Recaps

Gu Yuanqing had the Dragon Demon Ancestor accept a Soul Seal and become his subordinate, then questioned him about cultivation from the Heavenly Change Realm to the Yin-Yang Realm. After three days of discussion, Gu Yuanqing prepared to send Ao Jie back to the Demon Realm before his cultivation declined further.

• The Dragon Demon Ancestor agreed to serve Gu Yuanqing, who eased North Spring Mountain's suppression and sealed a portion of the dragon's divine soul.
• After accepting the Soul Seal, the Dragon Demon Ancestor realized Gu Yuanqing was only in the Heavenly Change Realm and regretted misjudging their earlier battle.
• The Dragon Demon Ancestor transformed into human form, introduced himself as Ao Jie, and pledged to tell Gu Yuanqing everything he knew.
• Gu Yuanqing brought Ao Jie into his courtyard, where they discussed cultivation from Heavenly Change to Yin-Yang for three days.
• Gu Yuanqing offered to send Ao Jie back to the Demon Realm to prevent his cultivation from declining, and Ao Jie asked whether he needed anything done.

Gu Yuanqing released the Dragon Demon Ancestor and told him to resume managing the Demon Realm without disturbing his cultivation. The Ancestor regained his strength, and the Demon Races learned that he had returned as Ao Guang welcomed him and complained about the Royal Races.

• Gu Yuanqing asked the Dragon Demon Ancestor to catch a white, winged, single-horned Strange Beast if fate allowed, and the Ancestor described how its powerful ancestor had once defeated him.
• Gu Yuanqing sent the Dragon Demon Ancestor away from North Spring Mountain, instructing him to handle Demon Realm affairs while leaving Gu Yuanqing undisturbed.
• The Dragon Demon Ancestor sensed that he could not locate North Spring Mountain or remove the Soul Seal branded in his soul, then absorbed demonic qi and resumed his dragon form.
• Xiong Mo and Xiong Ba noticed the Dragon Demon Ancestor's return, while the Tiger Lord, Fox King Su Yue'e, the Demon Ape, and the Demon Phoenix reacted to his aura.
• Ao Guang led the Demonic Dragons to greet the Dragon Demon Ancestor, then complained that the Royal Races had redirected the clan's tributes to Gu Yuanqing.

The Dragon Demon Ancestor returned to Demonic Dragon Mountain and ordered his clan to treat Gu Yuanqing as their superior, then asserted his authority over the Demon Kings. As Gu Yuanqing remained unconcerned on North Spring Mountain, a powerful visitor from the Crimson Cloud Realm arrived at the Slanting Moon Bai Family.

• The Dragon Demon Ancestor forbade Demonic Dragon Clan members from entering the area around Gu Yuanqing’s Immortal Mountain without permission and ordered them to treat Young Master Gu as they would him.
• The Dragon Demon Ancestor told Ao Guang that he would personally deliver the royal races’ offerings and the clan’s share to North Spring Mountain.
• At a gathering of demons, the Dragon Demon Ancestor said the Tiger Lord’s breakthrough to Yin-Yang depended on Young Master Gu’s permission.
• The Dragon Demon Ancestor killed Flathead Bro after the Honey Badger Great Demon demanded that he abdicate.
• Gu Yuanqing sensed events at Demonic Dragon Mountain but chose not to interfere.
• A ninth-layer divine platform Great Cultivator from the Crimson Cloud Realm arrived outside the Slanting Moon Bai Family and announced that his surname was Bai.

Bai Yuebin delivered the Crimson Cloud Bai Family’s order for the Slanting Moon branch to evacuate, leaving the other great families fearful about the world conflict. After three years of combat training, Gu Yuanqing mastered his Heavenly Human World, and the Tiger Lord arrived to request permission to break through to the Yin-Yang Realm.

• Bai Yuebin gave Bai Changbi the Clan Order and commanded the Bai Clan to leave Slanting Moon World because their branch had brought disaster upon the lineage.
• Bai Changbi told Ji Yuhuan that the Bai Clan would withdraw, and Ji Yuhuan summoned the other family heads to discuss what they would do.
• Gu Yuanqing trained against the Dragon Rhinoceros and Luo Yu in the Spiritual Mountain Trial, then spent three years improving his control and concealing his aura.
• The Tiger Lord visited North Spring Mountain and asked Gu Yuanqing for a Permission Order to attempt a breakthrough to the Yin-Yang Realm.

