Recaps

The Golden Phoenix Heavenly Monarch stopped the Supreme Immortal Sect from seizing Gu Sheng and privately questioned him about his marriage contracts. After the Heavenly Profound Goddess accepted him as her future Dao companion, Gu Sheng resolved to leave the Tianlan Holy Land to grow stronger, while the Tianlan Holy Lord ordered Wang Zhu imprisoned.

• The Golden Phoenix Heavenly Monarch invoked the Lord of the Purple Spirit Realm’s warning, forcing the Supreme Immortal Sect’s sect master to abandon his attack on Gu Sheng.
• The Golden Phoenix Heavenly Monarch revealed that her claim of the Heavenly Profound Goddess’s father approving Gu Sheng had been a bluff, then questioned Gu Sheng about his Heavenly Dao Marriage Contracts and insisted he remain a true husband to her niece.
• The Heavenly Profound Goddess told Gu Sheng she was willing to become his Dao companion, and he promised not to let her suffer any grievance.
• The Heavenly Profound Goddess warned Gu Sheng that Venerable King Qiankun and the Supreme Immortal Sect remained a threat, so Gu Sheng decided to leave the Tianlan Holy Land and travel in disguise to improve his strength.
• The Tianlan Holy Lord ordered Wang Zhu captured and imprisoned, and the Seventh Elder accepted responsibility for the incident.

Gu Sheng established the Heavenly Dao Marriage Contract with Gongsun Yue to lift the curse afflicting the Tianlan Holy Land, at great cost to his vitality. The curse weakened and the holy land’s skies cleared, while Gu Sheng asked to rest before fulfilling the marriage contract.

• The Tianlan Holy Lord ordered Wang Zhu executed and promised to apologize to the Heavenly Profound Goddess.
• The Golden Phoenix Heavenly Monarch learned the Azure Dragon Realm had acted beyond the Lord of the Purple Spirit Realm’s power to stop, while the Heavenly Profound Goddess asked Gu Sheng whether he liked her or Gongsun Yue.
• After the Tianlan Holy Mother asked Gu Sheng to resolve the holy land’s curse through a marriage contract, Gu Sheng learned from Master's wife that he could establish such contracts only three times and risked his life by doing so.
• Luo Xi recalled her time with Gu Sheng and the little boy who had prayed for her thirteen years earlier.
• Gu Sheng and Gongsun Yue completed the Heavenly Dao Marriage Contract ceremony, draining Gu Sheng’s strength and vitality as the curse weakened and the skies over the Tianlan Holy Land cleared.
• Gu Sheng told the Tianlan Holy Mother he needed several days to recover before fulfilling the marriage contract.

Gu Sheng searched for Luo Xi and learned from the Golden Phoenix Heavenly Monarch that she had returned to the Purple Spirit Realm and could only be reached by advancing to the Dao Palace Realm within ten years. After recovering with the spiritual pill, he resolved to leave Tianlan Holy Land and train until he could find her.

• Gu Sheng took the Tianlan Holy Mother's top-grade spiritual pill but went looking for Luo Xi and Bixuan before recovering.
• Daoist Xiushan told Gu Sheng that Luo Xi was at the Heavenly Hall and escorted him there, while the Tianlan Holy Lord and Xiushan discussed taking advantage of the six great holy lands’ decline.
• The Golden Phoenix Heavenly Monarch told Gu Sheng that Luo Xi had returned to the Purple Spirit Realm, restrained him when he tried to pursue her, and set reaching the Dao Palace Realm within ten years as the condition for seeing her again.
• Luo Xi left for the Purple Spirit Realm with the Golden Phoenix Heavenly Monarch and Bixuan, while Gu Sheng promised Gu Yu he would take her to find Luo Xi.
• Gu Sheng resolved to leave Tianlan Holy Land and train recklessly, then swallowed the spiritual pill and recovered much of his strength.

Gu Sheng persuaded the Tianlan Holy Lord to let him leave the Holy Land and train, then learned of a powerful sword hidden in Ten Thousand Ghosts Ridge and resolved to seek it. He and Gongsun Yue completed the Heavenly Dao Marriage Contract’s three-kowtow ritual, and the energy it released propelled Gu Sheng to the late stage of the Earth Palace Realm.

