Chapter Summaries

Gu Chenfeng returned to the Four Symbols Divine Sect’s encampment and fought two middle Source Venerable realm Blood Nether Race powerhouses while Tu Ling continued attacking the sect’s formation. He revealed that his strength had grown far beyond their expectations, ending the chapter by stopping their ultimate attacks with his bare hands.

• Tu Ling ordered two middle Source Venerable realm fighters to hold Gu Chenfeng back while he attacked the Four Extremes Profound Yin Formation.
• Gu Chenfeng told Tongtong and the others to guard the formation, then calmly blocked the scar-faced man’s halberds and the alluring woman’s spike with the Profound Ice Battle Axe.
• The two Blood Nether Race fighters unleashed secret arts and realized Gu Chenfeng was reading their moves and holding back.
• Gu Chenfeng put away his battle axe and caught both fighters’ ultimate attacks in his palms with Indestructible Astral Qi.

Gu Chenfeng revealed that he had reached the Immortal Realm as a Body Cultivator and overpowered the two attackers, killing the scar-faced man and destroying his Primordial Spirit. As he moved to finish the alluring woman, Tu Ling intervened and confronted him.

• Gu Chenfeng repelled the alluring woman and the scar-faced man's attacks, prompting them to realize he was an Immortal Realm Body Cultivator.
• Gu Chenfeng overwhelmed the scar-faced man in close combat, shattering his defenses and reducing his body to dust.
• Gu Chenfeng exposed the scar-faced man's fleeing Primordial Spirit and destroyed it with a beam of starlight.
• Gu Chenfeng turned on the wounded alluring woman and moved to strike her.
• Tu Ling's blade of Demonic Qi halted Gu Chenfeng, and Gu Chenfeng teasingly challenged him.

Gu Chenfeng confronted Tu Ling and proved he could contend with the Late Source Venerable Realm expert, forcing the battle into an even clash. As they fought, Mu Chen ordered the Four Symbols Divine Sect forces to counterattack and help Gu Chenfeng destroy their enemies.

• Tu Ling abandoned his attack on the Four Extremes Profound Yin Formation and struck at Gu Chenfeng, who withstood his sword attack with only a slight retreat.
• Tu Ling unleashed the Blood Slaughter Sword Formation, but Gu Chenfeng endured its first layer without injury and repelled its nine giant swords with his internal and external cultivation.
• Tu Ling drew the Demon Abyss Sword and fought Gu Chenfeng, who wielded the Profound Ice Battle Axe; neither gained a clear advantage.
• Panyue and Blood Refining Venerable watched in shock as Gu Chenfeng matched Tu Ling, while Mu Chen ordered the Four Symbols Divine Sect forces to counterattack.

The Four Symbols Divine Sect counterattacked the Blood Nether Race’s surprise assault as Gu Chenfeng aided the battle while dueling Tu Ling. When Tu Ling unleashed his Blood Nether Dharma Body, Gu Chenfeng answered with his newly revealed Indestructible Golden Body, and the two prepared to clash at full strength.

• Tongtong withdrew the Four Extremes Profound Yin Formation, and Mu Chen, Panyue, Blood Refining Venerable, and Tongtong joined the fight against the Blood Nether Race’s Source Venerables.
• The Four Symbols Divine Sect’s army surged from the Barbarian God Secret Realm and counterattacked the Soul Devouring Beast Army, emboldened by Gu Chenfeng’s return and earlier victories.
• Gu Chenfeng used a bronze mirror to disrupt the Blood Nether Race’s Venerables while lingering starlight struck their troops and helped drive the Soul Devouring Beast Army onto the defensive.
• Tu Ling condensed his Blood Nether Dharma Body and attacked Gu Chenfeng with an enormous palm.
• Gu Chenfeng unleashed his Indestructible Golden Body and met Tu Ling’s attack with a punch.

Gu Chenfeng defeated Tu Ling and helped the Four Symbols Divine Sect crush the Blood Nether Race’s surprise attack. After the enemy survivors fled and the battle ended in victory, Gu Chenfeng reunited with his family and saw Fu Yan arriving with a young monk.

