Chapter Summaries

Sun Wuyou made a pact with Jing Wang of the Interminable Ghost Mother, sacrificing thousands of children and sects to gain Yin-Yang Realm power so he could target the Qian Yuan Sect. After Gu Yuanqing witnessed Sun Wuyou slaughter innocents, he decided to kill him and attacked as Sun Wuyou headed toward Dragon Cave Mountain.

• Bei Mingchen allowed Sun Wuyou to use the Nine Nether Book for a Nether God Sacrifice, then entered seclusion for ten years.
• Sun Wuyou summoned Jing Wang by sacrificing three thousand children, formed a pact with him, and gained underworld power at the cost of becoming bound to the Ghost Commander.
• Gu Yuanqing sensed a strange disturbance, later spotted Sun Wuyou, and watched him kill everyone in a mountain village to strengthen himself.
• Sun Wuyou learned the Qian Yuan Sect's location and headed toward Dragon Cave Mountain, planning to draw out its Yin-Yang expert.
• Gu Yuanqing chose to kill Sun Wuyou and attacked him with the Heavenly Angling Technique, leaving Sun Wuyou struggling against immense pressure.

Gu Yuanqing killed Sun Wuyou and Jing Wang with the Lie Shan Seal, then eliminated other Netherworld Sect and Sacred Heaven Sect cultivators across the Chiyuan Realm. He evacuated the Qian Yuan Sect’s people to Qian Yuan Island, while news of the killings stirred Chiyuan Continent.

• Sun Wuyou awakened the underworld flower and summoned Jing Wang, a Yin Commander, but Gu Yuanqing’s Lie Shan Seal annihilated them both.
• Gu Yuanqing repaired the destroyed land, returned the displaced villagers and cultivators, and killed Netherworld Sect and Sacred Heaven Sect members across the Chiyuan Realm.
• Gu Yuanqing asked the Mountain-Bearing Divine Turtle to wait three days while his sect’s disciples left the continent, and the turtle agreed.
• Li Shi'an brought Chen Ao, Lai Jingxian, the Qian Yuan Sect members, and a new Dao Fire Realm cultivator to Qian Yuan Island, where newcomers entered blood pacts.
• News of the Qian Yuan Sect’s departure and the deaths of Netherworld Sect and Sacred Heaven Sect cultivators spread across Chiyuan Continent.

Reports of the Qian Yuan Sect’s withdrawal and a suspected Chaos Heaven Great Cultivator’s battle in Chiyuan Continent alarmed the Cultivation World and the Spirit Realm. Gu Yuanqing sealed away the Underworld power left by Sun Wuyou, while the Spirit Realm’s leaders debated the danger and sent Ji Shan to investigate.

• Mo Liuyun and Chang Yuan discussed the Qian Yuan Sect’s withdrawal and investigated the upheaval that had altered the land northwest of Cloudque Palace.
• Bei Mingchen learned that a Chaos Heaven Great Cultivator might have acted in Chiyuan Continent, so the Netherworld Sect and Sacred Heaven Sect held back and reported to their Upper Sects.
• Zuo Qiu feared that Li Miaoxuan, Li Shi'an, Ji Dai, Qin Wuya, and possibly Gu Yuanqing had entered the Cultivation World, while Zhang Xuanlin considered how they might have crossed over.
• Gu Yuanqing sealed the pure yin power left after killing Sun Wuyou, considered whether Li Miaoxuan would recognize the Qian Yuan Sect’s origins, and continued traveling aboard the Mountain-Bearing Divine Turtle.
• In the Spirit Realm, the Demonic Venerable confronted the Spiritual Treasure Venerable over the suspected Chaos Heaven Great Cultivator, but the righteous leaders rejected his accusations.
• Xiao Lingyue and other leaders urged a careful investigation, and Ji Shan volunteered to return to the Cultivation World.

Gu Yuanqing cultivated in North Spring Grotto-Heaven while preparing for the Chaos Heaven Realm, then thwarted the Primordial Divine Sect’s attempt to damage the Qian Yuan Realm with Vein-Devouring Underworld Vipers. Soon after, tribulations across the realm grew stronger, leaving Gu Yuanqing and its cultivators facing a new threat.

