Chapter Summaries

Lu Zhou tested his strength against the Black Emperor, then brought Stone Village to safety inside the Lihuo Furnace and traveled with the dog toward Jade Pool. There, his heavenly eyes revealed the Jade Pool Saintess’s face and body, leaving her embarrassed and fleeing into the Jade Pool Pure Land.

• Lu Zhou fought the Black Emperor head-on, assessed his growing physical strength, and refused to trade the Xingzi Secret for the Black Emperor Scripture unless the dog offered an Immortal Medicine.
• Seven days after Lu Zhou returned to Stone Village, he used the Lihuo Furnace to shelter the villagers, Fifth Master Zhang, and their livestock inside a safe area.
• Lu Zhou and the Black Emperor crossed the void toward Jade Pool using Mysterious Jade Platforms that the Black Emperor had forged.
• Lu Zhou met the Jade Pool Saintess and used his heavenly eyes to see through the mist covering her face and robes.
• The Jade Pool Saintess rebuked Lu Zhou and fled toward the Jade Pool Pure Land, while the Black Emperor loudly announced what Lu Zhou had seen.

Lu Zhou visited Jade Pool, admitted he wanted to marry Shi Yao, and asked Yang Yi to shelter Stone Village’s people and lend him the domain gate to the Southern Territory. Yang Yi agreed to help with the refugees and questioned whether he had a protector for his journey.

• Yang Yi confronted Lu Zhou about Shi Yao’s unsettled emotions, and the Black Emperor’s teasing led her to suspect Lu Zhou had used Origin Heavenly Perception on Shi Yao.
• Yang Yi warned Lu Zhou not to use Origin Heavenly Perception against Jade Pool’s disciples, and Lu Zhou openly admitted he wanted to marry Shi Yao.
• Yang Yi told Lu Zhou to ask Shi Yao about Jade Pool’s marriage conditions and said her help would depend on how he behaved.
• Lu Zhou asked Yang Yi to find a safe home near Jade Pool for the people of Stone Village, and she agreed to settle them in an oasis.
• Lu Zhou asked to borrow Jade Pool’s domain gate to reach the Southern Territory, explaining that he wanted to meet the rising figures gathering there.
• Yang Yi approved of Lu Zhou’s plans to travel but asked where his protector was.

Lu Zhou persuaded Yang Yi to accompany him to the Southern Territory, then signed in at Jade Pool Holy Land and obtained the complete Xi Huang Scripture. Yang Yi brought Lu Zhou and Black Emperor through a domain gate to Wei Kingdom, where Lu Zhou intended to seek the descendant of the Demon Emperor.

• Lu Zhou asked Yang Yi to serve as his Dao Protector on a trip to the Southern Territory, and she agreed to take him after preparing.
• Lu Zhou and Yang Yi settled Fifth Master Zhang and the others at Yunyao Oasis, while Big Black Dog followed them back to Jade Pool.
• Lu Zhou declined a tour of Jade Pool and postponed visiting its sealed Origin Stones so he could reach the Southern Territory quickly.
• Lu Zhou signed in at Jade Pool Holy Land and received a complete Xi Huang Scripture.
• Lu Zhou told Yang Yi he wanted to go to Wei Kingdom to find the descendant of the Demon Emperor, and she took him and Black Emperor through Jade Pool's domain gate.

Lu Zhou reached the Xuan Yuan Sect to meet Yan Ruyu and check on Pang Bo, while offering help with the Demon Emperor’s plans. After meeting Yan Ruyu, he revealed that the Demon Emperor would fail to take Pang Bo’s body and claimed he could provide a better vessel.

• Lu Zhou and the Black Emperor traveled to the Xuan Yuan Sect, while Yang Yi stayed hidden nearby.
• Xuan Yuan Sect cultivators stopped Lu Zhou, and he asked to meet the Demon Princess and check on his friend Pang Bo.
• Qin Yao questioned Lu Zhou, whose aura made the gathered demon cultivators wary.
• Yan Ruyu appeared and said the person Lu Zhou wanted to see was in seclusion.
• Lu Zhou told Yan Ruyu that the Demon Emperor would fail to possess Pang Bo and offered to provide a superior body for him.