• Gu Sheng asked Daoist Xiushan for records of cultivation treasure lands and forbidden zones, explaining that he intended to reach the Dao Palace Realm within ten years.
• Daoist Xiushan brought Gu Sheng to the Heavenly Hall, where the First Elder warned that his enemies made leaving the Holy Land dangerous, but the Tianlan Holy Lord supported his decision to train outside.
• The Tianlan Holy Lord revealed that a peerless spirit sword lay in Ten Thousand Ghosts Ridge, and Gu Sheng volunteered to seek it despite the danger.
• Daoist Xiushan gave Gu Sheng a jade slip describing nine cultivation treasure lands and five deathly forbidden zones; Gu Sheng secretly decided to make Ten Thousand Ghosts Ridge his first stop.
• Gu Sheng met Gongsun Yue at the Water Spirit Pavilion to activate their Heavenly Dao Marriage Contract, while news spread in the Purple Spirit Realm about Gu Sheng and Luo Xi and Venerable King Qiankun vowed to kill him.
• After Gu Sheng and Gongsun Yue nourished the contract for a day and kowtowed three times before the will of the Heavenly Dao, a surge of energy raised Gu Sheng to the late stage of the Earth Palace Realm.

After completing the Heavenly Dao Marriage Contract, Gu Sheng departed Tianlan Holy Land to pursue greater strength, while Gongsun Yue promised to protect his sister. Immortal King Taiyi and Venerable King Qiankun arrived to capture Gu Sheng, and the elders’ betrayal put Gu Yu in danger as they tried to use her to lure him back.

• Gu Sheng’s strength surged to the peak of the Earth Palace Realm after the marriage contract, and the Tianlan Holy Mother sensed Tianlan Holy Land’s fortune beginning to recover.
• Gu Sheng decided to leave the next morning, and Gongsun Yue promised to protect Gu Yu while he was away.
• Before dawn, Gu Sheng said goodbye to Gu Yu and Gongsun Yue and left Tianlan Holy Land; half a day later, Venerable King Qiankun and Immortal King Taiyi arrived demanding him.
• The Tianlan Holy Lord ordered the mountain-protecting formation activated, but Immortal King Taiyi searched the holy land and found no trace of Gu Sheng.
• The Second Elder and Seventh Elder offered Gu Yu as bait to Venerable King Qiankun, who headed toward Bixia Peak while the Tianlan Holy Mother kept Gongsun Yue safe from Immortal King Taiyi’s search.

Venerable King Qiankun pursued Gu Yu while Tianlan Holy Mother tried to protect her, and Gongsun Yue hid Gu Yu in a concealed cave. The Second Elder secretly signaled Qiankun after finding the cave, leaving the women’s safety in doubt as Qiankun’s laughter shook the mountains.

• Tianlan Holy Mother learned that Venerable King Qiankun was heading for Gu Yu and sent Gongsun Yue to warn her.
• Venerable King Qiankun confronted Tianlan Holy Mother at Water Spirit Pavilion, while Gongsun Yue slipped away to reach Gu Yu.
• Gongsun Yue led Gu Yu through a spiritual herb garden and into a concealed cave with a barrier that hid their auras.
• Venerable King Qiankun searched the area with his demonic sense, but Tianlan Holy Mother arrived and denied knowing where the girls were.
• The Second Elder and Seventh Elder pretended to search for Gu Yu and Gongsun Yue, but the Second Elder secretly sent a faint thread of Spiritual Power toward Qiankun.
• Venerable King Qiankun laughed thunderously, shattering rocks and toppling trees across the surrounding area.

The Tianlan Holy Mother fought Venerable King Qiankun to protect Gongsun Yue and Gu Yu, but Immortal King Taiyi forced her and the Tianlan Holy Lord to stand aside. Gongsun Yue escaped the cave with Gu Yu after injuring Qiankun, while Tianlan Holy Land’s core disciples sacrificed themselves to hold him back as Immortal King Taiyi watched.

• The Tianlan Holy Mother defeated Second Elder and Seventh Elder, then confronted Venerable King Qiankun as he approached the cave.
• Immortal King Taiyi arrived, shattered the Holy Mother’s barrier, and compelled her and the Tianlan Holy Lord not to interfere.
• Venerable King Qiankun broke into the cave and attacked Gongsun Yue and Gu Yu, but Gongsun Yue struck him with a sword and three fire dragons before throwing Gu Yu to safety.
• Gongsun Yue detonated a dark green bead to blast Qiankun away, then grabbed Gu Yu and fled as the wounded Qiankun pursued them.
• A Tianlan Holy Land disciple intervened and was killed, after which more core disciples charged Qiankun to protect the Saintess and buy time for Gongsun Yue and Gu Yu.
• Immortal King Taiyi refused to help or stop the slaughter, saying he was only responsible for ensuring Gu Sheng was executed, while more than thirty disciples attacked Qiankun.

