Recaps

Gu Yuanqing revealed that he had slain the Void Immortal Demonic Beast, then guarded Li Miaoxuan as she began her Void Immortal tribulation. As she reached its eighth round, the Primordial Divine Sect’s Immeasurable Heavenly Secrets Diagram approached the Qian Yuan Realm, and Gu Yuanqing struck at it with a vast sword beam.

• Ji Shan visited Gu Yuanqing, who told him that he had already slain the Void Immortal Demonic Beast in the outer realm.
• Gu Yuanqing told Ji Shan that Li Miaoxuan was undergoing a Void Immortal tribulation, and Ji Shan left to return to the Profound Heaven Pavilion.
• Li Miaoxuan used the heavenly tribulation to temper her Heavenly Human World while Gu Yuanqing explained the trial to Li Chengyi and kept watch for the Primordial Divine Sect.
• Cultivators across the Spirit Realm sensed Li Miaoxuan’s Void Immortal tribulation, but none dared disturb her.
• As Li Miaoxuan reached the eighth round of her tribulation, Gu Yuanqing detected the Immeasurable Heavenly Secrets Diagram approaching the Qian Yuan Realm and warned Li Chengyi that the Primordial Divine Sect had arrived.
• Li Chengyi activated the Five Directions Great Formation, and Gu Yuanqing empowered himself with the grotto-heaven before slashing at the diagram with a sword beam.

Gu Yuanqing fought to stop the Primordial Divine Sect’s three True Gods from entering the Qian Yuan Realm, but Zhou Tianyan’s Immeasurable Heavenly Secrets Diagram slipped past his attacks and reached North Spring Mountain. The three began their planned assault, isolating the region and moving to seal it off from the realm.

• Gu Yuanqing struck Zhou Tianyan’s Immeasurable Heavenly Secrets Diagram, first failing to affect it and then making its starlight flicker with his sword dao.
• Zhou Tianyan, Thunderclap True Lord Li Huang, and Mu Qingxuan agreed to capture Gu Yuanqing and carried out their plan to conceal their auras, suppress the Five Directions Great Formation, and sever North Spring Mountain’s connection to the Qian Yuan Realm.
• The diagram crossed the Qian Yuan Realm’s boundary despite Gu Yuanqing’s efforts, then reached North Spring Mountain while remaining undetectable to everyone but him.
• Zhou Tianyan and Mu Qingxuan sensed that the Qian Yuan Realm weakened their connections to their Rules Divine Artifacts and Great Dao powers, but Li Huang urged them to proceed.
• Zhou Tianyan spread the Immeasurable Heavenly Secrets Diagram over a hundred thousand li, cutting the area off from the Heavenly Dao and outside observation.
• Mu Qingxuan summoned the Nirvana Pure World Cauldron above North Spring Mountain and sent down Purifying World Divine Light to enclose it.

Li Huang, Mu Qingxuan, and Zhou Tianyan tested their divine artifacts against North Spring Mountain, but Gu Yuanqing neutralized their attacks with the mountain’s overwhelming power. After identifying the mountain as a secret realm tied to a higher-order Rule Divine Artifact, the three turned to threatening the Qian Yuan Realm to force Gu Yuanqing out.

• Li Huang unleashed the Jun Tian Lei Xiao Jian’s thunder attacks against North Spring Mountain, but the mountain absorbed or erased them.
• Gu Yuanqing dissolved Li Huang’s Nine Heavens Thunder Prison and transformed its destructive lightning into nourishing power for the mountain.
• Mu Qingxuan’s Pure World Divine Fire also failed, and Zhou Tianyan concluded that North Spring Mountain was likely a forbidden ground formed by a higher-order Rule Divine Artifact.
• As Li Miaoxuan’s heavenly Calamity neared its ninth stage, Gu Yuanqing appeared and told the three true gods they could not harm him.
• Li Huang threatened to destroy the cities, earth veins, and world around North Spring Mountain, causing Gu Yuanqing’s expression to turn cold and the Qian Yuan cultivators to suffer under the pressure.

