Chapter Summaries

Gu Chenfeng awakened in a sealed chamber beside a second Bronze Coffin, where concentrated Origin Power healed him and a strange spirit medicine glowed atop the coffin. He found an ancient Heaven Grade movement manual, the Great Evolution Wandering Dragon Art, and the chapter ended with him celebrating his fortune.

• Gu Chenfeng regained consciousness in a dim, freezing chamber filled with pure Origin Power and realized Granduncle Master Mo Nancang was no longer beside him.
• Gu Chenfeng approached the enormous Bronze Coffin and examined its intricate inscriptions and reliefs depicting ancient humans and demons fighting a blurred female figure.
• Gu Chenfeng sensed that the Origin Power came from a ghostly green spirit medicine growing on the coffin lid, which radiated both deathly cold and concentrated life energy.
• Gu Chenfeng drew a cone-shaped object and an ancient Beast-Skin Scroll from beneath the spirit medicine's glow.
• Gu Chenfeng identified the scroll as the Heaven Grade movement art Great Evolution Wandering Dragon Art and rejoiced at his discovery.

Gu Chenfeng discovered he was inside the outer bronze coffin and used the Spirit Medicine to listen to Han Heavenly Journey and a young master from the Purple Cloud Sect prepare a blood sacrifice to open it. The young master revealed that the coffin contained a supreme-yin spiritual plant, while Gu Chenfeng remained hidden inside as the coffin absorbed energy.

• Gu Chenfeng stored the Great Evolution Wandering Dragon Art and Blood-Colored Spike, then absorbed the origin power with the Heaven-Opening Creation Art and Azure Dragon Transformation Technique.
• Through his connection to the Spirit Medicine, Gu Chenfeng heard Han Heavenly Journey report that the blood sacrifice had begun and realized he was inside the outer bronze coffin.
• Gu Chenfeng inferred that the Restriction at the bottom of the Blood Pool had transported him into the coffin and that Han Heavenly Journey's group had not discovered the passage.
• A young master from the Purple Cloud Sect praised Han Heavenly Journey and promised rewards to the Golden Ring Sect for helping open the bronze coffin.
• The young master explained that the coffin's seal and its immense appetite for Essence Blood indicated that a supreme-yin spiritual plant lay inside, while Gu Chenfeng listened from within.

Gu Chenfeng realized the Purple Cloud Sect was behind the blood sacrifice and began absorbing the origin power inside the bronze coffin to keep its seal from opening while healing and strengthening himself. After nearly four hours, the seal’s glow briefly dimmed before intensifying again, and Gu Chenfeng finally became too full to absorb any more.

• Gu Chenfeng overheard Han Heavenly Journey speaking deferentially to a brocade-clad young man and deduced that the Purple Cloud Sect was using the Golden Ring Sect to sacrifice martial artists and open the bronze coffin.
• Gu Chenfeng noticed the coffin’s blood-colored seal absorbing origin power and decided to consume as much of it as possible to prevent the seal from opening.
• Gu Chenfeng circulated the Heaven-Opening Creation Art and the Azure Dragon Transformation Technique, absorbing the origin power to heal his injuries and strengthen his body and cultivation.
• The brocade-clad young man and the others waited nearly four hours as the seal’s glow stopped growing and seemed to dim, prompting the young man to question the delay.
• The seal’s inscriptions began flowing faster and glowing brighter again, while Han Heavenly Journey watched calmly, expecting no share of the coffin’s treasures.
• Gu Chenfeng belched out wisps of origin power and declared that he could not absorb any more.

Gu Chenfeng compressed the Bronze Coffin’s Origin Power inside his Dantian while the people outside failed to open the seal and resorted to smashing the coffin. As the attacks cracked the coffin, its Blood-Colored Inscriptions suddenly seized Gu Chenfeng and pulled him away.

