Chapter Summaries

Gu Sheng learned the Clumsy Bow’s power from Li Ruoyu and used it to defend himself when Spirit Peak cultivators attacked him. After Li Ruoyu stopped the bow’s deadly arrow, Gu Sheng meditated on how to become one with Clumsy Peak and reached an apparent breakthrough that lit up the entire Tai Xuan Sect.

• Li Ruoyu told Gu Sheng that the Clumsy Bow could destroy a cultivator’s primordial spirit when fitted with feathers shed by summoned ravens.
• Spirit Peak cultivators attacked Gu Sheng over his injury to Ling Mu and his absorption of the Spirit Spring Power, so Gu Sheng fired a raven-feathered arrow that pursued them.
• Li Ruoyu stopped the arrow before it struck, reprimanded both sides, and warned Gu Sheng that the bow was too powerful to use carelessly.
• Li Ruoyu advised Gu Sheng that he had to become one with Clumsy Peak to control the bow naturally, and Gu Sheng sat down to meditate on the idea.
• Gu Sheng realized that he needed to regard himself as part of Clumsy Peak, and their merging radiance illuminated the Tai Xuan Sect.
• Gu Sheng opened his eyes and told Li Ruoyu that he understood, while Li Ruoyu remarked that Gu Sheng had hidden himself well.

Gu Sheng joined Clumsy Peak, reached the top of the Nine-story Xuan Tower, and triggered the peak’s dramatic rise. As Clumsy Peak’s new prestige drew disciples away from the other peaks, the elders asked Li Ruoyu to accept new disciples.

• Li Ruoyu revealed that he knew Gu Sheng possessed the Primordial Saint Body, and Gu Sheng chose to cultivate on Clumsy Peak.
• Elder Jin and four other elders visited to congratulate Li Ruoyu on obtaining the Clumsy Bow and asked him to lead Clumsy Peak in the main-peak competition three months later; Li Ruoyu assigned Gu Sheng to represent them.
• Gu Sheng climbed the enhanced Nine-story Xuan Tower, crossed a dangerous vortex with the help of his powers and treasures, and reached its top, causing Clumsy Peak to rise higher than the other mountains.
• Clumsy Peak’s growing prestige attracted disciples from across the sect and beyond, but Li Ruoyu rejected all applicants, unsettling the other main peaks.
• The five elders of Spirit Peak met Li Ruoyu again and urged him to open Clumsy Peak’s gates and accept promising disciples to ease the strain on the sect.

Li Ruoyu explained that Clumsy Peak had once guarded Tai Xuan Sect’s lost Nine Great Secret Arts, and that the Clumsy Bow had renewed the other peaks’ interest in the peak. At the selection, thirty disciples entered, including Ling Mu, who challenged Gu Sheng and attacked him despite agreeing to a one-handed spar.

• Li Ruoyu told Gu Sheng that the Clumsy Bow had led the other peaks to hope Clumsy Peak’s new disciples would uncover clues to the lost Nine Great Secret Arts.
• The next day, Li Ruoyu used a barrier to screen candidates, and Gu Sheng and Ji Ziyue welcomed the thirty disciples who passed, including Ling Mu.
• Ling Mu and several other disciples provoked Gu Sheng and Ji Ziyue, so Li Ruoyu allowed Gu Sheng to spar with them using only one hand.
• Gu Sheng calmly defended against Ling Mu’s attacks, but Ling Mu grew frustrated and broke his promise by attacking with both hands.

Gu Sheng defeated Ling Mu and his companions at Clumsy Peak before Li Ruoyu ended the clash and dismissed them. After spending several days avoiding trouble around the Ninety-nine Main Peaks, Gu Sheng went to Star Peak with Ji Ziyue and reunited with his first love, Li Xiaoman, who began to say something troubling.

• Gu Sheng’s mysterious power surged during his spar with Ling Mu, and he fought off Ling Mu and his companions until Elder Jin and Elder Mu intervened.
• Li Ruoyu accepted Ling Mu and the others’ apologies, then expelled them from Clumsy Peak.
• Gu Sheng studied the Dao Scripture and forged the Green Copper Block before wandering among the Ninety-nine Main Peaks to avoid further confrontations.
• Ji Ziyue secretly followed Gu Sheng, and the two visited Star Peak together in search of its rumored master.
• Gu Sheng recognized Li Xiaoman at Star Peak and told her he had fought Ling Mu and his companions alone.
• Li Xiaoman praised Gu Sheng’s growth, then paused after beginning to say, “but...”

