Chapter Summaries

Lu Changsheng, Shi Jingtian, Tu Jiao, and Rui'er reported their mission to Lingxiao Sect’s elders, who praised their victory over the Boundless Demonic Palace and rewarded them with access to the Dragon Blood Stone. The four began absorbing its energy to heal their injuries, and their strength showed signs of rising.

• Tu Jiao recounted the group’s journey to the Southern Domain and their clash with Xing You and the demonic sects.
• Shi Jingtian reported that Bone Nether Demonic Venerable had ambushed them, and the elders condemned the Boundless Demonic Palace.
• Tu Jiao confirmed that the group had killed Xing You and the ten demonic sect masters, while Shi Jingtian credited Lu Changsheng and Rui'er’s spirit array with the decisive blow.
• Elder Qinghui confirmed Lu Changsheng and Rui'er’s array talent, and the elders agreed to reward the four for their mission.
• Elder Qinghui led the four into the back-mountain forbidden grounds and explained the Dragon Blood Stone’s healing power.
• Lu Changsheng, Shi Jingtian, Tu Jiao, and Rui'er absorbed Dragon Blood Qi, rapidly healing their injuries as their cultivation auras grew stronger.

Lingxiao Sect hosted a Sect Gathering with Taishang Sword Sect, whose disciple Zhen Qing stunned the crowd by defeating two stronger opponents. The chapter ended with Taishang Sword Sect openly humiliating Lingxiao Sect as its elders faced the challenge of answering the insult.

• Lingxiao Sect and Taishang Sword Sect gathered at Lingxiao Square for a public exchange between their disciples.
• Elder Jianjue led Taishang Sword Sect’s delegation, and the sects exchanged pointed pleasantries before Qing Hui opened the matches.
• Zhen Qing, at the ninth level of the Xuantian Realm, defeated Nalan Shuang, a first-level Heaven Piercing Realm disciple, in fewer than ten moves.
• Kuang Yan challenged Zhen Qing, but Zhen Qing disarmed and wounded him after seven or eight exchanges.
• Taishang Sword Sect’s disciples mocked Lingxiao Sect, while the six Martial Venerable Elders realized that the visiting sect had come prepared to damage their reputation.

Zhen Qing of the Taishang Sword Sect humiliated Lingxiao Sect by defeating five Heaven Piercing Realm disciples in fewer than ten moves each, then overcame Qing He, a fourth-level Heaven Piercing Realm disciple of the Qinghui Lineage. Lingxiao Square was left stunned by Zhen Qing’s overwhelming swordsmanship.

• After boasting that no Lingxiao Sect disciple could withstand ten moves, Zhen Qing defeated Lei Gang in eight moves and bested four more Heaven Piercing Realm challengers in five, six, eight, and five moves.
• Elder Jianjue revealed that Zhen Qing possessed a Flawless Sword Heart and taunted Lingxiao Sect over its disciples’ defeats.
• Elder Qinghui sent his personal disciple Qing He, whose fourth-level Heaven Piercing Realm cultivation revived the sect’s hopes.
• Qing He and Zhen Qing fought evenly until Zhen Qing used Taishang Light Splitting to break Qing He’s Qingxuan Wall and knock him down.
• Lingxiao Square fell silent as Qing He could not immediately rise and Zhen Qing stood victorious.

After recovering in the forbidden land, Lu Changsheng and his companions emerged stronger and learned that Zhen Qing of the Taishang Sword Sect had defeated Lingxiao Sect’s fighters at the Sect Gathering. Lu Changsheng stepped forward to challenge Zhen Qing, and their duel was about to begin.

• Lu Changsheng broke through to the seventh level of the Xuantian Realm, Rui'er reached the third level, and Shi Jingtian and Tu Jiao fully recovered from their injuries.
• Yin Xue and Shen Yuening told the four that Zhen Qing had defeated six Lingxiao Sect disciples, including Qing He, at Lingxiao Square.
• Shi Jingtian, Tu Jiao, Lu Changsheng, and Rui'er arrived as Zhen Qing mocked Lingxiao Sect, renewing the sect disciples’ hopes.
• Shi Jingtian and Tu Jiao refused to fight Zhen Qing, so Lu Changsheng volunteered and entered the arena.
• Zhen Qing mocked Lu Changsheng’s cultivation level, and Lu Changsheng answered that Zhen Qing might be the one to lose.

