Chapter Summaries

Lu Wanyuan learned that the Cai Family was pressuring the Lu Family Artifact Refining Workshop to surrender its artifact-refining legacy, then went to the workshop and confronted Cai Lao Jiu’s men. After one attacker broke his leg against Lu Wanyuan, Cai Lao Jiu tried to withdraw, but Lu Wanyuan provoked him to keep the confrontation going.

• An old man told Lu Wanyuan that the Cai Family controlled Yangmei Market and wanted the workshop’s Artifact Refining Legacy, but was pressuring its owner because of the owner’s powerful backing.
• Lu Wanyuan followed the road to the Lu Family Artifact Refining Workshop and saw Cai Lao Jiu and his men blocking customers from entering.
• Lu Wanyuan entered the workshop disguised as a white-haired old man and demanded that the shopkeeper forge three flying swords.
• Cai Lao Jiu’s man kicked Lu Wanyuan, broke his own leg, and collapsed screaming.
• Cai Lao Jiu realized Lu Wanyuan was powerful, apologized, and prepared to leave, but Lu Wanyuan insulted him to provoke him.

Lu Wanyuan reunited with Lu Wanshan at the Lu Family Artifact Refining Workshop and stopped Cai Lao Jiu’s men from attacking. He maimed Cai Lao Jiu and let him leave, telling him to return with something to report.

• Lu Wanshan waited anxiously at his workshop, hoping the Lu siblings would arrive as the Cai Family blocked his business.
• Lu Wanyuan taunted Cai Lao Jiu, and Lu Wanshan tossed bones outside, enraging Cai Lao Jiu into ordering an attack.
• Lu Wanyuan killed or maimed Cai Lao Jiu’s men with a wave of his hand, leaving the courtyard strewn with blood and severed limbs.
• Cai Lao Jiu knelt and offered his Storage Bag, pleading for his life and invoking the Cai Family.
• Lu Wanyuan cut off Cai Lao Jiu’s arms, then let him go and said he would wait for him to return.

Lu Wanyuan rescued Lu Wanshan and his family, then prepared to take them back to the Lu Family’s new home. As he dismissed the threat of the Cai Family, an attacker descended with a giant wooden staff, and Lu Wanyuan met it with his Golden Light Sword.

• Lu Wanyuan killed the remaining attackers, burned their bodies, and cleaned the courtyard.
• Lu Wanyuan reunited with Lu Wanshan, who explained that his late master had sent the family to wait for him.
• Lu Wanyuan met Qiu Hehua and her three children, gave them supplies, and promised to take them to the new Lu Family home.
• Lu Wanshan worried that the Cai Family would retaliate, but Lu Wanyuan said he could handle them.
• An attacker shouted down at Lu Wanyuan and struck with a giant wooden staff, which Lu Wanyuan blocked with his Golden Light Sword.

Lu Wanyuan fought Third Brother Cai, then trapped him with the Dragon Imprisonment Net after luring his attention away with Spiritual Talismans. As Third Brother Cai lost control of the spiritual energy in his Dantian, he became a mortal while the other Cai Family members fled.

• Lu Wanyuan faced Third Brother Cai after defeating Cai Lao Jiu and his men.
• Third Brother Cai found Lu Wanyuan a match for him and tried to slow the fight and negotiate.
• Lu Wanyuan revealed the Dragon Imprisonment Net, which he had hidden while distracting Third Brother Cai with Spiritual Talismans.
• Third Brother Cai tried to flee, and the Cai Family members scattered in every direction.
• The Dragon Imprisonment Net passed through Third Brother Cai and stopped the spiritual energy in his Dantian, leaving him a mortal.

Lu Wanyuan killed Third Brother Cai after forcing him to surrender, then flew to the Cai Family to wipe it out. Cai Ming ordered the family to flee through a secret passage, but his relatives resisted, leaving him furious and declaring that none of them would escape.

• Third Brother Cai knelt and begged Lu Wanyuan for mercy, but Lu Wanyuan slashed his neck and killed him.
• Lu Wanyuan gave Lu Wanshan a Storage Bag and Spiritual Talismans to protect the family, then headed for the Cai Family.
• Cai Ming realized the Cai Family had lost its reserves and strongest fighter, and ordered its core members to flee through a secret passage.
• Cai Family members objected to evacuating, and an elderly man warned that forcing everyone to leave would meet resistance.
• Cai Ming decided to leave on his own, but when he saw the family would not follow, he declared that none of them would be allowed to go.

Lu Wanyuan pursued Cai Ming as the Cai Family scattered, then killed the fleeing patriarch with a single sword strike and took his Storage Bag. He hurried back with the Cai Family’s reserves, while its remaining members fled in every direction.

