Chapter Summaries

After completing the continent-plundering mission, Lu Qing'an welcomed Zhu Qingtian and Black Dragon as subordinates and rewarded the group while outlining plans to conquer other continents sharing their origin. Three days later, Dan Yun announced that Li Wensong was arriving soon.

• Lu Qing'an praised Black Dragon, Zhu Qingtian, Xue Tianfei, and the others for completing the mission, then officially accepted Black Dragon and Zhu Qingtian as subordinates.
• Lu Qing'an promised Lu Miaomiao food from across the continent and planned to strengthen the group's talents with Power of the Dao Source.
• Lu Qing'an explained that the group would seek and conquer other continents sharing an origin with Pill Cloud Continent and Cangyun Continent once they were strong enough.
• Huang Hao, Luo Danhong, and Xu Yunyi agreed to improve the formation for detecting danger beyond the domain, while Wang Duanshan and He Hong proposed upgrading the Time Cultivation Tower.
• Dan Yun and Cang Ru infused the group with Power of the Dao Source, and the group dispersed after gathering through the night.
• Three days later, Dan Yun told Lu Qing'an that Senior Li Wensong would arrive soon.

Lu Qing'an instructed Dan Yun to tell Li Wensong about their contract before arranging a possible meeting outside the continent, then received the Demon God Male Tree and paired it with the Demon God Mother Tree. He planned to use both trees to strengthen the souls of everyone in his courtyard, including himself and his daughter.

• Lu Qing'an told Dan Yun to inform Li Wensong that she had contracted with him and to arrange a meeting outside the continent if Li Wensong wanted to meet.
• Dan Yun gave Lu Qing'an the Demon God Male Tree, which she had transplanted as he instructed.
• Lu Qing'an examined the Early Creation Realm tree and planted it beside the Demon God Mother Tree, warning it not to bully its companion.
• Lu Qing'an planned to have Dan Yun and Cang Ru gather Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone and Soul-Nourishing Wood so the two trees could help strengthen the souls of everyone in the courtyard.

Lu Qing'an increased soul cultivation across the courtyard by having the Demon God Mother Tree refine Soul-Nourishing Wood, while Cang Ru gathered all such resources available on the Eternal Night Continent. Meanwhile, Dan Yun met Li Wensong in the extraterrestrial void and prepared to explain her recent breakthrough and an important matter.

• Lu Qing'an learned that the Demon God Mother Tree and Demon God Male Tree had joined roots, boosting soul cultivation by more than tenfold, and asked Cang Ru to find Soul-Nourishing Wood and Heavenly Mandate Soul Stones.
• Cang Ru returned with all fifteen portions of Soul-Nourishing Wood on the Eternal Night Continent and three hundred Heavenly Mandate Soul Stones, explaining that Heavenly Mandate Soul Stones came from Six Heavens Continents.
• Lu Qing'an gave the Soul-Nourishing Wood to the Demon God Mother Tree, and its refinement raised his soul cultivation speed by more than thirtyfold again; Zhu Qingtian, the Holy Spirit Organization members, and Zheng Miaoyin rejoiced at their faster recovery.
• Dan Yun sensed Li Wensong's jade token resonating, went beyond the Eternal Night Continent, and met him as he arrived with the power of a Peak Sovereign Realm expert.
• Li Wensong noticed that the Eternal Night Continent had reached Fourth Heaven despite Dan Yun being only at Peak Creation Realm, and Dan Yun explained that she had fused with a continent of the same origin before warning him she had something to tell him.

Dan Yun told Li Wensong that she had formed a contract with Lu Qing'an, whom she believed was an Eternal Realm expert. Li Wensong doubted her claim but agreed to meet Lu Qing'an and discreetly assess his cultivation.