Lu Changsheng fought Zhen Qing, first breaking his sword attacks with palm strikes and evading five Flowing Light Sword moves before using his Dragon Elephant Golden Body to overwhelm him in close combat. After Zhen Qing unleashed three more sword techniques, Lu Changsheng counterattacked and sent him flying with a powerful punch, leaving Zhen Qing badly shaken and at a clear disadvantage.

• Zhen Qing attacked Lu Changsheng with five Flowing Light Sword moves, but Lu Changsheng broke two with his techniques and dodged the rest with Nine Heavens Lightning Steps.
• Zhen Qing mocked Lu Changsheng for evading, so Lu Changsheng activated the Dragon Elephant Golden Body and charged into close combat.
• Lu Changsheng endured Zhen Qing's sword strikes with his golden body and forced him backward with powerful punches and other attacks.
• Zhen Qing unleashed the Ghost Shadow Sword Technique, Thunderbolt Sword Technique, and Swimming Dragon Sword Technique, but Lu Changsheng blocked them with his fists and Dragon Elephant Golden Shield.
• Lu Changsheng seized an opening and struck Zhen Qing with a punch that sent him flying and left him struggling to recover.

Lu Changsheng broke through to the seventh level of the Dragon Elephant Golden Body and defeated Zhen Qing even after he entered the Heavenly Sword Realm. Zhen Qing unleashed the Earth-tier Sky-Shattering Moon-Slaying Sword, and Lu Changsheng answered with the Thunder Emperor Sword as their ultimate attacks faced off.

• Zhen Qing revealed the Heavenly Sword Realm and wounded Lu Changsheng with materialized Sword Qi, turning the fight in his favor.
• Lu Changsheng broke through to Seven Dragons Seven Elephants during the battle and shattered Zhen Qing’s sword aura with a punch, sending him flying.
• Zhen Qing, driven into a rage, began burning his power and life essence to unleash the Earth-tier Sky-Shattering Moon-Slaying Sword.
• Lu Changsheng summoned Yin-Yang Fiendish Thunder and formed the Thunder Emperor Sword, setting up a clash between the two enormous weapons.

Lu Changsheng defeated Zhen Qing in the gathering spar, securing a decisive victory for Lingxiao Sect and earning widespread acclaim. The Taishang Sword Sect left in defeat, while Lu Changsheng’s reputation and the Qingwei Lineage’s prestige soared.

• Lu Changsheng’s Thunder Emperor Sword broke Zhen Qing’s Sky-Shattering Moon-Slaying Sword, leaving Zhen Qing gravely weakened.
• Elder Jianjue stopped Lu Changsheng’s follow-up strike and rescued the unconscious Zhen Qing.
• Lu Changsheng taunted the defeated Zhen Qing and challenged the Taishang Sword Sect’s other disciples, but none dared to answer.
• Elder Qinghui praised both sects’ disciples and urged them to focus on the Dao Path, while Elder Jianjue led his defeated group away.
• Lingxiao Sect’s disciples celebrated Lu Changsheng’s victory, and the gathering ended with Lingxiao Sect triumphant.

After half a month of secluded cultivation, Lu Changsheng agreed to help Shen Yuening protect her family from rival clans and an unwanted marriage. They set out for Golden Scale City alongside Qing He and his companions, who were investigating reports of the Boundless Demonic Palace’s Ninth Demonic Son.

