Arc 27The Seal and the Retreat

Gu Chenfeng helped expose the Ancient Evil Demons’ efforts to divide the Human and Demon Races, then fought as the seal failed and Mingluo emerged. After the invaders and human traitors spread across Central Province, Gu Chenfeng led the Four Symbols Divine Sect to Yan Province, where he reunited with his family and began seeking the power to face the coming threat.

  • At Delicacies Hall, Gu Chenfeng exposed the Ancient Evil Demon possessing a Qilin expert, defeated the three demon challengers, and urged both races to protect their cooperation.
  • When the Demonic Tide engulfed the Four Symbols Divine Sect, Gu Chenfeng and his allies fought Blood Refining Venerable and the Soul Devouring Beasts as Mingluo broke free of the Guixu Cauldron’s seal.
  • Yuqing held Mingluo back with her domain and the Guixu Cauldron, but Mingluo revealed that human super forces had joined the Ancient Evil Demons and attacked multiple factions.
  • Gu Chenfeng returned to the Four Symbols Divine Sect, recovered, and chose to move its people to Yan Province as the Human and Demon Races formed an alliance against the rebels.
  • Blood Refining Venerable pursued Gu Chenfeng across the Boundless Sea, but Gu Chenfeng lured him into the Barbarian God Secret Realm’s Inner Hall and sealed him inside.
  • Gu Chenfeng reunited with his family in Yan Province, where the arriving Four Symbols Divine Sect forces merged with the local branch and suppressed demon caverns across the region.
  • After touring Yan Province with Liu Fuyan, Gu Yanshuang, and Gu Qingxuan, Gu Chenfeng judged that the Inner Hall would contain Blood Refining Venerable for only one or two years and attempted to reach the altar plaza’s second zone.
  • Leng Xingye offered to take Gu Chenfeng to the Eternal Heaven Realm, but he refused to leave and continued struggling to gain power in the altar plaza.
Chapters 651–675 Vol. 7 Read

Ch. 651Don't overdo the act

Mu Chen warned Gu Chenfeng that the border seal was close to breaking and urged him to survive the coming war. Three months later, as tensions between human and demon cultivators rose in Two Realms City, Gu Chenfeng revealed himself at the Delicacies Hall after its guests nearly came to blows over his reputation.

  • Mu Chen told Gu Chenfeng that the border seal might break within a year and that Soul Devouring Beasts would threaten the Four Symbols Divine Sect, urging him to protect himself.
  • Mu Chen shared intelligence about the demon caverns and the growing suspicion that hidden Devouring Spirit Beasts were worsening tensions between the Human and Demon Races, then left for the border.
  • Over the following months, conflicts and rumors of a collapsing alliance spread, while experts from both races gathered in Two Realms City.
  • At the Delicacies Hall, three half-step Source Venerable Realm demons mocked Gu Chenfeng for refusing their challenges, and Jin Jiuxiao and Yuan Shanjun objected.
  • Li Qingluo, Shen Tai, and other human cultivators defended Gu Chenfeng, prompting both sides to unleash their auras and nearly start a fight.
  • Gu Chenfeng, disguised in a bamboo hat and black cloak, asked the girl beside him whether the demons were so eager to challenge him.

Ch. 652Do as You Please

Gu Chenfeng arrived at the Delicacies Hall and confronted three Demon Race experts who had challenged and slandered him. He set up a golden arena and invited all three to attack him at once, then summoned amber armor as their assault began.

  • Gu Chenfeng revealed himself at the Delicacies Hall and accused the Qiongqi, Heavenly Fox, and Qilin experts of stirring up conflict between the races.
  • Tongtong grew worried that the three demons would hurt Gu Chenfeng, but he reassured her and told her to keep eating.
  • Gu Chenfeng summoned a golden bell to create an arena and challenged all three Demon Race experts to fight him together.
  • Gu Chenfeng declared that he would stand still and lose only if they forced him out of the golden light.
  • The three demons attacked Gu Chenfeng, who activated Myriad Phenomena Mystic Astral Force and covered himself in amber crystalline armor.

Ch. 653Utterly Lawless

Gu Chenfeng used the Myriad Phenomena Mystic Astral Force to withstand and defeat three Half-Step Source Venerable Realm demons, then killed a Qilin Race expert. He exposed a hidden Ancient Evil Demon, leaving the battle unresolved.

