Chapter Summaries

Gu Yuanqing used the North Spring World Suppressing Seal to annihilate the invading demonic cultivators and became the undisputed strongest cultivator in the Spirit Realm. As he unified his divine souls to cultivate, the deaths of the attackers triggered a world-shaking upheaval across the Cultivation World, Spirit Realm, and Outer Realm Battlefield.

• Gu Yuanqing crushed the Demonic Venerable, the Lord of Nine Li Mountain, and their four allies beneath the North Spring World Suppressing Seal, then captured their remaining worlds, Dao imprints, and treasures.
• Han Jingshan withdrew, and the Mountain-Bearing Divine Turtle praised Gu Yuanqing before submerging as the battle ended.
• Spirit Venerable and the other righteous leaders warned Gu Yuanqing that the demonic sects might unleash heavenly demons, then hurried away to prepare for the threat.
• Gu Yuanqing rewarded the Qian Yuan Sect disciples with double resources for ten years and returned to North Spring Grotto-Heaven with Li Miaoxuan and his family.
• Gu Yuanqing sent Li Miaoxuan back to the Outer Realm Battlefield, unified his divine souls, and began deepening his cultivation as upheaval spread across the Cultivation World, Spirit Realm, and Outer Realm Battlefield.

Li Chengyi learned that Gu Yuanqing had become a Void Immortal, prompting the Demonic Sects to threaten the Realm Cities and withdraw from the Xuanqiong Realm. After helping stabilize the battlefield, Li Chengyi visited Li Miaoxuan, who confirmed that Gu Yuanqing was his father and would meet him after stabilizing his new realm.

• A Realm City’s protection formation was sabotaged, and Li Chengyi learned that the Demonic Sects had broken the alliance and that heavenly demons were pouring through the breach.
• At the Stop War Sky Wall, the Lord of Nine Li Mountain threatened to destroy the Realm Cities unless the Righteous Sects let the Demonic Sects return to the Spirit Realm, and the Spiritual Treasure Heavenly Venerable agreed in exchange for their Boundary Tokens.
• Qin Baiyu told Li Chengyi that a Void Immortal had appeared in the Spirit Realm, while the Demonic Sects abandoned their strongholds and retreated.
• After three months, the Righteous Sects took control of the Realm Cities, and Li Chengyi worked at the Demon Suppression Mansion until the situation stabilized.
• Li Chengyi visited Li Miaoxuan at the Lingxu Sect, and she confirmed that Gu Yuanqing had become a Void Immortal and would see him after stabilizing his realm.

Li Chengyi returned to his duties while Gu Yuanqing stabilized his Void Immortal cultivation and reunited with his family. After learning about the damage and Heavenly Demon incursions in the Nine Domains Divine Continent, Gu Yuanqing traveled there and met General Di at Wangxiang City.

• Li Chengyi returned to the transit station, where Qin Baiyu sent him to hunt a Yin-Yang Level Heavenly Demon and told him that Gu Yuanqing had become a Void Immortal.
• Gu Yuanqing emerged from secluded cultivation with his Void Immortal realm stabilized and drew Li Chengyi and Li Miaoxuan into the North Spring Grotto-Heaven.
• Li Miaoxuan told Gu Yuanqing that the Demonic Sects had retreated to their strongholds while Heavenly Demons spread through the Spirit Realm and Xuanqiong Realm.
• Gu Yuanqing decided to visit the Nine Domains Divine Continent, and Li Miaoxuan said she would join him after handling matters in the Xuanqiong Realm.
• Gu Yuanqing sent an avatar to Wangxiang City and found its defenders weary from years of fighting before greeting General Di, who recognized him.

Gu Yuanqing returned to the Nine Domains Divine Continent as a newly advanced Void Immortal and offered to help hunt the Heavenly Demons’ Devil Masters, while refusing to bear the karma of any resulting Calamity. After debating the risk, Xuan Haoji agreed that the Nine Domains Divine Continent would shoulder all consequences, clearing the way for Gu Yuanqing to act.

