Chapter Summaries

Lu Yang, Meng Jingzhou, and Jiang Shishi’s plan to take control of the staircase entrance was intercepted by Qin Feng, who rallied the Demon Race Alliance and forced the other prodigies to surrender their essence souls. The chapter ended with Lu Yang revealing that he was a clone and Meng Jingzhou emerging from the essence-soul box with the collected souls, exposing their real plan.

• Lu Yang, Meng Jingzhou, and Jiang Shishi spent eight days hunting monsters before heading to the staircase entrance to carry out their plan.
• Qin Feng revealed that he had overheard their plan and had already gathered the Demon Race Alliance to block the entrance.
• Ao Yue led the other prodigies in an attack, but Qin Feng’s forces defeated them and demanded their essence souls.
• Qin Feng collected the essence souls and offered to let Jiang Shishi pass without payment if she became his fiancée.
• Jiang Shishi challenged Qin Feng’s confidence as Lu Yang revealed he was a clone, and Meng Jingzhou appeared from the box with the essence souls.

Lu Yang, Meng Jingzhou, and Jiang Shishi turned Qin Feng’s blockade scheme against the demon alliance and collected most of the essence on the first layer. The other prodigies advanced to the second layer, while Qin Feng and the demon alliance were expelled and left facing the anger of their clans.

• Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou tested the first layer’s demonic beasts, then carried out their plan to lure Qin Feng into gathering the prodigies’ essences at the staircase.
• Meng Jingzhou took the essences from Qin Feng, prompting Qin Feng and the demon alliance’s prodigies to attack him.
• Jiang Shishi stopped Ao Yue and promised the other prodigies ten essences each, then Ao Yue led them in attacking the demon alliance.
• Meng Jingzhou distributed ten essences to each prodigy, and the trio divided the remaining eight hundred among themselves.
• Ao Yue discovered that the staircase absorbed ten essences to send someone to the second layer, and the prodigies entered in turn.
• The ten-day limit expelled the essence-less demon alliance; Qin Feng sought protection as the clans turned hostile toward the Jiuying Clan.

Disguised as Demon Race prodigies, Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou entered the second level of the Fortune Secret Realm, where Luo Hong tested their ability to lie by asking them to grow flowers. After several contestants exposed their misunderstandings or clever deceptions, Lu Yang admitted his own story was made up, leaving Luo Hong to judge whether he had passed.

• Luo Hong introduced the second level’s flower-growing test and forbade cultivation techniques and communication.
• Jiang Shishi carefully studied the rules and grew a Moonshadow Flower, while most contestants failed to make flowers bloom.
• Su Lian'er passed by claiming her beauty had made her flower wither, but Ao Yue was eliminated after honestly accusing Luo Hong of giving them unplantable seeds.
• Luo Hong revealed that the seeds were boiled and that the test judged contestants on their ability to lie; Jiang Shishi passed because she had grown a different flower.
• Meng Jingzhou passed by claiming the Moonshadow Flowers around him had grown through his broken flowerpot.
• Lu Yang claimed he had repeatedly planted and removed every garden flower in his pot, then admitted he had made the story up.

Lu Yang passed Luohong’s second trial with a story she could not determine was true or false, and he and three others advanced to the third layer. As the Demon Race prodigies chose their rewards, the Undying Fairy questioned who had created the ancient realm, leaving Lu Yang hoping the next trial would reveal a clue.

• Lu Yang explained that he had prepared an empty flowerpot and planned different answers depending on whether the second trial tested truth or lies, and Luohong declared him a pass.
• Luohong sent Lu Yang, Meng Jingzhou, Jiang Shishi, and Su Lian'er to the third layer and let each choose one treasure as a reward.
• The Demon Race prodigies discovered ancient cultivation insights and rare treasures among the rewards, while the Undying Fairy questioned how the ancient realm’s creator had gathered them.
• The Undying Fairy suggested that the ancient realm might have been built by one of the Four Immortals of antiquity, and Lu Yang hoped the third layer would provide a clue.
• Ao Yue chose a spirit fruit to heal hidden injuries, and the eliminated prodigies returned to find the Demon Race glaring at the Nine-Infant Clan and Qin Feng hiding behind an elder.

Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou reached the third layer of the Ancient Fortune Realm with Jiang Shishi and Su Lian'er, where they faced a quiz on Demon Race history. Lu Yang took the lead by answering questions about the Demon Immortal and the Phoenix Clan ancestor, while the other contestants struggled to keep up.

• Demon Race clans defended the Phoenix Clan after the Jiuying Clan accused it of sending three people into the Ancient Fortune Realm.
• Luo Hong sent Lu Yang, Meng Jingzhou, Jiang Shishi, and Su Lian'er to the third layer and praised their scores from the first two layers.
• Meng Jingzhou and Lu Yang bet that the loser would do one thing the winner asked, then learned the round would test their knowledge of Demon Race history.
• Lu Yang correctly answered that the Demon Immortal was the world's only qilin.
• Jiang Shishi gave an incorrect account of the Phoenix Clan ancestor forcing the Demon Immortal to use a sword formation, and Lu Yang earned a point with his story of the Demon Immortal kneeling after being questioned about a sweetheart.

Luo Hong tested the group with questions about ancient Demon Domain history, and Lu Yang used his knowledge to answer them correctly. He passed the third level with ten points, while Meng Jingzhou took second place without answering anything.

• Jiang Shishi questioned Lu Yang about the Phoenix Ancestor's relationship with the Demon Immortal, and Lu Yang's answer unsettled her understanding of history.
• Lu Yang explained that the Dragon Ancestor's visit frightened the prodigy Ye Gong into abandoning the Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms, earning a point.
• Lu Yang described the battle between the Dragon Ancestor and Phoenix Ancestor, including the Phoenix Ancestor's death and rebirth, and earned another point.
• Jiang Shishi and Su Lian'er answered questions through the tenth, while Lu Yang scored ten points and passed the third level.
• Luo Hong announced that Meng Jingzhou placed second with zero points, and Meng Jingzhou wondered how it had happened.

Lu Yang achieved a perfect score on the third floor of the Creation Ancient Realm and received access to a mysterious fourth floor. He arrived in a carefully arranged boudoir, where the Everlasting Immortal said the room looked familiar.

• Lu Yang answered all ten ancient-history questions correctly, while Meng Jingzhou’s zero score placed second because past challengers had accumulated negative points.
• Luo Hong awarded Su Lian'er one treasure, Jiang Shishi three, and Meng Jingzhou five; Meng chose the first half of the Numeric Immortal Art after Lu Yang consulted the Everlasting Immortal.
• Luo Hong revealed a peaceful city illusion and opened a golden staircase to the fourth floor, explaining that its creator had instructed her to send anyone who cleared the secret realm there.
• Lu Yang climbed the staircase and was transported to the fourth floor, where the staircase disappeared in golden rain.
• Lu Yang found himself in a meticulously arranged boudoir, and the Everlasting Immortal emerged from his mental space and said the room looked familiar.

Lu Yang and the Everlasting Immortal Fairy found Jiang Lianyi in a death-faking sleep on the fourth level of the Creation Ancient Realm, and the fairy revived her. Jiang Lianyi awoke and recognized Huang Doudou only after being told her name, then cried despite not understanding why.

• Lu Yang entered Jiang Lianyi's room and mistook her death-faking state for death.
• The Everlasting Immortal Fairy explained that she had taught Jiang Lianyi the death-faking technique and revived her.
• Jiang Lianyi awakened as the room's furnishings and jade flute seemed to celebrate her return.
• The Everlasting Immortal Fairy introduced herself as Huang Doudou, and Jiang Lianyi wept with happiness without knowing why.

Jiang Lianyi had no memory of the Undying Fairy, Huang Doudou, until a recording stone revealed that the Qilin Immortal had anticipated her return and trusted her to protect the resurrected fairy. The recording confirmed that an enemy had altered memories across history, while the Qilin Immortal had arranged the secret realm to bring Huang Doudou and Lu Yang to Jiang Lianyi.

