Recaps

Li Hao and the Ancient God Clan youth faced a horde of ancient demons, including two Dijiang Royal Clan members, in the True Immortal Secret Realm. The Ancient God Clan youth destroyed the demons and collected two portions of dao fire, while Li Hao calmly asked him to share.

• Li Hao entered the mountain range and drew the ancient demons out of hiding as spectators watched in alarm.
• The Ancient God Clan youth arrived and charged into the demons’ formation, where their combined power trapped him inside a Nether God shadow.
• The Ancient God Clan youth broke free, revealed his formidable primordial spirit golden bones, and killed more than a dozen demons in a single attack.
• The Ancient God Clan youth defeated both Dijiang Royal Clan demons and collected the two dao fires left behind.
• The Ancient God Clan youth wiped out the remaining demons, then discovered Li Hao had stayed behind and asked him for a share of the dao fire.

Li Hao seized dao fire from Shen Wuji, hunted ancient demons, and rescued a struggling contestant while other prodigies displayed their abilities across the secret realm. The chapter ended with Li Hao approaching a carefree young man seated among dozens of ancient demon corpses.

• Li Hao used time-space power to take the azure dao fire from Shen Wuji, who withdrew and promised to meet him in the arena.
• Li Hao collected the ancient demon corpses and continued hunting, while spectators and the Dream Master and Li Tiemu reacted to his strength and the fierce competition.
• Li Hao killed four ancient demons attacking a white-haired young man, took their dao fire, and left after warning the survivor to be careful.
• Shen Wuji encountered a white-robed Supreme’s disciple, exchanged threats with him, and left looking forward to their arena battle.
• Lin Qingying killed three ancient demons with Void Sword, while Gu Yan defeated five and looked toward the path he had come from.
• Li Hao kept gathering demon corpses and helping contestants, then approached a young man drinking beside dozens of dead ancient demons.

Li Hao befriended Di Linchen, an Emperor Clan prodigy, while they drank in the True Immortal Secret Realm, and witnessed Di Linchen effortlessly kill Ji Tianming. After leaving with a haul of Ancient Demon corpses, Li Hao headed toward his friends, including the endangered Gu Xingwan.

• Li Hao met Di Linchen on a mountain, shared his wine, and learned that Di Linchen belonged to the Emperor Clan.
• Di Linchen gave Li Hao two spare Dao Flames and explained that he had created his flask inside the secret realm using his mastery of the Space Dao.
• Ji Tianming attacked Li Hao, but Di Linchen froze and shattered him with his control over space origin.
• Li Hao left Di Linchen to search for his friends and collected the Ancient Demon corpses for food.
• Gu Changming saw that Li Hao was moving toward Gu Xingwan, who was fighting three Ancient Demons, and felt relieved.

Li Hao rescued Gu Xingwan from three ancient demons, gave her a Dao fire, and let her travel with him as he continued hunting demons. Outside the secret realm, the emperors watched the contestants and learned that hundreds of powerful ancient demons had gathered into an army, threatening everyone nearby.

• Li Hao killed an Ancient Demon Royal Clan member and two other ancient demons that had cornered Gu Xingwan, then gave her the Dao fire they left behind.
• Gu Xingwan joined Li Hao as he searched the secret realm, and he explained that the royal clan member belonged to the Death Name Clan, whose secret art could inscribe an enemy’s name to kill them.
• Li Hao swiftly killed eight more ancient demons and collected another Dao fire while Gu Xingwan struggled to keep pace.
• The Seven Dynasties Emperors discussed Li Hao’s swordsmanship, his bloodline, and the harsh selection, which would eliminate more than two-thirds of the contestants.
• Shen Wuji hunted ancient demons as hundreds gathered in a mountain range, prompting the emperors to worry that the contestants nearby were in danger.

The Heavenly Palace Supreme revealed the ancient demons gathering across the True Immortal Secret Realm with crimson clouds, prompting contestants to converge near one enormous horde. Li Hao joined a group of powerful contestants, while Di Linchen refused to team up and charged into the demons alone.

