Chapter Summaries

Lu Bei agreed to meet Mighty Chu’s envoy after the Gu Family paid a steep price through the Old Zhu Family. At the diplomatic residence, he welcomed Gu Yuanping while Zhao Wuyou and Zhu Xiushi competed to serve him, leaving Gu Yuanping to judge his reputation for herself.

• Mighty Chu paid the Old Zhu Family to arrange a meeting with Lu Bei, and Zhu Xiushi revealed the terms before securing his agreement.
• Lu Bei met Zhao Wuyou at Xuánlóng’s diplomatic residence, where she congratulated him on reaching the Tribulation Stage and gave him a Qiankun Ring from Xuánlóng’s officials.
• Zhao Wuyou served Lu Bei wine while he embraced her, and Zhu Xiushi joined them and tried to feed him before he assigned her to pour wine instead.
• Gu Yuanping arrived as Mighty Chu’s envoy, and Lu Bei greeted her while sitting between Zhao Wuyou and Zhu Xiushi.
• Gu Yuanping noticed Lu Bei with both women and decided that the rumors about him being a lecher could not be trusted.

Gu Yuanping offered gifts to redeem King Yuanji, then proposed that Lu Bei establish a nation in Yue Province and form a marriage alliance with Mighty Chu. Lu Bei showed interest in the proposal but named Gu Yuanping herself as the woman he wanted.

• Gu Yuanping met Lu Bei at the Heaven Sword Sect and offered a gift list in exchange for King Yuanji.
• Lu Bei rejected the first offer and asked Gu Yuanping to reveal her final gift list, which impressed Zhu Xiushi with its riches.
• Gu Yuanping said Mighty Chu feared the Heaven Sword Sect's growing power and proposed that Lu Bei establish a nation in Yue Province.
• Gu Yuanping offered a marriage alliance between Mighty Chu and the Heaven Sword Sect, and Lu Bei asked which princess would marry him.
• When Gu Yuanping asked whether he had someone in mind, Lu Bei said he wanted Gu Yuanping herself.

Lu Bei pursued information about Mighty Chu’s Bloodline Curse while arranging an exchange with Gu Yuanping, who had only months to live. Han Miaojun revealed that the Gu Family had offended an Outer-Realm Sky Demon, leaving Lu Bei eager to learn more.

• Zhu Xiushi and Zhao Wuyou mocked Gu Yuanping’s marriage prospects as Lu Bei pressed her about Mighty Chu’s Bloodline Curse and the Longevity Seal.
• Gu Yuanping refused Lu Bei’s marriage proposal because her lifespan was nearly over, and they arranged to exchange Lu Bei’s disciple and gift money at the border two days later.
• Lu Bei asked Zhao Wuyou to seek Xuanlong’s information about the curse, then returned to the Heavenly Sword Sect with Zhu Xiushi.
• Lu Bei questioned Han Miaojun about the curse while visiting her in Solitary Confinement, but she had never heard of it.
• Lu Bei asked the Han Miaojun of the Wicked side about the curse, and she said the Gu Family had offended an Outer-Realm Sky Demon.

Lu Bei learned that Han Miaojun had failed to break the Gu Family’s Bloodline Curse, then met Gu Yuanping at a river trade to exchange prisoners and Qiankun Rings. After politely refusing her invitation to Mighty Chu, he challenged her to exchange three moves.

• Han Miaojun told Lu Bei that the Gu Family’s Bloodline Curse was the Great Five Declines of Heavenly Beings and that she had failed to dispel it after years of study.
• Lu Bei questioned King Yuanji about the curse, but King Yuanji kept silent.
• Two days later, Gu Yuanping met Lu Bei at the river with King Yuanji, Xiao Fengxian, and other prisoners to complete the exchange.
• Lu Bei traded the captives for several Qiankun Rings, while Zhu Xiushi eyed the rings and Xiao Fengxian unsuccessfully tried to charm her.
• Gu Yuanping invited Lu Bei to Mighty Chu, but he declined and said his roots in Wu Zhou kept him there.
• As Gu Yuanping prepared to leave, Lu Bei challenged her to exchange three moves.

Lu Bei defeated Gu Yuanping in a brief spar, then returned to the Heavenly Sword Sect after leaving the Gu Family’s vehicles unharmed. Gu Yuanping learned that Lu Bei had only been teasing her about their supposed romantic connection, while Lu Bei received word that Xuanlong had intelligence about the Gu Family’s Bloodline Curse.

