Chapter Summaries

Lu Sheng consolidated his overseas conquests into Four Seas Gate, refined the Overturning Sea Pearl, and went to confront the allied top-tier sea clans. Elsewhere, Yun Ye revealed that he had killed five Divine Infant True Lords and ambushed three more, while Mu Yun sacrificed himself during a surprise attack on Lu Sheng.

• Lu Sheng conquered the major sea clans, gathered their cultivation arts, and used God-Entrusting Power to complete their inherited formulas for Ten Thousand Seas Cave.
• Lu Sheng refined the Overturning Sea Pearl, established Four Seas Gate as the dominant overseas power, and earned the title Overturning Sea True Lord.
• The Mirage Mermaid, Whale, Clam, and Many Whisker Clans allied against Four Seas Gate, and Lu Sheng personally headed for the Mirage Mermaid Clan's ancestral land.
• In the Central Plains, Yun Ye admitted killing the Four Great Holy Monks and the Divine Sword Gate Master, then trapped three pursuers in spreading black qi and vowed to consume them.
• Mu Yun attacked Lu Sheng with the Dragon Form Qin Heaven Staff, but a Sea Shark Clan True Person stopped his charge; Mu Yun then detonated his staff and Golden Core in a suicidal blast.

Lu Sheng defeated three Divine Infant True Lords who ambushed him with the Sun True Flame, overpowering them with a vast pillar of seawater and planning to seize their cultivation knowledge. Elsewhere, Yun Ye’s demonic power continued to grow as he vowed to dominate the world and reopen the heavens for the Ancient Demon Clan.

• Lu Sheng survived the three True Lords’ coordinated attack and discovered that their technique suppressed the spread of his infant aura.
• The Eastern Secret Kingdom Lord explained that he and his allies had used the same ambush to defeat Nine Dragons, while the attackers trapped Lu Sheng inside the Sun True Flame.
• Lu Sheng summoned a gigantic pillar of seawater that extinguished the flames, overwhelmed the three True Lords, and left them bound and injured.
• Lu Sheng decided to extract cultivation formulas and other valuable resources from the captives, expecting to advance further with God-Entrusting Power.
• Yun Ye sensed his demonic power growing and declared that he would soon dominate the world and lead the Ancient Demon Clan in reopening the heavens.

The Righteous Qi Path Master turned his attention from Yun Ye to new threats across the regions and prepared a formation buried at White Palace Mountain. Overseas, Lu Sheng consolidated his victory at Li River Palace, learned of a dragon reportedly suppressed by Xuan Dragon Sect, and confronted the captured Sea Serpent royal family.

• The Righteous Qi Path Master told the peak masters to focus on Huang Ji’s return in the northern desert and the Southern Border Poison King’s rise, then revealed he would retrieve a formation buried at White Palace Mountain.
• Lu Sheng inspected the Water Stabilizing Pillar at Li River Palace while Ta Heng Gong, Dong Ling, and Water Virtue True Lord explained their identities and submitted to his restrictions.
• Dong Ling told Lu Sheng that Xuan Dragon Sect supposedly suppressed a living evil dragon, and Lu Sheng said he would visit the sect another time.
• Kong Fei reported that the Sea Serpent Clan’s royal members had been captured, and Lu Sheng ordered them brought before him.
• Lu Sheng warned the defiant Sea Serpent elder that he could exterminate the clan and endanger the elder’s descendants.

Lu Sheng forced the King Serpent Clan to surrender its Dragon Transformation inheritance, then used the Heavenly Serpent Salvation Sutra to guide his cultivation and advanced to the middle Divine Infant stage. He prepared to travel to Wu Mountain County in Zhao Country to settle old karmic ties with Mu Yun Dao Ren and confront the past that drove his hatred of the Righteous Qi Path.

• Lu Sheng killed the King Serpent Clan's elder and pressured the clan into revealing the Dragon Transformation inheritance, which he obtained as the Heavenly Serpent Salvation Sutra.
• Lu Sheng studied the sutra, compared its bloodline cultivation method with his Eight-Headed Devil Extreme Path, and used Deep Blue to advance to the middle Divine Infant stage.
• Lu Sheng summoned Mount Qi Master, whom he addressed as Liu Er, and asked her to accompany him to the Central Plains; she tried and failed to affect him with her charm arts.
• Lu Sheng told Liu Er to arrange a journey to Wu Mountain County in Zhao Country, where he planned to settle his karmic ties with Mu Yun Dao Ren and revisit his former homeland.

