Recaps

After escaping death, Gu Sheng returned to the Jade Pool Holy Land and helped the Jade Pool Saintess seal a mysterious baby inside a raw stone. The baby emerged anyway, appeared harmless, and called Gu Sheng her daddy, leaving him and the Saintess stunned.

• The Red Vine Demonic Soul rescued Gu Sheng from the shadowy figure, and Gu Sheng recovered in a secret realm, where he broke through the fourth level of the Marrow Refining Realm.
• Gu Sheng returned to the Jade Pool Holy Land, where the Jade Pool Saintess showed him a raw stone containing a powerful presence.
• Gu Sheng and the Jade Pool Saintess discovered a baby inside the raw stone and used the Jade Pool Secret Realm's immortal energy to seal it.
• The seal became unstable, but Gu Sheng and the Jade Pool Saintess worked together to steady it before the baby emerged from the cracked stone.
• The baby girl spoke, called Gu Sheng her daddy, and said she seemed to come from an ancient place.

Gu Sheng and the Jade Pool Saintess named the Primordial Divine Infant Shi Ling and escaped a pursuer with help from a mysterious youth. When rival factions demanded the infant, Gu Sheng claimed she had gone to the Primordial Beginning Ancient Mine, but a black-clad man attacked the Jade Pool Holy Land, leaving Gu Sheng and the Saintess fighting him.

• The Jade Pool Saintess and Gu Sheng named the baby Shi Ling and fled the secret realm as a hostile pursuer followed them.
• Shi Ling guided Gu Sheng and the Saintess to a white-clad youth, who led them into his cave and dealt with their pursuers.
• After news of the Primordial Divine Infant spread, the Jade Pool Saintess refused the visiting factions, and Gu Sheng arrived to help protect her.
• Gu Sheng told the gathered factions that Shi Ling had gone to the Primordial Beginning Ancient Mine, and he repelled cultivators who challenged him.
• A black-clad man appeared and attacked Gu Sheng; after Gu Sheng wounded him, the man unleashed a stronger assault, and the Jade Pool Saintess joined the battle.

Gu Sheng and the Jade Pool Saintess entered the Primordial Beginning Ancient Mine, where they survived a deadly sword-light mechanism and cultivated together inside an illusion. After breaking through in cultivation, they defeated the Black Robe Man, though the mine’s secrets remained unresolved.

• Gu Sheng defeated the first man in black, then joined the Jade Pool Saintess in deciding to investigate the Primordial Beginning Ancient Mine.
• Gu Sheng and the Jade Pool Saintess entered the mine, endured waves of sword lights, and found the crystal sphere controlling the mechanism.
• The crystal sphere drew them into an illusory space, where they cultivated together and advanced to the sixth level of the Marrow Refining Realm and the third level of the Sea Bottom Realm, respectively.
• Gu Sheng and the Jade Pool Saintess returned to the cave after the sphere shattered and the sword lights stopped.
• The Black Robe Man attacked them, but Gu Sheng and the Jade Pool Saintess fought together and knocked him down.

Gu Sheng and the Jade Pool Saintess explored the labyrinth in the Primordial Beginning Ancient Mine, defeated the Black Robe Man, and uncovered a vision of the Primordial Battlefield and the Death God's Tombstone. A Primordial Creature emerged from beneath the tombstone, forcing them to flee; back at the Jade Pool Holy Land, Gu Sheng began telling the others what they had discovered.

• Gu Sheng and the Jade Pool Saintess entered the stone-gate labyrinth, overcame its arrow traps, and defeated the Black Robe Man.
• After reading a stele that promised a secret in the labyrinth's depths, Gu Sheng and the Jade Pool Saintess returned and fought a primordial remnant soul.
• Gu Sheng's blood activated an ancient tombstone, which showed Zhan Fengyun and Shi Ling battling Xiao Moshen before the Death God's Tombstone appeared.
• A Primordial Creature emerged from beneath the Death God's Tombstone, and Gu Sheng and the Jade Pool Saintess escaped the labyrinth as powerful cultivators gathered at the Primordial Beginning Ancient Mine.
• Gu Sheng and the Jade Pool Saintess returned to the Jade Pool Holy Land, where Su Yao and Elder Ziwei welcomed them and Gu Sheng began describing the secrets they had found.

