Recaps

Gu Chen rescued Zhao Bo, Jiang Qi, and Zhu Jun from the Water Cloud Sect’s black market and confronted the sect’s elders. He left the elders intimidated and standing in his office as he asserted control over the situation.

• Gu Chen ordered Ma Gang to watch the Water Cloud Sect elders while Lu Fan led him to the underground cells.
• Gu Chen found Zhao Bo, Jiang Qi, and Zhu Jun imprisoned, healed Zhao Bo enough to wake him, and helped all three recover.
• Gu Chen sent the rescued men to the VIP room and faced the two elders alone.
• The old man attacked Gu Chen, but Gu Chen’s True Qi barrier repelled the strike and left the elder injured.
• Gu Chen warned the elders not to provoke him, then made them follow him into the office.
• When the old man tried to sit, Gu Chen burned a hole in the sofa and ordered him to stand.

Gu Chen confronted the Water Cloud Sect elders over their capture of his disciple and their plan to trade him to the Steel Tremor Sect. He revealed that the Heavenly Pivot Sect came from the Land of Heaven and Earth, leaving the elders terrified by the power behind him.

• Gu Chen demanded that Elder Ye explain why the Water Cloud Sect had captured his man, and Elder Ye threatened to fight him before the old woman explained their motives.
• The old woman admitted they had captured Gu Chen's disciple and planned to use him as bait to seize Gu Chen and appease the Steel Tremor Sect.
• Gu Chen accused the Water Cloud Sect of betraying his alliance and demanded to know how they should be punished.
• When the old man mocked the Heavenly Pivot Sect, Gu Chen asked whether he had heard of the Land of Heaven and Earth, and both elders realized the sect came from there.
• Gu Chen claimed the Heavenly Pivot Sect surpassed the power backing the Shangjing Gu Family, leaving the Water Cloud Sect elders terrified.

Gu Chen convinced the Water Cloud Sect elders that he led the powerful Heavenly Pivot Sect, then fulfilled his promise to Lu Fan by giving him a stalk of Shennong Grass. The elders recognized the herb and tried to challenge Gu Chen, but he made clear it belonged to Lu Fan, not their sect.

• Gu Chen claimed that the Heavenly Pivot Sect promoted anyone with sufficient strength and revealed that his master was its leader.
• Lu Fan compared the sect to a social-selling business, and Gu Chen asked Elder Ye whether he now had the qualifications to deal with the Water Cloud Sect.
• Gu Chen reminded Lu Fan of his promise to provide Shennong Grass, while Lu Fan explained that he had notified his sect about the herb.
• The Water Cloud elders doubted that Gu Chen had found Shennong Grass, but Gu Chen placed a genuine stalk on the table and gave it to Lu Fan.
• The old man tried to seize the herb, and Gu Chen knocked him away, saying the Shennong Grass belonged to Lu Fan and had nothing to do with the Water Cloud Sect.

Gu Chen left the black market with Zhao Bo and the others, promising to settle their grievance while directing them to a villa in Zhou City. Elder Ye tried to seize the Shennong Grass from Lu Fan, while a new Wuji Manor martial artist arrived at the Peony Flower Hotel.

• Gu Chen spared Elder Ye for the moment, left the black market, and told Zhao Bo he would help settle the grievance later.
• Gu Chen took Zhao Bo, Jiang Qi, Ma Gang, and the third man to Zhao Bo’s villa on South Ring Road, saying the forces seeking Shennong Grass would return empty-handed.
• Elder Ye demanded that Lu Fan hand over the Shennong Grass, struck him when he refused, and threatened him over his claim to the credit.
• The old woman stopped Elder Ye from attacking again and said she would report to the sect master, warning that they could not take Lu Fan’s Shennong Grass by force.
• At the Peony Flower Star-Rated Hotel, a Wuji Manor martial artist entered the presidential suite of a long-haired man in a black robe.

