Chapter Summaries

After returning from the Yuhua Realm, Lu Changsheng secured the Nine Tripods, reunited with Qin Ruobing and Wang Yiqiu, and became a focus of both human and demon powers. When Qi Feng demanded the Nine Tripods, Lu Changsheng fought him and revealed strength far beyond Qi Feng’s expectations.

• Lu Changsheng completed a breakthrough that raised his strength to two thousand Dragon Strength and planned to seek resources in Cang Ling Palace while racing to open more acupoint grotto-heavens.
• As the Yuhua Realm returned to the Material Realm, Lu Changsheng used thirty-five Divine Artifact Origins to shield Yunfu City with the Nine Tripods’ golden canopy.
• Xuantian and Xuandi gave Lu Changsheng the Nine Tripods, and he stored the divine artifact before leaving for the Capital City of Great Zhou.
• Lu Changsheng reunited with Qin Ruobing and Wang Yiqiu, while news of his deeds spread among the Human Race and Demon Race; Helian Yu vowed to kill him after reaching the Demigod realm.
• Three months later, Qi Feng arrived with two companions and demanded the Nine Tripods, but Lu Changsheng struck him with a punch that left him spitting blood and stunned by Lu Changsheng’s strength.

Lu Changsheng suppressed Qi Feng and two companions, earning a place in the Ethereal Pavilion’s provisional Divine General ranking as human and demon forces clashed across the frontier. With a wider war looming, he entered Cang Ling Palace and began gathering resources to grow stronger.

• Lu Changsheng pinned Qi Feng and his two companions beneath a giant palm and ordered them to kneel in the street for three days.
• The Ethereal Pavilion ranked Lu Changsheng thirty-fifth among the Thirty-Six Heavenly Dipper Generals after news of his victory spread.
• Helian Yu ordered the demons to gather the Nine Cauldrons World’s origin and challenged the human Thirty-Six Heavenly Dipper Generals with the Thirty-Six Demon Generals.
• Human and demon forces fought repeatedly across the buffer territory, while the Nine Nations Alliance sent martial artists to the western battlefield.
• Lu Changsheng used his disciple jade token to enter Cang Ling Palace and began collecting treasures and killing Martial Saint-level Exotic Beasts for Source Energy Points.

Lu Changsheng killed Jiu Qiyuan, absorbed his trove of cultivation resources, and opened five more acupoints, raising his strength to 2,200 dragons. He began Cang Ling Palace’s third trial but was overpowered by the Eight-Armed Demonic Fiend, leaving him three months to prepare for another attempt.

• Jiu Qiyuan found Lu Changsheng in the forest and attacked him, but Lu Changsheng killed him with a sword finger and took his storage bracelet.
• Lu Changsheng absorbed Jiu Qiyuan’s spiritual treasures, spent five billion Source Energy Points to open five acupoints, and increased his strength to 2,200 dragons.
• Lu Changsheng met the Ape Puppet at Cang Ling Palace, learned that the third trial tested strength and potential and had to be cleared within three months, then chose to begin.
• Lu Changsheng faced the Eight-Armed Demonic Fiend, whose strength reached 2,600 dragons, and was forced back after their battle.
• Lu Changsheng withdrew from the trial, and the Ape Puppet told him that his three-month countdown had begun.

Lu Changsheng lured the Exotic Beast leaders and their forces to Langya Mountain, slaughtered them to gather enough Source Energy Points, and increased his strength. He returned to Cang Ling Palace, defeated the Eight-Armed Demonic Fiend, and became an Inner Disciple.

• Lu Changsheng challenged the Three Spirits Ancestors at Langya Mountain, where the Golden Ape, Golden Eagle, and giant python led a vast force of Exotic Beasts against him.
• Lu Changsheng killed the three leaders with Golden Radiance and used his blood-colored world to eliminate the remaining Exotic Beasts, raising his Source Energy Points above five billion.
• Lu Changsheng spent five billion Source Energy Points to open five heart acupoint grotto-heavens, reaching twenty-five opened grotto-heavens and two thousand four hundred Dragon Strength.
• Lu Changsheng returned to Cang Ling Palace before three months had passed and challenged the third trial again.
• Lu Changsheng fought the Eight-Armed Demonic Fiend for several hours, gained control of the battle, and killed it with a slash through its neck.
• The Ape Puppet congratulated Lu Changsheng on clearing the third trial and acknowledged him as an Inner Disciple.

