Arc 8The Ten Thousand Swords Journey

Lu Feng destroyed Vajra Temple, strengthened his cultivation, and helped build the Lu Commandant’s Residence before accompanying Lu Shuang toward the Ten Thousand Swords Tomb. In Central Province, Lu Shuang confronted her mother and clashed with her father, while Lu Feng hurried after her.

  • Lu Feng infiltrated Vajra Temple, helped forge the Bloodthirsty Saber, then killed Huixing and Huifang and trapped and destroyed the demonic beast horde behind the temple.
  • Lu Feng returned to Linfeng City with Xiao Tianqi and Wei Qingxuan, strengthened himself with the Bloodthirsty Saber and his cultivation, and destroyed the Blood Pill Refining Method he found in Huixing’s belongings.
  • Lu Shuang arrived at Lu Feng’s residence, revealed that she was a princess, and asked him to accompany her to the Ten Thousand Swords Tomb in search of Sword Heart Grass.
  • Lu Feng appointed Lu Shuang deputy commandant, cleared demonic beasts across the region, and earned a million Merit Points, which he gave to her to support the residence.
  • Lu Feng and Lu Shuang traveled toward Central Province, survived an assassin’s attack near Cloud Water City, and helped Tie Niu and Shi Hu’s family in Pine Ridge Village.
  • Lu Shuang and Lu Feng reached Prince Jingnan’s Residence, where Lu Shuang was summoned to the palace and Lu Feng perfected the fifth layer of the Nine Extremes Essence Condensation Art.
  • Empress Liu Yue offered Lu Shuang resources and urged her to marry Lu Xinghan, but Lu Shuang refused, saying she already liked someone and criticizing Liu Yue for abandoning her father.
  • Lu Shuang rejected Lu Xinghan’s invitation to travel to the Ten Thousand Swords Tomb with his group, argued with Lu Yunxiao over his books, and left as Lu Feng hurried after her.
Chapters 176–200 Vol. 2 Read

Ch. 176Wei Qingxuan

Lu Feng organized Commandant Lu's residence, then accompanied Xiao Tianqi to find He Tieshan and learned that Vajra Temple had summoned the weaponsmith to forge a Spirit Artifact. Back at the Demon-Slaying Bureau, Xiao Tianqi discussed the temple's motives with Wei Qingxuan and Han Cang, and Wei proposed confronting its abbot directly.

  • Lu Feng distributed pills and assigned duties and patrols to the teams at Commandant Lu's residence, then decided he needed someone to manage its routine affairs.
  • Lu Feng and Xiao Tianqi went to Hundred Refinements Pavilion in Linfeng City to find He Tieshan, but the shopkeeper said Vajra Temple had invited him to forge a Spirit Artifact and he had not returned.
  • Xiao Tianqi brought Lu Feng to the Demon-Slaying Bureau's main hall, where Lu Feng met Deputy Si Zhengs Wei Qingxuan and Han Cang and sensed Wei's Celestial Person Realm Second Layer cultivation.
  • Xiao Tianqi told Wei Qingxuan and Han Cang that Vajra Temple had summoned He Tieshan, and Han Cang suspected the temple's secretive artifact might be intended for use against them.
  • Wei Qingxuan proposed storming Vajra Temple and seizing Huixing to learn what the temple was planning.

Ch. 177Heading to Vajra Temple

Lu Feng volunteered to investigate Vajra Temple, studied the bureau’s intelligence, and traveled to Mount Shaoshi. He found the temple forging the Bloodthirsty Saber in secret and killed a Half-Demon patrol leader after the monks attacked him.

  • Lu Feng volunteered to infiltrate Vajra Temple and received a commandant’s token that could send messages to other bureau tokens.
  • A commandant delivered intelligence on Vajra Temple, and Lu Feng memorized its key figures before setting out the next morning.
  • Huixing oversaw He Tieshan’s work forging the Bloodthirsty Saber, using He Tieshan’s family to force him to comply.
  • Lu Feng arrived at Mount Shaoshi and noticed the temple was more heavily guarded, with Half-Demons leading its patrols.
  • When the monks tried to seize Lu Feng, he killed their Hua Jin Half-Demon leader with one punch and continued toward the temple.

