Arc 15The Sacred Mountain Expedition

Gu Sheng survived the Demon Emperor’s Tomb, pursued cultivation through Qingfeng Town and several grotto-heavens, and reached the Life Spring Realm. In the Primordial Forbidden Zone, he joined a factional expedition for divine medicine and confronted the elders’ demands as he searched for its location.

  • Gu Sheng escaped Wei Dubu’s attacks, survived successive Heavenly Tribulations, and killed Wei Dubu before refining the Nine Revolutions Golden Elixir and Spirit Gathering Immortal Herb.
  • Gu Sheng explored the Demon Emperor’s Tomb, obtained the Dao Scripture and a Golden Book page, passed the tomb’s trial, and acquired green bronze tied to the Desolate Pagoda.
  • Gu Sheng settled in Qingshan, protected Old Man Jiang and Little Tingting from the Li family, and helped expose the family’s role in the deaths of Tingting’s parents.
  • Gu Sheng refused Jiang Yifei’s invitation to join the Jiang family, evaded its pursuit, and entered Purple Sun Grotto-Heaven, where Elder Han captured him and tried to refine him into a pill.
  • Gu Sheng killed Elder Han, cultivated with the stolen herbs and Bodhi Seed, and broke through to the Life Spring Realm before returning to Jade Cauldron Grotto-Heaven.
  • Gu Sheng entered the Primordial Forbidden Zone with companions, survived its curse and beasts, and agreed to help the factions reach the Sacred Mountain in exchange for the right to kill Jiang Feng.
  • Gu Sheng killed Jiang Feng, made the elders clear skeletons from the abyss, and demanded the release of Huang Miaoyin, Gu Xiaojiang, and the others before revealing the divine medicine’s location.
  • Gu Sheng began sensing the divine medicine, but Jiang Hanzhong sent a puppet imprint rushing toward him.
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Ch. 352Opening the Bitter Sea

After mastering the Sea of Wheels Secret Realm, Gu Sheng entered the Dao Annihilation Hall’s Spirit Gathering Secret Realm to seek herbs, where Elder Wei Dubu attacked him after learning he possessed the Primordial Saint Body. Their battle triggered a Heavenly Tribulation, and Gu Sheng faced its final strike alone.

  • Gu Sheng refined his control of the Sea of Wheels Secret Realm and drew the admiration and envy of Jade Pool Holy Land’s disciples.
  • Gu Sheng entered the Dao Annihilation Hall’s Spirit Gathering Secret Realm with an elder’s token and found the Spirit Gathering King Immortal Herb.
  • Elder Wei Dubu accused Gu Sheng of trespassing, attacked him, and threatened to capture his Primordial Saint Body for refining into medicine.
  • Gu Sheng used Space Leap to evade Wei Dubu, then activated the All Characters Secret and fought him on even footing until a Heavenly Tribulation forced Wei Dubu to flee.
  • Gu Sheng resisted the tribulation’s lightning with his golden sea and Primordial Saint Body, then met its devastating final strike head-on.

Ch. 353Wheel of Life Power

Gu Sheng survived his Heavenly Tribulation, defeated Wei Dubu, and obtained the Nine Revolutions Golden Elixir before escaping Wei Daoyuan’s revenge attempt. After returning to the Jade Pool Holy Land, he refined the elixir and Spirit Gathering Immortal Herb, broke through to greater power, and faced Wei Daoyuan’s armed group as they stormed in.

