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Lu Yunxiao confessed his affection for Ying Huanhuan and reassured her that he would not force her into anything. Before she left, he asked her to return the next day to teach him the zither, and she agreed.

• Lu Yunxiao held Ying Huanhuan and thought about how much he liked her and how he intended to protect her.
• Ying Huanhuan shyly asked whether Lu Yunxiao was done holding her, and he released her.
• As Ying Huanhuan prepared to leave, Lu Yunxiao asked whether she would come back the next day, and she hesitantly agreed.
• Lu Yunxiao told Ying Huanhuan he wanted her to teach him the zither, and she blushed but accepted.
• Ying Huanhuan hurried away, while Lu Yunxiao watched her go and sipped his tea.

Ying Xiaoxiao visited Lu Yunxiao to check whether he had settled comfortably in the Dao Sect, and his courteous welcome stirred an unexpected reaction in her. The chapter ended with Lu Yunxiao inviting her to sit beside him in the pavilion.

• Lu Yunxiao basked in the morning sun until Ying Xiaoxiao arrived.
• Lu Yunxiao recognized Ying Xiaoxiao as Ying Huanhuan's elder sister and wondered why she had come.
• Ying Xiaoxiao politely asked whether Lu Yunxiao was comfortable at the Dao Sect, and he assured her that he was.
• Ying Xiaoxiao's heart beat faster as she took in Lu Yunxiao's appearance.
• Lu Yunxiao led Ying Xiaoxiao to the pavilion and invited her to sit beside him.

Lu Yunxiao spoke with Ying Xiaoxiao about her sister, the Dao Sect, and her gratitude toward him, while Ying Xiaoxiao served him tea and blushed when their fingers touched. Their conversation ended when Lu Yunxiao noticed someone approaching.

• Lu Yunxiao compared Ying Xiaoxiao's reserved manner with Ying Huanhuan's lively personality and asked whether the Dao Sect was doing well.
• Ying Xiaoxiao thanked Lu Yunxiao for helping the Dao Sect and apologized for how she had treated him when he first entered the sect.
• Ying Xiaoxiao prepared tea for Lu Yunxiao, and their fingertips briefly touched as she handed him a cup.
• Ying Xiaoxiao blushed and trembled at the contact, while Lu Yunxiao noticed her reaction but said nothing.
• Lu Yunxiao heard someone approaching and his eyes lit up.

Ying Xiaoxiao visited Lu Yunxiao, but Ying Huanhuan arrived to teach him the qin and noticed her sister’s flushed face. After Ying Xiaoxiao left, Ying Huanhuan accused Lu Yunxiao of bullying her and attacked him.

• Ying Huanhuan arrived at Lu Yunxiao’s pavilion and found Ying Xiaoxiao there with flushed cheeks.
• Ying Huanhuan said she had come to teach Lu Yunxiao the qin, and Ying Xiaoxiao realized she would not pursue a relationship with him.
• Ying Xiaoxiao took her leave after telling Ying Huanhuan to teach Lu Yunxiao well.
• Ying Huanhuan questioned Lu Yunxiao about her sister’s red face and accused him of behaving improperly.
• Ying Huanhuan lunged at Lu Yunxiao, grabbed his neck, and tried to bite him.

Lu Yunxiao reassured Ying Huanhuan that he had not meant to take advantage of Ying Xiaoxiao, and the two spent the morning embracing before sharing lunch. Back at the pavilion, they began learning the qin, with Lu Yunxiao guiding Ying Huanhuan’s hand onto the Fuxi Qin.

• Ying Huanhuan bit Lu Yunxiao’s ear until he explained that he had only accidentally touched Ying Xiaoxiao’s fingertips.
• Lu Yunxiao swore he would never set his sights on Ying Xiaoxiao, and Ying Huanhuan believed him and released his ear.
• Lu Yunxiao held Ying Huanhuan while they postponed their qin lesson, then they ate lunch together.
• Ying Huanhuan warned Lu Yunxiao not to fool around during their afternoon lesson or she would not return the next day.
• Lu Yunxiao summoned the Fuxi Qin, praised Ying Huanhuan’s hands, and placed her hand on the instrument.