• Gu Yuanqing refined moonlight nectar and five-colored divine lotus, studied the Great Dao, and steadily prepared to advance toward the Chaos Heaven Realm.
• Sixteen space rifts opened in the Qian Yuan Realm, and Vein-Devouring Underworld Vipers sent by the Primordial Divine Sect burrowed toward its spiritual veins.
• Gu Yuanqing detected and captured all the insects, erased their soul imprints, and kept them in Qian Yuan Grotto-Heaven to raise as medicinal ingredients.
• Qi Yi reported the insects’ destruction to the Primordial Divine Sect, and Mu Tianheng suspected Gu Yuanqing had detected their arrival through the Sky Monitoring Mirror.
• Within half a month, tribulations across the Qian Yuan Realm grew stronger, killing cultivators mid-breakthrough and spreading anxiety throughout the realm.

Gu Yuanqing countered the Primordial Divine Sect’s Calamity qi over the Qian Yuan Realm while quietly preparing to trace its source. After a month, he absorbed the qi to perfect his Two Forms Tribulation Fire, cleared the realm’s gloom, and declared that he could see his enemy.

• Li Shi'an, Qin Wuya, and Li Guanrong reported that Calamity qi was unsettling people across the Qian Yuan Realm, and Gu Yuanqing warned that it strengthened tribulations and taught the Clear Mind Formula to the realm.
• Gu Yuanqing judged that Mu Tianheng had used the Heavenly Law Bell to target him and shroud the Qian Yuan Realm in Calamity qi, then patiently gathered incense and fire qi to mark Mu through karma.
• As the Calamity qi intensified, unrest spread through the realm, and Li Guanrong warned Gu Yuanqing that Great Qian risked falling into chaos.
• Mu Tianheng and Lei Fuyue discussed Gu Yuanqing’s unknown Rules Divine Artifact and feared it might be the Primordial Heaven Furnace, making them determined to stop his advance to Huntian.
• After a month of observing the Calamity qi, Gu Yuanqing drew it into the North Spring Grotto-Heaven and refined it with his Two Forms Tribulation Fire, easing the qi’s effects across the realm.
• As his sense of karma sharpened, Gu Yuanqing opened his eyes and said, “I see you!”

Gu Yuanqing used the karmic link formed by the Calamity qi to send the Demon Subduing Sword across realms and attack Mu Tianheng in God Ruins Land. The assault wounded Mu Tianheng and disrupted the Eight Desolations Demon Suppressing Great Formation, allowing the Land of the Boundary Abyss to launch a major breach.

• Mu Tianheng learned that the Heaven Watcher could not see through North Spring Mountain and suspected Gu Yuanqing was beginning to master his Rules Divine Artifact.
• Gu Yuanqing struck Mu Tianheng from North Spring Grotto-Heaven with incense power and the Demon Subduing Sword, breaking through Mu Tianheng’s defenses and injuring him.
• Lei Fuyue intervened with the power of Jun Tian Lei Xiao Jian, giving Mu Tianheng time to gather his strength and defend himself.
• Gu Yuanqing recalled the Demon Subduing Sword and left a wisp of his divine soul hidden in God Ruins Land, while Mu Tianheng and Lei Fuyue turned their attention to the Boundary Abyss.
• The weakened Eight Desolations Demon Suppressing Great Formation reacted too slowly, and beasts and concealed experts breached three defensive lines before the situation stabilized.

Gu Yuanqing learned more about the God Ruins and the conflict between the Primordial Divine Sect, the Boundary Abyss, and the Hidden Sun Alliance, then spent a year cultivating in peace. Ji Shan visited on the Spirit Venerable’s behalf to discuss Gu Yuanqing entering the Spirit Realm, and Gu Yuanqing abruptly struck through space into it.

