Recaps

Gu Yuanqing reflected on his Void Heaven World as years passed and his family grew. After Li Chengyi sought his approval to conquer Great Zhou, Great Qian united the Floating World with little resistance.

• Gu Yuanqing judged his Void Heaven World to have reached lesser attainment and continued cultivating in seclusion.
• Chen Binglan gave birth to Li Guanrong, and Gu Yuanqing visited the Imperial Palace to hold his new grandson.
• Two years later, Li Chengyi visited Gu Yuanqing and sought approval to send troops against Great Zhou; Gu Yuanqing agreed, warning him to avoid excessive bloodshed.
• One month later, Li Chengyi led Great Qian's army toward Great Zhou, whose emperor, Duanmu Jing, surrendered and offered the Imperial Heirloom Seal.
• Great Qian named Duanmu Jing the King of Zhou, and surrounding countries declared themselves vassals, uniting the Floating World under Great Qian within a month.

After Li Chengyi’s sacrifice strengthened the Human Dao Aura, Gu Yuanqing used his insights to expand his Void Heaven Domain, but North Spring Mountain’s growing power tore open space and carried it into a realm with a more complete Dao. He discovered that the apparent Island was the shell of an enormous Black Tortoise.

• Li Chengyi performed the ancient sacrifices, and Gu Yuanqing gained three days of insight from the Human Dao Aura.
• Gu Yuanqing infused geng metal qi and kui water qi into his Void Heaven World, strengthening it until his Void Heaven Domain expanded to a radius of three hundred meters.
• Gu Yuanqing stopped restraining North Spring Mountain, and a spatial rift transported it into an unfamiliar realm.
• Gu Yuanqing explored the realm and found its Dao more complete and its space more stable than the Floating World’s.
• Gu Yuanqing sensed a thump beneath the Island and discovered that it rested on the shell of a gigantic sleeping Black Tortoise.

Gu Yuanqing observed the Floating World evolve as North Spring Mountain linked it to the Demon Realm and a new world, while its people and cultivation flourished over the years. He then saw an all-out war erupt between the Demon Race and Human Race, and Xiong Mo asked whether he would intervene.

• Gu Yuanqing discovered a colossal Mountain-Bearing Divine Turtle and returned to North Spring Mountain to observe it without disturbing it.
• As Gu Yuanqing studied space and Dao Resonance, North Spring Mountain linked the Floating World to the new world and helped the Floating World expand and evolve.
• Over the next dozen years, Great Qian prospered under Li Chengyi, cultivation spread rapidly, and Li Guanrong grew into a mischievous boy.
• Gu Yuanqing used his Void Piercing Heavenly Eye to witness the Demon Race and Human Race fighting across their territories.
• Xiong Mo manifested beside North Spring Mountain and asked Gu Yuanqing whether he truly intended not to help.

Gu Yuanqing watched the demons overrun a Human Race city, then killed the demons who trespassed on his leased territory at North Spring Mountain. When the Mantis attacked, Gu Yuanqing forced it out of the Void and prepared to strike.

• Gu Yuanqing confirmed with Xiong Mo that the three thousand li around North Spring Mountain remained his leased territory.
• Ji Xian fought three Heavenly Human Great Demons, was badly wounded, and ordered the Human Race to retreat while he held them off.
• Ji Xian and the other defenders bought time for the humans to evacuate, then escaped as the demons overwhelmed the city.
• Demons entering Gu Yuanqing's territory attacked him, and he used the Demon Subduing Formation to kill them and collect their Demon Cores.
• The Mantis flew toward North Spring Mountain, but Gu Yuanqing used the Formless Calamity Finger to force it out of the Void.

Gu Yuanqing killed a two-tribulation Mantis Great Demon near North Spring Mountain, demonstrating his immense strength as the Blood Moon stirred the demons’ killing intent. Meanwhile, Yan Zongsheng assessed the worsening crisis and the Sacred Hall’s unfinished preparations for war.

