Chapter Summaries

Qin Qi teased Zhao Tianqiong in the Sword Pool, distracting him until the sword intent wounded him and offering him a lollipop that she claimed could heal injuries. Zhao Tianqiong continued deeper into the Sword Pool with the candy, while Qin Qi challenged him to taste it and see if her claim was true.

• Qin Qi revealed a lollipop instead of a weapon and put a fresh one into Zhao Tianqiong's hand.
• Zhao Tianqiong became distracted by Qin Qi touching his hand and was struck by the Sword Pool's sword intent.
• Qin Qi offered to protect Zhao Tianqiong as she strolled around him, but he refused to respond and continued enduring the attacks.
• Zhao Tianqiong asked why Qin Qi had come to the Sword Pool, and she said she was there to play because she was bored.
• Zhao Tianqiong walked deeper into the Sword Pool and tried to return the lollipop, but Qin Qi said it could heal his wounds and urged him to taste it.

Qin Qi healed Zhao Tianqiong’s wounds with a lollipop before he continued deeper into the Sword Pool. Meanwhile, Ye Chang'an and Ye Wu arrived at Sky Illusion Mountain, where an Innate Divine Saint recognized Ye Chang'an and immediately knelt, offering to become his mount.

• Qin Qi gave Zhao Tianqiong a lollipop that instantly healed his sword wounds, astonishing him with its life force.
• Zhao Tianqiong learned that Qin Qi came from outside the Vast Universe Domain, thanked her for the candy, and continued into the Sword Pool.
• Ye Chang'an and Ye Wu arrived at the mountaintop of Sky Illusion Mountain through a Golden Portal.
• An Innate Divine Saint confronted them, recognized Ye Chang'an, shrank to human size, and knelt before them.
• The Innate Divine Saint apologized to Ye Chang'an and offered to become his mount.

Ye Chang'an summoned the Fire Phoenix Chi Yi to show the Innate Divine Saint what a Primordial Divine Hall mount looked like. Impressed by Chi Yi’s legendary bloodline and boastful manner, Ye Chang'an ordered him to stay by his side as his mount.

• Ye Chang'an told Ye Wu to bring out a Primordial Divine Hall mount for the Innate Divine Saint to compare itself against.
• Ye Wu reached into the Beast God Realm and dragged Chi Yi away from his conversation with the Ice Phoenix.
• Chi Yi begged Ye Chang'an to spare him, and Ye Chang'an told him to get up.
• The Innate Divine Saint doubted that Chi Yi was truly a Fire Phoenix, so Chi Yi defended his bloodline and boasted about his power.
• Ye Chang'an asked Chi Yi if he was always so good at showing off, then told him to stay by his side as his mount.

Ye Chang'an learned that Sky Illusion Mountain’s Innate Divine Saints planned to devour the origin of the imprisoned youth Mo Wang, and he ordered Ye Wu to bring him out. Mo Wang recognized the Primordial Divine Hall Master and wondered whether Ye Chang'an had rescued him.

• Chi Yi rejoiced when Ye Chang'an agreed to let him stay by his side, then took human form and prepared to tour Sky Illusion Mountain with Ye Chang'an and Ye Wu.
• Ye Chang'an questioned the Innate Divine Saint about his strange efforts to delay them, and Ye Wu revealed that Sky Illusion Mountain’s ninth-level Dao Master Realm Innate Divine Saints planned to devour Mo Wang’s origin after raising his cultivation.
• The system told Ye Chang'an that Mo Wang had excellent talent and could join the Primordial Divine Hall, and Ye Chang'an decided to bring him in to fill the final disciple slot.
• Ye Chang'an ordered Ye Wu to bring the imprisoned Mo Wang, prompting an angry roar from the depths of Sky Illusion Mountain.
• Mo Wang appeared before Ye Chang'an, recognized him as the Primordial Divine Hall Master, and wondered if the Primordial Divine Hall had rescued him.

