Chapter Summaries

Gu Yuanqing confronted Bai Hong after Bai Hong attacked North Spring Mountain, revealing that he had advanced to the Heavenly Human realm. He effortlessly dismantled Bai Hong’s attacks, leaving Bai Hong shocked by Gu Yuanqing’s true cultivation.

• Gu Yuanqing used North Spring Mountain’s power to disperse Bai Hong’s palm seal and returned Li Shi'an to a nearby peak.
• Gu Yuanqing confronted Bai Hong, who had possessed Li Shi'an, and Bai Hong mistakenly assumed Gu Yuanqing was a Void Heaven cultivator.
• Bai Hong attacked Gu Yuanqing with a flying sword, but Gu Yuanqing stopped and captured it between two fingers.
• Bai Hong unleashed his Void Heaven domain and a cauldron attack while Li Shi'an, Ji Dai, and others watched.
• Gu Yuanqing unfolded his Heavenly Human World, extinguished Bai Hong’s flames, and shattered the cauldron, prompting Bai Hong to recognize his realm.

Gu Yuanqing used incense power and the Path of Causality to kill Bai Hong’s true body, then captured his divine soul and freed Bai Xianghui from possession. Bai Xianghui was sent to Repentance Cliff to recover, where he told Bai Jianfei that Gu Yuanqing had defeated the Crimson Cloud Bai Family’s Heavenly Human.

• Gu Yuanqing revealed his Heavenly Human Realm and struck Bai Hong with the Annihilation Blade, killing Bai Hong’s true body through their causal connection.
• Bai Hong tried to escape in the Lunar Bell, but Gu Yuanqing’s Heavenly Human World suppressed and captured him.
• Gu Yuanqing removed Bai Hong’s divine soul from Bai Xianghui, healed Bai Xianghui’s body, and sent him to Repentance Cliff to recover.
• Bai Xianghui told Bai Jianfei that the Crimson Cloud Bai Family had sacrificed him for the World Conflict by sending Bai Hong to possess him.
• Bai Xianghui explained that Gu Yuanqing had captured Bai Hong and likely killed his true body, surprising Bai Jianfei.

Gu Yuanqing killed Bai Hong and tested his newly strengthened cultivation on the Heavenly Ladder, while the Crimson Cloud Bai Clan received signs of a major loss. The chapter left Bai Zongyi realizing that the seven bell tolls announced a momentous event.

• Bai Xianghui told Bai Jianfei that Gu Yuanqing had become a Heavenly Human, leaving Bai Jianfei convinced the Slanting Moon Bai Clan could not contend with him.
• Gu Yuanqing questioned Bai Hong about his origins, then killed him with Formless Calamity Finger when Bai Hong would not provide useful information.
• Gu Yuanqing climbed the Heavenly Ladder again, defeated guardians through the thirty-second level, and narrowly lost to the half-step yin-yang opponent on the thirty-third level.
• Gu Yuanqing briefly appeared at the top of the Heavenly Ladder Rankings before concealing his aura and returning to Dao comprehension.
• Bai Zongyi saw flames, dark clouds, and torrential rain above Flying Immortal Peak, then heard seven bell tolls and recognized that something momentous had happened.

Bai Zongyi faced Bai Zhiyuan after Bai Hong’s soul lamp went out, while Gu Yuanqing continued comprehending the Dao on North Spring Mountain. When the Bai Clan’s investigation tried to retrace Bai Hong’s path, Gu Yuanqing struck through the probing technique and destroyed Shentu Yu’s Heavenly Eye.

• Bai Zhiyuan questioned Bai Zongyi about his claims that Bai Xianghui was in the Floating World and Gu Yuanqing was only in the Void Heaven Initial Realm.
• Bai Zhiyuan told Bai Zongyi that Bai Hong’s soul lamp had gone out and took him to face the Main Family elders.
• Gu Yuanqing noticed golden light signaling that his Saint Martial foundation was transforming into Divine Martial and sensed someone prying into his affairs.
• Shentu Yu used an ancient round mirror to investigate Bai Hong’s death and retrace his journey through the Underworld to the mountain.
• Gu Yuanqing’s golden-red slash broke through the Bai Clan’s defenses and destroyed Shentu Yu’s Heavenly Eye, though Shentu Yu survived.

