Chapter Summaries

Lu Sheng bought Duanmu Wan, a captured acquaintance whose cultivation had been crippled, from Yun Wanfei and had her delivered to his residence. After showing Zhang Shilong his sword technique, Lu Sheng freed Duanmu Wan from her cage and reunited with her.

• Yun Wanfei showed Lu Sheng captured slaves, and he chose Duanmu Wan after recognizing her in Cage Seven.
• Lu Sheng paid for Duanmu Wan and received the Mind Control Needle’s mother needle, while Yun Wanfei explained its permanent effects and restrictions.
• Lu Sheng practiced Sun Chasing Swordplay with true qi, impressing Zhang Shilong with his skill and rapid cultivation.
• A delivery brought Duanmu Wan’s cage to Lu Sheng’s residence, and Zhang Shilong left after teasing him.
• Lu Sheng brought the cage into his study and freed Duanmu Wan, who recognized him and realized she was naked.

After rescuing Duanmu Wan, Lu Sheng appointed her to oversee his household and prepare for his family’s arrival while he entered the Secret Realm. There, Qian Du attacked him with overwhelming force, forcing him to reveal his true form and Devil King-level strength.

• Duanmu Wan explained that the Mind Control Needle kept her alive, agreed to repay Lu Sheng, and accepted a role managing his affairs.
• Lu Sheng gave Duanmu Wan his True Disciple token and instructions, then entered seclusion to contact the Secret Realm.
• After repeated attempts, Lu Sheng received permission to enter the Secret Realm and was pulled into its misty forest.
• Qian Du attacked Lu Sheng with a Seven-Mark-level halberd, then struck him with power reaching Earth Origin Rank.
• Lu Sheng unleashed his Yin Extremity State and fought back, but Qian Du escalated her attack to Weapon Master level.
• Lu Sheng revealed his unsuppressed true form and stopped Qian Du's enormous halberd with one hand.

Lu Sheng was exposed as a former Weapon Master, but Qian Du agreed to keep his identity secret in exchange for his help finding a woman who looked exactly like her. Back in his courtyard, Lu Sheng used the essence qi in Qian Du’s golden pearl to greatly advance three true arts, reaching the current limit of his cultivation.

• Qian Du revealed that Lu Sheng’s monstrous transformation had been an illusion and confronted him about infiltrating the Thousand Sun Sect as a peak Weapon Master.
• Lu Sheng claimed he was now an ordinary disciple, and Qian Du agreed to guide his cultivation if he found her look-alike in Great Yin.
• Qian Du gave Lu Sheng a golden pearl linked to the Secret Realm and explained that his path required either embracing the Devil World or finding a Divine Weapon Devil Blade.
• Back in his courtyard, Lu Sheng used Deep Blue and the pearl’s essence qi to raise the Spirit Void Path and Fusion Core Earth Heart Art to the Ninth Layer and the Great Sun Bright Light Skill to the Sixth Layer.
• Lu Sheng’s true qi surged to the peak quantity of Gathering Seven-Mark, and he found Duanmu Wan directing servants in the freshly cleaned courtyard.

Lu Sheng prepared for a ranking mission that would take him through an outer realm, then set out for Mo Ling City with Zhang Shilong. At a mountain rest stop, Lu Sheng activated the mission cloth and vanished in a burst of light.

• Duanmu Wan told Lu Sheng she would take valuables, seek help, and hide if he suddenly left or faced an emergency.
• Zhang Shilong delivered Lu Sheng's transfer order, which required him to enter an outer realm, find Purple Snow Garden, obtain an item, and establish a forward station within a month.
• Lu Sheng borrowed a thousand Devil Gold, bought supplies and a servant-summoning artifact, and prepared to travel to Mo Ling City.
• Wang Yunlong revealed that he had also received a sect recommendation, but Lu Sheng declined to join the combined party of disciples from the three major sects.
• Zhang Shilong escorted Lu Sheng toward Mo Ling City, and they stopped at a stone-house rest site in the Black Bell Mountain Range.
• Lu Sheng read the updated mission cloth, which named the Scarlet Divine Dragon Standard as the item to seize, then channeled true qi into it and disappeared in a burst of light.

