Chapter Summaries

Gu Yuanqing comprehended Old Man Heavenly Sword’s legacy at the Finger Mark, then studied the way of space at the Void Sea before returning from Falling Star Plain. He left Song Tianrui and Gu Chengping near Wangxiang City and was met at his inn by a yin-yang cultivator from the Spiritual Treasure Holy Land.

• Gu Yuanqing awakened the Sword Scar’s fifty-thousand-year-old dao marks, strengthened his Sword Dao, and added a new finger mark to the cliff before the legacy vanished.
• Gu Yuanqing studied spatial fluctuations at the Void Sea for more than two months while Song Tianrui and Gu Chengping struggled to keep the Bronze Chariot protected.
• Gu Yuanqing returned to the Bronze Chariot, and the three traveled to the Seven Luminaries Profound Mansion; cultivators in the Star Fiend Miasma region witnessed its appearance and spread news of its location.
• Gu Yuanqing gave Song Tianrui and Gu Chengping cultivation techniques and other rewards, then dismissed them near Wangxiang City.
• Gu Yuanqing arrived at his inn in Wangxiang City, where a yin-yang cultivator from the Spiritual Treasure Holy Land came to meet him.

Gu Yuanqing reunited his avatars’ insights, then prepared to leave the Cultivation World for the Spirit Realm aboard the Spiritual Treasure Holy Land’s Void Crossing Heavenly Boat. As the boat began boarding, he encountered Chu Yiyi, her Maid Lü Luo, and the scar-faced Qu Clan Heavenly Human among the passengers.

• Qi Yingchen invited Gu Yuanqing to travel to the Spirit Realm aboard the Heavenly Ark, and Gu Yuanqing accepted.
• Gu Yuanqing recalled his avatars and combined their memories and insights before sending them back to their respective locations.
• Song Tianrui and Gu Chengping thanked Gu Yuanqing and gave him a Bronze Chariot and spirit herb seeds before he left Wangxiang City.
• Qi Yingchen escorted Gu Yuanqing aboard the Void Crossing Heavenly Boat and placed him in a lavish heaven-class room.
• Gu Yuanqing spotted Chu Yiyi and her Maid Lü Luo boarding the Heavenly Ark, then recognized the scar-faced Qu Clan Heavenly Human among the passengers.

Gu Yuanqing crossed from the Cultivation World into the Spirit Realm aboard the Void Crossing Heavenly Boat and traveled toward the Lingxu Sect. He entered Lingxu Sect territory on the Abyss-Suppressing Continent, where he heard that Li Miaoxuan was about to undergo the Chaos Tribulation.

• The Void Crossing Heavenly Boat crossed the Two Worlds Gate, carrying Gu Yuanqing and the other cultivators into the Spirit Realm.
• Qi Yingchen gave Gu Yuanqing a map and a Star Token, and Gu Yuanqing declined an onward ride and left Thousand Spirits Mountain on his own.
• Gu Yuanqing traveled across the Spirit Realm, sightseeing as he headed toward the Abyss-Suppressing Continent and repeatedly heard news of Li Miaoxuan.
• Gu Yuanqing entered Lingxu Sect territory and learned that Li Miaoxuan was about to undergo the Chaos Tribulation.

Gu Yuanqing reached Lingmiao Blessed Land to visit Li Miaoxuan as she prepared for her Chaos Heaven Calamity. After an outer sect elder directed him toward the guest quarters, Gu Yuanqing planned to seek her out despite the sect’s restrictions, while disciples mistook him for another admirer claiming to know her.