Luo Ying left Luo Cheng to return to her family in the Country of the Sky, leaving him books and a pill that might help him reunite with her. As Luo Cheng grieved her departure, a man who looked like his father arrived, identified him as the heir to Four Seas Gate, and prepared to take him to the North Sea.

• Luo Cheng inspected the dye vats and left for the county city while Luo Ying stayed behind at the manor.
• A shadowy subordinate urged Luo Ying to leave before Spirit Slaughter found her, and she agreed to go with him on three conditions.
• Luo Cheng returned to find Luo Ying gone and discovered her letter, two cultivation books, and a pill, with the letter suggesting they might meet again if he mastered the books.
• A man and a woman arrived asking for Luo Xing and Xu Ye Jun, then confirmed Luo Cheng's identity by testing his blood.
• The man named Luo Cheng the sole inheritor and Young Gate Master of Four Seas Gate and set out to take him to the North Sea.

Lu Sheng found his nephew Luo Cheng and learned that Luo Ying had been taken away, so he sent the Mount Qi Master to retrieve her. After she brought Luo Ying to the manor, Luo Cheng tried to hide that she was not his biological sister.

• Lu Sheng revealed that he was Luo Cheng's uncle and ordered the Mount Qi Master to find Luo Ying and whoever had taken her.
• Luo Ying boarded a fleet preparing to leave Zhao Country with Silver Wing Xi Hadeer and the Black-Clothed Men.
• The Mount Qi Master confronted the fleet, defeated Silver Wing Xi Hadeer, and flew away with Luo Ying after she identified herself.
• Lu Sheng brought Luo Cheng to the manor and asked about the family's history.
• The Mount Qi Master returned with Luo Ying, and Luo Cheng claimed her unusual appearance came from a childhood illness.

Lu Sheng resolved Mu Yun’s family ties by visiting Luo Cheng and Luo Ying, honoring the Luo graves, and secretly supporting Lin Shuangyi’s family. At Cold Plum Academy, he found Yue Xingzhu, who recognized him but denied her identity, leaving their reunion unresolved.

• Lu Sheng told Luo Cheng to have many children, then took him and Luo Ying to pay respects at their family graves.
• Lu Sheng arranged for the Luo graves to be moved to Cloud Water Temple in the South Sea and sent Luo Cheng and Luo Ying away with the merfolk.
• Lu Sheng secretly left Lin Shuangyi longevity medicine and a protective jade pendant after confirming the Lin Family had safeguarded the Luo Family.
• Lu Sheng and Liu Er went to Cold Plum Academy to find Yue Xingzhu, where Yue Mingjuan served them walnuts at her mother’s stall.
• Lu Sheng identified himself as Luo Mu Yun and recalled the Bauhinia he had given Yue Xingzhu, but she tearfully denied being the woman he sought.

Lu Sheng settled Yue Xingzhu and Yue Mingjuan’s affairs, then began advancing his Divine Infant cultivation before confronting the Righteous Qi Path. After reaching the late stage and awakening a Profound Water Divine Mark, he tested its power and saw a dark-blue eye open inside a water sphere.

• Liu Er comforted Lu Sheng and took over handling Yue Xingzhu’s affairs.
• Lu Sheng arranged for Yue Mingjuan to become a disciple of the Merfolk Clan’s local faction and left both women jade pendants that could protect them three times.
• Lu Sheng and Liu Er stayed in a town near Huang Jin Mountain while Lu Sheng used Deep Blue to advance toward the late stage of Divine Infant.
• Lu Sheng completed the breakthrough and discovered that he had gained a Profound Water Divine Mark on his hand and true body.
• Lu Sheng activated the Divine Mark and watched it draw vast amounts of seawater into a fist-sized sphere.
• A dark-blue eye opened inside the water sphere and gazed at Lu Sheng.

Lu Sheng discovered that forcing his divine markings to their limit created Gesangna's Eye, a destructive manifestation that injured him and carried chaotic memories. After recovering, he traveled to Huang Jin Mountain to confront the Righteous Qi Path, whose leaders planned to rescue Du Guangchi and reclaim the Kun Lake Sword.

