Chapter Summaries

Lu Zixuan and Lu Zhengran argued over their friends, status, and cultivation, with each trying to outdo the other’s boasts. Lu Zhengran ended the conversation convinced that his sister was exaggerating, while Lu Zixuan went off to cultivate.

• Lu Zixuan warned Lu Zhengran to question whether his new companions were genuine friends, but he insisted they had no ulterior motives.
• Lu Zixuan claimed that many people she knew had Peak Great Emperor Realm experts in their Lineages, and Lu Zhengran accused her of bragging.
• Lu Zhengran bragged about mastering a powerful saber technique after guidance from the dean of Green Mountain Academy, while Lu Zixuan claimed she had learned a top-tier sword technique in less than an hour.
• Lu Zhengran boasted that his academy would devote its resources to training him and give him a tenth-grade Insight-Raising Pill every three days.
• Lu Zixuan said that cultivating beneath a tree raised her comprehension dozens of times, leaving Lu Zhengran convinced she was bragging again.

Lu Zhengran spoke with Lu Zixuan and learned that his uncle Xu Xuanyu planned to travel to the Demon Domain in five days. Xu Yunyi asked Lu Qing'an and Xiao Qingyi to meet him at the realm barrier, and two quiet days passed at the courtyard.

• Lu Zixuan teased Lu Zhengran about his strength, and he vowed to visit her after reaching the Body Integration Realm.
• Xu Xuanyu told Xu Yunyi that he would travel to the Demon Domain in about five days and asked her and her brother-in-law to meet him at the realm barrier.
• Xu Yunyi explained to Lu Zixuan that Xu Xuanyu admired her father, and Lu Zixuan promised to treat her uncle well.
• Xu Yunyi told Lu Qing'an about her younger brother's plans, and Lu Qing'an asked Xiao Qingyi to meet him instead.
• Two days passed as He Hong and Wang Duanshan refined artifacts, the children attended the academy, and Lu Qing'an and Xiao Qingyi drank tea together.

Lu Qing'an took Lu Miaomiao to Demon Heart City to visit Xue Tianfei at the Frost Firmament Heavenly Palace. After arriving, he told a maid that he wanted to see the president, but she hesitated because Xue Tianfei was busy and rarely met visitors.

• Xiao Qingyi learned that his second disciple had gone missing in the Cold Crystal Forbidden Land and left to search for him.
• Lu Miaomiao stayed home from the academy and persuaded Lu Qing'an to take her to find Xue Tianfei.
• Lu Qing'an gathered leaves from the Demon God Mother Tree as a gift and traveled with Lu Miaomiao to Demon Heart City.
• Lu Qing'an and Lu Miaomiao arrived at the Frost Firmament Heavenly Palace and learned about its many services from a maid.
• Lu Qing'an asked the maid to tell Xue Tianfei that he had brought Miaomiao to see her, and the maid hesitated because the president was busy.

Lu Qing'an and Lu Miaomiao visited Xue Tianfei, who greeted them warmly and took Lu Qing'an's hand to escape a crowd. After hearing that Xue Tianfei suspected elders of tampering with the merchant association's accounts, Lu Qing'an offered to help investigate, and she agreed to take him to see her mother.

• Xiao Li contacted Xue Tianfei after Lu Miaomiao asked to see her.
• Xue Tianfei appeared in person, embraced Lu Miaomiao, and took Lu Qing'an's hand to lead them away from the gathering crowd.
• In a secluded hall, Xue Tianfei explained that she suspected one or two merchant association elders had tampered with the accounts.
• Lu Qing'an offered to help expose the suspected traitors, and Xue Tianfei agreed to gather them.
• Lu Qing'an asked to see Xue Tianfei's mother, and Xue Tianfei joked that he was meeting the family again.

