Chapter Summaries

Gu Yuanqing used the Great Sun Sky Patrol Mirror’s solar True Fire to strengthen North Spring Grotto-Heaven’s Extreme Yang Dao, with the Extreme Yin Dao developing alongside it. After the other races withdrew their support and the mirror’s assault ended, Lie Shanyi continued pursuing the wounded True Demon Incarnation, Shadow, who warned that Demon God Mountain had forced him to act sooner than planned.

• Gu Yuanqing let the Great Sun Sky Patrol Mirror’s solar True Fire nourish North Spring Grotto-Heaven while its barrier kept the Divine Emperor from seeing inside.
• Lie Shanyu concentrated the mirror’s power into a stronger strike, but Gu Yuanqing’s grotto-heaven absorbed and refined it.
• The Demon Emperor and other races withdrew their support after the agreed half-day ended, and Lie Shanyu’s avatar vanished after meeting Gu Yuanqing’s gaze.
• Lie Shanyu warned Lie Shanhan to avoid the Black Sea, while Gu Yuanqing extinguished fires around North Spring Mountain and watched the grotto-heaven’s Extreme Yang and Extreme Yin Dao grow.
• Lie Shanyi pursued the wounded Shadow with the Sky Guarding Demon Suppressing Boats, and Shadow shouted that Demon God Mountain had forced him to act sooner than he intended.

Shadow's decoy led Demon God Divine Mountain to pursue him while the real True Demon Incarnation stole the Boundary Pattern Usurping Saber from its treasury. Nearly ten years later, Gu Yuanqing emerged from seclusion and discussed the Primordial Divine Sect's influence over the boundary domains with Li Chengyi.

• Lie Shanyi and the other cultivators discovered that seals across the Demon Realm had been torn open, while Divine Emperor Lie Shanyu focused on protecting the critical nodes sealing the True Demon's body.
• Lie Shanyi's forces trapped Shadow with the Nine Prison God Binding Lock, but Shadow burned the True Demon's power and exploded, sending much of the blast through his connection to Lie Shanyu's avatar and striking Demon God Mountain.
• Lie Shanyu discovered that the True Demon Incarnation had used Shadow as bait while another incarnation escaped with the Boundary Pattern Usurping Saber, and he ordered Xing Linyuan to pursue it.
• The stolen saber alarmed Lie Shanhan and drew mockery from the Barbarian Emperor and the Demon Emperor, who warned that it could be used to destroy the ancient seals.
• Nearly ten years later, Gu Yuanqing emerged from seclusion, and Li Chengyi told him that the Primordial Divine Sect's hundred-year isolation was nearing its end and that boundary domains might still support it.
• Gu Yuanqing and Li Chengyi discussed the sect's influence over the boundary domains, and Gu Yuanqing hoped they would stay out of his dispute with the Primordial Divine Sect.

Gu Yuanqing and Li Chengyi discussed the approaching conflict with the Primordial Divine Sect while Gu Yuanqing traveled across the ocean toward the Spirit Realm on the Mountain-Bearing Divine Turtle. As the hundred-year deadline neared, Gu Yuanqing used Dao Yan to transform the Four Phases Sword of Calamity Suppression into the Myriad Calamity Sword Scripture.

• Gu Yuanqing told Li Chengyi that he would wait to see what the Primordial Divine Sect did, and advised him to cultivate steadily while his mother traveled in the Outer Lands.
• A giant Octopus attacked the Mountain-Bearing Divine Turtle, but Gu Yuanqing severed its tentacles and the turtle swallowed it; Gu Yuanqing collected its corrosive ink, flesh, and blood.
• The Mountain-Bearing Divine Turtle told Gu Yuanqing it was headed for the Guixu Sea Eye to reach the Spirit Realm, and it continued toward the immense sword scar at the boundary.
• Mu Tianheng learned that the one hundred and eight exquisite realm domains had taken their places, asked the Primordial Divine Sect’s patriarch to let him open the Boundary Gate, and was told to wait; he then agreed with Li Lingyun to act within ten years.
• The new Wusheng Realm took its place as the Exquisite World’s fortune returned, while Gu Yuanqing continued studying the laws of different worlds and prepared for the approaching deadline.
• Gu Yuanqing used Dao Yan to derive the Myriad Calamity Sword Scripture, reshaping the four branches of the Four Phases Sword of Calamity Suppression around his own insights.