Ying Huanhuan teased Lu Yunxiao while preparing to play the Fuxi Qin with him. Three days later, news of the Nine Heavens Grand Purity Palace’s overwhelming victory over Yuan Sect shocked Dao Sect, whose elders questioned where the Palace had obtained its powerful puppets.

• Ying Huanhuan praised the Fuxi Qin’s tone, then teased Lu Yunxiao about his poor playing.
• Lu Yunxiao held Ying Huanhuan’s hand until she demanded that he let go, and they began their lesson together.
• The Nine Heavens Grand Purity Palace defeated Yuan Sect, injuring its Three Grand Elders and nearly killing Renyuanzi with powerful puppets.
• Ying Xiaoxiao explained to Dao Sect’s leaders that the Palace had fielded over a hundred Death Profound Stage puppets, three Samsara Stage puppets, and a Reincarnation Stage puppet.
• Ying Xuanzi acknowledged the Palace’s rise, while Elder Taixuan insisted Dao Sect investigate where it had obtained the puppets.

Ying Xuanzi and Ying Xiaoxiao suspected Lu Yunxiao had supplied the Dao Sect’s powerful puppets and sent Ying Huanhuan to ask him about it. Ying Huanhuan reached Lu Yunxiao’s residence and began asking about the Eastern Mystical Region’s situation.

• Ying Xiaoxiao guessed that Lu Yunxiao had provided the puppets to the Nine Heavens Grand Purity Palace, and Ying Xuanzi cautioned that they needed confirmation.
• Ying Xuanzi asked Ying Huanhuan to question Lu Yunxiao about the puppets and his views on the Eastern Mystical Region.
• Ying Huanhuan agreed to visit Lu Yunxiao, despite expecting him to tease her.
• Ying Huanhuan found Lu Yunxiao lounging outside his hall, and he greeted her playfully.
• Ying Huanhuan urged Lu Yunxiao to discuss something serious, but he dismissed sect scheming as beneath his concern.

Lu Yunxiao teased Ying Huanhuan before she told him that the Nine Heavens Grand Purity Palace had crushed the Yuan Sect with powerful puppets. When Ying Huanhuan questioned his involvement, he admitted he had given the palace three Reincarnation Stage Puppets, leaving her shocked and jealous.

• Ying Huanhuan visited Lu Yunxiao, and he teased her while she resisted his advances.
• Ying Huanhuan told Lu Yunxiao that the Nine Heavens Grand Purity Palace had defeated the Yuan Sect and inflicted enormous losses.
• Ying Huanhuan asked whether Lu Yunxiao had supplied the puppets used in the decisive battle.
• Lu Yunxiao revealed that he had given the Nine Heavens Grand Purity Palace three Reincarnation Stage Puppets.
• Ying Huanhuan exclaimed that Lu Yunxiao should not have given away such valuable puppets.

Lu Yunxiao teased Ying Huanhuan about being jealous of the puppets he gave the Nine Heavens Grand Purity Palace, while she hesitated to accept such a valuable gift because their relationship was not yet settled. He told her he would not interfere in the Eastern Mystical Region’s affairs, and Ying Huanhuan agreed to stay with him a little longer before returning to Ying Xuanzi.

• Ying Huanhuan admitted she thought Lu Yunxiao should not have given the Nine Heavens Grand Purity Palace so many puppets, and Lu Yunxiao teased her for being jealous.
• Lu Yunxiao offered to give Ying Huanhuan puppets for the Dao Sect, but she refused because she did not want to accept such a valuable gift while their relationship remained unclear.
• Lu Yunxiao reassured Ying Huanhuan that he would not force her to decide about their relationship, and she kissed his cheek and nestled against his chest.
• Ying Huanhuan asked what Lu Yunxiao thought of the Eastern Mystical Region’s situation, and he said he would not interfere or favor either the Dao Sect or the Nine Heavens Grand Purity Palace.
• Ying Huanhuan prepared to report his answer to Ying Xuanzi, but Lu Yunxiao held her back and asked her to stay with him longer.