Ch. 178They're All Half-Demons

Lu Feng entered Vajra Temple to find Grandmaster He, but Huiyan activated the temple’s protective array and tried to capture him for information about the Demon-Slaying Bureau. Lu Feng killed the attacking protectors and met Huiyan’s full-force assault, which ended with the hall head launching eighteen prayer beads at him.

  • Lu Feng killed the Eight Great Vajras with one sweep of his saber, revealing that all eight were Half-Demons.
  • Huiyan welcomed Lu Feng and offered to take him to Grandmaster He, who was forging weapons in a secret chamber.
  • After Lu Feng entered Vajra Temple, Huiyan activated the protective array and surrounded him with the temple’s protectors.
  • Huiyan revealed that he wanted to learn about powerful experts in the Demon-Slaying Bureau, then ordered his protectors to attack Lu Feng.
  • Lu Feng killed several Grandmaster Half-Demon protectors despite their attacks, forcing Huiyan to join the fight.
  • Huiyan’s prayer-bead strike was knocked aside by Lu Feng, so Huiyan split the string into eighteen beads and launched them at him.

Ch. 179Forging the Bloodthirsty Saber

Lu Feng killed Huiyan and other Vajra Temple fighters, then learned that Huixing was holding He Tieshan’s family hostage to force him to forge the Bloodthirsty Saber. Huixing arrived as Huifang prepared to fight Lu Feng, surprised that someone of Lu Feng’s cultivation had killed Huiyan.

  • Lu Feng used the Phantom Sword Art to mislead Huiyan, killed the Grandmaster Half-Demons with Sword Qi, and slew Huiyan with Startling Thunder Flash.
  • Lu Feng collected the dead fighters’ storage bags while Huixing watched He Tieshan forge the Bloodthirsty Saber and promised to return his wife and child when it was done.
  • He Tieshan warned Huixing that the saber could only reach high-grade Spirit Artifact without better materials, and Huixing learned Lu Feng had come to the temple carrying spiritual materials.
  • Huixing left the secret chamber to meet Lu Feng, while He Tieshan regretted revealing how additional materials could improve the saber.
  • Huifang ambushed Lu Feng, but Lu Feng dodged and identified him as the East Hall master; Huifang prepared to fight until Huixing arrived.
  • Huifang urged Huixing to join him against Lu Feng, and Huixing was surprised that Lu Feng had killed Huiyan despite his lower cultivation.

Ch. 180Crimson Sinking Stone

Lu Feng entered Huixing’s secret chamber and discovered that the abbot planned to use his Crimson Sinking Stone in the Bloodthirsty Saber. He realized He Tieshan was secretly trying to make the saber too heavy for Huixing to wield.

  • Huixing led Lu Feng to He Tieshan’s chamber and sealed the exits behind him.
  • He Tieshan warned Lu Feng that Huixing intended to use his spirit material for the Bloodthirsty Saber.
  • He Tieshan recognized Lu Feng’s Crimson Sinking Stone as a material for forging magical treasures and said it could make the saber a supreme-grade Spirit Artifact.
  • Huixing promised Lu Feng the finished saber if he lent the stone, while He Tieshan vouched for Huixing’s stated intention to offer it to the Demon-Slaying Bureau.
  • Lu Feng noticed He Tieshan had deliberately avoided touching the stone and deduced that he wanted to make the saber too heavy for Huixing to use.

Ch. 181Refining the Crimson Sinking Stone

Lu Feng helped He Tieshan begin refining the Crimson Sinking Stone while secretly informing Xiao Tianqi that Vajra Temple’s senior members were Half-Demons. Xiao Tianqi led an army to Mount Shaoshi, where the temple refused to release Lu Feng as its forces gathered behind the closed gates.

  • Lu Feng set the Crimson Sinking Stone on the quenching platform, and Huixing used his True Essence to heat the furnace as He Tieshan directed.
  • Lu Feng inspected the blood pool, then sent Xiao Tianqi a message revealing the temple’s senior members were Half-Demons and that he was with Huixing and He Tieshan in a secret chamber.
  • Xiao Tianqi, Wei Qingxuan, and Han Cang planned an assault, with Xiao Tianqi leading the public attack and Wei Qingxuan following secretly to confront Huixing.
  • Xiao Tianqi led his forces to Mount Shaoshi and demanded that Huifang release Lu Feng, but the temple remained closed and its protectors anxiously gathered inside.

