Chapter Summaries

Lu Xuan received an imperial order to go to Flying Crane Prefecture and destroy the Pure World White Lotus Sect’s Nightmare Flowers. He arrived as the sect’s forces attacked hidden survivors, and his divine sense swept across the city.

• Zi Yao contacted Lu Xuan through his identity token and ordered him to Flying Crane Prefecture to destroy the White Lotus Nightmare Flowers and eliminate the Pure World White Lotus Sect’s fiends.
• Lu Xuan left Qingxi Prefecture after telling the local Blackbird Guards that he had dealt with the Ghostly Things there.
• The Pure World White Lotus Sect’s Supreme Protector ordered his followers to capture the city’s remaining residents and Blackbird Guards within one day while guarding three blood-colored lotuses.
• Three White Lotus Sect members and two White Lotus Blood Infants found civilians and Blackbird Guards hiding beneath rubble, and two veteran guards charged out to hold them off.
• Lu Xuan descended onto the white lotus platform and spread his divine sense across Flying Crane Prefecture, taking in the city’s situation.

Lu Xuan destroyed the White Lotus platform and faced the Third Supreme Elder’s Primordial Spirit phantom, which attacked him to protect the Pure World White Lotus Sect. After Lu Xuan’s purple flames overwhelmed the phantom, the surviving old man was consumed by a White Lotus Nightmare Flower.

• Lu Xuan shattered the old man’s Gang Essence attack with a glance, then crushed the White Lotus platform with a giant hand formed from purple currents.
• A white phantom pierced Lu Xuan’s chest, but he healed the wound and learned that the attacker was the Third Supreme Elder’s Primordial Spirit power.
• The Third Supreme Elder sent white mist serpents after Lu Xuan, who countered with Heaven Incineration and a purple flame dragon.
• Lu Xuan’s flames burned the Primordial Spirit phantom until it grew faint, and the Third Supreme Elder recognized him as a fearsome genius.
• The largest White Lotus Nightmare Flower impaled the old man with its roots and consumed him, leaving only white ash.

Lu Xuan destroyed the Nightmare Ghostly Things and White Lotus Nightmare Flowers, briefly glimpsed another world through one flower, and gained fifty thousand System Points. After cultists attacked him, he prepared to hunt the Pure World White Lotus Sect’s forces across Flying Crane Prefecture.

• Lu Xuan burned the old woman's Primordial Spirit phantom and exposed and destroyed the Nightmares that emerged from the White Lotus Nightmare Flower.
• Lu Xuan sent his Divine Sense through the flower and glimpsed a vast sea and Thousand Sea City, but a cultivator there shattered his projection and revealed a secret about a sealed cave-heaven world.
• Lu Xuan burned all three White Lotus Nightmare Flowers and discovered that their destruction, along with the Nightmares, had granted him fifty thousand System Points.
• Pure World White Lotus Sect cultists charged Lu Xuan, but his purple flame barrier burned them to ashes.
• Lu Xuan sensed White Lotus Blood Infants and Blood Envoys across Flying Crane Prefecture, then formed a gigantic purple phantom face above the city as its people stared in alarm.

Lu Xuan used his divine sense to destroy Pure World White Lotus Sect attackers threatening people in Flying Crane Prefecture and ordered two surviving Blackbird Guards to take charge of the prefecture. The guards realized their powerful rescuer was the Blackbird Guard Vice Director, while Lu Xuan’s arrival promised a response to the sect’s attacks.

• The Flying Crane Prefecture Vice Prefect tried to protect his family from a white-robed Pure World White Lotus Sect elder and two White Lotus Blood Infants, but the elder struck him down and sent a Blood Infant toward his grandson.
• Lu Xuan’s purple phantom appeared above the manor, burned the two White Lotus Blood Infants to nothing, and crushed the elder and his followers with overwhelming force.
• The Vice Prefect’s family survived and kowtowed to Lu Xuan, while the Vice Prefect wondered whether the power belonged to a Divine Palace True Person.
• Three Pure World White Lotus Sect Sub-Masters and two White Lotus Blood Infants cornered two injured Blackbird Guards on a city street and prepared to take them away.
• Lu Xuan’s giant purple hand destroyed the sect attackers without harming the two Blackbird Guards, and his divine sense appeared before them.
• Lu Xuan identified himself as the Blackbird Guard Vice Director and ordered the guards to gather the remaining Blackbird Guards, find surviving officials, and maintain order in Flying Crane Prefecture.

