Chapter Summaries

Gu Sheng learned that he was not yet strong enough to involve himself in Nether River Venerable’s plans and prepared for his journey to the Central Continent. He joined Xia Furong and the others in entering Boundless Sacred Land’s hidden realm, where they found the sealed Situ Qingfeng and learned that dangerous spirit entities threatened the place.

• Tantai Bing Tang warned Gu Sheng that Nether River Venerable’s scheme involved Jin’er’s Blood Demon bloodline and said Gu Sheng should go to the Central Continent to grow stronger.
• Gu Sheng spoke with Miss Tantai about her plan to take Yuan Yuan and Qing Xuan into a secret realm, then left to prepare for his own journey.
• Gu Sheng sent Shen Qingtian, Gu Ningshuang, and Qin Yurou toward the Central Continent under Shadow’s protection, asking Gu Ningshuang to seek news of Qing'er.
• Xia Furong led Gu Sheng, Elder Bai Yu, Bai Zhi, and Xiao Mengling to the ruins of Boundless Sacred Land, where Xiao Mengling activated the formation into its hidden realm.
• The group arrived at the refuge and saw Situ Qingfeng sealed beside the Immortal Pool; Bai Yu explained that dangerous spirit entities had grown there and that they had come to clear them and reinforce the seal.

Gu Sheng and the others reached the Immortal Pool, but he declined Xia Furong’s offer to bathe in it and continued toward Situ Qingfeng’s sealed grounds. Meanwhile, in Myriad Elephant Imperial City, Shadow attacked a young master who threatened Shen Qingtian, Gu Ningshuang, and Qin Yurou, and the women escaped into the crowd.

• Bai Yu explained that the Immortal Pool could help Bai Zhi recover, and the group rested at the ancient manor before setting out.
• At the Immortal Pool, Xia Furong offered Gu Sheng a chance to soak in it, but he refused and chose to continue toward the sealing grounds.
• Gu Sheng noticed Bai Yu’s relief at his refusal and suspected Xia Furong had offered the spot with Bai Zhi in mind.
• In Myriad Elephant Imperial City, a brocade-robed young master mocked Qin Yurou and tried to force the three women to come with him.
• When two peak Grandmaster Realm guards moved to seize the women, Shadow struck the young master and sent him crashing into a restaurant pillar.
• Shen Qingtian led Gu Ningshuang and Qin Yurou away into the crowd while Shadow followed them.

Shadow escorted Shen Qingtian, Gu Ningshuang, and Qin Yurou to Myriad Treasures Tower, where they waited for the Tantai Family's escorts. Elsewhere in the secret realm, Gu Sheng's group found the true sealing core and learned that the Boundless Sect had been founded by disciples preserved from the ancient Boundless Sacred Land.

• Shadow drove off a young master’s guards, and the Law Enforcement Hall used its Soul Suppressing Token to verify that the other side had provoked the fight before letting Shadow and the women go.
• Shadow brought Shen Qingtian, Gu Ningshuang, and Qin Yurou to Myriad Treasures Tower, where the Moon Emissary hosted them and they rested while awaiting the Tantai Family's escorts.
• Gu Sheng's group followed Xia Furong deeper into the secret realm and found Situ Qingfeng unconscious at the center of a sealed pool of Heavenly Marrow Spirit Liquid.
• Xia Furong explained that the Boundless Sacred Land had sealed its inheritances and gifted disciples there during an ancient calamity, and that the awakened survivors had founded the Boundless Sect.
• Gu Sheng realized that Xia Furong was one of the sacred land's sealed core disciples.

Gu Sheng entered the Heavenly Marrow Spirit Sealing Array to free Situ Qingfeng, but Xiao Beixuan attacked the group outside and the light screen closed behind him. Inside, Gu Sheng learned that touching Situ Qingfeng would trigger a Soul Sealing Restriction, then encountered a mysterious girl who revealed she was both the Spirit Embryo he had nurtured and Miao Muqing.

