Recaps

Li Yun and Xuandu joined the Chan and Jie Sect disciples while the Three Pure Ones discussed matters in Jade Void Palace. The San Xiao learned that Li Yun had advanced to the Grand Unity True Immortal Realm and might be expected to fight Golden Immortals, leaving them worried that he could hold their past scheme against them.

• Laozi left Li Yun and Xuandu to mingle with the Chan and Jie Sect disciples while he, Yuanshi Tianzun, and Sect Master Tongtian went to Jade Void Palace.
• Li Yun reassured nervous Xuandu, and the two greeted the gathered disciples, who returned their salutations and welcomed them into conversation.
• Bixiao recognized Li Yun as the person the San Xiao had tried to scheme against, and Zhao Gongming noticed that Li Yun's cultivation had risen far beyond theirs.
• Yunxiao told Zhao Gongming, Bixiao, and Qiongxiao that Sect Master Tongtian had reportedly trained Golden Immortal disciples to fight Li Yun.
• The San Xiao realized that Li Yun might compete against Golden Immortals and fell silent over the possibility that he would pursue their past conflict.

Li Yun greeted the Chan and Interception Sect Direct Disciples while reflecting on their future fates and abilities. Gui Ling teased him for staring at Wudang, drawing everyone’s attention and leaving Wudang blushing and denying the suggestion.

• Xuandu and Li Yun exchanged greetings with Duobao, Guang Chengzi, and the other Direct Disciples.
• Li Yun assessed the Chan Teachings’ Twelve Golden Immortals as less impressive than their reputation and considered how several would fare after the Investiture of the Gods War.
• Li Yun reflected on Duobao’s potential and the tragic futures of Jin Ling, Gui Ling, and Wudang.
• Gui Ling noticed Li Yun staring at Wudang and teased him about fancying her.
• Wudang blushed and denied Gui Ling’s suggestion as those nearby turned to look at Li Yun.

Li Yun teased Gui Ling until she became flustered, then confirmed he would enter the Golden Immortal Realm competition. The other disciples questioned him about the Three Teachings Guardian Divine Art, leaving him to decide how much to reveal.

• Li Yun said Gui Ling was more beautiful than Wudang, embarrassing Gui Ling and amusing the assembled disciples.
• Gui Ling tried to dismiss Li Yun’s compliment as a joke, but he insisted he meant it, leaving her flustered.
• Duobao stepped in to smooth things over, then asked whether Li Yun would compete in the Golden Immortal Realm contest.
• Li Yun confirmed that he would participate and exchanged polite words with Duobao, Guang Chengzi, and the others about the upcoming matches.
• Guang Chengzi asked Li Yun to explain the Three Teachings Guardian Divine Art and whether the other disciples could cultivate it.

Li Yun agreed to explain the Three Teachings Guardian Divine Art after Duobao, Guang Chengzi, and the others promised not to gang up on him at the Exchange Meeting. He revealed that the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique came from Pangu's inheritance and warned that its cultivation was perilous, leaving Duobao asking Xuandu about its drawbacks and hidden dangers.

• Li Yun asked the Chan and Jie disciples to promise him one-on-one fights at the Exchange Meeting, and Duobao and Guang Chengzi agreed on their sects' behalf.
• Li Yun revealed the technique's name as the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique and described it as a method of Attaining Dao through Strength that cultivated both the primordial spirit and the physical body.
• Cihang asked whether only Eldest Martial Uncle possessed the technique, and Li Yun explained that all Three Pure Ones had its inheritance but warned about its severe difficulty and backlash.
• Xuandu said he had rejected the technique in favor of the Supreme Purity Sacred Art after learning how hard it was to enter, cultivate, and advance.
• Duobao asked Xuandu what drawbacks and hidden dangers the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique had.

Li Yun explained that the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique demanded immense aptitude and resources, especially beyond the Seventh Turn, but said Laozi and Xuandu could supply what he needed. He then identified Gui Ling, Duobao, Yu Ding, and Huang Long as disciples capable of reaching the Eighth Turn if they had enough resources.

