Recaps

Shadow escaped the Heavenly Demon Sword’s influence by focusing on his hatred of Gu Yuanqing, while the Heavenly Demon Sword Master’s assault on the Spirit Realm provoked a major response. Xiao Yunqi confronted Feng Jiuniang after she appeared aboard his tower ship.

• Shadow retreated from the sword and its fair-skinned hand, then fixed his thoughts on killing Gu Yuanqing to resist its influence.
• Gu Yuanqing sensed Shadow’s resentment from the Underground Cave and decided to wait and see.
• Cultivators across the Cultivation World speculated that the Heavenly Demon Sword Master was behind the North Sea tribulation and Qian Yuan Island’s disappearance.
• Lin Jingxing reported the events to the Spirit Realm, received an order to return, and left with the other Spirit Realm cultivators.
• The Heavenly Demon Sword Master used the Sun Wheel Mirror and Moon Wheel Mirror to break through the Spirit Realm Gate, battled the Spiritual Treasure Holy Land’s Chief Disciple, and revealed great accomplishment in the Yin-Yang Realm.
• Xiao Yunqi blamed the Heavenly Demon Sword Master for stealing his opportunity and confronted Feng Jiuniang after she appeared aboard his tower ship.

Feng Jiuniang tried to negotiate with Xiao Yunqi, who accused the Heavenly Demon Cult of plotting to steal his opportunity, while their encounter revealed signs of Three Absolutes Island and the Mountain-Bearing Divine Turtle. The Heavenly Demon Sword Master possessed six Heavenly Human cultivators and arrived near Qian Yuan Island, where Gu Yuanqing prepared to face him.

• Xiao Yunqi fought Feng Jiuniang aboard the tower ship, but she evaded his attacks and vanished when Jin Wei approached.
• Feng Jiuniang reported to her master that Three Absolutes Island and the Mountain-Bearing Divine Turtle had appeared, and her master realized Xiao Yunqi might be trying to borrow the Heavenly Demon Cult's power.
• Feng Haoran traveled to the North Sea, where five other Heavenly Human cultivators joined him and helped locate the Mountain-Bearing Divine Turtle near Qian Yuan Island.
• The six cultivators sacrificed their divine souls to the Heavenly Demon Sword, allowing the gray-robed Heavenly Demon Sword Master to appear and unleash his sword.
• Gu Yuanqing recognized the Heavenly Demon Sword Master's arrival and faced him from within the concealed formation.

Gu Yuanqing confronted the Heavenly Demon Sword Master, who used his Sword Qi to influence cultivators on Qian Yuan Island and possess one of them. After Gu Yuanqing suppressed the possessed body and destroyed its empty divine soul, the Heavenly Demon Sword Master sent another phantom toward the island.

• The Heavenly Demon Sword Master's Sword Qi spread across Qian Yuan Island, and cultivators who sensed it became vulnerable to possession.
• Gu Yuanqing sent the affected cultivators into North Spring Mountain, leaving one possessed cultivator outside to speak with him.
• The Heavenly Demon Sword Master offered to share his Sword Dao, but Gu Yuanqing demanded half a volume of the Heavenly Dao Scripture and rejected the offer.
• Gu Yuanqing dragged the possessed cultivator into North Spring Mountain, extracted the Heavenly Demon Sword Master's divine soul, and destroyed it after finding no useful information.
• The Heavenly Demon Sword Master formed a sword hand seal and sent a phantom from the Heavenly Demon Sword toward the island.

Gu Yuanqing repelled the Heavenly Demon Sword Master's attacks, then struck back and wounded him in the Spirit Realm. Afterward, the Mountain-Bearing Divine Turtle told Gu Yuanqing that the Demon Subduing Sword was a key to a grotto-heaven and urged him to practice more.