  • Gu Sheng survived the Heavenly Tribulation, but Wei Dubu attacked him, hoping to refine him into a pill.
  • Gu Sheng fought Wei Dubu with his Primordial Saint Body and secret arts, then used grass vines, Space Leap, and the Profound Heaven Sword to gain the upper hand.
  • A new Heavenly Tribulation struck as Wei Dubu pursued Gu Sheng; its final bolt shattered Wei Dubu’s staff, allowing Gu Sheng to kill him.
  • Wei Dubu’s corpse vanished and left behind a Nine Revolutions Golden Elixir, which Gu Sheng took before escaping Wei Daoyuan, who swore revenge.
  • Gu Sheng returned to the Jade Pool Holy Land and refined the Nine Revolutions Golden Elixir and Spirit Gathering Immortal Herb, expanding his bitter sea and breaking through while the Jade Pool Saintess protected him.
  • Wei Daoyuan led a group into the Jade Pool Holy Land to confront Gu Sheng, who challenged them to attack.

Ch. 354Golden Fission

Gu Sheng defeated Wei Daoyuan during a Heavenly Tribulation and broke through, then joined Yan Ruyu in exploring the Demon Emperor’s tomb and obtained the Dao Scripture. After the tomb was opened and powerful factions converged, Gu Sheng slipped into the ruins and found the Netherworld Pearl in the Demon Emperor’s Yin Tomb.

  • Gu Sheng struck Wei Daoyuan as a Heavenly Tribulation descended, then used the opening to defeat him and begin breaking through to a higher realm.
  • Yan Ruyu invited Gu Sheng to the Demon Emperor’s tomb, where the two entered the emerged hall and Gu Sheng obtained the Dao Scripture before the Demon Emperor’s Heart flew away.
  • Gu Sheng shared a copy of the Sea of Wheels Scroll with Yan Ruyu, but Jade Pool Holy Land and other powerful factions arrived, setting the stage for a fight over the tomb’s treasures.
  • Five great figures joined forces to open the tomb, and Gu Sheng seized treasures before using Space Leap to enter a sealed area of the ruins.
  • Gu Sheng sent Wu Dewang into a deep pool in search of a green-bronze treasure, then explored a hidden cave and discovered the Netherworld Pearl in the Demon Emperor’s Yin Tomb.

Ch. 355Green Light Entered His Body

Gu Sheng absorbed the green copper fragment, advanced rapidly, and tried to reach the Demon Emperor’s Tomb while protecting Lin Tianhao from the powerful figures pursuing them. The tomb began opening, and Gu Sheng followed the Grand Elder of the Dao Annihilation Hall toward it despite the danger.

  • The green copper fragment entered Gu Sheng’s body and activated, causing his cultivation to advance while Wu Dewang lamented that he had not found it.
  • The Demon Emperor’s Heart chose Lin Tianhao, who was sealed by the Dao Annihilation Hall’s elders as the ancient hall emerged from the crater.
  • Gu Sheng opened his Sea of Bitterness, displayed great power, and confronted the figures racing to enter the ancient hall before going to free Lin Tianhao.
  • After Lin Tianhao was captured and sealed again, Gu Sheng watched Su Ling and the others confront the demon race near the volcano.
  • The Demon Emperor’s Tomb rose from the crater, and Gu Sheng followed the Grand Elder toward it after a blast of energy announced that it was opening.

Ch. 356Ancient Hall Opens

Gu Sheng obtained a golden page from the Dao Scripture after the Demon Emperor’s relics fled the ancient hall, then comprehended it and began undergoing a breakthrough amid a lightning tribulation. He fought back against the tribulation by shattering one of its bolts with his fist.

  • The Grand Elder and the golden-haired girl fought over the relics while Gu Sheng tried to seize them, but an ancient figure revealed that only a victor in trials could earn their recognition.
  • The Dao Scripture and the Eastern Wasteland human race’s supreme treasure fled the hall, and the experts’ attempts to enter were repelled by an invisible force.
  • Gu Sheng pulled a golden page from a corpse and left the hall with it as Lin Tianhao watched before departing.
  • Gu Sheng studied the page in seclusion, merged its Golden Book into his Bitter Sea, and felt his power surge as the sea expanded.
  • A lightning tribulation descended during Gu Sheng’s breakthrough, and he fought back until he shattered a bolt with his fist.

