Chapter Summaries

Lin Qingzhi broke through to the Dao Palace Realm, while Lu Changsheng advanced to the Void Refinement Realm and received a defensive Immortal Artifact from the simulator. As Mo Huazhi and Chen Xiaoyao prepared to leave for training, Lu Changsheng planned to secretly protect Mo Huazhi and disrupt the Hehuan Sect's scheme.

• Lin Qingzhi used the Nameless Divine Wood during his breakthrough and became the first Azure Cloud Peak disciple to reach the Dao Palace Realm.
• Lu Changsheng consolidated his Void Refinement Realm cultivation by refining the Myriad Calamity Giant Serpent's Demon Core in the Yin-Yang Flood Dragon Cauldron.
• Lu Changsheng learned that Lin Qingzhi's advancement earned him the Xuanhuang Pagoda, a defensive Low-Grade Immortal Artifact.
• Lu Changsheng resolved to help Mo Huazhi face her tribulation and thwart the Hehuan Sect, using the pagoda to protect himself.
• Mo Huazhi and Chen Xiaoyao came to Lu Changsheng before their training trip, and he promised them Transmission Empowerment and Medicinal Pills.

Lu Changsheng secretly followed Mo Huazhi and the Mount Shu Squad to the Yue Kingdom while refining the Xuanhuang Pagoda and cultivating. In the Imperial City, Mo Huazhi uncovered and killed Bai Minzhong, the traitor who had destroyed her family, but Hehuan Sect Elders revealed that the encounter had been a trap.

• Lu Changsheng refined the Xuanhuang Pagoda into his personal Law Treasure and secretly followed the Mount Shu Squad as they traveled through the Yue Kingdom.
• In the Imperial City, Mo Huazhi heard that Vice Minister of War Bai Minzhong had risen to power after accusing her father of rebellion, and she slipped away to confront him.
• Bai Minzhong admitted that he had betrayed Mo Huazhi's father and joined the Hehuan Sect, then attacked her with the Black Sha Palm.
• Mo Huazhi used her Tang Poetry Combat Art to summon a knight-errant who pierced Bai Minzhong's palm force and killed him.
• Hehuan Sect Elders emerged and revealed that they had lured Mo Huazhi into a trap, leaving her facing the group.

The Hehuan Sect trapped Mo Huazhi to use her as bait against Lu Changsheng, but she escaped their first ambush before they caught her in the mountains. Lu Changsheng arrived just as the Hehuan Sect Young Master moved to molest her and brutally struck him down.

• The Hehuan Sect Young Master and Elders trapped Mo Huazhi in the Imperial City, but she escaped using Earth-Escaping Talismans as Liu Yuner watched.
• Lu Changsheng sensed the Hehuan Sect's pursuit and secretly followed Mo Huazhi with the Ten-Thousand-Mile Tracking Technique.
• After Mo Huazhi ran out of Earth-Escaping Talismans, the Hehuan Sect Young Master found her, and Liu Yuner immobilized her with the Yellow Springs Bell.
• The Hehuan Sect Young Master reached for Mo Huazhi, but Lu Changsheng appeared and seized his wrist.
• Lu Changsheng asked if the Hehuan Sect had bullied his disciple, then broke the Young Master's arm and stomped him into the ground.

Lu Changsheng faced the Hehuan Sect’s trap, which included a Void Refinement Realm Grand Supreme Elder and a Low-Grade Immortal Artifact. After protecting Mo Huazhi and taking a Red Emperor Dragonforce Pill, he began deploying the Heavenly Gang Sword Formation, leaving the battle poised to erupt.

• Lu Changsheng rescued Mo Huazhi from the Hehuan Sect’s attacks, while the Elders retrieved their injured Young Master and gave him a Bone-Repairing Pill.
• Liu Yuner urged the Hehuan Sect Grand Supreme Elder to kill Lu Changsheng, and the Elder revealed his Second Layer of the Void Refinement Realm cultivation.
• The Hehuan Sect members surrounded Lu Changsheng, while the Young Master ordered the Grand Supreme Elder to capture him alive and torture him.
• Lu Changsheng summoned the Yin-Yang Flood Dragon Cauldron to protect Mo Huazhi, and the Grand Supreme Elder brought out the Sacred Fire Immortal Ring.
• Lu Changsheng formed the Heavenly Gang Sword Formation with twelve Innate Spirit Treasure flying swords and swallowed an Eighth-Grade Red Emperor Dragonforce Pill.

