Chapter Summaries

Lu Changsheng learned from the Cottage's former hall master that the Evil Devil Domain was only a pawn and that he should conceal his strength to protect the Mortal Realm and his disciples. He then went to the Immortal Emperor, who asked him to eliminate several remaining Evil Devil Domain forces.

• Lu Changsheng used an External Avatar to bring the milky-white stones together and summon the Cottage's former hall master.
• The former hall master warned Lu Changsheng that a stronger force was behind the Evil Devil Domain and advised him to hide his strength and avoid using excessive force.
• After the phantom vanished and the stones broke, Lu Changsheng resolved to push his disciples to grow stronger and lamented that he missed his old master.
• Lu Changsheng went to the Immortal Emperor Palace and asked the Immortal Emperor to send people to the Mortal Realm; the Immortal Emperor said his army was ready at the Immortal Realm Passage.
• The Immortal Emperor asked Lu Changsheng to deal with several remaining Evil Devil Domain forces, and Lu Changsheng agreed after learning they were weaker than the Immortal Emperor.

Lu Changsheng arrived at the front lines as the Immortal Emperor’s unexpectedly prominent Prince Regent and learned about the Evil Devil Domain’s forces. He went ahead alone, promising to eliminate their outposts, and was waiting at the enemy heartland when the others arrived, leaving them stunned by how quickly he had acted.

• The Immortal Emperor secretly appointed Lu Changsheng Prince Regent, and the gathered troops welcomed him as he arrived at the command tent.
• Xiao Han explained that the forces had uncovered numerous Evil Devil Domain remnants, whose formations and reinforcements had stalled the campaign.
• Lu Changsheng asked whether the enemy had revealed its hidden forces, then vanished and said he would destroy the four outposts before meeting the others at the heartland.
• The Valley Master of Fen Yan Valley convinced the doubtful troops to follow Lu Changsheng’s orders, and they hurried toward the heartland.
• The troops found Lu Changsheng waiting there in less than the time it took an incense stick to burn, and he calmly told them to prepare to act.

Lu Changsheng joined Xiao Han and the Immortal Emperor Palace to break through the Evil Devil Domain’s barrier and defeat its forces. After erasing the enemy and all traces of the battle, he left, and Xiao Han wondered whether his strength surpassed even the three masters of Heaven-Reaching Mountain.

• Xiao Han led the Immortal Emperor Palace forces to confront the gray-haired man and his defenders behind a barrier.
• Lu Changsheng cracked the barrier with a touch and shattered it completely, then killed the gray-haired leader and burned his corpse.
• Lu Changsheng summoned the God-Slaying Sword Array and slaughtered the remaining Evil Devil Domain forces.
• Lu Changsheng burned away the corpses, told the Immortal Emperor Palace forces the matter was settled, and vanished.
• Fen Yan’s father rebuked him for asking whether their ancestor could match Lu Changsheng’s mastery of fire.
• Xiao Han wondered whether Lu Changsheng had reached or surpassed the realm of the three masters on Heaven-Reaching Mountain.

Lu Changsheng and the Immortal Emperor arranged for Divine Lord Hao Tian to rally the High-Latitude Realm’s forces, then Lu Changsheng returned to the Fusheng Diagram to prepare his disciples for the coming invasion. The system recommended special training focused on cultivation and Dao Law for most of them, and physique and Dao Law for Xiao Hei.

• The Immortal Emperor and his army honored the Mortal Realm’s fallen at the Ancient Battlefield, where he and Lu Changsheng planned to organize their defenses.
• Lu Changsheng asked the Immortal Emperor to lend his name so Divine Lord Hao Tian could mobilize the High-Latitude Realm’s fighting forces.
• Divine Lord Hao Tian agreed to lead the mobilization, and the Immortal Emperor promised to take him to the Immortal Realm after the crisis.
• Lu Changsheng left the preparations to them and entered the Fusheng Diagram to train his disciples, who had strengthened their Dao foundations and made gains in Dao Law.
• Lu Changsheng asked the system to devise a special training plan, and it recommended cultivation and Dao Law for everyone except Xiao Hei, who should focus on physique and Dao Law.