• King Yuanji warned Gu Yuanping that Lu Bei was using the hostage exchange to pursue ulterior motives, but Gu Yuanping agreed to spar with Lu Bei for three moves.
• Gu Yuanping brought Lu Bei into her Stitched Secret Realm, where Lu Bei’s first attack overwhelmed her and ended the spar.
• Lu Bei let Gu Yuanping go without taking a hostage, then defeated the Gu Family’s accompanying fighters and left for Wu Zhou with Zhu Xiushi and the Players.
• Xiao Fengxian resolved to oppose Mighty Chu and hoped to become Heavenly Sword Sect’s Sect Master, while the Players spread clips of Lu Bei’s display on the official forums.
• Gu Yuanping told King Yuanji that Lu Bei’s attack had cut off his lovesickness, and King Yuanji revealed that Lu Bei had previously claimed to be in love with Lord Xinli and called him Uncle.
• Lu Bei returned to the Heavenly Sword Sect, where an envoy told him that Zhao Wuyou had summoned him and Xuanlong had information about the Gu Family’s Bloodline Curse.

Lu Bei questioned Zhao Wuyou and Han Miaojun about Mighty Chu’s Bloodline Curse and its alleged connection to an Outer-Realm Sky Demon. Their accounts raised doubts about why the Gu Family had not sought help from the Great Good Temple, leaving Lu Bei determined to investigate the mystery further.

• Zhao Wuyou told Lu Bei that the Gu Family of Mighty Chu believed an Outer-Realm Sky Demon had caused the Bloodline Curse and that only the Longevity Seal could undo it.
• Zhao Wuyou explained that Mighty Chu had not sought help from the Great Good Temple, despite rumors that demons were sealed beneath its Myriad Steles Forest of Prison Suppression.
• Lu Bei considered whether the Great Good Temple could truly suppress Outer-Realm Sky Demons and told Zhao Wuyou he was curious to see one.
• Lu Bei returned to the Heavenly Sword Sect and asked Han Miaojun why the Gu Family had not consulted the Great Good Temple.
• Han Miaojun suggested that the temple might not possess the power it claimed, since nobody had seen the demon supposedly sealed beneath the Myriad Steles Forest.
• Lu Bei ended his encounter with Han Miaojun and left, saying he had to keep things fair with someone else who was waiting.

Lu Bei retrieved Wei Yu, sought Fox Two’s Star Dou Formation Diagram, and prepared for the dangerous Mighty Chu curse mission. In the secret realm, he took on Heart Moon Fox’s identity and waited for the Gu Family convoy’s attack, spotting eighteen enormous musclemen approaching.

• Bai Jin sent Lu Bei to Dong'an County to retrieve the tardy Wei Yu, while Wei Mao served as the county commandant.
• Lu Bei captured Wei Yu, spent the day with Zhu Yan and Wei Yu, then brought Wei Yu back to Beijun Mountain to cultivate.
• Lu Bei visited Fox Two, learned Fox Three had transferred to Yue Province, and arranged to borrow the Star Dou Formation Diagram.
• Lu Bei went to Jing Shang Palace and cultivated with Zhao Shiran while preparing for the Mighty Chu curse mission.
• In the Mighty Chu secret realm, Lu Bei disguised himself as Heart Moon Fox and waited on the third level for the Gu Family convoy.
• Lu Bei saw eighteen enormous musclemen approach.

Lu Bei, posing as Heart Moon Fox, negotiated with King Yuanji over the Longevity Seal and the Bloodline Curse afflicting the Gu Family, demanding Han Miaojun and a vast payment in return. He accepted a new quest to uncover and break the curse, but King Yuanji admitted he did not know its source and invited him to a banquet with only one young household member present.

• Lu Bei drove off eighteen Void Refining monks, and King Yuanji arrived and dismissed them.
• King Yuanji revealed that he had expected Heart Moon Fox to return with the Longevity Seal and proposed a deal to lift the Gu Family’s Bloodline Curse.
• Lu Bei demanded Han Miaojun alive and presented a costly list of additional payment; King Yuanji agreed.
• Lu Bei received quests to discover the Bloodline Curse’s source and break it, then questioned King Yuanji, who said he did not know who had placed the curse.
• King Yuanji invited Lu Bei to a banquet at Sea Slaying Pavilion on Duanlang Mountain and said only one young household member would be there.

