Recaps

Gu Yuanqing spoke with Tang Yi and Qiu Ziqing after defeating Liu Ruiyuan, then went upstream along the Boundless River to refine the Dao Souls he had collected. In the Sanyang Realm, Tan Ziping warned Baili Jinghong that Gu Yuanqing was dangerous, but Baili learned that Liu Ruiyuan’s divine soul had been annihilated.

• Tang Yi praised Gu Yuanqing for defeating Liu Ruiyuan and invited him to visit the Wuchen Sect and Myriad Soldier Valley, where he could choose a divine weapon.
• Qiu Ziqing arrived and spoke with Gu Yuanqing before they parted, and Gu Yuanqing searched upstream for a suitable fishing spot.
• Gu Yuanqing found the Boundless River too turbulent for fishing and decided to refine the Dao Souls he had collected.
• Tan Ziping told Baili Jinghong that Gu Yuanqing had badly injured him and that Liu Ruiyuan might be in danger.
• Baili Jinghong learned that Liu Ruiyuan was losing to his opponent and prepared to send his split soul to intervene.
• Baili Jinghong received word that Liu Ruiyuan had awakened, but the divine soul he sent into the Ancient Realm had been completely annihilated.

Gu Yuanqing refined Liu Ruiyuan’s Nine Yang Cauldron and Floating Dust Seal after defeating his divine soul in the Ancient Realm. As the Sanyang Sect hesitated over how to respond, Gu Yuanqing tested the treasures and prepared to keep them when he left the Ancient Realm.

• The Sanyang Sect’s Baili Jinghong vowed that Gu Yuanqing would pay for repeatedly attacking its elders.
• Gu Yuanqing refined the Dao Souls he had collected, then began removing Liu Ruiyuan’s imprint from the Nine Yang Cauldron and Floating Dust Seal.
• Gu Yuanqing gained preliminary control of both treasures, and Liu Ruiyuan sensed their loss while recovering from his injuries.
• The Sanyang Sect held back from acting until it could learn more about Gu Yuanqing’s capabilities.
• Gu Yuanqing tested the Floating Dust Seal by crushing a hill and found that the Nine Yang Cauldron strengthened his defenses by thirty percent.

Gu Yuanqing prepared for the Sanyang Sect’s response while fishing in the Ancient Realm, and the sect decided to send Pei Yutang to challenge him. After Qiu Ziqing warned him about Pei Yutang’s extraordinary reputation, Gu Yuanqing awaited the encounter, but a disturbance in his divine soul suggested something had happened to his original self.

• Gu Yuanqing continued fishing, nurturing his Two Dharma Treasures, and preparing for a confrontation with the Sanyang Sect.
• Baili Jinghong learned that the Primordial Realm could not identify Gu Yuanqing and planned to send Pei Yutang against him.
• Gu Yuanqing sold lesser Dao Souls through Yi Yunbo after the Sanyang Sect’s defeat made others wary of approaching him.
• Qiu Ziqing warned Gu Yuanqing that Pei Yutang, a once-favored Sanyang Sect prodigy, would soon come to settle their grievances.
• Gu Yuanqing welcomed the prospect of facing Pei Yutang, then sensed a disturbance as his original self recalled part of his divine soul from the Floating World.

The Mountain-Bearing Divine Turtle awakened and carried North Spring Mountain through the sea, while an invisible barrier protected the island when it submerged. Gu Yuanqing adapted to the change, consolidated his Ancient Realm insights, and continued cultivating as the story left Pei Yutang’s possible arrival in the Ancient Realm unresolved.

