Chapter Summaries

Lu Changsheng bestowed the Mysterious Fire Shield on Lu Qinglian and received the True Dragon Divine Fire Shield, then discovered a way to obtain Life-and-Death Reincarnation Pills through further bestowals. After refining his new Immortal Artifact, he received Fairy Yi'an’s plea for help and led the Azure Cloud Peak Squad to rescue the Crouching Dragon Temple squad from a Demon General.

• Lu Changsheng gave Lu Qinglian the Mysterious Fire Shield and received the True Dragon Divine Fire Shield, a Fire and Space Attribute Immortal Artifact.
• Lu Changsheng bestowed four Crimson Blood Essence-Congealing Pills on Lu Qinglian, receiving three Phoenix Blood Yang-Restoring Pills and one Life-and-Death Reincarnation Pill.
• Lu Changsheng realized that bestowing higher-grade pills could yield Life-and-Death Reincarnation Pills and refined the True Dragon Divine Fire Shield.
• Fairy Yi'an told Lu Changsheng that a Demon General had detected the Crouching Dragon Temple squad after they found the Demon Lord’s hiding place.
• Lu Changsheng led the Azure Cloud Peak Squad toward the Crouching Dragon Temple squad to rescue them.

Lu Changsheng and the other Six Great Sects teams gathered to rescue the Crouching Dragon Temple team, which the Demon General had trapped. They faced off against the Demon General and his Desolate Province forces, and Fairy Yi'an assigned the sect leaders their opponents as the battle was about to begin.

• Fairy Yi'an concealed the Crouching Dragon Temple team while the Six Great Sects’ teams assembled nearby.
• The Demon General’s attacks disrupted Fairy Yi'an’s escape attempt, forcing the Crouching Dragon Temple team to emerge from underground.
• Lu Changsheng and the other teams arrived, and the Demon General threatened to kill them to keep them from revealing the Demon Lord’s whereabouts.
• Lu Changsheng assessed the opposing forces and prepared to summon the Immortal Sword Huangmiejian as the Demon General’s power surged.
• Fairy Yi'an assigned the Void Refinement Realm opponents: Grandmaster Ma, Fairy Duanmu, and Lu Changsheng each took a Great Demon, while she, High Person Wuchen, and Grandmaster Ju would face the Demon General.

Lu Changsheng prepared to use his True Dragon Divine Fire Shield and drew the Huangmie Sword against a wolf Great Demon, while Fairy Yi'an, High Person Wuchen, and Grandmaster Ju confronted the Eighth Layer Demon General. The three elders struck back with their Immortal Artifacts, but the Demon General drew his black Demon Blade as Lu Changsheng continued to hold the advantage in his own fight.

• The wolf Great Demon recognized Lu Changsheng as the Mount Shu cultivator who had killed the Savage Elephant King, but chose to stall rather than flee.
• Lu Changsheng summoned the Huangmie Sword, and Fairy Yi'an, High Person Wuchen, and Grandmaster Ju brought out their Low-Grade Immortal Artifacts.
• The Demon General punched Fairy Yi'an and sent her and the Weak Water Sword crashing into a mountain peak.
• High Person Wuchen struck the Demon General with Mighty Dragon, drawing blood, and Grandmaster Ju followed by hitting him with the Blackwater Profound Hammer.
• The Demon General, enraged by his injuries, summoned his black Demon Blade as Lu Changsheng maintained the upper hand against the wolf Great Demon.

Lu Changsheng trapped and refined a wolf Great Demon with the True Dragon Divine Fire Shield while the battlefield raged around him. Ji Xuan used her ancient bloodline’s suppression to force Daoist Tuquan into becoming her servant, and Lu Changsheng ended the fight by burning the wolf demon to ash.

• Lu Changsheng trapped the wolf Great Demon inside the True Dragon Divine Fire Shield and attacked him with Samadhi True Fire.
• Lu Qinglian, Lin Qingzhi, and Chen Xiaoyao fought the Demon Race Rogue Cultivators, while Chen Xiaoyao killed a ninth-layer Nascent Soul Realm opponent despite being struck by cold poison.
• A Dao Palace Realm Rogue Cultivator named Daoist Tuquan tried to kill Ji Xuan, but her Demon God Body and Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox bloodline overwhelmed him with fear.
• At Lin Qingzhi and Lu Changsheng’s urging, Ji Xuan commanded Daoist Tuquan to swear a Demon Race Blood Oath, making him her servant.
• Lu Changsheng refined the wolf Great Demon to ash with the True Dragon Divine Fire Shield, causing the other Desolate Province Rogue Cultivators to keep their distance.

