Chapter Summaries

After Wei Yuan’s defeat, the Divine Court and Guixu Alliance struggled to understand the Demon Lord’s escape and the loss of the Mirror of Rebirth, while the devastation in the Ancient Realm left the Qian Yuan Sect bracing for danger. Years later, two men returned alive to the God Ruins Land and wondered whether their return was a blessing.

• Wei Zhao sensed Wei Yuan’s death and vanished from the Primordial Realm in the Gui Cang Hall.
• The Heaven-Measuring God King told Jun Tian and Cangwu that the Demon Lord’s soul had escaped and the Mirror of Rebirth had fallen to the King of the Underworld; they questioned whether Gu Yuanqing was the hidden Creation God King.
• Red Firmament and Dang Shuo learned that the Demon Lord had manipulated the Guixu Alliance, and Daoist Guanxing privately remarked that events were becoming more interesting.
• Li Chengyi examined the ruined battlefield and warned the Qian Yuan Sect to prepare for the Demon Lord’s possible return.
• Several years later, two men emerged from the Boundary Gate into the God Ruins Land, greeted the guarding Sage Lord, and reflected that the world they had returned to had changed.

The Primordial Divine Sect returned to the Exquisite Realm Domain’s century-old gathering, bringing its former leaders Mu Tianheng and Lei Fuyue into a tense encounter with the Qian Yuan Sect. Gu Huai’an insulted Mu Tianheng, and Lei Fuyue challenged his manners as the confrontation escalated.

• Mu Tianheng and Lei Fuyue discussed the changes since their return to the Primordial Divine Sect after three thousand years.
• Illusionary Spirit Sect elders recognized Mu Tianheng and Lei Fuyue, and Shang Ziyin and the Qian Yuan Sect learned of their arrival.
• Li Chengyi and Gu Huai’an arrived at the Ancient Realm Platform and greeted Mu Tianheng and Lei Fuyue.
• Mu Tianheng said he hoped to pay his respects to Gu Yuanqing, but Li Chengyi told him his father was in seclusion.
• Gu Huai’an called Mu Tianheng unqualified to meet his father and introduced himself as Mu Tianheng’s granddaddy.
• Lei Fuyue criticized Gu Huai’an’s manner, prompting the Primordial Divine Sect members to react angrily.

Mu Tianheng returned to the Exquisite Realm Domain as a True God, drawing accusations over the Primordial Divine Sect’s past crimes while claiming to act on the Divine Court’s orders against the Primordial Beginning Demon Church. Li Chengyi let him wait and later explained that Gu Yuanqing’s strength was being tested by several major powers; half a month later, Gu Yuanqing finally opened his eyes.

• Gu Huai'an and Lu Zeyu condemned Mu Tianheng and the Primordial Divine Sect for their past deeds, while Mu Tianheng apologized and defended the sect’s actions as atonement.
• Mu Tianheng revealed that he had become a True God and had come under the Divine Court’s orders to meet Gu Yuanqing and discuss the threat posed by the Primordial Beginning Demon Church.
• Li Chengyi told Mu Tianheng to wait, then started the grand competition before leaving the Ancient Realm Platform.
• Li Chengyi told Gu Huai'an that they could kill Mu Tianheng but needed to wait while the Divine Court, Guixu Alliance, and Demon Lord tested Gu Yuanqing’s strength.
• The return of Mu Tianheng stirred concern across the Exquisite Realm Domain, and its sects held meetings to plan their responses.
• After another half month passed, Gu Yuanqing opened his eyes.

Gu Yuanqing broke through to Golden Immortal, transformed the North Spring Realm, and uncovered the Demon Lord’s hidden infiltration. After learning about events in the Ancient and Fa Yuan Realms, he examined karmic ties and the worlds beyond, leaving him with a new understanding of the sword scar between realms.

