Recaps

Gu Chen learned that the Steel Tremor Sect and two other forces had left Zhou City, then went to the hospital to visit Zhao Mo'er. Seeing her injuries, he offered to take her as a nominal disciple, though her chance of joining the Heavenly Pivot Sect would depend on her effort.

• Gu Chen learned from Ye Fei that the Steel Tremor Sect and two other forces had left Zhou City, and he decided to let them go.
• Gu Chen went to the hospital and told Zhao Haiqing to keep calling him Young Master Gu.
• Gu Chen saw the unconscious Zhao Mo'er and felt guilty about her injuries from the Liu Family's attack.
• Gu Chen offered to take Zhao Mo'er as a nominal disciple and said she would have to work hard to earn a place in the Heavenly Pivot Sect.

After leaving the hospital, Gu Chen confronted Li Mu, who challenged him after criticizing his arrogance and his master. Li Mu later learned that Gu Chen had overwhelmed him with Divine Sense, while the old Daoist warned that even he might not be able to defeat Gu Chen.

• Gu Chen thanked Zhao Haiqing, left the hospital, and told him to contact him after Zhao Mo'er recovered.
• On his way back, Gu Chen sensed a man following him, and Li Mu emerged to confront him about his actions in Zhou City.
• Li Mu demonstrated a force attack and introduced himself, but Gu Chen identified his cultivation realm and dismissed his supposed guidance.
• After Li Mu insulted Gu Chen's master Luo Yunxi, Gu Chen demanded that he slap himself; Li Mu refused and attacked with the Confounding Heart Tiger Dao Fist.
• An old Daoist later revealed that he had made Li Mu comply with Gu Chen's demand, explaining that Gu Chen's Divine Sense had left Li Mu helpless.
• The old Daoist told Li Mu that Gu Chen was difficult to assess and that even he, one of the Mystery Gate's Three Sages, might not be able to defeat him.

Gu Chen allied with the Water Cloud Sect after securing the Shennong Grass and planned to return to Shangjing to settle matters with the Gu Family and Gu Changfeng. Before leaving Zhou City, he arranged for Zhao Bo to prepare in the capital and began teaching him formations.

• Li Mu argued with his master about confronting Gu Chen, while the old Daoist decided to leave after sensing that Gu Chen might have noticed him.
• Gu Chen returned to Zhao Bo's villa and confirmed that the Heavenly Pivot Sect would ally with the Water Cloud Sect because Lu Fan had handed over the Shennong Grass.
• Ye Fei and Zhang Yan left after Gu Chen said he would visit the Water Cloud Sect's headquarters in Shangjing.
• Gu Chen told Zhao Bo he planned to go to Shangjing and settle his score with the Gu Family and Gu Changfeng.
• Gu Chen asked Zhao Bo to take Ma Gang and the others to Shangjing ahead of him, and said he would help Zhao Bo deal with his family if they came to Zhou City.
• Gu Chen told Zhao Bo to cultivate and began teaching him how to set up formations.

Gu Chen sent Gu Beichi to Shangjing with Zhao Bo and asked Wang Hu to keep an eye on his father, then returned to Morning Dawn Garden. There, he found Xiang Family men guarding apartment 4-6 as a fierce argument came from inside.

• Gu Chen entrusted Zhao Bo with the Jade Guanyin and warned him not to reveal it carelessly in Shangjing.
• Gu Chen told Gu Beichi to focus on cultivating and avoid conflicts with the Gu Family, while promising to join him in Shangjing in a few days.
• Gu Chen watched Gu Beichi and Zhao Bo's group board a plane, then called Wang Hu to ask him to discreetly monitor his father in Shangjing.
• Wang Hu mentioned that Hua Yumo had been asking about Gu Chen, and Gu Chen said he would visit Elder Hua when he arrived in Shangjing.
• Gu Chen reached Morning Dawn Garden and found Xiang Family men blocking the stairwell and guarding apartment 4-6 as an argument came from inside.

Gu Chen arrived at Li Jing’s apartment and rescued her from Brother Ba and his debt collectors. He crippled Brother Ba’s arms and crushed his left kneecap, leaving him screaming in the hallway.

• Brother Ba dragged Li Jing from her apartment and ordered his men to bring out her daughter to settle her dead husband’s debt.
• Gu Chen arrived, knocked down the men guarding the stairs, and demanded that Brother Ba release Li Jing.
• Brother Ba slapped and kicked Li Jing after she bit his arm, while Gu Chen confronted him.
• Gu Chen knocked out three of Brother Ba’s men with punches and slammed Brother Ba’s head against a wall.
• Gu Chen snapped both of Brother Ba’s arms and crushed his left kneecap after asking Li Jing which foot had kicked her.

