Chapter Summaries

Dingguang Xian and Qiu Shou Xian fled Gu Changqing’s Cave Abode with their legs severed, then faced another sword strike when they tried to leave. Gu Changqing remained apparently asleep, while Duobao struggled to understand what had happened and Tongtian sensed the commotion from Biyou Palace.

• Dingguang Xian and Qiu Shou Xian tried to escape Gu Changqing’s Cave Abode, but a burst of sword intent severed both their legs.
• Interception Sect disciples gathered and realized that Qiu Shou Xian had likely sought revenge against Gu Changqing.
• Duobao arrived and dismissed the pair’s claim that Gu Changqing had harmed them because Gu Changqing lay drunk and snoring inside.
• When Dingguang Xian moved to leave, an unseen sword strike tore flesh from his chest, and Gu Changqing murmured a verse about the Wine Sword Immortal and the sword Dao.
• Dingguang Xian and Qiu Shou Xian sensed a deadly Sword Dao Killing Domain around the Cave Abode and refused to move, leaving Duobao bewildered.
• Tongtian noticed the commotion in the Outer Sect from inside Biyou Palace.

Tongtian arrived to reprimand Gu Changqing for maiming and humiliating Dingguang Xian and Qiu Shou Xian, but discovered they had tried to kill him with the Six Souls Banner. He sent the pair to the Ten Thousand Thunder Abyss for punishment, while Gu Changqing calmly went back to drinking.

• Tongtian left Biyou Palace to reprimand Gu Changqing for attacking his fellow disciples.
• Dingguang Xian and Qiu Shou Xian kowtowed and begged Gu Changqing to spare them as the other disciples condemned his torment of them.
• Tongtian entered Gu Changqing's cave abode and scolded him, but the drunken Gu Changqing ignored him and searched for wine.
• Gu Changqing tossed aside the Six Souls Banner, and Tongtian recognized it as the weapon Dingguang Xian had used against his disciple.
• Dingguang Xian and Qiu Shou Xian confessed to their actions and begged for mercy, so Tongtian sentenced them to ten thousand years of lightning tribulations in the Ten Thousand Thunder Abyss.
• The disciples realized they had misjudged Gu Changqing, who resumed drinking as Tongtian remarked that his thunderous methods had shown a merciful heart.

Tongtian offered Gu Changqing compensation for nearly being killed by the Six Souls Banner, and Gu Changqing asked for the Water-Fire Gourd. Tongtian gave him the supreme-grade treasure, only for Gu Changqing to use it to collect his wine, leaving Tongtian dumbfounded.

• Tongtian asked Gu Changqing what compensation he wanted, and Gu Changqing requested the Water-Fire Gourd.
• Tongtian erased his imprint and gave Gu Changqing the Water-Fire Gourd, startling the disciples with his generosity.
• Tongtian warned Gu Changqing that the gourd carried heavy killing intent and should rarely be used.
• Gu Changqing turned the Water-Fire Gourd upside down and used it to draw all the wine from the jars into it.
• Tongtian demanded that Gu Changqing stop, but Gu Changqing asked whether gourds were not meant to hold wine.

Gu Changqing kept the Water-Fire Gourd as a wine vessel and proved he could drink its dangerous contents unharmed, leaving Tongtian to accept his decision. Meanwhile, Nuwa told Xihe and Changxi that heavenly destiny bound them in marriage to Di Jun, and Xihe asked for time to consider.

• Gu Changqing dodged Tongtian's attempt to reclaim the Water-Fire Gourd and drank from it without suffering harm.
• Tongtian stopped objecting to Gu Changqing's use of the Water-Fire Gourd, while the gathered disciples envied his favored status.
• Xihe and Changxi traveled through the Primordial World, and Changxi teased Xihe about her interest in Gu Changqing.
• Nuwa summoned Xihe and Changxi and announced that they were destined to marry Demon Emperor Di Jun.
• Xihe asked Nuwa to give the sisters time to consider the heavenly marriage, and Nuwa furrowed her brows.

