Chapter Summaries

Gu Changqing evaded Taiyi’s relentless attacks until he finished drinking, then unleashed a sword strike that devastated the Demon Court. Taiyi prepared to kill him with the Chaos Bell, but Tongtian threatened to destroy the entire Demon Race if Gu Changqing was harmed.

• Bixiao asked Tongtian to let her help Gu Changqing, but Tongtian said his disciple had not yet reached his limit.
• Gu Changqing used his wine-enhanced movement technique to evade Taiyi’s attacks while drinking and taunting him.
• After finishing his wine, Gu Changqing drew the Purple-Green Nine Heavens Sword and destroyed the Demon Court with one strike.
• Furious at the destruction, Taiyi summoned the Chaos Bell to kill Gu Changqing.
• Tongtian warned Taiyi that he would bury the entire Demon Race if Taiyi harmed his disciple.

Gu Changqing destroyed the Demon Court’s defenses, then left with Ji Ren under Tongtian’s protection. As the Demon Race prepared to resume harvesting human blood, the Twelve Ancestral Witches arrived with their forces, and the Witch-Demon War began.

• Tongtian protected Gu Changqing by stopping Di Jun and Taiyi from attacking him, while Di Jun warned Taiyi not to disrespect the Saint.
• Gu Changqing restored his strength by drinking wine, mocked the ruined Demon Court, and departed with Ji Ren.
• After Tongtian withdrew his pressure, Di Jun resolved to continue the Demon Race’s plan to harvest human blood essence and forge the Witch-Slaying Sword.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches and eight Great Witches arrived with millions of elite Witch Clan warriors to protect the humans.
• Taiyi ordered the Demon Race to fight the Witch Clan, and the Witch-Demon War erupted.

Gu Changqing’s intervention against the Demon Race sparked an all-out war between the Witch and Demon Clans, while humanity and the Interception Sect praised him for his actions. Back at Golden Ao Island, Tongtian warned him about the karma he had incurred, but Gu Changqing drunkenly predicted that someone would stop the war and prevent the Demon Race’s destruction.

• Di Jun and Taiyi led the Demon Race into battle against the Witch Clan, while cultivators watching the fight withdrew to avoid its danger.
• Humans celebrated their survival and thanked the absent Gu Changqing for saving their people.
• Interception Sect disciples praised Gu Changqing’s sword feat and his defense of humanity as he and Ji Ren returned to Golden Ao Island.
• The disciples found Gu Changqing apparently drunk, and Duobao wondered whether he was deliberately avoiding discussions about the Dao.
• Tongtian warned Gu Changqing that the deaths and the Witch-Demon War could burden him with immense karma, and Gu Changqing murmured that someone would intervene to stop the war.

Tongtian explained to the drunken Gu Changqing why Nuwa could not interfere in the Witch-Demon War, but Gu Changqing remained unconcerned and passed out. As the Witch Clan overwhelmed the Demon Race, a proclamation from the Outer Chaos Region halted the battle, and Tongtian recognized the voice of Master Dao Ancestor.

• Gu Changqing said someone would intervene to stop the Witch-Demon War, prompting Tongtian to wonder if he meant Nuwa.
• Tongtian explained that Saints such as Nuwa could not interfere in worldly conflicts without becoming entangled in karma.
• Gu Changqing drank from his Wine Gourd, ignored Tongtian's warning, and fell unconscious.
• The Witch Clan gained the upper hand as the battle spread from the East Sea Shore to the Nine Heavens and Chaos.
• A majestic proclamation declared that the battle would end, and Tongtian recognized Master Dao Ancestor's voice.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun intervened in the Witch-Demon War, ordering a million-year truce and forcibly separating the two clans. Tongtian confronted Gu Changqing about predicting Hongjun’s arrival, but Gu Changqing seemed not to remember and wondered how he had returned to the Interception Sect.

• Hongjun appeared above the battlefield and ordered the demons to rule the heavens and the witches to rule the earth, with neither clan fighting for one million years.
• Dijiang challenged Hongjun’s authority, but Hongjun declared the truce the Heavenly Mandate and returned the demons to Beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens.
• Hongjun suppressed the Witch Clan beneath Buzhou Mountain, ending the battle and leaving Tongtian stunned that events matched Gu Changqing’s earlier prediction.
• Tongtian rushed to Gu Changqing’s cave abode and demanded to know how he had foreseen Hongjun’s intervention.
• Gu Changqing appeared confused, denied knowing about the war, and asked how he had returned to the Interception Sect.

