Recaps

Ao Li warned Gu Chenfeng against risking himself in the arena, reassured him that he was under her protection, and treated his injuries with spiritual tea. She then explained why the Dragon Race called her a “Demon Seed,” revealing that both her parents had entered the Ten Thousand Dragon Demon Cavern.

• Ao Li rebuked Gu Chenfeng for accepting dangerous challenges and told him she would deal with any elders who targeted him.
• Gu Chenfeng reaffirmed his loyalty, and Ao Li gave him Jade Marrow Dragon Saliva tea to help heal his injuries.
• Ao Li told Gu Chenfeng that the Ten Thousand Dragon Demon Cavern held ancient enemies and fallen Dragon Race members, and that her father had served as its Garrison Commissioner.
• Ao Li explained that her father was corrupted during a demonic uprising, fell to the demonic path, and was sealed in the cavern by her mother and the leaders of the Five Dragon Race Tribes.
• Ao Li revealed that her mother entered the cavern three years later, leaving Ao Li to be branded a “Demon Seed” by the Dragon Race.

After hearing Ao Li’s painful history, Gu Chenfeng wondered how to obtain True Dragon Essence Blood to remove the remaining Sigil Power. Ao Li prepared to inherit her mother’s Dragon Origin to strengthen her chances in the Water Dragon Division leader contest, while Xin’er stood guard as she entered seclusion.

• Ao Li told Gu Chenfeng to keep a low profile and stay in the Water Dragon Division while she prepared to compete for its leadership.
• Gu Chenfeng realized he could no longer wager blood in the arena and wondered how to obtain Essence Blood from someone with a True Dragon Bloodline.
• Several powerful figures in a secret chamber discussed Ao Li’s candidacy, with some opposing her and one speaker vowing to prevent her from becoming leader.
• Ao Li took Xin’er to an underground chamber and revealed her mother’s Dragon Origin, which she had preserved without absorbing its power.
• Ao Li decided to enter a month of seclusion to inherit the Dragon Origin, and Xin’er promised to guard the chamber while she cultivated.

Gu Chenfeng left the Dragon Domain to hunt a powerful Dragon Race warrior with true dragon essence blood, hoping to gather enough blood to refine the remaining sigil power. After days of waiting outside Leaping Dragon City, he spotted a fleeing late-stage Great Grandmaster with a familiar aura and chose them as his target.

• Gu Chenfeng disguised himself as a Dragon Race warrior, left Leaping Dragon City, and hid nearby to watch for suitable prey.
• He decided to seize true dragon essence blood now that his Dragon Race brand was gone and Ao Li had entered seclusion.
• After waiting for days and finding no safe target, Gu Chenfeng sensed a powerful aura approaching the city gate.
• A black shadow killed the guard captain, seized the city-defense token, and escaped through the gate as the Dragon Race raised the alarm.
• Gu Chenfeng sensed that the fleeing figure had a true dragon bloodline, late-stage Great Grandmaster cultivation, and a faintly familiar aura, then set off after them.

Gu Chenfeng pursued a wanted Dragon Race traitor into the outskirts of the Land of No Order, where they fought. When Gu Chenfeng tore away the traitor’s veil, he recognized the person beneath it.

• Gu Chenfeng received a Dragon Race notice declaring the black-clad figure a wanted traitor who had stolen Elder Ao Li’s treasure, and he continued pursuing them to avoid attracting Dragon Race experts.
• At a mist-shrouded ridge, the black-clad figure confronted Gu Chenfeng and attacked with Water Origin Power, but he blocked the strike and matched their strength.
• The black-clad figure transformed into a half-dragon state and unleashed a barrage of claw attacks, but Gu Chenfeng emerged uninjured.
• Gu Chenfeng counterattacked with a fierce barrage of punches, overwhelming the black-clad figure and tearing away their veil.
• Gu Chenfeng recognized the black-clad figure’s face beneath the blue scales.

Gu Chenfeng confronted Xin'er over her theft of Ao Li's dragon essence, learning that Xin'er sought revenge for her parents and had been told Ao Li's father killed them. Xin'er transformed into a true dragon, but Gu Chenfeng revealed his Azure Dragon power and pressured her bloodline before attacking her.

