Chapter Summaries

Lu Qing destroyed the Vice Abbot’s Origin Space, captured its divine soul, and learned that the Black and White Monastery planned to open a passage to the Heavenly Demon Realm through a Starry Sky-wide blood sacrifice. As he discovered that the Monastery’s Abbot was even more powerful and was nearing a breakthrough, a terrifying aura began awakening at the Black and White Monastery.

• Lu Qing shattered the Vice Abbot’s Origin Space, froze its escaping divine soul, and captured it.
• Lu Qing searched the Vice Abbot’s soul, learning that the Black and White Monastery’s Patriarch had been possessed and that its Heavenly Demon Pools formed a Starry Sky-wide blood sacrifice array.
• Lu Qing discovered that the Abbot was a powerful Heavenly Demon in secluded cultivation, seeking to regain peak Integration Realm strength and activate the array.
• The Integration Realm cultivators watching the battle celebrated Lu Qing’s victory, while Qiu Ruofeng believed Lu Qing was the sliver of life foretold by the Patriarch.
• A powerful, evil aura erupted from the direction of the Black and White Monastery, and Lu Qing sensed that something terrifying was awakening.

After learning that the Black and White Monastery Master had reached Integration Realm Perfection, Lu Qing killed the Vice Abbot and rallied the starry sky’s Integration Realm cultivators to destroy the Heavenly Demon Pools. He then confronted the monastery directly and stomped toward it.

• Lu Qing realized the Monastery Master had broken through to Integration Realm Perfection and could wield the Power of the Great Dao.
• The Vice Abbot’s remnant soul celebrated the breakthrough and threatened Lu Qing, who crushed it completely.
• Lu Qing sent the Integration Realm cultivators the Black and White Monastery’s plans and the coordinates of its Heavenly Demon Pools, ordering them to destroy the pools and stop the blood sacrifice.
• The Integration Realm cultivators set aside their grudges and scattered across the starry sky to destroy the Heavenly Demon Pools.
• Lu Qing arrived before the Black and White Monastery, grew hundreds of thousands of zhang tall, and stomped down at it.

Lu Qing confronted the Black and White Monastery Master while Integration Realm cultivators raced to destroy the Heavenly Demon Pools. After one pool was destroyed, the Monastery Master revealed it had reached Integration Realm Perfection and claimed it could slaughter them all and rebuild the array.

• Lu Qing stomped at the monastery, but a monstrous black arm met his foot and the clash damaged the monastery and killed many of its disciples.
• Lu Qing withdrew to face the Black and White Monastery Master, who appeared and demanded that he submit as a Demonic Slave; Lu Qing refused and mocked it.
• An Integration Realm cultivator reached a demonized Small World and destroyed its Heavenly Demon Pool, Bone Mountain, and the monastery disciples there.
• The Black and White Monastery Master realized Lu Qing had been stalling while the others destroyed the pools, but said its Integration Realm Perfection made their efforts futile and it could rebuild the array after devouring them.

The Black and White Monastery Master revealed the stolen black-and-white Dao power behind his terrifying strength and attacked Lu Qing. Lu Qing shattered his first strike with a punch, then pursued him with an even stronger blow, leaving the two locked in a massive collision.

• The Black and White Monastery Master released his full aura, terrifying beings across several Immortal Domains and revealing a mysterious black-and-white Dao Rhyme.
• Lu Qing recognized the Dao Rhyme as stolen power from another world and mocked the Black and White Monastery Master.
• The Black and White Monastery Master trapped the surrounding space with Darkness Power and attacked Lu Qing with a giant black-and-white palm.
• Lu Qing broke free with Space Power, manifested his Integration Body, and smashed the giant palm with a punch empowered by the Great Strength Divine Ability.
• Lu Qing pursued the Black and White Monastery Master with a stronger punch and sealed the surrounding space, forcing his opponent to unleash Demon Fire and counter with all his power.
• The two strikes collided amid shattered space, and a massive figure flew backward.

