Recaps

Gu Yuanqing revealed his Heavenly Human Level strength and destroyed the demons’ Grand Formation with the Demon Subduing Sword. He pursued the fleeing demons, while the heavenly humans in the distance turned to watch in bewilderment.

• Ji Xian wondered at Chang Beilong’s unexpected breakthrough as eight demon heavenly humans gathered beyond the Demon Realm.
• Gu Yuanqing merged his power with North Spring Mountain and brought the mountain into the Demon Realm.
• The demons trapped the Demon Subduing Sword in a formation designed to stop it, but Gu Yuanqing’s sword shattered the Formation Disk and broke the Grand Formation.
• The demons realized Gu Yuanqing was a heavenly human and tried to flee, but he unleashed his sword dao domain and attacked them.
• The distant heavenly humans turned toward the battle, bewildered by what they saw.

Gu Yuanqing used the Sword Domain to capture and kill demons while Demon and Human forces watched and clashed around North Spring Mountain. Xiong Mo revealed his strength against the allied demons, and Gu Yuanqing left Lady Yue’s remaining fighters on the verge of destruction.

• Ji Xian recognized a powerful aura near the Sword Domain but doubted that its owner was a true Heavenly Human, while Chang Beilong suspected Gu Yuanqing had grown stronger through the Heavenly Dao Scripture and Demon Subduing Sword.
• Zhu Yi charged toward North Spring Mountain, and Xiong Ba intercepted him as the Five Poisons Mountain demons advanced toward the mountain.
• Xiong Mo confronted the five demons and the Eagle King, revealed that he had passed the third heavenly Calamity, and struck at the assembled enemies with his Bamboo Staff.
• The Asura Heavenly Human Luo Yu appeared, prompting Xiong Mo to warn Xiong Ba to retreat while the Five Poisons Mountain demons rushed toward North Spring Mountain.
• Gu Yuanqing used his Sword Domain to capture demons for pill refining, then struck down the last three Void Heaven Great Demons with the Demon Subduing Sword despite attacks from Lady Yue and the others.

Gu Yuanqing defended North Spring Mountain against the five Heavenly Human demons of Five Poisons Mountain and killed the Scorpion Demon with the Demon Subduing Sword. The remaining demons fled, but Gu Yuanqing trapped them in a vast sword formation and pursued them.

• The five demons attacked North Spring Mountain, but their Heavenly Human power vanished as it crossed the mountain’s boundary.
• Gu Yuanqing sent the Demon Subduing Sword through the Scorpion Demon’s defenses, killing him and destroying his unstable Heavenly Human World.
• Ji Xian and Chang Beilong recognized the sign of a Heavenly Human’s fall and realized Gu Yuanqing was powerful enough to confront Heavenly Humans directly.
• Gu Yuanqing gathered the scattered Geng Metal qi and sent the Demon Subduing Sword after the fleeing Green-eyed Toad.
• Moon Demon’s shriek briefly disrupted Gu Yuanqing’s control, but he empowered the sword with North Spring Mountain’s power and formed a thousand-mile sword domain around the fleeing demons.

Xiong Mo fought Luo Yu while the Eagle King joined Zhu Yi against Xiong Ba, and Gu Yuanqing struggled to contain four Heavenly Human Great Demons. Gu Yuanqing concentrated the Demon Subduing Sword Domain on the Moon Demon Spider and struck it, but the spider transformed into water and escaped into the ground.

• The Eagle King attacked Xiong Mo alongside Luo Yu, but Luo Yu and Xiong Mo wounded it when it interfered with their fight.
• The Eagle King joined Zhu Yi in attacking Xiong Ba, who grew enormous and used its Innate Divine Ability against them.
• Gu Yuanqing trapped four demons in his Sword Formation, then concentrated the Demon Subduing Sword Domain on the Moon Demon Spider as the others fled.
• The Demon Subduing Sword pierced the Moon Demon Spider's head, but the spider turned into clear water and seeped into the ground.

Gu Yuanqing killed Moon Demon with the Demon Subduing Sword and drove off the Dragon-horned Python while the other demons escaped. He assessed the limits of his power as the battle against the Iron Eater Tribe continued, and Eagle King taunted Xiong Ba about the tribes that might come to help.

