Chapter Summaries

Lu Wanyuan completed the Soul Tempering Pill for Miao Renfeng and received a valley in Black Dragon City, where he began establishing the Lu Family. After improving the Crimson Firmament Sect’s Spirit Fields and gaining influence within the sect, he learned of threats and rivalries in the Immortal Realm and attracted Elder Sun’s jealousy.

• Lu Wanyuan refined the Soul Tempering Pill after many attempts, and Miao Renfeng rewarded him with a spiritually rich valley.
• Lu Wanyuan built a stronghold in the valley, recruited and trained Lu Family disciples, and cultivated ties with other powers.
• Lu Wanyuan secured a hundred-year contract to manage the Crimson Firmament Sect’s Spirit Fields.
• Lu Wanyuan improved the Spirit Fields’ yields, earning the sect’s disciples’ respect and entering its inner circle.
• Lu Wanyuan learned that rival sects and shadowy organizations threatened the Immortal Realm, while Elder Sun grew jealous of him.

Lu Wanyuan exposed Elder Sun's sabotage of the Spirit Fields and secured his standing in the Crimson Firmament Sect. He then joined Zhao Yu and Lin Wan'er in Death Valley to seek Star Spirit Jade, where their battle with mysterious cultivators left him badly injured and readying a powerful spell.

• Lu Wanyuan caught Elder Sun damaging the Spirit Fields, and the Elder Council stripped Elder Sun of his position and confined him for a year.
• Lu Wanyuan learned that Star Spirit Jade was needed to protect the souls of those ascending to the immortal realm, so he set out to find it with Zhao Yu and Lin Wan'er.
• Lu Wanyuan, Zhao Yu, and Lin Wan'er entered Death Valley and defeated a spiked black-panther Demonic Beast together.
• The group encountered black-robed cultivators who claimed the Star Spirit Jade and attacked them.
• Lu Wanyuan was severely wounded while protecting Zhao Yu and Lin Wan'er, but spotted a flaw in the cultivators' formation and unleashed a mighty spell.

Lu Wanyuan secured the Star Spirit Jade and worked with the Crimson Firmament Sect to bring eight qualified Lu Family elders from the Canglan Realm to the Immortal Realm. The family arrived safely and began adapting to life and cultivation at the Crimson Firmament Sect.

• Lu Wanyuan and his companions defeated the mysterious cultivators, found the Star Spirit Jade, and escaped the collapsing cave with the Earth Evasion Technique.
• Lu Wanyuan returned to the Crimson Firmament Sect and learned from Sect Master Liu Dehua that only family members who met the cultivation requirements could ascend.
• Lu Wanyuan prepared an ascension formation and guard squad, then contacted the Lu Family in the Canglan Realm to ready the eligible members.
• Baili Qiuyue, Shangguan Qianxue, Lu Wanting, Lu Gutian, Lu Guzhao, Lu Guyan, Lu Gucang, and Lu Gucui ascended to the Crimson Firmament Sect.
• Lu Wanyuan welcomed the eight arrivals, helped them obtain Dust Washing Pills, and taught them about Immortal Realm cultivation and the Crimson Firmament Sect.

Lu Wanyuan and the Lu Family sided with Protector Zhao in a violent factional conflict within the Crimson Firmament Sect. After Lu Wanyuan defeated a rival core disciple, Zhao’s faction drove its opponents from the sect, leaving the Lu Family with powerful enemies.

• Tensions between Protector Zhao and conservative elders erupted at a meeting over whether the Crimson Firmament Sect should cooperate with other sects.
• The dispute became a battle between the sect’s factions, and Lu Wanyuan led the Lu Family disciples to support Protector Zhao.
• Lu Wanyuan lured a rival core disciple into an attack, countered him, and then adapted to the black-light attacks of his magical treasure.
• Lu Wanyuan knocked the treasure away and defeated the core disciple, then continued leading the Lu Family in battle.
• Protector Zhao’s faction gained the upper hand and drove its opponents out of the Crimson Firmament Sect, while Lu Wanyuan recognized that the Lu Family had made many enemies.

