Chapter Summaries

Gu Yuanqing passed the Nine Extremes Profound Pivot Pavilion’s final test, obtained a sacred-grade Nine Revolutions Golden Body Pill, and claimed the Myriad Dao Returning Flow Talisman. After the Nine Heavens War Mausoleum vanished, the Hidden Sun Alliance cultivators moved to surround him, leaving him facing a tense standoff with Nangong Jin.

• Gu Yuanqing defeated his formation-created mirror image and retrieved the Nine Revolutions Golden Body Pill from the Seven-Orifice Purple Gold Furnace.
• Gu Yuanqing returned to the Myriad Dao Returning Flow Talisman’s trial space and used his Dao Source Art to draw the talisman to him, stunning the Hidden Sun Alliance and the Primordial Divine Sect.
• The Myriad Dao Returning Flow Talisman blocked the Primordial Divine Sect’s runes and merged with Gu Yuanqing’s Dao Source Talisman before he took it into his hand.
• The Nine Heavens War Mausoleum disappeared as Feng Wuhen and the other Primordial Divine Sect members glared at Gu Yuanqing with murderous intent.
• Gu Yuanqing emerged with Nangong Jin, Zhan Taiyue, and the others, stored the talisman in his Heavenly Human World, and warned Nangong Jin not to approach as the Hidden Sun Alliance cultivators positioned themselves around him.

Gu Yuanqing refused to surrender the Myriad Dao Returning Flow Talisman, then fought off Kui Wujiu with help from the Hidden Sun Alliance and escaped the Ancient Battlefield. As he rushed toward Nine Bends Mountain to secure the talisman and pill, he discovered a Grand Formation waiting in his path.

• Gu Yuanqing rejected Nangong Jin's offer to trade for the Myriad Dao Returning Flow Talisman and warned Bei Chenzhao not to threaten him.
• Kui Wujiu attacked Gu Yuanqing as he tried to leave, while Nangong Jin and the Hidden Sun Alliance used their four Magic Tools to hold off the Chaos Heaven Great Cultivator.
• Gu Yuanqing trapped Kui Wujiu, froze him with the North Spring Mountain Shadow, and used the Heavenly Angling Technique to pull away his divine soul.
• Gu Yuanqing and the Hidden Sun Alliance escaped the Ancient Battlefield, and Feng Wuhen and Xuan Ge realized the alliance had gained another Rules Divine Artifact.
• Gu Yuanqing hurried toward Nine Bends Mountain to refine void stone around the talisman and Nine Revolutions Golden Body Pill, but his Void Piercing Heavenly Eye revealed a Grand Formation blocking his route.

Gu Yuanqing used the Myriad Dao Returning Flow Talisman to resist a prepared assault by Qin Yuan and the Primordial Divine Sect near Nine Bends Mountain. A Hidden Sun Alliance elder and a Great Wei Divine Dynasty general intervened, forcing Qin Yuan to withdraw and leaving Gu Yuanqing safe for the moment.

• Qin Yuan led five Primordial Divine Sect cultivators out of hiding and tried to capture Gu Yuanqing with the Chaos Heaven Divine Wind Bag and the Primordial Five Elements Heaven Calamity Formation.
• Gu Yuanqing revealed that he had preliminarily refined the Myriad Dao Returning Flow Talisman and used its power to neutralize the formation's control over vital energy.
• Gu Yuanqing attacked Qin Yuan and Feng Wuhen, but Qin Yuan and the other cultivators coordinated their defenses and gradually wore down Gu Yuanqing's heavenly human realm.
• A sword strike from Xuan Qingzi damaged Qin Yuan's wind bag, allowing Gu Yuanqing to expand the talisman's reach and injure Qin Yuan.
• Xuan Qingzi challenged Qin Yuan over the Primordial Divine Sect's violations of their agreement, and General Xiahou warned that Chaos Heaven cultivators could not fight in the Ancient Realm.
• Qin Yuan withdrew with Feng Wuhen, Xuan Ge, and the others, while Gu Yuanqing remained safe and resolved to repay the attack later.