• Lu Changsheng practiced the Mountain Sealing Demon Array repeatedly and realized his spirit-array skill had reached the fourth-grade mid-level.
• Shen Yuening told Lu Changsheng that her dying grandfather could no longer protect the Shen Family from the Wang, Li, and Zhao Families, and that her family planned to marry her to Old Ghost Yinshan for help.
• Lu Changsheng agreed to help Shen Yuening and immediately set out with her for Golden Scale City.
• At the sect gate, Lu Changsheng and Shen Yuening met Qing He and five other disciples, who were heading to Golden Scale City to investigate the Ninth Demonic Son of the Boundless Demonic Palace.
• The two groups joined forces and flew toward Golden Scale City on Azure Scaled Eagles.

Lu Changsheng accompanied Shen Yuening back to Golden Scale City, where the Shen Family faced pressure from rival Lineages after its ancestor’s death. When Old Ghost Yinshan tried to secure Shen Yuening’s hand in marriage in exchange for protection, Lu Changsheng challenged him and claimed he could defeat him within ten moves.

• Lu Changsheng and Shen Yuening reached Golden Scale City after Qing He and the other disciples split off to investigate the Ninth Demonic Son.
• Shen Yuening learned that Old Ghost Yinshan had brought betrothal gifts and was negotiating her marriage with Shen Tianwei to protect the Shen Family.
• Shen Yuening refused the marriage and declared that Lu Changsheng would help the Shen Family repel the Three Great Families.
• The Shen Family elders and Old Ghost Yinshan mocked Lu Changsheng because he appeared to be only a seventh-level Xuantian Realm cultivator.
• Lu Changsheng insulted Old Ghost Yinshan and claimed that he would not last ten moves against him, shocking everyone in the hall.

Lu Changsheng defeated Old Ghost Yinshan and drove him from the Shen Family, but the Wang, Li, and Zhao Families attacked the Shen Family’s holdings and then stormed its residence. The chapter ended as the Shen Family’s gates exploded under the Three Great Families’ assault.

• Lu Changsheng defeated Old Ghost Yinshan in five moves and forced him to abandon his marriage alliance and leave the Shen Family.
• Shen Tianwei and the elders thanked Lu Changsheng for saving the family and apologized for doubting him.
• A guard reported that the Wang, Li, and Zhao Families had ambushed the Shen Family’s Number Three spirit stone mine, killing Fifth Elder.
• Shen Tianwei ordered the Shen Family to abandon its outlying holdings, return to the residence, and activate its defensive formations.
• After three days of tense waiting, the Three Great Families blasted open the Shen Family’s gates.

Lu Changsheng confronted the allied forces of the Zhao, Li, and Wang Families as they invaded the Shen Family estate. He fought their three family heads at once and crippled Zhao Ba, leaving Li Kui and Wang He stunned and afraid.

• The Zhao, Li, and Wang Families breached the Shen Family gates and surrounded the estate, while their heads demanded the Shen Family surrender its resources and Shen Yuening.
• Shen Tianwei introduced Lu Changsheng as the Shen Family's reinforcement, and Lu Changsheng declared that he would face all three family heads alone.
• Zhao Ba ordered the allied forces to attack, and the Shen Family members met them in a bloody battle as Lu Changsheng intercepted Zhao Ba, Li Kui, and Wang He.
• Zhao Ba, Li Kui, and Wang He attacked Lu Changsheng together, but he evaded their strikes, struck back with his fist and Yin-Yang Fiendish Thunder, and avoided Wang He's wind blades.
• Lu Changsheng broke Zhao Ba's wrist and crippled his cultivation, leaving Li Kui and Wang He shocked and fearful.

Lu Changsheng overwhelmed the Three Great Families’ leaders, killing Li Kui and two Li Family elders while crippling Zhao Ba. Wang He unleashed a Sacrificial Array that drained everyone trapped inside it to raise his cultivation to the sixth layer of the Heaven Piercing Realm, leaving the Shen Family facing a stronger enemy.

• Lu Changsheng defeated Li Kui and Wang He’s attacks, then crushed Li Kui’s wrist, killed him, and instantly killed the two Li Family elders who charged him.
• Wang He, cornered and terrified, activated a Sacrificial Array and trapped allied fighters, several Shen Family disciples, and the wounded Zhao Ba inside it.
• The formation drained the trapped people’s life force and spiritual power, killing them and feeding their essence to Wang He.
• Wang He’s cultivation surged to the sixth layer of the Heaven Piercing Realm, and Shen Tianwei realized the Shen Family was in grave danger.

