Chapter Summaries

Xiao Qingyi confronted Great Emperor Yin Mountain over his attempt to take Xu Xuanyu’s belongings, then beat him while testing his newly increased strength. Back in the Immortal Ruins, Li Feiyu gave his sister a Demon God Mother Tree leaf to help his nephew Xiaocong seek an apprenticeship.

• Xiao Qingyi appeared on the devil mountain and summoned Great Emperor Yin Mountain, whose fear grew when he sensed Xiao Qingyi’s strength.
• Xiao Qingyi questioned Great Emperor Yin Mountain about targeting his friend, and Yin Mountain explained that he had apologized and offered compensation.
• Xiao Qingyi attacked Great Emperor Yin Mountain to test his strength, beating him nearly senseless before flying away.
• Li Feiyu returned home and learned that Li Yunshuang and Zhao Hanfeng wanted a valuable apprenticeship gift for Xiaocong.
• Li Feiyu gave Li Yunshuang a Demon God Mother Tree leaf without asking for Spirit Stones, astonishing her and Zhao Hanfeng.

Li Feiyu gave Li Yunshuang and Zhao Hanfeng five Demon God Mother Tree leaves and asked them to gather cultivators willing to contribute their cultivation for his breakthrough. In the Demon Domain, Zhao Wutong revealed her engagement to Li Cangxuan, while Lin Qingxue arranged for Lu Zhengran to be tricked into going there.

• Li Feiyu asked Li Yunshuang and Zhao Hanfeng to find Great Emperor or Saint King cultivators who could contribute enough cultivation for a breakthrough, offering them five Demon God Mother Tree leaves in return.
• Zhao Hanfeng and Li Hanshuang offered to contribute their own cultivation, and Li Feiyu let them decide how to arrange the task.
• Zhao Wutong returned to the Blood Phoenix Sect and told Shan Chuheng, Du Hongxian, and Zhao Linyuan that she had visited Li Cangxuan and spent the night with him.
• Zhao Wutong said Senior had improved her cultivation and given her a betrothal gift, then confirmed that she and Li Cangxuan were engaged and planned to marry.
• The dean of Green Mountain Academy told Lin Qingxue that Lu Zhengran was about to emerge from seclusion, and Lin Qingxue ordered him to trick Lu Zhengran into going to the Demon Domain.

Liang Juntian persuaded Lu Zhengran to travel to the Demon Domain, claiming the trip would help him overcome a cultivation bottleneck. After arranging for Xu Xuanyu to meet him at the realm barrier, Lu Qing'an agreed to go pick up his son.

• Lu Zhengran told Liang Juntian he had reached the Body Integration Realm but could not break through a saber-technique bottleneck because he wanted to visit his family in the Demon Domain.
• Liang Juntian urged Lu Zhengran to make the trip and promised to handle Lin Qingxue's objections, then arranged to take him to the realm barrier the next morning.
• Lu Zhengran told his followers he was going to the Demon Domain and promised to bring back portraits of Xue Tianfei and the Eternal Night Demon Emperor.
• Liang Juntian contacted Xu Xuanyu, who told Lu Qing'an that Lu Zhengran was coming and explained his earlier disagreement with Lin Qingxue.
• Lu Qing'an agreed to go with Xu Xuanyu to pick up Lu Zhengran and said he would care for his children without restricting their later choices.

Lu Qing'an went to the realm barrier to receive his son, Lu Zhengran, and tried to greet him more warmly than before. After bringing Zhengran aboard, Lu Qing'an sensed Green Mountain Academy's dean hiding nearby and pulled him onto the flying boat.

• Xue Tianfei hurried away to find a gift for Lu Zhengran, while Lu Qing'an worried about how to become closer to his son.
• Lu Qing'an and Xu Xuanyu traveled to the realm barrier and found Lu Zhengran aboard a flying boat with a Green Mountain Academy hall master.
• Lu Qing'an crossed into the Immortal Ruins, greeted Lu Zhengran, and gave the hall master two leaves from the Demon God Mother Tree.
• Lu Qing'an sensed Liang Juntian hiding a hundred thousand li away and pulled the Green Mountain Academy dean onto the flying boat.

