Chapter Summaries

Gu Chenfeng and Mo Nancang fought the Four Great Sects while Gu Beiwu defended the Ice Soul Illusion Heart Lotus at the Ore Vein. The conflict escalated when two figures arrived from the Imperial Capital and declared Gu Chenfeng a traitor to be executed.

• Gu Beiwu concealed the Thousand-Year Ice Soul Illusion Heart Lotus, then confronted Huangfu Qi, Granny Netherfire, and Dugu Jue, who demanded his cooperation in finding a treasure trove.
• Gu Beiwu rejected the sect masters’ demands, and the three attacked him, starting a battle that shattered the Ore Vein area.
• Gu Chenfeng sensed the battle at the Ore Vein and realized the Four Great Sects had ambushed Gu Beiwu while the lotus was still maturing.
• Mo Nancang broke through the golden barrier at the Four Directions Gate and fought four Grandmasters, including the Sacred Fire Sect’s sect master.
• Two figures arrived from the Imperial Capital, and one announced that Gu Chenfeng was accused of colluding with Barbarian Tribe spies and treason, and would be executed.

The Sea-Calming King arrived with Emperor Xuan’s decree ordering Gu Chenfeng executed for treason, shocking the officials and destroying Li Yaoyin’s hopes of marrying him. Gu Chenfeng rejected the decree and declared himself innocent before the Sea-Calming King attacked him.

• The Sea-Calming King and Hongxi arrived at the Hidden Dragon Mountains and announced Emperor Xuan’s order to execute Gu Chenfeng for treason.
• Huangfu Hong celebrated the order, while Li Yaoyin despaired and Li Yuanze urged her to leave the dangerous area.
• Gu Chenfeng realized Emperor Xuan had chosen to turn against the Gu Lineage.
• The Sea-Calming King demanded that Gu Chenfeng confess his guilt and submit to execution.
• Gu Chenfeng rejected the Imperial Mandate, declared that weakness was the greatest sin, and proclaimed his innocence.
• The Sea-Calming King gathered Heaven and Earth Power into a lethal beam and fired it at Gu Chenfeng.

Gu Chenfeng survived the Sea-Calming King’s attacks by unleashing his Azure Dragon Transformation Technique and using the Forbidden Artifact Severing Baleful Intent Sword. He rose from the crater determined to keep the Sea-Calming King occupied until the Illusory Heart Lotus ripened.

• The Sea-Calming King’s probing strike overwhelmed Gu Chenfeng’s axe attack, but Gu Chenfeng endured it with the Azure Dragon Transformation Technique.
• The Sea-Calming King summoned a massive palm imprint to crush Gu Chenfeng, sending him and his flying boat crashing onto the mountaintop.
• Gu Chenfeng used the Severing Baleful Intent Sword to block the palm strike, shocking the onlookers and revealing his Forbidden Artifact to the Sea-Calming King.
• Gu Chenfeng sensed the Illusory Heart Lotus was nearly ripe and resolved to buy Grandpa more time.
• Gu Chenfeng leaped from the crater and taunted the Sea-Calming King about the power of his palm strikes.

Gu Chenfeng held off the Sea-Calming King with the Severing Baleful Intent Sword and Azure Dragon’s Eye until the Female Imperial Preceptor intervened to protect him and fought Hongxi. As the Sea-Shaking Army advanced on the Four Directions Gate, a force of more than ten thousand cavalry charged down from the rear mountain to meet them.

• Gu Chenfeng used Azure Dragon’s Eye to anticipate the Sea-Calming King’s attacks and defend himself, while Hongxi launched a poisoned embroidery needle at him.
• The Female Imperial Preceptor intercepted Hongxi’s needle and declared she would protect Gu Chenfeng, then fought Hongxi with her fly whisk.
• Gu Chenfeng continued resisting the Sea-Calming King, relying on the Severing Baleful Intent Sword and the first level of the Azure Dragon Transformation Technique to endure the damage.
• The Sea-Calming King signaled for the Sea-Shaking Army, and Li Yanbao and Li Yanying led twenty thousand soldiers toward the Four Directions Gate.
• More than ten thousand cavalry in black armor charged down from the Four Directions Gate’s rear mountain, with the Blood Tiger Guard, Yan Sihai, and the gate’s other members and disciples following.