Gu Sheng reunited with the Jade Pool Holy Land before joining a gathering of young prodigies at the Heavenly Dao Sect, where a Black Robe Man launched a sudden attack. Gu Sheng and four allies defeated the attacker, but he escaped by igniting himself and flying away as black light.

• Elder Ziwei and the Jade Pool fairies welcomed Gu Sheng with a banquet, where he renewed his resolve to face the Calamity of World Destruction alongside them.
• Jiang Yichen invited Gu Sheng and other Young Prodigies to Lingxiao Mountain, where they shared displays of their techniques before an attacker arrived.
• The Black Robe Man assaulted the gathering, and Gu Sheng and the other Young Prodigies fought him and his subordinates.
• Wei Daoyuan, Jiang Yichen, Little Nun Jingyin, the Shaking Light Saintess, and Gu Sheng joined forces against the Black Robe Man as he transformed into a Nine-Headed Volcanic Crocodile.
• Gu Sheng concealed himself and struck the Black Robe Man from behind, helping the five allies defeat him.
• The wounded Black Robe Man threatened the group, then ignited himself and escaped as a streak of black light.

The secret realm tournament continued at Ling Xiao's summit, where the Shaking Light Saintess, Monk Xu Ruoyun, and Ji Xuri won their matches. Jiang Yichen challenged Xu Ruoyun and was clearly outmatched, while Gu Sheng left after watching Ji Xuri defeat King Jin Huang.

• Jiang Yichen resumed the gathering, and the Shaking Light Saintess defeated Shadow Mist with the Jade Pool Sacred Realm cultivation art.
• Monk Xu Ruoyun defeated Wei Daoyuan with the Void Spirit Divine Sword, disarming him and leaving him wounded.
• Jiang Yichen challenged Xu Ruoyun, attacked despite the vast difference in their strength, then stopped and thanked him for his guidance.
• Ji Xuri defeated King Jin Huang after his Sea Gives Birth to Sun manifestation outlasted the Thirteen Golden Fist.
• Gu Sheng praised Ji Xuri, told the Shaking Light Saintess he wished to follow his own path, and left the summit.

After Jiang Yichen defeated Gu Sheng in the Ling Xiao Secret Realm, Gu Sheng secluded himself at the Jade Pool and broke through to the ninth level of the Marrow Refining Realm. Su Ling later reunited with him and took him to the Heavenly Dao Sect’s Undersea Secret Realm, where a Spirit Wheel began forming within him.

• Jiang Yichen drew on dark energy to defeat Gu Sheng, who conceded and left the arena.
• Gu Sheng returned to the Jade Pool, entered seclusion, and broke through to the ninth level of the Marrow Refining Realm amid extraordinary celestial phenomena.
• Su Ling visited Gu Sheng at the Heavenly Sword Academy and explained that she had left the Fire Worship Cult and joined the Heavenly Dao Sect.
• Su Ling invited Gu Sheng to cultivate with her in the Undersea Secret Realm, and he accepted.
• After three days of cultivation in the secret realm, a Spirit Wheel began condensing in Gu Sheng’s sea of consciousness.

Gu Sheng broke through into the Sea Bottom Realm, then cultivated with Su Ling in the Forbidden Fruit Secret Realm before reuniting with Gu Xiaojiang and helping him defeat the cavalry pursuing him. After inviting Gu Xiaojiang and Su Ling to the Jade Pool Holy Land, Gu Sheng set out for the Northern Region to find resources for his cultivation and Grass Vine Demonic Soul.

