Chapter Summaries

Gu Sheng reached the Carefree Sect seeking Void Crossing to the Northern Region, but the sect demanded his Dragon Spirit Jade and sent him on a trial to kill a Phantom Soul Person. The Phantom Soul Person revealed that he and his kind were former Carefree Sect disciples whom the sect had hunted down, leaving Gu Sheng to face the truth behind his assignment.

• Gu Sheng arrived at the Carefree Sect and told reception disciple Qingyang that he wanted to use Void Crossing to travel to the Northern Region.
• Qingyang explained that Void Crossing required a spirit artifact, and Gu Sheng offered the Dragon Spirit Jade Li Ruoyu had given him.
• Qingfeng took the jade and required Gu Sheng to master the Soul Condensing Art and defeat a Phantom Soul Person before Void Crossing began in five days.
• Qingfeng told Qingyang that they intended to have the Phantom Soul Person kill Gu Sheng so they could claim the Dragon Spirit Jade.
• Gu Sheng mastered the Soul Condensing Art and found the Phantom Soul Person in a secluded valley.
• The Phantom Soul Person said the Carefree Sect had abandoned and hunted its former disciples, whose resentment had turned them into Phantom Soul People.

Gu Sheng discovered that Qingfeng had tricked him into hunting Dragon Spirit Jade and chose to protect the Phantom Soul People rather than sacrifice them for a chance to cross the void. He joined forces with them to confront Qingfeng and the Carefree Sect cultivators, and the battle ended with Qingfeng preparing a desperate final strike.

• The Phantom Soul Person warned Gu Sheng that Qingfeng planned to use him to find Dragon Spirit Jade and eventually kill him, then entrusted him with an inner core to confirm the scheme.
• Gu Sheng returned to the Carefree Sect, where Qingfeng demanded that he search for more Dragon Spirit Jade, and Gu Sheng refused before returning the inner core to its owner.
• The Phantom Soul Person proposed that Gu Sheng lure Qingfeng and the Carefree Sect cultivators to the Phantom Soul People so they could defeat them and secure Gu Sheng's chance to cross the void.
• Gu Sheng led Qingfeng and three Divine Bridge Realm cultivators to the Phantom Soul territory, where more than a dozen Phantom Soul People surrounded them.
• Qingmu confronted Qingfeng over his past betrayal, and the two fought as the others joined the battle.
• Gu Sheng intervened against Qingmu, giving Qingmu an opening to pierce Qingfeng's arm; Qingfeng then focused himself for a final strike.

Gu Sheng hid from Ji Hui after the Phantom Soul People killed Qingfeng and his companions, then returned to the Carefree Sect to attempt Void Crossing. Just as the domain gate was about to open, Ji Changkong and Ji Hui arrived to search for him, forcing Gu Sheng to flee through the sect.

• Ji Hui sensed Gu Sheng's Great Void Palm, while Gu Sheng concealed himself in the forest and asked Qingmu not to reveal him.
• When Qingfeng exposed that someone else was present, Qingmu killed him and the Phantom Soul People slaughtered his companions; Ji Hui withdrew rather than fight them.
• Gu Sheng thanked Qingmu, learned the domain gate would open in two days, and returned to the Carefree Sect to wait.
• Ji Changkong arrived with Ji Hui and more than thirty Ji family members, and Ji Hui told the Carefree Sect elders they were searching for Gu Sheng.
• Ji Hui spotted Gu Sheng among the cultivators, and he darted through the Carefree Sect as she and Ji Changkong pursued him.

Gu Sheng was confronted by Ji Changkong, who tried to destroy his Life Spring for allegedly learning the Ji Family's Great Void Palm and killing Ji Chi. Gu Sheng resisted with the Mysterious Yellow Qi, Fire Spirit Dagger, and cauldron, and the chapter ended as Ji Changkong charged out of Gu Sheng's fireballs.

