Recaps

Gu Chen protected Qianqian from the Zhao Family, then traveled to Leisurely Mountain for the Aristocratic Family Assembly. There, he clashed with young martial artists and reunited with Tang Miaomiao, whose silence about his outrageous claim left the crowd furious.

• Gu Chen offered Zhao Mo'er a place as his nominal disciple, then confronted Li Mu and made clear that his Divine Sense could overwhelm him.
• Gu Chen prepared to travel to Shangjing, sent Zhao Bo and Gu Beichi ahead, and found Brother Ba threatening Li Jing and Qianqian over a debt.
• Gu Chen learned that the Zhao Family wanted Qianqian for her Nine Yin Mystic Physique, killed Zhao Pengfei, and moved Li Jing and Qianqian to a safer villa while training Qianqian.
• After waiting in vain for Luo Yunxi at the riverside cliff, Gu Chen traveled to Leisurely Mountain and forced Wei Zizhou to take him past the assembly checkpoint.
• Gu Chen stood up to Kang Zuoqing when Kang attacked Sun Da and denied the Sun Family a place to rest, then challenged Kang’s authority before the assembly crowd.
• At the summit, Gu Chen fought with Ren Chong and traded insults with Li Yiran, who told him that Gu Mingheng had joined the Gu Family in the Land of Heaven and Earth.
• Gu Chen recognized Tang Miaomiao when she approached him, and she accepted his invitation to sit with him, angering Kang Zuoqing and surprising the onlookers.
• Gu Chen claimed that Tang Miaomiao wanted him to become her child’s stepfather, and when she stayed silent, the crowd took it as confirmation and glared at him.

Gu Chen fought his way to Starfall Cliff, where Zhuge Wangyue barred him from competing and forced him to flee. He took Zhuge Kun as a disciple, refined Yellow Rock Pills, and returned to Zhou City after learning Zhao Haiqing had been captured, confronting the Su and Qian Families at their villa.

• Gu Chen publicly rejected Tang Miaomiao, reconciled with Sun Jiangman, and resolved to enter the Land of Heaven and Earth.
• At Starfall Cliff, Gu Chen defeated Kang Zuoqing, Cao Miao, and Cao Wushuang while blocking the martial artists from climbing, but Zhuge Wangyue injured him and revoked his right to participate.
• Gu Chen escaped Zhuge Wangyue’s men, found and took the Yellow Rock Grass, and met Zhuge Kun on a train, where he accepted Zhuge Kun as his disciple.
• Gu Chen refined forty-eight Yellow Rock Pills in Cangzhou and helped Zhuge Kun advance to the peak Bone-Forge Realm.
• After Su Qingqing failed to answer his calls, Gu Chen learned that Zhao Haiqing had been captured in the Qian Family’s attack on Black Wind Hall and returned to Zhou City.
• Gu Chen drove through the Su Family villa’s perimeter wall, injured Su Zhenbei, pinned Su Yi beneath his car, and confronted Qian Tao.

Gu Chen rescued Su Qingqing and Zhao Haiqing, then left Zhou City in Su Qingqing’s hands and traveled to Shangjing. There he forced the Liu Family to submit and began a life-and-death duel with Wei Aozhong, who unleashed sword qi as Gu Chen waited unmoving.

• Gu Chen rescued Su Qingqing from the Qian Family, killed Qian Shuoming, and left Su Zhenbei and Su Yi’s fate to Su Qingqing.
• Gu Chen cultivated on Mount Yuhua, then returned to the hospital, treated Zhao Haiqing, and helped Su Qingqing take over the Su Family while entrusting Zhou City to Zhuge Kun.
• Gu Chen flew to Shangjing, where an old Daoist warned him that the Land of Heaven and Earth would begin a great calamity and that Li Mu might help him survive it.
• Gu Chen arrived in Shangjing and forced the Liu Family to submit after defeating Liu Tianqi and Liu Zixiao and warning the guests to leave.
• Gu Chen confronted the Steel Tremor Sect, defeated Wei Aozhong in their initial exchanges, and agreed to a witnessed life-and-death duel with no interference.
• Wei Aozhong’s sword sent Gu Chen tumbling and left blood visible, but Gu Chen deflected his attacks barehanded and remained undefeated.
• Wei Aozhong unleashed the Steel Tremor Sect’s Cloud Yang Sword and sent sword qi toward Gu Chen as Jiang Huamei said he could sustain it for five breaths.

Gu Chen subdued rival sects, rescued Xiao Zhuxin, and claimed Wuji Manor’s hidden spirit-growing bottle before helping Gu Beichi reach the Revolving Illumination Realm. The arc ended with Gu Beichi confronting Gu Changfeng at the Gu Family’s birthday celebration and accusing him of framing him over his father’s death.

• Gu Chen defeated Wei Aozhong, killed him despite Jiang Huamei’s intervention, and forced the Steel Tremor Sect to submit.
• Gu Chen learned Xiao Zhuxin had been kidnapped, tracked her to an abandoned factory, and rescued her after fighting Grizzly Bear’s mercenaries.
• Gu Chen confronted Xiao Guang over the Li Family’s marriage proposal, and Xiao Zhuxin woke and embraced him before leaving with her father.
• Mo Weizhong lured Gu Chen to Wuji Manor in hopes of stealing his cultivation method, but Gu Chen broke the formation and killed Mo Weizhong and his followers.
• Gu Chen discovered a gray bottle that rapidly grew spirit plants, then returned to Shangjing and secretly guided Gu Beichi through a breakthrough to the Revolving Illumination Realm.
• Gu Chen and Zhao Bo planned to attend Gu Changfeng’s birthday celebration, where Gu Beichi arrived and confronted the Gu Family over its accusations against him.
• Gu Beichi accused Gu Changfeng of helping the Qin Family and framing him over his father’s death, then struck Qin Dahe before Gu Changfeng’s force sent him skidding backward.