• Gu Yuanqing reunited with Di Feng and Ling Yi at Wangxiang Pass, revealed that he had become a Void Immortal, and learned that Ling Yi and Xuan Haoji had been gravely wounded in an ambush by Demon Lord Xuan You.
• Ling Yi described the human race’s worsening war against the Heavenly Demons, and Gu Yuanqing offered to hunt Devil Masters only if the Nine Domains Divine Continent accepted responsibility for any Calamity.
• Ling Yi presented Gu Yuanqing’s offer to the leaders of the Great Hao Divine Dynasty and the major sects, where Yue Qianfeng urged them to accept help despite the danger.
• Gu Yuanqing traveled through the troubled Nine Heavens Domain and waited for the leaders’ decision while the people endured fear, losses, and mourning.
• Xuan Mingrui brought Gu Yuanqing to meet Xuan Haoji, who accepted the risks of hunting the Devil Masters and promised that the Nine Domains Divine Continent would bear all resulting karma and Calamity.

Gu Yuanqing declined to destroy the Demon Abyss after Zen Master Huijue warned that doing so could unleash a world-shaking calamity, and he prepared to leave to hunt heavenly demons instead. Before departing, he sparred with Ling Yi, easing Ling Yi’s Dao injury, while a mysterious figure in the Demon Land learned that Gu Yuanqing had returned.

• Gu Yuanqing dismissed the need for elaborate plans to kill a Devil Master, and Xuan Haoji and Ling Yi were shocked by his confidence.
• Zen Master Huijue arrived using Buddhist Supernatural Speed and warned that destroying the Demon Abyss could unleash accumulated darkness and resentment, possibly involving an ancient demonic fiend sealed by the Immaculate Zen Forest.
• Gu Yuanqing chose to hunt heavenly demons rather than destroy the Demon Abyss and gave Ling Yi a jade token to summon him if help was needed.
• Xuan Haoji concluded that Gu Yuanqing or someone behind him could destroy the Demon Abyss and kill a Devil Master, and that Gu Yuanqing could also kill him.
• Gu Yuanqing and Ling Yi sparred with their sword wills, and Ling Yi’s Dao injury eased as his Sword Dao grew purer.
• Gu Yuanqing departed Wangxiang Pass, and a mysterious black-robed man in the Demon Land learned that the man from another world had returned before vanishing with his sword.

Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan hunted powerful heavenly demons across the Nine Domains Divine Continent, avoiding Xuan You’s territory and discovering that high-rank demons had withdrawn from the border. They reached a besieged Border Stronghold, where Gu Yuanqing’s sword formation instantly wiped out the demon army, leaving Li Miaoxuan to fight the remaining three great demons.

• Gu Yuanqing told Li Miaoxuan about the Immaculate Zen Forest’s warning, and they decided to hunt heavenly demons instead of entering the Demon Abyss.
• Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan searched the borderlands, found few powerful demons near Xuan You’s territory, and suspected the demons had retreated after learning Gu Yuanqing had arrived.
• In the Ten Thousand Sins Demon Lord’s territory, Li Miaoxuan slew a chaos heaven deathless-level demon with the Dragon Slaying Guillotine and gained strength from its death.
• Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan continued hunting, killing another chaos heaven deathless demon and a shattering heaven-level demon over the next several days.
• At a besieged Border Stronghold, Gu Yuanqing’s sword formation annihilated the heavenly demon army in an instant, leaving one chaos heaven deathless demon and two shattering heaven demons alive.
• Gu Yuanqing left the remaining demons to Li Miaoxuan, who sent the Dragon Slaying Guillotine toward the chaos heaven deathless demon.

Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan saved Yannan Town by defeating a Chaos Heaven Deathless Great Demon, then confronted the Gluttony Demon King as he arrived. Gu Yuanqing trapped and weakened the Void Immortal demon until his true body compressed the spatial prison and captured him.

