Chapter Summaries

Gu Sheng failed to find a marriage contract with Luo Xi as an Immortal King’s aura pressed down on Tianlan Holy Land, and the Heavenly Profound Goddess agreed to intervene once on his behalf. As rival holy lands mobilized to attack Tianlan Holy Land, Gu Sheng discovered a hidden barrier inside the chest of marriage contracts.

• Gu Sheng searched through his marriage contracts but found none bearing Luo Xi’s name, prompting the Second Elder and Seventh Elder to urge that he be crippled and handed over to the Supreme Immortal Sect.
• An Immortal King’s overwhelming aura reached Tianlan Holy Land, and Wang Zhu rushed into the Elder Hall to accuse Gu Sheng of killing his son and demand his death.
• The Heavenly Profound Goddess said she would help Gu Sheng once, while the Tianlan Holy Lord and elders privately planned to expel Gu Sheng after the crisis; Gu Sheng refused Daoist Xiushan’s advice to flee.
• Gu Sheng noticed a transparent barrier beneath the marriage contracts and tried to break it as Venerable King Qiankun urged Immortal King Taiyi to punish him.
• The Qinghe Holy Lord ordered his forces to march on Tianlan Holy Land, and other holy lands sent troops to seize the opportunity.
• Gu Yu was overwhelmed by the Immortal King’s aura at Water Spirit Pavilion and feared for Gu Sheng’s safety.

Gu Yu rushed to find Gu Sheng as Immortal King Taiyi attacked Tianlan Holy Land and the Heavenly Profound Goddess shielded Gu Sheng by claiming he was her fiancé. While Gu Sheng worked to open a mysterious wooden box, the Second Elder and Seventh Elder prepared to use Wang Zhu to turn the situation against him.

• Gu Yu left her room to search for Gu Sheng, and her master's wife followed after her.
• Immortal King Taiyi shattered Tianlan Holy Land's protective formation and suppressed its disciples with his aura.
• The Heavenly Profound Goddess defended Gu Sheng with the Sun Moon Spacetime Divine Ship and declared him her fiancé, citing their marriage contract arranged thirteen years earlier.
• Immortal King Taiyi hesitated to attack Gu Sheng, but Venerable King Qiankun remained determined to make him pay.
• The Second Elder learned that Wang Zhu was nearby, while Gu Sheng continued breaking the barrier around the wooden box until an accident occurred.

Wang Zhu seized Gu Yu and turned Venerable King Qiankun and the Immortal King Taiyi against Gu Sheng, but a marriage contract bearing Gu Sheng and Luo Xi’s names revealed his engagement to the Heavenly Profound Goddess. After Gu Sheng rescued Gu Yu, Venerable King Qiankun broke through to the Earth Palace Realm and joined the Immortal King Taiyi in threatening Tianlan Holy Land.

• Wang Zhu stormed into the Elder Hall with Gu Yu as his hostage and accused Gu Sheng of lying about his engagement to the Heavenly Profound Goddess.
• Venerable King Qiankun and the Immortal King Taiyi prepared to attack Gu Sheng, while Daoist Xiushan was injured trying to stop Wang Zhu.
• The Heavenly Profound Goddess used the Sun Moon Spacetime Divine Ship to block the Immortal King Taiyi’s attack, but Gu Sheng was injured and Venerable King Qiankun took Gu Yu.
• Gu Sheng’s wooden box shattered and revealed a marriage contract naming him and Luo Xi, prompting the Immortal King Taiyi to withdraw his attack.
• Gu Sheng struck Wang Zhu and rescued Gu Yu, while the Tianlan Holy Mother bound Wang Zhu with sacred light.
• Venerable King Qiankun broke through to the initial stage of the Earth Palace Realm, and the Immortal King Taiyi used Words Become Law to surveil Tianlan Holy Land as Gu Sheng reassured Gu Yu that nothing would happen.

Gu Sheng faced Venerable King Qiankun in the Elder Hall after Qiankun threatened Gu Yu and demanded Gu Sheng’s fiancée. Though Qiankun unleashed the Traceless Demonic Sword, Gu Sheng answered with the Sky-Breaking Fist and sent him flying, leaving the duel’s outcome unresolved.