Ch. 182The Siege of Vajra Temple

As the Demon-Slaying Bureau attacked Vajra Temple’s protective formation, Lu Feng waited in a secret chamber while He Tieshan forged the Bloodthirsty Saber. After three days, the blade was nearly complete, and He Tieshan called Lu Feng over to help with the final steps.

  • Huifang refused to hand Lu Feng over and assured Vajra Temple’s people that the abbot would defeat the Demon-Slaying Bureau.
  • Xiao Tianqi ordered the Demon-Slaying Bureau to attack the temple’s protective formation while he waited for it to weaken.
  • Lu Feng received Xiao Tianqi’s message and chose not to raise his cultivation while Huixing was watching him.
  • Huixing spent three days pouring True Essence into the quenching platform until He Tieshan told him to stop.
  • He Tieshan drew the melted crimson sinking stone into the saber and asked Lu Feng to help hold it.
  • Huixing suspected He Tieshan’s request was a ploy, then remembered the final blood-pool step and let Lu Feng assist.

Ch. 183The Supreme-Grade Spirit Artifact, Bloodthirsty Saber

Lu Feng and He Tieshan completed the Bloodthirsty Saber by infusing it with a sixth-tier Tiger Emperor’s soul, making it a Supreme-Grade Spirit Artifact. Huixing claimed the saber as his own and tried to kill Lu Feng and He Tieshan, but the saber barely responded to his attempt to lift it.

  • Lu Feng held and turned the Bloodthirsty Saber while He Tieshan finished forging its shape, and He Tieshan explained that the Soul Extraction Technique took souls from living beings.
  • Huixing released a sixth-tier Tiger Emperor’s soul from a jade bottle, and He Tieshan guided it into the saber, completing a Supreme-Grade Spirit Artifact.
  • As the saber absorbed the blood in the pool, Lu Feng raised the Nine Extremes Essence Condensation Art to its fifth layer and broke through to Great Mid-Stage Grandmaster.
  • Huixing lunged for the Bloodthirsty Saber, but Lu Feng intercepted him and challenged him after Huixing claimed his essence blood had made the saber recognize him as its master.
  • Huixing ordered the saber to come to him, then struggled to lift it with both hands as it barely rose above his head.

Ch. 184Huixing Slain with a Single Slash

Lu Feng killed Huixing in the secret chamber before the Half-Demon could complete his transformation, then escaped with He Tieshan as the Demon-Slaying Bureau stormed Vajra Temple. Wei Qingxuan discovered Huixing’s corpse and returned to find Lu Feng’s nine figures attacking Huifang.

  • Lu Feng used a threefold domain and the Nine Extremes Heaven-Breaking Slash to kill Huixing before his Demon Transformation was complete.
  • Lu Feng took Huixing’s Bloodthirsty Saber and storage bag, then carried He Tieshan out of the secret chamber.
  • The temple’s protective formation broke, and Xiao Tianqi led thousands of Demon-Slaying Bureau martial artists into Vajra Temple.
  • Wei Qingxuan reached Lu Feng, learned Huixing was below, and found Huixing’s half-transformed corpse in the secret chamber.
  • Wei Qingxuan recognized domain power in Huixing’s wounds, took the corpse, and flew back to see Lu Feng’s nine figures attack Huifang.
  • One of Lu Feng’s figures appeared behind Huifang and thrust out a sword.

Ch. 185The Power of the Four Symbols Formation

Lu Feng killed Huifang and helped the Demon-Slaying Bureau wipe out Vajra Temple, then used the Eight Trigrams Profound Mystery Disc to contain the temple’s unleashed demonic beasts. As his Four Symbols Formation began destroying the horde, Xiao Tianqi noticed it was forming another attack far faster than Wu Qingfeng’s formation had.

