Recaps

Gu Beichi returned alone to the Gu Family estate to confront Gu Changfeng and settle the grievances that had driven him away. After revealing that the Xiao Family was not backing him, he declared that he would destroy anyone who stood in his way, and Gu Changfeng prepared to face him.

• Gu Beichi mocked Gu Changfeng for failing to protect his allies, while Qin Yue demanded that the Gu Family elders kill him.
• Gu Kang questioned whether Gu Beichi had brought the Xiao Family as backup, but Gu Beichi insisted he was alone.
• Gu Kang accused Gu Beichi of causing the old master's death and damaging the Gu Family, and Gu Beichi vowed to settle their old and new scores.
• The Gu Family martial artists and sect guests surrounded Gu Beichi after he threatened to wipe out the family and named Gu Changfeng as his target.
• Gu Beichi stamped the ground and challenged anyone who stood in his way, while Gu Changfeng rejected his threat against the Gu Family.

Gu Beichi attacked the Gu Family and revealed that Qin Yue had helped poison the old master and that Gu Kang had used Qi-Dissolving Powder to sabotage his cultivation. After defeating Qin Dahe and grievously wounding Qin Yue, he faced Gu Kang, Gu Zuo, and three Gu Family elders who moved to kill him.

• Gu Beichi struck Qin Yue with a beam of internal energy, leaving her grievously wounded and unconscious.
• Gu Beichi declared Qin Yue his second gift and accused her of inciting the Qin Family to poison the Gu Family's old master.
• Gu Changfeng held back from fighting, while Gu Kang stepped forward and condemned Gu Beichi for attacking the Gu Family.
• Gu Beichi accused Gu Kang of putting Qi-Dissolving Powder in his food during his three-month seclusion to prevent him from breaking through.
• Gu Zuo sided with Gu Kang and challenged Gu Beichi, who threatened to kill those who stood against him.
• Gu Kang summoned three Gu Family elders, who took positions opposite Gu Beichi with murderous intent.

Gu Beichi defeated three Gu Family elders with a single finger and revealed that he had reached the Revolving Illumination Realm. Gu Changfeng responded by trying to persuade him that their past conflict had been a misunderstanding, while privately deciding to kill him.

• Gu Kang and two other Gu Family elders surrounded Gu Beichi and attacked him with a combined sword technique.
• Gu Beichi repelled their attacks with one finger, gravely injuring all three elders.
• An injured elder announced that Gu Beichi had reached the Revolving Illumination Realm, shocking the Gu Family and its guests.
• Gu Beichi credited Gu Changfeng's past pressure for helping him achieve his breakthrough, while Gu Changfeng resolved to kill him.
• Gu Changfeng descended from the platform and claimed that Gu Beichi had imagined their conflict while suffering from madness after his failed breakthrough.

Gu Changfeng publicly offered to reconcile with Gu Beichi, but Gu Beichi saw that he was trying to shift blame and protect his reputation. Gu Beichi agreed to settle their grievances only if Gu Changfeng met two conditions, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Gu Changfeng blamed the Qin Family for Gu Beichi’s past suffering and proposed that they put aside their grievances and restore the Gu Family together.
• Gu Beichi rejected Gu Changfeng’s account and said he would investigate his father’s death.
• Gu Changfeng claimed the old master had died from an old injury and illness, while presenting himself as having acted with duty and kindness.
• Gu Beichi realized Gu Changfeng’s reconciliation offer was a public performance meant to make Gu Beichi look unreasonable if he refused.
• Gu Beichi agreed to settle their grievances if Gu Changfeng accepted two conditions.

Gu Beichi demanded that Gu Changfeng hand over Gu Kang and surrender the Gu Family head position, but Gu Changfeng refused and ordered the elders to kill him. Gu Beichi effortlessly defeated their combined attack, then a sudden black shadow struck him from behind and made him spit blood.

• Gu Beichi demanded the right to deal with Gu Kang, whom he accused of poisoning him with Qi-Dissolving Powder.
• Gu Beichi demanded that Gu Changfeng step down as Gu Family head and threatened to punish him over his role in past events and their father's death.
• Gu Changfeng refused both conditions and offered to spare Gu Beichi's corpse if he surrendered his martial skills and cultivation techniques.
• Gu Changfeng ordered Gu Zuo, Gu Kang, and three other Late Bone-Forge Realm fighters to attack Gu Beichi together.
• Gu Beichi struck all five attackers down with a purple beam from his finger.
• A black shadow swept in from behind and struck Gu Beichi, who raised a qi shield but still spat blood.

