Recaps

After surviving a fall and climbing out of the valley, Gu Sheng was captured by the Happy Gang and forced to work alongside villagers. As bandits and cultivators searched the prisoners for divine power, the leader targeted an old man, leaving Gu Sheng in danger of discovery.

• Gu Sheng used the Mysterious Yellow Qi to recover enough strength to climb out of the valley and found a camp below the cliff.
• Gu Sheng lied to the guards that he was a nearby herb gatherer, and the bandit boss let him stay and do odd jobs after his belongings were searched.
• Gu Sheng used the last of his divine power to heal his wounds before a guard brought him to join the captured villagers.
• An old villager told Gu Sheng that the camp belonged to the ruthless Happy Gang, and Gu Sheng was assigned to carry heavy crates marked with strange symbols.
• The bandit leader entered the prisoners’ shed with two Divine Bridge Realm cultivators, who sensed divine power in an old man and prompted the leader to have him dragged out for questioning.

Gu Sheng defended an old man and learned that a hidden underground river could carry people from the Southern Region to the Northern Region. After helping the mountain folk make sheepskin rafts, he reached the cave entrance and tried to hide from Yao Qing, but she stopped him.

• Gu Sheng persuaded the bandit chief to release the old man, who surrendered his remaining divine power to satisfy the chief.
• The old man told Gu Sheng that a guarded underground passage and river led to the Northern Region, where the mountain folk would be forced to mine mineral deposits.
• Gu Sheng learned that the crates held tools for mining, then rested with the mountain folk.
• The bandits ordered everyone to make sheepskin rafts, and Gu Sheng quickly built one and taught the others how to make theirs.
• Gu Sheng followed the group to the cave entrance, spotted Yao Qing among the Shaking Light Holy Land cultivators, and disguised his gait to avoid recognition.
• As Gu Sheng neared the cave, Yao Qing called out to stop him.

Gu Sheng reunited with Yao Qing, who protected him from the Carefree Gang and led him with the others into the underground river to escape the Ji family. Their raft convoy encountered a giant python that began attacking and devouring the travelers as Yao Qing prepared to fight.

• Yao Qing recognized Gu Sheng and learned that the Shaking Light Saintess had sealed his Sea of Wheels, while Gu Sheng explained that he was fleeing the Ji family for the Northern Region.
• When Shaking Light Holy Land Grand Elders arrived, Yao Qing struck the bandit leader for mistreating Gu Sheng and declared him under her protection.
• Yao Qing led Gu Sheng, the disciples, and hundreds of mountain villagers through the cave and onto sheepskin rafts bound for the underground river.
• The group was swept into dangerous rapids, and a terrifying roar and red eye revealed a giant python beneath the water.
• The giant python swallowed a burly man and overturned several rafts, dragging the mountain folk into the river as Yao Qing summoned her divine power and readied her sword.

Yao Qing and Gu Sheng led the survivors through a dangerous underground river into the desolate Northern Region, reaching the Primordial Beginning Ancient Mine. There, Jiang Yi and his bandits attacked the Shaking Light Holy Land party, but a distant horn forced them to retreat before Jiang Yi could defeat the Green-robed Elder.

• Yao Qing and the Shaking Light cultivators held back a giant python while Gu Sheng and Xiao Long escorted the mountain folk through the underground river, though several disciples died.
• The group emerged in the Northern Region, where Yao Qing explained its desolation and valuable mining sources, then led everyone to the Primordial Beginning Ancient Mine.
• The Green-robed Elder welcomed the group and learned that they had lost people to the python.
• Jiang Yi arrived with dozens of bandits, claimed the area as his territory, and fought the Green-robed Elder while their followers clashed.
• Jiang Yi used the Eight Divine Savage Strength and nearly struck down the Green-robed Elder, but a distant horn made him withdraw with his subordinates.

Gu Sheng tried to escape the Shaking Light Holy Land’s valley barrier at midnight, but Yao Qing followed him and helped kill a Night Skeleton outside. After they returned, Elder Li Yuan confronted Gu Sheng.

• Elder Li Yuan ordered the mountain folk to stay inside the valley and had the Green-robed Elder’s cultivators erect a barrier.
• Gu Sheng learned from Old Li Tou that some source mines contained deadly yin energy, then decided to leave the valley that night to avoid the Ji family’s pursuit.
• Yao Qing caught Gu Sheng climbing toward the barrier and followed him outside when he refused to turn back.
• A Night Skeleton attacked Gu Sheng, and Yao Qing destroyed it with her sword before nearby cultivators arrived.
• Yao Qing claimed that she and Gu Sheng had discovered and killed the skeleton while guarding the barrier, then Elder Li Yuan confronted Gu Sheng as they returned.