• The Heavenly Demon Sword Master's phantom invaded Gu Yuanqing's sea of consciousness, but Gu Yuanqing suppressed and destroyed its sword intent.
• Gu Yuanqing sent the Demon Subduing Sword ten thousand li away and fought the Heavenly Demon Sword Master, who sacrificed his flesh and blood to destroy his own sword and escape.
• Gu Yuanqing discovered another phantom hidden in his avatar and used incense and fire qi to strike the Heavenly Demon Sword Master in the Spirit Realm.
• The Heavenly Demon Sword Master rewarded Feng Jiuniang with a wisp of Heavenly Demon Sword Intent for bringing back news of Three Absolutes Island.
• Gu Yuanqing extinguished the remaining sword intent, then asked the Mountain-Bearing Divine Turtle about the Demon Subduing Sword.
• The Mountain-Bearing Divine Turtle said the sword was a key to a grotto-heaven and told Gu Yuanqing to practice more.

Gu Yuanqing continued cultivating as tensions with powerful enemies loomed, then released and gradually tamed the Heaven Treading Immortal Steed on North Spring Mountain. Several years later, he announced that he would expound the Dao again in ten days.

• Gu Yuanqing reflected on his shortcomings in the Sword Dao and resolved to cultivate the Demon Subduing Sword more seriously while preparing for future threats.
• Gu Yuanqing spent more than three months cultivating before releasing the frightened Heaven Treading Immortal Steed and naming it Little White.
• The Heaven Treading Immortal Steed settled on North Spring Mountain, grew close to Li Chengyi and Little Fox, and feasted on spirit herbs and Dao Bait.
• Several years later, Gu Yuanqing announced to all living beings in the Floating World that he would expound the Dao in ten days.

Gu Yuanqing preached the Dao throughout the Floating World as its cultivators grew stronger, then continued investigating the Heavenly Dao Scripture while Li Chengyi approached his breakthrough. Li Chengyi attained Void Heaven, and the Great Qian Dynasty celebrated as the growing strength of the Floating World made the Slanting Moon World’s coming defeat seem more likely.

• Gu Yuanqing preached the paths from Origin Scholar through Void Heaven, and cultivators across the Floating World gained insights and broke through.
• Gu Yuanqing reflected on the Heaven and Earth Stele’s benefits and studied the half-volume of the Heavenly Dao Scripture, whose golden threads still failed to form anything.
• Li Chengyi sought Gu Yuanqing’s guidance, then entered seclusion to attempt a breakthrough from the Divine Platform ninth layer.
• Li Chengyi attained Void Heaven with complete wind, thunder, and fire Daos, and his family and North Spring Mountain celebrated.
• Li Shi'an and Ji Dai reached the Divine Platform ninth layer, while Chen Zhengfeng, Bai Shanghui, and others worried about their lineages’ future as the Floating World grew stronger.

As the World Conflict approached, Gu Yuanqing and the Qian Yuan Realm prepared to face the Slanting Moon World, while Wang Shihong reported on the depleted strength of his family. The chapter ended with an aged voice asking how many cultivators the Chen, Tong, and Ji Families had left behind.

• The Great Qian Dynasty and the sects strengthened their forces as the World Conflict drew near.
• Li Chengyi, Li Shi'an, Ji Dai, and the others discussed their chances with Gu Yuanqing, who promised to hold off the Void Heaven Cultivators while they fought the rest.
• Gu Yuanqing warned the group that the World Conflict's rules might prevent him from fighting multiple opponents, leaving them to face whatever contest arose.
• Wang Shihong told an aged voice that the Wang Family had sent its talented juniors away and listed the few high-level cultivators who remained.
• The aged voice asked Wang Shihong how many cultivators the Chen Family, Tong Family, and Ji Family had left behind.

As the World Conflict approached, the Great Qian Dynasty prepared its army and waited for the battle to begin. When the Heaven and Earth Stele activated, Gu Yuanqing allowed part of his divine soul to be pulled into the Ancient Realm and found that it had replicated the Qian Yuan Realm and everyone in it.