Gu Yuanqing tore a fissure in the Immeasurable Heavenly Secrets Diagram, forcing Zhou Tianyan, Li Huang, and Mu Qingxuan to suppress the heavenly punishment they had nearly triggered and retreat. With the Qian Yuan Realm safe for now, Gu Yuanqing turned his attention to Li Miaoxuan as her ninth heavenly Calamity approached.

• Gu Yuanqing warned the three true gods that his attacks could break their concealment, then drew on the Qian Yuan Realm to strike the Immeasurable Heavenly Secrets Diagram.
• Zhou Tianyan used the Star Chart and Karmic Chains to block the sword rainbow, but Gu Yuanqing's strike cracked the starlight shield and exposed the three remnant souls to the Exquisite World's Rules of Heaven and Earth.
• Zhou Tianyan resealed the fissure while Li Huang used the Jun Tian Thunder Seal to hide their auras from the Heavenly Punishment Lock.
• The three true gods decided Gu Yuanqing was too dangerous to confront and withdrew from the Qian Yuan Realm, leaving its cultivators to celebrate.
• Li Chengyi suggested abandoning the Qian Yuan Realm, but Gu Yuanqing refused and turned his attention to Li Miaoxuan's approaching ninth heavenly Calamity.

While Li Miaoxuan endured her Heavenly Calamity, Gu Yuanqing entered the Primordial Realm to confront the Primordial Divine Sect before it could destroy the Qian Yuan Realm. The Sect’s elders agreed to attack him and annihilate his world, but Gu Yuanqing reached their mountain gate first and effortlessly defeated its defenders.

• Li Miaoxuan’s strength rapidly grew as she prepared to face the ninth layer of her Heavenly Calamity, while Gu Yuanqing worried that the Primordial Divine Sect would threaten the Qian Yuan Realm.
• Gu Yuanqing used the Great Void Creation Wheel and the Heavenly Angling Technique to find and enter the Primordial Realm.
• Zhou Tianyan, Mu Qingxuan, and Li Huang reported their clash with Gu Yuanqing to the Ancestor Hall, where the true god souls resolved to destroy the Qian Yuan Realm and sent the Great Venerable to act.
• Gu Yuanqing surveyed the Primordial Realm, located the Primordial Divine Sect, and traveled to its mountain gate.
• Gu Yuanqing shattered the Divine Mechanism Puppets’ attack and knocked down the Sect’s cultivators, prompting a Chaos Realm elder to recognize him.

Gu Yuanqing attacked the Primordial Divine Sect, broke through its defenses while absorbing and redirecting its heavenly punishment, and forced its hidden patriarch Li Huang to emerge. The chapter ended with Li Huang launching a lightning attack against Gu Yuanqing.

• Gu Yuanqing confronted Kui Wujiu at the Ancient God Mountain Range and attacked the Primordial Divine Sect with the North Spring World Suppressing Seal.
• Qi Yichen activated the Myriad Laws God-Sealing Formation and summoned heavenly punishment, but Gu Yuanqing absorbed the lightning into North Spring Grotto-Heaven.
• Gu Yuanqing intensified his attack and redirected heavenly lightning into the sect's formation, badly damaging it and injuring its defenders.
• Li Huang appeared, caught Gu Yuanqing's lightning spear, and tried to seize the North Spring World Suppressing Seal, but Gu Yuanqing evaded him and recalled the seal.
• Li Huang declared that he would kill Gu Yuanqing and formed a vast net of purple-gold lightning around him.

Gu Yuanqing fought Li Huang, wounded him with the Azure Nether Sword, and escaped Mu Qingxuan’s Nirvana Pure World Cauldron. He confronted the two elders and challenged the remaining hidden enemies to appear together.