Ch. 357Dao Scripture Golden Scroll

Gu Sheng broke through the Sea of Wheels Secret Realm and saw the Dao Scripture reappear in his Sea of Suffering. Amid the struggle over the Demon Emperor’s Tomb and its heart, he passed the tomb’s trial and gained the Demon Emperor’s recognition before departing.

  • Gu Sheng defeated the lightning tribulation, entered a new cultivation realm, and saw the Dao Scripture emerge from his golden Sea of Suffering.
  • Shaking Light Holy Land, the Ji family, and other factions entered the Demon Emperor’s Tomb, but found an empty box as the Demon Emperor’s heart flew away.
  • Gu Sheng and Lin Tianhao pursued the Demon Emperor’s heart alongside a woman from Shaking Light Holy Land, but it vanished after releasing a powerful burst of energy.
  • The factions gathered again at the reemerged tomb, where its Demon Race Imperial Script struck down cultivators who tried to force their way in.
  • Gu Sheng touched the tomb without being attacked, declared that he had passed the Demon Emperor’s trial, and left after claiming its recognition.

Ch. 358Mysterious Power

Gu Sheng and Lin Tianhao confronted a mysterious woman and her great demons before the Demon Emperor's Tomb, but she let them leave after Gu Sheng refused to abandon his friend. Later, Gu Sheng watched five powerful figures enter the tomb, then sensed a mysterious aura awakening inside the stone mountain where an azure light had disappeared.

  • Gu Sheng fought the great demons until Lin Tianhao appeared and demanded that the mysterious woman let Gu Sheng go.
  • When the woman said Lin Tianhao had to stay, Gu Sheng stood by him, and she eventually allowed them both to leave.
  • Five great figures opened the Demon Emperor's Tomb, and countless Spiritual Martial weapons flew out; an azure radiance plunged into the stone mountain beneath Gu Sheng.
  • Heaven Breaker Venerable, Holy Light True Person, Heaven Battling Marquis, Jade Wave Fairy, and Netherworld Demon King entered the tomb, then returned without finding the weapons or a supreme treasure.
  • As the five figures searched the area again, Gu Sheng sensed a strange aura within the stone mountain and began climbing toward it.

Ch. 359Snatching Treasure from a Great Figure

Gu Sheng found Spiritual Martial weapons in a cavern, fought Wu Dewang, and briefly reclaimed treasures after defeating him, but Wu Dewang later stole three weapons from him again. Meanwhile, a mysterious woman escaped with the Demon Emperor’s Spiritual Martial weapon, and Gu Sheng faced Wu Dewang once more, ending with the stolen weapons still out of reach.

  • Gu Sheng found a blue-green dagger and a blood-red pearl, but Wu Dewang stole both and attacked him when he tried to leave.
  • Gu Sheng used his techniques and Grass Vine Demonic Soul to defeat Wu Dewang in the cavern and reclaim the dagger and pearl.
  • The five supreme experts shattered the Demon Emperor’s Tomb, but a mysterious woman used a Treasure Gathering Basin to take its Spiritual Martial weapon and escaped after trapping Netherworld Demon King in a formation.
  • Wu Dewang used the Great Breaking Bowl to swallow the three Spiritual Martial weapons Gu Sheng held, then tried to leave with them.
  • Gu Sheng blocked Wu Dewang and attacked with the power of his Primordial Saint Body, but Wu Dewang remained standing while Gu Sheng was forced back.

Ch. 360Human Race Supreme Treasure

Gu Sheng discovered that the green bronze he found held mysterious Dao markings and drew the attention of the five great figures, while Wu Dewang revealed its connection to the Desolate Pagoda and the Demon Emperor’s Yin Tomb. The chapter ended with Wu Dewang explaining the Desolate Pagoda’s origins and its role in opening the Yin Tomb.

