Recaps

Lu Changsheng, Huang Qian, and Liu Ziru reached the Ancestral Emperor Domain to search for the Heart of Space, which had hidden its true presence across the domain. Lu Changsheng planted false spatial traces at eighteen locations to distract rival forces while he searched for the real one.

• Huang Qian spotted scouts from other Divine Lord-level forces, and Liu Ziru explained that the Dark Domain had traded its intelligence about the Heart of Space to them.
• Lu Changsheng and his companions flew through the barren Ancestral Emperor Domain to the place where the Dark Domain had detected the Heart of Space.
• Lu Changsheng discovered that the Heart of Space had scattered identical traces of its presence throughout the domain, making its true body difficult to locate.
• Lu Changsheng planted powerful spatial traces at eighteen distant locations to mislead the incoming forces and buy himself time.
• Lu Changsheng sat down to examine the domain’s spatial traces while Huang Qian and Liu Ziru watched over him using concealment formations and defensive talismans.

The seven Divine Lord-level forces entered the Ancestral Emperor Domain to compete for the Heart of Space, only to be misled by eighteen spatial-force decoys. Lu Changsheng found the real Heart of Space, but it shattered the sky and drew every force toward its location, leaving him to wait for an opening.

• Ding Wei, Fu Yun, Qiu Shenfu, Ji Runqiu, Xia Yuanpeng, Hu Sheng, and Si Genshen arrived with their forces and argued over how to claim the Heart of Space.
• The seven forces discovered eighteen locations radiating immense spatial power and sent their experts to investigate them.
• The forces searched the empty locations, realized someone had created spatial decoys, and wondered who could wield such mastery of the Space Dao Law.
• A huge spatial fluctuation shattered the sky above the Ancestral Emperor Domain, and the forces rushed toward its center, believing the real Heart of Space was there.
• Lu Changsheng told Liu Ziru that the Heart of Space had shattered the sky to summon others, then told Huang Qian they would wait for an opening as countless presences arrived.

The Heart of Space appeared in a void above the Ancestral Emperor Domain, drawing factions from across the High-Latitude Realm. As they tested the deadly spatial storms, Lu Changsheng watched from hiding, having prepared a plan of his own.

• The Demon King Domain’s Mo Ge met Qiu Shenpu, who promised the Yin Yang Divine Sect would help them deal with their enemies after they obtained the Heart of Space.
• Jin Wujin accused the Demon King Domain of colluding with the Yin Yang Divine Sect, while Lu Changsheng told Huang Qian and Liu Ziru to let Xiao Hei handle his grudge himself.
• The sky above the Ancestral Emperor Domain shattered, revealing a brilliant star that appeared to be the Heart of Space amid violent spatial storms.
• The Divine Lord-level factions ordered subordinate factions to enter the void, and two cultivators were killed when a spatial storm swallowed them.
• Lu Changsheng watched the factions probe the storms and reflected that he had prepared eighteen locations where spatial power would erupt.

The factions discovered a route through the spatial storms and rushed toward the void space, but a spatial barrier sealed it off. Lu Changsheng, Huang Qian, and Liu Ziru appeared beyond the barrier, prompting several factions to support the man in white’s bid for the Heart of Space.

• The subordinate factions mapped the spatial storms and found a way through the void space.
• Qiu Shenpu and Ji Runqiu led the charge toward the void space, followed by experts from the great sects and the Departed Soul Spirit Palace.
• Spatial power erupted from eighteen locations and formed a barrier that sealed the void space above the Ancestral Emperor Domain.
• Lu Changsheng, Huang Qian, and Liu Ziru appeared beyond the barrier wearing blank-faced masks.
• Ding Wei ordered the Hao Tian Divine Sect to help the man in white obtain the Heart of Space, while Jin Wujin urged the Golden-Winged Peng Clan to withdraw and Ji Qianyao gave the same order to the Jade Lake Immortal Palace.

Lu Changsheng, Huang Qian, and Liu Ziru tried to reach the Heart of Space behind a spatial barrier while experts from the Divine Lord-level forces attempted to break through. After even their combined attacks failed, the leaders suspected the barrier—and possibly the white-robed man—came from a God Lord Realm expert.