• Gu Yuanqing and Li Huang clashed with thunder, sword qi, and spatial techniques until Li Huang unleashed a vast thunder domain that suppressed Gu Yuanqing’s movement.
• Gu Yuanqing summoned the Azure Nether Sword and broke through Li Huang’s thunder domain, striking him hard enough to damage his divine soul and send him flying.
• Qi Yichen reassured the Primordial Divine Sect’s disciples, while Li Huang’s anger nearly exposed his true god aura and drew heavenly punishment.
• Mu Qingxuan arrived and trapped Gu Yuanqing in the Nirvana Pure World Cauldron, but discovered that Gu Yuanqing’s aura had vanished.
• Gu Yuanqing reappeared nearby, mocked Mu Qingxuan and Li Huang, and demanded that all six hidden enemies come out together.

Gu Yuanqing fought the Primordial Divine Sect’s remnant true gods and held off Li Huang, Mu Qingxuan, and Feng Wuhen despite their coordinated attacks. When Zhou Tianyan and Yan Guichi joined them and the Immeasurable Heavenly Secrets Diagram let the five unleash true god power, Gu Yuanqing empowered himself with his grotto-heaven and prepared to face them all.

• Feng Wuhen ambushed Gu Yuanqing with the Wujian Wind Blade, but Gu Yuanqing evaded it and mocked the attack.
• Li Huang, Mu Qingxuan, and Feng Wuhen teamed up against Gu Yuanqing, who used his spatial mastery, sword intent, and artifacts to resist and wound Li Huang.
• Gu Yuanqing taunted the three remnant true gods for holding back, while onlookers in the Primordial Realm watched and worried over his accusations about the sect’s secrets.
• Zhou Tianyan used the Immeasurable Heavenly Secrets Diagram to conceal heavenly secrets, allowing the remnant true gods to release their restraints and unleash true god power.
• Yan Guichi joined Zhou Tianyan, and the five true gods surrounded Gu Yuanqing as he empowered himself with his grotto-heaven.
• Mu Qingxuan ordered the five to attack Gu Yuanqing.

Gu Yuanqing’s avatar fought five True Gods of the Primordial Divine Sect while his true body waited for Li Miaoxuan to finish her heavenly Calamity. When Li Huang exposed his full power and brought down heavenly punishment, the Great Venerable appeared in the Ancestor Hall and tried to suppress Gu Yuanqing, who prepared to face him with the power of North Spring Grotto-Heaven.

• Li Huang, Mu Qingxuan, Feng Wuhen, Zhou Tianyan, and Yan Guichi combined their powers and trapped Gu Yuanqing’s avatar in the Infinite Heavenly Secrets Grand Formation.
• Gu Yuanqing’s true body merged with North Spring Grotto-Heaven, broke the formation’s blockade, and used his sword qi to tear open the Immeasurable Heavenly Secrets Diagram.
• The exposed True God auras drew heavenly punishment, and Gu Yuanqing attacked the five cultivators to keep them from concealing their power again.
• Li Huang lost his temper and released his full True God aura, intensifying the heavenly punishment and prompting the others to flee.
• The Ancestor Hall appeared above the battlefield, and Mu Qingxuan, Feng Wuhen, Zhou Tianyan, Yan Guichi, and Li Huang retreated inside.
• The Great Venerable used the Ancestor Hall to bear down on Gu Yuanqing, who resolved to resist with the combined power of his true body and North Spring Grotto-Heaven.

Gu Yuanqing fought off the Primordial Divine Sect’s attack, forcing its Great Venerable to retreat while the sect’s True God remnants remained burdened by Calamity qi. After Li Miaoxuan became a Void Immortal, Gu Yuanqing announced that he would expound the Dao in three years, raising the Qian Yuan Realm’s prestige across the Exquisite Realm Domain.

• Li Miaoxuan passed her ninth heavenly Calamity and began comprehending the Great Dao as a Void Immortal.
• Gu Yuanqing used North Spring Grotto-Heaven’s power to clash with the Gui Cang Hall, but his avatar escaped before the Great Venerable could pursue him.
• The Great Venerable told Li Huang, Mu Qingxuan, Feng Wuhen, Zhou Tianyan, and Yan Guichi that Gu Yuanqing’s true body had fought the hall from afar and that they should first remove their Calamity qi.
• Gu Yuanqing concluded that the Primordial Divine Sect would hold back until its Calamity qi was gone, while Li Miaoxuan continued advancing her cultivation.
• Li Chengyi celebrated Li Miaoxuan’s breakthrough by granting ten years of doubled resources, and Gu Yuanqing announced a realm-wide Dao lecture for three years later.
• News of Gu Yuanqing’s defeat of the Primordial Divine Sect’s attack spread, boosting the Qian Yuan Realm’s prestige throughout the Exquisite Realm Domain.