Venerable King Qiankun attacked Tianlan Holy Land while searching for Gu Sheng, but the Azure Dragon Immortal King rescued Gongsun Yue and Gu Yu and drove him away. The Azure Dragon Immortal King then revealed that the Heavenly Profound Goddess’s marriage contract with the Azure Dragon Realm’s heir had been dissolved, leaving Tianlan Holy Land stunned.

• Venerable King Qiankun slaughtered Tianlan Holy Land’s disciples and pursued Gongsun Yue and Gu Yu as they fled beyond the barrier.
• The Void Devouring Insect stopped Venerable King Qiankun’s sword, and the Azure Dragon Immortal King appeared and overwhelmed him and Immortal King Taiyi.
• The Azure Dragon Immortal King beat Venerable King Qiankun for insulting his sister and sent him fleeing with Immortal King Taiyi.
• The Azure Dragon Immortal King asked where Gu Sheng was and learned that he had been away from Tianlan Holy Land.
• The Azure Dragon Immortal King announced that the Heavenly Profound Goddess’s marriage contract with the Azure Dragon Realm’s heir had been dissolved, shocking the Tianlan Holy Lord and the gathered disciples.

After the Azure Dragon Immortal King confirmed Gu Sheng had no chance with the Heavenly Profound Goddess, Tianlan Holy Land faced internal betrayal and a Supreme Immortal Sect kill order. Gu Sheng vanished into a strange realm, where Ling Xiao found him and demanded blood carrying the aura of the Immortal Seed before promising to take him home.

• The Azure Dragon Immortal King gave Tianlan Holy Land an azure scale for protection and warned Gu Yu that Gu Sheng would need cultivation comparable to his father to have any chance with the Heavenly Profound Goddess.
• The Tianlan Holy Lord confined Gongsun Yue, while the Tianlan Holy Mother exposed the Second Elder’s betrayal; the Holy Lord delayed punishment to avoid plunging the holy land into chaos.
• The Supreme Immortal Sect placed a bounty on Gu Sheng, prompting the six great holy lands and independent cultivators to hunt him as the Tianlan Holy Lord and First Elder searched in vain.
• Gu Sheng woke on a wooden boat in an unfamiliar place and experienced visions of five mysterious figures before stepping ashore and accidentally punching Ling Xiao.
• Ling Xiao revealed that Gu Sheng could return home by jumping into an abyss, but first demanded a drop of blood carrying the aura of the Immortal Seed, leaving Gu Sheng questioning who he was.

Gu Sheng returned to the Xinghong Spirit Domain after escaping a strange world with Ling Xiao, then learned that months had passed and the Heavenly Profound Goddess intended to end their engagement. He concealed his identity and traveled toward Ten Thousand Ghosts Ridge, reaching the suspicious Blood Sand City, where his arrival drew the attention of the city’s residents and Young Master Nie.

• Ling Xiao used Gu Sheng’s Immortal Seed blood to open a teleportation array, and both men escaped into the Xinghong Spirit Domain.
• Gu Sheng met the First Elder, learned that months had passed and that the Heavenly Profound Goddess planned to break their engagement, and heard that Gongsun Yue and his sister were safe.
• The First Elder gave Gu Sheng the Night Shadow Veil, and Gu Sheng chose to avoid returning to Tianlan Holy Land and continue training in disguise.
• Gu Sheng crossed the desert and entered Blood Sand City, where guards welcomed him warmly despite his claim to be a rogue cultivator.
• At the Drunken Immortal Tower, a boy hinted that cultivators were a forbidden subject before his father hurried him away.
• Young Master Nie charged down the street on a black steed, forcing pedestrians to scatter as Gu Sheng watched.

Gu Sheng was captured by Nie Shan and imprisoned with cultivators and girls whom the Nie family planned to sacrifice for the Nine Yin Soul Devouring Great Art. As the Qing Sheng City Lord began the refinement ritual, Gu Sheng concealed his strength and watched for a chance to act.

