Chapter Summaries

Gu Changqing’s breakthrough to peak Daluo Golden Immortal shocked Laozi, Yuanshi, and Hongjun, who suspected he cultivated the Dao of Hunyuan. Hongjun ordered the Demon Court to attack the Mount Shu Sword Sect while Laozi secretly restrained Gu Changqing, and the chapter ended with Gu Changqing’s aura settling after his breakthrough.

• Gu Changqing unleashed immense sword power, and Laozi and Yuanshi realized his strength far exceeded his cultivation realm.
• Hongjun sensed no Profound Gate imprint in Gu Changqing’s Sword Dao and suspected he cultivated the Dao of Hunyuan, putting him beyond the Heavenly Dao’s control.
• Hongjun forbade the Xuanmen Saints from acting directly and ordered Laozi to have the Demon Court destroy Mount Shu while Laozi restricted Gu Changqing.
• Laozi and Yuanshi accepted Hongjun’s decree and left Zixiao Palace to plot in secret.
• Gu Changqing’s aura and sword radiance receded after half a day, and living beings across the world sensed he had reached peak Daluo Golden Immortal.

Gu Changqing broke through to peak Daluo Golden Immortal, earning awe across the world and lifting the Interception Sect’s spirits. He returned to Golden Ao Island drunk and unaware that he had sent Duobao flying.

• All living beings marveled at Gu Changqing’s breakthrough to peak Daluo Golden Immortal, and the Interception Sect disciples celebrated his achievement while mocking the Chan Sect.
• The Twelve Golden Immortals on Kunlun Mountain had no answer to the Interception Sect’s taunts as they felt the gulf between themselves and Gu Changqing.
• Tongtian reflected that he had wrongly restrained his disciples, then decided he could entrust the Interception Sect to Gu Changqing and wander beyond the heavens.
• Gu Changqing returned to Golden Ao Island without acknowledging the crowd, and Bixiao asked how he had sent Duobao flying.
• Gu Changqing could not remember sending Duobao flying, leaving Duobao and the other personal disciples embarrassed and stunned.

Gu Changqing apologized to Duobao by pouring him wine, which helped Duobao break through to the Mid-Stage Daluo Golden Immortal Realm. When the other Jie Sect disciples asked for wine too, Tongtian explained that they were not ready to benefit from it.

• After hearing what had happened, Gu Changqing poured fine wine from his Wine Gourd into Duobao's mouth as an apology.
• The wine helped Duobao break through the barrier from the Early to the Mid-Stage Daluo Golden Immortal Realm, and he thanked Gu Changqing before beginning his breakthrough.
• The Jie Sect disciples marveled at the wine's power, and Bixiao asked Gu Changqing to share it with the others.
• Gu Changqing refused to share more wine and hugged his Wine Gourd, saying he still needed it himself.
• Tongtian arrived and explained that Duobao had already been close to a breakthrough, while the others would gain less than they lost from drinking the wine.

After Duobao broke through to the Mid-Stage Daluo Golden Immortal realm, Tongtian privately questioned Gu Changqing about his true strength. When Tongtian attacked to test him, Gu Changqing revealed an aura Tongtian recognized as the Great Dao.

• Tongtian explained that Duobao's wine-fueled breakthrough succeeded because he had already been close to advancing, while the others were not ready for the Sword Dao Rhyme.
• Duobao reached the Mid-Stage Daluo Golden Immortal realm, thanked Gu Changqing for helping him, and bowed to him.
• Gu Changqing joked that Duobao could repay him with several top-grade Innate Spirit Roots, and Tongtian sent the other disciples away to speak with him privately.
• Tongtian asked Gu Changqing about his cultivation, but Gu Changqing claimed he was merely a peak Daluo Golden Immortal and lamented his slow progress.
• Tongtian launched a powerful sword-intent attack to expose Gu Changqing's strength, and Gu Changqing's aura changed as Tongtian sensed the Great Dao.

Tongtian sensed the Great Dao of Wine within Gu Changqing but accepted his explanation that he had countered the sword intent with Tongtian’s own Sword Dao origin. Gu Changqing resolved to hide his power more carefully, while Di Jun and Taiyi arrived at Wa Huang Palace to seek Nuwa’s justice for the Demon Court.

• Tongtian saw Gu Changqing’s Great Dao aura dissolve his Peak Quasi-Saint-level Sword Intent and suspected his disciple possessed a complete Great Dao.
• Gu Changqing claimed the wine had let him absorb Tongtian’s Sword Dao origin and use it to counter the attack, leaving Tongtian doubtful but unwilling to press him.
• Tongtian accepted that Gu Changqing was an Interception Sect Disciple who had never harmed the sect, then returned to Biyou Palace without further questioning him.
• After Tongtian left, Gu Changqing realized Tongtian had sensed his Great Dao of Wine and resolved to keep it hidden from other Sages.
• Di Jun and Taiyi appeared before Nuwa in Wa Huang Palace and asked her to discern the truth and uphold justice for the Demon Court.

