Chapter Summaries

Lu Changfeng revealed himself at Taiji Palace and defeated Li Longji and seven fifth-realm masters with one strike of Delusion-Cutting. The Heart Demon, Yu Zhou, arrived and offered him a place in the Sun-Eater Alliance, but Lu Changfeng challenged him to fight.

• Li Longji used the Imperial Seal to pin Li Lingyue while seven masters attacked her together.
• Lu Changfeng shed his disguise, drew Delusion-Cutting, and crippled all seven masters with one sweep.
• Lu Changfeng broke Li Longji’s Crimson Firmament Sword and knocked him down, then explained that the Heart Demon would target him rather than the Princess’s Residence.
• Yu Zhou appeared, revealed that he had used Li Longji and the seven masters to test Lu Changfeng, and offered him a place in the Sun-Eater Alliance.
• Lu Changfeng refused Yu Zhou’s offer and challenged him, and Yu Zhou accepted.

Lu Changfeng fought the Seventh Realm Heart Demon Yu Zhou, but Yu Zhou overwhelmed him with Qiongqi’s speed and mind-attacking abilities before landing a seemingly fatal blow. Lu Changfeng’s elixirs then began restoring him and driving his strength toward the Seventh Realm, leaving Yu Zhou stunned.

• Lu Changfeng attacked Yu Zhou with the Heaven-Swallowing, Earth-Destroying Seven Limits, but Yu Zhou transformed into Qiongqi and evaded his strikes with Seventh Realm speed.
• Yu Zhou taunted Lu Changfeng as he dodged twenty-seven consecutive attacks and waited for Lu Changfeng to exhaust his true qi.
• Yu Zhou used Qiongqi’s roar and mind-piercing gaze to overwhelm Lu Changfeng with painful memories and visions of his loved ones dying.
• Yu Zhou struck Lu Changfeng’s chest, shattered his defenses, and sent him crashing into a crater beyond Chang’an City.
• Yu Zhou discovered that Lu Changfeng’s fatal wounds were healing as his aura surged, and Lu Changfeng’s Reverse Heaven and Earth and Deathless Elixir began pushing his power toward the Seventh Realm.

Lu Changfeng’s repeated near-deaths drove him to the threshold of the seventh realm as Yu Zhou’s attacks grew more desperate. With Bai Qianqian’s intervention buying him a moment, Lu Changfeng transformed into a Mysterious Crane Dharma Form and launched a powerful strike at Yu Zhou.

• Yu Zhou attacked Lu Changfeng with three enormous wind blades, but Lu Changfeng dodged them and countered with five blade limits.
• Yu Zhou unleashed his full speed and power, trading dozens of blows with Lu Changfeng before piercing his abdomen with a claw.
• Lu Changfeng’s aura surged toward the seventh realm, prompting Yu Zhou to prepare a killing strike while he was still recovering.
• Bai Qianqian appeared and briefly halted Yu Zhou with her alluring gaze.
• Lu Changfeng broke through into the seventh realm, manifested a huge Mysterious Crane Dharma Form, and attacked Yu Zhou with [Heaven-Swallowing].

Lu Changfeng defeated the Heart Demon Yu Zhou in a battle outside Chang'an City by dissolving his Dharma Form with Great Void Finger and suppressing him with the Heavenly Cycle Star-Dipper Formation. He left the city’s residents and his allies looking up at him as a victorious hero.

• Lu Changfeng and Yu Zhou resumed their fight as evenly matched Seventh Realm opponents, and Lu Changfeng combined his martial arts through the Mysterious Crane Dharma Form.
• Lu Changfeng infused his attacks with Great Void Finger, gradually dissolving Yu Zhou’s Qiongqi Dharma Form and weakening his defenses.
• Lu Changfeng summoned the Imperial Seal and Great Qin Black Dragon Banner to activate the Heavenly Cycle Star-Dipper Formation, freezing Yu Zhou in midair.
• Lu Changfeng struck Yu Zhou with Great Void Finger, and Yu Zhou dissolved into ash.
• Chang’an’s residents and Lu Changfeng’s allies watched him hover above the ruined city, while the Crown Prince’s faction trembled at his power.