  • Heaven Breaker Venerable defeated Gu Sheng and Wu Dewang when they tried to seize the seven-colored divine sword, so they fled using the Space Leap secret technique.
  • Gu Sheng found a piece of green bronze among the rubble, and it revealed mysterious Dao markings before entering his Bitter Sea and stirring his Primordial Saint Body.
  • The five great figures demanded that Gu Sheng surrender the bronze, but they left to investigate a beam of demonic light they believed came from the Desolate Pagoda.
  • Wu Dewang told Gu Sheng that the bronze was a key to the Desolate Pagoda, then searched the black pool while Gu Sheng concealed that he still had it.
  • Gu Sheng told Wu Dewang about the Demon Emperor’s Yin Tomb, and Wu Dewang explained that the Desolate Pagoda could stabilize its entrance and had been forged by a Primordial Age expert.

Ch. 361Immortal Artifact Fragment

Gu Sheng and Wu Dewang uncovered the origins of the green copper, then entered the Yin Tomb and fought its guardians and their hidden mastermind. After they survived the battle and obtained a Dao-patterned wooden token, five great figures arrived and forced Wu Dewang back into the cold pool while Gu Sheng withdrew.

  • Wu Dewang told Gu Sheng that the green copper had once brought chaos to the Eastern Wasteland and might awaken an ancient existence, and Gu Sheng later studied its Dao patterns during months of cultivation.
  • Gu Sheng and Wu Dewang returned to the black pool, defeated the Black Gold Ape, and fought through waves of Yin soldiers to locate the Yin Tomb.
  • The pair entered the tomb, found a battered book and a cold-glinting dagger on an altar, and identified the book as the Demon Emperor's cultivation manual.
  • A Shaking Light Holy Land disciple appeared with a Dao-patterned wooden token, but Wu Dewang snatched it from him before Demon Generals attacked and killed the disciple.
  • Gu Sheng and Wu Dewang fought the old man controlling the Yin soldiers and Demon Generals for three days and nights, then defeated him and obtained the token.
  • Five great figures arrived and ordered Wu Dewang into the cold pool again, while Gu Sheng distanced himself from them.

Ch. 362Far from the Battles of the Mighty

Gu Sheng escaped the demon emperor’s Yin Tomb with spiritual herbs and Life Essence, then settled in a quiet town and grew close to the innkeeper and his granddaughter, Tingting. After driving off thugs who threatened them, he cultivated with the Dao Scripture and Bodhi Seed before setting out to confront the Li family; the chapter leaves him studying the four realms of the Sea of Wheels Scroll.

  • Gu Sheng collected spiritual herbs and Life Essence, escaped the ruins as a terrifying aura rose from the cold pool, and reached the town of Qingshan.
  • Gu Sheng accepted the innkeeper’s offer to stay and help with chores, befriended Tingting, and shared stories with her about cultivation and his distant home.
  • Gu Sheng returned from hunting to find local thugs threatening the innkeeper and Tingting, then defeated them and learned that the Li family backed their abuses.
  • Gu Sheng investigated the Li family, cultivated with the Dao Scripture and Bodhi Seed, and set out to confront the family after strengthening his powers.
  • Gu Sheng studied the Sea of Wheels Scroll’s four realms: Bitter Sea, Life Spring, Divine Bridge, and Other Shore.

Ch. 363The Sea of Suffering's Greed for Life Essence

Gu Sheng strengthened his Primordial Saint Body by cultivating with Source, defeated a black-clad man who tried to steal it, and attacked a minor branch of the Li family. After advancing in the Sea of Suffering Realm, he confronted Steward Liu for abusing Old Man Jiang and Little Tingting, leaving Steward Liu thrown into the street.