Ye Chang'an rescued Mo Wang from Sky Illusion Mountain, and two Innate Divine Saints who pursued them backed down after recognizing the Primordial Divine Hall's Hall Master. Mo Wang asked to join the Primordial Divine Hall, and Ye Chang'an accepted him.

• Mo Wang asked Ye Chang'an if he had rescued him, but an Innate Divine Saint appeared before Ye Chang'an could answer.
• Tu Heng and another ninth-level Dao Master Realm Innate Divine Saint recognized Ye Chang'an and submitted after Chi Yi tormented them with his flames.
• Chi Yi told Ye Chang'an he had resolved the matter, and Ye Chang'an gave him a reluctant compliment.
• Ye Chang'an told Mo Wang he was free from imprisonment, and Mo Wang knelt to thank him for saving his life.
• Mo Wang asked to join the Primordial Divine Hall, and Ye Chang'an accepted him.

Ye Chang'an received a cultivation reward after the Primordial Divine Hall filled its disciple slots, then sent Mo Wang to cultivate and rode Chi Yi to explore. In the Sword Pool, Qin Qi revealed her connection to the Primordial Divine Hall as Zhao Tianqiong advanced to the Dao Master Realm Ninth Layer, only for her to compare his progress unfavorably with Xiao Liu's.

• The system raised Ye Chang'an to the Dao Saint Realm and Ye Xinran to the Life and Death Realm after the Primordial Divine Hall reached fifteen disciples.
• Ye Chang'an sent Mo Wang, now in the Dao King Realm, into the Primordial Divine Hall and rode Chi Yi away to explore while Ye Wu concealed himself in the void.
• Qin Qi told Zhao Tianqiong that she was from the Primordial Divine Hall and that Xiao Liu was her Sixth Senior Sister.
• After five months of cultivation in the Sword Pool, Zhao Tianqiong broke through from the Dao Master Realm Eighth Layer to the Ninth Layer.
• Qin Qi remarked that she had expected Zhao Tianqiong to reach above the Dao Master Realm, then recalled that Xiao Liu had broken through there quickly.

After Zhao Tianqiong reached the ninth level of the Dao Master Realm, Qin Qi took him to challenge the Cosmic Dao Stele. As the Vast Universe Domain watched his test, Ye Chang'an wondered how high Zhao Tianqiong would rank.

• Qin Qi encouraged Zhao Tianqiong to aim for the Cosmic Dao Stele's top ten, and he admitted he hoped to enter the top hundred on his first challenge.
• Qin Qi opened a spatial portal to the Cosmic Dao Stele, and Zhao Tianqiong followed her inside after she called him timid.
• Zhao Tianqiong connected with the Cosmic Dao Stele, which announced his challenge across the Vast Universe Domain.
• Xuan Tianyue, Qi Tianyuan, Yuan Daolin, Gu Wenfeng, and Wang Chen's group watched and speculated whether Zhao Tianqiong could reach the top hundred.
• Ye Chang'an asked Chi Yi how Zhao Tianqiong would rank while roasting an Immortal Spirit Dragon Fish in a forbidden land.

Ye Chang'an learned that Ye Xinran had advanced to the Creation Realm, which raised his cultivation to the Dao Emperor Realm. At the Cosmic Dao Stele, Zhao Tianqiong entered the top hundred, and Qin Qi accompanied him to the Sword Pool.

• Chi Yi explained that Zhao Tianqiong possessed an incomplete sword seed whose core could restore it after he advanced beyond the Dao Master Realm.
• The system notified Ye Chang'an that Ye Xinran had reached the first level of the Creation Realm, raising him to the first level of the Dao Emperor Realm.
• Zhao Tianqiong struck the Cosmic Dao Stele and secured ninety-ninth place, startling cultivators across the Vast Universe Domain.
• Qin Qi asked Zhao Tianqiong to leave the stele, and he said he planned to return to the Sword Pool to cultivate and challenge it again.
• Qin Qi opened a spatial teleportation gate and insisted on accompanying Zhao Tianqiong to protect him, and he followed her through it.