• Gu Chenfeng smashed Tu Ling’s Blood Nether Dharma Body, forcing Tu Ling to escape in the Blood-Colored Shuttle with five other Venerable-level Experts.
• Gu Chenfeng struck the shuttle as it tried to evacuate the Soul Devouring Beast Elites, but it escaped with only a small portion of the troops.
• Gu Chenfeng and the Four Symbols Divine Sect slaughtered the abandoned Soul Devouring Beasts, securing a resounding victory.
• Gu Chenfeng explained that he had broken through to the Immortal realm and rushed to the sect after learning of its danger through Tongtong.
• Gu Chenfeng reunited with Gu Beiwu, Gu Lingxiao, Mu Chen, Panyue, and the others, then learned Fu Yan had gone to the Seven Star Alliance Headquarters to seek news of him.
• Fu Yan and a young monk arrived, spotted Gu Chenfeng, and called out to him.

After returning to the Four Symbols Divine Sect, Gu Chenfeng reunited with allies who had searched for him and learned that his sect’s victory had strengthened its standing in the Seven Star Alliance. As he reconnected with Ao Li and caught up on the situation, he learned that Alliance Leader Yuqing had called a Leaders' Conference for ten days later.

• Gu Chenfeng welcomed Bai Miaoyin and Yichan, who explained that they had searched for him and rushed to help when they heard the Four Symbols Divine Sect was under attack.
• Ao Li arrived and reunited with Gu Chenfeng, revealing their mutual awareness that each had protected the Four Symbols Divine Sect during his absence.
• Gu Chenfeng brought his allies to the sect hall and briefly described his survival, while leaving out the details involving Marquis Yu and the Upper Realm.
• Bai Miaoyin and Yichan learned that Gu Chenfeng had defeated Tu Ling and that the sect’s other Source Venerable-level fighters had helped rout the Blood Nether Race’s army.
• Gu Chenfeng caught up on the sect and alliance’s situation, then learned from Bai Miaoyin and Ao Li that Yuqing had summoned the alliance’s Deputy Alliance Leaders and Adjudicators to a conference in ten days.

Gu Chenfeng discussed a possible alliance counterattack with Bai Miaoyin and Yichan, while Ao Li grew jealous of Bai Miaoyin’s advances. The arrival of Liu Fuyan, Su Wanyue, and Shangguan Bingxin left Gu Chenfeng facing an even more complicated situation.

• Bai Miaoyin told Gu Chenfeng that True Person Yuqing had called a summit that might plan to reclaim lands lost to the Four Races’ Soul Devouring Beasts.
• Gu Chenfeng agreed to strengthen ties with Bai Miaoyin and Yichan’s factions and travel with them to the alliance headquarters.
• Yichan offered Gu Chenfeng partners for Chan cultivation, prompting icy looks from Ao Li and Bai Miaoyin.
• Bai Miaoyin flirted with Gu Chenfeng beneath the table, but Ao Li used the Ice Soul Dragon Slumber Art to warn him, and he evaded Bai Miaoyin’s touch.
• Ao Li and Bai Miaoyin exchanged barbed remarks and released their auras as they competed over Gu Chenfeng.
• Liu Fuyan arrived with Su Wanyue and Shangguan Bingxin, and Yichan withdrew as the gathering’s mood shifted.

Gu Chenfeng reunited with Liu Fuyan and the other women, then returned to his Cave Abode to study a new Secret Art. Meanwhile, Mingluo punished Tu Ling for the failed attack and ordered his forces to find the Seven Star Continent’s plane core.

• Liu Fuyan welcomed Gu Chenfeng back and thanked Ao Li, Su Wanyue, and Shangguan Bingxin for helping her search for him.
• Ao Li and Liu Fuyan resonated through the Ice Soul Dragon Slumber Art, then Ao Li took the women away to teach them while Gu Chenfeng returned to his Cave Abode.
• Gu Chenfeng used the Golden Palace Jade Page to begin comprehending the Star Escape Secret Art.
• Tu Ling reported the failed attack on the Four Symbols Divine Sect and Gu Chenfeng’s return to Mingluo.
• Mingluo revealed that he had roughly located the Seven Star Continent’s plane core, severed Tu Ling’s arm as punishment, and disappeared.

Gu Chenfeng traveled with Ao Li, Bai Miaoyin, and Yichan to the Seven Star Alliance summit at Halberd Mountain while studying the Star Escape secret art. After an awkward attempt to be alone with Ao Li, he focused on the preparations needed to master the art and advance his cultivation.

