Recaps

Ling Yi revealed to the Great Hao Court that Gu Yuanqing came from beyond their world, prompting Xuan Haoji to consider what his world might offer the Divine Dynasty. After Xuan Haoji requested a meeting, Gu Yuanqing rejected the idea of traveling to the capital and made clear that he could leave their world whenever he wished.

• Ling Yi reported that Demon Lord Xuan You's Demon Kings had been hunted down months earlier and identified Gu Yuanqing as the likely killer.
• Ling Yi told the gathered leaders that Gu Yuanqing came from beyond their world, and he defended Gu Yuanqing against their suspicions of demonic deception.
• Xuan Haoji expressed interest in meeting Gu Yuanqing and wondered whether his world could accommodate the Great Hao Divine Dynasty.
• After waiting two days at the Nine Heavens Sword Sect, Gu Yuanqing learned that Xuan Haoji wanted to see him in the distant Divine Capital Jade Capital.
• Gu Yuanqing declined to travel to meet Xuan Haoji and told Ling Yi that he had come only to hunt heavenly demons and did not have to remain in their world.

Gu Yuanqing refused to join Great Hao but agreed to wait three days and explore the Nine Regions Divine Continent while seeking cooperation against the Heavenly Demons. After Emperor Xuan Haoji sent Xuan Mingrui to learn about Gu Yuanqing’s origins and possible route home, the prince met him in Brocade City and began probing his homeland.

• Gu Yuanqing declined Ling Yi’s invitation to the Jade Capital and agreed to wait three days, traveling with Elder Nangong Xun as his guide.
• Xuan Mingjin urged force against Gu Yuanqing, but Li Yanshen advised caution, and Xuan Haoji ordered Xuan Mingrui to seek cooperation and investigate Gu Yuanqing’s origins and route home.
• Gu Yuanqing toured the Nine Regions Divine Continent, studied its geography and cultivation, and compared its dao path with that of the Spirit Realm.
• Xuan Mingrui invited Gu Yuanqing to a banquet at the Cloud Water Jade Terrace in Brocade City, where he praised Gu Yuanqing and asked about his homeland.

Gu Yuanqing secured intelligence from the Great Hao Court and agreed to draw the Heavenly Demons' attention while it pursued its own operation. He entered the Demon Land alone, while Ling Yi ordered Nangong Xun to hunt down Moon Devouring Cult members in the Nine Heavens Domain.

• Xuan Mingrui offered Gu Yuanqing Heavenly Demon intelligence and warned him not to provoke Demon Lord Xuan You or awaken the other Devil Masters.
• Xuan Mingrui and Mister Lin decided to use Gu Yuanqing's demon hunt to distract the Heavenly Demons while Great Hao secretly sought materials to repair the Circulation of Stars Tower.
• Gu Yuanqing explored Brocade City, studied its books and customs, and received a Jade Slip containing intelligence from the Sky Patrol Inspectorate.
• A Great Hao envoy told Gu Yuanqing the Imperial Court had an operation planned for seven days later and asked him to draw the Devil Race's attention; Gu Yuanqing agreed.
• Five days later, Gu Yuanqing entered the Demon Land alone, and Ling Yi ordered Nangong Xun to kill any Moon Devouring Cult members found in the Nine Heavens Domain.

Gu Yuanqing attacked the Bone Corroding Demon King at Silver Deer Valley while Yan Beiming’s team secretly sought ten thousand year star sinking iron beneath the demon lair. A disguised demon trapped the team and impersonated Gu Yuanqing, but the chapter revealed that Gu Yuanqing had already seen through the real Bone Corroding Demon King’s transformation.

• Gu Yuanqing reached Silver Deer Valley and struck the demon cave, drawing out what appeared to be the Bone Corroding Demon King.
• Yan Beiming led Mo Yan, Gu Cangfeng, Qian Ling, and the others underground to extract ten thousand year star sinking iron while Gu Yuanqing fought above.
• The Bone Corroding Demon King ambushed the team inside the lair, and a figure resembling Gu Yuanqing joined the attack as the Demonfire Inferno Formation sealed them in.
• Yan Beiming sacrificed his cultivation to break the formation, Gu Cangfeng detonated the earth vein, and Mo Yan escaped with a Great Teleportation Divine Talisman.
• After the battle, the supposed Gu Yuanqing gathered the dying Yan Beiming’s mental energy, while the real Gu Yuanqing’s earlier words revealed that the Bone Corroding Demon King was an impostor using Other-Transformation Art.

