Recaps

Gu Chen countered Wei Aozhong’s sword qi with an even stronger strike, claiming he had learned it by watching Wei fight. After overpowering Wei in several more clashes, Gu Chen stood over his kneeling, bloodied opponent and declared the battle over.

• Wei Aozhong unleashed a powerful sword strike, and Gu Chen answered with a broken sword and a surge of purple qi.
• Gu Chen’s sword qi overpowered Wei’s, knocking Wei’s weapon away and forcing him back as the onlookers reacted in disbelief.
• Gu Chen said he had just learned sword qi by watching Wei and described his sword move as an unranked technique of his own creation.
• Wei rejected Gu Chen’s explanation and attacked again, but Gu Chen’s sword pressure overwhelmed him.
• After three more clashes, Gu Chen knocked Wei down, leaving him kneeling and spitting blood, then said the fight was over.

Gu Chen defeated and killed Wei Aozhong in their battle to the death, then revealed his true cultivation and flying sword skills to the shocked Steel Tremor Sect martial artists. Jiang Huamei was left unable to challenge him as Gu Chen warned her to think carefully before attacking.

• Wei Aozhong begged Gu Chen to spare him, then tried to kill him with a hidden shuriken, but Gu Chen caught it between two fingers.
• Gu Chen stabbed Wei Aozhong through the chest and knocked Jiang Huamei away when she rushed to intervene.
• Gu Chen used the Dragon Scale Sword to slash Wei Aozhong's throat, killing him, and told Jiang Huamei no one could stop him from killing someone he wanted dead.
• Gu Chen revealed that he had been suppressing his cultivation and released the aura of a late Revolving Illumination Realm martial artist.
• Gu Chen warned Jiang Huamei to think carefully before attacking as his flying sword intimidated the Steel Tremor Sect martial artists.

Gu Chen defeated and killed Wei Aozhong, then forced Jiang Huamei to choose between the Steel Tremor Sect’s destruction and submission. After Jiang Huamei agreed, Gu Chen revealed that the Heavenly Pivot Sect stood behind him and left the temple.

• Gu Chen reminded Jiang Huamei of the Steel Tremor Sect’s past attacks and revealed that the Liu Family had already submitted to him.
• Gu Chen declared that those who provoked him would die, and the onlookers realized he had now killed two martial artists on the Dragon Ranking.
• Gu Chen gave Jiang Huamei two choices: submit the Steel Tremor Sect or see it slaughtered.
• Jiang Huamei submitted, and Gu Chen warned her against betrayal before saying the Heavenly Pivot Sect backed him.
• After Gu Chen left, an elder questioned whether the Steel Tremor Sect should submit, and Jiang Huamei angrily insisted they had no other choice.

Jiang Huamei ordered the Steel Tremor Sect not to provoke Gu Chen after he killed its grand elder. On the way into Shangjing, Gu Chen learned that Ye Zhuxin had been kidnapped and rushed toward the police checkpoint.

• Jiang Huamei rebuked an elder who wanted to pursue Gu Chen, then threatened anyone who provoked him and ordered the grand elder's death kept secret.
• Gu Chen meditated in the car while Yu Sheng and the Honghe Sect group drove down from the mountain.
• Yu Sheng learned that police had blocked the toll stations after a young celebrity was kidnapped following her concert.
• Gu Chen discovered the missing celebrity was Ye Zhuxin and hurried to the checkpoint to confirm it with the police.
• Gu Chen recalled his childhood promise to Ye Zhuxin that she would learn to sing, along with the painful events that had separated them in his previous life.

After learning that Xiao Zhuxin had been kidnapped, Gu Chen searched Workers' Stadium and asked the Water Cloud Sect to help find her. The chapter ended with Gu Chen calling Brother Hu after requesting urgent help from Ye Fei.

• Gu Chen learned from an officer that six criminals had abducted Xiao Zhuxin after her concert and that the police had sealed the roads out of the city.
• Gu Chen ordered Yu Sheng to drive into the city and vowed to find the kidnappers if anything happened to Xiao Zhuxin.
• Gu Chen searched Workers' Stadium with his Divine Sense but found no trace of Xiao Zhuxin.
• Gu Chen told Ye Fei that he had already dealt with the Steel Tremor Sect and the Liu Family, then asked the Water Cloud Sect to investigate Xiao Zhuxin's whereabouts.
• Gu Chen called Brother Hu and told him he had come to Shangjing.

Gu Chen reunited with Hua Yumo at Xiao Zhuxin’s concert and learned that Zhuxin had been kidnapped. After examining the stadium surveillance, he received a report from Yu Sheng that five concert ticket buyers had suspicious identities.

