Chapter Summaries

Chi Lian, Kaiyang Island Lord and a half-step Source Venerable, cornered Gu Chenfeng, Jiang Yin, and Xie Guhong after revealing his role in the Starshine City massacre. Gu Chenfeng survived Chi Lian’s first attack and, after noticing something, chose to stand his ground as Chi Lian prepared a stronger strike.

• Jiang Yin recognized Chi Lian as the Blood Refining Venerable’s eldest disciple and Kaiyang Island Lord, and Chi Lian admitted he had come to collect what his master required.
• Chi Lian declared that he would kill the witnesses and erase the traces, so Gu Chenfeng drove the Flying Boat away with Jiang Yin and Xie Guhong.
• Chi Lian blocked their escape with a bloodflame palm, overwhelmed their counterattack, and crushed them toward the ground.
• Gu Chenfeng entered the Human-Slaying State and cleaved open a path through the palm, saving himself, Jiang Yin, and Xie Guhong while exhausting himself.
• Chi Lian formed a huge blood-colored fiery lotus to finish them, and Jiang Yin and Xie Guhong resolved to buy Gu Chenfeng time to escape.
• After a glimmer of azure light flashed in his eyes, Gu Chenfeng stayed and raised his Battle Axe to face Chi Lian.

Mu Chen arrived in time to erase Chi Lian’s Law Fire Lotus and save Gu Chenfeng, Jiang Yin, and Fan Yue. After healing them and hearing Chi Lian deny responsibility for the city’s slaughter, Mu Chen offered him a single sword strike as the price of settling the matter.

• Chi Lian sent his Law Fire Lotus down on Gu Chenfeng and the others, but a golden light appeared and a voice commanded it to disperse.
• Mu Chen emerged from the golden light, and Jiang Yin, Fan Yue, and Gu Chenfeng recognized him as their master.
• Gu Chenfeng revealed that he had sensed Mu Chen nearby and had stayed to earn his master’s goodwill.
• Chi Lian greeted Mu Chen as his martial uncle, and Mu Chen healed the three injured disciples before questioning Chi Lian about Starshine City.
• Chi Lian denied involvement in the slaughter and offered compensation for attacking Mu Chen’s disciples.
• Mu Chen agreed that Chi Lian’s proposal was decent, then offered to strike once with his sword and wipe the matter clean if Chi Lian survived.

Mu Chen killed Chi Lian with a single sword strike despite the Blood Refining Venerable’s intervention, avenging the attack on his disciple and the destruction in Starshine City. Gu Chenfeng recognized Blood Refining as the enemy behind the Four Symbols Divine Sect’s destruction, while Mu Chen openly challenged him to fight.

• Chi Lian fled from Mu Chen, who sent a strand of Sword Qi after him and overwhelmed his strongest technique.
• As Mu Chen’s sword strike was about to destroy Chi Lian’s Primordial Spirit, a blood talisman summoned the Blood Refining Venerable’s demonic hand to shield him.
• Gu Chenfeng recognized Blood Refining’s aura and connected him to the destruction of the Four Symbols Divine Sect and the hunt for the Azure Dragon Secret Treasure.
• Blood Refining offered to compensate Mu Chen if he spared Chi Lian, but Mu Chen refused and destroyed Chi Lian’s Primordial Spirit.
• Blood Refining threatened Dust-Cleansing Peak, and Mu Chen told him he did not fear him and invited him to fight.

Mu Chen defeated the Blood Refining Venerable’s attack and confronted Fan Yue over his crimes in Starshine City. Fan Yue recognized his master’s care and remorsefully destroyed himself, leaving Mu Chen to send Gu Chenfeng and Jiang Yin back to Dust-Cleansing Peak.

• Mu Chen’s sword strike killed Kaiyang Island’s lord, shattered the Red Lotus Primordial Spirit, and forced the Blood Refining Venerable to withdraw.
• Mu Chen expelled Fan Yue from Dust-Cleansing Peak for slaughtering Starshine City’s people and harming his fellow disciples.
• Fan Yue accused Mu Chen of neglecting his disciples, but Mu Chen explained that he had warned Fan Yue and sent him to Starshine City to temper his character.
• Mu Chen revealed that he had prepared an Earth Origin Golden Pill for Fan Yue, and Fan Yue remembered their first meeting and admitted that he had been wrong.
• Mu Chen ordered Fan Yue to cripple his cultivation and return to Star Luo Hall for judgment, but Fan Yue destroyed his meridians and detonated himself while promising to atone.
• Mu Chen told Gu Chenfeng and Jiang Yin to take Fan Yue’s Identity Token and return to Dust-Cleansing Peak.