  • Gu Sheng refined his cultivation methods and techniques, then found a piece of Source in the forest and defeated the black-clad man who tried to take it.
  • Gu Sheng absorbed the Source during a month of seclusion, emerged stronger, and prepared to oppose the Li family while reassuring Little Tingting and Old Man Jiang.
  • Gu Sheng raided the Li family treasury and fought through its guards, declaring the end of the family's minor branch.
  • Gu Sheng refined spiritual herbs and Source until his Sea of Suffering expanded and contained nineteen Divine Marks.
  • Steward Liu bullied Old Man Jiang and Little Tingting at their restaurant, so Gu Sheng knocked down his men and threw Steward Liu into the street.

Ch. 364Throwing Out Steward Liu

Gu Sheng forged a Three-legged Round Cauldron in his Bitter Sea and exploited a feud between the Li Family and the Wang Family to create chaos. He infiltrated the Li Family treasury to steal Source stones, but was discovered and attacked.

  • Gu Sheng broke Steward Liu's limbs after denouncing him and his men for oppressing the townspeople.
  • Gu Sheng chose a Three-legged Round Cauldron as his artifact, then forged it in his Bitter Sea with guidance from the Dao Sutra Master.
  • After Old Man Jiang told him the Li Family and Wang Family were fighting, Gu Sheng infiltrated the Wang Family estate and rescued Manager Zhang.
  • Gu Sheng directed Manager Zhang to spread rumors and start fires, then used his abilities to intensify the families' conflict until a powerful middle-aged man intervened.
  • Gu Sheng entered the Li Family treasury and began gathering its Source stones, but a hidden mechanism was triggered and someone attacked him.

Ch. 365The Li Family's Trouble

Gu Sheng strengthened his cultivation with the Li family's source stones and struggled to refine a cauldron, discovering that copying the green copper's Dao patterns helped his progress. After defending Old Man Jiang and Little Tingting from Seventh Young Master Li, Gu Sheng waited on the road and brought down Li's Dragon Scale Horse as he approached.

  • Gu Sheng defeated the Li family guardian, escaped with the source stones, and used them to cultivate until his Sea of Wheels Secret Realm changed dramatically.
  • Gu Sheng trained in the mountains, killed an ambushing demonic beast, and continued seeking strength to obtain the Li family's source.
  • Gu Sheng repeatedly failed to refine a cauldron, then studied the Golden Book and copied the Dao patterns on the green copper until the divine iron began to change.
  • An unseen senior praised Gu Sheng's perseverance and advised him to gain more experience refining a cauldron.
  • Gu Sheng promised Old Man Jiang he would protect Little Tingting, then knocked down Seventh Young Master Li's men when they tried to take her.
  • Gu Sheng waited on the road for Seventh Young Master Li and struck down his Dragon Scale Horse as Li rode toward him.

Ch. 366Tingting's Origins

Gu Sheng forced Seventh Young Master Li to confess to murdering Tingting’s parents and learned that the Jiang family had come to Qingfeng Town seeking Tingting. Jiang Yifei confronted the Li family for answers, while Old Man Jiang had yet to decide whether to return with Tingting to the Jiang family.

  • Gu Sheng severed Seventh Young Master Li’s leg and arms, then made him confess that he had murdered Tingting’s parents for their family heirloom and planned to sell Tingting to Yanxia Cave Heaven.
  • Gu Sheng spared Seventh Young Master Li at Little Tingting’s request and crippled his cultivation, then hid a piece of source he had obtained.
  • Riders from the Ancient Jiang Family arrived in Qingfeng Town seeking the Jiang family, and Gu Sheng warned Old Man Jiang and Little Tingting about them.
  • Jiang Yifei told Old Man Jiang that he and the riders were Jiang family descendants and invited him and Little Tingting to return, but Old Man Jiang said he needed time to decide.
  • Jiang Yifei led the riders to the Li family estate to investigate Tingting’s parents’ deaths, and the Li family denied responsibility until a rider kicked its elder aside.