• Jiang Lianyi failed to recognize Huang Doudou despite her vivid accounts of their shared past, and Huang Doudou struggled to hold back her tears.
• Jiang Lianyi found a recording stone and activated an illusion of the Qilin Immortal, who told her that the person who awakened her was worthy of her trust.
• The Qilin Immortal explained that an enemy had altered memories, preventing even the immortals from remembering or saying Huang Doudou's real name.
• The Qilin Immortal revealed that he had created the secret realm to reunite Jiang Lianyi with Huang Doudou and draw the fairy and Lu Yang into it.
• The Qilin Immortal said he was fighting the enemy who had killed Huang Doudou and trusted that they would meet again after her return.

The Undying Fairy recounted her friendship with Jiang Lianyi, who chose to believe her despite having no memories of their past. Jiang Lianyi then described the four immortals’ mysterious battle and the sealing of the stars, and decided to leave the secret realm to see the outside world.

• Jiang Lianyi comforted the Undying Fairy and listened as she recalled their friendship, her marriage to the Qilin Immortal, and the events before she lost consciousness.
• Jiang Lianyi admitted she remembered none of their shared experiences but chose to believe the Undying Fairy, and the two introduced themselves anew as Jiang Lianyi and Huang Doudou.
• Jiang Lianyi thanked Lu Yang for bringing the Undying Fairy back to life and bowed to him.
• Jiang Lianyi recalled that the Qilin Immortal and Yingtian, Jiuchong, and Suiyue fought a seven-day battle before refining the stars into six continents and sealing away all living beings.
• Jiang Lianyi learned that she had slept for about three hundred thousand years and decided to leave the secret realm, but refused to dress more properly when asked.

Lu Yang returned from the fourth level of the secret realm with Jiang Lianyi and the Immortal Fairy, and Jiang Lianyi took control of the realm from Luo Hong. Lu Yang obtained the Seven-Star Sword Set, and the group prepared to see the modern cultivation world as he asked Jiang Lianyi about the Heavenly Court.

• Lu Yang appeared in the City Lord's Mansion with Jiang Lianyi and the Immortal Fairy, and Luo Hong recognized Jiang Lianyi as the secret realm's new Mistress.
• Luo Hong gave Jiang Lianyi the secret realm seal, allowing her to control the realm and open its treasury.
• Lu Yang declined the Seven-Star Moon-Chasing Grass and chose seven swords called the Seven-Star Sword Set instead.
• The Immortal Fairy forced the swords to accept Lu Yang, and he stored them with his identity jade token after they chased him.
• Jiang Lianyi told Luo Hong to keep running the secret realm as before and to conceal her and the Immortal Fairy's presence.
• Lu Yang told Jiang Lianyi that the ancient Emperor Jiang had awakened and planned to establish a Demon Kingdom, then asked whether she had heard of the Heavenly Court.

The Nine-Infant Clan tried to force the Phoenix Clan to submit to the Demon Nation, but Ask Dao Sect’s elders arrived and drew the demons into a chaotic pursuit. Lu Yang emerged from the Ancient Realm of Creation to find the entrance deserted.

• The Nine-Infant Clan patriarch pressured Jiang Xi to bring the Phoenix Clan under the Demon Nation, but she refused and defended her clan’s prodigies.
• Third Senior Sister asked Meng Jingzhou why Lu Yang had remained inside the secret realm for three days, and Meng Jingzhou said he did not know what Lu Yang was doing.
• The Third Elder and several other Ask Dao Sect elders arrived and publicly recalled humiliating stories about the Nine-Infant and Taotie patriarchs.
• The enraged demons transformed and charged at Ask Dao Sect, so the First Elder led the elders away in a retreat that drew the Phoenix Clan into the chase.
• Lu Yang emerged from the Ancient Realm of Creation and wondered where everyone had gone.