• Gu Yuanqing became a Golden Immortal, and his power began transforming the North Spring Realm toward a true immortal realm.
• He detected and purged the Demon Lord’s concealed demonic thoughts and Taichu Holy Church infiltrators, then informed Li Chengyi of those who remained.
• Li Chengyi and Gu Huai'an visited Gu Yuanqing, learned of his breakthrough, and told him about the Ancient Realm, the Demon Lord’s disappearance, and Mu Tianheng’s return.
• Gu Yuanqing deduced that the Mirror of Rebirth had likely fallen into the Underworld’s hands and severed his karmic connection to Wei Yuan.
• Gu Yuanqing chose not to contact Li Miaoxuan and surveyed the declining Spirit Realm, finally understanding the purpose of the sword scar between realms.

After reaching the Golden Immortal Realm, Gu Yuanqing surveyed several worlds, studied their Dao and searched the Demon Realm for the Demon Lord’s soul. He kept his strength hidden and refined his understanding until, half a year later, the Primordial Creation Heaven Wheel suddenly blazed above the Nine Heavens.

• Gu Yuanqing examined the Spirit Realm’s decline and the sword scar slowing its annihilation, then gained insight into Indestructibility.
• Gu Yuanqing investigated the Ancient Realm, found traces of the Demon Lord’s escape and the Mirror of Rebirth’s removal, and chose not to enter the Ancient Battlefield.
• Gu Yuanqing searched the Demon Realm for the Demon Lord’s soul and saw the seals at Demon God Mountain, where Purple Cloud Daoist sensed his gaze.
• Qin Wentian detected Gu Yuanqing watching the Divine Firmament Domain and summoned the Divine Court’s Heavenly Gods, while Gu Yuanqing withdrew without revealing himself.
• Gu Yuanqing studied rule divine artifacts and refined his Dao for half a year before the Primordial Creation Heaven Wheel blazed above the Nine Heavens.

Gu Yuanqing discovered that the Boundary Gate had been opened and its guardian, Venerable Sage Lord Wu, had been killed, while the attacker escaped. Qin Wentian and Zhao Chengyun confronted Gu Yuanqing over the death, and Qin asked to question him through the Way of Heavenly Law.

• Gu Yuanqing sensed the Way of Creation stir and found the Boundary Gate open, its seal broken, and Venerable Sage Lord Wu dead.
• Gu Yuanqing suspected the attack might have been meant to implicate him and watched the Boundary Gate vanish as the Great Daos in the God Ruins strengthened.
• Qin Wentian arrived and detected traces of qi, then Zhao Chengyun arrived and took Wu Zhongping's remains into the Great Void Realm-Settling Tower.
• Qin Wentian called Gu Yuanqing forward, and Zhao Chengyun accused him of killing Venerable Sage Lord Wu.
• Gu Yuanqing said he had arrived to investigate the disturbance, and Qin Wentian asked to perform Heart-Questioning through the Way of Heavenly Law.

Gu Yuanqing refused Qin Wentian’s demand for Heart-Questioning under heavenly law after the Boundary Gate’s destruction and the death of Elder Wu Sage Lord, while Qin Wentian suspected Gu Yuanqing might be the Creation God King. After the Divine Court withdrew, Gu Yuanqing told Li Chengyi that he would protect the Qian Yuan Realm and urged him to ascend to the immortal realm to find his mother.

• Gu Yuanqing rejected Qin Wentian’s demand to submit to Heart-Questioning and challenged Zhao Chengyun to inspect his own divine kingdom and Divine Spark.
• Zhao Chengyun attacked Gu Yuanqing with the Great Void Realm-Settling Tower, but Qin Wentian stopped him after detecting Daoist Guanxing spying with the Sky Monitoring Mirror Dao.
• Qin Wentian withdrew with Zhao Chengyun and privately said Gu Yuanqing might be powerful enough to kill Zhao Chengyun, while suspecting he was the Creation God King behind the Boundary Gate’s destruction and Elder Wu Sage Lord’s death.
• Gu Yuanqing considered Daoist Guanxing’s spying and the changes coming to the Exquisite Realm Domain now that the Boundary Gate had vanished.
• Li Chengyi asked Gu Yuanqing about changes in the worlds, and Gu Yuanqing explained that the Boundary Gate had fallen and said he could protect the Qian Yuan Realm.
• Gu Yuanqing urged Li Chengyi to undergo his breakthrough and enter the immortal realm to find his mother, and Li Chengyi agreed.

