Chapter Summaries

Gu Yuanqing suppressed the Chaos Heaven cultivators and reached for the Ling Yuan Realm’s origin, but Lie Shanyu, the Demon Emperor, and Di Xiao arrived to claim it. Gu Yuanqing refused to share, and Di Xiao attacked him as the other emperors watched.

• Gu Yuanqing used the North Spring World Suppressing Seal to pin down the Chaos Heaven Great Cultivators, then tried to take the Ling Yuan Realm’s origin.
• Lie Shanyu broke through the seal’s power, stopped Gu Yuanqing, and proposed dividing the World Origin between them.
• The Demon Emperor and Di Xiao arrived and demanded shares, while Gu Yuanqing refused the Demon Emperor’s request to return the Myriad Demon Pill and protect the Demon Phoenix Clan.
• The surrounding armies retreated as the four Chaos Heaven Immortal Level Great Cultivators faced one another over the World Origin.
• Gu Yuanqing claimed the entire World Origin and told the three emperors to leave; Di Xiao attacked him with his saber, and Gu Yuanqing met the strike with one finger.

Barbarian Emperor Di Xiao tried to steal the Ling Yuan Realm Origin, but Gu Yuanqing trapped him and forced him to put it down. The four powerful cultivators then competed for the Origin, and their first clash began when Gu Yuanqing stepped forward to claim it.

• Barbarian Emperor Di Xiao attacked Gu Yuanqing, using the exchange to approach the World Origin and seize the Origin Dragon.
• Di Xiao opened a space rift to escape, but Gu Yuanqing closed it, trapping him between Gu Yuanqing, the Demon Emperor, and Divine Emperor Lie Shanyu.
• Di Xiao threatened to destroy the World Origin if they attacked, then proposed dividing it among the four; Gu Yuanqing refused and challenged them to fight for it.
• Gu Yuanqing warned Di Xiao to put down the Origin, and Di Xiao withdrew before the four cultivators took positions around it.
• After their auras clashed in a tense standoff, Gu Yuanqing stepped forward, prompting Di Xiao to strike, the Demon Emperor to unleash Solar True Fire, and Lie Shanyu to reach for the Origin.

Gu Yuanqing defeated the Demon Emperor, Divine Emperor Lie Shanyu, and Barbarian Emperor, then refined the Ling Yuan Realm’s origin into his Heavenly Human World. As his world began to develop its own Spirituality, the chapter shifted to ongoing conflicts in the God Ruins and ended with a mysterious shadow forming in the Ling Yuan Realm.

• Gu Yuanqing’s growing strength pressured the three emperors until the Demon Emperor withdrew, followed by Lie Shanyu and the Barbarian Emperor.
• Gu Yuanqing captured the Ling Yuan Realm’s origin and brought it into his Heavenly Human World, where chaos heaven vital fire refined away its original Spirituality.
• Gu Yuanqing dispersed the purified origin through his world, strengthening it and his Dao Principle Imprint as a new Spirituality began to emerge.
• Mu Tianheng worried that insiders might risk everything to seize the Boundary Gate and resolved to wait until his control over the Heavenly Law Bell reached the Fifth Layer.
• Ye Xuanxiao used the Nether Edict Forbidden Ground to destroy a Small World and expose its origin, then lamented that he still needed an Exquisite World such as the Qian Yuan Realm.
• Demonic qi gathered over the land of the Ling Yuan Realm and formed a light-devouring black shadow.

A mysterious black-robed man returned to the Demon Realm, spread rumors and a Sword Dao legacy through Chaotic Star Valley, and gathered followers amid the ensuing chaos. Meanwhile, Gu Yuanqing advanced his understanding of the chaos heaven immortal realm and began refining his divine abilities before the Era Cycle.

