Chapter Summaries

Gu Yuanqing probed Hong Kaiyuan about the Demon Lord and learned that the Divine Court suspected Xuan Ming remained dangerous, while the Guixu Alliance might soon resume hostilities. The alliance’s attacks spread across the Fa Yuan Realm as Gu Yuanqing continued cultivating and watched the Divine Court try to use the conflict to test him.

• Gu Yuanqing questioned Hong Kaiyuan about the Demon Lord, and Hong Kaiyuan and Jiang Yunchuan discussed Xuan Ming, the missing God Kings, and the weakening Rule Divine Artifacts after Gu Yuanqing left.
• Wei Zhao warned Gu Yuanqing that the Guixu Alliance was likely to act soon, and Gu Yuanqing reaffirmed his promise to help.
• Within ten days, battles between the Divine Court and the Guixu Alliance broke out across the Fa Yuan Realm, while Gu Yuanqing focused on cultivation and guarded the God Ruins Land.
• Gu Yuanqing’s Heaven and Earth Pool continued to mature Dao Fruits as his cultivation deepened and the North Spring Realm grew in power.
• Red Firmament nearly destroyed a Teleportation Array in the Tianfang Domain, but the Guixu Alliance’s Heavenly Gods avoided entering the Fuyuan Mountain Range despite Hong Kaiyuan exposing an opening.
• Gu Yuanqing recognized Hong Kaiyuan’s opening as deliberate and wondered whether the Divine Court was using the alliance to test him or using him to suppress its enemies.

As turmoil above the Nine Heavens pinned down the Divine Court’s God Kings, Xuan Ming urged the Guixu Alliance to seize its chance, while the Divine Court debated how to respond and whether Gu Yuanqing could be trusted. The chapter ended when a blood-red pillar of light erupted in the west, prompting Jiang Yunchuan to condemn the Guixu Alliance.

• After the Guixu Alliance withdrew from battle, Hong Kaiyuan and Jiang Yunchuan discussed its attacks on the Tianfang Domain and warned Gu Yuanqing to stay alert.
• Xuan Ming showed the Guixu Alliance’s Heavenly Gods Guanxing’s vision of God Kings fighting above the Nine Heavens and urged them to act before the opportunity passed.
• The Divine Court’s leaders discussed the Guixu Alliance’s likely plans and Xue Jingnian warned Jiang Yunchuan that Gu Yuanqing might be connected to Xuan Ming and the Alliance.
• Jiang Yunchuan visited Gu Yuanqing to trade for a Termination Dao Fruit and described the Divine Court’s losses.
• A blood-red pillar of light rose in the west, and Jiang Yunchuan angrily reacted to the sight.

A blood sacrifice by the Guixu Alliance caused a blood moon to appear across the realms, awakening the Demon Lord’s power and throwing the Ancient Realm into danger. Wei Zhao warned Gu Yuanqing that the Boundary Gate sealed the Fa Yuan Realm’s Great Dao to keep the Demon Lord’s divided soul, body, and Dao apart.

• Gu Yuanqing recognized the blood moon as a manifestation of the demonic Dao after Jiang Yunchuan reported that the Guixu Alliance had sacrificed living beings across several domains.
• Jiang Yunchuan warned that the divine court might have no strength to spare for the Tianfang Domain, then left to respond to the crisis.
• Gu Yuanqing told Li Chengyi and Gu Huai'an to secure Nine Bends Mountain, withdraw from the Ancient Realm, and watch the Taichu Holy Church as Wei Yuan’s avatars began losing control beneath the blood moon.
• Gu Yuanqing strengthened the formation around Nine Bends Mountain and kept watch over the Demon Lord’s seals while the Guixu Alliance’s intentions remained unclear.
• Wei Zhao urged Gu Yuanqing to help confront the crisis, but Gu Yuanqing agreed only to deal with one heavenly god if the Guixu Alliance entered the God Ruins.
• Wei Zhao revealed that the Boundary Gate sealed the Fa Yuan Realm’s Great Dao to keep the Demon Lord’s soul, body, and Dao separated, and warned that opening it under the blood moon could unleash him.

