Recaps

Lu Xuan took the Golden Imperial Seal from the Ten Great Sects' leaders, then confronted the Sun Devouring Dynasty for its Legacy Imperial Seal. The Sun Devouring Emperor unleashed the immortal artifact against him, but Lu Xuan revealed that he was not a Spirit Transformation cultivator as the attack began.

• The Ten Great Sects' leaders feared Lu Xuan's overwhelming aura and let him take the Golden Imperial Seal, which they had made an immortal artifact by sacrificing the Dragoncry Imperial Family's bloodline.
• After Lu Xuan departed, the sect leaders fled, while the injured Dragoncry Emperor lamented the loss of his seal and the near destruction of his family.
• The Sun Devouring Emperor learned that Lu Xuan knew the secret of the imperial seals and realized he would seek the dynasty's Legacy Imperial Seal.
• Lu Xuan appeared in the Sun Devouring Dynasty's palace and demanded the seal; when a prince attacked him, Lu Xuan killed the prince with an invisible force.
• The Sun Devouring Emperor brought out the Legacy Imperial Seal and attacked, claiming it could kill even Spirit Transformation cultivators.
• Lu Xuan said he was not a Spirit Transformation cultivator and gathered a vast torrent of spiritual energy at his fingertips.

Lu Xuan reached Mahayana Perfection in his second life and confronted the World Will before moving into a third, low-martial world as the Wenjing Dynasty’s Crown Prince. After surviving a Ghostly Thing’s attack, he watched his scheming brothers flee and discovered a pink handkerchief that had given him System Points.

• Lu Xuan’s second life reached Mahayana Perfection, and he met the World Will’s purple-gold lightning head-on.
• Lu Xuan entered the Heavenly Martial Realm, deduced three cultivation techniques, and reached Second-Life Mortal World Immortal Perfection after a hundred years.
• Lu Xuan began his third life as the Crown Prince of the Wenjing Dynasty, where his brothers questioned a eunuch about his unconsciousness and the suspected Ghostly Things.
• Lu Xuan emerged unharmed from the Eastern Palace, causing eight princes to flee while the Ninth Prince wondered what had protected him from the Ghostly Thing.
• Lu Xuan found a pink silk handkerchief in his sleeve and realized it had supplied his ten System Points.

Lu Xuan recovered from the strange attack, broke through to the Inner Qi Realm, and reunited with his maternal grandfather, Duke Wu. After discovering the Crown Prince’s Head Guard Feng Qi had betrayed Lu Xuan, Duke Wu attacked him, but Feng Qi warned that killing him would provoke the emperor.

• Lu Xuan deduced the Nine Dragon Body Protection Scripture, reached the Inner Qi Realm, and reflected on how the Dragon Saliva Incense had protected him from yin energy.
• Duke Wu arrived in the Eastern Palace after hearing Lu Xuan had been gravely injured, examined him, and discovered he was unharmed and had broken through.
• Duke Wu joyfully praised Lu Xuan, then noticed Feng Qi kneeling outside the hall and accused him of betraying the Crown Prince.
• Duke Wu seized and tortured Feng Qi with his Great Grandmaster power, demanding to know why he had turned traitor.
• Feng Qi resisted the pressure and warned Duke Wu that the emperor would not forgive him if he killed the Crown Prince’s Head Guard.

Peng Lie punished Feng Qi for betraying Lu Xuan and the Peng Family, then agreed to help Lu Xuan investigate the woman from Xianxian Tower who had afflicted him with Yin Energy. After Lu Xuan sent the Imperial Guards away and Peng Lie set out for West City, the Emperor heard that the Crown Prince had invited his maternal grandfather into the palace and vowed to control the Ghostly Thing rather than surrender his power.

• Peng Lie burned and tortured Feng Qi for failing to seek help for the Crown Prince, and Feng Qi taunted him that the betrayal involved someone whose name he would fear to hear.
• Peng Lie dealt with the traitors in the Eastern Palace and promised Lu Xuan he would bring loyal Peng Family experts to serve him.
• Lu Xuan showed Peng Lie a pink handkerchief left by a woman from Xianxian Tower, explaining that she had afflicted him with Yin Energy, and asked Peng Lie to find her origins.
• Lu Xuan ordered the Imperial Guard captain to report that he had invited Peng Lie into the palace, and the guards fled after Peng Lie dismissed them.
• Peng Lie took Lu Xuan toward Xianxian Tower in West City to confront those suspected of trying to murder the Crown Prince.
• The Emperor heard that Lu Xuan had invited Peng Lie into the palace, dismissed the Imperial Guard captain, and vowed that he would not die or relinquish imperial power.

