Recaps

Gu Chenfeng exposed Tie Shan as a spy for Heavenly Saint City and spared him after he swore a Blood Pact to serve Mountain-Slaying City. After the battle, Yin Hongluan persuaded the hesitant Yin Gui King to form an alliance against Heavenly Saint City, leaving Mountain-Slaying City and Nether River City bound to fight together.

• Gu Chenfeng blocked Tie Shan at the gorge exit, revealed that he had been secretly passing information to Heavenly Saint City, and defeated him when he tried to flee.
• Gu Chenfeng offered Tie Shan a chance to atone, and Tie Shan swore a Blood Pact to dedicate himself to Mountain-Slaying City.
• The Yin Gui King surveyed the battle's casualties and hesitated when Yin Hongluan proposed an alliance against Heavenly Saint City.
• The Poison Hand General urged the Yin Gui King to accept, while Yin Hongluan and Gu Chenfeng reinforced the pressure by preparing to leave without an agreement.
• The Yin Gui King changed his mind and agreed to sign a Blood Pact with Yin Hongluan, committing Nether River City to fight Heavenly Saint City alongside Mountain-Slaying City.

Gu Chenfeng and Yin Hongluan secured the Yin Gui King’s alliance through a deception that turned him against Heavenly Saint City, then headed to recruit the Heavenly Demon King. On the journey, Yin Hongluan explained that a powerful recluse at Five-Thunder Divine Mountain might be a True Saint, a realm beyond the Sub-Saints.

• The Sky-Splitting King and the Yin Gui King swore a Blood Pact to resist Heavenly Saint City, and Yin Hongluan proposed recruiting the Heavenly Demon King.
• Gu Chenfeng and Yin Hongluan traveled toward Heavenly Demon City together and reviewed how they had used the Ghost King Token, Gu Chenfeng’s disguise, and planted informants to trick the Yin Gui King into allying with them.
• Yin Hongluan said Tie Shan had severed contact with Heavenly Saint City and was supplying intelligence, while she and the Yin Gui King would pressure Ji Qianqiu to join their alliance.
• Gu Chenfeng asked Yin Hongluan about Heavenly Saint City’s strength and the mysterious figure at Five-Thunder Divine Mountain, and she said the figure had seized the mountain from Heavenly Saint City and was feared by every faction.
• Yin Hongluan explained that Sub-Saints could become True Saints by perfecting their Domain Power into a Flawless Domain.

Gu Chenfeng learned that a True Saint might be concealed in the Saint-Seizing Land and resolved to find the treasure that could restrain him. At Ten Thousand Demons City, the group discovered Heavenly Demon King and Ji Yun were missing, but Ji Yun’s Jade Pendant revealed a direction to search.

• Yin Hongluan explained that True Saints could enter lower planes only by using special methods to hide their power from the Plane Laws, and Gu Chenfeng suspected the Golden Divine Hall was such a treasure.
• Three days later, Gu Chenfeng, Yin Hongluan, and Ming Nine Netherworlds arrived at Ten Thousand Demons City and learned Heavenly Demon King was absent after Ji Yun disappeared and he received a secret letter from Heavenly Saint City.
• Gu Chenfeng and Yin Hongluan concluded Heavenly Saint City had likely lured Heavenly Demon King out by taking Ji Yun, while Yin Gui King worried the king had been captured or forced into an alliance.
• Gu Chenfeng produced Ji Yun’s personal Jade Pendant, which Phantom Face General recognized, prompting Yin Gui King to tease him as the man on the side.
• Gu Chenfeng activated the Jade Pendant, and a blue point of light appeared in its northeastern direction, giving the group a lead to follow.

Gu Chenfeng used a Soul-Seizing Talisman to free Ji Yun from a Soul Devouring Beast that had possessed her and led him to a trap. Yin Gui King controlled the beast and made it guide the group toward the Heavenly Saint City gathering place, while Ji Yun was sent back to Ten Thousand Demons City.