• Li Yun warned that the technique grew vastly harder with each turn and required enormous resources to advance beyond the Seventh Turn.
• Gui Ling asked why Li Yun had chosen a technique whose costs even Direct Disciples could scarcely afford.
• Li Yun said Laozi's alchemy and Xuandu's future Golden Elixirs would provide the resources he needed, and Xuandu readily agreed to help him.
• Guang Chengzi remarked on Li Yun and Xuandu's close relationship, which made the other disciples envious.
• Gui Ling asked which disciples had the aptitude to reach the Eighth Turn, and Li Yun named her, Duobao, Yu Ding, and Huang Long as suitable candidates.

Li Yun explained why Huang Long could cultivate the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique to the eighth revolution, then the Three Pure Ones opened the Three Teachings Exchange Conference and announced its contests, sermons, and rewards. The disciples eagerly anticipated the competitions and the prizes as the meeting began.

• Li Yun told Duobao, Yu Ding, and Huang Long that they had the aptitude to reach the eighth revolution, and explained that Huang Long’s nine-clawed dragon body and access to Dragon Clan resources made it possible.
• A bell rang, the Jade Void Palace gates opened, and Laozi, Yuqing Yuanshi, and Shangqing Tongtian arrived to begin the Three Teachings Exchange Conference.
• Laozi announced combat tournaments across six cultivation realms, followed by a hundred-year banquet and a thousand-year sermon from each of the Three Pure Ones.
• Yuqing Yuanshi announced that arena victors would receive Innate Spirit Treasures and the top ten would receive a divine ability and a movement technique cultivation method.

The Three Pure Ones established the Combat Tournament arenas, and the Saints placed Li Yun in the Golden Immortal Realm battlefield because he was invincible within his own realm. Cihang challenged Li Yun to a spar, drawing attention to the newly certified Inner Disciple.

• Yuanshi silenced the disciples and asked Tongtian to prepare the tournament arenas.
• Tongtian created the arenas and assigned contestants to divisions by cultivation realm, with the Three Pure Ones judging the Golden Immortal matches.
• Xuandu warned Li Yun to protect himself, then went to the Mysterious Immortal Realm area.
• The Three Pure Ones announced that Li Yun would compete in the Golden Immortal Realm because he was invincible within the same realm.
• Cihang praised Li Yun's Saint Certification and challenged him to spar.

Li Yun entered the Arena and defeated Cihang with one strike of Taiqing Divine Thunder, astonishing the Chan and Jie Sects disciples and earning a Purple Three Heads Six Arms Trait. After Cihang conceded, Guang Chengzi prepared to challenge Li Yun, but other disciples urged him to let them fight first.

• Li Yun agreed to Cihang’s challenge and entered the Arena for a one-on-one fight.
• Li Yun struck Cihang with Taiqing Divine Thunder before Cihang could react, defeating him in a single move.
• The disciples watching were shocked by Li Yun’s strength, and he obtained the Purple Three Heads Six Arms Trait.
• Yuanshi Tianzun healed Cihang after declaring him eliminated, and Cihang conceded before leaving the Arena area.
• Guang Chengzi acknowledged that the Chan Teachings had underestimated Li Yun and stepped forward to challenge him.
• Several Chan Teachings disciples called out for Guang Chengzi to let them challenge Li Yun first.

The Chan Teachings’ disciples took turns challenging Li Yun, while Duobao and the Interception Sect watched rather than interfere. Li Yun defeated Puxian with Taiqing Divine Thunder, and Juliusun stepped forward to challenge him.

• Yu Ding and the other Chan Teachings disciples persuaded Guang Chengzi to let Puxian fight Li Yun first.
• Duobao told the Interception Sect disciples, including Kong Xuan, to honor their one-on-one agreement with Li Yun and watch the contest.
• Puxian attacked Li Yun with Yuqing Divine Thunder, but Li Yun’s Taiqing Divine Thunder shattered it and drove Puxian back.
• Li Yun summoned Ninefold Lightning Tribulation, struck Puxian with bolts of Taiqing Divine Thunder, and knocked him unconscious.
• A Chan Teachings disciple carried Puxian away while another accused Li Yun of attacking too ruthlessly and named Juliusun as his next opponent.