• Lu Changsheng dismissed the threats from the Divine Lord-level forces and told Huang Qian and Liu Ziru to watch for anyone who broke through the barrier.
• Hu Sheng struck the spatial barrier with his full strength, but it only rippled without cracking.
• Ji Runqiu hurled his spear at the barrier, which again remained intact.
• Fu Yun led five Half-Step Divine Lord Realm experts in a combined attack on one point, but the barrier still did not break.
• The leaders of the Divine Lord-level forces suspected a God Lord Realm expert had created the barrier and took out their voice-transmission items.

Seven Divine Lords descended into the Ancestral Emperor Domain and prepared to break the spatial barrier protecting the Heart of Space. As their attack began, the domain stabilized and an unknown voice rang out across it.

• Fu Yun and the other experts recognized the barrier as a Divine Lord-level defense, sent for reinforcements, and urged weaker cultivators to evacuate.
• Ji Qianyao and Jin Wujin chose to remain in the Ancestral Emperor Domain, while Liu Ziru worried whether Huang Qian could hold off the Divine Lords.
• Seven Divine Lords arrived, and their presence pressed down on everyone still inside the domain.
• Ji Qianyao endured their pressure with the protection of Hongmeng Purple Qi, while the Divine Lords demanded that the barrier's creator show themself.
• The Heavenly Fire Divine Lord urged the others to smash the barrier, and six Divine Lords began gathering the power of rules.
• Divine Lord Hao Tian prepared to stop the attack, but the domain suddenly stabilized as an unknown voice rang out.

A mysterious old man stopped six Divine Lords from destroying the Ancestral Emperor Domain and forced the Heavenly Fire Divine Lord to retreat. The other Divine Lords left too, but they surrounded the domain to wait for Lu Changsheng and the others.

• The old man suppressed the six Divine Lords’ gathered attacks and warned them not to destroy the Ancestral Emperor Domain.
• The Heavenly Fire Divine Lord challenged the hidden old man, who pinned him beneath a mountain formed from the power of the Great Dao.
• The old man spared the Heavenly Fire Divine Lord after he promised the Pure Yang Heavenly Fire Valley would never return to the domain.
• The Yin-Yang Divine Lord questioned why the Heart of Space could remain, and the old man said he would not interfere as long as the domain was unharmed.
• The six Divine Lords left the Ancestral Emperor Domain and formed a defensive line outside it to wait for Lu Changsheng and the others.
• The old man watched Lu Changsheng and hoped the Mortal Realm’s cultivation civilization could be saved, while Lu Changsheng worried about escaping the encirclement.

Lu Changsheng captured the Heart of Space and used a prepared teleportation array to escape the Ancestral Emperor Domain with Huang Qian and Liu Ziru. The seven Divine Lords discovered the domain was empty, while Lu Changsheng headed back to Mortal Village to deal with his disciples and their trip to the Immortal Realm.

• Lu Changsheng trapped the resisting Heart of Space, compressed it into a small ball, and stored it in his ring.
• Liu Ziru warned Lu Changsheng that Divine Lords from six factions had surrounded the Ancestral Emperor Domain, but Lu Changsheng revealed a teleportation array he had prepared to send them to Mortal Village.
• Lu Changsheng, Huang Qian, and Liu Ziru entered the array, and Lu Changsheng said they needed to visit his disciples, who had reached the Earth Immortal Realm.
• Outside the Ancestral Emperor Domain, the Primordial Sword Master sensed that the Heart of Space had vanished, and the Divine Lords waited for Lu Changsheng to emerge.
• After seven days, the Divine Lords sent people into the domain and learned it was empty, leaving them grim and the watching cultivators horrified.

The seven Divine Lord-level factions failed to seize the Heart of Space, but their attempt was soon exposed across the High-Latitude Realm despite their efforts to suppress the news. Divine Lord Hao Tian admitted that his sect had spread it and challenged the other six factions to go to war, leaving them uncertain of the strength behind his confidence.