• Cai Ming abandoned the Cai Family and fled when Lu Wanyuan arrived, while Lu Wanyuan chased after him and ordered the others to stay put.
• After Lu Wanyuan and Cai Ming disappeared into the distance, a Cai Family member urged everyone to scatter, and the family members ran in every direction.
• Cai Ming tried to mislead Lu Wanyuan while escaping, but Lu Wanyuan caught up and struck him with the Golden Light Sword.
• Lu Wanyuan split Cai Ming in half, took his Storage Bag, and hurried back.

Lu Wanyuan returned after destroying the Cai Family and prepared to take Lu Wanshan’s family to Green Bamboo Peak and then to the new Lu Family base. They flew away aboard the newly advanced Golden Beak Black Iron Eagle, while Lu Wanyuan promised the family would reunite with Third Brother and Fourth.

• Lu Wanyuan told Lu Wanshan that he had wiped out the Cai Family and gave him the family’s Storage Bags to sort through for cultivation resources.
• Lu Wanyuan revealed that Ouyang was dead and said they would visit Green Bamboo Peak before returning to the new Lu Family base.
• Lu Wanyuan rested and cultivated while Lu Wanshan gathered his family and arranged a carriage for the journey.
• Lu Wanyuan summoned the second-order Golden Beak Black Iron Eagle, which swallowed the Soaring Dragon Horse, then loaded the carriage and Lu Wanshan’s family onto its back.
• Lu Wanyuan flew the family away and promised Lu Wanshan that everyone at the new Lu Family would get a Yao Beast if they earned its recognition.

Lu Wanshan reunited with Lu Wanyuan and learned more about Lu Hu's betrayal as they traveled toward Green Bamboo Peak. He used a token to call Lu Wanting and Lu Wanhe, and the chapter ended with the group arriving above Green Bamboo Peak to pick something up.

• Lu Wanyuan told Lu Wanshan more about Lu Hu, and Lu Wanshan said he could not easily forgive their father for putting them in danger.
• Lu Wanyuan gave Lu Wanshan a token and explained how to contact his siblings on the first day of the month.
• Lu Wanshan used the token to speak with Lu Wanting, then Lu Wanhe, who learned that Lu Wanshan had reunited with Lu Wanyuan and escaped Yangmei Market.
• Lu Wanshan and Lu Wanhe's call ended after consuming a thousand Spirit Stones, and Lu Wanshan suggested adding a group-chat feature to the token.
• Lu Wanyuan brought the family to Green Bamboo Peak aboard the Golden Beak Black Iron Eagle so they could pick something up.

Lu Wanyuan returned to Green Bamboo Peak with Lu Wanshan and recovered a hidden golden sheet left by Lu Hu. After reading its history and instructions, he activated the sheet and received a surge of information into his mind.

• Lu Wanyuan told Lu Wanshan he had destroyed Green Bamboo Peak and its former occupants after killing Ouyang the Bastard.
• Lu Wanyuan landed the Golden Beak Black Iron Eagle, asked Lu Wanshan and the others to rest, and went to find what Lu Hu had hidden.
• Lu Wanyuan located a concealed space beneath the ninth boulder in a barren ravine and retrieved a blank golden sheet and an iron certificate.
• Lu Wanyuan read that the gold sheet held a powerful lightning art, had once brought glory to the Lu Family, and had contributed to its decline as other factions suppressed the family.
• Lu Wanyuan followed the iron certificate's instructions, dripped his blood onto the gold sheet, and pressed it to his forehead, whereupon information flooded into his mind.

Lu Wanyuan successfully cultivated the Nine Heavens Imperial Lightning True Scripture and learned that he possessed a rare Lightning Spiritual Root. After hiding the gold foil that had drawn Yuan Biao to Green Bamboo Peak, he was confronted by the Golden Core Cultivator, who demanded to inspect the Lu Family's storage items.

• Lu Wanyuan absorbed the Nine Heavens Imperial Lightning True Scripture and realized he was the first Lu Family member in centuries with a Lightning Spiritual Root.
• Lu Wanyuan decided to cultivate the immortal art while rebuilding the Lu Family through diverse techniques, then hid the iron scroll and gold foil in the Chaos Space.
• Yuan Biao flew toward Green Bamboo Peak after sensing Immortal Qi from the gold foil, but the signal vanished when Lu Wanyuan stored it away.
• Lu Wanyuan returned to Lu Wanshan and encountered Yuan Biao, who restrained them with his pressure and demanded they explain their presence.
• Lu Wanyuan said the Lu Family had returned to its former base, then handed over his Storage Bags and Storage Ring and told Lu Wanshan to surrender his storage items as well.

Lu Wanyuan tried to keep Yuan Biao from investigating his group, but the Golden Core Cultivator insisted on escorting them after suspecting they knew something about a mysterious treasure. Lu Wanyuan agreed and named Cui Mountain as their destination, learning that the man was Yuan Biao of the Tai Xuan Sect.

