Recaps

Gu Yuanqing fought Xiao Wuyou and Zen Master Huijue after they blocked his journey to the Demon Abyss, then used the North Spring World Suppressing Seal and Heavenly Angling Technique to repeatedly wear them down. By the sixth attack, both opponents’ auras had weakened and their divine souls and dao foundations were damaged.

• Gu Yuanqing empowered his avatar and held off Xiao Wuyou and Zen Master Huijue while Liao Changyin and Ling Yi watched from a distance.
• Zen Master Huijue unleashed the Immaculate Buddhist Kingdom, and Xiao Wuyou used the Forgetfulness Heavenly Book to force Gu Yuanqing onto the defensive.
• Gu Yuanqing retreated and dropped the North Spring World Suppressing Seal on his pursuers, forcing Huijue and Xiao Wuyou to use their source power and damage their cultivation to resist.
• Gu Yuanqing vanished into the North Spring Grotto-Heaven, then reappeared through spatial anchors and repeatedly used the Heavenly Angling Technique to trap the two cultivators under the seal.
• Gu Yuanqing repeated the attack five times, leaving Huijue’s golden body cracked and Xiao Wuyou’s heavenly book nearly transparent.

Gu Yuanqing forced Xiao Wuyou to flee and spared Zen Master Huijue after hearing that entering the Demon Abyss might trigger a world-ending Calamity. He then pursued Demon King Wujian, captured his demonic thought, and learned that Wujian had finally realized Gu Yuanqing and his avatar were the same person.

• Xiao Wuyou fled while Zen Master Huijue delayed Gu Yuanqing, but Gu Yuanqing pursued Xiao and forced him to spend more of his strength before returning to face Huijue.
• Zen Master Huijue warned Gu Yuanqing that entering the Demon Abyss could cause the great Calamity, and Gu Yuanqing withdrew his seal and let Huijue leave.
• Gu Yuanqing met Liao Changyin and asked him to report Huijue's warning to the Nine Domains Divine Continent, then set out to hunt more demons.
• Gu Yuanqing spotted Demon King Wujian, who escaped by shifting between demonic hosts, while Gu Yuanqing tracked him with a formation and pursued him through the Demon Land.
• Gu Yuanqing captured Wujian's demonic thought inside the North Spring Grotto-Heaven, where Wujian recognized that Gu Yuanqing and the person behind him were the same person.

Demon King Wujian realized Gu Yuanqing had severed an avatar’s connection to him and feared losing his Void Immortal rank, while Gu Yuanqing prepared hidden anchors in the Demon Land and returned to North Spring Grotto-Heaven to focus on cultivation. Over the following decades, Gu Yuanqing aided the Nine Domains Divine Continent through a resource exchange and brought Li Miaoxuan to North Spring Grotto-Heaven to undergo her chaos heaven immortal Calamity.

• Demon King Wujian lost contact with an avatar, feared his origin demonic seed would destabilize, and resolved to hide the loss from his lord.
• Gu Yuanqing established several concealed spatial anchors in the Demon Land, then used the Heavenly Angling Technique to return his avatar to North Spring Grotto-Heaven.
• Gu Yuanqing unified his divine soul and continued cultivating as the Qian Yuan Realm and its cultivators grew stronger; Su Yue'e underwent her yin-yang great Calamity.
• Twenty years later, Gu Yuanqing met Ling Yi at Homeward Pass and agreed to exchange resources with the Nine Domains Divine Continent.
• Gu Yuanqing completed the trade ten days later, receiving cultivation methods, elixir formulas, spirit elixirs, and medicinal herbs in return for resources.
• Sixteen years later, Gu Yuanqing brought Li Miaoxuan into North Spring Grotto-Heaven so she could face her chaos heaven immortal Calamity there.

Li Miaoxuan underwent the Chaos Immortal Calamity on North Spring Mountain and successfully became a chaos heaven immortal, while powerful figures in the Spirit Realm worried that her ascension would upset the balance between the Righteous and Demonic Paths. The chapter ended with the Mountain-Bearing Divine Turtle swallowing two Chaos-level Great Demons that had planned to ambush her.