As the Demon Lord’s power revived and the Guixu Alliance pressured the Divine Court, Gu Yuanqing refused Wei Zhao’s request to defend the Boundary Gate and watched the crisis spread. The chapter ended with demonic qi breaking through the Boundary Domain Grand Formation at the Boundary Abyss.

• Gu Yuanqing rejected Wei Zhao’s appeal to help defend the Boundary Gate, arguing that Wei Zhao’s father should act instead.
• Gu Yuanqing concluded that the Divine Court’s God Kings were being held in Heaven Beyond Heaven, where Jun Tian God King confronted Cang Feng as the latter blocked his way out.
• The Demon Lord told Wei Yuan that his Great Dao was reviving and urged him to submit, while Wei Yuan struggled to resist the demonic influence.
• The Taichu Holy Church celebrated the revival of the demonic Dao as the blood moon spread unrest, and battles continued around the Boundary Gate.
• About two months later, Gu Yuanqing sensed demonic qi breaking through the Boundary Domain Grand Formation at the Boundary Abyss.

Gu Yuanqing learned that a primordial demonic dragon beneath the Boundary Abyss was shaking the formation and might seek to revive the Demon Lord. After agreeing to take responsibility for the threat, he left Wei Zhao wondering whether Gu Yuanqing was the Creation God King reincarnated.

• Gu Yuanqing inspected the Boundary Abyss and asked Wei Zhao what was beneath it.
• Wei Zhao explained that a demonic dragon once wounded by the ancient gods had survived beneath the abyss and might now be awakening.
• Gu Yuanqing accused Wei Zhao of maneuvering him into the conflict, then asked about the Demon Lord’s rule divine artifact and the nature of a god lord.
• Wei Zhao revealed that the Demon Lord wielded the Ten Thousand Demons Heavenly Fortune Banner and had imprinted his Demonic Dao on the Lunar Cold Abyss Pearl.
• After Wei Zhao reacted to his question about incense power, Gu Yuanqing agreed to handle the Boundary Abyss and vanished.
• Wei Zhao speculated that Gu Yuanqing’s mountain was the creation true realm and that Gu Yuanqing might be the Creation God King’s reincarnation.

Gu Yuanqing moved the Dao Source Forbidden Land beside the Boundary Abyss as the Demon Lord’s Great Dao revived and the Divine Court struggled to contain the crisis. The Guixu Alliance began breaking open the Divine Court’s prisons and seals, while the chapter ended with an attack on the Fuyuan Mountain Range.

• Gu Yuanqing awakened the Dao Source Forbidden Land and brought it to the Boundary Abyss, where he considered how incense and fire qi could help a God King become a God Lord.
• After the blood-colored altar shattered and the Blood Moon persisted, Qin Wentian used the Heavenly Law Bell to suppress the Lunar Cold Abyss Pearl, leaving the Guixu Alliance free to make its move.
• Xuan Ming and Zhou Yi sabotaged Demon-Locking Valley, freeing its imprisoned demons and an enormous black flood dragon.
• The Guixu Alliance attacked the Spirit-Binding Divine Palace, where Yang Dujiang helped free Leng Yue, who then agreed to go with Red Firmament.
• The Guixu Alliance pried open the Boundary Gate as demonic qi spread across several realms, and attacks on the seals beneath the God Ruins Boundary Abyss intensified.
• A figure launched a direct attack on the Fuyuan Mountain Range in the Tianfang Domain.

Abyss-Suppressing Divine Venerable descended through Xuan Ming and attacked the hidden North Spring Realm, destroying Jiang Yunchuan’s avatar and forcing his true body to leave the Divine Firmament Battlefield. Gu Yuanqing revealed himself and stopped the Town Abyss Underworld Edict Stele, but Abyss-Suppressing mistook his realm for the Creation God King’s legacy and unleashed the artifact’s full power.