• Gu Yuanqing hid his treasures in the Ancient Realm and returned to find that the Mountain-Bearing Divine Turtle had awakened and begun carrying North Spring Mountain across the sea.
• Li Shi'an and the others watched the island sink beneath the waves, where an invisible barrier protected it and the Divine Turtle swam steadily onward.
• Gu Yuanqing told everyone to remain on the mountain and postponed returning to the Ancient Realm so he could consolidate his insights.
• Gu Yuanqing spent nearly half a month integrating his experiences, then concluded that his split soul should return to his original body about once every three months.
• Gu Yuanqing checked the Demon Realm, where the Nine-Headed Serpent remained near the Dragon Demon Realm and the Tiger Lord's split soul guarded the Underground Cave's exit.
• Gu Yuanqing suspected Pei Yutang might have reached the Boundless River but chose to focus on cultivation rather than answer the Sanyang Sect's challenge.

After reviving, Saber Demon Lu Chen attacked the Sanyang Sect in the Misty Forest to avenge his death, then died again when its Heavenly Humans cornered him. Meanwhile, Pei Yutang questioned Lu Zeyu about Gu’s whereabouts, and Lu Zeyu maintained that the Illusionary Spirit Sect would not interfere in their feud.

• Lu Chen revived after the full moon, remembered that Liu Ruiyuan of the Sanyang Sect had killed him, and set out to take revenge.
• Lu Chen ambushed Sanyang Sect disciples in the Misty Forest, killing several before its three-tribulation Heavenly Humans surrounded him and he detonated his divine soul.
• Baili Jinghong ordered Changyang to investigate why Lu Chen had targeted the Sanyang Sect, then asked whether there was news of Pei Yutang and Gu.
• Pei Yutang asked Lu Zeyu whether Gu was inside the Illusionary Spirit Sect Residence, and Lu Zeyu reiterated that he would not interfere in Gu’s feud with the Sanyang Sect.
• Pei Yutang left after declining a possible fight with Qian, while Lu Zeyu complained privately that he had to handle the sect’s affairs himself.

Gu Yuanqing returned to the Ancient Realm while Pei Yutang waited by the Boundless River to challenge him, but Gu Yuanqing calmly went fishing instead. Meanwhile, Little Fox survived her human-form Calamity and discovered she had become a little girl.

• Cultivators at the Boundless River discussed Pei Yutang’s return and wondered why Gu Divine Fisher had not appeared.
• Gongsun Miao mocked Gu Divine Fisher for avoiding Pei Yutang, while Yi Yunbo defended him and later met Qiu Ziqing.
• Li Chengyi sensed that the Mountain-Bearing Divine Turtle had moved closer to the Cultivation World’s mainland, then followed Little Fox to witness her human-form Calamity.
• Little Fox transformed into a little girl with two fox tails and lamented that she was too young to face Li Chengyi.
• Gu Yuanqing guided Li Chengyi in comprehending the Floating World’s Daos, then returned to the Ancient Realm after checking on the Mountain-Bearing Divine Turtle.
• Gu Yuanqing sensed Pei Yutang waiting at the Boundless River, ignored the implied challenge, and went fishing, where an Illusionary Spirit Sect cultivator recognized him.

Gu Yuanqing continued fishing by the Boundless River despite warnings that Pei Yutang was waiting to challenge him. When Pei Yutang finally caught up with him, the two began to fight, and Pei Yutang discovered Gu Yuanqing’s mastery of spatial arts.

• Qiu Ziqing warned Gu Yuanqing that Pei Yutang, a peak heavenly transformation cultivator seeking a breakthrough, had been waiting for him at the Boundless River.
• Gu Yuanqing caught an Upper Earth Tier Dao Soul, then injured Qi Jun with a finger strike when Qi Jun came to investigate him.
• Qi Jun told Pei Yutang that Gu Yuanqing was fishing by the Boundless River, and Pei Yutang set out to confront him.
• Gu Yuanqing flew away from the river, and Pei Yutang followed him before attacking with his spear.
• Gu Yuanqing evaded Pei Yutang’s Yin-Yang spear attack with Spatial Art, prompting Pei Yutang to grow wary of his mastery.