• Black qi consumed two Great Demons before forming a pale man who resembled the Heavenly Demon Sword Master's avatar; he concealed his aura and headed away from the Dragon Demon Realm, vowing to return to Gu Yuanqing.
• At the Hundred Races Rare Treasure Exchange Conference, the black-robed man bought blood soul demon lotuses and heard a Heavenly Change Cultivator recount Gu Yuanqing's battle on the Black Sea.
• The black-robed man sold pills, spread rumors that Su Yan's Sword Dao legacy had appeared, and helped provoke a struggle over a Sword Tablet and Jade Talismans in Chaotic Star Valley.
• The black-robed man gathered pill buyers beneath a mountain peak and drained a heavenly transformation peak cultivator, saying the growing turmoil would let him fish in troubled waters.
• Gu Yuanqing sensed Spirituality developing within his Heavenly Human World and spent two years cultivating in North Spring Grotto-Heaven, deepening his understanding of the chaos heaven immortal realm.
• With fewer than two years remaining until the Era Cycle, Gu Yuanqing summoned Li Chengyi, hosted a family banquet, and used the Dao Yan method to derive an improved North Spring World Suppressing Seal.

Gu Yuanqing mastered a new form of the North Spring World Suppressing Seal, gaining a way to harm chaos heaven immortals and suppress Rules Divine Artifact power. He considered using that power safely, then visited Li Chengyi as his son prepared for his Calamity, ending with Gu Yuanqing reflecting on the loneliness of his Dao Path.

• Gu Yuanqing cultivated the North Spring World Suppressing Seal until he could maintain thirty-six dao principle brands within the North Spring Mountain phantom.
• Gu Yuanqing struck the Bloodwing Bat King with the phantom, eroding some of the demon’s undying imprints before binding him again.
• Gu Yuanqing suppressed and annihilated a Great Void Creation Wheel imprint, then considered isolating the divine artifact’s power in a separate vessel.
• Gu Yuanqing saw that Li Chengyi was preparing for his Calamity and asked whether he was confident; Li Chengyi said he was ready and had gained insights into the yin-yang dao.
• Gu Yuanqing left Li Chengyi and reflected that his cultivation had separated him from his former companions, then looked toward the Outer Lands where the Heaven Treading Immortal Steed was.

The Devil Race seized the Guiji Forbidden Land and prepared to attack the Boundary Gate, forcing the Primordial Divine Sect and the Hidden Sun Alliance to mobilize for war. Ning Xuxuan asked Gu Yuanqing to help defend the realm, and as the great battle began, he crushed Gu Yuanqing’s token to summon him.

• The Devil Race broke into the Guiji Forbidden Land, fought the Primordial Divine Sect and the Hidden Sun Alliance for two months, and took control of it.
• Ning Xuxuan challenged Mu Tianheng to commit the Primordial Divine Sect’s full strength, and Mu Tianheng asked him to enlist Gu Yuanqing to defend the Boundary Gate.
• Ning Xuxuan visited Gu Yuanqing, who agreed to help and gave him a token to summon him when the battle began.
• Three months later, the Devil Master led the Devil Race and the Guiji Forbidden Land toward the Boundary Gate, prompting the Heaven Monitoring Elder to alert Mu Tianheng.
• Mu Tianheng ordered the nine forbidden grounds and thirty-six Small Worlds to form the Eight Desolations Demon Suppressing Great Formation, and Ning Xuxuan crushed Gu Yuanqing’s token.

Gu Yuanqing sent an avatar to join the defense against the Devil Race after discussing the war with Li Chengyi and Ning Xuxuan. At Immeasurable Mountain, he learned the enemy’s forces were formidable and agreed to remain nearby to intercept any devils that broke through the defenses.

• Gu Yuanqing told Li Chengyi he would send an avatar to the God Ruins Battlefield, and Li Chengyi warned him that the Primordial Divine Sect might have ulterior motives.
• Gu Yuanqing created a powerful avatar and sent it through the void to meet Ning Xuxuan on Immeasurable Mountain.
• Ning Xuxuan explained that the Devil Race’s army would reach the Boundary Gate within half a month and that Demon Lord Ming Shang might be a demigod.
• Gu Yuanqing and Ning Xuxuan reviewed the Devil Race’s numerical advantage and the human forces’ plan to defend the Boundary Gate through two layers of formations.
• Gu Yuanqing agreed to stay near Immeasurable Mountain and respond to Devil Race experts who broke through the defenses, while declining to meet the Primordial Divine Sect.

Gu Yuanqing settled on Immeasurable Mountain, explored its spatial trials, and learned that Mu Tianheng intended to use the approaching devil invasion to test his strength. As the devil army neared the Boundary Gate, Gu Yuanqing prepared to fight while Ning Xuxuan warned him to beware of both the devils and the Primordial Divine Sect.