Di Jun and Taiyi visited Nuwa to demand help against Gu Changqing and the Human Race, but Nuwa refused to support the Demon Court. The pair left frustrated after Nuwa defended Gu Changqing and argued that her restraint followed the Heavenly Mandate.

• Di Jun and Taiyi asked Nuwa to punish Gu Changqing for damaging the Demon Court during his breakthrough.
• Nuwa refused to intervene in worldly conflicts, and Taiyi angered her by questioning her indifference to the Demon Court's plight.
• Di Jun asked Nuwa to provide treasures to help the Demon Court suppress the Human Race and forge the Witch-Slaying Sword, but she rejected the request.
• Di Jun disparaged the Human Race and urged Nuwa to support the Demon Court, while Nuwa praised Gu Changqing for defending humanity.
• Taiyi claimed that protecting the Human Race defied the Heavenly Mandate, but Nuwa said her noninterference followed it, leaving Di Jun and Taiyi nearly vomiting blood in frustration.

Nuwa refused Di Jun and Tai Yi’s requests for aid and for the Demon Summoning Banner, then expelled them from Wa Huang Palace. After Laozi and Yuanshi arrived at the Demon Court, an ominous River of Destiny appeared above Golden Ao Island during Hong Yun’s lecture.

• Di Jun asked Nuwa to intervene for the Demon Race and hand over the Demon Summoning Banner, but she refused both requests.
• Nuwa declared that she would not treat the Human race as Heavenly Dao’s sacrificial pawns and banished Di Jun and Tai Yi from Wa Huang Palace.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi returned to the Demon Court, where Laozi and Yuanshi arrived amid Sage light and power.
• Hong Yun lectured more than a hundred thousand Interception Sect disciples on Golden Ao Island while Gu Changqing was absent.
• Thunderous Heavenly Sound rang above Golden Ao Island, and Hong Yun recognized the sudden manifestation as the River of Destiny.

A manifestation of the River of Destiny appeared above Golden Ao Island, and Tongtian revealed that it had come for his disciple Gu Changqing as he opened a path toward Dao-proclamation. The river surged toward Gu Changqing’s cave, where he woke and mistook it for ingredients for brewing wine.

• Hong Yun sensed a tremendous power of destiny, and the River of Destiny appeared above Golden Ao Island, terrifying and thrilling the Jie Sect Disciples.
• Hongjun prepared to dispel the river, but Tongtian emerged from seclusion and ordered him not to interfere.
• Tongtian explained that the manifestation signaled someone in the Interception Sect had transcended destiny and opened a path to Dao-proclamation.
• Tongtian identified Gu Changqing as the one the river had come for, while the disciples and Hong Yun reacted with disbelief and envy.
• Tongtian warned that Gu Changqing had to endure the river’s perilous tempering, which could lead to either transcendence or annihilation.
• The River of Destiny flowed toward Gu Changqing’s cave, where he woke and wondered whether it had brought him raw materials for brewing wine.

Gu Changqing plunged into the River of Destiny and discovered that its power could not harm him. He borrowed Yunxiao’s Primordial Golden Dou to collect its water, and the river vanished into the void, leaving everyone stunned.

• Gu Changqing leaped into the River of Destiny, alarming Tongtian and the Jie Sect Disciples.
• Gu Changqing stood unharmed in the river because his destiny did not appear within it and the Great Dao of Wine protected him.
• Gu Changqing asked the Three Xiao to lend him the Primordial Golden Dou, and Yunxiao handed it to him.
• Gu Changqing placed the Primordial Golden Dou in the river and began collecting its water as Duobao worried that the river might punish him.
• The River of Destiny roared and grew blood-red, then disappeared completely into the void.

Gu Changqing scooped water from the River of Destiny and planned to brew it into wine for the Interception Sect, while Tongtian urged him to consider his path to the Dao. Houtu set off for Golden Ao Island to seek his guidance, and Gu Changqing reflected on how the water might help the sect seize a thread of survival from fate.

• Gu Changqing returned to the others with a Primordial Golden Dou full of River of Destiny water, astonishing the Interception Sect disciples and Tongtian.
• Gu Changqing promised to brew the water into wine and share it with the disciples, then dismissed Tongtian’s advice to choose a Great Dao by saying he would keep drinking until it came to him.
• Houtu, unable to comprehend the Dao within the Book of Life and Death Gu Changqing had given her, decided to visit Golden Ao Island and seek his guidance.
• Gu Changqing studied the River of Destiny water in his cave abode and considered that brewing it might help the Interception Sect seize a thread of survival from fate.

