Chapter Summaries

Lu Qing'an ignored his system’s repeated urging to divorce Xu Qingying, believing his thousand-year marriage and family were more important than gaining more power. After learning that Xu Qingying had asked their children whom they would follow if their parents separated, he confronted her and heard her ask for a divorce.

• Lu Qing'an refused the system’s offer of a millionfold cultivation return because he cherished his peaceful life and loved Xu Qingying.
• Lu Miaomiao told Lu Qing'an that Xu Qingying had asked her which parent she would choose if they separated, and she cried because she did not want them to divorce.
• Lu Zixuan separately told Lu Qing'an that Xu Qingying had asked the same question and that their second son had already chosen to follow his mother.
• Lu Qing'an went to find Xu Qingying and asked why she had discussed separating with the children.
• Xu Qingying hesitated, then told Lu Qing'an that she wanted a divorce.

Xu Qingying broke through to the Emperor Realm before she and Lu Qing'an could discuss their marriage, drawing experts from across the Immortal Ruins to witness her ascension. After she received the Immaculate Emperor Position, she told Lu Qing'an in front of the assembled crowd that she wanted a divorce.

• Xu Qingying's breakthrough began, and Lu Qing'an stayed with their children as visitors gathered at the manor.
• Lin Qingxue, Xu Xuanyu, Xu Yunyi, and He Hong arrived, while Lu Qing'an reflected on his past rise to the Emperor Realm and his wish to protect his family.
• The sky's phenomena changed, and Xu Qingying's breakthrough crowned her the Immaculate Empress.
• Lin Qingxue explained that Xu Qingying needed to sever romantic ties to strengthen her Emperor Position.
• Xu Qingying faced Lu Qing'an before the assembled experts and asked him to divorce her.

Xu Qingying divorced Lu Qing'an to pursue strength, and her cultivation surged while his vanished before being returned by his system. As the children chose where to live, Lu Zhengran joined Xu Qingying, but Lu Zixuan chose to stand with her father.

• Xu Qingying confirmed that no one was forcing her to divorce Lu Qing'an, and he agreed to end their dao partnership.
• Xu Qingying's cultivation rose to the third minor realm of the Great Emperor Realm, while Lu Qing'an lost half his cultivation and the system stored its millionfold return in his sea of consciousness.
• Lu Miaomiao cried and begged her parents not to divorce, while Xu Qingying asked the children to choose between their parents.
• Lu Zhengran apologized to Lu Qing'an, then joined Xu Qingying and accepted the treasured saber Lin Qingxue offered him.
• Lu Zixuan kowtowed to Xu Qingying, refused Lin Qingxue's sword, and declared that she would always stand by Lu Qing'an.

After Xu Qingying and Lu Qing'an dissolved their marriage, Lu Zixuan and Lu Miaomiao chose to leave with their father, while Lu Zhengran stayed with their mother. Lu Qing'an departed for the Demon Domain with his daughters and revealed that he was a peak Great Emperor Realm expert, shocking everyone and leaving Xu Qingying stunned.

• Lu Zixuan refused Xu Qingying and Lin Qingxue's pleas to stay, and Lu Miaomiao clung to Lu Qing'an and rejected her mother.
• Lu Qing'an put Lu Miaomiao to sleep, accepted the end of his marriage, and said he would raise his two daughters to become the strongest beings in the world.
• Lu Qing'an warned Lin Qingxue not to try to entice his children again, bid farewell to He Hong and his son, and said he was returning to the Demon Domain.
• Lu Qing'an revealed that he came from the Demon Domain and invited He Hong to visit him there.
• Lu Qing'an summoned a black dragon and flew away with Lu Zixuan and Lu Miaomiao, revealing his peak Great Emperor Realm cultivation and shocking Xu Qingying and the onlookers.

After Lu Qing'an revealed his peak Great Emperor Realm strength, Xu Qingying struggled with her lingering feelings before sealing away her past and destroying the Lu residence. Lu Qing'an left the Immortal Ruins with his daughters for the Demon Domain, reassuring them that he was invincible.

• Lin Qingxue urged Xu Qingying not to regret divorcing Lu Qing'an, while Lu Zhengran resolved to surpass his sister.
• Xu Yunyi reflected that Lu Qing'an had hidden his strength to protect his family and lamented that Xu Qingying had let him go.
• Xu Qingying dismissed the remaining visitors, returned to the empty Lu residence, and turned it to dust.
• Lu Qing'an lingered at the border before setting off for the Demon Domain with Lu Zixuan and Lu Miaomiao.
• Lu Qing'an reassured his daughters that he was invincible and claimed he was the heaven beyond heaven in everyone's hearts.