After surviving the Primordial Divine Sect’s attack, Gu Yuanqing refined void stones into the Myriad Dao Returning Flow Talisman and Nine Revolutions Golden Body Pill so he could bring them out of the Ancient Realm. Studying the talisman in North Spring Grotto-Heaven, he sensed the distant Great Void Creation Wheel from the Qian Yuan Realm, but the grotto-heaven blocked that connection.

• Xuan Qingzi warned Gu Yuanqing that the Primordial Divine Sect would try to prevent him from reaching the Chaos Realm, then departed.
• Gu Yuanqing returned to Nine Bends Mountain and used supreme-grade void stones to refine the Myriad Dao Returning Flow Talisman and Nine Revolutions Golden Body Pill.
• Gu Yuanqing sent his divine soul back to his true body in North Spring Grotto-Heaven, bringing both treasures out of the Ancient Realm.
• Gu Yuanqing examined the Myriad Dao Returning Flow Talisman and discovered that its vast internal world was formed from countless Dao-resonance stars, while his refinement of it remained incomplete.
• Gu Yuanqing sensed the Great Void Creation Wheel’s distant power from outside North Spring Grotto-Heaven, but the grotto-heaven cut off the sensation when he returned.

Gu Yuanqing studied the Myriad Dao Returning Flow Talisman’s creation power while the Primordial Divine Sect and Hidden Sun Alliance prepared for the coming crisis. After decades of cultivation and the Qian Yuan Realm’s rise, a Heaven Monitoring Elder arrived and offered Gu Yuanqing an opportunity connected to the Great Void Creation Wheel.

• Gu Yuanqing unleashed the Myriad Dao Returning Flow Talisman with North Spring Grotto-Heaven’s power, glimpsed the Great Void Creation Wheel, and recognized its creation power as a path toward his Heavenly Human World’s next transformation.
• Mu Tianheng and Lei Fuyue discussed Xuan Xiao’s chances of reaching Huntian and agreed they could not leave the Boundary Abyss; Ning Xuxuan and Xuan Qingzi decided to watch and wait as the era’s crisis approached.
• Gu Yuanqing cultivated under the Hidden Sun Alliance’s protection while the Qian Yuan Realm’s spiritual qi and cultivators grew, and he set himself the goal of reaching Huntian within a hundred years.
• At the Hundred Realms Competition, Li Shi’an ranked fifth among contestants, four Qian Yuan Realm cultivators entered the top hundred, and the realm placed sixty-sixth overall.
• After the Qian Yuan Realm’s boundaries expanded and Gu Yuanqing deepened his understanding of the Way of Space, a blue-robed Heaven Monitoring Elder came to North Spring Grotto-Heaven and offered him a chance to obtain the Great Void Creation Wheel.

Gu Yuanqing rejected the Primordial Divine Sect’s attempts to lure him into the God Ruins Land and stayed in the Qian Yuan Realm through the Great Dao tide. Two years later, his cultivation continued to advance toward the Chaos Realm as the Mountain-Bearing Divine Turtle awakened.

• Gu Yuanqing repeatedly destroyed the disguised old man’s avatars, while Xu Haoque and the old man planned a more direct approach.
• Li Chengyi delivered a jade slip about the Great Dao tide, and Gu Yuanqing dismissed its invitation to pursue the Great Void Creation Wheel in the God Ruins Land.
• Lu Zeyu warned Gu Yuanqing that the Primordial Divine Sect hid dangerous factions and might free its forces from the Land of the Boundary Abyss within a hundred years.
• Gu Yuanqing sensed the Great Dao tide through the Myriad Dao Returning Flow Talisman and observed that it made rule divine artifact power clearer throughout the Exquisite realms.
• Two years later, Gu Yuanqing’s Heavenly Human World held more than a hundred Dao principle imprints, and the Mountain-Bearing Divine Turtle awoke on Qian Yuan Island.

Li Chengyi decided to leave the Qian Yuan Realm to search for his mother in the Spirit Realm and temper himself, while Gu Yuanqing prepared him for the journey. Li Chengyi departed on the Heaven Treading Immortal Steed, leaving Gu Yuanqing to watch over the family and return to cultivation.