• The six Divine Lord-level factions and the first-rate factions suppressed news of their failed attempt to seize the Heart of Space, while Ji Qianyao asked the Jade Lake Immortal Palace elders to keep silent for Lu Changsheng’s sake.
• The news spread across the High-Latitude Realm on the second day, and the Divine Lords gathered in a ruined realm to accuse one another of leaking it.
• The Primordial Sword Master accused Divine Lord Hao Tian of spreading the news, and Divine Lord Hao Tian admitted he had given the order.
• The Primordial Sword Master suspected that the person who seized the Heart of Space had helped Divine Lord Hao Tian reach the peak God Lord realm, but Divine Lord Hao Tian said he did not know that person’s strength.
• When the Heaven-Overturning Divine Lord demanded an explanation, Divine Lord Hao Tian told the six factions to go to war if they were unhappy and vowed to keep spreading the news before his projection vanished.

After the Heart of Space made the Divine Lord factions a target of ridicule across the High-Latitude Realm, Lu Changsheng began helping Xiao Shitou absorb it in Mortal Village. The treasure gently empowered Xiao Shitou, whose cultivation rose to the Earth Immortal realm.

• The Soul Lord learned that the Departed Soul Spirit Palace could not locate the people who took the Heart of Space and ruled out searching the Ancestral Emperor Domain.
• News of the Heart of Space’s theft spread throughout the High-Latitude Realm, damaging the Divine Lord factions’ reputations.
• Lu Changsheng prepared a double barrier around Mortal Village and brought out the Heart of Space for Xiao Shitou to absorb.
• The Heart of Space entered Xiao Shitou’s dantian and gently infused him with spatial power because of his Void Sacred Body.
• Xiao Shitou’s cultivation rose to the Earth Immortal realm in the span of a single incense stick.

Xiao Shitou absorbed the Heart of Space and rapidly reached the half-step Heavenly Immortal Realm, while Lu Changsheng prepared to take his disciples to the Immortal Realm. After seeing how much the Cottage disciples had progressed, Lu Changsheng gathered them at the Cloud Phoenix Empire and told them to get ready for the journey.

• The Heart of Space raised Xiao Shitou from the Blood Transformation Realm to the half-step Heavenly Immortal Realm and continued to help him cultivate.
• The teacher recognized Lu Changsheng’s plan to transform his disciples’ Spiritual Qi into Immortal Qi and sent him on his way without revealing his identity.
• In the Mid-Latitude Realm, Ye Qiubai reached the late stage of the Earth Immortal Realm and held his own against Lai Qingyun and Zeng Jiyuan in sword-intent sparring.
• Huo Zhengheng reported that the Cloud Phoenix Empire and the Study had become first-rate factions, while Hong Ying and Ning Chenxin continued to grow stronger.
• Lu Changsheng summoned the disciples to the Cloud Phoenix Empire and told them to prepare to enter the Immortal Realm, warning Ye Qiubai not to cause trouble.

Lu Changsheng brought his disciples into the Immortal Realm and chose Fen Yan Valley as their first destination. After they arrived, the Immortal Emperor learned where Lu Changsheng had gone and decided to leave him alone for now.

• Lu Changsheng warned Xiao Shitou not to mistake his high cultivation for combat experience as the group approached the passage to the Immortal Realm.
• Lu Changsheng led his disciples, Huang Qian, and Liu Ziru through the Latitude Barrier, where he noticed that evil devil Qi was surging through the passage as the seal weakened.
• The group emerged into the Immortal Realm and marveled at its suspended cities and powerful Immortal Qi.
• Lu Changsheng used Fen Yan's token to lead the group to Fen Yan Valley, where its disciples welcomed them and allowed his disciples to enter.
• Xian Rusheng told the Immortal Emperor that Lu Changsheng had gone to Fen Yan Valley, and the Immortal Emperor said Lu Changsheng would come to the Immortal Palace in time.

Lu Changsheng brought Ye Qiubai and his disciples to Fen Yan Valley to experience the Immortal Realm and convert their Spiritual Qi into Immortal Qi. After the Valley Master proposed a sparring match, Ye Qiubai and the others eagerly agreed, and Fen Yan began arranging it at Fen Yan Platform.

• Huang Qian shielded Ye Qiubai and the others from Fen Yan Valley’s intense heat with her Divine Phoenix Fire, startling the valley’s disciples.
• Fen Yan welcomed Lu Changsheng and led his group through the valley, where Ye Qiubai and the others felt the gulf between their strength and that of Immortal Realm cultivators.
• Lu Changsheng bluntly told his disciples to stop stirring up trouble and focus on cultivating because they could not beat anyone.
• Fen Yan introduced Lu Changsheng to the Valley Master, who suggested the disciples spar while their Spiritual Qi was being converted into Immortal Qi.
• Ye Qiubai, Hong Ying, Xiao Hei, Shi Sheng, and the others agreed to fight immediately, and the Valley Master told Fen Yan to arrange the match at Fen Yan Platform.

