Recaps

Gu Chenfeng emerged alive from the golden cocoon after comprehending domain power, shocking Luo Sheng and Qi Shan. He used the Limitless Domain to crush Qi Shan’s strength domain and kill him, leaving Luo Sheng facing him alone.

• Qi Shan attacked the golden cocoon, but his strikes had no effect before it cracked open and revealed Gu Chenfeng alive.
• Gu Chenfeng thanked Luo Sheng and Qi Shan for pushing him to comprehend domain power, then said they should die.
• Qi Shan struck Gu Chenfeng, but Gu Chenfeng’s gray-white domain silently erased the attack.
• Gu Chenfeng formed an axe from heaven and earth’s energy and overwhelmed Qi Shan’s counterattack with the Limitless Domain.
• Gu Chenfeng’s axe strike crushed Qi Shan’s domain, bound him with chains of law, and destroyed his body and Primordial Spirit.
• Qi Shan cried that Gu Chenfeng was a True Saint before his final words vanished.

Gu Chenfeng broke through to True Saint, killed Qi Shan, and used the sealing brands to annihilate the Four Races’ forces before turning his axe on Luo Sheng. Three Heavenly Patrol Guards from the Upper Realm arrived and condemned Gu Chenfeng for killing Qi Shan, and he prepared to fight them as well.

• Gu Chenfeng revealed that his completed Limitless Domain had helped him break through directly to True Saint and slay Qi Shan with one axe strike.
• Luo Sheng threatened the allied forces, but Gu Chenfeng activated the sealing brands on the Four Races’ survivors, causing them to explode across the Seven Star Continent.
• Gu Chenfeng struck Luo Sheng with Qi Shan’s battle axe, breaking through the Saint-Hiding Golden Hall and wounding him.
• Three Heavenly Patrol Guards descended from the Upper Realm and accused Gu Chenfeng of killing Qi Shan.
• Gu Chenfeng rejected their judgment and declared that he would kill all three guards too.

Gu Chenfeng defeated the three Heavenly Patrol Guards, but Commander Sun arrived and threatened to execute him and punish the world. Just as Gu Chenfeng prepared to face Commander Sun, three powerful figures emerged to protect him.

• Gu Chenfeng used his Limitless Domain and Battle Axe to overpower the three Heavenly Patrol Guards and destroy their domains.
• The wounded guards fled toward the plane rift, but Gu Chenfeng trapped their Flying Boat with law chains.
• A crimson spear from the plane rift forced Gu Chenfeng back, and Commander Sun appeared, freed the guards, and condemned Gu Chenfeng and the world.
• Gu Chenfeng resisted Commander Sun’s pressure with his domain and the plane laws, while Commander Sun drew spirit power from the rift to strengthen himself.
• A plane passage opened above Central Province, and three figures arrived beside Gu Chenfeng, declaring that no one could touch their brother.

The Dragon Emperor, Huang Qiu, and Taiching Daoist arrived to aid Gu Chenfeng and revealed they had joined the Dragon-Controlling Guard. Sun Huai withdrew with his subordinates, leaving the Seven Star Continent saved while the newcomers awaited orders from the Upper Realm.

• The Dragon Emperor, Huang Qiu, and Taiching Daoist arrived and reunited with Gu Chenfeng, explaining that the fighting in the Upper Realm had temporarily concluded.
• Taiching Daoist presented a Command Token and announced that the three had joined the Dragon-Controlling Guard to investigate the Four Races’ invasion and the Heaven-Patrolling Guard’s role.
• The Dragon Emperor and Huang Qiu challenged Sun Huai and his subordinates, but Sun Huai claimed they had only come to execute Gu Chenfeng and then decided to withdraw.
• Sun Huai seized Luo Sheng and left for the Upper Realm with his three subordinates after warning them not to confront the Dragon-Controlling Guard.
• The Dragon Emperor stopped Huang Qiu from attacking, and Taiching Daoist reported the incident through the Command Token as the Seven Star Alliance and Chaos Star Domain celebrated their survival.