Lu Changsheng guided his disciples and allies through nine years of intensive cultivation inside the Fusheng Diagram, dramatically strengthening them against the Evil Devil Domain. With only two days remaining outside before the Immortal Realm Passage was fully covered in evil Qi, he prepared to leave and took Shi Sheng with him to subdue the Heaven-Suppressing Pagoda.

• Lu Changsheng taught Fang Qiong and Mu Wan'er, showing Fang Qiong the Lesser God-Slaying Sword Array and advising Mu Wan'er on her pill refining.
• After nine years in the Fusheng Diagram, Ye Qiubai reached early God Lord, Hong Ying and several others reached mid-stage God Lord, and the disciples made major gains in their respective paths.
• Liu Ziru advanced to early Divine Lord, Xiangliu reached Half-Step God Emperor, and Huang Qian broke through to God Emperor.
• Lu Changsheng said the Immortal Realm Passage had been covered in evil Qi and told the group to prepare to leave, then called Shi Sheng to help him subdue the Heaven-Suppressing Pagoda.

Lu Changsheng strengthened the Ancient Battlefield’s defenses and unveiled cannons powerful enough to rival Peak God Emperor attacks. With less than two days before the enemy arrived, he took Shi Sheng to remove the Heaven-Suppressing Pagoda so he could repair and improve it.

• The Immortal Emperor showed Lu Changsheng and Teacher the defenses and asked Lu Changsheng to strengthen the arrays.
• Lu Changsheng reinforced the defenses, then placed roughly two hundred cannons on the city walls; Divine Lord Hao Tian accidentally fired one and destroyed a tower.
• The Immortal Emperor warned that the Evil Devil Domain would arrive in less than two days, and Lu Changsheng left with Shi Sheng to handle another matter.
• Lu Changsheng entered the Immortal Realm Passage and told Shi Sheng to take the Heaven-Suppressing Pagoda, explaining that its remaining suppressive power would last for two days.
• Lu Changsheng saw the Pagoda’s flaws and planned to repair and improve it.

After Shi Sheng took possession of the Heaven-Suppressing Pagoda, Lu Changsheng began repairing it while the Evil Devil Domain prepared to attack. The Evil Lord and Devil God broke the barrier two days early, and the Mortal Realm mobilized to meet the invasion.

• Shi Sheng claimed the Heaven-Suppressing Pagoda, broke through to the mid-stage God Lord realm, and returned with Lu Changsheng to the Changsheng Realm.
• Lu Changsheng began repairing the pagoda by clearing away Evil Devil Qi and restoring its Power of Rules, surprising the four Human Ancestors’ remnant souls.
• The four elders summoned the Evil Lord and Devil God, who gathered the forces’ Evil Devil Qi into a spear and shattered the barrier.
• The Evil Lord ordered the armies to raze the Mortal Realm, and the Devil God commanded them to advance through the Immortal Realm Passage.
• The Immortal Emperor sensed the invasion and put the Ancient Battlefield on alert, Divine Lord Hao Tian contacted Lu Changsheng, and three old men appeared outside the city walls.

As the Mortal Realm prepared for war, Lu Changsheng’s allies and several Immortal Ancestors gathered to face the Evil Devil Domain’s first assault. The enemy’s advance was stalled by a powerful flight-restricting formation, forcing the Evil Lord and Devil God to establish their base behind the mountains.

• Mu Zhengting and Mu Qingqing sent supplies as factions across the Mortal Realm mobilized for battle.
• The seven Divine Lords, the Primordial Sword Master, and other experts assembled on the city walls, while Ye Qiubai arrived and said Lu Changsheng would watch from the shadows.
• The Evil Lord and Devil God sent aerial troops and nearly three hundred God Emperor experts over the mountains, but the formation slowed or grounded them.
• The Evil Lord and Devil God failed to locate the formation’s foundation and sensed a bare plain beyond the mountains.
• The Evil Lord and Devil God ordered their logistics troops to establish a base before the mountains, as the Immortal Emperor had intended.

The Mortal Realm’s leaders prepared to face the overwhelming Evil Devil Domain army, while the Immortal Emperor and the others learned that Elder Yang was a half-step Immortal Ancestor. The three Immortal Ancestors went to meet the Devil God and Evil Lord as the enemy forces reached the plain, leaving the Mortal Realm’s defenders to face the coming battle.