Gu Chen discovered Wuji Manor agents watching Zhao Bo’s villa and killed them after they refused to talk. He then questioned Zhao Bo about the Zhao Family, and Zhao Bo revealed that he had been granted their surname as a servant and had tried to escape his family’s service.

• A Wuji Manor subordinate told his superior that Gu Chen had returned to Zhou City and might possess the Shennong Grass, so the superior ordered him to keep watch.
• Gu Chen sensed three men surveilling Zhao Bo’s villa, confronted them, and killed them after they took poison rather than reveal information.
• Gu Chen told Zhao Bo that Wuji Manor had pursued him since Xiaoxiang Peak and threatened to destroy the manor if it kept provoking him.
• Gu Chen asked whether the Zhao Family had come to Zhou City, and Zhao Bo reacted with alarm.
• Zhao Bo admitted that he was not related to the Zhao Family by blood but had been granted their surname after generations of his ancestors served them.

Zhao Bo told Gu Chen how the Zhao Family had abused him and driven him to flee after stealing the Undying Divine Skill. After learning the Zhao Family had ties to the Land of Heaven and Earth, Gu Chen promised to protect Zhao Bo and pressed him to say whether he still wanted revenge.

• Zhao Bo recounted how he secretly learned martial arts, was discovered by the Zhao Family, and lost his father after his parents were punished.
• At twenty, Zhao Bo stole the first three chapters of the Undying Divine Skill and escaped to Zhou City, where he cultivated for decades without reaching the Revolving Illumination Realm.
• Zhao Bo warned Gu Chen that the Zhao Family was one of Huaxia's Five Great Families and had a sect from the Land of Heaven and Earth backing it.
• Gu Chen said the Heavenly Pivot Sect would not necessarily fear the Zhao Family and promised to stand behind Zhao Bo.
• Gu Chen asked whether Zhao Bo wanted revenge, then told him to leave the rest to him.

Gu Chen learned that the Liu Family had attacked Zhao Haiqing’s villa and went to help him, bringing Ye Fei while keeping Zhao Bo hidden. At the villa, Liu Dongyuan demanded that Zhao Haiqing surrender the person who killed Liu Kuan, his missing son Liu An, and the Jade Guanyin, threatening to destroy Black Wind Hall.

• Gu Chen encouraged Zhao Bo to pursue revenge against the Zhao Family and revealed that he had Zhao Haiqing watching them.
• A subordinate called Gu Chen to report that the Liu Family had surrounded Zhao Haiqing’s villa and threatened his family.
• Gu Chen refused Zhao Bo’s offer to accompany him, keeping him hidden, and prepared to leave with Ye Fei from the Water Cloud Sect.
• Liu Dongyuan and Liu Changqing confronted Zhao Haiqing at Black Wind Hall and accused him of hiding Liu Kuan’s killer and the Jade Guanyin.
• Liu Dongyuan threatened to burn Black Wind Hall down unless Zhao Haiqing handed over the killer and the Jade Guanyin.

The Liu Family threatened to destroy Black Wind Hall unless Gu Chen was handed over, and Zhao Mo'er charged Liu Changqing to defend her father and the hall. Liu Changqing knocked her unconscious and injured Zhao Haiqing, while Zhao Mo'er called out for Big Brother Gu to save them.

• Liu Dongyuan gave Zhao Haiqing five minutes to produce the man the Liu Family sought or face the destruction of Black Wind Hall.
• Zhao Mo'er came out and challenged Liu Changqing and the Liu Family for threatening her father and their home.
• Zhao Mo'er attacked Liu Changqing with her wooden sword, but his lion's roar overwhelmed her and left her unable to fight.
• Liu Changqing's men subdued Zhao Mo'er, and he sent Zhao Haiqing flying with a palm strike when he tried to reach her.
• Zhao Mo'er declared that Big Brother Gu would not let the Liu Family get away with it.

