Chapter Summaries

Lu Changsheng hid as a blacksmith in Ninghai City while searching for demons, and gradually took Wang Xiaohao and Wang Xiaoyun under his wing. When a Great Demon attacked the city, Lu Changsheng revealed his strength and killed it, inspiring Wang Xiaohao to pursue martial arts.

• Yin Haoran told Lu Changsheng that demons hid from the National Fortune Golden Dragon and that reliance on Demonic Essence Blood carried the danger of madness, then urged him to advance martial arts.
• Lu Changsheng left the Capital City to hunt demons, spent months searching without success, and settled in Ninghai City as a blacksmith.
• Wang Xiaohao repeatedly asked Lu Changsheng to teach him blacksmithing, and Lu Changsheng gradually let him help at the shop while growing close to him and Wang Xiaoyun.
• Lu Changsheng praised Wang Xiaohao's first sword and said he would leave soon, then shared a final meal with the siblings.
• A Minotaur Demon unleashed blood mist across Ninghai City, killing its people, but Lu Changsheng appeared and slew it with one slash.
• Wang Xiaohao learned that Master Fang was the Wuling King, Lord Lu, and told Wang Xiaoyun he wanted to practice martial arts and wield power against demons.

Lu Changsheng left the city with Wang Xiaohao and began spreading his martial path, giving the boy a basic inheritance after he endured a test of perseverance. At Fengtai Mountain, Lu Changsheng taught thousands of martial artists about cultivation and the path to the Great Grandmaster, earning the title Ancestor of Martial Arts, while Wu Wudi vowed to kill him.

• Lu Changsheng left the city to spread the Dao, and Wang Xiaohao collapsed while trying to follow him before Lu revived him and let him accompany him.
• Lu Changsheng gave Wang Xiaohao a copy of the Golden Body Art and traveled with him.
• News spread that Lu Changsheng would teach at Fengtai Mountain, drawing martial artists from Great Zhou and neighboring nations.
• Lu Changsheng taught the fundamentals of martial arts and the Innate path, then answered Wang Yiqiu's question about whether an imperfect foundation could be repaired.
• On the next day, Lu Changsheng explained the Grandmaster path and said that uniting essence, qi, and spirit could break through to the Great Grandmaster realm.
• Lu Changsheng's teachings spread, earning him the title Ancestor of Martial Arts, while Wu Wudi read the report and vowed to kill him.

Lu Changsheng upgraded Golden Radiance to a mid-grade King Weapon, hunted demons across the Nine Eastern Alliance Nations, and encountered the top-tier Demon King Bai Muzhi, who tried to recruit him. After Bai Muzhi warned that they would meet again, Lu Changsheng returned to Qingzhou and began a breakthrough using sixty million Source Energy Points.

• Lu Changsheng spent five million and then seven million Source Energy Points to raise Golden Radiance from a top-grade Dao Weapon to a mid-grade King Weapon.
• Lu Changsheng left to hunt demons, then saved Chaomu City by killing the five-star Great Demon Ereila with one slash and examined Great Qi Dynasty's National Fortune Sacred Sword.
• Lu Changsheng traveled through the Nine Eastern Alliance Nations, killed several demons, and accumulated 68,240,000 Source Energy Points.
• Demon King Bai Muzhi met Lu Changsheng in a tavern, praised his talent, and invited him to join the Demon Race, but Lu Changsheng refused.
• Lu Changsheng returned to Qingzhou and spent sixty million Source Energy Points to upgrade Moonlight Body.

Lu Changsheng completed breakthroughs in his Moonlight Body and Slaughter Dao Heart while preparing for his battle with Wu Wudi. At Mount Tianwang, Lu Changsheng overwhelmed Wu Wudi in their opening clash, and the two continued fighting in the sky.

• Lu Changsheng advanced his Moonlight Body to Minor Accomplishment, raising his strength to 110 dragons, and later advanced his Slaughter Dao Heart to the second level of the Dao of All Things Realm.
• Wu Wudi recovered in Yaoguang Holy Land and rejected a shadowy man's offer to join the Demon Race, declaring that he would kill Lu Changsheng.
• A month later, Wu Wudi arrived at Mount Tianwang, where Grandmasters from across Qingzhou and beyond had gathered to watch the duel.
• Lu Changsheng arrived after Wu Wudi's followers began celebrating, and Wu Wudi demanded that he kneel and surrender the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Wu Wudi attacked with his King Weapon, but Lu Changsheng revealed strength of 115 dragons and countered with his Golden Radiance Blade, forcing Wu Wudi back.
• Lu Changsheng pressed his advantage, and the two Great Grandmasters continued their fierce battle high above Mount Tianwang.