Gu Sheng defended Clumsy Peak after Spirit Peak disciples confronted him over Ling Mu, defeating their attackers and breaking Senior Brother Yang’s hand. When Chen Feng challenged him on Spirit Peak’s behalf, Gu Sheng used Old Madman’s Seven Star Footwork to withstand Chen Feng’s star-powered attacks, and the fight continued in midair.

• Li Xiaoman criticized Gu Sheng for showing off, while Ji Ziyue defended him as Spirit Peak cultivators arrived seeking revenge for Ling Mu.
• Gu Sheng broke a Spirit Peak cultivator’s sword with a flick and defeated the group after they attacked him together.
• Senior Brother Yang demanded that Gu Sheng kneel and apologize, but Gu Sheng broke his finger bones with a golden-lit punch after Spirit Peak disciples insulted Clumsy Peak and Li Ruoyu.
• Chen Feng appeared and challenged Gu Sheng, who used the Seven Star Footwork to neutralize Chen Feng’s attacks and face his seven star-powered light swords.

Gu Sheng defeated Chen Feng with a Tai Xuan Sect Nine Secrets technique, but Spirit Peak elders confronted him until Li Ruoyu arrived and ended the dispute. Back at Clumsy Peak, a spectacular rosy glow appeared, and Li Ruoyu hurried Gu Sheng into a wooden hut as the light returned.

• Gu Sheng turned Chen Feng's starlight attack back against him with a Nine Secrets technique, defeating him and leaving him injured.
• Around forty or fifty Spirit Peak disciples and three Five Elements Elders arrived, and Elder Jin challenged Gu Sheng over the fight.
• Li Ruoyu appeared, persuaded Elder Jin to stand down, and ordered Gu Sheng to apologize before taking him and Ji Ziyue back to Clumsy Peak.
• The group saw rosy clouds over Clumsy Peak, and Li Ruoyu told Gu Sheng to use his perception to investigate the powerful presence behind the phenomenon.
• Ji Ziyue hurried into a wooden hut, and Li Ruoyu sent Gu Sheng there too as rosy light filled the sky above Clumsy Peak again.

Ji Hong arrived at the Tai Xuan Sect to retrieve Ji Ziyue and accused Gu Sheng of secretly cultivating the Ji family's Void Scripture. The Grand Elder intervened to protect Gu Sheng, and Ji Hong offered to let Gu Sheng and Ji Ziyue go if Gu Sheng could withstand three moves, then began his first attack.

• Gu Sheng proposed that he and Ji Ziyue leave together, but Ji Ziyue warned him that the Ji family could find them anywhere.
• Ji Hong appeared and trapped Li Ruoyu with cloud dragons before revealing that he had come to find Ji Ziyue.
• Ji Hong shattered the cabin, bound Gu Sheng, and accused him of carrying the aura of the Ji family's Void Scripture; the Grand Elder freed Gu Sheng and defended him as a Tai Xuan Sect disciple.
• Ji Ziyue and Gu Sheng each claimed responsibility for Gu Sheng's cultivation of the Void Scripture, while Gu Sheng insisted that Ji Hong punish him rather than her.
• Ji Hong offered to let Gu Sheng and Ji Ziyue go if Gu Sheng could withstand three moves, immobilized Ji Ziyue, and began forming a pattern of interwoven rays of light.

Gu Sheng and Ji Ziyue searched for Old Madman after hearing he had reappeared, but found him resting on Clumsy Peak. When Old Madman suddenly flew to a forbidden mountain and knocked out its guards, Gu Sheng followed him there.

• Gu Sheng used the Heavenly Dipper Seven Stars Footwork to escape Ji Hong's He Tu Luo Shu Formation, revealing that Old Madman had taught him the technique.
• Ji Hong recognized the footwork, allowed Ji Ziyue to remain with Gu Sheng, and left as the other peaks' elders gathered on Clumsy Peak.
• Gu Sheng demonstrated the footwork, boosting Clumsy Peak's reputation, then learned that powerful factions were searching for a mad expert said to have lived for six thousand years.
• Gu Sheng and Ji Ziyue searched the Wei Kingdom for Old Madman, but found no trace until they returned to Clumsy Peak and discovered him basking on a stone.
• Old Madman muttered about the dead and desolation, then flew away; Gu Sheng pursued him to a Tai Xuan Sect forbidden area, where he found the guards unconscious.
• A powerful wave of divine power surged toward Gu Sheng as he approached Old Madman.