Gu Chen rescued Li Jing and Qianqian from Brother Ba’s gang and learned that the Xiang Family was demanding repayment of Li Jing’s late husband’s debt. He offered to pay the three million and arranged through Wen Tao to meet Xiang Linde.

• Gu Chen defeated Brother Ba’s men and sent them away, then covered Li Jing with his coat and comforted Qianqian.
• Li Jing told Gu Chen that the Xiang Family had suddenly begun pursuing a debt left by her late husband and threatened to take her and Qianqian away.
• Gu Chen offered to repay the three million and said he would speak with the Xiang Family, explaining that he was helping Qianqian, his disciple.
• Gu Chen left Morning Dawn Garden and called Wen Tao to arrange a meeting with Xiang Linde.
• Wen Tao agreed to arrange the meeting and asked why Gu Chen wanted to see the Xiang Family.

Gu Chen visited the Xiang Family to repay the debt owed by Li Jing and secure her and her daughter’s safety. He learned that martial artists from outside Zhou City had ordered the Xiang Family to take Li Jing’s daughter, and his fury erupted as the chapter ended.

• Gu Chen arranged secret protection for Li Jing and her daughter, then went to the Xiang residence after Wen Tao confirmed the Xiang Family would receive him.
• Gu Chen thanked Xiang Linde for helping him at the Zhou Family banquet and offered five million to repay Li Jing’s three-million debt with interest.
• Xiang Linde and Xiang Zexi explained that they had pressured Li Jing only because outsiders had instructed them to do so.
• Xiang Linde revealed that martial artists from prominent families and sects wanted Li Jing’s daughter because they believed she had a rare constitution suited for cultivation.
• Gu Chen shattered the marble table in anger after learning the outsiders intended to take the girl away.

After learning that the Zhao Family of Shangjing had targeted his disciple Qianqian for her Nine Yin Mystic Physique, Gu Chen left to confront them at the Four Seasons Grand Hotel. Xiang Linde decided not to warn the Zhao Family, then realized Xiang Hao was already with their elder, Zhao Pengfei.

• Gu Chen learned from Xiang Zexi that the Zhao Family of Shangjing had sent Zhao Pengfei to Zhou City to pursue Qianqian’s Nine Yin Mystic Physique.
• Gu Chen left the Xiang Family and told them to keep the five million while freeing Li Jing and her daughter from their debt.
• Xiang Linde refused to warn the Zhao Family, reasoning that doing so could offend Gu Chen and recalling that a young man had killed several Grandmaster Realm martial artists.
• Xiang Zexi remembered that Xiang Hao was keeping Elder Zhao company and could not be reached to warn him.
• Gu Chen headed for the Four Seasons Grand Hotel, where the Zhao Family was staying.

Xiang Hao and Zhao Pengfei discussed their plan to take a woman with the Nine Yin Mystic Physique to Shangjing for the Zhao Family's young master. Gu Chen arrived, attacked Xiang Hao and the bodyguards, and dragged Brother Ba back toward the private room.

• Xiang Hao entertained Zhao Pengfei and promised the Xiang Family would deliver the woman that night.
• Zhao Pengfei warned Xiang Hao to be cautious because martial artists had recently come to Zhou City.
• Xiang Hao threatened the hostesses into keeping their conversation secret.
• Gu Chen arrived and asked who Zhao Pengfei was, then kicked Xiang Hao across the room.
• Gu Chen defeated the bodyguards and caught Brother Ba as he tried to flee.

Gu Chen defeated Xiang Hao and his armed bodyguards, then discovered spiritual qi in a case containing two viper eggs. Zhao Pengfei finally confronted him as he opened the case.

• Xiang Hao attacked Gu Chen, who caught and mangled his fist before kicking him into the wall.
• Nine armed bodyguards rushed in, but Gu Chen struck their wrists with Torrential Rain Needles and disarmed them.
• Gu Chen revealed his identity, terrifying Xiang Hao, then grabbed him by the neck.
• Gu Chen sensed spiritual qi in a leather case, and Zhao Pengfei warned him not to touch it.
• Gu Chen opened the case and found two viper eggs with colorful shells and flame-like red markings.

Gu Chen took the viper egg from Zhao Pengfei, who attacked him and believed he had badly injured him. Gu Chen rose unharmed, hurled Brother Ba aside, and confronted Xiang Hao as Zhao Pengfei challenged him again.