• Li Miaoxuan killed the Chaos Heaven Deathless Great Demon with the Dragon Slaying Guillotine while Gu Yuanqing burned away the demonic qi and cleared the battlefield.
• Shen Tingxu thanked Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan, but the Gluttony Demon King arrived before they could enter Yannan Town.
• Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan flew to meet the Gluttony Demon King, and Gu Yuanqing trapped him in the Calamity Controlling Myriad Forms Sword Formation.
• Gu Yuanqing countered the demon king’s devouring, Decay Dao blood light, and Heart-Devouring Demonic Curse, then wounded his origin demonic thought and blocked his escape.
• Gu Yuanqing ground down the Gluttony Demon King with sword qi and Chaos Heaven vital fire until the demon’s strength fell below half.
• Gu Yuanqing’s true body empowered the sword formation, compressed the Gluttony Demon King and his prison to palm size, and withdrew them into the void.

Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan hunted demons across the Demon Land after the Gluttony Demon King vanished, drawing the attention of the Ten Thousand Sins Demon Lord. They were ambushed by Ten Thousand Sins, the Nether Bone Demon King, and four other demons, and the chapter ended as Ten Thousand Sins afflicted Li Miaoxuan and Gu Yuanqing unleashed another sword technique.

• Shen Tingxu reported that Gu Yuanqing had driven off the Gluttony Demon King, and Li Yanshen considered what Gu Yuanqing's power might mean for the Nine Domains Divine Continent.
• The Ten Thousand Sins Demon Lord discovered the Gluttony Demon King's aura had vanished, failed to trace the cause with his Ten Thousand Sins Mirror, and sent out an avatar to investigate.
• Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan slew the demons fleeing near South Goose Town, then continued hunting across the Demon Land as Li Miaoxuan's cultivation advanced.
• After several days, Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan found themselves surrounded by Ten Thousand Sins, the Nether Bone Demon King, and four chaos heaven deathless great demons.
• Gu Yuanqing used his sword formation to contain the two Void Immortals while Li Miaoxuan fought the other four demons, but Ten Thousand Sins afflicted her and left her vulnerable to their attacks.
• Gu Yuanqing warned Ten Thousand Sins that he was courting death and raised the Sword Intent of Self-Transformation and Freedom and the Great Annihilation Calamity Sword.

Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan defeated the Ten Thousand Sins Demon Lord’s forces, with Gu Yuanqing suppressing his avatars and Li Miaoxuan killing four Chaos Heaven Deathless Great Demons. They traveled on to the Seven Emotions Demon Lord’s territory, while the wounded Ten Thousand Sins Demon Lord withdrew his high-rank demons and the human race noticed the battles had subsided.

• Li Miaoxuan broke free of the Ten Thousand Sins Demon Lord’s suppression as Gu Yuanqing battled him and the Nether Bone Demon King.
• Gu Yuanqing’s true body lent him power, allowing him to grievously wound the Nether Bone Demon King, capture him, and suppress the Ten Thousand Sins Demon Lord’s avatars.
• Gu Yuanqing pursued the Ten Thousand Sins Demon Lord’s retreating power, while Li Miaoxuan defeated the four Chaos Heaven Deathless Great Demons and advanced beyond the middle stage of the Chaos Heaven Immortal level.
• Two days later, Li Miaoxuan joined Gu Yuanqing aboard his flying boat, and they set course for the Seven Emotions Demon Lord’s territory to seek more demons.
• The Ten Thousand Sins Demon Lord awoke wounded and furious, lamented his losses, and destroyed his palace in anger at Xuan You for concealing Gu Yuanqing’s strength.
• After three months of travel, Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan found high-rank demons scarce, while the human race noticed that major battles had stopped for months.

After Gu Yuanqing’s battles forced the heavenly demons to retreat, the Nine Domains’ leaders considered the threat’s return while the Demon Lords chose to wait him out. Gu Yuanqing returned to cultivation, then set out to settle old grudges against the Demonic Sects as the Mountain-Bearing Divine Turtle headed toward the Spirit Realm.

