Recaps

Gu Chen and Sun Jiangman fled the Venomous Snake Gang’s armed pursuit through the forest, but a monstrous three-eyed ape attacked them. Gu Chen recognized it as a demonic beast, an astonishing discovery in the Age of Dharma Decline.

• Gu Chen healed Sun Jiangman’s gunshot wound with ointment and true qi, and she regained nearly all her strength.
• With no phone signal, Gu Chen and Sun Jiangman chose a forest ambush site and prepared for the gang’s men to follow their blood trail.
• Sun Jiangman attacked the approaching gang members with Gu Chen’s acupuncture needles, but their guns and explosives overwhelmed her, forcing the pair to retreat.
• As Gu Chen and Sun Jiangman ran deeper into the forest, a giant green, three-eyed ape struck Sun Jiangman and sent her flying into the bushes.
• Gu Chen recognized the creature as a demonic beast and was shocked that one existed on Earth in the Age of Dharma Decline.

Gu Chen killed a Three-Eyed Ape that attacked Sun Jiangman and found a demonic crystal, confirming that spiritual energy—and possibly Shennong Grass—could be found on Xiaoxiang Peak. As the pair continued toward the peak, a Kui Spirit Snake appeared, and Sun Jiangman charged at it.

• Sun Jiangman attacked the Three-Eyed Ape, but its third eye’s spiritual power froze her and left her vulnerable.
• Gu Chen killed the ape by kicking a bone into its third eye, then caught Sun Jiangman as she nearly fell.
• Sun Jiangman told Gu Chen that Heaven and Earth Beasts came from an unknown region beyond the Land of Heaven and Earth.
• Gu Chen retrieved a demonic crystal from the corpse and concluded that spiritual energy on Xiaoxiang Peak could produce Shennong Grass.
• After they continued toward Xiaoxiang Peak, a Kui Spirit Snake lunged at them, and Sun Jiangman charged at it with her short blade.

Gu Chen saved Sun Jiangman from the Kui Spirit Snake’s venom, but the antidote triggered a lustful poison that led them to sleep together. Afterward, Gu Chen recognized a pendant as belonging to his master, Luo Yunxi.

• Sun Jiangman was poisoned by the Kui Spirit Snake, and Gu Chen killed the snake and gave her its egg to counteract the venom.
• Gu Chen infused Sun Jiangman with true qi while the egg’s effects made her feverish and caused red bumps to spread across her body.
• Gu Chen killed the Venomous Snake Gang pursuers who entered the area.
• Sun Jiangman’s lustful reaction to the snake poison led her and Gu Chen to have sex, which he believed had helped save her life.
• After Sun Jiangman fell asleep, Gu Chen found a crescent pendant marked with the character “Luo” and recognized it as the Pendant of the Luo River Goddess, his master Luo Yunxi.

Gu Chen recognized Sun Jiangman's pendant as a sacred treasure linked to his former master, Luo Yunxi, and wondered how Sun Jiangman had obtained it. After waking, Sun Jiangman accused him of violating her and threatened to kill him, while Gu Chen insisted he had saved her from the Kui Spirit Snake's poison and suggested they were connected.

• Gu Chen identified the Pendant of the Luo River Goddess and recalled how Luo Yunxi had saved and raised him before dying in the Heartless Sect's siege.
• Gu Chen waited for Sun Jiangman to wake, hoping to ask where she had gotten the pendant.
• Sun Jiangman woke, realized she was naked, and attacked Gu Chen with a dagger while demanding to know what he had done to her.
• Gu Chen explained that he had killed the Kui Spirit Snake and treated Sun Jiangman after its venom made her lose control.
• Sun Jiangman rejected Gu Chen's explanation and threatened to kill him, while Gu Chen said there was a connection between them.

Gu Chen found a hidden cave beneath Xiaoxiang Peak and discovered an underground world filled with spiritual energy and demonic beasts. After defeating a Three-Horned Bull, he continued toward a strange floating temple, wary of what awaited him.

• Gu Chen subdued Sun Jiangman and left her unconscious after asking about the Pendant of the Luo River Goddess.
• Gu Chen killed a Kui Spirit Snake and discovered a cave entrance that seemed to lead to a gathering place for spiritual energy.
• Gu Chen took Sun Jiangman to safety, dressed her, and protected her with a simple formation before entering the cave.
• Gu Chen followed a stone-paved underground path and saw a floating temple surrounded by black and gray trees.
• A Three-Horned Bull attacked Gu Chen, who killed it after a difficult fight and then eyed the temple warily.