Lu Bei, disguised as Heart Moon Fox, arrived at Sea Slaying Pavilion and passed the East Sea Divine Mirrors without revealing his true identity. His presence brought him face-to-face with Gu Zongchen and the Outer-Realm Sky Demon Lu Dong, who recognized him and attacked.

• Lu Bei and King Yuanji met Gu Yuanping and traveled with her toward Bright Moon Tower, where Gu Yuanping said Gu Zongchen had already arrived.
• The East Sea Divine Mirrors revealed only another false face beneath Lu Bei's Heart Moon Fox disguise, and Lu Bei demanded two thousand catties of mirrors as payment.
• Lu Bei noticed Gu Zongchen meditating above Bright Moon Tower with the Outer-Realm Sky Demon Lu Dong, and both Lu Bei and Lu Dong sensed something familiar about the other.
• Lu Dong recognized Lu Bei, took control of Gu Zongchen, and unleashed a demonic attack across Duanlang Mountain.
• Lu Dong summoned a giant black hand and roared Lu Bei's name as enormous scarlet eyes opened in the sky.

Lu Bei’s identity was exposed as Gu Zongchen fell under the control of Lu Dong, who revealed a Great Demon God resembling Lu Bei’s own transformation. Their clash destroyed half of the Duanlang Mountain Range, leaving the Ten-Eyed Great Demon facing the Great Demon God.

• An Outer-Realm Sky Demon attacked Bright Moon Tower, and Lu Bei emerged to tear apart its demonic face and restore the fallen tower before it crumbled.
• King Yuanji and Gu Yuanping realized that Heart Moon Fox was Lu Bei, while Lu Bei denied the accusation and waited to see whether Gu Zongchen would overcome his demonic thoughts.
• Lu Dong seized control of Gu Zongchen’s body, unleashed disasters across the region, and announced that he had been searching for Lu Bei.
• Lu Dong manifested a Great Demon God whose form shocked Lu Bei by matching his own second-stage transformation.
• Lu Bei summoned the Ten-Eyed Great Demon as the Great Demon God’s attack erased half of the Duanlang Mountain Range.

Lu Bei used the Ten-Eyed Great Demon to battle Lu Dong’s Great Demon God, overpowering him before draining his demonic power. Gu Zongchen intervened to protect Lu Dong, leaving Lu Bei facing the monk instead.

• The Ten-Eyed Great Demon and Lu Dong’s Great Demon God fought, and Lu Bei’s borrowed power shattered the Palm Demon Kingdom and destroyed Lu Dong’s thirty-six Mahayana Stage Magic Treasures.
• The two demons exchanged more than a hundred blows, leaving Lu Dong’s golden Demonic Body badly damaged while Lu Bei remained stronger.
• The Ten-Eyed Great Demon vanished, and Gu Zongchen’s Great Buddha struck Lu Dong before Lu Bei could finish him.
• Lu Bei trapped Lu Dong in a black vortex and drained his demonic thoughts, weakening him until Gu Zongchen regained control of his body.
• Gu Zongchen rebuilt his golden body and stood against Lu Bei, declaring that he would not let her kill Lu Dong.

Lu Bei fought Gu Zongchen to reclaim Lu Dong, but Gu Zongchen endured the Great Demon God’s assault and Lu Dong escaped into a strange sea of mist. Gu Zongchen followed and again tried to defend Lu Dong, while Lu Bei insisted he was Heart Moon Fox, not Sect Master Lu.

• Lu Bei used the Great Demon God to pressure Gu Zongchen with the Gu Family’s Bloodline Curse and the Longevity Seal, but Gu Zongchen refused to abandon either Lu Dong or the Gu Family.
• The Great Demon God battered Gu Zongchen while Lu Dong urged him to fight back, but the Golden-Bodied Buddha survived until Lu Dong was exhausted and a third demonic form briefly appeared.
• Lu Bei dispersed the weak third form, then used a strange force and a barrage of attacks to overpower Gu Zongchen as Lu Dong fled.
• Lu Bei chased Lu Dong into a vast, silent sea of mist, where Gu Zongchen caught up and asked him to wait.
• Gu Zongchen began defending Lu Dong, and Lu Bei corrected him, insisting that he was Heart Moon Fox rather than Sect Master Lu.

