Chapter Summaries

Lu Guzhao found and activated a Spiritual Power node in Chaos Space while Lu Guyan and Qin Yi held off the shadow. The node’s power cleared the mist and weakened the shadow, but Lu Guzhao continued channeling energy to unleash its full strength.

• Lu Guzhao sensed unusual spiritual energy ahead, and Lu Guyan led him and Qin Yi toward a possible Spiritual Power node while the black-robed man warned that the nodes were linked to the shadow’s movements.
• Lu Guzhao found the faintly glowing node, but the shadow attacked him; Lu Guyan pierced its arm with his spirit sword and protected his brother.
• The black-robed man saw the node’s symbol flicker on the stele and urged Lu Guzhao to activate it, so Lu Guzhao channeled his golden power and crystal energy into the node.
• As the node brightened, Lu Guyan fought the shadow at close range while Qin Yi’s flute disrupted its attacks.
• The node’s power dispersed the mist, revealed runic patterns, and weakened the shadow, while Lu Guzhao poured in more energy to unleash the node’s full strength.

Lu Guyan, Lu Guzhao, Qin Yi, and the black-robed man fought to suppress the shadow with the Spiritual Power node as the stele’s runes revealed links to the Demon God’s seal. When rifts opened and fed the shadow dark energy, the group slowed its absorption but faced worsening tremors and a greater looming crisis.

• Lu Guyan pierced the shadow with Phantom Thrust while Qin Yi’s flute and the Spiritual Power node weakened it, and the black-robed man traced the stele’s patterns to other nodes.
• The shadow swelled and broke through the spiritual storms, blasting Lu Guyan away before Lu Guzhao’s power sent a beam that halted its growth.
• Lu Guzhao, Qin Yi, and the black-robed man worked to restrain the shadow as Lu Guyan rose and returned to the fight despite his injuries.
• The shadow scattered part of Qin Yi’s spiritual web, and rifts opened in Chaos Space, pouring dark energy into it and making it stronger.
• Lu Guzhao redirected the node’s power toward the rifts while the black-robed man identified their link to the Demon God’s seal and Qin Yi warned that the dark energy was corrosive.
• Lu Guyan joined Lu Guzhao in striking at the dark tendrils, and the group temporarily slowed the shadow’s absorption as Chaos Space shook more violently.

Lu Guzhao and his companions tried to restore the balance between the Spiritual Power node, the shadow, and the dark power while the black-robed man deciphered the Demon God's seal. They temporarily contained the shadow, but a widening crack released a stronger surge of dark energy toward it.

• Lu Guzhao, Qin Yi, and Lu Guyan struggled to restrain the shadow as Chaos Space shook, while the black-robed man studied the runes on the stele.
• The black-robed man realized the shadow and dark powers were part of a balance within the Demon God's seal, and Lu Guzhao organized the group to adjust the Spiritual Power node and flute frequency.
• Lu Guzhao and Qin Yi interwove golden light and dark power, calming the shadow and forming a fragile balance as Lu Guyan guarded them.
• The shadow began to disrupt the balance, but the black-robed man identified a rune frequency and guided Lu Guzhao and Qin Yi in temporarily containing it.
• Chaos Space trembled more violently, and a huge crack widened as a stronger surge of dark energy rushed toward the shadow.

Lu Guzhao and the others redirected the darkness away from the shadow and into a rune region on the stone stele, weakening the shadow. Just as their plan seemed to be working, the Chaos Space shook violently and the rune region's light began to flicker.

• Lu Guzhao, Qin Yi, and the injured Lu Guyan struggled to stop the darkness from merging with the shadow while the man in black searched the stele's runes for a solution.
• The man in black discovered that the Spiritual Power node could guide the darkness into a particular rune region to weaken the shadow.
• Lu Guzhao and Qin Yi redirected the darkness toward the rune region as Lu Guyan guarded them, and the runes flared as they absorbed it.
• When the shadow tried to pull the darkness back, Lu Guzhao increased the node's power and Qin Yi used his flute to keep the darkness on course.
• The shadow shrank and weakened as the rune region absorbed the darkness, but the Chaos Space began shaking and the rune region's light flickered.