Gu Changqing brewed the waters of the River of Destiny into Destiny Immortal Brew, hoping its awakened Dao of Destiny would help the Interception Sect find a path to transcendence. Meanwhile, Laozi, Yuanshi, and the Demon Court plotted to destroy Mount Shu and slaughter its disciples, and the chapter ended as Tongtian and the Interception Sect gathered to see Gu Changqing’s finished brew.

• Gu Changqing began brewing the River of Destiny’s waters, intending to share the wine with the Interception Sect so its disciples could comprehend the Great Dao of Destiny.
• Laozi and Yuanshi promised to aid Di Jun and Taiyi if the Demon Court attacked Mount Shu, and Laozi demanded that every disciple be killed.
• Di Jun and Taiyi agreed to slaughter Mount Shu’s disciples, while the Demon Court also planned to seize the Kongtong Seal and use humanity to forge the Witch-Slaying Sword.
• Several hundred years later, rich wine fragrance spread from Gu Changqing’s cave abode, drawing over a hundred thousand Interception Sect disciples.
• Tongtian appeared outside Gu Changqing’s cave abode, where he and the gathered disciples saw the finished brew and were stunned.

Gu Changqing shared Destiny Immortal Brew with the Interception Sect, and the wine stirred profound insights into destiny and the Great Dao among the disciples. As Tongtian sensed a thread of hope opening on the sect’s difficult path, he concealed Golden Ao Island from the Heavenly Dao.

• Gu Changqing revealed the extraordinary Destiny Immortal Brew, whose visible laws and Dao resonances astonished Tongtian and the disciples.
• Gu Changqing conjured over a hundred thousand jade cups and poured wine for the gathered disciples, who eagerly drank it.
• The wine caused the disciples to experience surging spiritual insights, and Duobao, Jin Ling, and the Three Xiao spoke of the Great Dao and its hidden escape.
• Gu Changqing recited, “One sigh shed tears through a thousand autumns; defying heaven, rewriting fate, transforming the firmament,” while the wine resonated with his words.
• Tongtian hid Golden Ao Island from the Heavenly Dao, drank the brew himself, and sensed a thread of hope emerging through the mist obscuring the Interception Sect’s path.

Gu Changqing used Destiny Immortal Brew to help the Interception Sect disciples glimpse the Heavenly Dao, hoping they could prepare for the Investiture of the Gods Measureless Calamity. As Tongtian and more than one hundred thousand disciples drank themselves into a stupor, Houtu arrived at Golden Ao Island to meet Gu Changqing.

• Tongtian sensed a Glimmer of Life after drinking the Destiny Immortal Brew and considered how it might reveal a new path for the Interception Sect.
• Gu Changqing hoped the wine would help the disciples perceive the Heavenly Dao and eventually foresee the Investiture of the Gods Measureless Calamity.
• Gu Changqing poured wine for the gathered disciples, and many of them, including Duobao, became drunk as their Primordial Spirits felt lighter.
• Tongtian accepted the spectacle and drank more wine, while cultivators outside Golden Ao Island marveled at his trust in Gu Changqing.
• Houtu announced her arrival at Golden Ao Island and asked Gu Changqing to meet her, startling the onlookers and drawing Tongtian's attention.

Houtu visited Golden Ao Island to seek the Dao from Gu Changqing, despite Tongtian’s concern that he would become entangled in the Witch-Demon Calamity. She insisted Gu Changqing knew the Witch Clan’s path, leaving the assembled Interception Sect disciples stunned.

• Interception Sect disciples envied Gu Changqing as Houtu arrived, while Tongtian worried that her visit would draw him into the Witch-Demon Calamity.
• Tongtian urged Gu Changqing to turn Houtu away, but Gu Changqing welcomed her, citing her past gift of Pangu Heart Blood.
• Gu Changqing activated the sect’s protective array and admitted Houtu to Golden Ao Island, where she greeted Tongtian and Gu Changqing.
• Houtu said she had come to seek the Dao from Gu Changqing because she could not see the path ahead.
• Tongtian questioned how Gu Changqing could know what even Hongjun had not revealed, but Houtu insisted that Gu Changqing must know, silencing the disciples.

Houtu sought Gu Changqing’s guidance about the Witch Clan’s future, and he answered indirectly by offering her a bowl of wine infused with visions and an immortal proclamation. After drinking it, Houtu comprehended a path connected to the underworld, while the Jie Sect disciples remained bewildered.

• Houtu declared her trust in Gu Changqing and asked him to resolve her doubts about the Witch Clan’s future.
• Gu Changqing pretended not to understand and offered Houtu a bowl of Destiny Immortal Brew.
• Houtu drank the wine and saw visions of a desolate realm of death as mysterious proclamations sounded in her mind.
• Gu Changqing spoke of the Othershore Flower and Wangchuan, prompting Houtu to recognize the meaning behind the visions.
• Houtu thanked Gu Changqing and announced that she had comprehended it, leaving the Jie Sect disciples confused.