More than half a year after the war, Gu Chenfeng stabilized his True Saint cultivation and discovered that the Suppressing Artifact had been a second fragment of the Phantom Martial Divine Ruins. He learned that the fragments had merged through the Seven Star Continent’s acknowledgment, but a mysterious force still barred him from entering the newly formed space, before familiar visitors arrived.

• Gu Chenfeng reflected on the hard-won victory over the Four Races and finished stabilizing his cultivation atop Five-Thunder Divine Mountain.
• Gu Chenfeng examined the Divine Ruins Space and found a gray-white barrier leading to a new region formed by the merged fragments.
• Gu Chenfeng recalled how the Five-Colored Treasure Pearl had transformed into a Divine Ruins Fragment and how the fragments merged during the final battle.
• Gu Chenfeng realized the Seven Star Continent’s Plane Laws had acknowledged him through the Origin Power of its living beings, allowing him to wield their power without rejection.
• Gu Chenfeng failed to enter the new space, then went to Elder Wei’s thatched cottage and greeted four familiar figures who arrived together.

Gu Chenfeng met with Taiching Daoist, the Dragon Emperor, and Huang Qiu at Five-Thunder Divine Mountain to learn about the Upper Realm and the forces behind the Seven Star Continent’s invasion. The fourth prince had granted protection to the continent, but the conflict over Marquis Yu and the princes’ struggle for power remained unresolved.

• Huang Qiu, Taiching Daoist, and the Dragon Emperor praised Five-Thunder Divine Mountain as a refuge from the Seven Star Continent’s Plane Laws, while Tongtong stayed close to Gu Chenfeng.
• Taiching Daoist told Gu Chenfeng that the Upper Realm’s Eternal Heaven Realm included Central Earth, where the Human Emperor’s long absence had left the twelve kings and great clans contending for power.
• Taiching Daoist explained that Marquis Yu’s support for the fourth prince had made him a target in the struggle against the second prince’s faction, and that the Four Great Clans and three neighboring Marquisates had attacked his territory.
• Taiching Daoist revealed that the Four Races invaded the Seven Star Continent to destroy evidence connected to Marquis Yu, whose flight there had brought the conflict to the lower plane.
• Gu Chenfeng deduced that the fourth prince was the figure who had promised to protect the Seven Star Continent; Taiching Daoist confirmed that the prince had granted them a Command Token, though the third prince might still pursue the matter.

Gu Chenfeng learned more about the vast Eternal Heaven Realm and the cultivation beyond True Saint, then celebrated his wedding to Ao Li, Liu Fuyan, Shangguan Bingxin, and Su Wanyue. At the feast, Yin Hongluan proposed that she and Xuan Bing get Gu Chenfeng drunk and share a bridal chamber with him.

• Gu Chenfeng listened as Taiching Daoist, the Dragon Emperor, and Huang Qiu encouraged him and explained cultivation beyond True Saint.
• Three months later, prominent guests gathered at the Four Symbols Divine Sect for Gu Chenfeng's wedding to Ao Li, Liu Fuyan, Shangguan Bingxin, and Su Wanyue.
• Gu Lingxiao and Gu Beiwu presided over the wedding, and Gu Beiwu repeatedly scolded and knocked Gu Lingxiao on the forehead.
• Gu Qingxuan teased Gu Yanshuang about marrying Gu Chenfeng, and the sisters playfully tussled.
• Xuan Bing drank alone until Yin Hongluan joined her, admitted she had wanted a child with Gu Chenfeng, and proposed that they get him drunk and share a bridal chamber with him.

On his wedding night, Gu Chenfeng gathered his four wives together, then visited Yuqing and discovered she had been avoiding him because she was only a wisp of Taiching Daoist's avatar. He persuaded Yuqing to accept him and began their wedding night before they had performed the wedding bows, while Taiching Daoist sensed something strange from afar.