• Gu Yuanqing used the Demon Subduing Sword and Green Mountain Phantom to destroy the Mantis Great Demon and stop its collapsing heavenly human world a thousand miles from North Spring Mountain.
• The demons nearby fled in fear, while Xiong Mo and Xiong Ba watched from Bamboo Mountain and speculated about Gu Yuanqing’s cultivation and the Mantis Tribe’s losses.
• Yan Zongsheng discussed the Blood Moon’s effects with Xing Shizhao, who reported that only seventy-four of the one hundred and eight required Formation Base Artifacts had been forged.
• Yan Zongsheng ordered the Array Tools prioritized and considered abandoning the Underground Cave, though doing so might let the Demon Race’s great Royal Races enter the battlefield.

Ao Guang gathered the demon kings and warned that the Human Race’s retreat might conceal a plan for Yan Zongsheng to reach the Yin-Yang Realm. He presented Lou Wanrong, who blamed Gu Yuanqing and his hidden mountain for the demons’ disappearances, while Gu Yuanqing anticipated that the demons might soon come for him.

• Ao Guang told the demon kings that the Human Race’s retreat and the resources sent to the Heavenly Human Sacred Hall could signal Yan Zongsheng’s breakthrough to the Yin-Yang Realm.
• Ao Guang cited Gu Yuanqing’s strength, including his killing of Xuan Ren from a thousand li away, as evidence that the human in the Iron Eater Tribe could be a threat.
• Lou Wanrong appeared before the demon kings, and Ao Guang invited them to hear his account.
• Lou Wanrong linked the demons’ missing clansmen to Gu Yuanqing, his mountain, and their shared connection to the way of space.
• Gu Yuanqing sensed that the demons might soon drive him from the Demon Realm and resolved to slaughter them for demon cores if they came after him.

The Tiger Lord and Fox King confronted Gu Yuanqing at North Spring Mountain over the disappearance of their clansmen and accused him of stealing Demon Race bloodlines. A middle-aged man revealed himself as the source of their information, and Gu Yuanqing recognized him as a Heavenly Human using the Heavenly Demon Sword’s Split Soul.

• The Tiger Lord and Fox King arrived at Iron Eater Tribe territory and pressed Xiong Mo to let them pass so they could question Gu Yuanqing.
• Xiong Mo and Xiong Ba watched the demon kings head for North Spring Mountain and worried that Gu Yuanqing was in serious trouble.
• Gu Yuanqing sensed the approaching demons, strengthened his connection to North Spring Mountain, and awaited them.
• The Tiger Lord and Fox King accused Gu Yuanqing of taking Sky Fox clansmen, but he denied leaving his mountain or holding them.
• A middle-aged man stepped forward and accused Gu Yuanqing of stealing Demon Race bloodlines to sow discord and hide Yan Zongsheng’s breakthrough; Gu Yuanqing recognized his Heavenly Demon Sword Split Soul and challenged the demon kings for believing him.

Gu Yuanqing faced Tiger Lord and Su Yue'e over the missing tiger and fox cubs, then returned both cubs after Su Yue'e agreed to let the matter go. The assembled demons reacted greedily to the cubs, prompting Su Yue'e to reveal her true form as Tiger Lord shouted at her.

• Tiger Lord demanded that Gu Yuanqing open North Spring Mountain's array, while Xiong Mo explained that Su Yue'e would not abandon the search for her daughter.
• Su Yue'e offered to forgive Gu Yuanqing if her daughter was unharmed, then struck the middle-aged man when he tried to intervene.
• Tiger Lord offered to drop the matter if Gu Yuanqing returned his tribe's cub, and Su Yue'e agreed to take the middle-aged man as well.
• Ao Guang objected to Su Yue'e handing over his guest, but she repeatedly dispersed his projection and Gu Yuanqing summoned Young Fox and Young Tiger.
• Gu Yuanqing returned the two cubs and said he would face the demon kings himself, but the surrounding demons eyed the cubs hungrily and Su Yue'e transformed as Tiger Lord shouted at her.

Su Yue'e and Tiger Lord recovered their clansmen and confronted Ao Guang after Gu Yuanqing killed the Heavenly Demon Sword Master's split soul. Ao Guang recognized Little White Fox as possessing a yao spirit sacred body, alarming Su Yue'e as his aura frightened the cub.

