Chapter Summaries

Baili Qiuyue secured the intact long-distance Teleportation Array in Qingzhou City while Lu Wanyuan fought Yan Batian above Cui Mountain. After realizing he could not break Yan Batian’s defenses, Lu Wanyuan baited him into abandoning caution and launching a reckless attack.

• Baili Qiuyue found Qingzhou City stripped and damaged but discovered its long-distance Teleportation Array was intact, so she ordered Lu Gulei to guard the city and took the others back to Cui Mountain.
• Lu Wanyuan confronted Yan Batian above Cui Mountain, and their powerful attacks sent shockwaves through the battlefield below.
• Lu Wanyuan’s thunder broke Yan Batian’s Sword Qi barrier and wounded him, but Yan Batian countered with a massive black sword beam that forced Lu Wanyuan to answer with a sphere of lightning.
• Lu Wanyuan realized his ultimate move would leave him nearly out of spiritual power, and he searched for an opening while conserving his strength.
• Lu Wanyuan feigned weakness and a desire to flee, prompting Yan Batian to abandon defense and intensify his attack.

Lu Wanyuan defeated Yan Batian by using his Thunder Hammer and the lightning power of a nearby mountain, then returned to Cui Mountain to rejoin the battle. With Yan Batian dead, the Yan Family cultivators broke and tried to flee as the Lu Family pursued them.

• Lu Wanyuan used his Thunder Hammer to shatter Yan Batian’s shield and badly injure him, but Yan Batian counterattacked with the Yan Family’s World-Destroying Demonic Sword.
• Lu Wanyuan evaded Yan Batian with his Wind-Lightning Wings while recovering his spiritual power, then lured him toward a mountain rich in lightning-element spiritual power.
• Lu Wanyuan drew lightning from the mountain to replenish his strength and struck Yan Batian with a massive bolt, apparently blasting him to ashes.
• After restoring his spiritual power with the remaining Hundred Year Spiritual Milk, Lu Wanyuan flew back to Cui Mountain and announced Yan Batian’s death.
• The Yan Family cultivators lost their will to fight and fled, while the Lu Family disciples pursued them.

After defeating the Yan Family and retaking Qingzhou City, Lu Wanyuan sent Lu Wanshan to learn the Nine Heavens Divine Sect’s intentions and dispatched elites to stabilize the city. When Lu Wanyuan led his forces into Peach Blossom Valley to finish off the Murong Family, he found the valley corrupted and its dead transformed, then faced an attack by demonic cultivators.

• Lu Wanyuan killed Yan Batian, and the Lu Family routed the leaderless Yan Family army before tending to the wounded and celebrating their victory.
• Baili Qiuyue reported that Qingzhou City had been retaken and that an Outer Elder of the Nine Heavens Divine Sect had shown interest in the Lu Family’s Nine Heavens Imperial Lightning True Scripture.
• Lu Wanyuan decided to send a respected elder to investigate the sect’s intentions while strengthening the family, and he sent reinforcements to counter the Murong Family’s allied minor forces near Qingzhou City.
• Lu Wanshan traveled for half a year to reach the Nine Heavens Divine Sect, while Lu Family elites routed the minor forces and restored stability around Qingzhou City.
• Lu Wanyuan led Lu Family elites into Peach Blossom Valley, where they found corrupted corpses, a sinister altar, and demonic cultivators emerging from the darkness.
• Lu Wanyuan ordered the disciples to form a defensive sword formation as the demonic cultivators charged.

Lu Wanyuan and the Lu Family elders battled the demonic forces at the altar, where he used the Mo Race Royal Bloodline to defeat a gigantic black figure. An ancestor revealed Peach Blossom Valley’s history and the Lu Family’s mission, but stronger demonic cultivators appeared to seize an artifact, leaving Lu Wanyuan fighting to defend his family and the ruins.

• Lu Wanyuan led elders through the demonic cultivators and reached the altar, where a gigantic black figure emerged.
• Lu Wanyuan fused his lightning technique with the power of his Mo Race Royal Bloodline and helped destroy the rune on the figure’s chest.
• A black-robed ancestor of the Lu Family appeared and explained that Peach Blossom Valley was a Mo Race stronghold and that the family had been tasked with guarding its secrets.
• Stronger demonic cultivators emerged from the mist, led by a peak Golden Core cultivator who demanded the ruins’ divine artifact.
• Lu Wanyuan fought the new attackers, gaining greater control of his bloodline power as he vowed to protect the family.