Li Yun defeated the Chan Teachings disciples one after another with Taiqing Divine Thunder, leaving only four Golden Immortals to face him. Huang Long then transformed into a Nine-Clawed Yellow Dragon and broke through Li Yun’s lightning, declaring victory as he attacked.

• Li Yun defeated Juliusun with Taiqing Divine Thunder after Juliusun tried to morally coerce him, then rejected the trait he received.
• Li Yun defeated Qingxu, Lingbao, Manjushri, and the other Chan Teachings Direct Disciples, earning purple traits from each.
• Yuanshi Tianzun worried about the Chan Teachings’ standing, while Laozi explained that Li Yun’s greater mastery of Taiqing Divine Thunder gave him the advantage.
• Li Yun called Guang Chengzi, Yu Ding, Tai Yi, and Huang Long to fight next, and Huang Long volunteered to go first.
• Huang Long transformed into a Nine-Clawed Yellow Dragon, endured Li Yun’s lightning, and lunged at him with Yellow Dragon Claw Strike.

Li Yun defeated Huang Long by overpowering his true dragon form with the physical strength he had gained from the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique. After winning, he obtained the Red Affix True Dragon Soul and considered its protective power.

• Li Yun caught Huang Long's claw and revealed that his physical strength surpassed Huang Long's, shocking both the Chan and Jie disciples.
• Gui Ling recognized that Li Yun's strength came from the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique, prompting the disciples to desire the art.
• Li Yun swung Huang Long through the air until Huang Long conceded and resolved to ask Yuanshi Tianzun for the technique.
• Li Yun received the Red Affix True Dragon Soul, which could summon a protective dragon soul whose cultivation matched his own.

Li Yun equipped Huang Long’s True Dragon Soul and encouraged him to cultivate the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique. He then faced Tai Yi at the Exchange Meeting and summoned the dragon soul to attack him.

• Li Yun equipped the True Dragon Soul, which formed within his Dantian and could protect him with powerful offense and defense.
• Li Yun encouraged Huang Long to seek the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique, and Huang Long agreed to ask Yuanshi Tianzun for it and seek Li Yun’s guidance.
• Laozi and Yuanshi Tianzun praised Li Yun’s conduct, and Yuanshi Tianzun promised to grant Huang Long the technique after the Exchange Meeting.
• Tai Yi challenged Li Yun and countered his Taiqing Divine Thunder with Minor Accomplishment Yuqing Divine Thunder.
• Li Yun activated the True Dragon Soul, then sent its azure nine-clawed form charging at Tai Yi amid Taiqing Divine Thunder.

Li Yun defeated Tai Yi with his dragon soul and Taiqing Divine Thunder, prompting Yuanshi Tianzun to withdraw Chan Teachings from the challenge. Interception Sect took over, and Da Peng entered the arena to face Li Yun.

• Li Yun defeated Tai Yi and obtained the Purple Lotus Root trait, while his dragon soul impressed the watching disciples and the three sect leaders.
• Yuanshi Tianzun recognized that Li Yun might have gained a cultivation method from the Ultimate Emperor Seal and agreed to let Interception Sect take over the fight.
• Yuanshi Tianzun ordered Guang Chengzi and Yu Ding to withdraw, and they helped Tai Yi return to the Chan Teachings disciples.
• Tongtian told Duobao and the other Interception Sect disciples to fight Li Yun, and Da Peng volunteered to go first.
• Da Peng transformed into a Golden-Winged Great Peng Bird and charged at Li Yun, whose dragon soul was suppressed by Da Peng's aura.