• The Mountain-Bearing Divine Turtle awakened, ate for several months, and carried Qian Yuan Island onward through Canghai.
• Li Chengyi told Li Haotian he intended to leave the Qian Yuan Realm to find his mother and pursue his own Dao Path.
• Li Chengyi abdicated the throne in favor of Li Guanrong, and Gu Yuanqing strengthened and equipped him for his journey.
• Gu Yuanqing made a blood pact with Little White to accompany and protect Li Chengyi, while Little Fox asked to go with him.
• After bidding farewell to Chen Binglan, Li Haotian, and the rest of his family, Li Chengyi left Qian Yuan Island on the Heaven Treading Immortal Steed.

Gu Yuanqing refined the Nine Revolutions Golden Body Pill, strengthened his body, and continued preparing to reach Huntian while the Qian Yuan Realm grew more powerful. After spotting a Cultivation World continent ahead, he gathered his companions and told them they might soon seek news of Li Chengyi, who had been gone for over thirty years.

• The Mountain-Bearing Divine Turtle told Gu Yuanqing that it did not know whether the Spirit Realm was its destination and said the Demon Subduing Sword still fell short.
• Li Shi'an survived his Heavenly Human tribulation, marking the Qian Yuan Realm’s cultivators’ entry into the Heavenly Human level.
• Gu Yuanqing swallowed the Nine Revolutions Golden Body Pill and endured its year-long tempering, increasing his physical strength by almost thirty percent.
• Gu Yuanqing defeated Lie Shanhan’s imprint in the Spiritual Mountain Trial but lost to Ji Shan, whom he recognized as an Immortal Realm existence.
• Gu Yuanqing spotted a Cultivation World continent ahead and summoned Li Shi'an, Qin Wuya, Li Haotian, and the others to discuss preparing to make contact.
• Li Haotian hoped they could find news of Li Chengyi, and Gu Yuanqing reassured him that his protective Token would let Gu Yuanqing sense if he used it.

Li Shi'an and the others explored Chiyuan Continent while Gu Yuanqing observed it from Qian Yuan Island. After Gu Siyuan and Li Shi'an outbid Wu Chenyang for a painting, Wu tried to kill them, and Gu Siyuan struck back, leaving Wu gravely wounded.

• Li Shi'an, Li Haotian, Ji Dai, Qin Wuya, Gu Siyuan, and Xu Lianying set out to explore the mainland after obtaining jade tokens from Gu Yuanqing.
• Gu Yuanqing surveyed Chiyuan Continent with his Void Piercing Heavenly Eye while some of the group returned and others stayed on the mainland.
• At a Lingxi City auction, Gu Siyuan and Li Shi'an outbid Wu Chenyang for the Clear Lotus Washing Moon painting.
• Wu Chenyang confronted Gu Siyuan and Li Shi'an on an ancient bridge and threatened them after they refused to give him the painting.
• As Gu Siyuan and Li Shi'an left Lingxi City, Wu Chenyang's group ambushed them, and Gu Siyuan swiftly wounded the attackers and struck Wu Chenyang through the chest.

Gu Siyuan crippled Wu Chenyang and later defeated the Guiyuan Sect cultivators who came after him, prompting them to suspect he belonged to the Myriad Manifestations Sect. Huo Kun and Huo Yuxin then realized the Qian Yuan Sect might be involved, while Gu Siyuan and Li Shi'an remained in Sandao City, where Qin Wuya reported seeing the Sacred Heaven Sect.

• Gu Siyuan destroyed Wu Chenyang and six others’ cultivation after they tried to kill him, and Wu Yonghua vowed to track him down.
• Wu Yonghua and Huo Yuxin confronted Gu Siyuan at the Starry Sky Tower, but he led them outside Sandao City and overpowered five Guiyuan Sect cultivators before they fled, believing he was connected to the Myriad Manifestations Sect.
• Elder Zhou and Huo Yuxin identified Gu Siyuan’s techniques as resembling those of the Myriad Manifestations Sect, and Huo Yuxin went to tell her father, Huo Kun.
• Huo Kun warned that the Qian Yuan Sect could be far more dangerous than the Myriad Manifestations Sect, and Huo Yuxin told Wu Yonghua about rumors of its power and origins.
• Wu Chenyang demanded revenge while Wu Yonghua and Huo Yuxin stayed silent, and Qin Wuya later told Gu Siyuan and Li Shi'an that he had seen people from the Sacred Heaven Sect.