• Lu Sheng touched the eyeball inside his compressed water sphere, resisted its corrupting will, and suffered severe injuries when the sphere burst.
• Lu Sheng identified the manifestation as Gesangna's Eye and realized its power could attack the divine soul and draw on a mysterious existence.
• Lu Sheng found that Deep Blue could not deduce the Primordial Spirit realm without a cultivation technique, so he set out for Huang Jin Mountain.
• The Righteous Qi Path's peak masters discussed Lu Sheng's arrival and decided Zhao Wuding of Three Layered Peaks should confront him while they sought to recover Du Guangchi and the Kun Lake Sword.
• Lu Sheng and Liu Er traveled through the mountain forests toward Huang Jin Mountain as Liu Er described the Path Master's and peak masters' strength.

Lu Sheng and Liu Er arrived at Huang Jin Mountain to demand an explanation from the Righteous Qi Path, but its mist formation blocked their way and injured Liu Er. Lu Sheng answered by unleashing a vast flood that shattered the mountain-protecting formation, leaving Huang Jin Mountain under attack.

• Liu Er explained that the Righteous Qi Path and the demonic path retained faint connections to the upper realm, and described Huang Jin Mountain's defenses to Lu Sheng.
• Lu Sheng and Liu Er reached Huang Jin Mountain, where Lu Shan of Bright Sword Hall confronted them through the Qi Whirlwind Nine Golds Grand Formation.
• Lu Shan refused Lu Sheng's request to speak with the sect's leaders and claimed the formation could not be broken.
• Liu Er tried to dispel the mist with magical seeds, but the formation countered her and turned her Clear Light Thousand Poison Nail against her, wounding her wrist.
• The Righteous Qi Path Master and Sima Zhun dismissed Lu Sheng and Liu Er, expecting the First Peak to drive them away.
• Lu Sheng summoned a vast mass of seawater and sent it crashing down on Huang Jin Mountain, shattering the Qi Whirlwind Nine Golds Grand Formation.

Lu Sheng’s overwhelming flood shattered the Righteous Qi Path’s supreme protective formation and forced Huang Jin Mountain to rely on the Twelve Golden Water Arts. The Righteous Qi Path’s leaders prepared to confront him, sending Sima Zhun out to meet the Four Seas Gate Master.

• Lu Sheng’s vast seawater breached Huang Jin Mountain’s sky formation, astonishing Ouyang Bing and Fu Lingxiong, who were secretly Moon Devil Palace agents posing as Ice Pine Gate visitors.
• The Righteous Qi Path’s disciples and stewards reinforced the Twelve Golden Water Arts after the Qi Whirlwind Nine Golds Grand Formation was destroyed and dozens of Core Formation elders were injured.
• The Righteous Qi Path Master and the Seven Great Peaks’ peak masters assessed Lu Sheng’s power and decided to send someone to confront him.
• The peak masters chose Sima Zhun, whose method was suited to the task, and he flew toward the First Peak’s summit platform.
• Lu Sheng’s seawater continued to engulf the land around Huang Jin Mountain, turning the surroundings into an immense blue ocean.

Lu Sheng challenged the Righteous Qi Path at Huang Jin Mountain, testing his water-element spells against Sima Zhun’s black dragon and repeatedly failing to defeat it. He drew the Kun Lake Sword and unleashed his true power, leaving the confrontation poised to escalate.

• Lu Sheng’s strike destroyed the first Qi Whirlwind Nine Golds Grand Formation and exposed Huang Jin Mountain, but the Twelve Golden Water Arts still protected the main lineage.
• Sima Zhun sent a black dragon spell against Lu Sheng, and it defeated three increasingly powerful water dragons he conjured.
• Lu Sheng unleashed the Sea Jade Disc: Extreme Frost Sacred Cloud Wave, but the black dragon smashed the attack apart with one claw.
• Liu Er laughed at Lu Sheng’s failed displays, and he admitted he should not have trusted overseas inheritances.
• Lu Sheng drew the Kun Lake Sword, threatened to bury the Righteous Qi Path beneath the sea, and invoked Divine Might as a vast Deep Blue ocean emerged behind him.

