Recaps

Gu Sheng allied with Jin'er to confront Xiao Beixuan while he led Zhao Boyang and the others toward a sealed side exit. As Jin'er fought Xiao Beixuan and two Human King Realm experts, Gu Sheng reached the guarded barrier and prepared to lead the escape.

• Gu Sheng told Jin'er that he had killed Blood Jade and asked her to deal with Xiao Beixuan's remaining Human King Realm experts while he confronted Xiao Beixuan.
• Jin'er agreed, then went to the Hall of a Thousand Souls' main hall to engage Xiao Beixuan and his forces.
• Gu Sheng reached Zhao Boyang and Old Xiong, explained Jin'er's identity and the situation, and urged them to escape while she held the enemy back.
• Gu Sheng guided the wounded group through the secret realm, defeating patrols and avoiding stronger search parties as they headed for a remote exit.
• Gu Sheng found the side exit sealed and guarded by dozens of Boundless Sect disciples, and told the group to prepare to fight their way out as he handled the barrier.
• Jin'er fought Xiao Beixuan, a ghost-masked expert, and an axe-wielding expert in the main hall without losing ground.

Jin'er overwhelmed Xiao Beixuan and his retainers, then moved to stop him from escaping with a Great Teleportation Ancient Talisman. Meanwhile, Gu Sheng reached the secret realm exit and launched a powerful attack on the Boundless Sect and evil cultivators guarding it.

• Jin'er taunted Xiao Beixuan with the truth about his and her mother's exploitation, then fought him and defeated his King Realm subordinates while many onlookers were caught in the battle's devastation.
• Xiao Beixuan activated a Great Teleportation Ancient Talisman and ordered his surviving experts to gather, but Jin'er attacked him as the white light spread.
• Gu Sheng, Zhao Boyang, and their companions reached the secret realm exit, where Boundless Sect disciples and evil cultivators blocked their way.
• Gu Sheng charged the blockade with the Southern Emperor Sword, severed the blood thread an evil cultivator used to weaken Old Xiong, and sent him back to Zhao Boyang for protection.
• Gu Sheng summoned the Nine Dragon Bronze Cauldron's phantom and unleashed hundreds of crimson-gold Divine Flame Sword Qi at the enemy formation.

Gu Sheng destroyed the evil cultivators guarding the exit, and the Heavenly Demon Vine advanced after devouring them, gaining golden and crimson branches. He led the survivors through the gate, where an Aerial Restriction Array sent them plunging toward the ruins, while Shen Qingtian and Gu Yuanyuan arrived at Linlang Pavilion.

• Gu Sheng trapped the evil cultivators in Divine Flame Sword Qi, then his Heavenly Demon Vine pierced and drained the Rakshasa-transformed elder and killed the remaining attackers.
• The Heavenly Demon Vine advanced under Gu Sheng's guidance, transforming its main vine with Divine Phoenix Essence Blood and producing a golden branch and a blood-red offshoot.
• Gu Sheng tested the vines' speed and power, confirmed he still controlled them, and led Zhao Boyang, Old Xiong, and the other survivors through the black gate.
• An Aerial Restriction Array activated beyond the gate and pulled Gu Sheng's group down toward the ruined city below.
• Shen Qingtian brought Gu Yuanyuan to Linlang Pavilion in Great Desolation City's underground city and showed the guards Gu Sheng's jade token.

Shen Qingtian brought Gu Sheng’s token and Gu Yuanyuan to Linlang Pavilion, where Miss Tantai accepted Gu Sheng’s gift and agreed to care for his disciple. Gu Yuanyuan received a new outfit and a jade bracelet, and the chapter ended with her wondering about the relationship between Gu Sheng and Miss Tantai.

• Shen Qingtian presented Gu Sheng’s Divine Craftsman's Maze Hall to Miss Tantai and introduced Gu Yuanyuan as Gu Sheng’s newly accepted disciple.
• Miss Tantai examined Gu Yuanyuan, praised her foundation, accepted her as a junior, and gave her a jade bracelet.
• Miss Tantai rewarded Shen Qingtian with access to the Spirit Nurturing Quiet Room before Shen Qingtian left the chamber.
• Miss Tantai sent Gu Yuanyuan to bathe in the Jade Marrow Spiritual Spring and had Skilled Granny Zhang dress and groom her.
• Miss Tantai returned to see Gu Yuanyuan in her new clothes and encouraged her to call her Mistress.
• Gu Yuanyuan felt more at ease with Miss Tantai but wondered whether her relationship with Gu Sheng was more complicated than an ordinary master-disciple bond.