• Gu Chenfeng recognized Xin'er and questioned why she had stolen Ao Li's treasure, and Xin'er said she had stayed close to Ao Li to avenge her parents.
• Xin'er explained that she believed Ao Li's father had murdered her parents, and planned to destroy Ao Li's dragon essence to ruin her chance of leading the Water Dragon Division.
• Gu Chenfeng challenged Xin'er's belief and accused her of hurting Ao Li without investigating the truth, making Xin'er erupt in rage.
• Xin'er assumed the form of a blue water dragon and attacked Gu Chenfeng, who transformed with Azure Dragon Power and suppressed her bloodline.
• Xin'er recognized Gu Chenfeng as Chen Feng, and he vanished and reappeared before her to launch a claw attack as she braced herself and countered.

Gu Chenfeng defeated Xin'er, but she self-destructed before he could kill her and left him her True Dragon Essence Blood with a plea to care for her sister. Ao Li saved Gu Chenfeng and took him toward the Dragon Domain after he pretended to collapse to avoid explaining his hidden strength.

• Gu Chenfeng defeated the gravely wounded Xin'er, but Ao Li arrived and ordered him to spare her.
• Xin'er self-destructed, and Gu Chenfeng survived the blast while catching her True Dragon Essence Blood and receiving her final message.
• Ao Li froze the explosion's remaining force, retrieved Xin'er's Dragon Origin, and tacitly admitted she had known Xin'er was a spy.
• Gu Chenfeng promised to stand by Ao Li, but she soon demanded an explanation for his presence and strength.
• Gu Chenfeng feigned a collapse, and Ao Li carried him toward the Dragon Domain while he secretly rejoiced at avoiding her questions.

After recovering from Xin'er's self-destruction, Gu Chenfeng healed in Water Dragon City and refined her essence blood until he broke through to the Great Grandmaster Realm. His growing Azure Dragon Power became increasingly difficult to control, and Ao Li offered to teach him a secret art to suppress it.

• Ao Li used her Dragon Origin to heal Gu Chenfeng and brought him back to his pavilion in Water Dragon City.
• Gu Chenfeng spent a month recovering, refining Xin'er's true dragon essence blood, and dispelling the remaining sigil power while Ao Li secretly watched over his pavilion.
• Gu Chenfeng dissolved the last of the sigil power in his Dantian and advanced to the Great Grandmaster Realm.
• Gu Chenfeng realized that his increasingly restless Azure Dragon Power might eventually escape his control, and recalled that an Azure Dragon Origin in a moving Central Province Secret Realm might stabilize it.
• Ao Li noticed Gu Chenfeng's unstable bloodline power and sent a deep blue speck of light toward his brow, offering to teach him a secret art.

Gu Chenfeng received Ao Li’s Ice Soul Dragon Slumber Art and used his enhanced comprehension to calm his Azure Dragon Power. As he planned to leave the Dragon Race during Ao Li’s upcoming selection, Ao Li found that practicing the art stirred unfamiliar warmth and thoughts of him.

• Ao Li healed Gu Chenfeng, gave him the Ice Soul Dragon Slumber Art, and ordered him to guard the manor without leaving Water Dragon City.
• Gu Chenfeng recognized that Ao Li wanted to maintain their distance and planned to escape the Dragon Race while she attended the Water Dragon Division leader selection.
• Gu Chenfeng cultivated the art on the Enlightenment Platform and successfully settled his restless Azure Dragon Power.
• Ao Li returned to her underground chamber and found that the art brought on an unfamiliar warmth instead of its usual cool calm.
• Ao Li pictured Gu Chenfeng calling her name, then plunged into the Cold Pool to quell her thoughts and resume cultivating.

Gu Chenfeng spent more than half a month cultivating the Ice Soul Dragon Slumber Art, stabilizing his Azure Dragon Power and improving his cultivation. Ao Li visited to check his progress, and the chapter ended when she urgently told him not to endure the bone-piercing chill he felt during cultivation.

• Gu Chenfeng stopped cultivating the Ice Soul Dragon Slumber Art when a sudden chill swept through him, then consolidated his cultivation with other techniques.
• Gu Chenfeng cultivated diligently for more than half a month, finding that the Ice Soul Dragon Slumber Art regulated his power and nourished his body, though it sometimes brought a sudden chill.
• Ao Li visited Gu Chenfeng and asked about his cultivation of the Ice Soul Dragon Slumber Art, surprising him with her concern.
• Gu Chenfeng described his cultivation in detail, and Ao Li listened with subtle signs of emotional unease.
• Gu Chenfeng explained that he had begun enduring the bone-piercing chill during cultivation, and Ao Li urgently told him there was no need.

