Recaps

The Dragon Emperor, the Barbarian God, and Taiching Daoist arrived at Black Iron City and urged Gu Chenfeng and Tongtong to flee after explaining that the Second Prince had engineered the bandit crisis to destabilize the Feather Transformation Marquisate. Gu Chenfeng refused to leave, despite the danger to the four remaining border cities.

• Gu Chenfeng and Tongtong welcomed the Dragon Emperor, the Barbarian God, and Taiching Daoist, all of whom had reached the peak Saint Warrior realm.
• At a banquet, Taiching Daoist and the others learned about the danger facing the four border cities, then privately explained that the Second Prince and two allied marquisates were behind the bandit crisis.
• The Dragon Emperor explained that Senior Marquis Yu's disciples were divided, the Fourth Prince had gone to Xilin Commandery's Commandery City, and the fallen parts of the commandery would be difficult to recover.
• The Barbarian God told Gu Chenfeng that the enemy would soon attack the four remaining border cities and urged him and Tongtong to leave with them.
• Gu Chenfeng thanked his three friends but refused to leave Black Iron City.

Gu Chenfeng rejected the plan to fake his death and flee, deciding instead to defend Black Iron City and gamble on another way to survive. When the Blood-Seeking Hall’s forces approached, he led the others to the northern gate to meet them.

• Gu Chenfeng explained that abandoning Black Iron City could endanger the Seven Star Continent and implicate the Dragon-Controlling Guard, so Taiching Daoist proposed faking his death to help him escape.
• Taiching Daoist revealed that the Great Jin Divine Dynasty was limiting the conflict to two commanderies and that nine Saint Master level experts had been deployed.
• Gu Chenfeng refused to leave, asked the Dragon Emperor, Barbarian God, and Taiching Daoist to take Tongtong and the Three Kings away, and declared that he would keep the enemy from capturing Black Iron City.
• Ling Wanshuang, Daoist Qingxuan, and Lei Qianjun returned with news that the Blood-Seeking Hall was advancing and would reach Black Iron City in less than two hours.
• Gu Chenfeng welcomed the chance to test his strength and led the group toward the northern city gate.

Gu Chenfeng faced the Blood-Seeking Hall's army as it arrived to attack Black Iron City, but dismissed the threat and handed command to Liu Youfang. Xing Hu ordered an assault after Liu Youfang provoked him from the gate tower.

• Gu Chenfeng told the Dragon Emperor, the Barbarian God, and Taiqing to conceal themselves and watch as the Heroes Alliance's forces approached Black Iron City.
• Xing Hu and Bai Yinfang learned from the chief of Blazing Cloud Stronghold how Gu Chenfeng had transformed Black Iron City, then Xing Hu dismissed the city's defenders as useless.
• Xing Hu recognized Gu Chenfeng from the Immortal Tomb, demanded the four figures surrender, and threatened to destroy the four border cities.
• Gu Chenfeng asked whether the attacking force was only a feint, then left Liu Youfang in command and went to have tea with Ling Wanshuang and the others.
• Liu Youfang insulted Xing Hu from the gate tower until Xing Hu lost his temper and ordered the army to attack Black Iron City.

Blood-Seeking Hall breached Black Iron City's Nine Palace Trapping and Killing Formation with Mystic Ice Formation-Breaking Bows and fire talismans, then charged into the city. Black Iron City revealed hundreds of Thunderfire Divine Mechanism Crossbows and eight Heavenly Thunder Prison Cannons, devastating the invading forces as Xing Hu and Bai Yinfang recognized the cannons.

• Xing Hu ordered Blood-Seeking Hall to bombard Black Iron City's defensive formation, while Bai Yinfang identified it as a top-tier level-four formation.
• Blood-Seeking Hall used Mystic Ice Formation-Breaking Bows and fire talismans to freeze and shatter a section of the formation.
• Xing Hu ordered the army to charge through the breach, and Liu Youfang waited until most of the attackers entered before ordering Black Iron City's defenses to fire.
• Liu Youfang's City Guards unleashed hundreds of Thunderfire Divine Mechanism Crossbows, devastating the charging elites despite their defensive formations.
• Bai Yinfang spotted eight Steel Behemoths on the lookout towers, and their Heavenly Thunder Prison Cannons released lightning that annihilated and crippled Blood-Seeking Hall's troops.

Black Iron City used its powerful weapons and formations to devastate the Blood-Seeking Hall's invading army. With the surviving forces trapped between the city's bombardment and the Heaven-Burning Li Fire Formation, Gu Chenfeng and the three City Lords launched out to face the enemy leaders.