Li Yun used the God-Slaying Flying Sword, refined from the Golden Gourd, to defeat the Golden-Winged Great Peng Bird and reveal the treasure’s power. The Saints discussed its potential and promised Li Yun the third Gourd and Yuanshi Tianzun’s artifact-refining inheritance if he took first place.

• Li Yun summoned the God-Slaying Flying Sword and pierced the Golden-Winged Great Peng Bird’s claw and soul, forcing him back into his Innate Dao Body.
• Kong Xuan treated Da Peng as the disciples of the Chan and Jie Sects marveled at Li Yun’s High-Grade Innate Spirit Treasure.
• Zhao Gongming, the Three Xiao, and Nanjixianweng recognized the Golden Gourd as the treasure Li Yun had taken from Gourd Mountain.
• Sect Master Tongtian, Laozi, and Yuanshi Tianzun praised the God-Slaying Flying Sword’s potential, and Yuanshi Tianzun said the Gourd might advance if it absorbed the third Gourd.
• Sect Master Tongtian agreed to retrieve the third Gourd and give it to Li Yun if he took first place, while Yuanshi Tianzun promised to teach him the Jade Purity Artifact Refining Technique.

After Li Yun defeated Da Peng, Kong Xuan challenged him and revealed the power of his Five-Colored Divine Light. Their fierce battle left the Interception Sect disciples worried that Kong Xuan’s rise would upset the sect’s balance.

• Li Yun received the Purple Dragon Eater Trait after defeating Da Peng, but judged it less useful because True Dragons had become rare.
• Li Yun reassured Kong Xuan that Da Peng’s injuries were superficial and that he would recover after resting.
• Kong Xuan sent Five Elements spells at Li Yun with his Five-Colored Divine Light, impressing the gathered disciples and the Three Pure Ones.
• Li Yun countered Kong Xuan’s spells with the True Dragon Soul and Taiqing Divine Thunder.
• Kong Xuan formed a Five Elements spear and radiant armor, then charged Li Yun as the two began fighting at close range.
• Duobao, Gui Ling, Wudang, Jin Ling, and the other Interception Sect disciples feared Kong Xuan’s strength would disrupt their sect’s balance.

Li Yun defeated Kong Xuan and obtained the Five-Colored Divine Light Trait, then discovered that his Trait Slots were full and that gaining more required defeating powerful experts. The chapter left him cursing the system’s impossible-seeming missions.

• Li Yun struck Kong Xuan and cracked his Five-Colored Divine Light armor, causing Kong Xuan to concede after recognizing that Li Yun had spared him from serious injury.
• Li Yun received the Five-Colored Divine Light Trait and equipped it, gaining control over the Five Elements and a complete Five Elements Space.
• Li Yun’s Personal Panel announced that all Trait Slots were full and listed missions to defeat powerful figures for more slots.
• Li Yun questioned the system about the small rewards, and the system explained that slots beyond the first ten had to be earned through the Host’s own efforts.
• Li Yun cursed the system after realizing that obtaining more Traits meant defeating powerful experts far beyond his current strength.

After his system upgraded, Li Yun gained the ability to sense the grades of others’ Traits and used it to identify valuable opponents. The Interception Sect’s Direct Disciples then proposed fighting him together, and Li Yun accepted as the three women launched their attack.

• Li Yun’s system upgraded, granting him the ability to sense Trait grades and identify people who might trigger missions.
• Li Yun saw that many cultivators possessed purple or higher-grade Traits and defeated Luo Xuan with the God-Slaying Flying Sword, obtaining Pure Yang Fire.
• Several more Interception Sect disciples challenged Li Yun and were swiftly defeated, yielding additional purple Traits.
• Jin Ling proposed that she, Gui Ling, and Wudang fight Li Yun together, despite their earlier agreement.
• Li Yun accepted the challenge, and Jin Ling, Gui Ling, and Wudang attacked him as he sent the God-Slaying Flying Sword toward Jin Ling and Gui Ling and faced Wudang himself.

