Recaps

Gu Sheng impressed Princess Yun Zishuang with his poem but refused her recruitment, then trained by sparring with Wen Mingyan. At the Crimson Cloud Continent Martial Tournament, Lu Biluo defeated Lin Miaomiao with the Yellow Springs Flute, drawing Emperor Yun Wu’s interest.

• Princess Yun Zishuang welcomed Gu Sheng to the poetry gathering, where his recitation of “Full River Red” captivated the nobles and ladies.
• Crown Prince Yun Tingyu tried to recruit Gu Sheng, but Gu Sheng declined and later also refused Princess Yun Zishuang’s request to help unify the realm.
• Gu Sheng devoted himself to cultivation and sparred with Wen Mingyan, who praised his progress with the Gale Nine Swords and Phantom Spirit Melody after defeating him.
• The Crimson Cloud Continent Martial Tournament began at the Great Liang Royal Martial Arena, with Lin Miaomiao of the Saint Pill Sect facing Lu Biluo of the Governor’s Mansion in the opening match.
• Lu Biluo intensified her Yellow Springs Flute’s astral winds and defeated Lin Miaomiao, prompting Emperor Yun Wu to ask about the flute’s origin.

At the tournament, Gu Sheng helped his fellow disciples with a treasured sword and a secret technique, then watched Huang Miaoyin and Linghu Qingwan win their matches. After sharing his Dragon Slaying Saber Art with Wen Mingyan and performing for the gathered disciples, Gu Sheng faced Linghu Jianying and struggled under the higher-ranked swordsman’s pressure.

• Gu Sheng gave Lin Miaomiao the Profound Grade Low Rank sword Lingyuan after explaining that her inferior weapon had contributed to her loss against Lu Biluo.
• Huang Miaoyin used the demonic melody Gu Sheng had taught her to conjure an illusory fairy maiden, defeat Zhu Juhu, and thank Gu Sheng for his help.
• Linghu Qingwan defeated Chu Haoran after countering his Gale Saber Art with the Dugu Nine Swords, while Emperor Yun Wu criticized the saber technique.
• Gu Sheng gave Wen Mingyan a copy of the Profound Grade Low Rank Dragon Slaying Saber Art to help him improve Chu Haoran’s saber techniques.
• Gu Sheng played “Gazing Over the Rivers and Lakes” on the Phantom Spirit Ancient Zither, creating vivid martial scenes and earning the audience’s applause.
• Gu Sheng began his match against Linghu Jianying, whose early Marrow Refining Realm cultivation put the mid-ninth-layer Gold Bone Realm Gu Sheng under heavy pressure.

Gu Sheng defeated Linghu Jianying, then impressed the royal arena with a performance of "Jing Zhong Bao Guo" and drew Princess Yun Zishuang’s attention. The chapter ended as Gu Sheng began the tournament’s ultimate showdown against the stronger Lin Tianhao.

• Gu Sheng endured Linghu Jianying’s sword wound, then used Shadow Concealment to strike from behind and defeat him.
• Liu Ruhai used his Drunken Life Dream Death Swordplay and elusive movement to defeat Dai Sen, who wielded the Dyson Sphere Gu Sheng had given him.
• At Emperor Yun Wu’s request, Gu Sheng performed "Jing Zhong Bao Guo" with the Phantom Spirit Ancient Zither, moving the crowd and earning the emperor’s praise.
• Princess Yun Zishuang invited Gu Sheng to join the Governor’s Mansion, but he refused to leave the Saint Pill Sect; after she continued approaching him, he agreed to work with her toward the pinnacle of martial cultivation.
• Gu Sheng faced Lin Tianhao in the tournament’s ultimate showdown, and the two began exchanging sword attacks.

Gu Sheng won the tournament and received the title of Marquis of Victory, then fought Elder Fengxing on Demon Fox Mountain and drove him away. He next faced Zhao Honglie, whose Myriad Souls Banner and Holy Demon Body proved difficult to overcome, and brought out the Vajra Demon Suppressing Bell as the battle continued.

