Chapter Summaries

Lu Changsheng and his disciples defeated the Demon Sect elders pursuing Zhao Wuyan and went to rescue the Mount Shu group trapped on Fire Mulberry Mountain. As the group's defenses neared collapse, Li Changye sensed Lu Changsheng's arrival.

• Lin Qingzhi killed a Myriad Poison Valley elder, while Chen Xiaoyao and Mo Huazhi joined forces to kill a Hehuan Sect elder.
• Lu Changsheng killed another Myriad Poison Valley elder and gave Zhao Wuyan a pill to neutralize his cold poison.
• Zhao Wuyan explained that four Demon Sect Grand Supreme Elders had trapped Li Changye, Murong Shi, and other Mount Shu members in the Heavenly Refining Fire-Poison Formation.
• Lu Qinglian returned after killing a Hehuan Sect elder, and Lu Changsheng set out for Fire Mulberry Mountain with his disciples and Zhao Wuyan.
• Li Changye, Murong Shi, and the other trapped Mount Shu members struggled to maintain their defensive formation after three days.
• Li Changye sensed Lu Changsheng's arrival as the Mount Shu formation neared collapse.

Lu Changsheng attacked the Demon Sect Grand Supreme Elders maintaining the Heavenly Refining Fire-Poison Formation on Fire Mulberry Mountain and killed one, drawing the other three onto him. Li Changye and Murong Shi shattered the formation, freeing Mount Shu’s trapped group while Lu Changsheng remained under attack.

• Lu Changsheng told Zhao Wuyan that killing one of the four Grand Supreme Elders maintaining the formation would create a flaw, then sent his allies to restrain the other Demon Sect elders.
• Lu Changsheng ambushed a First Layer Void Refinement Realm Grand Supreme Elder with the Heavenly Gang Sword Formation and killed him after boosting his cultivation with a Red Emperor Dragonforce Pill.
• The three remaining Grand Supreme Elders attacked Lu Changsheng, but the Xuanhuang Pagoda blocked their Law Treasures and palm strikes at the cost of his True Qi.
• Li Changye spotted the formation’s flaw and joined Murong Shi in striking the same point with their sword techniques, shattering the Heavenly Refining Fire-Poison Formation.

Lu Changsheng held off three Demon Sect Grand Supreme Elders while Li Changye and Murong Shi broke the Heavenly Refining Fire-Poison Formation, allowing the Mount Shu forces to turn the battle around. As the Demon Sect forces fled, Lu Changsheng saved Murong Shi from a poisoned needle and killed its wielder, while the remaining enemies escaped.

• Lu Changsheng used the Xuanhuang Pagoda and eighteen Flying Swords to fight all three Grand Supreme Elders, keeping their attacks at bay.
• Li Changye and Murong Shi broke Myriad Poison Valley’s Heavenly Refining Fire-Poison Formation, and the Mount Shu forces began slaughtering the Demon Sect elders and disciples.
• Li Changye and Murong Shi joined Lu Changsheng, forcing the three Grand Supreme Elders to retreat as the remaining Demon Sect forces scattered.
• The Myriad Poison Valley Grand Supreme Elder ambushed Murong Shi with the Black Scorpion Divine Needle, but Lu Changsheng teleported in front of her and took the strike without injury.
• Lu Changsheng used the third layer of the Heavenly Gang Sword Formation to kill the Myriad Poison Valley Grand Supreme Elder and pocketed his spatial ring.

Lu Changsheng examined the spoils from the ambush, rewarded Lu Qinglian with a Fire Ape Banner, and received the Immortal Artifact Samadhi True Fire Divine Banner in return. After Fairy Chunhua warned that the demonic forces were poised to attack Misty Peak, the Mount Shu party set out for Iron Sword Pass, where Lu Changsheng hoped to test his Immortal Sword.

• Lu Changsheng searched the Myriad Poison Valley Grand Supreme Elder's Space Ring and found a low-grade innate Dao banner among his many treasures.
• Lu Changsheng rewarded Lu Qinglian with an Earth-Escaping Divine Talisman and received a Ninth-Grade Close-at-Hand Ends-of-the-World Talisman in return.
• Lu Changsheng gave Lu Qinglian the Fire Ape Banner and received the low-grade Immortal Artifact Samadhi True Fire Divine Banner, which required three cultivators with Fire Spirit Roots to activate.
• Xiao Xiangdao grew jealous after learning that Lin Qingzhi had reached the Dao Palace Realm and vowed to surpass the younger generation.
• Fairy Chunhua arrived and told Zhao Wuyan that the Four Great Demonic Sects and the Desolate Province Demon Race were threatening Iron Sword Pass.
• Li Changye led the recovered Mount Shu party toward Iron Sword Pass, while Lu Changsheng planned to test his Immortal Sword against a powerful demon.