The black-robed man discovered that the runes would awaken a dangerous being unless the dark power was redirected through a hidden Spiritual Power hub. As the group searched for the hub in the northeast, the shadow attacked, and it lunged at Qin Yi after finding an opening in his flute music.

• The black-robed man deciphered that guiding dark power into the runes would activate an ancient ritual and awaken a being more dangerous than the shadow.
• The black-robed man found that activating a hidden Spiritual Power hub could redirect the dark power to a safe seal, while Lu Guyan argued they could not let the shadow absorb it.
• The shadow charged at the group, and Lu Guzhao raised a golden shield while Lu Guyan tried to stop it with his short sword.
• The shadow knocked Lu Guyan aside, and Lu Guzhao strengthened the barrier as Qin Yi's flute notes slowed the shadow.
• The black-robed man located the hub somewhere northeast and warned of dangers on the route, so Lu Guzhao assigned Qin Yi to distract the shadow and tried to sense the hub.
• The shadow spotted an opening in Qin Yi's music and lunged at him.

Lu Guzhao and his companions restrained the shadow long enough to locate the Spiritual Power hub in the northeastern part of Chaos Space. As they headed there, the shadow caught up beside a dangerous marsh, and the black-robed man discovered a possible way through it.

• Lu Guzhao redirected the golden shield to save Qin Yi from a fatal blow, while Lu Guyan charged the shadow and was struck down.
• The black-robed man found that runes on the stone stele influenced the shadow, and Lu Guzhao used their power to restrain it as Qin Yi bound it with spiritual threads.
• Lu Guzhao sensed the Spiritual Power hub in the northeastern part of Chaos Space, and the group set off toward it.
• The group encountered a black marsh, then the shadow broke free and attacked them as Lu Guzhao struggled to hold up a defensive barrier.
• The black-robed man studied the stele's runes and told the group that a hidden Spiritual Power node at the marsh's center might open a safe path.

Lu Guzhao and his companions pierced the shadow and reached a spiritual power node in the swamp, where they tried to discover how to open a safe passage to the Spiritual Power hub. As an octopus-like monster emerged, Lu Guzhao fused his golden power with the node’s energy to form a barrier, while the monster attacked.

• Lu Guzhao, Qin Yi, Lu Guyan, and the black-robed man restrained the shadow, and Lu Guzhao pierced it with a golden spear.
• Lu Guzhao found a faint blue light in the swamp, and the group drove back the tendrils blocking their way by matching their spiritual energy to its frequency.
• Lu Guzhao touched the spiritual power node, while Qin Yi resonated with it through his flute and the black-robed man studied its connection to Chaos Space.
• A huge octopus-like monster emerged from the swamp as the group tried to learn how to guide the node’s power.
• Lu Guzhao combined his golden power with the node’s energy to form a barrier, and the monster struck it with its tentacles.

Lu Guzhao, Qin Yi, Lu Guyan, and the black-robed man worked together to open a passage through the swamp while fighting an octopus monster. The passage appeared, but the monster charged toward it, and the black-robed man urged Lu Guzhao to stabilize it with the node’s remaining power.

• Lu Guzhao tried to combine the Spiritual Power node’s blue light with his golden power while Qin Yi attacked the octopus monster with his flute and Lu Guyan fought its tentacles.
• Lu Guyan stabbed a tentacle but was flung to the ground, prompting Lu Guzhao to intensify the light curtain and hold the monster back.
• The black-robed man read the changing runes and instructed Lu Guzhao to rotate the node’s blue power clockwise three times before merging it with the golden power.
• Lu Guzhao and the others followed the sequence, and a dazzling beam opened a rainbow-colored passage through the swamp.
• The octopus monster charged at the passage as Qin Yi and Lu Guyan tried to stop it, while the black-robed man told Lu Guzhao to channel the node’s remaining power into the passage counterclockwise to stabilize it.

