Chapter Summaries

Lu Sheng escorted Thousand Sun Sect disciples through the Buddha Wheel Temple Area, selling protection and contest places while eliminating Spirit Binding Sect opponents. Outside the Black Seal Temple, the sect leaders watched the contest and discovered that their own disciples were openly bargaining with other teams.

• Lu Sheng demanded money from Xie Yuqiong for her and Xie Yusheng’s places, then agreed to let Gong Chi and the Yin Sect group leave when they refused to pay.
• Xie Yuqiong offered to recruit other Thousand Sun Sect disciples for thirty thousand Devil Gold per person, and Lu Sheng accepted the deal.
• Xuanzhu traded information about Sun Rongji gathering Spirit Binding Sect members near three Buddha pagodas, and Lu Sheng agreed to consider taking Xuanzhu’s group along.
• Lu Sheng led the Xie siblings and Xuanzhu’s group toward the central Buddha statue, charging people to join him and killing more than twenty Spirit Binding Sect disciples.
• At the Black Seal Temple Training Ground, Yuanzheng Shangren watched the battle through a huge round mirror and saw Thousand Sun Sect disciples paying Spirit Binding Sect and Yin Sect members for advantages.

Yuanzheng Shangren watched Thousand Sun Sect disciples bargain for their lives until Lu Sheng’s brutal victory impressed him and the sect’s other leaders. After the higher-ups announced a final-key competition at the Three Buddha Pagodas, Lu Sheng headed for the Buddha Sound Temple Zone and attacked a group of Spirit Binding Sect disciples.

• Yuanzheng Shangren grew furious as surveillance showed Thousand Sun Sect disciples paying enemies to kill them quickly, while Song Quan haggled over the price of fighting opponents.
• Lu Sheng killed more than twenty Yin Sect and Spirit Binding Sect members who refused to pay, earning Yuanzheng Shangren’s praise and drawing the attention of the sect leaders.
• Lu Sheng learned that Spirit Binding Sect members were gathering near the Buddha Sound Temple Zone and decided to go there to challenge their leading fighter, Sun Rongji.
• A voice ordered the competitors to reach the Three Buddha Pagodas and compete for three keys within five shichen, but Lu Sheng’s companions declined to join the contest.
• Lu Sheng’s group encountered Spirit Binding Sect disciples emerging from a temple, and Lu Sheng suddenly unleashed a Blade Light at them.

Lu Sheng slaughtered Spirit Binding Sect disciples and forced Yuan Chengdao to face the consequences as the sects watched. At the Golden Key pagodas, Lu Sheng arrived and demanded fifty thousand Devil Gold from each of the three strongest inner court disciples.

• Lu Sheng killed a group of Spirit Binding Sect disciples, explaining that he was striking back because Yuan Chengdao had targeted him.
• Yuan Chengdao watched Lu Sheng defeat more Spirit Binding Sect disciples and faced angry elders whose disciples and relatives had been eliminated.
• Sun Rongji, Li Mai, and Changsun Lan met at the pagodas and stalled over whether to eliminate Changsun Lan before fighting for the Golden Key.
• Lu Sheng crashed a boulder through the temple gates, entered the courtyard, and demanded fifty thousand Devil Gold from each of them or threatened to kill them.
• Changsun Lan realized Lu Sheng belonged to the Thousand Sun Sect, and Sun Rongji and Li Mai reacted with surprise at his treatment of a fellow disciple.

Lu Sheng defeated Sun Rongji and Li Mai, forced them and Changsun Lan to pay for their qualification spots, and claimed the Golden Key. The selection sent the three winners to a transit area, where Lu Sheng learned that he could advance to battles in other prefectures while all three might compete for the central main branch.

• Yuanzheng Shangren celebrated Lu Sheng's challenge, then realized his granddaughter Changsun Lan was among the people being extorted.
• Lu Sheng fought Sun Rongji and Li Mai, blocked their combined attacks, and knocked both into the temple and wall.
• Changsun Lan agreed to pay Lu Sheng fifty thousand Devil Gold, and Sun Rongji offered an Earth Origin Golden Needle Chart worth at least that much.
• Lu Sheng accepted payment from Sun Rongji and Changsun Lan, activated the Golden Key, and secured the top three qualification spots for them.
• The Golden Key transported Lu Sheng, Sun Rongji, and Changsun Lan to a transit area between the Black Seal Temple's outer and inner layers.
• The old man's voice explained that Lu Sheng could enter battles across prefectures and that all three might be selected for the central main branch contest.

