Ch. 681Immortal of the Golden Dao

Gu Jinlai obtained the Xuanyuan Sword Canon and the Mo Household’s hidden treasures, then studied its cultivation paths and immortal arts while the Profound Origin Sword Sect acknowledged the Creation Sect’s rule over the Northern Domain. He chose to meet the Profound Origin Sword Sect’s delegation rather than immediately expand south, giving his sect time to consolidate its gains.

  • Tian Qingzi offered gifts on behalf of the Longevity Pavilion, but Gu Jinlai declined them and requested records on mind-and-spirit cultivation; Tian Qingzi supplied the Longevity True Scripture and his insights.
  • Tian Qingzi explained that the Furnace of All Living Beings could contain a hidden space, and Gu Jinlai opened Mo Ziya’s remaining restriction to recover the Mo Household’s treasures and the Xuanyuan Sword Canon.
  • Gu Jinlai studied the Xuanyuan Sword Canon and its four immortal arts, concluded that the Eye of Heavenly Punishment was the best fit for him, and asked Tian Qingzi to gather information about it.
  • The Profound Origin Sword Sect’s Sect Master Luo Xiao led a delegation to acknowledge the Creation Sect’s rule in the Northern Domain, prompting an uproar across the Profound Immortal Realm.
  • Gu Jinlai discussed the Profound Origin Sword Sect’s submission with his advisers and decided to receive Luo Xiao’s delegation instead of launching an immediate campaign south.

Ch. 682Evil Spirit

The Fortune Gate struggled to stabilize the Northern Domain after defeating the Mo Family, while Gu Jinlai rejected the Profound Origin Sword Sect’s proposal to share access to the Longevity World. The chapter ended with Luo Xiao learning that Evil Spirits had appeared there and that the world might contain an Evil God.

  • The Fortune Gate’s limited forces failed to end the chaos in the Northern Domain, where displaced factions turned to covertly annexing weaker forces.
  • Luo Xiao told Gu Jinlai that the Profound Origin Sword Sect and the Three Great Families accepted the Fortune Gate’s rule and would not interfere in Northern Domain affairs.
  • Gu Jinlai barred outsiders from entering the Longevity World, and Luo Xiao proposed trade and regulated exchanges between the two worlds.
  • Luo Xiao gave Gu Jinlai a list of the Profound Origin Sword Sect’s potential trade offerings, then left the reception hall with Ye Yan.
  • Luo Qing contacted Luo Xiao and told him to suspend negotiations after learning that Evil Spirits had appeared in the Longevity World.
  • Luo Qing warned that the Evil Spirits might mean an Evil God was present, leaving Luo Xiao horrified.

Ch. 683Fear

Wang Xuanjing and Luo Jiuxiao entered the Everlasting Realm, discovered that an immense azure presence was the world itself, and fled in terror. Luo Jiuxiao then showed Gu Jinlai evidence that the Evil God from the ancient war had appeared again in the Longevity Realm.

  • Wang Xuanjing ordered Red Moon to force the unfinished world gate open, then used the Void-Breaking Mirror to enter the Everlasting Realm with Luo Jiuxiao's clone.
  • Wang Xuanjing used a supreme treasure to see enormous evil spirits and a vast azure presence that he identified as the world, then urged Luo Jiuxiao to flee with him.
  • Gu Jinlai studied records about Great Dao Golden Immortals before Ye Yan announced that Luo Jiuxiao had arrived with Luo Xiao.
  • Luo Jiuxiao told Gu Jinlai he had come in person to convey the danger facing the realms and gave him a Jade Slip containing a memory of the ancient battle against the Evil God.
  • Gu Jinlai watched the memory show the azure Evil God destroying a vast minor world, and Luo Jiuxiao confirmed that the Evil God had appeared again in the Longevity Realm.