Liang Juntian was pulled out of hiding by Lu Qing'an, who then took Lu Zhengran into the Demon Domain. As Lu Zhengran explored and asked for portraits of the Eternal Night Demon Emperor and Xue Tianfei, Xu Xuanyu revealed that the Eternal Night Demon Emperor had restored his cultivation, but Lu Zhengran still did not realize his father was the Demon Emperor.

• Liang Juntian appeared after Lu Qing'an pulled him from hiding, and Lu Zhengran and the academy hall master mistook his arrival for a powerful technique.
• Lu Qing'an took Lu Zhengran and Xu Xuanyu into the Demon Domain, where Lu Zhengran excitedly explored the surroundings.
• Lu Zhengran asked his father for portraits of the Eternal Night Demon Emperor and Xue Tianfei, and Lu Qing'an promised to get them.
• Lu Zhengran noticed that Xu Xuanyu had reached the Late Great Emperor Realm, and Xu Xuanyu said the Eternal Night Demon Emperor had restored his cultivation because of Lu Qing'an.
• Lu Zhengran asked whether his father knew the Eternal Night Demon Emperor, and Xu Xuanyu laughed that Lu Qing'an knew him all too well.

Lu Qing'an and Xu Xuanyu brought Lu Zhengran to Demon Descent City, where he learned more about his father’s ties to the Eternal Night Demon Emperor and saw the extraordinary courtyard. He began to suspect that the tree beside the pond was the one his sister had described.

• Lu Zhengran learned that Lu Qing'an had known the Eternal Night Demon Emperor since childhood and believed he would soon get to meet him.
• Xu Xuanyu explained that Lu Zhengran's aunt was in seclusion preparing to break through to the Peak Great Emperor Realm, while Lu Qing'an said his sisters had gone to the academy.
• Lu Zhengran guessed that his big sister might be embarrassed to meet him after he reached the Body Integration Realm, and looked forward to confronting her.
• Lu Qing'an brought Lu Zhengran and Xu Xuanyu to their courtyard, where Lu Zhengran sensed its powerful formation, unusual lotuses, and imposing red-leaved tree.
• Lu Qing'an said the courtyard belonged to an old devil, and Lu Zhengran suspected the tree was the one his sister had said could greatly increase comprehension.

Lu Zhengran visited He Hong and met Xiao Qingyi and Wang Duanshan, whose overwhelming presence and generosity convinced him that one of them was the Eternal Night Demon Emperor. He left with a supreme-grade saber and learned that the tea he drank had been brewed from the Demon God Mother Tree.

• He Hong welcomed Lu Zhengran and brought him inside to meet Xiao Qingyi and Wang Duanshan.
• Lu Zhengran sensed the seniors’ immense strength and suspected Xiao Qingyi was the Eternal Night Demon Emperor.
• Wang Duanshan examined Lu Zhengran’s saber, then offered him a choice of five far more powerful treasured sabers.
• Lu Zhengran chose a saber and drank tea Xiao Qingyi served him.
• Xiao Qingyi told Lu Zhengran the tea came from the Demon God Mother Tree outside, leaving him stunned.

Lu Zhengran mistook Xiao Qingyi for the Eternal Night Demon Emperor, and Xiao Qingyi played along while telling him a fabricated story about growing up with Lu Qing'an. Lu Zhengran believed the deception and left convinced that his sister had lied about reaching the Body Integration Realm.

• Lu Zhengran recognized Xiao Qingyi as the Eternal Night Demon Emperor and bowed, while Xiao Qingyi decided to tease him with Lu Qing'an's tacit approval.
• Xiao Qingyi drew and signed a portrait for Lu Zhengran's underling, then invented a story about growing up alongside Lu Qing'an.
• Lu Zhengran questioned why Xiao Qingyi looked older, and Xiao Qingyi claimed he had deliberately chosen a mature appearance because the strong cared only about strength.
• Lu Zhengran believed Xiao Qingyi's explanation, and Lu Qing'an decided to stop pressuring his son about cultivation and let him remain a child.
• Lu Zhengran asked whether his sister had reached the Body Integration Realm, and Xiao Qingyi denied it despite knowing she was near Tribulation Transcendence; Lu Zhengran concluded she had lied.

