Chapter Summaries

Gu Yuanqing entered the Sanyang Sect’s Medicine Valley and killed Qin Licheng, then collected the ripe Spirit Dragon Fruits and other treasures. After breaking into Qin Licheng’s cultivation chamber, he found books and Jade Slips, while Sanyang Sect reinforcements could still arrive.

• Gu Yuanqing examined the Spirit Dragon Fruits as Qin Licheng confronted him and activated the valley’s array formation.
• Gu Yuanqing trapped Qin Licheng with a net of true essence and destroyed his body and divine soul with the Formless Calamity Finger and North Spring Mountain Shadow.
• Qi Rong and Li Haitao tried to escape the Ancient Realm, but Gu Yuanqing destroyed their physical bodies, leaving only wisps of their remnant souls.
• The Spirit Dragon Soul dropped the two ripe Spirit Dragon Fruits, which Gu Yuanqing collected along with medicinal treasures, a flying sword, and three Storage Bags.
• Gu Yuanqing entered Qin Licheng’s cultivation chamber and noticed rows of books and several Jade Slips.

Gu Yuanqing plundered the Spiritual Dragon Medicine Valley and escaped after wounding Zhu Qingyu. He then began ambushing Sanyang Sect cultivators near their sect, openly challenging the powerful group.

• Gu Yuanqing collected the cultivation chamber's treasures and array bases but left the Spirit Plants intact.
• Gu Yuanqing ambushed Zhu Qingyu, wounded him, and fled when Fei Yunqi arrived.
• Zhu Qingyu and Fei Yunqi found the Medicine Valley's formation destroyed and its mature divine soul great medicine stolen, and they suspected Gu Yuanqing had killed Qin Licheng.
• Gu Yuanqing watched the Sanyang Sect from a nearby mountain and decided he had no reason to hide his identity.
• Gu Yuanqing killed a First-Tribulation Heavenly Human traveling toward the Sanyang Sect with the Formless Calamity Finger.

Gu Yuanqing confronted Baili Jinghong after killing five Sanyang Sect Heavenly Humans, rejecting an offer to join the sect and escaping a trap by destroying his apparent body. While the sect focused on him, his true body raided the Thousand Peaks Medicine Valley and obtained a Conjoined Twin Flower, then planned to refine his spoils before the sect strengthened its defenses.

• Baili Jinghong challenged Gu Yuanqing to appear, and Gu Yuanqing revealed himself and accused the Sanyang Sect of provoking him.
• Baili Jinghong offered Gu Yuanqing a Guest Elder position, but Gu Yuanqing demanded that Pei Yutang abandon his cultivation and that the sect apologize publicly.
• Baili Jinghong and eight Great Cultivators surrounded Gu Yuanqing with a barrier and tried to imprison him with the Soul-Tracking Arts.
• Gu Yuanqing ignited his divine soul and obliterated the body before the formation could capture him.
• Baili Jinghong learned that the Thousand Peaks Medicine Valley had been attacked while the sect was distracted.
• Gu Yuanqing revealed that he had raided the medicine valley for divine soul great medicine, obtained a Conjoined Twin Flower, and decided to find a place to refine his spoils.

Gu Yuanqing refined the Spirit Dragon Fruits and Conjoined Twin Flower, strengthening his divine soul before secretly following Zhu Qingyu and the Sanyang Sect to a rare Spirit Phoenix Grass. As the grass neared maturity and its guarding demon beast woke, Gu Yuanqing appeared in the valley alongside the sect members.

• Gu Yuanqing refined two Spirit Dragon Fruits and a Conjoined Twin Flower, increasing his Divine Soul Origin and sharpening his perception of several Daos.
• After hidden markers were triggered, Gu Yuanqing discovered that Zhu Qingyu and four other Sanyang Sect experts were traveling to harvest Spirit Phoenix Grass.
• Gu Yuanqing followed the group as they approached a valley guarded by a powerful demon beast and found the blood-red Spirit Phoenix Grass growing in a lake.
• Zhu Qingyu's group waited two days for the Spirit Phoenix Grass to mature while the demon beast rested nearby.
• As the demon beast woke, Zhu Qingyu signaled the six Sanyang Sect members to advance, and Gu Yuanqing appeared in the valley.