Ao Li discovered that Gu Chenfeng’s cultivation of the Ice Soul Dragon Slumber Art caused strange sensations and uncontrolled changes in her own practice. As she tried to observe him while he cycled the art, their connection intensified, leaving her struggling to suppress it.

• Ao Li connected her abnormal sensations and recurring thoughts of Gu Chenfeng to his practice of the Ice Soul Dragon Slumber Art.
• Ao Li asked Gu Chenfeng to circulate the art in front of her so she could inspect his cultivation.
• During Gu Chenfeng’s second cycle, he mysteriously perceived Ao Li and found his viewpoint moving around her.
• Ao Li felt an invisible gaze and a powerful surge of heat as her own Ice Soul Dragon Slumber Art began circulating uncontrollably.
• Ao Li tried to forcibly interrupt the art by unleashing her ice-attribute Heaven and Earth Origin Power.

Ao Li and Gu Chenfeng discovered that the Ice Soul Dragon Slumber Art harmonized their energies and greatly accelerated their cultivation, though neither understood the experience in the same way. Ao Li realized the art was a dual cultivation technique and decided to enter seclusion to prepare for the Water Dragon Division Leader Contest while keeping Gu Chenfeng from learning the truth.

• Ao Li found that the Ice Soul Dragon Slumber Art filtered impurities from absorbed energy and harmonized her icy aura with Gu Chenfeng's masculine aura, boosting both their cultivation.
• Gu Chenfeng assumed Ao Li was deliberately teaching him the art and cultivated with her from day until night as their energies gathered into a dense mist.
• Ao Li suddenly fled the loft, told Gu Chenfeng he no longer needed her instruction, and announced she would enter seclusion.
• Gu Chenfeng felt ashamed for secretly probing Ao Li and having improper thoughts, believing she had only come to teach him.
• Ao Li returned to the Cultivation Chamber and used the Cold Pool to calm herself before realizing the art required a man and a woman to cultivate together.
• Ao Li resolved not to cultivate with Gu Chenfeng again, to conceal the art's dual cultivation nature, and to prepare for the Water Dragon Division Leader Contest.

Gu Chenfeng and Ao Li cultivated the Ice Soul Dragon Slumber Art together until a summons called them to the Dragon Race Holy Land for the Water Dragon Division leadership contest. Zhu Jiu joined them on the journey and confessed his feelings to Ao Li, who warned him that rejecting friendship could make him her enemy.

• Gu Chenfeng practiced the Ice Soul Dragon Slumber Art, and Ao Li repeatedly instructed him before moving her seclusion into his pavilion and cultivating with him daily.
• After more than a month, a dragon roar and bell from the Dragon Race Holy Land interrupted Gu Chenfeng and Ao Li, who learned that the contest for Water Dragon Division leader was beginning.
• Zhu Jiu arrived to summon Ao Li and grew suspicious when he found Gu Chenfeng emerging from her secluded chamber, but Ao Li introduced him as her Dragon Servant and brought him along.
• As they traveled to the Holy Land, Zhu Jiu urged Ao Li to let him help her become division leader and search for her parents in the Ten Thousand Dragon Demon Cavern.
• Zhu Jiu confessed that he wanted to be more than Ao Li's friend, and she asked whether he wanted to become her enemy instead.

Gu Chenfeng, Ao Li, and Zhu Jiu arrived at the Dragon Race Holy Land, where Elder Cangming provoked Ao Li and threatened Gu Chenfeng. Gu Chenfeng answered him sharply, and the gathering was interrupted by the arrival of an immense aura.

• Gu Chenfeng, Ao Li, and Zhu Jiu entered the Giant Dragon's Nest and met five elders of the Water Dragon Division.
• Cangming mocked Ao Li over her parents, the Water Dragon Division's decline, and the stolen Dragon Origin.
• Cangming called for Gu Chenfeng to be killed as a sacrifice, but Ao Li protected him as her Dragon Servant.
• Gu Chenfeng challenged Cangming's double standards, while Zhu Jiu and Ao Li warned him not to attack.
• Cangming held back from striking Gu Chenfeng, and a powerful aura dimmed the starlight above the plaza.

The Dragon Race Grand Protector announced that the Water Dragon Division leader selection would begin in ten days because the Ten Thousand Dragon Demon Cavern was destabilizing its seal. After the Grand Protector suppressed a surge of demonic energy, Gu Chenfeng concealed his excitement while Ao Li treated him and realized she had touched him without her usual discomfort.