The Futu Army launched a surprise attack at the Hidden Dragon Mountains while Gu Chenfeng struggled against the Sea-Calming King. The Thousand-Year Illusory Heart Lotus ripened at Great Wilderness Ridge, and the old man secured it and told Gu Chenfeng to retreat.

• Gu Chenfeng's father secretly sent ten thousand Futu Army soldiers to the Hidden Dragon Mountains, where Luo Heng and Gu Yanshuang led them in a charge against the Sea-Shaking Army.
• Mo Nancang held off four Grandmaster-level opponents, the Female Imperial Preceptor fought Hongxi evenly, and Gu Chenfeng remained in grave danger against the Sea-Calming King.
• Gu Chenfeng unleashed the Heaven-Slaying Sword Draw, but the clash left him wounded and weakened while the Sea-Calming King prepared to attack again.
• The Thousand-Year Illusory Heart Lotus ripened at Great Wilderness Ridge, where Gu Beiwu was challenged as a Four Symbols Demon-Subduing Formation appeared around the medicine.
• The old man told Gu Chenfeng that he had secured the token and ordered him to retreat while he broke out.

Gu Chenfeng and Mo Nancang helped the Futu Army break out of the encirclement, but thirty thousand troops waited at the northern exit of the Hidden Dragon Mountains. Gu Chenfeng turned back to delay five pursuing Grandmaster-level experts while Mo Nancang tried to clear a path for the army.

• Luo Heng and Gu Yanshuang led the Futu Army through a breach in the Sea-Shaking Army’s lines and charged north with the Blood Tiger Guard and Four Directions Gate.
• Mo Nancang used the Lightning Escape Secret Art to rescue Gu Chenfeng from the Sea-Calming King and flee north, drawing several Grandmaster-level pursuers after them.
• Gu Chenfeng and Mo Nancang found thirty thousand Sea-Shaking Army and Imperial Guard troops blocking the northern exit, with another twenty thousand Sea-Shaking Army troops pursuing from behind.
• Gu Chenfeng asked Mo Nancang to help the Futu Army break through, then turned back alone to hold off the five Grandmasters chasing them.
• Mo Nancang transformed into a lightning dragon and charged toward the blocking army as Gu Chenfeng drew the Severing Baleful Intent Sword and unleashed the Heaven-Slaying Sword-Drawing Technique against his pursuers.

Gu Chenfeng used the Nine Nether Demon-Subduing Order to borrow his heart demon’s power and hold off five Grandmaster-level experts, despite his body nearing collapse. Below, Mo Nancang tore open a breach in the allied army, and Luo Heng and Gu Yanshuang led their troops through it.

• Gu Chenfeng unleashed five sword rays that stalled the Sea-Calming King and four other Grandmaster-level experts.
• Gu Chenfeng’s heart demon angrily protested as Gu Chenfeng used the Nine Nether Demon-Subduing Order to draw on its power again.
• Gu Chenfeng fought the five experts in a crazed state, but the backlash made his body crack and bleed as he struggled to hold them off.
• Mo Nancang transformed into a lightning dragon and tore through the Sea-Shaking Army and Imperial Guard, inflicting heavy casualties and opening a breach.
• Luo Heng and Gu Yanshuang led their troops in a full-speed charge through the breach.

Gu Chenfeng held off five Grandmasters long enough for the Futu Army to escape, aided by Four Directions Gate disciples led by Shangguan Bingxin and Su Wanyue and a thousand soldiers led by Li Yuanqi. Exhausted and pursued by the Sea-Calming King, Gu Chenfeng faced a killing blow until a dazzling streak of purple light suddenly appeared before him.

• Mo Nancang tore through the enemy formation while the Futu Army charged toward the plains, but the pursuing Sea-Shaking Army threatened to attack from behind.
• Yan Sihai and the Four Directions Gate disciples formed two mobile defensive formations under Shangguan Bingxin and Su Wanyue's direction, temporarily blocking the pursuing soldiers.
• Li Yuanqi led a thousand Futu soldiers in a flank attack, and Mo Nancang's return assault helped the main force break through and escape.
• Gu Chenfeng exhausted himself holding off five Grandmasters, and Mo Nancang rushed back to rescue him as the enemy intercepted them.
• The Sea-Calming King pursued Gu Chenfeng and pierced his talisman barriers with a trident strike, but a dazzling streak of purple light appeared and blocked the attack.

