Chapter Summaries

A hidden master took over a black-robed man’s body and became a One-Tribulation Quasi-Emperor to capture Ancestor Danyang and extend his lifespan. He attacked the Lu Clan, where Ancestor Dali went out to confront him as onlookers anticipated a Quasi-Emperor battle.

• A concealed master learned that Ancestor Danyang might possess a lifespan-extension method, took over his disciple’s body, and raised its cultivation to Quasi-Emperor.
• Lu Qingshan and the elders welcomed the newly awakened Ancestor Dali, who vowed to protect the Lineage.
• Lu Qingshan told Ancestor Dali that Saint Kings had attacked the Lu Clan, and Ancestor Tianyan offered to divine their location.
• The black-robed man arrived above the Lu Clan and unleashed his Quasi-Emperor pressure, alarming the clansmen and ancestors.
• Ancestor Dali strode out to confront the intruder while watching powers gathered to witness the coming battle.

Ancestor Dali destroyed the attacker who exposed the Lu Clan’s efforts to extend lifespan, while Ancestor Tianyan investigated the force behind him. After Lu Qingshan gave Dali a list of factions that had harmed the clan, Dali began taking revenge, arriving at the Void Cloud Sect.

• The man in black revealed the Lu Clan’s apparent way to extend lifespan, and Ancestor Dali blasted him apart before Ancestor Tianyan captured his remnant soul.
• Ancestor Tianyan found that someone had erased parts of the man’s memories and suspected a hidden figure had been pulling the strings.
• Lu Qingshan ordered the Lu Clan to refuse visitors as factions flocked to seek its favor.
• Lu Qingshan gave Ancestor Dali a list of factions that had attacked the Lu Clan, and Dali vowed to make them pay.
• Ancestor Dali arrived at the Void Cloud Sect and declared that its members would die for their past crimes against the Lu Clan.

Ancestor Dali continued the Lu Clan’s reckoning with its former enemies, conquering or destroying several forces as others fled or prepared to surrender. When he turned toward the powerful Xuan Clan, its patriarch appeared among the gathered forces, leaving the clan’s strength uncertain.

• Ancestor Dali spared the Void Cloud Sect after its members surrendered and accepted servant marks, while two other superpowers resisted and were razed.
• Ancestor Dali found the Heaven-Gazing Gate abandoned, then destroyed its empty buildings with a punch.
• Former enemies of the Lu Clan gathered at the Heaven-Battling Sect, but its ancestor refused to emerge or fight Ancestor Dali.
• The gathered forces lost hope and prepared to surrender until the patriarch of the Xuan Clan arrived.
• Ancestor Dali found several targets deserted and turned his attention to the Xuan Clan, whose past strength had rivaled the Lu Clan.

Lu Qingshan managed the Lu Clan’s growing ranks and reassured Lu Chen that his defensive forces would eventually be needed. Ancestor Tianyan predicted another ancestor would awaken the next day, while Ancestor Dali reached the Xuan Clan and found a Four-Tribulation Quasi-Emperor ready to fight him.

• Lu Qingshan divided surrendered forces between Lu Guangyao and Lu Chen, then encouraged Lu Chen to keep building the clan’s defenses for the day they would be needed.
• Lu Qingshan visited Ancestor Tianyan, who predicted that another ancestor would awaken the next day.
• Lu Qingshan reported on the clan’s progress while Ancestor Tianyan offered him guidance.
• Ancestor Dali arrived at the Xuan Clan and met a Four-Tribulation Quasi-Emperor wielding a golden spear.
• Ancestor Dali welcomed the chance to fight an equal, and the two prepared for battle.

The Xuan Clan’s Quasi-Emperor occupied Ancestor Dali while the Xuan Clan patriarch led allied forces to attack the Lu Clan. As the Lu Clan’s defenses began to fail, Ancestor Tianyan summoned the Ancestral Land, which responded with strange blood signaling that another ancestor was about to awaken.

• The white-robed Quasi-Emperor recognized Ancestor Dali, and the two began a fierce battle at the Xuan Clan.
• The Xuan Clan patriarch led allied forces to surround the Lu Clan while Ancestor Dali was away, assuring them that the Lu Clan could not summon another powerful ancestor so soon.
• Ancestor Tianyan sensed the approaching enemies and called to the Ancestral Land instead of trying to summon Ancestor Dali back.
• The Ancestral Land sent strange scarlet blood flowing from the incense burner, and Ancestor Tianyan suffered a backlash when he tried to divine the awakening ancestor’s identity.
• The attackers struck the Lu Clan’s protective array, and Lu Qingshan and three elders found blood covering the ancestral hall.
• Ancestor Tianyan told Lu Qingshan and the elders that another ancestor was about to awaken.