• News spread that Gu Chenfeng had returned and the Four Symbols Divine Sect had defeated an attack by Soul Devouring Beasts of the Blood Nether Race.
• Gu Chenfeng boarded an airship with Ao Li, Bai Miaoyin, and Yichan to attend the Seven Star Alliance summit at Halberd Mountain.
• Frustrated that Ao Li had kept him from being intimate with the other women while they practiced, Gu Chenfeng entered her cabin, only to find Bai Miaoyin there as well.
• Ao Li explained that she and Bai Miaoyin were exchanging cultivation insights, and Gu Chenfeng fled back to his own cabin after making a parting threat to Ao Li.
• Gu Chenfeng reviewed the Star Escape secret art and learned that he needed rare space-attribute wings from a high-level demonic beast to refine the Heaven-Traversing Star Wings.
• Gu Chenfeng resolved to seek the materials and supplies at the alliance headquarters and prepare for his eventual Source Venerable Realm breakthrough.

At the Seven Star Alliance summit, Yuan Liekong questioned Gu Chenfeng’s return and accused him of possibly colluding with the Soul Devouring Beasts. Gu Chenfeng arrived and answered the accusations with a punch that showed he could match Yuan Liekong, leaving the hall stunned.

• Yuan Liekong dismissed reports of Gu Chenfeng’s strength and urged the alliance to consider expelling the Four Symbols Divine Sect if Gu failed to attend.
• Gu Chenfeng entered the summit with Bai Miaoyin, Yichan, and Ao Li, then repelled Yuan Liekong’s attempt to probe him with divine sense.
• Yuan Liekong asked whether Gu had survived by colluding with the Soul Devouring Beasts, while Bai Miaoyin defended Gu and challenged the accusation.
• Gu Chenfeng stopped Ao Li from attacking and offered to prove his allegiance and strength directly.
• Gu Chenfeng and Yuan Liekong exchanged punches, and Yuan Liekong landed unsteadily after retreating half a step.

Gu Chenfeng demonstrated late Source Venerable Realm combat strength against Yuan Liekong, while the Seven Star Alliance’s Deputy Alliance Leaders affirmed his and the Four Symbols Divine Sect’s contributions. Alliance Leader True Person Yuqing then revealed that the summit concerned the Saint-Seizing Land, where Saint Level invaders from the Four Races remained sealed.

• Gu Chenfeng gained a slight advantage in a head-on clash with Yuan Liekong and challenged him to continue fighting.
• Yuan Liekong hesitated to accept, as losing would damage his own standing and that of the Mountain-Moving Demon Ape Tribe.
• The four Deputy Alliance Leaders arrived, welcomed Gu Chenfeng, and praised the Four Symbols Divine Sect for thwarting the Blood Nether Race’s attack.
• True Person Yuqing appeared before the gathered representatives and asked whether they had heard of the Saint-Seizing Land.
• True Person Yuqing explained that ancient sages had sealed Saint Level invaders from all four races on the Seven Star Continent, which had once been called the Saint-Seizing Land.

Yuqing revealed that Mingluo was seeking Saint-Seizing Land to free other sealed Saint Level invaders, and she organized an alliance defense of its nine formation nodes. After trading for tribulation-surviving treasures, Gu Chenfeng failed to obtain spatial-law wings and asked Ao Li for help as she prepared to return to the Dragon Race.

• Yuqing explained that the Four Races' Soul Devouring Beasts would attack the nine formation nodes within three years, and she planned to lure Mingluo into the Core Region and use the restrictions to seal or kill him.
• Yuqing assigned the alliance forces to defend the nodes, including ordering the Four Symbols Divine Sect, the Mountain-Moving Demon Ape Tribe, and the Heavenly Fox Clan to guard Gu Chenfeng's assigned node.
• Gu Chenfeng traded with experts for treasures to help him endure his Source Venerable Realm breakthrough, but he could not obtain high-ranking Demon Race wings containing spatial laws.
• Ao Li visited Gu Chenfeng aboard his concealed Airship and told him she was returning to the Dragon Race, offering to help if he sent word with the Dragon Emperor Token.
• Gu Chenfeng embraced Ao Li from behind and told her he needed her help.

