Recaps

Gu Xing’s visit to the Northern Sky Prison turned into a revolt and an ambush, forcing him to reveal his strength and advance to the seventh tier. He defeated Dan Yuan’s thunder attack, but Lingmiaozi trapped him in her Military Slaughter Domain.

• Xiao Minghuan revealed that Gu Xing had secretly reached the seventh tier, while Gu Rui gathered allies and welcomed the Holy Maiden to Spring Excursion Palace.
• Gu Xing impressed the guests with his knowledge of human history, then joined Gu Rui’s party at the Northern Sky Prison to watch sixth-tier prisoners fight for freedom.
• Tianyue defeated Hu Su, and Ye Chenjun fought Sheng Xiao to a draw before Xiao Minghuan and Gu Rui wagered on Tianyue’s coming match.
• Sixth- and seventh-tier demons revolted inside the sealed prison, and Ye Chenjun pledged himself to Gu Xing before Rogue Du'e attacked and gravely wounded Liu Sui.
• Gu Xing revealed his immense dragon form, freed Xiao Sheng from his prison slave brand, then killed Xiao Sheng and Hu Su as Gu Changqing revealed himself and offered him the Dragon Monarch position.
• Gu Xing rejected Gu Changqing’s offer, destroyed Lingmiaozi’s conjured cavalry, and advanced from the sixth tier to the seventh as Shui Xu urged the prison’s powerful demons to kill him.
• Gu Xing endured Dan Yuan’s thunder attacks and used his purple dragon to devour the thunderclouds and artifacts, but Lingmiaozi drove him back with weak water and enclosed the fighters in her Military Slaughter Domain.

Gu Xing ended the Northern Sky Prison rebellion, gained Xuanji’s Sword Classic, and advanced to the eighth tier before assembling allies against the Longze Marquis Residence. At the Dragon Palace banquet, the succession struggle erupted into battle, leaving Gu Xing facing Elder Zhuang and Silver Consort as tribulation clouds gathered.

• Gu Xing purified the ancient battlefield, defeated Du'e, and emerged from the Northern Sky Prison as rumors spread of his great power.
• At Tai Chi Hall, Gu Xing rejected Xuanji’s offer of the Sword Way at first, then accepted a limited alliance and studied the World-Covering Sword Classic.
• Gu Xing mastered all thirty-six origin sword intents and advanced to the eighth tier inside Xuanji’s Crimson Gourd.
• After learning of the crisis surrounding the Fruit Statuses, Gu Xing gathered support from the Water Owl Tribe, Jiang Ziyang, and his loyal commanders.
• Gu Xing accepted Marquis Changze’s banquet invitation and told his uncle to surrender the Azure Water Dragon Palace.
• At the banquet, Gu Changze and Gu Changqing entered the Three Stars Water Fruit Status’s sealed domain and fought, while their allies clashed across the battlefield.
• Gu Xing defeated Gu Rui and Gu Feng in their dragon forms, then restrained both brothers and killed Xie Yuan with the Mountain-Burning Art.
• Elder Zhuang and Silver Consort joined forces against Gu Xing as the other clan chiefs occupied Tai Chi Hall’s cultivators and tribulation clouds gathered over the palace.

Gu Xing defeated Gu Changqing and Gu Changze, claimed Azure Sea Lake’s Dragon Monarch position, and strengthened the lake during decades of rule. He then set out for the Jianmu Assembly, where rival factions gathered to compete for divine fruits as Jianmu began to wither.

• Gu Xing revealed his eighth-tier sword dao fruit status, defeated Gu Changqing and Gu Changze, and claimed Azure Sea Lake’s Three Stars Water Fruit Status.
• Gu Changze and the Fragrant Consort died after revealing the truth about Gu Rui, while Gu Xing spared Gu Rui and became Dragon Monarch.
• Gu Xing’s rule reshaped Azure Sea Lake, and after seclusion he accepted an invitation to the Jianmu Assembly and departed with Liu Sui, Xuanji, and his retinue.
• The Celestial Silkworm Crown Prince obstructed Gu Xing’s fleet as a test, then allowed it to pass while vowing to make Gu Xing his servant.
• At Cloud Dream Marsh, Feng Wei explained that Jianmu was withering and had borne four divine fruits, then led the factions toward the tree before its secret realm reopened.
• Xi Yao and Xun Hao formed an alliance with Gu Xing to compete for a Jianmu Divine Fruit, and Gu Xing’s oath to save Xi Yao dispelled Li Hong’s curse on her.
• Gu Xing’s party reached Jianmu, where Feng Wei secured their entry, and Li Hong arrived with a large force as rival factions prepared to enter the secret realm.