• Gu Chenfeng followed the Jade Pendant to a mountain spring and found Ji Yun bathing, then pretended to profess his love for her.
• Gu Chenfeng secretly struck Ji Yun with Yin Gui King's Soul-Seizing Talisman, driving the Soul Devouring Beast out of her body.
• Yin Gui King restrained and controlled the Soul Devouring Beast, explaining that it had possessed Ji Yun to investigate Gu Chenfeng and lure him away.
• Yin Hongluan and the eight generals arrived and scolded Gu Chenfeng after hearing his act, while Yin Gui King cast Soul-Seizing Guidance on the beast.
• The group flew after the Soul Devouring Beast toward its gathering place, and one bird carried Ji Yun back to Ten Thousand Demons City.

Yin Hongluan, Ming Nine Netherworlds, and Gu Chenfeng uncovered the hidden mountain where Dark Owl and Yan Yu were holding the Heavenly Demon King, Ji Qianqiu. Gu Chenfeng reached the cave and found Ji Qianqiu bound in a blood ritual, along with a familiar young man at its center.

• Ming Nine Netherworlds detonated a Soul Devouring Beast to break the formation hiding the mountain.
• Dark Owl and Yan Yu emerged with six Soul Devouring Race Half-Saints, and Dark Owl revealed that the Heavenly Demon King was inside.
• Yin Hongluan attacked Dark Owl while Ming Nine Netherworlds fought Yan Yu, and the generals engaged the Half-Saints.
• Gu Chenfeng, Yin Xiaohe, and Tie Shan broke the cave barrier and entered as the battle began outside.
• Gu Chenfeng found Ji Qianqiu chained above a blood pool while a ritual drained his demon qi and infused him with a foreign power.
• Gu Chenfeng recognized the pale young man in the blood-red robe sitting at the center of a smaller pool.

Gu Chenfeng confronted Mingluo in the cave while Tie Shan and Yin Xiaohe moved to free the Heavenly Demon King. Gu Chenfeng withstood Mingluo’s attacks, but Mingluo prepared to unleash more of his power as their battle continued.

• Gu Chenfeng recognized Mingluo, then told Tie Shan and Yin Xiaohe to break the formation holding the Heavenly Demon King.
• Mingluo sent two blood blades after Tie Shan and Yin Xiaohe, but Gu Chenfeng intercepted them with dark gold fist auras.
• Gu Chenfeng fought Mingluo’s blood blades and enormous palm projections, countering them with his Indestructible Golden Body and spear techniques.
• Gu Chenfeng charged Mingluo and unleashed Heaven-Smiting Slash, forcing Mingluo to block with his blood-colored great halberd.
• Mingluo declared that he would show Gu Chenfeng the strength of a Saint-Level Expert and exposed his killing intent.

Gu Chenfeng fought Mingluo, wounding him briefly before being driven onto the defensive by Mingluo’s Asura Battle Body. As Gu Chenfeng and Mingluo remained locked in battle, Yin Xiaohe and Tie Shan failed to break the formation imprisoning the Heavenly Demon King, and Mingluo revealed that it would transform the captive into a member of the Blood Nether Race within half a day.

• Mingluo trapped Gu Chenfeng in his Asura Domain, but Gu Chenfeng used Star Escape and Starfall Soul Tribulation to evade the attack and wound Mingluo.
• Mingluo activated his Asura Battle Body and overwhelmed Gu Chenfeng, who used the Dragon Scales Greatshield, a star formation, and curse power to survive.
• Mingluo recognized that Gu Chenfeng had mastered the ultimate techniques of several ancient experts and attacked him with renewed murderous intent.
• Yin Xiaohe and Tie Shan tried to rescue the Heavenly Demon King, but the silver barrier and blood-colored chains prevented them from reaching the formation.
• Mingluo told Gu Chenfeng that the Blood Prison Shared Pact Formation had been created with the Spirit-Speech Clan’s commander and would transform the Heavenly Demon King into a Blood Nether within half a day.

