Chapter Summaries

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.

Gu Yuanqing reflected on his Void Heaven World as years passed and his family grew. After Li Chengyi sought his approval to conquer Great Zhou, Great Qian united the Floating World with little resistance.

• Gu Yuanqing judged his Void Heaven World to have reached lesser attainment and continued cultivating in seclusion.
• Chen Binglan gave birth to Li Guanrong, and Gu Yuanqing visited the Imperial Palace to hold his new grandson.
• Two years later, Li Chengyi visited Gu Yuanqing and sought approval to send troops against Great Zhou; Gu Yuanqing agreed, warning him to avoid excessive bloodshed.
• One month later, Li Chengyi led Great Qian's army toward Great Zhou, whose emperor, Duanmu Jing, surrendered and offered the Imperial Heirloom Seal.
• Great Qian named Duanmu Jing the King of Zhou, and surrounding countries declared themselves vassals, uniting the Floating World under Great Qian within a month.

After Li Chengyi’s sacrifice strengthened the Human Dao Aura, Gu Yuanqing used his insights to expand his Void Heaven Domain, but North Spring Mountain’s growing power tore open space and carried it into a realm with a more complete Dao. He discovered that the apparent Island was the shell of an enormous Black Tortoise.

• Li Chengyi performed the ancient sacrifices, and Gu Yuanqing gained three days of insight from the Human Dao Aura.
• Gu Yuanqing infused geng metal qi and kui water qi into his Void Heaven World, strengthening it until his Void Heaven Domain expanded to a radius of three hundred meters.
• Gu Yuanqing stopped restraining North Spring Mountain, and a spatial rift transported it into an unfamiliar realm.
• Gu Yuanqing explored the realm and found its Dao more complete and its space more stable than the Floating World’s.
• Gu Yuanqing sensed a thump beneath the Island and discovered that it rested on the shell of a gigantic sleeping Black Tortoise.

Gu Yuanqing observed the Floating World evolve as North Spring Mountain linked it to the Demon Realm and a new world, while its people and cultivation flourished over the years. He then saw an all-out war erupt between the Demon Race and Human Race, and Xiong Mo asked whether he would intervene.

• Gu Yuanqing discovered a colossal Mountain-Bearing Divine Turtle and returned to North Spring Mountain to observe it without disturbing it.
• As Gu Yuanqing studied space and Dao Resonance, North Spring Mountain linked the Floating World to the new world and helped the Floating World expand and evolve.
• Over the next dozen years, Great Qian prospered under Li Chengyi, cultivation spread rapidly, and Li Guanrong grew into a mischievous boy.
• Gu Yuanqing used his Void Piercing Heavenly Eye to witness the Demon Race and Human Race fighting across their territories.
• Xiong Mo manifested beside North Spring Mountain and asked Gu Yuanqing whether he truly intended not to help.

Gu Yuanqing watched the demons overrun a Human Race city, then killed the demons who trespassed on his leased territory at North Spring Mountain. When the Mantis attacked, Gu Yuanqing forced it out of the Void and prepared to strike.

• Gu Yuanqing confirmed with Xiong Mo that the three thousand li around North Spring Mountain remained his leased territory.
• Ji Xian fought three Heavenly Human Great Demons, was badly wounded, and ordered the Human Race to retreat while he held them off.
• Ji Xian and the other defenders bought time for the humans to evacuate, then escaped as the demons overwhelmed the city.
• Demons entering Gu Yuanqing's territory attacked him, and he used the Demon Subduing Formation to kill them and collect their Demon Cores.
• The Mantis flew toward North Spring Mountain, but Gu Yuanqing used the Formless Calamity Finger to force it out of the Void.

Gu Yuanqing killed a two-tribulation Mantis Great Demon near North Spring Mountain, demonstrating his immense strength as the Blood Moon stirred the demons’ killing intent. Meanwhile, Yan Zongsheng assessed the worsening crisis and the Sacred Hall’s unfinished preparations for war.

• Gu Yuanqing used the Demon Subduing Sword and Green Mountain Phantom to destroy the Mantis Great Demon and stop its collapsing heavenly human world a thousand miles from North Spring Mountain.
• The demons nearby fled in fear, while Xiong Mo and Xiong Ba watched from Bamboo Mountain and speculated about Gu Yuanqing’s cultivation and the Mantis Tribe’s losses.
• Yan Zongsheng discussed the Blood Moon’s effects with Xing Shizhao, who reported that only seventy-four of the one hundred and eight required Formation Base Artifacts had been forged.
• Yan Zongsheng ordered the Array Tools prioritized and considered abandoning the Underground Cave, though doing so might let the Demon Race’s great Royal Races enter the battlefield.

Ao Guang gathered the demon kings and warned that the Human Race’s retreat might conceal a plan for Yan Zongsheng to reach the Yin-Yang Realm. He presented Lou Wanrong, who blamed Gu Yuanqing and his hidden mountain for the demons’ disappearances, while Gu Yuanqing anticipated that the demons might soon come for him.