Lu Qing overwhelmed the Black and White Monastery Master in a clash, severing one of the monster’s arms and emerging uninjured. He pressed the attack with his physical body, forcing the monster to raise a black barrier as Lu Qing’s punch struck.

• The Black and White Monastery Master revealed his monstrous true form after Lu Qing sent him flying and severed one of his arms.
• Lu Qing emerged from the Space Turbulence unharmed, and the Integration Realm experts regained hope when they saw he held the upper hand.
• The Black and White Monastery Master regenerated his arm and questioned how Lu Qing had developed such a powerful physical body.
• Lu Qing dismissed the monster’s probing and challenged him to use any remaining tricks.
• Lu Qing attacked with a punch radiating Physical Body Treasure Light, and the Black and White Monastery Master raised a black barrier to block it.

Lu Qing battered the Black and White Monastery Master's Heavenly Demon Barrier, forcing the Abbot to seek a desperate way to recover his strength. The Black and White Monastery Master devoured the disciples and Elders inside the monastery, leaving Lu Qing facing an even stronger foe.

• Lu Qing's repeated punches made the Black and White Monastery Master's Heavenly Demon Barrier buckle, though it held against both blows.
• The Black and White Monastery Master seized the Black-and-White Taoist Temple and shrank it into his hand.
• Mo Cangtian and the other Elders mistook the Abbot's action for an attempt to protect them, but he used the monastery's power to kill them and crush their Primordial Spirits.
• The Black and White Monastery Master devoured the disciples' and Elders' flesh, blood, and souls, extinguishing them permanently.
• The Black and White Monastery Master's injuries healed and his aura surged, while Lu Qing could only watch him grow stronger.

Lu Qing unleashed the full power of his Yin-Yang Five Elements Gourd against the Black and White Monastery Master, whose aura had surged after consuming his disciples’ and Elders’ essence blood and divine souls. The gourd’s gray light erased the monastery master and his Heavenly Demon Barrier, leaving the Starry Sky witnesses stunned.

• The Black and White Monastery Master consumed his disciples’ and Elders’ essence blood and divine souls, strengthening his aura and barrier as he transformed his Daoist Temple into a Black and White Long Staff.
• Lu Qing summoned his Yin-Yang Five Elements Gourd and prepared to end the fight before his opponent could grow stronger.
• Lu Qing poured his mana and the power of his nine Great Daos into the gourd, causing its radiance to shake the Sea of Laws and reach across the Starry Sky.
• The gourd’s power immobilized the Black and White Monastery Master, preventing him from escaping as he tried to shatter space.
• Lu Qing fired a hazy gray light from the gourd, which erased the Heavenly Demon Barrier and pierced through the Black and White Monastery Master.

Lu Qing used the Yin-Yang Five Elements Gourd to erase the Black and White Monastery Master's body, but the monster sacrificed its remaining Origin Space to send a cryptic fluctuation toward the Dark Demon Abyss before perishing. Lu Qing left to investigate the message, taking the Black and White Long Staff with him.

• Lu Qing's Earth-Shattering Strike erased the Black and White Monastery Master, leaving only a black speck that contained its Origin Space.
• Lu Qing froze the black speck with the Yin-Yang Five Elements Gourd and told the Black and White Monastery Master that it could not escape.
• The Black and White Monastery Master sacrificed its Origin Space, briefly breaking the gourd's suppression and sending a cryptic fluctuation through the void before it vanished completely.
• Lu Qing recognized the act as a sacrifice and traced the fluctuation toward the Dark Demon Abyss.
• Lu Qing vanished from the Starry Sky to investigate and took the Black and White Long Staff with him.

Lu Qing entered the Darkness Demon Abyss and spoke with the awakened remnant soul of Great Expert Xuanhua, learning that the Black and White Monastery Master's dying ripple had weakened the seal on the World Passage. Xuanhua revealed that his remnant soul would dissipate within a hundred years, then said the remedy lay with Lu Qing.