Gu Sheng waited for Jin'er to emerge from the Hall of a Thousand Souls' secret realm, then agreed to join forces with her against Nether River after she presented the heads of two King Realm cultivators. He returned to Great Desolation City to settle old matters, but several powerful auras ambushed him as he stepped out of the teleportation array.

• Gu Yuanyuan asked Miss Tantai about her master, and Miss Tantai warned her that following him would mean facing a dangerous path.
• Gu Sheng and Zhao Boyang watched the black gate until Jin'er emerged with more than a dozen heads, though Xiao Beixuan had escaped.
• Jin'er explained that Nether River's hidden power had helped Xiao Beixuan flee, and she proposed that she and Gu Sheng join forces against Nether River.
• Gu Sheng agreed to meet Jin'er in the Central Continent within half a year, then placed a soul imprint on her as a safeguard for their cooperation.
• Gu Sheng led Zhao Boyang and the others back to Great Desolation City, then teleported to the main district to visit Linlang Pavilion.
• Several mid-stage Grandmaster Realm auras locked onto Gu Sheng as he exited the teleportation array.

Gu Sheng returned to Linlang Pavilion, where Shadow rejoined him after recovering from his injuries and reaching the King Realm. After checking on Gu Yuanyuan, Gu Sheng went underground to discuss the Divine Craftsman's Maze Hall with Miss Tantai and learned that Tantai Bing Tang had tried to claim it; he then activated the hall, leaving its fate unresolved.

• Three masked late-stage Grandmasters tried to abduct Gu Sheng near Linlang Pavilion, but Shadow appeared and severed their leader's arm with a single strike.
• Shadow told Gu Sheng that he had recovered in Medicine King Valley and advanced to the King Realm, then accompanied him into Linlang Pavilion.
• Gu Sheng found Gu Yuanyuan cultivating and confirmed that her foundation was solid and she was close to breaking through to the Grandmaster Realm.
• Gu Sheng told Gu Yuanyuan he would protect her breakthrough and planned to refine a Merit-Dispelling Pill so she could switch to a new technique.
• Miss Tantai told Gu Sheng that Tantai Bing Tang had tried to claim the Divine Craftsman's Maze Hall and left a warning that was also a provocation.
• Gu Sheng communicated with Yue Shen Gong and pointed toward the Divine Craftsman's Maze Hall, which erupted with dazzling light.

Gu Sheng brought the gravely injured Bai Zhi to Linlang Pavilion, where Miss Tantai removed the Evil Spirit Bind Lock and stabilized her. At the Great Desolation Sacred Academy, Gu Sheng told Bai Yu how Xiao Beixuan had used Bai Zhi in Nether River Venerable’s sacrifice plot, then exposed Xia Furong as a suspected spy; Xia Furong’s surprise turned to concealed killing intent.

• Miss Tantai removed the Evil Spirit Bind Lock from Bai Zhi and agreed to care for her while Gu Sheng traveled to the Great Desolation Sacred Academy with Shadow.
• Gu Sheng entered the Sacred Domain, where disciples warned him that someone from the Profound Gate was acting abnormally.
• Qin Yurou told Gu Sheng that Xiao Beixuan had placed a one-million-High-grade-Spirit-Stone bounty on him and that Shen Qingyun had broken through to the Sect Realm but had become cold and changed.
• Gu Sheng told Bai Yu that Bai Zhi was alive and recovering at Linlang Pavilion, and Bai Yu thanked him with two Glass Hearts.
• Gu Sheng revealed that Xiao Beixuan had abducted Bai Zhi to serve as the core of the Thousand Souls Sacrifice Array, intended to help Nether River Venerable escape his seal.
• Gu Sheng accused Xia Furong of spying for Boundless Sect and pointed to the Nether River Death Qi on her; Xia Furong’s feigned innocence gave way to shock and killing intent.

Gu Sheng agreed to work with Xia Furong against Xiao Beixuan and planned to challenge him in the Life-and-Death Arena. Xia Furong offered to rescue Situ Qingfeng in exchange for a Nine-Colored Miasma-Breaking Pill, and Gu Sheng left to find that unseen trackers were following him.