• Venerable King Qiankun threatened Gu Sheng’s sister, Gu Yu, unless Gu Sheng handed over his fiancée.
• Gu Sheng broke through to the initial Earth Palace Realm, then fought Qiankun and forced him back with a punch.
• Venerable King Qiankun unleashed the Traceless Demonic Sword, while the Heavenly Profound Goddess and Daoist Xiushan warned Gu Sheng to evade it.
• Gu Sheng chose to test his Sky-Breaking Fist against Qiankun’s attack, using the Primordial Samsara Bell alongside his punch.
• Gu Sheng shattered Qiankun’s sword aura and broke both of Qiankun’s arms before blasting him backward with a punch.

The Sect Master of the Supreme Immortal Sect appeared through a strand of Divine Sense and overwhelmed Gu Sheng, but Gu Sheng still protected Gu Yu and defeated Venerable King Qiankun in a physical clash. Venerable King Qiankun chose to seize Gu Sheng’s Azure Heaven Saint Body, and the Sect Master raised his Dharma Avatar’s palm to kill Gu Sheng.

• Venerable King Qiankun summoned a crimson jade plaque that revealed the Sect Master of the Supreme Immortal Sect, whose Divine Sense inspected Gu Sheng but failed to detect the Taiji Primordial Heavenly Tome.
• The Sect Master of the Supreme Immortal Sect attacked Tianlan Holy Land, injured Gu Sheng, and left him to Venerable King Qiankun.
• Venerable King Qiankun crushed Gu Sheng’s hands and seized Gu Yu, but Gu Sheng rose to protect his sister and twice sent Venerable King Qiankun crashing to the ground.
• Venerable King Qiankun learned Gu Sheng possessed the Azure Heaven Saint Body and asked his father to help him seize it; the Sect Master agreed.
• The Sect Master of the Supreme Immortal Sect advanced on Gu Sheng and sent his Dharma Avatar’s enormous palm down toward him.

The Golden Phoenix Heavenly Monarch stopped the Supreme Immortal Sect from seizing Gu Sheng and privately questioned him about his marriage contracts. After the Heavenly Profound Goddess accepted him as her future Dao companion, Gu Sheng resolved to leave the Tianlan Holy Land to grow stronger, while the Tianlan Holy Lord ordered Wang Zhu imprisoned.

• The Golden Phoenix Heavenly Monarch invoked the Lord of the Purple Spirit Realm’s warning, forcing the Supreme Immortal Sect’s sect master to abandon his attack on Gu Sheng.
• The Golden Phoenix Heavenly Monarch revealed that her claim of the Heavenly Profound Goddess’s father approving Gu Sheng had been a bluff, then questioned Gu Sheng about his Heavenly Dao Marriage Contracts and insisted he remain a true husband to her niece.
• The Heavenly Profound Goddess told Gu Sheng she was willing to become his Dao companion, and he promised not to let her suffer any grievance.
• The Heavenly Profound Goddess warned Gu Sheng that Venerable King Qiankun and the Supreme Immortal Sect remained a threat, so Gu Sheng decided to leave the Tianlan Holy Land and travel in disguise to improve his strength.
• The Tianlan Holy Lord ordered Wang Zhu captured and imprisoned, and the Seventh Elder accepted responsibility for the incident.

Gu Sheng established the Heavenly Dao Marriage Contract with Gongsun Yue to lift the curse afflicting the Tianlan Holy Land, at great cost to his vitality. The curse weakened and the holy land’s skies cleared, while Gu Sheng asked to rest before fulfilling the marriage contract.