Lu Zhou told Yan Ruyu that the Azure Emperor was still alive inside the Desolate Pagoda and said the Demon Emperor's Sacred Heart could awaken his primordial spirit. Yan Ruyu revealed that she possessed the Sacred Heart, while Ye Fan's furious shouts and dog barks interrupted them.

• Yan Ruyu led Lu Zhou to a pavilion and asked why he knew so much about her plans and the Azure Emperor.
• Lu Zhou revealed that the Azure Emperor had sent his primordial spirit into the Desolate Pagoda, where he had lost himself while trying to create an Immortal Realm.
• Yan Ruyu asked Lu Zhou how to save her ancestor, and he said the Demon Emperor's Sacred Heart could awaken the Azure Emperor's primordial spirit.
• Yan Ruyu told Lu Zhou that the Demon Emperor's Sacred Heart was in her possession.
• Lu Zhou and Yan Ruyu heard Ye Fan shouting as a dog chased and bit him over the Demon Emperor's Essence Blood.

Lu Zhou reunited with Ye Fan at Xuan Yuan Sect and reassured him that the demons’ interest in his body concealed a valuable opportunity. As Immoral Taoist prepared to leave, Lu Zhou signed in at the sect and obtained the Qianzi Secret of the Nine Secrets.

• Lu Zhou and Yan Ruyu flew to the commotion, where Yan Ruyu’s demon women had brought the situation under control, and Lu Zhou reunited with Ye Fan.
• Lu Zhou recalled Ye Fan’s past hardships and considered how taking opportunities such as the Origin Scripture, Jiang Taixu, and the Fighting Character Secret had changed Ye Fan’s future.
• Lu Zhou told Ye Fan that the demons’ interest in his body was a good opportunity, and Ye Fan trusted him despite not knowing the details.
• Lu Zhou considered using the Demon Emperor’s Essence Blood to nourish the Azure Lotus in his Qiankun Pearl, but avoided taking the Demon Emperor Heart into his body because it could affect Azure Emperor’s revival.
• As Immoral Taoist prepared to leave Xuan Yuan Sect, Lu Zhou signed in and obtained the Qianzi Secret of the Nine Secrets.

Lu Zhou told Ye Fan that Pang Bo was safe but needed two years in seclusion, then admitted to Yan Ruyu that he wanted to marry her after she questioned his use of “husband.” Yan Ruyu fled, and Lu Zhou later found Ye Fan flirting with Qin Yao.

• Ye Fan asked about Pang Bo, and Lu Zhou assured him Pang Bo was safe and had gained the Demon Emperor Scripture and Demon Emperor Nine Slashes.
• Yan Ruyu said Pang Bo was unstable and could not be disturbed for two years, then questioned Lu Zhou about calling him her husband.
• Ye Fan realized Yan Ruyu had called Lu Zhou her husband, and Lu Zhou flicked him away to a distant cliff.
• Lu Zhou explained that husband meant a wife’s address for her spouse and told Yan Ruyu he wanted to marry her.
• Yan Ruyu fled after calling Lu Zhou boring, and Lu Zhou later found Ye Fan flirting with Qin Yao in a peach blossom grove.

Lu Zhou and Ye Fan reunited in private, exchanged news, and discussed Ye Fan’s desire for the Xi Huang Scripture. Lu Zhou flaunted his many inheritances and treasures, leaving Ye Fan stunned by the disparity between their resources.

• Lu Zhou and Ye Fan reminisced over wine, and Ye Fan told him that Old Man Jiang and Little Tingting had returned to the Desolate Ancient Jiang Family.
• Lu Zhou reassured Ye Fan that Old Man Jiang and Little Tingting belonged to the lineage of the Divine King he had rescued from Purple Mountain.
• Ye Fan admitted he wanted the Dao Palace Scroll of the Xi Huang Scripture, and Lu Zhou suggested seeking help from the Big Black Dog or trading for scriptures and secret arts.
• Lu Zhou revealed that his Origin Master's inheritance included a fragment of the Xi Huang Scripture and said the Big Black Dog might be connected to Great Emperor Wushi.
• Lu Zhou listed his Origin Master inheritance, three of the Nine Secrets, an Emperor Scripture, powerful weapons, and rare medicines, leaving Ye Fan shaken by how much wealthier Lu Zhou was.