Lu Qing'an took Lu Zixuan and Lu Miaomiao from the Immortal Ruins into the Demon Domain, then brought them to his hidden treasure vault. He gave Lu Zixuan his unrivaled divine weapon, the Nine Hells Immortal-Slaying Sword, and she balked at accepting it.

• Lu Qing'an left the Immortal Ruins with his daughters and entered the Demon Domain, where his devil body and cultivation recovered.
• Lu Qing'an took Lu Zixuan and Lu Miaomiao to a lava-filled canyon, then led them deep underground to his hidden treasure vault.
• Lu Qing'an summoned his Blood Slaughter Battle Gear, including the Nine Hells Immortal-Slaying Sword, from the lava.
• Lu Qing'an introduced the sword by its preferred name, Grass Grieves on Sight, and gave it to Lu Zixuan.
• Lu Zixuan refused, saying she was not worthy of such a powerful weapon, but Lu Qing'an insisted that being his daughter was enough.

Lu Qing'an equipped his daughters with powerful gifts and prepared to explore the Demon Domain with them. He headed for Demon Descent City, expecting to find his black dragon there and planning to meet the city lord, an old rival.

• Lu Qing'an gave Lu Zixuan a divine weapon and urged her to compete with her younger brother to reach the Great Emperor Realm first.
• Lu Qing'an resized the Blood Slaughter Battle Gear for Lu Miaomiao and made it transform into pink, glowing armor that she named Doughnut.
• Lu Qing'an gathered his storage treasure and complained that his missing contract beast, the black dragon Little Blackie, had abandoned its post.
• Lu Qing'an took his daughters toward Demon Descent City, where he expected to find the black dragon and planned to obtain the city lord's cultivation method for Lu Zixuan.

Lu Zixuan intervened when a woman in red was ambushed, but the fight drew a crowd seeking her tenth-grade sword. As a Saint King Realm elder arrived to claim it, he recognized Lu Qing'an as a Great Emperor Realm expert and hurriedly withdrew.

• Lu Qing'an encouraged Lu Zixuan to help the woman in red, assuring her he would handle any trouble.
• Lu Zixuan killed one attacker with her divine sword and fought the remaining men, whose calls for help drew more Demon Domain cultivators after her weapon.
• The woman in red joined Lu Zixuan in the battle rather than leave her to face the attackers alone.
• A Saint King Realm elder appeared and demanded Lu Zixuan's sword, but he spotted Lu Qing'an and immediately apologized before fleeing.

Lu Qing'an protected Lu Zixuan from Demon Domain attackers and let her defeat them with her precious sword. When a Middle Great Emperor Realm expert from the Walking Corpse Sect tried to take the sword, Lu Qing'an killed him instantly, leaving the crowd stunned.

• Lu Qing'an forced a Saint King Realm attacker to sever his own arm, then trapped the remaining attackers so Lu Zixuan and the woman in red could kill them.
• Lu Zixuan praised the precious sword, while Lu Qing'an considered finding her a cultivation method suited to the Demon Domain.
• Luo Fenghai of the Walking Corpse Sect appeared, recognized the tenth-grade precious sword, and threatened Lu Qing'an's family unless they surrendered it.
• Lu Qing'an seized Luo Fenghai by the neck and burned him to ash with black flames, revealing that he had killed the sect's patriarch in the past.

Lu Qing'an killed a Walking Corpse Sect expert in Demon Descent City and faced the city's Peak Great Emperor, Great Emperor Leixiao. The two old friends recognized each other, and Leixiao happily met Lu Qing'an's daughter, Lu Miaomiao.

• Lu Qing'an collected the dead Walking Corpse Sect member's belongings and reassured Lu Miaomiao, who said she was not scared of him.
• The lord of Demon Descent City appeared amid thunderclouds and demanded that Lu Qing'an identify himself.
• Lu Qing'an answered that he was the lord's grandpa, and Great Emperor Leixiao, Xiao Qingyi, recognized his familiar voice and face.
• Xiao Qingyi appeared before Lu Qing'an and excitedly shook him until Lu Qing'an warned him not to jostle Lu Miaomiao.
• Lu Qing'an introduced Xiao Qingyi to Lu Miaomiao as an old friend, and Xiao Qingyi joyfully accepted her calling him Grandpa.

Lu Qing'an reunited with Xiao Qingyi in Demon Descent City, introduced him to his daughters, and agreed to settle nearby. He brought Sun Minzi along to guide Lu Zixuan, while the onlookers were left speculating that Lu Qing'an was the previous Demon Emperor.

