Chapter Summaries

Lu Xuanji defeated Demon King Xuan Ming with Pure Yang True Fire, then challenged the Demon Race until the Golden Crow Saint Son entered the arena. The two traded taunts, and Lu Xuanji prepared to shatter the Saint Son’s bloodline pride with his fists.

• Lu Xuanji fought Demon King Xuan Ming with Pure Yang True Fire and burned him to ash.
• Lu Xuanji rested briefly, then challenged the Demon Race Golden Core fighters as True Lord Xuanji.
• The Black Tortoise lineage and other Demon Race figures seethed over Xuan Ming’s death, while the Demon Emperors discussed Lu Xuanji’s threat.
• The Golden Crow Saint Son entered the arena and described Lu Xuanji’s rise before declaring that his fate would end there.
• Lu Xuanji mocked the Golden Crow Saint Son’s bloodline pride and vowed to crush it with his fists.

Lu Xuanji defeated and killed the Golden Crow Saint Son in a brutal arena fight, despite the Golden Crow Clan Patriarch’s attempt to intervene. The chapter left the watching demons stunned, while Lu Xuanji collected three drops of the Saint Son’s golden blood.

• The Golden Crow Saint Son attacked Lu Xuanji, and the two exchanged a hundred head-on blows until the Saint Son was wounded and knocked back.
• The Golden Crow Saint Son burned his bloodline, while Lu Xuanji activated the Ant Emperor Divine Form and raised his power twelvefold.
• Lu Xuanji tore the Golden Crow Saint Son in two, and the Golden Crow Clan Patriarch tried to save him but was restrained by the other Demon Emperors and patriarchs.
• Lu Xuanji burned away the Saint Son’s remnant soul and body with Pure Yang True Fire, then stored the three drops of golden blood that remained.
• The demons watched in stunned silence, and Jin Yuan, a Half-Step Golden Core great demon who had once fought Lu Xuanji, realized how much stronger he had become.

After Lu Xuanji defeated the Demon Race’s prodigies, the Demon Emperors debated whether to send a powerful Senior to fight him. Gu Changfeng accepted their summons and appeared to challenge Lu Xuanji, leaving the two prepared to fight to the death.

• Lu Xuanji recovered from his injuries and challenged the Demon Race’s emperors to send another opponent.
• The Demon Emperors decided to concede for now and secretly arranged for Senior to confront Lu Xuanji.
• After reviewing Lu Xuanji’s battles, the man in blue robes identified weaknesses in the Ant Emperor Divine Form and agreed to kill him.
• Lu Xuanji sensed an approaching danger that could also bring him a great opportunity.
• Gu Changfeng appeared in the arena, revealed that he would use every means to kill Lu Xuanji, and accepted his challenge to fight.

Lu Xuanji battled Gu Changfeng, whose superior divine intent and swordsmanship initially pushed him back. Lu Xuanji adapted and broke through Gu Changfeng’s Five Elements techniques, leaving Gu Changfeng wounded before he unleashed forbidden Five Elements Divine Needles.

• The Demon Emperors praised Gu Changfeng’s decision to abandon his Spirit Transformation cultivation and reincarnate to pursue a flawless Nine Revolutions Golden Core.
• Gu Changfeng and Lu Xuanji exchanged hundreds of attacks, with Lu Xuanji using the fight to temper himself and improve.
• Gu Changfeng suppressed Lu Xuanji with the Five Elements Great Capturing Hand, but Lu Xuanji fused three blades into a Seven Colored Divine Sabre and shattered it.
• Lu Xuanji pressed his advantage, breaking Gu Changfeng’s defenses and wounding him with the Seven Colored Divine Sabre.
• Gu Changfeng activated a forbidden technique and sent Five Elements Divine Needles toward Lu Xuanji.

Lu Xuanji defeated Gu Changfeng, but a Demon Race Spirit Transformation cultivator intervened to save Gu and paid the human race an additional portion of fortune for his life. Lu Xuanji returned from the battle as a celebrated human hero and gained powerful fortune within the Chu Kingdom.