Gu Yuanqing fought Demon King Wujian, discovered the demon plot in the valley, and arrived too late to save Yan Beiming from a mortal wound. After Wujian revealed his attempt to sow suspicion in the Great Hao Divine Dynasty, Gu Yuanqing attacked with power drawn from his true body and drove the demon into a desperate retreat.

• Demon King Wujian ambushed Gu Yuanqing and tried to persuade him to join the Heavenly Demon Path while the Bone Corroding Demon King acted in the valley.
• Gu Yuanqing combined his sword techniques and summoned his true body's power to wound Wujian, then went underground to investigate the disturbance.
• Gu Yuanqing found Yan Beiming dying beside the Bone Corroding Demon King and stopped an attack before sending Yan Beiming back to the North Spring Grotto-Heaven.
• Demon King Wujian revealed that his disguised double was meant to sow suspicion in the Great Hao Divine Dynasty, but Gu Yuanqing said the plot had nothing to do with him and resumed the fight.
• Gu Yuanqing unleashed a sword formation that crushed Wujian's demon domain, forced him out of the void, and cut down his fleeing avatars as Wujian roared in defiance.

Gu Yuanqing used the power of the North Spring Grotto-Heaven to defeat Demon King Wujian, capture his origin demonic thought, and destroy Bone Corroding’s demonic body, but Demon Lord Xuan You intervened and wounded Gu Yuanqing’s forces. Gu Yuanqing tracked the fleeing Heavenly Demons, while Mo Yan reached Wangxiang Pass gravely injured and was caught by Di Feng.

• Demon King Wujian unleashed his full Void Immortal power and fought Gu Yuanqing, while Bone Corroding remained trapped in the sword formation and feared for his demonic body.
• Gu Yuanqing drew on the North Spring Grotto-Heaven to strengthen his sword formation and nearly captured Demon King Wujian, but Demon Lord Xuan You intervened and helped Wujian escape after Gu Yuanqing cut him in two and took nearly half his origin demonic seed.
• Gu Yuanqing sealed Wujian’s remaining origin demonic thought and captured Bone Corroding’s demonic thought, then collected ten thousand year star sinking iron from the ruined cavern.
• Gu Yuanqing traveled to another Heavenly Demon lair, found it empty, and used his Void Piercing Heavenly Eye to locate the demons; at the Abyss Demon Valley, Xuan You sent Wujian to recover and wondered about Gu Yuanqing’s powerful ally.
• Mo Yan evaded a Heavenly Demon and reached Wangxiang Pass nearly exhausted, where Di Feng caught him and channeled vital energy into him.

At North Spring Grotto-Heaven, Gu Yuanqing refined Demon King Wujian's origin demonic thought, strengthening his divine soul and gaining insight into the Void Immortal Dao while the Nine Domains Divine Continent grew wary of the demonic threat and suspicion surrounding him. After years of cultivation, Gu Yuanqing emerged from seclusion as Li Miaoxuan and Li Chengyi sensed his return.

• Ling Yi and Nangong Xun discussed whether Gu Yuanqing had colluded with Heavenly Demons, and the Second Prince arrived at the Nine Heavens Sword Sect.
• Gu Yuanqing fought Demon Lord Xuan You across the Demon Land, then withdrew to North Spring Grotto-Heaven when his divine soul reached its limit.
• The Great Hao Court investigated Yan Beiming's death and Gu Yuanqing's suspected betrayal, while traces of his battle near the Demon Abyss unsettled the Nine Domains Divine Continent.
• Gu Yuanqing slowly refined Demon King Wujian's origin demonic thought, studying its spatial runes and improving his divine soul and Space Dao Principle Imprint.
• Li Miaoxuan stabilized her realm, spent time with Li Haotian and Li Chengyi, and sparred with her son while Gu Yuanqing continued cultivating.
• After another two years of cultivation, Gu Yuanqing emerged from seclusion, and Li Miaoxuan and Li Chengyi sensed his return.

After leaving seclusion, Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan discussed their son’s cultivation and the divine soul of Yan Beiming, then Gu Yuanqing returned to the Heavenly Demon world to settle matters with the Great Hao Dynasty. Near Wangxiang City, a furious warrior attacked him and drew on power that lifted him to the Void Immortal Level.