• As the Calamity qi faded from the Qian Yuan Realm, Gu Yuanqing kept his hidden divine-soul wisp in the God Ruins dormant and concluded the Primordial Divine Sect was temporarily occupied.
• Lu Zeyu visited Gu Yuanqing in the Ancient Realm, explained the God Ruins and the Boundary Abyss, and revealed that the Hidden Sun Alliance regarded Gu Yuanqing as a potential ally.
• Gu Yuanqing resolved to use the respite to perfect his cultivation before attempting to break through to huntian.
• After another peaceful year, Ji Shan arrived at Qian Yuan Island and asked when Gu Yuanqing would enter the Spirit Realm on the Spirit Venerable’s behalf.
• Gu Yuanqing agreed to enter the Spirit Realm in a hundred and twenty years, then suddenly struck through space with his palm.

Li Chengyi and the Heaven Treading Immortal Steed were cornered by Bai Xinglan’s forces, but Gu Yuanqing intervened and rescued them. While recovering with his father, Li Chengyi chose to continue searching for his mother, and Gu Yuanqing learned about the Spirit Realm’s powers and Li Miaoxuan’s astonishing rise.

• Bai Xinglan ordered Zhou Yishan to kill Li Chengyi and capture the exhausted Heaven Treading Immortal Steed.
• Li Chengyi used Gu Yuanqing’s jade plaques to fend off Zhou Yishan until Zhou trapped him with the formation and struck at him.
• A hidden force destroyed Zhou Yishan, Bai Xinglan, their attendants, and the formation, after which Bai Jingshan appeared and attacked Li Chengyi.
• Gu Yuanqing dissolved Bai Jingshan and struck down the power of another Bai Clan elder, then healed Li Chengyi and the Heaven Treading Immortal Steed.
• Li Chengyi refused to return to North Spring Mountain before finding his mother, so Gu Yuanqing agreed to travel with him and learn about the Spirit Realm.
• Ji Shan described the Spirit Realm’s major powers and Li Miaoxuan’s advancement to yin-yang circulation, leaving Gu Yuanqing convinced she must have cheats too.

Gu Yuanqing met with Li Chengyi in the Spirit Realm, supported his plans to seek his mother in the Outer Lands, and continued cultivating toward the great perfection of Yin-Yang Circulation. Meanwhile, Ji Shan traced the deaths of the Bai Clan experts to Li Chengyi and arranged secret protection for him; years later, Li Chengyi reached the Outer Lands, where Li Miaoxuan sensed his arrival.

• Ji Shan spoke with Gu Yuanqing about the threat of the Extraterrestrial Demons and the rarity of Void Immortals, then met Ji Dai in North Spring Grotto-Heaven.
• Gu Yuanqing met Li Chengyi in a Spirit Realm tavern, gave him jade tokens and a sealed divine ability, and agreed to help him return for his coming tribulation as he pursued the Outer Lands.
• Gu Yuanqing returned to North Spring Grotto-Heaven and cultivated by merging with it and the Qian Yuan Realm, bringing his Space Dao Principle Imprint close to becoming innate runes.
• The Bai Clan patriarch Bai Jingshan, Bai Tianlan, and another Yin-Yang Cultivator were killed, and Ji Shan realized Gu Yuanqing had struck across space into the Spirit Realm.
• Ji Shan traced the incident to Li Chengyi, suffered bloody tears while divining, and sent a blue-robed elder to protect him in secret.
• Years later, Li Chengyi traveled through a Teleportation Array to the Outer Lands, and Li Miaoxuan sensed his arrival from far away.

Li Miaoxuan sensed the Nine Revolutions Spirit Nurturing Pearl’s aura and left Great Void City to investigate, while Li Chengyi and Qi Yu headed toward Taixu City under pursuit by powerful cultivators. After Little White helped them escape into Tianyin City, Li Chengyi revealed that his father had killed Bai Tianlan, but remained determined to continue to Taixu City.

• Li Miaoxuan sensed the Nine Revolutions Spirit Nurturing Pearl’s aura, informed Xue Yunya she was leaving Great Void City on personal business, and departed through the Teleportation Array.
• Li Chengyi and Qi Yu traveled through the Xuanqiong Realm, witnessed cultivators destroy a possessed man, and set out for Taixu City via Tianyin City.
• Han Tianfeng stopped Heavenly Lord Jingyue from pursuing Li Chengyi, then restrained Yuan Qifeng for three days while Li Chengyi and Qi Yu continued onward.
• When a yin-yang cultivator pursued them, Li Chengyi called Little White, which used its spatial ability to carry them into Tianyin City.
• Li Chengyi told Qi Yu that his father had killed Bai Tianlan, and Qi Yu agreed to separate so he would not become a burden.
• Despite the danger, Li Chengyi insisted that he still had to reach Taixu City, leaving Qi Yu curious about whom he intended to find.