• Hong Kaiyuan and Qiu Xuanbai clashed with their array artifacts above the Fuyuan Mountain Range while Gu Yuanqing watched from the North Spring Realm.
• Xuan Ming summoned Abyss-Suppressing Divine Venerable’s will, which trapped Jiang Yunchuan’s mind and destroyed his avatar with the Town Abyss Underworld Edict Stele.
• Jiang Yunchuan told Heavenly Eye Sage Lord that his avatar had fallen, then left the Divine Firmament Battlefield with Qin Wentian’s Jun Tian Divine Talisman to reinforce the Tianfang Domain.
• Abyss-Suppressing Divine Venerable drove the stele toward North Spring Mountain, where Gu Yuanqing’s power stopped its descent and revealed the hidden realm.
• Abyss-Suppressing Divine Venerable mistook the North Spring Realm for the Creation God King’s legacy and, hoping to seize its power, awakened the Town Abyss Underworld Edict Stele completely.

Gu Yuanqing pretended to struggle against the Abyss-Suppressing Divine Venerable while devouring the power of the Town Abyss Underworld Edict Stele, then trapped and suppressed the Divine Venerable inside the North Spring Realm. Jiang Yunchuan and Hong Kaiyuan joined forces against Qiu Xuanbai, who was caught by an enormous net and transformed into a fish.

• Gu Yuanqing held back the Town Abyss Underworld Edict Stele and secretly absorbed its power while gaining insight into its Great Dao.
• Jiang Yunchuan arrived at the Fuyuan Mountain Range and attacked the Abyss-Suppressing Divine Venerable with the Jun Tian Thunder Talisman.
• Gu Yuanqing dragged the stele and the Abyss-Suppressing Divine Venerable into the North Spring Realm, where he severed their connection and suppressed them.
• Hong Kaiyuan blocked Qiu Xuanbai's escape while Jiang Yunchuan's thunder dragons shattered the Mystic Heaven Go Board and gravely wounded him.
• Qiu Xuanbai fled into the void but was caught in an enormous net and transformed into a fish.

Jiang Yunchuan and Hong Kaiyuan joined Gu Yuanqing after the battle, where Qiu Xuanbai escaped but Xuan Ming’s avatar was suppressed and the Abyss-Suppressing Divine Venerable left an imprint. With the Divine Court still under pressure and the Boundary Gate battle ongoing, Gu Yuanqing considered seizing sealed pieces of the Demon Lord’s body to gain resources for his cultivation and sect.

• Jiang Yunchuan and Hong Kaiyuan failed to find Qiu Xuanbai after he escaped using the Profound Heaven Array Dao, and Jiang recovered the damaged Jun Tian Thunder Talisman.
• Jiang Yunchuan and Hong Kaiyuan discussed the battles and learned that Gu Yuanqing had suppressed Xuan Ming’s avatar while the Abyss-Suppressing Ancient God’s fate remained uncertain.
• Gu Yuanqing sealed Xuan Ming’s essence blood and the Abyss-Suppressing Divine Venerable’s divine sense in a jade bottle, then explained to Jiang Yunchuan and Hong Kaiyuan that the enemy’s withdrawal had let him prevail.
• Jiang Yunchuan returned to the Divine Firmament and Hong Kaiyuan left to watch the teleportation formation, while Gu Yuanqing concealed North Spring Mountain and noted his gains from the battle.
• Gu Yuanqing monitored the Boundary Gate and found no new incursion by the Guixu Alliance, then observed six sites in the Demon Realm where parts of the Demon Lord’s body were sealed.
• Gu Yuanqing considered capturing more of the Demon Lord’s body to supply incense and fire qi for Dao Yan and to obtain Rule Divine Artifacts for the Qian Yuan Sect.

Gu Yuanqing seized the Demon Lord’s right foot and a powerful Rule Divine Artifact, the Heavenly Mystery Illusion-Breaking Spear, then cultivated its Great Dao to deepen his understanding of space-time. Three months later, repeated blows shook the formation sealing the Boundary Abyss, and a savage aura began leaking through its widening cracks.

