Chapter Summaries

The Reincarnation Hall began refining Heyang City’s million inhabitants with a Blood Formation, and the Second Imperial Princess Si Yan arrived to defend them. As Xuelian Old Man overwhelmed her forces, a voice from Mount Shu challenged the attackers, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Xuelian Old Man activated the Blood Formation around Heyang City, while the city lord and residents found themselves trapped between the formation and the Blood Pearl.
• The city lord led Rogue Cultivators and soldiers in an attempted breakout, but Blood Demon Shadows slaughtered them and strengthened the formation.
• Si Yan arrived with Academy of Letters scholars and imperial guards, rescued the defenders, and confronted the Reincarnation Hall.
• Xuelian Old Man revealed his Fourth Layer of the Dao Palace Realm and used his Blood Demon to kill an imperial guard commander and a Nascent Soul Realm great scholar.
• As Xuelian Old Man’s attack left Si Yan and the city in despair, a voice asked who dared to run wild on Mount Shu’s territory.

Lu Changsheng and the Mount Shu reinforcements arrived at Heyang City, where Lian quickly killed a Reincarnation Hall elder and Xuelian Old Man recognized Lu Changsheng. Xuelian Old Man fled, but Lu Changsheng pursued him and faced his threat to fight to the death.

• Lu Changsheng arrived with Mount Shu cultivators and told Lian to fight a Reincarnation Hall elder while the others attacked the remaining Demon Sect members.
• Lian killed the Nascent Soul Realm Second Layer elder in two moves with her Fury Spear.
• Xuelian Old Man recognized Lu Changsheng and fled with the other Reincarnation Hall members, causing the Blood Formation over Heyang City to vanish.
• Lu Changsheng pursued Xuelian Old Man as the Second Imperial Princess of Xia Kingdom and her forces chased the other fleeing enemies.
• Xuelian Old Man threatened to use a Blood Formation to raise his cultivation, but Lu Changsheng calmly told him he misunderstood Lu Changsheng's cultivation.

Lu Changsheng let Xuelian Old Man trap him in the Blood Formation so he could examine its power, then defeated Xuelian and the eight Nascent Soul elders while maintaining the appearance of fighting at the Dao Palace Realm Fifth Layer. Afterward, the Second Imperial Princess of Xia Kingdom asked him to help destroy a Reincarnation Hall stronghold.

• Xuelian Old Man and eight Nascent Soul elders trapped Lu Changsheng in the Blood Formation, while the Second Imperial Princess of Xia Kingdom and her allies fought the other Reincarnation Hall members outside.
• Lu Changsheng cut apart the Blood Demon and killed one elder, then wounded Xuelian Old Man with the Nine Heavens Thunder-Controlling Sword.
• Xuelian Old Man sacrificed the seven remaining elders and three hundred years of his lifespan to strengthen the Blood Formation and raise his cultivation to the Dao Palace Realm Sixth Layer.
• Lu Changsheng used Ten Thousand Swords Return To The Sect to destroy the Blood Demon and kill Xuelian Old Man and the seven elders.
• Lu Changsheng claimed Xuelian Old Man's Eight-Sided Blood Banner and Blood Pearl, and the Xia Kingdom scholars praised him for saving them.
• The Second Imperial Princess told Lu Changsheng that she had found a Reincarnation Hall stronghold and asked him to join the expedition to destroy it.

After Lian killed several Reincarnation Hall members, Lu Changsheng waited in Heyang City with the Xia Kingdom party for the Imperial Preceptor to help attack the sect’s stronghold. The Imperial Preceptor led the combined group toward Tianyu Mountain, while he privately wondered why he could not discern Lu Changsheng’s cultivation.

• Lian returned with the corpse of a Reincarnation Hall elder after killing two elders and three disciples, and Lu Changsheng’s party waited for the Imperial Preceptor’s aid.
• The lord of Heyang City arranged a portrait of Lu Changsheng, and Second Imperial Princess Si Yan invited him to a banquet and asked to become his disciple, then offered to be his maid when he declined.
• After three days, the Imperial Preceptor arrived and said the Academy of Letters would lead the assault on the Reincarnation Hall stronghold; Lu Changsheng agreed to join his command.
• Si Yan showed the party a map locating the stronghold on Tianyu Mountain, and the Imperial Preceptor led them there.
• As they traveled, the Imperial Preceptor secretly questioned why he could not see through Lu Changsheng’s cultivation.