• Xia Furong revealed that she had ties to the Boundless Sect and wanted Xiao Beixuan dead, then proposed joining forces with Gu Sheng.
• Gu Sheng rejected Xia Furong's month-long scheme and chose to kill Xiao Beixuan openly in the Life-and-Death Arena.
• Gu Sheng inferred that Spirit Emperor Ye Qinglan was guarding the place where the Nether River Venerable had been suppressed, and Bai Yu's silence confirmed his suspicion.
• Xia Furong told Gu Sheng that Situ Qingfeng was trapped in a Boundless Sect secret realm and offered to lead a rescue in exchange for a Nine-Colored Miasma-Breaking Pill.
• Gu Sheng accepted the deal and agreed to meet Xia Furong at Linlang Pavilion at dawn, then sensed multiple malicious trackers following him as he headed toward the teleportation array.

Gu Sheng learned that Xiao Beixuan had placed a one-million-High-grade-Spirit-Stone bounty on him and arranged for Gu Ningshuang to hide in Medicine King Valley with Shen Qingtian. Shen Qingtian then revealed that the three Sect Realm assassins who had attacked Gu Sheng were not sent by Xiao Beixuan.

• Gu Sheng collided with Sacred Academy core disciple Xiao Mengling and sensed unusual physical strength and wariness in her.
• Xiao Mengling returned to her master, who revealed that Dream Guidance had shown her Gu Sheng and ordered her to join Xia Furong's expedition to retrieve a Mountain River Society Diagram fragment from a secret realm.
• Gu Sheng went to Shen Qingtian's residence and asked her to protect Gu Ningshuang because Xiao Beixuan had placed a bounty on his life.
• Shen Qingtian agreed to take Gu Ningshuang to Medicine King Valley, and Gu Sheng gave her the Spirit Nurturing Quiet Room jade token.
• In private, Shen Qingtian told Gu Sheng that the three Sect Realm assassins who ambushed him had not been sent by Xiao Beixuan.

Gu Sheng arranged for Gu Ningshuang, Qin Yurou, and Shen Qingtian to leave Great Desolation City for the Central Continent while he faced the dangers gathering around him. He also agreed to enter a secret realm with Xia Furong to rescue Situ Qingfeng, and ended the chapter preparing to leave.

• Gu Sheng identified Ye Changling's father as a likely force behind the assassins and decided to send Gu Ningshuang and Qin Yurou to the Central Continent with Shen Qingtian.
• Gu Sheng reassured his sister and Qin Yurou that Linlang Pavilion would protect them, and Shen Qingtian agreed to depart with them the next morning.
• Miss Tantai thanked Gu Sheng for the blood-colored vine and ordered Shadow to escort Shen Qingtian's group to the teleportation array.
• Situ Qingyue arrived at Linlang Pavilion, explaining that Xia Furong had directed her to Gu Sheng, who promised to rescue her brother, Situ Qingfeng.
• Miss Tantai arranged for Situ Qingyue to stay at Linlang Pavilion and informed her Central Continent contacts about receiving Gu Sheng's companions and the rescued siblings.
• Gu Sheng prepared to accompany Xia Furong to the secret realm the next day, while Miss Tantai warned him not to trust her completely.

Gu Sheng heard Nangong Qingyue’s plea to investigate the Great Desolation Sacred Academy member who destroyed her family and agreed to consider the matter while keeping her safe at Linlang Pavilion. He then began preparing to change Gu Yuanyuan’s cultivation method before entering the secret realm, leaving her memorizing the Primordial Unity Qi Scripture.

• Nangong Qingyue told Gu Sheng that a powerful enemy in the Great Desolation Sacred Academy had annihilated her family and offered her family’s hidden-vault treasures in exchange for his help.
• Gu Sheng accepted Nangong Qingyue’s jade vial of the enemy’s aura, sent the Cosmos Wooden Box to be inventoried, and told her to wait safely at Linlang Pavilion without acting rashly.
• Gu Sheng found Gu Yuanyuan close to the Grandmaster Realm and decided to change her cultivation method that night rather than wait until after his urgent business the next day.
• Gu Yuanyuan called Miss Tantai “Master’s wife,” embarrassing her, and Gu Sheng warned Gu Yuanyuan not to scheme against her own people.
• Gu Sheng ordered Shadow to fetch ingredients for a Merit-Dispelling Pill and gave Gu Yuanyuan a jade talisman containing the first four volumes of the Primordial Unity Qi Scripture to memorize.