Lu Changsheng claimed the Eight-Nine Profound Art, used his reward to cultivate its first level, and tested its formidable defense and transformation ability. Meanwhile, Huo Yongfeng was killed by Huyan Mo, and Lu Changsheng prepared to face the escalating conflict at the border.

• Divine Lord Que Ling welcomed Lu Changsheng, who chose the incomplete Eight-Nine Profound Art as his reward and received it with a Spatial Bracelet of spiritual treasures.
• Lu Changsheng absorbed the treasures into Source Energy Points and spent 2.5 billion points to cultivate the first level of the Eight-Nine Profound Art.
• Lu Changsheng found that his body could withstand a powerful strike from the Golden Radiance Blade and transformed himself into objects that concealed his life aura.
• Huyan Mo killed the poisoned Huo Yongfeng at the Chen State border, becoming the first human Heavenly Dipper Divine General to fall in the conflict.
• News of Huo Yongfeng's death spread through the nine human kingdoms as fighting intensified and the demons pursued the fleeing humans.
• At the Qin Prince's Estate, Lu Changsheng told Qin Ruobing and Wang Yiqiu that he would return soon as he prepared to test his strength against the demons.

Lu Changsheng learned that the human divine generals would hold an arena battle in six months to choose a First Divine General, then discovered a damaged seal in the world membrane and used the upper sky’s thunder to temper his body. He broke through to the second layer of the Eight-Nine Profound Art and gained a Demigod Artifact-grade fleshly body.

• Lu Changsheng heard from Yin Haoran that the human nations and martial artists would contribute spiritual treasures for an arena battle in Great Zhou Capital City, where the winner would become the First Divine General.
• Lu Changsheng decided to compete and planned to cultivate the Eight-Nine Profound Art to its second layer before the battle.
• Lu Changsheng flew high above the Material Realm and saw a damaged seal in the world membrane leaking demon and devil aura.
• Lu Changsheng entered the sea of thunder and endured its lightning to strengthen his fleshly body.
• After a month of tempering, Lu Changsheng broke through to the second layer of the Eight-Nine Profound Art and attained a Demigod Artifact-grade body.

After completing his Demigod Artifact-level body, Lu Changsheng went to the wilderness to confront Huyan Mo. He killed Huyan Mo in three punches and slaughtered the demons on the battlefield, gaining six hundred million Source Energy Points.

• Lu Changsheng tested his newly strengthened body with the Golden Radiance Blade, then spent a month at home while the fighting between human and demon Divine Generals intensified.
• A messenger reported that Huyan Mo had been spotted near the Great Zhou border, and Lu Changsheng flew out to confront him.
• Lu Changsheng challenged Huyan Mo to withstand three punches and broke his arm with the first, gravely wounded him with the second, and killed him with the third.
• Lu Changsheng trapped and killed the fleeing demons with a blood-red canopy, gaining six hundred million Source Energy Points.

Lu Changsheng defeated Huyan Mo, then spent months gathering resources and opened ten more acupoints before the Heavenly Dipper Divine Generals’ gathering. The tournament began in Great Zhou’s Capital City, where Lu Changsheng drew the first lot and entered the arena as Qian Yanyang and the other top generals watched.

• Lu Changsheng killed Huyan Mo with three punches, and news of the victory spread across the Material Realm, alarming the demons and bringing celebrations to Great Zhou.
• Yin Haoran warned Lu Changsheng about the upcoming gathering and collected his contribution of spiritual resources; Qian Yanyang and Yun Hongsheng both resolved to compete for the top rank.
• Lu Changsheng gathered more than ten billion Source Energy Points and used them to open ten acupoints, raising his strength to 2,800 Dragon Strength and his total to thirty-five opened acupoints.
• More than a month later, the thirty-six Divine Generals gathered in Great Zhou’s Capital City, where Yin Haoran announced the tournament rules and the fighters drew lots.
• Lu Changsheng drew number one and entered the arena, while Qian Yanyang and the other top-ranked generals watched to assess his strength.

