Chapter Summaries

Lu Chenxing arranged for Great Xia to develop mass-produced law artifacts, but resource shortages stalled cultivation on both sides. At eight months old, he reached Qi Refining perfection and prepared to enter Foundation Establishment, then revealed Great Xia’s finished artifacts to the Lu Household’s three Foundation Establishment cultivators.

• Lu Chenxing asked Lu Changfeng for tier-one artifact-refining materials and law-artifact samples so Great Xia could research and mass-produce them.
• After Great Xia’s spirit stones ran out, Lu Chenxing sent back artifact-refining materials and tens of thousands of spirit stones, allowing its cultivators to resume training and begin artifact research.
• Zhang Weiguo reached Qi Refining ninth layer, while Ke Yan reached seventh layer and Zhou Musen and Li Changhong reached sixth layer, before their spirit stones were exhausted in less than a month.
• Lu Chenxing reached Qi Refining perfection at eight months old, astonishing Lu Changfeng, Lu Changgeng, and Lu Xuanming, who arranged to obtain a high-grade Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Lu Chenxing asked Lu Changgeng to wait two days so he could bring Great Xia’s finished law artifacts to market, then revealed a pile of them before the three Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Lu Chenxing sold the Law Artifacts produced by Great Xia and arranged for the proceeds to support cultivation, artifact refining, and other auxiliary paths. He then used four Foundation Establishment Pills to break through into the Foundation Establishment Realm, though the struggle left him aware that his cultivation journey had only just begun.

• Lu Chenxing asked Lu Changgeng to sell the Law Artifacts, and Lu Changfeng told the elders not to pry into his secrets.
• Lu Chenxing instructed Lu Changgeng to divide the proceeds among Spirit Stones, artifact-refining materials, and cultivation knowledge about alchemy, artifact refining, talismans, and formations.
• Lu Changgeng returned from Mist Spirit Mountain with the requested resources, but the passage between the worlds was still on cooldown.
• Lu Chenxing prepared to break through and obtained one high-grade, two mid-grade, and one low-grade Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Lu Chenxing swallowed all four pills as his Spiritual Power repeatedly failed to break the bottleneck, until it finally shattered and his foundation formed.
• Lu Chenxing opened his eyes as a Foundation Establishment cultivator and recognized that his path had only just begun.

After breaking through to Foundation Establishment, Lu Chenxing accepted his grandfathers’ decision to keep him in the Lu Household and practiced several Law Techniques while waiting to transmit resources again. Great Xia received a larger shipment, prompting its leaders to expand production and research as they considered how to develop cultivation across the country.

• Lu Changfeng, Lu Changgeng, and Lu Xuanming celebrated Lu Chenxing’s Foundation Establishment breakthrough but refused to let him explore the cultivation world until he was stronger.
• Lu Chenxing agreed to stay in the Lu Household and practiced the Sword Control, Metal Spear, Quicksand, Fireball, Rain Needle, and Vine Techniques.
• After more than twenty days, Lu Chenxing transmitted artifact-refining materials, 150,000 Spirit Stones, auxiliary-path inheritances, books, pills, and other resources to Great Xia.
• Great Xia’s senior officials decided to expand Law Artifact production lines, train more artifact refiners, and invest in research and education for other cultivation paths.
• Ji Chang'an and the officials discussed whether to expand Spirit Root testing beyond the ten million service members to the rest of Great Xia’s population.

Great Xia’s leaders expanded cultivation plans, including testing senior officials’ relatives and training more high-grade spirit-root cultivators, which increased the spiritual power Lu Chenxing received. The story then turned to Lu Xuanqing, who lay gravely ill as Lu Chenxing arrived at his cave abode.

• Ji Chang'an approved screening the nation for spirit roots and ordered that misbehaving cultivators could be executed by Zhang Weiguo.
• Chen Guowei reported that Lu Chenyu had a high-grade fire-and-wood spirit root, prompting the leaders to debate how to allocate their limited spirit stones.
• Ji Chang'an set aside spirit stones for the heavenly spirit-root cultivators and authorized training other high-grade talents, including eligible relatives of senior leaders.
• As Great Xia resumed cultivation and increased its cultivators, Lu Chenxing received a surge of spiritual power and realized more people were cultivating.
• Lu Chenxing found his grandfather Lu Xuanqing gravely ill at Heavenly Traversal Peak, surrounded by the Lu Household’s four Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Lu Chenxing learned that his grandfather Lu Xuanqing had lost his cultivation after the Wang Household attacked him, and he vowed to find a way to restore him. After joining the Lu Household’s deliberations as its third elder, he urged the elders not to attack the Wang Household while they were unprepared.