Lu Zhou traded the Xi Huang Scripture Guide, sources, and the Mountain Embracing Seal to Ye Fan for a Saint Tree branch and Sacred Spring, then discussed a future trade for Ye Fan’s Saint Body essence blood. Yan Ruyu later agreed to nourish the Demon Emperor’s Sacred Heart inside Ye Fan, and Lu Zhou understood that she was hinting he could serve as another suitable vessel.

• Ye Fan offered his treasures, and Lu Zhou proposed trading the Xi Huang Scripture Guide, two hundred thousand jin of ordinary sources, and the Mountain Embracing Seal for a Saint Tree branch and Sacred Spring.
• Ye Fan accepted the trade and heard Lu Zhou explain that the Demon Emperor’s Essence Blood could temper his Desolate Ancient Saint Body.
• Lu Zhou asked to trade for Ye Fan’s Saint Body essence blood in the future, and Ye Fan agreed in exchange for fair compensation.
• Lu Zhou and Ye Fan drank together beneath the peach trees that night.
• Yan Ruyu returned the next day and asked Lu Zhou again about her Nineteenth Ancestor and the Demon Emperor’s Sacred Heart.
• Lu Zhou suggested nourishing the Demon Emperor’s Sacred Heart inside Ye Fan, and Yan Ruyu hinted that Lu Zhou could also serve as a suitable vessel.

Yan Ruyu agreed that Ye Fan should temporarily nurture the Demon Emperor's Sacred Heart, while Lu Zhou promised it would return to her within two or three months. With the Ji Family pursuing her, Lu Zhou chose to stay and confront Ji Haoyue, then revealed that he possessed an Ultimate Emperor Weapon, leaving Yan Ruyu curious about his origins.

• Yan Ruyu decided Lu Zhou should eventually nurture the Demon Emperor's Sacred Heart, but Lu Zhou explained that Ye Fan needed to keep it for a time to awaken the Azure Emperor's primordial spirit in the Desolate Pagoda.
• Yan Ruyu told Lu Zhou that the Ji Family had begun targeting her and that they needed to relocate soon.
• Lu Zhou said he had come to meet Ji Haoyue and intended to wait for him rather than flee.
• Yan Ruyu warned Lu Zhou that Ji Haoyue might have Guardians of the Dao and the Ji Family's Ultimate Emperor Weapon, and Lu Zhou claimed he had support and an Emperor Weapon of his own.
• Lu Zhou summoned the Dragon Pattern Black Gold Seal, and its resonance with Yan Ruyu's Azure Emperor Weapon confirmed that both were Ultimate Emperor Weapons.

Lu Zhou helped Ye Fan nurture the Demon Emperor's Sacred Heart, then prepared his techniques and traps for the Ji Family's approaching attack. As the enemy neared, Lu Zhou and Yan Ruyu shared a quiet moment of trust before the coming battle.

• Lu Zhou told Yan Ruyu about the Origin Master lineage and reassured her that he would overcome its ominous curse.
• Lu Zhou and Yan Ruyu found Ye Fan studying the Mountain Embracing Seal and brought him to nurture the Demon Emperor's Sacred Heart.
• Ye Fan willingly received the Sacred Heart, whose blood strengthened his body after the bronze fragment suppressed it.
• Lu Zhou prepared divine-source killing moves for Ji Haoyue's Guardians of the Dao and cultivated the Qianzi Secret beneath the World Tree.
• Yan Ruyu reported that the Ji Family had reached Wei Capital, and Lu Zhou took her hand as they anticipated the coming attack.

Ji Haoyue surrounded the Xuan Yuan Sect and demanded its Demon Emperor Weapon, prompting Big Black Dog to mock him and the Ji Family. Lu Zhou intervened to block Ji Haoyue’s attack and challenged the Ji Family’s claim that an Emperor must not be insulted.

• Ji Haoyue arrived at the Xuan Yuan Sect to challenge Yan Ruyu, then demanded the Demon Emperor Weapon when told she was unwell.
• Big Black Dog ridiculed Ji Haoyue and the Ji Family, and two Ji Family women rebuked him.
• Ji Haoyue located Big Black Dog and struck at him and Ye Fan with the Ji Family’s Void Great Hand Seal.
• Lu Zhou appeared above the hill and used the Mountain Embracing Seal to shatter Ji Haoyue’s attack.
• Lu Zhou criticized the Ji Family for demanding an Emperor Weapon and asked whether they or Big Black Dog were insulting the Void Great Emperor.