Lu Qing'an visited Xue Tianfei and her mother, Madam Qin, bringing them Demon God Mother Tree leaves and introducing his youngest daughter, Lu Miaomiao. After Madam Qin asked for more leaves, Lu Qing'an vanished and returned almost immediately with another box, astonishing her.

• Lu Qing'an gave Xue Tianfei a box of Demon God Mother Tree leaves and went with her to visit Madam Qin.
• Lu Qing'an introduced Lu Miaomiao as his youngest daughter, surprising Madam Qin and prompting her to question Xue Tianfei privately about the child.
• Xue Tianfei assured Madam Qin that she genuinely liked Lu Qing'an's daughters and could accept becoming their stepmother.
• Madam Qin invited Lu Qing'an to have tea, then asked whether he had brought more Demon God Mother Tree leaves.
• Lu Qing'an left for Demon Descent City and returned almost immediately with another box of leaves, startling Madam Qin with his speed.

Lu Qing'an visited the Xue Household and agreed to help Madam Qin and Xue Tianfei uncover the source of trouble within their chamber of commerce. After examining the gathered senior members, he singled out two people as suspects.

• Madam Qin offered Lu Qing'an her daughter Xue Tianfei's hand in marriage and promised the chamber of commerce as her dowry, but he asked to focus on the household's problems.
• Madam Qin summoned the Xue Household's senior members to the council hall, where Xue Tianfei explained that someone among them had been secretly causing trouble.
• The grand elder and the other senior members reacted with shock as Xue Tianfei admitted she had not identified the culprit.
• Lu Qing'an studied the assembled members, pointed at two seemingly ordinary seniors, and ordered them to step forward.

Lu Qing'an accused Xue Tianyun and Xue Jianghong of possessing the Xue Household elders’ bodies, though the household’s experts could not detect anything wrong. When Xue Jianghong demanded that Madam Qin and Xue Tianfei defend him, Lu Qing'an crushed him to the floor with overwhelming pressure.

• Lu Qing'an identified Xue Tianyun and Xue Jianghong as suspects and demanded their real identities.
• Lu Qing'an accused the two elders of possessing their bodies, but the Xue Household first elder and Madam Qin found no detectable traces.
• The first elder stopped other Xue Household elders from challenging Lu Qing'an and asked him to present evidence.
• Lu Qing'an said his evidence was only for convincing himself.
• Xue Jianghong demanded that Madam Qin and Xue Tianfei stand up for him, and Lu Qing'an flattened him with a sudden force that stunned everyone.

Lu Qing'an exposed two Xue Household elders as impostors with soul-linked Demonic Qi and crushed their attempt to resist. After they threatened the Xue Household and tried to escape, he revealed himself as the Eternal Night Demon Emperor and declared the Xue Household Chamber of Commerce under his protection.

• Lu Qing'an subdued the white-robed and black-robed elders and suspected their souls came from an organized group targeting the Xue Household.
• The two elders unleashed special Demonic Qi and tried to rise, but Lu Qing'an increased his pressure and forced them back down, drawing blood.
• The elders refused to reveal their organization, boasted that their Holy Lord would defeat Lu Qing'an, and secretly activated an escape technique.
• Lu Qing'an identified himself as the Eternal Night Demon Emperor and warned the elders to tell their Holy Lord that he would protect the Xue Household Chamber of Commerce.
• The elders panicked at Lu Qing'an's identity and hurried to complete their escape technique as he watched.

Lu Qing'an stopped the black-robed and white-robed elders from escaping, killed one soul, and followed the other to an underground cavern. There, he found traces of a larger organization and confronted a speaking array.

• The white-robed and black-robed elders activated a secret technique to send their souls through a tiny opening in the void, but Lu Qing'an froze the surrounding space and trapped them.
• Lu Qing'an burned the white-robed elder's soul with the Immortal-Slaying Black Flame and discovered a restriction that prevented him from searching the black-robed elder's soul.
• Lu Qing'an pretended to release the black-robed elder's soul after removing the barrier, then followed it through the void to a cavern beneath the earth.
• Lu Qing'an found that the organization's members had recently left the cavern, and an aged voice from a nearby array demanded to know who he was.
• Lu Qing'an asked the array whether it was the organization's leader.

