Recaps

Gu Yuanqing defeated the Creation God King's imprint after years of battles, gaining insights that clarified his path to Great Luo and revealed that the North Spring Realm would bear the karma of his dao struggle. More than three hundred years later, after the North Spring Realm and Qian Yuan Sect continued to grow, Gu Yuanqing sensed a stirring from the Immortal Realm.

• Gu Yuanqing battled the Creation God King for years in the Immortal Mountain Trial, gradually gaining the upper hand and eventually destroying his imprint to absorb its insights.
• Gu Yuanqing discerned the Heaven and Earth Stele and realized that his Great Luo path involved the North Spring Realm bearing his karma, making a dao struggle unavoidable.
• Over three hundred years, the North Spring Realm's influence expanded, the Qian Yuan Sect prospered, and Li Guanrong became a Void Immortal.
• Gu Yuanqing sensed a faint stirring from the Immortal Realm while walking in the mountains.

Gu Yuanqing reunited with Li Miaoxuan after she became a Golden Immortal and watched his family and the Qian Yuan Sect prosper as he cultivated toward Golden Immortal perfection. After Ji Shan failed his Void Immortal Tribulation, Gu Yuanqing restored a mote of his true spirit, and the chapter ended with the Heaven-Measuring God King's power reaching toward the other Rule Divine Artifacts.

• Gu Yuanqing sensed Li Miaoxuan's connection vanish during her Golden Immortal breakthrough, then felt it return two years later when her true spirit survived extinction.
• More than seventy years later, Gu Yuanqing entered the Immortal Realm and reunited with Li Miaoxuan, Li Chengyi, and Gu Huai'an; he learned Li Miaoxuan had completed her Golden Immortal body.
• Gu Yuanqing spent years with Li Miaoxuan and their sons, sharing cultivation guidance while concealing the deeper troubles in the Fa Yuan Realm from his sons.
• Gu Yuanqing cultivated for centuries as the North Spring Realm expanded, the Qian Yuan Sect grew, and the Heaven-Measuring God King became increasingly powerful.
• Ji Shan visited the Qian Yuan Sect before his Void Immortal Tribulation, but Gu Yuanqing's guidance could not prevent the eighth heavenly tribulation from destroying his cultivation; Gu Yuanqing restored a mote of his true spirit.
• More than a century later, the Heaven Measuring Ruler blazed in the Fa Yuan Realm, and its power traveled along the Heavenly Rail toward the other Rule Divine Artifacts.

Gu Yuanqing watched Heaven-Measuring God King gradually imprint other rule divine artifacts and become a half-step God Lord, while the North Spring Realm expanded and Gu Yuanqing’s own cultivation approached the Great Luo realm. As Gu Yuanqing prepared to celebrate his ten-thousand-year lifespan with another Dao lecture, Heaven-Measuring God King visited and revealed that Creation God King had recently sought him out.

• Heaven-Measuring God King drew on the Divine Court’s support to imprint his power on rule divine artifacts, while Gu Yuanqing observed the changes and advised him.
• Over the centuries, Gu Yuanqing’s Dao attainment reached the golden immortal peak, and the North Spring Realm’s Great Dao domain spread across many worlds while remaining outside the Fa Yuan Realm.
• Heaven-Measuring God King continued developing his imprints and, after another two thousand years, became a half-step God Lord without interference from the Demon Lord or God King Wuxiang.
• Gu Yuanqing announced another Dao lecture to mark his ten-thousand-year lifespan, and Li Guanrong and Gu Siyuan delayed their ascension so they could celebrate with him.
• Heaven-Measuring God King visited Gu Yuanqing in the Tianfang Domain and said that Creation God King had come to see him three days earlier.

Heaven-Measuring God King learned from Gu Yuanqing that a God Lord might threaten every cultivator seeking transcendence, then attended Gu Yuanqing’s grand birthday celebration. During a seven-day Dao discourse, Gu Yuanqing refined his understanding of the Great Dao and wondered if he had reached halfway into the Great Luo realm.