• The Grand Protector summoned the Dragon Race elders and announced that the Water Dragon Division leader selection would begin in ten days.
• The Grand Protector explained that unrest in the Ten Thousand Dragon Demon Cavern threatened the Holy Land’s Secret Realm and showed everyone the Nine Dragons Suppressing Prison Tower.
• Black energy erupted from the tower, and the Grand Protector used a vast palm and the nine golden dragons to suppress it.
• Gu Chenfeng groaned under the demonic aura and the Grand Protector’s power, prompting Zhu Jiu to criticize his weak bloodline.
• Ao Li checked Gu Chenfeng’s pulse and sent energy into him, then realized she had touched him naturally before quickly withdrawing her fingers.
• Gu Chenfeng retreated and hid his excitement as he gazed at the tower.

The Grand Protector explained the Water Dragon Division leadership contest, and Gu Chenfeng realized the Azure Dragon Origin was inside the Nine Dragons Suppressing Prison Tower. Determined to risk entering the tower, he persuaded Ao Li to let him join her, while she fled to the Cold Pool after his earnest words stirred her.

• The Grand Protector sealed the Secret Realm and explained that candidates would enter the Nine Dragons Suppressing Prison Tower in ten days to claim the Profound Nether Water-Covering Seal on the seventh floor.
• Gu Chenfeng sensed the Azure Dragon Origin inside the tower, suppressed the reaction of his Reverse Scale, and decided to enter despite the danger from Cangming and the other candidates.
• The Grand Protector worried that the tower’s seal would soon fail and wondered whether the person foretold by His Majesty the Dragon Emperor would appear.
• Ao Li refused Gu Chenfeng’s request to join the contest, warning that he was too weak and would be targeted by Cangming’s Dragon Servants.
• Gu Chenfeng declared that he wanted to stay by Ao Li’s side, and Ao Li fled to the underground Cold Pool after struggling to suppress her reaction.
• Gu Chenfeng concluded that Ao Li had agreed to let him participate in the contest.

A wounded figure in the blood mist sensed a powerful Azure Dragon Skeleton resonance near the Dragon Domain and postponed investigating while he recovered. Ten days later, Gu Chenfeng joined Ao Li and the other candidates entering the Nine Dragons Suppressing Prison Tower, where he hoped to obtain the Azure Dragon's Dragon Origin.

• The figure in the blood mist sensed a strong Azure Dragon Skeleton resonance near the Dragon Domain, but decided not to investigate because he was still injured by the Red-Robed Woman.
• At the Water Dragon Division selection, Zhu Jiu questioned why Gu Chenfeng had come, while Ao Li warned Gu Chenfeng that he could die in the trial.
• Gu Chenfeng insisted he wanted to stay with Ao Li, and Zhu Jiu secretly ordered his Dragon Servant to beat Gu Chenfeng and target his face.
• Cangming told his Dragon Servants to guard the sixth floor of the tower and kill Gu Chenfeng if they encountered him.
• The Grand Protector opened the Secret Realm and announced that the first candidate to make the Profound Nether Water-Covering Seal recognize them would lead the Water Dragon Division.
• Ao Li carried Gu Chenfeng into the Nine Dragons Suppressing Prison Tower, and Gu Chenfeng hoped to find the Azure Dragon's Dragon Origin.

Gu Chenfeng pretended the first floor's refining power was overwhelming so Ao Li would leave him behind, then began searching the Nine Dragons Suppressing Prison Tower for the Azure Dragon's Dragon Origin. Ao Li continued toward the seventh floor to compete for the Profound Nether Water-Covering Seal, while Gu Chenfeng set out to search the first floor alone.

• Gu Chenfeng and the others entered the tower's first floor, where Ao Li explained that its refining power drained Heaven and Earth Origin Power and that the upper floors held trials and treasures.
• Gu Chenfeng could not sense the Dragon Origin's location, though the Azure Dragon Power within him confirmed it was somewhere inside the tower.
• Gu Chenfeng pretended the first floor's refining power had weakened him, and Ao Li left him behind with pills, talismans, and defensive Spiritual Treasures.
• Zhu Jiu grew jealous of Ao Li's concern for Gu Chenfeng and resolved to help her obtain the Profound Nether Water-Covering Seal.
• After Ao Li and the others departed, Gu Chenfeng revealed he was unharmed and began a Divine Sense search of the first floor for the Dragon Origin.