• Lu Xuanji overwhelmed Gu Changfeng in their arena battle, steadily draining his strength and forcing him to retreat.
• Gu Changfeng called for the Kunpeng Heavenly Lord to save him, and the Demon Race Spirit Transformation cultivator ended the battle before Lu Xuanji could strike the killing blow.
• The Demon Race protector offered an additional portion of race fortune for Gu Changfeng's life, and the human Heavenly Lord accepted.
• Lu Xuanji left the arena under a guiding beam of light while the gathered Demon Emperors and human True Lords discussed the unprecedented intervention.
• After the battle, True Lord Xuanji's victory and contribution to humanity became widely celebrated, while enemies on both sides harbored killing intent toward him.
• Lu Xuanji sensed his fortune grow stronger and recognized that its protection and benefits applied mainly within the Chu Kingdom.

After defeating Gu Changfeng and taking twenty percent of the Demon Race’s fortune, Lu Xuanji became Chu Kingdom’s Child of Destiny. Gu Changfeng and an old demon discussed how to kill him, but the old man concluded that attacking now would bring disaster and proposed waiting for his fortune to decline.

• Lu Xuanji reflected on how destiny and fortune favored him, while treating the resentment and assassination attempts he might attract as minor costs.
• Gu Changfeng told the old man that Lu Xuanji was not a reincarnated cultivator and argued that his talent and fortune made him a future threat to the Demon Race.
• The old man explained that his attempts to attack Lu Xuanji had triggered warnings of danger and that Lu’s fortune made him difficult to kill within Chu Kingdom.
• The old man described ways Lu Xuanji’s protection might weaken, including leaving Chu Kingdom, losing to a younger genius, or waiting until his fortune declined after a hundred years.
• Gu Changfeng argued that waiting could let Lu Xuanji grow too powerful, while the old man said a Void Refining senior he knew would not intervene against a Golden Core genius.

Gu Changfeng decided to leave for the Central Continent to seek immortal gold and pursue a Ninth-Revolution Flawless Golden Core, while the old man warned him about the dangers ahead. In the Qilin Mountain Range, the Qilin Saintess learned that Lu Xuanji had defeated Five Colors Celestial Venerable and resolved that he must be killed.

• Gu Changfeng told the old man he would leave for the Central Continent to find immortal gold, and the old man offered connections and urged him to flee danger rather than fight recklessly.
• A five-colored phenomenon appeared over the Qilin Mountain Range, and the Qilin Saintess emerged from her Cave Mansion.
• The Qilin Clan Chief told the Qilin Saintess that Lu Xuanji had defeated Five Colors Celestial Venerable and gave her a jade slip.
• The Qilin Saintess questioned whether she could defeat Lu Xuanji and learned from the Qilin Clan Chief that he was not a reincarnated expert.
• The Qilin Saintess declared that Lu Xuanji must be killed, while the Qilin Clan Chief said their agents had already begun trying to assassinate him.

After winning the final battle and claiming a share of the Demon Race’s destiny, Lu Xuanji received his rewards from Jin Xi, who warned that his growing fame had made him a target. Jin Xi took him under her protection and brought him back to the Lu Clan, where he distributed rewards to the participating cultivators.

• Lu Xuanji’s victory in the final battle secured two-tenths of the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains Demon Race’s destiny for the human race.
• Jin Xi gave Lu Xuanji a naturally formed gourd, spirit stones, and divine materials as his arena rewards.
• Jin Xi explained that Lu Xuanji had nearly killed the reincarnated Five Colors Celestial Venerable and warned him that both demons and humans might try to assassinate him.
• Jin Xi told Lu Xuanji to stay within ten steps of her for protection, then took him away by flying boat as hostile cultivators plotted against him.
• Lu Xuanji and Jin Xi arrived at the Lu Clan, where Lu Xuanji distributed rewards to the cultivators who had fought in the battles.