• Wang Shihong and Wang Zufeng discussed which cultivators from the other families would remain for the World Conflict and considered the threat posed by Gu Yuanqing.
• Cultivators across the Qian Yuan Realm used the Heavenly Ladder one last time as the rankings faded from the Heaven and Earth Stele.
• Li Chengyi rallied Great Qian's army outside Fengtian City, and the soldiers drank wine and smashed their bowls in a vow to defend their world.
• The Heaven and Earth Stele blazed, and Gu Yuanqing resisted the force pulling his divine soul away while allowing half of it to follow.
• Gu Yuanqing found himself on a replica of North Spring Mountain in the Ancient Realm and sensed that the entire Qian Yuan Realm and its inhabitants had been copied there.

Gu Yuanqing comprehended the Way of Space as the Qian Yuan Realm froze, while the Heaven and Earth Stele vanished and the World Conflict began in the Ancient Realm. The Slanting Moon World descended with swarms of Devil Beasts, and the rule that survivors had to kill every living being in the opposing world left Gu Yuanqing appalled.

• Gu Yuanqing used North Spring Mountain to observe the frozen Qian Yuan Realm and became absorbed in comprehending the Way of Space, developing a new dao principle imprint in his Heavenly Human World.
• Everyone in the Ancient Realm awoke to find the Heaven and Earth Stele gone, and Gu Yuanqing told them that the World Conflict had begun and ordered them to prepare for war.
• Li Chengyi ordered beacon fires lit and sent divine platform cultivators to spread the imperial city's warning.
• Gu Yuanqing spotted Devil Beasts pouring through space rifts and an inverted continent of the Slanting Moon World descending toward the Qian Yuan Realm.
• The Rules announced that the survivors would win, requiring each world to kill every living being in the other, and Gu Yuanqing cursed the cruel condition.

Gu Yuanqing and the cultivators of the Qian Yuan Realm fought off a vast assault by Devil Beasts, while their kills granted them power under the rules of the world conflict. The Slanting Moon World faced the same attack without a defender of Gu Yuanqing’s strength, and its abandoned inhabitants suffered terribly.

• Gu Yuanqing warned the Qian Yuan Realm that Devil Beasts were descending, and Li Chengyi organized the cultivators and soldiers to intercept them.
• Gu Yuanqing sent out four avatars and used the Nine Yang Cauldron and his own magic to burn away huge numbers of beasts.
• Some beasts reached the ground, where the Qian Yuan Realm’s cultivators and soldiers killed them and gained energy that strengthened them.
• Gu Yuanqing let more beasts through when the defenders could cope, but increased his interception whenever they were close to buckling.
• The Qian Yuan Realm descended into widespread fighting as Li Chengyi led from the front and people displayed courage, fear, and opportunism.
• The Slanting Moon World suffered a far worse assault because most of its experts had evacuated and no one there could protect its people.

Devil Beasts devastated the Slanting Moon World, while surviving cultivators grew stronger as they fought back. At the Ancient Realm Platform, the Primordial Divine Sect refused to show the world conflict because even the Universe Myriad Manifestations Mirror could not reveal what was happening.

• Devil Beasts slaughtered most inhabitants in regions without Divine Platform Cultivators, while the Four Great Families held their Ancestral Mountains.
• Wang Zufeng, Wang Shihong, and other cultivators fought the beasts and gained strength, with some breaking through in battle.
• Cultivators from across the Ancient Realm gathered at the Ancient Realm Platform to watch the conflict, including Bai Zongyi and Shentu Yu.
• Guan Dongchen announced that the Primordial Divine Sect would not show the conflict and offered a discount on entry to the Ancient Battlefield.
• Shentu Yu asked Guan Dongchen why the conflict would not be shown, but Guan Dongchen said he knew only the Divine Son's order.
• The First Senior Brother told Guan Dongchen that the Universe Myriad Manifestations Mirror could not discern the unusual world conflict.