• Gu Chenfeng used the Five Elements Sacred Origin Art to compress Origin Power into dense liquid droplets and continued absorbing energy inside the Bronze Coffin.
• The brocade-robed young man concluded that something inside the coffin was draining its energy, then ordered his people to kill approaching Demon Race scouts.
• The young man and the others empowered a Demon-Breaking Pestle and repeatedly struck the Bronze Coffin, eventually cracking its surface.
• Gu Chenfeng sensed the attacks from inside the coffin and realized he had absorbed nearly all its Origin Power, but could not find a way to escape.
• The Blood-Colored Inscriptions blazed and swept Gu Chenfeng up in a wave of Blood Light.

Gu Chenfeng escaped the Ruins and found that the Bronze Coffin had followed him, while Mo Nancang rejoined him outside the formation. The two fled toward Human Race Territory, provoking the Demon Race as they fought through its encirclement.

• Gu Chenfeng emerged from the Ruins near the Azure Water Spirit-Sealing Formation and discovered the Bronze Coffin had followed him.
• The Bronze Coffin shrank and entered Gu Chenfeng's Storage Ring after he decided to take it with him.
• An explosion broke through the formation, and Gu Chenfeng sensed approaching Demon Race experts.
• Gu Chenfeng reunited with Mo Nancang, who told him he had searched for Gu Chenfeng and discovered the Purple Cloud Sect's involvement.
• Gu Chenfeng and Mo Nancang fled southwest toward Human Race Territory, fighting demon beasts and shouting to provoke the Demon Race into confronting the Ruins' occupants.

After the Bronze Coffin proved empty, Han Heavenly Journey and the others fled the Ruins as powerful Demon Race forces arrived. Gu Chenfeng and Mo Nancang returned safely to the Four Symbols Sect, while news of the border battle spread and Gu Chenfeng prepared for a major breakthrough.

• The Bronze Coffin exploded and revealed nothing inside, prompting Han Heavenly Journey to order another search before learning that Demon Race forces were approaching.
• Two Source King Realm Great Demons arrived near the Ruins, and Han Heavenly Journey led the human survivors in a discreet retreat.
• Gu Chenfeng and Mo Nancang escaped the danger zone, returned to the Four Symbols Sect, and kept the Purple Cloud Sect's blood sacrifice secret.
• Gu Chenfeng gave Mo Nancang origin qi that healed his injuries, then both men entered seclusion to recover and strengthen themselves.
• News spread that the border battle had devastated the human treasure-seeking parties and that the Demon Race vowed to retaliate.
• As factions across Purple Cloud Prefecture watched the aftermath, Gu Chenfeng quietly built toward a major breakthrough in Azure Dragon Hall.

Gu Chenfeng broke through to Source Spirit Realm Nine Stars after refining his body with Origin Power, then spent months stabilizing his cultivation and preparing for the Grandmaster Realm. As tensions between the Human Race and Demon Race grew, he secretly left the Four Symbols Sect and headed for Purple Cloud City.

• Gu Chenfeng used Origin Power and the Enlightenment Platform to raise his Azure Dragon Transformation Technique to Overlord Realm Peak and break through to Source Spirit Realm Nine Stars.
• Gu Chenfeng learned from Mo Nancang's intelligence that the Purple Cloud Sect had escaped blame for the ruins, while the Four Symbols Sect faced scrutiny and possible retaliation from powerful rivals.
• Gu Chenfeng continued cultivating in seclusion for several months to stabilize his foundation and improve his Martial Techniques and Secret Arts before attempting the Grandmaster Realm.
• The Demon Race gathered along the border and increased attacks on human martial artists, while negotiations with the Purple Cloud Sect remained tense.
• Gu Chenfeng secretly piloted a Black-Canopied Flying Boat toward Purple Cloud City.

Gu Chenfeng traveled to Purple Cloud City to buy materials for ancient body-tempering pills and Source Manifestation Realm Great Pills, which would support his cultivation breakthrough. After several peaceful days aboard his flying boat, he reached the vast city and hoped to find everything he needed.

• Gu Chenfeng reflected on his cultivation and realized he would need to reach the Golden Body Realm before he could master the Great Evolution Wandering Dragon Art.
• Gu Chenfeng studied the Blood-Colored Spike, discovered that Divine Sense could make it nearly invisible and that it drained the essence blood of its victims, and named it the Blood Soul Spike.
• Gu Chenfeng recalled that he had failed to escape or open the indestructible Bronze Coffin, so he kept it in his Storage Ring.
• Gu Chenfeng traveled safely aboard his flying boat for several days, using part of his Divine Sense to guide it and watch for danger.
• Gu Chenfeng arrived at Purple Cloud City and hoped to gather the spiritual materials he needed.