• The Dark Lord reported that the Evil Devil Domain had nearly three hundred God Emperors in reserve and suspected the Divine Realm was supporting it.
• Elder Yang arrived and revealed his standing as an equal to the three Immortal Ancestors, while the defenders worried that their forces remained badly outnumbered.
• Ye Qiubai reassured the others that Lu Changsheng would intervene if the battle became impossible to handle, and the defenders awaited the enemy’s approach.
• The Immortal Emperor ordered everyone to prepare as the Evil Devil Domain’s army advanced beneath blood-colored clouds.
• The three Immortal Ancestors confronted the Devil God and Evil Lord, then the enemy army reached the plain under the flight-restricting array.

The Immortal Realm and Mortal Realm opened the battle with cannons powered by the Power of Rules, inflicting heavy losses on the Evil Devil Domain before its Purgatory Imperial Guard charged the walls. Mu Fusheng strengthened the defenders with Divine Talismans of Creation, and the Immortal Emperor and Mortal Realm leaders prepared to burn their lives and souls as the vastly outnumbered sides faced the attack.

• The Immortal Emperor ordered two hundred cannons to fire, and their Power of Rules blasts devastated the front ranks of the Evil Devil Domain's army.
• The grand elder sent the Purgatory Imperial Guard to intercept the cannonballs and charge the walls.
• The Immortal Emperor, Elder Yang, Huang Qian, and the Immortal Realm's God Emperors went out to meet the attackers, while Mu Fusheng gave them Divine Talismans of Creation that raised some of their cultivation stages.
• The Immortal Emperor called on the defenders to fight to the death, and the Immortal Realm experts began burning their lives and souls.
• Divine Lord Hao Tian, the Primordial Sword Master, and the other Mortal Realm Divine Lords crossed the walls to join the battle as the Evil Devil Domain's forces approached.

As the Immortal Emperor’s forces prepared for a final assault, Grandpa Yao appeared and killed the Purgatory Imperial Guard’s leader with one finger. He forced both sides to suspend their God Emperor Realm fighters, and the Evil Devil Domain withdrew its guard.

• The Immortal Emperor’s forces prepared to burn their lives in a desperate attack while the Purgatory Imperial Guard charged them.
• Huang Qian revealed her Divine Phoenix form, and the Devil God ordered that she be captured alive as his mount.
• Grandpa Yao appeared between the armies and killed the Purgatory Imperial Guard’s leader with a single finger.
• Mu Wan’er recognized Grandpa Yao as the herbalist she had once met while gathering spirit herbs in the Purple Extremity Domain.
• Grandpa Yao proposed that God Emperor Realm experts on both sides refrain from fighting, and the Devil God and Evil Lord accepted after realizing they could not gauge his strength.
• The Devil God and Evil Lord ordered the Purgatory Imperial Guard to withdraw.

The Mortal Realm celebrated its first victory after Elder Yao halted the Purgatory Imperial Guard, but Mu Fusheng and Hong Ying suspected that he knew Lu Changsheng was watching. On the third day, the Evil Devil Domain launched another assault behind the Black Devil Evil God Shield, forcing the defenders to prepare for battle.

• The Evil Devil Domain's army retreated, and the Dark Lord ordered news of the Mortal Realm's victory spread while the Immortal Emperor organized recovery and defenses.
• Mu Wan'er and the Immortal Ancestors questioned Elder Yao about his strength and origins, but he declined to explain and left the next decisions to the others.
• Mu Fusheng and Hong Ying concluded that Elder Yao probably knew Lu Changsheng was observing the battlefield, and Elder Yao secretly glanced at them without commenting.
• Three days later, the Evil Devil Domain returned with the Black Devil Evil God Shield, which withstood the defenders' cannon fire without cracking.
• The grand elder ordered the Evil Devil Domain's forces to advance, and the Immortal Emperor and the sect leaders prepared their fighters for the coming battle.
• Ye Qiubai readied his sword and told his companions not to disgrace their master, prompting Mu Fusheng to protest when Ye Qiubai mentioned Xiao Hei's cooking.

The Mortal Realm and Immortal Realm armies clashed with the Evil Devil Domain, whose disciplined shield-and-spear formation inflicted heavy casualties. Fang Qiong and Mu Fusheng countered the Great Chaos Array, leaving the rear ranks exposed as Ye Qiubai and the others prepared to press their attack.