• Ning Xuxuan escorted Gu Yuanqing to a courtyard, where Gu Yuanqing reunited with Lu Zeyu and discussed the devil invasion and the fall of the Ling Yuan Realm.
• Lu Zeyu showed Gu Yuanqing Immeasurable Mountain’s trial grounds, and Gu Yuanqing concluded that someone had deliberately caused the Ling Yuan Realm’s fall to pursue the Boundary Gate.
• Mu Tianheng told Lei Fuyue that Gu Yuanqing was a threat to the Primordial Divine Sect and planned to use the devil invasion to test his abilities.
• Gu Yuanqing met Chaos Heaven cultivators from the Hidden Sun Alliance and learned about rumors surrounding the attack on Qi Yichen and the Boundary Gate.
• Ten days later, the defenders activated the Eight Desolations Demon Suppressing Great Formation as the devil army approached the Boundary Gate.
• Ning Xuxuan warned Gu Yuanqing that the Primordial Divine Sect might have hidden plans and urged him to retreat into Immeasurable Mountain if he faced mortal danger.

Gu Yuanqing took his assigned position as the Devil Race army attacked the Eight Desolations Demon Suppressing Great Formation. The battle began with the Guiji Forbidden Land's charge, while Mu Tianheng and Demon Lord Ming Shang tested each other at the front and Gu Yuanqing guarded Immeasurable Mountain.

• Gu Yuanqing reached his defensive position, sensed Mu Tianheng, Lei Fuyue, and Li Lingyun, then concealed his aura by merging it with the Great Dao.
• The Devil Race army approached, and Mu Tianheng rallied the defenders before the nine forbidden grounds formed their defenses.
• The Devil Master drove the Guiji Forbidden Land into the Eight Desolations Demon Suppressing Great Formation, while devils and magic beasts attacked its weakened sections.
• Mu Tianheng and Demon Lord Ming Shang exchanged lethal attacks, but both reappeared unharmed and continued their confrontation.
• Gu Yuanqing watched the battle from Immeasurable Mountain and killed a Heaven Shattering-level Devil Race avatar attempting to sneak through.

Gu Yuanqing guarded the battlefield, killed devils that breached the defenses, and clashed with Zhang Cheng over the Primordial Divine Sect’s rules for handling devil essence blood. After three days of probing, the devils launched a full assault, forcing Mu Tianheng to reveal his power and confront Demon Lord Ming Shang.

• Gu Yuanqing killed a concealed Chaos Heaven Level devil Avatar and refused Zhang Cheng’s demand to surrender its essence blood for disposal.
• Gu Yuanqing killed another devil instead of attacking Zhang Cheng, then threatened him until the Heaven Monitoring Elder made Zhang Cheng apologize and leave.
• Gu Yuanqing watched the battle and suspected that the devils and the Primordial Divine Sect were both testing their opponents while preparing for a larger upheaval.
• After three days of probing, Demon Lord Ming Shang unleashed his strength, and the devils’ coordinated assault opened breaches in the Eight Desolations Demon Suppressing Great Formation.
• Ning Xuxuan and Lei Fuyue urged Mu Tianheng to act, and Mu Tianheng awakened the Divine Forbidden Mountain Range and used the Heavenly Law Bell to pin down the Guiji Forbidden Land.
• Mu Tianheng appeared with power approaching the Demigod Realm, and Demon Lord Ming Shang welcomed the confrontation.

Gu Yuanqing fought off the Devil Race’s assault and captured the avatar of Ye Xueyin, while noticing that devil blood energy was mysteriously disappearing. He and Ning Xuxuan suspected the Primordial Divine Sect was collecting it to power the Boundary Gate, leaving the sect’s true strength and motives in question.

• Gu Yuanqing used the Demon Subduing Sword to slaughter the devils attacking his defensive post and destroyed a Chaos Heaven-level devil’s avatar.
• The Devil Master ordered a hidden Great Demon to approach Gu Yuanqing while Mu Tianheng ignored its passage through the defensive line.
• Gu Yuanqing exposed and defeated Ye Xueyin, capturing his avatar and killing the devils and magic beasts accompanying him.
• Gu Yuanqing noticed devil blood energy disappearing and asked Ning Xuxuan to investigate; Ning confirmed it was dissipating faster than usual.
• Gu Yuanqing and Ning Xuxuan suspected the Primordial Divine Sect was gathering the blood energy to open the Boundary Gate.