Lu Zhengran learned that Demon Willow Academy had a time treasure and a tree that greatly increased comprehension, then planned to tour the academy with Xu Xuanyu. When Li Cangxuan arrived, Xiao Qingyi told him to pretend to be his disciple and help tease Lu Zhengran, who had not yet realized what was happening.

• Xiao Qingyi confirmed that Lu Zhengran's sister could freely use the academy's time treasure and that the Demon God Mother Tree boosted comprehension.
• Lu Zhengran experienced the tree's effect and was amazed by the academy's resources, then asked when his sister would return.
• Xu Xuanyu offered to show Lu Zhengran around Demon Willow Academy, and Lu Qing'an agreed after Li Cangxuan arrived.
• Lu Zhengran recognized Li Cangxuan as the famed Demon Emperor Dugu, while Xiao Qingyi claimed Li Cangxuan as his disciple.
• Xiao Qingyi secretly told Li Cangxuan that Lu Zhengran was Lu Qing'an's biological son and asked him to help tease the boy.
• Li Cangxuan recognized Lu Zhengran's resemblance to Lu Qing'an and felt a strange emotion upon learning he was his master's son.

Li Cangxuan met Lu Zhengran and agreed to teach him, though he doubted his talent after watching him struggle with a saber technique. After an hour of instruction, Li Cangxuan returned inside and privately asked Lu Qing'an whether Lu Zhengran was really his son.

• Li Cangxuan greeted Lu Zhengran and invited him to call him Brother Xuan, while privately wondering whether Lu Zhengran was really Lu Qing'an's son.
• Lu Qing'an urged Li Cangxuan to treat Lu Zhengran like a brother, and Li Cangxuan agreed to offer him cultivation guidance.
• Lu Zhengran demonstrated his saber technique, and Li Cangxuan criticized it before passing on a better technique through a memory.
• Li Cangxuan spent an hour teaching Lu Zhengran, then concluded that his talent and comprehension were far below Lu Zixuan's.
• Li Cangxuan told Lu Zhengran to practice and brew tea, then returned inside and asked Lu Qing'an whether Lu Zhengran was really his son.

Li Cangxuan invited Lu Qing'an to his wedding, and Lu Qing'an took Lu Zhengran to Demon Willow Academy. There, Lu Zhengran apologized for the choice that had separated him from his father, and Lu Qing'an comforted him and promised to be less strict about his cultivation.

• Li Cangxuan told Lu Qing'an that he and Wutong, Shan Chuheng, and the others had chosen a wedding date for the following month, and Lu Qing'an promised to attend.
• Lu Zhengran misunderstood Li Cangxuan's words, then asked Xu Xuanyu to take him to see his sisters at the academy.
• Lu Qing'an joined Lu Zhengran and Xu Xuanyu as they traveled through a portal to Demon Willow Academy, where Lu Zhengran saw the Nether Bone Dragon and learned he could cultivate in the time treasure.
• Lu Zhengran told Lu Qing'an he regretted his past choice and had felt afraid and pressured around his father, though he did not hate him.
• Lu Qing'an embraced his crying son, told him he had never blamed him, and promised to be less strict about cultivation.

Lu Qing'an brought Lu Zhengran to the academy so he could use its time treasure and meet his sisters. They waited at the young children's school district for Miaomiao to return from playing on the Nether Bone Dragon.

• Lu Qing'an asked Lu Qingxu to register Lu Zhengran for a short-term identity token, and Lu Qingxu quickly arranged it without charge.
• Lu Zhengran used the token to enter the time treasure and was amazed that time passed there at a one-to-three-hundred rate.
• Lu Qing'an led Lu Zhengran to the young children's school district to find Miaomiao.
• They saw Miaomiao ride the Nether Bone Dragon into the sky, and Bai Shanshan told them she might not return for a while.
• Lu Zhengran realized his younger sister had ridden the academy's guardian divine beast off to play.