Gu Yuanqing mastered the Myriad Calamity Sword Scripture and tested it against the Person in the Painting, proving he could withstand the imprisoned being’s power and even injure him. He began returning to the painting every seven days to continue testing his sword.

• Gu Yuanqing cultivated the Myriad Calamity Sword Scripture, forming a Myriad Forms Sword Seed and transforming his Heavenly Human World into a Sword Domain.
• After finding no worthy opponent in the Spiritual Mountain Trial, Gu Yuanqing entered the painting to test his sword against the Person in the Painting and refused the offered Immortal Pill.
• Gu Yuanqing used spatial sword formations, heart attacks, and the Great Annihilation Calamity Sword to fight the Person in the Painting, wounding his divine intent.
• The Person in the Painting unleashed his full power, but Gu Yuanqing withdrew his avatar before it was defeated, and the Circulation of Heaven Star Array suppressed the furious prisoner.
• Seven days later, Gu Yuanqing returned to the painting and fought the Person in the Painting again, then continued the cycle of returning every seven days.

Gu Yuanqing continued refining his swordsmanship while Mu Tianheng persuaded Guo Yongquan to help banish the Primordial Divine Sect’s Ancestor Hall and open the Boundary Gate to the Fa Yuan Realm. Their escape succeeded only after Ye Xuanxiao and the Divine Forbidden Mountain Range disrupted a Divine Path powerhouse, who then headed toward the Qian Yuan Realm to evade heavenly punishment.

• Gu Yuanqing used repeated battles with the Person in the Painting to perfect the Myriad Phenomena Sword of Tribulation Path as Qian Yuan Sect cultivators explored the sea near the sword scar.
• Mu Tianheng secured Li Lingyun’s Command Token and persuaded Guo Yongquan to conceal the Ancestor Hall with the Sky Monitoring Mirror.
• Three months later, Mu Tianheng and his allies banished the Ancestor Hall, but the Boundary Gate initially opened only a narrow crack because they lacked enough essence blood.
• Ye Xuanxiao and the Divine Forbidden Mountain Range struck the pursuing Divine Path powerhouse, allowing Mu Tianheng, Li Lingyun, Lei Fuyue, and Guo Yongquan to enter the Boundary Gate.
• The Divine Path powerhouse, revealed as Zhuo Ming, was forced to flee toward the Qian Yuan Realm when heavenly punishment prevented him from returning to the Ancestor Hall.
• Gu Yuanqing sensed the Boundary Gate opening, pulled his avatar back, and stared beyond the Qian Yuan Realm.

Zhuo Ming entered North Spring Grotto-Heaven to seize Gu Yuanqing’s body, but Gu Yuanqing used the grotto-heaven’s power to suppress his divine soul and capture his Divine Spark. In the Spiritual Mountain Trial, Gu Yuanqing faced Zhuo Ming again and was swiftly forced out, leaving him shaken by the Heavenly Law Bell’s power.

• Zhuo Ming crossed into the Exquisite World and arrived at North Spring Mountain, intending to take Gu Yuanqing’s body as a cultivation furnace.
• Zhuo Ming attacked Gu Yuanqing with the power of his Divine Spark, but Gu Yuanqing used North Spring Grotto-Heaven to suppress and imprison him.
• Gu Yuanqing compressed Zhuo Ming’s divine soul into a rune-formed Heavenly Law Bell and examined the captured Divine Spark.
• Gu Yuanqing entered the Spiritual Mountain Trial and found Zhuo Ming waiting on the opposite peak in a physical body.
• Gu Yuanqing’s sword strike failed to penetrate Zhuo Ming’s Heavenly Law Bell Projection, and Zhuo Ming’s counterattack forced Gu Yuanqing out of the trial.