• Gu Sheng broke through into the Sea Bottom Realm, creating a vision that astonished the Heavenly Dao Sect, and Jiang Yichen congratulated him and Su Ling.
• Gu Sheng and Su Ling cultivated together in the Forbidden Fruit Secret Realm until their Jade Maiden Heart Sutra reached major completion.
• While sparring on a grassland, Gu Sheng and Su Ling discovered cavalry pursuing Gu Xiaojiang and rushed to rescue him.
• Gu Sheng and Su Ling defeated the cavalry, while Gu Xiaojiang killed their Second Heaven leader and explained that they had pursued him for a thousand-year spiritual herb.
• Gu Sheng, Su Ling, and Gu Xiaojiang reunited over wine at Drunken Immortal Residence, and Gu Sheng invited them to visit the Jade Pool Holy Land.
• After Su Ling and Gu Xiaojiang departed, Gu Sheng set out for the Northern Region to gather cultivation resources and heavenly treasures.

Gu Sheng and his companions defeated Jade Maiden Gang fighters at the Primordial Mine, then planned to draw out the gang leader, Li Xueyue, by making a spectacle at Diyuan Workshop. Li Xueyue arrived to confront them, and the chapter left their meeting poised to escalate.

• Gu Sheng fought off Jade Maiden Gang members at the Primordial Mine, and the Black Emperor and Gu Sheng's friends joined him to defeat the reinforcements.
• Gu Sheng and his companions discussed the Jade Maiden Gang and decided to attract Li Xueyue's attention with a public display at the largest Gambling Stone House in the Northern Region.
• At Diyuan Workshop, Gu Sheng's group selected several stones that yielded top-grade Spirit Stones, drawing attention from the crowd and Jade Maiden Gang scouts.
• Li Xueyue heard about the group and went to Diyuan Workshop to confront them.
• Gu Sheng and Xing Lie denied causing trouble, but Li Xueyue challenged their claim that they had come merely to have fun.

Gu Sheng defeated Li Xueyue in a stone-gambling contest and then fought her to a standstill, but she knocked him unconscious and abducted him to Jade Maiden Valley. Trapped in her illusion, Gu Sheng prepared to break free, and Li Xueyue agreed to accompany him out.

• Li Xueyue and Gu Sheng each chose three rough stones, and Gu Sheng won after uncovering a Divine Silkworm that flew away as Old Undeads pursued it.
• Gu Sheng and Li Xueyue fought fiercely until she admitted defeat, then she struck him unconscious and abducted him while Xing Lie, Wu Tianxiong, Kou Hai, Ying Tianxing, and Big Black Dog gave chase.
• In Jade Maiden Valley's dungeon, Li Xueyue tried to persuade and seduce Gu Sheng into joining the Jade Maiden Gang, but he resisted with the Great Prajna Sutra.
• Li Xueyue trapped Gu Sheng in an illusory kingdom where they lived as a royal couple, while he secretly cultivated his techniques and searched for a way out.
• Gu Sheng used his techniques to declare that he would break the illusion, and Li Xueyue agreed to accompany him as their swords clashed.

Gu Sheng left Jade Maiden Valley with Li Xueyue’s allegiance and led his companions to seek opportunities at Yuelai Gambling Stone Workshop and the Primordial Mining Area. After Gu Sheng’s group found a Primordial Divine Crystal and killed its guardian, Black Wind Stronghold arrived to claim it, setting up a confrontation.

• Gu Sheng defeated Li Xueyue in the illusory world, and she agreed to follow him as they returned to Jade Maiden Valley hand in hand.
• Gu Sheng reunited with Xing Lie, Wu Tianxiong, Ying Tianxing, Kou Hai, and Black Emperor, rejected raiding small gangs as their main way to gain resources, and proposed training and seeking opportunities through gambling and mining.
• Gu Sheng led the Jade Maiden Gang to Yuelai Gambling Stone Workshop, where he picked an ordinary-looking stone that yielded a valuable spirit stone.
• Gu Sheng’s group found a Primordial Divine Crystal in an ancient mine tunnel, and Gu Sheng killed the Demon Lizard that guarded it.
• Men from Black Wind Stronghold entered the mine and demanded the Primordial Divine Crystal; Gu Sheng and Xing Lie claimed descent from the Northern Region Thirteen Great Bandits, but the stronghold leader refused to back down.