• Gu Yuanqing used the Formless Calamity Finger and the Demon Subduing Sword to destroy Moon Demon's body, Inner Core, and Heavenly Human World, then collected its Water Essence.
• The Dragon-horned Python sacrificed its physical body and escaped with its Inner Core, while two other demons fled.
• Gongsun Sui and Ji Xian discussed Moon Demon's death, while Chang Beilong secretly studied Gu Yuanqing and planned to seize the Demon Subduing Sword.
• Gu Yuanqing gauged the range and limits of his power, then watched Xiong Mo and Xiong Ba retreat while fighting the Asura and other demons.
• The Iron Eater Tribe rang the Message Bell, and Eagle King taunted Xiong Ba that the other tribes would not come to their rescue.

The Eagle King’s attack on the Iron Eater Tribe was interrupted when the Tiger Lord struck Xiong Ba and appeared before the battlefield. After the Tiger Lord vanished, the Eagle King ordered Zhu Yi to kill Gu Yuanqing, who watched the threat approach with weary amusement.

• Xiong Mo and Xiong Ba used the Bamboo Mountain Ancestral Formation to repel their attackers, but the Tiger Lord suddenly struck and sent Xiong Ba flying onto Bamboo Mountain.
• The Tiger Lord appeared as a divine soul projection, prompting the Eagle King’s group to stop fighting while Luo Yu demanded and received the rest of his payment.
• The Tiger Lord questioned the Eagle King about hiring an Asura, then disappeared after telling the demons to carry on.
• The Eagle King ordered Zhu Yi to kill Gu Yuanqing, and Zhu Yi agreed, boasting that few humans could threaten him.
• Gu Yuanqing watched from the mountaintop and reflected that the demons still underestimated him.

Gu Yuanqing faced Zhu Yi, Ji Xian, and the Eagle King as they argued over his fate and whether he would join the Human Race. The chapter ended with Gu Yuanqing unleashing North Spring Mountain’s immense power and challenging them to prove they could command him.

• Zhu Yi confronted Gu Yuanqing outside North Spring Mountain and demanded that he take his own life.
• Ji Xian arrived, and the Eagle King soon joined him, while Zhu Yi warned Ji Xian to leave Demon Race territory.
• Ji Xian apologized for his past actions and offered Gu Yuanqing protection if he agreed to serve the Heavenly Human Sacred Hall.
• Gu Yuanqing accused Ji Xian of creating the danger and then offering rescue in exchange for his service.
• The Eagle King and Zhu Yi demanded that Ji Xian leave, while Ji Xian again asked Gu Yuanqing to choose.
• Gu Yuanqing released North Spring Mountain’s aura, making the others sense extreme danger as he challenged their right to speak to him that way.

Gu Yuanqing fought Zhu Yi, the Eagle King, and Ji Xian at once, using North Spring Mountain’s power to defeat all three. He captured Zhu Yi inside the mountain, while the Eagle King blamed Xiong Mo for conspiring with the humans.

• Gu Yuanqing attacked Zhu Yi, the Eagle King, and Ji Xian simultaneously with a finger strike, the Demon Subduing Sword, and a descending palm.
• Zhu Yi’s Boundary Domain failed against Gu Yuanqing’s Formless Calamity Finger, while the Eagle King’s capture ability could not stop the Demon Subduing Sword.
• Gu Yuanqing’s strikes wounded all three opponents; Zhu Yi was pinned beneath the Green Mountain, the Eagle King escaped with severe injuries, and Ji Xian retreated with a broken sword.
• Gu Yuanqing pulled Zhu Yi into North Spring Mountain, suppressed his power, and threw him into the Heaven and Earth Pool.
• The Heavenly Micro Divine General checked on Ji Xian, while Xiong Mo and Xiong Ba watched in bewilderment.
• The wounded Eagle King accused Xiong Mo of conspiring with a human Heavenly Human and causing the deaths of Zhu Yi, the Moon Demon, and other great demons.

Dragon Rhinoceros pressured the Iron Eater Tribe to expel Gu Yuanqing, using his presence as a pretext to challenge the tribe’s authority. Gu Yuanqing offered to move into the promised land east of the tribe, while elsewhere Luo Yu confronted a young man who claimed he could reveal a path to becoming an Asura King.

• Gray Giant Bear, Eagle King, and other demons demanded that Tiger Lord condemn the Iron Eater Tribe, but Tiger Lord only reminded Xiong Mo of the alliance pact and departed.
• Dragon Rhinoceros demanded that Xiong Mo expel Gu Yuanqing or let the demons enter the tribe’s territory, and Xiong Mo refused to yield immediately.
• Gu Yuanqing invoked his hundred-year lease, and Meng San confirmed that he had paid the rent in advance.
• The Heavenly Micro Divine General and Ji Xian speculated that the Iron Eater Tribe had made a prior agreement with Gu Yuanqing and knew his strength.
• Gu Yuanqing offered to move to the Three Thousand Li of land east of the tribe and challenged Dragon Rhinoceros to come after him.
• Luo Yu held a saber to a young man’s neck, and the young man offered to reveal a path to becoming an Asura King if Luo Yu acted once more.

