Chapter Summaries

After absorbing a dao soul, Gu Yuanqing advanced his cultivation and gained insight into the Way of Space. When members of the Sanyang Sect confronted him over an alleged murder and stolen treasures, he easily overwhelmed their attacks and wondered why the Exquisite World’s sect disciples seemed so weak.

• Gu Yuanqing emerged from his cultivation with greatly increased mastery of the Way of Water Essence and an early grasp of the Way of Space.
• Qin Yongqing, Shi Kairong, Zhuang Tianlai, and another Sanyang Sect cultivator confronted Gu Yuanqing, accusing him of injuring men and demanding to know where the dao soul was.
• Zhuang Tianlai used a short sword as evidence against Gu Yuanqing, who crushed it and sent its pieces flying at him as sword attacks.
• Gu Yuanqing’s sword light broke through Zhuang Tianlai’s defenses, while Shi Kairong escaped the Ancient Realm using a life-saving method.
• Gu Yuanqing unleashed the Formless Calamity Finger as Qin Yongqing defended himself with the Immovable Black Tortoise Body, and Gu Yuanqing judged the sect disciples unexpectedly weak.

Gu Yuanqing overwhelmed Li Chunyuan, Zhuang Tianlai, and Qin Yongqing in the Ancient Realm, destroying Zhuang Tianlai’s body and taking their abandoned treasures. As reinforcements approached, Gu Yuanqing hid the treasures and discovered a Sanyang Sect tracking spell attached to him.

• Gu Yuanqing used his Formless Calamity Finger and Water Element True Intent to overpower the three cultivators and kill Zhuang Tianlai within the Ancient Realm.
• Li Chunyuan and Qin Yongqing withdrew their Divine Senses to their bodies, while Gu Yuanqing collected their abandoned Ancient Artifacts and Storage Bags.
• Zhuang Tianlai awoke in the Sanyang Realm badly wounded, discovered his Void Heaven World was collapsing, and rushed toward the sect’s main peak.
• Gu Yuanqing spotted an approaching Heavenly Human, concealed himself, and buried the treasures underground while fleeing.
• Gu Yuanqing examined himself and found a concealed Sanyang Sect aura left behind when he destroyed Zhuang Tianlai’s physical body.

Gu Yuanqing erased the Sanyang Sect’s tracking spell and escaped a search by Heavenly Humans by leaving the Ancient Realm. After assimilating his gains into his physical body, he returned to cultivation, while Aunt Feng and Li Shi'an noticed that he seemed distant and changed.

• Gu Yuanqing used his Innate Yin-Yang Great Dao to destroy the tracking aura left by the Sanyang Sect disciples and evaded the elder searching for him.
• As three Heavenly Humans closed in, Gu Yuanqing hid his belongings in a mountain and left the Ancient Realm with the Dao Resonance he had gained.
• Gu Yuanqing merged his insights into his physical body’s Void Heaven World, strengthening his cultivation over more than a dozen days.
• Gu Yuanqing returned to the mountain paths, but Aunt Feng noticed that his manner had grown distant and his smiles seemed merely polite.
• Aunt Feng sought out Li Shi'an, who later visited Gu Yuanqing and also sensed that he had changed; Gu Yuanqing said he was fine and blamed his long seclusion.

Li Chengyi reminded Gu Yuanqing of his family and past after Gu Yuanqing’s cultivation with Dao Souls had dulled his memories and emotions. As Gu Yuanqing revisited his memories through Li Miaoxuan’s portrait, an unexpected visitor arrived at North Spring Mountain.

• Li Shi'an left after realizing Gu Yuanqing understood that comprehending the Dao had diminished his emotions and desires.
• Li Chengyi reminded Gu Yuanqing of his past teachings about preserving his humanity, and Li Haotian showed him Li Miaoxuan’s self-portrait.
• Gu Yuanqing explained that the Dao Soul Years and Dao Marks had diluted his memories and emotions, then decided to examine his past before choosing what to do.
• Gu Yuanqing hung Li Miaoxuan’s portrait in his room and revisited memories of his childhood and the night he first met her.
• Gu Yuanqing recalled that Li Miaoxuan had been a Grandmaster who seemed to know him already, when Yan Zongsheng appeared in the Demon Realm and called for him to meet.

