Arc 1The Young Sword Immortal
Gu Xuanjin used his power and the Human Emperor Banner to crush Xiao Han and the Su Lineage, then established his dominance at the Jade Pool gathering and recruited Lü Yifei. He pursued a new system bearer into the Quasi-Emperor legacy, where Lü Yifei avenged his Dao companion by killing Lu Jun, drawing Demon Emperor Lu Jue to the Gu Clan.
- Gu Xuanjin learned that Gu Xiaoya had broken off her engagement to Xiao Han, then took his guards to the Xiao Clan and ordered its destruction after Xiao Han insulted the Gu Clan.
- Gu Xuanjin defeated Divine Flame Venerable and Su Xinghe, killed Xiao Han, and sent Gu Beimo and Ji Song to wipe out the Su Lineage.
- Gu Xuanjin refined the Sword Dao Law, equipped his embodiment Dugu Yunyan, and accepted the Jade Pool Holy Land’s invitation to its Heavenly Prodigy Gathering.
- At the gathering, Gu Xuanjin defeated the assembled prodigies, Li Xuanji, Beigong Yan, and Ye Chenzhou, while Xu Lingxi rose to seventh place on the Wind and Cloud Ranking.
- Gu Xuanjin recruited Lü Yifei by restoring his cultivation and promising to help him kill the Third Prince of the Myriad Demon Divine Court.
- Gu Xuanjin tracked Fang Lingtian, a bearer of the God-Level Lottery System, to the Azure Cloud Ancient Kingdom, but Dugu Yunyan failed to capture him.
- Gu Xuanjin entered the Heavenly Peng Demon King’s Quasi-Emperor legacy with Lü Yifei and Ji Song, where Lü Yifei killed Lu Jun after Gu Xuanjin stopped the Demon Race prodigies from intervening.
- Demon Emperor Lu Jue learned of Lu Jun’s death and confronted the Gu Clan, where a defiant voice answered him with a world-ending palm strike as he summoned the Demon Emperor Bell.