• The Tianlan Holy Lord ordered Wang Zhu executed and promised to apologize to the Heavenly Profound Goddess.
• The Golden Phoenix Heavenly Monarch learned the Azure Dragon Realm had acted beyond the Lord of the Purple Spirit Realm’s power to stop, while the Heavenly Profound Goddess asked Gu Sheng whether he liked her or Gongsun Yue.
• After the Tianlan Holy Mother asked Gu Sheng to resolve the holy land’s curse through a marriage contract, Gu Sheng learned from Master's wife that he could establish such contracts only three times and risked his life by doing so.
• Luo Xi recalled her time with Gu Sheng and the little boy who had prayed for her thirteen years earlier.
• Gu Sheng and Gongsun Yue completed the Heavenly Dao Marriage Contract ceremony, draining Gu Sheng’s strength and vitality as the curse weakened and the skies over the Tianlan Holy Land cleared.
• Gu Sheng told the Tianlan Holy Mother he needed several days to recover before fulfilling the marriage contract.

Gu Sheng searched for Luo Xi and learned from the Golden Phoenix Heavenly Monarch that she had returned to the Purple Spirit Realm and could only be reached by advancing to the Dao Palace Realm within ten years. After recovering with the spiritual pill, he resolved to leave Tianlan Holy Land and train until he could find her.

• Gu Sheng took the Tianlan Holy Mother's top-grade spiritual pill but went looking for Luo Xi and Bixuan before recovering.
• Daoist Xiushan told Gu Sheng that Luo Xi was at the Heavenly Hall and escorted him there, while the Tianlan Holy Lord and Xiushan discussed taking advantage of the six great holy lands’ decline.
• The Golden Phoenix Heavenly Monarch told Gu Sheng that Luo Xi had returned to the Purple Spirit Realm, restrained him when he tried to pursue her, and set reaching the Dao Palace Realm within ten years as the condition for seeing her again.
• Luo Xi left for the Purple Spirit Realm with the Golden Phoenix Heavenly Monarch and Bixuan, while Gu Sheng promised Gu Yu he would take her to find Luo Xi.
• Gu Sheng resolved to leave Tianlan Holy Land and train recklessly, then swallowed the spiritual pill and recovered much of his strength.

Gu Sheng persuaded the Tianlan Holy Lord to let him leave the Holy Land and train, then learned of a powerful sword hidden in Ten Thousand Ghosts Ridge and resolved to seek it. He and Gongsun Yue completed the Heavenly Dao Marriage Contract’s three-kowtow ritual, and the energy it released propelled Gu Sheng to the late stage of the Earth Palace Realm.

• Gu Sheng asked Daoist Xiushan for records of cultivation treasure lands and forbidden zones, explaining that he intended to reach the Dao Palace Realm within ten years.
• Daoist Xiushan brought Gu Sheng to the Heavenly Hall, where the First Elder warned that his enemies made leaving the Holy Land dangerous, but the Tianlan Holy Lord supported his decision to train outside.
• The Tianlan Holy Lord revealed that a peerless spirit sword lay in Ten Thousand Ghosts Ridge, and Gu Sheng volunteered to seek it despite the danger.
• Daoist Xiushan gave Gu Sheng a jade slip describing nine cultivation treasure lands and five deathly forbidden zones; Gu Sheng secretly decided to make Ten Thousand Ghosts Ridge his first stop.
• Gu Sheng met Gongsun Yue at the Water Spirit Pavilion to activate their Heavenly Dao Marriage Contract, while news spread in the Purple Spirit Realm about Gu Sheng and Luo Xi and Venerable King Qiankun vowed to kill him.
• After Gu Sheng and Gongsun Yue nourished the contract for a day and kowtowed three times before the will of the Heavenly Dao, a surge of energy raised Gu Sheng to the late stage of the Earth Palace Realm.

After completing the Heavenly Dao Marriage Contract, Gu Sheng departed Tianlan Holy Land to pursue greater strength, while Gongsun Yue promised to protect his sister. Immortal King Taiyi and Venerable King Qiankun arrived to capture Gu Sheng, and the elders’ betrayal put Gu Yu in danger as they tried to use her to lure him back.

