Recaps

Lu Qing'an visited Wu Ciren to obtain Primordial Heart-Returning Vine, but also gave her a Divine Crystal and warned her that the Demon Domain was growing more dangerous. Wu Ciren refined the crystal, gained over a million years’ worth of cultivation, and began considering whether she could remain in seclusion.

• Wu Ciren explained that she had found the Divine Crystal over a hundred thousand years earlier and said she had never seen a black dragon.
• Lu Qing'an clarified that he had come for the Primordial Heart-Returning Vine, and Wu Ciren admitted she had mistaken his purpose and shared what she knew about the crystals and the outside world.
• Wu Ciren gave Lu Qing'an the vine, and he activated the Divine Crystal before giving it to her and warning her about powerful newcomers entering the Demon Nether Cultivation-Devouring Abyss.
• Lu Qing'an left, and Wu Ciren refined the Divine Crystal into her Dantian, gaining more cultivation than she would have earned in over a million years.
• Wu Ciren worried that the crystals would drive experts to grow stronger and wondered whether she would have to leave seclusion, perhaps under the Eternal Night Demon Emperor’s protection.

Liang Juntian and Lin Qingxue learned that Lu Qing'an had grown even more powerful and decided to keep their plans hidden until Xu Qingying finished her seclusion. In the Demon Domain, Xue Tianfei pretended to be sleepy against Lu Qing'an while Hu Xinxin watched her suspiciously.

• Liang Juntian told Lin Qingxue that the Eternal Night Demon Emperor had discovered him and that Lu Zhengran had been delivered to the Demon Domain.
• Lin Qingxue reported that Lu Qing'an had subdued the Saber God who had comprehended the Saber Domain, and she suspected he had used Divine Crystals and resources from beyond the domain.
• Lin Qingxue insisted they wait until Xu Qingying left seclusion before acting, promising that Her Excellency would then give them resources and treasures.
• Liang Juntian worried Lu Zhengran might return, but Lin Qingxue declared that he would stay in the Demon Domain.
• Lu Qing'an watched the Dao of Alchemy Master refine pills while Xue Tianfei leaned against him and Hu Xinxin silently criticized her act of pretending to be tired.

Dao of Alchemy Master’s pill restored the Saber God’s senses, and the Saber God recounted how Divine Crystals led to a Devil Cultivator ambush and his loss of control. He confirmed that a black dragon had driven him into a crazed state.

• Dao of Alchemy Master gave the Saber God a pill, and Lu Qing'an watched as it gradually cleared the Demonic Qi from his heart and mind.
• The Saber God regained his senses, and Lu Qing'an released his restraints while Luo Danhong helped him recover.
• At Lu Qing'an’s request, the Saber God explained that he had found two Divine Crystal pieces about twenty-five thousand years earlier and recently began refining one of them.
• The Saber God said late great emperor cultivators in the Saber Alliance had coveted the larger crystal, then peak great emperor Devil Cultivators had captured and besieged him.
• The Saber God confirmed that a black dragon had appeared and driven him into a crazed state.

The Saber God recounted how a mysterious black dragon helped him refine the Divine Crystal after ten Peak Great Emperor Realm experts attacked him, leaving Lu Qing'an to suspect the crystal had been deliberately left behind. Lu Qing'an kept most of it, gave the Saber God a small piece, and invited him to stay near the courtyard while he recovered.

• The Saber God told Lu Qing'an that ten unfamiliar Peak Great Emperor Realm experts trapped him in a spatial treasure and suppressed him after a sudden pain struck his mind.
• The black dragon appeared as the Saber God prepared to destroy the crystal, taught him to refine it into his Dantian, and the Saber God used its power to kill the attackers before fighting the dragon.
• Lu Qing'an suspected the black dragon had either interfered to keep the Holy Lord from taking the crystal or deliberately left it to draw Lu Qing'an into the matter.
• Lu Qing'an showed the Divine Crystal to the Saber God, then gave him an egg-sized piece after the Saber God declined to ask for it back.
• Lu Qing'an advised the Saber God to rest for several months and invited him to stay near the courtyard, and Luo Danhong encouraged him to accept.