Gu Yuanqing rejected Yan Zongsheng’s warning and request for aid as the Heavenly Human Sacred Hall prepared to evacuate humanity from the boundary domain. The Demon Race’s rulers debated how to respond, ending with Ao Guang asking the Demon Kings what they should do about the humans.

• Yan Zongsheng warned Gu Yuanqing that the Underground Cave was changing and asked him to shelter some humans if their race fell, but Gu Yuanqing dismissed him.
• Yan Zongsheng told Ji Xian that humanity would abandon the Underground Cave’s defenses in seven days and ordered him to evacuate everyone beyond the Eastern Heavenly Chasm.
• The Four Great Royal Races gathered and discussed the humans’ mass evacuation, with Demon Ape suggesting they were threatening to abandon their duty to guard the Underground Cave.
• Demon Phoenix raised the threat posed by Gu Yuanqing, and Su Yue'e and Tiger Lord left Ao Guang to deal with him himself.
• Ao Guang suppressed his anger at the Demon Kings’ taunts and asked what the Demon Race should do about the humans.

Gu Yuanqing reflected on how his heart had changed, gained a sudden insight, and rapidly expanded his Void Heaven World. Its growth triggered a Heavenly Human Tribulation across the Three Realms, but he withdrew his aura before it could descend, leaving Demon Ape and Tiger Lord wondering what had happened.

• Su Yue'e and the demon kings discussed the Human Race's preparations, and Tiger Lord proposed asking them directly about their intentions.
• Gu Yuanqing considered how reason had displaced much of his worldly emotion and wondered whether his heart had changed with a single thought.
• Gu Yuanqing compared North Spring Mountain with the Floating World, gained insight into the Dao, and caused his Void Heaven World to grow at an unprecedented pace.
• A Heavenly Human Tribulation gathered over North Spring Mountain across the Three Realms, and Gu Yuanqing realized his Void Heaven World was not ready to withstand it.
• Gu Yuanqing withdrew his aura and the tribulation pressure faded, while Demon Ape and Tiger Lord turned toward North Spring Mountain in alarm.

Gu Yuanqing monitored the Black Tortoise and the growing war between humans and demons, then welcomed Li Chengyi and Chen Binglan, who asked him to name their second child. The chapter ended when the King of the Underworld arrived at North Spring Mountain and invited Gu Yuanqing to drink with him.

• Tiger Lord and Ape Demon discussed the mysterious human on North Spring Mountain and decided to ask the humans about their plans.
• Xiong Mo and Xiong Ba sensed the Heavenly Tribulation, argued over bamboo, and Xiong Mo knocked Xiong Ba down and took his stalk.
• Gu Yuanqing reassured North Spring Mountain’s cultivators, then checked the Black Tortoise after sensing its heartbeat and observed signs of war between humans and demons.
• Li Chengyi and Chen Binglan told Gu Yuanqing they were expecting another child, and he named the child Gu Siyuan.
• Li Guanrong and Gu Yuanying’s grandson caused trouble on the mountain, so Li Chengyi sent Li Guanrong to Fengtian City to oversee the government.
• The King of the Underworld arrived in a Ghost Chariot, sat across from Gu Yuanqing, and invited him to drink Turbid Wine.

Gu Yuanqing drank Red Dust Wine with the King of the Underworld, who took his Mysterious Light Mirror and helped him recover his sense of self. He left the hall with a changed outlook and reunited warmly with his son, Li Chengyi.

• The King of the Underworld gave Gu Yuanqing Red Dust Wine, whose pain made him relive his past and recognize how cultivation had changed his disposition.
• Gu Yuanqing accepted that he had lost touch with his true heart and resolved that his identity should not be forcibly altered by external influences.
• Gu Yuanqing found the Red Dust Wine flask and realized it could help him counter the erosion of the Dao Souls in the Boundless River; he also discovered the Mysterious Light Mirror was gone.
• Gu Yuanqing left the hall with a transformed aura, and birds and beasts approached him without fear.
• Li Chengyi invited Gu Yuanqing to drink with him, and Gu Yuanqing's warm response made his son realize that his father had recovered.

