Recaps

Yang Jing refined an Imperial Extremity Lotus, advanced all three of his true arts to the True Qi Realm, and entered the Jintai Grand Tournament. He survived both preliminary trials and qualified for the Main Competition, which was set to begin the next day.

• Ren An announced that selected tournament participants would enter the Stone Mountain Secret Realm to fight the Demon Cult, while Si Jiawen learned the tournament had been moved to May fifth.
• Cao Zhen and the sect leaders awarded Yang Jing an Imperial Extremity Lotus, which he refined in the Inner Treasury and used to improve his root bone to the fourth grade.
• Yang Jing consolidated his gains and advanced Crossing the River to the True Qi Realm before Bai Bing led Lingxi Peak to Moonwatch Mountain.
• Commandant Tan opened the tournament, and Yang Jing passed the Arrow Rain Trial without receiving a mark as 150 competitors advanced.
• Yang Jing killed a Wild Boar King with one punch during the Exotic Beast trial, while Xiao Nu also defeated his beast and the other members of their group were eliminated.
• The judges selected Yang Jing, Jiang Yun, Lü Chongrui, Li Tai, and 28 others for the Main Competition.
• Yang Jing returned to camp and discussed the Main Competition contestants with Sun Ningxiang, Lin Ziheng, Fang He, Ma Qiang, Xiao Nu, Si Jiawen, Zhao Wenju, and Cui Guangyi.

Yang Jing dominated his way into the final four, where he drew Jiang Yun in the semifinals. As Yang Jing prepared for their clash, Lü Chongrui and Li Tai fought a fierce opening semifinal that remained unresolved.

• At the 50th Jintai Grand Tournament, Yang Jing defeated Ma Shihao and several later opponents, advancing to the Top Eight while showing mercy to those who conceded.
• Yang Jing defeated He Jiugang with the Mountain-Splitting Seal and hidden speed, earning a place in the final four alongside Li Tai, Jiang Yun, and Lü Chongrui.
• Yang Jing prepared carefully for his semifinal against Jiang Yun, while Zhou Wenbin and Sun Yong’s party came to watch the battles.
• Li Tai opened the semifinals against Lü Chongrui by attacking relentlessly and driving him back, while spectators realized Lü was studying his strength and conserving his own.
• Lü Chongrui drew a second sword and used his Reincarnation Sword technique to absorb and redirect Li Tai’s attacks, though he struggled to injure him.
• Lü Chongrui unleashed a Life-and-Death sword strike after their clash, but Li Tai narrowly avoided it, and Lü continued pressing him with a growing barrage.

Yang Jing defeated Jiang Yun and Li Tai to win the 50th Jintai Grand Tournament, reaching sudden enlightenment during the final. He returned to Duck Mountain Island with the Six-Calamity Heavenly Lotus Sacred Leaf, where Bai Bing summoned him to discuss his victory and promised reward.

• Li Tai defeated Lü Chongrui in the first semifinal, and Jiang Yun and Yang Jing began their semifinal with Yang Jing unexpectedly overwhelmed by Yang Jing's hidden strength.
• Yang Jing endured Yang Jing's relentless attacks before Yang Jing defeated him, advancing to the final against Li Tai.
• Bai Bing warned Yang Jing that Li Tai had hidden a saber art, and Li Tai revealed his black true qi saber before their final.
• Li Tai's Heavenly Saber Descends pushed Yang Jing to the brink, but Yang Jing entered sudden enlightenment and unified his Three True Arts.
• Yang Jing overcame Li Tai's saber assault, shattered his black saber, and struck him down, winning the tournament as Li Tai acknowledged defeat.
• Commandant Tan awarded Yang Jing the Six-Calamity Heavenly Lotus Sacred Leaf, and Jiang Yun took third place after defeating the injured Lü Chongrui.
• Yang Jing departed Moonwatch Mountain with the Profound Truth Sect disciples and returned to Duck Mountain Island, where Bai Bing summoned him and promised his reward.

Yang Jing received a Supreme Scripture and prepared for the Stone Mountain Secret Realm, where he led the fight against the Demon Cult. After killing Qi Shaohu and Ma Biao, he pursued the remaining Demon Cultivators as their forces began to flee.

• Bai Bing gave Yang Jing a Supreme Scripture, and he trained in the Mountain-Splitting Seal before joining the mission to Stone Mountain Secret Realm.
• Cao Zhen and Bai Bing escorted Yang Jing to Linshan County, where Commandant Tan briefed the allied warriors and assigned the Heavenly Prodigies to lead the campaign.
• Yang Jing entered the secret realm, infiltrated a Demon Cult stronghold, and killed its True Qi Realm agents before pursuing the fleeing Qi Shaohu.
• Yang Jing caught Qi Shaohu and killed him, while the Profound Truth Sect elders cleared the abandoned stronghold and the campaign leaders learned of Yang Jing’s victory.
• Yang Jing joined Li Tai, Jiang Yun, and Lü Chongrui in an assault on the central stronghold, where they fought through the Demon Cult forces to confront Ma Biao.
• Yang Jing outlasted Ma Biao’s glove-enhanced Split Stele Palm, found an opening, and killed him with a devastating punch.
• With Ma Biao dead, the Demon Cult forces began to flee, and Yang Jing pursued and killed the escaping True Qi Realm cultivators.