After the Immortal Realm ruin opened near the weakened Crimson Firmament Sect, Lu Wanyuan and Zhao Yu led the Lu Family disciples inside, overcoming a guardian beast, traps, and rival cultivators. Lu Wanyuan claimed an ancient inheritance, strengthened his cultivation without rushing a breakthrough, and left the ruins with his companions.

• Lu Wanyuan and Zhao Yu led the Lu Family disciples into the newly opened ruin and defeated its guardian beast.
• The group navigated traps before clashing with rival cultivators over the ruin's treasures.
• Lu Wanyuan found a hidden chamber with an ancient stone platform and fought off the cultivators who pursued him.
• Lu Wanyuan deciphered the platform's runes, used their power to drive away his enemies, and comprehended the inheritance.
• Lu Wanyuan's strength increased, but he chose to consolidate his cultivation rather than rush a breakthrough.
• Lu Wanyuan reunited with Zhao Yu and the Lu Family disciples, then led them out of the ruins.

Lu Wanyuan developed the Lu Family with the Crimson Firmament Sect’s support, but established powers attacked and sabotaged the family to stop its growth. He exploited divisions among their enemies and united smaller powers with the Lu Family, leaving them prepared to face further suppression together.

• Lu Wanyuan recruited cultivators and opened cultivation grounds and Spirit Fields, drawing the jealousy of established powers.
• Unidentified attackers destroyed a Spirit Field, raided another cultivation ground, stole resources, and caused disciples to disappear.
• Lu Wanyuan concluded the attacks were organized and began contacting small and mid-sized powers while secretly sowing discord among the established powers.
• The established powers’ alliance weakened as suspicion and conflict grew, while the Lu Family recovered and grew stronger.
• Lu Wanyuan persuaded the smaller powers to unite with the Lu Family, forming an alliance against the established powers.

Lu Wanyuan attended the Tiansheng Merchant Association auction hoping to obtain resources for the Lu Family, and he won the Clear Wind Sword after competing with Wang Qiang. As Wang Qiang left in anger, Lu Wanyuan turned his attention to the next lot.

• The Tiansheng Merchant Association began its auction, and Lu Wanyuan attended with several Lu Family core disciples.
• Lu Wanyuan waited until the bidding for the Clear Wind Sword slowed, then offered three hundred and fifty thousand Spirit Stones.
• Wang Qiang of the Wang Family bid against Lu Wanyuan, raising the price to four hundred and fifty thousand Spirit Stones.
• Lu Wanyuan bid five hundred thousand Spirit Stones, and the auctioneer sold him the Clear Wind Sword.
• Wang Qiang left the hall, vowing to take revenge on Lu Wanyuan, while Lu Wanyuan watched the next lot.

Lu Wanyuan won the Spirit Gathering Pearl at auction after outbidding Wang Qiang, then spent a century building the Lu Family into a powerful force in the Immortal Realm. As Wang Bantian and allied factions sabotaged the family’s businesses, Lu Wanyuan traced the attacks to them and prepared for a serious confrontation.

• Lu Wanyuan outbid Wang Qiang and won the Spirit Gathering Pearl for six million Spirit Stones, while Wang Qiang left vowing revenge.
• Over the next hundred years, Lu Wanyuan expanded the Lu Family’s castle, cultivation facilities, workshops, and trade, helping the family establish itself in the valley.
• The Lu Family’s growing influence hurt the Wang Family’s businesses in Black Dragon City, prompting Wang Bantian to secretly form an alliance with other resentful factions.
• Wang Bantian’s alliance spread rumors against the Lu Family and attacked its caravans, stealing more than half the goods from one shipment.
• Lu Wanyuan investigated the sabotage and discovered that the attacks and rumors were connected to Wang Bantian and his allies.

After learning that a mysterious force had attacked the Lu Family in the Canglan Realm, Lu Wanyuan led an elite group back through a hidden passage and fought off an ambush. He found the family’s ancestral grounds devastated, then began organizing its recovery and rebuilding ties between the two realms.