• Xiao Yunqi offered Mu Chuxia three treasures to help Li Miaoxuan through her Calamity, but Mu Chuxia refused them on Li Miaoxuan’s behalf.
• Gu Yuanqing arrived at the Lingxu Sect during its recruitment examination and told an outer sect disciple he had come to visit a friend.
• Gu Yuanqing showed the disciple a Star Token from Spiritual Treasure Holy Land, prompting the disciple to summon the outer sect elder Cao Zhengping.
• Cao Zhengping recognized the token’s origin and learned that Gu Yuanqing wanted to see Li Miaoxuan, who was secluded before her Calamity.
• Cao Zhengping suggested that Gu Yuanqing stay in the guest quarters and go to Time Sequence Peak to ask to see Li Miaoxuan himself.
• The disciple who had first stopped Gu Yuanqing mocked him to Senior Brother Chen as another visitor who claimed to be Li Miaoxuan’s old acquaintance.

Gu Yuanqing entered the Lingxu Sect with a genuine token from the Spiritual Treasure Holy Land and arranged to visit Li Miaoxuan at Time Sequence Peak. The visit ended at the foot of the peak, where Martial Aunt Liu refused to let him pass because Li Miaoxuan was preparing for her Calamity.

• Cao Zhengping brought Gu Yuanqing to the mountain gate, where Senior Brother Qi verified his Star Token and placed a Clear Brilliance Guiding Seal on him.
• Junior Brother Zhou escorted Gu Yuanqing into the Lingmiao Blessed Land, and Ding Mincai assigned him a courtyard in the Silence Character Courtyard.
• Gu Yuanqing asked to visit Li Miaoxuan, but Ding Mincai explained that she was in seclusion and arranged for a guide to take him to Time Sequence Peak the next morning.
• Ding Mincai sent Lang Yifei to guide Gu Yuanqing, and they reached the foot of Time Sequence Peak as Tribulation Qi gathered around it.
• Martial Aunt Liu blocked Gu Yuanqing and refused his request to see Li Miaoxuan, ordering him to leave and warning the Guest Reception Hall not to send outsiders again.

Gu Yuanqing visited Lingxu Sect hoping to see Li Miaoxuan, but respected her apparent choice not to meet and spoke with elder Zhang Hegui instead. That night, Li Miaoxuan left seclusion and went to Gu Yuanqing’s courtyard, where they reunited face-to-face.

• Gu Yuanqing waited below Time Sequence Peak, then left without meeting Li Miaoxuan, choosing to respect her silence.
• Lang Yifei showed Gu Yuanqing around the guest area, where Gu Yuanqing met Zhang Hegui and discussed his visit and Star Token over tea.
• Yun Yinghe checked on Li Miaoxuan’s seclusion and warned Mu Chuxia that her approaching Calamity was vital to the sect.
• Li Miaoxuan emerged from seclusion and flew to Gu Yuanqing’s courtyard, while Yun Yinghe watched her arrive.
• Gu Yuanqing opened the gate, and Li Miaoxuan entered his courtyard after greeting him with a smile.

After more than three hundred years apart, Gu Yuanqing brought Li Miaoxuan from the Lingxu Sect to North Spring Mountain so she could reunite with Li Chengyi and Li Haotian before her approaching Calamity. Li Miaoxuan chose to stay overnight and planned to meet her grandchildren, while Yun Yinghe learned that Gu Yuanqing had arrived bearing a Star Token from the Spiritual Treasure Holy Land.

• Li Miaoxuan met Gu Yuanqing at the Lingxu Sect and asked him to take her to see her father and Li Chengyi before her Calamity.
• Gu Yuanqing brought Li Miaoxuan to North Spring Mountain, where he explained that it had become the Qian Yuan Realm and an Exquisite World.
• Li Miaoxuan reunited with Li Chengyi and Li Haotian, and Li Chengyi revealed that Gu Yuanqing had kept her portrait in his room.
• Gu Yuanqing offered to help Li Miaoxuan undergo her Calamity on North Spring Mountain, but she said she had reasons to face it at the Lingxu Sect and planned to meet her grandchildren the next day.
• Yun Yinghe waited for Li Miaoxuan to return, told Mu Chuxia to keep her absence secret, and received word that Gu Yuanqing had come bearing a Star Token from the Spiritual Treasure Holy Land.