• Lu Wanshan handed Yuan Biao the Storage Bags, and Yuan Biao found only ordinary items inside.
• Lu Wanyuan claimed the bags belonged to Lu Family members who had died far from home and insisted the group would return to their old home rather than settle elsewhere.
• Yuan Biao offered to escort the group, and Lu Wanyuan initially said they could travel alone.
• Yuan Biao pressed the offer after suspecting the group was connected to the missing mysterious treasure, so Lu Wanyuan accepted.
• Lu Wanyuan said the Lu Family lived at Cui Mountain near the Wolong Mountain Range, about a million li west of Green Bamboo Peak, and Yuan Biao introduced himself as being from the Tai Xuan Sect.

Lu Wanyuan flattered Yuan Biao, who offered the Lu Family a chance to send disciples to Tai Xuan Sect. After Yuan Biao left, Lu Wanyuan realized he had likely come seeking the gold-foil sheet and decided to keep its cultivation technique secret.

• Lu Wanyuan praised Yuan Biao and credited him with ending the Yao Beast Tide, while Yuan Biao accepted the praise without correcting him.
• Yuan Biao offered the Lu Family one or two Tai Xuan Sect slots and gave Lu Wanyuan a token for the sect’s selection in five years.
• Lu Wanyuan agreed to Yuan Biao’s offer, and Yuan Biao left after handing over the token.
• Lu Wanyuan connected Yuan Biao’s arrival to the gold-foil sheet he had just collected and concluded that Yuan Biao had been searching for it.
• Lu Wanyuan decided to keep the cultivation technique hidden and be the only Lu Family member to learn it for now.

Lu Wanyuan and Lu Wanshan used a secret signal to avoid revealing their reason for visiting Green Bamboo Peak while Yuan Biao secretly watched them. Two months later, they reached Cui Mountain, where Lu Wanyuan planned to strengthen the Lu Family and cultivate the Nine Heavens Imperial Lightning True Scripture.

• Lu Wanshan mistook Lu Wanyuan's warning gesture as a hint about the hidden items at Green Bamboo Peak, and the brothers acted as if nothing had happened.
• Yuan Biao followed Lu Wanyuan and the others for several hundred miles but learned nothing suspicious, so he abandoned the pursuit.
• Lu Wanyuan and his companions traveled toward Cui Mountain for two months while Yuan Biao remained unaware of their plans.
• Lu Wanyuan welcomed Lu Wanshan to Cui Mountain and reflected on the power and demanding cultivation conditions of the Nine Heavens Imperial Lightning True Scripture.
• Lu Wanyuan resolved to master the scripture's first layer and help the Lu Family grow stronger.

Lu Wanyuan reunited with Lu Wanshan, Lu Wanhe, and Lu Wanting on Cui Mountain and discussed expanding and strengthening the family. He left them to guard the mountain and develop their cultivation crafts while he went to gather the Lu Family’s mortal relatives.

• Lu Wanyuan returned to Cui Mountain with his family, and Lu Wanhe and Lu Wanting joyfully reunited with Lu Wanshan.
• Lu Wanyuan introduced the households to one another and noted that several of his Cultivation Partners were pregnant.
• Lu Wanyuan said he would bring the Lu Family’s mortal relatives to Cui Mountain and instructed the others to guard the mountain and report on the family regularly.
• Lu Wanyuan handed over the spoils from a family he had wiped out and urged Lu Wanhe, Lu Wanting, and Lu Wanshan to advance their Spirit Talisman, pill-making, and Artifact Refining legacies.
• Lu Wanshan agreed to focus on Artifact Refining, and Lu Wanyuan opened the family warehouse to him and proposed eventually opening a specialty shop in a busier city.

Lu Wanyuan suggested that Lu Wanshan standardize magical artifact production and delegate nonessential work, allowing the Lu Family to make weapons efficiently and sell them cheaply. Lu Wanshan embraced the approach and encouraged Lu Wanhe and Lu Wanting to apply the same process-driven method to their own crafts.

• Lu Wanyuan agreed that selling weapons in cities and marketplaces would test their demand and quality.
• Lu Wanyuan proposed standardizing components and assigning nonessential crafting tasks to others so Lu Wanshan could focus on core work.
• Lu Wanshan decided to begin with simple magical artifacts, using the process to identify problems before making more complex weapons.
• Lu Wanshan thanked Lu Wanyuan and said the method could help him advance as an Artifact Refiner; Lu Wanhe and Lu Wanting were astonished.
• Lu Wanshan told Lu Wanhe and Lu Wanting to break down their own crafts into standardized steps and delegate tasks that did not require their expertise.

Lu Wanyuan discovered that Five Constant Spirit Grain had produced rare Entries capable of granting cultivators new innate talents, and he harvested them for the Lu Family’s future. He then visited Qingxi Cave, where he checked on Lu Gulei’s cultivation and shared a playful moment with pregnant Baili Qiuyue.