  • Lu Feng killed Huifang with a single sword strike, and the leaderless Vajra Temple forces scattered as the Demon-Slaying Bureau pursued them.
  • Lu Feng killed the remaining Half-Demons, and the Demon-Slaying Bureau slaughtered everyone at Vajra Temple before taking its treasury.
  • Lu Feng, Xiao Tianqi, and Wei Qingxuan discovered a horde of at least ten thousand demonic beasts pouring from the mountain behind the temple.
  • Lu Feng entered the mountain alone and activated the Four Symbols Formation with the Eight Trigrams Profound Mystery Disc, trapping the beasts behind an invisible barrier.
  • The formation’s white tiger image smashed thousands of beasts, and Xiao Tianqi was stunned when another image began forming just moments later.

Ch. 186A Six-Zhang Golden Body

Lu Feng used the Four Symbols Formation to slaughter and refine tens of thousands of demonic beasts, restoring his strength as the horde was wiped out. After the Demon-Slaying Bureau began searching Vajra Temple and Mount Shaoshi for further dangers, Lu Feng rested and bonded with his newly refined Bloodthirsty Saber.

  • The Four Symbols Formation turned the demonic beasts into vitality that flowed into Lu Feng, and it killed every beast on the back mountain.
  • Wei Qingxuan praised Lu Feng and proposed that they call each other Brother Wei and Brother Feng, while Xiao Tianqi ordered a thorough search of Vajra Temple and Mount Shaoshi.
  • Xiao Tianqi told the Demon-Slaying Bureau disciples that Lu Feng had trapped and killed the horde, then assigned them to search the temple and mountain.
  • Xiao Tianqi stayed at the main hall and sent Wei Qingxuan to find He Tieshan's family and escort them to Linfeng City, while Lu Feng went to rest in a secret chamber.
  • Lu Feng fed essence blood to the Bloodthirsty Saber, forming a blood connection with it and making the heavy weapon feel less than half as heavy.

Ch. 187A Great Increase in Strength

Lu Feng used Demon Points to strengthen his cultivation and master the third layer of the Six-Zhang Golden Body, then searched the storage bags taken from Huixing and the other monks. After discovering the monks’ valuables, he turned to the remaining bags belonging to Huiyan and Huixing.

  • Lu Feng infused the Bloodthirsty Saber with True Essence and checked his panel before choosing to upgrade his Nine Extremes Essence Condensation Art.
  • Lu Feng advanced the Nine Extremes Essence Condensation Art to the fifth layer, greatly increasing his True Essence and settling at Great Early Grandmaster.
  • Lu Feng upgraded the Six-Zhang Golden Body to the third layer and transformed into a three-zhang-tall giant inside the secret chamber.
  • Lu Feng dispelled the golden body, changed clothes, and spent his remaining Demon Points to return to Great Mid-Stage Grandmaster.
  • Lu Feng searched the monks’ storage bags, finding staffs, pills, Origin Crystals, and hidden women’s undergarments, then took out Huiyan and Huixing’s bags.

Ch. 188Counting the Spoils

Lu Feng examined the spoils from Huiyan and Huixing, destroyed the Blood Pill recipe and pills, then returned to the Demon-Slaying Bureau after consolidating his cultivation. There, he learned that Lu Shuang had arrived from headquarters to find him, and hurried to meet her.

  • Lu Feng found a Low-Grade Spirit Artifact, Great Rejuvenation Pills, and Origin Crystals in Huiyan's storage bag.
  • Lu Feng discovered Huixing's Blood Pill Refining Method and destroyed it, then crushed the Blood Pills he found.
  • Lu Feng totaled his Origin Crystals at 800 High-Grade, 500 Mid-Grade, and 1.58 million Low-Grade.
  • After three days of meditation, Lu Feng joined Xiao Tianqi and Wei Qingxuan in returning to the Demon-Slaying Bureau.
  • Chen Hu told Lu Feng that Lu Shuang from headquarters had arrived and that the residence's forces had expanded under her arrangements.
  • Lu Feng hurried to the main hall to see Lu Shuang while Chen Hu left them alone.

Ch. 189Lu Shuang's Origins

Lu Shuang told Lu Feng that she was a princess of Great Qian who had left the imperial palace to join the Demon-Slaying Bureau. She asked him to accompany her into the Ten Thousand Swords Tomb to help her seek Sword Heart Grass, and Lu Feng agreed; they planned to wait until the commandant's residence was better prepared before leaving.