Gu Chenfeng learned how to break the Spirit-Speech Clan’s formation from Luo Sheng and entered it deliberately to strike its hidden weak points. The formation began to destabilize as Gu Chenfeng invoked its release, while Mingluo rushed to stop him.

• Mingluo explained that the formation could not be broken quickly, and Gu Chenfeng’s attacks failed to damage it.
• Mingluo injured Tie Shan and Yin Xiaohe, allowing blood-colored chains to capture them and seal them inside with the Heavenly Demon King.
• Gu Chenfeng tortured Luo Sheng until he revealed how to break the formation, then verified the method on the Enlightenment Platform.
• Gu Chenfeng let the formation’s chains drag him inside and struck several points on the barrier with spear shadows as its sealing power weakened him.
• Gu Chenfeng formed an ancient sigil and commanded the formation to release its seal, while Mingluo hurried toward it.

Gu Chenfeng broke the formation and freed Yin Xiaohe and Tie Shan, but the Heavenly Demon King, Ji Qianqiu, attacked them under Mingluo’s bloodline corruption. With his companions’ help, Gu Chenfeng used Divine Dragon essence blood to awaken Ji Qianqiu, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• Gu Chenfeng used the Spirit-Speech Clan’s formation-breaking method to destroy the blood chains and free himself, Yin Xiaohe, and Tie Shan.
• Gu Chenfeng awakened Ji Qianqiu, but Ji Qianqiu’s blood-red eyes revealed that Mingluo’s secret method had corrupted him and turned him against Gu Chenfeng.
• Gu Chenfeng, Yin Xiaohe, and Tie Shan fought Ji Qianqiu while Mingluo continued draining his Demon Race bloodline and strengthening the Blood Nether Race aura within him.
• Gu Chenfeng coordinated with Yin Xiaohe and Tie Shan to restrain Ji Qianqiu, then placed a drop of Divine Dragon essence blood on his brow and invoked the Azure Dragon’s power to try to wake him.

Gu Chenfeng rescued the Heavenly Demon King, turning the battle against Heavenly Saint City in the Chaos Star Domain’s favor. After their enemies retreated, Ji Qianqiu thanked Gu Chenfeng and agreed to ally Ten Thousand Demons City with Mountain-Slaying City and Nether River City.

• Ming Nine Netherworlds urged Yin Hongluan to retreat and reminded her to think of her child with Gu Chenfeng, but she decided to enter the cave and help him.
• A dragon roar sounded from the cave, and Gu Chenfeng emerged riding the Heavenly Demon King as they drove Mingluo back.
• Yin Xiaohe and Tie Shan joined the fight, giving the Chaos Star Domain’s forces the upper hand against Heavenly Saint City.
• Yan Yu gathered her forces and used a sea of mist to retreat; Yin Hongluan stopped Ming Nine Netherworlds from pursuing them.
• Ji Qianqiu thanked Gu Chenfeng for saving him, and Gu Chenfeng proposed unity against Heavenly Saint City.
• Ji Qianqiu offered a blood-oath alliance between Ten Thousand Demons City, Mountain-Slaying City, and Nether River City.

After the Three Royal Cities allied against Heavenly Saint City, Gu Chenfeng discovered that a supreme blood crystal could greatly accelerate his cultivation. At a strategy meeting in Mountain-Slaying City, Yin Hongluan revealed that the Three Royal Cities shared a hidden origin and asked Gu Chenfeng whether he had heard of the Blood Wall Heavenly Pole Formation.