Ch. 684Profound Yellow Immortal Dynasty

Gu Jinlai learned from Luo Jiuxiao that the Profound Yellow Immortal Dynasty had plundered other worlds to build an immortal grotto-heaven after its war with the evil god, while the Profound Immortal Realm tried to hide from its reach. When Luo Jiuxiao demanded that Gu Jinlai let the two realms sever their connection, Gu Jinlai refused, then proposed that the dynasty might have wounded the evil god and left it recovering for thousands of years.

  • Luo Jiuxiao told Gu Jinlai that the evil god within the Immortal Realm was the same being the Profound Yellow Alliance had fought, and questioned whether the alliance had truly defeated it.
  • Luo Jiuxiao explained that the Profound Yellow Immortal Dynasty's Human Emperor had plundered spiritual energy from other worlds to build an immortal grotto-heaven, while the Profound Immortal Realm concealed itself from the dynasty.
  • Luo Jiuxiao asked Gu Jinlai to allow the Profound Immortal Realm to sever its connection with the Immortal Realm, but Gu Jinlai refused.
  • Luo Jiuxiao threatened that war could destroy both realms and awaken the evil god, but Gu Jinlai said he was considering what had happened after the ancient battle.
  • Gu Jinlai reasoned that the Profound Yellow Immortal Dynasty might have severely wounded the evil god, leaving it dormant while it recovered for thousands of years.

Ch. 685The World's Child

Gu Jinlai persuaded Luo Jiuxiao to reopen the boundary gate to the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty, arguing that its ancient alliance may have nearly defeated the evil god and that its methods could offer a path to victory. After reviewing information about the Xuanhuang worlds, Gu Jinlai prepared to grow stronger while waiting for the gate to open, as Xie Yusheng prepared to reveal his strength on Blue Star.

  • Gu Jinlai argued that the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty may have severely wounded the evil god and said he intended to find out how its Human Emperor had done so.
  • Luo Jiuxiao learned that Gu Jinlai had risen from Core Formation to Eighth-Heaven Profound Immortal in twenty-four years and concluded that he was a World's Child.
  • Luo Jiuxiao revealed the Primordial Sword Sect planned to reopen its boundary gate and exchange the Profound Immortal World's spiritual energy for refuge in the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty's Immortal Cave Heaven.
  • Gu Jinlai ordered Luo Jiuxiao to reopen the gate as quickly as possible and said he would stabilize the Profound Immortal World by purging its Northern Region and other regions if necessary.
  • Gu Jinlai studied the Xuanhuang Alliance's map and records, considering how its world gates and spatial active points connected worlds and how the Xuanhuang Great World might retain strength against the evil god.
  • Gu Jinlai planned to enter seclusion while waiting for the gate to reopen, and Xie Yusheng prepared to use the Chengying mecha to reveal his cards to the three nations behind the True Immortal Research Institute.

Ch. 686Meeting

Xie Yusheng arranged a meeting with the supposed Qianxing person at the Nantian Gate project team, while secretly using spiritual transmission to convince his colleagues he had made contact. Six hours later, the leaders of three nations gathered to meet him, and the Chengying Mecha appeared undetected before them.

  • Zhao Shanhe, Lan Yuntian, and Zhao Changhong arrived at Xie Yusheng's office as he arranged a meeting with the Qianxing person for six hours later.
  • Xie Yusheng used True Spirit to simulate the Qianxing person's spiritual transmission, and Zhao Changhong granted him high authority and assigned him to lead the meeting.
  • Experts briefed Xie Yusheng while the three leaders of the True Immortal Research Institute and their teams assembled at the Nantian Gate project team.
  • Zhao Tianfeng and Li Guanghui waited for the arrival, but the Zhongtu Kingdom's reconnaissance systems detected no approaching object.
  • The Chengying Mecha suddenly appeared in the sky, evaded all detection, and landed before the gathered leaders and experts.
  • The Qianxing person greeted the people of Blue Star through spiritual resonance.