• Dan Yun explained that her realm had suddenly fallen, so she formed a contract with an Eternal Realm expert who helped stabilize it and enabled her breakthrough to the Fourth Heaven.
• Li Wensong was shocked to learn Dan Yun had contracted with someone else and suspected she had been deceived because she had never seen Lu Qing'an's cultivation.
• Dan Yun described Lu Qing'an transferring cultivation containing the Power of the Dao Source, convincing Li Wensong that Lu Qing'an was at least in the Sovereign Realm.
• Dan Yun connected her realm's decline to Lu Qing'an's children finishing their training and leaving the continent, while Li Wensong wondered whether Lu Qing'an was truly in the Eternal Realm.
• Li Wensong asked Dan Yun to arrange a meeting so he could assess Lu Qing'an, promising to do so without offending him.

Dan Yun brought Li Wensong’s request to meet her master, and Lu Qing'an went to meet the Peak Sovereign Realm expert in outer space. Lu Qing'an tried to bluff his way through the encounter, while Li Wensong began to suspect that he was a powerful Eternal Realm senior.

• Dan Yun told Li Wensong she would arrange a meeting with Lu Qing'an, and Li Wensong described his failed attempt to reach the Eternal Realm.
• Li Wensong agreed to meet Dan Yun’s master after she suggested Lu Qing'an might be a Peak Eternal Realm expert.
• Dan Yun returned to Lu Qing'an and explained that Li Wensong wanted to meet him; Lu Qing'an decided the veteran expert could provide useful information about higher-level continents.
• Lu Qing'an left Xue Tianfei and Xiao Qingyi behind and went with Dan Yun to meet Li Wensong in outer space.
• Lu Qing'an greeted Li Wensong with an air of superiority and called him “Little Li,” prompting Li Wensong to suspect he was an Eternal Realm expert.

Lu Qing'an bluffed that he could guarantee Li Wensong’s breakthrough to the Eternal Realm, making Li Wensong increasingly suspect he was a Peak Eternal Realm expert. Li Wensong decided to probe Lu Qing'an by asking him about secrets of the Eternal Realm.

• Lu Qing'an asked Li Wensong whether a Peak Eternal Realm expert could help him break through, and Li Wensong admitted it might be possible.
• Lu Qing'an scanned Li Wensong with his Devil Cultivation Method and claimed that a Peak Eternal Realm expert could guarantee his breakthrough.
• Li Wensong grew eager for Lu Qing'an’s help and hinted that he would pledge his loyalty to whoever helped him reach the Eternal Realm.
• Lu Qing'an changed the subject to tea, while Dan Yun and Li Wensong exchanged voice transmissions about the pressure they felt around him.
• Li Wensong resolved to test Lu Qing'an by asking questions about secrets of the Eternal Realm.

Li Wensong tried to determine whether Lu Qing'an was an Eternal Realm expert by questioning him about the law of causality, but Lu Qing'an recognized the test and gave evasive answers. After Dan Yun urged Li Wensong to stop, he apologized, and Lu Qing'an revealed that he had planned to help Li break through that day but had changed his mind.

• Li Wensong asked Lu Qing'an what to call him, and Lu Qing'an invited him to use the name Brother Lu.
• Li Wensong questioned Lu Qing'an about Eternal Realm experts who had brought forth the law of causality, while Lu Qing'an answered only with quiet acknowledgments.
• Li Wensong pressed Lu Qing'an to say whether he knew any of those experts, and Lu Qing'an challenged him to say whether he wanted him to know them or not.
• Dan Yun urged Li Wensong through a voice transmission to stop testing Lu Qing'an, and Li agreed to let the matter go.
• Li Wensong apologized to Lu Qing'an, who said he had planned to help Li break through that day but had changed his mind.

Lu Qing'an made Li Wensong agree to complete three tasks in exchange for help advancing to the Eternal Realm, beginning with summoning Heavenly Daos from several continents. Their discussion revealed that Li Wensong came from the Heavenly Fall Continent, where a powerful Xu Household included a junior named Xu Yi.

• Li Wensong apologized to Lu Qing'an and agreed to stay after Lu promised to consider helping him advance, provided he performed well.
• Dan Yun pleaded with Lu Qing'an to forgive Li Wensong, and Lu agreed to let the offense go for her sake.
• Lu Qing'an set Li Wensong three tasks as a test and told him first to invite the Heavenly Daos of every Fifth Heaven Continent in the star region and of the Divine Continent.
• Li Wensong asked to hear all three tasks before starting, so Lu Qing'an asked which Seven Heavens Continent he came from.
• Li Wensong said he came from the Heavenly Fall Continent and confirmed that its Xu Household was powerful and included a junior named Xu Yi.