Lu Xuan spent 60,000 System Points to advance the Heaven Burning Blade Art and then headed for Azure Wind Valley after learning of the battle there. At the valley, Li Chengxing revealed that the Blackbird Guard’s new Vice Director was on the way and unleashed the Blackbird Sky Seal against Red Ying and the white-robed old man.

• Lu Xuan deduced the Heaven Burning Blade Art, strengthening his divine sense and leaving him with 15,660 System Points.
• Lu Xuan set off for Azure Wind Valley, where the Blackbird Guard and the Pure World White Lotus Sect had fought for more than a day.
• Mu Yun battled the wounded Azure Snake Demon King with a sacrificial artifact while Li Chengxing fought Red Ying and the white-robed old man inside the valley.
• Red Ying and the white-robed old man mocked Li Chengxing, but grew uneasy as his aura rose and he said the Blackbird Guard’s new Vice Director was coming.
• Li Chengxing declared that Red Ying’s life would end there and activated the Blackbird Sky Seal, sending a black gleam toward the sky.

Li Chengxing trapped Red Ying and the other Pure World White Lotus Sect member inside the Blackbird Sky Curtain while Mu Yun wounded the fleeing Azure Snake Demon King. As Mu Yun hesitated to pursue it underground, Lu Xuan arrived with overwhelming pressure and called after the beast.

• Li Chengxing used the Blackbird Sky Seal to enclose Azure Wind Valley in a powerful curtain of darkness, and Red Ying attacked it with the Pure World Sacred Chant without breaking through.
• The Azure Snake King recognized the danger of the Blackbird Sky Curtain and tried to flee, but Mu Yun pursued it with his Azure Darkness Sword.
• Mu Yun's Azure Darkness Limitless strike nearly severed the Azure Snake King's tail, but the wounded demon king burrowed more than a thousand meters underground.
• Mu Yun considered abandoning the chase to help Li Chengxing, but Lu Xuan arrived and called out to stop the fleeing beast.
• Mu Yun felt Lu Xuan's immense pressure and stared at him in disbelief.

Lu Xuan pursued the Azure Snake Demon King, but a powerful Nascent Soul phantom called Lion Lord intervened and forced him to retreat. After learning that the demon was searching for the Dragon Lord, Lu Xuan headed to find Li Chengxing, while the chapter ended at the Heavenly Surveillance Division in the Imperial Capital.

• Mu Yun saw a purple light plunge into the abyss and suspected it belonged to the newly appointed Blackbird Guard Vice Director, Lu Xuan, so he hurried toward Azure Wind Valley to ask Old Li about him.
• The Azure Snake Demon King fled through the mountains, but Lu Xuan caught up and struck it with a giant palm of purple qi.
• The Azure Snake Demon King called for Lord Lion Lord, whose Nascent Soul phantom appeared and shattered Lu Xuan’s attack; Lu Xuan escaped using Within Reach, Yet Worlds Away.
• Lion Lord healed the Azure Snake Demon King, warned it to avoid Lu Xuan, and ordered it to find the Dragon Lord with help from the Pure World White Lotus Sect.
• After the Azure Snake Demon King fled, Lu Xuan considered the Lion Lord’s power and headed toward Li Chengxing.
• The scene shifted to the Imperial Capital, where the Heavenly Surveillance Division’s towering black headquarters stood near Blackbird Guard headquarters.

Lü Ze used the Heaven and Earth Sun Moon Mirror to detect White Bone’s Primordial Spirit phantom and a mysterious demonic beast, then reported the threats to the Blackbird Guard. Lu Xuan returned to Azure Wind Valley after the Demon King escaped and found that Li Chengxing had killed Red Ying and another Pure World White Lotus Sect fiend with Mu Yun’s help.

• The Heaven and Earth Sun Moon Mirror revealed the Primordial Spirit phantoms of White Bone and Lion Lord in Flying Crane Prefecture, but Lü Ze discovered that their locations could not be traced.
• Lü Ze contacted the Purple Division Head of the Blackbird Guard and reported White Bone’s phantom and the missing demonic beast.
• Lü Ze ordered three subordinates to report the incident to the emperor, then wondered whether Lu Xuan had provoked White Bone.
• Lu Xuan lamented that the perfected Demon King had escaped and vowed to settle the score with it and the Wu Family member.
• Lu Xuan reached Azure Wind Valley and saw that Li Chengxing, aided by Mu Yun, had killed Red Ying and another Pure World White Lotus Sect fiend.