After the Starshine City crisis, Mu Chen assigned his disciples new duties, rewarded Gu Chenfeng, and accepted him as a direct disciple of Dust-Cleansing Peak. The chapter ended with Mu Chen preparing for possible turmoil from the Upper Realm as its passage grew unstable.

• Jiang Yin reported that Starshine City had returned to normal, and Mu Chen appointed him acting city lord while ordering Si Mingwei to manage Shaking Light Island.
• Mu Chen praised Gu Chenfeng’s service in Starshine City and gave him treasures, including three Cloudzhi Immortal Fruits.
• Mu Chen named Gu Chenfeng a direct disciple and said he would attend the Heavenly Origin Dao Inquiry Gathering with Jiang Yin and Si Mingwei.
• Mu Chen asked whether Gu Chenfeng was married and looked to Si Mingwei for her opinion, prompting her to flee in embarrassment.
• Gu Chenfeng left to cultivate in Purple Cloud Prefecture, and Mu Chen reflected on the unstable Upper Realm passage and began planning for possible disaster.

Gu Chenfeng chose the Great Wilderness Star-Shattering Seal and an ancient body-cultivation tome before leaving Dust-Cleansing Peak. On his way back, Xie Guhong and the leaders of the Moon-Covering Temple and Treasure Elephant Sect asked to join the Four Symbols Sect, and Gu Chenfeng agreed.

• Gu Chenfeng entered Dust-Cleansing Peak’s Inner Pavilion and copied the Great Wilderness Star-Shattering Seal and an ancient tome about body cultivation.
• Gu Chenfeng left for the Star Luo Hall Seven Islands, reflecting on his gains and the Heavenly Origin Dao Inquiry Gathering planned for over a year later.
• Gu Chenfeng encountered Xie Guhong and the surviving leaders of the Moon-Covering Temple and Treasure Elephant Sect aboard three approaching Airships.
• Xie Guhong explained that the three factions wanted to bring their disciples and resources to join the Four Symbols Sect after Starshine City’s devastation.
• Gu Chenfeng agreed to return to the Four Symbols Sect with the three faction leaders.

After months of seclusion, Gu Chenfeng reached the limits of his cultivation but could not break through to the Source Emperor Realm because his body needed to advance to the Nirvana Realm first. He sought a heaven and earth spirit fire to catalyze that transformation and ended his seclusion when Mo Nancang sent him an unexpected message.

• Star Luo Hall announced that demonic rogue cultivators had attacked Starshine City, while survivors’ accounts made Gu Chenfeng famous throughout Star Luo Domain.
• The Famed Sword Sect, Moon-Covering Temple, and Treasure Elephant Sect joined the Four Symbols Sect, greatly increasing its strength.
• Gu Chenfeng consumed the Cloudzhi Immortal Fruit, cultivated five elements yuan force and embryonic laws to the half-step Source Emperor Realm, and spent over half a year trying to break through.
• After repeated failures, Gu Chenfeng concluded that his body first had to reach the Nirvana Realm and learned that a high-grade heaven and earth spirit fire could catalyze its fusion with heaven and earth origin power.
• Gu Chenfeng entered the Phantom Martial Divine Ruins to cultivate his secret arts while awaiting the Heavenly Origin Dao Inquiry Gathering, then ended his seclusion after receiving a message from Mo Nancang.

Gu Chenfeng learned that an ancient ruin had opened on the border between Purple Cloud Prefecture and the Demon Race, and he set out to reinforce the Four Symbols Sect’s peak masters. Meanwhile, the Blood Refining Venerable and a mysterious black silhouette discussed their recovery and a plan tied to a gathering main force.

• Mo Nancang told Gu Chenfeng that Human and Demon Race experts were fighting over treasures in an ancient ruin near the Borderlands Battlefield, where the Four Symbols Sect had suffered casualties.
• Gu Chenfeng refused to withdraw the sect’s people and left to reinforce them, declaring that the border ruins belonged to Purple Cloud Prefecture.
• At Eagle Vengeance Peak, the Blood Refining Venerable told a black silhouette that Blood Sacrifices had nearly healed his injuries and that a woman in Yan Province had wounded him from across the continent.
• The Blood Refining Venerable and the black silhouette discussed their plan to plunder resources, recover their strength, and prepare for their main force to gather.
• The black silhouette said it had selected targets to devour, while the Blood Refining Venerable revealed that his Avatar had found a suitable target in Starshine City.