Leike saved Qing'er from Lu Xuan’s speeding carriage, and the Crown Prince admitted fault, compensated the street, and rewarded Leike with a promise. Lu Xuan then arrived with Peng Lie at Xianxian Tower, where officials and patrons fell to their knees as Peng Lie surveyed them.

• Leike rescued Qing'er from the Crown Prince’s oncoming carriage and stopped the horses with his inner force.
• After Leike recognized Lu Xuan, the Crown Prince apologized publicly, compensated the damaged stalls, and promised Leike one request.
• Leike distributed silver to the frightened townspeople and gave Qing'er money for a sugar figurine.
• Lu Xuan’s carriage arrived at Xianxian Tower, and its patrons and officials recognized the Crown Prince and prostrated themselves.
• Peng Lie stepped from the carriage and looked over the kneeling crowd, pausing on several trembling officials.

Lu Xuan interrogated Madam Liu about the Yin-soaked handkerchief used in a plot against him, then learned that Lu Xuyang was behind the scheme. He left with Peng Lie for Mogui Alley, hoping to harvest System Points from its Ghostly Things despite Peng Lie’s warning.

• Lu Xuan confronted Madam Liu outside Xianxian Tower and demanded to know who had supplied the handkerchief steeped in Yin Energy.
• Madam Liu tried to conceal her master’s identity and attack Lu Xuan with a poisoned dagger, but Peng Lie restrained and disarmed her.
• Lu Xuan ordered Peng Lie to interrogate Madam Liu, who revealed Lu Xuyang’s involvement before she died.
• Lu Xuan and Peng Lie rode toward Mogui Alley, where Lu Xuan expected to find Ghostly Things and replenish his System Points.

Lu Xuan and Peng Lie reached Mogui Alley, where Yin-Sha Qi concealed a sinister presence. After entering the alley, Peng Lie caught a ghostly entity, and Lu Xuan prepared to confront it.

• A gang of saber-wielding men surrounded Lu Xuan’s carriage, then recognized the Crown Prince and knelt before him.
• Lu Xuan asked for directions to Mogui Alley, and the gang leader pointed out the alley behind an ancient locust tree.
• Peng Lie sensed Yin-Sha Qi in the alley, and Lu Xuan told him to follow their plan and leave any Sinister Entities alive.
• Lu Xuan and Peng Lie entered Mogui Alley as the locust tree closed behind them and concealed their passage.
• Peng Lie caught a ghostly head in his crimson Gang Yuan, and Lu Xuan summoned twelve Golden Dragon Phantoms.

Lu Xuan used the Nine Dragon Body Protection Scripture to destroy an Eerie Entity and began hunting the Yin-Sha entities hidden throughout the alley. As the alley erupted with deadly Yin Energy, Peng Lie protected Lu Xuan and helped him feed a paper figure to a Golden Dragon Phantom.

• Lu Xuan's Golden Dragon Phantom devoured an Eerie Entity's head, and he checked his System Panel to find that he had gained a thousand System Points.
• Lu Xuan sent Golden Dragon Phantoms through the alley to attack the Yin-Sha Qi and reveal entities in abandoned houses.
• The Golden Dragons exposed hanging corpses and eerie paper figures, while shattering a bronze mirror unleashed wails and awakened the alley's red walls and bells.
• The alley's Yin Energy surged into black ice and bubbling water, prompting Peng Lie to warn Lu Xuan and cover him with crimson Gang Essence.
• Peng Lie charged through the alley and struck a struggling paper figure toward Lu Xuan, whose Golden Dragon Phantom caught and devoured it.

Lu Xuan emerged from Mogui Alley with Peng Lie after defeating a dangerous anomaly, and the ancient locust tree released a Golden Dragon Phantom that granted him over 101,000 System Points. Lu Xuyang arrived with imperial guards, but Peng Lie’s display of power forced him and the gathered men to kneel before the Crown Prince.

