Chapter Summaries

Gu Xing held Princess Jiao Lan hostage and forced her to lift the Whale-Pod Formation, but Daoist Donghua seized Xi Yao and negotiated a hostage exchange. After Gu Xing agreed, Donghua attacked him with a Thunder Talisman, only to be struck through the chest by Jiao Lan, whose actions she could not control.

• Gu Xing subdued Jiao Lan with hidden sword intent and rejected Daoist Donghua's offer to join Saint Son Li Hong's side.
• Gu Xing forced Jiao Lan to withdraw the Whale-Pod Formation, but Daoist Donghua captured Xi Yao and offered to exchange her for Jiao Lan.
• Gu Xing agreed to the exchange, and Xi Yao left the talisman cage as Jiao Lan went to Daoist Donghua.
• Daoist Donghua detonated a Thunder Talisman against Gu Xing and Xi Yao, then ordered the Goose-Buying Old Man and Sword Studio to attack.
• Jiao Lan unexpectedly struck Daoist Donghua through the chest with swordlight, leaving both him and her stunned.

Gu Xing fought Daoist Donghua and Sword Studio while the others struggled against the Demon Race’s forces and the Whale-Pod Formation. As Gu Xing and Daoist Donghua reached a stalemate, Feng Wei suddenly unleashed a tremendous power, and the sun over the Jianmu Secret Realm began to fall.

• Gu Xing secretly sealed Jiao Lan with sword intent and wounded Daoist Donghua, who ordered Sword Studio and the Goose-Selling Old Man to attack alongside him.
• Xi Yao intercepted the Goose-Selling Old Man, while Jiao Lan’s captivity kept Sword Studio from fighting freely and Gu Xing battled Daoist Donghua with fire, water, lightning, and sword arts.
• Inside the Whale-Pod Formation, Xia Guang used Heart-Cleansing Light to pull Caiyun back from the brink of a heart-demon, though fear left a lasting wound on Caiyun’s Dao heart.
• Gu Xing and Daoist Donghua fought to a standstill, while the trapped fighters remained under pressure and the other duels continued.
• Daoist Donghua tried to persuade Gu Xing to join Qi Wu’s side, but Gu Xing refused and said they would meet again.
• Feng Wei opened her eyes and unleashed a sacred power that sent the whales fleeing, spread a crimson Flame Domain, and caused the sun over the Jianmu Secret Realm to fall.

Gu Xing fled the Golden Crow divine fire, then continued alone toward the Jianmu Divine Palace. He encountered the injured Feng Wei and Red Cloud, refused to protect them, and made Feng Wei offer an opportunity and a business proposition instead.

• Feng Wei unleashed the Golden Crow's divine fire, forcing Lin Wu, Gu Xing, and the others to flee as the sea and its creatures burned away.
• Gu Xing escaped with minor injuries, cut away his scorched flesh, and evaded Daoist Donghua before continuing north alone toward the Jianmu Divine Palace.
• After several days crossing the Star Sea, Gu Xing detected Feng Wei and Red Cloud hiding on an immortal island.
• Red Cloud asked Gu Xing to protect the injured Feng Wei, but Gu Xing refused and challenged them over whether risking his life would be proper and kind.
• Feng Wei withdrew her request and offered Gu Xing an opportunity and a business proposition.

You, Red Cloud, and Saint Son Feng Wei joined forces to seek the Everlasting Spring in the Giant Whale Clan’s hidden ancestral land. After entering the island’s heavenly grotto, the three were exposed by the giant whales and began fighting as Feng Wei pushed toward a floating mountain.

• Saint Son Feng Wei offered you a share of the Everlasting Spring, the Grand Yin True Scripture, and a secret pill formula in exchange for your help, and you accepted half of any treasure found.
• Feng Wei led you and Red Cloud across the Star Sea to a tiny island hidden behind an invisible water barrier.
• Feng Wei opened the barrier, and the three entered a vast inner lake filled with thousands of giant whales.
• The group followed the phoenix feather toward a floating mountain that they believed concealed the Everlasting Spring.
• The giant whales surrounded the intruders, so Red Cloud and you fought them while Feng Wei charged toward the floating mountain.

Gu Xing and Feng Wei broke into the Giant Whale Clan’s ancestral grounds, seized the Everlasting Spring and three treasures from Taiyinzi’s tomb, and escaped with Red Cloud. After dividing the spring and entering seclusion, Gu Xing examined the Yin-Seeking Bell and Fire Cauldron and found an ancient alchemy text called the Pill Canon.