Lu Sheng emerged from the contest after defeating Sun Rongji and faced Yuan Chengdao, who tried to attack him over their feud. Yuanzheng Shangren intervened, and Lu Sheng continued provoking Yuan Chengdao as the confrontation ended.

• Lu Sheng defeated Sun Rongji, and he, Sun Rongji, and Changsun Lan were sent out of the contest to recuperate.
• Sun Rongji reported to Cave Master Nine Wei, while Changsun Lan went to Yuanzheng Shangren.
• Yuan Chengdao confronted Lu Sheng and threatened to teach him a lesson, but Lu Sheng taunted him about his younger brother.
• Yuan Chengdao attacked Lu Sheng, but Qing Yang intercepted him and forced him back.
• Cave Master Nine Wei ordered Yuan Chengdao to let the matter end, and Yuanzheng Shangren warned both men to stop.
• Lu Sheng mocked Yuan Chengdao again, and Yuanzheng Shangren's booming voice silenced the confrontation.

Lu Sheng used a subtle illusion to turn Yuan Chengdao’s revenge attack against Changsun Qingyang, killing Yuan Chengdao and leaving the Thousand Sun Sect to manage the fallout. He returned to the Thousand Sun Sect, where he learned of an upcoming role in Autumn Moon County and received a warning about a powerful silver-haired woman.

• Yuan Chengdao attacked Lu Sheng, but Lu Sheng’s illusion redirected him toward Changsun Qingyang, who killed him while defending himself.
• Yuanzheng Shangren told Lu Sheng to rest and represent Mo Ling Prefecture in the contests, while Changsun Lan discussed his Devil Gold and the upcoming matches.
• Lu Sheng left Black Seal Temple with Changsun Lan and returned to the Thousand Sun Sect, where Wang Yunlong, Zhang Shilong, and others welcomed him.
• Zhang Shilong told Lu Sheng that Sect Master Yun wanted him to serve as an adjudicator at Autumn Moon County’s coming selection competition, and Lu Sheng agreed.
• Wang Yunlong warned Lu Sheng about a powerful silver-haired woman whose voice sounded like a man and a woman speaking together; Lu Sheng thanked him and agreed they should grow closer.

Lu Sheng visited the True Spirit Pagoda and discovered that the mud slab Su Ningfei had given him was supposed to contain a Demon Race body-tempering sacred art. After learning that its mark was a sword mark rather than the blade mark he had seen, he left determined to confront his teacher about the apparent deception.

• Lu Sheng met Yun Qingnu, who introduced herself as Yun Wanfei’s aunt and the head of the Yun Family’s business in Mo Ling Prefecture.
• Lu Sheng entered the True Spirit Pagoda and climbed to its Eighth Layer, where he met the Demon Race elders Copper Eagle and Bai Zheng.
• Copper Eagle and Bai Zheng explained that the Saint Sword Mud Slab was one of five portions of a Demon Race body-tempering sacred art, with one portion held by Su Ningfei.
• Lu Sheng said the mark on the slab looked like a blade mark, but Bai Zheng insisted it was a sword mark and that all the slabs were alike.
• Lu Sheng suspected Su Ningfei had given him a fake slab and resolved to demand an explanation, his anger and killing intent growing.

After breaking through to the Devil Lord realm, Lu Sheng examined his transformed spiritual power and sought Su Ningfei’s guidance about his new level. Su Ningfei explained that Sacred Lords and Devil Lords occupied the same rank and stood near the top of the Human Realm.

• Lu Sheng reasoned that Deep Blue’s elevation of the Star Shifting Saber Art had strengthened his spirit enough to enable his breakthrough.
• Lu Sheng discovered a triangular mark within an illusory space in his body and condensed his spiritual power into a diamond-shaped crystal.
• Lu Sheng returned the clay tablet to Su Ningfei and claimed that its Great Dao had helped him break through.
• Su Ningfei admitted she had mixed up the tablets but was surprised that Lu Sheng had advanced, and Lu Sheng asked her to explain his new realm.
• Su Ningfei told Lu Sheng that Devil Lords and Sacred Lords were equal in rank, above Weapon Masters and Earth Essence practitioners.