Gu Yuanqing seized the Spirit Phoenix Grass after disrupting Zhu Qingyu’s ambush, but Sanyang Sect’s strongest cultivators trapped him inside a Grand Formation. Pei Yutang offered him a chance to escape by defeating him, while Gu Yuanqing recognized that Pei wanted to use the fight to comprehend yin-yang.

• Zhu Qingyu and the Sanyang Sect cultivators bound the Dragon-Shaped Demon Beast as the Spirit Phoenix Grass began to undergo nirvana.
• Gu Yuanqing ambushed Zhu Qingyu, took the Spirit Phoenix Grass, and fought off the beast when it broke free.
• Zhu Qingyu revealed that the sect had baited Gu Yuanqing, but Gu Yuanqing escaped the Restrictive Seal using Spatial Dao Charm.
• Pei Yutang, Baili Jinghong, and an unfamiliar cultivator surrounded Gu Yuanqing and sealed a hundred li area with a Grand Formation.
• Pei Yutang challenged Gu Yuanqing to defeat him for a chance to leave, and Gu Yuanqing realized Pei wanted to use him to touch upon yin-yang.

Gu Yuanqing was trapped by Pei Yutang and the Sanyang Sect, but he refined the spirit phoenix grass and escaped the Ancient Realm with Heavenly Fishing Empowerment. Back on North Spring Mountain, he reunited with his split soul, meditated for half a month, and entered the Mountain Observation state as the medicine’s effects began to emerge.

• Pei Yutang revealed that he had trapped Gu Yuanqing to use their battle to help him break through to Yin-Yang, and Gu Yuanqing began refining the spirit phoenix grass inside the formation.
• After half a day, Pei Yutang attacked, but Gu Yuanqing used spells to stall him while Baili Jinghong realized something was wrong.
• Gu Yuanqing caught a fishing hook that appeared before him and vanished from the Ancient Realm, leaving his Storage Bags behind as the Sanyang Sect cultivators watched in shock.
• On North Spring Mountain, Gu Yuanqing used Heavenly Fishing Empowerment to bring his divine soul back from the Ancient Realm and merged its memories with his original self.
• Gu Yuanqing meditated for half a month until his divine soul, body, and Heavenly Human World settled together, then entered the Mountain Observation state as the spirit phoenix grass’s effects emerged.

Gu Yuanqing stayed on North Spring Mountain for a year to cultivate the power gained from the divine soul great medicines, while the Dragon Demon Ancestor warned him that the Underground Cave’s magic beasts had begun acting strangely. The chapter ended with Su Yue'e visiting Little Fox, who had grown a second tail but still looked like a child.

• Gu Yuanqing resolved to avoid the Ancient Realm for a year and use Mountain Observation to cultivate his divine soul.
• Lu Chen returned to the Ancient Realm, attacked the Sanyang Sect, and fought Zhu Qingyu before escaping through a devastating divine soul explosion.
• The Nine-Headed Serpent fought the Dragon Demon Ancestor and withdrew from the Demonic Dragon Realm, leaving the Dragon Demon Domain fearful of further attacks.
• The Dragon Demon Ancestor told Gu Yuanqing that the Underground Cave’s magic beasts had become less numerous and more organized, and shared a rumor about a savage demon dwelling below.
• Su Yue'e visited Little Fox and explained that her two-tailed form reflected her young age, despite the purity of her sky fox bloodline.

Gu Yuanqing watched North Spring Mountain and the Floating World grow stronger before sending his split soul back into the Ancient Realm to see the approaching Hundred Realms Competition. Pei Yutang ambushed him with a formation, but Gu Yuanqing escaped and resolved to unify his divine soul before deciding what to do next.

• Little Fox learned that she would need to reach void heaven to truly transform into an adult, and she resolved to cultivate diligently.
• Gu Yuanqing observed North Spring Mountain and the Floating World grow powerful enough to rival ordinary Exquisite Worlds, and he concluded that the Sanyang Sect would no longer pose a serious threat.
• After Li Chengyi's family left, Gu Yuanqing sent his split soul into the Ancient Realm to see the approaching Hundred Realms Competition.
• Pei Yutang trapped Gu Yuanqing in a formation in the Misty Forest and attacked him, but a fishing line pulled Gu Yuanqing out of the Ancient Realm.
• Gu Yuanqing and his split soul decided to achieve divine soul unity, and the split soul merged with his original body.