• Lu Changfeng told Lu Chenxing that Lu Xuanqing’s life was safe, but his meridians, Dantian, and foundation were ruined, and only a fifth-tier Nirvana Pill or Heavenly Spirit Liquid could restore him.
• Lu Chenxing promised to obtain the treasures needed to restore Lu Xuanqing’s Dao Path, and Lu Changfeng said Xuanqing had at least fifty years to wait.
• Lu Changfeng revealed that the Wang Household had injured Lu Xuanqing, prompting Lu Xuanming to suggest attacking them after his breakthrough to Foundation Establishment middle stage.
• Lu Chenxing joined the elders’ deliberations as the Lu Household’s third elder and learned about their conflict with the Wang Household over the Mystic Wood Forest.
• Lu Chenxing told the elders he had a steady source of Law Artifacts and asked them not to risk their lives for resources, and Lu Changfeng promised to be more cautious.
• Lu Chenxing recognized the strange dagger used by the Wang Household as an unusually powerful weapon and advised the elders not to attack while the Wang Household was on guard.

Lu Chenxing and the Lu Household chose to delay their conflict with the Wang Household until Lu Chenxing and Lu Changfeng grew stronger. After Lu Xuanqing woke with his cultivation foundation destroyed, Lu Chenxing promised to restore his path someday and went with Lu Changfeng to visit his family, where Zhong Hui was still longing for him.

• Lu Chenxing persuaded Lu Changgeng and Lu Xuanming to wait until he and Lu Changfeng advanced before confronting the Wang Household.
• Lu Xuanqing woke and learned that Lu Chenxing had reached Foundation Establishment in less than a year.
• Lu Chenxing told Lu Xuanqing that only a fifth-tier Nirvana Pill or Heavenly Spirit Liquid could restore his cultivation, and silently resolved to obtain one for him.
• Lu Xuanqing planned to leave Heavenly Traversal Peak and live with Lu Yunzhao, while Lu Chenxing agreed to visit his parents.
• Lu Changfeng took Lu Chenxing to the Lu residence, where Zhong Hui continued to mourn their separation and longed to see Xing'er.

Lu Chenxing returned to the Lu Household to visit his parents, Zhong Hui and Lu Yunzhao, who were astonished by how much he had grown and by his cultivation. Seeing his happy family rekindled his resolve to grow strong enough to protect them.

• Zhong Hui recognized Lu Chenxing as he arrived with Lu Changfeng and embraced him in tears.
• Lu Changfeng thanked Zhong Hui for giving the Lu Household a heaven's chosen and said he would return in three days to take Lu Chenxing back to Heavenly Traversal Peak.
• Lu Yunzhao arrived and greeted Lu Changfeng as the patriarch before the patriarch left to look around nearby.
• Lu Chenxing told his parents that he was already a powerful cultivator, and they celebrated his achievement.
• Lu Chenxing reflected on his loving family and resolved to become strong enough to protect them and everything he valued.

Lu Chenxing visited Cloud-Soaring Town with Lu Changfeng before entering the Cloud-Soaring Mountain Range to see Demon Beasts and gain experience. After killing more than a dozen low-tier beasts, he asked to face a second-tier Black Cloud Leopard, and Lu Changfeng prepared to protect him.

• Lu Changfeng took Lu Chenxing to Cloud-Soaring Town, where they concealed their cultivation and looked around the cultivation market.
• Lu Changfeng and Lu Chenxing entered the outer reaches of the Cloud-Soaring Mountain Range, where Lu Chenxing killed a first-tier giant python with his flying sword.
• Lu Changfeng warned Lu Chenxing not to grow arrogant after defeating a weaker opponent, and Lu Chenxing collected the python's corpse.
• Over the next three days, Lu Chenxing killed more than a dozen Demon Beasts while exploring the mountain range with Lu Changfeng.
• As they headed out, they encountered a second-tier Black Cloud Leopard, and Lu Chenxing asked to fight it while Lu Changfeng prepared to intervene.