  • Gu Chenfeng tested his Profound Yellow Qi Armor against three demons and endured their attacks without being seriously harmed.
  • The Qilin Race man, the Qiongqi, and the Six-Tailed Heavenly Fox transformed and attacked with their innate divine abilities, cracking Gu Chenfeng's armor.
  • Gu Chenfeng used Reverse Profound Yellow to compress and explode the accumulated energy, blasting the three demons backward and weakening them.
  • Gu Chenfeng used his Divine Sense to stun the Qilin Race man and severed the qilin's head with the Profound Ice Battle Axe.
  • Gu Chenfeng spotted a hidden figure and blasted it out of concealment, revealing an Ancient Evil Demon.

Ch. 654The final verdict

Gu Chenfeng exposed and killed an ancient evil demon that had possessed a Qilin Race expert, then persuaded the Human and Demon Races to treat attempts to provoke conflict as the work of evil demons. After returning to the Four Symbols Divine Sect's encampment, he sensed the Guixu Cauldron Sealing weakening and heard a familiar voice warn that his world was in trouble.

  • Gu Chenfeng seized and annihilated the blood shadow possessing the Qilin Race expert, revealing that an ancient evil demon had tried to sabotage cooperation between the Human and Demon Races.
  • Gu Chenfeng urged the gathered experts to regard anyone deliberately provoking conflict as a possible evil demon, and the two races agreed to guard their cooperation.
  • The silver-haired man and the seductive woman apologized to Gu Chenfeng, and experts from both races voiced support for his position.
  • Gu Chenfeng invited anyone who wanted to challenge him to visit the Four Symbols Divine Sect, but his display of strength left the Demon Race experts unwilling to confront him.
  • After the disturbance at Delicacies Hall, Gu Chenfeng spoke with his sect members, Shangguan Bingxin, and Su Wanyue, then returned to the Four Symbols Divine Sect's encampment with Tongtong.
  • The border shook as Gu Chenfeng sensed the Guixu Cauldron Sealing weakening, and a familiar voice told him that his world seemed to be in trouble.

Ch. 655The More She Thought, the Angrier She Got

Gu Chenfeng rejected Leng Xingye’s offer to take him to the Eternal Heaven Realm, choosing to stay and face the threat to the Seven Star Continent rather than abandon the people he cared about. Enraged by his refusal, Leng Xingye destroyed stars above Eternal Night.

  • Gu Chenfeng contacted Leng Xingye and asked whether she could help the Seven Star Continent, but she explained that she could not act without exposing herself to an enemy while her injuries remained unhealed.
  • Leng Xingye offered to bring Gu Chenfeng to the Eternal Heaven Realm if he agreed to help her recover, promising him powerful resources and rewards.
  • Gu Chenfeng refused to leave his family, friends, and the Seven Star Continent, even after Leng Xingye warned that he could die in the coming invasion.
  • Leng Xingye severed their mental contact after Gu Chenfeng reaffirmed his decision to stay and face the crisis.
  • In the Eternal Heaven Realm, Leng Xingye destroyed a star, insisted that Gu Chenfeng’s choice did not matter to her, then grew angry and destroyed more stars.

Ch. 656War on all fronts

As the Demonic Tide erupted across the Human and Demon Races’ territories, Gu Chenfeng prepared the Four Symbols Divine Sect to withstand the attack while the two races’ strongest fighters joined forces to reinforce the Guixu Cauldron’s seal. The chapter left the great battle underway, with the sealed Blood Nether Race powerhouse struggling to break free.

  • Gongsun Yan, Xie Guhong, and Ming Ye reported spreading demonic qi and instability in the Super Demon Caverns, and Gu Chenfeng ordered the sect to gather intelligence and prepare.
  • Gu Chenfeng assessed his abilities and treasures, then meditated to reach peak condition before the crisis.
  • A Demonic Tide erupted around the Four Symbols Divine Sect, and Gu Chenfeng told its core members to hold the sect grounds.
  • At the Abyss Ruins, ten Source Venerable Realm powerhouses from the Human and Demon Races agreed to reinforce the Guixu Cauldron and weaken the sealed invader.
  • The ten powerhouses poured their Law Power into the Guixu Cauldron as the Blood Nether Race powerhouse battered the seal from within.