• Nie Shan ordered his guards to seize Gu Sheng after revealing that his father needed one more cultivator for the Nine Yin Soul Devouring Great Art.
• Gu Sheng was taken to the dungeon, where he learned that the Nie family had imprisoned girls and cultivators for sacrifice and planned to perform the ritual the next day.
• Gu Sheng learned that the Qing Sheng City Lord might be at the Heavenly Palace Realm and that the mansion was protected by a restriction that repelled divine sense.
• The guards dragged the prisoners to an altar, where ninety-nine cultivators and nine hundred ninety-nine girls were tied to pillars.
• The Qing Sheng City Lord arrived, and Nie Shan prepared the pill furnace as the ritual began; Gu Sheng noticed that the City Lord's evil aura fluctuated when he absorbed a blood bead.

Gu Sheng broke free during the Qing Sheng City Lord’s sacrifice, rescued the imprisoned cultivators, and crippled Nie Shan’s cultivation. As the Qing Sheng City Lord attacked, Gu Sheng revealed his true late Earth Palace Realm cultivation and charged at him.

• The Qing Sheng City Lord ordered the guards to slaughter the commoners pleading for their daughters, and Gu Sheng snapped his chains and began freeing the prisoners.
• Gu Sheng sent two guards into the pill furnace, then broke Nie Shan’s spirit sword and destroyed his cultivation, leaving him an ordinary man.
• The Qing Sheng City Lord unleashed the Nine Yin Soul Searching Hand, but Gu Sheng revealed his late Earth Palace Realm cultivation and broke free of the attack’s pressure.
• Gu Sheng charged the Qing Sheng City Lord, who summoned a blood-red saber and vowed to cripple Gu Sheng’s limbs.

Gu Sheng killed the Qing Sheng City Lord, Nie Shan, and their guards, then left Lin Yuan City for Ten Thousand Ghosts Ridge with a strange blood-patterned spirit stone. At the ridge, he encountered Qinghe Holy Land disciples searching for him and posed as an independent cultivator named Qing Feng.

• Gu Sheng shattered the Qing Sheng City Lord’s bonded blade with the bronze bell, killed the City Lord and Nie Shan, and slaughtered the guards and hidden pursuers in the mansion.
• Gu Sheng freed the bound cultivators, took storage items from the dead, learned the direction of Ten Thousand Ghosts Ridge, and left Lin Yuan City with a strange spirit stone.
• A Qinghe Holy Land Seven-Star Elder searched the ruined mansion for Gu Sheng, while Gu Sheng used the First Elder’s jade pendant to hide his aura and continued toward the ridge.
• Gu Sheng reached Ten Thousand Ghosts Ridge, where he found dense Yin Qi, eerie mountains, and signs of powerful resentment.
• Six Qinghe Holy Land disciples arrived to search for Gu Sheng, and he concealed his identity by calling himself Qing Feng, an independent cultivator.

Gu Sheng fled Qinghe Holy Land's pursuers into Ten Thousand Ghosts Ridge, where he met Ling Xiao as a century-old Yin Energy Tide erupted. Ling Xiao led him to a protected gorge, but a Sword Tomb upheaval struck them, and the chapter ended with Gu Sheng losing consciousness inside the Primordial Samsara Bell.

• Gu Sheng evaded six Qinghe Holy Land disciples by entering Ten Thousand Ghosts Ridge, while the Hidden Heaven Jade blocked their tracking aura.
• Gu Sheng found that the strange black stone reacted to the ridge's growing yin energy, then encountered Ling Xiao, whom he accidentally punched.
• A Yin Energy Tide erupted, and Gu Sheng and Ling Xiao used Buddhist treasures and the Primordial Samsara Bell to resist the deadly energy.
• Ling Xiao led Gu Sheng to Chan Master Jingye's Bodhi Barrier and hinted that he knew about Gu Sheng's master, Qingming Zi, and the Xuantian Sect's destruction.
• An azure pillar and powerful sword energy surged from the Sword Tomb, and Ling Xiao activated the Primordial Samsara Bell to shield them from the strike.
• The sword energy shattered the bell's inscriptions, and Gu Sheng lost consciousness as Ling Xiao cursed the Sword Maniac.

Gu Sheng and Ling Xiao headed into Ten Thousand Ghosts Ridge as powerful cultivators converged on the Tai Xu Divine Sword. The ridge’s deadly killing formation remained active, and they moved forward amid the growing slaughter.

