Recaps

Lu Qing'an secured blessings for his daughters, drew Xu Xuanyu back into cultivation, and watched Lu Zixuan rise to the top of Demon Willow Academy. As the Holy Spirit Organization’s plans came into view, he began collecting Divine Crystals and confronted a hidden force guarding them.

• Lu Qing'an dug up the Ancestral Spirit Blessing Stele and had it bless Lu Zixuan, Sun Minzi, and Lu Miaomiao with powerful new abilities.
• Lu Qing'an helped Xu Xuanyu recover his cultivation through a dangerous pill treatment, then arranged for him to study at Demon Willow Academy.
• Lu Zixuan defeated Guo Zhipeng and overcame Guo Yanbin with her spirit soldiers and Cold Crystal Forbidden Land, while Zhou Xiachen revealed that she was his Martial Aunt.
• Lu Qing'an confronted the Guo Household and took its Golden Crow Flame in exchange for Demon Crystals, then gave the flame to Sun Minzi to study.
• Lu Qing'an revived the soul within the Demon God Mother Tree and learned that the Holy Spirit Organization had targeted him, with Little Blackie serving as its second-in-command.
• Lu Qing'an learned from Liu Xiyue about Divine Crystals and traveled with him, Xue Tianfei, and Xiao Qingyi to a guarded valley where several crystals lay hidden.
• Lu Qing'an subdued the Earth Soul Flame and took a Divine Crystal, then approached the largest crystal as Liu Xiyue warned that the unseen guardian might attack.

Lu Qing'an gathered Divine Crystals to strengthen his companions, while Xu Xuanyu revealed his connection to the Eternal Night Demon Emperor and Lu Qing'an welcomed his son Lu Zhengran to the Demon Domain. The arc ended with Li Cangxuan teaching Lu Zhengran and privately asking Lu Qing'an whether the boy was truly his son.

• Lu Qing'an captured a man-eating flower transformed into an Ominous Living Being, took its Divine Crystal, and used his energy body to seize a sentient red crystal that could slip into the void.
• Lu Qing'an learned about Divine Crystal grades and elements, then helped Xiao Qingyi, Xue Tianfei, and several friends refine crystals and rapidly improve their cultivation.
• At a feast, Lu Qing'an arranged Li Cangxuan and Zhao Wutong’s engagement, shared an affectionate moment with Xue Tianfei, and helped Xu Xuanyu advance to the Late Great Emperor Realm.
• Xu Xuanyu met Li Feiyu at the realm wall, gave him a Dao-Devouring Mystic Lotus, and revealed that Lu Qing'an was the Eternal Night Demon Emperor, while using that identity to frighten an old devil into fleeing.
• Xiao Qingyi confronted Great Emperor Yin Mountain and beat him nearly senseless, while Li Feiyu gave Li Yunshuang a Demon God Mother Tree leaf and asked her to find cultivators who could help him break through.
• Lu Zhengran left Green Mountain Academy for the Demon Domain, where Lu Qing'an welcomed him and brought him to the courtyard, and Xiao Qingyi entertained him with stories while Lu Zhengran mistook him for the Eternal Night Demon Emperor.
• Lu Zhengran met Li Cangxuan, who taught him a better saber technique, then returned inside and asked Lu Qing'an whether Lu Zhengran was really his son.

Lu Qing'an reunited Lu Zhengran with his siblings and brought him into the family’s circle before investigating Little Blackie’s clash with the Saber God. He subdued the Saber God and brought him home for treatment, then went to Wu Ciren to seek the vine needed for the cure.

• Lu Qing'an comforted Lu Zhengran, introduced him to his sisters at Demon Willow Academy, and helped him begin cultivating again, though Lu Miaomiao still ignored him.
• Lu Zhengran learned that Lu Qing'an was the Eternal Night Demon Emperor, then lost sparring matches to Lu Zixuan and Lu Miaomiao before Lu Qing'an guided him through enlightenment and his foundation stabilized.
• Lu Qing'an welcomed Lu Zhengran into a gathering with his family and powerful guests, while Xiao Qingyi and the Nether Bone Dragon obtained organs from three dragons for dinner.
• Lu Qing'an investigated the Saber Alliance’s ruins, learned Little Blackie had fought the Saber God and escaped, and eliminated ten members of a mysterious organization among the spectators.
• Lu Qing'an broke the Saber Domain, subdued the maddened Saber God, and removed his activated water-attribute Divine Crystal after the Saber God challenged him.
• The Dao of Alchemy Master said he could cure the Saber God once they obtained a primordial heart-returning vine, and Lu Qing'an turned the refined Saber Domain into a training trial before leaving for Wu Ciren’s pagoda.
• Lu Qing'an found that Wu Ciren still had the vine, and she offered him her Divine Crystal after mistaking it for what he wanted.

Lu Qing'an distributed Divine Crystals, helped Lu Zhengran develop his rain and water abilities, and brought him home to reunite with his mother. After Lu Zhengran revealed his father's identity to his friends, Li Feiyu's breakthrough drew powerful cultivators to him, and Liang Juntian intervened when they threatened his treasure.

• Lu Qing'an gave Wu Ciren the Primordial Heart-Returning Vine and activated her Divine Crystal, then warned her that powerful newcomers were entering the Demon Nether Cultivation-Devouring Abyss.
• The Saber God recovered his senses, told Lu Qing'an how the black dragon had led him to refine a Divine Crystal, and received a piece of Lu Qing'an's crystal.
• The Nether Bone Dragon recruited nine other dragons into the Kidney-Nourishing Dragon Group, and Lu Qing'an considered trading Divine Crystals for a steady supply of dragon kidneys.
• Lu Qing'an discovered that Lu Zhengran's tears brought rain, obtained the Water God's Teasing ability for him, and encouraged him as he learned to control rain and shape it into sabers.
• The Saber God returned to the Saber Alliance and agreed to search for scattered Divine Crystals, then went to the East Sea and was blasted into the seabed by a bronze treasure coffin.
• Lu Zhengran left the Demon Domain to return to his mother, and Lu Qing'an took him home before warning Liang Juntian and leaving him a half blade.
• Lu Zhengran cut ties with Liang Juntian, reunited with his siblings, and revealed to friends that Lu Qing'an was the Eternal Night Demon Emperor.
• Zhen Shuang and other Great Emperor Realm cultivators went to the Zhao Household after learning of Lu Zhengran's connection to Lu Qing'an, while Li Feiyu broke through to the Emperor Realm.
• Li Feiyu revealed the Dao-Devouring Mystic Lotus, and when cultivators threatened to take it, Liang Juntian stood with Li Feiyu and his allies.