Chapter Summaries

Xu Xuanyu learned that Huangfu Qi had recovered and gained dual emperor positions, but Xu Yunyi encouraged him to recover and defeat his enemy himself. Lu Qing'an wondered whether the family’s unusual abilities were connected, then heard that Wang Duanshan had gone to rescue Xiao Qingyi from the Cold Crystal Forbidden Land; by the next day, Wang Duanshan was lost there too.

• Xu Yunyi encouraged Xu Xuanyu after he learned that Huangfu Qi had recovered, broken through to the Late Great Emperor Realm, and gained the Phoenix Nirvana Emperor Position.
• Lu Qing'an told Xu Yunyi that the news might give Xu Xuanyu the fighting spirit he needed to recover, and he praised Lu Miaomiao’s ability to sense people’s emotions.
• Lu Miaomiao compared her ability to spotting whether food would taste good, and Lu Qing'an asked her to tell him whenever she noticed something unusual.
• Lu Qing'an and Xue Tianfei wondered whether the Xu siblings’ and Lu daughters’ unusual abilities were connected to their family or their time in the Demon Domain.
• Wang Duanshan announced that Xiao Qingyi had become lost in the Cold Crystal Forbidden Land, then left to find him.
• The next day, Xue Tianfei received a message from Wang Duanshan saying he had found Xiao Qingyi and his disciple but could not find the way out.

Xue Tianfei went to rescue Xiao Qingyi, Wang Duanshan, and the others from the Cold Crystal Forbidden Land, but she failed to return by noon. Luo Danhong then used her new locating formation to go after them, only to become unreachable herself, leaving Lu Qing'an to wonder if he would have to intervene.

• Xue Tianfei told Lu Qing'an that Wang Duanshan and Xiao Qingyi were trapped in the Cold Crystal Forbidden Land, then set out to rescue them.
• Xue Tianfei did not return by noon, and Lu Qing'an chose not to contact her so she could save face.
• Luo Danhong offered to use her new formation to locate the missing cultivators and flew to the Cold Crystal Forbidden Land.
• Two hours later, Xu Yunyi told Lu Qing'an that she could no longer contact Luo Danhong.

Lu Qing'an went to the Cold Crystal Forbidden Land after learning that Xue Tianfei and the others were trapped inside, and followed the energy body to the land’s deepest cavern. There, he recognized a colossal creature emerging from the cold as Little Blackie.

• Lu Qing'an learned from Xue Tianfei that she and the others were trapped in the Cold Crystal Forbidden Land, so he set out to investigate.
• Lu Qing'an met Li Cangxuan above the forbidden land and released the energy body after it showed an urge to devour something inside.
• Lu Qing'an carried Li Cangxuan after the energy body through the ice tunnels to a vast cavern deep below.
• The energy body rushed toward a shadow, but Lu Qing'an stopped it when he recognized the figure emerging from the cold as Little Blackie.

Lu Qing'an and Li Cangxuan discovered that the ice dragon in the Cold Crystal Forbidden Land was part of the land itself, which had become a forbidden life-form. When Lu Qing'an sent the ravenous energy body after it, the dragon fled into the mist.

• Lu Qing'an and Li Cangxuan encountered an ice dragon resembling Little Blackie, and Lu Qing'an recognized it as a forbidden life-form.
• Li Cangxuan fought the ice dragon while Lu Qing'an examined the unusually resilient cold crystal and concluded that the entire Cold Crystal Forbidden Land was the true forbidden life-form.
• Li Cangxuan returned and reported that the ice dragon rapidly recovered from his attacks, and Lu Qing'an explained that it could not be killed without destroying the whole forbidden land.
• Lu Qing'an sent the energy body toward the ice dragon, which halted and fled as the energy body chased it into the icy mist.

Lu Qing'an let the energy body devour the ice dragon’s gold crystal, causing it to grow powerful enough to challenge him. He subdued it with a series of slaps, imprisoned it in its box, and turned his attention to the frightened ice dragon.

• Lu Qing'an let the energy body merge with and consume the gold crystal embedded in the ice dragon, leaving the dragon terribly weakened.
• The energy body’s power surged until its presence nearly matched Lu Qing'an’s, then it suddenly attacked him.
• Li Cangxuan tried to shield Lu Qing'an, but Lu Qing'an moved him aside and stopped the energy body’s charge with one hand.
• Lu Qing'an slapped the energy body more than ten times until it shrank and begged for mercy.
• Lu Qing'an decided to keep the energy body imprisoned in its box so he could investigate its connection to unusual forces beyond their domain.
• Lu Qing'an approached the trembling ice dragon, which whimpered as though begging him to stay away.

