Chapter Summaries

Yan negotiated with Caicai for a Heavenly Pearl Token in exchange for helping the Feili Team reach the top four, then confronted Ming Hua about the Heavenly Evil Sect’s interests. He left Ming Hua with a demand to send word to her father and provide historical and literary records.

• Yan asked Caicai for the Heavenly Pearl Token in return for helping the Feili Team reach the top four, and Caicai agreed with conditions.
• Yan escorted Ming Hua to her room and pressed her to discuss the Heavenly Evil Sect’s interest in the tournament.
• Yan revealed that he knew Ming Hua and Mingyu were descendants of Ming Wu, the Heavenly Evil Sect’s representative in the Feili Empire.
• Yan warned Ming Hua that the sect’s involvement could be exposed and demanded historical and literary records in exchange for helping the Feili Team win the championship.

Yan joined the Feili Team as a substitute after agreeing to help the Heavenly Evil Sect in exchange for historical texts. After Shangguan Longyin cleared him to compete, Caicai revealed that a win would set the team against the Baida Empire Team.

• Yan told Ming Hua that the historical classics were his only immediate request and said he would discuss further matters with the Heavenly Evil Sect's Sect Master later.
• Caicai added Yan to the Feili Team, and captain Mingyu accepted him so the team could pursue a top-four finish.
• At Zhongtian Square, Ming Hua warned Yan that Shangguan Longyin would verify his eligibility before allowing him to compete.
• Shangguan Longyin examined Yan, found no cursed seal identifying him as a Heavenly Evil Sect member, and approved him as a substitute.
• Caicai announced that if the Feili Team won its upcoming round, it would face the Baida Empire Team next.

The Feili Team faced its sworn enemy, the Baida Team, in a brutal Heavenly Pearl Tournament quarterfinal. Feili won the match, but Mingyu was injured, and the team’s next opponent would be the Baopo Empire.

• The Feili Team learned it would face Baida and eagerly prepared for the match, while Yan agreed to stay back as their secret weapon.
• Three days later, Mingyu and the Baida captain exchanged a tense greeting before their teams entered the quarterfinal.
• Lin Jiang opened the contest by unleashing a fiery attack that left Baida’s first fighter critically burned, after which Mingyu withdrew Lin Jiang from further matches.
• Both teams fought fiercely through the remaining rounds, conceding when necessary to avoid giving their opponents a chance to finish them off.
• Mingyu fought the Baida captain, taking a chest wound while nearly crippling him, and Feili secured victory.
• Feili advanced to face the Baopo Empire in the next round.

Yan challenged the Baopo Team alone in the Heavenly Pearl Tournament, insisting that their Time Attribute was no threat at their current cultivation. He kicked Liu Yu off the platform before Liu Yu could summon his Heavenly Pearls, and Baopo’s captain sent Aole to face him next.

• At the Feili Team lounge, Yan dismissed the threat posed by Baopo’s Time Attribute and said he could defeat the team alone.
• Caicai and the Feili Team watched as Yan stepped onto the platform, surprising the referee, Baopo Team, and the spectators.
• Yan ignored Baopo’s protests and asked the referee to begin the match.
• Yan kicked Liu Yu off the platform before Liu Yu could release his Heavenly Pearls, shocking the spectators and Baopo Team.
• Liu Yu warned his girlfriend against facing Yan, and Baopo’s captain sent Aole onto the platform to fight him.

Yan defeated three Baopo Team fighters in succession at the Heavenly Pearl Tournament without releasing his Heavenly Jewels, including two Valley of Sentiments users of the Time Attribute. After Wang Zhou fell to Yan’s gravity control, Yan challenged the remaining Baopo Team members while their captain held back and considered his next move.

• Yan sent Aole flying after Aole activated his Time Attribute Slowdown Barrier without guarding against a side attack.
• The Baopo Team captain sent Wang Zhou to fight Yan and told him not to hold back.
• Wang Zhou used Intersecting Times to manipulate time, but Yan used gravity control to pull him in and strike him down.
• Wang Zhou crashed into his girlfriend, injuring them both, while observers recognized Yan’s skillful control of gravity.
• Yan provoked the remaining Baopo Team members, and their furious captain resisted the urge to fight him himself.

Yan defeated the Baopo Team’s remaining two fighters after they challenged him together, and Feili Team advanced to the final four. The chapter ended with Shangguan Longyin confirming the result after Yan stopped his devastating gravity attack.

