Recaps

Gu Chenfeng survived political schemes and dangers in Great Wilderness Ridge while rapidly cultivating and secretly learning alchemy. After refining a supreme-grade Essence Pill, he left the story’s attention on Liu Fuyan’s interview with the self-taught Alchemist Ge Hong.

• Leng Xingye revealed that Gu Chenfeng’s bloodline was bound to hers and gave him three years to reach Grandmaster, while he gained the Heaven-Opening Creation Art in the Phantom Martial Divine Ruins.
• Gu Chenfeng survived assassination attempts, drew Ouyang Cai into conflict with the Zhang Lineage, and won money and the Silvermoon Demon Wolf cub from Zhang You.
• Gu Chenfeng traced a Lifebound Gu to Su Wanyue, confronted her over the Great Wilderness Ridge attack, and agreed to seek the true culprit while keeping her gu.
• Gu Chenfeng secretly trained until he reached the peak of nine-star meridian-opening, then traveled to Great Wilderness Ridge to gather pill ingredients and fight Origin Beasts.
• Gu Chenfeng killed Poison Dragon’s ambushers and fought the Four Directions Gate hunting party, freeing a Crimson Flame Savage Bear and defeating the Third Boss before its Mutated Giant Bear elder intervened.
• The bears spared Gu Chenfeng and gave him a Tiger Demon heart and a signal twig, which he brought to Su Wanyue while asking her to provide pill-refining supplies.
• Gu Chenfeng secretly studied alchemy in the Phantom Martial Divine Ruins, refined an Essence Pill, and soon produced a supreme-grade pill while Su Wanyue spied on him through a gu insect.
• Liu Fuyan interviewed the self-taught Alchemist Ge Hong, who demonstrated his skill by refining a medium-quality Essence Pill before beginning another attempt.

Gu Chenfeng defended the Gu Lineage against slander at the Golden Kylin Gathering, then survived an ambush tied to the Huangfu Lineage and the Four Directions Gate. Emperor Xuan publicly honored the Gu family, while Gu Yanshuang led Gu Chenfeng to confront the sect behind the attack.

• Gu Chenfeng signed an exclusive alchemist agreement with Liu Fuyan, broke through to the Source Qi Realm, and received an invitation to the Golden Kylin Gathering.
• At the gathering, Gu Chenfeng faced accusations that he stole his poetry and that Gu Lingxiao abused his power, then won over the scholars by defending his family and reciting his father’s poem.
• Gu Chenfeng struck Imperial Uncle Xiao after he tried to force Su Wanyue to stay, then left the gathering with her.
• Attackers ambushed Gu Chenfeng’s carriage, but he fought through their forces until the Blood Tiger Guard and other guards routed them.
• Gu Yanshuang identified the Huangfu Lineage’s likely motives for the ambush, while Huangfu Yun learned of Gu Chenfeng’s strength and vowed to face him.
• Emperor Xuan honored the Gu Lineage and ordered Gu Chenfeng’s poem displayed in the Hall of Imperial Polarity.
• Gu Yanshuang led Gu Chenfeng and Ding Si to the Four Directions Gate, where she began fighting the disciples who refused to surrender.

Gu Chenfeng took control of the Four Directions Gate, uncovered a plot at the family mine, and joined Su Wanyue and Shangguan Bingxin in investigating its sealed formation. He became the Myriad Treasures House’s chief alchemist and arrived at the Alliance Trade Fair, where his defense of Liu Fuyan left the Exquisite Pavilion with the advantage in major orders.

• Gu Yanshuang forced Yan Sihai to reveal that the Huangfu Lineage had used the Four Directions Gate in an attempt to abduct Gu Chenfeng, and Gu Chenfeng brought the gate under his command.
• Gu Chenfeng discovered the Seven Mountain-Splitting Forms on a broken axe, restored its technique, and worked with Liu Fuyan to help the Myriad Treasures House compete against the Exquisite Pavilion.
• Gu Chenfeng found a concealed passage beneath the family mine, fought the black-clad intruders there, and joined Su Wanyue and Shangguan Bingxin in investigating the formation.
• Gu Chenfeng arranged for Su Wanyue and Shangguan Bingxin to train the Four Directions Gate, advanced his cultivation, and accepted Liu Fuyan’s offer to become the Myriad Treasures House’s chief alchemist.
• Gu Chenfeng and Liu Fuyan traveled to the Alliance Trade Fair, where she accidentally inhaled his potent experimental medicine and Zhang Qi mistook the ensuing scene for a private encounter.
• At the trade fair, Gu Chenfeng exposed Huang Wei and Chen Xu’s secrets after they attacked Liu Fuyan, and the crowd mocked the Exquisite Pavilion pair.
• Liu Fuyan opened the trade fair booth, but Zhang Qi reported that Huang Wei’s connections, third-grade pills, and discounts had drawn major buyers to the Exquisite Pavilion.

Gu Chenfeng revived Myriad Treasures House’s business, won the Dragon Saliva Flower, and survived the Huangfu Lineage’s ambush while taking Huangfu Yun’s Storage Ring. After gaining new cultivation and treasures, he joined Su Wanyue and Shangguan Bingxin in the mine, where they fled a swarm of Bone-Eroding Gu.

• Gu Chenfeng drew customers to Myriad Treasures House by refining pills in public, then proved he could make a superior-quality Source Condensation Pill and helped Liu Fuyan secure contracts.
• Gu Chenfeng and Liu Fuyan attended the Alliance Auction in disguise, where Gu Chenfeng won the Dragon Saliva Flower and later suspected Huangfu Yun was behind a planned attack.
• Gu Chenfeng and Liu Fuyan fled Roosting Phoenix Mountain as Huangfu Lineage attackers raided the area, and Gu Chenfeng fought through successive ambushes with help from Big Bear.
• Gu Chenfeng killed Chen Xu and Alchemist Huang, disguised himself as a Huangfu death warrior, and stole Huangfu Yun’s Storage Ring before Gu Yanshuang’s Tiger Guard cavalry took control of the mountain.
• Gu Chenfeng returned to the capital with Gu Yanshuang, opened the Storage Ring, and found the Blood Shadow Illusory Body Steps, Earth Dragon Crystal Marrow, and nine Blood-Detonating Talismans.
• Gu Chenfeng advanced his alchemy and cultivation, while Huangfu Hong tasked Huangfu Yun with a scheme involving Barbarian Tribe spies and weaknesses in the Gu Lineage.
• Gu Chenfeng joined Su Wanyue and Shangguan Bingxin at the mineral vein, where the group broke through the formations and encountered a swarm of Jade Light Bone-Eroding Gu.
• Gu Chenfeng carried Su Wanyue and Shangguan Bingxin through a curtain of light as the Bone-Eroding Gu King exploded behind them.