Chapter Summaries

After collecting the Chaos Returning Ruins Grass, Lu Qing'an flew to the Ancestral Spirit Blessing Stele in Demon Race Purgatory, alarming the Demon Race patriarchs by digging it up. The sentient stele pleaded with him, and Lu Qing'an asked it to guarantee blessings for his three daughters.

• Xue Tianfei offered the Demon Race patriarchs one billion Supreme-Grade Demon Crystals to compensate them for the destroyed wisdom tower.
• Lu Qing'an flew to the deepest reaches of Demon Race Purgatory, where the Ancestral Spirit Blessing Stele stood.
• The Demon Race patriarchs panicked when Lu Qing'an began digging up the stele, while Hu Xinxin and the others admitted they could not stop him.
• The sentient Ancestral Spirit Blessing Stele asked Lu Qing'an why he wanted to smash it, and he said he might spare it if it cooperated.
• Lu Qing'an asked the Ancestral Spirit Blessing Stele to bless his three daughters with a guaranteed success rate.

Lu Qing'an brought the Ancestral Spirit Blessing Stele out of Demon Race Purgatory and prepared it to bless his three daughters. He gathered the girls and brought them back to the stele, where Lu Zixuan began the blessing.

• Lu Qing'an dug up the Ancestral Spirit Blessing Stele and learned it needed Demon Race Essence Blood and energy to bless his daughters.
• Lu Qing'an had Lang Mie and the other three Demon Race patriarchs donate Essence Blood, while Xue Tianfei supplied three hundred million Demon Crystals.
• Hu Xinxin learned that Lu Qing'an really had daughters, and Lu Qing'an left to collect them from Demon Willow Academy.
• Lu Qing'an returned with Lu Zixuan, Lu Miaomiao, and Minzi, while Xue Tianfei greeted the girls and introduced them to Hu Xinxin.
• Lu Zixuan washed the stele, then touched it as the Ancestral Spirit Blessing Stele prepared to grant her an ability.

Lu Zixuan gained the Spirit Soldier Retinue ability from the Ancestral Spirit Blessing Stele, and Sun Minzi gained the Fire God's Contract. Lu Qing'an then called his youngest daughter, Lu Miaomiao, forward to receive her blessing.

• Lu Zixuan received the stele's blessing and gained the Spirit Soldier Retinue ability.
• Lu Zixuan summoned two Late Mahayana Realm spirit soldiers and learned that they could fight under her control.
• Lu Qing'an told Lu Zixuan to study her new ability, including how far she could send her spirit soldiers.
• Sun Minzi received the blessing and gained an advanced Fire God's Contract that could bind even the five strongest flames on the Cangyun Continent.
• Lu Qing'an promised to find Sun Minzi the Five Elements Fire, then called Lu Miaomiao forward for her turn.

Lu Miaomiao awakened Star-Exploding Rage, an ability that multiplied her strength by consuming Qi and Blood, and quickly replenished its cost by eating red mist. Lu Qing'an rewarded the Demon Race patriarchs for their help and left his will at the entrance to Demon Race Purgatory before departing.

• Lu Miaomiao touched the Ancestral Spirit Blessing Stele and awakened the Star-Exploding Rage ability.
• Lu Qing'an taught Lu Miaomiao to activate the ability, and she briefly increased her strength nearly tenfold before becoming hungry and tired.
• Lu Miaomiao ate the red mist around Lu Qing'an and recovered her Qi and Blood, impressing the Demon Race patriarchs.
• Lu Qing'an sent the Ancestral Spirit Blessing Stele back and left a trace of his will at the entrance to Demon Race Purgatory.
• Lu Qing'an offered compensation for destroying the Wisdom Pagoda, but Lang Mie and the other patriarchs declined and accepted Demon God Mother Tree leaves instead.