A newly awakened Lu Clan Blood Dao Ancestor destroyed the invading Xuan Clan forces and survived a powerful tribulation. He then left the Lu Clan, whose elders resolved to welcome him properly if he returned.

• As the Lu Clan's protective formation collapsed, the Blood Dao Ancestor emerged in the ancestral shrine and trapped the invaders within a blood-red barrier.
• The Blood Dao Ancestor killed the Xuan Clan patriarch and nearly all the attackers, then defeated the Xuan Clan Quasi-Emperor.
• A black heavenly tribulation struck the Blood Dao Ancestor, but it dissipated after a day and a night.
• The Blood Dao Ancestor looked down on the Lu Clan with affection and departed.
• Ancestor Tianyan and the elders discussed the ancestor's origins, and Ancestor Xuanzhen reminded them that he had protected their Lineage.
• Lu Qingshan and the elders decided to welcome the Blood Dao Ancestor warmly if he returned.

Ancestor Dali stopped attacking the Xuan Clan after learning of events elsewhere, while Lu You arrived at the Blood Pavilion and revealed himself as its founder. He learned that no one from the Lu Clan had visited in the two million years since he left.

• The Xuan Clan's white-robed Quasi-Emperor withdrew behind its protective formation, and Ancestor Dali left after receiving a message from his clan.
• Lu You arrived at the Blood Pavilion and halted the Blood Pavilion master's attack with ease.
• The Blood Pavilion master recognized Lu You as the ancestor who founded the organization.
• Lu You asked whether anyone from the Lu Clan had visited, and the Blood Pavilion members said no one had come in two million years.

Lu You ordered the Blood Pavilion to serve the Lu Clan and set out to investigate the Lu Clan of Desolate Province, but he first found a junior clanswoman being attacked in Demon Province. He revealed himself after Old Ghost Black Soul captured her, and the two recognized an apparent history between them.

• Lu You commanded the Blood Pavilion to remain loyal to the Lu Clan and establish a branch in Central Province.
• After learning that another Lu Clan existed in Desolate Province, Lu You left to investigate it.
• Lu You sensed a fellow clansperson undergoing a tribulation and watched as she became a One-Tribulation Quasi-Emperor.
• Old Ghost Black Soul ambushed the woman after her tribulation, defeated her, and captured her alive.
• Lu You stepped forward to save the woman, and Old Ghost Black Soul claimed that Lu You had failed to kill him before.

Lu You killed Old Ghost Black Soul and revealed to Lu Yao that he was her Lu Clan ancestor, inviting her to return to the clan. Meanwhile, the Lu Clan tracked down its enemies and expanded its influence, and Lu Guangyao went to the Supreme Purity Palace to reclaim something the clan had lost.

• Lu You killed Old Ghost Black Soul with a drop of blood and learned that the captive woman was named Lu Yao.
• Lu You revealed their shared bloodline and invited Lu Yao to acknowledge her ancestors and return to the Lu Clan.
• Ancestor Tianyan found the mastermind behind the black-robed Saint King, and Ancestor Dali gravely wounded him before he died under his heavenly tribulation.
• Ancestor Dali pursued the other surviving attackers, while the Lu Clan took over resource sites across Central Province and grew in power.
• Lu Guangyao told the Supreme Purity Palace's palace master that he had come to take back something the Lu Clan had lost.

Lu Guangyao confronted the Supreme Purity Palace over its seizure of the Lush Wood Blessed Land, and the palace returned it to the Lu Clan the next day. Lu Qingshan received the blessed land and Qing Yun’s soul, while Lu Mutong looked forward to cultivating inside it; the Lu Clan’s promised reckoning with the Supreme Purity Palace remained for the future.

• Lu Guangyao told the Supreme Purity Palace that the Lush Wood Blessed Land belonged to the Lu Clan and warned the palace master to return it, revealing the Azure Feather Dynasty’s ties to the clan.
• The palace master agreed to return the Lush Wood Blessed Land the next day because the Supreme Purity Palace could not risk opposing the Lu Clan.
• The palace master personally delivered the blessed land to Lu Qingshan and handed over Qing Yun’s damaged soul, saying Qing Yun had betrayed the Azure Feather Dynasty.
• Lu Qingshan accepted the offerings and considered that the Supreme Purity Palace might still face punishment after Qing Zhe and Qing Xu returned from Qingzhou.
• Lu Mutong asked about entering the blessed land, and Lu Qingshan promised he would be among the first to enter once the ancestor finished inspecting it.