  • Lu Feng welcomed Lu Shuang, who explained that she had recruited martial artists to help staff his newly established commandant's residence.
  • Lu Shuang revealed that she was a princess of Great Qian, the daughter of the emperor's brother, and had left the palace at twelve to join the Headquarters Demon-Slaying Bureau.
  • Lu Shuang explained that the Ten Thousand Swords Tomb would open in three months and that she hoped to obtain Sword Heart Grass there to try to activate a Sword Physique.
  • Lu Shuang asked Lu Feng to accompany her into the tomb, partly because her mother had repeatedly asked about her personal situation and mentioned the crown prince.
  • Lu Feng agreed to help, and Lu Shuang said they would wait until Zhou Si reached Hua Jin and could manage the residence's affairs before departing.

Ch. 190Sweeping Away the Demon Beasts

Lu Feng appointed Lu Shuang deputy commandant and used her detailed map to plan a demon-slaying route before leaving to hunt beasts around the North City Demon-Slaying Bureau. At the Far North Icefield, he slaughtered tens of thousands of demon beasts with the Bloodthirsty Saber and raised his Demon Points to 86,000,000.

  • Lu Feng gave Lu Shuang more than a hundred bottles of low-grade pills and appointed her deputy commandant to direct all affairs at Commandant Lu's residence.
  • After the disciples joked that Lu Shuang was Lu Feng's wife, Lu Feng asked her for a map of nearby demon beasts, and she gave him one she had drawn.
  • Lu Feng planned a route through several demon-beast territories and left for Demon Wind Forest, where he killed dozens of third-tier beasts with the Bloodthirsty Saber.
  • Three days later, Lu Feng reached the Far North Icefield and charged into a herd of tens of thousands of demon beasts to practice with his saber.
  • Lu Feng slaughtered every beast on the icefield, gained 86,000,000 Demon Points, and felt his arm ache from swinging the saber without True Essence.

Ch. 191Not So Small Now, Am I?

Lu Feng cleared the demonic beasts marked on Lu Shuang’s map and discovered that his Six-Zhang Golden Body made the Bloodthirsty Saber feel natural to wield. Back at the Demon-Slaying Bureau, he learned Xiao Tianqi and Han Cang had entered seclusion to pursue the Celestial Person Realm, while the Bureau awarded him one million Merit Points for his role in destroying Vajra Temple.

  • Lu Feng transformed into a giant and killed a fifth-tier Ice Armor Bear with one punch, then found the Bloodthirsty Saber suited his enlarged form.
  • Lu Feng practiced with the saber for an hour, returned to Commandant Lu’s residence three days later, and reported that he had cleared every demonic beast marked on Lu Shuang’s map.
  • Lu Shuang told Lu Feng that Zhou Si had entered seclusion to prepare for a Hua Jin breakthrough and that Xiao Tianqi had come to discuss the credit for destroying Vajra Temple.
  • Lu Feng went to the Demon-Slaying Bureau’s main hall, where Wei Qingxuan said most of the region’s major demonic beasts had been cleared.
  • Wei Qingxuan told Lu Feng that Xiao Tianqi and Han Cang had entered seclusion to pursue the Celestial Person Realm and that Lu Feng had been awarded one million Merit Points for his contribution to destroying Vajra Temple.

Ch. 192Heading to Central Province

Lu Feng accepted Wei Qingxuan’s Merit Points, gave them to Lu Shuang to support the Lu Commandant’s Residence, and set out with her for the Ten Thousand Swords Tomb Secret Realm in Central Province. On the way, he unveiled an enormous array that began slaughtering the demonic beasts in a mountain range.

  • Wei Qingxuan transferred one million Merit Points to Lu Feng and warned him about the imperial family’s powerful experts and the Ten Thousand Swords Tomb Secret Realm.
  • Lu Feng gave all 1.07 million of his Merit Points to Lu Shuang to help the Lu Commandant’s Residence become self-sufficient.
  • Zhou Si emerged from seclusion after breaking through to Hua Jin, and Lu Feng appointed her deputy commandant.
  • Lu Feng and Lu Shuang left Jinguan City for Central Province, following Lu Shuang’s route through areas full of demonic beasts.
  • Lu Feng activated the Eight Trigrams Profound Mystery Disc to enclose a mountain range in a vast array, and its white tiger phantom began killing the beasts.