Xihe and Changxi refused to accept Nuwa’s proposed Heavenly Marriage with Di Jun and sought refuge in the Interception Sect, hoping Gu Changqing could help them escape their predicament. They arrived at Golden Ao Island asking to see the Wine Sword Immortal, only to learn that he was an Outer Sect disciple.

• Nuwa accepted Xihe’s request for time to consider the Heavenly Marriage, but Xihe and Changxi feared the Saint would continue pressuring them.
• Xihe decided to visit the Interception Sect because she believed its protection and Gu Changqing’s insight might help them; Changxi agreed, and they set out for Golden Ao Island.
• While Gu Changqing slept in his cave, his sword aura grew sharper, astonishing the Outer Sect disciples who sensed his transformation.
• Xihe and Changxi arrived at Golden Ao Island and asked to enter the Interception Sect to see the Wine Sword Immortal.
• Tongtian appeared and questioned the goddesses, while the disciples recognized the Wine Sword Immortal as Gu Changqing and revealed that he was an Outer Sect disciple, surprising Xihe and Changxi.

Xihe and Changxi visited Golden Ao Island to seek Gu Changqing’s guidance after Nuwa ordered them to marry Di Jun. Gu Changqing predicted that the Witch and Demon Clans would both vanish into history, leaving Tongtian to conceal the heavenly secrets.

• Tongtian welcomed Xihe and Changxi onto Golden Ao Island and led them to Gu Changqing’s cave abode.
• Changxi woke the drunken Gu Changqing, and Xihe explained that Nuwa had ordered the sisters to marry Di Jun under a heavenly decree.
• Changxi rejected the marriage and insulted Di Jun, while Xihe asked Gu Changqing which clan would prevail and survive the calamity.
• Gu Changqing dismissed the question and declared that the Demon Race and Witch Clan would become mere words in ancient texts.
• Tongtian concealed the heavenly secrets after Gu Changqing’s prediction caused an uproar.

Gu Changqing warned Xihe and Changxi that the Witch and Demon Clans would perish in a measureless calamity, convincing Xihe to refuse the heavenly marriage. Nuwa discovered that the Wine Sword Immortal had influenced them and alerted Di Jun, who prepared to confront the Interception Sect disciple.

• Gu Changqing dismissed his warning as drunken rambling, but Tongtian recognized his knowledge of the Heavenly Dao's reckoning and began to suspect he was hiding his true abilities.
• Xihe told Changxi that they had received the answer they needed and decided they must refuse the heavenly marriage to avoid perishing alongside the Demon Court.
• Nuwa sensed the Heavenly Mandate change, divined that Xihe and Changxi had visited the Wine Sword Immortal, and informed Di Jun that he had sabotaged the heavenly marriage.
• Di Jun received Nuwa's message and angrily told Taiyi, Kunpeng, and the gathered Demon Court experts that an Interception Sect disciple had interfered with his marriage.

Di Jun and Taiyi went to Golden Ao Island to confront the Interception Sect over the Wine Sword Immortal ruining Di Jun’s heavenly marriage. Tongtian brought them to Gu Changqing’s cave, where Gu Changqing confirmed his identity.

• Di Jun named the Wine Sword Immortal as the disciple who had damaged the Demon Court’s fortune, and Bai Ze urged the Demon Court to demand answers from the Interception Sect.
• Tongtian proposed promoting Gu Changqing to an Inner Sect personal disciple; Bixiao supported him, while Zhao Gongming objected over precedent, conduct, and sect dignity.
• Tongtian defended Gu Changqing’s strength and willingness to make an exception before Di Jun, Taiyi, and the Ten Great Demon Saints arrived at Golden Ao Island.
• Taiyi told Tongtian that the Wine Sword Immortal had ruined Di Jun’s destined heavenly marriage with Xihe and Changxi.
• Tongtian moved everyone to Gu Changqing’s cave, where Gu Changqing identified himself as the Interception Sect’s Wine Sword Immortal, further angering Taiyi.