Ch. 367Ancient Jiang Family's Pursuit

Jiang Yifei uncovered the Li family’s role in the deaths of Tingting’s parents and confronted Yanxia Cave Heaven, where its sect master admitted a disciple had been murdered by a traitor. After the traitor escaped, Jiang Yifei reunited with Old Man Jiang and Little Tingting, while Gu Sheng declined his invitation to join the Jiang family.

  • Jiang Yifei found evidence in the Li family’s secret chamber linking them to Tingting’s parents’ deaths and took the Li family members away.
  • Jiang Yifei led the Jiang family to Yanxia Cave Heaven, fought past its cultivators, and demanded justice for the murdered Jiang family member.
  • An elder led Jiang Yifei to the sect master, who admitted that a disciple surnamed Jiang had been poisoned by a traitor and promised to execute him.
  • The traitor escaped Yanxia Cave Heaven after Jiang Yifei left.
  • Jiang Yifei reunited with Old Man Jiang and Little Tingting at an inn in Qingfeng Town and invited Gu Sheng to join the Jiang family.
  • Gu Sheng politely declined Jiang Yifei’s invitation because he preferred an unrestrained life.

Ch. 368Treasures Draw Attention

After Jiang Yichen discovered Gu Sheng’s treasure and pursued him, Gu Sheng defeated him but became the target of the Jiang family. He fled into the Primordial Forbidden Zone, where strange beasts and unseen dangers threatened him as more Jiang family riders closed in.

  • Jiang Yichen followed Gu Sheng into a valley, where Gu Sheng defeated him with the Profound Heaven Sword and left him wounded.
  • Gu Sheng hid in the mountains, cultivated, and escaped a pursuing Jiang family rider by using the Shadow Concealment Art and Carefree Immortal Step.
  • Gu Sheng entered the Primordial Forbidden Zone to evade the pursuit and explore its secrets, then killed a charging demonic beast with the Profound Heaven Sword.
  • Gu Sheng encountered increasingly powerful beasts, including a Golden-winged Peng, as the Jiang family sent five more riders to seal off routes into the forbidden zone.

Ch. 369Escape

Gu Sheng escaped the Jiang family by reaching Purple Sun Grotto-Heaven, where he hid in a bamboo grove and secretly refined a mysterious piece of “source.” After his cultivation caused a disturbance that drew the attention of the grotto-heaven’s second strongest expert, Gu Sheng denied possessing the source, but curious young cultivators and Lin Qingyu arrived to question him.

  • Gu Sheng took shelter and ate at Old Man Jiang’s restaurant, then left town and fled toward a crowded city in the State of Yan.
  • In the city, Gu Sheng encountered Lin Qingyu, then defeated several Jiang family riders who had caught up with him and escaped into the crowd.
  • Gu Sheng met Lin Qingyu again with her Purple Sun Grotto-Heaven companions, revealed his powerful cultivation, and left the city before the Jiang family could find him.
  • Gu Sheng reached Purple Sun Grotto-Heaven and entered by joining the crowd admitted after he persuaded the assessment cultivators to give rejected youths another chance.
  • Gu Sheng settled in a bamboo grove and refined the mysterious source until a disturbance drew Purple Sun Grotto-Heaven’s second strongest expert, who offered to trade for it.
  • Gu Sheng denied having any source to the expert and later to questioning young cultivators, before Lin Qingyu arrived at the grove.

Ch. 370Source Seizure

Gu Sheng refused to surrender the Source and escaped Purple Sun Grotto-Heaven after fighting off disciples who tried to seize it. After hiding the Source and discovering the Bodhi Seed had attracted the Jiang family's rider, he encountered Elder Han, who captured him for his treasures and Primordial Saint Body; an unknown presence then stirred nearby.

