Recaps

The Heavenly River Realm seized the treasure as the Upper Gods arrived, while the gathered realms clashed over it. Chen Ning fought the Axe God and the Willow God faced the Scholar Tree God, whose Tree of Decay forced the Willow God to take the battle seriously.

• The Boulder Divine General gave up the treasure under pressure from the Undying Battle Emperor and the Heavenly River Realm, and the Heavenly Dragon God took possession of it.
• The Dark Dragon God blocked the Undying Battle Emperor, while the Scholar Tree God challenged the Willow God and the Axe God moved to kill Chen Ning.
• Chen Ning repelled the Axe God's attack with his palm and, after summoning his Kui Ox Dharma Body, fought back against the Axe God's thousand-zhang Dharma Body.
• The Scholar Tree God summoned his Tree of Decay, which destroyed natural power and spread desolation, forcing the Willow God to stop instructing Chen Ning and defend himself.
• The Willow God warned the Scholar Tree God that using the Tree of Decay consumed his own source and could leave him exhausted.

Scholar Tree God attacked Chen Ning after losing ground to Willow God, but Yao Li blocked his decay power and Willow God killed him. As the remaining factions debated the treasure and Wind God fought Heavenly Dragon God, Chen Ning finally saw the first sect master in person.

• Scholar Tree God used the Tree of Decay against Willow God, but his depleted origin left him unable to sustain the fight.
• Scholar Tree God redirected his attack toward Chen Ning, and Yao Li appeared to dispel the power of decay.
• Willow God destroyed the Tree of Decay and killed Scholar Tree God.
• Heavenly Dragon God urged the gathered forces to attack Northern Marsh and the Dragon-Tiger Realm, while Wind God challenged him and the others held back.
• Seven-colored clouds appeared, and the first sect master Chen Ning had been seeking arrived in the flesh.

Chen Ning reunited with his former mentor, God King White Robe, who revealed that the contest for seats had been manipulated to prevent the gods from fighting. White Robe warned that the Eternal Demon Emperor’s eyeball was sealed in the Demon Prison and that the gods’ deaths could provide enough dark power to revive him.

• God King White Robe arrived as the contest’s second judge and greeted Chen Ning, praising his progress while criticizing his current fighting techniques.
• White Robe told the gods that demons had manipulated them, then explained that the treasure was real and that he had hidden it in the Demon Abyss to prevent them from fighting over it.
• White Robe revealed that the Eternal Demon Emperor was the greatest threat imprisoned in the Demon Prison, beyond the danger posed by the Giant Demon God and the Demon God of Trickery.
• White Robe explained that five God Emperors had torn apart and sealed the Eternal Demon Emperor’s body, leaving one of his eyeballs in the realm for White Robe to monitor.
• White Robe warned that if the gods fought and died over the treasure, the resulting dark power could break the seal and revive the Eternal Demon Emperor.

The First Generation revealed that the Eye of the Demon Emperor had infiltrated the gathered gods and was falsifying what God King Qingxuan could see, leaving only three days to find it before it escaped. The gods failed to identify a suspect, while the First Generation privately told Chen Ning that he had a few leads and kept everyone calm with tea and jokes.

• The First Generation explained that the Eternal Demon Emperor's Eye was hiding among the gods and had disrupted communications with God King Qingxuan.
• He warned that the Demon Battlefield would teleport everyone away in three days, allowing the Eye to escape if it remained undiscovered.
• Heavenly Dragon God and Boulder Divine General accused each other’s realms, but Snow God stopped their argument.
• The First Generation privately told Chen Ning that he had a few suspects and asked him to brew Dao Comprehension Tea.
• The gods admitted they had no reliable way to identify the Eye, while the First Generation drank tea and joked with Chen Ning.

The First Generation used a bronze mirror to expose the Dark Dragon God as the Eternal Demon Emperor, though the mirror’s marks appeared on every other god as well. The demon tide attacked, and the First Generation went to face the Demon Emperor while the gods prepared to fight the demons.