• Xiao Qingyi met Lu Miaomiao and Lu Zixuan, and marveled that Lu Qing'an had two daughters.
• Lu Qing'an told Xiao Qingyi he would settle in Demon Descent City and asked him to find a quiet place.
• Lu Qing'an called down Sun Minzi and asked her to guide Lu Zixuan around the Demon Domain; Xiao Qingyi realized she was likely a descendant of someone Lu Qing'an knew.
• Lu Qing'an, Xiao Qingyi, Lu Miaomiao, Lu Zixuan, and Sun Minzi left together for a quiet place.
• The witnesses discussed Lu Qing'an's power and wondered whether he was the previous Demon Emperor.

Lu Qing'an settled with his children and Sun Minzi in Xiao Qingyi’s secluded residence, where they shared a roast-meat dinner. Sun Minzi learned that Lu Qing'an was the feared Eternal Night Demon Emperor, while Lu Zixuan discovered how powerful her father had been and heard that he would protect her.

• Xiao Qingyi welcomed Lu Qing'an and his family to a courtyard modeled after Lu Qing'an’s old home, and Lu Qing'an assigned rooms to Lu Miaomiao, Lu Zixuan, and Sun Minzi.
• At Lu Miaomiao’s request, Xiao Qingyi quickly brought back a huge Devil Beast, and the group gathered around a black fire to eat roast meat.
• Lu Zixuan asked about Lu Qing'an’s status, and Xiao Qingyi identified him as the Eternal Night Demon Emperor, the Demon Domain’s greatest genius.
• Sun Minzi trembled when she recognized Lu Qing'an’s title and recalled his reputation for killing powerful Old Devils, while Lu Zixuan reassured her.
• Lu Qing'an told Lu Zixuan that she need not fear what she wanted to do because he would be there to back her up.

Lu Qing'an told Xiao Qingyi that Xu Qingying had divorced him after gaining the Immaculate Emperor Position, and he had decided their relationship was over. As Lu Qing'an settled in the Demon Domain with his daughters, Lu Zixuan promised Lu Miaomiao they would visit their mother after reaching the Great Emperor Realm.

• Lu Qing'an told Xiao Qingyi that he and Xu Qingying had divorced after she publicly left him upon becoming an emperor.
• Xiao Qingyi learned that Xu Qingying had never known Lu Qing'an was the Eternal Night Demon Emperor and offered him a home in the Demon Domain.
• Lu Qing'an said he would not take Xu Qingying back, while Xiao Qingyi mentioned that Xue Tianfei had searched for him and been injured in the Immortal Ruins.
• Lu Qing'an asked Xiao Qingyi for a cultivation method for his daughters, and Xiao Qingyi promised to find methods suited to them.
• Lu Miaomiao told Lu Zixuan she hated and missed their mother, and Lu Zixuan promised they would see Xu Qingying after reaching the Great Emperor Realm.

Lu Qing'an arranged for Xiao Qingyi to pass a cultivation method to his daughters, discovering that Lu Miaomiao was exceptionally suited to it while Lu Zixuan was not. He also learned that Little Blackie had stolen Xiao Qingyi’s Thunderblaze Sword, and Xiao Qingyi suggested trying Xue Tianfei’s method for Zixuan.

• Lu Qing'an had Xiao Qingyi transmit a cultivation method to Lu Zixuan, who found it powerful but felt something was wrong, and Lu Qing'an determined it was only about ninety percent compatible with her physique.
• Lu Miaomiao eagerly began cultivating and immediately condensed purple lightning, impressing Xiao Qingyi and showing she was especially suited to the method.
• Xiao Qingyi told Lu Qing'an that Little Blackie had stolen his Thunderblaze Sword about five hundred years earlier, and Lu Qing'an agreed to look for the dragon despite having partially undone their contract.
• Xiao Qing'an suggested that Lu Zixuan try Xue Tianfei’s cultivation method because their personalities were alike, and Lu Qing'an agreed to consider it.

Xiao Qingyi explained that Xue Tianfei had forced him to report daily on whether he had found Lu Qing'an, and Lu Qing'an asked him to summon her. Xue Tianfei arrived in a snowfall, reunited with Lu Qing'an, and was shocked to learn that Lu Miaomiao was his daughter.

• Xiao Qingyi told Lu Qing'an that Xue Tianfei had beaten him for missing daily voice transmissions about Lu Qing'an.
• Lu Qing'an told Xiao Qingyi to send Xue Tianfei a voice transmission and ask her to come.
• Xue Tianfei arrived amid a sudden snowfall and recognized Lu Qing'an inside the house.
• Xue Tianfei confronted Lu Qing'an about disappearing, then tried to sit beside him and asked Lu Zixuan to move.
• Lu Miaomiao offered Xue Tianfei her seat in exchange for turning a watermelon into an iced watermelon, then said she could sit on Lu Qing'an's lap.
• Xue Tianfei realized Lu Miaomiao was Lu Qing'an's daughter and reacted with shock.

