Chapter Summaries

After the Purple Mansion Holy Son broke down over the Fuxi Emperor Scripture, Lu Zhou’s Dao Body killed him outside the Feng Clan’s territory, and Lu Zhou arranged to visit the Purple Mansion. As the crowd returned to the ancestral land, two hidden sword-wielders suddenly attacked Lu Zhou and Ye Fan.

• The Purple Mansion Holy Son went mad after seeing the Feng Clan receive the complete Fuxi Emperor Scripture, then resisted the Purple Mansion Holy Lord and fled the Feng Clan Ancestral Land.
• Lu Zhou’s Dao Body blocked the Purple Mansion Holy Son’s escape and killed him with a single slap as the Purple Mansion Holy Lord and others watched.
• Lu Zhou’s Dao Body told the Purple Mansion Holy Lord that the Holy Son’s death was best for everyone, and the two agreed that Lu Zhou would visit the Purple Mansion.
• As Lu Zhou and Ye Fan returned toward the Feng Clan Ancestral Land with the crowd, two concealed attackers emerged and thrust iron swords toward their foreheads.

Lu Zhou and Ye Fan thwarted a sudden assassination by Human World and Hell, then Lu Zhou destroyed the exposed assassins with overwhelming force. The chapter ended as the Purple Mansion Holy Lord, the Feng Clan Holy Lord, and other powerful figures arrived amid another shocking upheaval.

• Lu Zhou and Ye Fan shattered the swords of two seed-level assassins who attacked them outside the Feng Clan's Divine Island.
• Lu Zhou captured the white-robed assassin while Ye Fan, Big Black Dog, Ji Ziyue, and Li Heishui killed the gray-robed assassin.
• Lu Zhou exposed and killed another hidden assassin after the captured woman's head exploded under a restriction.
• More than ten assassins emerged and attacked Lu Zhou, but he wiped them out with three powerful strikes.
• The Purple Mansion Holy Lord, the Feng Clan Holy Lord, and other powerful figures returned as another upheaval erupted.

A joint assassination by the Human World and Hell targeted Lu Zhou in front of the Feng Clan Holy Master and other powerful figures, but Yang Yi protected him. The two Assassin Dynasties then issued Dynastic Kill Orders against Lu Zhou, leaving the crowd waiting to see how he would respond.

• A peerless assassin attacked Lu Zhou from the shadows, but Yang Yi appeared and erased the strike with her gaze.
• Yang Yi exposed the attackers as assassins using primordial spirit puppets to control an ancient great power's corpse, and another assassin's body and soul were destroyed.
• The crowd identified the attackers as agents of the Human World and Hell, while the Feng Clan Holy Master, Holy Master Yaoguang, and others grew furious at the provocation.
• The Human World issued a Dynastic Kill Order against Lu Zhou, declaring, "Must Slay Tyrant Immortal."
• Hell also issued a Dynastic Kill Order against Lu Zhou, and the gathered figures turned cold gazes toward the forces suspected of commissioning the attacks.
• The crowd watched Lu Zhou, wondering how he would respond to the two kill orders.

After Human World and Hell issued Dynastic Kill Orders against Lu Zhou, he destroyed them and used his immense wealth to announce a worldwide bounty on the Assassin Dynasties. The chapter left the crowd shaken and tempted by rewards for information and assassins’ heads.

• Lu Zhou recalled the Assassin Dynasties’ history of attacking major factions and realized that he had become their highest-priority target instead of Ye Fan.
• Lu Zhou obliterated the bloodstained Kill Orders with a punch and publicly mocked Human World and Hell.
• Lu Zhou displayed source, weapons, medicines, and Immortal True Dragon Divine Liquid to show the rewards he could offer.
• Lu Zhou announced that he would place his treasures in Yaoguang Stone Workshop and offered bounties for information about the Assassin Dynasties and for killing their assassins.
• Lu Zhou promised increasingly valuable rewards for assassins at higher ranks, including an Ultimate Emperor Weapon’s use for anyone who killed an assassin saint.

Lu Zhou gathered intelligence on Human World and Hell and called powerful allies to prepare an assault on the Assassin Dynasties. Outside the Feng Clan's Eight Hundred Divine Islands, Demon Race leaders, major forces, and five Emperor Weapons assembled at his call.