• Gu Yuanqing entered the Underground Cave, crossed the demonic qi, and destroyed the magic beasts guarding the seal around the Demon Lord’s right foot.
• Gu Yuanqing studied the sealing formation, used the Immortal Mountain Trial to refine his Array Dao, and then brought the Demon Lord’s right foot and its spear back to the North Spring Realm.
• Gu Yuanqing suppressed the Demon Lord’s right foot and examined the Middle Rule Divine Artifact, discovering that its Great Dao could break through methods and shift between existence and void.
• Gu Yuanqing attuned himself to the Heavenly Mystery Illusion-Breaking Spear and gained further insight into the Way of Space-Time.
• Three months later, Gu Yuanqing sensed repeated impacts shaking the Exquisite Realm Domain Great Formation above the Boundary Abyss as cracks spread and demonic qi poured through.

Gu Yuanqing waited for the Ancient-Era Demonic Dragon to break out of the Boundary Abyss, then fought it with his avatar and several powerful weapons. When the dragon proved too durable to subdue, Gu Yuanqing’s true self captured it with the Heavenly Angling Technique, leaving Wei Zhao stunned by how easily the threat had been dealt with.

• Gu Yuanqing sensed that the Demonic Dragon’s aura was only at the Heavenly God level and prepared a hidden formation while waiting for it to emerge.
• The Demonic Dragon broke through the seal with a host of magic beasts, and Gu Yuanqing’s sword formation slaughtered the beasts and wounded the dragon.
• The Demonic Dragon shrugged off Gu Yuanqing’s sword strikes, seized the Heaven-Slaying Sword and the Heavenly Mystery Illusion-Breaking Spear, and tried to refine them.
• Gu Yuanqing used World Arrival and the North Spring World Suppressing Seal, but the dragon resisted both and knocked the seal away.
• Gu Yuanqing’s true self intervened, trapped the Demonic Dragon in a hidden formation, and captured it with the Heavenly Angling Technique.
• Gu Yuanqing’s avatar annihilated the remaining magic beasts and allowed the Boundary Abyss rift to settle, while Wei Zhao watched in disbelief.

Gu Yuanqing captured the Demonic Dragon, recovered several more pieces of the Demon Lord’s body, and used the Immortal Mountain Trial to test his strength against powerful foes. After learning how dangerous a God King could be, he began using Dao Yan to deduce the artifact refining dao, while the Demon Lord sensed trouble from beneath the Rebirth Realm.

• Wei Zhao watched Gu Yuanqing defeat the Demonic Dragon and wondered about Gu Yuanqing’s power and the artifacts he had used.
• Gu Yuanqing imprisoned the Demonic Dragon in the Heaven and Earth Pool, then retrieved six more pieces of the Demon Lord’s body and their guarding rule divine artifacts.
• Gu Yuanqing fought the Demonic Dragon in the Immortal Mountain Trial for seven days, defeated him, and absorbed insights into the Physical Body and Demonic Daos.
• Gu Yuanqing lost to the Abyss-Suppressing Divine Venerable in the trial and resolved not to underestimate God Kings or the Demon Lord.
• After studying the recovered artifacts for four months, Gu Yuanqing used Dao Yan to begin deducing the artifact refining dao, while the Demon Lord’s soul stirred restlessly beneath the Rebirth Realm.

Wei Yuan learned the Demon Lord’s account of the Great Calamity and the weakening of Heaven and Earth’s Great Dao, but refused to release him. As war spread across the Fa Yuan Realm, Gu Yuanqing remained in seclusion, using Dao Yan to advance his skills while the Demon Lord’s physical body was gradually consumed.

• The Demon Lord warned Wei Yuan that his demonic Dao was reviving and claimed that Creation’s death had left a flaw in the world’s Great Dao, causing the Great Calamity and the decay of Heavenly Gods.
• Wei Yuan judged the Demon Lord’s explanation likely true but refused to release him, while the Demon Lord’s unease about a threat to his existence deepened.
• With no God Kings returning and the Blood Moon’s influence growing, the Divine Court and the Guixu Alliance continued fighting across the Fa Yuan Realm and its connected domains.
• The Guixu Alliance avoided the Tianfang Domain after suspecting the Divine Court’s reports were a trap, while Jiang Yunchuan traveled between battlefronts and Gu Yuanqing remained in seclusion.
• Gu Yuanqing devoted himself to Dao Yan to refine artifact-making, pill-making, and his divine abilities, gradually consuming the power of the Demon Lord’s physical body.