• Heaven-Measuring God King told Gu Yuanqing that the Creation God King had contacted him through the Four Symbols Return to Origin Cauldron and invited him to the Ancient Battlefield.
• Gu Yuanqing sealed off their surroundings and explained that an ancient God Lord might have survived the world’s cycles and threatened those seeking to become God Lords.
• Heaven-Measuring God King left after discussing Gu Yuanqing’s approaching birthday, troubled by the prospect of facing a God Lord.
• The Qianyuan Sect held a grand ten-thousand-year birthday banquet for Gu Yuanqing, with celebrations and blessings spreading across many boundary domains.
• Gu Yuanqing delivered a seven-day Dao discourse that helped cultivators advance and used their understanding and faith to refine his own Dao.
• After the discourse, Gu Yuanqing perceived time and his many selves more clearly and wondered whether he had set half a foot into the Great Luo realm.

Gu Yuanqing studied the gulf between the God Lord realm and Great Luo, resolved to grow stronger before the final tribulation, and watched the North Spring Heavenly Dao spread through countless worlds. After years of cultivation, he discovered that the Spirit Venerable was nearing the end of his lifespan.

• Gu Yuanqing concluded that the Old-Era God Lord had not reached Great Luo and that he needed power beyond the world's limits to transcend.
• Li Guanrong and Gu Siyuan ascended to the Immortal Realm, while Li Yuze abdicated Great Qian and became Sect Master of the Qian Yuan Sect.
• Gu Yuanqing's discourse on the Dao helped the North Spring Heavenly Dao spread through many boundary domains and Floating Worlds, strengthening their cultivators and expanding the Qian Yuan Divine Hall's influence.
• Gu Yuanqing used the North Spring Realm to observe distant worlds and grow familiar with the power of space-time.
• Gu Yuanqing looked toward the Spirit Realm and realized that the Spirit Venerable was nearing the end of his lifespan.

Gu Yuanqing spent the Spirit Venerable’s final day fishing and talking with him, then mourned his death ten days later. Decades afterward, the Heaven-Measuring God King reported that the Old God might soon awaken and sought Gu Yuanqing’s help, but Gu Yuanqing gave no firm commitment.

• Gu Yuanqing visited the dying Spirit Venerable, and they fished and reminisced together before parting for the last time.
• Ten days later, the Spiritual Treasure Holy Land’s bell rang twenty-seven times to mark the Spirit Venerable’s death, and Gu Yuanqing reflected on the passing of his old companions.
• More than seventy years later, the Heaven-Measuring God King invited Gu Yuanqing to the Ancient Battlefield, but Gu Yuanqing declined because he did not want to become entangled in certain karma.
• Twenty years afterward, the Heaven-Measuring God King returned and told Gu Yuanqing that the final calamity was approaching faster and the Old God might soon awaken.
• The Heaven-Measuring God King asked Gu Yuanqing to aid them against the Old God, and Gu Yuanqing said he should act but could not say when.
• Before leaving, the Heaven-Measuring God King warned that the Divine Court might act differently in the days ahead and asked Gu Yuanqing for understanding.

Gu Yuanqing learned that the Divine Court might ally with the Demon Lord to face the awakening Old-Era God Lord, while he prepared to defend the North Spring Realm and pursue his own path to Great Luo. As the Demon Lord and Heaven-Measuring God King staged a battle at Demon God Mountain, Gu Yuanqing sensed that the Creation God King had finally acted, though he did not trust God King Wuxiang.

• Heaven-Measuring God King told Gu Yuanqing that the Divine Court was considering a major decision, and Gu Yuanqing warned that he would oppose the Demon Lord if they became enemies.
• Gu Yuanqing sensed tribulation qi rising from the Origin Dao Sea and concluded that the Old-Era God Lord was hidden there and nearing awakening.
• Gu Yuanqing refused Li Miaoxuan's offer to join him in the Lower Realm and recalled his avatars to the North Spring Realm to focus on its growth.
• Gu Yuanqing observed changes suggesting that the Divine Court and the Demon Lord had allied, then saw them stage a fierce battle at Demon God Mountain.
• Gu Yuanqing sensed that the Creation God King had made his move but did not trust God King Wuxiang.

The Demon Lord escaped his seals during a staged battle while the Creation God King and God King Wuxiang kept attention elsewhere, and Gu Yuanqing recognized the collusion. After watching the North Spring Realm expand over thousands of years, Gu Yuanqing sensed the Old God was about to awaken and the battle for the world’s fate was near.