Ying Huanhuan told Ying Xuanzi that Lu Yunxiao did not care who ruled the Eastern Mystical Region, but the Nine Heavens Grand Purity Palace’s three Reincarnation Stage puppets still threatened the Dao Sect. After Ying Xuanzi urged her to seek Lu Yunxiao’s help, she approached him two days later, and he recognized that the Dao Sect feared the Nine Heavens Grand Purity Palace would target the other Super Sects.

• Ying Huanhuan told Ying Xuanzi that Lu Yunxiao had given the Nine Heavens Grand Purity Palace three Reincarnation Stage puppets and did not intend to interfere in the Eastern Mystical Region’s affairs.
• Ying Xuanzi and the others worried that the puppets could let the Nine Heavens Grand Purity Palace dominate the region, and they urged Ying Huanhuan to ask Lu Yunxiao for help.
• Ying Huanhuan reluctantly agreed, distressed that she might have to rely on Lu Yunxiao to protect the Dao Sect.
• Two days later, Lu Yunxiao noticed Ying Huanhuan’s haggard appearance and asked what was troubling her.
• Lu Yunxiao guessed that Ying Xuanzi feared the Nine Heavens Grand Purity Palace would move against the other Super Sects after dealing with the Yuan Sect, and Ying Huanhuan confirmed it.

Lu Yunxiao reassured Ying Huanhuan that Qiu Qinghan would not let Nine Heavens Grand Purity Palace attack Dao Sect, then received a check-in mission targeting Yuan Sect. Meanwhile, Qiu Qinghan arrived at Dao Sect to see Lu Yunxiao and deliver him a letter.

• Lu Yunxiao figured out that Ying Huanhuan had been troubled because she feared asking him to help Dao Sect, and he comforted her.
• Lu Yunxiao cheered Ying Huanhuan up by teasing her, and she nestled into his embrace.
• Lu Yunxiao received a check-in mission at Yuan Sect lasting half a month and resolved to oppose Demonic Beings and their human collaborators.
• Ying Xuanzi and the Dao Sect elders anxiously discussed their predicament while waiting for Ying Huanhuan's response.
• Qiu Qinghan arrived at Dao Sect, told Ying Xuanzi she wanted to see Lu Yunxiao and deliver him a letter, and asked where he was.

Lu Yunxiao announced that Nine Heavens Grand Purity Palace would attack the Yuan Sect in seven days and reassured the Dao Sect that it would not be targeted. He revealed that the Yuan Sect had colluded with Demonic Beings, leaving Ying Xuanzi and the others shocked.

• Qiu Qinghan told Lu Yunxiao that Nine Heavens Grand Purity Palace planned to annihilate the Yuan Sect in seven days.
• Lu Yunxiao confronted Ying Xuanzi and relented after Ying Huanhuan pleaded with him, then scolded the Dao Sect for pressuring her.
• Lu Yunxiao and Qiu Qinghan assured Ying Xuanzi that Nine Heavens Grand Purity Palace would never attack the Dao Sect.
• Lu Yunxiao invited the Dao Sect to join the attack on the Yuan Sect and said its destruction served the greater good of their race.
• Lu Yunxiao revealed that the Yuan Sect had colluded with Demonic Beings, shocking Ying Xuanzi, Elder Taixuan, and the others.

Lu Yunxiao secured Dao Sect’s promise to join the Nine Heavens Grand Purity Palace in destroying Yuan Sect and revealed that Zhou Tong was alive. After discussing Yuan Sect’s Demonic Seeds with Qiu Qinghan, he sent her away and looked toward the Cloud Sea.

• Lu Yunxiao asked whether Yuan Sect deserved destruction, and Ying Xuanzi and Elder Taixuan condemned its collusion with Demonic Beings.
• Ying Xuanzi pledged Dao Sect’s aid in destroying Yuan Sect, and Lu Yunxiao ordered them to deploy in seven days.
• Lu Yunxiao revealed that Zhou Tong was alive, exciting Ying Xuanzi, Ying Xiaoxiao, and Ying Huanhuan, but said they would learn more during the attack.
• Lu Yunxiao asked Qiu Qinghan about the battle, and she reported that Tianyuanzi and the others carried Demonic Qi and likely had Demonic Seeds.
• Lu Yunxiao confirmed Yuan Sect’s leaders possessed Demonic Seeds and predicted their strength would rise before the attack.
• Qiu Qinghan teased Lu Yunxiao about Ling Qingzhu and Ying Huanhuan, then fled when he threatened to keep her with him.