Lu Qing'an returned to the courtyard with Hu Xinxin and the children after gathering all ten demonic herbs needed to restore Xu Xuanyu's cultivation. Hu Xinxin and Xue Tianfei openly began competing for Lu Qing'an's affection, while the Heaven-Devouring Devil Beast discovered that its child was rapidly growing stronger under Lu Miaomiao's care.

• Lu Qing'an invited Hu Xinxin to Demon Descent City, and Xue Tianfei decided to compete openly with her for him.
• Before leaving, Lu Qing'an asked the Demon Race clan leaders whether they had seen a black dragon, and the snake clan leader asked if he meant one nicknamed Little Blackie.
• Lu Qing'an gave Xu Xuanyu the final demonic herb and told him to summon his master to refine a pill so he could cultivate again.
• Xue Tianfei pretended Xu Xuanyu was her younger brother to fool Hu Xinxin, but Lu Qing'an revealed that Xu Xuanyu was his ex-wife's younger brother.
• Hu Xinxin learned the truth about Lu Qing'an's divorce and challenged Xue Tianfei by deciding to visit often and try to win him over.
• The Heaven-Devouring Devil Beast learned that its pink-furred child was nearing the Body Integration Realm and told him to obey Lu Miaomiao.

Lu Qing'an learned that Little Blackie had stolen an artifact from the Demon Race and worried about the dragon’s ties to a mysterious organization beyond the domain. The Dao of Alchemy Master began preparing Xu Xuanyu’s cure, but a crash from the backyard left everyone wondering whether his cauldron had exploded.

• Hu Xinxin told Lu Qing'an that Little Blackie had taken an unknown artifact from the Demon Race after arriving to cultivate there.
• The Dao of Alchemy Master accepted the ten rare demonic herbs and said he could refine Xu Xuanyu’s required pill in half a day.
• Hu Xinxin revealed that the Dao of Alchemy Master had confessed his feelings to her and promised to return after defeating his lifelong nemesis.
• Lu Qing'an and the others kept chatting and planned to share more food that evening.
• A loud noise came from the backyard, and Fang Qiuhe suspected the Dao of Alchemy Master’s cauldron had exploded, leaving Xu Xuanyu worried that he would not recover in time to cultivate.

Dao of Alchemy Master prepared a false pill and explained how Lu Qing'an needed to bring Xu Xuanyu to the brink of death so the medicine could restore him. Lu Qing'an began the procedure, and Dao of Alchemy Master moved to administer the real pill as Xu Xuanyu reached the point of death.

• Dao of Alchemy Master salvaged the demonic medicine and produced a false pill that could briefly restore Xu Xuanyu’s ability to cultivate.
• Dao of Alchemy Master explained that Lu Qing'an had to cripple Xu Xuanyu again and nearly kill him before the real pill could take effect.
• Lu Qing'an led Xu Xuanyu to the pond, while Xu Yunyi and the others moved away and worried as he prepared to take the false pill.
• Xu Xuanyu swallowed the false pill, felt his Dantian and meridians recover, and then Lu Qing'an began crushing his organs while carefully controlling his life force.
• Lu Qing'an counted down to Xu Xuanyu’s death, and Dao of Alchemy Master moved swiftly when Lu Qing'an reached three.

The Dao of Alchemy Master revived Xu Xuanyu, and Lu Qing'an restored his cultivation to the Peak Saint King Realm. Xu Xuanyu ran to stabilize his foundation in the Eye of the Yellow Springs after overwhelming Lu Qing'an with tearful affection.

• The Dao of Alchemy Master fed a pill to the dying Xu Xuanyu, whose body was restored as a phoenix apparition appeared.
• Xu Xuanyu woke healed, and he and Xu Yunyi embraced and cried together.
• Lu Qing'an infused Xu Xuanyu with cultivation, raising him from the Early Saint King Realm to the Peak Saint King Realm.
• Lu Qing'an told Xu Xuanyu to soak in the Eye of the Yellow Springs to stabilize his foundation.
• Xu Xuanyu hugged Lu Qing'an and declared his love before running toward the back courtyard as Lu Qing'an chased him.