• Yan urged the Baopo Team to surrender or send its fighters against him together, and the captain chose to fight alongside his girlfriend.
• The Baopo Team pair attacked Yan with coordinated Time Attribute skills, but Yan escaped their assault using reversed gravity.
• Yan created a powerful gravity vortex that drew the fighters and shattered the diamond arena as they struggled to resist.
• The Baopo Team captain and vice-captain surrendered, and Yan stopped the stone sphere before it could crush them.
• Shangguan Longyin announced that Feili Team had defeated Baopo Team and advanced to the final four.

After Feili Team defeated Baopo Team and advanced to the top four, Shangguan Longyin questioned Yan’s identity and age, suspecting he had concealed his strength. Yan submitted to a second examination, which confirmed he was under thirty, and then demanded that Shangguan Longyin announce the result and honor his offer of compensation.

• Feili Team celebrated its victory over Baopo Team and its advancement to the top four, while Shangguan Longyin suddenly suppressed the crowd with his aura.
• Shangguan Longyin questioned Yan’s nationality and suspected he had hidden his identity and true strength, prompting Yan and Caicai to challenge his demand.
• A member of Myriad Beasts Team accused Baopo Team of ties to the Valley of Sentiments because of its Time Attribute skills, and the crowd protested Shangguan Longyin’s investigation.
• Shangguan Longyin asked to examine Yan again, and Yan agreed after warning that he would hold Central Heaven Team responsible if trouble followed.
• Shangguan Longyin examined Yan and confirmed that he was under thirty, after which Yan demanded the official result and the promised compensation.

After Yan rejected Shangguan Longyin’s apology and compensation, the Feili Team stood by him as officials from the Central Heaven Empire debated the danger of letting him enter Heavenly Pearl Island. The next morning, the four teams gathered at the Engraving Palace and departed for the tournament finals.

• Shangguan Longyin apologized to Yan and offered him an extra Divine Master–grade Solidification Scroll, but Yan refused and challenged the Central Heaven Team to face him on Heavenly Pearl Island.
• The Feili Team, including Princess Caicai, left Zhongtian Square with Yan, while Shangguan Longyin warned the Central Heaven Team to be careful of him.
• Shangguan Longyin told Shangguan Tianxing that he could not determine Yan’s cultivation or find a cursed seal, and Shangguan Tianxing ordered his brothers to watch Heavenly Pearl Island.
• Yan and the Feili Team arrived at the Engraving Palace to receive their Heavenly Pearl Tokens, where Shangguan Longyin confirmed that Caicai would join the finals.
• The Danton Empire, Central Heaven Empire, Myriad Beast Empire, and Feili teams assembled, and Shangguan Longyin led them toward Heavenly Pearl Island.

Yan and the Feili Team traveled to Heavenly Pearl Island, received entry tokens, and climbed a guarded pillar to reach the island. After arriving, they were told the tournament finals would begin in three days, and Yan led the team inside to rest.

• Yan observed the rival seeded teams as they traveled toward Heavenly Pearl Island and noticed Zhan Lingtian's hostility and Shen Xiaomo's fighting spirit.
• Shangguan Longyin gave the teams Heavenly Pearl Tokens and led them through the military camp to the Heavenly Pillar.
• The four teams climbed the pillar, and Yan helped the weaker Ming Hua and Caicai as they ascended through the clouds.
• Yan and the Feili Team reached Heavenly Pearl Island, where Shangguan Longyin announced a three-day rest before the finals and warned them to avoid restricted areas.
• Yan supported Ming Hua and Caicai into the island's pleasant landscape so the team could rest.

The Feili Team arrived on Heavenly Pearl Island and learned about its restricted regions and famous sites. Yan used Ming Hua’s funds to prepare for buying resources and building connections, then invited Caicai and Ming Hua to explore the Solidification Pavilion and Engraving Palace.

• The Feili Team was guided through Heavenly Pearl Island’s central area and told that Vast Palace, the Solidification Pavilion, and the Engraving Palace were its most famous sites.
• Yan questioned Ming Hua about the Heavenly Evil Sect’s purchasing plans and persuaded her to let him, Mingyu, and her split up the purchases to avoid drawing attention.
• Yan accepted Ming Hua’s money and valuables, planning to use them to buy resources and make connections on the island.
• The Feili Team reached its expensive hotel and saw the Solidification Pavilion and Engraving Palace near the mist-hidden Vast Palace grounds.
• After settling into their rooms, Yan invited Caicai and Ming Hua to visit the Solidification Pavilion and Engraving Palace with him.

Yan and the Feili Team entered the Light-Shadow Space for the Heavenly Pearl Tournament finals, where contestants had to survive and capture Heavenly Beasts. After arriving in the primeval forest, Yan began searching for Ming Hua and Caicai, then sensed a powerful beast unleash a blaze in the distance.