• Lu Zhou offered a longevity-extending divine medicine and a chance to use an Ultimate Emperor Weapon for information about Human World and Hell, and major forces shared what they knew.
• Lu Zhou learned that the ten famous ancient cities in the Central Region of Eastern Wasteland had contact points for both Assassin Dynasties, and that three Demon Race magnates knew the locations of three small worlds.
• Lu Zhou called for backup, intending to launch a forceful first strike against the Assassin Dynasties and rally others against them.
• Wan Nian, Yan Ruyu, the Peacock King, the Azure Flood Dragon King, and other Demon Race leaders arrived with a Demon Emperor Weapon.
• Northern Region bandits and powerful members of Yaoguang, Jade Pool, Ji Family, Purple Mansion, and Misty Palace arrived through domain gates carrying Emperor Weapons.
• The Divine King and Fairy Caiyun answered Lu Zhou's call and arrived, bringing the total number of gathered Emperor Weapons to five.

Lu Zhou led his allies against Hell, destroying one of its hidden strongholds with a single Ultimate strike from the Demon Emperor Weapon. After wiping out the assassins inside, he headed toward the next stronghold.

• Lu Zhou's gathered forces and Ultimate Emperor Weapons drew attention as cultivators discussed his influence and the coming attack on Human World and Hell.
• Yang Yi opened a void passage with the Western Emperor Tower, and Lu Zhou, Jiang Taixu, the Feng Clan Holy Lord, the Ji Family Holy Lord, and the Purple Mansion Holy Lord followed him to a mass graveyard in the Central Region.
• Lu Zhou smashed the graveyard with the Dragon Pattern Black Gold Seal, exposing one of Hell's hidden small worlds and striking its inhabitants.
• The Ji Family Holy Lord, the Purple Mansion Holy Lord, and others prepared to enter Hell, but Lu Zhou stopped them and ordered an Ultimate strike to destroy the stronghold without risking casualties.
• Wan Nian took the Demon Emperor Weapon from Yan Ruyu and unleashed it, erasing Hell's small world and every assassin inside.
• Lu Zhou led Yang Yi and the others toward the next major stronghold of the Assassin Dynasty.

Lu Zhou and his allies destroyed the Assassin Dynasties’ exposed strongholds and used information from the Black Emperor to locate and annihilate another hidden minor world. After Wan Nian killed a surviving Dao-Slaying King, the Demon Race discussed restoring the Demon Court, a move Lu Zhou supported.

• Lu Zhou led his allies to destroy two more Assassin Dynasty strongholds, bringing the number of exposed minor worlds they had erased to three.
• The Black Emperor recalled a mountain range in the western Northern Region connected to Hell, and the major factions helped Lu Zhou locate it.
• Lu Zhou’s group used five Ultimate Emperor Weapons to flatten the mountain range and destroy the hidden minor world within it.
• A Dao-Slaying King escaped the collapsing minor world, but Wan Nian killed him with God-Slaying.
• Yan Ruyu and other women had shared their scriptures and arts through Lu Zhou’s Wuji Dojo, and Yao Xi had since defeated Zixia in a spar.
• The Azure Flood Dragon King and Peacock King discussed restoring the Demon Court with Wan Nian and Yan Ruyu, and Lu Zhou strongly supported the plan.

Lu Zhou’s counterattack against Hell and Human World inspired a widespread hunt that devastated the Assassin Dynasties and raised his prestige across the Eastern Wasteland. As Yao Xi and An Miaoyi revealed their formidable strength, Qi Shi Mansion revised its Peach Banquet invitations and added the ailing Ye Fan.

• Lu Zhou’s destruction of four Assassin Dynasty strongholds and their external contact points spread across the world, earning him immense fame and making cultivators eager to claim his bounties.
• A month later, Old Imperial Lords from the Central Continent destroyed another Human World stronghold with an Ultimate Dao Weapon and received rewards from Yaoguang.
• More cultivators joined the hunt, while the Assassin Dynasties’ retaliation exposed weaknesses; Holy Prince killed one divine son and wounded another, and Yao Xi and An Miaoyi killed their Goddess and displayed her corpse at Holy City’s gates.
• Witnesses saw Yao Xi and An Miaoyi fight with power rivaling the Ji Family’s Divine Body, astonishing the younger generation and their own allies.
• After learning that Yao Xi and An Miaoyi were far stronger than expected, Qi Shi Mansion’s Old Mansion Lord changed the Peach Banquet invitation list and added Ye Fan, believing Tyrant Immortal’s associates could not be judged by common sense.

