Chapter Summaries

Magic beasts devastated the Slanting Moon World, while surviving cultivators grew stronger as they fought back. At the Ancient Realm Platform, the Primordial Divine Sect refused to show the world conflict because even the Universe Myriad Manifestations Mirror could not reveal what was happening.

• Magic beasts slaughtered most inhabitants in regions without Divine Platform Cultivators, while the Four Great Families held their Ancestral Mountains.
• Wang Zufeng, Wang Shihong, and other cultivators fought the beasts and gained strength, with some breaking through in battle.
• Cultivators from across the Ancient Realm gathered at the Ancient Realm Platform to watch the conflict, including Bai Zongyi and Shentu Yu.
• Guan Dongchen announced that the Primordial Divine Sect would not show the conflict and offered a discount on entry to the Ancient Battlefield.
• Shentu Yu asked Guan Dongchen why the conflict would not be shown, but Guan Dongchen said he knew only the Divine Son's order.
• The First Senior Brother told Guan Dongchen that the Universe Myriad Manifestations Mirror could not discern the unusual world conflict.

The Primordial Divine Sect failed to observe the Ancient Realm Platform after a mysterious light disrupted the Universe Myriad Manifestations Mirror. As the world conflict drew near, Gu Yuanqing turned the magic beast attacks into a cultivation opportunity for the Qian Yuan Realm, while the Slanting Moon World suffered devastating losses despite its survivors making breakthroughs.

• The Universe Myriad Manifestations Mirror lost its radiance after a streak of mysterious light appeared, and the man in white and Guan Dongchen suspected a dao artifact was concealing events in the Ancient Realm.
• Gu Yuanqing concluded that killing more magic beasts drew stronger beasts into the attacks and recognized the trial as a chance to strengthen each realm.
• When Li Shi'an neared a breakthrough, Gu Yuanqing urged him to continue fighting and used the Spatial Art to send weakened magic beasts his way.
• Gu Yuanqing wounded magic beasts across the Qian Yuan Realm so its cultivators could kill them and advance, including some dao embryo cultivators who reached the dao fire realm.
• Gu Yuanqing estimated the true world conflict would begin within half a day, while the Slanting Moon World had lost nearly all cultivators below the divine platform realm.
• Wang Shihong, Ji Yuhuan, and other Slanting Moon World survivors broke through to the void heaven realm, and Wang Zufeng advanced close to the void heaven peak.

As the Qian Yuan Realm prepared for the imminent world conflict, Gu Yuanqing told Li Chengyi that fewer than one in ten thousand people in the Slanting Moon World had survived, leaving mostly Divine Platform cultivators and stronger. He warned Li Chengyi not to underestimate the Slanting Moon World’s remaining experts as the worlds neared collision.

• The Qian Yuan Realm’s cultivators hunted the last magic beasts while Li Chengyi, Li Shi'an, Ji Dai, and Qin Wuya discussed the coming battle and urged everyone to prepare.
• After the final magic beast in the sky was killed, Li Chengyi ordered the soldiers to rest and sent the Heavenly Policy Mansion to hunt beasts that had escaped.
• Li Chengyi asked Gu Yuanqing how the rest of Great Qian was faring, and Gu Yuanqing said the defenses were doing fairly well despite inevitable casualties.
• Gu Yuanqing told Li Chengyi that fewer than one in ten thousand people in the Slanting Moon World had survived and that its remaining experts still posed a strong threat.
• Gu Yuanqing warned that the worlds would collide within two hours and asked Li Chengyi whether he wanted him to leave a few Void Heaven experts for him.

As the Slanting Moon World collided with the Qian Yuan Realm, Li Chengyi led the defenders into battle against the Wang Family. Gu Yuanqing offered to hold back Wang Zufeng, whose forces launched their attack as the two armies charged.

• Li Chengyi rallied the soldiers above Fengtian City and led the Divine Platform cultivators into the sky as the Slanting Moon World approached.
• Wang Zufeng and Wang Shihong saw that the Qian Yuan Realm had survived the Magic Beast attacks largely intact, then rallied their Lineage to face its Heavenly Human cultivator.
• The two worlds touched, and Gu Yuanqing told Li Chengyi he would hold back Wang Zufeng while Li Chengyi dealt with the rest.
• Li Chengyi, Li Shi'an, Ji Dai, Qin Wuya, and the soldiers charged toward the Slanting Moon World after Li Chengyi ordered them to slay every enemy.
• Wang Zufeng ordered the Wang Family to attack and sent a seven-colored umbrella sweeping toward Li Chengyi, while Gu Yuanqing reached out to stop him.