• Gu Sheng defeated Lin Tianhao in the tournament final, then helped him up and made peace with him.
• Emperor Yun Wu awarded Gu Sheng first place and the title of Marquis of Victory, while Lin Tianhao received second place and the title of Marquis of Gaoyang.
• Elder Fengxing ambushed Gu Sheng on Demon Fox Mountain, but Gu Sheng used his treasures and techniques to repel him; Elder Fengxing fled using the Fengxing Ascension Steps.
• Zhao Honglie attacked Gu Sheng with the Myriad Souls Banner, but Gu Sheng evaded his assaults and discovered that Zhao's Holy Demon Body could withstand his punches.
• Gu Sheng summoned the Vajra Demon Suppressing Bell and gathered golden power for another attack on Zhao Honglie.

Gu Sheng defeated Zhao Honglie, explored Divine Sense, and attended Yun Zishuang’s flower-viewing banquet, where reciting a poem awakened the Vajra Demon Suppressing Bell. The bell revealed Green Lotus Secluded Valley, but when Gu Sheng entered, a vine trapped him among piles of bones.

• Gu Sheng crushed Zhao Honglie with the Demon Suppressing Golden Scroll, though Zhao Honglie escaped as black mist.
• Gu Sheng cultivated Divine Sense and received guidance from an old man he later recognized as the Divine Monk.
• Gu Sheng celebrated with his fellow disciples, accepted Yun Zishuang’s invitation, and declined her attempts to recruit him.
• Gu Sheng recited a lotus poem at the banquet, causing the Vajra Demon Suppressing Bell to reveal a map and mark Green Lotus Secluded Valley.
• Gu Sheng entered Green Lotus Secluded Valley, where a vine seized him beside piles of bones.

Gu Sheng awakened the Chaos Green Lotus demonic soul and strengthened it by hunting beasts in the Magical Beast Forest. As the Liang and Qi kingdoms gathered for war against Chu, Gu Sheng spotted his old acquaintance Gu Xiaojiang at the oath-taking assembly.

• The Vajra Demon Suppressing Bell absorbed chaotic vitality in the Green Lotus Secluded Valley, sprouted an azure lotus shoot, and gave Gu Sheng the Chaos Green Lotus demonic soul.
• Crown Prince Yun Tingyu tried to recruit Gu Sheng to help rule Liang, but Gu Sheng declined to join court struggles.
• Princess Zishuang asked Gu Sheng to accompany Liang's army against Chu, and he accepted before training in the Magical Beast Forest.
• Gu Sheng and the Green Vine Demonic Soul killed a Phantom Saber-toothed Tiger, after which the demonic soul said it needed ten more Gold Bone Realm beasts to mutate.
• The Liang and Qi kingdoms assembled with their allies to oppose Chu, and Gu Sheng arrived with the Saint Pill Sect disciples.
• At the oath-taking assembly, Gu Sheng recognized Gu Xiaojiang, his fellow townsman from Canghe County.

Gu Sheng and Lin Tianhao fought their way into Chu Kingdom’s territory, where they killed Cang Langyan and routed his army. After celebrating with their allies, Gu Sheng’s Green Vine Demonic Soul grew to four inches, and Huang Miaoyin revealed that more people might soon awaken demonic souls.

• Gu Sheng reunited with Gu Xiaojiang, who recounted how he had broken through to the Marrow Refining Realm during a near-fatal battle, and they agreed to return to Canghe County together someday.
• Gu Sheng and Lin Tianhao confronted the Thousand Poisons Sect, and Gu Sheng killed Elder Fengxing and extracted the secret art of the Carefree Immortal Step from his soul.
• Gu Sheng and his allies advanced into Chu Kingdom’s heartland, where they defeated Cang Langyan and routed the Chu army.
• Gu Sheng collected the battlefield corpses for his Green Vine Demonic Soul, then joined his companions for a hunting feast in the forest.
• The Green Vine Demonic Soul grew from two inches to four inches, and Huang Miaoyin said that strange changes might let more people awaken demonic souls.

Gu Sheng captured Prince Chu Xuan and used him as leverage to make the Chu Kingdom withdraw its forces and return the Seventy-two Cities of Yan Yun. After learning the kingdom’s secret, Gu Sheng entered its hidden realm with Prince Chu Xuan and the Green Vine Demonic Soul, which led him to a Dragon Pearl protected by a powerful barrier.