Lu Changsheng defeated Wu Wudi at Mount Tianwang, but Bai Muzhi intervened before he could kill him, and Emperor Qin Muyun forced the Demon King to withdraw. Wu Wudi chose to become a half-demon to pursue revenge, while Lu Changsheng received imperial treasures and spent his Source Energy Points advancing his divine abilities.

• Lu Changsheng overwhelmed Wu Wudi with three powerful saber strikes, leaving him severely wounded and unable to pursue the Martial Saint path.
• Bai Muzhi rescued Wu Wudi, but Qin Muyun intervened with the Human Dao Sacred Sword and drove the Demon King away; Qin Muyun then rewarded Lu Changsheng with treasures.
• News of the battle spread across Great Zhou, and many people suspected Wu Wudi had allied with the demons.
• Wu Wudi asked Bai Muzhi for his blood essence, swallowed a Blood Soul Pearl, and vowed revenge on Lu Changsheng as he began the path to becoming a half-demon.
• Lu Changsheng received dozens of chests of spiritual treasures, absorbed them for Source Energy Points, and used twenty-four million points to advance his divine abilities.

After conquering Qingzhou’s holy lands and absorbing their treasures, Lu Changsheng set out to sweep the holy lands of all Great Zhou for resources and strength. He broke Xuanyang Holy Land’s formation with one slash and ordered his army to slaughter its inhabitants.

• Lu Changsheng finished enhancing his abilities, then decided to attack Qingzhou’s holy lands to gather resources against powerful demons.
• Over the next month, Lu Changsheng and the imperial army conquered Qingzhou’s holy lands, including Yaoguang Holy Land, and collected their spiritual treasures.
• Lu Changsheng absorbed the treasures, raising his Source Energy Points to 42,510,000, and ordered his forces to prepare to march beyond Qingzhou.
• As Lu Changsheng’s army approached Ling Province, its holy lands gathered at Xuanyang Holy Land and prepared to resist behind its protective formation.
• At Xuanyang Holy Land, Lu Changsheng destroyed the formation with one slash, then ordered his army to kill its defenders and collect its treasures.
• Lu Changsheng personally suppressed and killed Li Chenyang and the other eight Titled Experts.

Lu Changsheng absorbed the spoils from the holy lands, advanced his Moonlight Body and Divine Abilities, and upgraded the Golden Radiance Blade before deciding to attack Purple Cloud Holy Land despite its Saint Weapon. He arrived at Purple Cloud Mountain with his forces, where Ye Ziqiong challenged him from behind the sect’s formation.

• Lu Changsheng absorbed spiritual treasures and spent seventy million Source Energy Points to cultivate Moonlight Body to major completion, reaching the strength of 160 Ancient Flying Dragons.
• Lu Changsheng continued attacking holy lands, while Qin Muyun sent Yin Haoran to urge him to stop; Ye Ziqiong gathered the holy lands at Purple Cloud Holy Land for a Demon Slaying Assembly.
• Lu Changsheng brought several Divine Abilities to major completion, raised his strength to 175 Ancient Flying Dragons, and advanced the Golden Radiance Blade to a high-grade King Weapon.
• After receiving Yin Haoran’s warning that Purple Cloud Holy Land possessed a Saint Weapon, Lu Changsheng ordered an attack in half a month and declared that he would personally flatten the sect.
• Lu Changsheng led his forces to Purple Cloud Mountain, where Ye Ziqiong taunted him from behind the formation and demanded that he surrender.

Lu Changsheng destroyed Purple Cloud Holy Land’s formation and defeated its awakened Martial Saint remnant soul, then ordered his forces to wipe out the sect. News of the massacre spread across Great Zhou, driving surviving sect experts to flee the territory.

• Ye Ziqiong and the Purple Cloud Holy Land experts activated their grand formation, but Lu Changsheng shattered it with a single stomp.
• The holy land’s martial artists sacrificed their essence blood to awaken their ancestor’s remnant soul and Saint Weapon.
• Lu Changsheng fought the remnant soul, survived its final attack, and seized the Blood-colored Spear.
• Lu Changsheng ordered the imperial forces to surround Purple Cloud Mountain and kill the holy land’s martial artists, including Ye Ziqiong and the other Titled Experts.
• After the massacre, Lu Changsheng returned to Qingzhou, and news of his victory spread across Great Zhou three days later.
• Fleeing sect experts abandoned their hopes of revenge and left Great Zhou.

Qin Muyun and Yin Haoran prepared for an imminent demonic assault on the Demon Sealing Pagoda and summoned Lu Changsheng to help defend it. As Lu Changsheng waited in the Capital City, the demons planned their attack, Wu Wudi tortured Shan Zhenhai for refusing to betray Lu, and a hidden threat remained among the pagoda’s guards.