Gu Yuanqing immobilized Wang Zufeng as Great Qian overwhelmed the Slanting Moon World’s forces. After learning Gu Yuanqing’s identity, Wang Zufeng accepted his defeat and began a final battle with Li Chengyi, burning his divine soul to raise his cultivation.

• Gu Yuanqing sealed Wang Zufeng, prompting Wang Shihong and the Wang Family cultivators to charge Great Qian’s forces in a desperate bid to take their enemies down with them.
• Li Chengyi, Li Shi'an, Ji Dai, Qin Wuya, Li Haotian, Eunuch Xu, and the Great Qian army quickly killed or routed their opponents.
• Li Chengyi asked Gu Yuanqing whether he had known the Slanting Moon World’s strength, and Gu Yuanqing urged him to aim for the huntian realm before releasing Wang Zufeng for practice.
• Wang Zufeng conceded defeat after learning Gu Yuanqing had risen from the divine platform seventh level to heavenly human in less than a century.
• Wang Zufeng challenged Li Chengyi, summoned a Heavy Hammer, and burned his divine soul origin to surge toward the heavenly human level.

Li Chengyi fought Wang Zufeng, whose cultivation and growing heavenly human power gradually overwhelmed him. As Wang Zufeng unleashed his final attack, he aimed the Seven Sha God Slaying Saber at Gu Yuanqing instead, and Gu Yuanqing halted it by making the distance to him seem infinite.

• Li Chengyi summoned the Sky Burning Tower and battled Wang Zufeng with his treasures and Dao techniques, but Wang Zufeng's higher cultivation slowly gave him the advantage.
• Gu Yuanqing guarded the wider war, killing or incapacitating powerful Slanting Moon World cultivators while protecting many Qian Yuan Realm fighters from death.
• As the battle grew more dangerous, Li Chengyi felt the pressure of facing a true life-or-death struggle and continued fighting despite his injuries.
• Wang Zufeng burned his essence blood, divine soul, and void heaven world to reach the heavenly human level, then launched the Seven Sha God Slaying Saber at Gu Yuanqing.
• Li Chengyi warned his father, and Gu Yuanqing raised a hand as the saber appeared to crawl toward him because the distance between them had become infinite.

After Gu Yuanqing defeated Wang Zufeng and the Qian Yuan Realm army eliminated the remaining Slanting Moon World cultivators, the World Conflict ended in Great Qian’s victory. The Slanting Moon World merged into Qian Yuan, which began transforming into a world suited for cultivation as its people received the victory’s rewards.

• Gu Yuanqing stopped Wang Zufeng’s saber with the Way of Space, and Wang Zufeng thanked him before his body, divine soul, and Void Heaven World burned away.
• Gu Yuanqing returned to North Spring Mountain, reassured Feng Tao that its destruction was part of his plan, and urged her to preserve her cultivation insights.
• The Qian Yuan Realm army killed the last Slanting Moon World cultivator, causing that world to merge into the reflected Qian Yuan Realm and expelling everyone from the Ancient Realm.
• Li Chengyi announced that Great Qian had won the World Conflict, and people across the Qian Yuan Realm celebrated.
• The Heaven and Earth Stele dissolved into purple light that strengthened the world’s inhabitants, while Gu Yuanqing witnessed Qian Yuan expand and transform into a cultivation world.

Gu Yuanqing watched the Qian Yuan Realm transform, deepening his Dao attainment as the Floating World recovered from the conflict and the Slanting Moon World’s defeat reverberated across the Exquisite World. The chapter ended with North Spring Mountain beginning to transform.

• Gu Yuanqing comprehended the changing laws of the Qian Yuan Realm, advancing toward the middle stage of the Yin-Yang Myriad Longevity Realm as his Heavenly Human World changed with it.
• The Divine Son of the Primordial Divine Sect learned that the Floating World had won and wondered how it had obtained a Dao Artifact.
• After seven days, a Teleportation Array appeared where the Heaven and Earth Stele had stood, and five Tokens flew to destinations across the world.
• Li Chengyi received the Token that fell at North Spring Mountain, while Kuang Tongyi took another and flew toward Fengtian City; the other Tokens disappeared into Great Zhou territory and overseas.
• The Slanting Moon World’s survivors and migrants mourned its defeat, while Bai Zongyi concluded that the world’s Heavenly Human must have joined the battle.
• North Spring Mountain trembled as its Dao resonance gathered and its transformation began.