Lu Sheng infiltrated the identity of Zhao Chengxuan in Xuan Yuan Prefecture to investigate the Scarlet Divine Dragon Standard and earn a better mission evaluation. After returning to the world, he set out as the weapon’s emergence began, intending to stop its contenders without killing them.

• Lu Sheng listened to reports that powerful martial artists had gathered in Purple Snow Garden for the Scarlet Divine Dragon Standard, then returned to Zhao Residence and met his indifferent elder sister, Zhao Chengye.
• Lu Sheng used a Hidden Dragon Dagger to send five invisible Little Devils to find Purple Snow Garden and the divine weapon’s location.
• Lu Sheng returned to the stone hut and told Zhang Shilong about his mission; Zhang Shilong warned that other infiltrators might be involved and that the weapon would not emerge for several days.
• After entering the world again, Lu Sheng confirmed that the divine weapon’s emergence would begin that night and left Zhao Residence despite Zhao Chengye’s warning.
• Lu Sheng checked the Little Devils’ positions and decided to disable the treasure hunters by cutting off their hands and feet rather than killing them.

Lu Sheng rode to Purple Snow Garden to claim the Scarlet Divine Dragon Standard and confronted Wang Yunlong by the lakeshore. He defeated Wang Yunlong’s demon Mo Ling, but Wang Yunlong escaped in a streak of black light before Lu Sheng could catch him.

• Lu Sheng rode through a bloody clash and charged into Purple Snow Garden, while the Zhao siblings and Zhong Yuangui entered the garden with their elite soldiers.
• Lu Sheng waited by the lake for the divine weapon and encountered Wang Yunlong, who also intended to claim it.
• Wang Yunlong’s black spikes, axe, and pythons attacked Lu Sheng, and Mo Ling struck him with her enhanced strength.
• Lu Sheng’s defense shattered, but he seized Mo Ling, crushed her hands, and punched through her chest.
• Wang Yunlong escaped in a streak of black light, and the gravely wounded Mo Ling vanished as well.

Wang Yunlong escaped Lu Sheng and decided to keep his identity secret, while Lu Sheng fought through Purple Snow Garden toward the legendary World's Number One Divine Weapon. At the stone stele, martial-world experts gathered, and Bai Luying recognized Lu Sheng and tried to turn the others against him.

• Old Wang rescued Wang Yunlong from Lu Sheng's attack, warned him that Lu Sheng seemed to regard him as a dead man, and urged him to avoid further contact.
• Lu Sheng crossed Purple Snow Garden, killed the Crimson Blood Wolf King with a single blow, and continued toward the stone stele as other fighters withdrew or fell.
• Sword King Shen, Tang Fei, and Zhu SiDe arrived at the stone stele and discussed the rumored divine weapon and the presence of Heavenly Lake experts.
• Bai Luying arrived representing Unparalleled Palace and greeted Lu Sheng, then suggested he intended to seize the divine weapon by force.
• Lu Sheng warned Bai Luying that she still had time to run, and his sword-like presence left her frozen.

Lu Sheng drove off the fighters gathered around the stone stele, then pursued and captured the Scarlet Divine Dragon Standard as it burst free. He returned to Zhang Shilong with the mission target and set off for Moling Prefecture City, which they expected to reach in ten days.

• Bai Luying conceded to Lu Sheng, but other gathered fighters argued about confronting him while Sword King Shen and Zhu SiDe stayed cautious.
• Zhao Chengye, Zhao Chengfeng, and Zhong Yuangui mistook Lu Sheng for Zhao Chengxuan, but Lu Sheng ignored them and waited by the stele.
• The stone stele exploded at dawn, and Lu Sheng, Bai Luying, and several others pursued the Scarlet Divine Dragon Standard as it flew away.
• Lu Sheng struck the pursuers with sword qi, escaped them, and caught the Divine Weapon in a distant valley.
• Lu Sheng returned to the stone house with the dart, and Zhang Shilong praised his mission success before they prepared to travel to Moling Prefecture City.

