Chapter Summaries

Lu Xuanji lectured cultivators on quick-success cultivation methods, the Profound Yellow Body Tempering Art, breakthroughs, tribulations, and divine powers, then set conditions for hearing his Golden Core teachings. After the lecture ended, cultivators stayed behind for his disciple-acceptance ceremony.

• Lu Xuanji explained unconventional cultivation methods that were easy to practice but damaged potential, and many cultivators switched to them.
• Lu Xuanji taught the Profound Yellow Body Tempering Art and discussed the Purple Mansion and Golden Core realms, then limited his Golden Core lecture to those who met his conditions.
• Lu Xuanji explained the Nascent Soul Three Tribulations, urging cultivators to do good and build Human Dao Fortune to improve their chances of surviving calamities.
• Lu Xuanji taught Major Divine Powers and answered questions from the Golden Core True Persons.
• After the lecture ended, some cultivators departed while others stayed to seek discipleship under Xuanji True Lord.

Lu Xuanji prepared to take disciples while learning that East Pole Celestial Venerable was planning a counterattack against the Demon Race. After accepting Zhao Qiwen, Lu Xuanji discovered that his apparent Mortal Body was actually a Longevity Body, leaving Zhao with extraordinary prospects for immortality.

• Celestial Chen True Lord told Lu Xuanji that East Pole Celestial Venerable planned a sudden counterattack against the Demon Race and gave him an Eastern Extremity Token that could protect him from a Spirit Transformation Expert's attack.
• Lu Xuanji explained the moral character, comprehension, and fortune trials to Zhao Qiwen, then accepted him as a disciple regardless of his spirit-root aptitude.
• Zhao Qiwen told Lu Xuanji that he believed he had only a Mortal Body and no special physique.
• Lu Xuanji scanned Zhao Qiwen with his phone and discovered that he possessed a Longevity Body, which could grant him an exceptionally long lifespan and high chances of becoming an immortal.

Lu Xuanji accepted Zhao Qiwen, whose Longevity Body suited the slow but powerful Ninth Revolution Nirvana Art, as his only disciple after giving him protective treasures and resources. Zhao Qiwen joined the Lu Clan, while Lu Xuanji left to summon Nascent Soul cultivators.

• Lu Xuanji offered Zhao Qiwen a choice of cultivation arts, and Zhao Qiwen chose the Ninth Revolution Nirvana Art.
• Lu Xuanji explained how the art repeatedly tempered Zhao Qiwen’s foundation and aptitude, at the cost of taking much longer to reach immortality.
• Lu Xuanji gave Zhao Qiwen a Gold Token with three divine abilities, Spirit Stones, and other cultivation items, and reminded him to follow the Lu Family and Danyang Sect rules.
• Lu Xiaotian showed Zhao Qiwen around the Lu Clan, explained its rules, and helped him obtain benefits and a Cave Mansion.
• Lu Xuanji’s half-day examination ended without another candidate qualifying, leaving Zhao Qiwen as his only disciple.
• Lu Xuanji left to summon the Nascent Soul cultivators into the Lu Clan.

Lu Xuanji gathered the Lu Clan’s Nascent Soul Cultivators for East Pole Celestial Venerable’s ordered raid on the Demon Race, while Jin Xi reached the Half-Step Spirit Transformation Realm and received a Nascent Soul Pill. At the Danyang Sect, East Pole Celestial Venerable punished the families that had failed to report by sending Pill Aura Celestial Venerable to exterminate them.

• Lu Xuanji told Ye Wanyi that all twelve of the Lu Clan’s Nascent Soul Cultivators had to join the surprise attack on the Demon Race, then summoned those in seclusion.
• Jin Xi broke through to the Half-Step Spirit Transformation Realm, and Lu Xuanji gave her a Nascent Soul Pill to aid her future attempt at spirit transformation.
• Lu Xuanji assembled the Lu Clan’s Nascent Soul Cultivators and led them to the Danyang Sect, where they joined more than five hundred cultivators under six Spirit Transformation cultivators.
• East Pole Celestial Venerable learned that several families and sects had not arrived and ordered Pill Aura Celestial Venerable to exterminate them.
• Pill Aura Celestial Venerable returned about an hour later, his Killing Intent indicating that he had carried out the order.