• Pei Duan reported that Gu Yuanqing had wounded the Ten Thousand Sins Demon Lord and slain or grievously injured several chaos heaven immortal level demons, prompting Xuan Haoji to warn that the threat could return once Gu Yuanqing left.
• Ling Yi reminded the leaders that Gu Yuanqing’s command token allowed one intervention, after which their ties and karma would be settled; meanwhile, the Three Great Demon Lords argued over their losses and decided they could wait for Gu Yuanqing’s lifespan to end.
• Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan ended their hunt in the Demon Land, returned to the North Spring Grotto-Heaven, and entered a period of cultivation and quiet life.
• After finding a second Ten Thousand Dao Stone and recalling his avatars, Gu Yuanqing reunited his memories and insights, then sent an avatar to the Spirit Realm to settle grudges against the Demonic Sects that had obstructed his Dao.
• The Mountain-Bearing Divine Turtle awakened, carried Qian Yuan Island toward the Void Sea, and set out for the Spirit Realm beneath the Sword Scar.

The Mountain-Bearing Divine Turtle carried the Qian Yuan Sect through an ancient passage beneath the sword scar and into a different part of the Void Sea. Gu Yuanqing traveled to Nine Li Mountain to settle his old grievance, and the Lord of Nine Li Mountain offered his own life in exchange for sparing his territory.

• The Qian Yuan Sect's disciples returned to Qian Yuan Island, and Qin Wuya confirmed to the Mountain-Bearing Divine Turtle that everyone was aboard.
• The Mountain-Bearing Divine Turtle crossed the turbulent Void Sea and followed an ancient passage beneath the sword scar, emerging in a different region that the disciples hoped was the Spirit Realm.
• Gu Yuanqing reached the Nine Li Mountain Range and observed how the sect's influence permeated its vast territory.
• The Lord of Nine Li Mountain met Gu Yuanqing at Heaven-Inquiring Peak and acknowledged that his Dao path was severed and death was inevitable.
• Gu Yuanqing said he had come to settle a matter of life and death, and the Lord of Nine Li Mountain offered his life in exchange for sparing Nine Li Mountain; Gu Yuanqing agreed.

Gu Yuanqing defeated the Lord of Nine Li Mountain, who died after settling his karma, then confronted Zhao Shengbing and the Sacred Heaven Sect. Though the sect’s Immortal Artifact blocked Gu Yuanqing’s attack, his Nirvana Heavenly Saber killed Zhao Shengbing from afar, leaving the Sacred Heaven Sect’s fate unresolved.

• The Lord of Nine Li Mountain fused with the Witch Ancestor Dharma Form, challenged Gu Yuanqing, and was killed by his sword intent after asking to witness the Void Immortal path.
• Li Cang bowed as the Lord of Nine Li Mountain died, and Nine Li Mountain’s people mourned him when the ancestral soul lamp went out and nine funeral bells rang.
• After hearing of the Lord of Nine Li Mountain’s death, Zhao Shengbing ordered the Sacred Heaven Sect to seal its mountain and prepare the Myriad Weapons Great Formation.
• Gu Yuanqing demanded that Zhao Shengbing take his own life and seal the sect for ten thousand years, then attacked the mountain with the North Spring World Suppressing Seal.
• Zhao Shengbing summoned the World-Breaking Immortal Spear, but the Weapon Refining Furnace’s Immortal Artifact stopped Gu Yuanqing’s seal from breaking through.
• Gu Yuanqing used the Nirvana Heavenly Saber through a trace of Zhao Shengbing’s divine soul origin, annihilating Zhao Shengbing inside the Weapon Refining Furnace.

Gu Yuanqing forced the Sacred Heaven Sect to seal itself for ten thousand years, prompting the Righteous Sects to begin a campaign against the Demonic Path. At the Netherworld Sect, Li Youhe sacrificed millions of souls to drag Gu Yuanqing into the Underworld, where he confronted him with the Interminable Ghost Mother's power.

• Gu Yuanqing killed Zhao Shengbing, and Jing Yue ordered the Sacred Heaven Sect to seal its mountain for ten thousand years.
• Observers across the Spirit Realm learned of Zhao Shengbing's death, while the Jile Sect's leader resolved to fight Gu Yuanqing rather than await her own death.
• The Righteous Sects began a campaign against selected Demonic Sects, and Gu Yuanqing headed for the Netherworld Sect.
• Li Youhe used the Nine Nether Lamp and millions of tortured souls to pull Gu Yuanqing and the surrounding region into the Underworld, then transformed into a Void Immortal with the Interminable Ghost Mother's power.
• Xuanchengzi saw the Netherworld Sect's ritual and sent a warning about Gu Yuanqing to the Righteous Sects.