As the Devil Race's attacks overwhelmed Peach Blossom Valley and the Lu Family's ancestor spirit weakened, Lu Wanyuan decided to seek aid from the Nine Heavens Divine Sect. He left the valley to find reinforcements and Lu Wanshan, but a massive Demonic Beast ambushed him in a primeval forest.

• Lu Wanyuan realized the Lu Family could not hold Peach Blossom Valley against the growing Devil Race without outside help.
• As the Lu Family's defenses buckled and their ancestor's spirit faded, Lu Wanyuan resolved to seek help from the Nine Heavens Divine Sect.
• Lu Wanyuan told the elders his plan, and Lu Wanhe urged him to bring back the missing Lu Wanshan as well.
• Lu Wanyuan entrusted Peach Blossom Valley to the elders and set out for the Nine Heavens Divine Sect.
• A massive, black-scaled Demonic Beast sprang from the undergrowth and attacked Lu Wanyuan in the forest.

Lu Wanyuan reached the Nine Heavens Divine Sect after defeating a Black Scaled Demon Leopard and pleaded for help against the Devil Race’s attack on Peach Blossom Valley. The Sect Master and elders doubted his account and debated the risks, until a young disciple spoke up in support of him.

• Lu Wanyuan defeated the Black Scaled Demon Leopard with his Nine Heavens Imperial Thunder Swordplay and rested before continuing his journey.
• Lu Wanyuan reached the Nine Heavens Divine Sect, requested an audience with its Sect Master, and was admitted to the great hall.
• Lu Wanyuan told the Sect Master and elders that the Devil Race had launched a large-scale attack on Peach Blossom Valley and asked them to send support.
• The Sect Master and elders questioned Lu Wanyuan’s honesty and debated whether helping the Lu Family was worth the danger and cost.
• A young disciple declared that Lu Wanyuan was telling the truth and urged the sect to defend the cultivation world.

Lu Wanyuan waited for the Nine Heavens Divine Sect to decide whether to help Peach Blossom Valley, then broke through a cultivation bottleneck by resonating with the lightning of heaven and earth. An elder invited him to join the sect, promising its help if he accepted, while Lu Wanyuan remained focused on saving Peach Blossom Valley and the Lu Family.

• Lu Wanyuan left the sect elders to deliberate and met Lu Wanshan, then told him that the Devil Race had destroyed Peach Blossom Valley and that their ancestors had guarded the demon's den as spies for the Devil Race.
• Lu Wanyuan cultivated the Nine Heavens Imperial Lightning True Scripture near the Forbidden Ground but became stuck at a bottleneck.
• Lu Wanyuan recalled his grandfather's advice, sensed the world's lightning, and absorbed a powerful current that broke through his bottleneck.
• Lu Wanyuan demonstrated his lightning techniques, impressing an elder from the Nine Heavens Divine Sect.
• The elder invited Lu Wanyuan to join the sect and promised it would do everything in its power to save Peach Blossom Valley if he joined.
• Lu Wanyuan said he could not think about joining until Peach Blossom Valley and the Lu Family were saved.

Lu Wanyuan joined the Nine Heavens Divine Sect after negotiating terms for its aid to Peach Blossom Valley and sharing the Lu Family’s ancestral cultivation technique. As the sect’s support force traveled to the valley, the Devil Race ambushed them, and the elder prepared a powerful spell to break their encirclement.

• Lu Wanyuan agreed to join the Nine Heavens Divine Sect if it helped save Peach Blossom Valley.
• Lu Wanyuan negotiated to share the Nine Heavens Imperial Lightning True Scripture while keeping its core parts for the Lu Family, and the Sect Master accepted after requiring a blood oath.
• The Nine Heavens Divine Sect sent an elite support force with Lu Wanyuan toward Peach Blossom Valley.
• The Devil Race ambushed the support force in a valley, and Lu Wanyuan and the disciples fought back with sword and lightning techniques.
• The outnumbered support force suffered wounds and exhaustion, so the leading elder decided to cast a powerful spell to break through the encirclement.