Gu Changqing provoked the Demon Court envoys after they confronted him for ruining Di Jun’s Heavenly Marriage, and Tongtian defended his disciple. A sword image resembling Tongtian’s Qingping Sword frightened the Demon Court into fleeing, and Tongtian realized Gu Changqing had imitated it.

• Taiyi accused Gu Changqing of interfering with Xihe and Changxi’s Heavenly Marriage, while Gu Changqing proudly claimed they had believed his drunken advice.
• Di Jun demanded that Tongtian hand Gu Changqing over, but Tongtian refused and rebuked Taiyi for questioning his judgment.
• Gu Changqing recited a boast about being a carefree Wine Immortal, angering the Demon Court further.
• A vast sword image resembling Tongtian’s Qingping Sword appeared above Gu Changqing’s cave, terrifying Di Jun, Taiyi, and the other Demon Court experts into retreating.
• Tongtian realized his real Qingping Sword had never left his sea of consciousness and concluded that Gu Changqing had imitated it.

Tongtian revealed that Gu Changqing had frightened off the Demon Court with his own sword intent, then promoted him from Outer Sect disciple to the Interception Sect’s fifth Personal Disciple. The Demon Court worried that Gu Changqing’s new standing would undermine its planned heavenly marriage, and Kunpeng proposed seeking other supreme deities instead.

• Gu Changqing dismissed the fleeing Demon Court while Duobao and the others mistakenly believed Tongtian had used the Qingping Sword.
• Tongtian told Duobao and the other disciples that Gu Changqing’s sword intent had imitated the Qingping Sword and driven off Di Jun, Taiyi, and their allies.
• Tongtian proclaimed Gu Changqing the Interception Sect’s fifth Personal Disciple, prompting astonishment across the Primordial World.
• Bai Ze warned that Gu Changqing’s promotion meant the Demon Court would risk a Saint’s wrath if it acted against him.
• Taiyi worried that Gu Changqing’s elevated standing would strengthen Xihe and Changxi’s resistance to the heavenly marriage.
• Kunpeng proposed that the Demon Court seek other supreme deities to bring about the heavenly marriage.

After Xihe and Changxi refused to marry Di Jun, he chose Qin Yuan as his bride and announced their heavenly marriage for a hundred years later. The Saints’ disciples prepared to use the ceremony to display their strength, while Gu Changqing remained unconcerned with his new status and kept drinking.

• Di Jun chose Qin Yuan to replace Xihe and Changxi as Demon Empress, and she eagerly accepted.
• Di Jun announced that he and Qin Yuan would hold their heavenly marriage in a hundred years, with Saint Nuwa sealing their bond.
• Yuanshi urged the Twelve Golden Immortals to make their names at the ceremony, while Laozi told Grand Master Xuandu to prepare Immortal Elixirs as a wedding gift.
• Duobao, Jin Ling, the Three Xiao, and others visited Gu Changqing and remarked on his continued drinking after becoming a Personal Disciple.
• Gu Changqing grinned and asked what was wrong with having a drink now that he was a distinguished Personal Disciple.

Gu Changqing dismissed the Demon Court’s heavenly marriage celebration because he refused to interrupt his drinking, despite Duobao and the other disciples urging him to attend. A hundred years later, Tongtian prepared to set out for the celebration and decided to personally make Gu Changqing come along.

• Gu Changqing drank heavily and declared that he wanted the four seas to become wine, while Duobao and the others mistook his claims about the Dao of Wine for drunken nonsense.
• Duobao told Gu Changqing that the Demon Court’s heavenly marriage would take place in a hundred years and urged him to attend, but Gu Changqing refused to stop drinking or go.
• A hundred years passed, and the Chaos Bell rang beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens, prompting mighty figures across the world to travel to the Demon Court.
• Tongtian found that Gu Changqing was absent from Biyou Palace and ordered Duobao to summon him.
• Duobao explained that Gu Changqing had refused to attend, so Tongtian led the disciples to Gu Changqing’s cave abode, confident he could make him come.