• Ao Guang told the demon kings that the Human Race’s retreat and the resources sent to the Heavenly Human Sacred Hall could signal Yan Zongsheng’s breakthrough to the Yin-Yang Realm.
• Ao Guang cited Gu Yuanqing’s strength, including his killing of Xuan Ren from a thousand li away, as evidence that the human in the Iron Eater Tribe could be a threat.
• Lou Wanrong appeared before the demon kings, and Ao Guang invited them to hear his account.
• Lou Wanrong linked the demons’ missing clansmen to Gu Yuanqing, his mountain, and their shared connection to the way of space.
• Gu Yuanqing sensed that the demons might soon drive him from the Demon Realm and resolved to slaughter them for demon cores if they came after him.

The Tiger Lord and Fox King confronted Gu Yuanqing at North Spring Mountain over the disappearance of their clansmen and accused him of stealing Demon Race bloodlines. A middle-aged man revealed himself as the source of their information, and Gu Yuanqing recognized him as a Heavenly Human using the Heavenly Demon Sword’s Split Soul.

• The Tiger Lord and Fox King arrived at Iron Eater Tribe territory and pressed Xiong Mo to let them pass so they could question Gu Yuanqing.
• Xiong Mo and Xiong Ba watched the demon kings head for North Spring Mountain and worried that Gu Yuanqing was in serious trouble.
• Gu Yuanqing sensed the approaching demons, strengthened his connection to North Spring Mountain, and awaited them.
• The Tiger Lord and Fox King accused Gu Yuanqing of taking Sky Fox clansmen, but he denied leaving his mountain or holding them.
• A middle-aged man stepped forward and accused Gu Yuanqing of stealing Demon Race bloodlines to sow discord and hide Yan Zongsheng’s breakthrough; Gu Yuanqing recognized his Heavenly Demon Sword Split Soul and challenged the demon kings for believing him.

Gu Yuanqing faced Tiger Lord and Su Yue'e over the missing tiger and fox cubs, then returned both cubs after Su Yue'e agreed to let the matter go. The assembled demons reacted greedily to the cubs, prompting Su Yue'e to reveal her true form as Tiger Lord shouted at her.

• Tiger Lord demanded that Gu Yuanqing open North Spring Mountain's array, while Xiong Mo explained that Su Yue'e would not abandon the search for her daughter.
• Su Yue'e offered to forgive Gu Yuanqing if her daughter was unharmed, then struck the middle-aged man when he tried to intervene.
• Tiger Lord offered to drop the matter if Gu Yuanqing returned his tribe's cub, and Su Yue'e agreed to take the middle-aged man as well.
• Ao Guang objected to Su Yue'e handing over his guest, but she repeatedly dispersed his projection and Gu Yuanqing summoned Young Fox and Young Tiger.
• Gu Yuanqing returned the two cubs and said he would face the demon kings himself, but the surrounding demons eyed the cubs hungrily and Su Yue'e transformed as Tiger Lord shouted at her.

Su Yue'e and Tiger Lord recovered their clansmen and confronted Ao Guang after Gu Yuanqing killed the Heavenly Demon Sword Master's split soul. Ao Guang recognized Little White Fox as possessing a yao spirit sacred body, alarming Su Yue'e as his aura frightened the cub.

• Tiger Lord and Su Yue'e drove off the Unicorn Strange Beast and welcomed their returned tiger cub and Little White Fox.
• Su Yue'e sent the middle-aged man, a split soul of the Heavenly Demon Sword Master, to Gu Yuanqing, who destroyed him and erased his divine soul.
• Ao Guang arrived and accused Su Yue'e of disrespecting Demonic Dragon Mountain, while she and Tiger Lord asserted the Four Great Royal Races answered only to the Demon Emperor.
• Ao Guang noticed Little White Fox and identified her as having a yao spirit sacred body, frightening her with his aura.
• Su Yue'e warned Ao Guang not to go too far as she comforted Little White Fox.

Ao Guang demanded Gu Yuanqing reveal how he had cleansed two cubs of demonic qi, then attacked North Spring Peak when Gu refused. Gu Yuanqing repelled Ao Guang’s ancient Dragon Language attack, leaving the demon king’s silver lightning dragon destroyed.

• Ao Guang saw that the two cubs had become spirit beasts and demanded Gu Yuanqing explain how he had cleansed their demonic qi.
• Gu Yuanqing refused Ao Guang’s offer of protection and challenged it to test his strength at North Spring Peak.
• Ao Guang summoned demonic Rain Dao over North Spring Peak, but Gu Yuanqing’s mountain turned it into ordinary rain.
• Ao Guang used the ancient Dragon Language to summon a powerful silver dragon of lightning, alarming the Tiger Lord and Fox King.
• Gu Yuanqing used North Spring Mountain’s power to seize the silver dragon and crush it despite Ao Guang’s attempt to detonate its Thunder Dao.

Ao Guang's attack on Gu Yuanqing failed, and Gu Yuanqing injured him with the Formless Calamity Finger, revealing strength that shocked the Tiger Lord and Fox King. Enraged, Ao Guang began casting a forbidden spell, forcing the demons to flee as Xiong Mo ordered the formation activated.

