Chapter Summaries

Lu Qingfeng used the Enlightenment Method and an Innate Scattered Character to accelerate his Primordial Spirit cultivation, but learned that his progress depended on restoring his spirit soul and gathering vast resources. After recovering on an unnamed island in the Sea of No Delusion, he began cultivating with his four supreme-tier methods.

• Lu Qingfeng formed an embryonic Innate Scattered Character and used Enlightenment to clarify its mysteries, strengthening his cultivation while consuming his spirit soul and divine sense.
• Lu Qingfeng split his divine sense until he had three, then stopped when further division caused severe pain and swallowed spirit pills before recovering with Mirror Stones.
• After three days, Lu Qingfeng estimated that repeated Enlightenments could eventually let him form 365 divine senses and comprehend an Innate Scattered Character, provided he had enough time and resources.
• Lu Qingfeng considered how Mirror Stones, Moonstones, spirit pills, and spirit stones could meet the immense resource demands of Primordial Spirit cultivation.
• On an unnamed island in the Sea of No Delusion, Lu Qingfeng recovered and began cultivating with the Luofu Sword Canon, Twelve Dutian Demon God Method, Yellow Robe True Formula, and Prison-Warding Five-Thunder Heart Scripture.

Lu Qingfeng fused the Luofu Sword Canon, Yellow Robe True Formula, and Prison-Warding Five-Thunder Heart Scripture into the Twelve Dutian Demon God Method, creating a supreme-grade cultivation method. After demonstrating the fused demon gods’ power, he confronted the Ancestor of Myriad Ghosts, who tried to flee as Lu Qingfeng’s demon gods pursued him.

• Lu Qingfeng fused his four cultivation methods into the supreme-grade Twelve Dutian Demon God Method, temporarily regressing his cultivation before the fusion completed.
• Lu Qingfeng summoned the Roushou Demon God and tested its sword power, then used the Houtu Demon God to split open and reshape an island.
• The disturbance drew the Ancestor of Myriad Ghosts, who attacked Lu Qingfeng with his bloodspring and evil ghosts.
• Lu Qingfeng sent the Qiangliang Demon God to fight the Ancestor of Myriad Ghosts, whose ghosts fell before the thunder demon’s attack.
• The Ancestor of Myriad Ghosts turned his bloodspring to escape, and Lu Qingfeng sent the Houtu and Roushou Demon Gods after him.

Lu Qingfeng watched as Mount Yu Sect prepared to choose a new sect leader while its three True Immortals weighed his possible ties to the Ancient Sorrow Heavenly Court. They decided to favor him in the election as a way to secure Mount Yu Sect’s future when the realms merged.

• Ancestor of Myriad Ghosts escaped Lu Qingfeng’s Thunder Prison with a Cave-Spirit Bamboo Shoot, but Houtu, Rushou, and Qiangliang trapped and killed him, and Lu Qingfeng captured his Golden Core and soul.
• Yun Luo warned Lu Qingfeng that four powerful demons had recently been killed, including several who had once opposed him.
• True Immortal Ronghong informed Lu Qingfeng and Yun Luo that Gu Xuan was entering seclusion and that the sect would elect a primordial spirit disciple as its next leader.
• Tongxuan, Ronghong, and Guangning linked the recent demon killings to experts from the Ancient Sorrow Heavenly Court and concluded that Lu Qingfeng might be connected to Patriarch Yiyuan or Patriarch Golden Light.
• Tongxuan argued that backing Lu Qingfeng could earn Mount Yu Sect favor from the Ancient Sorrow Heavenly Court, and Ronghong, Tongxuan, and Guangning agreed to make Qingyuan their predetermined choice for sect leader.

After waiting for the Ancient Sorrow Heavenly Court’s arrival, Lu Qingfeng witnessed its army invade three continents of the Nine Continents of Chunshen and clash with their powerful sects. As the battles began, Yun Luo and Ao Zhen recognized that Lu Qingfeng’s identity and Yun Luo’s past were not what they had assumed.