Lu Qing'an questioned the ice dragon and learned how a golden crystal had made the Cold Crystal Forbidden Land a taboo being—and how Little Blackie had stolen another crystal from her. He refined the forbidden land into a blue ice crystal, leaving its sentience mostly intact and its power sealed until he needed it.

• Lu Qing'an asked the ice dragon how she became a taboo being, and she explained that a golden crystal had landed in the forbidden land and awakened her six hundred years ago.
• Lu Qing'an learned that Little Blackie had befriended the newly sentient ice dragon, then stolen another golden crystal while she formed a body modeled after him.
• The ice dragon said she did not know where Little Blackie had gone, but vowed to find him if she survived.
• Lu Qing'an offered to refine the ice dragon while preserving most of her sentience, and she agreed to avoid being killed.
• Lu Qing'an used his Emperor's Throne and Demonic Qi to refine the ice dragon and the Cold Crystal Forbidden Land into a blue ice crystal.

Lu Qing'an refined the Cold Crystal Forbidden Land, freed the people trapped inside, and brought them back to his courtyard, where Li Cangxuan explained how it had become a powerful forbidden life-form. After warning the Demon Domain’s experts about possible changes connected to the outer realms, Lu Qing'an gave the refined forbidden land to Lu Zixuan for cultivation.

• Lu Qing'an released Xiao Qingyi, Xue Tianfei, Wang Duanshan, Luo Danhong, and over a thousand others from the vanished Cold Crystal Forbidden Land, then opened a void passage back to his courtyard.
• Xiao Qingyi and Wang Duanshan bickered about being trapped, while Long Ya revealed to Xiao Qingyi that there had been a reason he was caught in the forbidden land.
• Li Cangxuan explained that a fortuitous encounter had transformed the Cold Crystal Forbidden Land into a forbidden life-form that had even challenged him.
• Lu Qing'an warned Xiao Qingyi and the others that a mysterious organization might be connected to the outer realms and that the Demon Domain could grow stranger.
• Lu Qing'an gave the refined Cold Crystal Forbidden Land to Lu Zixuan so she could cultivate inside its frigid depths.

Lu Qing'an welcomed Xu Xuanyu into the family gathering and later heard how Long Ya and his senior brother had been caught up in trouble with the Blood Phoenix Sect. Suspecting the sect had used a fabricated gem to lure him into the Cold Crystal Forbidden Land, Lu Qing'an decided to visit the sect and find out why it had schemed against him.

• Lu Zixuan worried about cultivating with the Cold Crystal Forbidden Land, and Lu Qing'an told her to use it freely as both a cultivation aid and protection.
• Xiao Qingyi tried to scold Xu Xuanyu, but Wang Duanshan, Lu Zixuan, Lu Miaomiao, Xue Tianfei, and Li Cangxuan defended him, leaving Xiao Qingyi embarrassed.
• That night, Long Ya told Lu Qing'an that the Blood Phoenix Sect had imprisoned his senior brother after he severely injured its Holy Son and sent Long Ya into the Cold Crystal Forbidden Land to find a Majiaduo Gem.
• Lu Qing'an and Xiao Qingyi realized they had never heard of the gem and suspected the Blood Phoenix Sect had invented the errand to lure them into a trap.
• Lu Qing'an concluded the sect had targeted him because it had learned of the Cold Crystal Forbidden Land's change, and he said he would visit the Blood Phoenix Sect.

Lu Qing'an investigated a scheme involving the Blood Phoenix Sect and the mysterious organization, while Xiao Qingyi's missing eldest disciple returned. Lu Qing'an concluded that the organization was probably behind the plot and planned to thwart its goals without revealing his true strength.