Zhao Tianqiong entered the Cosmic Dao Stele’s top hundred immediately after reaching the ninth level of the Dao Master Realm, motivating the Heavenly Dao Hall’s cultivators to train harder. Ye Chang'an discovered that Ye Wu had sealed the Fire Phoenix clan and arranged for Chi Yi to confront the very expert who had sealed him.

• Xuan Tianyue, Qi Tianyuan, and Yuan Daolin were astonished by Zhao Tianqiong’s ranking and went to cultivate in hopes of leaving their names on the Cosmic Dao Stele.
• Chi Yi dismissed Zhao Tianqiong’s achievement as evidence that the top hundred were weak, and Ye Chang'an teased him about his own strength.
• Ye Chang'an learned from the system that Ye Wu had sealed every Fire Phoenix after one of them caused trouble in the lower realms.
• Chi Yi said he wanted to settle the score with whoever sealed his clan, and Ye Chang'an offered to have Ye Wu take him.
• Ye Wu removed Chi Yi’s seal, and Chi Yi eagerly prepared to go demand an explanation without realizing Ye Wu was the one who had sealed him.

Ye Wu punished Chi Yi for boasting that he would make the Fifth Elder apologize, then healed him and asked him to assess the Cosmic Dao Stele rankings. The chapter ended with Ye Xinran emerging from seclusion in the Creation Realm as Qiu Qianyue arrived at her hall.

• Chi Yi excitedly proposed slapping Ye Wu and forcing him to apologize, then realized Ye Wu was the person he meant and begged for forgiveness.
• Ye Wu took Chi Yi away to spar, returned with him bruised, and Ye Chang'an gave Chi Yi a pill that quickly healed his injuries.
• Chi Yi examined the top ten on the Cosmic Dao Stele and said Zhao Tianqiong could reach the top ten, possibly the top five, at the peak of the Dao Master Realm.
• Chi Yi claimed Jiang Wuya could not withstand ten of his moves, and Ye Chang'an believed his confidence.
• Ye Xinran emerged from seclusion in the Creation Realm, and Qiu Qianyue appeared in her hall.

Ye Xinran reunited with Zhao Jiu, Shangguan Shi, Shangguan Wudi, and Yang Yi after they ascended to the Primordial Yellow Ancient Realm. She explained that Ye Si had hidden their heavenly secrets, keeping them off the Heavenly Prodigy Ranking, and discovered that he was still nearby before calling him out.

• Qiu Qianyue told Ye Xinran that Zhao Jiu, Shangguan Shi, Yang Yi, and Shangguan Wudi had ascended and were staying in the Nine Profound Hall.
• Ye Xinran visited the four disciples, who wondered why they were absent from the Heavenly Prodigy Ranking.
• Ye Xinran explained that Ye Si had concealed their heavenly secrets and brought them to the Nine Profound Hall, preventing the ranking from detecting them.
• Ye Xinran realized Ye Si had not left for the Vast Universe Domain and called out to him.
• Ye Si appeared before Ye Xinran and the disciples, startling Qiu Qianyue.

Ye Xinran ordered Ye Si to reveal the Primordial Divine Hall’s prodigies on the Heavenly Prodigy Ranking, placing them across the top nine and leaving Qiu Qianyue in tenth. The ranking’s sudden change stunned the Primordial Yellow Ancient Realm, while Luo Yue Bai struggled with being pushed off the list.

• Ye Xinran told Fourth Elder Ye Si to stop concealing the Primordial Divine Hall’s presence and put her companions on the Heavenly Prodigy Ranking.
• Ye Si changed the rankings, placing Ye Xinran first, Qian Ba second, Zhao Jiu third, Shangguan Shi fourth, Yang Yi fifth, Shangguan Wudi sixth, Qi Qianqian seventh, Little Dragon eighth, and Hua Wuluo ninth, with Qiu Qianyue tenth.
• People throughout the Primordial Yellow Ancient Realm reacted with shock as the Primordial Divine Hall’s prodigies took over the top nine spots.
• Luo Yue Bai realized she had fallen from second place off the ranking and recognized several of the newly listed prodigies from her visit to the Nine Profound Hall.
• Wang Chen appeared beside Luo Yue Bai, asked whether the ranking had discouraged her, and urged her to cultivate diligently.