Gu Sheng and the Jade Maiden Gang raided Black Wind Stronghold, then Gu Sheng used their spoils to mutate his Grass Vine Demonic Soul into a devastating weapon. After a powerful presence in the Icefield Forest took interest in it, armed strangers arrived at Jade Maiden Peak demanding the demonic soul, and Gu Sheng prepared to fight.

• Gu Sheng defeated the Black Wind Stronghold leader at the mine, and he and the others decided to raid Black Wind Ridge.
• Gu Sheng led the Jade Maiden Gang in a surprise attack on Black Wind Stronghold, seized its treasures, and burned its camp before returning to Jade Maiden Peak.
• Gu Sheng used spirit stones to mutate his Grass Vine Demonic Soul, then tested its corrosive power against demonic beasts in the Icefield Forest.
• A powerful presence with scarlet eyes sensed the Grass Vine Demonic Soul and declared its intention to take it.
• A middle-aged man arrived at Jade Maiden Peak with armed followers and demanded Gu Sheng hand over the Grass Vine Demonic Soul.
• Gu Sheng refused, activated his cultivation technique, and prepared to fight alongside the Jade Maiden Gang.

Gu Sheng and his companions defeated Jin Yao, then raided the Ji Family Mine and escaped with spirit stones after fighting Ji Xuri and Ji Yewei. Gu Sheng fled underground through a river with Ji Yewei as his captive, and she questioned why he opposed her family.

• Gu Sheng fought Jin Yao while Xing Lie and the others battled his men, and Big Black Dog joined the fight, forcing Jin Yao to flee.
• Gu Sheng and his companions decided to raid the Ji Family Mine, defeated its guards and elders, and clashed with Ji Xuri and Ji Yewei before retreating with spirit stones and raw stones.
• Ji Xuri and Ji Yewei caught up with the group, but Gu Sheng's team fought back until he captured Ji Yewei and negotiated their escape.
• Ji Xuri attacked again as Gu Sheng's group withdrew, so Gu Sheng used the Grass Vine Demonic Soul to flee underground through a river with Ji Yewei.
• Ji Yewei asked why Gu Sheng opposed the Ji Family, and Gu Sheng said he could not tolerate its oppression of the common people.

Gu Sheng and Ji Yewei traveled through the underground world, survived a Shadow Split Beast attack, and grew closer before Ji Yefu captured them. Gu Sheng broke free and freed Ji Yewei, who confronted Ji Yefu over her past crimes.

• Gu Sheng refused to release Ji Yewei as they drifted along the underground river, and they admired the glowing insects and fluorescent flower sea together.
• A Shadow Split Beast attacked, and Gu Sheng and Ji Yewei lured it into a trap and killed it after a fierce fight.
• After they emerged from the cave, a fragrant Jade Bird rendered Gu Sheng and Ji Yewei unconscious, and Ji Yefu captured them beneath a tree.
• Ji Yefu threatened Ji Yewei and revealed she wanted Gu Sheng's Primordial Saint Body to refine an elixir of immortality.
• Gu Sheng broke free and shielded Ji Yewei from Ji Yefu's attack, then used the Grass Vine Demonic Soul to cut through their Immortal Binding Ropes.
• Ji Yewei confronted Ji Yefu about her family's misdeeds while Gu Sheng left her to decide Ji Yefu's fate.

Ji Yefu survived after a black shadow possessed her and overpowered Gu Sheng and Ji Yewei until Green Willow intervened. Gu Sheng and Ji Yewei bonded during their travels, but Ji family elders caught up with them; Ji Yewei agreed to return home and invited Gu Sheng to visit, where they met Ji Ruoshui.

