Recaps

Lu Yang negotiated a public alliance with Star Palace in exchange for a hegemon-grade Dao armament that could enhance his Fruit Positions. Star Soul revealed that the armament relied on the oldest Forbidden Knowledge, which had killed every cultivator who learned it except him.

• Haoyuan Upper True offered cooperation, and Lu Yang agreed to provide Star Palace with free Demon-Breaking Thunder Talismans.
• Haoyuan Upper True asked Lu Yang for fifty thousand years of lifespan, a public alliance, and help taking the Celestial Court and locating the Dharma Body Path; Lu Yang agreed to all three in exchange for a hegemon-grade Dao armament.
• Haoyuan Upper True brought Star Soul, the designer of the armament, to tailor it to Lu Yang's Fruit Position.
• Star Soul explained that the hegemon-grade Dao armament worked by inscribing Forbidden Knowledge into a medium made from strategic-grade Dao armaments.
• Haoyuan Upper True revealed that every cultivator who had learned the oldest Forbidden Knowledge had exploded to death, including a Great True Lord of the Dharma Power Dao, except Star Soul.

Star Soul explained that Supreme Fruit Positions embodied source laws, including the Five Heavenly Numbers, and Lu Yang realized Tribulation could elevate Divine Firmament Thunder to a Supreme Fruit Position. Haoyuan Upper True hinted at Star Soul’s extraordinary background but revealed only a cryptic “Eh.”

• Lu Yang avoided hearing Forbidden Knowledge and asked whether hegemon-class Dao weapons could enhance Supreme Fruit Positions.
• Star Soul described Supreme Fruit Positions as source laws and named Yin-Yang, the Five Elements, the Three Foundations, and the Five Heavenly Numbers.
• Star Soul explained that Fixed Number, Variable, Fortune, Destiny, and Tribulation governed all forms and affairs, prompting Lu Yang to connect them to the Dao Lords and the World Honored One.
• Lu Yang realized Tribulation’s blessing could raise Divine Firmament Thunder to Supreme rank and support his plan to collapse the Other Shore.
• Star Soul confirmed that hegemon-class Dao weapons could enhance Supreme Fruit Positions, and Lu Yang asked Haoyuan Upper True about Star Soul’s background.
• Haoyuan Upper True said one word, “Eh,” as his answer about Star Soul.

Lu Yang learned that Star Soul had been enlightened by the Dao Lord of Dharma Power Dao but was now severely contaminated by the World Honored One, and Star Palace promised to forge him an uncontaminated overlord-grade Dao soldier within thirty years. As Lu Yang returned home, Sky Soaring appeared, and Lu Yang asked him to honor his promise to answer questions.

• Upper True Haoyuan explained that Star Soul had once overseen Star Palace and its Array Treasure research, but World Honored One contamination had left him half-mad and forced Star Palace to imprison him.
• Lu Yang worried Star Soul might taint his overlord-grade Dao soldier, and Upper True Haoyuan promised Star Palace would repeatedly test it for contamination.
• Upper True Haoyuan reclaimed the Star Gate and said the Dao soldier would be ready within thirty years, when Lu Yang must collect it in person and travel with Star Palace to the Celestial Court.
• Lu Yang denied having any connection to Sacred Sect after Upper True Haoyuan left, then encountered Sky Soaring on his way home.
• Lu Yang told Sky Soaring that Hongyun was at his disposal and Feixue would no longer interfere, then demanded the promised answers to his questions.

Lu Yang and Sky Soaring traded questions about the gap between Great True Lords and Dao Lords, the six steps toward proving the Other Shore, and the Lord of Netherworld. Lu Yang revealed that the Lord of Netherworld was near death, leaving Sky Soaring with crucial knowledge for his plans.

• Lu Yang guessed that Sky Soaring had combined the Empty Attainment Great Dao with Five Elements Fruit Positions, and Sky Soaring confirmed it indirectly.
• Lu Yang asked how Great True Lords compared with Dao Lords, and Sky Soaring proposed that they trade questions and answers.
• Sky Soaring asked what connection Netherworld had to Tribulation, and Lu Yang denied that there was one.
• Sky Soaring explained that six steps led from Late Golden Core toward Golden Core Perfection and seeking proof of the Other Shore.
• Sky Soaring asked what state the Lord of Netherworld was in, and Lu Yang revealed that the Lord was near death and had used up his avatar to contact him.