Ch. 657A change in the demonic tide

The demonic tide turned its assault on the Four Symbols Divine Sect, where Ling Qianxue revealed herself as its leader and lured Xie Guhong, Gongsun Yan, and Ming Ye into a trap. As Ling Qianxue and eight Half-Step Source Venerable Realm evil demons attacked them, a Star Seal suddenly descended from above.

  • Mo Nancang and the others watched the demonic tide strengthen and saw it gather around the Four Symbols Divine Sect.
  • Mo Nancang sent Source King Realm experts to reinforce the sect’s defenses as powerful evil demons intensified their assault.
  • Ling Qianxue appeared above the sect, demanded to know where Gu Chenfeng was, and fought Xie Guhong.
  • Gongsun Yan and Ming Ye joined Xie Guhong, and the three pursued Ling Qianxue into the demonic tide.
  • Ling Qianxue sprang her trap, attacking the three alongside eight Half-Step Source Venerable Realm evil demons.
  • A Star Seal formed from crimson-gold stars appeared overhead and descended on Ling Qianxue and the eight evil demons.

Ch. 658Luring the snake out of its hole

Gu Chenfeng and Tongtong used the Bronze Coffin to devastate the Soul Devouring Beasts attacking the Four Symbols Divine Sect, but Ling Qianxue escaped. Blood Refining Venerable emerged as a Source Venerable, and Gu Chenfeng faced him down as their battle began.

  • Ling Qianxue and eight Half-Step Source Venerable Soul Devouring Beasts were struck by Gu Chenfeng’s attacks and Tongtong’s Bronze Coffin, which swallowed the eight beasts and countless others surrounding the Four Symbols Divine Sect.
  • Ling Qianxue escaped the Bronze Coffin’s devouring force and recognized Gu Chenfeng, while Xie Guhong, Gongsun Yan, and Ming Ye revealed that they had helped lure the enemy into his trap.
  • Gu Chenfeng attacked Ling Qianxue with a crimson-gold giant hand and mountain seal, but a blood-red marsh swallowed the attack.
  • Blood Refining Venerable emerged from the marsh as a Source Venerable Realm expert, and Gu Chenfeng recognized him as the enemy he had expected to face.
  • Tongtong offered to protect Gu Chenfeng, but he sent her and the Bronze Coffin back before confronting Blood Refining Venerable himself.
  • Gu Chenfeng gathered his essence, qi, and spirit and challenged Blood Refining Venerable to attack.

Ch. 659Battling a Source Venerable Again

Gu Chenfeng fought the Blood Refining Venerable, blocking his first attack and surviving a sustained assault despite being outmatched. When the Venerable strengthened his blood pythons into nine flood dragons and one caught Gu Chenfeng off guard, Gu Chenfeng activated several defensive treasures and arts as the attack closed in.

  • Gu Chenfeng used the Power of the Human Strike, Azure Dragon Shatters the Void, and Purple-Gold Giant Peak to destroy the Blood Refining Venerable's demonic hand.
  • Xie Guhong, Gongsun Yan, Ming Ye, and the other witnesses were shocked that Gu Chenfeng had blocked a Source Venerable Realm attack without injury.
  • The Blood Refining Venerable sent blood pythons after Gu Chenfeng, who dodged and counterattacked with his axe, Azure Dragon Sky-Splitting Claw, and Purplecloud Divine Peak.
  • The Blood Refining Venerable empowered the nine pythons with blood blades, transforming them into flood dragons that overwhelmed Gu Chenfeng's defenses and exposed an opening.
  • As a flood dragon lunged to bite him, Gu Chenfeng formed Profound Yellow Qi Armor and activated the Heaven-Mixing Shield, Ancient Treasures Golden Bell, and Purplecloud Divine Peak for protection.

Ch. 660A terrifying lineup

Gu Chenfeng endured Blood Refining Venerable’s attacks with layered defenses and escaped a deadly trap using the Thousand Illusions Treasure Mirror, but three Source Venerable Realm enemies converged to kill him. Rocky Mountain Venerable arrived to defend him, and a mysterious ally appeared just as the enemy threatened them both.

