Recaps

Gu Xingzhi and Su Lin carried out the Phoenix Nether Guard’s campaign against the Wing King’s forces, taking control of Xiao Cheng and Wind City. After receiving a secret letter about the plan’s second step, Gu Xingzhi traveled east with a young Gentle Woman, whose strange behavior in He City ended with her warning him not to touch her.

• Gu Xingzhi rescued the Phoenix Nether Guards, then stormed the Wing King’s base in Xiao Cheng and killed all the Dark Domain Black Armor Soldiers there.
• Su Lin captured Wind City, killed its City Lord, and ordered the Phoenix Nether Guard to wipe out the Dark Domain soldiers stationed outside the city.
• After learning that the second step of the plan was beginning, Gu Xingzhi left Xiao Cheng alone and later told the constable that the Wing King’s forces had fallen and the Phoenix Nether Guard had taken control.
• Gu Xingzhi issued orders the next day, traveled east by carriage with a young Gentle Woman, and reached He City after seven or eight days.
• Late that night, Gu Xingzhi found the Gentle Woman crouched on the floor with dull eyes, and she glared at him and warned him not to touch her.

Gu Xingzhi discovered that the Gentle Woman and her older sister shared one body, then grew much stronger after spending several days with her. In He City, he confronted the Dark Domain Black Armor Soldiers and two Grandmasters sent after him, leaving both men grievously injured.

• The Gentle Woman's older sister took control of their shared body and accused Gu Xingzhi of being heartless, then the Gentle Woman explained their condition to him.
• The Gentle Woman visited Gu Xingzhi late at night and agreed to be intimate with him; several days later, he found his strength had increased and briefly tested whether he could sense spiritual energy.
• Gu Xingzhi left the inn and noticed that several groups of Dark Domain Black Armor Soldiers were following him through He City.
• The Black Armor Soldiers charged at Gu Xingzhi, but his golden gang energy sent them flying into the walls.
• Two Grandmasters attacked Gu Xingzhi, failed to injure him, and were blasted away; when they tried to flee, Gu Xingzhi blocked their path.

Gu Xingzhi destroyed the Wing King and helped Su Lin take the throne before returning to Tonggu Village with the woman. At the waterfall, her hidden consciousness awakened and struck him, but the blow helped him break through the limits of the Mortal Body.

• Gu Xingzhi killed the Grandmasters, seized He City's City Lord's Mansion, and left with the woman.
• In Exterminate Purple Town, Gu Xingzhi defeated the assassins and soldiers sent against him, then continued to Wing City.
• Gu Xingzhi killed the Wing King and his subordinates, causing the Dark Domain to collapse.
• Su Lin reunited with Gu Xingzhi, took the Imperial City, and became emperor, but Gu Xingzhi refused to share the throne and left a year later.
• At the waterfall near Tonggu Village, the woman's other consciousness awakened, drew in the strange aura, and struck Gu Xingzhi.
• Gu Xingzhi used the blow to enter Spirit Condensation, shatter the Mortal Body's limits, and block her next attack.

Gu Xingzhi entered a Secret Realm World with Li Niang, completed the solidification of his Spirit Body, and advanced to the Spirit Master and Spirit Mentor realms while teaching Li Niang to cultivate. After meeting an old man in the realm, Gu Xingzhi learned that they might be unable to leave.

• Gu Xingzhi embraced Li Niang, and their intimacy further solidified his Spirit Body.
• Gu Xingzhi carried Li Niang through the waterfall into a Secret Realm World, where his Spirit Body finished condensing and Li Niang underwent Mortal Shedding Entering Spirit.
• Gu Xingzhi taught Li Niang a cultivation technique, then advanced to the Spirit Master and Spirit Mentor realms.
• Li Niang completed the solidification of her Spirit Body, and her consciousness shifted back to Li Niang.
• Gu Xingzhi and Li Niang followed a path to an old man's courtyard, where the old man said that those who entered through the waterfall could not leave.

Gu Xingzhi and Li Niang became trapped in the Exquisite Illusion Realm, where an old man had spent centuries unable to escape. After learning the old man’s cultivation methods and using Li Niang’s presence to expose the realm’s trick, Gu Xingzhi passed the secret realm but chose to remain and explore it further.