Lu Changsheng trapped a powerful Demon General inside the True Dragon Divine Fire Shield and used a ninth-grade Talisman to burn him with Golden Crow Divine Fire. The Demon General escaped by sacrificing five hundred years of his lifespan, leaving Lu Changsheng and the others free to depart.

• The Demon General overpowered Fairy Yi’an, High Person Wuchen, and Grandmaster Ju, while Lu Changsheng confronted him with the Huangmie Sword.
• Fairy Yi’an devised a ruse with twelve Spirit Banners that made the Demon General dodge into the True Dragon Divine Fire Shield.
• Lu Changsheng swallowed a Red Emperor Dragonforce Pill and activated the Golden Crow Heaven-Burning Divine Talisman inside the shield.
• The Demon General sacrificed five hundred years of his lifespan to teleport away, severely wounded by the Golden Crow Divine Fire.
• The Rogue Cultivators of Desolate Province fled, and Lu Changsheng retrieved the shield and urged the group to leave.

Lu Changsheng took Daoist Tuquan, a Sixth Layer Dao Palace Realm demon who served Ji Xuan, in as Azure Cloud Peak’s first outer disciple and guardian divine beast. After returning to Iron Sword Pass, the six sect leaders prepared to pursue the Demon Lord while Lu Changsheng focused on cultivation.

• Daoist Tuquan explained that he had once been a wild dog before gaining human form and cultivation by refining the demon cores of two dead Void Refinement Realm experts, and said he had sworn a Blood Oath to Ji Xuan.
• Lu Changsheng accepted Daoist Tuquan as an outer disciple, and Tuquan returned to his form as a big yellow dog to become Azure Cloud Peak’s first guardian divine beast.
• Lu Changsheng saw Daoist Tuquan’s information in the Apprentice-Teaching Simulator, which described his Earth Spirit Root, loyalty, and poor aptitude for teaching returns.
• Lu Changsheng and his companions returned to Iron Sword Pass, where the six sect leaders reported that the Hehuan Sect had fled and the Four Great Demonic Sects had suffered a heavy defeat.
• The six sect leaders decided to enter Desolate Province with a small group to hunt for the Demon Lord, while the other Grand Supreme Elders returned to guard their sects and Lu Changsheng chose to cultivate.

Lu Changsheng unlocked the Yin-Yang Dual Cultivation Art and decided Xia Ningxue was the best partner for gaining cultivation and insights. He went to the Ask Immortal Pavilion camp to see her, but learned she was cultivating the Ninth Layer of the Supreme Forgetting Emotions Art.

• Lu Changsheng worried about his slow progress before the system unlocked its dual cultivation function and gave him the Yin-Yang Dual Cultivation Art.
• Lu Changsheng considered Xia Ningxue an ideal partner because of her aptitude, swordsmanship, and rapid cultivation.
• Lu Changsheng went to the Ask Immortal Pavilion camp and told Fairy Duanmu he wanted to visit its Saintess.
• Xiao Menger explained that Lu Changsheng and Xia Ningxue had become acquainted through a fight, then offered to lead him to Xia Ningxue, who was cultivating the Ninth Layer of the Supreme Forgetting Emotions Art.

Lu Changsheng persuaded Xia Ningxue to cultivate the Yin-Yang Dual Cultivation Art with him, and they mastered its first layer after three days. He left to return to Azure Cloud Peak while Xia Ningxue’s senior sisters teased her about their time together.

• Lu Changsheng told Xia Ningxue about the Yin-Yang Dual Cultivation Art and asked her to cultivate it with him.
• Xia Ningxue examined the art, realized it was a supreme cultivation method rather than a Hehuan Sect Devil Cultivation Method, and agreed to try it.
• Lu Changsheng and Xia Ningxue cultivated the art in seclusion for three days and mastered its first layer.
• Fairy Duanmu, Xiao Menger, Zeng Yeqiu, and the other Ask Immortal Pavilion sisters speculated about Lu Changsheng staying in Xia Ningxue’s room.
• Lu Changsheng left for Azure Cloud Peak, and Xiao Menger and Zeng Yeqiu teased the embarrassed Xia Ningxue about him.

Lu Changsheng returned to Mount Shu and settled his disciples on Azure Cloud Peak, where he used Transmission Empowerment to help them cultivate. Ji Xuan condensed a Demon Core, causing a commotion that drew the attention of Mount Shu’s elders.