• The First Generation took the Heavenly Dragon God’s treasure and revealed it as a mirror he claimed could identify the Demon Emperor’s parasite.
• Chen Ning checked all 110 Upper Gods with the mirror, and the First Generation isolated them until the marks appeared.
• The gods discovered that every Upper God except the Dark Dragon God bore a demonic flame mark, revealing him as the Eternal Demon Emperor.
• The First Generation explained that he had put the marks on everyone and that only the Eternal Demon Emperor could remove his own mark.
• The Demon Emperor summoned a demon tide led by the Demon God of Trickery and the Giant Demon God, then ordered them to kill the gods.
• The First Generation told the gods to handle the demons and went to confront the Eternal Demon Emperor himself.

The Eye of the Demon Emperor revealed the weaknesses of the Outer Divine Domain’s gods, turning the battle in the demonic horde’s favor. The First Generation confronted the Eye of the Demon Emperor but was pulled into the world within its eyes, leaving the gods in dire straits.

• The Wind God, Snow God, Boulder Divine General, Heavenly Dragon God, and other powerhouses overwhelmed the demonic horde, while the Undying Battle Emperor fought the Giant Demon God and the Willow God battled the Demon God of Trickery.
• The Eye of the Demon Emperor exposed the gods’ weaknesses, allowing demons to kill and wound several Upper Gods.
• The First Generation resisted the Eye of the Demon Emperor’s eye technique and tried to stab the Dark Dragon God’s eyes, but the Demon Emperor unleashed his ultimate technique.
• The Eye of the Demon Emperor dragged the First Generation and the Dark Dragon God’s body into the world within his eyes.
• The Demon God of Trickery urged the demonic horde to kill the remaining gods as the Outer Divine Domain’s forces suffered mounting casualties.

Chen Ning offered to disrupt the demons’ ability to read the gods’ weaknesses in exchange for seats in the Central Divine Domain for the Northern Marsh and Dragon-Tiger Realm. After the Heavenly Dragon God was killed and casualties mounted, the other realms agreed to his terms, and Chen Ning cast the spell at the cost of his own strength.

• Chen Ning told the gods he could scramble the marks revealing their weaknesses, but demanded Central Divine Domain seats for the Northern Marsh and Dragon-Tiger Realm.
• Chen Ning demonstrated that the spell protected him from a demon’s counterattack, while the other realms hesitated to accept his demand.
• Giant Demon God killed Heavenly Dragon God, and the surviving Upper Gods continued to suffer heavy losses.
• Snow God urged the gods to value survival over the seats, and the Winter Realm, Thousand Autumns Realm, Divine Sea Realm, and others agreed to support Chen Ning’s terms.
• Chen Ning cast a sacred spell over the assembled gods and weakened as Willow God formed a lotus to support him.

The gods of the Outer Divine Domain turned the battle against the demonic tide after Chen Ning used the Dao of Deception to make them believe their weaknesses had been changed. The tide was stopped, but the fate of the gods still depended on the battle between the Demon Emperor and God King White Robe.

• The gods fought back against the demonic tide, while the Boulder Divine General battled the Giant Demon God until the Giant Demon God revealed his true body and killed him.
• The Undying Battle Emperor repeatedly resurrected and attacked the Giant Demon God, eventually killing him after restoring himself for the fifth time.
• The Willow God captured the Demon God of Trickery and forced him to sever his control over the demonic tide.
• Chen Ning admitted to the Willow God that he had used the Dao of Deception to convince the gods their weaknesses had changed, with Yao Li's help sustaining the deception.
• The gods turned their attention to the motionless Demon Emperor and God King White Robe, whose battle remained unresolved.

The First Generation fought the Eye of the Demon Emperor inside its world of ancient devils, then used its own power to destroy that world and break the stalemate. He emerged victorious on the Demon Battlefield and suppressed the exhausted demon eye, delaying its revival for at least eight hundred to a thousand years.

