Chapter Summaries

Gu Sheng suppressed the Demon Emperor's Divine Sense with the Primordial Saint Body, placed the Demon Emperor's Heart in his dantian, and traveled to the Spirit Sand Vast Sea in search of the sixth Water Spirit Pearl. After defeating two powerful demonic beasts, he rescued Yu Die and agreed to escort her to the Yu Clan's territory.

• The Primordial Saint Body suppressed the Demon Emperor's Divine Sense, allowing Gu Sheng to place the Demon Emperor's Heart in his dantian's undersea secret realm.
• Gu Sheng traveled to the Spirit Sand Vast Sea, where he defeated two demonic beasts after struggling against their strength and defenses.
• Gu Sheng found bandits attacking Yu Die and an elder, trapped the bandits in his lotus-leaf formation, and killed them.
• Yu Die thanked Gu Sheng and explained that she had been traveling toward the Yu Clan's territory with the badly injured elder.
• Gu Sheng agreed to escort Yu Die to the Yu Clan's territory.

Gu Sheng and Yu Die traveled through the desert in the Butterfly Shadow Flying Carriage, found the sixth Water Spirit Pearl, and discussed Yu Die’s missing aunt and Gu Sheng’s acquaintance Lei Ying. They later discovered Agama Temple, reunited with Lin Tianhao—now the Buddhist monk Mingxin—and continued their journey after visiting Agama Lake.

• Yu Die offered to help Gu Sheng search for the Water Spirit Pearl, and they set out together in her clan’s Butterfly Shadow Flying Carriage.
• Gu Sheng told Yu Die about Lei Ying, and Yu Die suspected that Lei Ying might be the daughter of her aunt, who had been abducted by pirates.
• Gu Sheng and Yu Die deciphered the runes in an ancient oasis temple, allowing Gu Sheng to take the sixth Water Spirit Pearl.
• Gu Sheng and Yu Die camped by the oasis, shared a meal and their dreams, and Gu Sheng comforted Yu Die about her missing aunt.
• Gu Sheng and Yu Die followed scattered remains to Agama Temple, where they reunited with Lin Tianhao, who had become the monk Mingxin.
• After speaking with Mingxin and admiring Agama Lake at sunset, Gu Sheng and Yu Die returned to the Butterfly Shadow Flying Carriage to continue their journey.

After leaving the Yu Clan, Gu Sheng joined the Dragon Cloud Kingdom’s Magic Battle Convention and defeated a powerful opponent, earning the Emperor’s favor. Yu Qingyang offered him Yu Die’s hand in marriage and a place in the Yu Clan, but Gu Sheng refused; the chapter ended as a guard reported that demonic beasts were charging toward the imperial palace.

• Yu Qingyang rejected Gu Sheng as a match for Yu Die, but let him choose a treasure, and Gu Sheng took the Profound Grade Butterfly Shadow Flying Carriage and left the Yu Clan.
• In the Dragon Cloud Kingdom, Little Nun Jingyin invited Gu Sheng to the Magic Battle Convention, where he defeated a middle-aged cultivator with his golden bell and the Great Prajna Sutra.
• Emperor Long Aoyu and Empress welcomed Gu Sheng, and he reunited with Crown Prince Long Youguang, whom he had met in the Western Wasteland forests.
• Yu Qingyang offered Yu Die’s hand in marriage and invited Gu Sheng to join the Yu Clan as a Guest Elder, but Gu Sheng declined, saying he wanted to focus on cultivation and remain free.
• A guard rushed into the imperial palace and reported that demonic beasts were surging toward the city and palace.

Gu Sheng helped Dragon Cloud Kingdom defeat a demonic beast tide, refused Emperor Long Aoyu’s offer to stay, and received three treasures before leaving to cultivate. After breaking through to the Sea Bottom Realm Fourth Heaven, he headed back toward the Jade Pool Holy Land and set a trap for the stalking Daoist Wu Dewang, who was caught peeping at the Seven Fairies bathing.

• Gu Sheng fought alongside Long Youguang and Yu Qingyang, using his martial arts, treasures, and Demon Emperor’s Heart to force the demonic beasts to retreat.
• Emperor Long Aoyu offered Gu Sheng a place among the palace’s consecrated experts, but Gu Sheng declined and accepted one thousand Purple Spirit Stones, a Heavenly Evolution Wood Spirit Pill, and the Dream Butterfly Atlas.
• Gu Sheng cultivated for a month as the Grass Vine Demonic Soul transformed into a Corrosive Green Lotus, then broke through to the Sea Bottom Realm Fourth Heaven during a thunderous upheaval.
• After another month, Gu Sheng set out for the Jade Pool Holy Land and used the Great Moon Eye Technique to discover that Daoist Wu Dewang was following him.
• Gu Sheng lured Wu Dewang toward the pool where the Seven Fairies were bathing and concealed himself with the Shadow Concealment Art; one fairy spotted Wu Dewang and shouted that someone was peeping.

