Chapter Summaries

Gu Yuanqing attacked the Primordial Divine Sect to draw out its Great Venerable, and the two fought through Gui Cang Hall while Gu Yuanqing investigated the mysterious artifact and its master. Li Miaoxuan’s Dragon Slaying Guillotine struck the hall and forced it back, but Gui Cang Hall then awakened with overwhelming power.

• Gu Yuanqing appeared above the Primordial Divine Sect and used the North Spring World Suppressing Seal to batter its protective formation, forcing the sect’s cultivators to struggle to hold it back.
• The Great Venerable sent Gui Cang Hall to attack Gu Yuanqing, who evaded it and exchanged blows with the unseen cultivator inside the hall.
• Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan considered whether the Great Venerable was at god level and discussed Gui Cang Hall’s ability to conceal its aura and redirect attacks.
• The Great Venerable formed a palm of Life and Death Cycle Dao that clashed evenly with Gu Yuanqing’s Myriad Phenomena Sword of Tribulation.
• Li Miaoxuan struck through Gu Yuanqing’s spatial passage with the Dragon Slaying Guillotine, knocking Gui Cang Hall into the sect’s formation and causing it to crack.
• Gui Cang Hall’s Great Venerable recognized the weapon as a Rules divine artifact, and the hall awakened with power more than ten times greater than before.

Gu Yuanqing used the power of North Spring Grotto-Heaven and the Qian Yuan Realm to resist the Great Venerable’s Gui Cang Hall, a Rules Divine Artifact, while heavenly punishment battered the palace. The Great Venerable retreated, but Gu Yuanqing damaged the bell accompanying the Gui Cang Hall before it escaped.

• Gu Yuanqing recalled his avatar as the Gui Cang Hall pursued it through the Spatial Turbulence, but the palace halted before reaching North Spring Grotto-Heaven.
• The Great Venerable brought the Gui Cang Hall into the Qian Yuan Realm and tried to envelop North Spring Mountain, while Gu Yuanqing used Unity of Heaven and Humanity to resist it.
• Gu Yuanqing’s power held the Gui Cang Hall in place, and the Great Venerable endured increasingly powerful Divine Punishment Heavenly Thunder until he chose to retreat.
• The Great Venerable broke free and sent the Gui Cang Hall toward the void, but Gu Yuanqing struck it with the Azure Nether Sword and shattered a corner of the Old Bell.
• The Gui Cang Hall escaped, and Gu Yuanqing recalled the nicked Azure Nether Sword and repaired its blade with his true essence.

Gu Yuanqing confirmed that Gui Cang Hall had survived the heavenly punishment and chose not to pursue the Primordial Divine Sect, then returned to cultivation. When rumors spread that people could reach the Exquisite Realm Domain through his mountain, he suspected the Heavenly Demon Sword Master's avatar was behind them and considered whether the avatar meant to turn Demon God Mountain and the Demon Court against him.

• Gui Cang Hall returned to the Primordial Divine Sect, where Divine Punishment Heavenly Thunder shattered the sect's protective formation and devastated the Ancestor Hall's surroundings.
• Gu Yuanqing sent an avatar to inspect the Primordial Mountain Range, confirmed that Gui Cang Hall had endured the punishment, and decided against attacking the Primordial Divine Sect again.
• While fishing for dao souls, Gu Yuanqing noticed people gathering near the Black Sea and asked the Dragon Demon Ancestor to investigate.
• The Dragon Demon Ancestor reported a rumor that people could enter the Exquisite Realm Domain through Gu Yuanqing's mountain, warning that the Demon Court and Demon God Mountain might take interest.
• Gu Yuanqing suspected the Heavenly Demon Sword Master's avatar had spread the rumor and wondered whether it planned to make the Demon Court and Demon God Mountain attack him or use him against them.

Gu Yuanqing protected the Dragon Demon Ancestor from the Demon Emperor Chi Chen and killed the Sky Hunting King with his sword intent. Chi Chen asked for passage to the Exquisite Realm Domain, while Divine Emperor Lie Shanyu, the Barbarian Emperor, and the Asura King arrived to question Gu Yuanqing about the rumors surrounding him.