Gu Yuanqing questioned Zhuo Ming and Zhou Tianyan about the Primordial Divine Sect’s Great Venerable, then suppressed and studied Zhou Tianyan’s soul. After Li Miaoxuan emerged as a Void Immortal, news of her breakthrough shocked the Spirit Realm and reached the Lingxu Sect, where Ye Zhenghong hurried back to investigate.

• Gu Yuanqing summoned Zhuo Ming and Zhou Tianyan, learned the Primordial Divine Sect had attacked him and failed, and burned Zhou Tianyan’s split soul with origin Dao True Fire.
• Zhuo Ming refused to reveal the Great Venerable’s secrets, but disclosed his oath to the Gui Cang Hall and reacted to Gu Yuanqing’s question about the Great Wei Divine Dynasty.
• Gu Yuanqing suppressed Zhuo Ming’s Divine Spark and reflected on the possible connection between the Primordial Divine Sect and the Great Wei Divine Dynasty.
• Li Miaoxuan completed her seclusion, stabilized her Void Immortal cultivation, and reunited with Gu Yuanqing and her son Li Chengyi.
• Word of Li Miaoxuan’s breakthrough spread through the Spirit Realm, and Lingxu Sect Master Ye Zhenghong returned to the Xuanqiong Realm after hearing the news.

Ye Zhenghong learned that Li Miaoxuan had become a Void Immortal when powerful Spirit Realm leaders brought congratulatory gifts to the Lingxu Sect. Meanwhile, Li Miaoxuan and Gu Yuanqing compared insights into the Dao, then she returned to handle sect affairs as Gu Yuanqing continued cultivating and preparing for the Primordial Divine Sect.

• Ye Zhenghong found Li Miaoxuan still secluded and heard the elders discuss rumors that she had become a Void Immortal.
• The Spirit Venerable and Ji Shan visited the Lingxu Sect to congratulate Li Miaoxuan and presented gifts, prompting Ye Zhenghong to accept that the rumors were likely true.
• At the North Spring Grotto-Heaven, Gu Yuanqing explained the Primordial Divine Sect's Great Venerable, possible ties to the Ancient Realm, and dangerous Rule Divine Artifacts to Li Miaoxuan.
• Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan spent two days exchanging Dao insights, strengthening their understanding and resolving to face future dangers together.
• Gu Yuanqing escorted Li Miaoxuan back to the Xuanqiong Realm, where she planned to settle sect affairs before returning to the Lingmiao Blessed Land.
• Gu Yuanqing continued refining his cultivation while watching the Primordial Divine Sect, and three years passed before his Dao lecture arrived.

Gu Yuanqing’s month-long preaching brought breakthroughs across the Qian Yuan Realm and deepened his unity with its Great Dao, allowing the Great Void Creation Wheel’s power to transform his Primordial Creation True Talisman and ignite divine fire. After enduring a heavenly Calamity, he gained new insights and influence, while the Qian Yuan Divine Hall expanded and the Primordial Divine Sect’s standing weakened; the chapter ends as upheaval begins in the Ancient Realm.