• Ji Qianqiu swore a blood pact, and the Three Kings and Eight Generals traveled to Mountain-Slaying City to coordinate their resistance against Heavenly Saint City.
• Gu Chenfeng found chaos qi and vast, pure energy in a supreme blood crystal, which boosted his cultivation and helped him refine Saint-Level essence blood.
• Gu Chenfeng arrived in Mountain-Slaying City with the Three Kings and Eight Generals, then attended a closed-door meeting after several days of recovery.
• Gu Chenfeng told Ji Qianqiu and Yin Gui King that he came from the Seven Star Continent and represented it in an alliance against the Upper Realm Four Clans.
• Yin Hongluan reported that the Four Saints had mobilized forces toward the Chaos Star Domain, while the Three Kings resolved to defend their territory.
• Yin Hongluan revealed that the Three Royal Cities had once been one entity, and Ming Nine Netherworlds and Ji Qianqiu asked Gu Chenfeng if he knew of the Blood Wall Heavenly Pole Formation.

Yin Hongluan explained how the three royal cities could activate the Blood Wall Heavenly Pole Formation to defend the Chaos Star Domain, and the cities united as Heavenly Saint City declared war. As the opposing armies prepared for battle, Gu Chenfeng exhausted his supreme blood crystal and contacted Luo Sheng for help with his preparations.

• Yin Hongluan told Gu Chenfeng that the three royal cities were the formation’s nexuses and agreed with Ming Nine Netherworlds and Ji Qianqiu to activate them against Heavenly Saint City.
• Heavenly Saint City declared war, and the three royal cities exposed its intentions, allied together, and called the Chaos Star Domain’s martial artists to gather near Mountain-Slaying City.
• The three royal cities and their ore veins moved together, forming the Blood Wall Heavenly Pole Formation around the Chaos Star Domain as martial artists gathered inside its barrier.
• Gu Chenfeng’s supreme blood crystal cracked after nearly a month of cultivation, leaving him short of the power he needed to reach the Immortal Realm peak.
• After learning Heavenly Saint City’s army would soon reach the gates, Gu Chenfeng sent his divine sense to Luo Sheng and greeted him.

Gu Chenfeng continued interrogating Luo Sheng about the Upper Realm Four Clans and prepared for their coming battle. After half a month of cultivation, he saw Heavenly Saint City's army approaching the three royal cities.

• Gu Chenfeng learned that the Saint-Hiding Golden Hall concealed the workings of heaven, and that a True Saint expert was trapped by the Saint-Seizing Land’s Plane Laws.
• Luo Sheng explained that the Four Races had abandoned Marquis Yu after he refused to surrender a secret treasure, though Luo Sheng did not know what the treasure was.
• Gu Chenfeng decided he could not risk using the Demon Abyss or activate the Time Wheel Space, and returned to the Enlightenment Platform to cultivate.
• Half a month later, bells rang at Mountain-Slaying City, Ten Thousand Demons City, and Nether River City as Heavenly Saint City's army advanced toward them.

Heavenly Saint City launched a massive assault on the three royal cities, but the Chaos Star Domain’s allied forces held their defensive lines through coordinated rotations and a Demon Race counterattack. As the defenders began to believe they had the upper hand, Yin Hongluan and Gu Chenfeng sensed that Heavenly Saint City was about to bring out its real strength.

• Heavenly Saint City charged the three royal cities with vast armies of star beasts and possessed warriors, while Yin Hongluan ordered the allied forces to meet the attack.
• The Chaos Star Domain’s armies formed defensive lines behind the royal cities’ barriers and repelled the star beasts’ initial charge, though casualties mounted under their relentless assaults.
• Flying star beasts threatened to tear apart the allied formation, so the Demon Race army rushed out to engage them and create an opening for the defenders to rotate their exhausted ranks.
• The allied forces repeatedly rotated their front lines and coordinated with the Demon Race, keeping their defenses stable while inflicting heavy losses on the star beast army.
• Ji Qianqiu and Ming Nine Netherworlds dismissed Heavenly Saint City’s attacks, but Yin Hongluan and Gu Chenfeng sensed a change in the enemy’s rear, and Yin Hongluan said their opponents were getting serious.