• Xing Hu, Bai Yinfang, and the others recognized eight Heavenly Thunder Prison Cannons among Black Iron City's defenses, while Gu Chenfeng's wealth and dealings with Lu Qingzhou explained how the city had acquired them.
• Black Iron City's cannons and crossbows inflicted heavy casualties on the Blood-Seeking Hall army inside the Nine Palace Trapping and Killing Formation, prompting Xing Hu to order a retreat.
• The Heaven-Burning Li Fire Formation ignited outside the formation and nearly annihilated the retreating troops, leaving the survivors trapped between the flames and the city's weapons.
• Xing Hu, Bai Yinfang, and the chief of Blazing Cloud Stronghold led separate forces toward the city, relying on defensive Magic Treasures to push through the barrage.
• Gu Chenfeng ordered the City Lords to engage the enemy leaders, then flew out to fight Xing Hu as Ling Wanshuang, Daoist Qingxuan, and Lei Qianjun charged after Bai Yinfang and the chief.

Gu Chenfeng overwhelmed and killed Xing Hu, then joined Ling Wanshuang and the others to defeat the remaining Blood-Seeking Hall leaders and wipe out the invading army. Black Iron City celebrated its victory as Gu Chenfeng absorbed the battlefield’s Baleful Resentment Qi to strengthen himself.

• Gu Chenfeng used the Limitless Raging Tide Slash to split Xing Hu’s body, then captured and destroyed Xing Hu’s fleeing Primordial Spirit with the Guixu Cauldron.
• Gu Chenfeng joined Ling Wanshuang and the other two, and they killed Bai Yinfang and the Blazing Cloud Stronghold’s chief.
• Liu Youfang led the elites of the four cities in eliminating the remaining Blood-Seeking Hall forces after the city’s weapons had broken their ranks.
• The Lihuo Heaven-Burning Formation receded, revealing the battlefield, and Black Iron City’s defenders cheered their victory.
• Gu Chenfeng hovered above the battlefield as Yin Baleful Qi gathered into his body and nourished the Nine Deaths Profound Baleful Art.

After Black Iron City repelled Blood-Seeking Hall, Gu Chenfeng decided to fight beyond the city walls to force the Fourth Prince and Commandery Governor Lu Chongyue to commit to the conflict. He cultivated through the night, while Lu Chongyue learned that Black Iron City had annihilated the enemy army.

• At the celebration, Ling Wanshuang, Daoist Qingxuan, and Lei Qianjun toasted Gu Chenfeng as Black Iron City’s battle gains were reported.
• Gu Chenfeng told the Dragon Emperor, the Barbarian God, and Taiching Daoist that he planned to fight to change the conflict’s balance, while they agreed to help defend Black Iron City.
• Gu Chenfeng entered the Training Room and used the Nine Deaths Profound Baleful Art to absorb the baleful resentment qi from the defeated army.
• When the qi stirred violent energy in his mind, Gu Chenfeng entered the Divine Ruins Space and used the Marrow Washing Pool and Dragon-Phoenix Precious Pearl to cleanse the impurities.
• Commandery Governor Lu Chongyue received a report that Black Iron City had annihilated Blood-Seeking Hall’s force before sunset.

Lu Chongyue learned that Gu Chenfeng and Black Iron City had annihilated Blood-Seeking Hall’s army without losses, then discovered Gu Chenfeng had been appointed by Cao Meng. The Fourth Prince arrived expecting the southwestern border to have fallen, but Lu Chongyue’s praise left him confused about Gu Chenfeng’s unexpected victory.

• A messenger told Lu Chongyue that Black Iron City had destroyed Blood-Seeking Hall’s force without casualties, and Gu Chenfeng had slain its Second Boss.
• Lu Chongyue asked Adviser Zhong about Gu Chenfeng and learned he had been appointed directly by the Great Jin Divine Dynasty at Cao Meng’s request.
• Lu Chongyue and Zhong Huai discussed Qi Ling’s wish to find the cultivator who had once saved her before a soldier announced Cao Meng’s arrival.
• Cao Meng worried that the war would ruin his standing and accidentally damaged a Puppet while carving it aboard his Airship.
• Lu Chongyue entered Cao Meng’s cabin and praised his supposed foresight and secret support for Gu Chenfeng, leaving Cao Meng stunned to hear that Black Iron City had won.