• Gu Chen stored the viper egg in the Emperor's Vein, enraging Zhao Pengfei, who attacked him with a wave of force and sent him crashing into the TV wall.
• Xiang Hao praised Zhao Pengfei and asked who Gu Chen was, but Brother Ba interrupted and admitted he had failed to bring the people Xiang Hao had ordered him to fetch.
• Xiang Hao told Brother Ba to bring Gu Chen over, and Brother Ba tried to stomp on Gu Chen's head.
• Gu Chen grabbed Brother Ba's ankle, threw him into the door, then stood up and confronted Xiang Hao about threatening him.
• Zhao Pengfei mocked Gu Chen for getting back up and challenged him again.

Gu Chen confronted Zhao Pengfei and defeated him in a head-on clash, then threatened to cripple him. Zhao Pengfei learned Gu Chen had come after him because he had searched for Gu Chen’s personal disciple.

• Gu Chen demanded to know Zhao Pengfei’s cultivation level, and Zhao Pengfei attacked him with the Zhao Family Palm.
• Gu Chen met Zhao Pengfei’s palm strike with force and shattered his arm, revealing that he also had Middle Revolving Illumination Realm cultivation.
• Gu Chen sent Zhao Pengfei flying, broke his other hand, and threatened to cripple him.
• Zhao Pengfei pleaded for mercy and claimed he had not intended to attack anyone.
• Gu Chen told Zhao Pengfei that the little girl he had been searching for was his personal disciple, leaving Zhao Pengfei shocked.

Gu Chen killed Zhao Pengfei after revealing his knowledge of the Zhao Family’s Undying Divine Skill and warning that he would go to Shangjing. He spared Xiang Hao and arranged for Li Jing and Qianqian to move somewhere safer.

• Gu Chen told Zhao Pengfei that his disciple had the Nine Yin Mystic Physique and demonstrated that he knew the Zhao Family’s Undying Divine Skill.
• Zhao Pengfei threatened Gu Chen with the Zhao Family, but Gu Chen grabbed him and snapped his neck after Zhao Pengfei recognized him in connection with the Shennong Grass.
• Gu Chen spared the terrified Xiang Hao and told him not to cross his path again.
• Xiang Zexi and Xiang Linde found Xiang Hao alive beside Zhao Pengfei’s body and took him home.
• Gu Chen returned to Li Jing’s residence and told her to move with Qianqian to a friend’s villa for their safety.

Gu Chen cared for Qianqian and trained Zhao Mo'er while the Liu Family decided to wait for other factions to confront him and chose a candidate for the Aristocratic Family Assembly. After leaving the villa, Gu Chen went to a riverside cliff and waited anxiously for his master, Luo Yunxi.

• Liu Tianqi learned that Liu Dongyuan and Liu Changqing had died in Zhou City and wanted to confront Gu Chen, but the Liu Family patriarch persuaded him to wait for stronger factions to act first.
• The Liu Family called a meeting to choose a younger disciple to attend the upcoming Aristocratic Family Assembly.
• Gu Chen moved Li Jing and Qianqian into the villa, trained Zhao Mo'er in cultivation, and spent several days removing Qianqian's cold qi.
• Gu Chen said goodbye to Li Jing and the others, then left for the riverside cliff on Linjiang Road.
• Gu Chen waited at the cliff, wondering whether Luo Yunxi would come.

Gu Chen waited all day for Luo Yunxi to appear, then accepted that she would not meet him and left for Tong City. The next day, he reached Leisurely Mountain and asked a driver for a ride up the road, while the driver grabbed his wrist.

• Gu Chen waited at the cliff until nightfall, hoping Luo Yunxi would come see him, but she did not appear.
• An old sanitation worker tried to stop Gu Chen from jumping, and Gu Chen carried him safely off the cliff and cured his asthma with true qi.
• Gu Chen left the cliff, and an unseen woman appeared there briefly after he was gone.
• The next day, Gu Chen arrived at Leisurely Mountain in Tong City and asked a Hummer driver for a ride partway up the mountain.
• The driver angrily grabbed Gu Chen's wrist as he tried to open the vehicle door.

Gu Chen overpowered Wei Zizhou and forced him to help get past the Aristocratic Family Assembly’s checkpoint. The pair reached the mountain parking lot, where Wei Zizhou greeted a guard as Uncle Tang.

