Chapter Summaries

Gu Chenfeng overwhelmed Zhang Yan, then fought three Saint Master Realm cultivators after Zhang Yan’s companions arrived. As the three unleashed their strongest attacks, Gu Chenfeng’s skin gained silver threads and runes while Yin Baleful Qi surged from him.

• Gu Chenfeng attacked Zhang Yan and drove him back with the power of his Mountain-Splitting Great Axe.
• Gu Chenfeng’s Limitless Raging Tide Slash shattered Zhang Yan’s defenses, badly injuring him and sending him flying.
• Two Saint Master Realm cultivators, a black-armored man and a red-armored woman, arrived and joined the battle against Gu Chenfeng.
• Zhang Yan recovered enough to return, and the three surrounded Gu Chenfeng and suppressed his attacks.
• The three launched their strongest techniques at Gu Chenfeng, who responded as silver threads and mysterious runes spread across his body and Yin Baleful Qi erupted.

Gu Chenfeng used the Profound Baleful Treasure Body to fight three Saint Master Realm cultivators and gradually suppress them, especially Zhang Yan. Nearby, four Saint Warrior realm cultivators arrived, recognized the battle, and tried to leave before a blood-eyed black-robed man attacked them.

• Gu Chenfeng blocked Zhang Yan and his two companions' combined attack and revealed the power of his fused Yin Baleful Qi.
• Gu Chenfeng fought the three Saint Master Realm experts in a prolonged battle, healing quickly while his Yin Baleful Qi weakened them.
• Gu Chenfeng focused his attacks on the wounded Zhang Yan, blasting him away and worsening his injuries.
• Pang and three other Saint Warrior realm cultivators saw Gu Chenfeng suppressing the three experts and pretended their Command Tokens were malfunctioning so they could leave.
• A black-robed man tore apart and drained the young woman, then roared and lunged at Pang and the other two men.

Gu Chenfeng was wounded when Zhou and three other Saint Master Realm experts surrounded him, but he escaped using the Feathered Myriad Sword Formation, the Five-Thunder Divine Mountain, and an Azure Dragon attack. He fled away from Black Iron City, intending to leave the battlefield now that the pursuers had followed him.

• Zhang Yan was gravely injured as Gu Chenfeng overwhelmed the Black-Armored Man and the Red Armor Woman.
• Zhou arrived and wounded Gu Chenfeng with his sword, then a Silver-Eyed Youth joined the encirclement.
• Gu Chenfeng sprang the Feathered Myriad Sword Formation and sent the Five-Thunder Divine Mountain against the four pursuers before breaking away.
• The four experts broke through the attacks, but Gu Chenfeng used an Azure Dragon’s divine-sense assault to escape while they recovered.
• Gu Chenfeng fled at full speed away from Black Iron City, deciding to leave the battlefield as planned.

Gu Chenfeng escaped four Saint Master Realm pursuers by using a prepared formation, Substitute Puppets, and Incarnation Talismans to cover his real body’s flight underground. Just as he prepared to flee the Great Jin Divine Dynasty, a burst of talisman energy struck from above.

• Gu Chenfeng lured his pursuers away from Black Iron City, while the white-robed Sword Cultivator and the others chose to keep chasing him.
• Gu Chenfeng activated the Cangming Water-Covering Formation and Feathered Myriad Sword Formation, but the white-robed Sword Cultivator broke both with a Myriad Sword Talisman.
• Gu Chenfeng sent eight Substitute Puppets and many Incarnation Talismans in different directions, confusing the pursuers while he escaped underground with an Earth Escape Talisman.
• Gu Chenfeng emerged a thousand li away, carrying his possessions and expecting Black Iron City's forces to have broken out successfully.
• Gu Chenfeng spread his Heaven-Traversing Star Wings to flee the Feather Transformation Marquisate, but dark runes appeared above him and unleashed a powerful burst of talisman energy.

Gu Chenfeng was ambushed by a Peerless Abyss Pavilion killer and used talismans and bluffs to escape while badly injured. As the killer cornered him again, Gu Chenfeng unleashed his primordial spirit’s Star Punishment attack, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• The Black-Clad Man struck Gu Chenfeng with a Myriad Blades Spirit Talisman and an assassination slash, leaving him badly wounded.
• The Black-Clad Man revealed that he had been sent by Peerless Abyss Pavilion and claimed Gu Chenfeng would not survive three moves.
• Gu Chenfeng pretended to use Heaven and Earth Return as One Technique, then escaped with an Incarnation Talisman and a Blazing Light Talisman.
• The Black-Clad Man pursued Gu Chenfeng through his talisman and axe attacks, dismissing them as bluffs.
• Gu Chenfeng met the Black-Clad Man’s blade with his Mountain-Splitting Great Axe while his primordial spirit gathered power above him.
• Gu Chenfeng’s primordial spirit invoked Star Punishment against the Black-Clad Man.

Gu Chenfeng used the Star Punishment secret art to severely injure the black-clad assassin, then fled while badly weakened. He was intercepted and sealed inside the Nine-Dragon Crownfire Shroud by Commandery Governor Huang, who began refining him as the others arrived.

