Chapter Summaries

Lu Bu retrieved the Earth Core Spirit Fluid and the Flame God Ancient Token from the Demon Suppressing Prison, then returned with the Palace Mistress to Taiqing Palace. As the Palace Mistress strengthened the sect and Lu Bu distributed treasures, a group of hostile youths confronted him, prompting her to consider making him her disciple.

• Lu Bu and the Palace Mistress entered the Demon Suppressing Prison, collected the Earth Core Spirit Fluid, and took the Flame God Ancient Token from the Flame Master's coffin.
• Lu Bu told the Palace Mistress that the Yuan Sect possessed the Space Ancestral Talisman, then returned with her to Taiqing Palace.
• The Palace Mistress gave five Death Profound Realm elders Hearts of Thunder to refine and distributed Deathly Silence Pills to Life Profound Realm elders seeking to advance.
• Lu Bu gave Ling Qingzhu Earth Core Spirit Fluid and planned to give Ying Huanhuan some as well, while reserving the Life-Life Profound Spirit Fruits for Su Rou.
• Wu Qun and several young men surrounded Lu Bu and mocked him, while the Palace Mistress considered taking him as her disciple.

Lu Bu defeated Wu Qun and gave Ying Huanhuan Earth Core Spirit Fluid, which triggered her Reincarnation Seal and revealed her connection to the Ice Master. After warning her to keep it secret, he watched her return to the Dao Sect and faced Ying Xuanzi.

• Lu Bu beat Wu Qun and his companions, then left them for the Enforcement Team to handle.
• Lu Bu contacted Ying Huanhuan and persuaded her to meet him by mentioning that Ling Qingzhu and Yuan Cang had reached the Life Profound Realm.
• Lu Bu gave Ying Huanhuan Earth Core Spirit Fluid, and she refined it in the mountains as ice powers and a Reincarnation Seal appeared.
• Lu Bu showed Ying Huanhuan an Image-Recording Jade and told her the seal identified her as a reincarnator, then warned her not to reveal it because the Yuan Sect and another organization hunted reincarnators.
• Ying Huanhuan returned to the Dao Sect, and Ying Xuanzi appeared behind Lu Bu.

Lu Bu beat Ying Xuanzi, revealed that Ying Huanhuan was the Ice Master, and warned him about a Demon King beneath the Great Desolation Tablet and the Yuan Sect’s plans. After Lu Bu became the Palace Mistress’s personal disciple, she tried to assert her authority, but he stopped her with his own power.

• Lu Bu imprisoned and beat Ying Xuanzi, then told him Ying Huanhuan was the Ice Master and that a Demon King lay sealed beneath the Great Desolation Tablet.
• Lu Bu warned Ying Xuanzi that the Yuan Sect would make major moves, then left him to deal with the threat.
• Lu Feng had the Yuan Sect extract Demonic Seeds from Huo Yuan, Li Lei, and another young man, then ordered them to help destroy the Dao Sect during the Sect Grand Competition.
• The Palace Mistress made Lu Bu her second and final personal disciple in a public ceremony, making him Ling Qingzhu’s junior martial brother.
• The Palace Mistress asked Lu Bu why he wanted to enter the Sect Grand Competition, then tried to stop him with the Stillness Divine Token.
• Lu Bu used spatial power to freeze the Palace Mistress, leaving her realizing that she had miscalculated.

Lu Bu brought Ling Qingzhu and Su Rou to the Sect Grand Competition in the Demonic Invader Domain, where he planned to act against the Nether Demon Emperor’s buried arm and watch Yuan Sect. In Otherworldly Demon City, Yuan Sect provoked Dao Sect, and Lei Qian attacked Lu Bu after Lu Bu told Ying Huanhuan to fight him.

