Recaps

With Tu Ling, Xuehun, and two other powerhouses closing in, Gu Chenfeng fled to a cave in the Primordial Battlefield, hoping to reach a sealed Core Region. He found a black stone wall instead of the bronze door he remembered, then discovered the Barbarian God’s marks on it and began striking one until it reacted faintly as his pursuers approached.

• Gu Chenfeng fled through the natural formations toward a cave at the far end of the Primordial Battlefield, while Tu Ling and his three companions pursued him.
• Gu Chenfeng reached the cave’s end and found a smooth black stone wall where he had expected to find a bronze door.
• Gu Chenfeng discovered fine scratches on the wall bearing the Barbarian God’s Heaven’s Mandate Nine Strikes aura and sensed a hidden energy fluctuation in the deepest mark.
• Gu Chenfeng struck the mark with his Mystic Ice Giant Axe, the Earth-Slaying Chapter, and Azure Dragon Power, making the wall tremble and its energy grow clearer.
• Tu Ling heard the impacts from the low mountain, grew wary, and intensified his assault on the natural formations to reach Gu Chenfeng.

Gu Chenfeng used his Primordial Spirit to break through the Barbarian God's mark and vanished into the stone wall as Tu Ling and Xuehun reached the cave. He awoke in a vast starry space, where a mysterious marquis chose him for a trial despite his insufficient strength.

• Gu Chenfeng unleashed his strongest axe strike and sent his Primordial Spirit into the Profound Ice Battle Axe, finally triggering the mark on the stone wall.
• Tu Ling and Xuehun entered the cave but found it empty, then concluded Gu Chenfeng had entered the spatial turbulence and sealed off the space.
• Gu Chenfeng awoke without a body in a boundless starry realm and wondered whether he was dead.
• A mysterious voice said Gu Chenfeng qualified for its trial because of his unusual Primordial Spirit, despite his weakness, and two enormous eyes appeared in the stars.
• Vast starlight descended and engulfed Gu Chenfeng's consciousness.

Gu Chenfeng entered a mysterious starfield trial and was tasked with killing nine powerful true spirits. The spirits overwhelmed and destroyed his starlight body, but he chose to continue the challenge.

• Gu Chenfeng regained control of a starlight body on a vast black crystal platform and learned that he had to kill nine true spirits matching his cultivation realm.
• Qiongqi and White Tiger attacked first, and Gu Chenfeng discovered that their bloodline strength gave them Source Venerable-level combat power.
• Gu Chenfeng used his strongest secret arts to suppress the first three true spirits, but Vermilion Bird and additional spirits joined the battle and turned the tide against him.
• Six true spirits overwhelmed Gu Chenfeng, tore apart his starlight body, and caused the first challenge to fail.
• Back in the starry sky, Gu Chenfeng wondered whether the Barbarian God had passed the trials, then declared that he wanted to continue the challenge.

Gu Chenfeng repeatedly challenged the nine true spirits, dying each time but using meditation and the Phantom Martial Divine Ruins to strengthen his Secret Arts and refine his tactics. After two years of steady improvement, he entered the arena again and declared that this would be his final challenge.

• Gu Chenfeng killed Qiongqi with a powerful axe strike and an Azure Dragon claw, but the other eight true spirits attacked together and tore him apart.
• After several more failed attempts, Gu Chenfeng stopped to calm himself and concluded that he needed to improve his strength, strategy, and understanding of the trial.
• Gu Chenfeng fought the true spirits without rushing to kill them, honing his Secret Arts and studying their abilities before being overwhelmed and killed again.
• Gu Chenfeng used the Enlightenment Platform in the Phantom Martial Divine Ruins to review each battle and improve, repeating the cycle of combat and meditation.
• Over two years, Gu Chenfeng lasted longer and grew stronger in each attempt, then entered the arena again and called it his last challenge.

Gu Chenfeng used his hard-won mastery of his secret arts to defeat five of the nine true spirits and then battled Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise. As the fight reached a stalemate, he unleashed Five Elements Sealing Heaven against the four remaining opponents.