• The Heavenly Palace Supreme declined to intervene as the Di Ting Race drew ancient demons together, then used crimson clouds to reveal the gathering places.
• Princess Hong Yun teleported toward hundreds of ancient demons and was killed after they surrounded her.
• Di Linchen spotted the crimson clouds and headed toward the horde as other contestants gathered nearby.
• Li Hao met Lin Qingying and Gu Xingwan, then agreed to join Miao Bubai and another contestant in exchange for the ancient demon corpses.
• Di Linchen refused to join the group and entered the crimson clouds alone, astonishing the watching contestants.

Li Hao watched Di Linchen battle hundreds of elite ancient demons and saw that he possessed both the All Heavens Star Meridian and a nine sequences immortal seal. After Di Linchen defeated them and gave away his dao fire, Li Hao continued traveling between crimson-cloud gathering grounds, collecting ancient demon corpses while other prodigies fought.

• Li Hao used his Eye of Time to observe Di Linchen fighting the ancient demons, but Di Linchen’s temporal power disrupted the vision.
• A white-robed disciple of the Heavenly Palace Supreme instantly killed hundreds of ancient demons, shocking spectators across the Southern Region.
• Di Linchen emerged victorious, offered Li Hao dozens of dao fire clusters, and scattered them for others when Li Hao declined.
• Li Hao opened a spatial rift and collected Di Linchen’s battlefield corpses before heading with Lin Qingying and Gu Xingwan toward another gathering ground.
• Li Hao reached Shen Wuji’s battlefield after its fight had ended, then continued scavenging corpses at other gathering grounds while prodigies battled around him.

Li Hao gathered dao fire and ancient demon corpses in the True Immortal Secret Realm, then killed Zhao Baiying after he threatened him over Lin Qingying. The first trial ended with Li Hao and the other dao-fire holders advancing to a second trial focused on their dao hearts.

• Lin Mingrong joined Li Hao's group, and Li Hao gave dao fire to disciples of Great Dream Nine Abyss who had not obtained any.
• Li Hao's group encountered Zhao Baiying and Ten Thousand Mountains Sword Pavilion disciples, and Li Hao killed Zhao Baiying with a time-space sword strike after Zhao threatened him.
• Li Hao told Lin Qingying to return with him after the Southern Region Assembly Battle, and she agreed while planning to repay her master and the Ten Thousand Mountains Sword Pavilion.
• The True Immortal Secret Realm trial ended, and participants with dao fire gathered outside the realm while those without it were eliminated.
• The Immortal Guard Commander announced that dao-fire holders had passed the first trial and would prepare for a second trial testing their dao hearts.

The first trial’s Dao Fire rankings were revealed, and Li Hao placed ninth before receiving a life-saving Immortal Weapon that he gave to Lin Qingying. The contestants then gathered at Dao Questioning Mountain for the second trial, which would test their Dao Hearts and require them to defeat avatars of their own Dao Realms.

• The Immortal Guard Commander revealed the Dao Fire rankings and awarded Immortal Weapons to the top ten in each realm, while eliminating Immortal Lord Realm contestants who had failed to obtain Dao Fire.
• Li Hao ranked ninth on the True Immortal Dao Fire Ranking and accepted a space-teleporting jade bracelet as his reward.
• Li Hao gave the jade bracelet to Lin Qingying, provoking Chu Yueli’s jealousy as she watched.
• The Immortal Guard Commander took the contestants and their leaders to Dao Questioning Mountain for the second trial.
• The Immortal Guard Commander explained that the trial would test each contestant’s Dao Heart and require them to overcome an avatar of their own Dao Realm.

Li Hao and the other disciples began the Dao Questioning Mountain trial, where each climber had to defeat their own Dao Realm Avatar. While Li Hao’s companions climbed ahead, his avatar challenged him to a game of Go, drawing the Southern Region’s attention.

• The Immortal Guard Commander announced that disciples had to reach the Forget Heart Hall to qualify, then opened the mountain for the second trial.
• The climbers discovered that Dao Questioning Mountain forced them to ascend on foot and manifested an avatar for each person that only they could affect.
• Li Hao led his fellow disciples up the mountain and used his eternal Dao Domain to shield them from outside attacks while they fought their own avatars.
• After the others defeated their avatars and continued upward, Li Hao climbed the steps and met an avatar that embodied the Chess Dao.
• Li Hao accepted the avatar’s invitation to play Go and recognized that facing his own playing style helped him understand himself.
• Spectators across the Southern Region reacted in disbelief as Li Hao sat down to play Go with his Dao Realm Avatar.