• The old man told Gu Xingzhi and Li Niang that the path back had vanished and that he had been trapped for a hundred years, reaching the peak of the Spirit Saint realm.
• Gu Xingzhi studied the methods engraved in the Thatched Cottage for ten years and reached the Spirit Saint realm, then comprehended them all and reached its peak a year later.
• Gu Xingzhi and Li Niang tried to forge a path home, returned to the cottage, and settled into farming and daily life with the old man.
• After another ten years, Gu Xingzhi broke through again and explained that Li Niang had never learned the Illusion Awareness Cultivation Method, allowing them to defeat the old man’s illusion.
• The old man acknowledged that Gu Xingzhi and Li Niang had passed the Exquisite Secret Realm and offered to send them out, but Gu Xingzhi said he wanted to stay and explore the Exquisite Illusion Realm.

Gu Xingzhi conquered the Exquisite Illusion Core, inherited Zhenlong, and restored Tonggu Village to its true form. After learning the truth about the world, he confronted the sealed Kui You and offered to release him on one condition.

• Gu Xingzhi entered the Exquisite Illusion Core and defeated the Old Daoist in a repeated battle of consciousnesses.
• The old man accepted Gu Xingzhi as his master, calling himself Evergreen Child, and Gu Xingzhi inherited Zhenlong.
• Gu Xingzhi returned to Tonggu Village and restored it, its halls, and its villagers to their true forms; Yun Xiazi greeted him as the Venerable Lord.
• Yun Xiazi told Gu Xingzhi the truth about the world, and Gu Xingzhi led Li Niang, Evergreen Child, and Yun Xiazi to the abyss where Kui You was sealed.
• Gu Xingzhi dispersed Kui You's aura and Dark Nether Divine Spear, then offered to release him on one condition.
• Kui You tried several techniques to break the seal, but it remained intact, and he angrily refused to accept his failure.

Gu Xingzhi collected Kui You’s and Qing Ao’s Origin Essence to restore regions of the realm eroded by Azure Qi. After freeing Kui You and restoring the Dragon Palace, he left with his companions, while Qing Ao pursued them to join their effort to save the realm.

• Kui You agreed to give Gu Xingzhi a thread of Origin Essence in exchange for breaking his seal, and Gu Xingzhi took it before destroying the seal with Azure Light.
• Kui You gave Gu Xingzhi a beast-patterned token, flew away, and vowed to make Fu Cang pay.
• Gu Xingzhi and his companions traveled through a great river to a ruined Crystal Palace, where he asked Qing Ao to offer his Origin Essence to restore the Dragon Clan.
• Qing Ao agreed, and Gu Xingzhi took his Origin Essence and used Azure Light to restore the Crystal Palace and bring back the Dragon Clan.
• Qing Ao gave Gu Xingzhi a jade pendant, then pursued the group and offered to help save the realm.

Gu Xingzhi restored the Yellow Sand Land and obtained a strand of the Yellow Yao Empress’s Origin Essence. After several months, he traveled with his companions to a lush forest and asked its giant tree-being to offer up its Origin Essence in exchange for restoring its body.

• Gu Xingzhi used Evergreen Child’s Exquisite Formation Art to reveal the Yellow Yao Empress, who warned that the Azure Qi would consume the Yellow Sand Land if she surrendered her Origin Essence.
• Gu Xingzhi absorbed the Azure Qi, broke the illusion realm, and restored the land, its factions, and its Wandering Souls.
• The Yellow Yao Empress pledged to follow Gu Xingzhi and gave him a strand of her Origin Essence, and he restored her cultivation.
• After traveling with Li Niang for several months, Gu Xingzhi left with his companions and arrived in a land of towering trees.
• Gu Xingzhi merged the trees into one giant tree and offered to restore its body in exchange for a strand of its Origin Essence.

Gu Xingzhi restored the old face’s body in exchange for a thread of his Wood Origin Essence, then sought Thunder’s Origin Essence and promised to exchange it for Time. Thunder agreed, and Fire Melt arrived to provide the Fire Origin Essence needed for the exchange.