The Divine Court and Guixu Alliance investigated the Creation God King’s role in Wu Zhongping’s death and other recent events, while Daoist Guanxing secretly resolved to find Creation. In the North Spring Realm, the Heaven Treading Immortal Steed awakened as an immortal beast, and Gu Yuanqing sent an avatar to Heaven Beyond Heaven after sensing a new disturbance.

• At the Divine Court, Zhao Chengyun accused Gu Yuanqing of being the Creation God King and clashed with Jiang Yunchuan until Qin Tianwen intervened.
• The Heavenly Eye Sage Lord told Qin Tianwen that Gu Yuanqing might be Creation and agreed to monitor the Exquisite Realm Domain.
• At the Guixu Alliance meeting, Red Firmament ordered Daoist Guanxing to search for the Creation God King, and Guanxing later revealed that he intended to uncover Creation’s hiding place.
• The Heaven Treading Immortal Steed awoke as an immortal beast, raced through the North Spring Realm, and was stopped by Gu Yuanqing, who told it to prepare to accompany Li Chengyi to the Immortal Realm.
• After sensing a disturbance, Gu Yuanqing sent an avatar to Heaven Beyond Heaven using the Heavenly Angling Technique.

Gu Yuanqing met the Jun Tian God King in Heaven Beyond Heaven and entered the Guixu Heavenly Abyss, where his resilience revealed God King-level strength to the three God Kings. Meanwhile, Li Chengyi passed his Immortal Tribulation and ascended to the Immortal Realm, leaving Gu Yuanqing to tease Gu Huai'an as the only family member yet to become an Immortal.

• Gu Yuanqing denied responsibility for the attacks on the Divine Court and agreed to enter the Guixu Heavenly Abyss to experience the Way of the End.
• Gu Yuanqing withstood the Abyss's power without difficulty, leading the Jun Tian God King, the Heaven-Measuring God King, and God King Cangwu to recognize his God King-level strength.
• Li Chengyi emerged from seclusion, arranged the Qian Yuan Sect's affairs, and spent time with his family before preparing to ascend.
• Li Chengyi passed the Nine-Nine Heavenly Tribulation, defeated and refined the Immortal Realm's human-form imprint, and attained the Dao.
• Li Chengyi bowed to Gu Yuanqing, then rode the Heaven Treading Immortal Steed through the Eye of the Great Dao into the Immortal Realm.
• Gu Yuanqing confirmed that Li Chengyi had entered the Immortal Realm and chided Gu Huai'an for being the only one in their family who had not become an Immortal.

After Li Guanrong took over as Sect Master, Gu Yuanqing repelled Dang Shuo’s attempt to recruit him into the Guixu Alliance and warned the alliance to stay out of the Exquisite Realm Domain. Gu Yuanqing later left Heaven Beyond Heaven with new insights, while the God Kings remained uncertain whether he was the one who had struck them before.

• Li Guanrong succeeded Li Chengyi as Sect Master of the Qian Yuan Sect and paid his respects to Gu Yuanqing.
• Dang Shuo entered the Qian Yuan Realm to propose an alliance, but Gu Yuanqing destroyed his avatar and warned the Guixu Alliance to stay away from the Exquisite Realm Domain.
• Gu Yuanqing’s sword strike followed Dang Shuo’s true spirit back to the Myriad God Ruins and nearly destroyed his Divine Spark, making Dang Shuo suspect Gu Yuanqing was the Creation God King.
• Gu Yuanqing left Heaven Beyond Heaven after gaining insights into the Way of the End and exchanged tokens with the Jun Tian God King.
• The three God Kings discussed whether Gu Yuanqing had been the one who struck them, but decided they could not confirm it without fighting him.