Heavenly Saint City’s army attacked the Chaos Star Domain allied forces, bringing its elite troops and Four Saints into a full-scale battle against the Three Kings, Eight Generals, and Gu Chenfeng. As the defenders began to lose ground, Yin Hongluan ordered a retreat behind the Blood Huan Heaven-Pole Formation, which shielded the entire army and stopped Heavenly Saint City’s pursuit.

• Heavenly Saint City sent elite squads through the battlefield, putting heavy pressure on the three royal cities’ defensive lines.
• The Four Saints and their Half-Saint subordinates flew toward Mountain-Slaying City, and Yin Hongluan attacked Yan Jin as the Three Kings, Gu Chenfeng, and Eight Generals engaged the enemy’s top fighters.
• Gu Chenfeng fought Mingluo, while Ming Nine Netherworlds, Ji Qianqiu, and the Eight Generals battled their respective opponents; the fighting lasted from daylight until dusk and left the Chaos Star Domain forces at a disadvantage.
• Yin Hongluan, Ming Nine Netherworlds, and Ji Qianqiu agreed to retreat, and the allied army withdrew in an orderly formation toward the three-city barrier.
• The Blood Huan Heaven-Pole Formation expanded to cover the retreating army, destroying enemies that tried to enter; the Three Kings then used it to shield their own retreat, and the formation contracted around the three mountains.

After two years of defensive warfare against Heavenly Saint City, Gu Chenfeng noticed the Four Saints had disappeared and proposed a night raid on their camp. Before the raid could begin, Heavenly Saint City sounded its attack horn, leaving the allied leaders on alert.

• Mingluo failed to break the Blood Huan Heaven-Pole Formation, and Yan Yu ordered Heavenly Saint City’s army to withdraw and resume its attack the next day.
• Gu Chenfeng and the allied leaders agreed to rely on the barrier, monitor Heavenly Saint City, and prepare for further fighting.
• Over the next two years, the two armies fought recurring battles as Heavenly Saint City tried to breach the barrier and the allied army destroyed its formations and pillboxes.
• At a command meeting, Gu Chenfeng pointed out that Heavenly Saint City’s Four Saints had not appeared for three months and proposed raiding their camp that night.
• The Sky-Splitting King agreed to accompany Gu Chenfeng, but Heavenly Saint City’s attack horn sounded before they could set out, and Yin Hongluan led the others to investigate.

Heavenly Saint City launched an unprecedented assault on the Chaos Star Domain, while the Four Saints offered surrender terms and then engaged the coalition leaders. Gu Chenfeng recognized the Saint-Hiding Golden Hall as it attacked the barrier, and the bloodfire it unleashed began consuming troops who had not retreated to safety.

• Yin Hongluan ordered the coalition to meet Heavenly Saint City's vast attack outside the barrier, where the armies clashed with heavy casualties.
• Mingluo and the other Four Saints appeared with twelve Half-Saints and demanded that the three royal cities' leaders swear blood pacts and submit.
• The Three Kings led an attack against the Four Saints, and Gu Chenfeng fought Mingluo as the enemy remained suspiciously unhurried.
• Gu Chenfeng spotted the Saint-Hiding Golden Hall descending through the demonic qi and warned all troops to retreat.
• The Saint-Hiding Golden Hall struck the Blood Huan Heaven-Pole Formation, which withstood the impact before scarlet bloodfire engulfed the barrier and incinerated troops left outside.

The Four Saints used the Saint-Hiding Golden Hall to refine the people trapped within the Blood Huan Heaven-Pole Formation, while the Three Kings and their allies strengthened the barrier to resist it. After a month of stalemate, the defenders failed to break the Golden Hall’s suppression.