The Female Imperial Preceptor protected Gu Chenfeng from the Sea-Calming King while Mo Nancang rushed to rescue him. Just as her defenses held and help neared, a hidden attacker pierced Gu Chenfeng between the brows, and the chapter ended with his body ground to ash.

• The Female Imperial Preceptor shielded Gu Chenfeng from the Sea-Calming King's attacks while waiting for Mo Nancang to arrive.
• The Sea-Calming King struck with the Vast Sea Abyss-Suppressing Seal, and the Female Imperial Preceptor spent her Essence Blood to hold it back.
• Gu Chenfeng sensed extreme danger as Mo Nancang rushed toward them, but a concealed assailant suddenly stabbed through the Fly-Whisk's protection.
• Gu Chenfeng recognized the attacker's eyes and prepared to detonate his Source Core, then heard a distant voice that left him shocked.
• The sword light pierced Gu Chenfeng between the brows and unleashed Sword Qi that ground his body to ash.

Gu Chenfeng was struck down by a hidden attacker, and his apparent death sent his allies into grief and fury. The Futu Army, the Blood Tiger Guard, the Four Directions Gate, and the three women turned back to charge for revenge as Mo Nancang searched in vain for Gu Chenfeng; elsewhere, an azure dragon began breaking through the Four Symbols Demon-Subduing Formation.

• A concealed attacker pierced Gu Chenfeng between the brows with a sword, and the blast reduced his body to dust as the Female Imperial Preceptor and Mo Nancang watched helplessly.
• Gu Yanshuang, Su Wanyue, Shangguan Bingxin, and Li Yaoyin witnessed Gu Chenfeng's apparent death and were overcome with grief.
• Luo Heng turned the Futu Army around and ordered its soldiers and the Blood Tiger Guard to charge the enemy and avenge Gu Chenfeng.
• Yan Sihai led the Four Directions Gate into the assault, while Gu Yanshuang, Shangguan Bingxin, and Su Wanyue charged alongside them.
• Mo Nancang struck at the hidden attacker with lightning, but the figure vanished using a Spatial Spirit Treasure; he found no trace of Gu Chenfeng.
• An azure dragon phantom broke through the Four Symbols Demon-Subduing Formation at Great Wilderness Ridge and tore at its barrier.

Gu Beiwu broke free of the formation and learned that his grandson Gu Chenfeng had died saving the Futu Army. Rejecting pleas to preserve peace with the Emperor and the Four Great Sects, he declared that he would avenge Gu Chenfeng.

• Huangfu Qi, Granny Netherfire, and Dugu Jue fled the Great Wilderness Ridge after Gu Beiwu defeated them, warning the others that his power approached the Great Grandmaster Realm.
• Gu Beiwu destroyed the Four Symbols Demon-Subduing Formation, reached the Hidden Dragon Mountains, and asked Mo Nancang where Feng was.
• Mo Nancang told Gu Beiwu that Gu Chenfeng had died saving the Futu Army and blamed himself for failing to protect him.
• Gu Beiwu recalled Gu Chenfeng’s life and sacrifice, then turned his grief into cold killing intent.
• Chief Eunuch Hongxi and generals urged Gu Beiwu to accept the Emperor’s offer and avoid civil conflict, but Gu Beiwu refused and vowed to avenge his grandson.

Gu Lingxiao arrived at the Hidden Dragon Mountains with the Divine Firmament Army, turning the battle against Great Li’s forces. After discovering Gu Chenfeng had been killed, he exposed the hidden attacker and recognized him.