Gu Yuanqing suppressed Zhuo Ming, a Divine Path powerhouse who had tried to seize his body, but learned that the remaining Divine Path cultivators in the Primordial Divine Sect might believe Zhuo Ming had succeeded. He stayed alert and cultivated for a year, until Li Miaoxuan returned and identified a flaw in Zhuo Ming’s Divine Spark.

• Gu Yuanqing found that neither Chaos Heaven Vital Fire nor his Great Annihilation Calamity Sword could damage the Heavenly Law Bell formed from Zhuo Ming’s Divine Spark.
• Li Chengyi visited Gu Yuanqing after Zhuo Ming’s aura shook the Qian Yuan Realm, and Gu Yuanqing warned him that a Divine Path powerhouse had tried to seize his body.
• In the Primordial Divine Sect’s Ancestor Hall, the six remaining divine souls discussed Zhuo Ming’s disappearance, the stolen source crystals, and whose turn it would be to act in the next era cycle.
• After more than half a month and then a year passed without retaliation, Gu Yuanqing concluded the other Divine Path cultivators believed Zhuo Ming had successfully taken his body and focused on cultivation.
• Li Miaoxuan returned from the Outer Realm Battlefield, and Gu Yuanqing showed her the Heavenly Law Bell; she said Zhuo Ming had not truly become a complete True God.

Li Miaoxuan returned to North Spring Mountain and spent over half a year with Gu Yuanqing before leaving for Great Void City to help the Lingxu Sect seek a place on the Calamity Suppression Alliance's Elder Council. After she departed, Gu Yuanqing resumed cultivating and set out for the Outer Lands to search for the source of Heavenly Demon Origin qi and a way to advance to Void Immortal.

• Li Miaoxuan explained the weaknesses of heterodox cultivators and identified flaws in the Heavenly Law Bell's Divine Spark, while Gu Yuanqing offered it to her and kept it suppressed at North Spring Mountain.
• Li Miaoxuan stayed with Gu Yuanqing for more than half a year, sharing meals and cultivation discussions with him and reconnecting with Li Chengyi and Li Haotian.
• Li Miaoxuan returned to Great Void City after her avatar activated the Command Token, and Ye Zhenghong asked her to help the Lingxu Sect regain a place on the Elder Council.
• Li Miaoxuan agreed to return with Ye Zhenghong to the Calamity Suppression Alliance, saying she would explain Gu Yuanqing's involvement to him later.
• Gu Yuanqing concluded he needed to strengthen his will and reach Void Immortal, then used the Heavenly Angling Technique to travel to the Outer Lands in search of the Heavenly Demon Origin's source.

Gu Yuanqing searched the Outer Void for heavenly demons while cultivating through his many avatars, and the Primordial Divine Sect remained sealed as the Qian Yuan Realm grew more influential. Forty years later, Gu Yuanqing had reached the middle stage of the Chaos Heaven Immortal Level, and Li Miaoxuan returned to North Spring Grotto-Heaven for her father's birthday, where she and Gu Yuanqing shared a quiet moment.

• Gu Yuanqing tested the demonic auras in the Outer Void, found no nearby heavenly demons, and continued searching while his other avatars pursued different paths of cultivation.
• The Primordial Divine Sect failed to emerge after its century of seclusion, and rumors spread that it was too weakened to challenge the Qian Yuan Realm.
• Gu Yuanqing kept a low profile, recalled his avatars every ten years to integrate their memories, and advanced to the middle stage of the Chaos Heaven Immortal Level.
• Forty years later, Li Miaoxuan returned to North Spring Grotto-Heaven for Li Haotian's five-hundredth birthday, and Gu Yuanqing watched the celebration from afar.
• Li Miaoxuan thanked Gu Yuanqing for helping her reunite with her father, and Gu Yuanqing asked whether she had become an elder of the Calamity Suppression Alliance.

Gu Yuanqing searched the outer-realm void for heavenly demons while Li Chengyi advanced into the yin-yang void-breaking realm. After discovering a ruined world and a nearby world besieged by demons, Gu Yuanqing drove some demons away and followed them into the void, hoping they would lead him to their lair.