Lu Changsheng faced Yao Hanwen in the Divine General ranking competition and challenged him to withstand three punches. He knocked Yao Hanwen unconscious with his second punch, confirming his place among the strongest Divine Generals and winning Yun Hongsheng their wager.

• Zhou Chenxi conceded his opening match to Lu Changsheng, while Yun Hongsheng judged Lu Changsheng unfathomable and Qian Yanyang and Wang Baichuan took notice.
• After several rounds of opponents conceding, Lu Changsheng drew Yao Hanwen, the eleventh-ranked Divine General, and challenged him to withstand three punches.
• Yun Hongsheng bet that Lu Changsheng would win, while Qian Yanyang and Wang Baichuan wagered against him.
• Lu Changsheng's first punch injured Yao Hanwen, who refused to concede and prepared to endure the remaining blows.
• Lu Changsheng's second punch knocked Yao Hanwen unconscious, silencing the crowd and confirming his strength.
• Yun Hongsheng collected the wager, while Qian Yanyang accepted his loss and looked forward to fighting Lu Changsheng.

Lu Changsheng advanced through the twelve-to-six round with a crushing victory over Ding Xingrao, while the three top Divine Generals demonstrated their overwhelming strength. Three days later, Lu Changsheng faced Wang Baichuan in the first semifinal, and their battle was about to begin.

• Yun Hongsheng defeated Bai Chenfeng with two swift sword strikes, while Qian Yanyang and Wang Baichuan also won their matches within three moves.
• Lu Changsheng knocked Ding Xingrao unconscious with two punches, earning the cheers of the Great Zhou martial artists and the respect of the top Divine Generals.
• The remaining bouts determined the six semifinalists, and the fighters rested for three days before the next round.
• Yin Haoran announced Lu Changsheng versus Wang Baichuan as the first semifinal, and both men took their places in the arena.

Lu Changsheng tested Wang Baichuan’s ultimate defense with a prolonged barrage before revealing that he had been holding back and launching a far stronger attack. The chapter ended as Wang Baichuan realized the danger and the spectators reacted to Lu Changsheng’s hidden strength.

• Wang Baichuan explained that he specialized in defense and transformed into a towering divine statue protected by the Great Dao of Life and a Demigod Artifact.
• Lu Changsheng transformed into a golden giant and struck Wang Baichuan, but the statue repelled his attack.
• Lu Changsheng hammered the same spot on Wang Baichuan’s chest for more than an hour, gradually pushing Wang Baichuan toward his limit.
• Lu Changsheng ignited his essence blood and declared that his warm-up was over before concentrating his full strength into another punch.
• Wang Baichuan was horrified as Lu Changsheng’s attack surged, while Qian Yanyang recognized the threat and looked forward to facing him.

Lu Changsheng defeated Wang Baichuan and earned a bye into the finals, while Yun Hongsheng revealed his Chaos Great Dao and defeated Qian Yanyang. Yun Hongsheng challenged Lu Changsheng for the championship, and Lu Changsheng accepted, leaving their final battle ahead.

• Lu Changsheng shattered Wang Baichuan's divine statue and Demigod Artifact with Heaven and Earth Manifestation, then defeated him while sparing him serious injury.
• Lu Changsheng drew a bye in the three-way draw, while Qian Yanyang and Yun Hongsheng prepared to fight for a place in the final.
• Yun Hongsheng revealed that he had united the Five Elements Great Dao into an incomplete Chaos Great Dao, gaining the advantage over Qian Yanyang.
• Qian Yanyang and Yun Hongsheng fought fiercely before staking everything on one decisive strike; Yun Hongsheng's Chaos World withstood Qian Yanyang's Demigod Artifact blade, and Qian Yanyang admitted defeat.
• Yun Hongsheng declared that he awaited Lu Changsheng's challenge, and Lu Changsheng accepted with battle intent.

Lu Changsheng won the final battle by breaking Yun Hongsheng’s Chaos World, then used his victory’s rewards to advance the Eight-Nine Profound Art to its third level. As he prepared to open a cave-heaven in Cang Ling Palace, Helian Yu ordered the demons to act before Lu Changsheng grew even stronger.