• Gu Chen called Wang Hu, who was at Xiao Zhuxin’s concert with Hua Yumo, and hurried to meet them at the east gate.
• Hua Yumo took Gu Chen backstage after he told her Zhuxin had been kidnapped, and she confronted Zhuxin’s manager, Aimi, about the security failure.
• Wang Hu used his connections to get Gu Chen into the surveillance room, where they saw footage of a short, powerfully built masked man breaking into the backstage studio.
• Hua Yumo berated the security staff while Gu Chen stepped out to answer Yu Sheng’s call.
• Yu Sheng told Gu Chen that his people had found five concert ticket buyers with extremely suspicious identities.

After learning that mercenaries had kidnapped Xiao Zhuxin, Gu Chen searched the area around Workers' Stadium and identified an abandoned factory as a likely hiding place. He set off alone to investigate, despite Hua Yumo's insistence on following him.

• Yu Sheng and Ye Fei told Gu Chen that members of the Grizzly Bear Mercenary Corps had taken Xiao Zhuxin, and offered help from their networks.
• Gu Chen told Wang Hu to keep watch, then left the stadium to search for Zhuxin; Hua Yumo followed him.
• Gu Chen rebuffed Hua Yumo's questions and warned her to stay quiet as they headed to a hillside overlooking the area.
• Using a map, Gu Chen found an abandoned factory about ten kilometers away and reasoned that the mercenaries might be hiding there.
• Gu Chen refused Hua Yumo's offer to get a car and sped off alone toward the factory.

Gu Chen infiltrated the abandoned factory where Xiao Zhuxin was being held, killing two mercenaries and slipping inside through a hidden breach. In the factory, Grizzly Bear ordered Leng Zhuoyang to find Xiao Zhuxin’s family after the ransom failed to arrive.

• Gu Chen used his Divine Sense to locate Xiao Zhuxin inside the abandoned factory and studied the cameras’ blind spots.
• Gu Chen ambushed and killed two patrolling mercenaries, then dragged their bodies out of sight.
• Gu Chen avoided the cameras and crawled through a concealed hole in the factory wall.
• Grizzly Bear asked Leng Zhuoyang whether the ransom had arrived, and Leng Zhuoyang said it had not.
• Grizzly Bear decided to contact Xiao Zhuxin’s family directly, and Leng Zhuoyang began searching for their details while Xiao Zhuxin lay unconscious and bound.

Grizzly Bear's mercenaries held Xiao Zhuxin for ransom and planned to demand money from the Xiao Family, but an unseen attacker began taking them down. After spotting military-plated jeeps approaching, Grizzly Bear ordered his men to assemble and prepared to fight.

• Grizzly Bear demanded the full fifty million from Boss Li before handing over Xiao Zhuxin's location, then decided to extort another hundred million from the Xiao Family and kill her afterward.
• Leng Zhuoyang called Xiao Chengli, but a subordinate interrupted to report that one of the mercenaries had been killed.
• Grizzly Bear saw several of his men down on the factory floor, while another fell without anyone seeing the attacker.
• Grizzly Bear ordered the surveillance footage reviewed, but the cameras showed no sign of the unseen assailant.
• The surveillance team spotted three jeeps with military plates approaching, and Grizzly Bear ordered his mercenaries to assemble for a fight.

Gu Chen infiltrated the abandoned factory to rescue Xiao Zhuxin, but the mercenaries discovered him and opened fire. He reached Grizzly Bear and severed his right arm, then held him at knifepoint as the other mercenaries aimed at them.

• Leng Zhuoyang told Grizzly Bear that six of his men had died, and Grizzly Bear ordered his men to find and kill the intruder.
• Gu Chen located Xiao Zhuxin on the fourth floor and silently killed five mercenaries while making his way through the factory.
• Grizzly Bear discovered the infiltrator, rallied his men, and ordered them to fire throughout the first floor.
• Gu Chen threw two iron drums to distract the mercenaries, then rushed up the stairs toward Grizzly Bear while dodging his gunfire.
• Gu Chen cut off Grizzly Bear’s right arm and grabbed him, holding a hunting knife to his neck as the mercenaries aimed at them.

Gu Chen fought to escape Grizzly Bear’s gang while Wang Hu and Hua Yumo waited outside the abandoned factory for reinforcements. The chapter left Gu Chen facing Leng Zhuoyang’s rocket launcher as the Crouching Tiger Group rushed to support him.