• Li Miaoxuan and Gu Yuanqing discussed the Lingxu Sect’s standing and the difficulty of locating the heavenly demons’ lair.
• Two years later, Li Chengyi survived a yin-yang tribulation and advanced to the yin-yang void-breaking realm while the Heaven Treading Immortal Steed quietly approached the yin-yang circulation realm.
• Gu Yuanqing’s avatar found the remains of a destroyed small world but discovered no clues to the heavenly demons’ origin there.
• Gu Yuanqing sensed heavenly demons near a space rift and encountered the spiritual will of a Martial Saint inside the human world beyond it.
• Gu Yuanqing annihilated many demons around the rift, frightened several survivors into fleeing, and followed them through the void in hopes of finding their lair.

Gu Yuanqing tracked the Nine-Headed Demon Owl’s origin demonic thought through the outer void and discovered a hidden world concealed behind a damaged space rift. He entered the world and spotted a Chaos Heaven Deathless Level heavenly demon, finally reaching the source of the demons.

• The fleeing heavenly demons dispersed their own power, so Gu Yuanqing used the Cosmic Great Evolution Formation and the Nine-Headed Demon Owl’s origin demonic thought to find a direction.
• After the Nine-Headed Demon Owl severed its connection to its origin demonic thought, Gu Yuanqing searched the surrounding void with three avatars and detected a concealed world membrane.
• Gu Yuanqing found a tiny space rift hidden by a damaged formation and sent his avatar into the world using the Heavenly Angling Technique.
• Inside the canyon, Gu Yuanqing sensed the ancient formation and concealed himself from its venomous creatures.
• Gu Yuanqing looked into the distant sky and spotted a Chaos Heaven Deathless Level heavenly demon.

Gu Yuanqing adapted to the Heavenly Demons’ hidden realm and invited Li Miaoxuan to join him in hunting them. After she prepared and traveled to his side, they attacked a powerful Heavenly Demon together, but the battle was still unfolding.

• Gu Yuanqing studied the realm’s spiritual qi and Great Dao, adjusted to its Rules, and began investigating the Heavenly Demons.
• Gu Yuanqing told Li Miaoxuan he had found the Heavenly Demons’ nest and invited her to hunt; she agreed and later left a split soul behind while preparing to go in person.
• Gu Yuanqing brought Li Miaoxuan to the hidden realm, where he described its Heavenly Demon territories and the possibility that humans were being kept as prey.
• Li Miaoxuan adapted to the realm’s spiritual qi and Rules, then joined Gu Yuanqing in approaching a chaos heaven deathless level Heavenly Demon.
• Gu Yuanqing attacked with four swords that imprisoned the valley and assailed the demon’s body and mind, while Li Miaoxuan used her treasures to resist its demonic shriek and struck at its eye with the Void-Heaven Calamity Finger.

Li Miaoxuan and Gu Yuanqing trapped and killed a Chaos Heaven Immortal Level Demonic Beast, and Li Miaoxuan’s Dragon Slaying Guillotine revealed overwhelming power. After Li Miaoxuan’s cultivation surged from the kill, they hunted the fleeing Heavenly Demons, leaving her firmly established at mid-stage sky shattering.

• Li Miaoxuan wounded the trapped Heavenly Demon with her divine abilities and Dragon Slaying Guillotine while Gu Yuanqing’s sword formation confined it and disrupted its escape.
• After two hours of fighting, Gu Yuanqing fully restrained the weakened demon, and Li Miaoxuan used the Dragon Slaying Guillotine to execute it, erasing its origin demonic thought.
• Li Miaoxuan’s aura rose to the middle stage of the Shattering Heaven Realm, and Gu Yuanqing realized she possessed a hidden means of turning slain Heavenly Demons into cultivation.
• Li Miaoxuan and Gu Yuanqing pursued the fleeing Heavenly Demons, with Gu Yuanqing trapping targets for her to kill while he cleared the surrounding demons.
• After killing several Shattering Heaven Realm Heavenly Demons, Li Miaoxuan firmly established herself at mid-stage sky shattering.

After clearing the nearby Heavenly Demons, Gu Yuanqing brought Li Miaoxuan to a quiet lake so she could stabilize her newly advanced cultivation. While she meditated, he captured the flood dragon who lived beneath the lake and began questioning him about the Boundary Domain’s Heavenly Demons and the Human Race.

• Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan agreed to clear the remaining Heavenly Demons nearby before seeking out another Chaos Heaven Immortal Level Demonic Beast.
• Li Miaoxuan chose to remain in the Boundary Domain and harmonize her new cultivation with its Great Dao, so Gu Yuanqing took her to a quiet lake and stood guard.
• While Li Miaoxuan meditated, Gu Yuanqing wondered whether she had obtained the Primordial Heaven Furnace and resolved to keep trusting her with her secrets.
• The flood dragon beneath the lake surfaced, tried to flee, and was seized by Gu Yuanqing.
• Gu Yuanqing protected Li Miaoxuan with a Grand Formation, released the flood dragon’s restraints, and asked him what he knew about the Boundary Domain’s Heavenly Demons and the Human Race.

Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan hunted Heavenly Demons in the boundary domain, where Li Miaoxuan killed a Chaos Heaven Immortal-level demon and advanced rapidly. Afterward, she realized she needed time to stabilize her cultivation, while a powerful demon sent Wujian to investigate the deaths of its subordinates and punish the Human Race if responsible.

• Gu Yuanqing questioned a flood dragon about the Heavenly Demons and Human Race, then spared it after sensing a dangerous mark hidden within its body.
• Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan reached a vast fog swamp and used chaos heaven vital fire and the Calamity Controlling Myriad Forms Sword Formation to force its hidden deathless Heavenly Demon into battle.
• The Heavenly Demon consumed its demonic beasts, plants, and corrupted spiritual veins to strengthen itself, but Gu Yuanqing trapped it while Li Miaoxuan found and destroyed its origin demonic thought with the Dragon Slaying Guillotine.
• An ancient Demonic Shadows learned that Myriad Transformations and Soul Devourer had perished, then ordered Wujian to investigate and punish the Human Race if it was responsible.
• Li Miaoxuan's cultivation rose close to Shattering Heaven Great Accomplishment, but she told Gu Yuanqing that she needed quiet cultivation because her understanding of the Great Dao could not yet control her power.

Gu Yuanqing sent Li Miaoxuan back to the North Spring Grotto-Heaven to recover from her unbalanced cultivation, then hunted Heavenly Demons across the Otherworld and refined their power. His killings awakened the Devil Master Xuan You and put the Great Hao Divine Dynasty and the Three Great Sects on war footing, while Gu Yuanqing chose to withdraw and digest his gains as a gigantic demonic palm struck the land.

• Gu Yuanqing recognized that Li Miaoxuan's cultivation had outgrown her understanding of the Great Dao and sent her to cultivate in seclusion at the North Spring Grotto-Heaven.
• Gu Yuanqing used the Calamity Controlling Myriad Forms Sword Formation to kill and suppress Heavenly Demons, refining their power and accumulating spiritual origin.
• The Devil Master Xuan You awakened after sensing that Heavenly Demons under its command were being hunted, and Demon King Wujian questioned a flood dragon about the killings.
• Xuan Haoji, Star Evolution Dao Venerable, Ling Yi, and the Heavenly Crafts Pavilion began preparing the Great Hao Divine Dynasty and the Three Great Sects for war.
• Gu Yuanqing sensed the Void Immortal-level Heavenly Demon, decided to digest his gains before returning, and withdrew as an enormous demonic palm crushed thousands of li.

Demon Lord Xuan You awakened early and attacked Wangxiang Pass, prompting the Great Hao court and the Three Great Sects to prepare for war. Gu Yuanqing strengthened his cultivation, then returned to the Demon Land and discovered that a Void Immortal Heavenly Demon had traced his aura and destroyed his spatial anchors.