A young man persuaded Luo Yu to kill a human in exchange for information about becoming an Asura King, while the Iron Eater Tribe and the other neutral tribes blocked Dragon Rhinoceros from crossing their territory. Dragon Rhinoceros led the demons toward North Spring Mountain, and Ji Xian allowed them through the human border, leaving Gu Yuanqing without the Heavenly Human Sacred Hall’s protection.

• A young man offered Luo Yu information about the path to becoming an Asura King in exchange for killing a human, then killed himself with sword qi; Luo Yu agreed to the bargain.
• Xiong Mo refused to join the demon-human battle and activated the Iron Eater Tribe’s Grand Formation, while the Crane Tribe, Golden Silk Ape Tribe, Snow Deer Tribe, Green Ox Tribe, and Moon Shadow Tribe joined his defense.
• Dragon Rhinoceros ordered the demons to kill the human at North Spring Mountain, and Tiger Lord and a beautiful woman watched from afar and discussed who might be on Dragon Demon Mountain.
• Dragon Rhinoceros led the demons around the Iron Eater Tribe’s territory and demanded passage from Ji Xian, who warned them not to cross the boundary.
• Ji Xian allowed the demons to pass because the human race could not afford another conflict, and Gu Yuanqing felt indifferent toward the Heavenly Human Sacred Hall.

Dragon Rhinoceros charged North Spring Mountain after the other demons abandoned him, while Gu Yuanqing prepared to meet him with the mountain’s power. Chang Beilong secretly waited nearby for chaos to create an opportunity, and the chapter ended as Gu Yuanqing’s giant palm descended on Dragon Rhinoceros.

• Xiong Ba and Xiong Mo discussed whether Ao Guang was behind the attack on the Iron Eater Tribe and suspected he had sent Dragon Rhinoceros.
• As Dragon Rhinoceros advanced toward North Spring Mountain, Eagle King, Golden-Winged Roc, Pangolin, and Gray Giant Bear each found an excuse to withdraw or fight elsewhere.
• Dragon Rhinoceros denounced the demons for their cowardice, then enlarged himself and charged toward North Spring Mountain with his horn aimed at it.
• Ji Xian learned that Chang Beilong had left, while Chang Beilong secretly hid near North Spring Mountain with a divine soul and waited for an opportunity amid the battle.
• Gu Yuanqing raised a giant palm formed from North Spring Mountain’s power and sent it down toward Dragon Rhinoceros.

Dragon Rhinoceros and Luo Yu broke into North Spring Mountain, where Gu Yuanqing used the mountain’s power to suppress and capture them. Gu Yuanqing immobilized Luo Yu and took his Asura Blade, while a second attacker’s sword strike also stopped in midair.

• Dragon Rhinoceros smashed through North Spring Mountain’s outer defenses and charged toward Gu Yuanqing as Luo Yu waited for an opening.
• Luo Yu sprang toward the mountain just as a humanoid shadow merged with a sword and vanished.
• Once Dragon Rhinoceros entered North Spring Mountain’s boundary domain, Gu Yuanqing suppressed him and sent him tumbling into a vast sea, where he became a little fish.
• Luo Yu attacked Gu Yuanqing with his Asura Blade, but the blade stopped inches from Gu Yuanqing’s face and Luo Yu became unable to move.
• A second sword strike halted behind Gu Yuanqing’s head, and Gu Yuanqing took Luo Yu’s blade and challenged him for entering the mountain.

Gu Yuanqing destroyed the Heavenly Demon Sword Diagram wielder’s split soul and Chang Beilong’s Heavenly Human World inside North Spring Mountain, then vanished with the mountain. The demons fled, Ji Xian recognized the cost of antagonizing Gu Yuanqing, and Xiong Mo proposed sending Iron Eater Tribe cubs to the mountain.