• Gu Sheng and Huang Miaoyin fought Chu Kingdom forces in its heartland, and Gu Sheng captured Prince Chu Xuan after binding their leader with the Green Vine Demonic Soul.
• Princess Zishuang used Prince Chu Xuan as leverage to force Emperor Chu Tianshu to withdraw his troops and return the Seventy-two Cities of Yan Yun.
• Gu Sheng learned the Chu Kingdom’s secret from Prince Chu Xuan and infiltrated the imperial palace disguised as a consort to reach the Secret Chamber.
• Gu Sheng made a replica of the jade key, then entered the hidden realm with Prince Chu Xuan and the Green Vine Demonic Soul.
• The Green Vine Demonic Soul led Gu Sheng to a Dragon Pearl, but an invisible barrier stopped him from reaching it.

Gu Sheng and Prince Chu Xuan opened the royal restriction and obtained the Dragon Pearl of Chu, which the Green Vine Demonic Soul devoured and used to grow stronger. Gu Sheng and Linghu Qingwan hunted in the Magical Beast Forest and gathered Spirit Gathering Grasses, while a powerful crisis began approaching the Saint Pill Sect.

• Prince Chu Xuan opened the royal restriction, and Gu Sheng took the Dragon Pearl of Chu for the Green Vine Demonic Soul to devour.
• After half a month, the Green Vine Demonic Soul finished consuming the Dragon Pearl and underwent a major growth spurt.
• Gu Sheng and Linghu Qingwan entered the Magical Beast Forest, where Gu Sheng discovered his Divine Sense had grown stronger and the two defeated a Marrow Refining Realm demonic wolf.
• Gu Sheng and Linghu Qingwan ventured into the forest's core, found a spiritual herb, and spent the next three days killing three more Marrow Refining Realm demonic beasts and gathering three Spirit Gathering Grasses.
• The Green Vine Demonic Soul refined the grasses and grew to fifteen meters, while a powerful crisis descended upon the Saint Pill Sect, which had already made preparations.

Gu Sheng and Wen Mingyan defended the Saint Pill Sect against the Thousand Poisons Sect, but Wu Gui escaped their attack. Gu Sheng pursued him alone, killed him, and then faced Su Ling and the Fire Worship Cult’s Holy Envoy, ending the chapter as he launched another attack with his Green Vine Demonic Soul.

• Gu Sheng and Wen Mingyan fought their way through the Thousand Poisons Sect’s assault, wounded Wu Gui, and watched him escape with a black ball.
• Gu Sheng left Wen Mingyan to guard the Saint Pill Sect and invaded the Thousand Poisons Sect alone, defeating its defenders and killing Wu Gui.
• Su Ling appeared and explained the alliance between the Thousand Poisons Sect and the Fire Worship Cult, but Gu Sheng refused to stop his attack.
• Su Ling summoned an army with her ancient zither, but Gu Sheng shattered it with the Great Prajna Sutra and his Primordial Saint Body.
• The Fire Worship Cult’s Holy Envoy intervened and broke Gu Sheng’s golden fist shadow, but Gu Sheng gathered his power and sent his Green Vine Demonic Soul toward the Holy Envoy’s torch.

After the Bright Holy Envoy defeated Gu Sheng and shattered the green vine, Gu Sheng healed it with the Divine Spring and red fruit essence, then traveled with Mu Yuanyuan to the South Sea Abyss in search of a Spirit Perception Mushroom that could awaken it. They reached Spirit Perception Valley and began fighting the powerful Blue Sea Tentacle Demon guarding the way.

• The Bright Holy Envoy defeated Gu Sheng, and Wen Mingyan and First Elder Lu Junyi rescued him and retreated with him as news of the battle spread.
• Gu Sheng restored the green vine with Divine Spring and refined red fruit essence, but it remained asleep until the white-haired elder told him to seek a Spirit Perception Mushroom in the South Sea Abyss.
• Gu Sheng traveled to the South Sea Abyss with Mu Yuanyuan, where the fairies of the Spirit Flower Palace captured them and Palace Master Yingyue tested Gu Sheng before hearing his purpose.
• Yingyue revealed that the Spirit Perception Mushroom grew in Spirit Perception Valley, guarded by a demonic beast at the peak of the Marrow Refining Realm, and Gu Sheng and Mu Yuanyuan set out to find it.
• The Blue Sea Tentacle Demon trapped Gu Sheng and Mu Yuanyuan, but they escaped its restraints and attacked its vulnerable abdomen together.