Tongtian learned that Gu Changqing remembered nothing about Hongjun stopping the Witch-Demon War and advised him to make use of the humans’ faith. After Tongtian left, Gu Changqing secretly relied on memories from his previous life and began adapting the Sword Nine techniques to the Primordial World, ending as he studied its third form.

• Gu Changqing told Tongtian he could not remember how he returned to the Interception Sect or what Tongtian was asking about.
• Tongtian told Gu Changqing that humans worshipped him and urged him to use their faith to aid his cultivation, but Gu Changqing joked that he would rather receive wine.
• Tongtian returned to Biyou Palace, while Gu Changqing privately reflected that wine had helped conceal his knowledge of Hongjun’s intervention.
• Gu Changqing resolved to adapt Sword Nine: Six Thousand Miles into a divine ability capable of overturning the Primordial World’s vast mountains and rivers.
• Gu Changqing used the Primordial World’s laws and order to cultivate Sword One and Sword Two, alarming nearby Interception Sect disciples with his sword intent.
• Gu Changqing mastered Sword Two and began studying Sword Three: Sword Qi Upon the Sword, Heavy as Mountains.

Gu Changqing demonstrated great mastery of the Sword Dao, suppressing the Interception Sect’s swords and sharing wine infused with sword intent that improved his fellow disciples’ cultivation. Back in his cave abode, he noticed the Kongtong Seal had suddenly stirred and begun to transform.

• Gu Changqing’s sword qi suppressed the Companion Swords of over a hundred thousand Interception Sect disciples, revealing his great mastery of the Sword Dao.
• Duobao and the other disciples asked Gu Changqing to explain the Sword Dao, but he shared wine that carried sword intent instead.
• The disciples refined the wine and found that their Sword Dao attainments had improved, while Tongtian praised Gu Changqing’s unusual method.
• Gu Changqing returned to drinking in his cave abode and working on new moves for his Nine Swords divine ability.
• Gu Changqing sensed the Kongtong Seal stirring, took it from his sea of consciousness, and saw it undergoing a mysterious transformation.

Gu Changqing discovered that the Kongtong Seal’s power of human faith had condensed into the Human Book, also known as the Book of Life and Death. He began studying its connection to reincarnation, while Saint Nuwa noticed that human faith and incense were flowing in massive amounts to the Interception Sect.

• Gu Changqing saw the Kongtong Seal blaze with human faith and used its divine texts to witness the human race’s deaths and the karma they formed in the netherworld.
• Gu Changqing watched the divine texts condense into a Spirit Treasure and recognized it as the Human Book, which would become the Book of Life and Death.
• Gu Changqing concluded that human faith and his Great Dao of Wine had brought the Human Book into existence ahead of schedule.
• Gu Changqing began earnestly studying the Human Book for insight into reincarnation and the Earth Dao.
• Saint Nuwa sensed that human faith and incense were pouring into the Interception Sect in massive amounts.

Nuwa suspected Gu Changqing had drawn humanity’s faith and might be its heaven-appointed savior. After rejecting the Human Book’s binding path of reincarnation, Gu Changqing took it to Buzhou Mountain to offer it to Houtu, where the Twelve Ancestral Witches welcomed him with respect.

• Nuwa sensed that humanity’s faith flowed more strongly to the Interception Sect than to her or the Human Sect, and she concluded Gu Changqing might be responsible.
• Nuwa admired Gu Changqing for protecting humanity and welcomed the possibility that he was its savior.
• Gu Changqing decided the Human Book’s reincarnation path would bind him to the future underworld, so he rejected it in favor of his Great Dao of Wine.
• Gu Changqing set out for Buzhou Mountain to bring the Human Book to Houtu.
• Dijiang and the other Ancestral Witches came to meet Gu Changqing and expressed their respect for him.

Gu Changqing visited the Witch Clan to discuss the Dao with Houtu, but learned that Hongjun had used a Heavenly Dao restraint to keep the Ancestral Witches confined. When Zhurong challenged him to withstand a strike, Gu Changqing accepted, leaving the others stunned.

• Dijiang praised Gu Changqing for protecting the humans and striking down the Demon Court, but Gu Changqing said he had only acted because the Demon Race disturbed his drinking.
• Gu Changqing told Houtu that he had come to discuss the Dao with her, and Houtu explained that Hongjun had restrained the Witch Clan.
• Houtu demonstrated how the restraint stopped her powerful attack, but Gu Changqing dismissed it as a mere restraining force.
• Zhurong took offense at Gu Changqing's words and challenged him to take a single strike.
• Gu Changqing swung his Wine Gourd, declared that he feared nothing, and accepted Zhurong's challenge.