• Gu Chenfeng lured Qiongqi, Kui Niu, Xiangliu, and Lu Wu to the edge of the arena, then killed them with Earth-Slaying Sky-Splitting and Dragon Soul Suppresses the World.
• Gu Chenfeng intercepted Taotie before it could retreat and destroyed its starlight body with Azure Dragon's Eye and the Profound Ice Battle Axe.
• Gu Chenfeng met Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise in battle, and the five fought for hundreds of exchanges without either side gaining an advantage.
• Gu Chenfeng circulated five kinds of law power and unleashed Five Elements Sealing Heaven against the four divine beasts.

Gu Chenfeng passed the first trial by destroying the nine true spirits, then was trapped in the arena and ordered to comprehend the Starry Sky Divine Sense Art. After years of failure and isolation, the Five Elements law power in his dantian stirred and jolted him awake.

• Gu Chenfeng destroyed the four remaining true spirits with his attacks and Sealing Heaven Hand Seal, passing the first trial and regaining his body and possessions.
• The mysterious voice announced a final trial: Gu Chenfeng had to comprehend the Starry Sky Divine Sense Art to its introductory stage, or remain trapped for up to a hundred years.
• Gu Chenfeng tried to escape the arena by attacking its barriers, but failed and began studying the stars, using the Enlightenment Platform for help.
• After ten years without progress, Gu Chenfeng gave up hope of understanding the art, stopped caring about the outside world, and emptied his mind.
• After an unknown length of time spent in silence, the Five Elements law power in Gu Chenfeng's dantian stirred and woke him.

Gu Chenfeng spent decades mastering the basics of the Starry Sky Divine Sense Art in an illusion, transforming his Primordial Spirit before meeting the legacy’s owner, Marquis Yu. Marquis Yu revealed that he had fled the destruction of his homeland in the Eternal Heaven Realm and was hunted even in the Lower Realm.

• Gu Chenfeng circulated the Five Elements laws through his body, modeling the starry sky and transforming his Primordial Spirit.
• Gu Chenfeng closed his eyes, causing the illusory starry sky to collapse and revealing a ruined palace with a massive Emperor’s Throne.
• A middle-aged man appeared from the throne’s starlight and tested Gu Chenfeng with overwhelming pressure, which Gu Chenfeng resisted using his laws and Divine Sense.
• The man praised Gu Chenfeng for mastering the basics of the Starry Sky Divine Sense Art in fifty years and granted him the right to inherit his legacy.
• The man identified himself as Marquis Yu and explained that the Eternal Heaven Realm had been destroyed tens of thousands of years earlier, forcing him to flee to the Lower Realm while the Four Races pursued him.

Marquis Yu explained how the Upper Realm Four Clans had pursued him into the Seven Star Continent and gave Gu Chenfeng his legacy and the Marquis Decree. He revealed that the gifts carried conditions, but had not yet said what Gu Chenfeng must do.

• Marquis Yu recounted how three marquisates and the Four Clans had overthrown his dynasty, forcing him to flee to the Seven Star Continent, where he later died fighting his pursuers.
• Gu Chenfeng told Marquis Yu that the Four Races and Soul Devouring Beasts had renewed their assault on the Seven Star Continent and that its forces were resisting them.
• Marquis Yu said Gu Chenfeng was destined to enter the Upper Realm and passed on his legacy through the Golden Palace Jade Page.
• Marquis Yu gave Gu Chenfeng the Marquis Decree, which could grant him access to a hidden cache in the Eternal Heaven Realm.
• Gu Chenfeng hesitated to accept the decree, and Marquis Yu confirmed that the gifts came with conditions and that Gu Chenfeng would have to do certain things for him.

Gu Chenfeng accepted Marquis Yu’s legacy and swore a Blood Pact to fulfill three demanding conditions, after learning the inheritance marked him as a target of the Three Marquisates and the Four Races. Marquis Yu revealed that a secret treasure had destroyed his dynasty before his remnant soul vanished, leaving Gu Chenfeng to return to the Seven Star Continent and eventually seek the hidden treasure and the Path to Immortality.