Xue Tianfei learned that Lu Qing'an had returned from the Immortal Ruins with two daughters and discovered that he had divorced their mother. After Lu Qing'an asked her to help find a suitable Demon Domain technique for Lu Zixuan, Xue Tianfei headed to meet the children, determined to win them over and become their stepmother.

• Lu Qing'an introduced Lu Zixuan and Lu Miaomiao to Xue Tianfei, who realized both girls were his daughters and was stunned by how much they resembled him.
• During lunch, Lu Miaomiao asked Xue Tianfei to chill a dish for her, and Lu Qing'an gently told his daughter not to trouble their guest.
• After the children left, Xue Tianfei asked Lu Qing'an about his years away and learned that he had married in the Immortal Ruins but divorced.
• Xue Tianfei encouraged Lu Qing'an to move on and suggested he find a stepmother for his daughters, hinting that she could be a candidate.
• Lu Qing'an asked Xue Tianfei to help find a Demon Domain cultivation technique suitable for Lu Zixuan, and Xue Tianfei eagerly went to meet the girl.

Xue Tianfei visited Lu Zixuan and passed on a cultivation technique that suited her perfectly. After the others left, Lu Qing'an began converting his daughter’s Immortal Ruins cultivation into power suited to the Demon Domain.

• Xue Tianfei knocked and waited for Lu Zixuan’s permission before entering, then offered to help her learn about the Demon Domain.
• Xue Tianfei transmitted a symmetrical cultivation technique to Lu Zixuan, who found it more comfortable to cultivate than Xiao Qingyi’s technique.
• Lu Qing'an confirmed that Lu Zixuan was perfectly suited to the technique and offered to convert her stored cultivation power.
• Lu Miaomiao left with Xue Tianfei to get chilled watermelon while Lu Qing'an stayed with Lu Zixuan.
• Lu Qing'an withdrew cultivation from the system to speed up the conversion of Lu Zixuan’s power, then withdrew another amount.

Xue Tianfei befriended Lu Miaomiao and learned about Lu Qing'an's former wife, becoming more hopeful about winning Lu Qing'an's affection. After Lu Qing'an helped Lu Zixuan adapt her cultivation to the Demon Domain, He Hong contacted him from the Immortal Ruins to ask if he could come visit.

• Xue Tianfei gave Lu Miaomiao a voice transmission jade slip and promised to find her delicious food, winning her friendship.
• Xiao Qingyi told Xue Tianfei about Lu Qing'an's former wife, Xu Qingying, and their children, and encouraged Xue Tianfei's chances with Lu Qing'an.
• Lu Qing'an cleansed Lu Zixuan's cultivation to match the Demon Domain and helped her advance a major realm.
• Xue Tianfei spent time with Lu Miaomiao and Lu Zixuan, easing some of Lu Qing'an's hurt from his past relationship.
• He Hong contacted Lu Qing'an from the Immortal Ruins and asked to come find him in the Demon Domain.

Lu Qing'an agreed to welcome He Hong, who wanted to leave the Immortal Ruins and settle in the Demon Domain, and Xu Yunyi, who planned to visit the children. Lu Zixuan and Lu Miaomiao were delighted, while Xue Tianfei grew curious about Xu Yunyi.

• He Hong told Lu Qing'an that gossip in the Immortal Ruins had made him consider leaving, and Lu Qing'an invited him to settle in the Demon Domain.
• He Hong agreed to come and promised to contact Lu Qing'an when he reached the border, where Lu Qing'an would meet him.
• Lu Zixuan and Lu Miaomiao celebrated the news that He Hong was coming, and Xue Tianfei and Xiao Qingyi wondered what he was like.
• He Hong told Lu Qing'an that Xu Yunyi also wanted to visit the children, and Lu Qing'an agreed to meet them at the border.
• Lu Zixuan and Lu Miaomiao were thrilled that Xu Yunyi was coming, while Xue Tianfei said she wanted to see what Xu Yunyi's sister was like.

Xu Yunyi and He Hong traveled from the Immortal Ruins to the Demon Domain to visit Lu Qing'an and the children. Lu Qing'an met them at the realm barrier and astonished them by carrying them hundreds of thousands of li to Demon Descent City in less than two breaths.

• Xu Qingying helped Lu Zhengran break through three cultivation levels, and he urged her to let Xu Yunyi visit the Demon Domain.
• Xu Qingying agreed to Xu Yunyi's journey with He Hong and recorded a message for the children after Xu Yunyi offered her recording formations.
• He Hong and Xu Yunyi said goodbye to their companions and flew toward the Demon Domain the next morning.
• Lu Qing'an met He Hong and Xu Yunyi at the realm barrier and reassured them that they would be safe in the Demon Domain.
• Lu Qing'an took He Hong and Xu Yunyi through the void to Demon Descent City in less than two breaths, leaving them amazed at his speed.