• Xia Furong explained that Situ Qingfeng had slept for a thousand years after exhausting his origin, and that the Heavenly Marrow Spirit Liquid was losing its power.
• Xia Furong and Xiao Mengling opened the light screen, and Gu Sheng entered the spirit liquid pool to reach Situ Qingfeng, only to find the soul-restoring power had dissipated and the runic chains would not budge.
• Xiao Beixuan arrived and badly injured Bai Yu and Bai Zhi, then attacked Xia Furong while threatening Gu Sheng inside the closing barrier.
• Xiao Mengling sent Gu Sheng a message and a ray of light that eased his movement through the spirit liquid before the light screen sealed shut.
• As Gu Sheng reached for Situ Qingfeng, a mysterious girl warned him that a Soul Sealing Restriction would trap his soul, then identified herself as both his Spirit Embryo and Miao Muqing.

Gu Sheng learned that the new spirit being was a fusion of the spirit embryo and Miao Muqing, named her Qin Ling'er, and let her absorb Heavenly Marrow Spirit Liquid to prepare to free Situ Qingfeng. Outside the barrier, Xiao Beixuan overpowered the others and struck Xia Furong with a fatal-looking blow, leaving the battle at its most desperate.

• Qin Ling'er revealed that she held memories from the spirit embryo, Miao Muqing, and Gu Sheng, and Gu Sheng named her Qin Ling'er.
• Qin Ling'er warned Gu Sheng that Situ Qingfeng was trapped by a Soul Sealing Restriction and explained two ways to break it; Gu Sheng chose to let her absorb the Heavenly Marrow Spirit Liquid.
• Qin Ling'er devoured much of the spirit liquid to restore her strength while Gu Sheng sensed the battle outside the barrier reaching its climax.
• Xia Furong wounded Xiao Beixuan with her flame attack, but he injured her; Xiao Mengling then used her bamboo scroll to block his attack and was badly hurt.
• Bai Zhi fired her Spirit Emperor Godslayer Arrow into Xiao Beixuan's consciousness, allowing Xia Furong to kick him away, but he recovered and targeted Bai Zhi.
• Xiao Beixuan feinted toward Bai Zhi and struck the rushing Xia Furong in the abdomen, sending her flying and drawing cries of alarm from Xiao Mengling and Bai Yu.

Gu Sheng broke through the sealing screen and used Situ Qingfeng’s Heaven and Earth Dao Mark to repel Xiao Beixuan, while Qin Ling'er suppressed the demonized Xiao Beixuan. Xiao Beixuan activated Blood Escape and fled despite Qin Ling'er's attempt to stop him.

• Xia Furong’s jade pendant shielded her from Xiao Beixuan’s fatal attack, but he turned on Xiao Mengling and blasted her out of her concealed state.
• Xiao Beixuan destroyed Bai Yu’s Great Teleportation Ancient Talisman, killing Bai Yu and leaving Bai Zhi unconscious.
• Gu Sheng emerged through the cracked light screen carrying Situ Qingfeng, and Xiao Beixuan’s punch triggered the Heaven and Earth Dao Mark protecting Situ Qingfeng, injuring Xiao Beixuan.
• Qin Ling'er appeared beside Gu Sheng, kicked Xiao Beixuan, and used a strange mist to suppress his demonic form and slow his power.
• Xiao Beixuan used Blood Escape to flee, and Qin Ling'er's spiritual qi swords failed to penetrate the crimson glow.

Gu Sheng destroyed the Blood Ancestor Incarnation with the power of his Emperor Realm soul, but Xiao Beixuan escaped using a damaged teleportation talisman. Bai Yu survived by using his family’s Golden Cicada Sheds Its Shell secret art, and Gu Sheng sent Qin Ling'er to search the immortal pool for Xiao Mengling.