• Ji Yewei bound Ji Yefu with the Immortal Binding Rope and pushed her into the lake, where a black shadow possessed her body.
• Ji Yefu returned stronger and attacked Gu Sheng and Ji Yewei, but Green Willow arrived and drove her back.
• Gu Sheng and Ji Yewei hunted a Nether Tyrant with the Grass Vine Demonic Soul, then shared food and talked about their lives and hopes.
• Ji family elders caught up with Gu Sheng and Ji Yewei, and Ji Yewei agreed to return with Ji Wanyou while asking the family to host Gu Sheng.
• Gu Sheng accompanied Ji Yewei to the Ji family, where Ji Ruoshui welcomed him and asked whether he had saved Yewei.

After escaping Ji Wanyou and Ji Jingwei, Gu Sheng healed himself and the Grass Vine Demonic Soul with the Jade Light Spirit Marrow Grass, then broke through to the Sea Bottom Realm Second Layer. He traveled to the Primordial Beginning Ancient Mine seeking further opportunities and arrived as martial artists gathered around a powerful black coffin.

• Gu Sheng chose the Jade Light Spirit Marrow Grass from the Ji family's treasury, while Ji Wanyou and the treasury steward secretly coveted it.
• Ji Wanyou and Ji Jingwei ambushed Gu Sheng; he fought back with his sword and the Grass Vine Demonic Soul, then escaped after Ji Wanyou severed the vines with golden scissors.
• Gu Sheng refined the Jade Light Spirit Marrow Grass to heal the Grass Vine Demonic Soul and absorbed its remaining energy as he cultivated in a secluded cave.
• Gu Sheng endured a Heavenly Tribulation and broke through to the Sea Bottom Realm Second Layer, while unseen figures in the cave decided to report his growth to the elders.
• Gu Sheng traveled to the Primordial Beginning Ancient Mine, where he found many martial artists gathered around a powerful black coffin excavated by the Ji Family Mine.

Gu Sheng fought Wu Dewang over treasures in the ancient tomb and obtained a mysterious bronze shard, while Black Wind Elder stole the Demon Emperor's Coffin and escaped into a collapsing spatial rift. Gu Sheng and the others waited outside, unaware that the powerful pursuers were trapped inside.

• Gu Sheng competed for treasures around the Demon Emperor's Coffin, but Wu Dewang stole two of his prizes and later snatched the golden longsword from him.
• Wu Dewang pursued a bronze shard into a pool, where Gu Sheng fought him and an enormous aquatic monster; the Grass Vine Demonic Soul retrieved the shard for Gu Sheng.
• Black Wind Elder seized the Demon Emperor's Coffin and fled through a spatial rift as the faction leaders pursued him.
• The spatial rift began collapsing, and Black Wind Elder escaped with the coffin while the pursuing leaders were trapped inside.
• Gu Sheng and the Shaking Light Saintess waited outside the spatial black hole, worried that the great figures had not returned.

After the Demon Emperor's Coffin proved empty, its powerful heart emerged and was stolen by the Black Wind Elder, who later captured Gu Sheng to refine him with it into an immortal pill. Gu Sheng broke through inside the cauldron but was nearly killed in battle until the Peacock King intervened and killed the Black Wind Elder.

• The Demon Emperor's Coffin burst apart, revealing nothing inside, while its energy scattered the trapped big shots and the Demon Emperor's Heart appeared.
• The Black Wind Elder seized the sentient heart and escaped, then captured Gu Sheng to use his Primordial Saint Body in an alchemical pill.
• Trapped in the cauldron, Gu Sheng refined its herbs, endured heavenly purple lightning, and broke through to the Sea Bottom Realm Second Layer.
• Gu Sheng broke free and fought the Black Wind Elder, but he was wounded and fell into danger.
• The Peacock King arrived, defeated and killed the Black Wind Elder, and checked on Gu Sheng.

Gu Sheng returned from the Primordial Beginning Ancient Mine stronger, shared treasures at the Jade Pool Holy Land, and survived a kidnapping before demonstrating his Grass Vine Demonic Soul’s new power. He and Su Yao entered the Trial Secret Realm, where they began defeating its powerful demonic beasts.