• After the banquet, Gu Chenfeng transported Liu Fuyan, Su Wanyue, Shangguan Bingxin, and Ao Li to one bed and spent the night with them.
• Gu Chenfeng crossed the continent to find Yuqing at her concealed Cave Abode and asked why she had avoided his wedding.
• Yuqing told Gu Chenfeng that she could not fulfill her promise because she was no longer herself, and he left her alone.
• After Gu Chenfeng vanished, Yuqing admitted she still cared for him but feared she was unworthy because she was a wisp of Taiching Daoist's avatar.
• Gu Chenfeng returned to Yuqing's Cave Abode, decorated it for a wedding, and told her he recognized her as herself before embracing her.
• Yuqing reminded Gu Chenfeng they had not performed the wedding bows, but he continued, while Taiching Daoist felt a strange reaction and left her gathering.

Three years after the decisive battle, the Seven Star Continent had recovered and flourished as Gu Chenfeng cared for his pregnant wives and rewarded Ao Li with a Saint Level crystal. The Dragon-Controlling Guard then arrived with new orders to investigate the Four Races’ invasion and seal the passage to the Upper Realm until the investigation was complete.

• The Seven Star Continent recovered its vitality after Gu Chenfeng returned the Four Races’ essence and life energy to the land.
• Gu Chenfeng stopped Liu Fuyan, Su Wanyue, and Shangguan Bingxin’s combat practice, gave them nourishing pills, and reminded Ao Li to be careful while guiding them.
• Gu Chenfeng gave Ao Li a Saint Level crystal and reassured her about her low chances of conceiving.
• Gu Chenfeng, the Dragon Emperor, the Barbarian God, and Taiching Daoist entered a golden cloud to meet the Dragon-Controlling Envoys.
• Chen Bo explained that the Dragon-Controlling Guard and Heavenly Patrol Guards would investigate the Four Races’ invasion and that the passage had to remain sealed until the investigation was complete.

Chen Bo announced that the Seven Star Continent would be sealed off to beings below Saint Level, though Gu Chenfeng and the three mighty experts would have several months to prepare before entering the Upper Realm. After Chen Bo departed, Gu Chenfeng discussed the news with Taiching Daoist and learned that Yuqing had become an independent person; he also revealed that he and Yuqing were already married.

• Chen Bo told Gu Chenfeng and the three mighty experts that the Heavenly Patrol Guards and Dragon-Controlling Guard would jointly investigate the Four Races’ invasion and seal off the Seven Star Continent to beings below Saint Level.
• Chen Bo explained that the seal would take effect within three days in the Upper Realm, giving the Seven Star Continent several months to prepare, and invited the group to visit him after they arrived.
• Chen Bo withdrew the Dragon-Controlling Guards, and Gu Chenfeng and the three mighty experts agreed that the continent’s preservation was a tolerable outcome; the Dragon Emperor and Huang Qiu planned to visit their clans before leaving.
• The Dragon Emperor and Huang Qiu departed, while Gu Chenfeng told them he would make arrangements for his family before the sealing.
• Taiching Daoist explained that Yuqing had become an independent individual and could no longer merge with him; Gu Chenfeng then told him that he and Yuqing had already married.
• Taiching Daoist congratulated Gu Chenfeng but urged him not to visit Yuqing so often at night, then left; Gu Chenfeng remained puzzled and considered bringing Yuqing to the Four Symbols Divine Sect.

Months after the Seven Star Continent was saved, Gu Chenfeng and the other experts prepared to travel to the Eternal Heaven Realm, while Yuqing chose to stay behind and protect their family and the continent. Gu Chenfeng entered the golden passage, resolved to find his mother and eventually bring his loved ones to the Upper Realm.

