Chapter Summaries

Gu Yuanqing returned from the Yunmeng Ancient Marsh and focused on cultivating while the Mountain-Bearing Divine Turtle recovered and grew stronger. Elsewhere, Xiao Yunqi accused the Qian Yuan Sect of serving the Sword Demon Lord, the Dragon Demon Realm gained a new Yin-Yang expert, and the four great lineages prepared to discuss the World Conflict with fifteen years remaining.

• Gu Yuanqing told Li Chengyi and Li Shi'an to focus on cultivation and prepare for the World Conflict, then continued his own cultivation after the Mountain-Bearing Divine Turtle stopped at sea and fell asleep.
• Xiao Yunqi returned to the North Ming Immortal Sect weakened, identified Gu Yuanqing to Wei Lin, and declared the Qian Yuan Sect a demonic force he would report to the Spirit Venerable.
• Wei Lin agreed with Xiao Yunqi’s accusation, hoping the Qian Yuan Sect’s destruction would leave room for the North Ming Immortal Sect to expand.
• The Demon Ape King survived tribulation lightning and broke through to the Yin-Yang Realm, then joined the Tiger Lord in guarding the Underground Cave as the Dragon Demon Ancestor began cultivating in seclusion.
• Gu Yuanqing reached the Heavenly Transformation Peak, while Wang Shihong gathered the heads of the Wang, Chen, Ji, and Tong lineages to discuss the World Conflict, fifteen years away, after the Bai Clan’s direct descendants withdrew.

Wang Shihong urged the remaining Slanting Moon World families to risk fighting in the World Conflict, while offering an escape for most of their people. After a Soul Summoning reached Tong Yuefei in the Floating World, the gathered patriarchs tried to pull his divine soul into the mirror to learn about their enemy.

• Wang Shihong argued that the four families could defeat the Floating World's forces and gain a chance to advance by winning the World Conflict.
• Wang Shihong proposed that most family members withdraw while the aging patriarchs stayed to fight, and Ji Yuhuan, Chen Zongyao, and Tong Nanyang agreed to consult their families.
• Wang Shihong requested another Soul Summoning using the Wind Moon Sect's Mysterious Moon Mirror of Profound Communication.
• A month later, Tong Yuefei answered Tong Nanyang's summons and urged the Tong Family to leave the Slanting Moon World, but refused to reveal more.
• An unidentified patriarch ordered Tong Yuefei's divine soul dragged into the mirror, and Tong Yuefei said the attempt would not work.

Tong Yuefei tried to protect the Tong Family by letting Daoist Yuechen pull his divine soul into the Slanting Moon World, but Gu Yuanqing discovered his plan and punished him. Meanwhile, rumors tied the Qian Yuan Sect to the Heavenly Demon Sword Master, and Xiao Yunqi returned to the Spirit Realm after realizing Li Miaoxuan was avoiding him.

• Tong Yuefei admitted that he had intended to reveal information to the Slanting Moon World to preserve a path of survival for the Tong Family, and Gu Yuanqing sentenced him to a hundred days of fire punishment.
• The Qian Yuan Sect became notorious across the Cultivation World as rumors accused it of serving the Heavenly Demon Sword Master and massacring sect leaders.
• Experts from the Zhengyi Sect and the Myriad Manifestations Sect searched the Qian Yuan Sect's former location, but found neither the island nor its concealment array.
• Xiao Yunqi concluded that the Qian Yuan Sect's disappearance confirmed his suspicions about the Divine Turtle and its hidden space, then left the Northern Extension Lands.
• Xiao Yunqi found that Li Miaoxuan had left the Lingxu Sect and realized she was avoiding him, so he returned to the Spirit Realm.

Gu Yuanqing strengthened Qian Yuan Island’s concealment and North Spring Mountain’s power while remaining wary of Yunmeng Holy Land. Elsewhere, Li Miaoxuan attacked the Sacred Heaven Sect, killed Shi Jin with the Dragon Slaying Guillotine, and appeared to gain cultivation after another elder died.

• Gu Yuanqing deepened his mastery of formations, further hid Qian Yuan Island, and chose to avoid drawing trouble from Yunmeng Holy Land.
• An old man in Hemp Robe warned Li Miaoxuan not to approach the Dragon Falling Abyss, but she continued toward it.
• Li Miaoxuan stopped Shi Jin’s Heaven Escaping Boat and destroyed it with a Great Seal before attacking the Sacred Heaven Sect cultivators with the Seven Sha Soul Extinguishing Heavenly Fire.
• Shi Jin used a Sacred Demon Pill to transform into a powerful demonic body, but Li Miaoxuan summoned the Dragon Slaying Guillotine and severed his head.
• Li Miaoxuan let a distant cultivator flee, killed an escaping Heavenly Human with a glance, and seemed to gain a little cultivation.