Xie Guhong and the Four Symbols Sect party reached an Underground Palace containing five ancient treasures, but the Mountain-Moving Demon Ape Tribe arrived and seized the Bronze Ancient Sword. As Xie Guhong ordered a retreat, the Little Ape King demanded that they surrender all the treasures they had already collected.

• Xie Guhong and the Four Symbols Sect party entered the Underground Palace and found four damaged ancient treasures and an intact Bronze Great Cauldron.
• Xie Guhong broke the barrier around the Bronze Ancient Sword, but a golden hand seized it before he could collect it.
• Yuan Shanjun, Yuan Hongxiang, Kuiyu, and another late-stage Source Emperor Realm expert appeared, revealing that they had secretly tracked the humans.
• The Little Ape King taunted the Four Symbols Sect, while Xie Guhong judged the demons too powerful to fight and ordered his party to withdraw.
• The Little Ape King stopped them and demanded that they leave behind all the treasures they had obtained.

Yuan Shanjun and Jin Jiuxiao joined forces to attack the Four Symbols Sect and seize the Underground Palace treasures, but a young man arrived and crushed both of them. He demanded that the enemy leader step forward and identify himself.

• Yuan Shanjun demanded the Four Symbols Sect's remaining treasures or their help retrieving the Underground Palace treasures, while Xie Guhong refused to surrender them.
• The Golden Ape King urged Yuan Shanjun to kill the Four Symbols Sect and explained that Gu Chenfeng had become a threat to the Golden Ape Tribe.
• Jin Jiuxiao arrived with three Golden-Winged Great Peng experts and claimed the treasures, then agreed with Yuan Shanjun to attack the Four Symbols Sect.
• Xie Guhong prepared a desperate attack so the other Four Symbols Sect members could escape as eight Source Emperor experts advanced on them.
• A young man in black arrived, shattered Yuan Shanjun and Jin Jiuxiao's attacks, slammed them into the ground, and demanded that their leader step forward.

Gu Chenfeng arrived at the Underground Palace and rescued the Four Symbols Sect from the Demon Race experts, overwhelming Jin Jiuxiao and Yuan Shanjun and battling three Late-Stage Source Emperor Realm opponents at once. After his allies secured the other ancient treasures, he revealed that he had been holding back and prepared to unleash more power against the remaining enemies.

• Gu Chenfeng arrived in the Underground Palace and pulled Jin Jiuxiao and Yuan Shanjun from the pits where his attacks had pinned them.
• When Jin Jiuxiao threatened him, Gu Chenfeng struck both young masters back into the pits and knocked them unconscious.
• The Golden Ape King and two other Late-Stage Source Emperor Realm experts attacked Gu Chenfeng, who held them off barehanded while Xie Guhong and the others engaged the remaining enemies.
• Gu Chenfeng's allies drove the lower-ranked martial artists from the Underground Palace, and Zhou Yue collected three ancient treasures before trying unsuccessfully to reach the bronze cauldron.
• After everyone else had withdrawn, Gu Chenfeng summoned a Profound Weapon Battle Axe and let his aura surge as he prepared to stop holding back.

Gu Chenfeng defeated the Golden Ape King and two other late-stage Source Emperor Realm fighters, but halted his attack when he sensed a dangerous presence awakening inside the Bronze Ancient Cauldron. He tried to escape the Underground Palace with Zhou Yue, Xie Guhong, and Zhao Xian, but the black qi from the cauldron seized him as the others fled.

• Gu Chenfeng used his Battle Axe and Great Wilderness Star-Shattering Seal to severely injure the Golden Ape King and his two allies, leaving them unable to resist.
• As Zhou Yue weakened the golden seal around the Bronze Ancient Cauldron, Gu Chenfeng sensed Chaos Qi and a hidden, dangerous aura within it.
• Gu Chenfeng swept Zhou Yue away from the cauldron and ordered her, Xie Guhong, and Zhao Xian to leave the Underground Palace.
• Black qi poured from the cauldron, engulfed the Golden Ape King and the other two, and devoured their Primordial Spirits.
• Gu Chenfeng reached the exit with the others, but black qi coiled around his legs and pulled him down; Xie Guhong, Zhou Yue, and Zhao Xian escaped while he was engulfed.

Gu Chenfeng was trapped in the Abyss Underground Palace by a blood formation controlled from the Bronze Ancient Cauldron, whose unseen occupant tried to refine his essence, qi, and spirit. He resisted the formation and unleashed a purple-gold mountain against it, leaving the clash unresolved.