Gu Yuanqing spent years advancing his divine abilities and reforging his Life-Bound Treasures while observing events across the realms. An unexplained stirring led him to detect a strengthened karmic thread, and he suspected something had happened to the Demon Lord’s divine soul or Wei Yuan.

• Gu Yuanqing completed the Nine-Turn Immortal Flame and used it to reforge the Azure Nether Sword and the North Spring World Suppressing Seal.
• Gu Yuanqing trained his divine abilities through repeated battles with the Demonic Dragon and the Abyss-Suppressing Divine Venerable, while Xuan Haoji died beneath his Immortal Tribulation.
• Ling Yi visited North Spring Mountain with Ji Shan and the Spirit Venerable to bid farewell before attempting the Immortal Tribulation, and Gu Yuanqing watched them depart.
• Gu Yuanqing sensed an unexplained disturbance, searched the God Ruins, Fa Yuan Realm, Ancient Realm, Demon Realm, and other worlds, but found no clear cause.
• Gu Yuanqing examined his karma and found a thickened thread connected to a powerful being, leading him to suspect the Demon Lord’s divine soul or Wei Yuan.

Gu Yuanqing suspected that Wei Yuan had reached an agreement with the Demon Lord Soul to gain control of the Mirror of Rebirth and pursue the God King Realm, but chose to stay cautious and focus on cultivation. After changes in the Great Wei Divine Dynasty confirmed his suspicions, he wondered whether he should stop Wei Yuan from becoming a God King.

• Gu Yuanqing visited Wei Yuan in the Ancient Realm and noticed that he seemed unusually relaxed while guarding the Mirror of Rebirth.
• Gu Yuanqing reasoned that Wei Yuan and the Demon Lord Soul might have made a tacit bargain, but decided not to confront Wei Yuan and returned to cultivating.
• Wei Yuan watched Gu Yuanqing leave, acknowledged that he had bargained with part of the Demon Lord Soul, and believed he was close to reaching the God King Realm.
• Three months later, Li Chengyi and Gu Huai'an reported fewer people and fewer attacks in the Great Wei Divine Dynasty, and Gu Yuanqing warned them to beware of the Taichu Holy Church and the reviving Demonic Dao.
• After his sons left, Gu Yuanqing concluded that Wei Yuan was reclaiming his avatars' power and considered whether he should stop him from becoming a God King.

Gu Yuanqing prepared for the growing turmoil as the Demonic Dao revived and the Divine Court warned of the Demon Lord’s possible return. After learning that the Guixu Alliance had captured people who crossed from the Exquisite World, he suspected that both sides were investigating his origins, while Red Firmament learned that Gu Yuanqing might be the same man Ye Xuanxiao had encountered there.

• Gu Yuanqing focused on strengthening himself as the North Spring Realm transformed and gave Ao Jie purified Primordial Demonic Dragon blood during his tribulation, helping him survive and advance.
• Jiang Yunchuan and Hong Kaiyuan warned Gu Yuanqing that the Taichu Holy Church had spread throughout the Fa Yuan Realm and that the Demon Lord might break free.
• Jiang Yunchuan revealed that the Guixu Alliance had captured people who entered the Fa Yuan Realm from the Exquisite World three thousand years earlier, prompting Gu Yuanqing to wonder whether the Divine Court was probing his identity.
• Red Firmament questioned Ye Xuanxiao about Gu Yuanqing, and Ye Xuanxiao said Gu Yuanqing resembled the North Spring Mountain Master he had known in the Exquisite World.

Gu Yuanqing prepared to settle Shadow’s lingering connection to Qiu Weifeng and summoned Qiu Weifeng to the North Spring Realm. After turning Shadow into a soul pill for Qiu Weifeng, Gu Yuanqing considered strengthening the Qian Yuan Sect and bringing its disciples into the Fa Yuan Realm.