Fen Yan Valley opened its Fen Yan Platform for a spar between its disciples and Lu Changsheng’s group. Xiao Hei challenged Yan Mengchang and defeated him with a single punch, shocking the gathered disciples.

• Liao Ke urged the Fen Yan Valley disciples to defeat Lu Changsheng’s group and protect the sect’s dignity.
• Lu Changsheng’s disciples discussed the challenge, and Xiao Hei leaped onto the platform before anyone else could go.
• Yan Mengchang faced Xiao Hei, who questioned whether he was holding back after blocking his flaming spear.
• Xiao Hei shattered the spear, struck through Yan Mengchang’s flaming shield, and knocked him off the platform.

Xiao Hei defeated Yan Mengchang with a single punch, then faced Liao Ke, Fen Yan Valley’s Half-Step Heavenly Immortal direct disciple. Lu Changsheng stopped their fight before Xiao Hei revealed his full abilities and told his disciples to restrict their strength in future challenges.

• Xiao Hei dismissed Fen Yan Valley’s disciples as weak after defeating Yan Mengchang in one strike.
• Liao Ke stepped onto the Fen Yan Platform and attacked Xiao Hei with powerful Flame Dao Law storms.
• Xiao Hei charged into the flames, enduring severe injuries as his bloodline power began to restore and strengthen him.
• Lu Changsheng ordered Liao Ke to stop and warned Xiao Hei and the others not to reveal all their trump cards.
• Xiao Hei withdrew his Demon Qi and left the platform while the Valley Master and Fen Yan suspected he had held back.

Ye Qiubai and the others sparred with Fen Yan Valley’s disciples, while Lu Changsheng arranged to guide Fen Yan in exchange for the training. Lu Changsheng discovered that Fen Yan was suffering from the poison of the Nine Profound Immortal Fire and promised to cure him, prompting the Valley Master to offer Fen Yan Valley’s support.

• Xiao Hei returned to the pavilion healed and stronger after his fight, while the Valley Master saw the value of keeping the disciples’ hidden abilities secret.
• Over the next seven days, Ye Qiubai, Hong Ying, Ning Chenxin, Huang Qian, and the others took turns sparring with Fen Yan Valley’s disciples and mostly suffered narrow defeats under the suppression of Immortal Qi.
• The Valley Master praised Hong Ying’s talent and asked Lu Changsheng to let Fen Yan Valley take her, but Lu Changsheng said he would not stop him if he could win her over.
• Lu Changsheng proposed that his disciples spar with Fen Yan Valley’s disciples in exchange for his guidance of Fen Yan, and the Valley Master called Fen Yan to meet him.
• Lu Changsheng examined Fen Yan and identified the poison of the Nine Profound Immortal Fire in his heart aperture, warning that continued cultivation could leave him beyond help.
• Lu Changsheng said he could solve Fen Yan’s condition, and the Valley Master promised that Fen Yan Valley would stand behind him if he succeeded.

Lu Changsheng began treating Fen Yan’s deadly Nine Profound Immortal Fire poison after gathering a dangerous set of ingredients. The treatment was underway in Fen Yan Palace, where Fen Yan’s fire poison flooded his heart aperture as Lu Changsheng introduced the materials, Life Dao Law, and Holy Qi.

• Lu Changsheng promised to treat Fen Yan and asked the Valley Master to gather five ingredients, including three lethally poisonous materials.
• Lu Changsheng taught Ye Qiubai, Hong Ying, Huang Qian, Liu Ziru, and the others how to convert Spiritual Qi into Immortal Qi safely.
• After the Valley Master gathered the ingredients and secured Fen Yan Palace, Lu Changsheng began the treatment with Fen Yan alone.
• Lu Changsheng instructed Fen Yan to draw his cultivation into his heart aperture, allowing the fire poison to invade it.
• As the intent of unending life enveloped Fen Yan, Lu Changsheng drove the five ingredients into his heart aperture and struck it with Life Dao Law and Holy Qi.