Gu Sheng and Mu Yuanyuan defeated the Blue Sea Tentacle Demon and gathered Spirit Perception Mushrooms and spiritual liquid, allowing Green Vine to recover and grow stronger. Princess Yun Zishuang then sent Gu Sheng and Shangguan Yudie to find the seven Dragon Pearls, and they entered the Chu Kingdom’s secret realm, where they fought a Suanni Beast guarding the way to the center.

• Gu Sheng and Mu Yuanyuan defeated the Blue Sea Tentacle Demon, then collected three Spirit Perception Mushrooms and the cave’s spiritual liquid.
• Gu Sheng refined the Spirit Perception Mushrooms in the Secret Chamber, restoring Green Vine’s vitality and extending her length to over twenty meters.
• Princess Yun Zishuang asked Gu Sheng to sever the Chu Kingdom’s Dragon Vein in exchange for the seven Dragon Pearls and sent Shangguan Yudie to assist him.
• Gu Sheng and Shangguan Yudie followed a map into the Chu Kingdom’s secret realm, where they saw seven Sacred Mountains surrounding a radiant center.
• A Suanni Beast blocked their path, and Gu Sheng and Shangguan Yudie attacked it using Snake Breath, the Primordial Saint Body, and Butterfly Transformation Art.

Gu Sheng and Shangguan Yudie defeated a Suanni Beast, found a Dragon Pearl, and escaped the Immortal Binding Array before returning to the Chu Kingdom treasure secret realm. They faced the array’s Marrow Refining Realm guardian, and their combined attack was still underway when the chapter ended.

• Gu Sheng and Shangguan Yudie discovered that the Suanni Beast’s eyes were its weakness, killed it, and absorbed its energy through the green vine.
• The two shared roasted Suanni meat and life essence, then continued searching for Dragon Pearls and found one at the center of the Sacred Mountains.
• An old man trapped Gu Sheng and Shangguan Yudie in an Immortal Binding Array and revealed that he intended to use them as nourishment for the Dragon Pearl.
• With help from the Green Vine Demonic Soul, Gu Sheng and Shangguan Yudie used dual cultivation to break the array and were thrown out of the secret realm.
• Gu Sheng agreed to return with Shangguan Yudie to search for more Dragon Pearls, but the old man attacked them with his Jade Scepter.
• After being driven back by the old man’s attacks, Gu Sheng and Shangguan Yudie began cultivating the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra and countered his next beam with sword and shears.

Gu Sheng and Shangguan Yudie defeated the scepter-bearing elder, explored the seven Sacred Mountains, and left the Chu Kingdom after finding only one Dragon Pearl and a Seven Dragon Eight Trigrams Array. As Emperor Chu Tianshu pursued Gu Sheng over the Chu Kingdom’s declining spirit qi, Princess Zishuang tasked him with finding the remaining Dragon Pearls in exchange for a chance to be with Shangguan Yudie; later, Gu Sheng began buying medicinal treasures at the Liang Kingdom’s royal auction.

• Gu Sheng and Shangguan Yudie combined their strength to defeat the scepter-bearing elder, then explored the seven Sacred Mountains and studied the Eight Trigrams Array.
• Gu Sheng and Shangguan Yudie absorbed divine liquid; it strengthened Gu Sheng’s body without raising his cultivation, while Shangguan Yudie advanced a minor realm.
• Gu Sheng and Shangguan Yudie found no other Dragon Pearls and left the Chu Kingdom with the Seven Dragon Eight Trigrams Array, causing the royal cultivation grounds to lose spirit qi and strange changes to spread across the kingdom.
• Emperor Chu Tianshu identified Gu Sheng in the secret realm’s recordings and vowed to capture him, while Princess Zishuang asked Gu Sheng to search for the remaining five Dragon Pearls and promised to consider granting him Shangguan Yudie.
• After recovering at the Saint Pill Sect, Gu Sheng attended the Liang Kingdom’s royal auction at Mu Tiantian’s invitation and spent heavily on medicinal materials and pills.

At the auction, Gu Sheng bought a Thousand Year Ice Soul Flower, then joined a royal hunting outing before setting out with Lin Tianhao, Lin Qingyu, and Lu Biluo to find the Dragon Pearl. After defeating a Volcanic Divine Crocodile and healing Lin Qingyu, the group discovered a chained expert in its nest and began fighting him.