• Ming Hua woke Yan and tricked Caicai into joining him beneath the covers before the three went to breakfast.
• Shangguan Longyin explained that the finals would take place in the Light-Shadow Space, a forest filled with Heavenly Beasts, and gave each contestant a Light-Shadow Gem and a storage ring.
• Ten Spatial Attribute Upper Sky Ancestors opened the portal, and the four teams entered, with Yan sending the Feili Team through last.
• Yan arrived in the primeval forest, marked Ming Hua's and Caicai's locations with his senses, and set out to find them.
• Yan noticed the distant sky turn red as a scorching blaze surged upward and burned the forest canopy.

Yan observed a Heavenly God-level dragon in the Light-Shadow Space and reflected on how combat strength and equipment differed between the Vast Continent and Douluo Continent. After interrogating and eliminating a Central Heaven Team member, he rescued Caicai from a Great Strength Demonic Ape and confronted the beast.

• Yan identified an eliminated contestant as a member of his team, then approached a sea of crimson flames and saw a giant Heavenly God-level dragon emerge.
• Yan hid and compared the strength of Heavenly Beasts and Heavenly Jewel Masters with the cultivation systems and resources of Douluo Continent.
• Yan ambushed a Central Heaven Team member, forced him to reveal that Zhan Lingtian was jealous because Yan had watched and asked about the two young misses, then sent him out of the Light-Shadow Space.
• Caicai fled from a middle-stage Sect-Level Great Strength Demonic Ape until Yan appeared, swept her into his arms, and struck the beast.

After the competition area shrank and contestants were teleported, Yan reunited with Caicai and Ming Hua and followed a signal to a battle over an abandoned dragon lair. He planned to wait while the Central Heaven Team and Myriad Beasts Team fought, then seize the lair for the Feili Team.

• Yan carried Caicai through the forest toward Ming Hua, and the three reunited when teleportation sent them to a new location.
• Yan found Caicai facing Ice of Crimson Blood Hell and let him go after he promised not to attack anyone from the Feili Team.
• Yan followed a signal flare with Caicai and Ming Hua, then discovered the Central Heaven Team fighting Hybrid Ape-Beasts at what Ming Hua identified as an abandoned dragon lair.
• The Myriad Beasts Team joined the battle and coordinated with the Hybrid Ape-Beasts to attack the Central Heaven Team.
• Yan rejected Ming Hua's suggestion to help the Central Heaven Team and said they should focus on taking control of the dragon lair.

Yan, Caicai, and Ming Hua entered the dragon lair and found a dragon skeleton surrounded by valuable plants, including Sacred Dragon Fruits. After Yan emerged to confront the teams outside, the Central Heaven Team, Myriad Beasts Team, and Danton Team joined forces against him.

• Yan used his earth powers to take Caicai and Ming Hua underground and bypass the battle outside to enter the cave.
• Yan collapsed the cave entrance behind them, then led Caicai and Ming Hua through a passage lined with glowing gemstones.
• The three found a dragon skeleton more than twenty meters long and a wealth of rare plants and fruits; Ming Hua identified Sacred Dragon Fruits among them.
• Yan stored the dragon's body, scales, and some bones while Caicai and Ming Hua gathered the remaining treasures, then he returned to stop the teams from breaking in.
• Yan emerged from the cave and claimed the lair, but the Central Heaven Team, Myriad Beasts Team, and Danton Team joined forces to attack him.

Yan used a sandstorm and a yellow-sand prison to overwhelm the members of the Myriad Beasts, Central Heaven, and Danton Teams in the Light-Shadow Space. After Zhan Lingtian and the others were badly injured and thrown out, Yan emerged and moved to finish off the remaining holdouts.

• Yan expanded his Sandstorm Tornado as the three teams struggled to attack him.
• Zhan Lingtian charged Yan with his Light-and-Darkness spear, but Yan’s defenses stopped him and the opposing forces injured him.
• Yan blasted the attackers away, then buried them beneath a crushing sand wave and trapped them in a yellow-sand prison.
• Yan used Evening Drum, Morning Bell to weaken the trapped cultivators, and the sand expelled them from the prison.
• Yan emerged from the sand and advanced toward the stubborn holdouts who were still crawling toward him.

Yan forced the remaining teams to leave the Light-Shadow Space and then returned to the cave with Caicai and Ming Hua. His elimination of all three teams in less than four days caused an uproar outside.