• The Four Saints and twelve Half-Saints activated the Saint-Hiding Golden Hall, sending a sea of blood-red fire over the barrier surrounding the three royal cities.
• The hall’s power penetrated the barrier and began refining the people inside, causing their law power and blood qi to boil and triggering panic among the allied soldiers.
• Yin Hongluan, Ming Nine Netherworlds, and Ji Qianqiu reinforced the Blood Huan Heaven-Pole Formation, drawing energy from the blood crystal ore veins and helping the soldiers stabilize their power.
• The Four Saints declared that they intended to refine the trapped forces and use their energy for the lord inside the Golden Hall and a future attack on the Human and Demon Races.
• A month later, the Three Kings, backed by Gu Chenfeng and the Eight Generals, pushed the formation against the Golden Hall’s suppression but failed to break through.

With the Chaos Star Domain trapped beneath the Saint-Hiding Golden Hall, Yin Hongluan revealed a plan to complete the Blood Huan Heaven-Pole Formation and break free. She identified Gu Chenfeng as the likely fourth pole and sent him to seek supreme blood crystals at Five-Thunder Divine Mountain, hinting that she could help him escape.

• Yin Hongluan estimated that the Blood Huan Heaven-Pole Formation could withstand the Saint-Hiding Golden Hall for only three to five years.
• Ming Nine Netherworlds suggested negotiating surrender, but Yin Hongluan and Ji Qianqiu rejected the idea and argued against abandoning their alliance with Gu Chenfeng.
• Yin Hongluan explained that adding a fourth Sub-Saint expert and a fourth energy source could let the formation break the Golden Hall's suppression.
• She proposed moving the top-grade blood crystal ore vein near Mountain-Slaying City to serve as the new energy source.
• Yin Hongluan named Gu Chenfeng as the best candidate for the fourth pole and said supreme blood crystals could help him reach Sub-Saint-level power.
• Yin Hongluan told Gu Chenfeng to obtain supreme blood crystals from Five-Thunder Divine Mountain, then asked him to guess why she was called the Sky-Splitting King.

Yin Hongluan used the Sky-Splitting Clan’s secret method to send Gu Chenfeng out of the barrier so he could seek power at Five-Thunder Divine Mountain. After evading the Four Saints and Heavenly Saint City’s patrols, Gu Chenfeng headed toward the Mist Forest, determined to save the Chaos Star Domain.

• Yin Hongluan activated the underground formation and opened a brief spatial passage, and Gu Chenfeng entered it to escape the barrier.
• The Three Kings agreed to reinforce the barrier while trusting Gu Chenfeng to return and help them.
• The Four Saints sensed an unusual fluctuation, but Mingluo dismissed the familiar aura he had detected as his imagination.
• Gu Chenfeng concealed his aura, slipped past the Four Saints and Heavenly Saint City’s patrols, and reached a desolate mountain range.
• Gu Chenfeng studied his map and set out for Five-Thunder Divine Mountain, wary of the Strange Old Man who occupied it.

Gu Chenfeng traveled through the Mist Forest toward Five-Thunder Divine Mountain while catching Yuqing up on events in the Saint-Seizing Land and learning about developments on the Seven Star Continent. Despite Yuqing's warning that a dangerous figure guarded the mountain, Gu Chenfeng chose to continue, and their conversation ended with Yuqing rebuking him over his insistence that she and the Sky-Splitting King were different.

• Gu Chenfeng contacted Yuqing and learned that the Seven Star Alliance had nearly wiped out the Soul Devouring Beasts and that Tongtong had reached the Half-Saint realm.
• Gu Chenfeng recounted how he united the Chaos Star Domain against Heavenly Saint City and explained that the Saint-Hiding Golden Hall had suppressed the three royal cities.
• Gu Chenfeng told Yuqing he was heading to Five-Thunder Divine Mountain to seek supreme blood crystals, but Yuqing warned that the elderly expert there was nearing death and radiating a dangerous aura.
• Yuqing offered to unseal the Saint-Seizing Land early and fight the Four Saints, but Gu Chenfeng refused because removing the laws' restrictions could unleash even greater dangers.
• Gu Chenfeng insisted on going to Five-Thunder Divine Mountain to save the Chaos Star Domain and honor the Sky-Splitting King's trust, and Yuqing agreed to monitor the expert through the seal.
• Gu Chenfeng teased Yuqing about worrying over him, then claimed there was nothing between him and the Sky-Splitting King and that his relationship with Yuqing was different; Yuqing told him to shut up.