• Red Firmament asked Ye Xuanxiao to explain Gu Yuanqing in detail.
• Gu Yuanqing reviewed the captives and Dao Fruits in the Heaven and Earth Pool, then brought Shadow before him.
• Qiu Weifeng met Shadow and realized that the demonic soul was his long-lost avatar from the Trial Ground.
• Gu Yuanqing explained that Shadow’s mind remained corrupted and offered to turn him into a soul pill to help Qiu Weifeng repair his Dao Foundation.
• Gu Yuanqing refined Shadow into a pill and gave it to Qiu Weifeng, who thanked him and left to cultivate.
• Gu Yuanqing sensed a karmic thread disappear and considered improving the Qian Yuan Sect’s strength and helping its members cultivate the divine path.

Gu Yuanqing strengthened the Qian Yuan Sect, advanced his cultivation, and watched for the Demon Lord as signs of the demon’s escape spread. A message from the Lie Shan Clan reached God Lord Qingwei, warning that the Demon Lord’s physical body had escaped.

• Gu Yuanqing refined pills for the Qian Yuan Sect and its disciples, then advised Li Chengyi and Gu Huai'an on cultivation and sect affairs.
• Li Chengyi arranged discussions about divine-path cultivation, and Li Yuze abdicated the Great Qian throne in favor of Li Zhixing.
• Gu Yuanqing studied rule divine artifacts, helped Li Chengyi cultivate the Way of Creation, and improved his divine abilities while remaining wary of the Demon Lord.
• Demon God Mountain discovered the Demon Lord’s physical body had vanished, searched the Demon Realm, and failed to contact the Fa Yuan Realm; Lie Shanyu visited Gu Yuanqing but received no help.
• During an ancestral sacrifice, the Lie Shan Clan’s mirror revealed that the Demon Lord’s physical body had escaped, and Lie Shanwei carried the warning to God Lord Qingwei.

The Divine Court learned that the Demon Lord’s sealed flesh had vanished and prepared to enter the God Ruins, but the Guixu Alliance’s attack delayed its arrival. Gu Yuanqing suspected Wei Yuan was exploiting the delay to become a God King and warned his sect to prepare for turmoil.

• Lie Shanwei reported the missing Demon Lord’s flesh to God Lord Qingwei, who took him to the Divine Court with evidence from a Recording Stone.
• Wei Zhao told Wei Yuan that the Divine Court intended to enter the God Ruins; Wei Yuan ordered him to buy a month while he pursued his own plans.
• Wei Zhao warned Gu Yuanqing that Heavenly Gods might discover his cultivation of the Way of Creation and that the Guixu Alliance might use the Boundary Gate to enter.
• The Guixu Alliance’s battle with the Divine Court delayed the opening of the Boundary Gate, and Gu Yuanqing noticed Wei Yuan recalling his avatars toward the imperial capital.
• Gu Yuanqing suspected Wei Yuan was using the Guixu Alliance’s attack to buy time and told Li Chengyi to keep Qian Yuan Sect members within the Qian Yuan Realm and carry their sect Tokens.

Gu Yuanqing took advantage of the Divine Court’s delayed arrival to seize more pieces of the Demon Lord’s body, while the Demon Lord pressured Wei Zhao and watched for signs of Gu Yuanqing. After collecting nearly half the body, Gu Yuanqing saw Wei Yuan’s enormous physical body flying toward the ruined Great Wei imperial city.

• Gu Yuanqing found an intact underground cave seal, slipped past its guards, and acquired another piece of the Demon Lord’s body.
• The Demon Lord told Wei Zhao that he and Wei Yuan had to help him reclaim his Great Dao, warning that he could revoke the power he had granted Wei Yuan.
• After Wei Zhao left, the Demon Lord wondered whether Gu Yuanqing was connected to Creation and resolved to keep his escape secret until his Great Dao revived further.
• Over three months, Gu Yuanqing gathered pieces from five more sites, bringing his collection to nearly half of the Demon Lord’s body, and obtained five more Rule Divine Artifacts.
• Wei Yuan recalled all his avatars, and the Great Wei Divine Dynasty’s cities crumbled as Rebirth Qi enveloped its imperial city.
• Gu Yuanqing saw Wei Yuan’s hundred-thousand-foot physical body fly through the void toward the Great Wei imperial city.