Gu Yuanqing continued refining his Dao while the Divine Court and Guixu Alliance debated his identity and strength. After meeting the King of the Underworld and learning the Mirror of Rebirth had once been part of the Reincarnation Heavenly Disc, Gu Yuanqing returned to his cultivation, while Daoist Guanxing plotted to stir up trouble.

• God King Cangwu, Jun Tian God King, and God King Boundless considered whether Gu Yuanqing was the Creation God King and chose not to act against him while the Nine Heavens calamity strained the Divine Court.
• Gu Yuanqing sent an avatar through the Spirit Realm, where his observations of creation and ruin tempered his mind and strengthened his Indestructibility.
• Rumors about the Divine Court's failure to avenge its slain Heavenly Gods spread, but the God Kings made no decision and Gu Yuanqing used the resulting quiet to pursue his cultivation.
• The King of the Underworld visited Gu Yuanqing, revealed that the Mirror of Rebirth had been a fragment of the Underworld's Reincarnation Heavenly Disc, and warned him against getting involved with its current holder.
• The Guixu Alliance debated Gu Yuanqing's identity and concluded that it could not safely approach him, while Daoist Guanxing resolved to add fuel to the conflict and avoid being discovered.

Over the course of a century, the Spirit Realm gained a second void immortal while Gu Yuanqing advanced toward the middle stage of golden immortality and learned how difficult god kings were to truly kill. The chapter ended with the Guixu Alliance escaping with an ancient Fire Dao Divine Palace after Qin Wentian was ambushed and a Divine Court heavenly god fell.

• Primordial Lord Suyue survived her void immortal tribulation, and Qian Yuan Sect elders traveled to the Yao Tai Holy Land to offer congratulations.
• Gu Yuanqing's Spirit Realm avatar studied the sword scar between the realms, then returned its insights to him as he secured his golden immortal foundations.
• Gu Yuanqing killed and refined Abyss-Suppressing God King and Jun Tian God King's imprints in the Immortal Mountain Trial, gaining their insights and reflecting on the difficulty of killing real god kings.
• Gu Yuanqing sensed a battle between the Guixu Alliance and the Divine Court over an ancient Fire Dao Divine Palace, but chose not to intervene.
• The Creation God King appeared to affect the battle; Qin Wentian was ambushed, a Divine Court heavenly god died, and the Guixu Alliance escaped with the Divine Palace despite Heaven-Measuring God King's pursuit.

Gu Yuanqing defended himself against the Heaven-Measuring God King’s suspicion by showing that his sword strike wielded the power of annihilation, not creation. Three days later, the Divine Court attacked the Myriad God Ruins, while Daoist Guanxing prepared to help the hidden Demon Lord and a faint glimmer appeared beneath a reddening moon.

• Gu Yuanqing considered the Divine Court’s losses and suspected the Primordial Divine Palace incident might have been arranged to implicate him.
• The Heaven-Measuring God King confronted Gu Yuanqing, who denied being the Creation God King and demonstrated a sword strike that erased a stretch of space.
• Three days later, the Heaven-Measuring God King attacked the Myriad God Ruins, where the Myriad Transformations God King and the Abyss-Suppressing God King resisted him.
• Destruction and Qin Tianwen joined the battle, while Gu Yuanqing watched from afar and wondered whether the hidden wielder of the Way of Creation would appear.
• Daoist Guanxing concluded that the Divine Court might be connected to Creation and decided to help the concealed Demon Lord.
• As the battle continued into the night, the moon turned scarlet and a faint glimmer of starlight flickered in the sky.

Gu Yuanqing watched the Ten Thousand Demons Heavenly Fortune Banner’s seal weaken as the Heaven-Measuring God King fought the Ancient Gods, then attacked the Myriad Transformations God King and Destruction God King when they came to meet him. He revealed a Creation True Realm that severed their artifact connections and overwhelmed them.