• Qin Muyun agreed that Great Zhou should win Lu Changsheng over and ordered Yin Haoran to summon him to defend the Demon Sealing Pagoda.
• Bai Muzhi’s demons planned to attack the pagoda in a month, and Bai Muzhi vowed to kill Lu Changsheng during the assault.
• Wu Wudi tried to make Shan Zhenhai lure Lu Changsheng out, but Shan refused and mocked him, so Wu Wudi brutally beat him.
• Lu Changsheng absorbed the spiritual treasures taken from Purple Cloud Holy Land, then received a letter about trouble at the Demon Sealing Pagoda and traveled to the Capital City.
• Yin Haoran briefed Lu Changsheng on the defenses, and Lu stayed nearby on guard as the city remained quiet for weeks.
• Zhu Zhicheng, Duan Yuchen, and two other experts reinforced the seal on the Demon Saint’s head, while Duan Yuchen showed a strange glint in his eyes.

Bai Muzhi led the demons in an assault on the Demon Sealing Pagoda, and Lu Changsheng fought Wu Wudi before holding off Wu Wudi and the hidden top-tier Demon King Bazel. As Emperor Zhou’s Dynastic Fortune began gathering above the battlefield, a gaunt old man among the experts reinforcing the seal inside the pagoda revealed a strange grin.

• Bai Muzhi demanded that Great Zhou release the demons sealed in the Demon Sealing Pagoda, then led his forces into battle when Yin Haoran refused.
• Lu Changsheng defeated Wu Wudi’s opening attack and joined Yin Haoran and the court’s experts in fighting the demons.
• Bazel revealed his strength by killing one of the court’s Titled Experts, then joined Wu Wudi in attacking Lu Changsheng.
• Lu Changsheng transformed into a twenty-zhang Golden Armored Giant Spirit God and withstood the combined assault of Bazel and Wu Wudi.
• Emperor Zhou’s Dynastic Fortune began gathering above the battlefield while Lu Changsheng and the others continued fighting.
• Inside the Demon Sealing Pagoda, a gaunt old man helping reinforce the seal grinned strangely.

Duan Yuchen betrayed Zhu Zhicheng and the others, shattered the seal, and helped Helian Yu escape, while Emperor Zhou Qin Muyun spent Great Zhou’s fortune and his remaining life to wound the Demon Saint. Helian Yu fled with Bai Muzhi and the other demons, leaving Qin Muyun gravely aged and Great Zhou’s Fortune Golden Dragon diminished.

• Duan Yuchen pierced an old man, broke the sealing runes, and helped Helian Yu free himself from the Demon Sealing Pagoda.
• Helian Yu defeated Zhu Zhicheng and the other man, while Duan Yuchen held off their allies; Helian Yu then drained both men and the pagoda collapsed.
• Helian Yu emerged before the battlefield, and his strike shattered Qin Muyun’s phantom while Lu Changsheng prepared to retreat.
• Qin Muyun summoned Great Zhou’s Fortune Golden Dragon, burned his life force, and pierced Helian Yu’s chest with a spear strike.
• Helian Yu fled with Bai Muzhi and the other demons, while Qin Muyun’s hair turned white and the Fortune Golden Dragon emerged diminished.

After Emperor Zhou died, Qin Xinyan inherited the throne and Lu Changsheng was named Prince Qin and promised Princess Qinghe’s hand in marriage. Lu Changsheng used the spiritual treasures he had gathered to perfect his Moonlight Body, reaching the pinnacle of the Great Grandmaster realm, and Qin Bi visited him with pastries.

• Emperor Zhou died after entrusting Great Zhou to Lu Changsheng and Yin Haoran, and they discussed the threat posed by Helian Yu.
• An imperial edict named Lu Changsheng Prince Qin and arranged his marriage to Princess Qinghe, while another appointed Qin Xinyan emperor.
• Qin Xinyan ascended the throne and gained Great Grandmaster-level strength through Dynastic Fortune.
• Lu Changsheng absorbed the spiritual treasures he had collected and spent 80 million Source Energy Points to perfect his Moonlight Body, raising his power to 210 Ancient Flying Dragons.
• Qin Bi entered Lu Changsheng’s estate and brought him pastries she had made herself.

Lu Changsheng perfected several divine powers, then investigated a lead on Shan Zhenhai and discovered a demon base where martial artists were forced to build War Puppets. He found Shan Zhenhai being tortured but withdrew to investigate further before attempting a rescue.