• The old face reluctantly gave Gu Xingzhi a thread of Wood Origin Essence, and Gu Xingzhi restored his body and accepted a wooden treasure token.
• Gu Xingzhi led the group to a volcano but said the Fire Origin Essence would come to them, then traveled to the Thunder region alone.
• Gu Xingzhi subdued Thunder’s attacks and offered to exchange Thunder’s Origin Essence for Time, which Thunder eagerly accepted.
• Fire Melt warned Thunder about the risks, but Thunder chose to proceed and persuaded Fire Melt to help.
• Gu Xingzhi took a thread of Fire Melt’s Fire Origin Essence and began splitting off Thunder’s Origin Essence.

Gu Xingzhi replaced Thunder’s source with time, and Thunder transformed into Shi Yan while Fire Melt died attacking Gu Xingzhi. Shi Yan agreed to lure the Five Source Lords to Gu Xingzhi in exchange for Fire Melt’s revival, then arrived at the Floating Great Hall with two elderly men.

• Gu Xingzhi replaced Thunder’s source, and Thunder’s body dissipated before reforming as Shi Yan, who thanked Gu Xingzhi and took on his new name.
• Fire Melt attacked Gu Xingzhi in grief, consumed his Origin Essence, and self-destructed; Gu Xingzhi collected the scattered Fire Origin Essence.
• Shi Yan learned what happened to Fire Melt and asked Gu Xingzhi to revive him, agreeing to lure the Five Source Lords in exchange.
• Gu Xingzhi created a Floating Great Hall, entered an illusory space with Li Niang to cultivate, and sent Yun Xuzi and the others on their tasks.
• Shi Yan returned with two white-haired elderly men, and Gu Xingzhi summoned all three into the hall.

Gu Xingzhi sought the final Intent Source in her hidden realm and urged her to leave the Cautious Dao behind. After helping her break through a realm she had been stuck in for ten thousand years, he persuaded her to travel the Myriad Heavens with him.

• Gu Xingzhi obtained the Wind and Rain Origin Essence from two Lords of Eight Source Attributes, leaving only the Intent Source to acquire.
• Gu Xingzhi took Li Niang to the Intent Source's hidden realm, where she wandered among the Purple Flowers and was drawn inside a great purple flower.
• The Intent Source questioned Gu Xingzhi, who urged her to abandon the Cautious Dao and travel the Myriad Heavens with him.
• Gu Xingzhi tapped the Intent Source's brow, helping her break through the realm where she had been stuck for ten thousand years.
• Gu Xingzhi revealed his Azure Qi and restored Li Niang's awareness, then explained what had happened.
• The Intent Source asked whether Gu Xingzhi's promise was true and agreed to leave with him.

Gu Xingzhi used the Eight Directions Great Array to eliminate the Azure Qi and restore the realm, then reunited with Li Niang and an imperial-robed woman. After helping the woman settle a rebellion in her mortal kingdom, he left the Mortal Realm with her and Li Niang to travel the Myriad Heavens.

• Gu Xingzhi extracted a trace of Origin Essence from Intent Source, who vanished, then merged the Eight Directions Origin Essences and formed the Eight Directions Great Array.
• Gu Xingzhi completed the array with the eight Origin Essences, and it devoured the Azure Qi over a hundred years, restoring the realm and its spiritual energy.
• Gu Xingzhi restored Intent Source and returned the extracted Origin Essences to the eight Lords of Origin, allowing them to recover and break through.
• Gu Xingzhi reunited with an imperial-robed woman, then announced that he and the two women would travel the Myriad Heavens.
• An elderly official told the woman that Su Ze and eight kings had rebelled, so Gu Xingzhi destroyed the rebel kings and their forces dispersed.
• The woman passed the throne to a trusted confidant, then left the Mortal Realm with Gu Xingzhi and Li Niang.

Gu Xingzhi and Li Niang and Su Lin entered a new Star Realm, where he lost his cultivation and was separated from them. After making his way out of the mountains and reaching Warm City, he encountered the Mad Old Man again, whose temple visit ended with a shattered statue and questions about Gu Xingzhi’s identity.