Lu Qing'an confronted a mysterious organization operating in the Demon Domain, then helped Li Cangxuan identify a suspected infiltrator among his subordinates. He reassured the Xue Household that the organization would likely leave them alone and departed with Lu Miaomiao, while Xue Tianfei took his casual remark about being on the same side as a sign of affection.

• Lu Qing'an burned the soul mass, but the organization ended its exchange with him by destroying its formation before he could learn where it came from.
• Lu Qing'an found and took a Soul-Nourishing Crystal, then contacted Li Cangxuan and learned that the organization had been active in the Demon Domain for over a thousand years and had drained the souls of people in a nearby faction.
• Lu Qing'an examined Li Cangxuan's gathered subordinates, spotted a suspicious late Great Emperor Realm expert, and advised Li Cangxuan to watch them rather than expose them.
• Lu Qing'an returned to the Xue Household and told Madam Qin that the mysterious organization would most likely not trouble them again; the senior members apologized and received her warnings to stay vigilant.
• Lu Qing'an left with Lu Miaomiao after telling Xue Tianfei to visit when she had finished her work, and Xue Tianfei excitedly asked Madam Qin whether he had meant that they were on the same side romantically.

Lu Qing'an gave Luo Danhong a soul-nourishing crystal and asked her to make a formation to aid soul cultivation. Xue Tianfei returned to live in the courtyard, and Lu Qing'an activated the completed formation, which refreshed everyone there.

• Lu Qing'an wondered whether Lu Miaomiao had a special ability and decided to try awakening her physique when she was older.
• Lu Qing'an showed Luo Danhong a rare supreme-grade soul-nourishing crystal and asked her to make a soul-cultivation formation, promising her a favor in return.
• Lu Miaomiao celebrated when Xue Tianfei returned and learned that Xue Tianfei would handle the chamber of commerce remotely and live in the courtyard.
• Lu Zixuan and the others returned from the academy, and Xue Tianfei welcomed Sun Minzi as Lu Qing'an's adopted daughter.
• Luo Danhong finished the formation, and Lu Qing'an activated it, filling the courtyard with a refreshing presence that relieved everyone's fatigue.

Lu Qing'an discovered that the soul-nourishing formation revealed Lu Zixuan's extraordinary talent for soul cultivation, then passed soul techniques to her, Lu Miaomiao, Sun Minzi, and Xu Yunyi. After the children went to cultivate, Xue Tianfei coaxed Lu Qing'an into having tea with her, while Xiao Qingyi reported that he was getting lost in the Heavenfall Demon Cavern.

• Lu Qing'an asked Lu Miaomiao, Lu Zixuan, and Sun Minzi how the formation affected them, and Lu Zixuan revealed that she had formed an Ice Soul Soul Crystal.
• Xue Tianfei recognized the crystal as an astounding achievement for someone at Lu Zixuan's cultivation level, and Lu Qing'an praised his daughter's soul-cultivation talent.
• Lu Qing'an passed a soul cultivation method and a soul-attack secret method to Lu Zixuan, Lu Miaomiao, Sun Minzi, and Xu Yunyi, then sent them to practice by the pond.
• Luo Danhong declined Lu Qing'an's offer of help for the time being and returned to cultivating.
• Xue Tianfei acted cute to persuade Lu Qing'an to sit with her and drink tea, while the children watched and giggled.
• Lu Qing'an messaged Xiao Qingyi, who said the deeper parts of the Heavenfall Demon Cavern seemed changed and that he had nearly gotten lost before ending the transmission.