Gu Sheng gained Elder Li Yuan’s favor by claiming the Peacock King had sealed his divine power, but Li Yuan could not break the seal and appointed him overseer of Mine Shaft No. 15. Hoping ore source might restore his cultivation, Gu Sheng learned the mining work, and Li Yuan formally assigned him the mine after half a month.

• Gu Sheng blamed the Peacock King for sealing his divine power, and Elder Li Yuan tried but failed to break the powerful seal.
• Elder Li Yuan made Gu Sheng overseer of Mine Shaft No. 15, and Yao Qing explained that the seal was a secret curse of the Shaking Light Holy Land.
• Gu Sheng explored the mine and learned that refining its crystals into useful Refined Ore Source required a lengthy process, though rare deposits could appear underground.
• Gu Sheng spent half a month learning to manage miners and identify ores and ore sources.
• Elder Li Yuan assigned Mine Shaft No. 15 to Gu Sheng, who was delighted by the promotion.

Gu Sheng led a group of miners into the supposedly haunted Mine Tunnel No. 13, determined to investigate its hidden wealth despite the warnings. They found a symbol-covered cave with ancient sacrificial objects, which Zhang Dadan kicked over as the chapter ended.

• Gu Sheng learned that Mine Tunnel No. 13 was sealed after miners suffered strange experiences, deaths, or madness, but he decided to explore it.
• Gu Sheng persuaded Elder Li Yuan to approve the expedition, secure tenfold pay for volunteers, and send cultivators to guard the entrance.
• Gu Sheng recruited Zhang Dadan and other miners, then led a dozen of them into Mine Tunnel No. 13 with equipment and supplies.
• The miners heard a woman's weeping, followed it to a dark cave, and found mysterious symbols and dusty sacrificial objects inside.
• Zhang Dadan kicked over the sacrificial objects and their table, prompting Old Li Tou to rebuke him.

Gu Sheng led the miners of Mine Tunnel No. 13 to an unprecedented haul while seeking the Refined Ore Source to restore his divine power. After Yao Qing warned him that terrifying creatures from before the Primordial Age were sealed deep in the tunnel, Gu Sheng continued mining, and his crew uncovered a blood crystal that could restore his power.

• Gu Sheng ordered Old Li Tou and Zhang Dadan to mine Mine Tunnel No. 13 while he studied chi patterns on an overturned table and discovered a map pointing to the Refined Ore Source.
• Gu Sheng's crew mined an exceptional quantity of high-quality crystals, earning praise from Elder Li Yuan, and Yao Qing confronted him about seeking the Refined Ore Source.
• Yao Qing warned Gu Sheng that powerful creatures from before the Primordial Age lay sealed inside Mine Tunnel No. 13, but Gu Sheng refused to stop mining.
• Over the following half month, Gu Sheng expanded his crew to nearly two hundred miners as the crystals grew in quality and he anticipated reaching the Refined Ore Source.
• The miners uncovered a vivid red blood crystal, and Gu Sheng ordered them to protect it because it could restore his divine power.

Gu Sheng absorbed the blood crystal’s energy, partially loosened the seal on his divine power, and discovered that it had hatched a young Human-Dragon. A giant Human-Dragon slaughtered miners in Mine Tunnel No. 13, and after Gu Sheng led survivors out, Xiao Long returned badly wounded and urged him to notify the elder.

• Gu Sheng placed the blood crystal on the cave platform, absorbed its energy, and partially loosened the seal on his divine power, but the crystal broke apart and left a young Human-Dragon behind.
• A giant Human-Dragon attacked the miners, and Gu Sheng tried to protect them but could not hurt the creature; it sniffed him and let him escape with the survivors.
• Gu Sheng led the surviving miners out of Mine Tunnel No. 13 and warned Xiao Long and Mr. Qin that a prehistoric creature was inside.
• Mr. Qin led Xiao Long and the other cultivators into the tunnel despite Gu Sheng’s warning, while Gu Sheng learned that more than two hundred miners had died.
• Gu Sheng heard multiple roars from the mine, and Xiao Long eventually crawled out wounded, urging Gu Sheng to notify the elder.