Ch. 687Self-Directed Performance

Xie Yusheng used his connection with Lu Ya to secure an agreement to build Chengying mechas and a Star Destroyer, while Gu Jinlai continued consolidating control over the Northern Region. The chapter ended with Gu Jinlai giving the Three Great Families half a year to reform before he reviewed their territories.

  • Xie Yusheng met Lu Ya, gave him Guxia classics, and discussed building Chengying mechas and a Star Destroyer with help from the Blue Star forces.
  • Lu Ya left in the Chengying mecha, demonstrating stealth that defeated the gathered officials’ detection instruments.
  • Gu Jinlai sent Xie Yusheng nuclear-force material data and requested more Blue Star mythological classics.
  • Gu Jinlai ordered the Myriad Star Sword Sect’s cultivators to face trial after learning that several of its True Immortals had fled.
  • Chi Xuehe, Bai Shengyang, and Ji Longhua agreed to help capture fugitives and let Gu Jinlai review their territories, offering him valuable gifts.
  • Gu Jinlai gave the Three Great Families half a year to reform their subordinates before he inspected their lands.

Ch. 688Blue Star and the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty

Gu Jinlai incorporated the Heavenly Dao of Yimu into his Void Core and considered how the Great Dao of Creation and the Solar Golden Crow’s Innate Divine Saint path could strengthen him. Studying the Profound Conception Gate revealed similarities between Xuanhuang and Blue Star, and he decided to investigate the connection once the realm gate was complete.

  • Gu Jinlai purged the first group of Myriad Stars Sword Sect cultivators and boarded a replica Blue Sky battleship to continue cleansing the Northern Domain.
  • Gu Jinlai added the Heavenly Dao of Yimu to his Void Core and realized the Five Elements could help transform and produce matter within it.
  • Gu Jinlai studied the Solar Golden Crow’s remaining Dao traces and decided to cultivate both the Innate Divine Saint path and the Great Dao of Creation.
  • Gu Jinlai examined the Profound Conception Gate and learned its mental realms resembled cultivation concepts and legends found on Blue Star.
  • Gu Jinlai resolved to visit Blue Star and investigate its connection to the Xuanhuang Great World after construction of the realm gate in the Chen Domain was complete.

Ch. 689Overseas Battlefield

The Soaring Firmament Palace fleet arrived as the Heavenly Origin Dao fled its ruined islands, then annihilated the demonic beasts with overwhelming firepower and mechs. After discovering a much larger force of Demon Emperors and demon gods nearby, Xiang Fengyun ordered the fleet to retreat and called for reinforcements.

  • The Heavenly Origin Dao’s survivors prepared to flee to Qian Tian after fourteen Demon Emperors and numerous other beasts overwhelmed their thirty-three islands.
  • Bai Qi arrived with the Soaring Firmament Palace fleet and urged the survivors to trust its power.
  • Xiang Fengyun ordered forty warships to fire on Beaconfire Island, killing eleven Demon Emperors and most of the detected Demon Kings in a single volley.
  • The fleet and Chengying mechs swept through the overseas region, defeating a gigantic demon god and persuading the Heavenly Origin Dao to seek entry into Lingxiao Palace.
  • Reconnaissance found more than a hundred Demon Emperors and double-digit demon gods eight thousand li to the north, so Xiang Fengyun ordered a retreat and requested reinforcements.

Ch. 690Heart, Mind, Soul

Gu Jinlai and four allies discussed mental cultivation and the six realms, concluding that the Evil God consumed not only souls but the world that sustained them. Gu Jinlai resolved to develop the six realms further as a path toward defeating it, but Zhao Xi then reported that they had found a newly opened Demon Abyss in the Demon Realm.

  • Gu Jinlai, Tian Qingzi, Dan Chenzi, Luo Jiuxiao, and Zhao Xi compared cultivation theories and worked to perfect the system of the six realms.
  • Gu Jinlai proposed that mind, heart, and soul were rooted in the void and the world, and Dan Chenzi realized the Evil God might devour that foundation.
  • Luo Jiuxiao shared the true form of the Evil God he had seen, shocking Gu Jinlai and the others.
  • Gu Jinlai reasoned that reaching the level of a Dao Ancestor might allow him to destroy the Evil God, and he urged the group to continue developing the six realms.
  • Zhao Xi told Gu Jinlai that they had found the location of a newly opened Demon Abyss in the Demon Realm.