After Xu Xuanyu’s cultivation was restored, Lu Qing'an rewarded Luo Zhi, Li Qingchen, and the Heaven-Devouring Devil Beast with Demon God Mother Tree leaves. Later, Li Qingchen invited five friends over and showed off that he had more than three liang of the rare leaves.

• Lu Qing'an asked Dao of Alchemy Master when the medicinal liquid to awaken the soul would be ready and learned it would take no more than two days.
• Lu Qing'an divided Demon God Mother Tree leaves among Luo Zhi, Li Qingchen, and the Heaven-Devouring Devil Beast, insisting they accept them.
• Xu Xuanyu and Li Qingchen exchanged an emotional farewell before Luo Zhi dragged Li Qingchen away, and Xu Xuanyu explained that Li Qingchen reminded him of a dead friend.
• Li Qingchen invited Xiong Zhong and four other friends to his residence and served them tea brewed with a Demon God Mother Tree leaf.
• Li Qingchen told his stunned friends that he had received more than three liang of Demon God Mother Tree leaves from Senior Eternal Night Demon Emperor.

Li Qingchen revealed that he had plentiful Demon God Mother Tree leaves and sold two to Xiong Zhong. Lu Qing'an brought Xu Xuanyu to Demon Willow Academy to study alchemy and cultivate, where a mistaken assumption about Xu Xuanyu's parentage left him stunned.

• Li Qingchen gave Xiong Zhong two Demon God Mother Tree leaves after Xiong Zhong begged him to sell them.
• The Dao of Alchemy Master passed his alchemy knowledge to Xu Xuanyu, and Lu Qing'an arranged for him to study at Demon Willow Academy.
• Lu Qing'an took the children and Xu Xuanyu to the academy, where Lu Qingxu registered Xu Xuanyu and gave him a token loaded with Demon Willow Points.
• Lu Qingxu called Xu Xuanyu Lu Qing'an's child, leaving Xu Xuanyu wondering if he was his brother-in-law's son.

Lu Qing'an found a hidden green crystal in the Time-Reversing Demon Willow and left it in place to study, then walked around Demon Willow Academy with Xue Tianfei. Meanwhile, Lu Zixuan and her friends entered the academy's top ten, and Guo Zhipeng confronted her in class.

• Lu Qing'an sent Xu Xuanyu and Xu Yunyi into the Time-Reversing Demon Willow to cultivate and asked Lu Qingxu to contact Liu Xiyue.
• Lu Qing'an released the energy entity and ordered it to locate the hidden object in the willow without touching it.
• The energy entity led Lu Qing'an to a concealed green crystal in the tree's trunk, and he marked the spot to monitor it rather than removing it.
• Lu Qing'an agreed to stroll around Demon Willow Academy with Xue Tianfei.
• Lu Zixuan, Sun Minzi, and Murong Hua discussed entering the academy's top ten after Zhou Xiachen left.
• Guo Zhipeng entered Lu Zixuan's classroom with two young men and demanded that she stand up.

Lu Zixuan challenged Guo Zhipeng after he called her his future sister-in-law and boasted that she could not surpass his ranking. As Guo Zhipeng entered the arena, Lu Zixuan immediately drew her sword and launched her attack while Guo Yanbin and her parents watched.

• Guo Zhipeng told Lu Zixuan that his older brother, Guo Yanbin, liked her and declared that she would not surpass his ranking.
• Lu Zixuan rejected Guo Zhipeng's claim and challenged him, saying she could beat his ranking that day.
• Murong Hua explained that Guo Yanbin was the academy's current number one, and the students followed Lu Zixuan and Guo Zhipeng to the martial arts grounds.
• Guo Yanbin watched from the stands and revealed that he had arranged for Guo Zhipeng to provoke Lu Zixuan as part of his scheme to make her curious about him.
• Lu Qing'an and Xue Tianfei arrived and decided to watch their daughter's fight.
• When Guo Zhipeng stepped into the arena, Lu Zixuan drew Wang Duanshan's treasured sword and rushed at him.