• Marquis Yu demanded that Gu Chenfeng destroy the Four Great Clans, aid the Feathered Ascension Divine Dynasty’s descendants, and avenge the dynasty against three enfeoffed marquis experts.
• Gu Chenfeng initially refused, but Marquis Yu explained that the Golden Palace Jade Page’s imprint would expose him to the Three Marquisates and the Four Races unless he obtained a way to remove it.
• Gu Chenfeng accepted the Marquis Investiture Token, and he and Marquis Yu swore a Blood Pact.
• Marquis Yu revealed that a secret treasure sealed somewhere on the Seven Star Continent had caused the dynasty’s destruction and warned Gu Chenfeng to treat it with caution.
• Marquis Yu’s remnant soul vanished after directing Gu Chenfeng to break through the bronze door and asking him to seek the legendary Path to Immortality.

Gu Chenfeng failed to break the bronze doors and realized he needed to reach the Immortal Realm to escape. While searching Marquis Yu’s ruined hall for the missing ingredient needed to refine a Nirvana Heaven-Connecting Pill, he discovered myriad mother origin crystal fragments in the Emperor’s Throne.

• Gu Chenfeng promised to fulfill Marquis Yu’s request if he reached the Eternal Heaven Realm, then tried and failed to break the bronze doors.
• Gu Chenfeng concluded that he needed to advance to the Immortal Realm to escape, but lacked the myriad mother origin crystal required for the Nirvana Heaven-Connecting Pill.
• Gu Chenfeng searched the treasures he had collected from the Primordial Battlefield but found no myriad mother origin crystal.
• Gu Chenfeng searched Marquis Yu’s hall and discovered myriad mother origin crystal fragments embedded in the Emperor’s Throne.

Gu Chenfeng refined the ingredients for the Nirvana Heaven-Connecting Pill and began condensing it, while the Four Symbols Divine Sect prepared for another war and continued searching for him. As the sect leaders feared he was lost, an icy voice declared that Big Brother was alive.

• Gu Chenfeng used the Guixu Cauldron to extract the Myriad Mother Origin Crystal from Marquis Yu's Emperor's Throne and refine the pill's other ingredients.
• After meditating to restore his mental energy, Gu Chenfeng placed the ingredients in the Guixu Cauldron and began the difficult process of condensing the Nirvana Heaven-Connecting Pill.
• More than a year later, Mu Chen told the Four Symbols Divine Sect's senior members that the Soul Devouring Beasts were gathering for another full-scale war.
• The sect's leaders discussed how Gu Chenfeng had vanished into the void turbulence after drawing Tu Ling and Xuehun away, and how the search for him had yielded no results.
• As Panyue began to voice doubts that Gu Chenfeng would return, a young, icy voice declared that Big Brother was not dead and that the speaker could sense him.

Gu Chenfeng completed the ninth-grade Nirvana Heaven-Connecting Pill and began his breakthrough to the Immortal Realm while the war between the Four Races and the Human-Demon alliance intensified. Meanwhile, Tu Ling and Xuehun received a secret mission to use the Blood Abyss Void-Escaping Shuttle to strike a vulnerable force in the Seven Star Alliance, targeting the sect Gu Chenfeng left behind.

• Gu Chenfeng finished refining the Nirvana Heaven-Connecting Pill after more than a year and swallowed it to begin his breakthrough.
• As Gu Chenfeng cultivated in the ancient hall, Tu Ling and Xuehun discussed how the Human-Demon alliance had slowed the Four Races' advance.
• Xuehun revealed that the Deputy Marshal had given him the Blood Abyss Void-Escaping Shuttle for a secret mission to attack the alliance's rear.
• Tu Ling and Xuehun decided to target the weakest super force in the Seven Star Alliance, the sect Gu Chenfeng had left behind.

An elite Soul Devouring Beast army and seven Blood Nether Race Source Venerables attacked the Four Symbols Divine Sect’s stronghold without warning. Tu Ling revealed that he had driven Gu Chenfeng into a deathtrap and ordered his forces to destroy the sect before reinforcements arrived.

• Outer disciples discussed the fierce front-line battles and worried about the missing sect master and the Four Symbols Divine Sect’s future.
• A blood-colored dome covered the stronghold as Soul Devouring Beasts descended, triggering alarms and panic.
• Mu Chen and Panyue appeared to defend the stronghold, and the sect’s peak masters and elders gathered behind them.
• Seven Blood Nether Race Source Venerables emerged from a spatial rift, led by the Late Source Venerable Tu Ling.
• Tu Ling claimed responsibility for driving Gu Chenfeng into a deathtrap and ordered his forces to wipe out the Four Symbols Divine Sect, then retreat.