Lu Guzhao and the others struggled to defend the passage when a crocodile monster emerged from the swamp and joined the octopus monster in attacking them. After sensing a dark energy channel beneath the swamp that linked the monsters, they faced an intensifying assault.

• Lu Guzhao reinforced the passage barrier while the octopus monster attacked and the swamp churned beneath them.
• A crocodile monster rose from the mud, and the man in black warned that it and the octopus monster might be connected.
• Lu Guzhao directed Qin Yi to disrupt the octopus monster and Lu Guyan to attack the crocodile monster, but Lu Guyan's sword could not pierce its scales.
• The man in black read the stone tablet's runes and told Lu Guzhao to locate the dark energy sustaining both monsters.
• Lu Guzhao sensed an energy channel at the bottom of the swamp linking the monsters, and both creatures launched a fiercer attack.

Lu Guzhao traced the dark energy to a whirlpool beneath the swamp while his companions held off the monsters. He severed the energy channel, causing the monsters to fade and the swamp’s black mist to recede, then collapsed from exhaustion.

• Lu Guzhao reinforced the barrier against the crocodile monster’s black flames while Qin Yi played his flute to hold them back.
• Lu Guyan attacked the crocodile monster but was struck down, then got back up and kept fighting.
• The black-robed man deciphered the stele’s runes and told Lu Guzhao to reach the whirlpool at the bottom of the swamp and sever its energy connection.
• Lu Guzhao extended his spiritual power toward the swamp’s depths as Qin Yi and Lu Guyan fought to buy him time.
• Lu Guzhao fused the golden and crystal powers and severed the dark energy channel, making the monsters fade and the black mist recede.
• Lu Guzhao collapsed to the ground, drained and injured.

After defeating the monsters, Lu Guzhao, Qin Yi, Lu Guyan, and the black-robed man fought through a dangerous five-colored mist and reached the Spiritual Power hub. Guardian beasts attacked before they could approach it, leaving the group in battle.

• Lu Guzhao, Qin Yi, Lu Guyan, and the black-robed man continued toward the Spiritual Power hub despite warnings of further dangers.
• The group encountered five-colored mist, and Qin Yi and Lu Guzhao tried to use his flute and the passage light to find a way through.
• Beams burst from the mist and wounded Lu Guyan, but the black-robed man discovered that adjusting the passage light's frequency could redirect them.
• The group defended itself and rushed through the mist toward the hub as the attacks weakened.
• The group reached the massive Spiritual Power hub, where guardian beasts appeared and attacked them.
• Lu Guzhao, Qin Yi, Lu Guyan, and the black-robed man fought the guardian beasts with sword techniques, flute music, and rune spells.

Lu Guzhao and his companions defeated the Chaos Space guardian beast, uncovered the Lu Family’s origins and recovered the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Whip. After the Demon Realm invaded the Canglan Continent, the Lu Family helped form the Immortal Cultivation Alliance, which faced the Demon Realm’s vanguard before its preparations were complete.

• Lu Guzhao noticed the guardian beast’s attack rhythm and led the group in defeating it, allowing them to reach the Spiritual Power hub.
• The black-robed man activated the hub, revealing that the Lu Family descended from Demon Realm royalty, had guarded the passage between realms, and had hidden the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Whip after disaster struck.
• Lu Guzhao and the others returned to Cui Mountain with the divine artifact, where they learned that Lu Wanyuan had advanced to the Nascent Soul Early Stage.
• After news arrived that the Demon Realm had launched a full-scale invasion, Lu Wanyuan and the family elders planned a response, with Lu Guzhao and his companions assigned to seek out enemy weaknesses.
• Lu Wanyuan united the Wilds’ cultivation forces and was elected leader of the Immortal Cultivation Alliance, while Lu Guzhao, Lu Guyan, and Qin Yi took command of squads.
• The Demon Realm’s vanguard arrived before the alliance had finished preparing, and a Demon Lord ordered his army to attack.

