Chapter Summaries

Gu Yuanqing traveled upstream on the Boundless River and killed Chen Baotian with a single attack after their old enmity resurfaced. Chen Baotian awoke in the Sanyang Sect, badly injured, and learned that Zhou Hanmo had also lost most of his divine soul.

• Yi Yunbo and Qiu Ziqing visited Gu Yuanqing, who confirmed that Lu Chen had attacked him and suffered a setback.
• Gu Yuanqing headed upstream along the Boundless River to fish where fewer cultivators were present.
• Chen Baotian recognized Gu Yuanqing and warned that the Illusionary Spirit Sect could not protect him forever.
• Gu Yuanqing attacked Chen Baotian with the Formless Calamity Finger, destroying his body and divine soul in the Ancient Realm, then took his belongings.
• Chen Baotian awoke in his Sanyang Sect cave residence and learned from the Peak Master that Zhou Hanmo of the Chaoyang Lineage had also had his divine soul slain.

Gu Yuanqing fished in the turbulent upper reaches of the Boundless River and contemplated the balance of its myriad forms of vital energy. Meanwhile, Lu Chen learned that Gu Yuanqing was connected to the Sanyang Sect and began targeting its cultivators as a gift to him.

• Gu Yuanqing settled upstream, where he studied the Dao energy in the river and captured an Upper-Grade Profound Tier Dao Soul.
• Lu Chen watched the Illusionary Spirit Sect's residence while planning how to find Gu Yuanqing without driving him into hiding.
• Zhuang Tianlai approached Lu Chen, identified Gu Yuanqing, and proposed that Lu Chen cooperate with the Sanyang Sect against him.
• Lu Chen killed Zhuang Tianlai with a saber strike, also destroying part of another Void Heaven Cultivator's body.
• Lu Chen decided to target the Sanyang Sect as a gift for Gu Yuanqing and demanded that a nearby Void Heaven Cultivator tell him where its members were.

The Sanyang Sect investigated the slaughter of its disciples and suspected Lu Chen might be connected to the Primordial Realm. Lu Chen blamed the killings on Gu Yuanqing, leaving Gu Yuanqing facing the prospect of Sanyang Sect retaliation.

• Baili Jinghong learned that Lu Chen had killed Sanyang Sect disciples and grievously injured Heavenly Humans, and ordered an investigation into Lu Chen's background.
• Lu Zeyu intercepted Lu Chen when he tried to enter the Illusionary Spirit Sect residence, and Lu Chen asked him to tell Gu Yuanqing that he hoped Gu Yuanqing was satisfied with his gift.
• Qiu Ziqing found Gu Yuanqing and told him that Lu Chen had slaughtered Sanyang Sect disciples and claimed the killings were a gift for him.
• Gu Yuanqing said Lu Chen's actions had nothing to do with him and promised not to involve the Illusionary Spirit Sect if the Sanyang Sect came after him.

Gu Yuanqing rejected the Illusionary Spirit Sect’s offer to intervene in his feud with the Sanyang Sect and resumed cultivating, while the Sanyang Sect’s pursuit of Lu Chen ended in his death and a dangerous clash. Lu Zeyu learned that a Gu Yuanqing might have slain a Heavenly Human across worlds, leaving him curious about his guest elder’s origins.

• Gu Yuanqing thanked Qiu Ziqing for the Illusionary Spirit Sect’s concern but insisted the sect need not intervene in his feud with the Sanyang Sect.
• Qiu Ziqing left, and Gu Yuanqing resumed fishing and cultivating for powerful Dao Souls.
• The Sanyang Sect’s Heavenly Humans surrounded Lu Chen, who ignited his divine soul and destroyed his Heavenly Human World before Liu Ruiyuan and Su Yuheng withdrew to establish a foothold.
• Lu Zeyu told the Illusionary Spirit Sect to avoid direct conflict with the Sanyang Sect and to treat Gu Yuanqing as usual.
• An elder told Lu Zeyu that a Gu Yuanqing might have slain a Heavenly Human across worlds, and Lu Zeyu became curious about his guest elder’s origins.

Bai Yanbin heard of the trouble in the Slanting Moon World and left the matter for the Sanyang Sect to decide. Meanwhile, Gu Yuanqing caught a powerful Dao Soul at the Boundless River, then watched Tang Yi and Liu Ruiyuan clash as Shang Ziyin arrived and he asked whether Liu Ruiyuan had come looking for him.