Shi Jin investigated Li Miaoxuan’s origins by summoning Sacred Heaven Sect disciples who had entered Floating Worlds, and Chang Xudong’s Soul Seal exposed his connection to the Qian Yuan Realm. Gu Yuanqing’s distant blade strike killed Chang Xudong and badly wounded Shi Jin, leaving the Sacred Heaven Sect in chaos.

• Shi Jin summoned Sacred Heaven Sect disciples who had entered Floating Worlds under Lingxu Sect’s supervision and asked whether they knew Li Miaoxuan.
• Zuo Qiu said Li Miaoxuan had been a princess in the Ding Twelve Realms and had joined the Lingxu Sect branch there.
• Shi Jin sensed a brand on Chang Xudong’s divine soul and demanded an explanation, but the Soul Seal began burning him when he tried to speak.
• Li Chengyi sensed the Soul Seal’s disturbance, and Gu Yuanqing traced Chang Xudong through Li Chengyi’s divine soul and sent a blade strike through the void.
• Gu Yuanqing’s strike destroyed Chang Xudong’s divine soul, pierced Shi Jin’s defenses, and left the Sect Master gravely injured and collapsed.

Li Miaoxuan attacked the Sacred Heaven Sect over its past atrocities, prompting the sect to complain to the Lingxu Sect and forcing her return to the Spirit Realm. Her master explained that the attack had serious consequences amid the Lingxu Sect’s precarious position before its Sect Master’s coming tribulation.

• Li Chengyi and Gu Yuanqing discussed their unresolved blood feud with the Sacred Heaven Sect and the need to grow strong enough to face its experts.
• Zuo Qiu told Shi Jin about the Floating World, and Shi Jin connected its princess to Li Miaoxuan before learning that a veiled woman had killed four Sacred Heaven Sect elders at two residences.
• Li Miaoxuan stopped short of attacking the Sacred Heaven Sect’s mountain gates, having already destroyed six outer residences, and then received Lin Jingxing’s order for Lingxu Sect cultivators in the lower world to return within half a month.
• Lin Jingxing condemned Li Miaoxuan for provoking the Sacred Heaven Sect, but she argued that their longstanding sect feud was not caused by her alone and returned to the Spirit Realm.
• Yun Yinghe told Li Miaoxuan that Yang Wuxie and the Spirit Venerable had taken notice of her actions, while the Lingxu Sect faced a critical period before its Sect Master’s chaos tribulation.

Li Miaoxuan rejected a political marriage and asked to enter the Outer Realm Battlefield, while Hemp Robe searched for Qian Yuan Island and challenged Gu Yuanqing’s array formations from afar. The chapter ended with the two experts locked in a contest of formation mastery.

• Li Miaoxuan thanked Yun Yinghe for protecting her and said she planned to request entry to the Outer Realm Battlefield.
• Yun Yinghe warned Li Miaoxuan that her talent would attract the extraterrestrial demons and urged her to reconsider.
• Li Miaoxuan refused to become Xiao Yunqi’s Dao companion, saying she already had a husband and child and believed they could survive their world conflict.
• Hemp Robe searched the North Sea for Qian Yuan Island, while Gu Yuanqing watched him and tried to keep the island hidden.
• Hemp Robe found Qian Yuan Island and began penetrating its formations as Gu Yuanqing repeatedly changed them.
• Hemp Robe realized Gu Yuanqing was controlling the formations and rejoiced at finding someone who could match his skill.

Gu Yuanqing and the Hemp Robe elder spent hours exchanging array techniques before the elder entered North Spring Mountain and identified the island as Three Absolutes Island, part of Qingping Grotto-Heaven. Over tea, he revealed that Old Man Heavenly Sword was also known as Old Man Three Absolutes, a peerless master of the sword, array, and artifact-refining daos.

• Gu Yuanqing and the Hemp Robe elder tested their array skills against each other for more than four hours, and Gu Yuanqing gained insight into the Array Dao.
• The Hemp Robe elder activated an array he had left behind, entered Qian Yuan Island, and greeted Gu Yuanqing while his yellow ox grazed nearby.
• Gu Yuanqing invited the Hemp Robe elder to North Spring Mountain, where both men sensed the other's formidable power.
• The Hemp Robe elder identified the mountain as Qingping Grotto-Heaven and the island as Three Absolutes Island, prompting Gu Yuanqing to ask about its origins.
• The Hemp Robe elder explained that Old Man Heavenly Sword had also been called Old Man Three Absolutes and had stood unrivaled in the sword, array, and artifact-refining daos.