Lu Yunxiao finished teaching Ying Huanhuan the zither and reassured her they could keep meeting through music. When she insisted on joining the coming battle against Yuan Sect, he agreed to protect her and gave her a pill to help her reach the Nirvana Realm.

• Lu Yunxiao played a complete zither piece, impressing Ying Huanhuan with how quickly he had learned.
• Ying Huanhuan worried that their meetings would end with the lessons, so Lu Yunxiao suggested they meet to play music together.
• Lu Yunxiao noticed Ying Huanhuan had reached the Great Accomplishment of Creation Stage and warned that she was too weak for the coming battle.
• Ying Huanhuan insisted on witnessing Yuan Sect's destruction and asked Lu Yunxiao to protect her; he agreed.
• Lu Yunxiao gave Ying Huanhuan a Jade Bottle containing an Advancement Pill and called her his future wife.

Lu Yunxiao gave Ying Huanhuan a powerful soundwave technique, and she accepted it after he teased her about her sister. Meanwhile, the Three Grand Elders of Yuan Sect plotted to ally with Demon Prison and destroy the Nine Heavens Grand Purity Palace, leaving Zhou Tong’s limited usefulness as a weapon unresolved.

• Lu Yunxiao passed Ying Huanhuan the Good Fortune Marvelous Calamity Sound technique and told her to accept his gifts.
• Ying Huanhuan agreed to rely on Lu Yunxiao but warned him never to pursue her sister, Ying Xiaoxiao.
• Renyuanzi and Diyuanzi discussed Yuan Sect’s losses after its battle with Qiu Qinghan and the Nine Heavens Grand Purity Palace.
• Diyuanzi revealed that Demon Prison would send a Demonic King after learning that Ling Qingzhu possessed the Devouring Ancestral Talisman.
• Tianyuanzi ordered Yuan Sect to eliminate the Nine Heavens Grand Purity Palace and begin its plan to dominate the Eastern Mystical Region.
• Tianyuanzi asked about Zhou Tong, and Renyuanzi said they could use him in battle temporarily despite not being able to control him fully.

Dao Sect launched its long-awaited assault on Yuan Sect, led by Ying Xuanzi, while Lu Yunxiao and Ying Huanhuan stood with the assembled forces. The attack overwhelmed Yuan Sect’s outposts and reached its headquarters, where a group of figures emerged from a spatial fissure.

• Ying Huanhuan refined Lu Yunxiao’s pill, crossed her first Nirvana Tribulation, and reached the One-Yuan Nirvana Realm.
• Ying Xuanzi ordered Dao Sect’s gathered elite forces to destroy Yuan Sect, and the army set out for the decisive battle.
• Yuan Sect scouts spotted the approaching army and sent up warning signals, but Dao Sect’s forces flattened their mountain outpost and continued advancing.
• Dao Sect’s forces swept into Yuan Sect’s headquarters, destroying mountains and overwhelming its disciples with a barrage of attacks.
• A massive fissure opened in space at Yuan Sect’s headquarters, and more than a dozen figures stepped out.

Lu Yunxiao watched Ling Qingzhu fight as the Dao Sect and Nine Heavens Grand Purity Palace attacked the Yuan Sect for colluding with Demonic Beings. Ying Huanhuan grew jealous of Lu Yunxiao’s attention to Ling Qingzhu, and Qiu Qinghan’s teasing made her suspect the two had a close relationship.

• Lu Yunxiao, Ying Xuanzi, and Qiu Qinghan saw Demonic Qi among the Yuan Sect disciples and condemned the sect for colluding with Demonic Beings.
• Lu Yunxiao admired Ling Qingzhu as she killed Yuan Sect disciples with ease during the assault.
• Ying Huanhuan told Lu Yunxiao not to look at Ling Qingzhu, but he continued glancing her way.
• Qiu Qinghan praised Ling Qingzhu’s strength and credited Lu Yunxiao’s guidance, making Ying Huanhuan suspicious of their relationship.
• Lu Yunxiao warned Qiu Qinghan to stop stirring up trouble as Ying Huanhuan watched him resentfully.