Gu Chenfeng’s attempt to get close to Ao Li ended with her fleeing, and True Person Yuqing arrived to catch up with him before revealing that she needed his help. She explained that an unexpected problem with one of her avatars had left a flaw in her Dao attainment that she must repair before facing Mingluo.

• Gu Chenfeng tried to get close to Ao Li aboard the airship, but she transformed into a dragon and fled before they could finish.
• Gu Chenfeng left the cabin and found Yuqing waiting outside, then invited her to talk on the top deck.
• Yuqing recalled her past as the Female Imperial Preceptor and asked Gu Chenfeng about the Great Li Dynasty and its people.
• Gu Chenfeng offered Yuqing the Guixu Cauldron, but she declined because it had acknowledged him as its master.
• Yuqing told Gu Chenfeng that an unexpected problem with one of her avatars had left a flaw in her Dao attainment, and asked him to help repair it before her battle with Mingluo.

Yuqing used the Guixu Cauldron, with Gu Chenfeng’s help, to repair her damaged Dao Foundation, and Gu Chenfeng’s divine sense improved during the process. Yuqing left after thanking him and planned to ask for his help again, while Jade Void True Person’s teasing about Gu Chenfeng earned him a forceful rebuke.

• Yuqing told Gu Chenfeng that the Guixu Cauldron could repair her Dao Foundation, and he agreed to help.
• Gu Chenfeng sent his Primordial Spirit into the Guixu Cauldron, activated it, and let Yuqing take control.
• The cauldron’s energy put Gu Chenfeng’s Primordial Spirit to sleep, and he later awoke refreshed with improved divine sense.
• Yuqing sent Gu Chenfeng a message saying she had recovered considerably and might need more sessions to fully repair her Dao Foundation.
• Jade Void True Person teased Yuqing about Gu Chenfeng, and Yuqing blasted him into the void turbulence.

Gu Chenfeng arrived at Dragon-Locking Pass with Tongtong and Four Symbols Divine Sect elites to guard a Saint-Seizing Land formation node alongside the Heavenly Fox Clan. After inspecting the sealed node, he prepared to spend the next few years strengthening himself before the coming battle.

• Gu Chenfeng returned to the Four Symbols Divine Sect, then traveled northeast with Tongtong and nearly a hundred elites to Dragon-Locking Pass.
• Bai Miaoyin welcomed Gu Chenfeng and brought him and Tongtong through a river passage into the underground fortress protecting the formation node.
• Gu Chenfeng inspected the node’s white sphere of light and sensed the auras of the Barbarian God, the Dragon Emperor, and two other powerful figures.
• Bai Miaoyin discussed cooperation with Gu Chenfeng, while she and Bai Miaoyu later considered pursuing a closer relationship with him and the Four Symbols Divine Sect.
• Gu Chenfeng declined Bai Miaoyin’s banquet invitation and returned to his quarters, where he began refining pills to prepare for the Source Venerable Realm tribulation.

After Gu Chenfeng’s victory made him and the Four Symbols Divine Sect famous, he continued cultivating at Dragon-Locking Pass while Tongtong secretly kept watch over his potential enemies. Alliance Leader Yuqing visited again to repair her Dao Foundation using the Guixu Cauldron, and Gu Chenfeng awoke afterward wondering what happened inside it.

• The Seven Star Alliance and the Human and Demon Races confirmed Gu Chenfeng’s victory over the Blood Nether Race, raising him and the Four Symbols Divine Sect to the ranks of the leading powers.
• Gu Chenfeng spent nearly a year cultivating at Dragon-Locking Pass and postponed his breakthrough until he had prepared more thoroughly.
• Tongtong visited Gu Chenfeng and told him she had been secretly listening to Yuan Liekong and the Bai sisters, whom she believed wanted to harm or eat him.
• Gu Chenfeng sensed Alliance Leader Yuqing approaching and sent Tongtong away before she arrived to use the Guixu Cauldron to repair her Dao Foundation.
• Yuqing entered the cauldron and induced Gu Chenfeng’s Primordial Spirit to sleep as his Starry Sky Divine Sense Art circulated; when he awoke, she had left, and he returned to cultivation.