Lu Changsheng used the Red Emperor Dragonforce Pill to strengthen his cultivation and overwhelm the Hehuan Sect with the Heavenly Gang Sword Formation and Divine Thunder Demon-Slaying Talisman. As the Grand Supreme Elder unleashed the Sacred Fire Immortal Ring at full power, a golden Treasure Pagoda appeared above Lu Changsheng and stopped it.

• Lu Changsheng took the Red Emperor Dragonforce Pill, raised his cultivation to the Third Layer of the Void Refinement Realm, and attacked the Grand Supreme Elder with the Heavenly Gang Sword Formation.
• Liu Yuner and the Hehuan Sect elders joined the fight, but Lu Changsheng used the Divine Thunder Demon-Slaying Talisman to hold them off, and one elder was struck dead.
• The Grand Supreme Elder poured his strength into the Sacred Fire Immortal Ring while Lu Changsheng continued attacking without defending himself.
• The Sacred Fire Immortal Ring struck toward Lu Changsheng, but a golden Treasure Pagoda appeared above him and halted the Immortal Artifact.

Lu Changsheng used the Xuanhuang Pagoda to withstand the Hehuan Sect's attacks while the Heavenly Gang Sword Formation killed their young master and wore down their Grand Supreme Elder. The elder self-destructed, but Lu Changsheng survived; afterward, he recognized that his defense was formidable but had consumed nearly all his True Qi.

• The Xuanhuang Pagoda blocked the Sacred Fire Immortal Ring and Liu Yuner's soul attack, while the Heavenly Gang Sword Formation gravely wounded the Hehuan Sect Grand Supreme Elder.
• Liu Yuner fled inside the Yellow Springs Bell as Lu Changsheng split the sword formation and killed the Hehuan Sect's young master, then burned his corpse with a Zhurong Divine Talisman.
• Lu Changsheng resumed attacking the Grand Supreme Elder, who self-destructed and razed the surrounding mountain forest.
• The Xuanhuang Pagoda protected Lu Changsheng from the blast, and he found the Sacred Fire Immortal Ring amid the ruins.
• Lu Changsheng told Mo Huazhi he was unharmed, though his True Qi and the Red Emperor Dragonforce Pill's medicinal power were exhausted.

Lu Changsheng defeated the Hehuan Sect, arranged for Mo Huazhi to clear her family’s name and cultivate at the Yue Kingdom’s Hanlin Academy, and learned that Ask Immortal Pavilion had been occupied with Xia Ningxue’s tribulation. Meanwhile, the Nameless Swordsman saved Shen Xiaoyao and forced him to learn the Ten Thousand Swords Instruction.

• Lu Changsheng claimed the Sacred Fire Immortal Ring and instructed Mo Huazhi to study at the Hanlin Academy until she could establish her words and advance to the Dao Palace Realm.
• Lu Changsheng secured the emperor of the Yue Kingdom’s promise to overturn the Mo Household’s conviction and appoint Mo Huazhi Grand Academician of the Hanlin Academy.
• At Misty Peak, the Pavilion Master of Ask Immortal Pavilion and the Grand Supreme Elders guarded Xia Ningxue as she underwent Tribulation Transcendence with an Immortal Sword.
• The Nameless Swordsman killed a Hehuan Sect Elder who was attacking Shen Xiaoyao’s Mount Shu Squad in the Ji Kingdom.
• The Nameless Swordsman forced Shen Xiaoyao to memorize the Ten Thousand Swords Instruction before leaving, and Shen Xiaoyao continued his journey with the Mount Shu Disciples.

After refining the Sacred Fire Immortal Ring, Lu Changsheng empowered Lin Qingzhi’s cultivation and taught him the Taiqing Wuji Art. Teaching the method earned Lu Changsheng its previously unknown Tenth Chapter, which he planned to eventually pass on to Mount Shu.

• Lu Changsheng spent seven days refining the Sacred Fire Immortal Ring and decided to remain in Mount Shu to cultivate.
• Lin Qingzhi returned to Azure Cloud Peak after visiting his parents in the Liang Kingdom, having reached the First Layer of the Dao Palace Realm.
• Lu Changsheng transmitted 600 days of cultivation to Lin Qingzhi, received a hundredfold reward, and advanced closer to the Second Layer of the Void Refinement Realm.
• Lu Changsheng taught Lin Qingzhi the first five layers of Mount Shu’s Taiqing Wuji Art.
• Lu Changsheng received the Low-Grade Immortal Stage Tenth Chapter of the Taiqing Wuji Art and planned to give it to Mount Shu after comprehending it.