• The Dragon Emperor, the Barbarian God, Tongtong, the Three Kings of the Chaos Star Domain, and the Seven Star Alliance experts gathered to depart, while Taiching Daoist concealed her awkward reaction to Tongtong’s news about Gu Chenfeng and Yuqing.
• Gu Chenfeng arrived with his five wives and the Gu Clan, said farewell to his family, and received a broken jade pendant from Gu Lingxiao that might help him find his mother in the Upper Realm.
• Gu Chenfeng urged his pregnant wives and Ao Li to take care of themselves, but Yuqing refused to join the journey so she could protect the Seven Star Continent and their family.
• Yuqing embraced Taiching Daoist, called her sister, and asked her to care for Gu Chenfeng, explaining that their hearts were connected.
• Gu Chenfeng and the others ascended through the golden passage as he vowed to find a way to lift the Seven Star Continent’s seal and reunite everyone in the Upper Realm.

Gu Chenfeng and the others traveled through the Golden Passage toward the Eternal Heaven Realm while he adapted to the Upper Realm’s laws and reviewed his growing strength. As his Starry Sky Divine Sense Art reached its second level, Marquis Yu’s legacy revealed a new secret art: the Feathered Myriad Sword Formation.

• Chen Bo used the Dragon-Controlling Edict to carry Gu Chenfeng, the Four Great Experts, and the Three Kings through the spatial tides toward the Eternal Heaven Realm, while the Seven Star Continent’s two Spatial Passages were sealed.
• Chen Bo told Gu Chenfeng and the others that they would reach the Eternal Heaven Realm in about ten days, and Gu Chenfeng, Tongtong, and the Three Kings went to their cabins to adapt to the changing Plane Laws.
• Gu Chenfeng assessed his perfected Three Systems Energy, formidable Limitless Domain, and newly created Limitless Axe Technique as he traveled.
• Gu Chenfeng examined Qi Shan’s storage ring and reviewed his treasures, including the battle axe, Guixu Cauldron, and Five-Thunder Divine Mountain.
• Gu Chenfeng advanced his Starry Sky Divine Sense Art to its second level and discovered the Feathered Myriad Sword Formation on Marquis Yu’s Golden Palace Jade Page.

Gu Chenfeng and his companions crossed into the Eternal Heaven Realm, where powerful plane laws suppressed their strength even as richer spiritual energy promised faster cultivation. They headed for the Dragon-Controlling Guard’s northwestern branch camp, while Gu Chenfeng considered the chance to claim the Feather Transformation Marquisate.

• Gu Chenfeng studied the Feathered Myriad Sword Formation in the Phantom Martial Divine Ruins while sensing the growing pressure of the Eternal Heaven Realm’s rules.
• Taiching Daoist summoned Gu Chenfeng to the deck, where Chen Bo used the Dragon-Controlling Edict to open a passage through the vast law chains and guide the airship into the Eternal Heaven Realm.
• Gu Chenfeng experienced the upper realm’s rich spiritual energy and learned that its rules suppressed martial power and accelerated the consumption of life essence.
• Chen Bo explained that the Dragon-Controlling Guard was stationed at the border to keep the chaotic Feather Transformation Marquisate from worsening until a new Marquis Yu took over, stirring Gu Chenfeng’s interest in the fief.
• Chen Bo activated his waist token to pass the camp’s crimson dragon restrictions, and the group flew toward the Dragon-Controlling Guard’s branch camp.

Gu Chenfeng and his companions arrived at a branch camp of the Dragon-Controlling Guard, where he witnessed the strength of the Great Jin Divine Dynasty’s elite forces. Left Commandant Zhuo Zhengting tested Gu Chenfeng’s composure and considered recruiting him, but said a friend wanted to meet him first.