Lu Xuanji and the Chu Kingdom’s cultivators traveled into Demon Race territory to seize an ancient cave dwelling and attack the Demon Race’s elite forces. After the Spirit Transformation leaders agreed to stake everything on the expedition, they reached the guarded mountain range and launched their assault.

• Lu Xuanji checked the twenty-three Magic Treasures in his Universe Gourd and reflected on his plans to forge a set of thirty-three combined treasures.
• East Pole Celestial Venerable told the other Spirit Transformation cultivators that an ancient cave dwelling might contain an immortal’s legacy and that the growing Demon Race threat made a desperate strike necessary.
• The six Spirit Transformation cultivators agreed to fight together, and East Pole Celestial Venerable obscured their flying boat’s aura and disrupted the heavenly secrets.
• Azure Lotus asked whether the expedition would prioritize the cave dwelling or the Demon Race’s elite forces, and East Pole Celestial Venerable chose the enemy forces.
• After three days, the flying boat reached a heavily guarded mountain range, and East Pole Celestial Venerable ordered the Nascent Soul cultivators to attack.

The Human Race trapped the Demon Race in a Sealing Grand Formation and killed the Golden Crow Demon Venerable, Peacock Demon Venerable, and Kun Peng Demon Venerable, though the Kun Peng’s self-destruction devastated the battlefield. After healing with Heaven Mending Pills, Lu Xuanji was struck by a streak of light and began to fall as a phone rang with a virus warning.

• More than three hundred Human Race Nascent Soul cultivators formed a Sealing Grand Formation while the others attacked the trapped Demon Race.
• The Kun Peng Demon Venerable, Golden Crow Demon Venerable, and Peacock Demon Venerable struck the formation, but six Human Race Spirit Transformation cultivators intercepted them.
• The Human Race cultivators killed the Golden Crow Demon Venerable and Peacock Demon Venerable, then cornered the wounded Kun Peng Demon Venerable.
• The Kun Peng Demon Venerable self-destructed, tearing apart the formation and killing or severely injuring many Human Race cultivators, including East Pole Celestial Venerable and Lu Xuanji’s clan members.
• Lu Xuanji gave Heaven Mending Pills to his injured clan members and took one himself, but a streak of light entered his body and he began to fall as a phone announced a virus intrusion.

Lu Xuanji used Kill Virus to destroy the Kun Peng Demon Venerable’s remnant soul, absorbing its power and memories as blood rain marked the Spirit Transformation cultivator’s death. At Qingqiu, Ancestor Qingqiu left to join the battle and ordered Bai Ling’er to guard the Fox Clan.

• Lu Xuanji activated Kill Virus and ground away the Kun Peng Demon Venerable’s remnant soul.
• Lu Xuanji absorbed the remnant soul’s power, advancing his Divine Soul to the Half-Step Spirit Transformation stage, and sealed the Demon Venerable’s memories in his Sea of Consciousness.
• Blood rain fell as Heaven and Earth mourned the Kun Peng Demon Venerable, while cultivators sensed that three Demon Race Spirit Transformation cultivators and about three hundred Nascent Soul cultivators had fallen.
• Bai Ling’er sensed the deaths of the Kun Peng Demon Venerable, a Golden Crow expert, and the Peacock Demon Venerable at Qingqiu.
• Ancestor Qingqiu went to join the battle and told Bai Ling’er to guard the Qingqiu Lineage if she fell.

The Golden Crow Clan gathered to avenge a fallen Spirit Transformation Ancestor and prepare for war against the Human Race. Di Tian learned that the clan planned to use an ancient cave dwelling to destroy human elites and expand its territory, while coordinating with the East Sea Dragon Clan.