Tongtian lured his wine-loving disciple Gu Changqing to the Demon Court by mentioning its fine wine, where Yuanshi insulted him and the Interception Sect. Gu Changqing fired back at Yuanshi, leaving the gathered cultivators stunned.

• Tongtian persuaded Gu Changqing to join the trip to the Demon Court by mentioning wine brewed from flat peaches.
• Tongtian brought Gu Changqing and his nine personal disciples to the Demon Court, where Di Jun, Taiyi, and other powerful cultivators welcomed him.
• Yuanshi arrived and criticized Gu Changqing as a drunkard, using him to disparage Tongtian and the Interception Sect.
• Gu Changqing defended Tongtian’s teaching without discrimination and condemned rigid traditions as lifeless.
• Gu Changqing glanced at the Twelve Golden Immortals and his rebuke left the Demon Court silent.

Gu Changqing defied Yuanshi in defense of the Jie Sect, then ignored the tension to drink Flat Peach immortal wine during Di Jun and Qin Yuan’s heavenly marriage. By the end, he had consumed more than a thousand jars, leaving Di Jun and Taiyi distressed over the precious wine.

• Gu Changqing called Yuanshi’s disciples walking corpses, and Yuanshi unleashed his Saintly pressure while Tongtian protected the Jie Sect disciples.
• Nuwa arrived, and Taiyi announced the start of Di Jun and Qin Yuan’s heavenly marriage, cutting off Tongtian’s attempt to mediate.
• Tongtian led Gu Changqing and the other Jie Sect disciples to their seats, where Duobao and the others admired Gu Changqing for confronting Yuanshi.
• Nuwa used the Red Embroidered Ball to establish the first heavenly marriage, bringing auspicious visions and merit to the Demon Court.
• Gu Changqing drank more than a thousand jars of Flat Peach immortal wine, making Di Jun and Taiyi lament the wine he had consumed.

At Di Jun’s heavenly marriage ceremony, Gu Changqing drank and took thousands of jars of Flat Peach immortal wine while Yuanshi mocked him. After the Twelve Golden Immortals challenged him to fight together, Gu Changqing accepted, leaving the impending clash unresolved.

• Gu Changqing drank jar after jar of Flat Peach immortal wine and used his Wine God Gourd to take ten thousand more jars.
• Yuanshi mocked Gu Changqing and the Interception Sect, but Gu Changqing cheerfully accepted his offer to take wine from Kunlun Mountain.
• Yuanshi signaled the Twelve Golden Immortals, and Juliusun challenged Gu Changqing to spar.
• Gu Changqing dismissed Juliusun as too weak to make him lift a hand, provoking the Twelve Golden Immortals to challenge him together.
• Duobao and the Interception Sect disciples warned Gu Changqing not to accept while drunk, but he agreed to fight all twelve.

Gu Changqing accepted the Twelve Golden Immortals’ challenge and unleashed a million strands of sword intent from wine, overwhelming them. Yuanshi accused Tongtian of secretly helping Gu Changqing after the Chan Sect disciples were defeated.

• Gu Changqing accepted the Twelve Golden Immortals’ challenge despite Duobao’s pleas, and Tongtian allowed the contest after judging that Gu Changqing had his own plan.
• Guangchengzi led the Twelve Golden Immortals in a powerful assault while Gu Changqing continued drinking and refused to draw his sword.
• Gu Changqing unleashed the Myriad Swords Saint Art, turning wine droplets into more than a million strands of sword intent.
• The sword energies wounded Juliusun and then overwhelmed all Twelve Golden Immortals, leaving them collapsed on the field.
• Yuanshi dispelled the sword energies and accused Tongtian of secretly helping Gu Changqing attack the Chan Sect disciples.