Gu Yuanqing abandoned plans to reenter the Ancient Realm after the Sanyang Sect trapped his imprint, and he continued cultivating through Mountain Gazing Enlightenment. He later spotted the badly wounded Tiger Lord's avatar retreating from the Underground Cave, suggesting that the Yin-Yang Realm Great Demon had attacked.

• Gu Yuanqing decided not to force his way through the Ancient Realm's formations and accepted that he would miss the Hundred Realms Competition for now.
• Pei Yutang and Liu Ruiyuan discussed Gu Yuanqing's escape, his unknown origins, and the Sanyang Sect's need to eliminate him before he reached the Yin-Yang Realm.
• Yi Yunbo returned from secluded cultivation at the Void Heaven peak, and Qiu Ziqing told him to focus on preparing for his Heavenly Human Tribulation rather than worry about Gu Yuanqing.
• Gu Yuanqing continued Mountain Gazing Enlightenment, strengthening his divine soul and extending North Spring Mountain's power to eight thousand li.
• Gu Yuanqing saw the Tiger Lord's avatar retreating from the Underground Cave covered in wounds and realized the Yin-Yang Realm Great Demon had attacked.

The Tiger Lord appeared to help the Dragon Demon Ancestor, Demon Phoenix, Demon Ape King, Fox King Su Yue'e, and other Great Demons trap the Nine-Headed Serpent in a specially prepared Grand Formation. After they severed two of his heads and seemingly refined away his body, the Nine-Headed Serpent vanished, leaving the defenders wary that he had survived.

• The Tiger Lord entered the Underground Cave while the Dragon Demon Ancestor hurried to the coast to confront the Nine-Headed Serpent’s assault on the Dragon Demon Domain.
• The Nine-Headed Serpent overwhelmed the Dragon Demon Ancestor until the Demon Phoenix, Demon Ape King, and Fox King Su Yue'e joined the battle.
• The Tiger Lord appeared and blocked the Nine-Headed Serpent’s retreat as the Dragon Demon Ancestor activated a Grand Formation that filled the area with Phoenix Demonflame.
• The Dragon Demon Ancestor cut off two of the Nine-Headed Serpent’s heads, but the serpent exploded into black threads and disappeared as the formation refined them.
• The Dragon Demon Ancestor, Tiger Lord, and the other Great Demons searched the formation repeatedly but found no trace of the Nine-Headed Serpent.

The Dragon Demon Ancestor and the other Great Demons defeated the Nine-Headed Serpent, but a strand of hair escaped the destruction and alarmed Gu Yuanqing. The Dragon Demon Ancestor revealed that the hair might belong to a Chaos Realm Great Cultivator, while its owner learned of the serpent’s death and planned to capture the Dragon Demon Domain’s powerful bloodlines.

• The Dragon Demon Ancestor, the Demon Phoenix, the Tiger Lord, Su Yue'e, and the Demon Ape King destroyed the Nine-Headed Serpent’s body and Heavenly Human Realm, but the battle left them badly injured and a strand of black hair vanished into the Void.
• Gu Yuanqing watched the aftermath and considered the Dragon Demon Ancestor’s scheme, while the wounded Half-step Yin-Yang Great Demons returned to their Ancestral Lands to recuperate.
• At Demon God Mountain, a blue-robed middle-aged man told the ruler and the Ninth Brother that the Nine-Headed Serpent, his servant, had been slain, and the Ninth Brother expressed interest in capturing the Dragon Demon Domain’s powerful bloodlines.
• The Dragon Demon Ancestor visited Gu Yuanqing and said the escaped strand of hair likely belonged to a Chaos Realm Great Cultivator.

Gu Yuanqing learned that a Chaos Realm cultivator might locate the Dragon Demon Domain within thirty years and committed himself to cultivation. After eighteen years in seclusion, he awoke as the third heavenly transformation tribulation arrived.

• The Dragon Demon Ancestor told Gu Yuanqing that a Chaos Realm enemy could find the Dragon Demon Domain in thirty to three hundred and sixty-five years and might come from the Demon Court or Demon God Mountain.
• The Dragon Demon Ancestor left without receiving a promise of protection, while the vanished magic beasts and lingering threat of the escaped strand of hair kept the Great Demons wary.
• The Demon Ape Clan and Demon Phoenix Race submitted to Gu Yuanqing and offered treasures in exchange for sheltering their young and preserving their bloodlines.
• Gu Yuanqing cleansed and distributed some of the donated resources, then devoted himself to cultivation as he prepared for the possible Chaos Realm threat.
• Gu Yuanqing cultivated in unity with North Spring Mountain and the Floating World for eighteen years, reaching the perfection of two heavenly transformations before the third tribulation descended.
• Gu Yuanqing went to the mountaintop to face the third heavenly transformation tribulation.