• Feng Wei used Barrier-Breaking Light to enter the Floating Mountain Ancestral Grounds while Gu Xing controlled the attacking giant whales with Can Shui Sacred Rite and entrusted Red Cloud to sustain the restraint.
• Gu Xing joined Feng Wei at Taiyinzi’s tomb, where Feng Wei broke open the grave and revealed the Everlasting Spring.
• Gu Xing seized two of the three treasures that flew from the tomb, while Feng Wei took the third and collected the spring.
• Gu Xing, Feng Wei, and Red Cloud escaped the ancestral grounds, divided the Everlasting Spring, and entered seclusion to recover and cultivate.
• Gu Xing examined the Yin-Seeking Bell and Fire Cauldron and discovered the Pill Canon among the tomb’s ancient possessions.

Gu Xing, Feng Wei, and Red Cloud traveled together toward the Jianmu Divine Palace, where they encountered wounded Xia Guang and Sword Studio fleeing Demon Cult pursuers. Xia Guang revealed that Xiao Minghuan’s forces had captured Jiao Lan and scattered their group, while Lin Wu was gravely injured and missing; the chapter ended with Lu Changfeng and two Demon Cult companions confronting them.

• Feng Wei tested Gu Xing’s strength, and he wounded her with First Cause, Last Effect sword intent before they made peace.
• Red Cloud recovered from his injuries, and Gu Xing agreed to travel with him and Feng Wei to the Jianmu Divine Palace.
• After six days of travel, the group encountered injured Xia Guang and Sword Studio fleeing three Demon Cult pursuers.
• Feng Wei used Everlasting Spring divine liquid to heal Xia Guang, who reported that Jiao Lan had been captured and Lin Wu was gravely injured and missing.
• Xia Guang identified Xiao Minghuan as the leader of another Demon Cult force that had infiltrated the secret realm.
• Red Cloud recognized the pursuers’ leader as Lu Changfeng, a powerful Dao Disciple of the Seven Mysteries Demon Sect, and the two groups faced each other.

Lu Changfeng and his companions withdrew after recognizing Gu Xing as the Azure Sea Dragon Monarch, allowing Feng Wei’s group to continue toward the Jianmu Divine Palace. The chapter then revealed the Giant Whale Clan’s desolate ancestral land and ended with a dark figure emerging from a tomb, alarmed that several treasures had been taken.

• Lu Changfeng ordered his companions to withdraw after learning that Gu Xing was the Azure Sea Dragon Monarch and recalling Xiao Minghuan’s warning about his strength.
• Feng Wei’s group left the area and continued toward the Jianmu Divine Palace, while Xia Guang and Sword Studio later recovered with the Everlasting Spring and Sword Studio swore a Heavenly Way Oath to serve Feng Wei.
• Gu Xing, Feng Wei, and their companions reached the region of the Jianmu Divine Palace and prepared to enter through the North Gate.
• At Panlai Island, the Giant Whale Clan’s ancestral land lay dry and lifeless, with countless giant whale corpses showing no signs of battle.
• A dark figure emerged from the tomb on the central floating island and declared that the Yin Lung Spring, the Fire Cauldron, and the Yin-Seeking Bell had been taken.

Zuo Qiu Changsheng revived and confronted the mysterious scholar Xiao Yuan, who revealed himself as the Devil Master after overwhelming him with three fruit statuses. At Jianmu Divine Palace, Feng Wei climbed the aptitude stairway to the 720th step, and Red Cloud urged the Dragon Monarch to try next.

• Zuo Qiu Changsheng revived by absorbing the blood energy of the giant whales and set out to retrieve the Yin-Seeking Bell.
• Xiao Yuan appeared, identified Zuo Qiu Changsheng as the master of the Taixing Corpse-Transmutation Immortal Sect, and challenged him to fight.
• Xiao Yuan suppressed Zuo Qiu Changsheng with three golden suns and revealed that the world revered him as the Devil Master.
• At the Divine Palace's aptitude trial, Red Cloud reached step 638, Xia Guang stopped at 596, and Sword Studio reached 572.
• Feng Wei climbed past step 700 and stopped at step 720.
• Red Cloud turned to the Dragon Monarch and invited him to climb the trial stairway.

Gu Xing passed the Talent Stairway trial with a Top Grade assessment and earned a talisman that could summon an eighth-tier Clear Spring Strange Stone. He climbed to the 800th step, overcame its heart-demon illusions, and arrived in a volcanic realm where he heard a Three-Legged Golden Crow.

• Gu Xing climbed to the 635th step, surpassing Xia Guang but stopping just below Red Cloud.
• Gu Xing defeated an eighth-tier Clear Spring Strange Stone with a single stroke of Sword Qi and received a Divine Summoning Talisman.
• After returning to the stairway, Gu Xing climbed past the 700th step and reached the 790th.
• Gu Xing chose to keep climbing, endured the pressure to reach the 799th step, and walked through illusions testing his heart.
• Gu Xing reached the 800th step and was transported to a lava-filled realm, where he recognized the cry of a Three-Legged Golden Crow.