At Xun Mountain, Zhao Wuyan split Mount Shu’s team into groups to infiltrate a Hehuan Sect black market, while Xiao Xiangdao was disappointed to be separated from Chen Yao. At Tianyu Mountain, Lu Changsheng used his reward system to obtain a seventh-grade talisman before the group entered the Reincarnation Hall’s grotto, where its enemies prepared to kill them.

• Zhao Wuyan organized the Mount Shu disciples into three teams and assigned Lin Qingzhi and Chen Yao to the same group, frustrating Xiao Xiangdao.
• Zhao Wuyan secretly encouraged Lin Qingzhi to make the most of his chance to work with Chen Yao.
• Lu Changsheng gave Lian a series of increasingly powerful talismans and received a seventh-grade Zhurong Divine Talisman in return.
• The Grand Preceptor of Great Xia shielded the party with Righteous Qi and led them into the Tianyu Mountain Grotto.
• The people inside the grotto realized the intruders had discovered their stronghold and declared that they would become nourishment for the hall master's blood pool.

Lu Changsheng and the Xia Kingdom party attacked the Reincarnation Hall’s Tianyu Mountain stronghold, only to find Miejian and Juejian waiting there with a larger force than expected. As the confrontation threatened to turn against them, reinforcements from Ask Immortal Pavilion arrived outside the mountain.

• The Imperial Preceptor of Great Xia summoned hundreds of Golden Armored Soldiers with a War Poem, and they led the assault into Tianyu Mountain Grotto.
• The attackers found a blood pool and faced Miejian and Juejian, while the White Bone Old Devil revealed that they had taken charge of the stronghold.
• Miejian and Juejian recognized Lu Changsheng and Lian and targeted Lian for capture, but Lu Changsheng assured her that he would handle them.
• The Imperial Preceptor of Great Xia assessed the enemy’s seven Dao Palace Realm cultivators and feared that the Xia Kingdom and Mount Shu forces might not escape.
• A group from Ask Immortal Pavilion arrived outside Tianyu Mountain, where its Holy Maiden sensed a familiar presence amid the Blood Qi.

Lin Qingzhi and Chen Yao infiltrated the Xun Mountain black market, where Lin Qingzhi provoked Void Young Master and wounded him to lure him into the open. The pursuers cornered them on barren ground as Void Young Master threatened them, while Lin Qingzhi’s companions prepared to capture him and draw out his uncle.

• Chen Yao rejected Void Young Master’s advances, and Lin Qingzhi insulted him after he offered Lin Qingzhi a Fourth-Grade Medicinal Pill.
• Lin Qingzhi wounded Void Young Master with the Azure Nether Sword, then told Chen Yao and the Mount Shu elders to stage a retreat and capture Void Young Master alive outside the black market.
• Void Young Master offered a Fifth-Grade Medicinal Pill for Lin Qingzhi’s death and led more than a hundred Evil Cultivators in pursuit.
• Shangguan Hong and Fang She recognized that Lin Qingzhi intended to lure Void Young Master out and possibly draw out his uncle, a Hehuan Sect elder.
• The Hehuan Sect elder, who was actually Void Young Master’s illegitimate father, ended his seclusion and flew toward his son after hearing he had been wounded.
• Lin Qingzhi and Chen Yao pretended to tire and landed on barren ground, where Void Young Master and his followers surrounded them.

Lin Qingzhi killed Void Young Master in a duel, then revealed that he and his allies had surrounded the Hehuan Sect forces. Mount Shu reinforcements wiped out the Evil Cultivators, leaving Hehun Elder alone.

• Hehun Elder arrived to back Void Young Master, who challenged Lin Qingzhi to a duel with his Void Swordsmanship.
• Lin Qingzhi fought without help, matched Void Young Master's Golden Core Realm Ninth Layer cultivation, and killed him with the Soaring Cloud Swordsmanship.
• Hehun Elder prepared to attack Lin Qingzhi, but Lin Qingzhi announced that he had been surrounded.
• Shangguan Hong, Fang She, Xiao Xiangdao, and Zhao Wuyan's forces attacked and wiped out the Evil Cultivators, leaving Hehun Elder alone.
• Hehun Elder realized that he had fallen into a trap.

At the Tianyu Mountain Grotto, the Reincarnation Hall sealed the exit and attacked the Mount Shu and Xia Kingdom forces, leaving them to fight for survival. Lu Changsheng revealed that he had reached the Dao Palace Realm Seventh Layer, shifting the balance of the battle as Juejian and the others reacted in shock.