• Gu Sheng refined the remaining treasures, strengthened his Primordial Saint Body and Grass Vine Demonic Soul, and killed a Sea Bottom Realm Third Layer bat demon.
• Gu Sheng returned to the Jade Pool Holy Land at the Sea Bottom Realm Second Layer and distributed treasures to the disciples, the Jade Pool Saintess, and Su Yao.
• Elder Bixiao accused Gu Sheng of hiding treasures, drugged and captured him, but the elders rescued him and learned she had misunderstood his actions.
• Gu Sheng demonstrated how his Grass Vine Demonic Soul transformed into corrosive green lotuses that devoured a small mountain’s vegetation.
• Gu Sheng and Su Yao entered the Trial Secret Realm, where Gu Sheng’s grass vines defeated the Thunder Sea Black Tortoise and other demonic beasts while Su Yao fought beside him.

Gu Sheng helped Su Yao obtain the fifth Water Spirit Pearl, then attended a celebration in Hundred Flowers Valley, where Yan Ruyu asked him to nourish the Demon Emperor’s Heart. When he placed it in the seabed secret realm of his dantian, the Demon Emperor’s divine consciousness awakened and tried to seize control of his body.

• Su Yao distracted the Mysterious Heaven Savage Bear while Gu Sheng retrieved the fifth Water Spirit Pearl, then Gu Sheng used his Grass Vine Demonic Soul to restrain and corrode the beast.
• Gu Sheng traveled alone to Hundred Flowers Valley, where Yan Ruyu and the Peacock King thanked him for helping reclaim the Demon Emperor’s Heart and establish Yan Ruyu as Holy Lord.
• Yan Ruyu asked Gu Sheng to nourish the weakening Demon Emperor’s Heart with his Primordial Saint Body, and he agreed despite his vitality draining during the process.
• After the heart’s aura grew stronger, Yan Ruyu persuaded Gu Sheng to keep it in the seabed secret realm of his dantian for three months.
• As Gu Sheng placed the Demon Emperor’s Heart in his dantian, its divine consciousness awakened, formed a majestic figure, and attempted to take control of his body.

Gu Sheng suppressed the Demon Emperor's Divine Sense with the Primordial Saint Body, placed the Demon Emperor's Heart in his dantian, and traveled to the Spirit Sand Vast Sea in search of the sixth Water Spirit Pearl. After defeating two powerful demonic beasts, he rescued Yu Die and agreed to escort her to the Yu Clan's territory.

• The Primordial Saint Body suppressed the Demon Emperor's Divine Sense, allowing Gu Sheng to place the Demon Emperor's Heart in his dantian's undersea secret realm.
• Gu Sheng traveled to the Spirit Sand Vast Sea, where he defeated two demonic beasts after struggling against their strength and defenses.
• Gu Sheng found bandits attacking Yu Die and an elder, trapped the bandits in his lotus-leaf formation, and killed them.
• Yu Die thanked Gu Sheng and explained that she had been traveling toward the Yu Clan's territory with the badly injured elder.
• Gu Sheng agreed to escort Yu Die to the Yu Clan's territory.

Gu Sheng and Yu Die traveled through the desert in the Butterfly Shadow Flying Carriage, found the sixth Water Spirit Pearl, and discussed Yu Die’s missing aunt and Gu Sheng’s acquaintance Lei Ying. They later discovered Agama Temple, reunited with Lin Tianhao—now the Buddhist monk Mingxin—and continued their journey after visiting Agama Lake.

• Yu Die offered to help Gu Sheng search for the Water Spirit Pearl, and they set out together in her clan’s Butterfly Shadow Flying Carriage.
• Gu Sheng told Yu Die about Lei Ying, and Yu Die suspected that Lei Ying might be the daughter of her aunt, who had been abducted by pirates.
• Gu Sheng and Yu Die deciphered the runes in an ancient oasis temple, allowing Gu Sheng to take the sixth Water Spirit Pearl.
• Gu Sheng and Yu Die camped by the oasis, shared a meal and their dreams, and Gu Sheng comforted Yu Die about her missing aunt.
• Gu Sheng and Yu Die followed scattered remains to Agama Temple, where they reunited with Lin Tianhao, who had become the monk Mingxin.
• After speaking with Mingxin and admiring Agama Lake at sunset, Gu Sheng and Yu Die returned to the Butterfly Shadow Flying Carriage to continue their journey.