Ye Fan arranged for Divine Physician Wang to confirm that his Dao Injury remained fatal, hoping to draw out those who wanted him dead. Lu Zhou spent the night with Feng Huang, then left the Feng Clan with Ye Fan to visit the Tianxuan Ruins, where they heard a terrifying wail upon arriving.

• Ye Fan decided to keep pretending that his Dao Injury would soon kill him so he could lure out and eliminate his enemies.
• Lu Zhou arranged for Divine Physician Wang to examine Ye Fan, and Wang publicly declared that Ye Fan had at most fourteen days to live unless he abandoned his cultivation.
• Lu Zhou spent the night with Feng Huang, gave her a Primordial Immortal Flower in his Wuji Dojo, and she left scriptures and arts there in return.
• The next day, Lu Zhou and Ye Fan left the Feng Clan for the Tianxuan Ruins so Lu Zhou could meet the Old Madman.
• Upon arriving at Divine Physician Wang's secluded residence beside the Tianxuan Ruins, Lu Zhou and Ye Fan heard a dreadful wail that frightened nearby birds and beasts.

Lu Zhou signed in at the Tianxuan Ruins and received a huge piece of Dao Tribulation Gold, while Ye Fan confirmed that the grief-stricken figure was Old Madman. Lu Zhou then set out for the Purple Mansion Sacred Land, planning to recruit Old Madman and prepare to confront a god at Sacred Cliff.

• Lu Zhou led Ye Fan and the others to the Tianxuan Ruins despite warnings, where they found a tall, black-haired figure mourning amid the remains of the Holy Land.
• Lu Zhou quietly signed in at the ruins, received a one-meter cube of Dao Tribulation Gold, and departed with the group.
• Lu Zhou told Ye Fan that the figure was Old Madman and revealed his plans to visit Sacred Cliff after dealing with the Purple Mansion Sacred Land.
• Lu Zhou said he intended to slaughter a god at Sacred Cliff, then left alone using the Xingzi Secret and told the others to wait for him there.
• Lu Zhou headed toward the Purple Mansion Sacred Land and detoured to Youyue Ancient City to sign in.

Lu Zhou visited the Purple Mansion Sacred Land, where its leaders welcomed him as a powerful ally after Zixia confirmed their relationship. At the welcome banquet, Lu Zhou offered the complete Tribulation Transcending Heavenly Art as a betrothal gift to marry Zixia, leaving the Purple Mansion overwhelmed.

• Lu Zhou toured Youyue Ancient City, signed for a Saint King Artifact shaped like a moon wheel, and traveled to the Purple Mansion Sacred Land with an elder.
• The Purple Mansion Holy Lord and the Sacred Land's upper echelon warmly welcomed Lu Zhou, while Zixia accompanied him.
• The Purple Mansion Holy Lord recalled how Zixia had confirmed that she and Lu Zhou got along well and that Lu Zhou planned to visit the Purple Mansion.
• The Purple Mansion elders discussed Zixia's choice and warned that nobody should obstruct the Sacred Land's chance to advance, while the Grand Elder spoke with the Purple Mansion Holy Son.
• At the welcome banquet, Lu Zhou presented a complete copy of the Tribulation Transcending Heavenly Art as his betrothal gift to marry Zixia, astonishing the Purple Mansion.

Lu Zhou reassured Zixia that he understood Purple Mansion’s cautious pursuit of power, then brought her to Wuji Dojo and showed her its vast collection of scriptures and secrets. While visiting Purple Mansion Sacred Land, he signed in at its forbidden grounds and obtained a Quasi-Emperor Artifact called “Purple Mansion,” which he gave to Zixia after she recognized it.

• Zixia explained why Purple Mansion’s leaders had become cautious and hopeful about Lu Zhou’s power, and Lu Zhou told her he understood them and cared most about her.
• Lu Zhou took Zixia to Wuji Dojo, where she saw its Emperor Scriptures and Nine Secrets and teased him about helping Yao Xi grow stronger.
• Lu Zhou embraced Zixia, and the chapter skipped over what followed.
• Lu Zhou stayed at Purple Mansion Sacred Land, toured its grounds with Zixia, and signed in at the forbidden grounds to obtain the Quasi-Emperor Artifact “Purple Mansion.”
• Lu Zhou gave “Purple Mansion” to Zixia after she asked why it was with him.