Li Yun defeated Jin Ling and overwhelmed Wudang by combining his body, the True Dragon Soul, and the God-Slaying Flying Sword. His Three-in-One fighting method stunned the gathered disciples, who began considering how to learn it.

• Li Yun fought Wudang barehanded while the God-Slaying Flying Sword pursued Gui Ling and Jin Ling, and the onlooking disciples criticized the three women’s lack of coordination.
• The God-Slaying Flying Sword wounded Jin Ling and threatened her life, so she surrendered; Li Yun gained the Golden Light trait, which let him transform into golden light and move fifty times faster.
• Jin Ling left the fight in pain, while Duobao, Kong Xuan, Da Peng, and the other Interception Sect disciples refused to comfort her because the three women had broken the rules and shamed their sect.
• Gui Ling called for Wudang to switch places with her, but Li Yun pressed his attack and sent the True Dragon Soul and the God-Slaying Flying Sword after Wudang as well.
• Li Yun’s combined attacks wounded Wudang and knocked her to the ground, prompting the gathered Chan and Jie Sect disciples to praise his Three-in-One combat method and resolve to learn similar techniques.

After defeating Wudang, Li Yun gained the red Sword Dao Heavenly Prodigy trait and faced Gui Ling, the last of the three Direct Disciples. Gui Ling’s Mystic Turtle form and Mystic Water powers put Li Yun under pressure as their battle continued.

• Li Yun obtained the Sword Dao Heavenly Prodigy trait after defeating Wudang, who accepted her loss and left.
• Gui Ling faced Li Yun, who attacked her with the God-Slaying Flying Sword after she joined the fight despite their agreement.
• Gui Ling transformed into her Mystic Turtle true form and used Mystic Water: Raging Waves to attack Li Yun.
• Li Yun used the True Dragon Soul to smash through Mystic Water attacks, but Gui Ling’s shell rebounded his punch and sent him flying.
• Gui Ling filled the arena with Mystic Water and attacked with summoned water beasts while blocking Li Yun’s blows with her shell.
• The Interception Sect disciples cheered Gui Ling as her power grew within the Mystic Water and she appeared to gain the upper hand.

Laozi and Sect Master Tongtian explained why Yuanshi Tianzun’s Twelve Golden Immortals had fallen behind other disciples and proposed making their ranks competitive. Yuanshi Tianzun accepted the plan and promised Tongtian a favor.

• Laozi praised Gui Ling’s exceptional potential, and Tongtian revealed that she was the daughter of the First Mystic Turtle of Heaven and Earth.
• Yuanshi Tianzun regretted filling all twelve Direct Disciple positions with the Twelve Golden Immortals, while Tongtian pointed out that stronger candidates remained in Chan Teachings.
• Tongtian proposed making the Twelve Golden Immortals positions open to competition, with holders becoming Direct Disciples and those who lost their positions becoming Inner Disciples.
• Laozi advised Yuanshi Tianzun that the Twelve Golden Immortals lacked urgency because their fixed status had made them comfortable.
• Yuanshi Tianzun agreed to Tongtian’s proposal and promised to repay him with a favor.

Li Yun broke Gui Ling’s Mystic Water Domain with his Space Gourd and won their arena battle. Yunxiao and her siblings explained how he had obtained the gourd and apologized for their earlier conflict, clearing the disciples’ doubts about him.

• Gui Ling activated her Mystic Water Domain, weakening Li Yun while strengthening herself, and declared that he could not win.
• Li Yun revealed his Space Gourd and used it to absorb the Mystic Water, draining the domain and defeating Gui Ling.
• Gui Ling objected that Li Yun had won only because of a treasure bestowed by Laozi.
• Yunxiao clarified that Li Yun had obtained the gourd by seizing gourds from Gourd Mountain, and Zhao Gongming, Bixiao, and Qiongxiao confirmed her account.
• Zhao Gongming and his sisters apologized for provoking Li Yun, and the disciples’ doubts about his treasure gave way to admiration.