Lu Qing'an learned more about the Xu Household and asked Li Wensong to investigate it for his next tasks. After Lu Qing'an left, a hostile Late Undying Realm presence approached Dan Yun and Li Wensong, leaving them unsure who it was targeting.

• Li Wensong told Lu Qing'an about the Xu Household, including Xu Man's estrangement from the family and its possible connection to his wife.
• Lu Qing'an asked Li Wensong to investigate Xu Man and the Xu Household, saying his upcoming tasks would involve them.
• Lu Qing'an returned to the Eternal Night Continent, while Li Wensong admitted he still could not tell whether Lu Qing'an was truly in the Eternal Realm.
• Dan Yun told Li Wensong that Lu Qing'an had transferred cultivation to her, raising her to the level of the Fourth Heaven Continent while she continued refining it.
• A hostile Late Undying Realm presence crossed the void toward Dan Yun and Li Wensong, and Dan Yun said she could not have offended someone of that cultivation level.

Xu Xuanyu sensed that the soul he had killed was coming after him, so Lu Qing'an went beyond the Eternal Night Continent to meet the approaching Late Undying Realm cultivator. The newcomer revealed himself as a Forbidden Living Being, and he looked down on Lu Qing'an and Li Wensong, whom he took to be Early Undying Realm cultivators.

• Xu Xuanyu returned to Lu Qing'an's courtyard in alarm after sensing that someone was pinpointing his location, and he and Lu Qing'an suspected the senior brother of the soul Xu Xuanyu had killed.
• Lu Qing'an sensed an Undying Realm presence outside the continent, told Xu Xuanyu to stay put, and went out to meet it.
• Dan Yun and Li Wensong joined Lu Qing'an as they waited for the approaching cultivator, who was unrelated to Dan Yun and connected to one of Lu Qing'an's juniors.
• A gaunt man arrived amid corrosive Star-Eroding Mist, and Dan Yun and Li Wensong recognized him as a powerful Forbidden Living Being.
• The newcomer saw Lu Qing'an and Li Wensong as Early Undying Realm cultivators and regarded them with contempt.

Xing Shi confronted Dan Yun while searching for the person who killed his junior sister, Xu Xuanyu, and Lu Qing'an claimed responsibility for protecting his junior. Xing Shi attacked, and Lu Qing'an revealed his Eternal Night Emperor Position as both prepared to fight.

• Xing Shi questioned Dan Yun about her cultivation and demanded she find the person who killed Xu Xuanyu.
• Lu Qing'an told Xing Shi that the person he sought was his junior and offered him a chance to leave safely.
• Xing Shi rejected Lu Qing'an's offer, threatened the others, and attacked before Lu Qing'an finished counting down.
• Li Wensong recognized Xing Shi's powerful Star-Eroding Mist true form and Devouring Emperor Position, then watched to see how Lu Qing'an would respond.
• Xing Shi manifested his nine-star Emperor Position and transformed into an armored giant.
• Lu Qing'an revealed his three-star Eternal Night Emperor Position and transformed amid dark-gold energy, stellar vortices, and scarlet lightning.

Lu Qing'an fought Xing Shi while suppressing his cultivation to the Undying Realm, unleashing a million Demon God Phantoms that overwhelmed Xing Shi. Li Wensong and Dan Yun watched in shock as Lu Qing'an captured Xing Shi and left Li Wensong convinced of his true strength.

• Li Wensong watched Lu Qing'an fight Xing Shi to assess his cultivation, while Dan Yun observed Lu Qing'an's Undying Divine Emperor state.
• Lu Qing'an summoned thirty enormous Demon God Phantoms, which multiplied into a million and surrounded Xing Shi.
• Xing Shi unleashed Myriad Laws Devouring, but the Demon God army crushed his attack and overwhelmed him with pinnacle Divine Abilities.
• The Demon God Phantoms battered Xing Shi into submission and bound his soul, then carried his motionless remains to Lu Qing'an.
• Li Wensong and Dan Yun stared in stunned silence, and Li Wensong vowed to fight anyone who claimed Lu Qing'an was not in the Eternal Realm.