• Gu Sheng’s strength surged to the peak of the Earth Palace Realm after the marriage contract, and the Tianlan Holy Mother sensed Tianlan Holy Land’s fortune beginning to recover.
• Gu Sheng decided to leave the next morning, and Gongsun Yue promised to protect Gu Yu while he was away.
• Before dawn, Gu Sheng said goodbye to Gu Yu and Gongsun Yue and left Tianlan Holy Land; half a day later, Venerable King Qiankun and Immortal King Taiyi arrived demanding him.
• The Tianlan Holy Lord ordered the mountain-protecting formation activated, but Immortal King Taiyi searched the holy land and found no trace of Gu Sheng.
• The Second Elder and Seventh Elder offered Gu Yu as bait to Venerable King Qiankun, who headed toward Bixia Peak while the Tianlan Holy Mother kept Gongsun Yue safe from Immortal King Taiyi’s search.

Venerable King Qiankun pursued Gu Yu while Tianlan Holy Mother tried to protect her, and Gongsun Yue hid Gu Yu in a concealed cave. The Second Elder secretly signaled Qiankun after finding the cave, leaving the women’s safety in doubt as Qiankun’s laughter shook the mountains.

• Tianlan Holy Mother learned that Venerable King Qiankun was heading for Gu Yu and sent Gongsun Yue to warn her.
• Venerable King Qiankun confronted Tianlan Holy Mother at Water Spirit Pavilion, while Gongsun Yue slipped away to reach Gu Yu.
• Gongsun Yue led Gu Yu through a spiritual herb garden and into a concealed cave with a barrier that hid their auras.
• Venerable King Qiankun searched the area with his demonic sense, but Tianlan Holy Mother arrived and denied knowing where the girls were.
• The Second Elder and Seventh Elder pretended to search for Gu Yu and Gongsun Yue, but the Second Elder secretly sent a faint thread of Spiritual Power toward Qiankun.
• Venerable King Qiankun laughed thunderously, shattering rocks and toppling trees across the surrounding area.

The Tianlan Holy Mother fought Venerable King Qiankun to protect Gongsun Yue and Gu Yu, but Immortal King Taiyi forced her and the Tianlan Holy Lord to stand aside. Gongsun Yue escaped the cave with Gu Yu after injuring Qiankun, while Tianlan Holy Land’s core disciples sacrificed themselves to hold him back as Immortal King Taiyi watched.

• The Tianlan Holy Mother defeated Second Elder and Seventh Elder, then confronted Venerable King Qiankun as he approached the cave.
• Immortal King Taiyi arrived, shattered the Holy Mother’s barrier, and compelled her and the Tianlan Holy Lord not to interfere.
• Venerable King Qiankun broke into the cave and attacked Gongsun Yue and Gu Yu, but Gongsun Yue struck him with a sword and three fire dragons before throwing Gu Yu to safety.
• Gongsun Yue detonated a dark green bead to blast Qiankun away, then grabbed Gu Yu and fled as the wounded Qiankun pursued them.
• A Tianlan Holy Land disciple intervened and was killed, after which more core disciples charged Qiankun to protect the Saintess and buy time for Gongsun Yue and Gu Yu.
• Immortal King Taiyi refused to help or stop the slaughter, saying he was only responsible for ensuring Gu Sheng was executed, while more than thirty disciples attacked Qiankun.

Venerable King Qiankun attacked Tianlan Holy Land while searching for Gu Sheng, but the Azure Dragon Immortal King rescued Gongsun Yue and Gu Yu and drove him away. The Azure Dragon Immortal King then revealed that the Heavenly Profound Goddess’s marriage contract with the Azure Dragon Realm’s heir had been dissolved, leaving Tianlan Holy Land stunned.

• Venerable King Qiankun slaughtered Tianlan Holy Land’s disciples and pursued Gongsun Yue and Gu Yu as they fled beyond the barrier.
• The Void Devouring Insect stopped Venerable King Qiankun’s sword, and the Azure Dragon Immortal King appeared and overwhelmed him and Immortal King Taiyi.
• The Azure Dragon Immortal King beat Venerable King Qiankun for insulting his sister and sent him fleeing with Immortal King Taiyi.
• The Azure Dragon Immortal King asked where Gu Sheng was and learned that he had been away from Tianlan Holy Land.
• The Azure Dragon Immortal King announced that the Heavenly Profound Goddess’s marriage contract with the Azure Dragon Realm’s heir had been dissolved, shocking the Tianlan Holy Lord and the gathered disciples.