Lu Chenxing killed a second-tier Black Cloud Leopard with a combination of techniques and his flying sword, impressing Lu Changfeng. They left the Cloud-Soaring Mountain Range and headed back to the Lu Household, while Lu Chenxing decided to focus on cultivating safely until the Golden Core Stage.

• Lu Chenxing attacked the Black Cloud Leopard, evaded its charge, and used Quicksand Technique, Vine Technique, and Rain Needle Technique to set up a killing blow.
• Lu Chenxing pierced the weakened Black Cloud Leopard's head with his flying sword, and Lu Changfeng praised his clean victory.
• Lu Changfeng noticed that Lu Chenxing used techniques from several elements despite claiming to have a wood Heavenly Spirit Root, but chose not to ask him about it.
• Lu Chenxing collected the Black Cloud Leopard's corpse, and Lu Changfeng hurried him out of the Cloud-Soaring Mountain Range to avoid stronger beasts.
• Lu Chenxing decided to keep cultivating safely until the Golden Core Stage and asked Lu Changfeng how many people had died by his sword.
• Lu Changfeng estimated that fewer than a hundred people had died by his sword.

Lu Chenxing returned to the Lu Household and learned that Great Xia had cultivated a new batch of recruits, including his younger brother Lu Chenyu. Great Xia improved its law artifacts, and the Lu elders planned to sell them at a different market to avoid attracting dangerous attention.

• Lu Changfeng told Lu Chenxing that Lu Changgeng and Lu Xuanming had helped build the Lu Household’s prosperity, and said its future depended on him.
• Lu Chenxing returned to Heavenly Traversal Peak, where Lu Changgeng and Lu Xuanming welcomed him and listened to his account of killing beasts in the Sky-Surpassing Mountain Range.
• Great Xia selected sixteen relatives to begin cultivation, gave Lu Chenyu extra resources, and watched him advance faster than his peers as he resolved to find his older brother.
• After another month, Great Xia’s artifact refiners produced law artifacts that could hold about a third more spiritual power than the previous samples.
• Lu Changgeng, Lu Changfeng, and Lu Xuanming examined the improved artifacts, while Lu Chenxing wondered whether Great Xia’s artifact-refining research could benefit him through his system.
• Lu Changfeng proposed selling the artifacts for higher prices, and Lu Changgeng warned that repeated sales at one market could draw bandit cultivators, so they chose Spirit Spring Market instead.

Lu Chenxing began refining artifacts after Lu Changgeng and Lu Xuanming returned from Spirit Spring Market with supplies and a second-tier artifact cauldron. He successfully made mid-grade Law Artifacts and kept improving until the passage between worlds was ready to open.

• Lu Changfeng sent Lu Changgeng and Lu Xuanming to Spirit Spring Market to buy resources, while Lu Chenxing stayed behind to guard the Lu Household.
• Half a month later, Lu Changgeng and Lu Xuanming returned with artifact-refining materials, a second-tier artifact cauldron, Spirit Stones, and cultivation pills.
• Lu Chenxing persuaded Lu Changfeng to accept his share of the Spirit Establishment Pills, then set up the cauldron in the Lu Household's abandoned Alchemy Chamber.
• Lu Chenxing drew on artifact-refining insights from Great Xia and successfully refined a mid-grade Law Artifact on his first attempt.
• Lu Chenxing refined more artifacts over nearly twenty days, growing faster and using less stamina with each attempt, until the passage between worlds' cooldown ended.

Lu Chenxing advanced to Foundation Establishment middle stage while Great Xia reported success in refining Spirit Gathering Pills and requested more alchemy materials and Foundation Establishment Pills. As the Wang Household debated how to stop the Lu Household’s growth, someone approved Wang Haofeng’s proposal to unleash the bloodthirsty dagger and attack Clear Breeze Temple.

• Lu Chenxing broke through to Foundation Establishment middle stage and practiced his Law Techniques to adjust to his increased strength.
• Great Xia reported that it had refined a Spirit Gathering Pill and asked Lu Chenxing for more alchemy materials and Foundation Establishment Pills for Zhang Weiguo.
• Lu Changgeng and Lu Xuanming left to sell Law Artifacts, unaware that figures from the Wang Household were following them.
• Wang Haofeng proposed attacking the Lu Household, but Wang Haochang rejected his plans as too risky.
• An unidentified voice endorsed Wang Haofeng’s proposal to unleash the bloodthirsty dagger and ordered preparations to destroy Clear Breeze Temple in three days.