• Gu Chen used Grizzly Bear as a shield and moved toward the fourth floor while armed mercenaries surrounded him.
• Leng Zhuoyang betrayed Grizzly Bear and fired a rocket launcher at him and Gu Chen.
• Gu Chen hurled Grizzly Bear at Leng Zhuoyang and leaped aside, but the blast destroyed the staircase and left Grizzly Bear’s fate unknown.
• Leng Zhuoyang aimed the rocket launcher at Gu Chen again as flames spread through the factory.
• Wang Hu, Hua Yumo, and their companions heard gunfire and saw flames, prompting Wang Hu to order the Crouching Tiger Group to provide support.

Wang Hu and the Crouching Tiger Group stormed the abandoned factory after hearing explosions, defeating Grizzly Bear’s remaining mercenaries. They found Gu Chen alive and uninjured while carrying Xiao Zhuxin, and the soldiers gained profound respect for him.

• Wang Hu ordered the Crouching Tiger Group to rush to the factory and support Gu Chen after hearing gunfire and explosions.
• Cheetah drove a jeep through a hole in the factory wall, and Wang Hu’s team attacked and captured six surviving mercenaries.
• Wang Hu found Grizzly Bear’s charred corpse, while Cheetah identified the dead rocket-launcher carrier as Leng Zhuoyang.
• Wang Hu cleared debris from a pile and looked for Gu Chen as Hua Yumo called for Xiao Zhuxin.
• Gu Chen emerged from an inner room carrying Xiao Zhuxin, bloodied but apparently unharmed, and the soldiers realized he had defeated Grizzly Bear’s crew.

Gu Chen rescued Xiao Zhuxin from Grizzly Bear’s mercenaries and learned that someone called Boss Li had paid to have her kidnapped. Hua Yumo linked the clue to the Li Family, and the group’s drive back to Shangjing ended when several cars blocked their road.

• Wang Hu drove Gu Chen, Hua Yumo, and the unconscious Xiao Zhuxin away from the airport as Gu Chen silently vowed to protect her.
• Hua Yumo questioned Gu Chen about his connection to Xiao Zhuxin, while Wang Hu praised him for defeating Grizzly Bear’s mercenaries.
• Gu Chen revealed that a person called Boss Li had paid fifty million to arrange Xiao Zhuxin’s kidnapping.
• Hua Yumo explained that the Li Family was close to the Xiao Family and had considered a marriage between Xiao Zhuxin and Li Ke.
• Gu Chen asked about the Li Family and grew wary when Hua Yumo described its ties to the Firmament Sect.
• Wang Hu slowed the jeep when several cars appeared ahead and blocked the road.

Gu Chen refused to hand Xiao Zhuxin over to her father, Xiao Guang, until he could trust that she would be safe. He warned that Xiao Guang’s plans for the Li Family’s marriage proposal might put her in danger, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Xiao Guang arrived with Xiao Family members, learned that Gu Chen had rescued Xiao Zhuxin, and doubted Hua Yumo’s claim that Gu Chen was a young grandmaster.
• Xiao Guang demanded that Gu Chen hand Xiao Zhuxin over, but Gu Chen questioned whether Xiao Guang could protect her and refused to move aside.
• Xiao Guang released his aura against Gu Chen, who remained unmoved, while Wang Hu tried to calm them down.
• Gu Chen told Xiao Guang that he knew about the Li Family’s marriage proposal and refused to let him take Xiao Zhuxin away if he was pushing her into danger.

Gu Chen confronted Xiao Guang over Xiao Zhuxin’s planned marriage to the Li Family and defeated him without moving. Xiao Zhuxin woke and reunited with Gu Chen, while Xiao Guang accused him of attacking the Xiao Family; Zhuxin asked Gu Chen why he had hurt her father.

• Xiao Guang threatened Gu Chen for blocking him, but Gu Chen insisted Xiao Zhuxin could not marry into the Li Family because the kidnapping was connected to them.
• Xiao Guang attacked Gu Chen twice and was thrown back both times, while Gu Chen warned that even ten Xiao Guangs could not defeat him.
• When Xiao Zhuxin began to wake, Gu Chen treated her with true qi, and she opened her eyes and tearfully embraced him.
• Gu Chen promised Xiao Zhuxin he would not leave her again, while Wang Hu watched and Hua Yumo felt heartache.
• Xiao Guang ordered Zhuxin away from Gu Chen and blamed him for his injuries, but Zhuxin asked Gu Chen why he had hurt her father after he admitted it.

Gu Chen told Xiao Zhuxin that the Li Family might be behind her kidnapping, then prepared to return to the Gu Family and settle old grudges. After parting from Xiao Zhuxin and the others, he encountered a sinister stranger who identified himself as someone from Wuji Manor.