In Azure Wind Valley, Lu Xuan accepted a Seven-Pattern Moon Artifact from Li Chengxing and discovered Red Ying was still alive within the remains beneath it. White Bone Old Ghost’s Primordial Spirit appeared to save him, but fled after recognizing Lu Xuan, leaving Lu Xuan to burn Red Ying away and uncover the artifact’s sealed Heaven and Earth Origin Power.

• Li Chengxing introduced Mu Yun to Lu Xuan and handed him the Pure White Lotus Bronze Artifact, identifying it as a Seven-Pattern Moon Artifact left by the Pure World White Lotus Sect.
• Lu Xuan detected that Heaven and Earth Origin Power inside the artifact was sealed, then spotted Red Ying’s remains beneath a bloodstained robe.
• Lu Xuan burned the remains with purple flames, and Red Ying screamed for the Supreme Elder to save him.
• White Bone Old Ghost’s Primordial Spirit phantom emerged and threatened Lu Xuan, but fled after recognizing him and judging his strength too great to challenge.
• Li Chengxing and Mu Yun realized Lu Xuan was a Divine Mansion Realm True Person, while Red Ying’s remains turned to ash.
• Lu Xuan’s system offered to extract the Heaven and Earth Origin Power from the artifact, and he finally lowered his guard.

Lu Xuan refined the Pure White Lotus Bronze Artifact for 80,000 System Points and used them to advance his cultivation techniques, reaching minor accomplishment in the Divine Palace Realm. After Zi Yao contacted him about the Nether Prefecture crisis, he reported defeating the Pure World White Lotus Sect's Primordial Spirit phantom and learned that the sect was Great Xia's mortal enemy, while its deeper origins remained concealed.

• Lu Xuan left the cleanup in Nether Prefecture to Li Chengxing and Mu Yun, then secretly went to a secluded cave to refine the Pure White Lotus Bronze Artifact.
• The artifact yielded 80,000 System Points, and Lu Xuan spent 66,000 points deducing two cultivation techniques, breaking through to minor accomplishment in the Divine Palace Realm.
• Zi Yao contacted Lu Xuan through his Blackbird Guard token and asked whether he had encountered the Nascent Soul True Person and demonic beast phantoms.
• Lu Xuan told Zi Yao that he had shattered the Pure World White Lotus Sect phantom and resolved the chaos in Nether Prefecture, astonishing Zi Yao and the woman beside her.
• Zi Yao warned Lu Xuan that the sect would investigate him and identified it as Great Xia's mortal enemy, but gave no further explanation before ending the contact.
• Lu Xuan suspected Zi Yao was withholding the sect's secrets and resolved to grow stronger until he could overcome any schemes.

White Bone mourned the Holy Church’s losses after Lu Xuan destroyed its forces and vowed to kill the Blackbird Guard junior. The Holy Mother then ordered White Mirage to retrieve a green snake from Fu Prefecture and deliver a message about the Netherworld Python.

• White Bone’s roar shook the palace until a calm voice silenced the storm outside.
• Seven extinguished candle stands flew before White Bone, representing the three Supreme Protectors and four Protectors killed alongside the destruction of the White Lotus Nightmare Flowers.
• White Bone blamed a Blackbird Guard junior, identified as Lu Xuan, for the Holy Church’s losses and vowed to kill him before vanishing.
• White Mirage wondered who had made White Bone suffer such a heavy loss and considered informing Elder Flame.
• The Holy Mother ordered White Mirage to go to Fu Prefecture, bring the green snake to White Path Prefecture in Peace Prefecture, and tell it that the Netherworld Python was at Brocade Scale River in Peaceful Town, Yunze County.
• White Mirage accepted the Holy Mother’s decree, shaken by her appearance and the possibility that she was a Void Glimpse True Lord.

White Flame revealed the Pure Extreme Holy Sect's plans for the Mysterious Black Bird Cauldron and the Spirit Ruins Land, while warning that Xia Mingyue had grown more dangerous. In Fengming County, a Blackbird Guard patrol faced a human-born Eerie Entity before Lu Xuan intervened.