• Lu Changsheng brought Daoist Tuquan to Azure Cloud Peak, assigned him to guard the mountain gate, and promised a possible Immortal Artifact as a reward for loyal service.
• Lu Changsheng transmitted cultivation to Ji Xuan, then sent her to refine it in seclusion and condense a Demon Core.
• Lu Changsheng transmitted cultivation to Lin Qingzhi, Lu Qinglian, Mo Huazhi, and Chen Xiaoyao before going into seclusion himself to refine the returned Spiritual Qi.
• Daoist Tuquan cultivated at Azure Cloud Peak, where visitors were astonished to find that the mountain’s large yellow dog was a Dao Palace Realm expert.
• After half a month, Ji Xuan condensed a Demon Core, and the resulting Demon Qi alarmed the creatures on Azure Cloud Peak and the elders of other peaks.
• Lu Changsheng reassured the Mount Shu elders that Ji Xuan was merely condensing her Demon Core, while they discussed her immense potential.

Ji Xuan condensed a Demon Core and advanced to the Golden Core Realm, prompting Lu Changsheng to use her rewards to stockpile fire Talismans. After farming several powerful Talismans through his disciples, he exchanged sect contributions for more materials and continued preparing to obtain a ninth-rank Golden Crow Divine Fire Talisman.

• Ji Xuan advanced from the Qi Condensation Realm to the Golden Core Realm, and Lu Changsheng received a Heavenly Dog Marrow-Washing Pill as a reward.
• Lu Changsheng rewarded Ji Xuan with Li Fire Talismans and collected higher-rank Talismans, hoping to eventually obtain a Golden Crow Divine Fire Talisman.
• Lu Changsheng repeatedly gave Ji Xuan Li Fire Talismans, building a stockpile of Great Li Fire, Great Fire Explosion, and Zhurong Divine Talismans.
• Lu Changsheng rewarded Lin Qingzhi, Lu Qinglian, Mo Huazhi, and Chen Xiaoyao with Talismans, obtaining an Eighth-Rank Divine Fire Demon-Slaying Talisman among the returns.
• After running out of Li Fire and Great Li Fire Talismans, Lu Changsheng exchanged Zhurong Divine Talismans for sect contribution points and bought more Talismans at Mount Shu's Treasure Pavilion.

Lu Changsheng obtained a Golden Crow Divine Fire Talisman and a second Immortal Sword by rewarding his disciples. While the Six Great Sect Masters discovered that the Demon Lord had moved, Lu Changsheng summoned Lin Qingzhi to teach him the True Martial Nine Forms.

• Lu Changsheng rewarded his disciples with fire talismans for a month until Chen Xiaoyao's reward returned a Golden Crow Divine Fire Talisman.
• Lu Changsheng practiced incorporating the Immortal Sword Huangmie into the Heavenly Gang Sword Formation.
• Lu Changsheng rewarded Mo Huazhi with the Shadowless Sword and received the invisible Immortal Sword Hanguang in return.
• Lu Changsheng refined Hanguang and began reconstructing the Heavenly Gang Sword Formation with both Immortal Swords.
• The Six Great Sect Masters found that the Demon Lord had abandoned their underground hiding place and discussed unsealing their sect-protecting Immortal Artifacts.
• Lu Changsheng summoned Lin Qingzhi to teach him the True Martial Nine Forms.

Lu Changsheng taught Lin Qingzhi the True Martial Nine Forms and received the Immortal Stage Hunyuan Sword Scripture, which he cultivated to its second stage. He then sent Lin Qingzhi away with pills and went to Myriad Sword Peak to study the sword intents on the Myriad Sword Wall.

• Lu Changsheng taught Lin Qingzhi the True Martial Nine Forms, and his teaching reward was the Hunyuan Sword Scripture.
• Lu Changsheng cultivated the Hunyuan Sword Scripture for seven days and reached its second stage while Lin Qingzhi practiced nearby.
• Lu Changsheng gave Lin Qingzhi pills and instructed him to cultivate the Taiqing Wuji Art and True Martial Nine Forms, promising him a Flying Sword next month.
• Lu Changsheng flew to Myriad Sword Peak to study the Myriad Sword Wall and examined the sword intents left by past Mount Shu Sect Masters.

Lu Changsheng studied the sword intent on Mount Shu’s Myriad Sword Wall, advanced his Hunyuan Sword Scripture, and reconstructed the Heavenly Gang Sword Formation into a powerful formation tailored to himself. Back on Azure Cloud Peak, he continued training while Chen Xiaoyao used his Pure Yang Body to open his Dao Palace.