The Wang Household secretly destroyed Clear Breeze Temple to feed a bloodthirsty dagger and seize its wealth, then escaped without leaving a trail. As suspicion fell on devil cultivators, the nearby Lu Household grew alarmed and began considering how to prepare for an attack.

• Chen Ling was killed by black-robed Wang Household cultivators while traveling away from Clear Breeze Temple.
• Wang Haochang and Wang Haofeng led the assault, killing Li Yunzhou and the temple’s disciples before the dagger drained their blood.
• Wang Haofeng and Wang Zhaoran searched the temple for valuables while Wang Haochang confirmed that the dagger grew stronger by drinking blood.
• The Spirit Creek Sect investigated Clear Breeze Temple’s destruction but found no traces of the attackers, and nearby forces feared they might be targeted next.
• Lu Changfeng monitored the Lu Household’s surroundings until Lu Changgeng and Lu Xuanming returned, after which he urged preparations against a possible attack.

Lu Chenxing persuaded the Lu Household to sell its treasury reserves and improve its defenses, while the Wang Household prepared to target the Yang Household before eventually taking revenge on the Lus. The two families’ representatives headed to Spirit Spring Market as another watcher began to move.

• Lu Chenxing urged Lu Changfeng and the other Foundation Establishment cultivators to acquire stronger artifacts, talismans, pills, and a better lineage-protecting formation, and they agreed to sell the treasury reserves and upgrade their equipment within their means.
• Lu Changgeng and Lu Xuanming left for Spirit Spring Market to sell the Lu Household’s reserves and strengthen its cultivators.
• Wang Haofeng asked Wang Haochang to choose the Earth Spirit Sect as their next target, but Wang Haochang rejected it because its young sect master had a connection to the Spirit Creek Sect.
• Wang Haochang chose the Yang Household as the next target and said they would strike after he advanced to the Foundation Establishment late stage, then ordered Wang Haofeng to buy pills and investigate the Lu Household’s frequent market visits.
• Wang Haofeng set out for Spirit Spring Market, while another pair of eyes secretly watching the Lu Household began to stir.

Qin Wuxiang convinced Zhao Donglai and Li Taichu to attack the Lu Household in seven days, while the Lu Household strengthened its defenses and prepared new weapons without knowing of the coming assault. Seven days later, twelve figures appeared outside the Lu Household's mountain gate.

• Qin Wuxiang, Zhao Donglai, and Li Taichu discussed the Lu Household's valuable market transactions and agreed to plunder it before its resources were spent.
• Qin Wuxiang persuaded Zhao Donglai and Li Taichu that their secret treasure fragments would hide their attack, and they scheduled the assault for seven days later.
• Lu Changgeng and Lu Xuanming returned from Spirit Spring Market with supreme-grade Spirit Artifacts and powerful spirit talismans for the Lu Household's cultivators.
• Lu Changfeng hired Quan Yong'an, a Foundation Establishment Peak formation master, to upgrade the lineage-protecting formation, while he cultivated toward Foundation Establishment Late Stage.
• Seven days later, twelve figures appeared in the night sky outside the Lu Household's mountain gate.

Twelve Foundation Establishment cultivators from three allied factions attacked the Lu Household and shattered its unfinished protective formation. As Lu Changfeng prepared to sacrifice himself so the others could flee, Lu Chenxing claimed he could destroy the attackers with a weapon he had asked the household to make space for, and led everyone toward it.

• Twelve black-robed Foundation Establishment cultivators struck the Lu Household's unfinished formation until it broke.
• Lu Changfeng judged the Lu Household outmatched and ordered Lu Changgeng and Lu Xuanming to lead the others away while he held off the attackers.
• Lu Changfeng apologized to Quan Yong'an and gave him fifty thousand Spirit Stones to carry a report to the Spirit Creek Sect; Quan Yong'an left, and the attackers allowed him to go after learning he was a formation master of the Treasure Gathering Pavilion.
• Lu Chenxing told Lu Changfeng, Lu Changgeng, and Lu Xuanming that he had a way to annihilate the attackers using the big thing he had asked them to provide space for.
• Lu Changfeng trusted Lu Chenxing and led the Lu Household members toward the weapon.