Lu Sheng overwhelmed Sima Zhun with the ocean unleashed by the Kun Lake Sword, then confronted the Righteous Qi Path Master at Huang Jin Mountain to settle the sect’s role in the old plot. The Path Master matched Lu Sheng’s amplified mana and demanded compensation for the damage to the mountain, setting the stage for a battle.

• Lu Sheng used the Kun Lake Sword to unleash a vast ocean that crushed Sima Zhun and swept away dozens of Righteous Qi Path experts.
• Sima Zhun tried to escape the surging seawater with a treasured white banner, but the banner shattered and left him gravely wounded.
• Lu Sheng and Liu Er entered Huang Jin Mountain through a gap in the failing Twelve Golden Water Arts formation, where the Righteous Qi Path Master and his disciples awaited them.
• Lu Sheng demanded vengeance for the Righteous Qi Path’s past scheme, while Liu Sicheng argued that Sima Zhun’s defeat was sufficient compensation.
• The Righteous Qi Path Master activated the Spirit Control Pool and revealed mana comparable to Lu Sheng’s, as their clash shattered the formation and flooded Huang Jin Mountain.
• The Path Master agreed to compensate Lu Sheng for the old karma but demanded an explanation for the damage to the mountain, while Lu Sheng accepted the prospect of a fight.

Lu Sheng and the Righteous Qi Path Master fought a four-day duel that left both mortally wounded and the Righteous Qi Path disciples evacuating Huang Jin Mountain. As the Path Master asked whether their cause and effect had been settled, Lu Sheng recognized that the old man had planned for this outcome.

• Lu Sheng attacked the Righteous Qi Path Master with the Kun Lake Sword, and the Path Master answered with his righteous sword arts and divine power.
• The two fought evenly inside a sphere of clashing gold and blue sword light while Liu Sicheng and the other cultivators watched helplessly.
• The Path Master spent his life force and the Spirit Control Pool's accumulated power to hold Lu Sheng back as the Righteous Qi Path evacuated its disciples.
• After four days and nights, the fighters fell into a crater at Huang Jin Mountain, both gravely injured.
• Lu Sheng praised the Path Master's strength, and the dying Path Master asked whether their cause and effect had been settled; Lu Sheng realized the old man had planned for this.

Lu Sheng reconciled with the gravely wounded Righteous Qi Path Master, then left Huang Jin Mountain after Yun Ye’s attack failed. As Lu Sheng traveled back toward the Four Seas Gate with Liu Er, a Taoist pursued them and asked them to stop.

• Lu Sheng and the Righteous Qi Path Master agreed to settle their conflict in exchange for resources, treasures, and cultivation arts.
• Yun Ye arrived to attack the weakened Righteous Qi Path, but Liu Sicheng fought him off with Luo Fu Myriad Palaces.
• Lu Sheng rapidly healed his injuries, recovered the seawater with the Overturning Sea Pearl, and departed Huang Jin Mountain with Liu Er as Yun Ye fled.
• Lu Sheng told Liu Er that his Divine Infant was depleted and that he was temporarily reduced to Core Formation-level strength, then asked her to guide their cloud qi home.
• A fast-moving Taoist with a Pine Pattern Sword caught up to Lu Sheng and Liu Er, asked them to stop, and showed greed and impatience in his eyes.

Lu Sheng and Liu Er fled into Dragon Chapter Marsh with the pursuing Yun Ye, who revealed his ancient devil nature and trapped them. Lu Sheng transformed into his enormous true form, crushed and devoured Yun Ye, then spared Liu Er.

• Lu Sheng ordered Liu Er to flee, and Yun Ye pursued them while pretending to be the pill trader Four Yuan Wanderer.
• Lu Sheng told Liu Er to lead them to Dragon Chapter Marsh, where its miasma could cut off Heaven and Earth Essence Qi.
• Yun Ye caught up, spread devil qi through the ground, and immobilized Liu Er as his devil form emerged.
• Lu Sheng revealed his gigantic true form, overwhelming Yun Ye and rendering his devil qi powerless.
• Lu Sheng crushed Yun Ye, devoured him, and chose to spare Liu Er.

After defeating Yun Ye and securing compensation from the Righteous Qi Path, Lu Sheng built up the Four Seas Gate and raised Luo Cheng as his disciple. As conflict broke out between the Righteous Qi Path and the Earth King Palace, Lu Sheng prepared for a long seclusion and arranged protections for Luo Cheng and his descendants.