Liu Changqing tortured Zhao Haiqing and Zhao Mo'er to force them to summon the young man he believed had killed Liu Kuan and Liu An. After five minutes passed without Zhao Haiqing cooperating, Liu Changqing had him beaten and threatened to have Zhao Mo'er violated.

• Liu Changqing slapped Zhao Mo'er and demanded that Zhao Haiqing reveal the young man's whereabouts and summon him.
• When Zhao Haiqing refused, Liu Changqing threatened to destroy Black Wind Hall and harm Zhao Haiqing's family.
• Liu Changqing gave Zhao Haiqing five minutes to decide while the Liu Family attacked Black Wind Hall's brothers and disciples.
• After Zhao Haiqing stayed silent, Liu Changqing ordered three martial artists to beat him until he was badly injured.
• Liu Changqing threatened Zhao Haiqing with Zhao Mo'er's assault, but Zhao Mo'er urged her father not to compromise.

Gu Chen arrived at Black Wind Hall just as Liu Changqing was about to kill Zhao Mo'er, stopping the attack with a blast of golden energy. He saw Zhao Mo'er gravely injured and Zhao Haiqing helpless, and his fury rose as he confronted Liu Changqing and the others.

• Liu Changqing beat Zhao Mo'er and threatened Zhao Haiqing until Zhao Haiqing admitted he did not know Gu Chen's number.
• Liu Changqing launched a killing attack at Zhao Mo'er, but Gu Chen's golden energy intercepted it and shook the villa apart.
• Gu Chen walked into the estate and warned that anyone who harmed Zhao Haiqing or Zhao Mo'er would die without an intact corpse.
• Zhao Haiqing called out to Gu Chen, and Zhao Mo'er recognized him before collapsing unconscious.
• Gu Chen saw the destruction and Zhao Mo'er's injuries, and his anger surged.

Gu Chen arrived at Black Wind Hall and found Zhao Mo'er and its disciples brutalized by the Liu Family. He rescued Zhao Mo'er and Zhao Haiqing, killed one Liu Family martial artist, and faced Liu Dongyuan’s demand for the Jade Guanyin.

• Liu Changqing and the others were shocked by Gu Chen’s youth and recognized that he had reached the Revolving Illumination Realm.
• Gu Chen helped the unconscious, badly injured Zhao Mo'er and confirmed she was alive.
• Gu Chen struck down the Liu Family martial artists holding Zhao Haiqing and brought him behind him.
• Gu Chen declared that everyone involved in Zhao Mo'er’s assault would die and killed a Late Bone-Forge Realm martial artist with Dragon Scale.
• Liu Dongyuan demanded that Gu Chen hand over the Jade Guanyin, and Gu Chen insulted him.

Gu Chen confronted Liu Dongyuan over the Liu Family’s attempt to seize the Jade Guanyin and faced two Revolving Illumination Realm fighters. He crushed both opponents with ease, leaving Liu Dongyuan and the surrounding Liu Family martial artists stunned.

• Liu Dongyuan accused Gu Chen of killing his son, and Gu Chen admitted it and revealed that he had nearly refined the Jade Guanyin’s spiritual energy.
• Liu Changqing challenged Gu Chen, confident his experience would overcome Gu Chen’s young age and unstable foundation.
• Gu Chen dodged Liu Changqing’s opening slash, countered with his Dragon Scale Sword, and defeated him with a single strike before stomping on his face.
• The Liu Family’s other Revolving Illumination Realm martial artist rushed in, but Gu Chen struck him down with a backhanded sword swing before he could reach him.
• Liu Dongyuan and the surrounding fighters stared in shock after Gu Chen instantly defeated both Liu Family experts.

Gu Chen confronted Liu Dongyuan after defeating the Liu Family’s fighters, but his aura suppressed the second family head. Liu Dongyuan took a Purple Qi Pill to raise his cultivation and attacked, yet Gu Chen continued to intercept his saber strikes.