Gu Yuanqing fought Li Youhe and two Yin Commanders in the Underworld, then used his true body’s power to turn the battle around. The King of the Underworld intervened when the Interminable Ghost Mother appeared, took the Nine Nether Lamp, and invited Gu Yuanqing to talk.

• Gu Yuanqing overwhelmed Li Youhe’s attacks, but Jing Wang and Xing Hai arrived and joined him in a coordinated assault.
• Gu Yuanqing drew on his true body through the Heavenly Angling Technique and trapped the three enemies in a sword formation, then brought down the North Spring World Suppressing Seal.
• Li Youhe invoked the Ghost Mother Sigil, freezing the battlefield and cutting off Gu Yuanqing’s connection to his avatar.
• The King of the Underworld appeared, took the Nine Nether Lamp, and freed Gu Yuanqing from the frozen moment.
• The King of the Underworld told Gu Yuanqing that his help was part of a transaction and invited him to sit and discuss it.

Gu Yuanqing’s allies learned that he had been trapped in the Underworld while the demonic sects used attacks on the Realm Cities and a hostage-bound formation to delay the rescue. As the righteous cultivators battled the Five Absolute Spirit Locking Great Formation, Gu Yuanqing arrived, ignored its restraints, and struck at Yin Jiuming.

• Zhang Qingyue warned the righteous Great Cultivators that Gu Yuanqing might be trapped in the Underworld, while heavenly demons attacked the Realm Cities and disrupted their formations.
• Li Miaoxuan contacted Gu Yuanqing, who reassured her that another of his avatars was already on its way to help.
• The righteous Great Cultivators entered the Netherworld Sect’s territory and were blocked by five demonic cultivators using the Five Absolute Spirit Locking Great Formation, which was tied to the lives of tens of millions of mortals.
• Ji Shan identified weaknesses in the formation, and the righteous cultivators attacked while the demonic cultivators fought to hold them back.
• Gu Yuanqing entered the formation, rendered its restraints ineffective, and attacked Yin Jiuming as Yin Jiuming summoned the Taiyin Grand Hall.

Gu Yuanqing defeated the five demonic cultivators who controlled the Five Absolute Spirit Locking Great Formation and helped the righteous cultivators dismantle it. He then joined them at the Myriad Banners Netherworld Great Formation, where they saw the slaughtered civilians, while the King of the Underworld warned that their time was nearly up.

• Gu Yuanqing killed or suppressed Yin Jiuming, Miaoyin Tiannv, Profound Extreme Ancestor, Heavenly Lord Ji Mie, and Xue Mingzi, claiming their treasures and artifacts.
• Gu Yuanqing and the righteous cultivators dismantled the weakened Five Absolute Spirit Locking Great Formation and freed the people trapped within it.
• Zhengyi Sect cultivators arrived and began purging hidden Demonic Sects as the fog around the region vanished.
• Gu Yuanqing and the righteous sect leaders reached the Myriad Banners Netherworld Great Formation and saw cities filled with the corpses of civilians.
• The King of the Underworld told his companion that their pursuers had arrived and their time was almost up.

Gu Yuanqing returned safely from the Underworld with the Nine Nether Lamp after the King of the Underworld removed Li Youhe and the Interminable Ghost Mother's manifestation. He joined the righteous cultivators in deciding to destroy the Netherworld Sect, whose elder Yin Jiu pleaded for mercy as they arrived at its headquarters.

• Gu Yuanqing gave the King of the Underworld the Ten Thousand Dao Stone, and the King erased Li Youhe, Jing Wang, Xing Hai, and the Interminable Ghost Mother's manifestation.
• Gu Yuanqing returned to the Spirit Realm with the Nine Nether Lamp, severed the Netherworld Banners, and incinerated the released ghosts with Chaos Heaven Vital Fire.
• Gu Yuanqing told the righteous cultivators that Li Youhe was likely dead and declared that the Netherworld Sect had no reason to exist; they agreed to join him in attacking it.
• Gu Yuanqing and the righteous cultivators arrived at Burial Heaven Abyss, where the Netherworld Sect had activated its Nine Abyss Eternal Darkness Great Formation.
• Yin Jiu emerged from the formation, blamed Li Youhe for the massacre, and begged Gu Yuanqing and the other cultivators to spare the sect.