Cao Meng learned that Gu Chenfeng had defended Black Iron City and retaken Black Rock City, while Lu Chongyue mistook Gu’s actions for the Fourth Highness’s careful plans. With Xilin Commandery still short of reinforcements, Cao Meng decided to use Marquis Yu’s Command to pressure Feather Transformation City.

• Cao Meng recalled Gu Chenfeng after seeing the art album and listened as Lu Chongyue praised Gu’s defense of Black Iron City and his victory over a Late-Stage Saint Warrior.
• Cao Meng accepted Lu Chongyue’s assumption that Gu was his hidden chess piece and claimed he had stationed Gu in Black Iron City in anticipation of trouble.
• Lu Chongyue explained that Xilin Commandery lacked troops and experts, while Cao Meng said he had requested reinforcements but could not intervene directly.
• A messenger reported that Gu Chenfeng had retaken Black Rock City that morning, prompting Lu Chongyue to praise Cao Meng for supposedly arranging the move.
• Cao Meng resolved to pressure Feather Transformation City into sending aid and revealed Marquis Yu’s Command.

Gu Chenfeng captured Black Rock City, absorbed its baleful resentment qi to strengthen the Nine Deaths Profound Baleful Art, and uncovered the atrocities committed by its bandits. After leaving resources and the city’s defenses intact for nearby cultivators, he set off to attack another fallen city.

• Gu Chenfeng and his puppet army swiftly defeated the garrison of Black Rock City, and he ordered the puppets to seal the city and search for treasures.
• Gu Chenfeng absorbed the battlefield’s baleful resentment qi, attaining minor accomplishment in the art’s first layer and manifesting the Profound Baleful Armor.
• Gu Chenfeng saw the civilians and young women tortured and killed by the bandits, and resolved to avenge the victims while clearing the fallen cities.
• Gu Chenfeng gathered resources from Black Rock City, left some behind, and announced that nearby cultivators could enter and hold the city.
• Gu Chenfeng put away his puppet army and flew toward Flowing Sand City, his next target.

The Second Prince explained how he planned to exploit the Feather Transformation Marquisate’s internal divisions and the Great Jin Divine Dynasty’s rules to expand into Xilin Commandery. An urgent report revealed that Gu Chenfeng had defeated the besiegers of Black Iron City and retaken three cities, prompting the Second Prince to order his elimination.

• The Second Prince told Commandery Governor Yin and Commandery Governor Huang that the Feather Transformation Marquisate would not intervene because suspicion and rivalries had divided Marquis Yu’s disciples.
• The Second Prince explained that he and Fourth Brother could not intervene directly in their father’s political test, and that capturing Xilin Commandery’s four border cities would give the Two Great Marquisates grounds to enter.
• A guard delivered an urgent report that the army besieging Black Iron City had been annihilated and Gu Chenfeng had helped Xilin Commandery reclaim three cities.
• The guard revealed that Gu Chenfeng came from the Seven Star Continent and that Fourth Prince had appointed him city lord ten years earlier.
• The Second Prince wondered whether Fourth Brother had planned these events, then ordered the troops to eliminate Gu Chenfeng.

Gu Chenfeng attacked Fufeng City, where the Heavenly Poison Sect’s leaders had prepared a fortified defense and a poisonous ambush. He breached the city’s formation with Restriction-Breaking Talismans, survived the poison, and led a devastating assault on the defenders.

• The Heavenly Poison Sect’s three leaders discussed Gu Chenfeng’s advance and prepared to hold Fufeng City until reinforcements arrived.
• A strange fog surrounded the city, and Gu Chenfeng appeared with thousands of black-clad cultivators.
• Gu Chenfeng’s forces used Restriction-Breaking Talismans to shatter a section of the Four-Origin True Fire Formation and storm the city.
• The Heavenly Poison Sect’s defenders released Seven-Colored Fragrant Lingzhi poison, but Gu Chenfeng and his army emerged unharmed.
• Gu Chenfeng struck the voluptuous leader with an axe shadow, then ordered his army to bombard the city walls with talisman attacks.

Li Tianhan arrived at Fufeng City too late to stop Gu Chenfeng, then searched for him while Gu recovered in hiding and prepared to keep attacking. At the frontline, Cao Meng and Lu Chongyue coordinated reinforcements and assaults to support Gu Chenfeng’s campaign.