Gu Beichi, badly injured and exhausted, faced Gu Changfeng after the family head attacked him by surprise. Beichi’s powerful finger technique forced Changfeng back and revealed the gulf between their sword Dao understanding, but Changfeng survived, and Beichi’s dwindling strength left the fight unresolved.

• Gu Changfeng struck Gu Beichi from behind and pressed his attack, then claimed he would spare Beichi no longer for disgracing the Gu Family.
• Gu Changfeng surrounded the courtyard with his martial aura and challenged Beichi, who was too exhausted to rise easily.
• Gu Beichi fired a beam of true qi infused with sword Dao intent, tearing through Changfeng’s aura and forcing him to block with both hands.
• Gu Changfeng recognized the extraordinary level of Beichi’s sword Dao and hid his fear behind renewed killing intent.
• Gu Beichi regretted that his hastily prepared technique had failed to seriously harm Changfeng and realized his true qi was nearly exhausted.

Gu Beichi fought Gu Changfeng at the Gu Family birthday banquet but was overwhelmed by the family head’s ultimate techniques. Just as Gu Changfeng prepared to kill him, Zhao Bo arrived and protected him, leaving the fight in Zhao Bo’s hands.

• Gu Beichi drew his sword and declared that his battle with Gu Changfeng would decide who lived or died.
• Gu Changfeng unleashed the Gu Clan’s Three Ultimate Techniques, and the third palm struck Gu Beichi’s shoulder, throwing him to the ground.
• Gu Changfeng repeatedly struck the injured Gu Beichi and demanded that he surrender, but Gu Beichi refused.
• Gu Changfeng prepared to deliver a killing blow, but a gust of force knocked his raised palm aside.
• Zhao Bo entered the courtyard, helped Gu Beichi up, and told him to rest while he dealt with the rest.

Gu Chen arrived at the Gu Family residence to confront his uncle Gu Changfeng, declaring that he had come to collect his debt. After defeating Gu Zuo with a self-created martial skill, Gu Chen challenged Gu Changfeng and left the courtyard on the brink of a fight.

• Zhao Bo knocked Gu Beichi unconscious after Gu Changfeng injured him, then told the Gu Family he would not interfere in their internal affairs.
• Gu Chen entered the courtyard and announced that he had come to collect his debt from his eldest uncle, Gu Changfeng.
• Gu Zuo mocked Gu Chen, but Gu Chen struck him down with a burst of true qi, leaving him unconscious.
• Gu Kang accused Gu Chen of killing the third elder, and Gu Chen dismissed the accusation and asked Gu Changfeng if he was qualified to face him.
• Gu Chen said he had created the martial skill himself and declared that he had come to the Gu Family to slaughter them.

Gu Chen faced Gu Changfeng after displaying a self-created martial technique, but Chen Yushan stepped in to fight him instead. The chapter ended with Chen Yushan attacking Gu Chen from behind with his Blood-Drinking Sword.

• Gu Changfeng accused Gu Chen and Gu Beichi of following the demonic path and declared that he would kill Gu Chen.
• Gu Chen vowed to expose Gu Changfeng’s crimes and settle his debt with the Gu Family.
• Chen Yushan interrupted Gu Changfeng and offered to kill Gu Chen himself, and Gu Changfeng agreed.
• Gu Chen asked Zhao Bo for Gu Beichi’s sword and faced Chen Yushan, an early Revolving Illumination Realm martial artist.
• Chen Yushan flashed behind Gu Chen and slashed at his neck with the Blood-Drinking Sword.

Gu Chen blocked Chen Yushan’s surprise attack and copied the Chen Family Sword Art, turning its first five moves against Chen Yushan and knocking him down. Chen Yushan unleashed the technique’s three killing moves, convinced Gu Chen could not withstand them.

• Chen Yushan used his speed to attack Gu Chen from behind, but Gu Chen blocked the Blood-Drinking Sword with his broken sword.
• Chen Yushan followed with the first five moves of the Chen Family Sword Art, and Gu Chen imitated them to counter each strike and send him flying.
• Chen Yushan admitted Gu Chen had superior sword understanding but said the copied moves were incomplete and revealed the technique’s final three moves.
• Chen Yushan poured his true qi into the Blood-Drinking Sword and attacked with the three killing moves, taunting Gu Chen about his father and his return to Shangjing.

Gu Chen countered Chen Yushan’s scheme by reproducing the Nirvana Sword Technique’s final three moves and clashing with him in a devastating duel. As the dust settled, Chen Yushan emerged from the ruins, leaving the outcome unclear.