Lu Changfeng defeated Li Longji and returned to the Princess's Residence, while the Sun-Eater Alliance discussed how to kill him. On Jade Void Peak, He Chen uncovered and claimed the Kunlun Sword, a powerful Divine Artifact.

• Lu Changfeng revived Li Longji, rejected his claim that the Great Tang needed him, and left Li Dan to deal with him.
• Lu Changfeng released Li Dan's sealed acupoints, then returned to the Princess's Residence with Bai Qianqian and reunited with Li Lingyue and Luo Qingge.
• At Guixu, Ji Wuji learned that Yu Zhou had died and told Demon Slayer to remain in the Featherfolk Kingdom while they waited for news about the Divine Artifact.
• He Chen reached Jade Void Peak and used a punch to shatter the glacier, triggering an avalanche.
• The Kunlun Sword emerged from the glacier, and He Chen seized it and laughed as the avalanche swept down the mountain.

He Chen used the Kunlun Sword to forge invulnerable soldiers and led the Göktürks south to attack Shengzhou. As Elm Grove City fell under assault, Xue Ne sent an urgent dispatch asking Lu Changfeng to come, while Lu sensed a strange presence in the north.

• He Chen learned that the Kunlun Sword could strengthen weapons and bodies, entered the Seventh Realm, and tested its power by turning a condemned prisoner into an invulnerable fighter.
• He Chen ordered the Göktürk army to march south and take Shengzhou, while Xue Ne and Wang Jingxian prepared to defend Elm Grove City.
• The Göktürks attacked Elm Grove City, and their blue-glowing, iron-hard fighters climbed the walls and overwhelmed the Tang defenders.
• Xue Ne ordered an eight-hundred-li dispatch to the court, asking Mr. Lu to come to the Northern Frontier.
• In Chang'an, Lu Changfeng sensed a familiar, powerful presence to the north, and Jinghong arrived with news of the urgent dispatch.

After Li Lingyue consolidated her rule in Chang'an, an urgent dispatch reported that the Göktürks had overrun Elm Grove City with seemingly invulnerable fighters connected to the Kunlun Ruins and possibly the Kunlun Sword. Lu Changfeng decided to travel north to confront the threat himself while Li Lingyue stayed to steady the court and await the imminent abdication.

• Li Longji was stripped of his crown prince title and confined, while Li Lingyue restored order and gained growing support to ascend the throne.
• Jinghong brought an urgent dispatch reporting that the Göktürks had breached Elm Grove City's outer defenses and that their fighters were impervious to ordinary weapons.
• Lu Changfeng recognized the fighters' aura as connected to the Great Ruins and suspected the Kunlun Sword had emerged and empowered them.
• Li Lingyue proposed sending the Northern Command Imperial Guards, but Lu Changfeng warned that ordinary troops would only be slaughtered.
• Lu Changfeng resolved to go north himself, believing the Kunlun Sword could counter its own power, while Li Lingyue remained in Chang'an to keep the court steady.

Lu Changfeng reached Elm Grove City and used the Great Void Finger to strip the monsters of the Great Ruins Power that made them impervious, saving the besieged Tang Army and reuniting with Wang Jingxian. As the survivors celebrated, He Chen watched from the Göktürks' camp, and the Kunlun Sword cried out in response to Lu Changfeng.

• Lu Changfeng recognized the monsters’ protection as Great Ruins Power and descended onto Elm Grove City’s walls.
• Wang Jingxian despaired that Lu Changfeng had not come, then recognized him when his sword cry rang across the city.
• Lu Changfeng apologized for arriving late, and Wang Jingxian wept with relief as he faced the advancing monsters.
• Lu Changfeng used the Great Void Finger to dissolve the Great Ruins Power, causing the monsters’ suppressed wounds to erupt and killing them in droves.
• The Tang Army cheered as the city was saved, and Wang Jingxian told Lu Changfeng that he had finally arrived.
• He Chen watched from the Göktürks’ camp as the Kunlun Sword at his side rang out toward Lu Changfeng.