• The Immortal Emperor ordered the allied forces to charge while ranged fighters and talisman masters supported them from the walls.
• The Devil Shield Army and Evil Spear Army broke the allied front, while ranged attacks from the rear drove their forces back with heavy losses.
• The Evil Devil Domain's grand elder ordered the Devious Arts Imperial Guards to deploy the Great Chaos Array, which dispersed attacks from arrays and talismans below the God Lord Realm.
• Fang Qiong formed God Lord-level arrays and Mu Fusheng unleashed hundreds of God Lord-level talismans.
• Fang Qiong used the Primordial Beginning Array to stop the Great Chaos Array from drawing on the Power of Rules, and he and Mu Fusheng bombarded the enemy's rear ranks.
• Ye Qiubai and the others smiled and prepared to keep the spotlight from falling entirely on Fang Qiong and Mu Fusheng.

Ye Qiubai and his companions broke through the Evil Devil Domain’s ranks and briefly turned the tide, prompting enemy commanders to target them. Xiao Shitou faced five Late God Lord Realm commanders alone and used his Void Sacred Body to evade them and twist one commander’s arm through space.

• Mu Fusheng and Fang Qiong’s formations and talismans inflicted heavy losses on the Evil Devil Domain’s rear ranks and gave the frontline cultivators time to recover.
• Ye Qiubai revealed his Mystic Transformation Realm Sword Dao and pierced the Devil Shield Army’s formation, while Hong Ying, Xiao Hei, Shi Sheng, Ning Chenxin, Mu Wan'er, and Xiao Shitou tore through the enemy ranks.
• The Mortal Realm and Immortal Realm cultivators rallied and temporarily halted the enemy advance, but the First Elder ordered dozens of Evil Devil Domain commanders to attack them.
• Five Late God Lord Realm commanders surrounded Xiao Shitou, who declined Hong Ying’s offer of help and chose to fight them alone.
• Xiao Shitou vanished into space to evade the commanders’ spears, then emerged behind one and twisted his arm before slipping back into space.

Xiao Shitou used his Void Sacred Body and mastery of space to kill the five Evil Spear Army commanders. While he and Ye Qiubai’s group continued fighting, several Mortal Realm and Immortal Realm Divine Lords struggled, and the Heavenly Fire Divine Lord was killed.

• Xiao Shitou trapped five Evil Spear Army commanders in a Space Cage and killed three with swords of space.
• Xiao Shitou evaded the remaining two commanders’ attacks, immobilized them, and erased their heads by distorting space.
• Ye Qiubai and the other disciples returned to fighting the enemy army, while Xiao Shitou joined them after finding they needed no help.
• The Immortal Emperor watched Xiao Shitou’s battle and was astonished by his mastery of the Dao of Space.
• Divine Lord Hao Tian won but was gravely injured, while the Yin-Yang Divine Lord, the Firmament Divine Lord, and the Desolation Lord suffered defeats.
• The Heavenly Fire Divine Lord of Pure Yang Heavenly Fire Valley was surrounded and killed.

As the Evil Devil Domain’s army overwhelmed the Mortal and Immortal Realms, Mu Fusheng took command of the talisman masters and used a new talisman to gather their lightning and soul power. The Myriad Transformation Thunderstorm Talisman continued to absorb talismans from his spatial ring, and its power was still growing.

• The Heavenly Fire Divine Lord fell to four Late God Lord Realm commanders, while Divine Lord Hao Tian and the three Immortal Ancestors faced the advancing Evil Devil Domain army.
• Fang Qiong broke the Devious Arts Imperial Guard’s Great Chaos Array, but aerial strikers and marauders blocked most of the allied talisman and array attacks.
• Mu Fusheng asked the Immortal Emperor to halt the talisman masters’ attacks and used a lightning barrier to delay the enemy army.
• The Immortal Emperor ordered all talisman masters to follow Mu Fusheng, who directed lightning-attribute talismans toward his new Myriad Transformation Thunderstorm Talisman and had the others pour soul power into his brush.
• Mu Fusheng merged the lightning talismans into the new talisman, then broke open a spatial ring and added its vast store of talismans.