Lu Qing'an gave the Dao of Alchemy Master a piece of Divine Crystal and proposed a contest to encourage his companions to refine theirs faster, while promising to help Xue Tianfei. Later, Lu Zhengran visited the Saber God with Lu Zixuan and Sun Minzi to discuss saber cultivation, and the Saber God welcomed them after learning they were Lu Qing'an's children.

• Lu Qing'an gave the Dao of Alchemy Master a piece of Divine Crystal in exchange for helping refine pills.
• Lu Qing'an proposed rewarding whoever refined their Divine Crystal fastest, and secretly promised Xue Tianfei he would help her refine hers faster.
• Lu Zhengran asked Lu Zixuan and Sun Minzi to accompany him to meet the Saber God.
• Lu Zhengran introduced himself and his companions as Lu Qing'an's children, surprising the Saber God, who invited them inside.

Lu Zhengran asked the Saber God to teach him saber cultivation, but his crude techniques and mediocre talent led the Saber God to suggest he switch to sword cultivation. Lu Zhengran refused, and the Saber God began testing whether he could follow an unconventional path to becoming a great saber cultivator.

• Lu Zhengran praised the Saber God and asked for guidance, then demonstrated the techniques Liang Juntian had taught him.
• The Saber God questioned whether Lu Zhengran was better suited to sword cultivation, but Lu Zhengran insisted that he was committed to the saber.
• After watching the Saber God's battle recording, Lu Zhengran said his first impression was that the fight looked cool, prompting the Saber God to recommend sword cultivation.
• Lu Zhengran declared that hard work and persistence would help him become a top saber cultivator, and the Saber God admired his determination.
• The Saber God tested Lu Zhengran's willingness to use his treasured saber as a tool and to fight with underhanded moves; Lu Zhengran agreed, and the Saber God decided he might suit an unusual saber path.

The Saber God told Lu Zhengran about an unconventional Saber God and encouraged him to try the same unorthodox approach. Lu Zhengran discovered that the style suited him, gained his family’s approval, and decided to learn from the Saber God before returning to the Immortal Ruins.

• The Saber God described how a former cook became a Saber God by using his weapon in unconventional ways and attacking without regard for propriety.
• Lu Zhengran tried the style, using dust, a thrown saber, and unexpected strikes to challenge the Saber God, who praised his talent for the approach.
• Lu Zixuan and Sun Minzi watched in surprise, while Lu Zhengran sought his sister’s opinion and then ran to ask Lu Qing'an and Xiao Qingyi.
• Lu Qing'an and Xiao Qingyi approved of Lu Zhengran following the unusual path, and he returned to the Saber God to learn more.
• Lu Zhengran talked with the Saber God until morning and decided to keep learning from him before returning to the Immortal Ruins.

The Nether Bone Dragon used Divine Crystal from Lu Qing'an to greatly increase its strength, then visited the Azure Sea Dragon and spun a story about how it had obtained the crystal. After sharing a tiny piece, it left the Azure Sea Dragon eager for more and hinted that it had another way to get it.

• The Nether Bone Dragon refined Divine Crystal, grew stronger than an ordinary Peak Great Emperor Realm expert, and decided to make a plan for further progress.
• The Azure Sea Dragon rejected the Nether Bone Dragon's invitation, but the Nether Bone Dragon flew to its dragon palace and told it that Great Emperor Leixiao had apologized and given it Divine Crystal.
• The Nether Bone Dragon contacted Xiao Qingyi, who greeted the Azure Sea Dragon and confirmed that the two dragons had exchanged contact information.
• The Nether Bone Dragon gave the Azure Sea Dragon a tiny piece of Divine Crystal, and the Azure Sea Dragon's strength improved by several thousand years' worth of cultivation.
• The Azure Sea Dragon begged for more Divine Crystal, and the Nether Bone Dragon hinted that it knew another way to get some.