Jin Xi confessed to Ye Wanyi that she loved Lu Xuanji and wanted to protect him, while Ye Wanyi accepted her as a future partner in their household. The two women shared memories and advice, and Ye Wanyi taught Jin Xi the Yin Yang Transformation technique.

• Jin Xi invited Ye Wanyi to live with her and Lu Xuanji at Ziyang Mountain, promising to keep her safe.
• Ye Wanyi asked if Jin Xi had fallen for her husband, and Jin Xi admitted it, explaining how Lu Xuanji had saved her repeatedly and declaring she would protect him as his Dao Protector.
• Jin Xi offered Ye Wanyi resources and support if she wanted to part from Lu Xuanji, but Ye Wanyi recalled his care and sacrifices for her and the Lu Clan.
• Ye Wanyi called Jin Xi her elder sister and asked her to take good care of Lu Xuanji, then learned that Jin Xi and Lu Xuanji had not yet gotten together.
• Ye Wanyi recited the Yin Yang Transformation scripture for Jin Xi, who urged her to keep the technique secret.

After leaving the Lu Clan for Ziyang Mountain, Lu Xuanji refined his seven-colored divine blade to better suit his abilities. His Devouring Metal Insect then broke through to the Nascent Soul Stage, though its combat power remained unusually weak.

• Jin Xi compared several versions of the Yin Yang Transformation scripture and warned Ye Wanyi that possessing a high-grade version could bring danger from the Joyful Union Demonic Vein of the Yue Kingdom.
• Three years later, Lu Xuanji left the Lu Clan with Jin Xi and settled in a Cave Dwelling near hers at Ziyang Mountain.
• Lu Xuanji spent three months refining his seven-colored divine blade, increasing its power by ten percent by adjusting its runes and elemental forces.
• The Devouring Metal Insect emerged from its insect jar as a Nascent Soul Great Demon, and Lu Xuanji guided it through its heavenly tribulation.
• Lu Xuanji found that the Devouring Metal Insect had only sixty Sexagenary Cycles of magic power and combat strength equivalent to a Golden Core Sixth Revolution cultivator.

Lu Xuanji forged a Rank 5 Insect Rearing Gourd for the Devouring Metal Insect, then completed his Golden Core fifth revolution after twenty years of cultivation. He emerged from seclusion at Ziyang Mountain and asked Hong Fu what had happened.

• Lu Xuanji learned that the Devouring Metal Insect had reached the Nascent Soul Realm, discovered it could speak, and asked about its divine abilities.
• Lu Xuanji fed the insect immortal metal and sensed its Nascent Soul’s transformations.
• After ten years of work, Lu Xuanji forged a Rank 5 Insect Rearing Gourd filled with Rank 5 Emperor Flowing Sap, and the Devouring Metal Insect moved in.
• Lu Xuanji cultivated for twenty years, raised his magic power to one thousand two hundred Sexagenary Cycles, and completed his Golden Core fifth revolution.
• Lu Xuanji emerged from seclusion, asked where Hong Fu was, and heard from her that no major events had occurred, though minor troubles had kept coming.

Lu Xuanji learned that Xi Yue had secretly left Ziyang Mountain with Ye Wanyi and was safe, then reunited with Azure Lotus True Lord. After he gave in to a growing heart demon and pursued intimacy with her, Azure Lotus stopped him and revealed her Heavenly Devil Dao Body before summoning Hong Fu and Long Xuan.

• Hong Fu told Lu Xuanji that True Lord Xi Yue had survived repeated attacks and that Azure Lotus True Lord now commanded Ziyang Mountain.
• Azure Lotus told Lu Xuanji that Xi Yue had faked her serious injuries and gone with Ye Wanyi to an Ice and Snow Secret Realm.
• Lu Xuanji embraced and kissed Azure Lotus, but she stopped him before they crossed the line, explaining that dual cultivation would be more useful when he attempted the Golden Core Tenth Revolution.
• Lu Xuanji realized that thirty years of secluded cultivation had strengthened his heart demon and amplified his desires.
• Azure Lotus revealed that Xi Yue had transformed her into a Heavenly Devil Dao Body and summoned Hong Fu and Long Xuan.