Lu Changsheng volunteered to hold off the Savage Elephant King as Mount Shu arrived at Iron Sword Pass, where the battle against the Demon Sects and Demon Race was underway. The Savage Elephant King revealed his Void Refinement Realm Fourth Layer cultivation and attacked Lu Changsheng, while Xia Ningxue fought Liu Yuner nearby.

• Murong Shi thanked Lu Changsheng for saving her from the Black Scorpion Divine Needle as the Mount Shu party flew toward Iron Sword Pass.
• Li Changye and the Mount Shu elders found the other sects battling the Demon Sects and Demon Race at Iron Sword Pass.
• Wan Daoyi brought in the Savage Elephant King, who agreed to fight Mount Shu in exchange for an Immortal Artifact and the Demon Lord's orders.
• Lu Changsheng volunteered to hold off the Savage Elephant King while Li Changye and Murong Shi handled their other enemies.
• The Savage Elephant King revealed his Void Refinement Realm Fourth Layer cultivation and lunged at Lu Changsheng with a fist.
• Xia Ningxue resisted Liu Yuner's Soul-Destroying Technique and revealed that she had reached the eighth layer of the Supreme Forgetting Emotion Art.

Lu Changsheng endured the Savage Elephant King's overwhelming attacks by relying on his artifacts, pills, and relentless recovery. After the Savage Elephant King spent his strength on a thirtyfold Savage Wilderness Power punch, Lu Changsheng rose unharmed and prepared to attack.

• The Savage Elephant King battered Lu Changsheng, whose Xuanhuang Pagoda, sword formation, and body-refining strength kept him alive despite the difference in cultivation.
• Lu Changsheng repeatedly took pills and used the Yin-Yang Flood Dragon Cauldron to restore his True Qi and heal while continuing to fight, gradually exhausting the Savage Elephant King.
• The Savage Elephant King unleashed thirtyfold Savage Wilderness Power, shattered the Xuanhuang Pagoda's defenses, and blasted Lu Changsheng into a crater.
• Murong Shi, Xia Ningxue, and the Azure Cloud Peak disciples feared Lu Changsheng had been killed, while Liu Yuner declared him as good as dead.
• Lu Changsheng stood up fully recovered after using the Ninth-Grade Life-and-Death Reincarnation Pill, confirmed the Savage Elephant King's strength was depleted, and announced that it was his turn to attack.

Lu Changsheng recovered and revealed the Immortal Sword Huangmie, terrifying the Savage Elephant King and the Demon Sect fighters. As the battle continued, Li Changye entered an epiphany, while the Pavilion Master of Ask Immortal Pavilion blocked the Hehuan Sect Master from reaching Lu Changsheng.

• Chen Xiaoyao and Xia Ningxue sensed that Lu Changsheng had recovered, while the Savage Elephant King remained confident it could kill him again.
• Lu Changsheng drew Huangmie, an Immortal Sword, and its killing aura shocked the Savage Elephant King, Wan Daoyi, and the surrounding fighters.
• Wan Daoyi and Black Tiger Dao Lord recognized Lu Changsheng's strength and feared his Immortal Artifacts, while Murong Shi and Li Changye reacted with relief and amazement.
• Li Changye realized Lu Changsheng might be the one destined to face the calamity, then entered an epiphany during his fight with Wan Daoyi.
• The Pavilion Master of Ask Immortal Pavilion noticed Lu Changsheng's Immortal Sword and blocked the Hehuan Sect Master from attacking him.

Lu Changsheng killed the Savage Elephant King with the Huangmie Sword, forcing Wan Daoyi and his allies to retreat toward the armies besieging Iron Sword Pass. As the Six Great Sects fought the Demon Sects and Desolate Province demons, Lu Changsheng prepared to use his Samadhi True Fire Divine Banners with Li Changye and Lu Qinglian.

