Recaps

Yang Jian, Li Qingyuan and Miao Le, and the Lotus Holy Child each killed one of the Seven Souls Living Beings. The four survivors fled, and Li Qingyuan joined the pursuit by summoning his swords and forming the Earth Marsh Sword Realm.

• Yang Jian used his Heavenly Eye Divine Light to destroy Swallowing Thief from within, then finished it with his halberd.
• Li Qingyuan and Miao Le fused their swords and Longevity Seeds to unleash the Jianmu Divine Tree Slash, killing Poisonless while Bing Ling'er guarded them as they recovered.
• Yang Jian praised Li Qingyuan and said he was the first person he could not see through.
• The Lotus Holy Child used Lotus Incarnation to defeat Chou Fei, leaving three of the Seven Souls Living Beings dead.
• The remaining four fled as Ji Kun, Dong Jun, and the allied cultivators pursued them; Li Qingyuan summoned his swords and began forming the Earth Marsh Sword Realm.

Li Qingyuan, Yang Jian, and their allies defeated the Seven Souls Living Beings and survived the Three Corpse Insect tide, though the battle cost them many lives. As the factions regrouped and the Luoshen Clan arrived, Li Qingyuan feared worse dangers awaited deeper in the Giant's Inner World.

• Li Qingyuan, Dong Jun, and Ji Kun overwhelmed Corpse Dog, and Li Qingyuan killed it with a decisive sword strike.
• Yang Jian joined Heavenly Dog Star Hunter and the others to defeat Fu Shi.
• Li Qingyuan, Yang Jian, Lotus Holy Child, Yinglong, and their allies led a counterattack that killed the remaining Seven Souls, including Que Yin and Chu Hui.
• The surviving factions rested, and the Luoshen Clan arrived with more than a dozen Body Integration Spirit Lords.
• Li Qingyuan assessed the enormous losses and wondered whether Three Souls Living Beings awaited them farther north.

After resting from their victory over seven Integrated Body Peak Weird Living Beings, the gathered cultivators set out to claim the Silver Continent’s greatest treasure. They found the Ninth Tier Immortal Stone, Jade Phoenix Cold Gold, and agreed to distribute it according to merit while preparing for the final barrier.

• Luo Shuang and the Luoshen Clan arrived, and Yang Xuan told them that the group had killed seven powerful Weird Living Beings.
• Yang Jian proposed that everyone rest before heading north, and Lotus Holy Child warned that anyone trying to seize the treasure early would face the others.
• Li Qingyuan gave tribulation elixirs to Ao Run, Bai Hezhui, Ye Xuan, and the other Nine Provinces cultivators.
• After ten years of recovery, the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths cultivators, Immortal Ancient beings, and native living beings formed three camps and agreed to cooperate against powerful enemies.
• The groups reached the Jade Phoenix Cold Gold, and Yang Jian and Li Qingyuan agreed that it should be distributed according to merit.

After the factions divided the Jade Phoenix Cold Gold, Li Qingyuan kept his share and negotiated for his allies’ portions. The forces entered the Giant Head World passage, where You Jing blocked their path and offered more than a hundred thousand Heaven and Earth Origin Stones if they would leave.

• The factions divided the Jade Phoenix Cold Gold according to battle contributions, and Yang Jian offered to buy other cultivators’ shares at above-market prices.
• Li Qingyuan refused Yang Jian’s offer of a Golden Core and advanced profound techniques, kept his immortal gold, and offered Seventh-tier elixirs for his allies’ shares.
• Li Qingyuan’s share of the Jade Phoenix Cold Gold duplicated in the Mysterious Feminine Space, while the depleted Silver Continent lost its vitality.
• The factions crossed the Giant Head World and entered its enormous passage, led by Ji Kun and Dong Jun as they cleared the way through the insect tide.
• You Jing appeared in the passage, revealed his Half-step Dao Venerable strength, and offered the gathered cultivators more than a hundred thousand Heaven and Earth Origin Stones to leave.