• Lu Bu told the Palace Mistress that the lingering demonic aura in the Demonic Invader Domain was suspicious and revealed that he intended to tamper with the Nether Demon Emperor’s buried arm.
• A month later, Lu Bu joined Ling Qingzhu and Su Rou in visiting the Treasure-Hunting District in Otherworldly Demon City, where Ling Qingzhu hinted that she had gained a power she could use against the demonic invaders.
• Yuan Cang watched Lu Bu and Ling Qingzhu from a pavilion and ordered Lei Qian to show no restraint against Dao Sect.
• Lei Qian’s men provoked Ying Huanhuan by taking an item she wanted, and Lei Qian mocked her and Dao Sect.
• Lu Bu and Ling Qingzhu confronted Lei Qian, and Lu Bu told Ying Huanhuan to beat him up.
• Lei Qian lunged at Lu Bu with his Thunder Lion Fist.

Ying Huanhuan defeated Lei Qian and returned the stolen items, while Ling Qingzhu teased Ying Xiaoxiao about being Lu Bu’s unseen fiancée. Lu Bu then bought a battered bronze furnace connected to Burning Heaven Elder’s Eight Extremes Burning Heaven Formation and offered to sell its origins to the stall owner.

• Ying Huanhuan used the Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art to defeat Lei Qian twice, breaking his arms and forcing Yuan Sect’s disciples to return the items they had taken.
• Ying Xiaoxiao arrived with Wang Yan and thanked Supreme Pure Palace, while Ling Qingzhu called her Lu Bu’s fiancée and provoked her into leaving with Ying Huanhuan.
• Lu Bu stopped at a stall and bought a battered bronze furnace for fifteen million Nirvana Pills, recognizing it as a missing formation gate from Burning Heaven Elder’s Eight Extremes Burning Heaven Formation.
• Lu Bu offered the stall owner information about the furnace’s origins for another fifteen million Nirvana Pills, and the stall owner agreed to pay after hearing it came from a Rotation Realm expert.

Lu Bu obtained a formation gate to the Burning Heaven Ancient Treasure and learned that the Yuan Sect was plotting with otherworldly demons. As the Sect Grand Competition began, Ling Qingzhu rejected Yuan Cang’s alliance offer, and Lu Bu prepared to lead her toward the ancient treasure.

• Lu Bu melted the copper furnace into a jade tablet containing a formation gate to the Burning Heaven Ancient Treasure, while the stall owner realized he had lost his treasure and fifteen million Nirvana Pills.
• Huo Yuan, Li Lei, and Chen Ling discussed targeting the Dao Sect’s Ying sisters and relying on Yuan Cang’s Spiritual Seal, while Lu Bu recognized lingering otherworldly demonic aura on them.
• Ju Miao gathered near the Demonic Invader Domain, intending to uncover the Yuan Sect’s plans, as sect forces arrived for the competition.
• The Yuan Sect arrived with more than five hundred disciples, and Yuan Cang publicly invited the Nine Heavens Supreme Pure Palace to ally with him and explore the Burning Heaven Ancient Treasure.
• Ling Qingzhu rejected Yuan Cang’s offer, and Lu Bu told her they would head to the Burning Heaven Ancient Treasure after entering the domain.

Ling Qingzhu led the Nine Heavens Supreme Pure Palace through the Demonic Invader Domain, where the disciples fought monsters and outlaws on their way toward the Burning Heaven Ancient Treasure. When Chen Kui ambushed Lu Bu, Ling Qingzhu defeated him and his companions, prompting Yuan Cang to resolve to kill Lu Bu.

• Yuan Cang led the Yuan Sect through the Space Barrier opening before the other factions entered the Demonic Invader Domain.
• Ling Qingzhu protected the Nine Heavens Supreme Pure Palace disciples from demonic snakes, and Lu Bu helped destroy the creatures and treated the group with pills during their journey.
• After nearly five days of traveling and fighting, Ling Qingzhu led the disciples toward the central region and encountered Chen Kui, Meng Duan, and Yang Huo, who had come to kill Lu Bu.
• Ling Qingzhu split Chen Kui's ghost-claw attack, wounded all three men, and drove them away after Yang Huo threatened Lu Bu.
• Meng Duan and the injured Yang Huo reported to Yuan Cang that Ling Qingzhu had defeated them, and Yuan Cang vowed to kill Lu Bu.