Li Hao defeated his Chess Dao and Painting Dao avatars on Dao Questioning Mountain, astonishing the spectators with his skill in both arts. Though he had fallen behind the other contestants, he resumed climbing after the mountain accepted his painting.

• Li Hao finished a go match at the mountain’s foot, and his Dao Realm Avatar conceded defeat before vanishing.
• Li Hao climbed to a pavilion, where a Painting Dao Avatar challenged him to paint Dao Questioning Mountain.
• Li Hao and the avatar painted the mountain, and the avatar acknowledged Li Hao’s work as superior.
• Li Hao left his painting on the pavilion, where it sank into Dao Questioning Mountain, and he realized the mountain had accepted it.
• Li Hao continued up the steps as spectators marveled at his painting and worried that he might miss the trial’s quota.

Li Hao reached the Forget Heart Hall just after the final place was claimed, because he had stopped to let a desperate girl pass him. He left to challenge the summit instead, and the chapter ended with the gathered disciples and rulers watching to see whether he could still qualify for the tournament.

• Li Hao left the Dao Pavilion after Dao Questioning Mountain accepted his painting, then continued climbing while disciples and rulers worried that he would arrive too late.
• Li Hao defeated a Fire Dao avatar in an instant and raced toward the Forget Heart Hall, where Yue Xi, Gu Yan, and the others waited anxiously.
• A girl in green pleaded with Li Hao to let her pass, then used her hair to drag another contestant back and claim the thousandth and final place.
• The Immortal Guard Commander ruled that the girl had not broken a rule and told Li Hao and the remaining late arrivals that they would have to reach the summit to advance.
• Li Hao announced that he would reach the summit, ignored the girl’s taunts and Yin Jingcheng’s insults, and set off as Yue Xi, Gu Yan, and others followed.
• The Original Venerable Empress and several emperors praised Li Hao’s composure and speculated that he possessed an eternal Dao heart, while the observers waited to see if he could qualify.

Li Hao reached the first Dao Pavilion on Dao Questioning Mountain and competed with his Dao Realm Avatar by fishing across ninety thousand li. He hauled in two Profound Darkness Dragon Immortals, including one in the Immortal Lord Realm, and continued climbing as the witnesses realized how formidable he was.

• Li Hao encountered a Dao Realm Avatar that challenged him to fish for a Profound Darkness Dragon Immortal, and he accepted instead of fighting it.
• Yue Xi, Gu Yan, Yin Jingcheng, Meng Huaiyue, and other climbers arrived and battled their own Dao Realm Avatars while Li Hao fished calmly inside the pavilion.
• Li Hao and his Dao Realm Avatar hooked and dragged two Profound Darkness Dragon Immortals out of the void, including a First Level Immortal Lord Realm dragon.
• The larger dragon transformed into a woman and begged Li Hao to spare her and her son, and Li Hao sent both into a spatial rift.
• Li Hao left with Yue Xi and Gu Yan to continue climbing, while the witnesses erupted in shock and the Green-Dressed Girl and Yin Jingcheng regretted their earlier attitude toward him.

Li Hao swiftly defeated the Water and Sword Dao Avatars, endured Dao Questioning Mountain’s test of his dao heart, and reached the summit. There, he faced a familiar Chess Dao Avatar, which challenged him to another game of Go.

• Li Hao froze the Water Dao Avatar’s attack and shattered it with ice, then continued climbing as spectators marveled at his strength.
• Li Hao defeated the Sword Dao Avatar with the ancient immortal art Blue Heaven and passed the final Dao Pavilion before the summit.
• Li Hao climbed the last steps despite Dao Questioning Mountain’s growing pressure on his dao heart and reached the summit, where Chu Tianhuang, Boya Xuejian, and other prodigies saw him arrive.
• A black Chess Dao Avatar appeared before Li Hao and offered another game of Go, and Li Hao agreed and began playing as spectators reacted with surprise.

Li Hao won a grueling Chess Dao duel against the Dao Realm Avatar and gained insight into his own Chess Dao before reaching the Heart Questioning Hall. After glimpsing the mystery of the Dao Questioning Statue, he approached the golden mist but heard that his Dao Heart was shackled and fell back without entering the Dao Questioning Illusion.