• Lu Changsheng and Yun Hongsheng agreed to decide the final battle with one strike, and Yun Hongsheng enveloped the arena in his Chaos World.
• Lu Changsheng transformed into a golden giant and shattered the Chaos World with a single punch, defeating Yun Hongsheng and claiming first place.
• Qian Yanyang and the other Divine Generals left, while news of Lu Changsheng’s victory spread across the Material Realm and the demons learned of his rise.
• Helian Yu ordered the demons to act immediately before Lu Changsheng could become a god.
• Lu Changsheng entered Cang Ling Palace, absorbed his spiritual treasures for 93.5 billion Source Energy Points, and spent 30 billion to advance the Eight-Nine Profound Art to its third level.
• Lu Changsheng tested his new body and found it had reached the peak of a Demigod Artifact, one step away from a divine artifact.

Lu Changsheng completed the Eight-Nine Profound Art’s third turn, opened sixty acupoint grotto-heavens, and tested his enhanced transformation ability. While he was in seclusion, demons attacked Great Zhou’s Capital City; as the human defenders prepared to retreat, Lu Changsheng arrived and faced the demon army.

• Lu Changsheng spent sixty billion Source Energy Points to open sixty acupoints, raising his strength to 5,200 Dragon Strength and bringing his total to ninety-five grotto-heavens.
• Lu Changsheng tested his third-turn transformation ability by changing into a tiger and then a moth, with his soul’s origin changing along with his form.
• You Zefeng and Jun Demon Saint led the demon army in an assault on Great Zhou’s Capital City, where the human defenders fought back without Lu Changsheng.
• You Zefeng injured Qian Yanyang with a concealed Demigod Artifact, forcing Yun Hongsheng and the other Divine Generals to prepare a retreat as the city’s defenses faltered.
• Lu Changsheng arrived as the defenders prepared to break out, declined Yun Hongsheng’s call to flee together, and faced You Zefeng’s army.

Lu Changsheng unleashed his overwhelming strength to wipe out the demons attacking the Capital City, then learned that Helian Yu was preparing cross-realm teleportation arrays to bring in a larger demon army. After returning to the Qin Prince's Estate, Lu Changsheng used his Source Energy Points to open ten Cave Heaven Acupoints, reaching seven thousand Dragon Strength and manifesting a flower above his head.

• Lu Changsheng transformed into a golden giant and killed You Zefeng, Jun Demon Saint, and the demons attacking the Capital City with a single palm, then absorbed their remains.
• Lu Changsheng returned to the Qin Prince's Estate with Qin Ruobing and Wang Yiqiu as the Human Race martial artists celebrated his victory.
• News of Lu Changsheng's victory and apparent demigod breakthrough spread across the Material Realm, while Helian Yu ordered the demons to continue building cross-realm teleportation arrays.
• Lu Changsheng told Qin Ruobing and Wang Yiqiu that he had not yet fully reached the demigod realm and resolved to keep growing stronger against the demons' unknown plans.
• Lu Changsheng spent ten billion Source Energy Points to open ten Cave Heaven Acupoints, reached seven thousand Dragon Strength, and manifested a twelve-petaled white flower above his head.

Lu Changsheng’s twelfth-grade Flower of Essence shattered the last three Bloodline Chains in his body, freeing him from the curse and strengthening his resolve to reach the Heavenly Immortal realm. He led an expedition into a demon-controlled Minor World, destroyed its guarded teleportation array, and ordered his forces to loot the world before the demons could respond.

• Lu Changsheng’s Flower of Essence shattered the remaining three Bloodline Chains, completing the destruction of all nine chains and revealing his intent to uncover the ancient human race’s secrets.
• Lu Changsheng met with Qian Yanyang, Yun Hongsheng, Yin Haoran, and other leaders, who agreed to attack demon teleportation arrays and buy time for humanity to produce a god.
• Three days later, Lu Changsheng concealed thirty human experts in his inner world and flew with them into a Minor World controlled by demons.
• Lu Changsheng crushed the demons guarding a teleportation array with a single palm strike and absorbed them for Source Energy Points.
• Lu Changsheng ordered Zhou Qingyao, Zhou Qingning, and the other experts to dismantle the array and loot the Minor World within half an hour.

