Chapter Summaries

Chang Ze and the North Dragon Sword Sect party encountered Gu Yuanqing at North Spring Mountain, then were attacked by a Two-Headed Flood Dragon avenging its slain blood relative. The dragon killed the servants and swallowed Chang Ze and Uncle Zhou, prompting Chang Ze’s grandfather to race toward the scene.

• Uncle Zhou warned Chang Ze to leave the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, but Chang Ze dismissed his concerns and led the party toward North Spring Mountain.
• Gu Yuanqing declined to meet the North Dragon Sword Sect disciples, and Chang Ze eventually led his party away.
• A Two-Headed Flood Dragon intercepted the party and killed its servants with lightning.
• Uncle Zhou fought the dragon while trying to protect Chang Ze, but the dragon broke his sword light and withstood Chang Ze’s trump card.
• The Two-Headed Flood Dragon swallowed Chang Ze and Uncle Zhou, while Gu Yuanqing watched from afar without intervening.
• Chang Ze’s grandfather roared in anger and raced toward the place where his grandson had fallen.

Gu Yuanqing watched the Two-Headed Flood Dragon kill Chang Ze’s companions, then defended North Spring Mountain when Chang Beilong attacked him over the deaths. Gu Yuanqing destroyed Chang Beilong’s sword and defeated his puppet avatar, while the real Chang Beilong resolved to use the Nine-Sound Heavenly King Bell against him.

• Gu Yuanqing decided he needed to conceal North Spring Mountain after realizing that its human ownership could attract trouble in the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.
• Chang Beilong questioned a dying survivor, learned that the Two-Headed Flood Dragon had killed Chang Ze, and killed the survivor before heading toward North Spring Mountain.
• Chang Beilong attacked Gu Yuanqing, blaming him for refusing to save Chang Ze, and Gu Yuanqing countered with North Spring Mountain’s power.
• Gu Yuanqing used the Demon Subduing Sword and North Spring Mountain to shatter Chang Beilong’s Great Void Dragon Demon Sword and defeat him with a sword formation.
• Gu Yuanqing realized the defeated Chang Beilong had been a puppet avatar after inspecting his belongings.
• The real Chang Beilong awoke at the North Dragon Sword Sect’s residence in Qizhou Prefecture and vowed to use the Nine-Sound Heavenly King Bell against Gu Yuanqing.

Gu Yuanqing comprehended more of the Way of Space and learned to hide North Spring Mountain in the Void, believing he could finally cultivate in peace. Meanwhile, Chang Beilong accused him of shirking the Human Race’s duty, and the Heavenly Hero Divine General’s party arrived to confront him, only to find the mountain missing.

• Gu Yuanqing used Mountain Observation to contemplate North Spring Mountain’s existence across two worlds and broke through to greater control over the mountain.
• North Spring Mountain vanished into the Void and reappeared at Gu Yuanqing’s thought, while the old tribal chief on Bamboo Mountain sensed the spatial changes and chose not to interfere.
• Gu Yuanqing welcomed the mountain eagles’ return to flight, while Aunt Feng felt relieved and Ji Qingyun and Zhang Xuanlin realized they had returned to the Floating World.
• At the Divine General’s Residence, Chang Beilong accused Gu Yuanqing of ignoring the Human Race’s peril, and the Heavenly Hero Divine General agreed to question him.
• Two days later, Chang Beilong led the Heavenly Hero Divine General and others into the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, where they found no sign of North Spring Mountain.

Chang Beilong led Huo Guangyin and others to search for Gu Yuanqing, but they could not find North Spring Mountain after Gu Yuanqing hid it within the Void. With the mountain safe, Gu Yuanqing resumed cultivation and began preparing for his breakthrough to the Divine Platform realm.

• Chang Beilong used his Void Piercing Sword Eyes and Boundary Domain, then destroyed nearby peaks, but found no trace of the hidden mountain.
• The old patriarch of the Iron Eater Tribe confronted the group and ordered Huo Guangyin and the others to leave its territory.
• Chang Beilong blamed the Iron Eater Tribe for concealing the mountain, while Huo Guangyin held him responsible for the failed search and departed.
• The old patriarch's split soul inspected the area but could not locate North Spring Mountain and chose not to force his way into the Void.
• Gu Yuanqing realized his concealment had protected North Spring Mountain from Void Heaven cultivators, then focused on cultivation and set his sights on becoming a Heavenly Human.
• After tempering his body for seven days, Gu Yuanqing assessed what he needed for the Divine Platform realm and began selecting soul-nourishing treasures while planning to seek more in the Floating World.