Gu Yuanqing accompanied Li Miaoxuan as she revisited the transformed Qian Yuan Realm and reunited with her descendants after three hundred years away. After a family banquet in North Spring Grotto-Heaven, she decided to return to the Lingxu Sect to prepare for her coming Calamity, and Gu Yuanqing took her there.

• Li Miaoxuan emerged from seclusion, and she and Gu Yuanqing set out to see Great Qian and the Qian Yuan Realm.
• Li Miaoxuan marveled at how the realm had grown from a small Floating World into a vast, spiritually rich world, then declined Gu Yuanqing's offer to visit her old acquaintances at Lingxiao Mountain.
• Li Chengyi and his descendants welcomed Li Miaoxuan and Gu Yuanqing with a family banquet in North Spring Grotto-Heaven.
• The next day, Li Miaoxuan declined to visit Qingping Grotto-Heaven and said she needed to return to the Lingxu Sect before her Calamity.
• Gu Yuanqing took Li Miaoxuan's hand, and the two vanished to return to the sect.

Li Miaoxuan returned to the Lingxu Sect and told Yun Yinghe that Gu Yuanqing was her Dao companion. As the sect investigated Gu Yuanqing’s origins and feared the dangers surrounding Li Miaoxuan’s coming Calamity, Yun Yinghe and Ye Zhenghong decided to set the matter aside and focus on protecting her.

• Gu Yuanqing brought Li Miaoxuan to the Silence Character Courtyard, and she left for Time Sequence Peak to prepare for her Calamity.
• Li Miaoxuan told Yun Yinghe that Gu Yuanqing was her Dao companion, then entered Time Sequence Pavilion and settled her Dao heart.
• Ye Zhenghong questioned Yun Yinghe about Gu Yuanqing and ordered her to visit him under the pretext of offering better accommodations.
• Yun Yinghe invited Gu Yuanqing to move to the Ruins Character Courtyard, but he declined and assured her that he would not let his private affairs disrupt Li Miaoxuan’s cultivation or involve the Lingxu Sect in turmoil.
• Yun Yinghe reported that Gu Yuanqing admitted coming from Qian Yuan Island and seemed at least a yin-yang circulation cultivator, possibly a Chaos Heaven Immortal Level Great Cultivator.
• Ye Zhenghong and Yun Yinghe set their concerns about Gu Yuanqing aside and resolved to focus on guarding Li Miaoxuan through her Calamity.

Li Miaoxuan prepared to undergo the Chaos Heaven Tribulation at Nine Tribulation Peak while Gu Yuanqing arrived to support her. After a report that three outer formation bases had been sabotaged, Li Miaoxuan took her place on the Tribulation Platform as Yun Yinghe moved to protect the sect.

• Li Miaoxuan emerged from secluded cultivation, and Yun Yinghe confirmed that the tribulation preparations were complete.
• Li Miaoxuan summoned Gu Yuanqing with a Paper Crane, and he joined her and Yun Yinghe on the way to Nine Tribulation Peak.
• The Lingxu Sect gathered to guard the site, where Xiao Yunqi watched Gu Yuanqing stand beside Li Miaoxuan.
• A cultivator reported that three array bases in the outer mountain-protecting formation had been sabotaged and their Array Tools contaminated with baleful qi.
• Yun Yinghe sent her avatar to repair the formation, while Li Miaoxuan accepted an object from Gu Yuanqing in case she faced danger.
• Li Miaoxuan entered the formation to prepare for her Calamity, and Yun Yinghe went to the Protection Grand Formation's core.

At Nine Tribulation Peak, Li Miaoxuan began enduring her seven-nine heavenly Calamity while Gu Yuanqing guarded her. The formation was sabotaged by Tu Muyun of the Heavenly Demon Cult, leaving the collapsing tribulation array unable to protect Li Miaoxuan as the sixth layer descended.