• Gu Beiwu and Mo Nancang attacked the Grandmasters after Gu Chenfeng’s death, while the Female Imperial Preceptor broke her agreement with Great Li.
• The Futu Army began to lose ground against the Sea-Shaking Army and Imperial Guard, and Shangguan Bingxin was wounded.
• Thirty Thousand Divine Firmament Army soldiers arrived on Crimson Flame Tiger-Eagles and unleashed a fiery assault, allowing the Futu Army to counterattack.
• Gu Lingxiao arrived as a Grandmaster, saw Gu Beiwu’s grief, and used the Severing Baleful Intent Sword to relive Gu Chenfeng’s death.
• Gu Lingxiao’s thrown blade struck a hidden sword wielder and forced him out of the void, and Gu Lingxiao recognized the man.

Emperor Xuan revealed himself as a hidden Grandmaster and admitted to killing Gu Chenfeng, then demanded that Gu Lingxiao surrender the Gu Lineage’s military authority. Gu Lingxiao rejected the offer and attacked him, as the wider battle between the Gu Lineage and the Great Li Dynasty’s allies remained unresolved.

• Emperor Xuan emerged from hiding after killing Gu Chenfeng, revealing himself as the Great Li Dynasty’s fifth Grandmaster.
• Emperor Xuan offered Gu Lingxiao a fief if he surrendered command of the Divine Firmament Army and the Futu Army, while accusing the Gu Lineage of secretly building power and colluding with the Barbarian Tribe.
• Gu Lingxiao rejected Emperor Xuan’s ultimatum, destroyed the jade slip, and declared that the Gu Lineage and the Great Li Imperial Family would fight until one side fell.
• Gu Lingxiao attacked Emperor Xuan to avenge Gu Chenfeng, and the two Grandmasters began fighting above the Hidden Dragon Mountains.
• Huangfu Hong realized the Gu Lineage’s strength far exceeded his own, while reinforcements and Four Great Sects martial artists joined the ground battle and both armies held their positions.

The Four Great Sect Masters invoked the Four Symbols Hall Master Tokens to summon powerful divine beast phantoms and turn their battle against Gu Beiwu. As Gu Beiwu fell into a disadvantage and his allies remained occupied, Gu Chenfeng’s consciousness began to awaken in a mysterious space.

• Gu Lingxiao fought Emperor Xuan while Mo Nancang faced the Sea-Calming King, three Supreme Elders, and Hongxi.
• Gu Beiwu’s Azure Dragon phantom overpowered the Four Great Sect Masters’ combined attacks, cracking their energy cycle.
• Huangfu Qi and the other sect masters used Essence Blood and incantations to activate the Four Symbols Hall Master Tokens, summoning four divine beast phantoms.
• The four phantoms joined forces and gradually suppressed Gu Beiwu, while Gu Lingxiao and Mo Nancang could not break away to help him.
• The Female Imperial Preceptor watched from the clouds, reflected on Gu Chenfeng’s death, and did not intervene.
• Gu Chenfeng’s consciousness slowly awakened inside a mysterious space.

Leng Xingye saved Gu Chenfeng from a fatal attack and ordered him to grow stronger and reach the Eternal Heaven Realm so he could help her recover her power. Gu Chenfeng agreed and asked her to save his family, so she began restoring her avatar’s strength through dual cultivation.

• Gu Chenfeng woke in the Phantom Martial Divine Ruins, where Leng Xingye revealed that she had rescued him from the attack.
• Leng Xingye reprimanded Gu Chenfeng for nearly dying and forgave him after he explained that he had acted to protect his family and cultivate without a heart demon.
• Leng Xingye tasked Gu Chenfeng with growing stronger and finding a way to enter the Eternal Heaven Realm so he could dual cultivate with her.
• Gu Chenfeng accepted the mission and asked Leng Xingye to help his family, who were threatened by the Great Li Imperial Family and the Four Great Sects.
• Leng Xingye explained that her avatar had little energy left, then began using dual cultivation to restore some of its power.

Gu Beiwu revealed the Four Symbols Divine Sect Sect Master Token and used it to suppress his curse, breaking through into the Great Grandmaster Realm. After defeating the Four Great Sects’ divine beast phantoms and nearly killing their sect masters, he was confronted by four mysterious ancestors who rescued them.