  • Lin Qingyu offered to arrange blessings in exchange for Gu Sheng's Source, but he refused.
  • Black-clad cultivators attacked Gu Sheng in the bamboo forest, but he defeated them and drove them away.
  • When a strange rider disrupted Purple Sun Grotto-Heaven, Gu Sheng escaped, killing pursuers and hiding the Source in a river.
  • Gu Sheng evaded pursuit for half a month, advanced his cultivation, and found that hiding the Bodhi Seed reduced the Jiang family's rider's tracking.
  • Elder Han of Lingxu Grotto-Heaven confronted Gu Sheng in an ancient city and demanded his treasures, especially the Bodhi Seed.
  • Elder Han escorted Gu Sheng to a barren mountain range, intending to use his treasures and Primordial Saint Body for a Vitality Returning Pill, when they sensed an unusual presence nearby.

Ch. 371Counterattack

Elder Han captured Gu Sheng and tried to refine him into a pill, but Gu Sheng survived the cauldron and briefly struck back before Elder Han subdued him again. Trapped in a second cauldron, Gu Sheng used the Dao Scripture and the Fire Fiend’s power to recover, consume a Dark Jade Divine Lotus seed, and approach a breakthrough while Elder Han mistook the signs for a pill nearing completion.

  • Elder Han killed the Jiang family knights, captured Gu Sheng, and took him to a hidden cave filled with spiritual herbs.
  • Elder Han placed Gu Sheng in a medicine cauldron and began refining him, but Gu Sheng’s techniques formed a golden shield and caused the cauldron to explode.
  • Gu Sheng struck Elder Han with a golden palm, but Elder Han used his Life Spring to seize him and throw him into a new cauldron.
  • Elder Han gathered the spilled medicinal liquid, relit the Fire Fiend, and began boiling Gu Sheng again for seven days and seven nights.
  • Gu Sheng used the Dao Scripture to regain some movement, absorbed the Fire Fiend’s Spiritual Power, and ate a Dark Jade Divine Lotus seed.
  • Gu Sheng’s bitter sea churned as his cultivation neared a breakthrough, while Elder Han mistook the sounds and light for signs of a supreme spiritual pill forming.

Ch. 372The Cauldron Explodes

Gu Sheng survived Elder Han’s repeated attempts to refine him, killed him, and took his treasures before retreating to cultivate. As Gu Sheng broke through in a hidden cave abode, a heavenly phenomenon drew the attention of distant cultivators.

  • Gu Sheng opened his golden Bitter Sea, overpowered Elder Han, and killed him with the Profound Heaven Sword, only to be seized by another of Elder Han’s avatars and thrown into a second medicine cauldron.
  • After seven days and nights of refining, Gu Sheng emerged with greater strength and used the Golden Book to wound Elder Han, destroy his Bitter Sea, and kill him.
  • Gu Sheng collected Elder Han’s spirit herbs and his Bodhi Seed, then left the stone chamber and cultivated in seclusion.
  • Gu Sheng used the spirit herbs and the Dao Scripture to advance into a higher realm.
  • Gu Sheng continued cultivating in a hidden cave abode until his breakthrough caused a heavenly phenomenon, which startled cultivators in the distance.

Ch. 373Lin Qingyu's Shock

Gu Sheng broke through to the Life Spring Realm, stabilized his cultivation, and refined a crude Three-legged Round Cauldron before setting out toward the Primordial Forbidden Zone and the Demon Emperor's Tomb. In Yandu, he reunited with Chu Haoran and endured Wu Xinyu's taunts without fighting, then continued cultivating with his junior brother.

  • Gu Sheng broke through to the Life Spring Realm and later spent nearly a year consolidating his cultivation and refining the crude embryo of a Three-legged Round Cauldron.
  • Gu Sheng learned about the cursed Demon Emperor's Tomb and decided to add it to his journey to the Primordial Forbidden Zone.
  • Gu Sheng returned to Jade Cauldron Grotto-Heaven, reunited with Chu Haoran, and learned that Huang Miaoyin had entered seclusion to pursue the Life Spring Realm.
  • At a tavern, Wu Xinyu mocked Gu Sheng and blocked his way, but Gu Sheng left with Chu Haoran rather than start a fight.
  • Gu Sheng and Chu Haoran cultivated together and discussed the Dao over the following days.