• Li Miaoxuan warned Li Chengyi not to enter the Spirit Realm until his Evasion Technique and Sword Dao reached the Yin-Yang Void-Breaking level, and Gu Yuanqing urged her to let their grown son decide for himself.
• Gu Yuanqing explained that he had rescued Yan Beiming’s fading divine soul and planned to return it to the Great Hao Dynasty while proposing a business deal.
• Li Miaoxuan stayed behind, and Gu Yuanqing used the Heavenly Angling Technique to send his avatar carrying Yan Beiming into the otherworld before following by their original route.
• Gu Yuanqing crossed the otherworld toward Wangxiang City, noticed that the blue-black flood dragon and its lake concealed an unusual secret, and chose not to investigate.
• When Gu Yuanqing released his aura outside Wangxiang City, an enraged burly figure attacked him with a Long Halberd and suddenly reached the Void Immortal Level.
• Gu Yuanqing warned the attacker and pressed down with his palm, summoning a towering divine mountain.

Gu Yuanqing confronted Great Hao officials at Wangxiang Pass, overpowering Yue Qianfeng before Ling Yi stopped the fight and learned that Gu had saved Yan Beiming’s remnant soul. After explaining the heavenly demons’ ambush, Gu offered ten thousand year star sinking iron in exchange for a Visualization Fundamental Diagram, leaving Ling Yi to consider the deal.

• Gu Yuanqing overwhelmed Yue Qianfeng with a palm strike, while Di Feng’s attempt to intervene was foiled by Gu’s Heart Sword Technique.
• Ling Yi arrived and persuaded Gu Yuanqing to release Yue Qianfeng, then learned that Gu had fought Demon Lord Xuan You and had arrived too late to stop the attack at Silver Deer Valley.
• Gu Yuanqing gave Ling Yi a lotus containing Yan Beiming’s remnant soul, and Yue Qianfeng apologized before returning to the Human Domain with it.
• Gu Yuanqing explained that Demon King Wujian had impersonated Bone Corroding and ambushed both him and Great Hao’s forces, leaving the cause of the leaked operation unknown.
• Gu Yuanqing offered ten thousand year star sinking iron in exchange for a Visualization Fundamental Diagram, and Ling Yi said he would discuss the proposal after returning.

Gu Yuanqing was ambushed by Demon King Wujian, Demon King Miaoxin, and Demon King Shiyue, who tried to recruit him before attacking. As the three Heavenly Demons overwhelmed him, his true body intervened through the Heavenly Angling Technique, while two ancient demonic thoughts tried to trace the attack back to its source.

• Ling Yi apologized to Gu Yuanqing for Yue Qianfeng's attack, and Gu Yuanqing warned that he would show no mercy if Great Hao attacked him again.
• Yue Qianfeng and Ling Yi discussed Gu Yuanqing's strength, his possible connection to the Heavenly Demons, and the chance that General Yan could be saved with a Star-Soul Gathering Pill.
• Gu Yuanqing returned to the North Spring Grotto-Heaven to cultivate, then hurried to a buried spatial anchor after its paired Command Token shattered.
• Gu Yuanqing pursued Demon King Wujian and found him with Demon King Miaoxin and Demon King Shiyue, who tried to persuade him to join the Heavenly Demon Path.
• Gu Yuanqing fought Demon King Shiyue and improved his Sword Dao, but Wujian and Miaoxin joined the attack and left him struggling against all three Void Immortal Demonic Beasts.
• Gu Yuanqing's true body reached through the Heavenly Angling Technique to intervene, as two ancient demonic thoughts tried to trace his palm back to its source.

Gu Yuanqing used the North Spring Grotto-Heaven’s power to capture the avatars of Demon Lord Xuan You and the Seven Emotions Demon Lord after they pursued him there. He then headed toward Wangxiang Pass, while the awakened Devil Masters alarmed the experts of the Nine Domains Divine Continent and Ling Yi went to meet a man in blue robes.