Li Chengyi was pursued by the Yunmeng Holy Land after Bai Tianlan’s death, while Han Tianfeng tried to delay the elder sent to capture him. Li Miaoxuan followed the aura of the Nine Revolutions Spirit Nurturing Pearl toward her son, then sensed that he was in danger.

• Li Chengyi left Qi Yu and avoided a Flying Boat port after sensing danger, but a pursuer tracked him whenever he tried to escape Cloudhide City.
• After more than a month of hiding, Li Chengyi confronted Xiao Cang, accused Bai Tianlan of trying to steal his spirit steed, and threatened to expose the attack with a Recording Stone.
• Yuan Qifeng blocked Han Tianfeng from reaching Li Chengyi, insisting that Xiao Cang would capture him and bring him back to the Spirit Realm.
• Han Tianfeng saw Xiao Cang’s Heavenly Human World appear and realized the elder had been killed; Yuan Qifeng flew off, demanding to know who had killed an elder of the Yunmeng Holy Land.
• Li Miaoxuan traveled toward the aura she sensed from the Nine Revolutions Spirit Nurturing Pearl, fearing how Li Chengyi would receive her, then sensed that he was in danger.

Li Miaoxuan sensed the Nine Revolutions Spirit Nurturing Pearl and rescued Li Chengyi from Qin Cang’s ambush, revealing herself as his mother. After they reunited in a secluded valley, they began speaking about Great Qian and the years they had spent apart.

• Li Miaoxuan followed the Nine Revolutions Spirit Nurturing Pearl to Lingxi City, where Qin Cang and the Yunmeng Holy Land had trapped Li Chengyi.
• Qin Cang’s formation suppressed Li Chengyi, and his attempt to escape with Little White failed when Qin Cang sealed the space.
• Li Miaoxuan arrived and destroyed Qin Cang, his formation, and the cultivators attacking Li Chengyi with a sword strike, then took Li Chengyi and the Heaven Treading Immortal Steed away.
• Yuan Qifeng pursued Li Miaoxuan but was thrown back, while Han Tianfeng denied that the Profound Heaven Pavilion had caused the deaths.
• Li Miaoxuan removed her veil and confirmed her identity, and Li Chengyi knelt to pay his respects to his mother.
• Li Miaoxuan brought Li Chengyi to a palace in a secluded valley and asked him about the changes in Great Qian and when he had left the Ding Twelve Realms.

Li Chengyi reunited with his mother, Li Miaoxuan, after more than two centuries apart, and they spent several days catching up while she learned about his family and the Qian Yuan Realm. He departed for home, leaving their relationship warmer but their reunion with Gu Yuanqing still unresolved.

• Li Miaoxuan learned that Li Chengyi's son, Li Guanrong, had become emperor of Great Qian and heard about the realm's transformation and her many descendants.
• Li Chengyi and Li Miaoxuan spent several days sharing meals and stories, while he kept his father's secrets about the Qian Yuan Realm.
• Li Miaoxuan offered Li Chengyi resources and withdrew her imprint from the Nine Revolutions Spirit Nurturing Pearl, giving him full control of it.
• Li Miaoxuan urged Li Chengyi to stay in Taixu City, but he chose to return to the Qian Yuan Realm to see his wife and prepare for his tribulation.
• Li Chengyi gave Li Miaoxuan a jade token to contact Gu Yuanqing and departed after they exchanged farewells.

Li Miaoxuan returned to Taixu City and rejected Xiao Yunqi’s advances, while Gu Yuanqing and Li Chengyi confronted their unresolved family feelings after reuniting. When Qu Muyun pressured Li Miaoxuan to meet Xiao and enter a secret realm, she attacked him and accused him of intercepting messages from her master about Ding Twelve Realms.