  • Gu Chenfeng survived the blood Jiao Dragons’ attacks by combining his treasures, secret arts, and physique, then escaped their encirclement with the Thousand Illusions Treasure Mirror.
  • Blood Refining Venerable revealed that two Source Venerable Realm Soul Devouring Beasts had joined him, leaving Gu Chenfeng and the Four Symbols Divine Sect facing three powerful enemies.
  • The two Soul Devouring Beasts attacked Gu Chenfeng, but Rocky Mountain Venerable arrived and stopped their assault with Earth Element Law.
  • Rocky Mountain Venerable warned that the enemies outnumbered them, and a cold, melodious voice asked what would happen if another ally joined them.

Ch. 661Teasing

Ao Li arrived to aid Gu Chenfeng and the Four Symbols Divine Sect, turning the battle against Blood Refining Venerable’s forces into a stalemate. The fighting was interrupted by a terrifying aura from the northeast, which the Soul Devouring Beasts recognized as their lord breaking free of its seal.

  • Ao Li appeared on the battlefield, reunited with Gu Chenfeng, and privately asked why he had never visited the Dragon Race.
  • Blood Refining Venerable ordered his two allies to attack, and Ao Li and Rocky Mountain Venerable engaged them while shielding Gu Chenfeng from killing blows.
  • The reinforcements lifted morale at the Four Symbols Divine Sect, and Tongtong rampaged through the Demonic Tide with the Bronze Coffin, devouring Soul Devouring Beasts.
  • A vast, oppressive aura surged from the northeast, and Blood Refining Venerable and his companions realized their lord was about to break the seal.

Ch. 662The tide of battle turned

The Human and Demon Races used powerful treasures to suppress the Guixu Cauldron, weakening the aura of the Upper Realm expert sealed inside. As their forces celebrated, Gu Chenfeng sensed the expert was about to break free.

  • Six Source Venerable-level soul devouring beasts appeared and attacked the Human and Demon Races' defenses, while six of their experts intercepted them.
  • The Supreme Dao Sect's sect master and the Dragon Race Great Protector unleashed the Supreme Clarity Five-Thunder Talisman and Holy Radiance Dragon Horn against the Guixu Cauldron.
  • Gu Chenfeng, Ao Li, and the Rocky Stone Venerable pursued the Blood Refining Venerable and two companions as they fled toward the abyss, slowing their progress.
  • The Blood Refining Venerable and his companions arrived to find the Guixu Cauldron engulfed in lightning and holy flames, and its aura nearly gone.
  • The Rocky Stone Venerable and the Human and Demon Races celebrated the apparent suppression of the Upper Realm expert, but Gu Chenfeng warned that the expert was about to break through the seal.

Ch. 663The Most Hated Person

Gu Chenfeng sensed the Guixu Cauldron was about to erupt and warned the battlefield, but its destruction freed Mingluo, a powerful evil demon sealed for ten thousand years. Mingluo emerged and singled out Gu Chenfeng for revenge, while Gu Chenfeng tried to retreat.

  • Gu Chenfeng warned everyone as the Guixu Cauldron erupted, breaking the seal and blasting away the Holy Radiance Dragon Horn.
  • Mingluo emerged from the abyss, and his overwhelming aura incapacitated or killed many Human and Demon Races warriors while the evil demons bowed to him.
  • Mingluo mocked the Seven Star Continent’s defenders and declared he would kill the person he hated most before purging the rest.
  • The Supreme Dao Sect Sect Master recognized Mingluo, who identified him as Taiching Daoist’s disciple and expressed his disdain.
  • Mingluo spotted Gu Chenfeng retreating and threatened him for having prolonged his imprisonment.

Ch. 664Transcending the Mortal to Enter Sainthood

Mingluo overwhelmed the Human and Demon Races' defenders with his Domain Power and attacked Gu Chenfeng. Just as Gu Chenfeng prepared to fight back, a blood-colored vortex pulled him into the Bronze Coffin, where a young girl shouted in his defense.

  • Mingluo trapped Gu Chenfeng with a blood-colored pillar, but the Supreme Dao Sect's sect master and the Dragon Race Great Protector intervened and took the brunt of the attack.
  • Mingluo spread his domain over the battlefield and revealed that he alone on the Seven Star Continent had transcended the Source Venerable Realm and mastered Domain Power.
  • Mingluo blasted Ao Li, Panyue, and Sword-Walking Venerable aside, then repelled the Supreme Dao Sect's sect master and the Dragon Race Great Protector.
  • With the other Source Venerable Realm experts occupied by Soul Devouring Beast experts, Mingluo attacked the isolated Gu Chenfeng.
  • A blood-colored vortex swept Gu Chenfeng into the Bronze Coffin, which was struck by Mingluo's claw before a childish voice shouted that he should not bully her big brother.