Lu Wanyuan and the Nine Heavens Divine Sect's reinforcements reached Peach Blossom Valley and helped the Lu Family fight the Devil Race. After rain empowered their lightning arts and drove the enemy back, the Devil Race rallied with Demonic Mist Possession, leaving the defenders facing a difficult final stand.

• A Nine Heavens Divine Sect elder unleashed a golden blast that let Lu Wanyuan and the reinforcements break through the Devil Race's encirclement, though many disciples were wounded or killed.
• Lu Wanyuan and the reinforcements arrived at the ruined Peach Blossom Valley, where they joined the Lu Family and planned traps and coordinated attacks against the Devil Race.
• A sudden storm threatened the defenders' preparations, so Lu Wanyuan proposed using the rain to strengthen the Nine Heavens Divine Sect disciples' lightning arts.
• Lu Wanyuan and the elder led the disciples in a lightning assault that disrupted the Devil Race and forced its soldiers deeper into the valley.
• The Devil Race's leader used Demonic Mist Possession to strengthen his soldiers, and Lu Wanyuan urged the defenders to stand united for their home and loved ones.

Lu Wanyuan defeated the Devil Race's leader and drove the invaders from Peach Blossom Valley, though the battle cost many lives. He led the valley's reconstruction with help from the Nine Heavens Divine Sect, and later joined the sect, combining its thunder arts with the Lu Family's Nine Heavens Imperial Lightning True Scripture.

• Lu Wanyuan fought the Devil Race's leader while the Lu Family and Nine Heavens Divine Sect battled the invading forces.
• Lu Wanyuan struck down the Devil Race's leader with Thunder Annihilation, and the Devil Race fled as he led the pursuit that ended the threat to Peach Blossom Valley.
• Lu Wanyuan mourned the Lu Family members who died and vowed to restore Peach Blossom Valley.
• Lu Wanyuan led the Lu Family in rebuilding the valley, while the Nine Heavens Divine Sect's support team stayed to help.
• Lu Wanyuan joined the Nine Heavens Divine Sect and blended the Lu Family's Nine Heavens Imperial Lightning True Scripture with the sect's thunder arts to create a stronger art.

The Devil Race used a false lead to draw away the Nine Heavens Divine Sect’s elite disciples, then besieged and breached the sect. As Xuan Fengzi organized a last defense and requested reinforcements, Qingfeng Sect debated whether to send aid.

• Xuan Fengzi realized the report of Mo people in the northern mountains had been a Devil Race ploy, and the sect’s depleted forces struggled to repel the attackers.
• The Mo people shattered the Mountain Protection Array, overwhelmed the defenders, and wounded Xuan Fengzi as their leader attacked him.
• Leng Xuan returned after receiving the distress signal, fought the Mo people’s leader, and sent disciples to seek reinforcements from Qingfeng Sect and Tianyuan Sect.
• Xuan Fengzi rallied the remaining disciples to defend the sect until help arrived.
• Qing Fengzi convened an emergency meeting after receiving the distress letter, and the elders debated whether Qingfeng Sect should send troops.

Tianyuan Sect and the other major sects sent reinforcements to Nine Heavens Divine Sect as the Mo people's assault intensified. Amid the invasion, accusations against the Lu Family over its Devil Race bloodline forced Xuan Fengzi to make a difficult decision, which he announced to Nine Heavens Divine Sect's leaders.

• Tianyuanzi gathered Tianyuan Sect's elders and decided to send disciples to support Nine Heavens Divine Sect and Qingfeng Sect's call for unity.
• Reinforcements from Qingfeng Sect, Tianyuan Sect, and other sects arrived as Xuan Fengzi and Nine Heavens Divine Sect struggled to withstand the Mo people's attacks.
• A cultivator accused the Lu Family of colluding with the Devil Race, and Xuan Fengzi summoned Lu Wanyuan to answer the allegations.
• Lu Yuanshan explained that the Lu Family's ancestors had served as Devil Race spies but had purified their bloodline and guarded the passage to the Devil Cave.
• Leng Xuan urged the sects to postpone the dispute, and Xuan Fengzi set the Lu Family matter aside until after the Devil Race was driven back.
• After several days of deliberation, Xuan Fengzi decided to sever ties with the Lu Family and announced his decision to Nine Heavens Divine Sect's high-ranking members.