• Bai Ling'er prepared for the Peacock Clan's possible decline after its only Spirit Transformation cultivator fell.
• The Golden Crow Clan rang its bell and assembled beneath the Fusang Tree, where Di Tian called for bloodshed against the Human Race.
• Di Tian ordered the Golden Crow forces to prepare for battle and depart in a quarter of an hour.
• An ancestor told Di Tian that the Golden Crow Clan would use the war to punish disobedient demon races and exploit an ancient cave dwelling to slaughter human elites.
• The ancestor outlined plans to attack the Qi Kingdom, Yan Kingdom, and other human territories, while the East Sea Dragon Clan would occupy the Wu Kingdom and Yue Kingdom but avoid the Chu Kingdom.

The Golden Crow watched the Human Race’s victory and a battle between the White Bone Daoist and Azure Dragon, then resumed cultivating as the Demon Race mobilized for war. After the battlefield was cleared, Lu Xuanji and the other cultivators discovered an ancient Cave Mansion that could not be removed, and Lu Xuanji prepared to enter it with a small group of Lu Clan members.

• The Golden Crow saw the Human Race defeat the Demon Race forces and witnessed the White Bone Daoist and Azure Dragon clash in the void before both vanished.
• The Golden Crow decided to wait until the Demon Race occupied the Eastern Wasteland, while the Fusang Tree absorbed its Origin Qi and slowly advanced toward the eighth grade.
• Di Tian summoned the Golden Crow Clan’s cultivators, and forces from several other Demon clans gathered to head for the battlefield.
• The Spirit Transformation cultivators failed to remove or refine the ancient Cave Mansion, and Azure Lotus explained that entering it was their best chance to find opportunities.
• Lu Xuanji asked the Lu Clan members whether they would enter the dangerous Cave Mansion; Jin Xi, Ye Wanyi, and Ning Xue declined, while Hong Fu and Lu Xuanming chose to go.

Lu Xuanji entered the Golden Crow Clan’s Cave Mansion, where he disguised his aura and defeated a powerful Golden Crow demon. Separated from his companions, he learned that twelve Golden Crow Tokens would determine who could claim treasures from the Fusang Tree.

• Lu Xuanji, Lu Xuanming, and Hong Fu entered the Cave Mansion, while most other Nascent Soul cultivators left to defend the Chu Kingdom.
• Di Tian sent powerful Demon Race cultivators into the Cave Mansion and ordered the rest to attack the Chu Kingdom.
• The Cave Mansion separated Lu Xuanji from Hong Fu, Lu Xuanming, and the others, and its demonic aura and oppressive force threatened Human Race cultivators.
• Lu Xuanji disguised his aura as that of a Demon Race cultivator and used the Heaven Devouring Cauldron to absorb demonic aura.
• Lu Xuanji killed a Nascent Soul ninth-layer Golden Crow demon, searched its remnant soul, and learned that the Cave Mansion was dangerous and hostile to the Human Race.
• Golden mist spread through the Cave Mansion, and a voice announced that twelve Golden Crow Tokens offered a chance to claim treasures from the Fusang Tree.

Lu Xuanji seized and refined a Golden Crow Token, learning that it required many kills to qualify its holder to climb the Fusang Tree. As dozens of Nascent Soul cultivators closed in, he used clones to evade the siege, while the token changed hands amid a deadly battle.

• Lu Xuanji rushed to a Golden Crow Token and killed the Great Demons fighting over it, taking the token for himself.
• Five Nascent Soul True Lords attacked Lu Xuanji, but he killed all five after defeating them with his techniques and clones.
• Lu Xuanji refined the token and learned it could reveal nearby enemies and required the deaths of many powerful cultivators before its holder could climb the Fusang Tree.
• Sensing about fifty Nascent Soul cultivators approaching, Lu Xuanji created nine clones and sent one carrying the token toward the west.
• The cultivators and Lu Xuanji's clones fought as the token repeatedly changed hands, casualties mounted, and the survivors grew fewer and stronger.

Lu Xuanji gathered Golden Crow Tokens by hunting Nascent Soul Cultivators, raising his count to eighty before meeting Myriad Stars True Lord. Their fierce duel ended with Myriad Stars True Lord slightly outmatched, and the battle remained unresolved.