The Nether Bone Dragon persuaded the Azure Sea Dragon and eight other dragons to form a group that would supply dragon kidneys for Miaomiao in exchange for Divine Crystals. The ten strongest dragons in the Demon Domain agreed to join, hoping to grow stronger.

• The Nether Bone Dragon convinced the Azure Sea Dragon that serving Miaomiao dragon kidney soup could earn them Divine Crystals and help them advance.
• The Nether Bone Dragon proposed recruiting more dragons, sharing the crystals he had received with the Sky Giant Dragon and the Flame Wyvern to win them over.
• The Azure Sea Dragon, Sky Giant Dragon, and Flame Wyvern agreed to the plan and helped summon the other six dragons.
• The Nether Bone Dragon gathered the ten strongest dragons in the Demon Domain and explained how he and the others had gained strength despite losing a kidney.
• The other six dragons agreed to join the kidney-supplying group, hoping to receive Divine Crystals and grow stronger.

The Nether Bone Dragon formed a group to supply dragon kidneys in exchange for Divine Crystal, while Lu Qing'an agreed the trade could benefit his children. Lu Qing'an and Xiao Qingyi discussed finding more Divine Crystals before Lu Qing'an called Zhengran over to test his suspected weather-related ability.

• The Nether Bone Dragon and the other dragons chose the name Kidney-Nourishing Dragon Group after agreeing to obtain Devil Beast kidneys and trade them for Divine Crystal.
• Xiao Qingyi told Lu Qing'an about the Nether Bone Dragon's plan, and Lu Qing'an said he would consider paying Divine Crystal for a steady supply of dragon kidneys.
• Lu Qing'an explained that dragon kidneys especially strengthened Miaomiao and could help her develop her physique and power.
• Lu Qing'an and Xiao Qingyi discussed the Divine Crystals still hidden in the Demon Domain and why Lu Qing'an did not plan to travel to the Divine Continent yet.
• Lu Qing'an saw Zhengran sweeping with a treasured saber and called him over so he could test whether making the boy cry would trigger rain.

Lu Qing'an tested whether Lu Zhengran’s tears caused the rain and confirmed that his son had a weather-related ability. The chapter ended with Lu Qing'an reassuring Lu Zhengran about his mother after the boy cried while imagining her suffering.

• Lu Qing'an told Lu Zhengran that it rained whenever he cried and asked him to help test the suspected ability.
• Lu Zhengran tried to cry by imagining his mother alone and broken, and his tears soon streamed uncontrollably.
• A storm gathered over the courtyard as Lu Zhengran cried, and Lu Qing'an confirmed the rain stopped inside a barrier and resumed when he removed it.
• Lu Qing'an waited for Lu Zhengran to calm down, then reassured him that his mother would not abandon her chosen path.

Lu Qing'an took Lu Zhengran to the Demon Race's Ancestral Spirit Blessing Stele, where his son gained the Water God's Teasing ability, which complemented his power to summon rain by crying. Lu Qing'an returned home with him to study how the abilities worked together.

• Xue Tianfei decided to learn from Xu Qingying, whom she considered a benefactor, and told Xiao Qingyi her reasoning.
• Lu Qing'an confirmed that Lu Zhengran's crying caused rain, with harder and longer crying spreading it across Demon Descent City, but no other emotions changed the weather.
• Lu Qing'an took Lu Zhengran to the Demon Race and brought the Ancestral Spirit Blessing Stele out of the Demon Race Purgatory.
• The Ancestral Spirit Blessing Stele gave Lu Zhengran the Water God's Teasing ability, allowing him to manipulate nearby liquids through a demon pattern.
• Lu Qing'an told Lu Zhengran they would study the new ability at home, then left with him while Hu Xinxin prepared to find a successor as clan leader.

Lu Zhengran struggled to use his new water-controlling ability, but Lu Qing'an encouraged him to train hard. After hours of practice, Lu Zhengran learned to shape pond water into a saber, then discovered he could gather rain across a thousand miles into a towering blade.