• The bearded big man and his men waited anxiously outside Mogui Alley as terrifying sounds and golden-crimson light came from within.
• Lu Xuyang arrived with three hundred white-armored guards and mocked the Crown Prince’s decision to enter the alley.
• Lu Xuan and Peng Lie emerged, and Peng Lie defeated the hunched old man in an aura contest.
• The ancient locust tree released a Golden Dragon Phantom, while Lu Xuan’s System showed 101,002 Points, including 70,000 gained for eliminating the Red Wedding Dress anomaly.
• Peng Lie made Lu Xuyang greet him as Imperial Uncle, then forced Lu Xuyang and everyone else to kneel before Lu Xuan.

Lu Xuan emerged from three days of seclusion after breaking through to Great Grandmaster major achievement, and the Wenjing Emperor came to see him. Lu Xuan sensed a hidden danger in his frail father and discovered a predatory hunger behind the emperor’s briefly blackened eyes.

• Lu Xuan deduced the eighth level of the Nine Dragon Body Protection Scripture, reaching Great Grandmaster major achievement after spending over a hundred thousand System Points.
• Eunuch Feng told Peng Tiansheng that he had reported the Crown Prince’s three-day fast to the emperor, who was already on his way.
• Lu Xuan emerged from the Eastern Palace, and his newfound dragon’s might frightened Peng Tiansheng and Eunuch Feng.
• The frail Wenjing Emperor arrived and approached Lu Xuan, whose Great Grandmaster instincts warned him that the old man concealed formidable danger.
• Lu Xuan saw the emperor’s eyes turn black and sensed a monstrous appetite before the emperor’s gaze returned to normal and he praised his gifted son.

Lu Xuan grew suspicious of Emperor Zhenwu’s sudden kindness when the emperor gave him Dragon Saliva Incense and ordered him to investigate the massacre in Qianfu Town. Escorted by three Wenjing Imperial Guards and a heavily armed cavalry, Lu Xuan reached Jinming Prefecture, where Governor Wei Yuanlang realized the arriving imperial envoy was the Crown Prince.

• Lu Xuan recalled Emperor Zhenwu’s ruthless rise to power and doubted that he had truly become a gentle old man willing to hand over the throne.
• Emperor Zhenwu gave Lu Xuan Dragon Saliva Incense and ordered him to investigate the disappearance of all 3,725 residents of Qianfu Town.
• Emperor Zhenwu assigned Lu Yi, Lu Er, and Lu San to guard Lu Xuan, then summoned Imperial Uncle Peng to the palace, leaving Lu Xuan without his strongest supporter.
• Lu Xuan departed for Jinming Prefecture in a carriage surrounded by three Imperial Guards and three hundred black-armored cavalrymen.
• Wei Yuanlang and the prefectural officials waited outside the city, and Wei Yuanlang recognized Lu Xuan’s carriage and ordered everyone to kneel before the Crown Prince.

Crown Prince Lu Xuan arrived in Jinming Prefecture to investigate Qianfu Town, where more than three thousand people had vanished and supernatural forces had appeared. Despite Governor Wei Yuanlang’s warnings, Lu Xuan went straight to the town gates, accompanied by three Imperial Guards.

• Lu Xuan arrived at Jinming Prefecture, where Governor Wei Yuanlang welcomed him and the townspeople knelt before the Crown Prince.
• Wei Yuanlang recounted how Qianfu Town’s residents had vanished and how later investigators who entered the town had died, leaving only bone ash.
• Bandits hiding beside the road recognized Lu Xuan’s procession and fled in terror.
• At Qianfu Town, Wei Yuanlang saw eerie red runes on the gate stele, distorted figures in empty buildings, and ghostly green lanterns flare to life.
• Lu Xuan dismissed Wei Yuanlang’s plea to enter in his place and appeared at the town gates, followed by Lu Yi and the other two Imperial Guards.

Lu Xuan destroyed the three imperial guards who tried to threaten him and entered Qianfu Town, where he exposed a group of ghostly children as monsters. As countless Black Shadows emerged from the town’s residences, he prepared to face them.