Shentu Yu warned the Bai Clan that Gu Yuanqing was at least a Three Tribulations Great Cultivator, leaving Bai Zongyi facing blame for provoking him. Gu Yuanqing focused on improving his cultivation and helping his followers, then pulled the Dragon Demon Ancestor from the Heaven and Earth Pool.

• Shentu Yu recovered his damaged treasures and told the Bai Clan that Gu Yuanqing had nearly killed him with techniques spanning worlds.
• Shentu Yu estimated Gu Yuanqing was at least a Three Tribulations Great Cultivator and possibly a yin-yang Mighty Figure, alarming the Bai Clan and frightening Bai Zongyi.
• Bai Zhiyuan escorted Shentu Yu away to recover while Bai Zongyi feared the consequences of his actions.
• Gu Yuanqing considered the Bai Clan no serious threat and spent three months cultivating, refining his Arts and studying the Floating World's boundary.
• Gu Yuanqing met with Li Chengyi and Li Shi'an's group, discussed cultivation, and promised to organize techniques from this world.
• Gu Yuanqing went to the Heaven and Earth Pool and lifted out the Dragon Demon Ancestor.

Gu Yuanqing had the Dragon Demon Ancestor accept a Soul Seal and become his subordinate, then questioned him about cultivation from the Heavenly Change Realm to the Yin-Yang Realm. After three days of discussion, Gu Yuanqing prepared to send Ao Jie back to the Demon Realm before his cultivation declined further.

• The Dragon Demon Ancestor agreed to serve Gu Yuanqing, who eased North Spring Mountain's suppression and sealed a portion of the dragon's divine soul.
• After accepting the Soul Seal, the Dragon Demon Ancestor realized Gu Yuanqing was only in the Heavenly Change Realm and regretted misjudging their earlier battle.
• The Dragon Demon Ancestor transformed into human form, introduced himself as Ao Jie, and pledged to tell Gu Yuanqing everything he knew.
• Gu Yuanqing brought Ao Jie into his courtyard, where they discussed cultivation from Heavenly Change to Yin-Yang for three days.
• Gu Yuanqing offered to send Ao Jie back to the Demon Realm to prevent his cultivation from declining, and Ao Jie asked whether he needed anything done.

Gu Yuanqing released the Dragon Demon Ancestor and told him to resume managing the Demon Realm without disturbing his cultivation. The Ancestor regained his strength, and the Demon Races learned that he had returned as Ao Guang welcomed him and complained about the Royal Races.

• Gu Yuanqing asked the Dragon Demon Ancestor to catch a white, winged, single-horned Strange Beast if fate allowed, and the Ancestor described how its powerful ancestor had once defeated him.
• Gu Yuanqing sent the Dragon Demon Ancestor away from North Spring Mountain, instructing him to handle Demon Realm affairs while leaving Gu Yuanqing undisturbed.
• The Dragon Demon Ancestor sensed that he could not locate North Spring Mountain or remove the Soul Seal branded in his soul, then absorbed demonic qi and resumed his dragon form.
• Xiong Mo and Xiong Ba noticed the Dragon Demon Ancestor's return, while the Tiger Lord, Fox King Su Yue'e, the Demon Ape, and the Demon Phoenix reacted to his aura.
• Ao Guang led the Demonic Dragons to greet the Dragon Demon Ancestor, then complained that the Royal Races had redirected the clan's tributes to Gu Yuanqing.

The Dragon Demon Ancestor returned to Demonic Dragon Mountain and ordered his clan to treat Gu Yuanqing as their superior, then asserted his authority over the Demon Kings. As Gu Yuanqing remained unconcerned on North Spring Mountain, a powerful visitor from the Crimson Cloud Realm arrived at the Slanting Moon Bai Family.

• The Dragon Demon Ancestor forbade Demonic Dragon Clan members from entering the area around Gu Yuanqing’s Immortal Mountain without permission and ordered them to treat Young Master Gu as they would him.
• The Dragon Demon Ancestor told Ao Guang that he would personally deliver the royal races’ offerings and the clan’s share to North Spring Mountain.
• At a gathering of demons, the Dragon Demon Ancestor said the Tiger Lord’s breakthrough to Yin-Yang depended on Young Master Gu’s permission.
• The Dragon Demon Ancestor killed Flathead Bro after the Honey Badger Great Demon demanded that he abdicate.
• Gu Yuanqing sensed events at Demonic Dragon Mountain but chose not to interfere.
• A ninth-layer divine platform Great Cultivator from the Crimson Cloud Realm arrived outside the Slanting Moon Bai Family and announced that his surname was Bai.