Li Shi'an and his companions learned that the Sacred Heaven Sect and Netherworld Sect were seeking a lost Yin-Yang Cultivator's immortal Residence on Chiyuan Continent. After hearing the news, Gu Yuanqing became interested and recalled how Gong Xin and Zuo Qiu had once trapped him on North Spring Mountain.

• Li Shi'an insisted that Zuo Qiu must die, while Gu Siyuan reminded him that Great Qian shared that hatred.
• CloudQue Palace identified Li Shi'an, Qin Wuya, and others as members of the Qian Yuan Sect and decided to avoid provoking them.
• Mo Liuyun hosted Li Shi'an, Qin Wuya, and Gu Siyuan at a banquet, while Zheng Tong's group from the Sacred Heaven Sect recognized their names and chose not to confront them yet.
• The Guiyuan Sect brought Wu Chenyang and lavish gifts to apologize to Gu Siyuan for the attack that had destroyed Wu Chenyang's cultivation.
• Qin Wuya learned that the Sacred Heaven Sect and Netherworld Sect were searching for the Moon Turbid Rift Valley's lost immortal Residence, and Li Shi'an proposed investigating it after consulting Gu Yuanqing.
• Gu Yuanqing heard the news and recalled how Gong Xin and Zuo Qiu had trapped him on North Spring Mountain when he was still in the Dao Embryo Realm.

Gu Yuanqing and the Qian Yuan Sect prepared to investigate a Yin-Yang cultivator’s cave Residence while the Sacred Heaven Sect secretly tried to provoke the Netherworld Sect against them. As Li Shi’an’s party traveled toward the Moon Turbid Rift Valley, they entered a powerful illusion formation, and Gu Yuanqing realized they were trapped before the others could escape it.

• Gu Yuanqing agreed to investigate the Yin-Yang cultivator’s cave Residence, and Li Shi’an returned to Chiyuan Continent to manage the Qian Yuan Sect’s affairs and trade.
• Zheng Tong urged Mo Liuyun to tell the Netherworld Sect that Li Shi’an had killed Gong Xin, then arranged for Gong Changhe to hear the news and hoped the resulting conflict would cause chaos.
• At Dragon Cave Mountain, Ji Dai took responsibility for the Qian Yuan Sect’s residence as Li Shi’an, Gu Siyuan, Qin Wuya, and their companions departed for the Moon Turbid Rift Valley.
• Gu Yuanqing sent an avatar onto the flying boat after sensing danger, but the travelers later entered a formation that made the moon appear bloodred and concealed their attackers.
• Li Shi’an, Gu Siyuan, and Qin Wuya were trapped in an illusion of repeated wounds while Gu Yuanqing remained on the boat and recognized that they had fallen deep into the formation.

Gu Yuanqing watched over the Flying Boat while Li Shi'an, Gu Siyuan, and Qin Wuya remained trapped in a deadly illusion. When an Interminable Tower assassin entered the boat, he discovered Gu Yuanqing’s presence and became too terrified to resist; Gu Yuanqing then noted that Qin Wuya had fallen first because the Heavenly Demon Sword Master’s possession had left a flaw in his heart.

• Gu Yuanqing freed four Divine Platform Ninth Layer cultivators from the illusion but left Li Shi'an, Gu Siyuan, and Qin Wuya trapped to learn from the ordeal.
• He identified the concealed Crimson Shadow Illusion Moon Mirror and waited aboard the Flying Boat as the three men suffered wounds in the formation.
• Heavenly Seven and Heavenly Eleven, Interminable Tower assassins, watched from a nearby mountain and debated how to kill the people aboard.
• Heavenly Seven sensed something was wrong and strengthened the blood-moon formation, but Heavenly Eleven entered it and slipped onto the Flying Boat to attack.
• Heavenly Eleven found Gu Yuanqing calmly drinking tea and froze in terror, realizing he could not resist the Yin-Yang cultivator.
• Gu Yuanqing observed that Qin Wuya had fallen before Li Shi'an and Gu Siyuan because the Heavenly Demon Sword Master’s possession had left a flaw in his heart.