• The Demon Lord reclaimed his head, Divine Kingdom, and full demonic body, then drove back Heaven-Measuring God King and escaped Demon God Mountain.
• Gu Yuanqing realized the Demon Lord’s escape had been arranged with the Creation God King, while the battle with God King Wuxiang distracted others.
• Gu Yuanqing observed the North Spring Realm expand and watched generations of the Qian Yuan Sect and Great Qian Dynasty develop without his intervention.
• The Guixu Tribulation intensified, and phantoms of the three supreme divine artifacts appeared above the Nine Heavens.
• An unfamiliar aura spread from above the Nine Heavens along the great Dao river, and Gu Yuanqing knew the Old God was about to awaken.

Gu Yuanqing sensed the Old God’s growing power and prepared for the coming struggle, while refusing to join Heaven-Measuring God King and Creation God King on their terms. As Creation God King’s move drew near, Gu Yuanqing reassured Li Miaoxuan and focused on securing an opportunity to strengthen himself.

• Gu Yuanqing sensed the Old God’s vast aura spreading throughout the Profound Universe Realm and concluded that Creation God King would soon act before the Old God fully awakened.
• Heaven-Measuring God King told Gu Yuanqing that the Old God would let the final calamity consume the world, asked him to join their effort to seize the supreme divine artifacts, and heard Gu Yuanqing refuse to reveal his own plan.
• The Demon Lord and Heaven-Measuring God King fought in the Fa Yuan Realm as Gu Yuanqing merged his mind with the North Spring Heavenly Realm and prepared for the coming battle.
• Creation God King possessed a Qianyuan Sect disciple to visit Gu Yuanqing, questioned whether he was connected to the Old God, and left after Gu Yuanqing refused to join him.
• Li Miaoxuan told Gu Yuanqing that she felt an upheaval approaching, and he revealed that the Old God had awakened and gave her innate spiritual items to strengthen his life-bound treasure.

Gu Yuanqing sensed that the Old God’s decay was spreading through Heaven and Earth and prepared to act as the Creation God King, the Heaven-Measuring God King, and the Demon Lord entered the Origin Dao Sea to awaken him. The Heaven-Measuring God King entered the Heaven-Connecting Tower to attempt to control it, and the Old God emerged as the Creation God King addressed him as Father God.

• Gu Yuanqing realized the Old God’s decay was embedded in the Great Daos and was accelerating the world’s final calamity.
• The Creation God King recovered the Primordial Creation Heaven Wheel, and he, the Heaven-Measuring God King, and the Demon Lord broke into the Origin Dao Sea.
• In Heaven Beyond Heaven, the Jun Tian God King, God King Cangwu, and the Heavenly Law God King stayed to guard the Guixu Heavenly Abyss while Gu Yuanqing made preparations in the North Spring Realm and searched for God King Wuxiang.
• The Creation God King told the Heaven-Measuring God King that he was best suited to control the Heaven-Connecting Tower, and the Heaven-Measuring God King entered it.
• As the Heaven-Connecting Tower began to stir, the Demon Lord and the Creation God King prepared for battle, and an elderly figure rose from the Origin Dao Sea.
• The Creation God King bowed to the elderly figure and called him Father God.

The Demon Lord and Creation God King attacked the Old-Era God Lord in the Origin Dao Sea while Great Simplicity helped suppress him. As their battle intensified, Gu Yuanqing began absorbing nearby worlds into the North Spring Realm, and the chapter ended with the Old-Era God Lord and Great Simplicity noticing the change.

• The Demon Lord and Creation God King recognized the old man as Father God, and he challenged them to show their strength.
• The Demon Lord and Creation God King unleashed their strongest attacks, but the Old-Era God Lord dispersed them with a single palm strike.
• The Demon Lord and Creation God King burned their origins to attack again while Great Simplicity used the Heaven and Earth Stele to suppress the Old-Era God Lord.
• Gu Yuanqing seized the moment when Great Simplicity acted and merged the Qian Yuan Realm, nearby Exquisite Realm Domains, and other worlds into the North Spring Realm.
• Mu Tianheng discovered that the Primordial Realm's Realm Token no longer worked after its connection to the Fa Yuan Realm was severed.
• Great Simplicity and the Old-Era God Lord turned toward the lower Nine Heavens as the North Spring Realm's expansion spread into the Demon Realm and the Fa Yuan Realm.

Gu Yuanqing seized control of the North Spring Realm’s small worlds and began expanding into the Fa Yuan Realm, provoking Great Simplicity and the Heaven and Earth Stele to suppress him. As the battle escalated and weakened the defenders facing Xuangen, God King Wuxiang revealed his allegiance to the Old God, who prepared to descend.