Gu Sheng caught Wu Dewang spying at the Jade Pool, then took all of Wu Dewang’s treasures after pretending to consider a trade. After Wu Dewang escaped and vowed revenge, Gu Sheng visited the Jade Pool Saintess to offer her the Dream Butterfly Atlas, but she refused it.

• The fairies caught Wu Dewang spying on them bathing and tied him to a tree while Gu Sheng went to bathe in the Jade Pool.
• After the fairies left, Gu Sheng questioned Wu Dewang, who admitted he had followed him to obtain the green bronze fragment or the Demon Emperor’s Heart.
• Wu Dewang displayed his treasures and offered them in trade, but Gu Sheng bound him with the Grass Vine Demonic Soul and took everything, including the Demon Suppressing Stele.
• Gu Sheng left Wu Dewang tied up and examined his new treasures, while Wu Dewang reflected on his greed and resolved to cultivate again and get revenge.
• Gu Sheng visited the Jade Pool Saintess and presented her with the Dream Butterfly Atlas, but she praised it and refused to accept it.

Gu Sheng and the Jade Pool Saintess explored the Dream Butterfly Atlas, which awakened and expanded their seas of consciousness and revealed cultivation laws. Shi Ling joined them as they studied its secrets, but their peaceful gathering by Jade Pool Lake ended with Wu Dewang watching them in bitter resentment.

• Gu Sheng visited the Jade Pool Saintess with the Dream Butterfly Atlas, and the two grew closer while discussing cultivation.
• Gu Sheng and the Jade Pool Saintess discovered that touching the atlas's butterflies together brought them to life and helped them break through cultivation bottlenecks.
• The atlas opened and expanded both cultivators' seas of consciousness, and its power became imprinted in them.
• Shi Ling appeared, called Gu Sheng and the Jade Pool Saintess her Daddy and Mommy, and explained that she could understand the butterflies and their cultivation laws.
• Shi Ling guided Gu Sheng and the Jade Pool Saintess in harnessing the atlas's wind power, and the three later joined the Jade Pool disciples by Jade Pool Lake.
• Wu Dewang watched their cheerful gathering and resented how happy they seemed.

After Gu Sheng and the Jade Pool Saintess defeated the factions seeking Shi Ling, Gu Sheng traveled to Hundred Flowers Valley to retrieve the Demon Emperor's Heart, but it left his body and flew west. At Ashoka Lake, the Demon Emperor emerged and fought Lin Tianhao, who claimed the Ashoka Pearl and gained the upper hand, leaving the Demon Emperor badly wounded.

• Wu Dewang spread word of Shi Ling's return, drawing major factions to ambush Gu Sheng, the Jade Pool Saintess, and Shi Ling after they left Jade Pool.
• Gu Sheng and the Jade Pool Saintess used the Dream Butterfly Atlas to repel the attackers, while Shi Ling's power protected her from Wu Dewang's sneak attack; Gu Sheng defeated Wu Dewang and ordered him to serve Jade Pool.
• At Hundred Flowers Valley, Gu Sheng tried to release the Demon Emperor's Heart, but it refused to leave before suddenly flying toward the Western Region.
• The Demon Emperor emerged from the heart near Ashoka Lake and attacked Lin Tianhao, who fought back with the Haoyang Sword and his Vast Sun in the Sky phenomenon.
• The Ashoka Pearl rose from the lake, rejected the Demon Emperor, and recognized Lin Tianhao, allowing him to gain the advantage and severely wound the Demon Emperor.

After the Demon Emperor broke free and possessed Lin Tianhao, his soul was devoured and fused with Lin Tianhao, granting him immense power. Gu Sheng gave Yan Ruyu the Life Bead Necklace, then helped Yu Die enter a virtual space to comprehend the Dream Butterfly Atlas.

• The Demon Emperor escaped Lin Tianhao’s seal and fought him at Ashoka Lake, but eventually possessed him.
• A mysterious force within Lin Tianhao devoured and fused with the Demon Emperor’s soul, transforming Lin Tianhao and drawing the attention of the Western Wasteland.
• Gu Sheng gave Yan Ruyu the Life Bead Necklace, and they promised to keep facing the future together.
• Yu Die told Gu Sheng that the Dream Butterfly Atlas belonged to her clan’s lost inheritance and asked him to help her recover it.
• Gu Sheng offered to share the atlas’s mysteries, then cultivated the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra with Yu Die to enter a virtual space and study it.