You Jing trapped the cultivators in a realistic illusion of Origin Stones and treasures, causing a brutal battle that injured and killed hundreds of thousands. Li Qingyuan, Yang Jian, and the Lotus Holy Child broke the illusion, and You Jing attacked Li Qingyuan to discover how he saw through it.

• More than two million Void Refining Cultivators rushed to seize the apparent Origin Stones, while the Luoshen Clan and several other groups held back.
• You Jing produced apparent ninth-tier treasures, prompting Li Qingyuan, Yang Jian, and the Lotus Holy Child to attack him.
• Li Qingyuan heard Er Yuan calling from his Primordial Spirit and realized that You Jing had ensnared them in an illusion.
• Li Qingyuan, Yang Jian, and the Lotus Holy Child combined their abilities to shatter the illusion, revealing that tens of thousands had died and hundreds of thousands were injured in reality.
• You Jing revealed that his Virtual and Real Same Body illusion made injuries real, then attacked Li Qingyuan and threatened to search his soul.

Li Qingyuan and the other powerful figures overwhelmed You Jing, but Shuangling appeared to save him. Queen Diana joined the battle and helped defeat You Jing before the group turned their attacks on Shuangling’s clone, leaving it badly wounded and calling for its true body.

• You Jing wounded Li Qingyuan and forced back Yang Jian and the Lotus Holy Child, but more than thirty powerful fighters joined together to surround him.
• Dong Jun and Ji Kun burned You Jing with True Sun Fire, while Yang Jian, the Lotus Holy Child, and Li Qingyuan shattered his origin and drove him to call for help.
• Shuangling appeared as a clone, and Yang Jian recognized that he was suppressing the Niwan Divine Palace while bearing backlash from the Fate Soul.
• Li Qingyuan summoned Queen Diana, who attacked You Jing with the Setting Sun Divine Spear as the others blocked Shuangling from intervening.
• Queen Diana pursued and killed You Jing, then joined the others in attacking Shuangling’s clone.
• The badly wounded Shuangling clone cried out for its true body to save it.

Li Qingyuan and his allies destroyed Shuangling's clone before it could help create a powerful Demon Venerable, then hurried toward the Niwan Divine Palace as Shuangling tried to refine Tai Guang. They arrived in time to interrupt him, and Shuangling turned to fight them.

• Shuangling's true body began descending through the passage, but Tai Guang erupted with Soul Power and disrupted him.
• Li Qingyuan, Yang Jian, Diana, and the other Spirit Lords attacked and destroyed the Shuang Ling Clone.
• Yang Jian explained that Shuangling and You Jing had planned to refine the Life Soul Fetal Light and the seven spirits to create a powerful being.
• The group rushed toward the Niwan Divine Palace, while Li Qingyuan sensed that something inside might evolve the Mysterious Feminine Space.
• Shuangling began refining Tai Guang, who revealed that You Jing and the seven spirits were gone and Shuangling's immortal-path foundation was ruined.
• A ten-thousand-foot spear struck Shuangling and interrupted the refinement, prompting him to turn and attack the newcomers.

Shuangling unleashed his fury against the assembled heroes, but twelve powerful fighters coordinated to hold him off. As the group prepared their strongest attacks, Yang Jian opened his Heavenly Eye and Shuangling recognized his lineage.

• Shuangling erupted with Five Elements Divine Light, knocking Queen Diana and the others back and heavily injuring many of the fighters.
• Li Qingyuan told Miao Le to recover for an Evergreen combined strike, while twelve Spirit Venerables continued fighting Shuangling together.
• Yang Jian warned that their Bloodline Power would not last and proposed they unleash their strongest attacks to create an opening for Li Qingyuan and his wife.
• The Lotus Holy Child and Diana used their trump cards to entangle Shuangling as Dong Jun, Ji Kun, Luo Ling, and the others attacked and sealed his escape routes.
• Yang Jian summoned the Three-Eyed Divine General’s dharma form and opened his Heavenly Eye, prompting Shuangling to recognize him as a descendant of Er Lang Xian Sheng Zhen Jun.