• Qin Bi questioned Lu Changsheng about the new emperor, and he assured her he would honor the late emperor's decree and would not support the Yong Prince's Estate.
• Qin Gaoyang and Qin Chaoyang asked Qin Ruobing to seek Lu Changsheng's help for their bid for the throne, but she refused.
• Lu Changsheng spent thirty-six million Source Energy Points to perfect Shrinking the Ground to an Inch, Azure Emperor Wood Emperor Divine Gang, Giant Spirit Manifestation, and Space Shattering Soul Extinguishing Slash, increasing his strength to that of 225 Ancient Flying Dragons.
• Yue Shulan brought Lu Changsheng intelligence about Shan Zhenhai in Qiongzhou along with Shan Zhenhai's jade pendant, prompting Lu Changsheng to investigate.
• Lu Changsheng discovered underground demon bases where enslaved martial artists were forced to manufacture War Puppets, then searched the caves for Shan Zhenhai.
• Lu Changsheng found Shan Zhenhai chained and being tortured, but withdrew rather than risk walking into a trap.

Lu Changsheng rescued Shan Zhenhai from the demons’ underground prison, then defeated Wu Wudi and four Demon Kings who had laid a trap for him. Back in the Capital City, he strengthened his blade and discovered that Shan Zhenhai bore a deadly Blood Soul Curse planted by a Demon Saint, with no cure yet in sight.

• Lu Changsheng freed Shan Zhenhai and other prisoners, killed the guards, and led Shan Zhenhai out of the underground complex.
• Wu Wudi and four Demon Kings trapped Lu Changsheng inside a Four Extremes Blood Flame Array and attacked him, but Lu Changsheng’s thirty-zhang giant form and two hundred twenty-five Dragon Strength overwhelmed them.
• Lu Changsheng killed the four Demon Kings and Wu Wudi, then discovered that a bloody mark had entered Shan Zhenhai’s body.
• Lu Changsheng returned to the Capital City with Shan Zhenhai and absorbed the five demons’ corpses, gaining sixty million Source Energy Points.
• Lu Changsheng used twenty million Source Energy Points to upgrade the Golden Radiance Blade to a top-grade King Weapon.
• Lu Changsheng searched the Demon Suppression Department’s records and identified Shan Zhenhai’s wolf-head mark as a Blood Soul Curse planted by a Demon Saint, but found no cure.

After Shan Zhenhai died from the Blood Soul Curse, Lu Changsheng spent 120 million Source Energy Points to perfect his Moonlight Body and broke into the Martial Saint realm. He continued hunting Demon strongholds and faced Xiao Yanfeng, a Demon Saint, at a hidden base in Yazhou.

• Shan Zhenhai told Lu Changsheng he expected their drinking session to be their last, then died as snow fell over the courtyard.
• Lu Changsheng used 120 million Source Energy Points to perfect his Moonlight Body, break a second chain, and reach Martial Saint-level strength.
• Bai Muzhi used Demon Saint essence blood to break through and prepared to make his move against Lu Changsheng.
• Lu Changsheng found a Demon stronghold in Yazhou, killed its demons, and freed the captive martial artists.
• Xiao Yanfeng attacked Lu Changsheng from the underground blood pool, but Lu Changsheng stopped his strike with the Golden Radiance Blade.
• Xiao Yanfeng recognized Lu Changsheng's Martial Saint-level power and charged at him again.

Lu Changsheng defeated and killed the Demon Saint Xiao Yanfeng, then used the resources gained to strengthen several divine abilities as word of his power spread across the lands. As Helian Yu’s forces prepared a future plan against him, Lu Changsheng welcomed the new year with his family at a banquet.

• Lu Changsheng drew Xiao Yanfeng away from the cave and defeated him in a prolonged battle, killing the first Demon Saint and absorbing his corpse for Source Energy Points.
• Lu Changsheng promised the gathered martial artists that he would teach them the path of the Martial Saint, then returned to the Qin Prince's Estate.
• Three days later, Lu Changsheng spent forty million Source Energy Points to raise four divine abilities to transcendent mastery, bringing his power to two hundred and ninety Ancient Flying Dragons.
• News of Lu Changsheng’s victory spread through Great Zhou and neighboring nations, delighting Qin Xinyan, Qin Ruobing, and the others.
• Helian Yu raged over Xiao Yanfeng’s death, while Bai Muzhi said their operation against Lu Changsheng could begin the following year.
• At the end of the year, Lu Changsheng celebrated a warm family banquet with Qin Bi, Qin Ruobing, Wang Yiqiu, Fang Qing, and her younger brother.