Lu Changsheng suppressed Fen Yan’s Nine Profound Immortal Fire poison by helping him absorb it into his Immortal Fire Nine Profound Body, then arranged sparring and study opportunities for his disciples. After converting some Spiritual Qi into Immortal Qi, the disciples returned to Fen Yan Platform and astonished Fen Yan Valley with their improved strength.

• Lu Changsheng told the Valley Master that Fen Yan’s poison had become part of his Immortal Fire Nine Profound Body, resolving the crisis while preserving the body.
• Fen Yan thanked Lu Changsheng, and the Valley Master pledged Fen Yan Valley’s support; Lu Changsheng urged Fen Yan to cultivate and absorb the poison fully.
• Lu Changsheng returned to the courtyard, where Ye Qiubai and the others reported completing their first conversion of thirty percent of their Spiritual Qi into Immortal Qi and described their gains.
• Lu Changsheng told Xiao Hei to conceal his bloodline ability while recovering, promised to arrange Fen Yan as a sparring partner, and offered to take Ning Chenxin to the book repository to research the Confucian Dao.
• Over the following days, Ye Qiubai, Hong Ying, Xiao Hei, and the others challenged Fen Yan Valley’s disciples again, and their improved strength astonished the onlookers.

Hong Ying and the others fought Fen Yan Valley disciples to draws after rapidly increasing their strength, and Xiao Hei challenged Liao Ke. The chapter ended with Liao Ke engulfing Xiao Hei in four fire lotuses, while Ye Qiubai and the others remained calm.

• Hong Ying fought the whip-wielding Fen Yan Valley disciple to a close draw, and the disciples discussed how quickly Hong Ying and her companions had improved.
• Xiao Hei challenged Liao Ke, who reluctantly stepped onto the Fen Yan Platform.
• Xiao Hei activated five patterns and his Demon God Armor, then charged Liao Ke with a powerful punch.
• Liao Ke blocked Xiao Hei's punch and struck him with a fire lotus, but Xiao Hei kept attacking through the flames.
• Liao Ke summoned four more fire lotuses that swallowed Xiao Hei, while Ye Qiubai and the others watched without showing concern.

Xiao Hei defeated Liao Ke on Fen Yan Platform, while Ye Qiubai and the others resumed their cultivation and Ning Chenxin studied in Fen Yan Valley’s library. After Fen Yan told Lu Changsheng he had reached peak Immortal King, Lu Changsheng sent him to spar with Xiao Hei, then considered their next step with Huang Qian.

• Xiao Hei defeated Liao Ke with a punch, and Fen Yan Valley’s disciples rushed the injured Liao Ke to treatment.
• Xiao Hei dismissed the disciples who challenged him, then returned to heal from his injuries.
• Ye Qiubai and the others entered seclusion to convert Immortal Qi, while Lu Changsheng took Ning Chenxin to study in Fen Yan Valley’s library.
• Fen Yan told Lu Changsheng he had broken through to peak Immortal King and asked how Lu Changsheng’s disciples were progressing.
• Lu Changsheng told Fen Yan to suppress his cultivation and spar with Xiao Hei, and Fen Yan went to find him.
• Huang Qian joined Lu Changsheng, who began considering what to do next.

Lu Changsheng consulted Willow Tree about the weakening seal on the Evil Devil Domain and learned that it would break in a hundred days. He set out for the Immortal Palace to obtain materials that could repair the Heaven-Suppressing Pagoda and buy the seal up to three more years.

• Lu Changsheng left Huang Qian and Liu Ziru to guard Fen Yan Valley, then cautiously prepared himself with talismans, formations, and pills before heading to the passage to the Immortal Realm.
• At the passage, Lu Changsheng saw that the evil devil Qi had spread nearly forty percent farther, and Willow Tree told him the seal would fail completely in a hundred days.
• Willow Tree explained that the damaged Heaven-Suppressing Pagoda could be repaired to strengthen the seal for at most three years, and suggested connecting Shi Sheng to the pagoda so Lu Changsheng could monitor it.
• Willow Tree said Lu Changsheng needed to replenish the soul power and extend the lives of the human progenitors whose souls formed the pagoda's origin, but he lacked the necessary materials.
• Lu Changsheng decided to seek materials such as Immortal Soul Origin and Yin-Yang Creation Fruit from the Immortal Emperor and headed for the Immortal Palace.