Lu Yang left the ancient realm with Jiang Lianyi, the Phoenix Clan’s ancient ancestor, who learned that Zhu Tian planned to control her clan and set out to confront him. The group headed for the Emperor Jiang Clan’s founding ceremony, while the Undying Fairy declared that Lu Yang was Jiang Lianyi’s senior brother.

• Jiang Lianyi emerged from the ancient realm, and Third Senior Sister recognized her as the Phoenix Clan’s ancient ancestor.
• Third Senior Sister explained Zhu Tian’s attempt to control the Phoenix Clan, prompting Jiang Lianyi to seek him out.
• Lu Yang suggested that Jiang Lianyi conceal her identity and wait for the Emperor Jiang Clan’s founding ceremony to find Zhu Tian.
• Third Senior Sister took Jiang Lianyi, Lu Yang, Meng Jingzhou, and the Undying Fairy toward the Emperor Jiang Clan.
• The Undying Fairy told Jiang Lianyi that Lu Yang was her senior brother, and Jiang Lianyi agreed to address him that way.

The narrator learned that the little girl he rescued was a wealthy heiress whose father had protected her in an underground shelter before becoming a zombie. After controlling the Corpse King’s three powerful generals, the narrator saw the Corpse King with the girl and discovered it was her father, then decided to take a day off to think.

• The narrator learned that the little girl’s father had built a well-stocked shelter and sent her into it before he turned into a zombie.
• The girl mistook the narrator for an intelligent zombie until he explained that he was a zombie hunter.
• The narrator learned that the city’s Corpse King had three powerful, intelligent generals and took control of them and the routes the Corpse King traveled.
• The narrator and the girl saw the Corpse King, and the girl recognized it as her father.
• The narrator decided to take a day off to sort out the situation.

Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou arrived at Demon City with Third Senior Sister for the Demon Kingdom’s founding ceremony, where they reunited with five Ask Dao Sect elders. Jiang Lianyi joined the Heavenly Court Cult, and the Seventh Elder welcomed her as a newcomer.

• Third Senior Sister brought Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou to Demon City, where factions from across the cultivation world had gathered for the founding ceremony.
• Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou met the Great Elder and the other four elders, who had escaped the demons and gathered near the city gates.
• The Great Elder recognized Third Senior Sister as Gan Tian and revealed that she had reached the peak of the Void Refinement Realm by storing magic power in her treasures.
• The Undying Fairy explained that she had used multiple avatars to stay safe through the Void Refinement Realm’s fluctuating cultivation.
• Jiang Lianyi began introducing herself as Lu Yang’s senior brother, but Lu Yang quickly said she was a newcomer to the Heavenly Court Cult.
• The Seventh Elder welcomed Jiang Lianyi and offered to teach her about cultivation.

Jiang Lianyi revealed to the Ask Dao Sect elders that she was the Phoenix Ancestor, an ancient figure recently awakened by Lu Yang. The elders learned she had once served as a Heavenly Court Sovereign and was blocked from advancing by the Qilin Immortal.

• Jiang Lianyi told the Seventh Elder that someone ahead of her in her cultivation technique prevented her from breaking through, and he boasted that he could defeat anyone below the Tribulation Transcendence stage.
• Lu Yang explained Buddhism's origins to Jiang Lianyi as they entered Demon City with the Ask Dao Sect elders.
• At the inn, Jiang Lianyi removed her hood, and the First Elder recognized her as the Phoenix Ancestor after seeing her statue in the Phoenix Race's tombs.
• Jiang Lianyi explained that she had awakened from a secret realm through Lu Yang, and the elders learned the Qilin Immortal had been ahead of her.
• Jiang Lianyi identified Ying Tian Immortal as the famed forger she knew and said she had been the Southern Pole Nirvana Emperor, one of the Four Heavenly Court Sovereigns.

Jiang Lianyi met the five elders and corrected their misconceptions about ancient history while searching for her husband, the Demon Immortal. Patriarch Jin arrived to thank Meng Jingzhou, recognized Jiang Lianyi, and was pulled back into the room after trying to leave.