• Gu Yuanqing preached throughout the Qian Yuan Realm and to his believers, helping cultivators break through bottlenecks as his consciousness resonated with the realm’s Great Dao.
• The Great Void Creation Wheel sent power to Gu Yuanqing, transforming his Primordial Creation True Talisman until it ignited divine fire and formed a Dao body capable of bearing injuries and Calamity in his place.
• After emerging from his cultivation, Gu Yuanqing drew down a nine-nine heavenly Calamity and used its lightning to temper his true Dao source seed and Primordial Creation True Talisman.
• Gu Yuanqing’s reputation reached new heights, and the Lingye Sect, Brahma Sound Sect, Sanyang Sect, and other sects paid him to remove restrictive seals from cultivators who had returned from the Primordial Divine Sect.
• The Qian Yuan Divine Hall’s expansion faced no further obstruction, while the Nether Sea Palace and Yan Shen Sect remained silent because of their ties to the Primordial Divine Sect.
• An upheaval suddenly began within the Ancient Realm.

Gu Yuanqing investigated the Primordial Creation True Talisman before learning that the Great Wei Divine Dynasty had attacked cultivators from the Exquisite World in the Ancient Realm. He arrived at Nine Bends Mountain, protected the Qian Yuan Sect from the besieging army, and waited to learn why the dynasty had launched its campaign.

• Gu Yuanqing sensed several Qian Yuan Sect cultivators suffering severe injuries and learned from Li Chengyi that the Great Wei Divine Dynasty had attacked Exquisite World cultivators, including an army surrounding Nine Bends Mountain.
• Gu Yuanqing sent a split soul into the Ancient Realm, repelled soldiers guarding the teleportation array, and traveled to Nine Bends Mountain.
• Gu Yuanqing found the Great Wei Divine Dynasty's army besieging Nine Bends Mountain and entered the formation despite attacks from its commander and a Shattering Heaven Realm cultivator.
• Gu Yuanqing reinforced the Nine Twists Soul Stirring Great Formation, then demanded that the commander explain the attack.
• The commander claimed the Great Wei Divine Emperor had ordered the army to purge outsiders for disrupting the Ancient Realm, but Gu Yuanqing suspected another cause.
• The army paused its assault while waiting for Wang Ce, and Gu Yuanqing warned Li Chengyi that the Qian Yuan Sect might lose access to the Ancient Realm's resources.

Gu Yuanqing prepared to withdraw the Qian Yuan cultivators from Nine Bends Mountain while assessing the Great Wei Divine Dynasty’s threat. When Great Wei attacked the mountain’s formation with a Law-Breaking Divine Wind and an earth-vein-severing array, Gu Yuanqing countered both assaults and confronted General Qin.

• Gu Yuanqing and Li Chengyi agreed to prepare a withdrawal from Nine Bends Mountain, and Gu Yuanqing said the injured Void Heaven attendants would survive but suffer lasting damage to their cultivation.
• Gu Yuanqing noticed the Great Wei forces waiting for reinforcements and suspected the Primordial Divine Sect might be connected to the dynasty’s sudden actions.
• Wang Ce used a Divine Wind Bag to unleash Law-Breaking Divine Wind against the mountain, but Gu Yuanqing strengthened the Nine Twists Soul Stirring Great Formation with the Great Void Creation Wheel.
• Wang Ce and General Qin deployed 108 formation flags to disrupt Nine Bends Mountain’s earth veins, but Gu Yuanqing redirected the earth-vein qi and shattered their formation, injuring and killing Great Wei soldiers.
• General Qin attacked the mountain’s formation with his Long Halberd, and Gu Yuanqing appeared and asked why he was angry when he could not die anyway.

Gu Yuanqing defended Nine Bends Mountain from the Great Wei Divine Dynasty while investigating the Ancient Realm’s blurred boundary between life and death. As attacks escalated and reports revealed a wider assault across the Exquisite Realm, he prepared to investigate Ancient God Mountain himself.

• General Qin Songting attacked Gu Yuanqing’s formation, then sent for the Heavenly Evolution Pavilion’s master when he could not break it.
• While studying the Great Void Creation Wheel, Gu Yuanqing sensed that the Great Wei soldiers were neither fully alive nor dead and heeded his Dao Heart’s warning not to investigate them further.
• Pavilion Master Zhou led seven cultivators into the formation, but Gu Yuanqing shifted Heaven and Earth, killing two and forcing the others to retreat.
• The Great Wei forces encircled Nine Bends Mountain with a cauldron and flames, but Gu Yuanqing told Li Chengyi to continue the evacuation and said he wanted to assess the dynasty’s strength.
• Li Chengyi reported that the Great Wei Divine Dynasty was attacking sects and cities across its territory, and Gu Yuanqing decided his avatar would visit Ancient God Mountain to investigate the Primordial Divine Sect.