• Lu Qing used his Supernatural Ability to learn that the Black and White Monastery Master's ripple had triggered the Darkness Power in the abyss and threatened to open the World Passage.
• Xuanhua's remnant soul summoned Lu Qing into the Black Great Tomb and praised him for stopping the Heavenly Demon Clan member.
• Xuanhua explained that the ripple had forced him to spend more than half of his remaining power suppressing the Darkness Power.
• Xuanhua told Lu Qing that his remnant soul would dissipate within a hundred years, leaving the World Passage unsealed.
• When Lu Qing asked for a remedy, Xuanhua said that it lay with him.

Lu Qing agreed to travel to the Otherworld to find Xuanhua’s ancient companions and help seal the World Passage before the Heavenly Demon Clan invaded. He set a three-year deadline to settle his affairs and received Xuanhua’s cultivation inheritance before leaving.

• Xuanhua told Lu Qing that he alone could seek his ancient companions in the Otherworld and prevent the Heavenly Demon Clan from breaching the Home World.
• Lu Qing told Xuanhua that his master, the Guixu Daoist, had left behind a safe wisp of Divine Sense, though his whereabouts remained unknown.
• Lu Qing weighed the dangers of entering the Otherworld against the coming invasion and agreed to go in three years.
• Lu Qing asked Xuanhua for his cultivation inheritance to help him create a cultivation art, and Xuanhua gave him a jade slip containing his life’s knowledge.
• Lu Qing departed, and Xuanhua reflected that the nine-Great-Dao genius had appeared too late to help in the ancient struggle.

Lu Qing returned to the Guixu Secret Realm after killing the two Otherworld Monsters and told his companions that Great Expert Xuanhua’s remnant soul could suppress the World Passage for no more than a hundred years. He planned to enter the Otherworld in ten years to seek a way to seal it, and the chapter ended with him telling his master and family that he had to go.

• Lu Qing returned to the Immortal Palace and confirmed to Old Cang Long, the Black Barbarian Bull, and Ming Feng that both Otherworld Monsters had been annihilated.
• Lu Qing explained that the Black and White Monastery Master had triggered an upheaval in the Dark Demon Abyss, leaving Great Expert Xuanhua’s remnant soul with at most a hundred years before it dissipated.
• Lu Qing said he would travel to the Otherworld in ten years to seek the ancient sages and seal the World Passage, and Old Cang Long, the Black Barbarian Bull, and Ming Feng asked to accompany him.
• Lu Qing agreed to take them, then awakened the Old Doctor, Xiao Yan, Xiao Li, and the others from seclusion and recounted the recent battle and the threat from the Heavenly Demon Realm.
• The Old Doctor asked whether Lu Qing would bear the responsibility of seeking aid in the Otherworld, and Lu Qing confirmed that he had to go because only he had a chance of passing through the World Passage.

Lu Qing prepared to seek aid in the Otherworld seven years later, while spending the intervening years traveling with Xiao Yan and Xiao Li and strengthening himself. After collecting Top-Grade Spirit Stones from the Starry Sky’s major powers, he activated the Teleportation Stone Tablet to visit the Mysterious Existence.

• Lu Qing told the Old Doctor and Xiao Yan that he would travel alone to the Otherworld, though he would wait ten years before leaving.
• Lu Qing examined Great Expert Xuanhua’s Inheritance Jade Slip, learned it was made from Immortal Jade, and began studying its inheritance.
• Three years later, the White-clothed Woman, Qiu Ruofeng, the Charm Woman, and the Sword Master delivered thirteen thousand Top-Grade Spirit Stones that Lu Qing had requested.
• Lu Qing gave the Spirit Stones to his true body, which used them to cultivate and raise its strength.
• Lu Qing took Xiao Yan and Xiao Li from the Guixu Secret Realm and activated the Teleportation Stone Tablet to seek the Mysterious Existence.