Lu Qing'an avoided being alone with Xue Tianfei and waited for Xu Xuanyu to arrive, while Xu Xuanyu left the Immortal Ruins to join his sister. As Xu Yunyi and Luo Danhong went to collect him, Lu Qing'an planned to tease Xu Xuanyu about once admiring him.

• Xue Tianfei tried to chat with Lu Qing'an, but Li Cangxuan arrived and Lu Qing'an escaped to discuss his disciple's plan to track a suspicious person.
• Lu Qing'an spent three days with Xue Tianfei while Xiao Qingyi reported that he was still searching for Li Cangxuan.
• Xu Xuanyu left letters for Xu Qingying and departed the Xu Household, while Xu Qingying watched him leave and resolved to grow stronger.
• Xu Yunyi received Xu Xuanyu's message that he had reached the realm barrier, and she went to collect him with Luo Danhong.
• Lu Qing'an stayed behind and planned to act coldly toward Xu Xuanyu before teasing him about his former rebellious nature.

Xu Yunyi crossed into the Immortal Ruins to retrieve her younger brother, Xu Xuanyu, and brought him back to the Demon Domain to meet Lu Qing'an. Xu Xuanyu arrived at the courtyard and was greeted by Lu Zixuan and Lu Miaomiao, while Lu Qing'an had yet to appear.

• Xu Xuanyu said goodbye to Li Feiyu at the realm barrier and asked him to keep him informed about Huangfu Qi.
• Xu Yunyi found Xu Xuanyu and crossed into the Immortal Ruins, where a seal weakened her cultivation; she gave Li Feiyu a leaf from the Demon God Mother Tree in thanks.
• Xu Yunyi introduced Xu Xuanyu to her master, Luo Danhong, and the three returned to the Demon Domain.
• Xu Xuanyu asked whether Lu Qing'an was busy, then grew nervous as Luo Danhong brought them to the courtyard.
• Xu Xuanyu met Lu Zixuan and Lu Miaomiao at the gate, and they called him uncle.

Xu Xuanyu arrived in the Demon Domain and reunited with Xu Yunyi, Lu Zixuan, and Lu Miaomiao, who welcomed him warmly. He then begged Lu Qing'an for forgiveness with increasingly shameless antics, leaving everyone amused and Lu Qing'an unsure how to handle him.

• Lu Miaomiao shared popcorn with Xu Xuanyu, and Lu Zixuan hugged him as they welcomed him to the Demon Domain.
• Xu Xuanyu cried after the children showed him kindness, and Xu Yunyi teased him while promising to keep his tears secret.
• Xu Xuanyu dropped to his knees and slid into the courtyard, loudly calling for Lu Qing'an and alarming the people inside.
• Lu Qing'an stopped Xu Xuanyu from kneeling again with Demonic Qi, while Xu Xuanyu apologized to him and He Hong.
• Xu Xuanyu clung to Lu Qing'an's leg and praised his scent, so Xu Yunyi picked him up as the others laughed at his claims to have a reputation.

Xu Xuanyu met Lu Qing'an's companions in the Demon Domain and won them over with extravagant praise. He left with gifts from Wang Duanshan and Xue Tianfei and a promise of help from Li Cangxuan.

• Lu Qing'an made Xu Xuanyu promise to behave and had Xu Yunyi introduce him to everyone.
• Xu Xuanyu praised Wang Duanshan, who gave him a tenth-grade treasured sword.
• Xu Xuanyu praised Xue Tianfei's beauty and devotion to Lu Qing'an, and she gave him ten million Supreme-Grade Demon Crystals.
• Xu Xuanyu called Li Cangxuan his idol and said he looked like Lu Qing'an, prompting Li Cangxuan to give him a Sound Transmission Jade Slip.
• Xu Yunyi praised Xu Xuanyu for knowing what each person wanted to hear, but Xu Xuanyu said he had meant every word.