Gu Yuanqing witnessed North Spring Mountain transform into North Spring Grotto-Heaven, gaining new abilities and insights into the Dao. He used incense power to deduce the Heavenly Dao Zen Heart Art and emerged with the version that had brought him closest to becoming a Void Immortal.

• Gu Yuanqing entered Man-Mountain Unity as North Spring Mountain began its transformation into a true grotto-heaven.
• Over three days, the mountain expanded into an independent small world of nearly three thousand li, with richer spiritual qi and transformed terrain.
• Gu Yuanqing gained the title Grotto-Heaven Master and new grotto-heaven empowerment, including Dao Derivation Augmentation.
• Gu Yuanqing activated Dao Derivation Augmentation and spent the incense power surrounding the grotto-heaven to deduce the Heavenly Dao Zen Heart Art.
• Gu Yuanqing experienced many possible cultivation paths, and the version that brought him closest to becoming a Void Immortal remained in his mind.

Gu Yuanqing completed a more comprehensive version of the Heavenly Dao Zen Heart Art and reshaped North Spring Mountain into two realms, leaving one region under Li Chengyi’s authority. As the Qian Yuan Realm adjusted to its transformation, Li Chengyi and others set out to handle its affairs and search for the remaining Qian Yuan Tokens.

• Gu Yuanqing examined the newly derived Heavenly Dao Zen Heart Art, judged it still flawed, and divided his new world into two realms, reserving one region for Li Chengyi to manage.
• Gu Yuanqing released the immobilized beings and allowed cultivators to enter North Spring Mountain again, where they discovered the dramatically expanded landscape.
• Gu Yuanqing moved many spirit beasts into the new mountains, kept several native creatures near the main peak, and named the token from the Heaven and Earth Stele the Qian Yuan Token.
• Kuang Guoyi delivered the Qian Yuan Token to Fengtian City and departed, while Li Chengyi assigned Li Guanrong to discuss the realm’s changes with the ministers.
• Li Chengyi traveled overseas with Li Haotian, Eunuch Xu, and True Master Xuanqing, while Li Shi'an, Ji Dai, and Prince Qing headed to the former territory of Great Zhou to seek the remaining Qian Yuan Tokens.

Li Guanrong resisted being left as regent while Li Chengyi and his companions set out to explore the expanding Qian Yuan Realm. As the realm remained peaceful and hidden from the Exquisite Realms, Gu Yuanqing focused on reshaping his Heavenly Human World, and Li Chengyi postponed contact with the outside world.

• Li Guanrong grabbed Gu Siyuan and argued that he should not be left alone to govern as regent, while the ministers and other royals watched.
• True Master Xuanqing remarked that Li Chengyi would find it difficult to step down, and Li Haotian reflected on how the younger generation treated the throne as a burden.
• The Qian Yuan Realm continued expanding, and its cultivators traveled freely while the Exquisite Realms debated its strength and speculated about the realm tokens and possible heavenly humans.
• Li Shi'an returned to the imperial city with a Qian Yuan Token, but Li Chengyi chose to explore the Newborn Boundary Domain rather than act on it, saying the realm was not ready to meet the outside world.
• Gu Yuanqing secluded himself at North Spring Grotto-Heaven and used object control empowerment to alter his Heavenly Human World's structure in line with his new insights.

After three months of cultivation, Gu Yuanqing strengthened his Heavenly Human World and discovered the immense power and independence of North Spring Grotto-Heaven. He investigated a strand of mysterious vital energy, while Wei Qin reported to the North Suppressing Divine King that humans from the Dragon Demon Realm had appeared in one of his minor realms.

• Gu Yuanqing refined his Heavenly Human World and adopted a profound cultivation technique extrapolated through Dao Derivation, increasing his strength by at least thirty percent.
• Gu Yuanqing merged with North Spring Grotto-Heaven's power, frightened the Mountain-Bearing Divine Turtle into fleeing, and judged that he could contend with ordinary Hun Tian Realm opponents.
• Gu Yuanqing realized North Spring Grotto-Heaven could survive the destruction of the Qian Yuan Realm and might one day break into another world.
• Gu Yuanqing used Object Control to examine the vital energy in a jade bottle and found he could touch it but could not yet refine it for his own use.
• Wei Qin told the North Suppressing Divine King that humans from the Dragon Demon Realm had appeared in a minor realm under his command.