• The Great Xia Kingdom Imperial Preceptor formed golden-armored soldiers and led them into battle, but Miejian destroyed their general and forced the Imperial Preceptor to defend himself with a Saint projection.
• White Bone Old Devil sent puppets after the Second Imperial Princess, who used Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens to suppress a Dao Palace Realm puppet while the others joined the fighting.
• Juejian attacked Lu Changsheng, who initially fought while displaying Dao Palace Realm Fifth Layer cultivation and was pushed backward by Blood-Reversal Nine Swords.
• Lu Changsheng stopped concealing his strength and circulated the Sixth Layer of the Taiqing Wuji Art, causing his cultivation to rise to the Dao Palace Realm Seventh Layer.
• The Second Imperial Princess and the Xia Kingdom scholars rejoiced at Lu Changsheng’s breakthrough, while the Reincarnation Hall Elders were shaken.

Lu Changsheng endured Juejian’s Blood Sword strike, then used his superior strength to kill Juejian and White Bone Old Devil while Lian and the Great Xia Imperial Preceptor fought the Reincarnation Hall forces. After the stronghold fell, Xia Ningxue arrived with the Ask Immortal Pavilion and found Lu Changsheng there.

• Juejian struck Lu Changsheng with the Blood Sword, but Lu Changsheng survived without injury thanks to his body-refining cultivation.
• Lu Changsheng defeated and killed Juejian with the Nine Heavens Thunder-Controlling Sword while Lian attacked Reincarnation Hall disciples and the Great Xia Imperial Preceptor fought Miejian.
• Lu Changsheng killed White Bone Old Devil and turned his attention to the remaining Miejian.
• Xia Ningxue led elders and disciples of the Ask Immortal Pavilion into the cleared stronghold and recognized the Mount Shu and Great Xia forces.
• Lu Changsheng saw Xia Ningxue, whom he had fought three years earlier.

After Lu Changsheng helped defeat the Reincarnation Hall’s stronghold on Tianyu Mountain, the Xia Kingdom party offered him rewards, but he asked to choose lower-grade treasures himself. The Ask Immortal Pavilion arrived, and Lu Changsheng and his companions prepared to return to the Imperial City with the newcomers.

• The Second Imperial Princess and the Imperial Preceptor of Great Xia thanked Lu Changsheng and offered him rare treasures for saving their party.
• Lu Changsheng declined the Sixth-Grade Talisman and Seventh-Grade Medicinal Pills, asking instead to select Fourth- and Fifth-Grade treasures; the Imperial Preceptor promised ten custom Talismans, and the Second Imperial Princess offered thirty Medicinal Pills.
• The Ask Immortal Pavilion arrived at the Dragon-Severing Stone and discovered that Lu Changsheng had already killed the Reincarnation Hall’s powerful fighters.
• Xia Ningxue met Lu Changsheng and Lian, and they noted how much each other’s cultivation had advanced.
• Si Yan introduced herself to Xia Ningxue as a former Ask Immortal Pavilion elder, then invited Xia Ningxue’s group to return with her and Lu Changsheng to the Imperial City.

During the Begging Immortals Festival, Xia Ningxue revealed that the festival commemorated Qingxia Immortal Maiden and Mount Shu’s Tai Xu True Person, whose love ended when he failed his final heavenly tribulation. Lu Changsheng impressed the Imperial Preceptor with a poem about them, and the next day the Second Imperial Princess took him to the Great Xia Treasury to claim medicinal pills as thanks, where its powerful eunuch guard tried and failed to discern Lu Changsheng’s cultivation.

• The Second Imperial Princess explained the Begging Immortals Festival, and Xia Ningxue revealed that its legend was the true story of Qingxia Immortal Maiden and Tai Xu True Person.
• The Imperial Preceptor challenged Lu Changsheng to compose a poem, and Lu recited a seven-step poem that won the gathered scholars’ admiration.
• The Second Imperial Princess arranged lodging for the Mount Shu and Ask Immortal Pavilion cultivators in her palace.
• The next day, the Second Imperial Princess took Lu Changsheng to the Great Xia Treasury to select thirty fourth- or fifth-grade medicinal pills as a reward.
• The old eunuch guarding the treasury checked the princess’s written authorization and failed to see through Lu Changsheng’s cultivation.