• Gu Yuanqing’s palm gravely wounded Demon King Shiyue, while Demon King Wujian and Demon King Miaoxin escaped; the two Devil Masters’ wills then found the North Spring Grotto-Heaven.
• Demon Lord Xuan You and the Seven Emotions Demon Lord entered the grotto-heaven, mistook Gu Yuanqing for a Void Immortal, and revealed their desire to seize the world and become True Demons.
• Gu Yuanqing invoked the grotto-heaven’s laws to suppress and seal both Devil Masters’ avatars into spheres of light.
• Gu Yuanqing’s avatar left the fleeing Heavenly Demons alone and traveled toward Wangxiang Pass to investigate the Great Hao Dynasty’s proposed deal and seek a Spirit Refining Method.
• The Devil Masters’ main bodies sensed their avatars’ disappearance, while Xuan Haoji and other human experts feared the threat of the awakening Seven Emotions Demon Lord.
• Ling Yi flew to a mountain peak three thousand miles away and arrived before a waiting man in blue robes.

Gu Yuanqing traded with Ling Yi for the Divine Prison Suppressing Demon True Scripture and received an additional Void Immortal method and Visualization Diagram from Yue Qianfeng. After studying the Chaos Furnace Visualization Diagram, he set out to gather the rare materials Great Hao needed, while a warning about a Moon Devouring Cult leak heightened concern about the approaching demonic threat.

• Ling Yi gave Gu Yuanqing the Divine Prison Suppressing Demon True Scripture in exchange for his help retrieving rare materials from dangerous sites in the Demon Land.
• Ling Yi delivered a Void Immortal method and Visualization Diagram from Yue Qianfeng as an apology for the earlier attack and thanks for rescuing Commander Yan.
• Gu Yuanqing told Ling Yi that Demon King Shiyue had joined the heavenly demons who ambushed him, and they suspected a high-ranking Moon Devouring Cult informant had leaked the trade.
• Gu Yuanqing studied Yue Qianfeng's Primordial Chaos Furnace Refining Spirit True Scripture and used its incomplete Chaos Furnace Visualization Diagram to temper impurities from his divine soul.
• Gu Yuanqing's avatar traveled into the Demon Land and reached the first marked site of rare heavenly materials and earthly treasures.

Gu Yuanqing searched the Demon Land for materials, then returned to complete his trade with Ling Yi, exchanging supplies for a rare immortal legacy scroll. After arranging for Li Chengyi and Li Miaoxuan to leave, he discussed the dao with Ling Yi, who was impressed by his understanding.

• Gu Yuanqing found that the Heavenly Demons had withdrawn from most ore sites and collected the remaining materials, but found no myriad forms voidspace jade for his planned natal Dharma Treasure.
• Gu Yuanqing returned to the North Spring Grotto-Heaven, where Li Chengyi requested permission to travel to the Spirit Realm and Gu Yuanqing agreed to send him there.
• Li Miaoxuan told Gu Yuanqing she would return to the Outer Realm Battlefield, and he offered her a Jade Talisman to summon him if she needed help fighting Heavenly Demons.
• Three days later, Gu Yuanqing sent Li Miaoxuan and Li Chengyi away, then returned to the Demon Land and confirmed his arrangements remained undisturbed.
• Gu Yuanqing gave Ling Yi the supplies he had gathered, and Ling Yi handed him a scroll depicting an immortal treasure as the agreed trade.
• Gu Yuanqing and Ling Yi discussed their cultivation paths over tea, and Ling Yi praised Gu Yuanqing's breadth of understanding and strength.

At a Great Hao Divine Dynasty council, Xuan Haoji and the sect leaders debated what Gu Yuanqing’s otherworldly trade revealed and how to respond to his world. Back in the North Spring Grotto-Heaven, Gu Yuanqing used Dao Yan to refine his cultivation technique, producing a method tailored to his own path.

• Xuan Haoji and the Zhou Tian Star Palace Palace Master recognized that some materials Gu Yuanqing traded came from another world, and the council weighed the promise and dangers of contact with it.
• Ling Yi urged cooperation against the heavenly demons, while Li Yanshen warned that cultivators from Gu Yuanqing’s world could pose a future threat.
• Xuan Haoji learned from Pei Duan that the Immaculate Zen Forest, the Supreme Forgetfulness Sect, and the Northern Star Palace had not replied to the dynasty’s request for help.
• Gu Yuanqing studied the Demon Refining, Immortal Ascension Diagram and the Divine Prison Suppressing Demon True Scripture, then decided to incorporate the former into his own cultivation technique rather than cultivate it directly.
• Gu Yuanqing recalled his avatars and fed his cultivation methods into Dao Yan, which consumed his accumulated incense and fire qi to derive a revised technique suited to his foundation.