• Li Guanrong passed his yin-yang Calamity at the Qian Yuan Sect by cutting through the Calamity clouds with his sword.
• Chi Chen arrived at the Dragon Demon Realm with several Demon Kings and demanded that Gu Yuanqing meet him.
• The Sky Hunting King attacked the Dragon Demon Ancestor, but Gu Yuanqing's sword qi killed the Sky Hunting King and wounded Chi Chen.
• Gu Yuanqing appeared before Chi Chen, who asked whether he had become a Demigod and requested passage to the Exquisite Realm Domain.
• Divine Emperor Lie Shanyu, the Barbarian Emperor, and the Asura King revealed themselves, and Divine Emperor Lie Shanyu asked Gu Yuanqing to clear up their doubts.

Gu Yuanqing confronted the four sovereigns, who sought answers about the Exquisite Realm Domain and a path beyond the Demon Realm. He killed three of them in an instant, while Lie Shanyu revealed that the True Demon Incarnation was stirring a war to break its seal; as the Demon Court approached and the Asura Sea rose, Lie Shanyu withdrew.

• Lie Shanyu, Demon Emperor Chi Chen, the Barbarian Emperor, and the Asura King confronted Gu Yuanqing, demanding answers and warning him not to oppose them.
• Gu Yuanqing used a glance to turn Chi Chen’s Solar True Fire against him, killing the Demon Emperor and taking his Golden Crow Rune and essence blood.
• Gu Yuanqing annihilated the Barbarian Emperor with Myriad Dao Returns to Ruin and killed the Asura King with sword qi, leaving Lie Shanyu as the sole surviving sovereign.
• Lie Shanyu recognized Gu Yuanqing’s profound command of a Rule Divine Artifact and identified him as someone from the Primordial Divine Sect.
• Lie Shanyu explained that the True Demon Incarnation had likely engineered the confrontation to spark war and seize a chance to break its seal.
• A light from the Demon Court appeared on the horizon as the Asura Sea rose beneath the Dragon Demon Realm’s abyss, and Lie Shanyu departed.

Gu Yuanqing killed Lie Shanyu’s avatar and discussed Demon God Mountain’s connection to the True Demon with Li Miaoxuan as the Demon Court and Asura Sea advanced on North Spring Mountain. The Demon Emperor, Asura King, and Barbarian Emperor arrived with their full forces and attacked, while Gu Yuanqing remained calm and seemed to be expecting them.

• Gu Yuanqing used the Myriad Phenomena Sword of Tribulation to destroy Lie Shanyu’s avatar after Lie Shanyu tried to escape through the void.
• Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan examined the approaching Demon Court and Asura Sea and linked their secrets to the True Demon and the power Qiu Weifeng’s avatar had obtained.
• The Demon Court entered the Dragon Demon Realm, the Asura Sea advanced toward North Spring Mountain, and the Barbarian Emperor’s force opened a rift in the sky.
• Demon Emperor Chi Chen and the Asura King appeared in their original forms, while the Barbarian Emperor summoned a Barbarian God Phantom; all three forces targeted North Spring Mountain.
• Chi Chen attacked with a Golden Fire Pillar, the Asura King sent the Blood Dragon to invade the mountain, and the Barbarian God Phantom swung its Giant Axe at Gu Yuanqing.

Shadow entered North Spring Grotto-Heaven while the Demon Emperor and Asura King attacked Gu Yuanqing, but their forces only nourished the grotto-heaven’s yin and yang powers. As the Blood Moon intensified the battle and Shadow prepared to act, Gu Yuanqing noticed him and treated his arrival as another opportunity.