Lu Changsheng married Qin Bi, Qin Ruobing, and Wang Yiqiu in a grand ceremony attended by the Emperor, and the rites bound their fortunes together. After the wedding feast, he spent the night with Qin Bi and, in the following days, stayed at the estate with his three wives.

• Lu Changsheng led a grand procession to the imperial palace and brought Qin Bi back to the Qin Prince's Estate.
• Qin Ruobing and Wang Yiqiu appeared in red ceremonial robes as Lu Changsheng's side consorts, and Emperor Qin Xinyan attended the wedding.
• During the rites, Lu Changsheng's Fortune Golden Dragon gave fortune to all three women, strengthening their cultivation prospects and linking their fortunes to his.
• Lu Changsheng and the three women completed the wedding rites before Emperor Yu's statue, while visions of ancient human sages celebrated above them.
• After the feast, Lu Changsheng lifted Qin Bi's veil, shared nuptial wine with her, and spent the night with her.
• The next morning, Lu Changsheng practiced the Path of Slaughter while Qin Bi rested, and he later stayed at the estate with his three wives.

Lu Changsheng advanced his Path of Slaughter with the Bodhi Ancient Tree, but a plot by the demons poisoned Qin Bi through her maid Xiao Die. Unable to find a cure as Qin Bi’s life force rapidly faded, Lu Changsheng could only offer to seal her origin and put her into slumber, and Qin Bi asked to spend a few more days with him first.

• Lu Changsheng comprehended the Path of Slaughter beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree, reached thirty percent, and used Source Energy Points to increase his strength to that of three hundred and ten Ancient Flying Dragons.
• Xiao Die reported to Bai Muzhi and Helian Yu that she had obtained no trace of Lu Changsheng, then received a packet of Witchcraft Poison to administer to Lu Changsheng and Qin Bi.
• Lu Changsheng sensed danger in the tea Xiao Die served and smashed his cup, then killed Xiao Die when a demonic seed destroyed her soul during his search.
• Lu Changsheng discovered that Qin Bi had consumed the poison and that black marks had spread through her soul; he searched the Demon Suppression Department's Scripture Repository but found no cure.
• Yin Haoran said the poison likely came from a top-tier Demon Saint and suggested preserving Qin Bi's life; Lu Changsheng told Qin Bi that sealing her origin would put her to sleep, and she asked to spend a few more days with him first.

As Qin Bi neared death from the Witchcraft Poison, Lu Changsheng sealed her vitality in a crystal coffin and set out to slaughter demons. After clearing several strongholds, he met Bai Muzhi, who offered the antidote in exchange for a Myriad Soul Flower from the deadly Well of Corruption.

• Qin Bi told Lu Changsheng she feared she would not survive, and his resolve to hunt down the demons deepened as he gained insight into the Path of Slaughter of All Things.
• Lu Changsheng used the Luan-Phoenix Harmony Technique to seal Qin Bi's origin and placed her in a crystal coffin to preserve her life for more than ten years.
• Bai Muzhi proposed luring Lu Changsheng into the Well of Corruption to retrieve a Myriad Soul Flower, and Helian Yu approved the plan.
• Lu Changsheng raised his strength to that of three hundred and twenty Ancient Flying Dragons, then traveled across Great Zhou and nearby nations, killing demons and clearing strongholds.
• Lu Changsheng rescued enslaved humans from a demon stronghold and encountered Bai Muzhi, who offered the Witchcraft Poison antidote in exchange for a Myriad Soul Flower.
• Lu Changsheng demanded the antidote first, but Bai Muzhi refused, leaving their negotiation at a deadlock.

Lu Changsheng took half the antidote from Bai Muzhi but refused to enter the Well of Corruption for the Myriad Soul Flower. As demons prepared to attack Chen State, Lu Changsheng agreed to lead the Nine Nations Alliance and began a duel with Gao Yunze to decide who would hold the position.

• Lu Changsheng tested Bai Muzhi's antidote on a rabbit, then gave it to Qin Bi and found that it removed about half the Witchcraft Poison but left her only four years of respite.
• Yin Haoran warned Lu Changsheng that the Myriad Soul Flower might be part of a demon conspiracy, while Lu Changsheng continued cultivating and clearing demon strongholds instead of entering the forbidden land.
• Helian Yu learned that Lu Changsheng had not taken the bait and ordered the demons to begin their assault on Chen State, planning to recover his severed arm after the state fell.
• Yin Haoran asked Lu Changsheng to lead the Nine Nations Alliance against the demons, and Lu Changsheng agreed to compete for the position at the alliance gathering.
• At the gathering in Great Zhou's Capital City, Gao Yunze challenged Lu Changsheng, and the two prepared to fight for the alliance leadership.