• Tiger Lord and Su Yue'e drove off the Unicorn Strange Beast and welcomed their returned tiger cub and Little White Fox.
• Su Yue'e sent the middle-aged man, a split soul of the Heavenly Demon Sword Master, to Gu Yuanqing, who destroyed him and erased his divine soul.
• Ao Guang arrived and accused Su Yue'e of disrespecting Demonic Dragon Mountain, while she and Tiger Lord asserted the Four Great Royal Races answered only to the Demon Emperor.
• Ao Guang noticed Little White Fox and identified her as having a yao spirit sacred body, frightening her with his aura.
• Su Yue'e warned Ao Guang not to go too far as she comforted Little White Fox.

Ao Guang demanded Gu Yuanqing reveal how he had cleansed two cubs of demonic qi, then attacked North Spring Peak when Gu refused. Gu Yuanqing repelled Ao Guang’s ancient Dragon Language attack, leaving the demon king’s silver lightning dragon destroyed.

• Ao Guang saw that the two cubs had become spirit beasts and demanded Gu Yuanqing explain how he had cleansed their demonic qi.
• Gu Yuanqing refused Ao Guang’s offer of protection and challenged it to test his strength at North Spring Peak.
• Ao Guang summoned demonic Rain Dao over North Spring Peak, but Gu Yuanqing’s mountain turned it into ordinary rain.
• Ao Guang used the ancient Dragon Language to summon a powerful silver dragon of lightning, alarming the Tiger Lord and Fox King.
• Gu Yuanqing used North Spring Mountain’s power to seize the silver dragon and crush it despite Ao Guang’s attempt to detonate its Thunder Dao.

Ao Guang's attack on Gu Yuanqing failed, and Gu Yuanqing injured him with the Formless Calamity Finger, revealing strength that shocked the Tiger Lord and Fox King. Enraged, Ao Guang began casting a forbidden spell, forcing the demons to flee as Xiong Mo ordered the formation activated.

• Ao Guang realized Gu Yuanqing had easily neutralized the Dragon Race True Word, while the Tiger Lord and Fox King reassessed Gu Yuanqing's strength.
• Gu Yuanqing dismissed Ao Guang's power and reached for him with an enormous hand, but Ao Guang enlarged himself and crushed it.
• Gu Yuanqing struck Ao Guang with the Formless Calamity Finger, mangling part of the dragon's body despite his bloodline's resistance to Spell Arts.
• Ao Guang expanded to thousands of yards long and began reciting the Ancient Dragon Language True Word.
• Su Yue'e warned the demons to retreat, the Tiger Lord swept them away with a gale, and Xiong Mo ordered the formation activated.

Ao Guang unleashed the Demonic Dragon Clan’s forbidden spell, Dragon God Burial World, and sent its Yin-Yang Great Millstone crashing down on North Spring Mountain. Gu Yuanqing used North Spring Mountain’s Object Control to wrest the Yin-Yang power from Ao Guang, gaining sudden insight into the Dao as Ao Guang sensed his spell losing strength.

• Ao Guang ignored Gu Yuanqing’s attacks while chanting in dragon tongue and formed a vast Yin-Yang Vortex above North Spring Mountain.
• Ao Guang completed Dragon God Burial World, and the Yin-Yang Great Millstone descended toward North Spring Peak as Su Yue'e, Xiong Mo, and Yan Zongsheng recognized the forbidden spell’s danger.
• Gu Yuanqing observed the Yin-Yang Dao through North Spring Mountain’s power as the millstone entered the mountain’s range.
• Gu Yuanqing used Object Control to free the Yin-Yang power from Ao Guang’s command, and Ao Guang felt the power of his Great Millstone rapidly draining.

Ao Guang unleashed Dragon God Burial World against North Spring Mountain, but Gu Yuanqing used the mountain to absorb its power and deepen his understanding of the Yin-Yang Dao. Unable to overpower the mountain, Ao Guang detonated the Yin-Yang Great Millstone, sending a devastating shock wave across the land.

• Ao Guang expanded Dragon God Burial World and gathered demonic qi from nearly six thousand li to strengthen the Yin-Yang Great Millstone.
• The Tiger Lord and Fox King Su Yue'e realized Ao Guang wanted to glimpse the Yin-Yang Realm and possibly break the Iron Eater Tribe's protective formations.
• Gu Yuanqing absorbed the Yin-Yang qi into North Spring Mountain, increasing its spiritual qi and advancing his Void Heaven World as he studied the Yin-Yang Dao.
• Ao Guang saw the millstone's power weakening as North Spring Mountain swallowed it, and feared his plan would fail.
• Ao Guang used Dragon Tongue True Word to make the Yin-Yang powers clash, causing the millstone to explode and unleash a vast shock wave.