The Immortal Cultivation Alliance repelled the Demon Realm’s vanguard, but mounting casualties forced Lu Guzhao and his companions to seek power in ancient ruins hidden in a forbidden land. After battling beasts and disabling traps, they reached the ruins’ central chamber, where a radiant stone platform awaited them.

• Lu Wanyuan, Lu Guzhao, Lu Guyan, and Qin Yi led the Immortal Cultivation Alliance in battle, and Lu Guzhao injured the Demon Lord with the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Whip, driving back the demon army.
• As the war continued and casualties mounted, Lu Guzhao, Lu Guyan, and Qin Yi agreed to seek strength in ancient ruins, and Lu Wanyuan led a team of elites into the wilderness.
• Lu Guzhao and his companions fought Rotten Bone Mo Beasts in the forbidden land, broke through their encirclement, and reached the ruins.
• Qin Yi deciphered the wall runes and guided the group in disabling a spike trap, after which they overcame more guardians and traps.
• Lu Guzhao and his companions reached the central chamber and found an ancient stone platform radiating dazzling light.

Lu Guzhao and his companions learned a strength-enhancing secret art and a map to hidden cultivation resources, then ventured into the Demon Realm to obtain them and establish a Lu Family branch. After surviving battles and claiming the resources, they settled in an abandoned city and began building their base.

• Lu Guzhao touched the stone platform and discovered its secret art and map, and the group decided to use them to enter the Demon Realm and establish a branch.
• After mastering the secret art, Lu Guzhao and the others disguised themselves as demonic cultivators and fought their way past a patrol before fleeing into a cave.
• The group followed a passage from the cave to a hidden valley, where the black-robed man opened a palace containing cultivation resources, treasures, and manuals.
• A powerful monster attacked inside the palace, but Lu Guzhao destroyed it with the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Whip, allowing the group to claim the resources.
• Lu Guzhao and his companions chose an abandoned city as their base, repaired it, and began recruiting demonic cultivators to form a Lu Family branch.

Lu Guzhao and his companions destroyed the Demon Realm’s Spiritual Power hub and defeated the Demon Lord, securing victory for the Immortal Cultivation Alliance. Afterward, the Lu Family branch in the Demon Realm came under attack as the Demon Lord rallied the great devil families against it.

• Lu Wanyuan led the Immortal Cultivation Alliance into a full-scale assault while Lu Guzhao and the Lu Family branch infiltrated the Demon Realm’s rear.
• Lu Guzhao and his companions fought through the defenses around the Spiritual Power hub, but the Demon Lord appeared and struck them down with demonic flames.
• Lu Guzhao identified a pattern in the Demon Lord’s attacks and hit him with the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Whip, sending him crashing into the Spiritual Power hub.
• Lu Guzhao and his companions destroyed the damaged hub, weakening the demonic troops and helping the Immortal Cultivation Alliance drive them back.
• Lu Guzhao and his companions overwhelmed the exhausted Demon Lord, whose disappearance sent the demonic troops fleeing and ended the war in the Alliance’s victory.
• The Demon Lord summoned the great devil families against the Lu Family branch, and their forces advanced on its territory.

The Lu Family defeated the Blood Demon Tribe after Lu Wanyuan arrived and killed its Patriarch, but their victory left them badly weakened. Before they could recover, Babara led the Barton Family in a new assault, and Lu Wanyuan prepared to test the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Whip as the Lu Family's defenses faltered.

• Lu Guzhao and Lu Guyan led the Lu Family's resistance against the Devil Race, but the Blood Demon Tribe's attacks pushed them toward defeat.
• Lu Wanyuan arrived at the Nascent Soul Early Stage, shielded the Lu Family with a golden barrier, and fought the Blood Demon Patriarch.
• After three days and nights of battle, Lu Wanyuan killed the Blood Demon Patriarch, and the Devil Race retreated from Lu Family territory.
• Babara led the Barton Family, Kula Province's greatest family, in a fresh attack on the exhausted Lu Family.
• As the Barton Family cracked the Lu Family's defensive array, Lu Wanyuan told Lu Guzhao and Lu Guyan to fall back so he could test the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Whip.