Gu Yuanqing asked Li Shi'an to help the Great Qian Dynasty find rare materials for forging his divine platform, offering spirit spring water and places to cultivate on North Spring Mountain in return. As Li Shi'an requested extraordinary spirit water for a child in the Li Family, Gu Yuanqing agreed but warned that he could spare only a limited amount.

• Gu Yuanqing identified earth vein sand beneath North Spring Mountain and decided to seek the Great Qian Dynasty's help locating the materials needed for his divine platform.
• Gu Yuanqing used the Spatial Method to bring Li Shi'an and Ji Dai directly into the courtyard, astonishing both Fire Dao cultivators.
• Gu Yuanqing showed Li Shi'an his list of divine platform materials, and Li Shi'an said three could be found in Great Qian's Inner Treasury and that the dynasty had sent them to the Lingxu Sect in the past.
• Gu Yuanqing told Li Shi'an to send the materials to North Spring Mountain instead and offered spirit spring water and one hundred cultivation places in exchange for the dynasty's help finding them.
• Gu Yuanqing invited Ji Dai to cultivate on the mountain as well, and Li Shi'an then asked for extraordinary spirit water to establish a child in the Li Family's foundation.
• Gu Yuanqing agreed to Li Shi'an's request but warned that he could provide only a limited amount because the spirit water sustained the Spirit Spring.

Gu Yuanqing arranged for Great Qian cultivators to train on North Spring Mountain while focusing on refining his cultivation, and the mountain’s foothills were developed to accommodate them. While fishing, he encountered a powerful Demon Ape and transformed a young demonic creature into a Little Fox, whose identity left him wary.

• Li Shi'an and Ji Dai left North Spring Mountain, while Li Haotian and Li Shi'an later argued over whether to send Chengyi to Gu Yuanqing and restore the child’s Gu surname.
• Gu Yuanqing resumed a disciplined cultivation routine, and Li Shi'an returned with Divine Platform materials and a roster of prospective mountain cultivators.
• Great Qian arranged construction at the mountain’s foot, and the selected cultivators—including Gu Yuanying, Gu Yuanfeng, and Li Changyan—arrived to train there.
• A Heavenly Micro Divine General searched for the vanished North Spring Mountain in the Demon Realm but left without finding it.
• A winged Unicorn Strange Beast snapped Gu Yuanqing’s Fishing Line and ate its bait, then a Heavenly Human Great Demon in the form of an armored ape nearly dragged him into the Demon Realm.
• Gu Yuanqing transformed a small demonic fish into a Little Fox and wondered whether it belonged to the Celestial Fox Clan and should be killed.

Gu Yuanqing left North Spring Mountain to attend Gu Yunying and Li Changyan’s wedding, then encountered Qin Wuya on his way back. Qin Wuya revealed himself as a Heavenly Human split soul and demanded the Demon Subduing Sword and half a scroll of scripture, confident Gu Yuanqing was vulnerable away from the mountain.

• Gu Yuanqing trained against Ji Qingyun in the Spiritual Mountain Trial and used the battles to refine his cultivation.
• Gu Yuanqing moved Li Shi'an and Ji Dai to Repentance Cliff, while his connection with North Spring Mountain and his Mountain Observation range continued to grow.
• Gu Yuanqing gave Gu Yuanying a protective jade pendant, then attended her wedding to Li Changyan and offered his blessing.
• Gu Yuanqing visited his former home in Fengtian City before heading back toward North Spring Mountain.
• Qin Wuya confronted Gu Yuanqing and demanded the Demon Subduing Sword and half a scroll of scripture, revealing that he was a Heavenly Human split soul.

Gu Yuanqing used an incense-and-fire-qi Avatar and the Heavenly Fishing Method to injure Qin Wuya, a Heavenly Human split soul, and force him to flee. Gu Yuanqing investigated the Remnant Scripture’s possible secret, while Qin Wuya began looking for another way to pursue his goals.