Gu Changqing’s wine and enigmatic words helped Houtu glimpse a path toward the Great Dao of Reincarnation. He gave her all of his Destiny Immortal Brew, and Houtu left Golden Ao Island with the wine as Tongtian watched in silence.

• Houtu thanked Gu Changqing for the wine and said she had sensed an illusion that could help her comprehend her future Great Dao.
• The Jie Sect disciples wondered how Gu Changqing’s words had led Houtu to enlightenment, while Tongtian suspected the wine held hidden mysteries.
• Houtu asked Gu Changqing for more wine, and he offered her all of the Destiny Immortal Brew.
• Gu Changqing packed the wine into a spatial magic treasure and handed it to Houtu, secretly blending a trace of profound dao rhyme into the remaining brew.
• Houtu thanked Gu Changqing and left Golden Ao Island as the disciples whispered about his generosity and speculated that he was captivated by her beauty.

After Houtu responded deeply to Gu Changqing’s wine, Tongtian suspected his disciple was courting her, but Gu Changqing denied any interest and concealed his true purpose. He had gifted the Destiny Immortal Brew to help Houtu advance the Reincarnation Dao, and the chapter ended with the Demon Court watching her journey to the Interception Sect with concern.

• The Jie Sect Disciples envied Gu Changqing after seeing Houtu’s reaction, and Tongtian dismissed them before warning Gu Changqing about becoming involved with her.
• Gu Changqing insisted he had no interest in a Dao companion and said Houtu had simply experienced an insight while sharing wine.
• Tongtian questioned Gu Changqing about Houtu’s enlightenment, but Gu Changqing played drunk and claimed he knew nothing.
• After Tongtian left, Gu Changqing reflected that he had given Houtu the Destiny Immortal Brew to help her prove the Reincarnation Dao and avoid being eternally suppressed in the netherworld.
• Gu Changqing believed that keeping the brew within the Interception Sect could expose the sect to the Heavenly Dao’s restrictions, while Houtu’s future support could help it weather coming calamities.
• Di Jun, Tai Yi, and the Ten Demon Saints watched Houtu’s journey toward the Interception Sect from the Demon Court and grew gloomy.

The Demon Court prepared a massive assault on the Mount Shu Sword Sect, with Laozi’s backing, while Nuwa divined that the Human race faced a new crisis. Unable to protect the Humans directly, Nuwa went to Golden Ao Island to seek Tongtian and Gu Changqing’s help.

• Ghost Chariot concluded that Houtu had gained something from visiting the Interception Sect, and Di Jun and Taiyi grew angry at Gu Changqing’s ties to the Witch Clan.
• Bai Ze reported that he, Shangyang, and Ji Meng had gathered ten million elite demon troops to attack Mount Shu, and Taiyi ordered the three Demon Saints to lead the assault while Laozi restrained Gu Changqing.
• Nuwa divined that the Demon Court and Laozi were plotting against the Human race, and she resolved to thwart their scheme by relying on Gu Changqing.
• Nuwa left Wa Huang Heaven and arrived at Golden Ao Island, where she announced her visit to Tongtian and the Wine Sword Immortal.

Nuwa warned Gu Changqing that the Demon Court planned to threaten the Human Race with Laozi and Yuanshi’s support. Gu Changqing left his intentions unclear, ending with a cryptic declaration of resolve.

• Tongtian opened the Interception Sect’s protective array and let Nuwa onto Golden Ao Island.
• Nuwa went with Tongtian to Gu Changqing’s cave abode and told him the Demon Court was plotting against the Human Race.
• Nuwa revealed that Laozi and Yuanshi seemed to be assisting the Demon Court, and the Jie Sect Disciples condemned their involvement.
• Gu Changqing drank in silence while Nuwa awaited his answer, then declared, “I offer my blood to the Yellow Emperor; my heart remains steadfast as Mount Kunlun!”

Gu Changqing vowed to protect the Human Race despite the danger posed by Laozi and Yuanshi, and Nuwa pledged to stop Yuanshi if he intervened. When Tongtian urged him to stay out of the conflict, Gu Changqing stood firm and asked to borrow the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords.

• Gu Changqing declared that he would stand by the Human Race, and Nuwa agreed to stop Yuanshi if he made a move.
• Nuwa drank the wine Gu Changqing offered, then left Golden Ao Island.
• Tongtian asked Gu Changqing to ignore the Human Race's affairs because acting would put him in grave danger.
• Gu Changqing told Tongtian that some things had to be done, despite the risks.
• Gu Changqing asked Tongtian to lend him the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords, shocking Tongtian and the Jie Sect Disciples.