Gu Yuanqing and Pei Yutang fought an intense battle at the banks of the Boundless River, each seeking to temper his mastery against a worthy opponent. By past midnight, Pei Yutang had unleashed a powerful spear technique, but Gu Yuanqing kept evading it with Spatial Arts, prompting Pei Yutang to demand a direct confrontation.

• Gu Yuanqing took Pei Yutang seriously and met his spear techniques with the Nine Yang Cauldron, Formless Calamity Finger, and Myriad Manifestations Palm.
• Qiu Ziqing, Lu Zeyu, and Shang Ziyin watched the battle as Lu Zeyu recognized Gu Yuanqing's strength and speculated that a Secret Realm had accelerated his mastery.
• Zhou Zhengchu arrived at the Boundless River but watched from afar instead of intervening.
• Gu Yuanqing studied the traces in Pei Yutang's Yin-Yang transformations while both fighters used the battle to hone their skills.
• Pei Yutang struggled to break through Gu Yuanqing's defenses and unleashed a spear attack combining Wind Dao, Thunder Dao, and Fire Dao.
• Gu Yuanqing repeatedly escaped the spear with Spatial Arts, and Pei Yutang's aura began to wane as he demanded that Gu Yuanqing fight him head-on.

Gu Yuanqing thwarted Pei Yutang’s attempt to use their battle to advance his Divine Soul, then escaped the Sanyang Sect’s pursuit. After deciding he could not safely risk entering the Ancient Realm but needed to deal with the sect to fish at the Boundless River, he headed for the Misty Forest to strike back.

• Gu Yuanqing stopped attacking when Pei Yutang neared a breakthrough, then fled as Pei Yutang pursued him.
• Lu Zeyu and Shang Ziyin discussed Pei Yutang’s interrupted progress and their own plans for tribulations.
• Gu Yuanqing evaded Pei Yutang and the pursuing Sanyang Sect experts, while Pei Yutang vowed to kill him at the Boundless River.
• Gu Yuanqing weighed the risks of entering the Ancient Realm and concluded he had to deal with the Sanyang Sect to fish in peace.
• Gu Yuanqing spent several days recovering and refining Dao Souls, then returned to Dongyuan City and set off for the Misty Forest.

Gu Yuanqing infiltrated the Sanyang Sect’s Misty Forest to find its divine soul great medicine and followed two disciples to Spiritual Dragon Medicine Valley. He entered the valley unseen and discovered a great medicine guarded by a dragon-shaped demon soul, which noticed him.

• Gu Yuanqing reached the Misty Forest, avoided the Sanyang Sect’s residence, and searched for one of its medicine valleys.
• Qi Rong and Li Haitao left the sect, and Gu Yuanqing secretly followed them toward Spiritual Dragon Medicine Valley.
• The two disciples entered the valley’s concealed formation and presented the Peak Master’s command to the purple-robed heavenly human guarding it.
• The purple-robed man sensed an intruder and questioned the disciples, while Gu Yuanqing appeared inside the valley using a spatial secret art.
• Gu Yuanqing saw the spirit plants and the towering divine soul great medicine, but the dragon-shaped demon soul atop the tree opened its eyes and noticed him.

Gu Yuanqing entered the Sanyang Sect’s Medicine Valley and killed Qin Licheng, then collected the ripe Spirit Dragon Fruits and other treasures. After breaking into Qin Licheng’s cultivation chamber, he found books and Jade Slips, while Sanyang Sect reinforcements could still arrive.

• Gu Yuanqing examined the Spirit Dragon Fruits as Qin Licheng confronted him and activated the valley’s array formation.
• Gu Yuanqing trapped Qin Licheng with a net of true essence and destroyed his body and divine soul with the Formless Calamity Finger and North Spring Mountain Shadow.
• Qi Rong and Li Haitao tried to escape the Ancient Realm, but Gu Yuanqing destroyed their physical bodies, leaving only wisps of their remnant souls.
• The Spirit Dragon Soul dropped the two ripe Spirit Dragon Fruits, which Gu Yuanqing collected along with medicinal treasures, a flying sword, and three Storage Bags.
• Gu Yuanqing entered Qin Licheng’s cultivation chamber and noticed rows of books and several Jade Slips.