The Primordial Divine Sect failed to observe the Ancient Realm Platform after a mysterious light disrupted the Universe Myriad Manifestations Mirror. As the world conflict drew near, Gu Yuanqing turned the Devil Beast attacks into a cultivation opportunity for the Qian Yuan Realm, while the Slanting Moon World suffered devastating losses despite its survivors making breakthroughs.

• The Universe Myriad Manifestations Mirror lost its radiance after a streak of mysterious light appeared, and the man in white and Guan Dongchen suspected a dao artifact was concealing events in the Ancient Realm.
• Gu Yuanqing concluded that killing more Devil Beasts drew stronger beasts into the attacks and recognized the trial as a chance to strengthen each realm.
• When Li Shi'an neared a breakthrough, Gu Yuanqing urged him to continue fighting and used the Spatial Art to send weakened Devil Beasts his way.
• Gu Yuanqing wounded Devil Beasts across the Qian Yuan Realm so its cultivators could kill them and advance, including some dao embryo cultivators who reached the dao fire realm.
• Gu Yuanqing estimated the true world conflict would begin within half a day, while the Slanting Moon World had lost nearly all cultivators below the divine platform realm.
• Wang Shihong, Ji Yuhuan, and other Slanting Moon World survivors broke through to the void heaven realm, and Wang Zufeng advanced close to the void heaven peak.

As the Qian Yuan Realm prepared for the imminent world conflict, Gu Yuanqing told Li Chengyi that fewer than one in ten thousand people in the Slanting Moon World had survived, leaving mostly Divine Platform cultivators and stronger. He warned Li Chengyi not to underestimate the Slanting Moon World’s remaining experts as the worlds neared collision.

• The Qian Yuan Realm’s cultivators hunted the last Devil Beasts while Li Chengyi, Li Shi'an, Ji Dai, and Qin Wuya discussed the coming battle and urged everyone to prepare.
• After the final Devil Beast in the sky was killed, Li Chengyi ordered the soldiers to rest and sent the Heavenly Policy Mansion to hunt beasts that had escaped.
• Li Chengyi asked Gu Yuanqing how the rest of Great Qian was faring, and Gu Yuanqing said the defenses were doing fairly well despite inevitable casualties.
• Gu Yuanqing told Li Chengyi that fewer than one in ten thousand people in the Slanting Moon World had survived and that its remaining experts still posed a strong threat.
• Gu Yuanqing warned that the worlds would collide within two hours and asked Li Chengyi whether he wanted him to leave a few Void Heaven experts for him.

As the Slanting Moon World collided with the Qian Yuan Realm, Li Chengyi led the defenders into battle against the Wang Family. Gu Yuanqing offered to hold back Wang Zufeng, whose forces launched their attack as the two armies charged.

• Li Chengyi rallied the soldiers above Fengtian City and led the Divine Platform cultivators into the sky as the Slanting Moon World approached.
• Wang Zufeng and Wang Shihong saw that the Qian Yuan Realm had survived the Devil Beast attacks largely intact, then rallied their Lineage to face its Heavenly Human cultivator.
• The two worlds touched, and Gu Yuanqing told Li Chengyi he would hold back Wang Zufeng while Li Chengyi dealt with the rest.
• Li Chengyi, Li Shi'an, Ji Dai, Qin Wuya, and the soldiers charged toward the Slanting Moon World after Li Chengyi ordered them to slay every enemy.
• Wang Zufeng ordered the Wang Family to attack and sent a seven-colored umbrella sweeping toward Li Chengyi, while Gu Yuanqing reached out to stop him.

Gu Yuanqing immobilized Wang Zufeng as Great Qian overwhelmed the Slanting Moon World’s forces. After learning Gu Yuanqing’s identity, Wang Zufeng accepted his defeat and began a final battle with Li Chengyi, burning his divine soul to raise his cultivation.