Li Qingyuan and Miao Le fused their powers to manifest the Jianmu Divine Tree, which absorbed Shuangling’s attacks and crushed him. The survivors were left stunned after Shuangling’s body and soul were destroyed.

• Shuangling unleashed his Spirit Official Dharma Form and Nine Layers of Heavenly Thunder, shattering the group’s attacks and grievously wounding them.
• Yang Jian’s Heavenly Eye Divine Light clashed with Shuangling’s Thunder Fire War Chariot, but Shuangling’s Dharma Form retained much of its power.
• Life Soul Fetal Light prepared to sacrifice himself to help Yang Jian and the others escape, then sensed a change and stopped.
• Li Qingyuan and Miao Le fused their Longevity Seeds, Primordial Spirit Small Trees, and swords to manifest the Jianmu Divine Tree.
• Shuangling poured his thunder, fire, and mana into attacking the World Tree, but it absorbed his powers and shattered his Dharma Form.
• The World Tree crushed Shuangling, destroying his body and soul as everyone present watched in shock.

After Shuangling’s death, the wounded cultivators contended over the treasures left behind by the Life Soul Fetal Light. The five treasures chose Yang Jian, Yang Can, Sun Potian, and Li Qingyuan, who discovered that one had rapidly expanded his Mysterious Feminine Space.

• Li Qingyuan and Miao Le exhausted their strength defeating Shuangling, then took elixirs to recover as their allies gathered to guard them.
• More than one hundred and fifty uninjured rogue cultivators asked for a share of the treasures, but Lotus Holy Child and Li Qingyuan warned them off.
• The Life Soul Fetal Light broke free of Shuangling’s barrier and announced that he would distribute the five treasures left by his master before he dissipated.
• The five balls of light injured many cultivators as they flew to their chosen recipients: Yang Jian, Yang Can, Sun Potian, and Li Qingyuan, who received two.
• One treasure entered Li Qingyuan’s Mysterious Feminine Space, which refined it and expanded rapidly.

Li Qingyuan expanded the Mysterious Feminine Space into a Small World and received the Heavenly Emperor’s Nine Dragon True Qi inheritance, which required mastering Nine Elements Vital Energy and Heavenly Dao Yellow Might. After he and the other inheritors awoke, they exchanged remarks before Life Soul Fetal Light declared its mission fulfilled and urged them to revive the Three Realms.

• Li Qingyuan’s Mysterious Feminine Space expanded to thirteen thousand zhang across, forming a Small World filled with treasured plants and materials.
• Li Qingyuan absorbed the Nine Dragon True Qi inheritance and learned that cultivating the divine ability required Nine Elements Vital Energy and Heavenly Dao Yellow Might.
• Li Qingyuan, Yang Jian, Yang Can, and Sun Potian awakened after receiving inheritances, while the other gathered cultivators had obtained none.
• Yang Jian declined to reveal his inheritance, and Li Qingyuan warned a curious questioner that the inheritance’s Dao Rhyme could destroy their Primordial Spirit.
• Lotus Holy Child agreed with Yang Jian and Li Qingyuan to meet again and contend for the Mahayana Stage.
• Life Soul Fetal Light told the gathered cultivators its mission was fulfilled and urged them to achieve success in the Immortal Dao and revive the Three Realms.

After the Thousand Year Trial ended, the cultivators departed through passages opened by the nineteen immortal artifacts as the Giant World collapsed. In the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, the Immortal Venerables awaited the returnees, and Purple Cloud Fairy sensed Li Qingyuan’s remarkable progress.