• Lu Qingfeng waited for the Mount Yu Sect’s Sect Master Selection to conclude and planned to turn his attention to the Bloodspring Demon Sect.
• Thirty-four years later, Lu Qingfeng, Yun Luo, and Ao Zhen sensed the Ancient Sorrow Heavenly Court arriving in the Nine Continents of Chunshen.
• The Heavenly Court sent three hundred thousand soldiers to attack West Splendor, West Origin, and Chunshen Continents, where they fought the Mirage Demon Sect, Golden Peng Mountain, and the Void-Crossing Sect.
• The Heavenly Court’s True Immortals battled the five ancestors of the Mirage Demon Sect, Patriarch Golden Peng and his allies, and the Seven Ancestors of Void-Crossing beyond the heavens.
• Yun Luo accused Lu Qingfeng of not being Patriarch Golden Light’s disciple, and Ao Zhen identified her as Su Mu, Patriarch Yiyuan’s seventh disciple and the Little Sword Immortal.

Lu Qingfeng revealed that he was a disciple of Ao Zhan, the Min River Dragon Lord, as Sorrow River’s army arrived at Mount Yu. He brokered a peaceful alliance between Mount Yu Sect and Sorrow River Dragon Palace, while Ao Zhuo sent Su Mu back to Ancient Sorrow.

• Lu Qingfeng explained that he had entered Chunshen Realm as a disciple of the Min River Dragon Lord, and Ao Zhen identified his teacher as Ao Zhan of Sorrow River Dragon Palace.
• The Sorrow River Water Army arrived at East Sinking Continent, and its True Immortal leader Ao Zhuo met the three True Immortal Patriarchs of Mount Yu Sect.
• Lu Qingfeng offered to introduce Mount Yu Sect to Sorrow River Dragon Palace to avoid conflict, and Ao Zhuo and the Mount Yu Patriarchs began speaking amicably.
• Lu Qingfeng wondered whether Mount Yu’s Patriarchs might now see him as a valuable ally and choose to cultivate him.
• Ao Zhuo sent Su Mu beyond Chunshen Realm, where she seethed over Lu Qingfeng’s deception and vowed to make him pay.

The Bloodspring Demon Sect activated its Bloodspring Abyss-Suppressing Grand Formation to break the seal on the ancient Blood Sea and sink the East Sinking Continent. Ao Zhuo and the Mount Yu Sect’s True Immortals faced a dilemma over whether to attack, while Lu Qingfeng suspected Yu Gong and Miaoyu’s scheme went beyond buying time.

• Ao Zhuo sent Su Mu and Ao Zhen away, then joined the three Mount Yu Sect True Immortals in preparing to pursue Yu Gong and Miaoyu.
• A vast blood-light formation appeared, and True Immortal Guangning explained that the Bloodspring Demon Sect meant to exploit the realm’s upheaval to break the seal and sacrifice the East Sinking Continent’s inhabitants.
• Ao Zhuo and the others confronted the Bloodspring Abyss-Suppressing Grand Formation, while Yu Gong mocked Mount Yu and warned them not to attack unless they accepted the consequences.
• Zhou Ran said he needed ten years to find a way to break the formation, but Ao Zhuo ordered Ao Jue to summon Changyangzi and Luo Jing and set a five-year deadline.
• Ao Zhuo and the Mount Yu Sect’s True Immortals hesitated between risking the Blood Sea’s release by attacking and letting the Bloodspring Demon Sect remain a threat.
• In the Ghost-Cry Maze, Lu Qingfeng watched the blood light and suspected Yu Gong and Miaoyu’s plan was more than a delaying tactic.

After three years of waiting, Ao Zhan’s Min River forces used the Fortune-Illuminating Mirror to check on Guangyuan and several missing allies, but the mirror could not locate Guangyuan or Luofu. The mirror revealed Yan Xun crossing the sea and an enemy victory before a warning arrived that Ao Lie had been surrounded, leaving him fighting Wu River princes Ao Liang and Ao Zhi.