Lu Zhou gave the damaged Quasi-Emperor Artifact Purple Mansion to Zixia, recognizing that it would benefit her and Purple Mansion Sacred Land more than him. His appointment as Purple Mansion’s Saint Son and the news that the sacred land had obtained the complete Tribulation Transcending Heavenly Art stirred envy and gossip across the Eastern Wasteland.

• Zixia recognized the Chaos Mist-wreathed artifact as Purple Mansion, the Quasi-Emperor Artifact once lost by her sacred land.
• Lu Zhou decided to give Purple Mansion to Zixia because its cultivation benefits suited Purple Mansion Sacred Land and he did not need the weakened artifact.
• Lu Zhou declined a grand coronation ceremony after Purple Mansion Sacred Land named him its new Saint Son.
• News that Lu Zhou had become the Saint Son of both Yaoguang and Purple Mansion shook the world.
• Factions learned that Purple Mansion Sacred Land had acquired the complete Tribulation Transcending Heavenly Art and suspected Lu Zhou had gifted it.
• Jealous factions accused Purple Mansion and other groups of trading their holy maidens for treasures, prompting those factions to protest the slander.

Lu Zhou encountered the rumors that he had killed rival Saint Sons and claimed their Holy Maidens, which fueled the Immortal-Slaying Alliance’s hostility. At the Sacred Cliff, he reunited with Little Nannan and welcomed Xia Jiuyou and Gai Jiuyou, whose changed appearances left him curious about what had happened.

• Big Black Dog joked that Lu Zhou could die while he raised the Holy Maiden, and Lu Zhou slapped him into a cliff.
• Cultivators across the Eastern Wasteland and other regions spread rumors that Lu Zhou had taken the places and Holy Maidens of the Saint Sons he killed, making Saint Sons anxious and stirring the Immortal-Slaying Alliance.
• Lu Zhou dismissed the rumors as petty tricks by enemies hiding in the shadows.
• Lu Zhou reunited with Little Nannan, whose seven-colored brow stone had been refined by Old Madman so she would never forget her past again.
• Yang Yi and Jiang Taixu emerged from the void, followed by Xia Jiuyou and her master Gai Jiuyou.
• Xia Jiuyou quietly agreed to Lu Zhou’s ten-year zither wager, and Lu Zhou noticed that Gai Jiuyou looked older before Gai assured him he was fine.

Lu Zhou and the others opened the Stone Coffin at Sacred Cliff, where they learned the Xingzi Secret and encountered the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body. On the way back, the Undying Daoist revealed himself and tried to bargain for his release, while Lu Zhou pressed him about the other Nine Secrets.

• Lu Zhou had Old Madman open the Stone Coffin, and Wushi’s protections suppressed its baleful energy as the Xingzi Secret appeared.
• Black Emperor stood upright to comprehend the Xingzi Secret, while Little Nannan copied its movement technique and appeared atop the coffin.
• Ye Fan entered the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body and obtained cultivation methods and the Heavenly Court Scepter before the Undying Daoist possessed the corpse and drove him out.
• The Investiture of the Gods resealed the Stone Coffin, and the Undying Daoist’s remnant soul appeared on the group’s return journey, offering the Xingzi Secret and Soldier Character Secret in exchange for his freedom.
• Lu Zhou showed that he already possessed both secrets, and the Undying Daoist saw a chance to escape and continued speaking.

Lu Zhou revealed that he possessed four of the Nine Secrets, prompting Undying Daoist to attack and expose his killing intent. With four Emperor Weapons and Wushi’s array trapping him, Undying Daoist tried to bargain for his freedom, but Lu Zhou demanded that he surrender every Nine Secret or face soul-searching and death.

• Undying Daoist offered the Fighting Character Secret and Healer Secret, but Lu Zhou revealed that he already possessed both, along with the Xingzi Secret and Soldier Character Secret.
• Undying Daoist realized Lu Zhou had come for the remaining Nine Secrets and attacked him, but Old Gai blasted his remnant soul back.
• Yang Yi, Jiang Taixu, Old Gai, and the middle-aged Old Madman deployed four Emperor Weapons, triggering Wushi’s Killing Array and Investiture of the Gods to seal Undying Daoist in place.
• Lu Zhou identified Undying Daoist as the divine self of the Undying Heavenly Emperor, and Undying Daoist offered to trade the Nine Secrets for help escaping.
• Lu Zhou refused to negotiate and gave Undying Daoist two choices: surrender every Nine Secret and be spared, or be suppressed and searched until he died.