• Gu Yuanqing spread the North Spring Realm’s Great Dao power into the Fa Yuan Realm, prompting Great Simplicity to confront him with the Heaven and Earth Stele.
• Gu Yuanqing rejected Great Simplicity’s offer to help him become a God Lord, and Great Simplicity declared him an enemy and unleashed the stele’s power against North Spring Mountain.
• The Heaven and Earth Stele’s manifestation drew the attention of cultivators across the Fa Yuan Realm and alarmed God King Cangwu, Jun Tian God King, and Heavenly Law God King, who feared it would weaken their defense against Xuangen.
• Daoist Guanxing found that his Sky Monitoring Mirror could no longer reach the Exquisite Realm Domain, then joined other figures who merged into God King Wuxiang.
• God King Wuxiang declared his loyalty to the Old God and agreed to hold off the Creation God King and the Demon Lord while the Old God went to investigate Gu Yuanqing.

God King Wuxiang and the others fought to keep Old God Xuangen from reaching the Heaven-Connecting Tower, while Gu Yuanqing’s North Spring Realm continued to seize the Great Dao foundations of worlds below. Xuangen eventually broke away and descended to the Fa Yuan Realm, as Great Simplicity followed and the battle over the world’s origin continued.

• God King Wuxiang attacked the Creation God King, allowing Xuangen to escape the encirclement, while Great Simplicity and the Heaven-Measuring God King used the Heaven and Earth Stele and Heaven-Connecting Tower to hinder him.
• Xuangen sensed the turmoil caused by Gu Yuanqing’s expansion and warned that the Great Dao River was in upheaval, prompting the Creation God King and the Demon Lord to realize Gu Yuanqing was taking the world’s foundation.
• Xuangen escalated his power and confronted Great Simplicity, but both abruptly turned toward the Lower Realm when the struggle there intensified.
• Xuangen headed for the Fa Yuan Realm, sent the Demon Lord and Creation God King flying, and left God King Wuxiang trapped by the Nine-Story Pagoda as the Creation God King entered the Chaos Cauldron.
• In the Tianfang Domain, Gu Yuanqing met Great Simplicity’s Heaven and Earth Stele with North Spring’s power and argued that merging the declining world with his new realm would preserve its living beings.
• Gu Yuanqing’s incarnations battled phantoms of the Heaven and Earth Stele at the sources of Great Dao Rivers as the North Spring Realm continued spreading through other Boundary Domains.

Gu Yuanqing destroyed Great Simplicity’s projection of the Heaven and Earth Stele, allowing the North Spring Realm to expand into the Fa Yuan Realm. As the Old God Xuangen appeared, he recognized the North Spring Realm as a possible way to escape the decay of the Profound Universe Realm, setting the stage for a confrontation with Gu Yuanqing.

• Great Simplicity gathered the Heaven and Earth Stele’s power to force back Gu Yuanqing and the North Spring Realm, while the Old God’s awakening intensified the power of decay.
• Gu Yuanqing used Myriad Dao Returns to Ruin to shatter the Heaven and Earth Stele’s projection and destroy Great Simplicity’s avatar.
• The North Spring Realm resumed its expansion, invaded the Fa Yuan Realm, and began overpowering its Rule Divine Artifact.
• Jun Tian God King, God King Cangwu, and Heavenly Law God King sensed death entwining with their Great Daos and realized the Old God had appeared.
• The Old God Xuangen met Gu Yuanqing, recognized the North Spring Realm’s origins and Gu Yuanqing’s Immortal Path, and revealed that he might use the realm to rebuild his Great Dao and escape decay.

Gu Yuanqing invited Xuangen and Great Simplicity to discuss the Dao before their inevitable struggle, revealing his confidence by temporarily halting the North Spring Realm’s expansion. After seven days of discussion, the three prepared to face the conflict ahead, and Gu Yuanqing promised to remember Xuangen if he fell.