• Zhang Shu asked Ao Zhan to let him take Fire Crow Soldiers to welcome Guangyuan, but Ao Zhan ordered him to wait and obey the Grand Marshal’s command.
• At Dark Frost’s suggestion, Ao Zhan used the Fortune-Illuminating Mirror, which failed to reveal Guangyuan and Luofu but showed that both were safe.
• The mirror showed Yan Xun traveling across the Sea of No Delusion and Red Serpent reporting that he had destroyed three thousand West Sea naval troops for the Dark Eagle King.
• The Dark Eagle King sensed the mirror’s surveillance and shattered the vision, and a messenger reported that Ao Lie had been surrounded by Wu River forces.
• Ao Liang and Ao Zhi confronted Ao Lie and his thousand soldiers at the border of their territories, and Ao Lie fought Ao Zhi after he attacked.

Lu Qingfeng arrived in time to save Ao Lie, killed Ao Liang and Ao Zhi, and faced accusations from Wu River Dragon Lord Ao Geng. As Ao Zhan demanded an explanation, Lu Qingfeng showed evidence that Ao Geng’s sons had plotted against Ao Le and Ao Yun.

• Ao Liang and Ao Zhi teamed up against Ao Lie, wounded him badly, and were about to finish him when Lu Qingfeng intervened.
• Lu Qingfeng’s Sword Qi reduced Ao Liang and Ao Zhi to ashes, leaving their Golden Cores and divine souls for Ao Geng to recover.
• Ao Geng attacked Lu Qingfeng and Ao Lie, but Ao Zhan arrived and shattered the Sword Qi before demanding to know why Ao Geng had attacked.
• Ao Geng accused Ao Zhan of ordering Lu Qingfeng to kill three of his sons and showed scenes linking Lu Qingfeng to the deaths.
• Ao Zhan questioned Lu Qingfeng, who presented scenes of Ao Geng’s sons plotting against Ao Le and arranging to seize Ao Yun.

Lu Qingfeng revealed Ao Geng’s role in the events surrounding Ao Zhan’s wife and defended himself against Ao Geng’s accusations, but Ao Shang arrived and summoned him as Mount Yu Sect Leader. After the Star-Devouring Seven Ancestors brought Red Cypress’s head, Ao Shang escorted Lu Qingfeng, Ao Zhan, Ao Lie, and Ao Geng to meet the Grand Marshal.

• Lu Qingfeng’s visions exposed Ao Yin and Ao Pi’s attempt to kill the Consort and raised suspicions that Ao Geng had betrayed Ao Zhan long ago.
• Ao Geng accused Lu Qingfeng and Red Cypress of killing his sons and demanded that they face judgment before the Grand Marshal.
• Ao Shang arrived and called Lu Qingfeng the Mount Yu Sect Leader, shocking Ao Geng, Ao Zhan, and Ao Lie.
• The Star-Devouring Seven Ancestors returned with Red Cypress’s head after killing him at Dark Eagle Mountain, and Lu Qingfeng told Ao Zhan that Red Cypress had defected.
• Ao Zhan forgave Lu Qingfeng for cleansing the sect, and Ao Shang took Lu Qingfeng, Ao Zhan, Ao Lie, and Ao Geng to the Heaven-Suppressing Army’s command camp.

After helping Min River settle its conflict with Wu River, Lu Qingfeng witnessed a vast blood phenomenon as Yu Gong and Miaoyu began a forbidden ritual to break through the world's limits. The Blood-Pattern Grand Formation awakened a giant within the Blood Sea, threatening the East Sinking Continent.

• The Mount Yu ancestors discussed Luofuzi's loyalty to Min River and agreed that the sect should cultivate him sincerely.
• Ao Zhan reported that he and Ao Geng had been stripped of their Dragon Lord titles temporarily, while Ao Lie thanked Lu Qingfeng for protecting Min River and saving lives.
• A vast surge of blood light and baleful aura appeared over the eastern border, drawing Ao Zhan, Lu Qingfeng, and the others outside.
• Beneath the East Sinking Continent, Yu Gong and Miaoyu decided to use the Blood Abyss Method, risking damnation to escape the limits of their world.
• Yu Gong and Miaoyu activated a Blood-Pattern Grand Formation that connected to the continent's Abyss-Suppressing Grand Formations and awakened a towering giant in the Blood Sea.