Lu Zhengran found Lu Miaomiao riding the Nether Bone Dragon and watched her reunite with Lu Qing'an, only for her to pretend she had no second brother. When Lu Miaomiao invited the dragon home for soup, Lu Qing'an revealed the previous soup had been made from a powerful Devil Beast’s kidneys, and the dragon realized it might be served its own.

• Lu Zhengran spotted Lu Miaomiao riding atop the Nether Bone Dragon as it flew around Demon Willow Academy.
• Lu Miaomiao leaped down to Lu Qing'an, then recognized Lu Zhengran but huffed and claimed she had no second brother.
• Lu Qing'an questioned the Nether Bone Dragon about why it had visited, and the dragon explained that it had come to keep its promise to Lu Miaomiao.
• Lu Miaomiao invited the Nether Bone Dragon to their home for soup, and Lu Qing'an said he would find another powerful Devil Beast for the meal.
• The Nether Bone Dragon realized the previous soup had been made from its kidneys and hurriedly tried to refuse the invitation.

Lu Miaomiao comforted the terrified Nether Bone Dragon and claimed it as her friend, while Lu Qing'an warned the dragon to protect her. After the dragon fled, Liu Xiyue arrived and discussed the search for the remaining crystals with Lu Qing'an.

• The Nether Bone Dragon trembled at the thought of Lu Qing'an taking its other kidney, but Lu Miaomiao soothed it and accidentally made its fear disappear.
• Lu Qing'an warned the Nether Bone Dragon not to harbor ill intentions toward Lu Miaomiao, and the dragon swore to treat her as its best friend.
• The Nether Bone Dragon offered to be Lu Zhengran's friend, but Lu Miaomiao objected, so it seized Lu Qing'an's permission to leave and fled.
• Lu Qing'an tried to reconcile Lu Miaomiao and Lu Zhengran, but she continued to ignore her second brother.
• Liu Xiyue arrived, told Lu Qing'an that people were investigating reports of another crystal, and agreed to report any confirmation immediately.
• Lu Zhengran asked Lu Qing'an who Liu Xiyue was after sensing that the visitor was even stronger than the Eternal Night Demon Emperor.

Lu Qing'an brought Lu Zhengran and Lu Miaomiao to the advanced school to find Lu Zixuan, while Lu Zhengran learned that his father had adopted another daughter. At the school entrance, Lu Zhengran saw Lu Zixuan ranked first on the combat power board and was stunned by the gap between her listed cultivation and those ranked below her.

• Liu Xiyue introduced himself as the headmaster of Demon Willow Academy, and Lu Zhengran sensed that he treated Lu Qing'an with unusual respect.
• Lu Qing'an told Lu Zhengran he had a newly adopted older sister, then set off with him and Lu Miaomiao to find her.
• Lu Zhengran tried to chat with Lu Miaomiao on the way, but she answered him only with dismissive hmphs.
• At the advanced school, Lu Zhengran saw Lu Zixuan at the top of the combat power rankings with Peak Mahayana Realm cultivation.
• Lu Zhengran noticed that the students ranked second and below had Saint King Realm cultivation and suspected the rankings were impossible.

Lu Zhengran learned that his sister Lu Zixuan had truly reached Peak Mahayana Realm and was ranked first, while she teased him for doubting her. The chapter ended with academy instructors and a hall master recognizing Lu Qing'an as Senior Eternal Night and bowing to him.

• Lu Zhengran saw Lu Zixuan leave class surrounded by friends and realized the first-ranked Peak Mahayana Realm student on the board was his sister.
• Guo Yanbin and Guo Zhipeng knelt before Lu Zixuan to beg forgiveness, but she told them to leave.
• Lu Zixuan and Lu Miaomiao teased Lu Zhengran, while Lu Qing'an introduced him to Sun Minzi as her younger brother.
• Several three-star instructors and a hall master recognized Lu Qing'an as Senior Eternal Night and bowed to him.

Lu Zhengran returned from Demon Willow Academy still unsure whether his father, Lu Qing'an, was the Eternal Night Demon Emperor, while Xiao Qingyi tried to mislead him. Xue Tianfei arrived and finally told Lu Zhengran that his father was the Eternal Night Demon Emperor.