• Xiao Beixuan summoned the Blood Ancestor Incarnation, which attacked Gu Sheng with the Soul Worship Technique.
• Gu Sheng's mysterious cauldron protected him, and his Emperor Realm soul crushed the Blood Ancestor Incarnation.
• Xiao Beixuan used a damaged Great Teleportation Ancient Talisman to escape, suffering severe backlash.
• Bai Yu emerged in Jade Cicada form after using his family's secret art to leave a false body in his place.
• Gu Sheng sent Qin Ling'er into the immortal pool to search for Xiao Mengling, then described her as an existence he had created but could not control.

Gu Sheng rescued Bai Zhi, Bai Yu, and Xiao Mengling from the danger around the immortal pool, while Qin Ling'er used a new healing technique to treat Xiao Mengling. After Xiao Mengling woke, Gu Sheng offered to dissolve their elders’ marriage agreement, and Situ Qingfeng awoke to learn the Sacred Academy was temporarily safe but feared he would miss a rare chance to repair his Dao foundation.

• Gu Sheng gave Bai Zhi a soul-nourishing pill, and she woke, reunited with Bai Yu, and used a Great Teleportation Ancient Talisman to leave with him.
• Qin Ling'er found Xiao Mengling in the immortal pool and used spiritual-energy threads to heal her injuries before returning to Gu Sheng’s sea of consciousness to sleep.
• Xiao Mengling woke and learned Gu Sheng had saved her; he offered to accompany her to Myriad Spirits Palace to dissolve their elders’ marriage agreement.
• Xiao Mengling could not contact Xia Furong, whose whereabouts remained unknown after the battle.
• Situ Qingfeng woke and learned nearly a month had passed; he panicked that he might miss the early-July Golden Winged Great Peng remains secret realm, his chance to repair his Dao foundation.

Gu Sheng returned from the secret realm with Situ Qingfeng, learned that Xiao Beixuan remained a grave threat, and prepared to leave for the Golden Winged Great Peng secret realm in Southern Frontier. Miss Tantai’s projection warned him of a major deployment from the Heavenly Profound Sacred Land and placed him in charge of Linlang Pavilion’s Eastern Wasteland affairs.

• Situ Qingfeng agreed to help Gu Sheng and tried unsuccessfully to reach the immortal pool’s water through its King Realm barrier before they left the secret realm with Xiao Mengling.
• Back in Great Desolation City, Gu Sheng and Xiao Mengling contacted Xia Furong, who said she had recorded Xiao Beixuan’s attack and sent the evidence to the Boundless Sect elders; Xiao Mengling then left for the Sacred Academy.
• Gu Sheng told Situ Qingfeng he would leave for Southern Frontier within three days, and Situ Qingfeng agreed to accompany him despite learning that Xiao Beixuan had Human King Realm cultivation.
• At Linlang Pavilion, Gu Sheng arranged a room for Situ Qingfeng and learned that Yuan Yuan, Qing Xuan, Shen Qingtian, Ning Shuang, and Yu Rou were safe; he also received Miss Tantai’s Moonlight Heart Seal and her warning about Jin’er and the ancient treasury key.
• Miss Tantai’s projection told Gu Sheng to oversee Linlang Pavilion’s Eastern Wasteland affairs and warned that dozens of cloudship fleets from the Heavenly Profound Sacred Land were heading there, while Gu Sheng began preparing for his journey.

Miss Tantai warned Gu Sheng that the Sacred Academy could not pursue Xiao Beixuan while it prepared for the Central Continent Sacred Land, but that her family and the Academy Head were investigating Nether River Venerable Zhao Wuming’s seal. As Gu Sheng prepared for the Southern Border journey, Xia Wuyou arrived in Great Desolation City and agreed to follow Gu Sheng’s lead.