• Chen Yushan used the first five moves of the Nirvana Sword Technique to bait Gu Chen, then unleashed its final three moves with all his strength.
• Gu Chen recognized the technique and imitated its form and momentum, surprising Chen Yushan with his command of the final moves.
• Gu Chen and Chen Yushan collided through the sixth and seventh moves, and Gu Chen’s sword nearly cleaved Chen Yushan’s forehead.
• Their final clash blasted apart the courtyard and buried both fighters beneath dust and debris.
• As the dust settled, Chen Yushan darted out of the ruins.

Gu Chen overwhelmed Chen Yushan with his mastery of the Nirvana Sword Technique and killed him despite Gu Changfeng’s attempt to intervene. Zhao Bo stopped Gu Changfeng’s attack, leaving Gu Chen standing victorious in the courtyard.

• Chen Yushan rose from the rubble and demanded to know how Gu Chen had learned the Nirvana Sword Technique’s final three moves.
• Gu Chen mocked Chen Yushan’s assumption that the moves belonged exclusively to the Chen Family and launched his attack.
• Gu Chen’s swordsmanship exposed Chen Yushan’s weakness and drove him into a desperate defense.
• Gu Changfeng fired a burst of force at Gu Chen as Gu Chen’s sword closed on Chen Yushan.
• Zhao Bo intercepted Gu Changfeng’s attack, and Gu Chen split Chen Yushan’s brow with his sword, killing him.

After Gu Chen killed Chen Yushan, Chen Yu consumed a Purple Qi Pill and joined Gu Changfeng in a plan to kill him. The chapter ended with eight Gu and Chen Family martial artists surrounding Gu Chen, who stood ready to fight them.

• A Chen Family man reached Chen Yushan only after Gu Chen had killed him, and the grieving family members turned their fury on Gu Chen.
• Gu Chen admitted killing Chen Yushan and challenged anyone who wanted revenge, while Chen Yu threatened to make him suffer.
• Chen Yu swallowed a Purple Qi Pill, which raised his cultivation from Late Bone-Forge Realm to Early Revolving Illumination Realm.
• Chen Yu and Gu Changfeng agreed to join forces against Gu Chen, gathering Gu Kang and five other Late Bone-Forge Realm martial artists with them.
• Eight opponents surrounded Gu Chen as Gu Changfeng held back, intending to strike after the others had worn him down.

Gu Chen faced seven powerful experts led by Chen Yu after Gu Changfeng ordered them to kill him. He endured their first coordinated assault with Emperor Body Protection and remained standing, badly wounded and bloodied.

• Gu Chen challenged Gu Changfeng for refusing to accept his challenge and condemned him for joining forces against him.
• Gu Changfeng ordered the seven experts to attack Gu Chen, and they surrounded him with weapons and powerful strikes.
• Gu Chen used Emperor Style and activated Emperor Body Protection to brace himself against the assault.
• The seven attacks battered Gu Chen, who blocked what he could but took a saber strike to the abdomen and suffered further blows.
• The assault left a deep pit in the ruined courtyard, and Gu Chen remained standing in silence, leaning on his sword and appearing almost lifeless.

Gu Chen survived the elders’ attacks, killed Gu Zuo, and unleashed a powerful surge of strength that incapacitated Chen Yu and the other warriors. He challenged Gu Changfeng, who struck him hard and sent him flying, leaving Gu Chen injured but still standing.

• Chen Yu and Gu Zuo believed Gu Chen was dead, but Gu Chen rose and killed Gu Zuo with his sword.
• Chen Yu and the remaining warriors attacked again, but Gu Chen revealed greater strength and repelled their strikes.
• Gu Chen bound Chen Yu and the others with his martial aura, then confronted Gu Changfeng and accused him of sacrificing others to wear him down.
• Gu Changfeng attacked Gu Chen at close range and struck his abdomen, sending him flying more than ten meters.
• Gu Chen landed unsteadily and supported himself with his sword, recognizing the force of Gu Changfeng’s attack.

Gu Changfeng battered the wounded Gu Chen and believed he had cornered him, but Gu Chen concealed his remaining strength and turned the tables as Gu Changfeng attacked. The chapter ends with Gu Changfeng sensing the force behind Gu Chen’s airborne sword and spreading aura.