• Lu Qing'an led his children through a void passage back to the courtyard, leaving Lu Zhengran stunned by the journey.
• Lu Zhengran questioned Lu Qing'an about being called Senior Eternal Night, and Xiao Qingyi claimed he had secretly arranged for people to mistake Lu Qing'an for him.
• Lu Zhengran pretended to believe Xiao Qingyi's explanation while privately remaining suspicious.
• Xue Tianfei returned carrying Lu Miaomiao, and Lu Zhengran recognized her as the famous, powerful Xue Tianfei.
• After Xiao Qingyi warned Xue Tianfei that Lu Zhengran did not know the truth, she confirmed that Lu Qing'an was the Eternal Night Demon Emperor.

Lu Zhengran learned that Lu Qing'an was the Eternal Night Demon Emperor and received extravagant saber-cultivation gifts from Xue Tianfei, but his reunion with Lu Zixuan ended with her preparing to beat him using a terrifying Peak Great Emperor Realm treasure. The siblings began their spar as Sun Minzi and Lu Miaomiao watched.

• Xiao Qingyi admitted that he and the others had been teasing Lu Zhengran, then Xue Tianfei gave him a saber case, ten thousand Demon Domain saber manuals, and a Saber Cultivator Alliance token.
• Lu Qing'an told Lu Zhengran that the gifts were worth at least a billion Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones, and privately encouraged Xue Tianfei's hopes of becoming the children's stepmother.
• Xiao Qingyi and Wang Duanshan introduced themselves as Great Emperor Leixiao and Great Emperor Heaven Suppression, while Lu Zhengran struggled to process that his father was the Eternal Night Demon Emperor.
• Lu Zixuan led Lu Zhengran into the courtyard and challenged him to spar; she suppressed her cultivation to his First Layer of the Body Integration Realm.
• As Lu Zhengran prepared to show his saber technique, Lu Zixuan summoned a crystal radiating the presence of the Peak Great Emperor Realm, leaving him trembling and unable to move.

Lu Zixuan repeatedly made Lu Zhengran beg her to put away her overwhelming treasures and abilities before agreeing to spar with him. She then defeated him in seconds with a mental attack and six spirit soldiers, leaving him howling that he had lost.

• Lu Zhengran protested when Lu Zixuan brought out the Cold Crystal Forbidden Land, and she made him beg before putting it away.
• Lu Zixuan donned Heavenfall Divine Metal armor, then made Lu Zhengran beg again before removing it.
• Lu Zixuan drew a powerful divine sword and later revealed her Dragon Blood Physique, prompting Lu Zhengran to complain that their spar was unfair.
• Lu Zixuan agreed to go easy after Lu Zhengran admitted he was a clown and begged her, and they prepared to fight.
• Lu Zixuan struck Lu Zhengran with a mental attack from the Ice Soul Soul Crystal and summoned six spirit soldiers.
• The six spirit soldiers overwhelmed Lu Zhengran in less than three seconds, and he cried out that he had lost.

Lu Zixuan defeated Lu Zhengran with her Spirit Soldier Retinue and explained how powerful her abilities could become. After he accepted a bet that he could beat five-year-old Lu Miaomiao, she took the field with a sledgehammer, and their fight was about to begin.

• Lu Zixuan ordered her six spirit soldiers to stop beating Lu Zhengran, who healed himself with a pill and complained that she had cheated.
• Lu Zixuan explained that the spirit soldiers were her ability and warned that her ice soul soul crystal could attack his mind.
• Lu Zixuan taunted Lu Zhengran that he could not even beat Lu Miaomiao and wagered her suit of armor against him calling her Your Majesty the Queen if he lost.
• Lu Zhengran accepted the bet, believing Lu Zixuan secretly wanted to give him the armor, while Lu Zixuan told Lu Miaomiao to teach him a lesson.
• Lu Miaomiao put away her food, summoned an enormous sledgehammer from her bracelet, and readied herself to fight Lu Zhengran.