Ao Guang’s Forbidden Spell devastated the area around North Spring Mountain but left Gu Yuanqing and the mountain unharmed. Gu Yuanqing counterattacked, and the weakened Ao Guang fled toward Demonic Dragon Mountain, leaving the gathered demons stunned.

• Ao Guang’s Forbidden Spell leveled the surrounding land, while Tiger Lord and Su Yue'e calmed the Gale and Xiong Mo confirmed that a Bamboo Mountain array node had been destroyed.
• Ao Guang summoned rain to clear the dust, and Tiger Lord determined that the Boundary Domain had been damaged but was recovering, preventing another Underground Cave from forming.
• North Spring Mountain reappeared unharmed with Gu Yuanqing standing atop it, and he sent the Demon Subduing Sword after Ao Guang.
• Gu Yuanqing used the Heavenly Fishing Method to restrain Ao Guang with a Green Mountain Phantom, but Ao Guang burned his Dragon Core’s source essence and escaped after being wounded by the sword.
• Gu Yuanqing retrieved the Dragon Blood and flesh, while Tiger Lord, the Fox King, Xiong Mo, and the other demons stared in disbelief at Ao Guang’s retreat.

After Ao Guang fled North Spring Mountain, Gu Yuanqing reflected on the battle and the mountain’s power while the demons and other observers reckoned with what they had witnessed. The chapter left Su Yue'e examining Little White Fox on Sky Fox Mountain.

• Ao Guang fled, and Su Yue'e and the Tiger Lord led their forces away from North Spring Mountain.
• Gu Yuanqing surveyed the devastation, withdrew North Spring Mountain into space, and contemplated how Object Control had protected it.
• Xiong Ba and Xiong Mo discussed Gu Yuanqing’s strength before repairing the damaged array on Bamboo Mountain.
• Yan Zongsheng lamented that Gu Yuanqing would not assist the Sacred Hall.
• Li Shi'an and Ji Dai asked Gu Yuanqing about the mountain’s disturbance, but he called it a resolved minor matter and sent them back down the mountain.
• Gu Yuanqing made North Spring Mountain reappear above the Sea Islands as Su Yue'e examined Little White Fox on Sky Fox Mountain.

Su Yue'e discovered that Little White Fox’s bloodline had been cleansed of demonic qi, but the young fox’s weak foundation left her vulnerable to the Demon Realm. She brought her daughter back to North Spring Mountain and asked Gu Yuanqing to take her in, where Gu Yuanqing agreed before realizing his son had grown fond of a fox spirit.

• Su Yue'e confirmed that Little White Fox had become a spirit fox after her bloodline was cleansed, and Little White Fox happily reunited with her clan on Sky Fox Mountain.
• After Little White Fox became weak and feverish, Su Yue'e concluded that demonic qi in the Demon Realm threatened her daughter’s new form.
• Leaders of seven subordinate tribes asked Su Yue'e to persuade Gu Yuanqing to release missing clansmen, but she dismissed them and hurried to her daughter.
• Su Yue'e overcame Xiong Mo’s attempt to stop her and carried Little Fox to North Spring Mountain.
• Su Yue'e explained Little Fox’s condition and asked Gu Yuanqing to take her daughter in; Gu Yuanqing agreed, then realized his son was fond of a fox spirit.

After defeating Ao Guang, Gu Yuanqing enjoyed a period of peace while the Human and Demon Races reconsidered their stance toward him. Meanwhile, a divine-soul figure found a hand pinned by an Ancient Sword in the Underground Cave, and Gu Yuanqing decided to enter the Ancient Realm.

• Su Yue'e entrusted the Little White Fox to Gu Yuanqing, and the Tiger Lord later returned the little tiger cub; both left lavish gifts and suspected Gu Yuanqing of schemes.
• News of Gu Yuanqing's victory over Ao Guang spread, prompting regret among Ji Xian and Gongsun Sui and keeping both races from disturbing North Spring Mountain.
• Ao Guang returned to Demonic Dragon Mountain and entered seclusion after burning his essence and suffering a humiliating defeat.
• A divine-soul figure explored the Underground Cave, absorbed mysterious aura, and found a fair hand pinned to an Array Platform by a pitch-black Ancient Sword.
• Gu Yuanqing spent two more years cultivating at a slower pace, then opened his eyes above the Sea Islands and decided to enter the Ancient Realm.