Lu Yang and Sky Soaring bargained over their remaining questions, and Sky Soaring explained the six steps of a Great True Lord. Lu Yang left as soon as he had the information, leaving Sky Soaring furious at being tricked.

• Sky Soaring inferred that the Netherworld's master was near death and suspected the Sacred Sect's Old Immortal wanted him to kill the master.
• Lu Yang proposed exchanging partial answers until one of them pieced together the other's full secret, and Sky Soaring agreed.
• Sky Soaring explained the six Great True Lord steps, from entering through Golden Core completion, and described their links to Dao Fruit Secret Arts and the Other Shore.
• Lu Yang identified the limits of Great True Lords who gathered the Three Lines, and Sky Soaring confirmed his deduction.
• Lu Yang vanished from the Human World after receiving the explanation, and Sky Soaring erupted in anger at being played.

After learning how powerful he had become, Lu Yang realized that imperfection and Variables could undermine even the greatest schemes. Sky Soaring moved to reclaim Covered Lamp Fire and Long Flowing Water, but Lu Yang struck at Suo Huan instead of Hongyun, leaving Sky Soaring confused.

• Lu Yang placed the Xuanling Realm on alert and reflected on Mu Changsheng's secrets and his own strength.
• Lu Yang realized that the world's inherent flaws and Variables could cause even Dao Lords' schemes to fail.
• Sky Soaring forced Hongyun to begin Golden Seeking and reclaim Covered Lamp Fire while True Lord Flying Snow remained focused on her breakthrough.
• Sky Soaring sensed Lu Yang's attack, but was astonished when a towering palm descended toward Suo Huan in Overseas instead of Hongyun.

Lu Yang intervened in Overseas to save Suo Huan from Sky Soaring’s scheme, severing his connection to Long Flowing Water and replacing him with Mu Changsheng’s Dao Abomination. Sky Soaring let Lu Yang go, then sent Covered Lamp Fire and Long Flowing Water into the Netherworld as Hongyun’s Golden Seeking failed and Hongyun died.

• Lu Yang reached from the Xuanling Realm into Overseas with his true Dharma Body and confronted Sky Soaring while enclosing Suo Huan and Long Flowing Water in his palm.
• Lu Yang told Sky Soaring he only wanted to save Suo Huan, whom Sky Soaring had used as a pawn.
• Lu Yang severed Suo Huan’s connection to Long Flowing Water and replaced him with Mu Changsheng’s Dao Abomination.
• Sky Soaring concluded that Lu Yang had acted to save Suo Huan, reflected on his own past, and resolved to live only for himself.
• Sky Soaring sent Covered Lamp Fire and Long Flowing Water into the Netherworld as Hongyun’s Golden Seeking failed and Hongyun died.

Lu Yang used his counterfeit City-Wall Earth to inspect the Karmic Net and discovered that someone had altered the Karma surrounding the Primordial Heavenly Demon and Martial Uncle Chongguang. He traced the change to the World Honored One’s enlightened incarnation using the Time-Shifting World-Transposing Instrument, and found that Buddha Light had appeared where it should not have.

• Lu Yang dismissed concerns about rescuing Suo Huan and returned to his cave abode.
• Lu Yang transformed Divine Firmament Thunder into a counterfeit City-Wall Earth and used it to observe the Karmic Net.
• Lu Yang considered using the Dharma Body Path to attract Tribulation, while noting that Great Sea Water and Great Forest Wood were still missing from his plans.
• Lu Yang sensed a disturbance in the Karma concerning the Primordial Heavenly Demon and Martial Uncle Chongguang, then entered the Karmic Net to investigate.
• Lu Yang traced the altered Karma to the Time-Shifting World-Transposing Instrument and found that Buddha Light had descended on the third day after he suppressed the Primordial Heavenly Demon.

Lu Yang watched four Vajra Realm Tathagatas attack the seal holding the Primordial Heavenly Demon, but realized their assault was a distraction. The missing Vajra Realm Sun Tathagata, Di Mouni, appeared behind Lu Yang and revealed that he was the World Honored One’s true target.