Gu Yuanqing passed the Three Tribulations of heavenly change and comprehended a new technique, the Great Five Elements Yin-Yang Divine Thunder. After strengthening his cultivation and advising Li Chengyi, he entered the Ancient Realm and confronted the Sanyang Sect.

• Gu Yuanqing absorbed the power and Dao mechanisms of eighty-one bolts of Heavenly Thunder across the Three Realms, then spent over a month refining his gains.
• Gu Yuanqing combined the Five Elements Divine Thunder with Yin-Yang Thunder and named the resulting technique the Great Five Elements Yin-Yang Divine Thunder.
• Li Chengyi congratulated Gu Yuanqing, promised to reach Void Heaven before the world conflict, and received his father's guidance in Dao comprehension.
• Gu Yuanqing spent over a year consolidating his cultivation before sending a strand of his divine soul into the Ancient Realm.
• Gu Yuanqing flew to the Misty Forest and struck the barrier at the Sanyang Sect's residence, drawing out its members.

Gu Yuanqing challenged the Sanyang Sect and killed Elder Luo Kun with a single technique after destroying his Dharma Treasure. Unable to draw Pei Yutang or Baili Jinghong out, he threatened to kill anyone who left the sect’s Mountain Protection Array.

• Gu Yuanqing demanded that Luo Kun summon Pei Yutang, but Luo Kun challenged him for attacking the Sanyang Sect’s Mountain Protecting Great Formation.
• Luo Kun sent his Kirin Treasure Cauldron at Gu Yuanqing, whose palm strike shattered the treasure and fatally wounded a nearby Heavenly Human.
• Gu Yuanqing used Formless Calamity Finger to kill Luo Kun, while Luo Kun’s true body in the Sanyang Realm sensed the damage and ordered a disciple to inform the Peak Master.
• Gu Yuanqing called for Pei Yutang and Baili Jinghong, then struck the Mountain Protection Array and found it could withstand his attack.
• Gu Yuanqing threatened to kill anyone from the Sanyang Sect who came out of the formation.

Gu Yuanqing effortlessly defeated the Sanyang Sect’s twelve-Heavenly-Human formation outside Heavenly Yang Mountain and waited for the sect to summon reinforcements. Pei Yutang entered the Ancient Realm to face him, realizing from Han Baifeng’s warning that Gu’s strength had greatly increased.

• Han Baifeng and eleven other Heavenly Humans formed the Yin-Yang Fiery Great Formation and sent a fire dragon at Gu Yuanqing.
• Gu Yuanqing trapped the fire dragon with his North Spring Mountain palm, severed the twelve cultivators’ connections to their Dharma Treasures, and shattered them.
• An elder warned the Sanyang Sect not to act rashly because he had sent for the Sect Master, while Gu Yuanqing said he would wait for reinforcements.
• A messenger told Pei Yutang that Gu Yuanqing had appeared outside Heavenly Yang Mountain and killed Luo Kun’s Ancient Realm body.
• Pei Yutang entered the Ancient Realm, armed himself, and flew to confront Gu Yuanqing.
• Han Baifeng warned Pei Yutang that Gu Yuanqing had broken the twelve-person formation with one move, and Pei Yutang realized Gu had grown much stronger.

Gu Yuanqing fought Pei Yutang, who unleashed the Sanyang Sect's Golden Crow Nine Revolutions Technique after his attacks failed to move Gu. Gu answered with a vast Sea of Five Elements Divine Thunder that engulfed Pei, who burned his divine soul to reach the seventh revolution as a trace of Yin-Yang aura emerged.

• Pei Yutang challenged Gu Yuanqing, and the two began fighting in midair.
• Pei Yutang's spear attacks and ultimate techniques failed to make Gu Yuanqing move, despite the Sanyang Sect cultivators initially believing Pei had the advantage.
• Pei Yutang activated the Golden Crow Nine Revolutions Technique and surged to the sixth revolution, sacrificing his prospects of a near-term breakthrough.
• Gu Yuanqing unleashed a hundred-zhang Sea of Five Elements Divine Thunder against Pei Yutang.
• Pei Yutang burned his divine soul power to activate the seventh revolution, and a trace of Yin-Yang realm aura appeared around him.