• Gu Xingzhi failed to reach the first star and lost his way back, then followed an eastern route with Li Niang and Su Lin into another Star Realm.
• Gu Xingzhi awoke as an ordinary mortal beside a stream, separated from the two women, and followed a Mad Old Man through the mountains.
• At a cliff, the Mad Old Man jumped down, but Gu Xingzhi continued east alone and eventually reached a road leading to a city.
• A young woman gave Gu Xingzhi food, and he later entered Warm City, where he unexpectedly met the Mad Old Man again.
• The Mad Old Man took Gu Xingzhi to a ruined Saint Temple and asked him to bow to a statue, which crumbled after Gu Xingzhi’s brief bow.
• The Mad Old Man stared at Gu Xingzhi and asked who he really was.

Gu Xingzhi dreamed that the Mad Old Man led him across a divided lake to a cottage, where a familiar young woman fed him and seduced him. When Gu Xingzhi woke in the ruined temple, he discovered that he had gained cultivation and formed a Golden Core, and demanded to know who the Mad Old Man was.

• Gu Xingzhi and the Mad Old Man argued in the ruined temple, then settled down for the night without lighting a fire.
• In a dream, the Mad Old Man led Gu Xingzhi across a lake that had split open to a cottage beside two peach trees.
• A young woman Gu Xingzhi recognized from the official road welcomed them, served them food, and drew Gu Xingzhi into her room.
• Gu Xingzhi awoke in the ruined temple and confronted the Mad Old Man about the strange dream.
• Gu Xingzhi sensed surging energy in his body, advanced toward Foundation Establishment, and formed a Golden Core.

Gu Xingzhi found the woman from his dreams in Warm City and stayed by her side, joining her father’s service as he tried to learn more about her. After following her to the Imperial City, he encountered a Royal Daughter who looked exactly like her and was surprised to see her.

• Gu Xingzhi entered Warm City after the Mad Old Man hinted at the woman from his dreams.
• Gu Xingzhi picked up a Chu Family Token, joined the Chu Family as a Martial Guard, and became a Chu Heiress’s personal guard.
• Gu Xingzhi recognized the woman from his dreams at a dye shop and offered to protect her in repayment for the food she had given him.
• The woman brought Gu Xingzhi to her father, who appointed him to an official position and kept him at his side.
• Gu Xingzhi traveled with the woman and her father to the Imperial City, where he saw a Royal Daughter who looked exactly like her.

Gu Xingzhi reunited with Lianlian, learned that the Mad Old Man had made their dream bodies real, and followed clues to a thatched cottage where they began secluded cultivation. Ten years later, the Chu Family's Daughter found him and declared that she would follow him.

• Gu Xingzhi recognized Lianlian as the Princess from his dream, took her away from the Royal City, and heard her explain what the Mad Old Man had done.
• Gu Xingzhi searched the ruined temple and Warm City for the Mad Old Man but found no trace of him.
• The Chu Family's Daughter confronted Gu Xingzhi at a restaurant, and he slapped her after she overturned his table; days later, she ran away to follow him.
• Gu Xingzhi and Lianlian left Warm City for the western border, found the thatched cottage from their dream, and settled there to cultivate in seclusion.
• Over ten years, Gu Xingzhi reached the Red Dust Immortal Realm while living with Lianlian, and the Chu Family's Daughter eventually found him and asked to follow him.

Chu Qinghe reunited with Gu Xingzhi and joined him and Lianlian in a secluded life, while Gu Xingzhi continued cultivating. Nearly a century later, the Mad Old Man returned and triggered Gu Xingzhi’s breakthrough into the Primordial Unity Saint Realm.

• Chu Qinghe told Gu Xingzhi she had searched for him for ten years, and he agreed to let her stay.
• Gu Xingzhi endured the Six-Nine Thunder Tribulation, shed his mortal body, and reached the Earth Immortal Realm.
• Lianlian discovered Chu Qinghe with Gu Xingzhi, then accepted her and became her close companion.
• Gu Xingzhi lived with Chu Qinghe and Lianlian in the mountain hollow, cultivating until he reached the world’s Taiyi limit fifty years later.
• The Mad Old Man returned disguised as an old man riding a yellow ox, and Gu Xingzhi recognized him and brought him into the courtyard.
• After Gu Xingzhi drank the Mad Old Man’s immortal tea, a heavenly phenomenon raised his cultivation through Great Luo Completion into the early Primordial Unity Realm.

