. As the defenders fought desperately, Lu Changsheng attacked the demons and the Qian Clan Patriarch brought out his clan’s trump card.

• The Diamond Indestructible Great Guardian wounded the Primordial Beginning Sacred Land’s Grand Supreme Elder, struck the Primordial Beginning Saintess with his Buddhist technique, and damaged a formation core with his Demon-Subduing Pestle.
• The Demon God used Creation Demon Light to suppress the five Primordial Human Race Emperor phantoms and weaken the Five Directions Emperor Formation.
• The Black Tiger Emperor appeared after escaping the Moon Palace’s Endless Ice Domain, then tore open the weakened barrier with Black Tiger Rips Out the Heart.
• Qi Pojun fought the Black Tiger Emperor, while Old Lord Chenyuan confronted the Demon God with his natal Immortal Sword as the defenders battled the invading Demon Race and Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple.
• Lu Changsheng fired the God-Extinguishing Arrow from the Nine-Dragon Bow, killing thousands of demons, and the Qian Clan Patriarch produced a Sand Pot that absorbed the demon blood.

Demon-Suppressing Pass was overwhelmed by the Demon Race, and Lu Changsheng barely survived Great King Heavenly Sage’s attack as the Human Race considered retreating. The High Antiquity Qian Clan revealed that the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Insect was alive in its Sand Pot, turning the battle against the Nine-Headed Heavenly Python.

• The Demon Race overran Demon-Suppressing Pass, while the High Antiquity Qian Clan unleashed thousands of Talismans and summoned Great King Heavenly Sage from its Sand Pot.
• Great King Heavenly Sage attacked Lu Changsheng, shattered his Great Evolution Sword Formation, and nearly killed him despite the protection of his treasures and defenses.
• Yan Zhiqiu, Chongxu Daoist, and the leaders of Taiyi Holy Land and Taisu Holy Land fought back against the Demon Race as Qi Pojun warned that the Five Directions Emperor Formation had fallen and the Human Race might have to retreat.
• The Nine-Headed Heavenly Python demanded the High Antiquity Qian Clan's treasures, but the Qian Clan head refused and released the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Insect from the Sand Pot.
• The Heaven-Swallowing Demon Insect poisoned one of the Nine-Headed Heavenly Python's heads, forcing it to bite the head off while the other Demon Race members backed away in fear.

The High Antiquity Qian Clan used its Heaven-Swallowing Demon Insect to clear a path as the human forces began retreating from Demon-Suppressing Pass. Lu Changsheng appeared to die beneath Great King Heavenly Sage’s God-Slaying Saber, but the chapter ended with him alive near the Qian Clan, leaving Great King Heavenly Sage furious.

• The Qian Clan head revealed that his clan had raised the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Insect and called the human forces to gather around the clan and retreat.
• Old Lord Chenyuan and True Lord Daoxuan led Kunlun Holy Land’s people toward the Qian Clan, while the other forces withdrew toward Taichu Sacred Land.
• Wu stopped Xia Ningxue from reaching Lu Changsheng, and the Moon Palace and Kui-Phoenix Clan fought as Xia Ningxue tried to break through.
• Lu Changsheng sent Lin Qingzhi and the others to join the Qian Clan and told Xia Ningxue not to worry because he had a way to survive.
• Great King Heavenly Sage struck Lu Changsheng with the God-Slaying Saber, and Lu Changsheng vanished beneath the blow before reappearing alive near the Qian Clan.

After the fall of Demon-Suppressing Pass, Lu Changsheng and the survivors took refuge on Taichu Mountain as the Immortal Realm faced mounting threats. Ao Jian True Person brought Lu Changsheng to meet the Taichu Sacred Land’s Second Ancestor, who questioned him about mastering the Nine Taichu Forms.

• Qi Pojun led the survivors of Demon-Suppressing Pass through Taichu Mountain’s barrier and told the Taichu Sacred Land that the pass had fallen.
• The Great Wisdom Bodhisattva revealed that Sumeru Mountain had lost contact with its Buddhas in the Land of Ultimate Bliss, worsening fears for the Immortal Realm.
• Lu Changsheng weighed escaping into the Void if the Immortal Realm fell, then meditated and checked his stores of pills and talismans.
• Ao Jian True Person arrived and said the Second Ancestor wanted to meet Lu Changsheng because he had mastered the Nine Taichu Forms.
• Ao Jian True Person escorted Lu Changsheng alone to Taichu Mountain’s Rear Mountain, where the Second Ancestor asked whether he had learned all the Nine Taichu Forms in the Chaotic Realm.