Lu Bu opened the barrier to the Burning Heaven Ancient Treasure, and he and Ling Qingzhu entered to reach the formation’s core. Yuan Cang confronted them inside, and Ling Qingzhu rejected his confession by accusing him of serving the Demonic Invaders.

• Taiqing Palace and the other sects reached the barrier, where they saw the injured Sword Sect disciples and learned Yuan Cang had sent Chen Kui and two other experts after Ling Qingzhu.
• Lu Bu ignored Yuan Cang’s renewed invitation and opened the barrier; he warned Taiqing Palace’s disciples that the site was a place of sealing, not treasure.
• Lu Bu and Ling Qingzhu entered together, while desperadoes who rushed in were burned and the super sects sent only their strongest experts inside.
• Lu Bu led Ling Qingzhu through the distorted space toward the formation’s core, and the two grew intimate as they traveled hand in hand.
• Yuan Cang confronted Lu Bu and Ling Qingzhu, declared his love, and accused her of betraying his feelings.
• Ling Qingzhu rejected Yuan Cang, saying she would marry a peerless hero and condemning him for serving the Demonic Invaders.

Ling Qingzhu exposed Yuan Cang, Lei Qian, and Ling Zhen as collaborators with the Demonic Invaders, and the group fought as Ling Zhen broke the formation to free a General-level Demonic Invader. The demon devoured Ling Zhen, then trembled and knelt before Lu Bu as a crimson-robed man arrived, confused by what he saw.

• Ling Qingzhu accused Yuan Cang and the others of summoning a Demonic Invader and planting Demonic Seeds, and Yuan Cang recognized that she knew of their secret.
• Yuan Cang ordered Ling Zhen to destroy the formation and sent Lei Qian to attack; Ling Qingzhu wounded Yuan Cang, while Ying Huanhuan revealed her Life Profound Realm strength and overpowered Lei Qian.
• Lu Bu headed for the formation core as Ling Zhen shattered the final pillar and freed the General-level Demonic Invader.
• The Demonic Invader bit off half of Ling Zhen's body and then ate him, ignoring his pleas for help.
• The General-level Demonic Invader confronted Lu Bu, but his presence terrified it into kneeling, just as a crimson-robed man arrived and saw the scene.

Ling Qingzhu and Ying Huanhuan defeated Yuan Cang and Lei Qian during the battle in the Burning Heaven Cauldron. After Yuan Cang died, a Spiritual Seal entered Ying Huanhuan, and Ling Qingzhu teased Ying Xiaoxiao about arranging her engagement to Lu Bu’s junior brother.

• Ling Qingzhu fought Yuan Cang and revealed a powerful sword technique, while Ying Huanhuan broke Lei Qian’s arm and killed him with a devastating punch.
• Yuan Cang used the Spiritual Seal to strengthen himself, but Ling Qingzhu’s sword attacks overwhelmed him and destroyed his Yuan Emperor Bell.
• Ling Qingzhu pierced Yuan Cang through the head, killing him and destroying his Nascent Soul.
• A Spiritual Seal flew from Yuan Cang’s remains into Ying Huanhuan’s forehead, and she celebrated acquiring it.
• Ling Qingzhu teased Ying Xiaoxiao about the bride price and engagement for her and Lu Bu’s junior brother, prompting Ying Xiaoxiao to seize Ying Huanhuan by the ear.

Lu Bu subdued the Demonic Invader and secretly prepared for the Nether Demon Emperor’s return while Burning Heaven Elder agreed to protect the Ice Master’s reincarnation. After the sealed treasure opened, the surviving disciples discovered Yuan Cang, Ling Zhen, and Lei Qian were missing or dead, and Ling Qingzhu’s note revealed she had left with Lu Bu.