• Gu Yuanqing explained the Chaos Immortal Calamity and the breakthrough to Li Miaoxuan, who then cultivated in seclusion on North Spring Mountain.
• Li Miaoxuan began her Calamity, and Venerable Nine Li suspected that the person undergoing it belonged to the Qingping Dao Palace but decided against intervening.
• The Spiritual Treasure Venerable told Ji Shan that someone was undergoing the Chaos Immortal Calamity and feared the Demonic Sects would resist the Righteous Path's growing strength.
• Li Miaoxuan calmly endured the Calamity and reached the chaos heaven immortal level.
• The Mountain-Bearing Divine Turtle swallowed two Chaos-level Great Demons that had approached to ambush Li Miaoxuan.

Li Miaoxuan emerged from eight years of secluded cultivation after breaking through to the chaos heaven immortal level, while Gu Yuanqing remained stalled before the path to Void Immortal. The family reunited after Li Chengyi returned, though tension lingered between Gu Yuanqing and Li Haotian.

• Gu Yuanqing realized that the Spirit Realm's imperfect Heaven and Earth made it difficult for cultivators to reach true Perfection or advance to Void Immortal.
• Li Miaoxuan completed her breakthrough and discussed Gu Yuanqing's stalled progress and possible Dao paths with him.
• Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan talked about Li Chengyi's long absence and Su Xin'er, whom they suspected was prompting Binglan to urge him to take a concubine.
• Li Chengyi returned three days later, and the family gathered together, while Li Haotian remained dissatisfied that Gu Yuanqing had never called him father-in-law.

Gu Yuanqing entered the Boundless River to seek the Ten Thousand Dao Stone, hoping it could reveal a path to the void immortal realm. After years of using the river’s ten thousand Daos to refine his own cultivation, he found the stone guarded by a powerful dragon-shaped Dao soul and prepared to face it.

• After discussing the Dao with Li Miaoxuan, Gu Yuanqing decided to seek the Ten Thousand Dao Stone rather than pursue other risky paths to becoming a void immortal.
• Gu Yuanqing sent nearly half his divine soul into the Ancient Realm, evaded the attention of its powers, and traveled upstream along the Boundless River.
• Gu Yuanqing entered the river and realized its countless interacting Daos could serve as a mirror for reconciling and perfecting his own Great Dao.
• After more than a dozen years of searching and cultivation, Gu Yuanqing found the Ten Thousand Dao Stone in a tranquil stretch of the river.
• A powerful dragon-shaped desolate-tier Dao soul guarded the stone and unleashed the river’s laws against Gu Yuanqing, who retreated and used his abilities to steady the surrounding Dao powers.

Gu Yuanqing captured the Dragon Soul and claimed the Ten Thousand Dao Stone from the Boundless River, using its Dao resonance to bring his cultivation to Perfection. He prepared the Qian Yuan Sect for the coming Void Immortal Tribulation, then revealed his full aura as he began to face it.

• Gu Yuanqing trapped the Dragon Soul in a divine-sense net, drew it into North Spring Grotto-Heaven, and subdued it after it lost the Boundless River's power.
• Gu Yuanqing took the Ten Thousand Dao Stone, whose insights helped him connect his Dao comprehensions and strengthen the foundations of his Heavenly Human World.
• Gu Yuanqing absorbed the stone's Dao resonance, reached Perfection, and later told Li Shi'an to prepare the Qian Yuan Sect for his Void Immortal Tribulation.
• Gu Yuanqing summoned Li Miaoxuan to observe the impending tribulation, and she returned to North Spring Mountain.
• Gu Yuanqing activated his cultivation method, united his divine soul, physical body, and Dao Principle Imprints, and exposed his aura to the Cultivation World.

Gu Yuanqing began undergoing a terrifying Void Immortal Calamity, drawing the attention of powerful Demonic and Righteous Sect cultivators. As the Calamity’s layers battered his body, Heavenly Human World, and divine soul, he endured them and noticed the Demonic Venerable approaching.

• Gu Yuanqing released his aura, causing Calamity clouds to gather over Qian Yuan Island, while the Mountain Bearing Black Tortoise and nearby sea beasts avoided the danger.
• The Demonic Venerable sensed the Void Immortal Calamity, suspected it involved the Qingping Dao Palace, and set out for Canghai; other Demonic Sect experts followed.
• The Spiritual Treasure Dao Venerable tried to stop the Demonic Venerable, but the Demonic Venerable dismissed his warning and pierced through the void.
• After waiting three days, Gu Yuanqing endured the first two layers of the Calamity, using the Five Elements and yin-yang thunder to temper his body.
• The following Calamity layers attacked Gu Yuanqing’s Heavenly Human World and divine soul with dao laws, karmic fire, Guixu, and illusions, but he remained composed and stabilized his foundations.
• When the seventh Calamity descended, Gu Yuanqing noticed the Demonic Venerable in the distance, then focused again on surviving the Calamity.