• Demon Lord Xuan You emerged after pursuing a trace of aura and vowed to collect a debt from the Human Race.
• Xuan Haoji ordered the domains to prepare for war, tasked the Three Great Sects with reinforcing defenses and completing weapons, and sent the Dark Star Guard to investigate Xuan You’s early awakening.
• Xuan You’s demonic thoughts corrupted soldiers at Wangxiang Pass, and Di Feng fought two Chaos Realm Heavenly Demons until Xuan You appeared.
• Ling Yi struck Xuan You’s avatar with a sword, but the avatar withdrew with the two Heavenly Demons after declaring that the time to harvest the Human Race had arrived.
• Zhan Shengjie explained that the Heavenly Demons sought to cultivate the Human Race’s emotions through prolonged fear and suffering, and said this gave cultivators time to strengthen themselves.
• Gu Yuanqing refined the suppressed demonic thoughts, advanced his divine soul, and returned to the Demon Land, where he found his spatial anchors destroyed and sensed the lingering power of a Void Immortal.

Gu Yuanqing hunted a transforming heavenly demon, then fought Demon Lord Xuan You’s avatar until Ling Yi intervened. After Xuan You withdrew, Gu Yuanqing accepted Ling Yi’s invitation to travel to the Nine Regions Divine Continent.

• Gu Yuanqing tracked down a heavenly demon transforming into the immortal level and used his sword formation and Heavenly Angling Technique to capture its transformed portion.
• Demon Lord Xuan You attacked Gu Yuanqing, who evaded his blows and fought back while struggling against Xuan You’s command of the world’s Rules.
• Ling Yi sensed the clash and rushed from the human defensive line to strike Demon Lord Xuan You with his sword.
• Gu Yuanqing and Ling Yi attacked together, but Xuan You withdrew, revealing that he had fought them through an avatar.
• Ling Yi introduced himself as a Void Immortal of the Nine Heavens Sword Sect, and Gu Yuanqing explained that he had arrived in the world by accident.
• Gu Yuanqing accepted Ling Yi’s invitation to visit the Nine Regions Divine Continent, and the two flew toward human territory.

Gu Yuanqing accompanied Ling Yi into the Human Domain, passed Wangxiang Pass’s demon-detecting defenses, and observed how cultivators in the Nine Regions Divine Continent differed from those in his homeland. At the Nine Heavens Sword Sect, Ling Yi deduced that Gu Yuanqing came from another world, and Gu Yuanqing asked how Ling Yi viewed his arrival.

• Gu Yuanqing and Ling Yi reached Wangxiang Pass, where Gu Yuanqing passed the Pure Yang Demon-Warding Holy Light and the Demon-Subduing Divine Statue without revealing his secrets.
• Gu Yuanqing studied the city’s cultivators and noticed that their cultivation methods and use of Heaven and Earth differed from those of his homeland.
• Ling Yi introduced Gu Yuanqing to Di Feng, then left with him for the Nine Heavens Sword Sect.
• At the sect’s giant sword peaks, Ling Yi asked Gu Yuanqing about the differences between their worlds and inferred that Gu Yuanqing was not a native of the Nine Regions Divine Continent.
• Gu Yuanqing confirmed that he had arrived through a chance convergence of circumstances and asked Ling Yi how he viewed his arrival.

Gu Yuanqing and Ling Yi discussed the Nine Regions Divine Continent’s long war against heavenly demons, then Gu Yuanqing studied the demons’ records at the Nine Heavens Sword Sect. The chapter ended with the Great Hao Emperor gathering powerful leaders to assess Demon Lord Xuan You’s strength.

• Ling Yi welcomed Gu Yuanqing as an ally against heavenly demons and explained how the demonic calamities had devastated the Nine Regions Divine Continent.
• Ling Yi recounted how Pang Yuan of the Profound Heaven Sect became a heavenly demon, and described the demons’ survival and the human race’s defensive struggle.
• Gu Yuanqing showed Ling Yi sealed demonic remnants, and Ling Yi recognized one as belonging to the Nine-Headed Demon Owl.
• Gu Yuanqing admitted he had hunted demons to collect their origin for pill-making, and Ling Yi praised his honesty and called him a friend.
• Gu Yuanqing settled at the Nine Heavens Sword Sect, studied its records on heavenly demons, and noticed its cultivators did not create physical avatars.
• Xuan Haoji presented intelligence about the devil masters to gathered leaders and asked Ling Yi to assess his recent clashes with Xuan You.