• Gu Sheng outbid everyone for the Thousand Year Ice Soul Flower, whose spiritual energy stirred the Green Vine Demonic Soul.
• Gu Sheng and the women visited the royal hunting grounds, where he used the Green Vine to make lotuses bloom and plants flourish.
• Gu Sheng, Lin Tianhao, Lin Qingyu, and Lu Biluo infiltrated a hidden realm in Chu in search of the Dragon Pearl and descended into a well.
• The group fought a Peak Marrow Refining Realm Volcanic Divine Crocodile; Gu Sheng killed it with a golden palm after it broke Lin Qingyu's leg, then healed her with green energy.
• Lin Qingyu confessed her determination to be with Gu Sheng, but the two were interrupted when Lin Tianhao reported a stronger beast in the crocodile's nest.
• Gu Sheng, Lin Qingyu, Lin Tianhao, and Lu Biluo joined forces against a powerful expert bound in chains, but the expert used mysterious barriers to repel their attacks.

Gu Sheng and his companions fought their way through the Volcanic Divine Crocodile's lair, where they encountered a chained expert, a Black Tortoise, Cang Langyan's attackers, and a Dragon Pearl. The chapter left them joining forces against the Black Tortoise's formation as the battle reached its critical moment.

• Gu Sheng's group found a chained expert who proved immune to their attacks, but Gu Sheng distracted him with roasted Volcanic Divine Crocodile meat and persuaded him to let them pass.
• The four encountered a thousand-year Black Tortoise, whose Eight Trigrams Array struck them down as Cang Langyan arrived with thirty martial artists and ordered them to attack.
• The Black Tortoise unleashed its formation again, and Gu Sheng's group followed a surge of spiritual energy to a Dragon Pearl beneath five converging Dragon Vein passages.
• Cang Langyan and Gu Sheng's group fought over the Dragon Pearl while the Green Vine Demonic Soul wrapped around it and devoured approaching martial artists.
• The Black Tortoise trapped everyone in its formation, and Gu Sheng and his companions tore open part of it before Cang Langyan and his allies launched a counterattack.
• As the Black Tortoise activated its formation once more, Gu Sheng and the other three joined forces and shouted to break it.

Gu Sheng and his companions broke the Black Tortoise Array, defeated the Black Tortoise, and collected more Dragon Pearls, but their theft helped plunge Chu Kingdom into catastrophe. As Liang and Qi’s allied armies invaded, Gu Sheng’s group entered the war and clashed with Chu Xingchen’s prince corps, leaving Gu Sheng and Chu Xingchen locked in a fierce fight.

• Gu Sheng and Lin Qingyu foiled Cang Langyan and the Marrow Refining Realm martial artist’s ambush, and Lin Qingyu killed Cang Langyan.
• Gu Sheng used the Dragon Pearl to weaken the Black Tortoise Array, then destroyed the Black Tortoise after it promised to lead them to more Dragon Pearls.
• The Black Tortoise led Gu Sheng and his companions to four small Dragon Pearls, which Gu Sheng gave to the others before they collected the divine liquid and left.
• The stolen Dragon Pearls plunged Chu Kingdom into disaster, while Jiang Bai led the Liang-Qi Allied Forces toward its border and Chu Xingchen tried to awaken a Dragon Pearl’s power.
• Gu Sheng, Lin Tianhao, Lin Qingyu, and their allies joined the war, where Chu Xingchen’s prince corps confronted them and Chu Xingchen attacked Gu Sheng with Dragon Pearl-powered heavenly law strikes.
• Gu Sheng and Chu Xingchen exchanged repeated attacks, and their battle remained unresolved.

Gu Sheng defeated Chu Xingchen and helped the Liang Kingdom conquer Chu, then assisted Princess Zishuang in consolidating its new territory and subduing Qi. After the victory banquet, Princess Zishuang raised their agreement and revealed her ambition to claim the throne, while Gu Sheng questioned whether she needed the emperor’s title.