• Li Miaoxuan left the valley with the shrunken cave abode and Heaven Treading Immortal Steed, then rejected Yuan Qifeng’s suggestion that she accept support from the Yunmeng Holy Land and told him to warn Xiao Yunqi not to pursue her.
• Gu Yuanqing admitted to Li Chengyi that he had avoided meeting Li Miaoxuan, and Li Chengyi urged him to take the initiative; afterward, Li Chengyi joked that he had left Little White with his mother to give his father an excuse to act.
• Li Chengyi’s return drew his family, former officials, and Li Guanrong to North Spring Mountain, where they visited him before the mountain quieted after more than a month.
• Li Chengyi prepared to undergo the Two Tribulations of Heavenly Change, while Li Miaoxuan returned to Taixu City and twice refused to see Xiao Yunqi.
• Qu Muyun and Xiao Yunqi visited Li Miaoxuan’s mountain to press her to meet Xiao and accept a place in the Primordial Cloud Whale Burial Mound Secret Realm.
• Li Miaoxuan struck Qu Muyun with Sword Light and accused him of intercepting her master’s messages about Ding Twelve Realms, declaring that they would settle the matter.

Li Miaoxuan confronted Qu Muyun over the interception of her master's message and refused to yield when he threatened disciplinary action. The Disciplinary Hall punished both her and Lin Jingxing, but Qi Xiuyuan also delivered the seventh volume of the Lingxu Nine Tribulations Scripture and urged her to return to the sect.

• Li Miaoxuan accused Qu Muyun of intercepting her message, rejected Xiao Yunqi's attempts to mediate, and told him to stop pursuing her because she had a husband.
• After Li Miaoxuan withdrew behind her formation, she told the Green-Skirted Woman that she would not tolerate interference with news of Li Chengyi.
• Qu Muyun confronted Lin Jingxing, who admitted withholding Li Miaoxuan's message because of a personal grudge; Qu Muyun told him to claim he had forgotten it when the Disciplinary Hall investigated.
• Xiao Yunqi told Uncle Wu that he believed Li Miaoxuan could become his Dao companion and help him reach the Void Immortal realm.
• A month later, Qi Xiuyuan sentenced Lin Jingxing to thirty years of guard duty and stripped Li Miaoxuan of three years of stipends and Scripture Pavilion access for three years.
• Qi Xiuyuan gave Li Miaoxuan the seventh volume of the Lingxu Nine Tribulations Scripture and encouraged her to visit the sect more often.

Li Miaoxuan fought off an extraterrestrial demon attack in Return Ruins City while Li Chengyi survived his second Heavenly Human Calamity. After decades of cultivation, Gu Yuanqing perfected his Space Dao, strengthened his bond with North Spring Grotto-Heaven, and prepared to face the chaos heaven Calamity as the Primordial Divine Sect’s move loomed.

• Li Miaoxuan watched Qi Xiuyuan leave Return Ruins City and focused on becoming stronger before the next heavenly demon attack.
• The Spirit-Suppressing Bell rang, and Li Miaoxuan charged beyond Taixu City's barrier to destroy extraterrestrial demons with Jian Fei.
• Li Chengyi passed his second Heavenly Human Calamity with Gu Yuanqing watching over him, then spent several months stabilizing his cultivation.
• Gu Yuanqing's System Panel changed as his comprehension of the Space Dao deepened, accelerating North Spring Grotto-Heaven's growth.
• After decades of immersion in the Dao, Gu Yuanqing perfected the Space Dao and yin-yang circulation, becoming able to command the grotto-heaven with ease.
• Gu Yuanqing sensed a distant figure beside the Heaven Treading Immortal Steed, then decided to prepare for his chaos heaven Calamity, anticipating the Primordial Divine Sect's move.

Gu Yuanqing prepared to undergo the Chaos Heaven Calamity while ordering Li Chengyi to protect the Qian Yuan Realm with the Five Directions Great Formation and move the Li and Gu families to North Spring Mountain. As his preparations reached completion, Xu Haoque learned of the Great Qian Dynasty’s defenses and suspected Gu Yuanqing was about to break through, but an upheaval came from the Dragon Demon Realm before the Primordial Divine Sect attacked.