Wang He used the Sacrificial Array to reach the sixth level of the Heaven Piercing Realm and overwhelmed Lu Changsheng until Lu invoked the Thunder Emperor Canon’s Thunder Tribulation Armor. Lu defeated and killed Wang He, ending the threat to the Shen Family.

• Wang He sacrificed members of the three clans to raise his cultivation to the sixth level of the Heaven Piercing Realm, then attacked Lu Changsheng.
• Lu Changsheng fought Wang He but suffered severe injuries and realized his Thunder Emperor Sword could not overcome the gap in their cultivation.
• Lu Changsheng used the Thunder Emperor Canon’s Third Form, Thunder Tribulation Armor, raising his strength to the first level of the Heaven Piercing Realm.
• Lu Changsheng overpowered Wang He with the armor, broke his arm, and tore through his blood-colored attacks.
• Lu Changsheng seized Wang He by the throat and killed him with black-and-white lightning.
• The surviving allied forces surrendered, and Shen Tianwei realized the Shen Family’s calamity had passed.

Lu Changsheng defeated the forces threatening the Shen Family, helping them become Golden Scale City’s sole power, and accepted Phoenix Blood Amber as a gift. When Jin Gu reported that Qing He and four other disciples had disappeared inside Netherworld Valley while pursuing the Ninth Demonic Son, Lu Changsheng set out to search for them.

• Lu Changsheng killed Zhao Ba, Li Kui, and Wang He, ending the attack on the Shen Family.
• Shen Tianwei ordered the allied forces’ survivors killed, and the Shen Family wiped them out before annexing the Wang, Li, and Zhao families’ remaining holdings.
• Shen Tianwei offered Lu Changsheng Phoenix Blood Amber, and Lu Changsheng accepted it after the Primordial Bird urged him to take the sealed Phoenix blood.
• Jin Gu arrived at the Shen residence and reported that Qing He and four others had entered Netherworld Valley three days earlier and had not responded to his messages.
• Lu Changsheng told Jin Gu to rest and announced that he would go to Netherworld Valley to search for Qing He and the others.

Lu Changsheng entered Netherworld Valley alone to find Qing He and the missing disciples, while the Shen family sent for reinforcements. He rescued Wu Lin from a spiderweb cocoon, but the Moon Demon Spider Empress approached as the chapter ended.

• Lu Changsheng rejected Shen Yuening’s offer to accompany him and arranged for Jin Gu to recover while someone reported the danger to Lingxiao Sect.
• Shen Tianwei guided the group to Netherworld Valley, where he gave Lu Changsheng Clear Spirit Barrier-Breaking Pills before Lu entered alone.
• Lu Changsheng traveled through the valley, collected scales from Dragon Scale Pine, and cautiously detoured around a swarm of Bone-Corroding Ants.
• Lu Changsheng lost his bearings in a misty forest and found Wu Lin trapped in a spiderweb cocoon.
• After Lu Changsheng freed and treated him, Wu Lin explained that the group had been scattered and that the Moon Demon Spider Empress had captured him.
• The Moon Demon Spider Empress’s approach frightened Wu Lin, who warned Lu Changsheng that they had to flee.

Lu Changsheng fought the fifth-level Heaven Piercing Realm Moon Demon Spider Empress after it badly wounded Wu Lin. He killed the spider with the Nine Dragon Ice Absolute Array, then collapsed from exhaustion beside the frozen battlefield.

• The Moon Demon Spider Empress emerged from the web-covered forest and attacked Lu Changsheng and Wu Lin.
• Wu Lin failed to pierce the spider's armor, was struck by its leg, and became trapped in webs, unable to fight.
• Lu Changsheng dodged the spider's attacks and pierced one of its compound eyes, enraging and injuring it.
• Lu Changsheng activated the Nine Dragon Ice Absolute Array, freezing the spider and its venomous attacks.
• Nine ice dragons struck the restrained Moon Demon Spider Empress and killed it, after which its ice-covered body shattered.
• Lu Changsheng dropped to one knee, exhausted, and surveyed the frozen battlefield.