• White Flame met with the Saintess, who warned him that Xia Mingyue might understand the Mysterious Black Bird Cauldron's power and told him to watch White Bone and the Blackbird Guard.
• White Flame vowed that the Pure Extreme Holy Sect would claim both the Mysterious Black Bird Cauldron and a share of the Spirit Ruins Land when it appeared.
• In Fengming County, a Blackbird Guard squad leader killed an Ominous-Level Eerie Entity with a single strike while patrolling with two fellow Night Watchmen.
• A human-born Eerie Entity suddenly appeared behind the squad, and Lu Xuan arrived with violet flames to confront it.

Lu Xuan accepted Mei Qingyu’s escort to the Imperial Capital after she explained that the Empress had summoned him. The Plum Blossom Guard reported his arrival at the imperial palace, while Pan Cang hurried to inform the Blackbird Envoys about the night’s events.

• Lu Xuan destroyed a terrifying Ghostly Thing with violet flames and discovered that his journey through Central Province had earned him 3,000 System Points.
• Lu Xuan sensed seven approaching martial artists, and Mei Qingyu introduced herself as a Plum Blossom Guard sent to escort him to the Imperial Capital by the Empress’s decree.
• Lu Xuan agreed to travel with Mei Qingyu, leaving Pan Cang and the other Blackbird Guards stunned by his identity and royal summons.
• Pan Cang ordered his men to report the Ghostly Things and Lu Xuan’s arrival to the Blackbird Envoys, then led them away at speed.
• A Plum Blossom Guard reported to the Empress that Blackbird Guard Vice Director Lu Xuan had reached the outskirts of the imperial palace.

Lu Xuan entered the palace after receiving a summons from the Emperor, but Internal Affairs Bureau eunuch Wei Wuji obstructed him and insulted Mei Qingyu. Lu Xuan unleashed his power and killed Wei Wuji, prompting a hidden old man to intervene.

• Lu Xuan resisted the urge to flee when an overwhelming presence summoned him into the palace.
• Mei Qingyu led Lu Xuan through the palace, where Wei Wuji and several Internal Affairs Bureau eunuchs blocked their way.
• Wei Wuji challenged Mei Qingyu and demanded proof that Lu Xuan was the Blackbird Guard Vice Director, then mocked them and threatened to report them.
• Mei Qingyu drew her sword and confronted Wei Wuji after he refused to let them pass.
• Lu Xuan's power crushed Wei Wuji, whose body exploded into a mist of blood.
• A hidden old man appeared and shouted for Lu Xuan to stop.

Lu Xuan confronted Leng Yuanjun after killing Wei Wuji, but Leng Yuanjun backed down and fled rather than fight. Man Qingqiu then escorted Lu Xuan to meet the empress, whose unexpected appearance in casual dress left Man Qingqiu stunned.

• Leng Yuanjun arrived and accused Lu Xuan of disregarding imperial law, but Lu Xuan’s furious display of Heaven and Earth Power made him fear a direct fight.
• Leng Yuanjun claimed Wei Wuji had tried to ambush Lu Xuan, then took three eunuchs away and left the palace corridor.
• Man Qingqiu arrived, sent Mei Qingyu and the Plum Blossom Guards away, and invited Lu Xuan to meet the empress.
• Man Qingqiu opened the black hall’s gates, and Lu Xuan sensed a powerful danger within before entering cautiously.
• Man Qingqiu and Lu Xuan saw the empress on the throne, dressed in a mysterious black tassel dress, and Man Qingqiu was shocked to find her receiving Lu Xuan in casual clothes.

Lu Xuan met Empress Xia Mingyue, who rewarded him with a Grotto Heaven Spiritual Object called Black Spirit Wood for his service in Nether Prefecture. She then asked him to preside over the Great Xia Dynasty's Martial Arts Grand Competition in six months.

• Lu Xuan greeted Xia Mingyue and was startled when she vanished from the imperial throne and appeared beside Man Qingqiu.
• Xia Mingyue dismissed Man Qingqiu, then examined Lu Xuan and marveled at his talent and young age.
• Xia Mingyue praised Lu Xuan for destroying the White Lotus Nightmare Flower and defeating Pure World White Lotus Sect followers.
• Xia Mingyue gave Lu Xuan a black crystal box containing the Grotto Heaven Spiritual Object Black Spirit Wood, which held pure Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi and a trace of Law Power.
• Xia Mingyue asked Lu Xuan to preside over the Great Xia Dynasty's Martial Arts Grand Competition in half a year.