• Gu Chen stopped Wei Zizhou from attacking, took control of his Land Rover, and introduced himself as someone who had just arrived at Leisurely Mountain.
• Wei Zizhou introduced himself as the second young master of the Wei Family and Clear Water Sect, while Gu Chen questioned him about the assembly and its security.
• When Wei Zizhou explained that an invitation was required at the checkpoint, Gu Chen forced him to swallow a pill and demanded that he take him inside.
• Gu Chen drove to the mountain parking lot, where a guard mistook the Land Rover for Second Young Master Song’s car, and Wei Zizhou addressed him as Uncle Tang.

Gu Chen and Wei Zizhou reached Leisurely Mountain, where Tang Tiandong let them stay before the Aristocratic Family Assembly. After seeing Kang Zuoqing arrive, Gu Chen asked about Sun Jiangman, and Wei Zizhou assumed Gu Chen had come to pursue her.

• Tang Tiandong recognized Wei Zizhou, agreed to let him bring Gu Chen to the assembly, and warned Gu Chen to follow the rules.
• Gu Chen made Wei Zizhou guard him while he meditated, and Wei Zizhou discovered that Gu Chen's cultivation produced a powerful barrier.
• Kang Zuoqing arrived with eight guards, and Wei Zizhou told Gu Chen that Kang had ranked among the top five on the Tiger Ranking.
• Gu Chen asked whether the Sun Family would attend and said he had met Sun Jiangman before.
• Wei Zizhou declared that Gu Chen was not good enough for Sun Jiangman, and Gu Chen asked whether her other suitors were good enough for her.

Gu Chen and Wei Zizhou climbed Leisurely Mountain for the Aristocratic Family Assembly, where they encountered Sun Jiangman’s group and the arrogant Kang Zuoqing. After Kang Zuoqing attacked Sun Da and taunted Sun Jiangman, the two families faced off in a tense confrontation.

• Gu Chen ignored Wei Zizhou’s advice and headed with him to the Aristocratic Family Assembly on Leisurely Mountain.
• Gu Chen spotted Sun Jiangman and her companions on the mountain path and followed behind them toward a resting platform occupied by Kang Zuoqing and the Kang Family.
• Kang Zuoqing refused to give the Sun Family space to rest and ordered Uncle Ma to scram.
• When Sun Da challenged him, Kang Zuoqing struck Sun Da with a wave of force and knocked him down.
• Sun Jiangman helped Sun Da recover and confronted Kang Zuoqing, who insulted her brother and criticized her for not visiting the Kang Family in Tong City.

Gu Chen arrived at Leisurely Mountain and confronted Kang Zuoqing after Kang humiliated the Sun siblings and showed off his powerful cultivation. The chapter ended with Kang attacking Gu Chen, who had remained unaffected by Kang’s aura.

• Sun Da stopped Sun Jiangman from fighting Kang Zuoqing, but then provoked Kang with his confidence in Liu Xu.
• Kang Zuoqing unleashed his aura, and Uncle Ma recognized that Kang had achieved major accomplishment in the Yunyao Cultivation Technique.
• Gu Chen learned from Wei Zizhou that Liu Xu was a powerful Liu Family martial artist ranked fifth on the Tiger Ranking, then went to the platform despite Wei’s warning.
• Gu Chen greeted Sun Jiangman and Uncle Ma, insulted Kang Zuoqing as a local tyrant and wild dog, and stood unmoved beneath Kang’s aura.
• Kang Zuoqing demanded to know who Gu Chen was, then attacked him with a distant blast of force after Gu Chen mocked him.

Gu Chen stopped Kang Zuoqing’s attack and refused to be intimidated, then continued up the mountain with Sun Jiangman and her companions. After Sun Da explained that Cao Miao was one of Sun Jiangman’s suitors, Gu Chen declared he would take first place on the Tiger Ranking, while Sun Da dismissed his boast.

• Kang Zuoqing’s attack stopped before it could reach Gu Chen, who warned him not to try again.
• Mountain guards arrived, and Kang Zuoqing left after challenging Gu Chen to attend the Aristocratic Family Assembly.
• Sun Jiangman thanked Gu Chen but rejected his attempt to address her familiarly, and she headed up the mountain.
• Sun Da told Gu Chen that Cao Miao, a top-three Tiger Ranking fighter, was one of Sun Jiangman’s suitors.
• Gu Chen declared he would claim first place on the Tiger Ranking, and Sun Da scoffed at his boast.