Ch. 193You Have to Take Responsibility!

Lu Feng and Lu Shuang reached Cloud Water City, where Lu Feng booked them two expensive rooms and promised to protect her. After they tested the food for poison and shared dinner, Lu Shuang made Lu Feng promise to take responsibility if she got fat.

  • Lu Feng and Lu Shuang flew to Cloud Water City after Lu Feng slaughtered the demon beasts and gained 160 million Demon Points.
  • They paid to enter the city and walked through its market before finding an inn.
  • Lu Feng booked two superior rooms and ordered an expensive meal, despite Lu Shuang warning him that displaying wealth could invite trouble.
  • Lu Feng told Lu Shuang he would protect her, moving her to tears as she recalled always having to rely on herself.
  • Lu Shuang tested the food and wine for poison, then enjoyed the meal with Lu Feng.
  • Lu Shuang made Lu Feng promise to take responsibility if she got fat, and he agreed.

Ch. 194Shadow Pavilion

Lu Feng and Lu Shuang left Cloud Water City, where a restaurant proprietor had hired a Shadow Pavilion assassin to kill them. After Lu Feng killed the assassin and Lu Shuang dealt with the proprietor’s followers, they learned about the Shadow Pavilion and continued south.

  • At the restaurant, the proprietor recognized Lu Feng and Lu Shuang as potentially powerful and sent Sanniang to hire a high-tier silver-badge assassin for a hundred thousand Low-Grade Origin Crystals.
  • The next morning, Lu Feng and Lu Shuang left Cloud Water City, noticing several people following them.
  • A Great Grandmaster Perfection assassin attacked them above a forest, and Lu Feng killed him with a swift strike of Sword Qi.
  • Lu Shuang killed the restaurant proprietor’s followers and brought the proprietor back, but Lu Feng killed him before they could question him.
  • Lu Shuang identified the assassin as a Shadow Pavilion member and explained the organization’s ranks and its role in fighting demons.
  • Lu Feng and Lu Shuang continued south, and Lu Feng slew demons along the way before they stopped in a town for the night.

Ch. 195Pine Ridge Village

Lu Feng and Lu Shuang saved Tie Niu from a pack of wolves and accompanied him to Pine Ridge Village, where they accepted his offer to stay the night. At Tie Niu’s home, his blind mother thanked them and unexpectedly asked Lu Shuang whether she was married.

  • Lu Feng and Lu Shuang heard Tie Niu fighting wolves and killed the pack before it could attack him.
  • Lu Shuang gave Tie Niu hemostatic powder, and Lu Feng treated his injured leg.
  • Lu Shuang stored the eight wolves, and Lu Feng carried Tie Niu through the air to Pine Ridge Village.
  • Tie Niu invited Lu Feng and Lu Shuang to stay at his home, and they accepted.
  • Tie Niu reunited with his blind mother, who thanked the visitors and asked Lu Shuang whether she was married.

Ch. 196Xiuniang

Lu Shuang learned about Xiuniang’s devotion to her paralyzed husband, Shi Hu, and visited the family to see their situation for herself. She left after Xiuniang rejected her suggestion to remarry, while Tie Niu apologized and Xiuniang asked him to visit less often.

  • Tie Niu shared wolf meat with the villagers and the Shi family, then told Lu Shuang and Lu Feng that Shi Hu was gravely ill.
  • An old woman explained that Shi Hu had been a skilled hunter before a demonic beast paralyzed him three years earlier, leaving Xiuniang to support him and their daughter, Xiaocui.
  • Lu Shuang went with Tie Niu and Lu Feng to Shi Hu’s home and briefly examined him, then offered Xiuniang twenty taels and suggested she marry Tie Niu.
  • Xiuniang refused to leave Shi Hu, saying she would accept the silver only if it was meant to help buy medicine for him.
  • Lu Shuang left, and Xiuniang told Tie Niu she did not blame him but asked him to visit less often to prevent gossip.