• Liu Dongyuan stepped forward to face Gu Chen, who struck first and forced him back with a sharp ray.
• Gu Chen’s aura trapped Liu Dongyuan, leaving him unable to find an opening or move freely.
• Liu Changqing and the other Liu Family martial artists realized Liu Dongyuan was being suppressed by Gu Chen.
• Liu Dongyuan swallowed a Purple Qi Pill, which raised his cultivation from the peak of the early revolving illumination realm to the middle revolving illumination realm.
• Liu Dongyuan attacked with his short saber, but Gu Chen repeatedly intercepted his strikes with his long sword, and Liu Dongyuan found he still could not overpower him.

Gu Chen fought Liu Dongyuan with the Dragon Scale Sword, first relying on simple swordsmanship and then using a cultivator's qi-control method to overwhelm him. The chapter ended with Gu Chen holding his blade to Liu Dongyuan's throat, leaving him frozen and terrified.

• Liu Dongyuan realized Gu Chen was at the middle Revolving Illumination Realm and continued fighting after Gu Chen charged at him.
• Liu Dongyuan used Full Moon in the Sky and forced Gu Chen to retreat for the first time in their fight.
• Gu Chen steadily countered Liu Dongyuan's attacks and revealed that he had been using the battle to practice his swordsmanship.
• Gu Chen used a cultivator's qi-control method to neutralize Liu Dongyuan's qi and pierce his inner-force barrier.
• Gu Chen laid the Dragon Scale Sword across Liu Dongyuan's throat, and Liu Dongyuan froze in fear and asked how Gu Chen could be so strong.

Gu Chen killed Liu Dongyuan after defeating him and prepared to finish Liu Changqing. When Ye Fei and the old woman arrived, Ye Fei apologized to Gu Chen on behalf of the Water Cloud Sect.

• Liu Dongyuan begged Gu Chen to spare him, but Gu Chen declared that losing meant paying with his life.
• Gu Chen cut off Liu Dongyuan's head, terrifying the Liu Family martial artists who witnessed the killing.
• Liu Changqing shouted at Gu Chen for killing Liu Dongyuan and then called on Ye Fei to help him.
• The old woman refused to help Liu Changqing, pointing out that the Liu Family and Water Cloud Sect had no friendship.
• Ye Fei bowed to Gu Chen and apologized on behalf of the Water Cloud Sect for its earlier treatment of Gu Chen's subordinate.

Gu Chen killed Liu Changqing and confronted a Steel Tremor Sect martial artist who had witnessed the fight and sent a video to his companions. Ye Fei publicly allied the Water Cloud Sect with Gu Chen, and Gu Chen stopped the martial artist from leaving.

• Gu Chen killed Liu Changqing after the Water Cloud Sect elders refused to help the Liu Family, leaving both Liu Changqing and Liu Dongyuan dead.
• A disguised Steel Tremor Sect martial artist revealed that he had been watching Gu Chen and accused the Water Cloud Sect of involvement in Jiang Yi’s death.
• The martial artist said he had sent a video to his companions, who were nearby, and Ye Fei hesitated before deciding to stand with Gu Chen.
• Ye Fei threatened the martial artist on Gu Chen’s behalf, while Gu Chen remarked that Ye Fei had suddenly become very familiar with him.
• As the Steel Tremor Sect martial artist tried to leave, Gu Chen blasted the ground in front of him and asked whether he had said he could go.

Gu Chen slaughtered the Liu Family martial artists who obeyed Yue Mingke and stopped the Steel Tremor Sect envoy from escaping. Yue Mingke tried to recruit Gu Chen, but Ye Fei revealed that Gu Chen had already obtained the Shennong Grass and given one to the Water Cloud Sect.

• Gu Chen killed a Liu Family martial artist to make clear that everyone who had come to cause trouble would die.
• Yue Mingke ordered the Liu Family martial artists to attack Gu Chen while he tried to flee.
• Gu Chen used the Dragon Scale Sword to kill the Liu Family martial artists and caught up with Yue Mingke.
• Yue Mingke offered Gu Chen a place in the Steel Tremor Sect and promised him resources and support.
• Ye Fei revealed the Shennong Grass and said Gu Chen had given it to the Water Cloud Sect.