Hu Lie survived the Yin-Yang Great Tribulation and became the Dragon Demon Realm’s second Yin-Yang Great Cultivator while Gu Yuanqing continued guiding his family and allies. Years later, a Nine-Headed Great Serpent appeared at the Demonic Dragon Continent and confronted the Dragon Demon Ancestor.

• Gu Yuanqing allowed Hu Lie to pursue a breakthrough, and Hu Lie later survived the Yin-Yang Great Tribulation over Tiger Mountain.
• Ao Jie ordered Ao Guang to change his name to Ao Ji after Gu Yuanqing said Ao Guang did not deserve a dragon god’s name.
• Xiong Mo told Xiong Ba that his damaged foundation left him little chance of surviving the Yin-Yang Great Tribulation, then promised to reserve more demonic bamboo for him to prepare for heavenly change.
• Li Chengyi forged his divine platform at the fourth level, while Gu Yuanqing developed a cultivation technique for the ten-year-old Gu Siyuan and updated the Scripture Pavilion’s techniques.
• Years later, a Nine-Headed Great Serpent arrived at the edge of the Demonic Dragon Continent, fixed its eighteen eyes on the Dragon Demon Ancestor, and called him a vile dragon.

A Xiangliu-blooded Nine-Headed Serpent invaded the Demon Realm, but the Dragon Demon Ancestor and four demon kings drove it back. The demon kings feared it would recover and return, while Gu Yuanqing concluded that the Demon Realm was more dangerous than he had expected.

• The Nine-Headed Serpent flooded the coast and advanced toward the Dragon Demon Ancestor, drawing Tiger Lord and the other demon kings to the battlefield.
• The Dragon Demon Ancestor fought the serpent and recognized its Xiangliu bloodline, while Tiger Lord severed one of its heads with his divine ability.
• The Dragon Demon Ancestor, Tiger Lord, the Ape King, the Demon Phoenix, and Su Yue'e coordinated their attacks and forced the wounded serpent to retreat.
• The demon kings worried that the serpent would regrow its head and return before the Dragon Demon Ancestor could recover his peak strength.
• The Dragon Demon Ancestor said Gu Yuanqing would not help, and Gu Yuanqing reflected that the Demon Realm was fraught with danger.

Gu Yuanqing continued his cultivation and guided Gu Siyuan while trouble erupted at the Underground Cave, where the Demon Kings faced a surge of powerful Devil Beasts. As the Nine-Headed Serpent invaded the Dragon Demon World, the Dragon Demon Ancestor confronted him, leaving dangers both within and beyond the realm.

• Xiong Ba survived his Heavenly Tribulation by swallowing a bolt of Heavenly Thunder, and Xiong Mo scolded him before helping him recover.
• Gu Yuanqing cultivated through independent split souls and taught Gu Siyuan, who formed his Dao Embryo at twelve.
• Devil Beasts poured from the Underground Cave, prompting the Tiger Lord and other demon experts to fight them across the Dragon Demon Domain.
• The Tiger Lord and Su Yue'e discovered that the cave held many powerful beasts and might conceal a Yin-Yang Realm being.
• The Nine-Headed Serpent forced his way into the Dragon Demon World, and the Dragon Demon Ancestor attacked him as he retreated toward the Underground Cave.

The Dragon Demon Ancestor reported threats from a Yin-Yang Realm beast in the Underground Cave and delivered the demons’ offerings to Gu Yuanqing, who gave him a Jade Talisman bearing his divine soul imprint. Gu Yuanqing then entered the Ancient Realm to hasten his cultivation and arrived in Wuyi City, where a veiled young woman greeted him as someone she had met before.

• The Dragon Demon Ancestor left the Tiger Lord to guard the Underground Cave after sensing a Yin-Yang Realm beast there.
• Su Yue'e remarked that the Tiger Lord had survived his tribulation because Gu Yuanqing no longer cared about the Demon Emperor’s position, and the Tiger Lord said Gu Yuanqing had allowed him to advance.
• The Dragon Demon Ancestor delivered the demons’ offerings to Gu Yuanqing and explained that the Dragon Demon Domain had hidden forces and treasures to face the new threats.
• Gu Yuanqing gave the Dragon Demon Ancestor a Jade Talisman containing his divine soul imprint, then left a strand of divine sense behind to watch over the Demon Realm.
• After several months, Gu Yuanqing entered the Ancient Realm to advance his cultivation and found that his strength there was about eighty percent of its peak.
• Gu Yuanqing flew to Wuyi City, where a veiled young woman approached and greeted him as someone she had met before.