• Lu Xuanji killed the last cultivator in a bloody battle and took the Golden Crow Token, bringing its count to seventy-two.
• Lu Xuanji hunted lone Nascent Soul Cultivators and small groups, increasing his token count to eighty.
• Lu Xuanji encountered Myriad Stars True Lord, who demanded that he surrender the token.
• Lu Xuanji and Myriad Stars True Lord exchanged saber attacks, each unleashing powerful techniques.
• Lu Xuanji's Primordial Magnetism Celestial Blade checked Myriad Stars True Lord's Slayer Wolf strike and forced him back three steps.

Lu Xuanji defeated Myriad Stars True Lord and reached the Fusang Tree, where he fought through the cultivators gathered beneath it. After his Golden Crow Token changed to one hundred, it transported him onto the tree beside a treasure chest.

• Myriad Stars True Lord exhausted his strength against Lu Xuanji and begged for his life, offering a Magic Power Pill in exchange for being spared.
• Lu Xuanji took Myriad Stars True Lord's storage bag and continued toward the Fusang Tree, a Rank 8 Spirit Tree towering more than a hundred li into the sky.
• At the Fusang Tree, Lu Xuanji killed a Black Dragon cultivator whose Night Curtain divine ability had stripped away his senses.
• Lu Xuanji fought through the battle beneath the tree, defeating cultivators as others fled from him.
• Lu Xuanji's Golden Crow Token changed to one hundred and transported him onto the Fusang Tree, where he found a treasure chest.

Lu Xuanji obtained Heavenly Fate Immortal Metal from the Golden Crow Cave Dwelling but was teleported into the distant Storm Sea. There, Profound Earth Celestial Venerable attacked him to avenge True Lord Shenfeng, and Lu Xuanji’s clone fled after resisting several blows.

• Lu Xuanji opened the treasure chest with the Golden Crow Token and took the Heavenly Fate Immortal Metal.
• The Golden Crow Cave Dwelling teleported Lu Xuanji to the Storm Sea, far from Chu Kingdom.
• After flying over the sea for ten days, Lu Xuanji encountered Profound Earth Celestial Venerable, who asked whether he had killed True Lord Shenfeng.
• Lu Xuanji admitted that he had killed True Lord Shenfeng in retaliation for an attack, and Profound Earth Celestial Venerable immediately struck him.
• Lu Xuanji blocked three attacks with his Nine Colors Divine Saber before Profound Earth Celestial Venerable destroyed his clone and pursued him.

Lu Xuanji forged the remaining treasures to complete the Thirty-Three Heavens Supreme Treasures, which fused into his body and greatly enhanced every aspect of his power. Profound Earth Celestial Venerable tracked him using a strand of his hair and confronted him, leaving Lu Xuanji with no choice but to fight.

• Lu Xuanji used three clones to mislead Profound Earth Celestial Venerable, then hid inside a giant fish.
• Lu Xuanji forged nine more Magic Treasures from Heavenly Fate Immortal Metal, completing the thirty-three treasures.
• The thirty-three treasures resonated and fused into Lu Xuanji, strengthening his abilities across the board.
• Profound Earth Celestial Venerable killed Lu Xuanji's clone and used a strand of his hair to calculate the direction of his true body.
• Profound Earth Celestial Venerable found Lu Xuanji inside the giant fish and attacked, forcing Lu Xuanji to prepare for a final battle.

Lu Xuanji fought Profound Earth Celestial Venerable in a battle that pushed his Nascent Soul cultivation to its limits. After the Grotto-heaven Pearl broke Profound Earth Celestial Venerable’s sword, Lu Xuanji killed him with a broken sword, though he was badly wounded.

• Lu Xuanji used his Nine Colors Divine Saber and Supreme Divine Ability to clash with Profound Earth Celestial Venerable’s sword techniques.
• Profound Earth Celestial Venerable covered the battlefield in darkness, but Lu Xuanji adapted and fought him through more than a hundred exchanges.
• Profound Earth Celestial Venerable used the Sword Sacrifice Art to launch a lethal strike at Lu Xuanji.
• Lu Xuanji threw the Grotto-heaven Pearl, which shattered Profound Earth Celestial Venerable’s treasured sword and struck his chest.
• Profound Earth Celestial Venerable tried to seize the pearl, but Lu Xuanji pierced his heart with a broken sword and its destructive Pure Yang Power killed him.