Lu Qing'an defeated Xing Shi and killed him after Xing Shi refused to submit, using the battle to convince Li Wensong and Dan Yun that he was an Eternal Realm expert. He returned to the Eternal Night Continent, leaving Li Wensong and Dan Yun eager to carry out his orders and pursue their own breakthroughs.

• Lu Qing'an offered Xing Shi a chance to serve him, but Xing Shi refused and threatened him with his master and a Karma Dao Mark, so Lu Qing'an ordered the Demon God Phantoms to kill him.
• The Demon God Phantoms destroyed Xing Shi's body and soul, and Lu Qing'an collected the soul fragments and Xing Shi's storage treasures.
• Lu Qing'an confronted Li Wensong about testing him, and Li Wensong promised to become his loyal subordinate and complete the three tasks.
• Lu Qing'an told Dan Yun to work with Li Wensong to receive the Heavenly Daos from the other continents, then returned to the Eternal Night Continent with Cang Ru.
• After Lu Qing'an left, Dan Yun reaffirmed that her master was an Eternal Realm expert, while Li Wensong guessed he might be at the Peak Eternal Realm and looked forward to breaking through.

After Lu Qing'an killed Xing Shi, he shared the expert's spoils with his companions, who were stunned by the strength he had revealed. Lu Zixuan discovered a map formation in a Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone, and the group began investigating whether it led to treasure.

• Lu Qing'an gave Xing Shi's remnant souls to Zhu Qingtian and admitted to Xu Xuanyu that he had killed Xing Shi despite the threat of his eternal realm master.
• Lu Qing'an displayed Xing Shi's vast collection of treasures, and his companions chose items suited to their needs.
• Lu Qing'an found materials to improve the Time Cultivation Tower, while Lu Zixuan took the Heavenly Mandate Soul Stones she needed for her Spirit Soldier Retinue ability.
• Lu Zixuan showed Lu Qing'an a formation pattern hidden in one of the stones, and Luo Danhong identified it as a small map formation.
• Black Dragon sensed that the map led to a treasure hoard, so Lu Qing'an asked Xu Yunyi and the others to decipher it.

Lu Qing'an asked how a Peak Sovereign Realm expert could break through to the Eternal Realm, then prepared to use Xu Yi's arrival to learn about the Heavenly Fall Continent. Xu Yi contacted Xu Qingying after discovering that the Cangyun Continent had disappeared.

• Lu Qing'an asked Zhu Qingtian and Zheng Miaoyin how a powerful Eternal Realm expert could help someone reach the Eternal Realm, but neither knew.
• Lu Qing'an cultivated while He Hong and Wang Duanshan upgraded the Time Cultivation Tower, improving its time-flow effects.
• Xu Xuanyu told Lu Qing'an that the special bloodline connection had appeared again, and Lu Qing'an urged him and Xu Yunyi to meet their eldest sister and lead Xu Yi to him.
• Xu Sheng and Xu Yi searched for the missing Cangyun Continent with help from a yellow-robed Early Undying Realm expert from the Divine Continent.
• Xu Yi contacted Xu Qingying and asked what had happened to the Cangyun Continent.

Xu Yi used a bloodline technique to contact Xu Qingying and learned that the Cangyun Continent had been devoured and transformed into the Eternal Night Continent. Xu Qingying agreed to wait for Xu Yi and his father's clone, while her siblings returned to Lu Qing'an and reported their arrival.

• Xu Yi contacted Xu Qingying and learned that the Cangyun Continent had become the Eternal Night Continent, a Fourth Heaven Continent.
• Xu Yi told Xu Qingying that he and his father's clone would reach her within a day, and Xu Qingying was disappointed that her parents were not coming.
• Xu Qingying urged Xu Xuanyu and Xu Yunyi not to return to the Xu Household, but she chose to pursue her own wish to see their parents.
• Xu Xuanyu and Xu Yunyi returned to Lu Qing'an and reported that Xu Yi and his father's clone were on their way.
• Lu Qing'an agreed to wait for the visitors, then said he would kill Xu Yi because Xu Yi had offended him at Little Xuanzi's wedding.