Gu Yuanqing encountered Xiang Feng'er in Wuyi City and declined her invitation to visit the City Lord's Mansion. He then clashed with Yu Yunan and the Sanyang Sect, killing Yu Yunan and the Green-Skirted Woman and leaving the purple-robed elder gravely wounded.

• Xiang Feng'er invited Gu Yuanqing to visit the City Lord's Mansion and offered to show him around Wuyi City, but he declined both offers.
• Gu Yuanqing recognized Yu Yunan outside his courtyard, where Yu Yunan and a purple-robed elder accused him of insulting the Sanyang Sect.
• Yu Yunan attacked Gu Yuanqing with the Yangming Deliverance Hand, but Gu Yuanqing killed him with the Formless Calamity Finger and erased his soul imprint.
• The Green-Skirted Woman and the purple-robed elder attacked Gu Yuanqing, but he destroyed her Jade Hairpin, killed her, and tore through the elder's Boundary Domain.
• Gu Yuanqing's attack nearly killed the purple-robed elder, though a wisp of the elder's divine soul escaped.

Gu Yuanqing escaped Wuyi City after killing a Sanyang Sect True Disciple and wounding his master, prompting the sect to investigate and vow retaliation. As Gu Yuanqing flew toward Dongyuan City, an unseen attacker struck him with a saber.

• A city general moved to pursue Gu Yuanqing, but an elder identified him as an Attendant of Wuyi City, and Xiang Feng'er realized how powerful he was.
• Wan Siyuan and Situ Lin discovered Yu Yunan dead and learned that Qin Yuxin's soul lamp had also gone out near Wuyi City.
• Zhu Qingyu found Zhou Hanmo gravely injured after his divine soul was nearly destroyed in the Ancient Realm and promised to seek an accounting from the Sect Master.
• Li Chengpeng arrived at the ruined Sanyang Sect residence in Wuyi City and searched for someone who knew what had happened.
• Gu Yuanqing traveled toward Dongyuan City while condensing Ancient Coins, then calmly faced a concealed attacker's saber light.

Gu Yuanqing defeated a burly Heavenly Human who repeatedly attacked him, then traveled to Dongyuan City and overheard news about upcoming duels and the mysterious Primordial Realm. The burly man, desperate to find someone capable of killing him, followed Gu Yuanqing to a restaurant and sat across from him.

• A burly man attacked Gu Yuanqing for the sake of a fight, but Gu Yuanqing subdued him and threw him hundreds of miles away.
• The burly man realized Gu Yuanqing could truly kill him and pursued him, hoping for the death he had long sought.
• Gu Yuanqing reached Dongyuan City and waited for its Teleportation Array to open while dining at a restaurant.
• Gu Yuanqing overheard cultivators discuss a duel between Shi Ziqian and Cen Pingshan, events at the Boundless River, and the Primordial Realm.
• Gu Yuanqing sensed someone watching him and saw the burly man enter the restaurant and sit opposite him.

Gu Yuanqing learned from Saber Demon Lü Chen that the Ancient Realm’s Heavenly Humans had endured for ages, driving many mad, and Lü Chen asked him to end his life. After Lü Chen left Dongyuan City, Gu Yuanqing traveled to the Illusionary Spirit Sect, where he unexpectedly encountered Gongsun Miao.

• Lü Chen told Gu Yuanqing that many Heavenly Humans had gone mad over endless ages and been imprisoned by Emperor Wei Wuji.
• Lü Chen revealed that he wanted Gu Yuanqing to erase his spiritual essence, but Gu Yuanqing refused, fearing the attention of whoever had created the Ancient Realm.
• Zhao Qianyu arrived and ordered Lü Chen to leave Dongyuan City, and Lü Chen departed after threatening him.
• Gu Yuanqing decided not to investigate the Ancient Realm’s secrets and traveled by teleportation formation to the Boundless River.
• Gu Yuanqing arrived at the Illusionary Spirit Sect, where True Disciple Gongsun Miao recognized him.

Gu Yuanqing returned to the Illusionary Spirit Sect as a heavenly human, reunited with Yi Yunbo, and learned about the coming Hundred Realms Competition and the Exquisite Worlds. Meanwhile, a saber-wielding heavenly human arrived searching for Gu Yuanqing and nearly killed Gongsun Miao when he refused to answer.