Azure Lotus True Lord sensed heart demons growing in Lu Xuanji and chose to release them by bringing Hong Fu and Long Xuan to attend to him. After both women agreed, she left them with Lu Xuanji under a pink mist that stirred their desires, and Long Xuan recognized the mischievous side of her master.

• Azure Lotus True Lord detected devilish qi and growing heart demons around Lu Xuanji’s heart, then decided to dispel them by releasing his desires.
• Azure Lotus True Lord summoned Hong Fu and Long Xuan and argued that they were bound to stay with Lu Xuanji and should attend to him.
• Hong Fu agreed to serve Lu Xuanji despite feeling unprepared, and Long Xuan also agreed after Azure Lotus True Lord assured her she could refuse.
• Azure Lotus True Lord released pink mist that entered Long Xuan’s body and stirred her desire as she recalled Jin Xi’s playful nature before the Jin Family was destroyed.

Lu Xuanji, Azure Lotus, Long Xuan, and Hong Fu shared a tender reunion before Lu Xuanji announced he would leave Ziyang Mountain to travel and seek fortuitous encounters. Azure Lotus stayed behind to guard the mountain and promised to wait for his return.

• Lu Xuanji woke beside Long Xuan, who pretended to still be asleep, while Azure Lotus entered and teased her and Hong Fu.
• Azure Lotus, Long Xuan, and Lu Xuanji shared tea atop a tower and talked about their wish for a peaceful life and Azure Lotus's unresolved hatred over the Jin Family's destruction.
• Lu Xuanji told Azure Lotus he planned to leave and travel because secluded cultivation no longer helped him.
• Azure Lotus warned Lu Xuanji that powerful enemies threatened him and offered to accompany him, but he refused so she could guard Ziyang Mountain.
• Lu Xuanji said he would remain within the Chu Kingdom and return after wandering for a few years, and Azure Lotus promised to wait for him.

After spending three months with Azure Lotus True Lord, Hong Fu, and Long Xuan, Lu Xuanji left to seek strength and opportunities in the outside world. Azure Lotus True Lord stayed behind to guide Hong Fu and Long Xuan, while Lu Xuanji disguised himself as an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator and traveled at leisure.

• Lu Xuanji and Azure Lotus True Lord grew intimate, and later Long Xuan and Hong Fu joined them in their pleasures.
• Lu Xuanji departed after three months, determined to gain strength to protect what mattered to him.
• Hong Fu and Long Xuan asked when Lu Xuanji would return, and Azure Lotus True Lord explained that his luck was rising and he should travel in search of opportunities.
• Azure Lotus True Lord planned to guide Hong Fu and Long Xuan, advising Hong Fu to improve her cultivation and Long Xuan to purify his bloodline and study Human Race secret arts.
• Lu Xuanji concealed his aura, changed his appearance and apparent cultivation, and began wandering the Cultivation World while reflecting on the hardships faced by ordinary cultivators.

After entering the Golden Core stage, Lu Xuanji relaxed into a life of travel and natural cultivation, briefly sensing the Immortal Realm during Unity of Heaven and Man. Thirteen years into his travels, the Time Tree broke through to Rank 8, becoming a Half-Immortal Tree that could aid his attempt to reach the Golden Core Tenth Revolution.

• Lu Xuanji sensed a vast sphere he suspected was the Immortal Realm, but part of his divine soul shattered before he could approach it.
• Lu Xuanji traveled through the Chu Kingdom, observed the lives of ordinary people, and robbed the tricksters who had once cheated him instead of killing them.
• In the tenth year of his travels, Lu Xuanji advanced to the Golden Core Sixth Revolution.
• In the thirteenth year, the Time Tree shed its old bark, drained spiritual qi from the grotto-heaven, and emerged as a Rank 8 Half-Immortal Tree.
• Lu Yaoling told Lu Xuanji that the Half-Immortal Tree gave him a fifty percent chance of reaching the Golden Core Tenth Revolution.