• Miss Tantai told Gu Sheng that the Sacred Academy could not spare resources to hunt Xiao Beixuan, while her elder sister and the Academy Head prepared to investigate Zhao Wuming’s sealing site.
• Gu Sheng examined the intricate arrays on Miss Tantai’s jade tablet, then refined Azure Phosphorus Golden Pattern Pills to protect Xia Furong from Southern Border miasma and venomous insects.
• Situ Qingfeng tried to reach Gu Sheng in the restricted pill room and teased him about the Tantai sisters, prompting a hidden guardian to pin him down and warn him against insulting the Tantai clan’s daughters.
• Xia Wuyou arrived and suppressed Situ Qingfeng, but released him after Gu Sheng asked him to let the matter end.
• Xia Wuyou told Gu Sheng that Pavilion Master Bing Tang had sent him to guard Great Desolation City and that the Second Young Lady had ordered him to follow Gu Sheng’s directions.

Long Yundao arrived at Linlang Pavilion mortally wounded and revealed that the Imperial Sect had been nearly wiped out. A black-clad messenger then warned Gu Sheng that Wuyun City was under attack, prompting him to lead the Linlang Guards there as the chapter turned to the city and the powerful Gu family he had built.

• A gravely wounded Long Yundao burst into Linlang Pavilion, and Gu Sheng recognized him and ordered the guards to stand down.
• Long Yundao told Gu Sheng that attackers had nearly destroyed the Imperial Sect, then died despite Gu Sheng's attempt to save him.
• A black-clad youth revealed that the Imperial Sect's destruction was a gift from his master and said assassins had already reached Wuyun City before killing himself.
• Situ Qingfeng warned Gu Sheng that the threat might be a trap, but Gu Sheng ordered the Linlang Guards to follow him to Wuyun City.
• The chapter described how Gu Sheng's plans had helped the Gu family eliminate Gu Yuanshan's faction, absorb rival forces, and rise to prominence across the surrounding cities.

Gu Lie and Gu Jianghe discussed the Gu family's growing prospects before a black-clad youth stormed the residence and slaughtered its defenders. The youth confronted Gu Lie and demanded recognition, leaving the reason for his attack unknown.

• Gu Lie and the newly appointed First Elder discussed the family's expansion, Gu Feng's training, and the planned marketplaces in Tianyuan City and Tianlang City.
• A black-clad youth kicked the Gu residence's gates off their hinges, killing the guards struck by the flying panels.
• The youth killed dozens of Gu family escorts with an invisible force and exploded a Heavenly Martial Realm Guest Elder with a glance.
• The youth slaughtered more than a hundred additional guards as the survivors fled through the residence.
• Gu Lie and Gu Jianghe arrived at the blood-covered courtyard, and the youth asked Gu Lie if he was the head of the Gu family.

A black-clothed attacker slaughtered the Gu family, abducted Gu Lie, and challenged Gu Sheng to meet him at Soul Severing Cliff in half a month. Gu Sheng returned to find the massacre and, after the attacker’s spiritual imprint taunted him, struck it down with a lightning-fast sword.

• The young man in black captured Gu Lie and massacred the Gu family despite promising to spare them, leaving Gu Jianghe alive.
• Gu Sheng arrived at the estate and used his energy and spiritual force to revive Gu Jianghe, who told him that Gu Lie had been taken.
• The young man in black’s disembodied voice ordered Gu Sheng to appear at the life-and-death arena atop Soul Severing Cliff at noon in half a month or lose his father.
• Gu Sheng erupted with killing intent and vanished from the courtyard after learning the challenge’s location.
• In a deserted alley, Gu Sheng’s sword light appeared without warning and severed the head of the young man in black’s spiritual imprint.

After Xiao Beixuan’s attack destroyed the Gu family, Gu Sheng burned his ruined home and vowed to kill the mastermind at Soul Severing Cliff. He left for the Southern Frontier to retrieve the Golden Winged Great Peng’s molted remains and deliberately leaked his route to lure Xiao Beixuan’s forces into an ambush, while Gu Lie remained captive in Xiao Beixuan’s estate.