• Gu Chenfeng used his perfected Dragon Elephant Realm Astral Qi and the Bronze Coffin to destroy and devour countless blood-colored remnant souls.
• A mysterious voice spoke from the Bronze Ancient Cauldron, and Luo Sheng awoke and warned Gu Chenfeng to flee.
• The cauldron's occupant distorted the Underground Palace's space and activated the Nine Hells Blood Refinement formation around Gu Chenfeng.
• Gu Chenfeng suppressed the formation's refining power with his Primordial Spirit, Azure Dragon Transformation Technique, and Heaven-Opening Creation Art.
• As the cauldron's Golden Runes faded and the refining power strengthened, Gu Chenfeng struck the barrier with his Profound Ice Battle Axe, then summoned a purple-gold mountain to crash into the Formation Disk.

Gu Chenfeng fought the being sealed inside the Guixu Cauldron, then restored its failing seal by transferring Chaos Qi into it. As the Underground Palace began closing, he escaped the abyss, while the imprisoned being vowed to hunt him after breaking free.

• Gu Chenfeng struck the black formation disk with Purplecloud Divine Peak and his axe, but the being inside the cauldron repaired the formation and attacked him with a demonic claw.
• Gu Chenfeng used the Azure Dragon Sky-Splitting Claw against the demonic claw, but the attack was shattered and he was badly injured as Purplecloud Divine Peak was knocked back.
• Gu Chenfeng revealed that he had replenished the Guixu Cauldron with Chaos Qi, causing its eight golden sealing runes to relight and suppress the escaping black qi.
• Gu Chenfeng sensed a connection forming between himself and the cauldron after his blood and Chaos Qi were absorbed, but he chose not to approach it.
• The restored Guixu Cauldron began drawing the abyssal land inward, so Gu Chenfeng flew out of the abyss as the sealed being vowed to seek him once it escaped.

After escaping the Abyss Ruins, Gu Chenfeng reassured the Four Symbols Sect elders and distributed the recovered treasures. He learned that the sealed fiend was from the Blood Nether Race and could threaten the Seven Star Continent, then received a message from the Dragon Emperor.

• Gu Chenfeng escaped the collapsing Abyss Ruins as Xie Guhong and the others reached him, and the demon races' airships fled when they saw him unharmed.
• Aboard the airship, Gu Chenfeng said he had sealed the fiend inside the Bronze Ancient Cauldron again and allowed Xie Guhong, Zhou Yue, and Zhao Xian each to choose an ancient treasure.
• Gu Chenfeng asked Luo Sheng about the fiend, and Luo Sheng identified it as his mortal enemy from the Blood Nether Race, warning that its escape could bring catastrophe to the Seven Star Continent.
• Luo Sheng offered to protect Gu Chenfeng if he released him, but Gu Chenfeng refused and put the Bronze Coffin away.
• Gu Chenfeng sensed the Dragon Emperor Token vibrating and realized his elder brother, the Dragon Emperor, had sent him a message.

Gu Chenfeng learned from the Dragon Emperor that war had erupted in the Eternal Heaven Realm and that the passages to it would be sealed, leaving the Seven Star Continent to face the loosening seals and a renewed threat from the Four Great Clans and Devouring Spirit Beasts. After the Dragon Emperor ended their conversation, Gu Chenfeng resolved to strengthen himself and stay alert for Devouring Spirit Beasts hiding among the Human and Demon Races.

• The Dragon Emperor told Gu Chenfeng that the Four Great Clans had launched an early assault in the Eternal Heaven Realm and that both passages to the Seven Star Continent would be sealed to prevent an invasion.
• The Dragon Emperor explained that the seals on Devouring Spirit Beasts and the Four Great Clans' experts were weakening, and warned Gu Chenfeng to seek help from the Dragon Race if he faced a crisis.
• Gu Chenfeng told the Dragon Emperor about the being sealed in the Guixu Cauldron, and the Dragon Emperor identified the cauldron as a treasure once used by Taiching Daoist and warned him to flee if the being stirred.
• The Dragon Emperor shared advice on fighting the Devouring Spirit Beasts and the Four Great Clans' experts, then ended contact as he returned to the Upper Realm war.
• Gu Chenfeng resolved to improve his strength and protect those he cared about, while remembering that some Devouring Spirit Beasts could still be disguised among the Human and Demon Races.