The Four Symbols Divine Sect faced a massive Soul Devouring Beast assault, and Tongtong activated the Four Extremes Profound Yin Formation to protect the evacuation. As Tu Ling’s attack nearly broke the formation, Tongtong released Blood Refining Venerable to fill its vacant fourth extremity.

• Tu Ling led an army of Soul Devouring Beasts in an assault on the Four Symbols Divine Sect’s outer encampment.
• Tongtong ordered the Mountain-Guarding Formation activated and sent those below the Source Emperor Realm into the Secret Realm Space.
• After Tu Ling’s six Source Venerable experts broke through the defenses, Tongtong activated the Four Extremes Profound Yin Formation around the Spatial Passage.
• Tu Ling attacked the formation with his Demonic Qi sword shadows, and cracks spread as the formation began to fail.
• Tongtong released a figure from the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, and Blood Refining Venerable filled the fourth formation eye, stabilizing the formation.

The Four Symbols Divine Sect held out against Tu Ling’s assault as the Blood Refining Venerable joined their side. Gu Chenfeng returned and unleashed a devastating starfall attack on the Soul Devouring Beast army, leaving Tu Ling stunned and the Sect’s defenders overjoyed.

• The Blood Refining Venerable revealed that he had joined the Four Symbols Divine Sect and rejected Tu Ling’s demand that he return to the Blood Nether Race.
• Tu Ling and the Soul Devouring Beasts battered the Four Extremes Profound Yin Formation, forcing the Sect’s outer personnel to retreat into the Secret Realm.
• Tongtong said reinforcements had arrived, and a starry sky appeared above the battlefield.
• Gu Chenfeng’s Starfall Soul Tribulation swept through the Soul Devouring Beast army, destroying nearly half of Tu Ling’s force and injuring the seven Source Venerable-level beasts.
• Gu Chenfeng emerged from a rift in the void, and the Sect members celebrated his return as he praised Tongtong for protecting them.

Gu Chenfeng returned to the Four Symbols Divine Sect’s encampment and fought two middle Source Venerable realm Blood Nether Race powerhouses while Tu Ling continued attacking the sect’s formation. He revealed that his strength had grown far beyond their expectations, ending the chapter by stopping their ultimate attacks with his bare hands.

• Tu Ling ordered two middle Source Venerable realm fighters to hold Gu Chenfeng back while he attacked the Four Extremes Profound Yin Formation.
• Gu Chenfeng told Tongtong and the others to guard the formation, then calmly blocked the scar-faced man’s halberds and the alluring woman’s spike with the Profound Ice Battle Axe.
• The two Blood Nether Race fighters unleashed secret arts and realized Gu Chenfeng was reading their moves and holding back.
• Gu Chenfeng put away his battle axe and caught both fighters’ ultimate attacks in his palms with Indestructible Astral Qi.

Gu Chenfeng revealed that he had reached the Immortal Realm as a Body Cultivator and overpowered the two attackers, killing the scar-faced man and destroying his Primordial Spirit. As he moved to finish the alluring woman, Tu Ling intervened and confronted him.

• Gu Chenfeng repelled the alluring woman and the scar-faced man's attacks, prompting them to realize he was an Immortal Realm Body Cultivator.
• Gu Chenfeng overwhelmed the scar-faced man in close combat, shattering his defenses and reducing his body to dust.
• Gu Chenfeng exposed the scar-faced man's fleeing Primordial Spirit and destroyed it with a beam of starlight.
• Gu Chenfeng turned on the wounded alluring woman and moved to strike her.
• Tu Ling's blade of Demonic Qi halted Gu Chenfeng, and Gu Chenfeng teasingly challenged him.

Gu Chenfeng confronted Tu Ling and proved he could contend with the Late Source Venerable Realm expert, forcing the battle into an even clash. As they fought, Mu Chen ordered the Four Symbols Divine Sect forces to counterattack and help Gu Chenfeng destroy their enemies.