Gu Yuanqing and the righteous cultivators attacked the Netherworld Sect after rejecting Yin Jiu’s plea for mercy, and they broke the Nine Abyss Eternal Darkness Great Formation with a coordinated assault. The Nine Nether Profound Coffin tried to flee with the sect’s surviving elders and disciples, but Gu Yuanqing stopped it as it entered the void.

• Gu Yuanqing, the Spirit Venerable, and the others rejected Yin Jiu’s plea and demanded the Netherworld Sect answer for the millions of lives it had taken.
• Gu Yuanqing suppressed the sect’s formation while Ji Shan and Heavenly Lord Xuanji studied its workings, and their allies countered the Myriad Souls Spirit Devouring Banner and Yellow Springs Bell.
• Ji Shan identified the formation’s weak points, and seven righteous cultivators formed a joint array to attack its exposed nodes.
• The seven cultivators shattered the Nine Abyss Eternal Darkness Great Formation, and the North Spring World Suppressing Seal crushed the Netherworld Sect’s grounds.
• The Nine Nether Profound Coffin swept up surviving Netherworld Sect elders and disciples and tried to escape into the void, but Gu Yuanqing struck it and forced it back.

Gu Yuanqing cultivated after crushing the Demonic Sects, gaining insight into how to order the laws within his Heavenly Human World. When demonic forces besieged the Immaculate Zen Forest, he arrived to aid Xiao Wuyou and brought Li Miaoxuan over to join the battle.

• Gu Yuanqing's victories drove major Demonic Sects into hiding, while the Spirit Realm's strongest cultivators questioned whether his power truly belonged to a Void Immortal.
• Gu Yuanqing studied the yin-yang transformations of his North Spring Grotto-Heaven and realized that his future path required both deeper understanding of the Great Dao and ordering its laws within his Heavenly Human World.
• After decades of cultivation, Gu Yuanqing sensed a disturbance and sent an avatar to the besieged Immaculate Zen Forest, where Ling Yi explained that a broken seal had let demonic energy escape and Jù Niè Demon Lord had attacked.
• Gu Yuanqing went to assist Xiao Wuyou, then used the Heavenly Angling Technique to bring Li Miaoxuan from the North Spring Grotto-Heaven and promised to help her slay a Void Immortal.
• Gu Yuanqing entered the Buddhist Courtyard and found Xiao Wuyou struggling against Jù Niè Demon Lord while another Void Immortal Demon King attacked the formation.

Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan joined Xiao Wuyou inside the Golden Alms Bowl and killed Demon King Huiwang, then fought Jù Niè Demon Lord as true demon qi strengthened him. Gu Yuanqing drew on his grotto-heaven’s power, and Jù Niè Demon Lord finally recognized him as the same person he had encountered in the Outer Realm; the battle continued with Xiao Wuyou attacking alongside Gu Yuanqing.

• Gu Yuanqing arrived and attacked Demon King Huiwang, trapping him with spatial laws and destroying his demonic body.
• Li Miaoxuan used the Dragon Slaying Guillotine to execute Demon King Huiwang and sever his origin demonic seed.
• Jù Niè Demon Lord tried to escape through the Golden Alms Bowl’s barrier, but the barrier held and Gu Yuanqing joined Xiao Wuyou in fighting him.
• Jù Niè Demon Lord grew stronger as true demon qi poured into him, while Xiao Wuyou struck his origin demonic seed to disrupt his rising power.
• Gu Yuanqing drew power from the North Spring Grotto-Heaven and wounded Jù Niè Demon Lord with a powerful sword strike.
• Jù Niè Demon Lord recognized Gu Yuanqing as the visitor from the Outer Realm and countered with demonic flames as Xiao Wuyou attacked again.