Su Ningfei considered whether to kill Yun Suixian after learning of a discovery in the Kong Yan Mountain Range and the escape of Yun Suixian’s elder sister. Meanwhile, Lu Sheng and Zhang Shilong reached the Red Sand River, where they intervened in the Fierce Tiger Gang’s search for Han Linjun, but the gang’s deputy leader rejected Zhang Shilong’s appeal.

• Su Ningfei spoke at a gravestone about the discovery in the Kong Yan Mountain Range and asked whether she should kill Yun Suixian or let her go.
• Ming Shan told Su Ningfei that Yun Suixian’s elder sister had escaped her predicament, and he left flowers at the grave.
• Lu Sheng and Zhang Shilong crossed the Black Bell Mountain Range and boarded a merchant ship bound for Mo Ling City.
• The Fierce Tiger Gang boarded the merchant ship and searched for Han Linjun, who feared they had discovered she carried an item made of fragments.
• Zhang Shilong identified himself as an elder of the Thousand Sun Sect and asked Yuan YinXiao to let the ship pass.
• Yuan YinXiao, the Fierce Tiger Gang’s deputy leader, refused to give Zhang Shilong face.

Fierce Tiger Gang leader Yuan YinXiao searched the ship for Han Linjun and a Magical Artifact, then demanded to search Zhang Shilong’s disciple, Lu Sheng. Lu Sheng attacked Yuan and split the gang’s ship in two, leaving its fighters in disarray.

• Yuan YinXiao’s men searched everyone aboard but found neither Han Linjun nor the Magical Artifact.
• Yuan YinXiao ordered his men to search Zhang Shilong, who endured the humiliation and was cleared.
• Yuan YinXiao then ordered Lu Sheng searched, and Lu Sheng drew his sword despite Zhang Shilong’s attempts to restrain him.
• Lu Sheng struck Yuan YinXiao and smashed him into the ship’s hull, leaving him badly wounded.
• Lu Sheng unleashed a sword slash that cut the Fierce Tiger Gang’s ship in two and killed two fighters, while the surviving gang members lost their resolve.

Lu Sheng killed Yuan YinXiao and the Fierce Tiger Gang experts who attacked his ship, prompting Yuan Chengdao and Zhao Qianzhong to plot revenge against him and the White Banner Merchant Association. Zhang Shilong brought Lu Sheng to Thousand Sun City to seek help from his teacher.

• Lu Sheng used Sun Chasing Swordplay and his hidden Blood Web to kill Yuan YinXiao and the Restraint Rank experts, while the surviving gang members fled.
• Zhang Shilong warned Lu Sheng that Yuan YinXiao's brother Yuan Chengdao and the court official behind the Fierce Tiger Gang could retaliate, then urged Lu Sheng to meet his teacher for help.
• At the Fierce Tiger Gang's dragon boat festival, Zhao Qianzhong learned of Yuan YinXiao's death and spoke with Yuan Chengdao, who vowed to kill Lu Sheng and target Bai Houren's family.
• Zhang Shilong showed the Yangming Army his sect token, then took Lu Sheng through Thousand Sun City toward his teacher's shop.

Lu Sheng sought help from Zhang Shilong’s teacher after killing Yuan YinXiao, but the elder could offer little protection against the powerful Yuan Family. Lu Sheng then reported to the Thousand Sun Sect’s Diligent Affairs Hall, where he encountered the sect’s costly and money-driven ways.

• Zhang Shilong asked his teacher to help Lu Sheng after Lu Sheng killed Yuan YinXiao, but the elder warned that Yuan Chengdao’s connection to the case made it extremely difficult.
• Lu Sheng left the shop and went to the Diligent Affairs Hall to report to the Thousand Sun Sect.
• Chen Jintian offered Lu Sheng an Affairs Map and explained the sect’s many costly training and equipment services.
• Lu Sheng and four other branch disciples were told to pay a thousand Devil Gold each before taking their aptitude test, and all five paid the fee.

Lu Sheng completed the Earth Gate aptitude test and was admitted to the Thousand Sun Sect’s inner court. After receiving a warning about danger in the small city, he entered the inner court with several wealthy newcomers and saw how heavily the sect favored money.