Gu Changqing accepted Zhurong’s challenge while drunk, then revealed a terrifying aura and defeated the Ancestral Witch with a mountain-forged heavy sword. The chapter ended with Dijiang and the others stunned by Zhurong’s loss.

• Gu Changqing refused Zhurong’s offer to limit his strength and urged him to fight without holding back.
• Zhurong struck Gu Changqing with a powerful palm, but Gu Changqing’s sudden aura made Zhurong’s hand tremble.
• Zhurong launched an even stronger punch, eager to face a worthy opponent.
• Gu Changqing uprooted a distant mountain, transformed it into a massive heavy sword, and swung it at Zhurong.
• Gu Changqing’s blow sent Zhurong tumbling through the air, leaving the other Ancestral Witches astonished by his defeat.

After Gu Changqing defeated Zhurong, Dijiang asked whether he could break the Heavenly Dao’s imprisonment, and Gu Changqing said he needed fine wine to regain his strength. The Witch Clan brought out tens of thousands of jars, which Gu Changqing began drinking as its members watched in dismay.

• Gu Changqing’s sword strike slammed Zhurong into the earth, but Zhurong rose unharmed and accepted his defeat without anger.
• Gu Changqing praised the Witch Clan’s indestructible bodies, and Dijiang asked whether he could break the Heavenly Dao’s shackles.
• Gu Changqing claimed he lacked strength without wine, so Dijiang ordered the Witch Clan Warriors to bring him fine wine.
• The Witch Clan brought tens of thousands of jars of rare immortal wine, and Gu Changqing gulped them down while the clan mourned the loss.
• After drinking for a while, Gu Changqing finally did something different.

Gu Changqing unleashed the Hunyuan-grade Two-Sleeved Green Snake and shattered the Heavenly Dao’s prison around the Witch Clan. After the Twelve Ancestral Witches pretended his deed was drunken folly, he remembered his purpose and gave the Human Book to Houtu.

• The Witch Clan members doubted Gu Changqing as he staggered to his feet, but he praised their wine and announced his Two-Sleeved Green Snake technique.
• Gu Changqing sent two green sword radiances into the sky, unleashing Hunyuan power that collided with the Heavenly Dao array imprisoning the Witch Clan.
• The array shattered, lifting the Heavenly Dao’s suppression, and the Witch Clan celebrated as Dijiang thanked Gu Changqing.
• Gu Changqing acted as if he had been too drunk to know what he had done, and the Twelve Ancestral Witches played along to conceal his role from Hongjun.
• Gu Changqing remembered why he had come and casually handed the Human Book to Houtu, leaving the Twelve Ancestral Witches baffled.

Gu Changqing gave Houtu the Human Book, and she sensed her Dao within it, with his cryptic words about Reincarnation deepening her insight. Houtu insisted on repaying him, and Gu Changqing finally asked for a few drops of Pangu Heart Blood.

• Gu Changqing casually offered Houtu the Human Book, surprising the Twelve Ancestral Witches, who believed their clan could not use Spirit Treasures.
• Houtu examined the Human Book and felt her Dao hidden within it, then hurried to ask Gu Changqing about its mysteries.
• Gu Changqing recited a line about Saha and Reincarnation, which stirred Houtu's insight and drew a tremendous roar from the Heavenly Dao.
• Houtu thanked Gu Changqing and offered him anything from the Witch Clan in exchange for the Human Book.
• Gu Changqing asked to take the Witch Clan's fine wine, but Houtu insisted that he name something more valuable.
• Gu Changqing asked Houtu for a few drops of Pangu Heart Blood.

Gu Changqing asked the Twelve Ancestral Witches for Pangu Heart Blood, and Houtu persuaded them that giving it to him would repay his great kindness and protect the Witch Clan’s future. After they handed over five drops, Gu Changqing revealed he wanted to brew wine with them.

• Houtu asked Gu Changqing how he knew Pangu’s Heart remained hidden in the Pangu Sacred Hall, and he claimed his wine let him know everything.
• Dijiang and the other Ancestral Witches worried that revealing Pangu’s Heart Blood could expose the Witch Clan to danger.
• Houtu said the Human Book Gu Changqing had given her could help end the Witch-Demon Tribulation and secure the Witch Clan’s flourishing, convincing the others to repay his kindness.
• Dijiang and the other Ancestral Witches agreed to give Gu Changqing the Pangu Heart Blood and warned him to keep its existence secret and handle it carefully.
• Gu Changqing accepted five drops and said he would not refine them, then revealed he planned to brew wine with Pangu Heart Blood.