• Shadow secretly entered the Dragon Demon Realm and sent an avatar toward North Spring Mountain to investigate Gu Yuanqing and the route to the Exquisite World.
• Gu Yuanqing neutralized the Demon Court’s solar fire and the Asura Blood Sea inside North Spring Grotto-Heaven, converting their energy into nourishment for its ultimate yang and yin powers.
• Gu Yuanqing taunted the Demon Emperor and Asura King, prompting them to pour more of their reserves into the mountain while the Barbarian Emperor held back after one strike.
• The Demon Emperor drew power from the great sun, exposing the Blood Moon and causing its influence to stir madness in the Demon Emperor and Asura King.
• Shadow approached North Spring Mountain beneath the Blood Moon’s influence, while Gu Yuanqing detected his avatar inside the grotto-heaven and told Li Miaoxuan he could use Shadow’s true demon power to Derive All Things.
• Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan refocused on the grotto-heaven’s transformation as the Demon Emperor demanded that Lie Shanyu join the attack.

Lie Shanyu confronted the elders of the Jiang, Ji, and Ying lineages over their plan to break the sky, then watched Ji Chong Shan fire the Sky Breaking Bow at the Underground Cave Seal. Li Miaoxuan intercepted and shattered the arrow with the Execution Platform, leaving Ji Chong Shan injured and the seal unharmed.

• Lie Shanyu questioned whether Demon God Mountain would intervene, and the three retired lineage heads—Jiang Yuan Zhen, Ji Chong Shan, and Ying Wu Gou—arrived to press for a way forward for their younger generations.
• Ji Chong Shan argued that the four lineages should cast off their restraints and gamble on breaking the sky; Lie Shanyu refused to involve the Lie Shan Clan and ordered the Ji Clan to resolve the affair surrounding Gu Yuanqing.
• Ji Chong Shan rejuvenated himself with a drop of golden blood, drew the Sky Breaking Bow, and fired a Demon Breaking Arrow toward the Black Sea.
• The arrow passed the Demon Emperor’s Golden Crow and headed for the Underground Cave Seal, prompting Gu Yuanqing to warn Li Miaoxuan about its power.
• Li Miaoxuan sent the Dragon Slaying Guillotine to intercept the arrow, then summoned the Execution Platform and had its Divine Being Projection catch and shatter it.
• Ji Chong Shan coughed blood and weakened as the arrow’s fragments extinguished its divine soul phantoms.

Gu Yuanqing used the Demon Court and Asura Sea’s assault to help North Spring Grotto-Heaven reach the Perfection of the extreme Yin-Yang Dao, transforming it into a self-sustaining Small World. As its new sun and moon appeared, Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan gained insights into the Way of Creation, while cultivators inside the grotto-heaven began sensing changes and breakthroughs.

• Lie Shanyu questioned Ji Chong Shan after Gu Yuanqing shattered the Sky Breaking Bow’s arrow, and the three ministers advised waiting rather than attacking again.
• Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan let the Demon Emperor and Asura King exhaust their forces against North Spring Grotto-Heaven, then watched them realize they had been deceived and retreat.
• The Dragon Demon Ancestor and Demon Phoenix sought North Spring Mountain, but it vanished into the void after the Demon Emperor withdrew.
• Gu Yuanqing used the two armies’ reserves to perfect the extreme Yin-Yang Dao, bringing forth a sun and moon and transforming North Spring Grotto-Heaven into a Small World.
• Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan sensed the grotto-heaven’s transformation and gained insights, while Qian Yuan Sect disciples noticed clearer spiritual qi and several cultivators began breaking through.

As the North Spring Grotto-Heaven grew into a small world, Lie Shanyu revealed that the Demon God Clans were running out of ancestral true blood and that he intended to gamble on a breakthrough to the Demigod Realm. Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan continued contemplating the Great Dao, and after years of silence, Gu Yuanqing’s qi finally stirred.