• Qin Wuya attacked Gu Yuanqing with his Flying Sword, broke through the jade plaques’ defenses, and drove him into a seemingly hopeless retreat.
• Gu Yuanqing charged into Qin Wuya’s sword qi, revealing that the apparent body was an Avatar made from incense and fire qi.
• From North Spring Mountain, Gu Yuanqing used the Heavenly Fishing Method to strike Qin Wuya’s Divine Soul, but Qin Wuya escaped using the Sword Escape Technique.
• Gu Yuanqing examined the original Remnant Scripture for a hidden secret and reflected on how incense and fire qi could sustain a distant divine sense.
• Qin Wuya recovered on a barren mountain, suspected that Gu Yuanqing was a descended Heavenly Human, and resolved to find another way forward.

Gu Yuanqing sent an incense avatar to Lingxiao Mountain to demand materials for forging his divine platform and to settle his grievances with the Lingxu Sect. He seized control of the mountain’s treasures and array, forcing Kuang Tongyi to agree to provide what the sect had.

• Gu Yuanqing learned from Li Shi'an that Qin Wuya had returned, warned him that Qin Wuya was no longer himself, and later summoned Li Shi'an and Ji Dai to search for divine platform materials.
• Gu Yuanqing fashioned an incense avatar carrying sealed techniques and traveled to Lingxiao Mountain, where he demanded ten hu of each item on his list in exchange for ending his grievances with the Lingxu Sect.
• When a Lingxu Sect elder tried to fight, Gu Yuanqing bound him with the Hun Tian Rope and pinned him down with a jade tablet.
• Gu Yuanqing used the Heaven Gate Token to disable Lingxiao Mountain’s array, leaving the sect unable to trap him or challenge his control of the mountain.
• Kuang Tongyi agreed to provide the materials the Lingxu Sect possessed and sent Junior Brother Chen and Junior Sister Zhang to fetch them from the storehouse.
• When Kuang Tongyi asked about Patriarch Qingyun and the sect master from the Upper Realm, Gu Yuanqing cut him off and warned him not to demand more.

Gu Yuanqing reached the peak of the Fire Dao realm and used his cultivated white jade arrow bamboo to pay rent to the Iron Eater Tribe while seeking rare materials for forging a divine platform. The tribe agreed to send most of the materials on his list, including scarce phoenix gold and seven-colored cloud iron, to forge a bond of goodwill.

• Gu Yuanqing took six crates of Lingxu Sect possessions back to North Spring Mountain, and Kuang Tongyi explained that the sect had yielded because Gu Yuanqing possessed the Heaven Gate Token and Hun Tian Rope.
• Gu Yuanqing inventoried the materials he needed for a divine platform, reached the peak of the Fire Dao realm, and waited for the Iron Eater Tribe to collect rent.
• Meng San arrived to collect rent and told Gu Yuanqing that fighting had broken out between the Human Race and Demon Race, prompting Lan Tinglie and others to leave Lanting City.
• Gu Yuanqing paid two thousand jin of transformed white jade arrow bamboo and asked Meng San to bring back materials from his list in exchange for more.
• Xiong Ba showed the list to the old tribe chief, who ordered the tribe to send some of nearly every requested material, including phoenix gold and seven-colored cloud iron.

Gu Yuanqing traded with Xiong Ba for rare materials and prepared them to cast a divine platform. He began his breakthrough, completed the Divine Platform Formation, and reached the critical stage where his dao embryo and divine sense had to transform before the Wind Dao tribulation.

• Xiong Ba and Great Gong Venerable visited North Spring Mountain, and Xiong Ba traded rare divine-platform materials to Gu Yuanqing for bamboo after haggling over the prices.
• Gu Yuanqing cleansed the materials with Fire Dao over ten days and waited for the right moment to break through.
• When insight ignited his Fire Dao, Gu Yuanqing sealed off the rear mountain and began refining the materials into a Divine Platform Formation.
• Gu Yuanqing completed the formation with phoenix gold and seven-colored cloud iron, then prepared to transform his dao embryo and condense his divine sense into a Divine Soul as the Wind Dao tribulation approached.

Gu Yuanqing endured the Wind Dao tribulation and completed his Divine Soul's Transformation, entering the divine platform realm. After discovering the Floating World’s limits and confronting Qin Wuya, he was left wary of Qin Wuya’s dangerous power.