• Li Qingyuan and the other cultivators paid their respects as Life Soul Fetal Light vanished, then gathered with their factions for the end of the trial.
• The Ancient Bell rang, and the nineteen immortal artifacts illuminated the Giant World as the giant corpse disintegrated and the world collapsed, destroying the Three Corpse Insects.
• Li Qingyuan led eighteen Body Integration Spirit Lords and over a hundred thousand Void Refining Cultivators from the Hundred Domains of Cangxuan after the Tai Cang Immortal Mirror while other factions and Immortal Ancient beings departed through spatial passages.
• Cangxuan Immortal Venerable and Ancient Dragon Immortal Venerable discussed the returning cultivators and how many Azure Profound prodigies might become Spirit Lords.
• Purple Cloud Fairy sensed a disturbance in the Primordial Void Realm and admired how much Li Qingyuan had advanced in a thousand years.

Li Qingyuan returned from the Trial Ground with a hundred thousand survivors and eighteen Body Integration Spirit Lords, shocking the Azure Profound Realm’s powerful cultivators with his rise to the Integrated Body Middle Stage. Myriad Dragon Ancestor demanded to know what had happened to Long Xuantian, while Ancient Dragon Immortal Venerable enforced the Immortal Alliance Convention and warned everyone not to expose others’ treasures or opportunities.

• The Tai Cang Immortal Mirror returned the Cangxuan heavenly chosen to the Azure Profound Realm and departed after the Immortal Venerables and sect leaders saluted it.
• Li Qingyuan emerged in a Peak Seventh Tier Golden Chariot with eighteen Body Integration Spirit Lords and an army of one hundred thousand Void Refining cultivators, including the Body Integration Peak Stage Diana.
• Cangxuan Old Ancestor, Wu Mengzi, and the other powerful cultivators were astonished that Li Qingyuan had advanced from Late Void Refining Stage to Integrated Body Middle Stage in roughly a thousand years.
• Myriad Dragon Ancestor demanded to know whether Li Qingyuan had killed Long Xuantian, but Cangxuan Old Ancestor and Wu Mengzi invoked the Immortal Alliance agreement protecting returned survivors from reprisals over Trial Ground grudges.
• When a Spirit Lord began to reveal that Li Qingyuan possessed a ninth-tier treasure, Ancient Dragon Immortal Venerable killed him and warned the gathered cultivators against exposing anyone’s Trial Ground opportunities.

After the Trial Ground, Li Qingyuan returned to Azure Profound Heaven Domain as cultivators across the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths recounted his exploits. The chapter left him renowned as the strongest Body Integration Realm cultivator, with his reputation spreading rapidly.

• Ancient Dragon Immortal Venerable departed, and the gathered cultivators stopped questioning Li Qingyuan about his supreme treasure.
• Sun Potian and Sun Mulan thanked Li Qingyuan and invited him to Aolai, while Yang Jue praised the Yang Family Divine Son's strength.
• Heavenly Frost Dao Venerable rewarded Bing Ling'er and encouraged her to consider Li Qingyuan as a Dao companion.
• Cangxuan Old Ancestor promoted Azure Profound Immortal Sect disciples and promised to protect Li Qingyuan, who later told Wu Mengzi that the Centaur woman was his ally.
• Cultivators returning to their domains recounted how Li Qingyuan and his Dao companion helped defeat the Trial Ground's powerful enemies.
• Stories of Old Demon Qingyuan spread throughout the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, establishing Li Qingyuan as the leading Body Integration Realm cultivator.

After hearing Li Qingyuan’s account of the trial, Wu Mengzi learned that he and Miao Le had killed a Half-step Dao Venerable, while Xiao Baiyi discovered that Li Qingyuan had reached Body Integration Middle Stage and achieved the same feat. Xiao Baiyi entered seclusion to catch up, and Wu Mengzi resolved to cultivate harder as Li Qingyuan’s rise put pressure on them both.