• Lu Qing'an suspected someone was using the Blood Phoenix Sect as part of a scheme, so he sent Li Cangxuan to investigate.
• Li Cangxuan reported that the Blood Phoenix Sect's holy son was gravely injured and that the sect seemed unaware of who had attacked him.
• Lu Qing'an and Xiao Qingyi reasoned that the mysterious organization was the likeliest culprit, aiming to kill Lu Qing'an, test his strength, or make him destroy the Blood Phoenix Sect.
• Xiao Qingyi received word that his eldest disciple had returned, and Lu Qing'an accompanied him to bring back the badly weakened, bald middle-aged man.
• Lu Qing'an told Xiao Qingyi to thwart the scheme's goals and admitted that even he did not know exactly how strong he was.

Lu Qing'an threatened the Blood Phoenix Sect to force it to prove its innocence while giving Li Cangxuan a chance to grow closer to its holy maiden. Xiao Qingyi then questioned Xu Xuanyu about his influence over powerful figures and acknowledged him after seeing his boldness.

• Lu Qing'an told Xiao Qingyi he would investigate the scheme and asked him to watch for Liu Xiyue's return to the academy.
• Lu Qing'an enveloped the Blood Phoenix Sect in a demonic barrier and demanded an answer within three days, while Li Cangxuan remained trapped inside.
• Xiao Qingyi realized Lu Qing'an was using the threat to draw Li Cangxuan and the Blood Phoenix Sect's holy maiden closer, and Lu Qing'an suspected the mysterious organization was responsible.
• The next morning, Xu Xuanyu worked as a gardener while Sun Minzi encouraged him to keep hoping his cultivation would recover.
• Xiao Qingyi questioned Xu Xuanyu about why powerful figures respected him, then declared that he acknowledged him after Xu Xuanyu spoke boldly despite his crippled cultivation.

Xu Xuanyu won Xiao Qingyi over by recounting how he had spoken from the heart to Xue Tianfei, Wang Duanshan, and Li Cangxuan, and Xiao Qingyi accepted him as a friend. After hearing Yu Zhi’s account of the Blood Phoenix Sect incident and finding that it differed from other information, Lu Qing'an questioned Xiao Qingyi’s trust in his disciples and asked whether he would kill them if ordered.

• Xu Xuanyu told Xiao Qingyi how he had earned the favor of Xue Tianfei, Wang Duanshan, and Li Cangxuan, imitating their voices and expressions as he explained.
• Xiao Qingyi bonded with Xu Xuanyu over their shared interests and declared him a friend.
• Lu Qing'an questioned Yu Zhi about the incident with the Blood Phoenix Sect’s holy son, then learned from his disciple that the holy son was known for keeping a low profile.
• Lu Qing'an told Yu Zhi and his fellow disciple to stay in Demon Descent City and recover by gathering leaves from the Demon God Mother Tree.
• Lu Qing'an asked Xiao Qingyi how much he trusted his disciples, then privately asked whether he would kill them with his own hands.

Xu Xuanyu spoke with his eldest sister Xu Qingying and nephew Lu Zhengran through a Sound Transmission Jade Slip, reassuring them about the family in the Demon Domain and discussing his chance to recover. Lu Qing'an arrived to take Xu Xuanyu to meet someone after receiving news about the Dao of Alchemy Master, and unexpectedly spoke to Lu Zhengran.

• Lu Qingyi reacted with alarm to Lu Qing'an's sound-transmitted question, but Lu Qing'an said he had been joking and confirmed that the Xue Household's souls were normal.
• Xu Xuanyu hesitated before answering Xu Qingying's call, then told her that he had reached the Demon Domain safely and that Xu Xuanyu's second sister was preparing to break through to the Great Emperor Realm.
• Xu Xuanyu told Xu Qingying that the children had adapted well and said he believed Lu Qing'an might help restore his cultivation; Xu Qingying planned to pursue a breakthrough and avenge him if needed.
• Lu Zhengran questioned Xu Xuanyu about leaving and whether his sister had exaggerated her life in the Demon Domain, but Xu Xuanyu told him to see for himself when he could visit.
• Lu Qing'an arrived to take Xu Xuanyu to meet someone after receiving news about the Dao of Alchemy Master, then acknowledged Lu Zhengran when he heard his son's voice through the jade slip.

Lu Qing'an reassured his son Lu Zhengran that he could visit after reaching the Body Integration Realm, then set out with Xu Xuanyu and Xue Tianfei to find the Dao of Alchemy Master. They reached Fang Qiuhe’s mountain, where she offered a treasured Pill Cauldron as a tracking object, but Lu Qing'an warned that using it would destroy it.