• Gu Yuanqing sent Luo Yu into the Heaven and Earth Pool, then confronted the spirit using Qin Wuya’s appearance and destroyed it with the Demon Subduing Sword.
• Gu Yuanqing’s sword also annihilated Chang Beilong’s Heavenly Human World, leaving Chang Beilong gravely injured and his sword-slave body dying.
• Xiong Mo and Xiong Ba could not see inside North Spring Mountain, and Gu Yuanqing soon made the mountain vanish.
• Pangolin, Eagle King, the Gray Giant Bear, the Golden-Winged Roc, and the other demons fled in panic.
• Ji Xian realized the Heavenly Human Sacred Hall had alienated Gu Yuanqing and returned to the Sacred Hall.
• Xiong Mo suggested that the Iron Eater Tribe send cubs to North Spring Mountain and build goodwill with Gu Yuanqing.

Gu Yuanqing recovered after defeating the Dragon Rhinoceros with North Spring Mountain’s power, while the Sacred Hall discussed worsening threats across the Demon Realm. Ao Guang learned that the rhinoceros had died in the human’s array formation and erupted in anger.

• Gu Yuanqing assessed North Spring Mountain’s strength, restored his divine soul, and reflected on the Floating World’s growing cultivation and security.
• Ji Xian met the purple-robed elder, who explained that worsening upheavals in the Underground Cave could force humanity to retreat within fifteen years and abandon it within thirty.
• The Tiger Lord considered Gu Yuanqing and North Spring Mountain unexpectedly powerful, then left Ao Guang to deal with the loss.
• Ao Guang learned that the Dragon Rhinoceros had died after charging into the human’s array formation and angrily condemned him as useless.

After recovering, Gu Yuanqing welcomed Li Chengyi and Chen Binglan to North Spring Mountain, where they met its powerful, intelligent animals and shared a family meal. The chapter left Gu Yuanqing enjoying both his cultivation and his family life, while Ao Guang remained furious over the Dragon Rhinoceros’s death.

• Ao Guang raged at North Spring Mountain after the Dragon Rhinoceros’s death ruined his plans, while the Tiger Lord celebrated and the Sky Fox Mountain mistress mocked Ao Guang’s failed scheme.
• After three days of recovery, Gu Yuanqing watched as Li Chengyi brought Chen Binglan up North Spring Mountain to visit him.
• Li Chengyi introduced Chen Binglan to the Monkey King, who demonstrated his skill with a Bintie Long Rod and received pills as a reward.
• On the way to the summit, Chen Binglan saw that North Spring Mountain’s animals were intelligent and exceptionally strong.
• Li Chengyi and Chen Binglan paid their respects to Gu Yuanqing, who welcomed Chen Binglan and accepted the gifts she had brought.
• Li Shi'an and Prince Qing joined Gu Yuanqing, Li Chengyi, and Chen Binglan for a joyful meal in the courtyard.

Li Chengyi returned to Fengtian City with Chen Binglan after three days on North Spring Mountain, where Gu Yuanqing had helped them cultivate. As demonic qi grew denser across the Demon Realm, Xiong Mo entrusted Iron Eater cubs to Gu Yuanqing, leaving them on the mountain as a safeguard for the tribe.

• Li Chengyi and Chen Binglan spent three days on North Spring Mountain, where Gu Yuanqing taught Chen Binglan to cultivate and urged Li Chengyi to advance further.
• Gu Yuanqing sent Li Chengyi and Chen Binglan back to Fengtian City, and Xiong Mo arrived at North Spring Mountain two days later with a dozen Iron Eater cubs.
• Xiong Mo told Gu Yuanqing that demonic qi was growing denser and could affect cultivators without fully formed divine souls, while conditions near North Spring Mountain were comparatively stable.
• Xiong Mo asked Gu Yuanqing to shelter the cubs in case the Demon Realm changed further, and Gu Yuanqing agreed while warning that outsiders might not be able to leave the mountain for a long time.
• Xiong Mo gave Gu Yuanqing cultivation books and jade slips, then left the cubs on the mountain before departing.
• Gu Yuanqing crouched beside the cubs and gathered one into his arms to pet it.

Gu Yuanqing settled the Iron Eater cubs on North Spring Mountain and continued preparing for the Void Heaven Realm while testing himself on the Heavenly Ladder. A year later, Li Chengyi took the Great Qian throne, Li Haotian began pursuing the Dao Embryo Realm, and the chapter ended with the five great lineages gathering in the Slanting Moon World in grim silence.