Gu Yuanqing prepared to enter the Ancient Realm after helping the Floating World’s cultivators and settling his affairs. He reached the Ancient Realm through the Void Realm and found himself inside a vast formation, where Chu Ran appeared and immediately flew away.

• Gu Yuanqing visited Li Shi'an and the others, shared his cultivation insights, and gave them revised techniques and resources for Divine Platform cultivation.
• Gu Yuanqing increased North Spring Mountain’s admission quota to five hundred and warned the group that fewer than seventy years remained before the world conflict.
• Gu Yuanqing spoke with Li Chengyi, Chen Zhengfeng, Tong Yuefei, Bai Xianghui, and Aunt Feng, then separated the summit of North Spring Mountain and began secluded cultivation.
• Gu Yuanqing used his Void Heaven World and Spatial Dao Charm to sense the Void Realm and enter the Ancient Realm.
• Gu Yuanqing found himself inside an enormous formation, saw Chu Ran arrive and fly away on Sword Light, and discovered that the Ancient Realm had formed a body for his divine soul.

Gu Yuanqing entered the Ancient Realm, learned that its dangers made flying unsafe for newcomers, and met Mei Lisan, the Jade River Hermit. Mei led him away from the formation to explain the realm, while Gu observed demon beasts and human hunters in the mountains.

• Gu Yuanqing tested entering and leaving the Ancient Realm, then restored his weary divine soul with Mountain Observation before entering again.
• Mei Lisan warned Gu not to fly because his divine soul lacked innate pure yang qi and could be struck by lightning in the astral wind.
• Gu introduced himself as the North Spring Mountain Master, while Mei identified himself as the Jade River Hermit and offered to explain the Ancient Realm.
• Shi Ziqian, a True Disciple of the Wuchen Sect, emerged from the formation, and Mei said she had returned after being severely injured in a battle with Cen Pingshan.
• Mei led Gu through the mountains, testing his movement speed, while Gu kept pace and spotted demon beasts and human hunters near the mountain outskirts.

Gu Yuanqing entered the Ancient Realm with Mei Lisan, learned about the Great Wei Divine Dynasty and its ancient coins, and waited to see the mysterious show Mei had promised. When the full moon rose, the peaceful Ancient City abruptly transformed.

• Mei Lisan warned Gu Yuanqing not to kill the Ancient Realm's natives or the Great Wei Divine Dynasty's soldiers, then brought him to a city where they paid ancient coins for entry.
• Mei Lisan explained that ancient coins were used for transactions, gave Gu Yuanqing a jade slip containing their condensation method, and hinted at a grand show that night.
• Gu Yuanqing noticed the veiled young lady of the City Lord's Mansion, then settled into an inn room protected by a formation and studied the coin-condensing technique.
• Gu Yuanqing and Mei Lisan went up to the inn roof after nightfall to watch the promised show.
• A full moon rose, and the Ancient City abruptly transformed before Gu Yuanqing's eyes.

On a full moon night, Gu Yuanqing explored a city in the Ancient Realm whose residents revealed themselves as gruesome dead, while outside cultivators searched for unusual objects. Yu Yunan spoke carelessly about the residents being dead, triggering the city’s attention toward Gu Yuanqing as the man and woman vanished from everyone else’s sight.

• Mei Lisan warned Gu Yuanqing to treat the city’s residents as normal people and keep his waist token, but Gu Yuanqing stayed on a rooftop to observe.
• Gu Yuanqing spotted outside cultivators searching the city, including Yu Yunan, who bought an unusual earthenware jar and warned Gu Yuanqing not to spy on him.
• Gu Yuanqing saw an old man collect an unusual red fruit, then went down to explore and sensed the aura of the Underworld in a pastry.
• Yu Yunan approached with a veiled woman and asked Gu Yuanqing whether he thought the residents were dead.
• The street fell silent, and an Underworld aura enveloped Yu Yunan and the woman until the residents seemed to see only Gu Yuanqing; Yu Yunan warned him not to look at things he should not.