Gu Sheng tried to contain the Human-Dragon after it killed Mr. Qin and the other cultivators, but he could not find Elder Li Yuan or Yao Qing to help. When Tu Fei disappeared and Gu Sheng found him digging in the mine, Tu Fei attacked him, and a furious roar sounded as they fought.

• Xiao Long told Gu Sheng that the Human-Dragon had killed Mr. Qin and the other cultivators inside the mine.
• Gu Sheng sealed the mine entrance with a barrier as the Human-Dragon tried to break out, then watched it retreat after a rumble sounded deeper inside.
• Two miners reported that Elder Li Yuan and Yao Qing were not in the Northern Region, and Old Li Tou later told Gu Sheng that Tu Fei was missing.
• A miner said Tu Fei had sneaked back into the mine, so Gu Sheng entered alone to find him while Old Li Tou organized guards.
• Gu Sheng found Tu Fei digging at ore, and Tu Fei attacked him with divine power; as they fought, an enraged roar echoed from deep in the mine.

Tu Fei disturbed a Refined Ore Source and provoked two Human-Dragons, but Elder Li Yuan subdued them and turned them into little snakes. After Li Yuan warned the miners not to touch the ore, everyone gathered outside Mine Tunnel No. 13, where a huge rumbling and cloud of dust suddenly appeared.

• Tu Fei touched and struck the rock around the Refined Ore Source, provoking two Human-Dragons to attack him and Gu Sheng.
• Gu Sheng fought the Human-Dragons with his Fire Spirit Dagger, but they revived and forced him to flee toward Tu Fei.
• Elder Li Yuan arrived, told Gu Sheng and Tu Fei to leave, and defeated the Human-Dragons before transforming them into two little snakes.
• Gu Sheng and Tu Fei returned to the tunnel and found Elder Li Yuan cultivating beside the subdued snakes, but Tu Fei slipped away to dig at the Refined Ore Source.
• Gu Sheng stopped Tu Fei, and Elder Li Yuan examined the ore and ordered everyone to leave and count the miners.
• As the miners gathered outside Mine Tunnel No. 13, a tremendous rumbling sent a cloud of dust rising from the tunnel.

Elder Li Yuan defeated a powerful underground python and took Gu Sheng beneath the mine, where they discovered the Earth Core Tower, the source of the Northern Region’s power. As they explored a hidden passage toward the tower, blue-violet flames bypassed Elder Li Yuan’s defenses and threw his divine power out of control.

• Elder Li Yuan fought and killed a dark-black python that had burst out of the collapsed mine, while Gu Sheng and the miners watched from a distance.
• After recovering from the battle, Elder Li Yuan entered the tunnel with Gu Sheng and discovered a vast underground space containing the Earth Core Tower.
• Elder Li Yuan explained that the tower maintained the Northern Region’s balance, then led Gu Sheng into a passage to investigate it.
• Gu Sheng spotted a concealed mechanism, and blue-violet flames erupted from the passage and entered Elder Li Yuan’s body despite his divine power defense.
• Elder Li Yuan retreated and tried to force out the flames while Gu Sheng stood guard, but he trembled and sweated as his divine power went out of control.

Gu Sheng and Elder Li Yuan escaped the collapse of the Earth Core Tower mine, but Tu Fei fled with a piece of Refined Ore Source. When the Shaking Light Holy Lord arrived with Yao Xi and Tu Fei, Yao Xi confronted Gu Sheng over her hairpin, until the Peacock King intervened on his behalf.

• Gu Sheng found Tu Fei in the mine and sent him back toward the exit while Elder Li Yuan recovered and examined runes linked to the blue-purple flames.
• The Earth Core Tower’s base rotated, then the mine collapsed; Gu Sheng and Elder Li Yuan escaped, and Old Li Tou reported that Tu Fei had fled with Refined Ore Source.
• Elder Li Yuan summoned the Shaking Light Holy Lord and ordered Gu Sheng to guard the mining area while they waited three days for help.
• The Shaking Light Holy Lord arrived with Yao Xi and a bound Tu Fei, who surrendered the Refined Ore Source and was sentenced by Yao Xi to serve the Holy Land for life.
• Tu Fei revealed that Gu Sheng had taken Yao Xi’s hairpin, prompting her to confront him, but the Peacock King and Green Flood Dragon King arrived and the Peacock King defended Gu Sheng.