• Li Tianhan and two powerful allies found Fufeng City ruined and its garrison dead, then split their army to search for Gu Chenfeng.
• Gu Chenfeng detected the pursuing force with a Spirit Breath Sensing Talisman and decided to avoid a direct clash while continuing to seize enemy territory.
• Gu Chenfeng restored his divine sense and cultivation by absorbing baleful resentment qi and drawing energy from the Marrow Washing Pool.
• A messenger reported to Lu Chongyue and Cao Meng that Gu Chenfeng had captured Fufeng City and wiped out its defenders.
• Cao Meng told Lu Chongyue that reinforcements were on their way and ordered him to coordinate with Gu Chenfeng and pressure the enemy’s front.

Gu Chenfeng confronted Li Tianhan, the First Boss of Blood-Seeking Hall, after taking Luoshui City and clashed with him in a fierce battle. Gu Chenfeng turned the tide with his secret art and armor, then struck Li Tianhan with a devastating punch that sent him flying.

• Gu Chenfeng absorbed the battlefield’s baleful resentment qi while his puppets searched Luoshui City, and Li Tianhan appeared to confront him.
• Li Tianhan recognized Gu Chenfeng’s puppet army and asked whether he had killed Mo Qianji, but Gu Chenfeng challenged him to attack.
• Gu Chenfeng and Li Tianhan exchanged powerful axe and saber attacks, with Li Tianhan initially gaining a slight advantage.
• Gu Chenfeng activated the True Essence Secret Treasury Art, reversed the fight, and pressed Li Tianhan with Limitless Raging Tide Slash.
• Li Tianhan used his domain power to stabilize his saber attack, then released his weapon and struck at Gu Chenfeng with a close-range dharma seal.
• Gu Chenfeng blocked the seal with Profound Baleful Armor and punched Li Tianhan in the chest, caving it in and sending him flying.

Gu Chenfeng defeated Li Tianhan at Luoshui City, then hid in the mountains to cultivate as the Heroes Alliance prepared to target him. He began breaking through in both his physical cultivation and Power of Profound Meaning.

• Gu Chenfeng defeated Li Tianhan, who escaped with severe injuries, and then withdrew with his Spirit Puppets rather than pursue him.
• Li Tianhan met a Gray-Robed Elder and a Purple-Robed Beauty, told them Gu Chenfeng was far stronger than expected, and urged them to request support from the alliance, including a Saint Master Realm expert.
• Gu Chenfeng concealed himself in the mountains and used the Marrow Washing Pool to absorb the Baleful Resentment Qi collected in Luoshui City.
• Gu Chenfeng's Profound Baleful Armor began transforming as he neared the second layer of the Baleful Intent Fusion realm, while his Power of Profound Meaning also approached a breakthrough.
• Gu Chenfeng resolved to finish cultivating before the alliance could send stronger enemies and focused on advancing both arts.

Gu Chenfeng led the Black Legion in an assault on Azure Mist City, where twelve Heroes Alliance Saint Warrior cultivators ambushed him. He killed nine with his Feathered Myriad Sword Formation and turned to face the three wounded survivors.

• The Black Legion breached Azure Mist City's City-Protecting Grand Formation, and twelve Heroes Alliance Saint Warrior cultivators surrounded Gu Chenfeng.
• Gu Chenfeng revealed that he had detected the ambush and used a dragon roar to stun the twelve cultivators.
• Gu Chenfeng activated the Feathered Myriad Sword Formation and trapped all twelve opponents.
• Li Tianhan, the Gray-Robed Elder, and the Purple-Robed Woman escaped the formation badly wounded, while the other nine cultivators died.
• Gu Chenfeng recalled his flying swords and told the three survivors that they had to die too.

Gu Chenfeng overwhelmed the three peak Saint Warrior realm ambushers and pursued them as they fled. After taking half of Li Tianhan’s wealth and continuing the attack, Gu Chenfeng was struck by a powerful green-light attack from a newly revealed Saint Master realm cultivator.

• Gu Chenfeng used his Limitless Strike to shatter Li Tianhan and the other two cultivators’ combined attack, leaving them gravely wounded.
• Li Tianhan, the Gray-Robed Elder, and the Purple-Robed Woman fled, but Gu Chenfeng pursued and killed the Gray-Robed Elder and the Purple-Robed Woman.
• Gu Chenfeng caught up with Li Tianhan, accepted half of the Blood-Seeking Hall’s wealth, and refused to spare him, declaring that he wanted both his fortune and his life.
• Gu Chenfeng struck Li Tianhan and prepared to finish him, but abruptly turned his axe toward an attack emerging from the nearby void.
• A green-light attack shattered Gu Chenfeng’s axe shadow and forced him backward; he used the True Essence Secret Treasury Art to steady himself as a Saint Master realm cultivator appeared.