Bai Yuebin delivered the Crimson Cloud Bai Family’s order for the Slanting Moon branch to evacuate, leaving the other great families fearful about the world conflict. After three years of combat training, Gu Yuanqing mastered his Heavenly Human World, and the Tiger Lord arrived to request permission to break through to the Yin-Yang Realm.

• Bai Yuebin gave Bai Changbi the Clan Order and commanded the Bai Clan to leave Slanting Moon World because their branch had brought disaster upon the lineage.
• Bai Changbi told Ji Yuhuan that the Bai Clan would withdraw, and Ji Yuhuan summoned the other family heads to discuss what they would do.
• Gu Yuanqing trained against the Dragon Rhinoceros and Luo Yu in the Spiritual Mountain Trial, then spent three years improving his control and concealing his aura.
• The Tiger Lord visited North Spring Mountain and asked Gu Yuanqing for a Permission Order to attempt a breakthrough to the Yin-Yang Realm.

Hu Lie survived the Yin-Yang Great Tribulation and became the Dragon Demon Realm’s second Yin-Yang Great Cultivator while Gu Yuanqing continued guiding his family and allies. Years later, a Nine-Headed Great Serpent appeared at the Demonic Dragon Continent and confronted the Dragon Demon Ancestor.

• Gu Yuanqing allowed Hu Lie to pursue a breakthrough, and Hu Lie later survived the Yin-Yang Great Tribulation over Tiger Mountain.
• Ao Jie ordered Ao Guang to change his name to Ao Ji after Gu Yuanqing said Ao Guang did not deserve a dragon god’s name.
• Xiong Mo told Xiong Ba that his damaged foundation left him little chance of surviving the Yin-Yang Great Tribulation, then promised to reserve more demonic bamboo for him to prepare for heavenly change.
• Li Chengyi forged his divine platform at the fourth level, while Gu Yuanqing developed a cultivation technique for the ten-year-old Gu Siyuan and updated the Scripture Pavilion’s techniques.
• Years later, a Nine-Headed Great Serpent arrived at the edge of the Demonic Dragon Continent, fixed its eighteen eyes on the Dragon Demon Ancestor, and called him a vile dragon.

A Xiangliu-blooded Nine-Headed Serpent invaded the Demon Realm, but the Dragon Demon Ancestor and four demon kings drove it back. The demon kings feared it would recover and return, while Gu Yuanqing concluded that the Demon Realm was more dangerous than he had expected.

• The Nine-Headed Serpent flooded the coast and advanced toward the Dragon Demon Ancestor, drawing Tiger Lord and the other demon kings to the battlefield.
• The Dragon Demon Ancestor fought the serpent and recognized its Xiangliu bloodline, while Tiger Lord severed one of its heads with his divine ability.
• The Dragon Demon Ancestor, Tiger Lord, the Ape King, the Demon Phoenix, and Su Yue'e coordinated their attacks and forced the wounded serpent to retreat.
• The demon kings worried that the serpent would regrow its head and return before the Dragon Demon Ancestor could recover his peak strength.
• The Dragon Demon Ancestor said Gu Yuanqing would not help, and Gu Yuanqing reflected that the Demon Realm was fraught with danger.

Gu Yuanqing continued his cultivation and guided Gu Siyuan while trouble erupted at the Underground Cave, where the Demon Kings faced a surge of powerful magic beasts. As the Nine-Headed Serpent invaded the Dragon Demon World, the Dragon Demon Ancestor confronted him, leaving dangers both within and beyond the realm.

• Xiong Ba survived his Heavenly Tribulation by swallowing a bolt of Heavenly Thunder, and Xiong Mo scolded him before helping him recover.
• Gu Yuanqing cultivated through independent split souls and taught Gu Siyuan, who formed his Dao Embryo at twelve.
• Magic beasts poured from the Underground Cave, prompting the Tiger Lord and other demon experts to fight them across the Dragon Demon Domain.
• The Tiger Lord and Su Yue'e discovered that the cave held many powerful beasts and might conceal a Yin-Yang Realm being.
• The Nine-Headed Serpent forced his way into the Dragon Demon World, and the Dragon Demon Ancestor attacked him as he retreated toward the Underground Cave.