• Gu Yuanqing formed his Divine Soul on the divine platform and endured the sinister Wind Dao until it dispersed, completing his Transformation.
• Gu Yuanqing replenished his body and true essence, then tested his newfound ability to fly and walk through the sky.
• Gu Yuanqing saw through his Pupil Technique that the Floating World ended about two thousand zhang above him and concluded that its celestial bodies might be unreal.
• Gu Yuanqing detected Qin Wuya cultivating in the Guiyun Mountain Range and tried to capture him with Heavenly Fishing Empowerment, but Qin Wuya escaped using a Spatial Teleportation Array.
• Qin Wuya unleashed Heavenly Human Divine Sense and Sword Intent to break Gu Yuanqing’s Fishing Line, creating space rifts that Gu Yuanqing repaired before Qin Wuya fled.
• Qin Wuya lamented his injuries and depleted Split Soul Power, then warned someone not to act rashly or he would erase their consciousness.

Gu Yuanqing questioned Zhang Xuanlin about the heavenly human who had possessed Qin Wuya, but learned little beyond the possibility that he came from the Cultivation World. After another year of cultivation and growth in North Spring Mountain’s influence, the Floating World’s spatial limit rose to the initial Divine Platform stage.

• Qin Wuya agreed not to endanger the Floating World, suppressed the consciousness in his mind, and fled after sensing Gu Yuanqing watching him.
• Gu Yuanqing visited Zhang Xuanlin at Repentance Cliff and asked him to identify the heavenly human who had possessed Qin Wuya, but Zhang said he needed to meet him to recognize him.
• Gu Yuanqing concluded that the split soul was unlikely to cause trouble soon, then examined how his breakthrough had strengthened his divine sense and formed a nine-foot first-level divine platform.
• A year later, Gu Yuanqing traded in the Demon Realm for divine-platform materials, learned that humans had gone underground and another Demon Race faction had joined the fighting, then concealed North Spring Mountain.
• As North Spring Mountain’s spiritual qi spread through Great Qian, the Floating World’s space grew stable enough to withstand initial Divine Platform power, and Cultivators appeared in greater numbers near the mountain.

The Great Qian Dynasty prospered as North Spring Mountain grew and Gu Yuanqing prepared to establish a Scripture Pavilion with refined cultivation manuals. As the mountain began breaking toward another world, the young prince collapsed in the Imperial Garden.

• The Great Qian Dynasty gained four Grandmasters, doubled its harvests, and exchanged national treasures for Spirit Spring Water from North Spring Mountain.
• North Spring Mountain expanded dramatically, and Gu Yuanqing refined over a hundred cultivation techniques for a Scripture Pavilion to be managed with help from the Great Qian Imperial Court.
• Gu Yuanqing sensed North Spring Mountain trying to break into another world and worried that entering the Cultivation World would bring him into conflict with the Heavenly Humans.
• A eunuch reported to Xu Lianying that the young prince had collapsed unconscious in the Imperial Garden, and Xu Lianying informed Li Haotian.

Li Chengyi suddenly collapsed unconscious in the Imperial Palace, and the Imperial Physicians could not explain why. Li Haotian and Li Shi'an brought him to North Spring Mountain, where Gu Yuanqing was asked to examine him.

• Li Chengyi collapsed after crying out in the Imperial Garden, and Li Haotian rushed to his bedside.
• Xu Lianying and Wu Bingzhi found no injury, poison, or illness, while Li Haotian ordered the palace sealed and an investigation begun.
• Li Shi'an examined Li Chengyi and found no sign of his soul or consciousness, so he suggested taking the child to Gu Yuanqing.
• Li Haotian, Li Shi'an, and Xu Lianying traveled to North Spring Mountain, where Gu Yuanqing brought them directly into his courtyard.
• Li Shi'an asked Gu Yuanqing to examine the unconscious Li Chengyi.

Gu Yuanqing woke Li Chengyi and discovered that spirit spring water had awakened a powerful treasure sealed within the boy, trapping his consciousness. Impressed by Li Chengyi’s aptitude, Gu Yuanqing asked to take him as a disciple, but Li Haotian refused, and the treasure’s nature remained unknown.

• Gu Yuanqing examined Li Chengyi, realized spirit spring water had strengthened his body, and used his power to wake him.
• Li Chengyi told Li Haotian and Li Shi'an that he had explored a bead filled with flowers, trees, clouds, and living cloud creations.
• Li Haotian sent Li Shi'an and Li Chengyi out, then thanked Gu Yuanqing for saving the boy.
• Gu Yuanqing praised Li Chengyi’s aptitude and asked to take him as his disciple, but Li Haotian refused.
• Gu Yuanqing explained that the spirit spring water had awakened a treasure sealed in Li Chengyi’s Divine Court, trapping the child’s consciousness inside it.