Lu Changsheng and Wu Lin recovered after killing the Moon Demon Spider Empress, then followed Qing He's marks deeper into Netherworld Valley. Meanwhile, Qing He and three disciples discovered the Ninth Demonic Son Youquan intended to break the seal on an ancient Earth Demon Beast, and resolved to stop him.

• Lu Changsheng killed the Moon Demon Spider Empress, extracted its demon core, and rested with the injured Wu Lin before they continued searching for Qing He.
• Wu Lin found Qing He's fresh Qingwei Lineage mark on a rock, and he and Lu Changsheng followed the trail deeper into the valley.
• Qing He and three Lingxiao Sect disciples secretly followed Youquan and two Devil Palace protectors through Netherworld Valley.
• Youquan dismissed the disciples following him and led his group to a valley containing an ancient sealed wall called the Demon Suppressing Wall.
• Youquan revealed that he planned to release the Earth Demon Beast and control it for the Boundless Demonic Palace, prompting Qing He and the others to decide they had to stop him.

You Quan began using the Blood Demon Bead to break the seal on the Earth Demon Beast, but Qing He and three Qingwei Lineage disciples arrived to stop him. After You Quan defeated them, Lu Changsheng appeared just as he was about to kill Qing He.

• You Quan prepared to use the Blood Demon Bead to corrode the Demon Suppressing Wall while his two protectors guarded him.
• Qing He, Fang Hao, Lin Yuan, and Zhao Ling'er confronted You Quan, and the three disciples formed a sword formation to hold back the protectors.
• Qing He fought You Quan but was overwhelmed by his demonic techniques and badly injured, while the sword formation collapsed and left the other disciples gravely wounded.
• You Quan stomped on Qing He and raised a Demonic Energy Blade to kill him, but Qing He refused to release his grip on You Quan's ankle.
• Lu Changsheng struck You Quan's blade with black-and-white lightning and appeared at the valley entrance, warning him not to harm members of the Qingwei Lineage.

Lu Changsheng arrived at the Demon Suppressing Wall and overwhelmed Youquan and his protectors with the Thunder Tribulation Armor and Thunder Emperor Sword. Youquan damaged the seal with the Blood Demon Bead, and the Earth Demon Beast began breaking free as Lu Changsheng and the wounded Qingwei disciples watched.

• Lu Changsheng found Qing He and three other Qingwei disciples badly wounded and learned that Youquan planned to release the Earth Demon Beast.
• Lu Changsheng donned the Thunder Tribulation Armor and killed Youquan’s two Devil Palace protectors with a single attack.
• Lu Changsheng fought Youquan, endured his attacks, cracked the Black Demon Armor, and severed Youquan’s right arm with the Thunder Emperor Sword.
• Youquan threw the Blood Demon Bead at the Demon Suppressing Wall, corroding its runes and splitting the seal with spreading cracks.
• The Earth Demon Beast roared from within the wall as dark demonic aura poured through the cracks.

The Earth Demon Beast broke free from its seal after Ninth Demonic Son You Quan destroyed the Demon Suppressing Wall, then killed and devoured You Quan. Lu Changsheng escaped the valley with the others and realized the beast was heading toward Golden Scale City.

• The Earth Demon Beast shattered the Demon Suppressing Wall and emerged from its prison.
• You Quan tried to control the beast with a beast-controlling seal, but it failed, and the Earth Demon Beast tore him apart and devoured him.
• Lu Changsheng led the injured Qing He and the Lingxiao Sect disciples toward the valley exit while the beast razed Netherworld Valley and departed.
• Lu Changsheng and the others reunited with Shen Tianwei, Shen Yuening, and the Shen Family outside the valley.
• Lu Changsheng identified the escaped beast as the Earth Demon Beast and warned that it was heading toward Golden Scale City.