Gu Yuanqing and Ning Xuxuan weighed the Primordial Divine Sect’s hidden schemes while the Devil Race’s assault continued to intensify. As the era cycle neared, the Devil Master prepared a decisive attack, and Mu Tianheng warned the Primordial Divine Sect’s Elders not to betray their duties.

• Ning Xuxuan told Gu Yuanqing that the Hidden Sun Alliance could not withdraw from the battlefield without being branded a traitor, even though the Boundary Gate and Fa Yuan Realm might be bait laid by the Primordial Divine Sect.
• Gu Yuanqing held his position while the Devil Race avoided him, but a concealed demonic avatar bypassed his defenses and gravely wounded an Elder before Li Lingyun forced it to retreat.
• Gu Yuanqing destroyed Zhang Cheng’s avatar after Zhang accused him of failing to aid the endangered defenders, and Zhang Cheng’s true body was left furious at the Heaven Watcher’s Forbidden Ground.
• The Devil Master and Liao Hanchuan planned to launch their true offensive in seven days, relying on the Nine Nether Altar to weaken the Forbidden Grounds and break the Eight Desolations Demon Suppressing Great Formation.
• Mu Tianheng warned the Primordial Divine Sect’s Elders that the Devil Race still had methods in reserve and threatened punishment for anyone who sacrificed public duty for private interests.

Mu Tianheng’s plans to lure the Devil Race into a trap collided with the Devil Race’s hidden altar, which shattered the human defensive line and sent the Guiji Forbidden Land toward Gu Yuanqing. As the battle intensified, Gu Yuanqing suspected Mu Tianheng was using the Devil Master to attack him.

• Mu Tianheng told Lei Fuyue that they would exploit the coming battle to eliminate threats inside and outside the Primordial Divine Sect, while Lei Fuyue warned that Gu Yuanqing’s avatar would be difficult to deal with.
• Gu Yuanqing noticed the Devil Race was sacrificing magic beasts and sensed that the Primordial Divine Sect had prepared measures of its own, while Ning Xuxuan decided the Hidden Sun Alliance would pursue the Boundary Gate despite the risks.
• The Devil Race activated an altar powered by blood energy and resentment, weakened the Eight Desolations Demon Suppressing Great Formation, and forced the forbidden grounds to retreat as devils and magic beasts attacked.
• Li Lingyun was wounded while trying to stop the altar, and his disciple was killed; cultivators suspected the Heaven Monitoring Elder had betrayed them after the altar appeared within the protected battlefield.
• Ye Xuanxiao positioned the Underworld Edict Stele to exploit the chaos, while Gu Yuanqing resisted the demonic qi and watched the Guiji Forbidden Land charge toward him.
• Gu Yuanqing recognized the Devil Master’s killing intent and suspected Mu Tianheng was using the Guiji Forbidden Land to drive him into a trap.

Gu Yuanqing saw through the Primordial Divine Sect’s apparent retreat and escaped Demon Lord Ming Shang’s attack, then slaughtered the Devil Race while the sect’s hidden formation and divine saber clashed with the Guiji Forbidden Land. As the battle converged on the Boundary Gate, Gu Yuanqing’s avatar grew stronger by refining devils into vital essence, unaware that a great demon was waiting nearby for a chance to strike.

• Gu Yuanqing suspected the Primordial Divine Sect was luring the Devil Race into a trap and refused Mu Tianheng’s demand to stop the charging Guiji Forbidden Land.
• Demon Lord Ming Shang trapped Gu Yuanqing in the Nirvana Profound Coffin, but Gu Yuanqing reappeared far away and killed a chaos heaven devil, destroying its dao principle imprint and Heavenly Human World.
• Gu Yuanqing and Ning Xuxuan accused Mu Tianheng’s sect of harboring a traitor after a Devil Race formation appeared at the Boundary Gate, while Mu Tianheng insisted he would handle the matter.
• The Primordial Divine Sect activated its hidden formation and divine saber, which struck the Guiji Forbidden Land and slowed its charge without stopping it.
• Gu Yuanqing slaughtered devils and magic beasts with the Demon Subduing Sword Formation and chaos heaven vital fire, strengthening his avatar as a chaos heaven immortal level great demon searched for an opening to attack.