• Gu Sheng woke amid the crater left by the sword qi, and he and Ling Xiao discovered that the Buddha bone’s ring resonated with Gu Sheng’s bronze key.
• The Tai Xu Divine Sword appeared above Ten Thousand Ghosts Ridge, and its sword qi resonated with Gu Sheng as Ling Xiao warned that many powerful cultivators were approaching.
• Ling Xiao gave Gu Sheng a healing pill, recognized his Xuan Tian Sword Body, and suggested the Tai Xu Divine Sword was the Xuan Tian Ancestor’s natal sword.
• Gu Sheng and Ling Xiao encountered prominent arrivals, including Lie Feng, Lu Feng, the Bai Family ancestor, and Lin Batian, while Gu Sheng used a silver mask to disguise himself.
• An invisible force pinned the Bai Family ancestor and his white tiger, and transparent arrows killed them; Lu Feng then led cultivators into the ridge, with others following.
• The ridge’s killing formation slaughtered many entrants, revealing that it still operated, and Ling Xiao and Gu Sheng decided to move forward.

Gu Sheng and Ling Xiao reached the depths of Ten Thousand Ghosts Ridge, where a damaged divine sword awaited them and Luo Tian Sect elites entered an ancient formation. Ling Xiao sent Gu Sheng to lure Tribulation Crossing expert Long Yi toward a formation core, and Gu Sheng fled with Long Yi in pursuit.

• Ling Xiao led Gu Sheng safely through the ruins to a damaged sapphire-blue spirit sword, and Gu Sheng agreed to claim it while Ling Xiao sought something else.
• Gu Sheng and Ling Xiao spotted Luo Tian Sect elites led by Long Yi and followed them toward a basin Ling Xiao identified as the ancient Soul Refining Tomb formation.
• Ling Xiao explained that the Taotie stone pillar could trigger a Spirit Devouring effect and gave Gu Sheng a disguise mask and instructions to lure Long Yi near it.
• Gu Sheng disguised himself and appeared on the Luo Tian Sect group's right flank, prompting Long Yi to recognize him and order an attack.
• After being wounded, Gu Sheng fled between the stone pillars, drawing Long Yi away from his companions as he headed toward the formation core.

Gu Sheng fled Long Yi’s attack through Ten Thousand Ghosts Ridge, but Long Yi seized the Primordial Samsara Bell and pursued him toward Ling Xiao. Ling Xiao killed Long Yi, recovered the bell, and healed Gu Sheng; after waking, Gu Sheng began restoring his strength with a Vermilion Bird Tear Stone.

• Long Yi used a Burning Blood Pill to intensify his pursuit, and Gu Sheng relied on the Primordial Samsara Bell to withstand his attacks.
• Gu Sheng threw the bell at Long Yi, who suppressed it into his Void Ring and resumed the chase as Gu Sheng fled toward Ling Xiao.
• Ling Xiao led Long Yi away from the unconscious Gu Sheng and killed him near a Taotie stone pillar, then took the Void Ring and Primordial Samsara Bell.
• Long Yi’s fellow Luo Tian Sect disciples found his corpse and fled after Gong Xuefeng suspected the Gluttonous Beast Soul had devoured his soul.
• Ling Xiao used a Seven Revolutions Soul Returning Pill and his Spiritual Power to heal Gu Sheng, who woke three days later and received the Primordial Samsara Bell back.
• Gu Sheng stopped himself from drawing in spiritual energy that could attract fiends, then began recovering with a Vermilion Bird Tear Stone.

Ling Xiao absorbed energy from Long Yi’s jade pendant while Gong Xuefeng used Long Yi’s life token to track him and Gu Sheng. The pair fled into a chaotic magnetic field and fought the pursuing Luo Tian Sect disciples there, but the battle remained unresolved as Gu Sheng revealed strange markings on his chest and Ling Xiao continued attacking Shen Hua.

• Ling Xiao absorbed energy from Long Yi’s jade pendant while Gong Xuefeng’s group discovered Long Yi’s life token could still track the pendant’s energy and set out after Gu Sheng.
• Ling Xiao and Gu Sheng heard the pursuers, threw away the life token and jade pendant, and fled toward a depression where the magnetic field weakened Spiritual Power and divine sense.
• Gu Sheng lured Shen Hua and the other Luo Tian Sect disciples into the rocky depression, where he fought Shen Hua while Ling Xiao held off Wei Feng.
• Gu Sheng used buried Golden Light Thunders and Void Crossing to badly wound Shen Hua, while Wei Feng struck the Primordial Samsara Bell to interrupt Gu Sheng’s finishing attack.
• Shen Hua recognized Gu Sheng’s Glass Jade Body and conspired with Wei Feng to capture the pair alive, while Ling Xiao attacked Shen Hua with the Gilded alms bowl.
• Gu Sheng tore off his shirt to reveal strange, writhing patterns on his chest as Ling Xiao pressed his attack against Shen Hua.