Gu Yuanqing plundered the Spiritual Dragon Medicine Valley and escaped after wounding Zhu Qingyu. He then began ambushing Sanyang Sect cultivators near their sect, openly challenging the powerful group.

• Gu Yuanqing collected the cultivation chamber's treasures and array bases but left the Spirit Plants intact.
• Gu Yuanqing ambushed Zhu Qingyu, wounded him, and fled when Fei Yunqi arrived.
• Zhu Qingyu and Fei Yunqi found the Medicine Valley's formation destroyed and its mature divine soul great medicine stolen, and they suspected Gu Yuanqing had killed Qin Licheng.
• Gu Yuanqing watched the Sanyang Sect from a nearby mountain and decided he had no reason to hide his identity.
• Gu Yuanqing killed a First-Tribulation Heavenly Human traveling toward the Sanyang Sect with the Formless Calamity Finger.

Gu Yuanqing confronted Baili Jinghong after killing five Sanyang Sect Heavenly Humans, rejecting an offer to join the sect and escaping a trap by destroying his apparent body. While the sect focused on him, his true body raided the Thousand Peaks Medicine Valley and obtained a Conjoined Twin Flower, then planned to refine his spoils before the sect strengthened its defenses.

• Baili Jinghong challenged Gu Yuanqing to appear, and Gu Yuanqing revealed himself and accused the Sanyang Sect of provoking him.
• Baili Jinghong offered Gu Yuanqing a Guest Elder position, but Gu Yuanqing demanded that Pei Yutang abandon his cultivation and that the sect apologize publicly.
• Baili Jinghong and eight Great Cultivators surrounded Gu Yuanqing with a barrier and tried to imprison him with the Soul-Tracking Arts.
• Gu Yuanqing ignited his divine soul and obliterated the body before the formation could capture him.
• Baili Jinghong learned that the Thousand Peaks Medicine Valley had been attacked while the sect was distracted.
• Gu Yuanqing revealed that he had raided the medicine valley for divine soul great medicine, obtained a Conjoined Twin Flower, and decided to find a place to refine his spoils.

Gu Yuanqing refined the Spirit Dragon Fruits and Conjoined Twin Flower, strengthening his divine soul before secretly following Zhu Qingyu and the Sanyang Sect to a rare Spirit Phoenix Grass. As the grass neared maturity and its guarding demon beast woke, Gu Yuanqing appeared in the valley alongside the sect members.

• Gu Yuanqing refined two Spirit Dragon Fruits and a Conjoined Twin Flower, increasing his Divine Soul Origin and sharpening his perception of several Daos.
• After hidden markers were triggered, Gu Yuanqing discovered that Zhu Qingyu and four other Sanyang Sect experts were traveling to harvest Spirit Phoenix Grass.
• Gu Yuanqing followed the group as they approached a valley guarded by a powerful demon beast and found the blood-red Spirit Phoenix Grass growing in a lake.
• Zhu Qingyu's group waited two days for the Spirit Phoenix Grass to mature while the demon beast rested nearby.
• As the demon beast woke, Zhu Qingyu signaled the six Sanyang Sect members to advance, and Gu Yuanqing appeared in the valley.

Gu Yuanqing seized the Spirit Phoenix Grass after disrupting Zhu Qingyu’s ambush, but Sanyang Sect’s strongest cultivators trapped him inside a Grand Formation. Pei Yutang offered him a chance to escape by defeating him, while Gu Yuanqing recognized that Pei wanted to use the fight to comprehend yin-yang.