Gu Yuanqing integrated a new cultivation technique and spent six months visualizing the Demon Refining, Immortal Ascension Diagram, strengthening his divine soul while confronting heart demons that took his own form. After reaching minor attainment in the method, he turned to choosing a Life-Bound Treasure, considering a sword, a tower, and a seal.

• Gu Yuanqing adjusted his cultivation technique by combining Dao Paths from two realms, improving the speed and purity of his true essence.
• Gu Yuanqing visualized the Demon Refining, Immortal Ascension Diagram, gradually forming a thirty-three-story pagoda in his Sea of Consciousness.
• Heart demons resembling Gu Yuanqing emerged beneath the pagoda and were refined by its Red Lotus Karmic Fire, testing his Dao Heart and strengthening his Mental Power.
• After six months, Gu Yuanqing awoke having achieved minor attainment in the mental method and recognized that the demons and the immortal it promised were both aspects of himself.
• Gu Yuanqing compared the fundamental diagram with a Void Immortal's copy and considered using the copy to help Qian Yuan Sect cultivators temper their divine souls.
• Gu Yuanqing weighed three options for his Life-Bound Treasure: a sword, a tower, or a seal, but made no decision.

Gu Yuanqing reached great accomplishment in the chaos heaven immortal level and began gathering materials to forge a lifebound great seal. As Heavenly Demons increased on the Outer Realm Battlefield, he learned that several shattering heaven-level demons had appeared, while the war between humanity and the Heavenly Demons began in the world of the Nine Domains Divine Continent.

• Gu Yuanqing spent ten years cultivating, discovered how splitting his divine soul hindered his new technique, and reached great accomplishment in the chaos heaven immortal level.
• Gu Yuanqing chose a great seal for his lifebound Dharma Treasure and sent avatars to search different worlds for the rare materials it required.
• Gu Yuanqing asked Li Miaoxuan to help obtain materials through the Lingxu Sect and the Calamity Suppression Alliance, and she agreed to exchange her merit for them.
• Li Miaoxuan told Gu Yuanqing that Heavenly Demons had increased on the Outer Realm Battlefield, including several at the shattering heaven level, though none matched the demons he had previously identified.
• Li Miaoxuan declined to accompany Gu Yuanqing to the Heavenly Demon Domain, saying her duties and Dao comprehension kept her occupied.
• The war between the human race and the Heavenly Demons began in the world containing the Nine Domains Divine Continent.

During the demonic calamity, the Moon Devouring Cult sabotaged the Human Race’s defenses while Gu Yuanqing searched the Demon Land for a Town Origin Stone. He found one beneath the Sunken Abyss mountains, but a swordsman from the Supreme Forgetfulness Sect arrived to claim it, and Gu Yuanqing continued separating the stone as the man attacked.

• The heavenly demons launched a calamity against the Human Race, while the Moon Devouring Cult sabotaged defenses and spread panic within Great Hao.
• The three heavenly demon lords worried that Gu Yuanqing and his unknown backer could disrupt their plans, and Gu Yuanqing observed the demonic advance before continuing his search.
• Gu Yuanqing searched the Demon Land’s mountain ranges for a Town Origin Stone, then found one beneath the Sunken Abyss mountains and began carefully separating it from the earth veins.
• A middle-aged swordsman from the Supreme Forgetfulness Sect demanded that Gu Yuanqing surrender the stone, then used Sword Intent and Dao patterns to attack him and stabilize the surrounding earth veins.

Gu Yuanqing fought Xiao Wuyou, a Void Immortal of the Supreme Forgetfulness Sect, while extracting the Primordial Yellow Core from the mountain. After securing it, Gu Yuanqing drove Xiao Wuyou away, but the elder’s Sword of Karma reached into the North Spring Grotto-Heaven before Gu Yuanqing suppressed it.

• Gu Yuanqing resisted Xiao Wuyou’s Supreme Forgetfulness sword techniques while using the earth vein and the North Spring Grotto-Heaven’s power to protect and extract the Town Origin Stone.
• Xiao Wuyou unleashed his full strength and several Supreme Forgetfulness Sword Dao divine abilities, but Gu Yuanqing’s true body prevented the attacks from reaching him.
• Gu Yuanqing drew the Primordial Yellow Core into the North Spring Grotto-Heaven, causing the mountain range to collapse, then turned his full power against Xiao Wuyou.
• Gu Yuanqing pursued Xiao Wuyou through the sky as he refined his control and pressed the elder with the Way of Space and the Great Annihilation Sword.
• Xiao Wuyou opened a Heavenly Book and unleashed the Sword of Karma, but Gu Yuanqing pulled his avatar into the North Spring Grotto-Heaven and suppressed the force there.
• Xiao Wuyou fled as two Heavenly Demon wills descended, and Demon King Wujian appeared nearby; Gu Yuanqing recognized the attack as the Sword of Karma.