Gu Sheng and Ling Xiao killed Wei Feng and Shen Hua, then fled as Zhang Zhishang, Yu Wenbai, and Zhang Zuo pursued them. Gu Sheng lured the pursuers into a strange rocky area, killed Zhang Zuo, and struck down Yu Wenbai, while Zhang Zhishang remained nearby.

• Gu Sheng killed Wei Feng in a brutal close-range fight, and Ling Xiao helped kill Shen Hua as he tried to flee.
• Gu Sheng and Ling Xiao erased traces of the battle and escaped before Zhang Zhishang, Yu Wenbai, and Zhang Zuo arrived and identified them.
• Gu Sheng sent Ling Xiao east and lured the three pursuers west, where he blocked Zhang Zuo's Black Fiend Blade with his fist.
• Gu Sheng drew Zhang Zuo and Zhang Zhishang into a yin-filled rocky area, where they discovered the Primordial Samsara Bell.
• Gu Sheng ambushed Zhang Zuo, used the bell and the strange area's crushing force to defeat him, and killed him with the Sky-Breaking Fist.
• Gu Sheng broke Yu Wenbai's bronze shield and punched through his chest after Yu Wenbai pleaded for his life.

Gu Sheng and Ling Xiao killed Wei Feng and Shen Hua, then fled as Zhang Zhishang, Zhang Zuo, and Yu Wenbai pursued them. Gu Sheng lured the pursuers into a yin-filled rock formation, killed Zhang Zuo, and turned on Yu Wenbai, whose fate remained unresolved.

• Gu Sheng killed Wei Feng in a timed close-quarters battle, and Ling Xiao helped him kill the fleeing Shen Hua before they erased the evidence and escaped.
• Zhang Zhishang, Zhang Zuo, and Yu Wenbai identified Gu Sheng and Ling Xiao as the fighters and pursued them; Gu Sheng split from Ling Xiao and led the pursuers west into a field of strange rocks.
• Gu Sheng ambushed Zhang Zuo with a powerful punch, then drew him and Zhang Zhishang into the rock formation while Yu Wenbai guarded its exit.
• Gu Sheng used the Primordial Samsara Bell and pressure from a strange rock to overpower Zhang Zuo, then killed him with the Sky-Breaking Fist.
• Gu Sheng attacked Yu Wenbai, broke his bronze shield, and sent him flying as Yu Wenbai begged for his life.

Gu Sheng used the strange rock forest and prepared traps to kill Luo Tian Sect pursuers while Ling Xiao hid nearby. He continued picking off the sect’s disciples, leaving Gong Xuefeng and the remaining cultivators lured deeper into the dangerous terrain.

• Gu Sheng killed Yu Wenbai and Zhang Zhishang, then escaped with Ling Xiao and recovered in a concealed cave.
• After spotting nine Luo Tian Sect cultivators led by Gong Xuefeng, Gu Sheng sent Ling Xiao to hide and deliberately lured the pursuers into the rock forest.
• Gu Sheng trapped Liao Feiyu, Si Zhengqi, and Kong Zhemao in Bone-Corroding Blood Fiend, killing all three before Gong Xuefeng’s reinforcements arrived.
• Gong Xuefeng recognized the danger but, tempted by the promised reward, led six cultivators after Gu Sheng while keeping them together.
• Gu Sheng ambushed and killed three more early-stage Heavenly Palace Realm disciples, then stored their corpses in his Void Ring for Ling Xiao.

Gu Sheng lured Gong Xuefeng onto a strange rock that suppressed cultivation and fought him using his body-refining strength, while Ling Xiao battled Luo Tian Sect’s experts. Gu Sheng drove Gong Xuefeng away with the Sky-Breaking Fist and killed or helped defeat several pursuers before collapsing from his injuries; Quan Yangping escaped and sent Gong Xuefeng a message.