Gu Yuanqing suspected the Primordial Divine Sect was behind the Ancient Realm’s upheaval while dealing with the crisis at Nine Bends Mountain and teaching Li Chengyi. When Great Wei’s Demigod General Feng Yue arrived to demand Gu Yuanqing’s withdrawal, Supervisor Zhou appeared and insisted that every outsider be killed, hinting that Feng Yue had other motives.

• Gu Yuanqing told Li Chengyi that the Ancient Realm’s turmoil might be part of a larger scheme, and Li Chengyi reported that major sects had sent elders to discuss the crisis.
• Gu Yuanqing met Tang Yi and gave him Nine Turns Soul Nourishing Pills for Tang Yi’s injured Dao Companion.
• Gu Yuanqing defended Nine Bends Mountain from repeated attacks by Great Wei’s forces while teaching Li Chengyi the Yin-Yang Dao and demonstrating his Thunder God Armor.
• After Li Chengyi evacuated the Qian Yuan Sect disciples, Demigod Feng Yue asked Gu Yuanqing to leave the Ancient Realm, but Gu Yuanqing questioned the order.
• Supervisor Zhou appeared and declared that the Emperor had ordered all outsiders killed, then accused Feng Yue of having other intentions and mentioned Gu Yuanqing’s mastery of the Primordial Creation Heaven Wheel.

Gu Yuanqing escaped the Great Wei Divine Dynasty’s attack at Nine Bends Mountain and headed toward Ancient God Mountain to investigate its connection to the Primordial Divine Sect. After Li Miaoxuan warned that the dynasty might drag the Qian Yuan Realm’s people into the Ancient Realm, Gu Yuanqing considered abandoning the realm if that threat became real.

• Supervisor Zhou confronted Feng Yue over concealing the Myriad Dao Returning Flow Talisman and tried to capture Gu Yuanqing with the Nine-Ringed God-Trapping Net and a great seal.
• Gu Yuanqing escaped as the great seal destroyed Nine Bends Mountain, then traveled toward Ancient God Mountain while Supervisor Zhou pursued him before breaking off to change course.
• Feng Yue refused Qin Songting’s suggestion to intervene and wondered whether those living in the Ancient Realm were still themselves.
• The turmoil in the Exquisite World subsided, and Li Miaoxuan returned from the Lingxu Sect with stronger cultivation.
• Gu Yuanqing told Li Miaoxuan about the Great Wei Divine Dynasty and its possible connection to the power of creation, and they feared it could pull Qian Yuan Realm’s people into the Ancient Realm.
• Gu Yuanqing concluded that if the Great Wei Divine Dynasty threatened the Qian Yuan Realm’s people, they might have to abandon the realm.

Gu Yuanqing’s avatar fought Zhou Wei at Ancient God Mountain, revealing the strength of his creation-infused Sword Dao and trapping Zhou Wei in a Sword Dao Great Formation. As Gu Yuanqing examined the mountain, he questioned whether its resemblance to the Primordial Divine Sect’s residence—and the similarities between their worlds—was more than coincidence.

• Li Miaoxuan returned to North Spring Mountain to guide her children’s cultivation and help defend against a possible Primordial Divine Sect attack, then discussed the Way of Creation with Gu Yuanqing.
• More than two months later, Gu Yuanqing’s avatar reached Ancient God Mountain, where Zhou Wei intercepted him with the Nine-Ringed God-Trapping Net, the Great Seal, and the Sword of Karma.
• Gu Yuanqing used the Great Void Creation Wheel’s power to transform his Myriad Forms Phenomena Sword of Tribulation, counter Zhou Wei’s attacks, and wound him while avoiding the karmic sword strike.
• Gu Yuanqing trapped Zhou Wei inside a regenerating Sword Dao Great Formation and turned his attention to Ancient God Mountain.
• Gu Yuanqing noticed the mountain’s resemblance to the Primordial Divine Sect’s residence and wondered which realm had come first, suspecting a deeper connection between the Great Wei Divine Dynasty and the Primordial Divine Sect.