Ch. 665The Legacy of Taiqing

Tongtong unleashed her icy power to protect Gu Chenfeng from Mingluo, but a mysterious Daoist nun intervened and subdued Tongtong. The nun revealed herself as Yuqing, the Supreme Dao Sect’s foremost expert, and challenged Mingluo with her own domain.

  • Tongtong blocked Mingluo’s attack with an eruption of icy energy, then continued drawing on the power despite her body beginning to crack.
  • Mingluo engulfed Gu Chenfeng and Tongtong in his Asura Blood Claw, but a curtain of white light shielded them from the attack.
  • A Daoist nun stopped Tongtong’s rampaging energy and put her to sleep; Gu Chenfeng recognized her as the Female Imperial Preceptor, though she did not recognize him.
  • The Supreme Dao Sect’s sect master greeted the nun as his junior sister, Yuqing, and she announced that she would face Mingluo.
  • Yuqing spread a purple star field that held back Mingluo’s Asura Domain, prompting him to ask who she was.

Ch. 666Cooperate with me

Yuqing joined the battle against Mingluo and used the Guixu Cauldron, with Gu Chenfeng's help, to injure him, though she could not suppress him. As the Human and Demon Races gained the upper hand, news arrived that Human super forces had betrayed them and attacked multiple factions, including Star Luo Hall.

  • Yuqing confronted Mingluo, and the two fought through the turbulent void with their domains.
  • The Human and Demon Races pushed back the Soul Devouring Beasts, while Gu Chenfeng returned Tongtong to the Bronze Coffin and joined the battle.
  • Yuqing summoned the Guixu Cauldron and asked Gu Chenfeng to let her control it; he soothed the cauldron and allowed their auras to mingle.
  • Yuqing used the Guixu Cauldron to strike Mingluo, who detonated ancient treasures and escaped the attack after being seriously injured.
  • Mingluo warned that the Human and Demon Races were their own greatest enemy, and Gu Chenfeng and the other leaders learned that Human super forces had joined the Ancient Evil Demons and attacked multiple factions, including Star Luo Hall.

Ch. 667Lost memories

After Mingluo’s retreat, Gu Chenfeng returned to the Four Symbols Divine Sect to recover while the Human and Demon Races rushed to defend their rear territories from traitors and Soul Devouring Beast attacks. Yuqing revealed that her fading memories came from merging with an avatar and returned the Guixu Cauldron to him, leaving Gu Chenfeng to prepare for a worsening crisis.

  • Mingluo revealed that secret allies within the Human and Demon Races had begun rebelling, then withdrew with the Soul Devouring Beasts as the rear territories came under attack.
  • Yuqing explained that merging with an avatar had caused her memories of certain people and events to fade, and she gave Gu Chenfeng the Guixu Cauldron.
  • Gu Chenfeng returned to the Four Symbols Divine Sect while Mu Chen and Rocky Stone Venerable went back to reinforce Star Luo Hall.
  • Gu Chenfeng ordered the sect to restore its defenses, checked that Tongtong was healing inside the Bronze Coffin, and entered seclusion to recover from his injuries.
  • Gu Chenfeng discovered that the Guixu Cauldron contained Chaos Qi and artifact fragments, then began refining Spirit Crystals to restore his strength.

Ch. 668Forming an alliance

Yuqing sensed a familiar aura but suppressed the stirring memory, while Star Luo Hall learned that five human and demon super forces had joined the Ancient Evil Demons. As the two sides prepared for a prolonged war, Gu Chenfeng rejected his master's offer of shelter and said he would go to Yan Province.

  • Yuqing recalled sensing a familiar aura through the Guixu Cauldron, wondered whether her avatar had ties to its source, and suppressed the memory.
  • Star Venerable told Star Luo Hall's leaders that the Divine Mechanism Pavilion, Witch God Cult, Phoenix Race, Nine Infants, and Qiongqi had sided with the Ancient Evil Demons and helped them break their seals.
  • Star Venerable warned that both sides had suffered losses and would need time to recover before a prolonged war.
  • Mu Chen told Gu Chenfeng that the demons, traitors, and escaped Soul Devouring Beasts now held vast areas of Central Province, while human and demon leaders were preparing an alliance.
  • Mu Chen urged Gu Chenfeng to remain at Star Luo Hall and offered to relocate the Four Symbols Divine Sect, but Gu Chenfeng said he intended to go to Yan Province.