• Bai Kangping told Bai Yanbin that the Bai Clan suspected a Great Cultivator was using the Floating World to enter the Exquisite Realms, and Bai Yanbin said he would report the matter to the Sanyang Sect.
• Gu Yuanqing caught and sealed an Upper Earth Tier Three-legged Golden Crow Dao Soul, then declined Tang Yi's offer to buy it.
• Tang Yi and Liu Ruiyuan fought above the Boundless River, drawing cultivators to watch as Gu Yuanqing observed their techniques.
• Shang Ziyin arrived beside Gu Yuanqing and said she had come after sensing Liu Ruiyuan, and Gu Yuanqing asked whether Liu Ruiyuan had come looking for him.

Gu Yuanqing waited out a prolonged battle between Heavenly Humans, refined the Dao Souls he had caught, and learned that Liu Ruiyuan of the Sanyang Sect had been searching for him. After the Boundless River calmed, he resumed fishing, but someone from the Sanyang Sect approached, and Gu Yuanqing prepared to face them.

• Shang Ziyin warned Gu Yuanqing that the Sanyang Sect was dangerous before leaving the turbulent Boundless River.
• Gu Yuanqing hid in a valley and spent three days refining Dao Souls, gaining greater mastery of the Dao of Li Fire.
• Gu Yuanqing returned to watch the continuing battle between Liu Ruiyuan of the Sanyang Sect and Tang Yi of the Wuchen Sect, then learned that Liu had originally come looking for him.
• Yi Yunbo learned that Gu Yuanqing had slain Chen Baotian’s Ancient Realm body and warned him that the Sanyang Sect would seek revenge.
• After the river calmed and the Dao Souls’ influence faded, Gu Yuanqing resumed fishing and sensed someone approaching, remarking that the newcomer seemed eager to die.

Gu Yuanqing refused the Sanyang Sect’s demand to join them and prepared to face Liu Ruiyuan and Chen Baotian. Lu Zeyu defended Gu Yuanqing’s standing in the Illusionary Spirit Sect but stepped aside, leaving the confrontation to Gu Yuanqing.

• Gu Yuanqing decided to stop avoiding the Sanyang Sect and kill anyone who came after him.
• Liu Ruiyuan and Chen Baotian confronted Gu Yuanqing, and Liu Ruiyuan offered him a Guest Elder position if he joined the Sanyang Sect.
• Lu Zeyu appeared and declared that Gu Yuanqing was a Guest Elder of the Illusionary Spirit Sect, while Chen Baotian recoiled in fear under Lu Zeyu’s gaze.
• Gu Yuanqing claimed responsibility for killing the Sanyang Sect Elder and told Lu Zeyu he would handle the grievance himself.
• Lu Zeyu stepped aside but remained nearby, and Gu Yuanqing challenged Liu Ruiyuan and Chen Baotian to attack him together.

Gu Yuanqing fought the Sanyang Sect’s Tan Ziping and Liu Ruiyuan, revealing strength far beyond the first tribulation of heavenly change. After killing Tan Ziping, he faced Liu Ruiyuan alone, appearing evenly matched without using Dharma Treasures.

• Tan Ziping challenged Gu Yuanqing and used his Mind Mirror Technique to repeatedly break the Formless Calamity Finger.
• Gu Yuanqing combined several sect techniques into a palm strike that trapped Tan Ziping and forced him to burn his power to resist.
• Liu Ruiyuan attacked Gu Yuanqing with the Floating Dust Seal and urged Tan Ziping to leave the Ancient Realm.
• Gu Yuanqing repelled the seal and unleashed the North Spring Mountain Shadow, destroying Tan Ziping’s body and most of his divine soul.
• Liu Ruiyuan attacked Gu Yuanqing with both Dharma Treasures and Sanyang Sect secret arts, while Chen Baotian and Lu Zeyu recognized Gu Yuanqing’s overwhelming strength.

Gu Yuanqing used his battle with Liu Ruiyuan to refine his arts before turning the fight around and declaring Liu Ruiyuan’s Dao too weak. He trapped Liu Ruiyuan in a vast ocean manifested within his Heavenly Human Realm, leaving the clash unresolved.