Gu Chenfeng faced Luo Ji, a Saint Master realm expert and Luo Sheng’s older cousin, who attacked him with profound-meaning vines and concealed sword strikes. After revealing the increased power of his Profound Baleful Armor, Gu Chenfeng was still overwhelmed by Luo Ji and realized he needed to escape.

• Luo Ji revealed he was Luo Sheng’s older paternal cousin and said the Four Great Families had arranged the Peerless Abyss Pavilion’s pursuit of Gu Chenfeng.
• Luo Ji attacked Gu Chenfeng with vines formed from his power of profound meaning, then used his domain to strengthen them and launch concealed sword strikes.
• Luo Ji broke through Gu Chenfeng’s defenses and trapped him in a cage of vines, but Gu Chenfeng shattered the cage with his second-layer Profound Baleful Armor and counterattacked with Limitless Strike.
• Luo Ji intensified his sword attacks, drove Gu Chenfeng backward, and eroded the defenses of his Profound Baleful Armor.
• Gu Chenfeng judged that he could not overpower Luo Ji and resolved to find a way to escape.

Gu Chenfeng fought Luo Ji to a standstill long enough to escape using a puppet decoy, though the battle left him injured. Luo Ji planned to besiege Black Iron City to draw him out, while Gu Chenfeng hid in the mountains to recover and wait for reinforcements.

• Gu Chenfeng used Limitless Raging Tide Slash, divine sense attacks, and the Feathered Myriad Sword Formation to injure Luo Ji before fleeing.
• Luo Ji caught up with Gu Chenfeng and cleaved him apart, then realized he had destroyed a puppet decoy and returned to find Gu Chenfeng gone.
• Luo Ji told Li Tianhan that he would report Gu Chenfeng to the alliance and proposed besieging Black Iron City to force him to appear.
• Gu Chenfeng escaped to a cave in the mountains, assessed his injuries, and concluded that he could still grow strong enough to challenge a Saint Master-level expert.
• Gu Chenfeng decided to recover and consolidate his cultivation while waiting for the Fourth Prince and the Feather Transformation Marquisate's reinforcements.

Lu Chongyue reported on the stalled defense of Xilin Commandery City and Gu Chenfeng’s victories to Cao Meng, who decided Gu Chenfeng must be protected. After recovering from his injuries, Gu Chenfeng learned the Heroes Alliance was retaking cities and considered abandoning Xilin Commandery.

• Lu Chongyue told Cao Meng that Feather Transformation City’s reinforcements were inadequate and the blockade around Xilin Commandery City could not be broken.
• Cao Meng learned Gu Chenfeng had captured sixteen cities and reclaimed over sixty percent of the fallen main cities in the Southwestern Region, using a Puppet Army that Cao Meng mistakenly believed he had helped him build.
• Lu Chongyue reported that Gu Chenfeng had slain eleven Saint Warrior level cultivators and escaped a Saint Master level expert, prompting Cao Meng to order that he be kept safe.
• Gu Chenfeng recovered in the Marrow Washing Pool while the Heart Demon absorbed baleful resentment qi and grew more powerful within the Demon Abyss.
• Gu Chenfeng learned the Heroes Alliance was retaking his captured cities and advancing on the four border cities, and he considered abandoning Xilin Commandery.

Second Prince Cao Sheng dismissed reports that Gu Chenfeng’s One Swarm was raiding Nanyang and Seven Star Commanderies, choosing to press the siege of Black Iron City. Gu Chenfeng continued capturing border cities, hoping to spread the raids and strengthen his cultivation as he resisted the two commanderies’ plans.

• Cao Sheng learned that One Swarm had captured three border cities and suspected Gu Chenfeng was using the raids to distract his forces.
• Commandery Governor Huang and Commandery Governor Yin urged Cao Sheng to recall the army, but he ordered it to intensify its attack on the four border cities, especially Black Iron City.
• Gu Chenfeng led One Swarm in taking another city, announced that the group was called One Swarm and invited cultivators to join, then left its remaining treasures as bait.
• After fleeing the city, Gu Chenfeng revealed himself and explained that the weakened border defenses gave him an opportunity to make the two commanderies pay for their campaign.
• Gu Chenfeng piloted a flying boat toward the next city while absorbing baleful resentment qi to advance the Nine Deaths Profound Baleful Art.