The Nine Heavens Divine Sect cut ties with the Lu Family to reassure the Cultivation World, and the Lu Family returned to Cui Mountain while secretly welcoming its newfound independence. The sect leaders rallied the cultivation sects against the Devil Race and began preparing a battle plan.

• Xuan Fengzi and the Nine Heavens Divine Sect elders agreed to cut ties with the Lu Family, then issued a public statement ordering the family to leave their territory.
• Lu Wanyuan led the Lu Family back to Cui Mountain, outwardly despairing but secretly pleased to be free of the sect and the war against the Devil Race.
• Xuan Fengzi addressed an alliance rally at the Nine Heavens Divine Sect, calling on the cultivation sects to unite against the Devil Race.
• Qing Fengzi, Tianyuanzi, and Leng Xuan urged the gathered disciples to fight, defend their homes, and protect the Cultivation World.
• The disciples prepared their weapons and cultivation techniques while Xuan Fengzi and the other leaders analyzed the Devil Race and drafted a battle plan.

The Immortal Cultivation Alliance prepared to fight the Devil Race while the Lu Family grew stronger under Lu Wanyuan’s leadership. After a disastrous Alliance defeat sparked accusations that the Lu Family had betrayed them, Lu Wanyuan vowed to uncover the truth, and a mysterious Mo person arrived to propose cooperation.

• Xuan Fengzi, Qing Fengzi, Tianyuanzi, and other leaders devised a coordinated plan to attack the Devil Race, while Leng Xuan led the Nine Heavens Divine Sect disciples in training.
• Lu Wanyuan used Entries to obtain cultivation resources for the Lu Family, then advanced to the threshold of peak Golden Core as his family’s disciples and new Immortal Seedlings made progress.
• The Alliance suffered a major defeat, and rumors accused the Lu Family of sabotaging resources and leaking battle plans to the Devil Race.
• Angry cultivators gathered outside the Lu Family’s residence, and Lu Wanyuan resolved to uncover the truth and clear his family’s name.
• A Mo person secretly entered the Lu Family’s residence, confronted Lu Wanyuan, and said he had come to cooperate.

Lu Wanyuan considered the Devil Race’s offer while seeking a way to save the Lu Family from mounting accusations. After discovering a demonic cultivation manual and a time-accelerating Chaos Space, he secretly began training disciples in both immortal and demonic arts, but the Immortal Cultivation Alliance increasingly blamed the Lu Family for its defeats.

• A Mo person offered Lu Wanyuan magic crystals and the Devil Race’s help in exchange for the Lu Family’s cooperation, and Lu Wanyuan brought the proposal to his family’s core members.
• Lu Gulei opposed cooperating with the Devil Race, while Lu Wanshan supported considering its offer as the family argued over what to do.
• Lu Wanyuan found the Demonic Codex Fragment in the secret chamber and discovered that its methods let him merge Immortal Qi and demonic energy.
• Lu Wanyuan decided to secretly teach selected disciples to cultivate both arts, and Lu Gulei joined him and several others at the hidden cultivation grounds.
• Lu Wanyuan discovered that his Chaos Space accelerated time, allowing the trainees to cultivate much faster, and he sent skilled disciples to investigate who had framed the family.
• As the Immortal Cultivation Alliance suffered further defeats, its members increasingly accused the Lu Family on Cui Mountain.

The Lu Family faced an ultimatum from the Immortal Cultivation Alliance and argued over whether to surrender disciples practicing dual cultivation of immortality and demonic arts. As the family’s unity faltered, the Chaos Space began to destabilize, and Lu Wanyuan suspected someone was sabotaging it.

• The Immortal Cultivation Alliance threatened to join other sects in attacking the Lu Family unless it handed over the disciples practicing dual cultivation of immortality and demonic arts.
• Lu Wanyuan, Lu Gulei, and the Lu Family’s elders debated how to protect the family, while some disciples urged surrender and Lu Gulei and Lu Wanyuan opposed giving in.
• The Chaos Space’s time flow faltered, causing disciples’ cultivation to regress as black fissures appeared across its walls.
• Lu Wanyuan entered the Chaos Space with several powerful elders and found the Chaos Qi murky and the time-law runes flickering.
• An elder warned that someone seemed to be secretly manipulating the strange power to destroy the Chaos Space.