• The four sect masters threatened Gu Beiwu and demanded that he surrender the object and cripple his cultivation.
• Gu Beiwu revealed the Thousand-Year Illusory Heart Lotus and the Four Symbols Divine Sect Sect Master Token, then used the token to draw in heaven and earth power.
• Gu Beiwu suppressed the curse afflicting him and broke through into the Great Grandmaster Realm, shocking the sect masters and the other fighters.
• Gu Beiwu destroyed the Four Symbols Divine Beast phantoms with a single attack, severely wounding the four sect masters and pulling them toward his dragon’s jaws.
• Four mysterious figures descended from the cardinal directions, severed Gu Beiwu’s suction force, and saved the sect masters, who knelt and called them Ancestors.

Gu Beiwu confronted the Four Hall Masters, the former leaders of the Four Symbols Divine Sect, and fought them to protect the Gu Clan. As he neared defeat and sent Gu Lingxiao and Mo Nancang away with the Sect Master Token, a familiar voice suddenly called out, “Grandpa!”

• The Four Great Sects’ masters revealed the Four Hall Masters, who demanded Gu Beiwu surrender the Sect Master Token and spare the Gu Clan.
• Gu Beiwu claimed his authority as Sect Master of the Four Symbols Divine Sect and attacked the Four Hall Masters, beginning a battle that devastated the Hidden Dragon Mountains.
• After two hours of fighting, the Four Hall Masters wounded and overpowered Gu Beiwu, whose Curse Power prevented him from fully using the token.
• Gu Beiwu ordered Gu Lingxiao and Mo Nancang to retreat, but they refused to leave him behind.
• As the Four Hall Masters’ combined attack descended, Gu Beiwu pushed them back, threw them the Sect Master Token, and burned his life force to fight.
• A familiar voice suddenly called Gu Beiwu “Grandpa.”

A mysterious woman in red appeared during Gu Beiwu’s battle, took the Four Symbols Divine Sect’s sect master token, and effortlessly destroyed the four hall masters’ combined attack. She left the four Great Grandmasters dead in the clouds, while the others watched in shock.

• A spatial fissure swallowed the four hall masters’ energy attack just before it hit Gu Beiwu.
• A woman in red appeared beneath a starry sky and revealed that she had the Four Symbols Divine Sect’s sect master token.
• The four hall masters demanded the token back, but the woman refused and mocked them.
• The four hall masters summoned their tokens and attacked the woman with phantoms of the Four Symbols Divine Beasts.
• The woman cut through the four beast phantoms with a finger, and the four hall masters exploded in midair.

A red-robed woman killed the Four Symbols Divine Sect’s four Great Grandmasters and destroyed a powerful stranger’s attack through a spatial passage. The wounded attacker wondered whether she came from “that place.”

• The red-robed woman killed the four Great Grandmasters and began crushing their Primordial Spirits as the witnesses watched in terror.
• A huge black hand emerged from a spatial rift and demanded the Four Symbols Divine Sect Sect Master Token, while Gu Beiwu recognized its owner as the man who had killed his master.
• The red-robed woman conjured a dark-red blood sword and erased the black hand, then shattered the spatial passage.
• Far away on the Central Province Continent, the attacker spat black blood and wondered if the woman came from “that place.”

Leng Xingye’s avatar defeated the Four Great Hall Masters and forced the armies to withdraw, ending the battle. Gu Beiwu broke with the Great Li Dynasty, while Leng Xingye warned Gu Chenfeng that her avatar was about to dissipate and offered him a few final reminders.

• Leng Xingye destroyed the Four Great Hall Masters’ bodies, shattered the giant hand in the Spatial Passage, and then vanished as her avatar’s power ran out.
• Gu Beiwu stopped Gu Lingxiao from continuing the fight, revealed news about Feng, and led the Gu Lineage’s armies north after declaring that Great Li would have no Gu Clan.
• Emperor Xuan rejected the Sea-Calming King’s suggestion to pursue the Gu Lineage, while the Four Great Sects also withdrew their forces.
• Witnesses departed to spread news of the battle across Yan Province and the Seven Star Continent.
• Gu Chenfeng watched Leng Xingye return and learned that her avatar had used up its power; she dismissed his thought of helping her recover and said she had a few things to tell him before parting.