Gu Sheng completed a Nine-Pattern Merit-Dispelling Pill and guided Gu Yuanyuan through dispersing her old cultivation before rebuilding it with the Primordial Unity Qi Scripture. After her Primordial Spirit Body rapidly restored her to the peak of the Spirit Martial Realm, Gu Sheng strengthened her further with the Ice Soul Pearl and Glass Heart; meanwhile, Tantai Bing Tang asked Miss Tantai to help find Nether River Venerable’s daughter in exchange for revealing the location of an item.

• Gu Sheng refined a Nine-Pattern Merit-Dispelling Pill while Gu Yuanyuan began resonating with the Primordial Unity Qi Scripture as she memorized it.
• Outside Linlang Pavilion, Tantai Bing Tang revealed that Nether River Venerable had planted agents and that his daughter might be a key to an ancient treasury and his plan to break his seal.
• Tantai Bing Tang asked Miss Tantai to use Linlang Pavilion’s intelligence network to find the daughter, offering to reveal the location of an item in return.
• Gu Yuanyuan swallowed the pill and, following Gu Sheng’s instructions, dispersed all her accumulated cultivation despite intense pain.
• Gu Sheng gave Gu Yuanyuan the Ice Soul Pearl as she began cultivating the Primordial Unity Qi Scripture, and her Primordial Spirit Body rapidly rebuilt her strength to the peak of the Spirit Martial Realm.
• Gu Sheng gave Gu Yuanyuan the Glass Heart, whose energy further nourished and strengthened her newly rebuilt body.

Gu Sheng and Miss Tantai were ambushed by Ye Hanguang, who sought revenge for his son Ye Changling. As Ye Hanguang’s Earth Splitting Slash threatened them, a mysterious woman’s voice and an ice-blue sword halted his attack.

• Gu Sheng helped Gu Yuanyuan break through to the first level of the Grandmaster Realm, then told her to stabilize her cultivation and study ancient secret arts.
• Shadow reported the contents of Nangong Qingyue’s Cosmos Wooden Box, and Gu Sheng accepted her commission to investigate her enemy.
• Gu Sheng asked Miss Tantai to take Gu Yuanyuan and Qing Xuan out for experience, then teased her about being called his wife.
• Masked attackers launched poisoned needles at Gu Sheng and Miss Tantai, and Shadow killed one before discovering the ambush’s leader was Ye Hanguang, an Earth King Realm expert.
• Ye Hanguang trapped Gu Sheng with Earth Binding and attacked, while Miss Tantai shielded him with her spiritual power and jade talismans.
• As Ye Hanguang’s Earth Splitting Slash descended and Miss Tantai prepared to protect Gu Sheng with her body, a woman’s voice rang out and an ice-blue sword struck the axe.

Tantai Bing Tang arrived in the Earthly City and killed Ye Hanguang after revealing power far beyond the King Realm, saving Gu Sheng, Xue Li, and Ying. After reuniting with her sister, she prepared to leave with the injured Xue Li, while Gu Sheng asked to speak privately about the mysterious object and their earlier conversation.

• Tantai Bing Tang attacked Ye Hanguang, while the Academy Head ordered Sacred Academy elders not to interfere and declared the conflict a private grudge.
• Ye Hanguang summoned the Sea Overturning Divine Seal, but Tantai Bing Tang restrained him with an unknown force and sliced him into pieces.
• Miss Tantai embraced her sister, and Tantai Bing Tang comforted her before scolding her for her weak cultivation and recklessness.
• Gu Sheng thanked Tantai Bing Tang for saving them, and she said she had only come to save her sister.
• Tantai Bing Tang urged the group to leave because Xue Li was badly injured, and Gu Sheng asked to speak with her privately about Ye Hanguang's words and her earlier conversation with Xue Li.

Tantai Bing Tang confronted Gu Sheng about his knowledge of Nether River Venerable’s bloodline and the Glass Heart, then revealed why she had returned to save Xue Li and how Xia Wuyou had secretly protected Gu Sheng. She also disclosed that Jin’er might be descended from the ancient Blood Demon clan, leaving Gu Sheng shocked by the revelation.