• At Stop War Sky Wall, Spiritual Treasure Venerable confronted the Lord of Nine Li Mountain over the Demonic Path's attacks on Li Miaoxuan, but the Lord refused to restrain its sects and turned the discussion to the Outer Realm War.
• Xiao Yunqi warned Gu Yuanqing to stay away from Li Miaoxuan, and Gu Yuanqing rebuffed him as Li Miaoxuan prepared for her Calamity.
• Li Miaoxuan endured the first five layers of her heavenly Calamity, using the lightning to temper her body, divine soul, Dao laws, and Dao heart.
• As the sixth layer began, the Sha-Attracting Banner broke, and Yun Yinghe discovered that Tu Muyun had sabotaged the formation and destroyed a Formation Base Artifact.
• Tu Muyun identified himself as acting for the Heavenly Demon Cult, then self-detonated while fleeing, gravely wounding a Lingxu Sect elder.
• The Nine Revolutions Tribulation-Controlling Grand Formation collapsed completely, leaving Li Miaoxuan to face the remaining Calamity on her own.

Li Miaoxuan completed her tribulation and broke through into the Chaos Realm as the Lingxu Sect fought off a coordinated assault. As a masked attacker moved to kill her, Gu Yuanqing discovered he had found only an avatar and set out to locate the attacker’s true body.

• Li Miaoxuan endured the seventh layer of heavenly tribulation and became a Chaos Heaven Great Cultivator.
• Yun Yinghe discovered that the Lingxu Sect’s protective formations had been sabotaged, and five masked Yin-Yang Circulation Level cultivators attacked from different directions.
• Ye Zhenghong struggled to stop a flying sword that exploited flaws in the Lingmiao Blessed Land’s protective formation.
• A concealed Chaos Heaven Cultivator sent a spear and then an avatar to attack Li Miaoxuan while she was comprehending the Dao.
• Gu Yuanqing appeared behind the masked attacker and identified him as an avatar, demanding to know where his true body was.

Gu Yuanqing swiftly killed the Shattering Heaven Realm attacker who threatened Li Miaoxuan and protected her enlightenment as the Lingxu Sect fought off masked invaders. The attackers were identified as members of the Netherworld Sect and Taiyin Hall, while Xiao Yunqi recognized Gu Yuanqing as the man who had taken his chance at the Dao of yin-yang and left without acting against him.

• Gu Yuanqing suppressed the attacker’s avatar, seized his spear, and killed the fleeing Shattering Heaven Realm cultivator with the Four Phases Sword of Calamity Suppression.
• Gu Yuanqing stopped the Lingxu Sect elders from disturbing Li Miaoxuan’s enlightenment, and Yun Yinghe led the elders against the five masked attackers.
• Xiao Yunqi recognized Gu Yuanqing as the person who had taken his opportunity to achieve the Dao of yin-yang, but Gu Yuanqing’s glance extinguished his hostility, and Xiao Yunqi departed with Elder Sun.
• Yun Yinghe identified the attackers as members of the Netherworld Sect and Taiyin Hall; three escaped before Gu Yuanqing killed them, while two detonated themselves and severely wounded three Lingxu Sect elders.
• Ye Zhenghong watched Li Miaoxuan attain the hun tian realm and felt relieved that he had not interfered in her relationship with Gu Yuanqing.

After Li Miaoxuan survived her tribulation and stabilized in the early Shattering Heaven Realm, Lingxu Sect’s leaders welcomed her and Gu Yuanqing. Ye Zhenghong proposed that Gu Yuanqing serve as a Guest Elder, and the chapter ended as everyone awaited his answer.