• Gu Chenfeng was shocked by the many Half-Saints, Sub-Saints, and True Saints stationed at the Dragon-Controlling Guard camp, and Taiching Daoist explained that its soldiers were exceptional elites.
• Chen Bo, Taiching Daoist, and the other captains brought Gu Chenfeng and his companions to meet Left Commandant Zhuo Zhengting.
• Zhuo Zhengting’s pressure weighed on Gu Chenfeng and the others, but Gu Chenfeng stood firm using the Heaven-Opening Creation Art and his Limitless Domain.
• Zhuo Zhengting praised Gu Chenfeng’s strength and bearing, and Gu Chenfeng thanked him for helping protect the Seven Star Continent.
• Huang Qiu recommended Gu Chenfeng for the Dragon-Controlling Guard, and Zhuo Zhengting said Gu Chenfeng qualified for special admission but should first meet a friend of his.

Gu Chenfeng met Cao Meng, the commandant's young friend, and traded an illustrated album for Cao Meng's Myriad Puppet Treasure Art. As Gu Chenfeng left, he revealed that he recognized Cao Meng as the Fourth Prince.

• Zhuo Zhengting sent Gu Chenfeng alone to meet the commandant's friend in a tent at the rear of camp.
• Gu Chenfeng found Cao Meng carving Spirit Power-infused Puppets and praised them as works of art.
• Cao Meng asked Gu Chenfeng about the Seven Star Continent, and Gu Chenfeng recounted its long resistance and his victory over the Four Races.
• Gu Chenfeng gave Cao Meng an illustrated album, and Cao Meng exchanged it for the Myriad Puppet Treasure Art.
• As Cao Meng saw him off, Gu Chenfeng bowed and addressed him as the Fourth Prince.

Gu Chenfeng returned Marquis Yu’s Command to Fourth Prince Cao Meng and declined offers of a military post or personal service, choosing instead to receive a territory. Cao Meng agreed to grant it within a month and prepared to return to the Great Jin Divine Dynasty, while ordering his guard merely to watch Gu Chenfeng.

• Gu Chenfeng deduced that Cao Meng was the Fourth Prince and impressed him with his reasoning.
• Gu Chenfeng gave Cao Meng Marquis Yu’s Command, explaining that he did not consider himself Marquis Yu’s chosen successor and was returning the decree to its rightful owner.
• Cao Meng offered Gu Chenfeng a place in the Dragon-Controlling Guard, a role as a personal guard, or a territory, and Gu Chenfeng chose the territory.
• Cao Meng told Gu Chenfeng to remain with the Dragon-Controlling Guard until the grant arrived within a month, then said he would return to the divine dynasty.
• Cao Meng rejected his guard’s suggestion to search Gu Chenfeng’s memories and ordered him only to keep an eye on Gu Chenfeng.

Gu Chenfeng survived his meeting with Cao Meng by handing over Marquis Yu's Command and choosing a territory of his own rather than joining the Fourth Prince's forces. Meanwhile, the Second Prince learned that Cao Meng had likely secured the command and ordered his forces to focus on their rivalry while leaving Gu Chenfeng alone for now.

• Gu Chenfeng realized a hidden expert had been watching him and felt the killing intent fade after he gave Marquis Yu's Command to Cao Meng.
• Gu Chenfeng chose the reward of receiving territory and remaining independent, believing it was safer than joining the Fourth Prince's forces.
• The Second Prince learned the Four Races had failed to recover Marquis Yu's Command and suspected Cao Meng had obtained it.
• The Second Prince ordered the Seven Star Continent blockade maintained, the Dragon-Controlling Guard kept in check, and the Four Races punished.
• After learning Gu Chenfeng was among the Lower Realm cultivators at a Dragon-Controlling Guard camp, the Second Prince dismissed him as unimportant and ordered his agent not to act.

Gu Chenfeng demonstrated strength comparable to a peak True Saint while sparring with four Dragon-Controlling Guards, then received the court’s decree granting him rewards and a new post. The decree appointed him city lord of Black Iron City and made him a viscount, setting the next stage of his future in the Eternal Heaven Realm.