Gu Chenfeng entered Purple Cloud City in disguise to buy materials for two pills, but he could not find the rare ingredients needed for the Blood Jade Nirvana Pill. Gou San offered to help by taking him to the Underground Trade Fair.

• Gu Chenfeng disguised himself as a rogue cultivator and entered Purple Cloud City, where he hired the local guide Gou Laosan.
• Gou San explained the rivalry between the Human Race Alliance and the Purple Cloud Sect and told Gu Chenfeng that the city lord had recently fallen out with the Purple Cloud Sect.
• Gu Chenfeng bought the remaining materials for the Heavenly Origin Pill at the Alliance Trading House but could not find Great Grandmaster-level demonic beast essence blood or a six-hundred-year-old Phoenix Saliva Fruit.
• After Gu Chenfeng failed to find the missing ingredients at the city's medicine shops, Gou San asked whether he had heard of the Underground Trade Fair.

Gu Chenfeng followed Gou San to Purple Cloud City's hidden Underground Trade Fair and proved himself capable of entering by shattering its restriction with one finger. After trading inside and receiving a badge, he settled at an inn to await the fair's opening in three days.

• Gou San led Gu Chenfeng through a secluded alley to the Ten-Mile Fragrance tavern, where Gu Chenfeng sensed hidden restrictions and a Grandmaster's Divine Sense.
• A beautiful Grandmaster-level woman emerged from the tavern and told Gu Chenfeng that he had to pass a test and pay an admission fee to trade.
• Gu Chenfeng shattered the earthen-yellow restriction with one finger, impressing the woman, who then escorted him into the tavern.
• Gu Chenfeng left the tavern and gave Gou San fifty Source Crystals for helping him.
• Gu Chenfeng settled into an inn with a silver-gray badge and waited for the Underground Trade Fair to open in three days.

Gu Chenfeng prepared rare Barbarian Tribe Holy Crystals infused with Origin Power for Purple Cloud City's underground trade fair, while growing wary of tensions between the Human and Demon Races. At the trade fair, he joined a gathering of Grandmaster experts and watched the Five Mountains Sect's sect master arrive just as the event began.

• Gu Chenfeng paid the entrance fee, learned the trade fair's rules, and decided to enhance his Barbarian Tribe Holy Crystals with Origin Power.
• Over the next three days, Gu Chenfeng searched unsuccessfully for two medicinal ingredients and heard that the Demon Race's negotiations with the Purple Cloud Sect might collapse.
• Gu Chenfeng used a Teleportation Array to reach the sealed trade fair hall, where he found more than a dozen Grandmaster-level attendees and a curious girl watching him.
• More experts arrived, including Shi Qianchong, the Five Mountains Sect's sect master and a late-stage Great Grandmaster.
• An aged voice announced that the attendees had gathered and the trade fair would begin.

Daoist Dulong hosted the underground trading gathering, where cultivators exchanged treasures in the first round. As the gathering continued, Gu Chenfeng waited for his turn while Shi Qianchong presented three treasures, including a secret art and Great Grandmaster-level demonic beast blood.

• Daoist Dulong appeared, explained the trading rules, and began the gathering under the protection of its organizers.
• A masked Grandmaster traded a mid Earth Grade earth-attributed cultivation art to Shi Qianchong for a fire-attributed art of the same grade.
• Several cultivators offered treasures and sought rare items, while a young man’s request for a dual cultivation cauldron drew scorn.
• The girl in yellow offered a nine-hundred-year-old Azure spirit ancient ginseng for a thousand-year spirit medicine, but no one accepted her terms.
• Gu Chenfeng sensed covert gazes on the girl and worried she might be in danger after the gathering, but chose not to intervene.
• Shi Qianchong presented an eight-hundred-year-old purple yin grass, the high Earth Grade Mountain-Moving Seal, and a vial of Great Grandmaster-level demonic beast essence blood.