Gu Sheng and Yu Die mastered the Dream Butterfly Atlas after a month of secluded cultivation, while Yan Ruyu protected them from interference. Back at the Jade Pool Holy Land, Gu Sheng defeated Ji Xuri in a spar and then went boating with Ji Yewei, whose unfinished question left their conversation hanging.

• Gu Sheng and Yu Die cultivated together for more than a month, and Gu Sheng broke through to the fifth level of the Sea Bottom Realm as the Dream Butterfly Atlas manifested.
• Yan Ruyu recognized the phenomenon as a demon-race secret art and ordered demons to guard Gu Sheng and Yu Die while they cultivated.
• Gu Sheng and Yu Die emerged having succeeded, and the demons welcomed them with reverence for the phenomenon they had caused.
• Ji Xuri challenged Gu Sheng to a spar at the Jade Pool Secret Realm, but Gu Sheng defeated him with the Gale Nine Swords, and Ji Xuri left to enter deathly seclusion.
• Ji Yewei stayed with Gu Sheng, and the two went boating on Jade Pool while discussing Ji Xuri and her own strength.
• Ji Yewei began asking Gu Sheng whether there might be a chance for the two of them, but the chapter ended before she finished.

Gu Sheng and Ji Yewei traveled into Taotie Jungle, where Gu Sheng killed Ji Wanyou and defeated Taotie, which led them to the Holy Demon Body World. After learning that the Holy Demon Race was waging war on Crimson Cloud Continent, they returned to join the battle, where human forces began to rally and prepare a counterattack.

• Gu Sheng and Ji Yewei left Jade Pool Holy Land for Taotie Jungle, where Ji Wanyou attacked Gu Sheng and he killed her.
• Taotie attacked the pair, but Gu Sheng used his Grass Vine Demonic Soul to defeat it and learned of a passage to the Holy Demon Body World.
• Gu Sheng and Ji Yewei entered the Holy Demon Body World and learned from captured Holy Demon Race members that their people were fighting humanity on Crimson Cloud Continent.
• Gu Sheng and Ji Yewei returned to Crimson Cloud Continent and joined the battle, helping the human forces push back the Holy Demon Race.
• Su Xian ordered the Fire Worship Cult to join the war, and Gu Jingang gathered the Thousand Poisons Sect to fight as Princess Yun Zishuang asked Gu Sheng how to begin a counterattack.

Gu Sheng led the human forces to defeat the Holy Demon Race, seal the passage between its world and the human world, and secure a new era of peace. At a victory banquet, Empress Yun Zishuang honored Gu Sheng and the other heroes, while Lu Biluo reminded Gu Sheng that their contest was still unfinished.

• Princess Yun Zishuang’s army attacked the Holy Demon Race head-on while Gu Sheng led martial world fighters around its flank, forcing the enemy to retreat.
• Gu Sheng and allied sects ambushed the retreating army, and his Grass Vine Demonic Soul corroded the Holy Demon Race while helping the humans fight through its maze-like lotus pond.
• Zhu Meng and Gu Jingang died, Su Xian was gravely wounded, and Gu Sheng used his grass vines to heal Su Xian, Wen Mingyan, and other allies.
• Humanity hunted down the remaining Holy Demon Race, sealed the passage between the two worlds, and won the war.
• Empress Yun Zishuang named Gu Sheng Protector of the Nation Duke and rewarded him and the other heroes at a victory banquet.
• Gu Sheng urged Yun Zishuang to strengthen cooperation among races and sects, and Lu Biluo told him their contest was not over.

After celebrating with his allies, Gu Sheng visited Su Xian and cultivated with Linghu Qingwan, who broke through to the first level of the Sea Bottom Realm. Their time together ended when Gu Wan reported an attack, and Gu Sheng faced Zhao Honglie in battle as the chapter left the fight unresolved.

• Gu Sheng celebrated with Lin Qingyu, Lin Miaomiao, Mo Buwen, Ji Yewei, and other allies before leaving Protector City for the Fire Worship Cult.
• Gu Sheng reunited with Su Xian in Fire Domain Holy City, where they shared a banquet and cultivated together using the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra.
• A week later, Gu Sheng took Linghu Qingwan to the Giant Sword Secret Realm, where they cultivated and she advanced to the first level of the Sea Bottom Realm.
• Gu Wan sent word that Gu Wan City was under attack, and Gu Sheng and Linghu Qingwan hurried there to confront Zhao Honglie and the Holy Demon Race.
• Gu Sheng and Zhao Honglie exchanged attacks, but Zhao Honglie evaded Gu Sheng's sword and axe strikes and punched toward his abdomen.