Lu Yunxiao and Qiu Qinghan settled their teasing dispute as the armies approached Yuan Sect, where the opposing leaders prepared for battle. The chapter ended with Yuan Sect’s Three Giants appearing, their strength restored and Tianyuanzi threatening Qiu Qinghan.

• Lu Yunxiao warned Qiu Qinghan that he would punish her for teasing him, but agreed to give her another chance when she offered to help him.
• Ying Huanhuan questioned Lu Yunxiao about their conversation, but he refused to explain and sensed a disturbance in space.
• A black streak shot from Yuan Sect toward the advancing army, and Qiu Qinghan and Ying Xuanzi destroyed it before ordering their forces to retreat.
• Qiu Qinghan called out Tianyuanzi, who appeared with Yuan Sect’s other two leaders and threatened to destroy Nine Heavens Grand Purity Palace.
• Qiu Qinghan sensed that Tianyuanzi and the others had recovered their strength, but dismissed Tianyuanzi’s threat and challenged him to fight.

Tianyuanzi revealed that he had reached the Reincarnation Stage and summoned the supposedly dead Zhou Tong to confront Dao Sect. Ying Xuanzi reaffirmed his faith in Zhou Tong, who appeared to struggle against his condition as tears ran down his face.

• Tianyuanzi, Diyuanzi, and Renyuanzi released powerful auras, and Qiu Qinghan countered with one Reincarnation Stage Puppet and three Samsara Stage Puppets.
• Tianyuanzi twisted space and brought a black-robed figure out of the black mist, then revealed him as Zhou Tong.
• Ying Xuanzi and the Dao Sect disciples recognized Zhou Tong and were shocked to find him alive beside Yuan Sect.
• Tianyuanzi tried to portray Zhou Tong as a traitor, but Ying Xuanzi insisted Yuan Sect had done something to control him.
• Ying Xuanzi reminded Zhou Tong and the disciples of his loyalty to Dao Sect, and Zhou Tong trembled and wept as if resisting something.

Ying Xuanzi confronted Tianyuanzi over Zhou Tong’s century of torment and forced allegiance, but Lu Yunxiao intervened when Zhou Tong nearly killed his former Master. Lu Yunxiao effortlessly restrained Zhou Tong and crushed the Yuan Sect’s Three Grand Elders, leaving the gathered forces stunned.

• Tianyuanzi revealed that Zhou Tong had endured a hundred years of corrosion and had been made loyal to the Yuan Sect.
• Ying Xuanzi attacked Tianyuanzi in fury, but Tianyuanzi ordered Zhou Tong to fight his Master, and Zhou Tong overpowered him with the Space Ancestral Talisman.
• Ying Huanhuan pleaded with Lu Yunxiao, who struck Zhou Tong from afar and saved Ying Xuanzi.
• Lu Yunxiao restrained Zhou Tong and slapped Tianyuanzi and the other two Yuan Sect Grand Elders into the earth without killing them.
• The gathered forces fell silent at Lu Yunxiao’s display, while Ling Qingzhu watched him and Ying Huanhuan with mixed feelings.

Lu Yunxiao revealed that Zhou Tong’s skeletal body and corrupted organs were the result of the cruel Demon Emperor Lock, which had sealed his Divine Soul and tormented him for nearly a century. He explained that Zhou Tong could be saved and declared that the procedure was no problem for him.

• Lu Yunxiao removed Zhou Tong’s Black Robe, revealing a black skeleton covered in Demon Markings, with corrupted organs and silver-lit meridians still carrying the Space Ancestral Talisman’s power.
• Ying Huanhuan cried out in fear, and Lu Yunxiao comforted her while Ying Xuanzi and Qiu Qinghan condemned the Yuan Sect’s cruelty.
• Lu Yunxiao identified Zhou Tong’s affliction as an incomplete Demon Emperor Lock, an ancient method that eroded its victim, sealed their Divine Soul, and prevented reincarnation.
• Ying Xuanzi asked whether Zhou Tong could be saved, and Lu Yunxiao said that although it would be difficult for others, he could destroy the demonic body, release the Divine Soul, and reconstruct a new body.