• Ji Changkong restrained Gu Sheng at the Carefree Sect altar and accused him of learning the Ji Family's Great Void Palm and killing Ji Chi.
• Wu Yazi arrived, declined to directly challenge the Ji Family, and discreetly urged Gu Sheng to escape through the domain gate as the Void Crossing ritual began.
• Ji Changkong's divine sense entered Gu Sheng's body, but Gu Sheng's Mysterious Yellow Qi expelled it, and the Fire Spirit Dagger cut apart Ji Changkong's black-purple giant hand while the cauldron burned his palm.
• Wu Yazi blocked Ji Hui from joining Ji Changkong, and the waiting cultivators backed him, leaving Ji Changkong to fight Gu Sheng alone.
• Gu Sheng launched his Fire Spirit Dagger and used the cauldron's Five Elements True Fire to surround Ji Changkong with fireballs, but Ji Changkong charged out through them.

Gu Sheng tried to escape through the Void Crossing gate after the Five Elements True Fire burned Ji Changkong to ashes, but the Ji Family Holy Lord shattered the gate and stranded him in the Southern Region. With the Ji Family launching a manhunt, Gu Sheng hid in a cave and planned to travel farther south to evade them.

• Gu Sheng's Five Elements True Fire overwhelmed Ji Changkong, and Ji Wuji failed to extinguish it even after using icy sword qi.
• A silver beam from a rift in the sky weakened the fire and opened the Void Crossing gate, but Ji Wuji confronted Gu Sheng as he tried to escape.
• Gu Sheng fought off Ji Wuji and the Ji Family cultivators, then entered the gate just before it closed, while Ji Changkong burned to ashes.
• The Ji Family Holy Lord destroyed the spatial gate, causing Gu Sheng to crash onto a mountain in the Southern Region, and ordered the Ji Family to hunt him down.
• Gu Sheng hid in a sealed cave while Ji Hui and the Ji Family searched the mountain, then decided to travel farther south after the searchers left.

Gu Sheng arrived in a Southern Region city and discovered that Ji Haiyue was using an impostor to publicly smear him. Gu Sheng confronted Ji Haiyue, and Ji Ziyue appeared to defend him, leaving the standoff unresolved.

• Gu Sheng settled in a Southern Region city, but heard that the Ji Family was hunting him and that a man claiming to be him had been captured.
• Gu Sheng found Ji Haiyue interrogating the impostor on a platform and forcing him to confess to treachery, demon collaboration, and plans to destroy the Eastern Wilderness.
• Gu Sheng exposed himself, accused Ji Haiyue of slander, and denied the false charges before the crowd.
• Ji Haiyue challenged Gu Sheng to prove his innocence and used the Peacock King's kindness toward him as evidence of a connection to the demon race.
• Ji Ziyue arrived and declared that Gu Sheng had not colluded with the demon race or committed the alleged crimes, while Ji Haiyue ordered her to leave the platform.

Ji Ziyue defended Gu Sheng against her brother Ji Haiyue, and the two fought together as he tried to kill Gu Sheng. After the Shaking Light Saintess intervened and wounded Ji Haiyue, she declared that she intended to take Gu Sheng away.

• Ji Ziyue publicly defended Gu Sheng and urged him to flee, but Ji Haiyue attacked him with Ice Heaven Snow Earth as he tried to leave.
• Ji Ziyue joined Gu Sheng in resisting Ji Haiyue's ice blades and refused to stop even when Ji Haiyue threatened her.
• Ji Ziyue told Gu Sheng to escape and faced Ji Haiyue alone, but Gu Sheng returned to fight beside her.
• Gu Sheng and Ji Ziyue wounded Ji Haiyue, who then unleashed the Ji family's Flying Spirit Technique; Ji Ziyue stepped in front of Gu Sheng, forcing Ji Haiyue to dispel the attack.
• The Shaking Light Saintess struck Ji Haiyue from behind and said Gu Sheng could not die yet, then challenged Ji Haiyue and Ji Ziyue as she claimed she would take Gu Sheng away.

The Shaking Light Saintess rescued Gu Sheng from Ji Ziyue and Ji Haiyue, then took him to Nü'e Hall and sealed his divine power. With Ji Hui closing in, she imprisoned Gu Sheng in a spatial barrier, where he began using Primordial Qi of All Things to break the seal.