• The Eye of the Demon Emperor trapped the First Generation in its world and sent an ancient devil army to overwhelm him.
• The First Generation revealed that he could wield power he saw, then broke down and recombined the world's Devil Qi into a new technique.
• The First Generation swept away the devil army, causing the world within the eye to collapse.
• Dark Dragon God's body fell to its knees on the Demon Battlefield, and the First Generation drew the demon eye from its socket.
• The First Generation suppressed the exhausted Eye of the Demon Emperor, and the gods of the Outer Divine Domain finally relaxed.

After the Demon Emperor's attempted revival was stopped, the Outer Divine Domain awarded the Central Divine Domain seats to the Northern Marsh and the Dragon-Tiger Realm. The First Generation reunited with Chen Ning and began recounting his journey from the Nine Provinces Realm toward the God Realm.

• The gods returned from the Demon Battlefield, and God King Qingxuan learned from the First Generation that the Demon Emperor's revival attempt had been dealt with.
• The Snow God proposed giving the Central Divine Domain seats to the Northern Marsh and the Dragon-Tiger Realm, and God King Qingxuan announced that they would receive them.
• The First Generation confronted Yao Li about sparing Chen Ning, then told her she could beat him as long as she did not kill him.
• The Ancient God of Dusk and the Willow God departed, leaving the First Generation, Chen Ning, and Yao Li together as the First-Generation Sect Master took charge of guiding the realms' relocation.
• The First Generation told Chen Ning how he had left the Nine Provinces Realm, founded So Close Yet Worlds Apart in the Vast Land, and continued his pursuit of a higher realm.

Chen Ning reunited with the First Generation in the Central Divine Domain and learned about the Canglan Grand Ceremony, where the winner would receive a Heaven Ranking fifth-ranked true god dharma body. After meeting God Emperor Canglan, Chen Ning discovered that the Eternal Demon Emperor’s other remains could revive if empowered by a catastrophe.

• The First Generation told Chen Ning that he had been brought to the Central Divine Domain by God Emperor Canglan and explained the upcoming Canglan Grand Ceremony.
• The First Generation said God Kings could not compete in the ceremony but would back eligible Upper Gods in exchange for a share of the prize.
• The First Generation brought Chen Ning to the Canglan Realm, where they met God Emperor Canglan among the immortal mountains.
• God Emperor Canglan praised Chen Ning for helping avert disaster in the Outer Divine Domain and explained that the Eternal Demon Emperor’s other remains might revive if a dark upheaval empowered them.

Chen Ning gained insight into God Emperor Canglan’s True Intention while watching him play chess with the First Generation, then began grueling training to apply it in combat. God Emperor Canglan praised Chen Ning’s comprehension and the potential of God King White Robe, while Chen Ning’s training started with repeated defeats.

• God Emperor Canglan used his chess game with the First Generation to teach Chen Ning his True Intention, and Chen Ning grasped it through his comprehension.
• The First Generation revealed that another fighter had also learned God Emperor Canglan’s True Intention and urged Chen Ning to win the Canglan Grand Ceremony.
• After Chen Ning and the First Generation left, God Emperor Canglan told Elder Yu that Chen Ning had grasped his True Intention remarkably quickly and praised God King White Robe as a likely future emperor.
• The First Generation warned Chen Ning that the ceremony’s opponents would be formidable and began special training to help him use the True Intention in battle.
• The First Generation struck Chen Ning repeatedly, criticizing his speed and his failure to use the Sea Embracing All Rivers True Intention to deflect the attacks.

Chen Ning endured a year of the First Generation’s brutal training and learned to wield God Emperor Canglan’s True Intention, though he still could not threaten his teacher. With only three days left before the Canglan Grand Ceremony, the First Generation began teaching him his own ultimate skill.