The Dragon Demon Ancestor reported threats from a Yin-Yang Realm beast in the Underground Cave and delivered the demons’ offerings to Gu Yuanqing, who gave him a Jade Talisman bearing his divine soul imprint. Gu Yuanqing then entered the Ancient Realm to hasten his cultivation and arrived in Wuyi City, where a veiled young woman greeted him as someone she had met before.

• The Dragon Demon Ancestor left the Tiger Lord to guard the Underground Cave after sensing a Yin-Yang Realm beast there.
• Su Yue'e remarked that the Tiger Lord had survived his tribulation because Gu Yuanqing no longer cared about the Demon Emperor’s position, and the Tiger Lord said Gu Yuanqing had allowed him to advance.
• The Dragon Demon Ancestor delivered the demons’ offerings to Gu Yuanqing and explained that the Dragon Demon Domain had hidden forces and treasures to face the new threats.
• Gu Yuanqing gave the Dragon Demon Ancestor a Jade Talisman containing his divine soul imprint, then left a strand of divine sense behind to watch over the Demon Realm.
• After several months, Gu Yuanqing entered the Ancient Realm to advance his cultivation and found that his strength there was about eighty percent of its peak.
• Gu Yuanqing flew to Wuyi City, where a veiled young woman approached and greeted him as someone she had met before.

Gu Yuanqing encountered Xiang Feng'er in Wuyi City and declined her invitation to visit the City Lord's Mansion. He then clashed with Yu Yunan and the Sanyang Sect, killing Yu Yunan and the Green-Skirted Woman and leaving the purple-robed elder gravely wounded.

• Xiang Feng'er invited Gu Yuanqing to visit the City Lord's Mansion and offered to show him around Wuyi City, but he declined both offers.
• Gu Yuanqing recognized Yu Yunan outside his courtyard, where Yu Yunan and a purple-robed elder accused him of insulting the Sanyang Sect.
• Yu Yunan attacked Gu Yuanqing with the Yangming Deliverance Hand, but Gu Yuanqing killed him with the Formless Calamity Finger and erased his soul imprint.
• The Green-Skirted Woman and the purple-robed elder attacked Gu Yuanqing, but he destroyed her Jade Hairpin, killed her, and tore through the elder's Boundary Domain.
• Gu Yuanqing's attack nearly killed the purple-robed elder, though a wisp of the elder's divine soul escaped.

Gu Yuanqing escaped Wuyi City after killing a Sanyang Sect True Disciple and wounding his master, prompting the sect to investigate and vow retaliation. As Gu Yuanqing flew toward Dongyuan City, an unseen attacker struck him with a saber.

• A city general moved to pursue Gu Yuanqing, but an elder identified him as an Attendant of Wuyi City, and Xiang Feng'er realized how powerful he was.
• Wan Siyuan and Situ Lin discovered Yu Yunan dead and learned that Qin Yuxin's soul lamp had also gone out near Wuyi City.
• Zhu Qingyu found Zhou Hanmo gravely injured after his divine soul was nearly destroyed in the Ancient Realm and promised to seek an accounting from the Sect Master.
• Li Chengpeng arrived at the ruined Sanyang Sect residence in Wuyi City and searched for someone who knew what had happened.
• Gu Yuanqing traveled toward Dongyuan City while condensing Ancient Coins, then calmly faced a concealed attacker's saber light.

Gu Yuanqing defeated a burly Heavenly Human who repeatedly attacked him, then traveled to Dongyuan City and overheard news about upcoming duels and the mysterious Primordial Realm. The burly man, desperate to find someone capable of killing him, followed Gu Yuanqing to a restaurant and sat across from him.

• A burly man attacked Gu Yuanqing for the sake of a fight, but Gu Yuanqing subdued him and threw him hundreds of miles away.
• The burly man realized Gu Yuanqing could truly kill him and pursued him, hoping for the death he had long sought.
• Gu Yuanqing reached Dongyuan City and waited for its Teleportation Array to open while dining at a restaurant.
• Gu Yuanqing overheard cultivators discuss a duel between Shi Ziqian and Cen Pingshan, events at the Boundless River, and the Primordial Realm.
• Gu Yuanqing sensed someone watching him and saw the burly man enter the restaurant and sit opposite him.