Li Yun ended his old conflict with Zhao Gongming and his siblings, then revealed the Supreme Grade Innate Spirit Treasure bestowed on him and defeated Gui Ling. After earning a Gold Domain Trait, he watched Duobao and Guang Chengzi concede rather than risk their strength in the tournament.

• Li Yun accepted Zhao Gongming and his siblings' apology and declared their past misunderstanding settled.
• Li Yun showed the Ultimate Emperor Seal, and Gui Ling realized she could not withstand it and conceded.
• Li Yun obtained the Gold Trait Domain after defeating Gui Ling.
• Duobao conceded to Li Yun, saying he was no match for him in a one-on-one fight.
• Guang Chengzi also conceded, and the disciples realized both men wanted to preserve their strength for the remaining winner slots.

Duobao and Guang Chengzi conceded to Li Yun, angering their sect leaders and humiliating their sects, while Yu Ding chose to fight despite knowing he was outmatched. Li Yun put away his treasures and battled Yu Ding hand to hand, leaving Yuanshi Tianzun impressed and discussing changes to the Chan Teachings' leadership.

• Duobao and Guang Chengzi conceded to Li Yun, disappointing Sect Master Tongtian and Yuanshi Tianzun and drawing contempt from the other disciples.
• Yu Ding refused to concede and challenged Li Yun, earning cheers from the Chan Teachings disciples.
• Li Yun put away his three Innate Spirit Treasures and faced Yu Ding without relying on them.
• Yu Ding and Li Yun exchanged close-range blows, channeling their respective divine thunders and fighting with growing intensity.
• Yuanshi Tianzun praised Yu Ding's performance and told Laozi he would soon announce changes to the Twelve Golden Immortals' positions, then asked how to deal with Guang Chengzi.

Li Yun defeated Yu Ding in the Combat Tournament and earned the Seven Orifices Exquisite Trait, though he had no empty slot to equip it. Yuanshi Tianzun declared Li Yun the winner and gifted him the Yin Yang Mirror, while the Saints remained angered by Guang Chengzi and Duobao’s surrender.

• Laozi declined to judge Guang Chengzi’s surrender, while Sect Master Tongtian decided to remove Duobao as chief Direct Disciple but keep him as a Direct Disciple.
• Yuanshi Tianzun agreed to choose a new chief disciple and said Huang Long and Yu Ding could cultivate the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique.
• Li Yun struck Yu Ding, who admitted defeat and thanked him for showing mercy after realizing Li Yun had restrained his strength during their fight.
• Li Yun gained the Seven Orifices Exquisite Trait and asked whether anyone else wanted to challenge him, but Duobao and Guang Chengzi refused to respond.
• Yuanshi Tianzun declared Li Yun the Combat Tournament winner and gave him the High-Grade Innate Spirit Treasure Yin Yang Mirror as an additional reward.
• Li Yun accepted the mirror and realized that Yuanshi Tianzun and Sect Master Tongtian were furious with Guang Chengzi and Duobao.

Laozi asked Tongtian to award Li Yun the Twenty-Four Sea-Calming Pearls, and Li Yun began refining them under Laozi’s protection. The tournament continued as Yuanshi Tianzun and Tongtian restored the other disciples, leaving Guang Chengzi and Duobao regretting their earlier concessions.

• Laozi asked Tongtian to give Li Yun the Sea-Calming Pearls as his first-place reward, and Tongtian agreed.
• Tongtian presented the twenty-four pearls to Li Yun, while Zhao Gongming and Randeng both felt drawn to them; Randeng resolved to take them for himself.
• Li Yun accepted the pearls, and Laozi shielded him while he began refining them with his Essence Blood, divine sense, and Magical Power.
• Yuanshi Tianzun and Tongtian announced that the sects would determine their own winners and rankings, with Li Yun excluded from the top ten slots.
• Yuanshi Tianzun and Tongtian restored the other Golden Immortal disciples, nullifying the advantage Guang Chengzi and Duobao had gained by conceding.
• Guang Chengzi and Duobao sensed their masters’ displeasure and regretted giving up.