• The Shaking Light Saintess struck Ji Haiyue and escaped with Gu Sheng while Ji Ziyue tended to her injured brother.
• Ji Ziyue and Ji Haiyue told Ancestor Ji Hui that the Shaking Light Saintess had ambushed them, and Ji Hui led the elders in pursuit.
• The Shaking Light Saintess used white vapor to daze Gu Sheng, seal his divine power, and carry him to Nü'e Hall.
• The Shaking Light Saintess began probing Gu Sheng's Primordial Saint Body but stopped when a servant announced Ji Hui had arrived.
• The Shaking Light Saintess confined Gu Sheng in a spatial barrier, and he used Primordial Qi of All Things to weaken the seal on his Life Spring.

Gu Sheng tried to break the seal on his divine power while Ji Hui confronted the Shaking Light Saintess at Nü'e Hall. After Elder Qingxia ordered Gu Sheng to leave, Ji Hui ambushed him outside, and the chapter ended as Elder Qingxia and Ji Hui clashed.

• Gu Sheng struck the seal repeatedly with his remaining divine power, exhausted himself, and sat down to recover.
• Ji Hui demanded entry to Nü'e Hall, but Elder Qingxia refused to let her search and sent her away.
• The Shaking Light Saintess brought Gu Sheng out of Nü'e Hall, and Elder Qingxia warned them not to repeat the incident.
• Ji Hui ambushed Gu Sheng and the Shaking Light Saintess, forcing them into a standoff with her Ji family cultivators.
• Elder Qingxia intervened, and when Ji Hui threatened to expose the Shaking Light Saintess, Elder Qingxia attacked her with sword qi.

Ji Hui and Elder Qingxia's clash swept Gu Sheng and the Shaking Light Saintess into a cross-domain void, where they broke their way out together. After the Saintess was injured and villagers mistook Gu Sheng for a pervert, he fled over a cliff and was left gravely injured and barely conscious.

• Ji Hui used the Great Void Technique to evade Elder Qingxia's Shaking Light Secret Art, and their clash swept Gu Sheng and the Shaking Light Saintess into a cross-domain void.
• Gu Sheng sensed a faint fluctuation in the void and worked with the Shaking Light Saintess to shatter the domain gate, but its shockwaves injured her.
• The Shaking Light Saintess's undergarments landed in Gu Sheng's hands, and villagers arriving at the scene called him a pervert and chased him away.
• Gu Sheng fled to a cliff and jumped, using his cauldron to slow his fall before its protection failed and he struck the rocks.
• Gu Sheng regained consciousness with severe injuries and wondered whether he was about to die.

After surviving a fall and climbing out of the valley, Gu Sheng was captured by the Happy Gang and forced to work alongside villagers. As bandits and cultivators searched the prisoners for divine power, the leader targeted an old man, leaving Gu Sheng in danger of discovery.

• Gu Sheng used the Mysterious Yellow Qi to recover enough strength to climb out of the valley and found a camp below the cliff.
• Gu Sheng lied to the guards that he was a nearby herb gatherer, and the bandit boss let him stay and do odd jobs after his belongings were searched.
• Gu Sheng used the last of his divine power to heal his wounds before a guard brought him to join the captured villagers.
• An old villager told Gu Sheng that the camp belonged to the ruthless Happy Gang, and Gu Sheng was assigned to carry heavy crates marked with strange symbols.
• The bandit leader entered the prisoners’ shed with two Divine Bridge Realm cultivators, who sensed divine power in an old man and prompted the leader to have him dragged out for questioning.

Gu Sheng defended an old man and learned that a hidden underground river could carry people from the Southern Region to the Northern Region. After helping the mountain folk make sheepskin rafts, he reached the cave entrance and tried to hide from Yao Qing, but she stopped him.

• Gu Sheng persuaded the bandit chief to release the old man, who surrendered his remaining divine power to satisfy the chief.
• The old man told Gu Sheng that a guarded underground passage and river led to the Northern Region, where the mountain folk would be forced to mine mineral deposits.
• Gu Sheng learned that the crates held tools for mining, then rested with the mountain folk.
• The bandits ordered everyone to make sheepskin rafts, and Gu Sheng quickly built one and taught the others how to make theirs.
• Gu Sheng followed the group to the cave entrance, spotted Yao Qing among the Shaking Light Holy Land cultivators, and disguised his gait to avoid recognition.
• As Gu Sheng neared the cave, Yao Qing called out to stop him.