Li Haotian revealed that Li Chengyi was Gu Yuanqing’s son and argued that the boy should remain under his care, while Gu Yuanqing insisted he should have a role in raising him. The chapter ended with the two debating Chengyi’s future and whether he should be raised to become Emperor.

• Li Haotian refused Gu Yuanqing’s request to keep Li Chengyi on North Spring Mountain for cultivation and explained that he wanted his grandson prepared to rule Great Qian.
• Li Haotian revealed that Chengyi was Li Miaoxuan’s son and Gu Yuanqing’s, then tried to leave before Gu Yuanqing pulled him back into the courtyard.
• Gu Yuanqing realized that his sudden fondness for Chengyi came from their father-son bond, while Li Chengyi played with Little Fox nearby.
• Li Haotian argued that Chengyi should keep the Li surname and remain in his care, since he had raised the boy after Miaoxuan left.
• Gu Yuanqing said he would learn to be a father and challenged Li Haotian’s plan to raise Chengyi as Emperor, noting that Miaoxuan had rejected the throne for her dao path.

Gu Yuanqing and Li Haotian settled the arrangements for Li Chengyi, and the boy met his birth father for the first time. Gu Yuanqing spent the day caring for him, and as Li Chengyi slept in his new mountain home, Gu Yuanqing reflected on the responsibility of fatherhood.

• Gu Yuanqing insisted that Li Chengyi keep the surname Li while leaving his future choice about the throne to him, and Li Haotian accepted the arrangement after a long argument.
• Li Shi'an brought Li Chengyi to the courtyard, where Li Haotian told him that Gu Yuanqing was his birth father.
• Li Chengyi bowed to Gu Yuanqing and called him Father, moving Gu Yuanqing to lift him and embrace his new responsibility.
• Li Haotian left to arrange for Li Chengyi's needs, while Gu Yuanqing took the boy around North Spring Mountain and introduced him to its animals.
• Gu Yuanqing brought Li Chengyi's attendants and belongings onto the mountain through a spatial gateway, and the exhausted boy fell asleep in his care.

Gu Yuanqing raised Li Chengyi on North Spring Mountain, developed a cultivation method for him, and began teaching him before Li Haotian returned to take the boy to the Imperial Palace. After their tearful farewell, Gu Yuanqing watched Li Chengyi leave and resolved to eliminate the danger posed by the heavenly human split soul in the Floating World.

• Gu Yuanqing accepted Li Chengyi as his son and devoted himself to caring for him and refining a cultivation technique suited to his foundation.
• Gu Yuanqing guided Li Chengyi through his first cultivation session, and the boy sensed his vital energy in less than the time it took an incense stick to burn.
• Li Haotian visited for Li Chengyi's birthday, discovered that the boy had reached the True Martial Realm, and arranged to take him back to the Imperial Palace the next morning.
• Gu Yuanqing flew with Li Chengyi on a goshawk, and the boy excitedly asked whether he would someday be able to fly too.
• Li Chengyi tearfully said goodbye to Gu Yuanqing and the mountain animals before Li Haotian took him to Fengtian City and ordered his attendants to keep the mountain's secrets.
• Gu Yuanqing watched Li Chengyi enter the city and vowed to crush the risks posed by the heavenly human split soul in the Floating World.

Gu Yuanqing developed and cultivated the Void Piercing Heavenly Eye to search for Qin Wuya, while spending the New Year on North Spring Mountain and sensing Li Chengyi in the Imperial Palace. After testing his new eye across great distances, he finally found Qin Wuya.

• Gu Yuanqing searched his Mountain Observation range for Qin Wuya, caught two Crimson Dragon Cult disciples, and studied several Pupil Techniques to devise his own.
• Gu Yuanqing named his new technique the Void Piercing Heavenly Eye and tested it repeatedly in the Spiritual Mountain Trial.
• On New Year's Eve, Gu Yuanqing watched Li Chengyi from afar and drank with Li Shi'an and Ji Dai on North Spring Mountain.
• Gu Yuanqing cultivated the Void Piercing Heavenly Eye, drawing on spiritual qi and Dao resonance to temper his eyes.
• Gu Yuanqing used his new eyes to see Fengtian City and look toward Void Spirit Island, then declared that he had found Qin Wuya.