• Lu Zhengran connected to the pond water through his demonic mark, and Lu Qing'an encouraged him to keep practicing despite his slow progress.
• Lu Zhengran trained for several hours and formed a water saber modeled on Wang Duanshan's treasured saber.
• Lu Qing'an promised to ask Xue Tianfei to find Lu Zhengran spirit stones and a soul Cultivation Method from the Immortal Ruins.
• Lu Zixuan and Lu Miaomiao returned, and Lu Zhengran demonstrated Water God's Teasing by making rain fall from the sky.
• Lu Zhengran found the rain easier to control than the pond water and drew rain from a thousand miles into a gigantic saber, while Lu Qing'an watched proudly.

Lu Zhengran discovered that he could control rain summoned by his crying without tiring, and Lu Qing'an advised him to combine that ability with his Water God's Teasing. Three days later, the Saber God prepared to return to the Saber Alliance after asking Luo Danhong about Lu Qing'an's character, leaving his plans undecided.

• Lu Zhengran shaped the rain from his crying into a giant saber that sliced through a mountain, then found he could freely control falling rain but needed mental strength to control it after it landed.
• Lu Qing'an explained that Lu Zhengran remained connected to the summoned rain while his ability was active and urged him to develop both abilities together.
• Lu Qing'an encouraged Lu Zixuan and Lu Miaomiao to cultivate, while Xue Tianfei and Xiao Qingyi teased him about having more children, and he joked about having decuplets.
• Over the next three days, Lu Zhengran practiced in the courtyard and learned to turn falling rain into tens of thousands of sabers.
• The Saber God told Luo Danhong he planned to return to the Saber Alliance and asked what she thought of Lu Qing'an's trustworthiness and character; Luo Danhong praised him, and the Saber God resolved to decide what to do after leaving.

The Saber God left Lu Qing'an after agreeing to have the Saber Alliance search for Divine Crystals. He secretly traveled to the East Sea to open a bronze treasure coffin, but its power rebounded his attack and left him motionless on the seabed.

• The Saber God thanked Lu Qing'an for his help and said he was returning to lead the Saber Alliance.
• Lu Qing'an proposed that the Saber Alliance search for scattered crystals in exchange for sharing the crystals they found, and the Saber God agreed.
• The Saber God returned to the rebuilt Saber Alliance, restored its operations, then secretly departed for the East Sea with an ancient jade disk.
• The Saber God found a bronze treasure coffin chained on the seabed and used his Saber Domain to strike it, but the coffin remained unharmed.
• When the Saber God prepared to attack again, the coffin's runes reversed his first strike and blasted him into the seabed, leaving his fate unknown.

Lu Zhengran decided to leave the Demon Domain and return to his mother, despite enjoying his time with Lu Qing'an and his sisters. He told Liang Juntian he was coming back that night, leaving his teacher stunned and unable to dissuade him.

• Lu Zhengran spent nearly half a month cultivating in the Demon Domain and mastered control of his two abilities with help from an onion to induce tears.
• Lu Zhengran decided to return after learning from Liang Juntian that his mother would soon emerge from seclusion.
• Liang Juntian assumed Lu Zhengran was calling to say he would stay in the Demon Domain, but Lu Zhengran told him he planned to return that night.
• Liang Juntian urged Lu Zhengran to stay after revealing that his father was the Eternal Night Demon Emperor, but Lu Zhengran said he knew and had made up his mind to go back.

Lu Zhengran decided to return to his mother before she came out of seclusion, despite Liang Juntian and Lin Qingxue trying to keep him away. Lu Qing'an agreed to take him back that night and praised him for growing up.

• Liang Juntian urged Lu Zhengran to stay away, explaining that his absence could help his mother's Immaculate Emperor Position improve, but Lu Zhengran suspected his return had been arranged and decided to go home.
• Lu Zhengran told Liang Juntian he would return that night so he could speak with his mother before she left seclusion.
• Liang Juntian informed Lin Qingxue that Lu Zhengran was coming back with the Eternal Night Demon Emperor, and Lin Qingxue cursed when their plans were threatened.
• Lu Zhengran told Lu Qing'an he wanted to return for his mother, and Lu Qing'an agreed to take him that night and praised his growing maturity.