Gu Chenfeng reached Five-Thunder Divine Mountain and confronted the five Half-Saint Star Beasts guarding its sole entrance. After battling their coordinated attacks and enduring their powerful joint strike, he forced his way into the passage.

• Gu Chenfeng restored himself to peak condition before traveling through the Misty Deep Forest toward Five-Thunder Divine Mountain.
• Gu Chenfeng found the mountain protected by a lightning barrier and located the passage guarded by five Half-Saint Star Beasts.
• The five Star Beasts surrounded Gu Chenfeng and attacked together, but he blocked their assaults and drove them back.
• The five Star Beasts fused their five law powers into a powerful strike that sent Gu Chenfeng flying backward and injured them.
• Gu Chenfeng recovered quickly and charged into the passage before the Star Beasts could stop him.

Gu Chenfeng reached the courtyard before Five-Thunder Divine Mountain, where an apparently harmless old man accepted his toll and opened a gateway. Gu Chenfeng saw through the illusion and discovered the old man planned to devour him to prolong his life, leaving them facing off amid the death-filled ruins.

• Gu Chenfeng entered a courtyard filled with powerful treasures and Star Beast cubs, where an old man appeared and claimed to be a toll collector for Five-Thunder Divine Mountain.
• Gu Chenfeng offered the old man a bundle of life-prolonging spiritual treasures, which the old man accepted before opening a gateway to the mountain.
• As Gu Chenfeng approached the gateway, he sensed something was wrong and struck it with his Mountain-Splitting Great Axe, shattering the illusion and revealing a ruined courtyard filled with black mist and death.
• The old man revealed that he wanted to devour Gu Chenfeng for his vitality, Primordial Spirit, and blood, and Gu Chenfeng realized the old man had succumbed to madness.

Gu Chenfeng discovered that the old man guarding Five-Thunder Divine Mountain had turned demonic and was trapped in a sealed space with him. As the old man’s attacks overwhelmed him, Gu Chenfeng found a possible exit in the thatched hut but was seized just short of its door, and he summoned Heart Demon in desperation.

• Gu Chenfeng saw through the old man’s disguise, recognized that he had turned demonic, and tried to flee, but a lightning net sealed the passage.
• The old man’s black energy avatar attacked Gu Chenfeng, breaking through his defenses and injuring him despite the Azure Dragon Reverse Scale protecting his heart.
• Gu Chenfeng evaded the avatar and searched the sealed space, then used the laws of the five elements to locate an anomaly at the thatched hut’s doorway.
• As Gu Chenfeng raced for the hut, the old man’s original body seized him with black qi tentacles and a devouring force, while the avatar lunged for his head.
• Trapped just short of the doorway, Gu Chenfeng shouted for Heart Demon to come out.

Gu Chenfeng awakened the Heart Demon to fight the old man's demonic avatar, but the old man’s devastating palm strike left him gravely injured and unable to resist. Gu Chenfeng reached the Five-Thunder Divine Peak’s barrier, and the old man revealed why he had been trapped there before sinking into slumber.

• Gu Chenfeng summoned the Heart Demon, which possessed him and helped him fight the old man's demonic Qi avatar to a standstill.
• The old man unleashed a powerful palm strike that shattered Gu Chenfeng’s defenses, leaving him severely injured and draining the Heart Demon’s strength.
• Gu Chenfeng landed before the Five-Thunder Divine Peak’s rosy barrier, which repelled the old man's avatar and ended its attack.
• The old man thanked Gu Chenfeng and explained that a mysterious brand had trapped him at the mountain’s foot after he entered to seek refuge and survival.
• The old man said Gu Chenfeng’s vitality had stirred his desire to live and nearly driven him to demonic corruption, then he sank into slumber.