Gu Yuanqing rescued his companions from an ambush by two Interminable Tower assassins, learned the attack was linked to Gong Xin, and led the group toward the Moon Turbid Rift Valley. As they settled near the gorge, Gong Wuji planned to confront them, while Gu Yuanqing studied a continuation of the Formless Heart Sutra.

• Gu Yuanqing broke Heavenly Seven's illusion and captured him and Heavenly Eleven after defeating their escape attempts.
• The two assassins tried to destroy themselves when Gu Yuanqing used the Divine Intent Spirit Analysis Art, but their souls collapsed before he could question them; he recovered their possessions and learned a bounty was linked to someone surnamed Gong.
• Gu Yuanqing told Gu Siyuan and the others that the assassins came from the Myriad Manifestations Sect and the Hidden Immortal Pavilion, and suggested the attack was connected to Gong Xin.
• The group reached the Moon Turbid Rift Valley, descended near the gorge, and established a temporary lodging on a mountain.
• Gong Wuji watched the group and resolved to kill Li Shi'an and question his divine soul, while Gu Yuanqing called him and his companion a few interesting rats.
• Gu Yuanqing's true body examined a written continuation of the Formless Heart Sutra and reflected on its creator and the limits of what its Heavenly Human author had known.

Gu Yuanqing’s group fought the Netherworld Sect at Moon Turbid Rift Valley, where Gong Wuji summoned the Underworld Ghost King Mora. After Mora overwhelmed Li Shi'an’s group, Gu Yuanqing revealed his strength and struck back, leaving Mora and Gong Wuji fleeing.

• Gu Yuanqing studied the cultivation insights found in the Storage Rings, while the Myriad Manifestations Sect discovered that Zhong’s primordial spirit lamp had shattered and Yu Wenqi failed to divine the killer.
• As the full moon approached, Gu Yuanqing warned Li Shi'an and the others to prepare for an attack at Moon Turbid Rift Valley.
• Gong Wuji unleashed yin spirits and Yin Soldiers against Li Shi'an’s group, whose Nine Twists Soul Stirring Great Formation eventually faltered under the assault.
• Gong Wuji summoned Mora, a heavenly human Ghost King, who shattered the formation and defeated Li Shi'an and Qin Wuya.
• Gu Yuanqing destroyed Mora’s skeletal hand and blade, crushed his body, then pursued him with Great Five Elements Divine Thunder as Gong Wuji fled.

Gu Yuanqing defeated Gong Wuji, captured the Sacred Heaven Sect cultivators who had provoked the conflict, and returned to warn Li Shi'an, Gu Siyuan, and Qin Wuya that several great sects might target the Qian Yuan Sect. The Netherworld Sect's remaining Heavenly Human escaped, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Gu Yuanqing destroyed Gong Wuji's Ghost King and Corpse King, then pursued Gong Wuji despite his escape techniques.
• Gong Wuji revealed that Zheng Tong of the Sacred Heaven Sect had told him Gong Xin died at Li Shi'an's hands, then sacrificed himself in a final attack that Gu Yuanqing stopped.
• Gu Yuanqing caught Zheng Tong and three Sacred Heaven Sect cultivators, defeated their combined formation, and captured them.
• Gu Yuanqing searched for the Netherworld Sect's other Heavenly Human but could not locate him, so he returned to Li Shi'an and the others.
• Gu Yuanqing explained the cause of Gong Wuji's attack and warned Li Shi'an, Gu Siyuan, and Qin Wuya to beware of the Netherworld Sect, the Sacred Heaven Sect, and the Myriad Manifestations Sect.

Gu Yuanqing led his companions into the newly emerged Calamity Moon Ruins and broke through its dangers and formations. In a hidden cavern, he found a pool of moonlight nectar that could nourish the soul and body.

• Gu Yuanqing learned from Gong Wuji and Zheng Tong that the Cloudque Palace had been involved, but chose not to attack its cultivators.
• Gu Yuanqing inspected the Moon Turbid Rift Valley, then waited with Li Shi'an, Gu Siyuan, and the others for the Yin-Yang Cave Mansion to appear.
• The Calamity Moon Ruins emerged from the valley, and Gu Yuanqing used Zheng Tong's Token to bring his companions past its oppressive magnetic field and guardians.
• Gu Yuanqing guided the group through the maze and other defenses, where they searched the ruins and collected surviving techniques and treasures.
• Gu Yuanqing found a hidden passage behind a waterfall, shattered its powerful defensive formation, and entered the Calamity Moon Pool cavern.
• Gu Yuanqing deflected a silver blade and discovered a pool of moonlight nectar, which could nourish the soul and the body's fundamental essence.