Gu Yuanqing endured the eighth wave of the Void Immortal Tribulation while righteous and demonic cultivators gathered outside Qian Yuan Island and prepared to intervene. He condensed the true Dao source seed and became a Void Immortal, as the ninth wave began to gather and the Demon Venerable fixed its greedy gaze on him.

• The Demonic Venerable summoned six great Demonic Path cultivators with the Nine Emperor Banner, and Miaoyin Tiannv and Heavenly Lord Ji Mie tried to disrupt the tribulation.
• The Spirit Venerable, Heavenly Lord Xuanji, Ji Shan, and Xiao Lingyue arrived to defend Qingping Dao Palace, creating a tense standoff between the righteous and demonic forces.
• The Demon Venerable appeared as a Nine-Headed Tiger, shifting the balance and intensifying the threat to the righteous cultivators.
• Within North Spring Grotto-Heaven, Gu Yuanqing endured the tribulation’s assaults and refined his body, divine soul, Dao principles, and will.
• Gu Yuanqing condensed the true Dao source seed and released the aura of a Void Immortal as the ninth wave of the tribulation gathered.
• The gathered cultivators recognized that Gu Yuanqing had survived the eighth wave, while the Demon Venerable eyed him with greed.

Gu Yuanqing endured the ninth heavenly Calamity and attained the void immortal realm, sensing the Great Dao River for the first time. As the Demonic Path attacked Qian Yuan Island, he sent a solidified phantom there while remaining on North Spring Mountain.

• Gu Yuanqing used the Object Control Art to absorb and refine all nine Calamity bolts, completing his transformation into a void immortal.
• The Calamity also tempered the North Spring World Suppressing Seal into a void immortal treasure, and Gu Yuanqing sensed the Great Dao River but could not find its source.
• The Lord of Nine Li Mountain ordered the Demonic Path to attack as soon as the Calamity ended, while Spiritual Treasure Dao Venerable, Xiao Lingyue, and Ji Shan tried to stop them.
• The Mountain-Bearing Divine Turtle intercepted the Demon Venerable near Qian Yuan Island, and the two began fighting.
• Gu Yuanqing told Li Miaoxuan to stay on North Spring Mountain, then sent a solidified phantom to Qian Yuan Island as Li Youhe approached on the Yellow Springs River.

Gu Yuanqing effortlessly defeated Li Youhe’s Netherworld techniques and trapped him in a sword domain, forcing the Netherworld Sect master to summon the Nether Dragon Town Nether Mirror. As the battle outside Qian Yuan Island intensified, Gu Yuanqing opened a scroll and spotted another opponent approaching.

• Li Youhe attacked Gu Yuanqing with Yellow Springs Crossing and the Myriad Ghosts Soul-Eating Banner, but Gu Yuanqing severed the river phantom and burned the ghosts with chaos heaven vital fire.
• Li Youhe opened the Nine Nether Gate and summoned an Underworld Yin Commander, Ghost Kings, and an army of yin soldiers, but Gu Yuanqing’s sword domain destroyed them and trapped Li Youhe.
• Li Youhe begged for mercy, then burned his origin essence and summoned the Nether Dragon Town Nether Mirror to fire a powerful beam at Gu Yuanqing.
• Righteous and Demonic Path cultivators sensed the mirror’s power but could not see through Gu Yuanqing’s sword domain; Han Jingshan refused to join the fight, while the Lord of Nine Li Mountain and the Demon Venerable remained held back by their opponents.
• Gu Yuanqing dismissed the mirror’s threat, remarked that one more had come to his death, and unfurled a scroll that transformed the surroundings into a night sky beneath a crescent moon.

After attaining void immortality, Gu Yuanqing effortlessly overpowered Li Youhe and Lu Jiuming, who had attacked him with their sects’ supreme treasures. As the fighting halted and the Righteous Path congratulated him, Gu Yuanqing turned his attention to the Demonic Sects and killed Lu Jiuming as he tried to flee.