The Shaking Light Holy Lord, the Peacock King, and the Green Flood Dragon King nearly fought at the mining site before Jiang Yi intervened and moved the conflict elsewhere. Gu Sheng and Tu Fei were captured, but escaped at night; when Yao Xi’s curse caused Tu Fei unbearable pain, he stayed behind and gave Gu Sheng the Seal Immortal Powder antidote.

• The Shaking Light Holy Lord attacked the Peacock King, but Jiang Yi arrived with his iron cavalry and persuaded the powerful figures to take their conflict away from the mining area.
• Yao Xi confronted Gu Sheng, and Tu Fei accidentally revealed that he possessed the Seal Immortal Powder antidote, prompting Yao Xi to order both men bound.
• Gu Sheng told Yao Xi that the Shaking Light Holy Lord was facing powerful opponents, so she left with her cultivators and ordered her subordinates to hold Gu Sheng and Tu Fei.
• Gu Sheng and Tu Fei escaped from their confinement and crossed the mining area into a forest.
• Yao Xi’s curse on Tu Fei’s Life Spring caused him severe pain as pursuers closed in, and Tu Fei urged Gu Sheng to leave while handing him the antidote.
• Gu Sheng left Tu Fei behind, and Yao Xi caught up with Tu Fei and her subordinates.

After Yao Xi killed Tu Fei, Gu Sheng escaped her pursuit by using the Great Void Technique and hiding in a mountain cave. There he discovered a rich crystal vein and a hundred-jin Refined Ore Source, whose power drove him to attempt a breakthrough from the Other Shore Realm to the Dao Palace Realm.

• Yao Xi killed Tu Fei and pursued Gu Sheng through the forest as he fled into a storm.
• Gu Sheng swallowed Tu Fei's Seal Immortal Powder to restore his divine power, then used the Great Void Technique to hide from Yao Xi and her pursuers.
• After Yao Xi's group moved on, Gu Sheng changed direction, reached the mountains, and rested in a concealed cave.
• Gu Sheng accidentally exposed a crystal vein near the cave and followed it to a hollow containing exceptionally high-quality crystals.
• Gu Sheng found a hundred-jin Refined Ore Source and absorbed its power, strengthening his body and pushing his cultivation toward a breakthrough into the Dao Palace Realm.

Gu Sheng failed to break through to the Dao Palace Realm, then rescued Fifth Master Zhang and the mountain villagers from Stone Beasts. He led them to a massive Refined Ore Source that might save their village from Big Beard Chen, but Fifth Master Zhang warned that taking it could trigger a devastating backlash.

• Gu Sheng repeatedly failed to break through to the Dao Palace Realm and discovered that the remaining power inside the Refined Ore Source was beyond his reach.
• Gu Sheng rushed from his cave and killed half the Stone Beasts attacking Fifth Master Zhang and the mountain villagers, driving the rest away.
• Fifth Master Zhang explained that Big Beard Chen had threatened to massacre their village unless they found an ore vein, and described how Stone Beasts guarded Source Ore.
• Gu Sheng brought Fifth Master Zhang and several villagers to the cave and showed them the enormous Refined Ore Source.
• Fifth Master Zhang warned that removing the Refined Ore Source might destabilize the mountain and provoke a terrible backlash, dimming the villagers' hopes of using it to save their people.

Gu Sheng helped Stone Village repel a bandit attack and was welcomed as an honored guest. When Dao Bazi arrived seeking revenge, Fifth Master Zhang and Elder Shi tried to take responsibility for Gu Sheng’s actions, leaving Gu Sheng poised to face the threat himself.

• Fifth Master Zhang led Gu Sheng and the mountain villagers back toward Stone Village after hearing its distress signal.
• Gu Sheng flew ahead, reached the village, caught a bandit's arrow, and drove off the attackers with a single palm strike.
• Fifth Master Zhang and Elder Shi welcomed Gu Sheng as Stone Village's honored guest, but a villager soon warned that more bandits were approaching.
• Gu Sheng sensed that the approaching leader, Dao Bazi, was a cultivator at the initial stage of the Life Spring realm.
• Dao Bazi demanded to know who had injured his men, and Fifth Master Zhang and Elder Shi each claimed responsibility to protect Gu Sheng.

Gu Sheng defeated Dao Bazi without seriously hurting him, then learned that dozens of connected bandit groups threatened the villages around Stone Village. After hearing that Big Beard Chen led the bandits, Gu Sheng began setting up a formation around Stone Village to protect it while he planned how to deal with the wider threat.