• Lu Changsheng used the Huangmie Sword and the True Martial Nine Forms to defeat the Savage Elephant King's twentyfold Primordial Power and kill him.
• Lu Changsheng recovered with Medicinal Pills and gained insight into life and death, while Li Changye pressed Wan Daoyi; Wan Daoyi ordered the Reincarnation Hall elders and Desolate Province Rogue Cultivators to retreat.
• Li Changye and the Mount Shu group joined the defenders at Iron Sword Pass, where Ye Wen, Master Mingzhi, and Zhuge Changming fought the invading forces with their signature techniques.
• Lu Changsheng gave Li Changye the Samadhi True Fire Divine Banners and asked him and Lu Qinglian to form the Samadhi True Fire Formation with him against the Desolate Province demons.

Lu Changsheng and his allies fought the Demon Race of Desolate Province at Iron Sword Pass, where Xia Ningxue asked him to promise they would spend their lives together if they survived. Meanwhile, the Demon Lord appeared at Misty Peak and confronted Ask Immortal Pavilion, but a Nameless Swordsman arrived to face him.

• Lu Changsheng, Li Changye, and Lu Qinglian used the Samadhi True Fire Divine Banners to burn through the Demon Race of Desolate Province, while Mount Shu elders and other allies joined the battle at Iron Sword Pass.
• Chen Xiaoyao was saved when Song Wuchuan and Xiao Menger killed the Great Demon attacking him, and Mo Huazhi summoned cavalry with the Tang Poetry Combat Art to fight the enemy.
• Xia Ningxue asked Lu Changsheng to promise they would spend their long lives together if they survived the calamity, and he agreed, stopping her Supreme Forgetting Emotion Art from reversing.
• The Demon Lord appeared alone at Misty Peak, where Ask Immortal Pavilion's Grand Supreme Elders prepared to activate their Mountain-Guarding Formation against him.
• The Demon Lord summoned an Ancient Cauldron, but a Nameless Swordsman riding a gaunt horse arrived at Ask Immortal Pavilion's gates and faced him.

Lu Changsheng and the Six Great Sects fought off a seemingly endless Demon Race army at Iron Sword Pass until the invaders abruptly retreated. News revealed that a mysterious sword expert had wounded the Demon Lord, and Mount Shu’s elders suspected the expert was their Uncle-Master.

• Lu Changsheng and the Six Great Sects battled the Desolate Province Demon Race, while Zhao Wuyan saved Fairy Chunhua from the Azure Lion Great Yao.
• The Demon Race and Four Great Demonic Sects suddenly withdrew, leaving the Six Great Sect leaders puzzled.
• Taiyuan True Person arrived with ten Mount Shu Grand Supreme Elders and explained that a Reincarnation Hall formation had delayed them.
• An Ask Immortal Pavilion Elder reported that a sword expert had wounded the Demon Lord at Misty Peak with a Supreme Sword Art.
• The Peak Master of Chaoyuan Peak said the sword expert was likely Mount Shu’s Uncle-Master.

After the battle, Lu Changsheng taught Lu Qinglian a fist technique and received the Immortal Stage Martial Skill Hundredfold Primordial Force as a fifty-thousandfold return. He began cultivating the skill and considered how to replenish his life-saving pills as the Six Great Sects prepared their next moves against the Demon Lord and the Four Great Demonic Sects.

• Yu Xuanji urged the Six Great Sects to exploit the Demon Lord’s injuries and go on the offensive against the Four Great Demonic Sects and the Demon Race of Desolate Province.
• Lu Changsheng chose the Earth Stage Eight Desolations Fist to teach Lu Qinglian, who memorized it quickly.
• The system rewarded Lu Changsheng with the Low-Grade Immortal Stage Martial Skill Hundredfold Primordial Force.
• Lu Changsheng recognized Hundredfold Primordial Force as the Savage Elephant King’s signature technique, mastered its first layer, and found his current physique could support the second.
• Lu Changsheng taught his disciples and replenished his pills, then considered how to obtain more Life-and-Death Reincarnation Pills and higher-grade rewards.

Lu Changsheng volunteered to lead a squad into Desolate Province to track the injured Demon Lord, after simulations showed that Chen Xiaoyao would find a major opportunity there. He departed with the Azure Cloud Peak Squad, while Xia Ningxue joined the campaign against the Hehuan Sect.