Xu Qingying met Xu Yi and Xu Sheng outside the Eternal Night Continent, where they demanded that she and her family return to the Xu Household. Lu Qing'an arrived with allies to confront them, while Xu Sheng grew wary of the two Heavenly Daos’ unexpectedly weak cultivation.

• Xu Sheng, Xu Yi, and a man in yellow robes reached the Eternal Night Continent, and Xu Sheng recognized Xu Qingying as the daughter of a woman he once loved.
• Xu Qingying told Xu Sheng she had no news of her parents, and he invited her to return to the Xu Household with Xu Yi.
• Xu Qingying tried to leave her siblings and children behind, but Xu Yi and Xu Sheng insisted that the whole family had to come with them.
• Lu Qing'an, Dan Yun, Cang Ru, Xu Xuanyu, and Xu Yunyi arrived to face Xu Yi and his companions.
• Xu Yi celebrated seeing Lu Qing'an and Cang Ru, while Xu Sheng wondered why both Heavenly Daos had only Creation Realm strength.

Lu Qing'an prepared to fight Xu Sheng’s group while Dan Yun and Cang Ru fused into a powerful new form. Before the battle began, Zheng Miaoyin recognized Lü Pu among their opponents, giving Lu Qing'an a possible connection to the Divine Continent.

• Lu Qing'an told Dan Yun and Cang Ru to fuse so he could assess their strength, and they became a mature beauty in the early Undying Realm.
• Lu Qing'an assigned Dan Yun and Cang Ru to fight Xu Yi and Lü Pu while he took on Xu Sheng.
• Xu Yi and Xu Sheng discussed Lu Qing'an’s strength, and Xu Yi persuaded the reluctant Lü Pu to help hold off Dan Yun and Cang Ru.
• Zheng Miaoyin flew up from the Eternal Night Continent and told Lu Qing'an that Lü Pu was an acquaintance from the Divine Continent who had once helped her.
• Lu Qing'an asked Zheng Miaoyin to persuade Lü Pu to change sides, and Lü Pu froze when she called out to him.

Zheng Miaoyin warned Lü Pu that Lu Qing'an was an Eternal Realm expert, persuading him to abandon Xu Yi and Xu Sheng. As the two sides prepared to fight, Xu Qingying heard her mother threaten Xu Sheng from far away.

• Zheng Miaoyin told Lü Pu that Lu Qing'an was an Eternal Realm expert who had killed a Peak Undying Realm expert and made Zhu Qingtian his soul slave.
• Lü Pu decided to stay out of the conflict and moved far away, leaving Xu Yi and Xu Sheng without his help.
• Xu Yi and Xu Sheng prepared to fight Lu Qing'an's side, while Xu Qingying fled to avoid being caught in their battle.
• A distant voice threatened to destroy Xu Sheng if he harmed the speaker's family, and Xu Qingying recognized it as her mother's voice.

Qiao Yuqin returned and reunited with Xu Qingying, then confronted Xu Sheng over the Xu Household’s pursuit of her family. She revealed that her husband had gained a powerful inheritance and a Late Sovereign Realm senior brother, while Lu Qing'an urged the opponents to stop arguing and fight.

• Qiao Yuqin arrived on the Eternal Night Continent, and Xu Qingying recognized her mother and ran into her arms in tears.
• Qiao Yuqin comforted Xu Qingying and promised she would not leave again, but said she first had to handle important business and explain why she and her husband had left.
• Qiao Yuqin accused Xu Sheng of refusing to let her family go, while Xu Sheng demanded that she return to the Xu Household and asked where her husband was.
• Qiao Yuqin told Xu Sheng that her husband had obtained a heaven-defying inheritance and had a senior brother at the Late Sovereign Realm.
• Xu Sheng questioned whether Qiao Yuqin was telling the truth and invoked his father’s strength and a Peak Sovereign Realm ally, but Lu Qing'an interrupted and told them to fight.