• Tu Ling abandoned his attack on the Four Extremes Profound Yin Formation and struck at Gu Chenfeng, who withstood his sword attack with only a slight retreat.
• Tu Ling unleashed the Blood Slaughter Sword Formation, but Gu Chenfeng endured its first layer without injury and repelled its nine giant swords with his internal and external cultivation.
• Tu Ling drew the Demon Abyss Sword and fought Gu Chenfeng, who wielded the Profound Ice Battle Axe; neither gained a clear advantage.
• Panyue and Blood Refining Venerable watched in shock as Gu Chenfeng matched Tu Ling, while Mu Chen ordered the Four Symbols Divine Sect forces to counterattack.

The Four Symbols Divine Sect counterattacked the Blood Nether Race’s surprise assault as Gu Chenfeng aided the battle while dueling Tu Ling. When Tu Ling unleashed his Blood Nether Dharma Body, Gu Chenfeng answered with his newly revealed Indestructible Golden Body, and the two prepared to clash at full strength.

• Tongtong withdrew the Four Extremes Profound Yin Formation, and Mu Chen, Panyue, Blood Refining Venerable, and Tongtong joined the fight against the Blood Nether Race’s Source Venerables.
• The Four Symbols Divine Sect’s army surged from the Barbarian God Secret Realm and counterattacked the Soul Devouring Beast Army, emboldened by Gu Chenfeng’s return and earlier victories.
• Gu Chenfeng used a bronze mirror to disrupt the Blood Nether Race’s Venerables while lingering starlight struck their troops and helped drive the Soul Devouring Beast Army onto the defensive.
• Tu Ling condensed his Blood Nether Dharma Body and attacked Gu Chenfeng with an enormous palm.
• Gu Chenfeng unleashed his Indestructible Golden Body and met Tu Ling’s attack with a punch.

Gu Chenfeng defeated Tu Ling and helped the Four Symbols Divine Sect crush the Blood Nether Race’s surprise attack. After the enemy survivors fled and the battle ended in victory, Gu Chenfeng reunited with his family and saw Fu Yan arriving with a young monk.

• Gu Chenfeng smashed Tu Ling’s Blood Nether Dharma Body, forcing Tu Ling to escape in the Blood-Colored Shuttle with five other Venerable-level Experts.
• Gu Chenfeng struck the shuttle as it tried to evacuate the Soul Devouring Beast Elites, but it escaped with only a small portion of the troops.
• Gu Chenfeng and the Four Symbols Divine Sect slaughtered the abandoned Soul Devouring Beasts, securing a resounding victory.
• Gu Chenfeng explained that he had broken through to the Immortal realm and rushed to the sect after learning of its danger through Tongtong.
• Gu Chenfeng reunited with Gu Beiwu, Gu Lingxiao, Mu Chen, Panyue, and the others, then learned Fu Yan had gone to the Seven Star Alliance Headquarters to seek news of him.
• Fu Yan and a young monk arrived, spotted Gu Chenfeng, and called out to him.

After returning to the Four Symbols Divine Sect, Gu Chenfeng reunited with allies who had searched for him and learned that his sect’s victory had strengthened its standing in the Seven Star Alliance. As he reconnected with Ao Li and caught up on the situation, he learned that Alliance Leader Yuqing had called a Leaders' Conference for ten days later.

• Gu Chenfeng welcomed Bai Miaoyin and Yichan, who explained that they had searched for him and rushed to help when they heard the Four Symbols Divine Sect was under attack.
• Ao Li arrived and reunited with Gu Chenfeng, revealing their mutual awareness that each had protected the Four Symbols Divine Sect during his absence.
• Gu Chenfeng brought his allies to the sect hall and briefly described his survival, while leaving out the details involving Marquis Yu and the Upper Realm.
• Bai Miaoyin and Yichan learned that Gu Chenfeng had defeated Tu Ling and that the sect’s other Source Venerable-level fighters had helped rout the Blood Nether Race’s army.
• Gu Chenfeng caught up on the sect and alliance’s situation, then learned from Bai Miaoyin and Ao Li that Yuqing had summoned the alliance’s Deputy Alliance Leaders and Adjudicators to a conference in ten days.

Gu Chenfeng discussed a possible alliance counterattack with Bai Miaoyin and Yichan, while Ao Li grew jealous of Bai Miaoyin’s advances. The arrival of Liu Fuyan, Su Wanyue, and Shangguan Bingxin left Gu Chenfeng facing an even more complicated situation.