Gu Chenfeng searched the Nine Dragons Suppressing Prison Tower for the Azure Dragon's Dragon Origin while Ao Li, Zhu Jiu, and Cangming's group fought over the Profound Nether Water-Covering Seal on the seventh layer. Their battle was interrupted when a sinister aura from the Ten Thousand Demonic Dragon Cavern spread into the altar’s space.

• Gu Chenfeng searched the tower’s first four layers for the Azure Dragon's Dragon Origin, found only trials and treasures, and worried that the selection would end before he could reach the seventh layer.
• The Black-Scaled Man waited at the fifth-layer exit for Chen Feng on Zhu Jiu’s orders, then decided to search the layer when Chen Feng did not appear.
• Two Half-Step Source Emperor Realm Dragon Servants and their allies guarded the passage to the seventh layer and discussed waiting for Chen Feng and Zhu Jiu’s Dragon Servant.
• Ao Li and Zhu Jiu reached the Profound Nether Water-Covering Seal, but Zhu Jiu failed to break through its rosy-light barrier and was struck by a deep-blue beam.
• Cangming and four others arrived, and their group fought Ao Li and Zhu Jiu while their attacks shook the seal’s barrier.
• The altar and tower began to tremble, and the seven elders sensed the aura of the Ten Thousand Demonic Dragon Cavern approaching through the rosy light.

The seal on the Ten Thousand Dragon Demon Cavern began breaking, threatening the Nine Dragons Suppressing Prison Tower and everyone inside. While the others weighed danger against the chance to claim the Profound Nether Water-Covering Seal, Gu Chenfeng sensed Azure Dragon Origin above him and hurried toward the sixth floor.

• The Great Protector warned that the Ten Thousand Dragon Demon Cavern’s seal was failing and reinforced the tower, explaining that a breach could trap its treasures and the Profound Nether Water-Covering Seal inside.
• On the seventh floor, Ao Li attacked the rosy glow protecting the sacred relic, and Zhu Jiu and Cangming’s group joined the fight despite the approaching danger.
• On the sixth floor, the Dragon Servants decided to remain at the entrance while their masters stayed above, and Zhu Jiu’s Black-Scaled Man chose to search cautiously for treasures.
• On the fifth floor, Gu Chenfeng sensed Azure Dragon Origin somewhere higher and suspected a connection between it and the demon cavern.
• Gu Chenfeng ignored the warning to retreat and sped toward the sixth-floor passage to search for the Dragon Origin.

Gu Chenfeng sensed that the Dragon Origin was on a higher floor and raced toward the seventh floor, hoping to seize it while pretending to rescue Ao Li. The black-scaled man pursued him after mistaking Gu Chenfeng’s polite wave for an insult, but Gu Chenfeng left him behind and headed toward the sixth floor’s Core Region.

• The seal on the Suppressing Prison Tower’s ninth floor broke, allowing the Demonic Beasts’ sinister aura to spread into the eighth floor as Ao Li and Zhu Jiu continued battling Cangming and the others over the Profound Nether Water-Covering Seal.
• Gu Chenfeng sensed that the Dragon Origin was above the sixth floor and decided to search the seventh floor, planning to claim he was going there to save Ao Li.
• The black-scaled man spotted Gu Chenfeng racing toward the Core Region and tried to intercept him, but Gu Chenfeng’s speed carried him past.
• Gu Chenfeng waved as he continued on, and the black-scaled man mistook the gesture for mockery and began a furious pursuit, even activating a speed-enhancing talisman.
• The black-scaled man failed to catch Gu Chenfeng and realized he was heading toward the Core Region where Cangming’s and the other elders’ Dragon Servants were stationed.

Gu Chenfeng raced toward the seventh floor to find the Dragon Origin and aid Ao Li, but eight Dragon Servants tried to kill him. He slaughtered them with his azure claws while the Black-Scaled Man remained locked in a standoff with the one-horned burly man and the bewitching woman.

• The one-horned burly man and the bewitching woman spotted Gu Chenfeng approaching and ordered eight Dragon Servants to ambush him, while they confronted the Black-Scaled Man following behind.
• The Black-Scaled Man halted and faced off against the two Dragon Servant leaders, suspecting Gu Chenfeng had deliberately lured him into danger.
• Gu Chenfeng sensed the eight attackers surrounding him and declared that anyone blocking his way to the seventh floor would die.
• The eight Dragon Servants attacked together, but Gu Chenfeng unleashed a storm of azure claws and tore through their formation.
• The one-horned burly man, the bewitching woman, and the Black-Scaled Man sensed the battle and saw the mist turn red with blood as Gu Chenfeng killed a fleeing Nine-Star Source King Realm Drake Dragon Servant.