• Lu Sheng entered the Earth Gate, resisted a Phantom Nether Devil Woman’s attempts to drain and tempt him, and passed the test.
• The yellow-robed registrar sent Lu Sheng to the Earth Spirit Zone and explained that he had taken the side entrance by mistake.
• A woman with twin swords warned Lu Sheng not to leave Thousand Sun Small City, passing along a message from someone who seemed to be Zhang Shilong.
• Lu Sheng stayed at the Golden Immortal Hall, passed the review, and entered the inner court the next day with seven others under Zhang Songhui’s guidance.
• Zhang Songhui explained that inner-court disciples could choose mentors or train independently, while wealthy newcomers boasted about their money.
• Lu Sheng noticed that the other new disciples wore expensive magical artifacts but had weak, unstable true qi.

Lu Sheng arrived at the Thousand Sun Sect’s inner court, where Zhang Songhui assigned him a residence and explained the costs and facilities. He then returned to Su Ningfei’s cavern and found a clay tablet meant to guide his breakthrough to Demon Lord, but its blade marks revealed nothing, so he summoned Deep Blue.

• Zhang Songhui led Lu Sheng and the other newcomers past the Human-Headed Giant Serpent and through the golden gate into the inner court.
• After the other newcomers left, Zhang Songhui registered Lu Sheng, gave him a crystal ball, and explained that residents needed Devil Gold to live in the inner court.
• Lu Sheng followed the crystal ball to his assigned courtyard and recognized that the golden orb overhead refined and distributed vital essence to the buildings.
• Lu Sheng returned to Su Ningfei’s cavern and found a clay tablet bearing blade marks and a message linking its comprehension to reaching Sacred Lord.
• Lu Sheng studied the tablet’s marks without gaining insight, then summoned Deep Blue.

Lu Sheng agreed to enter a three-sect contest in exchange for Su Ningfei teaching him how to comprehend the clay slab, which she said could give Weapon Masters a chance to break through. After arriving at Black Seal Temple, he prepared to search the contestants for the girl Su Ningfei wanted, while Long Jiu also noticed him and planned to extort or attack the Thousand Sun Sect group.

• Lu Sheng spent more than ten days studying the clay slab but made no progress, while Shan Junya and Chen Daoning moved into his courtyard.
• Su Ningfei returned and asked Lu Sheng to find a girl resembling her during the upcoming contest, promising to explain how to comprehend the clay slab afterward.
• Lu Sheng agreed to compete and joined Zhang Songhui, Xie Yusheng, and Xie Yuqiong for registration and projection guidance.
• Thousand Sun Sect participants were transported to Black Seal Temple, where contestants from the three sects gathered beneath their respective flags.
• Long Jiu recognized Lu Sheng and discussed making him or Zhang Songhui pay, while Lu Sheng decided to search for Su Ningfei's target at the sects' rest points.

Lu Sheng entered Black Seal Temple's inner layer for the three sects' ranking battle, where Spirit Binding Sect Elder Yuan Chengdao threatened to kill him over his younger brother. After arriving, Lu Sheng began searching for the sects' resting sites and was attacked by an unseen creature.

• Xie Yuqiong told Lu Sheng about the prominent fighters and corruption within Thousand Sun Sect as the disciples prepared to enter the inner layer.
• Yuan Chengdao identified himself as Yuan YinXiao's older brother, threatened Lu Sheng, and promised to torment him using his authority as an Elder.
• Lu Sheng entered the transfer gate and arrived near the enormous statue at the center of Black Seal Temple's inner layer.
• Lu Sheng drew his sword and flew toward the distant buildings, planning to find the sects' resting sites.
• An unseen creature attacked Lu Sheng through a wall, and he cut apart its black hand with his Sun Chasing Sword.

Lu Sheng joined the fighting in the strange city, killed Long Jiu, and crushed the ape-spider and a Black Iron Giant. After gaining insight into the clay tablet’s Blade Mark, he crippled the remaining Spirit Binding Sect members and demanded that the Yin Sect summon Gong Chi.