• Gu Chenfeng struck the black-clad assassin's Divine Platform with Star Punishment, severely injuring his Primordial Spirit and stopping the pursuit.
• Gu Chenfeng fled with the Star Escape Secret Art, but detected another aura locking onto him and found a yellow-robed middle-aged man waiting on a distant peak.
• Gu Chenfeng recognized the man as a late-stage Saint Master Realm expert and tried to escape, but the man unleashed the Nine-Dragon Crownfire Shroud bestowed by the Second Prince.
• Gu Chenfeng's Mountain-Splitting Battle Axe and Five-Thunder Divine Mountain failed to break the shroud, which sealed him inside and scorched his body and Primordial Spirit.
• The white-robed Sword Cultivator and three others arrived, recognized Commandery Governor Huang, and were told to stand guard while he refined Gu Chenfeng.

Commandery Governor Huang trapped Gu Chenfeng inside the Nine-Dragon Crown Flame Cover, forcing him to consider unleashing his growing Heart Demon. Before Gu Chenfeng decided, armed newcomers and two rival princes entered the conflict, and a fighter announced that more allies had arrived.

• Commandery Governor Huang strengthened the Nine-Dragon Crown Flame Cover, while Gu Chenfeng used Celestial Master Zhang's Peachwood Coffin and a healing pill to survive its flames.
• As the Peachwood Coffin's energy dwindled, Gu Chenfeng weighed using his Heart Demon's power despite the danger that it might seize his body.
• Four powerful figures appeared to confront Commandery Governor Huang, but four black-clad fighters arrived to intercept them after a hidden young man ordered an attack.
• Cao Meng and Cao Sheng argued over Gu Chenfeng's fate as Commandery Governor Huang and the white-robed Sword Cultivators intensified the refining attack.
• A starlit energy filled the battlefield, and a solemn middle-aged fighter recognized the arriving presence and announced that his senior brother, senior sister, and the others were there.

Seven disciples of Marquis Yu arrived at the battlefield and used their King-Level Domain to end the fight. After saving Gu Chenfeng, they recognized him as their little junior brother.

• Marquis Yu’s seven Personal Disciples appeared in a King-Level Domain, and Lu Chongyue greeted them as his senior brothers and sisters.
• The Silver-Haired Youth extinguished the Nine-Dragon Crownfire Barrier and killed Commandery Governor Huang when Huang asked him to spare the captive.
• The Silver-Haired Youth dismantled the barrier, retrieved its treasure, and freed the badly injured Gu Chenfeng.
• The seven examined Gu Chenfeng and watched him involuntarily circulate the Starry Sky Divine Sense Art, confirming their suspicions.
• The Silver-Haired Youth told Gu Chenfeng that they were his senior brothers and sisters and apologized for arriving late.

Yu Xinglan welcomed Gu Chenfeng as his junior brother and defended him when Second Prince Cao Sheng challenged the killing of Commandery Governor Huang. With Fourth Prince Cao Meng backing Gu Chenfeng, Yu Xinglan’s followers executed Cao Sheng’s eight Saint Master Realm subordinates, leaving Cao Sheng alive but humiliated.

• Yu Xinglan and the other disciples of Marquis Yu welcomed Gu Chenfeng as their little junior brother.
• Cao Sheng confronted Yu Xinglan over Commandery Governor Huang’s death, but Yu Xinglan refused to justify himself and declared that Gu Chenfeng was no bandit.
• Cao Meng arrived, vouched for Gu Chenfeng, and said Huang had crossed the border with murderous intent.
• A woman in a green dress ordered Cao Sheng’s companions to remain, and a burly disciple restrained Cao Sheng with a king-level domain.
• The burly disciple struck down Cao Sheng’s eight Saint Master Realm subordinates with a Stars Giant Palm, then released Cao Sheng.

Gu Chenfeng survived the battle with Cao Sheng’s forces and traveled toward Black Iron City with Yu Xinglan, the other Personal Disciples, and Cao Meng. As the city’s residents prepared to search for him, his airship arrived overhead, while his Spirit Puppet secretly gathered the fallen enemies’ essence blood.

• Cao Sheng left after Yu Xinglan and the others killed his subordinates and forced him to retreat.
• Yu Xinglan healed Gu Chenfeng and told him that the Flying Feather Army had routed the enemy and secured Black Iron City.
• Yu Xinglan and the others decided to travel to Black Iron City, while Cao Meng and Lu Chongyue joined them aboard an airship.
• Gu Chenfeng reflected that he was now entangled in the princes’ struggle and considered using his service to the Marquisate to lift the seal on the Seven Star Continent.
• Gu Chenfeng’s Spirit Puppet returned to the battlefield and absorbed the essence blood of the nine dead Saint Master Realm experts.
• In Black Iron City, Taiching Daoist, the Dragon Emperor, the Barbarian God, Tongtong, the Three Kings, and Liu Youfang prepared to search for Gu Chenfeng before his airship arrived above the city.