• Jiang Lianyi reassured the five elders and explained that the Nine Netherworlds and reincarnation had not existed in ancient times, while confirming that Buddhism and her battle with the Dragon Clan's Ancient Progenitor had.
• Jiang Lianyi asked the five elders where her husband, the Demon Immortal, might appear, and they were shocked to learn of their relationship.
• Jiang Lianyi decided she would have to ask the dragon clan about the Demon Immortal.
• Patriarch Jin entered the room to thank Meng Jingzhou for helping the Qiongqi Clan borrow spirit stones, saw Jiang Lianyi, and tried to retreat.
• Jiang Lianyi pulled Patriarch Jin back into the room, and he pleaded for his life while claiming he had seen and heard nothing.

Jiang Lianyi silenced the Jin Clan Chief with her Dao Fruit prototype, while the Undying Fairy explained her history with Immortal Qilin and why Jiang Lianyi believed he was still alive. The Jin Clan Chief’s little Ancestor recognized Jiang Lianyi’s handiwork and decided to expand her ambitions rather than provoke a conflict.

• The Jin Clan Chief resolved to consider siding with Immortal Qilin, but Jiang Lianyi used her Dao Fruit prototype to forbid him from telling anyone he had met her.
• Lu Yang learned from the Undying Fairy how Jiang Lianyi used the technique to expose Immortal Qilin’s affairs, and how Immortal Ying Tian had helped both of them deceive her.
• The Undying Fairy explained that Jiang Lianyi could tell Immortal Qilin was alive because his existence still suppressed her chance to become an immortal.
• Jiang Lianyi sent the Jin Clan Chief away, and he rushed back to the Qiongqi Tomb to warn his little Ancestor but found he could not speak.
• The little Ancestor recognized Jiang Lianyi’s technique and decided to make her faction a top-eleven power instead of provoking a conflict.

The Di Jiang elder and Taowu Clan patriarch failed to force the Phoenix Clan into submission when Jiang Mingzi used the clan’s ancient phoenix token to destroy their half-immortal decree. The ancient Di Jiang planned to use the Demon Kingdom’s founding ceremony as justification to attack the Phoenix Clan and expand his rule.

• The Di Jiang elder and Taowu Clan patriarch demanded that the Phoenix Clan join the Demon Kingdom, but Jiang Mingzi refused.
• The Taowu Clan patriarch revealed a half-immortal decree that could brand the Phoenix Clan with a master-servant mark, and Jiang Mingzi countered it with the Phoenix Clan’s ancient jade pendant.
• The pendant’s power destroyed the decree and wounded the Di Jiang elder and Taowu Clan patriarch, forcing them to leave.
• Kong Hao and the sealed old Taowu, Ji Xiong, arrived in the Demon City, where Ji Xiong spotted his old rival, the Taowu Clan patriarch.
• The Di Jiang elder reported the Phoenix Clan’s refusal to the ancient Di Jiang, who resolved to subdue or destroy them after the Demon Kingdom’s founding ceremony.

The ancient Di Jiang planned to use impostors from the Heavenly Court Sect as a foil at the Demon Kingdom's founding ceremony, while Lu Yang and Jiang Lianyi explored Demon City in disguise. The Di Jiang elder spotted Lu Yang and decided he would make a suitable candidate for the scheme.

• The ancient Di Jiang gave the Di Jiang Order to his clan elder and ordered him to recruit impostors to pose as the Heavenly Court Sect, especially Young Sect Leader Lu, for the founding ceremony.
• Lu Yang encountered Qin Feng and the Demon Race Alliance outside the inn, and they recognized him as an Ask Dao Sect disciple.
• Jiang Lianyi disguised Lu Yang, and the two walked through Demon City without being recognized.
• Lu Yang and Jiang Lianyi watched Buddhist monks exchange spirit stones and saw Qiu Jin'an fail to persuade the Sea Race to relocate to the Five Elements Sect.
• The elder of the Di Jiang clan searched the streets for impostors, spotted Lu Yang, and decided he would do.