• Burning Heaven Elder learned that Ling Zhen had helped release the Demonic Invader and agreed to secretly protect the Ice Master’s reincarnated body inside the Burning Heaven Cauldron.
• Lu Bu entered the demonic sea beneath a volcano and placed a formation on the Nether Demon Emperor’s arm.
• The Space Barrier vanished, and the young experts emerged to find Lei Qian’s severed head, while Yuan Cang and Ling Zhen were missing.
• Burning Heaven Elder appeared, sensed Demonic Invader traces on Huo Yuan, Li Lei, and Chen Ling, then left without attacking them.
• Wu Qun received Ling Qingzhu’s note saying she had gone out with Lu Bu, and Ying Huanhuan complained that the shameless couple had run off again.

Lu Bu accompanied Ling Qingzhu to the Taiqing Immortal Pool, where they defeated two lecherous intruders and uncovered a skeleton draining Ling Qingzhu’s vitality. After Lu Bu severed the connection, Ling Qingzhu fell into his arms, leaving their relationship at an intimate turning point.

• Ling Qingzhu told Lu Bu that the Taiqing Immortal Pool could heal injuries caused by her Nine Heavens Immortal Art, and the two arrived at its valley.
• Ling Qingzhu killed a three-headed demon snake with one sword strike, while two hidden men watched and plotted to seize her.
• The two black-robed men attacked Ling Qingzhu and Lu Bu, but Lu Bu killed them effortlessly and found a Black Jade Piece containing the Martial Emperor Canon.
• Ling Qingzhu entered the pool, and Lu Bu formed a barrier to guard her while he examined the men’s belongings.
• Lu Bu discovered a skeleton drawing vitality from Ling Qingzhu and severed its connections, then caught her as she fell into his arms.

After Ling Qingzhu accepted a Spiritual Seal from Lu Bu and confessed her feelings, she learned Yuan Sect had attacked Dao Sect and decided to help. Lu Bu arranged for Taiqing Palace to intervene, and as the battle began, Ling Qingzhu prepared to face Yuan Sect herself.

• Lu Bu removed Ling Qingzhu's veil, kissed her, and gave her the Spiritual Seal left by the shattered skeleton, raising her cultivation to the peak of Lesser Mastery in the Life Profound Realm.
• Ling Qingzhu admitted she had fallen for Lu Bu, warned him about Ying Huanhuan, and decided to help Dao Sect after learning Yuan Sect's previous generation Three Little Kings had attacked it.
• At the Demonic Invader Domain teleportation array, Huo Yuan, Li Lei, and Chen Ling confronted Ying Xiaoxiao's Dao Sect disciples and boasted about killing Wang Yan's elder sister in the previous competition.
• Lu Bu messaged Wu Qun and Su Rou to help Dao Sect, and Wu Qun led Taiqing Palace disciples in striking Yuan Sect's forces as Huo Yuan ordered an attack.
• Wu Qun told Ying Huanhuan that Lu Bu had sent him, and Ling Qingzhu arrived with Lu Bu before ordering him not to save Ying Huanhuan while she handled the fight.

Ying Huanhuan revealed her Dragon Transformation Art and killed Li Lei, then fought Huo Yuan while Ying Xiaoxiao and Wang Yan faced Chen Ling. When Huo Yuan and Chen Ling caught Ying Huanhuan in a pincer attack, Ling Qingzhu intervened and rescued her, prompting Ying Huanhuan to ask whether Lu Bu had sent her.

• Huo Yuan sent Xia Yan and the other Spirit Generals against Taiqing Palace and Dao Sect while he and the other Yuan Sect leaders targeted the Dao Sect leaders.
• Ying Huanhuan unleashed her Dragon Transformation Art, and Ying Xiaoxiao used her wooden plaque to briefly freeze Li Lei, allowing Ying Huanhuan to kill him with the Azure Dragon Heavenly Seat Seal.
• Huo Yuan and Chen Ling attacked the Ying sisters while Wang Yan fought alongside them, and Ying Huanhuan used her Spiritual Seal to battle Huo Yuan evenly.
• Chen Ling knocked Ying Xiaoxiao and Wang Yan aside, and Huo Yuan and Chen Ling launched a pincer attack on Ying Huanhuan.
• Ling Qingzhu cut apart Huo Yuan's sword attack, pulled Ying Huanhuan out of danger, and heard her ask whether Lu Bu had sent her to save her.