• Lu Changsheng transmitted cultivation to Lin Qingzhi and Chen Xiaoyao, receiving 11,000 days of cultivation in return.
• Taiyuan True Person announced that the Six Great Sects would attack the Four Great Demonic Sects and send squads into Desolate Province to locate the Demon Lord.
• Lu Changsheng simulated Chen Xiaoyao's life and found that going to Desolate Province would lead him to Tang Ling'er, an inheritance, and a Special Physique.
• Lu Changsheng volunteered to lead a tracking squad and persuaded Taiyuan True Person to let him bring his disciples.
• The Six Great Sects formed six tracking squads, and Yu Xuanji gave their leaders Ten-Thousand-Li Voice Transmission Talismans.
• Xia Ningxue joined the campaign against the Hehuan Sect, while Lu Changsheng led the Azure Cloud Peak Squad toward Desolate Province.

After five years of cultivation in the Million Mountains, Lu Changsheng broke through to the Third Layer of the Void Refinement Realm and mastered the final form of the True Martial Nine Forms. His sword practice drew the attention of Black Tiger Dao Lord, who approached his hidden barrier to identify him.

• Lu Qinglian roasted a Great Demon and shared the meal with Lin Qingzhi, Mo Huazhi, and Chen Xiaoyao.
• Lu Changsheng completed the third turn of the Nine Turns Gods and Devils Body-Refining Method and raised his Hundredfold Primordial Force to the third layer.
• Lu Changsheng secluded himself and broke through to the Third Layer of the Void Refinement Realm while his four disciples guarded him.
• The Demon Lord recovered beneath the Million Mountains and ordered his subordinates to hunt human cultivators while he prepared to unite the realm.
• After three days of seclusion, Lu Changsheng mastered the ninth form, Chaotic Reversal, and its commotion drew Black Tiger Dao Lord toward his barrier.

Lu Changsheng let Lu Qinglian fight Black Tiger Dao Lord to gain experience, and she killed the stronger demon with ease. Then an earthquake revealed Immortal Ruins emerging from a mountain, bringing Lu Changsheng and his disciples upon a major fortuitous encounter.

• Lu Changsheng sensed Black Tiger Dao Lord hiding nearby and intercepted him as he tried to flee.
• Lu Changsheng offered to spare Black Tiger Dao Lord if he could defeat Lu Qinglian, and he forbade her from using an Immortal Artifact.
• Lu Qinglian overwhelmed Black Tiger Dao Lord with her spear and Eight Desolations Fist, killing him despite his higher cultivation.
• The earth shook, and Chen Xiaoyao spotted golden light and immortal wonders pouring from a split mountain.
• Lu Changsheng recognized the spectacle as Immortal Ruins emerging into the world and connected the chance discovery to Chen Xiaoyao's fortune.

Lu Changsheng and his four disciples entered the Immortal Ruins, where he learned that the Star Tower might hold its inheritance and that a Demon-Suppressing Pagoda contained a dangerous beast. As they flew toward the Star Tower, a powerful Demon General approached, and Lu Changsheng prepared to protect his disciples.

• Lu Changsheng entered the Immortal Ruins with his disciples and found a small world of floating islands inhabited by weak cultivators and Demon Beasts.
• Mo Huazhi speculated that the Immortal Ruins might be a High Antiquity expert’s independent space or Inner World.
• Lu Changsheng read a native island master’s memories and learned that the Star Tower was guarded by the Sun-Moon Sect and that a Demon-Suppressing Pagoda lay beneath the islands.
• Lu Changsheng erased the island master’s memories and led his disciples toward the Star Tower while a Demon General attacked natives and headed for the same destination.
• Lu Changsheng sensed the approaching Demon General, took out a Ninth-Grade Inch-to-End-of-the-World Talisman, and told his disciples to stay close.

Lu Changsheng used a Spatial Talisman to escape the Demon General with his disciples, while Chen Xiaoyao continued toward the Star Tower and was confronted by the Demon General. Tang Ling'er and her attendant Aunt Zhu rescued Chen Xiaoyao, and Tang Ling'er revealed her name before the group faced what lay ahead.

• Lu Changsheng sent Chen Xiaoyao toward the Star Tower alone, then used the Inch-to-End-of-the-World Talisman to teleport away with Lin Qingzhi, Lu Qinglian, and Mo Huazhi.
• The Demon General destroyed the Sun-Moon Sect's palace and caught up with Chen Xiaoyao near the Star Tower.
• Tang Ling'er and Aunt Zhu arrived, and Chen Xiaoyao offered to protect them despite his weak cultivation.
• Aunt Zhu wielded a Middle-Grade Immortal Artifact and wounded the Demon General, who fled as black mist.
• Chen Xiaoyao recognized Aunt Zhu as the benefactor his master had predicted, and Tang Ling'er told him her name.