• Danton Team surrendered and used their Light-Shadow Gems to leave after Ice urged their captain to give up.
• Yan used overwhelming gravity to torment the Zhongtian Team and Myriad Beasts Team until their members withdrew one by one.
• Yan humiliated Zhan Lingtian, shattered his bones with the gravity, and sent him out of the Light-Shadow Space.
• Yan found Caicai and Ming Hua unharmed, told them the others were gone, and led them back into the cave to collect gemstones.
• Vast Palace's powerhouses erupted after all three teams were eliminated by Yan in less than four days.

Yan returned from the Light-Shadow Space with Caicai and Ming Hua, and Shangguan Longyin declared the Feili Team the Heavenly Pearl Tournament champion. The teams dispersed to recover, while Shangguan Longyin chose not to retaliate against Yan, and Yan promised Caicai he would visit the Feili Empire.

• A colossal dragon failed to reopen a passage to the Light-Shadow Space, then returned to a hidden cave and met a smaller dragon.
• Yan, Caicai, and Ming Hua emerged from the Light-Shadow Space before Shangguan Longyin and the remaining teams.
• Shangguan Longyin announced that the Feili Team had won, followed by the Zhongtian Team, the Myriad Beasts Team, and the Danton Team.
• The Myriad Beasts Team leader threatened to remember Yan, while the injured teams departed and Yan led the Feili Team away.
• A Zhongtian Team member urged Shangguan Longyin to act against Yan, but Shangguan ordered the team to get treatment and later explained why he had held back.
• Caicai expressed sadness about parting, and Yan promised to visit the Feili Empire.

Yan was escorted into Vast Palace after the Heavenly Pearl Tournament and met its powerful leaders, who questioned him about his origins and the Feili Team’s discoveries. The chapter ended with the leaders offering to pay for the team’s gains from a dragon cave ruin.

• The Vast Palace envoys collected the Feili Team’s tournament items and summoned Yan to meet Shangguan Longyin.
• Yan used a golden-red gem to enter Vast Palace’s hidden realm and examined its palace and spatial teleportation formations.
• Yan was brought before Shangguan Tianxing, Shangguan Tianyue, and Shangguan Longyin in a golden hall.
• Shangguan Tianyue confronted Yan with hostility, while Shangguan Tianxing calmed him and asked about Yan’s master.
• Yan refused to disclose his master’s identity, and Shangguan Tianxing asked what the Feili Team had gained from the dragon cave ruin, offering to trade for it.

Yan refused Shangguan Tianyang’s offer to join Vast Palace in exchange for a chance at the Vast Limitless Set, and left after directing the palace to negotiate with Princess Caicai instead. The Shangguan brothers discussed Yan’s mysterious strength and the growing tensions between the Sacred Grounds before Shangguan Tianyang entered seclusion to pursue the Heavenly God realm.

• Yan demanded the Vast Limitless Set, but Shangguan Tianyue’s attempt to intimidate him had no visible effect.
• Shangguan Tianyang offered Yan a chance to obtain the set if he revealed his origins and joined Vast Palace, then proposed a custom legendary set when Yan declined.
• Yan refused to trade the Light-Shadow Space treasures and told Shangguan Tianyang to discuss Princess Caicai’s portion of the Dragon Cave Treasure with the Feili Empire.
• After Yan left with Shangguan Longyin, Shangguan Tianyang said he could not see through Yan and explained why the brothers should avoid provoking him.
• Shangguan Tianxing reported fierce Myriad Beast Empire attacks in the north, and Shangguan Tianyang rejected sending troops against Snow God Mountain because it could trigger a wider war.
• Shangguan Tianyang urged his brothers to keep order while he entered seclusion to seek the Heavenly God realm.

Yan stayed behind on Heavenly Pearl Island after the Feili Team departed, while Vast Palace watched him and tried to learn his purpose. He visited the Solidification Pavilion to study its materials and techniques, leaving Shangguan Longyin and Shangguan Tianyue wondering whether he intended to become a Solidification Master.

• Yan gave Caicai and Ming Hua advice about negotiating with Vast Palace and urged them to leave Heavenly Pearl Island without him.
• Caicai and Ming Hua said farewell to Yan, and both slipped a gold card into his hand before leaving with most of the Feili Team.
• Shangguan Tianyue learned that Yan had stayed behind and ordered Shangguan Longyin to watch him.
• Yan visited the Solidification Pavilion, where Shangguan Longyin joined him and introduced the building and its goods.
• Shangguan Longyin told Shangguan Tianyue that Yan had shown interest in lower-grade Solidification materials and techniques but had declined to have Solidification Equipment made for him.