• Gu Yuanqing and Liu Ruiyuan fought evenly at first, while Gu Yuanqing improved his Formless Calamity Finger during the battle.
• Gu Yuanqing increased his pressure until Liu Ruiyuan could only defend, while Chen Baotian and other cultivators watched with growing concern.
• After another quarter of an hour, Gu Yuanqing said he had learned all he could from the fight and abruptly expanded his Heavenly Human Realm around Liu Ruiyuan.
• Liu Ruiyuan mistook Gu Yuanqing’s wide-open Realm for a reckless weakness, burned his Divine Soul, and charged at him with his treasures.
• Gu Yuanqing called Liu Ruiyuan’s Dao too weak and manifested a vast ocean that halted Liu Ruiyuan and began suppressing his Nine Yang Cauldron.

Gu Yuanqing killed Liu Ruiyuan and Chen Baotian after defeating them in the Ancient Realm, then spoke with Lu Zeyu about the Illusionary Spirit Sect’s inability to protect him from the Sanyang Sect. He accepted that his feud with the Sanyang Sect had begun and looked forward to whatever battles followed.

• Liu Ruiyuan burned his soul origin to drive out Gu Yuanqing’s invading water qi, but Gu Yuanqing froze and destroyed his body, Heavenly Human World, and divine soul.
• Gu Yuanqing killed Chen Baotian as he tried to flee, ending the battle and prompting the Sanyang Sect’s distant cultivators to withdraw.
• Gu Yuanqing collected the Nine Yang Cauldron, Floating Dust Seal, and Storage Bag from the void.
• Lu Zeyu apologized for being unable to guarantee Gu Yuanqing’s safety and warned that the Sanyang Sect would seek revenge for Liu Ruiyuan and the other dead cultivators.
• Gu Yuanqing told Lu Zeyu he would face whatever the Sanyang Sect sent, saying that killing enough of them would make them afraid.
• After Lu Zeyu left, Gu Yuanqing accepted that conflict with the Sanyang Sect had begun and looked forward to the battles ahead.

Gu Yuanqing spoke with Tang Yi and Qiu Ziqing after defeating Liu Ruiyuan, then went upstream along the Boundless River to refine the Dao Souls he had collected. In the Sanyang Realm, Tan Ziping warned Baili Jinghong that Gu Yuanqing was dangerous, but Baili learned that Liu Ruiyuan’s divine soul had been annihilated.

• Tang Yi praised Gu Yuanqing for defeating Liu Ruiyuan and invited him to visit the Wuchen Sect and Myriad Soldier Valley, where he could choose a divine weapon.
• Qiu Ziqing arrived and spoke with Gu Yuanqing before they parted, and Gu Yuanqing searched upstream for a suitable fishing spot.
• Gu Yuanqing found the Boundless River too turbulent for fishing and decided to refine the Dao Souls he had collected.
• Tan Ziping told Baili Jinghong that Gu Yuanqing had badly injured him and that Liu Ruiyuan might be in danger.
• Baili Jinghong learned that Liu Ruiyuan was losing to his opponent and prepared to send his split soul to intervene.
• Baili Jinghong received word that Liu Ruiyuan had awakened, but the divine soul he sent into the Ancient Realm had been completely annihilated.

Gu Yuanqing refined Liu Ruiyuan’s Nine Yang Cauldron and Floating Dust Seal after defeating his divine soul in the Ancient Realm. As the Sanyang Sect hesitated over how to respond, Gu Yuanqing tested the treasures and prepared to keep them when he left the Ancient Realm.

• The Sanyang Sect’s Baili Jinghong vowed that Gu Yuanqing would pay for repeatedly attacking its elders.
• Gu Yuanqing refined the Dao Souls he had collected, then began removing Liu Ruiyuan’s imprint from the Nine Yang Cauldron and Floating Dust Seal.
• Gu Yuanqing gained preliminary control of both treasures, and Liu Ruiyuan sensed their loss while recovering from his injuries.
• The Sanyang Sect held back from acting until it could learn more about Gu Yuanqing’s capabilities.
• Gu Yuanqing tested the Floating Dust Seal by crushing a hill and found that the Nine Yang Cauldron strengthened his defenses by thirty percent.