Lu Changsheng selected medicinal pills for his disciples in the Great Xia Treasury and learned that Lin Qingzhi had entered the Nascent Soul Realm. After Lin Qingzhi killed a Hehuan Sect elder during a Mount Shu raid, Zhao Wuyan noticed something unusual about his presence and suspected Lu Changsheng had raised a second Nascent Soul Realm disciple.

• Lu Changsheng chose thirty medicinal pills suited to his disciples, and the Second Imperial Princess praised his devotion to teaching them.
• Lu Changsheng discovered that Lin Qingzhi had reached the first layer of the Nascent Soul Realm and mastered the Grand Profound Art and Soaring Cloud Swordsmanship.
• During a raid on a Hehuan Sect stronghold, Lin Qingzhi broke through mid-fight and killed a Nascent Soul Realm elder while Chen Yao helped him escape.
• Zhao Wuyan found the injured Lin Qingzhi and Chen Yao, learned that Lin Qingzhi had killed the elder, and praised them before Lin Qingzhi used medicinal pills to recover.
• Xiao Xiangdao asked to spar with Lin Qingzhi after he recovered, and Zhao Wuyan sensed that Lin Qingzhi might be Lu Changsheng's second Nascent Soul Realm disciple.

Lian swallowed the Giant Python Golden Core whole and broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm Second Layer, while Lu Changsheng received an eighth-grade Red Flood Dragon Golden Core as a teaching reward. When Lu Changsheng opened its gourd late that night, its terrifying Demon Power alarmed cultivators throughout the Imperial City.

• Lu Changsheng gave Lian the Giant Python Golden Core, Blood Lotus Pill, and Lesser Enlightenment Pill, and she swallowed the golden core whole to refine its Demon Power.
• The system rewarded Lu Changsheng with an eighth-grade Red Flood Dragon Golden Core and two seventh-grade pills; Xia Ningxue confirmed that a Grand Supreme Elder had advanced her cultivation through Transmission Empowerment.
• The Second Princess and palace guards rushed over, fearing Lian would die, but Xia Ningxue explained that Lian's special physique could withstand the golden core's Demon Power.
• After half a day of refining, Lian broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm Second Layer, and the Second Princess hosted a banquet for Lu Changsheng, Xia Ningxue, and the other guests.
• Late at night, Lu Changsheng opened the gourd containing the Red Flood Dragon Golden Core, releasing Demon Power that alarmed cultivators across the Imperial City.

Lu Changsheng accidentally unleashed the Red Flood Dragon Golden Core’s Demon Qi, alarming the Great Xia Imperial City and drawing the attention of several hidden experts. After the city learned the disturbance came from an Eighth-Grade Medicinal Pill, Lu Changsheng used an Enlightenment Pill to attempt a breakthrough, causing another heaven-and-earth anomaly.

• Lu Changsheng stopped the Red Flood Dragon Golden Core’s Demon Qi from spreading further, but powerful Divine Senses and the imperial forces responded to the disturbance.
• The Great Xia Kingdom Imperial Preceptor consulted his teacher, who identified the source as an Eighth-Grade Medicinal Pill rather than a living demon.
• The Great Xia Kingdom Imperial Preceptor relayed the explanation, ending the citywide search, while Lu Changsheng realized that at least five peerless experts lived in the Imperial City.
• Lu Changsheng contained the Red Flood Dragon Golden Core in a formation, inspected it, and stored it for future use.
• Lu Changsheng swallowed an Enlightenment Pill and began breaking through toward the Dao Palace Realm, Eighth Layer.
• As Lu Changsheng cultivated, Spiritual Qi converged on his room and purple qi appeared over the Imperial City.

Lu Changsheng used a brief state of enlightenment to break through to the Dao Palace Realm, Eighth Layer while allies guarded him. Afterward, he planned to acquire stronger Law Treasures by auctioning Seventh-Grade Medicinal Pills and gifting treasures to his disciples.

• Purple qi spread over the Imperial City as Lu Changsheng began breaking through, and people from Mount Shu, the Ask Immortal Pavilion, the imperial guards, and the Academy of Letters guarded him.
• Lu Changsheng expanded his Dao Palace Minor World and advanced to the Dao Palace Realm, Eighth Layer before the purple qi dispersed.
• The Imperial Preceptor, the Second Imperial Princess, Lian, and Xia Ningxue congratulated Lu Changsheng, who thanked everyone for protecting him.
• Lu Changsheng decided his current sword and Daoist Robe were inadequate and planned to obtain Houtian Spirit Treasures to seek better rewards from his disciples.
• The next day, Lu Changsheng concealed his cultivation and went to an auction house in Tianyu City to auction Seventh-Grade Medicinal Pills.

