Recaps

Gu Chenfeng and Gu Lingxiao were captured by the Barbarian Tribe, then turned the Holy Mountain into the site of a planned uprising that ended with Huyan Nushan’s death and Helian Na’s rise. Gu Chenfeng survived severe injuries and began recovering, while Mo Nancang planned to take him to Central Province.

• After Huyan Ji died, Great Li’s forces routed the retreating Barbarian army as Gu Chenfeng claimed Huyan Ji’s weapon and ring and hurried to rescue his father from Northern Plains Forest.
• Gu Chenfeng and Gu Lingxiao were captured and taken to the Barbarian Holy Land, where Gu Chenfeng resisted the Barbarian Emperor’s plan to transform their bloodlines and unleashed the Nine Nether Demon-Subduing Order.
• Gu Lingxiao revealed that his capture had been part of a plan, activated the formation he had prepared eleven years earlier, and used hidden Soul-Devouring Gu Poison to kill the shamans on the Holy Mountain.
• Gu Lingxiao summoned the Futu Army and the Divine Firmament Army, which broke through the Barbarian defenses and set the Holy Mountain ablaze.
• Gu Lingxiao killed Wanyan Bulin, defeated the Five Great Protectors, and fought Huyan Nushan before awakening the Severing Baleful Intent Sword and bringing down the Barbarian God’s Phantom.
• A giant Bronze Ancient Sword destroyed the Grand Shaman’s frost dragon, and Mo Nancang arrived as Helian Na reclaimed the throne, granted land to the Gu Lineage, and named herself Gu Chenfeng’s godmother.
• Gu Chenfeng collapsed from severe damage to his body and Primordial Spirit, then recovered in the Holy Pool with Mo Nancang’s Millennium Spirit Milk while the Barbarian Tribe announced Huyan Nushan’s death and Emperor Xuan grew suspicious of Gu Lingxiao.
• After three days, Gu Lingxiao described Gu Chenfeng’s cultivation and breakthroughs to Mo Nancang, who proposed taking him to Central Province and silently resolved to do so.

Gu Chenfeng returned to the Imperial Capital, learned more about his grandfather’s disappearance, and defended the Gu Lineage amid court rivalries. At the victory banquet, he faced the Sea-Calming King’s challenges and helped the Futu Army defeat the Sea-Shaking Army.

• Gu Chenfeng rejected Mo Nancang’s offer to go to Central Province and chose to return to the Imperial Capital until he knew whether Gu Beiwu was safe, with Mo Nancang agreeing to accompany him.
• Gu Chenfeng accepted his military honors and promotion, made peace with Zuo Yutang, and learned that Gu Beiwu’s curse had weakened him and that a seventh-grade pill could restore some of his vitality.
• At the capital’s north gate, Gu Chenfeng punished Zhang You and the noble scions who had attacked his troops, then entered the city and reunited with Gu Yanshuang.
• Gu Yanshuang told Gu Chenfeng that the Four Great Sects were hunting Gu Beiwu and the Huangfu Lineage was attacking their family, while Gu Chenfeng learned the Sea-Calming King might target him at the victory banquet.
• At the banquet, Gu Chenfeng resisted the Sea-Calming King’s intimidating gaze, received the title Count of Martial Might and a promotion to Third-Grade Cloud-Commanding General, and declined Li Yanying’s challenge to spar.
• Gu Yanshuang fought Li Yanying in the first contest and forced a draw, after which Li Yanbao challenged the Futu Army to a cavalry match against the Sea-Shaking Army.
• The cavalry contest shifted as both sides used restorative items and the Sea-Shaking Army deployed a Water-Covering Formation, nearly driving Luo Heng and Li Yuanqi’s Futu Army riders out of the arena.
• Li Yuanqi crushed Gu Chenfeng’s Jade Talisman, summoning riderless Horned Beasts that helped the Futu Army counterattack and drive the Sea-Shaking Army beyond the boundary to win.

Gu Chenfeng defeated Li Yanhu, protected the Four Directions Gate, and uncovered Gu Beiwu’s plan to retrieve a vital token. As the Dragon Abyss Conference began, the Four Great Sects moved against the Gate, and Gu Chenfeng faced their prodigies on the sealed arena.

• Gu Chenfeng defeated Li Yanhu in the Divine Mechanism War Chess Formation using imagined firearms and artillery, then chose the South Sea Demon King's Demon Pupil as his reward.
• Gu Chenfeng rescued Liu Fuyan's Myriad Treasures House from Jin Yulin by refining a Top-Grade Iceheart Spirit-Gathering Pill, then killed Jin Yulin and Zheng Qinghe when they threatened the Four Directions Gate.
• Gu Chenfeng met Gu Beiwu in the Female Imperial Preceptor's hidden chamber and learned that his grandfather needed to retrieve an item vital to the Gu Lineage and Yan Province.
• Yan Sihai climbed to twentieth on the Dragon Abyss Ranking while the Four Great Sects surrounded the Four Directions Gate and demanded that it surrender a wanted criminal.
• The Four Directions Gate Ancestor confronted the Four Great Sects, and their Grandmaster-level battle left Yan Sihai trapped on the sealed conference arena among their prodigies.
• Gu Chenfeng told the prodigies to attack together, then destroyed the cultivation of one Sacred Fire Sect prodigy and six more challengers with spear thrusts.
• Gu Chenfeng challenged the twelve remaining prodigies, whose strength had reached the Source Spirit Realm.

Gu Chenfeng's clash with the Four Great Sects escalated into Emperor Xuan's attempt to destroy him and subdue the Gu Lineage. Leng Xingye secretly saved Gu Chenfeng and intervened to rescue his family, after which the Gu Lineage withdrew from Great Li.

• Gu Chenfeng crippled the sect prodigies, killed Huangfu Yun, revealed his identity, and fought the Four Great Sects' elders.
• The Sea-Calming King announced Emperor Xuan's execution order and attacked Gu Chenfeng while the sect masters ambushed Gu Beiwu.
• Mo Nancang and the Female Imperial Preceptor protected Gu Chenfeng as the Futu Army and Four Directions Gate fought to escape the encirclement.
• Emperor Xuan secretly struck Gu Chenfeng with a sword and apparently reduced him to ash, prompting his allies to turn back for revenge.
• Gu Lingxiao arrived with the Divine Firmament Army, exposed Emperor Xuan as the attacker, and declared war against the Great Li Imperial Family.
• Gu Chenfeng awakened in the Phantom Martial Divine Ruins, learned that Leng Xingye had rescued him, and asked her to save his family.
• Gu Beiwu entered the Great Grandmaster Realm but fell into danger against the Four Hall Masters before Leng Xingye appeared and destroyed their bodies.
• Leng Xingye shattered a mysterious attacker's spatial passage and exhausted her avatar's power, while Gu Beiwu led the Gu Lineage's armies north and Gu Chenfeng awaited her parting words.