Gu Hongyuan is burdened with the shackles of a storage ring. He pretends to be loser while practicing in seclusion on Yunxiao Peak. He is forced to guide his junior Tang Ning and becomes involved in the dispute over the secret realm. The Xuantian School allies with Bai Li and Yu Sheng, and steps into a dangerous place for spiritual stones and the Hunyuan Contract. Facing the resurgent and violent Bai Ze, he breaks the shackles of the ring and breaks through to the Nascent Soul stage. He returns with the Hunyuan Contract, but the dark aura seeping from the depths of the mural indicates that a greater crisis is brewing.