Lu Changsheng equipped Lin Qingzhi with powerful weapons and escape talismans, receiving even stronger treasures in return as he prepared for the Demon Sects Calamity predicted to arrive in five years. At Mount Shu, Taiyuan True Person and the elders also discussed the coming calamity and wondered whether their missing martial uncle was still alive.

• Lu Changsheng gave Lin Qingzhi the Nine Heavens Thunder-Controlling Sword and received the Top-Grade Innate Spirit Treasure Thunder Qilin Sword in return.
• Lu Changsheng gave Lin Qingzhi two Earth-Escaping Divine Talismans and received an Eighth-Rank Shrinking Earth to Inches Talisman and a Ninth-Grade Close-at-Hand Ends-of-the-World Talisman.
• Lu Changsheng planned to gather more life-saving items for himself and his disciples while improving his cultivation before the calamity in five years.
• At Myriad Sword Peak, Taiyuan True Person and Mount Shu's Grand Supreme Elders discussed the sword intent on the Myriad Sword Wall and the possibility of a Tenth Layer of the Taiqing Wuji Art.
• The Peak Master of Chaoyuan Peak asked Taiyuan True Person how Mount Shu would face the predicted calamity, and the elders wondered whether their missing martial uncle was still alive.

Lu Changsheng perfected the Nine Dragons Body Refining Method and began cultivating the Immortal Stage Nine Turns Gods and Devils Body-Refining Method. After mastering its first layer in seclusion, he paused the body tempering and turned to the True Martial Nine Forms.

• Lu Changsheng gathered hundreds of high-grade medicinal pills while cultivating, and Chen Xiaoyao returned to Mount Shu with the Heaven-Rank Upper-Grade Ten Thousand Swords Instruction, which a nameless swordsman had taught him.
• Lu Changsheng empowered Chen Xiaoyao, sent him to continue training under his second senior sister, and entered seclusion to complete the Nine Dragons Body Refining Method.
• Lu Changsheng absorbed a medicinal pool's power and perfected the Nine Dragons Body Refining Method, triggering nine flood dragon shadows over Azure Cloud Peak and strengthening his physique to rival an upper-grade Innate Spirit Treasure.
• Lu Changsheng began cultivating the Nine Turns Gods and Devils Body-Refining Method with more high-grade pills, causing Gods and Devils to appear over Azure Cloud Peak and alarming his disciples and Zhao Wuyan.
• After a month, Lu Changsheng mastered the method's first layer, stopped to let his body recover, and began cultivating the True Martial Nine Forms.

Lu Changsheng mastered the eighth form of the True Martial Nine Forms and received the Immortal Sword Huangmiejian through a reward to Lin Qingzhi. After refining the sword, he continued preparing for the coming great calamity while keeping a low profile.

• Lu Changsheng mastered the eighth form of the True Martial Nine Forms and planned to cultivate the third layer of the Heavenly Gang Sword Formation.
• Lu Changsheng rewarded Lin Qingzhi with the Annihilation Sword and received the Low-Grade Immortal Artifact Huangmiejian in return.
• Lu Changsheng used three Immortal Artifacts to suppress Huangmiejian, erase its remnant soul, and refine it as his own.
• Lu Changsheng considered the power of Huangmiejian and resolved to keep improving his ability to survive the great calamity.

Mo Huazhi broke through to the Dao Palace Realm in the Yue Kingdom, while Lu Qinglian began her own breakthrough on Azure Cloud Peak and Shen Xiaoyao entered sudden enlightenment. Lu Changsheng realized all three disciples were advancing to new major realms at once.

• Mo Huazhi established her own school of thought at the Hanlin Academy and broke through to the Dao Palace Realm amid sacred voices.
• Xia Ningxue arrived at the Hanlin Academy and identified Mo Huazhi as possibly possessing the rare Literary Sage Physique.
• Lu Qinglian returned to Azure Cloud Peak and used Lu Changsheng’s preparations to begin breaking through to the Dao Palace Realm.
• Taiyuan True Person explained that Lu Qinglian’s Martial King Divine Physique and Fire Spirit Root could let her inherit Azure Lotus Fairy’s cave abode on Fire Lotus Peak.
• Shen Xiaoyao entered sudden enlightenment while fishing beside a stream, and his presence rose rapidly.
• Lu Changsheng realized that Mo Huazhi, Lu Qinglian, and Shen Xiaoyao were all breaking through at the same time.