Gu Sheng and Old Madman tried to open the Domain Gate, but the attempt triggered a destructive backlash that shattered the altar. Gu Sheng brought the sleeping Old Madman back to Clumsy Peak, where the incident drew the Tai Xuan Sect elders’ attention, and Ji Ziyue later found Gu Sheng seeking solitude.

• Old Madman battered down the barrier covering the altar, then used its power with Gu Sheng to try to open the Domain Gate and cross the void.
• When the distorted gate unleashed a violent shockwave, Gu Sheng pulled Old Madman off the altar, which was destroyed; a lightning net then enveloped Old Madman as he fell asleep.
• Tai Xuan Sect elders arrived to repair the Domain Gate, while Gu Sheng carried Old Madman away and returned to Clumsy Peak.
• Li Ruoyu recognized Old Madman, scolded Gu Sheng over the failed attempt, and learned that Old Madman had simply been sleeping beneath the lightning net.
• Old Madman's arrival drew Tai Xuan Sect elders and Grand Elders to Clumsy Peak, and Ji Ziyue found Gu Sheng sitting alone on the mountainside.

Gu Sheng and Ji Ziyue were invited to Spirit Peak, where they met Hua Yunfei, a musician who knew of Gu Sheng’s background and had once sparred with Ji Haoyue. The chapter ended with Gu Sheng surprised by Hua Yunfei’s connection to Ji Ziyue’s brother.

• Ji Hong asked Gu Sheng to watch Old Madman and report any unusual behavior, while visitors from across the region continued coming to Clumsy Peak.
• Ji Ziyue accepted an invitation to Spirit Peak and persuaded Gu Sheng to come by threatening to gossip with Li Xiaoman about him.
• Li Xiaoman welcomed Gu Sheng and Ji Ziyue, then led them to a secluded valley where someone was playing a zither.
• The pair met Hua Yunfei, who said Li Xiaoman had told him about Gu Sheng’s distant origins and unusual experiences.
• Ji Ziyue recognized Hua Yunfei as the man who had sparred with her brother Ji Haoyue, leaving Gu Sheng astonished.

Gu Sheng sparred with Hua Yunfei in an illusory realm created by his zither music, then met Ji Haoyue, whose power reacted strangely to Gu Sheng’s hidden strength. The chapter ended with both Gu Sheng’s golden bitter sea and Ji Haoyue’s divine power surging beyond their control.

• Ji Ziyue and Li Xiaoman explained Hua Yunfei’s standing and his past narrow victory over Ji Haoyue, and Hua Yunfei invited Gu Sheng to spar.
• Gu Sheng sensed Hua Yunfei’s hidden position and exchanged attacks with him before Hua Yunfei’s zither music drew them into an illusory realm.
• Gu Sheng and Hua Yunfei fought fiercely in the illusion, then returned to the pavilion and praised each other’s abilities.
• Ji Haoyue arrived with several cultivators, and his Sea Gives Birth to Bright Moon technique reacted to an unusual power within Gu Sheng.
• Ji Haoyue and Gu Sheng both struggled to control surging power, leaving Ji Haoyue suspecting that their disturbances were connected.

Gu Sheng blocked Ji Haoyue’s attack and avoided revealing his secrets, then claimed Old Madman had taught him his strength. As the gathering pressed him for more, he began hinting that the Bronze Immortal Palace was connected to his cultivation.

• Ji Haoyue attacked Gu Sheng after questioning his connection to the demon race, but Gu Sheng’s golden light blocked the strike and held firm against a stronger follow-up.
• Elder Ji Hong arrived, reprimanded Ji Haoyue for bullying the weak, and asked Gu Sheng about Yan Ruyu; Gu Sheng recounted being tricked into Peach Blossom Grove while concealing the Demon Emperor’s Heart.
• Ji Hong ordered Ji Haoyue to return to the family, and Ji Haoyue left after exchanging farewells with Hua Yunfei.
• Hua Yunfei and the other cultivators asked how Gu Sheng had become so powerful, so Gu Sheng falsely credited Old Madman and improvised a lesson on cultivation basics.
• Gu Sheng began toying with the curious gathering by saying the Bronze Immortal Palace was connected to his reaching this realm, angering Ji Ziyue.