• Zhu Qingyu and the Sanyang Sect cultivators bound the Dragon-Shaped Demon Beast as the Spirit Phoenix Grass began to undergo nirvana.
• Gu Yuanqing ambushed Zhu Qingyu, took the Spirit Phoenix Grass, and fought off the beast when it broke free.
• Zhu Qingyu revealed that the sect had baited Gu Yuanqing, but Gu Yuanqing escaped the Restrictive Seal using Spatial Dao Charm.
• Pei Yutang, Baili Jinghong, and an unfamiliar cultivator surrounded Gu Yuanqing and sealed a hundred li area with a Grand Formation.
• Pei Yutang challenged Gu Yuanqing to defeat him for a chance to leave, and Gu Yuanqing realized Pei wanted to use him to touch upon yin-yang.

Gu Yuanqing was trapped by Pei Yutang and the Sanyang Sect, but he refined the spirit phoenix grass and escaped the Ancient Realm with Heavenly Fishing Empowerment. Back on North Spring Mountain, he reunited with his split soul, meditated for half a month, and entered the Mountain Observation state as the medicine’s effects began to emerge.

• Pei Yutang revealed that he had trapped Gu Yuanqing to use their battle to help him break through to Yin-Yang, and Gu Yuanqing began refining the spirit phoenix grass inside the formation.
• After half a day, Pei Yutang attacked, but Gu Yuanqing used spells to stall him while Baili Jinghong realized something was wrong.
• Gu Yuanqing caught a fishing hook that appeared before him and vanished from the Ancient Realm, leaving his Storage Bags behind as the Sanyang Sect cultivators watched in shock.
• On North Spring Mountain, Gu Yuanqing used Heavenly Fishing Empowerment to bring his divine soul back from the Ancient Realm and merged its memories with his original self.
• Gu Yuanqing meditated for half a month until his divine soul, body, and Heavenly Human World settled together, then entered the Mountain Observation state as the spirit phoenix grass’s effects emerged.

Gu Yuanqing stayed on North Spring Mountain for a year to cultivate the power gained from the divine soul great medicines, while the Dragon Demon Ancestor warned him that the Underground Cave’s Devil Beasts had begun acting strangely. The chapter ended with Su Yue'e visiting Little Fox, who had grown a second tail but still looked like a child.

• Gu Yuanqing resolved to avoid the Ancient Realm for a year and use Mountain Observation to cultivate his divine soul.
• Lu Chen returned to the Ancient Realm, attacked the Sanyang Sect, and fought Zhu Qingyu before escaping through a devastating divine soul explosion.
• The Nine-Headed Serpent fought the Dragon Demon Ancestor and withdrew from the Demonic Dragon Realm, leaving the Dragon Demon Domain fearful of further attacks.
• The Dragon Demon Ancestor told Gu Yuanqing that the Underground Cave’s Devil Beasts had become less numerous and more organized, and shared a rumor about a savage demon dwelling below.
• Su Yue'e visited Little Fox and explained that her two-tailed form reflected her young age, despite the purity of her sky fox bloodline.

Gu Yuanqing watched North Spring Mountain and the Floating World grow stronger before sending his split soul back into the Ancient Realm to see the approaching Hundred Realms Competition. Pei Yutang ambushed him with a formation, but Gu Yuanqing escaped and resolved to unify his divine soul before deciding what to do next.

• Little Fox learned that she would need to reach void heaven to truly transform into an adult, and she resolved to cultivate diligently.
• Gu Yuanqing observed North Spring Mountain and the Floating World grow powerful enough to rival ordinary Exquisite Worlds, and he concluded that the Sanyang Sect would no longer pose a serious threat.
• After Li Chengyi's family left, Gu Yuanqing sent his split soul into the Ancient Realm to see the approaching Hundred Realms Competition.
• Pei Yutang trapped Gu Yuanqing in a formation in the Misty Forest and attacked him, but a fishing line pulled Gu Yuanqing out of the Ancient Realm.
• Gu Yuanqing and his split soul decided to achieve divine soul unity, and the split soul merged with his original body.