• Li Hao defeated the Chess Dao Avatar after spotting a flaw in its peaceful style, and the Avatar thanked him for his painting before vanishing.
• Li Hao entered the Heart Questioning Hall with Chu Tianhuang and Boya Xuejian, then briefly perceived the Dao Questioning Statue as a world domain.
• Li Hao tried to recreate his insight before the statue but failed, then sensed a draw from the golden mist outside the hall.
• Li Hao leaped toward the golden mist, heard a voice warn that his Dao Heart was shackled, and fell back without entering the Dao Questioning Illusion.
• The disciples saw that Li Hao had touched the golden mist and speculated that his Dao Heart might be a top-tier eternal Dao Heart.

Li Hao touched Dao Questioning Mountain’s golden mist without falling into its illusion, revealing an extraordinary Dao Heart and leaving the Supremes concerned about his future. After the trial ended, he rejected Chu Yueli’s marriage proposal and reunited with Yue Xi and Gu Yan as everyone headed to Forget Heart Hall for the next battle.

• Li Hao touched the golden mist and heard a mysterious voice say that his Dao Heart was bound, while Old Han revealed that he had sealed Li Hao’s Dao Heart long ago.
• Other Heavenly Prodigies tried to enter the golden mist but fell into the Dao Questioning Illusion, making Li Hao the only one to succeed.
• The Immortal Guard Commander ended the trial, explaining that fighting the dao realm avatars and facing the illusion had already refined the competitors; only slightly over a thousand advanced.
• Chu Yueli apologized to Li Hao and agreed to their marriage, but Li Hao refused and said he would explain his position to Emperor Chu after the battle.
• Li Hao descended with Chu Tianhuang and Boya Xuejian, then met Yue Xi and Gu Yan, who joined him on the way to Forget Heart Hall.

After passing the Dao Questioning Mountain trials, Li Hao and the other finalists learned that the Southern Region Assembly Battle would begin in three days. As Li Hao studied the strongest True Immortal contenders, he recognized how difficult the top ten would be to reach and was left with time to explore the Heavenly Palace grounds.

• The Immortal Guard Commander announced that the finalists would battle on the Emperor Platform in three days, with the top ten True Immortals earning entry to the Original True World.
• The Dream Master welcomed Li Hao and the Great Dream Nine Abyss disciples, warned them to prepare carefully, and accepted the two Profound Darkness Dragon Immortals Li Hao had caught.
• The Dream Master showed Li Hao recordings of powerful True Immortal contenders, including Sword Heart, whose Sword Dao had reached the fifth layer, and Di Linchen, who effortlessly crushed ancient demons.
• Li Hao watched recordings of other prodigies from several clans and realized that more than a dozen rare geniuses made the competition for the top ten especially fierce.
• After the Dream Master left, Li Hao sat alone in the courtyard, found himself bored, and wondered where Lie Heaven Saint and the others were.

Li Hao explored the Heavenly Palace's territory in disguise and met an Old Fisherman whose mysterious fishing ground revealed the path beyond Li Hao's Fishing Dao bottleneck. After meditating through the night, Li Hao greeted the returning Old Fisherman with fresh insight, and the old man was surprised by how much he had understood.

• The Dream Master gave Li Hao an aura-concealing Immortal Treasure and a Message Talisman before he left to explore the Heavenly Palace's territory.
• Li Hao visited several cities, then met an Old Fisherman on a cliff and shared crispy pork and rare wine with him.
• The Old Fisherman caught several powerful creatures while Li Hao's line got no bites, despite Li Hao searching the apparently empty lake.
• The Old Fisherman explained that the lake was his fishing ground, and Li Hao realized it was a domain that concealed and distorted the lake with Immortal Dao Laws.
• Li Hao sat through the night contemplating how to create his own fishing ground and sensed that his Fishing Dao had broken halfway through its bottleneck.
• The Old Fisherman returned the next morning, and Li Hao greeted him with delight; the old man was surprised by the insight in Li Hao's eyes.

Li Hao spent the last day before the Southern Region Assembly Battle deepening his understanding of the Old Fisherman’s fishing ground, then joined the other contestants as the Emperor Platform contest began. He and his companions claimed a platform, but its restrictive laws forced the overcrowded contestants into a dangerous standoff.