Su Ningfei explained Saint Lord ranks, Divine Weapon fusion, and relations among Great Yin’s Saint Lords to Lu Sheng, then left him to return for the main-lineage contest. At Two Worlds Gorge, a colossal black dragon burst from the abyss and flew toward Great Yin’s Imperial Court with a purple-armored figure standing on its head.

• Su Ningfei told Lu Sheng that Saint Lords fused their souls with Divine Weapon Devil Blades and that their rank depended on the weapon’s grade.
• Su Ningfei described Saint Lord alliances and warned Lu Sheng to keep his weapon’s rank and core ability secret.
• Su Ningfei showed Lu Sheng Great Yin’s Forbidden Zones, urged him to attend the main-lineage contest and find the person he sought, then departed through a stone wall.
• Lu Sheng recognized Su Ningfei’s passage through stone as a likely Divine Weapon ability and pondered it after she left.
• At Two Worlds Gorge, the bridge shook and a colossal black dragon erupted from the abyss, destroying a suspension bridge and swallowing the people on it in the mist.
• The dragon spread its enormous wings above the fortress and roared toward Great Yin’s Imperial Court as a purple-armored figure stood between its horns.

After the Devil Disaster pushed Great Yin into a desperate war, Lu Sheng visited Spirit Ring Tower to buy a lesser divine weapon that could conceal his abilities and possibly contain God-Entrusting Power. He chose the Wei River Sword as a promising option while learning that a highly rated Nine Lands Boundary Wheel was nearly useless because of its enormous true qi cost.

• The devil army overran all three Two Worlds Gorges, sacrificed nearly a million people to build the Flesh and Blood Gate, and forced Great Yin to mobilize troops and experts.
• Lu Sheng went to Spirit Ring Tower in Mo Ling Prefecture to find a lesser divine weapon for camouflage and to test whether divine weapons contained God-Entrusting Power.
• The rabbit-tailed guide explained how auctions rated lesser divine weapons by star level according to the completeness of their assembled power.
• Lu Sheng found the seven-star Wei River Sword, whose abilities amplified strength and enhanced the body, and considered bidding for it.
• Zhou Yongtan warned Lu Sheng that the nine-star Nine Lands Boundary Wheel consumed an immense amount of true qi to absorb even one much weaker living creature.

Lu Sheng bought the Wei River Sword at the auction and began the process of inheriting it in his room. When he offered his blood, the sword was nearly corroded by it, leaving their contract off to an unexpected start.

• The Equality Hourglass sparked a fierce bidding war and sold to the Zhong Family patriarch for one million Devil Gold.
• Lu Sheng won the Wei River Sword for slightly more than its starting price and collected it from the auction house.
• After returning to the Thousand Sun Sect, Lu Sheng read the sword’s inheritance instructions and drew the Wei River Sword.
• The Wei River Sword demanded that Lu Sheng gather its fragments in exchange for half his blood essence and true qi, but his blood corroded its blade and weakened its voice.
• Lu Sheng and the Wei River Sword counted the blood sacrifice as complete, and Lu Sheng began the worship sacrifice by carefully infusing the sword with true qi.

Lu Sheng completed the Wei River Sword’s divine sacrifice, awakened its innate art Moonward, and began transforming his Crimson Gold True Qi. He then joined Changsun Lan and Sun Rongji at the projection gate for the main branch contest, where the Wei River Sword complained that it had not received a sacrifice.

• Lu Sheng infused the Wei River Sword with pure true qi, awakening the ancient Sinful Dragon’s shadow and strengthening the blade.
• Lu Sheng grasped the sword’s innate art, Moonward, and absorbed its complete technique using his powerful soul.
• The Wei River Sword explained that Moonward could summon the Wei River’s crushing pressure but consumed more than half of Lu Sheng’s true qi.
• Lu Sheng left the courtyard, declined Chen Daoning’s invitation, and returned to the central plaza before teleporting away.
• Changsun Lan and Sun Rongji joined Lu Sheng at the projection gate, where Yuanzheng Shangren and Cave Master Nine Wei briefed them on the contest.
• The Wei River Sword protested that it had not received a sacrifice, and Lu Sheng silenced it by squeezing its hilt.