Lu Zhou faced Ji Haoyue, who challenged him with the Moon Rising from the Sea phenomenon. Ji Haoyue’s attack awakened Lu Zhou’s Blood Sea phenomenon, and the two forces devastated the Xuan Yuan Sect grounds as the battle continued.

• Lu Zhou told Ji Haoyue he would reveal his name only if Ji Haoyue could withstand ten of his moves.
• Ji Haoyue manifested the Moon Rising from the Sea phenomenon and used its moon to try to immobilize and kill Lu Zhou.
• Lu Zhou’s Wheel Sea Secret Realm stirred, and his Blood Sea phenomenon emerged with a crimson moon.
• Lu Zhou’s Blood Sea phenomenon collided with Ji Haoyue’s, destroying mountains and tearing open the land around the Xuan Yuan Sect.
• The clash’s aftermath obliterated nearby Demon Race and Ji Family cultivators, forcing the remaining spectators to retreat.

Lu Zhou defeated Ji Haoyue in their duel, countered the Ji Family’s Void Mirror with the Dragon Pattern Black Gold Seal, and seized Ji Haoyue’s moon to give to Yan Ruyu. As three Immortal Platform Realm experts attacked him, Lu Zhou faced imminent danger.

• Lu Zhou and Ji Haoyue fought fiercely, and their battle’s aftermath killed many cultivators, mostly from the Ji Family.
• Lu Zhou’s Dragon Pattern Black Gold Seal blocked the Void Mirror’s beam, revealing that Lu Zhou possessed an Ultimate Emperor Weapon.
• Lu Zhou identified himself as the tribulation that would temper Ji Haoyue’s Chaotic Ancient Dao heart and began using more of his strength.
• Lu Zhou struck Ji Haoyue’s sea of consciousness with the Qianzi Secret, defeated him, and pulled the bright moon from his Sea of Suffering Phenomenon.
• Three Immortal Platform Realm experts attacked Lu Zhou with the Void Great Hand Seal as he held Ji Haoyue’s moon.

Lu Zhou burned away the Ji Family elders’ attacks with the Lihuo Furnace and Seven-Colored Cloud Flame, then used a prepared Origin Heaven formation to kill two Grand Elders and many Ji Family cultivators. The surviving Grand Elder escaped through the Void Mirror with Ji Haoyue but stopped when he saw Ye Fan and Big Black Dog suppressing a purple-robed girl, and demanded that she be released.

• Yan Ruyu broke through the Void Great Hand Seal’s restriction and rushed to Lu Zhou, but he told her not to use the Azure Lotus.
• Lu Zhou summoned the Lihuo Furnace, and its Seven-Colored Cloud Flame destroyed the three black hands and grievously wounded the three Ji Family elders behind them.
• Ji Family and demon race cultivators joined the battle as Lu Zhou activated the Origin Heaven patterns on buried divine sources, killing two Grand Elders and many Ji Family fighters.
• The surviving Grand Elder used the Void Mirror to take the unconscious Ji Haoyue through a gate, then turned toward Ye Fan and Big Black Dog, who were suppressing a purple-robed girl.
• The Grand Elder demanded that the demon race release the girl and threatened to destroy them if she was harmed.

Lu Zhou forced the Ji Family to retreat, then took Ye Fan, the Black Emperor, and Ji Ziyue toward Shuiyun Lake to seek the Bronze Immortal Palace and its treasures. The group found a vast deposit of Xuanhuang Essence beneath the lake, and Ji Ziyue realized it might be the treasure Lu Zhou had promised.

• Lu Zhou threatened the Ji Family, whose Grand Elder collected the survivors and fled through the Void Mirror’s domain gate.
• Lu Zhou entrusted the sealed Ji Ziyue to Ye Fan, gave Yan Ruyu the moon from Ji Haoyue’s Sea of Suffering Phenomenon, and arranged for her to lead the demons to the Peacock King before traveling north.
• Lu Zhou departed with Ye Fan, the Black Emperor, and Ji Ziyue for the Taixuan Sect area, planning to visit the Bronze Immortal Palace before seeking the Jiezi Secret.
• After reaching Shuiyun Lake, Lu Zhou led the others underwater, and Ye Fan kicked Ji Ziyue into the lake when she refused to enter.
• The group discovered a massive mass of Xuanhuang Essence on the lakebed, and Ji Ziyue exclaimed that it was a rare material for refining artifacts.