Lu Wanyuan and the Lu Family fought the Barton Family’s Devils until Lu Gan arrived and turned the battle in their favor. The Devils retreated, and Lu Wanyuan learned that the mysterious rescuer was his uncle and the Lu Family’s former Patriarch.

• Lu Wanyuan used the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Whip to destroy nearby Devils and clashed with Babara while Lu Guzhao and Lu Guyan led the Lu Family’s defense.
• Lu Guzhao and Lu Guyan joined the fight, but the Lu Family’s forces struggled as the Barton Family sent in more Devils.
• A mysterious figure appeared and unleashed a powerful energy sphere that devastated the Barton Family’s Devils and grievously wounded Babara.
• Lu Wanyuan rallied the Lu Family’s disciples, who drove the Barton Family’s Devils out of Lu Family territory.
• The mysterious figure revealed himself as Lu Gan, Lu Wanyuan’s uncle and the former Patriarch, and said he had been watching over him.

After returning from their costly battle with the Barton Family, the Lu Family was attacked by a masked elder leading a horde of Demonic Beasts. Lu Gan helped Lu Wanyuan defeat the traitor, and the family survived the assault united, though the Demon Realm remained dangerous.

• Lu Wanyuan and the others returned to the Lu Family, tended to the wounded, and trained under Lu Gan's guidance.
• A masked black-robed man arrived with countless Demonic Beasts and attacked the Lu Family, badly injuring Lu Guzhao.
• Lu Wanyuan used the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Whip to wound the black-robed man, but Lu Gan stepped in to block his counterattack.
• The black-robed man revealed himself as a former Lu Family elder who had betrayed the family and joined the Demon Realm.
• Lu Gan fought and killed the traitorous elder while Lu Guzhao, Lu Guyan, and the others defeated the Demonic Beasts.
• Lu Gan urged the Lu Family to stand united, and everyone agreed to face the dangers ahead together.

Lu Wanyuan and allied cultivation factions attacked the Barton Family, forcing Babara to surrender and making the family an ally of the Lu Family. Their growing influence in the Demon Realm caught the attention of the Demon Emperor.

• Lu Wanyuan rallied the Canglan Wilderness factions and led them to the Barton Family's territory.
• Lu Wanyuan fought Babara while Lu Guzhao, Lu Guyan, and the allied factions battled the Barton Family's forces.
• Lu Wanyuan sent Lu Guzhao and Lu Guyan to attack from the rear, turning the battle against the Barton Family.
• Lu Wanyuan offered to spare Babara and protect his family if they surrendered, and Babara accepted.
• Lu Wanyuan spared Babara and granted the Barton Family status and authority as allies of the Lu Family.
• The Demon Emperor noticed the Lu Family's expanding influence in the Demon Realm.

The Demon Emperor sent his clone to destroy the Lu Family, but Lu Wanyuan summoned Wuming, a powerful cultivator who had promised the family’s ancestors to protect them. Wuming drove off the clone, leaving the Lu Family alive but braced for further conflict.

• The Demon Emperor learned that the Lu Family had established a branch in the Demon Realm and subdued the Barton Family, then sent his clone to attack their territory.
• Lu Wanyuan, Lu Guzhao, Lu Guyan, and the other Lu Family members fought the Demon Emperor's clone, but they suffered heavy injuries and casualties.
• Lu Wanyuan called upon a mysterious powerful figure through a method passed down by the Lu Family's ancestors.
• Wuming appeared and forced the Demon Emperor's clone back with a beam of white light.
• The Demon Emperor's clone retreated, and Wuming revealed that he had come to honor his promise to the Lu Family's ancestors before departing.