After the Purple Cloud Sect fell, Gu Chenfeng revived Han Heavenly Journey’s primordial spirit and gave him the Golden Ape King’s body. Han Heavenly Journey’s new strength stirred treacherous thoughts, but Gu Chenfeng immediately seized him to inspect the possession.

• News of Gu Chenfeng’s victories in the Abyss Ruins spread, and other powers abandoned their designs on the Four Symbols Sect.
• Gu Chenfeng awakened Han Heavenly Journey and told him that the Purple Cloud Sect had been destroyed and Ye Beixuan killed.
• Gu Chenfeng offered Han Heavenly Journey the Golden Ape King’s refined body, and Han Heavenly Journey successfully possessed it.
• Han Heavenly Journey’s cultivation reached the five-star Source Emperor Realm, and his new power made him consider whether he could escape Gu Chenfeng.
• Gu Chenfeng summoned a giant hand of flame and seized Han Heavenly Journey before he could act.

Gu Chenfeng turned Han Heavenly Journey into a controlled replacement for the Golden Ape King and tasked him with strengthening the Golden Ape Tribe and gathering intelligence. After more than a month in seclusion, Gu Chenfeng upgraded the Azure Dragon's Eye and set off for Star Luo Hall before the Heavenly Origin Dao Inquiry Gathering, while powerful figures across the continent sensed an approaching calamity.

• Gu Chenfeng examined Han Heavenly Journey's body, confirmed its restrictions and limitations, and ordered him to return to the Golden Ape Tribe as the Golden Ape King to develop its power and secretly collect intelligence on the Demon Race.
• After Han Heavenly Journey left, Gu Chenfeng resumed cultivation and focused on refining the Azure Dragon's Eye with Dragon Origin power.
• A woman at Purple Firmament Summit declared that a calamity was drawing near and that the time had come to fulfill their mission, while figures at several major sects sensed the same change and reached an unspoken understanding.
• More than a month later, Gu Chenfeng emerged from seclusion and traveled by Flying Boat toward Star Luo Hall, reviewing intelligence gathered by the Four Symbols Sect and the Golden Ape Tribe.
• Gu Chenfeng tested the upgraded Azure Dragon's Eye, which greatly enhanced his perception and let him alter nearby energy patterns, though it consumed more Divine Sense.
• Gu Chenfeng judged that he could contend with Source Emperor Realm Nine-Star experts, but still needed a suitable Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire to advance toward the Nirvana Realm and Source Emperor Realm.

Gu Chenfeng reunited with Mu Chen and his fellow disciples before joining Star Luo Hall’s delegation aboard a Star-Island Ship bound for the Heavenly Origin Dao Inquiry Gathering. As he cultivated during the journey, a sudden disturbance outside Wanning Courtyard suggested that a fight had broken out aboard the ship.

• Gu Chenfeng paid his respects to Mu Chen and met Jiang Yin and Si Mingwei, who discussed his recent victories at the Human-Demon border.
• Gu Chenfeng told Mu Chen about the vicious creature in the underground palace, concealing that he had used chaos qi to seal it.
• Mu Chen warned Gu Chenfeng, Jiang Yin, and Si Mingwei to stay cautious and cooperate at the Heavenly Origin Dao Inquiry Gathering.
• The three disciples boarded Star Luo Hall’s Star-Island Ship and learned that the gathering offered opportunities to exchange insights and might help Gu Chenfeng find a heaven and earth spirit fire.
• Gu Chenfeng cultivated in Wanning Courtyard, then left his Training Room after sensing intense energy fluctuations and a possible fight at the courtyard entrance.

Eagle Vengeance Peak’s elders and disciples attacked and insulted Dust-Cleansing Peak at Wanning Courtyard, prompting Si Mingwei and Jiang Yin to fight back. As Jiang Yin was overwhelmed by reinforcements, Gu Chenfeng arrived and moved toward the battle, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Dust-Cleansing Peak disciples told Jiang Yin and Si Mingwei that Eagle Vengeance Peak had tried to seize rooms at Wanning Courtyard and injured those who resisted.
• Si Mingwei intervened in the fight, but an Eagle Vengeance Peak elder blocked her attacks and dismissed the harm done to Dust-Cleansing Peak.
• After the elder insulted Dust-Cleansing Peak, Jiang Yin attacked him and quickly gained the upper hand.
• Three Eagle Vengeance Peak elders joined the fight and forced Jiang Yin onto the defensive, while two others stopped Si Mingwei from helping him.
• Gu Chenfeng struck the two elders blocking the courtyard gate, then vanished toward the battle in the air.