Gu Yuanqing prepared for the Sanyang Sect’s response while fishing in the Ancient Realm, and the sect decided to send Pei Yutang to challenge him. After Qiu Ziqing warned him about Pei Yutang’s extraordinary reputation, Gu Yuanqing awaited the encounter, but a disturbance in his divine soul suggested something had happened to his original self.

• Gu Yuanqing continued fishing, nurturing his Two Dharma Treasures, and preparing for a confrontation with the Sanyang Sect.
• Baili Jinghong learned that the Primordial Realm could not identify Gu Yuanqing and planned to send Pei Yutang against him.
• Gu Yuanqing sold lesser Dao Souls through Yi Yunbo after the Sanyang Sect’s defeat made others wary of approaching him.
• Qiu Ziqing warned Gu Yuanqing that Pei Yutang, a once-favored Sanyang Sect prodigy, would soon come to settle their grievances.
• Gu Yuanqing welcomed the prospect of facing Pei Yutang, then sensed a disturbance as his original self recalled part of his divine soul from the Floating World.

The Mountain-Bearing Divine Turtle awakened and carried North Spring Mountain through the sea, while an invisible barrier protected the island when it submerged. Gu Yuanqing adapted to the change, consolidated his Ancient Realm insights, and continued cultivating as the story left Pei Yutang’s possible arrival in the Ancient Realm unresolved.

• Gu Yuanqing hid his treasures in the Ancient Realm and returned to find that the Mountain-Bearing Divine Turtle had awakened and begun carrying North Spring Mountain across the sea.
• Li Shi'an and the others watched the island sink beneath the waves, where an invisible barrier protected it and the Divine Turtle swam steadily onward.
• Gu Yuanqing told everyone to remain on the mountain and postponed returning to the Ancient Realm so he could consolidate his insights.
• Gu Yuanqing spent nearly half a month integrating his experiences, then concluded that his split soul should return to his original body about once every three months.
• Gu Yuanqing checked the Demon Realm, where the Nine-Headed Serpent remained near the Dragon Demon Realm and the Tiger Lord's split soul guarded the Underground Cave's exit.
• Gu Yuanqing suspected Pei Yutang might have reached the Boundless River but chose to focus on cultivation rather than answer the Sanyang Sect's challenge.

After reviving, Saber Demon Lu Chen attacked the Sanyang Sect in the Misty Forest to avenge his death, then died again when its Heavenly Humans cornered him. Meanwhile, Pei Yutang questioned Lu Zeyu about Gu’s whereabouts, and Lu Zeyu maintained that the Illusionary Spirit Sect would not interfere in their feud.

• Lu Chen revived after the full moon, remembered that Liu Ruiyuan of the Sanyang Sect had killed him, and set out to take revenge.
• Lu Chen ambushed Sanyang Sect disciples in the Misty Forest, killing several before its three-tribulation Heavenly Humans surrounded him and he detonated his divine soul.
• Baili Jinghong ordered Changyang to investigate why Lu Chen had targeted the Sanyang Sect, then asked whether there was news of Pei Yutang and Gu.
• Pei Yutang asked Lu Zeyu whether Gu was inside the Illusionary Spirit Sect Residence, and Lu Zeyu reiterated that he would not interfere in Gu’s feud with the Sanyang Sect.
• Pei Yutang left after declining a possible fight with Qian, while Lu Zeyu complained privately that he had to handle the sect’s affairs himself.

Gu Yuanqing returned to the Ancient Realm while Pei Yutang waited by the Boundless River to challenge him, but Gu Yuanqing calmly went fishing instead. Meanwhile, Little Fox survived her human-form Calamity and discovered she had become a little girl.

• Cultivators at the Boundless River discussed Pei Yutang’s return and wondered why Gu Divine Fisher had not appeared.
• Gongsun Miao mocked Gu Divine Fisher for avoiding Pei Yutang, while Yi Yunbo defended him and later met Qiu Ziqing.
• Li Chengyi sensed that the Mountain-Bearing Divine Turtle had moved closer to the Cultivation World’s mainland, then followed Little Fox to witness her human-form Calamity.
• Little Fox transformed into a little girl with two fox tails and lamented that she was too young to face Li Chengyi.
• Gu Yuanqing guided Li Chengyi in comprehending the Floating World’s Daos, then returned to the Ancient Realm after checking on the Mountain-Bearing Divine Turtle.
• Gu Yuanqing sensed Pei Yutang waiting at the Boundless River, ignored the implied challenge, and went fishing, where an Illusionary Spirit Sect cultivator recognized him.