• Lu Wanyuan received a blood-red message that the Lu Family in the Canglan Realm had been attacked, and he selected disciples to accompany him while others remained in the Immortal Realm.
• Lu Wanyuan opened the hidden passage to the Canglan Realm, where unorthodox cultivators ambushed his group.
• Lu Wanyuan struck down the figure controlling the attackers, allowing his disciples to defeat the remaining enemies and continue through the passage.
• Lu Wanyuan reached the ruined ancestral grounds, learned that a masked and evil-aura organization had attacked, and organized care for survivors while sending people to gather information.
• Lu Wanyuan led the Lu Family in searching for and fighting the mysterious force, training young disciples and arranging trade with Immortal Realm forces to help rebuild the family.

Lu Wanyuan strengthened cooperation between the Canglan Realm and the Crimson Firmament Sect, then led the Lu Family to prosperity in Black Wind Immortal City. After sensing unusual spiritual energy beneath the city, he summoned the family’s core members to discuss the possible discovery of an ancient Spirit Vein and the dangers it could bring.

• Lu Wanyuan established long-term cooperation between the Lu Family and the Crimson Firmament Sect, arranging exchanges of resources, techniques, and students between the two realms.
• Lu Wanyuan celebrated the Lu Family’s growing influence as travel, trade, and joint projects between the Canglan Realm and the Immortal Realm expanded.
• Lu Wanyuan built the Lu Family into a major force in Black Wind Immortal City by recruiting skilled cultivators and developing mines, spirit fields, and shops.
• Lu Wanyuan sensed spiritual energy being drawn toward the depths beneath the city and decided to investigate secretly.
• Lu Wanyuan summoned Su Rou, Baili Qiuyue, Shangguan Qianxue, Lu Guting, Lu Guyan, Lu Gutian, Lu Guzhao, and others to reveal his discovery.
• Lu Guyan and Su Rou welcomed the possibility of an ancient Spirit Vein, while Baili Qiuyue and Shangguan Qianxue warned that rival factions could make it dangerous to pursue.

Lu Wanyuan led the Lu Family to a hidden Spirit Vein and opened the valley to reveal the Nine Nether Spirit Vein. Its appearance drew attention across the Cultivation World, leaving the Lu Family facing an impending struggle with rival factions.

• The Lu Family agreed to investigate the Spirit Vein secretly and strengthen their defenses.
• Lu Wanyuan led the Lu Family's core members and elite younger disciples to the valley where the spiritual energy was strongest.
• Lu Wanyuan sensed a top-tier Spirit Vein beneath the valley and cleaved open the ground with his Immortal Sword.
• The Nine Nether Spirit Vein emerged, releasing dense spiritual energy and forming five-colored auspicious clouds in the sky.
• Factions across the Eighteen Domains and rival demonic cultivators in Black Wind Immortal City noticed the revelation and began preparing to claim the Spirit Vein.

The Profound Yin Pavilion prepared to negotiate with the Lu Family over the Nine Nether Spirit Vein while secretly gathering forces in case talks failed. Su Rou proposed cooperation as part of a plan to lull the Pavilion into complacency, and negotiations began with the Pavilion Master demanding harsh terms.

• The Pavilion Master decided to negotiate with the Lu Family first and secretly prepare to seize the Spirit Vein by force if they refused.
• Su Rou judged that a direct confrontation would cost the Lu Family dearly and devised a plan to appear cooperative before striking when an opportunity arose.
• Su Rou contacted the Profound Yin Pavilion with an offer to develop the Spirit Vein together, and the Pavilion agreed to negotiate.
• Su Rou arrived at the Profound Yin Pavilion with Lu Wanyuan and other Lu Family members and argued that the factions should share responsibility and benefits.
• The Pavilion Master heard Su Rou out but set harsh conditions to secure the leading position in the partnership.