Lin Chuanhai reported that preparations for the Heavenly Prodigy Martial Competition in Nine Profound City were nearly complete, and Ye Xinran learned that it would recruit promising young cultivators for Nine Profound Hall’s subsidiary force. After revealing that she was both Ling Xianyue’s daughter and the Primordial Divine Hall’s Young Temple Master, Ye Xinran asked Lin Chuanhai to proceed with the competition, eager to attend.

• Lin Chuanhai told Qiu Qianyue that the Heavenly Prodigy Martial Competition was prepared and only needed to be announced.
• Ye Xinran entered the hall, asked about the competition, and introduced herself to Lin Chuanhai.
• Ye Xinran revealed that she was Ling Xianyue’s daughter and the Primordial Divine Hall’s Young Temple Master, leaving Lin Chuanhai stunned.
• Qiu Qianyue explained that the competition would recruit talented youths for Nine Profound City, with outstanding competitors possibly entering Nine Profound Hall.
• Ye Xinran asked Lin Chuanhai to release the news, and he immediately prepared to announce the competition.

Ye Xinran returned to cultivation while, in the Profound Origin True Realm, Li Wuxun impressed Li Xundao with his quick mastery of a Heavenly Secrets Secret Technique. Tantai Zhentian sought Li Xundao’s insight into a mysterious power in the Tianheng Universe, but Li Xundao said he could not identify its source.

• Ye Xinran ended her conversation with Qiu Qianyue and returned to cultivate before the Heavenly Prodigy Martial Competition.
• Li Xundao praised Li Wuxun’s progress in learning the Heavenly Secrets Secret Technique, while Li Wuxun boasted about his talent and asked who had created it.
• Li Xundao said he had found the technique in a temple and speculated that its creator might have been a Dao Realm powerhouse.
• Tantai Zhentian appeared in Li Xundao’s cave mansion and asked about a cultivator whose transcendent power had been used in the Tianheng Universe and whose origins he could not discern.
• Li Xundao told Tantai Zhentian that he did not know who the mysterious cultivator was, astonishing both him and Li Wuxun.

Li Wuxun learned that the Primordial Divine Hall was far beyond even Ancient Venerables and resolved to cultivate until he could meet its members in the Profound Origin True Realm. Half a month later, a Heavenly Prodigy Martial Competition drew crowds to Nine Profound City, where Ye Xinran tried on a dress with Little Dragon and Hua Wuluo.

• Tantai Zhentian asked Li Xundao about the powerful faction he had encountered, and Li Xundao identified it as the Primordial Divine Hall.
• Li Wuxun considered returning to seek Ye Xinran’s support, but Li Xundao warned him that the Primordial Divine Hall might not even notice him.
• Li Wuxun acknowledged that Ye Xinran would likely outpace him and promised to cultivate diligently until the Primordial Divine Hall reached the Profound Origin True Realm.
• Half a month later, young cultivators gathered in Nine Profound City for its Heavenly Prodigy Martial Competition and discussed their chances of joining the city.
• Ye Xinran asked Little Dragon, Hua Wuluo, and the others whether her pink dress looked good, and they praised her appearance.

Ye Xinran asked her companions to judge her dress, and Lin Chuanhai’s confident but perfunctory answer embarrassed him. After Ye Xinran chose several dresses, a Purple Skirt Woman claimed them and threatened the Cold Woman who accompanied her.

• Ye Xinran asked Qi Qianqian and Qian Ba whether her dress looked good, and Qi Qianqian praised it while Qian Ba hesitated to answer honestly.
• Qian Ba redirected Ye Xinran’s question to Lin Chuanhai, who confidently said only that her dress looked quite good and then realized his answer had disappointed everyone.
• Ye Xinran said Qi Qianqian was the only one who had given a reliable answer and decided to buy several dresses.
• A Purple Skirt Woman arrived with her subordinates, claimed several dresses Ye Xinran had chosen, and demanded that the Cold Woman judge a dress.
• When the Cold Woman ignored her, the Purple Skirt Woman mocked her and ordered someone to slap her.