Ch. 669Migration

Gu Chenfeng led the Four Symbols Divine Sect out of Central Province and across the Boundless Sea toward Yan Province, hoping to protect his family and avoid the growing war. Three days from Yan Province, he sensed a familiar pursuer and left the Star-Island Ship to face him alone.

  • Gu Chenfeng declined Mu Chen's offer of extra cultivators and decided to take the Four Symbols Divine Sect to Yan Province, where he could protect his family and use the Barbarian God Secret Realm as a fallback.
  • Three months after the battle against the demonic tide, the Human and Demon Races formally allied against the Ancient Evil Demons and the five rebel super forces.
  • Unable to use Star Luo Hall's damaged Super Teleportation Array, Gu Chenfeng moved the Four Symbols Divine Sect's people and resources aboard a Star-Island Ship and set course for Yan Province.
  • A month into the crossing, Gu Chenfeng killed one of three Half-Step Source Venerable sea demons that had intercepted the ship, driving the others away.
  • Three days from Yan Province, Gu Chenfeng sensed a familiar aura approaching, ordered Mo Nancang and the others to take the ship onward, and went to meet the pursuer.
  • A blood tide poured through a tear in space, and Mingluo's voice taunted Gu Chenfeng that he could not escape.

Ch. 670A Desperate Pursuit

Gu Chenfeng fought Blood Refining Venerable across the Boundless Sea, using the Bronze Coffin to survive while fleeing toward Yan Province. Just as Blood Refining Venerable moved in to kill him after he crossed into Yan Province, Gu Chenfeng revealed a pale golden sword-shaped talisman.

  • Blood Refining Venerable intercepted Gu Chenfeng over the Boundless Sea and blocked the Thousand Illusions Treasure Mirror, forcing Gu Chenfeng into a fierce battle.
  • Blood Refining Venerable overwhelmed Gu Chenfeng, who escaped inside the Bronze Coffin and fought while fleeing across the sea for more than ten days.
  • As the Bronze Coffin's defenses weakened, Gu Chenfeng continued south toward Yan Province with Blood Refining Venerable pursuing and attacking him.
  • After Gu Chenfeng crossed into Yan Province, Blood Refining Venerable broke through his defenses and wounded him with a blood dragon and blade aura.
  • Blood Refining Venerable appeared before the badly injured Gu Chenfeng and aimed a blood blade at his neck, but Gu Chenfeng produced a pale golden sword-shaped talisman.

Ch. 671Imprisonment

Gu Chenfeng used a talisman and the Barbarian God Secret Realm to imprison Blood Refining Venerable, preventing their battle from endangering Yan Province. After recovering from his injuries, he reunited with his family and Liu Fuyan and invited them inside to explain what had happened.

  • Gu Chenfeng struck Blood Refining Venerable with two Sword Lights and sent him through a Spatial Passage into the Secret Realm's Inner Hall.
  • Blood Refining Venerable attacked the hall and its Bronze Door but could not break the restrictions, realizing Gu Chenfeng had sealed him inside.
  • Gu Chenfeng explained that the Barbarian God Secret Realm had recognized him as its master and that he had imprisoned Blood Refining Venerable to protect Yan Province.
  • Gu Chenfeng cultivated with two Spirit Crystals to stabilize his injuries, then left the hall.
  • Gu Beiwu, Gu Lingxiao, Gu Yanshuang, and Liu Fuyan gathered around Gu Chenfeng, relieved to see him safe.
  • Gu Chenfeng asked his family and Liu Fuyan to enter the hall so he could explain everything.

Ch. 672The strength of the Divine Sect Branch

Gu Chenfeng reunited with his family in the Barbarian God Secret Realm and learned that a massive demon cavern threatened Yan Province. He revealed that his Central Province forces would handle it, then met the arriving Four Symbols Divine Sect army and its formidable experts.