• Lu Xuan revealed his overwhelming Great Grandmaster power and warned Lu Yi and the other imperial guards not to treat him as someone they could control.
• Lu Yi and the other guards attacked with black sword astral energy, but Lu Xuan’s Golden Dragon Phantoms killed all three.
• Lu Xuan entered Qianfu Town and exposed the children who asked him to kick their grass ball as ghosts, destroying them with dragon phantoms.
• Countless Black Shadows seeped from the doors and windows as the residences along the street shook.

Lu Xuan slaughtered the ghosts haunting Qianfu Town, purified the town, and used the System Points he gained to advance to the Land Immortal realm. He then set his sights on the old emperor, while the other Princes plotted against him after Peng Lie was imprisoned.

• Lu Xuan unleashed hundreds of Golden Dragon Phantoms against Qianfu Town’s ghosts as Wei Yuanlang and the officials watched in terror.
• Lu Xuan found the source of the Yin-Sha Qi in an ancient well and destroyed the old woman’s ghostly face and the Ghost Infants emerging from it.
• Lu Xuan purified the remaining Yin-Sha Qi, restoring clear water and new growth to Qianfu Town, then vanished and left his imperial carriage behind.
• Lu Xuan spent System Points to derive the Nine Dragon Body Protection Scripture and emerged seven days later as a Land Immortal.
• Lu Xuan decided to target the old emperor for his source power, while the other nine Princes discussed how to deal with him after Peng Lie was imprisoned.

The princes learned that the Crown Prince and the Peng Family had vanished into a web of imperial restrictions, while Lu Xuan appeared inside the besieged Eastern Palace and demanded answers from Eunuch Feng. Outside Heaven Prison, the Peng Family pleaded for Peng Lie’s release, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Second Prince Lu Xuhua revealed that Lu Yi and two other powerful Wenjing Imperial Guards had disappeared, and Lu Xuyang reported that the Eastern Palace was sealed and the Crown Prince’s whereabouts were unknown.
• Lu Xuyang told the princes that Peng Tiansheng had been taken away and that Peng Lie was imprisoned, prompting them to suspect the ailing Emperor was behind the upheaval.
• Lu Xuan appeared in the Eastern Palace without passing through its guards, and his presence forced Eunuch Feng and the soldiers to kneel.
• Lu Xuan demanded an explanation from Eunuch Feng, who agreed to tell him everything he knew.
• Hundreds of Peng Family members knelt outside Heaven Prison and pleaded for mercy, while Eldest Young Master Peng stood at their head.

The Ninth Prince Lu Xuyang tried to provoke the Peng Family and General Chen Denglou into defying the imperial decree outside Heaven Prison. Crown Prince Lu Xuan arrived and whipped Lu Xuyang unconscious, then repeatedly revived him to continue the punishment.

• General Chen Denglou asked Old Madam Peng to return home, but she said she sought justice for her imprisoned master, Peng Lie.
• Lu Xuyang accused Chen Denglou and the Peng Family of defying the imperial decree, but they restrained themselves despite his provocations.
• Lu Xuyang threatened the Peng Family’s daughters-in-law, prompting three Peng Family men to charge at him.
• Lu Xuan arrived at Heaven Prison using the Nine Dragon Body Protection Scripture and stopped Lu Xuyang from leaving.
• Lu Xuan struck Lu Xuyang with a Dragon Tail Whip, broke his legs, and repeatedly revived him as he screamed for half an hour.

Lu Xuan entered Heaven Prison, freed his grandfather Peng Lie, and restored his lost cultivation after learning that Emperor Zhenwu was no longer human. Peng Lie warned Lu Xuan not to enter the palace, but Lu Xuan revealed he had already sensed the Ghostly Thing there, and the two set out to confront it.

• Lu Xuan crippled Lu Xuyang, then ordered Chen Denglou to lead him into Heaven Prison despite the imperial prohibition.
• Old Madam Peng and the Peng Family greeted Lu Xuan, while prison guards fawned over the imprisoned Peng Lie out of fear of the Crown Prince.
• Peng Lie recalled how Emperor Zhenwu had frozen his cultivation and threatened the Peng Family, then warned Lu Xuan that the emperor was not his father and begged him to stay away from the palace.
• Lu Xuan shattered Peng Lie's cell and shackles, then restored his cultivation with golden dragon aura.
• Lu Xuan revealed that Emperor Zhenwu was a Ghostly Thing close to a Land Immortal, and Peng Lie recovered his peak Great Grandmaster strength.
• Peng Lie declared that he would fight alongside Lu Xuan and charged toward the prison exit.