• The First Generation explained that Chen Ning’s smooth progress had kept him from confronting his limits, and Chen Ning used God Emperor Canglan’s True Intention to stop one of his attacks before collapsing.
• God Emperor Canglan joined the First Generation and God King Fisher for a fishing contest, where Canglan and the First Generation secretly used Divine Power while God King Fisher fished honestly.
• Over the following year, Chen Ning trained to use God Emperor Canglan’s True Intention in battle and learned to withstand more than ten of the First Generation’s attacks, but could not land a threat.
• With three days remaining before the Canglan Grand Ceremony, the First Generation announced that he would teach Chen Ning his own ultimate skill.

At the Canglan Grand Ceremony, God Emperor Canglan announced that the winner would receive the Immeasurable Dharma Body, and competitors began registering. Chen Ning entered his first battlefield match against the wildly popular Shen Qianqian, whose identity surprised him.

• God Emperor Canglan opened the ceremony and promised to teach the champion the Immeasurable Dharma Body.
• Chen Ning registered for the competition, and Yao Li and the Undying Battle Emperor registered as well.
• Chen Ning received a token assigning him to an independent battlefield against Princess Qianqian.
• The First Generation worried that Chen Ning would become the enemy of ten thousand people.
• Shen Qianqian introduced herself to Chen Ning, while spectators erupted in cheers for her.

Chen Ning defeated Shen Qianqian at the Canglan Grand Ceremony, not realizing she was a beloved princess whose grandfather was Great Emperor Shenji. The crowd blamed Chen Ning for scorching her black with his lightning, while God Emperor Canglan feared Great Emperor Shenji's reaction.

• God Emperor Canglan worried that Chen Ning would hurt the little princess, but the First Generation refused to interfere in the competition.
• Shen Qianqian attacked Chen Ning with elemental power, a summoned beast, God-Calamity Poison, and a barrage of Law Treasures.
• Chen Ning neutralized Shen Qianqian's attacks, then struck her with Purple Firmament Divine Lightning and sent her flying.
• The referee carried the unconscious Shen Qianqian out for treatment as the spectators denounced Chen Ning and God Emperor Canglan feared Great Emperor Shenji's anger.
• Yao Li told Chen Ning that Shen Qianqian was Great Emperor Shenji's cherished granddaughter and joked that Chen Ning had turned Princess Qianqian into Princess Black Charcoal.

The Undying Battle Emperor fought the Gentleman Sword at the Canglan Grand Ceremony and revealed that he had mastered the Undying Dharma Body, eighteenth on the Heaven Ranking. The Gentleman Sword realized he would have to kill him repeatedly to exhaust his Divine Power.

• The Gentleman Sword opened with powerful sword strikes, but the Undying Battle Emperor met them head-on and drove close with his war halberd.
• The Gentleman Sword activated a sword formation and summoned flying swords, but the Undying Battle Emperor shattered the swords and struck him before the formation reduced the attacker to dust.
• The Undying Battle Emperor charged out of the sword light unharmed, stunning the spectators and the Gentleman Sword.
• God King Qingxuan identified the Undying Battle Emperor's ability as the Undying Dharma Body, which let its practitioner return from death at the cost of Divine Power.
• The Gentleman Sword recognized that he needed to suppress or seal the Undying Battle Emperor, or kill him repeatedly until his Divine Power ran out.

The Undying Battle Emperor defeated Gentleman Sword by surviving his repeated Unity of Man and Sword strikes, then accepted the Lion God King's invitation. Chen Ning and Yao Li advanced to the top eight, but the announcement of the next matches was interrupted by Great Emperor Shenji confronting God Emperor Canglan.