• Gu Chen explained that the mercenaries who kidnapped Xiao Zhuxin had referred to their employer as Boss Li, and Xiao Zhuxin said she had rejected Li Ke's proposal.
• Gu Chen said he had warned Xiao Guang about the Li Family and their marriage alliance, while Xiao Guang accused Gu Chen of attacking him first; Xiao Zhuxin soothed her father and left with him.
• Gu Chen told Xiao Zhuxin he would return to the Gu Family to settle old grudges, and she warned him that Gu Mingheng and Gu Changfeng had gained influence.
• Gu Chen asked Wang Hu to pass along his apology to Elder Hua, and Hua Yumo said she would work hard to catch up to him before leaving.
• While walking alone through the night, Gu Chen sensed someone hiding in the woods, struck a tree with his force, and brought down a black-robed figure who said he came from Wuji Manor.

Gu Chen met Mo Weizhong, a Wuji Manor venerable, who chose to surrender after recognizing Gu Chen’s cultivation and flying sword. Mo Weizhong pledged Wuji Manor’s allegiance to the Heavenly Pivot Sect and promised support when Gu Chen confronted the Gu Family.

• Gu Chen questioned Mo Weizhong, who identified himself as a Wuji Manor venerable and hall master before declaring that he had come to surrender.
• Mo Weizhong explained that Wuji Manor had learned how Gu Chen subdued the Liu Family and the Steel Tremor Sect and feared resisting him would only bring needless casualties.
• Mo Weizhong said he believed Gu Chen was an immortal cultivator with Divine Sense, and Gu Chen claimed to be the sect master of the Heavenly Pivot Sect.
• Gu Chen released his killing intent and showed Mo Weizhong his flying sword, convincing him to kneel and pledge Wuji Manor’s allegiance.
• Mo Weizhong said Wuji Manor would help Gu Chen collect his debt from the Gu Family, despite Gu Chen having killed Ning Yufeng.

Gu Chen agreed to work with Mo Weizhong and went to Wuji Manor after hearing it was built on a site rich in spiritual energy. Mo Weizhong betrayed him there, trapping him in an immortal formation to seize his cultivation method, and Gu Chen launched a counterattack.

• Mo Weizhong deduced that Gu Chen planned to visit the Gu Family and pledged Wuji Manor’s support; Gu Chen said he would go within a day or two.
• Mo Weizhong invited Gu Chen to Wuji Manor, claiming its headquarters lay on a grotto-heaven and blessed land with spiritual energy.
• Mo Weizhong led Gu Chen through a ruined Buddhist temple into Wuji Manor’s hidden headquarters, then ordered more than twenty martial artists to form a trap.
• Mo Weizhong revealed that he wanted Gu Chen’s immortal cultivation method and claimed the Profound Mystery Five Abundances Formation could hold him.
• Gu Chen rose into the air and struck the formation’s center with Emperor Style.

Gu Chen destroyed Wuji Manor’s immortal cultivation formation and killed the attackers who had ambushed him. He then sensed spiritual energy beneath the hill and began investigating it with his Divine Sense.

• Mo Zhu boasted that Wuji Manor’s formation could not be broken, but Gu Chen shattered it with Emperor’s Expedition, killing or injuring most of the men.
• Gu Chen used his flying sword to kill the surviving Wuji Manor martial artists, including Mo Zhu.
• Mo Weizhong tried to flee, then offered to serve Gu Chen, but Gu Chen refused to spare him.
• Mo Weizhong attacked Gu Chen with a dagger, but Gu Chen severed his arm and then beheaded him.
• Gu Chen returned to the formation site, sensed spiritual energy beneath the hill, and sent his Divine Sense into the ground.

Gu Chen discovered that a little gray bottle hidden in Wuji Manor’s Buddhist temple contained a spirit field, far more valuable than the depleted spirit stone beneath the temple. He tested the bottle and found that a few drops of liquid spiritual power could grow seeds into ripe spirit herbs within minutes.

• Gu Chen found a nearly depleted spirit stone beneath the Buddhist temple, then discovered a little gray bottle near the Buddha statue.
• Gu Chen sensed that the bottle contained a separate space with a spirit field and identified it as Wuji Manor’s true prize.
• Gu Chen placed a Cloud Radiance seed in the bottle, then added liquid spiritual power when the seed did not grow on its own.
• A ripe Cloud Radiance Fruit emerged from the bottle in less than a minute.
• Gu Chen tested more seeds and grew Sunny Spring Grass, Binding Blaze Root, and Dragon Elephant Horn in the bottle.

Gu Chen discovered that the little gray bottle was a powerful magic treasure that could accelerate the growth of spirit plants, then returned to Shangjing. He secretly helped Gu Beichi prepare for a breakthrough, leaving Gu Beichi unaware that his son was guiding him.