• Lu Yang sensed a Vajra Realm force entering the scene of Karma and waited outside to see what it intended.
• The four Tathagatas transformed the Ten Thousand Martial Realm and attacked the Demon-Quelling Mountain Range to free the Primordial Heavenly Demon.
• The thunder talisman summoned the Thunder-Subduing Axe-Wielding Demon-Quelling Divine General, whose strike damaged the Buddha Land and drove the four Tathagatas back.
• Lu Yang realized that the attack on the mountain was a diversion and wondered where Vajra Realm Sun Tathagata was.
• Di Mouni appeared behind Lu Yang, introduced himself as Vajra Realm Sun Tathagata, and asked to speak with him.

Lu Yang met the World Honored One, who disguised his descent as the Vajra Realm Sun Tathagata and revealed that he knew of Lu Yang’s plan to overturn the Other Shore. The World Honored One expressed interest in cooperating, and Lu Yang resolved not to be intimidated into giving away his help for free.

• Lu Yang recognized that the Vajra Realm Sun Tathagata was the World Honored One’s True Self consciousness, though the Tathagata denied being the person Lu Yang had in mind for now.
• Lu Yang inferred that the World Honored One had secretly descended in disguise to avoid alerting the other Dao Lords.
• The World Honored One revealed that he knew Lu Yang planned to collapse the Netherworld and overturn the Other Shore, leaving Lu Yang stunned that his secret plan had been exposed.
• The World Honored One told Lu Yang that not knowing his own origins was a blessing and assured him that he had come in peace.
• The World Honored One claimed he had long been a friend to lower cultivators and said he had helped Sky Soaring, while Lu Yang suspected he had come seeking cooperation.
• Lu Yang resolved to hold firm and bargain rather than let the World Honored One exploit him for free.

Lu Yang negotiated with the Great Sun Tathagata of the Vajra Realm and received a Dao Fruit Secret Art to strengthen City-Wall Earth. He realized the art’s apparent dependence on Sky Soaring could be bypassed because he already possessed the mysteries of Covered Lamp Fire.

• The Great Sun Tathagata of the Vajra Realm mistook Lu Yang for an embodiment of vengeance and offered a City-Wall Earth Dao Fruit Secret Art as a trade.
• Lu Yang scanned the World Honored One’s Divine Thought and confirmed that it contained no traps.
• Lu Yang accepted the Time-Shifting World-Changing Dao Fruit, whose combination was City-Wall Earth, Covered Lamp Fire, and Pine and Cypress Wood.
• The Great Sun Tathagata of the Vajra Realm said Lu Yang would need to cooperate with Sky Soaring to obtain one Fruit Position, and Lu Yang feigned anger.
• Lu Yang concluded that the World Honored One meant to use him to draw attention away from Sky Soaring, but he could use his own Covered Lamp Fire mysteries instead.

After the World Honored One concealed the karma of their meeting, Lu Yang recovered the encounter through Patriarch Tingyou and reasoned that the World Honored One had inferred the Other Shore Collapse Plan from its causes rather than discovered it directly. Growing wary of further delays, Lu Yang entered De Chongfu, a fragment of Heavenly Remnant Consciousness arranged by the Monster-Rearing Peak Master.

• Lu Yang realized his memories of meeting the World Honored One had been obscured along with the karma of their encounter, leaving him with a false memory of a breakthrough.
• Patriarch Tingyou showed Lu Yang the encounter preserved through the Righteous Banner, giving him proof that the World Honored One had visited and concealed their meeting.
• Lu Yang and Patriarch Tingyou reasoned that the World Honored One had used karma to infer the possible collapse of Other Shore and may have been tasked with identifying dangerous Variables.
• Lu Yang decided not to wait for the Star Palace Dao soldiers and entered De Chongfu to investigate the Heavenly Remnant Consciousness fragment.

Lu Yang explored the ruined De Chongfu and found a Jade Slip containing a Netherworld blueprint, its knowledge purified by the World Honored One’s dharma light. He realized the Sacred Sect Ancestor may have arranged for the Jade Slip to reach him, leaving him alarmed that he was being plotted against again.