• Gu Yuanqing offered Xuangen a chance to enter the mountain and discuss the Dao, and temporarily halted the North Spring Realm’s Great Dao expansion to show his sincerity.
• Xuangen identified Gu Yuanqing as an Avatar, and Gu Yuanqing summoned Great Simplicity to join them.
• Xuangen and Great Simplicity exchanged accusations about their pasts and roles in the world while Gu Yuanqing listened.
• Gu Yuanqing invited both men to the mountaintop, where Xuangen and Great Simplicity accepted and sat with him to discuss the Dao.
• The three discussed the Dao for seven days, each gaining insight, before Xuangen remarked that the world’s fortune had gathered in Gu Yuanqing.
• Gu Yuanqing replied that the future was unknowable and said he would raise a cup to Xuangen if Xuangen perished in their Dao Struggle.

After sharing a final drink, Gu Yuanqing and Xuangen resumed their conflict as Xuangen forcibly awakened and decay spread through Heaven and Earth. Their Great Dao powers clashed across the Myriad Heavens and Worlds, leaving Great Simplicity unable to intervene without worsening one realm’s fate or the other.

• Gu Yuanqing, Xuangen, and Great Simplicity agreed that their paths left no room for retreat, then shared a final drink before parting as enemies.
• Xuangen and Great Simplicity left the mountain, and Gu Yuanqing erased the trace of Xuangen’s power from the North Spring Realm.
• Xuangen declared he would awaken before Gu Yuanqing reached full strength, despite risking the world and the Supreme Divine Artifact’s retaliation.
• Xuangen’s awakening intensified decay across Heaven and Earth, while the North Spring Realm’s Dao domain began spreading again.
• Gu Yuanqing and Xuangen clashed through their Great Dao powers across the Myriad Heavens and Worlds, alarming cultivators who sensed the battle.
• Great Simplicity remained silent, unable to help Gu Yuanqing without aiding the North Spring Realm’s expansion or help Xuangen without hastening the world’s end.

Gu Yuanqing and Xuangen continued their contest of Great Daos as the North Spring Realm expanded into the Fa Yuan Realm and the world’s final end drew closer. Xuangen’s power revived, spreading decay and Tribulation Qi, while Gu Yuanqing prepared the North Spring Realm for the eventual decisive battle.

• Great Simplicity used the Heaven and Earth Stele to delay Gu Yuanqing’s expansion and suppress Xuangen’s awakening, then withdrew as Gu Yuanqing and Xuangen continued their clash through the boundary domains.
• Gu Yuanqing ordered the Great Daos of the worlds absorbed by the North Spring Realm, erasing the Profound Universe Realm’s marks to secure his territory and block Xuangen’s influence.
• Gu Yuanqing and Xuangen maintained their standoff at the Fuyuan Mountain Range as the Fa Yuan Realm’s decay deepened and its cultivators felt their lifespans rapidly diminish.
• The Heaven and Earth Stele kept cultivators away from the Fuyuan Mountain Range, while Heaven-Measuring God King and the Creation God King remained trapped using artifacts they could not control.
• The Demon Lord and God King Wuxiang cultivated in the Origin Dao Sea, while God Kings Cangwu, Jun Tian, and Heavenly Law struggled to contain the growing power of decay and the Guixu Heavenly Abyss.
• The Guixu Alliance and Mu Tianheng’s group grew alarmed as connections and routes failed, while the Qian Yuan Realm remained safe under Gu Yuanqing’s protection.

As the North Spring Realm expanded and Gu Yuanqing’s power grew, he gained deeper insight into the Great Dao and gradually gained the upper hand against Xuangen. While he strengthened the realm and helped Li Haotian embark on the Divine Path, the struggle narrowed toward its true battleground: the Fa Yuan Realm and the Origin Dao Sea.

• Gu Yuanqing met the King of the Underworld, shared Red Dust Wine with him, and heard that the hidden mysteries would become clear in time.
• Centuries later, Gu Yuanqing gave Li Haotian the Withered Glory Staff and protected him through his Divine Tribulation, after which Li Haotian entered seclusion.
• Gu Yuanqing continued shaping the North Spring Realm, dividing it into seven heavens and making the Qian Yuan Sect its guardian before the Heavenly Gate.
• As the North Spring Realm brought more worlds under its control, Gu Yuanqing became known as the Dao Ancestor, and the gathered Incense and Fire Qi flowed into the realm’s Great Dao River.
• Gu Yuanqing’s expansion outpaced Xuangen’s recovery, and the North Spring Realm stripped branches and leaves from the river surrounding the myriad realms, leaving the Fa Yuan Realm and Origin Dao Sea as the coming battlefield.