Gu Chenfeng offered three life-force-rich crystals to Shi Qianchong in exchange for the demonic beast essence blood. The chapter ended with Shi Qianchong eagerly asking to inspect the crystals.

• Shi Qianchong offered an eight-hundred-year-old spirit medicine, an Earth Grade high-tier Secret Art, and demonic beast essence blood for treasures that could restore life force.
• Shi Qianchong explained that his Dao companion was dying from poison and death aura, then traded his spirit medicine for heart-supplementing grass.
• A bald Great Grandmaster offered a seventh-grade Spirit-Awakening Pill for the essence blood, and Shi Qianchong considered accepting.
• Gu Chenfeng stepped forward to compete for the essence blood, and Daoist Dulong warned the bald man to follow the gathering's rules.
• Gu Chenfeng revealed three crystals that released immense, pure life energy and origin power, astonishing the hall.
• Shi Qianchong asked Gu Chenfeng if he could inspect the crystals.

Gu Chenfeng traded his origin-infused crystals for Great Grandmaster-level demon beast essence blood, then exchanged an eight-hundred-year-old spirit medicine with Shi Qianchong for the Mountain-Moving Seal secret art. After failing to find a Phoenix Saliva Fruit, he followed the girl in the yellow dress out of the gathering after she sent him a mysterious message.

• Gu Chenfeng refused to reveal more crystals, and Shi Qianchong traded the bottle of demon beast essence blood to him instead of the bald, burly cultivator.
• Gu Chenfeng offered an eight-hundred-year-old spirit medicine in search of a Phoenix Saliva Fruit, but no one at the gathering had one.
• During the private trading round, Gu Chenfeng exchanged the spirit medicine with Shi Qianchong for the Mountain-Moving Seal secret art and exchanged Communication Jade Talismans with him.
• After receiving a transmission from the girl in the yellow dress, Gu Chenfeng followed her out through the Teleportation Array, while several figures, including the bald cultivator, hurried after them.
• Daoist Dulong watched them leave with a thoughtful sneer.

Gu Chenfeng went to meet the yellow-dressed girl about the Phoenix Saliva Fruit, but a blue-robed woman and an Eight-Star Grandmaster ambushed him. He defeated them, and the attacker’s blood-red light drained the man into ash.

• Gu Chenfeng left Purple Cloud City and stopped in the western forest after sensing someone following him.
• The blue-robed woman revealed herself and tried to seduce Gu Chenfeng into trading for his Holy Crystals.
• The blue-robed woman signaled an Eight-Star Grandmaster hiding nearby to strike Gu Chenfeng from behind.
• Gu Chenfeng resisted her Bewitching Art with his Divine Sense and countered the man’s saber with a Mountain-Splitting Great Axe.
• The blood-red light pierced the fleeing man and drained his Essence Blood and Divine Soul, reducing him to ash.

Gu Chenfeng killed two Grandmaster martial artists who tried to murder him, then discovered that the mysterious girl who had arranged to meet him was the City Lord of Purple Cloud City. The chapter ended with Si Mingwei confirming her identity after Gu Chenfeng recognized her authority.

• Gu Chenfeng used the Blood Soul Spike to drain the middle-aged man’s Essence Blood and soul, then collected his spoils.
• Gu Chenfeng killed the woman in green with the Blood Soul Spike after she begged him to spare her.
• A yellow-dressed girl appeared behind Gu Chenfeng, praised him, and revealed that she knew he was Hall Master Gu.
• Daoist Dulong returned after killing the bald man who had interfered with the trade and addressed the girl as his master.
• Gu Chenfeng deduced that the girl was Purple Cloud City’s ruler, and Si Mingwei confirmed she was the City Lord.

Si Mingwei, the City Lord of Purple Cloud City, tested Gu Chenfeng’s views on the conflict with the Purple Cloud Sect and revealed that she had been watching him. After Gu Chenfeng condemned the sect, Si Mingwei chose him as a potential ally.