Lu Changfeng called the Kunlun Sword to him, but He Chen used Bi'an’s power and the Mountain Tribulation to suppress it. The two prepared to fight across the Northern Frontier as Lu Changfeng vowed to reclaim the sword.

• He Chen suppressed the Kunlun Sword’s attempt to fly to Lu Changfeng with Bi'an’s Dharma Form.
• Lu Changfeng recognized He Chen’s use of the Witch God Cult’s Ten Thousand Spirits Harmonization Art and demanded that he return the sword and withdraw his troops.
• He Chen charged toward the battlements while Wang Jingxian warned Lu Changfeng to be careful.
• Lu Changfeng summoned the Kunlun Sword, but He Chen sealed it inside its scabbard with Bi'an’s power and the Mountain Tribulation.
• He Chen declared that anything in his hands had to obey him, and Lu Changfeng unleashed his sword intent and vowed to reclaim the Kunlun Sword.

Lu Changfeng used his perfected heavenly sword body to overcome He Chen’s techniques and wound the Northern Desert Martial Venerable while freeing the Kunlun Sword halfway from his grasp. He advanced on He Chen, determined to take the divine sword back.

• Lu Changfeng shattered He Chen’s Bian Ferocious Claw with a single finger strike.
• Lu Changfeng split apart He Chen’s Mountain Calamity and declared that it was his turn to attack.
• He Chen summoned the Wolf Calamity and the Wolf Guards to devour Lu Changfeng’s sword intent, but the backlash killed the Wolf Guards and destroyed the wolf phantom.
• Lu Changfeng’s sword qi wounded He Chen’s wrist and loosened his hold on the Kunlun Sword.
• Lu Changfeng told He Chen that one of the three tribulations was gone and advanced to reclaim the sword.

Lu Changfeng called the Kunlun Sword back from He Chen, breaking the Northern Desert Martial Venerable’s attempt to detonate its power. Reunited with the sword, Lu Changfeng overwhelmed the battlefield as the Tang soldiers bowed to him, while He Chen faced his final defeat.

• He Chen used his essence blood and the three tribulations to bind the Kunlun Sword and threatened to detonate its Great Ruins power, destroying Elm Grove and its people.
• Lu Changfeng summoned the sword, which broke free of He Chen’s restraints and flew back to its master.
• The Kunlun Sword joined with Lu Changfeng’s perfected heavenly sword body, unleashing a vast surge of power that swept away the battlefield’s smoke and astral winds.
• The surviving Tang soldiers knelt before Lu Changfeng, while the Göktürk camp fell silent and He Chen collapsed amid the ruined tents.
• Lu Changfeng formed a blazing strand of swordlight as He Chen watched in despair.

Lu Changfeng killed He Chen with the Kunlun Sword, saving Elm Grove and breaking the Göktürk siege. After the victory feast, he studied the sword and discovered a vision suggesting the Kunlun Ruins had split into three, with one part in the Featherfolk Kingdom.

• Lu Changfeng killed He Chen with the Kunlun Sword, and the leaderless Göktürk army fled from Elm Grove.
• Xue Ne and the defenders celebrated their victory while Wang Jingxian thanked Lu Changfeng for saving them.
• Lu Changfeng returned to his room to study the Kunlun Sword as the city held a victory feast.
• Lu Changfeng channeled his power into the sword and entered a vast world of light centered on the Kunlun Ruins.
• Lu Changfeng saw a vision of the Kunlun Ruins splitting into three pieces and recognized one destination as the Featherfolk Kingdom.

Ji Wuji seized the Featherfolk Kingdom’s ancient artifact and learned that Lu Changfeng had glimpsed the secret of the Kunlun Ruins, while Ji Xian warned Lu Changfeng of the Sun-Eater Alliance’s assault. In Elm Grove, Lu Changfeng healed Wang Jingxian’s wound, and she confessed her feelings before kissing him.