Lu Yunxiao agreed to help Dao Sect save Zhou Tong, easing Ying Xuanzi’s long-standing regret. He sealed Zhou Tong’s Demonic Qi until the battle was over, while Ying Huanhuan’s affectionate offer left the others reacting with surprise and envy.

• Ying Xuanzi and Ying Xiaoxiao pleaded with Lu Yunxiao to help Zhou Tong, and Ying Huanhuan urged him to agree.
• Lu Yunxiao noticed Ying Xiaoxiao’s offer to pay any price and worried about how Ying Huanhuan might react.
• Ying Huanhuan began offering to let Lu Yunxiao hold her in exchange for his help, but Lu Yunxiao interrupted her, drawing startled and complicated looks from Ying Xuanzi, Ying Xiaoxiao, and Qiu Qinghan.
• Lu Yunxiao agreed to help Zhou Tong and told Ying Xuanzi there was no need for gratitude because they were not outsiders.
• Lu Yunxiao said he would seal the Demonic Qi in Zhou Tong’s body and deal with it after the battle.

Lu Yunxiao sealed Zhou Tong, brought Ling Qingzhu to his side, and confronted Yuan Sect’s Three Grand Elders. After destroying Yuan Sect, he forced Tianyuanzi to reveal his trump card, and Demonic Beings emerged from a Space Rift.

• Lu Yunxiao used Five-Colored Radiant Aura to seal Zhou Tong, including his Elemental Force and Space Ancestral Talisman, then handed him to Ying Xuanzi.
• Lu Yunxiao brought Ling Qingzhu beside him, where she and Ying Huanhuan recognized each other and reacted warily to their connection with him.
• Lu Yunxiao destroyed Yuan Sect with a single strike and drew Renyuanzi, Tianyuanzi, and the third Grand Elder from the ruins.
• Tianyuanzi threatened Lu Yunxiao, who challenged him to use his trump card.
• Tianyuanzi summoned a Space Rift, and several powerful Demonic Beings emerged from it.

Lu Yunxiao confronted two Demonic Kings and four Demonic Generals, then revealed overwhelming strength when he attacked. After Seventh Royal Hall intervened to rescue the Demonic Kings, Lu Yunxiao dragged him into the open and killed all three, leaving Ying Xuanzi, Qiu Qinghan, and the others to finish off Tianyuanzi’s side.

• King Tianming and King Tianyou arrived to support Tianyuanzi and identified Ling Qingzhu as the controller of the Devouring Ancestral Talisman.
• Lu Yunxiao unleashed a giant finger that crushed the four Demonic Generals and trapped King Tianming and King Tianyou.
• Seventh Royal Hall reached through a space rift to rescue the two Demonic Kings, but Lu Yunxiao seized his claw and dragged his true body over.
• Lu Yunxiao revealed his Ancestral Realm power and killed Seventh Royal Hall, King Tianming, and King Tianyou with one strike.
• Ying Xuanzi, Qiu Qinghan, and the others attacked Tianyuanzi and his forces, while Qiu Qinghan summoned two Reincarnation Stage Puppets.

Lu Yunxiao received the rewards for completing his Yuan Sect check-in as the allied forces destroyed Yuan Sect. After Qiu Qinghan and Ying Xuanzi reported the victory, Ling Qingzhu and Ying Huanhuan awaited Lu Yunxiao’s decision about whether he would return to the Nine Heavens Grand Purity Palace or Dao Sect.

• Lu Yunxiao received six great holy waters, the Kaiyang Sword, the Life and Death Ancestral Talisman, the Cloud Mist Immortal Art, and the Kongtong Seal.
• Tianyuanzi died at the hands of a puppet, Qiu Qinghan killed Diyuanzi, and Ying Xuanzi beheaded Renyuanzi.
• The Nine Heavens Grand Purity Palace and Dao Sect forces slaughtered Yuan Sect’s remaining disciples and divided responsibility for its resources.
• Qiu Qinghan asked whether Lu Yunxiao would return to the Nine Heavens Grand Purity Palace, while Ying Huanhuan insisted he would return to Dao Sect.