Lu Sheng, Sun Rongji, and Changsun Lan discovered that their Main Vein Competition mission had taken them to the Devil World, where they were ordered to assassinate a Crimson Devil Clan noble. After Cave Master Nine Wei confirmed the mission was part of a wider campaign, Lu Sheng led the others out of their cave, where a giant black eagle swooped toward them.

• Lu Sheng agreed to feed the Wei River Sword three to five devil creatures once every three years.
• Lu Sheng, Sun Rongji, and Changsun Lan arrived in a strange cave and learned from Changsun Lan’s Landmark Formation that they were in the Devil World.
• Changsun Lan identified their location as the Antorei District and revealed their mission to assassinate Starry Sky Noble Yawara of the Crimson Devil Clan.
• Cave Master Nine Wei sent a recorded message explaining that the mission was part of a wider campaign and urging them to survive.
• Lu Sheng persuaded Sun Rongji and Changsun Lan to proceed, then led them out of the cave as a giant black eagle swooped toward them.

Lu Sheng, Sun Rongji, and Changsun Lan entered the Devil World and attacked a group of devils carrying triangular banners to reach their Starry Sky Noble target. Lu Sheng killed the group’s powerful leader, while the fate of the other devils remained unresolved.

• Lu Sheng subdued a Cloud Eagle with his Wei River Sword and took it with Sun Rongji and Changsun Lan to scout the plains.
• The group spotted a band of devils with blood-red triangular banners, but the Cloud Eagle refused to approach them, so the three dismounted and went on foot.
• Lu Sheng charged the devils while Changsun Lan summoned Smoke Crocodiles to hold off their fighters and Sun Rongji engaged another devil.
• Lu Sheng struggled against the leader, whose strength matched a peak Seven-Mark cultivator, and used shifting gravitational force to disrupt the devil’s attacks.
• Lu Sheng wounded the leader repeatedly, then stabbed it through the eye and killed it.

Lu Sheng returned to the Devil World after helping Changsun Lan and Sun Rongji escape, then devoured Gene, Xireen, and Elisa for their Devil Essence. Back at Black Seal Temple, the three sects prepared to fight the invading devil army, and Lu Sheng was assigned to Gourd Mountain before attending a banquet that night.

• Xireen revealed that he had helped the humans kill his brother Vinergi and urged Lu Sheng, Changsun Lan, and Sun Rongji to flee before the Saint Devil Squad arrived.
• After the three separated, Lu Sheng secretly returned, but Gene detected him through the frightened Wei River Sword.
• Lu Sheng devoured Gene, Xireen, and Elisa, gaining pure Devil Essence that benefited his Eight-Headed Devil Extreme Path.
• Lu Sheng, Changsun Lan, and Sun Rongji emerged from the black sphere at Black Seal Temple, where Cave Master Nine Wei ordered them to hunt devil forces threatening Great Yin territory.
• Yuanzheng Shangren assigned Lu Sheng to clear the devil race members at Gourd Mountain and invited him to Prince Qiong Huan's banquet that night.
• Sun Rongji gave Lu Sheng a jade pendant for communication, and Changsun Lan told him she would see him at the banquet.

Shangyang Fei arranged with a prince to meet Lu Sheng at his banquet, while Su Ningfei warned Lu Sheng that the Black Alliance had interfered and tasked him with capturing someone. Su Ningfei gave Lu Sheng the demon saber Xiu Ming, secretly hoping its dangerous power would be unleashed on him.

• Shangyang Fei met a prince outside Mo Ling Prefecture City and arranged for him to bring Lu Sheng to her alone at the banquet.
• Lu Sheng left Black Seal Temple for the banquet but went to meet Su Ningfei after she summoned him.
• Su Ningfei warned Lu Sheng that the Black Alliance had interfered with the banquet and asked him to capture a person she was seeking.
• Su Ningfei offered Lu Sheng the Gold Leaf Divine Weapon Xiu Ming in exchange for bringing her target to her, and Lu Sheng accepted.
• After Lu Sheng vanished with Xiu Ming, Su Ningfei revealed that she expected the demon saber to kill him and wanted to see its full power.