Lu Zhengran announced that he was leaving the Demon Domain and returning to Green Mountain Academy, while his family and friends gave him gifts and farewells. After sharing a final goodbye with his sisters, he followed Lu Qing'an into a void passage.

• Lu Zhengran told everyone at dinner that he would leave the Demon Domain after the meal, and he thanked his family and friends for their care and guidance.
• Xue Tianfei gave Lu Zhengran a soul Cultivation Method and three hundred million Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones, which Lu Qing'an told him to accept and use wisely.
• Lu Zhengran explained to Lu Zixuan that he was returning because of his mother, then visited Lu Miaomiao before preparing to leave.
• Lu Qing'an opened a black hole in the void, and Lu Zhengran said goodbye to the people in the courtyard.
• Lu Zixuan and Lu Miaomiao appeared at the house entrance to wave goodbye, and Lu Zhengran followed Lu Qing'an into the void passage.

Lu Qing'an returned Lu Zhengran to Green Mountain Academy, threatened Liang Juntian over the schemes against his son, and said goodbye to Zhengran. The chapter ended with Lu Qing'an stepping back through the void as rain began to fall.

• Lu Qing'an and Lu Zhengran arrived above Green Mountain Academy and went to see Liang Juntian.
• Lu Qing'an warned Liang Juntian that he and Lin Qingxue would be held responsible if anything happened to Lu Zhengran, and pretended to mark Liang with a tracking method.
• Lu Qing'an gave Lu Zhengran a half blade and told him to contact him whenever he wanted to visit or eat Grandpa Xiao's cooking.
• Lu Zhengran hugged his father, thanked him, and asked him to tell his sisters that he had returned safely.
• Lu Qing'an entered the void and disappeared as rain fell over the academy.

Lu Zhengran confronted Liang Juntian for tricking him into going to the Demon Domain and ended their teacher-student relationship. After the Eternal Night Demon Emperor’s threat left Liang Juntian terrified, he and Lin Qingxue decided to keep Lu Zhengran under watch so nothing happened to him.

• Lu Zhengran questioned Liang Juntian about sending him to the Demon Domain, and Liang Juntian admitted he had deliberately deceived him.
• Lu Zhengran cut off their teacher-student bond, discarded Liang Juntian’s gifts and time-treasure token, and repeated Demon Emperor Dugu’s insult about Liang Juntian’s saber technique.
• Liang Juntian told Lin Qingxue that Lu Qing'an had returned Lu Zhengran personally and had used an undetectable Devil Cultivation Method on him.
• Lin Qingxue and Liang Juntian agreed that Liang Juntian would watch Lu Zhengran from the shadows and prevent anything from happening to him.

Lu Zhengran reunited with his younger siblings and revealed how his father had helped him reach the Peak Mahayana Realm and meet Xue Tianfei. The siblings learned that Lu Zhengran's father was exceptionally close to the Eternal Night Demon Emperor.

• Lu Zhengran returned home, found his mother still in seclusion, and summoned his younger brothers and sisters.
• Lu Zhengran's siblings were stunned to discover that he had reached the Peak Mahayana Realm, and he credited his father for his cultivation.
• Lu Zhengran gave Huang Rong a portrait of Xue Tianfei bearing signatures from Xue Tianfei and Great Emperor Ice Glaze.
• Lu Zhengran told his siblings that Xue Tianfei had visited his father's home and was even more beautiful in person than in the portrait.
• Lu Zhengran said his father and the Eternal Night Demon Emperor had grown up wearing the same pair of pants, leaving his siblings speechless.

Lu Zhengran revealed to his friends that his father, Lu Qing'an, was the Eternal Night Demon Emperor and gave each of them a Demon God Mother Tree leaf. The friends rushed home to spread the news, leaving the chubby boy’s father stunned by the portrait and the rare leaf.