• Gu Changfeng revealed that he had waited for Gu Chen to exhaust himself, then struck him down and declared he would die at the Gu Family.
• Gu Chen confronted Gu Changfeng over the deaths of the Gu and Chen family members, but Gu Changfeng denied responsibility and attacked again.
• Gu Chen blocked Gu Changfeng’s thrust and rose to face his hidden technique, Straight Lone Smoke in the Vast Desert.
• Gu Changfeng forced his way through Gu Chen’s wall of true qi, but Gu Chen sent his sword into the air and spread his aura through the space.
• Gu Changfeng recognized the sword’s power and sensed Gu Chen’s aura surrounding him.

Gu Chen revealed that he had been suppressing his cultivation, overwhelmed Gu Changfeng, and confronted him with the past betrayal of Gu Chen’s family. As Gu Chen prepared to make Gu Changfeng taste despair again, several factions arrived to support Gu Changfeng and condemn Gu Chen.

• Gu Chen’s floating sword overpowered Gu Changfeng’s weapon and sent him flying.
• Gu Chen unleashed his true cultivation, revealing the Late Revolving Illumination Realm and forcing Gu Changfeng to the ground.
• Gu Changfeng realized Gu Chen had been suppressing his cultivation and accused him of cruelly deceiving him.
• Gu Chen confronted Gu Changfeng over the destruction of his family and his father’s death, then rejected Gu Changfeng’s claim that the world would condemn him.
• The Liu Family of Shangjing, the Water Cloud Sect, the Steel Tremor Sect, and the Heavenly Pivot Sect arrived to support Gu Changfeng and punish Gu Chen.

Gu Chen revealed that the Liu Family and three sects had arrived in support of him, leaving Gu Changfeng isolated at his birthday banquet. After demanding the truth about his grandfather’s death and his father’s framing, Gu Chen stopped Gu Changfeng from killing himself and claimed the right to decide his fate.

• Ma Gang addressed Gu Chen as sect master, and Ye Fei, Jiang Huamei, and Liu Zixiao greeted him respectfully.
• Gu Changfeng realized the Gu Family had been abandoned by its allies and accused Gu Chen and Gu Beichi of plotting against him.
• Gu Chen declared he had come to kill Gu Changfeng, learn how his grandfather died, and expose Gu Changfeng and the Qin Family for framing Gu Beichi.
• Gu Changfeng refused to confess and struck at his own head to take his life.
• Gu Chen cut through Gu Changfeng’s wrist before the blow landed and declared that Gu Changfeng could not die unless he allowed it.

Gu Chen forced Gu Changfeng to answer for the Gu family's past and threatened Gu Kang until he confessed. Gu Kang revealed that Gu Changfeng had plotted against Gu Beichi during a breakthrough, leaving the full consequences of the conspiracy still to be uncovered.

• Gu Chen severed Gu Changfeng's arms and demanded the truth about his grandfather's death.
• Gu Changfeng denied killing the old master, while Gu Chen accused him of using the same method that had ruined Gu Beichi's meridians.
• Gu Chen dragged Gu Kang before him and threatened him until Gu Kang agreed to confess.
• Gu Kang explained that Gu Changfeng had grown jealous and fearful of Gu Beichi's talent and influence.
• Gu Kang admitted that he and Gu Changfeng tampered with the secret chamber while Gu Beichi was attempting a breakthrough.

Gu Chen learned how Gu Changfeng and Gu Kang had sabotaged Gu Beichi’s cultivation and drove him from the Gu Family, then killed Gu Kang after questioning him about Old Master Gu’s death. When Gu Changfeng refused to answer, Gu Chen used a spell on Qin Yue, who began confessing to her crimes and their plot against Old Master Gu.

• Gu Kang told Gu Chen that Gu Changfeng had sabotaged Gu Beichi’s breakthroughs, seized control of the Gu Family, and forced Gu Beichi and his son out.
• Gu Kang denied knowing about Old Master Gu’s death, then accused Gu Changfeng and the Qin Family of arranging it.
• Gu Chen killed Gu Kang with his sword after declaring that Gu Kang would not escape punishment.
• Gu Changfeng refused to reveal the truth about Old Master Gu’s death, so Gu Chen brought the unconscious Qin Yue to him.
• Gu Chen cast a spell on Qin Yue, who awoke and began confessing to her crimes and her plot with Gu Changfeng against Old Master Gu.

Gu Chen exposed Gu Changfeng’s crimes, won the Gu Family and the gathered factions’ support, and ordered Gu Changfeng and his wife confined in the family dungeon until Gu Chen’s father decided their punishment. After leaving the residence, Gu Chen met with leaders from three factions to discuss the changes in Shangjing.