Gu Yuanqing confronted the Primordial Divine Sect and Zhou Wei in the Ancient Realm, learning that his power was tied to a deeper scheme involving the realm. He returned to North Spring Grotto-Heaven, focused on cultivation, and ten years later received a visit from powerful allies.

• Gu Yuanqing tested the Ancient God Mountain Array, then used his Void Piercing Heavenly Eye and sword qi to kill Qi Yichen.
• Zhou Wei attacked Gu Yuanqing with the Sword of Karma and other treasures, but Gu Yuanqing evaded him and learned that the Great Void Creation Wheel's power entangled him in the Ancient Realm's fate.
• Gu Yuanqing returned to North Spring Grotto-Heaven and told Li Miaoxuan what Zhou Wei had said, while they considered the mystery surrounding the Ancient Realm.
• Gu Yuanqing resumed cultivating and advanced to the void immortal middle stage, while Li Miaoxuan settled on North Spring Mountain and declined to become the Lingxu Sect Master.
• The Heavenly Demon threat and the Spirit Realm's righteous-demonic war subsided, and ten years later Ji Shan, Heavenly Lord Xuanji, and other Great Cultivators visited Qian Yuan Island.

Gu Yuanqing told the Spirit Realm’s Righteous Path cultivators about a neighboring world whose active Great Dao might help them pursue the Void Immortal Realm, then secured permission for an exchange with the Nine Domains Divine Continent. He brought the news to the Spiritual Treasure Venerable in the Xuanqiong Realm and left him to work out the details.

• At a banquet in Qingping Grotto-Heaven, Gu Yuanqing explained how Void Immortals formed their Dao source seeds and described the Spirit Realm’s barriers to advancement.
• Gu Yuanqing revealed the Nine Domains Divine Continent, including its many Void Immortals, powerful devil masters, and distinctive cultivation methods, and offered to arrange an exchange.
• After three days, the Spirit Venerable and the other visiting cultivators agreed to go and offered their predecessors’ cultivation insights in return.
• Gu Yuanqing visited the Nine Domains Divine Continent, where Ling Yi reported that the Heavenly Demons had retreated and agreed to the exchange after consulting the Great Hao Divine Dynasty.
• Gu Yuanqing returned through the Xuanqiong Realm, informed the Spiritual Treasure Venerable that the Nine Domains Divine Continent had agreed, and discussed arrangements for the visiting cultivators.

Gu Yuanqing arranged an exchange of Void Immortal insights between the Spirit Realm and the Nine Domains Divine Continent, then helped the Spirit Venerable and Heavenly Lord Xuanji set out for the other world. Back in the North Spring Grotto-Heaven, he and Li Miaoxuan discussed looming threats and sensed that the grotto-heaven was nearing its transformation into a Small World.

• Gu Yuanqing and the Spirit Venerable agreed to share Dao insights while keeping their realms’ secrets guarded, and the Spirit Venerable named Heavenly Lord Xuanji as a fellow traveler to the Nine Domains Divine Continent.
• Gu Yuanqing exchanged cultivation insights with the Spirit Venerable, Ji Shan, Heavenly Lord Xuanji, and visitors from the Spirit Realm’s righteous sects before returning to the North Spring Grotto-Heaven.
• After Li Miaoxuan emerged from seclusion, she and Gu Yuanqing shared Dao insights and cultivated together for three years.
• Gu Yuanqing guided the Spirit Venerable, Heavenly Lord Xuanji, and their companions through the space rift, giving them a compass and a jade talisman for their journey to the Nine Domains Divine Continent.
• Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan discussed the Great Hao Divine Dynasty, the True Demon, and the Primordial Divine Sect while playing Go, and Gu Yuanqing sensed that the North Spring Grotto-Heaven was close to transforming into a Small World.