Gu Sheng reunited with Yao Qing, who protected him from the Carefree Gang and led him with the others into the underground river to escape the Ji family. Their raft convoy encountered a giant python that began attacking and devouring the travelers as Yao Qing prepared to fight.

• Yao Qing recognized Gu Sheng and learned that the Shaking Light Saintess had sealed his Sea of Wheels, while Gu Sheng explained that he was fleeing the Ji family for the Northern Region.
• When Shaking Light Holy Land Grand Elders arrived, Yao Qing struck the bandit leader for mistreating Gu Sheng and declared him under her protection.
• Yao Qing led Gu Sheng, the disciples, and hundreds of mountain villagers through the cave and onto sheepskin rafts bound for the underground river.
• The group was swept into dangerous rapids, and a terrifying roar and red eye revealed a giant python beneath the water.
• The giant python swallowed a burly man and overturned several rafts, dragging the mountain folk into the river as Yao Qing summoned her divine power and readied her sword.

Yao Qing and Gu Sheng led the survivors through a dangerous underground river into the desolate Northern Region, reaching the Primordial Beginning Ancient Mine. There, Jiang Yi and his bandits attacked the Shaking Light Holy Land party, but a distant horn forced them to retreat before Jiang Yi could defeat the Green-robed Elder.

• Yao Qing and the Shaking Light cultivators held back a giant python while Gu Sheng and Xiao Long escorted the mountain folk through the underground river, though several disciples died.
• The group emerged in the Northern Region, where Yao Qing explained its desolation and valuable mining sources, then led everyone to the Primordial Beginning Ancient Mine.
• The Green-robed Elder welcomed the group and learned that they had lost people to the python.
• Jiang Yi arrived with dozens of bandits, claimed the area as his territory, and fought the Green-robed Elder while their followers clashed.
• Jiang Yi used the Eight Divine Savage Strength and nearly struck down the Green-robed Elder, but a distant horn made him withdraw with his subordinates.

Gu Sheng tried to escape the Shaking Light Holy Land’s valley barrier at midnight, but Yao Qing followed him and helped kill a Night Skeleton outside. After they returned, Elder Li Yuan confronted Gu Sheng.

• Elder Li Yuan ordered the mountain folk to stay inside the valley and had the Green-robed Elder’s cultivators erect a barrier.
• Gu Sheng learned from Old Li Tou that some source mines contained deadly yin energy, then decided to leave the valley that night to avoid the Ji family’s pursuit.
• Yao Qing caught Gu Sheng climbing toward the barrier and followed him outside when he refused to turn back.
• A Night Skeleton attacked Gu Sheng, and Yao Qing destroyed it with her sword before nearby cultivators arrived.
• Yao Qing claimed that she and Gu Sheng had discovered and killed the skeleton while guarding the barrier, then Elder Li Yuan confronted Gu Sheng as they returned.

Gu Sheng gained Elder Li Yuan’s favor by claiming the Peacock King had sealed his divine power, but Li Yuan could not break the seal and appointed him overseer of Mine Shaft No. 15. Hoping ore source might restore his cultivation, Gu Sheng learned the mining work, and Li Yuan formally assigned him the mine after half a month.

• Gu Sheng blamed the Peacock King for sealing his divine power, and Elder Li Yuan tried but failed to break the powerful seal.
• Elder Li Yuan made Gu Sheng overseer of Mine Shaft No. 15, and Yao Qing explained that the seal was a secret curse of the Shaking Light Holy Land.
• Gu Sheng explored the mine and learned that refining its crystals into useful Refined Ore Source required a lengthy process, though rare deposits could appear underground.
• Gu Sheng spent half a month learning to manage miners and identify ores and ore sources.
• Elder Li Yuan assigned Mine Shaft No. 15 to Gu Sheng, who was delighted by the promotion.