Gu Yuanqing discussed formations with Ji Shan, who warned him about rumors linking the Qian Yuan Sect to the Heavenly Demon Sword and explained the renewed threat from extraterrestrial demons. Gu Yuanqing revealed that he possessed the Demon Subduing Sword, and Ji Shan suddenly realized why the divine turtle had awakened, leaving Gu Yuanqing puzzled.

• Gu Yuanqing and Ji Shan spent seven days exchanging insights about formations, and Gu Yuanqing’s understanding of the Array Dao greatly improved.
• Ji Shan asked whether Gu Yuanqing had inherited the Heavenly Demon Sword, explaining that rumors claimed the Qian Yuan Sect served its master.
• Ji Shan told Gu Yuanqing that extraterrestrial demons had returned to the Outer Realm Battlefield, prompting Gu Yuanqing to reconsider the meaning of Old Man Heavenly Sword’s Four Swords.
• Gu Yuanqing revealed the Demon Subduing Sword to Ji Shan and asked him to keep its identity secret.
• Ji Shan agreed to remain silent, then recalled an ancient record and declared that he understood why the divine turtle had awakened, leaving Gu Yuanqing confused.

Gu Yuanqing learned about the Cultivation World's powers and his growing conflict with the Yunmeng Holy Land from Ji Shan. Ji Shan then revealed that Li Miaoxuan was heading toward the Sacred Heaven Sect, leaving Gu Yuanqing startled and eager to learn more.

• Gu Yuanqing asked Ji Shan about the Cultivation World's major sects, powers, and experts, and learned of the Three Venerables and the Yunmeng Holy Land's strength.
• Ji Shan offered to mediate Gu Yuanqing's grievance with the Yunmeng Holy Land, but Gu Yuanqing refused and said the holy land would have to answer for provoking him.
• Ji Shan warned Gu Yuanqing that Xiao Lingyue might be nearing the realm of a void immortal, but Gu Yuanqing remained unconcerned about the future conflict.
• Ji Shan described an extraordinary young cultivator he had met and identified her as Li Miaoxuan of the Lingxu Sect.
• Gu Yuanqing recognized Li Miaoxuan as someone he knew and asked where she had gone; Ji Shan said she was heading toward the Sacred Heaven Sect after he failed to dissuade her outside Dragonfall Mountain.

Gu Yuanqing learned from Ji Shan that Li Miaoxuan had returned to the Spirit Realm after defeating Shi Jin, and he told Li Chengyi and Li Haotian that she was safe. Ji Shan’s hints led Gu Yuanqing to suspect the Divine Turtle was traveling toward the Outer Realm Battlefield, so he began searching the island for its secrets.

• Ji Shan told Gu Yuanqing that Li Miaoxuan had defeated Shi Jin and been summoned back to the Spirit Realm, and he promised to clear the Qian Yuan Sect’s name.
• Ji Shan departed with the Old Yellow Ox, and Gu Yuanqing told Li Chengyi that Ji Shan might be a Chaos Heaven Cultivator.
• Gu Yuanqing told Li Chengyi that Li Miaoxuan was safe in the Spirit Realm, and Li Chengyi resolved to become a Heavenly Human and find her.
• Li Haotian learned that Li Miaoxuan was well, and the news strengthened his resolve to cultivate.
• Gu Yuanqing suspected the Divine Turtle was heading toward the Outer Realm Battlefield and used the North Spring Mountain phantom to search the island.

Gu Yuanqing searched for Qingping Grotto-Heaven on the Mountain-Bearing Divine Turtle’s back and discovered a profound formation that helped him restore more of the Demon Subduing Sword’s power. In the Yunmeng Holy Land, Xiao Yunqi received taiyin and taiyang stones to aid his breakthrough and was asked to report what he had seen in the Lower Realm.

• Gu Yuanqing searched the island for Qingping Grotto-Heaven but found traces of a hidden formation beneath the mountain, connected to the Mountain-Bearing Divine Turtle’s back.
• Gu Yuanqing compared the formation with the Demon Subduing Sword Formation and gained new insight into the sword’s Star Chart.
• Gu Yuanqing wielded the Demon Subduing Sword and more than doubled the power of its Sword Formation.
• Xiao Yunqi apologized to Xiao Lingyue for losing the chance to use the Yin-Yang Star Array and attain yin-yang.
• Xiao Lingyue gave Xiao Yunqi taiyin and taiyang stones to help him break through to yin-yang, then asked about his experiences in the Lower Realm.