After the Mad Old Man shifted Gu Xingzhi’s world, Gu Xingzhi helped Lianlian and Chu Qinghe enter the Dao and shed their mortal bodies. Still unable to understand the Old Man’s instructions, he discovered a mysterious Green Orb and chased it north.

• The Mad Old Man shifted Gu Xingzhi’s mountain hollow into a spiritual mountain range and told him to live through a lifetime of intent and tread the origin as a saint.
• Gu Xingzhi explained the world shift to Lianlian and Chu Qinghe, then gave them methods to enter the Dao.
• After years of cultivation, Lianlian and Chu Qinghe shed mortality and transformed into Spirit Soul forms before taking on new bodies.
• Gu Xingzhi returned to the Thatched Cottage with the two women, but he did not break through the Primordial Unity Saint Realm or understand the Mad Old Man’s words.
• Gu Xingzhi found a Green Orb in a deep-blue pool; when it evaded his attempt to capture it and flew north, he pursued it.

Gu Xingzhi pursued the Azure Pearl to a hidden realm, where a mysterious woman gave it to him and let him choose a classic from her Ten Thousand Classics Pagoda. After studying the classic called Intent, he woke a year later, realized he had completed his trial, and celebrated.

• Gu Xingzhi followed the Azure Pearl into a Secret Realm and found it with a woman in an azure gown.
• The woman gave Gu Xingzhi the Azure Pearl and led him to the Ten Thousand Classics Pagoda, where he chose the classic called Intent.
• Gu Xingzhi returned to the Thatched Cottage and studied the classic until its Seal Script characters overwhelmed his consciousness and he passed out.
• Lianlian and Chu Qinghe told Gu Xingzhi he had been unconscious for one year after he awoke.
• Gu Xingzhi examined himself, understood that he had experienced Intent, and declared his trial complete.

Gu Xingzhi cultivated intent through the classic texts, reaching the Pseudo Origin Realm before being drawn back into the Classic Texts Tower. At the tower’s summit, a nine-colored book pulled him into a White Expanse, where he saw a figure with Su Lin’s face.

• Gu Xingzhi endured three days of agony to condense the Source of Spirit, then explained his intent cultivation to Lianlian and Chu Qinghe.
• Gu Xingzhi split and perfected his Sources of Spirit across different locations, using different laws to progress from one Source of Spirit to eight.
• The Azure Pearl merged with Gu Xingzhi as his Sources of Spirit multiplied to eight thousand, and he entered the Pseudo Origin Realm.
• The cold woman returned Gu Xingzhi to the Classic Texts Tower, where he relived memories, received her words, and climbed to the top.
• A nine-colored book pulled Gu Xingzhi into a White Expanse, where the cold woman’s voice greeted him and a figure resembling Su Lin appeared.

Gu Xingzhi reunited with the original Su Lin, now revealed as Zhi Liang, and underwent Solidify Intent Step Origin to advance into the Origin of Source Realm. After returning to the Thatched Cottage and leaving Lianlian and Chu Qinghe to cultivate, he met the Mad Old Man, who asked him to share tea.

• Zhi Liang explained that she was the original Su Lin and that the Su Lin Gu Xingzhi had known was a Source Experience Body whose memories she had absorbed.
• Zhi Liang took Gu Xingzhi to the Intent Travels Back to Source altar and guided him through Solidify Intent Step Origin, causing his intent to reach perfection and his realm to advance to Origin of Source Realm.
• Gu Xingzhi learned Zhi Liang's name, created the Creation Treasure Hall, and spent an unknown number of years with her while only three days passed outside.
• Gu Xingzhi and Zhi Liang returned to the Thatched Cottage, where he helped Lianlian and Chu Qinghe without interrupting their cultivation.
• The Mad Old Man appeared as Gu Xingzhi and Zhi Liang toured the mountains, praised Gu Xingzhi, and asked him to invite him to the Thatched Cottage for tea.