• Lu Jiuming joined Li Youhe in attacking Gu Yuanqing with the Taiyin Soul Suppressing Heavenly Palace Diagram, but Gu Yuanqing stopped both treasures with his power as a Void Immortal.
• Gu Yuanqing shattered Li Youhe’s Nether Dragon Soul-Suppressing Mirror, forcing Li Youhe to flee badly weakened.
• Gu Yuanqing damaged Lu Jiuming’s treasure and struck him with the Great Annihilation Calamity Sword, leaving Lu Jiuming wounded as he fled and called for help.
• Li Youhe and Lu Jiuming revealed that Gu Yuanqing had attained void immortality, causing the fighting around Qian Yuan Island to falter.
• The Righteous Path cultivators congratulated Gu Yuanqing, while the Lord of Nine Li Mountain refused to stop the conflict.
• Gu Yuanqing promised the Demonic Path cultivators proper hospitality and exploded Lu Jiuming with the residual sword intent as he tried to escape.

Gu Yuanqing killed Lu Jiuming and struck his Taiyin Hall avatar, demonstrating the strength of his new Void Immortal realm. As the allied righteous cultivators watched from Qian Yuan Island, the Demonic Sects launched an all-out attack against him.

• Lu Jiuming repeatedly reconstructed his body to escape Gu Yuanqing’s Sword Intent, but the sword threads destroyed him and left Gu Yuanqing holding his five Dao Principle Imprints.
• Gu Yuanqing sent an Incense-and-Fire Nirvana Heavenly Saber through Lu Jiuming’s spiritual connection and severely wounded Yin Jiuming at the Taiyin Hall.
• The Lord of Nine Li Mountain persuaded the demonic experts to attack together, while Gu Yuanqing asked the Spirit Venerable, Heavenly Lord Xuanji, Ji Shan, and the others to watch from Qian Yuan Island.
• Li Miaoxuan welcomed the visiting cultivators, and Ji Shan realized she was Gu Yuanqing’s Dao companion.
• The Lord of Nine Li Mountain began the assault by summoning swarms of venomous insects, beasts, and flood dragons as sacrificial offerings, while the other demonic cultivators unleashed their strongest methods.

Gu Yuanqing overwhelmed the demonic cultivators who attacked during his tribulation, killing Li Youhe’s body and forcing the survivors to reveal their strongest trump cards. Facing six Void Immortal-level powers at once, he finally recognized that their combined attack could threaten his dharma body.

• Gu Yuanqing used the Myriad Phenomena Sword of Tribulation and his sword arts to break the demonic cultivators’ attacks and severely injure them.
• Li Youhe tried to escape inside the Immortal Burial Coffin, but Gu Yuanqing shattered the coffin and killed him before a Precious Mirror appeared to protect and restore him.
• The Demonic Venerable summoned a Witch Ancestor Dharma Form with the Nine Emperor Banner, and the Lord of Nine Li Mountain merged with it to attack Gu Yuanqing alongside the Nine-Headed Demon Venerable.
• Li Youhe, Miaoyin Tiannv, Heavenly Lord Ji Mie, and Zhao Shengbing each burned their origins or dao imprints to unleash powerful treasures and attacks against Gu Yuanqing.
• Gu Yuanqing faced six Void Immortal-level powers whose combined assault threatened his dharma body and could shake the Mountain-Bearing Divine Turtle’s defenses.

Gu Yuanqing stabilized his Void Immortal power while his Dharma Body fought the Spirit Realm demonic cultivators, overwhelming them with spatial techniques. After the enemies gathered beneath his true immortal artifact, he unleashed its full power to suppress them, leaving their fate unresolved.

• Gu Yuanqing used Mountain Observation empowerment to deepen his understanding of the Heaven and Earth Great Dao, then sent more power into his Dharma Body through the Heavenly Angling Technique.
• Gu Yuanqing used spatial arts to turn the attackers' combined strikes against Zhao Shengbing, gravely wounding him, then shattered Heavenly Lord Ji Mie's arm and Dao Burying Bell.
• Gu Yuanqing struck Heavenly Lord Ji Mie again, destroying his defenses and body, while the Nine-Headed Demon Venerable also suffered a devastating attack.
• Li Youhe urged the demonic cultivators to gather around the Demonic Venerable, and the wounded enemies abandoned their plan to kill Gu Yuanqing and focused on survival.
• Gu Yuanqing summoned his true immortal great seal and pinned the gathered enemies beneath it, while the Demonic Venerable shattered his Bone Scepter and tried in vain to hold the seal up.