Gu Sheng and Linghu Qingwan fought Zhao Honglie through several apparent defeats and resurrections before Gu Sheng’s Grass Vine Demonic Soul finally destroyed him. Gu Sheng returned to Gu Wan City to reunite with Gu Wan’s family, then went to the royal garden after Empress Yun Zishuang invited him.

• Gu Sheng pierced Zhao Honglie with the Seven-Colored Jade Maiden Sword, but Zhao Honglie revived, knocked him unconscious, chained him to a pillar, and drained his Spiritual Power.
• Linghu Qingwan arrived and severed Zhao Honglie’s arm, then defeated him with the Dugu Nine Swords, but Zhao Honglie rose again with greater power.
• Zhao Honglie attacked Gu Sheng and Linghu Qingwan with black lightning, and Gu Sheng shielded Linghu Qingwan from a palm strike.
• Gu Sheng used his Grass Vine Demonic Soul to bind and corrode Zhao Honglie until he vanished.
• Gu Sheng returned to Gu Wan City and reunited with Gu Wan, Gu Daniu, and Li Xiaolian, sharing a feast and stories of his adventures.
• Gu Sheng left the family gathering and went to the royal garden to meet Empress Yun Zishuang, who had privately invited him.

Gu Sheng reunited with Empress Yun Zishuang and cultivated the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra with her, then returned to the Jade Pool Holy Land and shared his Purple Spirit Stones with its people and guardian. He refined a Golden Body Pill, strengthening his Primordial Saint Body, and a colossal Great Desolation Prison Heaven Finger appeared above the holy land.

• Gu Sheng met Empress Yun Zishuang in the royal garden, and they cultivated the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra, reliving their shared past in an illusory spacetime and discussing their future together.
• Gu Sheng returned to the Jade Pool Holy Land with two thousand Purple Spirit Stones and distributed them among the Jade Pool Saintess, Su Yao, the elders, and disciples.
• Gu Sheng gave the remaining thousand Purple Spirit Stones to the Grass Vine Demonic Soul as a reward for defending the holy land.
• Gu Sheng and the Jade Pool Saintess studied the Dream Butterfly Atlas before Gu Sheng returned to the Heavenly Sword Academy and began refining a Golden Body Pill.
• Gu Sheng's Primordial Saint Body grew stronger, producing golden light that drew the holy land's attention.
• A golden body manifested an enormous Great Desolation Prison Heaven Finger more than three thousand meters long, tearing through the air above the holy land.

Gu Sheng rescued Lei Ying in the Northern Region, helped her find Forget Worry Grass, and impressed a crowd with his stone-betting skills. As they walked together at night, Lei Ying told him about her family and revealed that her father had abducted her mother, a Rain Clan princess.

• Gu Sheng saw bandits attacking Lei Ying and defeated them before giving her a share of their spoils.
• Gu Sheng accompanied Lei Ying through the Primordial Beginning Ancient Mine, and they found the Forget Worry Grass she needed to heal her emotional wounds.
• Gu Sheng took Lei Ying to the Tulip Gambling Stone House and used his Great Moon Eye Technique to uncover valuable stones and medicinal treasures.
• Gu Sheng sold the treasures to a representative of the City Lord's Mansion and left the gambling house with Lei Ying.
• Lei Ying told Gu Sheng that her former pirate family had settled in the Northern Region and become bandits to survive.
• Lei Ying said her mother was a Rain Clan princess abducted by her father, but she did not hate the Rain Clan.

Gu Sheng cultivated at the Jade Maiden Gang, broke through to the Ninth Heaven of Sea Bottom Realm alongside Li Xueyue, and celebrated with his companions at the Drunken Immortal Tower. There, Xing Lie revealed that the Shaking Light Saintess had rejected his proposal, while the group discussed rising geniuses across the cultivation world.

• Gu Sheng entered seclusion at the Jade Maiden Gang and broke through first to the Eighth Heaven, then to the Ninth Heaven of Sea Bottom Realm through dual cultivation with Li Xueyue.
• Gu Sheng and Li Xueyue overcame a joint lightning tribulation and embraced after both reached the Ninth Heaven of Sea Bottom Realm.
• Gu Sheng reunited with Xing Lie, Kou Hai, Wu Tianxiong, and Ying Tianxing, and they went to the Drunken Immortal Tower to celebrate.
• Xing Lie told the group that he had proposed to the Shaking Light Saintess and been rejected, and Ying Tianxing showed the scene in the Blood Raven Illusion Mirror.
• The companions teased Xing Lie and discussed the Shaking Light Saintess, the Purple Mansion Saintess, and other talented young cultivators from the Central Continent.