Gu Yuanqing weighed the forces and uncertain alliances surrounding the coming final battle, then studied a Great Luo immortal scroll that helped him advance despite leaving the final step beyond reach. Over the following centuries, North Spring swallowed most of the Profound Universe Realm’s small worlds, forcing Xuangen’s defenses into a rout.

• Gu Yuanqing assessed how the Fa Yuan Realm’s strength, Great Simplicity’s choices, and the Origin Dao Realm’s God Kings could affect the final battle.
• Jiang Jingnian and God Lord Leng Yue reached the God King Realm, while Zhou Hanyuan died during a God King Calamity and Hong Kaiyuan approached the end of his lifespan.
• Li Miaoxuan lent Gu Yuanqing an ancient scroll from the Great Void Immortal Sect’s founder, and he spent seven days studying its visions of the Great Dao’s evolution.
• Gu Yuanqing returned to the Fa Yuan Realm, integrated his insights, and advanced further toward Great Luo while continuing to clash with Xuangen.
• Over several hundred years, North Spring encompassed most small worlds in the Profound Universe Realm, and Xuangen’s retreat became a rout.
• Xuangen opened his eyes and regarded Gu Yuanqing with a complicated expression, as his original plan to hold out for around a hundred thousand years had failed.

Gu Yuanqing and Xuangen resumed their battle as the North Spring Realm pressed into the Fa Yuan Realm. Gu Yuanqing shattered Xuangen’s Boundary Gate, but Xuangen then knocked the North Spring World Suppressing Seal away with his enormous divine body.

• Xuangen admitted that Gu Yuanqing’s North Spring Realm had surpassed his expectations, and the two spoke about life, death, and their coming battle.
• Gu Yuanqing sent the North Spring Realm’s power surging into the Fa Yuan Realm through multiple regions, while Xuangen used phantoms and the Heaven and Earth Stele to suppress it.
• Xuangen summoned the Gate of Myriad Realms to block the North Spring Realm, but Gu Yuanqing’s North Spring World Suppressing Seal struck the gate and disrupted its alignment with the Fa Yuan Realm.
• Great Simplicity used the Heaven and Earth Stele to contain the battle’s damage as Gu Yuanqing repeatedly rammed the Boundary Gate until it shattered.
• Xuangen expanded into a hundred-thousand-zhang divine body and slapped the North Spring World Suppressing Seal flying, prompting Gu Yuanqing to welcome the stronger challenge.

Gu Yuanqing fought Xuangen for months, using the battle to deepen his understanding of Great Luo while gradually overwhelming Xuangen’s avatar. When Great Simplicity intervened, Gu Yuanqing shattered the Heaven and Earth Stele, allowing the North Spring Heavenly Realm’s Dao domain to spread through the Fa Yuan Realm and transform its power.

• Gu Yuanqing summoned the Azure Nether Sword and combined its attacks with the North Spring World Suppressing Seal against Xuangen.
• The battle’s tremors spread through the Fa Yuan Realm, disrupting Divine Artifacts and alarming Jiang Jingnian, God King Lengyue, and the God Kings in Heaven Beyond Heaven.
• After months of fighting, Gu Yuanqing broke through Xuangen’s defenses and forced him to retreat into the Fa Yuan Realm.
• Xuangen returned to the Great Dao River and drew on its power and the Divine Artifacts, while Great Simplicity asked Gu Yuanqing to stop and negotiate.
• Gu Yuanqing rejected Great Simplicity’s appeal and shattered the Heaven and Earth Stele with a palm strike.
• Great Simplicity vanished as the North Spring Heavenly Realm’s Dao domain spread, erasing Divine Path imprints and transforming Vital Energy into Immortal Spiritual Qi.

Gu Yuanqing’s North Spring Realm continued to spread its Great Dao through the Fa Yuan Realm as he announced that he would preach the Immortal Path in sixty years. More than thirty years later, as the Immortal Path took root in Tianfang Domain, Jiang Yunchuan asked whether it could save humanity from the decaying Divine Path and the approaching Final End.