Gu Chen was lured to the temple by a false rumor about Shennong Grass and confronted the Great Immortal Ghost King. After destroying the ghost king’s array and setting the temple ablaze, Gu Chen attacked him again, leaving their fight unresolved.

• Gu Chen sent his Dragon Scale Sword toward the temple, but a black hand seized it and the Great Immortal Ghost King revealed that the Shennong Grass rumor had been bait.
• The Great Immortal Ghost King snapped Gu Chen’s Dragon Scale Sword, and Gu Chen attacked with his Three-Flame Fan.
• Gu Chen used the fan’s successive waves of fire to burn the woods, the temple, and the ghost king’s black hand.
• Gu Chen charged through the burning woods, punched the ghost king off the temple roof, and saw his skeletal form beneath the cloak.
• The Great Immortal Ghost King identified himself and threatened to sacrifice Gu Chen, who responded by striking at his chest with both fists.

Gu Chen discovered that the skeleton man was cultivating the ghost path through a White Bone Grand Formation built around a vast furnace filled with black liquid and bones. Gu Chen began breaking the formation, and Great Immortal Ghost King summoned several demonic beasts as the fight continued.

• Gu Chen knocked down the skeleton man and discovered the enormous furnace beneath the collapsed temple, filled with black liquid and the bones of humans and demonic beasts.
• Great Immortal Ghost King revealed his plan to use Gu Chen’s spirit bones to complete his ghost-path cultivation and claimed the formation came from an ancient manual.
• Gu Chen struck the furnace with the Three-Flame Fan, causing it to move and the formation’s plants and boulders to wither.
• Great Immortal Ghost King charged Gu Chen in a panic, but Gu Chen kicked him away as the White Bone Grand Formation began to collapse.
• Great Immortal Ghost King whistled, and several low-tier demonic beasts climbed up the furnace wall.

Gu Chen uncovered Great Immortal Ghost King's spirit stone and demonic beast breeding method, then destroyed the eggs and beasts while explaining that the formation could only lead to ghostly Foundation Establishment, not immortality. Wang Gui begged Gu Chen to teach him orthodox cultivation, but when Gu Chen refused, Wang Gui attacked him with a bone spike.

• Gu Chen fought the demonic beasts and discovered a huge spirit stone and the eggs Great Immortal Ghost King had been nurturing beside it.
• Gu Chen smashed the demonic beast eggs, enraging Great Immortal Ghost King, who revealed that they were his final sacrifices for the Road to Heaven.
• Gu Chen killed the remaining demonic beasts and told Great Immortal Ghost King that his formation could at most lead to ghostly Foundation Establishment.
• Great Immortal Ghost King realized his years of work would not make him an immortal and begged Gu Chen to teach him orthodox cultivation.
• Gu Chen refused, warning that Wang Gui's ghost path would leave him hunted, and Wang Gui spat a bone spike at him.

Gu Chen killed Great Immortal Ghost King after the enemy’s hidden bone spike pierced his abdomen, then treated his wound. Meanwhile, Wang Gui’s death was revealed at the Heaven and Earth Palace, and the Situ Clan learned the news, setting the Land of Heaven and Earth on the brink of chaos.

• Great Immortal Ghost King’s bone spike pierced Gu Chen’s lower abdomen, but Gu Chen seized and beat the enemy to death.
• Gu Chen swallowed a Luo Heaven Pill and began regulating his breathing while recovering from his injury.
• Wang Gui’s name faded from the Dragon Ranking at the Heaven and Earth Palace, revealing that the top-ranked expert had died.
• The palace guardian feared Wang Gui’s death would reignite a bloody struggle over the Great Dao scripture, while clan representatives hurried to notify their clans.
• Situ Jing summoned the Situ Clan elders and announced that Wang Gui was dead.

News of Wang Gui’s death and the resurfaced immortal cultivation method drove the ancient families of the Land of Heaven and Earth to compete for it, while Sixth Master Qin learned that two intruders had fought their way toward the forbidden snowy mountain. He led his men into the forest, fearing the powerful figure hidden beneath the mountain would punish him if the intruders disturbed him.

• Situ Jing told the Situ Clan elders that Wang Gui was dead and urged them to find the immortal cultivation method before rival families claimed it.
• Wei Aotian emerged from seclusion and rallied the Wei Family to pursue the method, while Gu Mingheng arrogantly declared that it would eventually belong to him.
• A Venomous Snake Gang survivor reported to Sixth Master Qin that over a hundred men had been killed by two intruders who could use flying swords and needles.
• Sixth Master Qin shot the fleeing underling and learned that the intruders had reached the snowy mountain, where a feared figure had once forbidden anyone to go.
• Fearing that the intruders would anger the figure beneath the mountain and ruin his operation, Sixth Master Qin armed more than twenty men and led them into the forest.