• Lu Sheng recognized the Black Iron Giants as enlarged Closed-Eyes Monks and saw them fighting Xie Yuqiong, Xie Yusheng, and members of the Yin Sect.
• Long Jiu led Spirit Binding Sect members toward the courtyard while an ape-spider monster pursued them, and Lu Sheng blocked their escape and killed Long Jiu with a sword strike.
• Lu Sheng dispersed the Spirit Binding Sect members’ yin souls, then seized a Black Iron Giant and smashed it into the ape-spider, gaining new insight into the clay tablet’s Blade Mark.
• Lu Sheng severed the remaining Spirit Binding Sect members’ limbs and demanded to know whether any wore disguise masks.
• Lu Sheng ordered the Yin Sect women to stay and threatened the men who tried to flee, then asked them to send an emergency signal for Gong Chi.

Lu Sheng stopped threatening the other sects after Xie Yuqiong suggested buying information from the Thousand Lords Society, and Gong Chi agreed to help him obtain a list of the contest participants. Meanwhile, Sima He also sought the society to find someone, and Lu Sheng’s group continued toward the resting point before encountering a fight with a giant marked “Buddha.”

• Xie Yuqiong told Lu Sheng that the Thousand Lords Society could sell him a list of contest participants, and offered to help pay for it.
• Gong Chi arrived, confirmed she belonged to the Thousand Lords Society, and quoted a price for the information; she admitted she could not defeat Lu Sheng.
• Lu Sheng killed the Spirit Binding Sect participants with one sword thrust, then agreed not to attack Gong Chi and the others unless circumstances required it.
• Sima He defeated Wang Yunlong, learned about the Thousand Lords Society, and disappeared before he could finish explaining.
• Lu Sheng and Xie Yuqiong’s group traveled with Gong Chi and the Yin Sect toward the resting point, where they encountered more than ten people fighting a huge white monster bearing the character “Buddha.”

Lu Sheng used the blade marks on the clay tablet to derive the Star Shifting Saber Art far beyond its original limits and discovered that his spirit could alter reality. He left the battle changed, while Su Ningfei revealed that the tablet she had given him was a newly made copy of the Dead Silence Stone Tablet.

• Gong Chi identified the attacking monsters as Buddhist Logic, and Yin Sect disciples joined the battle while Lu Sheng sat aside to study the clay tablet’s blade marks.
• Lu Sheng used Deep Blue to derive the Unknown Saber Art into the Star Shifting Saber Art and continued enhancing it with God-Entrusting Power.
• After Gong Chi and the others finished fighting, Lu Sheng reached the Star Shifting Saber Art’s 189th layer and realized his spirit could make a stone become powder without using physical or inner power.
• Lu Sheng developed a dark red triangular mark on his brow, triangular pupils, and a swirling black wind as he understood the opportunity hidden in the saber art.
• In the Secret Realm, Su Ningfei told a white-haired old man that she had made a new copy of the Dead Silence Stone Tablet and did not remember what saber moves she had written on it.

Lu Sheng hunted through Buddha Wheel Temple Zone and encountered an old Closed-Eyes Dharma King who spoke Devil Language and called his people heavenly devils. After the Dharma King and a child novice vanished into ash, Lu Sheng was left questioning the truth of the worlds involved in the Devil Disaster, then continued leading the group through Black Seal Temple.

• Gong Chi and the others fought a Closed-Eye Vajra and its companions, suffering heavy casualties before defeating them.
• Lu Sheng killed a Closed-Eyes Dharma King and numerous Closed-Eye Vajras inside a Buddhist hall, then met an ancient Dharma King who spoke Great Yin Official Language.
• The old Dharma King called Lu Sheng and his people heavenly devils and asked why they had destroyed his world before turning to ash with the child novice.
• Lu Sheng left the hall and told Gong Chi to keep hunting, recruit Thousand Sun Sect and Yin Sect disciples, and kill any Spirit Binding Sect members they encountered.
• Gong Chi proposed joining forces with Changsun Lan and Li Mai to clear the other zones, while Xie Yuqiong objected that Yin Sect might use its strength to claim Mo Ling Prefecture's top ranking.