Lu Zixuan defeated Guo Zhipeng with a soul attack and sword technique, then challenged his elder brother Guo Yanbin. After Guo Yanbin suppressed his cultivation to the Peak Mahayana Realm, Lu Zixuan struck him with her strongest soul attack and sword move, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Lu Zixuan stunned Guo Zhipeng with a soul attack and defeated him with a Magnificence Swordsmanship technique.
• Guo Yanbin appeared and confronted Lu Zixuan after she mocked his younger brother.
• Lu Zixuan challenged Guo Yanbin, and he agreed to suppress his cultivation to her realm.
• Guo Yanbin descended to the training ground and restricted his cultivation to the Peak Mahayana Realm.
• Lu Zixuan unleashed her strongest soul attack, activated her Dragon Blood Physique, and struck with a powerful sword move that caught Guo Yanbin off guard.

Lu Zixuan fought Guo Yanbin after he broke his promise to suppress his cultivation, then revealed her Dragon Blood Physique and four powerful spirit soldiers to challenge him at full strength. The battle began with the spirit soldiers matching Guo Yanbin’s attacks, and Lu Zixuan joined the assault herself.

• Guo Yanbin shattered Lu Zixuan’s Peerless Elegance Sword and revealed his Saint King Realm cultivation, drawing jeers for breaking his agreement to suppress it.
• Lu Zixuan challenged Guo Yanbin to fight with his full strength, while Lu Qing'an and Xue Tianfei watched and predicted she would win.
• Guo Yanbin unleashed the pressure of his Fifth Layer Saint King Realm cultivation, and Lu Zixuan manifested her Dragon Blood Physique and summoned four Peak Mahayana Realm spirit soldiers.
• Lu Zixuan sent the spirit soldiers to attack Guo Yanbin while using soul attacks to restrain him from a distance.
• Guo Yanbin found that his full-strength strike was only slightly stronger than the spirit soldiers’ attacks, and Lu Zixuan joined the fight with her ice technique and treasured sword.

Lu Zixuan battled Guo Yanbin, improving her combat skills until he unleashed a powerful fire seal that destroyed her spirit soldiers. She answered by bringing out the Cold Crystal Forbidden Land, whose presence extinguished his flames and filled him with dread.

• Lu Zixuan and her four spirit soldiers overwhelmed Guo Yanbin, while spectators and her parents watched her combat skills improve.
• Guo Yanbin realized he was likely to lose and summoned his Heaven-Burning Fire Seal, using it to destroy Lu Zixuan's spirit soldiers with four fire dragons.
• Xue Tianfei wanted to intervene, but Lu Qing'an stopped her and trusted Lu Zixuan to handle the fight with her treasures.
• Lu Zixuan agreed to compete with treasures and summoned the Cold Crystal Forbidden Land, which extinguished Guo Yanbin's fire seal and made him sense mortal danger.

Lu Zixuan disabled Guo Yanbin’s Heaven-Burning Fire Seal and was preparing to fight him when Zhou Xiachen arrived and beat Guo Yanbin instead. Zhou Xiachen called Lu Zixuan “Martial Aunt,” exposing her connection to his new master, while Lu Qing'an and Xue Tianfei left for the Guo Household.

• Guo Yanbin burned his Essence Blood to strengthen the Heaven-Burning Fire Seal, but Lu Zixuan used the Cold Crystal Forbidden Land to extinguish it and prevent it from responding.
• Zhou Xiachen arrived at the training ground, then slapped and kicked Guo Yanbin before ordering him to kneel.
• Zhou Xiachen greeted Lu Zixuan as his Martial Aunt, shocking the onlookers and revealing her status.
• Lu Zixuan accepted that her identity had been exposed, while Zhou Xiachen asked what to do with the kneeling Guo Yanbin and signaled that he wanted to kill him.
• Lu Qing'an and Xue Tianfei left the training ground and headed for the Guo Household.