• Lu Yang entered the ruined De Chongfu and found a Jade Slip on a broken throne, surrounded by white light that shifted into seven colors.
• The Jade Slip played a recording of the First Generation Monster-Rearing Peak Master explaining the conditions for claiming his legacy and admitting that his secret realm had collapsed after his defeat.
• Lu Yang guessed that the Jade Slip was meant for someone who had entered Responding King, and suspected True Lord Flying Snow had pursued it on the Sacred Sect Ancestor’s orders.
• The Jade Slip opened for Lu Yang, and he received knowledge of the Netherworld’s blueprint, purified by the World Honored One’s dharma light.
• Lu Yang realized True Lord Flying Snow had traded away the Jade Slip despite its importance and feared the Sacred Sect Ancestor was plotting against him.

Lu Yang studied the Jade Slip bearing the Netherworld blueprints and reasoned that the World Honored One was helping conceal his discovery from the Sacred Sect Ancestor. He learned how the Netherworld’s seven components processed souls and true spirits, and realized it was designed to grow into a second Other Shore capable of bearing a Dao Lord.

• Lu Yang concluded that the World Honored One had intervened to protect him and support the Other Shore Collapse Plan, though he remained unsure what would happen when he left De Chongfu.
• Lu Yang decided to memorize the Netherworld blueprints before Restarting and immersed his mind in the Jade Slip.
• Lu Yang learned that the Netherworld’s Ghost Gate handled the reception and reincarnation of souls according to their karma and fortune.
• Lu Yang discovered that the Yellow Springs Road and other components restored scattered true spirits, while the Four Ghost Domains housed dead spirits who cultivated the Netherworld’s Dao.
• Lu Yang realized that the Netherworld could keep growing until it became a second Other Shore capable of bearing a Dao Lord.

Lu Yang studied the Netherworld’s design and realized it could revive the dead, create a sustainable cultivation system, and support multiple Dao Lords. He concluded that the Immortal Pivot Four Dogs had killed the First Generation Monster-Rearing Peak Master to prevent rivals from arising, while the Dao Lords used the Netherworld only to buy time for their own ambitions.

• Lu Yang read the Jade Slip and learned how the Netherworld gathered scattered souls, revived dead spirits, and organized ghost cultivators into four domains.
• Lu Yang realized that the Netherworld could stabilize the Void Darkness Light Sea by reinforcing its foundation and recycling ghost cultivators into its hierarchy.
• Lu Yang discovered that the Netherworld Lord Hall could support as many Dao Lords as the Other Shore, and understood why the Immortal Pivot Four Dogs had suppressed the Netherworld.
• Lu Yang concluded that the Dao Lords had allowed the Netherworld to ease the Light Sea’s collapse only to buy time for their own Dao Paths, then condemned them as beasts.

Lu Yang planned to sabotage the Yellow Springs Road and make the Netherworld collapse, but he needed a hegemon-grade Dao weapon and Tribulation sensing to carry out the plan. He prepared for the Star Palace’s attack on the Celestial Court thirty years later, hoping to trigger the great Tribulation and overturn the balance of power.

• Lu Yang identified the Yellow Springs Road as the Netherworld’s foundation and planned to tamper with it using City-Wall Earth and the Time-Shifting World-Changing Dao Fruit.
• Lu Yang summoned Patriarch Tingyou, who recognized similarities between the Netherworld blueprint and his False Holding Gold Position method and studied the Yellow Springs Road.
• Lu Yang’s Karma and memories connected to obtaining the Netherworld blueprint were erased, but True Person Demon-Sweeping later used Divine Thought to tell him the true history.
• After two and a half years, Patriarch Tingyou reported that he could plant a cause in the Yellow Springs Road that would eventually make the Netherworld collapse.
• Lu Yang resolved to use the Star Palace’s attack on the Celestial Court, expected thirty years later, to obtain a hegemon-grade Dao weapon, trigger Tribulation sensing, and bring about the great Tribulation.

Lu Yang secured Sky Soaring’s agreement to lend him the Covered Lamp Fire, then prepared to leave with Haoyuan Upper True and the Star Palace’s overlord-grade Dao soldier. He understood that the planned attack on the Celestial Court was a smokescreen to trigger the Millennial Calamity early, and decided to reveal his full power.