The North Suppressing Divine King interrogated Jin Qiusheng about the Dragon Demon Realm and used a Soul Search to uncover what he knew about Gu. The Ninth Prince then arrived, offering to help investigate Xu Wu’s death while the North Suppressing Divine King pressed him to reveal his real purpose.

• Wei Qin brought Jin Qiusheng before the North Suppressing Divine King, who questioned him about the Dragon Demon Realm and its powerful cultivators.
• Jin Qiusheng denied knowing of anyone above yin-yang, but the North Suppressing Divine King ordered Wei Qin to make him tell the truth while sparing his life.
• Wei Qin used a Soul Search on Jin Qiusheng and learned that Gu had appeared recently and lived on a mountain protected by a Grand Formation.
• The North Suppressing Divine King considered whether Gu could have killed Xu Wu, though Jin Qiusheng’s account suggested Gu was far weaker.
• The Ninth Prince arrived and said he wanted to help investigate Xu Wu’s death, but the North Suppressing Divine King asked what he truly wanted.

Lie Shanyi agreed to send Lie Shanhan after Gu Yuanqing in exchange for a Myriad Demon Pill and true phoenix essence blood. Meanwhile, Gu Yuanqing adapted to North Spring Grotto-Heaven’s growing power, clashed with Shadow in the Underground Demon Realm, and discovered that the captured black qi stirred Dao Derivation Augmentation.

• Lie Shanhan presented the Divine Emperor’s decree ordering Lie Shanyi to resolve Gu Yuanqing’s killing of Xu Wu, then negotiated payment for taking on the task.
• Lie Shanyi offered Lie Shanhan one Myriad Demon Pill and one drop of true phoenix essence blood, and Lie Shanhan accepted the mission.
• Gu Yuanqing struggled to control North Spring Grotto-Heaven’s rapidly growing power as it converted demonic qi across the Underground Demon Realm.
• Shadow traced the thinning demonic qi to a black-stone mountain, where Gu Yuanqing attacked him and captured part of the black qi fused with his vital energy.
• Gu Yuanqing purified and stored the black qi, then sensed that it might be usable for Dao Derivation deductions when Dao Derivation Augmentation began to glow.

Gu Yuanqing discovered that Black Qi stripped from high-grade vital energy could fuel Dao Derivation far more efficiently than incense and fire qi, enabling him to deduce a cultivation technique with over a sixty percent chance of reaching Void Immortal. After cultivating it for a month and increasing his strength by at least thirty percent, he looked toward the former human territory in the Dragon Demon Realm.

• Gu Yuanqing found that Dao Derivation consumed three wisps of the Qian Yuan Realm’s daily incense and fire qi to deduce the Heavenly Dao Zen Heart Art once.
• Gu Yuanqing used Dao Derivation Augmentation on high-grade vital energy and discovered it drew out Black Qi, which proved far more effective than incense and fire qi.
• Gu Yuanqing used the exhaustive deduction method to produce a cultivation technique that gave him a greater than sixty percent chance of becoming a Void Immortal.
• Gu Yuanqing realized his accumulated knowledge had reached its limit for further deductions and separately sealed the cleansed and uncleansed vital energy.
• Gu Yuanqing cultivated the new technique for a month, raised his strength by at least thirty percent, and looked toward the former human territory in the Dragon Demon Realm.

Lie Shanhan and his retinue entered the Dragon Demon Realm, where he overpowered the Dragon Demon Ancestor and sought the hidden Chaos Heaven Great Cultivator. He ordered Ji Xian to lead them to the mountain, promising rewards if the man submitted.

• The Dragon Demon Ancestor sensed a formation activate at the Sacred Mountain and rushed there as a flying boat entered the Dragon Demon Realm.
• The Dragon Demon Ancestor attacked the ship, but Lie Shanhan’s breeze dispersed his thunder and wounded him severely.
• Lie Shanhan told Mr. Miao that he wanted to recruit the Chaos Heaven Great Cultivator and revealed that someone was watching them unseen.
• Lie Shanhan summoned Ji Xian and threatened his people while offering him a chance to earn a Boundary Domain for them.
• Ji Xian agreed to lead Lie Shanhan to the mountain where the hidden expert was located.