After leaving the Witch Clan with Pangu Heart Blood, Gu Changqing returned to the Interception Sect and mixed the blood into the Witch Clan’s wine. The resulting commotion coincided with Dao Ancestor Hongjun arriving at Golden Ao Island, where Tongtian recognized his master’s presence.

• Gu Changqing left the Witch Clan after accepting its Pangu Heart Blood, and the Twelve Ancestral Witches chose not to demand it back.
• Hongjun sensed that the Heavenly Dao Shackles on the Witch Clan had vanished and divined that Gu Changqing had destroyed them with Two-Sleeved Green Snake.
• Hongjun failed to uncover Gu Changqing’s background, so he sent an avatar to visit the Interception Sect.
• Gu Changqing returned to the Interception Sect with over a hundred thousand jin of Witch Clan wine and dropped Pangu Heart Blood into his Wine Gourd.
• The wine stirred with a tremendous heavenly resonance as sage light and pressure appeared over Golden Ao Island, and Tongtian recognized Hongjun’s arrival.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun descended on Golden Ao Island to investigate Gu Changqing, but Gu Changqing stayed in his cave to drink wine infused with Pangu Heart Blood. When Duobao summoned him to Biyou Palace, Gu Changqing refused to leave his wine.

• Hongjun arrived at the Interception Sect, and Tongtian and the disciples welcomed him at Biyou Palace while Gu Changqing remained in his cave.
• Hongjun said he had come to see the disciple who had achieved the Dao as a Twelfth-Rank Great Luo Golden Immortal and resisted the Ten Demon Saints.
• Tongtian explained that Gu Changqing was likely drunk and asleep, then sent Duobao to summon him.
• Gu Changqing drank the wine infused with Pangu Heart Blood and grimaced at its spicy, violent taste.
• Duobao told Gu Changqing that Hongjun was waiting for him, but Gu Changqing ordered Duobao to leave him alone so he could enjoy his wine.

Gu Changqing refused to leave his cave abode to meet Dao Ancestor Hongjun, insisting that even an imperial edict could not interrupt his drinking. After Tongtian ordered Duobao to summon him again, Hongjun decided to visit Gu Changqing himself.

• Gu Changqing told Duobao he was in secluded cultivation and kept drinking instead of meeting Hongjun.
• Duobao returned to Biyou Palace and reported that Gu Changqing was too drunk to come.
• Tongtian ordered Duobao to deliver Hongjun’s decree and summon Gu Changqing again.
• Gu Changqing dismissed the decree, saying it could not delay his drinking.
• Hongjun announced that he would go to Gu Changqing’s cave abode himself.

Hongjun visited Gu Changqing’s cave abode after Gu Changqing ignored his summons, hoping to investigate the mysterious disciple. Unable to see through Gu Changqing, Hongjun praised his talent and asked him to become his disciple and cultivate at Zixiao Palace.

• Hongjun set out for Gu Changqing’s cave abode despite Tongtian offering to bring Gu Changqing to Biyou Palace.
• Interception Sect disciples speculated whether Hongjun intended to honor or punish Gu Changqing as they followed him.
• Hongjun found Gu Changqing drinking and praising wine, while Tongtian rebuked him for acting disrespectfully.
• Hongjun’s probing failed to reveal Gu Changqing’s origins, reinforcing his suspicion that Gu Changqing was an anomaly.
• Hongjun praised Gu Changqing’s talent and invited him to become his disciple and cultivate at Zixiao Palace.

Hongjun offered to take Gu Changqing as his disciple, hoping to keep him close, but Gu Changqing firmly refused in favor of staying with the Interception Sect. Hongjun acknowledged the rejection, though his ominous tone left the sect disciples uneasy.

• Hongjun offered to make Gu Changqing his disciple, astonishing the Interception Sect and leaving Tongtian torn between reluctance and hopes for Gu Changqing's cultivation.
• Gu Changqing dismissed the offer while drunk, saying he already belonged to the Jie Sect and teasing Hongjun for having too much to drink.
• Hongjun warned that Gu Changqing's potential would be limited in the Jie Sect and promised him a chance to become a Sage.
• Gu Changqing rejected the offer again, saying he only wanted to enjoy fine wine and live freely in the Interception Sect.
• The Interception Sect disciples praised Gu Changqing's loyalty, and Tongtian looked warmly at him.
• Hongjun accepted that Gu Changqing had refused him, but his parting words made the disciples and watching powerhouses uneasy.