• Gong Xuefeng ordered the remaining Luo Tian Sect disciples to search for Gu Sheng, who ambushed them but was quickly overpowered by Gong Xuefeng.
• Gu Sheng stepped onto the strange rock, whose pressure suppressed cultivation, and Ling Xiao rushed to warn and aid him.
• Gong Xuefeng stepped onto the rock to attack Gu Sheng, but Gu Sheng’s aura recovered as he seized Gong Xuefeng and counterattacked with his body-refining strength.
• Gu Sheng struck Gong Xuefeng with the Sky-Breaking Fist, but Gong Xuefeng escaped using an ancient Void Talisman.
• Gu Sheng and Ling Xiao killed two fleeing Luo Tian Sect disciples before Gu Sheng collapsed from his injuries, and Ling Xiao carried him to safety.
• Quan Yangping reached a secluded cave outside Ten Thousand Ghosts Ridge and sent Gong Xuefeng a message that the others had died.

Gong Xuefeng lured powerful cultivators to Ten Thousand Ghosts Ridge to hunt Gu Sheng, who fled with Ling Xiao and was pursued by Deity Transformation experts. Gu Sheng escaped into the ridge’s depths and raced toward the Blood River, with his pursuers closing in.

• Gong Xuefeng recovered from his injuries and plotted to use a detonated magical artifact to draw cultivators to Gu Sheng.
• Mo Wuhen arrived at Ten Thousand Ghosts Ridge seeking revenge for his younger brother, while a sword’s appearance attracted numerous cultivators.
• Gong Xuefeng’s explosion drew pursuers to Gu Sheng, who struck him and Quan Yangping with the Primordial Samsara Bell before fleeing with Ling Xiao.
• Three powerful cultivators pursued Gu Sheng; Ling Xiao fled separately after using talismans to hold Gong Xuefeng back.
• Gu Sheng entered a pit of strange rocks and urged Ling Xiao toward a western teleportation array, but a gray-robed Deity Transformation cultivator shattered the rocks and forced him to use Void Crossing.
• Gu Sheng escaped into the depths of Ten Thousand Ghosts Ridge and ran toward the Blood River as the gray-robed cultivator and others pursued him.

Gu Sheng escaped his pursuers by plunging into the Blood River beneath the mountain, where he steadily advanced toward a divine sword. The people gathered at the river discovered it was an inheritance trial, and Wang Xiujie suspected that the Blood River acknowledged Gu Sheng as its master.

• Gu Sheng evaded Wang Xiujie and other pursuers while crossing the dangers of Ten Thousand Ghosts Ridge, and a black flood dragon killed one of the men pursuing him.
• Gu Sheng reached the mountaintop, found the Blood River and the divine sword beyond it, and jumped into the river as his pursuers arrived.
• Wang Xiujie and the other experts watched Gu Sheng survive and progress through the river, while a giant bloody hand attacked them and was driven back by Qinghe Holy Land's disciples and Lin Batian.
• Lin Batian entered the Blood River and fought the bloody hands, advancing more slowly than Gu Sheng as the onlookers realized the river was an inheritance trial.
• Wang Xiujie wondered whether the Blood River acknowledged Gu Sheng as its master, just as bells rang in the distance.

The Qinghe Saintess and other cultivators gathered at Ten Thousand Ghosts Ridge as Lie Feng entered the blood river to pursue Gu Sheng, who drifted toward a treasured sword seemingly unharmed. Wang Xiujie and the others followed, while Ling Xiao joined the pursuit; then ancient battlefield yin souls descended, leaving the group under attack as Gu Sheng continued ahead.

• The Qinghe Saintess arrived at the mountaintop, and Lie Feng plunged into the blood river to search for Gu Sheng.
• Lie Feng discovered that the river’s crushing pressure slowed him, while Gu Sheng was protected by a layer of black blood and drifted toward the treasured sword.
• Wang Xiujie led dozens of cultivators into the river, and Ling Xiao followed them using his golden alms bowl to resist the pressure.
• A mutation sent violent waves through the river, pushing Gu Sheng farther ahead while Ling Xiao quietly kept pace behind the others.
• Countless ancient battlefield yin souls descended from the darkening sky, prompting Wang Xiujie’s group to form an alliance as Lie Feng continued chasing Gu Sheng.
• The yin souls’ piercing roar struck the cultivators, making Lin Batian scream as blood poured from his seven orifices and leaving Wang Xiujie’s group weakened.