Lu Xuanji recovered from his battle with Profound Earth Celestial Venerable, broke through to the Nascent Soul eighth layer, and reached a prosperous island settlement after drifting at sea for more than ten years. He learned about the Sky Sea Sect and its territory while seeking information about a teleportation array.

• Lu Xuanji collected Profound Earth Celestial Venerable's treasures and spent ten years recovering inside a giant fish.
• Lu Xuanji broke through to the Nascent Soul eighth layer and continued across the sea.
• Lu Xuanji reached White Fish Island, bought an entry token for White Fish City, and hired a boy as his guide.
• The boy told Lu Xuanji that the Zhao Clan ruled White Fish City and the Sky Sea Sect controlled a hundred thousand islands, including White Whale Island.
• Lu Xuanji asked about a teleportation array and local specialties as the boy led him to a shop with a Golden Core aura.

Lu Xuanji bought a sea chart and information about White Whale Island, then accepted Li Qingwei as his disciple after examining the youth’s treasure map. He improved Li Qingwei’s aptitude with a fifth-grade Creation Pill and discovered that the genuine, ancient map marked a treasure vault.

• Lu Xuanji revealed his Nascent Soul aura at a shop on White Fish Island and bought a sea chart and information about White Whale Island for two thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
• At the city gate, Li Qingwei asked Lu Xuanji to take him as a disciple and offered him an inherited treasure map.
• After examining the map, Lu Xuanji agreed to accept Li Qingwei and took him away on a flying boat.
• Lu Xuanji gave Li Qingwei a fifth-grade Creation Pill, which caused him intense pain but greatly improved his ability to absorb spiritual energy.
• Lu Xuanji studied the map and determined that its beast-hide material came from a Dao Integration demon beast and that it genuinely marked a treasure vault.

Lu Xuanji confirmed that Qiankun Daoist’s treasure map was genuine but decided to postpone exploring the dangerous vault until he reached Void Refinement. After waiting ten years for the Sky Sea Sect’s leader to emerge from secluded cultivation, Lu Xuanji arranged to use the sect’s teleportation array to return to the Eastern Wasteland.

• Lu Xuanji studied Qiankun Daoist’s treasure map and resolved to wait until he was stronger before seeking the treasure vault.
• Lu Xuanji sent Li Qingwei to deliver a letter of introduction to the Sky Sea Sect’s leader, but Li learned that the leader was in secluded cultivation for ten years.
• Lu Xuanji spent the ten years cultivating and guiding Li Qingwei while they waited for the leader to emerge.
• Vientiane True Lord met Lu Xuanji, and the two tested each other’s strength by clashing their auras.
• Lu Xuanji asked to use the Sky Sea Sect’s teleportation array to return to the Eastern Wasteland, and Vientiane True Lord agreed to activate it in ten days in exchange for one hundred Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones.

Lu Xuanji and Li Qingwei used the Sky Sea Sect’s teleportation array to return to Yue Kingdom, where Lu Xuanji explained why the sect had decided not to attack him. As they headed toward Chu Kingdom, Lu Xuanji remembered that his son Lu Fan was in Yue Kingdom.

• Lu Xuanji and Li Qingwei departed through the Sky Sea Sect’s teleportation array after Lu Xuanji accepted True Lord Wangxiang’s token.
• True Lord Xuanming urged Vientiane True Lord to ambush Lu Xuanji, but Vientiane True Lord refused because Lu Xuanji was too powerful and had a Spirit Transformation expert behind him.
• Lu Xuanji and Li Qingwei arrived in Yue Kingdom, and Lu Xuanji tipped the stationed Golden Core cultivator three thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Lu Xuanji told Li Qingwei that the Sky Sea Sect had considered attacking him but backed down because he was strong enough to deter them.
• Lu Xuanji remembered that his son Lu Fan was in Yue Kingdom.