• Gu Yuanqing sealed Wang Zufeng, prompting Wang Shihong and the Wang Family cultivators to charge Great Qian’s forces in a desperate bid to take their enemies down with them.
• Li Chengyi, Li Shi'an, Ji Dai, Qin Wuya, Li Haotian, Eunuch Xu, and the Great Qian army quickly killed or routed their opponents.
• Li Chengyi asked Gu Yuanqing whether he had known the Slanting Moon World’s strength, and Gu Yuanqing urged him to aim for the huntian realm before releasing Wang Zufeng for practice.
• Wang Zufeng conceded defeat after learning Gu Yuanqing had risen from the divine platform seventh level to heavenly human in less than a century.
• Wang Zufeng challenged Li Chengyi, summoned a Heavy Hammer, and burned his divine soul origin to surge toward the heavenly human level.

Li Chengyi fought Wang Zufeng, whose cultivation and growing heavenly human power gradually overwhelmed him. As Wang Zufeng unleashed his final attack, he aimed the Seven Sha God Slaying Saber at Gu Yuanqing instead, and Gu Yuanqing halted it by making the distance to him seem infinite.

• Li Chengyi summoned the Sky Burning Tower and battled Wang Zufeng with his treasures and Dao techniques, but Wang Zufeng's higher cultivation slowly gave him the advantage.
• Gu Yuanqing guarded the wider war, killing or incapacitating powerful Slanting Moon World cultivators while protecting many Qian Yuan Realm fighters from death.
• As the battle grew more dangerous, Li Chengyi felt the pressure of facing a true life-or-death struggle and continued fighting despite his injuries.
• Wang Zufeng burned his essence blood, divine soul, and void heaven world to reach the heavenly human level, then launched the Seven Sha God Slaying Saber at Gu Yuanqing.
• Li Chengyi warned his father, and Gu Yuanqing raised a hand as the saber appeared to crawl toward him because the distance between them had become infinite.

After Gu Yuanqing defeated Wang Zufeng and the Qian Yuan Realm army eliminated the remaining Slanting Moon World cultivators, the World Conflict ended in Great Qian’s victory. The Slanting Moon World merged into Qian Yuan, which began transforming into a world suited for cultivation as its people received the victory’s rewards.

• Gu Yuanqing stopped Wang Zufeng’s saber with the Way of Space, and Wang Zufeng thanked him before his body, divine soul, and Void Heaven World burned away.
• Gu Yuanqing returned to North Spring Mountain, reassured Feng Tao that its destruction was part of his plan, and urged her to preserve her cultivation insights.
• The Qian Yuan Realm army killed the last Slanting Moon World cultivator, causing that world to merge into the reflected Qian Yuan Realm and expelling everyone from the Ancient Realm.
• Li Chengyi announced that Great Qian had won the World Conflict, and people across the Qian Yuan Realm celebrated.
• The Heaven and Earth Stele dissolved into purple light that strengthened the world’s inhabitants, while Gu Yuanqing witnessed Qian Yuan expand and transform into a cultivation world.

Gu Yuanqing watched the Qian Yuan Realm transform, deepening his Dao attainment as the Floating World recovered from the conflict and the Slanting Moon World’s defeat reverberated across the Exquisite World. The chapter ended with North Spring Mountain beginning to transform.

• Gu Yuanqing comprehended the changing laws of the Qian Yuan Realm, advancing toward the middle stage of the Yin-Yang Myriad Longevity Realm as his Heavenly Human World changed with it.
• The Divine Son of the Primordial Divine Sect learned that the Floating World had won and wondered how it had obtained a Dao Artifact.
• After seven days, a Teleportation Array appeared where the Heaven and Earth Stele had stood, and five Tokens flew to destinations across the world.
• Li Chengyi received the Token that fell at North Spring Mountain, while Kuang Tongyi took another and flew toward Fengtian City; the other Tokens disappeared into Great Zhou territory and overseas.
• The Slanting Moon World’s survivors and migrants mourned its defeat, while Bai Zongyi concluded that the world’s Heavenly Human must have joined the battle.
• North Spring Mountain trembled as its Dao resonance gathered and its transformation began.