Gu Yuanqing harvested devils and magic beasts to strengthen his divine soul, escaped an ambush by two Chaos Heaven Deathless Great Demons, and continued evading them while the battle around the Guiji Forbidden Land intensified. As the Devil Master and Mu Tianheng each pursued their own plans for the Boundary Gate, another demon trap pinned Gu Yuanqing in place, forcing him to prepare to act with his true body.

• Gu Yuanqing slaughtered devils and magic beasts, refining their essence into pill qi that strengthened his divine soul.
• The Bloodwing Bat King and Corrosive Heart ambushed Gu Yuanqing, but he escaped through a spatial anchor and continued killing Shattering Heaven-level devils while evading them.
• The Guiji Forbidden Land pressed toward the Primordial Divine Sect's formation as Mu Tianheng told Lei Fuyue to wait until more devils and magic beasts entered the formation.
• The Devil Master told Liao Hanchuan that he was using the battle to approach the Boundary Gate, while privately seeking the power of the enormous blood-red eye in the sky.
• Another Chaos Heaven Deathless Great Demon joined the pursuit and helped trap Gu Yuanqing with three overlapping Heavenly Human World domains and three immortal-level divine abilities.
• Gu Yuanqing declared that he would use his true body after his escape technique failed to free him immediately.

Gu Yuanqing used his true body’s North Spring World Suppressing Seal to suppress three Chaos Heaven Immortal Great Demons, then escaped their White Bone Tower and continued slaughtering the Devil Race and Magic Beasts for their blood energy. His actions threatened the Devil Master’s and Mu Tianheng’s plans, prompting both sides to prepare to act ahead of schedule.

• Corrosive Heart and two other Great Demons attacked Gu Yuanqing’s Avatar, but Gu Yuanqing’s true body emerged and imprisoned them and the surrounding Devil Race with the North Spring World Suppressing Seal.
• Gu Yuanqing’s Divine Ability damaged the three demons’ Undying Imprints and began to erode their cultivation, until a White Bone Tower disrupted the seal and let them escape.
• The Myriad Skeletons Demon King attacked Gu Yuanqing with the White Bone Tower, but Gu Yuanqing avoided another clash, gathered the blood energy of the Devil Race he had killed, and departed.
• Gu Yuanqing continued hunting across the battlefield, drawing the attention of Mu Tianheng, the Devil Master, the Heaven Monitoring Elder, Lei Fuyue, and Ning Xuxuan.
• The Demon Race Strategist warned the Devil Master that Gu Yuanqing could ruin their plans, so the Devil Master ordered them to wait an hour before acting early.
• Lei Fuyue warned Mu Tianheng that Gu Yuanqing’s actions could cause complications, and Mu Tianheng ordered preparations to bring the plan forward.

Gu Yuanqing hunted devils and magic beasts as the battle spread to the Primordial Divine Sect’s last defensive line. The Devil Master began an ancient ritual while Mu Tianheng revealed his true body and awakened the Divine Forbidden Mountain Range to strike the Guiji Forbidden Land.

• Gu Yuanqing slaughtered devils and magic beasts, using chaos heaven vital fire to strengthen his avatars as the fighting pushed toward the Small Worlds.
• Devils and magic beasts breached the Primordial Divine Sect’s formations, bringing battle into the Small Worlds while the major forces continued their clashes near the Boundary Gate.
• The Devil Master ordered Liao Hanchuan to prepare an altar, and a blood-colored pillar from the enormous eye descended into the Guiji Forbidden Land.
• Gu Yuanqing sensed the altar’s power react with the unrefined aura from the Heavenly Demon Sword Master’s avatar and suspected a link between the Underground Cave Demons and the Devil Race.
• Mu Tianheng revealed his true body to Lei Fuyue and ordered him to proceed with their plan.
• Mu Tianheng awakened the Divine Forbidden Mountain Range, and its Heavenly Law Bell Projection charged toward the Guiji Forbidden Land.