Su Rou negotiated a cooperation agreement with the Profound Yin Pavilion while secretly preparing to seize control of the Spirit Vein and trap its members. After her Immortal Puppets replaced the Spirit Vein core with a fake, she began building a Killing Grand Formation around the site.

• Su Rou calmed the Profound Yin Pavilion's suspicions by sharing information about the Lu Family and offering its disciples a role in developing the Spirit Vein, securing a preliminary cooperation agreement.
• Su Rou secretly arranged for the Lu Family's Immortal Puppets to prepare for action and had its Formation Masters plan a Killing Grand Formation around the Spirit Vein.
• Su Rou led the Profound Yin Pavilion's envoys into the Spirit Vein while secretly directing the Immortal Puppets toward its core.
• The Immortal Puppets removed the real Spirit Vein core and replaced it with a fake without the envoys noticing.
• Su Rou escorted the envoys away as they discussed their plans, then ordered the Lu Family's Formation Masters and disciples to build the Killing Grand Formation.

The Lu Family fought back against the Profound Yin Pavilion’s assault on the Spirit Vein, with Lu Wanyuan and Su Rou inflicting devastating losses on the attackers. The battle ended in victory for the Lu Family, but Lu Guzhao’s body was destroyed while shielding them from an elder’s self-destruction, and his survival remained uncertain.

• Su Rou prepared the Killing Grand Formation as the Profound Yin Pavilion gathered its disciples and planned to seize the Spirit Vein.
• The Profound Yin Pavilion attacked, and Lu Wanyuan’s Vast Void Sky Splitting Art severely damaged its Mountain Protection Array.
• Lu Wanyuan, Su Rou, Baili Qiuyue, Shangguan Qianxue, and the Lu siblings fought the pavilion’s forces, while Su Rou’s Nine Nether Spirit Devouring Formation wiped out thirty thousand disciples.
• A Body Integration Realm elder blew himself up, and Lu Guzhao used his Spirit Transformation body to shield the others, leaving only his Nascent Soul.
• A mysterious totem in the Spirit Vein enveloped Lu Guzhao’s Nascent Soul and preserved it, and the Lu Family searched the area after the battle while worrying about his fate.

Lu Wanyuan discovered an ancient bronze totem that resonated with the Lu Family bloodlines and brought it to the council hall for study. As the family investigated its secrets and fortified the Spirit Vein, Lu Guyan and the disciples encountered Demonic Beasts while gathering materials.

• Lu Guyan found a bronze fragment in the Spirit Vein, and its totem, inscribed with “Eighteen Domain Lords of Tianwu,” resonated with the Lu Family bloodlines.
• Lu Wanyuan stored the fragment safely, and the Lu Family strengthened the Spirit Vein’s defenses and sent subordinates to gather information about the totem.
• Lu Wanyuan called on the elders to study the totem, while Lu Guting planned layered Defense Formation Arrays and Lu Guyan gathered materials with the disciples.
• Lu Guyan and the disciples encountered a pack of Demonic Beasts while searching for Star Stone, and he ordered them to form a Sword Array.

The Lu Family reinforced the Spirit Vein’s defenses while elders uncovered clues that the totem could lead to a new Cultivation Technique. Meanwhile, the defeated Profound Yin Pavilion founded a Revenge Alliance with nearby factions and prepared to attack the Lu Family.

• Lu Guyan and the disciples drove back the Demonic Beasts, and Lu Guting and Lu Guyan organized guards as defenses around the Spirit Vein took shape.
• An elder told Lu Wanyuan that the totem’s runes were linked to spiritual power circulation, and Lu Wanyuan ordered the elders to continue their research.
• The Pavilion Master gathered the surviving elders and proposed forming a Revenge Alliance with factions threatened by the Lu Family.
• The Profound Yin Pavilion spread rumors against the Lu Family and forged powerful magical treasures using rare materials and Forbidden Seals.
• Several small factions agreed to join the alliance after hearing the rumors and the offer to divide the Spirit Vein.
• The Pavilion Master and faction leaders swore a blood oath to destroy the Lu Family and reclaim the Spirit Vein.