• Li Miaoxuan completed her breakthrough while Gu Yuanqing guarded Nine Tribulation Peak, and Lingxu Sect members discussed his mysterious identity.
• Yun Yinghe identified the attackers as likely connected to the Netherworld Sect and Taiyin Hall, while Ye Zhenghong learned that Tu Muyun’s associates were being investigated.
• After half a month, Li Miaoxuan thanked Gu Yuanqing for helping her commune with the Heaven and Earth Great Dao, then reunited with Yun Yinghe.
• Yun Yinghe brought Li Miaoxuan and Gu Yuanqing to meet Ye Zhenghong, who welcomed Gu Yuanqing with high honors.
• Li Miaoxuan agreed to a celebration within Lingxu Sect but declined a grand banquet, and Gu Yuanqing said he planned to visit the Outer Realm Battlefield.
• Ye Zhenghong asked Gu Yuanqing to become Lingxu Sect’s Guest Elder, leaving the hall waiting for his response.

Gu Yuanqing declined Ye Zhenghong’s offer to become a Guest Elder but identified the assassin who attacked Li Miaoxuan as likely belonging to the Taiyin Hall. Ye Zhenghong named Li Miaoxuan the Lingxu Sect’s Dao Child after she passed the ancestors’ trial, while Gu Yuanqing prepared to leave for the Outer Realm Battlefield.

• Gu Yuanqing refused the Guest Elder position and told Ye Zhenghong that the attacker who had tried to assassinate Li Miaoxuan was likely a cultivator of the Taiyin Hall.
• Ye Zhenghong apologized to Li Miaoxuan for the sect’s past failings and offered her the Dao Child Seal; Li Miaoxuan accepted and passed the Three Dao Heart Questions.
• Li Miaoxuan visited Gu Yuanqing at the Ruins Character Courtyard and told him she had been designated the sect’s next master; Gu Yuanqing said he planned to leave for the Outer Realm Battlefield.
• Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan visited Cheng Yi at North Spring Grotto-Heaven, then attended a banquet where Ye Zhenghong publicly announced Li Miaoxuan as the Lingxu Sect’s Dao Child.
• During Gu Yuanqing’s three-day stay, three elders resigned and disciples with past grievances against Li Miaoxuan were sent away from the blessed land, without her knowledge.

Gu Yuanqing bid farewell to Li Miaoxuan and the Lingxu Sect before setting out for the Outer Lands to temper his cultivation. As he traveled toward the Myriad Ravine Ancient Abyss, an unknown hunter investigated the site of his recent battle, while the Lord of Nine Li Mountain considered the rising prodigies of the Righteous Sects.

• Li Miaoxuan gave Gu Yuanqing a Cosmic Bag of supplies and a Taixu Ruyi Dharma Robe, and warned him about the dangers of the Outer Realm Battlefield and splitting his divine soul.
• Gu Yuanqing left Ethereal Peak with the Heaven Treading Immortal Steed, exchanged farewells with Ye Zhenghong and Yun Yinghe, and departed across the Rainbow Bridge.
• Li Miaoxuan watched Gu Yuanqing leave and resolved to strive harder so she could keep up with his progress.
• A disguised hunter investigated the lingering traces at the site where Gu Yuanqing had killed a Chaos Heaven Great Cultivator, then withdrew when Lingxu Sect cultivators approached.
• The Lord of Nine Li Mountain learned of Li Miaoxuan's advancement and Gu Yuanqing's presence, but decided not to act against the Righteous Sects while the Extraterrestrial Demons threatened the world.
• Gu Yuanqing continued toward the Myriad Ravine Ancient Abyss, intending to use the Outer Lands as hunting grounds and to temper his cultivation.

Gu Yuanqing traveled to the Xuanqiong Realm’s Outer Realm Battlefield and met the Spiritual Treasure Venerable at the Spiritual Treasure Holy Land. After learning that two more Chaos Heaven Deathless heavenly demons had appeared, he agreed to join the Calamity Suppression Alliance’s Elder Council.

• Gu Yuanqing passed through the guarded passage at the Myriad Ravine Ancient Abyss and entered the Xuanqiong Realm.
• At the Reception Hall, Gu Yuanqing met Zhou Jingshan, who arranged a flying boat to take him to the Spiritual Treasure Holy Land.
• Zhu Hongfei welcomed Gu Yuanqing and escorted him to the Spiritual Treasure Venerable in the Hundred Refinements Hall.
• The Spiritual Treasure Venerable told Gu Yuanqing that the Sky Patrol Department had detected two more Chaos Heaven Deathless heavenly demons, bringing their known total to six.
• The Spiritual Treasure Venerable proposed nominating Gu Yuanqing to the Calamity Suppression Alliance’s Elder Council, and Gu Yuanqing accepted.