• Li Hao continued fishing beside the Old Fisherman, sensed movement in his domain, and later painted an Old Fisherman Fishing Painting that deepened his insight.
• The Dream Master found Li Hao back at the courtyard, and he gave her delicacies before preparing for the coming battle.
• The Heavenly Palace Supreme and the Immortal Guard Commander opened the assembly battle and announced that contestants had four hours to claim one of ten Emperor Platforms, with only ten people per platform qualifying for the top hundred.
• Li Hao gathered Yue Xi, Gu Yan, the other disciples, and Lin Qingying, then led them onto a lightly occupied Emperor Platform.
• More contestants crowded onto the platform, its restrictive laws began pushing at those present, and a powerful pressure made Li Hao’s flesh shrivel.

Li Hao fought to secure control of an Emperor Platform, defeating powerful contestants while sparing their lives and telling one to return after the field narrowed. The Yun Jin Immortal Dynasty's imperial clan gathered allies and drove off the other contestants, leaving only their group on the platform.

• The Emperor Platform's death laws began eroding everyone's bodies, forcing contestants to fight until only ten remained.
• The Cloud Jin Imperial Clan formed its Yin-Yang Destruction Dao Arena and joined forces with other contestants to drive rivals from the platform.
• Li Hao defeated a Seven Flowers Immortal Seal wielder with one sword strike and sent him off the platform alive.
• Xu Qinyao used the Void God Eye and unleashed Star Annihilation, but Li Hao endured it and knocked her off the platform with fused sword techniques.
• Li Hao persuaded another spectator to withdraw and return later to challenge one of the remaining contestants.
• The Cloud Jin Imperial Clan recruited four allies and drove off the other fighters, leaving only their group on the platform.

Li Hao refused Jin Ziyin’s offer to share the Emperor Platform and declared that only three of his companions could stay. Gu Yan fought a Jin Dynasty imperial daughter, revealing his Ancient Sword Immortal Body and clashing with her in a stalemate, until Li Hao confronted Jin Ziyin and the other imperial clansmen.

• Jin Ziyin offered Li Hao a place for his group on the Emperor Platform, but Li Hao refused and said three of his companions could stay.
• A Jin Dynasty imperial daughter insulted Li Hao’s companions, and Gu Yan challenged her to a one-on-one fight for a spot.
• Gu Yan revealed his Ancient Sword Immortal Body and fought the imperial daughter, whose Ancient God bloodline and movement technique kept them locked in a stalemate.
• Sword Heart and the Green-Robed Girl recognized Gu Yan as a fellow clansman, while Sword Heart judged his Sword Dao powerful but his foundations shallow.
• Jin Ziyin refused to grant Li Hao’s group another spot, and Li Hao challenged him and the other imperial clansmen to leave together as his immortal power surged.

Li Hao faced Jin Ziyin’s group and their allies alone on the Emperor Platform, unleashing his many ultimate realms against their combined assault. His Half-Step Invincible Fist shattered their immortal arts and grievously injured several opponents, leaving him advancing toward the rest.

• Li Hao sent Gu Yan back and told Lin Qingying to keep the others out of the fight, while Jin Ziyin gathered his allies into the Yin Yang Destruction Formation.
• Jin Ziyin and eight other opponents attacked Li Hao with powerful immortal arts, including Jin Yushu’s Divine Path and the Nine Flowers Immortal Seal youth’s Moon Winter.
• Li Hao revealed the powers of his many ultimate realms, drew on the All Heavens Star Meridian, and grew into a thousand-foot figure.
• Li Hao unleashed his Half-Step Invincible Fist, destroying the incoming immortal arts and breaking the Moon Winter sword light.
• Li Hao struck again, sending Jin Yushu and three other imperial clan members flying with grievous injuries as the Nine Flowers Immortal Seal youth recognized the punch’s time-space power.

Li Hao overwhelmed the challengers on his Emperor Platform, revealing enough power to make the Cloud Jin Imperial Clan realize he possessed a Nine Sequences Immortal Seal. After his opponents withdrew or conceded, he allowed the defeated young man to remain and invited others to fight him for the two open places.