Xiao Yunqi and Xiao Lingyue discussed the Mountain-Bearing Divine Turtle’s history, its theft of treasures from the Yunmeng Ancient Marsh, and the dispute over Qian Yuan Island. Three years later, Gu Yuanqing witnessed a strange transformation begin within the turtle, leaving Qian Yuan Island engulfed by a powerful formation and surging winds and waves.

• Xiao Lingyue identified the Mountain-Bearing Divine Turtle as the turtle that once carried the Qingping Grotto-Heaven for Old Man Three Absolutes, and Xiao Yunqi wondered whether the Heavenly Demon Sword Master had stolen his opportunity.
• Xiao Yunqi told Xiao Lingyue that Qian Yuan Island had appeared in the North Sea and suspected it was the turtle’s dwelling, while Xiao Lingyue revealed that Ji Shan had interceded for its inhabitants.
• Xiao Lingyue ordered Xiao Yunqi to stay out of Qian Yuan Island’s affairs, while Ji Shan left the Yunmeng Holy Land concerned about the turtle’s growing feud with it.
• Gu Yuanqing continued studying the Heavenly Dao Scripture, practicing the Demon Subduing Sword Formation, and preparing to break through to the Yin-Yang Realm.
• Three years later, Gu Yuanqing sensed Qian Yuan Island tremble as a mysterious aura surrounded the Mountain-Bearing Divine Turtle and a turtle-and-snake phantom appeared.
• Gu Yuanqing used the Void Piercing Heavenly Eye and glimpsed two enormous, radiant pearls winding around each other inside the turtle.

The Mountain-Bearing Divine Turtle completed its transformation, and Gu Yuanqing gained insight that brought his Heavenly Human World close to a breakthrough. Meanwhile, Lin Jingxing learned of the North Sea disturbance and led a search party toward its source, hoping to locate the Qian Yuan Sect and strengthen ties with the Yunmeng Holy Land.

• Two Void Heaven Cultivators sensed the Mountain-Bearing Divine Turtle's aura and hurried back to North Yan Continent to report it to Lin Jingxing.
• Gu Yuanqing studied the runes on the turtle's phantom and imitated them in his Heavenly Human World, stabilizing North Spring Mountain and gaining insight into the Great Dao.
• After two days, the Mountain-Bearing Divine Turtle completed its transformation, grew new markings, and devoured sea creatures for five days before going back to sleep.
• Gu Yuanqing realized that his Heavenly Human World was changing and that he was close to breaking through to the Yin-Yang Realm.
• Lin Jingxing received news of the North Sea aura and set out by flying boat with Xiao Liyang and other cultivators to investigate.
• Lin Jingxing told Qi Pingchun that he was supporting the Yunmeng Holy Son for the Lingxu Sect's sake, while Li Menglan watched him with a mocking smile.

Lin Jingxing searched the sea for traces of the Demon Sword Master but found nothing, while Gu Yuanqing began his breakthrough to the Yin-Yang Realm on North Spring Mountain. The three-realm Calamity gathered over the mountain as a Flying Boat passed overhead.

• Lin Jingxing searched the sea with two Void Heaven Cultivators, found no trace after three days, and ordered them to continue for five more.
• Gu Yuanqing used North Spring Mountain's power to complete the transformation of his body, divine soul, and Heavenly Human World.
• Gu Yuanqing's Heavenly Human World formed a sun and moon as his Yin-Yang Realm breakthrough advanced.
• Three-realm Calamity lightning appeared over North Spring Mountain, startling people across the Dragon Demon Realm, the Floating World, and Qian Yuan Island.
• The Dragon Demon Ancestor recognized that Gu Yuanqing was undergoing the Calamity, while the North Sea Sect cultivators collapsed in fear.
• A Flying Boat passed over North Spring Mountain as the Calamity gathered.

Lin Jingxing and the Lingxu Sect cultivators searched the sea for Qian Yuan Island and stumbled into the tribulation clouds surrounding Gu Yuanqing’s breakthrough. Their Void Escaping Boat crashed into the sea after the yin-yang great Calamity destroyed its protections, while Gu Yuanqing remained focused on his transformation.