The Devil Master Mingshang used the God Burying Demon Law and the Nirvana Profound Coffin to break through the Primordial Divine Sect’s defenses and drive the Guiji Forbidden Land toward the Boundary Gate. The Ancient Realm then descended over the battlefield, awakening Liao Hanchuan’s hidden memories and prompting the Devil Master to unleash the true demon blood within him, while Gu Yuanqing withdrew his avatars to safety.

• The Devil Master Mingshang empowered the Guiji Forbidden Land with the Nirvana Profound Coffin, shattered a Primordial Divine Sect array platform, and killed two Yin-Yang Cultivators while a Chaos Heaven Cultivator escaped gravely wounded.
• The Primordial Divine Sect revealed the Ancient Realm above the God Ruins, astonishing Gu Yuanqing, Ning Xuxuan, Li Lingyun, and other Great Cultivators.
• Liao Hanchuan recognized the Ancient Realm and revealed that the Devil Master’s true demon blood had kept him alive; Mingshang killed him through the soul seal.
• The red giant eye poured its light into Mingshang’s vertical eye, transforming his body and driving his power toward a Great Dao tribulation as he charged toward the Boundary Gate.
• The Ancient Realm descended over the battlefield, immobilizing those caught within it, while Ning Xuxuan failed to escape and Gu Yuanqing recalled every avatar to North Spring Grotto-Heaven.

Mu Tianheng trapped the Devil Race within the Ancient Realm Platform, where the Primordial Divine Sect and Hidden Sun Alliance fought a devastating battle. While Gu Yuanqing cultivated in North Spring Grotto-Heaven, reports of the victory gave way to accusations that he had fled and caused the defensive formation to collapse, with Lu Zeyu and other cultivators publicly denouncing him.

• Mu Tianheng used the Ancient Realm's phantom to trap the Devil Master and transport cultivators from Immeasurable Mountain into the Ancient Realm Platform, where the Primordial Divine Sect prepared to fight.
• The Primordial Divine Sect and Hidden Sun Alliance attacked the Devil Race, but the battle caused heavy casualties and Li Lingyun died suppressing the Devil Master.
• Gu Yuanqing returned to North Spring Grotto-Heaven, warned Li Chengyi to watch for news from Ancient God Mountain, and refined Ye Xuanxiao and the captive devils to strengthen himself.
• After sensing a great battle near the Boundary Gate, Gu Yuanqing learned that the Exquisite World had won the Human-Devil War at a terrible cost, with Mu Tianheng, Lei Fuyue, and Guo Yongquan badly injured.
• Rumors blamed Gu Yuanqing for fleeing and causing the defensive formation to collapse, and Lu Zeyu and cultivators from several boundary domains publicly denounced him.

Gu Yuanqing and Li Chengyi countered the Primordial Divine Sect’s accusations by spreading suspicions about its schemes and mind-control of Realm Guards. When Ning Xuxuan met Gu Yuanqing through a remnant soul, he revealed that an overwhelming expert watched over Ancient God Divine Mountain and claimed Gu Yuanqing was the Child of Fortune whom the Primordial Divine Sect feared.

• Gu Yuanqing told Li Chengyi to spread claims that Mu Tianheng had staged the Devil Race’s entry and murdered Li Lingyun, while the Primordial Divine Sect used secret techniques to control cultivators.
• Li Chengyi, Li Shi'an, Li Haotian, Li Cunguo, Li Siyuan, and Li Guanrong organized the response, and rumors about the Primordial Divine Sect spread throughout the Ancient Realm.
• Li Chengyi informed Gu Yuanqing that Yi Yunbo had arrived at Nine Bends Mountain, and Gu Yuanqing sent a split soul there to meet him.
• Ning Xuxuan appeared through Yi Yunbo and explained that Mu Tianheng held his wounded true body while only a remnant of his soul had escaped.
• Ning Xuxuan revealed that an expert stronger than the Devil Master had watched the battle at Ancient God Divine Mountain, and Gu Yuanqing confirmed he had sensed the danger and fled God Ruins.
• Ning Xuxuan concluded that Gu Yuanqing was the Child of Fortune and that the Primordial Divine Sect feared him because he might threaten its foundations.