Lu Changsheng explored the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda with his three disciples and discovered Ji Xuan, a fox demon sealed on its twelfth floor. After the Apprentice-Teaching Simulator identified her as a suitable disciple with rare aptitudes, Lu Changsheng freed her and warned that the pagoda’s power was fading, but she remained wary of him.

• Lu Changsheng broke through the Five-Thunder Barrier and entered the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda with his three disciples.
• Lu Changsheng and his disciples found the pagoda’s mechanisms inactive and its imprisoned Demon Beasts reduced to bones, then climbed to the twelfth floor.
• Lu Changsheng sensed Demon Qi and discovered a sleeping fox girl sealed inside an ancient Formation.
• The Apprentice-Teaching Simulator identified the girl as Ji Xuan, whose aptitudes included Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox and Demon God Body.
• Lu Changsheng broke the Formation and told Ji Xuan the failing pagoda would soon kill her, but she asked why she should believe him.

Lu Changsheng gained Ji Xuan’s trust and accepted her as his fifth disciple before taking her to the Star Tower. There, he learned that Chen Xiaoyao and the Green-Robed Woman’s young lady both qualified for the inheritance.

• Lu Changsheng used information from the Apprentice-Teaching Simulator to convince Ji Xuan that her mother had appeared in his dream and asked him to take her as a disciple.
• Ji Xuan accepted Lu Changsheng as her master, and he introduced her to his other disciples and assigned Lin Qingzhi to guide her during his seclusion.
• Lu Changsheng and his disciples flew to the Star Tower, where they found a Green-Robed Woman among the corpses of Desolate Province Great Demons.
• Lu Changsheng thanked the Green-Robed Woman for saving Chen Xiaoyao, and she suspected that he had foreseen the events and revealed that her group followed the righteous path.
• The Green-Robed Woman said Chen Xiaoyao and her young lady both met the Star Tower’s inheritance qualification.

After Chen Xiaoyao gained the Star Tower's inheritance and a Pure Yang Body, Lu Changsheng led his disciples out of the Immortal Ruins and began helping Ji Xuan cultivate. Ji Xuan's Demon God Body stirred the surrounding beasts into submission as Lu Changsheng searched for a suitable cultivation method for her.

• Chen Xiaoyao and Tang Ling'er emerged from the Star Tower with its inheritance, and Tang Ling'er left with her guard after saying goodbye to him.
• Lu Changsheng saw that Chen Xiaoyao had gained a Pure Yang Body and told him he would have a chance to repay Tang Ling'er in the future.
• Lu Changsheng took his five disciples out of the Immortal Ruins and used a talisman to flee several thousand li and hide from the Demon Lord and demon generals.
• Lu Qinglian befriended Ji Xuan, and the two ate roasted python together after leaving the Immortal Ruins.
• Lu Changsheng transmitted cultivation to Ji Xuan, whose Demon Power caused the beasts nearby to submit to her bloodline.
• Lu Changsheng recalled Ji Xuan's Demon God Body and began searching the demon cultivation methods he had collected for one suited to her.

Lu Changsheng taught Ji Xuan the Mysterious Fox Art and equipped her with Demon Race treasures, while his system rewards supplied powerful cultivation and sword techniques. After sending Ji Xuan to cultivate, he reviewed his own resources and began examining captured treasures for gifts to his other disciples.

• Lu Changsheng taught Ji Xuan the Mysterious Fox Art, and the system rewarded him with the Heaven Stage Nine Transformations of the Heavenly Fox.
• Lu Changsheng bestowed the Soul-Bewitching Pearl, Fox Demon Sword, and Bewitching Swordsmanship on Ji Xuan, receiving powerful treasures and techniques in return.
• Lu Changsheng gave Ji Xuan an immortal skirt, and she left to cultivate while he practiced the Taiqing Wuji Art.
• Lu Changsheng reviewed his spent talismans and Life-and-Death Reincarnation Pill, then planned to test which medicinal gifts might earn another pill.
• Lu Changsheng searched the treasures taken from Demon Race Rogue Cultivators for useful gifts and focused on a Fire Attribute Law Treasure.