• Gongsun Miao greeted Gu Yuanqing and concealed his displeasure at learning Gu had become a heavenly human.
• Yi Yunbo congratulated Gu Yuanqing, returned his Storage Bag with pills, a cultivation technique, and sixty thousand Ancient Coins, and said all twelve Ancient Fishing Platforms were occupied.
• Gu Yuanqing and Yi Yunbo discussed the Hundred Realms Competition and the Heaven's Pride Ranking as Gu learned more about the Exquisite Worlds.
• A burly heavenly human arrived at the Illusionary Spirit Sect's Residence and demanded that Gongsun Miao reveal where the man in his image was.
• The burly man attacked Gongsun Miao, who escaped ten miles away with a severe wound.

Lu Chen attacked Gongsun Miao at the Boundless River, prompting Qi Lingfeng to intervene before Shang Ziyin subdued Lu Chen with a series of slaps. Lu Zeyu arrived and learned that Lu Chen was looking for Gu Yuanqing, who was staying in the Illusionary Spirit Sect Residence.

• Lu Chen repeatedly slashed at Gongsun Miao until Qi Lingfeng arrived and confronted him.
• Qi Lingfeng and Lu Chen fought, while Gu Yuanqing watched and Yi Yunbo left to attend to his sect.
• Shang Ziyin trapped the fighters in her Wine Realm and slapped Lu Chen several times, interrupting his attacks.
• Lu Zeyu stopped Shang Ziyin from continuing and spoke with Lu Chen, who asked him to summon Gu Yuanqing.
• Yi Yunbo and Qiu Ziqing arrived, and Qiu Ziqing confirmed that Gu Yuanqing was inside the Ancient Realm.

Lu Chen came to the Illusionary Spirit Sect Residence looking for Gu Yuanqing, but Lu Zeyu turned him away by showing him the Great Evolution Furnace. Lu Zeyu then spoke with Gu Yuanqing, who refused to explain the matter but assured him he would not involve the sect; Qiu Ziqing and Yi Yunbo later returned and Qiu asked whether the Sect Master had been there.

• Lu Chen demanded to see a man connected to the Illusionary Spirit Sect, and Lu Zeyu showed him the Great Evolution Furnace, prompting Lu Chen to leave with a threat.
• Qiu Ziqing told Yi Yunbo that Lu Zeyu and Shang had once captured Lu Chen, refined him into an artifact, and sealed him until he died and was reborn.
• Lu Zeyu advised the injured Gongsun Miao to recover fully and skip the Hundred Realms Competition if his divine soul had not healed.
• Gu Yuanqing invited Lu Zeyu to share tea and said he would not drag the Illusionary Spirit Sect into his dispute with Lu Chen.
• Lu Zeyu offered Gu Yuanqing the sect's protection at its residence and invited him to visit; after he left, Qiu Ziqing and Yi Yunbo returned, and Qiu asked whether the Sect Master had been there.

Gu Yuanqing traveled upstream on the Boundless River and killed Chen Baotian with a single attack after their old enmity resurfaced. Chen Baotian awoke in the Sanyang Sect, badly injured, and learned that Zhou Hanmo had also lost most of his divine soul.

• Yi Yunbo and Qiu Ziqing visited Gu Yuanqing, who confirmed that Lu Chen had attacked him and suffered a setback.
• Gu Yuanqing headed upstream along the Boundless River to fish where fewer cultivators were present.
• Chen Baotian recognized Gu Yuanqing and warned that the Illusionary Spirit Sect could not protect him forever.
• Gu Yuanqing attacked Chen Baotian with the Formless Calamity Finger, destroying his body and divine soul in the Ancient Realm, then took his belongings.
• Chen Baotian awoke in his Sanyang Sect cave residence and learned from the Peak Master that Zhou Hanmo of the Chaoyang Lineage had also had his divine soul slain.

Gu Yuanqing fished in the turbulent upper reaches of the Boundless River and contemplated the balance of its myriad forms of vital energy. Meanwhile, Lu Chen learned that Gu Yuanqing was connected to the Sanyang Sect and began targeting its cultivators as a gift to him.

• Gu Yuanqing settled upstream, where he studied the Dao energy in the river and captured an Upper-Grade Profound Tier Dao Soul.
• Lu Chen watched the Illusionary Spirit Sect's residence while planning how to find Gu Yuanqing without driving him into hiding.
• Zhuang Tianlai approached Lu Chen, identified Gu Yuanqing, and proposed that Lu Chen cooperate with the Sanyang Sect against him.
• Lu Chen killed Zhuang Tianlai with a saber strike, also destroying part of another Void Heaven Cultivator's body.
• Lu Chen decided to target the Sanyang Sect as a gift for Gu Yuanqing and demanded that a nearby Void Heaven Cultivator tell him where its members were.