After restoring his mind and returning to cultivation, Gu Yuanqing witnessed the Human-Demon War erupt as humans and demons clashed near the Underground Cave. Black mist poured from the cave, revealing a horde of bloodthirsty Magic Beasts advancing toward the Iron Eater Tribe.

• Gu Yuanqing learned from Gu Yuanying that the Gu Family had declined but remained safe because of him, then watched Li Chengyi and the others leave North Spring Mountain.
• Gu Yuanqing resumed cultivating and decided to avoid the Ancient Realm while his accumulated Dao Souls settled and he watched the growing conflict in the Demon Realm.
• Gu Yuanqing saw the Tiger Lord challenge the humans as the demon army marched toward their territory, and Xiong Mo warned him that the Underground Cave's Magic Beasts posed a threat to every living being.
• Xiong Mo sensed Yan Zongsheng staking his life in battle with the Human Race Grand Array as Ao Guang's Dragon Roar sounded in the distance.
• Black mist surged from the Underground Cave, prompting Xiong Mo to return to Bamboo Mountain and the Iron Eater Tribe to raise its grand array against the approaching Magic Beasts.

The Human Race withdrew from the Underground Cave and retreated behind the Eastern Dawn Great Chasm, prompting the Demon Race to demand that it resume guarding the cave. As Magic Beasts flooded out and attacked across the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, Gu Yuanqing captured one at North Spring Mountain to examine it.

• Yan Zongsheng faced Ao Guang, the Tiger Lord, and Fox King Su Yue'e across the Eastern Dawn Great Chasm, where the Human Race had withdrawn behind its Grand Formations.
• Ao Guang and the Tiger Lord demanded that the humans return to suppress the Underground Cave, but Yan Zongsheng refused and warned that the humans would fight back if attacked.
• The Demon Phoenix and the Ape King battled Magic Beasts emerging from the Underground Cave while their clans tried to contain those that escaped.
• Magic Beasts spread through the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, killing members of Demon tribes and growing more frenzied as they devoured flesh and blood.
• Gu Yuanqing destroyed three Magic Beasts attacking North Spring Mountain and captured the fourth, discovering that its body was filled with tangible demonic Qi.

Gu Yuanqing observed the magic beasts escaping from the Underground Cave as the Demon Race brought the outbreak under control. When Xiong Mo visited the Gunguns, a Unicorn Strange Beast targeted North Spring Mountain, escaped Gu Yuanqing’s attack, and then stared at him with sudden excitement.

• Gu Yuanqing killed a rat-like magic beast and watched a swarm of mosquitoes devastate the land, concluding that the escaped beasts threatened the Demon Race more than him.
• Gu Yuanqing noticed Ao Ji watching North Spring Mountain, and Xiong Mo identified the Demonic Dragon as a second Heavenly Human tribulation sent by Ao Guang.
• Xiong Mo asked to see the Gunguns, and Gu Yuanqing brought the cubs out to greet him.
• A Unicorn Strange Beast appeared and tried to reach North Spring Mountain, so Xiong Mo used Heaven Devour while Gu Yuanqing struck it with Formless Calamity Finger.
• The Unicorn Strange Beast escaped both attacks unharmed, then circled North Spring Mountain and looked at Gu Yuanqing with growing excitement.

Gu Yuanqing watched the Demon Race struggle to seal the Underground Cave while the Human Race prepared for a decisive conflict, then waited out more than three months on North Spring Mountain. A dragon's roar and surging auras signaled that the great battle between the Human Race and the Demon Race had begun.

• Gu Yuanqing tempted the Strange Beast with Dao Bait, but it vanished before entering North Spring Mountain.
• Demon Ape killed the remaining magic beasts at the Underground Cave, and Tiger Lord, Su Yue'e, and Demon Phoenix prepared to seal its exit.
• Yan Zongsheng and the Seven Great Heavenly Kings discussed their losses, the Human Race's preparations, and the three months needed to complete their formation.
• Gu Yuanqing withdrew North Spring Mountain into the Cultivation World and continued cultivating as battles spread across the Demon Realm.
• More than three months later, a dragon's roar and powerful auras shook the Dragon Demon Realm, and Gu Yuanqing realized the great battle had begun.