Peng Lie stormed the Golden Carriage Hall to confront the creature on the Dragon Throne, while Crown Prince Lu Xuan revealed his extraordinary power and subdued Prince Shangwu. Lu Xuan entered the darkened Purple Gold Hall alone, where the hollow, pupil-less Emperor Zhenwu appeared beside him.

• Peng Lie unleashed nine fire dragons across the imperial palace and broke into the Golden Carriage Hall, while Lu Xuan watched without harming the fleeing guards.
• Prince Shangwu, Lu Zhanshi, arrived and ordered poisoned arrows fired at Peng Lie, but Lu Xuan destroyed them with a wave of his hand and declared that Peng Lie acted on his orders.
• Lu Xuan used a golden chain to overwhelm Prince Shangwu, who recognized Lu Xuan as a Land Immortal and knelt before him.
• Lu Xuan sent the Imperial Guards and Prince Shangwu back, then entered the Purple Gold Hall alone to confront the presence on the Dragon Throne.
• The pupil-less, floating Emperor Zhenwu appeared three steps from Lu Xuan and addressed him as the Crown Prince.

Lu Xuan confronted Emperor Zhenwu, who had fused with a Sinister Entity in his desperate attempt to escape death. At Emperor Zhenwu’s plea, Lu Xuan destroyed the entity and his father, leaving Prince Shangwu to recognize Lu Xuan as a Land Immortal and foresee a change for the Wenjing Dynasty.

• Emperor Zhenwu revealed his monstrous condition and tried to seize the power he sensed in Lu Xuan.
• Emperor Zhenwu briefly regained his humanity, admitted he had feared dying, and begged Lu Xuan to kill him.
• Lu Xuan summoned Golden Dragon Phantoms and unleashed golden divine light that destroyed the Sinister Entity and Emperor Zhenwu.
• The System awarded Lu Xuan two million points for defeating the Ghostly Thing, and displayed an offer to spend 500,000 points deducing his cultivation technique.
• Prince Shangwu realized Emperor Zhenwu had willingly accepted the sealed Ghostly Thing to escape death, then bowed to Lu Xuan as a Land Immortal.
• Peng Lie watched Lu Xuan and concluded that the Wenjing Dynasty’s future was about to change.

Lu Xuan stabilized the Wenjing Dynasty, transcended into a Human Immortal, and later severed his last ties to the Lu Family before entering another mortal world. The chapter ended as Cao Jin and Cao Haosheng argued over their failed mission and Shen Wanbao.

• Lu Xumin became emperor, while Prince Shangwu and Peng Lie were appointed supporting ministers; Lu Xuan was declared dead and posthumously honored as an emperor.
• Peng Lie received Lu Xuan’s jade pendant, gained insight into the Land Immortal Realm, and began restoring his youth.
• Lu Xuan reached the Human Immortal Realm, cleansed the Wenjing Dynasty of Eerie Entities, and transcended the world despite the World Will’s attack.
• After progressing through the Second and Three Lifetimes Mortal World Immortal realms, Lu Xuan saw the Lu Family flourishing and severed his remaining mortal ties.
• Lu Xuan entered another world, where Cao Jin and Cao Haosheng argued over reporting their failed mission and Cao Jin suggested killing Shen Wanbao.

Lu Xuan took over the body of the Eastern Depot Director, a feared eunuch and Grandmaster, and learned that both the emperor and his ministerial regime had made enemies across the court and jianghu. After Cao Jin and Cao Haosheng failed to capture the woman the emperor had ordered, Lu Xuan questioned whether betrayal within the Eastern Depot had exposed their operation.

• Lu Xuan examined his new body and recognized his Grandmaster strength, then reviewed the threats posed by Shen Wanbao and the four Pacification Commissioners.
• Lu Xuan recalled the original Director's brutal reputation and the emperor's bloody rule, while recognizing that both had helped drive Great Yu toward ruin.
• Cao Jin and Cao Haosheng argued over who would face their Foster Father for failing their assignment, then tried to decide by tossing a coin.
• Lu Xuan entered the hall and demanded to know where the target was; Cao Jin and Cao Haosheng knelt and reported that Yuan Qian had stopped them and broken Cao Jin's saber.
• Cao Haosheng accused someone within the Eastern Depot of betraying them, and Lu Xuan considered that several of the original Director's thirteen adopted sons might be disloyal.
• Lu Xuan recalled that the emperor had ordered the original Director to capture a beautiful woman and bring her to the palace.