Lu Qing returned to the Witch Clan Trial Secret Realm with Xiao Yan and Xiao Li to ask the Mysterious Existence about the Witch Clan, the Heavenly Demon Realm, and the ancient sages. After learning the name of the secret realm’s creator, Ji, Lu Qing prepared to leave for another world to seek help, while the Mysterious Existence wondered whether he would find his master.

• Lu Qing used the stone token to return to the Witch Clan Trial Secret Realm, then brought Xiao Yan and Xiao Li to meet the Mysterious Existence.
• Lu Qing told the Mysterious Existence about the coming collapse of the World Passage and his plan to cross it and seek help in another world.
• The Mysterious Existence explained that Ji and the Human Race’s sages had left to resist the Heavenly Demon Realm, while the surviving Ancestral Witches had departed for an unknown world using inherited coordinates.
• Lu Qing asked whether the vanished Ancestral Dragon was connected to the Witch Clan, and the Mysterious Existence said Ancestral Dragon had been the name of a fallen Ancestral Witch.
• Lu Qing bid farewell and learned that the secret realm’s creator was named Ji; he and Xiao Yan and Xiao Li then spent several days listening to the Mysterious Existence recount the ancient wars.
• After Lu Qing and his companions left, the Mysterious Existence wondered whether Lu Qing might find Ji.

Lu Qing brought Xiao Li to a world where his deduction revealed her blood relatives lived. Xiao Li reunited with her parents and siblings, while Lu Qing left the family to embrace one another.

• Lu Qing gave Xiao Yan the stone tablet and told her to use it as a refuge if he failed to return within a hundred years and the Heavenly Demon Realm invaded.
• Lu Qing used Xiao Li’s blood to locate a world with living relatives, and Xiao Li chose to go there with him and Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Li sensed her kin in a mountain forest and, after Lu Qing concealed them, found a group of Dark Spirit Foxes whose bloodlines resonated with hers.
• Xiao Li revealed her bloodline aura, drawing out her family, and recognized the middle-aged man and woman as her father, Mo Yuan, and mother, Mo Yue.
• Xiao Li leapt into Mo Yue’s arms as Mo Feng and Mo Yu joined the reunion, while Lu Qing and Xiao Yan stepped aside.

Lu Qing reunited Xiao Li with her parents, learned where the Talisman Gate had settled, and repaid his karmic debt by leaving its strongest elder new cultivation arts. After returning to the Immortal Palace to prepare for his agreement with the mighty Xuanhua, Lu Qing’s main body broke through once more in the final year.

• Mo Yun told Lu Qing that the Strange Beasts and Human powerhouses from the previous Cultivation Era had both reached this world, and confirmed that the Talisman Gate had come with the Humans.
• Xiao Li chose to leave with Lu Qing and Xiao Yan, and Lu Qing used Space Teleportation to take them away from her parents.
• Lu Qing deduced the location of the Talisman Gate’s Secret Realm and sent its strongest elder information and three cultivation arts, settling his karmic tie without meeting the sect in person.
• Lu Qing made Xiao Li a Cross-Domain Teleportation Talisman so she could return to this world and bring her family to the Immortal Palace if needed.
• Lu Qing returned to the Immortal Palace and cultivated in preparation for his agreement with the mighty Xuanhua; in the final year, his main body broke through again.

Lu Qing refined the Home World's origin, reached Integration Minor Accomplishment, and gained a trace of creation, then prepared to leave for the Dark Demon Abyss with Old Cang Long, Man Niu, and Ming Feng. As the group departed, Xiao Li leapt into the Space Vortex after them.