Lu Qing'an visited the Guo Household with Xue Tianfei and used the offense against his daughter as leverage to obtain the Golden Crow Flame for Sun Minzi. Guo Yan recognized him, forced the household’s experts to kneel, and offered the flame to appease him.

• Lu Qing'an and Xue Tianfei arrived above the Guo Household, where Lu Qing'an ordered its higher-ups to appear within ten breaths.
• Guo Yan and the household’s Great Emperor Realm experts rushed to the hall, recognized Lu Qing'an, and knelt before him.
• Lu Qing'an showed Guo Yan images of Guo Zhipeng and Guo Yanbin and explained that they had disgusted his daughter, though he had decided not to kill them.
• Guo Yan realized Lu Qing'an wanted the household’s Divergent Flame and offered him the Golden Crow Flame.
• Lu Qing'an asked whether taking the flame would be inappropriate, and Guo Yan insisted that it was perfectly acceptable.

Lu Qing'an took the Golden Crow Flame from the Guo Household and accepted a billion Demon Crystals, then traveled with Xue Tianfei. On a mountain summit, Xue Tianfei demanded a kiss and insisted it happen in the courtyard in front of Hu Xinxin.

• Guo Yan agreed to give Lu Qing'an a billion Demon Crystals in exchange for the Guo Household's Golden Crow Flame.
• Lu Qing'an summoned the Golden Crow Flame into his palm and absorbed it, then accepted the Demon Crystals Guo Yan handed him.
• Lu Qing'an gave the Demon Crystals to Xue Tianfei, but she refused them and told him to keep using her money.
• Xue Tianfei threatened to stay away and let Miaomiao hold Lu Qing'an accountable unless he kissed her.
• Lu Qing'an agreed to kiss Xue Tianfei on the cheek, and she demanded that he do it in the courtyard in front of Hu Xinxin.

Lu Qing'an returned to the courtyard with Xue Tianfei, praised Lu Zixuan for becoming the academy’s top advanced student, and gave Sun Minzi a Golden Crow Flame to study and contract. The evening ended with Dao of Alchemy Master bringing the medicinal liquid Lu Qing'an needed to investigate organizations from beyond the domain.

• Xiao Qingyi complained that his two disciples had left to gain experience and had not returned, then agreed to prepare dinner when Lu Qing'an reminded him of Miaomiao.
• Lu Zixuan told Lu Qing'an she had become the academy’s number one advanced student, and he praised her.
• Lu Qing'an gave Sun Minzi a barrier-enclosed Golden Crow Flame and asked Lu Zixuan to help her study how to refine and contract it.
• At the Demon Emperor Palace, Li Cangxuan and Zhao Wutong shared a shy conversation as they watched the sunset.
• Dao of Alchemy Master arrived at the courtyard with the finished medicinal liquid, and Lu Qing'an praised his work.

Lu Qing'an revived a prisoner soul and questioned her about the Divine Continent and the organization led by the Holy Lord. She explained how the prisoners had arrived in Cangyun Continent, while Lu Qing'an prepared to learn more about the Holy Lord’s past and plans.

• Lu Qing'an and the Dao of Alchemy Master used medicinal solution to restore the soul inside the Demon God Mother Tree, and Lu Qing'an woke her.
• The soul agreed to answer Lu Qing'an's questions in exchange for his help finding her a human body.
• The soul said she came from the Divine Continent and had been transported as a prisoner aboard a Divine Crossing Flying Ship bound for the Sin-Cleansing Continent.
• She explained that the ship crashed into Cangyun Continent after being struck during a battle beyond the domain, and confirmed that Lu Qing'an had captured its supervisor.
• The soul revealed that the Holy Lord and his Holy Spirit Organization had killed the other prisoner souls and controlled her, and said the Holy Lord had once been slightly stronger than Lu Qing'an.