Lu Xuan learned that Lin Qinghan was being sheltered by Yuan Qian in West City and prepared to take her back to the palace himself. At the estate, Lin Qinghan revealed her disappointment in the Crown Prince and planned to ensnare the emperor instead.

• Lu Xuan’s men reported that Lin Qinghan was hidden in a West City estate under Yuan Qian’s protection.
• Lu Xuan ordered Cao Haosheng and Cao Jin to receive twenty lashes, then set out to retrieve Lin Qinghan personally.
• Yuan Qian reassured Lin Qinghan that the Crown Prince would eventually destroy Lu Xuan, while she doubted the Crown Prince would keep his promises.
• Lin Qinghan recalled using her beauty to urge the Crown Prince to avenge her father, but he had repeatedly postponed acting against Lu Xuan.
• Lin Qinghan secretly sent messages into the palace and resolved to ensnare the emperor after losing faith in the Crown Prince.

Lin Qinghan hoped to use the Eastern Depot’s arrival to reach the emperor and avenge her father, but Lu Xuan appeared in person and overwhelmed the Imperial Guard. The chapter ended with Yuan Qian frozen by Lu Xuan’s perfected Ice Gang Qi while Lin Qinghan watched.

• Lin Qinghan planned to exploit the Crown Prince’s arrangement to get a message into the capital and pursue revenge against the Eastern Depot.
• Lu Xuan’s freezing attack struck Lin Qinghan’s hideout, and Cao Yi, Cao Er, and Cao San entered with Eastern Depot agents.
• Lu Xuan arrived and confronted Yuan Qian, who attacked him with the Imperial Guard’s Mystic Gang Body.
• Lu Xuan’s Ice Gang Qi shattered Yuan Qian’s saber and froze him in place, leaving his life in grave danger.

Lu Xuan ordered the Eastern Depot to plunder medicinal treasures across the capital, using its power to brutalize families who resisted while several martial arts sects held it at bay. After refining the stolen tonics, Lu Xuan found they yielded too few System Points to help him advance beyond the limits of the mortal world.

• Lu Xuan ordered Cao Yi to take Lin Qinghan to the imperial palace, and Cao Yi led her away after the Palace Maids guarding her were killed.
• Lu Xuan sent the Eastern Depot and Imperial Guard to seize powerful tonics throughout the capital, and Cao Jin and Cao Haosheng tortured the Feng Family for its medicinal stores.
• Zhao Huai'an objected to the Eastern Depot's abuse of the Feng Family, but Cao Haosheng struck him down and Zhao Huai'an stopped the Imperial Guards from resisting to protect their families.
• The Eastern Depot failed to force its way into Spirit Path Monastery, Qingfeng Sect, and Broken Sword Villa, while Bright Buddha Temple continued ringing its bell.
• Three days later, Lu Xuan inspected his System status and found that refining the plundered treasures had gained only 3,000 System Points, most of which he spent upgrading Extreme Cold Palm.

Lin Qinghan manipulated Emperor Yu Dongji into ordering Cao Yi to the palace, while Yu Dongji revealed that his apparent indulgence toward the Eastern Depot was part of a larger plan. At the Eastern Depot, Lu Xuan sent Cao Shi and the depot’s forces to Bright Buddha Temple, just as Cao Yi was summoned to receive an imperial reward.

• Lin Qinghan told Yu Dongji that Director Lu had threatened her, and Yu Dongji promised to deal with him when he was no longer useful.
• Lin Qinghan implied that Cao Yi had coveted her during her journey to the palace, prompting Yu Dongji to summon Cao Yi under the pretense of rewarding him.
• Cao Shi reported to Lu Xuan that Bright Buddha Temple held a Divine Object, a lotus said to restore flesh to White Bone, and described being injured by the Eighteen Arhat Formation.
• Lu Xuan ordered the Eastern Depot's forces in the capital to depart for Bright Buddha Temple.
• The chief eunuch delivered Yu Dongji's summons for Cao Yi, who accepted the order while Lu Xuan calmly drank tea.