• Lu Qing broke through to Integration Minor Accomplishment after nearly ten years of cultivation in the Immortal Palace.
• Lu Qing used his Light Great Dao aura to help his Nascent Soul Mark refine the jade fragment in the Home World's origin, bringing the world under his control and creating a nascent soul avatar there.
• Lu Qing experienced sudden enlightenment from the world's history, perfected his [Perfect Integration Method], and comprehended a trace of creation.
• Lu Qing gathered his friends and disciples, told them he was leaving for the other world, and gave the Old Doctor a control core for the Guixu Secret Realm.
• Lu Qing departed through a Space Vortex with Old Cang Long, Man Niu, and Ming Feng, but Xiao Li leapt into the vortex after them.

Lu Qing brought Xiao Li and Old Cang Long’s companions to Xuanhua’s tomb, where Xuanhua explained the wider world beyond the passage and entrusted Lu Qing with finding their old allies. After learning how to escape the Heavenly Demon Realm and reach those allies, Lu Qing disguised himself as a demon and entered the World Passage, leaving Xuanhua hopeful that the mission might succeed.

• Xiao Li caught up with Lu Qing in the spatial passage and persuaded him to let her join the dangerous journey.
• Lu Qing and his companions entered the Dark Demon Abyss and met Xuanhua, whose remnant soul had weakened as darkness spread over his corpse.
• Xuanhua told Lu Qing that the Heavenly Demon Realm lay on the Primordial Continent and explained that the demons had opened the passage using Xuanhua as a blood-sacrifice guide.
• Xuanhua gave Lu Qing a jade slip and instructed him to leave the Heavenly Demon Realm, find their allies in a rival divine kingdom, and help them return to seal the passage.
• Lu Qing placed Old Cang Long, Ming Feng, the Black Barbarian Bull, and Xiao Li inside the Li Fire Cauldron, then transformed into the likeness of a Heavenly Demon and entered the World Passage.
• Xuanhua resealed the passage and, seeing hope in Lu Qing’s Thousand Transformations ability, looked forward to the mission’s success.

Lu Qing entered the Heavenly Demon Realm, hid from its inhabitants, and spent five years adapting to its Darkness Power and Spatial Laws. After killing two Demonized Strange Beasts that exposed his hiding place, he set out toward the realm’s border and the Primordial Continent.

• Lu Qing emerged from the World Passage and discovered that the Heavenly Demon Realm’s laws made Space Teleportation difficult and costly.
• A Black Figure sensed that someone had left the altar, but concealed the incident and erased Lu Qing’s traces.
• Lu Qing hid in a mountain cave, told Old Cang Long and the others to remain in the Li Fire Cauldron, and spent three years learning to refine Darkness Power.
• After two more years of seclusion, Lu Qing regained mastery of the Spatial Laws and attracted two Demonized Strange Beasts when they smashed apart his mountain.
• Lu Qing killed both Integration Initial Stage beasts with physical attacks, stored their corpses in the Li Fire Cauldron, and began teleporting toward the Heavenly Demon Realm’s border.

Lu Qing traveled to the edge of the Heavenly Demon Realm and disguised himself to enter a city, where he secured passage through a cross-realm teleportation array. He activated the array to leave the realm, while its inhabitants remained unaware of his true identity.

• Lu Qing spent half a year crossing the dangerous Heavenly Demon Realm and reached the Divine Kingdom Boundary, but found he could not teleport through it.
• After his ability failed to reveal the boundary's secrets, Lu Qing decided to leave through a city's teleportation array and changed his appearance to avoid recognition.
• Lu Qing soul-searched a Nascent Soul Realm centipede and learned that a nearby city had an array capable of sending him outside the Heavenly Demon Realm.
• Lu Qing entered the city by posing as an arrogant member of the Heavenly Demon Clan and had a dog-headed creature guide him to the array.
• When the guards demanded payment, Lu Qing offered the corpse of an Integration Realm Strange Beast and let them keep its surplus value.
• Lu Qing activated the teleportation array and vanished on its destination outside the Heavenly Demon Realm.