Lu Qing'an examined Xu Xuanyu's ruined cultivation and offered to seek help from the strongest alchemist, while making Xu Xuanyu do the courtyard's housework in exchange. Meanwhile, Li Feiyu showed a reddish leaf to Steward Chen, who identified it as a rare leaf from the top of the Demon God Mother Tree.

• Lu Qing'an privately spoke with Xu Xuanyu, who apologized for his past behavior and thanked him for his protection.
• Lu Qing'an examined Xu Xuanyu and found his Dantian ruined and his meridians severed, leaving him unable to cultivate.
• Lu Qing'an offered to seek help from the strongest alchemist and assigned Xu Xuanyu the courtyard's cleaning and housework in exchange for possible aid.
• Li Feiyu told Xu Qingying that he had delivered Xu Xuanyu to the Demon Domain, then went to a merchant association in the Immortal Ruins.
• Li Feiyu showed Steward Chen the reddish leaf, and Steward Chen identified it as a leaf from the top of the Demon God Mother Tree.

Xu Xuanyu settled in with Xu Yunyi’s family and discovered how extraordinary Lu Qing'an’s household was despite having lost his cultivation. As Li Feiyu contacted him about a rare Demon God Mother Tree leaf, another leaf fell directly into Xu Xuanyu’s hand.

• Xu Yunyi and Lu Miaomiao welcomed Xu Xuanyu, who promised to help around the house and keep Miaomiao company.
• Lu Qing'an’s companions praised Xu Xuanyu, while He Hong asked whether he could cultivate again; Lu Qing'an said they would wait for the Dao of Alchemy Master.
• Xu Xuanyu asked to see the time treasure and divine weapons, and Xu Yunyi, Lu Zixuan, and Lu Miaomiao showed him their powerful weapons and armor.
• Lu Zixuan explained the formation and took Xu Xuanyu to see the Demon God Mother Tree, revealing that Lu Qing'an had refined it into a treasure.
• Li Feiyu contacted Xu Xuanyu to celebrate receiving a leaf from the top of the Demon God Mother Tree, and Xu Xuanyu watched another leaf fall into his hand.

Xu Xuanyu settled into work at Lu Qing'an's home and discovered he could hear demonic herbs speak when he touched them. Lu Qing'an tested his claims, then told him that every answer was wrong.

• Xu Xuanyu declined Lu Zixuan and the others' invitation to visit the academy, choosing to finish his chores first.
• Lu Qing'an watched Xu Xuanyu work while Xue Tianfei made tea, and reflected on his changed view of her.
• Xu Xuanyu rushed back from the demonic herb garden and claimed he could learn demonic herbs' names, ages, and properties by touching them.
• Lu Qing'an brought over dozens of herbs and asked Xu Xuanyu to identify them one by one.
• After Xu Xuanyu confidently described every herb, Lu Qing'an said all his answers were wrong, leaving him stunned.

Lu Qing'an confirmed that Xu Xuanyu had an extraordinary talent for identifying demonic herbs and discussed Lu Zixuan’s rapid growth in the cold. When Lu Miaomiao sensed Xu Xuanyu was unhappy, Xu Yunyi questioned him and learned what had happened with Huangfu Qi.

• Lu Qing'an reassured Xu Xuanyu that his observations about the demonic herbs were accurate and suggested alchemy might suit him if he regained his cultivation.
• Lu Qing'an contacted Xiao Qingyi, who refused to admit defeat while struggling to leave a difficult place.
• Lu Zixuan returned from the academy and told Lu Qing'an that an icy world greatly strengthened her Ice Soul Soul Crystal, so Xue Tianfei created a cold chamber to help her cultivate.
• Lu Miaomiao sensed that Xu Xuanyu was unhappy despite his cheerful appearance and told Xu Yunyi.
• Xu Yunyi pressed Xu Xuanyu to explain his worries, learned what had happened with Huangfu Qi, and realized Huangfu Qi had fallen to rock bottom and bounced back after Lu Qing'an had already intervened.