After recovering from his fight with Wang Gui, Gu Chen looted the underground temple and used its spiritual treasures to strengthen his cultivation. He reached the peak of the early Revolving Illumination Realm, then turned his attention back to finding the Shennong Grass.

• Gu Chen treated his wounds and reflected on Wang Gui's tragic pursuit of cultivation before taking the enormous spirit stone for himself.
• Gu Chen destroyed the young demonic beasts, insect eggs, and snake eggs, then burned Wang Gui's Heaven-Reaching Netherworld Art.
• Gu Chen absorbed the spiritual energy from the jade articles and stones, recovering from his injuries and reaching the peak of the early Revolving Illumination Realm.
• Gu Chen noted that he still needed the Shennong Grass to establish his foundation and wondered whether it was real.

Gu Chen sealed the cave after finding six Shennong Grass plants, then returned to find Sun Jiangman surrounded by Sixth Master Qin and the Venomous Snake Gang. Their guns, rockets, and explosives failed to injure him, and he confronted them as they realized they faced a seemingly unstoppable opponent.

• Gu Chen found six Shennong Grass plants beneath the cauldron and collapsed the mountainside to seal the cave.
• Gu Chen returned at dawn and found Sun Jiangman awake, but she urgently warned him to run as Sixth Master Qin and the Venomous Snake Gang emerged from the woods.
• Sixth Master Qin ordered Gu Chen to surrender, then commanded the gang to fire when Gu Chen refused to kneel.
• Gu Chen stood unharmed after the gang fired machine guns, submachine guns, and rockets at him.
• Sixth Master Qin and the gang attacked Gu Chen with more rockets and a grenade, but he remained uninjured and asked whether they had had enough.

Gu Chen killed Sixth Master Qin and the Venomous Snake Gang, then convinced Sun Jiangman that saving her had cost him his inner energy and most of his power. Sun Jiangman was left reeling from his claims that they had already become a couple.

• Sixth Master Qin and his underlings fled, but Gu Chen killed them all and finished off Sixth Master Qin.
• Gu Chen told Sun Jiangman that cultivators and martial artists differed, then reassured her that the danger was over.
• Sun Jiangman threatened Gu Chen with her knife, but he claimed an ancestral rule had made him lose his power after sleeping with her.
• Sun Jiangman checked Gu Chen's pulse and found no inner energy in his dantian.
• Gu Chen claimed he had risked becoming a cripple to save her, and Sun Jiangman trembled when he said they had already become his woman.

Gu Chen stayed with Sun Jiangman through the night after they had slept together, then carried her out of the forest and agreed to go with her to the Land of Heaven and Earth. When Sun Jiangman’s family found them, she called Gu Chen her brother-in-law, leaving everyone stunned.

• Gu Chen comforted Sun Jiangman and held her while she fell asleep beside the fire.
• At dawn, Gu Chen carried the injured Sun Jiangman out of the forest and told her about his powerful family and its attempt to eliminate him.
• Sun Jiangman invited Gu Chen to the Land of Heaven and Earth, and he agreed to go with her.
• Sun Da, Uncle Ma, and Sister-in-law Hua arrived in an SUV to look for Sun Jiangman.
• When Sun Da questioned why Sun Jiangman wore Gu Chen’s clothes, she blurted out that they belonged to her brother-in-law, stunning the group.

Sun Jiangman defended Gu Chen after Sun Da punched him, and insisted that her younger brother apologize. She left Xiaoxiang Peak with both men, while Sun Da remained resentful and Gu Chen rested in the car.

• Sun Jiangman called Gu Chen her brother-in-law, startling Sun Da, who confronted Gu Chen and punched him.
• Sun Jiangman helped Gu Chen up and ordered Sun Da to apologize, but Gu Chen told her not to punish her brother over the blow.
• Sun Da threatened Gu Chen and questioned his relationship with Sun Jiangman, prompting her to warn him to stop.
• Sun Jiangman brought Sun Da and Gu Chen into the car and told Uncle Ma to leave Xiaoxiang Peak.
• Sun Jiangman made Sun Da give Gu Chen room to rest, leaving Sun Da squeezed into a small part of the seat.

After leaving chaotic Xiaoxiang Peak, Gu Chen traveled with Sun Jiangman and her companions to Cloud Hidden Town, where they checked into a hotel. Sun Jiangman insisted Gu Chen stay the night, and the chapter ended with her defending him after Sun Da tried to attack him.