• Wu Mengzi reassured Li Qingyuan and Miao Le that the Azure Profound Realm was safe for them, then dismissed them to rest.
• Mo Ni told Wu Mengzi that Li Qingyuan and Miao Le had killed a Half-step Dao Venerable, astonishing him with Li Qingyuan’s strength.
• Xiao Baiyi broke through to Body Integration Late Stage, then learned from Shan Changqiu that Li Qingyuan and Mo Ni had become Spirit Lords and that Li Qingyuan had reached Body Integration Middle Stage.
• Xiao Baiyi initially disbelieved Shan Changqiu’s claim that Li Qingyuan and Miao Le had killed a Half-step Dao Venerable, but Mo Ni showed him her memories of the trial’s final battle.
• After seeing the memory, Xiao Baiyi entered seclusion and vowed not to emerge until he reached Body Integration Peak.
• Wu Mengzi returned to his cave abode and resolved to reach Late Mahayana Stage before Li Qingyuan could catch up to him.

Li Qingyuan returned to Eighth Peak and accepted Zuoqiu Ling’s offer to become its Mountain Lord, then promoted his Spirit Lord allies to Gold Robe Elders and appointed Kong Huan a Black Robe Elder. He later asked Diana whether she wished to remain his ally or leave, leaving her decision unresolved.

• Li Qingyuan returned to Eighth Peak with his Spirit Lords, where Zuoqiu Ling and Huyan Xin welcomed him and offered him the Mountain Lord Seal.
• Li Qingyuan accepted the Mountain Lord position, refined the seal, and was acclaimed by Eighth Peak’s cultivators.
• Li Qingyuan used the peak’s treasury to appoint his Spirit Lord combatants, except Diana, as Gold Robe Elders and assigned other cultivators to robe ranks.
• Li Qingyuan appointed Kong Huan a Black Robe Elder and dismissed the assembled cultivators to their duties.
• Li Qingyuan and Miao Le privately met Diana, and Li Qingyuan offered to dissolve their Ally Contract if she wanted to leave.

Diana chose to stay with Li Qingyuan and build an alliance, while he entered seclusion and traded with the Female Immortal Corpse. He established Wind Thunder Peak with an Eighth Tier Spirit Vein and was appointed Deputy Chief of Boundless Peak, leaving Xiao Baiyi worried about his own succession.

• Diana asked to remain in the Azure Profound Realm, hoping to help Li Qingyuan and eventually secure aid for her clan and her cultivation.
• Li Qingyuan entered the Mysterious Feminine Space, where the Female Immortal Corpse traded for a Kidney Water Immortal Crystal and one additional chance to act during his Mahayana Stage.
• The Female Immortal Corpse lost control of her Ice Law when Li Qingyuan asked about her identity, freezing the space before she recovered and apologized.
• Li Qingyuan installed an Eighth Tier Spirit Vein on the Eighth Peak and offered Seventh-Tier Spirit Veins to the other seven peaks of his lineage.
• Wu Mengzi named the Eighth Peak Wind Thunder Peak and appointed Li Qingyuan its Mountain Lord and Deputy Chief of Boundless Peak.
• Xiao Baiyi worried that Li Qingyuan's new appointment had cost him his expected place as the next Chief of Boundless Peak.

Li Qingyuan established Wind Thunder Peak, rewarded Xiao Baiyi and Mo Ni, and appointed its leaders before beginning cultivation with Miao Le. Bing Ling'er arrived and insisted on joining them, leaving Li Qingyuan flustered.

• Li Qingyuan gave Xiao Baiyi and Mo Ni Dragon Phoenix Fortune Elixirs and Heaven and Earth Origin Stones, and revealed that he was a Peak Seventh Tier alchemist offering to refine elixirs for the sect.
• Li Qingyuan returned to Wind Thunder Peak, assigned duties to its elders and followers, and established a seven-member Elder Council with Diana as an honorary elder.
• Li Qingyuan arranged for Bing Ling'er to leave Ye Yuzhen's tutelage and become an elder under Wu Mengzi, then entered closed-door cultivation.
• Li Qingyuan and Miao Le prepared to cultivate their Combined Attack Technique through dual cultivation, but Bing Ling'er entered the cave mansion and insisted on joining them.