• Lu Yang showed Sky Soaring the Time-Shifting World-Changing Dao Fruit and persuaded him to lend the Covered Lamp Fire, then asked for benefits as Sky Soaring departed.
• The Xuanling Realm Supreme warned Lu Yang that someone from the Star Palace had arrived, and Lu Yang urged him to prepare an escape while saying he would not flee.
• Lu Yang met Haoyuan Upper True and asked whether the overlord-grade Dao soldier was ready so they could leave for the Star Palace.
• Lu Yang realized the Star Palace meant to use an attack on the Celestial Court to draw out the Immortal Pivot and trigger the Millennial Calamity early.
• Lu Yang decided to join the Star Palace’s charge and unleash his full power, relying on the Dharma Power Dao Lord to shield him from the Sacred Sect Ancestor.

Lu Yang entered the Star Palace and challenged the Dharma Power Dao True Lords who opposed giving him a hegemon-class Dao weapon. He agreed to fight Zhen Gao and declared that if Zhen Gao could withstand one punch, the weapon would be his.

• Lu Yang suppressed the combined auras of thirty Dharma Power Dao True Lords as he entered the Star Palace, then saluted only the five Great True Lords.
• Lu Yang rebuffed a True Lord who questioned his arrogance, and Zhen Gao stepped forward to challenge him.
• Lu Yang accepted Zhen Gao’s challenge, and they faced each other within a protected arena in the Ten Thousand Land Realm.
• When Zhen Gao offered to wait while Lu Yang borrowed a weapon, Lu Yang said one punch would decide who received the hegemon-class Dao weapon.

Lu Yang let Zhen Gao attack first, endured his Dharma Power Dao techniques unharmed, then struck him with Calamity Baleful Light. The punch’s aftershock grievously wounded Zhen Gao before Upper True Haoyuan stopped Lu Yang’s fist.

• Zhen Gao challenged Lu Yang’s claim that he could win with one punch, and Lu Yang invited him to attack first.
• Zhen Gao used the wondrous seal of returning to the origin to dissolve Lu Yang’s protective thunderous Dharma radiance and absorb the resulting dharma power.
• Zhen Gao’s attacks failed to harm Lu Yang, who remained uninjured while his Rebirth Aspect charged.
• Lu Yang formed a fist and unleashed Calamity Baleful Light, which struck Zhen Gao and sent him crashing into the towering hall.
• Upper True Haoyuan intercepted Lu Yang’s fist, while its aftershock left Zhen Gao grievously wounded.

Lu Yang defeated Zhen Gao with one punch, then received the charged hegemon-grade Dao armament Lord of State and Grain from Upper True Haoyuan. He chose to enter the Millennial Calamity as the vanguard, welcoming the chance to fight.

• Lu Yang defeated Zhen Gao with a single punch, and Zhen Gao admitted he was outmatched.
• Lu Yang told Upper True Haoyuan that the Star Palace would tolerate him even if he killed a Celestial Court cultivator during the coming calamity.
• Upper True Haoyuan led Lu Yang to Factory One, where the Lord of State and Grain was being forged from three linked rings.
• After the furnace drained the last star, Upper True Haoyuan explained that the armament allowed three Fruit Position sublimations and could be controlled by Lu Yang alone.
• Lu Yang stored the Lord of State and Grain and insisted that they go to war without waiting for him to practice with it.
• When Upper True Haoyuan asked whether he feared dying in the Millennial Calamity, Lu Yang said it was what he had always wished for.

Immortal Venerable Greater Yin learned that the Star Palace’s Dharma Power Dao True Lords had revived, then faced their sudden assault on the Celestial Court. With its formation destroyed, she called for aid as Upper True Haoyuan ordered the Star Palace’s fleet to attack.

• Immortal Venerable Greater Yin summoned Immovable Tathagata of the Vajra Realm and pressed him to investigate her unease about Karma.
• Immovable Tathagata claimed the Star Palace’s Dharma Power Dao True Lords had revived, then began counting down the time until their attack.
• Thirty-six Star Palace True Lords launched their strategic Dao weapons at the Celestial Court, and Immortal Venerable Greater Yin activated the Jietian Grand Formation to meet them.
• The Celestial Court’s formation blocked the combined strike but was destroyed, leaving much of the Celestial Court in ruins.
• Immortal Venerable Greater Yin lit incense to request aid from the Other Shore, while Upper True Haoyuan sent the Star Palace’s fleet forward to attack.

Sacred Sect, Sword Pavilion, and Dao Court responded to Star Palace’s attack on Celestial Court after learning that the Millennial Calamity had begun early. Dao Court restored its strength through the Immortal Kingdom Dao Law, while Gangxing Budao True Lord secretly decided to betray the other powers; the chapter ended with Immortal Pivot’s forces gathering at Celestial Court.