Gu Yuanqing abandoned plans to reenter the Ancient Realm after the Sanyang Sect trapped his imprint, and he continued cultivating through Mountain Gazing Enlightenment. He later spotted the badly wounded Tiger Lord's avatar retreating from the Underground Cave, suggesting that the Yin-Yang Realm Great Demon had attacked.

• Gu Yuanqing decided not to force his way through the Ancient Realm's formations and accepted that he would miss the Hundred Realms Competition for now.
• Pei Yutang and Liu Ruiyuan discussed Gu Yuanqing's escape, his unknown origins, and the Sanyang Sect's need to eliminate him before he reached the Yin-Yang Realm.
• Yi Yunbo returned from secluded cultivation at the Void Heaven peak, and Qiu Ziqing told him to focus on preparing for his Heavenly Human Tribulation rather than worry about Gu Yuanqing.
• Gu Yuanqing continued Mountain Gazing Enlightenment, strengthening his divine soul and extending North Spring Mountain's power to eight thousand li.
• Gu Yuanqing saw the Tiger Lord's avatar retreating from the Underground Cave covered in wounds and realized the Yin-Yang Realm Great Demon had attacked.

The Tiger Lord appeared to help the Dragon Demon Ancestor, Demon Phoenix, Demon Ape King, Fox King Su Yue'e, and other Great Demons trap the Nine-Headed Serpent in a specially prepared Grand Formation. After they severed two of his heads and seemingly refined away his body, the Nine-Headed Serpent vanished, leaving the defenders wary that he had survived.

• The Tiger Lord entered the Underground Cave while the Dragon Demon Ancestor hurried to the coast to confront the Nine-Headed Serpent’s assault on the Dragon Demon Domain.
• The Nine-Headed Serpent overwhelmed the Dragon Demon Ancestor until the Demon Phoenix, Demon Ape King, and Fox King Su Yue'e joined the battle.
• The Tiger Lord appeared and blocked the Nine-Headed Serpent’s retreat as the Dragon Demon Ancestor activated a Grand Formation that filled the area with Phoenix Demonflame.
• The Dragon Demon Ancestor cut off two of the Nine-Headed Serpent’s heads, but the serpent exploded into black threads and disappeared as the formation refined them.
• The Dragon Demon Ancestor, Tiger Lord, and the other Great Demons searched the formation repeatedly but found no trace of the Nine-Headed Serpent.

The Dragon Demon Ancestor and the other Great Demons defeated the Nine-Headed Serpent, but a strand of hair escaped the destruction and alarmed Gu Yuanqing. The Dragon Demon Ancestor revealed that the hair might belong to a Chaos Realm Great Cultivator, while its owner learned of the serpent’s death and planned to capture the Dragon Demon Domain’s powerful bloodlines.

• The Dragon Demon Ancestor, the Demon Phoenix, the Tiger Lord, Su Yue'e, and the Demon Ape King destroyed the Nine-Headed Serpent’s body and Heavenly Human Realm, but the battle left them badly injured and a strand of black hair vanished into the Void.
• Gu Yuanqing watched the aftermath and considered the Dragon Demon Ancestor’s scheme, while the wounded Half-step Yin-Yang Great Demons returned to their Ancestral Lands to recuperate.
• At Demon God Mountain, a blue-robed middle-aged man told the ruler and the Ninth Brother that the Nine-Headed Serpent, his servant, had been slain, and the Ninth Brother expressed interest in capturing the Dragon Demon Domain’s powerful bloodlines.
• The Dragon Demon Ancestor visited Gu Yuanqing and said the escaped strand of hair likely belonged to a Chaos Realm Great Cultivator.

Gu Yuanqing learned that a Chaos Realm cultivator might locate the Dragon Demon Domain within thirty years and committed himself to cultivation. After eighteen years in seclusion, he awoke as the third heavenly transformation tribulation arrived.