Lin Chuanhai struck Zixuan after she threatened Ye Xinran and the others, then rebuffed Chen Tian’s challenge. When Chen Tian’s Great Elder recognized Lin Chuanhai as the lord of Nine Profound City, Lin Chuanhai asked Ye Xinran how to deal with them.

• A hidden True One Realm cultivator restrained the Cold Woman, allowing Zixuan’s subordinate to slap her.
• Zixuan threatened Ye Xinran and the others, so Lin Chuanhai struck her and sent her through the shop wall.
• Chen Tian arrived and challenged Lin Chuanhai, claiming the authority of the Chen Family of Fuyuan Continent.
• The Great Elder appeared, recognized Lin Chuanhai, slapped Chen Tian, and begged Lin Chuanhai to spare him.
• Lin Chuanhai ignored the Great Elder’s offered treasure and asked Ye Xinran how they should be dealt with.

After the Chen Family Great Elder killed Chen Zixuan to save himself, Ye Xinran let the surviving Chen Family members leave. The Cold Woman then asked to follow Ye Xinran, who revealed that she was the top-ranked person on the Heavenly Prodigy Ranking and the Young Temple Master of the Primordial Divine Hall.

• Chen Zixuan urged the Great Elder to kill Ye Xinran and her companions, so the Great Elder struck Chen Zixuan dead to protect the Chen Family.
• The Great Elder told Ye Xinran he had killed Chen Zixuan, and Ye Xinran allowed him and the other Chen Family members to leave.
• The Cold Woman stayed behind and asked Ye Xinran if she could follow her.
• The Cold Woman explained how she had deduced Ye Xinran's identity from Lin Chuanhai's deference and the group around her.
• Ye Xinran confirmed she was the top-ranked person on the Heavenly Prodigy Ranking and revealed she was the Young Temple Master of the Primordial Divine Hall.

Su Qingxuan asked to follow Ye Xinran and proved her worth by revealing that her heavenly secrets had been shielded and entering the Heavenly Prodigy Ranking. She placed tenth, and the chapter ended with her protesting that she had expected to rank in the top five.

• Su Qingxuan told Ye Xinran she wanted to follow her because of her status and talent, and claimed she could enter the top ten of the Heavenly Prodigy Ranking.
• Ye Xinran respected Su Qingxuan's hidden secret and asked her to make her name appear on the ranking.
• Su Qingxuan revealed her name and took tenth place, replacing Qiu Qianyue as the ranking's final entrant.
• People across the Primordial Yellow Ancient Realm noticed Su Qingxuan's rise, while Qiu Qianyue wondered whether she was connected to Ye Xinran.
• Chen Tian and the Chen Family's Great Elder assumed the ranked Su Qingxuan was only a namesake of the woman Chen Zixuan had mistreated.
• Su Qingxuan complained that tenth place was far below the top-five position she had expected.

Ye Xinran prepared to attend Nine Profound City's Heavenly Prodigy Martial Competition, while the crowd wondered about the identity of the young people she led. Their arrival with Zhao Jiu and the others left spectators suspecting they were the top ten of the Heavenly Prodigy Ranking.

• Su Qingxuan accepted her tenth-place ranking, and Ye Xinran invited her to follow along.
• Ye Si revealed that Su Qingxuan was the God Clan's eldest daughter and explained why the rankings could not fully conceal her secrets.
• Lin Chuanhai led Ye Xinran and the others to the floating island above Nine Profound City as the Heavenly Prodigy Martial Competition was about to begin.
• Ye Xinran's group appeared before the crowd, whose members noticed that Lin Chuanhai and a Nine Profound Hall Elder treated the young people with deference.
• Ye Xinran had Ye Si bring Zhao Jiu, Shangguan Shi, Yang Yi, and Shangguan Wudi to join them.
• Spectators counted ten young people and speculated that they were the top ten prodigies on the Heavenly Prodigy Ranking.