A mysterious man in black offered the Lu Family secrets about the totem and a chance to find an ancient Immortal Realm relic in exchange for a share of their Spirit Mine. Lu Wanyuan ordered an investigation and stronger defenses, while the family continued debating whether the relic was worth the risk.

• A mysterious man in black arrived at Black Wind Immortal City and demanded a share of the Lu Family's Spirit Mine in exchange for information about the totem.
• The man in black showed the Lu Family a version of the totem with additional runes and claimed it pointed to a relic that could help cultivators reach the Mahayana Realm.
• Lu Wanyuan asked for time to consider the offer, while secretly planning to investigate the visitor and strengthen the city's defenses.
• Lu Guting and Lu Guyan warned Lu Wanyuan that the offer might be a trap and opposed handing over the Spirit Mine.
• Lu Gutian argued that the Lu Family should protect the Nine Nether Spirit Vein rather than risk pursuing an uncertain relic.

Lu Wanyuan decided to lead an expedition of Lu Family elites to the ancient ruins while leaving Lu Guting, Lu Guyan, and others to protect the Spirit Vein and Black Wind Immortal City. On the journey, the group entered the dangerous Magic Beast Mountains and came under attack by powerful beasts.

• Su Rou, Baili Qiuyue, and Shangguan Qianxue argued that the Lu Family should explore the ancient ruins, while others warned against weakening the city's defenses.
• Lu Wanyuan chose to lead elite disciples to the ruins and assigned Lu Guting, Lu Guyan, and other powerful clansmen to guard the Spirit Vein.
• Lu Wanyuan selected dozens of elite disciples, and Shangguan Qianxue persuaded him to let her join the expedition.
• Lu Wanyuan led Lu Guzhao, Shangguan Qianxue, and the disciples out of Black Wind Immortal City, following the black-robed man's clues toward the ruins.
• In the Magic Beast Mountains, a Windwing Mo Wolf and several Earthspike Mo Bears attacked the group, and Lu Wanyuan ordered them to hold their sword formation.
• Lu Guzhao summoned Totem Power and began casting a new spell as mysterious lights and runes appeared around him.

The Lu Family group fought off magic beasts on the way to the ancient ruins, then faced a dangerous Forbidden Seal and purple miasma at the entrance. Su Rou found a weakness in the seal, and the group began attacking its nodes, though the seal had not yet been broken.

• Lu Guzhao and the Lu Family disciples drove off the Windwing Mo Wolves and Earthspike Mo Bears after a fierce battle.
• Lu Wanyuan led the group to the ancient ruins, where he found a Forbidden Seal surrounded by poisonous purple miasma.
• Lu Wanyuan's attempt to touch the seal triggered energy beams that battered his shield and injured several Lu Family disciples.
• Su Rou studied the seal's runes, found a weakness, and directed the group to attack its nodes in sequence.
• Lu Wanyuan, Baili Qiuyue, Shangguan Qianxue, Lu Guting, Lu Guyan, and the others attacked the seal, and their efforts began to weaken it.

Lu Wanyuan and the Lu Family entered the ancient ruins, where they fought and defeated a powerful guardian beast to reach a magical treasure. The ruins revealed that they held an inheritance connected to the Eighteen Domain Lords of Tianwu, drawing the group into a larger struggle.

• The Forbidden Seal broke, and the Lu Family entered the ruins as Profound Yin Pavilion's experts headed toward them.
• Lu Wanyuan and the others found a magical treasure that resonated with his spiritual energy, awakening the guardian Void Refining Spiritual Rhino.
• Lu Wanyuan fought the Rhino while Shangguan Qianxue supported him, and Lu Guzhao used Totem Power to identify a weakness tied to the treasure's light.
• Lu Guzhao synchronized Totem Power with the treasure, allowing Lu Wanyuan to strike the Rhino's weakness and defeat it.
• The stone platform revealed that the ruins had been a proving ground for selecting Domain Lords and contained a key inheritance, placing the group in a wider competition.