• True Lord Flying Snow told Sacred Sect’s leaders that the Patriarch had ordered them to aid Celestial Court and explained that Dao Court would guard Immortal Pivot.
• Dao Court’s new Son of Heaven and Three Dukes ascended to their positions, using the Immortal Kingdom Dao Law to become a Great True Lord and three Golden Core True Lords.
• True Lord Flying Snow warned that the new Son of Heaven had become an agent of the Immortal Kingdom Dao Law, then led Sacred Sect toward Celestial Court.
• Gangxing Budao True Lord decided that Sword Pavilion should betray the other powers to secure victory in the Millennial Calamity.
• Sacred Sect and Sword Pavilion arrived at Celestial Court as Dao Court manifested illusory figures, and twelve Immortal Pivot True Lords unleashed their auras against Star Palace’s thirty-six Dharma Power Dao True Lords.

The Star Palace’s six Great True Lords used the Victory Dharma Fate-Deciding Dao Chapter to trap the Immortal Pivot True Lords and gain an advantage, but True Lord Flying Snow altered its rules. As both sides prepared for direct combat, Lu Yang quietly gathered power and watched the figures overseeing the battle.

• Upper True Haoyuan and the Star Palace’s five other Great True Lords raised the Victory Dharma Fate-Deciding Dao Chapter across the battlefield, intending to win by assimilating the Immortal Pivot True Lords’ dharma power.
• Upper True Haoyuan explained to Lu Yang that the Dao Chapter would let the side with greater total dharma power win without fighting.
• True Lord Flying Snow used the Purifying World Radiance-Manifesting Dao Fruit to strip away the Dao Chapter’s rules, changing its effect so that dharma power was judged individually.
• Upper True Haoyuan realized the Star Palace could no longer stay on the defensive, and Zhen Gao welcomed the prospect of fighting the Immortal Pivot True Lords directly.
• Lu Yang silently amassed power through the Trend Taking Shape of Sand Gold and sensed towering figures watching the battle from above the Sea of Suffering.

The Star Palace and Celestial Court clashed as their Star Lords and Immortal Lords entered battle, and Great Sage Mingzhu overwhelmed Shen Shao by repeatedly detonating herself and drawing on Netherworld power. With the Star Palace’s Great True Lords unable to turn the tide, Lu Yang finally advanced toward the Celestial Court and challenged its inhabitants.

• Upper True Haoyuan sent the Star Lords into battle, and Immortal Venerable Greater Yin led the Celestial Court’s Immortal Lords to meet them.
• Great Sage Mingzhu attacked the Star Palace forces, but Shen Shao struck her with the Sinking Star Pearl and pinned her down.
• Great Sage Mingzhu broke free by detonating herself, revived, and used Pearl-Hiding Abyss to amplify repeated explosions that severely wounded Shen Shao and absorbed his dharma power.
• Upper True Haoyuan concluded that the Celestial Court’s forces had drawn on the Netherworld and asked Lu Yang to act.
• Lu Yang strode toward the Celestial Court with Calamity Waves, Yellow Court, and the Righteous Banner, then challenged, “Who dared fight me?”

Lu Yang faced a group of four Golden Core Middle Stage cultivators sent by the Celestial Court and the Immortal Pivot. After they attacked him together, he evaded their techniques with Boundless Dao and killed all four with one sword strike.

• Immortal Venerable Greater Yin and True Lord Flying Snow agreed to send reinforcements against Lu Yang, while Gangxing Budao True Lord refused to join the fight.
• Immortal Venerable Greater Yin sent Immortal Lord Du Xuan, and True Lord Flying Snow sent Xuan Yuan and Light Concealer to join Great Sage Mingzhu.
• Lu Yang recognized the arriving cultivators as old acquaintances and used the Righteous Banner's Moral Cultivation to catch them off guard.
• Great Sage Mingzhu self-destructed, and Xuan Yuan empowered the resulting flames with General's Command while True Lord Radiant Floating Truth and Immortal Lord Du Xuan attacked Lu Yang with their techniques.
• Lu Yang used Great Relay Station Earth's Boundless Dao to step beyond the four attacks, then struck with Calamity Waves, Slay the Future, decapitating all four opponents.