• Gu Chenfeng fought four late-stage True Saint Dragon-Controlling Guards and defeated them using his Limitless Domain and Heaven's Mandate Nine Strikes Secret Art.
• Chen Bo praised Gu Chenfeng’s strength and offered him a deputy captain position, but Gu Chenfeng said he wanted to explore the Eternal Heaven Realm instead of joining the Dragon-Controlling Guard.
• Gu Chenfeng reflected that he had reached the mid-stage True Saint realm and believed he could defeat peak True Saint opponents and briefly contend with Saint Warrior experts.
• A soldier reported that the court’s rewards had arrived, and Gu Chenfeng went with the Four Great Experts and Chen Bo to the Central Army Tent.
• Zhuo Zhengting read the divine dynasty’s decree granting Gu Chenfeng one thousand low-grade spirit stones, two mid-grade saint weapons, the post of city lord of Black Iron City, and the rank of viscount.

Gu Chenfeng accepted the appointment as viscount and city lord of Black Iron City despite warnings that the border city was perilous. He received the Fourth Prince’s Command Token and prepared to leave for his new post immediately.

• Zhuo Zhengting announced that Gu Chenfeng had been appointed city lord of Black Iron City and granted the rank of viscount.
• Taiching Daoist, the Dragon Emperor, Huang Qiu, and Chen Bo warned Gu Chenfeng that Black Iron City was dangerous and urged him to join the Fourth Prince’s Personal Guards instead.
• Gu Chenfeng chose to accept the appointment, reasoning that governing a city offered more independence and opportunity than remaining caught between the princes.
• Zhuo Zhengting gave Gu Chenfeng a Command Token that would let him seek the Fourth Prince’s help once and warned that the Second Prince’s faction might target him as he rose.
• Gu Chenfeng accepted the edict, rewards, and appointment documents, then said he would set out for Black Iron City that day.

Gu Chenfeng departed for Black Iron City with Tongtong and the Three Kings after bidding farewell to the Dragon Emperor, Huang Qiu, and Taiching Daoist. While traveling through the Feather Transformation Marquisate, he received an ambush and used the Shadow Soul-Chasing Needle to kill three Sub-Saint bandit leaders.

• Gu Chenfeng, Tongtong, and the Three Kings said goodbye to the Dragon Emperor, Huang Qiu, and Taiching Daoist before flying toward Blackwater City.
• In the commandant's tent, Chen Bo warned Zhuo Zhengting that Gu Chenfeng's refusal to become a pawn in the political struggle would make his path dangerous.
• During the journey, Gu Chenfeng examined the Fourth Prince's token and refined the Wood Yi Shield and Shadow Soul-Chasing Needle he had selected as rewards.
• More than half a month into the trip, Tongtong and the Three Kings fought a bandit group whose three leaders were Sub-Saints.
• Gu Chenfeng used the Shadow Soul-Chasing Needle to kill all three Sub-Saint leaders, causing the remaining bandits to flee.

Gu Chenfeng and his companions traveled through the chaotic Feather Transformation Marquisate, fighting off bandits and gathering resources before reaching Black Iron City. At the eastern gate, Yin Hongluan announced Gu Chenfeng’s official arrival as city lord to the startled guards.

• Gu Chenfeng used the Shadow Soul-Chasing Needle to kill three Sub-Saint bandit leaders, and Tongtong and the Three Kings collected the spoils.
• Gu Chenfeng learned from Yin Hongluan that the Feather Transformation Marquisate had fallen into disorder after Marquis Yu’s death, while the group continued defeating bandits and accumulating resources.
• During the journey, Gu Chenfeng learned about the Eternal Heaven Realm’s cultivation levels and the rarity of Sub-Saint and Saint experts.
• After a month of travel, Gu Chenfeng’s party reached Black Iron City and noticed its defensive formation and Spirit Power seemed weak.
• Black Iron City’s guards surrounded Gu Chenfeng’s Airship and demanded fees, but Yin Hongluan identified Gu Chenfeng as the newly appointed city lord and ordered them to clear the way.