• Tantai Bing Tang took Gu Sheng to her room and confirmed she had learned the incomplete Thousand Silk Soul Severing art from an ancient Divine Silkworm Sect ruin.
• Tantai Bing Tang offered to trade information about Nether River’s bloodline and the Glass Heart for Gu Sheng’s secrets, but he refused, and she warned him not to harm Xue Li.
• Tantai Bing Tang explained that the Twin Primordial Yin Beads alerted her to Xue Li’s danger and that Xia Wuyou had secretly watched over and protected Gu Sheng in Boundless Ancient City.
• Tantai Bing Tang revealed that Xia Wuyou was a peak Seventh-Turn Venerable, a Dao Protector punished by the Tantai Family and sent to the Eastern Desolation to reflect and redeem himself.
• Tantai Bing Tang said Jin’er was likely an ancient Blood Demon descendant, and Gu Sheng reacted with shock.

Gu Sheng learned that he was not yet strong enough to involve himself in Nether River Venerable’s plans and prepared for his journey to the Central Continent. He joined Xia Furong and the others in entering Boundless Sacred Land’s hidden realm, where they found the sealed Situ Qingfeng and learned that dangerous spirit entities threatened the place.

• Tantai Bing Tang warned Gu Sheng that Nether River Venerable’s scheme involved Jin’er’s Blood Demon bloodline and said Gu Sheng should go to the Central Continent to grow stronger.
• Gu Sheng spoke with Miss Tantai about her plan to take Yuan Yuan and Qing Xuan into a secret realm, then left to prepare for his own journey.
• Gu Sheng sent Shen Qingtian, Gu Ningshuang, and Qin Yurou toward the Central Continent under Shadow’s protection, asking Gu Ningshuang to seek news of Qing'er.
• Xia Furong led Gu Sheng, Elder Bai Yu, Bai Zhi, and Xiao Mengling to the ruins of Boundless Sacred Land, where Xiao Mengling activated the formation into its hidden realm.
• The group arrived at the refuge and saw Situ Qingfeng sealed beside the Immortal Pool; Bai Yu explained that dangerous spirit entities had grown there and that they had come to clear them and reinforce the seal.

Gu Sheng and the others reached the Immortal Pool, but he declined Xia Furong’s offer to bathe in it and continued toward Situ Qingfeng’s sealed grounds. Meanwhile, in Myriad Elephant Imperial City, Shadow attacked a young master who threatened Shen Qingtian, Gu Ningshuang, and Qin Yurou, and the women escaped into the crowd.

• Bai Yu explained that the Immortal Pool could help Bai Zhi recover, and the group rested at the ancient manor before setting out.
• At the Immortal Pool, Xia Furong offered Gu Sheng a chance to soak in it, but he refused and chose to continue toward the sealing grounds.
• Gu Sheng noticed Bai Yu’s relief at his refusal and suspected Xia Furong had offered the spot with Bai Zhi in mind.
• In Myriad Elephant Imperial City, a brocade-robed young master mocked Qin Yurou and tried to force the three women to come with him.
• When two peak Grandmaster Realm guards moved to seize the women, Shadow struck the young master and sent him crashing into a restaurant pillar.
• Shen Qingtian led Gu Ningshuang and Qin Yurou away into the crowd while Shadow followed them.

Shadow escorted Shen Qingtian, Gu Ningshuang, and Qin Yurou to Myriad Treasures Tower, where they waited for the Tantai Family's escorts. Elsewhere in the secret realm, Gu Sheng's group found the true sealing core and learned that the Boundless Sect had been founded by disciples preserved from the ancient Boundless Sacred Land.

• Shadow drove off a young master’s guards, and the Law Enforcement Hall used its Soul Suppressing Token to verify that the other side had provoked the fight before letting Shadow and the women go.
• Shadow brought Shen Qingtian, Gu Ningshuang, and Qin Yurou to Myriad Treasures Tower, where the Moon Emissary hosted them and they rested while awaiting the Tantai Family's escorts.
• Gu Sheng's group followed Xia Furong deeper into the secret realm and found Situ Qingfeng unconscious at the center of a sealed pool of Heavenly Marrow Spirit Liquid.
• Xia Furong explained that the Boundless Sacred Land had sealed its inheritances and gifted disciples there during an ancient calamity, and that the awakened survivors had founded the Boundless Sect.
• Gu Sheng realized that Xia Furong was one of the sacred land's sealed core disciples.