Yan Zongsheng and the Human Race held off five demon kings while the Cross-Realm Grand Array carried their people to another world, as the battle threatened the Dragon Demon Realm. At North Spring Mountain, Xiong Mo arrived and turned his attention toward the Depths of the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.

• Yan Zongsheng endured a day of attacks from Ao Guang, Tiger Lord, Demon Ape, Sky Fox, and Demon Phoenix to buy time for the Human Race's evacuation.
• The Human Race Grand Array drew on the world's earth veins and exposed the Dragon Demon Realm's location, prompting the demon kings to demand that it be stopped.
• Yan Zongsheng refused to spend his final trump card, while Heavenly King Jin ordered fresh cultivators to replace those exhausted at the array bases.
• Gu Yuanqing and Xiong Ba discussed the desperate battle, and Gu Yuanqing offered Xiong Ba some Zen Heart Demonic Bamboo.
• Xiong Ba noticed Xiong Mo had arrived, and Xiong Mo turned toward the Depths of the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains with a grave expression.

As the Dragon Demon Ancestor awakened and headed for the Human Lands, Gu Yuanqing learned that the great races held hidden reserves and the Human Race had summoned its own sealed ancestor. Gu Yuanqing prepared to confront the approaching dragon after it appeared to be flying over him.

• Xiong Mo explained that the blood incarnations returning to Demonic Dragon Mountain belonged to the Dragon Demon Ancestor, whose awakening threatened the Human Race and Gu Yuanqing.
• Xiong Mo warned that neither the Iron Eater Tribe nor the Human Race could lightly use their hidden reserves against the Dragon Demon Ancestor.
• Zheng Shize summoned the sealed ancestor Zheng Qishan, who absorbed demonic energy and prepared to fight for the Human Race.
• The Dragon Demon Ancestor fully awakened and flew toward the Human Lands as Gu Yuanqing watched through his Void Piercing Heavenly Eye.
• Gu Yuanqing told Xiong Mo and Xiong Ba to return to the mountain, saying he would not let the dragon fly over his head.

Gu Yuanqing confronted the Dragon Demon Ancestor when the Demon Emperor tried to fly over North Spring Mountain, and proved that the ancestor’s attacks could not shake his mountain domain. As the Dragon Demon Ancestor continued onward, Gu Yuanqing finally launched his own attack.

• Xiong Mo warned Gu Yuanqing to protect himself, then took Xiong Ba back to Bamboo Mountain as the Dragon Demon Ancestor approached.
• Gu Yuanqing merged his domain with North Spring Mountain and demanded that the Dragon Demon Ancestor take another route.
• The Dragon Demon Ancestor ignored Gu Yuanqing and struck North Spring Mountain with lightning, but Gu Yuanqing shattered the clouds with sword qi.
• The Dragon Demon Ancestor slashed through the void, but Gu Yuanqing’s Object Control dispersed the attack without harming the mountain.
• As the Dragon Demon Ancestor came within fifty li, Gu Yuanqing pointed at him and sent the enlarged Demon Subduing Sword slashing toward him.

Gu Yuanqing blocked the Dragon Demon Ancestor from crossing North Spring Mountain, injuring him and stopping his attacks while gaining insight into the Yin-Yang Dao. The Dragon Demon Ancestor refused to retreat and unleashed a vast demonic dragon, leaving Gu Yuanqing facing a threat greater than he had expected.

• Gu Yuanqing wounded the Dragon Demon Ancestor with the Formless Calamity Finger, forcing him to retreat and regenerate.
• Gu Yuanqing told the Dragon Demon Ancestor that North Spring Mountain was closed to him, then neutralized his Yin-Yang attack while studying its principles.
• The Dragon Demon Ancestor tried to see through North Spring Mountain's formation and suffered a backlash that made his eyes bleed.
• The Dragon Demon Ancestor refused to take another route, grew enraged, and gathered demonic qi into an enormous dragon that lunged at North Spring Mountain.
• Xiong Ba stared in shock as Xiong Mo realized the Dragon Demon Ancestor could outmatch the Iron Eater Tribe's control over the territory's demonic qi.

Yan Zongsheng and the human defenders held off the demon kings while the Dragon Demon Ancestor advanced, but Gu Yuanqing stopped the ancestor at North Spring Mountain. The chapter ended as the ancestor attacked Gu Yuanqing with ultimate yin demonic fire.