Lu Changsheng met with the Immortal Emperor to request rare materials for restoring the Human Ancestor’s remnant soul and prolonging the Heaven-Suppressing Pagoda’s seal. Afterward, Xian Rusheng enlisted him to inspect an unstable array, and Lu Changsheng arrived at the clearing where the Immortal Cloud Formation was set up.

• Lu Changsheng told the Immortal Emperor that he needed materials to restore the Human Ancestor’s soul essence and strengthen the Heaven-Suppressing Pagoda’s seal temporarily.
• The Immortal Emperor agreed to gather the requested materials within a few days, and Lu Changsheng left through the Immortal Palace’s main entrance.
• Xian Rusheng recognized Lu Changsheng and asked him to advise on an array, promising to help him in return.
• Xian Rusheng introduced his disciple Xian Huaxuan to Lu Changsheng and brought them to the unstable Immortal Cloud Formation.
• Xian Rusheng explained that the formation was meant to combine an illusion array with a killing array, but he had been unable to make the two functions work together.

Lu Changsheng helped Xian Rusheng complete the Immortal Cloud Formation and was preparing to leave the Immortal Palace when he noticed Fang Qiong kneeling on its heavenly stairs. Fang Qiong’s refusal to give up triggered a mission for Lu Changsheng to accept him as a disciple, revealing his SSS-rank talent and Good Fortune Formation Spirit Physique.

• Lu Changsheng explained how to balance the Immortal Cloud Formation’s illusion and killing formations, and Xian Rusheng completed it in a day.
• Xian Rusheng escorted Lu Changsheng to the Immortal Palace’s main gate, where they saw Fang Qiong kneeling on the heavenly stairs for a hundred days.
• Xian Huaxuan explained that Fang Qiong had failed the recruitment assessment due to his talent and cultivation, while Xian Rusheng urged him to give up.
• Fang Qiong insisted that he would not give up because only the Immortal Palace could help him achieve his goal.
• Lu Changsheng triggered a mission to accept Fang Qiong as his disciple and learned that Fang Qiong had SSS-rank talent and a Good Fortune Formation Spirit Physique.

Lu Changsheng watched Fang Qiong endure the heavenly stairway for days as the Immortal Palace rejected and mocked him. After Fang Qiong overcame his inner demon, Lu Changsheng offered to take him as a disciple, and Fang Qiong accepted.

• Lu Changsheng stayed beside the heavenly stairway while Fang Qiong continued kneeling, and Xian Rusheng and Xian Huaxuan left.
• After days of enduring the stairway, Fang Qiong told Lu Changsheng that he wanted to join the Immortal Palace to gain strength and avenge his Lineage.
• Immortal Palace disciples mocked Fang Qiong as his body weakened, and their words caused his Dao heart to waver.
• Fang Qiong remembered his mother sending him away during the slaughter of his Lineage, dispelled his inner demon, and straightened his spine.
• Lu Changsheng offered to become Fang Qiong's master, and Fang Qiong rose and knelt before him, declaring himself his disciple.

Lu Changsheng gained the Eye of Heaven Scrutiny and accepted Fang Qiong as his disciple after restoring him from the strain of the Immortal Palace’s heavenly stairway. He met the Immortal Emperor to collect materials and discuss the Evil Devil Domain, then left with Fang Qiong, who received an Immortal Emperor Token.

• Lu Changsheng gained the Eye of Heaven Scrutiny, which let him see through arrays, talismans, weaknesses, attacks, and items.
• Lu Changsheng healed Fang Qiong with his intent of unending life and accepted him as his disciple despite the Immortal Palace disciples’ doubts about Fang Qiong’s talent.
• Xian Rusheng told Lu Changsheng that the Immortal Emperor wished to see him, and Xian Rusheng predicted Fang Qiong would become a powerful cultivator.
• Lu Changsheng brought Fang Qiong to the Immortal Emperor, collected a storage ring of materials, and discussed the Evil Devil Domain with the Immortal Emperor.
• The Immortal Emperor offered to take Fang Qiong as his disciple, but Fang Qiong refused because he had already accepted Lu Changsheng as his master.
• The Immortal Emperor gave Fang Qiong an Immortal Emperor Token.