Lu Chenxing launched a nuclear missile at Qin Wuxiang’s group, destroying Qin and leaving a vast mushroom cloud behind. The Lu Household survived the distant blast waves, while Lu Chenxing considered the weapon’s limitations and the possibility of asking Great Xia for a replacement.

• Lu Chenxing locked the nuclear missile onto Qin Wuxiang, ordered Lu Changfeng, Lu Changgeng, and Lu Xuanming to follow his directions, then launched it and led the Lu Household away.
• The missile pursued Qin Wuxiang as the twelve Foundation Establishment cultivators scattered, and Qin’s defensive treasures and flying sword failed to save him from the explosion.
• Zhao Donglai, Li Taichu, and the other nine cultivators followed toward the explosion while the Lu Household fled farther away.
• Lu Chenxing raised a barrier with the three elders to protect the household from the shock waves, and they watched the mushroom cloud rise.
• Lu Chenxing considered the missile’s slow pursuit, its indiscriminate blast, and asking Great Xia for an improved weapon and a replacement.

After Lu Chenxing’s nuclear attack devastated the area, he discovered that its radiation particles could invade souls but could be safely collected with Spiritual Power. He and Lu Changfeng searched the blast center for clues and found a mirror fragment that revealed an ancient bronze mirror when Lu Chenxing examined it with his Divine Sense.

• Lu Chenxing explained that the explosion came from a Law Artifact and found that a radiation particle attacked his Divine Sense, forcing him to sever part of it.
• A Lu Household disciple collapsed after exposing his Spiritual Sense to a particle, and Lu Changfeng warned everyone that the particles could severely injure souls.
• Lu Chenxing learned that Spiritual Power could safely capture the particles, then had the Lu Household collect them to clear the air.
• Lu Chenxing and Lu Changfeng searched the scorched blast center and found a mirror fragment that had survived the explosion.
• Lu Chenxing sent his Divine Sense into the fragment and saw an ancient bronze mirror appear in primordial chaos as scenes flashed across it.

Lu Chenxing used the secret treasure’s memories to discover that the Blazing Yang Sect, the Divine Fire Gate, and the Zhao Household had joined forces as demonic bandit cultivators and attacked the Lu Household. After their leaders were killed, he and Lu Changfeng identified the three forces and began searching for the other treasure fragments.

• Lu Chenxing witnessed how Qin Wuxiang, Li Taichu, and Zhao Donglai formed an alliance and used secret treasure fragments to conceal their raids on other forces.
• The three leaders planned to destroy the Lu Household and the Wang Household to steal their resources and the Lu Household’s sword immortal inheritance.
• Lu Chenxing learned that the attackers were members of the Blazing Yang Sect, the Divine Fire Gate, and the Zhao Household, not the Wang Household.
• Qin Wuxiang and the other attackers gathered near him and were killed by the nuclear bomb, while Lu Chenxing sensed where Li Taichu’s and Zhao Donglai’s treasure fragments had fallen.
• Lu Chenxing told Lu Changfeng that the three allied forces had destroyed seven or eight other sects and households, and he resolved to grow strong enough to protect his family.

After the Lu Household’s encampment was destroyed, Lu Chenxing urged the family to seek justice from the factions that had attacked them. The Lu Household broke the Divine Fire Gate’s defenses and wiped it out, while Lu Chenxing confronted the reality of killing people for the first time.

• Lu Chenxing suggested that the Lu Household attack the Blazing Yang Sect, the Divine Fire Gate, and the Zhao Household in retaliation for their assault.
• Lu Changfeng led Lu Changgeng, Lu Xuanming, and Lu Chenxing to the Divine Fire Gate before its allies could react.
• The Lu Household struck the Divine Fire Gate’s formation with a Water Dragon Talisman and coordinated attacks until Lu Changfeng shattered it with a sword strike.
• Lu Chenxing killed a Divine Fire Gate disciple, struggled with his first human killing, then continued fighting after Lu Changfeng reassured him.
• Lu Changfeng killed the fleeing Divine Fire Gate elders, and the Lu Household showed no mercy to the remaining disciples who begged to live.