• Gu Sheng ordered the Linlang Guards to care for the dead and their families, then burned the Gu residence and vowed to make Xiao Beixuan repay the blood debt.
• At Linlang Pavilion, Gu Sheng told Situ Qingfeng they would go to the Southern Frontier to retrieve the Golden Winged Great Peng’s molted remains before the appointment at Soul Severing Cliff.
• Gu Sheng ordered the Intelligence Hall to deliberately spread word of his journey, intending to bait Xiao Beixuan into attacking him.
• A Boundless Sect operative learned of Gu Sheng’s destination and received orders to activate the Falcon Hunt plan and kill him along the route.
• Xiao Beixuan lounged in his estate while his subordinate reported nearby, and the kidnapped Gu family head, Gu Lie, remained chained and unconscious.

Gu Sheng traveled with Situ Qingfeng to the Southern Border, using his publicized journey to draw Xiao Beixuan’s attention away from Great Desolation City and the coming life-and-death arena battle. The chapter ended as Xia Wuyou’s incarnation appeared and a vast allied army of the Seventy-two Divine Sects, led by Xiao Beixuan’s stand-in, surrounded the border city and demanded Gu Sheng’s death.

• Xiao Beixuan rejected a subordinate’s suggestion to search Gu Lie’s soul and learned that Gu Sheng had traveled south, so he sent a stand-in while keeping Gu Lie alive as bait.
• Gu Sheng and Situ Qingfeng used Linlang Pavilion’s teleportation network to reach a Southern Border city, where they found a wanted poster issued by the Southern Border Divine Cult and Southern Emperor City.
• Gu Sheng explained that he had publicized his route to draw Xiao Beixuan and his allies toward the Southern Border while protecting his plans in Great Desolation City for the arena battle.
• Gu Sheng and Situ Qingfeng spotted Xia Wuyou’s energy incarnation across the street as an enormous force gathered on the southern horizon.
• Thousands of warriors from the Boundless Sect and the Seventy-two Divine Sects approached the city, and Xiao Beixuan’s stand-in accused Gu Sheng of killing his elder brother and threatened to tear him apart.

Xia Wuyou’s incarnation revealed overwhelming Venerable Realm power and annihilated the allied force sent to capture Gu Sheng. He spared Xiao Beixuan’s substitute and brought him to Gu Sheng for questioning.

• The Divine Sects and Boundless Sect surrounded the small city and threatened Gu Sheng, while Xia Wuyou’s incarnation dismissed their forces as no threat.
• Xia Wuyou effortlessly destroyed the elders’ attacks, then revealed his rusty chopping knife and immobilized the allied army with his Venerable Realm power.
• Xia Wuyou killed more than ten thousand martial artists with three slashes, leaving Situ Qingfeng stunned and the city silent.
• Xia Wuyou entered the inn, pinned Situ Qingfeng to the floor with his pressure, and tossed Xiao Beixuan’s substitute before Gu Sheng.

Gu Sheng and Situ Qingfeng escaped after Xia Wuyou destroyed the forces sent to capture them, while the Southern Frontier’s Divine Sects mobilized to hunt for the survivors. They reached Xiaguang City in disguise, where an armed squad blocked their way.

• Xia Wuyou warned Gu Sheng and Situ Qingfeng to flee, then vanished as his incarnation’s power ran out.
• Gu Sheng tried to search the captive double’s soul, but a restriction killed him before Gu Sheng could learn anything useful.
• Gu Sheng explained that thousands of Soul Lamps had gone out and urged Situ Qingfeng to leave immediately.
• The Longevity Old Ancestor learned that more than ten thousand fighters, including the Punishment Elder, had died, and ordered nearby Divine Sects to seal the routes and search for Gu Sheng.
• The Longevity Old Ancestor kept the Southern Emperor and Mu Xue at the Longevity Divine Cult, while the Southern Emperor agreed to remain as a guest.
• Gu Sheng and Situ Qingfeng arrived in Xiaguang City under disguises, but a squad of ten Heavenly Martial Realm martial artists blocked their path.