• Ao Guang realized Gu Yuanqing had easily neutralized the Dragon Race True Word, while the Tiger Lord and Fox King reassessed Gu Yuanqing's strength.
• Gu Yuanqing dismissed Ao Guang's power and reached for him with an enormous hand, but Ao Guang enlarged himself and crushed it.
• Gu Yuanqing struck Ao Guang with the Formless Calamity Finger, mangling part of the dragon's body despite his bloodline's resistance to Spell Arts.
• Ao Guang expanded to thousands of yards long and began reciting the Ancient Dragon Language True Word.
• Su Yue'e warned the demons to retreat, the Tiger Lord swept them away with a gale, and Xiong Mo ordered the formation activated.

Ao Guang unleashed the Demonic Dragon Clan’s forbidden spell, Dragon God Burial World, and sent its Yin-Yang Great Millstone crashing down on North Spring Mountain. Gu Yuanqing used North Spring Mountain’s Object Control to wrest the Yin-Yang power from Ao Guang, gaining sudden insight into the Dao as Ao Guang sensed his spell losing strength.

• Ao Guang ignored Gu Yuanqing’s attacks while chanting in dragon tongue and formed a vast Yin-Yang Vortex above North Spring Mountain.
• Ao Guang completed Dragon God Burial World, and the Yin-Yang Great Millstone descended toward North Spring Peak as Su Yue'e, Xiong Mo, and Yan Zongsheng recognized the forbidden spell’s danger.
• Gu Yuanqing observed the Yin-Yang Dao through North Spring Mountain’s power as the millstone entered the mountain’s range.
• Gu Yuanqing used Object Control to free the Yin-Yang power from Ao Guang’s command, and Ao Guang felt the power of his Great Millstone rapidly draining.

Ao Guang unleashed Dragon God Burial World against North Spring Mountain, but Gu Yuanqing used the mountain to absorb its power and deepen his understanding of the Yin-Yang Dao. Unable to overpower the mountain, Ao Guang detonated the Yin-Yang Great Millstone, sending a devastating shock wave across the land.

• Ao Guang expanded Dragon God Burial World and gathered demonic qi from nearly six thousand li to strengthen the Yin-Yang Great Millstone.
• The Tiger Lord and Fox King Su Yue'e realized Ao Guang wanted to glimpse the Yin-Yang Realm and possibly break the Iron Eater Tribe's protective formations.
• Gu Yuanqing absorbed the Yin-Yang qi into North Spring Mountain, increasing its spiritual qi and advancing his Void Heaven World as he studied the Yin-Yang Dao.
• Ao Guang saw the millstone's power weakening as North Spring Mountain swallowed it, and feared his plan would fail.
• Ao Guang used Dragon Tongue True Word to make the Yin-Yang powers clash, causing the millstone to explode and unleash a vast shock wave.

Ao Guang’s Forbidden Spell devastated the area around North Spring Mountain but left Gu Yuanqing and the mountain unharmed. Gu Yuanqing counterattacked, and the weakened Ao Guang fled toward Demonic Dragon Mountain, leaving the gathered demons stunned.

• Ao Guang’s Forbidden Spell leveled the surrounding land, while Tiger Lord and Su Yue'e calmed the Gale and Xiong Mo confirmed that a Bamboo Mountain array node had been destroyed.
• Ao Guang summoned rain to clear the dust, and Tiger Lord determined that the Boundary Domain had been damaged but was recovering, preventing another Underground Cave from forming.
• North Spring Mountain reappeared unharmed with Gu Yuanqing standing atop it, and he sent the Demon Subduing Sword after Ao Guang.
• Gu Yuanqing used the Heavenly Fishing Method to restrain Ao Guang with a Green Mountain Phantom, but Ao Guang burned his Dragon Core’s source essence and escaped after being wounded by the sword.
• Gu Yuanqing retrieved the Dragon Blood and flesh, while Tiger Lord, the Fox King, Xiong Mo, and the other demons stared in disbelief at Ao Guang’s retreat.

After Ao Guang fled North Spring Mountain, Gu Yuanqing reflected on the battle and the mountain’s power while the demons and other observers reckoned with what they had witnessed. The chapter left Su Yue'e examining Little White Fox on Sky Fox Mountain.

• Ao Guang fled, and Su Yue'e and the Tiger Lord led their forces away from North Spring Mountain.
• Gu Yuanqing surveyed the devastation, withdrew North Spring Mountain into space, and contemplated how Object Control had protected it.
• Xiong Ba and Xiong Mo discussed Gu Yuanqing’s strength before repairing the damaged array on Bamboo Mountain.
• Yan Zongsheng lamented that Gu Yuanqing would not assist the Sacred Hall.
• Li Shi'an and Ji Dai asked Gu Yuanqing about the mountain’s disturbance, but he called it a resolved minor matter and sent them back down the mountain.
• Gu Yuanqing made North Spring Mountain reappear above the Sea Islands as Su Yue'e examined Little White Fox on Sky Fox Mountain.