Lu Qingfeng watched as Yu Gong and Miaoyu’s blood-sea scheme triggered a battle with the Sorrow River Heaven-Suppressing Army and set the two Blood Spring Ancestors alight with Karmic Fire. As the sea of blood kept rising, Ao Zhuo, Ao Shang, and Ao Jue arrived beside the pair, unaware of the danger Lu Qingfeng was watching for.

• Ao Zhuo and Ao Shang discussed how the Heaven-Suppressing Army had handled the dispute between Wu River and Min River while Zhou Ran, Changyangzi, and Luo Jing examined the Abyss-Suppressing Grand Formation.
• The formation erupted as a giant of blood tried to drag the East Sinking Continent into the rising sea, and Ao Zhuo, Ao Shang, the other marshals, and the Sorrow River navy attacked it.
• The giant shattered spells and artifacts and regenerated as long as the sea of blood remained, while Ao Zhuo’s three swords were stained by the blood.
• Lu Qingfeng, disguised as He Shan, watched Yu Gong and Miaoyu suffer Karmic Fire inside the sea of blood as the giant’s assault inflicted devastation.
• Ao Zhuo, Ao Shang, and Ao Jue descended into the sea of blood and saw Yu Gong and Miaoyu embracing, their faces filled with terror.

Lu Qingfeng seized the upheaval in the Blood Sea to merge his Blood-Sea Doppelganger with it while Yu Gong and Miaoyu struggled against karmic fire. As his Dutian Demon Gods devoured the Blood Sea’s corruption and his Yellow Court Scripture erased its sin, Lu Qingfeng discovered a startling change in his ability to erase karmic power.

• Ao Zhuo, Ao Shang, and Ao Jue fled the Blood Sea after seeing the karmic fire consuming Yu Gong and Miaoyu.
• Lu Qingfeng stirred the Blood Sea, and Yu Gong and Miaoyu sensed that it had developed a will; Miaoyu’s distraction let the karmic fire burn away half her body and grievously damage her soul.
• Lu Qingfeng sent his Blood-Sea Doppelganger to cultivate the Blood Sea True Scripture and merge with the Blood Sea during the upheaval.
• The Blood Sea’s baleful energy and sin poured through the connection into Lu Qingfeng, but his twelve Dutian Demon Gods devoured the energy while the Yellow Court Scripture erased the sin.
• Lu Qingfeng sensed that his Karmic Power Erasure ability had transformed and was shocked by the change.

Lu Qingfeng merged with the Blood Sea, but its immense karma overwhelmed his mind and forced him to hide beneath the earth as the Blood Sea giant fell and the Bloodspring Demon Sect’s formations collapsed. A hundred years later, Mount Yu’s sect master Luofuzi emerged from seclusion, while the fate of Lu Qingfeng remained unknown.

• Lu Qingfeng refined his cultivation and techniques while absorbing the Blood Sea, then realized he had become the Blood Sea itself.
• Ao Zhuo and the Sorrow River True Immortals destroyed the Blood Sea giant after discovering it could no longer regenerate, and the Bloodspring Demon Sect’s Abyss-Suppressing Grand Formations collapsed.
• Overwhelmed by the Blood Sea’s accumulated sins, Lu Qingfeng used Blood Sea Concealment to disappear into the Blood Sea.
• Yu Gong and Miaoyu accepted their defeat and burned to ashes in Karmic Fire as the True Immortals watched.
• Mount Yu surrendered, and the Heaven-Suppressing Army and Mount Yu Sect fought the Bloodspring Demon Sect’s remaining forces across East Sinking Continent.
• After a hundred years in seclusion, Luofuzi emerged at Mount Yu and was welcomed by Nearwater and Distant Mountain.