Mu Fusheng channeled countless lightning talismans into the Myriad Transformation Thunderstorm Talisman while the battlefield’s powerhouses tried to protect him and the enemy tried to stop him. Ye Qiubai and his companions held back the advancing army, and Ye Qiubai unleashed the Azure Cloud Sword’s power, carving a vast gap through the enemy ranks.

• The Evil Devil Domain’s grand elder ordered the Devious Arts Imperial Guard to attack Mu Fusheng, while the Immortal Emperor ordered the formation masters to protect him.
• Mu Fusheng told Ye Qiubai that he needed one incense stick to complete the talisman, and Ye Qiubai and his companions moved to hold back the enemy.
• Ye Qiubai revealed the Azure Cloud Sword, and the Evil Lord, Devil God, and Immortal Realm powerhouses recognized it as a sacred weapon.
• Hong Ying, Ning Chenxin, Xiao Hei, Shi Sheng, Xiao Shitou, and Mu Wan'er unleashed their abilities to slow the Evil Devil Domain’s army.
• Ye Qiubai killed more than a dozen God Lord Realm commanders with a single sword strike.
• Ye Qiubai drew half the Azure Cloud Sword and unleashed a slash that split the ground and clouds, killing everyone in its path and opening a gap hundreds of li long in the enemy army.

Ye Qiubai and his companions held back the Evil Devil Domain’s army while Mu Fusheng unleashed the Myriad Transformation Thunderstorm Talisman, devastating the enemy forces and turning the second battle into a victory. The enemy retreated to its stronghold after Mu Fusheng bluffed that the talisman could strike again.

• Ye Qiubai and his companions fought at full strength, slowing the Evil Devil Domain’s advance and relieving pressure on the Mortal Realm and Immortal Realm forces.
• Mu Fusheng completed the Myriad Transformation Thunderstorm Talisman and withdrew Ye Qiubai and the others before directing its lightning toward the enemy army.
• The three Immortal Ancestors confronted the Evil Lord and Devil God, while Elder Yao warned them not to let God Emperor-level experts interfere.
• Mu Fusheng redirected the lightning spheres around the enemy’s shields and detonated them inside the army, destroying about twenty percent of its forces.
• The Immortal Emperor ordered a counterattack, and the Evil Devil Domain’s great elder ordered a retreat after Mu Fusheng pretended his talisman could be used again.

After Mu Fusheng’s talisman helped win the second battle, Ye Qiubai proposed a surprise attack on the Evil Devil Domain’s base to disrupt its supplies before its third assault. He and the others reached the mountains under cover of night, where they discovered the enemy was also moving in secret.

• The Evil Devil Domain’s army retreated to reorganize after suffering heavy losses, while Mu Fusheng received credit for the victory.
• Ning Chenxin questioned whether war could be avoided, and his teacher urged him to seek his own answer while supporting his efforts.
• The Dark Domain publicized the victory, boosting morale and prompting Mortal Realm factions and Rogue Cultivators to send aid to the front lines.
• Ye Qiubai persuaded the Immortal Emperor and the teacher to approve a plan to sneak through the mountains and destroy the Evil Devil Domain’s base.
• Mu Fusheng left talismans to help defend the front, and Ye Qiubai and the others crossed the plain under concealment and hid in the mountains.
• Before sunrise, Ye Qiubai and the others spotted Evil Devil Domain soldiers advancing beneath black cloaks for a surprise attack.

Ye Qiubai and his companions helped the Mortal Realm prepare for the Evil Devil Domain’s third assault, then attacked the enemy’s strongholds and destroyed most of its supplies. The Purgatory Imperial Guard confronted them, but Elder Yao’s prohibition prevented the God Emperor experts from attacking.

• Ye Qiubai and his companions warned the Immortal Emperor of the concealed army, prompting defenses and traps to be prepared before the Evil Devil Domain began its third attack.
• As the armies clashed on the plain, Ye Qiubai and his companions crossed the mountains and found the enemy strongholds lightly guarded by troops below the God Emperor realm.
• Ye Qiubai sent Xiao Shitou to locate the supply stores and plant Mu Fusheng’s talismans while remaining undetected.
• Mu Fusheng activated the talismans, and their lightning blasts destroyed eighty percent of the Evil Devil Domain army’s supplies.
• The Purgatory Imperial Guard demanded that Ye Qiubai and the others show themselves, but Ye Qiubai reminded them that Elder Yao would retaliate if they attacked.