Gu Yuanqing learned from Saber Demon Lü Chen that the Ancient Realm’s Heavenly Humans had endured for ages, driving many mad, and Lü Chen asked him to end his life. After Lü Chen left Dongyuan City, Gu Yuanqing traveled to the Illusionary Spirit Sect, where he unexpectedly encountered Gongsun Miao.

• Lü Chen told Gu Yuanqing that many Heavenly Humans had gone mad over endless ages and been imprisoned by Emperor Wei Wuji.
• Lü Chen revealed that he wanted Gu Yuanqing to erase his spiritual essence, but Gu Yuanqing refused, fearing the attention of whoever had created the Ancient Realm.
• Zhao Qianyu arrived and ordered Lü Chen to leave Dongyuan City, and Lü Chen departed after threatening him.
• Gu Yuanqing decided not to investigate the Ancient Realm’s secrets and traveled by teleportation formation to the Boundless River.
• Gu Yuanqing arrived at the Illusionary Spirit Sect, where True Disciple Gongsun Miao recognized him.

Gu Yuanqing returned to the Illusionary Spirit Sect as a heavenly human, reunited with Yi Yunbo, and learned about the coming Hundred Realms Competition and the Exquisite Worlds. Meanwhile, a saber-wielding heavenly human arrived searching for Gu Yuanqing and nearly killed Gongsun Miao when he refused to answer.

• Gongsun Miao greeted Gu Yuanqing and concealed his displeasure at learning Gu had become a heavenly human.
• Yi Yunbo congratulated Gu Yuanqing, returned his Storage Bag with pills, a cultivation technique, and sixty thousand Ancient Coins, and said all twelve Ancient Fishing Platforms were occupied.
• Gu Yuanqing and Yi Yunbo discussed the Hundred Realms Competition and the Heaven's Pride Ranking as Gu learned more about the Exquisite Worlds.
• A burly heavenly human arrived at the Illusionary Spirit Sect's Residence and demanded that Gongsun Miao reveal where the man in his image was.
• The burly man attacked Gongsun Miao, who escaped ten miles away with a severe wound.

Lu Chen attacked Gongsun Miao at the Boundless River, prompting Qi Lingfeng to intervene before Shang Ziyin subdued Lu Chen with a series of slaps. Lu Zeyu arrived and learned that Lu Chen was looking for Gu Yuanqing, who was staying in the Illusionary Spirit Sect Residence.

• Lu Chen repeatedly slashed at Gongsun Miao until Qi Lingfeng arrived and confronted him.
• Qi Lingfeng and Lu Chen fought, while Gu Yuanqing watched and Yi Yunbo left to attend to his sect.
• Shang Ziyin trapped the fighters in her Wine Realm and slapped Lu Chen several times, interrupting his attacks.
• Lu Zeyu stopped Shang Ziyin from continuing and spoke with Lu Chen, who asked him to summon Gu Yuanqing.
• Yi Yunbo and Qiu Ziqing arrived, and Qiu Ziqing confirmed that Gu Yuanqing was inside the Ancient Realm.

Lu Chen came to the Illusionary Spirit Sect Residence looking for Gu Yuanqing, but Lu Zeyu turned him away by showing him the Great Evolution Furnace. Lu Zeyu then spoke with Gu Yuanqing, who refused to explain the matter but assured him he would not involve the sect; Qiu Ziqing and Yi Yunbo later returned and Qiu asked whether the Sect Master had been there.

• Lu Chen demanded to see a man connected to the Illusionary Spirit Sect, and Lu Zeyu showed him the Great Evolution Furnace, prompting Lu Chen to leave with a threat.
• Qiu Ziqing told Yi Yunbo that Lu Zeyu and Shang had once captured Lu Chen, refined him into an artifact, and sealed him until he died and was reborn.
• Lu Zeyu advised the injured Gongsun Miao to recover fully and skip the Hundred Realms Competition if his divine soul had not healed.
• Gu Yuanqing invited Lu Zeyu to share tea and said he would not drag the Illusionary Spirit Sect into his dispute with Lu Chen.
• Lu Zeyu offered Gu Yuanqing the sect's protection at its residence and invited him to visit; after he left, Qiu Ziqing and Yi Yunbo returned, and Qiu asked whether the Sect Master had been there.