Ch. 691Reentering the Demon Realm

Gu Jinlai led a vast allied force to the Demon Abyss, where Luo Jiuxiao and the True Immortals routed the Demonic Beasts. Gu Jinlai entered the Demon Realm to assess it and found Lord Cangming waiting among its forces.

  • Gu Jinlai arrived at the island with more than a thousand True Immortals, over a hundred Celestial Immortals, and six hundred Heavenly Lords, and Xiang Fengyun and the Tianyuan Dao welcomed them.
  • Luo Jiuxiao led the allied force against the Demonic Beasts and annihilated Blackflame Devil Master with a single strike, sending the remaining enemies fleeing toward the Demon Abyss.
  • Gu Jinlai inspected the Demon Abyss and ordered the True Immortals to guard its perimeter while he and the others entered the Demon Realm.
  • Gu Jinlai crossed into the Demon Realm, where the realm gate shuddered because of the Heavenly Dao within his Void Core.
  • Gu Jinlai saw ranks of Demonic Spirits and recognized the black-robed figure before them as Lord Cangming.

Ch. 692Cangming, the Devil Master

Gu Jinlai confronted the Cangming Devil Master in the Spirit Realm and used his mental realm and spiritual arts to wound it and capture a Sovereign-level Demonic Spirit. As he prepared to take the captive through the Demon Abyss, the Cangming Devil Master claimed Gu Jinlai knew of a terrifying existence hidden in his world.

  • Gu Jinlai challenged the Cangming Devil Master’s claim that the Spirit Realm belonged to the Spirit Clan, and the Devil Master manifested its enormous spiritual body.
  • Gu Jinlai’s mental realm suppressed the Cangming Devil Master, but it endured the pressure and attacked him with swordlike strands of hair.
  • Gu Jinlai blocked the Devil Master’s strike with the Wall of Nothingness and blasted open its spiritual body with the Eternal Heavenly Curse.
  • Three Sovereign-level Demonic Spirits charged Gu Jinlai, but he slowed them with his mental domain and bound one to take back to the Eternal Life Realm.
  • The Cangming Devil Master realized Gu Jinlai had not reached the Creator Lord realm and accused him of knowing about a monstrous existence hidden in his world.

Ch. 693Truce

Gu Jinlai learned that the Demon Realm was a dying world whose survivors had become Demonic Spirits, and that an Evil God had devoured their original world. He reached a truce with Cangming, then returned to the Longevity Realm planning to go to Blue Star and make his power known.

  • Cangming told Gu Jinlai that the Demon Realm lacked spiritual energy and warned that the Evil God threatened the Longevity Realm as well.
  • Gu Jinlai offered to help avenge the spirit race, and Cangming revealed how their world had been devoured and how its survivors had turned an Immortal Golden Immortal into a spirit world.
  • Cangming refused to let Gu Jinlai inspect the spirit world, but agreed to share information about the Evil God and searched worlds while withdrawing intelligent Demonic Spirits from the Longevity Realm within a month.
  • After Gu Jinlai left, Cangming ordered the Demon Abyss passage restricted and told Red Firefly Sovereign to keep hidden infiltrators inactive and withdraw those already exposed.
  • Gu Jinlai returned to the Longevity Realm and planned to visit Blue Star, using Aedlen to warn its people before demonstrating the risks of severing ties with the outside world.

Ch. 694Accusation

Gu Jinlai explained why he had agreed to a ceasefire with the Demon Realm and set his sights on reaching the Heavenly Dao mental realm. A year later, he answered Xie Yusheng’s distress signal on Blue Star and urged him to use the mecha against fighter jets from the Star Brilliance Federation.