• Sun Jiangman chose Cloud Hidden Town as a place to rest, and Uncle Ma drove the group there.
• At the hotel, Sun Jiangman learned Gu Chen had lost his ID and arranged for him to share a room with Sun Da.
• Sun Da tried to pull Gu Chen off the bed, but Gu Chen did not move, and Sun Da fell instead.
• Sun Da accused Gu Chen of provoking him and threw a punch, but Sun Jiangman stopped him.
• Sun Jiangman ordered Sun Da to sleep in the lobby and insisted Gu Chen stay in the room, leaving Sun Da baffled by her protectiveness.

After saving Sun Jiangman, Gu Chen faced her brother Sun Da’s suspicion and contempt. Sun Da tried to drive Gu Chen away, but Gu Chen remained unmoved as the confrontation ended with Sun Da declaring they could never be together.

• Gu Chen teased Sun Da, then rested after the strain of fighting the Venomous Snake Gang.
• The next morning, Sun Da confronted Gu Chen at the hotel and questioned him about meeting Sun Jiangman.
• Sun Da smashed a large rock to intimidate Gu Chen and demanded to know what happened to Sun Jiangman on Xiaoxiang Peak.
• Gu Chen said Sun Jiangman had been shot by the Venomous Snake Gang and that he had treated her injury.
• Sun Da offered Gu Chen money to leave, but Gu Chen refused and said Sun Jiangman would be hurt if she learned he had accepted it.
• Sun Da insulted Gu Chen as an unworthy suitor and warned that he would get rough if Gu Chen kept clinging to the Sun Family.

Gu Chen refused Sun Da’s warning about Sun Jiangman’s powerful suitors and learned from her what the Aristocratic Family Assembly was. He was left preparing to attend the five-year gathering, where young martial artists competed for rankings and access to rare resources.

• Sun Da warned Gu Chen that Sun Jiangman’s suitors, including Cao Miao, could easily deal with him, but Gu Chen said he would not yield if she chose him.
• Sun Jiangman arrived, and Sun Da left after calling Gu Chen a coward who hid behind a woman.
• Sun Jiangman checked that Gu Chen was unharmed and invited him to the Aristocratic Family Assembly.
• Sun Jiangman explained that the assembly ranked young Innate Realm martial artists on the Tiger Ranking and distributed rare resources according to the results.

Gu Chen agreed to attend the Aristocratic Family Assembly with Sun Jiangman, then discovered that her pendant came from his former master, Luo Yunxi, and gave Sun Jiangman Shennong Grass in exchange. As they traveled toward Tong City, Gu Chen spotted three cars pursuing them and urged Uncle Ma to speed up.

• Sun Jiangman told Gu Chen the Sun Family hoped she would reach the Tiger Ranking’s top ten, and Gu Chen agreed to attend the assembly in about ten days after returning to Zhou City.
• Sun Jiangman revealed that a woman had given her the Pendant of the Luo River Goddess, and Gu Chen realized the woman was probably his former master, Luo Yunxi.
• Gu Chen exchanged the pendant for a stalk of Shennong Grass, shocking Sun Jiangman.
• Gu Chen rode with Sun Jiangman, Sun Da, and Uncle Ma toward Tong City and noticed three Buick sedans following them.
• At Gu Chen’s urging, Uncle Ma accelerated along the mountain road and left the three pursuing cars behind.

Sun Jiangman and her companions were ambushed by Wuji Manor assassins on their way to the train station. As the fight began, Gu Chen offered to help Sun Da join the battle.

• Sun Da mocked Gu Chen after the pursuers seemed to fall behind, but Gu Chen sensed the three Buicks following them again.
• A truck swerved toward the SUV, and Gu Chen warned everyone to jump out before it smashed the vehicle.
• Eleven Wuji Manor silver-rank assassins arrived, and Uncle Ma recognized them as Bone-Forge Realm martial artists who might have been hired to stop the Sun Family from attending the Aristocratic Family Assembly.
• Uncle Ma and Sister-in-law Hua engaged six assassins while Sun Jiangman fought the other five, and she ordered Sun Da to stay back and watch Gu Chen.
• Sun Da taunted Gu Chen for being useless, and Gu Chen offered to help him fight, prompting Sun Da to challenge his ability.

Gu Chen guided Sun Da through the weaknesses of the assassins, helping him turn the fight around alongside Sun Jiangman. As Sun Da rushed to aid Uncle Ma and Sister-in-law Hua, Gu Chen went off alone and was ambushed by another attacker.