Shen Xiaoyao entered the Nascent Soul Realm while fishing, and Lu Changsheng rewarded his breakthrough with new cultivation methods and treasures. As Shen Xiaoyao continued training, Lu Qinglian’s Red Lotus Manifestation threatened Azure Cloud Peak’s barrier, forcing Lu Changsheng to bring out the Sacred Fire Immortal Ring.

• Shen Xiaoyao emerged from the Enlightenment State and discovered that he had advanced from the Eighth Layer of the Golden Core Realm to the First Layer of the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Lu Changsheng told Shen Xiaoyao to focus on the Ten Thousand Swords Instruction and taught him the Mist Scroll True Scripture.
• Lu Changsheng bestowed the Soft-Finger Sword, a Mount Shu Elder Daoist Robe, and an Earth-Escaping Talisman on Shen Xiaoyao, receiving powerful treasures in return.
• Shen Xiaoyao continued cultivating while Lu Qinglian’s Red Lotus Manifestation caused the barrier around Azure Cloud Peak to show signs of collapse.
• Lu Changsheng brought out the Sacred Fire Immortal Ring to stabilize the barrier, and its pressure made Azure Cloud Peak tremble.

Lu Qinglian advanced to the Dao Palace Realm, earning Lu Changsheng a Ninth-Grade Life-and-Death Reincarnation Pill from the Apprentice-Teaching Simulator. As she trained toward the next stage of her Martial King Divine Physique, Lu Changsheng prepared a Dao Palace Realm gift for her.

• The Sacred Fire Immortal Ring resonated with Lu Qinglian’s Fire Lotus True Qi, and Mount Shu’s elders recognized her potential to wield the Immortal Artifact.
• After twelve days in seclusion, Lu Qinglian broke through from the Nascent Soul Realm to the Dao Palace Realm, and Lu Changsheng received a Life-and-Death Reincarnation Pill.
• Lu Changsheng sent Lu Qinglian to cultivate in a medicinal pool and told her to advance the Divine Elephant Suppressing Demon Body Refining Method.
• Lu Qinglian’s Martial King Divine Physique reached minor accomplishment, creating phenomena of a High Antiquity Divine Elephant and a High Antiquity Martial God above Azure Cloud Peak.
• Lu Changsheng prepared a Dao Palace Realm starter gift package for Lu Qinglian.

After Lu Qinglian reached major accomplishment in the Divine Elephant Suppressing Demon Body Refining Method, Lu Changsheng rewarded her with an Immortal Artifact and several powerful methods and treasures. She began mastering her new gifts, while Lu Changsheng turned to teaching Lin Qingzhi and Chen Xiaoyao.

• Lu Qinglian emerged from seclusion with minor accomplishment in the Martial King Divine Physique, and Lu Changsheng praised her progress.
• Lu Changsheng gave Lu Qinglian the Sacred Fire Immortal Ring, which she refined with her Fire Lotus True Qi; he warned her not to use it against Mount Shu's people or risk expulsion.
• Lu Changsheng taught Lu Qinglian the Fire Lotus Heaven-Swallowing Art, and his system returned the Immortal Stage Red Lotus Karmic Fire Art.
• Lu Changsheng gave Lu Qinglian the Peerless Tyrant Spear, the Nine Azure Dragon Forms, and the Phoenix Feather Qiankun Garment, receiving powerful treasures in return.
• Lu Qinglian quickly comprehended the fifth form of the Nine Azure Dragon Forms and cultivated the Fire Lotus Heaven-Swallowing Art; Lu Changsheng continued teaching Lin Qingzhi and Chen Xiaoyao.

Mo Huazhi returned to Mount Shu after reaching the Dao Palace Realm, while Lu Changsheng strengthened his disciples with powerful cultivation techniques and received Immortal-Stage methods in return. In Desolate Province, Luo Feng slaughtered a Wilderness Tribe settlement to advance his cultivation, and Elder Kumu arrived to confront him.

• Xia Ningxue guarded Mo Huazhi through her breakthrough, and Mo Huazhi left the Yue Kingdom to return to Mount Shu.
• Lu Changsheng taught Lin Qingzhi, Lu Qinglian, and Chen Xiaoyao the Ten-Thousand-Mile Tracking Technique and received the Soul-Seeking Technique; he then taught Lu Qinglian the Nine Dragons Body Refining Method and received the Phoenix Nirvana Body-Refining Method.
• Mo Huazhi returned to Mount Shu, reported her breakthrough and relayed Xia Ningxue's regards to Lu Changsheng.
• Luo Feng used a Blood Formation to refine a hundred thousand Wilderness Tribe members, advancing his cultivation and vowing revenge on Lu Changsheng and Xia Ningxue.
• Elder Kumu arrived after the massacre and vowed to kill Luo Feng, whom he regarded as a traitor to Ask Immortal Pavilion.