Lu Xuanji discovered that the Timefruit Tree had become a Rank 8 Half-Immortal Tree, bringing immense benefits and a chance to help him reach the Golden Core Tenth Revolution. He realized his fortune had likely been transferred to the tree, enabling its miraculous rebirth.

• Lu Xuanji regulated the Grotto-heaven Pearl’s surging spiritual energy and sensed its spirit vein beginning to transform toward Rank 8.
• Lu Yaoling explained the Half-Immortal Tree’s benefits, including strengthening the spirit vein, producing lifespan-extending Timefruits, drawing immortal qi, and helping Lu Xuanji glimpse the Immortal Realm.
• Lu Yaoling warned that the tree gave Lu Xuanji only a fifty percent chance of reaching the Golden Core Tenth Revolution, and described further benefits from its leaves and remains.
• Lu Xuanji resisted forging a Spirit Treasure from the old tree’s remains and left Lu Yaoling to manage things while he returned to cultivation.
• Lu Xuanji concluded that his fortune had flowed into the Timefruit Tree and supported its unlikely rebirth as a Rank 8 Spirit Tree.

Lu Xuanji discovered that demonic cultivators had poisoned and slaughtered several towns and a city, then was falsely accused by Danyang Sect Law Enforcement Hall disciples. After revealing his Golden Core aura, he questioned Ye Qingyi, ordered him to serve three years of punishment, and set out to track down the killers.

• Lu Xuanji found two towns and a city filled with corpses and identified Dream Demon Poison as the cause of the city's deaths.
• Ye Qingyi and eleven other Law Enforcement Hall cultivators surrounded Lu Xuanji and accused him of poisoning the well.
• Lu Xuanji shattered their weapons, revealed his Golden Core aura, and made Ye Qingyi kneel and explain that demonic cultivators had attacked towns and cultivation clans.
• Lu Xuanji ordered Ye Qingyi to serve three years in the Ice and Snow Grotto-heaven and left to hunt the demonic cultivators.
• Lu Xuanji used Fate Deduction to calculate the enemy's location.

Lu Xuanji infiltrated Yue Kingdom’s Boundary Mountain and discovered the Blood Transformation Witch refining a blood pool to strengthen her cultivation. After confronting her over the slaughter of mortals and cultivation clans, he attacked her when she denied responsibility, and she activated several killing formations.

• Lu Xuanji traveled to Boundary Mountain and sent a clone ahead to infiltrate the mountain range.
• The Blood Transformation Witch refined a blood pool from essence blood and spiritual herbs, hoping to advance toward Nascent Soul.
• Lu Xuanji triggered the mountain’s formations and was exposed, prompting the Blood Transformation Witch to confront him.
• Lu Xuanji accused the Blood Transformation Witch of causing deaths in Chu Kingdom, but she denied the charges and claimed she had only purchased blood.
• Lu Xuanji attacked with Soul-Severing Strike, and the Blood Transformation Witch unleashed several killing arrays against him.

Lu Xuanji defeated the Blood Transformation Witch but failed to destroy her body, and she survived by using the Undying Devil Body before advancing to the Nascent Soul Realm. Realizing his luck had declined and Tribulation Qi was clouding his judgment, he abandoned his pursuit and returned to Ziyang Mountain, where Azure Lotus True Lord dismissed the threat.

• Lu Xuanji destroyed the Blood Transformation Witch’s formations and slashed her into fragments, then fled when he sensed a Nascent Soul Cultivator approaching.
• The Blood Transformation Witch rebuilt her body from a drop of blood and entered the Nascent Soul Realm after her Tribulation Qi dissipated.
• Lu Xuanji realized he had forgotten to take her storage bag or burn her remains, and Baidu Maps showed him that she had survived and advanced.
• Lu Xuanji recognized that his luck had declined and that pursuing her into Yue Kingdom could expose him to a deadly tribulation, so he suppressed his urge to attack.
• Lu Xuanji returned to Ziyang Mountain and told Azure Lotus True Lord what had happened; she said she would kill the Blood Transformation Witch if she caused trouble.