Ch. 374Counterattack

Gu Sheng defended Chu Haoran from sect bullies, defeated Chen Feng and Chen Yu’s groups, and refused Elder Ma Huayun’s invitation to join Jade Cauldron Grotto-Heaven. He then entered the Primordial Forbidden Zone with his companions, where a giant beast and a looming catastrophe awaited them alongside the Jiang family and Shaking Light Holy Land.

  • Gu Sheng reunited with Chu Haoran and defeated Wu Xinyu and the others after they mocked and attacked Chu Haoran.
  • Gu Sheng used his Sea of Wheels Secret Realm strength to defeat Chen Feng’s group, then evaded their ambushes and killed Chen Yu and the others with his Space Leap secret art.
  • Elder Ma Huayun recognized Gu Sheng’s Primordial Saint Body and invited him to join Jade Cauldron Grotto-Heaven, but Gu Sheng refused.
  • Gu Sheng met Dai Sen, Mo Buwen, Linghu Qingwan, Lin Qingyu, and others, and they entered the Primordial Forbidden Zone in search of sacred medicine.
  • Gu Sheng and his companions fought and defeated a Primordial Giant Beast, their first trial inside the forbidden zone.
  • A calamity erupted as strange beasts filled the sky, and a seemingly mad old man warned Gu Sheng that the forbidden zone held the world’s secret and his fate; the Jiang family and Shaking Light Holy Land then arrived.

Ch. 375The Price of Pursuing Power

Gu Sheng survived the beast horde with Old Madman's help, then joined the Shaking Light Holy Land, the Jiang family, and the Ji family on an expedition into the Primordial Forbidden Zone. After reaching the Sacred Mountains and finding divine medicine, he was asked to use his curse-resistant constitution to help the factions gather it.

  • Gu Sheng fought the ferocious beasts until one struck him down, and Old Madman intervened to rescue him.
  • Gu Sheng and Old Madman learned that the Bronze Giant Coffin had reappeared, while Linghu Qingwan warned Gu Sheng that consuming the Sacred Fruit might have put him in danger.
  • The Shaking Light Holy Land recruited Gu Sheng for an expedition to gather sacred medicine, and he entered the Primordial Forbidden Zone with several factions.
  • The curse sealed the cultivators' divine power and rapidly aged one of them, but Gu Sheng found that his Primordial Saint Body resisted its effects.
  • Gu Sheng led the group through the Sacred Mountains, where they found a divine medicine and encountered the forbidden zone's guardian.
  • Jiang Hanzhong asked Gu Sheng to use his special constitution to help the factions climb the Sacred Mountains and gather divine medicine.

Ch. 376Forcing Someone into Service

Gu Sheng forced the Jiang family and two other factions to rely on him to reach the divine medicine, killing Jiang Feng and demanding the others be freed in exchange for revealing its location. As he searched the Sacred Mountain summit, Jiang Hanzhong secretly launched a puppet imprint at him.

  • Gu Sheng agreed to help obtain the divine medicine but demanded the right to kill Jiang Feng; the Jiang family elder accepted, and Gu Sheng struck Jiang Feng.
  • Gu Sheng defeated and killed Jiang Feng, then faced Jiang Hanzhong, the Shaking Light Holy Land elder, and the Ji family elder, who demanded his help finding the divine medicine.
  • Gu Sheng made the three elders clear the skeletons from the abyss before he entered it and reached the Sacred Mountain summit.
  • Gu Sheng demanded that Huang Miaoyin, Gu Xiaojiang, and the others be released before he revealed the divine medicine's location; Xu Daoling agreed to the condition.
  • Gu Sheng began sensing the medicine's location, but Jiang Hanzhong suddenly sent a puppet imprint rushing toward him.
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