Lu Bei used the Longevity Seal to open a path through the Sea of Mist and entered with Gu Zongchen, hoping to find Lu Dong and the source of the Gu Family’s curse. They emerged beneath the sea in a Dragon Palace forbidden ground, where Gu Zongchen fought the guards and Lu Bei recognized the arriving Third Prince as a figure from the Investiture of the Gods.

• Lu Bei dismissed Gu Zongchen’s warnings, used the Longevity Seal to part the mist, and persuaded Gu Zongchen to follow him inside.
• Lu Bei and Gu Zongchen wandered through the vast Sea of Mist, eventually realizing they were lost and unable to find the way back.
• Gu Zongchen spotted people moving beneath the sea, and Lu Bei led them to a group of demons guarding the Dragon Palace’s forbidden ground.
• The Sea Patrol Yaksha ordered his soldiers to seize Lu Bei and Gu Zongchen, but Gu Zongchen struck the demons down with golden light.
• A young man in golden armor arrived on a dragon horse, and the Yaksha identified him as the Third Prince; Lu Bei concluded they had entered the world of the Investiture of the Gods.

Lu Bei and Gu Zongchen captured Third Prince Ao Cheng and interrogated him in the Sea of Mist, learning about the Dragon Palace and the lands beyond. After leaving the forbidden waters, they encountered Benefactor Xin but realized they had gotten lost again.

• Lu Bei stopped Ao Cheng’s spear attack with his face, then knocked him unconscious with a Rising Dragon strike and drove away the Dragon Palace soldiers.
• Lu Bei bound Ao Cheng and questioned him in the Sea of Mist, where Ao Cheng warned that the dead waters could kill them all.
• Ao Cheng revealed the names of the Dragon King, her princes, the surrounding powers, and the cultivation realms beyond the Sea of Mist.
• Gu Zongchen asked Ao Cheng whether he had encountered any strange people, but Ao Cheng identified Lu Bei and Gu Zongchen themselves.
• Lu Bei and Gu Zongchen left the Sea of Mist, entered Dragon Palace waters, and found Benefactor Xin after getting lost again.

Lu Bei and Gu Zongchen escaped the Sea of Mist with the Longevity Seal and returned to the Gu Family, who planned to seek help from old allies behind the mist. King Yuanji’s mention of those allies stunned Gu Zongchen, and Lu Bei revealed his identity as the chapter ended.

• Lu Bei and Gu Zongchen escaped the Sea of Mist but emerged back in the waters outside Wu Zhou.
• King Yuanji told King Yuanxuan and Lord Xinli that Gu Zongchen had fallen into demonic cultivation and fought Heart Moon Fox, who was actually Lu Bei.
• Gu Yuanping entrusted the Sea Slaying Pavilion to Lord Xinli and agreed to delay her journey into the Sea of Mist for a few days.
• Three days later, Lu Bei and Gu Zongchen returned to Duanlang Mountain with the Longevity Seal, and Lu Bei warned the Gu Family that only he could navigate the mist safely.
• King Yuanji said they would set out the next day and seek help from the Longevity Gate and Dragon King Ao Yi; Gu Zongchen recognized Lu Bei as Lu Bei after he revealed his face.

Lu Bei revealed himself as Sect Master Lu, helped the Gu Family turn Ao Cheng’s capture and the recovered Longevity Seal into a chance to seek the Dragon King’s aid against the Bloodline Curse, and set out across the Sea of Mist with Lord Xinli. The chapter left King Yuanxuan watching them depart in despair as Lu Bei called himself Xinli’s husband and promised he might return with a grandson.

• Lu Bei denied being Heart Moon Fox while Gu Zongchen explained that they had injured Dragon Palace forces and eaten Ao Cheng, prompting Lu Bei to blame the monk and suggest using the prince as a hostage.
• The next day, Lu Bei spat out the bound Ao Cheng and left as Gu Zongchen and the Gu Family fought to capture him; King Yuanji rescued Ao Cheng, who concealed his identity until Lu Bei returned.
• Lu Bei presented the Longevity Seal, claimed he had defeated Heart Moon Fox, and revealed Ao Cheng’s identity, giving the Gu Family a reason to seek the Dragon King’s help with the Bloodline Curse.
• Ao Cheng and the Gu Family agreed to travel to the Dragon Palace, and Lord Xinli joined the party after Lu Bei insisted on bringing his supposed wife.
• King Yuanxuan watched Lu Bei and Xinli leave together, then coughed blood when Lu Bei joked that they might return with a grandson.

