Recaps

Gu Yuanqing repelled the Shadow Cult’s incursion and checked the Ten Directions Misty Rain Tower’s efforts to seize influence in the Qian Yuan Realm. As Li Chengyi trained with him in the Ancient Realm, Gu Yuanqing set a price for Sanyang Sect Heavenly Humans seeking entry and left Li Chengyi refining another Dao Soul.

• Gu Yuanqing defeated Lie Shanyi’s forces and secured Lie Shanhan’s release in exchange for treasures and a refining method.
• Qiu Han met Gu Yuanqing, who warned the Heavenly Treasure Merchant Guild to follow Great Qian’s laws, while Great Qian refused outsiders’ requests to bring Heavenly Humans into the realm.
• Yan Jin led Shadow Cult Heavenly Humans into the Qian Yuan Realm, but Gu Yuanqing killed most of them and captured Yan Jin and Zhang Qianye.
• Li Chengyi’s forces arrested Cao Rui and Lu Jingren, and Great Qian executed them for colluding with the Shadow Cult.
• The Ten Directions Misty Rain Tower’s factions clashed with the Shadow Cult as both sides blamed each other for the Qian Yuan Realm incident.
• Gu Yuanqing guided Li Chengyi through the Ancient Realm, taught him to fish for and refine Dao Souls, and killed the split souls of Xie Yingying, Chu Qianrui, and two hall masters when they challenged him.
• Gu Yuanqing told Li Guanrong to reject the Sanyang Sect’s request for entry unless each Heavenly Human offered an earth-tier divine soul great medicine for a year’s stay.
• Li Chengyi subdued a second lower-grade Profound Tier Dao Soul, and Gu Yuanqing told him to refine it before they traveled elsewhere.

Gu Yuanqing traded for divine soul medicines, retaliated against the Ten Directions Misty Rain Tower, and strengthened the Qian Yuan Realm while its influence grew. After Lu Zeyu died following his tribulation, Gu Yuanqing learned that Yin-Yang Void Breaking cultivators who entered the Primordial Realm never returned and resolved to be wary of the Primordial Divine Sect.

• Gu Yuanqing traded the supreme yang blazing crystal to the Sanyang Sect for Heaven-Tier Divine Soul Great Medicines, then survived an ambush by the Ten Directions Misty Rain Tower in the Purple You Realm.
• Gu Yuanqing sent an avatar into the Ling Shu Realm and destroyed the Ten Directions Misty Rain Tower’s stronghold with the Lie Shan Seal before returning to North Spring Grotto-Heaven.
• Gu Yuanqing took three treasures from Demon God Divine Mountain, while the remaining branches of the Ten Directions Misty Rain Tower were destroyed and its ledgers and supplies reached the Qian Yuan Realm.
• Six years later, Gu Yuanqing climbed the Heavenly Ladder, and Li Lingyi won a Heaven-Connecting Tower trial before representing the Qian Yuan Realm at the Ancient Realm Platform contest.
• Gu Yuanqing declined Ye Xuanxiao’s offer to recruit Li Lingyi into the Primordial Divine Sect, then renamed him Gu Lingyi and personally taught him.
• After thirty years of cultivation, Gu Yuanqing reached the peak of yin-yang myriad longevity but delayed his breakthrough because he suspected the Primordial Divine Sect might interfere.
• Gu Yuanqing’s grandfather died peacefully after declining a life-extending pill, and Gu Yuanqing later received Lu Zeyu’s sealed message after Lu likely failed his Yin-Yang Great Tribulation.
• Lu Zeyu’s message warned Gu Yuanqing that Yin-Yang Void Breaking cultivators who entered the Primordial Realm never returned, while Ye Xuanxiao discussed the possibility of acting against Gu Yuanqing with an elder.

Gu Yuanqing broke through to the Yin-Yang Circulation Realm and defied the Primordial Divine Sect as its schemes and accusations brought war to the Qian Yuan Realm. After defeating its forces and securing protection from the Hidden Sun Alliance, he set out for the Ancient Battlefield to pursue the Nine Heavens War Mausoleum.

• Gu Yuanqing traveled across many realms, survived two heavenly Calamities, and advanced to the Yin-Yang Circulation Realm.
• Xu Haoque tried to persuade Gu Yuanqing to enter the Primordial Realm, but Gu Yuanqing refused and prepared for the sect’s next move.
• At the Ancient Realm Platform, Gu Yuanqing killed Li Wujiu and challenged the Primordial Divine Sect to investigate the attacker who had impersonated him.
• The Primordial Divine Sect’s forces invaded the Qian Yuan Realm, but Gu Yuanqing defeated Ye Xuanxiao and the attackers, then captured their Heavenly Human Worlds.
• The Primordial Divine Sect condemned Gu Yuanqing and sealed the Qian Yuan Realm’s Teleportation Array, while Gu Yuanqing strengthened his abilities and Li Chengyi completed his tribulation.
• Ning Xuxuan agreed to Gu Yuanqing’s demand for a hundred years of protection and sealed a blood pact with him over the Hidden Sun Alliance’s Ancient Battlefield mission.
• Gu Yuanqing sent part of his power into the Ancient Realm and traveled with Lu Zeyu to the Ancient Battlefield, where Bei Chenzhao challenged him.

Gu Yuanqing won the Myriad Dao Returning Flow Talisman and strengthened his cultivation while the Qian Yuan Realm expanded and his companions ventured into a new continent. After uncovering the Calamity Moon Ruins and escaping a deadly blaze, the Qian Yuan Sect faced rumors and pressure from rival sects, while Gu Yuanqing continued aiding his people.

• Gu Yuanqing claimed the Myriad Dao Returning Flow Talisman and escaped the Ancient Battlefield after defeating the Primordial Divine Sect’s ambush and Kui Wujiu.
• Gu Yuanqing refined the talisman and the Nine Revolutions Golden Body Pill, then pursued the Great Void Creation Wheel as the Qian Yuan Realm grew stronger.
• Li Chengyi abdicated the throne, left Qian Yuan Island to seek his mother and Dao Path, and traveled with Little White and Little Fox.
• Gu Yuanqing consumed the Nine Revolutions Golden Body Pill, and his companions explored Chiyuan Continent, where Gu Siyuan fought off Wu Chenyang and the Guiyuan Sect.
• Gu Yuanqing’s group investigated the Moon Turbid Rift Valley, defeated Gong Wuji and Zheng Tong’s forces, and entered the Calamity Moon Ruins.
• Gu Yuanqing led his companions to the Moonlight Nectar and Five-Colored Divine Lotus, then teleported them away as a greater presence awakened and flames consumed the cave mansion.
• The cave mansion’s destruction fueled suspicion against the Qian Yuan Sect, while Li Shi'an and Ji Dai kept the sect’s trade going and Gu Yuanqing strengthened his cultivation.
• Gu Yuanqing saved Ji Dai during his Heavenly Human Calamity as Sacred Heaven Sect investigators found the Qian Yuan Sect’s sea region and the Netherworld Sect considered reviving the Nether God Sacrifice.