• Gentleman Sword used Unity of Man and Sword to kill the Undying Battle Emperor repeatedly, but the Undying Battle Emperor revived each time and finally pierced Gentleman Sword with his halberd.
• The referee declared the Undying Battle Emperor the winner, and three God Kings offered him invitations; he chose the Lion God King.
• Chen Ning studied the Undying Battle Emperor's resilience, and he told Yao Li he wanted to fight him.
• Chen Ning and Yao Li advanced to the top eight, while Wind God was eliminated by Heavenly Lord Yun, who won using only God Emperor True Intention.
• The referee announced that the top eight matches would take place one at a time, but Great Emperor Shenji descended and threatened God Emperor Canglan.

The Canglan Grand Ceremony resumed after Great Emperor Shenji chased God Emperor Canglan away over Qianqian's treatment. The top-eight battles began with Heavenly Lord Yun facing the God of Tides, whose all-out divine sea attack forced Heavenly Lord Yun to take the fight seriously.

• Great Emperor Shenji demanded an explanation over Qianqian and chased God Emperor Canglan away from the ceremony.
• Elder Yu ordered the ceremony to continue, with Chen Ning matched against Great God Wugen and the other top-eight pairings announced.
• Heavenly Lord Yun faced the God of Tides in the first top-eight battle.
• The God of Tides attacked with a water-powered saber wheel, but Heavenly Lord Yun dispersed it with God Emperor True Intention.
• The God of Tides summoned a vast divine sea overhead and committed his strength to an all-out attack.
• Heavenly Lord Yun charged at the God of Tides, who unleashed the divine sea down upon him.

Heavenly Lord Yun defeated the God of Tides with a devastating attack, then the final-four match between Yao Li and the Goddess of the Dark Night began. Yao Li repeatedly read and blocked the Goddess’s stealth attacks, leaving the spectators and God King Fisher impressed.

• The God of Tides unleashed a powerful attack, but Heavenly Lord Yun countered with his illusory wings and a slash that cleaved through the divine sea.
• The God of Tides conceded, but Heavenly Lord Yun’s attack could not be stopped and killed him; the Lion God King defended Heavenly Lord Yun, and the referee declared him the winner.
• Heavenly Lord Yun advanced to the final four, and Yao Li entered the battlefield to face the Goddess of the Dark Night.
• The Goddess of the Dark Night turned the battlefield to night and attacked from stealth, but Yao Li caught her first strike and repeatedly blocked her later attacks.
• God King Fisher praised Yao Li’s methods to the First Generation, while Elder Yu also admired her skill.

Yao Li defeated the Goddess of the Dark Night by summoning seven plundered Dharma Bodies, then the Undying Battle Emperor faced Shield God in a matchup that threatened to counter his strength. Their battle had just begun.

• Yao Li used her presence-sensing technique to counter the Goddess of the Dark Night’s hidden attacks.
• The Goddess of the Dark Night unleashed her Flower Sword Dance, and Yao Li summoned seven Dharma Bodies to overwhelm her.
• Yao Li dispersed the Dharma Bodies after the Goddess of the Dark Night admitted defeat, and the referee declared Yao Li the winner.
• The Undying Battle Emperor entered the battlefield to face Shield God, whose steadfast defense had countered every opponent so far.

The Undying Battle Emperor used his Undying Dharma Body and a feigned surrender to overcome the Shield God's nearly impenetrable defense. After God King Fisher stopped him from killing the surrendered Shield God, the last semifinal spot remained undecided, with Chen Ning set to face Great God Wugen.

• The Undying Battle Emperor failed to break the Shield God's defenses, even after launching a barrage of halberds and using his ultimate technique.
• The Undying Battle Emperor grabbed the Shield God and detonated his body, but the Shield God survived the blast with his physical defense.
• The Undying Battle Emperor feigned surrender, and the Shield God lowered his guard before a halberd pierced his chest.
• The Shield God surrendered, but the Undying Battle Emperor kept attacking until God King Fisher trapped him and the First Generation rescued the Shield God.
• Chen Ning realized the Undying Battle Emperor had tricked the Shield God, and the final spot in the final four was set to be decided between Chen Ning and Great God Wugen.