Gu Yuanqing confronted Yu Yunan of the Sanyang Sect after Yu Yunan unleashed vengeful ghosts on him in the Ancient Realm. Gu Yuanqing answered Yu Yunan’s threats by striking with the Formless Calamity Finger, whose power appeared before Yu Yunan with irresistible force.

• Yu Yunan’s words caused the dead around Gu Yuanqing to transform into vengeful ghosts, and Gu Yuanqing’s Waist Token shield began rapidly losing energy.
• Yu Yunan introduced himself as a True Disciple of the Sanyang Sect and threatened Gu Yuanqing, who warned that he might kill him.
• Cultivators in the city recognized Yu Yunan and feared for Gu Yuanqing, while Mei Lisan approached the scene and then tried to avoid being implicated.
• Gu Yuanqing declared that he would return Yu Yunan’s ambush and unleashed the Formless Calamity Finger.
• Yu Yunan sensed the finger’s immense force appearing before him and changed his expression.

Gu Yuanqing escaped the chaos after Wuyi City's commander awakened the city’s dead, then met Xiang Feng'er, the City Lord’s daughter. She presented him with a Wuyi City Pass Token and an inner-city courtyard, leaving him baffled by the City Lord’s unexpected favor.

• Yu Yunan’s clash with Gu Yuanqing ended when the city commander awakened and revealed that Wuyi City had become a ghost realm.
• Gu Yuanqing evaded the commander without killing him, using his mastery of movement and spatial concealment to avoid the pursuing yin spirits.
• Gu Yuanqing spotted Yu Yunan entering a courtyard and then saw Xiang Feng'er arrive in a carriage surrounded by yin energy.
• Xiang Feng'er introduced herself and told Gu Yuanqing she had come on her father’s behalf to give him a Wuyi City Pass Token and a courtyard.
• Gu Yuanqing accepted the token but remained confused about why the City Lord treated him as an honored guest.

Gu Yuanqing received a Consecration Token from Xiang Feng'er and learned from Mei Lisan that it was a prized privilege associated with heavenly humans. As Wuyi City's inhabitants endured another Full Moon night of torment, Gu Yuanqing asked Mei Lisan about the Ancient Realm Platform and the Boundless River, seeking dao souls to strengthen his void heaven.

• Xiang Feng'er warned Gu Yuanqing to avoid the city’s people on Full Moon nights and gave him a token before wishing that he would one day kill her.
• Gu Yuanqing returned to the inn, where Mei Lisan explained why he feared the Sanyang Sect and urged Gu Yuanqing not to mention it.
• Mei Lisan identified Xiang Feng'er's token as Wuyi City's Consecration Token, which granted entry and discounts, and said outsiders called it the Heavenly Human Token.
• Xiang Feng'er spoke with her father about granting Gu Yuanqing the token and the Full Moon chaos, while her headless maid Hanzhu suffered through another night of torment.
• Gu Yuanqing offered to help Mei Lisan shop with the token and asked about the Ancient Realm Platform and the Boundless River.
• Mei Lisan guessed that Gu Yuanqing wanted to fish up dao souls, and Gu Yuanqing confirmed that this was his main reason for coming to the Ancient Realm.

Gu Yuanqing learned that fishing for Dao Souls in the Boundless River was difficult and controlled by powerful sects, but remained determined to try it. After rejecting Yu Yunan’s demand for an apology, he traveled to Dongyuan City with Zheng Kun, intent on reaching the river.

• Mei Lisan warned Gu Yuanqing that catching Dao Souls was difficult, described the Illusionary Spirit Sect’s control of the riverbank and bait trade, and gave him a map before leaving the Ancient Realm.
• Gu Yuanqing witnessed a White-Clad yin spirit’s nighttime rampage in Wuyi City, then saw the city and its inhabitants return to peaceful normality at dawn, apparently forgetting the night’s events.
• Yu Yunan confronted Gu Yuanqing and asked him to apologize at a banquet, but Gu Yuanqing refused and left Wuyi City despite Yu Yunan’s threats.
• Gu Yuanqing traveled for four days, met Zheng Kun on the road, and arrived with him at Dongyuan City, where Zheng Kun planned to fish for graded Dao Souls.