• Si Mingwei revealed her identity and asked Gu Chenfeng about the rumors surrounding the Four Symbols Sect and the Demon Race’s border unrest.
• Si Mingwei said she could make the Four Symbols Sect a scapegoat, while Gu Chenfeng guessed that she wanted to weaken or overthrow the Purple Cloud Sect.
• Si Mingwei unleashed her Source Emperor Realm pressure and accused Gu Chenfeng of trying to turn her against the Purple Cloud Sect.
• Gu Chenfeng argued that the Purple Cloud Sect was a malignant tumor that had to be dealt with before peace could return to the border.
• Si Mingwei withdrew her pressure, praised Gu Chenfeng, and said she had been monitoring him because of his achievements and his purchase of Phoenix Saliva Fruit.

Si Mingwei revealed that she wanted Gu Chenfeng and the Four Symbols Sect to support the Human Race Alliance against the Purple Cloud Sect, which planned to hand them over to the Demon Race. Gu agreed in exchange for protection and received a Spirit Medicine as an initial reward.

• Si Mingwei explained that the Purple Cloud Sect secretly cooperated with the Demon Race, and that she was gathering evidence while expanding the Human Race Alliance’s influence.
• Si Mingwei said Star Luo Hall could not attack the Purple Cloud Sect openly without risking unrest among the Human Race’s factions.
• Si Mingwei warned Gu Chenfeng that the Purple Cloud Sect had proposed handing him, Mo Nancang, and the Four Symbols Sect’s core members to the Demon Race.
• Gu Chenfeng agreed to serve Si Mingwei and pledge loyalty to the Human Race Alliance after she promised to shield him and the Four Symbols Sect from direct action by the Purple Cloud Sect.
• Si Mingwei offered Gu Chenfeng a scarlet Spirit Plant bearing two fiery fruits as an introductory gift.

Gu Chenfeng accepted two nine-hundred-year-old Phoenix Saliva Fruits from Si Mingwei and returned to the Four Symbols Sect to prepare for a crisis involving the Purple Cloud Sect and the Golden Ring Sect. Meanwhile, Ye Canglan plotted against the Four Symbols Sect and Hu Yue'er before Si Mingwei arrived at the Purple Cloud Sect.

• Si Mingwei gave Gu Chenfeng the Phoenix Saliva Fruits without asking for anything in return, and he decided to rely on her support while striving to reach the Grandmaster Realm.
• Daoist Dulong asked whether Gu Chenfeng could counterbalance the Purple Cloud Sect, and Si Mingwei said she had an intuition he might become influential and could merit further investment.
• Gu Chenfeng returned to the Four Symbols Sect, met privately with Mo Nancang and Gu Qingxuan, and then entered seclusion as the sect kept a low profile.
• Ye Canglan ordered Elder Wang to increase compensation in border negotiations and offer the demons every Four Symbols Sect cultivator, while dismissing the sect's efforts to lie low.
• Ye Canglan ordered Hu Yue'er kept under house arrest and made to practice a dual cultivation technique for his future breakthrough.
• Si Mingwei arrived at the Purple Cloud Sect, and Ye Canglan hurried to welcome the Source Emperor Realm powerhouse.

The Golden Ring Sect arrived at the Four Symbols Sect with two allied factions and accused it of colluding with the Demon Race in the Ancient Ruins. Yao Ze demanded that the Four Symbols Sect open its gates and answer for its alleged crimes.

• Rumors spread that negotiations between the Human Race and the Demon Race had collapsed, while the Four Symbols Sect remained secluded in the Cloudwatch Mountains.
• Martial artists from across Purple Cloud Prefecture gathered around the Cloudwatch Mountains to watch the Golden Ring Sect's scheduled visit.
• A yellow-browed Source King Realm expert claimed the Four Symbols Sect was likely in trouble and said the Golden Ring Sect had revealed information about an attack on the explorers in the Ancient Ruins.
• Yao Ze arrived with the Crimson Glow Sect and the Ink Feather Gate, and their ships surrounded the Cloudwatch Mountains.
• Yao Ze accused the Four Symbols Sect of colluding with the Demon Race and demanded that its members open the gates and answer for their crimes.