• Ji Wuji took the Featherfolk Kingdom’s ancient artifact from Yun Qi and sensed its connection to Lu Changfeng, who was studying another piece of the same original whole.
• Demon Slayer reported that He Chen’s life tablet had shattered, and Ji Wuji said Lu Changfeng had killed him after mastering the Kunlun Sword and reaching Myriad Swords Return to the Source.
• Ji Wuji said Lu Changfeng had glimpsed the secret of the Kunlun Ruins and would return.
• Ji Xian wrote Lu Changfeng about the fall of the Featherfolk capital, the Yun Clan’s flight, and the Sun-Eater Alliance’s search for an unknown object.
• Lu Changfeng used Shennong Qi to heal Wang Jingxian’s wound and received Heavenly Silence Qi Armor as a reward.
• Wang Jingxian confessed that she could not forget Lu Changfeng, and she kissed him; he embraced her.

Lu Changfeng brought Wang Jingxian back to Chang'an after the Northern Frontier victory, where Li Lingyue took control of the court and appointed him to the highest civil and military offices. A secret letter from Ji Xian then revealed that Ji Wuji had attacked the Three Upper Kingdoms, prompting Lu Changfeng to prepare to return to Hongfang.

• Lu Changfeng secured Xue Ne's approval to bring Wang Jingxian to Chang'an, then flew with her on Lingbo to the Princess of Zhen Guo's Residence.
• Luo Qingge and Bai Qianqian confronted Lu Changfeng over Wang Jingxian, but he trapped them inside the Snow Listening Tower with an Eight-Direction Barrier.
• News of Lu Changfeng's victory over He Chen spread through Great Tang, strengthening Li Lingyue's position as the emperor's health and the vacant succession unsettled the court.
• Li Lingyue received authority to preside over court and govern on the emperor's behalf, then appointed Lu Changfeng Tong Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi and Supreme General of the Celestial Strategy.
• Lu Changfeng received a secret letter from Ji Xian describing Ji Wuji's assault on the Three Upper Kingdoms and the fall of the Featherfolk Kingdom's Royal City and Ancestral Temple.
• Lu Changfeng recognized that Ji Wuji's search for something of the same origin required him to return to Hongfang.

Lu Changfeng helped Li Lingyue break through to the sixth realm, then prepared to travel to the Eastern Sea to investigate the Kunlun Ruins and the Kunlun Sword. He departed from Chang'an on Lingbo, leaving Li Lingyue and the others behind.

• Lu Changfeng guided Li Lingyue through her breakthrough to the sixth realm, where she manifested the True Phoenix Bathing in Flames Diagram.
• Li Lingyue thanked Lu Changfeng and warned him to be careful in Hongfang, then teased him about visiting Ji Xian.
• Lu Changfeng and Li Lingyue shared an affectionate moment before he reminded her to be careful of the baby.
• Several days later, Li Lingyue, Luo Qingge, Bai Qianqian, and Wang Jingxian saw Lu Changfeng off beside Ba Bridge.
• Lu Changfeng mounted Lingbo in her Flood Dragon form and flew toward the Eastern Sea.

Lu Changfeng defeated Ji Wuji atop Jade Splendor Mount Hua by unleashing the Great Ruins power through the Kunlun Sword, ending the Sun-Eater Alliance’s threat in Hongfang. After reuniting with Ji Xian, he set out with her for a visit home in Prosperous Chang'an.

• Lu Changfeng returned to Jade Splendor Mount Hua and reunited with Ji Xian as the Kunlun Sword resonated with the distant fragments of the Kunlun Ruins.
• Ji Wuji arrived with his Yinglong dharma form, demanded the Kunlun Sword, and attacked Lu Changfeng with the Nine Yinglong Transformations.
• Lu Changfeng countered Ji Wuji’s Sea-Covering attack with a pure sword strike and awakened the Great Ruins power within the Kunlun Sword.
• Lu Changfeng broke Ji Wuji’s dragon-scale shield and killed him, while Ji Xian defeated an assassin lurking on Jade Splendor Mount Hua.
• The Sun-Eater Alliance crumbled after Ji Wuji’s death, and Lu Changfeng departed with Ji Xian to visit home in Prosperous Chang'an.