Lu Changsheng learned that the Taichu Sacred Land had originated as the Qi Clan Tribe and that its Second Ancestor was the son of the White Emperor, who had taught him the Nine Taichu Forms. The Second Ancestor assured the gathered figures that the Heavenly Court’s foundations were stronger than they believed, and Lu Changsheng returned to his companions to prepare for the coming Calamity.

• Lu Changsheng told the Taichu Sacred Land’s ancestors that the Qi Clan Tribe’s ancient chieftain had taught him the Nine Taichu Forms, prompting the Second Ancestor to reveal that the chieftain was his father, the White Emperor.
• Ao Jian True Person explained that the Taichu Sacred Land had once been the White Emperor’s Qi Clan Tribe, and Lu Changsheng realized he had learned the White Emperor’s sword art from his world projection.
• The Second Ancestor gave Lu Changsheng a token that let him seek personal guidance in the sword art and told the assembled ancestors not to underestimate the Heavenly Court’s foundations.
• Lu Changsheng returned to Xia Ningxue and the other gathered companions, reassured them with the Second Ancestor’s assessment, and continued giving his disciples treasures, especially Substitute Death Dolls.

Lu Changsheng gained three Substitute Death Dolls by giving Curse Dolls to Xu Jing, while news of the Demon Realm’s invasion and widespread devastation forced the Immortal Realm’s powers to make plans. As Xia Ningxue asked whether he would return to Taihua Mountain, Taichu Mountain shook, and everyone learned the disturbance came from the forbidden Primordial Ancient Mine.

• Lu Changsheng gave Curse Dolls to Xu Jing and received three Substitute Death Dolls, keeping some for himself and giving one to Xia Ningxue.
• Lu Changsheng learned that the Demon Race and Demon Realm armies were fighting the Heavenly Court while the Blood Sea Hall and Evil Extremity Sect ravaged the Immortal Realm.
• Great Wisdom Bodhisattva prepared to return to Sumeru Mountain, while Old Lord Chenyuan and Qin Ruyu set out toward the Imperishable Immortal Dynasty to support the Heavenly Court.
• Xia Ningxue asked Lu Changsheng whether he would return to Taihua Mountain, but Taichu Mountain suddenly shook.
• The gathered powers sensed the disturbance came from the Primordial Ancient Mine, a forbidden area jointly controlled by the Five Great Innate Sacred Lands.

After a disturbance shook the Primordial Ancient Mine, Taichu Sacred Land recruited Lu Changsheng and allies to investigate its depths. Their teams entered the vast mine and discovered rare Artifact Refining materials, but the source of the tremors remained unknown.

• Qi Haoyu told the Primordial Beginning Holy Lord that he did not know what had caused the disturbance in the Primordial Ancient Mine.
• The Second Ancestor ordered Elders and disciples from the Five Great Innate Sacred Lands to investigate the tremors.
• Lu Changsheng agreed to help after Shi Niandao and Zhu Xinguang also volunteered, and Xia Ningxue joined the expedition with the Moon Palace group.
• The investigators entered the mine, where the Exiled Sword Immortal warned them about Primordial Era Demon Beasts, magma, and dangerous Spirit Fires.
• Taihua Sacred Ground split into three teams, and Lu Changsheng's group found a riverbed scattered with Eighteenth Grade Star River Sand.

Lu Changsheng and his group explored a dangerously hot tunnel in the Primordial Ancient Mine, where they discovered a Twentieth-Grade Spirit Fire. The Exiled Sword Immortal wondered whether the Purple Crystal Illusion Flame was causing the mine’s disturbance.

• The Exiled Sword Immortal explained that the Five Great Innate Sacred Lands left some rare ores, including fire phoenix emperor gold, in the mine so they could replenish.
• Lu Changsheng handed out Falling Ice Talismans to protect the group from the increasing heat and received a Ten Thousand Li Glacier Talisman from the system as a return reward for Yun Qianyue.
• As the heat intensified and the talismans began to fail, Lu Changsheng sent the Immortal Emperor Realm Elders back and continued with his disciples and the Exiled Sword Immortal.
• After making their way deeper through magma and fire poison, the group found a crystalline purple tree in a vast magma pool.
• Yun Qianyue identified the tree as the illusory form of the Purple Crystal Illusion Flame, and the Exiled Sword Immortal wondered if the Spirit Fire was behind the mine’s disturbance.