Gu Yuanqing gathered the materials and refined a powerful Life-Bound Great Seal inside the North Spring Grotto-Heaven, using his Dao Principle Imprints to forge its formations. After completing the seal, he released its aura into the Cultivation World, triggering tribulation clouds.

• Gu Yuanqing assessed the Supreme Forgetfulness Sect cultivator's extraordinary sword technique and confirmed that he had gathered nearly all the materials needed for his Life-Bound Treasure except Void Stone.
• Gu Yuanqing refined practice treasures, studied artifact-refining methods, and sent multiple Avatars into the Void Sea to collect enough Void Stone.
• Gu Yuanqing used Dao Derivation to extrapolate an Artifact-Casting Chapter from the Nine Tribulations Undying Scripture and mastered its contents.
• Gu Yuanqing forged a mountain-shaped Great Seal from North Spring Mountain foundation stone, the Earth Vein Star Core, Town Origin Stone, Void Stone, and other rare materials.
• Gu Yuanqing inscribed spatial formations and numerous Dao Principle Imprints into the Great Seal, then allowed its aura to manifest outside the Grotto-Heaven.
• Tribulation clouds appeared over the Cultivation World after Gu Yuanqing revealed the completed Great Seal.

Gu Yuanqing completed and strengthened the North Spring World Suppressing Seal, then traveled with Li Miaoxuan to the Demon Realm to repay a debt to the Town Prison Sect. After Demon King Wujian fled from Gu Yuanqing, he reported the encounter to Demon Lord Xuan You, who prepared to investigate Gu Yuanqing’s backing.

• Gu Yuanqing tempered the newly formed seal through a heavenly Calamity, named it the North Spring World Suppressing Seal, and nurtured it with natural dao resonance for five years until it became a top-tier Dao Artifact.
• Gu Yuanqing’s strength and the North Spring Grotto-Heaven continued to grow, and he decided to visit Wangxiang Pass to repay the goodwill he had accepted from the Town Prison Sect.
• Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan traveled to the Demon Realm, where Li Miaoxuan hunted heavenly demons as they made their way toward Wangxiang Pass.
• Demon King Wujian sensed Gu Yuanqing, abandoned his demonic body, and escaped with his origin demonic thought after Gu Yuanqing struck at him.
• Demon King Wujian reported Gu Yuanqing’s return to Demon Lord Xuan You, who resolved to discover what powerful figure stood behind him.

Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan met Ling Yi at Wangxiang Pass and learned how the Demonic Calamity was weakening the Human Race. Gu Yuanqing asked for a map so he and Li Miaoxuan could venture deep into the Demon Land, and Ling Yi agreed to provide one within three days.

• Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan waited at his courtyard near Wangxiang Pass, where Ling Yi came to meet them.
• Gu Yuanqing introduced Li Miaoxuan as his Dao Companion, and Ling Yi described the Demonic Calamity's toll and the Heavenly Demons' plan to corrode the Human Race's Dao Hearts.
• Gu Yuanqing asked whether the Nine Domains Divine Continent knew the location of Demon Lord Xuan You's lair, and Ling Yi explained that the precise depths of the Demon Land remained unknown.
• Gu Yuanqing said he planned to enter the Demon Land and requested an accurate map; Ling Yi agreed to deliver information about its depths and the Demon Abyss within three days.
• Li Miaoxuan chose to study the world's Great Dao while they waited, and Ling Yi returned to the Nine Heavens Sword Sect to order a disciple to compile the requested information.

Xuan Haoji asked Ling Yi to risk his life in a possible attempt to kill Demon Lord Xuan You, and Ling Yi agreed after Xuan Mingjin reported that Minister Li needed seven more days to emerge from seclusion. Meanwhile, Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan prepared to venture into the Demon Land, where Gu Yuanqing intended to confront Xuan You and settle his debts.