Ying Huanhuan and Ling Qingzhu fought Yuan Sect’s experts, revealing strength that shocked the gathered sect disciples. After both Huo Yuan and Chen Ling fell, Lu Bu prepared for a coming Rotation Realm battle while Yuan Sect’s leaders ordered an attack on Dao Sect.

• Ling Qingzhu revealed that she had killed Yuan Cang, while Ying Huanhuan claimed responsibility for killing Lei Qian and challenged Chen Ling.
• Ying Huanhuan fought Chen Ling as Ling Qingzhu confronted Huo Yuan, who attacked her with the Yuan Emperor Scripture: Origin Return Seal.
• Ling Qingzhu unleashed a powerful sword attack that wounded Huo Yuan, then destroyed his body and sealed his fleeing Nascent Soul.
• Ying Huanhuan froze Chen Ling and shattered him, killing him before he could escape with his Nascent Soul.
• Burning Heaven Elder asked Lu Bu which woman was the Ice Master, and Lu Bu ordered him to leave the Demonic Invader Domain and prepare for a Rotation Realm battle.
• At Yuan Sect, Tian Yuanzi and the other leaders saw five shattered jade plaques and ordered Otherworldly Demon City to attack, especially targeting Dao Sect.

After Ling Qingzhu and Ying Huanhuan killed the Yuan Sect’s experts, the Yuan Sect prepared to attack the Dao Sect and Taiqing Palace. Lu Bu learned the Yuan Sect’s plot from Huo Yuan’s Nascent Soul and resolved to crush their plans before they could advance them.

• Ling Qingzhu and Ying Huanhuan killed Huo Yuan and Chen Ling, turning the battle against the Yuan Sect and leaving only one Spirit General alive.
• Desperadoes fled toward Otherworldly Demon City to sell information about the battle, while the super sect leaders learned of the Yuan Sect’s losses.
• Shi Dong relayed the Yuan Sect Sect Master’s order to capture or kill Ying Huanhuan and Ying Xiaoxiao, and the Yuan Sect elders agreed to target the Dao Sect and Taiqing Palace.
• Ling Qingzhu gave Huo Yuan’s Nascent Soul to Lu Bu, who used Spirit Fire to force him to reveal that the Yuan Sect had ordered the deaths of the Dao Sect disciples and the capture or killing of Ying Huanhuan and Ying Xiaoxiao.
• Ying Huanhuan destroyed Huo Yuan’s Nascent Soul, and Lu Bu told her and Ling Qingzhu to deal mercilessly with the Yuan Sect.

Lu Bu ordered Taiqing Palace and Dao Sect to attack Yuan Sect after the sect’s elders threatened Ling Qingzhu and Ying Huanhuan. As the fighting left Yuan Sect badly beaten, Ren Yuanzi arrived, and Lu Bu prepared to confront him.

• The surviving Yuan Sect disciples returned to Otherworldly Demon City, where spectators mocked them, and Shi Dong accused Dao Sect and Taiqing Palace of killing Yuan Sect disciples.
• Lu Bu dismissed Shi Dong’s threat of a sect war and ordered the Taiqing Palace elders to kill Yuan Sect’s people; Ling Qingzhu repelled Shi Dong’s attack, and the Devouring Celestial Corpse killed him.
• Ying Huanhuan revealed that Yuan Sect men had plotted to kill her and Ying Xiaoxiao, prompting Dao Sect’s hall masters and Taiqing Palace’s elders to join the battle.
• Lu Bu’s allies overwhelmed Yuan Sect’s elders, killing several, while Ling Qingzhu and the Devouring Celestial Corpse pressed Liu You and the remaining fighters.
• Ren Yuanzi appeared, stopped Ling Qingzhu’s sword strike, and gave the battered Yuan Sect elders a chance to escape; Lu Bu resolved not to let him leave.

