Recaps

Gu Yuanqing mastered Qingping Grotto-Heaven, entered the chaos immortal realm, and prepared to settle old scores while extending his influence across the Cultivation World. After facing the Sacred Heaven Sect’s defenses, he found Zuo Qiu and dragged him away.

• Gu Yuanqing defeated the sword masters contesting Qingping Dao Palace, accepted the Heavenly Demon Sword Master’s surrender, and mastered the Four Phases Sword Dao.
• Gu Yuanqing took control of Qingping Grotto-Heaven, studied the Heavenly Dao Scripture, and expanded the Qian Yuan Divine Halls as he prepared for his tribulation.
• Gu Yuanqing completed the eight-times-nine Calamity and entered the chaos immortal realm, then learned that the Primordial Divine Sect intended to possess him during his deathlessness Calamity.
• Gu Yuanqing defeated Qin Baijun after uncovering his connection to the Ancient Realm, and later prepared to explore the Cultivation World while his true body remained on North Spring Mountain.
• Gu Yuanqing traveled to the Lingxu Sect, met Zhang Xuanlin, and continued onward with Li Chengyi after Li completed his yin yang realm foundation.
• Gu Yuanqing brought Li Chengyi, Li Shi'an, Li Haotian, and Ji Dai to the Sacred Heaven Sect to demand Zuo Qiu, while Shi Jin prepared the sect’s defenses.
• Gu Yuanqing shattered the Sacred Heaven Sect’s formations despite Shi Jin and Han Yifei’s resistance, then found Zuo Qiu and dragged him through a space rift.

Gu Yuanqing traveled through the Falling Star Plain and the Spirit Realm, then reunited with Li Miaoxuan at the Lingxu Sect. As Li Miaoxuan prepared to face her Calamity, sabotage threatened the sect’s protective formation.

• Gu Yuanqing defeated Zhao Shengbing, settled his grievance with the Sacred Heaven Sect, and later watched Zuo Qiu be executed for his crimes against Great Qian.
• Gu Yuanqing explored the Cultivation World and Falling Star Plain, guided by Song Tianrui and Gu Chengping, and studied Old Man Heavenly Sword’s legacy at the Void Sea.
• Gu Yuanqing accepted Qi Yingchen’s invitation to travel to the Spirit Realm and learned that Li Miaoxuan was preparing to undergo her Calamity at the Lingxu Sect.
• Li Miaoxuan reunited with Gu Yuanqing, who took her to North Spring Mountain to see Li Chengyi and Li Haotian before she returned to the Lingxu Sect.
• Li Miaoxuan told Yun Yinghe that Gu Yuanqing was her Dao companion, then returned to seclusion to prepare for her Calamity.
• Li Miaoxuan went to Nine Tribulation Peak with Gu Yuanqing and Yun Yinghe, but a report revealed that three array bases had been sabotaged, so Yun Yinghe sent her avatar to repair the formation as Li Miaoxuan entered it.

Gu Yuanqing joined the Calamity Suppression Alliance’s campaign against the Heavenly Demons, where he secretly revealed his true strength and captured several powerful demons. He returned to hiding while the alliance believed his avatar had perished, then strengthened the Qingping Dao Palace and sensed movement in the Dao Source Forbidden Land.

• Li Miaoxuan survived her heavenly tribulation and became a Chaos Heaven Great Cultivator, while Gu Yuanqing helped repel attacks on Lingxu Sect before leaving for the Outer Realm Battlefield.
• Gu Yuanqing joined the Calamity Suppression Alliance’s Elder Council and took part in its campaign to contain the Heavenly Demons threatening the realm cities.
• Gu Yuanqing hunted demons near Taixu, Sunrise, and Lingxiao Cities, defeating the Illusion Cloud Demon Mother and saving Lingxiao City from a siege.
• Gu Yuanqing and the alliance’s cultivators trapped the Filth Plague Mother and the Shattering Star Eye Demon in a Spirit Locking Demon Refining Array, then faced a host of powerful demons as they retreated.
• Gu Yuanqing stayed behind to cover the others’ escape and used his true body and four avatars to defeat the four Chaos Heaven Deathless demons pursuing them.
• The alliance believed Gu Yuanqing’s avatar had perished, while he secretly refined the captured demons in North Spring Grotto-Heaven and remained out of sight.
• Ji Shan found Gu Yuanqing on Qian Yuan Island and delivered the alliance’s compensation, which Gu Yuanqing accepted before asking Ji Shan to look after Qian Yuan Sect disciples.
• Gu Yuanqing told Li Chengyi that he had faked his avatar’s death to avoid scrutiny, appointed Qiu Weifeng as the Qingping Dao Palace’s Transmission Elder, and later sensed movement in the Dao Source Forbidden Land.

Gu Yuanqing resisted the Demon Realm’s efforts to investigate North Spring Grotto-Heaven, captured Zhuo Ming, and cultivated while the Primordial Divine Sect remained absent. He found the Heavenly Demons’ hidden realm with Li Miaoxuan, then entered the Nine Regions Divine Continent and allied with Ling Yi against the demonic threat.

• Lie Shanyu used the Great Sun Sky Patrol Mirror to probe North Spring Grotto-Heaven, but Gu Yuanqing absorbed its solar True Fire and kept the grotto-heaven’s secrets hidden.
• Shadow’s escape attempt exposed the True Demon Incarnation’s theft of the Boundary Pattern Usurping Saber, while Mu Tianheng and Li Lingyun later opened the Boundary Gate and entered the Exquisite World.
• Zhuo Ming tried to seize Gu Yuanqing’s body, but Gu Yuanqing imprisoned him in a Heavenly Law Bell and later learned from Li Miaoxuan that Zhuo Ming was not a complete True God.
• Gu Yuanqing searched the Outer Lands for the Heavenly Demons’ origin and found their hidden realm, where he and Li Miaoxuan hunted demons and strengthened her cultivation.
• After Li Miaoxuan went into seclusion at North Spring Grotto-Heaven, Gu Yuanqing continued hunting demons as Xuan You and the human leaders prepared for war.
• Gu Yuanqing and Ling Yi fought Xuan You’s avatar together, then traveled to the Nine Heavens Sword Sect, where Gu Yuanqing explained his demon hunts and settled to study its records.