Li Qingyuan dual cultivated with Miao Le for fifty years, deepening their mastery of the Longevity Seed and combined techniques, then spent another fifty years with Bing Ling'er. After both women left to cultivate in seclusion, Li Qingyuan was exhausted by the century of dual cultivation.

• Li Qingyuan and Miao Le fused their Longevity Seeds and Primordial Spirit Small Trees, then dual cultivated for fifty years and improved their cultivation and understanding of the Jianmu Divine Tree Slash.
• Miao Le left the secret chamber and told Li Qingyuan she would enter seclusion to break through to the Integrated Body Middle Stage.
• Bing Ling'er emerged from her own cultivation, praised Miao Le, and later entered Li Qingyuan's chamber to dual cultivate with him.
• Bing Ling'er and Li Qingyuan dual cultivated for another fifty years, strengthening his body, Primordial Spirit, and mana.
• Bing Ling'er left to enter seclusion, while Li Qingyuan collapsed and complained that he could not endure any more.

After a century in seclusion, Li Qingyuan inspected Wind Thunder Peak and found it flourishing under his leadership. Two chiefs began nine-colored heavenly tribulations, and Purple Cloud Fairy summoned Li Qingyuan to Wo Yun Peak, where he arrived and asked why she had called him.

• Li Qingyuan emerged from seclusion, surveyed Wind Thunder Peak’s orderly administration, and praised its peaceful state.
• Nine-colored thunderclouds gathered over Boundless Main Peak as Huang Tian challenged the Five Elements Great Heavenly Tribulation.
• A second nine-colored tribulation formed over Five Extremes Peak as the Five Extremes Chief began his own trial.
• Purple Cloud Fairy called Li Qingyuan to Wo Yun Peak while both chiefs’ tribulations were underway.
• Ling Chuxue escorted Li Qingyuan to Purple Cloud Fairy, and Li Qingyuan paid his respects and asked what she wanted.

Li Qingyuan learned from Purple Cloud Fairy that the Great Dream Heart Sutra’s supreme realm could make dream characters real, then watched the Great Heavenly Tribulations conclude. Huang Tian Chief failed his tribulation and resigned from his post to recover, while Wu Ji Zi succeeded.

• Li Qingyuan drank with Purple Cloud Fairy and accurately predicted that Huang Tian Chief would fail his tribulation but survive, while Five Extremes Chief would succeed but suffer severe injuries.
• Purple Cloud Fairy explained that the Great Dream Heart Sutra’s supreme realm could materialize dream clones, allowing one person to fight armies or entire worlds.
• Wu Ji Zi endured the Earth Great Heavenly Tribulation and succeeded, while Huang Tian Chief’s artifact broke and the Nine Layers of Heavenly Thunder badly injured him.
• Cangxuan Old Ancestor and Wu Mengzi treated the barely breathing Huang Tian Chief, who awoke despairing that his path to Mahayana had ended.
• Huang Tian Chief requested permission to resign and enter seclusion, and Wu Mengzi agreed while promising to appoint Shan Changqiu as an auxiliary peak’s mountain master if he advanced to the Integrated Body Middle Stage.

Li Qingyuan gave Zixiao two rare Eighth Tier Spirit Plants in exchange for an Eighth Tier Yellow Millet Dream, and she promised to share the Primordial Five Elements Paste if she brewed it successfully. He returned to Boundless Peak, where Wu Mengzi appointed him Great Chief of the branch and the assembled cultivators paid their respects.