Gu Yuanqing used the North Spring World Suppressing Seal to annihilate the invading demonic cultivators and became the undisputed strongest cultivator in the Spirit Realm. As he unified his divine souls to cultivate, the deaths of the attackers triggered a world-shaking upheaval across the Cultivation World, Spirit Realm, and Outer Realm Battlefield.

• Gu Yuanqing crushed the Demonic Venerable, the Lord of Nine Li Mountain, and their four allies beneath the North Spring World Suppressing Seal, then captured their remaining worlds, Dao imprints, and treasures.
• Han Jingshan withdrew, and the Mountain-Bearing Divine Turtle praised Gu Yuanqing before submerging as the battle ended.
• Spirit Venerable and the other righteous leaders warned Gu Yuanqing that the demonic sects might unleash heavenly demons, then hurried away to prepare for the threat.
• Gu Yuanqing rewarded the Qian Yuan Sect disciples with double resources for ten years and returned to North Spring Grotto-Heaven with Li Miaoxuan and his family.
• Gu Yuanqing sent Li Miaoxuan back to the Outer Realm Battlefield, unified his divine souls, and began deepening his cultivation as upheaval spread across the Cultivation World, Spirit Realm, and Outer Realm Battlefield.

Li Chengyi learned that Gu Yuanqing had become a Void Immortal, prompting the Demonic Sects to threaten the Realm Cities and withdraw from the Xuanqiong Realm. After helping stabilize the battlefield, Li Chengyi visited Li Miaoxuan, who confirmed that Gu Yuanqing was his father and would meet him after stabilizing his new realm.

• A Realm City’s protection formation was sabotaged, and Li Chengyi learned that the Demonic Sects had broken the alliance and that heavenly demons were pouring through the breach.
• At the Stop War Sky Wall, the Lord of Nine Li Mountain threatened to destroy the Realm Cities unless the Righteous Sects let the Demonic Sects return to the Spirit Realm, and the Spiritual Treasure Heavenly Venerable agreed in exchange for their Boundary Tokens.
• Qin Baiyu told Li Chengyi that a Void Immortal had appeared in the Spirit Realm, while the Demonic Sects abandoned their strongholds and retreated.
• After three months, the Righteous Sects took control of the Realm Cities, and Li Chengyi worked at the Demon Suppression Mansion until the situation stabilized.
• Li Chengyi visited Li Miaoxuan at the Lingxu Sect, and she confirmed that Gu Yuanqing had become a Void Immortal and would see him after stabilizing his realm.

Li Chengyi returned to his duties while Gu Yuanqing stabilized his Void Immortal cultivation and reunited with his family. After learning about the damage and Heavenly Demon incursions in the Nine Domains Divine Continent, Gu Yuanqing traveled there and met General Di at Wangxiang City.

• Li Chengyi returned to the transit station, where Qin Baiyu sent him to hunt a Yin-Yang Level Heavenly Demon and told him that Gu Yuanqing had become a Void Immortal.
• Gu Yuanqing emerged from secluded cultivation with his Void Immortal realm stabilized and drew Li Chengyi and Li Miaoxuan into the North Spring Grotto-Heaven.
• Li Miaoxuan told Gu Yuanqing that the Demonic Sects had retreated to their strongholds while Heavenly Demons spread through the Spirit Realm and Xuanqiong Realm.
• Gu Yuanqing decided to visit the Nine Domains Divine Continent, and Li Miaoxuan said she would join him after handling matters in the Xuanqiong Realm.
• Gu Yuanqing sent an avatar to Wangxiang City and found its defenders weary from years of fighting before greeting General Di, who recognized him.

Gu Yuanqing returned to the Nine Domains Divine Continent as a newly advanced Void Immortal and offered to help hunt the Heavenly Demons’ Devil Masters, while refusing to bear the karma of any resulting Calamity. After debating the risk, Xuan Haoji agreed that the Nine Domains Divine Continent would shoulder all consequences, clearing the way for Gu Yuanqing to act.