After Gu Chenfeng returned to Black Iron City injured, the city’s leaders learned that he had powerful allies, including a prince and three Regents, and marveled at his hidden background. Gu Chenfeng healed in seclusion while the baleful presence trapped in his Divine Ruins Space grew stronger, leaving him to plan to reinforce the Nine Nether Demon-Subduing Order once recovered.

• Lu Chongyue personally piloted the airship and escorted the injured Gu Chenfeng to the City Lord’s Manor, where the three city lords and Liu Youfang were stunned by his deference.
• Taiching Daoist, the Dragon Emperor, and the Barbarian God barred entry to the rear courtyard and explained that the three Regents and the Fourth Prince were protecting Gu Chenfeng while he received treatment.
• Ling Wanshuang, Daoist Qingxuan, Lei Qianjun, and Liu Youfang reacted with shock and reconsidered their ties to Gu Chenfeng, while Ling Wanshuang privately regretted not pursuing a closer connection.
• Gu Chenfeng circulated his cultivation technique in the Training Room and assessed that his injuries would heal within three days and that refining the baleful resentment qi from nine slain Saint Master Realm experts would strengthen him.
• The baleful presence in the Demon Abyss raged over its failed attempt to seize Gu Chenfeng’s body, and Gu Chenfeng resolved to seek chaos qi to strengthen the Nine Nether Demon-Subduing Order after he recovered.

Leng Xingye read Gu Chenfeng’s messages and learned that he believed he was about to die, but she chose not to answer because the Human Emperor’s presence could expose him. Three days later, after recovering and helping defeat the bandits in Xilin Commandery, Gu Chenfeng was invited to return to Feather Transformation City when an unknown voice interrupted.

• Leng Xingye read Gu Chenfeng’s messages, including his final confession that he missed her and his request that she protect the Seven Star Continent.
• Leng Xingye decided not to reply because the Human Emperor’s aura was present and might reveal Gu Chenfeng and the Phantom Martial Divine Ruins within him.
• Leng Xingye fell back into slumber after rereading Gu Chenfeng’s final message.
• Three days later, the Flying Feather Army annihilated the bandits in Xilin Commandery, killing the fleeing cultivators and Saint Master Realm leaders.
• Gu Chenfeng, fully recovered, greeted Yu Xinglan, Yue Qingcang, and Mu Qingtan at Black Iron City’s City Lord’s Manor.
• Yu Xinglan and Mu Qingtan invited Gu Chenfeng to return to Feather Transformation City, but a voice from outside interrupted him as he began to agree.

Fourth Prince Cao Meng tried to recruit Gu Chenfeng to the Great Jin Divine Dynasty, but Mu Qingtan, Yu Xinglan, and Yue Qingcang argued that he should return to Feather Transformation City. Cao Meng relented and agreed to seek rewards for Gu, who asked him to help lift the seal on the Seven Star Continent so he could reunite with his family.

• Cao Meng visited the recovered Gu Chenfeng and offered to take him to the Great Jin Divine Dynasty, reward his service, and provide him with cultivation resources.
• Mu Qingtan refused Cao Meng’s offer, saying Gu Chenfeng had to return to Feather Transformation City and his sect.
• Yu Xinglan argued that Gu Chenfeng had joined the Flying Feather Sect before meeting Cao Meng and that Black Iron City belonged to the Feather Transformation Marquisate.
• Yue Qingcang challenged Cao Meng over the unrest in Xilin Commandery, and Yu Xinglan appealed to Marquis Yu’s legacy; Cao Meng then agreed to let Gu Chenfeng stay.
• Cao Meng promised to report Gu Chenfeng’s achievements and seek his rewards, and Gu asked him to help lift the seal on the Seven Star Continent.
• Cao Meng agreed to do his best but warned that the Heavenly Patrol Guards and Cao Sheng could obstruct the effort.

Aboard the airship bound for Feather Transformation City, Gu Chenfeng assessed his improved strength and prepared to join the Flying Feather Sect under Marquis Yu’s protection. He named his powerful spirit puppet Gu Che, then resumed cultivating for the journey ahead.

• Yu Xinglan and the other leaders took Gu Chenfeng and his companions aboard an airship bound for Feather Transformation City, while Liu Youfang remained to oversee Black Iron City.
• Gu Chenfeng assessed his recovery and gains from the Southwestern Borderlands battle, and resolved to strengthen himself and seek the unsealing of the Seven Star Continent for his family.
• Gu Chenfeng considered why he would publicly join the Flying Feather Sect: he needed the Feather Transformation Marquisate’s protection and intended to fulfill Marquis Yu’s promise by helping eliminate their enemies.
• Gu Chenfeng summoned the spirit puppet made from Xiahou Che’s spirit soul and found that it had grown powerful after absorbing essence blood from eight Saint Master realm experts.
• Gu Chenfeng named the spirit puppet Gu Che, ordered it back into the Peachwood Coffin to refine its remaining energy, and began cultivating baleful resentment qi during the voyage.