• Yan Zongsheng endured the demon kings’ assault and threatened to detonate his Boundary Domain rather than let them slaughter the humans.
• Ao Guang resumed attacking the human array formation after the Ape King challenged him, while Su Yue'e and the Tiger Lord sensed the Dragon Demon Ancestor had halted.
• Zheng Qinian and Zheng Shize realized that Gu, a human cultivator from another realm, had likely stopped the Dragon Demon Ancestor in the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.
• Yan Zongsheng laughed as Gu Yuanqing’s intervention bought the humans more time to escape through the Grand Formation.
• Gu Yuanqing faced the Dragon Demon Ancestor on North Spring Mountain as the ancestor unleashed ultimate yin demonic fire that could burn bodies and spirits.

Gu Yuanqing studied the Dragon Demon Ancestor’s Yin-Yang Fire Dao as it failed to damage North Spring Mountain, gaining insight into the power of the Yin-Yang Realm. The attack ended with the mountain intact, while Li Shi'an, Ji Dai, and the others found themselves facing the Dragon Demon Ancestor.

• Gu Yuanqing held the Dragon Demon Ancestor’s demonic Fire Dao outside North Spring Mountain and analyzed it rather than counterattacking.
• The Dragon Demon Ancestor transformed its demonic dragon with the Ancient Dragon Language True Word, unleashing a devastating Yin-Yang Fire Dao that illuminated the Demon Realm.
• Xiong Ba and Xiong Mo watched the attack from Bamboo Mountain, while Gu Yuanqing endured its effects from within North Spring Mountain and gained insight into Yin-Yang transformation and object control.
• The Yin-Yang fires annihilated one another, leaving North Spring Mountain intact and sharpening the Dragon Demon Ancestor’s gaze.
• Li Shi'an, Ji Dai, and the others saw the unfamiliar world around them and spotted the enormous dragon amid the distant clouds and mist.

Gu Yuanqing battled the Dragon Demon Ancestor after North Spring Mountain was briefly shifted into the Demon Realm, using the confrontation to refine his Formless Calamity Finger. The Dragon Demon Ancestor remained dangerous, but Gu Yuanqing continued testing his techniques against it.

• Ji Dai and Li Shi'an saw the Dragon Demon Ancestor and found North Spring Mountain surrounded by the transformed Demon Realm.
• Gu Yuanqing returned the mountain’s surroundings to the Floating World and calmed everyone on North Spring Mountain.
• The Dragon Demon Ancestor resisted Gu Yuanqing’s Formless Calamity Finger, then attacked with clouds, rain, and a massive Thunder Dao spear.
• Gu Yuanqing used the Demon Subduing Sword to break the Thunderclap spear, and the sword cracked the Dragon Demon Ancestor’s talon before being knocked away.
• Gu Yuanqing struck the Dragon Demon Ancestor with a combined palm technique and repeated Formless Calamity Finger attacks, studying how Yin-Yang dao affected their power.

Gu Yuanqing used North Spring Mountain and the Formless Calamity Finger to drive back the Dragon Demon Ancestor, while the Human Race hurried to evacuate through a Spatial Passage. The Dragon Demon Ancestor charged the mountain with his body, only to have his defenses suppressed, giving Gu Yuanqing an opening to wound him with the Demon Subduing Sword and Heavenly Fishing.

• Gu Yuanqing repeatedly struck the Dragon Demon Ancestor with the Formless Calamity Finger, forcing him to retreat as observers were stunned by the battle.
• Xiong Mo contained stray attacks around Bamboo Mountain, while Ao Guang and the Demon Kings at the Eastern Dawn Great Chasm watched the fight and grew uneasy.
• Yan Zongsheng held his position as Human Race members passed through the Spatial Passage, and the Heavenly Kui Divine General ordered the evacuation to finish within a day.
• Gu Yuanqing told the Dragon Demon Ancestor to retreat or take a detour, but the ancestor rejected the suggestion and charged North Spring Mountain with his body.
• The Dragon Demon Ancestor's Yin-Yang defenses and demonic essence were suppressed inside the mountain's Boundary Domain, and Gu Yuanqing cut his claw with the Demon Subduing Sword and drove in the Heavenly Fishing hook.