After leaving the Yu Clan, Gu Sheng joined the Dragon Cloud Kingdom’s Magic Battle Convention and defeated a powerful opponent, earning the Emperor’s favor. Yu Qingyang offered him Yu Die’s hand in marriage and a place in the Yu Clan, but Gu Sheng refused; the chapter ended as a guard reported that demonic beasts were charging toward the imperial palace.

• Yu Qingyang rejected Gu Sheng as a match for Yu Die, but let him choose a treasure, and Gu Sheng took the Profound Grade Butterfly Shadow Flying Carriage and left the Yu Clan.
• In the Dragon Cloud Kingdom, Little Nun Jingyin invited Gu Sheng to the Magic Battle Convention, where he defeated a middle-aged cultivator with his golden bell and the Great Prajna Sutra.
• Emperor Long Aoyu and Empress welcomed Gu Sheng, and he reunited with Crown Prince Long Youguang, whom he had met in the Western Wasteland forests.
• Yu Qingyang offered Yu Die’s hand in marriage and invited Gu Sheng to join the Yu Clan as a Guest Elder, but Gu Sheng declined, saying he wanted to focus on cultivation and remain free.
• A guard rushed into the imperial palace and reported that demonic beasts were surging toward the city and palace.

Gu Sheng helped Dragon Cloud Kingdom defeat a demonic beast tide, refused Emperor Long Aoyu’s offer to stay, and received three treasures before leaving to cultivate. After breaking through to the Sea Bottom Realm Fourth Heaven, he headed back toward the Jade Pool Holy Land and set a trap for the stalking Daoist Wu Dewang, who was caught peeping at the Seven Fairies bathing.

• Gu Sheng fought alongside Long Youguang and Yu Qingyang, using his martial arts, treasures, and Demon Emperor’s Heart to force the demonic beasts to retreat.
• Emperor Long Aoyu offered Gu Sheng a place among the palace’s consecrated experts, but Gu Sheng declined and accepted one thousand Purple Spirit Stones, a Heavenly Evolution Wood Spirit Pill, and the Dream Butterfly Atlas.
• Gu Sheng cultivated for a month as the Grass Vine Demonic Soul transformed into a Corrosive Green Lotus, then broke through to the Sea Bottom Realm Fourth Heaven during a thunderous upheaval.
• After another month, Gu Sheng set out for the Jade Pool Holy Land and used the Great Moon Eye Technique to discover that Daoist Wu Dewang was following him.
• Gu Sheng lured Wu Dewang toward the pool where the Seven Fairies were bathing and concealed himself with the Shadow Concealment Art; one fairy spotted Wu Dewang and shouted that someone was peeping.

Gu Sheng caught Wu Dewang spying at the Jade Pool, then took all of Wu Dewang’s treasures after pretending to consider a trade. After Wu Dewang escaped and vowed revenge, Gu Sheng visited the Jade Pool Saintess to offer her the Dream Butterfly Atlas, but she refused it.

• The fairies caught Wu Dewang spying on them bathing and tied him to a tree while Gu Sheng went to bathe in the Jade Pool.
• After the fairies left, Gu Sheng questioned Wu Dewang, who admitted he had followed him to obtain the green bronze fragment or the Demon Emperor’s Heart.
• Wu Dewang displayed his treasures and offered them in trade, but Gu Sheng bound him with the Grass Vine Demonic Soul and took everything, including the Demon Suppressing Stele.
• Gu Sheng left Wu Dewang tied up and examined his new treasures, while Wu Dewang reflected on his greed and resolved to cultivate again and get revenge.
• Gu Sheng visited the Jade Pool Saintess and presented her with the Dream Butterfly Atlas, but she praised it and refused to accept it.