• Gu Sheng faced Dao Bazi and effortlessly dodged his attacks, then neutralized his strongest punch with a breath and shattered a boulder to show his power.
• Dao Bazi and his bandits surrendered and pleaded for mercy, and Gu Sheng asked Elder Shi and Fifth Master Zhang how they should be dealt with.
• Fifth Master Zhang explained that thirty to fifty bandit groups operated in the area, while Dao Bazi named Big Beard Chen as their leader.
• Gu Sheng decided to protect Stone Village while planning to deal with Big Beard Chen, then drew Profound Yellow Power from his small cauldron and began forming a silver ring around the village.

Gu Sheng helped Stone Village drive away Dao Bazi, then learned of the village’s fears surrounding Pingtou Mountain and the Heavenly Book of Source-Seeking. After a strange halo appeared above the Sacred Mountain, Gu Sheng secretly investigated and concluded that a treasure might be hidden inside it.

• Gu Sheng used a formation to repel Dao Bazi’s bandit and heard from him about Big Beard Chen and the Dog-Headed Strategist.
• Dao Bazi swore not to trespass into Stone Village again, and Gu Sheng said he wanted Big Beard Chen to hear about the encounter.
• Stone Village’s elders agreed to pray to Pingtou Mountain, and Gu Sheng learned that Fifth Master Zhang’s ancestors had practiced Source-Seeking Ore and that the Heavenly Book of Source-Seeking had been lost there.
• A southeast wind disrupted Fifth Master Zhang’s prayer, and he warned that it foretold disaster; Gu Sheng promised to help protect the village.
• Days later, Fifth Master Zhang reported a northwest wind and a glowing halo above Pingtou Mountain, which he believed meant the Sacred Mountain had answered.
• Gu Sheng secretly flew to Pingtou Mountain, found that the halo repelled him and ignored his divine power, and suspected a priceless treasure lay inside the mountain.

Gu Sheng discovered that Pingtou Mountain concealed a deep passage and suffered a weakening backlash after exploring it, but Fifth Master Zhang treated him and gave him three-day talismans for protection. Gu Sheng returned to the mountain and entered the hidden path, where a powerful spiritual-energy fluctuation made the small cauldron inside him tremble.

• Gu Sheng split open the summit of Pingtou Mountain with the Fire Spirit Dagger, sensed a barrier deep in the fissure, and was driven back by a strange wind.
• After Gu Sheng returned to Stone Village, he collapsed from weakness, and Fifth Master Zhang explained that he had suffered the sacred mountain's backlash and gave him medicinal soup.
• Gu Sheng told Fifth Master Zhang he wanted to find the Heavenly Book, and Fifth Master Zhang agreed to help him by giving him talismans that would protect him for three days.
• The next morning, Gu Sheng climbed Pingtou Mountain, found ancient battle marks and a crack at its summit, then opened the fissure again with the Fire Spirit Dagger.
• Gu Sheng entered a hidden winding path beneath the mountain and followed it through dense vegetation as a powerful spiritual-energy fluctuation stirred the small cauldron within him.

Trapped inside the Divine Mountain as its cracks closed, Gu Sheng met Zhang Tianxing, Fifth Master Zhang’s ancestor, who lent him the Heavenly Book of Source-Seeking so he could try to reopen the passage. While Gu Sheng studied the book, Big Beard Chen arrived early at Stone Village to demand Refined Ore Source.

• Gu Sheng lost the ability to fly as the cracks closed, then explored an abandoned residence and met Zhang Tianxing, a source Heavenly Master and ancestor of Fifth Master Zhang.
• Zhang Tianxing explained that the cracks were the Divine Mountain’s breathing passages and that Gu Sheng would need the Heavenly Book of Source-Seeking’s spiritual energy revival method to reopen them before the next cycle in five hundred years.
• Zhang Tianxing gave Gu Sheng the Heavenly Book of Source-Seeking, and Gu Sheng began studying it as his talismans neared their limit.
• In Stone Village, Fifth Master Zhang and Elder Shi worried about Gu Sheng while Er Gou warned that the sacred mountain was dangerous.
• Big Beard Chen arrived at Stone Village with his bandits ahead of schedule and demanded twenty jin of Refined Ore Source, but Fifth Master Zhang refused.

Big Beard Chen extorted Stone Village, killed a villager, and took Er Gou hostage, demanding more Refined Ore Source within three days. Gu Sheng broke out of the Divine Mountain rift after sensing Stone Village’s distress signal and returned to learn what had happened, leaving him poised to confront Big Beard Chen.