The Sanyang Sect investigated the slaughter of its disciples and suspected Lu Chen might be connected to the Primordial Realm. Lu Chen blamed the killings on Gu Yuanqing, leaving Gu Yuanqing facing the prospect of Sanyang Sect retaliation.

• Baili Jinghong learned that Lu Chen had killed Sanyang Sect disciples and grievously injured Heavenly Humans, and ordered an investigation into Lu Chen's background.
• Lu Zeyu intercepted Lu Chen when he tried to enter the Illusionary Spirit Sect residence, and Lu Chen asked him to tell Gu Yuanqing that he hoped Gu Yuanqing was satisfied with his gift.
• Qiu Ziqing found Gu Yuanqing and told him that Lu Chen had slaughtered Sanyang Sect disciples and claimed the killings were a gift for him.
• Gu Yuanqing said Lu Chen's actions had nothing to do with him and promised not to involve the Illusionary Spirit Sect if the Sanyang Sect came after him.

Gu Yuanqing rejected the Illusionary Spirit Sect’s offer to intervene in his feud with the Sanyang Sect and resumed cultivating, while the Sanyang Sect’s pursuit of Lu Chen ended in his death and a dangerous clash. Lu Zeyu learned that a Gu Yuanqing might have slain a Heavenly Human across worlds, leaving him curious about his guest elder’s origins.

• Gu Yuanqing thanked Qiu Ziqing for the Illusionary Spirit Sect’s concern but insisted the sect need not intervene in his feud with the Sanyang Sect.
• Qiu Ziqing left, and Gu Yuanqing resumed fishing and cultivating for powerful Dao Souls.
• The Sanyang Sect’s Heavenly Humans surrounded Lu Chen, who ignited his divine soul and destroyed his Heavenly Human World before Liu Ruiyuan and Su Yuheng withdrew to establish a foothold.
• Lu Zeyu told the Illusionary Spirit Sect to avoid direct conflict with the Sanyang Sect and to treat Gu Yuanqing as usual.
• An elder told Lu Zeyu that a Gu Yuanqing might have slain a Heavenly Human across worlds, and Lu Zeyu became curious about his guest elder’s origins.

Bai Yanbin heard of the trouble in the Slanting Moon World and left the matter for the Sanyang Sect to decide. Meanwhile, Gu Yuanqing caught a powerful Dao Soul at the Boundless River, then watched Tang Yi and Liu Ruiyuan clash as Shang Ziyin arrived and he asked whether Liu Ruiyuan had come looking for him.

• Bai Kangping told Bai Yanbin that the Bai Clan suspected a Great Cultivator was using the Floating World to enter the Exquisite Realms, and Bai Yanbin said he would report the matter to the Sanyang Sect.
• Gu Yuanqing caught and sealed an Upper Earth Tier Three-legged Golden Crow Dao Soul, then declined Tang Yi's offer to buy it.
• Tang Yi and Liu Ruiyuan fought above the Boundless River, drawing cultivators to watch as Gu Yuanqing observed their techniques.
• Shang Ziyin arrived beside Gu Yuanqing and said she had come after sensing Liu Ruiyuan, and Gu Yuanqing asked whether Liu Ruiyuan had come looking for him.

Gu Yuanqing waited out a prolonged battle between Heavenly Humans, refined the Dao Souls he had caught, and learned that Liu Ruiyuan of the Sanyang Sect had been searching for him. After the Boundless River calmed, he resumed fishing, but someone from the Sanyang Sect approached, and Gu Yuanqing prepared to face them.

• Shang Ziyin warned Gu Yuanqing that the Sanyang Sect was dangerous before leaving the turbulent Boundless River.
• Gu Yuanqing hid in a valley and spent three days refining Dao Souls, gaining greater mastery of the Dao of Li Fire.
• Gu Yuanqing returned to watch the continuing battle between Liu Ruiyuan of the Sanyang Sect and Tang Yi of the Wuchen Sect, then learned that Liu had originally come looking for him.
• Yi Yunbo learned that Gu Yuanqing had slain Chen Baotian’s Ancient Realm body and warned him that the Sanyang Sect would seek revenge.
• After the river calmed and the Dao Souls’ influence faded, Gu Yuanqing resumed fishing and sensed someone approaching, remarking that the newcomer seemed eager to die.