Gu Chen killed Yue Mingke after learning he was the Steel Tremor Sect’s young master, then confronted Ning Yufeng of Wuji Manor. He declared that he would deal with Wuji Manor and the gathered enemies himself.

• Ye Fei revealed that Gu Chen had obtained the Shennong Grass and came from the Land of Heaven and Earth, shocking Yue Mingke.
• Gu Chen injured Yue Mingke and rejected his threats, saying he would visit the Steel Tremor Sect himself.
• Ning Yufeng arrived and promised to protect Yue Mingke, revealing that Yue Mingke was the Steel Tremor Sect’s young master.
• Gu Chen ignored Ning Yufeng’s warning and beheaded Yue Mingke.
• Ning Yufeng confronted Gu Chen over Yue Mingke’s death, and Gu Chen challenged Wuji Manor as well.

Ning Yufeng confronted Gu Chen over killing Yue Mingke and attacked him with Wuji Manor’s Annihilation Evil Art. Gu Chen used the Dragon Scale Sword to wound Ning Yufeng, who then revealed a talisman and surrounded Gu Chen with flames.

• Ning Yufeng arrived and demanded to know why Gu Chen had killed Yue Mingke despite his warning.
• Gu Chen defended his actions by explaining that the Liu Family had threatened to slaughter the Black Wind Hall, while Ning Yufeng dismissed the conflict and challenged him to fight.
• Ning Yufeng attacked Gu Chen with Wuji Manor’s Annihilation Evil Art, and Gu Chen struck the Dragon Scale Sword with Emperor's First Form to send it flying into Ning Yufeng’s chest.
• Ning Yufeng recognized the Dragon Scale Sword as a magical artifact, claimed Wuji Manor would take it, and activated a talisman that surrounded Gu Chen with flames.

Gu Chen fought Ning Yufeng, who used a Mystery Gate talisman to unleash a powerful fire spell and gain the upper hand. Gu Chen switched tactics and struck Ning Yufeng with the Emperor Fist, leaving him startled by the unfamiliar martial skill.

• Ning Yufeng revealed that Wuji Manor had obtained three talismans from the Mystery Gate and used one against Gu Chen.
• Gu Chen recognized the Mystery Gate as the source of Elder Hua’s Mystic Heaven Divine Art and sensed that the talisman’s fire spell was suppressing him.
• Gu Chen sent the Dragon Scale Sword into the flames, but Ning Yufeng strengthened the spell and swallowed the sword’s blue light.
• Gu Chen charged Ning Yufeng at close range, and the two clashed with their swords as the talisman’s flames weakened Gu Chen.
• Ning Yufeng’s Yunliao Sword blasted Gu Chen back and drove his legs into the ground, but Gu Chen answered with an Emperor Fist that shocked Ning Yufeng.

Gu Chen fought Ning Yufeng, whose talisman and Yunliao Sword overwhelmed him and stripped the Dragon Scale Sword of its spirituality. Gu Chen used Ning Yufeng’s distraction to break his control of the talisman and sword, then faced him bare-handed as their next clash began.

• Gu Chen struggled against Ning Yufeng’s talisman-enhanced Yunliao Sword, and his punch was burned while he was forced to defend himself.
• Ning Yufeng’s flames drove Gu Chen back, and the Yunliao Sword knocked aside the Dragon Scale Sword, leaving it without spirituality.
• Gu Chen spotted an opening and used the Dragon Scale Sword to sever Ning Yufeng’s connection to the talisman and flying sword, making the talisman shatter and forcing Ning Yufeng to spit blood.
• Ning Yufeng attacked without the talisman, but Gu Chen stood firm against his aura and met his flaming longsword with a bare fist.