Ren Yuanzi intervened in the Sect Grand Competition and tried to take Ling Qingzhu and Ying Huanhuan to Yuan Sect, but Lu Bu stopped him with the Devouring Celestial Corpses. As the battle escalated and Yuan Sect’s forces were attacked, Tian Yuanzi and Di Yuanzi appeared beside the pinned Ren Yuanzi.

• Ren Yuanzi arrived in Otherworldly Demon City, severely injured Taiqing Palace’s elders and Dao Sect’s hall masters, and tried to seize Ling Qingzhu and Ying Huanhuan.
• Lu Bu blocked Ren Yuanzi’s attack and sent the Devouring Celestial Corpse to fight him, while Elder Xing Mi and the others resumed attacking Yuan Sect’s forces.
• The Devouring Celestial Corpse’s attacks overwhelmed Ren Yuanzi, and a second corpse helped pin him down and drag him across the ground.
• Elder Xing Mi killed Liu You’s body, but his Nascent Soul cried out for Ren Yuanzi to save him as Lu Bu watched the fighting.
• Tian Yuanzi and Di Yuanzi appeared beside Ren Yuanzi, while Burning Heaven Elder watched from the shadows.

Lu Bu confronted Yuan Sect's three sect masters and declared that he would kill Ren Yuanzi, while Ying Huanhuan and Ling Qingzhu began showing signs of awakening. Burning Heaven Elder ambushed Ren Yuanzi and trapped Tian Yuanzi, leaving Ren Yuanzi burning in agony as Lu Bu challenged the remaining sect masters.

• Lu Bu accused Yuan Sect's elders and Ren Yuanzi of crimes and announced that he would execute Ren Yuanzi despite Tian Yuanzi and Di Yuanzi's presence.
• Ren Yuanzi attacked Lu Bu, Ling Qingzhu, and Ying Huanhuan while Tian Yuanzi and Di Yuanzi engaged the two Devouring Celestial Corpses.
• Burning Heaven Elder appeared behind Ren Yuanzi, pierced his heart, and revealed that he was a Rotation Realm expert protecting Lu Bu.
• Burning Heaven Elder used the Eight Extremes Burning Heaven Formation to trap Tian Yuanzi, while the Devouring Celestial Corpses kept Di Yuanzi occupied.
• Burning Heaven Elder ignited the flames within Ren Yuanzi, and Lu Bu again challenged Tian Yuanzi and Di Yuanzi as Ren Yuanzi writhed in agony.
• Tian Yuanzi's eyes turned pure black as he remained trapped in the formation.

Lu Bu killed Ren Yuanzi during the battle at Otherworldly Demon City, while Tian Yuanzi and Di Yuanzi revealed their demonic reincarnation powers before retreating. Back at Taiqing Palace, Lu Bu told the Palace Mistress that he would help her enter the Reincarnation Realm, as Yuan Sect's leaders gathered in their underground chamber.

• Lu Bu refused Di Yuanzi's plea to stop and used the Burning Heaven Cauldron to smash Ren Yuanzi's head, killing him.
• Tian Yuanzi and Di Yuanzi unleashed reincarnation powers, but the Devouring Celestial Corpse survived their attacks and Burning Heaven Elder broke Tian Yuanzi's formation.
• Tian Yuanzi restrained Di Yuanzi and withdrew with him, deciding not to fight Lu Bu and the others further.
• Lu Bu returned to Taiqing Palace, where Ling Qingzhu entered seclusion and the Palace Mistress discussed his exposure to Yuan Sect.
• Lu Bu told the Palace Mistress that he would help her enter the Reincarnation Realm, while Tian Yuanzi and Di Yuanzi later sat in a demonic underground chamber.