Gu Yuanqing refused the Sanyang Sect’s demand to join them and prepared to face Liu Ruiyuan and Chen Baotian. Lu Zeyu defended Gu Yuanqing’s standing in the Illusionary Spirit Sect but stepped aside, leaving the confrontation to Gu Yuanqing.

• Gu Yuanqing decided to stop avoiding the Sanyang Sect and kill anyone who came after him.
• Liu Ruiyuan and Chen Baotian confronted Gu Yuanqing, and Liu Ruiyuan offered him a Guest Elder position if he joined the Sanyang Sect.
• Lu Zeyu appeared and declared that Gu Yuanqing was a Guest Elder of the Illusionary Spirit Sect, while Chen Baotian recoiled in fear under Lu Zeyu’s gaze.
• Gu Yuanqing claimed responsibility for killing the Sanyang Sect Elder and told Lu Zeyu he would handle the grievance himself.
• Lu Zeyu stepped aside but remained nearby, and Gu Yuanqing challenged Liu Ruiyuan and Chen Baotian to attack him together.

Gu Yuanqing fought the Sanyang Sect’s Tan Ziping and Liu Ruiyuan, revealing strength far beyond the first tribulation of heavenly change. After killing Tan Ziping, he faced Liu Ruiyuan alone, appearing evenly matched without using Dharma Treasures.

• Tan Ziping challenged Gu Yuanqing and used his Mind Mirror Technique to repeatedly break the Formless Calamity Finger.
• Gu Yuanqing combined several sect techniques into a palm strike that trapped Tan Ziping and forced him to burn his power to resist.
• Liu Ruiyuan attacked Gu Yuanqing with the Floating Dust Seal and urged Tan Ziping to leave the Ancient Realm.
• Gu Yuanqing repelled the seal and unleashed the North Spring Mountain Shadow, destroying Tan Ziping’s body and most of his divine soul.
• Liu Ruiyuan attacked Gu Yuanqing with both Dharma Treasures and Sanyang Sect secret arts, while Chen Baotian and Lu Zeyu recognized Gu Yuanqing’s overwhelming strength.

Gu Yuanqing used his battle with Liu Ruiyuan to refine his arts before turning the fight around and declaring Liu Ruiyuan’s Dao too weak. He trapped Liu Ruiyuan in a vast ocean manifested within his Heavenly Human Realm, leaving the clash unresolved.

• Gu Yuanqing and Liu Ruiyuan fought evenly at first, while Gu Yuanqing improved his Formless Calamity Finger during the battle.
• Gu Yuanqing increased his pressure until Liu Ruiyuan could only defend, while Chen Baotian and other cultivators watched with growing concern.
• After another quarter of an hour, Gu Yuanqing said he had learned all he could from the fight and abruptly expanded his Heavenly Human Realm around Liu Ruiyuan.
• Liu Ruiyuan mistook Gu Yuanqing’s wide-open Realm for a reckless weakness, burned his Divine Soul, and charged at him with his treasures.
• Gu Yuanqing called Liu Ruiyuan’s Dao too weak and manifested a vast ocean that halted Liu Ruiyuan and began suppressing his Nine Yang Cauldron.

Gu Yuanqing killed Liu Ruiyuan and Chen Baotian after defeating them in the Ancient Realm, then spoke with Lu Zeyu about the Illusionary Spirit Sect’s inability to protect him from the Sanyang Sect. He accepted that his feud with the Sanyang Sect had begun and looked forward to whatever battles followed.

• Liu Ruiyuan burned his soul origin to drive out Gu Yuanqing’s invading water qi, but Gu Yuanqing froze and destroyed his body, Heavenly Human World, and divine soul.
• Gu Yuanqing killed Chen Baotian as he tried to flee, ending the battle and prompting the Sanyang Sect’s distant cultivators to withdraw.
• Gu Yuanqing collected the Nine Yang Cauldron, Floating Dust Seal, and Storage Bag from the void.
• Lu Zeyu apologized for being unable to guarantee Gu Yuanqing’s safety and warned that the Sanyang Sect would seek revenge for Liu Ruiyuan and the other dead cultivators.
• Gu Yuanqing told Lu Zeyu he would face whatever the Sanyang Sect sent, saying that killing enough of them would make them afraid.
• After Lu Zeyu left, Gu Yuanqing accepted that conflict with the Sanyang Sect had begun and looked forward to the battles ahead.