• Lu Zhengran apologized for choosing to stay with Xu Qingying, and Lu Qing'an told him he had nothing to apologize for and promised to pick him up if he visited after breaking through to the Body Integration Realm.
• After ending the transmission, Lu Qing'an invited Xue Tianfei to join him and Xu Xuanyu on a trip to find the Dao of Alchemy Master.
• The three arrived at Fang Qiuhe’s mountain, where she reported that a martial uncle had seen her master and led them to his Pill Cauldron, which still carried his lingering presence.
• Lu Qing'an explained that his array would consume the object used to locate the Dao of Alchemy Master, so the treasured cauldron would be unusable afterward.
• Fang Qiuhe said her master’s presence had faded from many of his belongings because he stayed away for years at a time.

Lu Qing'an learned that Xu Xuanyu could communicate with demonic herbs and hoped to place him in the Dao of Alchemy Master's sect after his cultivation was restored. As Lu Qing'an prepared to take the Pill Cauldron away, Xu Xuanyu suddenly said it was speaking to him too.

• Fang Qiuhe agreed to let Lu Qing'an use the Pill Cauldron, and he told her he wanted the Dao of Alchemy Master to help restore Xu Xuanyu's ruined Dantian and severed meridians.
• Fang Qiuhe examined Xu Xuanyu and concluded that a Great Emperor Realm expert had crippled him with a special imperial imprint that only her master could address.
• Xu Xuanyu described a fire-patterned seven-leaf orchid's age, history, and anger in detail, including how Fang Qiuhe had crushed its seventh leaf when she slipped.
• Fang Qiuhe confirmed Xu Xuanyu's ability would be invaluable in pill refinement, and Lu Qing'an suggested he join her master's sect once he regained his cultivation.
• Lu Qing'an lifted the Pill Cauldron and prepared to store it in an array disk, but Xu Xuanyu stopped him and said the cauldron was talking to him.

Xu Xuanyu discovered that he could speak with the Pill Cauldron and pills, learning the cauldron’s alchemy knowledge and a pill’s full refining process. Lu Qing'an used a piece of the cauldron bearing the Dao of Alchemy Master’s presence to locate the master, then confronted an old acquaintance’s sect.

• Xu Xuanyu spoke with the Pill Cauldron and learned that it could teach him the techniques of many renowned Alchemists.
• At Xu Xuanyu’s suggestion, Lu Qing'an cut off a piece of the cauldron that the Dao of Alchemy Master had often touched and used it to activate the formation.
• Lu Qing'an asked Fang Qiuhe for a pill, and Xu Xuanyu confirmed that he could speak with it and learn how it had been refined.
• Lu Qing'an left Xu Xuanyu with Xue Tianfei and traveled to the sect where Fang Qiuhe said her master had appeared.
• A defensive formation detected Lu Qing'an and blocked his approach; he recognized it as Huang Hao’s work and used Luo Danhong’s formation to confirm a trace of the Dao of Alchemy Master’s presence inside.
• Lu Qing'an called for the sect patriarch, whom he nicknamed Old Mule, and warned him to come out within three breaths or have the formation broken.

Lu Qing'an arrived at the Mystic Demon Sect to find Old Mule and the Dao of Alchemy Master, while Li Qingchen and Xiong Zhong discussed the Eternal Night Demon Emperor’s attack on the Blood Phoenix Sect. When Lu Qing'an revealed his identity, Li Qingchen panicked and agreed to open the formation for him.

• Li Qingchen and Xiong Zhong discussed the Eternal Night Demon Emperor’s barrier around the Blood Phoenix Sect and wondered what had provoked him.
• A peak Great Emperor Realm visitor arrived, and Lu Qing'an demanded that Old Mule come out or the formation would be broken.
• Li Qingchen refused to disturb his master and told Lu Qing'an that he did not know whether the Dao of Alchemy Master was in the sect.
• Lu Qing'an identified himself as the Eternal Night Demon Emperor, startling Li Qingchen and Xiong Zhong.
• Li Qingchen knelt before Lu Qing'an, then promised to open the formation so he could enter.

Lu Qing'an broke into the Mystic Demon Sect's secret realm to find Old Mule, while Li Qingchen and Xiong Zhong mistook him for the Eternal Night Demon Emperor. He reached Old Mule, who attacked before learning Lu Qing'an's identity, and the chapter ended as Li Qingchen and the Heaven-Devouring Devil Beast tried to stop him.