• Big Beard Chen killed a Stone Village villager and demanded the village’s Refined Ore Source, threatening the villagers when they resisted.
• Fifth Master Zhang handed over the village’s ore, but Big Beard Chen had his men seize Er Gou and demanded another thirty pounds within three days for his release.
• Fifth Master Zhang searched the mountains for more ore while Elder Shi sought help from the other villages.
• Gu Sheng hit a cultivation bottleneck, and Zhang Tianxing advised him to temper his state of mind and seek an opportunity.
• The Zhang family talismans burned to signal that Stone Village was in danger, so Gu Sheng used the Heavenly Book of Source-Seeking to open the rift and flew back to Stone Village.
• Gu Sheng arrived at the council hall and learned from Elder Shi and Fifth Master Zhang that Big Beard Chen had taken Er Gou hostage.

Gu Sheng agreed to help Stone Village rescue Er Gou, then learned from Fifth Master Zhang about the Peerless Divine Source and resolved to return to the Divine Mountain after the rescue. He and Shi Lou and Shi Shanlin reached Big Beard Chen’s camp, where Chen threatened Er Gou’s life and Gu Sheng asked what he wanted.

• Gu Sheng promised to rescue Er Gou despite the other villages’ unwillingness to help Stone Village.
• Fifth Master Zhang told Gu Sheng that Zhang Tianxing was the Zhang family’s Progenitor and described the Peerless Divine Source; Gu Sheng said he would seek its secret after rescuing Er Gou.
• Elder Shi assigned Shi Lou and Shi Shanlin to accompany Gu Sheng, and the three set out the next morning.
• Gu Sheng persuaded Green Cloud Sect cultivators to let them pass by claiming ties to Big Beard Chen, then learned Chen’s group was connected to the Azure Cloud Sect.
• Gu Sheng, Shi Lou, and Shi Shanlin found Big Beard Chen’s camp, where Gu Sheng struck down the hunting dogs that charged them.
• Shi Lou and Shi Shanlin confronted Big Beard Chen about Er Gou, and Chen threatened Er Gou’s life before Gu Sheng demanded to know what he wanted.

Gu Sheng defeated Big Beard Chen’s bandits and killed Zhuge Xun after a dispute over his name and a threat from the Azure Cloud Sect. He stopped Big Beard Chen’s distress flare and demanded that the captives be released, but Big Beard Chen’s hesitation left Er Gou’s fate unclear.

• Big Beard Chen threatened Stone Village and admitted he planned to kill its villagers after obtaining the Refined Ore Source, prompting Shi Shanlin to attack.
• Gu Sheng rescued the wounded Shi Shanlin, overwhelmed the bandits, and defeated Big Beard Chen.
• Zhuge Xun confronted Gu Sheng after Big Beard Chen urged him to act, and Gu Sheng killed him despite his threat to summon the Azure Cloud Sect.
• Big Beard Chen fired an Azure Cloud Sect distress flare, but Gu Sheng intercepted it in midair and returned to confront him.
• Gu Sheng demanded that Big Beard Chen release Er Gou and the mountain folk from Stone Village and other villages, and Shi Lou and Shi Shanlin grew alarmed when Big Beard Chen hesitated.

Gu Sheng rescued Er Gou and the imprisoned mountain villagers, then learned the Azure Cloud Sect was behind the extortion of Refined Ore Source. He pursued Big Beard Chen toward Azure Cloud Mountain, where Green Cloud Sect cultivators intervened and were swiftly defeated, leaving them calling for reinforcements.

• Gu Sheng healed the badly injured Er Gou, caught Big Beard Chen trying to escape, and let Shi Lou beat him before questioning him about the extorted Refined Ore Source.
• Big Beard Chen revealed that the Azure Cloud Sect had taken the ore for a sacrifice, and Gu Sheng confirmed the truth by reading his memories before releasing him.
• Gu Sheng and Shi Lou rescued the imprisoned mountain villagers, and Gu Sheng sent Shi Lou back with the injured while he pursued Big Beard Chen.
• Gu Sheng caught up with Big Beard Chen near Azure Cloud Mountain, where Green Cloud Sect cultivators stepped in to protect him.
• The Green Cloud Sect cultivators attacked Gu Sheng, but he defeated them within a few exchanges as they called for reinforcements.