Lu Changsheng led human cultivators in raids on demon-occupied Minor Worlds, then confronted Venerable Puppet, a half-God demon guarding a world where countless humans were imprisoned. Lu Changsheng killed him with two punches, and the prisoners began to hope they would be freed.

• Lu Changsheng gathered spiritual treasures, then led cultivators to attack more demon strongholds and destroy teleportation arrays.
• Lu Changsheng arrived in a blood-soaked Minor World and faced Venerable Puppet, who shattered his giant-hand attack.
• Lu Changsheng reassured Zhou Qingyao and the others, then fought Venerable Puppet in the sky.
• Lu Changsheng revealed strength of seven thousand Ancient Flying Dragons, broke Venerable Puppet’s blade with his fist, and killed him with a second punch.
• The imprisoned humans cheered and regained hope, while the remaining demons fled.

Lu Changsheng returned to Great Zhou after slaughtering demons and used his accumulated Source Energy Points to open twenty more Cave Heaven Acupoints. He then infiltrated a fortified Minor World in mosquito form and wiped out its defenders before the demon reinforcements arrived.

• Lu Changsheng slaughtered the demons in a Minor World, collected its spiritual items, and returned to Great Zhou with Zhou Qingyao and the rescued humans.
• Qian Yanyang told Lu Changsheng that the joint raids had to stop because the demons had strengthened their defenses, while Yun Hongsheng and Qian Yanyang vowed to reach demigod rank.
• Helian Yu and Bai Muzhi discussed a plan to exploit Lu Changsheng’s interest in demon corpses and lure him into a trap.
• Lu Changsheng spent twenty billion Source Energy Points to open twenty Cave Heaven Acupoints, raising his strength to eight thousand five hundred Dragon Strength.
• Lu Changsheng entered a fortified Minor World disguised as a mosquito, transformed, and killed its demons and monsters before destroying the teleportation array.
• Three bull-headed demons arrived too late and swore revenge after finding the Minor World devastated.

Lu Changsheng broke through to 9,900 Dragon Strength, purged human traitors, and continued destroying demon teleportation arrays as Helian Yu prepared for a Demon God’s descent. When five top-tier demigods ambushed him in a Minor World, Lu Changsheng escaped and concealed himself as a blade of grass, leaving his pursuers baffled.

• Helian Yu ordered Bai Muzhi to investigate Lu Changsheng’s supposed concealment ability and rewarded him with a drop of Deity’s Blood.
• Lu Changsheng spent three billion Source Energy Points opening thirty acupoint grotto-heavens and raised his strength to 9,900 Dragon Strength.
• After Qin Ruobing told him four Heavenly Dipper Divine Generals wanted his secret method, Lu Changsheng recognized them as demon collaborators, killed them, and ordered a purge of their supporters.
• Lu Changsheng, Qian Yanyang, and Yun Hongsheng led a sweeping crackdown on demon collaborators before Lu Changsheng cleared more than twenty Minor Worlds.
• Helian Yu learned that the Demon God Kuzemo planned to descend and had dispatched five top-tier demigods to kill Lu Changsheng.
• The five demons ambushed Lu Changsheng at a teleportation array, but he fled and transformed into a blade of grass, evading their search.

Lu Changsheng broke through to peak Demigod strength after hiding from five demon Demigods, then ambushed them and killed the wounded Tiger-headed Demon before destroying the realm’s teleportation array and escaping. News of the kill spread across both races, leaving Helian Yu furious and humans hopeful.

• After five demons razed the forest searching for him, Lu Changsheng used thirty billion Source Energy Points to open thirty Cave Heaven Acupoints and raise his power to eleven thousand Dragon Strength.
• Three days later, Lu Changsheng attacked the five demons while they feasted, badly injuring the Tiger-headed Demon with a surprise punch.
• Lu Changsheng struck the Tiger-headed Demon’s wound again and killed him, gaining 1.5 billion Source Energy Points as the other four demons attacked.
• Lu Changsheng fled the valley, destroyed its teleportation array, and outran the four demons despite their burning their essential blood.
• News of Lu Changsheng’s victory spread among demons and humans, and Helian Yu raged over the loss while human martial artists celebrated.