Ao Yi received Ao Cheng and later met the Gu family descendants, who sought her help concerning their bloodline curse. She revealed that the Gu family carried her Dragon Blood, leaving King Yuanji and the others stunned about Gu Tianyin’s connection to her.

• Ao Yi learned that Ao Cheng had been found with several Human Race Cultivators and continued waiting without meeting them at once.
• Ao Cheng welcomed the Gu Household convoy, but Ao Yi initially declined to receive the visitors.
• Lu Bei warned Lord Xinli that Ao Yi might suspect the group and pretended they were a quarrelling young couple while they waited in their courtyard.
• King Yuanji asked Ao Cheng to tell Ao Yi that a Gu family descendant wished to meet her, and Ao Yi summoned the Gu family to the main hall.
• King Yuanji cautiously invoked Gu Tianyin’s past connection with Ao Yi, and Ao Yi revealed that the Gu family carried her Dragon Blood.

Dragon King Ao Yi revealed that the Gu Family’s Dragon Blood came from Gu Tianyin, who had betrayed her a thousand years earlier, and that she had destroyed the Longevity Gate. When Ao Yi demanded the Longevity Seal and attacked Lu Bei and the Gu Family, Gu Zongchen broke the Dragon Palace’s formation and confronted her.

• Ao Yi explained that Gu Tianyin had stolen most of her Essence Blood, but said she would not punish his descendants and warned them never to mention him again.
• Ao Yi revealed that she had razed the Longevity Gate and demanded the Gu Family surrender the Longevity Seal, ordering them to remain in the Dragon Palace while she investigated their curse.
• Lu Bei provoked Ao Yi, who blasted him and the Gu Family thousands of miles away before surrounding them with her army and a Heavenly Net Great Formation.
• Lu Bei told King Yuanji to release Gu Zongchen and said the Gu Family should lead the fight while he provided cover.
• Gu Zongchen emerged and used the Buddha Demon Seal to crack the formation as Ao Yi recognized his resemblance to Gu Tianyin and faced him.

Ao Yi shattered Gu Zongchen’s Buddha manifestation and fought him while Lu Bei and his allies broke through the Dragon Palace’s army. Lu Bei and Lord Xinli escaped the formation, but Lu Bei turned back to confront Ao Feng and Ao Tian, leaving the battle still raging.

• Ao Yi destroyed the Heavenly Net Great Formation with her overwhelming aura and struck Gu Zongchen’s Great Buddha, forcing him into a direct clash of wills.
• Lu Bei stopped King Yuanji and Gu Yuanping from helping Gu Zongchen, then the two men split off to break through the army formation with him.
• King Yuanji and Gu Yuanping scattered Ao Cheng and weakened the hundred thousand soldiers, while Lu Bei and Lord Xinli fought through the ranks.
• Ao Feng and Ao Tian attacked Lu Bei and Lord Xinli, but Lu Bei crushed their dragon techniques and escaped the formation with Lord Xinli.
• Ao Feng and Ao Tian vowed to pursue the fugitives, so Lu Bei returned with afterimages and attacked them, continuing the fight as he mocked Lord Xinli about her Gu Family ancestor.

Lu Bei and his companions gathered intelligence about the Immortal Mansion Continent and chose separate paths to seek allies and clues about the Gu family's Bloodline Curse. Lu Bei headed overseas with Lord Xinli to find a demon to infiltrate, while Gu Zongchen and the others set out for Seven Senses Temple.

• King Yuanji and Gu Yuanping reported that Longevity Gate was gone, while Lu Bei described the continent's major powers and its renowned experts.
• Lu Bei proposed raiding Water Cloud Wonderful Unity Sect, but the group rejected the plan and decided to split up, with the others heading to Seven Senses Temple and Lu Bei going overseas.
• Lord Xinli joined Lu Bei to keep him from running off with the Longevity Seal, and Gu Zongchen concealed his injuries until Lu Bei had left.
• Gu Zongchen told King Yuanji that he could face Dragon King Ao Yi in a one-on-one fight but had been weakened by an earlier battle with Lu Bei.
• Lu Bei carried Lord Xinli over the sea and spotted a feathered bird demon holding a human bone.