• Gu Yuanqing cleansed the Iron Eater cubs of demonic qi, housed them in the mountain's bamboo grove, and let them roam under the other beasts' protection.
• Gu Yuanqing studied cultivation manuals and fought Void Heaven Realm opponents on the Heavenly Ladder's twenty-fifth step, winning only occasionally.
• Li Chengyi reached the Divine Platform Realm at twenty-three, after which Li Haotian abdicated and Li Chengyi inherited the Great Qian throne.
• Li Haotian moved to North Spring Mountain to cultivate, and the transfer of humanity aura after his abdication opened the way toward the Dao Embryo Realm.
• Bai Xianghui returned to Baichuan Mountain and met Bai Jianfei, who remained imprisoned and unmoved by his pleas.
• The Floating World gained more cultivators while Great Qian remained orderly under Li Chengyi, and the five great lineages gathered in the Slanting Moon World with grim expressions.

Wang Shihong demanded that Bai Changbi explain Wang Yuchi’s death in the Floating World, while Bai Changbi and Ji Yuhuan sought to avoid a conflict until they could learn the truth. Meanwhile, Gu Yuanqing completed his preparations to break through to the void heaven realm and began activating his cultivation technique.

• Wang Shihong accused the Bai Clan of being responsible for Wang Yuchi’s death and threatened to attack unless Bai Changbi gave him an explanation.
• Bai Changbi and Ji Yuhuan urged Wang Shihong to wait, but he demanded that the Bai Clan borrow an ancient mirror to summon one of its members back from the Floating World.
• Gu Yuanqing reviewed the completed dao embryo world in his divine court and confirmed that his cultivation technique and trial attempts were ready for his breakthrough.
• Gu Yuanqing went to the mountain summit, drank his wine, and activated his cultivation technique, causing his apertures, Divine Platform Grand Formation, and dao embryo world to resonate.

Gu Yuanqing awakened his Dao resonance, transformed the Divine Treasury into a living world, and broke through to the Void Heaven Realm. After testing his new domain, he sensed something unusual from the Soul Seal in Bai Xianghui’s divine soul.

• Gu Yuanqing spread his Dao resonance through the Divine Treasury, merging it with the world and bringing the entire realm under his control.
• He shaped the Divine Treasury’s Heaven and Earth by manifesting a sun, moon, stars, wind, rain, thunder, and lightning, then let its Rules settle over two months.
• Gu Yuanqing’s aura surged, and he broke through to the Void Heaven Realm, gaining a domain in which all things followed his will.
• He saw that his cultivation talent had become outstanding (peerless under heaven) and found his perception of his Boundary Domain clearer outside North Spring Mountain’s domain.
• Gu Yuanqing sensed something unusual from the Soul Seal within Bai Xianghui’s divine soul.

Gu Yuanqing learned that a treasure in the Wind Moon World had summoned Bai Xianghui’s soul, and he broke the spell and brought Bai Xianghui back. In the Slanting Moon World, the failed summoning left the gathered lineages suspicious of the Bai Clan, and they prepared to summon a Chen Family disciple instead.

• Bai Xianghui told Gu Yuanqing that a soul-summoning spell had drawn his divine soul away, and he suspected the Mysterious Moon Mirror of Profound Communication was responsible.
• Bai Changbi hired Daoist Yuechen to use the mirror to summon Bai Xianghui, providing his birth information, a blood relative’s blood, and two high-grade spirit veins.
• Daoist Yuechen summoned Bai Xianghui’s projection, but Gu Yuanqing broke the spell and pulled him back, causing Yuechen to suffer a backlash.
• Daoist Yuechen reported that he could no longer find Bai Xianghui’s aura, while the gathered lineages grew suspicious of Bai Changbi.
• Chen Zongyao offered to have Daoist Yuechen summon a Chen Family disciple in the Floating World.

Through the Soul Seal, Gu Yuanqing observed Chen Zhengfeng being summoned by Spell Arts to speak with the family heads about the Floating World. Chen Zhengfeng followed Gu Yuanqing’s instructions to blame the Wang Family for Ji Yuan’s death and concealed the truth about the realm, leaving Chen Zongyao increasingly certain that his son was lying.

• Gu Yuanqing watched Chen Zhengfeng’s divine soul travel through a shadowy path and enter a world where a mirror showed the Slanting Moon Bai Family grounds.
• Chen Zhengfeng realized that someone had used his birth details to summon him, and Gu Yuanqing warned him to speak carefully.
• At Gu Yuanqing’s direction, Chen Zhengfeng claimed that Wang Yuchi had killed Ji Yuan before two Bai brothers pursued and killed Wang Yuchi.
• Ji Yuhuan confronted Wang Shihong over the accusation, while Wang Shihong denied it and threatened the Chen Family.
• Chen Zhengfeng described the Floating World as divided among four cultivators and under their control, but Chen Zongyao suspected that he was hiding the truth.