  • Gu Jinlai told Zhao Xi and the others that the Demon Realm would withdraw its forces and that neither side would invade the other, warning that an all-out war could awaken the Evil God hidden within the True Spirit World.
  • Gu Jinlai said he needed time to advance his mental realm to the Heavenly Dao Realm, which could let him kill the Devil Masters and Demonic Spirits before they awakened the Evil God, and Zhao Xi promised to help him perfect the cultivation method.
  • Gu Jinlai collected information about the Evil God and infiltrated worlds, continued purging the Mysterious Immortal Realm, and waited for the star gate to Blue Star to be upgraded.
  • A year later, Xie Yusheng sent a distress signal, and Gu Jinlai learned that fighter jets from the Star Brilliance Federation were pressuring the Nantian Gate project team over its mecha technology and the mecha that had destroyed the Star Spirit Platform.
  • Gu Jinlai told Xie Yusheng to send out the mecha and blast the cross-border fighter jets to pieces.

Ch. 695Airborne Showdown

Gu Jinlai urged Xie Yusheng to use the Chengying Mecha against the Star Brilliance Federation’s probing forces, and Xie agreed while disguising the decision as the Qianxing person’s independent action. After the mecha destroyed four invading fighters, the Blue Star Federation launched twelve Aurora Goddess drones to intercept it, bringing the forces toward a major battle.

  • Gu Jinlai persuaded Xie Yusheng that a decisive victory could deter the Star Brilliance Federation and help establish an Eastern Alliance, and Xie staged a chat to make the attack appear to be Lu Ya’s choice.
  • Xie Yusheng convened a meeting with Middle Kingdom and allied officials, where Zhao Tianfeng removed Minister of War Li Guanghui after he criticized Xie’s contact with Lu Ya; the officials then discussed the Federation’s probe and their preparations.
  • Xie Yusheng piloted the Chengying Mecha and destroyed four Star Brilliance Federation fighters disguised as Tianhuang aircraft after they intruded into Middle Kingdom airspace.
  • The Chengying Mecha headed toward the Star Brilliance Federation base in Tianhuang as Blue Star Federation leaders ordered twelve fully armed Aurora Goddess drones to intercept it.
  • The drones accelerated to more than ten times the speed of sound and closed to within four hundred miles of the Chengying Mecha, setting off a major aerial confrontation.

Ch. 696Siege

Xie Yusheng piloted the Chengying mecha as the Blue Star Federation tried to destroy it with Dawn Goddess drones and missiles. He survived their nuclear self-detonation and escaped into the clouds, leaving the battle unresolved.

  • Xie Yusheng recognized that the Blue Star Federation had set a trap and decided he could not retreat with the drones pursuing him.
  • The Dawn Goddess drones launched successive missile barrages, but Xie Yusheng used Thunderstorm, the ion cannon, and the battleship-cutting blade to destroy them.
  • The drone operators switched to Contingency Plan Four, closing in from all directions and attacking while the drones charged the Chengying mecha.
  • Three Dawn Goddess drones detonated within five hundred meters of Xie Yusheng, creating an explosion with the force of a megaton-class nuclear bomb.
  • Xie Yusheng burst through the flames and disappeared into the clouds, surprising the Blue Star Federation and the Three-Nation Alliance.

Ch. 697Shattering the Void Mirror

The Blue Star Federation celebrated its apparent success against the Chengying mecha, but Xie Yusheng revealed a second mecha and frightened its leaders into demanding more weapons. In the Profound Immortal Realm, Gu Jinlai learned that the Void-Breaking Mirror could let him reach Blue Star and the Xuanhuang World ahead of schedule, and decided to deal with Blue Star before seeking a way to resist the evil god.