Lu Sheng inspected the Xiu Ming Blade, learned from the Wei River Sword that it was likely an Evil Weapon, and absorbed God-Entrusting Power from the Wei River Sword before attending Prince Qiong Huan’s banquet. At the banquet, he spotted a woman who looked exactly like Su Ningfei, while Sima He also followed her out of the hall.

• Lu Sheng concluded that the Xiu Ming Blade’s Bright Light ability implied it had a consciousness, and the Wei River Sword warned him that the blade was likely an Evil Weapon.
• Lu Sheng absorbed God-Entrusting Power from the Wei River Sword, gaining over three hundred units, but found none in the Xiu Ming Blade.
• Lu Sheng prepared for Prince Qiong Huan’s night banquet, unaware that a black-clad girl clung to his back and then vanished, leaving no trace.
• Lu Sheng attended the banquet and left the hall with Sun Rongji to look around.
• Lu Sheng saw a timid woman whose face matched Su Ningfei’s and went after her, while Sima He independently followed the same woman out of the hall.

Prince Qiong Huan framed Prince Qiong Shang for assaulting his sister, then a series of explosions let Qiong Shang and a girl who resembled Su Ningfei escape the banquet. As Lu Sheng followed them toward a gateway, Liu Songbo blocked their path and claimed that Qiong Shang had harmed the Fifth Princess.

• Qiong Huan lured the sect leaders to a clearing and presented Qiong Shang beside his torn-dressed sister, who accused him of taking her first sand.
• Qiong Shang realized he had been drugged and framed, while a girl resembling Su Ningfei rushed to defend him.
• The imperial sister identified the girl as a Devil World spy and exploded, setting off further blasts that plunged the banquet into darkness.
• Lu Sheng followed Qiong Shang and the girl as they fled through the Thousand Sun Sect's inner court toward a gateway.
• Liu Songbo blocked their route and claimed Qiong Shang had harmed the Fifth Princess, leaving Qiong Shang frozen in shock.

Qiong Shang was framed for treason and murder, and several allies helped him flee the Thousand Sun Sect inner court. Lu Sheng blocked Prince of Evil Fate to buy them time, then revealed that the prince had provoked Su Ningfei, whose presence began to loom over the scene.

• Liu Songbo accused Qiong Shang of colluding with foreign enemies, murdering members of the imperial family, and conspiring against his father, then ordered his arrest.
• Changsun Qingyang defended Qiong Shang, but Prince of Evil Praise arrived and forced him to his knees before ordering the others killed.
• A mysterious rescuer teleported Qiong Shang, the girl, and Changsun Qingyang toward the inner court exit, while Celestial River True Person held off their pursuers.
• Prince of Evil Fate caught up with the fleeing group, but Lu Sheng stopped Li Shunxi from attacking and let Li Shunxi lead Qiong Shang and the others past him.
• Lu Sheng restrained Prince of Evil Fate when he tried to pursue them, then warned him that his teacher was Su Ningfei.
• Prince of Evil Fate realized whom he had insulted and fainted as the gathered crowd sensed Su Ningfei watching from the darkness.

Lu Sheng stopped Su Ningfei from killing the people around her daughter, then helped Li Shunxi and Qiong Shang hide in a secret chamber. He left to explain his sudden increase in power to Thousand Sun Sect and deal with the three sects of Mo Ling Prefecture.

• Su Ningfei attacked the crowd, but Lu Sheng seized her wrist and persuaded her to spare her daughter’s friends.
• Su Ningfei took Yuan Yuan and returned to the Secret Realm, while Lu Sheng urged Li Shunxi and Qiong Shang to leave.
• Celestial River True Person explained that his family’s Divine Weapon had been shattered and led Lu Sheng and the two young men to a hidden underground chamber.
• Li Shunxi warned Lu Sheng that resource shortages made a major war between the Human Realm and Devil World nearly inevitable.
• Lu Sheng decided to deal with the three sects of Mo Ling Prefecture and secretly placed a Saint Lord-level spiritual mark on Celestial River True Person.