Gu Sheng and Situ Qingfeng entered Xiaguang City under the guise of Situ Qingfeng’s return to his ancestral home, intending to use Gu Sheng’s connection to the Town South King’s Mansion as cover while they searched for the Golden Winged Great Peng’s remains. Gu Sheng summoned Nangong Yuexia with a token associated with Saintess Mu Xue, but their meeting ended with Yuexia releasing a heavy pressure over the private room.

• Situ Qingfeng used his father Situ Tian’s reputation to get past Purple Cloud Divine Sect guards at Xiaguang City’s entrance.
• Gu Sheng told Situ Qingfeng that he had killed the Town South King and planned to obtain cover from the Town South King’s Mansion whether its people cooperated willingly or not.
• Gu Sheng presented a jade plaque at Purple Cloud Residence and asked the attendant to summon Nangong Yuexia with the message that someone from Mu Xue had arrived.
• Nangong Yuexia received the message, left a meeting with Xiaguang City’s new City Lord, and went to Purple Cloud Residence.
• Situ Qingfeng presented Gu Sheng as his servant and asked Nangong Yuexia to help them enter a secret realm, prompting her to release a formidable pressure across the private room.

Gu Sheng revealed himself to Nangong Yuexia and pressured her into considering an alliance, offering help within the Purple Cloud Divine Sect in exchange for her letting him go somewhere under the sect’s name. Nangong Yuexia chose to meet with him again the next morning, while Gu Sheng and Situ Qingfeng stayed under covert surveillance at an inn.

• Nangong Yuexia recognized Gu Sheng from the jade token and threatened to expose him, but he warned that doing so would reveal evidence of her own dealings and endanger her.
• Gu Sheng offered to support Nangong Yuexia’s rise within the Purple Cloud Divine Sect in exchange for traveling openly under its name, and gave her one day to decide.
• Gu Sheng and Situ Qingfeng left Purple Cloud Residence and checked into an inn despite sensing that they were being watched.
• After consulting her longtime confidante, Nangong Yuexia decided to consider cooperating with Gu Sheng and sent a Sect Realm expert to invite him and Situ Qingfeng back the next morning.
• The shadowy messenger appeared in Situ Qingfeng’s room and delivered Nangong Yuexia’s invitation.

A shadowy messenger told Situ Qingfeng that Nangong Yuexia had agreed to cooperate, while Gu Sheng cultivated with Gu Ling’er and advanced to the ninth level of the Heavenly Martial Realm. Gu Sheng and Situ Qingfeng left the inn before Purple Cloud Divine Sect forces arrived to investigate, then went to Nangong Yuexia’s residence to discuss their next move.

• A Martial Grandmaster Realm messenger delivered Nangong Yuexia’s message, and Situ Qingfeng learned from Gu Sheng’s pre-recorded spiritual message to meet him in the morning.
• Gu Ling’er supplied Gu Sheng with refined spiritual energy, helping him break through from the early Heavenly Martial Realm to a higher level.
• Gu Sheng’s cultivation breakthrough caused a major spiritual energy disturbance that alarmed the inn and drew the attention of the Purple Cloud Divine Sect.
• Gu Sheng and Situ Qingfeng left the inn before a Divine Sect search party could find them.
• Gu Sheng told Situ Qingfeng that he had reached the ninth level of the Heavenly Martial Realm and attributed his rapid progress to a Heavenly Marrow Spirit Liquid pool in the Boundless Sect’s secret realm.
• Gu Sheng and Situ Qingfeng arrived at Nangong Yuexia’s residence, where Situ Qingfeng asked how they should handle her and her powerful subordinates.