  • The Blue Star Federation concluded that its ambush had heavily damaged the Starfaller and pledged to mass-produce Goddess of Dawn drones and Starfall Missiles.
  • Gu Jinlai restored Xie Yusheng's True Spirit, and Xie Yusheng sent a second Chengying mecha toward the battlefield, alarming the Blue Star Federation's leaders.
  • Gu Jinlai considered using his accumulated clear light to raise his mental realm and purge the mortal nations of the Profound Immortal Realm more quickly.
  • Tian Qingzi and Dan Chenzi told Gu Jinlai that the Void-Breaking Mirror could let him travel through the Immortal Cloud World to reach the Xuanhuang World early.
  • Gu Jinlai decided to use the mirror to visit Blue Star first, then travel through the Demon Realm and Immortal Cloud World to seek a way to resist the evil god.

Ch. 698The Great Opportunity

Aedren learned that the Soaring Firmament Palace planned to invade Blue Star, then risked his life to send a warning to the Star Radiance Federation. After President Edward convened the Blue Star Federation’s leaders, he called the coming invasion an unprecedented opportunity to strengthen the Federation’s rule.

  • Qin Li led a search for escaped prisoners and told his men that the Soaring Firmament Palace would soon open the Star Gate, with Gu Jinlai personally leading the expedition to another world.
  • After Qin Li’s search party left, Aedren emerged from hiding and realized the Soaring Firmament Palace—not the Beast God Alliance—was the power threatening the Dragon-Herding Kingdom and preparing to invade Blue Star.
  • Aedren infiltrated the Wangjiao Cliff communications station and transmitted a warning to the Star Radiance Federation before guards could stop him.
  • The Federation’s Apocalypse Project team reported Aedren’s message to President Edward, who called a secret meeting with the Blue Star Federation’s top leaders.
  • Edward argued that the Federation could use the invasion as publicity to secure its position as Blue Star’s legitimate ruler, drawing a skeptical response from the Flame Dragon Nation’s president.

Ch. 699Press Conference

The Blue Star Federation announced that the Longevity Realm was preparing to invade, using a public press conference to rally support and strengthen its political authority. As President Edward revealed footage of the Chengying Mecha attacking the Star Spirit Platform, the True Immortal Research Institute realized the Three Nations could be branded as collaborators with the invaders.

  • Edward persuaded the Blue Star Federation’s leaders to expose the Longevity Realm and use a guided astral gate and nuclear traps to prepare a battlefield against the Highfirmament Palace.
  • The Federation announced a press conference, alarming the public by promising to reveal the truth behind the astral gate incident and its nuclear strikes.
  • Zhao Qilin, Xie Yusheng, and the Three Nations’ officials discussed the announcement and agreed to accelerate production of Shadow-Bearer mecha while seeking more help from Mr. Lu Ya.
  • Edward told the assembled media that Blue Star faced enemies from another world and showed footage of the Chengying Mecha attacking the Star Spirit Platform.
  • Zhao Tianfeng, Dong Xuanyuan, Han Guanglie, and the others realized the Federation’s broadcast could portray them as people colluding with aliens.

Ch. 700Speech

Edward portrayed the Immortal World as an invading enemy and the Starlight Federation as Blue Star’s defender, using footage and military revelations to rally support for war. The chapter ended with the audience applauding the Blue Star Federation after Edward declared victory over the Chengying Mecha.

  • Zhao Tianfeng, Han Guanglie, and Dong Xuanyuan debated how the three nations should respond to the Blue Star Federation’s accusations against the Qianxing person.
  • Edward revealed the projection of the Immortal World and claimed its inhabitants had infiltrated Blue Star and created the Chengying Mecha as a weapon.
  • Zhao Qilin challenged Edward’s account, and Edward claimed the Chengying Mecha had destroyed the Starspirit Platform before the Starlight Federation was ready.
  • Edward showed footage of Starlight Federation soldiers fighting Immortal World cultivators and Demonic Beasts, persuading the leaders watching that the federation had established a base there.
  • Edward revealed the Dawn Goddess drones and Fallen Star missiles, then showed twelve drones attacking the Chengying Mecha and declared that Blue Star had won.
  • The audience stood and applauded Edward and the Blue Star Federation.
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