After Gu Sheng's story about the Bronze Immortal Palace spread through the Eastern Wasteland and brought trouble to Clumsy Peak, he left to spare Li Ruoyu and the sect further harm. Ji Ziyue tried to follow him, but Elder Ji Hong restrained her and took her back toward the Ji Family.

• At Spirit Peak, Gu Sheng told the gathered cultivators about the Bronze Immortal Palace and revealed that he had absorbed Primordial Qi of All Things there.
• Gu Sheng and Ji Ziyue pursued Old Madman but lost him, then returned to Clumsy Peak and learned from Li Ruoyu that Old Madman had departed.
• Rumors about Gu Sheng and the Bronze Immortal Palace spread, drawing cultivators to Clumsy Peak until someone attacked its mountain gate.
• Gu Sheng decided to leave Clumsy Peak so he would not bring more trouble to Li Ruoyu and flew away after Li Ruoyu offered him understanding.
• Ji Ziyue learned Gu Sheng had left and resolved to find him, but Elder Ji Hong restrained her and carried her away toward the Ji Family.

Nangong Zheng came to the Tai Xuan Sect seeking Gu Sheng, but Li Ruoyu and the Grand Elders forced him to leave after explaining Gu Sheng was gone. The Peacock King then pursued a Ji family elder to the Ji Family estate and attacked, leaving Ji Haoyue and Ji Ziyue fleeing as Ji Hong stayed behind to hold him off.

• Ji Ziyue asked Ji Hong to help the Tai Xuan Sect, but he refused and said Li Ruoyu would handle Nangong Zheng.
• Nangong Zheng confronted Li Ruoyu on Clumsy Peak and attacked, but the Tai Xuan Sect's Grand Elders blocked his energy swords and he withdrew.
• Li Ruoyu spread word that Gu Sheng had left the Tai Xuan Sect, while Gu Sheng cultivated in a thatched hut three thousand li away.
• The Peacock King confronted a Ji family elder at Spirit Peak, then learned where the Ji Family estate was and went there to seek revenge.
• The Peacock King overwhelmed the Ji Family's defenders, and Ji Haoyue and Ji Ziyue tried to escape while Ji Hong stayed to hold him back.

Ji Ziyue escaped the Peacock King's attack through a domain gate, which sent her to Gu Sheng, while Ji Haoyue stayed behind to hold the Peacock King off. Gu Sheng found Ji Ziyue badly injured and began treating her after learning the Ji family had been attacked.

• Ji Haoyue pushed Ji Ziyue to safety and turned to delay the pursuing Peacock King, while Ji Ziyue fled to Tai Xuan Sect for refuge.
• Li Ruoyu and the Grand Elders agreed to send Ji Ziyue away through a domain gate, but the Peacock King struck her as the teleportation activated.
• The Peacock King confronted Tai Xuan Sect, accused it of provoking the demon clan, and left after warning Li Ruoyu.
• Ji Ziyue appeared injured in the rubble of Gu Sheng's side room, and Gu Sheng healed her until she woke and told him what had happened to the Ji family.
• After Ji Ziyue spat up blood, Gu Sheng found her internal injuries were severe and used Primordial Qi of All Things to treat her.

Gu Sheng sought Bell Deer blood to treat Ji Ziyue’s damaged heart meridian, and Nangong Zheng helped him gather and refine the medicine. After about half a month of treatment, Ji Ziyue had recovered roughly ninety percent.

• Gu Sheng treated Ji Ziyue’s injuries, then left their hut to find Bell Deer blood for her damaged heart meridian.
• Gu Sheng encountered Nangong Zheng, mistook him for Ji Ziyue’s attacker, and attacked before learning that Nangong Zheng had come to protect her.
• Nangong Zheng gave Gu Sheng a cultivation method and used his power to locate and immobilize a Bell Deer so Gu Sheng could collect its blood safely.
• Gu Sheng returned with Nangong Zheng, refined the Bell Deer blood into medicine, and gave it to Ji Ziyue.
• Gu Sheng and Nangong Zheng continued finding and preparing medicine for Ji Ziyue, who had recovered about ninety percent after half a month.