Gu Chenfeng arrived in Black Iron City and learned from Deputy City Lord Liu Youfang that rampant bandits had devastated the city while the authorities ignored its plight. After Liu handed over the city seal at a private banquet, Gu Chenfeng drank the wine and identified it as a possible ingredient in Origin-Scattering Incense.

• Yin Hongluan showed Black Iron City's guards Gu Chenfeng's official appointment, and Liu Youfang came out to welcome him.
• Gu Chenfeng entered the city with Tongtong and the Three Kings, then toured its deserted streets and saw the damage caused by bandits.
• Liu Youfang explained that bandits had plundered the city and that Black Iron City's previous two City Lords had died trying to stop them.
• Liu Youfang guided Gu Chenfeng to the City Lord's Manor, reported on the city's affairs, and handed him the great seal.
• At a private banquet, Gu Chenfeng drank Liu Youfang's spirit wine, recognized it as a possible component of Origin-Scattering Incense, and asked where Liu had obtained it.

Gu Chenfeng exposed Deputy City Lord Liu Youfang’s attempt to poison and ambush him, then defeated him and subdued the attackers. The guards lay incapacitated in the City Lord’s hall as Liu Youfang remained pinned beneath Gu Chenfeng’s axe.

• Gu Chenfeng revealed the wine contained Origin-Scattering Incense and confronted Liu Youfang about the hidden attackers.
• Liu Youfang attacked Gu Chenfeng, but Gu Chenfeng’s Azure Dragon Reverse Scale and domain power neutralized his strikes and secret blade.
• Gu Chenfeng struck Liu Youfang with his battle axe, gravely wounding him and pinning him to the floor.
• Four Sub-Saint experts and armed guards charged into the hall, then froze when they saw Liu Youfang defeated.
• Gu Chenfeng sent a silver needle through the attackers’ vital acupoints, causing them to collapse and cry out in pain.

Gu Chenfeng defeated Liu Youfang’s ambush in the City Lord’s Manor and captured the Deputy City Lord, who hinted that someone powerful stood behind him. After Gu Chenfeng tortured Liu Youfang with the Sealing Mark, Liu Youfang finally agreed to reveal everything, but Gu Chenfeng began the punishment again.

• Gu Chenfeng neutralized the poisoned wine, overcame Liu Youfang’s ambush, and pinned him beneath his axe.
• Gu Chenfeng questioned Liu Youfang about who had ordered the attack, while Liu Youfang warned him not to harm him because of his powerful backing.
• Tongtong used the Ten Thousand Yin Banner to capture everyone else in the hall, including the wounded Sub-Saint cultivators.
• Gu Chenfeng sealed Liu Youfang with the Sealing Mark and subjected him to repeated tortures until he agreed to talk.
• Gu Chenfeng ignored Liu Youfang’s promise to reveal everything and began the torture again.

Gu Chenfeng forced Liu Youfang to confess his conspiracy with the three sects and learned that powerful neighboring cities might be backing them. He decided to stabilize Black Iron City before confronting its enemies and planned to fund its recovery with Liu Youfang’s fortune and forced labor from the captured villains.

• Gu Chenfeng revived Liu Youfang after torturing him and threatened him into revealing everything.
• Liu Youfang confessed that he had conspired with the Azure Wolf Sect, Profound Yin Valley, and Iron Halberd Gate to assassinate Gu Chenfeng and keep control of Black Iron City.
• Liu Youfang revealed that the three sects had True Saints and secretly paid tribute to three powerful neighboring cities that might support their efforts to take Black Iron City’s resources.
• Gu Chenfeng concluded that the plot was driven by local interests rather than the Second Prince and decided to secure Black Iron City before confronting the sects.
• Liu Youfang disclosed that fewer than a tenth of the city’s resources and inhabitants remained, including two black iron ore veins and several dozen mu of spirit fields.
• Gu Chenfeng suggested that Liu Youfang contribute his accumulated wealth to rebuild the city and that the captured villains be made to work in the mines and fields.