After the Azure Dragon Immortal King confirmed Gu Sheng had no chance with the Heavenly Profound Goddess, Tianlan Holy Land faced internal betrayal and a Supreme Immortal Sect kill order. Gu Sheng vanished into a strange realm, where Ling Xiao found him and demanded blood carrying the aura of the Immortal Seed before promising to take him home.

• The Azure Dragon Immortal King gave Tianlan Holy Land an azure scale for protection and warned Gu Yu that Gu Sheng would need cultivation comparable to his father to have any chance with the Heavenly Profound Goddess.
• The Tianlan Holy Lord confined Gongsun Yue, while the Tianlan Holy Mother exposed the Second Elder’s betrayal; the Holy Lord delayed punishment to avoid plunging the holy land into chaos.
• The Supreme Immortal Sect placed a bounty on Gu Sheng, prompting the six great holy lands and independent cultivators to hunt him as the Tianlan Holy Lord and First Elder searched in vain.
• Gu Sheng woke on a wooden boat in an unfamiliar place and experienced visions of five mysterious figures before stepping ashore and accidentally punching Ling Xiao.
• Ling Xiao revealed that Gu Sheng could return home by jumping into an abyss, but first demanded a drop of blood carrying the aura of the Immortal Seed, leaving Gu Sheng questioning who he was.

Gu Sheng returned to the Xinghong Spirit Domain after escaping a strange world with Ling Xiao, then learned that months had passed and the Heavenly Profound Goddess intended to end their engagement. He concealed his identity and traveled toward Ten Thousand Ghosts Ridge, reaching the suspicious Blood Sand City, where his arrival drew the attention of the city’s residents and Young Master Nie.

• Ling Xiao used Gu Sheng’s Immortal Seed blood to open a teleportation array, and both men escaped into the Xinghong Spirit Domain.
• Gu Sheng met the First Elder, learned that months had passed and that the Heavenly Profound Goddess planned to break their engagement, and heard that Gongsun Yue and his sister were safe.
• The First Elder gave Gu Sheng the Night Shadow Veil, and Gu Sheng chose to avoid returning to Tianlan Holy Land and continue training in disguise.
• Gu Sheng crossed the desert and entered Blood Sand City, where guards welcomed him warmly despite his claim to be a rogue cultivator.
• At the Drunken Immortal Tower, a boy hinted that cultivators were a forbidden subject before his father hurried him away.
• Young Master Nie charged down the street on a black steed, forcing pedestrians to scatter as Gu Sheng watched.

Gu Sheng was captured by Nie Shan and imprisoned with cultivators and girls whom the Nie family planned to sacrifice for the Nine Yin Soul Devouring Great Art. As the Qing Sheng City Lord began the refinement ritual, Gu Sheng concealed his strength and watched for a chance to act.

• Nie Shan ordered his guards to seize Gu Sheng after revealing that his father needed one more cultivator for the Nine Yin Soul Devouring Great Art.
• Gu Sheng was taken to the dungeon, where he learned that the Nie family had imprisoned girls and cultivators for sacrifice and planned to perform the ritual the next day.
• Gu Sheng learned that the Qing Sheng City Lord might be at the Heavenly Palace Realm and that the mansion was protected by a restriction that repelled divine sense.
• The guards dragged the prisoners to an altar, where ninety-nine cultivators and nine hundred ninety-nine girls were tied to pillars.
• The Qing Sheng City Lord arrived, and Nie Shan prepared the pill furnace as the ritual began; Gu Sheng noticed that the City Lord's evil aura fluctuated when he absorbed a blood bead.

Gu Sheng broke free during the Qing Sheng City Lord’s sacrifice, rescued the imprisoned cultivators, and crippled Nie Shan’s cultivation. As the Qing Sheng City Lord attacked, Gu Sheng revealed his true late Earth Palace Realm cultivation and charged at him.