Lu Changsheng realized the Purple Crystal Illusion Flame was not the source of the disturbances and drew the Flame-Swallowing Ancient Python out of the magma. After the Exiled Sword Immortal sent a distress message, the Taiyi Holy Land received it, but Senior Brother Xi chose to continue investigating instead of going to help.

• The Exiled Sword Immortal tried to capture the Purple Crystal Illusion Flame and asked Lu Changsheng to help, but Lu Changsheng directed his Forty-Nine Battle Swords into the magma lake.
• Lu Changsheng warned everyone that something was rising, and a Flame-Swallowing Ancient Python emerged from the magma.
• The Exiled Sword Immortal recognized the python as a Primordial Era Behemoth and realized it was likely responsible for the disturbance in the Primordial Ancient Mine.
• Lu Changsheng urged the Exiled Sword Immortal to send a distress message, and the python fixed its gaze on their group.
• The Taiyi Holy Land team received the message, but Senior Brother Xi ordered them to continue investigating rather than go to the group's aid.

Lu Changsheng and his allies struggled against the Flame-Swallowing Ancient Python, whose Demonic Fire overwhelmed their attacks and grew stronger after it swallowed the Purple Crystal Illusion Flame. A system reward gave Lu Changsheng an Eternal Ages Extreme Ice Talisman, which froze the mine and trapped most of the beast as he prepared to shoot it.

• Lu Changsheng, the Exiled Sword Immortal, and their allies attacked the Flame-Swallowing Ancient Python, but its Demonic Fire broke their defenses and injured Lu Qinglian, Xiao Fan, and Lu Changsheng.
• Zhao Yu arrived with Taiji Holy Land disciples and used his Taiji Diagram to protect the group while they waited for other squads.
• The Flame-Swallowing Ancient Python swallowed the Purple Crystal Illusion Flame, strengthening its Demonic Fire beyond the Taiji Diagram and Ten Thousand Li Glacier Talisman's power.
• Lu Changsheng bestowed Falling Ice Talismans on his disciples, and the system rewarded him with a Twenty-First-Grade Eternal Ages Extreme Ice Talisman.
• Lu Changsheng used the Eternal Ages Extreme Ice Talisman to freeze the mine and trap most of the Flame-Swallowing Ancient Python, then aimed the Nine-Dragon Bow and God-Extinguishing Arrow at it.

Lu Changsheng and the others killed the Flame-Swallowing Ancient Python, claimed its Demon Core, and traded for the Purple Crystal Illusion Flame. When a distress call revealed that Xikong’s team had encountered a mass of black mist, Lu Changsheng realized the mine’s tremors had a more dangerous cause and warned that rushing in would lead to their deaths.

• The Exiled Sword Immortal, Zhao Yu, Lu Qinglian, and the others joined Lu Changsheng in killing the Flame-Swallowing Ancient Python, and Lu Changsheng extracted its Demon Core.
• Zhao Yu captured the fleeing Purple Crystal Illusion Flame, then traded it to Lu Changsheng for Immortal Pills.
• Xia Ningxue arrived with Zi Ling and the Guanghan Holy Land’s Elders, while Lu Qinglian ate the python’s meat and stored the rest.
• Lu Changsheng suspected the python was not responsible for the mine’s tremors, and a voice transmission reported that Xikong’s team was nearly wiped out by a mass of black mist.
• Lu Changsheng’s simulation showed that their group would perish if they rushed to help, so he told the Exiled Sword Immortal to ask the Third Ancestor or Second Ancestor to intervene.

Lu Changsheng and the other Sacred Lands tracked the Primordial Evil Spirit into an unknown cavern beneath the Primordial Ancient Mine, where it had entered a Cold Pool. The Evil Spirit suddenly emerged possessing a Taichu Sacred Land disciple and confronted Lu Changsheng.

• Qi Pojun entered the Primordial Ancient Mine with the Exiled Sword Immortal after learning the source of the disturbance.
• Xikong told the gathered Sacred Lands that an unknown being had possessed a Taichu Sacred Land disciple and nearly killed his group; Lu Changsheng and Daoist Tuquan recognized the Evil Qi as belonging to the Primordial Evil Spirit.
• Lu Changsheng decided to track the Evil Spirit and hold it off until Qi Pojun arrived, while Zhao Yu, Xikong, Xia Ningxue, and the others joined him.
• Lu Changsheng's group discovered an unknown passage leading to a vast cavern and a Cold Pool, where Lu Changsheng sensed the Evil Spirit's trail had ended.
• A column of water erupted from the Cold Pool, and the Evil Spirit, possessing a Taichu Sacred Land disciple, emerged and recognized Lu Changsheng.