After nearly three years of cultivation, Gu Chenfeng prepared to break through to the Source Venerable Realm as the crisis at the Saint-Seizing Land approached. During Yuqing’s final visit to restore her Dao Foundation, Gu Chenfeng unexpectedly awakened inside the Guixu Cauldron and saw her, leaving them caught in an escalating surge of yin-yang energy.

• Gu Chenfeng mastered the Star Escape secret art and perfected his five kinds of law power, though he still lacked the wings needed to unleash the art’s full power.
• Gu Chenfeng sensed Yuqing approaching, and she told him her Dao Foundation was nearly restored and that Mingluo had located the Saint-Seizing Land’s core.
• Gu Chenfeng entered the Guixu Cauldron to help Yuqing with her final restoration, and his primordial spirit fell into its familiar slumber.
• Gu Chenfeng’s Starry Sky Divine Sense Art broke through its restraints, and he awoke to find Yuqing in an intimate state inside the cauldron.
• Yuqing noticed Gu Chenfeng had awakened, but the cauldron’s surging yin-yang energy continued to drive them toward union.

Gu Chenfeng and the defenders prepared for the Soul Devouring Beasts’ assault on the Dragon-Locking Pass formation node. Five days into the invasion, Tu Ling, Xuehun, Feiyu, and a large enemy force arrived to destroy the node, and both sides began fighting.

• Gu Chenfeng realized Alliance Leader Yuqing had secretly used primordial-spirit dual cultivation to nourish him, but postponed asking her why until the crisis was over.
• Two months later, the Soul Devouring Beast army launched an unprecedented invasion, while elite enemy teams slipped past the front lines toward key targets.
• On the fifth day of the war, a force of several hundred Soul Devouring Beasts and Phoenix Race fighters surrounded Dragon-Locking Pass, where Gu Chenfeng, Tongtong, Bai Miaoyin, Bai Miaoyu, Yuan Liekong, and their forces defended the formation node.
• Tu Ling recognized Gu Chenfeng and challenged him, while Feiyu offered to fight him and Xuehun urged Tu Ling to follow their mission plan.
• Tu Ling, Xuehun, and Feiyu ordered their forces to attack the defenders.

The battle for Dragon-Locking Pass began as the invading Blood Nether Race and Phoenix Race elites attacked the defenders. Gu Chenfeng fought Feiyu, countering her Phoenix Race abilities and ultimately breaking her fire phoenix phantom with his axe, leaving her injured and driven back.

• Tu Ling and the other commanders sent their elites to attack Dragon-Locking Pass, and Gu Chenfeng, Bai Miaoyin, and Yuan Liekong ordered the defenders to counterattack.
• Tu Ling, Xuehun, Feiyu, and five other Source Venerable Realm experts charged the pass, where Gu Chenfeng and five Human and Demon Race experts met them.
• Feiyu attacked Gu Chenfeng with her Phoenix Race speed, strength, and Fire Element Law, but he stood firm and matched her power.
• Feiyu summoned a fire phoenix phantom and unleashed Phoenix Race innate divine abilities, while Gu Chenfeng countered with his techniques, battle axe, and dragon roar.
• Gu Chenfeng advanced through Feiyu’s attacks and struck her fire phoenix phantom with Heaven's Mandate Nine Strikes, breaking it and sending Feiyu flying backward.

Gu Chenfeng fought Feiyu and gained the upper hand, but she transformed into her true fire phoenix form and used her spatial movement to attack him. Gu Chenfeng countered with his Indestructible Golden Body and Star Escape, leaving Feiyu badly wounded as she tried to flee.

• Gu Chenfeng wounded Feiyu, while the other battles across the battlefield remained uneven and several allies struggled against stronger numbers.
• Feiyu transformed into her true fire phoenix form and used her spatial ability to surprise Gu Chenfeng with a powerful claw strike.
• Gu Chenfeng used his Indestructible Golden Body to overpower Feiyu and countered her teleporting attacks by tracking her movements with his divine sense.
• Gu Chenfeng struck Feiyu with Heaven's Mandate Nine Strikes, Earth-Slaying Slash, badly wounding her and shattering many of her feathers.
• Feiyu fled into the void, but Gu Chenfeng pursued her with Star Escape and struck her again, sending her flying out of concealment.