Gu Yuanqing studied North Spring Grotto-Heaven’s growing Yin-Yang power while its transformation remained incomplete, and helped arrange contact between cultivators from two worlds. As the Primordial Divine Sect still loomed, a mysterious arrival appeared outside the Dragon Demon Realm, announcing that he would soon meet Gu Yuanqing again.

• Gu Yuanqing observed North Spring Grotto-Heaven’s changes and used them to refine his Heavenly Human World and Dao, while Li Miaoxuan also studied the grotto-heaven’s transformation.
• Gu Siyuan survived his four-nine Heavenly Thunder tribulation and entered the Yin-Yang Realm, prompting cheers from the Qian Yuan Sect and Great Qian soldiers.
• Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan discussed the Primordial Divine Sect’s silence and agreed that it might only be the calm before a storm.
• Gu Yuanqing guided the Spirit Venerable and Heavenly Lord Xuanji to Ling Yi and his companions, establishing contact between their worlds so they could exchange Dao teachings.
• Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan discussed delaying their visit to the Nine Domains Divine Continent until after the conflict with the Primordial Divine Sect, and Li Miaoxuan urged him not to bear the burden alone.
• Three years later, as Li Guanrong prepared for his Yin-Yang Tribulation, an unknown man arrived above the Black Sea outside the Dragon Demon Realm and said he was finally about to meet Gu Yuanqing again.

Shadow returned to the Underground Demon Realm and discovered the power of the Ancient Demon Refining Array, while rumors spread that Gu Yuanqing’s mountain connected the Demon Realm to the Exquisite World. Lie Shanyu weighed the danger of the rumors and the possibility of escape as Gu Yuanqing decided to investigate the Primordial Divine Sect.

• Shadow entered the Underground Cave through the ruins of the Ling Yuan Realm, then sensed the power of the Ancient Demon Refining Array beneath North Spring Mountain.
• Gu Yuanqing searched the realms and sent an avatar into the Underground Demon Realm, but found no clear sign of what had stirred his intuition.
• Shadow reached the Array Platform, where a pitch-black Ancient Sword pinned a fair-skinned hand, and accepted a strand of black aura that increased his power.
• Xing Linyuan reported to Lie Shanyu that a letter had appeared inside the heavily guarded Demon Suppression Prison and that five people connected to the investigation had died.
• Lie Shanyu discussed with Lie Shanyi and Lie Shanhan the rumors that Gu Yuanqing came from the Exquisite World and that the Demon Realm was a cage, while questioning whether its inhabitants could escape.
• Gu Yuanqing told Li Miaoxuan about his troubling intuition and decided to visit the Primordial Realm to investigate the Primordial Divine Sect.

Gu Yuanqing attacked the Primordial Divine Sect to draw out its Great Venerable, and the two fought through Gui Cang Hall while Gu Yuanqing investigated the mysterious artifact and its master. Li Miaoxuan’s Dragon Slaying Guillotine struck the hall and forced it back, but Gui Cang Hall then awakened with overwhelming power.

• Gu Yuanqing appeared above the Primordial Divine Sect and used the North Spring World Suppressing Seal to batter its protective formation, forcing the sect’s cultivators to struggle to hold it back.
• The Great Venerable sent Gui Cang Hall to attack Gu Yuanqing, who evaded it and exchanged blows with the unseen cultivator inside the hall.
• Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan considered whether the Great Venerable was at god level and discussed Gui Cang Hall’s ability to conceal its aura and redirect attacks.
• The Great Venerable formed a palm of Life and Death Cycle Dao that clashed evenly with Gu Yuanqing’s Myriad Phenomena Sword of Tribulation.
• Li Miaoxuan struck through Gu Yuanqing’s spatial passage with the Dragon Slaying Guillotine, knocking Gui Cang Hall into the sect’s formation and causing it to crack.
• Gui Cang Hall’s Great Venerable recognized the weapon as a Rules divine artifact, and the hall awakened with power more than ten times greater than before.