• The Ten Thousand Demons Heavenly Fortune Banner appeared in the sky, and its star revealed that someone had torn a crack in its seal.
• The Heaven-Measuring God King fought the three Ancient Gods, then left with Qin Wentian when blood sacrifices and the banner’s power began reviving the Demonic Dao.
• The Myriad Transformations God King and Destruction God King traveled to the Qian Yuan Realm to meet Gu Yuanqing, but his sword qi struck them as they arrived.
• Gu Yuanqing refused to discuss whether he was Creation and opened the Calamity Controlling Myriad Forms Sword Formation, cutting apart both God Kings.
• Gu Yuanqing reached toward the reappearing Ancient Gods and severed their connections to their Rule Divine Artifacts.

Gu Yuanqing captured Destruction God King and Myriad Transformations God King, rejected their offer of alliance for now, and gained two Ancient God imprints from their avatars. After sensing the Sky Monitoring Mirror in the Exquisite Realm Domain, he spoke with Gu Huai'an and wondered whether Li Chengyi had found news of Miaoxuan.

• Gu Yuanqing sealed Destruction God King and Myriad Transformations God King in a tower, where they accused him of being Creation God King and offered to help him become a God Lord.
• Gu Yuanqing asked the two God Kings who had used the Way of Creation during the struggle for the Divine Palace, learned they knew nothing, and left them imprisoned while considering the Guixu Alliance's usefulness.
• Destruction God King noticed that his collapsing incarnation body had stopped deteriorating, while Gu Yuanqing gained two imprints for the Immortal Mountain Trial.
• Gu Yuanqing sensed the Sky Monitoring Mirror's power in the Exquisite Realm Domain and later reassured Gu Huai'an that the disturbance had been resolved.
• After Gu Huai'an left, Gu Yuanqing wondered whether Li Chengyi had found news of Miaoxuan, while Daoist Guanxing cautiously monitored events from Myriad God Ruins.

The Divine Court and Guixu Alliance halted their fighting as the Heaven-Measuring God King guarded the Myriad God Ruins exit and Gu Yuanqing remained in the Exquisite Realm Domain. After Jiang Yunchuan confirmed that the Ancient God incarnations had fallen there, Gu Yuanqing prepared to refine the Destruction God King’s imprint, while Daoist Guanxing met Yuanchu.

• Daoist Guanxing observed that Myriad Transformations and Destruction had stopped fighting, while the Heaven-Measuring God King and Qin Wentian thwarted the Demon Lord’s attempt to awaken the Ten Thousand Demons Heavenly Fortune Banner.
• The Heaven-Measuring God King declared that Guixu Alliance members could not leave the Myriad God Ruins and stationed himself at its exit, prompting Daoist Guanxing to consider how the blockade would affect his plans.
• Gu Yuanqing rested and trained in the North Spring Realm, reflected on his unchanged nature, and let another month pass as fighting between the Divine Court and Guixu Alliance quieted.
• Jiang Yunchuan visited Gu Yuanqing, heard him deny being the Creation God King, and learned that he had barred outsiders from the Exquisite Realm Domain.
• Jiang Yunchuan reported back that the two Ancient God incarnations had fallen, and Qin Wentian became convinced he had been right not to challenge Gu Yuanqing.
• Gu Yuanqing chose to refine the Destruction God King’s imprint, while two figures in the Void Realm greeted each other and one addressed the other as Yuanchu.

Gu Yuanqing consolidated his Golden Immortal insights and suspected that the Creation God King remained hidden in the Ancient Battlefield, while the Divine Court and Guixu Alliance struggled against the growing demonic threat. After more than eighty years, Gu Yuanqing seized four more parts of the Demon Lord's body, provoking the Demon Lord and drawing the Heaven-Measuring God King's attention to the seal over the Demon Lord's heart.

• The Demon Lord and Wuxiang discussed Creation, and the Demon Lord revealed that Creation was in the Ancient Battlefield of the Ancient Realm.
• Gu Yuanqing refined the Destruction God King's imprint, studied Rule Divine Artifacts, and saw signs of Indestructibility and a possible path to space-time in the Ancient Battlefield.
• The Guixu Alliance remained trapped outside the Myriad God Ruins as demonic influence spread, while Gu Yuanqing waited and cultivated for more than eighty years.
• Gu Yuanqing sent five avatars into the Underground Cave and Demon Realm, bringing four more of the Demon Lord's body parts and their Rule Divine Artifacts into the North Spring Realm.
• The Demon Lord sensed Gu Yuanqing's theft and roared his name, while the Heaven-Measuring God King noticed an avatar examining the seal over the Demon Lord's heart.