The Mad Old Man told Gu Xingzhi that Zhi Liang’s sealed memories could be unlocked through trials and pointed him toward the Bottom of Zhi You Le Sea. There, Zhi Liang regained her memories, cultivation, and Water Authority, while Gu Xingzhi and Zhi Liang discovered a mysterious five-colored light.

• The Mad Old Man explained that Zhi Liang had sealed her consciousness and that the Bottom of Zhi You Le Sea held the key to her first Memory Seal.
• Gu Xingzhi and Zhi Liang went to Zhi You Le Sea, evaded an Azure Dragon elder, and entered a palace at the northern seabed.
• When Gu Xingzhi sat on the dragon-patterned throne with Zhi Liang, its Golden Light broke one of her Memory Seals, restoring her cultivation and granting her Water Authority.
• Zhi Liang restrained and destroyed the Azure Dragon, then captured its soul and stored it in her Inner World.
• As Gu Xingzhi and Zhi Liang prepared to leave, they noticed a burst of five-colored light and summoned the Azure Dragon Soul near its source.

After Ao Yi became Gu Xingzhi’s attendant, Gu Xingzhi gained the Intimidation Authority and made the Dragon Clan regard him as their sovereign. He traveled with Lianlian and Chu Qinghe after they entered the Immortal Realm, then brought them through a mysterious doorway into a Purple Qi-filled space, where an old woman welcomed them.

• The Azure Light Pearl merged with Ao Yi, who transformed into an attendant and gained an Inner World filled with Azure Light Pearls.
• Gu Xingzhi entered Ao Yi’s Inner World, drew power from the pearls, and acquired the Intimidation Authority, forcing Ao Yi to kneel and call him the Dragon Ancestor.
• Gu Xingzhi returned with Zhi Liang and Ao Yi to the Thatched Cottage, where Lianlian and Chu Qinghe broke through into the Immortal Realm half a month later.
• Gu Xingzhi took Lianlian and Chu Qinghe sightseeing in an immortal city, then traveled with them to a Purple Qi river the next day.
• A sinister man in purple robes invited the women to his palace, but Gu Xingzhi transported the group into the man’s river cave dwelling.
• Gu Xingzhi opened a purple phantom doorway and took the group into a dark space filled with Purple Qi, where an old woman welcomed them.

Gu Xingzhi and his companions were welcomed into the old woman's courtyard, where she tried to extract their Sources of Soul You to save her granddaughter, You Lian. Gu Xingzhi exposed her scheme and restrained her, leaving the old woman begging for mercy.

• The old woman welcomed Gu Xingzhi, Lianlian, and Chu Qinghe into her courtyard and hosted them with food, wine, and rooms.
• At night, three ghostly figures entered the room; two possessed Lianlian and Chu Qinghe, but the third failed to enter Gu Xingzhi and fled.
• The old woman revealed a Soul You Nine Jade and said she intended to take the Sources of Soul You from the three guests to save You Lian.
• Gu Xingzhi let the old woman begin the Separation Spell on him, then used Azure Light to return his Soul You to his body and break her spell.
• The old woman bound Lianlian and Chu Qinghe, but Gu Xingzhi restrained her and heard her plead for her life.

Gu Xingzhi took the object from the old woman, then entered a hidden inner Qiankun space with Chu Qinghe and Lianlian. He discovered Dinghe Dragon Palace, revealed his Dragon Ancestor form to Ao Shuang, and left with her; the group then arrived at Zhi Niu Mountain.

• Gu Xingzhi forced the old woman to surrender the object in her abdomen, leaving her weakened and stripped of her cultivation, then let her go with a measure planted inside her.
• Gu Xingzhi brought Chu Qinghe and Lianlian through a Vortex Portal into a hidden inner Qiankun space, where their cultivation surged and he placed them behind a barrier.
• Gu Xingzhi entered the river's Dinghe Dragon Palace, where Ao Shuang sensed the Dragon Ancestor's aura he carried.
• Gu Xingzhi transformed into a Nine-clawed Dragon Ancestor, dispelled Ao Shuang's doubts, and took her to the Inner Hall.
• Several days later, Gu Xingzhi returned to Chu Qinghe and Lianlian with Ao Shuang, and they traveled to the western region, where they arrived at Zhi Niu Mountain.