Gu Chen defeated Ning Yufeng in a brutal fight, crippled him, and killed him despite his pleas for mercy. After Wuji Manor assassins arrived, Gu Chen ordered Ye Fei to help eliminate them, leaving Ye Fei to prove his loyalty.

• Gu Chen overpowered Ning Yufeng in a series of punches, shattering his arm and leaving him unable to fight.
• Ning Yufeng begged Ye Fei and Gu Chen to spare his life, but Ye Fei rejected him and Gu Chen declared he would destroy Wuji Manor.
• Gu Chen pierced Ning Yufeng's throat with his sword and killed him.
• Several Wuji Manor assassins rushed into the ruined courtyard, and Gu Chen told Ye Fei to help clean up the mess.
• Ye Fei agreed to deal with the assassins alongside his companion and addressed Gu Chen as Sect Master Gu.

After Ye Fei and the old woman attacked the remaining Wuji Manor forces, Gu Chen treated Zhao Haiqing and his daughter, then secluded himself to break through to the middle revolving illumination realm. He emerged an hour later, having succeeded, and waited for Elder Ye while Zhao Haiqing went to the hospital.

• Ye Fei and the old woman swept through the remaining Wuji Manor forces while Gu Chen went to check on Zhao Haiqing and his daughter.
• Gu Chen treated Zhao Haiqing and his daughter, then asked Zhao Haiqing to prepare a room so he could cultivate and break through.
• Gu Chen entered secluded cultivation and used the Heaven and Earth Creation Art to advance toward the middle revolving illumination realm.
• An hour later, Gu Chen emerged with a stronger aura, and Zhao Haiqing congratulated him on his successful breakthrough.
• Zhao Haiqing told Gu Chen that Elder Ye and the Water Cloud Sect had dealt with Wuji Manor's forces, then left for the hospital to see his daughter.

After returning from seclusion, Gu Chen revealed that he had reached the Middle Revolving Illumination Realm, astonishing Ye Fei and Zhang Yan with his strength and youth. Ye Fei explained the Water Cloud Sect’s limited forces and described the Dragon Ranking, then told Gu Chen that Wang Gui had held its top position for more than twenty years.

• Ye Fei and Zhang Yan returned to the Zhao Family villa, where Gu Chen showed them his breakthrough by releasing his aura.
• Gu Chen asked Ye Fei about the Water Cloud Sect’s strength, and Ye Fei said it had sixteen Grandmaster Realm martial artists, including two at the Middle Revolving Illumination Realm.
• Ye Fei explained that the Heaven and Earth Palace recognized Dragon Ranking contenders, who competed in the Land of Heaven and Earth.
• Gu Chen asked whether Wang Gui was on the Dragon Ranking, and Ye Fei said Wang Gui had held first place for more than twenty years but had been missing for years.
• Ye Fei grew excited at the thought that Gu Chen’s Heavenly Pivot Sect might have ties to the renowned Wang Gui.

Gu Chen learned that the Mystery Gate used sect providence to distribute cultivation resources and questioned how much power it held. After asserting his authority over Zhang Yan, he learned that the Wuji Manor, Steel Tremor Sect, and Liu Family were leaving Zhou City.

• Ye Fei explained that the Mystery Gate and Heaven and Earth Palace were rivals, and that the Mystery Gate exchanged cultivation resources for sect contribution points.
• Gu Chen realized that the Mystery Gate was using providence, a force he had encountered in his former cultivation world, and suspected it was more mysterious than he had thought.
• Zhang Yan asked Gu Chen to share information about the Heavenly Pivot Sect, and Gu Chen’s aura frightened her into apologizing.
• Gu Chen questioned Ye Fei about his efforts to gather information, and Ye Fei received a call with news that the Wuji Manor, Steel Tremor Sect, and Liu Family were leaving Zhou City.
• Gu Chen narrowed his eyes at the unexpected report that the three forces were leaving.