• The Qing Sheng City Lord ordered the guards to slaughter the commoners pleading for their daughters, and Gu Sheng snapped his chains and began freeing the prisoners.
• Gu Sheng sent two guards into the pill furnace, then broke Nie Shan’s spirit sword and destroyed his cultivation, leaving him an ordinary man.
• The Qing Sheng City Lord unleashed the Nine Yin Soul Searching Hand, but Gu Sheng revealed his late Earth Palace Realm cultivation and broke free of the attack’s pressure.
• Gu Sheng charged the Qing Sheng City Lord, who summoned a blood-red saber and vowed to cripple Gu Sheng’s limbs.

Gu Sheng killed the Qing Sheng City Lord, Nie Shan, and their guards, then left Lin Yuan City for Ten Thousand Ghosts Ridge with a strange blood-patterned spirit stone. At the ridge, he encountered Qinghe Holy Land disciples searching for him and posed as an independent cultivator named Qing Feng.

• Gu Sheng shattered the Qing Sheng City Lord’s bonded blade with the bronze bell, killed the City Lord and Nie Shan, and slaughtered the guards and hidden pursuers in the mansion.
• Gu Sheng freed the bound cultivators, took storage items from the dead, learned the direction of Ten Thousand Ghosts Ridge, and left Lin Yuan City with a strange spirit stone.
• A Qinghe Holy Land Seven-Star Elder searched the ruined mansion for Gu Sheng, while Gu Sheng used the First Elder’s jade pendant to hide his aura and continued toward the ridge.
• Gu Sheng reached Ten Thousand Ghosts Ridge, where he found dense Yin Qi, eerie mountains, and signs of powerful resentment.
• Six Qinghe Holy Land disciples arrived to search for Gu Sheng, and he concealed his identity by calling himself Qing Feng, an independent cultivator.

Gu Sheng fled Qinghe Holy Land's pursuers into Ten Thousand Ghosts Ridge, where he met Ling Xiao as a century-old Yin Energy Tide erupted. Ling Xiao led him to a protected gorge, but a Sword Tomb upheaval struck them, and the chapter ended with Gu Sheng losing consciousness inside the Primordial Samsara Bell.

• Gu Sheng evaded six Qinghe Holy Land disciples by entering Ten Thousand Ghosts Ridge, while the Hidden Heaven Jade blocked their tracking aura.
• Gu Sheng found that the strange black stone reacted to the ridge's growing yin energy, then encountered Ling Xiao, whom he accidentally punched.
• A Yin Energy Tide erupted, and Gu Sheng and Ling Xiao used Buddhist treasures and the Primordial Samsara Bell to resist the deadly energy.
• Ling Xiao led Gu Sheng to Chan Master Jingye's Bodhi Barrier and hinted that he knew about Gu Sheng's master, Qingming Zi, and the Xuantian Sect's destruction.
• An azure pillar and powerful sword energy surged from the Sword Tomb, and Ling Xiao activated the Primordial Samsara Bell to shield them from the strike.
• The sword energy shattered the bell's inscriptions, and Gu Sheng lost consciousness as Ling Xiao cursed the Sword Maniac.

Gu Sheng and Ling Xiao headed into Ten Thousand Ghosts Ridge as powerful cultivators converged on the Tai Xu Divine Sword. The ridge’s deadly killing formation remained active, and they moved forward amid the growing slaughter.

• Gu Sheng woke amid the crater left by the sword qi, and he and Ling Xiao discovered that the Buddha bone’s ring resonated with Gu Sheng’s bronze key.
• The Tai Xu Divine Sword appeared above Ten Thousand Ghosts Ridge, and its sword qi resonated with Gu Sheng as Ling Xiao warned that many powerful cultivators were approaching.
• Ling Xiao gave Gu Sheng a healing pill, recognized his Xuan Tian Sword Body, and suggested the Tai Xu Divine Sword was the Xuan Tian Ancestor’s natal sword.
• Gu Sheng and Ling Xiao encountered prominent arrivals, including Lie Feng, Lu Feng, the Bai Family ancestor, and Lin Batian, while Gu Sheng used a silver mask to disguise himself.
• An invisible force pinned the Bai Family ancestor and his white tiger, and transparent arrows killed them; Lu Feng then led cultivators into the ridge, with others following.
• The ridge’s killing formation slaughtered many entrants, revealing that it still operated, and Ling Xiao and Gu Sheng decided to move forward.