• Zixiao explained that the Primordial Five Elements Paste could help an Integration Peak Cultivator trigger the Five Elements Great Heavenly Tribulation and, if they survived, reach Mahayana.
• Li Qingyuan gave Zixiao a Three Union Golden Crow Fruit and a Green Wood Divine Fruit, and she exchanged them for her last flask of Eighth Tier Yellow Millet Dream while promising to split the finished wine with him.
• On the way back, Yun Yan the Elixir Master proposed deriving a Primordial Five Elements Pill from the wine-brewing method as an alternative to the Fourth Revolution Golden Core.
• Wu Mengzi appointed Li Qingyuan Great Chief of the Boundless Peak branch, named Xiao Baiyi Deputy Chief, and declared Wind Thunder Peak Li Qingyuan's dao field.
• Xiao Baiyi, Mo Ni, and the gathered Spirit Lords and Elders bowed to Li Qingyuan and welcomed him as Great Chief.

Li Qingyuan cultivated for two hundred years, advancing his body, magical power, and Primordial Spirit while preparing to break through to the Third Revolution Late Stage. As the three-hundred-year deadline arrived, Miao Le survived a Seven-colored Peak Heavenly Tribulation, and Li Qingyuan announced the contest for Wind Thunder Peak's Mountain Lord.

• Li Qingyuan became Boundless Peak's Great Chief, appointed Xiao Baiyi Deputy Chief, and gave Wind Thunder Peak's Gold Robe Elders three hundred years to prepare for a contest to choose its Mountain Lord.
• Li Qingyuan entered secluded cultivation and used body-tempering pills to advance his fleshly body to Peak Mid Body Integration Stage over two hundred years.
• Li Qingyuan relied on Yuan Stones and qi-refining pills to raise his magical power to Peak Mid Body Integration Stage and his Primordial Spirit to the utmost limit of the Integrated Body Late Stage.
• Li Qingyuan decided to stabilize his three treasures before taking the Third Revolution Golden Core and attempting the Third Revolution Late Stage.
• Miao Le endured a Seven-colored Peak Heavenly Tribulation at Miao Le Immortal Mansion, cleaving and absorbing its lightning to nourish her Thunder God Body.
• Li Qingyuan announced that the contest for Wind Thunder Peak's Mountain Lord had begun.

Li Qingyuan convened a contest to choose Wind Thunder Peak’s new Peak Master, drawing Body Integration cultivators from across the lineage and attracting spectators from Azure Profound’s other veins. Ji Kun withdrew to pursue a breakthrough, and the first five matches began with the contenders’ abilities still undecided.

• Kong Huan sounded the Wind Thunder Drum, gathering Wind Thunder Peak’s elders and cultivators at the Wind Thunder Stage as Li Qingyuan and Diana presided.
• Ji Kun announced that he was entering seclusion to break through to the Integrated Body Late Stage and forfeited the Peak Master competition.
• Li Qingyuan explained the random draw for eleven contenders, and Er Yuan drew the Empty Number to advance directly.
• The contenders drew their matchups: Bing Ling'er faced Spirit Magpie, Old Zhao faced Flying Bear, White Crane faced Little Flame, the Golden Plume Divine Chicken faced Huyan Xin, and Miao Le faced Zuoqiu Ling.
• Li Qingyuan activated the protective formation, spectators from Azure Profound’s other veins gathered, and the five battles began simultaneously.

Miao Le and Bing Ling'er demonstrated overwhelming combat power in the tournament, while the other group winners were decided and the second round began. Miao Le won her next match, Bing Ling'er lost to Jin Ling, and Old Zhao and Er Yuan were still fighting.

• Miao Le defeated Zuoqiu Ling with one powerful sword strike, leaving the onlookers convinced of her strength.
• Bing Ling'er overwhelmed Spirit Magpie with her Ice Soul Silver Needle, and Spirit Magpie conceded before the needles struck his eyes.
• Golden Plume Divine Chicken defeated Huyan Xin, Little Flame defeated White Crane, and Old Zhao beat Flying Bear after Flying Bear conceded.
• Li Qingyuan started the second round and drew Miao Le against Little Flame, Old Zhao against Er Yuan, and Bing Ling'er against Jin Ling.
• Miao Le easily defeated Little Flame, while Bing Ling'er fought Jin Ling with her strongest techniques but ultimately lost.
• Old Zhao and Er Yuan continued their spectacular battle.