• Gu Yuanqing reunited with Di Feng and Ling Yi at Wangxiang Pass, revealed that he had become a Void Immortal, and learned that Ling Yi and Xuan Haoji had been gravely wounded in an ambush by Demon Lord Xuan You.
• Ling Yi described the human race’s worsening war against the Heavenly Demons, and Gu Yuanqing offered to hunt Devil Masters only if the Nine Domains Divine Continent accepted responsibility for any Calamity.
• Ling Yi presented Gu Yuanqing’s offer to the leaders of the Great Hao Divine Dynasty and the major sects, where Yue Qianfeng urged them to accept help despite the danger.
• Gu Yuanqing traveled through the troubled Nine Heavens Domain and waited for the leaders’ decision while the people endured fear, losses, and mourning.
• Xuan Mingrui brought Gu Yuanqing to meet Xuan Haoji, who accepted the risks of hunting the Devil Masters and promised that the Nine Domains Divine Continent would bear all resulting karma and Calamity.

Gu Yuanqing declined to destroy the Demon Abyss after Zen Master Huijue warned that doing so could unleash a world-shaking calamity, and he prepared to leave to hunt heavenly demons instead. Before departing, he sparred with Ling Yi, easing Ling Yi’s Dao injury, while a mysterious figure in the Demon Land learned that Gu Yuanqing had returned.

• Gu Yuanqing dismissed the need for elaborate plans to kill a Devil Master, and Xuan Haoji and Ling Yi were shocked by his confidence.
• Zen Master Huijue arrived using Buddhist Supernatural Speed and warned that destroying the Demon Abyss could unleash accumulated darkness and resentment, possibly involving an ancient demonic fiend sealed by the Immaculate Zen Forest.
• Gu Yuanqing chose to hunt heavenly demons rather than destroy the Demon Abyss and gave Ling Yi a jade token to summon him if help was needed.
• Xuan Haoji concluded that Gu Yuanqing or someone behind him could destroy the Demon Abyss and kill a Devil Master, and that Gu Yuanqing could also kill him.
• Gu Yuanqing and Ling Yi sparred with their sword wills, and Ling Yi’s Dao injury eased as his Sword Dao grew purer.
• Gu Yuanqing departed Wangxiang Pass, and a mysterious black-robed man in the Demon Land learned that the man from another world had returned before vanishing with his sword.

Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan hunted powerful heavenly demons across the Nine Domains Divine Continent, avoiding Xuan You’s territory and discovering that high-rank demons had withdrawn from the border. They reached a besieged Border Stronghold, where Gu Yuanqing’s sword formation instantly wiped out the demon army, leaving Li Miaoxuan to fight the remaining three great demons.

• Gu Yuanqing told Li Miaoxuan about the Immaculate Zen Forest’s warning, and they decided to hunt heavenly demons instead of entering the Demon Abyss.
• Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan searched the borderlands, found few powerful demons near Xuan You’s territory, and suspected the demons had retreated after learning Gu Yuanqing had arrived.
• In the Ten Thousand Sins Demon Lord’s territory, Li Miaoxuan slew a chaos heaven deathless-level demon with the Dragon Slaying Guillotine and gained strength from its death.
• Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan continued hunting, killing another chaos heaven deathless demon and a shattering heaven-level demon over the next several days.
• At a besieged Border Stronghold, Gu Yuanqing’s sword formation annihilated the heavenly demon army in an instant, leaving one chaos heaven deathless demon and two shattering heaven demons alive.
• Gu Yuanqing left the remaining demons to Li Miaoxuan, who sent the Dragon Slaying Guillotine toward the chaos heaven deathless demon.

Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan saved Yannan Town by defeating a Chaos Heaven Deathless Great Demon, then confronted the Gluttony Demon King as he arrived. Gu Yuanqing trapped and weakened the Void Immortal demon until his true body compressed the spatial prison and captured him.

• Li Miaoxuan killed the Chaos Heaven Deathless Great Demon with the Dragon Slaying Guillotine while Gu Yuanqing burned away the demonic qi and cleared the battlefield.
• Shen Tingxu thanked Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan, but the Gluttony Demon King arrived before they could enter Yannan Town.
• Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan flew to meet the Gluttony Demon King, and Gu Yuanqing trapped him in the Calamity Controlling Myriad Forms Sword Formation.
• Gu Yuanqing countered the demon king’s devouring, Decay Dao blood light, and Heart-Devouring Demonic Curse, then wounded his origin demonic thought and blocked his escape.
• Gu Yuanqing ground down the Gluttony Demon King with sword qi and Chaos Heaven vital fire until the demon’s strength fell below half.
• Gu Yuanqing’s true body empowered the sword formation, compressed the Gluttony Demon King and his prison to palm size, and withdrew them into the void.

Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan hunted demons across the Demon Land after the Gluttony Demon King vanished, drawing the attention of the Ten Thousand Sins Demon Lord. They were ambushed by Ten Thousand Sins, the Nether Bone Demon King, and four other demons, and the chapter ended as Ten Thousand Sins afflicted Li Miaoxuan and Gu Yuanqing unleashed another sword technique.

• Shen Tingxu reported that Gu Yuanqing had driven off the Gluttony Demon King, and Li Yanshen considered what Gu Yuanqing's power might mean for the Nine Domains Divine Continent.
• The Ten Thousand Sins Demon Lord discovered the Gluttony Demon King's aura had vanished, failed to trace the cause with his Ten Thousand Sins Mirror, and sent out an avatar to investigate.
• Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan slew the demons fleeing near South Goose Town, then continued hunting across the Demon Land as Li Miaoxuan's cultivation advanced.
• After several days, Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan found themselves surrounded by Ten Thousand Sins, the Nether Bone Demon King, and four chaos heaven deathless great demons.
• Gu Yuanqing used his sword formation to contain the two Void Immortals while Li Miaoxuan fought the other four demons, but Ten Thousand Sins afflicted her and left her vulnerable to their attacks.
• Gu Yuanqing warned Ten Thousand Sins that he was courting death and raised the Sword Intent of Self-Transformation and Freedom and the Great Annihilation Calamity Sword.

Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan defeated the Ten Thousand Sins Demon Lord’s forces, with Gu Yuanqing suppressing his avatars and Li Miaoxuan killing four Chaos Heaven Deathless Great Demons. They traveled on to the Seven Emotions Demon Lord’s territory, while the wounded Ten Thousand Sins Demon Lord withdrew his high-rank demons and the human race noticed the battles had subsided.

• Li Miaoxuan broke free of the Ten Thousand Sins Demon Lord’s suppression as Gu Yuanqing battled him and the Nether Bone Demon King.
• Gu Yuanqing’s true body lent him power, allowing him to grievously wound the Nether Bone Demon King, capture him, and suppress the Ten Thousand Sins Demon Lord’s avatars.
• Gu Yuanqing pursued the Ten Thousand Sins Demon Lord’s retreating power, while Li Miaoxuan defeated the four Chaos Heaven Deathless Great Demons and advanced beyond the middle stage of the Chaos Heaven Immortal level.
• Two days later, Li Miaoxuan joined Gu Yuanqing aboard his flying boat, and they set course for the Seven Emotions Demon Lord’s territory to seek more demons.
• The Ten Thousand Sins Demon Lord awoke wounded and furious, lamented his losses, and destroyed his palace in anger at Xuan You for concealing Gu Yuanqing’s strength.
• After three months of travel, Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan found high-rank demons scarce, while the human race noticed that major battles had stopped for months.

After Gu Yuanqing’s battles forced the heavenly demons to retreat, the Nine Domains’ leaders considered the threat’s return while the Demon Lords chose to wait him out. Gu Yuanqing returned to cultivation, then set out to settle old grudges against the Demonic Sects as the Mountain-Bearing Divine Turtle headed toward the Spirit Realm.

• Pei Duan reported that Gu Yuanqing had wounded the Ten Thousand Sins Demon Lord and slain or grievously injured several chaos heaven immortal level demons, prompting Xuan Haoji to warn that the threat could return once Gu Yuanqing left.
• Ling Yi reminded the leaders that Gu Yuanqing’s command token allowed one intervention, after which their ties and karma would be settled; meanwhile, the Three Great Demon Lords argued over their losses and decided they could wait for Gu Yuanqing’s lifespan to end.
• Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan ended their hunt in the Demon Land, returned to the North Spring Grotto-Heaven, and entered a period of cultivation and quiet life.
• After finding a second Ten Thousand Dao Stone and recalling his avatars, Gu Yuanqing reunited his memories and insights, then sent an avatar to the Spirit Realm to settle grudges against the Demonic Sects that had obstructed his Dao.
• The Mountain-Bearing Divine Turtle awakened, carried Qian Yuan Island toward the Void Sea, and set out for the Spirit Realm beneath the Sword Scar.