• Lu Zhengran showed his friends a signed portrait of the Eternal Night Demon Emperor, and the tall, thin boy recognized the figure as Lu Zhengran’s father.
• Lu Zhengran confirmed that his father was the Eternal Night Demon Emperor and gave each friend a Demon God Mother Tree leaf.
• Lu Zhengran told the group that Xue Tianfei was his stepmother, and the stunned friends hurried home to tell their families.
• The chubby boy interrupted his parents to report the news, then showed his father Lu Qing'an’s portrait and a leaf from the top of the Demon God Mother Tree.
• The middle-aged man recognized Lu Qing'an in the portrait and went weak at the sight of the leaf.

Zhen Shuang and several Great Emperor Realm experts learned that Lu Qing'an was the Eternal Night Demon Emperor and went to the Zhao Household hoping to meet Li Feiyu. Zhao Hanfeng realized he had twice ignored Lu Qing'an's greetings and broke down in regret.

• Zhen Shuang confirmed that Zhen Pengda had brought him a leaf from the Demon God Mother Tree and concluded that Lu Zhengran was the Eternal Night Demon Emperor.
• Li Yunshuang and Zhao Hanfeng struggled to recruit enough Great Emperor Realm experts to help her younger brother, Li Feiyu, and considered offering more leaves or posting a reward.
• Zhen Shuang and several other Great Emperor Realm experts arrived at the Zhao Household, explaining that they wanted to meet Li Feiyu because of his relationship with the Eternal Night Demon Emperor.
• Zhao Hanfeng and Li Yunshuang learned that Lu Qing'an was the Eternal Night Demon Emperor.
• Zhao Hanfeng admitted that he had twice ignored Lu Qing'an when Lu Qing'an greeted him, then slapped himself in regret.

Zhao Hanfeng regretted twice failing to recognize the Eternal Night Demon Emperor and decided to rely on Li Feiyu to repair the relationship. When Li Feiyu broke through to the Emperor Realm, he gained the Male Phoenix Nirvana Emperor Position, which tied him publicly to Huangfu Qi and left him unhappy.

• Zhao Hanfeng slapped himself again for missing two chances to earn the Eternal Night Demon Emperor’s goodwill and resolved to curry favor with Li Feiyu.
• A breakthrough phenomenon appeared, and Li Yunshuang and Zhao Hanfeng realized Li Feiyu had reached the Emperor Realm.
• Li Feiyu rose into the sky with the Male Phoenix Nirvana Emperor Position, surprising the gathered experts and troubling him because Huangfu Qi possessed its counterpart.
• Li Feiyu joined his sister and brother-in-law, then asked whether they had arranged what he requested.
• Zhao Hanfeng and Li Yunshuang introduced Zhen Shuang and the other Great Emperor Realm experts, who eagerly offered to expend cultivation to help Li Feiyu; he realized they hoped to connect with the Eternal Night Demon Emperor through him.

Li Feiyu brought out the Dao-Devouring Mystic Lotus to help Zhao Hanfeng and Li Yunshuang advance, drawing the attention of greedy Great Emperor Realm cultivators. As several cultivators moved to seize the treasure, Liang Juntian appeared to defend Li Feiyu and his allies.

• Li Feiyu revealed the Dao-Devouring Mystic Lotus, and the gathered cultivators recognized it as a supreme treasure from the Demon Domain.
• Liang Juntian retreated ten thousand li, while Zhao Hanfeng, Li Yunshuang, Zhen Shuang, and the others channeled their cultivation into the lotus.
• Two peak Great Emperor Realm experts plotted to take the lotus, but Liang Juntian rejected their attempt to recruit him.
• The two elders called on others to make Li Feiyu sell the treasure, and eight Great Emperor Realm cultivators stepped forward in support.
• Liang Juntian appeared above Li Feiyu and his allies and shouted that no one would touch the treasure.