• Lu Changsheng studied the sword intent of True Person Tai Ling and Tai Xu True Person for three days, then cultivated the third layer of the Hunyuan Sword Scripture.
• Lu Changsheng advanced the Hunyuan Sword Scripture to its Fourth Layer in three months, and the old Servant explained three realms of the Sword Dao.
• Lu Changsheng returned to Azure Cloud Peak and spent two years mastering the Fifth Layer of the Heavenly Gang Sword Formation.
• Lu Changsheng tested his reconstructed formation in a wasteland, using Huangmiejian, Hanguang, and twenty-eight Flying Swords to form a powerful five-layer sword formation.
• Lu Changsheng tempered his body with the Yin-Yang Flood Dragon Cauldron and Body-Refining Potion while continuing to prepare for further breakthroughs.
• Chen Xiaoyao cultivated with the Power of the Sun through his Pure Yang Body and began opening his Dao Palace.

Shen Xiaoyao broke through to the Dao Palace Realm, and Lu Changsheng taught him the Cloud-Surmounting Ladder, earning a mid-grade Immortal Stage movement method in return. After mastering the Cloud-Surmounting Ladder and beginning to learn the Drunken Immortal Gazing at the Moon Steps, Lu Changsheng left Shen Xiaoyao to cultivate until he mastered the Mist Scroll True Scripture.

• Shen Xiaoyao advanced from the Nascent Soul Realm to the Dao Palace Realm, and his Pure Yang Body’s aura suppressed Ji Xuan’s Demon Qi.
• Lu Changsheng returned to Azure Cloud Peak, recognized that Shen Xiaoyao’s Pure Yang Body could counter Ji Xuan’s Demon God Body, and received the Cloud-Surmounting Ladder from the Apprentice-Teaching Simulator.
• Lu Changsheng taught Shen Xiaoyao the Cloud-Surmounting Ladder and received the mid-grade Immortal Stage Drunken Immortal Gazing at the Moon Steps in return.
• Lu Changsheng perfected the Cloud-Surmounting Ladder in less than two months, then began cultivating the Drunken Immortal Gazing at the Moon Steps and grasped its basics after a month.
• Lu Changsheng told Shen Xiaoyao to master the Mist Scroll True Scripture before seeking instruction in the Immortal Wind Cloud Body Technique.

After mastering the Mist Scroll True Scripture, Shen Xiaoyao accompanied Lu Qinglian to challenge Finger Moon Peak's Zhao Wuyan. Lu Qinglian nearly defeated Zhao Wuyan before Lu Changsheng asked her to stop, and Zhao Wuyan sent her toward his rival on Water Cloud Peak.

• Shen Xiaoyao completed his mastery of the Mist Scroll True Scripture, and Lu Qinglian took him to challenge Zhao Wuyan on Finger Moon Peak.
• Zhao Wuyan agreed to spar with Lu Qinglian, who fought him with her Peerless Tyrant Spear and showed strength beyond her cultivation level.
• Lu Qinglian unleashed her Fire Lotus True Qi and Nine Azure Dragon Forms, forcing Zhao Wuyan to secretly ask Lu Changsheng for help.
• Lu Changsheng told Lu Qinglian to stop, and she ended the clash before seriously injuring Zhao Wuyan.
• Zhao Wuyan pretended he had been guiding Lu Qinglian and suggested that she challenge Elder Tiansong of Water Cloud Peak next.

Lu Changsheng taught Chen Xiaoyao the Immortal Wind Cloud Body Technique and gave him treasures suited to his Pure Yang Body, earning a Middle-Grade Immortal Artifact from the system in return. The chapter then abruptly shifted to Shi Yu, who woke in an unfamiliar young body and realized he had become a Pet Beast Breeder Intern in Bingyuan City.

• Lu Changsheng taught Chen Xiaoyao the Immortal Wind Cloud Body Technique after Chen Xiaoyao mastered its basics over ten days.
• Lu Changsheng gave Chen Xiaoyao the Dragon Spring Sword and the Mirror of True Yang, warning him not to use the mirror against Ji Xuan.
• Chen Xiaoyao accidentally tested the Mirror of True Yang on Lu Changsheng, but its Pure Yang flame had no effect on his master.
• Lu Changsheng received a Middle-Grade Immortal Artifact as a Thirty Ten-Thousandfold Return Reward for the treasure he gave Chen Xiaoyao.
• Shi Yu woke in an unfamiliar young body, found beast-taming books beside his bed, and recovered memories identifying him as a Pet Beast Breeder Intern in Bingyuan City.

Lu Changsheng received the Mystic Fire Mirror, a Middle-Grade Immortal Artifact, and began cultivating the fourth layer of the Nine-Turn Body-Refinement Method. As Mount Shu’s elders witnessed his breakthrough, Taiyuan True Person and the Old Servant discussed the Demon Lord’s growing threat and questioned whether he was the calamity foretold by the Dao Ancestor.