Gu Sheng entered the Heavenly Marrow Spirit Sealing Array to free Situ Qingfeng, but Xiao Beixuan attacked the group outside and the light screen closed behind him. Inside, Gu Sheng learned that touching Situ Qingfeng would trigger a Soul Sealing Restriction, then encountered a mysterious girl who revealed she was both the Spirit Embryo he had nurtured and Miao Muqing.

• Xia Furong explained that Situ Qingfeng had slept for a thousand years after exhausting his origin, and that the Heavenly Marrow Spirit Liquid was losing its power.
• Xia Furong and Xiao Mengling opened the light screen, and Gu Sheng entered the spirit liquid pool to reach Situ Qingfeng, only to find the soul-restoring power had dissipated and the runic chains would not budge.
• Xiao Beixuan arrived and badly injured Bai Yu and Bai Zhi, then attacked Xia Furong while threatening Gu Sheng inside the closing barrier.
• Xiao Mengling sent Gu Sheng a message and a ray of light that eased his movement through the spirit liquid before the light screen sealed shut.
• As Gu Sheng reached for Situ Qingfeng, a mysterious girl warned him that a Soul Sealing Restriction would trap his soul, then identified herself as both his Spirit Embryo and Miao Muqing.

Gu Sheng learned that the new spirit being was a fusion of the spirit embryo and Miao Muqing, named her Qin Ling'er, and let her absorb Heavenly Marrow Spirit Liquid to prepare to free Situ Qingfeng. Outside the barrier, Xiao Beixuan overpowered the others and struck Xia Furong with a fatal-looking blow, leaving the battle at its most desperate.

• Qin Ling'er revealed that she held memories from the spirit embryo, Miao Muqing, and Gu Sheng, and Gu Sheng named her Qin Ling'er.
• Qin Ling'er warned Gu Sheng that Situ Qingfeng was trapped by a Soul Sealing Restriction and explained two ways to break it; Gu Sheng chose to let her absorb the Heavenly Marrow Spirit Liquid.
• Qin Ling'er devoured much of the spirit liquid to restore her strength while Gu Sheng sensed the battle outside the barrier reaching its climax.
• Xia Furong wounded Xiao Beixuan with her flame attack, but he injured her; Xiao Mengling then used her bamboo scroll to block his attack and was badly hurt.
• Bai Zhi fired her Spirit Emperor Godslayer Arrow into Xiao Beixuan's consciousness, allowing Xia Furong to kick him away, but he recovered and targeted Bai Zhi.
• Xiao Beixuan feinted toward Bai Zhi and struck the rushing Xia Furong in the abdomen, sending her flying and drawing cries of alarm from Xiao Mengling and Bai Yu.

Gu Sheng broke through the sealing screen and used Situ Qingfeng’s Heaven and Earth Dao Mark to repel Xiao Beixuan, while Qin Ling'er suppressed the demonized Xiao Beixuan. Xiao Beixuan activated Blood Escape and fled despite Qin Ling'er's attempt to stop him.

• Xia Furong’s jade pendant shielded her from Xiao Beixuan’s fatal attack, but he turned on Xiao Mengling and blasted her out of her concealed state.
• Xiao Beixuan destroyed Bai Yu’s Great Teleportation Ancient Talisman, killing Bai Yu and leaving Bai Zhi unconscious.
• Gu Sheng emerged through the cracked light screen carrying Situ Qingfeng, and Xiao Beixuan’s punch triggered the Heaven and Earth Dao Mark protecting Situ Qingfeng, injuring Xiao Beixuan.
• Qin Ling'er appeared beside Gu Sheng, kicked Xiao Beixuan, and used a strange mist to suppress his demonic form and slow his power.
• Xiao Beixuan used Blood Escape to flee, and Qin Ling'er's spiritual qi swords failed to penetrate the crimson glow.

Gu Sheng destroyed the Blood Ancestor Incarnation with the power of his Emperor Realm soul, but Xiao Beixuan escaped using a damaged teleportation talisman. Bai Yu survived by using his family’s Golden Cicada Sheds Its Shell secret art, and Gu Sheng sent Qin Ling'er to search the immortal pool for Xiao Mengling.

• Xiao Beixuan summoned the Blood Ancestor Incarnation, which attacked Gu Sheng with the Soul Worship Technique.
• Gu Sheng's mysterious cauldron protected him, and his Emperor Realm soul crushed the Blood Ancestor Incarnation.
• Xiao Beixuan used a damaged Great Teleportation Ancient Talisman to escape, suffering severe backlash.
• Bai Yu emerged in Jade Cicada form after using his family's secret art to leave a false body in his place.
• Gu Sheng sent Qin Ling'er into the immortal pool to search for Xiao Mengling, then described her as an existence he had created but could not control.