Luo Feng slaughtered Elder Kumu and a Wilderness Tribe Settlement while vowing to surpass Lu Changsheng. On Azure Cloud Peak, Lu Changsheng empowered and equipped Mo Huazhi for the coming Demon Sects Calamity, while Murong Shi entered the Void Refinement Realm and learned she might inherit Jade Moon Peak.

• Luo Feng trapped Elder Kumu in a wood realm, pierced him with his Blood Sword, devoured his Qi and Blood, and killed everyone in the Wilderness Tribe Settlement before setting off for another settlement.
• Lu Changsheng transmitted cultivation to Mo Huazhi, taught her the Righteous Qi Art, bestowed treasures and literature, and received the Saint King Art and other return rewards.
• Lu Changsheng prepared talismans, pills, and other supplies for his disciples before beginning to cultivate the Soul-Seeking Technique.
• Murong Shi passed the Threefold Heavenly Tribulation and entered the Void Refinement Realm.
• Murong Shi's master told her she would succeed her as Jade Moon Peak's Peak Master after the calamity, but Murong Shi showed no joy.

The Demon Sects Calamity began as the Demon Race of Desolate Province and the Four Great Demonic Sects moved against the Six Great Orthodox Sects. Ask Immortal Pavilion evacuated Southguard Pass and called for aid, while the other sects prepared to support it; Lu Changsheng's whereabouts remained unknown.

• Xiao Menger ordered the defenders and civilians to abandon Southguard Pass and retreat toward the Liang Kingdom's Imperial City as the Demon Race army approached.
• Fairy Su told Ask Immortal Pavilion's gathered elders and disciples that she had requested aid from the five other great sects, and the Grand Supreme Elders arrived.
• Grandmaster Chen sent Martial Dao Alliance experts to support Ask Immortal Pavilion and assigned Ye Wen to lead a separate team.
• High Person Wuxiang left Boundless Temple with elders and disciples, while Yu Xuanji ordered Crouching Dragon Temple to mobilize after learning the Four Great Demonic Sects had allied with the Demon Lord of Desolate Province.
• Li Changye prepared Mount Shu's forces to leave for the Liang Kingdom, while Zhao Wuyan wondered what Lu Changsheng was doing.

Lu Changsheng emerged from seclusion after breaking through to the Second Layer of the Void Refinement Realm and headed with his disciples toward the calamity. Meanwhile, Taiyuan True Person led Mount Shu Grand Supreme Elders to aid the Ask Immortal Pavilion, and a Nameless Swordsman turned south toward Liang Kingdom after seeing the sects fly past.

• Lu Changsheng broke through to the Second Layer of the Void Refinement Realm and advanced his Taiqing Wuji Art to the eighth layer's great perfection.
• Lu Changsheng told Lin Qingzhi, Lu Qinglian, Mo Huazhi, and Chen Xiaoyao to rely on their own cultivation and wits, then set out with them from Mount Shu.
• More than a dozen Grand Supreme Elders emerged from seclusion, and Taiyuan True Person led ten of them to support the Ask Immortal Pavilion while the others guarded Mount Shu.
• The people of Xia Province bowed as the Five Great Sects flew overhead toward the Ask Immortal Pavilion.
• A Nameless Swordsman noticed the passing cultivators, turned his horse south toward Liang Kingdom, and drew Lu Changsheng's brief attention as he flew by.

Zhao Wuyan was cornered by Hehuan Sect and Myriad Poison Valley Elders until Lu Changsheng and his disciples arrived. Lu Changsheng sent his disciples after the fleeing Elders, and Lu Qinglian tested the Sacred Fire Immortal Ring by burning a Hehuan Sect Elder to ashes.

• Zhao Wuyan used an Earth-Escaping Divine Talisman to flee the Demon Sect Elders, but a Myriad Poison Valley Elder forced him back to the surface and struck him with Cold Poison Palm.
• Lu Changsheng and his four disciples arrived, and the Demon Sect Elders fled when they recognized him.
• Lu Changsheng ordered his disciples to pursue the Elders separately and chased the strongest Myriad Poison Valley Elder himself.
• A Hehuan Sect Elder stopped to recover his True Qi and challenged Lu Qinglian, believing she was an easy target.
• Lu Qinglian activated the Sacred Fire Immortal Ring and reduced the Hehuan Sect Elder to ashes.