• Xuan Haoji learned that Gu Yuanqing planned to venture to the Demon Abyss with his dao companion, whom Ling Yi suspected came from another world.
• Xuan Haoji asked Ling Yi whether he would die for a chance to kill Xuan You, and Ling Yi agreed to proceed after Minister Li needed at least seven more days in seclusion.
• Xuan Haoji urged Xuan Mingjin to reach the void immortal realm so he could qualify to succeed him.
• Li Miaoxuan continued advancing her cultivation while she and Gu Yuanqing hunted heavenly demons around the mountain, leaving the area near Wangxiang Pass unusually quiet.
• Gu Yuanqing told Li Miaoxuan he planned to enter the Demon Land, wound Xuan You if possible, and repay his karmic debts before pursuing further cultivation.

Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan traveled into the Demon Land to probe Demon Lord Xuan You, while Ling Yi arranged for Liao Changyin to follow them. As they reached the depths of the Demon Land, Wujian repeatedly appeared through avatars, and Li Miaoxuan prepared to strike at him with the Silver Bracelet.

• Li Miaoxuan told Gu Yuanqing that heavenly demon origins would offer him little help at the Void Immortal Realm, and they discussed his prospects of breaking through.
• Ling Yi gave Gu Yuanqing a Jade Slip about the Demon Land and warned him about Demon Lord Xuan You, while secretly asking Liao Changyin to follow the pair.
• Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan traveled deeper into the Demon Land, gathering fortune for the North Spring Town World Seal and noticing Liao Changyin following them.
• Gu Yuanqing wounded Liao Changyin with a sword formation when the latter emerged from hiding, then let him continue following as they pressed onward.
• Gu Yuanqing repeatedly destroyed Wujian's avatars, and Li Miaoxuan asked to use Gu Yuanqing's Way of Space to attack Wujian herself.
• Gu Yuanqing carried Li Miaoxuan to a valley where Wujian had appeared, and her Silver Bracelet flew out.

Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan hunted Demon King Wujian’s avatar, and Li Miaoxuan turned his desperate attempt to invade her mind into a chance to kill him and advance to the Peak of the Shattering Heaven realm. They continued through the Demon Abyss land together, where Li Miaoxuan later slew a chaos heaven deathless great demon while Demon Lord Xuan You ordered Wujian to keep watching Gu Yuanqing.

• Li Miaoxuan used the Nine Heavens Moonflow Chain to expose and restrain Demon King Wujian, while Gu Yuanqing pursued him through the void.
• Demon King Wujian burned his origin demonic thought and tried to possess Li Miaoxuan, but she revealed the Dragon Slaying Guillotine’s power and killed him, then meditated to stabilize her advancement.
• Liao Changyin approached from a distance, sensed Gu Yuanqing’s warning, and retreated without coming closer.
• In the Demon Abyss, Demon King Shiyue warned Wujian that further losses could ruin his demon seed, and Demon Lord Xuan You ordered Wujian to continue monitoring Gu Yuanqing.
• Li Miaoxuan awoke at the Peak of the Shattering Heaven realm and chose to travel onward with Gu Yuanqing instead of returning to North Spring Mountain.
• As they wandered through the demon land, Li Miaoxuan used her three true immortal artifacts to slay a chaos heaven deathless great demon, while Wujian watched from afar and Liao Changyin wondered why the demons let them roam freely.

Gu Yuanqing reached the Demon Abyss but was confronted by Zen Master Huijue and Xiao Wuyou, who claimed his advance would bring calamity. When Gu Yuanqing refused to turn back, Xiao Wuyou attacked and Huijue joined the fight, leaving Gu Yuanqing facing both Void Immortals.

• Gu Yuanqing sent Li Miaoxuan back to North Spring Grotto-Heaven after they traveled deep into the Demon Land and she had gained enough experience.
• Zen Master Huijue appeared before Gu Yuanqing and urged him not to approach the Demon Abyss, warning that his actions could cause a great calamity.
• Liao Changyin arrived and denounced Huijue for obstructing Gu Yuanqing, but Huijue sealed him with a Buddhist divine ability until Gu Yuanqing broke the domain with the Great Freedom Sword.
• Xiao Wuyou appeared and joined Huijue in opposing Gu Yuanqing, who refused to retreat and challenged them both.
• Xiao Wuyou attacked Gu Yuanqing with Forgetfulness Sword Intent, and Gu Yuanqing answered with the Calamity Controlling Myriad Forms Sword Formation.
• Huijue expanded his Immaculate Buddhist Kingdom to suppress Gu Yuanqing, who declared that he would fight both opponents.