Gu Yuanqing studied the Creation God King's sealing world while the Divine Court investigated his possession of the Demon Lord's body and the Demon Lord plotted with God King Wuxiang. After Gu Yuanqing finally moved to take the Demon Lord's heart, the Creation God King appeared before him.

• Gu Yuanqing examined the intact seal around the Demon Lord's heart and concluded that the Creation God King had rebuilt the sealing world with mastery that approached the half-step God Lord Realm.
• The Heaven-Measuring God King confronted Gu Yuanqing, accepted his promise not to touch the seal on Demon God Mountain, and heard his conjecture that the Creation God King might be in the Ancient Battlefield.
• The Heaven-Measuring God King, Jun Tian God King, and God King Cangwu discussed the possibility that the Ancient Battlefield concealed the Creation God King and the secret of controlling the Supreme Divine Artifact.
• Gu Yuanqing discovered that the Demon Lord had secretly taken a small piece of his body, while the Demon Lord and God King Wuxiang discussed joining forces against the Creation God King.
• Gu Yuanqing continued studying the sealing world for another year, then began to break its seal; the runes summoned the Creation God King before him.

Gu Yuanqing met the Creation God King, who offered to cooperate against an unnamed enemy and revealed that the world was undergoing another cycle of Reincarnation. After the Demon Lord’s heart revived, Gu Yuanqing subdued and sealed it, then used Dao Yan to begin deriving cultivation techniques and divine abilities.

• Gu Yuanqing met the Creation God King in the sealed world and learned that he had released the Myriad Dao Returning Flow Talisman to draw out God King Wuxiang.
• The Creation God King told Gu Yuanqing that the world was undergoing another Reincarnation and proposed that they cooperate against an enemy whose name could not be spoken.
• The Creation God King vanished with the divine artifact, freeing the Demon Lord’s heart, but Gu Yuanqing captured its awakened will and erased it with his avatar’s palm.
• The Demon Lord sensed that his heart had been sealed and accused Gu Yuanqing of intending to fight him to the death.
• Gu Yuanqing returned the heart to the North Spring Realm, considered the Creation God King’s revelations and Wuxiang’s schemes, then returned to the Cultivation Hall.
• Gu Yuanqing activated Dao Yan and used the Demon Lord’s heart to begin deriving cultivation techniques and divine abilities through countless Cultivation Timelines.

After Dao Yan revealed that his visions showed the real experiences of countless versions of himself, Gu Yuanqing gained a clearer grasp of space-time and advanced his Golden Immortal cultivation. Decades later, Li Chengyi summoned him to the Immortal Realm because Miaoxuan had gone missing in the Nine Abyss, where Gu Yuanqing sensed that she was alive but hidden from his sight.

• Gu Yuanqing realized Dao Yan manifested the experiences of his counterparts across countless timelines, and he resolved to live up to their faith in him.
• He used Dao Yan to study divine abilities, exhausted the Demon Lord's remaining power and much of the North Spring Realm's reserves, and advanced into the middle stage of the Golden Immortal realm.
• The Taichu Holy Church stirred up chaos across the Exquisite Realm Domain under the Demon Lord's direction, while Gu Yuanqing left the Qian Yuan Sect to face the trouble itself.
• Gu Yuanqing suspected God King Wuxiang was secretly gathering strength, then sensed Li Chengyi's summons from the Immortal Realm and sent an incarnation to him.
• Li Chengyi told Gu Yuanqing that Miaoxuan had entered the Nine Abyss and disappeared, and Gu Yuanqing used their karmic connection to search for her.
• Gu Yuanqing could not locate Miaoxuan because a mighty power obscured the Nine Abyss, but he reassured Li Chengyi that her life was not in danger.