Gu Yuanqing witnessed North Spring Mountain transform into North Spring Grotto-Heaven, gaining new abilities and insights into the Dao. He used incense power to deduce the Heavenly Dao Zen Heart Art and emerged with the version that had brought him closest to becoming a Void Immortal.

• Gu Yuanqing entered Man-Mountain Unity as North Spring Mountain began its transformation into a true grotto-heaven.
• Over three days, the mountain expanded into an independent small world of nearly three thousand li, with richer spiritual qi and transformed terrain.
• Gu Yuanqing gained the title Grotto-Heaven Master and new grotto-heaven empowerment, including Dao Derivation Augmentation.
• Gu Yuanqing activated Dao Derivation Augmentation and spent the incense power surrounding the grotto-heaven to deduce the Heavenly Dao Zen Heart Art.
• Gu Yuanqing experienced many possible cultivation paths, and the version that brought him closest to becoming a Void Immortal remained in his mind.

Gu Yuanqing completed a more comprehensive version of the Heavenly Dao Zen Heart Art and reshaped North Spring Mountain into two realms, leaving one region under Li Chengyi’s authority. As the Qian Yuan Realm adjusted to its transformation, Li Chengyi and others set out to handle its affairs and search for the remaining Qian Yuan Tokens.

• Gu Yuanqing examined the newly derived Heavenly Dao Zen Heart Art, judged it still flawed, and divided his new world into two realms, reserving one region for Li Chengyi to manage.
• Gu Yuanqing released the immobilized beings and allowed cultivators to enter North Spring Mountain again, where they discovered the dramatically expanded landscape.
• Gu Yuanqing moved many spirit beasts into the new mountains, kept several native creatures near the main peak, and named the token from the Heaven and Earth Stele the Qian Yuan Token.
• Kuang Guoyi delivered the Qian Yuan Token to Fengtian City and departed, while Li Chengyi assigned Li Guanrong to discuss the realm’s changes with the ministers.
• Li Chengyi traveled overseas with Li Haotian, Eunuch Xu, and True Master Xuanqing, while Li Shi'an, Ji Dai, and Prince Qing headed to the former territory of Great Zhou to seek the remaining Qian Yuan Tokens.

Li Guanrong resisted being left as regent while Li Chengyi and his companions set out to explore the expanding Qian Yuan Realm. As the realm remained peaceful and hidden from the Exquisite Realms, Gu Yuanqing focused on reshaping his Heavenly Human World, and Li Chengyi postponed contact with the outside world.

• Li Guanrong grabbed Gu Siyuan and argued that he should not be left alone to govern as regent, while the ministers and other royals watched.
• True Master Xuanqing remarked that Li Chengyi would find it difficult to step down, and Li Haotian reflected on how the younger generation treated the throne as a burden.
• The Qian Yuan Realm continued expanding, and its cultivators traveled freely while the Exquisite Realms debated its strength and speculated about the realm tokens and possible heavenly humans.
• Li Shi'an returned to the imperial city with a Qian Yuan Token, but Li Chengyi chose to explore the Newborn Boundary Domain rather than act on it, saying the realm was not ready to meet the outside world.
• Gu Yuanqing secluded himself at North Spring Grotto-Heaven and used object control empowerment to alter his Heavenly Human World's structure in line with his new insights.

After three months of cultivation, Gu Yuanqing strengthened his Heavenly Human World and discovered the immense power and independence of North Spring Grotto-Heaven. He investigated a strand of mysterious vital energy, while Wei Qin reported to the North Suppressing Divine King that humans from the Dragon Demon Realm had appeared in one of his minor realms.