• Gu Chen realized the little gray bottle could greatly speed the growth of spirit plants and suspected it held further powers.
• Gu Chen stored the bottle in his Emperor's Vein, burned down the site, and returned to Shangjing after calling Yu Sheng.
• The next morning, Gu Chen learned Gu Beichi was cultivating in seclusion to break through to the Revolving Illumination Realm and went to meet Zhao Bo.
• Gu Chen asked Zhao Bo to help conceal his identity from Gu Beichi and entered the side room where his father was cultivating.
• Gu Chen secretly channeled true qi into Gu Beichi, telling him to follow its flow so he could complete his breakthrough.

Gu Chen helped Gu Beichi break through to the Revolving Illumination Realm and prepared to confront the Gu Family at Gu Changfeng’s fiftieth-birthday celebration. He also gave Zhao Bo a Yellow Rock Pill and told him to take revenge on Zhao Pengquan himself, as the birthday festivities began at the Gu residence.

• Gu Chen gave Gu Beichi a Yellow Rock Pill and guided him through a breakthrough to the Revolving Illumination Realm, though Gu Beichi briefly noticed Gu Chen’s voice had changed.
• Gu Chen confirmed Gu Beichi had succeeded and agreed with Zhao Bo that they would visit the Gu Family during Gu Changfeng’s fiftieth-birthday celebration.
• Gu Chen gave Zhao Bo a Yellow Rock Pill and said he would help him break through, then revealed he had killed Zhao Pengfei and told Zhao Bo to deal with Zhao Pengquan himself.
• Zhao Bo swore loyalty to Gu Chen and went to cultivate.
• The Gu Family’s birthday celebration began, drawing sects, families, and powerful figures to the crowded residence.

Gu Changfeng celebrated his fiftieth birthday with a lavish banquet attended by influential families and sects, while guests sought ties with the Gu Family because of Gu Mingheng’s rise. The celebration was interrupted when Gu Beichi returned to Shangjing, and his Revolving Illumination Realm aura stunned everyone.

• Gu Kang welcomed guests to the Gu residence, where Qin Yue heard noble ladies discuss possible matches for Gu Mingheng.
• Gu Changfeng basked in the guests’ praise, pleased that Gu Mingheng’s success had elevated the family’s prospects.
• Gu Kang began the birthday banquet and announced Lü Chengru’s lavish gifts, including a supplementary mental cultivation method.
• Gu Beichi entered the courtyard after knocking down the guards and confronted Gu Changfeng during the gift announcements.
• Gu Beichi revealed a Revolving Illumination Realm aura, leaving Gu Changfeng and the guests stunned.

Gu Beichi returned to the Gu Family’s birthday banquet carrying Qin Dahe and confronted Gu Changfeng over the accusations that had driven him out. He reached the center of the courtyard and demanded that Gu Changfeng repay what he owed him and his son, while Gu Wu’s attack failed to move him.

• Gu Beichi entered the Gu Family’s birthday celebration and confronted Gu Changfeng, while the guests feared his return.
• Qin Yue recognized her unconscious brother, Qin Dahe, whom Gu Beichi was carrying into the courtyard.
• Gu Wu accused Gu Beichi of wasting family resources and causing the old master’s death, and Gu Changfeng demanded that he leave.
• Gu Beichi challenged the Gu Family’s people over the accusations and knocked Gu Wu to the ground with an unseen move.
• Gu Beichi reached the courtyard’s center, dropped Qin Dahe, and demanded repayment from Gu Changfeng for himself and his son.
• Gu Wu attacked Gu Beichi by gripping his shoulder, but Gu Beichi stood firm and did not move.

Gu Beichi confronted Gu Changfeng and the Gu Family over his failed breakthrough and his father’s death, revealing strength that let him withstand Gu Changfeng’s pressure. He crippled Qin Dahe before Gu Changfeng could stop him, then was driven back by Gu Changfeng’s counterattack.

• Gu Beichi held Gu Wu fast with an unusual technique and refused Chen Yushan and the other elders’ pleas to show restraint.
• Gu Changfeng recognized that Gu Beichi had reached the Revolving Illumination Realm and unleashed his aura, sending Gu Wu flying.
• Gu Beichi demanded an explanation for his failed second breakthrough and accused Gu Changfeng of helping the Qin Family and framing him over his father’s death.
• Gu Beichi threatened to cripple Qin Dahe and struck him in the dantian despite Gu Changfeng’s attempt to intervene.
• Gu Changfeng’s force struck Gu Beichi and sent him skidding backward as the onlookers stared in horror.