Chen Ning defeated Great God Wugen in the Canglan Grand Ceremony, proving he had earned his place in the top eight and advancing to the final four. The semifinal matchups were set, with Chen Ning facing Yao Li and Heavenly Lord Yun facing Undying Battle Emperor.

• Great God Wugen challenged Chen Ning’s worth, then attacked him with the Fist of Destruction and Ashes.
• Chen Ning countered Wugen’s attacks with the God Emperor True Intention and Purple Firmament Divine Lightning.
• Chen Ning shaped the God Emperor True Intention into a great fish that overwhelmed Wugen’s True God Dharma Body.
• The referee declared Chen Ning the winner, and Wugen admitted that he had underestimated him.
• The final four were set as Heavenly Lord Yun, Undying Battle Emperor, Yao Li, and Chen Ning, with Chen Ning matched against Yao Li.

The Undying Battle Emperor and Yao Li both surrendered, sending Heavenly Lord Yun and Chen Ning into the Canglan Grand Ceremony final without fighting. As Chen Ning and Heavenly Lord Yun prepared to battle for the championship and the Immeasurable Dharma Body, the First Generation and the Lion God King wagered over the outcome.

• The Lion God King ordered the Undying Battle Emperor to surrender to Heavenly Lord Yun, and the Undying Battle Emperor reluctantly obeyed.
• Yao Li surrendered to Chen Ning and revealed that she had entered the Canglan Grand Ceremony to help him by taking out opponents.
• Chen Ning and Heavenly Lord Yun entered the battlefield space for the final battle, while God Emperor Canglan and Great Emperor Shenji arrived to watch.
• The First Generation bet the Lion God King that Chen Ning would win and demanded the Golden Lion's Roar Technique as his stake.

At the Canglan Grand Ceremony, God King White Robe wagered that Chen Ning would defeat Heavenly Lord Yun, staking the Golden Lion's Roar Technique. Chen Ning revealed that he could assimilate attacks made with God Emperor True Intention, and Heavenly Lord Yun changed tactics as the battle continued.

• God King White Robe and Lion God King agreed that Lion God King would pass down the Golden Lion's Roar Technique if Chen Ning won, while White Robe would kneel and kowtow if he lost.
• Great Emperor Shenji watched the battle with God Emperor Canglan and said the fight between the juniors was more interesting than the ceremony's scheming.
• Heavenly Lord Yun attacked Chen Ning with God Emperor True Intention, determined to win the wager and punish him for Yao Li's remarks.
• Chen Ning absorbed the force of Heavenly Lord Yun's attack, grew it into a tsunami, and sent it back at him.
• God Emperor Canglan recognized Chen Ning's method as assimilation, likely inspired by God King White Robe, and noted it worked because both fighters used God Emperor True Intention.
• Heavenly Lord Yun withdrew his God Emperor True Intention and spread a pair of divine wings.

Chen Ning fought Heavenly Lord Yun at the Canglan Grand Ceremony, but his strongest attacks could not withstand Heavenly Lord Yun’s power. As Heavenly Lord Yun charged to kill him, Chen Ning recalled First Generation’s cryptic lesson, “No destruction, no creation,” and the chapter ended with First Generation anxiously watching and God Emperor Canglan ready to intervene.

• Heavenly Lord Yun attacked Chen Ning with his divine wings, and Chen Ning used God Emperor True Intention and Myriad Hell to defend himself.
• Chen Ning transformed into the Kui Ox Dharma Body and unleashed lightning, but Heavenly Lord Yun destroyed it with Heaven-Collapsing Hand.
• Heavenly Lord Yun charged at Chen Ning, while the spectators debated the fight and the Lion God King taunted First Generation.
• Chen Ning recalled that First Generation had taught him only “No destruction, no creation” three days earlier, leaving him unable to understand the technique.
• Great Emperor Shenji wondered why Chen Ning would not surrender, while God Emperor Canglan decided he would save Chen Ning if necessary.