Gu Yuanqing retrieved Moonlight Nectar and Five-Colored Lotus Seeds from the Yin-Yang Cave Mansion, then escaped with his companions when a powerful underground fire creature stirred. Back in North Spring Grotto-Heaven, he sensed that Cheng Yi had gone to the Spirit Realm, while news spread that everyone in the cave Residence had died in a supreme-yang blaze.

• Gu Yuanqing divided the Moonlight Nectar among his companions and gave Gu Siyuan a saber before leading them deeper into the cave.
• Gu Yuanqing found a fiery pool, fought off a fire dragon, and took two ripe seedpods from a five-colored divine lotus.
• Dozens of yin-yang-level fish and a greater presence awakened, so Gu Yuanqing fled as magma and flames surged through the cave.
• Gu Yuanqing teleported Gu Siyuan, Li Shi'an, Qin Wuya, and the others back to North Spring Mountain, then warned the four divine platform cultivators to keep their discoveries secret.
• Gu Yuanqing examined the Five-Colored Lotus Seeds and sensed that Cheng Yi had left for the Spirit Realm.
• A charred cultivator emerged from the cave Residence and reported that a supreme-yang blaze had killed everyone inside, including the heavenly humans.

After the Yin-Yang Cave Mansion vanished in a catastrophic fire, survivors and rumors implicated the Qian Yuan Sect, whose leaders chose to avoid scrutiny while continuing their work on Chiyuan Continent. The Netherworld Sect or Sacred Heaven Sect appeared to be secretly worsening the backlash, disrupting Qian Yuan Sect trade.

• Elder Xu emerged from the cave mansion but died when the fire toxin erupted, while Gong Qianyu escaped and warned Cloudque Palace to leave as the mansion vanished.
• Survivors reported that a great blaze had swept through the cave mansion, killing many cultivators and sparking suspicion that the Qian Yuan Sect was responsible.
• Ji Dai returned to Qian Yuan Island and told Li Shi'an about the deaths and rumors; Gu Yuanqing said the fire began hours after their group had left and left the response to them.
• Li Shi'an, Ji Dai, and the others decided that Li Shi'an, Qin Wuya, Gu Siyuan, and their companions would stay off Chiyuan Continent while the Qian Yuan Sect continued trading.
• Gu Yuanqing refined moonlight nectar and consumed two five-colored divine lotus seeds, strengthening his foundations and deepening his Dao insights.
• Outside cultivators spread accusations against the Qian Yuan Sect, causing business partners to withdraw; Ji Dai blamed the Netherworld Sect or Sacred Heaven Sect for stirring up trouble.

Chen Ao and Lai Jingxian restored Qian Yuan Sect’s trade on Chiyuan Continent while Little Fox returned to Sky Fox Mountain as a Heavenly Human, and Ji Dai survived his own heavenly tribulation with Gu Yuanqing’s help. As the Sacred Heaven Sect investigated Qian Yuan Sect and the Netherworld Sect grew desperate for a response to Elder Gong’s death, Elder Sun proposed using the Nether God Sacrifice.

• Li Shi'an sent Chen Ao and Lai Jingxian to Dragon Cave Mountain, where they recovered business dealings through alliances and negotiations.
• Little Fox reached Heavenly Human, returned to Sky Fox Mountain, reunited with Su Yue'e, and was welcomed with plans for a Great Demon banquet.
• Su Yue'e taught Little Fox the Fox Tribe ancestor’s insights after Little Fox said she served Gu Yuanqing’s household.
• Gu Yuanqing saved Ji Dai when a heart demon nearly killed him during his heavenly human Calamity, leaving Qin Wuya troubled by his own unresolved past.
• Sacred Heaven Sect investigators located Qian Yuan Sect within a broad sea region, while their leaders waited for instructions from the Spirit Realm.
• Elder Sun suggested that the Netherworld Sect revive the Nether God Sacrifice after Bei Mingchen lamented the sect’s loss of standing.