• Gu Yuanqing and Xuangen clashed as North Spring Realm’s Great Dao pressed into the Fa Yuan Realm, but Xuangen withdrew his Avatar and used the world’s Great Dao to resist.
• Great Simplicity warned Xuangen not to halt the Guixu Heavenly Abyss’s expansion, and Xuangen vanished again.
• Gu Yuanqing announced that he would preach the Immortal Path in sixty years at Fuyuan Mountain Range in Tianfang Domain, prompting cultivators across the Fa Yuan Realm to debate the path and the Divine Path’s decay.
• North Spring Realm continued expanding, and the Qian Yuan Sect established the Qian Yuan Dao Academy in Tianfang Domain to spread the Immortal Path.
• More than thirty years later, Jiang Yunchuan visited Gu Yuanqing on behalf of the Divine Court and asked whether the Divine Path had truly decayed.
• Gu Yuanqing explained the danger posed by the awakened Old Gods and the approaching Final End, and Jiang Yunchuan asked whether the Immortal Path could save humanity.

Gu Yuanqing preached the Immortal Path across the Tianfang Domain while Xuangen tried to stop him with the power of the Fa Yuan Realm’s Rule Divine Artifacts. Gu Yuanqing blocked Xuangen’s final strike, and after the Heaven Stele suppressed the aftermath, he resumed preaching.

• Jiang Yunchuan visited Gu Yuanqing, learned that Divine Path cultivators could switch to the Immortal Path, and asked to attend his future preaching.
• Over the following years, Divine Court cultivators and other forces visited the Tianfang Domain to study the Immortal Path, and Jiang Yunchuan and the dying Hong Kaiyuan arrived for Gu Yuanqing’s sermon.
• Gu Yuanqing began preaching across the Tianfang Domain, the Exquisite Realm Domain, and the Small Worlds under the North Spring Realm’s Great Dao.
• Xuangen summoned the Rule Divine Artifacts and attacked the Tianfang Boundary Domain, while Gu Yuanqing continued preaching and sent an Avatar to fight him.
• After half a day of battle, Xuangen unleashed a strike backed by the power of the Fa Yuan Realm, and Gu Yuanqing met it with a sword-finger.
• The Heaven Stele suppressed the devastating aftermath, Xuangen disappeared, and Gu Yuanqing resumed his sermon.

After Gu Yuanqing’s victory over Xuangen, the Immortal Path spread through the Fa Yuan Realm as the Divine Path weakened and the Guixu Calamity worsened. Five God Kings asked Gu Yuanqing whether the Immortal Path could resolve the calamity and offer Divine Path cultivators a future, and he confirmed the calamity could be resolved before hinting that he had a path for them if they were willing.

• Gu Yuanqing’s survival of Xuangen’s attack strengthened the Immortal Path, and the Qian Yuan Dao Academy spread through the Tianfang Domain as the North Spring Boundary Domain expanded.
• Gu Yuanqing killed a Divine Court True God who used an Avatar to assassinate an Immortal Path genius, and Jiang Yunchuan later established the Immortal and God Pact restricting conflicts to below the True God level.
• As the Divine Path declined and the Guixu Calamity grew, Jiang Jingnian and God King Lengyue reached an agreement and joined the Jun Tian God King, God King Cangwu, and others to contain the abyss and seek a greater plan.
• The five God Kings invited Gu Yuanqing to Heaven Beyond Heaven and asked whether the North Spring Realm’s rise could resolve the Guixu Heavenly Abyss and give the Divine Court a way forward.
• Gu Yuanqing said the calamity would be resolved if the Fa Yuan Realm came under the North Spring Realm, then said he had considered a path for Divine Path cultivators and the God Kings if they were willing.

Gu Yuanqing offered the Divine Court God Kings a way to escape the decaying Divine Path by joining the North Spring Heavenly Realm and helping merge its Dao with the Fa Yuan Realm. He returned to North Spring Peak as Xuangen’s awakening accelerated, and three months later he sensed movement from Heaven Beyond Heaven.

• Gu Yuanqing proposed that the God Kings abandon the Rules Divine Path, accept the North Spring Realm’s imprint, and join his Immortal Court.
• Gu Yuanqing asked the God Kings to use the Rule Divine Artifacts to guide the Fa Yuan Realm’s Dao into union with the North Spring Realm, and God King Cangwu requested time to discuss the offer.
• Gu Yuanqing discussed the Immortal Path with the God Kings for three days, earning their respect, and Jun Tian requested a communication jade token.
• Gu Yuanqing returned to North Spring Peak and sensed that Xuangen’s revival had accelerated as the North Spring Realm occupied more of the Fa Yuan Realm.
• Three months later, Gu Yuanqing sensed something stir and looked toward Heaven Beyond Heaven.