• Gu Sheng used the Green Vine Demonic Soul to kill Chu Xingchen, then joined the Purple Vine Demonic Soul in routing Chu’s forces and breaking the army’s morale.
• Gu Sheng and Princess Zishuang organized the occupation of Chu territory, while Princess Zishuang rejected the Qi envoy’s demand for spoils and made Qi a vassal state with one-seventh of the gains.
• At the victory banquet, Princess Zishuang rewarded Gu Sheng with Shangguan Yudie and offered him further rewards, but Gu Sheng said he wanted only to serve Liang.
• Princess Zishuang privately asked Gu Sheng whether he liked Shangguan Yudie and reminded him of their agreement to unify the realm in exchange for giving herself to him.
• Princess Zishuang said she could not share the realm because she was not emperor, and Gu Sheng urged her that she already ruled Liang and need not cling to the title.

Princess Zishuang asked Gu Sheng to help her claim the throne, but he declined while promising to serve Liang Kingdom; he also trusted Shangguan Yudie after she admitted serving the princess. After returning to Gu Family Village with Gu Xiaojiang, Gu Sheng reunited with his family and learned that Emperor Chu Tianshu had allied with the Fire Worship Cult to restore Chu, so he and Princess Zishuang set out to stop Chu Xingchen from gathering Dragon Pearls.

• Princess Zishuang told Gu Sheng she wanted the throne and asked for his help, but he refused to join the succession struggle and pledged to serve Liang Kingdom.
• Gu Sheng asked Shangguan Yudie whether she was spying on him, and she admitted she served Princess Zishuang because the princess had saved her life; Gu Sheng said he believed her.
• Gu Xiaojiang and Gu Sheng returned to Gu Family Village, where villagers welcomed them, Prefect Liu hosted them, and Gu Sheng reunited with Gu Daniu's family and saw Gu Wan's progress in cultivation.
• Emperor Chu Tianshu accepted the Fire Worship Cult's offer to help restore Chu in exchange for its wealth and a share of the realm, prompting Gu Sheng to prepare to strengthen himself.
• After discussing the Dragon Pearls, Princess Zishuang received word that Jiang Yunfei and Lu Biluo had found Chu Xingchen searching for them, and she and Gu Sheng rode to the fog-shrouded valley.

Princess Zishuang, Gu Sheng, Lu Biluo, and Jiang Yunfei defeated Chu Xingchen after breaking his Black Tortoise Formation, then turned back when Chu Kingdom launched a counterattack. Gu Sheng reached the frontline and faced the Fire Domain Supreme as Liang Kingdom's border came under threat.

• Princess Zishuang and Gu Sheng ambushed Chu Xingchen's group and seized the Dragon Pearl, but Chu Xingchen trapped them in the Black Tortoise Formation.
• Gu Sheng and Princess Zishuang joined their swords and the Dragon Pearl's power to break the formation, then defeated Chu Xingchen and his subordinates.
• The four rested in a misty valley, where Princess Zishuang exchanged her jade pendant for one of Gu Sheng's Dragon Pearls.
• After Princess Zishuang learned that Chu Kingdom had launched a counterattack, the four turned back to join Liang Kingdom's army.
• Gu Sheng attacked Chu soldiers with his Green Vine Demonic Soul, but the Fire Domain Supreme arrived and challenged him with the Heaven Burning Emperor Sword.

Gu Sheng and his companions failed to secure the sixth Dragon Pearl after encountering the powerful Holy Demon Body race, while the threat spread across the Crimson Cloud Continent. Princess Zishuang later sent Gu Sheng to infiltrate the Fire Worship Cult and weaken it or bring it under her control.

• Saint Aunt Su Ling tried to save the wounded Gu Sheng from the Fire Domain Supreme, but a mysterious Divine Monk intervened and forced the Fire Domain Supreme to leave.
• Gu Sheng and his companions traversed the five worlds in Chu's Divine Valley Secret Realm and found the sixth Dragon Pearl, then encountered the Holy Demon Body race beyond a hidden passage.
• Jiang Yunfei urged Gu Sheng to use the Seven Immortals Eight Trigrams Array to seal the entrance, allowing the group to retreat while the Holy Demon Body race remained trapped beyond it.
• Princess Zishuang's Great Dragon Pearl restored life to the Liang Kingdom, though its people remained divided and the Emperor of Great Liang secretly watched her and Gu Sheng.
• Princess Zishuang met Gu Sheng in the Secret Chamber, relived their sword-linked dual cultivation illusion, and then ordered him to infiltrate the Fire Worship Cult and cripple it or make it serve her.