As Chaos Space neared collapse, a mysterious benefactor arrived at the Lu Family with a pill that could repair it and clues about the force framing the family. Lu Wanyuan and the others stabilized Chaos Space, then began investigating the force’s ties to the Immortal Cultivation Alliance and its search for an ancient divine artifact.

• Lu Wanyuan and the elders failed to contain the chaos in Chaos Space, and their attempt to awaken its core power was repelled.
• A mysterious cloaked visitor revealed that the Lu Family had once saved him and offered a Chaos Restoration Pill, a cultivation manual, and resources.
• The visitor told Lu Wanyuan that a secretive force linked to higher-ups in the Immortal Cultivation Alliance had framed the Lu Family while searching for an ancient divine artifact.
• Following the visitor’s instructions, Lu Wanyuan and the others used the Chaos Restoration Pill to stabilize the laws of time and close the spatial rifts.
• Lu Wanyuan sent more people to investigate the Immortal Cultivation Alliance and places connected to the mysterious force.

Lu Wanyuan and the Lu Family disciples confronted Elder Xuan Feng at the Immortal Cultivation Alliance headquarters after uncovering his plot against the Lu Family. They killed him and revealed his corpse to the gathered cultivators, who began questioning what they had been told.

• Lu Wanyuan and the Lu Family disciples infiltrated the Alliance headquarters and confronted Elder Xuan Feng over his scheme to seize the Lu Family’s Chaos Space and cultivation method.
• Elder Xuan Feng attacked the group and trapped them in his Dark Curse, but Lu Wanyuan and Lu Gulei combined their powers to break through it.
• Lu Wanyuan wounded Elder Xuan Feng and then killed him with a sword thrust through his chest.
• Lu Wanyuan and the disciples carried Elder Xuan Feng’s corpse to the plaza, where he told the gathered cultivators that Xuan Feng had framed the Lu Family.
• The gathered cultivators murmured among themselves after seeing Elder Xuan Feng’s corpse and hearing Lu Wanyuan’s claims.

Lu Wanyuan defended the Lu Family against accusations from Qing Fengzi and Tianyuanzi, then demonstrated that his bloodline could suppress the Devil Race. The crowd’s hostility toward the Lu Family eased after he destroyed a demonic scout, revealing the family’s potential value in the war.

• Qing Fengzi and Tianyuanzi accused Lu Wanyuan of lying about Elder Xuan Feng and alleged that the Lu Family planned to seize power and collude with the Devil Race.
• Lu Wanyuan defended the Lu Family’s record and declared that he had killed Elder Xuan Feng to clear his family’s name.
• Lu Family disciples displayed their physical strength, and Lu Wanyuan realized their bloodline could suppress the Devil Race.
• A demonic scout attacked the cultivators, and Lu Wanyuan used his bloodline power to engulf and destroy it.
• The cultivators were astonished by Lu Wanyuan’s strength, and many began viewing the Lu Family with goodwill.

Lu Wanyuan held a Martial Arts Tournament to demonstrate the Lu Family’s strength, winning over many onlookers while Qing Fengzi and Tianyuanzi grew more resentful. After Xuan Fengzi’s death left the weakened Nine Heavens Divine Sect in turmoil, Lu Wanyuan and his disciples appeared in its main hall, confronting Elders Wang Xingfa and Huang Yihu.

• Lu Wanyuan led the Lu Family away after warning the crowd against framing them, and the Immortal Alliance cultivators also departed.
• Lu Wanyuan organized a Martial Arts Tournament at the Lu Family, where its disciples displayed formidable abilities and he demonstrated his dual immortal-and-demonic cultivation technique.
• The tournament changed many people’s view of the Lu Family, while Qing Fengzi and Tianyuanzi grew jealous and planned to try again.
• After Xuan Fengzi’s death, his disciples called for an attack on the Lu Family, but the sect’s elders knew the Nine Heavens Divine Sect was too weak to fight.
• Lu Wanyuan and Lu Family disciples appeared inside the Nine Heavens Divine Sect’s main hall, where Wang Xingfa challenged him and Huang Yihu feared the sect had already been occupied.