Gu Yuanqing studied artifact refining at the Spiritual Treasure Palace and learned that the Cultivation World’s path to immortality had grown increasingly difficult. At the Calamity Suppression Alliance meeting, he was nominated for the Elder Council and asserted that he could prove his strength, leaving the gathered cultivators to judge his claim.

• Gu Yuanqing spent half a month studying the Xuanqiong Realm, Extraterrestrial Demons, and artifact refining at the Spiritual Treasure Palace.
• Ji Shan and the Spiritual Treasure Venerable discussed Li Miaoxuan’s tribulation, the Demonic Sects’ attack, and how the Great Dao had grown obscure; Gu Yuanqing suspected they were testing what he knew about Old Man Heavenly Sword’s ascension.
• Gu Yuanqing traveled with the Spiritual Treasure Heavenly Venerable and Ji Shan to the Stop War Sky Wall for the Calamity Suppression Alliance meeting.
• Heavenly Lord Ji Mie challenged Gu Yuanqing’s right to attend, and the Spirit Venerable nominated him for the Elder Council.
• Gu Yuanqing told the gathered cultivators that the Sacred Heaven Sect could testify to his strength and offered to set terms with anyone who doubted him.
• Heavenly Lord Ji Mie accepted that a chaos heaven immortal qualified, while Miaoyin Tiannv said she would seek Gu Yuanqing out later.

Gu Yuanqing joined the Calamity Suppression Alliance’s council and exposed the Taiyin Hall and Netherworld Sect’s role in an attack on the Lingxu Sect while they tried to force him into the vanguard. He agreed to join the expedition as a main attacker, and preparations began for the strike against the heavenly demons three months later.

• Gu Yuanqing claimed a seat on the Elder Council by leaving a soul imprint in the Xuanqiong Myriad Phenomena Mysterious Light Mirror.
• The Spirit Venerable reported growing heavenly demon numbers and proposed advancing the Alliance’s plan to strike them.
• Zhao Shengbing and Li Youhe tried to assign Gu Yuanqing the dangerous vanguard position, citing his defeat of Zhao’s avatar and his Qingping Dao Palace legacy.
• Gu Yuanqing produced a Taiyin Token and a storage bag from an attacker he had slain at the Lingxu Sect, prompting Heavenly Lord Xuanji to assign the vanguard duty to the Taiyin Hall.
• The Taiyin Hall Master accepted the vanguard position and challenged Gu Yuanqing to join the expedition; Gu Yuanqing agreed to serve as a main attacker.
• The Alliance scheduled the expedition for three months later, and its sects and departments began preparing while Gu Yuanqing studied the plan with the Spirit Venerable and Ji Shan.

As Heavenly Demons launched a major assault on the Realm Cities, the Spirit Venerable sent Gu Yuanqing to oversee three cities in the Southwestern Realm and deliver supplies. Gu Yuanqing arrived in Taixu City and asked whether its Sect Master was still there.

• In Taiyi City, Li Yu and Master Mingxin detected the Filth Plague Mother pouring through a space rift and activated the city's defenses.
• The Filth Plague Mother overwhelmed nearby cultivators, and Li Yu ordered a report sent to the Demon Suppression Mansion.
• The Spirit Venerable told Gu Yuanqing that twenty-six Realm Cities had reported Heavenly Demons and assigned him to oversee Taixu, Lingxiao, and Chaoyang Cities.
• Gu Yuanqing collected supplies from Su Panliu and used the Teleportation Array to reach Taixu City.
• Xue Yunya welcomed Gu Yuanqing, who asked whether the city's Sect Master was still there.