• The North Spring Grotto-Heaven’s transformation enriched its spiritual qi and helped Li Chengyi complete his Dao principle imprints ahead of schedule, though he delayed summoning his heavenly Calamity while his parents remained in seclusion.
• Lie Shanyu told Lie Shanhan that the Demon God Clans’ true blood was nearly depleted and explained that Ji Chong Shan had damaged the seal to force a desperate struggle before their strength faded further.
• Jiang Yuanzhen, Ji Chong Shan, and Ying Wugou agreed to prepare for the coming chaos, conceal their actions, and use the True Demon Incarnation as an opportunity.
• Over three years, the North Spring Grotto-Heaven expanded to nearly five million li, became increasingly self-sustaining, and drew demonic qi from the Underground Cave; Shadow lost hope of reconnecting with his avatar and withdrew into the darkness.
• Li Miaoxuan awoke from her contemplation after two more years, settled her cultivation at the middle stage of the Void Immortal realm, and waited beside Gu Yuanqing as his qi finally stirred half a year later.

Gu Yuanqing discovered that the North Spring Grotto-Heaven had become a small world and gained the World Arrival empowerment, which let him summon its projection or steer the world through space. After Li Chengyi passed his Calamity, Gu Yuanqing brought out Shadow to question him and learned that the captive remained devoted to a powerful demon lord.

• Gu Yuanqing examined his changed System Panel and learned that World Arrival could summon a projection of the North Spring World or move the entire world, though moving it consumed immense power.
• Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan discussed the North Spring World's growth and its improved prospects if the Primordial Divine Sect attacked again.
• Li Chengyi returned to the mountain, and Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan learned that he planned to undergo his Calamity in seven days.
• Li Chengyi passed the six-nine yin-yang cycle Calamity within the North Spring World, prompting celebrations throughout the Qian Yuan Sect.
• Gu Yuanqing released Shadow from his long confinement and questioned him, but Shadow said his merged divine soul concealed his memories and warned that his lord would destroy them if freed.

Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan explored the newly transformed North Spring World and advanced their cultivation as it continued to grow. Meanwhile, Underground Cave Seals broke across the Demon Realm, and after the Dragon Demon Realm grew anxious about the threat, Gu Yuanqing promised to shelter the Celestial Fox Clan if necessary.

• Gu Yuanqing questioned Shadow about the True Demon's interest in the Exquisite Realm Domain, but Shadow concealed his thoughts, so Gu Yuanqing suppressed him again.
• Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan explored the North Spring World, which had grown larger than the Qian Yuan Realm and possessed exceptionally pure spiritual qi.
• Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan cultivated within the transformed world, deepening their Dao insights as the North Spring World and their strength continued to grow.
• Gu Yuanqing sensed a series of breakthroughs and disturbances in the Demon Realm, then learned that three Underground Cave Seals had broken and Divine Emperor Lie Shanyu had forced the human devils back underground.
• After Little Fox returned from the Dragon Demon Realm frightened, Li Chengyi came to Gu Yuanqing, who promised to bring the Celestial Fox Clan into the North Spring Realm if the Dragon Demon Realm faced an existential threat.

Gu Yuanqing learned that the Spirit Realm and the Nine Domains Divine Continent planned to combine their cultivation paths, and agreed to attend their Two Realm Discourse as a presiding observer. The Spirit Realm’s sects began debating whether to share their methods, but had not reached a consensus.

• Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan discussed Demon God Mountain’s use of ancient god-and-devil blood to produce demigods as the Underground Cave’s influence spread.
• Gu Yuanqing tested the Primordial Creation Heaven Wheel’s power through an avatar while continuing to avoid interfering in the Demon Realm’s turmoil.
• The Spirit Venerable and Heavenly Lord Xuanji told Gu Yuanqing that they had agreed with the Great Hao Divine Dynasty to hold a Two Realm Discourse, and asked him to preside.
• Gu Yuanqing agreed to attend alongside Li Miaoxuan, while cautioning that the two realms’ combined cultivation path required careful deliberation.
• The Spirit Venerable and Heavenly Lord Xuanji returned avatars to the Spirit Realm, where the sects debated sharing their cultivation methods for a month without reaching agreement.

The Spirit Realm and Nine Domains Divine Continent began their first formal Dao discourse, exchanging ideas about their contrasting cultivation paths. The discussions sparked inspiration in Gu Yuanqing, who kept his own ideas about reconciling the paths to himself as the gathering continued.