• Gu Yuanqing refined his Heavenly Human World and adopted a profound cultivation technique extrapolated through Dao Derivation, increasing his strength by at least thirty percent.
• Gu Yuanqing merged with North Spring Grotto-Heaven's power, frightened the Mountain-Bearing Divine Turtle into fleeing, and judged that he could contend with ordinary Hun Tian Realm opponents.
• Gu Yuanqing realized North Spring Grotto-Heaven could survive the destruction of the Qian Yuan Realm and might one day break into another world.
• Gu Yuanqing used Object Control to examine the vital energy in a jade bottle and found he could touch it but could not yet refine it for his own use.
• Wei Qin told the North Suppressing Divine King that humans from the Dragon Demon Realm had appeared in a minor realm under his command.

The North Suppressing Divine King interrogated Jin Qiusheng about the Dragon Demon Realm and used a Soul Search to uncover what he knew about Gu. The Ninth Prince then arrived, offering to help investigate Xu Wu’s death while the North Suppressing Divine King pressed him to reveal his real purpose.

• Wei Qin brought Jin Qiusheng before the North Suppressing Divine King, who questioned him about the Dragon Demon Realm and its powerful cultivators.
• Jin Qiusheng denied knowing of anyone above yin-yang, but the North Suppressing Divine King ordered Wei Qin to make him tell the truth while sparing his life.
• Wei Qin used a Soul Search on Jin Qiusheng and learned that Gu had appeared recently and lived on a mountain protected by a Grand Formation.
• The North Suppressing Divine King considered whether Gu could have killed Xu Wu, though Jin Qiusheng’s account suggested Gu was far weaker.
• The Ninth Prince arrived and said he wanted to help investigate Xu Wu’s death, but the North Suppressing Divine King asked what he truly wanted.

Lie Shanyi agreed to send Lie Shanhan after Gu Yuanqing in exchange for a Myriad Demon Pill and true phoenix essence blood. Meanwhile, Gu Yuanqing adapted to North Spring Grotto-Heaven’s growing power, clashed with Shadow in the Underground Demon Realm, and discovered that the captured black qi stirred Dao Derivation Augmentation.

• Lie Shanhan presented the Divine Emperor’s decree ordering Lie Shanyi to resolve Gu Yuanqing’s killing of Xu Wu, then negotiated payment for taking on the task.
• Lie Shanyi offered Lie Shanhan one Myriad Demon Pill and one drop of true phoenix essence blood, and Lie Shanhan accepted the mission.
• Gu Yuanqing struggled to control North Spring Grotto-Heaven’s rapidly growing power as it converted demonic qi across the Underground Demon Realm.
• Shadow traced the thinning demonic qi to a black-stone mountain, where Gu Yuanqing attacked him and captured part of the black qi fused with his vital energy.
• Gu Yuanqing purified and stored the black qi, then sensed that it might be usable for Dao Derivation deductions when Dao Derivation Augmentation began to glow.

Gu Yuanqing discovered that Black Qi stripped from high-grade vital energy could fuel Dao Derivation far more efficiently than incense and fire qi, enabling him to deduce a cultivation technique with over a sixty percent chance of reaching Void Immortal. After cultivating it for a month and increasing his strength by at least thirty percent, he looked toward the former human territory in the Dragon Demon Realm.

• Gu Yuanqing found that Dao Derivation consumed three wisps of the Qian Yuan Realm’s daily incense and fire qi to deduce the Heavenly Dao Zen Heart Art once.
• Gu Yuanqing used Dao Derivation Augmentation on high-grade vital energy and discovered it drew out Black Qi, which proved far more effective than incense and fire qi.
• Gu Yuanqing used the exhaustive deduction method to produce a cultivation technique that gave him a greater than sixty percent chance of becoming a Void Immortal.
• Gu Yuanqing realized his accumulated knowledge had reached its limit for further deductions and separately sealed the cleansed and uncleansed vital energy.
• Gu Yuanqing cultivated the new technique for a month, raised his strength by at least thirty percent, and looked toward the former human territory in the Dragon Demon Realm.