Lu Xuan accepted Empress Xia Mingyue’s order to preside over the Martial Arts Grand Competition and survived a frightening encounter when she tested his reaction. She rewarded him with the Ephemeral Floating Realm, and after he fled the palace, Xia Mingyue asked Zi Yao what she thought of him.

• Empress Xia Mingyue appointed Lu Xuan to preside over the Martial Arts Grand Competition half a year later, and he agreed.
• Xia Mingyue moved close and reached beneath Lu Xuan’s chin, but he sensed mortal danger and used his movement technique to retreat ten steps.
• Xia Mingyue recognized Lu Xuan’s movement technique as containing spatial Law Power and changed her original plan.
• Xia Mingyue gave Lu Xuan the Grotto Heaven Spiritual Object called the Ephemeral Floating Realm, which he realized could serve as a storage treasure.
• Lu Xuan thanked Xia Mingyue and hurried out of the palace, vowing not to return until he was strong enough to protect himself.
• A woman named Zi Yao emerged from the void beside Xia Mingyue, who asked what she thought of Lu Xuan.

Empress Xia Mingyue revealed that she had secretly preserved half the origin power of the Spirit Ruins Land and ordered Zi Yao to tell the Snow Moon Sect to help her destroy the Pure Extreme Holy Sect’s demon fiends. Meanwhile, Mu Yun and Li Chengxing waited at Blackbird Guard Headquarters, where Lu Xuan arrived after meeting the Empress.

• Zi Yao warned Empress Xia Mingyue that an outer-domain force was exploiting a weakness in the Holy Ancestor’s seal, which could fail in about a year.
• Empress Xia Mingyue revealed the Mysterious Black Bird Cauldron and the half-origin power of the Spirit Ruins Land she had kept within it.
• Empress Xia Mingyue asked Zi Yao to tell her master that the Snow Moon Sect should help eliminate the Pure Extreme Holy Sect’s demon fiends after the Great Xia Dynasty was exposed to the outer domain.
• Mu Yun and Li Chengxing waited outside Blackbird Guard Headquarters, hoping to meet Lu Xuan and win his favor.
• Lu Xuan arrived at the headquarters, and Mu Yun and Li Chengxing greeted him eagerly.

Leng Yuanjun delivered an imperial decree appointing Lu Xuan Blackbird Guard Vice Director and granting him a Violet Blackbird Uniform and the Netherflame Dark Saber. After accepting the gifts, Lu Xuan examined a Grotto Heaven Spiritual Object and wondered how many system points it would yield.

• Mu Yun and Li Chengxing warmly welcomed Lu Xuan at the Blackbird Guard headquarters.
• Leng Yuanjun arrived with an imperial decree and proclaimed Lu Xuan's appointment as Blackbird Guard Vice Director, along with the Violet Blackbird Uniform and Netherflame Dark Saber.
• Lu Xuan accepted the decree and the two gifts as the gathered Blackbird Guards rose to their feet.
• Leng Yuanjun departed, and Lu Xuan focused on the Netherflame Dark Saber, eager to use it to improve his strength.
• Inside the headquarters, Lu Xuan inspected a Black Spirit Wood Grotto Heaven Spiritual Object and wondered how many system points it would provide.

Lu Xuan absorbed the Black Spirit Wood, expanding his Divine Mansion severalfold and gaining System Points before beginning to deduce his techniques. While he cultivated, Empress Xia Mingyue appointed him a Blackbird Guard Deputy Division Head, prompting Imperial Capital factions and Wu Jiu to reconsider their plans against him.

• Lu Xuan absorbed the Black Spirit Wood’s spiritual qi, expanded his Divine Mansion severalfold, and strengthened his Divine Sense Power.
• Lu Xuan extracted 15,000 System Points from the Wind Fire Blade and began deducing his techniques, aiming to reach the major completion stage of the Divine Mansion Realm.
• Empress Xia Mingyue appointed Lu Xuan as the Blackbird Guard’s fourth Deputy Division Head and bestowed a Violet Blackbird Uniform upon him.
• Mu Yun and Li Chengxing spread information about Lu Xuan’s strength, drawing attention from Blackbird Guard officers and Imperial Capital factions.
• Wu Jiu learned of Lu Xuan’s promotion and realized that his plan to seek revenge through the Wu Family’s ancestors would fail.