Lu Zhou and his companions collected Xuanhuang Essence from the lakebed, with Yang Yi sharing it among the group. They then discovered a brilliantly shining strand that Yang Yi identified as the root of Xuanhuang.

• Lu Zhou warned Ye Fan, Ji Ziyue, and Big Black Dog to collect Xuanhuang Essence carefully, but Big Black Dog's jade bottle was crushed by its weight.
• Ji Ziyue used an ordinary-looking ring to collect a large mass of Xuanhuang qi, and Lu Zhou stopped Big Black Dog from targeting the ring.
• Yang Yi appeared, collected more Xuanhuang Essence with her jade flute, and divided it among herself, Lu Zhou, Ye Fan, and Big Black Dog.
• Yang Yi warned the group not to take too much, and Ji Ziyue said she already had enough.
• The group heard a rumble and spotted a dazzling strand of Xuanhuang qi, which Yang Yi identified as the Source Root of Myriad Mother Qi.

Ye Fan’s Green Copper Fragment seized the Source Root of Myriad Mother Qi, crushing his cauldron and drawing suspicion from Yang Yi. Lu Zhou defended him, and after Ye Fan offered to share the treasure, Lu Zhou proposed lending him the Origin Scripture in exchange for a portion.

• Yang Yi recognized the Source Root of Myriad Mother Qi as a treasure capable of refining an Ultimate Emperor Weapon and offered it to Lu Zhou.
• Ye Fan’s Green Copper Fragment flew from his Wheel and Sea, seized the Source Root, and merged it with his crushed cauldron.
• Yang Yi and the others suspected Ye Fan had taken the treasure deliberately, but Lu Zhou vouched for him and eased the tension.
• Ye Fan explained that he could not control the Green Copper Fragment and promised to give Lu Zhou the Source Root once he could control it.
• Lu Zhou offered to lend Ye Fan the Origin Scripture in exchange for a portion of the growing Source Root, but Ye Fan insisted on giving it to him without payment.

After the Source Root of Myriad Mother Qi revealed the Bronze Immortal Palace beneath the lake, Lu Zhou decided to enter it despite warnings that no one escaped. He took Ye Fan and Ji Ziyue with him, and the three were pulled inside as Yang Yi and Big Black Dog remained outside.

• The Source Root of Myriad Mother Qi’s disappearance cleared the Xuanhuang Essence and revealed the Bronze Immortal Palace ruins beneath the lake.
• Yang Yi and Lu Zhou identified the palace, and Ji Ziyue warned that anyone who entered could never leave.
• Lu Zhou admitted he had come to find the Bronze Immortal Palace and seized Ji Ziyue when she tried to flee.
• Lu Zhou told Ye Fan to enter with him while Yang Yi and Big Black Dog stayed outside, and Big Black Dog chose not to follow.
• Lu Zhou led Ye Fan and Ji Ziyue toward the ruins, where a powerful force pulled all three into the Bronze Immortal Palace.

Lu Zhou led Ye Fan and Ji Ziyue through the Bronze Immortal Palace, using his knowledge of its dangers and the Green Copper Fragment’s power to guide them safely. After they questioned whether he had anticipated what would happen, he gave them a guarded explanation and led them through the yin-yang door’s death gate.

• Lu Zhou found a skeleton bearing the words asking whether immortals existed, then bound himself to Ye Fan and Ji Ziyue so they would not become separated.
• Using his Origin Heaven Divine Eye, Lu Zhou located Yang Yizhen’s skeleton and led the others past more than thirty skeletons, including one of Ji Ziyue’s ancestors.
• When Chaos Mist swept toward them, Ye Fan’s Green Copper Fragment emerged and stopped it, transporting the three to a chamber with two doorways.
• Lu Zhou led Ye Fan and Ji Ziyue through the death door of the yin fish, and the Green Copper Fragment again calmed the surging yin-yang energies.
• Ji Ziyue asked whether Lu Zhou had known what would happen, and Lu Zhou claimed he had only changed his plans after seeing the ring and Green Copper Fragment respond to the palace.
• Ye Fan asked whether the ring and fragment were connected to the Bronze Immortal Palace, and Lu Zhou said they were before pushing open the door and leading them inside.