• Lu Changsheng examined the Mystic Fire Mirror and learned it could summon the Eight Desolate Fire Dragon and combine with a Formation Diagram to create the Eight-Fierce Mysterious Fire Formation.
• Lu Changsheng refined the Ten-Thousand-Year Ginseng King and other ingredients into a Body-Refining Potion, then used it to cultivate the Nine-Turn Body-Refinement Method.
• Lu Changsheng’s breakthrough toward the method’s fourth layer caused a Demon God vision above Azure Cloud Peak, alarming Zhao Wuyan and the other Mount Shu Elders.
• Taiyuan True Person returned from Desolate Province and learned from the Old Servant that Lu Changsheng had gained Sword Dao insight and was cultivating an Immortal Stage sword technique.
• Taiyuan True Person explained that the Demon Lord had a Nirvana Phoenix Body, grew stronger after surviving near-death battles, and sought Lu Qinglian’s Martial King Divine Physique to help him face the Ninefold Heavenly Tribulation.
• The Old Servant warned Taiyuan True Person that the Demon Lord and the Four Great Demonic Sects might not be the calamity foretold by the Dao Ancestor, leaving Taiyuan deeply concerned about a greater threat.

Lu Changsheng completed the fourth layer of the Nine Turns Gods and Devils Body-Refining Method and broke through to the Void Refinement Realm Fourth Layer at Mount Shu. After his breakthrough, Taiyuan True Person summoned him to Myriad Sword Peak.

• Lu Changsheng finished cultivating the Four-Turn Demon Body and prepared to break through while Lu Qinglian continued refining her body.
• Lu Changsheng refined an Eighth-Rank Red Flood Dragon Golden Core and triggered a vast purple-qi phenomenon as he advanced.
• Li Changye and the Mount Shu elders witnessed Lu Changsheng's breakthrough, while Xiao Xiangdao felt unable to catch up with Lin Qingzhi.
• Taiyuan True Person noted that Lu Changsheng qualified to inherit a Low-Grade Immortal Artifact, though he already possessed several Immortal Artifacts.
• After the purple clouds dispersed, Lu Changsheng confirmed he had reached the Void Refinement Realm Fourth Layer and received Taiyuan True Person's summons to Myriad Sword Peak.

Lu Changsheng received the Enlightenment Dao Robe, a powerful Immortal Artifact once used by the Mount Shu Dao Ancestor, and learned that the Demon Lord's Phoenix Body could let him grow stronger each time he survived death. Taiyuan True Person began teaching Lu Changsheng the Taiqing Wuji Art's Ninth Layer as Lu Changsheng resolved to destroy the Demon Lord completely.

• Taiyuan True Person offered Lu Changsheng a choice of six Low-Grade Immortal Artifacts because he had reached the Void Refinement Realm Fourth Layer and served Mount Shu.
• Lu Changsheng chose the Enlightenment Dao Robe, which recognized his Innate Dao Body and increased his comprehension.
• Taiyuan True Person warned Lu Changsheng that the Demon Lord's Pan-Nirvana Phoenix Body could continually grow stronger if he survived, and Lu Changsheng resolved to annihilate him utterly.
• Taiyuan True Person explained the Taiqing Wuji Art's Ninth Layer to Lu Changsheng, who continued cultivating under his guidance.
• Taiyuan True Person was astonished that Lu Changsheng already showed insights comparable to someone at the Void Refinement Realm Sixth Layer.

Shen Xiaoyao arrived in Zuoren City to aid the Yue Kingdom Princess and wounded the Demon Race Prince with the Mirror of True Yang. As the prince nearly overwhelmed him, the Nameless Swordsman appeared through Primordial Spirit Departure, forcing the prince and his guard to flee.

• The Demon Race Prince attacked the Yue Kingdom Princess and the Rogue Cultivators, who were trapped above Zuoren City.
• Shen Xiaoyao rescued the princess and revealed he had come from Mount Shu's Azure Cloud Peak to help.
• Shen Xiaoyao used the Mirror of True Yang to blast a hole through the Demon Race Prince's chest.
• The Demon Race Prince recovered with a Crimson Blood Essence-Congealing Pill and launched a full-strength attack, while Shen Xiaoyao resisted to protect the city.
• The Nameless Swordsman appeared and shattered the prince's flaming Sword Qi, prompting the Peerless Great Demon to escape with the prince using an Earth-Escaping Divine Talisman.