Lie Shanhan led a Chaos Heaven force into the Dragon Demon Realm, where the demon clans prepared for an attack on Gu Yuanqing and North Spring Grotto-Heaven. Meanwhile, Lie Shanyi learned that a Heaven Treading Immortal Steed was in the realm and hinted at a deeper mystery about the nature of heaven and earth.

• Lie Shanhan arrived in the Dragon Demon Realm, overpowered the Dragon Demon Ancestor, and sent him fleeing toward North Spring Mountain.
• The Dragon Demon Ancestor warned the Demon Ape King that a Chaos Heaven Great Cultivator from Demon God Divine Mountain had come, and the Demon Ape King abandoned his watch over the Underground Cave.
• The Dragon Demon clans sensed Lie Shanhan's aura and activated their defenses while Gu Yuanqing watched the approaching flying boat from North Spring Grotto-Heaven.
• Lie Shanhan and Mr. Miao discussed taking control of the realm and sealing the Underground Cave exit so they could turn the place into a demon pet garden.
• Wei Qin showed Lie Shanyi a divine sense imprint of a Heaven Treading Immortal Steed, and Lie Shanyi asked what Wei Qin thought heaven and earth truly were.

Lie Shanhan led a Flying Boat toward the hidden mountain where Gu Yuanqing lived, intending to recruit him and claim the Iron Eater territory. Ji Xian approached Gu Yuanqing on Demon God Mountain’s orders, while Lie Shanhan remained aboard, ready for a possible confrontation.

• Lie Shanyi told Wei Qin that the Demon Realm was a cage and its inhabitants were jailers, then ordered him to keep the Heaven Treading Immortal Steed secret.
• Lie Shanhan traveled west with Ji Xian and Miao Wuyou, deciding he wanted the Iron Eaters of Bamboo Mountain for himself.
• Lie Shanhan cautiously approached the mountain hidden in the void and sent Ji Xian ahead to persuade Gu Yuanqing to submit.
• Ji Xian admitted he had past grievances with Gu Yuanqing, but Lie Shanhan still dispatched him to make contact.
• Ji Xian reached the mountain’s location and asked Gu Yuanqing to reveal himself on Demon God Mountain’s orders.

Gu Yuanqing received Ji Xian, who offered the Ninth Highness’s protection and urged him to join Demon God Mountain. Gu Yuanqing reiterated that he wanted to cultivate in peace, while Ji Xian warned that killing a Divine General had made him an enemy of Demon God Mountain.

• Gu Yuanqing revealed a mountaintop in North Spring Grotto-Heaven after Ji Xian called for an audience.
• Lie Shanhan and Miao Wuyou recognized Gu Yuanqing as the human Chaos Heaven Great Cultivator they had been seeking.
• Gu Yuanqing recalled Ji Xian’s former service as a Human Race Heavenly King, while Ji Xian dismissed that title as meaningless in the wider world.
• Ao Jie condemned Ji Xian and the human race for bringing outside enemies into the Dragon Demon Realm, and Ji Xian defended their escape as a matter of survival.
• Ji Xian conveyed the Ninth Highness’s offer to honor Gu Yuanqing if he joined Demon God Mountain.
• Gu Yuanqing said he wanted to cultivate in peace, and Ji Xian warned that Demon God Mountain could only be appeased by accepting the offer.

Gu Yuanqing killed Ji Xian after rejecting his pleas, and Ji Xian died thanking him for stopping the Dragon Demon Ancestor. Lie Shanhan then tried to recruit Gu Yuanqing, but after Gu Yuanqing killed Miao Wuyou's true body, Lie Shanhan attacked and prepared to retreat with Miao Wuyou's avatar.

• Gu Yuanqing killed Ji Xian, whose remnant soul thanked him for stopping the Dragon Demon Ancestor before dissipating.
• Lie Shanhan and Miao Wuyou appeared outside North Spring Grotto-Heaven and Lie Shanhan offered Gu Yuanqing a place in his Prince's Manor.
• Gu Yuanqing rejected Lie Shanhan's offer and defended the Dragon Demon Ancestor after Miao Wuyou insulted him.
• Miao Wuyou realized Gu Yuanqing had killed his true body and cursed him, but Gu Yuanqing destroyed the curse with his object control power.
• Lie Shanhan attacked Gu Yuanqing with a wind of sharp blades while preparing to take Miao Wuyou's avatar back to the Flying Boat.