Gu Yuanqing killed Pei Yutang as he neared a breakthrough to the Yin-Yang Realm, despite the Sanyang Sect Supreme Elder’s attempt to protect him. The Supreme Elder then challenged Gu Yuanqing, and their battle began.

• Pei Yutang burned his divine soul origin to force a breakthrough, but Gu Yuanqing struck him with Great Five Elements Yin-Yang Divine Thunder and suppressed him with a mountain phantom.
• The Sanyang Sect Supreme Elder appeared and tried to shield Pei Yutang with a bronze bell, but Gu Yuanqing used Formless Calamity Finger to kill him.
• Pei Yutang’s Heavenly Human World shattered, and his spear fell as the Sanyang Sect cultivators realized he had died.
• The Supreme Elder accused Gu Yuanqing of going too far, while Gu Yuanqing argued that Pei Yutang had challenged him and accepted the risk.
• The Supreme Elder launched the expanded Bronze Ancient Bell at Gu Yuanqing, beginning their fight.

Gu Yuanqing battled Zhuang Hanhai in the Ancient Realm after Pei Yutang’s death shocked the Sanyang Sect. Baili Jinghong learned that Pei Yutang’s body remained alive but his divine soul was fading, then entered the Ancient Realm and recognized that Gu Yuanqing had attained the Yin-Yang Realm.

• Gu Yuanqing and Zhuang Hanhai exchanged powerful techniques in a fast-moving battle, while the Sanyang Sect cultivators watched and feared for their ancestor.
• The Sanyang Sect learned that Pei Yutang had died in the Ancient Realm, and its elders left to inform Baili Jinghong.
• Baili Jinghong entered Pei Yutang’s cultivation Residence and stabilized his Heavenly Human World, but found that his remaining divine soul would continue to fade.
• After learning that Zhuang Hanhai was fighting Gu Yuanqing, Baili Jinghong sent a strand of his divine soul into the Ancient Realm.
• Baili Jinghong saw Gu Yuanqing and Zhuang Hanhai still fighting and realized that Gu Yuanqing had attained the Yin-Yang Realm.

Gu Yuanqing forced the Sanyang Sect to choose between surrendering compensation and risking a war with a Yin-Yang Great Cultivator. Baili Jinghong offered three stalks of Heaven-Tier Divine Soul Great Medicine to end their feud, and Zhuang Hanhai backed his decision.

• Zhuang Hanhai ended his battle with Gu Yuanqing and asked what he wanted.
• Gu Yuanqing demanded his Storage Bag and ten stalks of Heaven-Tier Divine Soul Great Medicine, threatening to keep the Sanyang Sect from leaving the mountain if it refused.
• Zhuang Hanhai considered bringing his full divine soul into the Ancient Realm, but Gu Yuanqing warned that neither side would benefit from a fight to the death.
• Baili Jinghong stepped forward and offered Gu Yuanqing three stalks of Heaven-Tier Divine Soul Great Medicine to settle the feud.
• Zhuang Hanhai ordered the Sanyang Sect's Heavenly Humans to obey Baili Jinghong, explaining that the sect needed to protect his chance to reach Yin-Yang.

Gu Yuanqing forced the Sanyang Sect to agree to deliver ten Heaven-Tier Divine Soul Great Medicines within three days in exchange for peace. Afterward, Baili Jinghong announced he would step down as sect master, and rumors gave a different reason for his departure.

• Gu Yuanqing argued that the Sanyang Sect would benefit from settling their conflict and demanded ten Heaven-Tier Divine Soul Great Medicines.
• Baili Jinghong asked for three days to gather the medicines, and Gu Yuanqing retrieved his Storage Bag before leaving.
• Baili Jinghong summoned the Sanyang Sect’s Heavenly Human cultivators and True Disciples to Pure Yang Hall for a meeting.
• Baili Jinghong acknowledged the sect’s inability to defeat Gu Yuanqing and said he would step down as sect master.
• Rumors spread that Baili Jinghong was stepping down because he was close to breaking through to the Yin-Yang Realm.