After learning that the Thousand Poisons Sect had targeted Gu Family Village, Gu Sheng attacked its headquarters, killed Wu Gui, and rescued Gu Daniu's family. He appointed Gu Jingang sect master and settled the family at the sect, where Gu Jingang recounted his hardships.

• Gu Sheng learned that Marrow Refining Realm experts from the Thousand Poisons Sect were heading for Gu Family Village, sent Lin Miaomiao, Huang Miaoyin, and the other Saint Pill Sect seniors to protect it, and rushed to the sect headquarters.
• Gu Sheng confronted Wu Gui, fought through the Fuxi Bagua Formation, and killed him with help from the Green Vine Demonic Soul.
• Wu Gui used a gourd containing Gu Daniu's family to threaten Gu Sheng, but Gu Sheng destroyed the gourd, defeated Wu Gui's incarnation, and dissipated his soul.
• Gu Sheng healed Gu Daniu's family, appointed Gu Jingang as the Thousand Poisons Sect's new sect master, and reorganized the sect.
• At a banquet, Gu Jingang told Gu Sheng about his years as a mine slave and mercenary and the suffering his wife had endured; Gu Sheng promised to protect them from further injustice.

Gu Sheng visited Cloud Heaven Palace and received a map from the Divine Monk, then returned to Saint Pill Sect as rumors spread that the Fire Worship Cult was preparing to rebel. Through his clone Xu Liehuo, he became entangled in a battle with the Fire Domain Supreme, and Gu Sheng strengthened the clone with the power of the Primordial Saint Body.

• Gu Sheng met with his family, then used Xu Liehuo's identity to approach Su Xian and cultivate the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra with her.
• Gu Sheng left a clone beside Su Xian to gather intelligence and traveled to Cloud Heaven Palace, where the Divine Monk gave him a map and explained why he had saved him.
• Gu Sheng returned to Saint Pill Sect, celebrated with his fellow disciples, and heard that the Fire Worship Cult was preparing to raise troops in rebellion.
• The Fire Domain Supreme discovered Xu Liehuo and Su Xian cultivating together and attacked them with the Heaven Burning Emperor Sword.
• Xu Liehuo and Su Xian fought the Fire Domain Supreme together, and Gu Sheng injected the clone with the power of the Primordial Saint Body.

Gu Sheng and Su Xian escaped Fire Domain Supreme by trapping him in the Seven Stars Array, then Gu Sheng revealed his identity and prepared to leave the Crimson Cloud Continent. After settling his affairs and saying farewell, he and Lin Tianhao reached the Profound Abyss Sea to begin their journey toward Central Continent.

• Su Xian used the Object Restraint Array to contain Fire Domain Supreme, and Gu Sheng studied its patterns while she and Xu Liehuo waited for a chance to escape.
• Gu Sheng distracted Fire Domain Supreme with a feast, then trapped him with the Seven Stars Array as Su Xian opened her array and fled with him.
• Gu Sheng revealed that he was not Xu Liehuo but Gu Sheng, and Su Xian accepted him and promised to face the dangers ahead by his side.
• Gu Sheng left a clone to impersonate Fire Domain Supreme, visited Princess Zishuang, and told her he was leaving for Central Continent.
• Gu Sheng said farewell to his friends and departed with Lin Tianhao for the Profound Abyss Sea, where they prepared to board a ship despite warnings of danger.

Gu Sheng and Lin Tianhao traveled aboard the Profound Iron Giant Ship toward the Central Continent, surviving deadly sea monsters and the Sea of Thunder. After a brief stop on an island, the ship entered darkening waters, where Gu Sheng sensed an unknown danger ahead.

• Gu Sheng defeated and killed a Marrow Refining Realm challenger, then beat several more challengers aboard the ship.
• Sea monsters and a revolt against the captain killed passengers and threatened order, but the captain and crew subdued the resisters while Gu Sheng and Lin Tianhao watched.
• Gu Sheng and Lin Tianhao helped protect themselves and the ship in the Sea of Thunder; Gu Sheng's Primordial Saint Body blocked a lightning strike, and Lin Tianhao defended against another.
• After the ship reached an island, Gu Sheng and Lin Tianhao hunted a Mystic Deer, shared their meal with Brother Zhao, and decided not to investigate the volcano.
• As the ship sailed on into gathering darkness, Gu Sheng warned Lin Tianhao that the strange waters required caution.