Nangong Zheng defended Ji Ziyue from the Peacock King because of a promise to the Ji family, while Gu Sheng’s Demon Emperor’s Heart emerged and flew away. After Nangong Zheng and the Peacock King pursued it, the Nameless Middle-aged Cultivator appeared above Gu Sheng and Ji Ziyue.

• The Peacock King attacked Nangong Zheng after learning that he had promised to protect Ji Ziyue and Ji Haoyue, while Gu Sheng revealed the Ji family’s role in hunting Yan Ruyu.
• Nangong Zheng chose to stop the Peacock King despite learning why he sought revenge, and the two fought as Gu Sheng and Ji Ziyue watched.
• A stray force struck Gu Sheng, and the Demon Emperor’s Heart rose from his Bitter Sea before flying toward the horizon.
• The Peacock King pursued the Demon Emperor’s Heart, and Nangong Zheng followed to prevent him from claiming it, leaving Ji Ziyue to care for Gu Sheng.
• The Nameless Middle-aged Cultivator appeared atop the clouds and addressed Gu Sheng and Ji Ziyue.

Gu Sheng and Ji Ziyue escaped cultivators seeking the secret of the Bronze Immortal Palace by combining the Great Void Technique with a Ji family teleportation treasure. They reached a secluded mountain valley, where they planned to rest and recover.

• Five cultivators attacked Gu Sheng and Ji Ziyue, and Ji Ziyue used the Great Void Technique to hide them in the void.
• Gu Sheng transferred the Primordial Qi of All Things to Ji Ziyue, and she taught him the Great Void Technique while they waited for their power to fade.
• Peacock King and Nangong Zheng returned and confronted the five attackers, giving Gu Sheng and Ji Ziyue a chance to flee with Heavenly Dipper Seven Stars Footwork.
• More cultivators pursuing the Bronze Immortal Palace caught up, so Ji Ziyue used a Ji family spatial treasure to teleport herself and Gu Sheng a hundred li away.
• Gu Sheng and Ji Ziyue reached a secluded mountain valley and agreed to rest, then joked about the ring that had helped them escape.

Gu Sheng and Ji Ziyue escaped Pagoda King by bluffing that Gu Sheng’s purple flames could destroy his silver pagoda, but Pagoda King caught up with them. Ji family warriors arrived to protect them, and Pagoda King retreated after his men were overwhelmed.

• Gu Sheng and Ji Ziyue hid in a cave to recover, but Pagoda King and his armed followers blocked the entrance and demanded their treasure.
• Ji Ziyue warned Gu Sheng about the silver pagoda, then pretended that his purple flames could destroy it; Pagoda King believed the bluff and let them leave.
• Pagoda King realized he had been deceived and pursued Gu Sheng and Ji Ziyue, who were still weakened by their injuries.
• Ji family warriors arrived after Ancestor Ji Hui sensed the Great Void Technique, and Ji Ziyue refused Pagoda King’s demand to surrender Gu Sheng.
• Pagoda King ordered his men to attack, but one Ji family warrior swiftly defeated several of them, forcing Pagoda King to order a retreat.

After Ji Ziyue brought Gu Sheng to Ancestor Ji Hui, she thanked him for saving her and questioned him about his background and use of the Ji family's Great Void Technique. Gu Sheng agreed to stop using the technique, then obtained a golden “Origin” from the Ji family treasury, which began repairing his body as Ji Ren watched him with a vicious glint.

• Pagoda King and his subordinates retreated, and Ji Ziyue insisted that Gu Sheng accompany her to Ancestor Ji Hui.
• Ji Ziyue introduced Gu Sheng as her rescuer, and Ancestor Ji Hui questioned him about his origins and how he had learned the Great Void Technique.
• Ancestor Ji Hui ordered Gu Sheng not to use the Ji family's secret technique again, then offered him a reward for saving Ji Ziyue.
• Gu Sheng first requested the Bronze Immortal Palace's immortal ascension manual, then asked for a “Yuan,” and Ancestor Ji Hui agreed to provide one.
• Steward Ji Ren led Gu Sheng to a hidden chamber containing three Origins, and Gu Sheng chose the golden one.
• The golden Origin began repairing Gu Sheng's body, while Gu Sheng noticed a vicious glint in Ji Ren's eyes.