• Spirit Realm sects debated for months over whether to share their cultivation foundations, then agreed to proceed cautiously and establish rules for the exchanges.
• The Spirit Realm learned that Gu Yuanqing had defeated a peak Void Immortal Heavenly Demon, while Nine Domains cultivators became eager to study the Spirit Realm's much longer lifespans.
• Several years later, Spirit Realm elders traveled to the Nine Domains Divine Continent, where Li Yanshen and Ling Yi welcomed Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan with great honors.
• At the Great Hao Imperial Palace, Xuan Haoji opened the discourse, and the Spirit Venerable and Ling Yi exchanged explanations of their realms' cultivation methods.
• Cultivators from both realms spent the day discussing Dao principles, visualization, heavenly human worlds, and the cultivation of will, gaining insights from each other's paths.
• In North Spring Grotto-Heaven, Gu Yuanqing told Li Miaoxuan that finding a way forward would be difficult, and withheld his own ideas until the time was right.

Gu Yuanqing and cultivators from the Spirit Realm and the Nine Domains Divine Continent advanced their exchanges, completed cross-realm Teleportation Arrays, and gradually combined their cultivation methods. A century later, the Spirit Venerable had found a path toward the Void Immortal realm, while the Demon Realm grew more ominous and the Blood Moon changed again.

• After three months of Dao discussions, the two realms scheduled future exchanges and began planning Teleportation Arrays in the Outer Void.
• Gu Yuanqing helped align the formations across both realms, and after years of work the cultivators activated the Teleportation Arrays, reducing travel between realms to a single day.
• The second Dao discussion grew larger and more advanced, while cultivation methods and insights spread through both realms and helped some cultivators break through.
• Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan observed the Demon Realm's worsening turmoil and sensed a hidden force within the increasingly crimson Red Moon.
• Over a century and five Dao discussions, the Spirit Venerable found an opportunity to pursue the Void Immortal path, and Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan deepened their understanding of both realms' methods.
• Gu Yuanqing's confidence in the North Spring Realm's progress grew, but he continued to hold back from using Dao derivation until the Blood Moon changed once more.

As the Underground Cave seal weakened and True Demon Power threatened the realms, Lie Shanyu sought Gu Yuanqing’s help, but Gu refused and accused Demon God Mountain of having another purpose. Lie Shanyu and his ministers decided to proceed with their desperate plan, intending to involve Gu Yuanqing whether he wished it or not.

• A blood-red moon and violent clashes marked the growing turmoil as the battle around Demon God Mountain weakened its blockade of the Underground Cave.
• Gu Yuanqing destroyed Lie Shanyu’s first avatar, then agreed to meet him when Lie Shanyu returned to warn that a True Demon’s escape would endanger multiple realms.
• Lie Shanyu asked Gu Yuanqing to contact the Fa Yuan Realm or help resist the True Demon, but Gu denied having such a connection and refused to intervene.
• Gu Yuanqing suspected Demon God Mountain had deliberately targeted the Dragon Demon Realm’s seal and questioned Lie Shanyu about its Ancestral Divine Body, then sent him away.
• At Demon God Mountain, Lie Shanyu, Ji Chong Shan, Jiang Yuan Zhen, and Ying Wugou concluded they had no choice but to continue their plan, and Lie Shanyu vowed Gu Yuanqing would not remain uninvolved.

As the Demon Realm’s battles and Red Moon’s power intensified, Gu Yuanqing offered the Dragon Demon Realm’s Demon Race refuge in the North Spring Realm, provided they accepted restrictions and purification in the Heaven and Earth Pool. Decades later, Lie Shanyu returned to find the Dragon Demon Realm empty and could not locate Gu Yuanqing or North Spring Mountain, which had been concealed within the North Spring Realm.

• Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan discussed the growing danger in the Dragon Demon Realm, and Gu Yuanqing decided to offer its Demon Race a way out.
• Gu Yuanqing told the Dragon Demon Ancestor that the clans could settle in a mountain Secret Realm if they gave up freedom to leave without permission and endured the Heaven and Earth Pool’s cleansing.
• A month later, the Five Great Royal Clans and other demon clans agreed to enter the Secret Realm, and Gu Yuanqing opened a gateway that sent them into the Heaven and Earth Pool over the next three years.
• Gu Yuanqing reinforced the Dragon Demon Realm’s Underground Cave Seal, causing Shadow to retreat, while the Red Moon’s influence and the Demon Realm’s chaos continued to grow.
• More than thirty years later, Lie Shanyu returned and found the Dragon Demon Realm deserted; after failing to locate Gu Yuanqing or North Spring Mountain, he left.
• From within the North Spring Realm, Gu Yuanqing watched Lie Shanyu’s search and dismissed the threat posed by the Demigod’s avatar.

As the Demon Realm war intensified, Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan joined the Spirit Realm’s dao discussions, and the Spirit Venerable prepared to face his void immortal Calamity. Gu Yuanqing secretly helped him survive and rebuild his body, then returned with Li Miaoxuan to North Spring Realm, where they settled into peaceful years.

• The Demon Realm’s war escalated, while Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan watched from the Dragon Demon Realm and saw Demon God Mountain and the Demon Court deploy their true reserves.
• After the Spirit Realm’s dao discussions, Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan shared their insights, and cultivators began making breakthroughs in the following years.
• The Spirit Venerable faced his void immortal Calamity before representatives from the righteous sects, and the final strikes left him apparently gone.
• Gu Yuanqing enveloped the mountain in a phantom world and absorbed the last Calamity strikes, allowing the Spirit Venerable to reappear and forge a new body.
• The Spirit Venerable became a void immortal and bowed to Gu Yuanqing, who then returned with Li Miaoxuan to North Spring Realm.
• Gu Yuanqing released cleansed demon race members into North Spring Realm, where they settled as he and Li Miaoxuan enjoyed a quiet life and continued advancing their cultivation.

Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan witnessed the Blood Moon’s aura spread from the Demon Realm, while the Ancient Realm began changing as its inhabitants transformed into ghosts and slaughtered one another. As the immortal-like cultivators watched the chaos, Feng Yue waited for an Imperial Edict and refused to explain to Feng Yan why he still obeyed Wei Wuji.

• Gu Yuanqing sensed the Blood Moon Devours Sun and discussed with Li Miaoxuan whether the True Demon Apostles were trying to reach the Fa Yuan Realm.
• The Blood Moon’s aura reached the Ancient Realm, where ordinary people transformed into ghosts and violence erupted throughout the Great Wei Divine Dynasty.
• Heavenly Change cultivators watched the upheaval with amusement and relief, weary of the Ancient Realm’s endless cycles of Reincarnation.
• Zhou Wei sensed that the changes were dangerous but could find no way to intervene.
• Feng Yue told Feng Yan that he was waiting for the Imperial Edict, then refused to explain why he continued obeying Wei Wuji.

Zhou Wei met Wei Zhao and revealed that he was an avatar whose original self had merged with the Mirror of Rebirth, and that the Demon Lord’s weakening seal forced them to advance their plan. Wei Zhao agreed to act against Gu Yuanqing, and the chapter ended as the Primordial Divine Sect began pulling the Ancient Realm toward the Qian Yuan Realm.

• Qi Yichen reported the Ancient Realm’s upheaval to the Primordial Divine Sect’s Ancestor Hall and received a brief acknowledgment from the Great Venerable.
• Zhou Wei met Wei Zhao on Ancient God Mountain, and they discussed Zhou Wei’s awakened memories and his identity as an avatar of another self.
• Zhou Wei warned that the Demon Lord’s restless soul showed the Demon Realm Seal was failing, so their plan had to be brought forward; Wei Zhao agreed to proceed.
• Wei Zhao returned to the Gui Cang Hall and ordered the Primordial Divine Sect’s elders to prepare to act against Gu Yuanqing.
• Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan saw the Gui Cang Hall arrive outside the Qian Yuan Realm as Wei Zhao used the sect’s collected blood essence to summon the Ancient Realm and draw it toward them.