• Lin Jingxing followed a faint disturbance over the sea while Qi Pingchun warned him that the area felt dangerous.
• Lin Jingxing agreed to retreat after their search found nothing, but tribulation clouds suddenly engulfed the Void Escaping Boat.
• Qi Pingchun and Li Menglan identified the clouds as a yin-yang great Calamity and urged Lin Jingxing to flee.
• Lin Jingxing drove the boat through the clouds, but lightning battered its barrier and forced him to dive.
• Tribulation lightning destroyed the two Void Heaven Cultivators, severely injured Xiao Liyang and the others, and left Lin Jingxing unable to control the boat.
• The Void Escaping Boat crashed into the sea as Gu Yuanqing continued concentrating on his breakthrough.

Gu Yuanqing faced the four-nine heavenly Calamity as bolts of thunder from the Three Realms strengthened his body and cultivation. Far from North Spring Mountain, Lin Jingxing and his companions fled the immense tribulation clouds, convinced a powerful Yin-Yang cultivator was undergoing a breakthrough.

• Li Chengyi pointed out a possible object falling from the Calamity clouds, but Li Shi'an could not see it clearly.
• The Mountain-Bearing Divine Turtle briefly woke to watch Gu Yuanqing's Yin-Yang tribulation before returning to sleep.
• Gu Yuanqing drew the hundred and eight bolts of Calamity lightning into himself, absorbing their power and tempering his body, divine soul, and Heavenly Human World.
• Eight hundred miles away, Lin Jingxing, Li Menglan, and their injured companions struggled to escape the Calamity clouds after their Void Escaping Boat was damaged.
• Lin Jingxing suspected the Heavenly Demon Sword Master was undergoing a Void-Breaking realm tribulation, and the group fled beyond its range before departing with their injuries and no gains.

Gu Yuanqing survived his Yin-Yang great Calamity and began forming an embryonic dao principle imprint. As he remained on North Spring Mountain, an Evil Dragon completed his Void-Breaking Calamity, while forces from Demon God Mountain entered the Dragon Demon Realm intending to seize demons for their bloodlines.

• The Tiger Lord and the Demon Ape King watched Gu Yuanqing’s immense Yin-Yang great Calamity and discussed how his arrival had helped them survive their own tribulations.
• After breaking through, Gu Yuanqing discovered that his Heavenly Human World had begun nurturing an embryonic dao principle imprint.
• Three months later, the Tiger Lord and the Demon Ape King sensed an Evil Dragon beginning a Void-Breaking Calamity on Demonic Dragon Mountain.
• The Evil Dragon survived the Calamity, and his ten-mile-long form flew across the Dragon Demon Continent with a far stronger aura.
• Xu Wu and Chi Boyong arrived from Demon God Mountain, broke through the Boundary Domain, and identified the newly advanced Evil Dragon as a target for capture and bloodline extraction.

Xu Wu and Demon God Mountain’s forces invaded the Dragon Demon Realm to capture the newly advanced Dragon Demon Ancestor, while Gu Yuanqing watched from North Spring Mountain. Xu Wu discovered the Heaven Treading Immortal Steed and pursued it, as Chang Quan prepared to fight the Dragon Demon Ancestor.

• Xu Wu ordered Chang Quan to capture the Dragon Demon Ancestor alive while he and Chi Boyong watched from their ship.
• Demon God Mountain’s forces broke through the Boundary Domain barrier, and the Dragon Demon Ancestor realized his lair had been found.
• Gu Yuanqing assessed his new Yin-Yang Realm strength and observed the invaders from North Spring Mountain.
• Xu Wu sensed someone watching him, spotted the Heaven Treading Immortal Steed, and tried to seize it.
• The Heaven Treading Immortal Steed repeatedly escaped Xu Wu’s grasp, but he pursued it across space.
• Chang Quan confronted the Dragon Demon Ancestor, and their battle was about to begin.

Chang Quan and the Dragon Demon Ancestor fought as the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains’ formation empowered the demon, while Xu Wu continued pursuing the Heaven Treading Immortal Steed. After the Tiger Lord and the Demon Ape King left the Underground Cave, a concealed human tested whether their departure was genuine and drove the defenders from the city walls.

• Chang Quan defeated the Dragon Demon Ancestor’s first attack, and the Tiger Lord and Demon Ape King left to follow their plan as the demons prepared their defenses.
• The demons raised a formation across the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, allowing the Dragon Demon Ancestor to wound Chang Quan and then battle him on equal terms.
• Xu Wu continued chasing the Heaven Treading Immortal Steed into the Black Sea, determined to wear it down and capture it.
• A concealed figure in the Underground Cave awakened the magic beasts and sent them charging toward the city after the Tiger Lord and Demon Ape King departed.
• A Demon Ape spotted the human and ordered the defenders to retreat, leaving the city walls abandoned.