Gu Sheng led a group of miners into the supposedly haunted Mine Tunnel No. 13, determined to investigate its hidden wealth despite the warnings. They found a symbol-covered cave with ancient sacrificial objects, which Zhang Dadan kicked over as the chapter ended.

• Gu Sheng learned that Mine Tunnel No. 13 was sealed after miners suffered strange experiences, deaths, or madness, but he decided to explore it.
• Gu Sheng persuaded Elder Li Yuan to approve the expedition, secure tenfold pay for volunteers, and send cultivators to guard the entrance.
• Gu Sheng recruited Zhang Dadan and other miners, then led a dozen of them into Mine Tunnel No. 13 with equipment and supplies.
• The miners heard a woman's weeping, followed it to a dark cave, and found mysterious symbols and dusty sacrificial objects inside.
• Zhang Dadan kicked over the sacrificial objects and their table, prompting Old Li Tou to rebuke him.

Gu Sheng led the miners of Mine Tunnel No. 13 to an unprecedented haul while seeking the Refined Ore Source to restore his divine power. After Yao Qing warned him that terrifying creatures from before the Primordial Age were sealed deep in the tunnel, Gu Sheng continued mining, and his crew uncovered a blood crystal that could restore his power.

• Gu Sheng ordered Old Li Tou and Zhang Dadan to mine Mine Tunnel No. 13 while he studied chi patterns on an overturned table and discovered a map pointing to the Refined Ore Source.
• Gu Sheng's crew mined an exceptional quantity of high-quality crystals, earning praise from Elder Li Yuan, and Yao Qing confronted him about seeking the Refined Ore Source.
• Yao Qing warned Gu Sheng that powerful creatures from before the Primordial Age lay sealed inside Mine Tunnel No. 13, but Gu Sheng refused to stop mining.
• Over the following half month, Gu Sheng expanded his crew to nearly two hundred miners as the crystals grew in quality and he anticipated reaching the Refined Ore Source.
• The miners uncovered a vivid red blood crystal, and Gu Sheng ordered them to protect it because it could restore his divine power.

Gu Sheng absorbed the blood crystal’s energy, partially loosened the seal on his divine power, and discovered that it had hatched a young Human-Dragon. A giant Human-Dragon slaughtered miners in Mine Tunnel No. 13, and after Gu Sheng led survivors out, Xiao Long returned badly wounded and urged him to notify the elder.

• Gu Sheng placed the blood crystal on the cave platform, absorbed its energy, and partially loosened the seal on his divine power, but the crystal broke apart and left a young Human-Dragon behind.
• A giant Human-Dragon attacked the miners, and Gu Sheng tried to protect them but could not hurt the creature; it sniffed him and let him escape with the survivors.
• Gu Sheng led the surviving miners out of Mine Tunnel No. 13 and warned Xiao Long and Mr. Qin that a prehistoric creature was inside.
• Mr. Qin led Xiao Long and the other cultivators into the tunnel despite Gu Sheng’s warning, while Gu Sheng learned that more than two hundred miners had died.
• Gu Sheng heard multiple roars from the mine, and Xiao Long eventually crawled out wounded, urging Gu Sheng to notify the elder.

Gu Sheng tried to contain the Human-Dragon after it killed Mr. Qin and the other cultivators, but he could not find Elder Li Yuan or Yao Qing to help. When Tu Fei disappeared and Gu Sheng found him digging in the mine, Tu Fei attacked him, and a furious roar sounded as they fought.

• Xiao Long told Gu Sheng that the Human-Dragon had killed Mr. Qin and the other cultivators inside the mine.
• Gu Sheng sealed the mine entrance with a barrier as the Human-Dragon tried to break out, then watched it retreat after a rumble sounded deeper inside.
• Two miners reported that Elder Li Yuan and Yao Qing were not in the Northern Region, and Old Li Tou later told Gu Sheng that Tu Fei was missing.
• A miner said Tu Fei had sneaked back into the mine, so Gu Sheng entered alone to find him while Old Li Tou organized guards.
• Gu Sheng found Tu Fei digging at ore, and Tu Fei attacked him with divine power; as they fought, an enraged roar echoed from deep in the mine.