• Gu Chen asked the gathered Gu Family members and guests whether Gu Changfeng deserved execution, and they unanimously called for him to be punished.
• Gu Chen rejected Gu Changfeng’s threats, vowed to confront Gu Mingheng and the Gu clan in the Land of Heaven and Earth, and declared that his father would decide Gu Changfeng’s fate.
• Gu Chen named Gu Qichu steward of his residence and ordered him to escort Gu Changfeng and his wife to the family dungeon.
• Gu Chen warned the guests to keep quiet about the day’s events, then dismissed them from the Gu Family residence.
• Gu Chen met Liu Zixiao, Jiang Huamei, and Ye Fei at the Yunjing Grand Hotel and asked what plans they had for the changing situation in Shangjing.

Gu Chen announced plans to make Gu Beichi head of the Gu Family and use the succession ceremony to force Shangjing's families and sects to choose whether to be friends or enemies. He revealed that he intended to leave for the Land of Heaven and Earth after settling Shangjing's conflicts, then returned to find Gu Beichi awake and staring at him.

• Gu Chen asked Ye Fei, Liu Zixiao, and Jiang Huamei to support Gu Beichi's appointment as head of the Gu Family and help win recognition from Shangjing's major powers.
• Gu Chen proposed that his Gu Family and the families and sects represented by his guests rise to one-star status or take the places of existing one-star powers.
• Gu Chen gave the three invitations to Gu Beichi's succession ceremony and declared that attendees would be friends of the Gu Family while absentees would be enemies.
• Gu Chen told Ye Fei that he planned to leave for the Land of Heaven and Earth after drawing out and defeating his Shangjing enemies at the ceremony.
• Gu Chen returned to the Gu Family, learned that Gu Beichi was recovering from severe injuries, and found him awake and watching him in silence.

Gu Chen revealed to Gu Beichi that he led the Heavenly Pivot Sect and planned to travel to the Land of Heaven and Earth, while asking his father to take over as head of the Gu Family. As Gu Chen prepared to leave, Gu Beichi stopped him and asked whether he wanted to know about his mother.

• Gu Beichi confronted Gu Chen for hiding how powerful and influential he had become, and Gu Chen admitted that Zhao Bo was his disciple and that he was the sect master of the Heavenly Pivot Sect.
• Gu Chen told his injured father that he would arrange a succession ceremony in three days so Gu Beichi could become head of the Gu Family.
• Gu Beichi said he was not suited to lead the family and suggested Gu Chen instead, but Gu Chen said he planned to go to the Land of Heaven and Earth and needed his father to hold the family together.
• Gu Chen explained that Zhuge Kun had left the Zhuge Family and joined the Heavenly Pivot Sect, and promised to handle opposition to Gu Beichi's succession.
• As Gu Chen was leaving, Gu Beichi called him back and asked if he wanted to know about his mother.

Gu Beichi told Gu Chen that his mother was an elite in the Law Enforcement Office, an organization connected to the Mystery Gate, and revealed how she had been imprisoned after protecting him. Gu Chen realized the Mystery Gate had targeted him as a child because his birth was considered a stain, and he was left furious.

• Gu Chen told Gu Beichi that he had reached the Middle Revolving Illumination Realm, and Gu Beichi agreed he was old enough to learn about his mother.
• Gu Beichi explained that Gu Chen's mother belonged to the Law Enforcement Office, an elite organization formed by people from the Mystery Gate.
• Gu Beichi said he had saved Gu Chen's mother from deadly poison, and she stayed with the Gu Family for a year before leaving after Gu Chen was born.
• Gu Beichi revealed that when Gu Chen was three, people from the Mystery Gate came to take him, but his mother intervened and was imprisoned in the Law Enforcement Office.
• Gu Chen understood that the Mystery Gate had wanted to remove him because his existence was considered a stain, and he burned with fury.

Gu Chen learned that his birth mother belonged to the Mystery Gate’s Law Enforcement Office and struggled with the revelation while considering the old Daoist’s warning of a coming tribulation. He then set out to confront the Situ Clan over the harm they had caused Gu Beichi.

• Gu Beichi told Gu Chen that his birth mother had ties to the Mystery Gate’s Law Enforcement Office, which claimed to enforce the Heavenly Dao, and that Gu Changfeng knew more about the past.
• Gu Chen said he would visit the Situ Clan and settle the score for the way they had driven Gu Beichi from the Gu Family.
• After reflecting on his mother and the old Daoist’s warning, Gu Chen asked Yu Sheng to take him to the Situ Clan.
• Gu Chen arrived at the Situ Clan’s villa complex shortly after eight in the evening, while its members were resting after dinner.