After learning that Ao Zhan had been demoted from Min River Dragon Lord to Water Lord of Poison Dragon Pool, Lu Qingfeng rushed to the East Submerging Continent to find him. The chapter ends as Lu Qingfeng arrives at Poison Dragon Pool, a dangerous contested region where Ao Zhan now serves.

• True Immortal Ronghong guided Lu Qingfeng's cultivation and warned him to put Mount Yu first and not act rashly.
• Chang Zhang reported that the Spirit Communion Limitless Gate had entrenched itself in the East Sinking Continent while Mount Yu Sect continued integrating into the Sorrow River Dragon Palace.
• Chang Zhang revealed that another Min River figure had defected to the demons, prompting the Grand Marshal to demote Ao Zhan to Water Lord of Poison Dragon Pool and send his family with him.
• Lu Qingfeng learned that Poison Dragon Pool lay in the perilous East Submerging Continent, where the Sorrow River forces, the Spirit Communion Limitless Gate, and the True Cult Sect were competing for territory.
• Lu Qingfeng hurried across the Sea of No Delusion and reached Poison Dragon Pool, where Ao Zhan was serving as Water Lord.

Ao Le and Ao Jun’s Silver River forces suffered a crushing defeat against King Green Ox, leaving their already undermanned territory vulnerable. Lu Qingfeng returned after centuries apart, reunited with Ao Le, and gave Ao Jun the Soul-Severing Divine Radiance to study.

• Ao Le ordered Ao Jun and the surviving Silver River soldiers to retreat after Green Ox Mountain overwhelmed them, then escaped King Green Ox’s pursuit.
• Ao Le and Ao Jun discussed their heavy losses and their shortage of allies and soldiers, while Ao Le remained confident that Lu Qingfeng had not betrayed them.
• Lu Qingfeng arrived at the water palace, and Ao Jun recognized him as the uncle he had only seen in a painting.
• Lu Qingfeng reunited with Ao Le and confirmed that Ao Jun was his nephew.
• Lu Qingfeng bestowed the Soul-Severing Divine Radiance on Ao Jun, who studied it until his soul was exhausted and then used a spirit pill to recover.

Lu Qingfeng explained to Ao Le how the Heaven-Suppressing Army had mistaken him for a demon and caused the Min River Dragon Palace’s demotion, then revealed he had a way to clear his name. After Ao Jun thanked him for Soul-Severing Divine Radiance, Green Bull Mountain challenged Silver River Water Palace, and Lu Qingfeng swiftly subdued its leaders and three thousand troops, forcing them to surrender.

• Ao Le recounted how the Heaven-Illuminating Treasure Mirror exposed Lu Qingfeng as He Shan and led to his conviction for defecting to the demons, implicating the Min River Dragon Palace.
• Lu Qingfeng told Ao Le he could clear his name, and she set aside her worries after hearing his plan.
• After three days of studying Soul-Severing Divine Radiance, Ao Jun thanked Lu Qingfeng for the Divine Ability and pledged to follow his teachings.
• A general reported that Green Bull Mountain had sent three thousand troops to challenge Silver River Water Palace, and Lu Qingfeng went out with Ao Le and Ao Jun to confront them.
• Lu Qingfeng seized Green Bull King and Ox Mountain, trapped the three thousand demons in a Thunder Prison, and compelled the troops to surrender.

Ao Zhan and his allies worried that Lu Qingfeng would be condemned by the Censure Office, while Ao Le kept faith in her husband’s plan. Lu Qingfeng then arrived at Silver River Water Palace as the newly appointed Divine Lord of Censure, leaving his family astonished.