Lu Changsheng brought a sixth-grade Soul-Replenishing Pill and a seventh-grade Phoenix Blood Yang-Restoring Pill to the Heavenly Treasure Trading Company to auction. After the shopkeeper verified the pills and arranged security, Lu Changsheng entered a private room under a concealed identity as the auction was about to begin.

• Lu Changsheng told the Heavenly Treasure Trading Company shopkeeper that he wanted to auction two medicinal pills.
• The shopkeeper learned that the pills were sixth and seventh grade and agreed to a three-percent commission after checking the auction records.
• Lu Changsheng presented the Phoenix Blood Yang-Restoring Pill and Soul-Replenishing Pill, and the shopkeeper verified their grades and arranged for a Dao Palace Realm expert to guard the seventh-grade pill.
• Lu Changsheng asked to keep his identity secret and was led to a Heaven-Grade private room to await the auction.

Lu Changsheng attended an auction and bought numerous Law Treasures for his disciples and for his own purposes, including a rare inkstick for Mo Huazhi. After the crowd erupted over a Seventh-Grade Medicinal Pill, the auction began bidding on a Sixth-Grade Soul-Replenishing Pill, and its highest bidder anxiously watched Lu Changsheng’s private room.

• Lu Changsheng ignored a saber auction and bought the Flying Star Sword, then outbid other buyers for the Clear Wind Sword.
• Lu Changsheng purchased ten flying swords, three spears, two spirit brushes, and six Daoist robes, spending 600,000 Spirit Stones.
• Lu Changsheng outbid sword cultivators for the Middle-Grade Flying Fire Sword, bringing his total to thirteen flying swords.
• Lu Changsheng bought the Profound Dragon Radiant Ink for 200,000 Spirit Stones to help Mo Huazhi cultivate.
• The auctioneer put up a Sixth-Grade Soul-Replenishing Pill before the final Seventh-Grade pill, and a Dao Palace Realm bidder worried Lu Changsheng might challenge his 150,000-Spirit-Stone bid.

Lu Changsheng sold a Seventh-Grade Medicinal Pill for 1.4 million Spirit Stones, collected his auction proceeds, and escaped the emperor’s attempt to track him. Back at home, he gave Lian two Flying Swords, but the returns were only upper-grade Houtian Spirit Treasures.

• Lu Changsheng yielded the Soul-Replenishing Pill to a Dao Palace Realm cultivator, who bought it for 150,000 Spirit Stones.
• The Earth-Grade private room bought Lu Changsheng’s Phoenix Blood Yang-Restoring Pill for 1.4 million Spirit Stones.
• The shopkeeper gave Lu Changsheng his proceeds, his purchased treasures, and a black-gold card from the Heavenly Treasure Trading Company.
• Lu Changsheng shook off a pursuer, whom the emperor suspected had been tracking a Divine Alchemist, and returned home unnoticed.
• Lu Changsheng gave Lian the Flying Star Sword and the Clear Wind Sword, receiving an upper-grade Houtian Spirit Treasure for each.

Lu Changsheng obtained the Top-Grade Innate Spirit Treasure True Martial Sword through repeated rewards to Lian, then tested its power in a battle simulation. After recovering in Great Xia Imperial City, he joined Xia Ningxue’s team to attack the Four Great Demonic Sects’ strongholds, while Zhao Wuyan’s team destroyed another Hehuan Sect stronghold and Xiao Xiangdao challenged Lin Qingzhi to spar.

• Lu Changsheng rewarded Lian with several Flying Swords and finally received the Top-Grade Innate Spirit Treasure True Martial Sword; the system then barred him from giving Flying Swords for a month.
• Lu Changsheng used the True Martial Sword in a battle simulation and defeated a Dao Palace Realm, Eighth Layer Demon Sect Elder, but found the weapon consumed substantial Spiritual Qi.
• The Second Imperial Princess of Xia Kingdom asked Lu Changsheng and the Holy Maiden to help eliminate the remaining Demon Sect Elders, and Lu Changsheng agreed to join forces with Xia Ningxue’s Ask Immortal Pavilion team.
• Zhao Wuyan led his team to raze a second Hehuan Sect stronghold that had no Dao Palace Realm Elders guarding it.
• Xiao Xiangdao challenged the recovered Lin Qingzhi to a spar to determine the foremost disciple of Mount Shu’s younger generation.