• Gu Yuanqing summoned Li Chengyi, explained that the Primordial Divine Sect might strike during his Calamity, and entrusted him with activating the Five Directions Great Formation and gathering their families at North Spring Mountain.
• Li Chengyi and Li Guanrong mobilized the Great Qian Dynasty to build the five array platforms, reinforce them with spiritual veins, and appoint trusted cultivators to hold the five tokens.
• Gu Yuanqing refined his cultivation art, experienced a Chaos Realm breakthrough in the Spiritual Mountain Trial, and completed his preparations for the Calamity.
• Nie Zhongyuan reported the Great Qian Dynasty’s preparations to Xu Haoque, who ordered him to investigate and then reported his suspicion about Gu Yuanqing to a mysterious phantom.
• Gu Yuanqing reached the peak of his preparations and waited for a suitable moment to trigger the Heavenly Calamity, but upheaval arose in the Dragon Demon Realm.

After emerging from seclusion, Gu Yuanqing learned from Ao Jie that a vast world was nearing the Demon Realm and could draw powerful cultivators into the Black Sea. When the world briefly appeared, Gu Yuanqing recognized its barren landscape as possibly belonging to the Ling Yuan Realm.

• Gu Yuanqing brought Ao Jie into the grotto-heaven and heard that the Demon Court planned to send an envoy after learning of his clash with Demon God Mountain.
• Ao Jie told Gu Yuanqing that he had repeatedly seen the shadow of a world approaching the Demon Realm, an event that could attract countless powerhouses and plunge the Black Sea into chaos.
• Gu Yuanqing asked when the world would arrive, and Ao Jie estimated it would manifest within a few years.
• The immense world appeared briefly; Gu Yuanqing used the grotto-heaven's power to glimpse its vast, barren terrain before it vanished.
• Gu Yuanqing studied the scene and suspected the approaching world was the Ling Yuan Realm.

Gu Yuanqing learned that the dying Ling Yuan Realm might soon fall into the Black Sea near the Dragon Demon Realm, threatening the Exquisite World’s formations. When a powerful black dragon attacked Ao Jie and drew the attention of other hostile beings, Gu Yuanqing decided to make an example of the intruder.

• Ao Jie told Gu Yuanqing that he had seen the Ling Yuan Realm appearing in the Black Sea, and brought offerings from the great demon clans.
• Gu Yuanqing warned Ao Jie that upheaval might come, then sensed that the Dragon Demon Realm could attract trouble as the Ling Yuan Realm’s fall approached.
• A black dragon of Yin-Yang Circulation of Heaven Realm tried to enter the Dragon Demon Realm and attacked Ao Jie for taking human form and bearing a human’s scent.
• Ao Jie, the Tiger Lord, and the Demon Ape King fought back but could barely withstand the black dragon, even with the formation and terrain helping them.
• Gu Yuanqing saw hostile gazes gathering around the Dragon Demon Realm and resolved to kill the black dragon as a warning to the others.

Gu Yuanqing crushed the Black Dragon’s assault and deterred the demons gathering around the Dragon Demon Realm as he prepared to endure the Calamity of the Three Realms. Mu Tianheng planned to stop his breakthrough, while Ning Xuxuan offered Gu Yuanqing a chance to study Mu Tianheng’s techniques and artifact.

• The Black Dragon battered the Dragon Demon Ancestor, the Tiger Lord, and the Demon Ape King, but Gu Yuanqing shattered the Black Dragon with a single strike and drove off the demons approaching the Dragon Demon Realm.
• A black ape king decided not to investigate Gu Yuanqing directly, while Gu Yuanqing resolved to endure the Three Realms’ Calamity rather than give up its resources.
• Mu Tianheng learned that Gu Yuanqing was preparing to reach Huntian and vowed to intervene personally, asking Lei Fuyue to hold back the forces from the Boundary Abyss.
• Ning Xuxuan visited Gu Yuanqing and confirmed that the Primordial Divine Sect would learn of his Calamity and that Mu Tianheng would try to stop him.
• After Gu Yuanqing refused to join the Hidden Sun Alliance, Ning Xuxuan offered him a chance to examine Mu Tianheng’s Primordial Tribulation Fortune True Scripture and the Heavenly Law Bell.