Ch. 197Central Province Imperial City

Lu Shuang rescued Shi Hu and comforted Xiaocui's family before traveling with Lu Feng to Central Province Imperial City. She brought Lu Feng to Jingnan Estate, where they found no guards at the entrance.

  • Lu Shuang gave Xiaocui a Body-Tempering Pill and followed her home with Lu Feng.
  • Lu Feng told Xiuniang that Lu Shuang could save her husband, and Lu Shuang healed Shi Hu with a Healing Pill.
  • After leaving the family, Lu Shuang broke down in Lu Feng's arms over her unhappy childhood.
  • Lu Shuang left twenty taels of silver for the family, and she and Lu Feng flew to Central Province three days later.
  • Lu Shuang led Lu Feng through the imperial city to Jingnan Estate, which had no guards at its gates.

Ch. 198Lu Yunxiao

Lu Shuang returned to Prince Jingnan’s Residence with Lu Feng and reunited with her drunken father, Lu Yunxiao, whose shattered dantian had left him unable to cultivate. After Lu Shuang left for the imperial palace, Lu Feng settled into a guest room and weighed how to spend his Demon Points.

  • Uncle Fu welcomed Lu Shuang and Lu Feng to Prince Jingnan’s Residence and explained that Lu Yunxiao had dismissed the servants after Liu Yue left.
  • Lu Shuang scolded Lu Yunxiao for drinking, gave him an Essence-Fortifying Pill, and insisted Uncle Fu join them for a meal.
  • An imperial messenger summoned Lu Shuang to the palace, and she left with four maids while Lu Feng stayed at the residence.
  • Uncle Fu showed Lu Feng to a guest room across from Lu Shuang’s, where Lu Feng checked his status panel and found he had 250 million Demon Points.
  • Lu Feng considered improving either the Nine Extremes Essence Condensation Art or the Six-Zhang Golden Body, but worried the latter would burst his clothes around women.

Ch. 199Empress Liu Yue

Lu Feng advanced the Nine Extremes Essence Condensation Art to its fifth-layer perfection, doubling his True Essence liquid while his cultivation settled at great early grandmaster. In the imperial palace, Empress Liu Yue tried to lure Lu Shuang back with resources and a proposed marriage, but Lu Shuang rejected her and left; Liu Yue then ordered Wan'er to investigate Lu Shuang's love interest and planned to use the upcoming Ten Thousand Swords Tomb Secret Realm to change her mind.

  • Lu Feng spent 170 million Demon Points to perfect the fifth layer of the Nine Extremes Essence Condensation Art, doubling his True Essence liquid and leaving himself with 80 million Demon Points.
  • Empress Liu Yue welcomed Lu Shuang into the palace and offered her cultivation resources if she would stay with her.
  • Liu Yue urged Lu Shuang to marry Xinghan, but Lu Shuang refused and condemned her for abandoning Lu Shuang's father and making her acknowledge another man as her father.
  • Lu Shuang told Liu Yue that she already liked someone and left the hall.
  • Liu Yue stopped Wan'er from harming Lu Shuang's love interest and ordered her to find out who he was, expecting the Ten Thousand Swords Tomb Secret Realm to make Lu Shuang admire Xinghan instead.

Ch. 200Don't misunderstand, I was only studying the differences in human anatomy

Lu Shuang rejected Lu Xinghan’s invitation to travel together to the Ten Thousand Swords Tomb, then confronted her father, Lu Yunxiao, over his collection of explicit books. After Lu Yunxiao threatened to disown her to protect the books, Lu Shuang stormed out, and Lu Feng went after her.

  • Lu Xinghan invited Lu Shuang to travel with his group to the Ten Thousand Swords Tomb, but she refused after learning they both wanted the Sword Heart Grass.
  • Uncle Fu told Lu Yunxiao about Lu Feng’s background, and Lu Yunxiao approved of Lu Feng as a companion for Lu Shuang.
  • Lu Shuang returned to Prince Jingnan’s residence and berated Lu Yunxiao after finding him reading explicit books.
  • Lu Yunxiao threatened to disown Lu Shuang if she burned his books, and she left in anger.
  • Lu Feng hurried after Lu Shuang while Uncle Fu remained with Lu Yunxiao.
Arc 8 of 10
Arc 8 of 10