Lu Zhou confronted the Undying Daoist and revealed that Great Emperor Wushi had preserved the Daoist’s corpse and remnant soul as part of a plan for the Immortal Ascension Path. The Investiture of the Gods recognized Lu Zhou’s account as true, while Wushi’s plan showed his attempt to prevent a catastrophic Dark Turmoil.

• The Undying Daoist refused to surrender the Nine Secrets, and Lu Zhou mocked him while Gai Jiuyou, Jiang Taixu, and Yang Yi learned he had helped orchestrate the Dark Turmoil.
• The Undying Daoist claimed Wushi’s backup plan would prevent Lu Zhou and the others from killing him, but Lu Zhou dismissed his assumptions and turned to the Investiture of the Gods.
• Lu Zhou told the Investiture of the Gods that Wushi had preserved the Undying Daoist’s corpse alongside his remnant soul, startling both it and the Daoist.
• Lu Zhou recounted his vision of the Immortal Ascension Path opening, the Wushi Bell and Investiture carrying the Daoist’s remains to seal the Chaos Cave, and Wushi’s words about lending his strength.
• The Investiture of the Gods trembled as Lu Zhou’s account matched Wushi’s plan, which aimed to help the Supreme Beings enter the Immortal Realm and avert an even worse Dark Turmoil.

Lu Zhou and his allies subdued the Undying Daoist, but his remnant soul underwent Dao Transformation before they could fully search his memories. Afterward, Lu Zhou signed in at Sacred Cliff and obtained the Linzi Secret.

• Lu Zhou persuaded Wushi to stop intervening, and the Wushi Bell fell silent.
• The Undying Daoist attacked Lu Zhou and his allies, but the Investiture of the Gods struck him down and Old Gai and the others captured his remnant soul.
• The Undying Daoist began undergoing Dao Transformation, forcing Old Gai and the others to retreat after they searched his soul.
• Old Gai, the Divine King, Old Madman, and Yang Yi recovered the complete Jiezi, Fighting Character, and Healer Secrets, plus about a quarter of the Qianzi Secret.
• Lu Zhou signed in at Sacred Cliff and obtained the Linzi Secret of the Nine Secrets.

After leaving Sacred Cliff with the Linzi Secret, Lu Zhou settled into seclusion and learned that it summoned the combat strength of his future self for a limited time. He began comprehending the secret, confident his Dao Body and Healer Secret could help him withstand its drawbacks.

• Lu Zhou and the others left Sacred Cliff after gaining its treasures, and Old Madman departed alone after studying the starry sky route map.
• Xia Jiuyou insisted on staying with Lu Zhou for ten years to play the zither, while Ye Fan and his companions began cultivating under Yang Yi's protection.
• Lu Zhou entered his Wuji Dojo and opened the stone book containing the Linzi Secret.
• Lu Zhou learned that the Linzi Secret represented the Daoist Divine Descent Technique, summoning his future self's combat strength for a limited time and leaving him weakened afterward.
• Lu Zhou began comprehending the Linzi Secret without using his remaining Great Emperor-level comprehension opportunities.

Lu Zhou broke through from the Dragon Transformation Fourth Change to the Eighth Change, while Ye Fan and Xia Jiuyou also advanced during their secluded cultivation. After assassins fled rather than confront Lu Zhou, he proposed using Ye Fan as bait to draw out the Immortal Slaying Alliance and Saint Slaying Alliance before heading to the Central Continent.

• Lu Zhou reviewed his scriptures and arts, then used three Azure Lotus Seeds as he stopped suppressing his breakthrough.
• Lu Zhou advanced to the Dragon Transformation Eighth Change, and his tribulation stunned Ye Fan and the others.
• Ye Fan and Xia Jiuyou each broke through, and the group moved to a new valley to continue cultivating.
• Assassins from the Assassin Dynasty appeared near the group but fled after recognizing Lu Zhou and recalling his Saint-level Guardian of the Dao.
• Lu Zhou and Ye Fan agreed they should disappear for a while, and Lu Zhou proposed luring their enemies out by disguising himself as Ye Fan before the Jade Pool Peach Banquet.