Cao Sheng ordered Luo Ji to return and hunt down Gu Chenfeng as One Swarm’s raids destabilized Nanyang and Seven Star Commanderies. Luo Ji confronted Gu Chenfeng at White Deer City, but Gu Chenfeng escaped again, leaving Luo Ji alarmed by how quickly his strength was growing.

• Cao Sheng ordered the siege of Black Iron City to continue and sent Luo Ji with experts to hunt Gu Chenfeng, as bandit attacks spread through Nanyang and Seven Star Commanderies.
• Gu Chenfeng led One Swarm’s assault on White Deer City, where the city’s defenses fell and residents rushed to loot the City Lord’s Manor.
• Luo Ji confronted Gu Chenfeng above White Deer City while Li Tianhan and the other Saint Warrior realm cultivators went to suppress the unrest inside the city.
• Gu Chenfeng fought Luo Ji with his Eighteen Profound Apertures and Profound Baleful Armor, and Luo Ji realized that Gu Chenfeng had grown stronger since their last encounter.
• Gu Chenfeng gathered his spirit puppets and escaped using a Divine Sense Secret Art, the Star Escape Secret Art, and an Incarnation Talisman.
• Luo Ji failed to stop Gu Chenfeng and ordered the region’s main cities to raise their guard and report any trace of him.

Gu Chenfeng strengthened himself by stirring up bandit unrest across two commanderies, but learned that Saint Master Realm experts were coming to eliminate him and Black Iron City. Preparing to draw the enemy away so his companions could escape, he used Xiahou Che’s Spirit Soul to restore a damaged Spirit Puppet, leaving it ready for the battles ahead.

• Gu Chenfeng reached the peak of the second layer of the Baleful Intent Fusion realm and the middle-stage peak of the Saint Warrior realm after absorbing baleful resentment qi from his raids.
• After learning that several Saint Master Realm experts were pursuing him, Gu Chenfeng decided to leave the conflict but first protect his companions and Black Iron City by drawing the enemy’s attention.
• Gu Chenfeng brought out four damaged Saint Warrior-level Spirit Puppets and restored three with spirit essences from the Guixu Cauldron.
• When the Guixu Cauldron’s spirit essences ran out, Gu Chenfeng inscribed restrictions on Xiahou Che’s Spirit Soul and placed it inside the fourth puppet.
• Gu Chenfeng tested the restored Spirit Puppet, found that it worked and hit harder than the others, and planned to seal Xiahou Che’s Spirit Soul again after the battle.

Gu Chenfeng captured North Shore City and battled Luo Ji, whose reinforcements were expected to arrive soon. After a concealed ambush wounded Luo Ji, Gu Chenfeng charged at him with clear intent to kill.

• Gu Chenfeng's puppet army breached North Shore City's defenses and killed its two deputy city lords, while one unusually savage puppet revealed signs of Xiahou Che's malice.
• Luo Ji arrived after the city had fallen, and Gu Chenfeng taunted him about the approaching Heroes Alliance reinforcements before they clashed.
• Gu Chenfeng's growing strength allowed him to withstand Luo Ji's sword and vine attacks, then he pretended to retreat into the city.
• Luo Ji sensed danger beneath the collapsed gate tower, but Gu Chenfeng's dragon roar briefly stunned him and a hidden seven-sword formation struck.
• Gu Chenfeng summoned the Five-Thunder Divine Mountain to strengthen the assault, leaving Luo Ji bloodied in a crater.
• Gu Chenfeng advanced on the injured Luo Ji with his mountain, battle axe, and flying swords, and Luo Ji realized Gu Chenfeng intended to kill him.

Gu Chenfeng fought Luo Ji in North Shore City, gradually gaining the upper hand and nearly defeating him. Luo Ji summoned the Yama Banner and its Yaksha Ghost King, leaving Gu Chenfeng struggling against its sinister attacks until he brought out a Peachwood Coffin.

• Gu Chenfeng battled Luo Ji, using his deep reserves and powerful defenses to withstand their injuries and gradually match Luo Ji's strength.
• Gu Chenfeng stunned Luo Ji with a divine sense assault, then struck him with the Five-Thunder Divine Mountain, the Feathered Myriad Sword Formation, and his axe, leaving him gravely wounded.
• Luo Ji revealed the Yama Banner, which he had made from the souls of cultivators killed in the Four Races' rebellion, and summoned a Yaksha Ghost King.
• The Yaksha Ghost King repeatedly struck Gu Chenfeng and covered him in yin miasma that threatened to invade his body.
• Gu Chenfeng recognized that the ghost's sinister power required a counter and summoned a black Peachwood Coffin marked with lightning patterns.