• Bai Miaoyin told Gu Chenfeng that True Person Yuqing had called a summit that might plan to reclaim lands lost to the Four Races’ Soul Devouring Beasts.
• Gu Chenfeng agreed to strengthen ties with Bai Miaoyin and Yichan’s factions and travel with them to the alliance headquarters.
• Yichan offered Gu Chenfeng partners for Chan cultivation, prompting icy looks from Ao Li and Bai Miaoyin.
• Bai Miaoyin flirted with Gu Chenfeng beneath the table, but Ao Li used the Ice Soul Dragon Slumber Art to warn him, and he evaded Bai Miaoyin’s touch.
• Ao Li and Bai Miaoyin exchanged barbed remarks and released their auras as they competed over Gu Chenfeng.
• Liu Fuyan arrived with Su Wanyue and Shangguan Bingxin, and Yichan withdrew as the gathering’s mood shifted.

Gu Chenfeng reunited with Liu Fuyan and the other women, then returned to his Cave Abode to study a new Secret Art. Meanwhile, Mingluo punished Tu Ling for the failed attack and ordered his forces to find the Seven Star Continent’s plane core.

• Liu Fuyan welcomed Gu Chenfeng back and thanked Ao Li, Su Wanyue, and Shangguan Bingxin for helping her search for him.
• Ao Li and Liu Fuyan resonated through the Ice Soul Dragon Slumber Art, then Ao Li took the women away to teach them while Gu Chenfeng returned to his Cave Abode.
• Gu Chenfeng used the Golden Palace Jade Page to begin comprehending the Star Escape Secret Art.
• Tu Ling reported the failed attack on the Four Symbols Divine Sect and Gu Chenfeng’s return to Mingluo.
• Mingluo revealed that he had roughly located the Seven Star Continent’s plane core, severed Tu Ling’s arm as punishment, and disappeared.

Gu Chenfeng traveled with Ao Li, Bai Miaoyin, and Yichan to the Seven Star Alliance summit at Halberd Mountain while studying the Star Escape secret art. After an awkward attempt to be alone with Ao Li, he focused on the preparations needed to master the art and advance his cultivation.

• News spread that Gu Chenfeng had returned and the Four Symbols Divine Sect had defeated an attack by Soul Devouring Beasts of the Blood Nether Race.
• Gu Chenfeng boarded an airship with Ao Li, Bai Miaoyin, and Yichan to attend the Seven Star Alliance summit at Halberd Mountain.
• Frustrated that Ao Li had kept him from being intimate with the other women while they practiced, Gu Chenfeng entered her cabin, only to find Bai Miaoyin there as well.
• Ao Li explained that she and Bai Miaoyin were exchanging cultivation insights, and Gu Chenfeng fled back to his own cabin after making a parting threat to Ao Li.
• Gu Chenfeng reviewed the Star Escape secret art and learned that he needed rare space-attribute wings from a high-level demonic beast to refine the Heaven-Traversing Star Wings.
• Gu Chenfeng resolved to seek the materials and supplies at the alliance headquarters and prepare for his eventual Source Venerable Realm breakthrough.

At the Seven Star Alliance summit, Yuan Liekong questioned Gu Chenfeng’s return and accused him of possibly colluding with the Soul Devouring Beasts. Gu Chenfeng arrived and answered the accusations with a punch that showed he could match Yuan Liekong, leaving the hall stunned.

• Yuan Liekong dismissed reports of Gu Chenfeng’s strength and urged the alliance to consider expelling the Four Symbols Divine Sect if Gu failed to attend.
• Gu Chenfeng entered the summit with Bai Miaoyin, Yichan, and Ao Li, then repelled Yuan Liekong’s attempt to probe him with divine sense.
• Yuan Liekong asked whether Gu had survived by colluding with the Soul Devouring Beasts, while Bai Miaoyin defended Gu and challenged the accusation.
• Gu Chenfeng stopped Ao Li from attacking and offered to prove his allegiance and strength directly.
• Gu Chenfeng and Yuan Liekong exchanged punches, and Yuan Liekong landed unsteadily after retreating half a step.