• Li Hao defeated the Nine Flowers Immortal Seal bearer with one punch, then drove back Jin Ziyin and the other members of the Cloud Jin Imperial Clan despite their Yin Yang Destruction Formation.
• Jin Yushu and the Cloud Jin Imperial Clan realized Li Hao could wield a Nine Sequences Immortal Seal, while Emperor Jin and Jin Fengling reacted with shock and fury.
• Li Hao knocked a fourth-layer Water Dao and Saber Dao wielder off the platform with one punch, and a woman yielded and fled after he challenged her to fight.
• Jin Ziyin and the other four Cloud Jin Imperial Clan members withdrew, ending the Death Law on the platform and leaving Li Hao's companions unharmed.
• The young man with the Nine Flowers Immortal Seal admitted defeat and asked to stay; Li Hao agreed and announced that challengers could claim the platform's two remaining places by defeating him.

Li Hao held his Emperor Platform while challengers fought for the remaining places in the Southern Region's top hundred. The contest ended with Li Hao, Yue Xi, Gu Yan, and the other Great Dream Nine Abyss Sect contestants qualifying, while powerful rivals such as Qin Xiangyu and a Tai Kun Clan youth secured spots as well.

• Li Hao let the Nine Flowers Immortal Seal youth defend the platform against challengers, and the youth defeated his first opponent with one sword strike.
• Qin Xiangyu defeated the Nine Flowers Immortal Seal youth and claimed a place on Li Hao's platform, while the emperors discussed her abilities and possible God-Demon Dao.
• A Tai Kun Clan youth defeated the Nine Flowers Immortal Seal youth, claimed a spot, and told Li Hao he hoped to face him in the top ten; Li Hao accepted the challenge.
• As the deadline approached, Li Hao, Qin Xiangyu, and the Tai Kun Clan youth drove back people rushing onto their platform, and the Nine Flowers Immortal Seal youth held on to qualify.
• The Immortal Guard Commander closed the Emperor Platforms and announced that the Southern Region's top hundred contest had ended, with six members of the Great Dream Nine Abyss Sect among those who qualified.

The Heavenly Dao laws drew the first-round matches for the Southern Region Assembly Battle, and Li Hao gained new insight into impartiality as the nine orders power began to fuse within him. After Lin Qingying returned to her sect and resolved to leave it after the tournament, Li Hao returned to the Great Dream Nine Abyss Sect, where the Dream Master promised him the sect’s sword if he could draw it and urged his companions to fight with all their strength.

• The Heavenly Palace Supreme summoned the Heavenly Dao laws, and Li Hao’s reflection on impartiality deepened his understanding as the nine orders power began fusing within him.
• The Heavenly Dao laws paired the hundred contestants for their first-round matches, and the Immortal Guard Commander announced a recovery period before the bouts began.
• Ruo Chang Elder brought Lin Qingying back to the Ten Thousand Mountains Sword Pavilion, where Lin Qingying told her she would leave the sect after the Assembly Battle.
• Li Tiemu celebrated that Li Hao had helped six Great Dream Nine Abyss Sect disciples enter the top hundred, and the Dream Master thanked Li Hao for bringing honor to the sect.
• The Dream Master offered Li Hao the Great Dream Nine Abyss Sect’s sword if he could draw it after the tournament, then encouraged Yue Xi, Gu Yan, and the others to show their own strength in their matches.

Jin Fengling tried to unsettle Li Hao before the Southern Region Assembly Battle began, but Li Hao remained composed as the opening matches unfolded. Yue Xi faced Qin Xiangyu of the Wang Qin Immortal Dynasty, who disparaged the Calamity Clan; Yue Xi defended her people and summoned her dharma form, leaving the battle about to begin.

• Jin Fengling arrived to taunt Li Hao, but the Dream Master shielded him and Li Hao said he was unaffected.
• The Top Hundred Battle began, and Xu Wushuang defeated Chi Jiangyang in the opening match.
• Yue Xi entered the seventh battle against Qin Xiangyu, drawing attention from the Yan Chu Immortal Dynasty and her watching clan.
• Qin Xiangyu questioned how Yue Xi had qualified and said the Calamity Clan should disappear, while Yue Xi defended her people against the accusations.
• Qin Xiangyu summoned her dharma form and overpowered Yue Xi, who refused to concede and called upon her ancestor before manifesting her own dharma form.