Gu Sheng rescued Bai Zhi, Bai Yu, and Xiao Mengling from the danger around the immortal pool, while Qin Ling'er used a new healing technique to treat Xiao Mengling. After Xiao Mengling woke, Gu Sheng offered to dissolve their elders’ marriage agreement, and Situ Qingfeng awoke to learn the Sacred Academy was temporarily safe but feared he would miss a rare chance to repair his Dao foundation.

• Gu Sheng gave Bai Zhi a soul-nourishing pill, and she woke, reunited with Bai Yu, and used a Great Teleportation Ancient Talisman to leave with him.
• Qin Ling'er found Xiao Mengling in the immortal pool and used spiritual-energy threads to heal her injuries before returning to Gu Sheng’s sea of consciousness to sleep.
• Xiao Mengling woke and learned Gu Sheng had saved her; he offered to accompany her to Myriad Spirits Palace to dissolve their elders’ marriage agreement.
• Xiao Mengling could not contact Xia Furong, whose whereabouts remained unknown after the battle.
• Situ Qingfeng woke and learned nearly a month had passed; he panicked that he might miss the early-July Golden Winged Great Peng remains secret realm, his chance to repair his Dao foundation.

Gu Sheng returned from the secret realm with Situ Qingfeng, learned that Xiao Beixuan remained a grave threat, and prepared to leave for the Golden Winged Great Peng secret realm in Southern Frontier. Miss Tantai’s projection warned him of a major deployment from the Heavenly Profound Sacred Land and placed him in charge of Linlang Pavilion’s Eastern Wasteland affairs.

• Situ Qingfeng agreed to help Gu Sheng and tried unsuccessfully to reach the immortal pool’s water through its King Realm barrier before they left the secret realm with Xiao Mengling.
• Back in Great Desolation City, Gu Sheng and Xiao Mengling contacted Xia Furong, who said she had recorded Xiao Beixuan’s attack and sent the evidence to the Boundless Sect elders; Xiao Mengling then left for the Sacred Academy.
• Gu Sheng told Situ Qingfeng he would leave for Southern Frontier within three days, and Situ Qingfeng agreed to accompany him despite learning that Xiao Beixuan had Human King Realm cultivation.
• At Linlang Pavilion, Gu Sheng arranged a room for Situ Qingfeng and learned that Yuan Yuan, Qing Xuan, Shen Qingtian, Ning Shuang, and Yu Rou were safe; he also received Miss Tantai’s Moonlight Heart Seal and her warning about Jin’er and the ancient treasury key.
• Miss Tantai’s projection told Gu Sheng to oversee Linlang Pavilion’s Eastern Wasteland affairs and warned that dozens of cloudship fleets from the Heavenly Profound Sacred Land were heading there, while Gu Sheng began preparing for his journey.

Miss Tantai warned Gu Sheng that the Sacred Academy could not pursue Xiao Beixuan while it prepared for the Central Continent Sacred Land, but that her family and the Academy Head were investigating Nether River Venerable Zhao Wuming’s seal. As Gu Sheng prepared for the Southern Border journey, Xia Wuyou arrived in Great Desolation City and agreed to follow Gu Sheng’s lead.

• Miss Tantai told Gu Sheng that the Sacred Academy could not spare resources to hunt Xiao Beixuan, while her elder sister and the Academy Head prepared to investigate Zhao Wuming’s sealing site.
• Gu Sheng examined the intricate arrays on Miss Tantai’s jade tablet, then refined Azure Phosphorus Golden Pattern Pills to protect Xia Furong from Southern Border miasma and venomous insects.
• Situ Qingfeng tried to reach Gu Sheng in the restricted pill room and teased him about the Tantai sisters, prompting a hidden guardian to pin him down and warn him against insulting the Tantai clan’s daughters.
• Xia Wuyou arrived and suppressed Situ Qingfeng, but released him after Gu Sheng asked him to let the matter end.
• Xia Wuyou told Gu Sheng that Pavilion Master Bing Tang had sent him to guard Great Desolation City and that the Second Young Lady had ordered him to follow Gu Sheng’s directions.