• Ao Zhan ordered Zhang Shu to send five hundred fully equipped River-Patrolling Camp soldiers to Silver River, but a general soon reported that the Silver River Army had subdued Green Bull King and his son and absorbed their demons.
• Ao Zhan learned that Lu Qingfeng had been exposed as a former infiltrator among demons and feared the Censure Office would condemn him, while Ao Le insisted he could clear his name.
• Ao Zhan sought help from Heaven-Suppressing Army generals and sent a messenger to Mount Yu, but the generals refused to intervene and no reply had yet arrived from Luofuzi.
• Lu Qingfeng arrived at Silver River Water Palace with generals Zhang Chi and Du Yuanqing, prompting Ao Lie to shield Ao Le from him.
• Zhang Chi and Du Yuanqing introduced Lu Qingfeng as Divine Lord Guangyuan, the newly appointed head of the Censure Office, astonishing Ao Zhan, Ao Le, and the others.

Lu Qingfeng explained how Merit Radiance had cleared him of his charges and made him the new Divine Lord Guangyuan, then described the positions offered to Ao Zhan. Ao Zhan chose to remain in East Submerging Continent, and Lu Qingfeng began recruiting Zhang Shu to help run the Censure Office.

• Lu Qingfeng recounted how he exposed the Bloodspring Demon Sect’s conspiracy, earned Merit Radiance, and took control of the Censure Office as Divine Lord Guangyuan.
• Ao Le explained that Lu Qingfeng’s hundred-year absence had been spent recovering from backlash caused by destroying the Abyss-Suppressing Grand Formation.
• Lu Qingfeng told Ao Zhan that he could return to Ancient Sorrow for a high-ranking post or stay in East Submerging Continent as the second-rank Water Lord of Poison Dragon Pool and a second-rank divine general.
• Ao Zhan chose to remain in East Submerging Continent, and Lu Qingfeng congratulated him on his restored rank and new command.
• Lu Qingfeng asked Zhang Shu to join the Censure Office after its deputy officials and Good-Evil Envoys had been dismissed.

Lu Qingfeng received rewards from the Shang River Dragon Palace, including a senior post and immortal crystals, and used one crystal to help Ao Le break through a cultivation bottleneck. While Ao Le began preparing to enter the golden elixir realm, Lu Qingfeng planned how to gather resources and techniques for their future cultivation.

• Lu Qingfeng accepted Zhang Shu's return to his service and promised him a third-rank divine position in the Inspection and Impeachment Office.
• Lu Qingfeng sealed an immortal crystal in Ao Le's dantian, and she used its escaping immortal Qi to unite her astral energy and baleful qi.
• Ao Le understood that Lu Qingfeng had worried she might resent him keeping the remaining crystals, and she reassured him that she did not begrudge him the treasure.
• Lu Qingfeng counted the eleven immortal crystals remaining from the Shang River Dragon Palace's reward and considered gathering more crystals, scattered characters, and cultivation techniques.
• Ao Le entered seclusion to pursue the golden elixir realm while Lu Qingfeng and the two primordial spirit generals remained at Yinchuan Water Palace.

Lu Qingfeng returned to the Divine Censure Office after waiting for Ao Le to break through to the Golden Core Realm, and appointed her as a deputy clerk. He welcomed Zhang Shu and the Star-Devouring Seven Ancestors, whom he planned to rely on for the office’s work.

• Lu Qingfeng cultivated in the Silver River Water Palace, using Merit Radiance to master hundreds of Acquired Scattered Characters while bringing his Spirit-Nourishing Realm magic power close to perfection.
• After three years, Ao Le broke through to the Golden Core Realm, and Lu Qingfeng left the Silver River Water Palace with her, Zhang Chi, and Du Yuanqing for the Divine Censure Office.
• Lu Qingfeng and Ao Le arrived at the Divine Censure Office, where the guards welcomed them and Zhang Chi introduced Ao Le as the Palace Clerk in Charge of the Golden Scripture of the Fire Book.
• Lu Qingfeng explained the Censure Office’s duties to Ao Le and took his seat with her in the Evil-Cleansing Treasure Hall.
• Zhang Shu welcomed Lu Qingfeng back, and the Star-Devouring Seven Ancestors paid their respects; Lu Qingfeng welcomed them as potential agents for the office.