• Gu Chen identified the weaknesses of the five assassins, and Sun Da charged in to help Sun Jiangman.
• Following Gu Chen’s advice, Sun Da took down two assassins before the remaining three turned on him and wounded him.
• Sun Jiangman rejoined the fight and killed the three remaining assassins with Sun Da’s help.
• Sun Jiangman went to assist Uncle Ma and Sister-in-law Hua, while Gu Chen told Sun Da the weaknesses of their six opponents.
• Sun Da charged into the fight as Gu Chen walked away to relieve himself, where an unseen attacker launched a flying guillotine at him.

Gu Chen revealed and defeated two powerful Wuji Manor killers who had ambushed him, but their deaths exposed that Wuji Manor’s lord had already arrived in Zhou City. The Sun Family also defeated six killers targeting their journey to Tong City, though all six poisoned themselves before they could be questioned.

• Gu Chen crushed a hidden killer’s adamantine blood drop and identified two more Wuji Manor assassins waiting in ambush.
• Gu Chen overpowered both assassins, killed one, and pinned the other down to question him.
• The surviving killer revealed that Wuji Manor’s lord had come to Zhou City, then poisoned himself before Gu Chen could learn more.
• Sun Jiangman, Sun Da, Uncle Ma, and Sister-in-law Hua subdued the six other killers, who all took poison and died.
• Gu Chen returned to the group, and Uncle Ma said the attack was meant to stop them from reaching Tong City for the gathering.

After the ambush, Gu Chen traveled with the Sun Family to a roadside repair shed, where Sun Jiangman realized he had guided Sun Da during the fight and grew closer to him. Gu Chen left for the train station, while Sun Jiangman watched him go with the Shennong Grass in her hand and vowed to wait for him.

• Uncle Ma suspected the Sun Family's route had been deliberately exposed, but Sun Jiangman and Sun Da said Gu Chen was not responsible.
• Sun Da told Gu Chen they were even after helping each other, then went to help clear the battlefield.
• Uncle Ma repaired the SUV at a roadside shed, where Sun Jiangman asked Gu Chen if he had guided Sun Da in the fight, and he confirmed Sun Da had a good foundation.
• Gu Chen praised Sun Jiangman's beauty, making her blush and run off, while Sun Da angrily demanded that Gu Chen leave.
• After the SUV was repaired, Uncle Ma drove Gu Chen to the train station; Gu Chen said he would return, and Sun Jiangman watched him leave with the Shennong Grass in her palm and said, "I'll wait for you."

After returning to Zhou City, Gu Chen learned that the Water Cloud Sect had taken control of the black market and imprisoned Zhao Bo, Jiang Qi, and Zhu Jun. He headed underground to confront them, leaving a trail of defeated guards as Ma Gang followed.

• Gu Chen failed to reach Zhao Bo, and Lu Fan denied knowing him before hanging up.
• Ma Gang told Gu Chen that Water Cloud Sect elders had stripped Lu Fan of authority, injured Gu Chen's subordinates, and imprisoned Zhao Bo, Jiang Qi, and Zhu Jun.
• Ma Gang said he had secretly protected Gu Chen's father and believed the Water Cloud Sect had kept the prisoners alive to wait for Gu Chen.
• Gu Chen ordered Ma Gang to go with him to demand the prisoners' release, despite Ma Gang warning that the sect had four elders, including two Grandmasters.
• Gu Chen attacked the guards at the black market entrance and fought his way underground, while Ma Gang realized he intended to force his way through rather than negotiate.

Gu Chen fought his way into the black market and confronted the Water Cloud Sect elders guarding the office, demanding to know where Zhao Bo was. He overwhelmed them with his aura and Dragon Scale Sword, then entered the office while sparing their lives for now.

• Gu Chen and Ma Gang fought through the black market's underlings until Ye Canghong of the Water Cloud Sect confronted them.
• Gu Chen struck Ye Canghong into a wall and broke two of his ribs with a stomp.
• A Water Cloud Sect elder emerged from the office, recognized Ma Gang and Gu Chen, and refused to reveal Zhao Bo's whereabouts.
• The elder unleashed her Revolving Illumination Realm aura, but Gu Chen's aura overwhelmed her and made her spit blood.
• A second Water Cloud Sect elder appeared, but both elders froze in terror when Gu Chen summoned the floating Dragon Scale Sword.
• Gu Chen sent the sword past the second elder's head, warned the elders he would use them to sacrifice to his sword if Zhao Bo had been harmed, and entered the office.