Gu Sheng and his companions explored the Primordial Beginning Ancient Mine, where Wu Dewang stole tomb treasures and trapped them with the Great Breaking Bowl. Gu Sheng broke through to the Navel Wheel Realm during their battle, shattered Wu Dewang’s Devouring Black Hole, and opened the ancient box, though the treasure inside remained unidentified.

• Gu Sheng, Wu Tianxiong, Xing Lie, Ying Tianxing, and Kou Hai followed the Black Emperor through the mine to a pyramid tomb, where they found Wu Dewang counting stolen treasures.
• Wu Dewang used the Great Breaking Bowl to suppress the group and fled deeper into the tomb, but the Black Emperor broke free and led them in pursuit.
• At an altar, Wu Dewang fought the group with the Great Breaking Bowl as Gu Sheng broke through to the Navel Wheel Realm and triggered a Heavenly Tribulation.
• Wu Dewang trapped Gu Sheng inside his Devouring Black Hole, but Gu Sheng absorbed power from the purple lightning and shattered the artifact.
• Gu Sheng defeated Wu Dewang and opened the wooden box on the altar, revealing a brilliant light from within.

After Gu Sheng's wooden treasure box was destroyed, he forced Wu Dewang to guide the group to the Primordial Forbidden Zone, where they discovered a Primordial Stele that sent them to a mysterious land resembling the Crimson Cloud Forbidden Zone. Gu Sheng led the others to shelter from its life-draining death aura and restore their strength, then continued climbing toward a Divine Spring while his exhausted companions turned back.

• Purple lightning destroyed Gu Sheng's wooden box, so he bound Wu Dewang and made him reveal the location of the Primordial Forbidden Zone.
• Gu Sheng, Wu Dewang, Xing Lie, Wu Tianxiong, Ying Tianxing, Kou Hai, and the others followed Wu Dewang through the forbidden zone to a ruined hall and found a Primordial Stele.
• The stele unleashed a terrifying force that transported the group to a mysterious land with nine Sacred Mountains and an Eight Trigrams Array.
• As they climbed a Sacred Mountain, the death aura rapidly aged everyone except Gu Sheng and the Black Emperor, so Gu Sheng led the group to a rune-guarded cave to cultivate.
• After the group regained their youthful appearances, they resumed climbing, but Xing Lie and the others could not endure the increasing gravity and returned to the cave.
• Gu Sheng and the Black Emperor continued toward the Divine Spring, which Gu Sheng hoped would improve their cultivation and lifespan.

Gu Sheng, Wu Dewang, and Black Emperor found the Divine Spring and crossed to a mysterious island, where Gu Sheng broke through to the second level of the Navel Wheel Realm. After eating more crimson fruits, he endured a Heavenly Tribulation and reached the sixth level, shattering the surrounding formation.

• Gu Sheng, Wu Dewang, and Black Emperor climbed to the Divine Spring, drank its water, and filled porcelain bottles before a pillar of light drew them toward the island.
• The three found a lush island and discovered an orchard blocked by a barrier, which Gu Sheng's Grass Vine Demonic Soul broke after three days and nights.
• Gu Sheng ate a crimson fruit and cultivated in seclusion, advancing from the first to the second level of the Navel Wheel Realm.
• While Wu Dewang and Black Emperor worked on the barrier, Gu Sheng ate more crimson fruits and faced a Heavenly Tribulation.
• Gu Sheng's cultivation surged to the sixth level of the Navel Wheel Realm, and his fist shattered the surrounding formation.

After collecting the remaining divine fruits and leaves, Black Emperor and Wu Dewang broke through their cultivation realms while the Divine Spring Heavenly Pool endured a tribulation and transformed. Gu Sheng returned to the cave with a small amount of Divine Spring and shared it, along with leaves, with Kou Hai and the others.

• Black Emperor and Wu Dewang took the remaining golden divine fruits and Divine Leaves, then endured Heavenly Tribulations as their cultivation advanced.
• The Divine Spring Heavenly Pool faced its own tribulation, absorbed the divine lightning, and was reduced to a glowing spring eye after its water evaporated.
• Gu Sheng, Black Emperor, and Wu Dewang returned to the cave with three Porcelain Bottles of Divine Spring.
• Kou Hai, Wu Tianxiong, Ying Tianxing, and the others tasted the Divine Spring and thanked Gu Sheng.
• When Black Emperor and Wu Dewang refused to share their treasures, Gu Sheng gave the others several emerald-green leaves.