Chen Zhengfeng returned from secretly speaking with his father and accepted that his betrayal left him with no place in the Slanting Moon World. After reaching the Void Heaven Realm, Gu Yuanqing explored his expanded power over the Floating World and showed Xiong Mo how well the Iron Eater Tribe’s young ones were doing on North Spring Mountain.

• Chen Zhengfeng admitted to Gu Yuanqing that his father likely suspected the truth, and Gu Yuanqing warned him to bear the consequences if his schemes caused trouble.
• Chen Zhengfeng concluded that siding with Gu Yuanqing was the Chen Family’s best chance of surviving the World Conflict, despite the risk to his life.
• Gu Yuanqing reflected on his breakthrough to the Void Heaven Realm and used Mountain Observation to extend his control across nearly the entire Floating World.
• Gu Yuanqing manifested North Spring Mountain in the Demon Realm and demonstrated that he could control it with greater precision and power.
• Xiong Mo sensed Gu Yuanqing’s newfound composure, and Gu Yuanqing showed him the Iron Eater Tribe’s young ones playing and feasting on the mountain.

Gu Yuanqing encountered the elusive Unicorn Beast, which attacked North Spring Mountain and escaped despite his attempts to capture it. After advancing on the Heavenly Ladder to the twenty-seventh step, he left observers including Li Chengyi stunned, while the Trial Path opened again.

• Gu Yuanqing saw the Unicorn Beast, but it used Wind Escape and spatial abilities to evade his attempts to seize it.
• Xiong Mo explained that the beast had appeared seven hundred years earlier and that no one, including Tiger Lord and Fox Consort, had managed to capture it.
• The Unicorn Beast broke out of Bamboo Mountain after stealing bamboo, escaped Xiong Mo and Xiong Ba, and later failed to force North Spring Mountain out of concealment.
• Gu Yuanqing returned to the Floating World and passed the twenty-fifth level of the Heavenly Ladder, reaching the twenty-seventh step.
• Bai Xianghui, Chen Zhengfeng, Tong Yuefei, and Li Chengyi were astonished by Gu Yuanqing's progress as the Trial Path opened again.

Gu Yuanqing and Li Shi'an learned that a trial person had arrived in their world and captured Luo Wanjiang soon after he entered Fengtian City. Three days later, the Trial Path summoned Luo Wanjiang away, while Bai Changbi prepared to check the Heaven Ladder Rankings.

• Gu Yuanqing sensed Luo Wanjiang's arrival outside Fengtian City and informed Li Shi'an, who went to investigate with Ji Dai.
• Luo Wanjiang traveled toward Fengtian City, learned about the Heavenly Ladder and Divine Platform cultivators, and tried to conceal that he was a trial person.
• Li Shi'an and Ji Dai confronted Luo Wanjiang; he attacked with a bell and attempted to flee, but they defeated and captured him.
• Gu Yuanqing spared Luo Wanjiang, and interrogators questioned him before he was imprisoned in the imperial city.
• Three days later, the Trial Path drew Luo Wanjiang away despite Gu Yuanqing's attempt to stop it.
• Bai Changbi saw the Trial Path open in the Slanting Moon World and told Bai Gui to find their copied rankings.

Gu Yuanqing learned that his name could only be viewed through the costly Myriad Worlds Rankings in the Ancient Realm, then questioned Bai Xianghui about the Ancient Realm and World Conflict. Afterward, he detected a hidden space inside the Ancient Mirror and suspected it was connected to the Underworld.

• Bai Changbi checked the Heaven Ladder Rankings and found Gu Yuanqing had reached the twenty-third step, while he could not identify lower-ranked cultivators with common names.
• In the Azure Billow World, a Gu Family ancestor celebrated reaching the twenty-third step and warned his family against arrogance.
• Gu Yuanqing asked Chen Zhengfeng how to hide his name, and Chen Zhengfeng explained that Gu Yuanqing's cultivation could only be seen on the Myriad Worlds Rankings in the Ancient Realm.
• Gu Yuanqing sent for Bai Xianghui and asked him to explain everything he knew about the Ancient Realm and World Conflict.
• After hearing Bai Xianghui's account, Gu Yuanqing noticed a hidden mystery inside the Ancient Mirror and recognized its aura as similar to what he had sensed in the Underworld.