• Xiong Zhong knelt before Lu Qing'an, then explained that he regarded him as an idol.
• Li Qingchen failed to open the Mystic Demon Sect's formation, so Lu Qing'an shattered it with a breath.
• Li Qingchen led Lu Qing'an and Xiong Zhong to the secret realm, where the Heaven-Devouring Devil Beast let them pass after hearing Lu Qing'an was the Eternal Night Demon Emperor.
• Lu Qing'an called for Old Mule, interrupting his cultivation and making him spit blood.
• Old Mule attacked Lu Qing'an, and Li Qingchen and the Heaven-Devouring Devil Beast shouted for him to stop because Lu Qing'an was the Eternal Night Demon Emperor.

Lu Qing'an found Luo Zhi in the secret realm and learned that Dao of Alchemy Master had likely gone to the Devil Beast Forest to gather ingredients for a pill. Before leaving, Lu Qing'an crushed Luo Zhi with immense pressure, then departed with a newborn Heaven-Devouring Devil Beast pup intended as a companion for his youngest daughter; Luo Zhi's injuries healed as he successfully completed his Heavenly Devil Physique.

• Luo Zhi recognized Lu Qing'an, abandoned his attack, and greeted him obsequiously.
• Lu Qing'an asked about Dao of Alchemy Master, and Luo Zhi said he had likely gone to the Devil Beast Forest after refining a pill.
• Lu Qing'an crushed Luo Zhi into a crater after hearing his private wish never to meet again, then called the assault a reward.
• The Heaven-Devouring Devil Beast offered Lu Qing'an its newborn pup, and Lu Qing'an accepted it as a companion for his youngest daughter.
• Lu Qing'an left for Demon Descent City, and Luo Zhi recovered from his injuries as the Heavenly Devil Physique awakened.

Luo Zhi realized Lu Qing'an had helped him cultivate the Heavenly Devil Physique, while Lu Qing'an searched the Devil Beast Forest for the Dao of Alchemy Master and fed the man's puppy Devil Beast bloodlines. Lu Qing'an found the Dao of Alchemy Master in the Nether Bone Dragon's cave, where the dragon offered him what he wanted in exchange for power equal to the Eternal Night Demon Emperor.

• Luo Zhi thanked Lu Qing'an for helping him cultivate the Heavenly Devil Physique and celebrated his new power with his disciple and Da Huang.
• Lu Qing'an found the Dao of Alchemy Master's lingering presence in the Devil Beast Forest and killed ten attacking black wolves.
• Lu Qing'an fed the black wolves' blood spheres to the puppy, which advanced to the Nascent Soul Realm and gained a bloodline talent for extreme speed.
• Lu Qing'an swept through the forest, killing Devil Beasts and feeding their blood to the puppy as he headed toward the forest's deepest region.
• Lu Qing'an entered a cave at the foot of a deathly mountain and found the Dao of Alchemy Master facing the Nether Bone Dragon, which offered to give him what he wanted if he made it as powerful as the Eternal Night Demon Emperor.

Lu Qing'an found the Dao of Alchemy Master and recruited him to treat a young man whose Dantian and meridians had been destroyed. After taking a dragon heart and Netherworld Essence Blood from the Nether Bone Dragon, Lu Qing'an prepared to leave, then asked whether it had seen a black dragon.

• The Dao of Alchemy Master and the Nether Bone Dragon discussed trading one of the dragon's hearts for help becoming as strong as the Eternal Night Demon Emperor, and Lu Qing'an arrived in time to hear them.
• The Nether Bone Dragon panicked when it realized Lu Qing'an was there, while the Dao of Alchemy Master feared Lu Qing'an might kill him for speaking of catching up in strength.
• Lu Qing'an explained that he wanted the Dao of Alchemy Master to examine a young man whose Dantian and meridians an early Great Emperor Realm expert had destroyed.
• The Nether Bone Dragon dug out one of its hearts and gave it to the Dao of Alchemy Master after Lu Qing'an pressured it to do so.
• Lu Qing'an demanded Netherworld Essence Blood from the Nether Bone Dragon, and Xiao Tianzi swallowed it and gained the Netherworld Bloodline.
• As Lu Qing'an and the Dao of Alchemy Master prepared to leave, Lu Qing'an asked the Nether Bone Dragon whether it had seen a black dragon.