Gu Chen accompanied Sun Jiangman to the Aristocratic Family Assembly on Leisurely Mountain, where he clashed with Ren Chong after refusing to leave the gathering area. Li Yiran then arrived and mocked Ren Chong, leaving the dispute unresolved.

• Sun Jiangman and her companions reached Leisurely Mountain’s summit and decided to rest there before the assembly began.
• Gu Chen stayed beside Sun Jiangman as she mingled with the young masters and young ladies, then sat down to eat and drink.
• Ren Chong ordered Gu Chen to leave the area, calling him an inferior servant, but Gu Chen mocked him and challenged his authority.
• Ren Chong attacked Gu Chen, who dodged the punch and stepped on Ren Chong’s face.
• Li Yiran came over, mocked Ren Chong, and suggested that Sun Jiangman might have put Gu Chen up to the insult.

At the Aristocratic Family Assembly, Gu Chen watched Ren Chong and Li Yiran clash, then traded barbs with Li Yiran, who wanted to learn his relationship with Sun Jiangman. Li Yiran insulted Gu Chen after learning his name, and Gu Chen discovered that his cousin Gu Mingheng had been recruited by the Gu Family in the Land of Heaven and Earth.

• Ren Chong attacked Li Yiran, and the two fought to a standstill before others separated them.
• Li Yiran approached Gu Chen to make his acquaintance and disparaged Ren Chong, while Gu Chen saw through his scheme.
• Li Yiran asked about Gu Chen's relationship with Sun Jiangman, and Gu Chen jokingly claimed they were secretly in love and planned to announce it.
• Li Yiran became angry, learned Gu Chen's name, and mocked him as unworthy of Sun Jiangman.
• Li Yiran mentioned that Gu Mingheng had entered the top ten of the Tiger Ranking and been recruited by the Gu Family in the Land of Heaven and Earth, surprising Gu Chen.

Gu Chen provoked Kang Zuoqing by insulting Fan Yingqiu and rejecting Kang’s attempt to show solidarity, while remaining unfazed by Kang’s murderous aura. Their confrontation drew a crowd, but the arrival of Fairy Tang shifted everyone’s attention and left Gu Chen surprised to recognize her.

• Gu Chen declared that Fan Yingqiu was not fit to carry his shoes, enraging Li Yiran.
• Kang Zuoqing arrived and agreed that Fan Yingqiu’s status depended on the Fan Family’s cultivation resources, but Gu Chen insulted Kang in return.
• Kang Zuoqing released his aura and threatened Gu Chen, who challenged him back as the crowd gathered to watch.
• Cao Miao and Fairy Tang arrived, and Kang Zuoqing’s anger faded as he looked at her with infatuation.
• Li Yiran praised Fairy Tang as the greatest beauty in the Land of Heaven and Earth, while Gu Chen recognized her and wondered why she was there.

Tang Miaomiao arrived at the Aristocratic Family Assembly and sought out Gu Chen instead of Kang Zuoqing. Gu Chen recognized her as the girl he had rescued in his previous life, and she sat with him to talk, leaving Kang Zuoqing humiliated as Gu Chen asked him to give them privacy.

• Tang Miaomiao ignored Cao Miao and the gathered young masters, walked past Kang Zuoqing, and asked Gu Chen why he was at Leisurely Mountain.
• Gu Chen remembered rescuing Tang Miaomiao from a lake when they were younger and recalled her promise to repay his kindness.
• Gu Chen invited Tang Miaomiao to sit and talk, and she happily agreed, stunning the onlookers and angering Kang Zuoqing.
• Li Yiran asked whether Gu Chen and Tang Miaomiao knew each other, then introduced himself and hurried away.
• Gu Chen asked Kang Zuoqing to leave them alone so he could speak privately with Tang Miaomiao.

Gu Chen claimed that Tang Miaomiao was pursuing him, and her silence led the onlookers to believe him. The crowd turned jealous and angry toward Gu Chen as Cao Miao confronted him.

• Kang Zuoqing discussed the Aristocratic Family Assembly with Tang Miaomiao and vowed to challenge Fan Yingqiu for the top spot on the Tiger Ranking.
• Gu Chen stopped Kang Zuoqing from asking about his relationship with Tang Miaomiao and claimed she wanted him to become her child’s stepfather.
• Cao Miao of the Cao Family interrupted Gu Chen and challenged his claim.
• Gu Chen told Cao Miao and the onlookers to ask Tang Miaomiao whether she was pursuing him.
• Tang Miaomiao stayed silent, and the onlookers interpreted her silence as an admission and glared at Gu Chen with jealousy and anger.