• The Dragon Demon Ancestor told Gu Yuanqing that a Chaos Realm enemy could find the Dragon Demon Domain in thirty to three hundred and sixty-five years and might come from the Demon Court or Demon God Mountain.
• The Dragon Demon Ancestor left without receiving a promise of protection, while the vanished Devil Beasts and lingering threat of the escaped strand of hair kept the Great Demons wary.
• The Demon Ape Clan and Demon Phoenix Race submitted to Gu Yuanqing and offered treasures in exchange for sheltering their young and preserving their bloodlines.
• Gu Yuanqing cleansed and distributed some of the donated resources, then devoted himself to cultivation as he prepared for the possible Chaos Realm threat.
• Gu Yuanqing cultivated in unity with North Spring Mountain and the Floating World for eighteen years, reaching the perfection of two heavenly transformations before the third tribulation descended.
• Gu Yuanqing went to the mountaintop to face the third heavenly transformation tribulation.

Gu Yuanqing passed the Three Tribulations of heavenly change and comprehended a new technique, the Great Five Elements Yin-Yang Divine Thunder. After strengthening his cultivation and advising Li Chengyi, he entered the Ancient Realm and confronted the Sanyang Sect.

• Gu Yuanqing absorbed the power and Dao mechanisms of eighty-one bolts of Heavenly Thunder across the Three Realms, then spent over a month refining his gains.
• Gu Yuanqing combined the Five Elements Divine Thunder with Yin-Yang Thunder and named the resulting technique the Great Five Elements Yin-Yang Divine Thunder.
• Li Chengyi congratulated Gu Yuanqing, promised to reach Void Heaven before the world conflict, and received his father's guidance in Dao comprehension.
• Gu Yuanqing spent over a year consolidating his cultivation before sending a strand of his divine soul into the Ancient Realm.
• Gu Yuanqing flew to the Misty Forest and struck the barrier at the Sanyang Sect's residence, drawing out its members.

Gu Yuanqing challenged the Sanyang Sect and killed Elder Luo Kun with a single technique after destroying his Dharma Treasure. Unable to draw Pei Yutang or Baili Jinghong out, he threatened to kill anyone who left the sect’s Mountain Protection Array.

• Gu Yuanqing demanded that Luo Kun summon Pei Yutang, but Luo Kun challenged him for attacking the Sanyang Sect’s Mountain Protecting Great Formation.
• Luo Kun sent his Kirin Treasure Cauldron at Gu Yuanqing, whose palm strike shattered the treasure and fatally wounded a nearby Heavenly Human.
• Gu Yuanqing used Formless Calamity Finger to kill Luo Kun, while Luo Kun’s true body in the Sanyang Realm sensed the damage and ordered a disciple to inform the Peak Master.
• Gu Yuanqing called for Pei Yutang and Baili Jinghong, then struck the Mountain Protection Array and found it could withstand his attack.
• Gu Yuanqing threatened to kill anyone from the Sanyang Sect who came out of the formation.

Gu Yuanqing effortlessly defeated the Sanyang Sect’s twelve-Heavenly-Human formation outside Heavenly Yang Mountain and waited for the sect to summon reinforcements. Pei Yutang entered the Ancient Realm to face him, realizing from Han Baifeng’s warning that Gu’s strength had greatly increased.

• Han Baifeng and eleven other Heavenly Humans formed the Yin-Yang Fiery Great Formation and sent a fire dragon at Gu Yuanqing.
• Gu Yuanqing trapped the fire dragon with his North Spring Mountain palm, severed the twelve cultivators’ connections to their Dharma Treasures, and shattered them.
• An elder warned the Sanyang Sect not to act rashly because he had sent for the Sect Master, while Gu Yuanqing said he would wait for reinforcements.
• A messenger told Pei Yutang that Gu Yuanqing had appeared outside Heavenly Yang Mountain and killed Luo Kun’s Ancient Realm body.
• Pei Yutang entered the Ancient Realm, armed himself, and flew to confront Gu Yuanqing.
• Han Baifeng warned Pei Yutang that Gu Yuanqing had broken the twelve-person formation with one move, and Pei Yutang realized Gu had grown much stronger.