Gu Yuanqing continued fishing by the Boundless River despite warnings that Pei Yutang was waiting to challenge him. When Pei Yutang finally caught up with him, the two began to fight, and Pei Yutang discovered Gu Yuanqing’s mastery of spatial arts.

• Qiu Ziqing warned Gu Yuanqing that Pei Yutang, a peak heavenly transformation cultivator seeking a breakthrough, had been waiting for him at the Boundless River.
• Gu Yuanqing caught an Upper Earth Tier Dao Soul, then injured Qi Jun with a finger strike when Qi Jun came to investigate him.
• Qi Jun told Pei Yutang that Gu Yuanqing was fishing by the Boundless River, and Pei Yutang set out to confront him.
• Gu Yuanqing flew away from the river, and Pei Yutang followed him before attacking with his spear.
• Gu Yuanqing evaded Pei Yutang’s Yin-Yang spear attack with Spatial Art, prompting Pei Yutang to grow wary of his mastery.

Gu Yuanqing and Pei Yutang fought an intense battle at the banks of the Boundless River, each seeking to temper his mastery against a worthy opponent. By past midnight, Pei Yutang had unleashed a powerful spear technique, but Gu Yuanqing kept evading it with Spatial Arts, prompting Pei Yutang to demand a direct confrontation.

• Gu Yuanqing took Pei Yutang seriously and met his spear techniques with the Nine Yang Cauldron, Formless Calamity Finger, and Myriad Manifestations Palm.
• Qiu Ziqing, Lu Zeyu, and Shang Ziyin watched the battle as Lu Zeyu recognized Gu Yuanqing's strength and speculated that a Secret Realm had accelerated his mastery.
• Zhou Zhengchu arrived at the Boundless River but watched from afar instead of intervening.
• Gu Yuanqing studied the traces in Pei Yutang's Yin-Yang transformations while both fighters used the battle to hone their skills.
• Pei Yutang struggled to break through Gu Yuanqing's defenses and unleashed a spear attack combining Wind Dao, Thunder Dao, and Fire Dao.
• Gu Yuanqing repeatedly escaped the spear with Spatial Arts, and Pei Yutang's aura began to wane as he demanded that Gu Yuanqing fight him head-on.

Gu Yuanqing thwarted Pei Yutang’s attempt to use their battle to advance his Divine Soul, then escaped the Sanyang Sect’s pursuit. After deciding he could not safely risk entering the Ancient Realm but needed to deal with the sect to fish at the Boundless River, he headed for the Misty Forest to strike back.

• Gu Yuanqing stopped attacking when Pei Yutang neared a breakthrough, then fled as Pei Yutang pursued him.
• Lu Zeyu and Shang Ziyin discussed Pei Yutang’s interrupted progress and their own plans for tribulations.
• Gu Yuanqing evaded Pei Yutang and the pursuing Sanyang Sect experts, while Pei Yutang vowed to kill him at the Boundless River.
• Gu Yuanqing weighed the risks of entering the Ancient Realm and concluded he had to deal with the Sanyang Sect to fish in peace.
• Gu Yuanqing spent several days recovering and refining Dao Souls, then returned to Dongyuan City and set off for the Misty Forest.

Gu Yuanqing infiltrated the Sanyang Sect’s Misty Forest to find its divine soul great medicine and followed two disciples to Spiritual Dragon Medicine Valley. He entered the valley unseen and discovered a great medicine guarded by a dragon-shaped demon soul, which noticed him.

• Gu Yuanqing reached the Misty Forest, avoided the Sanyang Sect’s residence, and searched for one of its medicine valleys.
• Qi Rong and Li Haitao left the sect, and Gu Yuanqing secretly followed them toward Spiritual Dragon Medicine Valley.
• The two disciples entered the valley’s concealed formation and presented the Peak Master’s command to the purple-robed heavenly human guarding it.
• The purple-robed man sensed an intruder and questioned the disciples, while Gu Yuanqing appeared inside the valley using a spatial secret art.
• Gu Yuanqing saw the spirit plants and the towering divine soul great medicine, but the dragon-shaped demon soul atop the tree opened its eyes and noticed him.