• Lu Wanyuan inspected the Spirit Field and found Five Constant Spirit Grain bearing Sword Body Factor, Pill Dao Body Factor, Artifact Refining Body Factor, and six Lightning Spiritual Root Entries.
• Lu Wanyuan harvested the Entries and planned to secretly assess the family’s disciples before granting the talents to those he considered worthy.
• Lu Wanyuan decided to give the Lightning Spiritual Root Entries to cultivators who could practice the Nine Heavens Imperial Lightning True Scripture, and he headed to Qingxi Cave.
• Lu Wanyuan praised Lu Gulei for studying diligently and reminded him to stay humble as he cultivated.
• Lu Wanyuan kissed Baili Qiuyue, but the baby kicked, and the couple joked about startling the child.

Lu Wanyuan discovered that Xu Yuhe was carrying triplets, then took the seriously ill Shangguan Qianxue to seek help from an alchemist. He reached Luocheng and joined the queue to enter, where a young woman named Yun'er explained the entry fee and her grandfather warned her against talking to strangers.

• Lu Wanyuan visited Xu Yuhe, heard three heartbeats in her belly, and learned that all three sisters had become pregnant at the same time.
• Xu Yuhe told Lu Wanyuan that Shangguan Qianxue could barely eat and had been vomiting, so he went to check on her.
• Lu Wanyuan examined Shangguan Qianxue but found only a powerful heartbeat, then took her toward a nearby alchemist on the Golden Beak Black Iron Eagle.
• After three days of travel, Lu Wanyuan spotted a massive city, landed, and joined the line to enter it.
• Yun'er told Lu Wanyuan that the city was Luocheng and entry cost five Spirit Stones, while her grandfather cautioned her to speak less to avoid trouble.

Lu Wanyuan entered Luocheng and brought the gravely ill Shangguan Qianxue to Yuzhongtang for treatment. Dan Master Luo examined her and brought her to Dan Master Zeng, who refused to see patients.

• Lu Wanyuan reached Luocheng and saw the guards execute a cultivator for paying too few Spirit Stones.
• The old man paid the entry fee for the stunned young woman, and Lu Wanyuan hurried into the bustling city.
• Lu Wanyuan found Yuzhongtang, brought Shangguan Qianxue out of the Chaos Space, and carried her inside for help.
• Dan Master Luo examined Shangguan Qianxue and led the group to Dan Master Zeng for a specialist's assessment.
• Dan Master Zeng refused to see the patient, saying he had already stopped treating people.

Lu Wanyuan brought Shangguan Qianxue to Dan Master Zeng, who treated her after Lu Wanyuan provoked him into opening the door. Shangguan Qianxue emerged healthy and ravenous, and the couple went to a tavern where she began eating Spirit Bull meat.

• Lu Wanyuan tried to open the treatment room, but Dan Master Luo warned him that Dan Master Zeng was the only one who could help Shangguan Qianxue.
• After Lu Wanyuan speculated that Dan Master Zeng was too old or had run out of tricks, Dan Master Zeng roared at him and agreed to see Shangguan Qianxue.
• Dan Master Luo wheeled Shangguan Qianxue into the room, and Dan Master Zeng treated her while Lu Wanyuan waited anxiously outside.
• Shangguan Qianxue emerged looking radiant and said she was hungry, and Lu Wanyuan paid Dan Master Luo 1,000 Spirit Stones for the treatment.
• Lu Wanyuan took Shangguan Qianxue to a tavern, where she eagerly ate Xiling Spirit Bull meat and began refining its abundant spiritual energy.

Lu Wanyuan and Shangguan Qianxue heard that the Joyful Union Sect had been destroyed and its Saintess was being hunted, then traveled east from Luocheng to find the Lu Family’s mortal descendants. In Xia'ao Town, Lu Wanyuan revealed their shared ancestry, and Lu Youxian welcomed him as a member of the Lu Family Immortal Clan.

• Shangguan Qianxue said the treatment at Yuzhongtang had restored her strength and settled the baby, and she agreed to travel with Lu Wanyuan.
• Lu Wanyuan and Shangguan Qianxue left the tavern and headed east from Luocheng toward Xi'ao Village, where Lu Hu had settled Lu Family mortals.
• Lu Wanyuan found that Xi'ao Village had grown into Xia'ao Town, with more than a hundred thousand residents and an exceptionally pure Lu Family bloodline.
• Lu Wanyuan appeared before Lu Youxian, the Lu Family Patriarch, and told him they had belonged to the same family five hundred years earlier.
• Lu Youxian recalled his ancestors’ warning that the Lu Family Immortal Clan would return, then knelt and welcomed Lu Wanyuan as one of their immortals.