Gu Chenfeng killed the eight Drake Dragon Servants and fought his way past two Half-Step Source Emperor Realm experts to reach the passage to the seventh level. Revealing his awakened Azure Dragon Power, he overwhelmed the Jiao Dragons’ Dragon Might and launched an attack as they froze under his bloodline suppression.

• Gu Chenfeng killed the last of the eight Dragon Servants and flew toward the passage to the seventh level.
• The single-horned burly man and the alluring woman attacked Gu Chenfeng together, but he met their strikes head-on and matched their Half-Step Source Emperor Realm strength.
• Gu Chenfeng declared himself a Super Other Dragon chosen by Lady Ao Li and fought the pair barehanded, gradually suppressing them.
• The two Drake experts transformed into silver and crimson Jiao Dragons and tried to overwhelm Gu Chenfeng with their Dragon Might.
• Gu Chenfeng unleashed his Azure Dragon Power, suppressed the Jiao Dragons with his Dragon Might, and sent an enormous azure dragon phantom crashing toward them.

Gu Chenfeng defeated two Half-Step Source Emperor Realm Jiao Dragons and discovered that the Ten Thousand Dragon Demon Cavern’s Demonic Beasts were breaching the tower’s restrictions. He rushed toward the seventh floor, where Ao Li and the others were contesting the Profound Nether Water-Covering Seal as the Demonic Beasts overran the altar.

• Gu Chenfeng crushed the silver and crimson Jiao Dragons beneath an azure mountain, forcing them to use Jade Talismans to escape the tower.
• The Black-Scaled Man admitted he had come to see Gu Chenfeng off, and Gu Chenfeng continued toward the seventh-floor passage.
• Gu Chenfeng saw black vapor breaking through the passage restriction, then watched a Blood Light from his Storage Ring devour a Demonic Beast’s Fierce Soul before he charged through the barrier.
• On the seventh floor, Ao Li gained the advantage in refining the Profound Nether Water-Covering Seal while Demonic Beasts attacked the altar’s Rosy Glow barrier.
• Cangming and four allies withdrew from the contest, then shattered the barrier’s key points as they fled, leaving the Demonic Beasts to swarm the altar around Ao Li and Zhu Jiu.

Ao Li continued refining the Profound Nether Water-Covering Seal despite the demonic tide, while Zhu Jiu escaped toward the Sixth Layer. Chen Feng arrived and rushed to stand beside Ao Li, leaving Zhu Jiu to realize he could not compare with him.

• Zhu Jiu urged Ao Li to retreat as demonic beasts overwhelmed the altar, but she refused and kept refining the Profound Nether Water-Covering Seal.
• Ao Li explained that she needed the seal to enter the Ten Thousand Dragon Demon Cavern and search for her parents, and asked Zhu Jiu to look after Chen Feng if she failed to escape.
• Ao Li sent Zhu Jiu beyond the rosy glow and raised an extreme cold barrier that froze and destroyed the charging demonic beasts.
• Zhu Jiu fought his way toward the Sixth Layer passage and encountered Chen Feng arriving from below.
• Chen Feng ignored Zhu Jiu's warning and charged through the demonic tide toward Ao Li, declaring that he had to stay by her side as her Dragon Servant.
• Zhu Jiu watched Chen Feng disappear into the tide, admitted that he was no match for him, and fled through the passage.

Gu Chenfeng reached the Seventh-Layer Space’s Core Region and found Ao Li trapped behind a failing Barrier while she refined the Profound Nether Water-Covering Seal. Though he initially chose to leave, he turned back and released the blood-red force from his Storage Ring, which devoured a path through the demonic tide and surged into the Eighth Layer.

• Gu Chenfeng fought through the Demonic Beasts and Fierce Souls toward the Altar, where he sensed Ao Li’s Barrier and confirmed the Azure Dragon Origin was higher up.
• He hesitated to enter the Eighth Layer, but saw Ao Li’s Barrier cracking as she continued refining the Profound Nether Water-Covering Seal.
• Gu Chenfeng turned to leave, then remembered his past experiences with Ao Li and decided to risk going higher, telling himself he was doing it for the Dragon Origin.
• Gu Chenfeng charged toward the Eighth Layer but found the demonic tide too powerful to overcome alone.
• Gu Chenfeng released the trembling force in his Storage Ring, and its blood-red light devoured the Demonic Beasts and Fierce Souls as it surged into the Eighth Layer.