• Lu Sheng returned to the Four Seas Gate after devouring Yun Ye, recovered his strength, and received cultivation manuals and resources from the Righteous Qi Path.
• Lu Sheng released Du Guangchi, returned the Kun Lake Sword, unified the overseas sea clans under the Four Seas Gate, and began nurturing Luo Cheng.
• At Ding Xian Mountain, Lu Sheng watched Luo Cheng practice swordsmanship and gave him a Qi Curtain Vacuum Spell.
• A bald, hunchbacked old man reported that the Righteous Qi Path and the Earth King Palace had begun fighting, but Lu Sheng chose not to intervene.
• Lu Sheng confirmed the Five Great Divine Lords and the Profound Water God Sacrifice Platform were ready, then entrusted the old man with a key and ordered the Four Seas Gate to protect Luo Cheng's descendants during his long seclusion.

Lu Sheng sealed himself away in the White Jade Palace after arranging the Luo Family’s future and withdrawing Four Seas Gate from the world’s conflicts. During his seclusion, he broke through to the Divine Wisdom Realm and began considering a safer world for the Lu Family to settle in.

• Lu Sheng left Four Seas Gate under the Five Great Divine Lords and arranged for the Luo Family to receive wealth and resources under the Sea God Key contract.
• Lu Sheng lit his soul lamp and entered long-term seclusion, sealing the White Jade Palace and leaving the bald old man unable to enter the immortal mountain.
• The bald old man informed a Divine Lord as Four Seas Gate withdrew from the turmoil, allowing Luo Cheng to live peacefully while the Righteous Qi Path and Earth King Palace continued fighting.
• Lu Sheng absorbed Mu Yun’s cultivation and advanced Infinite Method to the sixth layer of Gathering Essence, reaching the peak of the Divine Wisdom Realm.
• Lu Sheng discovered that his Netherflame Yin Fire had become source power and easily overwhelmed a much larger quantity of poisonous fire.
• Lu Sheng considered relocating the Lu Family to a safer world but decided the plan required careful thought because of the many dangers surrounding the Heavenly Devil World.

After returning from his descent, Lu Sheng recorded his discoveries, assessed the Yuan Devil Sect’s affairs, and reunited with his young son during a festival in Autumn Moon County. Zhu Shejun then asked him to rescue Su Yuan Yuan from the Yellow Mountain Thousand Dragon Cave, offering him a Saint Sword Mud Slab as a reward.

• Lu Sheng encoded and recorded the cultivation arts he had gained, then learned that two years had passed and reviewed the state of the Great Yin and the Yuan Devil Sect.
• Lu Sheng updated the heart-controlling methods of the Yuan Devil Sect’s upper ranks and returned to Autumn Moon County, where he took Lu Ning to watch the Zhaoqu Festival.
• Lu Sheng explained the Yuan Devil Sect’s devil-flesh livestock business to Lu Ning as they watched the festival crowd.
• Zhu Shejun told Lu Sheng that Su Yuan Yuan had stolen Su Ningfei’s Yang Luo Petrification Yi Wood Divine Lightning to help Prince Qiong Shang and Li Shunxi, and was trapped in the Yellow Mountain Thousand Dragon Cave.
• Zhu Shejun gave Lu Sheng a Saint Sword Mud Slab on behalf of the Sect Master, and Lu Sheng agreed to rescue Su Yuan Yuan.

Lu Sheng returned to the World of Pain to ask Cross Star about the realms beyond Holy Lord and was tasked with driving Lady Black Gold away. Instead, he offered to help her build up a nearby diocese, then learned that the Gate of Three Realms would open in twelve years.

• Lu Sheng entered the World of Pain and learned from Cross Star that Lords of War belonged to the Origin Realm, while those beyond them entered the Source Realm and could eventually reach Void Nether.
• Cross Star told Lu Sheng to drive Lady Black Gold away because Black Whisper Town did not need a second priest.
• Lu Sheng visited Se Ye Palace and persuaded Black Gold to consider building achievements by managing a barren nearby diocese.
• Black Gold revealed that she was the daughter of an important figure in the Ninth Diocese and offered Lu Sheng greater rewards if he helped her produce results within twelve years.
• Black Gold explained that the Gate of Three Realms would open in twelve years, shocking Lu Sheng because he knew it would unleash the great calamity.