  • Gu Chenfeng reunited with his family, learned of their cultivation progress, and explained that he had sealed an Ancient Evil Demon in the Inner Hall.
  • Gu Beiwu described how demon caverns had grown more numerous and powerful in Yan Province, including a huge cavern in the Four Symbols Frozen Expanse that could erupt within a month.
  • Gu Chenfeng told his family that the Four Symbols Divine Sect's Central Province forces would deal with the cavern, despite their doubts about facing its powerful evil demons.
  • Gu Chenfeng sensed Mo Nancang, Gu Qingxuan, and the others arriving, and led his family out of the Barbarian God Secret Realm to meet them.
  • Xie Guhong, Gongsun Yan, Ming Ye, Mo Nancang, Gu Qingxuan, and a vast force of powerful cultivators arrived aboard the Star-Island Ship and welcomed Gu Chenfeng as their Sect Master.

Ch. 673The Third Young Master's secrets that had to be told

Gu Chenfeng returned to the Four Symbols Frozen Expanse with Gu Beiwu and the others, and the Four Symbols Divine Sect merged its branches and swept away the demon caverns threatening Yan Province. In the Great Li Dynasty’s capital, diners praised the sect’s power before turning to scandalous stories about Gu Chenfeng, who was listening nearby with three veiled women.

  • Mo Nancang and Gu Qingxuan recounted Gu Chenfeng’s rise and the Four Symbols Divine Sect’s expansion to Gu Beiwu and the others aboard the Star-Island Ship.
  • The Star-Island Ship reached the Four Symbols Frozen Expanse, where the Four Symbols Divine Sect’s branch and main sect officially merged.
  • Xie Guhong, Gongsun Yan, and Ming Ye led the sect in suppressing the central Yan Province demon cavern, and its forces cleared demon caverns across the continent.
  • Diners in the Great Li Dynasty’s capital discussed the sect’s victories and Gu Chenfeng’s reputation before trading gossip about his past romances.
  • Gu Chenfeng, seated nearby with three veiled women, choked on his wine and suggested they leave the restaurant for a stroll.

Ch. 674The Only Shortcut

Gu Chenfeng traveled around Yan Province with Liu Fuyan, Gu Yanshuang, and Gu Qingxuan before returning to the Four Symbols Divine Sect's Headquarters. With Blood Refining Venerable likely to escape the Barbarian God Secret Realm's seal within one or two years, Gu Chenfeng sought to inherit the second Black Gold Pattern and grow strong enough to defeat him.

  • Gu Chenfeng visited the Imperial Capital with Liu Fuyan, Gu Yanshuang, and Gu Qingxuan, where Liu Fuyan teased him about his rumored relationships, and Li Yuanqi hurried to the northern gate to see him off.
  • Gu Chenfeng toured Yan Province and neighboring lands with the three women, while Liu Fuyan practiced the Ice Soul Dragon Slumber Art with him and broke through to the Source King Realm.
  • Gu Chenfeng returned to the Four Symbols Divine Sect's Headquarters and confirmed that the Demon Caverns in Yan Province had been suppressed and hidden evil demons eliminated.
  • Gu Chenfeng judged that the Inner Hall's restrictions could hold Blood Refining Venerable for only one or two years and concluded that he needed to improve quickly to prevent catastrophe.
  • Gu Chenfeng entered the Barbarian God Secret Realm's altar plaza and stepped toward the giant axe to seek the second Black Gold Pattern.

Ch. 675The Female Demon Venerable's jealousy

Gu Chenfeng repeatedly failed to cross the second trial zone for the Barbarian God's second Black Gold Pattern, and Leng Xingye contacted him to offer passage to the Upper Realm. He refused again, and Leng Xingye advised him to make better use of the Phantom Martial Divine Ruins, while she privately fumed over his time with other women.

  • Gu Chenfeng entered the second zone of the altar plaza but was repeatedly blasted back by its dark-light attacks, leaving him wounded and exhausted.
  • Leng Xingye contacted Gu Chenfeng, mocked his struggles, and offered to take him to the Eternal Heaven Realm for resources.
  • Gu Chenfeng thanked Leng Xingye but refused to leave because he had reasons to stay behind.
  • Leng Xingye accused Gu Chenfeng of staying for his lady confidantes, then told him to make greater use of the Phantom Martial Divine Ruins before ending their contact.
  • At the Eternal Night Devil Palace, Leng Xingye angrily shattered several stars and complained that she had watched over Gu Chenfeng while he spent time with other women.
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