Yuanshi accused Tongtian of secretly helping Gu Changqing defeat the Twelve Golden Immortals, but Gu Changqing and Nuwa confirmed that his Myriad Swords Saint Art had drawn sword intent from nearby treasures. When the Twelve Golden Immortals attacked again, Gu Changqing overwhelmed them and sent all twelve crashing into the Demon Court.

• Yuanshi accused Tongtian of using the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords to help Gu Changqing defeat the Twelve Golden Immortals, and Tongtian denied intervening.
• Gu Changqing said his Myriad Swords Saint Art had wielded the sword intent around him, and Tongtian confirmed that the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords had responded to Gu Changqing's aura.
• Nuwa testified that a treasured sword in her sea of consciousness had released sword intent during Gu Changqing's technique, prompting other sword users to confirm they had sensed the same thing.
• Guangchengzi and several of the Twelve Golden Immortals attacked Gu Changqing again, and Tongtian prepared to intervene.
• Gu Changqing unleashed a torrent of sword intent that overwhelmed the Twelve Golden Immortals, sent them flying, and smashed them into the Demon Court's celestial palaces and immortal halls.

Gu Changqing crushed the Twelve Golden Immortals, winning the Interception Sect’s admiration and drawing Nuwa’s interest. After Yuanshi took the defeated Chan Sect disciples back to Kunlun Mountain, Gu Changqing rejected Nuwa’s invitation to Wa Huang Heaven when he learned she had no fine wine.

• Tongtian asked the Eight Great Personal Disciples whether they still opposed making Gu Changqing a Personal Disciple, and Duobao and Zhao Gongming acknowledged his strength.
• Chijingzi asked Yuanshi to let the Twelve Golden Immortals use their Spirit Treasures, but Yuanshi rebuked them and took them back to Kunlun Mountain.
• The mighty cultivators left the Heavenly Marriage banquet, having recognized Gu Changqing as an extraordinary talent of the Interception Sect.
• Nuwa invited Gu Changqing to Wa Huang Heaven to discuss the Dao, but he asked whether it had fine wine.
• Nuwa said she had no fine wine, so Gu Changqing refused the invitation and vanished toward the Interception Sect.

After Gu Changqing defeated the Twelve Golden Immortals, Yuanshi recognized that his drinking strengthened his sword intent, Laozi failed to divine his fate, and the Interception Sect celebrated his victory. Gu Changqing drank himself into a deep sleep while nearing a breakthrough, then spoke a sword verse as divine signs appeared over Golden Ao Island.

• Yuanshi rebuked the Twelve Golden Immortals for their defeat, and Juliusun blamed it on underestimating Gu Changqing.
• Yuanshi explained that Gu Changqing cultivated through drinking, with his sword intent growing sharper as he drank.
• Laozi told Xuandu that Gu Changqing's fate was hidden from his divination and advised him to befriend Gu Changqing.
• The Interception Sect disciples celebrated Gu Changqing's victory while he returned to his cave abode to drink and cultivate.
• Gu Changqing neared a breakthrough as he slept, then spoke a sword verse and stirred winds and divine radiance above Golden Ao Island.

Gu Changqing attained Great Luo on Golden Ao Island, astonishing Tongtian and the Interception Sect disciples as his Dao lotus surpassed the unheard-of eleventh grade. The chapter ended with Gu Changqing raising his sword and demanding a legendary twelfth-grade bloom.

• Golden Ao Island filled with visions of Gu Changqing attaining Great Luo, and Tongtian told the disciples that his flowers were condensing.
• Tongtian explained that the flowers’ grades revealed a cultivator’s potential as Gu Changqing’s Dao lotus bloomed to the sixth grade.
• Gu Changqing reshaped his Dao body, and his Dao lotus continued blooming until it reached the ninth grade.
• The lotus surpassed the ninth grade and reached the unprecedented eleventh grade, leaving Tongtian and the watching experts stunned.
• Gu Changqing rose with his sword and declared he would forge a path no ancient had walked, calling for a twelfth-grade bloom.